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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
FATAL STORM IN TEXAS.
Houses I'm Many Towns Blown Down
Seven Persons Meet Death.

Thirteen persons were killed and
score or more injured in a terrific cleo
trical storm which swept the country
thirty miles Dortk of Fort Worth, Texas.
Wednesday. Fifty houses and stores at
Slidell were completely wrecked, only
two buildings being left standing. Bridge
port Decatur, Grafton and other towns
also suffered heavy losses. Many farm
houses in the path of the storm, which
was five miles wide, were destroyed. The
dead included A. ID. Price, a farmer, his
wife and five children and a farm hand.
who were burned to death when their
home. three miles north of Slidell, was
wrecked. Two negroes named Clark wee
struck by lightning near Sander anG
killed. The home of G. NJ. Bailey at
Bolivar was destroyed and the members
of his family injured. At Greenwood an
unknown man was killed in the storm
and at Slidell two men sought safety
under a haystack which caught fire and
both burned TO death. At Crisp the
storm wrecked The Methodist Church.
While much dami &C has resulted, the
rain was badly needed for crops and live
stock.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
ROOSEVELT SAILS AS
GREAT CROWD CHEERS
EX-Eresident Starts to Africa After
Fighting His Way Through
Thousands.
CROWD BESIEGES THE STEAMER
Journey to Pier an Ovation-Dele-
cations with Bands, Besides Dis
tinguished Diplomats, Present.

Theodore Roosevelt sailed Tuesday
from his native land for the wilds of
East Africa in search of big game.
From his country home at Oyster Bay
to the steamship dock in Hoboken the
eX-President's trip reSembled tri-
umphal march, the feeling of the
crowds which had gathered to wish
him good luck being expressed all
along the way in enthusiastic cheers.
When he arrived ut the Hamburg
American Line pier. where he boarded
the steamship Hamburg, the former
President found a throng of his fellow
countrymen gathered. He smiled and
bowed right and left in acknowledge
ment of the salutations of the assem-
blage and evidently was pleased over
the warmth and sincerity of the dem
onstration.
One of the last things Mr.. Roose-
welt did before the steamer left the
dock was to send telegram TO Presi-
dent Taft acknowledging the receipt of
several pictures and message of good
cheer. The telegram read: Parting
thanks, love and sincerity
With the departure of Mr. Roosevelt
begins perhaps the most interesting
journey ever undertaken by an EXPIRES
ident of the United States. General
Grant circled the globe. but it was
for the most part in the beaten path
Of travel. while Mr.. Roosevelt is go
ing into wild and almost unex-
plored country.
On his arrival at the Hamburg-Amer-
lean Line pier at Hoboken Mr.. ROose-
velt was greeted with bands playing,
flags flying and several thousand people
assembled to wish the distinguished
traveller Godspeed. He was beamins
with good nature and enthusiasm about
the trip. Everything was fine" and
bully" to Mr.. Roosevelt and he ac-
knowledged the cheering by repeated
" icf, l..
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
INDIANS KILL WHITES.
sheriff's Posse Ambushed in Okla
homa and volley Greets Officers.

Two deputies in 'sheriff's squad
were ambushed and killed by members
Of the Snake clan of the Greek Indians
at the home of Chitti Harjo, chief of
the band, near Hickory Ground, Okla,
Saturday and a desperate war with the
red men seems under way.
Hundreds Of citizens in the vicinity
of the killing have taken the field and
four companies of State militia have
been modified The Indians are well
armed. having been purchasing rifles
and ammunition for month in prepa-
ration for a clash with the whites.
Details of the affair are meager, the
only information coming by telephone
from Checotah, the nearest town to the
scene of the encounter These killed
were: Edward Daum. Herman Odom.
son of the sheriff of Mcintosh county.
These two. with Frank Swift, William
Carr, Frank Jones and Lee Batemen,
composed the party that went to arrest
Chitti Harjo, whose residence is six
teen miles southwest of Checotah. The
Indian was wanted as n result of
fight in which three negroes were
killed.
The officers, having heard that the
Indians and negroes were again peace
able after the battle of Thursday, APP
preached the cabin of Harjo without
fear of trouble. AS they were entering
the chiefs yard, twenty guns were
leveled upon them from as many men
in the house and around the corners.
Odom and Daum fell dead. The others
ran a few yards and hid in a clump
Of trees until the Indians disappeared.
Then they returned TO the bodies of
their companions. Finding them dead,
they hurried to Pierce.
Harjc, who has so often within the
last two years expressed his displeas-
ure at the restraints of law and who
was often called his men into council
on that account, is believed to have
determined to make firm stand in be-
half of his ideas of liberty. His men
have been outlaws for years. 1t re-
quired the services of United States Of
ficers and the threat of a call for the
State militia to quell his band last fall
during a session of the council at Hick-
ory Ground
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
PAST AND PRESENT
AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
TeieRraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the Enlightenment
of the Many.
Italian Attacks Roosevelt.

Giuseppe Tosti, steerage passenger
on the Hamburg, threatened express
ident Roosevelt, according to a special
dispatch from Horta to the New York
World. This incident happened soon
after the Hamburg was losing sight of
america. Then Tosti broke from his
companions in the steerage and started
for the upper deck, where Mr.. Roose-
welt was standing with his son Ker-
init He has let them take away my
child" Tosti is said to have shouted
In English. Now he shall pay for it,"
Sailors seized Tosti, quickly mas
tered him, carried him below, and, by
the captains orders, put him in irons.
The incident, it is stated, is known
only to Mr.. Roosevelt and few of his
fellow passengers. Tosti, after his i'm
priscnment, refused for four days to
eat, crying: Roosevelt is trying to
poison me-" The ships doctor now
must taste all food offerd to Tosti be-
fore he will eat it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
k|DAAPERS IN Tolls;
$3.50 CASH FOUND
Woman Arrested at Cleveland Con-
fesses She and Man Were
Plotters Against Boy.
WILLIE WHITLA AT HOME AGAIN
Confession of Prisoner Hints That
Trouble May Be Expected in
City of Sharon.

woman and man with S9,790 in
currency in their possession were
arrested in Cleveland Tuesday night.
and the police declare beyond doubt
they are the kidnapers of S-year-old
Willie Whitla of Sharon, Pa, who was
returned TO his father Monday even
ing.
What IS belieyed a threat against the
Whitla family was uttered as a boast
by the woman as she was taken into
the Central Police Station. Apparent
" befuddled by liquor, she said in an
swer to questions:
am the one who planned the whole
thing There will be trouble for me
and h in Sharon tomorrow"
Beneath the woman's skirt was found
the $9,190 All of it but $40 was bound
IN packages with the original slips
placed on the money when Whitla took
1t from the bank still around it.
captain Norman Shattuck and De-
tective Frank Wood made the arrests
in the east end of the city. When near
The police station the man broke away
from Detective Wood and ran toward
an alley. Shattuck fired two shots
from his revolver into the air and the
man stopped
The woman appears TO be well edu-
Gated and is refined in manners. She
says she spent fifteen years of her life
in convent in Pennsylvania. but de
MES that she has ever been in trouble
before. Both the man and the woman
deny that they know the name OF each
other. They admit that they are not
man and wife.
According to the police. the two were
intoxicated when placed in custody
Due to their condition they were not
questioned closely by the police and
were locked in separate cells. The man
Cleveland for seventeen years. He
claims TO have mother and sister
there. Captain Shattuck is said to
have secured his description of the kid
napers from Willie Whitla, and this de
scription led to the arrest.
WINE NHIIlJ lOlQ captain SDattuck
that the woman who kept him a pris-
0ner had smallpox scars on her face
The woman in custody has red spots
on her cheeks and appears to have had
smallpox. She is tall blonde. prob
ably % years old. She was dressed in
a black silk skirt, a gray coat and
black hat. The man is dark and smooth
faced
Tuesday detectives heard that man
and woman answering the description
of the kidnapers had been seen on the
outskirts of the city. They came down
town and bought numerous articles of
clothing. rendering s. and $40 bills in
payment. it was learned. Later a re-
port came that the two had left q
package in a downtown store, which
proved to consist Of discarded clothing
Captain ShattucL and Detective Wood
trailed the man and woman around the
business district OF the city for several
hours during the afternoon, but delayed
taking them into custody.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
Lost Race With Death.

Frank L. Vanderlip. president of the
National City bank, of New York.
broke all American railroad records,
according to statement made by the
New York Central officials, in an eff
fort to reach the bedside of his dying
mother in Chicago. but lost the race
with death by exactly twenty-eight
minutes Mr.. Vanderlip, In a special
train, covered the distance from New
York to Englewood, suburb of Chi
cago, in fifteen hours and five minutes
and when he leaped madly from the
train he was met with the announce
ment that his mother, Mrs. Charlotte
L. Vanderlip, had died.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
NEW YORK.

Weather. crop and industrial reports
are still irregular. with more than or
binary quiet noted in most lines.
Wholesale trade feels the effect of tar
if discussion and uncertainties. and
while a fair business is doing Gin ex-
cess of last year in nearly all lines)
disappointment is expressed at the to-
tai volume of trade in the first quar-
ter. Buying from jobbers is conser-
vative and orders are numerous rath-
er than large and Of a between-sea-
sons character at best.
Retail trade has been hampered by
stormy weather, but the approach Of
Easter is reflected i'm some improve
ment in demand. largely in women's
wear fabrics and materials. Western
trade is relatively better than that of
the East in this line but cool weather
arrests expansion the country over. In
Industrial lines generally operations
are quiet to dull. with the iron and
steel trade. where prices are weaker,
one of the apparently least favorably
situated lines.
The coal trade is quiet East and
West. One of the best situated indus
tries in the country is building, which
is reported active at nearly all points,
with some improvement In demand for
lumber and materials. Tariff uncer-
tainty. however. affects lumber as well
as other lines.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with March
p were 226. against 224 last week.
2S6 ia the like week of 1908 l66 in
1907. 100 in 1906 and 22I in 1906
BraGstreets.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
DISMISS FREMoNT's SON.
President Taft Approves Action to
Drop Capfuin from Army

President Taft has approved the action
OF Secretary of War Dickinson, who or
dered The dismissal Of Captain John &.
Fremont from the army. Captain IRE
mont is the son of the famous "Pathfnd
err Fremont. and was one of the officers
selected by Mr.. Taft, when Secretary Of
War. TO go to Cuba with the army OF
pacihcation. About three months ago
numerous charges we're made in Cuba
against Captain Fremont to the effcc.
that he had made false statements about
his superior officers end that he had made
contradictory statements on these charges
when he was investigated by the inspector
general. The court martial found him
guilty on the charges. The case was ap-
pealed to the Secretary Of War with the
final result that the President has dis
missed Captain Fremont from the army.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
SOCIAL LEADER STAYS HERSELF
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Commits
Suicide in Her Home.

ooACIQG III x1SI
Mrs. Pierre LOrillard, Jr., wife of the
tobacco magnate, weary of the social
whirl, committed suicide at her. home
near the fashionable Dupont Circle,
in Washington. She was found by a
maid shortly after 8 o'clock Thursday
morning lying on the floor of her bath
room. Above her was an open gas
jet. from which the gas evidently had
been escaping for several hours.
Mrs. Lorillard was distinctive fig
ure in Washington society, and the
news Of her death has given the cap
ital a shock such as it has not re-
ceived in years. The members of the
famous family insist that the cause of
Mrs. Lorillard's death was heart fail
ure, though the Coroner's certificate
tells a different story.
The circumstances of the suicide. as
they became known, are peculiarly trag-
ic. For years Mrs. Lorillard has been
facing the prospect of a life of incur
able physical suffering, specialist after
specialist having failed TO give her
either relief or hope. In spite of this.
she has maintained constant round of
social activities, giving her friends no
intimation of the depression that has
been growing on her.
Wednesday evening Nr. and Mrs.
Lorillard attended brilliant dinner
given for Lady Paget. Mr.. Lorillard
was the last person to see his wife
alive and the first to receive word OF
her death. On her return to the resi-.
dence at 2O30 Hillyer place she babe
her husband goodnight with unusual
vivacity and retired TO her own apart.
ments. In the morning Mr.. Lorillard
helped the maid carry his wife's body
from the bathroom to her boudoir
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
CHICAGO.

Commercial developments are iu
keeping with the seasonable advance
in operations usually looked for at
his time. The volume of payments
through the banks sustains n crafty
ing recovery and the average of trad
ing defaults shows an improving con-
dition of credits generally.
Industrial activity exhibits steady,
although moderate expansion. some Of
the larger plants having increased pro
duction. particularly in iron. wood
and leather working
Encouraging indications for the fu-
ture are evidenced by increasing num-
Der of new demands for finished prod
ucts and additions to the machinery
and men employed.
Railroad reports offer testimony 10
the prevailing trend of business in the
West. Earnings of the Chicago car
riers show substantial gains over
those reported Il year ago. there be
ing larger movements OF mill and fac
tory outputs. general merchandise and
crude supplies. DlstrlDutlye dealings
reflect favorable influences i'm an inn
proved purchasing power and wider ef-
forts TO advance manufactures and
agricultural preparations
Retail trade in the leading lines does
well. larger absorption appearing in
apparel. home needs and food prod
ucts. Wholesale markets for general
merchandise disclose a satisfactory
presence of buyers. and aggregate ship.
ments compare quite favorably with
this time last year in dry goods. mems
furnishings. millinery, clothing and
furniture.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number "a. against 2s last week.
80 i'm 1908. and 30 i'm 1907. Those
with liabilities over 5000 number Q,
against 6 last week. y in 1905 and
in 1907-Dun's Review of Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
Killed Family With Club

George HOPPER, of Mancelona,
Mich. mas confessed that he killed
his wife and child. He said that he
and his wife talked all night about
how nice * would be for the three CT
them to die together. Finally, ac-
cording to Hoopfer's story, it was
agreed between them that he would
kill them ali. With a stick of wood he
thereupon beat his wife and baby over
the heads until they were dead. He
then chopped their heads off with an
axe. When he saw them dead he says
he lost his courage md instead of kill
ing himself fed into the woods. The
Mancelona authorities think HOPPER
Is insane.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
GOV. CURRY DECIDES TO STAY.
Withdravs Resignation Upon Re-
quest from President Taft.

Governor Curry, in response to tele-
gram from Washington, has telegraphed
President Taft withdrawing his resigna-
ton as Governor of New Mexico. The
Governor refused to make public the teie-
gram he received from President Taft.
saying publicity must come from the
White House. il at all. n is known,
however. that the message contained an
expression of President Taft's confidence
in Governor Curry. and of his support.
and requested the Governor to reconsider
his resignation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
AFFINITY" WEDDING A MIsFIT.
Earlc's Wife Asks Separation ON
Ground of Lunacy.

and playwright, was confronted the other
day on his return to Middletown, y. Y.
from the West, where it was reported
he had been an inmate of a sanitarium,
by Sheriff A. L. Decker of Orange Coun-
~. who served on him papers in IN ac-
ton begun by his wife. Julia Kuttner
Earle, for the annulment of their mar
riage. Mrs. Earle alleges that her hus-
band was a lunatic previous to their
marriage and at the time he married her.
She ask the custody of her child. that she
be allowed to resume her maiden name.
and that the child also be known by its
mothers family name.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
BOY MISSING; Sis, 200 DEMANDED
Pfttsburg Police Think Brfcklayer's
Son Is Playing Joke.

Lawrence Gibson, ii years old, of
Pittsburg, disappeared the other night
and about midnight his father received
special delivery letter demanding a
ransom of $4,000 for his sons return
The police were notified ard after inves.
tigating the case are inclined TO believe
the lad, with the aid of boy friends, is
trying to play joke on his father. Mr..
Gibson is a bricklayer. Mrs. Gibson
the boys mother, was worried but adj.
mitted that the handwriting in the letter
resembles her sons. The police are try
ing to find the boy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
Stole Mail Pouches.

A daring pouch robbery, in which
the alleged thieves secured probably
more than $4,000 in currency and
checks, has been made public by the
postofice officials, at Georgetown, KY,
when iron and charred leather of two
pounches were found by a boy near the
crane from which they had been taken.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
DYNAMITERS ARE HUNTED.
Unknown Miscreants Explode Charge
Under Home of Wealthy italian.

Detectives in Chicago hunted for the
BLACK Hand which exploded a dyna-
mite bomb before dawn in the hallway
of the home of James Macaluso, 81.
Clark street. Macaluso is wealthy
Italian business man. He lives across
the street from his steamship Office and
labor agency. For more than a year. the
police say, he has been the recipient of
letters threatening violence if he would
not yield TO the demands of the writer's.
The explosion threw the occupants of the
building from their beds. A partition in
the hallway was blown down by the ex
plosion and furniture in the rooms was
disa rrarecd
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
Packer swift's Son Is insane.

Herbert L. Swift, thirty-three years
old, son Of the late Gustavus Swift,
founder Of the packing firm of Swift
6; Co., has been adjudged insane by
commission of physicians at Chicago,
and has been an inmate of the Kenil-
worth sanitarium since March s, by
order Of the county court. Louis F.
Swift, a brother, testified at the hear
ing that Mr.. Swift had threatened to
kill himself and members of the fam
hy. Excessive use of alcohol was given
as the cause.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
JUMPS FROM SPEEDING TRAIN.
Prisoner Eludes Illinois Sheriff and
Leaps Through n Window.

Butte, Mont, officers were apprised the
other night of the escape of III. c. Bel
mont, who has string of aliases, from
Sheriff G. Il. Coulter of Crawford Coun-
ty, ILL.,, at Sand Peas, Col. Belmont
jumped through the window of the toilet
room of the car while the train was 60
ing forty miles an hour and has eluded
capture. Belmont had been operating in
Butte as fortune teller under the name
of Prof. Alvani. and was arrested on
charge of operating confidence game
in Robinson, Ill.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
LEAVES MILLIONS TO FAMILY.
No Public Requests I'm Will Of
General william j. Palmer.

The late General William j. Palmer
made no public requests. His will filed
for probate in Colorado Springs, leaves
practically all of his $5,0O0.O00 estate to
his three daughters to be shared alike
Only relatives, intimate friends and asso-
ciates are remembered. Edward NJ. Shep-
ard of New York. who filed the document,
explained that General Palmer held to
the view that public gifts should be made
before death. 1t is estimated that he gave
away during his life more than he kept
for the family.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
Crusade Against Mad Dogs.

Policeman Jackson, of Bedford, Ind,
shot dog that was suffering appar-
emily from rabies. Many dogs have
been bitten by mad dogs recently,
anc they are being killed as fast rs
symptoms appear. although they are
kept muzzled.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01

In anticipation of the passing of a tar
if law, the Eastern Pig Iron Association
has announced 10 pr cent reduction in
the wages of all its workers. A general
cut in all parts of the country is expected
to follow. Between $1,000 and 5000
workers will be affected finally.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
Kills Lumber Co. Head.

John Day, master mechanic at the
Bluff City Lumber Co., shot and killed
Henry Duncan, principal owner of the
Company. Day surrendered at Ryson.
Ark, the county seat. He declined to
make statement further than to say
he acted in self-defence and that Duncan
would have killed him but for his prompt
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01

A $4,000 merger of trust companies
has been effected at New York in the alb
sorption of the Bowling Green Trust
Company by the Equitable Trust Com
pany, the stock of the former to be liqui-
dated at about 410 The Equitable Life
will continue to hold irs interest in the
trust company.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
Woman and Children I'm River

The bodies of Mrs. Amos Miller and
her two children were found in the Farm
ington River at Simsbury. Conn. The
chiloren had been tied together before
drowning ensued, and, through a note
left by Mrs. Miller. the probability is
strong that she took their lives and her
own while mentally depressed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
John NJ. Drummond Dead.

John NJ Drummond. president of the
Drumrnond Tobacco Company of ST
Louis up to the time of its purchase
by the American Tobacco Company,
died at his home near Alton, ILL.,, Of
paralysis. He was wealthy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
Train Wreckers Busy.

A short time before the arrival at
Elyria, Ohio. of the Twentieth Century
Limited on the Lake Shore, Max Tun-
nington found Lille of ties laid across
the tracks. 1t is believed that tramps
driven out of town during the day had
planned to wreck the train.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-01
Mexican Governments Loss

The building of the Chamber of
Deputies in Mexico City was burned
to the ground. There were no fatali-
ties and the origin nf the fire is not
known The loss is placed at $780,
900. Archives and records for twenty
five years were destroyed.