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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
8 DIE, 400 RESCUED
IN AN ILLINOIS MINE
Explosion Is Followed by Death
Dealing Gases in Pit Near
Herrin.
OPEN LAMPS CAUSE DISASTER.
Prompt and Gallant Rescue Measures
Are Put Forth by Manage
ment and Others.

Eight men were killed and the lives
of 400 others were imperiled by an
explosion of gas in mine "a OF the
Chicago and Carterville Coal Com
pany, near Herrin, III. Open lamps
carried by the mines engineer and his
assistants caused the disaster. There
were three men and boy in this
party and all lost their lives. Prompt
action by the management of the mine
resulted in the safe exit of the hun
dreds of men who were at work be-
low ground. Within five minutes of
the first reports of the explosion the
miners in the immediate vicinity of
the accident were started toward the
surface and on the return trips of the
cages rescuers were lowered to entries
Nos. and s west, where the catastro-
phe took place
The dead are: Eugene Barrett. as
sistant engineer; Salvatore Greece,
Thomas Harder, miners; w. T. Pierce,
mine engineer; Pietro Romeo. labor
er; George Snyder, miner; Thomas
Williams, assistant manager; uniden-
titled boy, about 16 years old.
James Quincy. superintendent of
the mine, and Robert Hueston, mana
ger, headed the first relay of rescuers.
Despite the black damp which flowed
into the chambers adjoining those in
which Pierce and his party were kill
cd thpca mon plupUed into tho rr-orlr
ings. Three bodies blocked their path
Hasty examination showed that the
men were alive, and they were rushed
to the surface. One of them was A. j.
Hueston, brother of the manager.
The others were Charles KLEIN and
Albert Shelton. All were revived and
are expected to recover from the eff
fects of the gas.
The rescuers next found the bodies
of Snyder, Greece and Romeo. None
of these men had been burned, the
condition of the bodies testifying
mute1y to the force of the conclusion.
Harber's body was badly burned, the
features being scorched almost be-
yond recognition. The valiant efforts
of the rescuers to penetrate more
deeply into the workings were re-
pulsed by increasing banks of after
damp. The ventilating apparatus of
the mine had not been damaged, but it
could not cope with the gases and
Quincy and Hueston and their help
ers were forced to retreat, leaving the
bodies of Pierce and his companions.
Fire also began to gain Roadway
Later all efforts were directed to-
wards fighting the flames. Conditions
are such that it is hoped they will be
confined to the two entries affected by
the explosion.
The mine is under the active man.
agement of ]. b. Peters. OF Carbon
dale, who is vice president of the Chi
cago and Carterville Coal Company.
The president of the concern is James
Pease, of Chicago, former sheriff Of
Cook County.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
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Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch,
second cousin of the emperor, has been
designated to take full and direct
charge of affairs in Finland
Twenty Japanese were killed and fif-
teen were injured. several of them IA
tally, in the recent wreck of a Great
Northern work train between Vancouv-
err and New Westminster, b. C.
The republic of Liberia has requested
the assistance of the United States
government in organizing police force
with a view Of controlling the many
tribes of the African hinterland
Sensational charges have been made
by directors of the Dali Nippon Sugar
Company, involved in the sugar scan
dals of Japan, against cabinet minis
ters and elder statesmen, of sharing In
the graft of 100000 secured by the
Formosa Sugar Company.
II is reported from London that a
cataract is rarfdly forming on the re-
naming eye OF Gen. Booth. head of the
Salvation Army. An operation is in
evitable. Meanwhile he is busy adj
dressing meetings, controlling the army
and d1ctatlnS correspondence.
No less than $4,000 persons are starv-
ing In Armenia, according to advices
received by the National Armenian and
Indian Relief Association of this coun-
try.
Princess Waldemar died recently in
Copethagen. She was the wife of the
Youngest son of the late King Chris
tian. Prince Waldemar and his three
sons are travelling i'm India.
The Swedish government is about to
undertake an investigation of the
causes of the large emigration from
that country to America. with a view
10 applying remedies which will pre-
vent the depletion of the country ri rs
very best blood.
At Calcutta Lord Mimic published
his plan for an increased representa-
ton of the Hindu and Mohammedan
peoples of India on the vice regal and
provincial councils. The functions OF
the former body are to be greatly in
creased and it's members will take the
oath of allegiance to the crown.
English courts have now ruled
against the suffra gettes, who appealed
from their prison sentences, on the
ground of their right to petition the
government. Mrs. Pankhurst, the lead
er, who has just returned from her
American tour. expected to have to
serve her sentence, but some man
anonymously had paid her fine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
NEGRO IS HERO AT FIRE.
Saves Physicians and Students When
Kansas City Building Is Raced

Heroic work on the part of Wash
ington Johnson, negro janitor, saved
the lives of a score of persons in the
Rialto building, a five-story Office
structure at 9th street and Grand ave-
nue., Kansas City. which was destroy
ed by fire caused by gas explosion.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
Johnson discovered the fire and,
realizing that number of physicians
and medical students were sleeping on
the upper floors, he rushed through the
halls shouting an alarm When he be-
lieved every one had escaped he made
his way to the street. There he learn
ed that Charles r. Manley, a student
who slept on the fifth floor, was miss
ing Without a moments hesitation
Johnson rushed up the stairs to the
top of the building. AS he started
through the hall on the fifth floor he
met Manley, dazed and half-choked,
cropping about Taking the man by
the arm. the negro guided him
through the smoke and flames and the
two men reached the street just as a
second explosion shook the building.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
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Trustees of the Carnegie College re-
tirement fund have modified the rules
of the trust, so that the retirement
age for instructors will be 65, or after
twenty-five years.
Frank White has been appointed di-
rector of education for the Philippine
islands, TO succeed DR.. Barrows re-
signed. Mr.. White has been assistant
director of education at Manila for
several years. He was reared in Ne
braska and is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Chicago.
Louisiana will follow the methods of
Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dako-
tas and teach to every one of the pu-
pills who enter the agricultural high
schools the same curriculum that is
taught in the four Northwestern
States. This is the first year that ag-
riCulture has been taught with system
and practical work in the high schools
of Louisiana.
The first published report to the ef-
feet that the famous elective system
at Harvard had been abolished proves
to have been incorrect It appears to
have been true, however, that under
the Lowell administration plans for
improving that system are receiving
attention. One change contemplated is
to require students to complete the
prescribed course in any study that
they elect
At meeting of the Graduates Club
at New York the subject for discus
sion was DO our systems of public
education prepare children and youth
to enter life with principles of honor p"
A number Of prominent educators ex-
pressed the fear that they do not, and
Prof. John Dewey thought there was
in our colleges than there used to be.
The introduction of the professional
element in college athletics was de-
plored.
The university at Birmingham, Eng,
this year, for the first time. has con-
ferred the degree of doctor of laws.
the recipients being men distinguished
I'm letters, art. politics, science and
philosophy. Among the men honored
by the degree is Andrew Carnegie, the
steel magnate.
Delegates from the Fargo and New
Rockford On. ID Congregations col
leges met recently at jamestown. ".
D., and took the first steps 10 raise
S25O,0O0 for the two schools. Presi-
dent Creegan of Fargo College Presi-
dent Hart of New Rockford College.
and p number of prominent capitalists
of the State were in attendance.
The edict has gone forth at Knox
College that at foot ball games girls
must abstain from joining in college
yells and must content themselves
with songs 1t is declared breach of
dignity and decorum for girls to yell
and indulge in noisy and vehement
demonstrations.
Students of the Iowa Agricultui al
College were awarded first prize in
the students judging competition for
the ]. ogden Armour scholarships at
the International live stock exposition
The Iowa students won with total
of 1910 points. taking first honors in
cattle and hogs. Mississippi. took first
in horses and Ohio first IN sheep.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
ALBERT TAKES OATH
AS KING OF BELGIUM
Hundreds of Thousands View State
Entry of Successor to Leo
pOId III. Into Capital.
FAV0RS HUMANITY IN K0NG0
New Rulers Speech from Throne
Gives Pledge for Mission of Civ
ilization in Africa.

Albert l., King of the Belgians, with
his queen, Elizabeth, made state en-
try into the capital from Laeken
Thursday Cannon doomed forth a
royal salute, church bells rang out
and hundreds of thousands of people
crying Long live Albert" and Long
live Eliza BETH"
When the procession arrived at the
chamber, where the oath of ascension
was to be taken, the successor to
Leopold ii. was given a notable re-
ception by the assembled senators and
deputies. A feeble attempt OF the Sc
cialists to make a republican demon
stration failed miserably. At every
discordant note a fresh outburst of
cheering drowned the voices of the
indictments.
King Albert's speech from the
throne was an eloquent tribute to
Leopold /. and to his uncle, Leopold
II. He declared that the latter had
performed prodigious work in
Africa, with the constant thought of
enriching the nation and increasing
the economic resources of Belgium.
Turning to the subject of Belgium's
future. King Albert said: I'VE must
continue our unshakable attachment
to constitutional liberty and the love
of independence. and thus hold sacred
our patrimony while advancing toward
the peaceful conquests in the field of
labor and science. In the Kongo the
nation wishes a policy of humanity
and progress enforced. The mission
of colonization cannot be other than
mission of high civilization. Bel
GUM always has kept her promises,
and when she engages to apply in the
Kongo policy worthy of her, none
has a right TO doubt her word"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
GALE AND TIDAL WAVE
RAVAGE NEW ENGLAND
Harvest of Death Reaped by Biz
card That Strikes Eastern
States.
SNOW COVERS THE NORTHWEST
Worst December Storm in Decade
Sweeps Wide Area and Cost
Is High.

Driven in terrific northeast gale.
blowing more than sixty miles al
hour, a tidal wave swept the coast of
New England Sunday foenoon, broke
! over the seventeen-foot sea dixie at
Chelsea, engulfed go houses. took a
toll of three lives, made 1.200 house
less and left the shore TO the north
and south of Boston strewn with the
wreckage of summer cottages.
Water reached to the second stories
of many houses. and the fact that the
loss of lives was not greater was due
in large part to Policeman James
z. Dolan. who saw the tidal wave
come over the dixie and sounded
warning which sent people scurrying
TO the upper floors of their houses.
One man fell dead from excitement
and two children were found uncon-
scious in two feet of water and were
sent to the hospital and were resusci-
tated.
The tidal wave swept over Atlantic
avenue in Boston, along which the
and filled the cellars of warehouses,
causing damage estimated at $1,000.
600. For several hours the town of
Hull was an island and life-savers res
cued people from their houses in the
lowest section. At Biddeford, Me-.
scores of cottages were wrenched from
their foundations and swept out to sea.
Wreckage of houses is strewn along
the beaches at Prouts Neck. Old Or
chard. Ferry Beach, Camp Ellis and
Biddeford Pool
The Northwest woke up Christmas
morning TO find that the weather man
had presented them with the worst
December snOwstorm in more than a
decade. From the northern limits of
the country to the southernmost tier
of counties in Illinois smooth, feecy
blanket lay over the whole country,
killing out of sight the bare tops of
hills, filling up valleys and ravines.
and in the broad open spaces where
the wind had full play wrinkling up
in5o fantastic drifts that buried fences,
blocked roadways and completely oblit-
Grated miles of railroad tracks.
Whipped by gale that at times
reached velocity of forty-eight miles
an hour, the snowstorm swept east
ward from the Mississippi Valley dur
il g the day. 1t took wide path,
reaching as far south as Tennessee and
r>orth Carolina and extending north
into upper New York State In New
York City it almost stalled street car
and suburban train service. pic
turesque Christmas gift and one most
suitable to the day Chicago found it.
but, with the romantic features left
out of consideration, an announcement
and expensive one.
Before another twelve hours had
passed thousands of dollars had been
spent in tearing rents through the
blanket to make way for the trains
that carry the country's traffic, and all
night linemen were at work repairing
the telegraph wires that the snow had
broken down in its descent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
PAST AND PRESENT
AS 1T COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
Telegraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the nlightenment
of the Many,
inois Farmer Attacked by Wolves.

Illinois Farmer Attacked by Wolves.
A pack of eight timber wolves at
tackled Henry Lund and his horses
while he was driving through the
woods near Montgomery, Ill. The
wolves first attacked the horses, Sc
verely biting them and then attempted
to leap into the sleigh. Lund fought
desperately the attack of the wolves
with a heavy whip and his horses,
bleeding and exhausted from long
gallOp through the heavy woods, man.
aged to reach clearing where the
wolves We're frightened of. Such an
experience has not been reported in
that section of the country in many
years. Farmers near Montgomery Or
ganized a posse to exterminate the
wolves.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
SENATOR M'LAURIN is DEAD.
End Comes to Mississippi Leader at
Brandon Residence.

Brandon Residence.
United States Senator Anselm j. Nc
Laurin, who had been a leader in Mis-
sissippi Democracy for many years,
died at his residence in Brandon, Miss,
Wednesday night. Death was due TO
an attack of heart failure, and came
without the slightest warning. When
the fatal stroke came upon him Sen
ator McLaurin was seated in rocking
chair in front of the fireplace in his
library He suddenly fell forward,
without speaking a word. and life was
extinct when members of his family
reached his side.
Senator McLaurin, who was 81 years
old, began his first term in the United
States Senate in 1894, but was elected
Governor of Mississippi in 1895 and
served in that Office four years. He
was elected again to the Senate in
1900 and served one term. He was re-
turned for the term which began on
March 4, 1907. His present term OF
Office would have expired on March 3.
1913. Senator McLaurin began the
study of law in 1868, after he had
served through the civil war as pri-
vate in the Confederate army. He was
born near Brandon and raised on a
farm. Seven children survive him.
In the Senate chamber he was known
as one of the strongest defenders of
its resources, and future. He did some
active work on the Senate committee
on the Mississippi river and tribu-
taries and was a member of other i'm
portant Senate committees, among
them those on civil service. commerce,
immigration, interstate commerce, pub
lie expenditures, and the joint commit
tee on revision of the laws of the Unit
ed States.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 1915; hogs, prime heavy, $3.50
to ss.55; sheep, fair to choice. $3.50
to s5.75; wheat, No. 2. s1.23 to $1.27;
corn. No. 2. 60c to 62c: oats. standard,
43c to 44c; rye, No. 2. TIC to 79c: hay.
timothy. $1,000 to $500; prairie. $500
to s14.50; butter, choice creamery, soc
to 35c; eggs, fresh. soc to 36c; pota-
toes, per bushel. SOC to 45c.
Indianapolis-Cattle shipping. $500
to $7.75; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to sS.65; sheep, good to choice.
1925 to 81 so; wheat, No. 2, s1.23 to
$125; corn, No. 2 white, SOC to Gle;
oats, No. white. Acc to 47c.
st. Louis-Cattle. $500 to $3.50;
hogs. $500 to ss.55; sheep, $500 to
s5.75; wheat. No. 2. s1-29 to s132;
corn. No. 2. Gle to CSC; oats. No .. 4sc
to 44c; rye. No. 2, 75c to 76c.
Detroit-Cattle. $500 to 5000; hogs.
$500 to sS.l5; sheep. $3.50 to s4.25:
wheat, No. 2, S1.23 to SIPS: corn, No.
yellow, Gle to &c; oats, standard,
45c to Acc; rye. No. 1, 76c to Use.
ilxaukee-Wheat. No. northern,
s1.13 to S116; corn. No. 3. Csc to Gee;
oats, standard. 43c to 45c; rye. No. 1.
76c to 7Sc; barley. standard, Csc to
zoe; pork, mess, $500.
Buffalo = Cattle, choice shipping
steers, $500 to SIPS; hogs. fair to
choice, $500 to $3.50: sheep. common
to good mixed, $500 to $3.50; lambs.
fair to choice, $500 to $500.
Toledo-wheat. No. mixed. s120
to s1.22; corn, No. mixed. Coo to
Gle; oats, No. . mixed. 43c to 44c:
rye, No. 2. 75c to nc; clover seed,
$500.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 20 Sis;
hogs, $500 to ss.45; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, SIPS to s1.30;
corn. No. 2 mixed, Gle to &c; oats,
No. mixed, Acc to 47c: rye. No. 2,
nc to soc.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50:
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to
s5.25; wheat, No. red. SIPS to s1.30;
corn, No. 2, zoe to tic; oats. natural.
white, 47c to soc; butter, creamery,
Csc to &c; eggs, western. &c to
CSC
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
Wreck Cost Five Lives.

Five trainmen were killed and two
were fatally hurt in a collision between
freight trains Nos. 81 and SO, on the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern rail-
road, twenty miles west of Seymour,
Ind. near Fort Ritner The trains met
head-on on a sharp curve, apparently
because of a misunderstanding of or
ders. Engines and cars were smashed
and their wreckage piled high. A re-
lief train was sent as soon as word of
the wreck was received, but the in
jured suffered terribly from the cold
before help came.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
One Killed. Many Injured.

Frank Kendall. 2s years of age. of
Plymouth, Mich, was crushed to
death; Richard Roe. years old, of De-
troit, lost one hand and is in a critical
condition, while score of other pas
sengers were less seriously hurt as the
result of an interurban car on the De-
troit United railway jumping the
tracks and tipping over on curve four
miles north of the village of Wayne,
Mich.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
LITTLE TIM is DEAD.
Political King of New York BOwery
PASSES Away.

Timothy p. (Little TIM Sullivan,
political king of the Bowery. and one
died in his home, 222 East 18th street,
of acute Bright's disease and infiam-
nation of the lining of the heart. From
dawn until evening Little Tim" was
passing slowly away. At $50 p. m.
he emerged from semi-comatose
state. He knew he was close to death,
and said farewell to the immediate
members of his family and a few close
friends. The news spread quickly, and
in many houses there was weeping
Thousands he had befriended, standing
between them and actual want, were
inconsolable.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30

The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. William
E. Ritter, both aged about 20 and
wealthy, We're found at their home in
Gilmore Township, Daviess County, In
diana, under circumstances indicating
murder. 1t is believed that the crime
was committed several days ago as
there were no footprints in the snow
about the Ritter home. The county
coroner is making an investigation.
The Ritters, who were quite wealthy.
were said TO have kept considerable
money in their home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
MONSTER wARsH1P LAUNCHED
Utah, Greatest of Battle Craft,
Leaves Ways Into the Delaware.

Declared without an equal afloat,
the Utah, the greatest battle ship ever
built in the United States. was launch
ed from the yard of the New York
Shipbuilding Company at Camden, n
j.. in the presence of several thousand
persons, who crowded the piers and
every other vantage point. AS the
hull started to leave the ways. Miss
Mary Alice Spry, of Salt Lake City
daughter of the Governor of Utah
broke p bottle of champagne against
the keel of the ship. Launchings of
warships on the Delaware have be-
come a common sight, but the latest
addition to the American navy aroused
the enthusiasm of the crowd, whose
cheers, as well as the din made by the
whistles of river craft, continued sew.
eral minutes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30

A fire which for several hours
threatened the destruction of an en-
tire block in the heart of the citys
business center destroyed the five-story
whisky warehouse of Sol and Sig Erie
berg, Fourth street and Central ave-
nue., Cincinnati, and the firms stock
of whisky valued at $l25,000. The en-
tire loss is estimated at more than
5000, 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
ESTRADA VICTOR IN BATTLE.
Zelayan Forces Completely Van
pushed by Nicaraguan Rebels.

Gen. Estrada's victory at Rama, Mic
aragua, is complete. The Zelayan
forces have been practically annihi-
lated. Those not killed. wounded or
captured are cut off from retreat. Six
hundred are dead on both sides, the
government loss being by far the
heaviest. In addition, Estrada has
captured more than 1000 men, 1900
rifles and a million rounds of ammuni-
ton. Fourteen surgeons and assist
ants have been landed from the Unit
ed States cruisers Tacoma and Des
Shipley and are caring for the wound
ed in improvised hospitals in Blue
fields.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
FARMERS PURCHASE AUTOS.

j. c. Coe of Moose jaw, Saal<atche-
wan, Carries Orders of Neiehbors.
Moose Jaw. Saskatchewan, is the
postoffice address of ]. c. Coe, farm
er, who spent a day in Detroit on his
way to New York. Farmer Goes main
reason in visiting Detroit was to buy
an automobile. From his farmer
neighbors he had orders and bank
drafts for twenty-nine more "whiz
wagons Goes automobile cost s4.5OO
and the rest of the cars we're all of
high grades, several in The $4,000
class.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
FORTY HURT IN TRAIN WRECK

Mail Clerks Barely Escape from
Burning Car Near ManI<ato, MINI.
ST. Paul passenger train No. 43, run
ming north at thirty-fve miles an hour,
spread the rails one-half mile east of
the ditch. Forty passengers were hurt,
none fatally, it is believed. The mail
car rolled down a thirty-foot embank-
ment and caught fire. The mail clerks
had a narrow escape.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
Man Kills Woman and Himself.

Because he thought she had laughed
at him in passing, Conrad Yox. As
years old, a teamster at Baltimore,
Md. shot and instantly killed Mrs. Rita
Phillips and fired five bullets into the
body of Miss Edith Spencer. He then
barricaded himself in the building in
which he lived and, scattering kero-
sene about, set fire to the building. It
was destroyed and Yox was burned to
death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-30
Mine Furnace for Years,

Two Mexicans are dead and a dozen
other persons are lingering between
life and death as a result of volcanic
Weaver mine of the American Fuel
Company near Gallup. N. Mex, broke
into the old workings of the mine,
which has been burning for seven
wears.