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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
FLOOD IN MIDDLE WEST;
SANTA FE TRAIN UPSET
Coaches in Eighteen Feet of Water
at Pomona, kansas-Chicago
Child browns.
800 ARE RESCUED IN BOATS
Unprecedented Rains Swell River
and Do Great Damage in
Missouri Valley.

Weakened by excessive rains and
covered with water TO depth of two
feet, the road of the Santa Fe line.
one-half mile east of Pomona. Kan
gave way under the weight of the sec
ond section of west-bound passenger
train No. 5 at 3 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. Three coaches turned turs
tie on the right of the embankment
and now lie in eighteen feet of water
The 4-year-old daughter of Mrs Car
RE Rose of Chicago was drowned. Two
of the 300 passengers on the train
were injured.
Coaches Toppled Over.
The train had been detoured from
the main line to the Emporia cutoff
to avoid food blockade and encoun-
tered rising water a mile from Pomo-
ma. A stop was made to examine the
track and the train slowly entered the
flood. Half the distance to the depot
had been traversed when the baggage
car left the rails. The smoking car
and the day coach followed. turned
from the rails and slipped gradually
over the embankment and down into
eighteen feet of water that filled the
slough at the side of the roadbed. The
turn was made so slowly, however.
that the passengers, previously warned
of the dangers of the track, succeeded
in gaining the tops of the coaches that
still stood upright in the flood.
A relief train from Ottawa came in
sight through the rising waters at 5
o'clock. but was compelled to return
for additional boats and coils Of rope
to steady the boats against the swift
current. Four boats, manned by ex-
pert crews, took the passengers of
Homes were found for all the refugees
at the farm houses and in the village
of Pomona.
Boat Is Swept Away.
One of the first of three boats 10
reach the spot was caught in the
wreckage and lost The rescue train
on its second trip plowed through two
feet of water for three-quarters OF a
mile before it reached the point from
which the boats were launched.
In Pattonsburg, Mo-. the dead are
George Palmer, a harness-maker. and
Harrison Walker. a section man. and
d. Bower and wife, E. C. Nelson, gro
Gerry clerk and man named Scott are
missing. During the morning call
for aid was sent out from Pattonsburg.
a town of 1000 in Daviess County.
which was reported under seven TO
ten feet of water. and relief trains
were made up at st. Joseph and Kan
sas City.
A dispatch from Santa Rosa, No.
stated that the st. Joseph relief tram
was marooned between that place and
Pattonsburg. Teh water had gone up
until it was two feet over the track
Two Kansas City boats which started
from Pattonsburg 10 the train are
missing But one ST. Joseph boat got
through. The engine whistled all
night to e Tide the boatmen.
The worst flood of the year is raging
in the Des Moines River Valley. The
river has reached the fourteen foot
mark and threatens to go higher
Thousands of dollars worth of corn
has been swept away. Residences in
the southern part of the city of Des
Moines we're surrounded by a foot OF
water. Every railroad running trains
into Des Moines is hours late.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Tornado Breaks Up Funeral.

More than a score of persons were
Injured in a tornado that swept over
the northeastern part of Butler Coun-
ty, Ohio. At Seven-Mile Station the
funeral procession of Mrs. Sarah Lloyd
was caught in the wind. Five carriages
containing twenty persons were blown
across the road and hurled against a
fence, injuring all of the occupants,
none fatally, however.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
suicided After Seeing Wife's Body.

Responding to notice that the
body of his wife, who it is believed
committed suicide two or three days
ago, had been taken from the Ohio
river at Louisville, KY. Walter ].
Honaker, member of prominent firm
of retail shoe dealers, met the body at
an undertaking establishment and
after identifying it, committed suicide.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15

A dynamite bomb thrown into the
midst of crowd surrounding street
vender in Woonsocket, r. L., injured
nine persons, one of whom will die.
The bomb thrower was not arrested
and the cause of the throwing of the
missile is a mystery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Five Believed Drowned.

While attempting to cross swollen
stream at Marysville, Mo-, where the
bridge was washed away, Charles Dan
iels and John Brer, with their team,
were drowned. Three other persons
are missing and are supposed to have
been drowned in a similar manner.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Fatal Fire at Seattle.

Fire which broke out in a three
story frame rooming house at 4OS Ter
race street, Seattle. Wash, destroyed
the building and two adjoining struc-
lures. Three firemen, imprisoned I'M
der falling walls, were rescued with
difficulty, badly hurt. One man is dead.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

The Schenectady plant of the Amer
lean Locomotive Company has received
an order from the Chicago North
western Railroad for sixty-five. loco
motives for delivery in October.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15

With teeth chattering until they
could hardly answer the solemn ques-
tions of the officiating minister. w. N.
Lynch, of Fruitvale. Cal, and Miss Vic
let Peert, of Colorado Springs, Colo,
were married while standing neck deep
i'm the icy waters of the Sacramento
River near Shasta Retreat, Cal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15

EpWOrth LehKue HOIds SessfOn-
The eighth international convention
of the Epworth League of the Method
list Episcopal Church in the United
States and Canada met Wednesday in
Seattle with seven bishops among the
delegates. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes
of San Francisco presided. In the
opening song service Professor Chas.
H. Gabriel of Chicago led the sing
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Fourteen seamen Sink with Wreck.

Three minutes after the steel steam
er Isaac NJ. Scott and John B. Cowle
had collided in Lake Superior, about a
mile and half off Whitefish Point
lighthouse, the Cowle had gone to the
bottom in fifty fathoms of water, car
rying with her fourteen members of
her crew. The Scott, although badly
damaged about the bows. put back to
port at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, with
part of the crew of the Cowle
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Two Drowned in Lake Wawasee.

Herbert j. Stansbury, 81, and Miss
Cora Keehn, IS, both of Lisonier, Ind,
were drowned at Lake Wawasee. Both
are members of prominent families in
Ligonier.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Eleven Hurt in a Wreck.

Eleven persons were slightly injured
as the result of a spreading rail, caus-
ing the derailment of passenger train
on the Southern Railway near Blan-
tyre. n. C.. The first class cars and
the parlor cars were turned over.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Incendiary Fire Kills Five,

Mrs. M. Lecumber and her four chill
dren were burned TO death by an in
cendiary fire in the night. The wom-
an managed a boarding house at
mining camp near New Idria, Cal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Killed Son In Mistake for Burglar.

Mistaking his little son, Herbert, 6
years old, for burglar, Fred Hoppe.
of Gallon, Ohio, shot and killed the
boy who was walking in his sleep.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Storm Kills One at Camp Meeting.

One person was killed, another Sc
verely injured and several sustained
minor injuries when en- electrical
storm swept the camp meeting
grounds of the Free Methodists in
Steubenville, Ohio
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
pig Iron Production Jumps.

With the exception of three stacks,
every blast furnace in the Shenango
Valley. in Pennsylvania, is in opera
ton. The pig iron production from
that locality has increased so per cent
during the last four months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Two Arc Hanged for Murder,

Joe Veltre and Bruno Carbone, both
foreigners, were hanged in Indiana,
Pa. for the murder of Robert Tozier,
an old soldier, who was shot to death
on July Is, 1908. at Glen Campbell,
near here
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Cashier Kills Fleeing Negro.

Earle ]. LITTER, assistant cashier of
the Security National Bank in Oklaho-
ma City, shot and fatally wounded A
G.. Hudson, a negro, who had been
charged with forgery and who had
fed from the bank with LITTER after
him
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Explosion Kills Nine Mfners.

Nine men were killed by an explo-
sion of gas i'm the mine of the Cedar
Hill Coal and Coke Company at Toll.
lerville. Colo. They were descending
in the cage at the time of the explo-
sion. Those who were not killed in
stantly were slowly suffocated by gas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Woman stnbs BIuecoat with YTot,f,

policeman. Harry Bands, OF Du-
quesne, Pa, is in serious cordition
at his home as result of being stab
bed with hat pin while taking a ne
gress to the workhouse.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
TO BUILD 10, e42-FooT CAUsEwAY
Galveston VIII Spend $1,232,OOO to
Link Island and Main Land.

Link Island and Main Land.
Announcement is made that Calves
ton County, Tex, has let contracts for
the construction of a causeway con-
Meeting Galveston island and the main
land of Texas in a permanent struc-
ture 1852 feet long. This work is re-
garded as equal in Importance to
that of the sea wall The contract
calls for $40 feet of direct roadway
fill and for 2.472 feet of concrete arch
bridge, aggregating in cost s1,232, 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15

Orazio Runfola, alleged Black Hand
leader. was held by the United States
commissioner in Pittsburg in $4,000
bail to appear before the District
Court of northern Ohio.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Cuts Throat on Broken Jar.

Mrs. Edward Sampsel, of Bloomville.
Ohio. fell down stairs while carrying a
stone far. Her throat was cut on the
broken vessel and she was later found
dead.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15

In a pistol duel on the street in
Monroe. La, w. ]. Webb shot and
killed S. l.. Bracey. Webb received
several slight wounds.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Three Killed by Bomb Explosion.

Three persons were instantly killed
by explosion of a bomb during a post
poned celebration of ST. Johns day by
the parishioners of the Holy Rosary
Roman Catholic church in Kansas
City. Mo. Many others received minor
injuries from the flying fragments of
the bomb. The dead are: Antonio
Grassiffe. who was in charge of touch
ing off the fireworks, and a negro and
a negress, who were by-standers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
Fourteen Miners Killed in Explosion

Fourteen Miners Killed in Explosion.
An explosion of gas occurred in the
Makewska mine. in the Don District
I'm Russia One hundred and fifty min
ers were working in the pit at the
time. Rescuing parties after difficult
and dangerous work succeeded in
bringing most of the imprisoned men
to the surface alive. One of the res
cuers was overcome by gas fumes and
fourteen of the miners were dead
when found.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15
TAFT'S ITINERARY ANNOUNCED.

-Chicag go Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-15

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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26
Trent Trust Co., Ltd.
1T is TO SMILE.

Editor Evening Bull NJ
But IL one or two republicans were to
complain atWashington, representing
that the majority of republicans OBJ
lected to the bill,--if they should lie,
and say so.--then the people at Wash
ington would probably wait with TAX.
ing action until they could obtain more
Information" 49, Governor Frear, In
Bulletin, January 20.
In my opinion, the Governor Is TAX
ing mighty chances with his bill II It's
passage depends upon not being able
to find two republicans in Hawaii who
will lie. It's my experience that II is
difficult to find that many republicans
IN this Territory who will tell the truth
about public affairs. or course the
truth is in very many of them but they
are careful not to let It out.
You can put It down as a pretty safe
guess that the bill will not pass and
the Democrats claim all the credit and
assume all the responsibility for hav
lHb hllltu IT. ne SONtih'l HdHutu VT
no choice OF weapons. The terms
were-"Shoot first and explain after
ward" The Democrats are not afrait
of the light and will be on hand with
explanations at the proper time.
Moral: When you're going to take
a sneak, look out for Democrats.
+. J. RYAN.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26
MANY Want WORK
ON DREDGING JOB

That the Hawaiian Dredging Com
pany will have no great difficulty in
securing wOrkmen to handle the
Pearl Harbor job seems assured. Not
only have 'large number of local
men signified desire to secure en-
plOyment on the dredging work, but
communications have been received
from the mainland asking what the
chances are OF securing employment
When the contract was first award
ed, the Dillingham; Company an.
nOunced that, as far as possible, local
men weuid 'besemployed on the work
This means Lhat If there are enough
skilled dredge operators in Honolulu
or the Hawaiian Islands TO handle the
job, no outside assistance will be ask.
ed or accepted.
1t is furthermore announced that
rs far as possible, all materials need
ed will be purchased here on the
ground, that Hawaii may derive the
greatest possible amount of benefit
from the awarding of the contract tC
local firm.
1t is not believed, however, that
there will be enough skilled workmer
here to handle all of the work that is
projected.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26

and ACTION for or against the bill
as u whole or in part.
The Merchants Association should
dc the same. Let there be ACTION,
The Republican committee should
express itself. The Hilo Board of
Trade should be heard from. The
Waikiki Improvement Association is
not too small to have voice and in.
fluence. And the Democratic party
might add to the fund of information
and comment.
Whether this action has any effect
on Congress. 1t must be of inesti-
mable value in shaping the course OF
the Legislature which Is about to
meet.
The people should demand hear
ing at all times. But after they gel
It. they should not sit around like
bumps on a log and do nothing.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26
LEGISLATURE
Continued from Page u

and previous good work entities him.
But there are members who claim
that Holstein must come through"
with promises on certain committee
chairmanships before he can be GER
tain of reelection. In other words,
he must be tractable. Whether the
men who want to manage Holstein"
are in a majority or not remains to
be seen.
Among the matters to be dealt
with in the conferences before the
Legislature meets will probably be
the taxation problem. So many tax
alton schemes are being brought to
the front that an effort will be made
TO get the Republican members to-
gether on general line of policy
although no exact bill may be framed
to rise to the dignity OF an Admins
tration measure. Many wise heads
are scratching these days to deter
mine hoy the present income can be
made to go around or enough money
obtained from new sources to provide
for additional expenses such as the
increase of the militia, an active i'm
migration campaign, development of
public works, pensions for teachers,
the College of Hawaii, decent salaries
for teachers. and various other neces-
stiles that are the result of the chang
ing conditions associated with the
growth of Hawaii.
What the Democrats will do is not
known. They will be more of fac
tor than ever before on account nj
their increased membership in the
Senate, the usual blockading ground
OF foolish legislation.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26
STRONGARM VICTIM
ACCUSESPOR7UGESE
Mort Believes That He
Could Identity The
Robbers

From tho story told bv Mori. the
Ianonese who was held up last night
on Kukui street II ia believed that the
rohhors woro pnrtrou,sc The men.
,broe IN nnmbor carried pistols and
Ionp knives Tbosn wcapons fright.
enaJ Mori an tbnt ne obeycd orders
ana n,Iowod tho hIrhwavmen to go
,brougb HE nnckcts
90 wns scared nj those men. because
,hay NOD nis,oIs and knives" said
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26
Buy A Home

Q bedroom, B. room house; cleo
trio lights; modern porcelain
plumbing; beautiful marine and
mountain views; artesian water.
Price $4,000. Property Is
new and In good repair.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26
MOVING PICTURE MORALS.

Editor vening Bulletin {:
think II would be good plan for
our Sheriff or one of his deputies TO
visit the moving picture shows at
each change of program, so as to sup
press anything immoral.
The management of the theater to
which | have reference adyertises
Nothing Objectionable" and still,
one Of the numbers on his program
last week was decidedly indecent.
These shows are the only public
places of amusement running Just
now, and are patronized daily by
hundreds Of school children. and II
is a pity they cannot be kept clean,
A MOTHER.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26

There is but one response to this
appeal. The films shown by the NOV
ing-picture concerns of this city
should be above reproach. Instances
OF the violation of good morals
SHOULD be dealt with by the proper
authorities promptly and decisively.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26

The Philippine Constabulary Band
will arrive here on the transport Blu
ford and will give one concert In this
city. The band was one of the attrac,
tons at the st, Louis fair and Is now
about to be sent to the Alaska.Yukon.
PnCiflC EXnOSltlOn
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26

Fifty-two batsmen are famed out
by four pitchers in two Bay City
league games.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26
a,gE5Ez Es;ss
WS latI GgnpAhY!
Wt<S5r-S.1SSSs
For Sale
COL EG E HILL Is

A very attractive cottage near the
car line, at a bargain for the next
ten days.
Building lot, Manoa Road; $4,000
50. it., price $1,000.
Building lot on East Manoa Road,
corner Hillside Ave; 1880 50. it,,
price $1,000.
KAHN UKI
House and lot on Cocoa Avenue;
lot 10000 so. it,, corner lot, and
modern house, price $500.
Eight lots, cleared and fenced, cor.
Eighth and Mauna Loa Avenues,
price $4,000.
House and lot, cor. Seventh and
Mauna Loa, 10000 50. it,, improved,
modern cottage, new, price $3.50.
YOUNG STREE
Modern cottage, small lot, price
X A L H II
Gulick Ave, modern cottage, lot
100 x 100. Price $2l00.
WaterhOuSe Trust
COR. FORT AND MERCHANT SITS.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-26
ASSESSMENT NO. 8

HoDCDDMEN NV'
in the Harrison Mutual Benevolent
Association due Dec. Is, 1908, de-
linquent Jan. IS, 1909. All assess
ments are payable at the Secretary's
office. Kapiolani Building, King and
Alakea SITS
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-28
"A. SALEM RANCHER
bitches CARS AND
DOES OTHER STUNTS
LUCKY JACK PETERSON WITH HIS BIG AUTO
PUTS PORTLAND STREET CAR IN THE
DITCH BUT HIS AUTO is
ALL RIGHT

Lucky Jack Peterson is always do
ing stunts that surprise his neigh
bors He went down on the lower
Columbia and raised the steamship
Elder. when she was considered 4
total loss. and thereby put innumer-
able "scads" into his own pocket.
Since that time he has become an
automobile fiend. He can't get car
too big, or too fast. or too anything,
and he doesn't seem to care what he
does with II.
The dispatches yesterday show that
Mr.. Peterson" was out for ride
in Portland in his favorite auto. He
was jogging along about 90 70 70
miles an hour, or whatever gait
pleased him, when re ran up against
the Portland Railway, Light & Pow
er Co, colliding with one Of Its cars
at Thirteenth and Alder streets, and
he ditched the car, without doing any
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-28
UNITED STATES STEEL
NOT AFRAID OF TARIFF

AeN YORK. Aprl At.--During the
past three montaS the net earnings
Of the United States Steel Corpora
ton Vas $4,000. 900 In excess OF the
earnings for the corresponding quar-
ter last year according 70 the report
which has just been issued
The total figure. t2Z s21.2es. was
s. 600 600 in excess OF expectations
This b. believed % prove that the
threats Of wage cutting recently made
b. the trusts managers. were made
Tor heir morai effect upon tariff
unkeTefE in congress
The report filed indicates that busi-
ness has Improved steadily since Jan
uary The earnings f0r February
are iu excess Of those Tor the first
month ~ the year. while those for
March are cyrresp0ndinEly increased
Exclusive of dividends the surplus
fOf the quarter ending March 81.
1903. wac FS.O4t.Csi Hs against
o. .hst 600 for the same quarter Of
itot The rate " 2 per cent on the
Common and Z per cent on the pre-
ferrcd stock Nas continued
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-28
ABOUT
SALEM'S
LIBRARY

Opinion about Salem is consider
ably stirred over recent utterances
anent the project for a permanent
home for the city's-Or more prop
erly the Women's clubs-nbraEy.
This struggling and. for a city Of this
size. far too modest institution. will
have a home without any question
but Il seems unlikely that n will b.
before partifanshlp. petty feeling and
ill-adyised accusation and disclaimers
have been abandoned.
All the newspaper pesE from FO1
pOpuli 10 yeritas. Dan ~ BeerNheba.
and south Of the Erldiron 20 breaE-
fast, are chucking Communication az
The Journal advocating locations Cor
library al along the road from
ehlnAtOSn ~ the Jasper sails 0f NeS
Jerusalem. bat thus FAR the erfhu-
siastically discursiyc horde hasn't Of
fored a mildeNed penny or a lucid
plan for grabbing a site NaxEir'
Some Of them want Mrs Kelhhsr.
the chairman of the library a0ard
doported. Others want 90 use shat
funds are on hand % give the LADY
life-alze statue In Court House
square. None. however. offer a. add
To the funds Tor any purpose. and
none show wherein such funds aH ore
on hand were illy procured. nor do
they show that contributors have
not been nlggardly when the worthl-
ness OF the object is admitted
stripped %. any ana all argument
furbolow, flounce. decoration and ma
lor and minor premise naked aH sin
the situation IN this There a.
modest little library. we'll selected u
IA true, but without a volume per
capita of population. aud its procar-
ious home rs provided partly By the
efforts of u few enthusiastic women
aud the grudging contributions OF the
city.
Who cares yclp whether we use
Carnegie's name over the portal, or
that of Ahednego whc,hor ono man
gives dollar and another $4,000
II the aggregate congoula into q a.
brary ON ita own site available 20 the
reading for pleasure or the studious
citizen
We haven't one nov. have Wc9
We cannot get one hy qunrreling.
can wey
We Wouldn't have any al an we're