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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
NAPLES IN cHoLERA's GRIP.


Rome.-Since Asiatic cholera made
its appearance In the Naples district
a month ago, nearly 10000 persons
have died of the scourge, the news of
which has been suppressed by the au.
thorities.
Even in Naples Bulletins are issued
daily now by the health officials. That
of Friday announced that there had
been 81 deaths of cholera in "a hours.
There were 80 new cases and % deaths
in Naples Tuesday.
This is we'll established here, al
though the official reports from Naples
announce only five cases and three
deaths in the past "a hours in the en-
tire province of Naples, three cases
and one death In the district of Apu'ia
and one death in the province of Fog
gia.
Here there have been four cases of
true cholera and one death, but no one
seems to feel the slightest alarm. Dis
patches from Sicily state that the
peasants are resisting the sanitary Of
ficials.
The government is actively trying
to prevent the spread of the disease
here and It's expectation. The quaran-
tine station on Nisedor island in the
Bay of Naples is being rapidly accom-
modated to receive many more pa
tents The foreign minister is taking
measures to protect incoming passen-
gers from danger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
e MARINES DROWN
BARGE WITH SAILORS SWAMPEr
WHILE RETURNING TO
BATTlESHIP.
RECOVER VERY FEW BODIES
Eleven Missing Who Are Not known
to Have Been in the SWamped Boa.
Court of Inquiry In Progress
Other News of Interest.

New York.-There was given out
from the battleship New Hampshire a
lost of Twenty-Five men who were sup
posed to have persisted by the swamp
ing of barge or whaleboat, which was
being towed to vessel at anchor in the
Hudson river A list of eighteen men
who are still absent, but who were not
recognized as having been in the
Swamped boat was also given out.
All day police boats dotted the cove
in the river above West One Hundred
and Fifty-seventh street, their crews
graphing for bodies. But their efforts
were without success, not one body
being recovered. Old river men said
they We're not surprised, for when the
accident occurred, they declared, the
tide was running up stream like mill
race with a brisk wind out of the south
west pushing it along at even a faster
clip. This would take the bodies far
beyond the scene of the disaster and
probability it will be several days be-
fore any more are found.
Along the water front in the vicin-
ity of the accident. crowds gathered,
rushing hither and 1hither seeking in
formation. Many women were among
them, their eyes red from weeping or
anxiety depicted on their faces. They
were looking for news of relatives or
friends who had shore leave and
shouI1 have reported back on the New
Hampshire the evening previous.
Various versions of how the accident
occurred are in circulation. The gen.
orally accepted one, however, was that
the barge, heavily loaded with sailors
and marines returning from shore
leave, was towed into the heavy swells
of a passing steamboat. Rising for a
moment, like a cork, the barge then
plunged into the trough betkeen the
waves, one of which broke over the
side and swamped it.
Many of the sailors and marines
were pulled aboard these boats; others
held tightly to the swamped barge.
Still others, unequal to the battle with
the heavy waves and tide.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
FINE NATURAL HISTORY GROUP
Proof Of Deer Hunters Story Of Phil.
Ippine Forest Tragedy Has
Been Preserved.

A remarkable natural history group
has been presented to Gov. Gen.
Forbes by Governor Cables of La La
guna, says the Manila Times. 1t con
sists of a doe in the grip Of huge
boa constructor, buck and a fawn
and it's history makes thrilling hunt
ing tale. Some weeks ago Governor
Cables went deer hunting in the
mountains Of La Laguna. His heaters
and dogs located doe and began fol-
lowing her through the timber.
Suddenly one of the dogs made a
great outcry, and hurrying forward
the governor found another hunter in
the person of a huge boa constructor.
1t had fallen upon the doe and en-
circling its body had taken a hitch
around the trunk of sturdy tree and
was crushing it to death.
The game dog had charged in but
the snake pinned 1t against a log with
its tail and would speedily have dis
patched it. Cables closed in and with
a well directed shot to the neck killed
the constructor.
The doe was dead when the hunters
disentangled 1t from the coils OF the
huge snake.
The fawn was found hidden In some
brush and a little later the buck was
located and shot. The constructor
measured twenty-one feet In length
and its body is very large. The buck
and doe are also large specimens and
the group Is a striking one.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
TWENTY ARE KILLED RY
AWFUL DYNAMITE BLAST
Los Angeles Times Building Is Blown
Up and Completely Destroyed
MANY Are Hurt.

Los Angeles, Cal-Early Saturday
an explosion that shook the city for
many blocks and which caused the
death of ID to % persons, completely
destroyed the Times Publishing build
ing at First and Broadway, in which
is published the Los Angeles Morning
Times
The explosion was Immediately fol
lowed by a fierce rush of flames that
made it impossible TO attempt the
rescue of many of the employees who
were trapped without chance of es-
cape from the double horror.
Almost within sound of the explo-
sion the entire half block. which was
occupied by four-story structure, be-
came seething furnace. A fortunate
few jumped from the windows, only to
meet with injury from the fall
The cause of the explosion has not
been ascertained, but according TO the
police, several of whom we're entering
the police station 800 feet away when
the blast occurred. there was series
of heavy intonations
The building was entirely de-
stroyed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06

There Is one boat on the Hudson
river that refuses to be Cslerized. AL
though the word fast is not usually
ra,ished when applied to the feminine
gender, the Mary Powell glories In
the epithet and has made friends by
It. This boat will complete this sea-
son fifty years of service, and the
semi-centennial anniversary will be
appropriately celebrated. Captain
Anderson has served on the boat forty
years in various capacities. The Mary
Powell is still in daily use by the Hud-
son River Day Line, and cuts the wa
Ter between New York and Kingston
not only like thing of life ut like
q thing OF very lively life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
BOMB NEAR PALMER HOME
Man Places Explosive Near Mansion,
Then Declares He Saved Family.

Chicago. = After placing a bomb
beside the residence of Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer and cutting his coat into
shreds with a butcher knife. piercing
his skin, Fred C. Wahlenmeyer, TWEEN
ty-six years old, attempted to gain en-
trance to the mansion. He was ar
rested.
Wahlenmeyer demanded an audi
ence with Mrs. Palmer, but the watch
man, who was the first person encoun-
tered, summoned the police. Wahlen-
meyer at first told story of having
seen another man placing the bomb at
the side of the house, and of strug-
Cling with him.
Later. however, the prisoner con-
fessed to having put the explosive
there himself, and to having cut his
clothes to bear out his narrative. Mrs.
Palmer was at home at the time, and
the whole household was thrown into
excitement by the proximity If death
or injury from the bomb.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
PRAISE GIVEN LA TOILETTE
Wisconsin Republicans Warmly In
dorse His Principles.

Madison, Wis. - The platform
adopted by the Wisconsin Repub-
lican state convention was proba.
bly, the most radical that has been
promulgated in many years.
The document is about 1000 words
in length and touches with no uncer
tain hand on great variety of sub
jects.
No mention of the national admin
istration was made save to disparage
the platform. 1t is generally desig
mated as a radically progressive pro.
nunciamento.
Senator La Toilette, although far
from well, was present for the first
time when the resolutions were read
Mention of his name was invariably
the signal for applause. He addressed
the convention briefly, complimenting
the delegates upon the platform adopt.
ed AID declaring that the essence OF
progressive Republicanism IS expressed
in the single sentence: THE will OF
the people shall be the law of the
land"
The reading of the report of the
committee on resolutions was attend.
ed by close interest and punctuated
with cheers. The platform as adopted
in part says:
1T is now recognized throughout
the country that Robert M. La Fol.
lette was the pioneer In this progress.
sive movement, and although he had
behind him years Of sound, progressive
work, tried and approved in this state,
wnen he entered the United States
senate he had there neither sym
pathizers nor following. With the cour.
age, ability and determination that
has characterized all his public serv.
ices he adhered to his course, grew
into leadership, and now holds a posi-.
ton of undisputed power and influ-
ence in the nation.
The people, of Wisconsin believe
the results secured promise opportu.
nifty for greater achievements anl
they have by an unprecedented ma.
jority expressed their faith in his wis
dom and craftsmanship and approved
lc-clCCllO1 " Tic OldlSS
senate"
Wisconsin Democrats. in state plat
form convention, al which Chairman
]. E. Davies, who presided, predicted
Democratic victory this fall adopt
ed platform with leading planks as
follows:
Endorses the national platform of
1908; declares the Republican system
of tariff economically unsound, po-
litically corrupt and legalized rob-
berry; the Payne-Aldrich tariff act is
called an indefensible masterpiece of
injustice. Favors a national income
tax, favors the election of United
States senators by direct vote, OPP
poses ship subsidies, denounces the
Republican postal bank law, favors
the conservation of national resources
and denounces the present admins.
tration, especially Secretary Balm
ger; state regulation and control Of
trusts, more stringent corrupt prac-
tice act, home rule for municipalities
popular vote on the initiative, refer
endum and recall and comes out
fatty against county option.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
THE NAMING OF THE BABY
Parents Take Mean Advantage When
They Give Helpless Infant a Bur
densome Name.

Not long since it was chronicled
that a Des Moines babe had been
christened HALEY Comet because it
happened to have been born during
the recent astronomical excitement
In another Iowa home fond, but mis-
guided parents named their young
heir James Jeffries Corbett" some
weeks before the catastrophe to the
white race at Reno. An eastern ex-
change tells Of a man who went in
perpetual embarrassment through life
bearing the name Modest Flower"
These instances of parental folly
are bad enough, but look upon this.
beside which all others fade into in
significance:
A woman IN Missouri, when called
upon to give her name to an officer
Of the courts, gave it thus: Mrs.
Mary Samantha Sarah Lavinia Macy
Lucretia Henrietta Parthenia Arizona
Tabitha Dollie Welding" After the
official had recovered from his faint,
the woman explained her cognomen in
this wise: when l was born my par
family fuss involving all of them
when it came to naming me, so in the
end they settled the matter by nam
ing me for all Of them and throwing
IN few names extra"
When parents take advantage of
helpless infant not more than few
hours old to infiict upon 1t names that
forever afterward will be a burden
and an embarrassment to 1t, they
take the meanest possible advantage
of which even sheep stealer should
be ashamed. There ought to be some
sort Of retributive justice for HALEY
Comet" Modest Flower" Mary Sa-
mantha Sarah Lavinia Macy Lucretia
Henrietta Parthenia Arizona Tabitha
Dollie" and all their link, and it is a
strange commentary on the worlds
progress that 1t was not long since
provided.-Des Moines Register.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
AUTO RACES CLAIM FOUR.
Motor Parkway Scene Of Smashing Of
Auto and Death Records.

Long Island Motor Parkway, n. Y
Four killed and twenty seriously in
jured. three of them probably fatally.
was the price in human flesh paid for
the sixth running of the Vanderbilt
cup race, won in electrifying fashion
by Harry Grant, driving a 120-horse-
power Alec.
Grant, who distinguished himself
last year by finishing first in the fifth
Vanderbilt, won this years event from
Joe Dawson, driving Marmon, by
the narrow margin of % seconds. John
Aitken, in National, was only a min
ute and six seconds behind Dawson.
The time of the three first cars to
finish in the main event exceeded the
best time ever made in an American
road race Grant, by covering the
27S.0S miles of the course in hours
II minutes and So seconds, equivalent
to an average of 60 Is miles an hour,
established a new American record.
The toll of death includes two of
the mechanicians of the racing cars
and two as result of other accidents.
one during and one after the races.
Judged by its cost in killed and
manned, however. the race was re-
voting spectacle and a severe arraign-
ment of the manner in which it was
conducted.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
bROOK|NS MAKES
WONDERFUL FLIGHT
Flies from Chicago to Springfield
in Record Time
IS GIVEN GREAT OVATION
Aviator Scars 1856 Miles in Five Hours
and 20 Minutes and Wins
a $4,000 Cash
Prize.

Springfield, III. What is looked
upon as one of the most remark
able feats in aerial navigation was
accomplished by Walter b. Brook
ms, in Wright biplane, when he sue
cessfully flew from Chicago to this
city. and in doing so he broke all
cross-country aeronautic records.
With only Two stops, neither of
which was actually necessary, he made
the trip from Chicago to Springfield,
a distance of 1S6 miles, in five hours
and forty-nine minutes, maintaining an
average speed of 1921 miles an hour,
and winning the $4,000 prize offered
by Chicago newspaper.
Along the entire route, from Chicago
to the state fair grounds here, hun
dreds of thousands of people cheered
the daring young aviator as he passed.
AS the great mechanical bird came
TO the ground in the presence of 49,
600 people he was cheered vociferous-
ly for fully half an hour.
Brookins left Chicago at 9:15 a. m.
He dropped out of the clouds over the
fair grounds in Springfield at 4:45.
One of the first persons to grasp
the airman by the hand as he stepped
from his seat after the long and spec
tacular flight was Gov. Charles S. De
neen, who was followed by Mayor
John S. Cchnepp of Springfield.
Forty-seven minutes after Brookins
rose from the ground in Washington
park, Chicago, the Daylight Special
left the Park Row station over the ILL
nois Central A special car had been
attached in which travelled Wilbur
Wright, the airship inventor; Roy
Knabenshue, special representative of
the Wright brothers; members of the
Aero club of Illinois, and about forty
newspaper men. This train was fated
to suffer the ignominy of being defeat.
ed in a race from Gilman to Spring
field by an airship.
After flight of two hours and TWEEN
ty-eight minutes Brookins came to Gil
man, where he arrived at 11:43. Brook
ms was far ahead of the train and he
decided to alight and await the arri-
val of the train He came down In a
corn field near town, from which the
machine was carried out by farmers
who ran to his assistance.
From Gilman to Springfield the spe-
cial train and the aeroplane ran neck
aud neck, first one forging ahead,
then the other, but never at any time
more than a quarter of mile apart.
Brookins was forced at 1920 to
descend at Mt. Pulaski for fuel. only
twenty-four miles from the state fair
grounds. The landing was one of
the most remarkable that has ever
been seen in the history of aviation.
Trees and fences surrounded him on
all sides and with perfect control he
picked out a spot. after soaring about
in short circle. scarcely more than
half block square and landed square
in the center. The special train was
held up, the aeroplane's supplies
were renewed. and at 3:45 he as
cended again. From Pulaski to the
fair grounds a speed of thirty-five
miles an hour was maintained.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
Points to Good Future.

Seven poor children, four girls and
three boys. all about ten years old
went to a nearby seashore resort. in
charge of two women, for days out
Ing. The funds for the picnic were
provided by two boys who sell papers
and who live in one or the two houses
from which the excursion party was
recruited. One of the women in
charge of the children said that the
boys had arranged the outing ''of their
OWN accord, and the remarkable thing
is this: They are not good boys by
any means and one of them is prob
ably the naughtiest boy in the neigh
borhood. But we think that when boys
do little things like this they will come
out all right.'-New York Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
YOUTH FOILS A BANK ROBBER.
Iowa Cashier Opens Fire When the
Demand Is Made for Money.

Council Bluffs, Ia - A sixteen
year-old boy thwarted bold at
tempt to rob the bank of McClelland
at McClelland, small town in this
(Pottawattomie) county.
A man giving the name of Tom
Kirby, whose home is said to be at
Oakland, Ia, entered the bank and.
presenting a revolver, demanded that
Walter julius, the youth who was at
the cashiers window, turn over the
banks cash. Instead julius opened fire
on the bandit. Both emptied their re-
volvers and the robber was slightly
wounded in the arm julius Was not
hurt.
Kirby then ran from the building
and tried to escape. A farmers pic
mic had brought nearly 5000 people to
McClelland and the crowd attracted
by the shooting soon captured the
would-be robber.
Kirby is man about forty-five
years of age and claims to have a wife
and eight children. He gives the fact
that he can only earn $3.50 day as
his reason for the attempted robbery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
JESSIE MORRISON is PARoLED
Woman Who Killed Her Successful
Rival Is Given Freedom.

Topeka, Kan.-Jessie Morrison, who
has been serving a twenty-five year
prison sentence for killing Mrs. Olin
Castle at Eldorado, Kan, on June IL,
1900, was paroled by Governor Stubs.
Miss Morrison is the daughter of
former Circuit Judge X. NJ. Morrison.
Both the Morrison and Castle families
are prominent.
The murder of Mrs. DIN Castle was
one of the most sensational crimes
In the history of the state. Miss Jes-
sic Morrison and Miss Clara Wiley
had both received attentions from
Olin Castle and a jealous rivalry grew
up between them. Castle married
Clara Wiley.
On June %, 1000, neighbors heard
fight going on in the Castle cot
tage. Miss Morrison was found hold
ing a razor and standing over her
rival, whose throat was cut Miss
Morrison said she fought In self-de-
Tense. Mrs. Castle made a dying
statement declaring Miss Morrison at
tackled her.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
Manv Miners Are Entombed.

Eagle Pass, Texas.-One hundred
and fifty miners, possibly more, are
entombed and believed to be dead in
mine No at Palau, Mexico, in the
Las Esjeranzas mining district, as a
result of two explosions, presumably
because of an accumulation of gas.
The men entombed are mostly native
Japanese miners, although the number
includes several Americans.
At the time of the first explosion the
entire night shift, estimated at from
$50 to 500, were at work. OF these none
had reached the surface at a late hour,
and in all probability are dead
The second explosion occurred short
ly after rescue party composed large
ly of Americans had descended. That
they were killed is thought certain.
However, information received here
so far has been meagre. Officially no
statement has been made other than
that the disaster was very serious, -
and that a special train with physi-
clans and nurses left c. p Diaz early
I'm the day for the scene.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06

London's bad season, with dull
gray skies and chill winds, is partly
compensated for by the promise OF
good grouse shooting Parliament has
risen in time for the sport, and that
part of society which Is not already
ION the continent" is bound northward
for the moors. Summerless England
Is exchanged for Scotland. which,
when the grouse are plentiful and in
good condition. is good place to be,
even If the weather is wet. Bright
skies over the moors transform the
sportsman's part of Scotland into a
semblance of paradise. To be sure,
the serpent is there. The guns crack
and the birds are slaughtered by the
thousands. But they have fulfilled
eheir destiny. Who can do more?
And mighty good eating is a well
cooked grouse from the Grampian
hills.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06

Nearly one million new farms have
been created in the United States du-
ring the last ten years. In the last
ten years the total number of farms
has increased Is per cent, says Ameri.
can Agriculturist. In the older states,
from Ohio eastward, there has been
going on for twenty years a tendency
toward the amalgamation Of farms dis
tant frem market into larger holdings.
On the other hand, this section has
witnessed the cutting up into smaller
sizes Of many farms nearer to mar.
let. There are now almost three
times as many farms as in 1870, and
an unprecedented increase in the
value of farm lands and live stock.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-10-06
THE GENTLE SHEEP AS A RAPID
FIRE MONEYMAkER.

An enormous number of sheep are
coming into the Union Stock Yards,
Chicago, which are being sent there
by Western grazers on account OF
the scarcity of feed in that section
of the country, and which must be
sold at buyers prices.
The states of Michigan, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois, are well provided
with good feed and an opportunity OF
this kind, if offered by one of the
great dry goods houses or department
stores of Chicago. would deplete three
quarters of the homes of that city OF
its womenkind inside of half an hour
after the notice appeared. All they
would want would be time enough to
throw few clothes over them; some
wouldn't even stop to put rats" in
their hair, thousands would forget
the powder" none would stop to
paint" but every fathers daugh-
ter" of them would make "B" line
to hubbies' pants, and extract there
from without leave, license or con-
sent, all that therein was to be found
in the shape of cash, and then tum-
BILE over each other to be first on the
spot.
Lots of these women would buy
much more than they required. and
would quietly hold over their pur-
chases until the close of the sale. and
then let loose their surplus stock up
on their less wide awake friends, and
reap thereby harvest of "sheckels"
which we may take for granted would
be at once returned to the trouser
pockets of their husbands while those
gentlemen still slept. That is the
woman of it.
Let us take lesson from her
thrifty and honest example. Extract
ing from the pockets of slumbering
spouse, under such circumstances is
not robbery, ii is only borrowing, and
more than that, it is borrowing on
account of that most beautiful of all
female characteristics = thoughtful
consideration-She did not wish to
disturb the peaceful rest of her softly
sleeping consort.
Sheep feeding at this particular
time, and after the season of West
ern drought just experienced, will be
most profitable to those who are for
tunate enough to have the feed, and
such as have, can in the course Of
sixty days turn over their money in
such a satisfactory way as will add
very largely to their hank accounts
There is nothing in sight at the
present moment, that offers a better
and safer investment than the pur-
chase of these sheep. in numbers that
each buyer can accommodate. and
nothing that offers so speedy and 50
certain a return