Plymouth Republican, Volume 45, Number 27, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 May 1901 — Page 1

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STOLEN GIRL FOUND

ABDUCTED FROM HER HOME IN MOROCCO, IND., THREE WEEKS AGO FOUND IN ARGOS LAST SUNDAY. Second Nellie Berger Casp Comes to Light In Argos. On the 28th day of April Ora Atkinson, the 16 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Atkinson, mysteriously disappeared from her home in Morocco, Ind, and all efforts to discover her whereabouts proved futile until Sunday, when the rascal who had abducted her, alarmed at her condition, telegraphed her parents to come to this city, where the girl was found in a boarding house conducted by Mrs. Flagg. According to the story of the unfortunate girl, while on her way to church she was accosted by Calvin Tuggle, an old acquaintance, who induced her to take a drive with him. When some distance in the country Tuggle told the girl that he intended to run away with her and that if she made any attempt to escape he would kill her, Driving to Rensselaer, they went by train to Monon, where they registered as man and wife. From there they went to Francesville, Medaryville, San Pierre, North Judson and Knox, arriving in Argos Monday evening May 13. The girl wrote three letters to her parents, all of which Tuggle destroyed. When she left home she was neatly and warmly dressed, but when she reached Argos she was devoid of underclothing, being clad only in a thin shirt waist, a skirt and shoes and stockings. As a result of her exposure, she is now seriously ill. Mrs. Flagg played a very prominent part in restoring the young girl to her parents, as it was through her efforts that Tuggle sent the telegram to Morocco. She realized the girl's unfortunate circumstances, and through kindness of heart she ministered to her until the arrival of Mrs. Atkinson. The daughter is extremely pretty for a girl of her age. Tuggle is the son of the U. B. minister at Morocco but has been in the employ of the Mascot Photo Company of Chicago. Immediately after sending the telegram to Mr. Atkinson, he disappeared and has not yet been arrested, Argos Reflector. IN MEMORY OF A HEROINE Great Viaduct Named In Honor of Brave Kate Shelly. Ogden, la.. May 21. Thousands of people in central Iowa assembled Sun day on the banks of the Des Moinea river between Boone and Ogden, la., to cheer the first train a It thundered over the longest and highest doubletrack viaduct In the world, a structure jnst completed by . the Chicago and Northwester Railway company, representing an expenditure of $1,G00,CK0. The viaduct is popularly called the "Kate Shelly" viaduct, christened so in commemoration of an act of heroism on the part of Miss Kato Shell y, of Moinjrona, la., who, at the peril of her life, crept across the broken girders of ';he Des Moines river railroad bridge at Molnponn during a midnight stcrm that swept the principal suppc? ts of the structure from their foundation, and saved the flying Omaha special, with Its load of human freight, from destruction. As a reward for her service the Northwestern road erpcod a comfortable new home on the Shelly farm at Moingona, presenting it to Miss Shelly. It Is from this Incident that the new viaduct spanning the Des Moines river between Boone and Ogden derives Its name. t Mrs. McKinley Still Improve. San Francisco, May 21. Mrs. McKinley passed a very good afternoon yesterday, and the president is very cheerful over her Improved condition. While no deünlte date has been set for the Dresidenfa departure, the present arrangements are to go direct to WashIngton, and not to Canton, as had been unofficially stated. , Cumberland Presbyterian. West Point, Miss., May 21 In the Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly ytsterday morning Rev. F H. Smith, of Kansas, proposed that the name of the church be changed to the American Presbyterian church. , The motion waa tabled. The women's eldership question was settled by suffering the young woman to hold her seat. Dort Cro the Orange. Cape Town, May 2L Eight hundred Boers have crossed the Orange river from the northwest The latest reliable report locates DeWet near PhflIppolis, in Orange River colony, and not far from the Cape line, with fortj horsemen. Several British patrols have been ambushed. . Ha All Tie Want. Cleveland, May 21. Mayor Johnson emphatically declares that he will not be a candidate for United States Senator or for governor. "There Is no office," he said, "within the gift of the people to tempt me to give ud the position I now hold. The census of Ireland shows the population to be 4,43-546, decree of 5.3 per cent. Up to date, and Including hla offer to Scotland, Camera Las given away 43.200,000.

CENTERS OF THE FIGHT

For a Machinist Day's Work of Nine Hours Are at 'Frisco and the Queen City. LITTLE TROUBLE AT OTHER POIUTS Amalgamated Association Preparing to Tackle the Morgan Trust Switchmen in Session. Washington, May 22. President (VConnell said last night that the ad r vices received at headquarters here Indicated that an early settlement of the trouble between the machinists and employers will be effected. Information at band showed that during the day over 120 firms had settled by granting the nine-hour day. 0Connell said that so far as he knew about 0,000 men are out in San Francisco, and about 3,000 in Cincinnati. In Chicago nearly all the Important shops have settled with the men. The reports from the south, he said, show that all through that section settlements are being effected. Half the firms In Philadelphia, he said, have come to terms, and the others are expected to follow suit. There has been no news of a clash anywhere. Effect mu the Government VCork. Both the navy and war departments are apprehensive as to the effects of the strike on government work now in progress. The navy department received word that the strike had spread to large private yards on the Pacific coast where a number of warships are under construction, dfad It is expected that eastern yards having naval ships to build also will be affected. The war department was Informed that the Itrike was likely to stop work on the two naval transports Egbert and Rosecrans, now repairing on the Pacific coast. None of the government yards can be affected by the strike, as an eight-hour day prevails in all government work. Fight I on at Cincinnati. Cincinnati. May 22. The strike situation here remains favorable to the str six more firms having signed j. nts with the union. yesterday. Ti.i. ;;ial:es. In all, twenty shops that have signed the agreement. The large firms have settled down to a fight. It Is learned from a semi-official source that they are contemplating bringing in outside non-union help to run their shops. They will Issue an. ultimatum to the strikers, giving them until a certain day to return, after which. If they fall to do so, they are to be considered discharged and the importation of labor begun. TALK OF A JOINT CONFERENCE And AImo or the Question Whether the Contract la Broken. New York, May, 22. Henry P. Devens, agent of the Metal Trades association, yesterday went to the headquarters of the strikers. Ills mission was to pave the way for a Joint conference in which the strikers could explain their position and their demands so that the employers could find out what the men wanted. Devens said that he had got little satisfaction. The men said they would have to telegraph to the national headquarters at Washington before they could do such a thing. He hoped they would decide to meet the employers. Later it was announced that President OVonnell had sent word that the machinists could appoint a conference committee. Devens says that there is no question but the machinists, under existing agreements, are entitled to a ninehour day. This the employers are willing to concede. But the question at the-bottom of the present difficulty is whether or not ten hour6 pay for nine hours' work is to follow the introduction of the nine-hour system. The members of the Metal Trades association say there Is not a word about the wage question in the agreement, but that under -another clause of that document all such questions are to bo decided by arbitration, the men re maining at work pending a solution. At the conference the committee of the Metal Trades association will demand t hat the men return to work and refer the wage question to the board of arbitration. Business Agent Constant Booth, of the machinists, said last night: "There. will be no arbitration. This matter has gone too far for arbitratior." A statement given cut last night by the executive board of the machinists' association says: "We are willing to meet the manufacturers at any time, and are ready to come to an understanding with them, provided the nlnehcur day, without any reduction cf the pfr diein rate, be granted. Regarding the arbitration feature of the agreement we can say that we have religiously observed that. Many violations of that agreement have occurred on the part of members of the Metal Trades association, and we have endeavored, both through our local and national officers in the various cities, to have the aforesaid violations taken up and arbitrated, but the employers' answer to' our appeal has generally been evasive." AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION Greatest of Labor Union to Consider It Delation to Morgan's Tract. Milwaukee, May 22. What Is considered - perhaps ' the most Important convention in the history of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers opened at Lincoln nail at 10 a. in. yesterday. About 230 dele-

gates were pivseut at the opening session. At the conclusion of the slngiug of the lodge hymn the convention immediately went into secret session. The relations of the organization with the great steel trust are of vital importance to wage workers in general, and the eyes of the entire country are Just at present turned upon Milwaukee to ascertain what policy the convention may decide to pursue. At the open session yesterday afternoon President Shaffer, In the course of a response to Mayor Rose's welcome, said: "We fear not the trust because, after all, organizations and combines, whether of individuals, enterprises, commodities or capital, are under tha watchful eye and guarding hand of the Ruler of all nations and Molder of all destinies. If anything, we demand, above everything else, that producers of wealth and posse.v sors of wealth be placed together on a common level; that one's hand clasp the other, ami that they say 'Make

up: The wage committee has practically completed Its work, but its report will not be presented until the last of the week. Its suggestions as to the scale are being kept very quiet, but there Is little reason to think that any material changes are to be made. Its recommendation on the trust question and other subjects are, however, important. Switefcmea Ar Also In Council. Milwaukee, Wis., May 22. The ai pointment of committees and the reading of officers reports occupied the attention of the delegates to the convention of the Switchmen's Union of North America yesterday. Grand Mäster Hawley's report shorwed the growth of the order In the past year to have been phenomenal. The condition of the switchmen Is rr.pldly Improving, the report says, and credits the union. The membership of the' union is approximately 23,000. Conductor TV 111 R-Elect Clarl.e. St. Paul. Minn., May 22. The Order of Railway Conductors hopes to complete the work of the biennial convention today. There seems little doubt of the re-election of Grand Chief Conductor E. Ii. Clarke, of Cedar Rapids. To Fight the Striking Machinist. Louisville, Ky., May 22. The ma?hinery Manufacturers' association was organ ized here yesterday to fight the striking machinists. DEATH OF "TEXAS SIFTINGS" CoU A. E. Sweet, Who SXade a National Reputation for Humor. New York. May 22. Alexander Edwin Sweet, founder of 'Texas S'ftlr.zs," and a hu morist of na-. tlonal reputation und?r the pen names of "Colonel Bill Sweet" and the "Rev. Whangdoodle," died in his home at this city of heart disease, lie was seized about noon and died in about half an hour. ALEXANDER K. SWEET. Colonel Sweet, as he was generally called, was born In Nova Scotia in 1841, but his parents soon after settled In San Antonio. Tex. He studied in Carlsruhe, Germany, and coming bnck to this country at the beginning or the civil war entered the Confederate army as a private, serving through the war. PBESBTTERIAN3 PATRIOTIC Assembly Unites In Singing the National Anthem Home Allusions Discussed. Philadelphia, May 22. The commissioners to the Presbyterian general assembly yesterday gave vent to a spontaneous burst of patriotic enthusiasm which found voice in the heaity rendition of a national anthem. It was a fitting conclusion to a masterly addiess delivered by Rev. Dr. Thompson, secretary of the home mission board. The report of the committee on home missions was read. A statement in the report that over 3,000 churches failed to give directly to the home mission board aroused the ire of the commissioners representing self-supporting synods and presbyteries, and after a brief but lively debate the objectionable paragraph was eliminated. The report urged congress to act on the anti-polygamy amend ment to the constitution before the Mormons secure the balance of politi cal power in any additional states. , Cleveland Dorrte Home. Princeton. NJ. May 22. ExPresldent Grover Cleveland arrived here late yesterday afternoon from New York. He had been on a ten days' fishing trip to Middle Bass island, near Toledo. He returned on account of the illness of his daughter Esther, who has diphtheria. The physician In at tendance at the Cleveland home re :. rt. no change -in Esther's condition. Mm f Dright't DUeae, I)r!rtit. "May 22. The report that r::i Ir.ell A. Alger, formerly sec ..;ir ' (i w.r. has been ordered abroad ' e lie had acute kidney trouble is i'lo; :;:;!:ed baseless by Dr. Howard V.'. I.QV.Tjear. Dr. Lcngyear attended the ir.cral during his severe Illness this .spring and says there were no signs of kidney trouble while the sick ness lasted or afterward. . Anti-Canteen and Pro-Carrie Kation. Janesvllle. Wis.. May 22. The Wis consin W. C T. L. annual convention opened yesterday afternoon for a three ea3s" session. There are about 150 delegates Jn attendance. Mrs. Mary C. Upham presided, and In her opening address indorsed the workings of, the canteen Iiw and sympathized with the i work of Carrie hatlon.

ÄKES HER FIRST SPIII

Defender Constitution Gets Out for a Builder's Trial of Sails and Gear. BH0W8 HEB PAGES IN GOOD SHAPE Tried on Every Course and Does Well Shamrock II Proves a Beat en Puzzle Again. Bristol, R. I.. May 22. The Consti tution left her moorings at 10 a. m. yeisterday for a builders' trial, but the wind waa eo light that for an hour and half she did no more thnn drift. Early m the afternoon, however, a nice, rippling breeze came from the southwest, and the Constitution started off with some life. Close-hauled on the port tack with Buncaxi at the wheel the yacht picked up hex heels and ran down the bay at a lrvery pace. She was under full sail, and with the wind constantly increasing she heeled over under a good rap-full. Scarcely a bucketful of foam showed up under her bow. Ito Qukäer la Start Than Columbia, Three or four times she was thrown about, filling away with little trouble, although her quickness in stays waa not particularly noticeable; certainly not any faster than In the case of the Columbia. Once or twice she went about In something like twenty sec onds, but ordinarily it took twenty-five or thirty seconds to get her off on the other tacfc. Aftev half an hour on the wind Captain Duncan put the wheel hard up, and for a minute or two every wire, stay and shroud was showing what It was made of. Not a strand gave way, although the boat heeled well down In the stiff breeze. Sail Need Improvement. Then Captain Rhoads, her skipper, took the wheel. The breeze increased to nearly ten knots. About a mile below Pruden's Island, or seme eight miles above Newport, the boat was headed up the bay for ier moorlDgs. A critical analysis of the boat 13 that she Is well balanced and well rigged, but her sails need improve ment. As to her speed, it Is too early to draw any conclusion. She seemed to do well at every point of sailing. Another Puzzle Across the Pond. Ryde, Isle of Wight May 22. The trial of the Shamrock II and the Shamrock I yesterday was, in many respects, the most puzzling that has yet taken place. On the stretch from Cowes to the Bllkiker they had an Interesting struggle under full racing canvass, with the 6klppers at the helm. The Shamrock II was a good half mile to the leeward when they started, but In the five miles between the anchorage and the Sllklker she closed up the whole of this big gap. Aftr threatening to go through the weather the Shamrock II had to be thrown In the wind and held all aback while Captain Wringe sailed the Shamrock I boldly across his bows In the wrong tack. The keenness of the contest was shown by the fact that Captain Wringe tried this bluff; for, had Captain Sycamore held on. there would probably have been a disastrous collision. On the Official Trial. v For the first five miles of the official course the new yacht did equally well, opening out on every board, and then suddenly falling off, instead of gaining. The explanation given by those on board Is that the bobstay weakened and spilled the headsaUs and foresails. The old boat turned the weather mark nearly three minutes ahead and went off down the wind at a great pace. Then came another surprise, for the challenger closed up all the time. The opinion of most of the experts who witnessed the race was' that had It been desired that the Shamrock II should win she could easily have done so. SHE DECLINES TO 8W2AH Urs. Bontne Slayer of Young Ay re. Ha Seen a Lawyer, It Seems. Washington, May 22. The type written copy of her confession was taken to Mrs. Bonine yesterday for the purpose of having her swear to it, as she was not under oath when she made the statement Monday. Mrs Bonine after making the confession, had consulted a lawyer, and he had advised her to avoid anything In the nature of assisting the prosecution When the confession was presented to her yesterday she positively refused to make the desired affidavit. The coroner's Jury, which has been investigating the murder of Ayres, brought in a verdict holding Lola Ida Hemrl Bonine for the grand Jury. Be fore the Jury rendered its verdict a number of witnesses were heard. Miss MInas, whose room was next to that of Ayres, . declared that she saw no lights on the night of the shooting. She also testified that , the cries she heard coming from Ayres' room were made by a man's voice, and not by a woman's. She was positive that the voice was not that of Mrs. Bonine. This contradicts Mrs. Bonine. Water Doesn't Hurt the Ftah, Springfield, Ills., May 2,1 The biennial report of the Illinois fish commislsonerk, Just Issued, states that fish in the. Illinois river have not been materially affected by the Introduction of lake water by reason of the completion of the drainage canal and are as plentiful as at any time In the past.. ,

FITZ-J0HU POBTEE DEAD

eon of a If aval Officer and Himself Prom inent in the Civil War. New York, May 22. General FltzJohn Porter died In his home at Morrlstown, N. J., yesterday from chronic diabetes. He was 80 years old. His GES. FXTZ JOHN POSTEJV funeral will take place from Trinity church, this city, on Saturday. Genorcl Porter waa born In Ports mouth, N. II., 80 years ago. He was a son of. Commander John Porter, of the navy, and himself was a graduate of West Point. In 1545 he was asglgnd to the Fwuth artfllery, of which he became second lieutenant two years later. lie served to the Mex ican war and was promoted eerveral times for bra very. His- service m the' civil war Is comparatively recent his tory. 'FRISCO CHILDREN LIKE UP While the President lie view Them, and Later Speak. San Francisco, May 22. President McKinley yesterday reviewed nearly 50,000 school children of this city. Both sides of Van Ness avenue, from Jackson to Market streets, were lined with cheering and enthusiastic - chil dren as the president and members of his party and local officials, In carriages, were driven from Jackson to Market and back the avenue to Jackson. The president was the recipient of a continuous ovation. Almost every child had been provided with a goodBlzed American flag, and voices and Hags were worked In unison. Thousands of the youngsters had gathered large bouquets, which they threw at the president as he passed along. President McKinley rode with his hat in his hand, bowing and waving from right to left, smiling continually and receiving the ovation with evident pride and happiness. Later he spoke briefly to the youngsters, and then drove to the Iresldlo, where General Shatter and members of his staff were on hand to welcome him. They Decline Carnegie' Gift. , Cumberland, Md., May 22. Andrew Carnegie's offer to give this city $25,000 for a library, providing the city voted $2,500 for rts supoprt annually, was refused at the city election yesterday. The poor classes Objected to any Increase in their taxes and voted solidly against the proposition. MirCII TROUItLE OfEB A COMEDY. Father ot One of the Female Players Says It Is Immoral. Indianapolis, Ind., May 21. The Elizabethan comedy, "The Shoemaker's Holiday," to be produced by Butler college students on June 13, is disapproved of by some persons who have sons and daughters in the college on the ground that It Is immoral. One father, a state official, who has a daughter in the college, says the play contains the most obscene expressions he ever saw In print These will not be given, but his daughter wtas studying her part from a book In which the objectionable words were but faintly marked over with a lead pencil, and could le read easily. President Butler expressed surprise that there should be any objection to the play, which has been produced at Harvard, Wellesley and other eastern colleges, he said. The project has the hearty indorsement of the Butler faculty, he 6tated. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jones is against the production' of the play, on the ground that such things are apt to Inoculate students with stage mania. Had a Hand Blown OtL Terre Ilaute, Ind., May 21. James Myerly, of Washington. D. C, a discharged man from the Fifth artillery, U. S. A had his right hand blown off by the premature explosion of a cannon during the performance of ''Buffalo Bill's" Wild West show here yesterday. Two Families Have 8maIlpox. English. Ind.. May 21. Smallpox has reached Doolittle's Mill, fifteen miles southwest of here. Two families are afiiieted. ' At Slgler Creek, Perry county, the disease Is reported as epidemic. : ratem uefeat the Turk. Burlington. Ia., May 2L Wasem lost the first fall to Monradaulop, the Turk, In forty-two minutes In their wrestle here last night He threw the Turk in the second round In twenty-seven and one-half minutes. The Turk then refused to continue, and the contest whs given to Wasem. RtUkn Wlun te Seat on the Bench. Pana, Ills., May 22. Hon. J. B. Ricks, Democrat Is elected to the judgeship in the sixth Judicial district by 3,000 ma jority, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Jeese M. Phillips. A pmall vote was cast throughout the district

NOVELTY SOLD

THE REAL. ESTATE DIVIDED AMONG CHICAGO PARTIES AND THE AMERICAN WOOD RIM COMPANY, At one o'clock yesterday afternoon auctioneer Steiner began eelliDg the American Wood Rim company's plant formerly known as the Indiana Novelty Manufacturing company. The machinery was offered for sale first in parcels, The total amount bid in this way being 84,118.00. This occupied nearly all af ternoon. The personal property was then offered for 6ale as a whole and W. Gierteten ot the Machinery Ex change, Chicago were the highest bidders, 54,265. The real estate cocEisticg of land, building, engines, boilers, electric light ing apparatus and shafting was then offered for sale, Mr. Wm. O'Keefe, of this city, being the successful bidder at 84,620.00. The entire plant both real and person al was then offered as a whole, Mr, Wm. O'Keefe being the first bidder of 810,000 The next and last bid was 810,010 made by McDowell, Stocker & Company machinery brokers of Chicago. The sale was made at 5:30 o'clock and in making the transfer one half of the real estate was deeded to the American Wood Rim Co. and the other half to Chicago machinery brokers. At the hour of going to press it is unable to ascertain the intentions of the purchasers. DEATH OF OA. E0UTELLE Ex-Representative From Maine, Whose Brain Gave Wax In 1S99. Boston, May 22. Ex-Representative Charles A. Boutelle, of Bangor, Me., died yesterday at the McLean asylum, Waverly, where he had been confined Ilm. um BOUTELLE OF MAIKE. for a year with brain trouble. Death was due primarily to pneumonia. Boutelle's daughter Grace was at the txdside. Routelle was 62 years of age. Three daughters survive. Boutelle's Illness dated from December 21, 1S09, when he was seized by a fit of unconsciousness while at a hotel in this city. THE MARKETS Chloago Grata and Produoe. Chicago, May 21. Following were the quotations on the Board of Traxle today: Wheat Open. High. Low. Ooseu May $ .73 .74 t .73 $ .74 July 72 .73 .72. .73 Corn May 48 .50 .43 .43 July 44 .45 .44 .45 May 30 .50 .30 .30 July 2S .29 -28 -28 Augtist 26 .27 .26 .27 Pork May 14.75 14.90 14.75 14.87 July 14.85 16.05 14.85 14.97 September ..14.80 15.00 14.80 14.95 LardMay 8.22 8.25 8.17 8.25 July 8.15 8.22 8.15 8.20 September .. 8.15 8.25 8.15 8.23 Short RibsMay ..w 8.12 8.25 8.1ft 8.22 July 7.83 8.02 7.fc 8.00 September .. 7.90 8.00 T.90 7.97 Produce: Butter Extra creamery, 1818o per lb: extra, dairy, lCo; packing stock, lie Esge Fresh stock, 11 o per doz. Poultry Chickena, cprtnjs and hens, &9o; ducka, 83o; turksy 57c; geere; &.&&50 per doc Apptee Common to ohofc, fLCOflSS per bbL Potatoes Burbasa, 40Ce; peerless, 8840o; Hebron. 5$Wtot mixed, 21 36c; rosa. 39341c, Owet PotatoesIllinois. $LW2.00 Per bbL . Chicago tAwm Stools. Chicago, May 21. Hog Estimated receipts for the day, 23.000; eaJes langed at 14.405.60 for pigs, t5.655.8f for light. 5.5.f0 for rough packing, t5.70.S0 for mixed, and $5.75p6.85 for heavy packing and e hipping lota, with the bulk of the sales ta 15.805.90. - Cattle Estimated receipts for Ü day, 3,000; Quotations ranged at 6.00 chotoe to extra eteera. l5.2Cps.to good to choice dOL. tifr to good do., 14.204.75 coBunon to medium da, $3.60(34.30 butchers rteem, CLC3 fed western steers. C2-7CK34.W stackers and Seedsr, JLTitCO oots, $2604.90 heifer dtOClW fccJ end oxa. $3.75(4.60 Et.H, J4.C0C3.I3 steeers, and t3.&0&5X5 vead oalreai . Sheep and Lamte Dstircatöd receipts for the day. 13.CGO; Qootattora ranged at $17J4.U westsres; t3.l604.Sd cattvea UXCCTS "weztsrn lamttf cad $.50C3.73 natrve tasnl. -Vtracaar; No. 1 cortcrtx 77 I,cv i. I. cs Bare-pie. C-,o. Offit-Cb2ady; No. 5. .-Ta, L C31C,

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