Plymouth Republican, Volume 45, Number 34, Plymouth, Marshall County, 11 July 1901 — Page 1

o 11 rTOl TTTi VOLUBLE 45. Recorders office lTfebOl PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 11. 1901. NO. 34 OFFICERS ACCUSED TWENTY-FIVE HUrtf i INSANITY TRUST" BOOM FOR MENZIES G0LDBUGS IN BLEEDING KANSAS WRECKED Governor Whitmarsh Under Serious Charges. Passenger Train Side-swiped by Switch Engine. Investigation by the Grand Jury at Indianapolis. Southern Indiana Democrats Talk of the Popular Vernonite for Governor. Control Ohio Democratic State Convention. Depression on Ever)' Side Due to Awful Drought Two Men Instantly Killed and Other Injured Fatally.

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Manila, July 9, The United States Philippine commission has ordered H. Phelps Whitmarsh, the Governor of Benguet province, to come to Manila and submit to an investigation, owing to the allegation that he has been using his position to his personal advantage, in acquiring land and mining rights from the natives He is at present charged with indiscretion and violation of his instructions. The commission particularly instructed Governor Whitmarsh to cultivate the friendship and protect the interests of the Irrogotes, who suffered from Spanish extortions and exploitations. Colonel D aval of the Fortyeighth regiment, which formerly occupied the provinces of Union and Benguet, and Dr. Kieffer, the regimental surgeon, who was prominent in the civil administration of the province, complained of Governor "Whitmarsh's methods of administering his office. The commission is inclined to attribute the feeling exisg to military opposition to ' civilian authority in Benguet. Voluntary statements made by natives to Commissioner Worcester, while on a visit to Benguet, formed the basis of the investigation General Bell has forwarded similar all eg ation s to Manila. Two friars, who were invited to Calastao, province of Pangasinan, to celebrate a holiday, were mobbed. A native priest denounced the action of the people, whereupon the mob' attacked the priest and refused to attend the church. The friars fled. The native papers have since inaugurated renewed at

tacks on the friars. Generals Chaffee and Wade are at Batangas. The removal of the military headquarters in Southern Luzon from Manila to Lina, in Bataneras province, is contemplated. Pardo de Tavera, who has been announced as a future member of the civil com mission, and General Cailles, the insurgent leader, who re cently surrendered in Lacuna province, are going to that pro vince today in order to organize municipalities. The -various surrenders of Filipinos during the past fortnight aggregate forty-two officers, 264 riflemen, and 00 unarmed men. Most of bese submissions to American authority occurred in Southern Luzon. The Prosperous West Washington, D. C, July 10Director Merriam of the census bureau has returned to Washington after a visit to his home in St. Paul, Minn. 'Everywhere I saw. only evidences of the greatest prosperity among the people," said he vThe wheat crop is- magnificent, and, with a sLort crop abroad, : vre will have good prices for the farmers. I am told that the ? Northern Pacific railroad will have to' provide from 5,000 to . 10,000 new, cars to haul the spring wheat of the Northwest.! -Everywhere I visited from here to St Paul I saw the wheat in splendid condition. People generally are getting along, and there is a feeling of great satisfaction among them. Politics is not disturbing the people of the West; ther are too busy to think of such matters." RcctipiJ cf Hogs BreaX Record. Kansas City, Mo., July 10. Receipts of hogs at the stock yards today broke all records. The bij receipts are due in part to the dry .weather, which is nakin feci scarce and drying up the ponds. There were more than 17, CCD cattle on sale, many cf them forced on by the dry 4

Columbus, Ohio, July 9. Panhandle passenger train No. 19, known as the New York express, due here at 1:45 p. m. was struck by a switch engine just outside the Union station here yesterday afternoon. Twentyfive people were more or less injured, seven of them being so badly hurt that they were unable to proceedjon their way west with the train. The passenger train was approaching the station at a rapid speed when the switeh engine, with a cut of cars, dashed out from a siding, striking the third coach of the passenger. The car and the one immediately following were totally demolished. The

iniured were removed to the Union station where they were made as comfortable as possible. Engineer Pat Hogan, of the switch engine, says that he expected to take a siding until the passenger train had passed, and .that the indicator of -the switch showed that it was in position to send him, on another track, but that the'switch Itself had failed to work. , WHEAT FIELDS F1RE:5WEPT Loss of 300,000 Bushels Caused by a Lighted Cigar. Great Bend. Kan., July 9, Fifteen thousand acres of wheat were destroyed by fire here yesterday afternoon. The fire was started by an unknown man throwing alighted cigar into a field of wheat stubble. Everything was dry as tinder and soon a destructive fire was in progress. - The inhabitants all- left theirs work and exhausted ail the methods they knew for fighting fire, but to no avail, and it was late in the night before the fire was under control. Roughly estimated, the loss in wheat will aggregate 300,000 bushels, nearly all of which was in stack. SUNBONNET SIGNALS Little Girls Find Trestle Burning Stop Fast Train. and Logansport, Ind., July 10. A disastrous wreck 'to a fast freisht train oh the Louisville division of the Panhandle near Anoka Junction, four miles east of here, was averted by the bravery of two little girls, Edna Keener, aged 12, and Emma Forpaugh, aged 14. x. While playing along the track the srirls discovered a small trestle over a creek on fire They immediately ran down the track, waving their sunbonnets, and, stopped the train just in time to prevent it from going into the creek. The girls were rewarded with all the money the train crew had and the matter was at once re ported to the officers here. The Louisville express would soon have ben due at the point "where the trestle was burned,-and it was at first reported -that this 'was the train stopped. Spencer County Roads. Rockport, Ind., July 10. Henry W. Eigenmann, of this place received a contract today for building twenty-three miles of road here for 853,510 over four other bidders. The highest bid was SCO, 500. V Uo Qrs in lizrzzs. Kansas City, Mo., July 7. There is a shortage of cars to move the Kansas wheat crop, although the marketing of that cereal has barely gotten under way. The wheat movement started much earlier thb year, owing to the fine harvest weather, and tho railways, it h reported, are unablo to cexo for it,

Indianapolis, Ind., Ju?y 9. The county grand jury yesterday began its investigation of the "lunacy commission trust.' John Ross repeated the story of his visit to the city dispensary about two weeks ago and his subsequent imprisonment in the Central hospital for insane. Prosecutor Ruckelshaus has found sections of law that he believes will authorize . indictments for perjury and subornation of perjury if the testimony proves charges against the trust to be true. Ross' story was more compre

hensive, and, under the greater freedom of the grand jury room, he went more Into detail than the rules of evidence would permit when he was on the witness stand in Judge Leathers' court last week. He brought out at least two new points. He. said that when he was at the city dispensary, and the physicians were questioning him, for what purpose he. at that time did not know, Matron Elizabeth Cronnon was not in the room at all. She made the - affidavit on which were based the proceedings of the inquest that declared Jam insane. Shejestified in the trial of the habeas corpus action that brought his release that she was in the room all the while lie was being examined. Ross also positively identified Justice of the Peace Lockman as the "nervous, fidgety man," who hurried into the dispensary and asked what seemed to be the matter; examined a prescription written by Dr. Hicks, and departed. Ross says he will sue for damages the men who had him declared insane.- Several other witnesses were examined also. SUSPICION OF MURDER Body of Little Fort Wayne Girl Found in a Neighbor's Cistern. Fort Wayne, Ind., July 9. It is now believed that Alice Cothrell, 10 years old, whose body was found in a cistern at Huntertown, ten miles north of here, was murdered. The coron er held a secret investigation last nigh, as a result of which Dunn was placed in jail. The girl was found in Charles Dunn's cistern. Dunn is a neighbor to whosehouse she had been sent on an errand. The body was discovered c f ter the child had been missing five days. It did not appear, however, to have been in the water more than a few hours. The child could not have fallen into the cisternfowing to its construction. The coroner found that the girl had been outraged, strangled to. death and thrown into the cistern. - ; Servant Girl Implicated. Ft. Wayne," Ind., July 10. Marie Sampleton, a domestic employed at the house of Charles Dunn, is now under arrest for complicity with him in the mur der of little Alice' Cothrell and Dell Reed, Dunn's hired 'man, is detained as a witness." The case looks very black as the develop ments proceed. , Haggard Appointed. Indianapolis, ' July 8. Gov ernor., Durbin has appointed former Lieutenant Governor William S. Haggard trustee of the State Soldiers1 home to suc ceed John Levering, of Lafayette, who recently died. : Farmer Cut to Pieces. Lttia, Ind., -July 8. C. E. Tyler, a prosperous farmer, living northeast of here, was found lying in front of tho sickle of a mowing machine li'jrally cut to pieces. It is suppy, )d he suffered a sunstroke anVfell off tho machine. '

Indianapolis, July 9. Some influential Democrats are talking of Major G. N. Menzies, of Mt. Vernon, for ths Democratic nomination for governor in 1904. It is probable that before long he will have a full-sized boom. It is said in his favor that he has a great many Republican friends and that his location is a strong card in his behalf as it has been a long time since there was. a Democratic governor from southern Indiana. Major Menzies is a native of Kentucky and as strong a Democrat' as his father-in-law, the late Governor Hovcy, was a Republican. He is a graduate of the naval academy at Annapolis andPresidentCleveland, on recommendation" of Thomas H . Hendricks, at one time about concluded to appoint him secretary of the navy. He has served on the toafd of monument regents since its creation. With at least two Republican candidates for the gubernatorial nomination in the field, Major Menzies' friends believe it is not out of place to begin booming him. I , FIREMEN ESCAPE

After falling Through a Floor in a Burning Building. Chicago, July 9. While the building at Nos. 190-192 Washington street, occupied by Merle & Heaney, makers of store fixtures and billiard 'tables, .was burning early yesterday morning sixteen firemen were precip itated into the basement by the collapse of the .firs floor. The men fell ten feet, b it none was seriously injured, ; t It was nearly 5-o'clock before the flames were under control. The Merle & Heaney Co. sustain ed a loss of $15,000. The build ing is owned by the G. C, Chap man estate. The cause of the fire is unknown. Mrs. Governor Taylor. Indianapolis, July 10. Mrs. Sarah Bell Tanner Taylor, wife of William S. Taylor, ex-Govern or of Kentucky, died at her home 2121 North Delaware street yes terday of hemorrhage resulting from heart disease, with which she- had been afflicted for a num ber of years. British get a Contract London, JuIy 9. The Daily Mail publishes advices from Simla to the effect that the latest contract for thirty locomotives for the Burmah railways has been secured by British builders whose tenders as regards 'price and time of delivery were more favorable than those of the American bidders. 1.000 Deaths From Heat New York, July 9. The ofii cial reports to the Bureau of Vi tal Statistics of deaths from heat for the week ended July ' 1 show that the actnal number in the five boroughs cf Greater -New York was 959. For the borousrhs of Manhattan and the Bronx the c number was 699; for Richmond, 12; for Queens, 24; for Brooklyn. 264. The records cover a period from 12 o'clock noon, on June 29 to July 6, st noon, practically covering the days when the heat was most intense. Sickles Grows Worse. New York, July 10, General Daniel E. Sickles- is seriouslv ill in Pleasantville, N. Y., at the home of Village President Daniel P. Hayes. He went there on the Fourth of July to make an address. H made his address, but complain,'d at the time that ho was not feeling well; that the hot weather hid had a bod effect upon him . Ho has been ill ei er since, rrowing constantly woriio and hzi had to remain with his - host.

Columbus, Ohio," July 10. The McLean Kilbourne element at the district meetings last evening secured control of all the committees and accordingly had everything its way at the democratic state convention today. In the Twentieth and Twenty : first districts, which include Cleveland, the Johnson men had things their way as much as the McLean men in the First and Second districts, which include Cincinnati. In the rural districts, however, the latter element got almost everything. The controlling element did not ride roughshod over minorities in any of the districts, but when names were proposed for places on the committees there were inquiries as to how the men stood, and if the replies were not satisfactory they were excused. The McLean-Kilbourne element, while unusually courteous, made no concessions. The old state committee met previous to the district meetings, and gave tickets to the McLean-Kilbourne men where there were contesting delegations, and they took all the districts except those which include Cleveland, in which, under the unit rule, they could not control a vote. But theJohnson men, after leaving the result of the district meeting, promptly announced that they would carry the fight into the committee on resolutions for an all-nignt fight, and then into the convention for a finish fight.

Thy have two st! ong men and vigorous speaker inHeisleyand Baker, both members of Mayor Johnson's cabinet at Cleveland, on the committee of resolutions. As the Montgomery contest and probably the Butler contest were carried by minority reports on credentials into the convention for final action, the convention did not reach the order of nominations until late today, and the proceedings may be protracts ed into the night. In order to expedite business today the committee on permanent organization voted unanimously to make the entire temporary organization permanent. This continues Charles H. Salen of Cleveland as chairman and Negley D. Cochran, editor of the Toledo Bee, as secretary. Earlier in the week the conferences had decided on Charles W. Baker of Cincinnati for permanent chairman. The committee on resolutions first heard expressions of opinion from each of its twenty-one members. " The committee stood 17 to 4 against special mention of free silver in the old form, in addition to indorsing the Kansas 1 City platform; 15 to 8 against indorsement of the Kansas City platform without any further declaration on silver; 14 to 7 against reaffirming the Kansas City platform with the Johnson plank on state taxation. There were some who favored no refer ence to the-Kansas Uity plat form. No vote was taken, the tallv on preferences being se cured from the speeches as each one was called on for his views. Suicide of Young White. Syhacuse, N. Y., July 9. Attorney Frederick D. White, Ambassador to Germany, com mitted . suicide last nisrht. He had been suffering from neuras thenia, .t He went to a bathroom at his home and shot himself in the head with a rifle. VKl Ccrr.b;cX Wedded. MuNCiE,Ind.,July 9.-rThe venerable Will Cumback, former lieutenant governor, was married at Lapel this morning, his brido eing Miss Laura Wachstcttcr, a teacher at Knightstown. Both families oppeced tho marriage.

Atchison, Kan., July 10. The farmers in this section are becoming alarmed at the drought and are rushing their stock, cattle and hogs to market without regard to their condition. The grass is burned up, the creeks dry, and corn is all but withered. Nearly all garden truck is a total failure, and the fields' are looking very desolate. Many farmers are feeding their stock on last year's corn. The depression is beginning to be felt on all sides'. It is the worst drought since 1860, and threatens to be worse than the historic drought of that year. There is not much of last season's corn in the country. The dry spell has continued since the 15th of April, and the ground is parched until there are great cracks in the earth everywhere. Rev. Jacob Young. South Bend, Ind., July 9, The Rev. Jacob Young, seventynine years old, an Evangelical pastor for many years, is dead. His wife is also dying.

PYTHIAN MISMANAGEMENT Endowment Rank is Practically Bankrupt and Lapsation is Heavy. Chicago, July 10. Statements upon which are expected tobe based charges of misappropriation, fraud, and mismanagement of the financial affairs of the endowment rank, Knights of Pythias, were placed before the supreme council of the order at a special convention at the Lexington hotel yesterday. The facts reflect upon former President John A. Hinseyof the board of control and his management of the financial affairs of the or ganization prior to his retirement from the ofce some time ago. The names of H. D. Stole, secretary of the lodge during Hinsey's presidency, and of W. D. Kennedy, publisher of the Pythian journal, are 'linked with that of Hinsey in the allegations of irregularity. The statements to which the 150 members of the supreme council listened yester day hinted at the loss of from $100,000 to 150,000 as the result of Hinsey's transactions, while his alleged bad investments, made upon his own responsibility, are said to have placed the order on the verge of bankruptcy The endowment rank owes over half a million dollars of death claims and has on hand $135,00, with no available securities. The number of lapses is appalling. Burglar Shot by Girl Griffithville,' W. Va., July 9. Minnie Waddell, 12 years of age, shot a burglar as he was entering . her home during the absence of her parents, and then stood watch through the night over her wounded victim till her parents returned in the morning. The burglar, who will die, has been identified as Walter Morris. Boy Loses a. Leg. Warsaw, Ind. July 8 Ernest Brady, aged 12, was run over, by a freight train at Winonj Sunday morning and lost his. "right leg. He was playing on the tracks when caught. , KoKomo's Big Prize. Kokomo, Ind., July 10. Kokomo has landed one of the largest steel rod and nail mills in the country, having raised the 515,000 donation asked by the company. The plant will work 1,000 men. The capital stock is 01,500,000. The buildings .will cover fifteen acres. Tho company will operate ou jcido the trust, havir: pledged itcclf not to cell to tho combine.

Nottingham, Ohio, July 10. One of the worst wrecks on the Lake Shore road in years occurred yesterday in the center of this village, ten miles east of Cleveland. The southwestern limited on the Big Four from St. Louis, Cincinnati and other western cities and which goes onto the Lake Shore tracks at Cleveland, was ditched through collision with a portion of a freight train. Just what caused the wreck is not definitely known, but it is thought a portion of a freight train that had broken in two had rolled over on the passenger tracks. .No passengers were killed. The shock to the passenger coaches was terifiic and although the occupants were badly shaken up no passenger was hurt. When the front end of the engine plowed into the ground of the gully it became disconnected from the other coaches that went over the enbankment and whirled sideways so that it pointed in the other direction. The mail car crashed into the tender, surrounding it completely. The engineer met his death by being pinioned under his engine. McCullen, the mail clerk, was crushed between the side of the car and coal tender. He was found with his head forced down between his knees. The other clerks, when they awoke to their condition, were able to extricate themselves from the wreck without assistance. At least one person is believed to be buried under the wreck. Two Nottingham doctors responded to call for assistance. The roadbed and the two tracks were torn up for quite a distance and the embankment will have to be repaired before the tracks can be relaid. The Lake Shore track is blockade east, and all trains are being sent over the Nickel-plate. The passengers of the wrecked train were taken to. Cleveland over the NickJ-plate and wrecking trains are at work

on the Lake Shore. Cleveland, Ohio, July 10. Five of the men injured in the collision were brought to the Cleveland general hospital. One man, whose name is unknown, lies at the hospital unconscious. His condition is critical. L Johnson, of Buffalo, and A. Hirtz, of this city suffered serious injuries, but will recover. The two tramps who were riding on the freight train are also at the hospital. They received broken collar bones and are not seriously inj ured. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION Each State Gets $25,000 From National Treasury. Washington, D. C , July 9. The treasury department has drawn warrants aggregating 81,200,000, or $25,000 each for forty-five states and two terri tories, being the maximum amount provided by congress in the act of Aug. SO, 189D, for the endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agri culture, and mechanic arts. The act provided a minimum sum of 8115,000 for that year. with an annual increase of 1,000"" for ten years up to 825,000. The maximum is now reached, and hereafter each of the states and territories will receive annually this sum for its agricultural colleges. " iv This money is the proceeds of the sale of public lands. Acres cf Wheit Curr.ed. Goshen, Ind,, July 9. Acres ' of wheat on the farm of William Shoup were consumed as the result of fire originating from sparks blown into a field from a passing locomotive. Farmers from miles ground turned out to fight tho flames.