Plymouth Tribune, Volume 1, Number 4, Plymouth, Marshall County, 31 October 1901 — Page 1

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ID) YMOU BUNE. WEEKLY EDITION. VOLUME I PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER HI. 1901. NO. 4

ORIENTAL POTENTATE

Mysterious Indian Who is Cominrj to Visit America. He Confounded London Witt Mb Magnificence ond Uncertain Identify A Dusku 5uite Including Cocto and Dancing Girls Aoneu Spent Uke Water. London, Oct. 23. "Prince Ranjit of Baluchistan," who to an unusual extent has succeeded in exciting and baffling London's curiosity, and who is variously described as an Indian potentate and a prince of Siam, sailed on Oct. 24 from Liverpool for Montreal on board the steamer Lake Simcoe, whence he is going to New York, accompanied by a dusky suite numbering twentyeight persons. He lived a fortnight, in all the splendor of oriental opulence, at a fashionable London horel, where he had dropped in unannounced and unconcernedly engaged twenty-three rooms. In spite of the publicity which such an arrival was bound to create, he has left England as much in the dark as to his identity as when he arrived. The India office has issued an official announcement that there is no such Indian chief as Prince Han jit of Baluchistan, but that neither condemns the mysterious stanger nor clears up his identity, as Ranjit is palably an assumed name. When interviewed in London, where he by no means courted publicity, Prince Ranjit declined to say whence he came, but he once oracularly remarked, "lam a king." Whether he is or is not a king, he certainly lived like one, spending enormous sums of money. The retinue which sailed with him included musicians, who produced from weird instruments still more weird sounds. A dancing girl formed a promi nent part of the daily entertainments which the suite provided for their master, who spent most of his time in bed. He is a man of fine physique, dark skinned and handsome. All his food was prepared in accordance with the strictest oriental usages by his own servants, who wore gorgeous robes and were nightly marshaled by a major domo for exercise in an adjoining park. This mysterious party will, it is said, make a tour of Canada and the United States, returning to England in time for King Edward's coronation. Dooley is Dead. Chicago, Oct. 30. James T. McGarry, the original of F. Peter Dunne's Dooley, died here yesterday, at an advanced age. McGarry was formerly a saloon keeper, well known locally for his wit and the whimsical philosophy he brought to bear on passing events. TERRIBLE CRIAE Awful Discovery ol a Poisoning - Gase ai South Bend Sundau. South Bend, Ind., Oct. 28. Lying unconscious in their home at this city, Mrs. Rebecca Webb and her son, Charles, was found by neighbors Sunday, evidently poisoning. The young man died and his mother cannot live. His brother, U. G. Webb, who, it is alleged, was ordered from home several days ago, is under arrest His sister Cora, aged 20, ,who had been in the house with the victims who had been sick since Friday noon, is under police surveillance. She says her mother and brother became sick after eating dinner Friday and claims sha was also taken ill and was unable to arise yesterday morninj when she tried to arouse

the unconscious sufferers and failing, laid down and slept until awakened by neighbors, who were attracted to the house by the groans of the victims. The young woman says she does not believe her brother Grant poisoned the family's food. Physicians claim Charles Webb died and his

mother is dying of slow corrosive poisoning. Found Dead in the Road. Knox, Ind., Oct. 26 Abraham Jameson, a weaitny iarmer re siding between this city andOber, Ind., was found dead in the road half way between here and his home. The cause of his death is unknown. Mr. Jameson was one of Starke county's most respected citizens. Bicyde Rider Killed. Mishawaka, Ind., Oct. 30.John May, a Mishawaka man of family, while bicycle riding beside a street car track, accidentally toppled in front of a moving car and was instantly killed yesterday. Elephants Turned Loose. New Orleans ,Oct. 30. The Forepaugh and Sells circus tiain was wrecked one mile this side of Baton Rouge at noon yesterday. Four cars loaded with animal cages were badly wrecked, but none of the cages was torn open and none of the animals allowed to escape. A carload of elephants were turned loose through the wreck, but after they had wandered about the country a short time were driven into Baton Rouge and corralled. Three men were badly hurt. BRITISH STIRRED Mismanagement in Africa Denounced on all Sides. London, Oct. 30. England's alleged destitution with respect to statesmen of the first rank is receiving the attention of numerous independent critics, both political and religious. Many dar ing liberals impute utter incom petency to the present government while acknowledging that they look in vain elsewhere for men great enough to manage the affairs of the empire. Scores of unionists rail at the cabinet, declaring it weak, vacillating and foolish, but shiver at the idea of the reins of power passing into the hands of persons who might fracture the solidarity of the British colonial system Meanwhile those members of the government who emerge from Whitehall to address the people speak not like statesmen, but like politicians, parrying for party advantage. Prominent divines who are un fettered by the bonds of the established church and even some of the braver ones who are so lettered assert tnat tne empire is suffering from the want of deep conviction, earnest purpose and high spirituality among its leaders. For instance, the Rev. Frederick B. Meyer of Christ church. Westminster, addressing a body of reformers yesterday afternoon, said. "Our social and individual evils multiply because of the spiritual shallowness and moral apathy of those who attempt to lead us. The nation waits to be stirred by men of conscience like Cobden, Bright and Gladstone. The South African war course ought to be ended immediately at whatever cost to British honor." The concentration camps, with their heavy mortality among women and children, are sorely trying the discipline of the leading churchmen. Canon Gore's letter to the London Times, warning the government that unless something shall be done promptly m regard to this scandal the conscience o Great Britain will be outraged and alienated, is an index of the real feeling in high ecclesiastical quarters.

DIED LIKE

Czolgosz Goes Sullenly to the Engine of Death and Meets Doom Like a Stoic A Gasp and a Moan Mark The Shock of The Current and all is Over.

Auburn. N. Y., Oct. 29 Law spoke in trumpet tones to anarchy this morning when Leon F. Czolgosz was put to death in the electric chair for the murder of President McKinley. The sentence of the court was that the death penalty should be inflicted during the week of October 23. In order to avoid making the necessary arrangements on Sunday the time was fixed at 7 o'clock this morning, which is the same as 6 o'clock by western time. The perfect plans were realized without a hitch. Czolgosz is annihilated so tar as this world is concerned. He has been buried in oblivion during the time of his incarceration here and his body will lie in an unmarked grave in the little prison cemetery, a prey to the corrosive action of quicklime. Even his belongings, his clothes, letters and everything that was his while here, will be burned and not a relic preserved, that no more remembrance may be had nmong men of so vile a wretch. The brother of the anarchist, Waldeck Czolgosz, was determined to claim the body, but was induced to waive the claim and permit the state to dispose of the corpse as the statute provides, this being brought about in the interest of peace and to prevent the possibility of morbid scenes and incidents being inflicted on the country. The father at home signed a similar waiver. Sunk in an apathetic stupor the condemned man 'ounged about his cell yesterday and refused to see his brother or a priest. He heard the 'sounds made by mechanics at work in the death chamber and by evening was sweating profusely and his eyes were greatly dilated, indicating nervous collapse. In the evening he was seen by his brother for a few moments and also consented to see Father Hyacinth Fudzinski, to whom he would say nothtng except "I'm all right, I don't want nothing." Waldeck asked the privilege of witnessing the ex'ecution, but the law prohibits such a procedure and the young man retired to the outer gates of the prison where he appeared to enjoy the sensation he created and accepted numerous invitations to drink. He was under close police es pionage. At 8 o'clock the brother made a last effort to induce the prisoner to talk about the crime, but all he would say was that he was alone in iL and no one else had anything to do with it. He was again asked if he desired to see a priest and vehemently refused, saying that he wanted no praying or other religious exercises over his body. The prison was carefully guarded during the night, but the city was in its normal calm without any trace of excitement or commotion. The gates were closed at 10 o'clock, the usual hour, and the condemned man was left alone with the death watch. Sullen, un repentant, without a ray of human sympathy anywhere, Leon F. Czolgosz entered upon his last night on earth. The doomed man remained quiet on his couch during the night, apparently sleeping most of the time. The four other prisoners in death cells adjoining his were more restless than he. When he arose early this morning and was given a new suit of' clothes to put on, he went about his toilet as if in.a sullen dream. He ate his usual breakfast with his ordinary appetite and seemed more like an animal than a man. The offer of a priestly adviser was refused. There was but lit-

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His tie said, none but necessary words being spoken. Shortly before 7 o'clock the witnesses for the execution began to appear at the prison and were gathered in the warden's office, where they remained until summoned to the death chamber exactly at the appointed time. In three rows of chairs facing the electric chair they silently took their seats and with no delay Czolgosz was brought in between guards, his . steps dragging and his face ashen white, but otherwise sullen and apathetic to the last. The proceedings went rapidly and silently forward, exactly as arranged, but without any undue or violent haste. The prisoner was gently seated in the chair, the straps about his arms, legs and breast were adjusted, then the fatal band was drawn across his forehead and a solemn, breathless hush settled upon the witnesses as the warden made his final examination and stepped back to give the signal. The prisoner wore only a pair of black trousers, a loose gray shirt and a pair of gray socks as he was brought to the execution. The shirt was opan at the neck and the left leg of the pants was slit at the bottom to permit contact with the electrode and sponge. In the adjoining room stood the table prepared for the autopsy and close by was the plain pine coffin, stained black. At the warden's sign a current of 1,800 volts shot through the condemned man, a violent tremor agitated his frame and he seemed to collapse into a nerveless bunch. Physicians stepped to his side at once to count the heart beats as life departed. Czolgosz gasped and moaned once. The current was shut off and again sent coursing through his frame. At 7:18 the signal was given and at 7:25 the man was pronounced to be dead. The twenty-six witnesses drew a quick sigh of relief and hastily filed from the room, and the dead body of the anarchist was left to the autopsy and the grave, none of the particulars of which have yet been given out. Buried and Forgot Auburn, N. Y., 30. The last words of CzolgosS, muttered nervously with a teeble attempt at defiance as he was being strap ped in the death chair, were: "I shot the President. I did it be cause I thought it would benefit the good people the working people. I am not sorry for my crime." It is hardly credible that such words could be uttered by a sane man, but strangely enough the autopsy begun by the physicians within two hours after death fully confirmed the opinions of all the expert alienists who in his life pronounced him to be of sound mindv He was a moral pervert but not a mental .deficient. The theory that he was swayed by yellow journals and urged by anarchistic zealots thus gains powerful support. .. The autopsy disclosed no trace of disease in brain or body. The report of the physicians concludes thus: "No anomalies are found. The brain in general is well developed, sufficiently marked with fissures, and the lobes are in normal proportion." The post mortem occupied over thres hours and embraced a careful examina tion of all the organs as well as i.i l rp ; . lUÜ üllu' AUÜ umTOS 15Da ey cannot cnargea witn having executed an insane man. The report of the physicians was not completed until late yesterday. The only thing that was left

to do in the passing of Czolgosz was to bury his remains. The

burial took place in the Jafternoon. The body was placed in a coffin case and loaded on a wagon which carried it by a roundabou wav to the prison cemetery. An other wagon, going by anothe route, had brought quicklime and acids to the graveyard. The precautions taken had been sue cessful in avoiding a crowd, and only a few persons saw the ob jectionable scene which followed when the coffin case was opened lowered into tne grave, and quicklime and acids dumped in Earth was shoveled on quickly and the grave filled up. It wil be a hard place to find by and by for no mark will be put upon it Czolgosz's brother and brother in-lawlwent to the prison while the burial was going on. They wanted to have a last look at the corpse. The sight was spared them. It was learned afterward that one of their objects in stay mg nere nad oeen to get a cer tificate of the assassin's death to aid them in an effort to collec some insurance from a fraterna organization to which the assassin had belonged. The formalities of filing the report of the jury who witnessed the death, of the physicians who performed the autopsy, and o making up the prison records so a to close the case forever were gone through with as in every similar case and the whole affair is ended so far as this world is cencerned. Czolgosz need be no more recalled except in history. What may lie in the future life for his soul is beyond human knowledge or wisdom. TRADE DEPRESSION English Cities Feel Effect of American Competition and Boer War. London, Oct. 29. Provincia cities are showing signs of com merciai depression and tne protracted strain of the war. Man chester is fairly prosperous be cause trade with India has im proved, but Bradford is in the doleful dumps since the demand for worsteds and woolens from the United States has fallen off Utner shipping: markets are quiet, and business with con tinental countries and South America is slowly shrinking in 0 ' consequence of German compe tition. Towns like Leicester and Northampton, which are de pendent upon hosiery and. the shoe trade, are suffering heavily from the competition of America and Germany. The iron and steel trade is wholly engrossed with 'rumors of extraordinary combination of capital and pro ductive resources for common defense. - Equine Panic Makes Excitement Frankfort, Ind., Oct. 29 A most unusual accident occurred on a farm near this city Saturday afternoon. A horse became un manageable, and, running against a corn shredding machine, the animal's tail was cut into small bits clear up to its body. The horse became wild with pain and. plungrinof amonjr the other horses at work at the shredder, caused five teams to run away. The horses of two teams fell into a well, but all were gotten out alive. Several men were injured in the panic of the horses, but none was seriously hurt. Death of a Pioneer. Macy, Ind., Oct. 29 The death of David Clemens, the oldest cit izen of Allen township is felt in this community. He lived with his daughter, Mrs. Maggie Whitmore, south oi town, Me was born in Ohio, and came to this county in 1835. He was married to Delilah Wildman, January 18, 1836 and would have been ninety years old had he lived until November 10. He was a. man of great strength of character, and his influence was felt in all that he undertook. He had been married longer than any other man in Miami county sixty-six years.

DESPERATE ESCAPE

Suspected Criminal at Nashville Fight Way Through Line of Officers, Tires Horses and Kills Blood Hounds in a Thrilling Flight Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 28 A desperate man fought his way clear of two city detectives here and after a thrilling chase made good his escape. In his race for liberty he utilized a two-horse wagon team, a horse and buggy and a riding horse, all forcibly taken, while two dead blood hounds mark the first portion o his trail. Officers believe the man is one of the gang that held iip the Great Northern express near Wagner, Mont., last June, his attempt to get change tor a 820 bill of the series secured in tha robbery attracting the attention of the police to him. At 10:30 in the morning a raw boned man about five feet ten inches high, with florid complex ion, offered the bill in pay men of a small purchase made at a store on the public square. Dif ficulty in making the change caused the salesman to closely notice the bill which proved to be on the Montana bank to which the stolen bills were consigned The police were quietly noti fied, the clerk meanwhile delay ed the matter of change. Detectives Dwyer and Dickens were soon on hand and approach ing the man demanded his name "Ferguson" was the reply and after another question or two Detective Dwyer informed" the man he was under arrest. Quick as a flash Ferguson had a revolver in each hand and started for the door. A hand-to -hand fight ensued, both officers grappling with the stranger who proved more than a match for them. Using his pistols as clubs he fought his way to the door and fled down the street. A passing ice wagon caught his attention and the three negro occupants were soon out of his way. Then at a terrific clip, the wTagon was headed across the Cumberland river bridge into East Nashville, a fusilade of shots following it. Out Woodland street went the flying team but a sudden turn into First street, brought it to grief. One of the horses fell and broke his leg, but the fugitive was not to be delayed. Running across First street, he held up an old negro who was driving by in a buggy and the flight continued. Out on the commons he sped. Once the buggy overturned but quickly righted. Finally the tired horse was abandoned and after a dive into Shelby Park on foot, the supposed bandit secured an other horse, hitched at a point near the park. Then atter a sensational ride the horse was left and the fight continued on foot. Further out the pursuers found two of the bloodhounds used in the chase shot to death a short distance apart, and after that the trace of the man was lost. When the buggy was aband oned the man threw away a wal let containing $1,040 in ten and twenty dollar bills, of the Montana bank. Chief of Police Curran now has the money. King Declared to Have Cancer. London, Oct. 29 Reynold's Weekly-Newspaper is the first British paper to assert that King Edward is suffering from cancer of the throat. In Sunday's issue t declares that since his majesy's accession three operations have been performed for the re moval of papilloma on the left vocal cord, and that one was re moved from the right vocal cord ast week. " "Assistance was hastily sum moned," says this journal, "as his majesty was breathing with difficulty, and an immediate operation was performed. But

t was regarded as only a tempor-

ary relief, the injured epithelium now having become a cancerous growth, and serious developments are expected. There is undoubtedly a very alarming premonition in court circles, especially among the women, that the king will never live to be crowned, which, however, baseless or otherwise, is having a serious effect on trade. The favorite story in this connection now current is that a palmist told Queen Alexandra not long ago that she would never live to be crowned.

Judgment Against a Publican. Warsaw, Ind., Oct. '23. An important case came to a close here yesterday afternoon when a jury in the circuit court brought in a verdict in favor of Myrtle Hunter, who sued Saloon Keeper Nelson for damages for the loss of her husband, Melvm Hunter. Mrs. Hunter charged in her com plaint that Nelson, by giving liquor to her husband, caused his death. Hunter died of pneumonia, which resulted from exposure while intoxicated, depriving her of her husband's support. She was given judgment for 350. Surprised the Undertaker, New Albany, Ind., Oct. 29. Mrs. Julia Bullock, age eightytwo, who had been bedfast for fifteen years, apparently died yesterday and an undertaker was called. When she was laid on the cooling board she revived and inquired wht was the matter. She was replaced in bed and the undertaker was dismissed. BACK IN LINE AGAIN Senator Jones of Nevada Resumes .His Place in the Republican Party. Reno, Nev., Oct. 23. United States Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada, has made the announcement to his friends that the evolution of political issues placed him again in alignment with the republican party. "I have suffered no change in any of the convictions I have en tertained in the past," said the senator, "and my return to the republican party does violence to none of those convictions. I am as sincere a believer in the doctrine of bimetallism as when I left the republican party solely for that cause, and were the conditions today as then I would be numbered among those defending it. The enormous output of gold, however, has accomplished what bimetallism would have accomplished; The silver issue is dead and we are face to face with other issues. I have always acted with the republican party upon every question but silver. I believe that in the alignment of political parties today the re publican party is the only one which is in, touch with the economic progress of the twentieth century." WITH .NO WHEAT TO SELL What Difference How High the Price? A New Scheme of Speculators. Independence, Kan., Oct. 29. -A gigantic scheme is material izing in southern Kansas to run he price of wheat up next year. It is original with B. H. Giger and other wheat raisers of this city, and is to include all the farmers of the wheat belt of the country. Every farmer is to sign an agreement not to raise an acre of wheat in 1902, and thus force up the price of wheat. Each township will be organized, then the counties, and later the states. Each farmer will contribute 51 toward advancing the cause when he signs the agreement. Severe Less to Vincennes. Vincennes, Ind., Oct, 26. The Vincennes garbage reduction plant, just completed, a mile out side of the city limits, burned ast night. The loss is C30.000.