Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 52, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 September 1910 — Page 2

THE PLYMOUIinRlBllNE. PLYMOUTH, IND. HENDRICKS Q. CO.. Publishers DO INCHES MAKE THE MAN? t I Until the time of the war between Russia and Japan the short man was obliged to defend the prowess of bis kind by ciling Napoleon as an example of what short persons could do. Balzac, the great French novelist, whose height vas a trifle more than five feet, often half whimsically, often seriously, endeavored to show a connection between short stature and excellence. It was also a source of consolation to him and to other men who were not In the tall class, to read in bistory that the Roman conquerers were short. But after the Russo-Japanese war it became evident to all that Btature had nothing to do with the (Case, unless, perhaps, the victory of (the little Jap proved that the short man was the superior of the tall. But now come the municipal authorities In our cities, who say that a tall policeman U better than a short and that a tall fireman Is the superior of a short fireman, says Boston Globe, rive feet 7 Inches is the limit of jBhortness to be tolerated say some, .while ethers lower the standard a quarter of an inch. Others would lowr it half an inch more. Superstitions die hard. We are still children, and, although far from the age of plants, we cling to the notion that Inches make the man.

' Great Britain has just launched one cf the biggest of the dreadnought battleships which the government is steadily adding to the navy. And that 'American ideas are good for something in thl3 connection is shown by the information which has leaked out, notwithstanding the careful way in which naval secrets are guarded, that the guns on the new vessel will be Arranged much like those on United States battleships of the latest design. so that they can be fired one above another and concentrate tremendous istriklng power at a given point. Bulldjers of our warships are giving valuable points to all the world. ; It will be a good day in this city ."when every boy who goes to the high chool can multiply and divide with junfalling accuracy, when he knows the rule of three and is up on fracjtlons, says Philadelphia Inquirer. If ln addition to that he can write legijbly, read distinctly and spell correctly he will have a better equipment than Ibas been commoa of late. In trying to teach children too much we have tnot trained them to definite ways of thinking. Yet to think clearly about anything is the great prerequisite of iife and ought to be the chief aim cf (education. Reports of accidents to women warg hobble skirts begin to come in. Of course such accidents are inevita ble. A woman who deliberately binds per limbs before submlting herself to the dangers of the highway Is doubly handicapped, for even unhampered physically, she likely would lack the Intelligence to dodge a street car. A man in New York was sent to prison for four years for stealing a five-cent looking glass. It served him right. A man who makes so little of his opportunities In the face of such shining examples ought to be shut off tfrom the rest of society. A bank in Spokane Is Issuing antiseptic money. Still, while sanitary banknotes may fit In better than the thers with the progressive Ideas of the age, as far as the others are conjcerned, with all their germs, we love jthem SÜ11. I "Did Washington swear V asked a (periodical. We don't know, but Borne 'enlightenment could be furnished if jwe knew whether Martha's dresses rwere buttoned down the b;ick. ' Some genius has invented a machine for testing ojeratic voices. It rwlll not help much unless It makes It possible for the operator to go away and leave It after he sets It going. ' A New York street car Jumped the track and ran into a saloon. An araazJng instance of the power of suggestion; the car driver was doubtless Tery thirsty. Considered as an aerial racer the carrier pigeon may not be quite up to date, but its motor seldom if ever gets f ut of order. A man has been found starving jbJmself because he feared the end of jthe world was at hand. There must "be such a thing as the rash bravery cf cowardice. A writer sagely remarks that there Is no excuse for drowning. Unfor-,-tunately, apologies are never offered. : It's a wise man who can guess two times out of three which way the cat r going to jump. The man in New York who killed himself because he thought himself too small to live was probably a child In brain as well as In stature. With bubble cups and paper drinking vessels in the stations and trains, even the old original harvester is likely to find the crops falling off. Then, again, most of the smuggling Is done by people who do not need to iteaL ' The sun spots are signs of hot weather, but we know it without looking for signs. s There Is a shortage in sauerkraut, but the pretzel crop is up to the average. Do aeroplanes build in trees or nest on the ground? One way to get rich quick Is to compose a "ragtime" song.

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RAILROAD Thirteen Passengers and Thre Trainmen Are Victims. TRAIN RUNS INTO WASHOUT Accident Occurs on Rock Island Road Near Clayton, Kan. Death List ' May Be Increased When Debris Is Cleared. Clayton. Kan. A terrible disaster took place on the Rock Island railroad two miles east of here, when a fast train plunged through an open brieve and into 20 feet of water. Sixteen persons were killed and 11 Injured. Most of the Tlctims were occupai.ts of the smoking car, which was telescoped by the car following it. The stream which wrought the destruction Is at ordinary times simply a dry arroyo, with no water, but with Its banks 30 feet below the level of tha railroad bridge. A tremendous rain had fallen during the night and the ordinarily dry bed was soon filled to the brim with a wild torrent. The bridge itself was quickly broken up and carried away. Shortly after one o'clock In the morning, while the storm yet raged, the fast Rock Island passenger train from Kansas City to Denver, traveling at a forty mile per hour speed, rushed headlong Into the gap and the forward end of the train took the plunge into the water filled ravine. The locomotive, tender and baggage car disappeared entirely under the water, and the engineer, fireman, baggageman and conductor were all- instantly killed. The smoker, which stopped on the brink of the stream, was telescoped by a chair car and many of the pasBengers killed outright Others were thrown Into the stream and drowned. With the exception of the last Pullman the entire train left the track and the cars and coaches were piled In one big heap or rolled into the ditch alongside the rails. The uninjured passengers made their way to the brink of the stream and rendered what assistance they could, workingy the light of the few lanterns which could be found. Other passengers as well as trainmen walked to Clayton in the search for help. From this place the news was telegraphed to headquarters and relief trains were started from Uellevllle and Phillipsburg. Citizens of Clayton In wagons drove hastily to the scene of the wreck and, aided by bonfires which they lighted, worked In the storm amid the debris in the search for the dead and Injured. Terre Haute, Ind. A work train on the Southern Indiana railroad was in collision with a passenger j train a few miles south of Terre Haute, and 19 persons were injured, four of them perhaps fatally. FIND BANKER SLAIN IN BUGGY. Rich Muncle, Ind., Citizen Shot In Head Propped Up by Assassin. Muncle, Ind. What was supposed to be a case of suicide is now known to have been one of assassination and the police are seeking to solve an unusual mystery. Norman Black, e wealthy banker, took his horse and buggy from a livery stable. An hour later the horse returned to the barn with Black, sitting upright, unconscious in the buggy, blood oozing from a bullet wound in his head. The reins were wrapped about the whip stock. Black died two hours later in a hospital. Examination showed that the assassin had carefully propped the dying man up in the buggy and had probably turned the horse's head toward the barn where It was kept. An autopsy revealed that a single bullet had taken effect. It penetrated the brain. 12-INCH GUN BLOWS; EXPLODES Rifle on Battleship Georgia Is Destroyed -But No One Hurt Washington. The explosion of the 12-inch gun in the turret of the Georgia was officially reported to the war department. The commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet says that the muzzle was blown off "as far back as the front end of the Jacket." The gun is practically destroyed and will be replaced In a very short time. It has been fired more than 125 times and, together with the other guns In the same turret, was approaching the end of its existence, which is about 150 rounds. This is the second accident to a gun on the Georgia, but the previous accident was caused by premature Ignition of a powder charge. Newspaper Man Honored. Washington. George H. Gall, formerly a Washington newspaper man, was Friday appointed secretary of the bureau which the Dominion of Canada is to establish in Washington. Held In $14,345 Gold Theft. Seattle, Wash. Marius Johansen was arrested here Friday on a charge of complicity in the stealing of 14,345 from the sluice boxes of the Pioneer Mining company at Nome, Alaska, several weeks ago. Three Held for Poison Pact. Pontiac, Mich. Fred Kinney, twenty-six; Roy Whitney, twenty-five, and Mrs. Charles Watson, were arreBted Wednesday charged with having attempted to poison the woman's husband in order that Kinney and Mrs. Watson might marry. Twenty Per Cent. Law Valid. Madison. Wis. Attorney General Frank 1. Gilbert Wednesday handed down an opinion holding that the 20 per cent, clause in the primary election law 13 constitutional. 30,000 Miners Go to Work. Kansas City, Mo. Thirty thousand coal miners of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, who have been on strike for more than five months, returned to work Tuesday, all the mines in the southwest having resumed operation. 150 Hurt In Train VrtcK Lisbon. One hundred and fifty persons were injured in a railroad wreck near Oporto Tuesday. The majority were only slightly Jyort One Was killed.

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TWO FLY THE ALPS IN THEIR AEROPLANES

On? Falls M-r Goal ond la Seriously Injured, and M!s Crsft Is aiüan. k-o.se C.izez, the Franco let! the Fret.fii bli.'Jii.st, have suoi'cruvian aviator. a:d M. Pallet, the French blplai.lst, have successfully flown over the Alp?. Chavez was unable to complete his flight to this city. J Je fell near Porno D'Ossola, He was seriously injured and his aeroplane &a damaged. Pallleti descended at Htresn, but went up again in n short time an4 continued his flight toward Milan. Henry Weymann, tue American aviator, made several attempts to cross the mountains, but was obliged each time to descend at Brig, as his machine did not work properly. Chavez lies in the hospital at Domo D'Ossola, 50 miles ftom Milan, the goal he was seeking in an endeavor to win a priio of $20,000 offered by the Italian Aviation society. Ho lost his race when ill of tho hard part of the voypgo had been passed. He had crossed the Simplon pass at an altitude of 7,000 feet and had passed over the Simplon Kulm, the high peak, in safety. Detween him and Milan lay only comparatively level land. When Chavez approached Domo D'Ossola the control commissioners and Chavez's manager were awaiting at the spot appointed. It was thought that he would be unable, from tho Immense height at which he was flying, to alight at the landing place. Frantic signs were made to point out where he was to come down. Chavez caught the signals and started to make a landing. As his machine swooped downward something went wrong and it plunged heavily to the ground. GILMAN IS COMMANDER. Boston Man Chosen to Head Grand Army of the Republic. Atlantic City. N. J. John E. Gilman of Boston for commander-in-chief and Rochester, N. Y for Uie next place of meeting w&a the winning combination in the national encampment of the G. A. R. The other officers elected were: Senior vice-commander-in-chief, Charles Burrows, Rutherford, N. J.; Junior vice-com-mander-in-chief, William James. Jacksonville, Fla.; surgeon general, John L. Smith. Spokane. Wash.; chaplaln-in-chief, Rev. Thoma3 Harwood, Albuquerque, N. M. In opening tho business session of the national encampment the retiring commander-in-chief, Samuel R. Van Sant, of Minnesota, gave a comprehensive review of the work of the organization for the past year and outlined what might be accomplished for the good of the order in the future. The commander Bpoke earnestly as he expressed his gratification at tho increasing fraternization of tho "blue" and the "gray." When he said that no braver troops were ever marshaled fo; conflict than the southern soldiers f-Ed that the Union veterans now tealizo that no men over made greater sacrifice for what they believed to be right than their former foes, the commander .w a applauded Tho commander expressed pleasure at the cordial reception given Lim during his recent official visit to tlw southern department, net only from the former Union soldiers, bot from ex-confederates, and continued: "In all cities, when possible, urged joint meetings of the blue and the gray. We had many gatherings of this character and no mere loyul aud patriotic sentiments wre ever uttered than by the men who fought on tfc other f!de. "United as we now are, our country is destined to make a new era of progress We have by our united efforts ad van cod to the highest pinnacle of fame an.! become a mighty world power, with out influence everywhere potential. Who does not rejoice that our Union is one and indivisible and will remain so forever V WTiIle the roll of thv Crane Army Is steadily shortening, the commander in chief urged that every effort b made to keep the organization up to its fullest possible strrr.gth. He quoted the figures showing that G. A. R. at the beginning of the prwicLt year had still 213,902 xuerabwv in good standing, as against 30.600 at the beginning of 1909. The ire daring the year was 6,781, of whirJi C.M3 was by derith. PAYS $39,000 FOR SMUGGLING. Mrs. Chesbrough Finally Settles With the Customs Authorities New York. Representatives t Mrs. Mathilda M. Chesbrough, vrtfa of F. B. Chesbrough, a UAinship owner and lumber dealer ot Newton. Mass., paid over $39,000 to the customs authorities in settlement of a $5,000 fine imposed on her for smuggling and in redemption cf pearl necklace seized last yea. Toys With Arc Lamp; .Hid. Pittsburg, Pa. Stephen Stupor, aged nineteen, employed ;it the Homestead Steel works, was instantly killed Friday while fooling with ail arc lamp. His hand came in contact with a live wire and 4.800 volts oi electricity passed through him. Find Baby's Body In Basket. Peoria, 111. Two school childsea carried home a basket they tontid la a weed patch Friday. When Its contents were investigated by their mother she found the remains ot a baby. Kaiser's Daughter Engaged. Berlin. It Is reported in connection with the kaiser's present visit to Vienna that the engagement If beln arranged for the kaiser's only dotjchter, Victoria Louise, to the archduke Karl Franz, eldest bovq of the lato Archduke Otto. Shoots Officer; Is KlUed. Billings, Mont. Benjamin FranMlA, chair car porter on the Burlirgtcs, was shot and Villed Thursday vhtto resisting arrest. Deputy Sheriff Pound was fatally wr-uoded by Franklls. Use Auto In Rcbber. San Antonio, Tex. After robbing W. K. Ewing, a well-fciowr business man of San Antonio, uid bis companions, two prominent society women, of money and Jwa!s valued at $1,400, two ms?X M'vniOT Tceaday seized tW D'itomjN'jf and escaped. Carnegie Trust Has fvr Hesd. New York. Joseph T. HowU. president of the NatJoral TJank of Nashville, Tenn., was Tuft7 chosen as the bead of the Carnegie Trut C&.

FORTY DIE I TROLLEY Cräali

MANGLED IN COLLISION OF INTERURBAN CARS NEAR KINGSLAND, IND. -CARS MET ON CURVE IN DENSE WOODS.

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THE DEAD. TEARL SAYLER, Bluffton, Ind. MYRTLE FALK, six miles out from bluffton. Ind. FRANK KING, Warren, Ind. MRS. FRANK KING, Warren, Ind. II. D. COOK, grocer, Bluffton. Ind. RALPH WALSER, Bluffton, Ind. ERNEST CROUSE, Bluffton, Ind. R. L. FOLK, traveling man, Bryan, Ohio. JOSEPH EDENS, c!ty fireman. Bluffton, Ind. BEN CRAMER, umbrella mender, residence unknown. S. E. THOMPSON, student in University of Michigan, Warren, Ind. HARRY DAUGHERTY, Warren. Ind. JACOB SCHWARTZ, Uniondale, Ind. ELEC HYDE. Pennville, Ind. W. E. BOWMAN, farmer, Bluffton, Ind. THOMAS GORDON, Bluff ton, Ind. FRED B. TAM, liveryman, Bluffton, Ind. GEORGE SMETHERST, Warren, Ind O. P. ZIMMER, hardware dealer, Bluffton, Ind. J. W. TRIBOLET, real estate man, Bluffton, Ind. W. D. BURGAN, real estate man, Bluffton, Ind. JAMES REED, soldiers home, Marlon, Ind. MRS. HIRAM FALK, six miles out from Bluffton, Ind. L. C. JUSTUS. Bluffton. Ind. LLOYD BROWN, Bluffton, Ind. S. STUCKY, Vera Cruz, Ind. WILLIAM BEERS, night policeman, Bluffton, Ind. JOSEPH SAWYER, Bluffton, Ind. JESSE E. HUFFMAN, Marion, Ind. SEYMOUR ROBISON, democratic candidate for auditor of Wells county, Bluffton. Ind. CHARLES RÄBER, Uniondale, Ind. MRS. BLANCHE SMITH, .MontpeHer. Ind. HAROLD NELSON, Bhvlton, Ind. JOHN' JOHNSON, Murkle, Ind.1 DANIEL DUBACII, Petroleum, Ind. JOE , Ind., Bluffton, a Greek. MRS. GARRETT MAXWELL, Garrett. Ind. BLANCHE ARCIIBOLD, Ossian, Ind. UNIDENTIFIED MAN, aged sixty, of East St. Louis. J. A. JONES, Warren, Ind. Kingsland, Ind., Sept. 21. Thirtyfive were killed, five were injured so that they died soon afterward and ten were seriously injured in the worst wreck in the annals of interurban history which occurred a quarter of a mile north of KIngsland on the Bluffton division of the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction company, shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon, when regular north-bound interurban car No. 233, rounded a curve and collided head-on with extra limited car No. 303, south-bound, and running light. The impact of the two cars was terrific and but one man a traveling salesman escaped serious injuries out of the two crews of four men and the forty-two passengers. The smaller car the regular one, crowded with passengers, mostly Bluffton people, bound for the Fort Wayne fair, was almost completely telescoped by the larger and higher limited car. The report of the collision was heard for three miles and those within a half mile thought It was a gigantic dynamite explosion. So hard was the impact that the flanges of tho front wheels were mashed to pulp. The north-bound car was in charge of Motorman C. Van Dine and Conductor E. A. Spiller and the southbound car was in charge of Benjamin Corkwell and Conductor Daniel Wilson. ' In this, one of the most terrible accidents in recent history, there was every sotting to make for peacefulnes3 and calm. The spot at which the cars came together war in the midst of fields. On each side farmers were plowing their fields. Literally, men deserted their plowhandles to run to the aid of the injured. The accident occurred on a curve On both slde3, especially on that tanPINNED IN THE WRECKAGE. Two Lives Lost In Crash of Trains at Hammond, Indiana. Hammond, Ind. Geo. Workup, age twenty-eight, of Traverse City, was burned to a crisp and Alfred Davidson aged thirty, of Benton Harbor. Mich. was fatally injured in a freight wreck near here. Workup was a brakeman and Davidson a conductor. The arc! dent happened during a fog 60 dense that objects could not be seen 50 feet away. . Caught in Wreckage and Burned. The two victims. WorkuD and n.ivld son, were in the caboose at the time of the accident. They were burled in the wreckage, which caught fire from the engine. Workup being helplessly pinned while names burned him t death. Davidson was crushed an bruised, suffering internal injuries that will cause his death. The fl.imp spread os rapidly that they destroyed several cars loaded with merchandise and even the telegraph poles along the tracks before they could be controlled. The loss in rolling stock is heavy. Davidson is In a hospital here. One Killed, Many Hurt in Erie Wreck. Huntington, In d. Di vision officers of the Erie railroad announced here that an. unknown woman had been killed and fifteen passengers injured, none seriously, when the New York-Chicago flyer rolled down a 42 foot embankment at a point between Kemp and Spencerville, Ohio. A relief train, bearing all the available physicians who could be mustered left at onco for the scene, closely followed by a double wrecking crew and it is believed that the wreck is much more serious than the officials announce.

HORROR IN COUNTRY

gent approaching from the north there was a curve screened by dense woods. Bearing down from the north came, the lighter yet empty of passengers car. Speeding toward Fort Wayne was the coach filled with men and women bent on a merry-making of a day or two at the Allen county fair. Even the time of the accident Is in doubt. Probably it was about a half hour after neon. Out of the ends of this short curve near Kingsland, 18 miles south of Fort Wayne, came the two cars. It was only a flash; a breath. The cars were together. The south-bound car seemed to take the right of way. Like a giant missile it ploughed its way through the trafficpacked coach in the opposite direction. Its heavier frame cut like a keen knife a pathway half the length of the opposing vehicle. It cut off seats ari inch above the floor and ; smashed and packed in one ghastly mass the whole Interior of the car seat, overhead baskets, lighting fixtures, luggage and the bodies of two score passengers. In the car there were only a few capable of giving aid to the dying. They did what they could and from the fields came the farmers who had wit nessed the accident or who had been summoned by neighbors. Word was flashed by telephone to Bluffton and a special car was loaded with all physicians available and sent to the scene. At nightfall all the dead and injured had been removed and the wrecked cars were lying beside the right of way, a bonfire to illuminate the spot of one of the greatest, if not the greatest electric traction wrecks in the his tory of the country. The cause of the accident has not been fixed officially. It is certain, however, that the regular crew had orders to meet at siding No. 106, a mile south of Ossian. The limited crew over-rah this siding. Whether this was duo to a failure to receive orders or a mistake of the dispatcher in giv ing a wrong order, must be determined by investigation by the company officials. That an accident was Imminent and could not be averted was known at Ossian and Fort Wayne before the cars eame together. This was shown when the dispatcher at Fort Wayne telephoned to Agent Koontz at Ossian, asking if the limited crew had arrived yet. He was told the car had just left without receiving orders. Conductor Wilson had stopped to get some matches, only. Agent Koontz called up the Lake Erie & Western operator and asked him to call the tower man at Kingsland. He did. The regular car had passed and even then the col lision which has startled the entire country had occurred. Scene of the Wreck. The spot where the disaster took place Is isolated. There was not a doctor in Kingsland and the people of the village seemed paralyzed by the immensity and horror of the disaster. They lacked a leader and until the relief cars from Fort Wayne and Bluff ton arrived, litt Ir was done to take the dead and injured from the wreck. It wa a long, hard task to remove the bodies from the wreckage. The dead and injured were laid In rows at the side of the tracks. Farmers wives brought sheets to cover the dead and to make bandages for the wounded. The bodies were all horribly mangled. Legs and arms were severed, heads were cut from bodies, and strips were torn from the flesh of the victims. Because of the broken bones, the postures of the victims were terribly dis torted, the bodies being entangled with the timbers of the crushed cars. To add to the horror of the situation flies settled on the long rows of dead and injured in great swarms. The physicians had little assistance from the townspeople and farmers and the injured suffered the extremity of their hurts for two hours before they were relieved by lotions and narcotics brought by the physicians. All tho time pending the arrival of the physicians the injured writhed and screamed in pain and the crowd that gathered about them stood awe-stricken and helpless to aid them. t Injured Brought to Fort Wayne. The injured were placed on the special relief train from Fort Wayne and brought to hospitals in that city. The Injured. F. A. Parkhurst, Bluffton, broken spine and head wounds. C. M. Brown, Warren, both legs broken; may recover. Margaret Tribolet, Bluffton. concussion of the brain and Internal injuries. John Eichenberger, Berne, legs broken and Internally Injured. Mrs. W. D. Burgan, Bluffton, broken leg and numerous body wounds. B. T. Corkwell, Fort Wayne. Calls for Dead Husband. Mrs. W. D. Burgan, who is at Hope hospital suffering a broken leg and numerous body wounds, is in a semi-conscious condition. Physicians in attendance say she will recover. Her husband, W. D. Burgan, the well known insurance man of Bluffton, was killed Instantly. Mrs. Burgan i3 continually calling for her husband. She has not been informed of his death. Her eldest son, Raymond, Is at her bedside and the terrible strain of his father's death and his mother's injuries are bearing on him terribly. He is attempt ing to be cheerful for his mother's sake. Traction Company Blames Motorman. C. D. Emmons, general manager of the Ft. Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction company. In an interview with newspaper reporters placed the entire blame of the accident on Motorman B. T. Corkwell of Fort Wayne. According to Mr. Emmons, Corkwell had received Instructions to give a five minute clearance at Yoder. Instead, he disobeyed orders and ran through, without a stop. Corkwell was motorman on the southbound car. Motorman Corkwell is a Hope hospital. It is thought he cannot survive. He is unconscious and has not s dc ken since the accident.

CRIPPEN AND TYPIST COMMITTED FOB TRIAL Dentist Charged With Murder cf Actress Wife and Girl Accused As Accessory. London. At the close of the police court proceedings Dr. Hawley II. Crippen and Ethel Clare Leneve were committed for trial charged with the murder of the doctor's wife, Belle Elmore. Solicitor Newton reserved his decision for the trial proper. . Ethel Clare Leneve was hooted and jeered at by a crowd of men and women that awaited her arrival at the Bow Street police court. A group of women followed the cab occupied by the accused woman through the streets to the police court, yelling their opinions of the typist as they ran. When the vehicle stopped in front of the court a crowd that filled the thoroughfare hooted derisively. The woman held an open umbrella before her face and was fairly successful In escaping observation as the police made a way for her.

GRAFTERS ARE HIT. Illinois State Political Conventions Score Corrupt Legislators. Springfield, 111. The administrations of President Taft and Governor Deneen were heartily indorsee and a platform was adopted containing a tariff plank along the lines laid down by the president's campaign letter to Congressman McKinley by the Republican state convention which met here Friday. The platform commends President Taft and congress, who, as "agents of the people, have carried forward another step the principles and policies which have dominated and controlled the government of the United States for the most progressive half century of civilized life." Continuing it says: East St. Louis. Boodlers, grafters and legislative corruption are denounced in strong terms in the platform, adopted by the Democratic state convention. The Initiative and referendum, an anticorrupt practises act, and an honest extension of civil service, are given as the remedies for crookedness in public office and administration. BIG FRENCH LINER LAUNCHED. Will Accommodate 2,100 Passengers and Has Unique Features. St Nazaire, France. - The new speedy and luxurious liner France has launched at the shipyards here in the presence of 2,000 people will be ready for ocean travel by the fall of 1911. The new vessel Is of 33,000 tons, S00 feet long and 60 feet beam, with a speed of 25 knots. She has accommodation for 500 saloon, 400 second cabin passengers and 1,200 Bteerage. A unique feature of the new liner Is a Parisian boulevard cafe, four dining rooms, and a number of wine cellars, the temperatures of which will be regulated according to the vintage that is to be stored. PLOT TO ASSASSINATE MIKADO. First Time Attempt Ever Been Made on Japanese Sovereign. Tokyo, Japan. A sensation was caused by the publication of the alleged details of a plot among his own subjects to assassinate Emperor Mutsuhito. The startling story appeared in the Hoch! Shlmbun, which nays that the plotters, who are under arrest, certainly will be sentenced to death after trials before a special seThis is the first time in the history of the country that the life of the sovereign has been plotted against by his own people and the fact has become known. It is understood that a rigorous censorship prevented the publication of as much as a hint of the conspiracy until this evening, when the Hochi Shimbun assumed responsibility for the alarming announcement. FIND BODIES IN MAINE CABIN. Divers Begin Work In Raising of the Battleship. Havana. Forty-five divers under Chief Herdone McDurhain have begun work on the Maine. Several bodies have been found in the cabin, but remain untouched following Captain Ferguson's orders. The hull lies in mud six feet deep at the bow and six and a half feet at the stern.' The government commissioners maintain a strict secrecy about all matters relating to the Maine. Sleep Walker Is Banished. Anderson. William Wigner was taken into custody by the police when he walked through tho second-story window of his boarding house and fell to the sidewalk. Wigner, who asserts that he is a somnambulist, was taken to the police station when his landlord would not allow him to return to his room. He was not injured. Twelve Hurt In Car Fire Panic. Knoxville, Tenn. Twelve passengers on a street car on the Appalachian exposition line were Injured In a stampede Friday that followed the burning out of a fuse. Mrs. A. S. J. Davis may die. She was trampled on. General Brayton Is Dead. Providence, R. I. Gen. Charles R. Brayton, the blind leader of the Rhode Island Republicans and the Rhode Island member of the national Republican committee, died here Friday. Tralr. Makes Fast Run. Logansport, Ind. Panhandle passenger train No. 12. ariving here from Chicago Thursday, came from Kouts at the rate of 100 miles an hour, making K7 mil2S In 51 minutes. The train consisted of eight coaches. Elgin, 25,S76; Aurora, 29,807. Was"x'rgon. The census bureau Thursday made public the following population returns: Elgin, 111., 25.976; last census, 22,433, increase 15.8 per cent. Aurora, 111., 29,807; last census 24,147, Increase 23.4 per cent 8ong Writer Dies a Paupor, Detroit, Mich. Solomon Mazurette. a quarter of a century ago one of th best-known . song composers in the United States, died Tuesday on a cot In St. Mary's hospital In absolute poverty. His aged wife applied to tne poor commission to bury hin. Unifies Hawaii Posts. Washington Gen. Leonard vVood. chief of staff, has recommended to Fresldent TafL thai the four military icstz in Hawaii bt consolidated under one comiBifl'i.-

PCÄK DARREL DAY PA88INQ.

j President Announces New Waterway improvement Policy. Cincinnati. Declaring that tho days of the pork barrel should bo numbered, President Tart, in an address at the Ohio Valley exposition, pointed out the evils of a majority in any legislative body passing laws to benefit only sections of the country, ignoring the territory represented by the minority. The president said that the country is roused against corrupt control of legislative agencies, but that selfish combinations of the representatives of the majority are equally dangerous. President Taft said In part: We have reached a new epoch In the matter of Improvement of our waterways. The public is greatly aroused by the confident and Just belief that by a more symmetrical, reasonable and prompt expenditure of money upon approved projects, rates for transportation may be lowered, and the business of the ccuntry entirely benefited. We could collect, if we desired, libraries of records of meetings of waterways conventions, full of statistics, full of general prophesies as to the marvelous imp-ovement of waterways near at hand. As a country, we are all In favor of the most effective and economical expenditure for the development of our waterways, but as members of a district, and as representatives of districts, we are selfishly insistent upon our shares of public appropriations each year, however much that division of the spoil Impedes the adoption of the effective and economical improvement of our water transportation. It is the duty of the majority and the minority to legislate always for the benefit of the whole people, and any enactments that look to the selfish exploitations of less than the whole at the expense of the whole, and without benefit to the whole, is a species of legislative abuse that comes very near corruption in its effects, and Is perhaps more dangerous than corruption, because those who support such a combination are generally bold In its defense. The days of the pork barrel should be numbered. The country is roused against corporate or corrupt control of legislative agencies, but It is doubtful whether the constituencies as yet are able to perceive the higher obligation on the part of themselves and their representatives, not to use heir votes in combination to appropriate to a part that which belongs to the whole. DEFEAT FOR TAWNEY. Minnesota Congressman Loses Out In Primary. St. Paul, Minn. Primaries were held throughout this state for the nomination of candidates for congress, state legislature and county offices. Interest centers in the First district and the scattering returns Indicate the defeat of Congressman J. A. Tawney by a small margin by Sydney Anderson, a young attorney of Lanesboro. This will probably be the only change in the delegation to congress, although there is a possibility of defeat of C. F. Stevens In the Fourth district by Hugh Halbert, The fight on Tawney has been the warmest in the state. Anderson was brought out by the progressive league and few thought he had any show. But he made a better campaign than anticipated and unless later returns are different, he wins by a small margin. The winner will be opposed by H. L. Buck of Winona, who had a clear field for the Democratic nomina tion. FAMOUS RACE HORSE IS KILLED. Peg Woffington Breaks Neck When Frightened by Severe Storm. Lexington. Ky. Becoming frightened . in a storm which raged throughout this section, Peg 'Woffington, 'one of the most famous race horses and brocd mares of the country, ran into a tree and broke her neck at the Ashland farm of Major T. C. McDowell. A strange coincidence in the death of the horse was that the statue of Henry Clay, recently erected in the Lexington cemetery, was struck by lightning and damaged. Henry Clay was the founder of Ashland farm. RECORD CHEESE IS COMPLETED World's Greatest, 4,029 Pounds, Will Be- Exhibited at Chicago. Appleton, Wis. The biggest cheese the world has ever known was completed here. The cheese weighs 4,029 pounds net, contains the Friday's milk from 500 cows, amounting to 40,280 pounds, and required the services of seven cheese makers two days to build. The cheese will be on display at the National Dairy show in Chicago next month. It has already been sold to a Chicago retail house for $1.409.80. It was built on a flat car and is now en route to Chicago. Chanler Acts Against Diva. New York. Announcement was made Thursday by Sidney Harris, attorney for Robert Winthrop Chanler, that Chanler has revoked the power of attorney, given by him to his wife, Mme. Cavalieri, the singer, in connection with the antenuptial agreement. Countess III In Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Cal. Countess Constance Wachtmeister, former theosophlst lecturer and companion of Mme. Blavatsky, is seriously ill at the home of friends in this city. Shoots Kin .'or m Deer. Syracuse, N. Y. Clifford Judd, well known in St. Lawrence county, Wednesday shot and killed his brother-in-law, Theron Plumb, mistaking him for a deer. Judd is in a serious condition as a result of the shock. Jail 400 Highwaymen. Chicago. More than 400 highwaymen have been convicted In Cook county since State's Attorney Wayman began his term, according to figures made public Wednesday by the prosecutor. l Prominent Educator Dies. Palo Alto, Cal. Prof. J. E. Matzke. who held the chair of Roman languages at Stanford university since 1893, is dead in the City of Mexico, according to advices received Tuesday from President Wheeler of the University of California. Professor Matzke died of cerebral hemorrhage. Kaiser Visits Emperor Joseph. Vienna, Emperor William arrived here Tuesday and for two days will be the guest of Emperor Francis Joseph at Schoenbrunn.

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GOODRICH, ONT EXCITED CY A CRIME OF WHICH TOWN BELLE IS VICTIM. IS FOUND IN AN OLD HOUSE Her Throat Was Cut From Ear to Ear, the Wound Having Been Made Apparently with a Heavy Knife or AxOther News. Detroit, Mich. A Detroit News dispatch from Goodrich, Ont., says': Elizabeth Anderson, sixteen years of age, regarded as one of the most beautlTul girls of this city, was found murdered in a deserted house on the outskirts of town. Her father, Wesley Anderson, led the searching party that discovered the girl's body. Miss Anderson disappeared in the morning soon after being seen in conversation with a stranger. No alarm was felt until after noon, when her father got a few friends to unite with him In the search, which was soon joined by hundreds. The body was found in a dark corner of a cellar buried under a pile of clothing. The young woman's throat was cut from ear to ear, the wound having been made apparently with a heavy knife or possibly an ax and her body was badly mutilated. Street Car Hits Auto; Three Die. Cleveland, Ohio. Backing his automobile across a country road in an attempt to reach a private driveway, Dr, Morris D. Steep, a prominent Cleveland surgeon, drove the machine dp rectly before a speeding electric freight car. The machine was hurled high into the air and In a moment the bodies of Mrs. Steep and her two small children lay beside the unconscious form of the doctor. Death came in a few moments to the woman and the little ones, Morris, aged eight, and an infant daughter. Dr. Steep was removed to a hospital, where it was found that he had three fractured ribs and internal injuries. Dr. Steep has been prominent in Ohio surgery for the past fifteen years and Is a lecturer on surgery at Western Reserve medl-, cal college. Mrs. Steep figured prominently in Cleveland society. Kid McCoy Near Death. New York. Norman Selby, better known as "Kid" McCoy, the pugilist, narrowly escaped death from an explosion and fire on a launch in which he had passed the night with a friend on the Hudson river. Selby and his friend, Frank George of Manhattan, were preparing a chafing dish feast over an alcohol lamp when the lamp exploded. The wood work of the craft caught fire and the gasoline tank was threatened. Both men dived over the side and Selby held on to the edge of the craft while George swam to shore and returned to Selby's rescue with a row boat The men had hardly left the launch when the gasoline . tank blew up and the boat was totally destroyed. French Aviator Killed. Charlas, France. The aviator. Polllot, was killed while making a flight with a passenger; the latter escaped with slight injuries. The machine had reached a height of 90 feet when a piece of canvas ripped out from the wing. The aeroplane fell, turning completely over, burying the two meä under the wreckage. Poillot's spine was broken. ' Mail Train Robbed. New Orleans, La. Two masked robbers invaded the mail car of the South ern Pacific mail train leaving New Orleans at 9 o'clock and secured several batches of registered mail. No attempt was made to rob passengers. The robbery took place at Avondale, twelve miles west of New Orleans. Cholera In City of Rome. Rome, Italy. Prof. Dorla, chief ot the board of heajtlj, has announced that there have been four cases of Asiatic cholera in Rome. One of these proved fatal, while the others are recovering. The origin of all has been traced to Naples. Lightning Hits Church. Nashville, Tenn. While services were in progress at Donelson church lightning struck the building, killinü Howard Sullivan, the nineteen-year-old son of Dr. W. B. Sullivan. Several other persons were stunned. 'Deering Suffers Fire Loss. Chicago, 111. Fire in tho twine plant of the Deering harvester works caused $200,000 loss. Two companies of firemen struggling to overcome the flames were toppled oved unconscious from smoke in upper stories of the plant but weie rescued. Much Damage By Storm. Kansas City. Mo. An electrical storm of unusual severity during which 2.6 Inches of rain fell, did much damage here. The storm raged incessantly for nearly eight hours. The, storm was general over Missouri, Ok lahoma, Kansas and southern Nebraska. Pasteur's Widow Dead. Paris, France Madame Pasteur, the widow of T-ouIs rasteur, the celebrated chemist and microscoplst, is dead at the age of eighty-four years. Fire Loss at Worchester. Worchester, Mass. A property loss ranging from $75,000 to $100,000 resulted from a fire which broke out la the Chase building, a ten-story structure on Front street. Two firemen were temporarily overcome by smoke and three others injured. Blind R. I. Leader Dead. Providence, R. I. Gen. Charles E. Brayton .the blind leader of the Rhode Island republicans and the Rhode Island member of the national republican committee, died here. School Girl Killed By Car. Indianapolis, Ind. While on her way' to school Lena Decker, teu years old, was killed by a street car in East Washington street, near Gladstone avenue. Her brother Fred and several chums witnessed her death. Bride-to-be Giggles. Taunton, Mass. Decause his bride-to-be giggled when he was filling cut the marriage license, Wi'liam F. Harvey qf New York left the Courthouse here and refused to go further in his matrimonial plans. .