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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
MCCLELLAN AND JEROME.
Sketches of the Mayor and Dfstrfc'
Attorney of New York.

Sketches OF the Mayor ana Dhstr1ca
Attorney of New York.
Mayor Mcclellan and District Attor-
pey Jerome are probably the most
talked of public men to-day as a result
of the election in New York. George
B. Mcclellan is son of Gen. George
B. Mcclellan Of Civil War fame and
is 40 years old. He is graduate of
Princeton and a lawyer by profession,
having been admitted to the New York
bar in 1892. For two years he was
president of the Board of Aldermen OF
New York City until his election to Con-
gress in 1894. He served as repre-
sentative until 1903, when he was elect
ed Mayor of New York on the Tam
many ticket. In politics he has always
been a Democrat. William Travers
Jerome is 46 years of age and native
of New York City. He was educated
at Amherst college and the Columbia
law school and was admitted to the bal
in 1884. From 1895 to 1902 he wal
justice of the court of special sessions
and since Jan. /, 1902, has been Dis
trict Attorney for the county of New
York. He is a Democrat in politics.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
SEWING MACHINE COMBINE.
Absorption of Wheeler & Wilson by
Singer Corporation.

AosOrpt1On OF w heeIer a. ~ lsOm Dy
Singer Corporation.
BY the absorption of the Wheeler and
Wilson Sewing Machine Company, the
Singer Machine Company has removed
its principal competitor from the field.
The effect will be to form trust of
large proportions. The fear of an adj
vance in prices is not based on any state
ment that can be secured from the gen.
eral officers of the company. All the
Wheeler & Wilson plants and several
hundred agencies in various parts of the
United States are acquired by the Sin
ger company. 1t is said the deal involv-
ed several million dollars. THE trans
action is merger for the purpose of dis.
posing of the manufactured product of
the Wheeler & Wilson Company" was
the way Marshall NJ Tatro, general
agent of the Singer company, explained
it. 1T is the intention to keep the
plants separate. The Wheeler & Wilson
machines will continue on the market"
The principal plants of the Singer COM
pany are at Elizabeth. n. j.. and South
Bend, Ind, and each of them covers
around forty-fve acres. There are other
plants at st. Johns, Canada: Cairo, ILL.,,
and several in England. The output
amounts to several million machines a
year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
PLAN FOR DEFENSE OF CHICAGO
war Department Considers Scheme
to Fortify Lake Ports.

War Department Considers Scheme
to FOrtify Lake Ports.
Plans are under consideration at the
War Department for fortifying Chicago
and other ports ON the great lakes and
st. Lawrence river. A system of forti-
fications developed by Major John L.
Johnson, at one time stationed at Chi
cago, is being considered. At present
Canada has large commercial projects
under development. A canal from OF
tawa river to Lake Ontario and another
from Hamilton on Lake Ontario TO Lake
Huron, now under contemplation, will
when completed give Canada an outlet
to the sea through Dominion territory.
While these canals are proposed as aids
to commerce, they will be of sufficient
depth to accommodate gunboats. The
necessity for fortifying Chicago and 9TH
er lake cities, to protect them from
attack by water, is recognized by War
Department officials, and it is almost
certain that the scheme of defense I'M
der consideration will be perfected and
the Notifications constructed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
AAAaM4EERClX,
Z -: k::l77 Kiln
EE5sgEi AND ts;s@1a
HN~R2e@f Sk,
@ENANCA
The evidences that
pd0U. business is yet expanding
are seen in heavy bank
CHICAGO.

The evidences that
Chicago. business is yet expanding
@ are seen in heavy bank
exchanges, a larger movement of COM
modities and added demands for fu
ture output in leading manufactures.
Railroad and construction require
ments multiply and those now being
projected cannot be completed earlier
than the second half of next year. In
iron, steel and rolling stock the de-
mand has run so far ahead that tbs
question of cost has become secondary.
Urgency being the prime condition,
1t is not surprising that furnace prod
uct Is dearer this week and finished
steel, lumber and other material be-
coming firmer Building work is stead
lily augmented by new plans an
nounced, and significant feature IS
the good demand for suitable business
locations.
Weather conditions were conducive
to further activity in the distributive
branches and dealings swelled TO a
large aggregate. 1ne pFlnClpdl IeldLA
lines had better absorption of warm
apparel, foodstuffs and household uten-
sis. Wholesale operations were stisH-
ulated by increasing numbers of visit
ing buyers and bookings made a salts
factory gain, supplementary supplies
and holiday goods being in best re-
quest. Shipping rooms exhibit re-
newed pressure in forwarding to in
terror points. Advices as to country
trade show merchandise stocks contin-
uing under rapid depletion and the
outlook most encoura ging.
Commodities go into consumption TO
an unparalleled extent, testifying to
greater purchasing power Of the peO-
pie. Deliveries are far behind in varl
Gus lines, due to inadequate transpor-
tation, and this situation becomes in
tensified with approaching close OF
| navigation.
Failures reported in the Chicago
district number q, against % last
week and "a a year ago.-Dun's Re-
| view of Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

sheriff, coroner and two county com.
missioners. The candidates of the
new City party also appeared on the
tickets of the Democratic, Independ-
ent, Lincoln and Prohibition parties.
The victory over the regular Rerubli-
cas- machine) ticket was complete. the
majorities being about 10000 for each
Of the candidates. Many arrests
were made for attempted fraud at the
polls, and in several instances blood
shed resulted from clashes between
the reform and gang forces.
New YOfk-George 3. Mcclellan has
been reelected Mayor of New York
by about 5000 plurality. While Nc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Brother of Murdered Sheriff Saved
by. Water-Soaked Fuse.

Brother of Murdered Sheriff Saved
by. Water-Soaked Fuse.
A train of rain-soaked fuse leading
through his yard and a box of dynamite
beneath his bedroom window were the
things Jarvis Shelenbarger. brother OF
the late Sheriff Shellenbarger, murdered
last June, found while raking leaves at
his home in Mount Vernon. Ohio. The
police are searching for evidence con-
Meeting the dynamite with accomplices
OF Hildreth, now in Jail for the murder
OF the Knox county sheriff. 1t is thought
that the plot was arranged to blow up
the home of Shellenbarger Sunday even
ing, but the torrents of rain which fell
soaked the fuse and thus prevented the
explosion. 1t is believed that it was the
intention to destroy one of the leading
witnesses in the murder trial in the
death of Jarvis Shellenbarger. Sheriff
James c. Shellenbarger was shot by
Hildreth last June while trying to place
Hildreth under arrest for a minor of
tense.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Details of the recent outbreak in Rus
STA only add to its horrors. 1t is shown
that only a few towns in the empire es-
capped during the reign Of terror. In
Tomsk, Siberia, GOO persons were burned
to death in a theater, and the ''Black
Hundred and the police in Moscow
butchered parading school children.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

DIR. O. c. Haugh, I'm Jail mt Dayton,
| o., Said to Have Used HyOcine.

DIR. O. c. Haugh, I'm Jail mt Dayton,
o., Said to Have Used HyOcfne.
DR.. Walter Kline, coroner of Mont
gomery count, Ohio, declares that he
believes DR.. Oliver c. Haugh the MUIR
derer of at least nine people. HaVh is
in Jail charged with the murder of his
father, mother and brother. The bodies
were found in the ruins of their house,
which was destroyed by fire. The coro-
ner says DR.. Haugh used hyocine to
kill his relatives and then set fire to
the house. The coroner is now investi-
eating the mysterious murder of a girl
two years ago. He believes Haugh kill
ed her with hyocine. DR.. Haugh is
apparently Indifferent to the charge, and
only intent on getting his allowance of
fifteen grains of morphine each day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
Cyclone in Texas.

. Burton. Texas, was visited by cyclone
which wrecked considerable property.
Several houses were blown off their foun-
dations and wrecked and the Methodist
church is a complete wreck, scattered over
the adjoining cottonfeld for distance of
500 yards. John Knispel's country home
was demolished and Mrs. Knispel fatally
injured. Farmers in the path of the cy-
clone lost considerable live stock
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
TREASURY HAD MONEY TO BURN
1t Was Counterfeit, However, and
Amounted to Sum of S3O4,OOO.

Counterfeit bank notes i'll the sum of
$4,000. queer" coins to the amount
of $4,000 and $4,000 worth of dies,
plates, rolls, type, hubs, stamps collars,
milling machines and other machinery
and appliances for making counterfeit
money were destroyed in Washington
Thursday by order of the Treasury De-
partment. The notes were burned in
the special furnaces fer that purpose at
the Treasury Department and the coin
and appliances were destroyed at a local
foundry. According to the secret SER
vice division officer who was in charge
of the destruction, the $49, 900 of queer"
coin represents the largest amount of
counterfeit coin ever destroyed by the
government at one time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
Bequest. to Catholic Institutions.

Under her will the bulk of the estate
of Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Brasier of
Philadelphia, who died on Oct. %, is
bequeathed to Roman Catholic charita-
BILE institutions, the Society of st. Jo-
seph being given $4,000 for maintaining
and educating orphan children, and sew
eral other organizations being remem-
bered with large sums.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

During the absence of the private watch
man ON guard at Scumanns Sons jewelry
store on Broadway, New York City, thieves
entered the place and carried away $4,000
worth of silyerware The robbers drove to
the store in handsome carriage with a
coachman in livery, and entered the front
door with false key.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
Excursion Train Wrecked.

An east bound Texas & Pacific passen-
ger train carrying sixteen coaches of ex-
curslOnists to the state fair at Dallas was
wrecked at AledO, fifteen miles west of
Fert Worth. Texas. Two engines, two
baggage cars and one coach left the track.
The fireman of the forward engine, name
unknown, was killed. Both engineer and
fireman of the second engine were scalded
by steam, one passenger had an arm broken
and several others were slightly injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
Acton Park Cottages Destroyed.

One hundred and ten cottages with their
contents were destroyed by fire which
swept Acton Pork, fourteen miles south
east of Indianapolis, Ind. The loss is es-
timated at s50, 600, but the amount of insur-
ance is unknown. The cottages are owned
almost exclusively by Shelbyville and In
dianapOlis people who occupy them during
the summer months when the meeting of
the Acton Park Camp Meeting Association
is held
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
PANORAMA OF THE WORLD
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND Is TO BE.
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Com pletc.
Rollin Ellison Free.

Considerable surprise was manifested at
Goshen, Ind, when Rollin Ellison, who
was sentenced to the Michigan City prison
for term of one to three years, upon be-
ing convicted of completely in the wreck
ing of two private banks, one at Lagrange
and another at Topeka, appeared o.. the
streets in that city. His parole was known
only to members of his family, his aged
mother accompanying him from prison.
He will go to st. Paul, Mimi, to engage
in business
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
Colfax Hotel Burned.

Fire destroyed the Transient hotel at
COlfax, Ind. Several guests had narrow
escapes owing to the rapid spread Of the
flames. Several smaller buildings were
also burned. A number of telegraph and
telephone poles were destroyed, temper
arily cutting off outside communication
with the town. The loss is about $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Guided and that the papers, which have
been forwarded to Washington, recon-
mend his dismissal from the service.
Lieut.. Burbank was charged with unbe-
coming conduct toward Conception Vas
C-'ez. the Philippine woman declared by
tie Philippine courts to be his legal wife.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
Three Killed in Wreck.

A freight train on the Norfolk Il West
ern railroad while going at high rate of
speed near Vivian, W. Va, jumped the
track. Twenty cars and the engine were
demolished. Engineer Henry Floyd, Fire
man Crawford and Brakeman Patterson
were instantly killed. The conductor and
two other brakemen were seriously injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Ninove In Belgium and Christia mia In
Norway have established Roosevelt
streets. Geneva and Paris propose to
do the same.
Ira D. Sankey has started to rewrite
his unpublished book. The Story of the
Gospel Hymns the original manuscript
of which was destroyed by fire a few
years ago.
After residing in japan twenty mine
years, Prof. Baelz has returned to his
home, AFT Stuttgart He was one of the
savant. imported by the Japanese gov
eminent with the view of Europeanizins
the country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
senator smoot Overthrown.

Senator Reed Shoots political for
tunes are believed to have received a
death blow in the Salt Lake City cleo
ton. which resulted in victory for the
Gentle (American) ticket. The Gentle
victory is attributed solely to Shoots ac-
tivity in the campaign.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Clellan swept the
city, James w. Os-
borne was defeated
by Jerome for Dis
ri ct Attorney.
Mayor Mcclellan
carried t he bor-
oughs Of Manhat-
tan and the Bronx
b y 10000, a II d
Richmond by 5000.
Hearst FRI e d
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Twelve persons were killed and six
teen badly injured as the result of a
collision between Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western passenger train and
a freight train near Scranton, Pa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
100000 Weavers Strike in Germany.

A special from Gera, Germany, says: The
weayers' and dyers' association of the Sax
ony- Thrringian district has decided to
make the lockout of weavers general, after
having failed to induce sufficient number
of operatives to accept the wage scale and
continue work. The lockout will affect
20 600 operatiyeS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
1900 Volts and Lived.

Rollo Kinsman, employed by the Elec-
tric Light Company at Greenfield, Mass,
had current of 2, 800 volts pouring through
his body for several minutes while he hung
apparently lifeless over a bracket twenty
feet from the ground. His companion
rushed to telephone and had the current
cut off. After vigorous work he recovered
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

A severe typhoon, accompanied by
deluge of rain, took place in Guam The
damage done to property is considerable,
but its extent is unknown. The towns
of Agana and Pitt were inundated No
lives were lost.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
Pennsylvania Republicans Beaten.

The Republican machine in Pennsyl-
vania was crushed under an avalanche
of votes Tuesday, Weaver party sweep
ing Philadelphia by from $4,000 to 1OO.-
600 majority and fusionists electing
Berry treasurer by large vote.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

The jury in the case o. Johr Welker on
rial for the murder of Miss Minnie Melch-
ing at Fort Wayne, Ind, returned its YER
diet, finding the prisoner guilty of muir
der in the first degree, and affixipg his pun
ishment at life imprisonment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

A special from Ell PasO, Tex. states that
twenty three Yaqui Indians were killed by
drinking poisoned liquor which a rancher
had left to trap them. The Indians were
on the war path
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
syor Waterway to Chicago.

&C ,gressman III. T. Rainey has given
out statement that the congressional
committee on a waterway from Chica 90
to ST. Louis will recotmend the project.
The cost is estimated at $30,OO0O0O.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
General Howard's Chief of staff Dead.

General Francis f. Sherman, chief OF
staff under General o. o. Howard, in the
civil war, died at his residence in Wauke-
gan. ILL., He was 80 years old. He served
as postmaster of Chicago for nearly year.
Later he was member of the Illinois leg
fslafurp
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
HEARST TO CONTEST.
Wholesale Fraud Is Charged and
Courts May Have to Decide.
Big Victory for the RefOrmers in
Philadelphia - Republicans Also
Lose the State by a Large Ma
jority-ROOsevelt's Plurality of
100000 Is Overturned by Fusion
ists-Democratic landslide I'm
Ohio.

In New York Mcclellan was re-elect
ed Mayor by a plurality of 5000 over
Hearst Jerome defeats Osborne fol
District Attorney by about 1877.
The Good Government ticket was
elected in Philadelphia by $4,000. The
great reform wave carries in Democrat
ic State Treasurer.
John M. Pattison, Democrat, will be
the next Governor of Ohio, and his par
ty associates on the State ticket have
also been elected. The Democrats
carried Cincinnati, and Tom johnson
was reelected Mayor Of Cleveland.
The entire Republican ticket was
elected in Massachusetts, Guild by 33,
600 and Draper by 1000.
Gov. Utter, Republican, was re-elect
ed in Rhode Island by a slightly in
creased plurality over DR.. Garvin.
majority.
In New Jersey the Republicans were
successful in the main.
Bookwalter, Republican, was elected
Mayor of Indianapolis.
Louisville went Democratic.
Schmitz, the Union Labor Mayor VI
San Francisco, was reelected.
Bridgeport and Ansonia, in Connec
ticut, defeated their Democratic admin
istrations.
The DISTINGUISHING amendment il
Maryland was defeated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
probable Democratic Issues.

Government ownership of railways
and telegraphs, municipal control of
public utilities and a general opposition
to corporation rule are expected 10 be
the Democratic issues in 1908, as a re-
suit Of the election.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Three Spanish anarchists were arrest
ed at Magdeburg on suspicion of being
implicated in plot to kill King Alfonso
when he visited Magdeburg to review
the regiment of which he is honorary
colonel. The prisoners came from Paris.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
Goes a Child; Returns a Man.

George Woolston, who disc ppeared
twenty years ago, when but 3 years old,
suddenly reappeared at his fathers
home in Bellefourche, s. D., and found
a legacy of $1O,500 from his grandmoth-
or awaiting him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
FaIlinr FLOOR. KIN Two.

Four fireproof floors of a new six
story building being constructed by Hay
den Bros. at Sixteenth and Douglas
streets, Omaha, collapsed, killing Albert
Lumpkin and James Mcnamara.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

The Ramona hotel al San Luis Obispo,
Cal. three-story structure of 300 rooms,
filled with eastern tourists. largely women
and children, was destroyed by fire. Al
though there was panic among the guests,
all escaped and saved their baggage. The
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Orsamues v. Eaton, one of the oldest
business men of Lincoln, Neb., and a
me1hber of the board of city Aldermen,
was run over by switch engine in the
Burlington yards and killed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

A passenger train on the Rome, Wat
ertown and Ogdens5urg railroad collid-
ed head-on with a locomotive drawing
two freight cars near Liverpool, N. Y.
Four men were killed and one was seri-
ously hurt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

The referendum in favor of hav;po
the people vote on the proposition Of
having a municipal electric light plant
was carried by 5,741 in Buffalo.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Assessment valuation of property in
Illinois is placed at 81 ,008, 225, 745. an in
crease over 1904 of $14,737, sos.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Aecused of Sending Drugsed Candy.
On = charge Of sending poisoned
candy to his wife, s. w. Sangster, q
travelling salesman for the Chicago
Candy Company, was arrested at Law
rance. Kan. An examination OF the
sweets by chemical experts showed that
they contained large quantities OF n
Genfc.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Sir George Williams, founder of the
Young Mems Christian Association and
president of its London headquarters for
twenty years, is dead. He was born in
1921.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

That the old state Of affairs in Rus
STA is to be completely done away with
is indicated by the announcement in St.
Petersburg that the government will
make a change from the Julian to the
Gregorian calendar.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Superintendent of Insurance Vandiver
of Missouri has suspended the license of
the New York Life Insurance Company
to do business in the State, giving as his
reason the large lobby fund maintained
By the company to influence legislation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16
COMPLETE PlURAliTlES IN
LEADING CITES AND STATES
States.
Plurality.

PTuraIIy.
Pennsvlyan d. 49,. 100, 600
OhiePattison. D. ....... 5000
Massachusetts r. 1890. 23,110
Rhode Island-Utter. R....... 4,342
Nebraska-Letton, r. .......... $4,000
Cities.
ladelphia-Reform .......... 1888
napolis-Bookwalter R.. 1861
Salt Lake-Thompson Am. 925
Louisyille-Barth. D. ........ $500
San Francisco-Schmitz, Lab. II ,504
Jersey City-Fagan, R.......... 300
Proyidence-Dyer. R....... 1,400
Newport, r. I.-Cottrell, R.. 90
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Miss Fannie Baines, eyed 50, of Detroit,
who has been the guest OF u. l.. Mills fam
lily in Chicago, leaped or fell from the fifth
floor of downtown department store and
was instantly killed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-11-16

Louis Fitzgerald son of Gen. Louis
Fitzgerald, was killed by train at the
station in Great Neck, L. I.