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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
PROMISING OUTLOOK FoRcRoPs
Weather Bureau Reports Corn and
Wheat in Fine Condition.

Wheat in Fine Condition.
The weekly bulletin of the weather
bureau summarizes crop conditions as
follows:
Texas and Oklahoma experienced very
warm weather, while it was too cool over
the northern portion of the lake region
and on the California coast; otherwise
the temperature conditions were gener-
ally favorable. Too much rain proved
detrimental in portions of Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri, and also in Flor
ida and portions of Mississippi. but in
northern Alabama, Georgia and the Car
olinas. and over a considerable part of
the middle Atlantic States, Ohio valley
and Tennessee rain is much needed, the
effects of drought becoming serious over
the greater part of Georgia. Rain is
also needed on the north Pacific coast.
Over the central and western portions
of the corn belt and the greater part of
the middle Atlantic States corn continues
in excellent condition. and, while needing
rain in the Ohio valley, the condition of
the crop in that district is generally
promising.
Thrashing of winter wheat is largely
completed in the principal wheat States.
This work has, however, been interrupt
ed by rains in Kansas, and complaints of
injury from moisture continue from por-
tions of Tennessee and the middle At
lantic States. Flowing for fall seeding
is in progress in the southern portions of
the central valleys.
While rust in spring wheat is more or
less prevalent in the Dakotas and to a
slight extent in Nebraska, Iowa and Min
nesota, the reports generally indicate that
crop has not sustained serious injury.
Harvest is nearly finished in Iowa, and
is in progress in Nebraska and the south
ern portions of South Dakota and Min
nesota, but has not yet begun in North
Dakota, where the crop is generally in
excellent condition, with long heads
which are filling well. In Oregon har-
vesting is active. with yields below ex-
pectations; in Washington spring whea;
is ripening rapidly and is beyond further
injury from hot winds.
Nearly all reports indicate that a good
crop of oats has been secured. Harvest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17

Immigration Inspector Marcus Braun
at New York has resigned rather than
wear a uniform
The passenger rate war among Chi
cago-New York lines was ended by the
Erie joining the other roads
The will of Daniel s. Lamont, filed
in New York, leaves an estate of So, TOO
600 to the widow and children.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal
Company buys the Milwaukee docks, the
dimensions of which are 1,00Ox4OO feet.
1t is reported at New York that Nor
gan d Go. are negotiating for the sale
OF the Hankow-Canton railroad and con-
cessiop TO the Chinese.
Mrs. Payne Whitney, the literary Legal
tee of her father, the late Secretary OF
State Hay, will devote herself 10 the
preparation of his manuscripts.
District Attorney Jerome, in an adj
dress at Chautauqua, n. T., roundiy
scored political bosses and condemned
prominent members of the Senate.
A showing for seven months of the
present year indicates the Equitable Lie
Assurance Society's business for 1910
viii be S50,O00.O00 less than for l90H.
BY leaps and bounds typhoid fever is
increasing in the District of Columbia,
and the health authorities are now facing
what promises to be 4 serious epidemic
of this disease
Rioting of q severe character marked
the strike of 200 Jewish bakers in New
York Cit. At meeting at strike head
quarters many of the speakers were as
saulted and hurled into the street.
A New York State court in dismissing
a manslaughter charge against three
Christian Scientists. under whose care a
young girl died of dphtheria. holds that
child may be treated by kealers-
The Holy Ghost and Us Colony" 1t
Shiloh, Me-. is ca the brink of starva-
ton. Elijah" Ssndford's people admit
they are suffering for want of suitable
food and that a famine seems inevitable.
Two ferryboats, the train sheds of the
Lackawanna railroad and hotel were
destroyed in $1,500,O00 fire which
started ON the docks at Hoboken, n. j.,
and spread to the town. Big liners were
imperiled
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
Volcano in Louisiana.

Louisiana has volcano in active erup-
ton and with a crater 20 feet in diane
ter, which is daily growing larger. This
volcano, in the Caddo district, near
Shreveport, started nearly three months
ago from burning oil well, which was
brought in as gusher and which took
fire within a few days OF its opening.
No sooner did it commence to i'm than
the 10-inch hole through which the burn
ing oil and gas were coming began to
widen. The derrick and machinery dis
appeared in the hole and the work of
destruction continued.
Surrounding buildings have been swal-
lowed up by the cavity, which seems to
be bottsmless. Great trees growing near
by have been uprooted and disappeared.
In the meantime the burning oil and gas
are being thrown high into the air, earth
and stones being carried up with them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
Short Personals.

Engelbrecht is the only remaining Boer
prisoner in the custody of Great Britain.
Robert Osgood of Boston recently
bought Mount Washington, n. H., for
$3.50, ZOO.
Gallagher & Gallagher, new law firm
of Cleveland, Ohio, consists of father
and son who were graduated in the same
class and admitted to the bar at the
same time. One is 43 and the other
nearly I'D.
Prof Ernest Heckel, in a recent lee
ture in Berlin, stated that, in his opinion,
it is absolutely certain that man is de-
scended from apes.
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the govern
ment forestry bureau, is wealthy man,
and keeps his position through his love
for his work His salary is mere bag
atelle of $500 year.
Perignon, seventeenth century monk
in charge of a vineyard belonging to the
abbey of st. Peter Hauptoilliers, Cham
payne, and who made the abbey wines,
in the course of his experiments, discoy-
cred sparkling champagne.
Clifford Pinchot. chief of the forestry
department of the United States, adopt
ed the profession in 1889, Immediately
after he was graduated from Yale. His
father was soldier under Napoleon.
Charles Santley, the great baritone,
owes much of his success in life to the
generosity of his first employer, draper,
who discovered his voice and then gave
him the means for three years of study
in Italy.
Jean jacques Elisee Reclus, the FAM
GUS geographer who died recently in
Brussels, was great friend of America
and his articles during the Civil War
aroused great sympathy in France for
the Lincoln administration
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
IN GENERAL.

Railroad executives are making anoth-
er effort to stop secret rate cutting and
giving of passes.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has d.
rected the issue of a new form of money
against forgers.
The weather bureau crop report says
that corn and wheat ere in excellent con-
dition and that spring wheat is little
injured by rust in the Northwest.
Preliminary returns received by the
bureau of statistics. Department of Ag-
riculture, indicate that the winter wheat
crop amounts to 424, 100000 bushels.
A civic federation committee Of lead
ing men of the country has been ap-
pointed to investigate national and Inu-
nicipal ownership and operation of pub
lie utilities.
The Interior Department at Washing.
ton adopted the policy of leasing India
lands for agricultural instead of grazing
purposes, with the hope of deriving a
larger revenue for the owners.
Seward, Alaska, has finally been con.
nected with the outer world by tele-
graphic communication. With the con-
nection of the Seward-Valdez cable the
government now has about 300 miles
of cable in Alaskan waters.
Captain William Z. English of Indian.
apolis. commander in chief of the United
Spanish War Veterans Association. has
issued a general order for the second
national encampment and reunion of tbe
association to open at Milwaukee Sept. =
Charles z. Shively, Supreme Chanca,.
lor of the knights of Pythias of the
! World, has issued bulletin CONTAINING
| the report Of the committee on finance
| 1t shows a balance in the hands of tbe
Supreme Master of Exchequer on July
1905. of $49.343.
Surgeon General Wyman has prepa rod
a circular containing twenty short and
pithy rules important to be observed II
screening against mosquitoes. These rula,
are being sent by the thousands To nost
mn sters throughout the South for d;st-;
button and the instruction of the publ;c
Hereafter it will not be necessarv e.,
the bride to promise to obey in the Meth
odist Episcopal marriage service. tn.
revised report of the Presbyterian CON
eral assembly's special committee :.
forms and services contains the r;tusI,
Of the respective churches, and Will.
VERY much alike In many respects. fhee,
rituals show striking contrast in II,
one particular, the marriage service. I,
the Presbyterian church as In most 9th
ers. the woman must promise to obey. 4
the Methodist Episcopal church she NEE
take no such obligation
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17

Growing CT pS pro-
6nlCd10. gresse ed satisfactorily
-1 with the past weeks nne
weather, and while rain is needed at
few points, early sown corn prom
ses to be unusually heavy. Harvest
ing thus far makes a good exhibit 1n1
marketing has increased. The excel
lent agricultural conditions impart a
wider tendency toward further COM
mercial activity, new demands being
more diversified and prices firmer for
manufactured product.
Increasing earnings Of Western
-oads reflect an expanding movement
Of commodities. Forwarding of mill
and factory output reaches exceptional
tonnage receipts, gain in ore, forest
products. hides and live stock, while
the aggregate quantity Of grain han
lied is fully one-half more than that of
corresponding week last year
Receipts of lumber. 81 $4,000 feet,
compared with 2S,G53,O00 feet a year
ago. Hardwoods are in better request.
Receipts of hides were larger than for
last week, and the total, 2,929,9S5
pounds, compares with 2,T77,S41
pounds year ago. Full values We're
readily obtained. The tanneries run
under pressure, Leaf .er is freely
bought and the shoe factories secured
further contracts for heavy weight
lines.
Grain and provisions recorded large
transactions, the former being affected
by increasing offerings, and the latter
by sharply reduced available stocks.
Flour was in better demand. but vet
suffers from poor export conditions.
The total quantity of grain handled
at this port was 9.S03.176 bushels. of
which the receipts were 6.5O0.76 bush
els, and the shipments 3,302,4O9 bush
els. an increase in the former of - FER
cent, and in the latter of SO per cent
over those of year ago.
Receipts of live stock. oG4.1 head
compares with 237.351 head last week
and 219.633 head a year ago. Com
pared with the closings last week
prices advanced, in pork 60 cents a
barrel: lard. 311a cents: ribs. 80 cents;
hogs. > cents Il hundred weight, and
declined in oats 1$i cents a bushel;
wheat = cent. and corn Il cent.
Bank clearings. S192. 124O75, exceed
! those of corresponding week in 1904
by 21.3 per cent
Failures in the Chicago district num-
Der twentyfour, against eighteen last
week and thirty-one g year ago.
Dun's Review of Trade
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
Two Locomotives Sink.

A report from Middletown. n. Y, says:
Efforts TO rescue two locomotives which
sank in what is known as the bottomless
pit, ON the Pine Bush branch of the Erie
railroad, have thus far failed. The branch
Is temporarily out of order and track is
being constructed around the morass. The
sinking of the roadbed at this time when
there has been practically no rain for six
months accentuates the mystery of the
spot which has been the talk of railroad
men for years. When the road was built
thousands of carloads of trees, rocks and
dirt were dumped in to make a roadbed,
but in few months tracks and all disap-
peared and rebuilding was necessary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
OuARRELED e,iiO TIMES.
And Now the Husband Appeals to the
Courts for Relief.

And Now the Husband Appeals to the
Courts for Relief.
At Augusta, Ca, there lives a farmer
named John Madgett, who has appealed
to the courts to release him from the
calling bonds of matrimony on the
ground of incompatibility OF temper. Dur.
ing the fourteen years of their conJugal
relations Mr.. Madgett makes afhdayit
that he and his wife have quarreled 6,llu
times. Mr.. Madgett is thus statistically
precise because, from the very day the
preacher tied the knot, he kept domes-
tic diary, with a possible view to future
divorce contingencies.
The most prolific source OF strife IN
the Madgett household has been late
meals, $50 scraps are duly entered on
this common score of domestic unpleas-
antness. Next on the sad list is BE
cause she asked for money, l,441. BE-
cause he was chided for tracking mud
on the kitchen floor caused 81 scenes
in the kitchen. Because he snored rals-
ed 400 nocturnal disturbances, amt her
snoring added 1876 to the list; lao times
they said hard things at each other be-
cause she ripped seams with his razor
and in 1853 times he demonstrated his
displeasure because she did not make
dumplings with the chicken stew.
Her cold feet o. nights caused him to
raise the roof 123 times, and "a times
they exchanged heated words ana Sucks
of stovewood because she sold the eggs
and butter and bought calico dress pat
terms with the proceeds. Forty-three
times there was trouble because she
laughed gleefully when he stubbed his
toe on the rocking chair in the dark, and
Al times because he neglected to cut MS
nails. Ginger or toe not stated BE Be
cause he broke plates brought on ioe
disputes. Because his boot hurt hin
caused II; because he wouldn't quarre
IL. and because the clock run down II
Six TINES they quarreled because ne
wouldn't 60 to church, and four times
each because she threw his pipe INTO tns
stove and because she wore red ribbons
ON her hat They had three quarreis De
cause the pump froze, three because tn'
house smelled Of onions, and three De
cause she made coffee without an ess II
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17

day and damage to crops and other prop
! erty resulting is estimated at Bottinea1
at $1,O00,OO0. The hail strip was three
miles WIDE
Eugene Schmitz, the so-called social
istic or labor Mayor of San Francisco
was badly defeated at the primary cleo
ton. The outcome of the primaries indi-
cate a reversal of sentiment from two
years ago. when Schmitz had a long lead
over other candidates.
The safe of the Sierra Lumber Com
pany's interests in California has been
practically concluded to II. w. Turnbull
& Co.. Minneapolis. The company owns
$1,000 acres Of timber land in Butte and
Tehama counties, and has its mills and
yards at Red Bluff and Chico.
Missing her 2-year-old baby, Mrs.
Wesley Gross. residing near Beiiefon-
tame, Ohio, looked up from her washing
and found it floating in a tub of hot
water, dead. 1t had been literally cook
ed. 1t had been in the water only a few
minutes and had not uttered a cry.
Loaded with a picnic crowd composed
of TO employees of the Union stock yards
at indianapolis, the excursion steamer
Sunshine at Broad Ripple, on White
river, sunk in mdstream Monday after
noon, injuring four persons and endan-
gering the lives of scores of others.
Volo, the bicycle rider with the Bar
mum d Bailey circus, who jumps the gap
during the performance, failed to do the
trick in Helena, Mont, and fell to the
ground. He was unconscious for half an
hour. The physicians said they feared
he was internally injured and would die.
A jumping hog afforded much amuse-
ment at the Kansas City stock yards.
Although the animal weighed $50 pounds
it would jump board fences FIVE feet high.
According to men who have been at the
hog yards for years. this was the first
hog that had ever leaped fence there.
The Kansas City inspector of weights
and measures tested a number Of five
gallon measures used by the driters of
the Standard Oil Company in delivering
oil, and declared after the examination
that fifteen out of twenty-one measures
tested lacked one-half pint of holding i've
gallons.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
Twelve Killed in Wreck.

A fast eastbound passenger train on the
Nickel Plate road collided with a west
bound freight train at Kishman, Ohio, near
Yermillion, resulting in the death of twelve
persons, while at least twenty-five others
were injured, eight of whom will probably
die. The wreck, according TO the officials
Of the company, was caused by a misun-
Outstanding Of orders, or neglect to obey
them on the part of the crew of the freight
train. The engineer and fireman of the
freight train saved themselves by jumping
as soon as they saw the passenger train
coming
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
JAPAN'S PEACE TERMS.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS lOr the expenses SuS-
tanned in the prosecution of the war.
The cession of Sakhalin Island.
The cession of Russian leases in the
Llaotung peninsula, comprising Port Ar
thur and Dalny.
The evacuation of Manchuria, the
retrocession to China of any privilege
Russia may have in the province, and
the recognition by Russia of the princi-
pie of the open door,"
The cession to Japan of the Chinese
Eastern railroad below Hardin.
The recognition of japanese protector
ate over Korea
Fishing rights for Japan from Vlad-
ivostok to Behring.
REIMBURSEMENT by Russia of interned
warships.
Limitation of Russias naval fleet in
Pacific.
Japan's peace terms, presented
Thursday, represent a maximum of
the demands that have been ascribed
TO her in the preliminary rumors, with
the sole exception of the indemnity
clause.
correspondents assert that no fixed
amount of indemnity is demandede
Japan has purposely left this question
open as a basis for negotiations and
therein rests the hope of the ultimate
agreement on permanent peace.
The Russian ENJOYS. it may be said,
are not surprised at the Japanese de-
mands. They have been prepared for
them by reading the newspaper dis
patches, which have accurately fore
casted the general tone of the peace
terms. and while the Cars represent
atives were quiet and more reserved
than formerly. there was not notice
able any sign of depression that might
augur failure of the conference.
Speaking generally, Japan demands
an acknowledgment of her undisputed
suzerainty over Korea, Russia's evacu-
alton Of Manchuria and establishment
of the Hay policy of the open door, the
cesSion of Port Arthur, the cession of
Sakhalien Island, the transfer to ia
pan of the Manchurian railroads and
the commercialization of the port of
Vladivostock
These terms have not been made
public by any member of either the
Russian Or japanese suites. but are
based solely on hints which have been
conveyed by them to close friends and
are believed accurately to reflect the
general nature of Japan's demands.
The more hopeful sign is the failure
of Japan 70 name any specific sum
that she will require in the way of
indemnity. 1t is on the payment Of
indemnity that Russia hesitates most
With that left open for discussion,
there IS left way by which counter
propositions may be presented and the
road made easy for a final agreement
Reimbursement for the expenses
sustained in the war and the cession
of the island of Sakhalin constitute
the main features of the peace condi
tons. The word Indemnity" was
carefully avoided, the word employed
being reimbursement" for the cost OF
the war
No sum is fixed. the naming of the
amount being distinctly deferred fol
mutual adjustment between the two
countries after the Japanese expendi
ture has been ascertained. The Japan
csc say the cost of the war to date
has been S66O.OOO. COO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
DE4S lA|2E%E7S
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Chica go-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 5000; hogs, prime heavy,
$500 to $625: sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. 2, Sic to sc;
corn, No. 2, 53c to SIC; oats, standard,
25c to 26c; rye, No. 2, Sc TO soc; hay.
timothy, $3.50 to $500; prairie, 5000 TO
$1,000; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc to
Zoe; eggs, fresh, 15c to lie; potatoes,
new, per bushel, 4Oc to SOC.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $6.10; sheep. $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, SIC to S3c; corn, No. 3
yellow, SIC to SOC; oats, No. 3 white,
&c to &c; rye, No. 2, Coo to Gle.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. . northern,
S1.O5 to $1.0S; corn. No. g. 53c to 55c;
oats, No. white, 2Sc to 29c: rye, No. 1,
soc to Coo; barley, No. 2, soc to sic;
pork, mess, $13.05.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed. Soc to
SEC; corn, No. mixed. sic to SIC;
oats, No. mixed, 30c to 32c; rye. No. 2.
sac to 62c; clover seed, prime, $50.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
$500 to $50; hogs, fair to choice. $500
to $6.40; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $50.
New York-Cattle. 500 to $685.:
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to
$4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, SEC to SIC:
corn, No. 2, Coo to G2c; oats, natural,
white, 33c to 34c; butter, creamery. Zoe
10 20c; eggs, western, 19c to BIC.
indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500 to
1915; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to So. %;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, S3c to SIC: corn, No. 2
white, soc to sec; oats, No. 2 white,
26c to &c.
St. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 1919; hogs,
$500 to $500: sheep, 500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 7Sc to zoe: corn, No. 2,
soc to SIC; oats, No. 2, pc to 26c; rye,
No. 2, 5Sc to Coo.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs, 800 to 1927; sheep, 500 to
s425; wheat, No. 2, SIC to &c: corn,
No. 2 mixed. 55c to Sec; oats, No.
mixed. 28c to &c; rye, No. Z, Soc t.
B0c.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17

A negro. charged with assaulting the
daughter OF awidow near Sulphur Springs,
Tex was caught and burned at the stake
In the. court house square at Sulphur
Springs. When the town was alarmed, a
posse of armed horsemen went immedi-
ately in pursuit of the assailant. The
country was secured i'm all directions and
the negro was finally captured. He was
taken to the court house square, chained to
a stake, and burned before an immense
crowd of excited citizens. The name oil
the negro was Tom Williams He at
tempted TO assault a 1f-year-old girl Lit
tie resistance was made to the mob by the
officers
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
FEATURES OF INTEREST
CONCERNING PEOPLE, PLACES
AND DOINGS OF THE WORLD. !.
Courts and Crimes, Accidents and
Fires, Labor and Capital, Grains
Stock and Money Markets.
Leprosy Cure Discovered.

American surgeons connected with the
board of health of Manila declare that they
have discovered a positive cure for leprosy.
vi twenty-five cases treated all have i'm
proved, six cases being absolutely cured.
Several patients, portions of whose bodies
were gone, have recovered. All of the
eases have been under observation for at
least six months and it is absolutely i'm
possible to discover a trace of the germs of
the disease in the blood of the patients.
The method used is system of X-ray.
The surgeons do not desire their names to
be mentioned at present. They will not
ask for the rewards which have been of
ferred by various governments for cure
for leDrOsy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-17
cossacks Kill Socialists.

Warsaw special: During a meeting Of
1000 socialists in the woods at Dlutowo,
Cossacks and infantry appeared. The So
eialists opened fire on the troops with re-
volyers and the troops replied, killing two
OF the socialists, wounding eighteen and
anesting ass. During the past forty EIGHT
hours over 1000 revolutiOnists have been
arrested in Warsaw.