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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
FOREIGN.

Senator Carlos Walker Martinez. an
eminent politician and leader of the Con-
sentative party in Chill, died at San
tiago.
Fresh disturbances between the Ger
mans and the Czechs broke out at
Bruenn, Austria. Many persons were
injured.
Awed by a British cruiser. the Sultan
of Turkey has settled the claims for at
tacks on British vessels in the Red sea
by piratical Arabs.
Six men, supposed to be bomb throw
ers, including two who are not China
men, were handed over to the vicerOy
at Tientsin for investigation.
Prof. Behring, the discoverer of the
anti-diphtheria serum, ac-
cording to the Paris Matin, that he has
found a cure for tuberculosis. The ma
ture of his cure, Prof. Behring says, he
will divulge next August.
As a sequel of the breaking off of
diplomatic relations between Roumania
and Greece Roumania will d~enounce the
commercial convention with Greece,
withdraw the recognition hitherto ac-
corded TO the Greek communities. in
crease the tolls on Grecian vessels enter
ing Roumanian ports and tax property
held by Greeks in Roumania.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

lol1L1O AZ
States of the Union. Much of the pro-
POSED insurance legislation in various
States he characterized as Matchmaking
attempts. 1t was brought out:
1. That since 1900 the New York Life
has paid to Judge" Hamilton $416,-
921.02 for legislative purposes, and has
also paid to others large sums for sim
liar work, bringing the total of such ex-
penditures up to $509,127.02.
2. That in addition to these payments
to Hamilton, President Mccall expects
him to render bills for his services dur
ing the present year which will aggre-
gate about $165, 600.
3. That, besides these payments to
Judge" Hamilton Ind in addition to the
S235,000 paid him in 1903. ostensibly on
account of real estate deals and for
which he has rendered no account to the
New York Life. he was also paid $780,
300 in June, 1904, for which he has
rendered no account. The total of the
sums given him, so far as is known, for
which he has rendered no account now
stands at $4,000.
4. That John a. MvCall, who is a di-
rector of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, borrowed $4,000 from that
institution at ~ per cent interest. On
July 1 last, shortly before the appoint
ment by the Legislature of the insur-
aDce investigating committee, the inter-
est rate on this loan was increased to
212 per cent, at which it stifl stands,
the loan being unpaid.
3. That John r. Hegeman, president
of the Metropolitan Life, in addition to
borrowing $4,000 from the New York
Life at ~ per cent, also, it was intl-
mated, borrowed money from his own
company, The Metropolitan Life.
6. That the New York Life encour-
ages its agents to get new business on
the deferred dividend plan by paying
them 60 per cent commission OF the
first years premiums and only 40 per
cent commission on annual dividend poll
cies. This, in face of the fact admit
ted by the chief actuary of the New
York Life that it is easier for an agent
to get new business on the deferred divi-
dend system than on the plans for which
the smaller commission is paid.
4 That the cost to the company of
getting new business on the deferred
dividend plan is so excessive that in
1903 the New York Life had to borrow
from its surplus accumulations over ST.
100000 to pay the expenses of business
which in premiums yielded only in that
year about $3,400,000.
8. That, although diligent search has
been made during the past two weeks,
no record whatever has been found on
the New York Life of anyone of the
three $4,000 payments to the Repub-
lican national campaign committee.
g.. That four relatives of President
Mccall, all of them employed by the
New York Life At large salaries. live in
an apartment house at 40 West Seventy
second street. owned by the company. at
rentals which yield the policy holders
only 23-1O per cent on an investment
of S203.0 900, the cost of the property.
10. That President Mccall admits
there should be a limitation to the bust
ness which q life insurance company
may roll up and that the legislative com
nittee should give that subject serious
attention.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

stock for holding account" is one of
the noted financiers of the country.
He is a member of the firm of Kuhn.
Och & Co., is a director in several
banks, trust companies and railways
and also is a director of Equitable
Life and of the Western Union Telc-
graph Company. Mr.. Schiff was born
at Observation-Disclosures in 1S41 and
came to the United States in 1865. He
has served as vice president of the
New York Chamber of Commerce and
is the founder of the Jewish Theologi-
cal Seminary Of the Semitic Museum
at Harvard University. Last winter
he was decorated by the Japanese M
peror for services in connection with
floating the Japanese loan.
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Mrs. Estelle Townsend Smith, of
Richmond, Va, was sentenced to five
years in the Virginia ~penitentiary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
7GE MAR1GRS
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
$500 to $6.4O; hogs, prime heavy. $500
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500 TO
$5.15; wheat, No. 2, S3c to SAC; corn.
No. ,, 49c to sic; oats, standard. 26c to
2Sc; rye, No. 2, &c to 69c; hay, timo-
thy, $3.50 to $11.50: prairie. 5000 to
$11.00; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc to
zoe; eggs, fresh, 16c to 1Sc; potatoes,
per bushel, Soc to 47c.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, shipping, $500 to
5000; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $3.50;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.25:
wheat, No. 2, SAC to S5c; corn, No. 2
white, SIC to SAC; oats, No. 2 white,
26c to 2Sc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. ., SAC to Soc; corn, No. 2.
4Sc to 49c; oats. No. 2, 26c to &c; rye,
No. ., 5Sc TO GOc.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to s4.S5;
hogs. S4OO 20 $50: sheep, $500 to
S4.75; wheat, No. =, SIC to SIC; corn.
No. . mixed, 54c to sec; oats, No. .
mixed. CSC to SOC; rye, No. 2, 69c to zoe.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $500: hogs.
sf.OU W cc.1cs ohccp, pow ~ rc.VOs
wheat, No. 2, S3c TO Sac; corn. No. 3
yellow, soc to SIC; oats, No. ; white,
2Sc to SOC; rye, No. 2, &c to Csc.
Milwaukee-Wheat No. 2 northern,
Sic to SEC; corn. No. 8, SIC to 53c;
oats. standard, PC to 29c; rye, No. 1,
Csc to Coo; barley, No. 2, SIC to sac;
pork, mess. $1,000.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
S4.OO to $3.50; hogs. fair to choice, $500
to 1913; sheep. common to good mixed,
S4.OO to S5.25; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to S7.35.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $40:
hogs. S4.O0 to $500, sheep, $500 to
$500: wheat. No. 2 red. SEC to SSc:
corn. No. ., SIC to 59c; oats. natural,
white. 32c TO 33c; butter, creamery, 19c
to dc: eggs. WESTERN. zoe to 23c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed. S5c to
SIC: corn. No. ? mixed. Sic to 53c; oats,
No. . mixed, SOC to BE; rye. No. 2, sac
to &C; clover seed, prime, $I.SA
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

Workmcn digging in New York found
large meteorite.

Workmcn digging in New York found
q large meteorite.
The will of Jacob Lit. the theatrical
manager, filed in New York, disposed of
ar estate of almost S250,00O.
Massachusetts Republicans IN State
convention in Boston declared for tariff
revision aud nominated Il ticket headed
by Curtis Guild, Jr.
Alleging that unions men are being
ousted the 500 employees of Morea col
liery of the Dcdson Coal Company, Ma
hanoy City, Pa, struck.
Frederick E. Carlton. Brooklyn big
amist, was given a 19-year sentence
q mob of his old ncighbors sought to
ynch him as he left court.
New York police have decided that
Harry Leonard. the boy who robbed
fhe National City Bank of S3o9,ooo
.sorth of securities by means OF q fors-
cd check, had no a~ccomplices-
William Il. Hearst was nominated Tor
Mayor of New York unanimously by
more thar $500 men who attended the
meeting Ct the Municipal Ownership
league in Grand Central Palace
A great commercial war against the
United States by combined Europe IS
prophesied by G.. H. Ander son. presi-
dent Of the Pittsburg Chant or OF Com
MERGE, who says the tariff must be re-
yised.
Hugh Hamilton, a pottery manufac-
turer of Greensboro, Pa, was shot and
mortally wounded in a crowded hotel
dining room in Pittsburg by Anthony w.
Oleson, whom Hamilton says he never
saw before.
The Baltimore and Ohio Fairmont ex-
press, for Pittsburg, was derailed at
Round Bottom. eight miles north of
Morgantown, Pa. The accident was due.
it is said. to spreading rails. Eighteen
persons were injured.
Postoffice Inspector Frank A. O'Brien
arrested George +. Sulzback in Pitts
burg for operating Il "get-rich-quick'
concern. who, upon being indicted. es-
capped to New York. where he was ar
rested, but jumped his bail.
Henry Lear. former president of the
Doylestown. Pa, National Bank, was
convicted of willful misapplication of the
funds of the Institution. Pending an APP
peal bail was increased from $1,000 to
$4,000 This was Lear's third trial
William Flatley, an expert swimmer,
who had won medals in swimming con
tests. was found drowned in the Monon-
gahela river at Pittsburg in three and
one-half feet of water. He was 80 years
old and had been acting as Waterman
Charles L. Hughes. chief inquisitor
for the insurance investigation, has been
nominated for Mayor of New York by
the Republican convention. but declares
that he will not run. Another candi-
date On the ticket also refuses TO accept.
Henry y. Leonard. who was employed
by Halle II Stieglitz. 4 prominent firm
OF New York brokers, as a clerk, has
made a confession that it was he who
robbed the National City Bank of that
city of securities worth S359,000. Leon
ard, who was arrested Sunday while on
the way to church. had been for several
years a trusted employee of Halle Il
Stieglitz and lived quietly with his moth
CT in Harlem. He is about % years old.
Leonard told the police that he conceiv-
ed the idea of the theft three or four
months ago and had been planning dur
ing that time to execute it and show how
easy such a scheme could be practiced
on the banks of New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
IN GENERAL.

Joseph Ramsey. Jr., has been ousted
from the presidency of the Wabash road,
this action being a temporary victory for
the Gould faction.
Charles E. Shively, supreme chancel-
lor of the Knights of Pythias, holds an
Indian is not eligible to membership in
the Pythian order.
The weekly trade reviews report con-
tinued activity, the absence of specula-
tive operations being an encouraging
feature Of the situation.
The sealing schooner City of San
Diego returned from the Boring Sea to
Victoria. B. c., with 732 sealskins and
reports that the seasons catch will ex-
coed that of last year and be better than
for a long time.
According to later information receiy-
ed at Toxic the American cruiser Cincin-
natl was fioated without assistance. af-
ter being aground for seven hours. She
has been reported passing Shimonoseki,
bound for Shanghai.
1t is reported that the notorious Cuban
bandit, Chino Oreill. has been killed bv
rural guards. Oreill had been condemn
ed to death for several murders. Many
attempts had been made to capture him
| and during these attempts two men were
killed in the belief that each was Oreill.
John d. Rockefeller, in conformity
with his promise of last June. has turn
| ed over to the general education board
S1O,OOO.O0O in cash, which, members of
| the board expect. will yield an animal
income of $4,000 for the cause NJ
| higher education in the United States 40
| long as schools shall exist.
Chester Donaldson, United States CON.
| sui at Managua. Nicaragua, has arrived
| at San Francisco en- route to Washington
| tc explain the case of two America ne
| named Albers. now in prison. The evil
| dence, Donaldson says, will show that
| the men were wrongfully imprisoned and
| he interds to justify the stand he tool
| 70 gain their liberty.
Charles Rilliet, who was with tbe
Fiala polar expedition, declares a veal
thy st. Louisan has agreed to back him
in a daring drift through Behring strait
TO the north pole. According to RirIet
il is planned by those who will make
the dash to cut themselves of from the
mai. ship of the party and. eaving ali
hope behind, they will make a quick dash
over the ice-bound region for the pole.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
Street Car Men Buy Autos.

The national convention of street rail-
way employees, held at Chicago, has ap-
propriated 10000 for the purchase of ten
automobiles to be used by the union to
convey passengers wherever there is a
street ear strike, the profits from which is
to 90 back into the defense fund, where
the $4,000 came from. The union owns
three automobiles, which were used dur
a strike in Saginaw, Mich. Others were
leased during a strike in Bloomington, Ill.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
Short Personals.

Sousa, the American bandmaster, de-
tests sp~eechmaking.
Caruso. the celebrated Italian tenor,
is the son of a Naples engineer.
The late Ensign Worth Bagley, who
was killed at Cardenas, Cuba, is to have
a monument erected to his memory at
Raleigh, n. c.
Victor Herbert has just finished an
opera entitled, dolly Dollars" and is
at work on two Others, n for FRITZ
Scheff.
DIR. Gion Shimose, inventor of the ex-
nlosiye bearing his name, was born in
the province Of Hiroshima forty-seven
years ago.
Anthony Hope, the British novelist
and playwright, was educated for the
law. but says he turned to writing in
seif-defense-
Col. James r. Randall. the we'll
known Southern author and veteran jour-
nalist. has accepted the editorship Of
the Morning Star, a New Orleans Cath
Ole paper.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
NeH York.

utiye trade and industry, closes
with little abatement visible i'll
demand and with optimism as to
the future widespread. Favor
ing the satisfactory winding up
of the months work have been good
weather conditions, allowing the ma
turing of practically all food crops
without damage from frost. Addition
ally helpful to d~istributive trade and
collections have been the beginning
of a free movement of spring wheat,
large sales of cotton at good prices
South, an unprecedented demand at
top prices for all kinds of building
material, marked freedom from indus
trial friction and a market for labor
and its products active as rarely be-
fore in the country's history. Bust
ness failures in the United States for
the week ended Sept. % number 1S5,
against 173 last week, 179 in the like
week of 1904, 153 in 1908, 164 in 1902
and 175 in 1901. In Canada failures
for the week number 2S, as against
so last week and 81 in this week a
year ACCOMPLISHMENTS Commercial
Report.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

killing of her ~5-year-old son Ralph,
by repeated and severe beatings and
Other cruel forms of punishment. The
commemorative attorney moved the
court to dismiss the warrant against
Sheppard X. Smith, the husband of the
convicted woman, who has been in
custody awaiting trial on the charge
of completely in the killing Of the
child. The court agreed to the motion
AMI the husband was released from
custody.
-
John NJ. Hamilton, former Governor
Of Illinois, who died recently, was for
many years a prominent figure in the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

f. w. M'KENNA. tenn in 8 6 II
rose steadily in the service of tina.
company until 1887. when he became
division superintendent of the st. Paul
Road, becoming general superintend-
ent in 1890. In 1894 he transferred his
services to the Great Northern Rail-
road in the same capacity, where he
remained till the autumn Of 1895, at
which time he had developed an inyen-
ton for rerolling steel rails and at
once launched a company, which has
since made a fortune out Of the proc
ess. Mr.. McKenna resumed his ser
vices with the st. Pau Road as assist
ant to the President Feb. /, 1904.
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Jacob Henry Schiff, who testified be-
fore the insurance investigating COM
mittee in New York that the directors
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
Noted Educator Under Arrest.

N. c. Dougherty, for many years city
superintendent of schools at Peoria, ILL.,,
and one of the most prominent educators
in the country, is under arrest, following
an indictment by the grand jury charging
forgery. The jury which is now in ses-
sion, has been examining the books Of the
Peoria school board. Within a compare
lively brief space of time a shortage Of
$4,000 was discovered and the further dis
covery was made that the populations have
been extending over a long term of years.
The shortage, it is said, will reach hum
dreds of thousands of dollars.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
Costly Forest Fires in California.

Disastrous forest fires which started
above Santa Barbara. Cal, are raging.
The flames swept over a space five miles
long and three miles wide, extending along
the foothills. Fires are o burning the
denseiy covered valleys and the mountain
sides. The flames have burned over thirty
ranches and destroyed houses, barns and
other buildings on twelve farms. The loss
to the ranchers in buildings alone is
$4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

Edison, Marconi,
Tesla and all the
ether wizards OF
electrical. discov-
cry. is claimed
for this newest OF
wonders that by
means Of it one
may see the image
Of the person with
whom he is talking
through the tele-
ohooo IRE diScOy-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
Three Kiued in wreck.

Three men were killed, n man was in
iured and a carload of race horses were
either killed or SO badly hurt that they had
10 be shot as the result of a collision at the
junction of the Lykens Valley branch of
the Pennsylvania railroad a quarter of a
mile south of Millersburg, Pa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

Wednesday before
the Armstrong in
~vestigating commit
tee in New York,
and in sharp con-
trast with his first
appearance t W o
weeks g he made
no secret of the i'm
mense payments by
his company to
Judge" Andrew
Hamilton to inhu-
ence insurance leg
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
Fire in Colorado Mine.

A defective electrical generator started a
destructive fire at the Fremont coal mine,
neal Florence, Col. All the buildings, in
Guiding the shaft Houses were destroyed.
Fifty men were working in the mine at
the time the fire started, but all were res
cuedvlive through the air. shaft. No es-
innate of the financial loss has been made.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

knew nothing of
the secrets of the
Equitable, that he
never heard any
thing of the nu-
merous trustee"
accounts, and that
he doubted the
correctness of en-
tries in the Equit-
able book record
ing the purchase
o f $500, GOO o f
L niOn ifc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

Judge Clopton de-
MED the motion for
the woman by her
awyers. s. w b o
sought to have the
verdict of The jury
set aside and a
new trial granted.
Counsel for Mrs.
Smith will appeal
to the Virginia Su-
preme Court. Mrs.
Smith was recent
lv convicted Of thn
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

severe a-rraignment
of the methods of
big insurance COM
Danies Incorporated
in his annual re-
port. He especially
o n d e m n e d the
Equitable, the Mu-
tual and the New
York Life. He
characterized some
of the officials as
Judases and allud-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
Fatal Automobile Accident.

Walter Palmer of Athens was instant
~ killed, Chauffeur Blake of Kalamazoo
was fatally injured, and Mrs. Walter Pal
mer and her daughter, Frances, were bad
ly bruised in an automobile accident two
and One-half miles west of Athens, Mich.
The automobile while travelling at good
speed swerved out of the road into a marsh
and eanSizpd
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

politics of the
State. He was a
schoolmate of Vice
President Fair
banks and of Sen
ator Foraker. Mr..
Hamilton was a
member of Hes
peria Lodge, A. +.
and A. NJ, in Chi
cago, and was also
a member Of the
Grand Army Of the
Republic.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
PAST AND PRESENT
AS 1T COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
Telegrapbic Information Gathered
by the Few for the EnIightenment
of the Many.
10000 Chinese Swallowed UP by Sea.

10000 Chinese Swallowed UP by Sea-.
Victoria, fB. CO. special: The steamer
Tartar which recently arrived from the
orient brought the news from Shanghai
that the loss of life of natives of the island
at the mouth of the Yaigtse river as a re-
suit of the typhOon at the beginning of
September was tremendous. To the east
OF Tamagming, two islands, n called
YawOshwa, the other Shipowasba, di tant
about twenty miles from Woosung, suf-
Tered much from the typhOon, nearly all
the inhabitants having been swept away.
The islands have only been inhabited a
short time. comparatively speaking, as
they are of recent formation. and are not
much above high water mark. 1t is re-
ported that nearly ten thousand people
have been drowned or these two islands
and on smaller islands adjacent. Tamag-
ming island itself has not suffered much,
being safe above the high water mark.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

FRED L. CUTTING. ed to N as the
'Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde Company"
He referred to dubious schemes and
schemes for getting enormously
rich" He also touched on fraternal
societies and mentioned the Royal Ar
cahum in particular.
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]. B. Fowler, Of Portland, Ore, is
the inventor of a device which, if sue
cossful. will make him the peer Of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

Railroad at the an
nual meeting Of
the directors in
Milwaukee, is one
of the most widely
known railway Of
ticials in the rail-
way service. He
was born in Pitts
burg and entered
the service of the
Pennsylvania sys-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12
AROUND A BIG STATE.
BRIEF COMPILATION OF IHDi.
ANA NEWS.

What Our Neighbors Are Doing
Matters of General and Local Inter-
est-Marriages and Deaths-Acci-
dents and Crimes-Personal Pointers
About ~Indinnians.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-12

=, Fall distribution of COM
UulCdQU. comodities is of excep-
@ tional proportions, indi-
eating that business generally is max
ing satisfactory progress. The de-
mand for money for commercial pur-
poses has not suffered from the adj
vanced cost of borrowing, nor is
healthy expansion in industrial enter
prise interfered with, funds being am
pie for known needs.
Dealings were seasonably stimulat-
ed in fashionable retail lines and the
aggregate buying reflects improved
consumption of n~ecesSarieS.
Heavy shipments have been made
to many points in the West and
Southwest, but the pressure upon for
warders has not yet ceased. Farm
work in the winter wheat sections is
about over, and this permits increas-
ing activity at country stores in per-
sonal and farm requirements.
The markets for raw materials eX-
hibit further strengthening in demand
and higher prices developed in pig
iron, steel bars, leather and hides, the
latter material scoring the highest av-
erage in forty years.
Iron and steel commitments again
were on a record-breaking scale, the
added demands extending the period
of assured work into next midsum-
mer. Other factory work is more ami
mated, more hands being employed,
and improvement is seen in machin-
cry, heavy hardware and furniture
making. Leather working trades are
more fully engaged and building con-
%struction discloses no abatement.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number thirty-two. against thir-
ty-nine last week and twenty-five a
year ago.-Dun's Review CT Trade.