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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
BrookIyn Tunnel Throurh.

There was much rejoicing under the
East river at New York when 10-inch
pipe was driven through the intervening
So feet between the two headlines of one
of the pair of subway tunnels being built
to connect Brooklyn and Manhattan
There had been a wager made by the two
superintendent that the two sections of
the bore would and would not meet with
in a distance of one-tenth of a foot.
When the measure was made the dis
lance was found to be one-tenth of an
inch. The tunneling was begun in Sep
TENDER. 1908. The south tube will be
joined up in about six weeks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Half Of COmnOnwealths in Union
Get Revenue from Wealth.

Half Of COmnOnwealths in Union
Get Revenue from Wealth.
Investigation by the bureau of census
shows that, in 1902. about one-half of
the States of the Union had inheritance
tax laws, which yielded to them an aggre-
gate of little more than 100000
This amount is believed by the census
officials to have increased in the present
year to fully $10.O00O00 or s12,OO0,OOO
In a report. based on the forthcoming re-
port on Wealth, Debt and Taxation"
the census officials say that "at least a
dozen States are materially assisting in
the support of the State governments
from this source of revenue
As shown by the census bulletin, the
amount of inheritance tax collected in
1902 by the States which had laws tax
ing inheritances was as follows:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Diplomat Dies at Mukden.

The American vice consul general, Nell
son Fairchild, shot and killed himself
at Mukden- 1t is believed the shooting
was accidental. Mr.. Fairchild was a
nephew of former Govern or Fairchild of
Wisconsin and son of Charles Fairchild
of New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
shin Brought 100000 Letters.

in New York City reached port the other
day on the steamer Celtic. There were
$3.50 sacks of mail matter, and it is csti-
mated that the number of letters con-
tanned therein must have been at least
100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Famous Greek PLAY Une.r,h.d.

The Egyptian department of antiqui-
ties has disinterred large number of
papyrus leaves containing 1000 lines of
two plays by the famous Greek dramatist.
Menander. This will give the first oppor-
tunIty for modern scholars to make a
first-hand estimate of Menander's work.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
MISSOURI MURDERER HANGED.


Jeda Hamilton, Slayer Of Parsons Fam
NY, Dies on GaIlows ut Houston.
Joda Hamilton was hanged at Hous-
ton, Mo-, for the murder of the Par
sons family. Joda Hamilton was a 20
year-old farmer boy. On Oct. II last
he killed Barney Parsons, neighbor-
ing farmer, Mrs. Parsons ami their
three small children. Parsons rented
q farm near that owned by Hamilton.
He sold his crops to Hamilton and
started with his family overland for
Iowa Hamilton had become dissatis-
fed with his bargain and lay III wait
IN the roadway for Parsons. He asked
Parsons to repay the money and on
Parsons' refusal, Hamilton shot him
twice with shotgun Then he dubbed
Mrs. Parsons and the children to
death Hamilton hauled the bodies
to the creek and dumped them out,
then drove home in Parsons wagon.
He was arrested promptly and con-
fessed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

The Literary Digest translates from a
Paris scientific paper the announcement
that means have now been found for pro-
viding a non-magnetic shield for watches
or clocks. This is the work of a Paris
matchmaker named Leroy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Canal CRITICS HIT.
President in Special Message
Calls Them Slanderers.
TELLS OF HIS TRIP.
Made Thorough Inspection of the
Work Now in Progress.

Task that Is an Epic and Of
Worldwide Importance - Health
Conditions Excellent, Malaria and
Yellow Fever Being Driven Out
WOrkmen Are Seen at Work and
I'm Their Quarters and Are Inter-
viewed by the President.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
shaw for Mutual President.

1t is reported in New York that Sec
rotary of the Treasury Shaw may be the
next president of the Mutual Life In
srrance Company. A warm fight is
promised in the courts by both sides in
the insurance election through contests.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Joseph 8. Kerns, the former Chicago
dry goods clerk and newspaper MN, cap
tured at Great Bend, Kan, recently after
holding up local bank IN daylis at, was
arraigned, pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to the State penitentiary for
term of from ten to twenty-one years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
rexas siftines' Four Ier Dead.

John Annoy Knox, ONT lely known
as the editor and propri. .or of Texas
Siftings, died suddenly in his New York
home of heart disease. He was born in
Ireland in 1850, son of bank president
of Belfast.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Under rather unfavorable conditions
of weather and sea the first-class battle
ship Vermont had her screw standard
ization tests over a measured mile Of
the Rockland. Me-. course. Her fastest
speed with tidal corrections was at the
rate of 1852 knots an hour.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Seventeen Werkmen Hurt I'm Accident.
Seventeen men were seriously in
jured, two fatally, when a scaffold
broke at the Standard Mills at FL
wood City, Pa, dropping the men a
distance of twenty feet.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Harri. Goes Up for LIE.

Frank Harris, 40 years old, was
found guilty in the Circuit Court at
Jacksonville, Ind. of criminal assault
on his twin step-daughter and SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

Nine prisoners escaped from Hamil-
ton county Jail at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Among those who escaped were some
desperate criminals, including Clar-
ance N. Henri (arrested in New York
recently who stole the famous pic
fure Girl Knitting" from the Cincin-
natl are museum. Four of the prison
ers were re-captured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

An explosion and fire at the plant of
the Northwestern Gas Light and Coke
Company at Evanston, twelve miles
north of Chicago. resulted in the death
Of Isaac Terry and serious injury of
three other men, all workmen en-
ployed by the gas company. The fire
occurred in a pit where tar, coke and
oil were stored. Terry was thrown
into the pit by the explosion and
burned to death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27

A serious collision occurred at Peru,
Ind, on the Fort Wayne e Wabash
Valley Traction line, when a west
bound through car and an east-bound
city car came together head-on. and
injured six persons. The accident was
due to dense fog. The city car was
demolished.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Mrs. ,1yer. Get. Another Respite.

Judge John w. Phillips, in the
United States District Court at Kan
sas City, Mo-, granted writ of habeas
corpus in the case of Mrs. Agnes My
ers I'm jail at Liberty. Mo-, under SEN
tence to be executed in January for
the murder of her husband. The
sheriff was ordered to produce Mrs.
Myers in court at Kansas City Dec. 81.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Sanitation Is Successful.

The first great problem to be solved,
upon the solution of which the success of
the rest of the work depended, was the
problem of sanitation. 1t must be remem-
bered that DR.. Gorgas' work was not mere
sanitation as the term 10 understood IN
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
Plans to Build by Contract.

After most careful consideration we have
decided to let out most of the work by
terms with the contractors. The whole
work Is Of a kind suited to the peculiar
genius of our people and our people have
developed the type of contractor best fitted
to grapple with Ii. 1t Is of course much
better to DO the work K, In large part by con
provided Ii Is possible on the one hand to
secure to the contractor sufficient remun-
Grafton to make Ii worth while for respon-
sble contractors of the best kind to under
take the work; and provided on the other
hand 1t can be done on terms which will
not give an excessive profit to the contract
or at the expense of the government After
much consideration the plan already prom
ulgated by the Secretary of War was
adopted. The plan as promulgated is ten
tative: doubtless 1t will have TO be changed
in some respects before we can come to a
satisfactory agreement with responsible
contractors-perhaps even after the bids
have been received; and of course il is pos
sible that we cannot come to an agreement,
in which case the government will do the
work itself. Meanwhile the work on the
isthmus is progressing steadily and with
out any let-up.
Confident of Success.
OF the success Of the enterprise am as
well convinced as one can be of any enter
prise that is human. 1t is stupendous
work upon which our fellow countryiuen are
engaged down there on the isthmus. and
while we should hold them to a strict ac-
counting for the way In which they per-
form 1t, we should yet recognize, with frank
generosity, the epic nature of the task on
which they are engaged and its worldwide
which will rebound UNNECESSARILY to the
credit of America, which will benefit all the
world, and which will last for ages to come.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-12-27
he PLYMOUTH TRIBUNE.

PLYMOUTH, IND.
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q CO.. Publishers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
GEORGE STANDING.

recently. the attraction being a fatter-
ing offer from the Racket and Tennis
club for a series of matches with
Standing and others at both rackets
and court tennis.
The men played for a purse which
exceeded $1,000 and both appeared in
good fettle after their brief sojourn at
Atlantic City, n. j. This is Latham's
second visit to the United States, and
the reverse marks his first defeat in a
single handed racket match on this side
of the Atlantic.
Many of the best known clubmen in
New York were on hand. Early in the
day Latham ruled favorite in the bet
ting at Z to 5. but shortly before the
time for starting the match the rumor
was current that the Briton was not
in his best form. This changed the
odds to ever money just before the
start.
AS usual, NJ. S. Patton acted as ref
cree, with Edward Rogers doing the
marking. The former had few ques-
tionable decisions to make. There was
one, however, when a return by Stand
ing bounded from the wall just above
the telltale. and as the ball went up
after coming back from the wall La
than made no effort to return it, taking
it for granted the ball had hit the top
of the board. Played" called the
marker. who recorded the ace for
Standing. Ruling" spoke up Latham.
But Patton ruled it a good count.
Standing hardly failed TO improve an
opportunity, Latham only getting four
aces from him on misses. Standing
got eleven aces by opponents misses.
On ices by service Standing gained
only nine to thirteen for Latham, but
the E%nglishman could not do as well
as Standing in ~volleying. and the Amer
lean gained twenty-three aces by plac-
ing balls that could not be returned to
eight by placing for Latham. Standing
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
STEAM YACHTS RACE AGAIN.
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s. Tarantuls
and Howard GouId's Niagara ".

William X. Vanderbilt. Jr.. will race
his steam yacht Tarantula again
against Howard Gould's Niagara ".
The contest will take place over a
forty mile course on Long Island sound
next summer, probably off Port JEFF
ferson. n. Y.
These two steam yachts have met
twice before. and each has won a race.
The first time they met was in 1904,
and the little white Niagara. with moth
ing but a smokestack and frail bridge
above her long, narrow hull, won by
three minutes and fifty seconds over a
thirty-nine mile course. Last Septem-
Der they raced again over forty miles
of water off Port Jefferson, and the Ia
rantula turned the tables on her rival.
The injudicious use of hard coal in the
Niagara's boilers beat her, because not
until the race was half over could suf-
ficient steam be got up.
The Tarantula. a picture of a slate
colored torpedo boat. came home tear
ing through the water an easy winner
by two minutes and ffty-nine seconds.
On board the racers were their owners.
who enjoy more than any one else the
friendly rivalry. Vanderbilt took the
Niagara ". cup that the two yachts
raced for and a $4,000 check, with
which Gould backed his boats chances.
Each owner will wager S15,0 on
the next race.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
Latham s Defeat.
English Racket Champion
Loses After Holding Title
For Eighteen Years.

George Standing lowered the colors
of Peter Latham Of England in a
championship racket match in decisive
fashion on the courts of the Racket
and Tennis club in New York recently.
The score was 15-5, 15-10 and 15-10.
They played for the American cham
pionship, as Latham was unwilling TO
battle for his worlds title on such short
notice.
Although Latham has enjoyed the
title of champion racket player of
the world for eighteen years. he took
his defeat philosophically, with a word
of explanation to the effect that a man
cannot change from court tennis to
rackets, or vice versa, and do himself
justice. Latham came to this country
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
LlDDlG & PFEIFfER'
Horses, Carriages and Coaches to
Hire at all Hours for Funer-
ais, Weddings. etc.
BOARDING BY THE DAY, WEEK
OR MONTH.
Teams to Hire for Carting & Trucking
Telephone So-R. 9o6-L.
7, 9, II N. B. Ave. Near Smith st.
Teams to Hire for Carting & TruCkin
Lemon Pie.

One cup sugar. one tablespoon butter,
two eggs. one tablespoon cornstarch.
one lemon (iuice and grated rindl.
one-half pint boiling water. Put the
water in a sauce pan, add to it tn
oornstarch stirred smooth in a little
cold water. and allow this TO boil.
Then remove from the stove. and ada
the butter and sugar. When cool add
the well-beaten egg and lemon. This
quantity will fill two pies. Bake with
an under crust in a slow oven, and
when done cover with a meringue
made with the whites of four eggs and
.our tablespoons powdered sugar. Bea:
the egg whites until stiff. stir in the
sugar. spread over the pies. and return
to the oven TO brown lightly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
BRUSH TALKS BASEBALL.
President of New York Nationals
Does Not Fear Consolidation.

Does Not Fear Consolidation.
President John I. Brush of the Ma
tional league team in New York. the
winners of the worlds championship in
the series with the Philadelphia Ath-
letics. does not fear the consolidation
of the National and American leagues.
The amalgamation of the W leagues
is a much talked of move in baseball
just at present, and Brush has this to
say:
The consolidation idea has been dis
cussed. and some seem to want il, and
there are some who probably do not
want ii. Always in baseball those who
lose hope for a change, and their hopes
lie in a change. Those who are success
full generally are willing to leave well
enough alone. AS far as | know the
talk of consolidation emanated from
the disgruntled ones of both leagues"
How do you stand on the matter of
consolidation" Mr.. Brush was asked.
ut doesn't make much difference to
me. The New York National league
club has been very successful, and 1
don't know whether l would be Tor
so with one league of eight clubs or UNI
der the present conditions. 1t won't be
an easy matter TO bring about a con
solidation because OF the big interests
at stake. but I haven't given any par
ticular attention TO it. because l am not
specially interested at this time. When
it comes down to a point of final deter
mination then I will have something to
saw"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05

Paul King and Eddie Holt, the for
mer Princeton stars. will be asked to
return to Wisconsin and take charge
of the football team for at least an
other season. Bemus Pierce will prob
ably be secured for the work of devel-
oping a baseball team this spring, while
a committee of the athletic board Of
the university will make an investiga-
ton of the rowing department Of the
university. A committee of the board
will assist the faculty committee that
is looking into The athletic situation at
the university.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
PUBLIC SERVICE TIME TABLE.
Effective Jan. 8. 1905.

Effective Jan. %, 1905.
Cars leave Railway Junction for Railway he
formatory every 30 minutes from $40 a m. until
lI40 Pm.
Cars leave Railway Juucs on for Woodbridge
Creek every hour from SO a. m. until Il 10 :. N.
connecting with New Brunswick cars II after
the hour. 9.10 p. m. car from Railway Junction
Brunswick
Cars leaving New Brunswick at 5.45 a. m. and
every hour until s,45 ?. m. connect with car for
Sewaren. Woodbridge. Railway and Westheld.
Cars leaving Perth Amboy ferry at b-57 a. m
and every hour until 9.57 p. m. then 1872 P. m
and 1142 p. n connect for Sewaren, Wood
bridge. Railway and Westfeld.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05

Baseball


Noisy Bill" Clarke, of the Giants,
is a bone of contention between Kan
a City and Toledo clubs, of the Am
erican Association. 1t seems certain
that Clarke will not play in New
York. All other National League
teams have waived claim on Clarke,
and Toledo probably will be Bills adj
dress mex summer. George Tebeau
says he wants Clarke t o manage the
Kansas City club, but he has done
nothing much but talk about it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05

was accurate in fast services and vol
legs with a cut and excelled in foot
work.
Rackets is one of the oldest games
now played. In medieval days in Eu-
rope kings made the game the ruling
court pastime.
The game is played in an Enclosed
court like a large handball court. A
long handled. small faced racket or
bat is used in hitting a small solid ball.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
KIRBY HIGH SCORES

Joseph Zerher, of the Sewaren
bowling team, had more than good
luck on the Kirby alleys Saturday
night, when he rolled mp the scores
in great shape. He made the follow
ing scores: 222, 21O. and 213. Cliff
ford Fothergill rolled 2O3.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
SPORTING NOTES.
Willie Heston, Michigan's famous
halfback, pronounced by Coach Yost

the greatset foot
ball player tie
game has ever
seen, is at present
planning a game,
that. if it material
ICES, will bring to-
gether the great
est football play
ers of the present
time. The plan is
to array a repre-
sentative t e a m
from t h e west
against a a OF
from the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05

eastern schools, and is the first ven-
.ure on anything like a large scale OF
Professional football. The scheme has
appealed to Heston for some time and
ne has finally succeeded in interesting
not only a lot of players of the stellar
variety, both east and west, but also a
couple of capitalists, who have prom
ised to assume all the financial risk,
setting aside for the players themselves
a certain portion of the receipts. The
game. it is now practically certain, will
take place in New York on ~Thanksgiv-
ing day. "You can bank on one fea-
ture of it, says Heston. I'VE shall
have a set of officials who will be so
strict that the least tendency to rough
ness or brutality will be punished mor
vigorously even than in a college game.
We mean to make professional foot
ball a clean sport. Our players will
all be college men who have learned
clean play, and there will be no devia-
ton from the strictest Interpretation
of the rules. There is no hope for
professional football without this. We
realize it and will attend to that" In
his travels about the country as coach
OF the Drake team last fall, and after
the close Of the year as a player on
the Canton professional team, Heston
was working continually on the make
III, of his team. He has also written
several letters to prominent athletes
who finished their college course this
year or who will oe through by
Thanksgiving day of next year so far
as further competition in athletics is
concerned.
Here is the professional team which
he has lined up to represent the west:
Center-Strathearn, Minnesota; guards
Flynn, Minnesota, and McGugin,
Michigan; tackles-Curtis, Michigan,
and Maddox. Michigan; ends-Catlin.
Chicago, and Redden. Michigan; quar-
ter back-Eckersall, Chicago; halves
Heston. Michigan, and Findlay. Wis
consin; full back-Bezdek. Chicago.
Heston has also been doing some work
on the eastern team. although his ag-
.gregation has not progressed so far.
This organization will be gotten to-
gether by De Witt. the great Prince
ton guard; DAILY, Of Harvard and West
roint. at quarter; Shevlin, of Yale, and
Ralph Glaze. of Dartmouth, at ends;
Hogan or Glass. of Yale, to play the
other guard position from De Witt,
Morley and Weeks. of Columbia, as
halves, and Smith, of Pennsylvania, for
full back, have been asked to take part.
The center and tackles have not been
picked. and some of the other mem
bers have not yet consented. 1t is be-
lieved that Coach Yost. of Michigan,
could be induced to take hold of the
western team for a couple of weeks
before the game, as his own team will
have closed it's schedule by that time.
If Walter Camp q be secured Heston
intends to offer him the position as
coach of the eastern team.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
Primitive Fire Brigades.

Athens, Greece. has many fine build
but the provisions for fighting
fires are most inadequate. The fire bri-
gade consists of men detailed from the
regular army, who. in addition to
clothes and keep, get only ten cents a
week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
STATEN ISLAND
RAPID TRANSIT R. r.

TINE TABLE IN EFFECT NOVEMBER
goth, 1905.
Perth Amboy TO New York sis. 6-15.
zoo, ,7.S8, 1873, 500, 500, 81, "a. 11.I7.
6.s5, 7.4s. s4s. 10 s *l.1s ?.
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
COZ, 7.47, s.47, 9.47. 1917, 1l.47 A. M.
12.4L 1:47, 2.47, BAT, 4.47. SAT, 6.47.
New York to Perth ~Amboy-s.oo. ZOO.
500 600; 1000: ll;eo a; M: l2ise; l.sO'
Sunday and Legal Holidays.
$50. 500, 1000. HOO A; NJ. 1900 NJ
Ice, zoe, 800, 400. 500. 600, ZOO, 500.
Ferry between Perth Amboy and Totem
Leave Perth Amboy-s.15. Sis, s.35.
zoo; ,7.S$, 500, So s2SS, az 1890, 1li7
rs, 500, 6.$5, los. IA, 7.4s. s.4S. $40.
~. sunday and Legal Holidays. ~,
ia A. n 'i5'47. i.G47. s.47. S.47, Al.
.5.47. u, "a. s.i7, ga. 1850. il 20 i. NJ
Leave Tottenville-1.0S, 5.55. 6.25. 6.45.
los, 7.45, s,l2, 9.05, 9.$5, 1905, los A.
5,35. SIG, $50. ia, 1888, S.33. 9.2o, 1903.
sunday and Legal Holidays.
A. NJ. I2,O5, Jos, 2.O5, S,O5, 4o5, SOS.
SOS. 7.o5. sos, sos, 1000, 1895 P. M.
Express train leaving Perth Amboy at
1873 a. Nj. will stop at New Dorp only at
Express train leaving New York at
$50 ]. N. will stop at New Dorp only at
Express train leaving Perth Amboy at
500 A. NJ. will stop at Pleasant Plains at
s14, Huguenot at Sis New Djrp IT s.g7
'Will run holidays, but not sundays.
GEORGE J.. BROWN.
Geni Traffic Agt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
In The FIELD OF SPORTS
NTER-STATE LEAGUE.

The Interstate bowling league
will roll up. the scores in a match
game on the Bloodgood alleys to-
night. The Amarite bowling team is
in fine trim and they are going to
make some record scores.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05
SEWARENS AND AMICITIAs.

Plans have been completed for a
match game between the Sewaren
bowling team of Sewaren and the
Amiticias, of PLEASANT Plains. The
match will take place next Friday
night on the alleys of the Amicitias.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05

Jimmy S~heckard. the Brooklyn out
fielder. intimates that he will play in
dependent ball rather than go TO Chi
cago. This looks like a bid for high
salary. and it's a good guess that Jim
my will get 1t and go to Chicago.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-05

NEW YORK. Feb. Gross country
athletes Of many clubs competed i'll
the run of the Mott Haven Athletic
club. The course vas five miles and
was devious from start II til.sh. More
than thirty men started out from the
clubhouse, +. =. Devliu of the Mott
Haven club won the race. finishing five
seconds earlier than his clubmate, b.
Mann.