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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
DEAN OF THE SENATE.
senator Allison Has Entered O.
Thirty-thfrd Year of His Service.

Senator Allison Has Entered ON
Thirty-thfrd Year of His Service.
Senator Allison has entered upon his
thirty-third year in the Senate and his
forty-third year in Congress. He has
not only served a few days longer in
the Senate than any other man, but has
been in continuous public life longer
than any other except the late Justin
S. Morrill, of Vermont. Mr.. Morrill,
served twelve years in the House of Rep
resentatives-from 1855 to 1S67-and
thirty-twO years in the Senate-from
1867 to 1899. He died in January of
that year. If he had lived until March
3 he would have completed his forty
third year of consecutive service.
Mr.. Allison entered the House of Rep
resentatives Dec. 2, 1863. He was sworn
in as Senator March 4, 1873, and has
been reelected five times. His present,
and sixth, term expires March 4. 1909,
and if he lives to that date he will be so
years and / day old, having been born
March 2, 1899. And he will have serv-
ed thirty-six consecutive years in the
Senate and forty-six consecutive years
in the Congress of the United States.
John Sherman was in public life long
er than Mr.. Allison. He served six years
in the House, thirtytwo in the Senate,
and nearly seven years in the cabinet, as
Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary
of State.
The only other men on the congress
sional roll who have served thirty years
or more are John Percival Jones of Ne
vada. who was in the Senate from 1873
to 1908 without break; Francis Ma
rion Cockrell of Hissouri, who served
from March 4, 1875. to March s. 1905.
and Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri,
who served from 1921 to 1851.
The following is a list of Senators
ruho hara Saruad lnnoaSf.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
LAND THIEVES IN DANGER.
Government Makes Special Effort
to Stop Frauds I'm Nebraska.

Government Makes Special Effort
to Stop Frauds I'm Nebraska.
Another big shake-up in the Nebraska
land frauds, cases Is due. The govern
ment has forty agents and detectives
in the State securing evidence which will
be presented to a special grand jury. 1t
is the intention of the federal authori-
ties to push the fight to the limit this
time and all the special machinery of the
interior and judiciary departments will
be expended toward this end Richards
and Comstock, cattlemen convicted re-
Gently Of illegally fencing government
land, are understood to be involved in
the new cases. These men were given
a nominal fine and a few hours impris-
onment in the custody OF an attorney
sworn in as United States deputy mar
shall. Disguised at the light sentence,
the government dismissed Postmaster
Baxter and United States Marshal
Matthews, who were regarded as par
TALLY responsible for the outcome of the
cases. Ex-Postmaster Groves conduct
as foreman Of the late grand jury has
been reported to the federal department
and an investigation will follow.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
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The volume of bank
CHICAGO.

| ol. Ine VOlume or Dank
Ull,6QlU exchanges this week has
swelled to abnormal pro-
portions. Allowing for the distortion
caused by enforced bank liquidation
and readjustment of deposits, the &C
tual gain is substantial and reflects
sustained healthy growth in business
generally.
In coping with the difficulties OF the
Chicago National bank and allied con-
nections the method and promptness OF
the Chicago clearing house never be-
fore were so efficacious in averting Sc
rious danger and in restoring conf
dence. That body's action in volun-
tarily assuming immediate payment OF
all deposits practically eliminated APP
prehensiOn and testifies to the sound
ness of the banking situation.
Other developments have moved
along progressive lines. Christmas
trade has been of unprecedented mag
nitude, the aggregate largely exceed
ing the high-water mark of year ago,
indicating clearly the prosperity Of the
people and their ability to buy freely.
Stocks of seasonabEe merchandise have
undergone rapid depletion, and this
notwithstanding the highest known av-
erage cost. AdVices show that stores
throughout the interior have done
equally well. Upon these gratifying
results there is little reason to fear
that stocks will be carried over to any
material extent.
Mercantile collections remain prompt
and commercial defaults compare very
favorably in number and liabilities
with those of the corresponding week
last year.
Production in iron and steel and
other manufacturing branches main
tains exceptional volume, except where
temporary shutdowns occur for repairs
and new installation. Prices maintain
extreme firmness and higher tenden-
cy is seen In furnace output.
Bank clearings, 1854, 7s3, 391, exceed
those Of the corresponding week in
1904 by BIZ per cent
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number Is, against q last week
and % year ago.-Dun's Review Of
Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
MODERN GOLIATH Is SLAIN.

Missouri Giant In Killed with stone
Thrown by Small Boy.
Mitchell Shadrick, giant seven feet
tall, was almost instantly killed four
miles west Of Columbia, Mo-, by Henry
Jonas, Is years old, who brought him
down with a stone no larger than a wal
nut thrown from q distance Of forty
feet. Shadrick had struck at younger
brother Of Jonas and, it is claimed. pick
ed up club with the intention OF as
saulting the latter. The boy picked up
a small stone and threw IL at the giant.
1t struck him behind the left ear and
after running about in a circle for sew
eral minutes he fell dead. No scar was
found on the body Of the giant. There
was no coffin in Columbia long enough
to contain the body of the victim and 1t
was found necessary to make one to
order. The friends Of Jonas refer to
the encounter as the fight between Da-
vid and Goliath.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

the holder of which is generally called
1.-THE watchdog of the treasury" He is
intimately acquainted with all the
members Of the House, for he has been
for years the party whip" and has
also had charge of the speakers in
Congressional campaigns. He is a
Pennsylvania by birth, so years old.
and served long apprenticeship in
his fathers blacksmith shop. later ne
followed the lnachinist's treie for
many years, going to Winona, Mimi,
when he was % and following his oc-
cupation there Of blacksmith and ma
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
ALLEGED GRAD MAN. DEAD.

'Black Jack" Gallagher, Said to
Have Been Union Slugger, Dies.
BLACK Jack" Gallagher, alleged union
slugger, prize fighter and all-around
"bad man." according to the police, is
dead in Chicago. He died of consump-
ton at his mothers home. Gallagher
first came into publicity when he was
arrested on the charge Of assaulting At
toFney A. c. Allen in 1908. Mr.. Allen
was counsel for number Of corpora
lions involved in labor struggles. Gal
lagher was not convicted of the slugging.
Later Gallagher was charged with hav-
ing a part in the murder of Constable
Julius Biedermann, killed at Blue Island
in 1904. but Gallagher again was acquit-
ted. Several indictments are pending
against him in the Criminal Court.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

Contracts Let for Connecting Links
fn Chfcago-ClevelandR Road.
Contracts have been let for the con-
struction Of the final links Of the inter
urban electric line which Is to connect
Cleveland and Chicago, and which Is
planned ultimately to become a part Of
the Chicago-New York electric trunk
line. Edwin Hanna and ]. B. Hanna
are heavily interested in the project,
which is known as the Chicago, Lake
Shore and South Bend railway. The
company is controlled by Cleveland cap
italists. One of the links contracted
for Is from Laporte to South Bend. The
company's capital has been increased to
$4,000, 900, and a $5,c00,000 issue Of
bonds has been foated. Another extern
sion will give a connection with the
Hanna road already In operation, which
extends from Indiana Harbor to South
Chicago. Connection will be made with
the Illinois Central at Kensington, Ill.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
FIELD LEAVES s1,525, 900.
Estate OF Late Son of Chicago Mer'
chant Il PLACED In Probate.

Estate OF Late Son of Chicago Mer-
chant II Placed in Probate.
Marshall Field, Jr., of Chicago left
no will and letters of administration
have been granted to Arthur ID. Jones
and Stanley Field by John d. Casey.
assistant to the probate court Judge.
Marshall Field. ST., was appointed
guardian over his three grandchildren,
Marshall Field I'LL, Henry Field, 10
years old. and Gwendolin Field, 4 years
DID, The personal estate, the court is
informed, is valued at about 81 100000
and the real estate at about $4,000.
Although Mr.. Field is made guardian OF
the children, the direct supervision Of the
estate will fall upon Stanley Field and
Mr.. Jones. Bonds were furnished by
the administrators to the amount Of 81
100000, with Marshall Field and John
G. Shedd as sureties.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
Spark. from the Wires.

Reclamation projects proposed and un-
der way by the government provide for
the retaining of 1908, 600 acres Of arid
land at a cost of $37 ,02S,571.
The wholesale grocery house Of the
C. w. Adams & Sons Company in
Louisville was destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000, insurance about 100000.
DR.. Maurice Fishberg of New York,
a special immigration inspector, declares
that immigrants are "doctored up" tenn
porarily in Europe, in order to enable
them to enter America.
Equity proceedings to prevent the pro-
posed merger of the Western Life In
demnity Company and the Security Life
and Annuity Company, both of which
have agencies in Philadelphia, were in
stituted in the United States Circuit
Court in that city by stockholders of the
latter company.
Only through the serious illness Of
Mrs. Cora Sampson, prominent charity
worker of Toledo, as the result Of an
operation for the removal of large strips
of skin which she gave in the hope Of
saving the life of a boy who had been
burned, was it learned that she was
the one to come to the little sufferers
aid.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
Y. p. s. c. e. 20 YEARS OLD.

Anniversary of Christian Endeavor
Society VIII BE Observed Feb. 2.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor will be observed Feb. 2. 1t will
be commemorated by nearly 10000 socie-
ties and by the three and half million
members. During the last two years
forty-six States and territories of the
United States and three provinces of
Canada have gained more than 10 per
cent in the number Of their societies.
Nearly 1000 societies have reported an
increase Of % per cent in local member.
ship. Ten thousand societies have re-
ported half a million dollars in gifts to
the mission boards Of their dcnomina-
tions, to their local churches and to mis-
cellaneous causes. The next all-Euro-
pean convention will be held from July
% to Aug. I at Geneva, Switzerland, In
connection with the Worlds Christian
Endeavor convention.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

demnation of river and harb0r appr0-
priations does not hurt him in the esti-
nation of his constituents, because
there is no navigation in his district.
Hepburn was born at Wellsville,
Ohio, i'm 1888, and was taken to Iowa,
then a territory, in 1S41. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools of the ter
ritory and in printing Office. Then
he studied law. He was admitted to
practice i'm 1854. He served as cap
tain, major and lieutenant colonel in
the Second Iowa Cavalry during the
Civil War He is 20 years old, and
this is the tenth Congress Of which he
has been a member. For two or three
years he did not speak to Mr.. Cannon,
and it is perhaps true that there is still
no love lost between them. In spite
Of this, each respects the ability and
position of the other. There is not All
other such fighter in either house Of
the Congress as Colonel Pete. He has
q command of irony and sarcasm and
can use it so bitterly and effectively
Joined with ridicule that many brave
floor fighter quails before him. Mr..
Cannon deliberated when he became
speaker of the House. For months he
and Colonel Hepburn had not been
friends. He made up his mind that it
was better to have such a man with
him than against him. and So he con-
scented to a reconciliation, which was
was eagerly arranged by mutual
friends. Hepburn is chairman Of the
Committee on Interstate Commerce,
and in that position will have charge
of the administration railroad rate reg
ulation legislation. He will mix up in
every other fight Of Importance. This
is inevitable-partly because he is nat
urally fighter and partly because he
has had so wide and broad legislative
experience, and has such backing Of
good Judgment and common sense that
he will be drafted whenever there is
to be anything of Importance doing.
A Blacksmith Statesman.
"The Blacksmith Statesman" would
not be an inappropriate title for
James A. Tawney, of Minnesota, who
is to be a conspicuous House leader.
He is chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations, which is the position
formerly held by Speaker Cannon and
also by W. S. Holman, of Indiana, and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
who have served longest:
BACKED BY MILLIONS.
The Lobby Against Arizona State
hood IL Very Powerful.


hood IL Very Powerful.
Lobbies are thick in the corridors of
the big. white national state house these
days. There is the railroad lobby. well
and persistently maintained. But the
most strenuous and dangerous. as well as
the most picturesque lobby of all, is the
mine owners lobby from Arizona, fight
ing statehood for that territory. 1t is
picturesque because of the bold methods
its employs, and because it has at least
two United States Senators among its
hackers. 1t is dangerous because of the
possibility that grave scandals may re-
suit from its operations. 1t is a lobby
with hundreds of millions of dollars back
of it. The agents and manipulators of
its schemes are too smart to offer out
right brides. But they have mining stock
for sale-stock which is sure to earn a
big proft-stock that will ''pay big to all
who get in on the ground floor. And
lust now we are letting little of it out
to our friends"
It seems rather strange that ths rich
mine owners of Arizona should be fight
ins statehood, either single or joint, but
the reason for it is not far to seek. They
own the territory now They run it.
They are lords of the estate. Naturally
hey do not want to run any risks by a
change to statehood. These mining cor
porations have had things their own way
all along the line, but in no particular
60 emphaticalIy as in the assessed valua-
tiou of their property upon which they
are called to pay taxes.
These powerful corporations do not
want statehood. They can operate more
independently and probably under ter
ritorial form of government. and they
stand ready to devote big share Of their
millions to the work of preventing the
passage of a bill giving Arizona either
single statehood or joint statehood with
New Mexico.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

an important part in the fighting. They
will divide honors with the older lead
ers, who, because OF their long tenure
in high places, are sometimes disre-
spectfully called the "dowagers" of
the House. In this class are such
men as Grosvenor, Payne, Bingham,
Dalzell. Hit and several others. They
will be leading spirits in the present
House, but not so much the whole
show as in several previous sessions.
"Col. Pete" Hepburn.
Most prominent of the men whom
Speaker Cannon brings forward Is w.
P. Hepburn, of Iowa. usually called
"Col. Pete" He has had an interest
ing career, for he is not a young man
nor even a new man in Congress, be-
ing new only IN commanding infu-
ence. On two subjects Hepburn is
the strongest anti in the House. He
Is against civil service and against
river and harbor appropriations. Per
haps his views on the former are
based on observation made during his
service as solicitor Of the treasury, in
the Harrison administration. His con-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
BRooMsTICK HOLDS PRISONERS.

Wife Of Missouri Sheriff Prevents
Attempted Jail Delivery.
But for the heroism of Mrs. N. Graves,
wife Of the sheriff, assisted by a broom
livery in Macon, Mo. John Flake, a
"yeggman," sentenced to three years.
took advantage Of the liberty allowed be-
cause Of the holidays and pried open the
main door Of the Jail, only chain being
left to hold it. He squeezed through the
opening. The other prisoners attempted
to follow, when Mrs. Graves seized an
old broomstick and beat them back.
Flake got away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

As the season draws to
a close holiday buying
gains force, and early
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

David L. Fultz, center fielder of the
New York American League ball team,
is a consistent Christian, and recently
led a sunday afternoon meeting in the
Harvard branch OF the New York Y.
NJ. 9. A
The Rev. DIR. ]. s. B. Hodges, for
thirty-five years rector of Old St. Peters
Protestant Episcopal church, the most
fashionable church of Baltimore, has re-
signed. DR.. Hodges was born In Bris-
tol. England, the SEQ Of Edward Hodges,
a church organist, who came to Amer
lea and was for years organist at Trim
ity church, New York
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

James Parker, young Omaha Indian,
Is under arrest in Pender, Neb., charged
with killing Bryan Preston. another
Omaha Indian, son of White Weasel, a
well-known Omaha redskin. Preston has
not been seen for several days, al ef-
forts to End him proving futile. One
theory Is that the two Indians got into
a drunken quarrel and that Parker dis
posed of Preston by killing him and put
ting the body under the Ice.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
New York.

gains force, and early
predictions of unprecedented busi-
ness are being fully realized. Re-
tail trade In heavy winter goods still
drags, owing to unseasonably mild
weather. Recorder business in jobbing
lines adapted to holiday needs is more
than ordinarily active for q usually
quiet StOck-taking period, and some
lines, especially dry goods, are really
active, despite the approach Of the
turn Of the year. Spring business re-
ports continue excellent and far in ex-
cess Of previous years, though holiday
influences tend to somewhat restrict
immediate new engagements.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Dec. q
number 235, against 226 last week, 249
in the like week of 1904, 243 in 1908,
166 in 1902 and 210 In 1901.
Failures in Canada number 80, as
against 80 last week and 81 In this
week a year ago.-Bradstreets Com
mercial Report.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
Engines Welded Together.

David Hall Of Dayton, was crushed to
death and $1,000 worth of property destroy
ed in the collision of two extra freight
trains on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Cincinnati. Ohio. Mistaken signals caus-
ell the wreck. Fire added to the confusion
and the engines were welded together by
the impact
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
killed Chewins Dynamite.

Little Elsie Diggins, aged 6, was lit
orally blown to atoms in Newcastle, Pa,
when a piece of dynamite which she had
picked up and was chewing exploded.
The girls head was completely severed
from the shoulders and parts of the
skull, none larger than dime, were af
terward picked up several yards away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
Heir to : MiIlion In Mi..in~.

James A. Pratt, 40 years old, of
Flushing, L. l., heir to an estate valued
at more than s1,O00,O00 and who dis
appeared from his home on Easter day
leaving q wife and FIVE children, IL be-
lieved to be in northern Minnesota.
Since the death Of the father, the efforts
to find the son have been more active.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
NAY CLEAR CALEB POWERS.

Wounded Man Declares He Knows
Who Shot Kentucky Governor.
Charles e. Ehler. on a cot in the coun-
ty hospital in Bakersfield. Cal, suffering
from wound presumably self-inHicted,
has admitted to Supt. Buckrens that he
has information as to the killing Of Gov.
William Goebel of Kentucky which, he
alleges, would clear Caleb Powers, for
mer Secretary of State of Kentucky,
now under sentence of death for COM
plicity in the murder of Goebel. Ehlef
says IL the ex-Secretary's execution were
imminent he would give the testimony,
but for the present would not declare
himself fully, because it would impli-
cate Others"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

Orders to cease operations on Saturday,
Dec. 80, were received at several of the
straw board mills of the gas belt, which are
controlled by the United BOx-Board and
Paper Company. Among the plants af-
fected by the order are those located in
Yorktown, Eaton, Anderson and Kokomo,
Ind, and Tiffin, Ohio. When the mills
will resume operations is not known.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
Marvin Kuhns Liberated.

Governor Herrick issued pardon for
Marvin Kuhns, the well known Noble
county, Indiana, desperate, who was ar
rested in 1890 near Churubusco on an Ohio
warrant, after a desperate fight with the
officers The crime for which nc was serv-
Ing out life sentence in the Ohio peniten-
tiary, was the murder of William Campau,
. horse trader. at FostOria, Ohio, on the
night of the 18th of November, 1890.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
Ett.,. WIG Wand. Dixorcc

Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, who was
generally supposed to be In Europe
studying vocal music, has become a resi-
dent of Sioux Falls, s. d. 1t is said
that she has engaged the services of
local attorney and that when she has
established a residence she will start di-
vorce proceedings.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

Fire practically ruined the interior and
contents of the Exchange hotel, one of the
leading hostelries of Uniontown, Pa.
Guests numbering 80 were forced to flee
to the streets in their night clothes. There
was much suffering on account of the Sc
verify of the weather.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

In a fire early Tuesday morning all
but two small buildings in the block
bounded by Second. Third, Louisiana and
Center streets, Little Rock, Ark, were
destroyed. The heaviest loser Is Fred
Roesch, whose four-story carriage repos-
itory was burned, causing loss Of about
$4,000. The entire loss is estimated at
100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

Creditors Of the late G. ]. Devlia and
his various companies met In Topeka
Kan. and took his estate out Of the
hands of the receivers They elected
a trustees ]. E. Hurley, Cyrus Leland
and Walter Reeves, unGer whose man
agement the Devlin concerns were max.
ing money.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04

Santo Domingo is swept by revolu-
ton, the president has been forced to
fee from his capital and heavy fighting
Is imminent. Officials Of the United
States, when the news reached Wash-
iugton, displayed disposition to stand
aloof.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
New York Traction Consolidation.

August Belmont, backed by the Roths-
child millions, and Thomas f. Ryan
have carried out their plan for the mer-
ger of all the traction lines of New York
City and have placed future develop
ment In pawn in spite Of the indignant
protest of helpless citizens.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-04
RUSS CORE FLOWS
Terrific Battles Are Fought in
Moscow.
CIVIL WAR is FEARED
Revolutionists Moved Down by
Drunken Cossacks.

Combat Between "Redo Army and
Cars Forces RACES for Three
Days-Rebel Troops are Gather
Ing and Leaders Assert Army
Will Soon March ON Soldiers and
tEnd Observation-Disclosures I'm
Other Parts of Empire.