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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
MENACES THE COTTON
BOIL WEEVIL EXPECTED TO BE
NUMEROUS THIS YEAR.
Destructive Activity of Insect Is ENs
rected by National Crop Expert
Girl Slayer Sent to Asylum fOI
Criminal Insane.

The cotton boil weevil VIII be unusual
~ numerous and destructive this year, ac-
cording to a report by DIR. W. ID. Hunter.
in charge of the boil weevil investigation
for the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. He says: THE conditions
throughout the past winter have been un-
usually favorable for the Information of
the boil weevil. The two critical condi-
tons for successful Information, tenpera-
ture and dryness. have been as favorable
as they will probably ever be. The mild
winter and spring is having the effect of
causing an unusually early emergence.
The conditions indicate clearly that wee
wills will be unusually abundant in the
cotton fields, and that great damage is to
be expected. Some conditions that may
occur will have the effect of counteracting
the natural result from the present con-
ditions. For instance, dry weather dur
ing June and July after the cotton plants
are well started viii, serve TO check the
insect
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
PANORAMA OF THE WORLD
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND Is TO BE.
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Complete.


Lying but few feet apart, the dead
bodies of Miss BERTHE Balkum, daugh-
ter of former District Clerk Balkum,
of San Jacinto county, and Ed Pat
ricks, of COldwater, Tex, were found
In the woods near Livingston, Texas.
There was a bullet hole through Miss
Balkums left breast and one through
the temple. Patrick's body was lying
a few feet from Miss Balkum's with
bullet wound through his head and pis-
tol by his side The young woman left
Cold Springs in the mail coach for
Sheperd. and when about five miles
from town was overtaken by Patrick
on horseback. 1t is alleged Patrick
forced her to get out of the hack and
go with him into the woods where the
bodies were found
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
WIVES WON as PREMIUMS.
Farmer in Dakota Gives Daughters
to His Hands

to His Hands"
Daniel Kindred. prosperous South
skota farmer. who advertised that farm
hands doing satisfactory work for him
would in addition TO god pay have a
chance to win the hand of any one of his
four daughters, is renewing the promise
with the number reduced to two. His
other two daughters having made their
choice from among hands who answered
tie first advertisement, will be married
soon. The first man to win one of Kin
dred's daughters came from the East,
where he graduated from an agricultural
college. Before he was at work three
months on the Kindred farm he had in
stalled an irrigation ditch. stone inclos-
ed fish pond we'll stocked with pickerel
and bass. Then he piped the water from
an artesian well into the house, where he
installed a porcelain bathtub. Kindred.
who was pleased with his new man. read
lily furnished money for the innovation.
When Kindred spoke to him about his Sc
lecting one of his daughters. he was
promptly informed by his employee thst he
had made his choice and had won the af
lection of Miss Daisy Kindred, the young
est of the four. The father gave his cor
sent and the marriage will soon take
place. Early in January another man
was hired on the Kindred farm. He was
not college graduate, but he showed me-
chanical ability in addition to his farming
knowledge. He installed a small motor
and generator at the artesian well and
illumined the dining room by electricity.
Mr.. Kindred, satisfied with that part of
the work, provided funds for larger mo-
tor, and now the whole farmhouse has
electric lights. This man won the heart
of another pretty Kindred girl. The Kin
dred farm is on the Missouri river, forty
miles from Pierre, S. D.. and is one OF
the best farms in this country. Mr.. Kin
dred also owns a large cattle ranch.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04

Nearly one million kilograms are
sent over the worlds wires daily.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
Present Conflict Was Precipftated
by a Trihing Incident.

The present war in Central America
vas precipitated by trifiing incident.
4 Nicaraguan agitator who fed into
honduras was followed by Nicaraguan
soldiers, who failed to capture him, but
vent away with his mule. After hasty
diplomatic notes had been exchanged
var was declared and real war began.
Better organized. better armed and
better trained than ever, the forces of
Nicaragua on the one side and Hon
luras and Salvador on tie other,
dashed. The recent battle of Potillos
10 Namasique saw 100 killed on the
side of Honduras and Salvador alone.
This is three times as many as the
American fatalities in battle i'm the war
between Spain and the United States.
There were 5000 Salvadoreans and
Suatemalans in the fight, so the loss
VAS 20 per cent.
have invaded IIonduran soil and cap
tured town after town. is President
Lelaya of Nicaragua. War found him
loudly ready for the conflict. His sue
cesses on the coast have been followed
Ipby the United States navy. which has
landed small forces of marines at La
cciba and Trujillo. towns captured by
Nicaragua, and at Puerto Cortez,
threatened by Zelaya, to protect neu-
trail property. Costa Rica may become
involved, an old feud against Nicaragua
making it potentially an ally of Saliva
dor and Guatemala.
The armies of Central America are
made up of Indian stock mixed with
Spanish blood. The secondary weapon
consists of the ever truly machette.
Large bodies of the troops are armed
only with these long heavy knives.
The deadly .nachete is responsible for
most of the carnage. Even when pro-
vided with guns the Central Ameri-
rams are VIGOROUSLY bad shots.
Honduras has been helped in this
war by Salvador. with whom she had
an offensive and defensive alliance.
and she has had to contend with re-
bellious outbreak Of her own people.
This was the case in Nicaragua. the
latent revolutionists i'm each country
seemingly taking advantage of the diff
critics OF the government to further
their own cause. Only three Central
American states have become involved.
Costa Rica and Guatemala remaining
neutral.
The government of the United States
sent gunboats TO both the Pacific and
Atlantic coasts and marines were land
ed at two or three ports on the north
ern coast of Honduras for the protec-
ton of American interests These ports
were in the possession OF enemies of
the Honduran government at the time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
Deaf-Mutes Good workers.

A business man who conducts large
bottling establishment in the lower east
side district of New York City has dis
covered that deaf-mutes make the most
reliable help that he can obtain. He
commenced about seven years ago by en-
ploying deaf-mute boy. who filled his
place so satisfactorily that others were
employed from time to time, until now
there are dozen or more of these af-
flicted persons drawing good wages at
this establishment. The employer says
he finds them faithful. and when they
have fully grasped the idea of the task
to be accomplished. rather more intelli-
gent than the normal workman. More
over, they ale very little given to dissi-
M fion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
INDIAN GIRL SLAYER TO ASYLUM.
Jennie Burch, Eaby I'oisoner, Is De-
clared Insane by Jury.

Jennie Burch goes to Mattewan insane
asylum. The jury. which had been try
ing the 15-year-old girl at Carmel. y. Y.
for the poisoning of Baby Wilbur Win
ship. returned verdict of mot guilty, by
reason of insanity" and Justice Miller at
once ordered her committed to the asylum
for the criminal insane. The verdict
came to the girl as she sat alone in the
court room and she wept bitterly. But
after she had dried her tears Mrs. Her
bert Winship. the mother of the baby to
whom Jennie gave the poisoned peach.
went to her 20 say good-by. In spite of
her grief over her baby's death Mrs. Win
ship could not forget the girl she had
reared and tried TO cheer her. She clasped
the girl in her arms and kissed her and
told her that she freely forgave her. Her
bert Winship. the father of the poisoned
baby. also told Jennie that he had for
given her and promised that Roscoe. the
older child, should visit her at Mattea-
wan
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
AGAINST Pasteurinzing MIX.

Prof Behring, the famous Berlin spe-
cialist on pulmonary diseases. is quoted
as opposing the Pasteur system of puri-
flying milk. He condemns also the ster-
ilization of milk and the boiling of water
to render them inocuous. He SAYS that
boiled milk is unsuitable food for in
fants, and that the boiling Of water kills
the elements intended by nature for the
making of bone and sinew. True protec-
ton for those who use the milk of cows,
in his opinion, is the production of
healthy COWS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
PROFIT IN NEW LAWS.


Roads Win Millions by AbOSisking
Deadheads and Freight Rebates.
How much have the railroads saved In
revenue by abolishing deadheadsf No
body knows exactly. not even the rail
roads, All the same, it is certaia that
the passenger revenues have been Won
passes. On the southwestern lines. for
instance. il was admitted by Mr.. Stubs
that 10000 passengers formerly rode free
every year as land agents."
An official of the Pennsylvania road adj
mits that 10000 trip passes were former
ly issued at Philadelphia every year. COW
ering merely the eastern division OF that
system. The deadheads on other lines
have included thousands of politicians,
most of whom travel as much as former
ly, but are now paying fare.
The latest official figures secured By the
interstate commerce commission show the
passenger revenues of all the roads in the
United States as S472,694. 1872. One of
the most important scalpers of the coun-
try once told the interstate commerce
commission that the deadhead and half
fare business of the railroads. If done on
paying basis. would add % per cent
10 the passenger revenues. This is prob
ably an excessive estimate. On the other
hand. Charles Francis Adams. when
president of the Union Pacific road. said
that he could add 10 per cent to the pas
senger revenues if he could do away with
passes.
Taking the latter estimate as basis
for calculation, the abolishing of dead
heads should add S4.726.941 to the pas
senger revenues of American roads. IL
the scalper's estimate was nearer the
truth, the revenues may easily have been
increased by SS,000,000 to S10,000,0OO.
By far the greater increase in railroad
revenues. however. during the current
year will be from freight. which are DO
longer affected by rebates Tie gain is
somewhere between S25,O00O00 and $50,-
D(lo 900
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04

improperly nourished. At the same time
he asked the board TO supply eyeglasses,
free of cost, to children Of needy parents,
who may be suffering from imperfect Wis
ion. The commissioner of health had
found 1928 children with defective eyes
in the schools last year.
Through the energetic efforts of Nine.
Brisson, university for women has been
opened at Paris in which a course in
housekeeping is to hold the place of honor
in the curriculum. There will be other
courses in dressmaking, millinery. short
hand, hygiene, morality, history and lit
erature. The idea is TO attend TO the
practical matters of life first, but not TO
neglect the ornamental.
Although President Eliot of Harvard
refused to make any reply to the speech
of President Roosevelt in defense of foot
ball and other rough sports, he has given
out statement saying that no one had
proposed to stop intercollegiate athletics
at Harvard. Last year they said they
would stop it or change it. Football had
been changed and it would be played next
fall. President Eliot thought his position
on this subject was not essentially diff
ferent from that of President Roosevelt
Taking direct issue with President
Roosevelt in his recent "molly-coddle'
address at Harvard in defense of all
rough college sports. the annual report
of Harvard's head. DIR. Charles w. Eliot
takes the radical stand that football is no
game for gentlemen to play or for gentle
men to watch; that is. an undesirable
one. President Eliot admits that under
great pressure Of public opinion last year
the game was much improved. but says
the Harvard players suffered about the
Same kind of injuries as before. He in
sists that no game is fit for college uses
lin which reckessness in causing or suf-
fering serious bodily injuries promotes
efficiency, and so is taught and held up
for admiration" He finds the same sort
of recklessness in hockey and basket ball,
and thinks that intercollegiate contests
should be limited to two year in each
sport. He believes it high time that the
teaching profession unite ito protest
against the present exaggeration of ath-
letic sports during the whole period of
education" He deplores the waste Of
money and says that pumped cheering
during good and BAD play has no coun-
terpart in the contests Of real life" and
is weak. hysterical and Ineffective" on
the part of the spectators.
At recent conference the educational
authorities of North Dakota adopted a
plan to avoid the overlapping of work in
the different State schools and colleges.
The Wahpeton school of science is to
have three-year science course, ard the
Bottineau school of forestry is to be-
come an agricultural high school, limited
to forestry and horticulture. All the in
stitutions are to have commercial
cource, and the State university is to de-
velop a college of commerce, while the
normal schools will limit their work to
two years above the high school course.
Nearly one million kilograms are
couf ovor tho xx,orl6,c xyirac daily
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
Sweetheart SLAYER Gray.

The trial of Frank Brink for the muir
der of his sweetheart, Bessie Newton,
came to a sudden and unexpected termna-
ton in POnca, Neb. Five physicians
from Ponca and Sioux City. Iowa, made
an examination as to the mental condition
of Brink and unanimously agreed that he
was suffering from melancholic insanity
and at the time of the tragedy was I'M
able to distinguish between right and
wrong
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04

James Young, who with NJ. NJ. Towle
founded Hammond, Ind. thirty years ago,
is dead at San Diego, Cal.
Fire destroyed half hundred tenant
houses in Spartan Mills. q cotton mill
district of Spartanburg. s. c.
brutal murder was discovered at 463
b street. North Oakland, Cal. The body
of Mrs Martha Soderberg. Ga years OF
age. was found hidden in closet of her
home. Erland IL. Soderberg, her son,
stevedore. has been arrested on SUSPICION
of being the murderer
Ten smallpox cases Of mild form were
discovered in Lawrence. Mass The board
of health has ordered general yaccina-
ton.
The town of Lincoln, N. j., has offered
Upton Sinclair a big house and fertile
land for the burned-out colony of He'll
conites.
1t is understood that Dartmouth col
lese will soon have a new gymnasium as
result of 100000 bequeathed by Thomas
p. Salter of New York.
William John Merrall, vice president
and director of the Acker, Merrall & Con-
dit Company died at his home in New
York City. He was 76 years old.
The largest balloon in America is nov
being built for the Philadelphia Aero
Club, of which A. n. Chandler is presi-
dent. The basket will be capable of hold
Ing nine persons.
j. Pierpont Morgan has announced his
intention of demoIishing the old Dodge
mansion near New York. for which he
recently paid 100000 in order to make
his art museum absolutely safe from FIRE.
The only complaint Simon Dresher had
10 make when he landed at the bottom of
an elevator shaft in the building at IA
West Tenth street. New York. after hav-
ing fallen from the tenth floor, was that
he had caught cold coming down. He e.
capped with slight internal injuries.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04

While Lloyd C. Griscom, the Ameri-
can ambassador at Rome, Italy, and
Mrs. Griscom were returning from the
Easter services at the American
church, they saw smoke rising from
the roof of their home. the Palazzo
Del Drago. Mr.. Griscom hurriedly en-
tered the building and found the SER
wants were unaware that the place was
on fire. After working two hours the
fire.nen succeeded in checking the
blaze. The loss is estimated at $4,000
and is covered by insurance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04

Baltimore & Ohio passenger train
No. II, bound for Wheeling. collided
head-on with freight train at Prit-
chard's Mills, seven miles west of
Fairmont, w. Va Over 100 passen-
gers were severely shaken up and
bruised and brakeman on the freight
train was seriously injured. Both loco
motives were demolished and the
trains badly damaged. A misunder-
standing of orders, it is said, caused
the accident
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04

Albert Phillips, 81 years old, operator
of moving picture machine in the Ar
cana Theater at Lockport, N. Y, was
burned to death. Phillips was in the
box of the machine when it burst into
flames. In the panic which ensued
among the spectators, Phillips was for
gotten His body, burned TO crisp,
was found inside the box No one in
the crowd was injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
Agricultural Department bulletin No.

Agricultural Department bulletin No.
277, referring to recent extensive expert
ments as to the economy and practical
bility of using denatured alcohol in gasO-
line engines, many of which are already
in use by farmers, says that the fact has
been established that it is quite possible
to use alcohol in any engine designed for
the use of gasoline, although the use may
be uneconomical unless certain changes
are made in the vaporizing device. and in
the compression pressure. Whether the
fuel is gasoline or alcohol, it is found
that economy is largely matter of adj
justment, and the running cost may be
much decreased.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
Poetry Scorned. Gets Divorce

Ida Eckert Lawrence, commonly known
as the poet laureate of Ohio, and COM
poser of the ode to the battleship Ohio,
was granted divorce from Fred Law
renee b. Judge Brough in Common Pleas
Court in Toledo. Her plea was that her
artistic soul revolted at the barbaric atti-
tude CT her husband toward her poetry.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
FREE sPEcTACLEs FOR PUPILS.
Committee Recommends that New
York Buy Them for $4,000.

The matter of furnishing eyeglasses for
the pupils of the New York public schools
came up again at the latest meeting of
the board of education. when the element
airy schools committee reported in favor
of the proposition. The report stated
that $4,000 children in the schools were
found to be suffering from physical de-
fects which prevented them from reaping
the full advantage of the schools. An
initial appropriation of about $4,000 for
the purpose was recommended. The
question will be decided at the next meet
ing
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
students Iniured in Wrecl.

Fifteen students of the Blee's Military
Academy at Macon. No., were slightly
injured in a wreck of Wabash passen-
ger train near Pendleton. Mo-. caused by
spreading rails. The passenger list con-
sisted mainly of about one hundred stu
dents en- route to st. Louis. All we're
able to continue their journey.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
Robbers Loot a Bank.

Safe blowers robbed the Farmers and
Merchants National bank of Hanover,
Mich, early Friday and stole $4,000. Two
women living over the bank heard the
explosion and gavS the alarm, but by the
time the villagers responded and organ
lied posse the robbers had escaped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04

Safebiowers robbed the Farmers and
Merchants National Bank, of Han
over, Mich, getting away with $4,000.
Two women heard the explosion and
gave the alarm, but by the time the
villagers had organized posse, the
robbers had escaped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04

and ths government OF Honduras ap-
proved the action taken by the United
States
The capture of the capital of Hon.
duras by the Nicaraguans, coupled
with tae recent defeat of the forces of
HONDURAS and Salvador at Choluteca
and tle flight of President Bonilla of
Hordnrss. 1t is thought, practically
putS an end 20 the war.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
Explosion Kills Engineer.

A locomotive attached to an ore train
on the Pittsburg, Youngstown and Ash
tabula road, branch of the Lake Shore
line. exploded at Lockwood, Ohio. The
engineer, ii. r. Watson of Mahoning-
town. Pa, cannot be found, and it is sup
posed that he was blown to pieces
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
New York Bank Closed.

The Corbin Banking Company of New
York has assigned to George c. Austin
for the benefit of creditors. The two
members of the company are George s.
Edgell and Austin Corbin. Mr.. Edgell
is president and Mr.. Corbin vice presi-
dent of the Manhattan Beach Hotel and
Land Company.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
woreottvilre Badly scorched.

Fire of unknown origin ragged with
fearful intensity fJr several hours in
the heart of the business district OF
Wolcottville, Ind, wiping out half a
dozen buildings, causing loss esti-
mated at from $4,000 to $4,000 and
for time threatening the destruction
of the entire town
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
Fight Big Fire in Mine.

For twenty-four hours in Deadwood.
S. d.. the Homestake Mining Company
fought big fire near the J00foot level
and 200 men were carried out uncon-
scious. overcome by the deadly gns and
smoke. The fire started from blast and
was discovered first when the night shift
went on.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
GAS WELL FIRE Is FIERCE.
Crevices Torn in Earth by Captive
Fumes and These Are in Flames

Crevices Torn in Earth by Captive
Fumes, and These Are in Flames
The as well two miles east of Sapulpa.
l. T., that caught fire Saturday is still
burning fercely. After fourteen days of
work the well was capped. But the great
volume of gas found another way out
through the crevices, and for half a mile
Ii spread open the earth. At one place
hole three feet wide and twenty feet long
was torn. Then the escaping gas caught
fire and has been burning ever sinve. At
one place a sheet of flame twenty feet
long and fifteen feet high is blazing.
Tons of rock and shale were thrown from
the cracks and the constant tremble of
the earth is frightening the farmers and
oil operators in the vicisity of the well.
Great pools Of oil on the creek and in
the ravines also are on fire, and there are
no signs of abatement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04

Herbert ID. Peirce, United States min
lister to Norway, returned to Boston and
issued an explanation of the charge that
he'd been made against him that he sought
q zee for legal services before The Hague
tribunal in a suit for damages brought
Is the owners of American sealing YES
,cls against the Russian government.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04
Price of Gasoline Raised.

The Standard Oil Company has adj
vanced the price of all grades of gasoline,
naphtha and refined oil in barrels "A cent
a gallon, {. o. b. at Cleveland 1t is
stated by Standard officials that the ad-
vance is made necessary by the constantly
increasing cost of cooperage and of the
material used in manufacturing barrels.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-04

Albert Nichols, teamster employed
by the st. Louis Transfer Company, was
shot and killed by Edward Court, who
made statement to the effect that Mich
OILS had slapped Mrs. Court and when he
took Nichols to task for the act Nichols
drew knife.