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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
All Around the Globe.

The japanese budget for the next fiscal
year, which the government expects to
present soon, provides an expenditure OF
GIL 100000 yen (about $3O5,OO0,O00).
The control of the New Orleans Item,
an afternoon daily for the past thirty
years, has passed to the hands of j. y.
Thompson, former publisher of the Nor
fox (Va.) Dispatch.
The sentence of w. G.. Anderson. the
c,n5ezzling teller of the First National
bank of Kansas City, was reduced by
Judge Wofford from four years to two
years and nine months.
The Lackawanna railroad has decided
upon Scranton, Pa, as the location for
its $2,OOO,OO0 locomotive shops Elmira,
Binghamton and several other cities were
anxious to secure the shop.
Two japanese, deserters from a steam
ship, were arrested at Portland, Ore, on
suspicion of having murdered Dr. Philip
Edwards Johnson. the New York ply
stefan who was found dead on the street.
Thomas Stockton of Outcrop. Pa. was
arrested at Morgantown, Va, by Balti-
more and Ohio detectives on the charge
of removing danger signal lights from a
high trestle at Outcrop. one night last
August fifteen minutes before the Pitts
surg and Western flyer was due.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
BIG LOSS AT RICHMOND.
Damage Through Fires Is Estimated
at Nearly 100000.

Fire in the Williams building in Rich
snond. Va, which destroyed the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues armory and equip
ment, the Southern and Adams Express
Offices and branch of the Surburg To-
bacco Company, causing a loss of about
100000, was followed by two other fires,
one in the large lumber plant of White
hurst 4 Owen and the other in the build
ing occupied by the Il. K. Johnson Pub
fishing Company and the Southern Paper
Company. The Richmond Light Infantry
Blues, the second oldest military company
in the United States, with history OF
having served in three wars, loses its
uniforms, quantity of government stores
and valuable records. During the pro-
gress of the Williams building fire sew
eral other structures caught, and at one
time a terrific conflagration was threat
ened. The loss in all the fires except that
in the h. F. Johnson building is $780,
600. and the insurance is $117 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
POWER DAM FINISHED
a GREAT ENGINEERING WORK
NEAR HELENA, MONTANA.
Largest Thing of It's Kind i'm World
viii Furnish Pavyer To City-Min-
neSOta Cut in Freight Rates Is
Blocked by Court.

y Helena, Mont, dispatch said the
gates would be closed in the Hauser lake
dam Friday. It will be three weeks be-
fore the power is turned on. as it will
take this time for the lake to fill. The
water will back UP eighteen miles in the
river and through the Prickly Pear can
yon, six miles in the valley below Helena.
The dam is GAO feet long and 40 feet wide
and is made of steel throughout. 1t is
the largest of its kind in the world. Fiji
teen thousand horsepower will be gen
Grated and this, with the Canyon Ferry
plant, will make Helena the largest pro-
Queer of electricity of any place in the
country, with the exception of Niagara.
The power will run the Washoe reduction
works, the Anaconda railway, light the
city and operate man. of the Butte
mines.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
9aHYAERCLAL-
aENANCLN
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO.
Trade activity is seen to be ste1,Iy
progressive, money evince.s an easier
tone and the seasonable weather ar
fords the necessary stimulus to effect
clearance sales of winter stocks in
leading retail lines. The period is now
entered upon when merchants from the
interior begin to throng the wholesale
districts, and it is noted that visiting
buyers appear in encouraging numbers
and operate freely, the orders placed
making an excellent aggregate in lin
ems, cottons, notions, clothing. footwear
and household utensils.
Store stocks here and throughout the
West have undergone satisfactory re-
auctions, and this has made the out
look more promising for the future.
Manufacturing conditions maintain
their strong position. and agriculturists
being well situated financially and lo3k-
ing for another year of prosper6us
crops. there is much confidence among
distributors.
Production in the leading Industries
remains Of undated volume and out
puts are more than the railroads csn
promptly move Further notable ton
mage is booked for pig iron, and cspoc-
ity of the furnaces for the entire year
is now almost engaged. The car shops
and FORCES obtain additional heavT
specifications requiring completion It
the earliest possible time, rails are in
steady request and plates and other
structural shapes. wire. pipe and mef-
chant iron disappear readily among
consumers.
The absorption of forest products,
woodwork and leather continues upon q
scale indicating that activity is IN
usually extended at many of the facto-
ries. and the markets for raw materials
exhibit no change in firmness of prices
and general demand
Building permits this month incltNe
business structures to a larger exten6
than the same month last year. This.
feature causes further rush to secure
materials needed for construction dur
ing the coming spring and adds to the
feeling that cost may advance.
Primary markets for foodstuffs have
become more animated. and there is
better demand for wheat, corn and hog
products 1T higher prices The total
movement of grain at this port. 7.775,-
S04 bushels, compares with 6.945y333
bushels last week and 1866. 500 brsh-
els a year ago.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered "a, against % last week
and SO a year ago.-Dun's Review OF
Trade
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
CANAL BID is HELD UP.
Unless oliver Gets Partner United
States May Do the Work.

May OO the NOrks
The bid of Oliver & Bangs to complete
the construction of the Panama canal for
6.75 per cent of the cost has been rejected
so far as Arson NJ. Bangs of New York
is concerned. But if Mr.. Oliver can
enter into a satisfactory arrangement
with some other contractor. who is finan-
cially responsible. he will be given the
contract, it is said
Some of the Washington correspondents
seem to think that the government will
build the canal itself without subletting
any portion of the work to contractors.
While doubt was expressed as to the adj
visibility of pursuing the contract plan
any further, it was virtually decided to
advertise again for bids. although not in
the belief that any of them would prove
acceptable. The chief purpose in read
yertising is to afford Mr.. Oliver an OPP
portunity TO enlist new financial backing
and submit another bid.
w. j. Oliver of Tennessee, and the
wilderness, is the largest employer of
negro labor in the world. He has forty
contracts HOW on .and. which include tun-
neling Lookout mountain. damming the
tennessee river and thrusting railroads
through Louisiana cypress swamps. If
his bid is successful he will go down to
Panama with an army OF 5000 southern
negroes who have long been in his employ,
organized like an army. with trained
superintendent at the head Of each d.
vision.
1t was intimated that Mr. Oliver might
arrange to cooperate with Macarthur K
Gillespie. II is known that the financial
credentials submitted by Mr.. Oliver and
the Macarthur syndicate have been found
satisfactory, and the statement is made
that compromise proposal will be con-
sidered, provided Oliver succeeds in max
ing satisfactory arrangement with Nc
Arthur & Gillespie. The Oliver & Bangs
lid was Go per cent. while the Near
thur Gillespie bid was 1870 per cent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
1G4s ElA2IgTS

Chicago-Catfle. common to prime,
800 TO $40; hogs. prime heavy. 500
to $3.50; sheep. fair to choice. 500
TO 500: wheat. No. 2 74c to 75c: coEn.
No. 2. 39c to 40c: oan. standard, SC 70
3Sc; rye. No. ,. &C TO 6Sc; ka1. ti.e-
thy, $1,000 TO $3.50; prairie. 30 t.
$14.00: butter. choice creamery. &c 10
30c; eggs, fresh, pc to 2sc: pefatees.
&c to 40c.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping. 500
to $3.50: hogs. choice heavy. $40 -
$3.50: sheep, common TO prime. 80 -
$3.50: wheat. No. ,. 74c to 7:Sc: cora
No. 2 white. Ale to 43c; eets. Ne. 2
white, SIC to &c.
st. Louis-cattle. $3.50 to SCI
hogs. 500 to $500: sheep. $s-50
$6.75: wheat, No. ?. 7Sc to 79c: elvn>
No. 2, Ale to 42c: oats. No. 2. 30e 70
3Sc; rye, No. 2, Gle to Csc
Detroit-Cattle, 500 to Sa7J: hogs.
$500 to 500: sheep. $3.50 to $5.25;
wheat. No. ., 75c TO re; corn. No. 3
yellow, 44c to 46c: oats, No. 3 white,
soc to Ale; rye. No. .. CSC to Soc
Observation-Disclosures. No. northern.
7Sc TO Sic: corn, No. 3, 4Oc to &c:
oats. standard &c to 3Sc: rye, No. 1.
&c to Csc; barley. standard. 56c to Sc;
pork, mess S16.05.
BufTalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers,
$500 to s6.l5; hogs fair to choice. $500
to S7.10; sheep. common to good mixed.
500 to S5-25: lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to S7S5.
New York-Cattle. 500 to 500:
hogs. $500 to SIPS; sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. red, Soc to SIC:
ccrp, No. 2. SOC TO sic; oats, natural
white. 42c to 43c; butter, creamery, 25c
TO Gle: eggs. western. 24c to &c.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed. 76c TO
TSc: corn. 30. mixed. 44c to 45c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, &c to 39c: rye. No.
,, 66c to CSC; clover seed prime, $3.50
Cincinnati-Cattle. 500 to $h65;
hogs. S4.00 to $3.50: sheep. $500 to
$4.75: wheat. No. ?, TIC to Use; corn,
No. 2 mixed. 43c to 45c: oats. No. 2
mixed CSC to Soc; rye. No. ?. zoe to
Tic.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
FiIIpino Fraucbi,c FaiIs.

Tie report of the Filipino commission
for the last fiscal year says that peace
and order prevail except in Samar and
Leyte. Under limited franchise the ma
tives have elected governors in twenty
nine of the thirty-eight provinces. 1t APP
pears that these elections though orderly
in form, were attended with much ex-
element, and many had to be protested
and annulled because of fraud, intimida-
tion and bribery. Gov. Gen. Ide says
that if there has been error it has been
in the granting of a larger measure of
self-govcrnment than the natives were
rreparad for
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
KAISER A VICTOR.
Colonial Policy Of National Extern
sion Endorsed.

Colonial Policy OF National Extcn.
sion Endorsed.
Emperor Williams policy of colonial
extension and national growth won a
sweeping victory in the general election
of members of the new Reichstag at Ber-
lin. The radicals, the conservatives and
the national liberals who voted for the
governments measure when the Reichstag
was dissolved Dec. 13. 1906. materially
increased their representation at the ex-
pense of the socialists and the clericals.
The socialists will lose seventeen or
eighteen seats.
The result is a complete justification of
the colonial policy advocated by Chancel-
lor Won Bulow and Herr Dernburg. The
chancelors appeal to German patriotism
was answered by an avalanche of votes
which approves of the expenditure OF suf-
ficient sums Of money and of the use of
enough soldiers to maintain the nation s
position in world politics.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

The Ohio basin embraces of 201 100 square
miles, IL per cent of the great Mississippi Valley
The valley divided five divisions. which the
Ohio and its tributaries second only to the Missouri
basin and include watershed of $4,000 square miles
than that of the Mississippi itself above the Mis-
souri, River
Gulf of Mexico through the channels of the Ohio
drainage system 1t stretches far northeast New
York and far south as Georgia. Alabama and Mis-
sisspp.
At point the Ohio the Mississippi is what is
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
COWBOY KILLS SIX YAQUIS.
Bert Seeley Shoots Down His Assail-
ants in Oue-TWo-Three Order.

At Beatty camp, on the new Southern
Pacific line from Moctezuma to Quay
mas, eight miles from Moctezuma, So
nora, Mexico, Bert Seeley. a noted Ari-
zona cowboy, single-handed. shot and
killed six Yaqui laborers. Seeley, it is
said, acted in self-defense. He had words
with one of the gang of Indians, with
whom he was working ON the grade, and
they made for him with their shovels
and picks. Before they reached him
Seeley fired FIVE shots. He picked the
five foremost of the advancing Indians
in one, two, three order. stopping their
onslaught. Every shot he fired proved
fatal. Running down the grade, sixth
Indian tried to intercept him. and Seeley
also shot this one dead. Seeley escaped.
He bears an excellent reputation in Ari-
z0Qa
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
ANCIENT CITY DESTROYED.
Polotsk, Seat Of Medieval Prin-
cipality, Is Burned.


The central part of the City of Polotsk,
in the Province of Vitebsk, one of the
most ancient cities of the Russian en-
pire, has been destroyed by fire. The
damage is heavy. Polotsk is sixty miles
west-northwest of vitebsk on the River
Duena. 1t was the seat of medieval
principality which was swallowed up by
Lithuania and under the Polish kings
was a fourishing center of trade. 1t
contained many ecclesiastical structures
and an old kremlin. memorials of its
former importance. Polotsk was jew
ish center in the latter part of the eigh-
teenth century and suffered severely as
result of the French invasion in 1872.
The population of the city in 1897 was
more than 10000, about half of whom
were Jews.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
FINDS HER CHILDREN DENA.
Mother Discovers Little Ones Sue,o.
Gated in Bed by Smoke.

John Machak. 3 years old, and Mary
Machak, 8 years old, were suffocated in
an upper room of their home in Johns
town. Pa. Their mother put them to bed
and told them to remain there until che
returned from shopping trip. During
her brief absence small FIRE started in
the lower part of the house. 1t was
quickly extinguished, but both children
had been suffoeated by the smoke.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
FEATURES OF INTEREST
CONCERNING PEOPLE, PLACES
AND DOINGS OF THE WORLD.
Courts and Crimes, Accidents and
Fires, Labor and Capital, Grain,
Stock and Money Markets.
LITTLE TOTS WE'RE BRANDED
Because They Played With Dolls and
Annoyed Stepmother.

Annoye0
Two little tots, Nellie, aged 7 years,
and Jennie, years younger, told Mag
istrate House in the Harlem Police
Court at New York City how their
step-mother, Mrs. Kate Cravius, had
branded them with a red hot stove
litter when in play they had made too
much noise
Twice during the recital, the prison
er, a woman of intelligent and pleas
ing appearance, not more than 20 years
of age, tainted. When restored the
woman admitted that she had burned
the children but said at the time she
was possessed by an unaccountable
mania. The two girls, she said, had
been playing with their dolls until the
noise and confusion robbed her of her
reason and left resistless impulse to
punish the little ones. Selling the
stove lid litter, she pressed the glow
ing end upon the back of the right
hand of each child causing scars that
the little ones will carry to their
graves.
A peculiar feature of the case was
the apparent affection for the children
felt by the prisoner and that the at
tachment was reciprocated was re-
peatedly demonstrated in court When
Mrs Cravids lost consciousness the
children walled in unison.
The prisoner was paroled IN Gus
tody of her counsel pending further
hearing and the children given in care
of the Children's Society, which
brought the complaint.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Foreign Commerce Convention

The first national convention for the
extension of foreign commerce of the
United States was in session three days
at Washington. Every State in the
Union was represented. and the move
ment was started by the New York board
of trade and transportation. The tariff.
ship subsidy and other pertinent plans
were discussed, and addresses were made
by Secretary Root and the President.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Train Nearly Over Precipice.

A special train bearing Gov. Winthrop
and number of officials and citizens of
San Juan was derailed near Quebradilas.
Porto Rico, by broken truck and the
car on which the Governor and party
were travelling was stopped within six
inches of a precipice 1,400 feet high.
None of the passengers was injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

Two men are dead and another will
probably die as a result of shooting
ARRAY at labor union meeting in Sloats-
burg, ". Y. Vincenzo Scala, ST., was
killed instantly, Tomaso Cheche died of
his wounds the next day and Vincenzo
Scala, Jr., who was removed to a hos
pital, is not expected to recover.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
rhree Hanged for 50. sc Theft.

Three terrorists were hazged in a row
n the public gardens in Odessa, after
having been condemned to death by
drumhead court-martial for the armed
DDbery of shop. The men executed
Aly obtained $3.50 from the store which
shey robbed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Stevens win Succeed shonts.

Announcement was made at the War
Department in Washington that the of
fees of chairman and chief engineer of
the isthmian canal commission would be
combined, and that Mr.. Stevens, the pres
ent chief engineer, would be given the
appointment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

The most disastrous fire which has
occurred at Dover, n. H., cost the
lives of four and probably five young
mill operatives and property loss of
half a million dollars. The fire de-
stroyed mill No. / of the Cocheco
Manufacturing Company. The bodies
of four boys, charred beyond hopes Of
Identification, were found in the smok-
ing ruins and as five boys are known
to be missing it is believed that an
other body will be discovered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
asMusica. Heart" Fatal.

Alvin Shaw, 81 years old, died in the
city hospital at Newark, y. j., of dis
ease known az mitral stenosis, or ''mu-.
steal heart" Shaw was an iron worker
In explaining his peculiar illness to
friends he said his heart twanged Ike a
banjo. He had been under medical treat
ment for months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
TOBACCO STOCK BURNED UP.
Revival in Jersey Town Causes
Smokers to Quit the Weed.

SmoKerS 10 IIu1l the weed.
The entire male population of the vii
lage of Port Republic, n. j., has ''sworn
off, from the use of tobacco in any form
as the result of a religious revival which
has been in progress there for several
weeks. One of those converted is Miss
Amanda Blake, who was proprietor of the
only store in the village where tobacco
was sold. She made bonfire of all the
smokeables she had in stock. One of the
first to swear off was John johnson, who
is 40 years old, who had used tobacco
from boyhood, and he is sick as a result
Of the unusual abstinence
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Held bv Grand Jury.

The grand jury of Porter county, Ind,
which has been investigating the Balti-
more and Ohio wreck at Woodville, re-
turned four indictments against employees
of the road. The names of the indicted
men will not be made public until arrests
are made
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
$4,000 Fire in Ohio Town.

The McKittrick block and the C. w.
Jewel hardware store were destroyed by
fire of unknown origin in Utica. Ohio. The
loss is $4,000. The Newark fire depart
ment sent apparatus and stopped the pro-
gress of the flames.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

The fight of Independent producers
against the Standard Oil Company re-
suited in the introduction of bill in
the Kansas Legislature authorizing the
State, upon the application of ten indie
pendent producers, to appropriate the use
of any pipe line and require the owner to
transport oil at rates to be fixed by the
State.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

The department store of B. G. Car.
penter & Co., situated in the heart of
the business section of Wilkesbarre.
Pa, was practically destroyed by fire.
Several adjoining stores were consid-
erably damaged. The loss is estimated
at 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Weaver in Terror of Bomb.

A crank called ON Mayor Weaver of
Philadelphia at his home and for an hour
and half tried to induce him to finance
a road to heaven. The Mayor feared the
man had bomb and was afraid to move.
Finally he got to the telephone and called
up the police. The officers found no
bombs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
HAND SETTING Is DOOMED.
Public Printer Says Machine Com
position Is Ending Old Method.

Public Printer Stillings has issued a
general order in which he says the days
of hand composition are coming to close.
The order was issued to call attention to
the government printing Offices night
school of instruction on typesetting ma
chimes The school held its first session
the other night. instruction will be free.
but no pay is given Tor the work done.
In the event of reduction in the force of
printers, the public printer says, those
who can operate machines will be given
the preference.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Inventory of Field ESTATE.

The executors of the will of Marshall
Field filed an inventory in the Probate
Court in Chicago showing the personal
property, on a par value basis, to be
worth about $43.OO0,OOO and the estimat-
ed value of the real estate to be about
S25.OOO.00O.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

The commerce commissioners have re-
ceived word of serious suffering in the
rural districts of the Northwest, notwith-
standing that the railroads have been do
ing their utmost to get coal cars 20 the
afflicted points. The farmers are Sid to
be chopping telegraph poles in some
places and destroying outbuildings IN
their necessity for fuel.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Twelve KfIIed I'm Mine ExpIo.ion.

Five Americans and seven Italians
are known to be dead as the result of
an explosion of firedamp in the Penn.
sylvania Companys mine at Lorentz,
w. Va Immediately following the ex-
plosion the mine caved in and mar
rowly caused the entonibment of all
the miners, estimated at 100
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Mine Workers Adjourn.

The annual convention of the United
Mine Workers of America closed Tues
day to meet next year in Indianapolis
The tellers' report on the election Of in
ternational officers showed all old officers
to have been reelected. President Mitch
ell received 1000 votes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

CARNATIONS that the eight-hoar law was
being violated at navy yards. the Secre-
tary of the Navy has ordered the CON-
mandants of the Boston: New York and
Norfolk yards to suspend all extra work
on warships being constructed or over
hauled to join the Atlantic ilcet at Guam
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
sa.e Foreigner. Killed by ExpIo.Io

Nine men, all foreigners, were
blown to pieces by dynamite explo-
sion on the Tidewater railroad near
Pearlsburg, Va The laborers were at
dinner and a quantity of the explosive,
which was being thawed in front of
a fire, blew up.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31

to Admiral Davis to
the colonial secre-
tary. by whom it
w rs transmitted
through the foreign
secretary to the
State Department at
Washington. an d
that Gov. Swetten-
ham had also placed
his resignation in
the hands of the CO.
lonial secretary.
1t has been freely
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Emma Eames Severely Hurt.

Mime. Emma Eames, the prima donna.
dislocated a cartilage of her right knee
cap just before she was to appear in
stage performance in New York. She will
probably be prevented from going before
the public again for some tbne.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-01-31
Guilty of Defrauding Government

William I. Martin, Jr.. formerly an
employee of the Dawes commission, was
convicted in Muskogee, Ind. T., of unlaw-
fully removing from the government Office
there the Greek Indian rolls, which later
were copied and sold to real estate men.
Sentence was deferred.