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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Three transatlantic liners which
locked at New York within twenty-four
hours added 300 immigrants to the
great influx of aliens.
King Carlos of Portugal viii visit Ar
gentina after his trip to Brazil early
next year, according to cable dispatch
from Lisbon.
The colored organization. Elks OF the
World, of Louisville, KY, has filed q
suit to require Secretary of State Nc
Chesney to file their charter in the State
Department.
Dean Henry p. Wright of the academic
department of, Yale college has announced
his resignation. He is 30 years old and
will accept Carnegie fuad pension.
Richard Mcbride. premier of British
Columbia. is the youngest prime minister
in the British Empire, being only So
and he achieved the premiership four
years ago.
Some Cleveland Democrats have start
ed an Olney boom in various parts of
the country. They admired Richard
Olney as President Cieveand's Secretary
of State, and they now recall that Mr..
0lney did not bolt Bryan either in 1896
or 1900.
With the report at Washington that the
appointment of an internal revenue col.
lector at Toledo was to be placed at the
disposal of Taft and Burton, this was
regarded as due notice that Senator's For
aker and Dick might expect no further
recognition from the administration
Secretary Taft, upon his return from the
West Indies, refused to have anything to
say about this or any other political sub.
ject.
Books that mock at religion are clas'
sified as a menace to Christianity oy Mgr.
Bruchesi, archbishop of Montreal, who
has formally protested to the city author
tiles against their admiss to the public
library.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Missouri Leeislature Adiourns.

The extra session of the Missouri
Legislature called by Governor Folk ad-
journed at noon Monday. The bill that
Governor Folk especially wished to be
enacted, that to regulate the dram shops
of ST. Louis County by placing them
under the control Of an excise commits
sioner, was killed in the Senate, Senator
Gardner talking it to death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
octopu. BrcaIxs An Recov,n

The submarine torpedo boat Octopus
under trial at Newport, made three speed
runs with Captain Mark and other mem
beys of the naval board as passengers.
during which she broke all records by
making an average speed of ten knots an
hour and a maximum OF 1915 knots for
one mile. A feature of the test was the
use for the first tire of a submarine bell
with which the Octopus is equipped. and
by means of which connection was kept
up with the receiving apparatus on sur
fake boat constantly during the submer-
Sion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Firebues Burn s1. ESQ GOO. Shin.

The magnificent new passenger steamer
City of Cleveland, under construction at
the plant of the Detroit Shipbuilding
Company, was swept by fire and is total
loss except for its hull and machinery
The damage, which falls upon the De-
troit branch of the American Shipbuild-
ing Company, is about 100000. and is
fairly well covered by insurance. There
are reports that an incendiary is sus-
pected
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
KILLS SWEETHEART AND SELF.
Reason Is that 17-Year-0ld Beauty
Refused to Marry Him.

Alfred Thoreson, a prominent business
man of Epping, Ward county, n. D., shot
and instantly killed his sweetheart, Amy
Willard. Thoreson then turned the wea-
pom on himself and died almost instantly.
Miss Willard was IL years old and an
exceedingly pretty girl. Thoreson was
well-to-do and 80 years old. He had been
infatuated with Miss Willard for some
time and had paid her devoted atten-
tons. The other day when he met her
there was stormy scene. He insisted
that she be married to him, and when she
positively declined he fred the pistol
shots.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Indiana
State News
GIRL WEEDS TO KEEP FROM sAr
Marrfes Man to Testify Against Her
for Federal Authorities.

NJ ~-Hr-s-S 'a" 10 Ie>f1Iy AE11n&t 11&E
for Federal Authorities.
By marrying August Michnicx. veal
thy Cortland, Neb.. farmer. Garnet Ian
caster of Evansville took unto herself
as husband the man on whose Testimony
federal authorities expected to send her
to Jail and also the man who was the
innocent cause of the prosecution of the
case against her. The girl and her moth
er, Mrs. Violet Lancaster. were arrested
several days ago on charges OF using the
mails to defraud. on complaints of nn-
merous men over the country who had an
swered their matrimonial advertisements
and sent them money on which to couse to
them Their apartments were searched
and a number of letters. all speaking OF
money inclosed, were found. Among the
letters were several from Michnick. and
liz all OF them we're references to cash
forwarded for trip. to Cortland or of
tickets wired. Michnick was Immediately
sent for by the authorities to come to-
Evansville and testify, but on his arrival
he and the Younger Lancaster woman
were quietly married and the authorities
now admit he cannot be forced to testify
against her.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23


Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs. prime heavy. $4.00
to $6.42: sheep, fair to choice. $500
to $6.1e: wheat. No. ?, 95c to 99c; corn,
No. ., SIC TO J4c; oats, standard. 45c to
47c; rye. No. .. Soc to Sic: hay. timo-
thy, $1,000 to $21.O0; prairie. $500 to
$500: butter, choice creamery. PIC to
22c; eggs, fresh, BE to Ice; potatoes,
SIC to tic.
dianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500
to 5000: hogs. choice heavy, Sf.o0 to
$3.50; sheep, common to prime. $500 to
1925; wheat, No. ?, sec to Sic; corn,
No. = white, ole to re; oats, No. 2
white, 42c to dc.
st. Louis-Cattle. $50 TO S6-25:
iogs, $500 to $3.50: sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. =. 96c to Csc; corn.
No. ., 53c to 55c: oats, No. ,, 43c TO
zoe; rye, No. =, Toe to I6c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to s5.75 /;
hogs, $4.00 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$500: wheat, No. 2, 92c to 94c; corn,
No. 2 mixesl, SIC to soc; oats, No.
mixed. 43c to 44c; rye, No. 2, 74c TO &c.
Detroit-Cattle. Si00 to SJ.40; hogs,
$500 to $3.50: sheep, $3.50 to $500:
wheat, No. ?. 93c to 94c; corn, No. 3
yellow, SIC to SIC; oats. No. white,
Acc to 46c; rye. No. 2, roc to Soc.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern,
CSC to $100; corn. No. 3, soc to 52c +:
oats, standard 43c TO 45c; rye, No. i,
7Sc to Sic; barley, standard, Sac to see ;
pork. mess, $16.15-
Bufalo--Cattle. choice shipping steers,
$3.50 to 5000; hogs. fair to choice, $i.00
to S6.75; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $5.75: lambs. fair TO choice,
$500 to $500.
New ,York-Cattle. $500 to 5000;
hogs, $500 to 500: sheep, $500 ia
5000; wheat, No. ? red, S1.01 to S1.03;
corn, No. 9, soc to Gle; oats. natural
white, 4Sc to soc; butter. creamery, 23c
to DC; eggs, western, lac to 16c.
Toledo-wheat. No. 2 mixed. 9oc to
92c: corn, No. mixed, 53c to j4c
oats. No. mixed, 44c to Acc; rye. No.
2, re to 74c; clover seed, prime, $500.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
NEW RULE FOR RUSH LETTERS.
After July Special Delivery Stamp
Need Not Be Attached to Letters.

No special delivery postage stamps win
be needed after the LIST of next July to
insure the immediate delivery of letter.
Pursuant to an act of the last session of
Congress Postmaster General Meyer has
issued an order that on and after July 1
next if there is attached to any letter or
package of mail matter 10 cents worth
of stamps of any denomination, with the
words special delivery" written or print
ed on the envelope or covering, in addi-
ton to the postage required fox ordinary
delivery, he article will be handled as if
it bore a regulation special delivery
stamp.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

In public lecture on psychology in the
State university at San Francisco, Dr.
Il. Z. Angler of Yale declared that &C
cording to his new psychology" there is
no soul or attributes of the soul. The
soul, he said, according to new psycfol-
ogists, exists only as logical postulate
"a merely symbolic abbreviation-inde-
pendently of its expressions and fuac-
tions of the psychic facts themselves"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

A satchel containing a bomb was
found in Suffer street car at the
barn at Oak and Frederick streets,
San Francisco, Cal The fuse had been
lighted. but the spark died out before
reaching the powder. The police are
working on the case. The United Rail-
machine was left in the car by strike
sympathizer
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Hurled Him Fffty Fec.

DIR. Z. C. Maughmer, leading ply
stefan of Kokomo, Ind, was probably
fatally injured when the automobile in
which he was sitting collided with a
street car, while he was passing the
Washington street crossing. He was
hurled a distance of about fifty feet
and his machine wrecked 1t is feared
that internal injuries sustained may re-
suit fatally.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Record Diamond Prices,

Diamond importers returning from l3u-
rope say that the price of diamonds is
now higher than ever before and that
the American demand is almost unlimited.
At the same time the South African eia-
mond trust has declared a dividend of
33 1-3 per cent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
oae Thousand Miner. cease work.

A long-threatened strike of miners at
Traadwell, Wash, was put into force May
2, when over 1000 men, members of the
Western Federation of Miners, laid down
tbcer tools. The strike was called after
tie management had refused to arbitrate
with the workers. The questions involved
We're the abolition of the blacklist and
the right to board elsewhere than at the
cotnpany's mess, which latter is said to
have yielded large profit to the corpora
ton. The property is being guarded by
soldiers and deputy United States mar
Shals
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
omcials and workmen Slain

At LODI, Russian Poland, forty-fiye
officials and workmen of Kuttner's spin
ming mills were shot down by patrol of
Cossacks, because band of terrorists at
tackled mail wagon in the neighbour
hood, killing a Cossack guard and wound
ing another Cossack and two postofIice
officials
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Ryan Fipance. rxno.,,,on.

The directors of the jamestown exposi-
ton announced that all arrangements had
been completed for the issuance of $780,
600 worth of bonds, it being generally I'M
derstood that Thomas +. Ryan had agreed
to lend the money. 1t is the intention of
the directors to make the exposition
buildings and grounds permanent insti-
tuition of some kind
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

An incipient race riot between negro
soldiers recently recruited for the TWEEN
ty-fifth infantry was checked at the
Grand Central depot in Houston, Texas,
when st. Claire Nogg. negro recently
enlisted in Savannah, Ca, struck white
man who refused to give his name.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Court smashes Zee Trust.

Four Kansas City ice companies We're
fined an aggregate of $4,000 and one
concern was ousted from the State for
violating the Missouri antitrust law by
Judge Walter A Powell in the Circuit
Court at independence. Similar cases
against four other companies were dis
missed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

G 4th Cd 18th 10th 9th.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
killed In Floor Collapse.

One man was killed and at least eight,
four of whom are known, were injured at
the International Harvester works in
Chicago when four floors in one OF The
buildings caved in. Wrecking crews were
working on the collapsed floors all night
looking for other bodies that might have
been buried under the debris.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Prepares own Death Sign.

The sign, CLOSED on account of
DEATH, which Harry Thomas of Eastern
avenue, Cincinnati, placed on his place
of business waen he went to his father-in-
laws funeral hung there later as an an
nouncement of his own death in the
wreck of the funeral train at Flemings-
burg Nv
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
General Kuroki visits Grant. Tomb

Twenty eight years ago, when u. s.
Grant in his tour of the world was the
guest of the Emperor of Japan, one of
the officers assigned to attend him was
a young colonel. This officer. who now
Is General Kuroki, of world renown,
visited Riverside Drive in New York
City and there, with impressive orien-
tai ceremony, placed a laurel wreath
upon the Americans tomb.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Bryan Married I'm Missouri.

John Bryan, the eccentric million
aire from Yellow Springs, Ohio, and
Miss Murphy were married at Clayton,
Mo-, in the Office of Justice Werre-
meyer behind locked doors to keep out
the crowd
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
MURDERER TELLS OF CRIME.
Nebraskan Confesses to the Killing
of Farmer and His Wife.


Philip Eurke was arrested at Hooper,
Neb, and was taken 70 Fremont on a
charge of being the murderer of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Couple, near Resale. Thurs
ton county. He made confession of the
crime to Sheriff Bauman and others.
Burke said his real name was Louis Ray
Higgins. 1T was about midnight Sunday
night" he said. that / got up and got a
shotgun. / called Couple out and then
shot him. Mrs. Couple came rushing out
and l shot her as she reached the door
step. Then | locked the children in the
house, took a mule from the barn and
rode seven miles down Logan creek,
where | left the animal. | have been
wandering over the country since Burke
asked Sheriff Bauman to notify his moth
er. who he said is Cora Fay Higgins of
Denver Colo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Gen. William J. Palmer. founder of
Colorado Springs, Colo, stated his will
ingness to donate to that city 1900 acres
of land, valued at $1,000,OOO, for park
purposes on condition that park COM
mission of six citizens, named by him,
be created.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Studio Building Burns.

In Kansas City fire destroyed the FIVE
story University studio building at the
northwest corner of Locust and 9th
streets, causing property loss estimated
at $2J0,00O- One life was lost, six per-
sons are missing and may be buried in
the ruins and fifteen were more or less
seriously injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Mayor Of Michigan City.
Former City Treasurer Charles H. Nil
Ter of Michigan City. now county audi
tor of La Porte county, in letter to
Mayor Fred c. Miller admits shortage
in his accounts while treasurer. A check
for $2,513.5S, the amount alleged to be
due, accompanied the letter. This fol-
lows a rec,nt upheaval in city financial
affairs. City Treasurer Elijah Meyer
was charged with shortage and was ac-
oniffed In going over Meyers accounts
Miller's shortage was found.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Peter E. Green. the man arrested by
the police and charged with the MUIR
der of his son, Newell Green, II years
old, at Irvington, was discharged in
Police Court at Indianapolis.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Boss Ruef Pleads Guilty.

Abraham Ruef, former political boss
of San Francisco, astounded the city by
pleading guilty to extortion, and will be
sent to prison. In a remarkable state
ment hs barred his soul, telling of the
political ring he created and how, unwill-
ingly, he said, it drew him into q maze
Of corruption.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
On Carnegie Hero Roll.

roll of heroes by the Carnegie hero fund
commission at Pittsburg Wednesday even
ing, which awards medals to those who
risked their lives for others, or to rela-
tives of those who died in performing
heroic deeda.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Intended Further. Great Theft.

William o. Douglass, the confessed
thief of $4,000 in bonds from the Trust
Company of America, in further con-
fession said he had intended, on the ad-
vice of lawyer, to steal $1,O0O.000 and
use it to force forgiveness of smaller
thefts.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Probable River Accident.

While canoeing on the Hudson river
Edward Underhill of Yonkers, president
of Storage Warehouse Company and
one of the owners of the Underhill Brew
cry, is believed to have been drowned.
His canoe was found overturned and
empty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
corev and Mabelle united.

w. E. Carey, head of the steel trust,
welded Mabelle Gilman, the dancer, a
few minutes after midnight Tuesday
morning in a private chapel in the Hotel
Gotham, New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Coal Gas overcomes Family.

Members of the family of Addison Bell
of Piqua. Ohio, were overcome by gas
from a coal stove. Only the ringing of
an alarm clock aroused Bell in time to
save them from being asphyxiated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Two Northern Ohio Traction Com
pany passenger cars collided at Sill
yef Lake, near Cleveland, Ohio. Three
5r>s,sons are reported injured
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

There was complete footing O. st.
Anthony Italian Catholic Church at
Youngstown, Ohio, by the members of
the congregation who are standing by
the acting pastor, Father Lops, a mob
of some 5000 people sweeping down as
a signal given by ringing the church
bells When they got through there
was not thing left in the church.
The movement is continuance of the
defying of Bishop Horstman, by the
congregation When he ordered Father
Lops to vacate the pastorate, the con-
gregation with the exception of few
announced that they would stay by
Father Lops and refused to allow him
to depart.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Miss Nevada Taylor of Chattanooga,
Tenn, died in Findlay, Ohio. at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Harvey Cramer, of
nervous prostration brought on by an as
sauIt by Bill Johnson, a negro, ON Jan.
%, 1906. Johnson was lyinched.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Prohibits All Bucket Shops.

The Massachusetts, Senate, without a
dissenting vote, passed the bill prohibit
Eng bucket shops in Massachusetts,. A
motion to reconsider the vote will be
taken up later.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
BLANKETS Check Forest Fire

The extensive forest fires which have
been raging in Venango county, Pa, are
believed to be under control. Gas and oil
pumping stations in the path of the
flames were saved by enyeloping them in
wet blankets.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

Edward Deuster, aged 10. taken sod
denly i'll playing baseball, died at Terre
Haute.
The Indiana Supreme Court decided
that county officials cannot employ tax
ferrets on a percentage basis, but holds
that an appropriation must be made in
each case.
Mrs. Violet Lancaster. aged 40. and
her daughter Garnet, aged %, were ar
rested in Evansville on the charge Of
using the mails to defraud. 1t is alleged
that they have been conducting a matri-
mortal agency and have defrauded hum
dreds of wife seekers out of money. In
their rooms were found several hundred
letters which showed that money had been
received from numerous men on the pre-
text that the women needed money to
join them to be married. The women
were preparing to depart for Portland,
Neb.. where the daughter was to marry
farmer named Mischmick.
Claude and Lee Nicholson and Howard
Mitchell, all under -. were held in
for tying Delbert King. companion, to
the Taisftdu THICK 3S JOKE ne D4f
loosened the ropes and then became pros
trated from fright.
Eugene and Helen Bosuet, aged IL and
3 years. respectively. passed through
Terre Haute on their way to Pitfsburg to
join the mother. from whom the father,
coal miner. took them, bringing them
to the Digger mining fields in this State.
The boy took the fathers money while
the latter was at work. The father is
following on the next train
The bitter feeling against negroes a.
result of an assault on Mrs. Seton, an
aged white woman. caused rate riot
in Greensburg. Six negroes were badly
beaten. one of whom gay die. The mob
was formed by three white men and rap
idly increased to 600. All saloons and
other places frequcnted by negroes were
visited and the furniture and fixtures de-
molished. Negroes found in the places
were beaten and warned to leave town.
The authorities inaily induced the crowd
to dispense.
Captain J. II. Cutler. vice president
of the City National bank of Evansville,
was run over by a pony on the streets
and his skull was fractured
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
FRUITS WILL BE LATE.
Unreasonable Weather Works Havoc
in Many States.

in Many States.
Reports from the fruit growing regions
showed that while the Northern States
will be late in putting their crops on the
market, they have escaped with lighter
loss due to cold than the southwest sec
ton of the country. Adviccs from the
various States were az follows: Michigan
Fruits and vegetables one month be-
hind normal condition. Growers look for
average yield. lndiana-Fruit. grains and
vegetables in good shape. Crop will be
four weeks late. Kansas-Fruit crop
killed by cold. Tender garden plants de-
stroyed, but growers have replanted. Mis-
souri-Practically entire fruit crop de-
stroyed by cold. Oklahoma and Indian
Territory-Tree fruit crops will be al
most nothing. Bush fruit. grapes and
strawberries suffered seriously.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23

According to government reports
published at Simlay, India. 451 1892 per-
sons have died of the plague in the
past six weeks. In the Punjab alone
aS6,777 deaths occurred.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
Paw of $4,000 Increased.

According to advices from the leading
cotton mill centers of southern New Eng
land, the wages of fully $1,000 operatives
will be advanced 10 per cent May q.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
JAPAN WANTS U. S. ALLIANCE.
Mikado's Envoy Proposes Americans
+ Make Compact Cementing Nations.


Make Compact Cementing Nations.
An open bid for Japanese alliance
with the United States has been made in
New York by Baron Ozawa, member of
the Mikado's house of peers and special
representative of his majesty. The baron
is visiting this country to ascertain the
extent of anti-Japanese feeling and to ex-
press to America the thanks of the Mi
kado for aid sent during the famine in
Japan Immediately after the war with
Russia. Japan has looked earnestly for
an alliance with the United States. be-
cause we have always regarded this coun-
try as our real ally said the baron.
I'VE are DESTROYS of having such an al
lance if it could be arranged" Baron
Ozawa said also that Japan had no
dreams of further territorial expansion
in the Pacific.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
THINKS DEAD SON H7PNor1zED.
Father Blames Death of Star Athlete
tn His Friends

atHer bIEmeS Oeath OF star AthIete
to His Friends.
w. l.. c. Brey, father of William Will
son Brey, the young Baptist theological
student who was recently converted to
Milleniumism. and whose body was found
in the River Des Peres, stated in st.
Louis that he believed his sons death
resulted from the undue influence his
friends had over him. II believe" said
Mr. Brey, that my son was hypnotized
by one certain person in particular, in
an EFFORT to make him forsake his studies
and join once more in athletics Tive
body was found near Washington univer-
sity, from which young Brey graduated
and where he was star athlete.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-23
BIG Graft for Someone

A sensation was sprung at the annual
meeting of the directors of the Delaware
and Hudson Road in New York by the
allegation that S5,000,000 was paid for
100000 trolley line.