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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
TORNADO KILLS TWENTY.
Terrific windstorm DemoIishes Alex.

Terrific Windstorm Demolishes Alex.
aHdria, La.
A cyclone occurred at Alexandria,
La. Friday, in which ut least twenty
persons were killed and more than 100
injured. The storm is reported to have
been one of the worst ever seen in that
section of the State and wrought APP
palling havoc. A great part of the
town is in ruins. Fifty houses have
been torn to bits and several stores and
factory buildings demolished. while
scores of other buildings were badly
shattered Alexandria is located near
the center of the State and is an inn
portant railroad and commercial city,
with population of about 1000.
wide swath was cut by the cyclone
through the town. extending for miles
through a rich and populous farming
district. The damage 10 buildings and
crops will amount TO millions. Ac-
cording to reports the cyclone struck
the town about o'clock i'm the morn
ing. 1t came with scarcely warning
note. The sleeping citizens were
aroused by a tremendous. terrifying
roar of wind that was scarcely heard
before it seemed to fill the whole air
of the town with a deafening crash.
Houses toppled down like cards or
were lifted completely from their foun-
dations and dropped many yards away
a shapeless mass OF timbers with their
occupants crushed in the ruins. Roofs
were torn off and went sailing through
the air like huge kites. Trees were
uprooted and tossed a hundred feet
into the air. and some of them we're
carried miles away. The air WAS fill
ed with flying timbers and many per-
sons were struck by these rs they
rushed from their lettering homes.
Men, women and children and animals
were caught UP by the mighty current
of wind and some of them were carried
block in the air. The storm was over
in few minutes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
RAILROAD WAR AvERTED.
Mediation Brings About sctflemeEt
Between Roads aud Men.

Mediation Brings About scttlemert
Between Roads aud Men.
Government mediation has proven
successful in preventing the long threa5-
ening strike of trainmen on forty-two
big Western railroads, affecting 514.000
employees. and endangering the COM
merce Of the entire country west Of
Chicago. 1t is the first time the Erd-
mann arbitration act has been called
into play, and it has proved a su>-
cess.
Through the good Offices of Chairman
Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Com
merce Commission and Charles p.
Neill, United States Commissioner of
Labor, the General Managers Commit
tee Of the railroads and the Employee
Committee. representing the unions Of
the trainmen and conductors, Thursday
reached an agreement which remover
ali possibility of the strike.
The general managers committee
granted slight increase to fiagmen
and brakemen. and the employees made
all other concessions necessary to es-
tablish peace. The agreement goes into
effect as from April /. Fly the offer Of
the managers committee made on Feb
~. the employees receive an increase
amounting to $4,5OO,0O0 annually. The
additional increase to the flagmen and
brakemen amounts to 100000 a year.
Had the men accepted the terms of the
managers committee, effective on
March /. they would have received
$450.000 additional on their March pay.
The principal terms of settlement in
the threatened strike may be summar-
lied as follows:
Increase in wages of passenger coz
ductors, SO per month: baggagemen.
$50: fiagmen and brakemen. $3.50.
Overtime in passenger service, on fl
teen miles an hour basis. 30 cents ak
hour for conductors. and 23 cents fox
baggagemen. fiagmen and brakemen.
Temper cent increase for freight cor,
ductofs and brakemen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
NEW YORK.

Trade responds 10 scason&ble weather
distribution of spring merchandise. fully
equaling Sanguine expectations. and coun-
try merchants purchase liberaly from
wholesalers at leading centers. Reports
from principal cities arc uniformly favor
able. active business being ACCOMPANIED
by further improvement in collections.
Leading industries are fully occupied and
no strikes Of more than local significance
have materialized. Manufacturers are
busy on goods for early shipment and
sample business for later seasons promises
continued activity. Improved traffic con-
ditiocs make deliveries more prompt. Few
lines of finished steel can be delivered
promptly. hills averaging four to six
months capacity engaged. and quotations
are consequently we'll maintained. Pri-
mary markets for textiles are more quiet
bur there is 10 diminution in the output
OF mills except where labor cannot be
secured Commodity exchanges have re-
sulned normal conditions and prices show
some recovery from the unsettled position
after the Easter holiday. which was pro-
longed abroad.--DHn's Review.
Despite some cross-currents in demand.
due mainly 70 the withdrawal Of The
Easter stimulus 10 trade and a succeed
ing spell of cold weather. the develop
menfs of the week have been mainly
favorable, Chief. perhaps. Of these is the
final satisfactory settlement of the weSt-i
ern railway mems demands by arbirra-
ticn. All reports as to trade in wholesale
and jobbing circles in the flrst quarter are
in a high degree favorable. and failure
returns confirm the smallest number OF
casualties for a generation past Reports
from most leading industries are still Of
full order books and of backward deliv-
cries. There is. however. slightly more
manifest disposition TO move more con-
servatively as regards distant positions.
some easing of metal quotations and a
sostening of asking prices for various pro-
ducts. and the jewelry. shoe. leather and
wool trades note quiet. pending clearer
view Of later Developments. Business
failures in the United States for the week
ending April 4 number 1874. against 10s
last week and 151 in the like week of
1906 Canadian failures Tor the week
number %. against II last week and ID
in this week year ago.-Bradstreet
Report.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
CONSTANTINE is CAUGHT.
Alleged slayer of Mrs. Gentry Taken
After Long Chase.

Alleged slayer of Mrs. Gentry Taken
After Long Chase.
Accused of the murder of Mrs. louise
Hughes Gentry. Frank Constantine adj
mitted to the New York police that he
is the man whom the Chicago ,authori-
ties have sought for fifteen months.
Since the murder of the woman on
Jan. 6, 1906. Constantine. who admits
he was with her at the time of her
death, has been fugitive, fleeing from
the police first to Italy, then back to the
United States, to South America, and
back to the United States again. He
was about to embark for second trip
to Italy when he was caught. He claims
the woman committed suicide and says
that he fled because he was afraid he
would be accused of the crime and
would be unable to prove his innocence.
The murder of Mrs. Gentry was par
ticularly brutal, her head being almost
severed from her body by a razor
slash. Constantine had been a lodger
at the Gentry home several weeks. He
posed as n man of wealth He sail
that he was the son of Frank J. Con-
stantine, the wealthy real estate man
of New York Mrs. Gentry had been
Miss Louise Hughes. an artist of some
prominence. She had been married to
Gentry about one year. Once. it was
reported, she told the wife of the jani-
! tor that she was afraid she would be
killed. She gave no explanation for
this assertion.
h After Constantine's disappearance a
number of suspects were arrested in
different parts of the continent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
BAD FOOD CASES COMING.
DR.. Wiley Seeks Samples on Which
to Base Prosecutions.

The Department of Agriculture in
Washington is making preparations to be-
gin prosecutions under the pure food law
and DIR. Wiley, under whose directions as
chief of the bureau of chemistry the work
will be conducted, has given instructions
to his inspectors to obtain samples on
which accusations win be based. Offend
ing establishments have been found and
nothing remains to prepare a basis for
proceedings except to obtain specimens of
the articles alleged to DE adulterated or
impure. When these are procured charges
will be formulated and given to the Unit
ed States district attorneys in whose dis
tricts the offenders may reside. There
will soon be forty or fifty inspectors in
the field and DR.. Wiley expresses the
opinion that large number of prosecu-
tons will result from their Investigations.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
Interesting News Items.

Damage amounting to 100000 was
caused by three fires in the Chatham mill
at Philadelphia.
Arthur Bean killed his wife with an AK
at North Baltimore. Ohio, and then COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself with a
Flobert rifle.
Lightning struck the glaze mill of the
Austin Powder Company at Fall juno
ton. Ohio, causing an explosion which re-
suited in the killing of two men and the
destruction of several thousand dollars
worth of property.
Frederick J. Eatterraan, member of
the Fifty-fourth Congress from the Third
Pennsylvania District, died in Philadel-
phia. He was born in Germany and was
40 years of age.
A feud which began in Nome, Alaska,
FIVE years ago was ended in saloon in
Goldfeld, New, when Jack Hines shot
and killed man known as Count Pod
horski of Warsaw, Russia.
The coroner's jury at Los Angeles in
vestigating the recent Santa Re collision,
returned a verdict finding Engineer Kelly
and Conductor Humble guilty of disobey-
ing orders and the company guilty of neg
lect.
Eighteen thousand dollars worth of jew
elry was stolen from the home of Charles
Morgan, son of the founder of the Nor
gan steamship lines, at his home in
Orange. y. j.
The Union Savings and Trust Company
of Cincinnati was named as receiver for
the Peoples Gas and Electric Lighting
Company of Xenia, Ohio. on the applica-
ton of attorneys for Evelyn BirG of
Chicago, bondholder.
Judge Boyd in the federal court at
Greensboro, y. c., sentenced l.. +. Davis,
ex-chairman of the board of commission
ers of Wilkes county, n. c., to one year
in prison and to pay fine of $1,000 for
filing false expense accounts
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
RULES HARRY TRAW SANE.
Lunacy Commission Unanimous In
Long-DeIayed Verdict.


Long-DeIayed Verdict.
Harry X. Thaw was unanimously de-
clared sane by the lunacy commission
and n new turn was given the famous
case by the protests of District Att0r-
ney Jerome. who said he would carry
the ruling to the appellate division of
the supreme court on technical point.
The ruling of the commission that had
been appointed 10 determine the pres
ent state of mind of the slayer of Stan
ford White came as q victory for the
defendant and his family.
Thaw was not in, court to hear the
decision. The jury which has heard
the testimony against him was also ex-
Guided and both prisoner and jurors
were out of range of the district attor-
ney's heated discussion with Justice
Fitzgerald. All the members of the
Thaw family. including the mother and
wife of the defendant. were present.
however, and their keen delight over
the announcement OF the favorable re-
port from the lunacy commission was
turned into alarm ut the unexpected at
titude of the district attorney, whose
threat to take the matter before the
appellate division of the court seemed
TO involve another serious delay in the
long drawn-out trial.
The news of the commissions unani-
nous verdict as to his present sanity
pen. He expressed satisfaction. but not
surprise. There has not been time
since the commission was appointed
that the defendant has not been wholly
confident of a favorable decision. He
declared that he felt especially lucky,
because the day WAS the second ami
versary of his marriage.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
No Chinese on Canal Work.

Several of the party of forty-six CON
gressmen who have recently returned from
inspecting the work on the. Panama canal,
made the statement that they had not
seen single Chinaman at work on the
isthmus They also reported an intense
feeling against their employment. Con-
gresham G. s. Smith of California said
tina. the laborers are taking out about 3D.
600 cubic yards of dirt every day. with
an average Of 100000 cubic yards a
month. About 52,O00.OOO cubic yards are
still to be removed. He says there are
$4,000 men on the pay roll About 5000
are Americans. about 5000 Jamaicans,
and the rest are Gallegos.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
CHICAGO.

Spring trade shows steady advance in
the leading branches. and the remarkable
volume of new demands reflects continued
strength in the buying power. making the
best testimony that confidence in the out
look for industry suffers no impairment.
The city election interrupted dealings in
the primary markets and the operations
In breadsfGffs and live stock were less
ened. but factory production. wholesaling
ard forwarding of finished products and
general merchandise exceed those OF a
year ago.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered 13. against 22 last week
and - year ago. For the first quar-
ter of this year the similar failures to-
tailed 296, against $50 in 1906 and 800
in 1905.-Dun's Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
RELEASE JAMES GILLESPIE.
Supreme Court Says Trial of Alleged
Slayer Was Invalid.

supreme Court says trial OF Ane8eu
Slayer Was Invalid.
BY decision of the Indiana Supreme
Court James Gillespie of Rising Sun,
serving life sentence in the State pris-
on for the murder of his sister, is set
free. The decision is based on the ground
that an error was committed in not
granting a new trial. 1t holds that fur
Their prosecution be abandoned.
Miss Elizabeth Gillespie, woman of
middle age. was killed Dec. 3. 1903. by
a load of shot from shotgun fired
through the window of a room of her
home. Her brother. James Gillespie, to
gether with Belle Howard and Mr.. and
Mrs. Myron Barbour, were indicted and
placed on trial charged with the crime.
The jury disagreed. and later Gillespie,
who elected to be tried separately, was
placed on trial and convicted in 1908.
He was sentenced to prison for life. The
other three defendants were later acquit-
ted.
In the first trial. after the jury had
been sworn, it was found that one of the
jurors was second cousin of the deceas-
ed husband of Belle Howard. one of the
defendants.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
Will OF DE-. poWIE.
Devises Bulk of Estate to Extend
Christian Catbolfc Cau III

Devfses Bulk of Estate to Extend
Christian Catholic Gnu -ca-
The last will of the late John Alex
ander Dowie has been filed for probate
in the County Court of Lake County.
at Waukegan. Ill 1t deyises the bulk
of the estate of the dead leader of Zion
City TO extend the Christian Catholic
Church. of which he died tie exiled
and communicated head. To the
widow, Mrs. Jane Dowie. only the strict
allowance demanded by the law is be-
queathed. and to his son, \. ]. Glad
stone Dowie. from both of whom Dowie
died estranged. the sum of SO is de-
yised. An attendant. Barnett Burleigh.
is given $1,000. "as his fee and reward
for the loyal service that God used him
in, in the saving of my life IN Jamai-
ca"
All of the remainder of the property.
the existence and value of which is
clouded by extensive litigation. is de-
vised 10 John A. Lewis, friend and
adviser of the dead prophet. who was
in Mexico at the time Dowie died. In
brief the provisions of Dowies will
are:
Orders payment of just debts.
Gives widow, Mrs. Jane Dovie. only
her dover and statutory rights in estate.
Gives son. Gladstone Dowie. $40.
Gives Barnett Burleigh 81 600 for saw
ing Dowie's life in Jamaica.
LII I'll A
Lewis trustee.
Appoints Lewis spiritual successor as
head of church.
Directs continuance of church work by
Lewis. using estate for purpose.
If court finds Dowie had nc legal title
to property. directs selection of commits
sion of five to determine disposition OF
whatever of estate may be left.
Names Lewis. Fielding ii. White and
James K. Peters executors of will.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
Spectacular Method of suicide.

Edward Murphy, a painter of St.
Louis, Mo-, committed suicide at Mem
phis, Tenn, in horrible manner. Muir
ply, who was employed on the new
Business Mems Glib in course of erec-
ton, climbed to the roof of the build
ing and pouring a gallon of benzine
over his clothing, set fire to himself.
Tee flames attracted the attention of
his fellow workmen and the fire de-
partment was called out. All efforts
to rescue Murphy proved futile and
the young man was literally cremated.
His remains were carried away by fei-
low workmen in basket. Murphy's
friends say he was insane.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

A coolie riot occurred at Port of Spain.
Trinidad. during which the manager of an
estate was killed.
Former President Cleveland was pre-
scented with a silver loving cTp BY the
entire undergraduate body OF Princeton
university in honor OF his seventeen birth
day.
The RofhschiIds have purchased for
s.. 0OO. 600 the famous Beatson group OF
copper mines on la Touche Island.
Prince William Sound. Alaska. according
to reports received in Seattle.
4 certificate OF incorporation of the
Toledo Wabash and st. Louis Railroad
Company was recorded at Augusta. Me.
The capital is $6.000.0oo.
The manifest of the German steamship
Arabia. which arrived at Portland. Ore,
from Hongkong and Japanese ports.
shows :,s.s45 cases of firecrackers. des-
tined for forty-six cities of the United
States.
The indictment of the Cincinnati Trac-
tion Company and it's officials is declared
to be called for. according 10 questions
submitted by the grand jury at Cincin-
natl in connection with the investigation
into "a, accident last December.
Jesse +. Welborn has been chosen by
the board of directors of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company to succeed the
late Frank j. Hearne as president of that
company.
Gov. Vardaman announced at Jackson,
Miss, that he would appoint Assistant
Attorney General r. V. Fletcher as At
torney General to succeed William VIII
liams. deceased.
The court martial in the case Of Second
Lieut.. Norris c. Foote. Twcnty-eighth in
| fantry. stationed in Cuba has convicted
him of financial Irregularities. A similar
result has followed the court martial OF
First Lieut. Eugene p. Crowne, Twenty
| ninth infantry.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11


Chicago-Cattle. common to prime,
$500 to $665; hogs. prime heavy. s4o0
10 $500: sheep, fair TO choice. $500
to 5000: wheat. No. 2. 7ic to 7de corn.
No. 2, 42c TO 4fc: oats. standard. 4oc TO
43c: rye. No. > 6Sc to CSC: hay. t;mo-
thy. $500 to $500; prairie. $500 to
$500: butter. choice creamery pc TO
Zoe: eggs. fresh. lie 10 15c potatoes,
30c TO 4Sc.
Indianapolis-Catile. shipping. $500
to $3.50: hogs. choice heavy. 800 TO
S6.95; sheep. common to prime. 500 10
$500: wheat. No. , 74c TO Zee: corn.
No. ? white. i5c TO 46c; oats, No.
white, 42c TO 44c.
st. Louis-Cattle. $40 TO $3.50:
hogs. $500 to $685.: sheep. $500 10
$50: wheat, No. =, &c to re; corn.
No. ?. 42c to 43c; oats. No. ,. 40c TO
lie; rye. No. .. &c TO Csc.
Observation-Disclosures 800 to $500:
hogs, $500 to $500; shaep. $500 TO
$500: wheat. No. .. &c 10 sc: corn.
Nh. . mixed. t6c TO Ale; oats. No.
mixed, 43c to 44c; rye. No. ?. 73c to TIC
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 1925: hogs.
S4DV 10 $500, Snccp- S--Jt 10 So-Jl.
wheat. No. 2. roc to &c; corn. No. 3
yellow, 46e to 47c; oats. No white.
43c to ACC; rye. No. ?, zoe to 71c.
Milwaukee-whe No. northern.
7Sc to S2c. corn. No. 3. 40c to ale:
oats. standard. 4lc to 42c: rye. No. l.
CSC TO 69c: barley. standard. 70c TO Tie;
pork. mess. $1,000.
Buifaio-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
$500 to 5000: hogs. fair to choice. $500
to S7.15: sheep. common to good mixed.
$500 to $40; lambs. fair TO choice.
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle 500 to 1885:
hogs. $500 to $40; sheep. $500 to
$4.50: wheat, No. , red. sec TO SIC;
corn. No. =. 53c to 55c: oats. natural
white. 47c to Acc; butter, creamery, 29c
to Bic; eggs, western. lie to lie.
Toledo-wheat. No. mixed. &c to
7Sc: corn. No. mixed. 45c 10 acc;
oats. No. mixed. 42c to lie: rye. No
2, Csc to 69c: clover seed. prime. $3.50.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
Aees.rene Aids Plant Growth.

How Prof. John Craig OF Cornell uni
versity. in a long series of experiments.
discovered that of artificial illuminants
none is so closely akin to sunlight as the
rays of acetylene gas. is reported by w.
L. Walsh in the April Technical World
magazine. BY using the illuminant at
all tines when the sun was not on deck.
either at night or on cloudy days. Prof.
Craig forced the finest strawberries TO
maturity in sixteen days ahead of the
record. and radishes in threefourths o:
the usual time, without deterioration in
quality.
Geraniums and lilies were ma
shown. moreover. that even on sunny days
the use of acetylene REINFORCED the rays
of sunlight, and FASTENED the ripening
process.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

The claim put forth by John Elmore,
poor cobbler of Altoona, Pa, that he hef
discovered solution which, when added
to a mixture of one part coal TO three
parts coal ashes would make more heat
than the original coal from which the
ashes came, is to receive definite COM
mercial test at the hands of Jones &
Laugblin Steel Company of Pittsburg. Il
the claim of the inventor should be sus-
tanned it would mean much to the coal
and all manufacturing industries.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

BISHOP FITZGERALD. mission slatlOns. lie
left Montreal Oct. %, accompanied by
Mrs. Fitzgerald. his two daughters and
son Roy. to visit the Methodist missions
in Southern Asia. took part in the pub
lie celebration of the founding of the
mission in India at Bareilly. Dec. 2S,
and was to have represented the Mission
airy Society at the China centennial of
Protestant missions at Shanghai. His
daughter, Cornelia, died at Penang, in
the Straits Settlements, on the way to
India.
Bishop Fitzgerald was born at New
ark. N J. He joined the Newark con-
ference in 1862. After acting as record
ing secretary of the Missionary Society
from 1880 to 1883 ne was elected bishop.
He was formerly presiding elder of the
Newark, Newton and Jersey City district
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
Wreckers Cut Out the Trac,<

An attempt was made to wreck
Pennsylvania Railroad express train near
Tacony. Philadelphia suburb. A track
walker discovered that a foot of rail had
been sawed out near bridge over Long
shore street. The electric signal connec-
ton was maintained by means of the
fish plate. A New York express train
was almost due and was tagged.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
Want More Wages and Holidays.

About $50 stonecutters employed by
three granite companies won't on strike in
Milford, Mass, because of the refusal of
the companies to grant them an increase
of cents an hour IN wages and Satur-
Gay half-holiday throughout the year. The
men have been receiving half-holiday on
Saturday from April 10 October.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11
NARROW ESCAPE FROM MOB.
Ohio Man Engages in Street Duel
and Is Pursued bv Crowd.

Two negroes. Peter Cain and VIII
Jones. figured in shooting scrape in the
heart of the business district of Spring
field, Ohio. which almost resulted disas-
trously for Cain, who was pursued by a
crowd of 800 people. Cain shot three
times at Jones. but his aim was defective.
Jones in running away stumbled and FELL
and Cain, thinking he had killed him,
took TO his heels with crowd in pursuit
Cain would have Jared badly had not a
former city fireman interviewed and hus-
tied him to the county Jail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-04-11

Chairman Gary of the United States
extensive business of any company in the
world. in New York World interview
gave it as his opinion concerning the pres
ent financial and political disturbance
that the cure for public hostility toward
the railroads and other corporations would
be simple honesty in their management
and that large aggregations of wealth
should be under control of some kind,
whether federal or otherwise.