The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-09-05
Told in Few Words.

Secretary Root, after a course of
treatment, is said to be new man.
But he does his thinking in the same
old way.
Since the beginning OF the present
year Standard Oil has paid s3O,OOO,-
600 in dividends. The settlement of
the fine would leave the company
without car fare.
The widow of Stanford White, the
New York architect killed by Harry
Thaw, is to be married at London
to Charles McKim, her husbands
partner in business
Senator Tillman of South Carolina,
discussing political conditions, de-
clares that Kentucky, Maryland, and
Missouri will soon be strongly Re-
publican as formerly they were Dem
ocratic
The directors of the tri state fair,
which was to have been held at Ev-
ansville from September 80 to Oc-
tober 5, decided to abandon the pro-
ject. because the city council had in
timated that no beer could be sold
on the grounds this year.
Fifteen persons were killed and ff-
ty injured in a head-on collision be-
tween an express train, consisting OF
a motor car and trailer, and a single
traction car on the Charleston and
Mattoon interurban line at 1890 o.
clock Friday morning one mile west
of Charleston, ILL.,
Federal Judge Kohlsaat of Chicago.
granted a temporary restraining or
der against fourteen railroads from
adopting and putting into effect on
Sep. l certain rates on creamery
products, to and from the middle
west and northwestern points.
The earnings Of the railroads in
Minnesota are greater under the two
cent law than they were with the
fare at three cents. The railroad
managers will soon be complaining
of the hard work counting all the
money.
John Haddix, a Louisville and
Nashville railway switchman, was
shot by his wife, after a quarrel, the
bullet tearing through the mans
lungs. Haddix was drunk and was
giving her a severe beating when she
shot him.
Three years ago Canada placed
poll tax of $500 on every Chinese Ia
borer who enters the Dominion, and
only forty have come in since the
passage of the law Montreals col
ony of 100 Cinnamon has been sta
onary since 1904.
Twenty States have either reduced
rates on passenger traffic in the last
year or have taken steps preliminary
to doing So OF these. fourteen have
enacted fiat 2-cent rate for their
principal lines of railroad These
facts are revealed by reports received
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission
, A Rome dispatch brings a story of
iar attempt to sell children in the
MA -ket at Avellino A peasant and
lis wife brought two of their child
rem, twins, four months old ard in
open market offered TO sell them for
$40 each. The babies were plump and
healthy and were bought by man
who offered the price required He
was taking the children away when
| the police stepped in and arrested
| both buyer and sellers
A linen collar saved the life of Ed
ward R. Connerly at Glen Summit,
Pa. He was doing some work along
the railroad track and was run down
by Lehigh Valley locomotive He
fell directly before the front wheels,
but a projecting bolt caught his col
! lar and held his head a few inches
above the rail while the locomotive
| dragged him 300 feet. He was half
choked and tainted when released by
the train crew, but speedil' recover
ed Aside from a few bruises he is
unhurt
l Professor Bernard Moses, of the
University of California, returning
from years rip in South America
believes there is no reason to fear a
South American alliance against us.
Richard Mansfield. the actor, died
Friday morning at his summer resi-
ience near New London. Conn. His
death v'ss caused by disease of the
liver. agg: awaited by complications.
| His derIise removes one OF the fore
most actors from the American stage
Three thousand merchants and
bankers, representing all sections of
the United States, report a good
! BUSINESS outlook