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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
U. S. MINT IS BUSY
GRINDING OUT CASH.
People Throughout the Whole COun-
try Are Making Incessant
Calls for Money.
GREAT YELLOW STREAM FGOLD
Millions of Dollars in Bullion Now
Pouring in to Be Made
Into Coin.

This is the busy season in the United
States mint at Philadelphia. All the
country is calling for money. Every
bit of coin-making machinery in the
big institution is working overtime.
Secretary Cortelyou las ordered the
coinage of SG0.O00,000 in 20-dollar gold
pieces within the next three months.
The mint machinery has capacity of
1000 of these coins an hour. Meantime.
there is an insistent demand from all
over the country for silver coin Of the
smaller denominations. The mint OFF,
Gals have been wholly unable to sup
ply these calls. Day and night, coiners.
assayers and the countless other spe-
cialized workers have been working
overtime. some of them fourteen and
sixteen hours day. They have sue
ceeded only by giving each city less
than half what was requested. Per
emptory demands have been made for
an unlimited amount of dimes. quar-
tiers. half dollars and dollars. Within
the last two weeks 100000 in gold
has been coined. Every department
has been ordered to get busy.
About S4OOO0.OOO in bullion is al
ready within the vaults. More is com.
Ing. 1t is al To be coined without de-
lay. Massive new machinery has been
added latel, and is now being tried for
the first time, very satisfactorily. The
mint officials are confident they can
complete the task on time.
The new issue of gold eagles will
have forty-siX stars around the edge
instead Of forty-five as heretofore, Ok
lahOma having become state. None
will carry the motto ''In God We
Trust This motto was added in 1853
by Supt James Pollock. with the sane
tion of President Buchanan. and after
nearly fifty years has been taken off
by President Roosevelt.
The gold bullion supply comes to
Philadelphia by express and is de-
liyered in ordinary express wagons in
charge of two men. The officials laugh
at danger of theft. The bullion is in
bars. securely boxed. and so heavy TO
the box that a man could not run two
squares with it without becoming ex-
hausted.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
UNCLE SAM HAS WINTER COAL.
Sets Good Example by Laying in
Supply for Army Posts Early.

Acting ON specific orders of the Presi-
dent. the War Department made every
effort in its various branches to acquire
before the first of October all of the coal
necessary 10 be used at army posts
throughout the coming winter. In issuing
these orders the President followed the
suggestion of the interstate commerce
commission. acting on recommendation
of the Northern Pacific railway, that the
federal government should set good ex-
ample by laying in an adequate fuel sup
ply for all its Offices or branches in the
Northwest we'll in advance of winter to
avoid shortage. This years contract
prices are from 20 to % per cent higher
than those of last year. when the prices
were - per cent greater than those of the
preceding year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE.

Five trained police dogs from Belgium
are added to the New York force.
Brazil will soon be able TO raise all
the rice needed for home consumption.
President Roosevelt let il be known
that he seeks law whereby the Presi-
dent may have the power to suspend lille
gal trusts.
Oil producers of the Indian Territory
decided to make a protest TO Secretary
Garfield about the government regulations
concerning leases.
A valet IN the home of Paul Thebaud
New York millionaire. shot 1T-year-old
Paul Thebaud. Jr-, as he slept, and then
committed suicide.
United States Treasury officials at
Washington admitted the justice of the
st. Louis claim for financial relief. and
prom :sed to send a stream of cash flowing
into the Missouri metropolis.
The opening of the electric street rail-
road lines in st. Petersburg has been
delayed indefinitely, owing to the suspen-
sion of the credit of the Russian West
inghousc concern. which is unable TO oh
tain cars or equipment without cash pay
ments.
1t was announced that the prospects
were good for the United States making
| a $5,O00.000 appropriation for the worlds
fair to be held in Toxic in 1912.
A British Indian and his wife have
been acquitted by a Maritzburg tNatal)
jury on the charge of numbering a fellow
countryman. who had insulted the WON
an. The jury returned verdict of JUS
tifiable homicide.
+. II. Baker. assistant cashier of the
Union Bank aud Trust Company of Lex
ington. Ky. has confessed y ii defalci-
| ton af S19,2779O. The amount has been
made good by the directors and the clear
ing house committee has asserted the
banks solyency.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
CLOVER LEAF SECRET OUT.
Projected Line to Complete Shortest
Transcontinental Route

1ranSCOnI1nenLal ROUTE.
The secret of the purchase of the Chi
cago and Alton recently by the Glover
Leaf is believed to be revealed in the
plan TO construct an air line from the in
tersection of the Clover Leaf and the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton at Met
calf, Ind, to Springfield. ILL.,, a distance
of ninety-seven miles. With such line
there would be established the shortest
and most direct trans-continental line IN
America. At Toledo the Clover Leaf
would connect with the Lake Shore or
Nickel Plate for the east: From Toledo
to Springfield it would run over it's own
tracks, and from Springfield to Kansas
City over the Alton tracks, via the Muir
rayville air line. which the Alton has re-
Gently completed between Springfield and
Murrayville on its western division. From
Metcalf TO Springfield the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton has line. Il is
understood that the n-Cloyer Leaf
people will attempt TO buy this line and
reconstruct il. Failing in that, work Will
begin on new road early in the spring.
The construction of the new air line
would make the Alton and Clover Leaf
mutually helpful to each other, something
that they cannot be at present.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
AoKI SUMMONED TO TOKYO.
Ambassador Will Report to Japan's
Government on immigration.

SAA oSAohs
Ambassador Aoki has been summoned
to Japan by his government to explain
personally and in detail the precise stu
alton in this country in regard to the
japanese immigration problem. The am
bassador has been making careful inquiry
On his own account and through the va
rious japanese consular officers into the
extent of the reported race feeling ax-
listing in some sections of the United
States toward japanese immigrants. But
it IS believed that the purpose OF the
japanese government in summoning VS.
count Aoki to Tokyo is to secure from him
information which Baron Ishii could not
possibly have acquired during his short
stay in America regarding the attitude
Of the administration here with partlcu-
lar reference to the measures which r.
Gently have been applied by the japanese
government TO restrict the departure from
Japan for America of the coolie element.
Also the japanese government desires
prudent forecast of the likelihood of con-
gressional action in the direction of leg
islation providing for The exclusion ?f
japanese immigration. There is no init
nation that Aoki is not to return to
Washington.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Supplementing his previous gifts CO
S1.2O0,0O0 to the Rockefeller Institute
for Medical Research by another donation
of $2,6OO,O0O, John ID. Rockefeller insurrs
the permanency and efficient equipment Of
the institution. The entire endowment
will provide yearly income of something
over 100000. In notifying the directors
of this last gift Mr.. Rockefeller express
ed his qualification with the results ac-
ccrnplished by the institute since its open
ins in 1901. He told the officials that
they were at liberty to use the income in
any manner they saw fit to promote the
work and offered no suggestion as to how
il might best be employed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Three armed men deliberately ex-
ploded nine dynamite cartridges, blow
ing off the front of the safe in Joseph
Urmston's private bank at Reilly, a
small town west of Hamilton. Ohio,
and then disappeared with 500 in cur
rency and large number of notes, of
which about $1,000 was negotiable
paper. The robbery WIS witnessed by
DIR. Urmston. DIR. W. NJ. Smith and
Liveryman Bachover, but the armed
men terrorized them and were unmo-
Tested, the police not being notified. The
bank had only opened little over
seven months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
MRS. BRADLEY NOT GUILTY.
Is Exonerated by Jury from Murder
of Senator Arthur Brown.

Not guilty. was the verdict rendered
by tie jury in Washington in the case
OF Mrs. ANNE NJ. Bradley, charged with
the murder of former Senator Arthur NJ.
Brown, of Utah, at a hotel in that city
Dec 8. 1906. Amid the applause of n
crowd that filled the courtroom, Mrs.
Bradley, her eyes tear-dimmed. was dis
charged from custody. Throughout It's
deliberations the jury, into whose hands
the case was given by Justice Stafford al
United States Criminal Court, stood u
to l for acquittal. On the final ballot
Juror Julius III. Prigg, who was holding
out for some punishment, yielded. The
judge thanked the jury for the manner
in which it had performed its duty aud
the jury through its foreman expressed TO
the court and counsel its thanks for the
consideration and COURTESY shown. The
jury was then discharged. Mrs. Bradley
expressed gratitude over the outcome Of
the trial, and when asked what plans she
had, replied that there was little mapped
out.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Vast Amount of Property Burned.
Five hundred might Riders" masked
and heavily armed. marched into Hop
kinsyille, KY, and destroyed property
valued at over 100000 while the cit
liens, in terror of their lives. feared to
even open their windows, and the po-
lice, fire department, telegraph and
telephone offices, and even the railroad
stations were in possession of a wild
mob, shooting right and left. The
flames from burning buildings in the
meanwhile lighting up the city and the
surrounding country until it seemed
that the whole town was ablaze. Win
dews in the back and front of bust
ness houses and banks on the main
street of the city were shot out and
the entire front of one newspaper
which had been especially severe in its
condemnation of the raids of the night
riders, and which was owned by the
mayor of the city, was demolished.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
scHooLBoYs ARE TOBACCO USERS
st. Paul (Minn.) Official Says 1000
Pupils Smoke in that CITY.

Superintendent S. l.. Hector, in a re-
port to the board of school inspectors in
st. Paul, said that 1000 boys in the St.
Paul public schools under the age of is
years admitted that they used tobacco.
This information, Mr.. Hector said, had
been obtained by an examination conduct
ed by the teachers and principals of the
various schools. In the report Superin-
tendent Hector showed facts in relation
to the percentage of boys who smoke and
their standing in the schools which sur
prised the members. lie stated that boys
who smoke do the poorest work in the
schools and are hardest to manage.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Body of Suicide Found.

The body of David r. Rankin, the
missing cashier of the Merchants ami
Planters Bank of Lawton. Okla, which
recently failed, was found by Comanche
Indian boy in Cache Greek. two miles
north of Lawton. where it had remained
since the evening of Nov s, the day of mis-
disappearance. lie is believed to have
committed suicide Rankin owed tn
bank SO, 100 and his accounts were $66e
81 .Ort
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

To make OF the Christmas holiday a
genuine day of JOY without the "evil Of
gift giving is the aim of crusade now
begun by the Chicago Woman's CluD.
upon the suggestion of its president, Mrs.
/. S. Blackwelder, and Mrs. Ellen NJ.
Henderson, chairman of the reform COM
mittee. They say that the whole custom
OF giving at Christmas, with the shopping
mania. is pernicious and symptom OF
degeneracy in Americans
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
JURY HITS HARVESTER COMBINE
Company Found Guilty on Forty
Two Counts by Kansas Jury.

After being out an hour, the jury in
the case of the State against the Interna-
tional Harvester Company reached a YER
dict in Topeka against the company on
forty-two counts. This verdict charges the
company with being a trust and entering
into an unlawful combination to control
the price of harvesting machinery and to
force dealers to handle its products ex-
clusively. The maximum penalty which
may be imposed is $1,000 on each count,
making total OF $4,000 which may be
assessed by the court against the COM
pany.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Two Chicago saloon keepers commit
ted suicide under remarkable circum-
stances and the members of their fam
flies attribute their deaths solely to
worry lest Sunday closing agitation of
the Law and Order League ruin the
saloon business and cause the saloon
Keepers to lose the savings invested in
the saloons
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Big Purse for John Mitchell.

\ movement has been started in Halle
ton. Pa. to raise a fund of $4,000
among the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea as a testimonial to John Mitchell up.
on his retirement from the presidency OF
tho union. Mr.. Mitchell's retirement is
due to ill-heflth. 1t is proposed to hand
him the testimonial at the national con-
vontion in Indianapolis next month.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Chicago, ILL.,, on June 16, 1908. The
former is the place and the latter the
time at which the Republican National
Convention for 1908 will be held. Both
points were decided by the Republican
National Committee in conference at
the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, d.
c., last Saturday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Eugene Carney, Wisconsin Poll.
tician, Found Murdered in Barn.

Eugene Carney. GA years old former
sheriff of Washington county, Wis, and
prominent in Democratic politics, was
found murdered in the barn on his farm
three miles south of Waukesha, on the
Mukwanago road Tuesday night There
was deep cash in his skull, believed to
have been inflicted with spade found
near the body. A sum of money which he
was known to have carried was missing
4 former farm hand is suspected.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
275 Saloons Die in St. Louis.

Excise Commissioner Mulvihilrs report
to the State Treasurer shows that ga
saloons have gone out of business in St
Louis since Jan. l, 1907. This was due,
he said. to the stricter enforcement of the
night and Sunday closing laws and the
500 increase recently made in the cost
of State license.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

That riore burglaries and robberies
have occ Irred in New York City during
the last sixty days than at any other
like period in the history OF the city is
the statement of the agenIs of half a
dozen burglary insurance companies
1t Is also said that burglaries and rob-
berries have steadily increased for sew
eral years Last year it is estimated
the loss in the city from theft amount
ed to 15,S0O,OO0, while the loss from
fires was only $9,S0O,0OO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Because the complainant failed to APP
pear in court TO prosecute John Burrs,
charged with stealing a lap robe, Judge
Ryan Of Fargo, y. d., dismissed the pris-
oner and gave him the robe. Judge Ryan
took this course to teach Incorporating
complainants a lesson that they must APP
pear to prosecute.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Holds Corpse on Freight Car.

When south-bound freight train on
the New York Central rolled into Pough-
keepsie the other night Harry Finkle.
aged 23 years, of Chicago. was found on
top of a car clasping the body of his
brother Charles, aged 80 years. Eleven
miles up the road Charles Finkle's head
struck n bridge and he was killed. They
were stealing a ride.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Ship Sinks; Thirty Drowned.

The Brazilian coasting steamer Gu
asca- Captain Ramos, wenc down of
Paranagua, Brazil, as the result of
collision with an unidentified vessel
Thirty persons on the Guasca were
drowned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Carnegie AboIIshcs Age Limit.

On observing his 10th birthday ami
versary recently Andrew Carnegie ex-
pressed the opinion that mans useful
ness increases with age. When asked if
a man could accomplish as much at 20 rs
at 40. he replied More, bless you. NOR.
All things being equal, mans efficiency
is increased at 40. lie is equipped with
greater experience" The recipe he gave
for happiness was TO obey the judge
within and make others happy
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Leaves Lid Off; Fined 500.

State Senator J. &. Robinson was fined
500 on the charge of malfeasance in
office when he was Mayor of st. Cloud
Mimi, over q year ago. The prosecution
was the result of the failure of Senator
Robinson as Mayor. to enforce the Sun
day closing law. The fine was paid.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Although New York's new law making
inhdelity crime has been in operation
only a few weeks, it is already regarded
as dead letter without a single convic-
ton having been made under it. This is
due TO the fact that the Special Sessio-.s
Court required such absolute evidence
that convictions were all but impossible.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
L.ooan,s Grandson Marries.

Lieutenant Logan Tucker, L. s. NJ. c..
son of Colonel and Mrs w. +. Tucker
and grandson of Mrs. John A. Logan,
and Mrs. May X. Broome were married
in Washington by Rev. Frank NJ. Bristol
OF the historic Metropolitan Methodist
Episcopal Church.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Millionaire Dies in Hotel.

George f. Porter, a millionaire attor-
ney and theater owner Of Minneapolis.
was found dead in his room at the Pax
ton hotel in Omaha. Heart trouble is as
serted as the cause. His wife and chill
dren are travelling in che South, and mag
be IN Cuba by this time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Joseph Kessler, steward of the steamer
Monohansett. had narrow escape from
death when that vessel burned on Thun-
der bay. He could not be awakened when
the rest of the crew got off and smashed
through small window, nearly suffocat-
ed, into the lake.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Four Hundred Miners Are killed.

Four hundred miners are known to
have been killed by an explosion of black
damp. or methane, in mines Nos. q and 8
of the Consolidated Coal Company of
Baltimore at Monongah, w. Va. Five
men escaped. more dead than alive,
through air shafts. Hope for their re-
covery is entertained.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Three Killed in Wreck.

In wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Shenandoah Junction three
passengers were killed and dozen We're
injured. W. l.. +. Hoffman and his
daughter Nellie of baltimore and an
unidentified white man lost their lives.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
National Conventions Located.

Locations of the Democratic and Re-
publican national conventions have been
practically decided upon. The Republi-
can convention will be held in Kansas
City and the Democratic convention in
Chicago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Brvan Fires First Gun.

William Jennings Bryan. in firing his
first big gun in his campaign for the pres
idency. declared in Freeport, H., that the
platform of 1896 has been thoroughly vim
dicated by subsequent events and tenden-
cicS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Tr;es Tn Escane Fatally Shot

James Payne, foundryman. was shot
and fatally wounded by Policeman Henry
~ Smith in San Francisco. Payne was
trying to escape after being arrested for
disorderly conduct.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Railway Official a Suicide.

Frank d. Myers, a railway official with
visiting cards in the chief commercial
clubs of the United States and creden-
tials from leading railways, was found
dead in his room at the NicOilet hotel in
Minneapolis. The coroner inclines to the
theory of suicide Myers lad no money
and left no note of any kind.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Woman Fatally Burned.

Mrs Patrick Duffey. of 223 South Ar
senal avenue. indianapolis. Ind. was
perhaps fatally burned and her hus-
band was painfully injured in an acct
dent that resulted from an explosion
of kerosene can at their home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Ban ON Cigarette smoking.

The Pittsburg Railways Company, OPP
Grating all the street car lines in that
city. has served notice on its employees
that it will rigidly enforce the rule
against the use of cigarettes or liquor
while the mensare either off or on duty.
There is talk of strike.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Tries to Murder Guild.

Seeking to kill Gov Guild of Massa-
chusetts. John Steele invaded the State
house at Boston and seriously wounded
Edward Cohen and Dennis ID. Driscoll.
labor leaders, in an ante-room of the ex-
ecutive office
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Henry |. McCrea, son of Captain Hen
ry McCrea. one of the best known of
American naval officers, now in command
of the battleship Georgia. mas resigned
from the navy, in which he held a COM
mission as paymaster, TO go on the stage.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Prominent Chicagoan Dies.

James Bolesworth Bradwal, noted as
pioneer lawyer, lawmaker and jurist, died
ut his daughters residence in Chicago.
For more than year he had been in fee
Die health, but the illness that carried
Aim OF lasted little more than q week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Mrs. Louisa M. Taft, u. rher of Sec
rotary of War William III. TAFT. died
at 12 90 a. m. Sunday at her homo In
Milbury, Mass.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Cocaine Fiend Shoots Seven

Crazed by cocaine, Wash Mussay,
negro, ran amuck in Augusta, Ark, shoot
ing seven white people, two of whom
were womena The negro was finally COR
raled and slot to death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
THIRTY BATTLE HIGH IN AIR.
Frenzied Men Fight on Fire Escape
and Police Club Them Into Reason.

Battling in frenzy on a fire escape three
stories high, thirty nlen struggled to flee
from a fire in a mems rooming house at
OBS North Sixth street, St. Louis. Po-
licemen were forced to use clubs to sub
due the panic-stricken men. James Clarke.
a veteran of the Crimean war aud pen
sioner of the British government, was
seriously burned. Frank Evaps,. aged ~.
one of those overcome by smoke. will
probably die. Four others were injured.
not seriously. The damage amounts to
about 1000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12
Tbrcad Compnny,s Fronts.

The report of the J. & L. Coats of Paw
tuckct Il. l., thread manufacturers,
shows the most successful year. with
profits of S1J,2S0,625, or about so per
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

The report of the bureau of manufac-
lures just issued sets the value of the
annual production by manufacturers in
the United States at $15,OOO.OOO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

In Cairo at the present time there is an
endowment expressly for the lodging and
feeding of homeless cats.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Western headquarters of the Aetna
Fire Insurance Company will be removed
from Cincinnati to Chicago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-12

Fire at Devils Lake, n. d., destroyed
two-story business block, causing a loss
of $4,000, and damaged the city hall to
the extent IF $1,000.