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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
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Thomas W. Lawson has been elected
president of the Bay State Gas Company
| ot Delaware.
The chief of staff of the army has rec
commended the construction of officers
quarters at the army war college in
Washington at an expense of 100000.
1t is reported that Heinrich Conreid Of
the Metropolitan opera house in New
York has had trouble with the directors
of the company and will retire at the end
OF the present season.
Fire in stable in East Ninth street,
New York City, spread to an adjoining
building, causing the death of one man
and injury to another man and woman
who were overcome by smoke. Nine
horses in the stable are supposed to have
been burned.
| DIR. William F. Boos of Boston issued
| a statement that he found in the body
of William Farnsworth Baker, the Boston
| young man who died under suspicious cir
cumstances in Bagota. \. j., more than
enough arsenic to kill several strong.
healthy men. 1t was also stated that the
embalming fluid used i'm preparing the
body for burial contained no arsenic.
| The organization of Hughes club,
| with Senator Burkett as the aspirant for
the vice presidency, was begun in Lin
coin. Neb. The delegation has been prac-
tically pledged to Taft, but the Hnghes
and La Toilette men win make contest.
Fire completely destroyed the plant of
the Pau Manufacturing Company at 52S-
53S Reading road, Cincinnati. The COM
pany manufactured plumbers supplies.
The fire caused a panic in large tene-
ment building which adjoined the factory.
Policemen. headed by Night Chief Corbin,
carried several babies from the building.
passing through dense smoke in perform
ing the rescue work. The loss will b
$4,000, with IS per cent insurance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
DIR. VALID EXONERATED.
Jury Decides Surgeon Is Not Re-
sponsi1le for Girls Death.

DIR. o. f. Wald of the Lake View hos
pital in Chicago was exonerated from all
blame for the death of Emma Mildred
Hanson. who died at the hospital Aug. O.,
following an operation performed under
the direction of Dr. Wald. The jury
found that the girl came to her death
from embolism and hemorrhage caused by
the bursting of an inner jugular vein, and
that due care and precaution was exer-
cised in the operation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

The mandate of the Supreme Court of
Texas, in accordance with its announced
decision that it has jurisdiction in the
Waters-Pieroe Oil Company receiversllp
contest, has been issued. An appeal from
the Appellate Court on the main custer
case is to be heard. No action was taken
on the appointment of receiver as sug-
gested by the Attorney General.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
TRIES FOUR TIMES TO DIE.
Young Hotel Guest Fights Rescuers,
Who Save Elm from Gas.

Il young man who registered at lead
ing hotel in Kansas City Saturday as
Robert Patterson of Philadelphia, and
who told several guests that he was the
son of a millionaire manufacturer, at
tempted suicide with gas. He fought
those who tried to remove him from his
room, and after being taken to police
headquarters made three attempts to hang
himself. He finally was taken to the
Emergency hospital. 1t is said he will re-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
MAN WITH sEWED HEART LIVES
Bests Pneumonia, Slit in Pericar-
dunn and Saving of Three Ribs.

After surviving an operation in whAh
four stitches were taken in his heart,
William Johnson developed pleuro-pneu-
n'onia at Roosevelt hospital in New York,
and is now again convalescing. Johnson
was taken to the hospital suffering from
injury which was at once diagnosed
as a stab wound of the heart. An in
cision was made in his SIDE three of lis
ribs were cut through. forming n trap
door. with the cartilage attaching the ribs
TO the breastbOne acting as a hinge. The
trap was lowered and it was found that
the diagnosis was correct and that there
was a half-inch slit in the pericardium.
This was carefully sewed and the trap
door was replaced. The next morning
johnson complained of pains in the lungs
and pneumonia rapidly developed. The
doctors, proud of the operation on the
heart. fought for the mans life and,
although at one time death seemed Ger
tain. ii is now announced that johnson
is on the road to recovery and will slir-
vive.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
s175.ooo Fire at Fort smith Ark

Fire at Fort Smith, Ark, destroyed
the Haglin, a six-story office building,
the American National building and
two other buildings. Loss $175, 900.
James McVitty, a cotton buyer, and a
man named Kaufman, who slept in the
Haglin building, are missing and are
believed to have persisted.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Insurance Companies barred

Three Of the largest insurance com
panies doing business in California have
been denied certificates to continue by
Commissioner Wolf, namely, the Palatine
of London, Commercial of London, and
the Williamsburg of New York, which
would not submit to suits against them
for losses sustained in the earthquake fire,
but insisted upon taking the cases into
the federal courts.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Meningitis Serum a Success.

T. report made to the New York Acad-
eLly of Medicine, and which is attracting
much interest among physicians, indicates
that a serum, which was discovered by
DIR. Simon Flexner, director of the Rookie
Teller Pathological Institute, for the treat
ment of meningitis, or spotted fever,
produced the unprecedented record of
cures in 1913 per cent of the total number
of cases treated. An interesting feature
was the sudden termination of the dis
ease, generally within forty-eight hours
after the injection of the serum. The
cases reported were treated in various
parts Of the country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Creator of Fashions Dies.

NJ. Paquin, the famous dressmaker, who
since the death of Worth has fashioned
gowns for the aristocracy of Europe and
the wealth of America, died at his home
in Paris lie was known all over the
world as a designer who set the fashions
for the courts of Europe and for Newport
and New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Will Not Cut Wages.

The finance committee of the United
States Steel Corporation has decided to
send out notices recalling the recent or
der to cut wages. These reductions were
in some instances TO amount TO 80 per
cent. while the average was to be cOnsid-
erahly more than 10 per cent. These or
dcrs were to have taken effect Jan. l.,
1908
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Another Murder and Suicide.

New York police are trying to solve
mystery connected with a murder and
suicide in Brooklyn. Bernard f. Wallace
killed Elsie Ferlin while driving with her
in a cab and then committed suicide. The
girl was telegraph operator.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
John Mitchell is Improving.

The condition of John Mitchell. pres
ident of the United Mine Workers, who
is in hospital in Indianapolis, Ind,
has so far improved that his physician,
DIR. E. F. Hodges, informed him he
probably would be able to take his
Christmas dinner with his family at
Spring Valley, ILL.,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Mau-etania's New Record.

The large turbiner Mauretania,
which left Daunts Rock at 1880 a. m
December Is, arrived at the Sandy
Hook lightship Friday, December 20,
at 6:35 a. m, making the passage in
five days and fifty-five minutes. Her
average speed was % knots and her
highest days run 655 knots.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Chicag0's Woman Con.

Chief of Police Shippy of Chicago has
granted a special police permit to Miss
Dorothy Stewart, aged %. This allows
her to wear the multi-pointed star of the
special police force and invests her with
ali the authority of the male policeman.
She will be detailed in full uniform at
the Auditorium Theater to supervise the
safety and comfort of the women and
children
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
PAPER TRUST TO BOOST PRICE.
Buys Big Tract of Timber, but
Finished Product Will Be Higher.

purchase of $50 square miles of timber
land in New Brunswick, containing $780,
600 acres of spruce timber. A. n. Bur-
bank, president of the paper company,
stated that the problem of securing spruce
wood for pulp has become a serious one,
and that as result the price of print
paper has increased. Spruce wood, it is
said, is now quoted at $40 cord, while
sales have been made at figures as high
as Si4 cord. In some quarters it is pre-
diced that the price of print paper in
1908 will be at least 20 per cent above
the price that has prevailed during 1907.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Eas . Fights Dog and Man.

Charlie Kench of East Litchfeld,
Conn, has been severely injured in fight
with an eagle The eagle seized Kench's
dog, but turned its attention to the man
when Kench went to the dogs rescue.
Kench's scalp was badly torn and his face
and hands scratched by the birds beak
and claws, but he finally managed to cut
its throat with a garden trowel
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

A negro member of travelling minstrel
troupe, who gave his name as Homer
Rogers, was hanged by mob near
Shreveport, La, and his body riddled
with bullets. This is the third lynchng
in Morehouse parish in ten days. Rogers
is said to have resented white mans
remark that he was Yankee Niger"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Shows Larger Grain Shortage.

Government final crop report shows a
shortage of several hundred millions of
bushels in the principal cereals, but that
the aggregate value on the farms is much
higher than last year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

Prof c. Iicbein Chicago lawyer
committed suicide by shooting himself in
a room at the Quincy house, Boston. Ho
was Respondent over i'll health. Hobein
was 50 years old and unmarried. He left
the Alexian Brothers hospital Chicago
three weeks ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Bio Loss at SprinafieId.

Fire which threatened the entire
business section, wiped out s250,000
worth of property at Springfield, Ill.
The flames started on the top floor of
the Johnson-Hatcher store at Seventh
and Adams streets. A boy playing San
ia Claus stepped on a match and the
infiamables caught fire. The fire spread
to the buildings at the west and con-
sumed the James T. Jones, B. E. Bar
tel and Myers stores. They were
stopped by the fire-proof walls of the
new seven-story Bressmer building,
whose contents were damaged by
smoke and water
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
State to Sue Phone Combine.

Attorney General Ellis of Ohio will
bring suit asked for in the complaint
made to him by the independent telephone
interests against the merger contract of
the Marion County Telephone Company
and the Central Union, but will merely
ask the court to pass upon the validity
of the contract.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
HURLED FROM AUTO TO DEATH.
Paymaster of Department Of Gulf
Is Killed in Accident.

Major Manly Il. Curry, paymaster of
the department of the gulf, was killed by
being thrown from an automobile while
on his way to the Terminal station in
Atlanta, Ga. TO catch train for Macon.
Major Curry had been visiting in the
home of DIR. William Carnes and was be-
ing driven to the station by the doctor.
When the machine reached the end of the
Washington street viaduct DIR. Carnes
failed to turn in time to avoid a collision
with a railing. The shock threw Major
Curry to the street. He was quickly
moved to a hospital, but died an hour
later from conclusion of the brain. DIR.
Carnes escaped injury. Major Curry was
a son-in-law of United States Senator
Bacon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
sHoRTENs Bank FoRGER's TERM
Gov. Hoch Commutes to Five Years
Sentence Against Ex-Cashier.

Sentence Against Ex-Cashier.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas has committed TO
five years. the sentence of j. f. MARCEL,
the Highland. Fan. banker, in prison for
forgery under indeterminate sentence.
This includes the time served in Jail and
time off for good behavior. making the
actual time only four years and one
month. MARCEL will go free Feb. -.
For three years MARCEL, as cashier of
the Highland bank. sent to city banks
forged notes, warehouse receipts and
mortgages. as collateral for cash loans
The banks accepted nearly 100000 in
this paper and lent Nhrcell 100000 on
it, His forgeries wrecked the bank and
took the money not only of the directors
and neighbors. who had trusted him, but
of his relatives as well.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Chicago Bank Collanses-

The private bank of August Sahen x
Co. in Chicago collapsed through the ois-
appearance of its cashier and $4,000 of
its fulds. revealing a pathetic story of a
mans trust in his adopted son.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

PStsburg had 100000 fire. Graft
& Co., stove manufacturers John Flock
Ter & Co, rope dealers; Seeley & Leard,
wholesale hat dealers. and IL. w. Johns,
dealer in railway supplies, were the prin-
cipal losers
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

Harrison Clark died on the scaffold at
til, State penitentiary, Lincoln Neb, for
the murder of Conductor Edward Fleury
al South Omaha. Noah Fulton, negro,
was hanged in Richmond, Va, for the
murder of John Johnson. a
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

Glycerirl Explosion Shakes Town.
Six hundred quarts of nitroglycerin in
the Dupont powder works. two and half
miles from Bowling Green, Ohio, explod-
ed. 1t is not believed there was loss of
life, as the employees had left the premises.
Six meh employed i'm the powder house
narrowly escaped injury.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
JAPAN TO BUILD WARSHIPS.
Naval Commander on Way to British
Yards to Investigate Methods.

Ga S ~ AANCSbiSoIC NAceAA0oS'
Japan is TO build its own warships, an
nounced Commander ]. Matsumura, who
arrived in Victoria. b. c., the other day
on his way to investigate methods at Brit
ish shipyards. He said a number of plants
to that end were being established in
Japan( but for the present building of
warships was handicapped, practically
stopped, because of the lack of money in
Japan, but for the present building of
some changes, some types being eliminat-
ed. He proposes to investigate some re-
cent submarine types and swift scout
ships built recently by England. On the
same ship with Matsumura was s. Sano,
sent to Schenectady, n. Y, by the Jap
anese government railway bureau to look
into the manufacture of locomotives. with
a view to the manufacture of engines in
Japan for japanese railroads.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Billy Rice. the Minstrel. Dead.

William Henry Rice, one of the best
known Ministries in the United States,
died of pneumonia in a hospital in
Philadelphia, Pa. He was 60 years of
age Rice was born in Philadelphia
and when lad secured employment as
a singer with Charlotte Cushman's
company. A few years later he went
on the stage as black face female i'm
personator and travelled throughout
this country and Europe. He is sur
vived by three sons who are engaged
In mercantile business in New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Woman Blown to Fraements

Mrs. Charles Talsk was blown to pieces
in Pittsburg by an explosion of natural
gas in her home. Her six children were
injured, all being thrown from their beds
upstairs when the house was wrecked by
the explosion. Mrs. Talsk's striking a
match caused the catastrophe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
HAS LAW TO STOP BANK RUNS.
New Statute Will Become Operative
in Oklahoma Feb. II. 1905

IN OKIaHoIna FED. II, IoOo.
TIE new banking law for Oklahoma,
wherein is provided guaranty fund for
the protection of depositors in insolvent
banks, will become operative Feb. II,
1908. Its makers believe it will make i'm
possible arun on an individual bank and
prevent a money panic in the State. Each
State bank is required to pay to the State
banking board a sum equal to l per cent
of It's daily average deposits When n
bank fails the State bank examiner pays
the depositors from the guaranty funds
held by the banking board, and these pay
ments become first lien on the assets of
the defunct bank. The Senate has passed
the amended prohibition bill and the Jim
Crow" bill defining a negro.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
GAVE SIS. ooo. GOO to charity.

A dispatch from Dresden says: The
late Queen Garcia has bequeathed to
charitable organizations the larger
part of her fortune, which in all is es-
tmated at about S5,000.000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Point for Sunday Closers.

Opponents of Sunday saloons scored a
victory when Municipal Judge Heap of
Chicago held the State law to be supreme
in the prosecution of saloon men for keep
ing open on Sunday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Surgical Cure for INSANITY.

DR.. \. NJ. Owensby of Baltimore, after
experiments, believes he has found in
surgery cure for form of insanity
called dementia praecox which heretofore
has been believed TO be so per cent in
durable.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Explosion Kills twenty-five In Italy.

Explosion Kills twenty-five In italy.
A terrific explosion occurerd at Pa
lermo, Italy, in the military powder
magazine, where a large quantity of
dynamite was stored, and was fol-
lowed by number of lesser explo-
sions, the whole town being badly
shaken up and the people thrown into
panic Almost Immediately flames
shot up into the air and spread to the
ruins of the houses that had fallen,
adding greatly to the terror of those
who were in the immediate neighbor-
hood OF the disaster. 1t is estimated
that bout twenty-five persons were
killed and hundred others injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Parliament is Called.

At privy council held at Bucking-
ham Palace, London, Eng, King Ed
ward signed a proclamation definitely
summoning Parliament to meet JAN
uary 20.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

Resolutions were introduced in the
Senate Wednesday by Senator Tillman
asking the interstate commerce commits
sion to report whether any corporation
engaged in interstate commerce was the
owner of the stock of any other corpora
ton transporting passengers and freight
and calling upon the interstate commerce
commission TO define the authority of the
federal government and of the States in
respect to the control of the liquor traffic
through the operation of the interstate
commerce law. Senator Culberson Spoke
on his resolution calling on the commit
tee on finance to investigate and report
upon the cause OF tie present financial
stringency. The resolution was referred
to the committee on finance. The House
was not in session.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
DIvoRcEE REwEDs; IS SLAIN.
Former Husband Follows Woman to
New Home and Kills Her.

New Home and Kills Her.
Temporarily insane from jealousy, T..
Il. Lock followed his recently divorced
wife and her new husband from their for
mer home in Colorado, nearly 1000 miles,
to Marietta, s. d., with what their
friends believe was a firm determination
to get her back or kill her. He accom-
plished his purpose, numbering his wife
by shooting her through the head. Then
he ended his own life by sending a bullet
through his brain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Sunday Closing Jury Disagrees.

The first Sunday closing jury in Chi
cago failed to reach a verdict, standing
eight for acouttal. and was discharged
after twenty-four hours deliberation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Killed by Mine Explosion.

Two hundred and fifty men were killed
by an explosion of gas in the Darr mine
of the Pittsburg Coal Company, at ia
cobs Greek, Pa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Aldermen Reflect Ahearu.

In defiance of Gov. Hughes the New
York board of aldermen reelected John
f. 4nearn president of the Borough of
Manhattan, from which Office he was re-
Gently removed by the Governor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
SUPPLIES MOUTH, ROOF AND LIP.
Surgeon Also Adds Palate in Case Of
Five-Year-Old Bertha StubloW.

When Bertha Stublow was born five
years ago she was without an upper lip,
a roof to her mouth or palate. To-day
she is almost perfect in all three. This is
the result of remarkable surgical feat.
The man who did the work is Nj. Meyer,
ID. ID. s., oral surgeon to the North Pa
cifc College of Dentistry, Portland, Ore.
The operation was begun FIVE years ogo
and completed the other day. The patient
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Stub
low of Sumner, Wash.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Government Buvs More silver.

The Treasury Department in Washing
ton has purchased 100000 ounces of sill
yer for delivery in equal amounts at Phil
adelphia, New Orleans and Denver at
6E6 cents per fine ounce.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Fight on Floor of House.

Representatives Williams and De Ar
mcnd engaged in a fist fight on the floor
of the House and both drew blood.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
Senator MALLORY of Florida Dead

United States Senator Mallory died
at 12:4S Monday morning at his home
in Pensacola, Fla.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

Three daughters and one son of Sam
uel w. Carpenter of Allegheny, Pa, have
eloped in a year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
WORK OF
CONGRESS-

N0O~NONNN~

Senator Tillman's speech was the chief
subject of interest of the Senate session
Monday. Senator Culberson introduced a
resolution calling for a congressional in
vestigation of the present financial strir-
gcncy, but it was allowed to go over.
Cklahoma's new Senators were sworn in
and a number of bills were introduced.
Speaker Cannon announced the appoint
ment of the committee on appropriations.
Nest of the time was taken up with the
introduction OF bills.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26
En- olish Scientist Dies

Lord Kelvin. the noted scientist and in-
ventor. died at an advanced age at Glas-
gov, Scotland.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

Announcement of the appointment of
the various committees was made at the
opening of the Senate session Tuesday.
Senator Newlands of Nevada spoke for
two hours on his bill providing for the
appointment of an inland waterways COM
mission and for the Improvement of the
inland waterways of the country The
resolution of Senator Dick of Ohio ex-
tending the time allowed to the various
state militia organizations to make the
changes necessary in order that they may
take advantage of government appropria-
lions were adopted. Senator Culberson's
resolution for an investigation of the pres
ent financial stringency was allowed to lie
OH the table. The House was not in
session.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-26

The Senate was not in session Thurs
day. Prime interest in the session of
the House conferred in the announcement
BY Speaker Cannon of the appointment
OF the various committees. Many bills
of Importance were introduced. An I'M
successful effort was made TO block the
erection of the statue to Gen. Grant at
the expense of a number of historic trees.
Adjournment was taken until Saturday.