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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
PLOT A REVOLUTION IN CUBA.
Move Believed to Be Backed by New
York Capitalists.

a conspiracy to start a revolutionary
movement in Cuba has been discovered.
Under instructions issued by Gov. Ma
coon a number of suspicious persons be-
lieved to be connected with the conspiracy
have been Swallowed for several days past.
1t is persistently stated in Havana that
the money to finance this revolution was
furnished from Wall street. There are
reports current that a certain American
who was in Cuba recently and spent four
days in Havana is connected with the
conspiracy. The movements of this man
we're mysterious. No matter who is be-
hind this attempt, Gov. Magoon is pre-
pared to stamp it out Immediately.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
CHICAGO.

E5tlvity in the leading pro luciny in.
dustries discloses 10 diminution. although
the aggregate of new demands has fallen
below the exceptional bookings at this
time last year. Delay in agreement
upon the new rail specification hollis up
many contracts for steel mills and lessons
the demand for pig iron. but indications
are good for an early lifting of this tenn
porary embargo.
Other heavy manufacturing lines main
tain steady drawing upon capacity and
absorb large quantities of supplies. and
current deliveries of finished products are
remarkably large in machinery, hardware,
cars, furniture and footwear.
The course of prices affords some re-
lief to consumers of raw material and
receipts of the latter continue ample.
while values of leading outputs of the
factories remain unchanged. Financial
conditions are paramount in considering
new enterprises and, while no decline in
the cost of borrowing may be looked for
soon. there is a better feeling in the
money market, which begins to have a
s%alutary effect upon business.
A most encouraging feature is the sus-
tanned enormous marketings of grain and
the rapid conversion of these and other
farm products into cash, all making sub
stantial addition to the circulation of
money, which must eventually stimulate
commerce and widen confidence.
Buying of necessaries reflects satisfac-
tory Roadway, trade in the leading retail
departments being seasonably strong and
much augmented by liberal purchases of
many visitors from the interior. For
~wardings of stable merchandise exceed
those at this time last year, and country
merchants operate freely.
Western advices indicate prosperous
conditions throughout the agricultural
sections. and country stocks of merchan-
disc under gratifying reductions. Collec-
lions at most points are reasonably
prompt, while the record of defaults
again makes a favorable showing.
Freight movements by both rail and
lake are much in excess of those a year
ago, and the calls for cars to rush bread
stuffs, coal and lumber begin to overtax
equipment. The total movement of grain
at this port aggregated 16,9I1,6S1 bushels.
against 9,I91, 691 bushels last week and
9,627 oil bushels a year ago.
Bank clearings. $246, 904 $50, exceed
those Of corresponding week in 1906 by
1875 per cent. Failures reported in the
Chicago district numbered 16, against %
last week, and 10 a year ago.-Dun's Re-
view of Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
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Freight traffic is reported to be increas-
ing at an abnormal rate in New Eng
land.
Reports from California state that the
Southern Pacific road is preparing to run
its trains in that State by electricity.
Manual, recently issued, places the gross
earnings of the railroads of the United
States during 1906 at S1,124, SOC, 300, an
increase of $234,442,516 over 1905, in
spite of increased wages and cost of ma
t%erials. There were S15, TAILS passen-
gers carried last year, and 1,610,O99,S29
tons of freight moved. The average re-
ceipts per passenger per mile was 2.011
cents, as against 2.O2S in 1905. The
average revenue per ton per mile on
freight decreased from .7S4 cents to .766
cents. The total assets of all the rail-
roads amounted to ST., 534. 8 ,633. The
total funded debt of the roads is $751;
107, rs, being a slight increase over the
previous year. The increase in capital
stock was $~364,452,151, the total now be-
ing 81, LOG, 4OS,976. The total increase
of liabilities of all kinds was $1,199.615,-
367. The construction of new road dur
ing the year was 5,516 miles, making a
total at the end of 1905 of 222,635 miles.
The Erie railroad has received an all
steel passenger coach, which is practically
non-wreckable and will not burn. There
is less than 300 pounds of wood OF other
infammable material used in its construc-
ton and all of that has been treated
with a preparation which, it is claimed,
renders it immune to an ordinary degree
of heat. The car looks like the standard
passenger coach in general use, but lis
weight is much in excess OF the wooden
car, being nearly 100000 pounds. The
car is so strongly built and so well riveted
and bolted that it will stand almost any
shock that railroad service will give il.
A new railroad has been projected to
run from Denver to Seattle, through Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Wash
ington.
1t is announced that the Pennsylvania
road has resumed its aggressive construc-
ton and improvement operations on all
parts of its system.
As a test of long distance speed en-
durance, Union Pacific motor car No. IL
has made a continuous run from Omaha
to Denver in 16 hours 81 minutes.
A company has been organized to build
a railroad from the Tygart valley in West
Virginia to Pittsburg. 1t is to be known
as the Fairmont and Southern road.
The trains in the electrical zone of the
New York Central's system at New York
City have been shifted from the left to
the right-hand tracks. The left-hand
system had been in vogue on this line
ever since it was established by Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, who believed that pas
sengers would get a better view of the
scenery of the Hudson b. that plan. Ihe
change resulted in the SCATTERING Of
schedules for days.
Contracts have been let by the South
ern Pacific road for the building of a
riied OIL pipe line, $50 miles in length
from its oil properties in Kern county,
Southern California, to kde water on San
Francisco bay.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Fatal Trolley Wreck in Ohio.

In a head-on collision. two miles east
Of Gilmore, Ohio. between a freight car
and a passenger car Tn the Toledo,
Port Clinton & Lakeside electric road,
one man was killed and eight persons
injured, two seriously that their recov-
cry is not assured. Three of the in
cured live in Toledo. William Beier,
motOrman, resides at asa Raymer
street, where he was taken soon after
the accident. The two others are Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Kleinhans, attend
ants at the Toledo State Hospital.
They were not dangerously hurt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
SCANDAL AT CAPITAL RuMoRED.
Washington Hears Report Of Big
Graft Expose in War Department.

A rumor is current that a great scan
1al had developed in the War Department
in Washington, r~ivaling in many respects
the Postofice graft cases. Acting Secre-
tary Oliver said he knew nothing of it
but that in all probability what was re-
ferred to was the purchase by the quar-
termaster's department of some lifeboat
handling apparatus that was claimed to
be the patent and property of another.
This person, he said, had complained to
the department in regard to it. He said
that the whole subject was investigated
thoroughly and that no improper conduct
had been shown.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

William Bruce, the explorer, for whose
safety much anxiety has been entertained.
arrived at Tromso, Norway, aboard the
sloDp Backe. Bruce and his companion,
Hjalmar ~Johansen, had established a sta
tion on the west coast of Prince Charles
Island, which they left not more than
an hour before the previous searchers
arrived The Backe relief party reached
the island Sept. 4 and found the explor-
ers after several days search.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

Harry kreimelor, prominent resident
of Richmond, was killed by a carbuncle
on his neck.
from a buggy by a runaway horse in Ev-
a~nsville. She was fatally injured.
The board of public safety in South
Bend has established a ~life-saving station
on the st. Joseph river. and has also pro-
vided a patrol launch with complete life
saving apparatus.
A Lake Shore train struck and killed
an unknown man near Rolling Prairie.
Whitecaps who attempted to attack
lobe Gaddy at Bloomington were routed
by Gaddy, who fired on them, killing
Jefferson Robinson.
During the absence from home of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Miller of Lyons a A.
year-old child was burned to death by an
explosion of coal oil, while a 12-year-old
daughter is near deaths door from the
same cause. A third child was badly
burned about the arms, but despite the
pain, the child ran to the ~neighbors and
spread the alarm.
Because she thought her husband had
gone to St. Louis with another woman,
Mrs. Line Grace, a young woman of
Loganspor!, took sixty grains of strych-
nine and died in ten minutes.
Mrs. Charles Lintz of Bedford was
burned badly. almost fatally, by the ex-
plosion of some gasoline which she was
using in cleaning furniture preparatory to
the reception of her son and his bride
Mrs. George Milton died in Tefre
Haute from the effect Of the discovery of
a suicide and attempted murder Mrs.
Milton went into Curtis Bakers house
just after Baker had killed himself, fol-
lowing an attempt TO end his wife's life.
In an effort TO get her brother aboard
a train at indianapolis Miss Lydia Parry.
daughter of David VI. Parry, former pres
ident of the National Manufacturers As
socia lion. was driving her auto at terrific
speed when she ran down and seriously
hurt Miss Elizabeth Hand She was ar
rested. but released on bail.
Despondent from disease and excessive
dissipation. Michael Leary. Anderson sa-
loonkeeper, attempted suicide at his home
by slashing his arms and legs with a
knife. The knife was used while he was
hidden in a building in the rear of his
home, and he was almost unconscious
from loss Of blood when his wife discsv-
cred him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
SET FIRE TO BOY AT STAKE.
Self-Styled "Jesse James Gang" at
Toledo Almost Suffocates a Lad.

Ralph Zahnle. II years old, son Of
Mrs. Cora b. Zahnle of Toledo, Ohio,
came near being burned at the stake by
six boys. two of them colored, who style
themselves the Jesse James gang. The
lad was passing the depot Of the Electric
Package Company on Huron street at
dusk when members of the gang seized,
bound and gagged him, and checked him
under the depot. The gang then tied him
to one of the center piers, heaped papers
about his legs and touched a match to
them. He was almost suffocated by heat
and smoke.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

1O66-Norwegians defeated the English
at Fulford.
119S-Richard 1. defeated the French
at the battle of Gisors.
1327-Edward ii. of England murdered
in Berkeley Castle.
1356-English defeated the French at
the battle of Poitiers.
1415-Owen Glendower, the Welsh pat
riot, died at Monnington.
162S-John Endicott's colony arrived at
Salem, Mass.
163O-Boston, formerly Trimountain,
Mass, named.
1653-New England colonists declared
war against the Niantick Indians.
1G6@The great plague of London
reached its height.
1675-Bloody Brook massacre at Deer
field, Mass.
1607-King Williams war ended by the
treaty of Ryswick.
1710-Expedition against the French
sailed from Boston for Port Royal.
1714-George L. landed in England.
1745-Battle of Prestonpans between
the Royal troops and the Jscobites.
1747-Marquis de Beauharnais ended his
twenty-one year term as governor
of Canada.
1759-Quebec ~capitulated to the British.
1I62-St. Johns, Newfoundland, retaken
from the French by the British.
1T76-The first Trinity church, New
York, destroyed by fire. Built in
1908.
1I77-Continental Congress left Phila-
delphia on the approach of the Brit
ish. British victorious at battle
of Saratoga. -. British de Gated the
Americans at Paoli, Pa.
1792-Meeting of the first Parliament of
upper Canada.
1793-George Washington laid the cor
ner stone of the national capitol at
Washington.
1SO1-Robert Emmett, Irish patriot,
hanged for treason.
1S21.Central American States declared
their independence.
1S23-Samuel L. Southland of New Jer-
sey became Secretary of the Navy.
1S3S-Opeaing Of the London and Bir-
mingham railway. .Anti-Corn Law
League formed at Manchester, Eng
land.
1S41-Railway opened between London
and Brighton.
1S47-Shakspeare's house, Stratford-on-
Avon, bought for the British nation.
1SJ0-President Fillmore signed the
fugitive slave law.
1S54-Allies defeated the Russians at
the battle of Alma.
1S56-The last national convention of
the Wings met at Baltimore.
1S57-Massacre at Mountain Meadow,
Utah.. delhi captured by the Brit
iS6O-The American tour of the Prince
of Wales began at Detroit.
1S61-New Orleans banks suspended
specie payment.
1S62-Battle of Antietam ended.
lOoO-OeH. DIdSS DtSGh lur SicSc VI
Chattanooga. =. First day of the bat
tie of Chickamauga.
1S64-Gen. Sheridan victorious at bat
tie of Winchester. !. Gen Fremon.
withdrew as a candidate for Presi-
dent.
1S6S-Revolution in Spain commenced.
1S7OAThe Germans invested Paris.
1S71-Lincoln's body removed to its final
resting place at Springfield, III.
1S73-Financial panic precipitated by
the suspension of Jay Cook & Co..
1SS1-Chester A. Arthur took the oath
as successor to President Garfield.
1S91-The st. Clair tunnel under the
Detroit river opened to traffic.
1S94HChinese defeated with heavy loss
at battle of Ping Yang, Korea.
1S95rPeary Arctic relief expedition left
st. Johns, N. f., on return home.
1e9S-Spanish forces began the evacua-
ton of Porto Rico. French min
lister of war ordered the prosecution
of Col. P~icquart, in connection with
the Dreyfus case.
1S99AAnri-trust conference at Chicago
ended.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
And He Is a Brewer.

Sir John Charles Bell, ex-sherif of
the city Of London, Eng, head of a
big brewery company, h has held a
number of important Offices in connec-
ton with the municipality, has bee
elected lord mayor of London, to suc
coed Sir William Theloar, Bart. The
new lord mayor will be installed No
yember 8.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Will Not Try Express Cases.

Judges w. II. Munger and T. c.. Mum
ger in the Federal Court in Omaha re-
manded to the State Supreme Court the
cases of the State against the five ex-
press companies operating there, in
which the State asks an injunction to
prevent the companies from refusing to
put into effect the reduced rates ordered
by the Sibley law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

Coach Stagg of the University of Chi
cago football team has ~inaugurated q veg
etarian regime by announcing that only
flesh abstainers will be permitted to take
places on the varsity eleven this fall. He
claims that the endurance and agility of
athletes are greatly enhanced by the vege-
tartan diet, and hopes in this way to
win back the western championship lost
last year to Minnesota.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Jump from Death in Flood.

Mrs. Arthur r. Bradley and two small
children narrowly escaped drowning at
her home in Hillsdale, ID. c., through a
sudden rise in a creek nearby. The water
rose so rapidly that the kitchen was de-
tached from the house. Mrs. Bradley
and her children then jumped, landing on
the door sill of the house, and thus es-
capped the rushing water below them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
A New American Volcano.

News has been received at Seattle that
a volcano has burst forth on one of the
Aleutian Islands, covering the United
States revenue cutter Rush with ashes
and cinders, shaking up many Esquimau
villages and frightening thousands of ma
tive Alaskans. The volcano is near
where the volcanic island of Perry recent
" appeared, following the earthquake at
San Francisco.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
I'M IMMUNITY FOR THE ALTON.
In ResentfnE S1ur on His CouF1
Standard OIL Is Hit by Lands.

In Resenting Slur on His Court
Standard OIL is Hit by Lands.
Another broadside was directed
against the Standard Oil Company by
Judge Lands in the United States Dis
trict Court at Chicago Tuesday. Al
though immunity was granted the Chi
cago and Alton Railroad by Judge Ian
dis on recommendation of Attorney
General Bonaparte, both the railroad
and the Standard Oil Company were
scored from the bench and a subpoena
was issued by the court for James A.
Moffett. president of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana.
Mr.. Monett was directed to appear
before the special grand jury that was
to have investigated the Alton road
and make good" charges made by di-
rectors of the New Jersey corporation.
The courts latest action is regarded as
one of the most drastic moves that
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Coal Fire Costs 500. 600.

The big coal pockets of the Erie Rail-
road at Hornell, n. Y, headquarters of
the Susquehanna division. were destroyed
by fire, causing n loss of 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

Cassie Chadwick Dying in Prison.
Mrs. Cassie Chadx lex, the Cleveland
wizard of finance, who is serving a
term in the Ohio penitentiary at Co
lumbus for her part in wrecking an
Oberlin bank, is very seriously iii. She
had a relapse which alarmed the ply
sicians, but she rallied and her death
is not expected, although it is admit
ted the outcome of her condition can
be predicted with certainty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Six Hundred Drowned.

Reports of a terrible disaster caused by
floods in Japan have been received. The
overflow of the River Otonashigawa, run
ming through the town of F~ukushiyama,
near Kyoto. caused the loss of more than
600 lives, the river rising more than fifty
foot
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Minnesota Miner Rescued.

Word from Chisholm, MIMI, on the
range, says that Paul Meliege, 40 years
old, was rescued from a mine chamber
265 feet below the surface of the earth,
upon which there had been a sudden
sinking depression of 115 feet. When he
was dragged out by other miners, Meliege
tainted from exhaustion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

A great international balloon race start
ed from Brussels, Belgium, Sept. ID,
thirty-four balloons participating. More
than 100000 persons assembled to wit
ness the start. The English Zephyr"
and the Swiss "Cognac' made the best
records for distance, so far as known,
alighting in France, $50 miles away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Held for Dauphter,s Death.

An indictment for manslaughter was
found by the grand jury in Mount Holly,
n. j., against Edwin NJ. and Mary Wat
son, residents of Moorestown. They are
alleged to nave been responsible for the
death of their daughter about three
months ago by refusing to employ a ply
stefan when the child was suffering from
an illness that proved fatal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
LONG SHEETS TO CURB DISEASE.
Blankets in Sleeping Cars II Penn
sylvania Must Not Touch Face.

DIR. Samuel G.. Dixon, Pennsylvania
Health Commissioner, has issued an or
der directing that sheets in the berths of
sleeping cars running through Pennsyl-
vania hereafter must be sufficiently long
to turn over at the upper end of tle blan-
ket at least two feet so as to prevent
the blanket from coming in contact with
the face of the occupant of the berth.
The same order also directs hat porters
on parlor cars must not brush the cloth
ing of passengers in the aisles of cars, put
only at the end of the coach beyond the
seats. This order is designed to protect
the travelling public from communicable
diseases.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

Justice Longworth of the Supreme
Court of Nova Scotia awarded the Do
minion Steel and Iron Company a verdict
of S15,OO0,0 900 against the Dominion Coal
Company as damages for breach of con-
tract in not supplying sufficient coal to
enable the former concern to conduct its
metallurgical work.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

The Federal grand jury Of st. Paul,
MINI, will next week begin an inves-
tigation of the lumber trust, which is
understood to have headquarters In
Minneapolis. Witnesses to the number
of fifty have been summoned to testify
before the grand jury.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
FOUR DEAD; YACHT EXPLOSION.
Gasoline Tank Blows Up and Twen-
ty-Two Are Thrown Into River.

While out on the Ohio river at CALI
polls. Ohio, with a party of twenty-five
men the gasoline tank on the yacht
Blanche NJ. exploded. All those on board
were thrown into the water and four were
drowned. The lost are: John E. Ed
wards, clerk in the Gallipolis postofice /;
j. X. Simmons. druggist, Harrisville. w.
Va; Z. H. Brake. assistant cashier, Har-
risville First National bank, and j.. Will
lis Fiddler, postmaster at Harrisville and
secretary of the West Virginia congress
sional committee. The explosion was
caused by a lantern falling from the roof
of the yacht to the engine, i~gniting the
gasoline.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
WI to Come Here Again.

The reappointment of WI Ting Fang
to his former post as minister of China
az Washington has been gazetted in
T. kin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
UnruIy Mule Kills Man.

While Harvesting a mule at the
home of his brother-in-law, in Woos-
ter, Ohio, Bert Hartman, 20 years old,
was kicked In the back of the neck by
the animal and killed. The blow broke
his neck, ano he was found a little
later by his brother-in-law beneath the
mule.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Killing Frost in Iowa.

y killing frost did considerable damage
ia Iowa to corn still in the milk. Opin-
ions vary as to the extent of the damage,
but much corn is out of the way.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Divorced Crown Princess WEEDS.

Countess M~ontignoso, former Crown
Princess of Saxony, was married secretly
in Lon Ion to Sig. Toselli. an Italian,
who won her heart by his singing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

Mrs. John Weller of Columbus risked
her own life to save that of her little
daughtsr and also to save her home. She
had started to light a gasoline stove, but
when the match was applied she learned
that too much gasoline had been gener-
ated. The flames enveloped the stove and
spread to some curtains. The little girl
was sitting close by, and was in danger
of being caught by the rapidly spreading
flames. Mrs. Weller grabbed the flaming
stove and carried it into The yard. where
she threw 1t from her. Her arms, hands,
face and neck were badly burned, but her
condition is not serious.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Advance in Coal Price.

An advance of 10 cents n ton on coal
is made by the operators of the Hooking
valley in the October price list. Heavy
demand and the shortage of cars are said
to be the reasons for the advance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Trainmen Killed on Southern Road.

TFdThWen NITTeu OH SoutheFh Hodus
Three trainmen and an unknown
white man. supposed to be a tramp,
were killed when a freight train or
the seaboard air line raj into a wash
out rear Alamo, Ca, and was wrecked.
The dead include Engineer Chas. Hines
of Americas and a fireman and brake
man, both colored.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Bic Boycott Called on.

After several months of vain fghtiD,
against the United Railroads the strike
committee of the San Francisco labor
unions has called off the boycott forbid
ding union men to ride on street cars, al.
though it declared the strike still in force
During the last month hundreds of work
men could be seen riding openly on the
cars and the pressure became so great as
to lead the strike leaders to take the
ahove action.