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The newspaper., 1907-06-21

for some weeks past the CITY
council have imagined them
selves confronted with condi-
tions that called for the exercise
of superior intelligence to sur
mount. Because this paper was
in a measure involved we kept
silence on the subject for fear
our statements would be er-
roneously taken by the public.
Now that decisive action has
been taken we feel like discussing
the matter to some extent. and
presenting perhaps unpopular
argument.
To begin with we face deficit
IN revenue that IS bound to be
distressing. This is brought
about primarily by the fact that
for two years the town has gone
dry and We are short up to date
jus; four thousand dollars. AS
the matter is settled beyond re-
call for the balance OF the munic-
ipal year there is not the slight
est use of discussing the wet and
dry question at this time. but we
may with perfect propriety say
that when the town went dry it
was patent and clear that the
diminished revenues must be
supplemented from some other
source. The council must have
money or IT can not transact munic.
pal business.
In attempting to devise new
methods of raising revenue the
council has not used either wise
or iair methods.
The attempt to raise water
rates. either directly or indirectly.
the raising OF electric light rates.
all these have not been along the
lines OF common fairness. The
deficit should have been reached
by. tax on property squarely
and equitably placed.
We do not intend to chllenge
the sincerity of the board by this
statement. In the main we be-
lievc the board wants to do the
right thing AT the last meeting
a petition signed by practically
every business man in town was
presented to the council and GER
tain arguments had touching the
right and wrong OF raise in
motor rates was INDUCED in. AS
a solution the prohibitory meter
was set aside aud a fat rate. ex.
tortionate, we think. but still in
reach of the users was adopted.
The Mayor and Councilman Hem
showed q commendable disposi.
ton to do what was right. Their
error in supporting a very high
rate was excusable. on two
grounds. First. the town needed
the revenue badly. Second. there
is no question that they thought
The newspaper., 1907-06-21

1t occurs to US that it is quite
unnecessary to call attention to
Will Woods new "ad." Every
one will read it and save the
paper.
The newspaper., 1907-06-21

Will Dawson came in from
Telluride last Sunday and is visit
ing friends here tor a time.
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Eisenkramer voted aye" Hester,
McNaughton and Maxville may"
Mayor Dixon voted aye"
The following bills were pre-
sented by the finance committee
and on roll call were allowed and
warrants ordered drawn on the
proper funds:
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Clinton Oliver, Publishing Or
dinance..... .......:..................S 2.55
j. NJ. Lane, hanling coal.......... 2.15
w. F. Conine, hauling coal. 30
F. NJ. Simonds. labor, water
and electric lines................... 1.50
W. E. Langdon, auditing town
books ............................. 5000
Council then adjourned SUBJ
ject to the call of the mayor.
c. X Dixon. Mayor.
( +. HUFTY. Clerk.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28
CHICAGO.

No disturbing developments hinder a
seasona5le advance in industrial affairs
New demands come forward freely and
the only trouble is the inability to catch
up with old contracts involving produc-
ton of heavy materials In transporta-
ton, bank payment and failure returns
there is much encouragement. all reflect
ing steady progress.
Weather conditions prove unusually "a.
yorable to trade generally and more &C
tivity is seen in distributing and manu-
featuring with retail dealings showing
further gain in the cleaning up Of winter
wares. Leading producers continue un-
der the pressure of an exceptional accu-
mutation of forward business and full
available capacity of the furnaces, rail
mills and car shops is drawn upon. The
outputs add enormous tonnage to the
freight handled, and although special eff
forts have more success in reinforcing
railroad equipment it is not easy to OBJ
lain prompt deliveries at various points
The supply Of cars has improved to the
extent of permitting a largely Increased
marketing of crops and greater shipments
of spring goods to the interior. Factory
materials remain in undimsnished request,
current sales being extended and prices
quite firm.
Bank clearings, s202, $40. 1856. exceed
those of corresponding FIVE days in 1906
by 81 per cent
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number %. against % last week and
% year ago.-Dun's Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28

ed until she broke in two and every
soul on board was carried down. The
steamer apparently struck about amid
ships, as her forepart broke of and
sunk Immediately, while her afterpart
could be seen for considerable period
of time afterward
The waterway in which the disaster
occurred is new one on the north side
of which is the pier and railroad sta
ton. The steamer must have beer
within few minutes Of tying up after
her rough passage across the North.
Sea when she was overtaken by the dis
aster. Land was but few yards away
and except in the toughest weather
those on board the Berlin could have
been rescued without difficulty, especial
~ as the waterway is navigable at all
tides.
The Berlin was a steel steamer, only
twelve years old, and popular with
travellers to the north Of Europe. In
summer she usually was crowded with
passengers, but at this time of the year
her average was about as 1t was We'd
nesday night, the number being equally
divided between first and second class
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28
NEW YORK.

Actual trade and industrial develop
ments are quite generally favorable. bet
ter weather conditions and the easing Of
the railroad blockades being largely in
strumental in this direction Jobbing
trade in the spring and summer fabrics
has expanded at the East, at leading
southwestern centers and at prominent
southern markets. Better reports also
come from the Northwest, where the rail-
roads are winning out of the snow block
AIDES. and on the North Pacific Goa &.
where the car congestion is less acute and
preparations for spring trade are noted.
Collections are still irregular, but tend
to slowness, as retail trade in winter
goods is largely over and spring business
has hardly begun. Retail stocks of win
ter goods have been we'll reduced. how
ever.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Feb 20 number III,
against 204 last week. 1S6 in the like
week Of 1906. go in 1905, 200 in 1904
and 49, in 1903.
Wheat. including -four. exports from
the United States and Canada for the
five days ending Feb 20 aggregated
1892. 491 bushels. against 2,500.139 last
week. 2.357,06S this week last
year. 923.022 in 1905 and 1908. 435 in
1902 For the last thirty-four weeks of
the fiscal year the exports are 11SS16.105
bushels. against 92.27S, 1876 in 1866. A.,
509.4S0 in 1904-5 and 17S. 1875. 10f in
1902. Corn exports for the week are
1,6SS.63S bushels. against 1897. 100 last
week. 4.403.007 year ago and 1897. 061
in 1905. For the fiscal year to date the
exports are 1898. 155 bushels, against
S0.655.655 in 1866 and A., POI 1852 IN
Observation-Disclosures Report
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28
MANY DIE IN WRECK.
DISASTER ON TIE COAST OF
HOLLAND.
English Steamer Berlin Driven
Ashore by Gale, Strike. Sandbank
Near Heck of Holland, Breaks in
Tive and Sinks Immediately.

A disastrous steamship wreck attend
ed with great loss of life, occurred
Thursday off the Hook of Holland.
when the Great Eastern Railway Com
pany's steamer Berlin. bound from Har-
wich, England, TO the Hook of HOl-
land. was lost. OF those on board, 141
persons in all. of whom ninety-one were
passengers, all but one were drowned.
The wreck occurred off the north pier
Of the Hook of Holland.
The agents of the wrecked steamer
say that although they are not positive
regarding the numbers. they believe
the vessel carried 100 passengers and
crew Of sixty officers and men.
The wreck occurred at 6 o'clock in
the morning. during a terrific south
westerly gale. The steamer struck the
north jetty. while trying to enter the
lew waterway at the Hook of Holland.
She broke in two, the forward part i'm
mediately sinking. while the passengers
and crew gathered on the stern. where
they vainly attempted to use the life
boats.
The Berlin left Harwich at 10
O'Clock Wednesday night, upon the ar
rival there Of the London train with
the greater number of passengers who
subsequently lost their lives. The
steamer should have reached the Hook
of Holland at 6 o'clock Thursday morn
ing and would have then proceeded for
Rotterdam.
great gale was blowing in the
North Sea when the Berlin started. AS
the Berlin was entering the waterway
az the entrance of the River Mas how
ever. she apparently became unmanage-
able on account Of the force of the wind
and was driven ashore.
The alarm was given and lifeboats
from the shore went to the assistance
of the stricken steamer, but the seas
were so heavy that the boats were I'M
able to approach the Berlin close
enough to take off any of the passen-
gers or crew and the lifeboat men had
TO sit helpless while the steamer pound
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28
Favor. i. Ne,r con.ti,ution.

The Senate went on record the other
afternoon. as favoring a constitutional
convention to consider changes which it is
declared are needed in the States historic
svganic law, adopted in 1851. The bill
Introduced by Senator Will r. Wood was
passed by the decisive vote of 80 to Z.
The bill provides that a special election
shall be held in September of this year
TO elect delegates to a constitutional con-
vention to be held in Indianaolis in the
October following. Senator Wood. in
speaking of his bill. said that at the time
the present constitution was adopted, in
1851. there were not as man. people in
the entire State of Indiana as there are
now in the city of Indianapolis. Il know
full WELL" said Senator Wood. that there
are many persons who oppose any propo-
sition to amend the States constitution,
but / believe one of the real duties of the
citizens Of Indiana at this time is to pro-
mote means to bring about changes in the
States organic law. The constitution has
in part outlived its usefulness, and it has
been conclusively proved that an amend
ment proposed at general election can
not be successful, and constitutional
convention is the only means TO bring
about the changes that may be deemed
necessary"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28

quired and seventeen votes below the
majority necessary to exclude him. OF
the twenty-eight who voted against
Smooth there were no Republicans.
OF the forty-two in his favor three
were Democrats.
The three roll calls. which covered
every point in the controversy, came
after nearly five hours of debate, to
which hundreds of women who had
advocated and worked for the expul-
sion of Mr.. Smoot listened Many OF
them applauded Senators Burrows, Du
bois and Hansbrough as they denounc-
ed Mr.. Snoot as unfit to sit in the
Senate. They frowned in silence upon
Senator's Foraker and Beverage, who
defended the Senator ON trial for hiA
seat
All the galleries of the Senate were
filed by women. They even encroached
Oh the space ordinarily reserved for
men. They occupied every inch of
space and hundreds filed the corridors
unable to gain an entrance. Included
In the number were the wife of Sena-
tor Smoot, who closely followed all the
proceedings until the final roll call was
announced.
Scores of those who have actively
worked for more than forty-seven
months to secure the removal of Mr..
Smoot from the Senate, representatives
Of all the women's organizations in the
United States, were present at the
final Scene in the great fight against
Mr.. Smoot. After a final disposition
OF the matter had been reached scores
of women crowded into the committee
room OF Senator Burrows, who had
championed their cause, and congratu-
lated him on the good fight he had
made, although it proved unavailing
All other business in the Senate was
abandoned in order that the Smoot
case might be given concluding atten-
ton. The debate was continuous and
interesting
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28

The Senate has passed bill TO es-
tablish an immigration station in New
Orleans.
a new land district in Valley county,
Montana.
The House passed a bill providing for
a United States judge for the northern
district of Alabama.
The District of Columbia appropriation
bill, carrying Sl0,724,532. an increase of
S6S7. 29S over the amount passed by the
House, was reported to the Senate.
Speaker Cannon has received a letter
priation of Sl,126,992 to meet Panama
canal deficiencies. caused by contract in
debtedness prior to June 80. 1906.
4 commission of which Secretary Taft
is president has selected a site on the
corner of Connecticut avenue and N
street, Washington, for the statue of the
poet Longfellow.
President Roosevelt has told Repre-
sentative Stevenson of Minnesota that
he had made a modification of his sus-
pension order of Jan. % relating TO en-
tries on public lands.
At the request of the National Associa-
ton of Postal Clerks, Senator Cullom in
troduced bill increasing the salary of
postal clerks along the line recommended
BY the House committee on postofiices and
pest roads.
The Senate committee on foreign rela-
tons has authorized a favorable report
on a general treaty of the powers looking
to the suppression of the liquor traffic in
Africa by enforcing prohibitive tariff.
The new treaty with the Dominican re-
public was the subject of consideration by
the Senate committee on foreign relations,
but because of Senator Bacon's opposition
no progress was made toward securing a
favorable report.
Representative Murphy of Missouri has
introduced a bill to repeal the act of Feb.
%. 1901, authorizing the East St. Louis
and st. Louis Bridge and Construction
Company to build and operate a bridge
over the Mississippi river.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28

story on direct examination and by far
the greater part Of her answers were
in words, Il don't remember" With
the exception of these oft-repeated adj
missions her story was not shaken.
The District Attorney brought out the
fact that in 1902 Stanford White depos-
tied $3.50 with instructions that it be
paid to Evelyn Nesbit at the rate Of
SIS a week under certain conditions.
Mr.. Jerome sought to show that these
conditions were that the girl was to get
the money when she was out of work
on the stage or was i'll. This she would
not admit, and though the questioner
tried for hours by every vile known to
him to make her admit the conditions,
the most satisfactory answer be got
was: Il don't remember"
The District Attorney delved into the
witness past life with familiarity as
to details and a store of general knowl-
edge which at times seemed to amaze
all who heard. not excepting the de-
fendant's counsel themselves. Mr.. Je-
rome indicated early in his question
ing that he had no disposition to spare
Mrs. Thaw's feelings. He questioned
the witness about her manner Of pos
ing for artists, and he did not mince
words. Many photographs Of Mrs
Thaw were introduced in evidence
Mr.. Jerome piled the young woman
with questions as to what disposition
she had made of the letters written to
her by Stanford White. Some, she
said, had been destroyed and some she
had given to her husband.
Mr.. Jerome was assisted materially
in his cross-examination by typewritten
statements made by Mrs. Thaw's moth
er and by Howard Nesbit, her brother.
He consulted the statements from time
to time and jumped about from one
part of Mrs. Thaw's story and one
period of her life to another, taking
every advantage of the ruling which
allowed him wide latitude in testing
the credibillty Of the witness Mr.. Del
mas, contrary to expectations, inter-
posed few objections.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28
INDIANA LAWMAKERS.


DIR. Hurry Is Hopeful.
Indiana goes onward and upward.
Her growth is not slow. Nothing can
keep her long behind other States in a
few things, and she leads in many things"
These optimistic utterances. made by DR..
j. \. Hurry, secretary of the State board
of health, had reference to the passage of
the pure food aud drug law by the lower
House. ''The first pure food BILL said
he, was presented by the State board
of health in 1897. 1t was violently
thrown out of the lower house, much in
the same way as the health bill was
thrown out this session. The State board
of health presented it again in 1899, and
ii passed, somewhat mutilated with eff
cheney greatly injured. but no provision
for enforcement. Strange to record, con-
tinued Mr.. Hurry, the man wbc. put the
bill through voted against the provision
for its enforcement. The law consequent
~ lay asleep ON the statute books At the
session of 1901 bill was introduced by
the State board of health to establish a
laboratory and provide an appropriate
both being absolutely necessary for the
enforcement of a pure food law. 1t took
about Eve minutes for the committee 70
kill the bill. As it plainly was only a
question of education. the State boarS
knew the laboratory and the enforcement
of the food law would come in time. In
1908 the bill for the laboratory was again
introduced and actually passed the Sem
ate and to third reading in the House,
when it fell dead. OF course. the bill
was brought forward again in 1905. and.
10. it went through, but the amendments
of those whose duty it is to get things
right weakened it almost to decrepitude.
Now, in 1907, in ten short years, a new
pure food and drug bill, almost as the
State board originally presented it, is
unanimously passed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28
centenarian Die. at PIqu., Ohio.

Alexander Green, of Piqua, Ohio.
who last December celebrated his
Tooth birthday anniversary, died Sun
day morning of old age. Mr.. Green
was descendant of the famous, noble
and aristocratic German family, Won
Greenfield. His father. Baron Won
Greenfield. was master of the house of
Hanover and Brunswick, the kurfuerst
OF prince. Mr.. Green was an officer
In the Austrian wars in Southern
Spain, and Italy in the Grecian revo-
luton, in Turkey and in the German
revolution of 1S4S-51. He came to
Piqua in 1851.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28
WY WAR WAS LOST.
NourODalsin BIames His Gcnerais FOR
BIunderS i'm Every Crisis.

BIunders i'm Every Crisis.
General Kuropatkin'S History OF the
Russo-Japanese War; which was con-
fiscated by the Russian government. has
at last become accessible. despite the
most extreme precautions to prevent
this CALLING official Indictment from
reaching the public.
As the commander-in-chief of the
Russian armies in this encounter he
claims he was hampered by the clique
i'm St Petersburg which insisted on
their own plans being followed though
they were 5000 miles away from the
firing line and not we'll posted as TO
the movements of the enemy until dis
aster played havoc with their soldiery.
KurOpatkin says the Russians were
poorly prepared for war. In armament.
food and medicines. they were deficient.
Then the source of supply. the Siberian
railroad. was totally inadequate to the
needs of the army. Instead of the war
department moving twelve trains Il day
four were more often the number and
some days only one or two. And this
for a host which ut one time numbered
100000. On the other hand the Japa-
nese were in perfect condition for fight
ing when hOstilities began and the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28

celebrity with which they moved men,
food, ordnance. ammunition and horses
to strategic points was unequaled since
the great Napole0n's time. With this
advantage was coupled dash and pa
triotism TO which the Russians are
strangers and which added immensely
to the morale of the Asiatic soldiery.
Their superior intelligence als0 count
ed at every shift in the field. The
craftsmanship of the Japanese was
wonderful and their utter disregard of
death another attribute.
When the carnage was fearful at
Liaoyung. where much depc,ld d upon
the steadiness of the Russians. 4 charge
by the japanese against Gen. Orl0ff's
corps of $4,000 men sent them flying
long before the brown men got within
bayOnet range and this turned into a
complete rout. the Russians throwing
their rifles and accoutrements away in
a mad stampede TO get to safety. Not
in any war in which Russia has en-
gagged did her soldiers show the timid-
ity they did in this.
Then the general complains of the
lack of obedience on the part of officers
and men. Generals of divisions refused
to obey his orders at times, and this
was followed down the successive
grades to the private. the reasons as
signed being that the changing of the
columns of the enemy rendered the or
der abortive when it reached them. On
the japanese side the discipline was of
the highest, about perfection, and it is
unrecorded where officer or private, no
matter how desperate the task, ever
baked in its execution. He places ia
pan far ahead of any other nation in
her soldiefy and, on equal terms as to
numbers, superior to that of any other
nation.
The general closes his survey of the
cause of the defeat of the Russians
with the pathetic reflection that if Rus
STA had been united and ready to make
the sacrifices necessary to safeguard
her dignity and integrity, the valiant
Russian army would have striven till
the foe was subdued"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-28
GG4z GIA2E&l57S
-.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 500; hogs. prime heavy, 500
to SLY; sheep. fair to choice. $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, TIC to 74c: corn,
No. 2. 42c to 43c: oats, st, ndard. &c to
SOC; rye, No. 2. &c to Csc: hay. timo
thy, $1,000 to $1,000: prairie. 500 to
$14.00; butter. choice creamery, 28c to
33c; eggs, fresh. 2sc to 21c; potatoes,
35c 10 45c.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping. $500
to $3.50: hogs. choice heavy. $500 to
sos: sheep, common to prime. $3.50 20
1925: wheat, No. 2. &c to 75c: corn.
No. white, 45c to Acc: oats, No.
white, 40c to 42c.
St. Louis-Catfle. $3.50 to 1913:
hogs, $500 to Sis: sheep, $3.50 to
1915: wheat. No. 2, 77c to sSc; corn,
No. ., 42c to 44e; oats. No. 2, 39c to
Ale: rye, No. ., 64c to 65c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $50
hogs, 800 to $7.15; sheep, $500 to
1926: wheat. No. 2. 7Sc to Zoe: corn,
No. ? mixed, 45c TO 46c; oats, No. 2
mixed, Ale to 43c;; rye. No. 2. nc to
73c.
DctAoit Sattits WV " WV u0<<r
$500 to $40: sheep. $3.50 TO $500:
wheat, No. 2. 76c to Tie; corn. No.
yellow, 45c to Ale; oats No 3 white,
Acc to 43c: rye. No. 2, Csc to G9c-
Milwaukee-wheat, No ? northern.
&c to Soc; corn, No. 3, Ale to 42c;
oats. standard. Csc to doc: rye. No. i,
&c to CSC; barley, standard. 60c to &c;
pork. mess, $3.50.
Bufaa ,o-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
$500 to $6.15; hogs, fair to choice. $500
to $3.50; sheep. common to good mixed.
$500 to $40: lambs. fair to choice.
$500 to 1915.
New york-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, Sic to Sc:
corn. No. 2. sac to. 55c: oats. natural
white, Acc to ole; butter, creamery. &c
to 34c: eggs, western, 23c to &c.
Toledo-wheat. No. mixed. 75c to
nc; corn, No. mixed, 44c to 45c;
oats. No. 2 mixed. 40c to 42c: rye. No.
2, 65c TO &c: clover seed, prime, $S22-