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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
SHOOTING AFFRAY
LOUIS PARISOL SERIOUSLY WOUND.
 ED IN NEW ORLEANS,
Police Are Searching For Alfred syvaf- field, President of a Grain Firm Who Is Charged with the
 Crime.

New Orleans. La, May 2.-The police are searching for Alfred c. Swaffield, president of a grain firm of this city. charging that hP shot and seriously wounded Louis Parisol tonight
 The shooting occurred In fashion able quarter of the city when the two men met on the street. Eye wit nesses say that Parisols assailant first struck him in the face with the butt of a revolver and then discharg- ed the same weapon at him. Parisol said there was no reason for the shoot ing, but the police claim that the two men had quarrelled. Parisol is 30 years old and Swaffield, 40.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
BARONESS DeMAssEY GUILTY.
Convicted of MansIaughter With Rec
 ommendation of Mercy.

Convicted of Manslaughter With hec-
 ommendation of Mercy.
 New York, May 2.-"Baroness" Ami mia Louise d'Massey. a pattern design CT. tried for the killing of Gustav Si- mon. a shirt-waist manufacturer, was convicted of manslaughter fin the first degree with a recommendation of mer- cy. The jury to which the case was given at 3 o'clock this afternoon, re- turned a verdict few minutes De- fore midnight and the prisoner was re- manded to the Tombs until May 9. for sentence.
 Gustav Simon. a shirt-waist manu- facturer was shot in his office on No vember 19. and died a few hours af- terward Mime. d'Massey. who was employed by simon. acknowledged she had a disbursement with simon over a question of wages and had ieft the manufacturers office few minutes pc fore her arrest. but has stoutfy main tained throughout her trial that sne had nothing to do with the shooting
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
MERCHANT FOUND DEAD.
Thomas WestcOtt Discovered With BuI
 let Hole in Head.

Columbia, s. C., May 2-Thomas Westcott, who conducts a business in Waverly. a suburb of this city, was found dead near his place of business early today with a bullet hole in his head. A revolver with two empty chambers was found near his body.
 Suicide is suggested by some, but the general impression is that he was mur- dered with robbery as the motive.
 Jim Gardner, a young white man, has been arrested on suspicion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
BOxMAKERs STRIKE.
Two Hundred in New Orleans Demand
 Nine Hour Day.

New Orleans, May 2.-About two hundred boxmakers went on a strike here today for nine hour day with the same scale of wages that they have been receiving Two firms are affected.
 third firm granted the mems de- mands some time ago and is not af- fected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
FOUR MORE BODIES.
Total Fatalities In WbIppIe Mine
 Reaches Fourteen.

Reaches Fourteen.
 Charleston. w. Va, May 2.-Three more bodies were removed from tho whipple shaft later this evening. mak- ing a total of fourteen victims The mine has been thoroughly ex- plored and all who were working on the day of the accident have been ao- counted for.
 The damage to the mine will be re- paired and operations resumed Mon- day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
.EATHER FoRECAsT.

Washington, May 2.--FOr AIabamai Partly cIOady FridayJ Saturday show CTS and cOOlerJ light to fresh SOuth- east to BOuth wtndBs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
saII for Hampton Roads

Lereint, France, May 2.--The French armored cruiser Victor Hugo will sail for Hampton Roads May 6, arriving there May 20.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
FIRE AT DURHAM.
Handsome Hotel Carolina Is Wiped Out
 By Fire.

Durham, N. C.. May Fire tonight destroyed the Hotel Carolina. four story structure located in the center of the city, entailing a loss of s175,ooO fully covered by insurance.
 There were fifty or seventy-tive guests, all of whom escaped without injury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
PREssMEN STRIKE.
Union Men Qnit Employ of St. Louis
 Newapapers,

Newspapers.
 St. Louis, May 2-Following a fail ure of the Web pressmen's union to reach an agreement with the local newspaper publishers association for a new scale, strike was ordered to- day. called the pressmen from all newspaper offices in the city except
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03

New York, May 2.--Upon appfica- ton of Theodore H. Price. Justice Bischoff today granted temporary injunction restraining the olassifica- tfon committee of the New York Cot ton Exchange from classifying. by which there are alleged improper stan- dArds.
 Under the order of Justice Bischoff the exchange is enjoined from classi- fying cotton by samples drawn from bales so long before the time for clas- sification as to enable them to become bleached; from classifying samples url less the bale from which thy are taken can be Identified; unless they are compared with proper grades; or without affording an opportunity for comparison with standard of every grade. or from classifying cotton which is unmerchantable because of sand and dirt. The order also re- auires the classification committee of the exchange to deliver to members Of the exchange set of type of stan asards used by 1t in certifying and elas- 4ftfving cotton.
 G~sssf Price declared in his petition that the classifying committee classi- fled samples which are not 20 tagged as to identify the bale, from which 1t was taken; that the classification Is made by improper standards and that the committee is influenced by undue pressure to produce a classification in favor of the seller. He asks that the injunction be made permanent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03
EXCHANGE
 IS ENJ0INED New York Bourse Re- X stricted. THEODORE PRICE PETITIONS Rules Laid Down for Classification
 of the Staple. Bill Alleges Classification is Made by Improper Standards in Favor of
 seller-samples Cannot be Identified.
THEODORE PRICE PETITIONS

New York. May 2-Late tonight Hen. .ry w. Taft, representing the New York Cotton Exchange, secured from Judge Bischoff modification of the tempor- ary injunction issued by the latter this afternoon and which restrained the classification committee of the ex- change from classifying cotton under what were alleged to be improper stan- dards.
 It was reported to Judge Bischoff that the injunction might seriously in- terfere with current contracts to the injury of members of the exchange.
 Judge Bischoff accordingly modified the injunction so that it would not take effect pending a hearing next Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-03

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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
DEATHS MAKE WILL TANGLE.
Paul MacCormac Left All to Wife
Who Made Spouse Beneficiary.

The will of Paul MacCormac. the club
man and automObilist who died from in
Juries received in an automobile accident
recently near South Norwalk, Conn. in
which his wife was killed, has been found
in the SAT- of A. c. Astarita, the former
attorney for the dead man. BY the terms
of the instrument Mrs. MacCormac was
made the sole beneficiary, but her death
has brought about an unusual situation.
Mrs. MacCormac in her will left the bulk
of her estate to her husband. She be-
queathed $4,000 TO be invested in an an
nuity for Joseph Adler Converse, her IL
year-old son by her first husband, from
whom she was divorced. Mrs. MacCormac
was killed on Aug. 10. Her will was dated
February, 1905, and in it she left her
home in Connecticut to her second hus-
band and made him trustee for her son,
who is with his father, Charles E. Con-
verse. Death claimed Mr.. MacCormac
soon after his wife ~succumbed. His will
left all his estate to his wife without any
stipulation as to its disposal in case of
her death. His estate is estimated at
about 100000, most of it invested in Sc
curities which are believed to be in a
safe-deposit vault in New York City. The
MacCormacs had no issue, so that now
both estates will be divided among these
relatives of Mr.. MacCormac: William
Dawson of New York City. an uncle;
Walter s. MacCormac of Philadelphia. an
uncle; Mrs. Sarah A. Dilley of Westfeld,
y. Y, an aunt; Mrs. Rebecca A. Fitzger-
aid of Westield, an aunt, and George B..
MacCormac of Rochester, n. Y. No con-
test is expected.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
NEW YORK.

Retail trade feels the stimulus of long
awaited cool weather, as does also Alag
in order business from jobbers. On the
other hand. regular house trade has de-
creased in volume, now that the first rush
Of fall trade is over, and shipping of
goods on orders is engrossing jobbers' at
tention to a large degree. Advices as to
the real proportions of autumn trade vary
with the sections reporting. Collections
are still a matter of complaint at many
markets east, west and south, the latter
section noting that the recent freer move
ment of cotton has only made for partial
improvement. Conditions in the shoe and
leather industry are irregular. The re-
striction of output of sole leather is re-
fected in firm prices for desirable grades.
Some dealers claim concessions in side
leather in the Boston market. Shoe ship
ments from eastern Massachusetts are
A per cent less than a year ago.
Business failures for the week ending
Sept. 20 number 166, as against 10 last
week. 165 in the like week of 1906, 1875
in 1905, 10 in 1904 and 1913 in 1908.
Canadian failures for the week number
SO. as against 40 last week and 81 in
this week a year ACCOMPLISHMENTS Com
mercial Report.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
PANORAMA OF THE WORLD
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND is TO BE.
All Sides and Conditions of Things
are shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Complete.
Fifteen Killed in B. & o. Wreck

Fifteen killed in 3. e. o. Wreck.
Fifteen men were killed and a score
injured, a number fatally, at Bellaire,
Ohio, when the Chicago & Wheeling
express train on the Baltimore & Ohio
railway crashed into a freight train
which was moving slowly on a siding.
The accident was due, it is said, to the
failure of an operator to throw a
switch. The west-bound freight had
received orders to meet the passenger
at the western limits of the Bellaire
yard and was moving slowly along the
siding. At the point where the wreck
occurred there is a very sharp curve
which prevents the engineers of east
bound trains from seeing more than a
few feet ahead. The passenger train
swung around the curve very rapidly,
being three hours late, and should
have gone in safety on the main line.
The switch to the siding, however, had
not been turned and the train shot on
to the siding and into the freight train.
There was scarcely time to apply the
brakes and no time for the enginemen
to jump. The two big engines were
reduced tc junk by the impact, but the
worst damage was done to the smoker,
which was telescoped so completely by
the baggage car that every seat was
thrown out of the coach. Every oc-
cupant of the smoker vas badly in
jnred. The passengers in the other
day coaches and the two Pullmans
were tumbled from their seats. but not
seriously injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE.
NEW YORK CARS KILL ONE
EVERY FIFTEEN HOURS.
unusual Number of Fatalities In
Traction Accidents in August
Gang of Toledo Juveniles Set
Fire to Another Boy.

Every fifteen hours a life IS lost in
New York City under the wheels of a
passenger car, surface, elevated or steam,
according to figures given out by Secre-
tary Travis III. Whitney of the public
service commission. Mr.. Whitney kept
a record of transportation accidents from
Aug. D to Sept. /. In these twenty-six
days l45 persons were hurt in car col
hsions and 400 in collisions between cars
and vehicles. Once in each hour and
twenty-nine minutes of the period some
person was struck by a car, making a
total of 400. Sixty-four persons were in
jured in boarding cars and 1868 were
injured in alighting from them, which
goes to show that at least that number
of New Workers nave not yet learned to
face forward when getting off street cars.
Employees to the number of GAL were
hurt; twenty-three persons were hurt in
Treatments. t~wenty-six prospective pas
sengers fell down stairways, and 1851
persons were hurt in ~unclassified ways. a
total of $500 were either killed or in
jured in the twenty-six days.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
SHOT THROUGH A SEWER.
New York Employe Falls Into Main
and Sent Along TO Harlem River.

John Hoffman, % years old, an en-
ploye in the bureau of sewers, was drop
ped into a f~ve-foot sewer in Third ave-
nue, near 12Sth street, in New York, by
the breaking of a rope and shot through
the sewer to it's terminus at the Harlem
river and 131st street. That he came out
alive is considered remarkable. With sew
eral other employees Hoffman was at work
repairing the main sewer. The men had
almost finished their labors when a rain
storm began. Hoffman was down in the
hole about four feet above the swiftly
flowing water. Around his waist was a
rope which was held by the men in the
street above. As the water poured into
the branches leading to the main pipe, the
water rose higher then. Then the rope
broke and Hoffman fell into the water.
His fellow workmen dashed up the ave-
nue. to 1S1st street, where the sewer runs
into the Harlem river. just as they
reached the spot Hoffman shot out into
the river. He landed near a boathouse
float, SWAN to it and held on until a
policeman and the workmen rescued him.
After being given dry clothes he went
home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Find. Remain. of Ma.toaon.

Word has recently been received from
Prof. G. w. Gilmore, who, accompanied
by Prof. w. L. Shaw of the Washington
State College and a party of scientists
from the East, is now in central Alaska,
that they have found a specimen of the
mastodon frozen intact in the great Muir
glacier, near the Chilkoot Pass. The
party set GU on this particular errand
and their hopes were more than realized
when they discovered this large and per-
feet specimen imbedded in the great ice
field in very much the same position as
when overwhelmed by the frigid elements.
On some portions of the animal the hair
and flesh were still fresh, but crumbled
when exposed to the air. 1t is estimated
that the length of the mastodon from the
end of it's trunk to the tip of the tail
was about IS feet, and that when stand
ing on all tours the height must have
been nearly 40 feet.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
BIG OIL TRUST PROFITS.
New York Hearing Shows Profit of
S49O,315.O34 I'm Seven Years.

P1OVsoAo-Oof IN SctCh IcaEss
The hearing before Special Federal
Referee Ferriss of Missouri in the gov
eminent suit to dissolve the great oil COM
bination was begun at New York, with
Attorney Frank B.. kellogg representing
the government and John G.. Milburn and
Others as counsel for the Standard Oil
Company. Mr.. kellogg submitted in evil
dence statistics compiled by the Standard
Oil officials, showing that the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey had earned
profits in the last seven years aggregat-
ing $49~O,315,934, and that during the
same time dividends had been paid to the
amount of $30S, $780, O3. These profits
came from the plants owned by the parent
company, as well as from those of the
subsidiaries controlled by it. This was
the first time in the history of the oil
trust that a record of its earnings entire
had been made public. Acting Controller
Fay of the Standard said there were
nineteen subsidiary companies, and gave
their names. The evidence is being taken
for use in the Circuit Court at st. Louis,
where the dissolution suit, under the
antitrust law, is to be prosecuted. Mr..
kellogg, among other things, wanted the
company to produce the minutes of the
various meetings at which the absorption
of smaller companies was arranged, but
the counsel for the company was inclined
to resist.
The examination of Charles NJ. Pratt,
secretary of the trust, brought out the
fact that the parent company had trans
ferred its 100000 holdings in the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Texas to
a son-in-law of Vice President Archbold
from 1904 to 1907, during the custer pro-
ceedings brought against the subsidiary
by the State of Texas, and that only
S125,00O in cash was paid for the stocks,
the remainder being in the form of a note
which was never fully taken up, the prof
its of the Waters-Pierce company going
toward the payment of the note. Mr..
Pratt admitted that this transaction did
not appear on the books of the Standard,
the accounts being kept under the title,
&c. Nj. Pratt Investment" Mr.. Pratt
explained that by this arrangement he
held the stocks for the trust merely as a
convenience, and when asked If it was
not done to avoid the antitrust laws of
Texas he replied, "Not that l know Of"
Tabulations were also verified showing
enormous earnings of subsidiaries, among
which those of the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana appeared most remarkable.
This corporation on a capitalization of
| 81 100000 made profits in 1906 amount
ing to $1O,516,OS2, and last year paid to
the parent company S4,495,5O0. This
amounted for at least one year to the re-
| markable profit of 900 per cent. Mr..
Kellogg also brought out evidence show
ing how the New York branch had been
Systematically drained by saddling upon
1t enormou liabilities at the same time
| that its assets were greatly increased.
Counsel Milburn disclosed one line of de-
Tense by giving notice that the trust
would object to any testimony bearing
upon acts committed prior to July 2,
1890, when the Sherman law went into
effect.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03

have been made against officials of the
oil corporation during the entire liti-
cation.
Judge Landis' denunciation of the
tactics employed by the directors of the
New Jersey corporation after the i'm
position of the ~$29,24O,OOO fine on the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana was
couched in language that could not be
mistaken. Sarcastic reference to the
Atoms position regarding rebates given
the Standard Oil Company were made
by the court.
In the pamphlet, distributed broad
cast throughout the country, the Stand
ard Oil Company takes the position
that it is being prosecuted rather than
prosecuted by the government, and the
fat statement is made that other cor
porations are just as culpable of the
practice of rebating as is the oil con-
Germ. This is what Mr.. Moffett has
been given an opportunity to prove.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
1Ek MAR1GR8
sM@AA

Chicago7Cattle, common TO prime,
$500 to $7.25: hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $685.; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $5.65; wheat, No. 2, 9Gc to &c;
corn, No. 2, 62c to 63c; oats, standard,
5Oc to 52c; rye, No. 2, soc to 9Oc; hay,
timothy, $500 to $500; prairie, $500
to $1,000; butter, choice creamery, 23c
to 2Sc; eggs. fresh, 1Sc to 21c; potatoes,
per bushel. DOC to Coo.
Indianapolis.Cattle, shipping. $500
to $500; hogs, choice heavy, $4.OO TO
$685.; sheep. common to prime. $500
to $4.75; wheat. No. =, 93c to 95c; corn,
No. 2 white, Gle to 62c; oats, No. 2
white, Acc to SOC.
st. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to $7-20;
hogs, $500 to 500; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.0O to S1.O1: corn,
No. ., &c to CSC: oats, No 2, 41c to
4Sc; rye, No. ., SIC to S3c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $6.95; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, Csc to 99c; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 64c to 65c; oats. No. 2
mixed, SOC to sic; rye, No. 2, SSc to soc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $40; hogs,
$f.OO TO SO.to, Sueep, gov " F1'oV
wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn, No. 3
yellow, Csc to 69c: oats. No. 3 white,
SIC to 53c; rye, No. 2, SSc to &c.,.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
S1.OS to $1.10; corn, No. 3, Gle to 62c;
oats, standard, sic to 52c; rye, No. 1,
Soc to 90c; barley, standard, 99c to $1.Ol;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $500; sheep, common to good mixed,
S4OO to 1925; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $S.25.
New York-Cattle, $500 10 S6.45
hogs, $500 to 500; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.04 to $1.O6;
corn, No. 2, TIC to roe; oats, natural
white, SIC to 5Sc; butter, creamery, Zoe
to 2Sc: eggs. western, 1Sc to 23c.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed, &c to
Csc; corn. No. 2 mixed, 64c to Goo;
oats, No. 2 mixed, sic to 53c; rye, No.
2. SIC to SSc; clover seed, prime, 5000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Short News Notes.

As a result of the gathering of Wis
consin Republican politicians at the State
fair at Milwaukee it is positively asserted
date for the presidential nomination next
year.
Frank c. Barnes, conductor of a Lake
Shore Electric railway car, and Amos
Mierka of Fremont, Ohio, were killed and
Samuel Jones, the motorman, and thirty
passengers were injured when the car ran
into an open switch at Woodville road,
near Toledo.
A passenger train on the New York
Central road ran into a freight car near
Utica, n. Y, the locomotive and one car
being derailed. The engineer, John Eber-
lee, was injured.
Five cars on a passenger train on the
Alabama and Vicksburg road were over
turned and the whole train left the track
near Forest Station, Miss. No one was
injured seriously.
IN obstruction on the tracks of the
Great Northern road near Wenatchee,
Wash, wrecked the oriental limited. Two
cars were destroyed by fire and one pas
sens, a woman. and two waters ON the
dining car were injured.
Albert Deayer of Newcastle. Ind. at
tempted to initiate "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde" so well, after seeing a performance
of the play, that he soon began to expe-
rience the same difficulty in returning to
his normal self as DR.. Jekyll had, and a
few days ago he lapsed voluntarily into
the mental condition of "Mr. Hyde" and
since that time has been unable to adopt
any other personality. He was taken to
the asylum for the insane at Richmond,
Ind.
Prof. Kanichi Asakawa of The depart
ment of japanese civilization of Yale has
eloped with Miss Miriam G. Dingwall OF
New Haven and they were married in
Washington, ID. G.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
Z ySTERY IN DOUBLE SUICIDE.
Two Men Found Dead by Gas Locked
in Embrace.

A mysterious double suicide of two
young men, apparently % and % years
of age, was discovered in a room at the
st. Charles hotel in Hamilton, Ohio. They
ended their lives by inhaling gas and were
found locked in each others arms. 1t
has been learned that the two suicides
and a third man got off a Cincinnati
Northern traction car Sunday night and
went to the st. Charles hotel, where they
registered as John Leonell, Ben Marsee
end Tom Mclaughlin, giving no address.
After an investigation the coroner de-
cided that the suicides were probably
John Leonell and Tom Mclaughlin. A
strange feature of the case is that the
third man, supposed to be Ben Marsee,
left the hotel in the morning without
any breakfast and has not been seen since.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-03
BIG CORN SHOW.

More than 10000 Entries for the
Exposition to BE Held fn Chicago
That there will be more than 10000
entries for the National Corn Exposition
which is to be held in the Coliseum at
Chicago, is the confident belief held by
the management, based on the hearty re-
Spouse that met the first appeal to the
farmers in the corn belt. Within a few
days after sending out the list of the
c~lassifications for the entry of corn to
contest for the $4,000 cash prizes and
the $4,000 in special premiums offered,
application for 100 entries were made.
Quite apart from the educational end of
the exposition, it will be especially strong
in attractive show features. While the
most striking of these doubtless will be
the lavish decorative scheme which has
been completed at an expenditure of $780,
600, a number of specialties have been
arranged.