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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
TO ENTER UPON NEW ERA.
John Barrett Says Coming Confer
ence Will Be Most important.

John Barrett, director of the lnterna-
tional Bureau of American Republics,
says of The coming conference of the Cen
trail American Republics in Washington:
THE conference will be one of the most
important international gatherings in
North America. If it results in a treaty
which will bring permanent peace to that
important section of the continent a new
era will be inaugurated in the history OF
pan-American unity and progress. While
it is not possible for me to discuss the
political phases of the conference or the
different questions to be considered, L am
at liberty to comment upon what is at
stake in the commercial and material de-
velopment of Central America. These
Central American republics possess
wealth of agricultural products, mineral
resources and timber that will invite the
investment of great sums of American
and European capital. Railroads will be
built in all directions. new towns will
spring up, immigration will pour into
them from different parts of the world,
and steamship connections with the Unit
ed States, Europe and South America will
be increased and improved, providing the
Washington conference has n successful
issue. 1t is a safe prediction that if all
the countries sign a convention that has
the moral support of both the United
States and Mexico, not only the United
States, but all the world, will be sur
prised by the commercial, material. eco
nomic, ed; ational, social and general de-
velopment of the Central American
states"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
,e vein has spread TO almost every village.

tains divided by Paint creek. The vein
located was a comparatively thin one,
lying in the heart of thick seam of the
bituminous coal. The company was busy
with its operations when the Civil War
broke out, but continued at work for
some time thereafter. The superintend-
ent was a blunt old Englishman named
Gordon, who had handsome daughter,
Rowena, who was the delight of her faith
er's heart and the despair of the young
men of the neighborhood. There was the
usual counting and flirting, with the
usual final selection of one man and the
inevitable preparations for the wedding.
The lucky man was one Adkins, a native
OF the mountains, a Swapping young fell
low, who had won the fathers favor as a
workmen even before he won the daugh-
ter's esteem as a lover. Thus the course
of true love seemed to run smooth.
But the war came, and the Paint creek
section was as badly torn by opposing
factions as any other small part of the
entire country. The natives were of the
South, while most of those who had come
to work in the mines were Union men.
OF the latter was old man Gordon, while
Adkins was a regular fre-eating son of
Dixie.
Adkins was forbidden to enter the
Gordon home. and Rowena was ordered
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
PAST AND PRESENT
AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
Te1egraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the Enlightenment
of the Many.
Fontanet Will Be Rebuilt.

That the citizens of Fontanet are not
In immediate need of aid from the peo-
pie of Indiana was the gist of report
submitted to Governor j. Frank Hanly
by the commission which had been ap-
pointed to investigate and report as to
the necessity for aid from the State at
large. The commission relates in its
report that the Du Pont Powder Com
pany, representatives of which corpo-
ration the commission met, agreed not
10 stand upon its legal status but
would act from a humane standpoint.
The powder company will rebuild or
repair ali the property damaged or de-
stroyed. Damages for personal injuries
will also be settled ON liberal basis
by the company.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
AMNaE9 sCLN
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AZ-H>@1ME M
4ENHNCIH
CHICAGO.

In the largely increased volume of pay
ments through the banks, decline in COM
mercial defaults and shipments of bread
stuffs double those of last year bringing
the highest prices this season are found
encouraging testimony to well-sustained
activity in buiness. Less pressure is also
evident in money and the autumn demand
for necessaries and factory outputs re-
fleets steady consumption, which would
not be so were the purchasing power gen.
orally curtailed. Weather conditions ia
vor the leading distributive lines and
movements of commodities compare favor
ably with year ago, forwarding to the
interior being especially heavy. New
contracts in iron and steel show best in
structural shapes, wire, pipe and mer-
chant iron. but there is no falling off in
furnace deliveries and rail mills have
bookings running into next July.
Mercantile collections in the West
make satisfactory showing and credits
are regarded healthy. Notwithstanding the
t1shtness of money. Agriculturists con-
tinue prompt in their marketings for cash
and the unusually profitable returns add
rapidly to country bank deposits. Retail
trade here and at interior centers is seen
to be of seasonable proportions. Buying
remains large in wholesale branches OF
dry goods. clothing, boots and shoes, fur
niture and food products.
Bank clearings, S269,5777,1 100. exceed
those of corresponding week in 1905 by
1871 per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number Is, against "a last week and
26 year ago. Those with liabilities
over $1,000 were 8 in number. against 8
last year.-Duns Trade Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24

has spread to almost every village.
Some idea of the extent of the business
may be gained when it is stated that
man who has a booth at a seaside resort
near New York sells $45 worth of postal
cards day. 1t is estimated that as much
as 100000 a day is spent for picture
postal cards in the United States.
So large is the number of picture postal
cards passing through the mails every day
that special regulations have been adopted
for them. 1t was only recently that per-
mission was given to write message on
the address side. 1t is interesting to ado
in this connection that the official esti-
mate of the number of souvenir postal
cards passing through the British post
Offices last year was 500O00,00O. The
value placed on these cards was estimated
at $5.000,000. The revenue to the various
governments from postage on souvenir
cards approximates millions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24

not to see him. He enlisted in the Con-
federate army and marched out with
Wise on his famous retreat up the val
ley. This was in the spring Of 1861. In
the autumn he returned home on fur
Tough and sought to renew amicable re-
lations with the Gordons, but was repuls-
ed by both father and daughter. 1t is
said that in spirit of revenge he set
fire to the farmhouse of the mouth Of
the mine. The fire was communicated to
the rich vein of camel coal inside, and,
obtaining a good hold, has been burning
ever since.
Adkins returned to his regiment and
was killed in battle. The Gordons left
the country soon after, and their subse-
quent history is not known.
In the late sos a company was form
ed by Charleston men to extinguish the
fire and reopen the mine, but, after spend
ing $4,000 in a vain attempt, the enter
prise was abandoned. 1t is probable that
the fire will be allowed to burn until the
entire vein of coal is consumed. OF late
it has been burning visibly at night, the
extent being perhaps 100 yards along
the face of the mountain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
MAN is BURIED ALIVE
ANOTHER FATALITY IN SOUTH
CHICAGO STEEL PLANT.
James Szak Falls Into Bin of Pull
verified Flag and Is SmOthered-
Soldiers Held Responsible for
Brownsville Shooting.

A laborer was buried alive in the plant
of the Illinois Steel Company in South
Chicago, Ill. The man was smothered to
death shortly after he fell head first into
a bin of pulverized flag. The body was
not recovered until several tons of the
material had been removed. The unfor-
tunate workman was James Szak, %
years old. Szak was employed operating
the lever of a chute through which the
pulverized flag, used in the manufacture
OF cement, is conveyed into a bin. Sud
denly he was seen to lose his balance and
fall forward with a cry Fellow laborers
rushed forward, but were too late to effect
rescue. Only his legs could be seen
above the surface of the flag when they
reached the spot. They attempted to
grasp his feet and pull him up, but to
their horror his entire body disappeared.
Szak, who was an Austrian, had been en-
ployed by the Illinois Steel Company for
eighteen months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
BRITAIN SHOWS SEA MIGHT.
Great Fleet of War Ships Gathering
for Maneuvers.

There is now assembling in the North
sea and the English channel, for maneuv-
ers under the command of Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford. fleet of British war
ships representing an aggregation of naval
power surprising all the Immediately
available resources of any two other
countries of Europe. Not a single ship
of this feet has been drawn from the
reserves. the Mediterranean feet or the
Davenport and Portsmouth divisions. The
home fleet now assembling consists mere
ly of those ships maintained in the vicin-
ity of the British Isles. 1t numbers ITO
pennants, and is composed of twenty-slx
battleships, fifteen ar:nored cruisers. sew
erai protected cruisers. various auxiliary
vessels. and forty-eight torpedo vessels.
The battleship Dreadnought is not tax
ing part in the maneuvers. as she is being
fitted with a new steering engine before
being subjected to a further series of sea
trials. which it is hoped VII prove OF as
sistance in determining the design of flu
ture large battleships.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
Many Trees I'm small space.

In the Garden Magazine II. Il. Barnes
advances the opinion that the rapid
spread of the San Jose scale and other
tree enemies will bring about the adoption
of dwarf varieties for the production OF
fruits, especially by the amateur fruit
grower. The reasons he gives for this
are the greater ease with which small
trees may be treated with sprays for pro-
lection from enemies that feed upon the
foliage and bark and the possibility of
raising these trees in small yards, the
earliness with which they come into bear
ing and the scantiness of their shade, thus
leaving the ground available for small
fruits and vegetables.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
DE4S GZEAga6[5RS
s' III 80.
co.,. -2QCr

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
S4.O0 to S7.45; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $685.; sheep, fair to choice, $500
corn, No. 2, &c to Csc; oats, standard,
Sic to 52c: rye. No. 2, S5c to SEC: hay,
timothy, $500 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $500: butter, choice creamery, &c
to Csc: eggs, fresh. 19c to Die; potatoes,
per bushel, DOC to 65c.
IndianapoIis-Cat shipping. $500
to $500: hogs, good to choice heavy,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to S4.75; wheat, No. 2. S101 to
$1.O3; corn, No 2 white, 63c to 64c ;
oats, No. white, 52c to 53c.
! St. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to 500:
hogs, $500 to $6.75; sheep, $500 to
$500: wheat. No. 2, S1.03 to S1.04: corn,
No. 2, CSC to 64c: oats, No. =, Acc TO
zoe; rye, No. 2, SIC to SIC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $50;
hogs. $500 to $6.75; sheep. $500 TO
$500; wheat, No. 2, $1.OS to $1.09; corn.
No. MIXED, zoe to Tic; oats. No.
mixed, 53c to 55c; rye, No. 2, Ole to 93c.
DetTOit-Odtlle. Sf.OO 10 SJ.oO. uOSSs
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $4.75 !:
wheat, No. 2, $1.O3 to $1.04; corn, No.
yellow, &c to Csc; oats, No. white,
55c to SIC; rye, No. 2, Soc to 90c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.OS to $1.10; corn. No. 3, &c to 63c /;
oats, standard. sic to SIC; rye, No. 1.
SIC to Sc; barley, standard, $1.10 to
Sill; pork, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $500; hogs. fair to choice, $500
to $7.10; sheep, common TO good mixed,
$500 to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $S.75.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $685. /;
hogs, $500 to 500; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.o6 to SLOT /;
corn, No. 2, TIC to 73c; oats. natural
white, 5Sc to &c; butter, creamery. 25c
to Csc; eggs, western, 1Sc to &c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, S1.04 to
$1.O5; corn, No. mixed, CSC to 66c |;
oats, No. 2 mixed, DOC to SEC; rye, No.
2, SOC to soc; clover seed, prime, $1,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24

A young scientist of Lyons, France,
asserts that he has discovered a means
of transmitting electrical energy without
wires and experiments along that line are
now proceeding with miniature car run
ming on rails, which is said to have been
propelled a distance of 200 yards by
means of power from an electric trans
mitter. Details of the process are with
held for the present. Patents were taken
out in August and a syndicate of bankers
has been formed to develop. the invention.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24

Sleeps I'm Open ON Iron Grating fos
Fifty Years.

Sleeps I'm Open ON Iron Grating for
Fifty Years.
Cast Iron" Jack O'Connell is dead
az the county infirmary at Evansville He
was So years of age. O'Connell was a
welI-known character in that city. For
fifty years or more. until removed to the
county infrmary, he was never known to
sleep in bed. bIt instead he lay on the
iron grating in the rear of factory in
First street. No night was too severe
for him to sleep in the open. His food
came from the free lunch counters in the
saloons. and as he always had friends
who would buy liquor for him, he never
went hungry or thirsty. Where he came
from was mystery. The death certi6-
cate reads: Cast Iron Jack O'Connell.
aged So years. Cause of death, old age"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
In the Sporting World.

Sir Thomas Upton expressed great dis.
appointment at not being able to make
terms to race for the America Cup.
Keene's Colin won $1,000 stake at
Brighton.
George Bennett announced he would
quit the turf forever.
The Yale football eleven started Of
with a smart victory over Wesleyan.
Bobby Walthour, the American cyclist,
was seriously hurt in a race in Berlin.
Line bucking won the game for the
University of Pennsylvania which its
team played with Villa Nova.
Philadelphia and Detroit American
League teams played remarkable seven
teen-inning game to a drawn score.
The Cardinals, in st. Louis, took more
than their share Of the games played.
while the Browns did wonderfully well on
their eastern trip.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
Bernard shaw Defend. poIysamy.


The columns of the London Times have
recently contained an animated corre-
spondence on the subject of Kulin polyg
amy in India. The Brahmin practitioners
of this social theory believe that a wom-
an should not be deprived of the duty
and privilege of motherhood for mere lack
of a husband. Sir George Birdwood, a
noted authority on Indian affairs, wrote
to the Times that the results of the pc
culiar practices referred to was an i'm
provement in the race. the selection OF
fathers being on the principle of the bes.
breeding. This aroused storm of pro-
test against what was denominated "re-
voting and abhorrent" idea. Thereupop
George Bernard Shaw took up the cudgeis
in defense of the Brahmin practice, point
ing out its advantages from social and
physiological standpoint over the conven-
tionalisms of English society. In en
planning the Brahmin view he said: The
Bengais hold that it is part of the
general purpose of things that women
should bear children, and that childlesc-
ness is a misfortune and even a disgrace
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
Japs Injured in Frisco Fight.

As a result of an attack on japanese
laundry in San Francisco. the proprietor
and one of his employees are nursing
bruises caused by the clubs of the police,
and the exterior of the laundry is a wreck.
The trouble was occasioned by Joseph
King, an intoxicated logger, who crashed
into the window of the laundry conducted
by a japanese named Umkekubo. The
japanese attacked King and the riot fol-
lowed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
EDITOR KILLED BY A WOMAN.
North Dakota Man Mistaken for a
Burglar and Shot Dead.

j. T. Neal, editor of the Columbus, n.
d., Reporter, was shot and killed the
other night by Mrs. X. G. Rasmussen,
who mistook him for a burglar. Editor
Neal was at work in his Office, when he
saw house on fire down the street. He
started for the fire. but on the way down
stopped for Mr.. Rasmussen, who, how
ever. had already gone. Neal attempted
to enter the Rasmussen home, and Mrs.
Rasmussen, thinking it was a burglar.
procured her husbands rife and fired
through the door. killing Neal Instantly.
Mrs. Rasmussen became a raving maniac
when she learned whom it was she had
shot
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
RED RIVER FARMERS PROSPER.
High Prices for Cereals Make Good
Times in North Dakota.

Because of the high prices being paid
for ell cereals, North Dakota farmers,
especially those of the Red River Valley.
are receiving greater returns from their
crops this year than for any of the last
half-dozen seasons. Outside the famous
valley the actual yield was not so large
as last season, but it was taken off cheap
ly and the farmers are realizing heavily.
Wheat is selling at more than 81 per
bushel at all stations in the State, and
at some barley has almost reached that
figure, while flax ranges away above those
figures and oats and corn are bringing
higher prices than ever before in the his
tory of the State.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
suicide of South Bend Woman.

Mrs. Bertha Niederpruen, of South
Bend, Ind, formerly of New Haven,
Conn, committed suicide in Detroit,
Mich, by throwing herself in front Of
a trolley car at Sherman street and
Pennsylvania avenue. Her body was
wound up in the gear of the car and
dismembered. Mrs. Niederpruen was a
widow 40 years old and had been TAX
Ing treatment for a month for a nerv-
Gus trouble.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
TRY Young reddv,s Mettle.

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.'s drubbing dur
eter and the Harvard second team. which
resulted in giving him slight injuries, is
said to have been deliberately admins
tered. The Exeter boys say they had no
personal feeling against him and only
wanted to see if he was made of as good
stuff as his father.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24

The cholera outbreak is gaining alarm
ing proportions in Toxic. Japan. Nine
teen new cases have been reported recent
ly. The municipality has issued the most
urgent instructions regarding the means
to be employed to prevent its spread, and
cautioning the populace of their danger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
Perish in Spanish Floods.

The floods near Barcelona, Spain, con-
tinue to be most serious. Up to the pres
ent time FIVE persons have been drowned
and 10000 thrown out of work. The
greatest distress is reported from Man
resa, the birthplace of st. Ignatius. the
founder of the Society of Jesus. This viii
lage has been terribly ravaged and the
waters have wished out countless collins
and bodies from the local cemetery.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
HOLDS COMPANY B RESPONSIBLE.
General Crozier Announces Findings
in Brownsville Shooting Affair.

Company Il of the Twenty-fifth infan-
try is held responsible for the shooting
up of Brownsville. in the annual report
of Brig. Gen. William Crozier, chief of
ordnance of the army, made public the
other day. Gen. Crozier directed "a most
careful and technical investigation TO de-
termine whether the shells found upon
the streets of Brownsville and the bull
lets recovered from the walls and houses
bore distinguishing marks which. would
indicate the make of gun used in the
shooting" The report says that as re-
suit of the investigation lit was found
that of the thirty-nine cartridge cases in
question, eleven had been fired from the
same rifle, eight from another rife, eleven
from another rife and three from a
fourth rifle, the remaining six having in
sufficient gun marks TO classify them"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
Minor State Iten.s.

Alexander Sarvas was probably fatally
stabbed by John China, with whom be
quarreled at church fair in South Bend
China fed.
julius 10th, Is years old. touched q
guy wire that came in contact with live
electric wire in South Bend and was in,
stantly killed.
The removal from Office of Marshal
Greene and the appointment of Fred
Bohnke to the place has caused Mayor
Coffee of Decatur a peck of trouble, and
he must now fight impeachment proceed
ings started by the common council. The
council charges Coffee with intimidating
officers and with incompetency.
Thomas Shea. tramp, shot by Sheriff
Oglesby after the official had been fatally
wounded by bullets from Shea's revolver,
died in Winamac from his wounds.
A receiver was asked for the Lesh Man
ufacturing Company of Warsaw. of which
Theodore L. Shonts, former Panama CON-
missioner, was for many years president.
Mismanagement is charged.
Walking two blocks after he had fired
bupllet into his heart with suicidal intent,
Abraham C. King. aged SO, dropped dead
in the street in La Porte. He had been
respondent on account of sickness
In Terre Haute Alice Black, 10 years
old. was accidentally shot and killed by
her nephew. William Bennett, 10 years
old, who was playing with target rife.
Her father was killed in mine a week
before.
Padding out into Berks lake on a log
to secure a mud hen that he had wounded,
Louis Bauckle of South Bend almost lost
his liie The log became unmanageable
and rolling first one way and then the
other, kept him submerged until he be-
came exhausted. After fighting against
odds for thoee hours he was rescued by
two hunters. lie is in a serious con-
dition.
Miss Iva Wagner, IL years of age
and the daughter of a well-known min
lister. is under arrest. at Rochester on
charge of trying to wreck Lake Erie
and Western passenger train. thus endan-
gering forty or fifty lives. No less strange
is the accusation that the wreck was
planned by Miss Wagner in order that
she might get to see her sweetheart, who
is employed by the railroad company. and
who would hare been summoned to the
scene of the wreck. had it occurred
A fire at the Vicksburg coal mine sta
bles near Terre Haute destroyed twenty
five mules and cost $4,000. A miner
took several mules from the burning build
ing at the iisk of his own life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
Russ Wheat crop a Surprise.

The foreign crop report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture in Washington says
the shortage of the wheat crop in Russia,
reported in the first cumulative estimate
of the central statistical committee, was
surprise and that if the Russian wheat
production falls below last years low
level, only France, and possibly Italy,
have surpassed materially the harvest OF
1eOf
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
EVELYN Will Not Tell Story.

Dolphin NJ. Delmas, who has returned
to New York from the Pacific coast, to re-
sumo his practice. said he was no longer
interested in the Thaw case as an attor-
ney. Those familiar with the preparation
of Thaw's case for the second trial say
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will not repeat her
story, told at the first trial.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
Youth Kills His Mother.

George Smiley, aged IL years, shot and
killed his mother. Mrs. Lizzie Scholfer.
aged ~ years, in their horne at 2943
Myrtle avenue. Kansas City, at 3 80
o'clock Tuesday morning. Smiley said he
shot his mother in defending her against
a burglar and told dramatic story of the
encounter.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-10-24
Two Trackmen Killed.

Perry Styles, aged 81, was instantly
killed and Edward Sneed injured by an
east bound Indiana and Northwestern
car a mile north Of Dayton, Ind