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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
PAST AND PRESENT
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CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
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of the Many.
D. r. Lucas Drops Dead.

Death came suddenly to the Rev. d.
r. Lucas at his home on North New
Jersey street, Indianapolis, Ind, Sun
day afternoon. DR.. Lucas was pastor
of the Seventh Christian church, was
a past department commander of the
G. A r. and had served as national
chaplain of the G.. A. R. Death result
ed from heart trouble, occasioned by
a four weeks illness with malarial
fever. Perhaps no man in Indiana was
more widely known and held in higher
esteem than he. Although it was
known that he was Ill, his recovery
was expected, and his sudden demise
caused surprise everywhere. DR.. Luz
cas- had not been in good health since
last April, when he was i'll for time
with lagrippe. Just few minutes be-
fore death DR.. Lucas was in converse
ton with his wife, Mrs. Mary Lucas;
his son, M. ]. Lucas, of Danville, ILL.,.
who had arrived at o'clock in the
morning, and his daughter, Mrs. Frank
Aid, of Indianapolis. He left his bed
for short time, and upon returning
to il became unconscious and died
without speaking to anyone. The wild
ow and the son and daughter were at
the bedside when DR.. Lucas passed
away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07

1415-Henry V. invaded France and de-
feated the French at the battle of
Agincourt.
1642-Swedes defeated the Austrians at
Leipsic.
164S-Treaty of Munster. first to recog-
nize the balance of power.
1GS5-Elizabeth Gaunt burned at the
stake at Tyburn. She was the last
woman who suffered death in Eng
land for any political offeRse.
1I39-England declared war against
Spain to open the ports OF Spanish
America to English merchants.
1155-Gov. Shirley abandoned expedition
against Fort Niagara after learning
of Braddock's defeat.
176S-Guy Carleton appointed Governor
of Canada.
1114-Continental Congress recommended
the suspension of all public amuse-
ments. d. d. Provincial Congress of
Massachusetts took steps to organize
the minute men,"
11115-Americans defeated Carleton at
Longueuil.
1I16-Manhattan Island abandoned by
the Americans and occupied by the
British
1Il9-Washington's army went into win
ter quarters near Morristown, y. j.
17S4-Liberty of conscience proclaimed
in Newfoundland.
11S6-Baron Dorchester took the OATH
OF Office as Governor OF Canada.
1S07-Sir James Henry Craig appointed
Governor of Canada.
1S1O-George Ill or England became
mentally deranged and the Prince CT
Wales was appointed Regent. The
Regency" lasted ten years.
1S12-The American frigate United
States captured the British frigatt
Macedonia of the Canary Islands.
1S1S-Br;tish defeated at St Regis.
'1S19-Erie canal opened from Utica to
Rome. " Y
1S2O-Spain ceded Florida to the United
States.
1S2J-Final completion of the Erie canal.
1S46-Commodore Perry bombarded To-
basco. Mexico.
1SJ4-The charge of the Light Brigade
at Balaclava.
1S59-Wreck of the steamship Royal
Charter, with the loss of 459 lives.
1S61-West Virginia voted in favor OF
the ordinance to form new State.
1S67-Volunteer under Gari5aldi defeat
ed the Pontifical troops at Monte
Rotondo.
1S9S-Spanish sailors captured at Manila
released by Admiral Dewey.
99-Bombardmen of Mafeking began.
1900-Great Britain formally annexed
the Transvaal.
Roosevelt
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
TRAMPLE CHILDREN IN PANIC.
Thirty Little Ones Hurt in Rush
from New York Church.

While 500 members of the Harlem
Baptist church, New York, were gath
cred in its second floor watching a NOV
ing picture show, operated by the pas
tor, Rev. DR.. Adam Chambers, an ex-
plosicn occurred, followed by fire. In
the rush to one stairway to the street,
which all sought because the other was
close to the fire, more than thirty chill
dren were thrown down and trampled
upon by their elders. Last to leave the
church was one OF the young women
teachers in the Sunday school, who had
remained to pump the organ for Thomas
Abrams, organist, after three young men
had deserted that post because of increas-
ing smoke and flame. She modestly re-
fused her name to all inquirers. In q
brave attempt TO avert panic, DR.. Cham
bers put his arms over the box contain
ing the mechanism Of the machine when it
first took fire, seeking to conceal the
blaze until the ushers, whom he quietly
summoned to his side, could follow his
directions to marshal those in the hall
into orderly ranks for leaving i. He was
severely burned
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
CHICAGO.

The effort to strengthen credit in
Ibis center makes satisfactory head
way and with less difficulty than was
feared. Protective measures enforced
by the banks have won public co-opera
ton, and it is clear that unprecedented
gold importations pointed this way and
substantial additions to circulation by
most Of the local national institutions
must materially assist in relieving the
stringency in money and permit an
early resumption of normal conditions.
Considering the disadvantages which
trade has experienced, it is not surpris-
ing to find recessions in new demands
and some decline in prices in primary
markets. That business is yet at q
high level is evidenced by payments
through the banks in excess of those in
the same week last year, although I'M
der the total last week.
Iron and steel contracts keep the
furnaces and mills busy, and heavy de-
liveries continue OF furnace product,
rails, structural shapes and factory out
puts. Activity is well sustained in
forge and foundry work, heavy hard
wear, machinery, furniture and foot
wear, and the absorption of raw mate
rial generally is undated, except lum-
Der, which feels effect OF lessened
building demand.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 81, against 2S last week
and % year agO.-Dun's Review of
Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Convention of Trust CURRIERS'.

At Chicago 400 delegates appointed by
State Governors met, under the auspices
Of the National Civic Federation, to dis
cuss the curbing of trusts. President But
Ter OF Columbia university, who. presided.
made an address, in which he warned
against premature or ill-considered meas
ures for the regulation OF public service
corporations, lest they disturb that faith
which civilized man has in his fellows and
upon which rests the whole enormous
structure of our credit system" He add
ed that If this were destroyed there would
be few corporations of any kind left to
regulate. At the same time he admitted
that the country was face to face with
new economic conditions and abuses
which must be checked. He thought that
the Sherman antitrust law commits the
nation to too extreme policy by exalting
competition over cooperation. Many
economists of national reputation took
part in the discussions which followed or
delivered set addresses. Bankers, mer-
chants and labor leaders were also heard.
Judge GroSscup aired his favorite plan
for a national corporation commission and
Samuel Gompers said that the trade
union was the proper accompaniment 'of
the trust. The majority favored some
form of federal regulation of all corpora
tions. Many OF the delegates took the
same position as that OF President But
Ter against the Sherman antitrust law.
it being the sense OF the convention that
the law was more at fault than the trusts
for existing conditions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Fire DESTROYS Police Station.

Fire started on an upper floor of
the police headquarters at Buffalo, ~
Y. All of the prisoners-about thirty
in number-were removed to the peni-
tertiary. The fire was soon controlled.
Police records, the rogues' gallery and
many important documents, including
the original copy of Leon Czolgoszs
confession of the assassination of Pres
ident Mckinley, were destroyed. The
fire was of incendiary origin. Two
companies of firemen were caught in
the collapse of the roof and cupola
and eight men were seriously injured.
The building was practically destroyed
The loss is estimated at 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Within Our Borders.

William Soloman of Evansville. 50
years old. respondent because of deaths
in his family, went 70 secluded spot,
drank carbolic acid and died.
Three men were fatally injured and
fourteen others seriously hurt in COL
lision of work trains on the Chicago.
South Bend and Lake Shore railroad at
South Bend.
While participating in a scrimmage.
Guy Wagner. member of the McComb
high school football team. suffered brok-
en- collar bone and his shoulder was
crushed in Warsaw He was taken to a
hospital on account of his serious condi-
ton.
Because her father objected to her
choice of a sweetheart Ruth Anderson, II
years old, drank carbolic acid in Vim
cennes. and fell dying in front of an IN
dertaking establishment. in which she ex-
pired ten minutes afterward.
Frank Mcclure, a member Of .he J. :.
Mcclure Sons furniture firm aad under
takers. and a well-known citizen of Y;ck-
nell. spent the other day in his Office and
on his farm in the country. and returned
home for supper. apparently n good
health. After taking a warm bah pre-
paratory to gonig to bed, he stepped from
the bathroom and fell dead of apop exy.
Captain George Wellington Sreeter.
skipper of the Ola Streeter. was fined
$500 at South Bend for resisting an os::
Ger and also fined nominal SUN for
carrying concealed weapons. His stow
tl-,a 7 oal~roo1 r-oc fn.I S1Dl
At last the barber shop loafar. whose
Ianguid interests lie mostly in the direc-
tion of sleep, has been rudely awakened
by the laws clutch. Bortner * Sw S:.cr.
Wolf Lake BARRIERS, have filed suit against
VI. NJ Williams, alleging that ne occu-
piod four chairs and went to sleep. loainy
about their shop. Williams has engaged
attorneys to fight the case. Sixty WIT
ncsses have been called.
An unknown man, about 80 years ole.
attempted to kill Miss Lucia W;rr. IS
years old, for whom he lay in WAX in
the cellar of the Writ home in Mich gan
City. lie attacked the girl with a stiletto
like instrument, inficting a number OF
wounds. The timely arrival of the family
dog is believed by the police to have saved
tue girls life. The victim says the
strange man has followed her for severn,
days, vowing vengeance because she would
nos accept his attentions.
Thomas Kane Of Chicago, who for four
teen years has been president OF the board
of directors of Winona assembly. has re-
signed. H. ]. Heinz of Pittsburg was
named to succeed him
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Indiana
State News
HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL KILLED.
Swung on One Train and Landed in
Front of Another

As a result of a school boy lark. in
which a number OF the students Of West
Lafayette high school participated. Hi
ram Tooker, 16 years old. met instant
death. Young Tooker. with party OF
companions, left the high school after the
afternoon session and walked to the Big
Four tracks. Beneath an overhead bridge
they boarded a gravel train moving to
ward the gravel pit al Summit, two miles
west. When the train slowed down
Tooker swung Off and stepped on The
main track just as a swiftly moving east
bound passenger train came along. TIL
pilot Of the locomotive struck the lad
and Knocked him two rods. lie was tie
son of Sheppard G. TOoker. travelling
salesman, and had been in high school
two years. lie was athletic and bright
in his studies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
( AiSS;;e?ssS{ NV
The News ~

An American girl ought to get a pref
ty good count for $5,OOO.OOO.
The quality of milk, and not the price
of it, is what ought to 60 higher.
The Lusitania can keep on breaking
records just she doesn't break herself.
Lillian Russell says divorce is a bless
ing and Lillian has tried it often enough
to know.
Japan has established an emigration
bureau, just as if anybody wanted to emf
crate there.
The wireless telegraph company will
never have to contend with q strike of
its linemen.
That Pittsburg woman who refused
$1,OOO,OOO for divorce is certainly not
an easy gutter.
Time for the country to take a good,
strong tonic in preparation for the second
Harry Thaw trial.
Newport society has adopted the toe
dance as the latest fad. This VIII be
hard on the 4leelers.
A German chemist has invented paper
clothing. But if paper keeps on going
up in price, nobody can afford to wear it.
A San Francisco man has about $780,
600 worth of souvenirs he picked I'D in
Pekin when the Empress Dowager was
not looking.
On his airship voyage Count Zeppelein
was up in the air for seven hours. Some
times in this country men are ''up in the
air. for days.
A Washington writer says that chauf-
feur once meant a sort of bandit-one
that held up travellers. Now the chaffeur
is one who runs 'em down.
1t will be pity if the American brides
get into their heads that idea of a bridal
tour lasting two years.
The dawn of wireless commercial teleg-
raphy will be almost as welcome as the
dawn of wireless politics.
Mrs. Chadwick has gone. but there are
still good many disciples left of the
school of slick inanciering.
The vegetarian Chicago university team
may insist on substituting pumpkin for
the present pigskin football. :
Mr.. Richmond Pearson Hobson'k war
scare has finally reached the thirty point
type cases in the New York newspaper
Offices
That $1,000 preacher who is marrying
the S1,200,O00 heiress will have hard
time living within his salary.
1t is to be hoped that the automatic
typewriter which is now being perfected
will be able to spell correctly.
We are to have postage stamps slot ma
chimes next, so that life will be easier
for the clerks in the drug stores.
Prof. Cabot, of Harvard, says lazi-
ness is disease. You would think some
men were naturally too lazy to catch it.
The jamestown exposition owes the
government 100000, but it is taking life
easy and allowing Uncle Sam to pace the
dcor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
PRISON AND 1000, 900 FINE.
Greene and Gaynor Denied Rehear-
ing by Court of Appeals.


i. ID. Greene and John +. Gaynor, the
contractors who were convicted of de-
frauding the government out of a large
sum of money, were denied rehearing by
the United States Circuit Court of APP
peals in session in Montgomery, Ala, and
unless the defense secures a writ of GER
tiorari from the United States Supreme
Court they will have to spend four years
in the penitentiary, besides each being
compelled 10 pay a fine approximating
S2,OOO,00C. The prosecution of Greene
and Gaynor dates back fifteen years. They
were convicted of being implicated in
frauds in connection with harbor improve
ments at Savannah, Ga. The prisoners
are now confined at Macon, Ga. When
the case reached the Court of Appeals it
was decided against the defendants, thus
affirming the judgment of the lower court.
Thereafter, counsel for Greene and Gay
nor applied to the Court of Appeals for
rehearing, and it was upon this petition
that the court handed down decision de-
nying the appeal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
MAIL CLERK FALLS INTO TRAP.
Arrested on Theft Charge Made by
Postmaster at South Bend.

Clifford g. Blanchard, railway mail
clerk, employed between South Bend and
Notre Dame, Ind, has been arrested on a
charge of tampering with the mails, being
caught in the act. it is said. by Postmas-
ter Cadmus Crabill. who. after laying a
trap for another man, spent an entire
night in the federal building awaiting the
theft of decoy letters. Blanchard was
arrested before he could leave the build
ing, and when searched S461 in cash and
four bundles of letters, which he is al
legged 10 have taken from the mail sack.
were found on his person. Blanchard
has been married less than a year, and
his wife collapsed when informed of his
arrest. The robbing of the mails has
extended over a period of thirteen months.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Noted Bandit is Pardoned.

Emmett Dalton, the noted ex-bandit,
has been pardoned by Governor Hoch,
of Kansas. The governor had request
ed Dalton to come to Topeka end the
prisoner made the trip from Lansing
alone. Dalton thanked the Governor
and added: There is someone in
Kingisher who will be glad TO hear
of this" He referred to bis old
mother, who lives in Oklahoma Dali
ton was sentenced to the penitentiary
for life for taking part in the Coffee
vile bank robbery in 1892 Recently
he was paroled to undergo a surgical
operation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
TO BRING MORE GOLD.
Sale Of Farm Products Abroad to
Relieve Money Difficulties.

Outweighing all that the meet powerful
inanciers Of the country could do, the
American farmer has come to the rescue
of the finances of the nation and is reliev-
ing the money difficulties. The great
American staples-wheat, cotton, tobacco,
meats-are on their way to Europe, this
being the season of the year when Ameri-
can products are marketed abroad. In
return the United States is receiving
credit for many million dollars abroad,
which can be converted speedily into a
stream of gold flowing into the country.
1t is this fact which is expected to pro-
vide lasting relief, and which backs up
the efforts of the bankers and fnanciers
of the country with such force as to make
it virtually certain that the coming
months will be ones of ease in the money
markets
The natural resources of the country
promise to exert even greater influence
than the sale of American securities
abroad. The latter have suffered dis
credit, TO some extent, under recent pres
sure. The intrinsic value of tire products
Of the farmer, to which must be added
those Of the mines and oil fields, and their
colossal aggregate at this time of the
year is beyond the reach of financial dis
trust, above the power of Wall street.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Witness DefieS the Judge.

The chief witness in Jail. the defe1s-
ant a free man, is the result of a trial in
the city court Of Marion. Tom Turner.
race horse trainer. swcre in an affidavit
that Harry Johnson struck him in a sa-
loon. Johnson denied the charge. but
John Gent contradicted him. Another
witness also said Zent dealt the blow
Gent was recalled and admitted he had
knocked Turner down. lie talked back
to the court and the result was that he
got thirty-ive days in jail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
More CarueEie Heroes.

The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
has made medal and money awards to
twenty-four more persons shown to have
performed exceptional service in the saw
ing of life. The list included, for the first
time. a negro. John Hill of Atlanta. The
largest award was that of gold medal
and $4,000 to A. ]. Hedger, superintend-
ent of schools of Finney county, Kan.
He ran two miles and entered well
seventy-two feet deep, where he worked
two hours with shovel to save the life of
n man caught in a cavern.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
ECONOMY ON ALL RAILWAYS.
Officials of Big Lines Agree that Ex-
penses Will Be Cut.

Men who are prominently identified
with the immediate and practical opera
ton of the large railroad systems of the
country gathered in New York City the
other day and took counsel with each
other as to how best to curtaIl expenses
on their respective roads. The general
opinion expressed was that there will be
a material reduction in the outlay for the
operation of railroads and N the pur-
chase of railway supplies throughout the
United States.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
MAN WITH BOMB Is SLAIN.
Member of Black Hand Killed Upon
Refusal to Commit Terrible Deed.

Because he failed to carry out an err
rand of vengeance, Vito Greinaldi, MEM
Der of the Black Hand Society. was stab
bed to death on Knoll street, Brc9klyn,
\. Y. A dynamite bomb was found be-
meath Greinaldi's coat, and the police say
1t would have blown up an entire block
had it exploded. 4 loaded revolver was
in the mans pocket. Papers found on
the body proved that Greinaldi vas a
member of the Black Hand and had start
ed out to destroy the house of a man who
had refused to pay tribute to the society.
Detectives say that other members of the
Black Hand followed Greinaldi and that
when he baked at his task they killed
him. a stiletto lay near the corpse and
there were nine stab wounds III the body.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Negroes Home Dynamited.

At Sweetwater, Texas, a mob of citi-
zens dynamited boarding house run by
negroes and severely wounded a roomer.
The inmates rushed in all directions to
escape further rash treatment at the
hands of the whites. Since the dynamit
ing episode the negroes of that locality
are leaving.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Two Men Killed on B. E. o.

Two men were killed, third is miss
ing and one man was injured as the
result Of wreck, when an extra
west-bound freight train on the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad got beyond con.
troll and collided with another fast
freight on the Cranberry grade. near
Mcmillan, w. Va, about seventy miles
west of Cumberland, Md.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Dies in Flames of Jail.

Leroy Brown, a prisoner in the city
Jail in Enterprise, Ala, was burned to
death when the Jail building was destroy
ed by fire. Aerie Coins, another prisoner,
it is said, set the building on fire in order
to escape. Brown was locked in a cell
in a separate part of the Jail and was
dead before he could be reached. Coins
escap ped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
New Americans in Far North.

DIR. George 3. Gordon, curator of the
department of American archaeology of
the University of Pennsylvania, who
reached Philadelphia the other day after
penetrating the Alaskan wilderness for
1900 miles on the Mrs. c. G. Harrison
expedition" reports the discovery of a
small tribe of aborigines hitherto I'M
known to ethnologists. DIR. Gordon calls
these unknown American inhabitants
''Kuskwag amutes."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Months Old: It's WEIGHT 10.

A remarkable freak of nature is an in
FAINT of w. II. Banes, an employe of a
factory at Matoaka, w. Va. The babe,
which is named William Edward Banes,
is only months old. and weighs no
pounds. The babe at birth was of normal
weight, but has increased steadily in
weight until it is now a prodigy and
weighs almost as much as its mother.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-11-07
Told in a Few Lines.

Strict enforcement of contract labor
law will be more serious blow to South
than at first supposed.
Speaker Cannon, addressing the Illinois
Bankers Association at Moline, opposed
State ownership of railroads.
An average of 500 persons are killed
in the United States each year by light
ming. This means one in every 100000.
Steel box cars have been built recently
which will weigh about 5000 pounds less
than wooden cars of the same size and
capacity.
Trial marriage among the Eskimos Of
Alaska is complete success and family
discord is unknown, says V. Stefanson,
an explorer who arrived in Washington
from the north.
On the occasion of the Austrian EN-
peror's jubilee next year a special jubilee
coinage will be issued, including, particu-
larly, silver fve-crown pieces and gold
hundred-crown pieces.
Twenty billion pins and five billion but
tons were produced by American factories
in 1905. The United States also produc-
ed in that year 200,000O00 needles, near
ly 4OO,OO0,O00 safety pins and 250,0O0,-
000 hairpins.
Classics goggles for drivers of motor
vehicles have thin steel plates in place
of the usual lenses There is nothing
brittle to break, endangering the eyes,
and three ingeniously arranged Sits en-
able the wearer to see everything in front
of him.
A Goldfield millionaire miner has had
all the hardware used on the doors and
windows of his new residence near Los
Angeles quadruple plated with gold from
his own mines. This beats Senator
Clark of Montana, who, having made his
fortune in copper, bought bronze forn-
dry to make the decorations with which
bis New York Fifth avenue mansion Il
copper-lined.