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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
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Tie. News

The moving picture combine is a new
nickel trust.
Two Hungarian counts in the Wander
bilt family. They always did want it
all.
Col. John Temple Graves says women
should get mems wages. Chorus-Don't
they?
A weather bureau doesn't necessarily
imply that it knows anything about the
weather.
The Prosperity Convention ought to
make the country feel better and get out
of the dumps
In that auto endurance test it is a case
Of the race being to the strong, rather
than to the swift.
Looks funny to see old Colonel Georgia
standing up at the drug store fountain,
drinking soda water.
Between moonshiners and night-raiders
the moor doesn't shine so peacefully on
the old Kentucky home.
When a man reads the figures on the
Panama canal he finds there is one thing
more expensive than being married.
The members of a railroad camp in
North Carolina killed their cook because
ne didn't suit. What an example!
A 13-year-old girl declares she stole
$500 in one day in Philadelphia. She
ought to be ashamed of robbing a sleep
ing city.
They took a New York bank clerk to
IN insane asylum because he thought
his salary was too big. And who can
blame them,
Although he married seven women.
Earl Neltheim was sentenced in London
20 serve 20 years for blackmail. That
seems like piling it on!
\ California court has decided that a
pedestrian isn't obliged to dodge an auto
mobile. No, he can get smashed to
'mithereens, if he likes.
The State of Pennsylvania paid 500
or a SIG sofa and the grafters got the
Inference. And this is only a sample
prick
Bank examiners found 1000 errors in
1 California banks books. 1t is a safe
oct, however, that not many were in favor
IF the poor depositors.
DIR. Lyman Abbott declares the reign
If wealth will soon be ended. But you
must be cautious about putting your
money on such a bet just yet.
A Newark woman with a check for a
million kisses from her lover held it until
he bank broke by his elopement with an
,ther girl. Another instance of the hoard
ng danger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
1M MAR3gRS
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ChicagotCattle, Common TO prime,
800 to $500; hogs, prime heavy. $500
to $500; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $6.25; wheat, No. 2, 9fc to 96c;
corn, No. 2, 64c to 65c; oats. standard.
53c to SIC; rye, No. 2. soc to Sic; hay.
timothy. $3.50 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $500: butter, choice creamery, 25c
to 29c; eggs. fresh. lac to lie; potatoes,
per bushel. 63c to lac.
Indianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500
to S6.25; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$500 to $500; wheat, No. ., 96c to
97c; corn, No. 2 white, &c to &c: oats,
No. 2 white, 53c to 54c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to s6.40; hogs,
$500 to $500: sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, S1.o0 to S1O2: corn, No. ?,
63c to Gle: oats. No. ,, SIC TO 53c; rye,
=, SIC to SAC.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to S5S5;
hogs. $500 to $5.O5: sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat. No. ., S1.01 to S1.02; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 65c to 66c; oats. No. 2
mixed. 53c to 54c; rye. No. ?. SIC to &c.
Detroit-Cattle. $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to S4.65; sheep. $50 to $500:
wheat. No. 2, 96c to Csc; corn. No. 3
yellow, G5c to &c; oats. No. 3 white,
Sc to 55c: rye, No. 2, SAC to SIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. = northern,
S1.07 tosS1.09; corn, No. 3, 63c to 64c;
oats. standard. 53c to SAC: rye, No. ],
soc to Sic; barley, No. 2, Soc to soc;
pork, mess, S11.90.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $6.10; hogs, fair to choice. $3.50
to $5.35: sheep. common to good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to SS.35.
New York-Cattle, 500 to $5.95;
hogs. $3.50 to $500; sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 99c to S101;
corn, Nc. ., Csc to zoe: oats. natural
white, SIC to COO; butter, creamery, 25c
to &c; eggs, western. 13c to 15c.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed. 95c TO
&c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 63c to Csc;
oats, No. 2 mixed. 53c to soc; rye. No.
2, Sic to SIC; clover seed, prime, $3.50.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
GATORS HOME TO BE EDEN.
Florida's Governor Digs Canals in
Test to Drain Everglades.

Florida's Governor Digs Canals in
Test to Drain Everglades.
In the belief that it is possible to
drain the everglades, thus wiping out
of existence the worlds greatest habi-
tat of ~alligators, and to convert the
millions of acres of swamps into the
garden spot of the earth, Governor w.
Il. Broward of Florida is trying to re-
claim 10000 acres of these lands rs a
test. He is carefully watching two
large dredges that are slowly digging
a siXty-fOot canal preliminary to recla-
nation work. Experts, both in this
country and in Europe, to whom sam
Piles of the soil of the everglades were
submitted for analysis, pronounced it
the richest in the world. They return
ed a similar verdict on sugar cane
raised on land reclaimed from the
everglades.
Sugar imported into this country is
valued at $1JO,00O.O00 Il year. Cover
o BrOward. using the experts data,
figured that $150,O0O,000 worth of sugar
could be produced on 100000 acres Of
the Everglades. That would leave over
100000 acres for the production of
other things. With this bonanza i'm
sight. he set about to have the lands
drained. He was confronted with al
most overwhelming opposition. Rail
roads held grants for more land than
is owned by the State. and they claimed
the Everglades.
Governor Broward's plan was to
drain Lake Okechobee. which would
require IA canal about fifty miles long.
His effort to get from the people au-
thority TO raise money enough TO carry
out that project was defeated. He then
undertook the carrying out a lesser prof
ect. 1t is proving Il complete success,
and will. he says. convince the people
of the wisdom and practicability of the
big plan.
The work being done consists in run
ming two canals to Pine Island. which
is three miles long, three-quarters of a
mile wide. and lies four miles from
New river. One canal will extend to
the northern and the other to the
southern point OF the island.
This will make 10000 acres Of land
available for cultivation. Engineers
say the canals will be completed in the
fall. Each canal is sixty feet wide and
ten feet deep.
Land already drained has been sold
for from SO to $50 an acre. and the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The Southern railway has laid off near
Iy 200 shopmen in various Southern
States.
1t is unofficially announced in st. Pc
tersburg that the Gar has commutcd the
death sentence on Gen. Stoessel.
The Rev. DIR. Huntington, rector of
Grace Episcopal church. New York. OBJ
jected TO the Observation-Disclosures avenue
tunnel going under his church. Conse-
quently the tube will be directed to pass
under the Wanamaker building just be-
low the church.
John Teagle, formerly one of the best
known Independent oil refiners in the
country. died at his home in Cleveland,
aged 90 years.
President Castro of Venezuela has re
fused to arbitrate claims made by Ameri-
can citizens as requested by the United
States government.
George L. Beckley. son of Admiral
Beckley, has shipped as an oiler on a
Pacific steamer, to learn the practical de-
tails of marine engineering.
Philadelphia is planning a seven days
celebration of its 225th anniversary. Swc-
den and England may be asked to join
the United States in sending warships.
The California Supreme Court has re-
fused a rehearing in the case of former
Mayor Schmitz. thus upholding the decis-
ion for his release from prison.
Glacia Gala. an actress, charges thu:
her brother, George A. Carkias. who wa.
recently buried at Portsmouth, y. III.
when the authorities had decided he he'd
shot himself. was killed in a revolver due
with Paul Roy, her husband.
W. s. Tinsman of Chicago ras been up
pointed ana of the southern ant
Choctaw districts of the Rock Island sys,
tenn with headquarters at III Paso. Id
has been assistant general manager of the
Rock Island system at Chicago, which
Office has been abolished.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

Collectors Of rare violins and other
musical instruments are much interested
in the recently tested claim Of Prof. John
Horvath of Philadelphia that he had dis
covered the secret of Stradivarius, whose
violins now command fabulous prices.
According to Horvath, it is all in the
varnish and after years of experimental
ton he has produced the varnish. Be
fore a company of experts and musi-
clans he compared the tone effects of two
violins treated with his varnish, one a
81 affair in use and the other a SD in
strument just out of the factory. with a
number of rare and costly violins. His
triumph exceeded all expectations for the
treated instruments equaled the best. The
next step will be 20 give a number Of
treated violins a six months test.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Fifty Years I'm Lighthouse.

Miss Ida Lewis. the only woman in
charge of an American lighthouse. and
who has been at Lime Rock lighthouse. in
Newport OR. ID harbor, for over fifty
years, is thinking seriously of taking a
vacation. When one considers the fact
that in fifty long years she has never
passed a night away from her isolated
home. it will be seen that the vacation
will be quite a stupendous undertaking.
Miss Lewis is suffering from nervousness
and loss of sleep. Last fall she received
from the American Cross of Honor So
ciety at Washington its cross of honor
and membership in the order. She is the
first American woman to receive such an
honor.
Since then Miss Lewis has received a
pension from the Carnegie hero fund for
saving eighteen lives. She celebrated her
Goth birthday anniversary very quietly
last month. She is assisted by her
brother. Rudolph Lewis. in caring for the
lighthouse.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

The Cement Age says that the expert
ment of the Lackawanna railroad with
concrete car bumpers has been tried with
great success. They are of monolithic
construction, with a granite block face to
receive the blow of the car buffer. The
rails of the roadbed project into the
concrete, so that the impact force reacts
against the weight of the car. The same
authority tells of the successful operation
of an immense fly wheel, or rather two
of them, made of REINFORCED concrete, in
a pumping station near johannesburg,
South Africa. Each weighs 5000 pounds
and is IA feet in diameter. The difficulty
and expense of transporting iron led to
this surprising use of concrete.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
LOSS FROM FLOOD ENORMOUS.
Families Prisoners in Homes-Tfatns
Abandoned-River Craft Suffers.

The latest flood in Pittsburg will be
attended by enormous loss, much of which
has already resulted. The rise came
with such suddenness that there was not
time to take such precautions as saved
much property a few weeks ago. Thou
sands of cellars and the first floors of
hundreds of homes in the lowlands were
flooded. Muddy water flowed through
scores of industrial plants. Easements
through the retail district in the lower
part of the old city and on the north
side are full of water and much merchan-
disc is damaged. Railroad trains are de-
layed. Landslides and washouts have oc-
Cured throughout the Pittsburg district.
Some trains have been abandoned. River
craft has suffered severely. a sand dredge
broke from its moorings at Tarentum.
and with its crew of five went over the
dam at Sp~ringdale. The crew escaped in
a boat. All western Pennsylvania points
report damage. in most places greater
than last year. In numerous up river
towns business has been at a ~standstilL.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
MANY INJURED IN LABOR RIOT.
Men Fight for Work at Cleveland
Plant-Police Use Clubs.

One mar was fatally injured and a
number of others were seriously hurt in
a riot near the plant of the American
Steel and Wire Company on 1ndepen-
dence road, in the southern outskirts of
Cleveland, Thursday morning. Fifty
men crowded around the gates of the
plant seeking employment. word having
gone out that additional help would be
taken on. a quarrel started among the
men following the attempt of those in the
rear to get closer to the gate and a gen.
eral fight followed, the men using stones
and clubs as weapons. One man was
armed with a revolver. He shot down
his opponent, who had struck him with
a rock. AT this juncture a patrol wag-
on loaded with police arrived on the
scene. The officers dubbed the rioters
right and left. A number Of the rioters
were found lying unconscious on the
ground. Charles Wryciet, one of the riot
ers who was shot, cannot recover.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
PAST ND PRESENT
TO US FROM ALL
OF THE EARTH.
Telegl Information Gathered
by Il W for the Enlightenment
of tE MAny.

Newspaper Wrecked with Dynamite.
Dynamite exploded in a press at the
printing plant of the Rock Island, H.,
Daily News destroyed the machine
and practically wrecked the building.
The News was founded three years ago
by John Looney, a lawyer and politi-
clan, and has lately given attention to
saloons and a certain gambling ele-
ment in Rock Island and Chicago.
Rooney was indicted last June on nu-
merous counts for alleged conspiracy,
extortion and criminal libel, but has
not been convicted on counts that
have so far come to trial.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
TEACHERS WHO DIED IN
BoSToN'S SCHOOL TRAGEDY

Here are the pictures of the princi-
PALS in the recent terrible tragedy at the
exclusive Laurens School for Girls in
Boston. Miss Weed, the slayer and III
eide, and Miss Hardee had been friends
for years, were classmates at Welles-
ley College, and were joint founders of
Laurens school. Miss Weed had es-
capped from a sanitarium, where she had
been for months suffering from collapse
from overwork. When she thought she
was to be taken bac she shot her
friend and then herself.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
klndled with Kerosene.

Mrs. Florence Bilser, aged 40, and
her son, aged Is, were fatally injured
In a kerosene explosion at their home
In Dayton, Ohio. The boy tried to
hasten the fire in the stove by pour
ing kerosene Owe the smouldering
blaze and there was a terrific explo-
sion- Both were terribly burned and
are dying in the hospital. The woman
tried to rescue her son.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

\ bill that, it is alleged. will permit the
organization of a farmers gigantic trust
in Ohio was introduced in the House =
Columbus by Representative Stephenson
Of Brown county. The bill exempts from
the provisions of the Valentine anti-trus.
act combinations formed to limit or re-
duce the production or price of agricul-
tural products"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Smallpox on Cruiser BROOKLYN.

As a result of the discovery of a case
of smallpox aboard the cruiser Brooklyn.
lying at the League Island navy yard,
Philadelphia, all employees at the yard
and every member of the crew, together
with the officers, numbering in all about
1900 persons. will have to be vaccinated
and the cruiser was fumigated end placed
i'm quarantine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
NEWSPAPER MAN A SUICIDE.
Frank H. Eosford, Member Of Grid
iron Club. Kills Himself.

ford, a well-known newspaper correspond
.ent. member of the Gridiron Club. and
former reading clerk of the House of
Representatives. committed suicide in
Washington. ID. c., with a knife. Eight
wounds were inflicted in the neck and
throat and several in his chest. Mr..
Hosford had been in iii health for nearly
a year, and lately told member of his
family that he despaired of ever getting
well. Mr.. Hosford represented a number
of Michigan spa He was horn
in Marietta, Ohio, in 1868.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

Lewis III. Hall, a New York contractor,
had an exciting race with death on the
voyage from Venezuela. The steamer
was delayed by storms. The warm eli
mate affected his health and he hurried
north. The change to a colder climate
gave him pneumonia and ON landing he
was hurried to a New York hospital,
where he died within an hour.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Kansas City Bank Will Resume.

The National Bank of Commerce at
Kansas City. Mo-, which failed during
the recent financial disturbance, with
liabilities of s39. 600. 900. will reopen for
business on Monday next, with w. b.
Ridgeley, comptroller of the currency,
as president; George T. Cults, former
ly Of New York and ST. Louis, vice
president; Edward Ridgeley. New
York, cashier.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

William Meigs and Elmer Speicher
were probably fatally burned in Pittsburg
when the gasoline tank of an automobile
belonging to Charles f. Dinkey. general
manager of the Edgar Thomson steel
works. exploded. The garage, automobile.
three valuable horses and two carriages
were destroyed by the fire which followed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Will Amputate Kings Arm.

Ell Mundo of Madrid says that the
wound Prince Manuel, now King of Por-
tugal, received in the arln on Feb. l.,
when King Carlos and the crown prince
were assassinated, has not healed, and
has recently become much worse. The
attending physicians, says the paper, de-
clare amputation is imperative.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Eastern Farmers Call for Help.

So badly do the farmers of LancaS
ter County, Pennsylvania, require help
on the farms that the Farmers League
pf Lancaster County has issued an
appeal to the unemployed of city and
An appeal has been sent to the bureau
of labor and immigration at Washing
ton, asking that able-bodied immi-
grants be directed to this county.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Boy Burned at the Stake.

Russell Stuart, 10 years old, is in a
critical condition in Suffern, n. Y, suffer-
ing from burns received when an older
boy while playing Indian tied him to a
tree and built a fire under his feet. The
boys screams attracted men who were
working near by and he was rescued.
but it is feared he will lose at least one
leo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Liners Crash in Fog.

The big transatlantic steamer Kron-
prinz Wilhelm, fresh arrived from Eu-
rope, was in collision with an unknown
steamer while coming up New York bay.
She anchored off st. George, s. L.. with
a large cash in her stern high above the
water line.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
GIANT DREDGE EATING CANAL THROUGH FLORIDAs MUCK LAND

by and gave what help could be given.
When the naval authorities at Hako-
date were notified. they dispatched sew
eral fast destroyers at top speed for
the scene of the wreck, in hope of Civ
ne assistance. The Hideyoshi was bad
ly damaged, but no one is believed to
have been lost on that ship. The cap
tain and all the members of the crew
are Japanese.
4 number of rich Japanese merchants
are thought 20 have been on board the
wrecked steamer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
WIFE CAUSES HUSBANDS DEATH
Blood Poison Kills Man When
Woman Scratches His Nose.

Mrs. O.. Maurice White did not NOW
on March Z that she had fatally injured
her husband. She thought only of the
narrow escape of her babe. Her hus-
bands death was caused by a slight
scratch on the nose. On that day Mrs.
White and her husband both seized fran
tically at their infant, who stumbled and
was on the verge of falling down the
stairs at their home, 216 Walnut street.
Cincinnati. liz grasping for her child
Mrs. White accidentally inflicted a small
scratch with her finger nail on the side
of her husbands nose. Nothing was
thought of it until erysipelas developed.
1t resulted in his death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Bandits Rob Miner of s45y 600.

William Hoffman. a miner. carrying
gold and notes amounting to 5000,
was held up by bandits on the desert
nea Rawhide. New, relieved of his
wealth and left injured on the road
after he had wounded one robber. He
crawled to camp and posses from
three counties are now pursuing the
bandits, who, it is believed, have
been surrounded.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Head-On Crash Kills Two.

In a head-on collision between two
freight trains on the White Mountain di-
vision of the Boston and Maine railroad.
about a mile and a half south of Haver-
hill Station. n. H., Engineer f. Il. Cross
and Fireman Converse, both of Concord,
were killed. and Fireman a. II. Davis of
Woodsville was fatally injured. Two
other trainmen were hurt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

The directors of the St. Paul CONNER
cial Club have adopted a resolution re-
questing Congress to increase the annual
appropriation for the Improvement of the
Mississippi river from Minneapolis to the
mouth of the Missouri from 100000 to
100000. 1t is urged that this sum be
appropriated annually for at least ten
Years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Bandits Rob Oklahoma Bank.

Two robbers, believed to be members
of the gang that held up the Tyro, Kan.
bank, walked into the Davis bank at
Hoffman, Okla, the other afternoon, COW
cred the bank officials with pistols and,
gathering up 5000 in currency, mounted
their horses, which were standing out
side, and escaped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Time for Telephone Eavesdropper.

The lower house of the Legislature of
Oklahoma passed the Senate telephone
regulation measure, with the addition of
an amendment imposing a fine of from
S. to $50 for eavesdDpping over a tele-
phone. The measure also provides for
separate booths for blacks and whites.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Braham. Mimi. Is DESTROYED.

Reports indicate that the entire bust
ness portion of the town of Braham. in
Chicago county, Mimi, vas destroyed by
fire, which started about 3 o'clock Wed.
nesday morning. Assistance was asked
from Minneapolis. The telephone ex-
change was destroyed and as a result the
information was meager. There was no
loss of life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Boiler Explodes; Three Dead.

The boiler of a Delaware and Hudson
freight locomotive was blown out while
the engine was taking water at Scheme
vus. n. ". instantly killing Engineer A.
Hendrickson and Brakeman A. Korfage,
both of Oneonta. Fireman S. o. Smith,
also of Oneonta, was so badly injured
that he died at noon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Work of Wreckers.

The Diamond Special, the fast train
on the Illinois Central between Chi
cago and st. Louis, was derailed lei
Springfield, Ill. The locomotive and
baggage and express a turned owe
on their sides and the buffet car left
the rails. No n was injured. In
yestigation revealed that the wreck
was caused by train wreckers. All
the spikes in the rail which derailed
the train had been pulled out. The
engineer and fireman saved their lives
by jumping.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

The record of embezzlement, forgery.
.defaulting and bank wrecking continues
large. though the total for 1907 is smaller
than that of 1906, which was the largest
since 1894. The total for 1907 is $1O,-
424,S20. Banks and trust companies are
the worst sufferers, their losings being
$i,9SS,605. Public officials have been
comparatively honest, having distracted
only $IS7, 466. The summary of embez-
elements, etc. by years, from 1894 to
1903. is as follows:
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26
Record Coal Season in Ohio.

State Mine inspector George Harrison
reports that the total coal tonnage for
Ohio during 1907 was 81, 1863 tons, an
increase of J.252,4j4 tons over 1906. and
the largest tonnage in the history of the
State. Nearly SO per cent of it was
mined by machines