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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
EXTRA SESSION DATE.
Practically Decided to Call the New
Congress on March Is.

March 10 is the date upon which
Congress will be called in extraordinary
session by President Taft TO revise the
tariff, according to unofficial advices.
The sixtieth Congress will expire by
constitutional limitation on March 4.
1t is the expectation that immediatei7
following his Inauguration President
Taft will issue a proclamation conven-
ing the new Congress in special session.
Republican leaders believe, according
to a Washington correspondent, that
the new Congress will sit until late in
the summer. While the tariff revision
bill to be reported to the House may be
passed in that body early in April. It's
consideration in the Senate will be
marked by more mature federation
II is believed that many weeks will be
consumed in debate upon the measures
liz the Senate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

C. j. BoNAPARTE. 1908. submitted to
Congress. In this connection he cites
the case Of the reversal of the Standard
Oil fine of more than S29,000.O00, in
which an application for writ of GER
tiorari has been made TO the Supreme
Court
He holds that an amendment of the
present laws would be appropriate in
the case of all criminal proceedings, but
suggests that it would be especially so
in connection with prosecutions where
the wealth of the defendant usually
renders an appeal on his or its part
from any adverse Judgment a matter
of course.
The Attorney Generals opinion is
that in such cases there is No question
of double jeopardy, as the appeal of
the defendant from the original convic-
ton is recognized by the undOubted
weight of well-considered judicial au-
tffority as a waiver of his rights i'm
this respect and as in the absence of
some such provision of law as the At
tOrney General recommends guilty per-
sons may escape from just punishment
under the law as finally determined by
the court of last resort
He declares that the consistent pol
Icy of the Department of Justice during
the year in enforcing the statutes in
tended To protect the interstate and for
eign commerce of the country from
evils arising through combinations in
restraint Of trade and attempts to Gre
ate monopoly. as we'll as discrimina-
lions and other Illegal practices on the
part of common carriers engaged in
such commerce, has been to investigate
carefully all complaints submitted to it.
whether by public authorities or by re-
spOnsible private citizens. and TO au-
thorize proceedings, whether civil or
criminal, only when such investigation
has shown the colnpla ,nts to be serious
and we'll founded and that success
might be reasonably expected
Mr. Bonaparte repoSts that this pol
Icy was attended during the year by
fair measure Of success in the proceed
fngs authorized and that as a conse-
quence of decisions already obtained
or expected soon the statutes dealing
with such cases will soon be interpreted
SO authoritatively that those seeking to
comply with the law will be relieved
from all uncertainty as to what the law
really is. He says that serious obsta-
cles have been encountered i'm enforcing
the statutes and that these may be with
advantage readily removed by further
legislation.
The United States has had occasion
of late years, and will probably have
occasion in future" he declared, ito
prosecute criminally many corporations
or other artificial persons. AS such of
tenders cannot be physically arrested.
it is obviously desired that a simple
and convenient form of process shall be
prescribed by law to have the legal eff,
feet Of an actual arrest and removal to
the trial district as in the case Of a
natural person"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE.

Twenty men were hurt in a railroad
collision near Brussels, Belgium.
Trustees of Columbia university. New
York, decided 20 give the alumni repre-
sentation on the board.
Several persons were hurt in a clash
between artillery men and citizens at Port
Townsend, Wash.
Reports from Hawaii indicate record
pineapple crco for 1908 far in excess of
any production yet recorded.
Woman suffragists are said to be pre-
pairing for crusade at Albany when the
New York Legislature assemblies.
Rear Admiral Mason, chief of ordnance
in his annual report, says the big guns
on American warships are the equal of
any in the world.
Frederick j. NJ. Rhodes, cousin of Cecil
Rhodes, in an interview at Mexico City.
said he considered war between England
and Germany certain.
DIR. Cyrus Northrop, president of the
University of Minnesota, will retire at
the end of the present college year. He
has held the position twenty-five years.
A report that Germany and japan pur-
pose to conclude an agreement concern
ing China similar in terms to the Ameri-
can-Japanese understanding is said in
Berlin to be without foundation.
Within sight of home and native land,
Carl Herbster, a private in the hospital
corps, ended his life on the deck of the
transport Thomas, near the Golden Gate,
by slashing his throat with razor.
Contractors on the Milwaukee and St
Paul tunnel, through the Ceur d'Alenc
mountains in Montana set new world
record in tunneling for a month in No
vember, having bored 1917 feet. The
tunnel will be $3.50 feet.
The supply ship Culgoa, one of the
boats in advance of the American fleet.
has joined its companion ship, the cruiser
Panther, at Colombo, Ceylon.
Lieut.. Edward Gottlieb of the coast ar
tillery, who disappeared at Boston dur
ing his court-martial on a fraud charge,
has been declared deserter and reward
has been offered for his arrest
When the next convict is electrocuted
in New Jersey a test will be made by
experts in an effort TO bring him to life.
The purpose is to refute the statement of
DIR. Gibbons of New York that men exc
cuted iy electricity do not die under the
current, bat by the surgeons knife at the
autopsy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
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80! 80

Chicago-CattIe. common to prime,
500 to $500; hogs, prime heavy, $500
TO $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $4.S5; wheat, No. 2, S1.02 TO $1.03 !:
corn, No. 2, sc. to SIC: oats, standard,
4Sc to 49c: rye, No. ?, 75c to 76c; hay.
timothy, $500 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $500: butter. choice creamery, &c
to soc; eggs. fresh, PC - ccccsatoes,
per bushel, Goo to 75c.
Indianapols-Cat shipping. $500
to 500; hogs, good to choice heavy.
$3.50 to $500: sheep, good to choice.
$3.50 to $500; wheat. No. 2. $1.03 TO
$1O4; corn, No. 2 white. 59c to 6oc;
oats, No. white, 49c to sic.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to S7.60: hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to S425:
wheat, No. 2, SLOT to $1-0s; corn. No. 2,
SIC TO Csc: oats, No. 2, 4Sc TO 49c; rye,
No. 2. 74c TO &c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. 800 to 5000:
hogs, $500 to $5.15; sheep. $500 to
800: wheat, No. ?, S1.O6 to SLOT; corn.
No. 2 mixed. 60c to Gle: oats. No. 2
mixed, sic to 52c: rye. No. ., 7Sc to Soc.
Detroit-Cattle. $500 TO $500; hogs.
$500 to $525: sheep, $3.50 to $3.50:
wheat, No. .. S1O3 to $1.04: corn, No.
yellow, 6Oc to 81; oats. No. 3 white,
52c to SIC; rye, No. 2, 75c to TIC.
Milwaukee--Wheat, No. northern.
81 % to S1.0S; corn. No. 3, Csc to 59c:
oats, standard. sic TO SIC: rye, No. I,
75c to 76c: barley, No. /, 65c to Gee;
pork, mess, S14.60.
Buffalo-Cattle choice shipping steers.
500 to 1913; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $500: sheep, common to good mixed.
S4.Oo TO S475; lambs, fair to choice.
$500 TO S7.75.
New York-Cattle. S40o TO $500;
hogs, $3.50 to 5000; sheep, $500 TO
S415; wheat, No. red, S1.06 to SLOT:
corn. No. 2. Coo 10 SIC; oats, natural
white, 55c to SIC: butter. creamery, pc
to 32c; eggs, western, 2Sc to 30c.
Toledo-wheat, No. mixed, S1.O2 to
S1.O3; corn, No. 2 mixed. Soc to COO;
oats. No. 2 mixed, Sic to 53c: rye, No
2. &c to 1Sc; clover seed, $5.55.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
SUPPOSED DEAD MAN FOUND.
Indianian, Thought to Be Drowned,
Taken and Charged with Fraud.

Indianian, Thought to Be Drowned,
Taken and Charged with Fraud.
Henry i. Agar. former secretary and
treasurer of the Princeton (Ind.) Ele-
vator Company, who was reported
drowned in the Wabash river two years
ago, was arrested in Harlingen. Tex.
and confessed his identity. After his
disappearance Agar was charged with
forgery and embezzlement approximate
ing 100000. lie was member of the
Indiana Legislature in 1905. Agar's
life insurance, amounting to about $780,
coo In various companies, has been bit
terly contested in the courts, but two
policies had already been paid to the
supposed widow and estate at the time
of his capture.
1t is stated by Agar that he was rid
ing on his grainboat down the Wa
bash river when he accidentally fell
overheard. He narrowly escaped
drowning. but was finally rescued by
a man on houseboat. His business af-
fairs were i'm bad shape. he says. and
he took advantage of the opportunity
to let the world believe that he was
dead
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
NEW YORK

Holiday trade shows further expan-
sion and most cities report buying Of
this character equal to or slightly in
excess of last years. In some sections,
particularly the South, holiday trade
IS not so good as in 1907. The larger
centers are doing well and armies of
shoppers are i'm evidence, but many
small cities report a relatively light
business and demand shifting to cheap
or lines
In regular retail lines unseasonably
warm weather has been a drawback,
particularly Southwest and South.
Wholesale trade is quieter, except for
some hurry orders to sort up depleted
stocks.
Inventories and stock takings nat
urally predispose to less activity from
now till after Jan. /. Reports from
leading industries are of gradual gains
and slow progress back to normal.
There are some orders for steel rails
from railroads, and the tin plate mills
are buster; there is a better supply of
water in New England and paper mills
are running more freely : Eastern shoe
manufacturers report three months or
ders ahead, and there is more demand
for lumber, some Of this on account of
railroad buying. with firmer prices for
yellow pine.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Dec. IL
number 80, against Dos last week, 800
in the like week of 1907, 227 in 1906.
go in 1905 and 249 in 1904. Business
failures in Canada for the week num-
Der 81. against 60 last week and 40 in
this week Of 1901.-Bradstreet's Com
mercial Report
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

Bank Superintendent Schaefer of Min
nesota asks for two additional examiners
at cost of $1,000 a year.
The Southern States Association of
Commissioners of Agriculture has united
with the manufacturers and feed dealers
to secure uniform laws governing stock
foods.
Seventy-fve of the principal theaters
between Chicago and San Francisco have
now been brought into the theatrical syn
dicate controlled by Klaw & Granger.
The city council of Marshalltown, Iowa.
has taken up the war begun some time
ago by Mayor Ingledue on the local light
company and has under consideration an
ordinance reducing the price of gas to
81 per thousand feet.
The Leonidas, a new mine near Eve
leth, has begun shipping ore. twenty-six
cars having been sent out The amount
of ore in prospect in this mine, as report
ed by its owners to the State tax commits
sion, is 4, 324,3S2 tons.
The First National and National City
banks of New York, the former contro,l-
ed by Morgan and the latter by Rookie
Teller, are to be associated in the public
offering of a S75,000.000 Brazilian loan,
to finance the coffee valorization scheme
projected by the State of Saopaulo OF
Brazil. AS security, $1,000,000 bags Of
coffee stored here and abroad, worth ST.
100000. will be named. SaopauIo agreed
to engage in no further coffee corners
during the life of the bonds. which extend
to 1919, bearing interest at per cent.
Comptroller of the Currency Murray.
in his annual report says that the bank.
ing power Of he United States Is ST.
642,705,274.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
The Other John ID.

John ID. Archbold started life as an
office boy. But he evidently didn't have
to look after the letter files.-Augusta
Chronicle.
1t is difficult for Mr.. Archbold to re-
member anything without referring to his
letter files, which, as the world knows,
are sadly Observation-Disclosures Star.
Mr.. Archbold was unable to explain an
item of SD 100000 paid to p. S. Trainer,
beyond the mere fact that it was for lad
justments' Perhaps Mr.. Trainer did
some plumbing for the Standard Oil Com
pany.-Kansas City Star.
We infer that the cost of the Archbold
letters is not included in Mr.. Hearst S
outlay of $4,000 for the Independence
campaign The letters have been listed
as "A permanent investment, in all proba-
bility-IIouston Post.
Though man of letters, Mr.. Archbold
will waste no time writing IN autobiog-
rauJhy.-Atlanta Constitution
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
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Milwaukee is after the next bowling
congress and looks good 10 get it,
Percy Houghton has been elected foot
ball coach at Harvard for another two
years.
James r. Keene was the largest winner
on the American turf this season. He
won S2S2,0IJ.
Cornell's track team will meet the Ma
rooms on an indoor track at the Bartlett
gymnasium this winter.
Tommy Burns, the Canadian, is not
only champion heavyweight fighter, but
he is champion of all weights as a finan-
cier.
The most profitable race horse in the
Units. States this season was Sir Martin.
He captured stakes to the value of $751;
800.
Washington nearly LOCO boys carried
silver tube containing a message from
Rudolph Foster to President Roosevelt.
Patsy Donovan, who has been let 90
as manager CT the Brooklyn National
League team, will in all probabits be
appointed manager of the Boston club
next year.
Fred Bradley of Boston was knocked
out in the fourth round of a boxing bout
with Al Kubiak of Grand Rapids, Mich,
at the West End Athletic Club in PhiIa-
delphia. He became unconscious and was
hurried to a hospital
Mordecai Brown hos gone to work as a
buyer in the Chicago stock yards. The
three fingered pitching wonder says he will
some day be out of baseball and wants
profession to fall back upon.
Christy Mathewson, the famous New
York Giant, will coach the Harvard pitch
ing squad next spring. Negotiations
which have been under way for some time
have practically been completed.
Prospects for the resumption OF boxing
in Chicago were shattered when Chief
of Police Shippy caused the arrest of prin-
cipas and promoters of boxing match
given in the Illinois Boxing Club a few
days ago.
Walter Steffen, football ideal of the
University of Chicago and captain of the
championship team that defeated Wiscon-
sin, was given the greatest demonstration
ever accorded Midway athlete The
demonstration was arranged at Handel
hall, where Steffen was presented with a
gold watch purchased by the student body.
c. X. G. Billings of Philadelphia, who
was once a leader in Speedway sport and
occupied very prominent position in
amateur road drivers and matinee circles,
has turned his attention to the use of
horses, all trotters, under saddle for pleas
ure riding, and for this purpose he now
owns several Of the best race trotters in
the country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

Nord Alexis speedy departure will OBJ
yiate the necessity of his making finan-
cial report-Detloit News.
With a little education those Haitans
might be able to settle their differences
through old-fashioned debating societies
instead of evolutions.-Toledo Blade
Old President Nord Alexis has seen al
most as many revolutions as a roulette
gambler, and looks upon the freaks OF
fortune almost as ynically-Atlanta
Journal.
If Haiti keeps on having revolutions the
first thing she knows the chiyalrous but
firm hand of the United States will be
stretched out in her direction.-Augusta
Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
PklTICS%ak1


Gov. Folk has decided that under the
law the entire electoral vote of Missouri
should be cast for William III. Taft. The
Taft plurality in Missouri is 1,O26.
Congressman Theodore L. Burton OF
Ohio has been tentatively offered the sec
rotaryship of the treasury. in Taft's cab
met, but has not decided whether he viii
accept. His friends in Ohio want hin
TO hc a candidate for the Senate
J. J. Sullivan of Columbus, who was
appointed judge of the Nebraska Supreme
Count by Gov. Sheldon, has filed his res
rna,ion. Gov. Sheldon accepted the res
isnation. Judge Sullivan took the oath
OF office and served one day. He declined
to issue statement explaining his resg
hat'on.
The statement of the expense account
of Robert NJ. La Follette's presidential
campaign committee has been filed AT
Madison by Alfred L. Rogers, law part
ner OF Senator La Toilette and member
of the Republican national committee
According to the statement contributions
aggregating $17,629.1O were received tc
carry on the campaign of la Toilette fol
v.
equal amount was expended.
The announcement that President
Roosevelt had insisted upon the immedi
ate appointment of John ID. Pringle. edi.
tor of the Labor World at Pittsburg. to
be appraiser of that port, with a $500
salary, has disturbed the regular Repub
lcan leaders of that part of the State.
Or. Charles T. Neill, commissioner of
labor. in a short time will be reappointed
to his present position by President Roose
welt DIR. Neill was made commissioner
OF labor by President Roosevelt in sue
cession of Prof. Carroll ID. Wright, who
| accepted the position of president of Clark
university at Worcester, Mass.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican
national committee will name the chair.
man Of the committee TO have charge OF
Ia, cereln, mics at the ina equation of Mr.
Taft.
Indiana gave Taft plurality of 10.
731; Kansas gave him 35,957. South Car.
DINA is as strongly Democratic as ever
1t gave Bryan 62,2S9 votes and Taft only
3,S47.
Labor union men have made strong
plea to have w. w. Williams retained
as State labor commissioner of Mime.
sofa. but Gov. Johnson has refused TO re.
consider his order appointing W. L. Nc
Even of Duluth in Williams place.
Treasurer Sheldon of the Republican
finance committee filed at Albany the list
of 1880 contributors to the Taft cam
paign fund, showing the total amount OF
their contributions to have been $1,035..
36S.27. In addition to this there was
collected and turned over to the different,
State committees for local use, 5000. Ia
The largest single contribution was $1i.-..
OOO, given by G. T.. Taft. brother of the
Pfesident-elect. In the $4,000 class are
Andrew Carnegie and J. l.. Morgan. Pres.
| ident Roosevelt is down for $1,000
Daniel j. Keefe of Detroit, president
Of the Longshoremen' Union, has been
Appointed commissioner of immigrat ON by
President Roosevelt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
COUPLE MURDERED IN SLEEP.
Assassin Hacks Faces of Man and
Wife with Hntchet.

Assassin Hacks Faces of Man and
Wife with Hntchet.
Wicentz Florczik and his wife were
murdered by an assassin at their resi-
dence. 49, Bird street, Wilmington, Del
Their bodies were found by Alexander
Florczik. brother Of the murdered man.
and a ledger at the house. who is detain-
ed at police headquarters. Alexander
told the police that when he went home
about IL o'clock at night he was unable
TO gain admittance. and spent the night
with an uncle. He went to the house
about 8 o'clock in the morning and found
the bodies. He said the two children. a
girl years old and a 2-months-old baby
had not been molested. The baby lay in
a crib between the beds occupied by the
parents Both of the victims had been
hacked ia the face with Ratchet which
was found on the mans bed. The murder
is thought to have been committed for
revenge. Ilorczik was So, and his wife
"a years old. The prisoner is Is.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
Fire Panic in CHICAGO Store.

Crowds of Christmas shoppers we're
thrown into panic bysa fire in Siegel
Cooper Company's department store at
State and Van Buren, streets. The fire
started in a vestibule and although 1t
was quickly extinguished and no one
was seriously injured several women
I'm the crush to get out tainted and had
to be carried to the street. The dam
age Wasssmall.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
PAST AND PRESENT
AS 1T COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
Telegraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the Enlightenment
of the Many.
Where is the Maine Going?

The most complete mystery, so far
as any official admission. can be OBJ
tanned, surrounds the destination of the
battleship Maine, which has left Nor
folk, Va, under sealed orders. The
cruiser North Carolina accompanied
the battleship Maine. Neither the
State nor the Navy Department Off
Gals in Washington will make any
statement on the subject any more
than to say that the vessels have gone
on cruise" and they will not deny
nor affirm rumors that were current
that the ships are bound FOR any duty
at or in the vicinity of Venezuelan wa
ters- The American government is
without any naval representation in
that immediate section.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
TIE UP RAILWAY SYSTEM.
Block signals Useless for Eighteel

Block Signals Useless for Eighteen
Hours Through Target Practice.
A small boy with a Flobert rifle delay
ed the operation of trains on the Lake
Shore railroad several hours the other
night and tied up the block signal system
eighteen hours. The boy was Frank
voyshzilI, aged II, of Cleveland. and he
fred seven bullets at block target. Sew
eral lodged in the electric mechanism,
short-circuited the current and the signals
did not work Il was shooting at birds"
young yoyshzill told the Juvenile Court.
He was sent to the detention home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

Senate. 1t is said that Mr.. Knox's resig.
nation from the Senate is ready to be
submitted to Gov. Stuart.
Senator Knox was appointed Attor-
ney General by President Mckinley
and remained in that position under
Roosevelt until 1904, when upon the
death of Matt Quay he became Senator
for Pennsylvania.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
Killed bY Slide of SNOW.

A snowslide at the Tom Moore mine at
Eureka, Colo, killed William Mondell.
foreman, aged 30, and destroyed the large
mine boarding house. 1t is reported that
slides damaged the Precious Metals prop
erty at Chattanooga and the Shenandoah
at Howardsville. There are many slides
running in the San Juan country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
Pennsylvania erafters Sentenced.

Pennsylvania Grafters Sentenced.
Two years Imprisonment and fine
Of $500. the maximum penalty, was the
sentence meted out by Judge Kunkel
in the Dauphin County court to each
of the four men who were convicted OF
defrauding the State of Pennsylvania
I'm connection with the furnishing of
the Capitol building in Harrisburg.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

A fire destroyed Curtis Hall in the
West Roxbury district of Boston, with a
damage estimated at $4,000. In the low
err fvof was a branch of the Boston Pub
lie Library, and many of the volumes
were burned
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24

One unidentified body from the lost
Wolvin Line steamer d. NJ. Clemson has
been recovered and two other bodies have
been seen in the Lake Superior surf. Life
savers and friends Of the twenty-four met
of the Clemson's crew have been patrol.
ing the beach night and day for week.
in the hope &C recovering the bodies Of the
victims.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-24
Heir to millions Killed bv pruo.

A victim of iii health for several
months and unable to sleep, Earl Lam
don, 80 years old, of Kokomo, Ind,
took q sleeping potion and is now a
corpse He was one of the heirs to
the Trabue estate, which amounts to
81 100000, the ancestor, William Ira
bune, leaving the estate. Landon drew
an annuity of $3.50.