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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

Exploitation of the railroads by the
State in Belgium has resulted this year
in a 100000 loss to the State.
Lord Northcliffe, the British newspaper
owner, has given the Plymouth church
of Brooklyn stained glass memorial
window.
The Minnesota State Irvine plant prom
ises to pay S1,00OOOO into the State
treasury during November, and as "a re-
suit it is expected that the State will
get along with borrowing 100000 instead
of twice that amount usually borrowed at
this time of the year.
The ST. Paul road reports that during
the 1908 season 4,425 cars of wheat have
been shipped from the 43 towns on the
James River division, and Il is estimated
thai 6,4O3 will be shipped before the close
of the season. The estimate for the 26
towns on the Hastings and Dakota d.
vision is 7,466 cars.
Ed Corrigan has donated his famous old
race horse and sire, Riley, now 81 years
old, by Longfellow, dam Geneva, to the
Kentucky breeding bureau, and he will
be sent to London, Laurel county, far
back in the mountains.
Coach Warner Of the Carlisle Indians
has gone to work on the development of
a new kicking staff, as Thorpe, who failed
somewhat at Philadelphia, cannot be de-
pended on as long as his leg is out of
shape.
Records tell that seventeen deaths were
due directly to professional baseball in
the season recently closed and twenty-six
were seriously hurt.
Rates on the carriage of milk and
cream between stations in the State of
Minnesota are not entirely satisfactory
to the Minnesota Milk Shippers Assoc
citation, notwithstanding the action taken
in 1907 by the railroad and warehouse
commission setting a maximum reason
able rate for the express companies. The
Chicago Great Western has been cited
to show why it charges more for carry
ing milk on baggage cars than the express
companies charge.
1t was reported in Washington that
Mr.. Taft will retain Mr. Cortelyou as
Secretary of the Treasury and that Mr..
Loeb will not be n member of the next
cabinet.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
TWELVE MEN DIE IN BLAST.
Buried in Deep Excavation by Ex-
plosion OF g Gas Main.

Twelve men are believed to have been
killed by the explosion of a gas main in
an excavation at Gold and Front streets,
Brooklyn. y. y. The explosion tore the
street TO pieces for rods on each side,
and the men who were working in an ex-
cavation for a large sewer pipe were
buried under the debris They are be-
lieved to have been smothered or burned
to death in the fire that followed the ex-
plosion. Samuel Trout. who lived near
the scene. lost his life in attempting to
save a woman who was passing through
Gold street at the time of the explosion
and fell into the trench. Trout was
caught by the flames from the gas main
and roasted to death. The woman was
dragged out of the trench by a boy. The
workmcn were digging a trench through
Gold street for a thirty-six-inch sewer
pipe. The excavation was to be nearly
forty feet deep. and as the laborers re-
moved the earth the walls were shored up
with large timberS. An accumulation or
gas from "a main which had been acct
dentally broken during the course of the
work suddenly exploded with tremendous
force. The supporting timbers were rip
ped away and theSearthen walls toppled
over on Charles Schiffmeyer. city in
spector. and his men. y large water main
also was broken by the explosion and
a torrent began to squirt up through the
mass of wreckage. Side by side with The
water roared the flames. fed by gas escap-
ing from the broken main.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
PAST AND PRESENT
AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
Telegraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the Enlightenment
of the Many.
Many Killed by Tornado.

According TO advices received at
Little Rock. Ark, meagre because of
the remoteness of the section affected,
more than score of lives were lost
and many other persons were injured
in a tornado which swept the north
western section of Arkansas, complete
~ dem 0lishing several towns and raz-
ing vas. tracts of timber. The section
reported storm swept is removed from
both telegraph and railroads and neces-
sarily details and confirmation of many
of the reports are lacking At Piney it
is said twelve persons were killed and
a number injured. Practically the en-
tire settlement was demolished. At
London ten are reported to have lost
their lives and considerable damage to
property occurred. Wallerville and
Jethro are reported destroyed, several
fatalities occurring in each place In
the vicinity of Mulberry the death list
is placed at five. At Berryville one
woman. Mrs. ]. o. ifoskins, was seri-
ously injured and several other per-
sons sustained lesser injuries. A Iath
one hundred yards wide was cut
through the town, six buildings being
completely wrecked and a number of
others damaged, either being torn
from their foundations or unroofed.
Here the property loss is estimated at
about S25. 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
GOOD TIME TO BUILD.
Prices of Material Are Low and Con-
tractors Arc Anxious for Work.

fr1ceS OF material Are Low ana con-
tractors Arc Anxious for Work.
Country Life in America has been
looking up the building situation and
rs n result declares that there has not
been such another chance in years for
people to build cheaply and we'll The
prices Of material have fallen so, con-
tractors are anxious to obtain work,
and labor is so ready to jump at the
chance of assured wages, that a saw
ing of from 10 to 30 per cent in cost,
depending on the section of the cOun-
try. can be made in all domestic archi-
lecture Lumber is lower now than it
will probably ever be again. Brick is
workmen are not yet busy and are not
hard to find. In some localities. accord
ing to the magazine, the conditions are
so improved for the person about to
erect home that he can do so to
10 per cent better than in 1907 How
ever, these extremes are unusual and
occur in only a few sections.
The American Lumberman declares
that prices are from 20 to % per cent
lower on lumber in the west and south
than they will be in a few months.
Brick is % per cent under last years
schedules. Grades which brought ST
ma SIS in New York in October, 1907,
are selling at $40 and So a thousand
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
Leonard Wood in Command.

Major Gen. Leonard Wood, upon his
recent arrival at New York from Europe.
relieved Gen. Grant as commander of the
Department of the East. with headquar-
tiers at Governors Island. Gen. Wood
said he was glad to be home again after
his six years in the Philippines. Speak
ing of the war maneuvers which he wit
messed in France and Germany, he said
that dirigible balloons were an unquali-
fed success in Europe, and that it was
common thing TO see them maneuvering
in the sky in Germany, and that the time
was coming when they would be protected
from shot from below. The aeroplane. he
said, was bound to come after the dirigi-
bic. and would probably prove more eff
cient. The Wright brothers he called the
leaders as aeroplanists. Gen. Wool de-
scribed the conditions in the Philippines
as peaceful and prosperous, but said there
would be even more prosperity if trade
relations with this country were better
He thought Philippines products should
be admitted into this country free, that
it was hard for farmers to raise crops
under the American flag and then have to
pay duty on them. Philippine scouts, he
said, were among the finest soldiers in
the world
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
KAISER's TALK OF WAR PUBLIC.
German Emperor Said to Have De-
clared Strife Inevitable.

German Emperor Said to Have De-
clared Strife Inevitable
The New York World publishes what
it says is an accurate and authentic
synopsis of the now world celebrated
interview granted by Kaiser Wilhelm
to DR.. William Bayard Hale. ard which
was suppressed at the request of the
German government. Summarized. the
main points OF the kaiser's interview,
which took place on the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern off Bergen, Norway, are
as follows:
That King Edward of Great Britain
had been humliating him for more
than two years and that he was exas-
perated: that Germany was the para
mount power in all Europe. and that
England was trying to neutralize that
power.
That he held France in the hollow of
his hand. and that Russia was of no
account since the disastrous war she
had waged with Japan.
That if the Pan-European war which
has been so much talked about was in
evitable the sooner il came the better
it would be for him. because he was
ready and was tired of the suspense.
That Great Britain had been Il deca-
dent nation ever since her victory over
the Transvaal and the Orange Free
State. because hers was an upright
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
PRISON DOOR CLOSES
ONA$750,OOO FORCER
Prominent Chicago Real Estate
Dealer Gives Up and Confesses
to Huge Swindles.
SENTENCE IS TO IA YEARS.
Skillful Juggling of Bogus Notes and
Deeds Dupes 25 Persons and Ex-
tends Over 1S-Year Period.

COnfessing his authorship of an end
less chain of forgeries involving more
than $4,000, Peter Van Vlissingen,
fer many years a prominent Chicago
real estate man and once reputed
wealthy, was indicted, tried and sen
fenced to the penitentiary Monday af-
ternoon for term of from one to four
teen years. The amazing revelations OF
how 4 man who ranked high among his
associates could carry out gigantic
swindle in which he victimized more
than score Of persOns-a number of
them close friends-out of 100000
came like q thunderbolt. He first con-
fessed to his crime Saturday to two
friends. At noon Monday the case was
presented TO the States Attorney. and
thereafter steps toward sending Van
Ylissingen TO a felon's cell were taken
with remarkable >rapidity.
The confession of the real estate mau
revealed a scheme Of systematic and
cunning forgery of notes and real esta te
trust deeds and mortgages extending
over q period of eighteen years. For
years Van Vlissingen practiced system
of forgery that did not arouse suspi-
cion. Even his own nephew. John \
Vanderpoel. his chief clerk. was wholly
ignorant of the swindles being perpe-
trated almost under his eyes.
Van Vlissingen's scheme was to loan
money and take n mortgage or trust
deed as security. The notes and securi-
ties would be made out in due form
signed. approved by Vanderpoel, and re-
corded with the county recorder. Van
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
REBATE KILLS OIL RIVALS.

Rockefeller Cheerfully Tells How
Competitors Were Driven Out
John ID. Rockefeller's own story OF
his fortunes and the history of the
birth Of the great Standard Oil Com
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

G. =. Engelhardt has returned to New
York from Guatemala with specimens of
the stingless bee.
f. L. De la Barra has been appointed
to succeed Enrique Creel as Mexican am
bassador to Washington.
Thomas McGrath, ST. Louis election
Official, was sentenced to four years in
the penitentiary for making false returns
The Rev. DIR. Myron w. Haynes. for
merly of Chicago, has resigned the pastor
ate of the Delmar Avenue Baptist church
in st. Louis. He says enemies have
bounded him.
Col. William +. Tucker, husband of the
daughter of Gen. John A. Logan, will
have to undergo an operation for Bright's
disease, according to a statement issued
by his physician.
j. w. Soloman, a Salt Lake City line
man, narrowly escaped death when he
fell from a pole among broken wires
charged with 1000 volts. He picked his
way through the deadly wires to safety.
1t is understood that a movement has
been started to depose r. l.. Borden from
the leadership of the Canadian conserva-
tive party in favor of Sir Charles Hib-
bert Upper.
Miss Elsie Dutton, aged 20, daughter
OF III. +. Dutton, an official of the Green
Bay and Western railroad, was killed in
a collision between an auto and a street
car.
A special medical board at Manila has
notified the commander of the American
cruisers in the harbor there that shore
leave is now safe owing TO the improved
conditions in the quarter of the city af-
fiicted with cholera.
Secretary Cortelyou has notified ma
tionAl banks having treasury certificates
of Indebtedness on deposit to secure cir
culation that the $9,0OOOOO a month limit
does not apply to circulation based on the
treasury certificates issued year ago and
that the full amount of $14,OOO.OOO may
be retired at once if the banks desire.
The various japanese associations in
terested in foreign trade gave a banquet
at Toxic i'm honor of the representatives
of the Pacific coast business interests now
visiting in this country. The function
was attended by 200 business men. The
American speakers showed keen appre-
citation of the receptions accorded them
in all sections.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26

MY of +ho -, -, J. d. ROCKEFELLER
paDy TO the attacks that have been
made for years, the revelations of Miss
Ida Tarbell, the Nominations of cam
paign orators, the charges in newspa-
pers. and the remarkable letters Of
John d. Archbold that injured Senator
Foraker and smirched half a dozen
statesmen.
In answer TO questions by John G..
Milburn. his counsel, NJ, Rockefeller
told how his combination reached ont
its tentacles for more ond more re-
fineries Of rivals, and fattened on them
for ten years or more till it became
strong enough to change into what be
came the Standard Oil Company Of
Ohio. Between 1872 and 1882 tie
Rockefeller combine bought and
bought rivals. When it was strong
enough it organized them all into one
concern. The oil king said that the
company was constantly reaching out
for more refineries and more markets.
1t bought refineries to get them out
of competition and TO get their bust
ness. That is the way ii. III. Rogers
AID John d. Archbold went into the
company. They were bought up Both
were strong. brilliant and bold. The
Rockefeller combine had to get them
out OF the way: it absorbed their rival
concerns and them at the same time.
Mr.. Rockefeller snapped up the Ameri-
can Lubricating Company. and once In
that field he looked around for more
lubricating companies. Before his IT.
walls appreciated what had been done,
his combine controlled most OF these
concerns that had done business be-
tween 1870 and 1880.
When the Pennsylvania railroad,
through its Empire Pipe Line. began
gathering oil and shipping it to the
scaboard at reduced rates, the Stand
ard stepped in. A bitter war followed,
the end of which came only when the
Empire concern was turned over to
Rockefeller and the dangerous compe-
tition wiped out. The railroad for its
surrender was permitted to form a car
combination, the certificates of which
were bought by Rockefeller and his as
sociates. Whatever they had we
took Mr. Rockefeller said, In ex-
planning the absorption of the Empire
concern.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
SENTENCED FOR LAND FRAUD.
j. II. Edmisten Must Serve Four
Months and Paw 1000 Fine.

Despite the earnest pleas of his law
yers for clemency in view of the long
public service of the defendant. James
Harvey Edmisten, former Populist State
chs irman and State oil inspector under
Governor IIolcomb, was sentenced in
Omaha to a fine of $1,000 and four
months in Lincoln county jail on the
charge of conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent out of large tracts of public
land. Edmisten was first indicted in
June. 1906. In February of last year
his bond was declared forfeited on his
failure to appear for trial. This order
was later set aside, however, on proper
showing that illness prevented his pres
ence in court. In behalf of Edmisten it
was contended that there had been no
thatoehad therrmvoseeLra Omthe IA
violation of the law, and that not an
acre of land had been secured under the
fraudulent entries EdmiSen pleaded
guilty to the charge of conspiracy. 9th
er charges of perjury. subornation of per-
jury and forgery were dismissed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
ST. PIERRE FOR ANNEXATION.
Carry United States Flag
While Demanding Free Schools.

Demonstrations approaching rioting
have resulted from the demand for free
schools. and a mob which besieged the
government house in St. Pierre, MIG. bore
at It's head an American flag and shouted
for annexation TO the United States. The
people want the schools, which have been
closed by the government, thrown open
free TO all and with religious instruction
permitted. Over 1000 persons joined the
march on the governors residence. Tenn
porary order was restored by promise
that the demands would be cabled TO the
authorities in Paris, with a request for
an immediate reply. This island, owned
by France. is not far from Newfoundland,
and if the trouble becomes more serious a
British warship may be ordered there. as
France has none in that vicinity. The po-
lice force is entirely inadequate TO cope
with the situation. The belief is held
that should the French government refuse
to reconsider its action the annexation
party at st. Pierre will endeavor to in
duce the United States to purchase the
colony
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
G2MaAM X 81
J.. G e. E::l::1 HIN
ss a AND 49, IN
HSs ~.FiS>s56lN S&S
'zFNANCAL:
CHICAGO.

The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade,
published by r. G. Dun & Co., says:
Evidences of healthy recovery in com
MERGE become more distinct. The recent
rise in the volume of payments through
the banks is accentuated by an aggre-
gate which is the largest in thirteen
months and exceeds that of the CORE
spending week in 1906, when business
was exceptionally good.
Trading defaults also make a crafty
ing exhibit, both numbers and liabilities
being only one-half those recorded at this
time last year.
Another gratifying testimony Is seen
in the diminishing ranks of idle workers
and freight cars. Investment interest has
become very encouraging. safer balance
being established by the check to over
trading in Wall street securities Money
is ample for legitimate purposes and the
discount rate favors renewed enterprise
along both industrial and financial lines.
Local developments denote increasing
activity in production and distribution
Movements of finished products and crude
materials furnish heavier tonnage to the
railroads, while marketings of farm pro-
ducts run above those of year ago. No
table gains appear in forwarding of -four,
provisions and live stock.
Ore receipts are ample for the winter
consumption and new furnaces at Gary
will start in few weeks. Heavy orders
permit more employment of machinery
and labor at Pullman. and in some iron
branches there is now day and night
work.
RAILROAD returns testify to sustained
recovery in earnings of the Chicago sys-
tens, and more pressure appears for
equipment to market corn and live stock
within the next few weeks.
Merchandise stocks undergo rapid re-
duction. while the Injuries do fairly well,
particularly in furs, jewelry and art
wares. Mail orders disclose more conf
dence of country buyers and there are
substantial selections Of spring and sum-
mer staples. House buying provides fair
activity in dry goods, footwear, men S
furnishings and food products.
Bank clearings. S236. 59S, $50, exceed
those of corresponding week in 1907 by
35.4 per cent, and compare with $241,-
3J4 AGO in 1906.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number Is. against 2S last week.
sc in 1907 and 26 in 1906. Those with
liabilities over 5000 number 3, against
10 last week, IA in 1907 and 10 in 1906 $
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
PRISON FOR DESERVING TO WED.
One Year for Musician Who Won
Hand of Germans Daughter

Secretary Metcalf has approved the
sentence in the case Of Charles j. Hart
love. musician, alias G. -. Magness, who
deserted to marry the daughter of the
late Senator Arthur F. German Of Mary
land The punishment is Imprisonment
for one year in the naval prison at Ports
mouth, y. H., and dishonorable dis
charge. The plea of Hartloves counsel
was that he was in a state of mind that
might be called delrium in anticipation
of hi honeymoon
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
REPAYs WHIPPING BY TEACHER
Boy of % Years Ago Keeps Promise
and Beats Aged Pedagogue.

Twenty-Five years ago, Robert Gamble,
now a prosperous farmer living near
Greensboro. Ind. received severe punish
ment at the hands of William Baldwin,
teacher of the county school which Gam
BILE attended. Gamble then told Baldwin
that if opportunity ever offered after he
had become a man be would return and
whip him with interest. The opportu-
nifty came the other day and Gamble, not
the least softened by the lapse of quar-
ter of a century, attacked Baldwin and
beat him severely. The two met on the
streets of Greensboro. Gamble stopped
Baldwin. whom he had not seen for years.
and asked if he were not the teacher of
long ago. Baldwin admitted as much and
Gamble then administered the punish
ment. The case was reported to the
Richmond authorities and Gamble was
placed under arrests Baldwin is now a.
years old.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
CAPT. o. M. CARTER IN NEW JOB.
Managing Plant of Mexico, Mo-,
Brick and Fire Clay Company.

Oberlin Montgomery Carter. former cap
tain of the engineer corps of the United
States army. was found the other day act
ing as the superintendent of the Mexican
Brick and Fire Clay Company. whose
plant in Mexico. Mo-. was recently pur-
chased by New York syndicate. Elk
Captain Carter was reticent concerning
his case in the federal courts in Chicago.
and refused to discuss the merits of his
case against the United States govern
ment. He has been in Mexico more than
a month. but few persons knew his iden-
tity. Carter is an unrelenting worker,
and lives in his Office. He said: Il do
not care for any more newspaper noto-
riety. | accepted the position of manager
for the Mexico Brick and Fire Clay
Company's plant and am too busily en-
gagged in its affairs to discuss my personal
business
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-11-26
1Gs lAEsg2aESl5RS
,.,ssas;Ssa Ee@ss(~oM-
es 600

Chicago-Cattle. common TO prime.
800 to $I75; hogs. prime heavy, $500
to S6.0J; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2. $1.O3 to S1.0J:
corn, No. 2, &c to 63c: oats, standard,
4Sc to i9c; rye, No. 2, 75e to 76c; hay,
timothy. $500 TO S14.00: prairie. $500
10 $3.50; butter, choice creamery, Doc
to DC; eggs, fresh, 27c to 29c; potatoes,
per bushel. 62c TO Tic.
Indianapolis shipping, $500
to 500; hogs. good to choice heavy,
$3.50 TO $6.10: wheat, No. ,, $1.O1 to
S1.03: corn. No. 2 white, Gle TO &c: oats,
No. white, Acc to soc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $50 TO $50; hogs,
500 to $3.50: sheep. $300 to 800
wheat, No. ., S1.O6 to S1.OS; corn, No. 2,
Gle TO 63c: oats, No. 2, Acc TO zoe; rye,
No. ., 73c to lac.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
800 to $40; sheep. $3.50 to $3.50 T:
wheat, No. ?. $1.O4 to $1.06; corn, No. 3
yellow. 64c to 65c; oats, No. white,
51c to 52c: rye, No. 2, 75c to 76c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
S1.O3 to $1.05: corn, No. 8, Coo to Gle
oats. standard, SOC to Sic; rye, No. I,
74c to Zoe; barley, No. /, 63c to &c
pork, mess, $14.70.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $6.75; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to 5000; sheep, common to good mixed,
S4.OO to $40; lambs. fair to choice,
$500 to $6.25.
New York-Cattle, 800 to $3.50
hogs. $3.50 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to
1913; wheat, No. red. SLIP to $1.13:
corn, No. 2, tic to 72c; oats, natural
white, 54c to SIC; butter, creamery, PC
to Sic; eggs, western, ale to 34c.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed, $1.04 to
S1.O6: corn, No. 2 mixed, Gle to &c
oats. No. 2 mixed, Acc to 5Oc;. rye, No.
., TIC to 7Sc; clover seed, $3.50.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $3.50
hogs. $500 to $6.05; sheep. $500 to
$3.50: wheat, No. 2, SLOT to $1.0S: corn,
No. mixed. &c to 63c; oats, No. 2
mixed, soc to Sic; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to Soc