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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
CHICAGO.

Discussing trade in the Chicago Cis-
trict for the last week, r. G.. Dun &
Company's report, says:
The general course of trade is headed
toward recovery. although the returns
disclose some irregularity. Operations
this week were restricted TO some extent
by unfavorable weather and the holiday,
and there are smaller marketings of farm
products, less freight movement and de-
cline in payments through the banks.
Against these temporary setbacks there
are gratifying offsets in important re-
sumptions at the mills and furnaces. fur
Their unemployment of workers and an
improved demand for manufactures and
spring merchandise.
Retail trade here and at most interior
points benefited from a wider buying Of
heavy winter apparel and depletion of
stocks previously in slow absorption.
The attendance Of country buyers in
the wholesale markets for staple goods
shows seasonable increase and dealings
are encouragingly stimulated in dry goods.
woolens, clothing, footwear and food pro-
ducts.
The bookings in some respects make
favorable comparison with a year ago,
and the aggregate would have been bet
ter were all buyers making their usual
full selections of needs. but there is yet
a rather conservative feeling, which IS
likely to last until the trend of prices and
the business outlook become more settled.
Road statesmen have fair success in the
textile branches and new accounts are
opened in the south and southwest sec
tons. Indications generally encourage
confidence in the prospects for wholesale
and jobbing activity.
Manufacturing is not yet marked by an
appreciate increase of outputs and i'm
provement in deliveries is not expected TO
become general before spring. The situa-
ton, however, is better by the machinery
set in motion and reduction of the unem-
ployed.
Inquiries appear more plentiful in iron
and steel branches, especially for rails,
structural shapes and wire products
Bank clearings, $201,416,S56. are lob
per cent under those of the corresponding
week of 1907.
Failures in the Chicago district NUM-
Der 80, against 81 last week and p a
year ago. Those with liabilities over So
600 number 16, against 6 last week and 6
a year ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
HARD LUCK L

Two women were found dead in the
kitchen of a fashionably furnished %
room house at No. 351 West Seventy-irst
street. New York, of which they were
caretakers. There was a little coal in a
bin in the cellar and IL cents was found
in a cupboard.
Nelson L. Th0ren. a prosperous and
respected farmer living on the White
Bear road west of Saltwater, Mimi, fell
from a cake of ice dead. Assisted by his
son he was pulling ice from a small lake.
TO be stored on the farm. Being over
come with faintness he sat down on a
cake of ice and a moment later fell over
dead. Heart disease was the cause Of
death.
Capt. Smith, master of the British
steamer Ashfield, cleared from Mobile,
Ala. for Nipa, Cuba, committed suicide
by drinking poison in his stateroom fol-
lowing a mutiny of the crew while on
the high seas.
At his W request William Winrich,
an orphan boy of Morrisonville, Wis. was
sent to the State reformatory at Wau-
kesha. The boy, who is IA years old, de-
u U tut JuuSt lHdt ut WAS urea Ol
knocking about, and desired to be sent
TO some place where he would have a
chance TO learn a useful trade and get
some education.
After eight years of hiding from bust
ness failure in Saginaw, Mich, William
Andrews, trapper and hunter, blew of
the top of his head in his shack ia the
woods about a quarter of a mile from
Allen junction station, on the Mesabe
iron range. The body was found with the
rifle clutched i'm the dead mans hands.
William Robbins, aged 10 years, the
son of Moses Robbins, a prominent farm
or residing near Gilman. Iowa, was in
stantly killed by falling from a wagon.
which ran over him. lie and q little COM
panion tried TO climb upon the wagon.
and in doing so young Robbins fell. and
the rear wheel passed over his BODY.
n man named William Butterworth en-
tered the boiler room of the Fergus Falls.
Mlnn., wooden mills at an early hour and
built up a red hot fire. The boiler was
empty and the scorching ruined the fues.
the damage amounting to hundreds of dol
lars. The police were called and il was
found that Butterworth was an escaped
lunatic from the northern Wisconsin in
sane hospital at Oshkosh.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
$500 to S6.1O; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to S4.35; sheep, fair TO choice, 1870
to 1925; wheat. No. 2, 92c to 93c;
corn. No. ., &c TO SIC: oats, standard,
49c to zoe: rye, No. 2. SOC to Sic: hay.
timothy, 500 to $500; prairie. $500
to $3.50; butter. choice creamery, &c
to 33c; eggs, fresh. 19c to DC; potatoes,
per bushel. &c to 73c.
Indianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500
to 1913; hogs. good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to S4.65; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50: wheat. No. 2. 91c to Csc.
corn. No. 2 white. 53c TO SAC; oats. No. 2
white, Ole to 52c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
500 to $40; sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c; corn. No. 2.
SIC to SIC; oats, No. 2, o to Sic; rye,
No. .. 79c to SOC.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 t. $3.50;
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. ., 97c to Csc; corn.
No. . mixed. soc TO SIC; oats, No. ?
mixed, Sc to sic; rye, No. 2. Soc to SEC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $40; hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep, $3.50 to 500;
wheat, No. 2, 93c to 94c; corn. No. 3
yellow, SIC to 5Sc; oats, No. 2 white,
SIC to 54c; rye, No. ,, SIC to Sac.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
S1O2 to $1.O4: corn, No. 3. SAC to 56c;
oats, standard, Ole to 52c; rye, No. i,
Sic to SIC; barley, No. 2, 95c TO 96c;
pork. mess, $11.90-
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $500: hogs, fair to choice, $3.50
to S4.55; sheep. common to good mixed,
$500 to 1923; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $50.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs. $3.50 to $500; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat No. , red, 96c to Csc;
corn, No. 2, &c to 63c; oats. natural
white. SIC to 60c: butter, creamery. 2Sc
to SAC; eggs, western, 19c to zoe.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 96c to
97c: corn. No. 2 mixed, SEC to SIC;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 51c to SIC; rye. No.
2, 7Sc to Soc: clover seed. prime, S11.41-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
NEW YORK.

Buyers of spring goods are more m evil
dence this week at all markets, responding
to the advance of the season. and jobbing
trade shows more vim than at any time
since last autumn. In no case, however.
is the buying reported as equal to a year
ago. and in some cases the decreases are
very heavy. The easing of prices of sta
pies shown in January has gone further
this week. Building was at low ebb In
January, and this is reflected in easy
prices for lumber. Business failures in
the United States for the week ending
Feb. Is number S24, against 212 last
week, 204 in the like week of 1907. 2OS
in 1906, 243 in 1905 and 231 in 1904
Canadian failures for the week number
A. as against 80 last week and % in
this week a year ago.--Bradstreet's CON-
mercial Report.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
JOINT ACTION IN MACEDONIA.
Russia, Britain and France Likely
to Oppose Germany's Plans.

1t is expected here that Russia and
Great Britain will enter upon an agree
ment for joint action with regard to the
situation in Macedonia and that these
two powers will be supported by France
and perhaps by Italy. If such a coalition
is made, the reason for it undoubtedly will
be the latest developments at CONSTANT
nople-the fact that Germany intends to
abandon the allies and adopt the counter
proposals of the Sultan which are in the
Russian point of view tantamoun TO no
reform at all and which are regarded as
creating a situation r%ivaling the Moroc-
can ENHANCEMENT in international impor-
lance. Only by such a four-power league.
according to the Russian press, can the
necessary reforms in Macedonia be car
ried through. Austria-H ungary's deser-
ton of the concert in return for individ-
ual advantages from Turkey is generally
accepted as a fact in spite of the assur-
ance from Vienna that the agreement
with Russia remains the basis of Aus
tria-Hungary's Balkan policy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
WANTS q. S. TO BUILD ROADS.
Wagon Route from Yellowstone
Park to Grand CANYON, Arizona.

In return for the millions of dollars
paid in taxes by the West for river and
harbor improvements in the United
States, the business men of four Western
States will petition the next Congress to
appropriate S1O,OOO,OOO for a wagon road
LOCO miles long to be built from Yellow
stone National Park to the Grand Can
yon of the Colorado River in Arizona.
Colorado. Utah. Wyoming and Arizona
will be asked to join hands in making a
campaign for the road. None of the
States through which the proposed road
will pass has sufficient finances to build
it, but as it will be a great highway for
travellers from all parts of the United
States, it is argued that the road is of
more Importance than some Of the inland
harbors upon which vast sums are Law
ished annually.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

Fire which threatened to sweep the
entire east side of the Public Square
I'm Marion, Ind. was confined to the
Philip Matter building. a three-story
structure. only by hard work on the
part of the firemen. The fire started in
the basement of tine building. The
walls stood the test of the flames and
prevented their spreading to the adj
joining buildings. The first floor and
basement were occupied by the Marion
Furniture Company, which recently
purchased the furniture stock of r. H.
Frank and most of the loss falls On
this firm. The total loss on buildings
and contents will be about $751; 900. 1t
is supposed the fire originated from an
electric wire.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Chauffeur Found Guilty.

Chauffeur Jesse Watson was sentenced
in st. Louis to one year in Jail and fined
$1,000 for killing little Christine Musick,
who was struck by Watson's automobile
last October. Watson Was in the employ
of Clay Arthur Pierce, son of Henry Clay
Pierce, chairman of the board of the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company. Testimony
during the trial was to the effect that the
automobile was running between forty
five and fifty miles an hour.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
SHOE DEALER IN THE TOLLS.
ST. Louis Man Arrested as Burglar
Accused of Leading Dual Life.

\ respected shoe dealer in st. Louis
by day and a burglar by night is the dual
role attributed by the police to John
Hasey. % years old. arrested on the
charge of burglary. a search of his room
revealed 800 worth of optical goods and
pawn tickets for goods that had been
pawned. The police say Hasey had been
leading a dual life for months. Many
of the articles recovered were identified
as the property of the Rembold Optical
Company. The store was robbed last
October. The police say Hasey is wanted
in Cleveland, Ohio, on the charge of hav-
ing robbed a jewelry store. According to
their story, he walke out of a Cleveland
court room while awaiting trial on the
charge. Hasey has served in the navy.
He denies the charges.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
PLOT TO DYNAMITE BANK.
Social Revolutionists Planned to
Destroy State Institution.

The arrest of a sergeant of gendarmes
at the Finnish railway depot in st. Pc
tersburg has led to the discovery of a plot
of social revolutionists to wreck the
branch of the State bank in that city.
When the gendarme was taken into Gus
tody it was found that he had a bomb
i'll his pocket. He has confessed that he
had been hired to transport the bomb
and has given the police particulars re-
lating to the plot. Acting on this infor-
nation the police arrested twelve of the
alleged conspirators. including former
Deputy Kornilieff. During their investi-
cations they seized a quantity. of bombs
and other explosives.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
HONOR FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Bronze Tablets on Monuments of
Men Who Fell at Pekin Unveiled.

Six bronze tablets from the Rock ISL
and arsenal, Illinois, placed on the monu-
ments that nave been erected at Tientsin,
China, in memory of the American sol
diers and sailors who lost their lives in
the Boxer outbreak of 1901 were unveil-
ed Thursday. The monuments have been
officially transferred to the American le-
CATION by Col. Webb G.. Hayes, president
of the Chinese battlefield commission and
a son of the late President Rutherford
Il. Hayes. A seventh tablet will be plac-
ed on the monument erected in memory
of Col. Emerson H.. Liscum, who COM
manded the Ninth regiment of infantry,
and who lost his life during the attack
of the allied forces at Tientsin in July,
1900. The tablets were unveiled by Col.
Hayes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Found Guilty of Murder.

Willis Almack was found guilty In
Omaha of murder in the first degree, and
his punishment fixed at life. imprison-
ment. Almack and two companions, en-
ployes of Ham PAX, a Chinese restaurant
keeper, killed and robbed their employer
on the night of July II, 1907. Basil Null
lin. one Of Almack's companions, is now
serving a life term for completely in the
crime. Alnack is 10 years of age.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Wool Buyer a Suicide.

Just after purchasing a $4,000 con
signment of wool at Lima, Ohio, II. A.
Dunlap, of New York-City, closeted
himself in his room at the Hotel Nor
va and emptied a two-ounce bottle of
carbolic acid. He was found dead by a
chambermaid. He had been despon-
dent for days over the business out
look. He leaves a wife and three chill
dren- On his person was found a New
Testament presented to him personally
by John Wanamaker in 1903.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Miners Alive and Fiohtino.

Twenty-eight miners were impris-
oned in the 'Midvalley colliery, near
Mount Carmel, Pa. by the breaking of
a dam which had formed in q drift,
which caused a rush of mud INTO the
gangway where the men were at work.
All day long a party of reseuers en-
deavored to reach the entombed men,
and they were encouraged ny sounds
of digging on the inside. Later a shot
was heard. indicating that the men are
actively at work to effect their own
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
an God We Trust" Wins.

A Washington dispatch says: I'm
God We Trust" is to have a place once
more on the gold coins of the country
of those denominations on which it for
merly appeared. The coinage, weights
and measures committee, of which Will
liam B. Mckinley. of Illinois. is chair
man, will report favorably a bill to
this end and the President will not
veto it. 1t may be that the design of
the Saint Gaudens coins must be
changed. The artists will decide that
point.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Receiver Appointed for Railroad.

On complaint of George A. Fernald &
Company of Boston the Chicago, Cincin-
natl and Louisville railroad was placed in
the hands of a receiver by the federal
court in indianapolis. James p. Good
rich was appointed and he went to Gin
cinnati to take charge of the company's
Office and property. The road is known
as the short line between Chicago and
Cincinnati and has been in operation
about five years. 1t iss2S5 miles long.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
ALL SUNDAY WORK UNDER BAN.
Police at Winnipeg Arrest Hundreds
at Many Kinds of Labor

Police officials in Winnipeg, Man., are
making out and serving hundreds of sum-
monses for alleged breaches of the Lords
day act. The campaign started two
Sundays ago, and the first cases appear
ed in police court on a recent morning.
Already some 500 summonses have been
issued, and several hundred more are to
be made out. The police are proceeding
under instructions of the police commits
sion, their action being a counter-move
ment opposed to action by members of
the Lords Day Alliance. Each Sunday
police have bounced upon undertakers at
funerals, newspaper men transcribing
notes of Sunday sermons and editors. An
other man was taking a bath when the
police arrested him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Rumor Of AIfonso's AssassInation.

A dispatch from Paris, France says:
Rumors were current here that King
Alfonso of Spain ahd been assassinated
but no confirmation of or denial of this
could be obtained at the French for
eign Office or the Spanish embassy. No
details accompanied the rumors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Nun Catches Burglar in School.

A burglar entered st. Mary's parochial
school. Greenwich, Conn.,, and was search
ing the building when his presence was
suspected and the police were sent for.
When the burglar attempted to escape by
the main door one of the sisters caught
him in her arms and held him until the
officers arrived.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Found at Bottom. of Well.

The roll of death resulting from the
financial panic has been swelled by the
addition of the name of Henry Harris
Barnard, lumber merchant and former
director of the Twelfth Ward bank, who
escaped from DIR. A. +. Sharp's sanitari-
UNI at Katonah. n. Y. and was found
dead nine hours later a. the bottom of a
well IN an abandoned farm 9 quarter of
a mile away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
JAPS MAP U. s. BAY.
Queer Maneuvers of Yellow Men
with Cannon at Fleet Station.

On an ~infrequented buff, which marks
the northern limit of Santa Monica bay,
CAL. a party of seven japanese with a
small annon in their possession have
been for several days past engaged in ex-
periments that have aroused the suspi-
cions Of the settlers, as it is presumed
that a portion of the American battleship
feet will spend several days in the bay.
The japanese nave been engaged in max
ing maps of the cliffs along the bay, and
a small pivot gun, mounted on a cliff 1S5
feet above the sea, was fired, first in one
direction and then in another. There is
not even a theory to the purposes of the
party.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Echo of Gen. Slocum Disaster.

Captain William III. Van Schaick of
the excursion steamship General Slocum,
which was burned on June Is, 1904, in
East river with a loss of about 1000
lives, must serve ten years in prison, his
sentence having been affirmed by the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Bank Robbed of $4,000.

Taking $4,000 after dynamiting and
wrecking the building of the Farmers
and Manufacturers Bank in Rich Hill,
Mo-, five bandits, heavily armed. terror
lied citizens and escaped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Rob Bank in wild West style.

While one masked robber held up the
rashier in true wild Western style his
two companions looted the vault of the
hank at Granite Falls, n. c., and Sc
.ured all the cash in the institution, 81
200. Then they forced the cashier to en-
ter the vault, and after locking him in
escaped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Leaves Millions to Charity.

The will of Mrs. Rylands, widow of
John Rylands of the famous Manchester
(England) cotton firm. bequeaths So
365,O0O TO various charities, including
S .000.0O0 to the John Rylands library
at Manchester, on which. during her life
time, she spent $7,5O0,OO0.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Metcalf's Son Quits.

The Secretary of the Navy has accept
I'd the resignation Of his son, Midship-
nan Victor N. Metcalf, because of i'll
health. 1t was with considerable reluc-
:ance that Secretary Metcalf accepted the
resignation as he was anxious that his
son should have a naval career.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Strained Relations in Europe.

Relations between Sweden and Russia
are near the breaking point beause of
Russia's plan to establish a naval station
on the western shores.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Death of a Booth Captor.

ty-seven troopers who hunted, surrounded
and killed in a burning barn j. Wilkes
Booth. the assassin of Abraham Lincoln,
is dead. He expired in Chicago after an
intermittent illness of more than a year
and a half.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Ronanza OH Man Dies.

John Ward, once known throughout the
country as Coal Oil Johnny" died in
Crookston, Mimi, Friday, the cause Of
death being excessive alcoholism. At one
time he was wealthy. For the past eish-
teen years he had lived in Crookston.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Bad Tooth Kills General.

Brig. Gen. Henry Carroll. u. S. A,
retired, a veteran of the Civil and Span
ish- American wars and an Indian fighter,
is lead at his home in Colorado Springs,
aged 30 years. Death resulted from blood
poisoning caused by an liberated tooth.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20

country that was
ever presented. 1t
will have before it
the bill of Senator
Newlands of Ne
vada, creating a
first fund of 500
100000 for an in
land waterway par
alleling the shores
of the Atlantic and
the Gulf of Mexico
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
William Sells Dead.

William Sells. son of u of the three
brothers who organized the famous
Sells Brothers circus combination, died
suddenly in New York City. He was
AZ years old.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Declares War Talk Absurd.

Baron Takahira, Japan's new ambassa-
dor to the United States, on landing in
New York. declared all talk of war is abb
surd. and said the little differences are of
no real Importance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
TRAIN KILLS EIGHT IN CAR.
Motorman Fails to Heed Signal and

Express Strikes Trolley Coach.
Eight persons were killed and a dozen
injured when a Big -Four passenger train
struck a Toledo and Western electric car
at the Michigan Central crossing in West
Toledo. Ohio, at 8 o'clock Saturday night.
According to an eyewitness of the wreck,
the conductor stopped at the crossing to
flag the car across. Seeing the train COM
ing, he motioned the motorman to stop,
but this signal was either misunderstood
or disregarded.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Blown I'm bv Black Hands

Black hand operators exploded a stick
of dynamite under the porch of the home
of Vincenzo Manelli, in Rochester, n. Y,
and blew the entire side of the building
into fragments and endangered the lives
of Manelli's and two other families that
occupy the house.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Two Men eurned to Death.

Two men were burned to death in q
fire which destroyed a dwelling house
at Limestone, N. Y, near Bradford, Pa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
INDIAN GIRLS SCHOOL BURNS.
Dormitory and Class Building on
the Idaho Reservation Lost.

While the entire school was at mass,
the girls Indian school, and the dormi-
tory attached, at Desmet, Idaho. on the
Occur d'Alene reservation, twelve miles
from Tekoa, Wash, were totally destroy
ed by fire. The fire originated in the
third story in the dormitory from the
falling of a stovepipe, it is thought. The
personal effects and books of the Indian
girls were lost. The inmates of the
white girls dormitory saved their per-
sonal property. Loss, $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Panic Forces Tennessee Firm Under.

At Mu~rfreesboro. Tenn, it vas an
nounced that the firm of w. B. Earth
man & Co., extensive dealers in lum-
Der, had assigned. The liabilities it Is
said, will approximate $700,000 with
assets between 100000 and $500. 900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-20
Insurance Co. in Receivers Hands.

Receivers have been appointed for
the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company of New York, upon the appli-
cation of a policy holders committee