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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
DoWIES RAISING CHICKENS.
Widow and Son Go Into the Poultry
Business.

Ben Mae Dhui, Apostle" Dowie's cost
ly farm at MuSkegon, Mich, has gone.
not to the dogs or TO weeds. but to the
chickens. The long, sloping lawns are
covered these days with chickens. geese,
and turkeys. and the halls of the sum-
mer home are devoted to a chicken hatch
cry. The Bible has been displaced by the
incubator. Mrs Jane Dowie and Glad
stone Dowie. the widow and only son of
the former ruler of Zion City, are man
aging the enterprise. and their entire in
come is derived from the poultry bust
ness. Mr.. Dowie is a graduate of the
Harvard law school, the University of
Chicago, and several Australian schools.
and is bringing all the resources of his
trained mind to the fattening of fowls
for the Chicago market. Ben Mac Dhui
was one of the pet projects of Elijah"
Dowie at the height of his power. 1t
consists of 100 acres. and Dowie ex-
pended an immense amount of money on
it. OF all the valuable property that
belonged to the elder Dowie before his
death, Ben Mae Dhui is almost the only
piece that Gladstone Dowie now pos
SeSSeS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
SHORT NEWS NOTES.

William L. Manning. who was cam
paign manager for Alton Il. Parker in
1904, died of pneumonia in New York.
Parapregia, a species of paralysis, is
interesting New York physicians. The pa
tient is Miss Mary Asche, who is said to
have become afflicted because of too much
dancing.
The death record of New York City
for 1907, just issued by the department
of health of that place shows rate lower
than any of the other great cities in the
world-1S.4S.
Death of Grace Seamans. an S-year-old
girl in New York, is directly attributable.
the doctors say, to the terrifying effects
of black hand" letter which she pick
ed up on the doorstep of her home some
time ago.
The worlds congress of the young peo-
pies missionary movement opened in
Pittsburg with $500 delegates present,
representing 100000 persons in all
parts of the world.
The Rev. a. c. Dixon. pastor of the
Moody church. Chicago, is conducting a
successful revival campaign in Atlanta,
Ga. The tabernacle, the largest audito-
rum in the city, was packed at the open
ing meeting.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago. while
in San Francisco TO deliver series of
addresses, said there the church was los
ing its leadership because of creedal is
sues He said divorce was not fulda-
mental evil, but only symptom.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
CHICAGO.

Il. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade conditions in the Chicago district
says:
THE volume of trade, as reflected by
payments through the banks, maints ms
steady recovery, but the commercial NOR
tality is yet high and the process of liqui-
dalton, although fatal to many weak con-
Germs. is really placing credit upon a
healthier basis. Factory outputs still
remain much behind those at this time
last year and new demands come forward
rather slowly in leading industries. yet
there is further evidence of increased
distribution. particularly in general mer-
chandise, breadstuffs and provisions.
Spring exhibits in retail lines COM
mand more interest. and wholesale deal
ings in the staples reach a satisfactory
aggregate. Some caution is exercised in
making commitments for distant delivery
and mail orders from the interior are
moderate, but the current buying is well
maintained in textiles, footwear, light
weight apparel, household needs and
food products
Mercantile collections throughout the
West have almost returned to the normal
state. and country storekeepers report sea-
sonable consumption, the buying being
much stimulated by warmer weather.
Farmers. as a rule. find the outlook
very promising and, being in a strong
position financially, they are expanding
literally for machinery and materials for
Improvements. Country banks are en-
abled with less difficulty than heretofore
to furnish the funds to carry on spring
work and shipments of currency from this
city are less than at this time last year.
Financial affairs generally denote de-
creasing anxiety as TO the future, demos
its accumulate and the discount rate for
choice commercial paper is now more
frequently quoted at 5 per cent, although
the offerings of manufacturers make q
comparatively light showing.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 80, against 80 last week
and % year ago. Those with liabili-
ties over 5000 number II, against 10
last week and in 1907
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Shot Self in Front Of crematory.

Shot Self in Front Of Crematory.
Melvin A. Root, So years of age, ar
rived in Buffalo, n. Y, March goth
from Bay City, Mich, and made ar
rangements with a crematory to Gre
mate his body when dead, adding that
II he should be found dead in front of
the crematory, his body should be
taken in aid cremated. Monday Root
went out to the crematory and shot
himself three times on the front steps
Of the building. He was taken to the
Sisters Hospital, where IT is said, he
cannot live. Roots wife died recently.
Her body was cremated and brought
to Lockport, N. Y, where her ashes
were buried. Root, who was originally
from Lockport, has also arranged to
have his ashes buried there beside his
wife.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
GET BUSY ON LAWS,
DEMAND Of ROOSEVELT
Short, Sharp Message to Congress,
Urging Action on Pending
Bills.
TO AMEND SHERMAN ACT.
Employers Liability and Labor
Injunction Statutes Need
Changing.

President Roosevelt Wednesday sent
a special message to Congress which is
expected to stir the do-nothing legisla-
tors into useful if tardy activity. The
communication from the White House
is, in fact, protest against congress
sional dolce far niente and the slum-
brous lOquacity of the Senate In it
Mr.. Roosevelt outlines and urges action
as follows:
Tariff-Immediate placing of wood
pulp on the free list, with a reduction of
the duty on paper made from wood pulp:
also provision for collecting data that
tariff revision may be undertaken at the
next session of Congress. the necessary
information to be gathered by congress
sional committee and government agents
Labor-Legislation prohibiting tempo
rary restraining orders without notice in
labor disputes. Petitions for permanent
injunctions to be heard speedily issue
in contempt proceedings to be decided by
another Judge; nothing to be done to le-
galize either the black list or the boy
cott
Antitrust Law-Amendments permit
ting industrial, labor and farmers COM
binations whose objects do not conflict
with the principles of justice and free
dom.
Interstate Commerce Law-Amend-
ment giving railways right to form traffic
agreements subject to the approval of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. Amend
ment giving power to the commission to
make public and pass upon all securities
issued by railways
STANDARDIZATION by Congress at the
present session. Establishment Of postal
savings banks also recommended.
Child Labor-Prohibition throughout
the nation. Model law for District of
Columbia.
Employers Liability-Immediate re-
enactment of law conforming with Su-
preme Courts ruling. Also law giving
compensation to employees injured or kill
ed in service of government.
The message is short and to the point
The President confines himself to dis
cussion Of the legislation outlined and
avoids subjects which have made his
recent communications to Congress the
theme of such widespread discussion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.

The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of William l.. Day to be United
States Attorney for the northern district
of Ohio. Mr.. Day is son of Associate
Justice Day of the United States SUI
preme Court.
The President announced the selection
of a referee board of prominent scientists
of the country, who are to aid the De-
partment of Agriculture in passing upon
the suits based upon the use of benzoate
of soda. sulphur and other preservatives
in the foods of the country.
A bill to reorga lize the consular SER
vice of the United States passed the Sen
ate. Mr.. Lodge stated that the net re-
suit of the measure is to close twenty
eight consulates and to create seventeen
new ones.
On motion of Senator McEnerney, the
Senate passed bill appropriating $780,
600 to provide a crypt in the chapel of
the Naval academy as a permanent rest
ing place for the body of John Paul
Jones.
4 bill to tax the sale and trNlsfer of
stocks. at the rate of 80 cents per huns
dred shares. was introduced in the House
by Representative Hepburn of Iowa.
The bill granting additional time to the
Alaska Pacific Railway and Terminal Co.
to file completed surveys by road sections,
was ordered favoraby reported without
amendment by the House committee
The Senate passed the resolution of
fered by Mr.. Tillman calling on the At
torney General for information in his pos
session concerning court proceedings in
1905 in the Indian territory affecting the
Choctaws.
The receivers of the jamestown Elk
position Co., with their attorneys, were
before the House committee on naval af
fairs and advocated government purchase
of the $50 acres composing the exposition
site for a naval and coaling station.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Death Trap to Be Abandoned.

The official list of the victims of the
explosion in the coal mine at Hanna,
Wyo., given out Monday by the Union
Pacific Coal Company, contains thirty
two names and it is believed that at
least eight others met death in the
mine. 1t is estimated that this double
disaster will cost the operators not
less than 100000. The explosion of
1903 cost the company more than ST.
600, 900. 1t is announced now that this
mine will be abandoned and sealed as
soon as the bodies are recovered
There is talk of asking the Governor
to appoint commission Of experts to
probe the disaster and if the rumors
afloat as to the unsafe condition of the
coliiery are verified then efforts may
be made to close it through process of
law should it not be abandoned by the
coal company.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
1EES EkEAAg21ESzlERS
.ss. s:s.s5 Es&(%cA-
NsC<

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $7.35; hogs, prime heavy, $500
TO $685.; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $6.75; wheat, No. 2, 94c to 95c
corn, No. 2, 64c to 65c: oats, standard,
SIC to 53c; rye, No. =, 74c to nc; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $500; butter, choice creamery, 25c
TO 29c; eggs. fresh. lac to Ice; potatoes,
per bushel. CSC TO zoe.
polis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $500; hogs, good TO choice heavy,
$3.50 to 1913; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $500; wheat, No. ,, 96e to
Csc; corn. No. 2 white. 63c to Gle; oats,
No. 2 white, 52c to 53c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to S7.25: hogs,
$500 to 1913; sheep, $500 to $5.75
wheat, No. >. 99c to S1.OO; corn. No. 2,
63c to 64c; oats, No. =, 51c to 52c; rye,
No. =, SIC to SAC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50
hogs, $500 to S5.O5: sheep, $500 to
$500 wheat, No. =, S1.00 to S1.01; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 64c to 65c; oats, No.
mixed, SIC to 54c; rye, No. 2. SEC to SIC.
DelTOll-Sdttlc, Sf-OO " SD-OOs hoScs
$500 to $465; sheep, $3.50 TO $500 i;
wheat, No. ., 96c to 97c; corn, No. 3
yellow, &c to Csc; oats, No. 3 white,
53c to soc; rye, No. =, Sac to Soc.
ilwaukee-Wheat. No. 2 northern,
$1O6 to S1.OS; corn, No. 3, CSC to 64c
oats, standard, 53c TO 54c; rye, No. /,
soc to Sic; barley, No. .. SSc to 90c 4;
pork, mess, $11.90.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, S4.OU
to 500; sheep. common to good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $500.
New York-Cattle. $500 to S7.15;
hogs. $3.50 ito $500: sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. red, S1.Oo to $1.02
corn, No. ., Csc to zoe; oats, natural
white, sc to zoe: butter, creamery, 25c
to 29c; eggs, western, 13c to Ice.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, 95c to
97c; corn, No. mixed, 65c to 66c
oats, No. mixed, 53c to dc; rye, No.
. Sic To Soc. clover seed. prime S13.OJ.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
ALL OVER THE STATE.

Elmer f. White of Honey Greek, while
crazed with liquor, attacked Harry War
mock, a merchant, with razor. slashing
him on the arm, and when Jacob Alb
shire attempted the role of peacemaker
he was also>severely cut.
George o. Eldridge, aged 80 years, vice
president of the +. H. Eldridge Lumber
Company, killed himself in Indianapolis.
Leroy Hollenbeck. 81 years old, and
Miss Nora Day, Is years old. were mar
ried in the county clerks Office at Hart
ford City within five minutes from the
time they first saw each other The ro-
nance began through a personal in the
columns of a newspaper which was in
serted by the man and answered by the
bride. They met at the court house, and
being pleased with each other, they called
a justice by telephone and were welded
without loss of time.
Miss Maggie Wilson, who lives near
Pittsboro, is in a very dangerous condi-
ton and may lose her life as a result
of a rough joke. Some days ago she was
attending a party at the home of a neigh
Dor, and in the course of a game was
seated on the foor. Some one behind her
playfully tilted chair in which another
girl was seated, and she fell against Miss
Wilson, forcing her head to ths floor and
so twisting her neck that the spinal cord
was ruptured. Since the accident she
has been totally blind and throughout a
part of each day she is unconscious and
suffers terribly. The physicians give but
little hope of her recovery.
Fire destroyed the Duchess and Belts
blocks, in Walton, and for a time il seem
ed as il the whole village would be swept
away. The town being without water
works system the property was at the
mercy of the flames The bucket brigade
saved the Bank of Walton and the resi-
dence of Mrs. w. C. Schwahn. Ties on
the Pennsylvania railroad tracks caught
fire and passenger trains were held fox
some time.
In Bedford Mrs Della Miller filed suit
against Reuben and Catherine Miller, the
parents of her husband, charging them
with influencing him TO leave her and
their child and go to California She
asks $4,000 damages.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02

As the result of being struck by
Whitehead torpedo, fired from one of
her own tubes, the torpedo boat Blake
~, which has been engaged in target
practice OF the port of Pensacola, Fla.
has large jagged hole just below her
water line on her port side. A White
head torpedo had been prepared for a
range of 1000 yards and fired. 1t had
only gone about 100 yards, when it sud
denly swerved and, after making a
complete circle. came directly toward
the Blakely, striking the vessel on the
port side below the water line. Mat
tresses and bedding were used to stop
the thrush of water and the vessel
headed for the navy yard.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
ocToGENARIAN GOLD SEEKER.
Promises Great Things for MOrmons
~ HIS Mine Pans Out.

Promises Great Things for MOrmons
IL HIS Mine Pans Out.
DR.. Edward G. Cannon, the octogena-
rian gold seeker, who has been spending
the winter in Jacksonville. will leave
soon for Nome City, Alaska, where be
first located seven years ago, and staked
out number of claims for himself and
children. He is an enthusiastic Mormon,
and he has expressed himself to friends
as determined to dedicate the fortune
which he is yet to win from his mines
in furtherance of the Church of the Lat
ter Day Saints. If it should be mill
ion dollars, he said it will be dedicsted
TO the erection of a temple in Missouri
AS for his children. he says, he has stalk
ed out claim for each of them. and they
must dig the gold out themselves
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
ONE WOMAN SLABS ANOTHER.



Dies Before Inquiry.
DIR. III. c. Jorgenson, an Evansville
veterinary surgeon, was found dead soon
after he had been questioned regarding a
stabbing ARRAY in his Office the other
night, in which Mrs. Jennie Farmer was
perhaps fatally wounded by Mrs. Fanny
Davenport. Mrs. Davenport, after her
arrest. attempted to commit suicide in her
cell, using a blanket as a rope. but she
was cut down by the jailer. She later
was committed to an asylum. Mrs. Far
mer, who is the wife of cigar factory
owner, says she went TO Jorgenson's Of
fee at 9 o'clock at night to obtain some
blankets which her servant was to wash
She says Mrs. Davenport, who is the
wife of local politician, was there and
accused her of attempting to win the
affections of DIR. Jorgenson. An alterca-
ton followed, in which Mrs. Farmer was
wounded. The surgeon and Mrs. Daven-
port were arrested, but he was released
later on his promise to appear in court.
Before the case was called he was found
dead. A post-mortem examination faileo
TO show the cause.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
MEMS LEAP YEAR RIGHTS.

May Ask Divorces from the Women
Who Propose.
Since leap year began thirty suits for
divorce have been fled IN Delaware coun-
ty, exactly half of which were instituted
by husbands, a most unusual condition,
as the proportion is generally two or
more women plaintiffs to one man. Com
ty Clerk Harve Letter explains it this
way: 'In leap year the women do the
proposing. so it is but natural that the
men should make the requests for d.
vorce Ordinarily the man seeks the
wife and the wife the divorce"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
GIVES S. 900 TO BOY PIANIST.
Audience Deeply Moved by Rendi-
ton of Mendelssohn's Concerto.

At a dinner given at the St. Louis
Club in ST. Louis Abe Morris, 10 years
old, a pale and anaemic boy. rendered
Memberships concerto so well that his
enthusiastic auditors Immediately sub
scribed a fund of $1,000 to send hun to
Brussels for a thorough musical educa-
ton. The youthful pianist thought the
zenith of his musical education Had been
reached when he played before the club,
and the spontaneous subscription was a
complete surprise.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Couple Dead in Woods.

The discovery in the woods near Will
Transport. Pa, of the bodies of Frank
Roberts and Mrs. Cuisine Brizet dsclos-
ed double tragedy. Both bodies con-
tanned bullet holes, and beside Roberts
lay revolver with two chambers empty.
Roberts is known to leave a widow in
France lie was 80 years old. Mrs.
Brizet was pa She is survived by her
husband and two children.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Shot of Korean Proves Fatal.

ID. w. Stevens, the American agent of
Japan, who was shot by a Korean in
San Francisco, died Wednesday night.
That afternoon he suddenly developed
symptoms of peritonitis. A hasty opera
ton was performed and it was found that
one of the bullets had punctured the in
testines in several places. There were
evidences of blood poisoning.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
SAW SON ON HILL SIDE.

Milwaukee Man Goes After Runaway
Boy-Sees Him I'm Michigan City.
The 15-year-old son of Joseph HybIer
of Milwaukee ran away a few days ago
and his father, who had been in Michigan
looking for the lad, passed through Mich
igan City the other afternoon en- route to
Chicago. While the train on which Hyb-
Ter was a passenger was passing through
the west end of the city, Hybler saw a
boy on hillside who. he says. was his
missing son. When he arrived in Chr
cago he telegraphed back, but the police
have failed to find the runaway.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
TAKES OWN WOULD-BE sLAYERS
Detective Marked for Death by Four
"Redsv Arrests Them.

Incensed because their chief. Paul Big
Mani, the so-called king of the San Fran
cisco anarchist colony, was taken into
custody by Detective John Bocca. four
anarchists took oath on a miniature cof-
fin marked with skull and cross-bones
and the red flag that they would have the
life of the officer. This quartet is now
with Bignami in the city prison. The
four men who took the oath are Joseph
Tumiatti. Charles Anjori, August Noe
chi and Charles Dalboni. Detective Bocca
heard that he had been marked for death
and arrested the would-be assassins soon
after. Nocchi came from Chicago about
wear ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Will Send 1000 to Philippines

The government will send 1000 work
men to the Philippines next month for
work on the Notifications of the island
of Corigidor, at the entrance of Manila
bay. This will make 1,5O0 to be sent
within a month. The fertilization of the
island was only recently determined upon,
and the work will be rushed The work
men are offered $50 per month.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
ACTOR KILLS WOMAN AND SELF.
Tragedy Results. When Actress
Threatens to Quit Companion.

William ID. Trainer. vaudeville actor,
shot and killed Mrs. William Pryor, an
actress. with whom he was travelling. in
their apartment at the Clarendon hotel in
st. Paul, and committed suicide. Mrs.
Pryor was % years old. An open letter
found in the room indicated that Mrs.
Pryor had threatened to leave Trainer.
The letter had been sent by Trainer to
Mrs. Pryor before she left her husband,
and it is believed the actress was remind
ing Trainer he had not kept his promises.
IL is thought they were near the end of
their resources.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
JOIN IN CORN EXPOSITION.
Eleven States Will Support National
Fair at Omaha Next December.

Eleven States have Joined in the
81 heme to promote the National Corn
Exposition which will be held in Omaha
next December, and officers of the expo
sition association have the assurance
from the agricultural departments of these
States that they will send exhibits. A
feature of the Nebraska exhibit will be
corn grown by children of the State, who
compete annually for a prize offered by
the State university. Notice has been
received from Minneapolis that the ex-
position is to have the support of the
mllers of that city, and the Kansas State
board of agriculture has given promise of
participation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Mormons to Attack Chicago.

The Mormons plan to capture Chicago.
Undeterred by the agitation aroused
against them when Reed Smoot was sent
to the Senate, the Mormon leaders have
been quietly planning a campaign to ex-
tend the influence of their church. The
initial step in their program has been in
augurated. They have begun an advertis-
ing campaign.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Theater Steamer Is Sunk.

The steamer Columbia, towing a Mari
eta (Ohio) show boat, was sunk at lock
Is in the Ohio river, above Parkersburg
w. Va. The boat ran into the lock wall
and sank in two minutes. The crew was
saved, as were also the actors on the
show boat. A misunderstanding of sig
nails is said to have caused the accident.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Chinese Student Gets Honor.

Ponson G.. Chu of Shanghai, a wealthy
Chinese student i'm the junior class of
Yale College. has been elected to member
ship in the Psi Epsilon fraternity, and
John Kendrick Bangs. Jr.. of New York
City has been elected into Delta Kappa
EnSilOn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Test for Anti-Pass Law.

An appeal to test the legality of the
King anti-pass act has been filed in the
Nebraska Supreme Court. DR.. ID. Il.
Martin. a Union Pacific surgeon, was
prosecuted in the District Court of
Platte county ON the charge of being a
passholder, sand he the suit. The
ct,ta annealpl
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Hangs Herself with a Blanket.

May Thompson, aged 81 years, a pa
tient in the delirium of fever, escaped
from the city hospital in st. Louis,
crawled into the cellar of Park avenue
residence, four blocks away, and hanged
herself. Her body, hanging at the end of
a hospital blanket she had taken with
her. was found six hours after she was
last seen at the hospital.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Tornado Wrecks a Town.

The town of Lynn, six miles from
Bainbridge. Ga, was destroyed by tor
nado early Wednesday Two persons
were killed-James Wright, colored. and
a child of Major Lyles. A number of
others were injured. Many dwellings,
barns and storehouses were destroy ed.
The track of the tornado was 400 yards
wide.