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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Genius and Insanity Identified.

That there is an actual identity be-
tween the states of mind ordinarily under
stood as genius and insanity is the con-
clusion reached by Prof. Cesare Lom-
broso, but this extreme view is now COM
batted in a new book by DIR. Joseph
Grasset on 1.-The Semi Insane and the
Semi-responsible," translated by DIR. Jel-
life of New York. DR.. Grasset finds
that intellectual superiors frequently pos
sess psychic defects which are sometimes
very marked, and he believes that while
their intellect and their nervous affection
are connected they are not as cause and
effect This is proved by the fact that
many people have the disease who do not
possess the genius. Grasset's conclusion
is that 1.-The common trunk which unites
superiority and neurosis is a tempera-
ment, but not 4 disease"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Was Probably Murdered.

The severed head of corpse sup
posed to be that of Michael Soboda, of
Bedford, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio,
was washed Ashore from the river. re-
yealing what is thought to have been
a case of murder and robbery. Soboda,
with 5000 in cash. left Bedford five
weeks ago for Cleveland, where he had
engaged ticket for the old country.
He never called for the ticket and the
police surmise that he was killed and
robbed and his body thrown into the
river
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
HOLDS CHILD SLAYER INSANE
Commission Decides Case of Father
Who Murdered His Baby Boy.

Lionel VI. Cole. assistant cashier of
the Mutual Life Insurance Company in
Buffalo, n. Y, charged with the murder
of his infant child, was declared by
commission to be insane. Coles insanity
took the form of an exaggerated idealiza-
ton of his wife and child. He believed
the mother. son and himself possessed
spiritual qualities and that they needed
no bodies. He thought that on the death
of the baby its spirit would return to the
mother, and that by killing them all he
would obtain their greatest happiness.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
CHICAGO.

r. G.. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of
trade in the Chicago district says:
Business as a whole does not make
the progress usual ct this season, and de-
naands throughout the leading industries
are yet inadequate TO warrant increased
effort in production. The tone. however.
reflects confidence in the outlook. and
support is drawn from the favorable Off
cial report as to conditions in agriculture.
Some conflicting currents find their basis
in rumors of further weakness in steel
and iron quotations, a possible delay in
starting up work at the mines, and feel
ing that the stability of prices is not yet
assured to heavy consumers of factory
supplies.
Money is not sought to the extent ex-
pected, and the plethoric aggregate of idle
deposits has brought the lowest discount
rate recorded in long time. The volume
of payments through the banks again dis
closes loss, and the commercial mortality
has risen, but credit has strengthened and
finances are amply restored to encourage
wider enterprise.
Transportation earnings undergo re-
covery from the low point, and railroad
construction is more active. indicating
that the percentage of unemployed ears
is under reduction.
''Distributive dealings in general mer-
chandise continue to make good exhibit,
there being sustained buying in the prin-
cipal staples and improved absorption at
both city and country retail stores. Ac-
cumulated orders for summer and fall
shipments reach a fair aggregate in the
textiles, food products, footwear and
clothing. and an exceptionally large num-
Der of late buyers from nearby States
attend the markets and call for immeji-
ate forwarding.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number %, against is last week and
II year ago. Those with liabilities over
$1,000 number 10, against 3 last week and
in 1907"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Fell Over a Cliff.

Hiram c. Willard, brother of Baily
Willard. the author and novelist. was
killed at Alum Creek canyon, near San
Jose, Cal, by fall over 100-foot
cliff He had alighted from a buggy
from which he was escorting two
young ladies, who live near him. to
their homes, and presumably stumbled
over a surveyors stake and pitched
headlong over the edge of the cliff.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Attempt to Wreck D. L. & W. Train.

Attempt to Wreck D. l.. & W. Train.
A desperate attempt was made to
wreck a west-bound passenger train on
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad, near Owman, seven miles
east of Elmira, N. Y, by piling ties on
the track. The train was running so
miles an hour when it struck the OBJ
struction. The locomotive ground one
Of the ties to pieces and pushed the
others along on the rails. When the
train was stopped similar obstruction
was found on the east-bound track,
where a freight train was due.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16

Another device for making the dis
charge of all kinds of firearms noiseless
is now added to that of the younger
Maxim recently reported. This is cred
tied to Oliver A. Smith of Worcester,
Mass, and is different from that of Max
i'm. 1t can be carried about in the
pocket and be adjusted at a moments
notice. 1t consists of a narrow cap with
a narrow bar across the top and which
adds an inch or so to the length of the
gun barrel, the cap having bore slightly
increasing in diameter from the outlet
inward
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Orders Girl Bathed: Sued.

John +. Vincent, principal of the Can
astota. y. Y, high school, has been sued
for $1,000 damages because he had one
of the young women teachers under him
put 12-year-old Jennie Behringer, pupil,
in a bathtub, scrub her and put clean
clothing on her. Mrs. Lottie Behringer,
the girls mother. charges assault. She
says that her daughter was i'll and sore
for two weeks as a result of her en-
forced hath
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16

agent of Russian independence. His
ambition is the establishment of a Rus
sian republic He has served notice
on Gar Nicholas to abdicate and make
room for the United States of Russia"
but so far the autocrat SHOWS no indi-
cation of abandoning his inherited tight
to rule. Norodny claims to represent
q central committee with headquarters
at Moscow. He is trying to raise So
100000 for the cause of freedom by
issuing liberty bonds" signed by him.
self in his official capacity.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Texas Bar. Western Union.

The State of Texas has won its suit
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company for not taking a State charter
to run a line between two points within
the State, and the judgment rendered by
Judge Calhoun in the District Court at
Austin is that the company be ousted
from doing business in the State and
fine of 100000 for back franchise taxes
This operates to prevent the doing of any
but federal government business.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Robberies at Lima.

An organized band of thieves broke
into several stores at Lima, Ohio, and
q considerable sum of money was
taken, together with quantity of gro
ceries, cigars and tobacco. The places
looted were the grocery of ]. B. Coon,
the grocery of Samuel Shrider and the
saloon of P. Keiffer. These were in
different parts of the city and as yet
no clew has been found.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Prison for Oklahoma Bankers

Judge Pollock in the United States
Circuit Court in Oklahoma City sentenced
c. X. Billingsley, former president of the
Capitol National bank of Guthrie, to
seven years and FIVE months in the fed
eral prison at Leavenworth, and \. s.
Hayes, former cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of Lexington, to FIVE years.
Billingsley was convicted of misappropri-
ating bank funds and Hayes of classifying
raparfc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Is the North Pole shifting.

NJ. Il. Colworth, the British scientist
who is conducting a series of climatic
and magnetic observations in Alaska, has
reached Victoria, Il. c., with the infor-
nation that the whole north polar region
is undergoing radical climatic change
and that the pole itself is shifting, so
that the nor hern territory of this CONT
nent is becoming warmer and that of
North Asia colder. Colworth believes
that huge masses of ice in Baffin Bay and
Arctic waters near Greenland are causing
this movement. the immense weight of
these masses fitting the earth toward ST.
heria
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Thousands Drown in China.

A dispatch from Shanghai, China.
says: Disastrous foods are reported
TO have occurred in Harkow in the
province of HUI Peh and it is stated
that two thousand persons have been
drowned Seven hundred junks were
sunk or wrecked. The floods are said
10 be due to an unexpected freshet.
The waters caught the people unex-
pectedly in the middle of the night.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
PAST AND PRESENT
AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF The EARTH.
TeIeRraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the Emil Rhtenment
OF the Many.
Powder Mill Wrecked.

The separator mill of the Aetna
Powder Company at Miller, Indiana,
was completely wrecked by the explo-
sion of a quantity of -glycerine.
Nobody was in or about the mill at
the time and the cause of the explosion
is unknown. The building was blown
entirely to pieces, the wreckage being
scattered over the country for a quar-
ter of a mile around. A large hole was
blown in the ground where the building
stood. The shock of the explosion was
so great as to be felt at Hammond.
ten miles away.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Fire in Indiana Hotel.

Fire at Sselburne, Ind, caused
panic among the guests at the Taylor
Hotel and resulted in 2 loss of 81 900.
The fire, which is thought to have orig
mated in a store room filled with rub
bish, spread rapidly, owing to the high
wind and the entire two story brick
building and its contents were burned
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Attorney Is Found Shot,

Former Judge James A. Frink, an at
torney and past grand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias of that State, was
shot through the temple and perhaps NOR
tally wounded in Springfield, Mo. The
police found him on the street within
block of his home an hour after the shoot
ing. An empty purse which had contained
800 was near him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Millionaire Physician Marries.

James p. Munyon. the mIlti-million-
aire homeopathic medicine man of Al
toona. Pa. and Mrs. Pauline Metzger,
known to the stage as Pauline Nef,
former dazzling beauty of THE Social
Whirl.' were married in Jersey City
Thursday night. Prof. Munyon is close
TO 60 and his bride is "a.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Assassination Is Attempted.

A supposed attempt to assassinate An
tonic Lumia well-to-do Italian jeweler,
his wife and his 11-year-old son, Luigi,
was made at . a. m. Wednesday, when
the front of Lumias house, 40 Gault
court, Chicago. was riddled with bullets
fired by persons whose identity is I'M
known.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
OMAHA MUST BUY WATER WORKS
Court of Appeals Reverses Decision
of District Court


The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals in st. Louis handed down an
opinion ordering the case of the Omaha
Water Works Company against the city
of Omaha remanded to the United States
District Court with the instruction that
the case be so decided that Omaha must
purchase the system for S6,263, 295. 40.
This is the value of the water works as
appraised by three engineers appointed
to determine its worth. In 1903 the Leg
islature of Nebraska required Omaha TO
install its own water works system. The
City Council ordered that the city pur-
chase the plant of the Omaha Water
Works Company. When the appraisers
made their reporc the city refused to &C
cept the deed. The fight in the federal
court started, the United States Court
of Nebraska holding that the city did
not have to make the purchase.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16

Temperance won final victory in the
House in Columbus, Ohio, when the
Woods "anti-bootleg bill" was passed by
vote of IS to 10 and now goes to the Sen
ate. The bill provides that all &c. o. D."
sales of liquor shall be deemed to be
made in the county to which the pack
ages are shipped.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Kills Man in Mistake for Burglar.

Awakening to find four men trying to
force an entrance to his home in Cleve-
land. William f. Bopelle. district cleo
trician for the Bell Telephone Company,
opened fire with a revolver. The sup
posed burglars withdrew. When they
again came back Bopelle pursued them in
his night clothes. Opening fire with his
revolver again, he killed Martin Ward, an
inmate of the city infirmary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
LOTTERY MEN ASSESSED $50, 200.
Kentucky Court Imposes Penalty and
Defendants Will Quit Business.

Fines aggregating So, 200 were assess
ed against Morris Richmond and six 9th
ers, who were arrested some weeks ago,
charged with conducting the Kentucky
lottery contrary to law. The men were
arrs;gned before U. S. Judge Cochran in
Coyington under the indictments that re-
Gently were returned and all pleaded
gully, the fines being at once announced.
Richmond was fined $4,000 and lesser
amounts were announced against the 9th
ers. all of whom declared that they were
through with the lottery business forever.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Woman Perishes in Fire.

Mrs. William Hayes was burned to
death in a fire which destroyed her home
at 1858 Clay street, San Francisco. The
fire was caused by the explosion of lamp
accidentally overturned by her husband,
who was fatally burned. A man boarder
was badly burned. G.. r. Brown suffered
a fractured skull
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Ten Miners Killed.

Ten miners lost their lives in the
Horton Hill colliery in Somersetshire,
England, as result of an explosion of
coal gas. The first rescue parties to
20 down were overcome by the fumes
In the mine and were saved only with
the greatest difficulty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Hartman Astounds Wall Street.

Wall street was aghast when it realized
that Harriman's charitable assistance"
to Erie has given him control of that
$500, 100000 corporation and through
line from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Toothache Remedy Proves Fatal.

Creosote which Miss Lulu Brightbill
used for an attack of toochache caused
the death of the young woman in Mans
field, Ohio, after suffering great agony.
Miss Brightbill came from Sharon, Pa,
last January to visit relatives. She was
II years old
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Two Hanged in PHILADELPHIA.

Max Softer and Joseph Toirico were
executed in Philadelphia. Softer killed
a girl because she threatened to end their
engagement to marry, and Toirico killed
the brother of his sweetheart after trying
to shoot the girl.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
PHYSICIAN LIVED DUAL LIFE.
DR.. Cabanne, Founder of Fashion
able St. Louis District. Dies.

able ST. Louis District, Dies.
DIR. James Shapard Cabanne, 20 years
old, founder of the fashionable residence
district of st. Louis known as Cabanne
place, died at st. Vincent's asylum in
that city. For twenty-five years DR.. Ca
banne lived a dual life, maintaining one
home in Cabanne place. where he was
known as wealthy and successful ply
stefan, and another in North st. Louis.
where he was known as MIR. Norris"
Mrs. Cabanne divorced her husband in
1904. Soon afterward he lost his money
through unfortunate speculation. Last
May, as an act of reparation, he welded
Della Doherty, a former servant and the
mother of four of his children, who lived
in the Norris home. He secured a
position as street inspector, but later
lost it. He at one time unsuccessfully APP
piled TO be sent to the poorhouse.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16

of autocracy, Rus
STA is producing
"reformers" of all
degrees, some OF
whom are too eX-
IRENE in their as
pirations ever to see
them realized. One
of these is ivan
NorOdny, who is
now In New York,
and who calls him.
self the advance
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Violates Law He Had Passed

State Senator Edward Methudy, who
introduced the bill requiring a State Ii
cense for automobiles, appeared in court
in ST. Louis, charged with having violated
his own measure.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Great Fire in Boston. Mass.

A ten million dollar fire swept Chelsea,
Mass. killed three persons, injured 100,
made 100 families homeless and burned
square mile of buildings.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Prohibition Laws Valid.

The Alabama Supreme Court has held
both the general prohibition and the o
o'clock closing laws constitutional and eff
fective Attack had been made on both
by the liquor forces of the State.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
China Bovcotts Japan.

China, infamed by resentment against
Japan for the Tatsu Maru affair, has
started determined boycott that threat
ems disaster to the trade of the island
empire.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Former Official Tells of Graft

w. ]. McGarigle, former police chief
of Chicago and fugitive, tells of paying
$4,000 bride, furnished by Mike Nc
Donald, to county commissioners, and
says their total graft handled by him in
1886 was 100000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Dynamite Plot in Paris.

The police of Paris have taken into
custody three well-known anarchists,
named Kuhn, Roux and Roussel: They
also captured a cart loaded with dyna-
mite which the prisoners had. The strict
est secrecy is being maintained.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Ohio Troops Sent to Cuba

One hundred and fifty recruits at the
barracks in Columbus, Ohio, have been
sent to Cuba, but it is supposed some of
the soldiers on the island will be trans
ferred to the United States.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
ROOSEVELT WAY" is PLANNED.
Project for Road from Atlantic to
Pacific Is Under Way.

Pacific Is Unaor Way.
project for uniting series of roads,
making one road from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, as nearly straight as possible and
under one name--the Roosevelt Way
is well under way ir Denver. There will
be at least $50 miles from the mountains
in Colorado to St. Joseph. Mo-. in an alb
solutely straight line. The plan has al
ready been Endorsed by the Governors of
three States. the commercial bodies of five
cities and the leading automobile manu-
facturers of the country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Pastor Convicted in Court.

Rev. DR.. George III. Brooks, pastor of
the First Spiritualistic church of Pitts
burg, was convicted in open court of for
tune telling. The minister, who is about
60 years old, is said to have derived a
large income from reading the hands of
women at 81 per reading.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Mrs. Anna Dayton Dead.

Mrs. Anna NJ. DAYTON, mother of
Rear Admiral James M. Dayton, Unit
ed States navy. in command of the
Pacific squadron, died in South Bend,
Ind. Monday, aged SO years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Murders Unfaithful Sweetheart.

Joseph Kerhounek killed Antonetta Be
Der and ended his ov life in Chicago,
following her breaking off their engage
ment. The romance began in Austria
and he paid her passage to this country
out of his earnings, but lost his position.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Suicide of Retired Broker.

Lorenzo ID. Kneeland, for years a we'll
known figure in Chicago financial circles,
committed suicide at his home, shooting
himself in the head with a revolver. His
act was caused by hopeless ill-health.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
r.ked peukhobors Taken to Jail.

Closed carriages were used by the po-
lice of Fort William, Ontario, in con-
viewing naked men and women, members
of the Doukhobors sect, to Jail. Although
the thermometer registered at the freez-
ing point, forty of the sect cast of their
clothes, fifteen of them parading the
atreets.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Rillek Denied a Rehearing.

Unless Gov. Deneen or the State board
of pardons iotervenes, Herman Billek, the
poisoner, will hang in Chicago April "a.
The Supreme Court has denied Billek's
petition for a rehearing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
creosote Caused Death.

Crcosote which Miss Lulu Brightbill,
of Mansfield, Ohio, used for an attack
Of toothache, caused the death OF the
young woman, after suffering great
agony.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Auto Runs Over and Kills Man.

Walter Hobson, a laborer, residing in
Bay City, Mich, was run over and
killed by an automobile driven by Austin
Leckleider. chauffeur for Fred L. Star
berg. in Toledo, Ohio.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
FOR A RUSSIAN REPUBLIC.
The Man Who Has Called on the
Car to Abdicate.

Like every other country whose peo-
pie are awakening from centuries of
lethargy and trying to burst the bonds
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16
Held Up Losansport Bank Cashier.

Earl o. Fisher, assistant cashier of
the City National Bank of Logansport,
Ind, was attacked by footpads while
ON his way home and robbed of SAT
and a watch.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-16

Robbers blew up the postoffice at South
San Francisco and took $4,000 in money
and stamps.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-09
Mandamus Proceedings Next

Attorney James A. Eakin, repre-
senting the Civic Improvement
League, Of this city, went to Oregon
City last night, with full authority to
institute mandamus proceedings at
once before Judge Thomas A. Nc
Bride in depreciation and reversal of
the recent order of the County Court
of Clatsop in permitting the with
drawal Of six names each from the
petitions heretofore filed praying for
local option liquor elections in pre-
cincts Nos. 2 and 8, of the City Of AS
toria, and for failing to order the cleo
tions so petitioned for. Mr.. Eakin, it
is understood, has the assistance of
one or more attorneys, engaged by
the Anti-Saloon League of the State.
1t has not yet been announced who
will handle the issue for the court
here. The matter is one that will
have to be carefully and quickly dis
posed of, if the terms Of the statute
prescribing 20 days before election
for the adjustment, which will be
Tuesday next, at midnight.