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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
NEW YORK.

Weather, trade and industrial condi-
tons are little changed from last week,
and farm work, retail and jobbing bust
ness and the movement of old crops to
market have been restricted by heavy
rains, low temperatures or bad roads.
The only notable exceptions TO this are
found in the Pacific coast and at a few
southwestern centers.
Reports from the leading industries are
still of great quiet. Manufacturers feel
the lack of confident buying by jobbers
and wholesalers. who. in turn. report
final distributors cautious in buying only
what they need to replenish broken stocks.
The textile trades are dull and on short
time. but cotton goods men are more con-
fident that bottom prices have been reach
ed The iron and steel industries show
little change. The leather trade is rather
quieter and eastern shoe shipments are
80 per cent off from 1907. Collections
are still backward as a whole.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending May number 2SS.
against 2S2 last week, 154 in the like
week of 1907. 162 in 1906. 15S in 1905,
and pol in 1901. Canadian business fail
ures for the week number -, which COM
pares with % last week and Is in this
week of 1901.-Bradstreet' Commercial
Report.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
WHISKY TO BE DEFINED.
Judicial Determination of Ingredi-
ents Expected as Result Of Suit.

After months of preliminary Skin
mishing between the government and
the whisky manufacturers. the public
is about to ascertain just what consti-
tutes real whisky. 4 test ease has been
started, a leading distillery having filed
its answer TO suit begun by the De-
partment of Justice, according to pre-
arrangement
The question Of what really is whis-
ky has been a thorn in the side of the
pure food law since its enactment
The President was appealed to, but he
did not know and passed the problem
along to the Attorney General for a
decision. Mr.. Bonaparte sat up late
many nights and evolved schedule
This did not suit the manufacturers.
The Attorney General decided that
whisky was whisky; that a mixture Of
two WHISTLES was blend that a mix
ture of whisky with neutral spirits was
compound, and could be termed a
blend, and that neutral spirits, doc
tored and colored, must be called imi-
tation whisky. In his opinion these es-
sential facts should appear on the la
bells of bottles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
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CHICAGO.

Heavy May settlements and interest
disbursements account for a largely in
creased volume of payments through the
banks, while commercial defaults sustain
their recent high average. The business
situation generally presents no special de-
velopment, production and distribution in
the leading industries rejecting but lit
tie departure from conservative policies
pending a clearly defined revival in de-
mands. Unusually wet weather binders
seasonable activity in leading retail lines,
construction and farm work. but encour-
agement is derived from further favora-
BILE reports as to winter wheat growth
and the promising outlook in agriculture
Crop marketings run short of those a
year ago. and there is smaller outgo of
breadstuffs from this market, although
operations in the May deliveries appear
on a heavy scale and prices have risen
to the highest average this season.
Money is quoted lower and choice corn
mercial paper commands the easiest rate
in several years. Offerings of desirable
discounts, however. remain extremely
light. the best borrowers being in posi-
ton to dispense with customary accom-
mediation. More investment is seen in
real estate and improvements. and better
demand strengthens the market for high
grade bonds, but sales of locGl securities
are of smaller volume than at this time
last year, with values moving irregular
ly, although averaging above those of a
month ago.
Bank deposits here and at interior
points show steady gain. but some conf
plant is noted as to the inability to fird
adequate employment Of surplus funds.
Freight movements compare unfavor-
ably with the corresponding period of
last year. there being continued falling
off in heavy materials forwarded.
Iron and steel returns disclose little
Roadway in outputs over recent low fig
ures. Quarry products, builders hardware.
cement and plumbing materials reflect
wider absorption. and there is more de-
mand for some hard woods.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number SO, against 80 last week
and 10 a year ago Those with liabilities
over $1,000 number 8. against 9 last
week and in 1907.-Dun's Review Of
Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

The agricultural appropriation bill car
ries a total of 11,51S, SO6.
Gov Sheldon of Nebraska received at
Lincoln government warrant for S5.-
227 for the officers of the Third Nebraska
regiment which Col. w. ]. Bryan COM
manded in the war with Spain.
Nora May French's poem, Suicide, -
claimed third victim in New York when
Rossale Peck pulled a pistol trigger and
sent bullet into his heart as he lay on
bench IN Prospect Park Brooklyn.
Wallace ii. Ham, ex-treasurer Of ST.
Paul's Episcopal church of Boston, Mass,
who was serving sentence in the Massa-
chusetts State prison of fifteen to twenty
years for the larceny of $214,OOO, died.
The legislative committee of the Min
nesota Automobile Association proposes
that tax of from SO to $40 be levied
by the State on each machine and the
proceeds applied to building good roads,
Charging desertion, William Cooke, hus-
band of Grace MacGowan Cooke. author
ess, filed suit for absolute divorce at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sixteen beet sugar factories in Michi-
gan in 1907 produced 165,000,000 pounds
of sugar. Nine thousand four hundred
acres were planted to beets last year and
farmers received $4.5oO,OO0 for their
crops.
In parts of North Dakota. where wheat
has been almost the only market crop for
years, the farmers this year are turning
to oats and barley. In northwestern
Minnesota. on the other land, the acreage
of wheat will be increased.
w. j. higgins of Columbia, Tenn, re-
plevined his wife, formerly Ada Temple
ton. from her parents, according to a dis
patch received from Chattanooga, Tenn,
and when required to give bond for twice
her value fixed the valuation at $40.
The government pumping station at
Garden City. Kan, has been started. The
plant is the first of its kind. 1t con-
sists of a central power station, 800 wells
located in groups of ten, each with its
own pump and coacrete conduit, which
discharges into the main canal. The plant
will supply 100000 gallons, or 30
oOO-acre feet of water to the farmers
:anal during the season, irrigating 5000
icres this season.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14

general arbitration treaty between
the United States and Spain was signed.
The House has agreed to the conference
report on the bill recognizing the con-
sular service
II is stated at the Department of JUS
tice that arrangements are VII under
way for a test case of the Go nmodities
clanse" of the Hepburn act to be made,
unless a material change takes place in
the situation as result of legislation or
other circumstances.
The volstead bill, authorizing the drain
ing of certain lands in Minnesota, was
passed by the House.
Senator Lodge has secured favorable
action in the Senate committee on for
eign relations on three propositions look
Ing to the purchase of building in
Paris for use as an American embassy.
Each makes an appropriation of 100000.
Lawrence o. Murray, former assistant
Secretary of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, took the oath of office as
comptroller of the currency. He succeed
ed William b. Ridgely, recently elected
president of the National Bank of Com
merce of Kansas City.
An omnibus bridge bill, the first meas
ure of its kind to be framed and intro
duced in Congress, has been reported
favorably by the House committee.
The conference report on the army
appropriation bill carrying S95,317 .216
has been adopted by the Senate. This
amount was So. $4,000 less than the bill
carried when first passed by the Senate.
Senator Lodge has reported from the
committee on foreign relations an amend
ment which is intended to enable the Sec
retarv of State TO return to contributors
the SEC. 600 raised to ransom Miss Ellen
NJ Stone. an American missionary to
Turkey, who was abducted by brigands
on Sept. 3, 1901.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

Buildings on Adelaide street, Toronto,
Ont. were burned. Losses: Jones &
Moore. $4,000; j. ]. Zook. 100000 I;
Canadian Silk Company, $4,000.
At meeting of advocates of Esper-
anto in Pittsburg it was said that 1000
600 now are studying the new language,
(which means a worlds peace"
Mrs Borman Wells, the English wom-
an suffrage speaker, has complained to
the New York police that she was brutal
ly treated while attempting to address a
meeting at Harlem.
LaGuaira. Venezuela. is completely iso-
lated because of a decree closing that port
for fifteen days. The fatal disease there
is spreading rapidly. but the government
will not admit it to be the bubonic plague.
John J. Taylor. convicted of second
degree murder for killing his wife at Coal
Basin. Colo. last August and sentenced
to twenty years in the penitentiary, cheat
ed the court order by hanging himself
in his CELL
Investigation by the naval department
shows that tattooing is decreasing among
sayages. where it originated, and increas-
ing i'm general About 60 per cent of
seamen who have served ten years are
tattooed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14

Four of the bodies were found buried
in refuse pile about 100 feet from the
house. while another body was dug
up within a few feet of the ruined
home 1t is the opinion of Coroner
Mack and physicians who examined the
bodies that they were burned after
death. Helgelein was easily identified
by his brother, although the remains
had been badly mutilated. The body
of the other man shows red mustache.
The discovery of the bodies primarily
was due to the efforts of Mr.. Hedge
lein, of Mansfield, s. d., brother of
Andrew. The former had known of
his brothers correspondence with Mrs.
Guinness and Of the latter's trip to
LaPorte. When the brother arrived
in Laporte he demanded a thorough
search of the Guinness premises. Two
weeks ago he had been Informed in a
letter written by Mrs. Guinness that
his brother had gone to Norway.
Mrs. Arthur Olander, 2S1S South
Park avenue, Chicago, sister of Jennie
Olson Guinness, also spent two days in
Laporte following the fire searching the
ruins in quest of the girl. The theory
now is advanced that Jennie knew too
much concerning the death of Mrs. Gun
ness second husband, who succumbed
TO wounds received from a meat chop
per four years ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
FIFTEEN VICTIMS DIE
IN BIG MURDER PLOT
Finding of Nine Bodies in Yard
Reveals Mysterious Whole
sale Killings.
CALLED A BLUEBEARD
Supposed Death of Herself and Chill
dren in Fire Only Adds to
the Puzzle.

Wholesale murder-murder more
ruthlessly premeditated and diabolical-
" executed than the famous Holmes
castle crimes in Chicago-was revealed
at Laporte, Ind, Tuesday when five
mutilated bodies were dug up in the
back yard of the home of Mrs. Bella
Guinness, who, together with her three
children, are supposed to have met
death when their house burned one
week before.
Fifteen persons already have a place
on the list of known or probably slain,
and circumstances point to Mrs. Gun
ness as the arch-conspirator in at least
twelve of the crimes. Until this time it
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
Indiana
State News
OLD LINCOLN RECORD FOUND.
Entry show. Father United will

Entry shows Father United with
Church i'm Indiana i'm 1923.
An old record of great interest to the
people of Fort Branch was unearthed
the o6her day by Elder Archie Brown
The record is in the form of a book
which contains the minutes of the PRINT
tive Baptist church of Pigeon. Warrick
county. in what was then the territory
of Indiana The first entry In the book
was made in 1916, and regular accounts
of the more important events of the
church and congregation are given for a
period of nearly thirty years. In one Of
the entries. made in the month of June,
1923, Thomas Lincoln and his wife are
shown TO have united with the church,
the first-named by letter and the latter
on profession of faith, or experience
as 1t is given in the book Thomas Lin-
coin was the father of Abraham Lincoln,
and his wife was the stepmother of the
futu:e President
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
Attempt to Wreck Pennsy FLYER

The passing of a shifting engine
which the would-be train wreckers had
not counted upon, u, ioubtedly averted
serious disaster to the east-bound flyer
from St Louis to Pittsburg on the Pan
handle railroad of the Pennsylvania
system between Washington. Pa. and
Mcdonald. An obstruction was placed
on the track in such a manner, exper-
fenced railroad men say, that nothing
could have saved the fast train had it
not been discovered. The switching
engine ran into the obstruction and
was ditched- A piece of rail was laid
across the track and firmly wedged in
position. The flyer as one of the. most
important on the road in passenger
and express traffic
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
AMONG OUR NE1oHBoRs

Fire at Richmond caused $4,000 dam
age to the property of the Simon wag-
ner & Cook Hat Company. Other firms
lose 5000.
Willie Eckstein. IA years old. picked
up in the streets of Salt Lake City four
years ago as waif. and cared for by
Judge Willis Brown of Anderson, is prob
ably heir TO a share of large estate in
Russia by the death of a relative at
Odessa. Judge Brown, in charge of the
boys city at Winona Lake. has gone to
New York with the lad, where it is
thought his right as an heir can be esfab-
lshed
Robert Parker. owner of the private
bank at Remington. which failed Dec. 10.
pleaded guilty to embezzlement and was
sentenced to prison for from two to four
teen years. He was taken to the State
prison at Michigan City.
A. n. Canine. 60 years old, who was
brought to Lebanon from Thorntown and
committed to Jail. awaiting transfer to the
insane hospital. killed himself in the hos
pital department of the county Jail. He
tore a strip from his blanket, fastened
one end to the cell grating and the other
around his neck, and, leaning forward,
strangled himself.
Foxy Norris infielder on the De-
catur, ILL.,. baseball nine in the Three-I
League. raced with death to Evansville
and lost. He received word that his lit
tie child was dying and he took the first
train at Decatur. arriving in Evansville
a few minutes after his loved one had
passed away.
Ex-Sheriff j. W. Stillwell of winslcw,
who disappeared recently. taking with
him SS0.O00 in cash, has been sued by
his wife. Alice. for divorce. for abandon
ment, and 5000 alimony is asked. Abi-
iah Humphrey brought suit against Still
well for $4,000 damages for alternating
his wifes affections.
Toll Carey of Albany has been arrest
ed on the supposition that he may be a
wife murderer Ii is alleged that he went
home intoxicated. knocked his wife down
and kicked her in the abdomen so that
she may not recover. Her injuries are
internal.
Mrs. Ella La Poine, an Indian woman.
| indicted for premcditated murder in the
killing of Mrs. Florence Besancon. in
July, 1907. after the charge had been
changed TO voluntary manslaughter, en-
tered a plea Of guilty in Hartford City
and was sentenced for from two to twen-
ty-one years in the women's prison. Both
women were infatuated with the same
man, and jealousy in cited fhs murder.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
Eiqht Persons Killed by Storm

ct least eight persons were killed
and scores of others injured in the sew
eral tornadoes in Northwestern Okla
homa. The most serious results were
In the vicinity of Arnett, where fully
thirty persons are believed to have re-
ceived broken limbs. The only town
to have been destroyed is vicci, in the
southern part of Woodward County,
where it is said there is not a house
left standing. At Mutual fifteen young
persons had gathered for social. The
storm lifted the house completely off
the floor on which they were seated,
leaving the floor and the young peo-
pie unframed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14

had been accepted as true that she and
her three children had met death in the
fire that destroyed their home, but now
the suspicion arises that the bodies that
were found in the smoldering ruins
were brought from sope hospital or
medical school for the purpose of Gre
ating the BELIEF that Mrs. Guinness and
her family had passed from existence.
List of known Victims.
Helgelein. Andrew, 10 years DID, bach
elor, Aberdeen, s. D.: sutton for Mrs.
Guinness hand. who came to Laporte in
January and disappeared one month later
after loaning the woman $500; body
dug up to-day.
Guinness, Jennie Olson, IS years old.
adopted daughter of Mrs Guinness disap-
peared in September, 1906. ostensibly to
attend school at Los Angeles; body dug
up to-day.
Unidentified man, believed by Sheriff
Smulzer to have been an admirer of the
woman.
Unidentified boy, apparently s years
Old mutilated body in gunnysack.
Unidentified girl, about years old
mutilated body in gunnysack.
Guinness. Joseph, husband of Mrs. Gun
ness, whose death at Laporte four years
ago had always remained mystery.
Sorenson. MAIDS, womans first hus-
band, who died under mysterious circum-
stances in Chicago eight years ago.
Guinness. Mrs. Bella, believed to have
been burned to death in fire which de-
stroyed her home
Sorenson, Myrtle, IL years old, eldest
daughter of Mrs. Guinness; thought to
have persisted in the fire.
Sorenson, Lucy o years old, another
daughter; also believed to have been a
victim of the fire.
Guinness. Philip, years DID, youngest
child; said to have been killed in the fire
Lindblom. Olaf, 30 years old. of Wis
consin employed by Mrs. Guinness on the
farm. When he disappeared Mrs. Gun
ness gave it out that he had gone to
Norway.
Serhalt, Eric, 40 years old, of Wiscorl
sin; worked five months for Mrs. Gun
ness. then he disappeared
Man from Ohio, 90 years old, name
not learned; worked on the farm ant
owned horse and buggy. Disappeared
and Mrs. Guinness fell heir to the horse
and buggy.
In the arrest of Ray Lamphere, g
former servant of the woman, Sheriff
Smulzer believes, some light may be
| thrown upon the circumstances sur
rounding the deaths of at leass some
! of the victims
Lamphere before the fire had trouble
with Mrs. Guinness. He had declared
about town she was trying to get rid
has told several conflicting stories
concerning his relations with the WON
| an and his presence in the neighbor
hood Of the Guinness home the night il
burned.
The discovery of the bodies led ex
pressmen to tell of the delivery of five
trunks to the Guinness farm during the
last six months. This fact has caused
| the authorities to incline to the theory
that the place may have been ''clear
| ing-house" for murders. They suspect
that wealthy persons, after being luret
to Chicago and killed, may have beer
| packed into these trunks, sent to La
porte and disposed of there. Lamphert
| in his cell declared Mrs. Guinness fire
quently asked him to buy poison fol
her. She wanted chloroform, he said
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
Fire Wipes Out Town.

Camp Crook, town of four hundred
population on the Little Missouri river,
north of Deadwood, S. D., was de-
stroyed by fire two days ago, loss
t200,00 The flames, the origin of
which is unknown. swept from one end
to the other of the village and only a
few buildings were left standing. Camp
Crook was trading point for a large
territory and the merchants carried
large tsocks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
Rock Crashed Into Car

While the Chicago & New York ex-
press on the Baltimore & Ohio was
passing Hammond. sever miles east of
Fairmont, W. Va, a large rock rolled
down from the hillside and crashed
through the roof of the smoking car,
injuring three passengers. The train
was stopped at Fairmont where Ihy ST.
clans took charge of the injured. The
train was running forty miles an hour
when The accident occurred
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT That WHICH HAS BEEN
b $40 BE.
3 Another Fire.
Ati-

One hum md seventy-fiye horses,
two of TIE ! :. .ow prize winners; half
a block of buildings burned with a
100000 loss; a threatened panic in
crowded theatre near by and half a
dozen perosns injured, none seriously,
summarizes a fire which started in the
business section of Atlanta, Ca, and
for an hour threatened to make a
cleaner sweep than did the flames
which last week destroyed a million
and a quarter dollars worth of prop
erty In another section of the city The
flames started in the Piedmont stables
on Marietta street, near Spring, and
were checked at Marietta and Barstow
streets. Half block away a panic
started in the Orpheum theatre, which
was crowded from floor to balcony
with persons watching a vaudeville
performance. Half a dozen negroes
were bruised in the first crush, but no
one was seriously hurt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
Evans Leads Procession.

At the head of this formidable fleet
steamed Admiral Eyans' flagship, the
Connecticut The aGmiral stood ON the
after bridge OF that famous flagship as
she led the way through the. harbor
gate.
After the flagship there followed at
equal distances and in single column
the seven other vessels of the first
squadron. the Kansas. Vermont, Loui-
siana, Georgia. New Jersey, Rhode Is
land and Virginia, with the new recruit
to the Atlantic fleet, the Nebraska
After the first squadron sailed the two
divisions of the second, the flagship
Minnesota, with Rear Admiral Thomas
on the bridge, and the Ohio, Missouri,
Maine, Alabama, Illinois, Kearsarge
and Kentucky. with the other new
conner. the Wisconsin.
After these eightesi battleships came
the six destroyers of the Atlantic fleet,
the vessels of the Pacific feet and the
supply boats and tenders of Admiral
Evans command. The ships as they
sailed into the bay were dressed only
at the mastheads, big American flags
flying Mt fore and after trucks and at
the peak of the gaffs.
The blue flag of Admiral Evans on
the Connecticut was followed by the
red flags of six subordinate rear adj
mirals, even Admiral Dayton himself
pulling down his blue flag as command
er in chief of the Pacific fleet and sub
stituting the red ensign.
Pressing to anchor. the ships steamed
in review before Secretary Metcalf, the
Connecticut firing a salute of seven
teen guns When the last OF the ships
had swung into four long anchorage
columns a signal from the flagship
sent the fiuttering lines of multi-hued
flags flying to the mastheads, and the
ships were at full dress during the re-
mainder of the afternoon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14

the explosion of a bomb. which wreck
ed the home of William Scheneck in East
Oakland. Cal, is supposed to have been
an attempt to kill his brother-in-law. ].
l.. Gallagher, former supervisor in San
Francisco, one of the chief witnesses for
the prosecution in the bribery cases.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
Wealthy stockm-n Killed.

James Brown, wealthy stockman
living at Galveston, was shot and killed
1t Logansport, Ind, by Robert d. Cot
terman, a tenant on cue of Browns
farms. The shooting wa, the result Of
Q quarrel over Cotternar.'s eviction
from the farm. Cotterman is in Jail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-05-14
Held as s3 600 Bank Robber

Arrested as one of the two bandits
who held up the cashier and robbed the
Citizens State bank of Chautauqus
Kan, on April II of $1,000, William
Tenant is alleged to have confessed in
Denver to a part in the job and returned
all he possessed of the loot. S'S3.