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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18

At johannesburg. Transvaal. ten white
men and 100 natives were drowned in a
mine which became flooded by the burst
ing of a dam.
Jose de Paul, the Venezuelan ambassa-
dor. has opened negotiations with France,
looking toward a settlement of the trou-
BILE between the two countries.
A landslide following a severe earth
shock in the region south of Tetuan,
Morocco. has wiped out several villages.
1t is reported that hundreds of people
were killed or injured
An imperial edict issued by the Chinese
coo taels ($350 OO) be paid over to the
Italian minister as a contribution TO the
relief of the earthquake sufferers in Ca
labria and Sicily.
The Dominion and Canadian express
companies have teegraphed instructions
to their agents throughout Canada to re-
store the schedule of rates existing prior
to Jan. ]. according to ruling of the
dominion railway commission. The Jan
uary schedule was about 33 per cent in
excess of the old schedule.
The Prussian diet has voted down var
ious motians favoring electoral reform.
The national liberal motion, demanding
a direct ballot, lacked three votes of
majority.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad compa-
nv has sent three officials to St. Paul and
Chicago to investigate the operation of
stock yards and packing plants with
view to erecting plant at Winnipeg.
In Paris. the civil court of the Seine
n peasant named Guigard. who was
struck recently by Mr.. Vanderbilts auto
mobile near Nice. Mr.. Vanderbilt has al
ready given this man $500 voluntarily.
Although embarrassment prevails in
France through lack of information as to
the exact nature OF the visit of the Amer
lean feet to French ports, the officers
and sailors will be given cordial recep-
tons. No special features have been ar
ranged for.
The Shakespeare Memorial Committee
in England has decided to establish
national theater at which Shakspearean
and other plays are to be presented un-
der the best conditions possible. The
educational and municipal authorities of
the country will be asked to associate
themselves with the theater which will
represent current literature, drama, music
and education.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18

NOTABLE TRIBUTES TO
THE MEMORY OF LINCOLN

Ambassador Bryce of England at
Springfield.-"To us in England he Is
one of the heroes of the race whence you
and we spring.
William ]. Bryan at Springfield
The eloquence of Demosthencs and Ci-
Zero were no more necessary to their
work. and Lincoln deserves to have his
name written on the scroll with theirs.
Ambassador Jusserand of France at
Springfield boon from above was
granted to the American people. who had
Washington when a Washington was
needed and Lincoln when Lincoln could
save them
Baron Takahira at Peoria, lll.-''The
golden rule is fully in accordance with
the high ideal of Lincoln's diplomacy,
which is now being so theoretically ex-
pounded and executed by another great
President. Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Lodge at Boston, wish to
detach Lincoln from the myth that his
wisdom. his purity and his greatness
were as obvious and acknowledged. or
ought to have been obvious and ac-
knowledged, in his lifetime as they are
to-day"
Booker II. Washington as New York.
Says the great book somewhere.
though a man die. yet shall he live. IL
this is true of the ordinary man, how
much more true is il of the hero of the
hour and the hero of the century-Abra-
ham Lincoln? One hundred years of the
life and influence of Lincoln is the story
of the struggles. the trials. ambitions and
triumphs of the people of our complex
American civilization"
President Roosevelt at Hodgenville,
Ky.-"As the years roll by and as all
of us, wherever we dwell, grow to feel
an equal pride in the valor and self-devo-
ton alike of the men who wore the blue
and the men Who wore the gray, this
whole nation will grow to feel a peculiar
sense of pride in the man whose blood
was shed for the union of his people and
for the freedom of a race; the lover of
his country and of all mankind; the
mightiest of the mighty men who mas
tered the mighty days-Abraham Lin
coin"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
CHICAGO.

Commercial activity reflects stcalier
conditions in production and values.
and the outlook affords more substan-
tial basis for healthy expansion. Much
strength is derived from the excellent
statements issued by the banks on
Tuesday. These indicate not only an.
Increasing use of money in business,
but show splendid recovery over the
depressed state of year ago and for
the first time gross resources exceed.
ins, S9OO,OO0.0C0. 1t is clear that cap
ital will be abundant to satisfy legiti-
mate needs, and the cost OF accommo-
dation should be favorable TO further
enterprise in manufacturing. A re-
dc ced trading mortality testiiies to i'm
proyement in collections.
Distributive trade shows the advance
expected in the general demand for sta
pies. Heavy buying is seen in dry
goods for prompt delivery and interest
increases in fall lines.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
tr1ct number %, against % last week.
30 in 1908 and - in 1907. Those with,
liabilities of more than 5000 number
.. against > last week. 16 in 1908 and
8 in 19H.-Dun's Review of Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
CALIFORNIA YIELDS ALL.
japanese Segregation Bill Reconsid-

cred and Defeated in Assembly.
Yielding to the pressure brought to
bear by President Roosevelt and Gov
ernor Gillett, the California assembly
retired from its previous position on
the anti-Japanese matters Wednesday
by reconsidering the former vote on
the segregation of Japanese students
in the public schols and finally reject
ing the measure by vote of Al to 81.
An effort by the supporters of the bill
further to reconsider was lost by a tie
vote, and the assembly is now clear Of
any anti-Japanees measure objected to
by the national administration.
The fight for the suppression of the
bill was won only after many hours of
heated debate on the floor. The strug-
gle started at 10 80 o'clock In the
morning on the presentation of reso-
luton by Assemblyman ]. p. Transue
of Los Angeles, affirming the right Of
the State to govern its schools, but
withdrawing the japanese Segregation
measure because of the Presidents OBJ
lection TO it, and lasted until 1 o'clock
In the afternoon. when Grove l.. John
sons motion further to reconsider was
defeated on tie vote. So to SO.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
ROOSEVELT EULOGRES
THE WAR PRESIDENT
Lays Corner Stone of Memorial at
the Cabin Where Lincoln
Was Born.
KENTUCKY TOWN A MECCA
Hodgenvil1e Temporary Capital of
World-Other Noted Men Make
Speeches at Famous Farm.

In an address which probably will
rank as one of the most forceful he
has ever delivered. Theodore Roosevelt
on Lincoln's birthday delivered the
nations tribute to the War President
on the spot where 100 years ago the
great emancipation was born.
Mr. Roosevelt drew lesson for the
men of to-day in solving the great
problems of the nation, from LincOln's
combination of indomitable resolution
with cool-headed sanity" He never
went to extremes, though ''timid and
luke warm people were always de-
nouncing him because he was too ex-
treme," the speaker asserted.
mo more practical man ever lived
than this hOmely backwoods idealist,'
said Mr.. Roosevelt. but he had moth
ing in common with those practical
men whose consciences are warped I'M
til they fail to distinguish between
good and evil. fail TO understand that
strength, ability. shrewdness, whether
in the world of business or of politics,
only serve to make their pOssessor a
more noxious. more evil member of
the community If they are not guided
and controlled by fine and high
moral sense. Lincoln did not hate the
man from whom he differed. He saw
clearly that the same high qualities.
the same courage and willingness for
self-sacrifice. and devotion to the right
as it was given them to see the right,
belonged both to the men of the North
and to the men of the South.
"As the years roll by. and as all Of
us, wherever we dwell, grow to feel
an equal pride in the valor and self
devotion alike of the men who wore
the blue and the men who wore
the gray, so this whole nation will
grow to feel a peculiar sense of pride
in the mightiest of the mighty men
who mastered the mighty days; the
lover of his country and of all man.
kind: the man whose blood was shed
for the union of his people and for the
freedom of a race-Abraham Lincoln"
The Presidents address was deliver
ed in the laying of that corner stone
for the memorial on the farm near
Hodgenville, Ky. where stands the log
cabin which was Lincoln's birthplace.
Governor Wilson OF Kentucky, Secre-
tary of War Wright and former Gov
ernor Folk of Missouri were the other
speakers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
GREAT TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN.
Nation and It's Head Join in Most
Notable Demonstration.

Chicago and the nation joined Fri
the birth of Abraham Lincoln, in pay
ing TO the memory of the martyred
President the most notable tribute ever
accorded an individual in the history
of the United States. The homage of
centennial day was rendered by every
class. both sexes, numerous creeds, all
ages. by native-born Americans and by
naturalized citizens of many nationali-
ties.
Everywhere it was a tribute of the
wh0lopeople. 1t was democratic, all
embracing demonstration. SIS the sym
patbies Of Lincoln himself were demo
cratic. all-embracing. Lincoln as the
docr OF vital deeds for the nations well
fare. Lincoln as the exponent OF lofty
Ideals for the nations guidance, Lin
colin as the prophet of the cause of hui
n.anity. Lincoln as the deliverer from
bondage of people, Lincoln as the
chief individual force which maintained
the Union-such were the themes to
which speakers everywhere addressed
themselves on the one hundredth ami
versary of his birth.
In Hodgenville, KY, where Lincoln
was born. President Roosevelt voiced
ringing praise to Lincoln's eminence.
At Springfield, ILL.,, two Of the leading
European powers. England and France.
laid the laurel before Lincoln's shrine
through their ambassadors. There. too.
the Democratic party. through William
Jennings Bryan, joined in doing rever-
ence' IT, Lincoln.
In PENNSYLVANIA Vice President Fair
banks and his successor-elect, James S.
sherman. glorified Lincoln's achieve
ments. while in New York City. where
extensive celebrations took place, Book
er Il. Washington spoke on behalf Of
the race which Lincoln freed.
Nowhere, however, was there so wide
spread or noteworthy a general cele-
bration as that in Chicago. On tine
three sides of the city, all day long
and through the evening. tens of thou
sands of men. women and children join
ed in doing their part TO swell the
chorus of Lincoln's praise. BY song and
speech. by prayer and by music did
Chicago pay her reverence on centen-
NAL day. White capitalist and negro
laborer, school child and Gettysburg
veteran, society woman and shop girl,
Jew and Gentle. Catholic and Protest
ant. European and Yankee. all joined
in mass meeting or banquet, in church
service or school exercise.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
Shock of Riches Kills.

Theodore Robert Shear died of heart
disease in New York City following
the excitement attendant upon the dis
covery that he had inherited fortune
of S10,00O,0O0. Within a few months
the fortune would have been turned
over to him. This fortune was left to
him by John c. Packard, an uncle, who
went to California in 1S49 and amassed
wealth which he invested in Pacific
coast real estate. He left an estate
valued at s2O,OoO.OOO when he died in
October last. Shear was New York
lawyer. The estate will now go to his
widow, two sons and a daughter.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

The corner stone OF the Cathedral of
st. john the Evangelist. to be built in
Denver by the Episcopalians at cost of
100000. was laid the other day.
Caleb H. West, former Governor of
Utah. died in a hospital in Oakland, Cal,
where he had been confined since Dec. %
with appendicitis.
Fire at Galveston. Texas. originating
with the explosion of watchman's lam
tern. destroyed the entire wharf and
wharf sheds. entaiing a loss estimated at
$4,000.
The special committee of ship owners
meeting at Newcastle Upon-Tyne, Eng
land, has agreed to lay up tonnage for
two consecutive periods of thirty days
each. with n view of regulating the sup
ply OF tonnage to the demand.
After her automobile had run down
Charles III. Osborne, o years old. i'm New
York. Mrs. Benjamin Ettelson. wife of
a banker. drove the victim to a hospital
where he is near death.
Representative Charles III. Brumm of
Pennsylvania. the last member of Con
greSs that wore boots, has resigned 10 be-
come judge of the Schuylkill County
Court in his State
4 thirty-story building will replace a
seven-srory structure at Nassau and Lib
crty streets, New York. The small build
ing was sold for S1,250OOO. st. Louis
capitalists, it is said, will erect the new
building.
The derelict destroyer Seneca, which
aided the wrecked liner Republic. is
searching for the three masted barge SUM
off the coast of New Jersey in the pat
of coastwise steamships.
Paul ]. Holman, son of the late Con
gresham Holman of Indiana, died in thu
St. Pancras hospital in London. Consu
General Wynne has taken charge of bis
affairs. The family is in Los Angeles
Cal.
Creditors of the Cleveland RaiIwa,
Company petitioned Federal Judge Tay
lor to issue an order restoring the been
fare, alleging that $125.OOO deficit ha.
been created under the 3-cent fare sinct
the receiver took charge.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT That WHICH HAS BEEN
AND is TO BE.
All Sides and Conditions of Things
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make it Complete.
Pennsylvania Special in Wreck.


The Pennsylvania Special, the eigh-
teen-hour flyer from Chicago to New
York, struck a rock at Newton Hamil-.
ton. SIS miles west of Harrisburg, Pa.
wrecking the train. Official reports
say that beyond a severe shaking-up
no one was injured. A heavy fog OBJ
scured the tracks at the time of the
accident. and the engineer had no OPP
portunity to reduce speed before strik-
ing the rocks, which had fallen from
the hillside. The combination buffet
car. the baggage car and three sleep
ers were derailed, the engine and first
two cars turning over ON their sides.
The last car remained on the track.
All the passengers were still in their
berths and were thrown about. The
number of passen sers on the train
was small
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

The st. Paul board of aldermen has
passed an ordinance requiring that all
milk sold in the city must be from in
spected herds.
South Dakota millers are asking the
Legislature TO require that all -four sold
in that State be branded with The name
Of the manufacturer.
Fully 1000 farmers from the Dako.ss
and Minnesota were present in Fargo. at
he meeting of the Tri-State Grain Grow
ers' convention. The theme for the day
was Crop Rotation" and il was dis
.ussed i'm it's several phases By experts
from all the States represented.
Representative Charles l.. Sawyer. OF
Minneapolis. introduced in the Mime
sofa House a resolution giving a vote OF
hanks to Mr. j. A. Patton. the wheat
King of Chicago, for his work in keeping
wheat at and above the dollar mark. The
resolution was sent over under notice OF
lebate.
Chicago grain shippers won their long
orotraoted fight for an equalization of the
grain rates on shipments from the North
west and West to the Southwest with
-,iose on shipments passed through other
sa:ewsys than Chicago.
The establishment of a permanent tar
Fl commission was condemned and Con-
yress complimented on its report in the
proposed action 10 render il impossible
Tor the executive department to nego-
tate tariff agreements without full con-
yressional consent and approval. at the
twenty-fourth annual meeting of the
American Protective Tariff League. held
IN New York.
In statement signed by Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison, the federation Of
icers who have been sentenced to Jail
for contempt of court in the Bucks Stove
md Range Company boycott case, they de-
.lare that they have not asked and will
lot ask for clemency and hope that
friends will not urge them TO pursue such
course. To ask pardon. they say,
would render useless all the trial and
sacrifice which our men of labor and our
friends in all walks of life have endured
hat the rights and liberties of our peo-
Die might be restored
Lumber prices i'm the West have adj
1anced 81 per thousand on common
grades. A further advance b predicted
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
Two Girls are Burned to Death.

Two girls were burned to death
their mother was fatally burned. and
two other children of the same family
were badly hurt in a fire which de-
stroyed the farm dwelling of Albert
Bennison, twelve miles south of Her.
tell, N. Y, near the village of Rexviile
Mrs. Bennison with her night clothing
In flames. leaping from second-story
window. Her sons, Thomas and Albert,
also jumped. Cora Bennison, Is, and
her sister Alice, 16, were burned to
death in their beds.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
1Els EEAg2I5RS
sss;sS21b|{zg@hs@ g
sR. 600

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
s4O0 to 500: hogs. prime heavy. $3.50
to S6.10; sheep. fair to choice, $500
% 500; wheat. No. 2, S1.1f to S1.16;
corn No. 2. 60c to 62c: oats. standard.
Jc to 53c; rye, No. ?. 75c to &c; hay,
timothy. $500 10 $500: prairie. $500
20 S11-JO: butter. choice creamery. &c
% Soc; eggs. fresh, 29c TO &c; potatoes,
ger bushel, soc to 92c.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping. $500
% 500: hogs. good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, good to choice,
FOO to S4.00; wheat, No. >, S1.I5 to
H.16; corn. No. 2. white. zoe 20 Gle;
pats, No. 2 white, Acc to 51c.
ST. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to S1.25: hogs.
s4O0 to 1913; sheep. $500 to $50;
wheat No. =, S1.21 to S1.25; corn. No. 2,
Sic to &c; oats, No. ,. JOc to 52c; rye,
No. =. &c to &c.
aogs, $500 TO $685.: sheep. $500 to
s5.25; wheat. No. ., s1.16 to SLY: corn,
No. mixed. 62c to 63c; oats. No. 2
mixed, sic to 53c: rye, No. .. soc TO Sic.
Detroit-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs,
H.00 to S6.65: sheep. $50 to Si50;
wheat, No. ., Sill to Sl.13: corn, No. !:
yellow, CSC to Gle; oats. No. 3 white,
53c to 55c, rye, No. 2, 1Sc to 19c
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. northern,
s1.13 to S1.15: corn. No. 3, &c 10 6fc;
oats. standard. Sic to 53c: rye, No. /,
15c to 16c; barley. No. 1. &c to Coo:
pork, mess. 1890
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
800 to $3.50: hogs. fair TO choice. $500
to $40; sheep. common to good mixed,
800 to $40; lambs. fair TO choice.
$500 to $500.
New York-Cattle. 500 to $3.50;
nogs. $3.50 to 500: sheep. $500 10
$500; wheat, No. 2 red. $1.16 to $1.1S:
,orn. No. =, 11c to re: oats. natural
whate, 55c to 5Sc: butter. creamery, &c
TO &c; eggs western, Sic to SIC.
Toledo-Wheat. No. mixed. Sill &c
BIB: corn, No. . mixed. &c to Csc;
pats, No. . mixed. 51c to 53c: rye, No.
4, 71c to 79c: clover seed, $3.50.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
TWO Ships Sunk by Collision.

An unknown sailing vessel rammed
the Belgian steamer Australia during
a storm February II near Alboran
Island, in the Mediterranean, 100 miles
from Gibraltar. Both vessels foun-
dered. The total loss of life was thirty,
fourteen men from the unknown ves-
sci and sixteen from the Australia
Ten members of the crew of the Aus
tralia were taken off the steamer in
small boats and were picked up by the
German steamer Liberia.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
Three Hundred Perish in Fire.

Three hundred persons were burned
to death when the Tatro Flores of the
city Of Acapulco, Mexico, was de
stroyed Several Americans were
among the victims. There were but
three narrow exits and the panic
stricken audience rushed to them,
many persons falling, to be crushed to
death. 1t was impossible to attempt
rescue work, and those imprisoned
were literally roasted alive, as the fire
burned with little smoke and few were
suffOcated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
BROKERS FAIL FOR A MILLION.
Lnmprecht Brothers a Co. of Clcve-
land Forced to Make Assignment.

With liabilities running close TO ST.
100000. the firm of Lamprecht Broth
ers & Co.. bankers and brokers of Cleve-
land, made an assignment in the State
court to L. III. Bushnell, who, in later
action in voluntary bankruptcy in the
United States Court. also was appointed
receiver. The immediate cause for the
assignment. it is stated. was the illness
of the senior member. w. H.. Lamprecht,
who was stricken with partial paralysis
two months ago, thereby preventing him
from giving attention to the business.
Received Bushnell says there will be con-
siderable loss TO creditors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
Maker of Pears, SOAP Dead.

Andrew Pears, managing director and
head of the well-known firm of A. & f.
Pears. limited. died at Iseworth, Eng
land. of heart disease. He was born in
1916. and was the last member of the
Pears family to be connected with this
lirm. He was a grandson of the found
err of the establishment and was worth
many millions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
STAYS MINISTER AND HIMSELF.
Public Assassination for Clergyman
Lawyer In Divorce Suit.


Rev. S. p. Kellum. rs years Old. a
Methodist minister. a lawyer and editor
of the College Corner News. was assassi-
mated in the main street of College Cor
ner. Ind, at Z O'Clock the other night
by Clyde Handley, % years old. of the
same village. who then committed sui
eide. Handley met Kellum in front of
Clark Barkley's drug store and, draw
ing a revolver, fired three shots. The
third shot struck Kelum in the left tenn
pie, killing him instantly. Immediately
after the murder Handley ran to his
mothers home. where he killed himself
with the same revolver with which he
had committed the crime. 1t develops
that Handley's wife recently sued him
for divorce and that kellum acted as
her attorney. Kelum leaves a widow
and seven children.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
roct,oua, Row Cause. Suicide.

Captain Samuel l.. LETTER, aged 40.
president of the Board of Education,
committed suicide at his home in Hano-
YER, Ohio, by shooting himself in the
heart with a shotgun. A bitter factiooal
row in the board in which LETTER consid-
cred that his integrity had been attacked
SO preyed on his mind that he became
insane
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
WHOLE CITY GOES ON STRIKE.
LabOrers, Bankers and Merchant
Quit as Protest Against Taxes.

A strike of unheard proportions began
the other day at Rosario, Argentina. Not
only workmen but merchants and shop
keepers and even bankers suspended work
rs protest against the increase in tho
municipal taxes. The city is without
bread. meat or milk. The dock la6orers,
numbering 5000, resolved to join the
strike the next day. This is most critical,
rs the harbor is full of vessels loading
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-18
WRECKS HOUSE TO SAVE TREE.
Mrs. Russell Sage Heeds Request Of
Women's Improvement Society.

Women's Improvement Society.
In order to save one large shade tree
Mrs. Russell Sage is sacrificing a large
fine house in Sag Harbor, L. l., much
to the qualification of the residents. Mrs.
Sage bought the old Seaman property for
$4,000 in order to build public IL
brary upon the site in honor of her
grandparents. Colonel and Mrs. John Jer-
main. The house was to be removed, but
a few days ago it was discovered that it
could not pass between the two hand
some trees. The Woman's Village I'm
provemeni Society called Mrs. Sage's at
tention to the fact that one tree would
have to be cut down if the house were
moved. Her response was prompt and
Characteristic: Tear down the house
and move it in pieces"