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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

The State Department has made pub
lie the agreement negotiated by the ten
leading maritime powers of the world at
the recent conference in London. and
which will be known in history as the
declaration of London. This declaration
now makes clear for the first tine what
articles are free from seizure in times
of war and what are absolutely and con-
ditionally contraband. Chief among the
free articles are the raw materials which
enter into the necessities. Those abso-
iutely contraband are firearms, powder
and all kinds of military equipment The
list of conditional contraband articles is
made up of food supplies. 1t is agreed
that blockades should be confined to the
ports and coasts, belonging to the enemy.
and that to be oinding blockade must
be effective, in fact as well as in law A
neutral vessel captured by belligerents
may not be destroyed, but must be con-
Quoted to the proper port. Persons be-
longing to the armed forces of the enemy
may be arrested on board neutral yes
sci, as in the case OIL MASON and Slidell.
What is left of the fighting section of
the Russian revolutionists has recently
suffered great shock from the unmask-
ing of one of its members, namely, Eu-
gene Azef, who has been denounced as
secret agent of the governme Mt, or "pro-
vocateur." 1t was found that he had
given to the police information about the
shipping of revolutionary literature into
Russia in ice chests and the names of
persons to whom the packages were ad-
dressed, as we'll as full details OF the Par
is conference of revolutionists.
The Conservatives in the German
Reichstag announced that they would go
ahead with their scheme of financial re-
form, regardless of how they could get
a majority.
King Menelik of Abyssinia. whose
death had been reported not long ago. was
shown to be not only alive, but in active
control of his government about a week
ago, when he gave to Italy $4,000 for the
earthquake sufferers.
The original S-inch outlet of the oil end
water volcano at Dos Bocas, scventy-fye
miles southwest of Tampico, Mexico. has
increased in size until now it covers an
area of forty acres or more. The tenn
perature of the fluid was increasing at
the rate of 1 degree a day at last ac-
counths, having passed the 200 degrees
Fahrenheit. 1t is now a seething, boiling
caldron or lake, and scientists predict
that soon lava will begin to flow.
Sr;ts have been brought in the high
federal court of Venezuela against Clip
riano Castro, former president, who is
now is Europe, on the charge that he
caused the murder in February of 1871
of Gen. Antonio Paroles, and number
of his revolutionary companions.
The British House of Commons passed
on second reading the bill giving the bal
lot to all men and women over 81 who
have lived in one constituency for thee
months. Premier Asquith then explain
ed that the cabinet was divided on tae
woman suffrage question and asked TIT
the bill be referred to the committee Of
the whole, which was tantamount to "a.
bling it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
BIG MILITARY PRISON BURNS.
500 of the Army's Convicts Rescued
at Fort Leavenworth.

The military prison at Fort Leavcn-
worth. Kan, was partially destroyed
by fire at midnight Wednesday night.
The 800 prisoners all were taken from
the main building as soon as the fire
reached it and none was injured.
The convicts were confined in a
stockade under the guard of United
States troops. None of them. so far
as is known, succeeded in gaining his
liberty during the transfer to the
stockade. At . o'clock some of the cell
houses had cooled sufficiently to allow
half of the prisoners to return. The
others will be taken to the Federal
prison, two miles away, at daylight
Two of the Federal soldiers who were
hghting the fire were injured. The
property loss on the building is esti-
mated at 100000.
The fire was first discovered ut 10
O'Clock in the tailor shop. It soon
spread to the shoe shop and the black
smith establishment Lack of water
pressure prevented all hope of saving
even the main building, and it was de-
cided to move the inmates. Long before
this, however, the convicts had seen the
flames and, fearing they would be
burned to death. they battered on the
bars of their cells and screamed in
terror.
AS soon as several companies ot sol
diers. including cavalrymen. had gotten
under arms, strong Gordon was
thrown about the prison and the deliv-
cry Of the prisoners began. The sick
were removed first, placed in ambu-
lances, and taken to the Fort Leaven-
worth hospital under guard of cavalry.
The records were removed from the
administration building. If everything
had not been done in perfect order lives
doubtless would have been lost. AS it
was, strict military discipline prevailed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
SERVIA GIVES UP ALL;
PEACE IS NOW SECURE
Accepts Terms Arranged by Powers
and Bows the Knee to
Austria.
NOTE OF APOLOGY PREPARED
King Peter Has Sons Exchange
Names to Keep a George at
Head of House.

The formula agreed upon by the
powers of Europe and Austria Hungary
for the settlement of the dispute be
tween the dual monarchy and Servia
was accepted by the Servian govern
ment Tuesday. The formula was pre-
sented at the foreign Office by the Brit
ish, French, German, Russian and Ital-
ian ministers. and Servia on Wednes-
day, through her ambassador at Wen
ma, delivered to the Austrian govern
ment a note to the following effect:
L. Servia declares that her rights
have not been violated by the annexa-
ton by AustriaHungary of Bosnia and
Herzegovina and accepts the powers
decision 10 annul paragraph % of the
treaty of Berlin.
- Servia will not protest against
the annexation of Bosnia and Here
govina.
%. Servia will maintain peaceful
relations with Austria Hungary.
Il. Servia will return her military
forces TO normal conditions by dis
charging the reservists and volunteers,
and she will not permit the formation
of irregular troops or bands"
This note has been prepared at the
suggestion of the powers and will be
sent with the object OF terminating all
misunderstanding between Austria
Hungary and Servia. First. however.
1T, together with the former note to
Austria. will be submitted to the ma
tional assembly for approval.
King Peter has issued ukase chang
ing the names of his sons. The step
is taken 10 provide the name of George
as the head of the house of Kara
georgOvitch. The former crown prince,
George. who has renowned his rights
TO the throne. will henceforth be known
as Alexander, while Alexander.
Georges younger brother. who has been
recognized as crown prince, viii be
known as George. George. the new
crown prince, has been made q lieuten-
ant in the army. The local press is
vOicing the demand that he be sent to
European colleges to complete his edu-
cation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
.N%R451f&'jg5T

Chicago-Cattle, common 10 prime.
$500 to s7.25; hogs. prize heavy. $40
10 STD sheep. fair 10 choice $500
to 500: wheat, No. >. S1.25 to Sl.27;
corn, No. =. 64c to &c: oats. standard,
51c to 52c: rye, No. >. 79c to Soc ha:,
timothy. $500 TO $3.50; prairie. $500
to S11.j0: butter. choice creamery. DC
to 29c: eggs. fresh. lJc 10 20c; potatoes,
per bushel. Soc to 95c.
dianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500
to $3.50: hogs, good to choice heavy,
S3,,J TO S725: sheep. good to choice.
$3.50 TO S6.15; wheat. Nc. >. S1.29 TO
S1.30: corn. No. , white. CSC to 65c;
oats, No. white, 51c to 52c.
St. Louis Cattle, 500 to $40: hogs.
S400 to ST.10; sheep. $500 10 $3.50;
wheat. No. >. Sl.35 to $40: corr, No. ,,
Soc to &c: oats. No. ,. 53c to 54c: rye.
No. ., 19c to soc.
Cattle. $500 to S.25;
hogs. $500 to S7.25: sheep. $500 70
S5.75: wheat. No. >. S1.31 to Sl.32: corn.
No. > mixed. 61c to Csc: oats. No.
mixed. 54c to Doc: rye. No. > SIC to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle. s4O0 TO $50: hogs.
SiO TO 500: sheep. S--po 10 S-'-.BJ;
wheat. No. ., S1.2S to Sl.30: corn. No. 3
yellow. 67c to Csc: oats. No. white,
56c to 57c: rye. No. >. Sic to S3c.
Wheat. No. = northern.
S115 to S1.17: corn. No. 3. 65c to 61c:
oats. standard. 53c to Ole; rye. No. !,
zoe TO soc: barley, No. !, &c to 6Jc;
pork. mess. S16.5o.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
$500 to S7.33 hogs. fair TO choice, $500
to S7.2O; sheep. common 10 good mixed,
500 to $40; lambs. fair 10 choice,
$500 to $50.
New York-Cattle. S4OO to $500:
hogs. $3.50 TO S7.20: sheep $500 10
S4.75: wheat, No. > red. Sl.27 TO SIPS:
corn. No. >, 74c TO Zoe; oats, natural
white. 57c to soc: butter. creamery, pc
TO 29c; eggs. western, lac to pic.
Toledo-Wheat. No. mixed. S127 70
S129: corn, No. mived Csc TO Csc;
oats. No. mixed, 54c to soc: rye, No.
,, SIC TO SIC: clover seed S5.45.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
PIANIST'S CAREER ENDS.
Players Cramp' Stops Padercwsh
for Years and Perhaps Forever.

Ignace Jan Paderewski, the magician
of the piano, may never charm again
in America, possibly never again any
where. He will devote the principal
part of life remaining to him to com
position, if his fears prove true.
The reason for this resolve, the IA
nous pianist virtually admitted, was
piano players cramp." the insidious.
creeping malady that often follows
years of brilliant and nerve-wearing ex-
ecution on the keyboard, blighting the
career of an artist before his time.
When Paderewski, who was accompa-
MED by his wife. sailed from New
York on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
Tuesday, he held his left hand in the
right as if it needed the most tender
nursing He seemed apprehensive that
his rheumatism might be permanent Il
may never return TO America said the
great Polish artist somewhat sadly. Il
still have pains-shooting pains-in my
left arm and hand. | have them now"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
PRIEST BIG BANKRUPT.
Liabilities of $I,594,I4O Scheduled
nv Rev w McHaho,s

Rev. William Nc fahon, pastor of st.
Bridget's Roman Catholic Church, Cleve-
land, and editor of the Catholic Universe,
filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
in the United States Court there We'd
nesday. In the petition his total liabili-
ties are stated to be 1884, l41.64, with
assets aggregating S15.21i0S, of which
$I1,3OO is real estate. The secured claims
amount to 46.925.73; unsecured Claims
$3I1 ,2OI.91, and commercial paper, $751;.
91S. Father McMahon was a director of
the Fidelity Funding Company of New
York, founded by Z. j. Kieran and which
now is in the hands of receivers. Thus
ii came about that his name was signed
to many of the papers issued by the COM
pany, and for which he now is held liable
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
SLAY q. S. SCIENTIST.
DR.. William Jones Is Victim of
IlOngots i'm Philippines.

Troops have been ordered out to inves-
tigate the murder of DIR. William Jones
of Chicago, a noted ethnologist of the
Field Museum, who was killed by savage
head hunters in the mountainous district
of the Island of Luzon, u. |. A force
of Philippine constabulary, under Amer-
can officers, has been sent to the spot TO
recover The body and learn, if possible.
what tribe killed the scientist. The
scene of the murder is the town of Dunno
bato, at the headquarters of the Cagayan
River in Isabella Province, in the ex-
treme north of the island. DIR. Jones
had been in Luzon two years studying
the customs and religions of the wild
tribes for the Field Museum of Chicago
He had been living .or several months
among the Ilongots, friendly tribe, but
planned to leave them to investigate an
other tribe of head hunters in the noun
tains. 1t is believed he was killed while
making this journey.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES

Three men were killed ia an explosion
at the plant of the Occur d'Alene powder
works in Wallace. Idaho.
Count Leo Tolstoy again is suffering
from inflammation of the veins in his leg,
but his condition is not serious, accord
ing to st. Petersburg reports
DIR. Elmer S. Lee, addressing the Medi-
co-Legal Society in New York. declared
that Americans take too many baths and
said there was a respected man in the
audience who had not bathed in twelve
years.
The factory occupied jointly by the In
ternational Button Company and the NJ
B. Shantz Button Company at Roches-
ter, n. Y, was damaged by fire, the loss
being about $4,000.
Writs of habeas corpus having been
denied. Dominador Gomez. sentenced to
four months Imprisonment for melting
a strike in the Philippines. has been taken
to the prison at Bilibid.
H. Enrise, stenographer. took NOR
phine in a Salt Lake City hotel. repent
ed the act and telephoned for a doctor.
but died four hours later in hospital.
w. ID. Ecoff swallowed carbolic acid in
another room of the hotel and died.
Fire starting from an explosion of
chemicals on the top floor of the Mime
sofa Drug Company's building in Mime
apolis did 100000 damage.
Lloyd G. Griscom. the American ambas-
sador at Rome, has sent his resignation
to the State Department. Because of the
change of administration all members of
the diplomatic corps will resign in a few
weeks.
Resolutions adopted by the marine
branches of the International Longshore-
mems union and forwarded to the Presi-
dent declare that Theodore Roosevelt is
the embodiment of a personal force that
must be "a great moral factor for the
betterment of humanity
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
TO TURN IMMIGRANTS WEST.
Moving Pictures on Liners Contrast
Tenement and Farm Life.

As means of inducing immigrants TO
go West and engage in agricultural pur
suits rather than settle in the congested
cities of the East the Hebrew Sheltering
and Immigrant Aid Society will provide
lecturers with stereopticon views and
moving pictures on the big liners plying
between New York and European ports.
Thus the foreigners on their way to
America will De shown the advantages
of the West over city life before they
land and will have tbs in mind before
being swallowed up in the tenement dis
tricts of Now York. This plan is an
addition to the work which has been car
ried on for some time. largely financed
by jacob II. Schif, who has devoted a
great deal of money to turning the tides
of immigration westward.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Weiohed More Than 400.

At the Eastern Indiana Insane hos
pital in Richmond. Mrs. Adelia Weaver
probably the heaviest person in east
ern Indiana, died after a short illness.
Mrs. Weaver weighed more than 400
pounds. She was about fifty years old
and had been insane only a short
time. At the tine of her commitment
to the hospital she was brought from
her country home in farm wagon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
GREAT FIRE IN FORT WORTH.
90 Blocks, with Over 200 Houses
and Business Concerns, Burn.

Six persons are known to have been
killed and property estimated in value
at over $5,0O0.000 was destroyed in a
fire which swept over the southern part
OF Fort Worth, Tex, Saturday after
noon.
4 district in one of the most fashion
able sections in the city, having an area
of twenty blocks. was practically swept
clean of buildings by the flames. The
destruction of even a greater amount
of property was prevented only by the
use of dynamite.
The Texas and Pacific round house,
containing twenty engines, the repair
shops of the road, the Sawyer electric
plant. four churches, two public school
buildings, and Walkers sanitarium
were among the larger buildings de-
stroyed. Besides these over 200 resi-
dences were destroyed. The exact loss
the reason that those who suffered
scattered seeking shelter wherever they
could find it, and it will be a day or
two before the full extent of the per
Sonal losses are known.
Texas Pacific Railroad officials place
their loss at S2JO,OO0. The losses to
church property include the Broadway
Baptist and the Methodist churches
their losses being estimated conserva-
lively at over 100000
A patient whose identity has not been
learned persisted in Walkers sani-
tarium, and three men were electro
cuted and their bodies burned to Gin
ders in the Sawyer electric plant. Her
bert Stacy was fatally burned in an en-
deavOr to save his dwelling. and a fire
man fell from a housetop and was
killed. The Rev. III. o. Cowan. assist
an pastor of the Broadway Presbyte
rian Church, is missing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
FEATURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
AND Is TO BE.
are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to
make IL Complete.
Roosevelt Welcomed in Naples.

Ex-President Roosevelt spent sew
eral hours in Naples and during that
time was given many evidences of his
personal popularity with the Italian
people. The steamer Hamburg, on
which Mr.. Roosevelt was passenger,
coming in soon after noon, was greet
ed on her way to the anchorage with
the blowing of whistles, the fluttering
of many flags and the playing of bands
Italian warships in the harbor, steam
ers of various nationalities, private
yachts and crafts of all kinds, dressed
in bunting and signal flags from stem
TO stern. added to the picturesqueness
of the scene.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
COUPLE SLAIN; HOME is BURNED.
Bodies Found Buried in Cellar Near
TO1edo-One Man Is Held.

With only one man held for investiga-
ton and iwth no tangible clews on which
to work, the Toledo, Ohio. police and
Lucas County authorities are exerting
every effort to discover the murderers of
Ludwig Kruger and his wife. whose
bodies were found buried in the cellar
of their burned home. one mile west of
Toledo. Michael Soboleski. a tailor. who
had negotiated for the purchase of the
Kruger farm, was lodged in the county
jail after he had been quizzed for sew
eral hours Soboeski said that he had
paid Mr.. Kruger $1,000. No trace of
this money has been found An Italian
who until week ago was employed by
Soboleski is sought. Some of his cloth
ing has been found in Soboleski's home.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
TWentY-One Are Missinu.

A dispatch from Punta Arenas,
Chile. says that the British steamer
Oak Branch struck what is supposed
10 have been derelict in the Straits
of Westminster. and was abandoned
in sinking condition. The first Of
ficer and eighteen of the crew and
passengers were landed safely, but
the captain and twenty persons are
missing. The Oak Branch is a vessel
of 2064 tons, and sailed from Liver
pool for Valparaiso on Feb. "a.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
LEASE SYSTEM WIPED OUT.
Hundreds OF Prisoners i'm Georgia
Are To Work on Roads

Georgia's convict lease system ended
at sunrise Thursday and hundreds of
prisoners. taken from mines. brick kilns.
and turpentine factories, returned TO the
service of the State. Georgia has no peni-
Tertiary. For years her convicts have been
leased to the mines. the brick kilns, and
the factories, where private greed some
times demanded and collected the last
ounce of human endeavor. The 1000
prisoners now will work on the public
roads. Most of them are blacks of low
order of intelligence, sentenced for every
conceivable crime Though shGckled and
ironed. the convicts greeted the change
with shouts of JOY and weird hymns of
Thanksgiving.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Temperance Forces Win MICHIGAN.

I'VE have broken the back bone of
the liquor traffic in Michigan de-
clared Superintendent George W. Nor
row, of the Michigan Anti-Saloon
league. Returns show that of the
twenty-seven counties voting on the
question of the sale or manufacture of
liquor in their borders nineteen have
gone dry" eight have gone wet
Jackson voted for prohibition by the
slender margin of forty-two votes. Be-
fore the election eleven of the eighty
three counties of the state were dry"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Negro Lynched at Dawson, Tex.

Joe Reddin. twenty, a negro, was
taken from Jail and hanged to tele-
graph pole by a mob of 300 white men
at Dawson, Tex. The body was cut
down and taken away by the young
negro's friends. Reddin is said to
have written and delivered an insult.
ing letter to the wife of a farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Death of an Author.

Word was received from Alameda.
Cal, of the death there of William
Emmette Coleman, a noted author.
Coleman was most widely konwn as
the dramatizer of East Lynne" He
was the author of a number of books
on theology, mythology and historical
subjects.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
MINE AGREEMENT OR WAGE CUT
President Baer Wants Contract
signed or Conditions of 1900.

From local operators in close touch
with President Baer of the Reading Rail-
way and Morris Williams of hte Penn
sylvania Coal Company, it was learned
in Shamokin, Pa, that unless officials
of the United Mine workers of the three
anthracite districts signed another three
years agreement the same as the one
now in force the coal companies would
insist on all conditions reverting back to
1900. This would mean the abolition of
the sliding scale and a reduction of 20
per cent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
BOY STAYS FATHER.
Resumes supper and Processes to BE
SURPRISED When Officers Arrive.

Richard Law, "a years old, killed his
father, Samuel Law, 90 years old, while
the family was seated at the supper ia
BILE in their home in Niles. Ohio. The
boy stabbed his father through the heart
with butcher knife. Law, ST., fell for
ward with his head on the table and died
in his chair. Apparently unconcerned
about his deed. the son calmly seated
himself in chair less than two feet
from the body of his parent and resumed
eating. His mother summoned the police.
Law, Jr., seemed surprised when placed
under arrest, and asked the police what
reason they had for locking him up.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
CONVERSE DEAD AT rs
Chief Who Assembled GIobe-Gir-
ding Ships Succumbs ut Home.

Rear Admiral George A. Converse. 10
years old. died at his home in Washing
ton, ID. c., of uraemic poisoning. AL
though placed on the retired list several
years ago, he was in active service at
the time of his death, being president of
the board of construction of the navy.
1t was under him, as chief of the bureau
of navigation. that the battleship feet of
sixteen vessels which recently circled the
globe was assembled. His widow, who
was Miss Blood of New York, and his
two unmarried daughters, Maud and Olga.
were with him when he died. Two other
daughters survive-Mrs. Colt of Bristol
Il. l., and Mrs. Jackson of Baltimore
Md. Admiral Converse was born in Nor
wich VT
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
THREE-CENT FARE FOR MISSOURI
Railway Lines Announce Increase to
Be Effective April 10.

Executive officers of the railway lines
in Missouri have announced a basis of
passenger rates. in part different from
those announced recently, which are to be
effective April 10. The rates are as fol-
lows: Two thousand-mile interchangeable
book on certificate plan at cents mile ;
500 mile book, good for bearer on all
lines in Missouri, at 21a cents a mile :
50O-mie books, good for the individual
only ON the line of railroad issuing. az
pa cents a mile, and the 3-cent basis for
single trips, with 10 per cent reduction
on round trip tickets. The mileage books
will be limited to one year from date of
Sale
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
MAN BELIEVED DEAD Is ALIVE.
The Family of Henry Bethers Buried
a Body in Council Bluffs.

Henry Bethers, who was supposed to
have been burned TO death in a car of
Stag shipped from Council Bluffs to VAL
ley, Neb, last month, has returned hcme
alive and well from st. Louis, where he
has been working. A charred body was
found in a car of Stag and from frag-
ments of clothing and a physical deform-
ity it was identified as that of Bethers
and buried by his family.