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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-20
wooDBRIpGE MAN TRIES SUICIDE.

WOODBRIDGE. Nov. 20. Joseph
Kuhn, IS years old, of this city, shot
himself twice in the right breast and
once in the side in a room in the Capt.
Hotel, in New York. He is in st.
Vincent Hospital, where it was said he
probably will die.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-20

STAR WANT ADS HIRING RESULTS.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-20

STAR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
CHICAGO.

The volume of payments through the
banks again testifies to the increasing
use of money and better state of trade.
Delays in transportation and lack Of
prompt communication were temporary
drawbacks due TO the stormy weather.
Influences at work indicate some prog
ress in obtaining concessions i'm cost Of
iron and steel, but 10 drastic changes
are likely to interfere with factory pro-
duction. and there is more anticipation
Of substantial contracts being obtained
for construction and equipment. De
velopments remain highly encouraging
in building lines, wood working and
lumber, with assurances of more ex-
tended operations soon. New demands
for heavy materials are foreshadowed
and new enterprises involving large
OUTLAWS and much employment of labor
A healthy sign is the wider interest
in the markets for wholesale merchan-
disc. Visiting buyers in greater num-
bers than heretofore are seen to be
operating more confidently in selecting
staples. Gratifying orders were neg0-
tiated this week in dry goods. millin-
cry, footwear and food products
Failures reported i'm the Chicago dis
trict number -. against % last week,
IL in 1908 and 22 in 1907. Those with
liabilities of more than 5000 number
&. against 6 last week. - i'm 1908 and
> in 1907.-Dun's Weekly Review of
Trade
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
MILLIONAIRE TRAPS DYNAMITER
Defect in Internal Machine Saves
Lives of L. w. Jones and Family.

Lawrence VI. Jones, a wealthy dry
goods merchant of Kansas City, ana
his family were gathered into the IL
brary of their home Tuesday by man
with an automatic revolver and
dynamite bomb who demanded $1,000.
After clever maneuvering Mr.. Jones
managed to gain the mans consent TO
accompany him and his son to bank
for the funds. While the trio were
about to enter the Jones motor car Mr..
Jones threw himself upon the man
from behind and seized him around the
chest in such fashion as to pinion
his arms. At the same time, by trick
he learned when boy, he kicked the
mans feet from under him. Both fell
and rolled down the stone steps at the
edge the Jones porch.
Chester, the son, was upon the in
truder before he could recover. The
young man seized the mans pistol In
one hand just as the trigger was
pulled. The weapon failed to explode
Mrs Jones then ran in close and seized
the bag containing the bomb, which she
carried to the house. An examination
Of it showed that the matches had ig-
nited, but failed to explode the powder
and dynamite surrounding them.
The man gave his name as c. III.
Garnett, but admitted this was as
sumed. In his grip was ten pounds Of
dynamite He had rented house in
Independence. No., and fitted it with
chains where he intended to hold Jones
prisoner. He said he had frequently
contemplated suicide because of his
poverty and bad health.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

Plans for the reorganization of the
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Com
pany. limited have been announced by
the creditors committee.
Boston wool buyers are already in the
Montana field, and il is surmised that the
reason for this activity is that they are
afraid Of the success of the wool storage
movement, and desire to pay a cent or
two more per pound at present and secure
the good woods before they are stored.
The United States Steel Corporation.
statement of earnings for the last quarter
showed total of $26. 3D., 2S5 or fall.
ing off of SSS0,000. This gives an in
Dictated earning for the year of S91.S26.-
so, as compared with $160,964,614 the
preceding year.
a hot debate has been on before the
committees on agriculture in the Mime
sofa Legislature as TO the value OF the
tuberculin test for tuberculosis in cattle.
Cattle owners appearing before the com
mittee differed widely in their testimony,
some holding the test good and others de-
claring il worthless.
The stockholders of Swift & Co.. a.
their annual meeting decided to increase
the capital stock from $4,000. 900 TO $780,
OO0,O00. The report for the previous
year showed that $20.000,000 had been
paid out in wages.
Attorney General Gilbert. of Wiscon-
sin. has handed down a decision denying
that the Wisconsin Telephone Company,
a Bell property. is trust, as alleged by
the independent Telephone Association.
Of Chicago. and he declines tn allow the
independents to begin suit IN the name
of the State for the forfeiture of the
charter of the Wisconsin Telephone Com
pany.
Representatives of the leading independ-
anr steel companies not controlled by the
United States Steel corporation have hello
a conference in Pittsburg for the express
ed purpose of taking a stand against the
adjustment of the protective tariff upon
steel.
The Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula of
Michigan Brewers Association has an
nounced Statewide campaign for the
eradication of law-breaking saloons. be-
ginning with the raiding of every saloon
in Milwaukee County, Wis, where slot
machines could be found. and bringing
suits for the revocation of licenses of sa-
loon-keepers who have sold liquor to
minors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
1000 FEBRUARY 1909

@F. NJ. Il l. Q. fan NJ. n ? q.
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Revised estimates of the loss caused by
the fire at Princeton. n. j.. place the fig.
ures between 100000 and $4,000. Ter
frame buildings were destroyed.
A man and woman were found asphyx
lated in a hotel at Philadelphia They
are thought TO be Maurice r. Patterson
and Margaret Loman of that city.
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld
the State pure food law in the case OF
Jacob Messbesher against the Channel
lene Oil and Manufacturing Company.
Because he prepared thesis in which
he denied the credibility of the resurrec.
ton, along with other miracles. Samuel
S. Banta says he was compelled to leave
the Wesleyan University at Lincoln, Neb
The building of the Oakdale Baking
Company in Philadelphia burned. The
Epstein Shirtwaist Company and the
American Chewing Gum Company. occu.
pants of the building. share in the losses
estimated at $4,000.
Gov. Gillet OF California signed the
requisition papers for the return to War
rem County, Tennessee, of w. w. Wal
lace, charged with embezzlement while he
was county clerk, but search of Los
Angeles revealed that the man never had
been arrested.
The Oregon Senate passed bill pro-
viding that any candidate who signs a
pledge to support certain bills shall be
disqualified from holding office he seeks.
James Il. Scheuer, 81 years DID, of New
York. plunged from the deck of the Old
Dominion liner Princess Anne. en- route
10 Norfolk, Va, and was lost He was in
i'll health
The United States has been asked to
ne represented at the international mu-
sic congress to be held in Vienna in Nav.
1909, on the occasion of the centennial
celebration of the birth of Josef Haydn.
the composer.
Creditors of the Pillsbury- Washburn
Flour Mills Company at Minneapolis will
form company with S2.O00.OOO capital
TO operate the mills, which will be leased
Coz twenty years.
4 broken f1ange was the cause of the
wreck of the Oregon express on the Union
Pacific Railroad. near Dana. Wyo. in
which one person was killed and thirty
were injured.
Frank Hagorman, the Salina (Kan.)
banker, who year and a half ago walk
ed from Salina to Kansas City, will ac-
company Frank Bristow, son of Sena-
tor-elect Bristow, in walking from New
Orleans to Mobile, Ala.
President Roosevelt announced at the
dinner given in connection with the chill
dren's conference at Washington that he
would send a message to Congress adyo-
eating a federal children's bureau.
A committee of the New York State
Bar Association approved plan to
amend the corporation laws to allow com
panies to issue shares of stock without
assignment thereto of any value in money
Senator Thomas c. Plat, through coun-
rel in the New York Supreme Court, re-
nounced all responsibility for personal
debts contracted by Mrs. Lillian Janeway
Platt, from whom he was separated in
1906, and sought to have reversed judg.
ment of $2.471.6O against him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
TEs EAga1lgRS
:saEj1!l!5!s@ss:

Chicago-Cattle. common 10 prime.
Si00 to 500; hogs. prime heavy. $3.50
to S5.45; sheep. fair to choice. S3.OG
to $500: wheat, No. ?. Sl.l6 TO S1.1S:
corn No. 2, &c to 64c: oats. standard
54c to 55c; rye. No. .. 76c to We: hay
timothy, $500 to S13O0; prairie. $500
to S11.50; butter. choice creamery. PC
to 30c: eggs. fresh. 21c ID 3Oc; potatoes,
per bushel, soc TO Ole.
Indianapolis-Caftle, shipping. $500
to $3.50: hogs. good to choice heavy.
$50 to $500: sheep, good 20 choice.
500 to 800; wheat. No. 2. S1-16 &c
SLID; corn. No. ,. white. Gle to Csc
oats, No. ? white. 49c to 51c
st. Louis-Cattle. $50 to 500: hogs
800 to S6.60: sheep. $500 10 $40:
wheat. No. .. 81 % TO $1.27: corn. No. ..
Gle to 63c: oats. No. =. sic to 53c; rye.
No. ?. &c to Tie.
Cincinnati-Cattle. 800 to 5000;
hogs. $500 to $500: sheep $500 to
S5.25: wheat. No. ., Sl.22 to $1-23: corn.
No. , mixed, 65c to CSC: oats. No.
mixed, 53c to 54c: rye. No. ,. soc to Gle
Detroit-Cattle. $500 to 5000: hogs
800 to $500: sheep. $3.50 to S475:
wheat. No. .. SLIT to S1.1s: corn, No. 3
yellow. 64c to 65c; oats. No. 3 white,
53c TO soc; rye. No. ?. 7Sc TO Soc.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. , northern
S1.13 to S1.14; corn. No. 3. &C TO 66c
oats, standard. dc to soc; rye, No. L
&c to 7Sc: barley. No. /. 65c 10 &c,
pork, mess. $3.50.
Bufalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers
$500 TO S6.10; hogs. fair to choice. S4.0C
to $3.50: sheep. common TO good mixed
500 to $40; lambs. fair to choice
$500 TO $50.
New York-Cattle. 800 to 500.
hogs. $3.50 to $500: sheep. $500 &c
1929: wheat, No. 2 red. SLIT to SLID:
corn. No. 2, tic to re: oa;s. natural
white. 55c to zoe: butter. creamery, PC
to Bic; eggs. western, &c to Sic.
Toledo-Wheat, No. = mixed. S1.16 &c
s1.1S: corn, No. mixed. 63c to 65c:
oats No. ? mixed. 53c to 54c: rye, No
2. Zoe to Sic: clover seed, S5.45.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
ANGEL OUT AS PRESIDENT.
Resigns at Ann Arbor to Be Made
Chancellor Forthwith.

DIR. James Burrill Angel has resign
ed from the presidency of the Univer-
sity of Michigan after thirtyeight
years of continuous service. The board
DIR. Angel urgently requested that ac-
ton, but gave assurance that he would
not entirely sever his connection with
the institution by proffering him APP
pointment to the position of chancellor
of the university.
President Angell's resignation will
take effect at the close of the present
college year. He attempted to resign
four years ago, but at that time the
regents refused to consider his request
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
QUAKE OF LAST MONTH FOUND.
Mysterious Shocks Widely Recorded
Occurred in Persia.

News has been received showing
that the violent earthquake recorded
on JAN % at almost every scientific
observatory i'm the world where seis-
mographs are installed had its loca-
tion in the province of Luristan, west
ern Persia Sixty villages In this dis
trict were wholly or partially destroy
ed, and the loss of life is placed at
between 5000 and 5000.
The districts of Burujurd and Sela-
hor in Luristan province were the CEN
ter of the greatest violence and there
the heaviest casualties occurred. Sew
er,l villages are reported to have been
ingulfed. The destitute survivors are
fleeing into the town of Burujurd.
whence appeals for assistance are now
reaching the government.
The province of Luristan is noun
famous and sparsely settled 1t is
about 300 miles southwest of Teheran
and the only communication with the
Persian capital is by courier. The in
habitants are chiefly Bakhtyaris, an
offshot of the Iranian people.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25

Edward Lewee, former shortstop with
Buffalo and Milwaukee. will probably
take the management of the Milwaukee
club.
\ committee of the Texas Legislatur
has decided TO report bill providing for
racing commission. All matters refer
ring to racing are to be passed op by this
commission.
The seventeenth annual bowling tour
nament of the Minnesota State Bowling
Association. which will be expanded this
year into the International Bowling As
ISOLATION. will begin in st. Paul Feb. II.
DIR. III. l.. Williams has been tenderel
and accepted, a contract engaging him
as coach for the University of Minnesota
foot ball team for the coming year. This
formality completed the action taken by
the board of athletic control some months
ago.
The Eel set new record for a mile
paced on ice at Ottawa, Ont. Three sec
onds were clipped off the old record. as
siv official watches caught the time n.
2:11h. The quarter was made in 30
hall in l :05R; the three-quarters IN
30 and the mile in :111A.
Dorando. having beaten Hayes twice.
will, in the st. Paul Marathon, run
against five men in relays of three miles
each. The best of the relay men is
Hicks, who won the Chicago Marathon
Minnesota and Michigan universities.
which suspended foot ball relations five
years ago, have buried the Ratchet. and
will play a game on the Minnesota
grounds Nov. 20.
Two New York teams have been made
| glad by the national commission. Hal
Chase and Jake Wemer were both rein
stated by that august body on the condi-
ton of paying fines of $500 and $50,
respectively.
Herman Mace, champion lightweight
wrestler of Canada. added another win
| tc his string of victories by defeating
Jimmy Potts, the champion lightweight
| wrestler of the Northwest, in two straight
| falls, in approximately thirty-two min
utes of actual wrestling, at Warren.
| Mimi
| Racing in the State of California re-
ceived a vital blow when the Senate, by
vote of 33 to Z, passed the Waker-Otis
ant-race-track gambling bill, which pro-
hibits pool-eslling bookmakng or gam
bling on horse races. The bill. having al
/ ready passed the Assembly, will now go
to the Governor for his signature, after
which it will become law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
PAST AND PRESENT
AS Ut COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
TeIegraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the enlightenment
of the Many.
$4,000 Fire in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Loss which it is believed will aggre-
gate fully $4,000 was occasioned by {.
disastrous fire in the sales and ship
ping department of the Wayne Shoe
Manufacturing Company, manufacture
ers and wholesalers OF shoes and rub
bers, at 123 West Columbia street, Fit.
Wayne, Ind. Guests at the Wayne Ho-
tel, adjoining the shoe company's
building on the east, were driven from
their beds by dense volumes of smoke
which filled the hotel, but the fire was
wholly confined to the building in
which it originated. The cause of the
fire is unknown.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
NEW YORK.

Reports as to trade and industry arc
irregular. rejecting Interruptions due
to stormy weather. talk of pending tar
iff revision and price unseftlement
caused by manufacturers i'm some lead
ing lines Offering concessions to secure
business. Taken as whole. the vol
ume of business doing is still below
expectations. while industrial output is
irregular and below the normal
Business failures for the week end
ing with Feb. Is were 2s2. against 211
last week. 326 i'm the like week of 1903.
III in 1907, 1S6 i'm 1906 and 90 in
1905.
Canadian failures for the week mum
Der "a. which compares with 20 last
week and A. in the corresponding week
last year.-Bradstreet's.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
WORK OF
CONG
oNN~ONr~~~c

The postofice bill. carrying appro-
priations Of over $232. 100000. was
passed by the Senate Thursday after
a stormy debate. during which Senator
PenrOse in charge of the measure.
made an angry assault upon Senator
general criticism of Senate committees
because of what he termed their I'M
warranted delay in reporting great APP
preparation bills. The controversy over
the legislative appropriation bill, in
connection with the much discussed
salary of the Secretary of State, in
volving the eligibility of Senator Knox
for that Office. was settled in the
House when the bill was sent to con-
ference and the committee authorized
to consider the salary provision as if
in disagreement. This gives the COM
mittee power to reduce the pay from
$4,000 to $4,000. its former figure.
The Republicans were caught mapping
when a resolution by Mr.. Fitzgerald
was adopted disagreeing on the Senate
amendments creating the office of I'M
dersecretary and fourth assistant sec
rotary of state The bill codifying and
amending the penal laws of the United
States was passed and the fortifica-
tions appropriation bill discussed Wig
Orous attacks on the House rules were
made by Messrs. Hubbard and Hep
burn of Iowa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Death Comes to c. D. WRIGHT.

Carroll D. Wright, president Of
Clark College and former Commission
er of Labor, died at his home in Wor-
cester. Mass. aged SO years. President
Wright had been a sufferer from dia-
betes for more than two years, but the
disease did not give him serious trou-
BILE until after his return from Wash
ington on December Z. His last pub
lie appearance was at the dinner of
the trustees of the Carnegie Institute,
with which institution he had been
connected for some years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
PROFIT UNDER TWo-CENT FARE.
All Missouri Minor I lads anI Sew
eral Trunk Lines show Gains.

All Missouri Minor I lads anI Sew
eral Trunk Lines show Gains.
The Missouri railway commission re-
port on the passenger traffic on the prin-
cipal lines in the State, shows that all
the minor lines had increased earnings
from passenger traffic in 1908, as COM
pared 10 1907. when Scent rate was in
effect. Several of the important trunk
lines show loss, but several also show
satisfactory gains. The Santa Fe had
average earnings of S3.:IJ7 .j6 per mile
on Missouri business in 1907 and ST.
245.30 in 1908, gain of S6S7.14 per mile
The Missouri Pacific had an average of
l,670.S9 on all business in 1907 and
81. 1913 in 1908. a loss of $171.16. but
it had an average of $2673.16 on Mis-
souri, business in 1908. a gain of ST.
0O227. The Missouri. Kansas and Texas
and the Iron Mountain exhibit light gains
while the Wabash. the Frisco and Tie
Burlington show losses in their averages.
State Railroad Commissioner John A.
Knott says these statistics convince him
that the railroads can operate at profit
under Missouri's 2-cent fare law.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Ratif7es Fisheries Treaty.

The Senate has ratified and made pub
lie the special agreement with Great Brit'
ain known as "The Newfoundland Fish
cries Treaty. The agreement provides
for submission to the permanent court OF
arbitration 1T The Hague of questions
relating to fisheries on the North Allan
tic coast.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
EInds n Well of Hot Air.

While hunting in the vicinity of Ute
pass above Manitou, on the side of Pixies
peak, Bert Webb, formerly of the Colo
RADIO City police department. claims to
have found huge crevice in the side
of the mountain from which a strong cur
rent of hot air issues. He Will acquire
the property and pipe the air to Manitou
and Colorado City for heating purposes
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Finds More Use for Hague.

So thoroughly impressed is President
Roosevelt with the necessity of conser-
vatism of natural resources of the
world that he recently directed Secre-
tary of State Bacon, at the suggestion
Of the North American Conservation
conference, to extend formal invita-
ton to foreign powers to participate in
an international conference to deal
with this problem, to be held at The
Hague next September. All of the ma
lions represented at the peace confer
ence will be invited to participate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
insane Farmer Kills His Children

Hans r. Hanson, a farmer living
near Strup, Wis, cut the threats of his
four children. boy and three girls,
ranging in age from to Is years, with
a butcher knife. He followed this by
stabbing several horses and cows, fir
ing the barn and house and then cut
his own throat. Hanson was insane.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Windstcrm in Kansas.

The Missouri Pacific depot and four
buildings at Reece, Kas., a village forty
miles east of Wichita, were destroyed
by a windstorm. No one was killed
and no one seriously injured. The
storm was most severe from fifteen to
thirty miles northwest Of Reece Four
persons were seriously injured there.
The property loss in the district north
west of Reece will be heavy. Lightning
struck several oil tanks at Coffeyville,
causing heavy loss.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25

quent that the venerable educator
would relinquish the reins to young
er man. Despite these rumors, the ac-
ton both of President Angel and the
regents came as big surprise.
Dr. Angel will continue to lecture
on international law and the history
of treaties even after his resignation
takes effect, and as chancellor will re-
ceive an annual salary of $4,000, be-
sides having his present residence
maintained
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
WeII-Known Inventor Dead.

John F. Russell, IL years old, an in
ventor of national reputation, died at
Springfield. Ohio. following a stroke of
apOplexy. Mr.. Russell was associated
with William N. Whitley years ago in
the perfection of the modern reaper.
and also possessed several patents up
on devices in the development of the
steam locomotive.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
thirty Years for a sIaekmaiIer.

Robert B. Bludsoe, of Dallas, Texas,
who last week entered the home of
Lawrence NJ. Jones, a millionaire mer-
chant of Kansas City, Mo-, and at
tempted to extort $1,000 from him, has
been sentenced to thirty years in the
penitentiary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Seven Killed in EXPLOSION.

Word has been received from Port
Arthur. Ont. that seven men were
killed by premature explosion of dy-
Mantle on the line of the Grand
Trunk railroad. fifty miles north of
Nipegon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
New Postoffice at Toledo.

Based upon the revised specifica-
lions prepared by j. Knox Taylor, SUI
pervising architect. the contract for the
Toledo, Ohio, postoffice building was
awarded to the McCaul Company, of
Philadelphia. The contract price is
$685. for limestone building.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
Successful Suicide Attempt.

Mrs. V. Cloak Fenner 80 years old
who twice made attempts to end her life
after she had gained notoriety following
her arrest on a charge of extcrtion, made
by the Rev. Perley w. Powers, died at
the Park Avenue Hospital in Chicago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25

Oklahoma Denies Vote to Women.
WOman's suffrage legislation is out of
the question in Oklahoma for two years.
The Senate by a vote of 81 to IL sus-
tained the unfavorable report of the COM
mittee on the bill granting suffrage to
both sexes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-25
1S-Hour Train Is Derailed.

The eighteen-hour flyer on the Penn
sylvania Railroad bound from Chicago
to New York ran into small landslide
in a deep cut near Newton Hamilton,
Pa, derailing the train. but injuring only
one person, ii. II Mingua, a baggage
man, of Jersey City.