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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
BRIBERY CHARGE IN ILLINOIS.
Legislator Says Senatorial Deadlock
Was Broken by Vote-BOying.

An amazing story alleging bribery
and corruption in the election or Will
lam Lorimer as United States Senator
from Illinois was unfolded to States
Attorney Wayman in Chicago the
other day by Representative Charles
A. White of st. Clair County, who
made a confession to the public prose
cutor that he received $1,000 for his
vote.
Charges that the breaking of the
celebrated deadlock was accomplished
by the wholesale buying of votes at
prices ranging from $1,000 to $4,000,
were accompanied ny further allega-
tions from White that he had partici-
pated to the extent of 5000 in the
splitting up of the Jack pot" a term
he used to designate a ''slush fund
alleged to have been collected for the
defeat or passage of legislation. The
disclosures, which shook State politics
to its foundation, were followed by i'm
mediate steps on the part of the au-
thorities to start investigations.
Senator Lorimer makes emphatic
denial of the White charges, and says
no votes were purchased. Minority
Leader Lee O'Neil Browne asserts
that Whites story originated as
Matchmaking scheme. Representative
Robert Z. Wilson, who is said to be
the person who paid to White the
money for his vote. says Whites
ri fol
edge of a lack pot" or "slush fund"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
WEATHER COSTS s5oo.ooo.ooc.
Warmest April Day in Eleven Years
and Chilliest in So

One recent day was the warmest
April day in eleven years. The Their
mometer said "a degrees. Friday, April
%, was the coolest April day in thir-
ty years. Temperature 20 degrees.
The range between the two days was
IS degrees
This conflict of the gods of heat and
cold, and the resultant extremes, will
cost America a billion dollars in 1910.
Oats, cotton, corn, fruit frees, vegeta-
bles, wheat and other crops were dam
aged in a sum estimated at $500, 00O,-
coo. And reports received from all
over the Middle West and South indi-
Gated that the extremely hot and dry
weather will add much to the dam
age
Warm rains, which are not forth
coming are needed everywhere. Wheat
and corn in Illinois are deteriorating,
like in Missouri. The situation in
Kansas and Nebraska is pictured as
worse than ever, being aggravated by
the extremely dry weather. 1t is esti.
mated that 100000 acres OF spring
wheat have been plowed up in four
States and other grains seeded. Twen-
ty Per cent of the South's cotton crop
will be replanted or abandoned en-.
tirely.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES

Captain Charles r. Rowland con-
Guided summing up the evidence of the
Brownsville raid, and the case now
rests with the military court what
shall be done with the men who seek
reinstatement.
President Taft, acceding to the re-
quest of the State of Kansas. granted
respite 10 Charles O'Neil, soldier of
the Thirteenth Infantry, who was con-
demned to die for the murder of Miss
Minnie Sherbino Kansas has not had
q hanging since it became a State.
An application of ten of the twelve
directors of the Standard Cordage
Company looking toward voluntary
dissolution was granted in the New
York Supreme Court The company
showed a loss for the year of 1921, 1874
More than 10000 American citizens,
with from $1,000 to $4,000 each, practi-
cally all farmers and the heads of fam
lilies, expatriated themselves between
March 81. 1909. and March /. 1910.
They went from all portions of the Uni
ted States, but particularly from the
Middle West, to take up homesteads in
Canada. The full number of persons
who went from the United States to
Canada in this period was 1920.
Anna Held, the actress, announced
at Boston, Mass, that she intended TO
retire from the stage, and that she
would say farewell to the American
pvblic i'm New York, where she made
her American debut thirteen years
ago.
The Minnesota State Board of Con-
troll has approved the bond of the Han
ley-Casey Company of Chicago, which
is to install the mechanical equipment
at the new State prison. The bond IS
for s43S.0OO, and is furnished jointly
and severally by five companies, all Ii
censed in Minnesota, and all approved
by the Insurance Commissioner and the
Attorney General
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
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cago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy. 500
to 1866: sheep. fair to choice, $3.50
70 ss.25; wheat, No. 2. s1.07 to s1.1o;
corn, No. 2, SIC to soc; oats, standard,
Acc to Ale; rye, No. 2. nc to 7sc; hay.
timothy, $1,000 to $500; prairie. $500
to s14.00: butter, choice creameIy. 27c
to 29c; eggs, fresh. lie to zoe; pota-
toes, per bushel, l5c to 25c.
Indianapolis-Cattl shipping. $500
TO $500; hogs, good to choice heavy,
800 to 1870: sheep. good to choice.
Sl.06; corn, No. 2 white, &c to CSC;
oats. No. 2 white. 42e to 43c.
ST. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $40;
hogs, $500 to $3.50: sheep. $3.50 to
corn, No. 2, &c to SAC; oats, No. 2,
40c to ACC: rye, No 2. Tie to 79c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs. 800 to 1915: sheep. $500 TO
corn, No. 2 mixed, 5Sc to 60c; oats,
No. mixed, 43c to 44c; rye, No. 2.
SIC to SAC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 500: hogs.
$500 to s10.s5; sheep. $3.50 to $500:
wheat, No. 2, s1.06 to s1.O7; corn, No.
yellow. soc to Gle; oats, standard.
43c to 44c; rye, No. /, 79c to soc.
Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 northern.
s1.03 to s1.06;. corn, No. 3. sec to Gle;
oats, standard, 40c to Ale; rye, No. /.
7Sc to soc; barley. standard, &c to
Coo; pork, mess, s21.50.
Buffalo - Cattle, choice shipping
steers. $500 to $40; hogs. fair to
choice, $500 to $3.50; sheep, common
to good mixed. $500 to $3.50: lambs,
fair to choice, $500 to 1885.
Wheat, No. 2 mixed. si.07
to s1.es;. corn. No. mixed, SIC to
59c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c:
rye. No. 2. 7sc to 79c: clover seed.
s6.65.
New York--Cattle, $500 to $500:
hogs. 500 to $1,000; sheep, $500 TO
$3.50; wheat, No 2 red, Sill to SLIP;
corn. No. 2. Gle to &c; oats. natural.
white, 45c to 4sc; butter, creamery,
&c to zoe; eggs. western, 19c to PC.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
PLAN TO RAISE FREIGHT RATES.
Railroads to File New System of Tar
ifs with Commerce Commission.

Freight tariffs showing considerable
increases over the present rates from
western territory to the Atlantic sea-
board will be filed with the Interstate
Commission, to become effective Tune
l. This is the first step taken by che
railroads which appears to indicate a
purpose generally to increase freight
rates throughout the country in order
to enable them to meet their increased
operating expenses.
Already tariffs have been filed for
western roads increasing the rate for
the transportation of wool from Min
neapolis and St. Paul to New York
and other Atlantic seaboard points.
The present rate on wool from Mime
apolis to New York is "a cents per
of the tariff the rate will be GA cents
q hundred pounds, an increase of near
ly 20 per cent. The rate to Boston
will be proportionately higher. An
increase also has been made in the
freight rate on live hogs between
Minneapolis and ST. Paul and Chicago
of 21a cents a hundred pounds. This
is an increase of about IL per cent
over the present rate. The tariffs al
ready filed with the commissioners are
for all the roads in Western Freight
Association territory and the increase
will become effective simultaneously
on all of them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
PICK KERN FOR SENATE.
Indiana Democrats Choose Bryan's
Running Mate in 1908 Campaign.

Opening in riotous discord and clos
ing in enthusiastic harmony, the In
diana Democratic convention in In
dianapolis adopted Gov. Marshall's
proposition that it should indorse 10
next years Legislature a candidate
for the United States Senate, and
named John W. Kern, who was the
party's candidate for Vice President in
1908.
The opposition made a grim fight.
under the leadership of Thomas Tag
CART. former chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee and himself
a candidate for the nomination for
Senator, but in defeat it Joined hear
tily with the element headed by Gov.
Marshall and John E. Lamb of Terre
Haute, vice chairman of the National
Committee, and another aspirant for
the Senatorship, in a shouted acclama-
ton OF Kern as the party's candidate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
BOY FIGHTS OFF POSSE.
Youth Who Tried to Stay Girl Gives
Up When Soldiers Fire Volley.

Clarence Woods, a 19-year-old clerk
employed by the Title Guaranty and
Trust Company of Manhattan, killed
himself in boathouse on the Hacken-
sack River, near Rutherford, y. j.,
after the State militia had been call
ed out to take him dead or alive and
with a posse of armed citizens wait
ing for the firS chance to shoot him
down. Woods had barricaded himself
in the boathouse after attacking IL
year-old Anna Kip with club be-
cause of her refusal to marry him.
Believing her dead, he took refuge in
the boathouse Armed with a rife
and two revolvers he shot and seri-
ously wounded Deputy Sheriff Smith
of Rutherford and repeatedly fought
off all attempts by seventy armed off,
GERS and citizens to rush the boat
house Woods apparently lost his
nerve when Company NJ of the Third
Regiment of Hackensack was rushed
to the scene and fired volley into
the boathoIse and killed himself rath-
er than surrender.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
NEW YORK.

Cold weather. with snow West and
South, has checked retail trade and
dulled recorder business in spring
goods, while the reports of crop dam
age resulting from the return of win
ter have tended to discourage full bust
ness, pending clearer views of the ul-
innate crop outcome. Taken as a
whole, the reports from jobbirg and
Wholesale trade lines and industries
point to slowing down rather than
quickening of demand, and the down.
ward tendency of many commodities
does not seem to have brought out
much new business.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with April
2S were 1S9, as against 1913 last week,
26S in the like week of 1909, 2S2 in
1908, 163 in 1907 and 139 in 1906.
Business failures for the week in Can
ada numbered twenty-one, which COM
pare with fifteen last week and twen-
ty-one in the corresponding week of
1909.-Bradstreets-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
FRIENDS OF MISSIONS
IN GREAT GATHERING
Notable Men of Nation and World
Attend Convention in
Chicago.
AN EVENT OF HIGHEST IMPORT
Every Protestant Church Is Repre-
scented in Step Toward Chris
tan Unity.

Representing every Protestant de-
nomination in the United States, $500
business men, foreign missionaries
and men of national and worldwide
note gathered in Chicago for the
mems national missionary congress,
one of the greatest religious events OF
recent years. 1t was the climax OF
the national campaign OF the laymen's
missionary movement, in which con-
ventions have been held in seventy
five cities
The event which opened at p. m.
Tuesday in the Auditorium was the
first gathering in the history of the
country of representatives of all the
Protestant churches. 1t is regarded
as one of the greatest steps ever TAX
en- toward church unity. The accred-
tied delegates were from every State
in The Union except Nevada. They
discussed Americas religious respon-
sibility TO the rest of the world and
were to adopt a missionary policy for
the entire country.
The needs of the heather were dis
cussed by such men as Lord William
Cecil, brother of the Earl of Sails
bury; Prince T. II. Yum, of Korea, and
the leaders among foreign mission
aries. In attendance were former Vice
President Fairbanks, Governor Hadley
of Missouri, former Governor Folk of
that State, former Governor Hanly of
Indiana and many United States Sen
ators.
One of the achievements planned, as
recommended by the local co-operat-
ing committee, is to increase the Of
ferings of the churches in Chicago to
foreign missions from $4,000, the
amount given last year, to a quarter
million dollars.
Americas religious responsibility to
the Orient was the subject at Sundays
session of the Chicago convention in
Orchestra Hall. Rev. Arthur Nj. Sher
man, a missionary to China, declared
that the awakening of the Orient to
the influence of Western civilization
and the consequent thrush of Ameri-
can vice and morals placed the respon-
SlDlllly LOT china 5 ucTdl future upon
the American people. Missionary w.
y. Blair declared that 100000 souls
was the goal set for the results this
year il the present revival in Korea.
Attorney Mornay Williams, chairman
of the New York State Board of Chart
ties and Correction, declared that
America, with all her money and pow
err, must be judged for the outcome in
China and Korea.
Sunday evening fifty of the dele
gates to the national congress preach
ed in churches in Chicago and the
vicinity Rear Admiral Proctor, U. S.
~, retired, addressed large audience
in the Christ Episcopal Church on
the needs of foreign missions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
SCHOOL ROD UP TO HIGH COURT.
Supreme Justices Take Case of
Teacher Who Flogged Boy.

Is the tune of the hickory stick TO
be given the moral support OF the Su-
preme Court of the United States?
That is a question it Will be called up
on 10 decide between now and vacation
days If the court gives its approval to
this method of discipline, Annie KEEL
ley, an Illinois teacher, will escape
from school squabble with no great
er punishment than having been de-
its foot down ON corporal punishment
she probably will have TO go to jail
for flogging a pupil.
In 1906 Miss Kelley was teaching in
the primary department OF the public
schools of Tolono, Champaign County,
Ill. According to a brief Miss Kelley
has just filed in the Supreme Court,
Michael Burke, II years old, was not
as good as he could be. In the pres
ence of the school on Dec. 6, 1906, so
Miss Kelley tells the court, he com
mitted breach of proper decorum by
using vulgar and profane language at
and toward your petitioner and jerking
her upon the floor and striking and
kicking her" After the principal had
ordered her to chastise Michael, she
fogged him with pointer. When the
Burkes brought a suit for damages
against her, alleging trespass and 9th
er things, the State courts returned a
Judgment against Miss Kelley.
After the judgment Miss Kelley was
declared a bankrupt On the ground
that the national bankrupt law does
not discharge a person from payment
of debt incurred through the commit
ting of 'willful and malicious injuries
to the person or property of another"
Miss Kelley was arrested under an IL
linois statute for failure TO satisfy the
judgment. She went into the federal
courts for her discharge. The dis
trict court of the United States for the
Eastern District of Illinois found that
the debt was not incurred through will
full and malicious injuries. The Cir
cult Court of Appeals reversed the
judgment. Miss Kelley now has asked
the Supreme Court to review her case
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
II EE7sASTYSNS ssNSSSAkgzz< NJ
1I!l9[RE!I@!NI
ksageGaW']

Tom l.. Johnson, former mayor of
Cleveland, Ohio, is now in London. He
is visiting Europe with the hope of i'm
proving his health, which has recently
been poor
The Kaiser's cousin, Prince Fried
erick Heinrich, of Prussia, has en-
braced Roman Catholicism. has cedad
his entire fortune to the Roman Cath
Ollie church, and has entered a monas-
terry as a monk.
The Argentine consul, A. Geiger, was
killed n Munich in an automobile acct
dent. His wife, who accompanied him.
and also the Paraguayan consul, w.
Korte, and the driver were severely
injured. The automobile dashed into
tree at full speed.
King Albert has decided to give
100000 for a campaign against sleep
ing sickness, 100000 to build hospi-
tails in the Belgian Congo, $1,000 for
a pension fund for Congo civil SER
wants and $4,000 for fund for the
assistance of their families
Advices received at Liverpool recent
ly state that the fighting between the
natives and Liberian troops at Cape
Palms, Liberia, continues. and is grow
ing more serious. The Rev Mr.. Speare.
a native pastor at the mission in Cape
Palmas, has been shot and killed, and
the lives of the white residents are said
to be in danger
The Russian Senate has rejected the
appeal of eight school boys and school
girls. aged from 16 to H. of the town of
POspeheny, of whom six have been
sentenced to exile to Siberia, and the
other two to six months imprison-
ment on a charge of organizing a rev.
dictionary association in 1907.
Charles E. Coling, editor Of the Live
Wire. weekly publication of Winni-
peg was arrested and held on heavy
bonds on charges of publishing and
circulating obscene literature The
Live Wire is new publication, which
has exposed many alleged gratis. The
case will be fought to a finish by both
sides.
Eighteen diamonds. weighing togeth-
err twenty eight carats have been pre-
sented TO the British Museum by the
Premier CTransvaaD Diamond Mining
Company, limited The diamonds will
be added to the collection at the Nat
ural History Museum at South Key.
sington.
1t Is reported from Cardiff, Wales
that as a result o. the Intervention of
the Board of Trade the South Wales
coal owners have made new proposals
which the miners have practically ac-
cepted. Only recently the negotiations
over the new wage agreement were
broken off, and a strike of 200, 900 min
eYs was thought to be inevitable.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
Restored to LEGAL Life.

Franklin Allen Smith, of Fl. Wayne,
Ind. previously pronounced legally
dead by the Probate Court of Central
Berkshire. was restored to legal life by
that tribunal, and declared entitled to
receive a bequest of $4,000 from the
estate of his father, Hiram a. Smith.
late of Williamstown, Mass. Frederick
A Smith, of Pittsfield, brother of the
legally resurrected man, and who was
administrator of the estate, appeared
in court and admitted the identity OF
Franklin Allen Smith. Franklin Allen
Smith left his former home in Will
Jamestown nearly thirty years ago, and
nothing had been heard from him until
within few weeks, when he appeared
in Pittsfeld and laid Claim to his
share in his fathers estate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
ROOSEVELT GUEST OF PARIS.
City Officials Pay Many Tributes to
Former President.

Theodore Roosevelt was received by
the municipal officials in the Hotel de
Vile in Paris the other day, and was
the subject of tributes pronounced by
NJ. Caron, president of the municipal
council; VI. Deserves, project of the
Seine; NJ. Lampuo, president of the
general council of the Seine; and VI.
Lepine, project of police. After an in
spection of the building, Mr. Roosevelt
sat down to luncheon between Premier
BRAND and NJ. Caron. Only formal
toasts were given. The eX-President
proposed toast to Paris and the
French people.
During visit which he paid to the
Carnavalet museum, Col Roosevelt
manifested great interest in the crigi-
nal revolutionary documents. When
shown Louis XVI.'s order instructing
the Swiss guard to lay down their
arms, he recalled Mark Twain's state
ment that if Louis hadn't had the vir
tues of a medieval female saint there
would have been a large number of
communists in the Paris graveyards
that night.
From the museum Col. Roosevelt, ac-
companied by Ambassador Bacon and
NJ. Jusserand, French ambassador to
the United States, visited Notre Dame.
Owing TO lack of time the climb to the
towers, which rise more than 200 feet,
was abandoned. At the opera in the
evening Col. Roosevelt enjoyed a repe-
tition of the reception he received at
the Coincide Franchise Thursday night.
Human rights come before property
rights, and the average citizen" is the
mainstay of republic. These declara-
tons were features of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt's lecture to the Sorbonne.
Saturday. His audience was compos-
ed of all the members of the French
cabinet, select students from the UNI
versity of Paris, and many distinguish
ed guests. To these incidentally the
colonel referred to race suicide as ma
tiOnal peril
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
MOUNTED MEN ROB STORES.
Robbers Raid Three Places in Spar
tn, Wis.,, and Get Much Booty.

Robbers Raid Three Places In Spar
tn, Wis.,, and Get Much Booty.
Mounted bandits raided Sparta, Wis,
early the other day, blew open two
safes and robbed third store. They
escaped with a large amount of booty
before the townsme could organize for
an attack. A heavily armed posse was
soon formed, however, and started in
pursuit. Hoof prints show that there
were three riders in the raid. They
tied their horses in the rear of one CT
the stores they looted.
The victims: j. d. Lumber Company,
safe blown and money and papers
taken; Davis Bros, grocery store, safe
blown; small amount OF money and
groceries taken; Morse G. Danman,
hardware store; attempt to blow safe
with nitroglycerin failed.
From the methods used by the men
il is believed the robberies were COM
mitted by the same bandits who robbed
the Birmingham & Hinson Lumber
Company's safe a week before
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
PEACE TEMPLE DEDICATED.
President Taft and Cabinet Attend
Ceremonies in Washington.

The beautiful new home of the In
ternational Bureau of the American
Republics in Washington, called by Mr..
Carnegie temple of peace, was the
other day formally dedicated in the
presence of a distinguished company.
The international character of the ded-
ication was proved by the presence of
President Taft, the Secretary of State,
the Mexican Ambassador, Cardinal Clip
bons, Senator Elihu Root, Andrew Car
negie, Bishop Harding, Director John
Barrett of the bureau of American re-
publics, members of the diplomatic
corps, of the Supreme Court and the
cabinet, as well as Senators and Rep
resentatives and high army and naval
officers.
The ceremonies were initiated by an
invocation by Cardinal Gibbons, who
was followed by Secretary Knox, who
delivered the formal opening address.
Senator Root delivered an address,
which was responded to by Senior Don
Francisco Leon de la Barra. the Next
can ambassador. Mr.. Carnegie deliv-
cred characteristic address. There
we're readings of cable messages from
the presidents of the Latin American
republics, congratulating Mr.. Carnegie
and the bureau of American republics
upon the completion of the great work
and then President Taft spoke at
length.
Just preceding the benediction by
Bishop Harding, which concluded the
afternoon exercises, occurred unique
feature of the program when President
Taft and Mr.. Carnegie jointly planted
peace tree" in the patio. or court
yard. The new home of the bureau
cost S1,000.000, of which Mr.. Carnegie
contributed $4,000 and the twenty
one American republics the remainder
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
Peary in London to Get Medal.

Commander Robert Z. Peary has
gone to London, Eng, to receive the
gold medal from the Royal Geographi-
cal Society and tc deliver his lecture
on his trip to the north pole. The ex-
plorer expects to be in Europe several
weeks. With the commander are Mrs.
Peary and Captain Robert Bartlett, of
the Arctic steamer Roosevelt. The
party was met by Major Leonard OAR
win, the president. and Secretary Kel-
tie, of the Royal Geographical So
ciety; Commander Edward Simpson,
American naval attache at London,
and a committee of the Pilgrims
Society
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
G. Ind 99th. = 18th 5<}24th.
PAST AND PRESENT
AS 1T COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
TeleRraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the lightenment
of the Many.
pastsrdIy Deed Done in REVENGE.

Mrs. Yetta Friedman, IS years old,
was killed by an explosion of what is
believed TO have been dynamite in the
dolph street, Philadelphia, Pa. Sew
eral other persons were injured and
the house was badly damaged. 1t is
believed that the explosive was placed
In the fuel by enemies. The police be-
heve the explosive was placed in kind
ling wood by an Italian who. with his
family. formerly rented rooms from
the Friedmans, who conducted room
ing house. The Italian family left the
house about a week ago after a
quarrel