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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-02
w. w. Lynch
Electrical Supplies

Get your electrical heating apparatus
at the right place at the right price
Fiat Irons, Fans, Meters, Curling
Irons, Chatting Dish and an other
marketed electrical appliances fur.
nished on short notice
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
SHORT NEWS NOTES.

William Bennett committed suicide
in his home at New London, Conn, by
exploding a stick OF dynamite.
Churches at Holland, Mich. have
abandoned Junior Christian Endeavor
evening meetings because OF the new
curfew law.
President Kruger of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company has refused
the arbitration proposition of the trac-
ton employees.
In an effort to float the excursion
steamer City of Providence, pushed
ashore by an ice gorge, ii was wrecked
and sunk at ST. Louis.
Sheriff Hubbard. of Simpson County,
Mississippi. was fatally shot and Dep
uty Sheriffs Moore and Mccarthy seri-
ously wounded in an encounter near
Magee with a negro fugitive, who was
killed by a member of the sheriff's
posse.
Charles Waite and Bud" Brady
were killed and several other miners
injured when thirty men were impris-
oned in a mine near Richmond, Va,
after an explosion.
waiter accused of kidnapping Roberta
De Janon, the 17-year-old heiress. sue
ceeded i'm having bail fixed for Cohen
in the sum of $4,000 at Philadelphia
The State of Ohio started suit for
S141,506 from the estate of former
State Treasurer McKinnon and his
bondsmen. alleging that amount was
illegally converted TO his own use from
government funds.
The second death in week from tri-
china poisoning near Fairbury, Neb..
occurred when Mrs. Cornelius Dalke
succumbed. The disease was caused
by eating raw pork sausage.
1t is announced at Brussels, Bel
gium that Princess Ciementine, young
est daughter of the late King Leopold,
soon will be married to Prince Victor
Napoleon. Her father opposed this
match.
A step toward the deportation of
Japanese insane in California institu-
tons, sending them to Japan to be-
come charges of their own government.
has been taken by Consul General Ma
gal at San Francisco.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03

varied than that in the middle ages
While the sufferings in the poorer dis
tricts of the flooded suburbs was be-
yond description, the Weather quar-
tiers were no less affected. Hundreds
who are known TO fame for wealth
off than their poorer fellow sufferers.
The extent of the disaster has so
overwhelmed every one that no man.
from the president of the republic
down, can realize the exact extent,
much less report it in detail. AS an
example of the siege, prices charged
for bottle holding a quart of kero-
sene cost 81, and candles sold at II
cents apiece.
The fact that Paris sits upon crust
of earth. over vast systems Of tunnels
and sewers and subterranean streams.
added materially to the danger of the
situation The caving in OF streets be-
came an alarming feature of the inun-
dation. To what extent the floods
rushing through the underground pas
sages will yet break down the fOunda-
tions of the city is a problem of the
greatest gravity. While the torrents
above ground were dreadful enough
the mystery of what may happen below
the surface weighs upon the city.
There is good reason to hope that
the ruin wrought by the food will not
be nearly so great as that which the
alarm of the whole world imagines for
the beautiful capital of Europe. At
best, however, the loss and suffering
will be enormous.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
K%&41j0z

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 TO s7.75; hogs. prime heavy. $3.50
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice. $3.50
to $500; wheat, No. 2, S1.25 TO s1.26;
corn, No. 2, Gle to Coo; oats. standard.
Acc to 47c; rye, No. 2, &c to soc; hay,
timothy. $1,000 to $500: prairie. $500
TO $1,000; butter. choice creamery. 27c'
to soc; eggs, fresh, &c to S2c; pota'
toes, per bushel, 45c TO soc.
Indianapolis-Cattle. shipping, $500
to $500; hogs. good to choice heavy.
$3.50 to ss.S5; sheep. good to choice.
1925 to $500; wheat, No. l. s1.23 to
S1.24; corn. No. 2 white. Csc to e6e;
oats, No. 2 white, 47c to ACC.
ST. Louis-Cattle. s4O0 to s775;
hogs, $500 to sS.45; sheep, $500 to
s5.75: wheat, No. 2, s130 to s1.33;
corn, No 2. 63c to e4c; oats. No 2,
47c to 4Sc:: rye, No. 2, SIC to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle. $500 to $3.50: hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat. No. p, s1.24 to s1.26: corn. No.
yellow, 67c TO Csc; oats, Standard,
49c to soc: rye. No. 1. SIC to Sac
Wheat, No. 2 northern.
s1.15 to S11S; corn, No. 8. 66c to Csc;
oats, standard, 47c to ACC; rye, No. /.
79c to Sic; barley, standard. Tic to
72c; pork, mess, s21.00.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping
steers. $500 tc s6.25; hogs, fair to
choice, $500 to $50; sheep. common
to good mixed. $500 to $3.50; lambs.
fair to choice, $500 TO ss.25.
Toledo-wheat, No. mixed, s1.25
to $1.27; corn, No. . mixed, &c to
Csc; oats, No. 2 mixed. 49c to soc;
rye. No. 2. soc to SIC; clover seed
sS.77.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $6.25;
hogs, $50 to 1897; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2. s1.26 to $1.2S;
corn, No. mixed, 64c to Csc; oats.
No. 2 mixed, 49c to SOC; rye, No. 2,
S5c to SIC.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50;
hobs. $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
S5.25: wheat, No. red, SIPS to $1-30;
corn. No. 2, nc to 74c; oats. natural,
white. sac to SEC; butter, creamery,
CSC to 32c; eggs, western, 32c to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
STAND OR FALL TOGETHER. 81
Miners Leaders Determined to Ask
Increase of Ten Per Cent

Stand or fall together" was the
sentiment of the convention of the
United Mineworkers of America when
il closed discussion in Indianapolis
of the prospective strike of the btu
minous coal miners. Union officials
declared that the bituminous miners
are determined to demand an increase
of wages of 10 per cent or more. that
no one district organization shall sign
the uniform wage contract till all dis
tricts shall. sign, and if a strike is
inevitable in one or more districts, all
shall strike. Francis Feehan, presi-
dent of the Western Pennsylvania dis
trict, said his conviction was that the
organization should issue an ultima
tum that a strike in all districts win
be called on April / if an increase of
wages of more than 10 per cent be
not given. to 90 into effect on that
date
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
PARIS FORCES BUSY
SAVING BIG BUILDINGS
AS Slime Sweeps Away from Streets
Men Battle to Save Struc-
lures in Peril.
4 FEVER EPIDEMIC UNLIKELY
Physicians Warn Residents Agains:
Occupancy of Homes Until Prem
Uses Are Disinfected-

With the subsiding of the waters of
its suburbs did not Immediately i'm
prove. Sewers in all quarters have
burst and flooded the Easements, Great
ing further property loss As the food
has slowly subsidized, and as the slime
swept away from the streets, men have
battled to save imperiled buildings.
Physicians have warned residents
against occupancy of homes until the
premises are thoroughly disinfected
and it is thought the feared fever cpl
demic is unlikely.
Sitting in the center of an ancient
gulf of the sea, Paris has been mum
dated by the waters of distan. noun
tain torrents and of nearer streams,
all of which together drain vast area
The Seine is commonly free from
floods, owing largely to the permeable
character of the rocks underlying the
greater portion of it's extensive val
ley. Recently its tributaries became
enormously swollen by continuous
rains and melting snow From the
Yonne and the Aube 10 the Marine, dis
charging into the Seine near the gates
of Paris, the flooded streams were so
many sources of peril to the great city.
Paris in weeks time was moved
back to the middle ages so far as COM
forts and conveniences go. The only
bridge open across the Seine for foot
passengers was that built by Louis
XIV. Horses supplied all transporta-
ton, candles furnished all the light
and the food probably was even less
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
POISON FOUND IN SW0PE CASE.
Cipher Telegram Discloses Result of
Chicago's Experts ANALYSIS.

Clearly indicating that poison had
been found in the stomachs of Col
onel Thomas II. Swope, multimillion-
ARE philanthropist of Kansas City,
and his nephew, Chrisman Swope, and
ioresnadowing arrests TO be made i'm
mediately, a cipher message was sent
the other day to Attorney John G.
Paxton at Kansas City by Dr.. Lud-
wig Hektoen Immediately upon the
completion of the exhaustive ANALYSIS
made by DR.. Hektoen, DR.. Walter
Haines and DR.. Victor c. Vaughan. of
Chicago.
Mr.. Paxton, executor of the Swope
estate, agreed with DR.. Hektoen upon
a code that was to be used in sending
messages in the event evidence of
murder was found in the stomachs of
Colonel Swope and his nephew. The
code word to be used in the event of
the discovery of poison was Positive
and that was the word put on the
wire. The precaution was taken to
prevent leak" and a warning to the
suspects.
The finding of poison was essential
20 the making of specific charges
This was demanded by the prosecuting
attorney. The alleged incubation OF
eight members of the Swope family
with typhoid will be introduced at the
trial as circumstantial or corrobora-
tive evidence to show the existence OF
a plot to exterminate the remaining
heirs TO the Swope millions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
THE FOOD BOYCOTT.
Strikes Against High Prices Spread
ing to Many Places.


The strike" on the part of the in
dignant people against the outrageous
prices which are demanded for food is
spreading from city to city and is be-
ing hailed with enthusiasm.
More than $4,000 heads of families
Representing fully 100000 individ-
uals) in Cleveland, Ohio. have signed
an agreement not to eat meat for thir-
ty days. An immediate result has been
the closing of several meat markets
and a reduction in the price of meat,
especially pork and veal. The strike"
is spreading to Akron, Toledo and 9TH
er nearby cities. Meat orders in Cleve-
land restaurants have fallen off fully
80 per cent. Union workmen in Omaha
to the number of over 5000 have
agreed to eat no meat for thirty days,
and it is expected the number will
reach $4,000. In Pittsburg the Iron
City Trades Council has asked more
than 100000 working people in that
and nearby communities to abstain
from meat for sixty days Three hun
dred families in Naugatuck and Phoe-
nix, Conn, have joined a boycott
against butter
The assertion made by the packers
that the high price of meat is due to
scarcity of cattle does not seem TO be
borne out by the facts. A. ID. Melvin.
chief of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try at Washington. presents figures
which show that more cattle, calves
and sheep are being sent to the stock
yards now than were being marketed
for the corresponding period a year
ago. In November, 1908. Chicago pack
ers slaughtered 161 1928 cattle, while
in November, 1909. the number was
1929. an increase of 1861 beeves
during a period of so-called scarcity
At East st. Louis the receipts of cat
tie for the entire year 1909 exceeded
those of 1908 by 1888.
Like a SNOWFALL rolling down hill
under the most favorable conditions.
constantly growing in bulk and accel-
Grating in speed. the strike of the in
dignant consumers against the out
rageOus prices of food necessaries
grows as each day passes. What the
ultimate result will be remains to be
SEEN
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
OOONOOOOO0

Prince Henry Of Germany is super
intending the preparation of an arctic
exploring party which in the spring
will make an attempt TO reach the
north pole in dirigible balloon.
1t is a noteworthy fact that owing to
the American superiority in the tan
ming OF leather, a large amount of
hide stock is sent to the United States
for that purpose and then returned to
Germany ready for use in the shoe fac
tories.
An agitation has been started in
Sweden for the reduction If not the
abolition of the duties on wheat and
rye. The tremendously high cost of
bread in that country has had much to
do with the growth of the industrial
unrest.
Russia intends to try protection for
the building up of her infant indus
tries in the way of agricultural ma
chinery and farm implements. Under
existing laws this class of manufac-
tured goods is admitted free from DUTY
and will be for another year
Representatives of the Dominion gov
eminent are showing sympathy with
the movement ex-President Roosevelt
launched for a great international body
to discuss and suggest a systematic
conservation of the resources of the
United States and Canada.
The syndicate of French banks which
was formed last spring with the expec
tation of listing a million shares of
steel common stock on the Paris bourse
has been dissolved. The holdings were
liquidated. According to gossip, the
profits of the syndicate were exceed
ingly large.
Condensed and sterilized milk is ex-
ported in large quantities from Norway
via Hamburg. In 1908 Norway EXPORT
ed 1876 tons, with a value of $685.. e7e
The shipments were made principally
to South America, Central America. Ia
pan, India and Australia The mann
facturers are planning to invade the
American market.
The Japanese war scare continues
to worry St. Petersburg papers. and
government assurances that there is
no cause for alarm has little effect in
quieting apprehensions that the situa-
ton is serious.
The committee of the University If
Copenhagen, which has been investi-
eating DIR. Cooks records has finished
its examination of Cooks original note
book and says that it's contents, while
containing some corrections. are gen
orally the same as the copy which il
rejected as worthless as a proof that
Cook reached the north pole. All men,
bers of the committee agreed that DR..
Cook is a swindler and not a scientist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
S1.OOO,OOO,0OO COPPER TRUST.
Merger of Butte Properties An
nounced in New York.

The S1,000,00O, 900 copper combina-
ton Wall street has been talking
about, and the formation of which
was delayed by the possibility of in
reference on the part of the govern
ment, was launched the other day, and
an official statement by John ID. Ryan.
president of the Amalgamated Copper
Company, giving some of the details,
was issued.
The Anaconda Company will be the
nucleus for the combination. II will
take over the securities of the Cole
Ryan Amalgamated Copper Company
and also the Guggenheim companies.
The capital will be increased from
$4,000, 900 to $50, 1000, 900.
At meeting of the board of direc-
tors OF the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company it was decided to call spe-
cial meeting of stockholders of the
company in Anaconda on March %
for the purpose of considering the
proposition of increasing the capital
stock of the company from the pres
ent authorized issue of 1000, 900 shares,
having a par value Of s25 share. to
100000 shares of the same par value
per share for the purpose OF acquir.
ing the property of other companies
located in the Butte district.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
GRAND opera by Wireless.

Two new marvels have just been
tested by the New York World, one
bringing a performance of grand opera
into the home of any one having tele
phone ana the other picking wireless
messages out of the air without the
fore been considered necessary. The
instruments used in both cases are lit
tie boxes that one could carry in a
coat pocket. Two of these are placed
on the stage of the theater where the
performance is taking place, connected
in the one case with the telephone
wires and in the other with a wireless
plant. Corresponding boxes may be
used in any number of homes by sim
pie connection with the telephone re-
ceiVer
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.

Syrians are white and entitled to cit
izenship in this country. decided Judge
John Day Smith in the District Court
at Minneapolis.
The Denver (Col.) Gas and Electric
Company announces a voluntary re-
duction in rates of Ill per cent On
electricity and 10 per cent on gas.
Robert Underwood Johnson was APP
pointed editor of the Century Magazine
in the place of the late Richard Wat
son Glider. Mr.. Johnson has been as
sociate editor OF the magazine since
1881.
The Canadian parliamentary mineral
committee has decided to investigate
the operations of the so-called nickel
trust. The company is controlled by
American capital
The National Geographic Society
elected Henry Gannett of the United
States geological survey president and
o. III. Tittman, superintendent of the
United States coast and geodetic sur
vey, vice president
In disposing of an estate valued at
over 100000. the will of Matthew
Corr, probated in Philadelphia, gives
fr...y a third of ii to various Catholic
churches and charitable institutions.
To Archbishop Ryan is given $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
GETS FORTUNE; TAKES TO BED.
Pittsburg Woman signs ..the Pa
pers,, Then CoIIapses.

Pittsburg Woman signs '.the Pa
pers," Then ColIapses.
Mrs. A. w. Thompson, hard work
ing woman, and her husband awoke
to realization they were wealthy the
other day when the morning mail was
delivered. The postman dropped let
ter for Mrs. Thompson, which in
formed her she had been left a for
tune of 100000 through the death of
Richard T. Sulzenberger. a wealthy
broker and real estate man of Lon1
don. He married an aunt of Mrs.
Thompson's husband and while he was
in poor circumstances. The good news
proved such shock to Mrs. Thompson
that she had TO take to her bed. She
signed the necessary papers and saw
that they were remailed to England
before she did so, however.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
NEW YORK.

Gross currents in demand render
general Characterization difficult.
Wholesale and jobbing trade in spring
goods tends to expand, travellers on the
road are sending in better orders and
the outlook for the future in those
lines is optimistic. Retail trade, fol-
lowing the activity engendered by Jan
uary clearance sales, is quieter, pend
ing the further advance of the winter
season Filling-in orders from retail
ers to jobbers are moderate. Manu-
featuring industry is busily employed.
with large orders ahead.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with Jan
q were 295. as against 275 last week.
81 IN the Ike week Of 1909. $50 in
1908, 211 in 1907 and 22S in 1906.
Business failures in Canada number
forty-three, which compares with forty
last week and forty-two for the CORE
spending week last year.-Bradstreet
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
CHICAGO.

r. G. Dun Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Chicago Trade says:
Business activity again presents a
satisfactory volume, there being sub
stantial gains in payments through the
banks and increasing production and
distribution in the leading industries.
With the improving weather transpor-
tation extends and more prompt de-
liveries of commodities make easier
collections at western points.
The January clearance sales here
and in the country have been unusu-
ally successful, low temperatures in
ducing much buying of winter apparel
and other necessaries, and there now
is gratifying depletion of general
merchandise to encourage free buying
of spring and summer lines. Buyers
arrived in large numbers and their
operations stimulated the markets for
dry goods, woolens, clothing, footwear.
mems furnishings, furniture and food
products. The markets for raw sup
plies remain active, with prices firm
in lumber, metals and wool. Offerings
of hides and leather are promptly alb
sorbed without much variation in val
ues.
Outdoor construction makes prog
ress and there is a strong demand for
building materials required for the
spring months. Pig iron and steel
bookings run into large tonnage.
Bank clearings, s271. 412.01S, exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1909 by 1O.1 per cent, and compare
with s209, So, 40S in 1908. The discount
rate for commercial paper reflects fur
Their ease, but little paper is bought
under ) per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago
district number 81. as against 80 last
week, 50 in 1909 and 81 in 1908. Those
with liabilities over $1,000 number z.
as against Is last week, in 1909 and
10 in 19OS.H
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
$4,000,000 WON IN TEN YEARS,
Missourian, Who Will Wed Stenog
rapher, Was a Day Laborer.

George Z. Nicholson. who, it is re-
ported, is to marry Mrs. Anderson, a
stenographer at the Planters Hotel in
ST. Louis, has remarkable business
career. Ten years ago he was day
laborer at lola, Kan. Two years ago,
when he left Kansas to make his home
in Kansas City. he was reputed to be
the wealthiest man in the Sunfiower
State. He Is now rated at S4,000,000
and besides carries 100000 life in
surance. Last November, when he APP
piled for s1,5O0000 in lump, it was
said to be the largest application for
insurance ever made at one time Mich.
olson recently started a movement to
merge the cement interests of four
states
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
Ex-AMBAssADoR DRAPER DIES.

General Who Held Post mt Rome
Passes Away In Washington.
Brigadier General William F. Draper,
former American ambassador to Italy.
died at his home in Washington after
4 prolonged illness, aged 68 years. He
was born in Lowell, Mass, in 1872, and
served in the Union army from 1861
to 1864. In 1888 he was a presidential
elector and he served as a Republican
member in the Fifty-third and Fifty
fourth Congresses. declining third
nomination. In 1897 he was appointed
ambassador TO Italy, holding that post
until 1900
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03

The total wheat crop of Canada last
year was 66,744,OOO bushels, averag
ing 215 bushels per acre, with an av-
erage market value of S4.S cents per
bushel, according to the report of
United States Consul Paul Lang, of
Sherbrooke, Que. The aggregate value
of the crop was s141 100000. The crop
exceeded that of 1908 by 54,310.000
bushels
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
Major Rces Gives Hints on Chicago
Project TO He Made Public Soon.

That a complete report of the plans.
observations and recommendations of
the corps of government engineers who
have been at work for the past two
months mapping out a scheme for the
harbor development of Chicago will be
ready in about thirty days was the
announcement made by Major Thomas
II. Rees, in charge of the federal en-
cheering department in the city.
The undertaking contemplates the
construction of a huge cement break
water extending approximately about
a mile and a half from north to south
and located about two miles from
shore. In addition. a large amount of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
PROPOSED NEW STATE.

California Section, Sighted by So
Ions, Seeks Union with Oregon.
Agitation for the creation of a pro-
posed Eew state. to be called Siskiyou,
out of northern California and south
ern Oregon, has reached such stage
that convention has been called to
meet at Yreka, Cal, on March 15 AL
legged slight of this territory by the
more populous districts of the state
has been the cause of dissatisfaction
eliminating in this movement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-03
REAR ADMIRAL DYER DEAD.
Officer Promoted for Meriforious
Conduct in Two Wars

Officer Promoted for Meritorious
Conduct i'm Two Wars.
Rear Admiral Nehemiah Mayo Dyer,
honored for distinguished service in
two wars, died at his home in Melrose,
Mass, following an attack of acute
indigestion. He was rapidly promoted
for his meritorious conduct during the
Civil War, and in the Spanish-Amer-
lean War was second only to Admiral
Dewey in eminent service at the bat
tie of Manila Bay. for which he was
advanced seven numbers in rank. He
was II years old The trip of the vet
eran naval fighter to Washington was
for the purpose of learning the result
of a suit which he had brought against
the city of MelrOse to recover taxes
paid under protest on the admirals
bank account. The suit was decided
against him.