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.... ? m ? * -? ?. 'j VOLUME XII CAMDEN, S.C.. FRIDAY, MAY 14,15)0!) m. m $m mb President Not Satisfied With Affairs in Porto Rico. ? ?? . J INCAPABLE OF SELF GOVERNMENT fciuation of Unusual Gravity In Porto Rico The Inland Without Support After Juno 30 Next? Time Has rryv^n That the United States Haa m?(ne,T?? Fw,t lu E*ten?ion of Po 'itical Power in Inlands. J iwidont Taft Monday gent to * wigress u Kptk-iul message recooj ra ''"fling legislation at Dig preaen ex t?a session, amending the Foraker act under which Porto Rico is governed. 'J ho President direet? the attention ot ('y?jgress to affairs on the island laying particular stress on what he terms "a situation t?f unusual grav ity" developed through the failure ol the legislative Assembly of Porto Rico to pass the usual appropriation hills, leaving the island without sup port after June 30 next. Porto Ricans have forgotten the generoisity of the United States, tho President says, in the desire of cer tain of the island's political leaders for power, and he adds that the pres ent situation indicates that the United States has gono too fast in the ex tension of political power to the Porto , Ricans. He concludes I hat tho abso lute power of appropriation should be taken away from "those who have shown t'hemsclves too irresponsible to enjjoy it." The President suggests to Congress the wisdom of submitting to the ap propriation committees the question of qualifying some of the provisions ol the fundamental act as to the re spective jurisdictions of the executive council ami the Legislative Assembly. But 110 action < i' this kind, the Presi dent says, should be begun until the Foraker act be amended so that when the Legislative Assembly shall ad journ without making the appropria ? tion necessary to carry 011 the gov ernment, sums equal to the appropria tions made in he previous year for the respective purposes slialL be available fnr <~hn current revenues and shall be drawn by the warrant of the auditor on the Treasurer- and. countersigned by the Governor. Such a provision applies to the Legislatures of the Philippines and Hawaii and "it has prevented in those to conn tries any misuse of the power of ap propriation." The President reviews the estab lishment of the present government for Porto Kico by the Foraker act. He says the statue directing how ex penses of the government a it to be provided leaves some doubt whether this function is not committed solely to the ^executive council but in prac tice the Legislative Assembly has ap propriated for all the expenses other than for salaries, fixed by Congress, and the President adds, 4 'it is too late to reverse that construction." The President says that ever since the institution of the present Assem bly the House of Delegates has uni formel.v held?up the appropriation bills until the last minute of the regular session and has sought to use the power* to do so as a means of compelling the conecrrence of the Executive Council in legislation which the House desired. In the last rcgu- , 1ar Legislative Assemhlv._th-& mftitude^ of the Execuivc Council in refusing to pass bills led the House of dTMc* gates to refuse to pass the nectjssnfv,, appropriation bills. Mr. Taft discusses (Jie acts of the Legislature and of .t lit- council nn de tail and says the Jaeff recited demon strate the willingness of the Repre sentatives of tho people in the House of Delegates to, subvert the govern ment in order to secure the passage of certain legislation. The q tfrs' i QJb ??"?*?? h e r the proposed legislation wfWuld be* enacts Into law was left by the fundamental act to the joint action of the Execuive Council and he House of Delegates as tlit( Legislative Assembly. The House of Delegates, savs the Presi dent, proposes itself to secure this legislation without respect to he op position of the Executive Council, "or else pull down the government." This growing spirit shows that too great power has been vested in the delegates. The message presents an exhaustive economic review of con ditions 011 the island, its trade and its wealth, its improved educational facilities. It points out that "(hero never was a time in Iho history of the island when the average prosperity of the Porto Ricr.ns lias been higher, his opportunity greater, his liberty - in thought and action more secure." For the first time in -its history. The President points out that if the Porto Riccrs desire a* change in the form of the Fovaker act this is a mat ter of congressional consideration, dependent rn the effect of such a change on the real political progress on the island. Such a <!:nnge, he says, should bo *"?" sought, in an orderly way and not broiight to the attention of Congress by "paraly/.ing the arm of tho exist ing government. tt The fact of the Porto Ricnns forgetting tMe gener osity of this government "should not bo an ncou*\ojT for surprise, nor in dealing with d whole puoplo can it be made the bani4 of a >?harv,a* of in gratitude." "When wo uskuinied guardianship ovor thom and the^guidjineo thefr destinies w*> m u.wt have hpen conscious that a people t tint had enjoyed ho little opportunity for education could not he expected safely for themselves to exericisc the full power of self government and the pre>;o:it develop ment is only an indication that we have gone somewhat too fast in tho extension of political power to tlicm for their own (rood. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON Tho most important happenings in tin* nation's capital Monday were as follows : Urging Congress to take away from Porto Rieuns tho political ppwer which has inspired them to "put per gonal ambition above patriotism." President Taft sent a special message to the national legislature roeom* mending the amendment of the For nker- act under which tho islund is governed, \ The Henate upheld, by a vote of 44 to 35, tho recommendation of its finance committee by declining to re duco by quarter of a cent a pound the duty on "pig lead," thereby in dicating the majority's voting strength on important tariff schedules. Export duties on certain articles are provided for revenue raising pur poses in tho Philippine tariffs bill, which was reported to the House by the ways and means committee. A commission of lunacy probably will bo asked for by the defense, it was announced, to inquire into tliw sanity of .1. O. Davis, ihe Washington lawyer, who with his brother, M. C. TXuvis, was arrested here on Saturday on charges of swindling, involving nearly a quarter of a million dollars. President Taft continues to follow his avowed policy of selecting tlioso he considers to be tho best men to till important Federal otllees, irre spective of their political faith, in sending to the Senate the noroinaion of Henry Groves Connor, a Democrat, to be United Stntes judge for the east ern district of North Carolina. t ' * * , . The most important happenings in the nation's capital Tuesday were as follows : The important "commodities clause" case war decided by tho Su* prcme Court of the United States, which while sustaining tho govern ment 's contention that the Hepburn rate law was not unconstitutional, held that a carrier may own stock in a producing company and at the same time transport the product of that company. Representative Ilollingsworth, Oi. Ohio, presented in the House Monday a resolution protesting against tho placing -of the?^picture of Jefferson Davis on the silver service to be pre^ Rented to the battleship Mississippi by the people of her patronymio State. The appointments of Oscar S. Straus, as ambassador to Turkey and W. W. Rockfiill as ambassador to Russia were announced. ? ? ? Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, Wednes day ^continued- his tariff speech and again he^seeyrred the tuidiy id.^^- at tention of tho Senat^^-^W^!^ Recalling tlfiiP*ff. A ldlrich had said Tuesday that it 'would bo shown to_ the Senate that no changes increasing the cotton rates had been made by the committee .oil (hiance, Mr. ?ffoffrver said that if that was -a tor*' roct . statement, he would expect all of the italics carrying Senate amend ments ^o bo stricken from the meas ure. The fact was, he said, that those cotton rates were increased. He then read from a New ^ ork news paper, which be added had for "twenty years been watchful of tho spiritual side of the Senator from Massachuctts" (Mr. Lodge), state ment to the effect that Mr. Lodgo had snid, ..that as reported from the committee on finance, the cotton schedule, as amended by the Senate committee, was "of great value to Massachusetts." The same article, he >%id, also appeared in a Boston paper. ' Mr. Dolliver said Mr. Lodge was quoted as saying that "the ad valorem rate in cotton had been incrased." Mr. Lodge said that that must bo a misquotation. "It is stated, ' ho said, "the ad valorem rates had not been increased." Risky. "One of tho funniest incidents tn court I have ever witnessed," says a .Kansas City lawyer, "'occurred tn a petty court o{ our city. "Axj old offender bed been haled! be-fore the Magistrate. After a con ference with the clerk of the court, his Honor -began sternly to address , the culprit as follows: "I gather that you lhavo already foeen sentenced ten times for violent assault, disorderly conduct, attempt ??Whereupon,, to tho amasement of all in court the prisoner hastily inter- i posed with: "'?I 'beg .your Honor's <pardon, but would you mind not speaking so loud? My intended mother-in-law isln court, and It might damage any prospects.' * ? Harper's Weekly. HELEN BOYLE FdUND GUILTY Charged With Aiding Her Hus band in Kidnaping. tViHte Wliftlrt, of Hlmroii, Pa., W*? btok'ii by WoilMU ami Juiiics 11. Jtoyh: ami For Kuittfoui. Mercer, Pa, ? Mrs. James IT. Boyle, formerly llolen Anna MoDormott, of Chicago, wim convicted on u charge of aiding, assisting and abetting her husband In the abduction of Willie Whltla, of Sharon, Pa. During the day's proceedings tin* prisoner's brother, William McDermott, of Chi cago, sat by her side. On the way to the Jail, after her conviction, Mrs. Boyle expressed the belief that she had been convicted to satisfy the venom arid Jealousy of some Mercdr women. "Had I been a plain girl," she said, "these same women \yould have pitied me. If the Jury had acquitted me I believe these women would have tarred and feath ered me. A sacrltlce had to be made, and Jlmmie find l are the victims. "They think they will railroad me to the 'pen.' They will tlnd they are mistaken. My light has only begun. Jinimle and I were not allowed to open our mouths at the trial. Now wo will do tho talking, and the peo ple will know upon whom tho blame should fall. "I admit that Boyle brought the boy to me at Cleveland, that I cared for him. was kind to him and enter tained him. I never asked why ho was there, never asked where .limmio got him. He asked me, as his wife, to take care of the boy for a few days, and I did so. If that is a crime, there are millions of wives waiting to be convicted. "I trl*d to mnk?? thin ex pin nation, but was choked off. In the futuro they won't be able to choke me off." Mrs. Boyle requested the Sheriff to nllow no.ono to see her for several houl"8. 'until she was able to realize what the verdict meant. It. was reported here after the trial that Mr. Miller, of the defense; Mr. Cochran, of the prosecution, and W. W. Moore, another attorney and a close friend of District Attorney Lin inger, had arranged to go to Sharon to investigate the identity of a third person alleged to have been impli cated In the abduction. It is said t,o be asserted by Hoyle. that a promin ent man of Sharon was the instigator of the abduction plot; that he had been paying Boyle money, and when the payments failed the man sug gested the kidnupfng to Boyle, and that ,lt was arranged t'hat he and Boyle should divide the ransom money. PAUTi" OF KKNii uIlOVVMil). Went Out in a Small Boat o;? the Sus quehanna Hiver. Wllkcs-Barre, Pa. ? Six men, a Women and two children were drowned in the Susquehanna River near this city by the capsizing of a rowboat. The dead are: Thomas Andrews, William Andrews, Theodore Andrews, Fra*k Marionesky, Adam Strukus. Frank Ganofsky, and his wife and two boys, John and Michael. The party went out in a small boat r.nd while they remained cIobo to the shore all went well. As the boat drifted into the swift current, how ever, it began to dip water and its occupants culled franetically for as sistance. Some boys at play 011 the bank of the river heard the screams, but before a boat could put out the rowboat in midstream had filled with water and sank. None of the, occu pants could swim, inicl they were swept down tho river by tho rushing fcurrant. ?. AUTHOR OF "ST. HLMO" IS DE.^D. ' s Jh's. Au^jusjta .7. 10 v a ns Wilson I)ictf v at Mobile Aged Seventy-six. Mobile, Ala. ? Augusta J. Evans Wilson died at her home in this city. _ Augusta J. -Evanajwas born in Col umbus, Gn., in 18o-3." Her parents moved to San Antonio, Texas, In her early, childhood. * She had lived in Mobile sixty years, and it was here that she wrote the books that brought her wide fame and - whose Warm Southern sympathies endeared her to the people of the South. 'Her first book. "Inez." was written In 185 8, but it was not until the ap pearance of "Maearia," at the opening of the Civil War, that she attracted attention. "Beulah," "Vashti," "St. Elmo." "Infelico" and "At the Mercy of Tiberius" won favor wherever English is read. KIIjTjEI) BY THIEF TBAP. Man Shot by n Pistol He Ha<l Ar ranged in His Chicken House. Logansport, Ind.? Schuyler Holley was Instantly killed by a trap he had prepared to kill a thief that had been entering his chicken house. He had arranged an old muzzle-loading pistol so that If tho door of tho chicken house should be opened the pistol would be discharged. lie forgot to disconnect the trap before he opened the door of the house and the heavy load of the pis tol was discharged into his breast. Two Artillery Men Drowned. Two members of the Coast Artil lery Corps at Fort Warren. Boston, Mass., Daniel Doherty, thlrly-flve years old, -and Cornelius Crowley, thirty, were drowned by the eapsl* ing of their rowboat In the wash of a Bteamer off Hough's Neck. Thomas Hunt clung to the boat and was saved. IlEAL GOLD BRICK STOLEN. Negro Kmploye Stole $300 From Fed-! eral Mint at New Orleans, I, a. Now Orleans, La. ? Lorenzo D. Cunningham, a negro employe of the Unltdtt States Mint here, who was arre9ted nn he was exhibiting a real gold brick of comparatively small si*e to members of his race, confessed that he htole $Jie gold in granul&ted foirm from the separating division of the mint and than molded it into the oval shape in which it . found. It U valued et about $800. BOYLE, KIDNAPED. QIW CMICTES-i Abductor of Billy Whitla Makes No Defense. BOY'S REPLY CAUSES MIRTH Accused Man Traced by WHnewex Front Sharon, I'n,, Lad's IIoiiu', to Clevclandi Ohio ? ?. Sentence Wax Dcfi'rnd, Mercer, Pa.-r-Jaroes Doyle, charged with kidnaping Hilly Whitla lit Sha ron last March', wan convicted after a trial lasting only a f **>y/ hour*. There whs ni) <le>f t'UHC*. and- the jury wiih out but a few minutes The State's showing was overpow erlng. From the night before the ab duction, when ho was seen in Sharon, till the time of his arrest in Clrve land, Ohio, almost every movement tho prisoner made was testified to by one or more witnesses. A man from whom he hired a horse and buggy, another who saw Hoy le driving wiih "IllUy" In the buggy, the barber who paw tho two together and shaved Doyle's mustache off, train and elec trlc railway condftctora who saw the couple on the way to Cleveland and Identified thom In court, all told sto ries which fitted In perfectly with thnt of "Hilly" Whitla, and left no doubt as to tho part Hoylo had taken in the case. As a result, when the State rented, counsel for the defense bold a confer ence and announced that they would offer no evidence. Hilly Whitla was the first witness, and before being sworn caused a rip ple of laughter \yhen be answered the question as to where boys go who do not tell- tho truth by saying: "Tlioy go to hell.". He told: the story of the man who snld his name was Mr. Jones, calling for him with a buggy [ at the school, and telling him he had been sent to take him away oil ac count of smallpox; that lie was to take others also, and that Hilly would | meet Ills friends on the train. The cross-examination of Hilly was very brief, the questioning Indicating that tho defense would attempt to j prove an alibi, but Charles Flowers, of Sharon, testified positively that he had seen Hoylo in Sharon the night before tho abduction and had spoken to him. J. P. .Wliitla, father of tho kid naped boy. told of the abduction and tho three letters he received demand ing a ransom, of bis comnlianee with all the conditions imposed, and of tho events leading up to the payment of the rnon&y ? ?v?vd the recovery ?>f h in son. On cross-examination Mr. Whit la denied having had any conversa tion with Hoylo In Cleveland prior to his arrest. Mrs. B. A. Hendrlckaon. with whom tho package containing, Slft, 000 was left in the Cleveland store, told of a stranger giving the name of Hayes leaving the package with her for Mr. Williams and of Mr. Williams coming for it. She identified Boyle as the man who secured the package Irom her. The penalty, which is from one year to a life sentence in the peniten tiary, was deferred. STORAGE w:CiG ON THTAT* Bring Test Case to Determine Its Standing Before (he Law. Los Angeles, Cel.? What is the standing of a cold storage egg before ( the law? This is a question to settle which a suit is being preferred In* this city. It is to ba a test case, and doubtless will go tb tho Supreme Court of the State. Dealers ifir produce say 'the now pure^ requires that cold fif5rag d p o u 1 1 r y and e g g s -m eled as such before being offered for sale, but tho law does not designate what a cold storage egg Is. Inspect ors threaten to arrest dCQ.lqr?. . -TALUS, place frosh ranch eggs In refrigera tors over night and then offer thom for sale as, fresh eggs. Dealers say the law intfkes no distinction between an egg that has Ireefi in storage one I day and one that has boon in storage a month, but declure that the con sumer can distinguish the difference. BADS JAPANESE AS CITIZEN. Federal Ciurt Holds That Sep<tce With Navy Makes No DlflferjKfce. Norfolk, Va. ? The p^fT^Mn of Namyo Hessho, a Japanese chief steward of tho United States Navy, for naturalization, was denied by Judge Edmund Waddlll, Jr., of the United States Court 'or the Eastern District of Virgipla. Tho court held that under the Fed- | oral statutes no Japanese or allon ex cept of. white blood or of African descent or nativity could become an American citizen, .even though ho has seen service in tho United Stales Navy or Marine Corps. An a ? al will be taken. ? FIVE FOUND GUILTY. Clncinnatians Convicted of Using the I Mails to Defraud. - i Cincinnati, Ohio. ? The Jury In the case of Louis W. Foster and oth- | era, charged with using the mails to : defraud in the running of a so-called j Vbucket shop," roturned a verdict of j guilty in the United States District j Court here. The men found guilty are Louis W. j Foster, John Gorman, W. J. Camp- j bell, A. C. Baldwin, John 8cott and I Edwin F. Hell. 1 Higher Priced Cotton. With the beat informod Judgment of the trade bo generally concerns the possibility of higher prices for cotton, and with the crop prospect as much In doubt as at present, the haz ard in buylnft cotton at present prices , seems almost negligible. ?*T TV - ... * ?? ?? ? i ?? . Policeman's Victim Dies. Louis Prober, of New York City/ who was shol by Policeman James F. Dillon, died after accusing his slayer Ot a wanton attack. RISE IN WHEAT PRICES Yield of 390,194,000 Bushels In dicated by Government I I 'II to Area of Winter Wlit'iu Co lit Harvested Js U, I7H.OOO Acre* l.es* 1 1 in it In I DOtJ. Washington. D. C. An averago condition of Kii.r. j)(>v (Hut. for winter wheat and I for rye on May I last, against, a U'n-y?ar average on t It :it i date of SO and S i> . I respect ivuly, was j announced in the. crop r? port ?> f the Department, of Agriculture., The area ?of winter wheat to ho harvested wan iM7*,OO0 acroa kaa, or S.l per cent., : than |)to area harvested Hi I'.ioK, and 2.1 ii :i ,ooo acres, or 7.2 pop cent., less j than fho area sown last fall, '{'he av ! ora^o condition of winter wticat a I month ago was s2,2, and a year ago i s;> por cent. llye averaged 87.2 a month ago and *.? <> :j on May 1, 1908. 'I'lu* average ondltloii of meadow (hay) lands on May 1 was Sl.fi, com pared with !?;?.') on May I. 1 !t 0 8 , and a ten-year average oh May 1 of sjt.5. Tho a veruge condition of pastures on May l was so l, compared with H2.G on May 1, iu0.fi, iiiul a t/'ii-yoar aver j hk1? on May 1 of NX. About 64.1 , p<.*i' eonf. of spring plowing wax coin. : pleted up to May i, compared with ? 66.(i por cent. on May 1, i'.tox, and a I ten- year average on May 1 of 0 r? . 4 per I cent. About 51.7 por cent, of spring ! planting wan completed up to May i, ro ni pared witli r? 4 . 7 per cunt, ami 4 7 | por cont. on May J, 190 0 and 1007, ' respect ivcly. Tho percentage of wln ' ter wheat abandoned was 1!.-. Chicago, III Hopes of tin* \yhoat ?: shorts that the Government crop ro ' port would cause a break in the high : prices that have ruled for weeks wore disappointed. As a result the May and July options closed at 1.29 and i 1.17%, almost (lie top figures gained ? in tho recent advance, ami September j and December, in sympathy, showed | surprising gains of 'A to 1 cents, clos , Ing at I . n s % and 1 . 0 7 % . Corn advanced to new high record marks for the season early in the day. May selling up to 73*i and July to , 7 0 1 & . Oats also scored new high records when May fold at f>9 and July at ft 2 ]'U ? The final figures on May were | at OSHt, and on July 51 ^ to 1 . CJIRL SLAVED or ACTOK I'ltMK Jacksonville Oram! Jury Refuses to Indict Jessie Drown. Jacksonville, Ela. ? Two fonsatlon i al killing oplsodi s were ended here when the flraml Jury ordered the ro | lease of Ml.vs Jessie lirown and It. A. ! Humphries. Miss llrovvr. shot and killed Earl 1 P. Adam'', her sweetheart, following : tho announcement of Adams" engage j in t> n't to another young woman phr'.es shot and killed both ' his Klxtocii-yf ar-old wife and Thomas . McManus when he found the two to gether in bl-s home. Tho mother of Mrs. Humphries committed suicide 1 because of grief over her daughter's i death. SLATRIi (Jl lf.TV OF MIHDEK. Man Arrested in New York For Slay ing Woman on Trial in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland. ? Oscar Sla ter, alias OKo Sands, who was extra dited from New York City in Febru j ary on tlie. charge of murdering Miss : Marion Gilchrist, eighty-two years . old. at Glasgow, was sentenced to death. On hearing the sentenco the , prisoner collapsed in the dock. The efforts of the defense were de voted largely to proving nu alibi. 1 Physicians testified that the hammer ; found in Slater's belongings in New i York City could hardly have caused i Miss Gilchrist's injuries y a;? asserted "TYy the prosecution.' Slater himself -.did oot enter the witness box. .Iihcd"*i3rf Keeps .JUng. !'~ JufTfre Andrew Dalton, of "Norfolk,' Va.. reversed .T usllce Dinning. J. D. : MeFarland. after lwiin? rejected by j I.M-Ur-HT 'Short, sought to recover his $5f? ring. Justice Dalton declared all engagement rings are necessarily gifts and are not given upon condi tion that the girl marries, but after | she agrees to marry. Lightning Kills Student. James Mcrrigold, of Woodstock, Ontario, was Instantly killed and Ed gar Knight, of Burks Falls, was fa tally injured when lightning struck a tree under which the two students had taken refuge. Thirtv other stu dents had .lust left the shelter when the crash came. Morse Kayx IIc"h I'pnnlle**. ! Charles W. Morse *<n supplemen* ? tary proceedings testified *rt the Tombs, Now York City, that, he Is penniless, .owning not a bond. share of stock, foot of ground or any prop erty whatsoever, nor (Iocs any ono owe him a cent. Ht? was supposed to ho worth $30,000,000 two years ago. Minister Ends Life. The Rev. Arthur W. Uehrens, thir? ty-five, canon of St. Alban's Boys' School, Galesburg. 111., committed sul j cide. Gossip regarding his conduct Is I believed to have caused him to take his life. "Uncle Joe's" Seventy-third Birthday. I "Uncle Joe" Cannon, at Washing- J ton, D. C., celebrated his seventy third birthday. Tho Speaker of the House is juBt as gay and chipper as he was twenty-flve years ago. ? Died at ller Mother's Funeral. Whllo the guest* were assembling for the funeral of Mrs. Carl Glander In Brlggs avenue, Plttsfleld, Mass., Mrs. Olander'8 daughter, Edith, died from prostration caused by the shock of her mother's death. Co-Eds Want Pool Tables. Some of the co-eds at the Unlver* slty of Wisconsin, Madison, have re quested that pool tables bo plaeed In the Women'* Hall, which is generally , known among the students as "Eve's I Hall." ? :?-* sfe, 1 wswj *3 i. -a-. " PRISON TERMS IMPOSED IN PITTSBURG GRAFT CASES Three Councilmeu anil W. W. Ram sey, Banker, to Pay Fines. t KLEINS PENALTY THE HEAVIEST For tho Cdlliorts, Convicted of . \i ? tempt* to llribe a Jury i Two Vt'tti'N and 8.100 Fine limit ? VIlMtck Pleads tiuilty, ' lMl.tsbur ??, Fa. Sentences woro Imposed In the Criminal Court, l?y Judge Robert S. Fraxer on seven per sons convicted within tho lunt fow 1 weeks in the municipal jgraft casus. Tbo sentences woro : " W; W. Ramsey, banker, coii.vlc.tod of bribery, one year and six inouthg* Imprisonment ami a lino of $1000; Captain John F. Klein, CounHlnuui, two years an<l a lino of $lono on tlio bribery conviction and one* year and six months on the conspiracy foil* vicllon; Joseph (\ Wushou and Will iam Brand, Conncilmen, each oiu? y^rfr and six months and a lino of $.?kO for conspiracy; 11 M. Holger, hotel keeper, two years and a lino of $500 for bribery; Chariots Colbert and John Colbert, convicted of at tempting to bribe a jury in tlio Ram Boy bribery case, two years and a line of $500 each. Brand was formerly president of tho Common Council. Ramsey was formerly president of the German National Hank, and tho chargo against blm was bribery. Vilsack, who pleaded nolle contendero to tho charge of bribery, was formerly cash ier of the German National lia.uk. Following tho pronouncing of tho sentences, Clarefieo Burleigh went bo lero tha Superior' Court and asked for writs of supersedeas In all tho oases except that of tlio Colbert brothers, for whom similar action will bo taken later by their attorney. Pending tho decision of tho Su perior Court on tho application for writs tho men will hp admitted to ball and It. Is for this reason that District Attorney Hlnkeley did not call A. Vilsack. banker, for sentence," as he considered such action would bo an injustice to tho only man who saved tho county money by admitting his guilt. If Vilsack had been sen tenced ho would be sent to jail Im mediately and could not have re course to the action that will secure' tho others temporary freedom. . W W. Itamsey made a plea for the clemency of tho court, or at least postponement of sentence, through iilfi attorney, lie tiilk<>d t<> th?> court 'or fifteen minutes and presented a petition containing tho names of 1500 prominent men of tho city. JAPANESE SEALEBS CAUGHT. Schooner Seized by Marines iu Launches ? Crew in Jail. Seattle, Wash.- ? A dispatch from Sitka announces tho seizure of tho Japanese sealing schooner Knisen, seventy tons, with thirty men, for violation of tho sealing lawB. Two gasoline launches manned by marines with a machine gun, under direction of Deputy United States Marshal Shoup, went from Sitka to tho Kaiseu. On tho approach of tho launches the Kaisen tried- to esoapo, but was overhauled. Tho Japanese say their vessel ran toward shoro for shelter from a storm. They admit sealing. There woro ten skins aboard. All tho Japanese aro in the Federal jail at Sitka. ? . I DROPS DEAD SPEAKING. Wifo of Minister Was Making All* dress in Chapel. Somervillo, N. J.? Mrs. A. A. Pfan stiehl, wife of the pastor of tho Sec ond Reformed Church hero, was Ktricken with heart diseftfte while ad dressing tho Foreign Mlsrajon Society In the chapel, and died without re gaining consciousness. Sho was apparently in tho bast of health at the time of the nttacfc, and had been talking with unusual vigor. The Rev. A. A. Pfanstlehl was called to the Second Reformed Church about January 1 from tho Highland Park Presbyterian Church at Chicago. Mrs. Pfanstlehl was for? ty-flve years old. FOR MISSOURI PROHIBITION. Ronato Passes Resolution Submitting Amendment to People. Jefferson City, Mo. ? Tho Missouri Senate passed a resolution submitting to th,x people a State wide prohibition Constitutional amendment. The amendment, which came to tho Senate from the House, was amend ed. by a vote of IX to 15, with a tax rider providing for tho doubling of tho rate of taxation to mako up for loss of saloon license fees. The final voto was 2 3 to 8, with two Sonatori not voting. LIFE SPOILED BY AUTOS. Frehcbman Leaves Fortune to Masses For Motor Car Victims. Paris, Franco. ? M. Gilbert, a re tired merchant, whose declining years have been made mlserablo by speed ing automobiles* has bequoathod his entire fortune to ^hurehes in certain French cities for masses for tho re pose of the souls of the victims of the "diabolical machines which have poisoned my last days." fl.BOO.OOO Left to Hospital. By tho will of M iss Elizabeth Brlgham, ulster of tho late Robert B. Brigham, $1,500,000 Is given to the Robert B. Brlgham Hospital for In curables at Boston, Mass. Mrs. Au gusta 8. Cogan, of Chicago, a niec^ receives $l,0t)0,000. \ Tnrkixh Rebels Hanged. Thirteen bodioa of rebels against the Young Turk reelme hung In con spicuous places in Constantinople, Turkey, for ten hours. ? ? r l ?.-'v ?" VgV Lli ? i ? ' : ? ? Latest News. - * ? >'?**? ? > BY WIRE. I, amp CatlM-d Her Hrldgoton.'N, J,- Mrs. Kuto Knight, widow oi William ii. Kaiyht) ?f Phil adelphia, died hero from burn* alio K cdv ?<! l>y dropping a lamp In her bedroom. Taft'? Son Honored at Vale. New 1 1 ii ven. Robert A. Tftft, Yalo, J 9 10, son of President Tnft, liaH be#n rhoeen president of the University Debut liiy Society, f V. H. < lerk a Sulfide, tMomlale, !,. I.-- Herman Klowln, a clerk in I bo New York Custom Houao, committed nuicido by inhaling gas at > his homo, No. 222 (Hen avenue. Ho was found dead by bin wlfo, ChnllengcN Wife to. Fight. Vera Cruz, Mexico, ? Hecausn his wlfo reproached hlin for wanting bin l line .lima Rivera ban published a challenge to her to light a duel. Ho spends liin time, It 1h slated, reading romantic novels, and has challenged several persons to duela on tho slight est pretext. loot) Drivers Strike. Chicago, III. One thousand car rlage drivers went on strike here, and funerals Buffered serloua Interruption, Blood PoIkou Cured. Chicago, 111. ? Marcus King, veteri nary surgeon, declared himself cured from blood poisoning after fifty dis tinct surgical operations requiring more than 200 incisions. King, who is sixty-seven years old, struck hl8 ItnKer with n trtck hammer February 20. Blood poisoning resulted. Op erations were made every day. Flashy Fleming in Jail. Eaton. Ohio.? John Fleming, sov enty-two years old, once famed for his lavlshness In dress, having sub stituted gold coins for buttons, was sent to the county poor farm. Flom Inn formerly possessed a fortune, which was dissipated largely In dress. Society Woman Dies Suddenly. Mllford, Del. ? Mrs. Peter F. Cau sey dropped dead (while sitting on her doorstep. She was an active club woman and prominent In society. Former Senator Died Poor. Washington, D. C.- ? The v/ill of former United States Senator William M. Stewart, (if Nevada, who died hero, recently, has been lllecl for probate, it discloses the fact that ho owned no rcai estate, and bin per?Oiiui piOpwrty did not exceed $1F?00 in value. Tho amount Is devised to his widow. Mr.. Stewart's debts are said to aggregate 125,000. Grain Broker FihIh Life. Boston, Mass. ? Melancholia is sup posed to have led Edward Everett Vi na), a prominent Boston grain broker, with offices In the Chamber of Com raerce, to shoot and kill himself at his homo In Dorchester. Famous Gymnasium Domed. Cambridge, Mass. ? The Cambridge port gymnasium, noted as one of tho show places of this city, as well as thevhome of many prominent athletes or New England for tho last twonty ykars; was totally destroyed by Are, .J BY CABLE. Emperor Ferdinand to Visit. St. Petersburg, Russia. ? Emperor Ferdinand of Bulgaria is expected in St. Petersburg to take part in the ded ication of a monument to Alexander III. To Lecture at Budapest. London.? Professor Loeb, of Cali fornia University, has accepted an in- ' vitatlon jTrom the Budapest University to deliver a course of lectures there Fast Indian Itcbels Sentenced. Calcutta, India. ? Out of the thirty flvo natives accused of complicity in the anarchistic conspiracy of May, 1908, in the town of Alipur, two were sentenced to death, sixteen to im prisonment for from seven years to life and seventeen were acquitted. Commander Kills Himself. Vienna, Austria. ? Lieutenant Lut terottl committed suicide because be was responsible for the grounding of tho Austrian torpedo destroyer Peli kan off tho Dalmatian coast. Al though tho accident was not serious, it preyed upon Lutterottl's mind. Houses For 'Quako Sufferer*. Mesnlna, Italy. ? Lieutenant-Com nyinder Belknap, the American Naval Attache at Rome, has turned over to the prefect of Messina 4 00 houses to he used in caring for the sufferers from the earthquake of last Decem ber, Castro ilcromes Defiant, San Sebastian, Spain. ? Ciprlano Castro, the doposed President of Ven ezuela, who stopped hero before pre ceeding to Santander to meet his wife, declared that ho would ontor Vene zuela "even by force." Philippine Commander leaves, Brigadier-General Ta&kfcr H, Bliss. U. S. A., until recently commander or ~~ tho division of the Philippines, passed through l'ekin on his way to Port Af tbur. Queen Alexandra Goes to Museums. Naples, Italy. ? Queen Alexandra, Princess Victoria and tho Dowager Empress of Russia were conducted through the Pompeiian museums here. The fleot escorting tha English royal yacht sailed for Malta. Russia to II< <I110<" Holidays. St. Petersburg. ? The Council of tho Empire proposes to reduce the number of public holidays in Russia from ninety-one to slxty-thrse, includ ing Sundays. The excess of holidays, it is estimated, costs Russia $1,000, 000,000 yearly.