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VOLUME XII
CAMDEN, S.C.. FRIDAY, MAY 14,15)0!)
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President Not Satisfied With
Affairs in Porto Rico.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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." ?
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PRISON TERMS IMPOSED
IN PITTSBURG GRAFT CASES
Three Councilmeu anil W. W. Ram
sey, Banker, to Pay Fines.
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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.
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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.
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Tnrkixh Rebels Hanged.
Thirteen bodioa of rebels against
the Young Turk reelme hung In con
spicuous places in Constantinople,
Turkey, for ten hours. ?
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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.