er
THE COOPERS ESCAPE
DEATH PENALTY
Sentenced to Twenty Years in
the Penitentriay.
BOTH RELEASED ON $25,000 BAIL
Counsel For Defense Questions the
Legality of the Verdict—S8ix of Jury
Had Been in Favor of the Death
Penalty and One Stood For Acquittal
~—Tl1he Case May Never Be Tried
Again—Friends of the Coopers Be.
siege Court Clerk In Effort to Go
on Bail Bonds.
Events Of The Day.
The verdict of the jury was a
great surprise in view of Friday's
announcement that the
hopeless division as to the
ers.
The defendants took the sen-
tence without emotion, but
Colonel Cooper's daughters broke
down later in jail,
A motion for mistr
of the partial verdict
Friday was overruled
Bail was fixed at $2
pending a decision on a
for a new trial
There was great
the outcome of the
umbia, the home of
mack, and his grave
ted with flowers
Ie was
Coop-
al becauss
brought in
5,000 each,
motion
over
ing
TE€JOKK
iria: a
Senator
wa
The verdict is generally
ed as a vindice
honor.
ation of
Nashville, Tenn.
find the defendants
er and Robin J
the
ishment
second degre
at 20
tiary
This yeraie
which has been
than
the
ward
two months,
slayers of
Ward Carmaci
Nashville Tennessean,
of the
in the United
most historic
State
Colonel
stunned by the
accompanied to
Colonel Cooper's
Lucius Burch and
son, and Mrs, James
sister-in-law The
fall even heavil
dies than
all bore up
pronouncem
Way CARTS
intense situation
Hart's
jury filed in at
known the results
liberations.
persons in the
not expected so
ing. Foreman E
verdict, with trembling
paling
fense,
Cooper
more
upon the
bravely
INE
give
An
Judge
tO
courtroon
silence
Anderson, at
entered
because of the partia
in by the
D. Sharp.
motion
hrought
ury John
T Mr
Anderson t pending
the hearing of the
for a new trial, and
were released on $210
A rush ensued t
bond Many prominent
men insisted on getting
tures on the paper until
gate of pledges, amounts
£1.500.000, The
inal Court was fairly = n
vain he protested over and over again
that more than enough sureties
been signed, but the invariable n-
gwer was "We want to put our names
on that bond too.” It seemed as
though every friend of the Coopers
considered it upon |!
court on
defendants
bail
the
a motion
€ach
t RIED bail
and wealthy
their signa-
the aggre
to neariy
incumben him
to sign the bond.
When there was no more
names at the foot of the document
the new bond:men indorsed it
the face until it difficult
cipher signaturvs
The motion for a new
probably be heard within
After their relegse the
ants, accompanied by
to the home of James C. Bradford.
a brother-in-law of Colonel Cooper
and one of the attorneys for the de
fense,
room for
ACTORS
was to de
the
trial will
two weeks
two defend-
relatives, went
GIRLS LOST MANY BONBONS,
Candy Trust Shows Swains
Toss Money Last Year,
New York (Specialy
late Mr. Hamlet said
sweet” there was no
a candy trust; bug
thing akin to one now, and it is call-
ed the American Caramel
That company made a
of its earnings for the past vear,
and disclosed the sad fact that they
were only $35,360. a loss of $270.
000, as compared with 1507.
Spent
When
thing as
in
such
there
Compan
statement
money, but the girls of the country
more prosperous, they would have
had. But now, the officials of the
company say, business is picking up
and the candy kids are spending
more money and the tariff on sugar
may be reduced, and there you are.
Two Hit In Triangular Duel.
Clarendon, Texas (Special).-<An
unidentified man is dead and Floyd
Autrey, of Fort Worth, is dying
here as the result of a three.
cornered fight with pistols on a
Fort Worth and Denver train near
Giles, Texas, That Autrey and
his cousin, Fred Garrett, of Fort
Worth, killed the other partici
pant in the fight and threw him
out of a conch window in indicated
by the finding of a body near Es
telline bridge by the police.
The Sucessful Party in the Late
Election is Pledged to a Re.
vision of the Tariff.
Washington, D. C.
In special message, containing just
340 "words, including address, sig-
nature date line, President Tait
upon Congress the necessity
for the speedy enactment
the
consideration
be
President
(Special).
and
urged
tariff
same time
of the
or made
detailed
of a
law, while a:
careful
to changed
The made
the
inaugural address
no
in message,
pointing to his for
his views on the revision.
He
dispense with
fubject of
that
important
urged, however, Congress
loss
legisia-
business
he sald,
activity
of the
which,
of its
of the new
in the interest
of the
withholding
tion,
part country,
18 much i
tar if |
law. {
Mr. Taft's
The message,
munication
full
the
pending the passage
First Message.
Mr. Taft's first
to Congress as President,
com
is In follows
To
as
Senate
and House of
resentatives:
“1 have convened the Congres
this extra
able it
session in order to
immediate considera
the Dingiey
affecting pro
and busine:
t revision of
ion 1« 3
riff act. Conditions
ianufacture
ta
duction,
generally
last 12
justment
furnish
autho:
next
enough
pendity i
Cees
for
Ed 1)
uccessful party
pledged to a 1
T country,
sion
and
communi especially
t if The prospect
in the of import
ension or
yf the unc
be made and
be
{f the
pex
rates
SUED
because «
Caliss » a
ness
the
effect it is,
importance that the new
be agreed upon and pass
much as possible,
and thorough
For these reasons |
have the 3
extraordinary occasion, with
meaning of the Constiiut
fying and ing the call
exira session
In my inaug
A SuUmMMAary
which, in
ine
to changes to
therefore, «
eat
speed Con
its due
deemed present At
requir
Vision Of
and indicated
of revenue th m
resorted order
east one new
ight properly
be
to £1
avoid a fu-
necessary for
ture deficit it is not
then said
iIggest that
nterests of the co
atte
repeat at 1
the |
untry
at the sntion of the Con-
session be chiefly devol-
we consideration new
yill, and that the
other sublects of legislation in
the
to the
less time given |
session the better for coun-
William H
The White House, March
The was read
ate immedia after its
it was re express
approval senators, who
not only but
pression of a desire that the business
tid be con-
to the coOn-
fon of the tariff
to the
Taft,
16. 1609
the
1
assembly
message to Ken
tely
wived with
the
ons
its brevity. also it
of the special session sho
fined as much as
sideration of the revi:
” was referred
Commitiee on Finance {
Prolonged applause greeted Secre-
tary Latta when entered the!
with the message, During iis
reading members listened with the
greatest attention, and at close
there was a whirlwind of lap-
ping
The
possible
1€ message
he
House
ita
hand
first of the House
was the report of the committee ap-
pointed to wait on the President
Representative Olmstead (Rep.. Pa.)
announced that the President desir.
ed to congratulate the membership
npon their prompt organization i
The message was then read It
produced even more enthusiasm and |
favorable comment in the House than
its reception and
business
GIVES UP A THRONE.
ilization To
Lafayette, Ind.
mas Island, in
near Singapore,
Savage Royalty.
Christ
Ocean,
find a
{ Special)
the Pacific
will have to
Murray, a Purdue
was married
Davis
graduate, recently in
ilized domesticity to savage ro ity. |
Murray will therefore abdicate,
His college friends received this
information from him. Murray,
!
interests on Christnias Island,
been made king of the island, that
he should have sufficient authority
over the natives,
Three Die In Family Fight,
Ratom, N. M., (Special). Thre
persons are dead as the result of a
fight between two coufing-——Antonlo
Dijulio, a coke worker, and a man
named Bartole. Dijulio shot Bartole,
who took refuge in the home of his
brother, Francisco Bartole, Dijulio
fired into the house and killed Mra,
Francisco Bartole. Francisco Bar-
tole then plunged a knife into Diju-
Ho's body, kiling him instantly.
Francisco's brother died later in a
hospital.
REAL REVISION BY
ed On Coffee.
Lumber Charges Cut
Hides Pat On Free
sition Gathering Data For Fight—-
Senator Hale Has Protest On
Wood Pulp Already—Discussion
Beging Monday — Revenue Of
%:300,000,000 By Payne,
In Half And
Claimed
Washington, D {Special}.
The tariff bill, for the
eration of which Congress
new congid-
was called
in extraordinary Pres
Taft, was introduced in the House of
Representatives Wednesday after
noon by Chalrman Pa of th:
Ways and Means Committee,
The measure referred
Ways and Means Committee,
will favorably report the bill the
House without so much change as the
dotting of an I or the crossing ofa T.
The members of tho
Committee, who
the Repub
introduction,
and determine
provision
fession by ident
yae,
to the
which
Was
io
Democratic
and Means
not allowed to
lean measure before its
to analyze the bill
attitude
Whatever the
were Rig
toward iis
result of thels
Republicans have a ma-
and will voile
Payne bill without
delib
the committer
the
of
report
nendment
The “"standpat”
the
iin plate
iy on timbe
cent
ion
There
hundred
School Segregation Bill,
Dynamiters Suspected of Causing
Flood Wh'ch Sweeps Upon
Parkersburg.
Water As Town
supply Is Gone—Four Fatally
Famine Threatens
Injured.
WwW. Va
of two
Parkersburg, { Special)
By the bursting
tanks, which, it is
wate
the
persons
huge
believed, was
work three
injured and
The tanks
water
and a
dynamiters,
killed, fatally
less seriously hurt,
the whole of the
supply, which is now cut
water famine is threatened
Rushing down hill the flood swep:
knocking them against
one another and throwing the
pants frem thelr beds into
walter When Bearching parties
through the rains 1}
ing they
Wagele, his wife and thelr
child. The flood car Just
davbreak, at 5.30, bef the
had wakened for the day
Twenty house Wer
and flooded
theran
Of
were four
many
city's
off.
away houses,
Geen
t hi i
later in © morn
R's
f
before
hillside
demolished
John
was ruined
20 more =
Church wh
ta bulwaril
flood and
from being swept
those in t
Mrs, John
ried 00 vards in
ch
against the worst
many house
and
saved
awa?
nem
Malone: who
her half
of
was cay
hoth leg ana i
hi
had Ioren
tedd tO
home
repos
with
fond
May Be Named,
SOME OF THE
THE NEW TARIFF BILL
The maximum
and the Pi
of the
nt
# Dot mal
Treasury certificates
Where
list
raised |
instances for proie
of
turers
with
FATrs
free
articles been
nt “!
pris
RIVE
they a
t has
dutiable
heen been
in some
duties increased
is afforded their manufac
Reciprocal free trade
to sugar, toba and «
products may enter
be paid
Foreigners acquiring
comply with all conditions in
people of this country who get
aimed at
eign patents must be
pected to cause foreigners
Cuban reciprocity is pi
been nse the
AN Co
ping
must
manufac
foreign trade agree;
The commitice eftimates
revenue annually
An inheritance
000,000 annually
Coal, iron ore,
Lumber and timber
the
June
A nder
rove Te acl inde
ended
the Year
itt
while the bill
for the
ales 10 the
law
ITY
made is8u~
certifi
existing
and + hese
one Year .
the free list to the
Where duties have
1s HIries
juxurd
: although
reVvEnUos,
articles having their
sufficient protection
jg provided. excep!
mount of these Philip-
the limit set full duties
in this country are required to
, country which are exacted of
other lands This is
articles protected by for-
that
countries it is ex-
in those
a provision In the law All
snd the maximum and
Abhrogation of these treaties
produce $200.000,000
bill will
out in half Duties on manu-
reduced, the reduction
per cent
ing steel rails and tinplate,
imposing an import tax
There ig no change
cents a pound
but a tax of §
at the Canadian tea trade
The duty i8 the same on raw
The duty
raised.
tions,
EXTRADITE CASTRO,
Murder Charged Against The
Former President, ©
Kingston, Jamaica (Special) Ad
vices received here from Caracas,
Venezuela, say that Manuel Parades
has brought sult in the high federal
court of Venezuela against ex-Presi-
dent Castro, charging him with the
murder of Gen. Antonio Parades and
a number of his revolutionary com
panies in February, 1507,
Manuel Parades asks the judge to
extradite Castro, who 8 now in Fu-
rope, and impose the maximum sen
tence of 15 years’ imprisonment. He
presents proofs that Castro, from his
sick hed at Macuto, issued the crder
to kill Antonio Parades.
Antonio Parades and several com-
panions were cxecuted while prison
ers of war. He led a futile revolo-
tion against President Castro, land.
ing at Pedernales on February b,
1907, :
Parades and his men were captures
od be Castro's troops, and a few days
later all were summarily shot,
B0Y STOLEN AND
HELD FOR RANSOM
$10,000 Demanded Far Return
of Millionaire's Nephew.
LAD WAS TAKEN FROM SCHOOL.
William Whitla, Son Of A Prominent
(Pa.) And For. |
mer Candidate For Congress, is.
sharon Attorney
appears—Called From Studies And |
Told Hix Father Wanted Hime—- |
Parent Receives Letter From Kid- |
And Adopts Their Plans
nappers {
Communicate With
To
Pa. Ten thou
dollars
Bharon {Special
sand demanded
ransom
of
James P
hiitla
"$114 ih’
William W
eight
the ret
Attorney
veuar-aold son
irn
who
school here
furni
dots ive
asked to
i and
that
the
fore
threat the
Iniess
dreds of
moneys
AR
of
Whitla
Mclaughrey, a
Thi lat:
confers
friend of
telephoned
New
Mr. Whitla
as to what
an effo:
the family
to Mr. Whitla
Wilmington on
gave hasty
or
who had gone to
business
direct i nis
steps to take Immediately In
{0 recover ’
At 1 o'clock
mother was d¢
2 carrier
the
that
the following
in a strange
livered
Mrs. Whitla
handwriting
her son
a mail
recognized
Ax
found
written
ai once
the envelope of
she
hand
We re
and will
will
your boy
turn hi $10,000
your advertisement in the papers
insert indianapolis News, Cleve.
land Pittsburg Dispatch,
Youngstown Vindicator ‘As A
do as requested J rw
have
m for £8
in
Preds,
The gpelling of
been writ.
Mr
tho
for
publication to each of the newspaper
penmanship and
note indicated it had
Whitla decided to comply with
insert.
Warren, Ohio.——A man said to
answer the description of the one
wanted at Sharon, Pa., on a charge
of kidnapping the Whitla boy, was
arrested here,
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
silver.
E
on Saturday.
of ore, leading with
tons
McNamara has declared a dividend
of 10 per cent. a share. This is to
be paid April 65. The same amount
was paid this month.
Copper production in North Ameri-
Nipissing
400 pounds, compared with 65,000.
000 a vear ago.
Foreign Government bonds were
weak, owing largely to the naval ap-
propriation scare in the British Pure
Hament,
International Silver hag been earn
ing from $800,000 to $1,200,000 an.
nually for 7 years. The top figure
was reached in 1808. In 1908 the
profits were $828,000,
Kansas. has $400.000,000 farm
morigages but only $47,000,000 ie
owned by Kansas people,
Ladenburg, Thalman & Co. said:
"We think there has oeen a resump-
tion of pool activity in Brooklyn
Rapid Transit and certainly recom.
mend the purchase of that stock.”
“Kaneas City Southern is a death-
bed stock,” wired one of the most
prominent brokers of New York to
J. 8B. McCord & Co. Philadelphia.
When asked to explain, the Wail
Sireet man replied: “It is the sort
1 should huy when dying to leave
to my family.”
LAUDS LIFE OF CLEVELAND
President Eulogizes His Democratic
Predecessor at Memorial
Meeting
Prominent Men Present And Partici-
pating In Services In New York,
Now York (Bpecial) rover
infiuen
material
President
Cleveland's life and its © on
our national progress and
the the of
ree
Taft Car-
negie
The
presided
at memorial exerciser at
Hail,
meet Hail
McClellan,
vid inder
Me
a reise
ing war
igi
wat
President Taft's Tribute,
Office To Office,
From
Cave May Be Full Of Radium.
iipancingo fe) Special)
substance
Cornilla
iw
the
tant:
broken
1s great-
reports
from
enhance o ail
tronght
carkness
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH |
Samples of
the cave glow
been made to
: Mexico by a
republic that a
Central
with a
in-
tion has
States ar
A sugges
the United
Central American
conference Presidents of
American be held,
view to removi all causes for
tervent.on
An address to the American peop .o
is being prepared by the Democrats
of the House, setting forth the po-
sition of the minority leader on the
rules of the House
Charles Dewes Hilles, of Dobbs
Ferry, N. Y., has been appointed as
treasury, sae.
of
repub ies
Louis A. Coolidge. assistant sec
the official bureaus of the depart-
For four and a half hours the
was concluded
Senor Cortez, the Colombian min.
has received a dispatch (rom
government, saying that ali is
quiet there,
The Democratic members of the
consideration of the Payne
The President nominated Robeat
I. Devlin to be United States at-
torney for the Northern District of
California.
President Taft and Secretary of
State Knox will confer regarding ap-
pointments to important diplomatic
posts.
The decisions of the court-martial
in the case of Major Fremont and
Lieutenants Kinzie and Rich were
submitted to the President.
Miss Martha Cameron, daughter of
the former Senator, was married ter |
Roland Lind:ay, of the British For.
eign Office.
There are 11 or 12 Christian
churches or temples in the city of
Peking, according to a census recent
Iy taken,
The yellow pine reparation cases
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission were settled by nf