THE NEWS.
Domestic
The Norwegian bark Hessian,
from Montevideo for Pensacola. Is
aground ten miles west of Pensacohi,
With prospect that she will bf! a
complete wreck.
The Connecticut Senate adopted d
resolution requesting the state dele
gation in Congress to oppose the
proposition to lay a federal Inhctl
taoee tax.
The factory occupied Jointly by
the International Button Company
and the M. 11. Shantz Hut ton Com
pany. Rochester, N. Y., was damaged
by fire.
II. M. Tllford was elected a di
rector of the Standard Oil Company
at New York, succeeding his brother,
W. II. Tllford, who died recently.
The State legislature of Connect'
cut has passed an act Incorporating
the National Council of Congrcga
tlonal Churches of the Vnlted States.
The main building of the Kaston
Foundry and Machine Company '
West Kaston, I'a., was destroyed by
fire, entailing a loss of $ loo.uon.
Rev. William Bellar. the oldest
minister In the Ohio Methodist Con
fen me, died at his home at Col
umbus, aged eighty-seven years.
Maldnnudo Floreneio. a lfi-year-old
prudent at the Va'pataiso Uni
versity. Is dying from a deep wound
In his throat, self-inflicted.
Fourteen Pennsylvania Railroad
Company employes have been sub
I'enaed in connection with Standard
Oil rebating ca-es.
Fire broke out in the laundry
house of the Western Peni'entiary,
partially destroying the building.
The forty-sixth joint ballot for Il
linois I'nited States Senator gave
Hopkins, "6; Foss, IS; Shurtleff, 18,
Stringer.
The boys' dormitory, dining-room
and music hall of Asbury College.
Wilmore. Ky were destroyed by
Are.
Three men were killed In the ex-plo-lon
of the plant of the Coetir
d'Alene Powder Works at Wallace,
Idaho.
Mrs. Cyrus Souslcy, of Albany, Fa.,
was found by her children hanging
In the garret of their home.
The I'nited States Circuit Court
of Appeals, of Now York, decided
that a moving picture is a "stage
representation" within the meaning
of that term in the copyright law.
The question arose In a suit brc tight
by Harper & liros. and Klaw St Kr
langer against the Kalein Company,
manufacturers of moving-picture
films, to enjoin them I'rr :n piodnc
lng exhibitions of "Hen Hur."
Karon Mayor des Planches, the
Italian ambassador at Washington,
sent a message to Police Commis
sioner Hingham concerning the vig
orous efforts of his government to
find and punish the murderers of
Lieutenant Petrosini.
.Miners In th" Scrar.ton district are
conducting a campaign of reorgani
zation, and meetings are being held
nightly in different localities for the
purpose of getting the men bark into
line.
A fire escape crowded with fifty
women began to give way during u
fire panic at 112 Prince Street, New
York, the women being rescued by
firemen.
Prof. Isaac V. Flagler, well known
as an organist and composer, died in
Auburn, N. Y., aged seventy years.
Fifteen thousand persons attended
the funeral of (Jen. William 1.
Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs.
The National Wholesale Grocers'
Association will hold their annual
convention In Detroit in June.
Net earnings of the I'nited States
Steel Corporation show a decrease of
over $69, 000. 000.
The Cambria Steel Company has
ruide a cut of 10 per cent. In wages,
affecting IS, nun men.
COOPERS ESCAPE
DEATH PENALTY
Sentenced to Twenty Years in
the Penitentriay.
t oreigr-
Euro'ean powers are reported all
In Iv.r of Italy's proposition to sum
mon a Kuropean conference to act
on the I.ulkan situation, and France,
Great Hiltain and Hus.-la have pre
sented a Joint note to servia to lind
a ba-ils of negotiations with Austria-
Hungary.
The Itallun Foreign Minister as- i
sured United States Ambassador
OrUcom that every precaution wa.-i
being taken to protect W. H. liisiiop,
American consul at Palermo. Sicily,
who had received threatening let- I
ters. !
The naval scare in Kngland is re
vlvej by rumors that the government
is considering the purchase of three
war-hips of the Dreadnought type, j
now being built in England for H:u-
til. '
The three-sided treaty of Colom
bia, Panama and the I'nited State,
which entails Colombian recognition
of the ind'-pi ndence of Panama, is
meeting w t:i much opposition.
The controversy between the non
Chris: ian students of the American
College at lleirut and the faculty of
that institution has been settled for
the present.
English Importers of American
meat will test the legality of the
local government board giving health
ofllcers absolute authority to con
demn in' at.
Robert Tanner, aged 4.1 years, and
his little son and daughter were
a-nhyxiatccl Ly gas at their home, in
Toronto, Canada.
The letter carriers have now Join
ed the striking telegraphers and tele
phone open tori In France, and the
calptal Is virtually cut off frm all
cr inmttnlcall in with the outride
world.
A loonioMve of the Hoston and
Maine Railroad dashed Into the
station at Windsor, Canada. A wom
an and two girls were killed and a
a number of persons were injured.
Captain l.avaHtida. who wan ar
lested at Remedlos. Cuba, for com
plicity in the uprltilng in Santa f'lra
Province, was killed while attemf,t
lng to escape.
A rereennt of police and two po
licemen In Vladivostok, Russia, were
sentenced to ikatli for the murder
of a rich nobleman.
ThJ trim-port I)gan, which went
ashore on n reef near Honolulu, wan
(loa ted, anj proceeded on her way
to Manila.
An academy of avlature ban been
founded iti Munich, where experi
ments will be made with all kinds
of airships.
A band of hostile Moron attacked
a detach men t of constabulary .undor
I,(mi ? Purler; In V1ntanao.
BOTH RELEASED ON $25,000 BAIL
Counsel For Defense Question the
Legality of the Verdict-Six of Jury
Had Been in Favor of the Death
Penalty and On Stood For Acquittal
The Cane May Nerer Bo Tried
Again-Friends of the Cooper Be
lege Court Clerk In Effort to Go
on Bail Bond.
Kvelitt Of The Day.
The verdict of the jury was n
great surprise in view of Friday's
announcement that there was
hopeless division as to the Coop
ers. The defendants took the sen
tence without emotion, but
Colonel Cooper's daughters broke
down later In Jail.
A motion for mls'rial because
of the par'ial verdict brought in
Friday was overruled
Hail was fixed at $2.1, 000 each,
pending a decision on a motion
for a new trial.
There was great rejoicing over
the outcome of the trial at Col
umbia, the home of Senator Cur
mack, and his grave was decora
ted wl'h flowers.
The verdict is generally regard
ed as a vindication of Tennessee's
honor.
lAfTS FIRST MESSAGE
SENT TO CONGRESS
Asks Immediate Consideration of
the Dingey Act.
Th Suctssful Parly In the Late
Election I Pledged to a Re
vision of th Tariff.
Nashville, Tenn. (Special). "We
find the defendants, Duncan U. Coop
er and Robin J. Cooper, guilty In
the second degree and fix their pun
ishment at 20 years In the peniten
tiary." This vcrdic, brought In by a Jury
which has been in the box for more
than two months, stamped guilt on
the slayers of former Senator Kd
ward Ward Carniack, editor of the
Nashville Tennessean, and ended one
of the most historic trials ever held
In the I'nited States. I
Colonel Cooper and son seemed i
stunned by the verdict. They were !
accompanied to the courtroom by ,
Colonel Cooper's daughters, Mrs. I
Lucius Kurch and Mrs. Beverly Wil
son, and Mrs. James C. Bradford, his
sister-in-law. The blow seemed tu :
fall even more heavily upon the la- j
dies than upon the defendants, but
all bore up bravely under the stun
ning pronouncement and did not
give way to tears In the courtroom.
An intense situation prevailed in
Judge Hart's courtroom when the
jury filed In at 51.30 o'clock to make
known the results of their long de
liberations. There were only a few
persons in the room, us decision was
not expected so early In the morn
ing. Foreman K. M. Burke read tho
verdict, with trembling voice, and np
paling silence then prevailed until
J. M. Anderson, attorney for the de
fense, entered motion for a mistrial
because of the partial verdict brought
In by the ury In the case of John
D. Sharp.
This motion was overruled. Mr.
Anderson then asked for bail pending
the hearing of the court on a motion
for a new trial, and the defendants
were released on $25,00.0 hail each.
A rush ensued to sign the ball
bond. Many prominent and wealthy
men insisted on getting their signa
tures on the paper until the aggre
gate of pledges amounted to neuriy
$1,'.00,000. The clerk in the Crim
inal Court was fairly swamped. In
vain he protested over and over again
that more than enough sureties had
been signed, but the Invariable an
swer was "We want to put our names
on that bond too." It seemed a
though every friend of the Cooper
considered It incumbent upon him
to sign the bond.
When there was no more room for
names at the foot of the document
the new bondsmen indorsed it ucrosa
the face until it was difficult to do
cipher the signatures.
The motion for a new trial will
probablv be heard within two weeks.
After their release the two defend
ants, accompanied by relatives, went
to the home of Jamen C. Bradford,
a brother-ln-!aw of Colonel Cooper
and one of the attorneys for the de
fense.
GIRLS LOST M.WV ItOMlONK.
Candy Trior Shown Swains Spent
l'ss Money Lutt ear.
New York l Special. When the
late Mr. Hamlet said "Sweets to the
i.v-eet" there was no such thing as
a candy tntst; but there Is some
thing ak'.n to one now, and it Is call
ed the American Caramel Company.
That company made a statement
of its earnings for the past year,
and disclosed the sad fact that they
were only S 3.1.300. a loss of $270.
000, as compared with 1S07.
Not only did the trust lose all that
money, but the girls of the country
lost hundreds of thousands of boxes
of bonbons which, if times had been
more prosperous, they would have
had. But now, the officials of the
company t-av, 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, la 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 thj flrht and threw him
oih of a coach window In indicated
by the finding of a body near F.h
telline brl.lgo by the police.
Hues Hon Of Harvester King;.
Santa Barbara, C'al. (Special).
That Stanley McCormlck, boq of the
"harvester king," Is mentally unable
to manage his affair 1 the allega
tion made by hi wife In support of
her petition to the Superior Court
here to have him declared Incompe
tent and a guardian appointed to
look after hi person and estate.
McCormlck came to Santa Barbara
for hia health, and for a time seem
ed to Improve. Recently, however
It, was believed that bi faculties
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Washington, D. C. (Special).
In special message, containing Just
340 word', Including address, sig
nature and date line, President Taft
urged upon Congress the necessity
for the speedy enactment of a tariff
evislon law, whllo at the same time
urging careful consideration of the
schedules to be changed or made.
The President made no detailed
recommendations In the message,
pointing to his inaugural address for
his views on the subject of revision.
He urged, however, that Congress
dispense with less Important legisla
tion, in the Interest of the business
part of the country, which, he said,
is withholding much of its activity
pending the passage of the new tariff
law.
Mr. Taft's I-let Message.
The message, Mr. Tail's first com
munication to Congre-s as President,
is in full as follows:
"To the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives: "I have convened the Congress In
this extra session In order to en
able It to give immediate considera
tion to the revision of the Dlngiey
tariff act. Conditions affecting pro
duction, manufacture and business
generally have so changed in the
lust 12 years as to require a read
justment and revision of the Import
duties Imposed by that act. More
than this, the present tariff act, with
the other forces of government rev
enue, dues not furnish Income
enough to pay the authorized ex
penditures. By July 1 next the ex
cess of the expenses over receipts
for the current fiscal year will equal
$100,000,000.
"The successful party In the last
election is pledged to a revision or
the tariff. The country, and tne
business community especially, ex
pect It. The prospect of a change
in the rates of Import dutieR always
causes a suspension or halt in busi
ness, because of the uncertainty a
to the changes to be made and their
effect. It Is, therefore, of the hign
est importance that the new bill
should be agreed upon and passed
with as much speed as possible, con
sistent with Its due and thorough
consideration. For these reasons I
have deemed the present to be an
extraordinary occasion, within the
meaning of the Constitution, justi
fying and reeiuirlng the calling of an
extra session.
"In my inaugural address I stated
in a summary way the principles
upon which, in my Judgment, the re
vision of the tariff should proceed,
and indicated at least one new source
of revenue that might be properly
resorted to in order to avoid a fu
ture deficit. It is not necessary for
mo to repeat what I then said.
"I venture to suggest that the
vital business interests of the country
require that the attention of the Con
gress in this session be chiefly devot
ed to the consideration to the new
tariff bill, and that the less time given
to other subjects of legislation In
this session the better for the coun
try. "William H. Taft,
"The White House. March 16. 1909."
The message was read to the Sen
ate immediately after its assembly.
It was received with expressions of
approval by the senators, who like
not only lta brevity, but also Its ex
pression of a desire that the business
of the special session should be con
fined as much as possible to the con
sideration of the revision of the tariff.
The message was referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Prolonged applause greeted Secre
tary Latta when he entered the
House with the message. During Its
reading member's listened with the
greatest attention, and at its close
there was a whirlwind of hand-clapping.
The first business of the House
was the rc'port of the committee ap
pointed to wait on the President.
Representative Olmstead (Rep., Pa.)
announced that the President desir
ed to congratulate the membership
upon their prompt organization.
The message wns then read. It
produced even more enthusiasm and
favorable comment In the House than
had accompanied Its reception and
reading in the other body.
G1YF.S up A thuoxi:.
Wife Of "King" Murray Prefer Civ
illat Ion To Suvnge Royalty.
Lafayette, Ind. (Special). Christ
ina Island, In the Pacific Ocean,
near Singapore, will have to find a
new king, for Its present ruler, John
Davis Murray, a Purdue University
graduate, was married recently In
London to a woman who prefers civ
ilized domettlrlty to savage royalty.
Murray will therefore abdicate.
His college friends received thia
Information from him. Murray, a
manager of a pho-phate company'
Interests on Christmas Island, had
been made king of the Island, that
he should have sufficient authority
over tho natives.
REAL REVISION BY
NEW TARIFF BILL
Tea is Taxed, But No Duty Plac
ed On Coffee.
PROVIDES AN INHERITANCE TAX.
Lumber Charges Cut In Half Anil
Hides 1'ut On Free List Oppo
sition (fathering Data For Fight
Senator Hale Has Trotcst On
Wood Pulp Already -Discussion
Begin Monday Revenue Of
.tiM,000,0(0 Claimed By Payne.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The new tariff bill, for the consid
eration of which Congress was called
in extraordinary session by President
Taft, was Introduced in the House of
Representatives Wednesday after
noon by Chairman Payne, of the
Ways and Means Committee.
The measure was referred to tho
Ways and Means Committee, which
will favorably report the bill to the
House without ao much change as the
dotting of an I or the crossing of a T,
The Democratic members of thr
Ways and .Means Committee, who
were not allowed to see the Repub
lican measure before Its introduction,
met to analyze the bill and determine
their attitude toward Its provision:'.
Whatever the result of their delib
erations the Republicans have a ma
jority of the committee and will vote
to report the Pnyne bill without
amendment.
The "Htantlpat" element Is not
satisfied with the bill because It can
be truthfully said that the change?
recommended are, as a whole, In the
direction of a revision downward
rather than upward. Iron ore U
placed on the fee list, duties on Iron
and steel manufactures are material
ly reduced, and there are reductions
on tin plate and Bteel rails. The
duty on timber is cut In half, from
1 cent per cubic foot to 'A a cent
per cubic foot, and the same Is true
of lumber. The tariff Is removed
from hides, duties on manufactured
leather are reduced and 4 0 per cent.
reduction Is made in the duties on
shoes. There is a reduction of five-one-hundredths
of a cent per pound
in the duty on raw sugar.
Three Men Killed.
Charlotte. N. C. (Special). A
last passenger train on the Atlantic
Coast Line jumped the track at
Pikevllle, a flag station between
Goldshoro and Wilmlnetnn nhnrtlv
after midnight, killing the engineer
and fireman and Brakeman Oflert.
Conductor W. H. Newell and sev
eral passengers were seriously Injured.
School Segregation Bill.
Phoenix, Arlfc. (Special). The
Legislature has passed over the Gov
ernor's veto a bill to segregate col
ored children in the public schools.
BIG WAIERJAI BURSTS
Dynamiters Suspected of Causing
Flood When Sweeps Upon
Patkersburg.
Water Famine Threatens As Town
Supply Is Gone Four Fatally
Injured.
Parkersburg, W. Va. (Special).
By the bursting of two huge water
tanks, which, it Is believed, was the
work of dynamiters, three persons
were killed, four fatally Injured and
many less seriously hurt. The tanks
held the whole of the city' water
supply, which Is now cut off, and a
water famine Is threatened.
Rushing down hill the flood swept
away houses, knocking them against
one another a .d throwing the occu
pants from their beds Into the Icy
water. When searching parties went
through the ruins later in the morn
ing thev found the remains of W.alter
Waggle, his wife and their small
child. The flood came Just before
daybreak, at 6.30. before the hillside
had wakened for the day.
Twenty houses were demolished
and 20 more Hooded. St. John's
Lutheran Church, which was ruined,
acted as a bulwark against the worst
of the flood and saved many houses
from being swept away and the lives
of those In them.
Mrs. John Maloney, who was car
ried 60 yards in her half demolished
home, had both legs broken and is
reported to be dying. Ethel Jones,
with her father and , mother, wns
carried a great distance. She may
die, while her parents escaped with
a few scratches.
Mrs. Kate Carnes, an invalid, was
bndlv bruised and shocked, and will
probably die. Clara Jones, colored,
had her collarbone broken, was hurt
Internally and may die.
Mrs. H. C. Crlm was badly bruised
but will recover. Blanche Hollander,
colored, has a VoKen lpK Hn( ron"
fusions on her body. Many others
sustained minor Injuries.
The bursting of the tanks was due
to an explosion of some kind, and
It Is believed to have been the work
of some miscreant, who blew up the
tanks with dynamite or some other
explosive. An investigation Is now
being made.
That more people were not killed
seems little short of a miracle. Four
or five houses were swept from the
side of the hill Into the street. One
was carried a distance of nearly 100
yards.
Lawler May Be Named. ,
Los Angeles (Special). Oscar
Lawler, United States district attor
ney for the Southern district of Cali
fornia, has been offered the position
of assistant attorney general at
Washington, according to private
telegrams received here. Mr. Lawler
has not indicated whether he will
accept the offer.
Three Die In Family Fight.
Ratom, X. M. (Special). Three
person are dead at the result of a
fight between two conMns Antonio
DIJullo, a coke worker, and a man
named Bartole. Dljullo shot Bartole,
who took refuge In the home of hi
brother, Francisco Bartole. Dijullo
fired into the house and killed Mrs.
Francisco Bartole. FranciBco Bar
tole then plunged, a knlfo Into DIJu
llo's body, killng him Instantly.
Franclaco's brother died later in a
hospital.
i'volidge Quits Treasury.
Washington ( Special ).-pIt waa of
ficially announced that Loula A. Cool
idge, of Massachusetts, baa resigned
a asistanl secretary of the treasury.
It U understood that be will be suc
ceeded by Charles Dyer Norton of
Chicago.
StrlkeTllgh-Grodo Oil In Mexico.
Sallna Cruz, Mexico (Special).
Private advice from Frontera, State
of Tabasco, ay that a strike of high
grade oil at Camp Sallat, In th
Macuapana River District, 1 causing
r;'.'" -r-t
KOMK OF THK PROVISIONS OF T1IK NKW TARIFF BILL.
The bill proposes the establishment of the maximum and mini
mum tariff system. This is the adoption of the system in force in Ger
many, France and other foreign countries. It is designed to give
the minimum rates to those nations which give us the same arllJ
rates as they accord to all other countries. The maximum rates will
apply to those nations which discriminate against us or which grant
tariff rates to other nations not given to us. The difference between
the two sets of rates is 20 per cent, on the average. The pf8laenJ
of the United States is to enforce the maximum rates, but tne jus
tice of their application is left for the courts to teat.
The bill la to go into effect the day after its enactment into
law. The maximum rates are not to be put into effect until J W aaja
after, and the President is authorized to issue notices of the trn"
nation of the various existing foreign trade agreement witnm iu
days after the bill goes Into effect. limier the
In estimating the amount of revenue to be raised
bill for the support of the Government, the fiscal year ended June
30, 1906, is taken as a normal year. . th wll
To meet deficiency conditions in the Treasury hile th e m
is getting into full working order, P1"1 ' "inoltato the
ance of $40,000,000 Panama bonds and T"1!xSSg law these
value of $250,000,000 are authorized, tmder existing
Treasury certificate are limited to one year. tne
Where article have een transfers rom free ltleg nave
dutiable list they are in most case 1 although
been raised It has been principally t0 'n"P""flrtiries having their
in some instances for protective purpose, some ancles ha B
duties increased because of the belief that not sumcieuv v
Is afforded their manufacturers. ,,,,. nrovided. except
Reciprocal free trade with the V h 'PPis s Pr0" ' pnip.
aa to sugar, tobacco and cigars A llml ted amount of t hese Pn i
plno products may enter free, but above the limit set
mUPVore.gneis acquiring patent In this country .re quired to
comply with all conditions In this country which are ) px
people of this country who get patents n other lands This is
aimed at the foreign requirements that articles protected by for
eign patents must be manufactured In those cntr't'''- H is
pected to cause foreigner to build large factor ea here
Cuban reciprocity is preserved by a provision in the law All
foreign trade agreement are to be annulled. nnd ntheifm"'m""e ,"
minimum system will take their place. Abrogation of these treaties
will not be sudden, but lu aU'ordance with their term.
The committee estimates the bill will produce $300,000,000
revenue annilally. . ... .on
An Inheritance tax la provided and i expected to yield $20,
000,000 annually.
Coal, iron ore, hides and art go on the free list
Lumber and timber duties are cut in half. Duties on manu
factured leather and the greater part of the chemical schedule are
reduced, the reduction on shoe being 4 0 per cent. ....
Duties on iron and steel manufactures are alao reduced, includ
ing steel rails .and tinplate.
Coffee Is left on the free list, with a provision to prevent Brazil
imposing en import tax.
There Is no change affecting beer and whisky, but a tax of 8
cents a pound is Imposed on tea imported direct, or 9 cents when
Imported through another country, this latter provision being aimed
at the Canadian tea trade.
The uiicrnal revenue tax on cigarette Is Increased from $1 aud
$3 to $1.60 and $1.60 per thousand. The duty Is the snme on raw
sugar, to protect the beet sugar Industry', but on refined sugar It haa
been reduced five one-hundredths of a cent per pound. The duty
on lemons la from 1 cent to 1 cents a pound, but peanuts remain
the same, although Southern grower wanted tho duty on peanut
raised.
The bill contain 234 printed pages, 53.000 words and 43 sections.
v EXTRADITK CASTRO.
Murder Charged Against The
Former President.
Kingston, Jamaica (Special). Ad
vices received hero from Caracaa,
Venezuela. ay that Manuel Parades
ha brought suit in the high federal
court of Venezuela against ex-President
Castro, charging him with the
murder of Oeu. Antonio Parade and
a number of hi revolutionary com
panies in February, 1907.
Manuel Parade ask the Judge to
extradite Caatro, who is now In Eu
rope, and impoae the maximum sen
tence of 15 years' imprisonment. He
presents proofs that Castro, from his
elck bed at Macuto. issued the order
to kill Antonio Parade.
Antonio Parade and several com
panions were executed while prison
er of war. Ho led a futile revolu
tion against President Castro, laud
ing at Pedernalea on February 6,
1907.
Parade and hi men were captur
ed be Castro's troops, and a fow day
iner an were Bummamy snot.
Sea Red With Catsup.
Providence, R. I. (Special). For
three hour a crew of men, under
United State Marshal Daniel R. Bal
lou, on the steamer Sagamore, In
Narragantt Bay. worked without
cessation emptying 660 case con
taining 16,600 bottle of catsup lu
80 fathom of water. The case
were aeixed In Providence last year
while en route from Halt more to
Lowell. . It ' found that tb man
ufacturer bad violated the pure food
law.
"Lighthouse Of Tho I'lMiflc."
San Salvador (Special). Ialc
a volcano in Salvador known a the
Lighthouse of the Pacific, is reported
to be in violent eruption. lzalco
U 10 miles north of Sonsonrte. Thu
volcano of lzalco, which first appear
ed In 1770, uas t"en active during
long period. The last eruption oc
curred in 1902. It bas an elevation
of about 6.200 fet.
BOY STOLEN ANO
RELD FOB RANSOM
$10,000 Demanded For Return
of Millionaire's Nephew.
LAD WA TAKEN7rOM SCHOOL.
William Whit la, Son Of A Prominent
Sharon (Pa.) Attorney And For
mer Candidate For Congress, Dis
appearsCalled From Studies Anil
Told His Father Wanted Him
Parent Receive Letter From Kid
nappers And Adopts Their Plana
To Communicate With Them.
Two conirnlanlorm (are on the way
to Washington to oiplaJn the dead
look lu Port Rico.
Sharbn, Pa. (Special). Ten thou
sand dollars ransom Is demanded
for the return of William Whitla.
Attorney James P. Whltla' eight-year-old
son, who was spirited away
from school here by an unknown
man, furnishing a mystery which
the detectives of the country are be
ing asked to solve. Accompanying
the demand for ransom Is a covert
threat that the boy will be killed
unless the money Is produced. Hun
dreds of telegrams and telephone
messages have been sent to the po
lice of various cities, asking their
assistance In the search for the boy
and his abductors. The first fruit
of these came when Chief of Police
Craln, of this city, received word
that the rig In which the lad was
taken away had been recovered at
Warren. Ohio, with the child's hat
on tho buggy seat.
All the zeal of th- police and de
tectives Is now being centered at
the region lying about Warren, and
those In charge of the chase think
that the kidnapper has but slender
chance of escape. To the boldness
and openness of the abductor Is at
tributed his success In getting the
child out of Sharon without exciting
serious suspicion.
Attorney and Mrs. Whltla are
among the town's leading residents.
The former Is a brother-in-law of
Frank H: Buhl, the multi-millionaire
steel man. At 9.30 o'clock A. M ,
a stranger drove up to the East
Ward school house, where young
Whltla Is a pupil In room No. 2,
and told the janitor, Wesley Sloes,
the lad was wanted at once at h'3
father's office. Sloss conveyed the
message to Mrs. Anna Lewis, the
boy's teacher, who dismissed the
child. As she was helping him to
put on his overcoat, she remarked,
half jokingly, "I hope that man does
not kidnap Willie." The man in the
buggy had a dark complexion, dark
hair and a stubby mustache. He
was stockily built. He spoke excel
lent English and was evidently Amer
ican born.
When Sloss appeared with the boy
the stranger smiled and helped htm
up to the seat beside him. He then
drove off in the direction of Mr.
Whltla' office. Several persons say
a confederate Joined the kidnapper
before he had left the town.
Little waa thought of the Incident
and there was no belief n er'nie had
been committed until the lad failed
to appear for his noonday meal. Be
coming worried, Mrs. Whltla began
a search. At the' school she learned
of what had occurred there three
hours before.
Terrified, Mr3. Whltla conferred
with J. A. McLaughrey, a friend of
tho family. The latter telephoned
to Mr. Whltla, who had gone to New
Wilmington on business. Mr. Whitla
gave hasty directions a to what
steps to take immediately In an effort
to recover his son.
At 1 o'clock a letter directed to
the mother was delivered at the
house by a mail carrier. Mrs. Whltla
at once recognized the handwriting
on the envelope as that of her son.
Opening it. she found the following
communication, written In a strange
band:
"We have your boy and will re
turn him for $10,000. Will see
your advertisement In the papers.
Insert in Indianapolis News, Cleve
land Press, Pittsburg Dispatch,
Youngstown Vindicator. 'A. A.
will do as requested. J. P. W.
Dead boy are not desirable."
The penmanship and spelling of
the note indicated it had been writ
ten by a man of fair education. Mr.
Whitla decided to comply with th
condition of the letter and sent for
publication to each of the newspapers
specified the note it directed him to
Insert.
Warren, Ohio. A man said to
answer the description of the one
wanted at Sharon, Pa., on a charge
of kidnapping the Whltla boy, wa
arrested here.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Brazil will coin a large amount of
silver.
B. H. Harrlman sailed for Panama
on Saturday.
Cobalt shipped last week 528 tons
of ore,, Nlplsslng leading with 130
tons.
McNamara bas declared a dividend
of 10 per cent, a share. Thl la to
be paid April 5. The same amount
waa paid thia month.
Copper production in North Ameri
ca laat month la estimated ait 96.000,
000 pounds, compared with 66,000,
000 a year ago.
Foreign Government bonds were
weak, owing largely to the naval ap
propriation scare In the British Par
liament. International Silver has been earn
ing from $800,000 to $1,300,000 an
nually for 7 years. The top figure
was reached In 1906. In 190S the
profit were $829,000.
Kansas ha $400,000,000 farm
mortgage but only $47,000,000 I
owned by Kansas people.
Ladenburg, Thalman & Co. said:
"We think there haa oeen a resump
tion of pool activity in Brooklyn
Rapid Transit and certainly reooon
mend the purchase of that Btiock."
"Kansas City Southern ia a death
bed stock," wired one of the most
prominent broker of New York to
J. S. MoCord & Co., Philadelphia.
When aaked to explain, the Wail
Street man replied: "It ia the ort
l snouid buy when dying to leave
ko my family."
A good deal of attention was paid
to United State Bteel' annual report
for the full year of 1908. In brief,
It show net earnings of $91,947,710,
compared -with $160,964,673 in
1907, a decrease of $69,116,968. The
balance applicable for dividend on
the common atock or now construc
tion aggregated $20,609,036. or 4
per cent, on the common, comparing
with $79,346,886. or over 15 per
cent, in 1907. Nothing wai appro
priated for new work, whereas in
1007, $54,000,000 waa taken from
profit for oonatriiotlon. The com
pany had $49,600,000 cash In bank
at fab end of the year-
LIODS LIFE OF CLEVELfl'iL
President Eulogizes His Democratic
Predecessor at Memorial
Meeting
Prominent Men Present And Partiri.
patlng In Service In New York.
New York (Special) . Orovct
Cleveland' life and its Influence on
our national progress and material
welfare was the theme of President
Taft at memorial exercises at Cat
negie Hall.
The meeting at Carnegie Hall was
presided over by Mayor McClellan,
and the exercise were held under
the auspices of the Cleveland M
morial Committee, of which Franclil
Lynde Stetson la chairman. An orlgl l
nal poem was read by Richard Wat
son Gilder. The musical features ot
the program were provided by t.hf
Damrosch Orchestra, supplemented
by 120 voices of the Liederkram
Society.
President Tuffs Tribute.
In his address Mt. Taft said:
Grover Cleveland was as complete
ly American In his character as Lin
coln. Without a college education
he prepared himself for the bar. Hli
life was confined to Western Np
York. His vision of government and
of society was not widened by for
eign travel, lie was a pure product
of the village and town life of tht
Middle States, affected by New Eng
land ancestry and the atmosphere ol
a clergyman's home.
His chief characteristic were sim
plicity and directness of thought,
sturdy honesty, courage of his con
victions and plainness of speech,
with a sense of public duty that hot
been exceeded by no statesman with
in my knowledge. It was so strong
in him that he rarely wrote any
thing, whether In the form of a pri
vate or public communication, that
the obligation of all men to observe
the public interest was not his thief
theme.
From Office To Office.
The discharge of his dutiea at
Governor confirmed and strengthen
ed the reputation that ho had acquir
ed as a Mayor. Before he had ceased
his office as Mayor he had been
elected Governor. Before he had
ceased his office as Governor he had
been elected President of the United
States.
The Presidential campaign of 1884
degenerated Into one of slander,
scandal and abuse, but Mr. Cleve
land came through It retaining th
confidence of tho American peopll
In his courage and honesty and hit
single purpose to bear the publll
service.
Mr. Cleveland was a Democrat. Ill
was a partisan. His impulses wert
all toward the merit system of ap
pointing in the public service and
against the spoils system; but hi
had- a practical, common-sense vie
of the problems before him. Hi
dealt with the instruments which hi
had. Every time that opportunity
offered, however, and there was not
some greater object In Immediate
view, he strengthened and assisted
the movement toward the merit pyl
tern.
Cave May He Full Of Radium.
Chilpancingo, Mex. (Special).
The discovery of a strange substance
In a cave near the town of Cornill
leads to the belief that there ll
radium in the composition of the
Interior. The inBlde of the cave
gives off an iridescent glow constant
ly and when the rock are broken
the brilliancy of the Interior Is great
ly enhanced, according to all report.
Samples of the rock brought from
the cave glow In the darkness.
WASHINGTON!
BY TELEGRAPH
A suggestion has been made to
the United States and Mexico by t
Central American republic that l
conference of President of Central
American, republics be held, with
view to removing all causes for In
tervention. An address to the American people
Is being prepared by the Democratl
of the House, setting forth the po
sition of the minority leader on the
rules of the House.
Charles Dewes Hllles, of Dobbl
Ferry, N. Y., has been appointed at
elstant secretary of the treasury, suc
ceeding Beekman Winthrop.
Louis A. Coolidge, assistant see
the financial bureau ot the depart
the official bureau of the depart
ment, has resigned.
For four and a half hour the
Hou.-e of Representatives listened to
the reading of the Tariff Bill, wblcb
was concluded.
Senor Cortez, the Colombian min
ister, haa received a dispatch from
his government, saying that all 1
quiet there. ,
The Democratic members of thi
Ways and Mean Committee met aod
began consideration of the Payne
tariff bill.
The President nominated Robert
L. Devlin to be United State at
torney for the Northern District of
California.
President Taft and Secretary of
State Knox will confer regarding ap
pointment to Important .diplomatlo
posts.
The decision of the court-martial
In the case of Major Fremont and
Lieutenant Klnzie and Rich weie
aubmttted , to the President.
Mis Martha Cameron, daughter of
the former Senator, wa married to
Roland Lindsay, of the British For
eign Office.
There are 11 or 12 Chr'tlao
churches or temple In the city of
Peking, according to a cemu recent
ly taken. . 1
The yellow pine reparation case
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission were settled by agree
ment. For heroism : In saving the live
or nine children during the burnlnir
of the General Slocum Mis Mary,
McCann was presented by Speakf
Cannon, on behalf of Congress, with,
a silver medal.
The commission ha been named,
that will Investigate condition 1",
Liberia. '
A bill providing for one cent let
ter postage wa introduced In tb
House. 'I
Michiel Marek, while walking oq
the railroad at Elatington on hi way!
to a barber shop, was struck by L
train and killed.