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GUILTY IN BUCKET-SHOP CASE
Cincinnatians Convicted by Jury of
Using th Hails to Defraud.
The Jury in the caHe f Louis W.
Poster and five others, who were
charged with using the malls to de
fraud in conducting a so-called "bucket
shop," returned a verdict of guilty in
the United States Dsltrlct Court In
Cincinnati Friday. The men found
guilty are Louis W. Foster. John Gor
man, W. J. Campbell. A. C. Baldwin,
John M. Scott and Edwin F. Hell. The
penalty la a fine of from $1,000 to $5,-
000, eighteen mouths in the peniten
tiary, or both.
William J. O'Dell, who died In Cin
cinnati several years ago, left an es
tate estimated at $2,000,000. He amass
ed this fortune by running a bucket
hop on a larger scale thaa ever before
known in this country, having branch
es in all the principal cities and towns
in the West and South. At his death
the defendants found guilty Friday
continued the O'Dell Brokerage Com
pany. Gorman, Baldwin, Scott and
Hell were formerly telegraph opera
tors In the employ of O'Dell. William
Dudley, telegraph operator, and Attor
ney Thomas Shay, both of whom are
dead, were interested as partners at
one time. All these men are credited
with having cleaned up $1,000,000,
most of which, however, Gorman and
Dudley and Shay retained.
The verdict Is a clean victory for
the government, which contended the
defendants did not even play the buck
et shop game honestly, but by slow
wires and fast wires to Chicago and
Now York took advantage of the mar
ket quotations and cloned out trades
with their customers to the best ad
vantages to the defendants.
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The Burlington Railway has decided to
make a S'j-cent paxaeiiKer rate, effective
in Missouri, and this action is expected
to end the proceeding to nullify the 2
cent law.
All the coal carrying road are runn
ing large utiantitlca of coal to the tide
water, and to Western point, and every
railroad crew Ih busy, while miners are
being worked full capacity.
Plau for the construction of the Great
Northern ltailroad line from Noyes,
Minn., to Winnipeg, have been Hied with
lue Manitoba government. The iM(. j
to be ia operation by Kept. 1.
Sim the completion of it line to the
fteaa the taken, the W Uixmslu Cen
tral haa advanced the rate on aoft coal
between Manitowoc, Wis., and the Twin
Cities from IN) rents to f 1.15 iter tou.
Tu stockholder of the Southern Pa-4-ific
lUilintad Company have voted t.
inane SKMUXXI.OOU of new stock which
will lie onvred at 1X er share in ex.
bange for the company's bond at f l.'ti)
A ixnir thirty Iron ore carrying con
tract betweeu the Cuyuna Itanue Kail
way Company and fee owuer and lease
noiaer on tne i iiyium rang have beei
filed for record at Braiuetii. The rale I
ii to ISO cent s ton.
The Missouri representative hav
panned a lirohihilitlon law fur
train, niuking it unlawful to drink or
IMiKe intoxlcutmg ti.piors mi pusscugci
train in that State, pr to im a pan
eiiKcr iraiu in an intoxicated condition
The Chicago and Northwestern ittiil
way Company lia complete,! lis iulil(
track system hettvecu Chicago and tin
Missouri Hiver. 'Hi last link in tin
double track s.VHteui wa coiniilcteil uli..i
the e-aud track of the new bridge aero
the Mississippi at t lintou ai finished al
a -t of $.N).4HX.
The Iowa representative passed the
Senate bill prohibiting drinking intoxi
cants on traiiiH. Thin put an end In the
al of liquor in dining- car for com iimp
titiu while on the trains. Meuih'i (
the train cr-w are given ihe power to
eject offender and call iiimiu local ofti
er to srrent thrill, but ;nav not in:ike arret:.
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IHE-"TOTIB HONOR, HE BEATS MEI"
TAFT RAPS PORTO RICO
Saya Failure to Pass Money Bills
Makes Serious Situation in
the Island.
'GENEROSITY IS FORGOTTEN."
Special Message to Congress Urges
Change in Foraker Act Holds
Politicians Irresponsible.
President Taft sent to Congress a
special message recommending legisla
tion at the present extra session to
amend the Foraker act, under which
Porto Rico Is governed. The President
directs attention to "a situation of un
usual gravity," the result of the fail
ure of the legislative assembly of
Porto Rico to pass the usual appropri
ation bills, leaving the Island without
support after June 30.
Porto Rlcans have forgotten the gen-1
crosity or tne unitea states, the Pres
ident says, in the desire of certain of
their political leaders for power, and
he addB that the situation Indicates
that the United States has gone too
fast In the extension of political rights
to the Porto Rlcans. Mr. Taft con
cludes that the absolute power of ap
propriation should be taken from
"those who bave shown themselves too
irresponsible to enjoy It."
The President suggests to Congress
the wisdom of submitting to the appro
priation committees the question of
qualifying some of the provisions of
the fundamental act as to the respect
ive Jurisdictions of the executive coun
cil and the legislative assembly. But
no action of this kind, he says, should
be undertaken before the Foraker act
Is amended, so that when the legisla
tive assembly shall adjourn without
making appropriations necessary to
carry on the government sums equal
to the appropriations In the previous
year shall be available from the cur
rent revenues and shall be drawn by
the warrant of the auditor on the
treasurer, countersigned by the gover
nor. Such a provision applies to the
legislatures of the Philippines, and of
Hawaii, and "it has prevented In those
two countries any misuse of the power
of appropriation."
The messnge presents an exhaustive
review of conditions on the Island, Us
trade, its wealth and the Improved edu
cational facilities. It points out that
"there never was a time In the history
of the Uland when the average pros
perity of the Porto Rlcan was higher,
his opportunity greater, his liberty in
thought and action, more secure." For
the first time In its history Porto Rico
is living under laws enacted by it
own legislature.
The President points out that If the
Porto Rlcans desire a change In the
form of the Foraker act the subject Is
a matter of congressional considera
tion, dependent upon the effect on real
political progress In the Island. 8uch
a change, he says, should be sought In
an orderly way and not brought to
the attention of Congress by 'paralys
ing the arm of the existing govern
ment." The President says that the
Porto Rlcans' forgetfulness of the gen
erosity of this government "should not
be an occasion for surprise, nor In
dealing with a whole people ran It be
made the basis of a charge of ingrati
tude." Prominent Klk leap u Death.
Delirious from nines, ('apt. William
Cook, a promiuenl Klk. a noted drilluiaa
nuiHter. I. nil captain of the Klk Cherry
Picker, a fniiioii drill nuiiad. leaped
from a fourth-alnry window in Toledo
Ohio, and wa iiixtHiitly killed. A daugh
ter tried to prevent her father jumping,
but wax nimble to restrain him.
Tinnier Shut lirnd br K.mplor.
t'harle IjiiiIi ua hot and killed on
hi plantation lichr Shelby, Minn., by a
ero. The trouble grew out of a quarrel
over oik. IjiiiiIi hud been carried ouly
thre Keck a.
AMERICAN SCHOOL RAZED.
Property at Kessab Burned in the
Anti-Christian Biota.
An investigator who has returned
from a trip to Kessab, Asiatic Turkey,
reports that all the American property
at that place has been destroyed by
the Moslem raiders. The property con
sisted of a girls' high school under the
direction of Miss Effle N. Chambers, a
missionary of the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Thre& fourths of the native houses also
have been destroyed, but the Armenian
church and the new Protestant school
building are standing. Nearly all the
people who fled from Kessab have re
turned to find their bouses' looted and
they are destitute. Some food and
clothing are being distributed, but
there Is no system in the work and
the supplies are Inadequate.
FIGHT FOB THE PENNANTS.
Stnudluar of Clubs In the Principal
Base Hall I.caaet,
RATIONAL IXAOUE.
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Pittsburg ..13
Philadelphia. 10
Boston ....10
Chicago ....12
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14
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7 Cincinnati A 10
6 Brooklyn ... 7
7 St. Louis... 9
10 New York... 6
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
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Detroit ....14 5 Chicago .... 9 10
New York.. 11 7 Cleveland ..9 10
Boston 10 8 St. Louis.... 6 12
Philadelphia 8 8 Washington. 5 11
AMEBICAN ASSOCIATION.
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Milwaukee. 14 5 Minneapolis. 9 11
Louisville.. 14 8 Kansus City. 8 12
Ind'napolls.13 10 Columbus ..9 14
Toledo 10 11 St. Paul g 12
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
On account of the decision upholding
the section of the New York Stat in
surance laws prohibiting a company from
doing more than $ir0,HM),M0 of new
btiNiness in one year, t lit New York Life
ItiHtiraiice Company will dismiss on May
Ul about l.CHHI of its agents. This step
U likely to be followed by the withdraw
al of ioine of the foreign agencies, but
an effort will be made to have the law re
pealed. Since the Iiihu ranee department of the
Stale of Iowa has been barring certain
Minnesota insurance roinpuuiea from do
ing biiKiuess in that State. Senator M. L.
FonReen, Minneaimlis, offered a r.talia
tory measure, under which the romaniea
from Iowa will not be emoted license
in Minnesota under aimilar conditions.
The bill applies to all States which make
regulations that would exclude Minnesota
companies.
By an order of the interior depart
ment, about 3,nKMXX acres of land in
the counties along the eustern border of
Wyoming are to be thrown ohmi at once
to homesteader, who will be allowed to
take either Hill or IlJfi acre. The land
cannot be irrigated and will lie of tiae,
therefore, for dry farming only. Those
who take the full 324) acre entries must
make an attempt to cultivate th land,
while those who go in on the smaller
holding will not be compelled by the
law to do so.
The businesa life of l-oudon waa all
agog over the owning of the new depart
ment tore of the American merchant,
Kelfrldge, formerly of Chicago, who bold
ly advertised hi intention of showing
the Britisher how the Yankee doe thing
In that line, lmmeuse throng of people
crowded the big store owing to attraction
offered, but at the same time the leading
1 million house in dry ?oods accepted the
challenge by Inserting big advertisemeut
in the pux-ra aud also drawing crowd.
Hitherto they had not used the daily pa
pers extensively.
The Security State Bank, of Brala
erd, Minu., which was closed down about
two month ago, became of holding
alstut 'JO,(HR) of the iaper indoraed by
Banker J ones, of Rugby, N. 1)., who
failed, ha reopened for buiuesa, an as
sessment of 9 1(10 per share baviug been
paid.
Senator V. K. Putnam's bill, which
commit the Legislature to the policy of
ctuhlihlug and maintaining arl agricul
tural depart im nt in one high school in
each Minnesota county, was pained by
tht Semite with only two disseuting votes.
The bill carries an appropriation of S50,
(MM.) to cover the first two years of tht
wk.
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" CHICAGO.
A cheering animation Is seen to be
pervading current operations In. trade
generally, and conditions have become
distinctly encouraging as to the Imme
diate outlook. The important develop
ments Include the stimulus which
cornea from seasonable weather and
the opportunity to advance Industrial
and farming activities, together with
a readjustment of labor controversies
which threatened construction lines.
A significant feature which fore
shadows Increased production at the
mills and factories appears in more
numerous demands for furnace out
puts, steel shapes and equipment. Ai
tendency toward rising prices for sui-
plies characterizes Iron, textiles, mi
nor metals and leather.
Important May settlements at the
banks and board of trade were
promptly liquidated and the demand
strengthened for money, although the
discount rate for choice commercial
paper was unchanged.
' Prices for the leading breadstuffs
stand at the highest avcraga for the
season, and the profits to farmers In
duce larger expenditures for Imple
ments, materials and improvements.
Forwardings have become heavier to
Western points of fabricated steel,
wire, harlware, machinery and elec
tric appliances.
Outdoor 'work Is again remarkably
extended, and this creates exceptional
deliveries of quarry products, plumb-
lug supplies and lumber. Leather
working trades obtain satisfactory con
tracts, especially for footwear and the
market for hides is firmer. April per
mits for business structures were forty-five
In number and 12,437,350 In
value and compare with similar num
ber and 11,082,900 In value for April,
1908.
Bank clearings, $295,991,231, exceed
those of corresponding week in 1908
by 16.9 per cent and compare with
1259,694,815 In 1907.
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict number 30, against 23 last week.
86 In 1908 and 19 In 1907. Those with
liabilities over $5,000 number 7,
against 7 last week, 9 a year ago and
4 In 1907. Dun's Weekly Review of
Trade.
NEW YORK.
Improvement, In retail trade, some
regaining of lost ground In farming
operations and a distinctly more op
timistic feeline as t trade for the fu
ture are the leading favorable features
In this week's reports to Bradstreet's.
Jobbing and wholesale trade for lmm
dlate delivery shows between seasons
quiet, but fall trade is developing a
better tone and enlarged demand. Per
haps the most encouraging feature of
the week, business affecting one of the
country's basic industries, la the en
larged demand, more cheerful tone
and higher range of prices reported
In the iron and steel industry. Coin
cldently, there is "rather more doing
In the Western coal trade.
The wool market Is strong and act
ive at higher prices and leather and
hides are selling better at higher quo
tations, although fall business In shoes
does not develop rapidly. Collections
show little change and are still in
clined to slowness. Taken as a whole,
trade feeling la .optimistic, and much
Is hoped from the passing of tariff
uncertainty, the development of warm
er weather and the progress of crop
planting and growth to a point where
the business community can safely
make calculations as to ultimate out
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with May
6 were 214, against 268 last week, 288
in the like week of 190S, 154 in 1907,
162 in 1906 and 158 In 1905.
Business failures in Canada for the
week number 29, compared with 21
last week and 22 in 1908. Brad-street's.
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Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$t. to $7.25; hogs, prime heavy, $4.."i0
to $7.45; sheep, fair to choice, $3.(X)
to $5.73; wheat. No. 2, $1.4il to $1.4!l;
corn, No. 2, 7.'k; to 7.5c; oats, standard,
Stic to 58c; rye, No. 2, K'lc to S.V; hay.
timothy. $S.OU to $14.r0; prairie, $S.O(J
to $13.50; butter, choice creamery, 22c
to 27c; egg, fresh. 18c to 21c; potatoen,
per bushel, 110c to $1.00.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.00; hog.
$4.00 to $7.30; sheep. $2..raJ to $5.00;
wheat. No. 1, $1.44 to $1.45; corn. No. 3.
yellow, 78c to 7i)c; oats, No. 3 white,
50c to 57c ; rya, No. 2, 87c to 8c..
Milwaukee Wheat, Wo. 2 northern,
$1.27 to $1.30; corn, No. 3, OSc to 70c;
oats, standard, 57c to 50c ; rye. No. I
87c to 80c; barley, No. 1, Otic to 7c;
pork, mesa, $17.37.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping ateers,
$4.00 to $0.75; boga, fair to choice, $4.00
to $7.75; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.00 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $8.00.
Naw York Cattle, $4.00 to 0.U5;
hogs, $3.50 to $7.t0; sheep, $3.00 to
$0.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.43 to $1.45;
corn. No. 2, 70c to 82c; oata, natural
white, 61c to 63c; butter, creamery, 27c
to '-.e; egg, western, 17c to 22c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.44 to
$1.40; corn, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c;
oat. No. 2 mixed, 55c to 57c ; rye. No.
2, 81c to 00c; clover seed, $3.85.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $7.40; hogs, good to cboica heavy,
$3.50 to $7.43 j sheep, good to choice,
$2.50 to $0.13; wheat. No. 2, $1.40 to
$1.42; corn. Ho. 2 white, 67e to 00c;
oats, No. 2 white, 51c to C2c.
St. Louia Cuttle, $4.00 to $8.00; hog,
$4.00 to $7.45; sheep, $3.00 to $0.30;
wheat, No. 2, $1.48 to $1.50; corn. No. 2.
73c to 75c; oats. No. 2, 55c to 50c; rye,
No. 2. Sic to 84c.
Cincinnati Cattle. $1.00 to $0.40;
hogs. $1.00 to $7.00; aheep. $3.00 to
$1.1X1; wheat. No. 2, $1.43 to $1.44; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 75c to 77c; oat. No. 2
mixed, 55c to 50c ; rye, No. 2, 88c to OOc
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Washington has been jflven to un
derstand that President Taft deslrea
to make a record-breaking trip during
the present year, provided Congress
sees Its way clear to appropriating
the annual $25,000 for the traveling
expenses of the executive. Leaders In
both Senate and House are known to
favor such a measure now, and so
the prospects are good for such a Jour
ney. The President expects to start
Across the continent by the Northern
route to Seattle, stopping at the
larger cities, and there sail to Alaska
by the inside route. From Valdez he
will return to San Francisco and
thence back East by the Southern
route. While in Seattle he will attend
the Alaska-Yukon Exposition. There
Is some talk in Congress of providing
for the .purchase and equipment of a
complete special train for the use of
the executive.
In the rotunda of the capltol
Wednesday, exercises Incidental to the
reinterment of the remains of Maj.
L'Enfant In Arlington cemetery were
held, with President Taft, Vlce-Presl-dent
Sherman and many high Fed
eral and District of Columbia officials
taking fart. The Vice-President made
the principal address. The body,
which hitherto had been burled in the
graveyard of a Maryland farm, lay
in state during the exercises. L'En
fant was the French engineer whd
helped Washington to lay out the na
tional capltol. Ambassador Jusserand
also paid a glowing tribute to the
memory of bis countryman.
President Taft has notified Congress
that In tha Venezuelan cases ar
rangements were made for the settle
ment of the Jaulrett claim and that
f the New York and Bermudez Com
pany out of court, while the claims to
go to arbitration are those of the
Orinoco corporation, the Orinoco
Steamship Company and that of the
United States and Venezuela Com
pany. Specific provision is made, how
aver, that Venezuela, with the con
sent of the United States, may reach
an amicable settlement within five
months with either the Orinoco cor
poration or the United States aud
Venezuela Company.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson haa
issued a bulletin containing the opin
ion of Attorney General Wickeraham
affirming the legality of the Referee
Board of Experts, headed by Prof. Ira
Remsen of Johns Hopkins, which was
appointed by President Roosevelt to
review the opinions and rulings of
Chief Chemist Wiley. This establishes
this board as the supreme authority
in the execution of the food and drug
act.
The dispute over the question of re
sponsibility and authority in the con
duct of the next census, which for
several days had threatened either the
dismissal of Director North or the re
tirement of Secretary Nagel, appears
to have been settled amicably after
several conferences with the Presl--dent.
Mr. North disclaimed any In
tention or desire to usurp authority
over matters properly belonging to
tha Secretary.
The seizure of the American schoon
er Charles Levi Woodbury for al
leged poaching will have a tendency
to hasten the reaching of a definite
understanding between the American
and British Governments as to their
attitude toward Hecate straits, which
the Canadians desire shall be regard
ed a "closed sea" and the right of
fishing therein denied to Americans.
A resolution introduced In Con
gress by Representative Helm of Ken
tucky provides that whenever a ma
jority of the voters of the island of
Cuba shall vote In favor of annexa
tion to the United States the Island
shall be annexed on such terms and
conditions as the proper authorities
of both countries may agree upon.
i Lieut. Calvin P. Tltus of the Four
teenth Infantry, who was the first
man to scale the walls of the Chinese
city at the battle of Peking, haa with
drawn hla resignation from the army
and will become a regimental chap
lain. Charles D. lllllls of Dobbs Ferry,
N. Y., has beeu sworn Into office as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
succeeding Louis A. Coolidge, re
signed. H. Perclval Dodge of Boston, Amer
ican minister to Salvador, has been
selected as Minister to Morocco to
succeed Mr. Cummore.
When the Turkish Ambassador,
Hussein Kiaxlm, received official word
of the chaage of rulers in Turkey he
at ouce went In lierson to the State
Department, and, with every evidence
of pleasure, conveyed the Information
to the American Government. Tha
news was also received direct from tha
American Ambassador in Constanti
nople. A reply in due form was boom
delivered, saying that the President
had that day cabled congratulations
to the new Sultan, Mehmed V. '
lndellblo Pencil PoUona.
A M'cuIiar mishap that may cot the
sight of one eye ha befallen Mis Ijiura
Steffens, daughter of Jacob Steffen, the
Sacramento, t'al., hanker, and sister of
Lincoln Steffens, the writer. The point
Of an indelible pencil she wa sharpening
anapped off and struck her right eye. Tb
coloring matter spread and turned the
whole eye the purple color of the pencil,
cau.-sag it to smart and impairing the eye
sight. Miss Steffen i chief of th ex
tension department of the State Library,
and it wa at the library that the acci
dent happened.
ST. ELMO AUTHOR DIES.
Augusta Evans Wilson, Well Xnown
for Her Novels, Passes Away.
Augusta Evans Wilson, author of
"St. Elmo" and many othei novels,
popular a generation ago, and still
widely read in the South, died at her
home In Mobile, Ala., Sunday as the
result of an attack of heart failure,
fche was born in 1835 In Columbus, Ga.
She was the daughter of Matt Ryan
and Sarah Howard Evans, one of the
oldest families In the South.
While a child she removed with her
parents to Texas, then a frontlerState.
Soon after the Mexican war, her peo
ple located In Mobile, Ala. It was there
that. In 1868, she married Colonel L.
M. Wilson. The marriage was a very
happy one, and, although they had no
children, they were known among
their friends as the "lover couple" un
til Colonel Wilson's death in October,
1891.
It was In 1855 that her first novel,
"Inez, a Tale of the Alamo," appeared.
It met with only moderate success.
Her second novel, "Beulah," published
four years later, won Instant apprecia
tion and she soon became recognized
as one of the leading writers of the ro
mantic and Intensely emotional school.
' In 1864 she found time to completo
"Macaria," which she sent to a
Charleston, S. C, publisher, who copy
righted It under the laws of the "Con
federate States of America." The book
was published on coarse brown paper,
all that the printer could obtain, and
soon after it left the press the entire
edition was confiscated by a federal
officer. A blockade runner, however,
smuggled one copy through to Havana,
Cuba, whence It later was taken to
New York City and published. The
book met with heavy sales Immediate
ly.
"St. Elmo," the most popular, most
criticised and most widely read of Mrs.
Wilson's books, appeared In JsGO. and
It Is still one of the "six best sellers"
In the South. "Vashtl" and "Lnfelice"
followed quickly and In 1887, Mrs. Wil
son published "At the Mercy of Ti
berius," a strong argument against cir
cumstantial evidence as a means of
conviction. "A Speckled Bird" was
published, and her last book, "Devota,"
appeared above a year ago.
REPORT SHIP LOST WITH 21.
Shores, Six Days Overdue, Believed
Sunk in Lake Superior. .
Advices received at Duluth are to
the effect that the steamer Shores, six
days' overdue at Duluth, went down
off White Fish Point In Lake Superior
with all on board. The crew and pas
sengers numbered twenty-one.
News of the destruction . of the
Shores was brought to Duluth by the
crew of the steamer Northland, who
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say that as the latter was passing lhat
point on the way up they discovered
wreckage strewn all over the lake,
and, In their opinion, it belonged to
the Shores. The fact that she was a
week overdue at Duluth and no word
of her has been received adds color to
the theory.
The Adelia Shores belonged to the
S. O. Neff Transportation Company of
Milwaukee, and Is said to have been
up bound from Michigan with a load
of salt. The ship was of 1,250 tons
burden and under command of Captain
8.. Holmes. The engineer was R. S.
Nott The names of the crew and pas
sengers are not obtainable.
TWENTY HUBT IN TRAIN CRASH.
Engineer Dying and Aboil Score nt
Other Injured In t'ollUlon.
Great Northern passenger train No 3,
known a the I'lyer. west bound, ran into
a light eugine at Deiauo, Minn. Two
day eoache were burned aud about twen
ty passengers more or less seriously ij,.
jured. Kngineer Andrew W. Watson of
Sr. Paul, of the pbt.senger train, wa
probably fatally hurt and i iu St. Mary'
hospital at Minneapolis.
SIXTY SEE CHICAGO BOY KILLED.
Joaeith trusts, Pnnllat Singer, loirr.
Irocutrd vn Mugar Hirer.
Joseph Cronin. 14 year old, a member
of the Phulist Chorister Society of Chica
go, in charge of Father Fiun, wa killed
instantly by electricity on the Canadian
aide of the river at Niagara Falls. With
sixty of his companions, who were visit
ing Ixnetto ccpiveut, he started to climb
the bank to the transformer station en
the Ontario Power Company, when he
came in contact with hi. ll.(MS-volt cable
which bad been strung 'emporarily by tb
company.
LIFE TERM TO BOYLE;
WIFE GETS 25 YEARS
Woman Alsi) ! Fined $5,000 and
Costs in the "Billy" VVhitla
Kidnaping Case.
BOTH PRISONERS COLLAPSE.
Husband and Spouse Are Carried.
" Most of Way Back to Cells Sha
Weeps Violently in Jail.
In Mercer, Pa.,NJudge Williams on
Monday sentenced James H. Boyle, con
victed of kidnaping "Billy" Whitla, tt
imprisonment for life In the western
penitentiary at Pittsburg. Mrs. Boyle,
indicted as Mary Doe, was sentenced to
twenty-five years in the penitentiary
and to pay a fine of $5,000 and costs
of the prosecution. Boyle did not
cause the scene 1n court which he had
threatened and did not utter a word
before being sentenced. His counsel,
however, pleaded for leniency for both
Boyle and his wife. The lawyer said
that until a recent period the extreme
penalty for kidnaping In this State
was ten years and in view of the fact'
that the boy had been treated with
every consideration and that all care
had been taken not to Inflict unneces
sary mental anguish upon the parents
he felt leniency might be asked with
propriety. After, Attorney Miller of
counsel for the Boyles had completed
his plea for leniency in behalf of his
clients Judge Williams told Boyle to
stand up and asked him If he bad any
thing to say as to why sentence should
not be pronounced upon him. Boyle
merely said, "I have not," and shook
his head. Judge Williams then ad
dressed the prisoner and told him of
the seriousness of the crime of which
he had been convicted. Both Boyle and
his wife collapsed on hearing their
sentences pronounced. Mrs. Boyle wept
violently when returned to her cell.
SEVEN DEAD, BATTLE TOLL. ,
Harold Nnnlioru, ChlraKo, Wh
Killed (ilrl, Wm nadir Wounded.
Additional reports received at El
Paso, Texas, of the recent riot on the
Sanborn ranch, near Vera Cruz, Mex
ico, are to the effect that seven persons
were killed during the riot and that
Harold Sanborn of Chicago, son of the
president of the La Juanta plantation,
was dangerously wounded. Toung
Sanborn is held in Jail, the charg
against him being the killing of a lir-"
year-old girl, who, it Is alleged, stabbed
Sanborn's ranch partner, Vlcent
Etipinoso, In the back. The killing of
the girl took place In the general fight
that followed.
MInkIuk Hoy round Drowned.
The search which has been conduct
ed by hundreds of persons for several
days for the two missing children of
Michael Prodi of Iatrobe. Pa., resulted
in the discovery of the body Of Alvln,
the fi-yar-old son, In a creek. The
search is being conducted for the girl,
who is alno thought to have been
drowned. '
Spertntora Hurled to Floor.
Thirty persons were injured, many
sei ioiiHly, w hen a section of a balcony
railing at the new State armory in
Seattle gave way during the indoor
track meet cf the Seattle Athletic
(Hub. Many spectators were thrown
head foremost to the floor fifteen feet
below.
Two llnblea Burned to Death.
Ben and Joe lien en, aged 2 and
3i years respectively, sons of Anton
Berren of San Bernard, Neb., wero
burned to death In a lain.
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