FATHER AND SON HELD.
Arreat of Counterfeiters Ii Cauied toy
Young Woman Caahler.
Six miles across Hip sand dunea
from Gary, I nil., n counterfeiters' den
has been uncovered by Federal secret
ervloe operatives. The raid resulted
In tho seizure of a complete counter
feiter1 outfit nt tlie home of Ford
rredom and his son. James rredom,
$vho are under arrest. The Predora
tome, la a ehort distance from the home
f Adam Raoke, who Is knowrj In aocret
wnlw circles aa the "wizard of the
counterfeiters."
'.""Altliongh two molds were found In
the cellar of Rackc's home, and It was
reported thnt ho had taught the trade
to the rredoms, he was not arrested,
lie Is OS years old, and hns served five
rrlson terms for counterfeiting. HI
imue Is lu Horsford'i Park, and be Is
"flie nearest neighbor of the rredoms.
'. In spite of Itncke's past record and
his ninny terms behind prison bars.
Captain Thomas I. Porter, head of the
Federal secret service at Chicago, ex
pressed Implicit fnlth in the professed
reform of the "wizard."
The arrest of Ford and James Pre
dom was due to Miss Mary O'ltrlen,
cushior at the Thirty-fifth street sta
tion or the South Side Elevated Rail
road, Chicago. It Is asserted that they
tried to pass a counterfeit half-dollar
at her stntlou. She refused it and tele
phoned the Stanton avenue police. De
tective Thomas Mulcnhy was sent out
to find the two men and arrested them.
The secret service operatives were
detailed to make a raid on the home
(if the Predoms In Hosford Tark. The
raid resulted lu the discovery and selz
tire of molds and a lathe, which In be
lieved to have been used in mW'g th
tpurlous coins.
TRAIN CRASHES INTO ROOM.
Six rtrtom Are Killed la Wind
or Station, Montreal.
Six persons were killed and several
Were Injured when a lucomorfve attached
to a l'-oKton and Muine train crnHlieil
(hroucli the walls of the women's wait-jDg-room
nt the Windsor station, in Mon
treal. Tbe train, which was made up of
Q locomotive, a baggage ear aud three
coaches, carried few passengers, or the ac
cident might hnve been much more seri
ous. When passing Highland station, a
few miles from Montreal, a plug blew out
Cf the engine, and the engineer was
thrown from his cab. The fireman tried
to stop the train, but found the brakes
Would riot work. Arriving at the Wind
sor station, the engine plunged through
several barriers and a brick wall, enter
ing the waiting-room and crashing
through the floor. The fireman was pinned
beneath the wreck and killed. A man at
work in the room below the waiting-room
also was killed. Another victim was a
little girl who was sitting in the station
waiting for a train.
GEORGE T. ANGELL IS DEAD.
Leader la Anll-Crneltr Croaadn
Succamba at Iluatoa Home.
George Thorndike Angell, "friend of
dumb a ninm In" and the lender in the hu
mane educational movement in the United
States, died in Iloston early Tuesday,
aged m years. He had been in failing
health a loi.g time. Mr. Angell was the
president and one of the founders of the
Massachusetts Society for the Prcvcn
tion of Cruelty to. Animals. For twenty
years he had been president of the Ameri
can Humane Educational Association. He
was educated for the law. In l.Stltl, after
feeing two horses run to death In a race,
he established the publication, Our Dumb
Animals. After that he was actively en
gaged in his chosen life work. In one
itr&T he had printed more than 17,000,000
pages of literature. He caused to be es
tablished more than 70,000 "bands of mer
y" in America and England.
"221 DROWN; 89 VESSELS SINK.
Trace Loss of Life aid Property
During- Winter Season.
Two hundred and twenty-one persons
perished by shipwreck and eighty-nine
teasels met with disaster off the New En
viand aud Uritish North American coasts,
,lt whilo engaged lu the New England or
Canadian trade, during the fall and win
ter season of liKW-0. which ended Sunday
Dight. Of the eighty-nine vessels cast
Ashore or lost at sea, six steamers and
fifty-six sailing craft were totally wreck
ed. The finanVinl loss exceeds $.'1,000,01 K).
The most thrilling disaster of the season
was the collision betweeu the White Star
Line steamer Itepuhlic and the Italian
fteamer Florida. The navy had few ac
cidents during the season.
KILLS FRIEND WHO STOLE WIFE
Texas Maa Sara Victim Consented
to III lOircutloa.
Fred Morris, in Jail lu Fort Worth,
Texas, admits that he deliberately shot
and killed Otto II. Meyer, his former
friend, lie declares that Meyer knew
his death sentence had been pronounced
and that he unflinchingly accepted his
fate. The shooting followed a confession
written and signed by Meyer, that be bad
won the lore of Mrs. Morris, and the
avenger will rely on the unwritten law to
free him of the charge of murder. He
said that as he prepared to shoot Meyer
bared his breast and spread his arms out
o offer a fair mark, lagging his execu
tioner to take careful aim and be cer
tain of hitting the heart.
ft 300,000 FIRE IN DEPOT.
(alarllle 1 alon Station lllaae Peril
Paaaenitera C'lilrf Clerk lajnred.
Fire caused by crossed wires hi tbe at
tic resulted in a loss of $:),Ot0 to the
union depot, iii Ixjuisville, Ky., and for
a lime threuteued to deatroy tbe structure.
The rlanies spread with remarkable rapid
ity aud employe had great difficulty la
making their escape. Women waiting
for the arrival of Hie New Orleans spu
ria! fainted aud were carried f.ul (he
tniilding. while (1. T. Roach, chief clerk
to Huncriutendent A. J. I:g.,n, jumped
from a window and sustained dangerous
injuries. Tbe depot was destroyed on a
former occasion by the famous cyclone in
March, 18!J.
XANY HURT IN THEATER PANIC.
Piaster Falls, Ilor ell "Klre" a ad
Paademoalunt Helajaa.
Six persons were injured in a stain
eile at the Majestic Theater in Cleve
land. Two or three are believed to have
rectdved serious injuries. The panic was
started by fall of piaster from the ceil
ing which struck several im-ii aittir);; q
the orchestra circle. I'.oy In the gallery
ll.d "Fire," and lu a uiu nt the rush
for the nil was on. In the acraiuhlt
women and children were knockeil dowe
and trampled upon aud several I'aiuted.
f TOWN WILL MOVE.
Secansa County Where naubstadt,
Ind., Is Located Has Gone Dry.
Tbe town of Ilauhstadl, (ilhson conn
ty, Indiana, will take wheels unto Itself
nhortly and move nwny from where It
la. Ilauhstudt proposes to roll Itself
out of Gibson county on account of the
nntl-Iiquor law. Gibson county recent
ly went "dry," but Vnnderbiirc county,
wb'ch adjoins it. Is still as "wet (is
the blue sen. Wherefore tbe Ilnuh
Btadtors will begin the work of moving
their town. It Is only a few hundred
feet from the Vandcrburg county line,
and It in figured thnt house movers enn
transport the entire town within a
month. The resolution to move Ilaub
stndt was passed nt a town meeting
attended by every householder In die
town limits. There were about seven
hundred men nt the meeting and the
resolution passed without a dissenting
voice.
Mem Bell Airship Record.
At Itaddesck, Cnpe Itreton, a new rec
ord for the Aerial Experiment Associa
tion, which is conducting a series of
flights under the general direction of Dr.
Alexander Graham Hell, was made by
A. D. McCurdy In his airship, the Silver
Isirt. He made five successful flights
over the ice on thatJtra d'Or lakes, re-
1 . t . i
inn i in in imc air one nine ior eleven
minutes and fifteen seconds. The Dart
was in full control throughout Its flight
and its fifty horse-power motor was in
splendid working shape. After running
a distance of seventy-live yards on the
lee the machine ascended Into the air to
a height of twenty feet. A distance of
over twelve miles was covered. To win
the Scientific American cup, for which he
is trying, the Dart will be required to
aail twice tills distance Additional short
flights were made on Tuesday, when In
each case -the landing was effected safely
and gently, without jar to the machine
The weather would not permit of long
lights.
Mythical Western Jobs.
To test the rcimrtcd demand for 1,000
tr.en at good wages on Kansas farms, tho
Howery Mission of New York some time
ago wrote to the iiartics.who had circu
lated the report, namely, two Omaha
newspapers, which had quoted Deputy
Commissioner of Agriculture Maupin of
Nebraska, The latter had given the
names of several farmers said to be in
need of help. The secretary of the mis
sion corresponded with these people, hut
was In every case told that they had got
all the help they ncedi-d. He says that
there are now in New York 50,000 men
out of work and that a large numlM-r of
these arc being assisted by friends and
relatives. The bread line now averages
2,000 a night. Aa fast as work can be
found for them in other places free
transportation is furnished.
To Teat Mnirnello Problem.
The keel has been laid nt n Itrooklyr,
yard for the auxiliary steamer Carnegie
which the Carnegie Institute is fitting out
to investigate the magnetic phenomena of
the earth. It has been especially design
ed, with a minimum of steel and iron,
less than OIK) pounds in all. , What ie not
composed of wood is of Victor vanadium
bronze. Tills is to prevent interference
with the accuracy of her magnetic instru
ments. The purpose of the Investigation
is to ascertain the lawe which govern
certain deflect ions of tic compass, espe
cially noticeable off the const of Oregon
and ashington, where the variations
amount to from twenty to tweuty-five de
grees. A trip to "the north pole itself
is also contemplated with this ship.
A trades and labor council has been
organized in .Saskatoon, Canndu.
The agreement of the Canadian Pa
cific with its mechanics expires in the
spring, and the men are reorganizing.
Manitoba's attorney general has intro
duced a bill to prohibit usurious money
lending on assignments of salaries.
The Scotch education department has
given $5,000 toward the expense of a min
ing school in course of erection at Cow
denbeath. A movement is on foot to organize a
candy makers' union in Memphis, Teun.,
or to IncoriHirnte them in the linkers'
Union, as the two trades are closely al
lied. '
Cleveland (England) ironstone miners
Lave decided Unanimously to use every
endeavor to obtain a 5 per cent advance
in wage on tho preseut existing base
rule.
W. E. McEwen, Dululh, member of
tbe I'nlted Association of l'lumhers, for
many years secretary of the Minnesota
State Federation of I.uhor, lias been mude
State commissioner of labor of Minne
sota. The twenty-second annual report of
Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of Commerce
and Ijibor of the Culled States, has been
issued containing the laws relating to
labor in evtTy Sinte in the I'uited Slates,
together with court decisions.
Mediators between the rival Interna
tional unions of pacrmiikcr and pulp
and sulphide workers have succeeded in
establishing harmony between them, and
hereafter they will work in single harness
through a joint conference board of gen
eral officers.
Hamilton (Scotland) corHratiou will
pay all workmen for holidays, half pay
to lie given to employers lu cases of sick
ness, while foremen are to be paid full
money when ill.
The National Civic Federation an
nounces that it is forming a commission
to inquire into and make a study of in
dustrial insurance and compensation for
wage-workers comprised In sick, accident,
old age and death lieiiellis. The commis
sion will gather data of the various meth
ods puisued lu this country and in Eu
ros aud necessary legislation will be sug
gested. It is said. that several causes tend to
increase the number of mining accidents,
principal among which might he men
tioned the prevalence of electrical power
and tbe Ignorance of mine work by some
of the newer worker. It is said that a
large number of the killed in mine acci
dents are not Americans, but Americans
number Mull up in prosirtion to the for
eigners, whose knowledge of the techni
calities of mining is very limited.
Additional death benefits of $250 for a
membership of seveu or more year and
$:umi for ten or more year have oeen es
tablished by the llrotherhood of Fainter,
Decorators and Paperlutnger.
RIVAL TO STEEL TRUST.
Combine with $SO0.0OO,000 Capital
Will Be Formed by Ir, dependents.
The great steel :;. t to have n
tlvnl, nlso n I i n.'.;, p .: ' ' ! !i iissots
of flpproxli:i:tf-dy 0. Tho
new ciiinMimtlnn, ot v, M-'i John W,
On tea Is reputed to I. f: lender, will
Include twelve or ir..re Iiu'-'pciulcnt
Steed cidiccniH that :i;v iww, consider
ed separately, tli -n.s In the flesh of
tbe so-culled WMli'ii-doIlar steel trus,
known corpor.itcly ns the Culled
States Steel Corporntbm. Other plants
will come Into the pMis!f inn, but tbe
(loniiiinnt concerns, under the plan ns
it stands at present, will lie these and
one other still nmre Important: Jones
and I.ni(,'hlin Steel Company, Ltd.,
Lncknwntiiin Slid Company,' Cam
bridge Steel Company, Pennsylvania
Steel Company, Pittsburg Steel Com
pany, Midland Steel Company. Mldvalo
Steel Company, Inland Steel Company,
Maryland Sltvl Coi.ip.u.y, Republic
Irxm n tut Pfrel Company, P.cthlehetn
Steel Company, Youngstown Sheet nnd
Tube Company.
The ftillillmeiit of the arrangement
for the new combine appears to depend
upon whether W. P. Snyder, head of
the big ShemiiiKo Furmice Company,
tho m.in who controls the Independent
pig Iron Inleresls of the country, Join;
the movement. Mr. Snyder is said to
be more than ngrcublo to the creation
of n combination to battle for Huprem
ncy in the steel world, but ns ills hold
ings nre so great in the iron ore terri
tory his d'Miiniiils In the partnership
agreement In Pittsburg caused the oth
ers to hesitate. It is not felt that tliej
can lie granted at tills time.
The Independents nre mi the eve of
acquiring extensive holdings in tin
iron ore territory, but the trust if
working to prevent the acquisition of
the new sources of supply. If the in
dependents obtain the proposed areas
Mr. Snyder tuny not enter the com
bine, remaining, nevertheless, n most
Important seller of ore to It.
The present plan is that Mr. Snyder
hlinll lie tho president of the Independ
ent combine. He has steadfastly de
clined nil overtures to go Into thf
United States Steel Corporation.
ANTHRACITE MINES MAY CLOSE.
Olllcer Ma yu Operntor Have Sopplr
an, I Will Strike Klrat.
Rumors are taking definite form tha
the anthracite operators will shut down
their collieries April 1 unless the miners
come to an ngreement with them before
that time? A shut-down, a strike or a
conlinunncc of the present working agree
ment lor three years Is the only uoible
solution, according to prominent opera
tors. George F. Itner. uresident of the
Philadelphia and Rending Itaili-uml. did
not come to New York the other (lav, at
his been his custom, to confer with presi
dents of other nnthracite roads. Wheth
er any signnicanee may be attached to
mis or not, an officer of a big wholesale
coal firm, who speaks with authority,
summed up the situation in these words:
I know positively thnt there wdl be a
lock-out If there is not a strike on April
1 unless there is a settlement in Che mean
time. There is so much coal on the
ground the operators nre not going to
allow the union to tako its own time to
strike a blow, but will strike li-st."
GIRL STUDENT 13 MISSING.
Minnesota I nlverslty l'upll, tha
Rrlneil ly Failure, Disappear!.
Miss Frances Kenning of Kasson,
Minn., a junior nt the State University
in Minneapolis, mysteriously disappeared
several days ago, and the police of the
Twin Cities were asked by her father to
heln locale her. Miss Ueiinlnir fnile.1 In
all of iter examinations at the end of the
first, semester aud wus dropped from the
roil of the university iu the middle of
February. She continued to visit the uni
versity campus for about a nmntli, but
did not writo home of her failure. Her
father came to Minneapolis the other
day to learn if sho wns ill, and lenrned at
ner nearuing place tliat Nile was not there,
lie also learned nt the university that
she hoarded a Chicago (ireat Western
train Monday, but gave no hint of het
destination.
WANTS FATHER IN PRISON.
Chlcimo lloy and Mother Sar They
Will Help Send Marks There.
Mrs. Emma Marks, first wife of Solo
mon Marks, and their son, Samuel E.
Marks, "SIS Stewart u venue, Chicago, ar
rived in St. .Joseph, Mo., the other day
and made atfidavits pertaining to domestic
complications of the former manager of
the Security Itusiness Company 0f St.
Joseph, Des Moines mill Omaha, an al
leged get-rich-qulck concern suppressed
by the government. Marks refused at
first' to meet Ills son and wife at the jail
office on grounds thnt the son had threat
ened to shoot him. He finally talked
willi them through the bars nnd begged
their aid lu keeping him out of the peni
tentiary. They said they would tiHp
lend him there.
PREPARE FOR dOAL STRIKE.
Anthracite Operator and Mlnera Kx.
peet Sbutduwa In April.
Hot h anthracite operators and miners
are preparing for April 1, when a shut
down is expected. The companies have
not announced the usual April reduction
of M cents n ton. They nre mining all
the coal they can. Meantime- the miners
re streuglheniug their union, hut there
may lie a tight if they vote on a strike at
Hcraiilou convention.
G. A. R. FOUNDER IS DEAD.
Captain Kanan, t'liartrr Mem her ol
r'lrat I'oat Oruunlaad, Kxplrea.
Cnntain M. F. Kanun. cliurter n.nilw.
ml lirst commander of the first post of
the i in ml Army of the Itepuhlic ever or
canized. died III Decatur. III.. l'yl,l,iv l
one survivor of the charter membership
now lives, lie is Captain Chris Riehsame
of lllonmington. Captain Kanun served
six years as Mayor of Decatur and also
term iu the State Senate.
CARUSO IN BREAKDOWN.
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Crrat Tenor Faces I'ermaaaut lla.
llremeut Vocal t'horda Itelaxed.
Ii is announced that- Eurico Carusu
u-ill nt,! .mnenr in hiiv tt ih., .......
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the Metropolitan, in New York, i"or hoiiij
unys. ii i iiiuiikiii niivisaiiio to let
creiir icnor have a coinnlete rer
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but friend of Caruso decl.irc he is sulYr-
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lug rrom rniuin vunn ciioiu.i ami titat it
t nut iiiilv doubtful if Iim veil! :..
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public nKiilu tins season, out enli;ely
aiUe that lie may have to retire pet
poa-
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neuuv.
Worfc of Congress I
Tb rending of the President's mes
sage In favor or n revision of the tar
iff was the chief business before (lie
Senate Tuesday. The message re-
celvod careful attention from Sena
tors. After the adoption of a motion
thnt the Senate should not meet ngirin
until Friday an adjournment was tak
en. In striking contrast to the scenes
of confusion, disorder and acrimoni
ous debate which marked the opening
day of the House, th session of that
Isaly assumed Its wonted nir of digni
ty. The message of President Tuft
pointing out the necessity for a revi
sion of the tariff was received and met
with prolonged applause from the Re-
puhllcumi.
The Senate was not in scs'-don
Wednesday. The tariff bill was pre
sented In the House by Chairman
Payne of tho commute on ways and
means and referred. Until It is re
ported out of committee, which Mr.
Payne said he hoped would he nt an
early day, tin measure will not be
come olllclill. According to a state
ment made by lilm iiku the Ilor. he
did not anticipate any committee
changes. Messrs. Part left (On.) and
.Tames (Ky.) niade good their caucus
pledge not to accept a committee ap
pointment unless first approved by their
minority leader, Mr. Chirk (Mo.), and
flatly refused to serve on the commit
tee on mileage, the, membership of
which was announced by the Speaker.
No objection was made because of Mr.
Partlett's attitude, but it. required a
vote of tho House before Mr. James
was excused by the speaker.
The Semite was not in session Thurs-
Say. The first piece of legislation to
lie ncted on by the House during the
special session was the bill providing
for the taking of the thirteenth census,
which was passed. In Its present form
the measure gives to the Civil Service
Commission Jurisdiction over appoint
ments and provides for the printing of
the reiMirts by the government printing
r.lllce. As enacted nt the last session,
the hill stripped the. Civil Service Com
mission of such authority, and there
wns a provision allowing some of the
irlntlng-to be done by private firms,
oecnuse of which President Roosevelt
retoed It. A further amendment was
made whereby appointments are to lie
apportioned pro rata among the States.
The tariff Idil was ollielally reported
to the House from the Committee on
Ways and Means and is now ready for
?onslderatlou.
The Senate wns In session just eight
minutes Friday, adjourning at VI :OS
p. in. until Monday. The census bill was
received from the House aud referred
to committee, and George T. Oltver of
Pennsylvania was sworn In as Senator.
For four and u half hours the House
Df Representatives listened to the read
ing of the tariff bill, which wns con
cluded. It was the only business trans
acted. It -wns perhaps the dreariest
legislative session of any held by that
body In recent yours. Some of the
members early in the rending took to
the cloakrooms and lobby back of the
Speaker's desk, while others left the
building for the day. Mr. Sims of Ten
nessee Injected a breath of life Into the
proceedings. He wanted the reading
of the bill dispensed with ns a farce,
but objection was made. Then ho asked
unanimous consent that the bill be put
on Its passage, saying it was evident
no opportunity would be afforded to
amend the measure in the House. To
tills suggestion, however. Mr. Mann of
Illinois objected. The House nt 4
in. ndjoumed until Monday noon.
The organization of the Senate com-
mlttees was the chief business before
that body Monday, nnd, owing to tho
fact that the detail work had been
done by the Republican nnd Demo
cratic caucuses. It was soon disposed of.
-Many bills were Introduced and refer.
red to committees, notwithstanding It
is unuerstooii that In the nrescnt pxtrn
session no general legislation beyond
the passage or the tariff nnd the ven
bus bills will be undertaken. The tar
iff bill held full sway In the House.
The measure was iiromnllv nut liofore
the body Immediately nfter convening,
unci in anticipation or the onenliii of
the debate there was practically a full
ntteminnce of members and crowded
galleries. Mr. Payne of New York,
chairman of the committee on ways
and means, made an exhaustive speech
in explanation of the hill, the time h
wns uctually on his feet being four
nours ami ten minutes. Then, some
what fatigued, he susnendod until
Tuesday. He was subjected to a cross-
lire or questions, all of which bo on.
deavored to answer. Mr. Payne, In
siieaking of the maximum and mini
mum features of the bill, predicted
that France, Germany and other Euro
pean countries would hasten ao to
equalize their duties on American prod
ucts that they would derive the bene,
tit of the minimum rates offered.
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.
George and Jerry Peterson, brother
who were imprisoned in a mine near Salt
Lake, Utah, for almost fifty hours, wert
rew ued Unhurt.
Diamonds an I jewelry Valued at $10,
(XX) have been stolen from Mr. and Mrs.
E. N. Vhapmao of Greenwich, Conn., at
the Hotel Gotham iit New York.
Uy Ird Guthrie's decision iu the Stir
ling divorce case In Kliiibnrirli
ling 1 allowed the eiHnsee of the suit
bjiu iira .orrniatiil I ordered to pay thl
cost of her hushaad's action.
August Menanadiit, the principal on
fanner oi tue revolt or 1!MK 0 in tut
P.altic province of iiKi. k.
rested at Riga. Since l'Jtsl be ha bee
in nmiug in tne forest.
Ambassador While has coniiiiuiil.i I..1 .
the French government Washington' inv.
union scnil a delegate to the interna'
tional coiijfYes on natural resources tt
lie ueld at 1 lie Hague next September.
Julian II. Arnold, the A
a v u M VUlinia
t Ainoy, China, ha started a shipment
of pomelo or gtais-fruit tree to the fant
Of the University of California for e
perlmental piirMic. TV Amoy potnelot
re ripe'! t0 f the best iu the orieyt
FATHER PAYS $10,000
AND 6QY IS BETUI.NE0
Willie Whitla Is Restored to Fathar
In Cleveland Hotel When Ab
ductors Are Paid Ransom.
WOMAN IS AGENT OF KIDNAPERS
Pollen Redouble Efforts to Capture
'Abductors, Suspect Being Ar
rested at Youngstown.
William Whitla Is now afe with his
father, and the bunt in which hun
dreds of detectives nnd police have
searched scores or cities since the little
boy wus kidnaped rrom his school In
Sharon, Pa., on Thursday, Is ended.
The father turned over to a woman,
the agent of the kidnapers, the $10.(KH)
rnmiun they demanded, lie then re
turned 'to the llollemlen Hotel, in
Cleveland, and awuititl the arrival of
the boy. according to Instructions de
livered by the woman. Willie, several
hours later, walked In. lie had been
sent In from the edge of towu on a
cnr.
Mr. Wliltln not only had given tho
woman the ransom, but he had placed
In her hands all the letters be had re
ceived from tbe gang and promised he
would give no clew that could lend to
her Ideiitilicutlon.
The police, however, nre determined
not to let tlie case drop with the re
covery of the boy. They have redou
bled thel," efforts to capture tlie kid
napers, and the first step was taken
the same night In tlie nrest at Youngs
town tf Joseph Weiss, proprietor of
an amusement park. Weiss has been
Identified, it Is said, by the Janitor of
the Sharon school as the man who call
ed little Willie from his classes.
The Cleveland police oIko are mak
ing every effort to trail the kidnapers,
their lirst move being to get the wom
an wlio received the money from Mr.
Whitla. She Is described as an Ital
ian. The news of the boy b:dng found
wns announced from the stage in all
tlie Cleveland theaters, creating so
much excitement that the plays had
to be temporarily sropiwd.
The boy's mother, anxiously waiting
In Sharon, wns notified of tlie child's
return. Her neighbors nlso learned
the news, nnd tlie whole town greeted
Mr. Whitla and the boy when they nr
rlved homo.
Willie Is in perreet health. He says
that he has been well treated and ever
since his capture has been constantly
Indoors. He believes he wns taken
from Sharon to Warren and thence to
Newcastle, Pa. It is his opinion, ex
pressed in a happy schoolboy way,
that he wus in Ashtabula on Saturday
night nt the time his father was to
leave his $10,000 In Flatirou Park. The
boy says he was In n place which re
sembled a hospital nnd that his cap
tors appeared to be doctors.
LUMAN MANN IS FREED.
"God Is Just," Cries Alleged Stran
gle r, and Then He Weeps.
Lumun C. Maun was acquitted
Thursday afternoon after the jury In
a Chicago court had considered his
case a little more than two hours. The
verdict clears him forever . of the
charge that he beat, bound nnd stran
gled to death Mrs. Fannie Gllmore
Thompsou at a lodging-house at 1242
Michigan avenue. The scene In Judge
McSurely's courtroom after the ver
dict was given might have been staged
for a melodrama. As the clerk read
the words "not guilty" Mann sprang
to his feet, flung his hands over his
head and cried out: "God Is Just I"
In spite of the solemn abjuration of
the court delivered a few minutes be
fore that no demonstration would be
tolerated women screamed, men clap
ped their hands and several .of the
witnesses for the prosecution hissed.
ANTHRACITE MINES MAY CLOSE.
Officer Saya Operators Have Supply
and Will Strike Flrat.
Rumors are taking definite form tha.
tbe anthracite operators will abut down
their collieries April 1 unless the miners
come to an agreement with them before
that time. A shut-down, a strike or a
continuance of the present working agree
ment for three years ia the only po.-uible
solution, according to promineut opera
tors. George F. Paer, presideut of the
Philadelphia and Heading Itailr:,nd. did
not come to New York the other day, aj
his been bis custom, to confer with presi
dents of other anthracite roads. Wheth
er any significance may be attached to
this or not, au officer of a big wholesale
coal firm, who speaks with authority,
summed up the situation in tbee words;
"I know positively that there wdl be a
lock-out if there 1 not a strike on April
1 unless there is a settlement in toe mean
time. There is ao much coal on the
(round the operator are not going to
allow the union to take its own tim to
ttrik blow, but will strike fl-t."
PREPARE FOR COAL STRIKE.
Aataraclte Operator a ad Mlaera K.
pert Sbalduwa la April.
ltoth anthracite operators and miner
are prepariug for April 1, when abut
down is ex pis ted. The companies have
Hot announced the usual April reduction
of SO cenls a ton. They are mining, all
the coal they can. Meantime the miner
re strengthening their union, but there
may be a tight if they vote ou a strike at
Scrauton convention.
CARUSO IN BREAKDOWN.
Oreat Tenor Faces Prraianeat Re
tirement Vocal t'horda Helmed.
It is announced that Fnrico Caruso
Will not appear in any of the operas nt
the Meiropolliau, in New York, for some
day. It i thought advisable to let the
jreat tenor have a complete rest. Xhla
ia all the official announcement contained
but friends of Caruso declare be is siilVr
lug from relaxed vocal chmuj and that it
ia nut only doubtful if be will jUg ia
public again this season, but enlweiy pos
sible that he may bare to relir peruia
totly.
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AGRICULTURAL NOTE.
A bumper baseball crop Is expected.
PROVISIONS OF TAX BILL AND
RESULTS IT MAY ACCOMPLISH.
Total estimated revenue under new bill,
inuo.ooo.ooo.
Expected Increase In revenue under bill,
$40,000,000 or $."i0,000,000.
Inheritance tax law Is urged.
With normal year's business treasury
deficit will be wiped out.
Panama bonils provided to reimburse
treasury for $40,000,000 paid la I'anauia
canal purchase.
Issue of certificate provided to replenish
treasury, raising amount from $100,000,000
to $50,000,000.
Increases on watches, perfumeries, toilet
articles, fancy soaps.
Cocoa, crude, transferred from free to
dutiable list ; manufactured product In
creased : spices, now largely on free list.
Iuties Increased oa pean, tig, lemons and
pineapple.
Slight advance in cotton schedule rates.
Itate on ome paper products advanced.
Free wood pulp provided condltlpnally. Re
duction la duty on print peer.
Many reductions made on chemicals. -
Claris, unpolished, cylinder, crown and
common window glass reduced.
Oypaum. Are brick or glaied brk'k re
duced. Hulldlng and monumental (tone re
duced. Nteel Ingot, cogged ingots, bloom and
stab, reduced. Iron ore and basic slug free.
I'lg Iron, icrap Iron and steel, bar iron,
round Iron, charcoul Iron, beams, girder.
Joints, angle, etc.. Iron and steel forglngiv
all reduced. Railway bars and steel rails,
cotton tie. Iron steel sheet, reduced.
Tin plate reduced. Holler tube reduced.
Table, butchering and carving cutlery re
duced. Nail, spikes, tacks, nut and waaA
ers reduced.
Steam engines, cash register, typesetting
machine, printing presses and other ma
chinery reduced.
Heavy reduction. In timber and lumber
rates.
Duties lowered on fre.h meat, bacon, bams
and certain other foodstuffs.
Untie on wool of third class reduced.
Rltnmlnou cost and coke oa reciprocal
free list.
Cattle bide on fre list.
Ijirg reduction la rate on leather and
boot and shoes.
Agricultural Implement reduced.
Work of art free. Women' and chil
dren' glove lucreased.
rant polished plat glass Increased.
C'lgarett Internal revenue lax Increased.
ADMITS THEFT; RESTORES $1,500
Iowa Nafeblower, r'oand la Straw
S ack, Hrfaaea to tilve Name.
The safchlower found In a straw stack
two mile from Mienaudoah, Iowa, ha
confessed having assisted in robbing the
First National Hank at Imogen .Satur
day and wilh the oliicers weut to the
straw stack and dug up $1,.K)() of the $.V
IK) taken. Two other suspects have been
found at While Cloud, twenty mile
north. The robber iu jail refusn to give
bis name.
Hat- lllea la Klertrle Chair.
Henjamin Gilbert, a youth of ID, was
electrocuted iu the peuiteutiary in Rich
mond, Ya., for the murder in Norfolk last
July of his sweetheart, Miss Amanda
Morse. The Governor had declined to' in
terfere. orl.l'a l-'alr for Wlaalaear.
Winnipeg ha decided to have a world'
exposition in l!r'. A committee of citi
zens scut to St. Iiuis, Chicago, Seattle
and Portland, reported favorably on tbe
prospect at a mass meeting. It was de
cided to raise NiO.tsK) for exposition
purpose
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GOV. CURRY QUITS POST.
Executive Who Thrashed an Editor
Resigns Office.
Governor George, Curry lias tele
Krnphed to President Tnft his resigna
tion ns Governor or New Mexico. The
Governor stated that although he bad
contemplated taking this action Tor
several mouths, the immediate cause of
his resignation was that lie had re
quested n leave or absence to go to
Washington to talk with President Tnft
and the Secretary of the Interior on
matters of great Importance to "New
Mexico, not appertaining to statehood,,
but thnt Secretary of the Interior Bal
llnger had answered that he should
take up the buslucss by letter.
Governor Curry on Saturday beat A..
J. Loomis. editor of the Eagle, a Demo
cratic weekly, lu bin private office nt
the territorial cnpltol building for
printing in last week's Issue or that
paper it long article on statehood and
the statehood lobby, which tlie chief
executive construed as n reflection upon
his Integrity.
Loomis and his friends immediately
started a movement to have Governor
Curry removed from office, and were
preparing charges to be filed against
him with both President Taft and Sec
retary ISalllnger.
or
At Toronto, Out., Fred Simpson, a Pe
tcrboro Indian, ran ten miles in 52:50.
slashing all indoor records.
Dorando, the Italian runner, easily de
feated five opponent running in relays in
the fifteen-mile race at St. Phul.
The Columbus American Association
club hits purchased Third Hasernan La
Hue from the Marion (Ohio) team.
Jockey Eddie IMtg.in got a penalty of
two weeks for trying to block Fanatic in
tho final furlong of the race at Oakland.
High Private, owned by the Forsythe
stable, won the California Derby at Em
erysville, covering the mile and a quar
ter in 2:13. It wns worth f.'.atSO.
A bill introduced in the Arkansaa Leg
islature allows racing iu that State forty
days in tbe year, under a Slate commis
sion. August Kelmout hus established tbe fa
mous race horse Henry of Navarre as a
public stallion in England, end the horse :
now V years old. by Knight of EllersJte
Moss Rose, has been aniionnr-uH i ....
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at Ixirdship Farm, Newmarket.
So far only two trotting associations
Lexington and Columbus have anuounc
ed three handicap races, and they are
worth $5:1.000. Kalttnuiroo and Ietroit
are almost certain, each with a $25,0110'
event, with many others to be announced,
soon.
Consul John II. Snodgrasa reports
from Kobe that it ia given out that the
Japanese government will ask the die
uext session to appropriate a sum amount
ing to $175,0110 annually for improving"
the breed of horses, and that thU amount
will be divided among thirteen race clubs.
The million population club of St.
Louis will establish au automobile race
track aud balloon ascension ground in
that city, the aggregate cost of which will
approximate $200,U0.
Leading his opponent from tlie crack
of the pistal to the finish, Alfred Shrubb,
tlie English distance ruuner, defeated
Itoraudo l'ietri, the Italian, in a fifteen
mile race at ltuffalo, N. Y.
Howard Hall, of Pittsburg, a colored
boy, won the indoor Marathon race at
Pittsburg wi& ease, being nearly twa lap
ahead of the second man. The race was
for tbe championship of Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Ohio, '
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