Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1909 — Page 4

1 m com DEMOCRUI.* f. BIBCOCK, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. * SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1000.

KERMIT IS SEASICK

Ths Colonel, However, le Up and Around on the Hamburg. On Board tbe Steamer Hamburg at Sea, by Wireless to Woods Hole, Maas., March 26. —Hermit Rooeev *lt Is very seasick, but bis father Is apparently not suffering, despite the fact that tbe Hamburg Is encountering a very heavy swell kicked up by the constantly increasing westerly winds. The colonel dined as usual at the captain’s table, although there were hut few of his fellow passengers who were able to be there. He conversed in English with the captain and the Italian immigration commissioner and stated he was highly delighted with his trip so far. He is about the only male passenger that does not don evening dress for dinner.

HARRIMAN TIRES OF MUD

Leaves Paso Robles Baths and Will Stop at Del Monte. Paso Robles, Cal., March 26. —E. H. Harrlman, who was here taking mild baths and was expected to remain two or three days, has suddenly changed his plans. Today he left for Del Monte. Harrlman gives every apearance of being In good health.

JAILED FOR 300 MURDERS

Russian Woman's Business Was to Rid Wives of Their Husbands. 8t Petersuburg, March 26.—A woman named Popova has been arrested at Samara charged with having poisoned at least 300 persons during the past thirty years. She made a business of ridding wives of their husbands for a small fee.

50,000,000 STEEL CONCERN IN MEXICO

French and British Capital tn Operate Furnaces and Mines. Mexico City, March 26.—Fifty million dollars In gold will be Invested here and in different parts of the country by French and English capitalists in Iron and steel works. Victor Belanger of Paris and Boston and Thomas A. Boyd of the firm of J. & T. Boyd, owners of the Sheetleston Iron works of Glasgow, are said to be behind the gigantic deal which will be put into effect during the current year To supply the furnace of the mammonth plant that is to be built the inaugurators will buy and operate iron mines In Mexico. The location of deposits has been learned and options have been taken

DEMAND FOR DEBATE SEATS

Twenty Thousand Want to Hear Dickie and Rose Addresses. Milwaukee. March 26. Although Beats to the debate between Mayor Rose of Milwaukee and President Samuel Dickie of Albion college, Mich igan, on prohibition tonight are free, the demand is so great that offers of money frequently have been made for Beats. People have telegraphed from all over the country that they wished *o come if they could be guaranteed seats The 4.000 seats in the Hippo drome were given away to the various civic societies but there have been approximately 20.000 calls for the 4,000 seats

SPENT ON CHORUS GIRLS

Young Man Obtains Large Sums By Posing as Yale Man. New York. March 26—George Cheever, who has been posing as a Yale man, has been held in $2,000 ball tor trial on a charge of forgery. Cheever, who Is twenty-four years Old, is said to have obtained something like $20,000 by means of forged checks mainly from the fathers of college men. He stated that he had spent $25,000 in entertaining chorus girls.

HOLD-UP IN PULLMAN CAR

Two Bandits Get About S4OO from the Passengers. Denver, March 26. —Two highwaymen entered a detached Pullmar car in the Denver and Rio Grande yards at West Denver, held up the passengers, six in number, and the conductor and porter, and got away with shout S4OO in cash. The only woman passenger, Mrs. N. I R. Hussey, of Booth Bay Harbor, Me., was sot molested.

TAFT TO VISIT DE3 MOINES Will Inspect Troops at Military Tournament In September. Dee Moines, la., March 26.—President Taft will be the guest of Des Moines, Sept. 27. He has notified the Commercial club that be will be here at that tints to Inspect the troops at the military tourna ment at Fort Des Moines, reaching here after a visit to the Alaska-Yukon exposition at Seattle.

KIDNAPERS HOW IN PENNSYLVANIA

Boyle Declares The; Have No Evidence Against Wile. WfIITLA GETS BACK SONET Woman Denies She Has Been on the Btage But Bmllingly Adds That Bhe May Try the Footlights—'The Couple, Escorted by Two Pollcemerv Are Jeered by Crowd That Gathers in Trainehed—lndictment For Blackmail In Ohio. Pittsburg, March 26. James H. Boyle and his wife, arrested as the kidnapers of little Willie Whltla of Sharon, Pa., arrived here today. This practically closes the caseß as far as Cleveland is concerned as further action will be taken by tbe Pennsylvania authorities. The, Cleveland police have a club over the heads of the Boyles in a joint indictment, charging James H. Boyle and Helene Boyle, alias Faulkner, with blackmail. This charge Is based on the payment of SIO,OOO ransom by J. P. Whltla for the recovery of his son. As Boyle and his wife, each accompanied by two patrolmen, walked through the train shed the crowd greeted them with hoots and jeers. That Mrs. Boyle had nothing to do with the actual kidnaping of Willie Whltla was the statement made by the woman and her husband. Boyle declares there is absolutely no way to connect his wife with any offense committed in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Boyle denied that she is Helen Faulkner and declared emphatically that she had never been on the stage. "But maybe I’ll get the chance now,” she added merrily. Mrs. Boyle also denied that she is in anyway related to the Whltla family. Mrs. Boyle said she was born and reared In Chicago and that her father Is a resident of that city. Whltla has received the money recovered when Boyle and bis wife were arrested.

MRS. BOYLE A CHICAGO GIRL

Eloped From Home Three Years Ago —Daughter of Fireman, Chicago, March 26.—The mysterious “Mrs. James H. Boyle,” one of the kidnapers of Willie Whltla, and now a prisoner In Pittsburg, Is Anna McDermott of Chicago. Her brother verified telegraphic reports and wept as he realized that they were true. She Is the daughter of William McDermott, for many years a member of the Chicago fire department. The brother tS ( William McDermott, who until a short time ago was a teller in th'e Illinois Trust and Savings bank. What the young woman s married name is neither father npr brother knows.

BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT

Good Attendance at the Preliminary Games In Detroit. Detroit, March 26. —The senior basketball championship tournament of the central division of the Amateur Athletic union opened at the Y M. C. A. gymnasium here. Fourteen teams entered. The attendance at the preliminary games was good and the advance sale of seats for the finals tomorrow is already well under way. Following are the scores of the opening day’s program: Detroit Y. M. C A. defeated Hull House of Chicago. 32 to 19 Detroit Y. M C. A. Reserves defeated Detroit Young Men's Hebrew association, 28 to 16 Detroit Riversides defeated the Essex Fusiliers. 39 to 25 Evanston, Illinois, Y M C A defeated the Detroit Franklins, 33 to 26. Wilson Avenue Y. M C. A. of Chicago defeated the Burroughs of Detroit, 42 to 14. The Illinois Athletic club of Chicago defeated the Spaldings of Detroit, 30 to 14. 'I ■

Thirty-One Death Sentences. St. Petersburg. March 26. —Thirtyone death sentences passed upon political prisoners have been confirmed by , the supreme military court. A woman , is among those condemned. Double Tragedy In Wrestling Arena. Reval. Russia. March 26 —A wrestler ntmed Leisner in a fit of rage stabbed his opponent to death and then committed suicide. The double tragedy occurred in the arena. | Earthquake Leaves Harbor Shallow. Vera Crux, Mex., March 26 —An earthquake has made the harbor here I so shallow that ships drawing twentyfour feet, touch bottom. Dredging will be necessary. Qranard Mode Bt. Patrick Knight. London, March 26.—King Edward has appointed the Earl of Granard a I Knight of the Order of St. Patrick. The earl married Beatrice Mille of New ' York. «dia> Moore to Remain In Patent Office. Washington. March 26.—Secretary of the Interior Ballinger has requested < Edward Bruoe Moore to continue as ' the head of the United States patent ! since. i I Arkansas House Votes Dry. I Little Rock, Ark.. March 26. —The ; Little-Parks bill, providing for statu- • tory prohibition, 'was passed in the i house by a vote of 4$ to 88.

BLOOD WAY BELOW NORMAL

Shackleton’s Party Saye the Coldest Weather Prevails at South Pole. Christ Church, New Zealand, March 26. —Lieutenant Shackleton's ship Nimrod has returned here with the exploring party aboard, all of whom are well. . Professor David states that, starting on the journey to the magnetic pole, the weather was so hot their two •ledges had to be pulled in singlets. Members of Lieutenant Shackleton's party state that when compelled to turn back their bodily strength waa diminishing so rapidly that their temperature went down to 93 degrees. They declare that any future explorer attempting to reach the pole must be I provided with larger supplies, because there Is no doubt that the South pole la situated on a high plateau and that the coldest and stormiest weather In the world prevails there.

BATTLE WITH 100 NEGROES

Three Blacks Die From Bullets Fired by Party of Deputies. Guthrie, Okla., March 26. —Three negroes were killed, many wqunded and forty captured in a battle with twenty deputy sheriffs at Hickory settlement One hundred blacks opposed the officers. Five deputies sought to arrest cattle thieves . They were met at the outer edge of the camp by a party of armed negroes, who refused to allow them to enter. The deputies were fired upon. A few hours after the first clash, a larger posse, heavily armed, reached the settlement. Some one fired a shot and the rioting was on. About 300 shots were fired in a final encounter, when the two negroes were killed and Pastor Timothy Fowler hurt. This onslaught dislodged the negroes from barricaded houses.

WOULD ABOLISH FOOLS’ DAY

Campaign Started to Give Over April 1 to Optimistic Movement. New York, March 26.—A campaign for the abolishment of All Fool’s day and the establishment of an Optimists’ day on April 1 has been started by the Optimists’ club. At headquarters here a circular letter Is being sent to governors of states, presidents of colleges and public men of various degrees urging the new plan.

ASSERTS ROOSEVELT DODGED THE TARIFF

Says Cannon’s Cigar Is More Powerful Than Big Stick. Washington, March 26.—During the discussion of the Payne tariff bill, Representative Sheppard of Texas said: “The bill is a deliberate betrayal of the American people. Amusing indeed were the ponderous assurances of Mr. Taft that the Republican party would revise the tariff downward His volcanic predecessor realized the hopelessness of such a proposition and evaded it to the last. Is It possible that the complacent Mr. Taft may succeed where the bifocal wind that recently swept from Washington to Oyster Bay failed utterly? I say to you that there is more real power in one 5-eent cigar between the iron lips of Joseph G. Cannon, the standpat leader, than in the big sticks of a whole regiment of Roosevelts and Tafts.” Representative Kusterman declared the countervailing duty on petroleum which in the bill is retained, had enabled the Standard Oil company to sell oil in England at from 3 to 4 cents a gallon less than in the United States.

MARRIAGE IS OPPOSED

Girl Engaged to Japanese Harshly Treated In California. San Rafael, Cal., March 26.—Amid hoots and yells, banging of 'tincans and an ironical shower of rice and flowers. Mrs. John Emery, wife of Archdeacon Emery of the Episcopal church, and her daughter. Helen Gladys Emery, engagement to Gunjiro Aoki, a Japanese, has aroused public sentiment against them, left their home at Corte Madeira. They departed for Tacoma, Wash. The archdeacon opposes the match.

DOESN’T WANT TO BE KING Prince Alexander Says He Won’t Be Forced Into Throne. Belgrade, March 26.—Prince Alexander, the king’s second son, has categorically declined to accept the succession to the throne. He declares that It Is absolutely Impossible to force him to take it. Carbon From Four Bubatancea. London, March 26.—Sir William Ramsey has announced that he has succeeded in transmuting four different substances into carbon, namely, elrconlum. thorium, hydro-fluorsllldc acid and bismuth. Reduces Pay of 100 Workers. Bethlehem, Pa.. March 26.—The Bethlehem Steel company has announced a 10 per emit cut in the wages of furnace men to go into effect on April 1. About 100 men are affected. Ysle-Harvard Football Date. Cambridge, Mass., March 26.—Iteryard’s game with Yale trill be played at Cambridge Nov. 20.

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GATUN EMBANKMENT SETTLES THIRTY FEET

Movement Occurs at Spot Where Slide Occurred Last Year. Colon, March 26.— A 300-foot section the embankment of.the relocated Panama canal railroad line at Gatun ; < o r.jaia settled about thirty feet at the same spot where the last movement occurred in November last. The slide, however, was to the eastward and not the westward this time. A trestle is now being rebuilt across the depression which will be filled with rock until the former level Is reached. Passenger trains have not been used on this line for several weeks.

TROOPS TO COLLECT TAXES

Governor Willson of Kentucky Deters mined to Disperse Defiant Mob*. Frankfort, Ky., March 26.—0 n receipt of word from Tax Collector J. W. Peck that he has been prevented by mobs from collecting railroad taxes In the counties of Carter, Boyd and Elliott, Governor Willson announced be would use the state militia to assist the officer. • . , Th<* raf'road taxes due from a number of counties have been unpaid for many years.

Little Hope For Modjeska.

Santa Ana, Cal., March 26 —After a consultation of physicians over Helena Modjeska, ft was stated that even If she survived the present attack <n heart trouble and Bright’s disease, there would be little hope of recovery, .

Robert T. Lincoln Honors Father.

Exeter, N. H„ March 26.—Phillip* Bxeter academy was presented by Robert T. Lincoln, son of the martyred president, with a life portrait of his father, end two historically valuable letters.

BIG RAILROADERS AT DINNER

Bcme of Country’s Most Prominent Men to Attend Pittsburg Banquet. Pittsburg, March 26. —One of the greatest gatherings of leading railroad men ever assembled in this country will meet here tonight at the annual banquet of the local Traffic club. While the greater part of the guests at the banquet will be railroad men, a large number of other prominent men will also be present. - . Among the orators at the banquet will be Secretary of State Knox, former. United States Senator Hemenway of Indiana and President Finley of the Southern railway. Over 300 invitations have been sent to prominent railroad men, captains of industry and others. On the list of guests is James McCrea, president of the Pennsylvania railroad; W. C, Brown, president of the New York Central lines, and Chairman Knapp and other members of the interstate commerce commission.

THE MARKETS

Cash Grain Market. Chicago. March 26. Winter wheat by sample: No. 2 red, $1.24%@1.26%; No. 3 red, $1.17%© 1.24; No. 2 hard, $1.17%@1.19%; No. 3 hard, $1.14® 1.17. Spring wheat by sample: No. 1 northern, $1.18%® 1.20%; No. 2 northern. $1.16%© 1.17%; No. 3 spring, [email protected]. Corn by sample: No. 3, 65%®66c; No. 8 yellow. 66%@65%c; No 4, 64@64%c. Oats by sample: No. 8. 60%c; No. 3 white, 51%®54%c; No. 4 white. 49® 52%c; standard. 53%©54%c. Chicago Live Stock. Hogs—Receipts 23,000. Quotations ranted at [email protected]% for choice heavy shipping, $6.70®6.80 choice light. $6.65® 6.70 light mixed, $6.70® 6.80 mixed packing, $6.75 @6.80 heavy packing, $5.50® 6.00 good to choice pigs, $5.25 @5.40 common to fair pigs. Cattle—'Receipts 5,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected]<}f0r choice to prime steers, $6.25 @6.65 good to choice steers, $4.50© 5.75 good to ’ choice beef cows. [email protected] good to choice heifers, $7.50®8.35 good to choice calves, [email protected] selected feeders, $4.40® 4.75 good to choice

stock era. Sheep—Receipts 10,000. Quotations ranged at $7.7508.15 for good to choice lambs, $7.4007.75 fair to good lambs, $5.7506.25 good to choice fat native ewes. $6.000 6.60 good to choice native wethers. [email protected] good to choice native yearlings. Live Poultry. Turkeys, per lb. 17c; chickens and fowls, 15c; springs, 15c; roosters, 10c; geese, 8c; ducks. 14Hc. East Buffalo Live Btock. East Buffalo, N. Y.. March 25. Dunning & Stevens. Live Stock Commission * Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle—-Re-ceipts 1 car; market steady. Hogs— Receipts 20 cars; market lower; heavy, 37.20; Yorkers. $7.100 7.20; pigs, $6.40. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 10 cars; market steady; best lambs, $8.40; yearllqgs $7.0007.30; wethers, $6.00 06.50; ewes, $5.Y>[email protected]. Calves— Market strong; best, $5.00010.00. Elgin Butter Market. Elgin, March 25. Creamery, extras, 29Hc: prints, 82c; extra firsts, 28c; firsts, 25%e; dairies, extra, 25%c; firsts. 22He; packing stock. 17 H<c.

Something Stable.

Stude (preparing for Junior week)— No, 1 don’t want to learn any fancy dances. 1 want something stable, like the twostep. Instructor How about the bam dance?—Cornell Widow.

A Farm Hand’s Heart Sebe.

Mary treads the medder. Look before she's crons, Sweeter nor a dewdrop With a, halo on. Shall 1 up and woo her. Wildly ask her “WUtl" r Totally fergettln' How my face Is bufitt Shall I tell my sorrer ' In one piercin' shout TIM her sweet Ups quiver And a "Yes" drops outt Never' Por s lover I’m constructed wrong. - Blighted. I shall perish Whisperin' this song: Mary treads the medder With her hair of silk. Sweeter nor s rose leaf In a glass of milk. -Thomas R. Ybarra In New York Tlmse. The Democrat for good work.