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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-24
Telegraph Service Crippled.

San Antonio, Texas, July 23.-San
Antonio's telegraph service is badly
crippled and there is no long distance
communication available. The West
ern Union reports the greatest dam
age to its wirest east of San Antonio,
and neither the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas or the Southern Pacific has any
wires working in that direction. The
only wire working on the Postal dur
ing the morning was the one to La
redo. The report that there has been
terrific storm at Corpus Christi was
denied here by the Western Union
people. who have a wire in there.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-24
FINDING OF THE RETTIsoNs.
Their Bodies Were Close Together at
Sam Houston Point.

Houston, Texas, July 23.-The
dead bodies of Capt. and Mrs. R. L.
Bettison, who were precipitated into
the raging sea when the Tarpon pier,
on the north jetty of the Galveston
harbor, was demolished Wednesday
during the storm, were found floating
in the water on Friday morning near
Fishers Reef about one mile east of
Houston Point, The body of Capt.
Bettison was found floating in shall
low water about three hundred yards
from that of his faithful helpmeet by
a young man named Fisher. Neither
body was badly decomposed when
found, although it is believed they
both died on Wednesday shortly after
the pier collapsed Fishers Reef is
about three miles from Morgan's
Point.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-24
LIKE A BARGAIN DAY RUSH.
Four Thousand People Witnessed Ex
ecution of Negro Fiend.

Jackson, Miss, July 23.-At least
four thousand people, many of them
women, witnessed the hanging of Will
Mack, the negro who outraged Miss
Mamie Myers, the 15-year-old daugh-
ter of William Myers, a prosperous
Rankin county farmer, in November,
1908. In the crowd was the negro's
victim and several members OF hef
family. The drop was eight feet,
breaking the prisoners neck. The
crowd yelled with delight, and when
the body was cut down there was a
wild scramble for souvenirs of the
biggest day in the history of Brandon
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-24
news FORECAST OF COMING week,

Great Britain will determine definite.
ly whether or not there is to be a
general strike of the coal miners
The situation is regarded as extreme.
ly critical. If a general strike is de.
clared a million men will quit work
and the result would be an almost
complete paralyzation of British in,
dustry
The evacuation of the island of
Crete by the international troops is
fixed for Tuesday The condition OF
affairs in the island is very unsettled
and it is freely predicted that serious
disturbances may follow the with
drawal of the troops.
The meeting of President Fallieres
of France and Emperor Nicholas of
Russia, which is to take place in the
Cherbourg roads at the end of the
week, will be made the occasion for
a great naval review in which the
fleets of both nations will take part.
From Cherbourg the emperor will
cross over to Cowes for a brief visit
to King Edward.
Other events abroad that will at
tract more or less attention will be
the opening of the imperial defense
conference in London, the worlds
conference of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association, to be held at Bar
men Elberfeld, Germany, and the eel
ebration of the 500th anniversary of
the founding of the University of
Leipsic
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-24
George eready MansIed.

San Antonio, Texas, July 23.-The
mangled body of George Gready was
found on the tracks of the Interna-
tional and Great Northern railroad
this morning three miles south of the
city. Gready was % years old, the
son of Thomas Gready, liz South
Comal street. Gready, who was en-
ployed now and then as brakeman,
is supposed to have fallen from a
freight train and run down by a pas
senger train.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-24
(Herald Specially

Washington, D. c., July 24.-The
wind-up of the extra session of con.
gress and the departure of its mem
bers for their homes or vacation re.
treats will give to the national capital
the proverbial dullness that is said
to characterize ditch water. Nearly
all of the high officials of the govern,
ment, from the president and his cab,
met officers down to the heads and
sub-heads of the various departments,
will be away from town. The presi-
dent plans to spend the week quietly
with his family at Beverly. Wednes,
day he will take an automobile trip
to Boston to attend an informal
luncheon of Yale graduates.
Interest will be added to the extra
session of the Alabama legislature
which is to meet Tuesday to discuss
some needed state legislation, by the
fact that it will probably take up for
ratification the proposed amendment
to the constitution and be the first to
indorse or reject the proposition of
an income tax
Republicans of Virginia will meet
in convention in Newport News We'd
nesday to name candidates for COVER
nor and other officers to be voted for
at the next state election Unusual
confidence on the part of the republi-
cans of the Old Dominion and the
interest which President Taft is re
ported to take in the situation there
will attract more than ordinary atten-
ton to the convention.
The case of Harry K. Thaw will
come into the limelight again Mon
day, when the hearing to determine
his sanity will be resumed before JUS
tice Mills at White Plains.
Delegates representing all parts of
the country will assemble Thursday
at Atlantic City to discuss the general
subject of employers liability. The
feature of the convention will be the
starting of some plan for uniformity
of state laws bearing upon employers
liability and the prevention, if pos
sible, of legislative enactment by any
state, in the future, that might con
flict with the laws of another state.
The foreign field promises to fur
nish an abundance of interesting and
important news items during the
week. The Miners Confederation OF
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-24
sLooP COLUMBUS is LOST
With All on Board-ouintana, Texas
Badly Wrecked.

Quintana, Texas, July 23.-Quin
tana was badly wrecked in the storm
o., July 81, 1909 No lives were lost
y ~ -sfooip Ge0Tumbus, WITH an HANDS
aboard, was swept into the gulf and
has not been heard of. Several fami
lies here are in destitute circum
stances, having nothing left but the
clothes they wore during the storm
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-24
GREATEST NEED IS LABOR
Coast Country IS Striving 10 Overcome Losses
Immediate Appeals Are For Lab0Pers.

calamity. There is no disposition on
the part of any to sit down, ask for
help and suck their thumbs, but will
win if pluck and energy can win-and
it sure will.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-24

county, the attendance being admit
tedly the largest ever seen by the
oldest inhabitants. Mack admitted
at the last moment that he was
guilty.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-24

If you enjoy seeing pretty vehicles
call at Herman Schmidt & Co.'s.
They certainly have some nice ones
on exhibition. 19-tf
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25
PROVISIONS OF TAX BILL AND
RESULTS 1T MAY ACCOMPLISH

Total estimated revenue under new bill,
$500, 100000.
Expected increase in revenue under bill,
SAC, 0O0,000 or $4,000 600
Inheritance tax law is urged
With normal years business treasury
deficit will be wiped out.
Panama bonds provided to reimburse
treasury for $40.000.000 paid in Panama
canal purchase.
treasury. raising amount from sl00.000,OO0
to $3.50. 900 900.
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.
Duties increased on peas, figs, lemons and
pineapples.
Slight advance in cotton schedule rates
Rates on some paper products advanced.
Free wood pulp provided conditionally. Re
duction in duty on print paer.
Many reductions made on chemicals.
Glass. unpublished. cylinder. crown and
common window glass reduced
Gypsum. fire brick or glazed brick re-
duced Building and monumental stone re-
duced.
Steel Ingots. cogged ingots. blooms and
slabs. reduced. Iron ore and basic Stag free.
round iron, charcoal iron. beams, girders,
joists. angles, etc. iron and steel forgings.
all reduced. Railway bars and steel rails.
cotton ties. iron steel sheets, reduced
Tin plates reduced Boiler tubes reduced
Table butchering and carving cutlery re-
duced. Nails, spikes. tacks. nuts and wash
ers reduced.
Steam engines. cash registers. typesettins
machines. printing presses and other ma
chinery reduced.
Heavy reductions in timber and lumber
rates.
Duties lowered on fresh meat, bacon. hams
and certain other foodstuffs.
Duties on wool Of third class reduced
Bituminous coal and coke on reciprocal
free list.
Cattle hides on free list
Large reductions In rates on leather and
boots and shoes.
Agricultural implements reduced
Works of art free. Women's and CHI.
dren's gloves increased.
Cast polished plate glass increased.
Cigarette internal ,evenue tax increased
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25
STEAL BOY; DEMAND $4,000.
Unknown Men Kidnap Pennsylvania
Attorneys Son from School.

William Whitla, the S-year-Old son
of James Il. Wbitla, a well-known at
torney and former Republican candi-
date for Congress. was kidnapped
from school in Sharon. Pa, by two
men Thursday and later his parents
received letter demanding a ransom
of $4,000.
About 8 80 o'clock in the morning
two men drove UP to the school in a
buggy and told the janiior that Will
lam Whitla was wanted at his ia
theirs Office Immediately. The boy was
taken away in the buggy and that
was the last seen of him
Mr.. Whitla was i'm New Whining
ton on business. When the boy failed
TO return at noon, Mrs Whitla went
TO the school and there learned that
the boy had been taken away by two
men. About l o'clock i'm the afternoon
the postman stopped at the Whitla
home and left letter addressed to
the boys father. Mrs. Whitla open.
ed ii and found that it demanded
$4,000 ransom. The letter instructed
Mr.. Whitla To advertise where the
money could be secured. Mr.. Whitla
Is brother-in-law of +. Ii. Bull, the
millionaire iron manufacturer. The
kidnappers are said TO be Italians.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25
>lNZZS &MUS
@&PSSRR

At Toronto, Ont. Fred Simpson. Pc
terboro Indian. ran ten miles in % 90.
slashing all indoor records.
Dorando. the Italian runner. easily de-
feated five opponents running in relays in
the fifteen-mile race at st. Paul.
The Columbus American Association
club has purchased Third Baseman La
Rue from the Marion (Ohio) team.
Jockey Eddie Dugan got penalty of
two weeks for trying to block Fanatic in
the final furlong of the race at Oakland.
High Private, owned by the Forsythe
stable. won the California Derby at EN-
erysville. covering the mile and quar-
ter in = :13. 1t was worth $500.
A bill introduced in the Arkansas Leg
islature allows racing in that State forty
days in the year. under State commits
sion.
August Belmont has established the ia
nous race horse Henry of Navarro as a
public stallion in England, and the horse,
now IS years old. by Knight of EllersI:e
Moss Rose. has been announced to stand
at Lordship Farm, Newmarket
So far only two trotting associations
Lexington and Columbus-have announc-
ed three handicap races. and they are
worth $4,000 Kalamazoo and Detroit
are almost certain, each with a 5000
event, with many others to be announced
soon.
Consul John III. Snodgrass reports
from Kobe that it is given out that the
japanese government will ask the diet
next session to appropriate a sum amount.
ing to $4,000 annually for improving
the breed of horses, and that this amount
will be divided among thirteen race clubs
The million population club of ST
Louis will establish an automobile race
track and balloon ascension grounds i'm
that city, the aggregate cost of which will
approximate 100000.
Leading his opponent from the crack
of the pistal to the finish. Alfred Shrubb
the English distance runner, defeated
Dorando Pietri, the Italian, in fifteen
mile race at Buffalo, N "
Howard Hall, of Pittsburg, colored
boy, won the indoor Marathon race nj
Pittsburg with ease. being nearly two laps
ahead of the second man. The race was
for the championship of Pennsylvania.
West Virginia and Ohio.
The two Chicago ball teams now in
California are scheduled TO play seventy
five games with the Western League teams
before the big league season opens.
Johnny Hayes defeated a three-man re-
lay team in Auburn, n. Y. and. accord
ing to the officials, he made the ten miles
in 80 30. which is new worlds record
In the Holmenkollen ski contest. II
Christiania. which is the Norwegian Der
by" the Norwegian runners were first. al
though Bruno Biehler, of Munich. made
a fine standing jump of twenty-five yards.
In the long run through the forest all
the foreign runners fell short. The long
est standing jump by a Norwegian was
thirty-one yards.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25
CHICAGO.

Trade returns reflect the impetus OF
wider preparations for the spring &C
ivity. Bank clearings continue to show
Encouraging gains, and the commercial
mortality includes a decreased number
# large failures. Tariff revision may
:ause some temporary hesitation among
manufacturers. but proposed changes
ire not regarded as severely drastic,
md n early disposal Of the bin is de
;irable. Larger forces now find en-
,lOyment in iron production. and the
starting up of outdoor work has great
V reduced ranks of the idle. Notable
Improvement in current demands ap-
)ear in steel. raw materials and gen.
.ral merchandise.
Building operations make seasonable
expansion. and there is stronger de-
nand for lumber. planning mill outputs
md quarry products. Contracts for
structural shapes add to the accuInula-
ion of work a; the mills and FORCES.
)ut pig iron for future delivery yet
cells slowly at weak prices.
The money market continues favor
ible TO borrowers. and this stimulates
lew enterprise and investment. Dis
ribuive operations have been adj
1anced in the leading wholesale
branches. Fashionable retail lines are
unusually attractive. and nearby buy
RS appear in satisfactory numbers in
he markets for prompt forwarding Of
Try goods. footwear. clothing and food
stuffs. Mail orders for fall and winter
staples show increase. and advices are
good as to the growth of winter wheat
md agricultural prospects generally.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
riot number twenty-eight, against eigh-
cen last week. thirty-two in 1908 and
wenty i'm 1907. Those with liabilities
ver 5000 number six, against six last
week, ten in 1908 and six in 1901
Oun's Review of Trade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25
PAST AND PRESENT
AS 1T COMES TO US FROM ALL
CORNERS OF THE EARTp,
Teiegraphic Information Gathered
by the Few for the Enlightenment
of the Many.
RETURNED STOLEN BOY.
Willie Whitla Restored to His Fathe
HIaUaI.n4 nbia

Willie Whitla Restored to His Father
in Cleveland, Ohio.
Little Willie Whitla, who has caused
the police of the entire country end
less worry since he was kidnapped
from school in Sharon, Pa, last week,
was returned to his father at the Hol-
lenden hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. In
compliance with an agreement entered
into between the Kidnapped boys IA
thel and the agents of the kidnapers
the boy was placed on a street car on
the outskirts of the city and started
to the hotel. Two boys from the city,
G.. W. Ramsey and Edward Mahoney,
recognized the lad on the car, and
taking him in charge, conducted him
TO his father, who was in waiting, ac-
cording to a pre-arranged plan which
he had followed at the dictation of the
kidnapers. The boy wandered about
the hotel lobby unannounced for sew
eral minutes, asking bellboys for his
father, before the latter knew his son
was in the big foyer. The moment the
anxious parent heard that a strange
boy was in the hotel sauntering in aim
less fashion he rushed across the lob
by, grabbed him in his arms and
smothered him with kisses. Willie is
in perfect health. He says that he had
been well treated and ever since his
capture had been constantly indors
He believes he was taken from Sharon
to Warren and thence to New Castle,
Pa 1t is his opinion, expressed in a
happy schoolboy way, that he was in
Ashtabula at the time his father was
told to leave his $4,000 in Flatiron
mark
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25

The reading of the Presidents mes
sage in favor of revision OF the tar
if was the chief business before the
Senate Tuesday. The message re-
ceived careful attention from Sena-
tors. After the adoption of a motion
that the Senate should not meet again
until Friday an adjournment was TAX
en-. In striking contrast TO the scenes
of confusion. disorder and acrimoni-
Gus debate which marked the opening
day of the House, the session of that
body assumed its wonted air of digni-
ty. The message of President Taft
pointing out the necessity for a revi-
sion of the tariff was received and met
with prolonged applause from the Re-
publicans. Some disappointment, how
ever, was felt over the fact that the
tariff measure was not presented. In
terest attached to the announcement
by the Speaker of the personnel of the
committees on rules and ways and
means.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25
RIVAL TO STEEL TRUST.
Combine with $500, 900, GOO Capital
Will BE Formed by Independents.

The great steel trust is TO have 4
rival, also trust. Il giant with assets
of approximately $SO00O0.C00. The
new combination. of which John w.
Gates is reputed TO be the leader, will
include twelve or more independent
steel concerns that are now. consider
ed separately thornS in the flesh OF
the so-called billion-dollar steel trust,
known corporately as the United
States Steel Corporation. Other plants
will come into the opposition, but the
dominant concerns, under the plan as
il stands at present. will be these and
one other still more important: Jones
and Laughlin Steel Company, Ltd,
Lackawanna Steel Company. Cam
bridge Steel Company, Pennsylvania
Steel Company, Pittsburg Steel Com
pany. Midland Steel Company. Midvale
Steel Company. Inland Steel Company,
Maryland Steel Company, Republic
Iron and Steel Company, Bethlehem
Steel Company, Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company.
The fullfilment of the arrangement
for the new combine appears to depend
upon whether W i. Snyder, head OF
the big Shenanso Furnace Company,
the man who controls the Independent
pig iron interests Of the country. joins
the movement. Mr.. Snyder is said to
be more than agreeable to the creation
of n combination to battle for suprem-
acy in the steel world, but as his hold
ings are so great in the iron ore terri
tory his demands in the partnership
agreement in Pittsburg caused the 9th
ers to hesitate. 1t is not felt that they
can be granted at this time.
The Independents are on the eve of
acquiring extensive holdings in the
iron ore territory. but the trust is
working to prevent the acquisition Of
the new sources of supply. If the in
dependents obtain the proposed areas
Mr. Snyder may not enter the COM
bine remaining. nevertheless, a most
important seller of ore TO it.
The present plan is that Mr.. Snyder
shall be the president of the independ-
ent combine. He has steadfastly de-
clined all overtures to go into the
United States Steel Corporation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

George and Jerry Peterson. brothers,
who were imprisoned in a mine near Salt
Lake. Utah. for almost fifty hours, were
rescued unhurt.
Diamonds and jewelry valued at S1O,-
600 have been stolen from Mr.. and Mrs.
F. " Chapman of Greenwich. Conn. al
the Hotel Gotham in New York.
BY Lord Guthrie's decision in the Stir
ling divorce case in Edinburgh Mrs. Stir
ling is allowed the expenses of the suit
and Lord Northland is ordered to pay the
cost of her husbands action.
August Menanadzit, the principal or.
ganizer of the revolt of 1865 in the
Baltic province of Russia, has been ar.
rested at Riga. Since 1906 he has been
in hiding in the forests.
Ambassador White has communicated r.
the French government Washington's inyi
tation 10 send a delegate to the interpa.
tional congress on natural resources Ia
be held at The Hague next September.
Julian ii. Arnold, the American consul
al Annoy. China. has started a shipment
of pomelo or grapefruit trees to the farm
of the University of California for ex.
perimental purposes. The Annoy pomelo.
are reputed to be the best in the orient
Lieut.. Won Bohlen. who married a
daughter of Herr Krupp, the German
gunmaker. has contributed $500 to ar
aeronautic professorship recently founded
at Gottingen.
AT the age of 1O5. Mrs. Catherine
Powers is dead at the home of her son in
Niles. Ohio. When 100 years old sh,
walked n half mile every Sunday te
church services.
According to a dispatch from Sacra
mento, Cal, Prentiss Martin, secretary
OF the Sacramento drainage commission
| estimates the total loss from floods in
the Sacramento valley the last month
amounts to between 100000 and s.,
100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25
!: W ork Of Congress
&c osssesssseee eeseeso o o

The session of the Senate Monday
was brief, the chief business being the
reading of the Presidents proclama-
ton calling an extra session of the
Sixty-first Congress and the appoint
ment of "a committee formally to mott
fy the President that the Senate was
in readiness to receive any message
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin was
sworn in as a United States Senator.
After being in session fifteen minutes
a recess was taken until o'clock and
almost Immediately upon reassembling
the Senate adjourned. Joseph G.. Can
non was reelected Speaker by the
House, but motion to adopt the old
rules was voted down. Several amend.
ments to the rules were secured after
hot debate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-25
NEW YORK.

The introduction of the new tariff
Congress and the advance of the
pring jobbing season toward its close
nave made for a rather quieter tone
n trade this week. A fair business is
Ioing in nearly all lines and the turn
,ver is in excess of year ago at this
late. but conservatism rules.
Spring jobbing activity has passed
rs zenith. buying is only to cover i'm
Mediate necessities, the results Of
Caster trade at retail are awaited with
interest, collections are only fair. and
he volume of business done this spring
20 far is, in some respects. disappoint-
ng.
Jobbing trade seems to have quieted
Town at a number of markets East and
lily in the West. and New York, Phil
Idelphia, Baltimore and Boston. in the
Cast, reporting some reduction In de-
nand, partly explainable by the adj
'ance of the season and the return Of
,uyers to their homes.
Prlce reductions in iron and steel
rave brought out some new business,
nut unsettlement still rules. Pig iron
stocks are accommodating and prices are
weak. The same is largely true of 9TH
II metals. Additional reports of wage
'eductions come from iron and steel
interests In the cotton goods line the
pring rush is over.
Business failures I'm the United
States for the week ending with March
s were 224. against 254 last week. 800
N the like week of 1908. 1877 in 1907,
40 in 1906 and 204 in 1906.
Business failures in Canada for the
week number thirty-two. which CON-
,ares with forty last week and thirty
line in the same week last year
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