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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-08-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Ben Bramham was in Kenton Friday
Mr.. I. E. Davis, of Bruce, Sundayet
here.
Mr.. M. Z. Brown, Of Dyersburg, is ii
the city.
w. Z. White is at Dawson Springs fol
ten days
Mrs. Eberhart Sundayed with Jack,
son friends
Miss Mary Martin is visiting relatives
in the country.
5. s. Alexander is reported sick with
fever this week.
Miss O'Conner, Of Dyersburg, was in
the city Sunday.
Mr.. VIM. Woods, of Harris, was in
the city Monday
Mr.. 1. Forester, Of Oran, Mo-, is Wis
ting relatives here.
Mrs. Claude Whitley returned Sunday
from Bardwell, Ky.
Miss Mosely, of Kenton, was visitor
IN the city Wednesday.
Miss Allie Whitley has returned home
from visit to Trenton.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. Forester are at home
after ten days absence.
Mr.. Dave Pursley left on business
trip to Nashville Tuesday.
Will Mccormack, of Newbern, was
sunday visitor in the city.
2. A. Edwards has returned from a
visit to Bersheba Springs.
Mr. Buford Hurt has returned from
q business trip to St. Louis.
kirkland's front is adorned with
fresh coat Of nice new paint.
Rev. and Mrs. w. G. Sellers will leave
next week to visit relatives and friends
N Galloway County, KY
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-08-13

Mr.. W. A. Pursley, one of our es-
teemed ex-Confederates, has been ap-
pointed prison guard at the State peni-
Tertiary near Nashville. Mr.. Pursley
and all those who assisted him in the
appointment are to be congratulated.
The appointee is a good man and good
citizen.
j, E. Cloar, one Of the county's well
known and substantial citizens of the
Third District, was in the city Wednes-
day, and some of his friends have rea-
son to thank him for treat to some of
the finest sweet cider ever quaffed. Mr..
Cloar has an orchard in connection
with his farm, and the cideris a product
of his own making.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-08-13

What you want at iewelry store is
absolute reliability You have to de-
pend on the jewelers. word for so many
things about which you don t know any
thing yourself that you should care
fully select the one to trade with. Our
house is a reliable one.
Bransford & Andrews.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-08-13

Now is the time q get summer
prices on coal. Call $50.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-08-13

Coal at summer rates. Call 80.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-08-13

All kinds of Coal at Union City Ice
& Coal Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-08-13

Meet me at Dahnke's.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
BANK SWINDLER A SUICIDE.
Kills Himself to Avoid Arrest For
100000 EmhezzIement.


Harrisburg, Pa, March 25.-Trapped
in his room in the Hotel Lynch, +. II.
Richardson of Elmira, N. Y, wanted
for the embezzlement of 100000,
slammed the door in the face of the
chief of police and killed himself by
shooting.
Mr.. Richardson, who was president
of the Richardson Shoe company, was
indicted by the federal grand jury in
New York on March u in connection
with long series Of frauds on banks.
1t was said that he had obtained the
following sums in New York:
National Bank Of North America,
$4,000; Importers and Traders bank,
$4,000, and Lincoln Trust company,
$4,000. The outside banks that had
lost money and the amounts were CIV
en- as follows:
Chemung County Trust company,
$60.000; First National bank. Creston.
Ia, $4,000; National City bank, Chi
cago, $2,500; International Trust COM
pany, Boston, $4,000; Miners Nation
al bank. Vosburg. Pa, $4,000; Athens
National bank, Athens, Pa, $4,000;
Northern Bank of New York. $13,5OO;
First National bank, Corning, n. Y,
$4,000; Marine National bank, Buffa-
10, $25,000; Mechanics National bank,
Elmira, N. Y, $1,000; Central National
bank, Cleveland, o., $25.O0O, and First
National bank, Parker, s. D., $500.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
PAIR IDENTIFIED.
WhitIa Boy Recognizes COu-
pie Under Arrest.
CONFRONTS THEM AT CLEVELAND
Whitla, Sr., Declines to Say if He
Knows the Woman-Admits
Acquaintance With
the Man.

Cleveland, o., March %. - Willie
Whitla has identified the man and wo-
man held on suspicion by the Cleve-
land police as the persons who kid
naped him from the school at Sharon,
Pa, one week ago today and held him
for the $4,000 ransom which was paid
by his father, Attorney j. p. Whitla,
last Monday.
Willie said the man, who gave the
name of James H. Boyle, was the one
who took him from school and carried
him through tortuous route to Cleve-
land, then to Ashtabula, back to this
city and placed him in the house in
the east end, where he was held until
the money was paid. Willie also de-
clared that the woman was the one
who cared for him at the house where
he was detained and who acted the
part of a nurse.
Boyle said the woman is his wife.
The police have no other Identification
of the couple than the names given.
So far as the man is concerned, the
police believe the name is correct.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
LEGAL LIGHTS TO SHINE.
All of New England's Chief Justices to
Meet at New York Dinner.

All of New England's Chief Justices to
Meet at New York Dinner.
New York, March 25.-Some Of the
ablest legal minds of the nation will
be assembled tonight at the annual
dinner of the alumni association Of the
New York university law school in
this city. The graduates Of the school
will have as guests, among others, the
chief justices of the six New Eng
land states. Chief Justices L. A. EN-.
cry Of Maine, Frank N. Parsons of
New Hampshire, John w. Rowell Of
Vermont, Marcus p. Knowlton of
Massachusetts, Edward G. Dubois Of
Rhode Island and Simeon e. Baldwin
Of Connecticut will be entertained and
will make speeches.
Judge Willard Bartlett of the New
York court of appeals, ex-Judge Alton
b. Parker, Judge Francis J. Swayze of
'se New Jersey superior court and
Martin W. Littleton, the famous New
York attorney. will also be among the
speakers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
MURDERS HIS DAUGHTER.
Girl Schoolteaoher Shot Down on the
Street by Her Father.

Street by Her Father.
New York, March 25.-Carrying out
a threat he had frequently made, Phil
ip Mangano, an interpreter in the mar
riage bureau at city hall, shot and
killed his pretty young daughter, Anna
A. Mangano, q teacher in a public
school, on the street here.
The shooting occurred within two
blocks of the school and was wit
messed by group Of the teachers
young pupils.
Immediately after firing two shots a,
his daughter Mangano turned the
weapon on himself, but was prevented
from committing suicide by a bystand.
er, who leaped upon him and tore the
revolver from his grasp. Policemen
and bystanders took hand in the bat.
tie and succeeded in overpowering the
slayer after he had fought fiercely for
ten minutes.
Mangano and his daughter, an ac.
complished young woman, had quar-.
relied frequently. The police were told
that Mangano had been annoying the
girl in such a manner that she was
forced to seek protection at the st,
Cecilia Home For Working Girls, leav.
ing her fathers home to take up hel
residence there. Several months ago
she had him arrested on the charge Of
annoying her.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26

Boyle is said to reside in Sharon and
is IL plumber by trade. He is said to
have Il widowed mother, four broth.
ers and sister.
The woman, who is accredited with
being the wife of Boyle, declared soon
after her arrest that her Identification
would cause a sensation in Sharon.
When the Identification was complet.
ed Mr.. Whitla would say nothing re-
garding the woman. He said he knew
Boyle slightly.
Immediately after Willie Whitla had
seen the man and woman at the cen.
trail police station they Were taken to
the county courthouse, and there ap.
peared before the grand jury. They
were examined for the purpose of aid
ing the jury in its attempt to find an
indictment against the two prisoners.
The charge under the laws of Ohio
against the man and woman if an in
dictment was found will be blackmail.
This is based upon the payment of
the $4,000 ransom paid by Whitla.
AS Boyle and his wife are held by
the police on suspicion only, an in
dictment will afford means of plac-
ing them under arrest formally, and
then they can be held indefinitely.
After leaving the grand jury room
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitla, Willie and the
janitor of the Sharon school which
Willie attended left for Sharon.
AS the prisoners have not waived
pYtrn6itiOn thau will ha haI1 ba-n 60,
two or three days until the necessary
papers for their removal to Sharon can
be arranged between the governors of
Ohio and Pennsylvania.
A woman known as Mary Diener,
who, the police say, may have been an
associate of the kidnapers or was i'm
plicated In the plot, committed suicide
by drinking morphine while standing
in front Of drug store in the east
end, not far from the house in which
Willie Whitla was detained. She died
in an ambulance while being taken to
a hospital.
Attorney Whitla, accompanied by
Mrs. Whitla, their son and daughter
Willie and Saline; BOY schoolmate OF
Willie, Harry Forker; a brother OF
Mrs. Whitla, Janitor Sloss, Chief OF
Police Crane, Detective Kempler, Dis.
trict Attorney Lininger, former Dis.
trict Attorney Cochrans and Detective
Ward, all Of Sharon, comprised the
party that came here to identify the
two prisoners II possible. On their ar
rival they went to the Hollenden no
tel.
Two private detectives who repre-
sented Whitla first went to the police
station In an effort to SEE Chief Of Po'
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26

lice Kohler to arrange for the identifi-
cation. At once there was clash.
The chief would not admit the detec-
tives and stated that he would have
nothing to do with them and would
deal only with Whitla and his son.
This was reported to Whitla, and
another dispute occurred, which prom
ised for a time to stop the identifica-
ton proceedings. Whitla telephoned
to the chief from the hotel that he had
arrived and that he was ready to see
the chief Chief Kohler replied hotly
that he was at the police station where
the prisoners were being held and that
Whitla could see him there II he cared
to assist in the prosecution Of the man
and woman in custody.
The chief told MIR. Whitla his son
Willie, who was kidnapped, was the
only one whose testimony would be OF
value. Upon receiving this ultimatum
Mr.. Whitla arranged to take the boy
and the other members of the party to
the police station.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
MANY KILLED BY TORNADO.
West and Southwest Are Swept by
Terrific Storm.

west ana southwest Are Swept by
Terrific Storm.
st. Louis, March ga fatal tornado
ragged throughout the west and south
west, causing the deaths of many per-
sons. A terrific electrical storm swept
through Wise county, Tex, practically
destroying the town of Slidell. only
two houses remaining standing. Many
Of the farmhouses throughout the
county were wrecked. Bridgeport and
Decatur suffered heavy losses.
At Fort Worth. A. d. Price, a farm
er, his wife and five children and n
farm hand were burned to death by
the destruction of their home. Twenty
persons were injured.
A tornado struck Brewster, Kan,
and leveled part of the town.
At Edison, Kan. the hurricane struck
a freight train on the Rock Island
road. Nine cars were blown from the
track. The storm damaged several
houses. and it is reported that several
lives were lost.
A blizzard of sleet and snow isolated
Denver from outside communication
Wires were down in every direction.
Trains We're reported stalled by the
storm.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
TO CHECK KIDNAPPING.
Bills Providing For More Severe Pun.
ishment For the Crime.

Bills Providing For More Severe Pun
ishment For the Crime.
Albany, N. Y, March 25.-The kid
naping of Willie Whitla has had the
effect of causing the introduction OF
several bills in the legislature designed
to make more severe the penalty for
such crime in this state.
Assemblyman Lef6ngwell put in a
bill which makes the punishment
death or life Imprisonment, as the
jury may determine. Another bill by
Assemblyman Cuvillier makes the
maximum penalty life imprisonment.
The maximum penalty under the
present law is Imprisonment for TWEEN
ty-five years. Senator Hill, who in
troduced bill making the punishment
imprisonment from five to fifty years,
said:
kidnapping is one of the most seri-
Gus problems with which we are con-
fronted today. Our present laws in
view of the Whitla and other promi-
nent cases seem to be insufficient for
dealing with that which in all civilized
countries is regarded as most heinous
offenSe"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
PREPARATIONS IN AFRICA.
Senator McMilIan's Son Arranging For
Roosevelt's Reception.

tSSSONCttS nCCCPtIOns
Mombasa, British East Africa, March
2o.-The heavy rains are on, and the
grass fires, which have been destroy
ing the prairies and driving the game
in close to the railroad line, have been
put out by the downpour.
The popular shooting season is at an
end. The record for the four months
shows the killing of 40 lions, includ-
ing two man eaters and 5000 head of
other game. During the season nine
natives and four white men were
mauled by lions.
George Mcmillan, nephew of the late
Senator Mcmillan of Michigan, who re-
Gently returned from a tiger hunting
trip in India, has left Mombasa for
Ju ia ranch, his property north of
Nairobi, to make preparations for the
reception of Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr.. Nc
Millan's residence on the ranch is in
the midst of the bush country, but he
has installed there an electric lighting
plant and an ice machine.
A complete taxidermic laboratory is
being established here for the treat
ment and preservation of trophies for
the Smithsonian institute from the
Roosevelt hunt.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
Market Reports.

WHEAT - One cent higher; contract
grade, March. $l24a1.25.
CORN-one-half cent higher; March,
nha72c.
BUTTER-Firm; good trade; receipts,
4,77G packages; creamery, specials, 31a
311Ac. Official 31c.); extras, 3015c.; thirds
to firsts, 2ia29c. held, common to special,
2Oa29c.; process, common to special TIA
231ac; western factory, 16a1shc.; western
imitation creamery, 20a21c
CHEESE - Firm; receipts. 629 boxes;
state, full cream, special, 16a17c.; small,
fancy, 15%c.; large, fancy, 15%c. good to
fine, 15lsc.; winter made, best, 1Hbc.; COM
mon to prime, 12a14iAc.: skins, full to spe-
cials, 2ha12hc.
EGGS-Firm; receipts, 3, ,316 cases; state
Pennsylvania and nearby fancy selected,
white, 23c,; fair to choice, 2la22c brown
and mixed, fancy, 2O1sa21c.; fair to choice.
19haOc.; western, firsts, 19hc.; seconds,
l9c.
PoTAToEs-steady; domestic old. in
bulk, per 1870 lbs, S2.5OaS; per bbl. or bag,
81. 25a275; European, per 16s Id. bag, SEA
235; Bermuda, per bbl., $5.60a676; sweet,
per basket $125a1.50.
LIVE POULTRY-Fowls a shade easier;
chickens, broilers, per lb., 25a83c.; fowls,
lsc.; old ROSTERS, 12c.; ducks, l6c.; geese,
11a12hc.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Turkeys, young,
selected, per lb,, 23c.; poor to good. 1eA
22c,; fowls, boxes, 1ea161ec.; barrels. liza
16c.; squads, white, per doz., N.9aL6;
frozen turkeys. No. /, per lb, &a8c.; |;
broilers, milk fed. fancy, 26a2Sc. corn fed,
fancy. 22a24c.; roasting chickens. milk
fed, 2oa25c; corn fed. 17a2oc.; fowls, No. /,
l5a15hc. old roosters, 12c. ducks, No. /,
l7alSc. geese, No. /. 12al4c; capons, 2la
&c.
HAY AND sTRAw-Quiet; timothy;
per hundred. GOaS5c.; shipping, b6c.; clo-
YER. mixed, 6ba7bc. clover boaGOc.; rye
straw. tl.ObAl.lb: small bales, 2Ac. less.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
Others on Ship SeaSiCk
During Heavy Weather.
EX-PRESIDENT TAKES EXERCISE
He Uses Apparatus Energetically
In Gymnasium of the Ham
burg and Takes Long
Walks. .

On Board the Steamship Hamburg,
ut Sea, Via Wireless to Siasconset,
Mass, March 25.-Ex-President Roose-
velt is proving himself a good sailor
In heavy weather, he being one of the
few on board who are not troubled
with seasickness.
While others are in more or less
Invalided condition, he is as well as
ever, in the best Of spirits, never miss
es a meal and takes strenuous exer-
else.
Before breakfast he paced the deck
100 times. He took a kindly interest
In the other passengers who were less
fortunate, stopping at their chairs and
uttering a few snappy sentences to
cheer them up.
Kermit Roosevelt and the other
members of the Roosevelt party are
fairly well.
Mr.. Roosevelt spent two hours in
his stateroom discussing plans for the
expedition in Africa. After breakfast
he and his son promenaded the decks
again, though a heavy head wind was
blowing and the ship was pitching
and tossing in way that would alarm
some landsmen.
When not on deck or busily writing
In his stateroom the ex-president is in
the gymnasium. He rides the auto
matte steel geared bucking broncho
with enthusiasm. When the metal
sprockets Of the machine become hot
he gets off and. indulges in weight lift
ing and few simple maneuvers on
the flying rings.
Colonel Roosevelt sent a wireless
message to Governor Fort Of New Jer-
sey expressing thanks for a message
which the governor yesterday sent to
Mr.. Roosevelt. Governor Fort said in
his message, "All the people Of New
Jersey are with me, l am sure, In
wishing you good health, success and
a safe return
There is no likelihood of Emperor
William and Colonel Roosevelt meet
ing in the Mediterranean in April, as
the ex-president, on board the steam
ship Admiral, will be in the neighbor-
hood of Alden, at the southern end of
the Red sea, when Emperor William
goes on board the imperial yacht Hob
enZOllern at Venice.
No arrangements have been made by
Emperor William to meet Mr.. Roose-
welt before 1910.
When the ship reaches Gibraltar, Mr.
Roosevelt will visit the Notifications.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
TO AVERT STRIKE
Mine Workers Will Stay at
Work After April |.
NEW APPEAL TO OPERATORS.
Policy Committee Makes Conserva-
tive Report to Convention at
Scranton, and Lewis
- Approves It.

Scranton, Pa, March 25.-President
Lewis of the Mine Workers Of Amer
lea, who presides at the convention of
delegates called to decide as to the ao.-
ton to be taken In regard to the an
thracite operators refusal of their de-
mands, said today that there would be
no strike on April 1.
The miners will make a further an
peal to the operators to make termB,
at Philadelphia. In any event the
miners will stay at work on and after
next Thursday unless they are locked
out.
The decision to remain at work was
reached after the policy committee had
made the following unanimous report:
eve. your committee, appointed to
formulate a proposition to govern the
anthracite mining districts between
now and April 1 and after that date,
have carefully considered every possl-
BILE phase Of the situation.
"We realize fully the seriousness of
the situation. We have considered
carefully the industrial conditions of
the country, and we know the condi-
tions which surround the anthracite
mine workers in their daily occupa-
ton.
"After having considered the situa-
tion from every standpoint we realize
that in addition to the interests of the
mine workers and the operators there
are many other interests vitally af-
fected.
Eve submit to you and for your
careful consideration the followig;
We hereby reaffirm the demands for
mulated and agreed to at the special
convention of districts 7, 2 and 8
United Mine Workers of America, held
in the city Of Scranton Oct. II, 1908.
We hereby confer upon the members
of the executive boards of districts 1.
Z and Of the United Mine Workers of
America full authority to meet the
operators Of the anthracite coal region
and to negotiate with the anthracite
operators an agreement upon such ba-
sis and for such a period of time as
they, the members of the executive
boards, in their judgment believe in
dustrial and other conditions surround
ing the anthracite mine workers may
warrant
I'VE hereby authorize and instruct
the United Mine Workers and so far
as our authority goes the mine work
ers of the anthracite coal region to re-
main now and continue at work on and
after the LIST Of April, 1909, under the
terms of the agreement of 1906 and
until such time as they are otherwise
notified by the official representatives
of districts 1, Z and o of the United
Mine Workers Of America"
A delegate arose and asked what
would happen If the operators would
not let them go to work after April l.
President Lewis replied, "If the EN-
ployers will not let the men continue
at work the responsibility for the sus-
pension will rest upon the operators"
The convention then adopted the re-
port
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
ZELAYA HAS BATTLE THIRST
Washington Advised of Nearasua's
Warlike Stand.

Washington, March 25.-A dispatch
from Honduras to the state depart
ment says that the Nicaraguan govern
ment is continuing its warlike prepa-
rations and that there are further in
iiications of Zelaya's intent to make
trouble for Salvador.
The state department hoped that the
presence of American warships in Mic
araguan waters would cause President
Zelaya to keep the peace. The ad-
vices tell of activity around the gulf
of Fonseca, which separates Nicaragua
and Salvador.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
TWO TO DIE IN CHAIR.

Negroes Convicted of Murder of Rich
Woman and Her Steward.
Richmond, Va, March 25.-The jury
In the Skipwith murder and arson case
after forty minutes deliberation re-
turned verdict finding Joe and Isham
Taylor, negroes, guilty of murder in
the first degree and John Brown
guilty of murder in the second degree.
The first degree murder verdict carries
with it death in the electric chair.
The men murdered wealthy Mrs.
Mary e. Skipwith and Walter G. John
son, the steward Of her estate, and
afterward set fire to the historic home
Southeast
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
COUNT BONI LOSES AGAIN.
Paris Count Denies His Right to Ex-
Wife,s Furniture,

Wife,s Furniture.
Paris, March 25.-Count Boni de Cas-
tellane's petition for an inventory OF
the papers and furniture in the De Sa-
gan mansion on the Avenue Malakofr
and at the Chateau Marais has been
declined by the court, which sustained
the contention of the De Sagans that
they were married under the regime
Of separation Of property and that
the papers and furniture in question
belong to the Princess de Sagan until
competent proof to the contrary is
forthcoming.
The Princess de Sagan married her
present husband after securing a di-
vorce from the Count de Castellane.
Previous to her first marriage she was
Miss Anna Gould of New York.
The count claimed in his petition
that the De Sagans refused to hand
over property belonging to him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
WILL DINE CABINET MEMBERS

Passaic N. j., Board Of Trade to En-
tertain NageI and Hitchcock.
Passaic, N j., March 25.-Thls city
will have distinguished guests tonight
in the persons of Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Nagel and Postmas-
.er General Hitchcock, who will at
tend banquet Of the local board of
trade.
The dinner will be given mainly for
the two cabinet members, the inten-
tion being to make the occasion a nota-
BILE one in honor Of the new national
administration.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-26
NEW RUSSIAN WAR CHIEF.

Czar Places General Soukhominoff In
Control.
ST. Petersburg, March 25.-The czar
has appointed Lieutenant General
Soukhomllnoff, chief of general staff,
as minister Of war to replace General
Rudiger.
General Soukhomlinoff formerly was
governor general of Kiev and had a
high reputation as military man. He
was noted for his stringent Npplica-
tion of the death penalty and under
took most energetic measures to sup
press mutinies or disorders whenever
the occasion required.
He was a rival candidate to General
KurOpatkln for the post of commander
n chief of the Manchurian army.