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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
BIG WAFER TANK BURSTS
Dynamiters Suspected Of Causing
Food Which Sweeps Upon
PaEkeFsburg.
Water Famine Threatens AS Town
Supply Is Gone-Four Fatally
Injured.

Parkersburg, w. Va. Especially ~
BY the bursting of two huge water
tanks, which. it is believed, was the
work of dynamiters, three persons
were killed, four fatally, injured and
many less seriously hurt The tanks
held the whole of the city's water
supply, which is now cut on. ana a
water famine is threatened.
Rushing down hill the flood swept
away houses, knocking them against
one another and throwing the occu-
pants from their beds into the ICY
water. When searching parties went
through the ruins later in, the morn
ing they found the remains OF waiter
Waggle, his wife and their small
child. The flood came just before
daybreak, at $50, before the hillside
had wakened for the day.
Twenty houses were demonsned
and 20 more flooded. ST. John s
Lutheran Church, which was ruined,
acted as bulwark against the worst
of the food and saved many houses
from being swept away and the ilves
of those in them.
Mrs. John Maloney, who was car
ried SO yards in her half demonsneu
home, had both legs broken and is
reported to be dying. Ethel Jones'
with her father and mother, was
carried a great distance. She may
die, while, her parents escaped with
a few scratches.
Mrs. Kate Carnes, an Invalid, was
badly bruised and shocked, and Will
probably die Clara Jones. colored,
had her colIarbone broken, was nurt
internally and may die.
Mrs. R. C. Grim was badly bruised
but will recover. Blanche Hollander,
colored, has a broken leg and con-
tusions on her body Many others
sustained minor injuries.
The bursting of the tanks was due
to an explosion of some kind, and
it is believed to have been the work
of some miscreant, who blew up the
tanks with dynamite or some other
explosive. An investigation is now
being made.
That more people were not killed
seems little short of a miracle. Four
or five houses were swept from the
side of the hill into the street. One
was carried distance of nearly 100
yards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
ROBBERS HOLD UP TOWN.
But Twenty Dynamite Charges Fail
To Open Bank Safe.

Bald Knob, Ark. Especially -
While some of their number rode
about the streets discharging their
weapons and holding the populace in
terror, others of band of robbers
worked for more than an hour in an
unsuccessful effort to dynamite their
way into the vault of the Bank of
Bald Knob, abandoning their task
after firing nearly a score of blasts,
which demolished the outer door of
the safe, but failed to force the in
ner doors. One citizen was wounded
in the parting fusilade of the band
as they rode away.
The first explosion aroused the cit
liens, who, as they emerged from
their houses, were greeted by the
bullets of the outposts. They quick
ly ran to shelter while the robbers
held undisputed sway, keeping up an
almost continuous fire and taking
chance shots at any who came within
range. In the. meanwhile those at
work in the bank building contin
ued to explode dynamite, but with
little success other than to partially
wreck the building, as we'll as an
adjoining structure.
Before beginning operations the
robbers destroyed telephone commu-
nication out of Bald Knob, but over
looked a railroad telegraph wire. A
message to Augusta over this wire
brought posse of citizens from that
place, who joined several other
posses hastily formed here and i'm
mediately started in pursuit of the
hand
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26

Nashville, Tenn. Especially I've
find the defendants, Duncan B. Coop
er and Robin J. Cooper, guilty in
the second degree and fix their pun
ishment at 20 years in the peniten-
tiary."
This verdict, brought in by jury
which has been in the box for more
than two months, stamped guilt on
the slayers of former Senator Ed
ward Ward Carmack, editor of the
Nashville Tennessean, and ended one
of the most historic trials ever held
in the United States.
Colonel Cooper and son seemed
stunned by the verdict They were
accompanied to the courtroom by
Colonel Cooper's daughters, Mrs.
Lucius Burch and Mrs. Beverly Will
son, and Mrs. James G. Bradford, his
sister-in-law. The blow seemed to
fall even more heavily upon the la
dies than upon the defendants, but
all bore up bravely under the stun
ming pronouncement and did not
give way to tears in the courtroom.
\ An intense situation prevailed in
Judge Harris courtroom when the
jury filed in at $50 o'clock to make
known the results of their long de-
alterations. There were only a few
persons in the room, as decision was
not expected so early in the morn
ing. Foreman E. M. Burke read the
verdict, with trembling voice, and ap
paling silence then prevailed until
]. M. Anderson, attorney for the de-
Tense, entered motion for mistrial
because of the partial verdict brought
in by the ury in the case of John
D. Sharp,
This motion was overruled. Mr..
Anderson then asked for bail pending
the hearing of the court on motion
for a new trial, and the defendants
were released on $4,000 bail each.
A rush ensued to sign the bail
bond. Many prominent and wealthy
men insisted on getting their sigma
lures on the paper until the aggre-
gate of pledges amounted to nearly
100000. The clerk in the Grim
inal Court was fairly swamped. In
vain he protested over and over again
that more than enough sureties had
been signed, but the invariable an
swer was I'VE want to put our names
on that bond too.' 1t seemed as
though every friend of the Coopers
considered it incumbent upon him
to sign the bond.
When there was no more room for
names at the foot of the document
the new bondsmen Endorsed it across
the face until it was difficult to de-
cipher the signatures.
The motion for new trial will
probably be heard within two weeks.
After their release the two defend
ants, accompanied by relatives. went
to the home of James G. Bradford.
a brother-in-law of Colonel Cooper
and one of the attorneys for the de-
Tense.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
Sew Tn Stabbed Heart.

Atlantic City Especially Joseph
Proffett and James Murray fought
over woman at Michigan and Arctic
Avenues and in the quarrel Proffett
drove a knife into Murray's heart.
Murray is a powerful man. and be-
fore he fell he kicked Proffett hard
enough to break the latter's leg.
When the two reached the hospital
Murray still breathed, and the amaz-
ed surgeons opened his chest and
took four stitches in his still bleed
ing heart. Half a dozen surgeons
are watching the man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
GIVES UP A THRONE.
Wife OF king" Murray Prefers Civ
iIization To Savage Royalty.

Lafayette, Ind. Especially Christ
mas Island, in the Pacific Ocean,
near Singapore, will have to find
new king, for its present ruler. john
Davis Murray, a Purdue University
graduate, was married recently in
London to a woman who prefers civ
ilized domesticity to savage royalty
Murray will therefore abdicate.
His college friends received this
information from him. Murray, as
manager of phosphate company's
interests on Christmas Island, had
been made king of the island, thai
he should have sufficient authority
over the natives.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
IN THE WORLD or FINANCE

Brazil will coin a large amount of
silver.
E. H. Hartman sailed for Panama
on Saturday.
Cobalt shipped last week 52S tons
of ore, Nipissing leading with 1870
TONS,
Mcnamara has declared dividend
of 10 per cent. a share. This is to
be paid April 5. The same amount
was paid this month.
Copper production in North Ameri-
ca last month is estimated at 96,000,-
900 pounds, compared with 65,0O0,-
600 a year ago.
Foreign Government bonds were
weak, owing largely to the naval ap-
preparation scare in the British Par
lament
International Silver has been earn
ing from 100000 to $1,SOO,O0O an
nually for years. The top figure
was reached in 1906. In 1908 the
profits were $S29,000.
Kansas has $500, 100000 farm
mortgages but only $47,0OO,O0O is
owned by Kansas people.
Ladenburg, Thalman & Co. said:
We think there has been a resump-
ton of pool activity in Brooklyn
Rapid Transit and certainly recon-
mend the purchase of that stock"
Kansas City Southern is a death
bed stock wired one of the most
prominent brokers of New York to
]. s. McCord & Co., Philadelphia.
When asked to explain, the Wall
Street man replied: at is the sort
should buy when dying to leave
to my family"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
LluDs LIFE OF CLEVELAND
President EulOgizes His Democratic
Predecessor at Memorial
Meeting
Prominent Men Present And particle
pating In Services In New York.

Prominent Men Present And particle
pating In Services In New York.
New York Specfa - Grover
Cleveland's life and it's influence on
our national progress and material
welfare was the theme of President
Taft at. memorial exercises at Car
negie Hall.
The meeting at Carnegie Hall was
presided over by Mayor Mcclellan,
and the exercises we're held under
the auspices of the Cleveland Me-
mortal Committee, of which Francis
| Lynde Stetson is chairman. An origi-
nal poem was read by Richard Wat
SON Glider. The musical features OF
the program were provided by the
Damrosch Orchestra, supplemented
by 40 voices of the Liederkran2
| Society.
President Taft's Tribute.
In his address Mt Taft said:
Grover Cleveland was as complete
ly American in his character as Lin
coin. Without college education
he prepared himself for the bar. His
life was confined to Western New
York. His vision of government and
of society was not widened by for
eign travel He was pure. product
of the village and town life of the
Middle States, affected by New Eng
land ancestry and the atmosphere of
clergyman's home.
His chief characteristics were sim
'plicity and directness of thought,
sturdy honesty, courage of his con-
victions and plainness of speech,
with sense of public duty that has
been exceeded by no statesman with
in my knowledge. 1t was so strong
in him that he rarely wrote any
thing, whether in the form of a pri-
vate or public communication. that
the obligation of all men to observe
the public interest was not his chief
theme.
From Office To Office.
The discharge of his duties as
Governor confirmed and strengthen
ed the reputation that he had acquir-
ed as Mayor. Before he had ceased
his office as Mayor he had been
elected Governor. Before he had
CSdSSU nl0 OIilC0 as GOVGTuOT LIZ ud0
been elected President of the United
States.
The Presidential campaign of 1884
degenerated into one of SANDER,
scandal and abuse, but Mr.. Cleve-
land came through it retaining the
confidence of the American people
in his courage and honesty and his
single purpose to bear the public
service.
Mr.. Cleveland was Democrat He
was partisan. His impulses were
all toward the merit system of APP
pointing in the public service and
against the spoils system; but he
had practical. common-sense view
of the problems before him. He
dealt with the instruments which he
had. Every time that opportunity
offered, however, and there was not
some greater object in immediate
view, he strengthened and assisted
the movement toward the merit sys-
TEN.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
stowawaxs Eat Candies.

Philadelphia Especially -Munching
tallow candles to satisfy the cravings
of hunger, three boys. who recently
arrived here as stowaways from
Charles Town. s. c.. We're picked up
by policeman and later were sent to
the House of Correction. They gave
their names as John N. Dickson, 16
years old; James Wilson, 16, and
Thomas Martin. II. They arrived
here on coast steamer last Friday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26

RATION, N. NJ. Especially. = Three
persons are dead as the result of a
fight between two cousins-Antonio
Dijulio, coke worker, and man
named Bartole. Dijulio shot Bartole,
who took refuge in the home of his
brother, Francisco Bartole. Dijulio
tired into the house and killed Mrs.
francisco Bartole. Francisco Bar
tole then plunged knife into Diju-
lio's body, killing him instantly.
Ffancisco's brother died later in a
hospital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
Events OF The Day.

The verdict of the jury was
great surprise in view of Fridays
announcement that there was
hopeless division as to the Coop
ers.
The defendants took the SEN
tence without emotion, b u t
Colonel Cooper's daughters broke
down later in Jail.
A motion for mistr.al because
of the partial verdict brought in
Friday was overruled.
Bail was fixed at $4,000 each,
pending decision on motion
for new trial.
There was great rejoicing over
the outcome of the trial at Col
umbia, the home of Senator Car
mack, and his grave was decora-
ted with flowers.
The verdict is generally regard
ed as vindicatfon of Tennessee's
honor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
Sues Son OF Harvester King.

Santa Barbara. Cal. Especially =
That Stanley Mccormick, son of the
harvester king" is mentally unable
to manage his affairs is the alIega-
tion made by his wife in support of
her petition to the Superior Court
here to have him declared incompe-
tent and a guardian appointed to
look after his person and estate.
Mccormick came to Santa Barbara
for his health, and for a time seem
ed to Improve. Recently, however.
it was believed that his faculties
were succumbing TO disease.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
REAL REVISION BY
new TARIFF BILL
Tea is Taxed. But No Duty PIac-
ed On Coffee.
PROVIDES AN INHERITANCE TAX.
Lumber Charges Cut In Half And
Hides Put On Free List - Oppo-
sition Gathering Data For Fight
Senator Hale Has Protest On
Wood Pulp Already-D Discussion
Begins Monday - Revenue OF
$3OO,OOO,OOO Claimed BY Payne.

Washington. D. c, Especially -
The new tariff bill, for the consid-
Grafton of which Congress was called
in extraordinary session by President
Taft, was introduced in the House of
representatives Wednesday after
noon by Chairman Payne. of the
Ways and Means Committee.
The measure was referred to the
Ways and Means Committee, which
will favorably report the bill to the
House without so much change as the
dotting of an or the crossing of a T.
The Democratic members of the
Ways and Means Committee, who
were not allowed to see the Repub-
lican measure before it's introduction,
met to analyze the bill and determine
their attitude toward it's provisions.
Whatever the result of their DELHI
erations the Republicans have a ma
jority of the committee and will vote
to report the Payne bill without
amendment.
The sstandpat' element is not
satisfied with the bill because it can
be truthfully said that the changes
recommended are, as whole, in the
direction of a revision downward
rather than upward. Iron ore is
placed on the fee list, duties on iron
and steel manufactures are material
ly reduced, and there are reductions
on tin plate and steel rails. The
duty on timber is cut in half, from
i cent per cubic foot to II a cent
per cubic foot. and the same is true
of lumber The tariff is removed
from hides, duties on manufactured
leather are reduced and 40 per cent.
reduction is made in the duties on
shoes. There is reduction of five
one-hundredths of cent per pound
in the duty ON raw SMEAR
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
TWO Hit IN Triangular nnel.

Clarendon, Texas Especially An
unidentified man is dead and Floyd
Aubrey, of Fort Worth, is dying
here as the result of a three
cornered fight with pistols ON a
Fort Worth and Denver train near
Giles, Texas. That Autrey and
his cousin, Fred Garrett, of Fort
Worth, killed the other partici-
pant in the fight and threw him
out of coach window in indicated
by the finding of body near Es-
feline bridge by the police.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26


Willie Whitla, who has caused the
police of the entire country endless
worry since he was kidnapped from
school in Sharon last Thursday, was
returned to his father at the Hol-
lenden Hotel here Monday night at
$50 o'clock.
In compliance with an agreement
entered into between the kidnapped
boys father and an agent of the
kidnappers here, the boy was placed
on street car on the outskirts OF
the city and started to the motel
shortly after o'clock.
Two boys, G.. w. Ramsay and Ed
ward Mahoney, recognized the lad
on the car and taking him in charge
conducted him to his father, who
was in waiting according to a pre-
arranged plan which he had follow
ed at the dictation of the kidnap-
pers.
The boy wandered about the hotel
unannounced for several minutes
asking bellboys for his father be-
fore. the latter knew his son was in
the big foyer. The moment the
anxious parent heard that strange
boy was in the hotel sauntering in
airnless fashion he rushed across the
lobby, grasped him in his arms and
smothered his face with kisses.
The Boy Disguised.
An attempt had been made to dis
guise the lad. He wore pair of
smoked glasses and large tan cap,
which was pulled down over his ears,
and the father said it would have
been difficult to have recognized the
boy in such a garb had he passed
him on the street.
Willie is in perfect health. He
says that he has been we'll treated,
and ever since his capture has been
constantly in doors. He believes he
was taken from Sharon to Warren
and thence to Newcastle, Pa. 1t is
his opinion, expressed in a happy
schoolboy way, that he was in Ash
tabula on Saturday night at the time
his father was to leave his $4,000
4 in Flatiron Park.
Whitla senior refused to state
whether he had paid the ransom or
not. He said that he received a
letter from the kidnappers at his
home in Sharon saying that if he
.CdtlCQ at a confectionery SIOlS IuC
east end of Cleveland he would be
told how to secure his boy unframed
and well fed
Shortly after noon he left Sharon
for Cleveland. He was unaccompan-
led. His immediate family and the
private detectives he had in his en-
ploy he appraised of the proposed Sc
cret meeting, but insisted that he
make the trip alone. Every one OF
them was warned that he must be
allowed to go unheralded and not
attempt at the capture of the kid
nappers now be made.
Met By A Woman.
Whitla was certain that if he
spoiled the plans of his sons captors
he would never see the lad again.
His experience at Ashtabula served
as warning.
About o'clock A M. he went
to candy store in the East End
With him he carried the $4,000, ex-
pecting 1t would be demanded of him
there. He was met by a woman
who detailed to him the terms OF
the kidnappers. With all the eager
ness of distracted parent Whitla
agreed to them Immediately.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
s14.OOO,O GOO For Census.

Washington, D. c. Especially =
If Congress desires the decennial
census taken next year Director
North, of the Census Bureau, wants
about $14,000.0OO to defray ex-
penses. He made a reunest to the
House for an appropriation for that
amount.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
Mark Twain At wedding.

New York (SpeciaD.-Miss Isabel
v. Lyon, Mark Twain's social and
literary secretary, was married 10
Ralph Ashcraft, who is close friend
of Mr.. Clemens, and who is also his
business adviser. Mr.. Clemens was
present at the ceremony, which was
performed by Rev. Percy Stickney
Grant, at the Church of the Ascen-
sion, Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
WASHINGTON
By TELEGRAPH

The President sent to the Senate
the nomination of Charles w. Miller
to be United States district attorney
for Indiana, to succeed Joseph b..
Healing.
John F. Green. chief clerk in the
office of the disbursing agent of the
bureau of Engraving and Printing.
was appointed disbursing agent of
the bureau
Representative Bennett, of New
York, has introduced a resolution de-
ploring the acts of violence and in
humanity committed in Russia.
Cuba will produce about 1,4O0. 900
tons of sugar this season, an esti-
mate based upon the prospect for
excellent spring weather.
Payne, of New York, made an ex-
haustive speech in explanation of
the Tariff Bill, the time he was ac-
tually on his feet being four hours.
Chairman Hill, of the Republican
National Committee, announces that
the headquarters at Washington will
be abandoned next month.
Secretary of War Dickinson stated
that he will leave Washington about
April Is for his visit to the Isthmus
of Panama.
The Senate confirmed the nominal
ton of Colon E. Eberhard to be re-
ceiver of public moneys at La
Grande, Oregon.
President Taft promised to attend
the first days sessions of the city
planning exhibition at Washington,
May 20.
The President will appoint Lloyd
Bowers, of Chicago, ILL.,, to succeed
Henry M. Hoyt as solicitor general.
Sir Andree Fraser, late lieutenant
governor of Bengal, will be received
by President Taft on Thursday.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer set
precedent aside by attending meet
ing of the general board of the Navy.
A suggestion has been made to
the United States and Mexico by a
Central American republic that a
conference of Presidents of Central
American republics be held, with a
view to removing all causes for in
PREVENTION.
An address to the American people
is being prepared by the Democrats
of the House, setting forth the po-
sition of the minority leader on the
rules of the House.
Charles Dewes Hilles, of Dobbs
Ferry, N. Y, has been appointed as
sistant secretary of the treasury, sue
ceeding Beekman Winthrop.
Louis A. Coolidge, assistant Sec
the financial bureaus of the depart
the official bureaus of the depart
ment, has resigned.
For four and a half hours the
House of Representatives listened to
the reading of the Tariff Bill, which
was concluded.
Senior Cortez, the Colombian mir
lister, has received dispatch from
his government, saying that all is
quiet there.
Ways and Means Committee met and
began consideration of the Payne
tariff bill
The President nominated Robert
L. Devlin to be United States at
torney for the Northern District of
California.
President Taft and Secretary of
State Knox will confer regarding APP
pointments to important diplomatic
| posts.
| The decisions of the eourt-mart' al
in the case of Major Fremont and
Lieutenants Kinzie and Rich were
submitted to the President
Miss Martha Cameron, daughter of
the former Senator, was married to
Roland Lindsay. of the British For
eign Office.
There are IL or 12 Christian
churches or temples in the city of
Peking, according to census recent
| ly taken.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
I.awIer May Be Named.

Los Angeles esp ecia Oscar
LawleR, United States district attor-
ney for the Southern district of Cali
fornia. has been offered the position
of assistant attorney general at
Washington, according to private
kilograms received here. Mr.. LAWYER
has not indicated whether he will
accept the offer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
THE COOPERS ESCAPE
DEATH PENA. TY
Sentenced to Twenty Years in
the Penitentriay.
BOTH RELEASED ON s25,OOO BAIL

Counsel For Defense Questions the
Legality of the Verdict Six of Jury
Had Been in Favor of the Death
Penalty and One Stood For Acqui tai
The Case May Never Be Tried
Again Friends of the Ccopers Be-
siege Court Clerk In Effort to Go
ON Bail Bonds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
KIDNAPPED CHILD.S
FATHER PAYS RANSOM
Lad Restored to His Father in
a Cleveland Hotel.
JOY NOW IN Tx TOWN OF SHARON

Hollenden Hotel. In Cleveland, Is
The Scene OF The Stolen Boys
Restoration To His Father-Ran-
som OF $4,000 Was Paid To \
Woman - Mrs. Whitla Almost
Overcome With Emotion - Up
roar In Sharon-State Authori-
ties To Make Every Effort To Run
Down Kidnappers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
Three Men Killed.

Charlotte, N. c. Especially a
fast passenger train on the Atlantic
Coast Line jumped the track at
Pikeville, a flag station between
Goldsboro and Wilmington, shortly
after midnight, killing the engineer
and fireman and Brakeman Offert.
Conductor w. H. Newell and sew
eral passengers were seriously in
iured
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26
School SEGREGATION Min.

Phoenix, Ariz. Especially. = The
Legislature has passed over the Gov
ernor's veto bill to segregate col
ored children in the public schools.