The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-03-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Coopers found Guilty-England Badly
Scared Kidnapped Boy Ransomed
Murder by School Boys.

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KILLED IN MINE:-Five men were
killed and twenty hurt by an explos-
ion caused by a windy shot In a coal
mine near Evansville, Ind, on Sat
urday.
CoOPERS SENTENCED: - The
Ccopers, father and son, were found
guilty and sentenced to twenty years
for the murder of Sen. Carmack by
the jury OF illiterates which has been
trying them. The jury took nearly
two days to reach a verdict, and
discharged Sharp, the other defend
ant. Bond for So. 1000 was Immediate
ly given by each OF the convicted
men pending an appeal OF the case.
ID. X. PEARsoNs ILL:-D. X. Pear
sons, the Chicago philanthropist who
has given Berea College over $780,
600. and is noted for his benefactions
to other schools and colleges, was
seized with a sudden attack of heart
failure at Pasadena, Cal, last week.
He is now reported as being much
better.
A BRUTAL MURDER:-A brutal
murder was committed at Laporte,
Ind, last week by a crowd OF school
boys under the name OF haz-
ing. Another school boy who was
accused of having reported TO the
authorities some OF the misdeeds
of the gang, was hung to a tree by
the heels. and left there till he died.
BRlGANDS TERRoRIZE TOWN.
A gang OF desperadoes rushed the
town OF Bald Knob. Ark, last Friday,
and while part of the gang rode up
and down the streets terrorizing the
inhabitants. Others tried to blow open
the bank safe. Twenty attempts wit
dynamite failed TO do any good how
ever, and the robbers went away
empty handed.
ENGLAND SCARED:-A tremen-
dous alarm has been caused In Eng
land by the discovery of the fact that
Germany has been building battle
ships secretly. and will in a few years
have more than England will. II has
for years been Englands policy 10
have her navy as strong as those OF
any two other powers. as England has
always felt that her safey depended
on being able 10 keep control OF the
ocean. so that her shores could not
be invaded by the stronger armies
OF European countries and so that
the food which she cannot raise but
must have to live on can be brought
from abroad. II Germany should be
able to control the seas. as the pre-
sent building plans indicate she wish
60 to do. England would lose practi-
cally all her greatness, and might be
reduced TO the place of a very small
power. like Spain. Therefore England
Is greatly scared over this discovery.
and is planning TO put all her ener-
gies into building battleships in the
next few years. 1t is likely that she
will buy from Brazil three great sSips
which that country is building. and
which would make her safe for the
time being.
CINCINNATI REFoRM:-A first
shot has been fired in the campaign
recently formed to clean up Cincin-
natl. A councilman. a saloon keeper
has been indicted. Ii is understood
that the reformers are after other
mt mbers OF the council
HARTMAN TO RETIRE:-It Is an
nounced that Il. II. Hartman. the
great railroad king, who has been the
worst and the most powerful of the
railroad trust organizers, will soon be-
gin to retire from business. He has
done about all the harm he can, and
lie beginning to feel the strain of
hard work.
ROOSEVELT SAILS: -Ex-President
Roosevelt sailed on Tuesday for the
west coast of Africa, where he will
spend the next year hunting the larg-
est and fiercest animals he can
find. He will stop over for a while
o. hio way TO the hunting grounds
in Sicily and Italy. His entire trip
viii take about fifteen months.
TROUBLE IN FRANCE: - The
government of France has become a
good deal more socialistic than our
own, and has done much to better
the conditions Of working men and
especially of the government en-
ployees. or course these employees
never get enough, but they have been
allowed to do about what they want,
and so the postoffice employees have
organized labor union, and now
they have gone on strike against the
government itself. They demand
more wages and shorter hours at the
expense of the tax payers, and have