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I 39TH YEARNO 67 J T OGDEN CITY UTAH FRIDAY EVENING MARCH 19 1909 I PRICE FIVE CENTS I

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MORE T AN A DOZEN PERSONS

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INSTANTLY KILLED IN A

DISASTROUS FIRE

SevenStory Apartment House in New York Is Destroyed and Members

of TwentyFour Families Have Narrow Escapes From Death

Many Thrilling Rescues Are Made by Firemen Several-of Whom Are Seriously Injured

NEW York March 19 Failure of hisfamily or the police to discover any

trace of him has led to the fear thatoohn W Simpson a wellknown insuranee man and formerly presidentof Marietta college In Ohio met deathIn the fire which early today causedthe Injury of a dozen persons and en-

dangered¬

many others In tho sevensi ory apartment building at 24 Central Park South Mr Simpson livedwith his wife and daughter on theseventh floor of tho building Mrsland Miss Simpson who sustained ser-ious

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burns were rescued by firemenr

New York March 19The lirewhich swept through the sevenstoryapartment house In West 59th streetnear the Hotel Plaza last night was r

not under control until 1 oclock thismorning and at that hour two personswere missing They are Prof Penaroy Simpson said to have been con-

nected with Marietta college Ohioand Margaret HlllhoiiBO a 11yearolclgirl who lived on the fifth floor withher parents There Is hope that bothescaped and were lost In the crowd

The fire was spectacular and repletewith sensational rescues A greatcrowd blocked tho streets below andcheered the firemen in their work Tonpersons Including three firemen wereInjured Seven tenants were carrieddown extension ladders from the burn-Ing building after sustaining burnswhich were painful but not necessurl-iy fatal The building was practica-lI destroyed Those who were nottaken to the hospital were cared lorby physicians from the Plaza whichbecame a place of refuge

New Xork March 19More thanadozen persons wore Instantly killedand mombers of tventyfour familieshad narrow estates from death bytire when a sevenstory twin apart-ment

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building known as the Fifth Ave-nue

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apartments at 24 Central hartSouth was burned early today Theloss Is about 250000 The bullolmwas separated from the Hotel Plazaonly by a smaller building and thehotel office was made a hospital forthe Injured while many wealthy realbents of the hotel watched tho blazingbuilding from the hotel windows anddoors When tho firemen reached thescene men women and children wore

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sitting on window ledges or bankingout of the windows gasping for breathand others overcome by smoke worebeing held In position by their rela-tives

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One girl was standing on a win-dow

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L ledge on the sixth floor preparingto jump into the street despite thevnrnlngK of pedestrians who gathered

It belowThe injured includeMrs Francis Hillhouse burned

about the head arms and bodyII Bertha Hulaoweth governness for

Mrs Hillhouee burned about thebody

Mrs J W Simpson burned aboutIi the face body and legs

Miss Minerva Simpson aged U II

burned about the feet and legsMrs Margaret Merrill slightly

burnedCaptain Leland Potter fireman feet

crushed Internal injuries caugnt be-tween

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two fire trucksBenjamin Tracey fireman hit by

slones from cornice possible fracture-of BkulL-

ITlirec other firemen were injuredloss seriously

Beginning in the base of tho ele-vator

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shaft at No 21 the flames wentiij the shaft and spread out on thefourth fifth sixth and seventh floursthe occupants of which fled to Utewindows without walling to drestFiremen raised extension ladders tothe fourth floor and went by scalingladders to the sixth floor whence theycarried down Mr and Mrs John WJIcDonifc and their son John and a-sorvanlglrL

On the third floor the escape otMr and Mrs Francis Hillhouae theirson and govemness was cut off bythe flames but firemen carried Mrs

tf Hillhouse and the goVerness down

ltho ladders at the front of the build-ing

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while Mr Hlllhouse was tryJnst to escape by the rear fireescape Thel ladders at the front had boon removed

Vhen Mr Hlllhouse came nohung by his hands to the window silluntil firemen again raised the laddersJ n hour and a half after the fire start-ed

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all the floors collapsed and severalfiremen barely managed to reach the

I windows as the floors dropped outfrom under them

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MANC INDIANS ARE ONVERGE OF STARVATION-

Los Angeles Gal March 19WutdG was received here yeotordaj from ther Warner ranch to the effect that the1 Indians located near there are on the

verge of starvation The Indians b v0become so hungry titan they are rp

I Hortlng to cattle stealingtl The sheriff has received reports for

the past two weeks that numerous cat-tle

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1 have disappeared and asa resultof his efforts two Indians have been

l treated at Julian-

PRINCIPAL ARRESTEDFOR THRASHING A GIRL

Wilktertmrro March 1 ProfXClnyton Kellofi principal oP the tilfjn

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school at Laceyvlllo near here wasI arrested today charged with thrash-

ingI Miss Ruth Russell a 19yearold-girl pupil The charge was made uy

I Judson Russell fattier of tho girl andKellar gave ball It Is alleged thatMiss Russell in a spirit of playful-ness poured some water on ProfKellars chair and when he sat downthere was a splash and some discom-fort

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Ho thrashed the girl who isalmost as big as ho Is until thorowere black and blue marks upon hor

i body

SLIARPE IS

A FREE-

MAN

Cooper Fate UndecidedHistory of Fam-

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Case

Nashville March 19Joltn DSharpe way today acquitted of thec range of murdering former UnitedStates Senator E W Carmack butthe two principal actors In tho nowfamous tragedy Robin and ColonelDuncan B Cooper are still in jailwhIlo the Jury reported this afternoonthat they wore unable to agree upon-a verdict for father and son are againIn the Jury room whither they weresent by Judge Hart for further con-sideration of the case

As soon as tho court had heard thatthe jury had acquitted Sharpe hitdismissal was ordered Mr Sharpereceived his acquittal with Indiffer-ence

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but once outside tho court roomwas compelled to hold an impromptureception and receive the congratula-tions

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of his friendsJudge Hart sent the sheriff to aak

the jury at 12 minutes after noon itIt wished to report Promptly thoword came back that no agreementhas been reached

1 will bring in the jury anyhowraid the court Bring In the de ¬

fendantsThere was a hustle and scurrying-

of deputies through tho corridors andtho defendants entered The toutroom was nearly empty Mrs Huronand Mrs Wilson palo and wan werewith the Coopers and Mrs Sharpeas always was at her husbands sideThe Jury was polled and Judge Hartsaid

Have you received a verdict gen-

tlemen¬

We are hopelessly tied up as totho Coopers said Foreman Burkeout we find John Sharpe not guilty

You will retire gentlemen and re-

consider¬

further as to tho other de-

fendants¬

13 there any reason Gen-

eral McCarn why John Sharpe shouldnot be discharged

None your honorMr Sharpe you are discharged

from custody acquitted said thecourt with a smile

Sharpo sat stolid and indifferentNot so his wife The foreman Bpoko

In a low tone and for a minute sitedidnt grasp the significance of itWhen she did her eyes filled and suograsped her husbands arm and seem-

ed

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about to break down Her sistersoothed her and others seated nearthem shook hands with Sharpe

Judge Hart adjourned court unto2 p m Sbarpe accompanied by illswife and Bister lm law father andmother the latter two reaching thejail after the verdict went to theionm he had occupied for severalmonths In the Jail and then held alittle reunion with tho Coopers

With tears of disappointment In

their eyes the two daughters ot CotCooper still congratulated the Sharpenheartily and listened in return to tillgood wishes in their own behalf Asthey left the courtroom Reid Sharpeyounger brother ot John received thocongratulations of friends and to alllir remarked This IB not tho endof this case-

Nashville Tenn March TileCooperSharpe trlaljuat completedhasbeen one of the most remarkable mur-der

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cases in the history of tho southnot only because of the prominence-of the principals In tho tragedy butbecause of the reasons that led to thokilling

Colonel Duncan B Cooper a for-mer

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officer in the ConfederateI under Forrest and a man very promi-

nent¬

In Democratic state politics oncolived at Columbia Tcnn In that townfilup resided Edward Ward Carmack-a young lawyer who also did somenewspaper work Cooler bought the

Nashvillo American and inducedCarmack to come to Nashvillo as Itseditor Whether tho men ever woroIn thorough accord is a disputedrolnt Carmacks friends say notColonel Cooper sworn on tho standthat they wore close friends untilGovernor Taylor opposed Carmack forreelection to tho senate This lightwas long and bitter A feature of Itwas a series of Joint debates andCarraock lost Cooper supported Tay-lor but Robin the boy who killedthe senator supported the latter

Malcolm R Patterson was governor-ofI the state at tho time of the CarmackTaylor fight and ho announced

1 his candidacy for reelection CarmacR just beaten for the senate wanurged Into the race for governoragainst Patterson This was last Junoand tho fight between the men for thoDemocratic nomination was tho moatspectacular over seen in Tennesseegain Joint debates were arranged

and again the feeling between the fac-tions

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grow very bitter In these de-

bates¬

Cooper charged that Carmackassailed the colonels good name Coop-er

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was an ardent Patterson man tho

Continued on Page F-

hUIiDNAPED

BOY NOT

Father Wilti-

ngFOUND

to Pay10000 Ransom for

i His RestorationI

Sharon Pa March 19From re-

ports¬

received this afternoon concern-ing

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the kidnaping of William Whttlait Is believed tho lad was druggedby his abductors Immediately alterthey had taken him from school antiplaced him in their buggy The ac-counts

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of several persons who are al-leged to have seen the two men andboy driving along the road towardWarren Ohio agree that the boy wawrapped in blankets and was appar-ently

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asleep on the lap of one of themenThe case is expected to rival thefamous Cudaliy case at Omaha Manypoints of both cases are identical

Elaborate preparations are under-way looking to tho capture of the ab¬

ductors The boys mother if onecould would instantly pay the de-manded ransom of 10000 but as tohow when and whore the 10UUO isto be paid has not been made knownby the kidnapers

Police In all parts of the countryarc today conducting a rigid searchlor the missing boy-

i Sharon Pa March 19Franlc HBuhl tho millionaire Iron and steelman uncle of William Whltla thkidnaped boy today stated he wouldspend 100000 to recover the boy

Notwithstanding a rigid search anlast night by many officers in west ¬

ern Pennsylvania eastern Ohio andWest Virginia no trace has yet beenfound of the kidnapers of the 8yearold son of James P Whltla a prom-inent

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anti wealthy attorneyThe lads relatives some of whom

are millionaires are making everpossible effort to locate the child andhis abductors No decision has yetor can be made regarding the ran-som

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of 10000 demanded by the kid-napers

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for the safe return of the childMr Whltla Immediately compiled withthe terns contained In the letter re-ceived

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yesterday from the men Insofar as tho Insertion of the advertise-ment In various papers about thecountry is concerned The advertise-ment

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is to the effect that hp Is willIng to par the ransom 10000 butno word has been received from thekidnapers an to when and whore thismoney Is to bo paid

A squad of Pennsylvania state conI Btabulary reached here today to assist-

in the BoarchThe father dryeyod and full of tho

fighting spirit Is in constant commun-ication

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with nearby towns and ordersovery clue no matter how slight rundown Mr Whltla refuses to divulge-the letter he received from the ex-tortionists

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In Its entirety Ho Isgreatly depreuBOd and said that howould surrender everything ho ownsIf it would effect the immediate re-storation to him of his boy

He added 101 will endeavor to gotin communication with my boys in-ductors It looks ns though thoywould put a terrible threat Into exe-cution

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Advice IB good but perhaps

the limo is too short in this to dis-regard

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threats If money will bringlack tho boy I will readily pay the10000The mother IS Tlrostrnted at tho

Whllla homo She did not sloop Instnight and today clings pathetically toher daughter Sallna 10 years old rhOmother refused to allow the girl to goto school today the same school fromwhich her boy was kidnaped yester-day

Tho rig in which tho boy wan car-ried away was hired In South Sharonyesterday morning by a short heavy-set man with a black moustache Hosaid ho wanted to do some collectingand would return It about noon

At noon a rig was found desertedat Warren Ohio which ling now beenIdentified as the one engaged by thekidnapers

KIDNAPING PUNISHABLE-BY LIFE IMPRISONMENT

Plttsburg March Preparationsore under way to have a law passedby tho legislature making kidnapingpunishable by life Imprisonment

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i TOURISTFOUND

DEADr

Companion in a DyingI Condition Raves at

His Side

Fernie B C March 19Two Eng-lish

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tourists were found in a shacknear tho Great Northern station yes-terday

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one dead and the other In adying condition The first appeared-to have been dead for about two daysThe other Is demented and can giveno account of himself or the dead

manBy labels on their baggage theyappear to have left England in Febru ¬

ary last by the Empress of BritainOn the bod beside tho dead man

was found a purse containing ninesovereigns hi English gold In the vestwas found two English Wolthamwatches and tour 10 bills Severalnew suits of clothes and grips werealso found Who tho dead man wasor how ho died remains a mystery

MANY CHANGES IN

TARiff BillD-

ESIRED

REDUCTIONS ON LUMBER WILLBE DEFENDED

Inheritance Tax and Free Coal andHides and Lowering of Tariff onIron and Steel Will Be Fought

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Washington March 19That therewill be a groat variety of opinionson the tariff bill when It reaches the I

senate is now certainReductions on lumber schedules will

be sturdily resisted by Senators Ifryoand Hale of Maine and by some otthe senators from the Pacific coastand from the extreme northwest Sen-ators

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from Minnesota and North and I

South Dakota will try to secure treelumber Instead of the mere reductionproposed by the house bill

Tho proposed Inheritance tax anafree coal and hides will be resisted t

and a strong fight against reductions-In the Iron and steel schedules Is ex j

pettedSenator Cummins of Iowa declares-

the tariff should bo made still lower j

nnd that he will do everything m lilyI

power to obtain further reductions-It Is believed that Minnesota North

and South Dakota have nothing to j

fear from free lumber while they areanxious to obtain entrance Into he Ca-

i nadlan market which now has a dutyon lumber from the United StatesThe lumbermen of these states bv aremoval of the duty on lumbereventually hope to obtain a similarconcession from Canala

Senator Frye of Maine today saidthe removal of the wood pulp dutywould transfer that industry to Can-ada and stated that tho 1000U mennow employed In the wood pulp antipaper business In Maine would be

I placed In forced IdlenessSenator Cullom said the bill ought-

to satisfy those who have been clam-oring

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for a reduction anti that theinheritance tax Is all right as a sourceof national revenue

Senator Bailey Insisted one of twothings would have to occur in respect-to the duty on hides and boots toldshoes If boots and shoes and oilier

I products of leather are protected he-I believes there would be protection for

hides He would have no objection-to tree hides If the same principle orexemption could be adopted In re-

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to articles manufactured fromleather goods

Mr Bailey will give tho senate anopportunity to vote on an amendmentproviding for an Income tax

Senator Aldrich chairman ot thecommittee on finance IR giving greatattention to tho bill Ho Is fully con-vinced

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that many changes must bo

mado tot render the bill acceptable tol the senate r

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TWO WATER TANKS BURSTWRECKING PORTION OF

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PARKERSBURfiITwo Persons Are Killed Three Fatally and Several Seriously Injured Ten

Houses Completely Wrecked and Forty More Badly DamagedChurch in Path of Flood Is Instrumental in Saving

Many livesBreak Is Work of Miscreant

Parkerflburg W Va March ID-T wo persons were killed three othera probably fatally and many moreslightly injured and ton or morehouses completely wrecked and fortymore badly damaged when two largowater tanks supplying the city withwater burst early this morning

Tho DeadMr and Mrs Walter WaggleTho bodies were found in tho ruin-

so their homeThe Seriously Injured

Mrs John Maloney both legs brok-en

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hurt Internally probably will dieMrs Kate Karnoes invalid badly

bruised and shocked may dieClara Jonos colored hurt inter-

nally¬

probably dieThe stream of released water rush-

ed¬

down Prospect Hill sweeping ev-

erything before IL Houses woroswept Into the street and the rosidentuwere knocked from their beds Onewhole family woro carried down astreet seventy yards their clothingtorn almost to pieces yet they allescaped except one girl who suffer-ed

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a broken collarbone-Tho two tanks contained the entire

city supply of water and a famine Isnow Imminent The damage willamount to between 200000 and 250000 St Johns Lutheran church wasalmost completely demolished butthrough its sacrifice many lives worospared and much more damage pre-

vented¬

as It was directly In the patuOf tho water The breaking ot thetanks Is believed to have been causedby some miscreant

ATTEMPT-

TO ROB

BANK

Robbers Terrorize TownBut Fail in Efforts to

Blow Open Safe

Bald Knob Ark March 19Whllesomo of their number rode about thestreets discharging their weapons andholding tho populace In terror othersof a band of robbers worked for morethan an hour today In an unsuccessfuleffort to dynamite their way Into thevault of the Bank of Said Knob aban-doning

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their task after firing nearly ascore of blasts which demolished tneouter door of the sate but failed toforce tho inner doors One citizenwas wounded In tho parting fusillade-of the bond as they rode away

Tho first explosion aroused the cit-

izens who emerged from their housesand were greeted by tho bullets of thooutposts Thor quickly ran to shelterwhile the robbers kept tip an almoflcontinuous fire taking chance shots atanyone who came within range Intho meanwhile those at work in thebank building continued to explodedynamite but without success otnotthan to partially wreck the buildin-ga well as an adjoining structure Be-

fore beginning operations the robbersdestroyed telephone communicationout of Bald Knob but overlooked arailroad telegraph wire A messageto Augusta over this wire brought aposse of citizens from that place whoJoined several other posses hastilyformed hero and Immediately startedlu pursuit of the band

INAUGURATION Ofa

PENNY LUNCH

AT SCHOOLS

EXPERIMENT IS TRIED AT ANNSTREET SCHOOL

Each Child IB Served With Hot SoupFroth Buns and a Variety-

of Fruit

LOB Angeles Gal March 19Un-der

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the direction of the women of theCivic association the Ann streetschool children enjoyed their first pen-ny

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lunch yesterday which from nowon will be served to the children

jnooquhungry boys and girls were

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seated at five long tables covered withplain white oilcloth with white enamol plates and cups at each placeEach of the children was served withhot soup fresh buns and a variety ctfruit

Tho Ann street school was selected-for the experiment on account of theurgent need of something of the kindin that district Although the foodserved cost about four cents for eachchild the expense to each will bo onlyone penny and this amount will se¬

cure ns many bowls of soup and asmany buns as desired Tho pennypayment is to Instill a spirit of Inde-pendence

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in each child Similar lunchrooms will be established in all othercity schools

COMMITS

BRUTAL

CRIME

Bairns Wife With Ax andAlmost Severs Her

Head From Body

Culpepper Va March 19Mtermurdering his wire by braining herwith an ax Henry C Wheatly a Cul ¬

pepper farmed placed her head on ablock of wood and almost complete-ly

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severed It from the bodyWheatly was placed In Culpepper

Jail late last night The crime oc-

curred at Wheatlys homo near Elkwood this county Wednesday nightbut was not discovered until yester-day when Wheatlys son made thogruesome discovery of his stopmotnera body Beside It lay the bloodcovered ax and with It a note fromWboatly confessing to the murder othis wife as tho result of a controversyover their property SubsequentlyWheatlys apparently lifeless body wasfound In a woll on his place Hewas taken out by a crowd of nolghgors who had been summoned by hisson and ho soon revived Later hewas arrested and taken to Jail charg-ed

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with the murder of his wife

ICLOSING QUOTATIONS OF

WORLDS MARKETSP-

RICES IN STOCK MARKETDRIFTING SLUGGISHLY-

New York March 19Prloes drift-

ed¬

sluggishly within a very narrowrange of light opening dealings instocks today With the exception ota rise of 1 1S in St Paul and tM inTennessee Copper there was no changerecorded as great as half

Tho market shows more than ordin-ary

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I strength as a result of an activet demand for Rock Island and Ameri-

can

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Smelting Free offerings ot theI

naive stocks particularly Readingcaused the entire list to react sharplyThe local traction stocks suffered from

I SAjvoro liquidation At 11 oclock themarket was Irregular Northern Pa-

cific

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I rising to a point over yesterdaysclosing and Reading making up Its

lossTho movement shaped moro definite-ly

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upward with tho extension or

Northern Pacifics rise to 1 56 Therewore scattered declines of some mtn ¬

or stocks Tho tone was heavy anadull aC noon

Bonds wore Irregular

NEW YORK STOCKS

Amalgamated Copper 68 18American Car and Foundry 18 38American Locomotive 50 12American Smelting 81 14American Smelting pfd 103 12American Sugar Refining 130 14Anaconda Mining Co 4078Atchison Railway 103 18Atchison Railway pfd 102 34Baltimore and Ohio 107 6SBrooklyn Rapid Transit 71 34Canadian Pacific 167 12Chesapeake and Ohio 69 38Chicago Northwestern 177 34Chicago Mil and St Paul 144 15Colorado Fuel and Iron 32 38Colorado and Southern 68

Delaware and Hudson 173 12Denver and Rio Grande 44 18Denver and Rio Grande pfd 84 1U

Erie Railway 23 78Great Northern pfd 140 78Grout Northern Ore Ctfn 65 34Illinois Central 142New York Central 124 38

Reading Railway 128 34Rock Island Co 23 14Rock Island Co pfd 62 34Southern Pacific 118 18Southern Railway 28Union Pacific 178 14United States Steel 43 78United States Steel pfd 110 18Wabash Railway 18Western Union 66Standard Oil company 651

Chicago LivestockChicago March 19CattleRe ¬

celpts estimated at 1500 marketsteady beeves 460a700 Texassteers 440a530 western steers U00a540 stockers and feeders 34ua535 cows and heifers 190a550calves 600aSOO

Hogs Receipts estimated at 22001market strong to 5c higher nght635a675 mixed 645a6S5 heavy655a690 rough 655a665 good

to choice heavy 665a690 pigs 5

26a620 bulk of sales 670a680SheepReceipts estimated at 4f

000 market steady native 3 25a5SO western 350a690 yearlings600a725 Iambs native 5bUa

SO western 540a750

Chicago CloseChicago March 19=Close WheatMay 116 July 103 78alUl

Sept 97 34a7S Dec 98 34CornMarch 64 12 May 66 1J

July 65 7Sa66 Sept 65 34 Dec5f 34

Oats May 54 38 July 48 12 Sopt40 12058

Pork May and July 1760 Sept1760Lard May 1007 12 July 11017

1201020 Sept 1032 13RibsMay 926 July 940 Sekt

955Rye Cash 80a81 May 80Barley Cash 64a70TimothyMarch 385-CloverMarchS75

Kansas City LivestockKansas City March 19catUcRc

ceipts 1000 market strong native-steers 500a685 native cows andheifers 250a600 stockers and feed-

ers¬

375a575 bulls 300n4SUcalves 375a75Q western steers 4

SOnG50 western cows 5325o525Hogs Receipts 11000 market bo

higher bulk of sales 56pOatJ76heavy 665aS80 packers and butch

I en 655aG75 light 630a665 pigs500a585

I Sheep Receipts 3000 marketstrong muttons 475a600 lambs

j 75a760 range wothers 450a700 fed owes 350a575

Sugar and CoffeeNow York March 19Sugar raw

Firm fair refining 342o348 131

centrifugal 06 toot 3D2o39S 12 mo-

lasses sugar Sl7a323Refined steady crushed 6Vow

dcred 496 granulated 485I COFFEE Steady No 7 Rio S 11No4 Santos 8 78

WoolSt Louis March 19Wool un-

changed

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territory and western med-

ium

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18a23 fine medium 17a20 fine11n17

Metal MarketNew York March 19 Lead quiet

597 l2a402 12 Copper steads12 l2aB4 silver 60 12

FIREMEN REMEMBERTHEIR BENEFACTRESS

San Francisco March 19Wtth tnepresentation speech embraced in anembarrassed for her tho flremwi

of tho burned district presented toMrs Linda Hoag Halo a society ¬

er of this city a magnificent silverflower basket The gift was in ap-

preciation

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of her services to theirwives and children while they were

busy fighting the ftaxneg during thobig conflagration of April 100 Adelegation ot brawny fire flgniara ap-

peared

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at the home of Mrs Bale yesterday and when they found alto wasnot in tho leader carefully deposited-

the gift and with the ttwoolo torleer led his plainly reliorcd meowsaway Mrs Hale TOB much affectedwhen she returned and found the gUU

Following the fire Nra Hale oftgonized a number oC the gfcrla of theyounger Bet into a special commit-

tee

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which secured clothes and food

for the families of the firemen andit was through her effort that thoRed Cross society laid aside its ruleof not helping tho families of thosewho wore getting a regular aJarr

COURT MARTIAL TO TRYCAPTAIN H A SCVERT

Manila March 19Acourt martialhas been appointed to try CaptainH A Scvort of tho Ninth cavalry-for alleged irregularities In his abCounts while ho was post Quartermas-ter

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at Camp McGrath ColonelA Augur will be president of thecourt The court martial which baabeen sitting on tho case ot MajorCharles J Clarke of the 26th Infantryhas resumed the taking of testimony

i and it is expected that the trial willbe concluded shortly