KIDNAP
NEWS ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON, D. C.
. N A T IO N 'S D E B T IN C R E A SE D .
L a rg e r by « 1 ,7 0 3 ,7 0 4 T h an It W as
O ne M onth Ago.
W ashington, Ju ly S— The monthly
statem en t of the public debt shows th a t
a t the close of business Ju n e 30, 1908,
th e a rty , less cash in the treasury,
am ounted te $938,132,409, which is an
increase as compared w ith M ay 31,
1908, of $1,793,794. The debt is re ­
capitulated as follows:
Interest bearing debt, $897,303,990;
d eb t on which interest has ceased since
m atu rity , $4,130,013; debt bearing no
interest, $426,060,397; V total, $1,327,-
690,402.
This amount, however, does not in-*
elude $1,299,115,869 in certificates and
treasu ry uotea o u tstanding which are
offset by an equal am ount of cash held
in the treasury fo r th eir redem ption.
The cash in the treasury is classified as
follows:
Gold reserve funds, $150,000,000:
tru st funds, $1,299,115,869; general
funds. $189,612,920; in national bank
«le|>ositories, $165,219,314; in Philippine
treasu ry , $3,404,751; total, $1,807,352,-
855, against which there are demand
liab ilities o u tstanding am ounting to
$1,417,794,862, which leaves a cash bal­
ance on hand of $389,567,993.
F O R B E S IS VICE G O V ER N O R .
P resid en tial A ppointm ents fo r P hilip­
pines A nnounced.
W ashington, Ju ly 2__ By direction of
Secretary T aft, the bureau of insular
affairs has announced the following ap­
pointm ents made by the president;
Vice-governor of the Philippines, W.
Cameron Forbes, of M assachusetts, now
a member of the Philippine commission.
To be member of the Philippine com­
mission and secretary of finance and
ju stice of the Philippines, Qregono
A renata, of M anila.
To be members of the Philippine
commission, Newton G ilbert, of Indiana,
Hnd R afael Palm a, a nativ e of the
P hilippine islands.
Mr. Forbes is now on his way to the
U nited S tates on leave of absence and
is expected to arriv e at San Francisco
on the steam er Korea on Ju ly 13. He
is n native of M ilton, Mass., is 38 years
old, a grandson of Ralph Waldo Em er­
son and a H arvard graduate. 'H e has
been secretary of commerce and police
on the Philippine commission for years
and participated in organizing the
Philippine departm ental system.
Mesqjrs. A renata and Palm a are P hil­
ippine natives. The form er, a ju rist of
marked ability, held office under Agui­
naldo during the insurrection, being
secretary of ju stice and a member of
th e congrega. H e has been solicitor-
genernl and attorney-general there.
Mr. Palm a, a graduate of the U ni­
versity of S anto Tomas, in M anila, a
M anila law yer and political w rite r for
newspapers, has served in the assembly
as a member from C avite province.
Judge G ilbert, of F o rt W ayne, Aid.,
lawyer, form erly sta te senator and lieu­
ten an t governor of Indiana and a rep­
resentative from the state in congress,
has been a judge of first instance in
th e Philippines since Septem ber, 1906.
R A N C H E R '8 D A U G H TER
H s r s s S hield W hen
O v erh au led .
F resn o , Cal.,
Lai.. July 1.—Usini
I.— u s in g th e
Fresno,
body of the g irt he had kidnaped from
her fa th e r's house as a shield for his
ow n t>°dy« Cleve R o g ers held the
posse th at had ru n him dow n at bay
fo r half an ho u r y e ste rd a y before
finally su rre n d e rin g him self and th e
girl. T he girl, E dna D om engine. 16
yefirs old. d a u g h te r of a w ealth y atock-
m an and oil m an of C oalinga, was. re ­
tu rn ed to her p aren ts. She recen tly
g rad u ated from th e H o ly C ross Col-
lege, in S an ta C ruz
Wi aked from a sound sleep by th e
firing of a dozen rifle sh o ts in th e -yard
of her ranch hom e in the fo o th ills of
th e C oast ran g e, she stu m b led o u t in to
the n ight to find h erself sta rin g in to
th e m uzzles of tw o rifles held in th e
hands of a p air of desperadoes. H e r
fa th e r and m o th e r had p receded her
and th ey sto o d w ith hands up. T h e
w hole scene was lighted by the g lare
of a bu rn in g b a rn w hich th e b a n d its
had fired.
C lad only - in h er n ig h td re ss, th e
young g irl sto o d terrified, sta rin g a t
the g ro tesq u e scene th a t m et her e y e s .;
A s she w atched, before she had tim e
to realize w h at w as happening, tw o of
her fa th e r’s ran ch hands cam e running*
to the spot.
In sta n tly one of the
b a n d its o rd ered them to th ro w up
th e ir'h a n d s.
T o n y L oveall, one o f th e hold-up
m en, dem anded $5.000 fro m D o m en ­
gine. D om engine declared th e re w as
no m onev in. th e house. R o g ers th e re ­
upon forced th e y o ung g irl to guide
him th ro u g h her hom e, p o in tin g out
the places w here th e fam ily kept th e ir
p late and o th e r valuables. In vain th e
child pleaded th a t th e re w as only 10
cen ts in her b u reau draw er.
W h en th e search revealed n o thing,
the ruffians to o k h er out, harn essed
ot\p o f the team s b elo n g in g to D o m en ­
gine, b u n d 'ed the girl in to it and
drove off. T h e n D om engine. w ho had
been released, a fte r p ro m isin g tq p ro ­
duce $5,000 ran so m , m ade his w ay to
C oalinga and sp read the alarm . Im ­
m ediately several p o sses s ta rte d a n d
at 4:30 y e ste rd a y aftern o o n R o gers
w as o v ertak en a t Jack s S prings. H e
fired tw o sh o ts, b u t seeing the arm ed
oil m en and officers sw arm in g in,
gave up.
H e and th e girl w ere b ro u g h t to
tow n in an autom obile. A big crow d
g ath ered and w ould have lynched
Rogfcrs had n o t Sheriff C hitten d en
pleaded w ith them n o t to tak e the law
in to th e ir ow n hands.
Loveall m anaged to escape, but is
still being p ursued. M iss D om engine
said th e m en offered no affront to her.
C a p to r, U ses
T re a su ry R e p o rt.
W a sh in g to n , Ju ly 3.— F ro m the
tre a s u ry sta n d p o in t, th e fiscal year
ju s t closed has been m ost satisfacto ry .
Since about th e m iddle of O cto b er
la st, w hen the p eriod of m oney s tr in ­
g en cy set in, and th e con seq u en t d e­
p re ssio n in business began to be felt,
th e re has been a c o n sta n t falling off
in g o v ern m en t revenues up to the
m o n th ju st closed. F or Ju n e a sor-
p 'u s is show n of n early $4,000,000
T h is fact, h ow ever, is n o t significant.
a s Ju n e is unfailingly a surplus m onth,
larg ely due t o 't h e fact th a t it is the
clo sin g m onth of th e fiscal year, when
ROADS DOItyG W ELL.
a p p ro p ria tio n s g rad u ally reach the
oint of ex h au stio n . T h e m o n th of
une. 1007, show ed a su rp lu s of a p ­ C o m m iaaionar Lane R eceives E n co u r­
p ro x im a te ly flll.o d o .o o o , and every
aging R ep o rts.
p reced in g Ju n e for m any y ears past
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Ju n e 30— “ R etu rn s
h a s show n a larg e su rp lu s.
g en erally from th e railro ad s show
th a t those ro ad s not d ep en d en t upon
Navy Y ard* R esum e.
coal, steel and lum ber in d u stries have
N-ew York, J u ly 3__ W ednesdny was been doing very well recen tly .” said
re-employment dny a t the New York C o m m issioner L ane, of the in te rsta te
navy-yard. All th e men who have been com m erce com m ission today. “O f
on furlough and a large num ber of ad­ course, th ey have not done so well as
d itio n al mechanics were put to work, fa s t year. G enerally, th ey have d e ­
th e appropriation for the purpose be­ cided n o t to m ake any reductions
C O L L A P 8 E S IN C O U R T .
com ing available a t the beginning of e ith e r in w ages o r in ra te s of freight
th e new fiscal year.
affecting th e n ex t th re e m onths,
This re-employment day is coincident w hich is an indication th at th ey b e­ P rin ce von E ulen b erg O v erco m e and
T rial is S u sp e n d e d .
w ith th e return to work of many me lieve th at business will keep up.
ehanics at other governm ent plants.
B erlin, Ju ly 1.—T h e tria l of P rin c e
“T h e re are som e curious th in g s
From now on the actual work on the ab out prevailing co n d itio n s,” c o n tin ­ zu E u lenberg, on the ch a rg e of p e r­
new battleship F lorida will be pushed ued Mr. Lane. “F o r instance, th e L e­ ju ry and su b o rn atio n of p e rju ry in
rapidly and the 5,000 tyen employed in high V alley the o th e r day gave us a th e scandal of last y ear, w as c o n ­
th e construction d epartm ent of the re p o rt of the earn in g s fo r th e five tinued in th is city y esterd ay . T h e
navy-yard will have all th e work they m o n th s, of th e p resen t calen d ar year, h earin g s are being held in private.
can do.
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to g e th e r w ith sim ilar re p o rts co v er­
T h e p rin ce pleaded n o t gu ilty a n d
ing the p receding five y ears, and the d eclared th a t th e M unich w itnesses
C a p ta in s on A nxious S e a t.
show ing th is year w as la rg e r than had e ith er been bribed o r w ere mad.
W a sh in g to n . Ju ly 3.—T w o cap tain s th a t of any o th e r y ear d u rin g the T h e co urt began y esterd ay by taking
w ith th e b attlesh ip fleet in San F ra n ­ p eriod indicated.
th e testim o n y o f B aron A lphonse ae
cisco will p ro b ab ly be re tire d by the
“T h e pro sp ect for large crops in R othschild, of V ienna, w ho w as given
b o a rd of re a r ad m irals n e x t F riday.
th e W est is ex trem ely good. R ail­ precedence because he u rg ed the n e­
T h e b o ard will m eet T h u rsd a y to road m en do n o t expect n orm al con-' cessity of his im m ediate re tu rn to the
decide upon th e m en to be placed ditions to be recovered suddenly, but A u strian capital.
upon the re t're d list, and .will forw ard look for stead y im provem ent.
T h e prince w as atten d ed in court
its re p o rt to th e se c re ta ry of th e navv
“T h e railro ad s m ust spend m oney by a physician. D u rin g th e aftern o o n
th e follow ing day. T h e re p o rt will in m ain tain in g th e roadbed and equip­ session he w as suddenly overcom e
be published at once, to relieve the m ent of th e ir lines in o rd e r to m eet w ith w eakness and re sto ra tiv e s had to
an x ie ty of the officers. U pon com ­ th e dem ands of com m erce, because be applied T h e sittin g w as suspended
p u lso ry re tire m e n t u n d er th e p e rs o n ­ th ey are m o st seriously em b arrassed until today, th e prince being rem oved
nel act, M arch. 3, 18«». officers are w hen they are n o t able to handle bu s­ in r n autom obile to th e C h arity H o s­
allow ed th re e -q u a rte rs sea pay of the iness offered them , and th e re is no pital, w here he is held a priso n er
n e x t s a n k above.
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d o u b t th a t th e re is an ab undance of
m oney in the U nited S tates which
FL O O D O F M ONEY.
can be secured for leg itim ate railro ad
J a p a n P lan s R acep tio n .
T
h
is
was
show
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by
the
investm
ent
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San F ra n tisc o , Ju ly 1.—M. A raka-
floating of the P ennsylvania bond is- Big C o rp o ra tio n s of C o untry Pay O ut
w a. Jap a n e se m in is te r to M exico, a r ­ sue.
8 1 5 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 D ividend;.
riv ed here - to d ay on th e steam ship
"T h e railw ay rate act is ad m itted
C
hicago
Ju ly 1.—T h e re will be d is­
T e n y o M aru on his w ay back to his b v candid railro ad m en th e trse lv e s to trib u ted th ro u g h o u t th e LTnited S lates
official post. H e said Ja p a n is p la n ­ have been o f inestim able value. T he to d ay a to ta l of $195.000,000, m ade up
n in g a g re a t recep tio n for th e offi­ e n fo rcem en t of the law ag ainst re ­ larg ely o f sem i-annual pay m en ts by
c e rs anil m en of th e A m erican fleet. b a tin g and our tenacious purpose to public c o rp o ra tio n s such as railroads,
A rak aw a is disposed to b elittle th e sto p d iscrim ination have held them larg e in d u strial concerns and banks.
im p o rta n c e of th e C hinese b oycott. up to a co n fo rm ity to th e law th a t
T h is im m ense volum e o f m oney, cut
It was not. he said, m aterially a ffect­ is ,w ith o u t p reced en t.”
loose from one end of th e co u n try to
in g Jap an ese tra d e in th e a g g re g a te ,
the o th er, will, it is believed, s ta rt a
K eep N eutrality L aw s.
b e in g m erely a m e rc h a n t’s quarrel.
g re a t business revival. I t is expected
W ash in g to n . Ju n e 30.—T h e state to lead to w idespread in v estm en ts and
d
e
p artm en t to d ay received a telegram general im provem ents, and will have
Y ankee Colony Bed Q erm .
from G overnor C am pbell, o f T exas,
V alparaiso. Ju ly 2.— Augusto Durand, a ssu rin g th e F ederal G overnm ent a beneficial and bracing effect in m any
lead er of the recent unsuccessful revo th a t th e sta te of T ex as will do all in ways. O ne im p o rtan t featu re is th a t
lution against Peru, has arrived here h e r pow er to p rev en t violation of ra ilro a d s will have no tro u b le in g e t­
tin g funds fo r im p ro v em en ts and w ork
from Iqnque, Chile. He says the P eru ­
vian governm ent is m isleading foreign th e n e u tra lity law s as a resu lt of the is in sig h t for th o u san d s of idle m en
re p o rte d
revolution
in
N o rth ern
A t the p re se n t tim e th e situ atio n is
opinion; th a t the last elections in th a t
peculiar in th a t n o t only in th e U n ited
country were falsified and th a t the gov­ M exico.
L as V acos, w hich w as attack ed on S tates, b u t in all g reat m o n etary cen ­
ernm ent is introducing in to Peru a
germ of the g reatest danger by con­ T h u rsd ay , is d irectly opposite D el te rs o f th e w orld, m oney has never
v ertin g th a t country into a Yankee Rio, T ex. , A cting S ecretary of S tate ,.been m ore plentiful A large p a rt of
Adee y esterd ay sent a m essage to th e m oney is in gold,
colony.
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th e g o v ern o r of T ex as ask in g th a t he
use every m eans to p rev en t any vio­
Dying W ish G ratifield.
F ed eral T ro o p s Ready.
lation of the n eu tra lity law s in co n ­
L b s A ngeles, C a l, Ju ly 1 — C harles
San A ntonio. T ex., Ju n e 30.—O f­ nection w ith the distu rb an ces along
ficers a t F o rt Sam H o u sto n are kept th e
T ex as - M exican
b o rd er. T he G reen, a 15-year-old colored boy, w ho
p o sted upon th e p ro g re ss of the so- M exican go v ern m en t has requested has been dy in g for several days at the
called revolution in N o rth e rn M ex­ th is g o v ern m en t to take such p recau ­ D eten tio n H om e in th is city , passed
ico. 'b u t have received no o rd e rs to tio n a ry m easures.
aw ay y este rd a y clasping a le tte r from
m ake any p re p a ra tio n s to m arch to \
his fath er, w ho is serv in g a five-year
th e border. T h e co nsensus of o p in ­
T e a t C haw ing T o b acco fo r Navy.
sentence at San Q uentirt.
Several
ion am ong them is th a t no federal
New York, Ju ly 2__ To determ ine days
. ago
„ Ju d g e C u rtis D W ilbur, of
tro o p s wiH be needed.
J
G arfield S ails fo r H om e.
H onolulu. Ju ly 3.—S e c re ta ry o f th e
In te rio r Jam es R. Garfield, w ho re
c e n t'y cam e here on th e b attlesh in
A labam a to in v estig ate th e co m m er­
cial and in d u strial co n d itio n s in these
islands, sailed for San F ran cisco late
y esterd ay on th e p ro tected cru iser St
Louis.
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S h ah P ro claim s A m nesty.
W ashington. June *0.—Tn a further
rffo'* to restore tranquillity to the
Citv of Teheran, the scene of the
recent riots in Persia, the shah has
proclaim ed a general am nesty, accord­
ing to a cab’egram received last night
by General M ortesa, the Persan m in­
ister.
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hareo will serve the needs of the U nited b e rc«!o*iis. had begged for a le tte r
S tates Ja c k T ars for next year a b o a rd , from his father. Judge W ilb u r com -
of paym asters will begin at the Brook-1 nuinicated w ith the San Q uentin offi-
l .,- navy-yard . a . solemn
. u , conclave to last 'r ia ls and th e le tte r w as delivered a
lyn
few hours before the b o y 's death
a week. A force of bine jack ets de-1I
tailed from the several Ships a t the
A dam s P leada P overty.
yard will act as expert«. On the result i G rand Ju n ctio n . C olo., July 1 — A
of the . te . sts w l’l rest, the , aw . ard
. . of * petitio n w as presen ted yesterd ay in
contract for 100,000 pounds of tobacco. , he ^ eve A dam s tr H by t he counsel
¡fo r the defense asking the c o n n to
P inchot C om ing W est.
! enter*>n o rd e r p e rm ittin g the defense
W ashington. Jn ly 2__Gifford Pinchot, to subpena W itnesses at the cost of
chief of the forest service, left' Wash- th e state, based on the plea th a t th e
Ington Monday on his annual trip o v er, defense w as w ithout m oney and un-
thc west. He will v isit P ortland in able to b e a r th e burden of this cost,
the la tte r p a rt of Ju ly for two days T h e counsel stated th a t unless the
and then go to Seattle. He expects to s ta te sto o d th is expense the defense
make a abort stop a t Spokane.
w ould be unable to produce the bulk
o f its w itnesses.
New F o re stry A ppointees.
O u tlaw s H old F o rt.
W ashington, Ju ly 2__ The forest, serv­ /
ice announces the following appoint-
F o rt Smith. Ark., Ju ly 1.— Tn a fight
ments on national forests: T. P. Cadle, M onday night betw een a posse and
assistant forest ranger, Fremont na- three men who escaped from jail at
tlonsl forest, Oregon; E. E. Ping and Sliger, Okla., Sunday, one outlaw and
Tony Locke, forest guards on Clear- a m em ber of the posse w ere w ounded,
R oosevelt R efu ses P a rd o n ,
W a sh in g to n , Ju ly 3.—-A lbert B row n,
a n egro, 23 y ears of age, w ho w*s
convicted several m o n th s ag o of k ill­
ing his y o u n g er b ro th e r, H arv ey , in
a q u arrel over a girl, w as hanged in
th e jail yard today. P re sid e n t R o o se­
v elt had refused to stay the execution. water national forest, Idaho.
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T he fugitives are intrenched in a cave.
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