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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-22
KIDNAPER LANDS In PRISON.
Stolen Child Was Returned After a
Weeks Detention.

Philadelphia, Pa. June 20. After a
weeks confinement in an untenanted
house. subsisting on bread and milk,
and suffering FROM exposure, little
Freddie MLth, the year old boy who
was abducted week ago, has been re-
turned to his home.
His abductor, John J. Kean, is in
the city Jail, and his trial is to be rush
ed by the loacl authorities.
John J. Kean,t he kidnaper of little
Freddie Muth, was once a prosperous
broker, who was respected in the husi-
ness world, and whose word could com
mand a moderate amount of capital.
My few years ago he was happily,
married ard is now the father of three
bright and interesting children, the eld-
est not yet az old as the boy he stole.
Then, few years ago, there entered
upon the scene a woman. For her the
prosperous broker neglected both his
business and his family, until the form
er went to ruin and the latter was
brought to the verge of actual suffer-
ing.
In an effort to recoup his fallen for
tunes, Kean entered the real estate bus
mess, and here his ability placed him
on the high road to prosperity.
But his income would not suffice for
the maintenance of his family and the
household of the other woman as we'll,
and he began falsifying his accounts
and embezzling rents and moneys which
he had collected for his clients. His
dishonesty was discovered by man
named Cooke, whom he had represent.
ed ever since his entrance into the real
estate business, and for whom he had
handled large sums.
Cooke was not only client, but q
friend and benefactor Of Kean, even
providing him with a free house fol
his family. When he discovered the
dishonesty of the man he had befriend
ed he did not at once cause his arrest
but instead went to him and informed
him of what he had discovered ano
gave him June IL, to make good the
embezzled money. On Saturday, June
8, Kean wrote to Cooke from Palmyra
N. j. stating that either Tuesday nigh
or Wednesday he would return the
stolen money, which amounted to lesl
than $12. 1t was in order to ge
the funds to pay this obligation tina
Kean kidnapped Freddie Muth.
Later Report.
John J. Keane was sentenced to q
I years for the crime. At the trial thu
boy told of his captivity. Two hour
: and half from the time he was al
raigned for preliminary hearing Kean'
was ready for commitment to the peni
| Tertiary. The boys father is a wealth,
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-22
Iowa Pioneer Dead.

DR.. T. ]. Caldwell, a millionaire
banker and physician, was found dead
in bed in his hotel at Abel recently.
DR.. Caldwell was prominent in Iowa
politics. Death was due to old age.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-22
Lonasberrx to Leave Yale.

At the end of the present college
year Professor Thomas Lounsberry Of
Yale will terminate his active connec-
ton with the university with a service
of 81 years.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-22
Later Report.
SALT LAKE NEWSPAPERS BURN
Tribune and Telegram Lose All of
Their Machinery.


Salt Lake, Utah.-!The two upper
floors of the building occupied by the
Salt Lake Tribune, the oldest morn
ing paper in the state, have been
Quilted by fire.
The editorial and mechanical de-
partments of the paper are located
on these floors and besides the valu-
able library, all the typesetting and
electrotyping machines have been de-
stroyed.
The evening Telegram uses the ma
chinery of the Tribune to print their
paper and they will also suffer by the
fire. Both papers will be issued as
usual this afternoon and tomorrow
using the presses Of other local papers
The loss will be about 100000.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-22
Mount Shasta Is Rambling.

Reports are being received at Red
ding, CAL, that smoke is pouring from
the cone of Mount Shasta, and that
deep rumblings are heard in the noun
tains. The reports are not credited.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-22

Instead of Liberty Prisoners Are Burn
ed to Death.
Setting fire to the Jail to burn their
way to liberty, two prisoners, George
Washington and Tom Ladneir, were
cremated at Carriere, Miss. The D1en
expected TO burn hole in the roof
large enough to crawl through. The
names got beyond their control and
the heavy smoke overcame the pris-
oners. Their weak cries for help at
tracted a passerby, but when help ar
rived the prisoners were dead.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-22
Jap warship Struck a Mine.

The Japanese transport Toyotomi
struck a mine recently and sank i'm
mediately when "a miles off Joshin,
Korea. Twelve of her crew were
saved and so are missing.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-06-22

A ton of steel made into hairsprings
for watches is worth about $1,000
000-more than IL times the value OF
the same weight of pure gold.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
B0LTING DRIVERS .
CONTINUE STRIKE
Teamsters, Foes of Shea, Ignore
: overtures from Regular
T.. .~.r Convention. ."@. -.

Chicago. Aug. 9.--Confronted by
the certainty that the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters would re-
elect President @. P. Shea and his
chosen ticket, the insurgents who bolt
ed the regular convention of the Inter.
national Brotherhood of Teamsters yes.
terday and started a rival meeting
kept up their g strike today against
the Shea contingent. ~, ? ~
: Overtures were ignored by the boil
ters, who proceeded, to organize con
vention Of their own and planned to
adopt bylaws and a constitution. They
insisted that they would never be rec
onciled to the rule of President Shea
Officers slated for election by the
,regularn faction today are: Presi
dent, G. P. Shea, Boston; vice presi
dents, Ed Mullen, J. H. Mccarthy
George f. Golden, Chicago; G. F
o Neil, Buffalo; W.. j. Gibbons, Chi
cago, and J: Geary, St. Paul; seer retary
treasurer, Thomas L. Hughes, Chicago
auditor, George, W: Briggs, Chicago
trustees, James Welch; New Orleans
John Longstreet, Cincinnati; John But
Ter, Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
FATHER IN RAGE
KILLS HIS CHILD
Jug Is Instrument Of Death in a
Horrible Murder; in Wis
coonsin: J go .@ l.".1.i
Special to Tho Journal.

Special to Tho Journal.
Menomonie, Wis, Aug. 9.-William
Esler of townsville killed his 7-year-
old daughter last night at 8 clock by
striking her over the head with a gal
lon jug. Her skull was smashed to a
pulp. ~.
Esler had been having trouble with
his wife. who left him six months ago,
claiming non-support.c Since then she
has been supporting herself and up to
yesterday was employed as domestic
at Hotel Royal in this city.
Esler came to town yesterday and
persuaded her to return home. She
says she told him she would 20 home
and take care of the child; but would
not live with him and intended to get
a divorce. .l.....;s~... q
After their arrival home he went
to the barn and on returning brought
the ak in with him. This alarmed Mrs.
Esler and she succeeded in getting out
side. After several unsuccessful at
tempts to get her back in the house
he took the ak and: started after her:
Timely interference by neighbors saved
her. - -:~
The sheriff was sent for and upon his
arrival he called upon Esler to open the
door. Esler said he would in minute
| and while the sheriff and his assistants
were waiting he struck the child with
the jug. '~' 49,.
The door was Reinforced and the
prisoner captured. He says he killed
| the child because the mother did not
want it and he knew he would be ar
rested for attempting to kill his wife
and he did not want the little one to
suffer. ~ --.. IL y q. - y E4<..#iss 81
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
SLAVES IN FLORIDA
TURPENTINE CAMP
Swede Declares Brutal System OF
Peonage Exists in the
South.

New York, Aug. "a story of al
legged i'll treatment ina turpentine camp
in Florida was told today by Jacob
Won ARK, a Swede,. "a years old, when
he was arraigned in a police court in
Hoboken, N. j., on charge of vag-
rancy. &c. .-'.,,~.-r' -. t--,.. ..-.f
Won ARK said he and four other men
were engaged by a New York employ
ment agency to go to Buffalo Bluff,
Fla, to work in the turpentine camp.
He said he worked four weeks and was
paid $2.40. The food given the men, he
declared, was bad and the quarters un-
fit for habitation.
Won ARK said that he escaped from
the camp but was captured, beaten and
forced to return to work. He said he
escaped second time and made his
way to, this city as best he could on
freight trains. He said his compan-
ions were still prisoners at the camp,
so far as he knew. . .-. =
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
LOTUS URGED FOR
BIG FEDERAL JOB
Minnesota Man for Place on In
terstate Commerce Com
mission.
Declared to Be Thoroly Informed
on the ms and Outs Of
Railroading.

George S. Loftus of st. Paul, tho
shipper whose efforts at reform Of rate
abuses have made{him such thorn in
the flesh Of the railroad officials of, the
northwest, will be urged on President
Roosevelt as candidate for appoint
ment to the Interstate commerce COM
mission.
There is now no vacancy on the COM
mission. Its complement of seven mem
bers under the Hepburn bill has been
named, but it Is understood that F. M
is soon to resign, and Commissioner
G. M. Prouty may also drop out. When
ever vacancy occurs the claims of
Mr.. LOTUS will be pressed by his
friends. He has been a leader in Min
nesota, and his expert knowledge Of
tariff matters has made him Of high
value to shippers appealing for reduc-
tion and readjustment Of rates. ~ ss.~>.
80, Knows All the Kinks. ''
On account of his former railroad
connections, he is exceptionally well
informed. He has been relied on for
data as to railroad rates by Senator
La Toilette of Wisconsin, by E.. P.
Bacon, leader of the movement for the
new interstate commerce law, and by
such searchers for light as Ray STAN
nard Baker. He has been, of invaluable
assistance in such, quests, and would
bring to the commission an expert and
detailed knowledge of rate-making as a
business, something no member Of the
commission has ever possessed in such
a degree. ~.
Begins Work Early. a \: !.
Mr.. LOTUS is a Minnesotan by birth
and only 33 years old. He entered the
employ of the Minneapolis & St.. Louis
road as an office boy for the vice
president when only 10 years old, and
worked up rapidly in the general of,
fees till at 10 he was chief clerk in the
general freight department. It was
remarkable for such mere boy to hold
a position recurring SO much technical
ability, but LOTUS made good and held
the position four years.
In 1895 he went with the st. Paul {
Duluth as assistant general freight
agent. He remained with the company
till: 1899, when he resigned to 90 into
business for himself with Charles F
Hubbard, son Of former Governor L. F
Hubbard. They formed the LOTUS
Hubbard Elevator company which hal
since engaged T. the s grain n and p, hay
| Fight From the Start.
Almost from the start they have bee,
fighting railroad discrimination in ia
vor Of larger firms and more favored
localities, and Mr.. LOTUS has KEEP
things moving with the state railroad
commission and the interstate commerce
commission. He has secured some i'm
portant legislation and many conces
sions from the railroad companies
Some of the abuses which he has show
have been stopped by orders of tn
state commission. - 49, :, : 49,, 4 -
f.. The members Of the interstate com
! merce commission under the new Law
receive salaries of $4,000. >,..rt- -.
! !.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
STRANGLED, TIED,
LOCKED IN A CAR
Young Drum Fell Among Philis-
tines and Was Brutally.
Beaten and Robbed.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. g." '..-
+ Elroy, Wis, Aug. 9.-To fall among
thieves at an uneanny time of night,
to be beaten and ;strangled and tied
fast, and helpless, to be cast into a
freight car and locked up, there to die
of thirst and starvation, if no one came
to save, was the experience of l.. o.
Drum in Elroy last night. s
Drum, an unsophisticated country
boy Of 81, stopped in ,Elroy, while on
his way to Chicago. At ] o'clock this
morning he was pounced upon in dark
corner by three - men and speedily
| choked into submission and his feet
and hands tied. When he had been
strangled so that he could not speak,
aud when he could scarcely move hand
or foot, he was lifted uD, <and carried
by the; thugs to half.flled lumber
car. His captors threw him upon the
floor as tho he were no more than
stick of timber, and mailing and lock,
ing the car left him in his misery. Rob
berry was the motive of the attack, fol
the men took SO from their victim, all
he had. >.@ ..,. -
Hours later Thomas Hennessy, an
Omaha freight brakeman, found the
half conscious boy in, the car. Pros
trated with the torture he had passed
thru and chastened and cowed in spir
it, Drum was released from his prison
and his thongs cut and a general alarm
given. One Of the desperadoes was
caught here this morning and the Other
two are said to be in custody at Bara
boo. Some Sc of Drum g money wa.
found on the fellow taken here. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
POPE Ill WITH
A WEAK HEART
Collapse Comes Following Cele
bration of Third Anniver-
sary Of Coronation. "

London, Aug. "a dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company from
Rome says that shortly after his return
from the ceremony attending the cele-
bration today of the third anniversary
attack Of heart weakness. He was at
tended by DR.. Lapponi, who gave him
relief.
The celebration in the Sistine chapel
of the Vatican of the third anniversary
of the coronation Of Pope Plus K. was
a brilliant affair.
Cardinal Merry Del Val, the papal
secretary Of state. celebrated mass in
the presence of the pontiff, the car
dinals. bishops. diplomats and members
Of the nobility.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
boy KILLS MAN AT
FATHERS COMMAND
Youth Stays Neighbor After Quar-.
rel Over Berries-Parent
/ ) Jailed with Son.

/ Frederick, Md, Aug, 9.-At the COM
mand Of his father, Fred Debold, II
years old, son Of John Debold, shot and
killed George Smith, son of their
n1eighbor, Edward O. Smith, near here
last evening.
There had been feeling between the
two families and yesterday they quar-
relied over blackberries the Smiths had
him. said Debold to his son, pointing
at the younger Smith. The boy fred
q load from shotgun which struck
Smith over the heart, killing him in
stantly. -
Both Debolds were arrested this
morning and are now in jail here.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
To Give Up Before Night.

Chicago, Aug. 9.--Hering. had not sur
rendered at late hour this afternoon,
but friends assert that ne WI gave
Bank Examiner Jones, in an inter-
view wherein he declared that only
bank examiner, who was mind reader
could have foreseen the impending
crash, said that part of Cashier Her
ing's published defense he believed to
be true Other parts he said he be-
lieved to be untrue. He declined to
be more explicit.
He pointed out that Herring, as CASH
ier, was under heavy bond, while
Stensland, the president, was not, as
far as Mr.. Jones has been able to
learn
Inspector shippy today sent detec-
tive to Baraboo, Wis, to interview a
woman who is said to be well acquaint-
ed with the missing president and who
is believed by the police to have some
knowledge Of his whereabouts.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1906.

tic consumption and at 10 cents for
manufacturing purposes. If the supply
Of natural gas fails. then artificial gas
Is to be furnished at 75 cents thou.
sand cubic feet. The city NAV Dur.
chase the gasworks at any time, provid.
ing the grantees receive their profits fol
ten years. ,a-.- .a.ss r. -.
The Kansas City. Mo-, Gas company
now holds a franchise to furnish gas at
$l.1O thousand feet. The new ordi
nance will be signed as soon as it
reaches the mayor, which probably will
be tomorrow. -. : - : ''' ~. -"
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
:THROWSCHILD TO STREET
AND LEAPS AFTER IT

p Cincinnati, Aug. 9.-Thomas Nc
Kenna, a waiter, threw his 3-year-old
child from the. third story window of
his home, and then jumped from the
window to, the, sidewalk below. The
child was dead when picked up, while
pital. McKenna is believed to have
been mentally deranged.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
HARRIS ARRESTED; ]
CHARGE, MURDER
Man Accused Of Killing Frank
Stafler Is Taken in
Iowa.
Special to The Journal.

Epec1aI 70 INC JoNfd61,
Centerville, Iowa, Aug. 9.-John
Harris was arrested today at his home
near here, accused of the murder of
Frank Staffler in Minneapolis. Harris
arrived home yesterday. - His family
and friends know nothing Of the alter
cation Of Saturday night, in which
Staffler was punched in the eye with
an umbrella, dying Tuesday, after
Harris had left Minneapolis. Harris is
Of PROMINENT family which is highly
He has wife and two children.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
HATED TO SELL LIQUOR,
SO HE KILLED HIMSELF

st. Louis. Aug. 9.-After writing a
note stating that he took his life rather
liquor, Ernest Steinhardt. 81 years Of
age. whose home is supposed to have
been at 205 West Seventy-eighth street,
New York. committed suicide by drink
ing. morphine. Steinhardt was formerly
q travelling salesman for a Kentucky
whisky house.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
25-CENT GAS FOR K. C.
ORDINANCE BRINGING CHEAP RATE FOR
NATURAL PRODUCT PASSED BY CoUN-
CIL-MAYoR PROMISES TO SIGN 1T.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 9.-Kansas
City won it's long fight for cheap gas
when Mayor Beardsley today promised
to sign the. so-called Fleming Wilson
natural gas ordinance, granting a fran
chise to syndicate Of Chicago capital
lists, which was passed by the city
council last night.
The franchise is to run for thirty
years and it provides that as long as
the supply Of natural gas is reasonably
accessible it is to be furnished at 25
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
BRUTAL WOMAN THUG
TERROR IN CLEVELAND
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Cleveland, Aug. "a woman thug
operating on the East, Side has created
a reign of terror among women resi-
dents Of the East End. Many women
are afraid to venture from their homes
at night without an escort.
Three women have reported to the
police that they were held up by a tall
athletic woman who, they say, beat
them brutally in attempts to, wrest
money and valuables from them. The
police are working on the assumption
that the culprit is man masqueradine
in women s attire "
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
Fight From the Start.
SHOWERS BREAK, HEAT. WAVE.

'T Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 9.-Cooling showers
last night broke the force of the hot wave and
brought relief from the high tempera ture of the
past five days. During the night. however, there
were four additional deaths from heat, making
total Of twenty two fatalities during the heat
ed term. = The cases of =prostration numbered
eighty three. a. ~ .;.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
PREACHER DIES IN AGONY;
RABIES FROM DOGS BITE

Morristown, Tenn, Aug. 9.-Rev.
James Brady, local Baptist preacher,
died last night in the county Jail Of
hydrophobia. Brady, was bitten by his
veloped symptoms of rabies, became un-
controllable and was placed in cell.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
GIANTS TO PICK
MAMMOTH SUCKER CORN
Journal Special seryice.

Tampico, H., Aug. 9.-The corn on
the farms In this vicinity has grown so
high this year that the farmers are
who can't hire them will have to put
on stills or else use stepladders, as the
ears on most Of the stalks are way
above the head Of the average sized
man.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09

Rochester, Mimi, Aug. 9.-Jumping
into a swiftly running millrace, Fred
Oestereich. a. 12-year-old: boy, seized
Charles Wright, 6 years old, by the
ear and succeeded in saving him from
drowning. -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09

New York, Aug. 9-The fight to
have the will of Russell Sage declared
invalid will be inaugurated and sus-
tanned by syndicate, the members of
which will subscribe to fund Of $685.
900 to start with.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
MICHIGAN NAN VICTIM
OF MYSTERIOUS MURDER
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. = -
Menominee. Mich, Aug. &C. B.
Post of Walsh, Mich, was found stone
dead at noon today near his buggy.
A bullet from a large rife was in his
head and. murder is suspected, as there
were no weapons about the dead man.
Post was 80; years old and had a wife
but no children. There is no clue to
the murderer. =
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
Henry w. Herring, Officer Of
Wrecked Chicago Bank, Is
Ready to Give UP.
INNOCENT TOOL OF
STENSLAND, HE SAYS
Describes How Fugitive President
Got the Funds of 10000
Depositors.
NOT IN PORT ARTHUR.

NOT IN PORT ARTHUR.
Special to The Journal.
Port Arthur, Ont, Aug. a.
Stensland, the fugitive American
i banker, is not in Port Arthur.
Agents and passengers Of all boats
arriving today have not seen him
and know nothing Of his where
abouts.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09

While defending himself with the ut-
most vigor he made no valid accusa-s
tions against Paul o. Stensland; he
simply told what he said was plain,
unvarnished statement Of the rise Of
Stensland and his downfall. brought
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-25
DEER FEED ON PEACHES.
Connecticut Farmers Restive Under
 Expectations.

While the Connecticut farmer Is sleeping snugly eufled tip in his best mortgage. along comes q mitd=eyed and wild-toethed deer and drags from the sagging limbs bushel after bushel of peaches Statistics IS to the ca pacity of deer's stomach not being at hand, it is impossible to estimate the exact amount of damage per deer per peach per farmer, but the total is so much that the attorney general of the state was appealed 10 to decide whether or not peaches are crops, says the Boston Advertiser He says they are. and the farmers are begin ming to try to collect damages from the state, which protects the deer un- til 1911. As a matter of fact and aside from considerations of peach ad. vertising. the animus of the agitation undoubtedly is the restiyeness of the Connecticut smooth bore, which rusts on the wall. waiting for a snack of yenison. Undoubtedly there will be introduced into the legislature of Con necticut this fall bills looking toward the opening of the deer season before 1911 The Connecticut farmer tback. ed by those city folks who are making use of him to further their own ends) would rather get shot al the deer than to continue to get from the state in damages better price than he could ever get for his peaches in the Ilarket
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-25
TERRIBLE SCALP HuMoR.
Badly Affected with Sores and crusts -Extended Down Behind the Ears
 Another Cure by Cuticura.

About ten years ago my scalp be- came badly affected with sore and itching humcrs, crusts.. etc, and ex- tended down behind the ears. My hair came out in places. also. was great ly troubled; understood it was ecze- ma. Tried various remedies so called. without effect. Saw your Cuticma advertisement. and got the Cutieura Remedies at once. Applied them as to directions, etc, and after two weeks I think, of use. was clear as a whistle. l have to state also that late last fall, October and November. 1904, l was suddenly afflicted with bad eruption, painful and itching pustules over the lower part of the body. I suffered dreadfully. In two months. under the skillful treatment of my doctor, con joined with Cuticnra Soap and Cutt- eura Ointment. found myself cured. H. NJ. F Weiss, Rosemond, Christian Co., Ill. Aug. 31. 1905"
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-25
Mrs. Crainie's Address.

An amusing story of the late Mrs. Craigie. the noted novelist, was told the other day at the Authors club in New York.
 When Mrs. Craigie was in America last year" said the editor, she was invited to make an address at cer- tain meeting She accepted the inyi- tation. but her name. through some oversight, was put far down on the programme, and worse than that, the chairman, rather stupid person, in troduced before her some speakers who were not on the programme at lll
 In short, 1t was close on to II o'clock when the chairman, with 8 pleasant smile, bowed and said:
 Mrs. Craigie, the eminent author of Some Emotions and Moral, will now give us her address,
 Mrs Graigie rose and said, calmly:
 My address is No 56 Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park, w, London, and l now wish you all goodnight, for l am far from home"