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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-02
CASUALTIES.

The building which ives occupied
by the Pacific club at Victoria. B. C..
was destroyed by fire. Loss between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Half a t%oothpick swallowed nearly a
month ago was responsible for the
death Of william r. Murbach OF Bal
timore. Blood poisoning resulted.
Policeman Alexander Scott OF CHI
cago shot and killed Joseph Finn, a
labcrer. whom he mistook fer pic
kles" Gilroy, a man being sought by
the pnlice.
Fire starting In the main ware
house OF the Searey distillery at Nc
Brayer, Ky, destroyed $4,000 barrels
cf whisky valued at 100000. The
origin OF the fire is unknown
The coasting steamer. r.. ID. Inrnan.
which sailed in ballast from San Fran
cisco for Portland. was driven upon
Duxbury reef during the. severe storm
and is q total wreck. Her crew OF
twenty-one men and officers were res
cued.
Al tornado did considerable damage
at Fort Deposit. Ala. The loss. was
small IN the vicinity Of the town. but
the entire negro quarter ON the Nor
wood Johnson place was destroyed.
and q number Of occupants Of houses
INJURED
The largerf are w6{.h Killings has
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II was the unanimous opinion OF the
officers that it would be safer not TO
take any chances by exposing their
prisoners to the wrath of the Sharon
populace.
Armed Guard at His Cell.
Mercer, Pa, March 20. - Heavily
manacled to Sheriff Chess and guard
ed by several detectives, James Boyle,
one of the kidnappers Of little Billy
Whitla, was brought here yesterday
from Pittsburg and lodged in the
Mercer county jail. His wife, 1t is
said, will be brought here from Pitts
burg today and the couple will be for
mally arraigned on a charge Of kid
mapping in a few days.
Boyle feared violence on his arrival
in Mercer, and on the journey from
Pittsburg asked Sheriff Chess if he
thought the crowd would harm him.
The prisoner looked greatly, relieved
when ne saw only a scattering Of peo-
pie at the Mercer station.
Armed Guard at Jail.
BOYLE was hurried into a waiting
bus and taken to the jail. An armed
guard was placed in front of Boyle's
call and a patrolman will be stationed
outside the jail all night. Sheriff
Chess said that the jail would be
guarded until the trial of the Boyles
was over.
Word that the authorities were
bringing Royle to this place caused
small crowds to gather at all stations
en- route from Pittsburg. Over 200
people 1ocked about the train at
Grove City and peered in the car win
lows. There were no demonstrations
of violence during the trip, but Boyle
clearly showed he was
Want Boy in Vaudeville.
Sharon. Pa. March 28.-News that
James H. BOYLE had been removed to
the Mercer county jail at Mercer was
received here with little interest yes
terday. Boyle escaped from the Mer-
Ger county Jail several years ago,
when confined there on a minor
charge. When informed yesterday
that Boyle had been returned to the
same Jail, James P. Whitla said:
Il hope they will take every pre-
caution to keep him safely. He Is a
dangerous man in the community"
Since Boyle's escape the Jail has
been rebuilt and is now considered
safe.
An offer for Willie Whitla to go on
the vaudeville stage at $1,000 a week
has been received by his father, who
merely remarked:
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BOY IDENTIFIES
HIS KIDNAPPERS
Man and Woman Arrested at
Cleveland Are Confronted
by Willie Whitla.
ACCOMPLICt TAKES POISON
Suicide Believed by Police to Have
Been Implicated in PlOt-Grand
Jury Takes Case.

Cleveland, March 25.-In the arrest
here last night of a man and a wom-
an having $9,79O in their possession
the police believe they have captured
the kidnappers of Willie Whitla. In
fact the woman In the case, who is
somewhat %befuddled. admitted that
she had been responsible for the kid
mapping. When placed in custody at
the central police station she said to
Capt. Shattuck: Il am the one who
planned the whole thing. There will
be trouble for me and HI in Sharon
tomorrow"
Beneath the woman's skirt was
found $3.50. All of it but $40 was
bound in packages with the original
slips placed on the money when
Whitla took it from the bank still
around 1t.
Capt. Norman Shattuck and Detec-
tive Frank Wood made the arrests
In the East end of the city. When
near the police station the man broke
away from Detective Wood and ran
towards an alley. The policeman fired
two shots from his revolver into the
air and the man stopped. The WON
an made no attempt to escape.
Boy Given Ovation.
Sharon, Pa, March 25.-The whole
borough of Sharon turned out last
night and participated in the demon
stration over the homecoming Of
Willie Whitla, who, with his father,
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Student KILLS Himself.

Fargo, March rs. Said to have
been respondent over i'll health and
despairing yer love affairs, r. Egge
Russell, a student Of the agricultural
college. yesterday committed suicide
by shooting himself three times in
the head.
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arrived here soon after noon yester-
day. A big parade was led by the
Bull Independent Rifles, a national
guard company, and the Bull Rifles
band, both named for Willie's uncle,
and thousands of persons marched
behind them through the principal
streets of the town to the Whitla
home, where fully 5000 persons as
sembled on the lawn, cheering and
giving every evidence of the public
participation in the family JOY over
the recovery of the little ~wanderer.
The band took a position on the
front porch of the Whitla home and
played several selections. In a front
room were the Whitla family and De-
tective Ward.
Whltla Thanks Everybody.
When calls we're made for a speech
Mr.. Whitla appeared on the porch,
accompanied by Rev. Joseph Mozart
ney of the First Presbyterian church,
who spoke briefly.
Mr.. Whitla then addressed the
throng. extending his thsnks to all
tho officials and individuals who had
assisted in the search for the boy
and expressing the gratitude of his
family and himself for the sympathy
of the people, which. be said, had
done so much to help the family bear
up during the darkest hours Of their
sorrow.
With the singing of the doxology
by several thousand voices the dem
o~nstration was ended.
K~idnappers Identified.
Cleveland, March 26.--Willie Whit
la YESTERDAY identified the man and
woman held ON suspicion by the
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They will have to go higher than
that"
Woman Is Identified.
Cleveland, March 2S.-Chief of Pc
lice Kohler, when shown a dispatch
from Chicago identifying Mrs. James
H. Boyle rs Ann McDermott, said it
fully agreed with the information he
had, but which he had been unable
to confirm.
Information as to the exact identity
of Mrs. Boyle came through d chance
statement made by william H. Beck
err, a Cleveland vessel owner. Becker
first suspected the identity of the
woman and arranged later I catch a
glimpse of her without being seer by
the prisoner.
"She Is the daughter of my h~alf-sis-
ter Becker said.
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Cleveland police as the persons who
kidnapped him from the school at
Sharon, Pa, last Thursday and held
him for the $4,000 ransom, which
was paid by his father, Attorney
James P. Whitla, Monday.
Willie said the man, who gave the
name of James II. Boyle, was the one
who took him from school and carried
him through a tortuous route to Cleve-
land, then to Ashtabula, back to this
city, and placed him in the house in
the East end. where he was held un-
til the money was paid.
Woman Acted Part of Nurse.
Willie also declared that the woman
was the one who cared for him at the
house where he was detained and
who acted the part of a nurse.
Boyle said the woman is his wife.
The police have no other identified
ton of the couple than the names
given. So far as the man is concern
ed, the police believe the name is
correct. Boyle is said to reside in
DiidlN llu . a pIuAAADNt w - "NS'
The woman, who is accredited with
being the wife of Boyle, declared soon
after her arrest that her identification
would cause a sensation in Sharon.
When the identification was complet-
ed Mr.. Whitla would say nothing re-
gcrding the woman. He said he knew
Boyle slightly.
Go Before Grand Jury.
Immediately after Willie Whitla
had seen the men and women at the
central police station they were token
to the county court house and l.'9re
appeared before the grand jury. They
were examined for the purpose Of aid
ing the jury in its attempt to find an
indictment against the two prisoners.
Immediately after leaving the grand
jury room Mr.. and Mrs. Whitla, Willie
and the janitor of the Sharon school,
which Willie attended, left for Sh2-
ron.
Accomplish Kills Self.
A woman known as Mary Diener,
who the police say may have been
an associate of the "kidnappers, or
was implicated in the plot, committed
suicide yesterday by drinking NOR
phine. The woman drank the poison
while standing in front Of a drug
store in the East end, not far from
the house in which Willie Whitla was
detained. She died in an ambulance
while being taken to a hospital.
THAT Woman Again."
Mrs. Maud Forker, who is the wife
of Harry Forker, brother of Mrs.
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IMMIGRANTS MOVE WEST.

st. Paul. March 26.--About Ten spe.
cial fulLcar consignments Of lmmi.
grants. mostly from Northern Euro
pean countries. have passed through
ST. Paul T. past seven days. Others
have passed through on regular COACH
Decentralization officials at the union
depot believe that more than 2.0oe
Northern Europeans have gone West
through ST. Paul, during the pair
week.
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Cleveland, March 26.--Willie Whit
la YESTERDAY identified the man and
woman held on suspicion by the
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POISON RIVALS DIVORCE COURT,

Russian Weman Charged With Rid
ding wives sf Husbands for Fee.
London. March 2s.-A dispatch to
the paiy Msii FROM ersbprg
says that 8 woman named ropova has
been arrested at salnara. charged
win 3 ag FaHoneS AZ ssas zee per
d Il during the last thirty q
she made Il business of fidding
wives or their husbands for a small
3Fs7-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-28
IS ALL"
SAYS GILLIES
INCORPORATES THREE MORE $5,o0O.OOO COMPANIES, MAX
$45OOOOOO

Final incorporation for three
more of the A. p. Gillies enter
|prises projected for Chambers
creek was made today, the papers
being sent to Olympia by Attor-
ney Doolittle for the Hewitt Dry
dock company, capital $5,000.-
600; the Heddon Commercial
Power Building company, capital
So, 100000, and the Imperial
Plate Glass company, capital $5,-
100000.
The fees for incorporation
were paid by Gillies for the lot.
The Heddon Commercial Pow
|er Building company is to be the
name of the structure at the
mouth of Chambers creek which
will include grain elevators and
flour mills, the product being
handled entirely by gravity. Mr.,
Heddon, the New York contractor
and financier, who has Joined Mr.
Gillies in the promotion of the
latter's projects, has taken this In
his own name to finance 1t.
Pittsburg capital is to take
hold of the glass proposition, is IL
said, and over 100000 tons oi
pure quartz such as is used In
plate and cut glass, Mr.. Gillies
says, has been tied upon the
coast to furnish material for this
plant. 1t will be located in from
the mouth of Chambers creek
The Hewitt drydock will be the
last of the chain of enterprises In
Chambers creek. and will be 10.
Gated in the natural canyon
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represenatvejust out people
Washington the they elected
representing special
special governmental
license !. I.
with flirting with the aoeraey wealth special
with
Aldch with Humphres following Piles with Cush
Joe refreshing
from the Judge of Spokane who
worked the people and that he realizes
to be left home before the people going get
consideration at Washington
the present tariff Poindexter
what the people gradually reag that OF
the country The tariff fight Il showing Just how
people there in out Of five IL the best this
Poindexters. fewer
Here part OF Poindszfsrs eter written to friend
this particular period the tremendous
attaek special intereats
much IN Al depsrtnees @ the government
IT h simply rspesition q the various css which the
English compelled against the
which thar often alliances with
British constitution
aOur special interests derebt foundation from
early Ensnd not being hereditary and not founded
powerfu--in 81 HsKF sss
That the real issue IN this tariff almost
other really question OF the
and that the -< A-s Soms campa1sns fshL"
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new FREIGHT
DEPOT READY

Freight Agent r. M. Calkins is
rapidly organizing his Office and
warehouse force for the handling
of freight at the Milwaukee freight
depot and by the middle of this
week everything will be running
smoothly.
The freight house was opened
today for business but local out
going business cannot he taken
for a day or two because the
means of access has been shut of
by the laying Of some water pipes
in an Improvement district. BY
1.-THE middle of the week, however,
Mr.. Calkins expects to be taking
goods from Tacoma shippers.
H. Duval has been appointed
|chief clerk; ]. Hennessey will have
char charge Of the warehouse; ],
|v. Van Fossen will be revising
clerk and several other appoint
ments will be made in the next
day or two.
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PARTICIPANTS IN
BLOODY BATTLE
SHAKE HAN.
(By United Press Leased wire.)

(by UnlUeO freSS Ie0seu WIRE.
BURLINGTON, N. j., June 2s.
the lapse of forty-five
years, the Confederate and Union
soldiers who. participated In the
bloody battle of Salem Church,
Va. met again today. The aged
veterans of both forces were the
guests of General Edward Burt
Grubb, the commander of the
Union men at the battle, at Grass
mere, his beautiful home at Edge
water park.
Colonel Hilary Herbert, secre-
tary of the navy under President
Cleveland, and General Thomas
Mulford, commander of the Con-
federates at Salem Church, joined
with Grubb ma review of the men
who fought In the stubborn battle.
Members of the Daughters of
the Confederacy, including wives
and daughters of many OF the vet
erans, assisted Mrs. Grubb in re-
ceiving and entertaining the old
men.
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KILLS HER
HUSBAND
WITH Ak
BODY OF MISSING MAN FOUND
IN GRAVE ON HIS FARM, HIS
HEAD CRUSHED BEYOND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PAR
AMOUR SAID TO HAVE CON-
FESSED THAT SHE COMMIT
TED CRIME - WOMAN Ar
RESTED.
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
MANKATO, Mimi, June 2S.-
Charged with the murder of heI
husband, who, it is alleged, stood
in the way of her love for Frank
Smith, a farm hand, Mrs. H. ],
Ledbeter, wife of a wealthy farm
er who lived near this city, was
arrested today. Smith, who Ii
alleged to have had hand In the
crime, is held under the same
charge.
Ledbeter has been missing from
his home since May 4. Sunday
his dead body was found in a
shallow grave on the farm. The
head was crushed to a shapeless
mass, apparently by blow from q
blunt instrument.
During his examination by the
county authorities Smith is alleg-
ed to have stated that Mrs. Led
better murdered her husband In
cold blood because of blind in
fatuation. for him. He claimed
that the attack was made with q
heavy axe.
After the examination OF Mrs
Ledbeter and Smith. the police ar.
rested William Schwant and his
wife. the woman's sister. Schwani
was charged with helping to re-
move Ledbeter's body from a tenn
porary grave in the barn to where
1t was found Sunday.
Ledbeter was a resident of this
vicinity for years and was prom
inent in county affairs. Smith
had been in his employ for sew
eral months.~
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e Y
.,P TRAINS.
DUE: NEXT
WEEK
HARTMAN TO INAUGURATE
SERVICE ON JOINT LINE
FROM PORTLAND TO PUGET
SOUND - ANNOUNCEMENT
MADE TODAY.

The first Hartman train to be
operated between Portland and
Tacoma over the joint line OF
the Northern Pacific and the
Union Pacific will be placed In
service one week from today. ac-
cording to an announcement made
by Hartman officials today.
The train is to be a new limited
from Chicago, and the tentative
plans of the Hartman system
provide for stop in Portland.
j. d. Farrell, general manager
of the Oregon & Washington rail-
road, and u. e. Ellis. general
agent of the Hartman lines at
seattle, and Robert Lee. general
agent at Tacoma, are in Portland
today, and met with General
Manager j. p. O'Brien and Assist
ant General Passenger Agent John
M, Scott there, according to dis
patch received by the Times.
General Passenger Agent VIM.
McMurray Is In Chicago arrang-
ing the eastern end of the deal
whereby the Hartman lines Will
have a through train between
Chicago and Puget Sound.
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What Do You Know
About City Charters?

Have you any ideas that
would be valuable to incor-
porate into a charter for Ia
coma? II so, now is the time
to make them known.
The charter committee will
begin actual drafting of the
charter tomorrow night when
the sub-committees will re-
port. The public is invited
to attend these meetings and
to offer suggestions In writ
ing to the committee for it's
consideration. The sessions
are held In the council cham
ber, city hall.
Interest is apparently grow
ing on the commission plan
for city charter and citi-
zens generally are endeavor-
ing to cooperate with the
committee so that the best
possible system of municipal
government may be obtained.
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STRIKERS FIGHT
PITCHED BAT T[E
DETECTIVE WOUNDED WHEN
MOB DRIVES STRIKEBREAK-
ERS FROM PITyTSBURG CAR
BARN-AIL LINES TIED UP.

PITTSBURG, Pa, June 2S.-
Fourteen strike-breakers employ
ed by the Pittsburg Railway COM
pany were driven from one of the
company's car barns by a mob OF
armed strikers today. Shots were
exchanged and Detective Englert
was seriously wounded.
Armed Forces Organized.
The affair was the first rioting
of the strike and Sheriff Gumbert
is distributing forcer of armed
deputies throughout the city. fear
ing further demonstrations.
The fleeing strike-breakers were
pursued by the angry strikers.
Three hundred employees of a con-
|struction plant nearby left their
work and joined in the pursuit.
All Cars Tied Up.
Not car of the Pittsburg street
railway syste m is running today.
The various lines apparently are
tied up effectively by the striking
employees, who today reaffirmed
their intention to hold out for
their demands. They claim the
railway has broken an agreement
Early today the strike leaders
met the officials of the Pittsburg
Railway company In conference.
The entire time was spent between
locked doors with no appreciable
results towards settlement. May
or Magee today expressed the hope
that. the strike would be settled
amicably, and without the violence
that characterized the bloody
Homestead strike.
Men Shipped In.
The strike-breakers. in charge
|of Englert and Detective Brown,
arrived on a Pittsburg & Lake
Erie train at the Rankin station.
Word of their arrival spread
rapidly, and a crowd gathered
about them when they started to
make their way to the car barns.
Leaders of the striking carmen at
tempted to dissuade the imported
workmen from interfering. The
men, however, unanimously de-
clared their intention of fulfilling
the contracts under which they
were brought to the city.
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BY
SCH|VELY
THREAT
STATEMENT THAT HE WOULD
TAKE OTHERS DOWN WITH
HIM CAUSE OF MUCH
WORRY.

-----
(By United Press Leased Wire
OLYMPIA, June 2S.--Insurance
Commissioner Schively's Oft-re-
peated threat that when he goes
down he will take several other
persons prominent in public affairs
with him, is apparently worrying
some of the legislators and other
high public officials and the sus-
picion is growing that others may
be involved i'm the graft with him.
Schively's threat was at first
taken rs mere bluff, but the des-
perate fight being made i'm his be-
half by influential persons leads
many to believe he means what he
says.
To Force Resignation.
The latest phase of the i'm
peachemnt trial of Schively this
afternoon is concerted movement
to induce that official to resign
his office and thus relieve the leg
islators of what promises to be
a tedious and long drawn out ses-
sion. So involved have opinions
grown, and so violent the opposi-
tion engendered that Schively ap-
pears to have gained an advantage
and the legislators are now said to
be very anxious to have him re-
sign and thus solve the problem.
The charges against Schively
are being prepared under the di-
rection of Attorney General Bell
and it is likely they will not be
completed until tomorrow, when
they will be presented to the SEN
ate.
A Waiting Game.
Indications are that little will be
accomplished by the legislature
this afternoon. Neither house will
meet until 2:30 O'Clock, and when
they do assemble, judging by
present conditions, each will be
prone to play a waiting game.
Hope is not dead among the ad-
ministration forces that the two
needed votes to pass the Palmer
bill lin the senate, abolishing the
office Insurance commissioner,
can be secured, but it seems GER
tain that they will not be had at
this afternoons session..
Speaker Meigs announced today
that he had not yet made up the
committee of seven to prepare ar
ticles of impeachment under the
resolution Friday.
1t seems possible that, even If
the committee is named at the be-
ginning of the session, 1t will not
be able to proceed far with the ar
ticles by night, because of the ex-
treme care necessary in construct
ing the document.
Few of the members of the leg
fslature had returned to the city
this morning, and slim attend
ance at today's session is pre-
dicted.
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Seattle Ministers Go
On a Summing Trip
COLLECT EVIDENCE TO PROS
ECUTE UPTOWN CAFEs--oN
+ CAMPAIGN TO SAVE YOUNG
GIRLS.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, June 28.-Under the
authority Of the Ministerial Fed
Grafton OF Seattle. Rev. A. Nor
man Ward, pastor of the Method
ist Protestant church, as head OF
a committee of four pastors. has
been visiting the uptown grills and
cafes, and says the COMMITTEES col
lected evidence and secured the
names of witnesses and will pros
ecute all the establishments that
have come under their observar
|tions. Other places will be visit
ed and the campaign carried into
practically every cafe in the city
where liquor Is sold to girls and
young men.
In his sermon on "The Safe
guards of Youth" last night Rev.
Mr.. Ward referred to the sights
he and the members Of the com
|mfttee had witnessed while on
their tour OF Investigation. Mem
bers OF the COMMITTEES say they
are prepared to tsstify when called
The Ministsvlal Federation. 81
which Mr.. Ward y president. rep.
rosents the affiliated orfholIoz
churches Of the city.
Mr.. Ward said In HIS Sermon
that the committee was actuated
by. 3 desire to save shop girls and
working girls. many Of whom 8
said the committee saw Il, che Up
town gri1ls In such an advanced
|st4te Of intoxication that they
were carried out by their young
escorts, helpless. The restricted
|dietrict was only an Incidental
phase Of his dibcoairsa4
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HENEY TOOEFENO
NEWSPAPER IN
: PORTLAND

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore, June 2S.--
Francis j. Heney, the famous
prosecutor of graft, is en- route TO
Portland in an automobile in ac-
cordance with a promise he made
that as son as the verdict in the
Calhoun trial was reached he
would come north to act as ad-
visory counsel for the Portland
Daily News in. libel suits growing
out of charges of land grabbing
made by the paper against cer-
tain prominent oregon men.