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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-04-02

Whitla. was seen at her home In Nor
folk. Ohio. yesterday. When she was
given a description OF the woman un-
der arrest here. she exclaimed. That
woman again."
She then broke down and wept bit
terly. Mrs. Forker would say moth
ing more nor explain her remark.
The police were able yesterday for
the first time positively TO locate the
house in which the Whitla hoy was
held in Cleveland. Ii is the Granger.
a downtown apartment house of the
better order.
Fear for Safety Of kidnappers.
Pittshurg. March es.-Fearins for
the safety OF their prisoners il they
were taken TO Sharon or the county
set al Mercer. officers last night
brought James II. BOYLE and his wife.
accused of kidnapping Willie Whitla.
tothe Allegheny county Jail here. The
prisoners were guarded in their car by
sixteen detectives and oficers.
The car was kept securely locked
and non one was granted admission to
the car except an Associated Press
correspondent and few other news
paper men.
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When Harry Mclean, thirty-three,
stepped out Of Moyamensing prison at
Philadelphia, after nearly ten years
Imprisonment for burglary. he was re
arrested on . charge lodged against
him In Minnesota twelve years ago
and held for requisition from that
state
Robbed OF his watch, money and
baggage checks and then thrown from
. Pennsylvania railroad train at VIII
kinsburg. a suburb Of Pittsburk .
young man of evident refneOsnf.
whose name is not known, is In . cri-
tical condition at the Columbia hOspi.
tai at Williamsburg.
John Campbell. the fugitive cashier
of the First National Bank Of Co
manche, Okla. who left recently with
more than $4,000 Of the banks money,
re turned $4,000 In a letter written in
Denver. He said he was intoxicated
when he left. and that he had no In
tention of stealing. He will not be
prosecuted.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Briggs. with holes from rife bullets
In their breasts. were found at their
home. ten miles east of Tionesta. Pa.
The body OF Amos Walton, neigh
Dor, was found in the house. with his
head almost blown on. II is believed
Walton killed Briggs and his wife and
then committed suicide.
J. X. Mccormick, eighty-five years
old. veteran Of the Mexican and
Civil wars. died at the Confederate
home at Higginsville. NO.. rs the re-
suit of fist blow by Jim Cummings.
Cummings was follower OF the noted
train and bank robbers, the James
and Younger boys. Mccormick was
the aggressor and Cummings was held
blamcless.
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II wes the unanimous opinion Of the
oficers that It would be safer not TO
take any chances By exposing their
prisoners to the wrath Of the Sharon
populace.
Armed Guard u His Cell.
Mercer. Pa, March y. 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. Il h
said, will be brought here from Pitts
burg today and the couple will be for.
mally arraigned on a charge Of kid
mapping in few days.
Boyle feared violence on his arrival
in Mercer. and on the journey from
Pit;sburg asked Sheriff Chess II he
thought the crowd would harm him.
The prisoner looked greatly relieved
when he saw only a scattering Of peo-
pie at the Mercer station.
Armed Guard at Jail.
Boyle was hurried into 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
II tn thfr ,4fn nnnSaI
small crowds TO gather at all stations
en- route from Pittsburg. Over 200
people fiocked 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 nervous.
Want Boy ip Vaudeville.
Sharon. Pa. March 2S.-News that
James II. 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 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 10 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 week
has been received by his father. who
merely remarked:
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OTHERWISE

A. G.. Murray and Michael Brake
were appointed receivers In New York
for the r. g. H.-cornell company,
structural iron workers and contract.
ors.
Representative Cooper has intro.
dueed bill in the Iowa house
changing the penalty for convicted
kidnappers from five years TO life i'm.
prisonment in state prison.
Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans, In
an interview at Tacoma. Wash. said:
I'VE need twenty battleships on the
Pacific coast. With sxeh a force this
coast is safe from any attack"
Mrs. Georgia Wheeler. organist at
the Gibson Heights Presbyterian
church at st. Louis. dropped dead as
she entered the organ loft to play the
first hymn of the morning service.
The kidnapping of william whitla
has had the effect OF causing the in.
PRODUCTION of several bills In the New
York legislature. designated to make
more severe the penalty for such a
crime in that state.
Gerald Dillon. twelve years old. filed
suit for $4,000 against the Catho-
lie bishop of Chicago. The boy claims
that year ago, while he wns deco
rating his grandfather's grave In
Mount Olivet cemetery, a tombstone
fell on him and broke his leg.
Cixty Thousand hnshal, - szu.,.-
potatoes. the largest consignment ever
brought to Philadelphia. were landed
recently by the steamship Buenos
Ayrean from Glasgow and Liverpool.
The tubers came from England. Ire
land and Scotland. and the shipment
was made possible by reason of the
short crop In the United States. Other
liners are due with big shipments OF
potatoes.
Gov. Hughes has dismissed the
charges filed with him against DIS.
trict Attorney w. T. Jerome of New
York by William F. King. represent.
Ing q committee Of stockholders Of
the Metropolitan Street Railway com.
pany Of New York.
Health conditions on the Panama
canal zone In 1908 were more favorable
than ut any time since the American
occupation. according to q report
made by Chief Sanitary Omcer Cor.
gas OF the isthmian canal commissiou,
with $3.50 employees. there were but
S7l deaths. or 1901 per thousand.
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NEWS or THE week N fPITOmf
Digest Of The News Worth Tellios Coz
6eased for The Bssy
Reader.
AT the CAPITAL.

Reed Knox, son of Secretary Of
State Knox, has been appointed con
fidential clerk to the secretary. vics
H. F. Neighbors. resigned.
An examination will be held in
Washington on MAJ 26, % and 2S oi
such candidates for the consular serv'
ice as have been designated by the
president
The secretary of the treasury an.
nounced the appointment Of Charles
Dyer Morton OF Chicago as assistant
secretary Of the treasury, TO succeed
Louis A. Coolidge, resigned.
An appropriation Of quarter OF a
billion OF dollars is provided for the
establishment Of a national tubercuiar
sanitarium in the State OF Colorado
in q bill introduced in the house by
Representative SABBATH.
The president announced that he
would appoint Lloyd Bowers to be So
licitor general. vice Henry Hoyt, re-
signed. Mr.. Bowers Is general coun'
sci Of the Chicago & Northwestern
road. with headquarters at Chicago.
The president has announced that
he will nominate Henry A. Wise as
United States district attorney for
the Southern district Of New York
to succeed Henry l.. Stimson. whose
resignation has been accepted by the
president.
The attorney general OF the United
States has asked Wade II. Ellis OF
Ohio to continue in his present pc
sition Of assistant to the attorney
general. and IL was officially an
nounced that Mr.. Ellis had agreed 10
do SO.
The safety OF passengers on rail
roads under the jurisdiction of the
interstate commerce commission IL
sought by bin introduced by Repre-
sentative Esch. Under the bill II
would be compulsory to construct
passenger coaches with frames ol
steel or other metals.
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REVIVAL DRAWS s,ooo.
cipsy Smith Begins His Campaign In
q. Paul.

oipsy Smith Begins His Campaign In
o. Paul.
st. Paul, March 3o.-Six thousand
people helped 0ipsy Smith start his
big revival series IN 81. Paul at the
Auditorium. and they satisfied Mr..
Smith Immensely. He said % several
times while occupying the stage, and
repeated It afterward In private con.
yersation.
While the evangelist did not at
tempt any Of the talks that have
made him famous revivalist, he APP
peared to ind favor with the audi
ence. for he was accorded the closest
attention and given hearty encour-
agement whenever occasion offered.
The place was only twothirds full,
but Mr.. Smith declared that the gath
ering Wac = tremendous one for the
first meeting and much larger than
he had anticipated.
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Man and Womsn Arrested at
Cleveland Are Confronted
by Willie Whitla.
ACCoNPlIG TAXES POISON
Suicide Believed by Police TO Have
Bees Implicated il Piot-Gfand
Jury Takes Case.

Cleveland, March 25.-In the arrest
here last night OF man and wom-
an having 1880 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
be trouble for me and HI In Sharon
tomorrow"
Beneath the woman's skirt was
found 1890. All OF 1t but $40 was
bound In packages with the original
slips placed on the money when
Whitla took 1t from the bank still
around IT,
Capt. Norman Shattuck and Detec-
In the East end Of the city. When
near the police station the man broke
away from Detective Wood and ran
towards an alley. rhe 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 aud participated in the demon.
stratiJn over the Homecoming OF
Willie Whitla, who. with his father.
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Cleveland police as the persons who
Kidnapped him from the school 1t
Sharon. PA last Thursday end 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 q 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-
I'll 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 nurse.
Boyle said the woman is his wife.
The police have no other identificN
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
Sharon and is a plumber by trade.
The woman. who Is accredited with
being the wife Of Boyle. declared soon
after her arrest that her Identification
would cause sensation in Sharon.
When the Identification was complet-
ed Mr.. whiila would say nothing re-
grrding 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 taken
to the county court house and there
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 janiior of the Sharon school,
which Willie attended. left for Shl-
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 pot. committed
suicide yesterday by drinking NOR
phine. The woman drank the poison
while standing In front OF 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 hospital.
"That Woman Again?"
Mrs. Maud Forker, who is the wife
of Harry Forker. brother of Mrs.
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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 front
room were the Whitla family and De-
tectiye Ward.
whitIa Thanks Everybody.
Mr.. Wbitla appeared on the porch.
accompanied by Rev. Joseph Mozart
ney of the First Presbyterian church.
who spoke briefly.
Mr.. Whitla then addressed the
,hrons. extending his thanks to all
assisted IN the search for the boy
and expressing the gratitude of his
family and himself for the sympathy
OF the people. which. he 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
| onstraiion was ended.i
kidnappers identified.
Cleveland. March e6,-Willie Whit
Ia yesterday identified the man and
woman held On suspicion by the
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COUNTY rREAsuRER Is GONE.

ST. Paul. March 26.-Peter w. Ehr.
resigned treasurer of Carlton county,
Ii missing and q shortage Of $3.s5295
In the county's treasury was reported
to Gov. Johnson yesterda. by Public
Examiner Anton Schafer.
Last July il Is said q discrepancy
Of $4,000 was found In Ehr's accounts,
hut this Was made good. It is claim
ed. by his bondsmen. and he was re-
elected to the once.
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CASUALTIES.

The building which was occupied
by the Pacific club at Victoria. b. c..
was destroyed by fire. Loss between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Half toothpick swallowed nearly .
month ago was responsible for the
death of William F. Murbach OF Bal.
timore. Blood poisoning resulted.
Policeman Alexander Scott of Chi
cago shot and killed Joseph Finn. a
laborer. whom he mistook for pic
kles" Gilroy. a man being sought by
the police.
Fire starting in the main ware
house Of the Searey distillery at Nc
Brayer. KY. destroyed $4,000 barrels
Of whisky, valued at 100000. The
origin Of the FIRE is unknown.
The coasting steamer r. d. Inman.
which sailed In ballast from San Fran
cisco for Portland. was driven upon
Duxbury reef during the severe storm
and is 4 total wreck Her crew Of
twenty-one men and ofncers were res
cued.
A tornado did considerable damage
ct Fort Deposit. Ala. The loss was
small n The vicinity Of the town. but
H. sntire negro quarter on the Nor
WOOD JoAnson place was destroyed.
anA . Dnmbsf a occupants Of houses
injured.
II largest 1rs which Billings has
AAl ~ years occurred when the plant
q - Hll1inGs Mining company was
Aestsoyel TAs Are originated in the
1euee 1ooe. an1 3 eai1 70 have been
- = Aefoctjve vlfang. TAe loss II
Otianas1 4 ese.eeo. partly covered
~ 6oHonee.
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FLYING CLASS CUTS FACE.

eottier 10 Severely Injured When sy-
phcn Settle 0ursts.
Eau Claire, Wis, March 3O.-Jo-
seph Evans. proprietor Of the Evans
Bot;iing works Of this city, got his
face SO badly cut that II required
twelve stitches to close the wound,
and had five teeth broken on late
Saturday when q syphon bottle which
he was filling burst, sending the glass
into his face. Mr.. Evans and his
workmen generally use iron masks
when Hing these bottles. but Mr..
Evans had just take: the mask on
before filiing the last bottle. which
he had overlooked when he filled the
Others.
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IMMIGRANTS MOVE WEST.

St. Paul. March 26-About ten spe.
cial full-csr consignments Of immi-
grants. mostly from Northern Euro.
pean countries, have passed through
ST. Paul the past seven days. Others
have passed through on regular coach
es. immigration ofiicials at the union
depot believe that more than 1000
Northern Europeans have gone West
through St. Paul. during the past
week.
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They will have to go higher than
that"
Woman Is Identified.
Cleveland. March 2s.-Chief OF Po-
lice kohler, when shown dispatch
from Chicago identifying Mrs. James
II. Boyle as Ann McDermott, said it.
fully agreed with the information he
had. but which he had been unable
10 confirm.
Information as to the exact identity
of Mrs. Boyle came through a chance
statement made by William H. Beck
er, a Cleveland vessel owner. Becker
first suspected the identity Of the
woman and arranged later to catch a
glimpse of her without being seen by
the prisoner.
She is the daughter of my half-sis.
ter" Becker said.
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Student Kills Himself.

Fargo. March IS. = Said to have
besn Respondent over i'll health and
despairing over love affairs. F. Egge
Russell, student of the agricultural
college. yesterday committed suicide
by shooting himself three tines in
the head.
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ed Saturday. vas strung up By the
determined deDue1es u1t1l nearly
dead. Thea b easpel out hat his
father was n command: named the
Indian who killed ths deputies; told
the o@cials how 70 tsan Tie band and
IA evorythisg Which . stoical red
Ean b supposed not - % when in
the hands Of hss enemies. Z
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Minnesota Man Honored

st. Cloud. Mimi. March s0.-Dr. w.
A. Shoemaker. president Of the st.
Cloud normal school. returned Satur-
day from Chicago. where he attended
. meeting Of the Northern Associa-
ton Of Normal School Presidents.
The local man was elected secretary
Of the association for the coming
year.
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Waterloo. Iowa. March 30.-Whhe
several hundred persons watched,
powerless to help. Christ Anderson
and Henry Bothman. duck hunters.
clinging to an upturned boat. from
which Frank Bentx had already jump
ed and was drowned. went over the
falls in the Cedar river yesterday
and were drowned.
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POISON RIVALS DIVORCE COURT.

Russian Woman Charged With Rid
ding Wives Of Husbands for Fee.
London. March "A dispatch to
the Daily Mail from st. Petersburg
saws that 4 woman named POpoya has
been arrested at Samara, charged
with having poisoned ut least 800 per-
sons during the last thirty years
She made q business Of Kidding
wives of their husbands for . small
fee.
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POLITICIAN IS MURDERED.
5. c. Pooier, Prominent New Mexico
Democrat, kSsassinated,

Albuquerque. N. NJ. March 30.-S.
c. Pooler, chairman OF the Democrat
ic central committee Of Taos county
and one of the most prominent Dem
ocratic politicians in New Mexico,
was assassinated last night. George
Potter is under arrest charged with
the Chine. Pooler was shot down as
he sat reading In the parlor of his
home at Taos. his slayer firing
through the window.
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Ex-sHERiFF IN FATAL ROW.

Iowa Bartender Charged With Muir
derous Assault.
Fort Madison. Iowa. March 30. -
Charles A. Steen. bartender of this
city. is being held in Jail here, charg.
ed with assault with intent to com.
NIT murder. George W. Tucker, an
ex.sherin OF the county, died at the
hospital here yesterday from injuries
received In the melee.
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Shock Of FAN kills Farmer.

Yankton. s. D.. March 3O.~-Andrew
Shame. prominent young farmer Of
Nazindahl. aged thirty-two. is dead Is
the result OF shock from 4 fall from
. horse.
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8. c. srIckNev TO QUIT ROAD.

Hahos IN His Resignation as General
Manager Of Great Western.
st. Paul. March 30.-Samuel C.
Stickney will sever his connection as
general manager Of the Chicago
Great Western on April 1. Reports
to the effect that he had rendered his
resignation TO the receivers were in
circulation Saturday. and Mr.. Stick
ney when seen In his Office admitted
that such was the case. His successor
has not yet been appointed.
II is understood that Mr.. Stickney
will enter some other kind of busi-
ness.
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PLUGS WOUND WITH THUMB.
Boy Walks Mile and Hail After Ae.
cident to Secure HeIp.

Prairie du Chen, Wis.,, March 3d.
Murrell Tyler. the sixtcen-year-old
son of Hersel Tyler. was accidentally
shot while hunting yesterday. Plug
ging the hole of the wound with his
thumb. he walked a mile and a half
to Bridgeport to telephone for aid and
waited four hours for a train to come
to this city to have the arm ampu.
tated.
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Slows Out Gas: Four Dead.

slows OUT Gas; Four Dead.
Chicago. March 30.-Four Greek Ia
borers were found asphyxiated in a
room they had rented In q hotei. II
Is supposed one of them blew out
the gas.
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Robs street Car Conductor

MILWAUKEE,. March 30. - A masked
hishwayman held up and robbed Con-
dnctor John Allen last night. Both
motorman and conductor were inside
the car at the time.
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Kidnappers identified.

Cleveland. March e6,-Willie Whit
Ia yesterday identified the man and
woman held On suspicion by the
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