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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Meyer Cuts Navy Estimates
100000 - Like Amount
to Be Topped OFF Army Fund.
n INTEREST OF ECONOMY
President Taft Orders Reductions Not.
withstanding His Desire to Build
Up Navy.

Washington, May Is. - Secretary
Meyer Of the navy department Is al
most through the task OF trimming
his estimate for next years navy ap-
propriations. In making these esti-
mates $10.000.000 less than the sum
actually appropriated by congress for
naval purposes at the last session,
Mr.. Meyer has followed the request of
the president, whs has promised SEN
ate and house leaders that he would
see to 1t that the navy and army esti-
mates were each $10.000.000 below the
appropriations OF the last session.
This saving OF $20.0O0,000 will be the
Taft contribution to the economy
which must characterize the govern
ment until tariff legislation and the
full return Of prosperity again fill I'm
Gle Sans Golfers.
According to officers of the navy
who are familiar with the situation
the building program Of the navy, as
Mr.. Meyer will send It to congress.
will provide. first. for the building OF
two Of the best frst-class battleships
possible.
Fighting Machinery Suffers.
It is evident from this statement
that. while the general policy Of doing
everything possible to keep up the
progress desired in the construction
OF a greater navy" will be contin-
ued. economy has been subserved by
cutting off some Of the miner fighting
machinery.
1t would be a mistake, however, to
assume that this economy is in &C
cord with the wishes of either. the
president or the secretary of the
navy. On the contrary, they would
like to estimate far more than will
be sent to congress. but the deficit in
the treasury is such as to make econ
omy obligatory at this time.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS.

While canoeing In the Genesee riv-
er at Rochester, n. Y, ]. Louis Min
ges and his sister were drowned by
the capsizing of their canoe.
Fire in New York burned out COM
pletely a six-story building occupied
by John Weimers. manufacturer Of
paper boxes. The estimated loss is
$4,000.
While visiting friends at Waterloo.
Iowa. Anna Trierwieler of Jessup
strangled TO death. The girl was APP
parently we'll when suddenly her
throat contracted and she died before
the doctor reached her.
In endeavoring TO measure the wa
ter in his cistern,' Herman Knoll, a
well-to-do farmer of Haverhill, Iowa,
fell in. His body was found in eight
feet Of water by his wife, who return.
ed home after n days absence.
Union Pacific "Eoodoo" train. No.
IL. was wrecked near Elm Creek,
Neb. An axle of the locomotive broke
and the engine went in the ditch. A
number of passengers were bruised.
bue none was seriously injured.
Stanley G. Smith, prominent man.
ufacturer and banker of Woonsoeket
r. l.. was killed. and Austin Cook
president of the Woonsocket Institu
ton for Savings, was lightly injured
by the oyerturning of an automobile
In which they were riding.
Harry Beebe. Wyoming cowboy
with Buffalo Bills show in New York
died from injuries sustained in the
performance Monday night. Beebe's
great toe was severely bruised by be
ing stepped on by a horse. Surgeons
said they believe Beebe died of para
lytic rabies. rare form of paralysis
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
SINS AND SINNERS.

Clarence Ellsworth, aged nine, who
a week ago was struck on the face by
a playmate with a ball bat. died at
Dubuque of lockjaw. blood poisoning
having developed from the bruised
flesh.
Henry Williamson, well-to-do
farmer living two miles east of
Boylesyille. H., killed his wife and
two little children and then commit
ted suicide. The cause of the tragedy
Is not known.
George Means, a laborer, arrested
at GAINESVILLE. Ohio. on the charge OF
numbering his wife last October. cut
his throat and died within minute
The police found the woman's body
buried In the cellar of his house.
A firebug is trying to destroy the
town OF Postville, Iowa. During the
last ten days six fires have been set
but fortunately all have been discoy
cred In time to prevent serious trou
BILE. They are all started about
o'clock at night. and kerosene has
been used each time.
After escaping from locked room
in the house of man who insisted
on marrying her against her wishes
Lottie Chodzinski, a siXteen-year-olt
farmer girl Of ST. Joseph county. Indi
ana. was arrested in Chicago. The
police at South Bend, Ind. said she
was wanted there on a charge of bur
glary.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
FOREIGN.

President Gomez of Venezuela has
removed the export duty on coffee. CO
Goa and wines 10 stimulate trade.
Fifteen hundred dollars was stolen
from the Office of the Canadian Ex'
press company at Truro. N. s., by
three men who entered during the
luncheon hour.
Twenty thousand partially filled
schrapnel shells exploded at the
Rheinish works at Dusseldorf. follow
ing an outbreak of fire. There were
no casualties.
II is announced as probable that
Gen. Andrade, former president OF
Venezuela. whom Castro ousted from
Office. will be appointed Venezuelan
minister to Cuba.
Great progress has marked the
financial status Of the Seventh Day
Adventist movement. In the last four
years. according to the statement OF
Elder /. II. Evans, treasurer of the
general conference of that organiza-
ton.
The general executive committee
announces that at the annual Confed-
crate reunion in Memphis June s.
and 10. free food, lodging and medical
attendance will be provided for each
old soldier who shall make his wants
known.
Great excitement prevails in the
iown OF Limasol, Cyprus, where dis
turbances have arisen on the en-.
thronization of the archbishop. A
number of people objected to the
ceremony because the archbship had
been elected under the civil laws.
A bill arranging for progressive in
heritance tax in Russia has been an
nounced by the finance committee OF
the duma. II provides for a graduated
tax varying from half to two-thirds OF
/ per cent. depending upon the degree
of l;inship and the amount of the be
quest.
A congress of the seamen's unions
decided to join the movement inaugu
rated by the General Federation OF
Labor of France in aid of the postal
employees. and an appeal has been
sent to all the seamen at large and
small ports to cease work immediate
ly. The copper molders and cabinet
makers also held meetings and decid
ed to strike.
The British minister to Venezuela
Sir Vincent Corbett, in accordance
with instructions from the British
government, has made an official in
quiry into the report from st. Vincent
b. w. l.. that the captain and crew Of
the whaling ship Carrie d. Knowles
are in Venezuelan prison. Severa
Of the crew are British subjects, bu,
a search has failed to confirm the re
port that they are being held by Vene
zuelan authorities.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Emma Goldman Squeiehed.

New York. May 25-Although pro-
posing to discuss nothing more reyolu-
tionary than the Modern Drama as
a Dissemination of Radical Thought
Emma Goldman was prevented by the
police yesterday from addressing q
crowd of several hundred persons
who had assembled In a hall in Har-
lem to hear her. The police had DIFF
ficulty in dispensing those who had
paid for admission to the hall. and in
one instance at least had to resort to
blows. Two arrests were made.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
plague Of Wood Pigeons.

Following the example of the De-
vonshire farmers, an organized effort
is being made by Hampshire agricul-
turists to reduce the vast number of
wood pigeons in the county. which
during the last few weeks have com.
mitted havoc among green crops.
Shoots have been arranged nightly.
and as the birds come in to roost
large numbers are killed. Great num-
bers Of 'the birds are bred yearly in
the New Forest. and In the winter
months they are largely increased BY
migrants from Scandinavia.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
THE SEARCHLIGHT
FRANK 9. REED, Pub.
cUleERTsoN, MONTANA.
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
FROM THE CAPITAL

The senate has confirmed the nomi.
nation of Walter E. Clark to be gov
ernor of Alaska.
President Taft is to open the Yukon
Alaska-Pacific exposition at Seattle
with a splendid gold telegraph key
presented to him by Secretary Balm
ger and the Washington congressional
delegation.
Posters in the national capital here.
after must be subjected to the blue
pencil of the police department. Here
after no placard shall be publicly dis
played or exhibited which are lewd,
indecent or vulgar, or which pictorial
ly represent the commission of crime.
One or two flights by the Wright
brothers on the oval south of the
White House is part of the tentative
plans for the exercises incident to the
presentation of the Aero Club OF
Americas gold medals to the two
brothers at the White House on June
10.
Congress can go to -! We will
report when we get ready" This.
said Mr.. Clark of Missouri. In the
house of representatives. was the al
legged response given by the engineer
department of the army when asked
for information regarding the result
OF the examination made by engineer
officers into the practicability and de-
STABILITY OF constructing and main-
tanning a navigable channel fourteen
feet deep and of suitable width from
st. Louis TO the mouth Of the Missis'
sippi river.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
cRIPPLEs REMOVED FROM FIRE.
Children Taken Out Of Cots. but Blaze
Proves Siioht

New York May 25.-Forty-two little
patients suffering with curvature OF
the spine and other spinal complaints
were removed in safety from their
ward in the Kings county hospital.
Brooklyn. last night when a threat
The children were hurriedly though
carefully removed without even being
unstrapped from the frames.
The blaze was quickly extinguished
by hospital orderlies and did little
damage. No one was injured.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Nearly All Wheat Planted.

Minot. N. D.. May 25.-The crops in
this part OF the country are nearly
fifteen days later than year ago. but
nearly 50 per cent of wheat is in. ae-
cording to reports fiom big farms in
Northwestern NORTH Dakota. Warm
rains on Wednesday and Friday delay
ed late planting little. but helped
the wheat already in. A large amount
OF fax will be sown here. and present
weather is excellent for breaking
ground for fax.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Management Will Not Try to
Move Trains Until State
Gives Protection.
GOV. SMITH TAKES ACTION
Orders Sheriffs to Give Proper Protee.
ton to Life and Property-Fire.
men Stand Pat.

Augusta, Ga, May 25.-The Georgia
railroad is completely tied, up by the
firemen's strike. The management Is
not trying to move trains, simply an
nouncing that it has the men, the
means and the equipment to proceed,
and will do so when the state an
nounces 1t is ready to protect proper
ty and employees.
The striking firemen are standing
pat. They assert that they have not
been and will not be parties to any
violence. Their sympathizers, they
claim, have done all the damage that
has been done. General Manager
Thomas Scott at 6 o'clock made the
announcement that no trains were
moving.
Governor Takes Action.
Gov Hoke Smith wired the sheriff
OF McDuffie county to cooperate with
the municipal authorities and to sum-
mon all deputies necessary to protect
life and property. 1t is in this county
that Thomson. where the crowd Is
sued their ultimatnm Saturday night
that no trains should pass carrying
either non-union firemsr or negro fire.
men, Is located. Gov. Smith has also
asked the sheriff there to keep him
fully advised OF the situation.
The governor has also wired the
sheriffs of Rockdale and Dekalb
counties. giving them information
that engineers claim to have been
rocked at Conyers and Lithonia, and
urging upon them prompt action for
the protection of the railroads en-
ployes and property.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
FINDS DEAD BABE IN WELL.
Farmer Seeking Lost Bucket Makes
Startling Discovery.

Beaudette. Mimi. May 25.-The in
habitants of Beaudette are very much
excited over sruesome discovery
Saturday. Mr.. Hanson went to the
village we'll to get some water. The
pail dropped in and he went down
into the well and discovered a new
born baby floating at the top. The
coroner was Immediately summoned.
and it was found to have been dead
not exceeding two days. The babe
weighed twelve pounds.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
jealousy Leads to Murder.

Lima, Ohio. May 25.-Mrs. Maude
Diltz. a young widow. who recently
came TO this city from Waynesfield,
was shot and killed at her home last
night by John Beam. we'll known
lawyer and real estate man, from
whom she rented the property. Jeal-
ousy is believed to be the cause.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
100 MExicANS AT MADISON.
Party Of Farmers Will Attend Febru-
airy Farmers Course.

Madison. Wis. May ga party OF
100 Mexican farmers, under the lead
ership of Zeferino Dominquez Of Mex
leo. Is planning to visit the University
Of Wisconsin during the farmers
course next February. Mr. Domin-
quez, when he visited the university
this year. was greatly impressed with
the value Of the lectures given at that
time, and he hopes to inspire Mex-
can farmers to better methods by
showing them what is being done in
the United States. The party will Wis.,
1t several states. spending several
weeks on the trip.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Firemen Burned by Explosion.

Cambridge. Mass. May %. - Chief
N. W. Bunker and eleven members
OF the Cambridge fire deparemnt SUI
fered seriously from burns by a gas
explosion in the Boston & Maine
East Cambridge freight yards. Chief
Bunker's clothing was burned from
his body and he was taken to the re.
lief hospital in a serious condition.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
LIFE TERM FOR ASSAULT.
Heavy Penalty for Man Who Attack.
ed Michiaan Legislator.

Lansing. Mich, May 25. - James
Ducgan of Flint, Mich, has been SEN
fenced 10 life imprisonment in the
state prison at Marquette for a MUIR
derous assault upon State Represent.
alive w. II. Schantz. Duggan. who Is
twenty-three years old, cut Schantz
In the face and throat with a razor
because the legislator refused to give
him money on the street.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Nurse Dies In Bathroom

Mason City. Iowa, May %. - Miss
Holmes, a nurse In Park hospital. was
found dead in a bathroom late last
night. Heart failure is said to be the
cause Of death. Clarence Johnson
died here yesterday from injuries re-
ceiyed in a runaway.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Shoots Woman and Self.

Chicago. May 25-Matthias Ander.
son. thirty-five years old. attacked
Mrs. Charles Austin Mace, by whom
Mrs. Anderson is employed. After fir
ing two shots at her. one OF which
took effect, he shot himself twice and
died few hours later. Anderson.
who was jealous, tried in vain to see
his wife.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
$4,000 Visit 6attleship.

Natchez. Miss. May 25.-More than
$4,000 persons visited the battleship
Mississippi yesterday. No program
was arranged for the day. but today
bids fair to be the most strenuous day
as well as the last of the stay. It be-
gins with a parade in the morning,
followed by q Dutch lunch at the
Elks' club. a baseball game. reception
to officers and a dance for the jackies.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Delinquent Tax Lands Sold.

Hudson. Wis, May %. - County
Treasurer Anderson has 1ust complet-
ed the annual sale of delinquent
lands. there being 400 descriptions.
For the first time in the history OF
the county every description has been
bid in and the county not required to
hold over pieces of land.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
ALLEGED Abseonder Gives Self Up.

Lake Charles. La. May rs. - Ex-
Sheriff and Tax Collector John Per
kins OF Calcasein parish. who disap-
peared five years ago, going to Hon.
duras and leaving an alleged short
age OF $4,000 In his accounts. return
ed yesterday and give himself up to
the sheriff. He was released on bond.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Shin Lost Of Alaska,

San Francisco. May 25.-News has
received yesterday Of the wreck Of
the salmon ship Columbia at Unimak
bay. Alaska. on April 80. 1t will be
q total loss. AS no mention was
made OF loss Of life it is supposed
that all on board were saved.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
ARMY FRAUDS UNEARTHEo.
Cuba Out Many Millions by Fraudu.
lent Claims.

Havana, May 25.-Pay frauds that
may aggregate several million dollars
have been discovered by Judge Aros.
tegu. investigating alleged fraudulent
claims in the Cuban army. Wholesale
prosecutions for alleged completely In
filing and paying claims are predicted.
The manner of their liquidation Is
said to involve politicians In every
quarter OF the island in a gigantic
conspiracy.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
No Cause for Complaint.

Il thought you said this house had
an extra lares back yard" said the
prospective tenant.
$50 I did," answered the agent.
but It 10 only four feet deep, BY
actual measurement" protested the
prospective tenant.
WELL" rejoined the willy agent
..thc ordinary yard Is only three feet
yaa know"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
5000 Attend Military Mass.

New York. May 25.-Fifteen thou
sand persons assembled in the Brook
lyn navy yard yesterday to attend q
military field mass sung for the re-
pose OF the souls Of soldiers and sail
ors killed in battle.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
preadnouoht Won't Launch.

Brest. May 25. - The launching of
the battleship Danton. which was to
have taken place Saturday. was pre-
vented by an accident. After gliding
forty yards down the slips the new
Dreadnought stopped. Efforts to start
her again by the use Of tugs failed.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.
Compressed Air Tank Let's Go With
Disastrous Results.

Ogdensburg, N. Y. May 25.-Harry
Purtell. chief engineer. Of Cleveland.
and Peter wadenhoff. assistant engi.
neer of bridgeport. Conn, were killed
here by the explosion Of a compressed
air tank on the power boat Ida May,
owned by Price Mckinney and the
late James Corrigan of Cleveland.
Wadenhoff met instant death and
Purtell died shortly after being taken
to a hospital.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28

Pastor browns While Bathing.
Dubuque. Iowa. May 25.-Rev. H. p.
Longridge. aged thirty-iive. pastor Of
the First Baptist church Of Waukon,
Iowa. drowned Saturday while bathing
In the river.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
LIQUOR KILLS TWO BOYS At SEA
Given by Parents as a Cure for Sea
Sickness

New York. May %. - Whisky adj
ministered rs cure for sea sickness
caused the death of two nine-year-old
boys. steerage passengers ON the
steamer Kaiserin Augusta Victoria,
which arrived here yesterday from
Hamburg. The victims became i'll
during the rough weather Thursday
and their parents gave them the liz.
uor. Both were buried at sea.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
FIRST DAYS WORK FATAL.

Farmer Who Sells Out and Gets &C.
ment Plant Job Is Stricken.
Austin. Mimi, May 25.-J. W. Hart,
a farmer who had just sold out and
gone to the cement works south Of
town, was stricken with apoplexy
while finishing his first days work
and lived only twelve hours.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Child Fatally Burned,

Columbus. Ohio. May %. - Mabel
Williams. three years old. daughter OF
A. F. Williams. was fatally burned
yesterday in a fire which destroyed
the family home. following a gasoline
explosion. The father rescued i've
children, his wife and mother.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Skilled Men Put to Work Again.

Dunkirk. N. Y. May est Is re-
ported that the Union Pacific railroad
has placed an order for 100 engines
with the American Locomotive COM
pany and that they will be built at
the Schenectady and Brooks plants. A
large number of skilled workmen who
have been idle for months have been
ordered to report today.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Find counterfeItina Plant.

New York, May 25.-A fully equip
ped eounterfeiting plant for the max
ing of spurious coins from scent
peieces to half dollars was discover
ed in a tenement on the East side
Saturday. ,
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
CARS LEAP INTO THE RIVER.
Spectacular Wreck Occurs on the
Great Northern.

Helena. Mont, May %. - A rather
spectacular wreck occurred on the
Montana Central divi sion of the Great
Northern at a point between here and
Great Falls. when an ore train was
wrecked. jumping the track. precipi-
tating eighteen cars into the Missouri
river. brakeman rogers was killed
and Engineer Sieben seriously injur-
cd
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28

Form Stronger Commercial Body.
Boston. May 25.-The consolidation
of the Boston chamber of commerce
and the Boston Merchants associa.
ton, under the name of the Boston
chamber Of commerce. will become
effective June 1. when the two organi-
cations will hold a special meeting.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Hammond for China,

Washington. May 25.-While It II
impossible to obtain any confirmation
of the report that President Taft will
tender the post OF minister to China
to John Hays Hammond. 1t is believed
here that such an offer win be made.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
ONLY Error. In eookkeepino.

Minot, N. D., May s5.--Inyestigation
of the city treasurer's books Is still
going on. It is believed that the ex-
animation. while showing some errors
In bookkeeping. will result In q COM
plete yindication of Cameron.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
DIETz WILL SELL 1900 LOGS.
10 Balance Of Lumber Held Up at
Cameron Dam.

Couderay, Wis, May 25. - John F..
Dietz. the now famous Cameron dam
defender on the Thornapple river,
near Winter, Wis, has posted notices
that on June 10. at his residence. he
will sell at public auction to the high
est bidder 1900 white pine logs to
satisfy a claim of $4,000 for damage
to his property caused by the logs
lying on his land.
The logs are what is left Of several
million feet that was held up at the
Cameron dam many years ago by
Dietz and which the Chippewa Log
and Boom company has been trying to
get away ever since. but Deitz's trusty
rifle kept them away.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28

oboyan. Russia, May ga gang OF
desperadoes yesterday attacked q
government wineshop. They killed
five persons and MORALLY wounded
the keeper. After pillaging the wine
shop they made their escaped.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
Thieves Work Hard for Loot.

thieves "OFN bSdIu IOF 1Ool.
Seattle, May 24-Burgiars stole furs
valued at $500 from the store and
factory of the Hudson Bay Fur COM
pany. They dug through a brick wall.
scaled bridge. pried open iron doors
and hauled away the plumber in q
wagon.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-28
cen eodies oil Drowned Men.

0G1 0O0tSo VI 0sOWUeo WVH.
Waterloo. Iowa, May 25.-The body
Of Frank Bentx, who with two others
was drowned here March Is. was re-
covered Sunday. The other two were
found Let week.