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Evening star., 1909-05-22

V7HEN the evenings are long and life is a sor
!" And the breeze sighs aIoft In the trees,
'Tis my habit to lie staring up at the sky,
Contented and quite at my ease;
Till thought comes a-stealing, awakening, r
vealing.
And then I feel saddened and cold.
For yosth IL delight, while age is Just night
And, oh, I do hate to grow old!
Evening star., 1909-05-22

RS. JOBSON made
one OF those tenta-
tive, where-are-we-
going-thfs-summer
experiments o n e
evening a b o u b q
fortnight ago.
THE summer re-
sorts are beginning
to advertise earlier
this year than
usual, aren't they?'
she asked Mr.. Job
Evening star., 1909-05-22

woman. hating for a moment. "but my
sister is waiting for me on the next corner
and I'll have to meet her and make some
excuse to her."
"Oh. VARY WELL" said the Peculiar It.
and then he strutted alongside his cap
tive, preening himself
At the next Broadway corner the NICE
looking woman walked up to one OF those
Broadway cops with door-wide shoulders.
Officer" she said unto the peeler. this
-er-this-well, this that you see beside
me here-has just grossly insulted me. and
l desire to have him arrested"
''Sure. ma'am." replied the cop. Hey.
" rum. come wit me-" this to the Sin
gular Simian and the masher was pinched.
The nice-looking woman appeared In
court against him.
II commend your system madam" said
the magistrate to her. If more women
would follow that sort of a plan In this
town we'd have less Of these-er-these
wat-you-may-call-'c nodding dis
gustedy in the direction of the prisoner.
''in our midst"
I'm a student, and I'm going to have
an exam. tonight" chirped the Thing. not
very chirpily at that.
''Well, you'll find lot Of gravel-heap
students over on Blackwells Island. and
you can run over your lessons with them.
month there for yours. Ofacer take
That out O. here" and the Anthropoid
was scufHed off the bridge and pitched
into one of those wagons screened all the
way round and hustled down to the dock
where the Blackwells boat was waiting.
It's going to be a beautiful world In
which to reside and sojourn when all the
women develop a sense Of humor.
Evening star., 1909-05-22

cony. He held up his hand to quiet the
uproar Then he said in a shocked voice:
~ shud think you'd he ashamed.
friends. a-makin' all this racket. and only
the day after there's been q funeral In
the house.
Evening star., 1909-05-22

"TIey, hey-you!' the tri-chinned man
bawled in a tone that could be heard all
over the floor. reaching out and grabbing
the salesman by the lapel Of his coat.
whoa, there! Pull up for a minute, will
you? Stop that blasted working auto
Evening star., 1909-05-22

A POSTMASTER from way down south
somewhere went into Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General De Graw's
office just the other day to get some in
side information on a matter of consider
Evening star., 1909-05-22

places herds with the last named class.
know a couple of men and several wom-
en- who might take this to heart. ana
have seen several thousand instances In
which people I never saw before we're
concerned. Just the other day / CLIMBED
on a street car and dropped into seat
behind pair of men. One OF them looked
embarrassed and worried. and every time
the car passed corner he would scan
the signs in a hopeless. oh-I-know-l'li- IL
never-get-home sort of way. The otner
was a large person with pompadour hair
and a penetrating voice, which, incident
ally he kept working most of the time.
How are you getting along?' he bawi-
ed out to his nervous-looking companion
a minute or so after had landed on the
car Companion made some inaudible
reply.
.'Fine?" yelled the loud talker. Got
a raise of a dollar week, eh? Why,
YOU must he getting fifteen a week now.
or is it eighteen? What? Oh. only
sixteen, Well. how in the world you can
afford to support wife and three chill
Evening star., 1909-05-22

notice Of him.
dapper hoorwalker with a bouton-
Mere espied the fat man after a while
Evening star., 1909-05-22

acute physical misery and mental anguish
Of getting over another jamboree.
1.-THE humiliation and despair OF the
periodical drinker recovering from spree
are genuinely pitiable: and yet they all
seem to have a perfect picture OF the In
evitable consequences in their minds when
they take their first drink. The over
whelming force OF the dipsomaniac'
temptation is a matter difficult for those
not medically familiar with such cases to
appreciate or understand.
''The periodical drinker who has not
taken a drop for six months, say. will.
all Of a sudden. be visited by craving
for a drink Of liquor. It isn't, as say,
q physical, but mental. craving. He
resists the desire, and, walking past many
saloons, essays to reason the thing out
with himself.
STEADY, there-steady, he says to him.
self-they've often told me Of these little
dialogues they've held with their sub.
consciousness. This isn't going to do at
all. This Is all wrong. This is the old
thing come back. and it's got to be bat
tied with and strangled. You remember
what devil Of a time you had getting
over the last spree, don't you, and the
one before that? You remember the
week in bed. and the black thoughts, and
the gloom and depression, and the feel
ing that you didn't have a friend on
earth? Very well. You remember.
see. Well. then. you're not going to
take that drink. now are you? You'll
get right on car now and go home,
Evening star., 1909-05-22

COME of the statistical bulletins being
- sent out from the bureau Of forestry
are as interesting as fiction. found one
kicking around the House the other even
ing and. after reading it. decided that
hereafter I would at least inspect all
mimeograph stuff that came to my desk
before throwing 1t in the waste paper
basket l gathered from reading this
particular. bulletin that once upon a
Evening star., 1909-05-22

V1UxTRY! Women over here are de-
w veloping a sense Of humor. few
afternoons ago nice, wholesome-lookin &
woman was hurrying down Broadway. on
shopping bent. and attending exclusively
to her own business.
One OF those Male Things. wearing a
House OF Spookenheimer suit Of COM
bustible clothes tell In step behind her,
overlook her. grinned languishly at her
and addressed her thus:
'I love the Missus-but oh you squab!'
But the wholesome-looking woman-msr-
ried. by the way-just went on about her
business.
The Queer He. however. was not to be
abashed Peering again into her blushing
countenance. sezzee to her:
"Dawlink. we'll have q little stroll, eh ?"
"Well, don't mind" said the hurrying
Evening star., 1909-05-22

V1ELL. well. let's ell go out to Kansas
" during harvest time ana see a hull
lot OF actor persons do some sure-enough
work.
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able importance to himself Mr.. De
Graw was busy in his sanctum. so the
caller, who had never been in Washing
ton before. told his business to a gentle
man sitting at a large ornate desk, tap
ping idly with his index finger on what
appeared to be a hard rubber inkwell. At
the moment that the visitor had finished
stating his case the door opened. Mr..
De Graw walked out, stepped up to the
southern postmaster. whom he had never
seen. called him by name. repeated all the
things he had said and the questions he
had asked. answered them, gave the
visitor friendly shake of the hand and
disappeared into his office again.
The postmaster's jaw dropped down on
his wishbone and his eyes bulged out Of
his head.
MY gracious" he cried, "is he one Of
those mind readers I've been hearing
about?'
And the visitor wouldn't be pacified or
admit that he was sane and sober until
it was explained to him that De Graw
used to be a crack telegraph operator
and even now likes to finger the keys. All
the branches of his Office are fitted up
with telegraph desk sets that are very
small and practically noiseless. AS will
be observed from this incident, they
serve a very useful purpose on occa-
sion.
Evening star., 1909-05-22

side grinnin& chaps who are putting the
most murderous pipes and it's all right.
The women appear to be contented. and
the men don't mind it so long as that 8
the case, and there you be. There may
be scores of vacant seats In the cars
where smoking is not permitted, but the
women don't care anything about that.
They're apparently women who are used
to men people and their ways. smokiness
and all. and who is going to tell them
that they don't know their own business?
You see the same thing In another form
In Washington all during the season
when the open cars are on the streets.
The last three seats for smokers" are
swooped upon by the women folks in
complete disregard Of the number Of nice.
large, roomy seats there may remain un-
occupied up forward In the other seats.
'Tis the same in all cities. And II that
fact doesn't sufficiently indicate that the
women simply cannot be kept from con-
tiguity and juxtaposition to the men. no
matter how many rules and regulations
are formulated for their guidance. what
does 1t indicate?
Evening star., 1909-05-22

Little old Washington resumed Mr..
Jobson. me for that Me for the Job
son bath tub filled high with Potomac
aqua. Me for home berries. cantaloupes.
and such like. Me to mooch around In my
pajamas on the sizzling days and nights
If want to. Me to have two or three
floors to proWl around in. seeking coolth.
instead of being cooped UP in punk hotel
room that smells OF mating and things
Me. in brief. for the stay-at-home thing
That's the number I'm going to play all
Evening star., 1909-05-22
fpecisl Correspondence Of The star.

NEW YORK. May %. 1869.
Evening star., 1909-05-22

Mrs. Jobson pretended to be busy with
her nail scissors on a hangnail.
Nowhere whatever this summer" re-
peated Mr.. Jobson In his now-I'll-clinch-
this-thing tone. mot anywhere. To no
place at all. We-if again you mean to
include me in these dreamy plans Of
yours-are going to remain In Washing
ton this summer
The hangnail was hard to get at, or
seemed to be. and SO Mrs. Jobson said
nothing.
"Of course" went on Mr.. Jobson, 1--WE
got your walls over this announcement
all discounted. Consequently, I've de-
cided that you can go anywhere you want
to go this summer. You can go to Spitz-
bergen II you want to. Or to Upernavik
Or to Tobolsk in Siberia Or to Dawson
City. Or to the Norwegian fiords. what
ever they are. Therell be no detaining
hawsers whatever on you. But for me
little old Washington. That's ALL"
Mrs Jobson was willing to let 1t be ALL
But 1t appeared moment later that it
wasn't all at ALL,
Evening star., 1909-05-22

f I had the time
and nothing else to
do with 1t I would
certainly write a
monograph on the
general subject OF
loud talking in
p u b ic places.
There are some ex.
cusable faults and
some inexcuSable
ones. and loud
talking in public
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02

Whitla. was seen at her home in Nor.
folk, Ohio, yesterday. When she was
given 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 boy was
held in Cleveland. It is the Granger,
a downtown apartment house of the
better order.
Fear for Safety Of kidnappers.
Pittsburg March 26.-Fearing for
the safety of their prisoners if they
were taken to Sharon or the county
set at Mercer, officers last night
brought James H. 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 officers.
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.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
important Events at Home and 90
Foxeign Shores Briefly
Told.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


The president sent to the senats
the nomination of Edward E. Wager
to be United States attorney for the
district of South Dakota.
The monthly statement of the col
lections Of internal revenue shows
that during February the total re-
ceipts were $17,605,165, decrease as
compared with February, 1908, of 81
l19,9O1.
After conference with the presi-
dent, Secretary Dickinson announced
that it had been decided to advertise
and sell to the highest bidder the
material acquired from the French
company in connection with the Pan
anna canal property and no longer
useful in the work.
Ormsby McHarg Of North Dakota,
who is slated to be assistant secretary
of commerce and labor, will enter
upon his duties in few days. Mr..
McHarg is the personal selection OF
Secretary Nagel, who was brought in
contact with Mr.. McHarg during the
last campaign. During Secretary Ma
gels absence in the field Mr.. McHarg
will be in charge of the department.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02
CRIMES.

A fine of $500 and five years in tho
county jail was given William H.
knight of Nation. ILL.,, for bootleg.
ging.
John A. Mulady, aged twenty-three,
an employe Of livery at Dubuque,
committed suicide in fit of despond.
ency by taking strychnine. He was
married recently.
Francis Palmieri. president of the
Cooperative Securities company of
New York, who was convicted OF
using the mails to defraud investors.
was sentenced to three months in
the penitentiary and to pay fine Of
$3.50.
II. W. H. .Hemphill Of Montgomery,
na,eonvicted and sentenced to three
..yeass the penitentiary in connec.
ton with the death of Miss Elizabeth
Gleason, school teacher, who was
sent to him for consultation by the
Rev. Clyde H. Cow. has been granted
j new tsiaI On . Technically.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02
REVIVAL DRAWS 5000.
Gypsy Smith Begins tlis campaion*ln
st. PAUL

Gypsy Smith Begins HE campaisn~ln
st. Paul.
st. Paul, March 3o.-Six thousand
people helped Gypsy Smith start his
big revival series in st. Paul at the
Auditorium, and they satisfied Mr..
Smith immensely. He said so several
times while occupying the stage, and
repeated it afterward IN private con-
versat!on.
While the evangelist did not at
temp: any Of the talks that haze
made him famous revivalist, he APP
peared to find 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 was tremendous one for the
first meeting and much larger than
he had anticipated.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02
FROM OTHER SHORES.

A Rome paper said that the gov
eminent has offered reward of ST.
coo for the apprehension of the MUIR
derers of Joseph Petrosino
Thieves at a suburban station near
Moscow day or two ago robbed the
trunk of Princess Shakoffski of 1885,
600 rubles in cash and valuable pa
pers.
DR.. Marriott Hutchins, president Of
the board of education of Lake coun-
ty, Michigan, was robbed in London
of $1,000 and diamond ring by
means of confidence trick
The woman suffragists who were
sent to prison in London on account
of the demonstrations in parliament
Feb. 25 were given an enthusiastic re-.
ception on release from Holloway Jail
recently.
At mass meeting in Paris of 5000
Of the striking government telegraph
and postofice employees it was voted
by an overwhelming majority to re.
sumo work. Only about 200 of the
ucu VOIcu " COuLluue Lu0 SlTlk0.
Torrential rains and gales have
added to the famine horror in Andalu.
STA, Spain, and relief work is prao-
tically suspended. Starving peasants
are stealing food and are breaking in.
to bakeries and provision stores.
The imperial yacht Hohenzollern
tn {13~ To-
Norderny, in the North sea, with the
Norwegian steamer Por, which sank
Immediately. The crew Of the POI
were rescued. The emperor was not
on board.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02
arrived here soon after noon yester-

arrived here soon after noon yester-
day. A big parade was led by the
Bull Independent Rifles, 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 position on the
front porch of the Whitla home and
played several selections. In front
room were the Whitla family and De.
tective Ward.
Whit'a Thanks Everybody.
When calls were 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 thanks to all
the 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. 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.
onstration was ended.
kidnappers Identified.
Cleveland, March 26.-Wirlie Whit.
ia yesterday identified the man and
woman held On suspicion by the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02

twas the unanimous opinion Of the
,omcers 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 %. -. 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, It 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 few days.
Boyle feared violence on his arrival
in Mercer, and on the journey from
Pittsburg asked Sheriff Chess II he
thought the crowd would harm him.
The prisoner looked greatly relieved
when he saw only 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 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 Boyle to this place caused
small crowds to gather at all stations
en- route from Pittsburg. Over 200
people flocked 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 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:
81 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:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02

Cleveland police .as the persons who
Kidnapped him from the school at
Sharon. Pa. last Thursday and held
him for the $4,000 rsnsom, which
was paid by his father. Attorney
James p. Whitla. Monday.
Willie said the man, who gave the
name Of James H. 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
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 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 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 janitor of the Sharon school,
which Willie attended, left for Sha-
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 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.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Robert A. Taft, son of President
Taft, has been elected treasurer Of
the Yale Y. NJ. c. A.
Felix Ehrman, American vice con-
sui general and acting consul general
at Panama, died suddenly at Panama
He was native of New Orleans.
President Taft has accepted an in
vitation to attend the Mecklenburg
celebration at Charlotte, N. c., May
20.
John B. Chisholm, stage carpenter
in Ford's theater in Washington when
Lincoln was assassinated, died at La
Sale, ILL.,, aged seventy-four years.
The will Of the late Gen. William
Palmer was probated at Colorado
Springs. The estate, which amounts
to $5,O00,00o. is given to Gen. Pal
mer's three daughters.
John Hassett, we'll known car
riage manufacturer and the president
of the Carriage Builders National as
ISOLATION, died at his home in Ames-
bury, Mass, aged forty-four years.
Dustin Farnum, the actor, was mar
RED in Chicago to Miss Mary Bessie
Conwell, leading woman in his COM
pany. The ceremony was performed
by M. NJ. Mangasarir, lecturer of the
Ethical Culture society.
Henry Bausher, sixty-six years old,
president of the H. Bausher company,
commission merchants, died at his
home in Chicago. At one time he was
the head of one Of the largest packing
and refining companies in Chicago.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02
COUNTY rRsAsuRER is GONE.

st. Paul, March 26.-Peter w. Ehr
resigned treasurer Of Carlton county,
is missing and shortage Of $3,S52.95
in the county's treasury was reported
10 Gov. Johnson yesterday by Public
Examiner Anton Schafer.
Last July 1t is said discrepancy
Of $4,000 was found in Ehr's accounts.
but this was made good, 1t is claim.
ed. by his bondsmen, and he was re-
elected to the ONCE.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02
Ex.sHERIFF IN FATAL ROW.

Iowa Bartender Charged With MUIR
derous Assault.
Fort Madison, Iowa, March 30. -
Charles A. Steen, a 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-sheriff Of the county, died at the
hospital here yesterday from injuries
received in the melee.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-02

Robs Street Car Conductor.
Milwaukee. March 30. - A masked
highwayman held up and robbed Con-
ductor John Allen last night Both
motorman and conductor were inside
the car at tho time. .9