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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-10-21

London, Oct. is. - DIR. Hawley II.
Crippen today was put on trial for his
life. charged with the murder of his
wife. Cora Belle Crippen. The jury.
n typical body OF middle class trades
men and clerks. was secured with lit
tie trouble.
Crippen pleaded not guilty and list
ened intently and with an anxious ex-
preston as Richard ID. Muir made tho
opening statement for the prosecution.
Lord Chief Justice Presides.
The trial, which is being held I'm
New Bailey. promises to be one of the
most historic In the annals of that
famous court. No less a parsonage
than Lord Chief Justice Alverstone Is
presiding.
Ethel Clara Leneve. the doctors
typist. who has been indicted as an
accessory after the fact. was not in
court. Her trial win follow In tho
event of crippen's conviction.
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Florida Cities Suffer.

St Augustine, Fla, oct. 1s.-The
entire business section of st. Angus
tine is flooded with inrushing water
todayw lille the wind and waves are
still rising. with no indication of when
their limit will be reached.
The water is pouring over the sea
wall from the highest storm line I'm
sixteen years. 1t is feared that tonight
will be still worse and that II will
sweep high over the city. So far there
has been no loss of life.
Scores of persons were driven from
their homes today by the rising tide.
Several hotels on the water front were
Hooded in their lower floors. The tide
receded slightly about noon that is due
TO rise again tonight. Two launches
were sunk In the bay, but no lives were
lost. The electric power plant was
forced to shut down.
Savannah, Ga, Oct. 1S.-At Z O'Clock
this morning the wind reached thirty
three miles an hour and was appar-
emily increasing steadily. The bar
ometer at . o'clock read 1916, having
steadily declined since yesterday.
Shipping in the harbor is preparing
for the expected blow and the local
wireless station is trying to warn ves-
sells at sea,
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News Of Montana.
WELL KNOWN PIONEER DEAD.
Samuel Ayotte, Of Butte, Was A
Early Settler.

Butte.-Samuel Ayotte, pioneer OF
Montana, who died last week, was one
OF the best known men in the state
and his death is regretted by hun
dreds of friends in all sections of Mon
tana. kilograms expressing sympathy
were received from nearly every town
by Mrs. Ayotte and many beautiful
floral designs were sent. Cancer of
the stomach, OF which the deceased
had been a sufferer for several
months, was the cause OF death.
Mr.. Ayotte was 60 years of age and
a native of st. Johns. province OF
Quebec. Canada. He came by bull.
team to Montana in 1868 and settled
In Virginia City, where he worked as
a miner. From there he removed to
Deer Lodge and later to French Gulch
In Deer Lodge county. He came to
Butte many years ago and had been
engaged in business here ever since
that time.
Mr.. Ayotte was liked for his honesty
and upright dealings and he had hun.
dreds OF friends in Butte. Surviving
him is his wife. one daughter, Mrs.
Laura TAFT. Of Basin, two brothers,
Joseph, of Butte, and Albert, OF Deer
Lodge, and two brothers and a sister
residing in the New England states.
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TWO CHARGES SUSTAINED.
Helena Police Captain Declared
Unfit.

Helena.-The police commission rem
dered n decision which sustains two
Of the charges preferred by Mayor
Edwards against Police Captain Leon
ard Bailey. AS no testimony was in.
troduced concerning the two remain
ing charges-one that the city's f.
nances do not warrant the employ
ment Of police captain, and the other
that Bailey was not duly appointed to
the force. the commission finds that
these two charges We're improved"
The commission further found that
Captain Bailey was incompetent; that
he had disobeyed the rules and regu-
lations of the police department: and
the standing orders and directions of
the chief Of police.
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Personal.

Congressman Mccall OF Massachu.
sets was renominated.
Aviator Eugene Ely abandoned his
Chicago-New York flight.
Charles q. Hughes took the oath as
q justice of the supreme court.
Colonel Roosevelt took an air ride
with Aviator Hoxsey at st. Louis.
Senator La Toilette. operated upon
for gall stones. is rapidly recovering.
Governor Eberhart calls the trag-
edy In northern Minnesota a CHASTITY
lesson.
Colonel Roosevelt took issue with
President Taft on the duty of the gov
eminent In reclamation work In
states.
The banns Of the marriage Of
Prince Victor Napoleon and Princess
Clementine Of Belgium have been
published.
Commander Robert e. Peary will
be promoted to the rank OF captain
in the corps Of naval civil engineers
on October 20.
Lambert Tree. former circuit Judge
at Chicago. died at the Waldorf
Astoria in New York of heart failure,
He was Is years old.
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ATTAINED HIGH VELOCITY
TROPICAL STORM VISITS CUBA
AND GULF COAST.
Storm 10 Of Unusual Dimensions or
Has Two centers, . Rarity in
Weather Observations,

Havana, Get. 17.-wire communion
ton with the interior is cut Off and
the situation outside the city is in
doubt The town of Batabano is said
TO De under water to a depth OF many
teet. A large number of lives have
been lost there, according to reports.
report from Regla, across the har-
Dor, sass that many persons have been
killed there.
1t is rumored that a great number
Of sailors and longshoremen have been
drowned in the harbor. II is probable
that most of the fatalities and the
greatest monetary damage has been
done in Pinar Del Rio, where the de-
struction of Thursday and Friday has
been added to greatly since last night.
ii is believed.
The sea before noon had swept the
custom house sheds for n distance of
hair a mile and was carrying off mer-
chandtse valued at hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
The gale unroofed the main customs
warehouse and the contents of the
building were dreuched. This build
Ing contained the most valuable goods
In the harbor.
The coal hoists of the Havana Coal
Co at Casa Blanca. across the harbor
and mile from Moro castle, have
been wrecked.
Louisville. KY, Oct. 17.--Advices re-
ceived by the Louisville weather bur-
eau this morning from gulf observa-
tories indicate that the hurricane
which has been blowing In the Gulf of
Mexico has either attained n record
breaking proportions or is twin"
hurricane with two centres. a rarity
In meteorological annals.
Weather observaters report high
tides at Galveston and Key West. At
Key West at 7 this morning the We
loclty OF the wind was forty-five miles
an hour from the east with wind, rain
and tide increasing.
The barometer was at the low mark
OF 2e.3 and still falling.
Havana. Oct. IA cyclone that
struck the island yesterday is increas-
ing. Its velocity is appalling. Be-
sond n doubt 1t Is more serious than
the hurricane of 1906, which cost many
iiVes and damage to the amount of
millions Of dollars.
The custom house warehouses are
flooded and the roof of the main build
Ing has been blown away. The ma
tional observatory reports that the dis
turbance is only beginning and will
last probably for twenty hours.
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MlSsoULA APPLE SHOW,
immense Throng Listens to Address
by Joseph NJ. Dixon.

Missoula.-The Western Montana
apple show was held here, with the
largest attendance yet recorded at this
event. The display of fruit, grains,
and vegetables is one of the best that
has been secured in this section Of tho
country and presents beautiful ap-
pearance.
Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon delivered
the opening address, before large
and enthusiastic audience. He dis.
cussed the possibilities OF the coun.
try, the advantages derived from ex.
hibits OF this nature, and congratu.
lated the management Of the show on
the business-like manner in which the
affair had been handled.
Practically every county in western
Montana was represented at the show
and the inside Of the large tent in
which the show Is being held presents
a beautiful aspect. The competition
for prizes is keen and many individ-
1als are competing for the honors.
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Among the available men among tho
progressiyes are former State Senator
A. b. Funk, of Spirit Lake; Attorney
General w. II. Byers, of Harlan; form
er Governor Warren Garst OF Coon
Rapids, and Congressman Hubbard and
Haugen. Among the standpatters
former Congressman Hepburn and
Lacey and Congressman Walter /.
Smith of Council Bluffs are considered.
An ability to talk-an oratorical
ability which stamped him a leader
wherever men Congregated-made
Senator ]. =. Dollivcr a central figure
and brought him from the seclusion
of Fort Dodge. where he was practic.
ing law in 1889.
Blaine Hears Of DolIiver.
Blaine heard of Dolliver when the
former was running for president back
In 1884. against Cleveland. Dolliver
was then but &c years old. Blaine
made up his mind to secure the ora
torical services of the young orator,
sent for him and he and Dolliver
stumped the east. Dolliver seemed to
be destined to become a public figure
and would have been heard from much
sooner II Blaine had been elected. But
although Cleveland won out, the young
man from Iowa had accumulated some
fame as an orator. Shortly after that
memorable campaign and after Dol.
liver had gone back to his law prac.
tice at Fort Dodge. the boys" began
to run him for congress. He did not
take this running seriously until 1890.
when he got out and carried his dis.
trict. From that time he grew in pro-
minence and his oratorical powers
carried him TO leadership.
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver was born
near Kingwood. w. Va, Feb. 6, 1858.
His ancestors were OF good old New
England stock. sailors and fishermen.
Mr. Delivers father was a circuit
riding preacher in the old dominion.
a strong Methodist and a vigorous
speaker.
Senator Dolliver was graduated from
the University of West Virginia In
1875 and was admitted to the bar in
1878. Previous to this time he had al.
ready begun TO interest himself in
politics, and. as early as 1870. when he
was but Is years of age. he made a
political speech at Clinton Furnace,
w. Va. which was thought notable.
During the Hayes-Tilden campaign he
spoke at Morgantown and various 9th.
er places and already began to be
looked upon as promising man.
Shortly afterward he removed to Iowa,
was elected to the fifty-first congress
from the tenth Iowa district and was
reelected to the fifty-second. fifty.
third. fifty-fourth. fifty-fifth and fifty.
sixth congresses He was appointed
United States senator to fill vacancy
in 1900 and was elected to the same
office in 1902. He was reelected in
1907 and was chairman of the commit
tee on education and labor.
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weliman Still Gc;nu,

Boston. Oct. 17.-Walter wellman's
airship America had not communicated
with ships so far as known up TO s
this morning since sending his last
message at 12:45 p. m. yesterday.
Following the transatlantic steam
er line, the great balloon passed
through the night and morning hours
about 800 or 400 miles from the New
England shore. moving towards Sable
Island. n. s. 1t was expected the wire
less station there would be able to
communicate with the America before
noon.
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COULDN'T CROSS
WELLMAN FORCED TO ABANDON
AIRSHIP NOT FAR FROM
COAST.
PICKED UP BY VESSEL
Steamer Trent Of the Royal Mail Pack
ct Line One Hundred Fifty Miles
OFF North Carolina Coast
Crew All Saved.

New York, n. Y. Oct. 1S.-A WIRE
less message to the New York Times
from Captain Dowd of the Royal Mai
steamer Trent says that the Tren,
picked up Wellman and the crew OF
the America at 5 o'clock this morn
ing.
The airship had been abandoned
The rescue was made in latitude 35.43
longitude 6s.1S.
The position reported by Captain
Dowd indicates that Wellman and his
crew were picked up at a point about
$50 miles due east of Cape Hatteras
on the North Carolina shore.
New York, Oct. 1S.-A wireless re-
ceivod by Sandison & Son, local agents
for the Royal Mail steamer packet line
plying between New York and Cuba
and Bermuda was signed by Com
mander Dowd of the steamer Trent
and read as follows:
AT 5 a. IN. today sighted wellman's
airship america in distress. Got sig
nails by the Morse code that she re-
quired assistance and help. After
three hours maneuverlng and fresh
winds blowing got Wel1man with en-
tire crew and the cat. They were
hauled safely on board All well
America was abandoned in latitude
35.4s north. longitude 6s.is west"
New York, n. Y. Oct 1S.-Presi-
dent Taft sent telegram from the
Ellis island to the navy department In
Washington today giving the depart
ment authority to act in the wellman
matter. The president asked that in
quiries be made as to the situation and
that whatever assistance was neces-
sary be rendered
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Washington.

Nebraska pensions granted: John
Clock. SIS; Andrew J. Miller, s15; Al
fred Nye, $50; Carrie NJ. Peters. $12;
Abram Sutherland, SIS; David Voris.
$40.
The secretary of the interior has
designated 1000 acres Of land In
Wyoming as being subject to dispo'
sition under the provision OF the en-.
larged homestead act. The land Is
In townships 48 to 81, north, range
100 to 102 west. Up to date q little
over 100000 acres of land in this
state have been designated under this
act.
when the time comes to recognize
the new Portuguese republic. expressly
or implicitly, or to refuse to recognize
It, there are ample presidents to gov
ern Americas course. This govern
ment would accord recognition by writ
ten or oral declaration. by entering
into negotiations. by dispatch or re
ception OF diplomatic agents, by ex
change OF consuls or by formation oil
conventional relations.
Special Examiner Matthews OF the
Interstate Commerce commission vii
arrive in Omaha, October 13 and holt
a hearing and take testimony In thu
following cases now pending befor,
the commission: McShane Lumber
Company VS.. Houston, FL Paso 4
Western Texas Railway Company
Sunderland Brothers vs.. Baltimore 4
Ohio Southwestern; C. Koehler Com
pany. ct al. VS.. Chicago. Burlington 4
Quincy Railway company; c. B. Hav
ems Company VS.. Chicago & North
western; Fremont Commercial Ciul
VS.. Chicago. Burlington & Quincy.
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Foreign.

A Lisbon dispatch to news agency
IN London says that Great Britain
has recognized the republic Of Portu.
gal.
The emperor and empress of Ger,
many gave q state banquet conclud.
ing the celebration of the centenary
Of the University Of Berlin.
The lords In waiting and court no.
tables who accompanied the king OF
Portugal to Gibraltar have returned
to Lisbon. the king expressing q de.
sire to be alone In exile.
King Manuel is engaged In the
preparation of q manifesto for distri'
button to the press of Europe setting
forth his side concerning the revolu'
ton. The manifesto will not be pub
lished until some time after the
kings arrival in England.
Spanish monks and nuns who have
fed from Lisbon are arriving at VI
go. Babajoz and other points on the
frontier. At Badajoz, on the order
OF bishop the nuns are succored
at the Carmelite convent. Owing to
pending legislation affecting the re.
ligious orders, the influx Of refugees
is embarrassing to the Spanish gov.
eminent
japanese and Chinese newspapers
received ut Victoria, d. c., contained
accounts Of unrest in Human. The
Siangtan correspondent Of the north
China Herald telegraphed news Of an
anti-foreign outbreak following the
spreading Of stories that missionaries
had killed some children. The mission
compounds were wrecked and looted
but the missionaries managed to es-
cane
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Fleeces are liqht.

Helena.-Unofiicial estimates from
a railroad man who has kept in close
touch with Montana wool conditions.
places the 1910 wool clip at $4,000. 900.
which is 100000 pounds less than
the 1909 clip. The average price re.
ceived by the Montana grower was
1870 as against 22c last year. The
chief reason ascribed for the decrease
is that the fleeces this year were
much lighter than those of year ago.
because of the long. hard winter.
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General.

Monks are being expelled from
Portugal by the new authorities.
Roosevelt is making q tour OF the
South. drawing large crowds every.
where.
Hundreds Of settlers were burned to
death in the forest fires near Rainey
River. Ont.
A call for aid for the fire sufferers
has been made by the Minnesota Red
Cross society.
President Taft has given his ap-
proval of plans for raising the wreck
Of the battleship Maine.
FREDERICK B. Boyd has been named
by the new Panama government as
secretary for foreign affairs.
Argument was concluded In the
government suit to dissolve the mer-
ger Of the Union and Southern Pa
cific.
Every union man at the Illinois
Central shops at Paducah. KY. walk.
ed out through sympathy to the strik.
ing carmen.
II II estimated that $47.92o,S4s will
be required to continue the construc-
ton Of the Panama canal during the
fiscal year beginning July l next.
Fourteen persons were injured,
many Of them seriously. when Chica-
80 4 Alton train No. so. from St.
Louis TO jacksonville. NJ. jumped the
track two miles south Of Jerseyville.
Split rails are supposed to have
caused the wreck.
A raid and arrest at New YORK ID
declared 20 reveal Q gigantic swindls
In customs duties.
The grand Jury at Louisville. ~
has returned thirteen indietmenta
against Aug. Ropke. former book.
kespe9 Tar the Fidelity Trust Co,
paAy. vAo . accused Of 0mbezsll1g
el.lle.0eA
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Man Kills Himself In Hills.

Missoula.-A coroner's Investigation
revealed the fact that Forestry Law
Officer w. NJ. Aiken, who was lost in
the Bitter Root hills a week ago, and
whose body was discovered last Wed.
nesday. had II caliber revolver with
four exploded chambers clasped in his
right hand. A bullet hole was dis
covered beneath the right ear. and
during the autopsy the bullet was
extracted from the left temple. It ID
believed that the desperate man fired
three shots to attract attention and
then ended his life.
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Balloons Making Good Race.

st. Louis. Oct. 1s.-one balloon, the
Million Club. which was entered in the
international race. landed near Racine,
Wis. this morning and nine others are
crossing or have crossed Lake Michi-
gan.
The balloons left here yesterday at.
ternoon in the race for the James Cor
don Bennett cup and prizes amounting
to $3.50.
Only one balloon, the Helyetia entry
and winner OF the 1908 race from Ber-
lin, had not been seen or identified
up to noon.
Shelby. Mich. Oct. 1S.-Two balloons
have been sighted after crossing Lake
Michigan. One was seen at Muskegon
and the other northeast Of this place.
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SEN. DOLL|vER
DIES SUDDENLY
SENATOR STRICKEN BY HEART
FAILURE AT FORT DODGE,
| IOWA.
HELD HIGH PLACE AS STATESMAN
Campaign is Upset.-elow Dealt In.
surgents by Death Of Ardent
Champion Of Their
Cause.

Fort Dodge, Oct. II. Jonathan
Prentice Dolliyer, senior United States
senator from Iowa, died at his home
here Saturday evening, while a physi'
clan stood over him making an exam,
! nation of his heart with a stethoscope
Death came without moments
warning, and DIR. Il. NJ. Vanivetten,
who was making the examination
when the instrument stopped. thought
the stethoscope had been broken. He
looked up into the face OF the senator
to find that, silently and with tragic
suddenness. the death messenger had
called the soul of the statesman.
Heart trouble was alone the cause
of the death. and the minor ills which
have been bothering the senator dur
ing the last three weeks had little
effect on his passing. Although Sen
ator Dolliyer had been Ill for three
weeks or more. during the last few
days he had been up and around. even
as late as 2 p. m. today.
The colleagues of the dead senator
were early to offer their coincidence,
and there were many words Of sympa.
thy from the statesmen and diplomats
of Washington.
Mrs. Dolliver, her two daughters
Margaret and Frances, and her son
George were In the room when Sen.
ator Dolliyer died. A sister, Miss Gay
Dolliver. is dean Of women at Morn.
ingside college in Sioux City. Iowa; r.
II. Dolliver, brother. is a minister In
the Methodist church. but has not been
in Fort Dodge during the illness of
the senator.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day at o'clock. The obsequies will
be In charge Of Rev. W. ii. Spence,
pastor of the First Methodist Episcop.
nj church of Fort Dodge. Bishop
Newell Dwight Hills of New York City
Frank Gunsauius of Chicago, DIR.
Newell DwightHillis of New York City
and Gov. b. F. Carroll of Iowa, were
invited to make funeral orations. II
the weather is good the services will
be held on the lawn OF the Deliver
home. II this is not feasible. the ora.
tions will be delivered in the First
Methodist church. Burial viii be in
Oakland cemetery. Fort Dodge. by
the side OF Senator Delivers parents.
Politics In Chaos.
The political situation in Iowa is in
chaos. The thought that death would
end Mr.. Delivers term had never been
entertained. II had been expected
that he would not only complete his
term. but be given another term. The
campaign had been carried on wholly
without thought of the senatorship
II Deliver had died a week ago il
would have been possible to submit
the senatorship to the voters as a
primary proposition on the day Of cleo.
ton. 1t is too late now. The governor
has the power of appointment.
Governor Carroll is a candidate for
reelection and is standing as favoring
neither faction of the republican party,
and. 4 is believed, he win not care to
appoint anyone until after election.
He may announce an appointment AZ
ter election. but it is considered more
likely that he win wait until the legis-
lature meets In about three months
and allow II to elect.
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Last Wire Snapped.

Jacksonville. Fla, Oct. 1S.-At 1870
o'clock this morning the Associated
Press wire from Jacksonville to Tam
pa, the last thread of communication
with any point In the storm swept
territory south of this place was sew
sred
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Strike Did Not Materialixe.

St Louis. Mo-, Oct. 1S.-A proposed
general strike of the mechanical
trades employed by the Missouri Pa
clflc & Iron Mountain system. which
was scheduled for tomorrow was post
poned until Thursday by James O'Con-
nell, president of the Machinists' union
at noon today. General Manager Sui
livan. by telegraph assured O'connell
that a definite settlement would be
reached Thursday.
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Miles City.-The Northern Pacific
Railway company has just completed
paying out about $4,000 to reimburse
the wool growers who had stored wool
In its warehouse. which was destroyed
by fire in July. The company paid
for the wool at rate of 20 cents per
pound.
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Rockefeller Makes Gift.

New York. Oct. 17.-It was ANNOUNCE
ed shortly after l o'clock today that
John ID. Rockefeller would this after
noon give to the Rockefeller institute
for medical research an additional sum
of $780, 900. bringing his donations to
this institution up to an aggregate Of
$4,000, 00o.
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Blow to Jaw Fatal.

kalispell.-Albert Weston, of White,
fish, is being held pending the out
come Of an autopsy on the body of J.
E. Keve, who died there as the result
Of broken jaw. which Weston ad-
ministered in a fight several weeks
ago.