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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1909)
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In compliance with nn agree ment ontorod into botweon tho kid naped boy's father and an agent of the kidnapers, the boy web plncod on u street car on tho outskirts of tho city and started to tho hotel shortly nfter 8 o'clock. Two boys, Q. W. Hani Hey and Edward Mnhoney, recognized the lad on the car, and, taking him In charge, conducted him to his father, who was iu watting according to a prearranged plan which ho had fol lowed at the dictation of tho kidnap ers. Tho boy wandered about tho ho tel lobby unannounced for severul min utes nBkinjj bellboys for his father be fore tho latter know his son was In the big foyer. The moment tho anx ious parent beard that a strange boy was In tho hotel sauntering in an aim less fashion, he rushed across tho lob by, grasped him In hts arms and titnothered his face with ktsse3. Lad is Disguised. An nttempt had been inndo to dls ruIho tho lad. Ho wore a pair of tnioked glasses and a large tan cap, which was pulled down over his ears, and tho fnthar said It would have been difficult to have recognized tho boy lu Huch a garb hnd ho passed him on tho street. Stripping off the boy's cap and' tho smoked glasses, Whltla revealed IjIh Jjoys baro head for the first time. Ho lifted tho lud high above his head so that every one might get a good view of tho now famous youngster who came near to rivaling tho "lost Charlio Hops" of kidnaped fame. As soon as ho could push his way through tho crowd, Whltla, Sr., wont to his room on tho second floor. He tarried tho boy in his arms. For sev eral minutes he was alouo in tho room with his schoolboy son. Then through the door camo these words, spoken by the father to the hoy's mother on the long distance telephone: 'Oh, mother, I have Willie here In my armsv Ho Is safe. Glory to God, mama, It is the happiest night of my life." There was a pause. Tho mother was pleading for her husband to re turn tho boy to his homo at once. 'I nm sorry, mother," Whltla said, "I enn't get a train out of here Until o'clock In tho morning. But I will come homo as soon as possible. You can trust mo with him, little mother, can't, you?" Willie Was Well Treated. ' Willie is in perfoct heajth. He says he has been well treated and ever since his capture has been constantly indoors. He belloves he was taken from Sharon to Warren and thence to Newcastle, Pa. It is his opinion, ex pressed In a happy schoolboy way, that he wob In Ashtabula on Saturday night at the time his father was to leave his $10,000 In Flat iron park. Mr. Whltla said that ho received a letter from tho kidnapers at his home in Sharon, saying that If he called at n confectionery store lu the east end of Cleveland he would be told how to Eecure his boy unharmed and "well fed." Makes Trip Alone. Shortly aftor noon ho left Sharon for Cleveland. He was unaccompanied HIb Immedlato family and the private ' detectives ho apprised of the proposed secret meeting, but insisted that he make the trip alone. Every one of them was warned that ho must be al lowed to go unheeded and no attempt nt tho capture of the kidnapers be mifde. Whltla was certain tnat If he spoiled the plans of his son's captors he would never see the-lad again, his experi ence at Ashtabula serving as a warn ing. About 2 p. m, he went to a candy store In the east end. With hlra he carried $10,000, expecting that it would be demanded of him there. He was met by a woman, who detailed to him tho terms of tho kidnapers. With nil tho eagerness of a distracted par ent, Whltla agreed to them Immediate ly. Half an hour later ho returned to the Hollenden hotel and awaited developments. Before leaving Mr. Whltla admitted he had paid $10,000 to the woman In the candy store. It was In currency nnd bills. The woman did not count the money. Mr. Whltla believes the woman was an Italian, but he refuses to d'scloso her Identity. Although Cleveland police bolleve tho agent who met Whltla in the east fcnd candy store la a party to the kid, RECOVERSS OLE BO .imping plot, Whltla refuses to agree with them He snys he thinks the woman merely acted as an Intermedi ary In order to nld In tho safe return or the boy. He asked tho police not to nrrext the woman, although he has n fair Idea of her Identity, Whltla gavo little encouragement to tho police, who wantod to start their search Immediately. He said: "Aft er the lad Is safe at homo I will talk about tho kidnapers." Curry Throws Up Job, Governor Curry telegraphed to Pres ident Tnft his resignation as governor of New Mexico. FITCH ARRIVES. IN NEW YORK Council Bluffs Man Nears End of Hts Aimless Wanderings, Edward II. Fitch of Council Bluffs, secretary of tho lown Stato Insurance company, who wns lost on tho conti nent four months ago while members of the United States consular service all over Europe vainly sought trace of him, arrived In Now York on tho Panuonla. Mr. Fitch wns plainly suffering from the after effects of the nervous uttack which sent him wandering aimlessly about from one country to another. He wont to Europe lu tha' early fall on the first vacatlou that he had taken In five years. Mr, Fitch said that ho supposed from overwork nnd nervous strain ho suffered a lapse of memory. Ho said ho had not written home because ho did not think thero would be any anx iety regarding him, and tho first he knew of the muss which his disap pearance had created was when, hav ing exhausted his, funds, ho went to Consul Crownlnshleld In Naples to ask for assistance In getting back to Amer ica. BALLOON LOST IN SIERRAS Feared That Six Men In "America" May Have Perished. Friends of tho six men who ascended from Tournament park lu Pasauena, Cal., Saturday in tho big balloon "America" have been without word of them or the slightest knowledge of tho fato that has overtaken tho In trepid aeronauts. As far as informa tion there goes, no human being ha3 caught sight of the hugo gas bag since It rose above tho park enclosure. In sight of 5,000 enthusiastic sightseers. The belief that some tragic fate has befallen the men which formed tho party has led to the formation of many relief expeditious Into various parts of the Sierra Mndre mountains, direct ly over which the strong current car rlcd the balloon, when It had reached an altitude of u few thousand feet. There aro three distinct mountain ranges before the Mojave desert Is reached, fifty miles north of Pasadona. If the balloon la able to sail over this fifty-mile stretch of mountain chain nnd como to earth on the Mojave des ert there is hope that the occupants of tho basket, after tramping many weary miles, may be able to reach shelter. If the balloon was not able to cross the Sierras and was brought down among the mountains, only a miracle can save the men from death. MRS. ATTA BANNER ACQUITTED Woman Who Kills Brother-ln-Law Found Not Guilty. Mrs. Atta Banner of South Omaha has been acquitted of the charge of murdering her brother-in-law, Fred Banner. When the verdict was read, Marjorlo King, for whose dishonor her mother killed Fred Banner, with girlish im pulse throw her nrms around her neck and implanted kiss aftor kiss upon her cheeks, and Mrs. Banner returned her daughter's affections with a few pats on her shoulder and smiles. She was not surprised at the verdict. Sev eral women and men frleuds of tho Banners gathered about the slender woman and kissed her or shook her hand. Her brother. Willis Hudspeth. was there to reassure her of his Joy In her acquittal. Her attorneys, Hen ry Murphy and Matt Goring, congratu lated her, and she, in turn, thanked them and told them how proud sho was of the defense they had made. Body of Russian Found In Trunk. Tho body of a Russlnn, Vladimir Ta rasoff by name, was found In a trunk in a boarding house In Rome. The body had been locked up In the trunk, It Is believed, for twenty-three days. A medical examination Indicated that tho man had been given a narcotic and placed In the trunk, dying of sur focntion. There is no trace of the murderers, who" are thought to have been two Russians who visited him short!" before his disappearance. Railroads Denied New Trial, . The traffic officials and railroads convicted at Salt Lake, Utah, last January In the United States district court of conspiracy in connection with the refusal to deliver coal to an Independent coal dealer were denied a new trial and will be sentenced on Monday. ROOSEVELTPARTY OFF Ship Bearing Him and His Party Due at Naples April 3. The Hamburg, Carrying Him to Eu rope, and the Admiral, on Which He Will Sail for Africa, Among the Fin. est Vessels Afloat. Out on tho "bosom of the ocean," as the writers have It, Is Theodore Roose velt with his party of Hon hunters. They are aboard the Hamburg-Ameil-can line steamer Hamburg, which cast off her lines irom her "Hobokcn pier Tuesday morning nnd to tho music ol the whistles of numerous ferryboats, tugs and other vessels sailed down New York bay with her distinguished passenger. Accompanying Mr. Roosevelt or Colonel Roosevelt, as some wlso re porters addressed him on the pier, winning thereby a smile are his son, Kermlt Roosevelt; Major Edgar A. Menrns, medical corps, U. S. A., re tired; Edmund Heller and J. Alden Lortng. The last named three men ac company Mr. Roosevelt as representa tives of the Smithsonian Institution, while tho younger Roosevelt Is official photographer of tho expedition. Crowd on the Pier. The long pier to which tho Hamburg was moored was Jammed Tuesday morning with persons gathered to sec the Roosevelt party sail. They made tho pier ring with their cheers for the voyager from the time of his arrival from New York city until tho Ham burg sailed. Ho was mightily pleabed with the reception and showed his gratification by his smiles and the fre quency with which ho lifted his hat lu response to greetings. To a request for a formal statement of his plans Mr Roosevelt returned a smiling de nial "It has all been printed over and over again," ho said, "and I havo noth ing to say." ) Anjong the most enthusiastic of the cheering crowd when tho Hamburg moved slowly away from her pier was a small boy, who had crowded to the very limit permitted by tho authorities of the steamship line. HIb last cry, "Goodby, Teddy; take care of your self!" brought a smile even to tho face of the ex-presldent, who seemed then a little tired of smiling. About seventy-flvo friends and ad mirers of Mr. Roosevelt escorted him out to sea on board the big ocean go ing tug John J. Timmtus, as guests of James S. Clarkson, surveyor of the port. An official character was given to the tug's trip by the presence on board of Captain Archibald Butt, mili tary aide to President Taft, who went along as the representative of the president. Two Fine Ships Carry Party. The Hamburg Is due at Naples on April 3.- Mr. Roosevelt and his party will remain in the Italian city two days, sailing thence on tho Admiral of tho German East African line on April 5. The Hamburg Is one of the finest vessels of the Hamburg-American line and is tho faVorlte ship of the German emperor. The Admiral Is her equal in all the comforts and conven iences needed for the hot trip through the Suez canal, down the Red sea and along the moist and sticky coast of East Africa. The Admiral Is due at Mombasa, where tho Roosevelt party will disembark, on April 22. On his arrival at Mombasa Mr. Roosevelt and Ills party will go direct to the estate of Sir Alfred Pease, a member of tho well known English Quaker family, which Is situated at Klllma Thekl, Ivapltl plains, British East African protectorate, nnd remain there for three months during the heavy rains. Will Visit American In Africa. Afterward the Roosevelt party will go to Nairobi and pay a visit to the estate of Philip MacMlllan, who Is head of an American company that has a concession of 100 square miles In the district. They will cross Lake Victoria early in December to enter Uganda when tho dry season com mences In order to do tho thirty-seven days' march to Gondokoro In fine weather. It is expected that the Roosevelt ex pedition will complete its trip through the dark continent In tho spring of next year, reaching Cairo about April 1, 1910. ! - - Suit to Dissolve Oil Trust Called. In the circuit court of the United States for the Eighth Judicial circuit at St. Louis the suit of the federal government under tho Sherman anti trust law to dissolve the Standard Oil company of New Jersey was cnlled Tuesday. The judges who are hearing tho arguments 'are Willis Van Denn ter, William C. Hook, Wnlter H. San born and Elmor B. Adams. Miners Talk on Coal Strike. Unless tho trl-district convention of uuthrncite miners which began Is Scranton, Pa., Tuesday adopts plans '" making further efforts to obtain from the coal companies a new agree ment to take the place of tho one which expires March 31 a strike of tho hard coal miners will probably result. Bowers to Succeed Hoyt. Tho president announced that he would appoint Lloyd Bowers to be so licitor general, vice Henry Hoyt, re signed. Mr, Bowers Is goneral counsel for the Northwestern railroad, with headquarters at Chicago. Fire Licks Up 28,000 Barrels of Whisky Fire starting In the main warehouse of the Searcy's distillery, at McBray nor, 111., destroyed 28,000 barrels of whisky, valued at J300.00Q. SIX INDICTED FOR GRAFT Millionaire and Banker Caught by Pittsburg Grand Jury. Six Indictments, three for conspir acy, one for perjury and two for brib ery, were returned In tho Pittsburg graft cases. Tho men Indicted are D. C. Byers, millionaire manufacturer, In dicted Jointly with Councilman John F. Klein, already twice convicted In tho graft cases, and Councilman W. W. Weber, on a charge of conspiring to secure tho passage of a street pav ing ordinance; C. F, GrlfT(n, vice pres ident of the Columbia National bank, charged with perjury In recent graft trials; Councilman Charles Stewart, charged with soliciting a bribe of $2,- GOO, and H. L Bolger, hotel proprietor, charged with being nn accomplice of Jphn F. Klein In demanding and ac cepting n bribe, for which Klein has already been convicted. Dallas C. Byers left for Europe tor his health about the time the graft Investigations began and has not returned. PARISIAN STRIKE STILL ON Radicals Succeed in Postponing Final Action for a Day. Although the French chamber of deputies, by a vote of 345 to 138, again sustained tho government's position with reference to tho strike of the postal employees In Paris, and several of the members of the strike commit tee consider the government's terms amply satisfactory, the hotheads at a big meeting succeeded in postponing linul action for a day. Not content with winning all the substantial points for which they con tended, including the elimination of Under Secretary Simyan, whose re tit ement, it is understood, Is only a question of hours, the .militant strike leaders want to force the government to n public confession of defeat by the dismissal of M. Simyan, who ts obnoxious to the state employees. Florida Beach Auto Races Begin. With the firing of the pistol start ing the Florida stock car price class race Tuesday morning the seventh an nual international automobile races on Daytona (Fla.) beach lregan. The opening race will be followed by twenty-one events, contested on four days, tho last event of tho speed carnival be ing a bicycle race on Friday. Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk. BREAD We are sure you will like our Bread for its wholesomeuess. Nutritious and made from the purest materials sci entifically put together and baked to a turn. NO HE'S makes anything to order. We please others, we will please you. 1 NOW IS THE SEASON OF COUGHS and COLDS F. J. I BRENNAN lillft kciition IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BUY ll,nnnn,nn IIUKtVtCKCJ from a Reliable House We have the BEST of everything good to eat Our Prices are Right Yours for a NV A. D. 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Will produce 40 bu. wheat per acre 11.00 2,700 acres well imp. farm lands now producing 40 bu. wheat per acre 21.00 i.gSo acres, four miles from Great in crop. Well improved, and plenty of water. ,A SNAP. Per acre Clinigan & Harrigan Real Estate and Live Stock Commissions LEWISTON, MONTANA First-class Views and Commercial Work.?. Alliance Art Studio At. E. GKEIti:, Propr. Artistic Portraits a Specialty ALLIANCE. NEAR. YOUR square deal, Boards of ail descriptions for any part of a house or barn. Dierks Lumber & Coal Co. Phone 22 D. Waters, Mgr. Short Horn ins Alliance, Neb. Falls, 350 acres in alfalfa, 200 acres $15 Enlarged Portraits In Every Style & & cf (