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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1909)
L _ . _ _ . _ 7 : ' " II I I . , r r 11III - - - :1 : The Yalentine ' ' Democra 1 ' aE ! : . , : VALENTINE , ' ' EI3 . ! . ; * . 5L RICE , - - - - Publish 4 ( FOUR ( FALL TO BEAT f ' . . . ? ' I * ; li\ \ 1 ! 'GAS BAG OF DIRIGIBLE BALLOOI : ; BURSTS IN MIDAIR. r q I . , , l 1 ' lI i ' I ) , ' 1 Car Drops Straight to the Earth and Buries Its Occupants Beneath , the Wreckage-Calamity is Considerc National in Scope. I I fI f Moulins : , France : While passin bver the national road which lead . . from Paris to Antibes , and when at a . ' height of between 500 and GOO fee , the French dirigible military balloo : Republique exploded Sunday mornin and fell to the ground. The fou men on board were killed. It was the intention of Capt. Mai chal , who was in charge of the airshii , to stop at Nevers , and an automobil containing mechanics was followin ; the balloon. It was almost directl ' beneath it when the disaster occurred The car fell straight down , carryin "the ; fluttering remnants of the enve lope , and the occupants were buriei beneath the wreckage. All were dea except . Lieut. Phaure , but he lived only a : few minutes after being removed. i Lieut. Tixier , who was in commam of the automobile , says that the bal , loon suddenly burst and collapsed. ] It , 1 ! . seemed to oscillate violently a me : ment prior to this , as though it hai been struck , and it fell with the rapid Ity of a stone. An examination of the airship dis : I closed the cause of the accident. Th , axle of the right propeller had brol I : en and the propeller - had passei I I I through the envelope , falling in 3 i field about 150 yards away. I 1 SPOTS ON THE SUN. I , i Supposed They Have Some Connec tion with Auroral Display. : Washington , D. C. : Examination of A photographic negative of the SUE , taken by astronomers of the Unitei States naval observatory : here , dis closed the fact that there was one large spot on the "going off" or wes ! isitle of the sun , with a number or ( ; smaller spots south of the large one , I , 'In its present position it is estimate 'that the large spot will disappear fron , r ; the : sun in about four days , and the ; 'small spots probably sooner. . ' : , The observatory astronomers say It , I is | supposed that the sun spots hav < i ; ; some. connection with the aurora bore , : alis display , but it has not been deter -mined to what extent. . INSPECT A BOILING LAKE. ' Three Adventurers Descend Into the < I' : Crater of Mt. Kilauea. Honolulu : L. M. : Hale , J. Reynold : : and Ernest Moses , a photographer , de scended into the mouth of the crate : -of Mt. Kilauea , remaining a half hou : on the edge of the boiling lake of lav ; and fire. This is the first time thi : feat has been accomplished. Member : of the party ventured almost to tin rim of the seething lake and attempt . ed to take photographs. The hea was intense and at times the adven turers walked over a partially molte ( area. After completing , their observa tions they returned safely to the rin of the crater. , I HONOLULU METEOR SHOWER. Forty of Fiery Visitors Were Seen to ( Fall Into the Sea. Honolulu : A phenomenal rain of meteors filling the skies over this city ; Sunday night caused much excitemen and alarm. The fall began at 10 : 55 ; o'clock. Although most of the heav cnly visitants fell into the sea , it is : believed ; that some of them struck lane : on this island , and an investigatioi will be made. Observers counted more . than forty meteors that fell into th < ' : sea. .MRS. CLEVELAND TO EUROPE. Ex-President's Widow Will Take a Year's Trip Abroad. New York : Mrs. : Grover Cleveland , widow the ex-president sailed on the steamship Berlin for Genoa. She is accompanied : by her entire family anc plans to spend a few weeks in Italy I and then go to Lausanne , Switzerland , c where she has already made arrange ments for her children to enter school Mrs. Cleveland plans to remain abroad for at least a year Died of Starvation. Cincinnati. 0. : When the body of Christopher Kuhn , aged 68. a cabinet E .maker : , was discovered in his squalid I } iToom , investigation show-ed that the : pman had b'een dead since Septembei 1 ; . 6. Secreted in the room were many ii thousands ; of dollars' worth of securi- I t 'ties and deeds to property. Thirty Years for Murder. Flora , 111. : R. M. Adduddell , former 1 1 .mayor of Flora , was sentenced to thir i dly years' imprisonment after a jury 1 < bad found him guilty of murder. Ad. ! Jduddell . killed City Marshal Zach T ' I i .Shipley last January. \ i Sioux City Live Stock Market. 'Sioux City : Saturday's quotations I on. the Sioux City live stock market fol low : Top Beeves , $7.75. Top hogs , ' ' I . : . " . $ 8.15. \ . . . . -.r ' , . H , . / , < I . " ' ! . ] , w , , t T\ SHONTS SUED. , 1 An Aggrieved New York Husban ! Wants $200,000 Damages. New York : Theodore P. Shonts , for- mer chairman of the isthmian canal commission and now president of the Interborough-Metropolitan compan of this city , has been sued for $200,00 damages , according to reports , by Frederick F. Hipsch , of New Yorl , manager for a Kentucky distillery. Mi . Shonts is charged with having aliei : ated Mrs. Hipsch's affections. Throug Delancy Nicholl , his attorney , Mr. : Shonts declares that the suit is pr < . posterous , and is due to a strange cas of mistaken identity. GIVEN UP FOR LOST. Fate of Explorer Caldwell Still Re. Mains a Mystery. Winnipeg , Man. : George Caldwel ] , an official of the Canadian marin department , who started three year ago to make a trip from Chesterfiel ] inlet to the arctic circle , has been gn - en up for lost. It was expected that Caldwell , wh was accompanied by two Eskimo ! , would reach Cape Fullerton last ax - tumn , but advices received at the mounted police department state tha he did not arrive at the post and nothing has since been heard fror him. him.Chesterfield Chesterfield is at the northwest end of Hudson bay. DIES AT THE THROTTLE. Veteran Engineer Succumbs to Hear Disease on His Run. Beaver City , Neb. : . Dead at the throttle of his engine , and the trai : running itself , was the situation pn sented on the passenger train of the St. Francis branch of the Chicago , Burlington and Quincy railroad , nea Herndon , Kan. : , Saturday night. Th dead engineer was George Pronger , a ; veteran in the service of the companj , who had succumbed to heart diseasi while at his post. His rigid positioi : drew the attention of the fireman , A. Koler , who ran the train to SI . % Francis. MAY BRING SUIT. Dr. Cook Said to Have Grievance Against Peary. New York : Dr. Frederick A. Coo ] ; { contemplates the bringing of a sui against Commander.Peary to recove I damages for slander and defamatior , according to friends of the Brooklyn explorer. Dr. Cook himself had nothing to say ; regarding the proposed suit , but his , secretary , Walter Lonsdale , admittei : that the matter. was seriously enter tained by both Dr. Cook and by Join R. Bradley , Cook's backer. APPLES A DRUG ON MARKET. Doesn't Pay to Pick Them for 25 Cent a Bushel. Omaha , Neb. : Although not listei as one of the apple raising states , ap pies , those of Nebraska grown variety , are a drug on the market. This is par ticularly true throughout the easten portion of the state. Farmers of Douglas and half a dozer of the other Missouri river countie : ! have marketed thousands of bushel : of apples , but there are thousands of I bushels more that they will be unable < i to sell , simply because they canno I , get enough for them to cover the cos of picking and marketing. Medals Are Given Heroes. Washington , D. C. : For heroic res cues in various parts of the country ; gold and silver life saving medals hav < been awarded by the treasury depart ment to Frederick W. McNeeley , a navy yeoman ; Hugh F. Doherty , Brooklyn , N. Y. ; Robert Mellon : am Fitz Wiltshire , Panama canal zone employes ; Michael Mallai , chief boat I swain's mate in the navy ; M. M. Ur I sina , second lieutenant of engineers in i the revenue cutter service , and Capt , E. J. Dodge , Harold Dodge , Wilbur L . I Dodge and Peter Peterson , the foui : last named for rescues at Mackinac , Ii Mich. Aids Stranded Americans. Washington , D. C. : Stranded at Nome , Alaska , 100 American citizens , will be brought back to Seattle , Wash. , on a revenue cutter. Telegraphic or ders went forward from Assistant Sec retary of the Treasury Hill directing the deputy col\3ctor of customs al Seward , Alaska , to have a revenue cutter proceed at once from Sewarc to Nome. Drys in Celebration Chicago : The celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the prohibition I party was held here Friday with prom I inent leaders from all sections of the country in a : : ldance. More than 1,000 delegates were present. "Forty Years of Victory , " was the theme of the speakers. Former Governor Expires. New York : Charles J. Bell , former governor of Vermont , died suddenly of heart failure on a train in New York about to leave for Boston. Kiev : There has been no massa- cree of Jews in Kiev. There have , however , been some slight disorders , which apparently have been the foun- dation for the sensational reports sent abroad. Cleveland , 0. : Robert Joyce , aged 11 ; /George Potter , aged 12 , were kill- ed by a Lake Shore fast mail train at the Detroit street overhead bridge here. The boys were walkingon the track. . . . : ' . . ( < " 'J I , h - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ J _ f GOTHAM IN GAY GARB. . . Historic Water Pageant Eclipsed All , Else. , New York : The stage was set for the great historical pageant on land and water which opened Septemb 25 and will continue for two weel ] along the length of the stream that 1 Hudson discovered and Fulton first navigated bly steam. All day Frida the preparations ashore and afloi 1 went on behind a curtain of drivin rain and mist. Wilbur Wright was busy on Gov. ernor's Island preparing for his aerial ; flights. The great elevated battery of < forty searchlights of 500,000 caDdte ] power each , which at night will play up and down the Hudson and thro colored patterns on a screen of smoke and steam , is in place and needs but the touch of a button to blaze into blinding brightness. The street , shops , -the hotels , theaters and trans facilities of the city were filled to I overflowing with the greatest crowc -more than a million , it is estimate -that have ever been attracted to t New York. All the public building , the bridges , the monumental offic buildings and the greater number of private establishments are gay with the blue and orange of Hudson-Fulto bunting and flags , and rimmed witb incandescent lights. OFFICIALS IN A CLASH. Trou ; le in Georgia Over Internal Re' . enue Tax Collections. Atlanta , Ga. : The clash between the state and the federal authorities grov ing out of the collection of the inte : nal revenue taxes in Dade count came to a climax in the arrest of H. A. Bucker , collector of internal revenu at Atlanta. Rucker was served wit a warrant of arrest for contempt of the superior court of Georgia , but was later liberated on a bond of $1,000. At the same time he was ordered to t produce Rucker ! the sheriff was give another writ ordering him to produc Charles E. Slegall , government ston keeper and gauger , who had refuse to answer questions in court on the ad. . vice of Collector Rucker. Under the internal revenue laws of the United States , " it is claimed by the federal officers , any official giving in. formation required by the state judg is liable to forfeiture of position , a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for ont year. MARS AND ITS MOONS. Planet is Now the Target : : of World' ' Big Telescopes. Washington , D. C.lars : and its moons were the target of the big tel ( . scopes in many parts of the worl September 14 and with the planet only 35,000,000 miles from the room of the United States naval observatory , as astronomical observers figured it , the instruments of the institution were . . in i : use practically all night. Friday' dis. ; tance between the earth and Mar meant a clipping of 15,000,000 miles on : the average intervening space , and Prof. Tsaph Hall , Jr. , son of the as . tronomer who discovered the satellite of Mars , began training the naval ot . servatory's great glass on the big ligh in the sky early in the evening. Mar at this time is fairly high in the hori. : zon and under ordinarily fair condi tions in this latitude excellent ot , servations should be recorded of th surface markings and polar caps. HUSBAND NO. 6. Kansas City Man Awakes from a "Dream. " Kansas City , lIo.Vhen he founi four marriage certificates in his wife' trunk Frederick Chapman , of , this city , who believed he had married an unsc phisticated country girl , investigate ! further and discovered what he con sidered evidence that Mrs. Chapmai had not been divorced from her las ] nusband. Her first husband is said to hav < been Frank Ritter , whom she met in Paola , Kan. , ten years ago. Anothe : was James Chaney , of Butler , Mo . , and Martin : Wheeler , of Jasper county , Mo. , was the third. Her two othe : husbands were Kansas City men. STREET CAR ACCIDENT. Fifty Persons Are Injured , One Fa tally , at Seattle. Seattle , Wash. : Fifty persons wen injured , one fatally , in a street car ac cident near the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifi < exposition grounds. Frank Hull , of : Tacoma , aged 46 , died of his injuries A car of 80 passengers got beyonc control of the motorman and attainec a speed of thirty miles an hour. It left the track and crashed into a one ctorv ' building hurling the passengers : forward with great force. Amen ? the injured are Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Scofield , Df Council Fluffs , la. . IVIrckczy ; ; Denies Rurr.or. Ke'\ York Clarence Mackay. when isked about the truth of the report which appeared in the press through 3ut the country a few weeks ago to the effect that the Postal company had ibsorbed t.heVestern Union , denied he : rumor. A Delayed Verdict. New York : Elsie Sigel. the young missionary to the Chinese of this city , iVas strangled to death by Leon Ling , , xccording to the verdict of the coro- rer's jury rendered September 25. Powder Mill Blows Up. Peoria , 111. : The Buckeye Powder nill , located at Edwards station , 12 miles west of here , was blown up. One man was killed and several : : severely rijured. . 1 ' . ) - " . " . , i- t , * - . tI : ltI 11I Tl r ? $ lTI , V ! ? . ZI TT ' , - l T ? .r. I > afl T ? T ir T ? ' * 1U S'Q * dI : --.1 , * * NEBRASKA ! ! . STATE NEWS * .ri " e : * 4i' f : _ . . - News of the Week = ; t ; . . , i. Form ; , in Concise * , i" ' . /i' , ' . * * /j * * * - - - i CidCidC - - - * - * Ii * - * * * ids * ids * * * * * - - * * * . OMAHA'S STRIKE. - - ] ; ' . ' and Sympa ' Street Railway. Employes ) , tiiizcrs Cause Excitement. Considerable cxcitement'was cause Thursday afternoon by a clash betwee the police and a crowd of strike sym pathizers on Sixteenth street near the postoffice in Omaha. Albert Ander son , a brewery teamster , had blockad ed the street car track with his loat , stopping two or three cars , when Po - lice Captain Mostyn appeared and or - dered him to move on. The man fail cd to obey the command with suffi cient promptitude and was mailed " oft his wagon. The crowd , which had been rapidly gathering , showed a die - position to take the prisoner's part : and became threatening when the ol ; - ficers drew his revolver and cleared' ' the way to the patrol box. Quiet was restored after a half doz en more arrests were made and a number of heads had been cracked by the p'olicemen's clubs. D. M. Saylerr , . a man said to be 68 years old , em ployed in a book store , received a se - vere scalp wound during the affair. CHILDREN START FIRE. : - - Two Barns and Contents at Ionia To tally Destroyed. J. M. Bartoff , of Ionia , had the mis fortune to lose considerable propert ; by fire. The fire was the result of chilclreh ' playing with matches in the < barn. He suffered the loss of tw barns , one horse , some harness , 20' ' bushels oats , 150 bushels corn , som : farming tools and other articles. Botl barns were filled with hay. Neighbors seeing the fire hastene < to lend a helping hand and by thei heroic efforts succeeded in savinj the house. Mr. : Bartoff was in Pone : at the time and knew nothing of thi fire until he reached home. It wa a total loss , as he carried no insur ance. FLEES WITH SOUL MATE. Young Nebraska , Fanner Leaves Ilis : Wife Without Money. Orville Avenall , a well known youn ; farmer who resides near Aten , ha : stirred up.a sensation in that neighbor hood by eloping with a soul mate In , the person of a Mrs. Mask , of Crof ton. Mrs. Avenall is the daughter of E A. Sage , of Knox county , one of thi best known men in the county. Shi married Avenall eight years ago , and Is : left with two children , almost with out means , as her husband has spen his revenue from the farm on his sou mate , and , it is said , he realized all he could before his departure on mort gages. Elopement Ends in Arrest. A warrant : was issued at Fremon for Earl Fairbanks on the charge o ! enticing away and concealing Leth ; ; Ross , a 16-year-old daughter of Davk R. Ross , of Sscribner. ; : Last weel ] young Fairbanks and the Ross gir eloped from her father's home at Scribner and were located at Stanton , where the former was arrested and the < girl detained , to await her parents. A " 'Bul'banloYnInut : Tree. Two years ago President Crabtree secured a "Burbank" walnut plant anc had it set out on the normal ground ; at Peru. At the same time he hac some other walnuts set out on his ; grounds adjoining the normal. Thesi last are now two feet high , while th < Burbank tree is at least ten feet high , and has made a growth of five feet thi ; summer. . Hayes Leaves Political Place. At a meeting the republican coun- ty central committee , Dr. H. E. Glat- felter , of Central City , was elected county chairman to succeed Joe A Hays , who handed in his resignation Mr. Hays has been appointed federal census supervisor for the Third con- gressional district. Horse Thief Confesses. Charles Miller confessed that he and a partner of his , both of whom had once worked on the Reeves place west of Central City , where the horses were stolen had made away with other horses wliic'.i ' have bet : i stolen in the neighborhood during : the ast ! month. Child MiJiJ-U-il : by Cars. The little 3-year-old son of ; ! r. anc Mrs. Hodgins , residing at Grand Isl- and , wandered out on the track and was run over. One foot was so badly mangled that it had to be amputated immediately ; one arm is crushed. Hog Cholera Breaks : Out. Hog cholera has broken out in the vicinity of Dunbar and 160 head ol hogs were inocculated with serum and more will be as soon as the serum can be obtained. This ) is the first time that cholera has broken : out among the swine in that county for several years. New Bank for David City. ; The Butler County State bank , a new institution , opened at David City. The capital stock is $35,000 I . ' # 0 CLOUDBURST IX FURXAS COUNT : Foresight of Conductor Saves Burling a ton Train from " 'reck. A veritable water spout fell in the \ i southwestern part of Furnas count . ' and at Stamford , in Harlan countj : , ' last Saturday night. The rainfall was at least eight irches , coming in a lim ited time. Stamford was floQdec Store buildings were flooded to a : depth of a foot and cellars filled. On . the Burlington railroad there was. three washouts between Stamford an : Orleans. An eastbound passenger tral i escaped a wreck by the thoughtful ness of Conductor Enright , who walk ed ahead of the engine for three miles , , i where he found a blind washout. It I \ was forty feet a'cross and twenty fee ' deep. The storm was accompaniei by a heavy fall of hail. Chickens , rabbits and small pigs were killed by ; ; the hundreds. The bridge at th ' Stamford mills is washed away. Th < water was three feet deep in the prin cipal streets of . Stamford. It was the worst storm of its kind ever knowi in the Beaver valley. 03IAIIA STRIKE CO TIXUES. Meeting of Principals Held , but X , , Progress Made. Although many more cars were rui : on all lines of the Omaha and Counci . Bluffs street railway Tuesday than 01 , any previous day since the strike be gan , not an instance has been report ed of any cars or the imported crew : being interfered with. The cars havi not been very well patr6nized , eithe : because the public sympathizes witl ] the strikers or fears that violence ma : : develop. At .the request of Mayor Dahlman , Presiden V7attles and representative of the street car men's union met wit ] the members of the city council to en deavor to find a means of adjustins the difficulties , but no progress wa made. The representatives of the men ask ed for arbitration , ' but President "Wat ties declared that the company hac nothing to arbitrate. The street car company is insurec I against any damage it may suffe : during the strike. President "Wattle says the general indemnity insuranc policies carried by the company wil protect it in case of loss of property : as a result of the strike. WILL ASK CARXEGIE FOR SUM. I Omaha Wants $250,000 from Stcc i "Magnate for Xcw Building. Andrew Carnegie will be asked to give $250,000 for a new public libra ry building in Omaha and then thi I present public library building will be I used for a free museum. This program was outlined by Pres ident Haller. of the library board , tc die : , city council and that body is agree I able. Instructions were given the le - I gal department to prepare an ordi I nance to be introduced , declaring it expedient and necessary to vote bonds ; ! in the sum of $75,000 to buy a site foi I proposed new library building. I I . I Methodist Conference. I The most important feature of th ! business session of the Methodist : con ference at Lincoln Tuesday was the il passing of a resolution to back up the work of the anti-saloon league in it : 'I ' temperance campaign. It is known that the league is to wage a vigor- ous campangn in the coming elections and will exert every influence to place 'in the various offices men who are known to stand upon the temperance platform. I Coal Mine at Peru. I The company in charge of the ne" coal mine at Peru is now selling coal I in large quantities at the mine. This I mine has been leased to an experienced I coal miner , and the work is being I pushed. A new tunnel has been open- ed to the west of the old one , making it possible ! to take out the coal rap- I idly. . 1I 1 Recount is Denied. Judge Hosteller dismissed the actior. brought by Ira Wolive against the Lexington school board , the demurrer I of the defendant being sustained. The I action was brought to compel a re- I count of the votes : in the recent school ' I board election . . which carried by a ; niall majority. I I I ' \ . . , . . . . . . . ' . . . . . , . . . . Cut of JoT > . I Actl ; Mis-KousT ! ' i A paper is being circulated bj I friends ' cf "W. W. icctt , who for about ' ' been working as a I f'l'teen : year hss ! Sunday school missionary in the west- I' ' ern part of the state , the object being to : provide sufficient income for the " old gentleman to live comfortably for tho : next year. I Albion Man Disappears. I J. C. BotsTord , a resident of Albion ! Cor the past fifteen years , mysterious- ly disappeared and no trace of him has been found. He with his family i ran a dining hall at the fair , where he I is supposed to have taken . in not less i than $400. - - - Adjutant General Harrigan left for Los Angeles , where he goes to attend i meeting of the National Guard of the ! i , nation. . . " ' . . . . . ' , . . ' . ; . " - _ , \ , - - - - - - - - JOHNSON IS MOURNED ' BY STATE AND NATION / , Death Takes Governor of Minnesota After Determined Fight for 1 Life After Operation. WAS PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT . Lieutenant Governor Eberhart , Be- publican , Succeeds Him in Office at Once. . Governor John A. Johnson , three I Limes elected Governor of Minnesota ; , died at St. Mary's Hospital , Rochester , Minn. , Tuesday. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1908 and was looked upon ; by many. as the probable Democratic nominee in 1912. Death came at 3:25 . . -r. - . determined fight for life ; a. m. after a following an operation performed the previous Wednesday. Lieut. Gov. Adolph Eberhardt , who is only 38 years old , succeeds to Gov. Johnson's , place. Eberhardt is a Republican. So frequently did Gov. Johnson's condition change , aternately for better and then for worse , that his physi cians were able to say at no time after the operation was performed that the Governor had more than an even chance for his life. At his bedside when the end came were Mrs. Johnson , Miss Margaret Sullivan , her friend ; Drs. W. J. and Charles H. Mayo , C. F. McNavin , Frank A. Day , the Governor's private . 1 . . T _ N ! ' ' ft , , ; yw K , , , ZF " q K 1/ / , 1 ? ' k vat ' t . - - / # ( . < < : ' " . . . - . ' " V' < i' ; - - GOV. JOHN A. JOHNSON. secretary ; Fred B. Lynch , Democratic National Committeeman , and the . . . ' . s Misses .Tannie and Schiller , the Gov- , f ernor's nurses. Dr. W. J. Mayo stated stated/ that there were no traces of septic poi- soning and that the immediate cause of death was exhaustion and heart fail- ure. , DYNAMITE STARTS PLOT TALK. - * " " " t Explosive Fonnil Xcar Place Where Taft Will Meet Diaz. A stick of dynamite was found in Ciudad Juarez , Mexico , opposite El Paso , in a residence which is being constructed for State Tax Collector Camillo Arguelles , two blocks from the Mexican custom house , where Presi- dents Taft and Diaz will dine when they meet in El Paso , Oct. 16. Wheth er there is a plot among MexIcan rev- , olutionists or not is not known. Amer- ican officials are inclined to discredit such a theory , especially any belief that it is a plot to kill either or both of the Presidents. The police in El Paso believe some sensationalist is dis tributing the dynamite merely to wor ry them. , GIRL OF 13 HELD FOR RANSOM. Ohio Hotel Man : Seeks Child Kid- , imped When Money : In Refused. " ! The entire police force of Pittsburg has a dragnet in operation seeking James Leary , an American , who is charged with the kidnaping of Mary Cilermo , the 13-year-old daughter } of Dominic Cilermo , a rich Italian hotel proprietor of Niles , 0. The father of the girl says the child is held for ran- som. Leary was traced to Cleveland , to Lorain and Youngstown Constable H. A. Walsh arriving in Pittsburg one train behind them. Cilermo says he received a letter recently threatening that his child would be kidnaped if he did not deposit a large sum of money it a specified place. , Mystery : ; Girl's Drotrnin- ; ; . Mystery surrounds the finding of tht dead body of Kate Patten , a 22-year-old shoe factory employe in the Ohio river , at Portsmouth , O. Authorities are in vestigating. The body was afloat in an eddy near the shore , and in plain view of the girl's home. She was last seen in company with her fiance Wednesday night , but he can throw no light on- her death. Miners : ! Escape Burning Shaft. More than 400 miners narrowly \ es caped when fire destroyed the tipple of the Ellsworth No. 2 coal mine oC : , .J the Lackawanna Steel Company at " Ellsworth , near Pittsburg , . The loss will be 30000. " 5.a'r . 4 i > . - ' - I \ " . 7n _ j-r