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The Omaha . Daily Bee THE OMAHA BEE WXAIHEB T03XCAST Fr Ksbrisk.i Pair and warmer. For intra Pair ana ce-lder. For weather report see rsgs 1 rwtlablw wnaiwi that ta attte4 ta card m4 j bom. VOK XXXVIII XO. 2S2. 0MA1IA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 190&-TEX PAGES. SINGLE COrr TWO CENTS. FIRST TEST VOTE TN THE SENATE Finance Committee Amendment to the Lead Schedule Approred 44 to 35. Count Rovizno Makes Gallant Rescue of Lady She Had Been Thrown Out of Buggy and Wat Being Dragged on Pavement. BEET GROWERS MAKE A ROAR Nebraska Senators Are Hearing from Sugar Root Farmers in North Platte Country. Presto! LIFE TERM FOR JAMESjI. BOYLE Plea of Counsel for Kidnaper of Willie Whitla Disregarded by the Court EXTREME PENALTY INFLICT EI INSIST SUGAR DUTY MUST STAY DLNGLEY RATE LS RETAINED Houie Bill Had Lowered Duty on Pif Letd Quarter of Cent. DIVISION OTJG PARTIES Eleven Repubi: ' Tinst Amend " ment, Two h VV 1 It. . TILT MARKS OPEN, BODY HrrrrMo Start Arn ltn Aldrlck by tntlo Sprex Oe Ihrrrd by Hbode Island enator. WASHINGTON. May l'J.-Thn ability of the republican majority of the senate ta uphold thn recommendation of the com mittee on finance on the lead schedule which colntalns the Dingley ralM ,n th tariff bill In the place of the lower duties fixed by tho houe of represent stives as fnlly represented today when by a vote of ST to M the senate dcc:nied to reduce by one-quarter of a cent a pound the duty on pig lead recommended by the committee on finance. In this vote eleven republi cans voted with the lemocrata and two rti'iiKUiats with (he republicans. By a viva voco vote the senate adopted the rate of cents a pound on pig lead aa recom mended by the committee. At the conclusion of the session Chair man Aldrlch staled that ho regarded the vole as an, endorsement of the actions of the committee and expressed confidence that all tho schedules of the committee would be upheld. First Test VoteO. KTA On practically a test vote In the senate an amomlment fixing the duty on pig lead at 1 tents Instead of 2V cents as fixed by the committee on finance, was lost, 88 to 44. A number of republicans voted for the mendment and Hughes and McBnery, democrats, against It. A tilt between Snnators Aldrtch and Bev eil.lga waa the opening feature in the ses sion o ftha aeuate today. hTat body had no sooner been called to order than the enator from Indiana took the floor. He spoke of the address of Senator Carter last Saturday, In which the Montana sen ator referred to the abundance of Informa tion of the present tariff bill available to senators. "I think the senate understands this peach." .said Mr. Beverldge. "but In order that the country may understand It. I wtU Mk the clerk to read aa extract from tasUmcreantoati i w-ml f- .JIf1 fAtU read . waa from a speech .by Senator Me Cumber In which complaint was made that no Information was available for senators hewing the comparative cost of articles In the tariff schedules in our country and abroad and In which It was suggested that a bureau to provide such Information should be created. Uaotes from Aldrlch Speech. Mr. Beverldge then sent to the desk an other extract from a statement by Mr. Aldrlch to bo read by the clerk,, the chair man o fine committee on finance being quoted as saying: "I have no knowledge whatever of anything that transpired upon the way! and means committee," etc. Mr. Aldrlch said his statement had related only to the hearings on "orange mineral" under consideration when lie spoke and did not refer vo tho hearing as a whole, because he had read much of the report of those hearings. "1 huve given thirty years to the con sideration of these matters," said Mr. Ald rlch, "and while I may not have the abil ity .of the senator from Indiana, yet suuh OS 1 have I have brought to this question and If the senator will give a fraction of the time to the consideration of these matters that I have given he will serve his constituency and the country better than by proclaiming to everybody the lack of Information. Mr. Heyburn having the floor, declined , ta permit any further Interruption, lie spoke at length in discussing the lead ' schedule, explaining mining methods and the systems of treating lead ore In order to demonstrate the necessity for a differ v entlal duty on pig ore and other products at lead . ore. ' V w allAnil U.-L DKS. MCHNEfl. la., May lO.-After serv As a compromise between the contention lng. thirty-one years in the penitentiary, f senators whoe have contended against tne xmnt period on record. William P. Ulna Ax f ..... ( I .1. I -a J ....... ,u, iu ,m , those who have Insisted H of i cenet pound, as proposed by the committee on finance. Senator Cuemmlna offered an amendment fixing the duty at of a cent a pound, In addition to thee duty of one and one-half cents a pomid on the lead In lead ore. Statements by Mr. Cummins regarding ths freight rates on lead ore from western states to Near York were disputed by Messrs.' Aldrtch, Borah, Sutherland and Hinooth: Mr. Snioot waa particularly em phatic In stating that the rates waa about US a ton and not six or seven dollars as claimed by Mr. Cummin. The Iowa senator declared, however, that If there waa any railroad charging a rate of $:! a ton on lead ore from Salt Lake to New York congress should turn aside for a few moments from tiie consideration of the tariff and,. deal vigtrously with any such railway. In the opinion of Mr. Borah n torni of legislation would hurt the lead and smelter trusts. It was Idle, he con tended, for anyone to say there were no tuch trusts. So thoroughly intrenched were thty, be. ssUt. that they easily could avoid the provisions of t lie bill by transferring their bases of operations. Kelson Orthodox. Ktfirrtng to the criticism which he aald had b en heaped upon certain senators Mr. Nelson said he mas tired of being lectured about the schedules of the bill and, the orthodoxy of the republican psrty. ,-Lt Us recognise the fact," lie said, "that the tsrirr bill Is Just like the rivers and har bors bills." Mr. Nelson maintained thai the present ity on wheat had not helped his state a ' article. In conclusion, Mr. Nelson said til comparisons were being made on the basts of "the poor laboring man In bis coiiip"t;tlon with the peons of Mexico and Hi other ways." He said he wished soms of the senstors who were interested In the smelting and refining trusts could be eom (Ared UU lbs M oilcan peons. Count Rudolph von Rovtgno, chauffeur for Herman B. ePter. made a daring res cue Monday evening of a woman who waa In a most dangerous position and the deal era along automobile row who saw the rescue, are preparing to ask for a here medal. A horse came dashing up Farnam street In front of t lie Fredrlckson garage and It was seen that a woman waa dragging underneath the buggy. There waa no time for thought or words, but the count, waa on the Job. Jumping from his big green dragon he ran, grabbed the horse, and soon had It stopped. The woman was ex Irlcatnd, but could not talk. After the rig had been straightened eut the woman thnnked the count and getlug Into the buggy drove away. It appeared that the horse had become frightened and by a sudden lunge had thrown the woman Into the gears, where she held but could not let loose, and was humping along on the pavement when the count stopped the horse. Wayne Firemen Do Good Work Leaking Gas in Jones' Billiard Hall Explodes When a Hatch is Struck. WAYNE. Neb.. May 10.-8peclal Tele gramsThe worst fire In the hlstnry of Wayne for many months broke out at 7:35 in the Jones Billiard hall and despite the efforts of the firemen that building was completely gutted and the Democrat print ing office was also badly damaged by fire and water, as well as having the material badly piled and Injured by removal. One plate glims window In Neister and Blue chel's Implement warehouse was also broken. The firemen had three streams of water on the fire within ten minutes after the alarm was given, but it took fully an hour to get the fire under control. The fire was caused by the gas plant In the billiard hall being In a leaky condition, with the result that the rooms were full of vapor and when a match was atruck to light them the whole thing went off like a lightning flash. Both parties carried In surance, but the loss Will be heavy and the olty narrowly escaped a very disastrous conflagration. Ocean Record is Again Broken . - Manretania Lowers Eastbonnd Time Twenty-Four Minutes in Spite of Heavy: Fog. QUKENSTOWN. May 10 The Cunard line steamer Mauretanla arrived off Daunt s Rock at 10:18 this morning, hav ing beaten Its own. previous, and all other eaatward records by 24 minutes. It would have done still better had it not been de layed by fog off Fastnet. The liner's time from Ambrose lightship to Daunt s Rock was 4 days, 13 hours and 11 minutes. It covered the entire distance, .936 knots, at an average speed of 26.70 knots an hour. The best previous average speed eastward was 25.81. From Thursday noon until Sunday noon the steamer plowed along at the rate of 26.1 knots an hour, constituting a record for three daya. In this time It made also a record for a single day's run . eastward, (Su) knots, as against ant. It made this dlstsnce between Friday noon and Saturday noon. The jdally runs were 688, 806, tll, 600 and 6S2 knots. Serves in Prison Thirty-One Years Iowan Convicted in 1878 Leaves the Penitentiary an Old Man of Serenty. oiyndon. 'convicted of murder In 187, was pardoned today by Governor Carroll. Oiyndon will leave the penitentiary today. 70 years of age. tie served In the war aa a member of the personal guard of Gen eral Sherman In hla march to the sea. H was convicted at the age of 19 In Story county, this state, of the murder of a 11-year-old girl. Cattersoa Goes to RnsTala. NEW YORK. May 10. -The prooklva Base Ball club today released Oulflelde: Tom Catteraon to Buffalo. Sleepy Hewitt Pleads His Own Case With Much Skill When members of ths Omaha Bar asso ciation in time to come write more biogra phies of themselves they must fain make room for Leon Hewitt, allies Sleepy. He qualified aa a lawyer In bis own be half In county court Monday morning, ex amining witnesses and .arguing hla case with all the finish and aplomb or an old attorney. He lost out, but that la unim portant, for he had a good time while he was at It. Hewitt was arraigned betor JuJge Leslie through Frank Brown's affidavit that Hewitt had threatened Brown's life and fMdney Smith, Brown's counsel. Introduced half a doaen witnesses who swore that Hewitt had expressed bis intention to "fix Brown." "to put a bullet in him" and to do for him In other ways Hewitt cross-examined each wttcess. Long experience of court rooms (as a ds (endant) hss taught him somatbing of the rules of evidence snd once he was right there wltb an objection on the ground of being "hearsay," In which Judgs Leslie sustained him. Hewitt has also picked up the legal trick Petitions Have Been Circulated, and Are Numerously Signed. INDUSTRY NEEDS FOSTERING Kickers Afainst Reduction in Duty Represent 15,000 Acres. TO OPEN IRRIGATION LAND OFFICE Secretary Wilson Directs One He Established Temsjorartlr at Powell for Water T?sers Major Me I.aegfclln Win ladlsjts. fFrom a Staff Correspondent.) WApmXOTON. May 10. 8peil Tele gram.! Nebraska's senators are beginning to realise that the citizens of the prairie state are thinking about other schedules In the tariff bill than lumber, hides, stc-sl, glass, lend and oil. Hundreds of petitions hsve already been received by Senator Burkett and Brown from residents In the North Platte country protesting against any reduction In sugar. These petitions Indi cate ths deaperateness of the situation from the viewpoint of the sugar beet growers, snd the signers thereof do not hesitate to say that It Is a matter of life or death to them. They say If congress will only extend its fostering care to the tieet sugar growers a few more years the United States will raise enough beets to supply the world with beet sugar. But Just now a good round duty Is needed to protect them from foreign competition. The signers of these ptittons, In letters to Senators Biirke.tt and Brown, state that there are 16,000 acres planted to sugar beets In the North Platte valley and any reduc tion In the duty on beet sugar would spell ruin to them. The petitions are coming from Grand Island. Hershey, Scott's Bluff sod other plnces In the beet sugar ares, around Grand Island. " Water from ftfcoshoae Project. The secretary of the Interior has an nounced that water will be furnished from the Shoshone project Sn Wyoming during the Irrigation season of 1S09 for the Irriga ble lands In the second unit In thnt project, the lands covering which are In townships So and Srt north, ranges M and 9 west of the sixth principal meridian. The lands are In the Lander, Wyo., land district, but as that point isa somewhat removed from the irrigation project It has been decided to temporarily have the register and receiver of the tocaf land tiffleer'eetabllsh. an offlc at Powell, on the reclamation project Homestead entries, accompanied by ap plkation for water rights and first install ment of water right charges, amounting to I4.B0 per acre, can be made commencing May 22. Operation and maintenance fees for the season of 19T0 has bei fixed at $1 per acre for Irrigable land, whether wetcr Is used or not. The area of farm units In this project are noted on a plat which will be available for lnsT-ectlon at Powell a few days prior to May 22. The government will maintain and oper ate storage and diversion works and the main canals. Necessary laterals are to be maintained by the water users. Ths amount of water to be furnished has been fixed at three acre feet per acre per annum, and no water will be furnished in any year until a portion of the charges for operation arid maintenance then due shall have been paid. Mcl.aacb.lla Wins Indiana. Major James McLaughlin, chief inspector of the Indian bureau, la In Washington, having been In South Dakota negotiating a treaty with the Sioux Indiana for the cession of the remainder of their tribal lands In the Rosebud and Pine Rtclge coun try, as proposed by bills introduced In March last by Senator Gamble In the sen ate and republican Burke in the house. Major McLaughlin has, aa usual, been successful In his treaty malting negotiations with the Sioux and has made his report to the secretary of Interior. If opproved and finally enacted Into law it will throw open to white settlement nearly I.60O.OO acres of virgin soil In the Rosebud and Pine RIdgs Indian reservation. BUI for Old Veterans. Senator Burkett today Introduced a bill, which provtdea that any sollder or sailor who has served In the United States army or navy during the late war (if the re bellion and received an honorable discharge and la drawing pension from the govern ment of the 1'nited States, and has received a receipt from any local United States land office for government fees required In homesteadlng land for less than ltiO acres, shall be entitle to homestead, with a credit of fees and without residence enougli more land that, when added to the land called for In receivers receipt shall be equal to and not exceed 160 acres. of abusing the witnesses for Che other side when one's own case la weak. One witness deposed that he had no regular occupation. "Then you are a vagrant?" asked Hewitt. When Frank Brown himself took the stand Hewitt wanted to make him admit that he had once been engaged In Illegal fishing, but an objection atopped hlra. When Hewitt came to argue the case he said he had never had anything against Brown and never Intendvd him any harm. "Why, this man and I." sa d' Sleepy now getting wsj-med up, "used to be the best of friends, and when he waa skk ones I took care f his wife and child for three months' "Vou are a liar." said Brown, explicitly and with vigor. Tou shut up." said Hewitt "A witness dassent interrupt counsel when be Is mas:, lng a speech." Judge Leslie put Hewitt under T60 bonds and remandtnl him to the custody of the sheriff ustll the bond should be fixed. At noon Sleepy was waiting for a friend whom he said would furnish ths money. From ths Chicago Examiner. FSltT OMAHA BALLOON BURNS Struck Ground Near Jackson, Dakota County, and Exploded. LLETENANT WARE BRUISED A. BIT A area t and SSasly Stae of the Flight as Witnessed' - Mamy Army Men an Civilians Are nccessfnL m I.LETIN'. JAOXBOZf, STeb., stay 10. (Special Tsle gram.) landed 6:48 p. m-, one mile and a half east of Jackson. On striking ths ground ths bsiloon exploded and burasd. 4hsst altitude reached, 4.400 feet. Lien tenant Wars slightly braised. CXAJTSX.EB. The first experimental balloon ascent. United States army balloon No. 12, ever made from Fort Omaha, took place a few minutes after 11 o'clock Monday morning, with Captain Charles deF. Chandler, United States signal corps, as chief aeronaut this being his eighteenth ascent accom panied by First Lieutenant James E. Ware of the signal corps. The ascent was made from the north front of the - big steel balloon house, in which building the balloon had been In flated with hydrogen gas manufactured at Fort Omaha government hydrogen gas plant. The balloon had been In gradual process of Inflation for two or three days awaiting a favorable opportunity for the ascent. Monday morning was an Ideal day for the experiment. A four and a half mile wind was blowing from the southeast at T o'clock, which reached a six-mile velocity at 10 o'clock. The two aeronauta entered the basket In the building, with their stores of sero naultcal instruments, with sufficient ra tions for a twenty-four or thirty-six-hour voyage. The balloon haa a capacity of 19.00ft cubic feet of gas. with a lifting caclty of 1.300 pounds. Including the weight of the wicker basket and balloon itself. ' Made In France. The basket Is a stout rattan wicker work affair about four feet deep' and four feet wide by five feet In length. The balloon and its equipment were made In France and the balloon Is of a light lemon color, rendering It Invisible at a height of about 1,000 feet. Colonel Glasaford, commandant of Fort Omaha, had the entire garrison turn out to witness the ascent, to the trumpet "bal loon call." Many citizens from Omaha were also present Everything being in readiness the aero nauts took their places in the basket and a detail of men from the signal corps held the aerial ship down and pulled It gently outin front of the balloon house. A few little Incidentals were attended to and at a given signal of "all right" from Cap tain Chandler, the balloon rot-e gently up ward without a sway or quiver. The ascent was almost directly upward, and aa the ship sailed away the throng gave the aeronauts a cheer, to which they re sponded by waving their caps. Both officers were dressed In regulation khaki fatigue uniform. The balloon reached an altitude of about 2,000 feet and then gently drifted off to ward the northeast. When last seen it was about two miles high and was almost Im perceptibly drifting over Florence in the direction of Iowa. It was the Intention of Captain Chandler to remain In the air until t o'clock before undertaking a descent. The first Intention was to maks a trip of u0 to 100 miles, should the wind currents prove favorable In the higher altitudes. Two Dead la Kanloalen. WOOSTER. O.. May 10. The explosion of a stick of dynamite carelessly or ma liciously placed in a stove caused the death of two men and serious Injury to threw others today at the Peterman ooal mliM near Proderiraaburg. There has bean no trouble at the Peterman niLae and the employes cannot account for the dyM mitn ueiug gUcod In the stove. . 7 M iT .T I ! . I sl ST - vVv Furious Rhino is Brought Low by Teddy's Gun Ex-President Kills Big- Animal with a Single Shot as it is Charge . -'-. . lu Him. : : . NAIROBI, British East Africa, May 10. A buUy bull rhinocerous Is the lates' prise wrested from the Jungle by Colonel Rooaevelt. From the ex-president's camp near Machatoa word was brought down to day that the luck of the Roosevelt party continued and that fifteen varieties of game, including the big rhino, had been baged on the last expedition. The rhinocerous was charging Mr. Roose velt when the hunter fired. The distance was fourteen pacea and the animal fell dead. The naturalists of the party are kept busy preparing the trophies which Mr. Roosevelt and his son Kermit are bringing In dally. Forty-five skins already have been prepared for the Smithsonian Institu tion at Washington. Patten's Return Has Little Effect Wheat Market Eases Off a Cent ' Early in the Day, but Trad ; in? is Quiet. CHICAGO. May lO.-James A Patten's return to the market today was not re flected In the course of whest prices on the Board of Trade at the opening today. Quotations eased off a cent during the first hour, but the tone of the market was tranquil. In another part of the city Secretary of Agriculture Wilaon met with his moat In spectors from all over the country, discus sing the Inspection of meats. Neither the cabinet member nor Mr. Patten had anything to say about wheat prospects. Both apparently were standing on their sssertions of some weeks sgo, "Time will tell." HEAVY FR0SJ IN KANSAS Feared Vegetation la Lowlands Is In Jnred by Latest Freese Heeorded. TOPEKA, Kan., May 10 There was a heavy frost in this section this morning and it s feared vegetation In the lowlands was Injured. The minimum temperature was 34 degrees. The government observer saya that while the frost was heavy the temperature was not low enough to do seri ous damage to the fruit. It la the latest frost recorded in this section. Haskell Cases Are Again Before Grand Jury at Tulsa Tl'LA. Okl . May 10 -Again today a federal grand Jury here took up an in vestigation of ths Muskoges town land fraud cases being pushed by the govern ment. These are the same cases in which Indictments were returned laat winter at Muskogee against Governor Charles N. Haskell and half a dosen other Okla homa ni. The allegations In the Indict ments, nhlcb were quashed at Tulsa April 10, waa that there had been a conspiracy to defraud the federal government and the Creek Indian nation In connection with the scheduling of town lots in Muskogee In 190! Sylvester Rush of Omsha, who had personal charge of ths first Investiga tion, will direct the present one. As previ ously, witnesses whose names were used by the alleged conspirators in securing these lands have beta gubpocuaed from 2- ROEBLER MAY FACE CHARGE Young Man Shot at Party Said to Have Sold Liquor. WOMAN TELLS OF SHOOTING Mrs. Jay ays Koehler Threatened ,- Early In Week Make Tree Me at Her Home, nnd Made It "atnrdny. .GRANT) ISI.ANt, Neb.. M.iy 10.-(Soe-clal.) That Frank Kochler, who was slut by Mrs. Ollle Jay at a party given at the home of the latter early Sunday morning found trouble which he had deliberately sought is the gist not only of the story freely told by Mrs. Jay In the county jail this morning, but hy others who were wit nesses of the affair. Koehler Is expected to recover, as the bullet, a short S2-callber, did not enter the brain, and Is nnt Im bedded. He is likely to face a charge of selling liquor without a licence, made by the federal authorities, as the Incident las disclosed that he disposed of one bottle cf wine and had others to dispose of. The local authorities, too. are of the opinion that the wine waa stolen. Mrs. Jay has been placed under arrest and a charge of shooting with intent to do Ei eat bodily Injury may be placed against her, even if Kochler recovers, much for the purpose of bringing out the facts." In tho county Jail this morning Mrs.' Jay told a straightforward story as to the events leading up to the shooting. Koeh ler had early in the week threatened to get drunk and come up to the Jay ulace and clean up Mr. Jay. When the party was held, Mr. and Mrs. Koehler. Mrs. Koehler being a sister, were Invited. But Mrs. Koehler did not appear and Koehler did not show up till midnight. He was given a supper, with the hope of sobering him up and making him more tractable. Immediately after the supper be became ugly and abusive, flinging epithets right and left at the host and hostess ha well as at some of the guests, and flnslly struck Miss Plummer. a sister of Mrs. Jay. He next slapped the latter and was taking after her to renew the assault when she shot first on the ground In priiar to frighten him away and then, .when he continued coming at her, at his he,aL She had secured the revolver from a trunk after he had assaulted the sister. During his visit there he sold one bottle of wine to a young man named Wilson and had another bottle for disposal. Koehler is a brick mason hy trade. Brokerage Concern Falls. ST. I)t'I8. May tO.-The American Stock and Grain rnmpanv. a brokerage concern, capitalised at $60,000. made an as signment today. Harry Ituggies, the assignee.- snnounced that property valued at tti.HMS had been turned over to him. No statement of liabilities was Issued, nor was the. cause of tht company's action made known. John W. Cornelius waa pres ident of tne concern. Ohio, Michigan and other states to testify before the grand Jury. Judge John A. Marshall of Utah, who quashed the Muskogee indictments, wss on ths bench today when the selection .of a new grand Jury was begun. Governor Haskell was present in court, surrounded by his sttorneys. while District Attorney Gregg. Sylvester Rush and Oliver T. Pagen looked out for the government's Interest. Attorney Gregg ssked thst J. K. Gsskill be appointed aa special attorney to assist in the prosecution. Eleven men qualified for service as Jur ors, when the panel was exhausted. Judge Marshall then Instructed the marshal to summon eight additional men from which to fill out the complete Jury or sixteen and gdojurned cuurl till Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Boyle is Giyen Twenty-FiTi Years and Fined $5,000. BOTH" COLLAPSE LN C0UJU Neither is Able to Enter Van With out Aid. WOMAN THREATENS SUICIDE he Takes Heavy Dose nf MorMn Which She Seraretf from Pris oner In nn Adjoining; Irll. MERCKR. Pa.. Muy M. -James H. Bnyle was sentenced today to life Imprisonment In the Western penitentiary at Pittsburg for the kidnaping of "Billy" Whitla, Mi Boyle, Indicted as Mary Roe, received a sentence of twenty-five esra, with a fine of SS.ooo and the costs of the prosecution. Boyle did not create the scene In court he had threatened, and did not uttter a word prior to his sentence. His counsel, host ever, made a plea for both Boyle and his wife, pleading for leniency In both cases. He stated that until a recent pertoJ the extreme penalty for kidnaping in this state was 'en years snd in view of the fact that the boy had been treated with every consideration snd that all cars had been taken Hot to Inflict unnecessary mental anguish upon ths parents, he felt leniency might be asked (or with pro priety. Beth Fnyle and his wife collspsed com pletely upon hearing Jhelr sentences pro nounced. When they were started back tv the Jail from ths court room, Boyle man aged to walk without assistance down ths steps, but upon reaching ths front door he became limp and unable to stand. He was lifted Into the old-fashioned omnibus in which the prisoner have been trans ported for several days between ths court house and the Jail. When he was placed upon the seat Inside the vehicle, he was left for a moment unsupported and fell nearly out of It before he waa caught. Ha was utterly unable ta support himself, end had to be held all ths wsy to ths Jail and carried to his cell. Officers Carry Mrs. Boyle Mrs. Boyle was In even wars condition. She was unable to walk down ths steps from the court house to ths street, and was carried by Sheriff Chess and Chief of Police Llvermors down three flights of stairs to the street. She wss lifted tuto the omnibus, ana when the 111 wa r.-.Vl . ahe was sgala lifted out by these officer and carried to her -eell,, where she wept violently. No handcuffs er pltced ofl either prisoner on the Journey bsck to their cells and It was considered unneces sary to mnnacle them In the condition they were in. After Judge Miller of counsel for the Boyles had completed hi plea for leniency in behalf of hla clients, Judge Williams, the presiding Judge, told Boyle to stand up and asked him If he had anything ta say as to why sentence should not be pro nounced upon him. Boyle msrely said: "I hate not." and-hhook hla head. Judge Williams then addressed the prisoner and told htm of the hetr.oua nature as? tne crime of which he had been convicted. The court said: "Mr. Boyle, the crime of child" stealing In ancient timei, was punishable by death. In Pennsylvania the law is mors Itnlent" Mrs. Boyle Tries Salcld. That the threats of a double suicide made by Mrs. Boyle last bight were hot mere Idle words was shown today, when It be came known that a rasor which had been secreted In his elothiht was taken from Boyle today, and thst Mr. Boyl had taken what she ssys "enough morphins to kill two people." The morphine wss taken between midnight and daylight, but had little effect on the woman. In the cell adjoining Mr. Boyle's there la a woman who is ssid to be addicted to the use of morphine and who has been sup Plied with It during her Imprisonment Mrs. Boyle is said to have secured several tablets from this women snd to hsve swallowed them. She was rendered partly unconscious during the night and was ery sick this morning. It la believed the ef fect of the morphias caused her to col lapse In the court room. The Judge then described the different acts passed by the liglslatures oh kidnap ing, bringing It down to the present time. He said It had been stated by the sttor neys "you took good rare of blm because he was your prise package " "You nad to treat him well to get what money was demanded. "Since your Srrest we have lnvastigatsj your record. W find ou have been con victed in Mercer county court previously to your arrest for kidnapping. You have been charged with larceny, receiving .tot en goods, sssault and battery and escapel from Jail and many other shady tran acuona. All these have had their Influ ence with this court In making us come to the decision we have reaches that vour punishment shall be the maximum "sen tencc, Imprisonment for life." After the sentence had been imposed on Boyle he arose and said to the court: "Your honor, you ar wrong about my record." ' ,nln" It la a matter of court record," replied the Judge. When Mra Boyls was ordered to stand up to receive sentence, the mi rtked if she had anything to ay. "I did not do it and I Ihlnk the evidence upon which I was con vie -J aa. very flimsy," she said. "That was a matter for the jury to decide, said Judge William r.d then after a brief review of the case ha ira. posed the sentence. Although no official announcement at to the effect of the fn has bee.i u.ad- It . customary n this state ,0 -xtend Imprli onment until sny fin Imposed ha ben Thst desth is preferable to Imprison ment In Mr. Boyle's opinion was Indicated by a reported attempt to take her own life during laat night by (wallowing morphine, alleged to have been secured from a fel low prisoner. Her threats of a double suicide might have boea carried out bait for the failure of the morphia to act, and taa dlsoovary by u atjartU of a
