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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1909
Page
6
A collage of curiosities and opinions spans cementing peace treaties to advances in wireless telegraphy. Notes on eclipse of fashion, poetry, law, and medicine sit beside headlines about Turkey’s upheaval and Sweden granting women the vote. Interesting observations on horses, airships, and farming signal a restless era.
Chicago fireman William McDermitt says the woman calling herself Mrs. James Boyle, linked to the Willie Whitla kidnapping, is his daughter Anna Evelyn McDermott who eloped home two years ago after a quarrel with him. Her brother also suspects the identity based on family hints and an unnamed Cleveland vessel owner.
Anna, educated in a common school and then a convent, grew headstrong and left home after a stormy scene. Her brother recalls she began associating with unsuitable company and later married in Chicago. The family lost contact and only recently received troubling news about her.
Pittsburg youth Lawrence Gibson aged 14 from a bricklayer family is missing after a letter to his father claimed a ransom of 25000 dollars and asked for a newspaper ad. Police suspect a hoax or prank while searches at hospitals and stations yield no trace. In Carlyle Illinois the Kaskaskia River receded returning land to floodplain and farmers ready to work the fields.
Silas H. Strawn, first vice president of the United States Golf Association, is appointed solicitor-general of the Chicago and Alton Railway, succeeding the late Frederick B. Winston. The move places Strawn in a key legal post for the Chicago & Alton line.
The Cleveland case notes Willie Whitla, kidnapped from Sharon, returned to his father at the Hollenden hotel after a staged handoff on a city street car. The father paid $10,000 through a store encounter, with $1,000 later given to a woman in the same deal. Also mentions Taft stopping in Des Moines for a September 27 visit and a separate Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Kansas City.
New Orleans former Police Inspector Edward S Whitaker must serve three months in prison after the state board of pardons denied his petition. He and detectives shot at a local newspaper editor in his office during a dispute over critical articles, but the editor was not hurt.
Night riders raid tobacco and henequin fields in Merida area. Korean workers employed by large landowners spark Mexican resentment, prompting field burnings and planned organized resistance by the landowners against the riders.
A bill introduced by Representative Roberg in the House on Tuesday prescribes life imprisonment for kidnapping and concealing a child and, for kidnapping a child under 12 to extort ransom, includes hanging as a potential penalty.
A tornado tore through Laredo Texas Tuesday night killing one person and injuring four others. The storm caused about 75000 dollars in damage and destroyed all wire communication to the north of the city.
Washington DC attorney general asks Wade H. Ellis of Ohio to remain as assistant to the attorney general and Ellis agrees to extend his service. In Sharon Pennsylvania James P Whitla father of a kidnapped boy returns home with $10,000 ransom money recovered after James Boyle and wife are arrested in Cleveland.
Alexander Seeg Miller was named receiver for the Grand Junction Smelting Company by District Judge Shackelford on Tuesday. The plant has remained idle for over three years.
An eastbound Lehigh Valley freight near Corfu, Buffalo region, killed engineer Kable and fireman Gest instantly Tuesday afternoon when the engine boiler exploded. The accident left the crew dead at the scene and prompted investigations into the cause.
Eight inches of wet snow and lingering rain cripple Denver with $200,000 to $300,000 in damage. Communications, telegraph and telephone lines down. fire alarm system damaged. thousands of wires and trees toppled. Streetcar service halted. trains delayed as dispatchers cope with outages. Downed poles cripple Seventh and Laramie area.
Chief Sanitary Officer Gorgas reports Panama canal zone health improving since American occupation. With 43 890 employees total deaths 571 equaling 13.01 per thousand. Black death rate under white rate.
A wintry storm formed into a tornado near Edson Sherman county Kansas. Nine Rock Island freight cars were blown from the rails between Edson and Brewster ten miles west. houses in Edson and Brewster lost roofs but no fatalities reported.
Swift Hall of Engineering opens in Chicago Evanston with a $100 000 building gift from Edward F Swift and his mother Mrs G F Swift. Northwestern University commences formal engineering education marking a new era for the profession.
Leon E. Brady a mining engineer fatally shot Joseph B. Flanagan a mining promoter in their home after Brady alleged Flanagan attacked Mrs Brady. Police reports outline the confrontation and Brady state of mind.
Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Labor plans to travel to St Louis, his home city, next week for the city election and will deliver two or three campaign addresses.
A con man boasts of retiring after a major job while his partner mocks the plan. The article contrasts plausible crime talk with warnings about careful behavior and public caution amid scandalous chatter.
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