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Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
Qoinns at Del Rev

F. w. Flint. jr. reports that things
are doing in the way of building at
Playa del Rey. Several new houses
are being erected and the work is pro-
crossing rapidly on the incline railway
to Del Rey Heights, also on the rein
forced concrete bridge which, when
completed, will span the lagoon. Con-
tracts have been let for two new busi-
ness buildings. The Southern Califor-
MIA Realty company of Ocean Park is
Just completing two-story bun
pressed brick block at Del Rey.
The beach homes of H. C. Wyatt and
Mr.. Price are now under way and will
soon be completed.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
ACCUSED OF FRAUD
IN BUYING TOMBSTONE
Illinois Woman Charged With Paying
for Husbands Monument
With Bad Check
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
KANKAKEE, ILL.,. Sept. 3.-Alleging
that she paid for her husbands tomb
stone with a bad check and got $50
change, the firm of Kaufman & Wall
heiser of this city has caused the arrest
of Mrs. A. A. Maisson, who is now be-
ing held at Kansas City to await extra
dition papers, The father of the wo-
mans husband also claims to be out
just $225 through indorsing one of her
checks, and intimates that he will not
only join In the prosecution of the wo-
man but will set on foot inquiries into
the cause of the sudden death of his
son.
The woman was the wife of John
Maisson, who died in Milwaukee in De-
cember, 1904. Her arrival at Flanagan,
ILL.,, near here, with the body was the
first the mans father knew of his sons
being married, but she exhibited
marriage certificate showing that she
became his wife February 8, 1904. She
claimed to be the beneficiary Of $4,000
life insurance policy.
After the funeral Mrs. Maisson went
to Kansas City, but returned here
few weeks ago and proposed to her
father-in-law that monument be
erected to her husband, she to pay half
the cost and he the remainder. This
he agreed to. The alleged bad check
fro aa ctione followed
Henry ]. Maisson, her brother-in-law.
said today: my brother died sudden
ly and in convulsions. We were told
he had blood poisoning of the tongue,
and the doctor had prescribed arsenic.
SO far as we can learn my sister-in-
law was married twice before she be-
came my brothers wife"
One of Mrs. Maisson's former hus-
bands was George Lester, to whom she
was married in Racine, Wis.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
JILTED SWANS WISH
HAS BEEN FULFILLED
Hoped Eloping Girl Would Become the
Mother of Six Pairs
of Twins

OF TWINS
Special to The Herald.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Sept. 3.-When
Mr. and Mrs. Allen C. Deppe of Hick-
ory Run at the age Of forty years be-
came the parents of twenty three chill
dren, upon the arrival of their sixth
pair of twins last week, there was full
filled an extraordinary curse.
A little more than twenty years ago
Mrs. Deppe was Miss Elizabeth Scar
fass, and was living with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Searfass, at A.
brightsville She was engaged to the
son of a neighboring farmer when Allen
Deppe appeared. After a short ac-
quaintance, lasting only few weeks,
Deppe and Miss Searfass eloped and
were married.
The brides parents and the neigh
bors, with whom Deppe had made him.
self popular. took the elopement in good
part and counted it a joke on the other
fellow. The Tilted fiance, however,
was terribly disappointed. Instead of
congratulating the bride he uttered all
imprecation wishing she would be-
come the mother of the largest family
ever known, including six pairs OF
twins
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
EAGLES IN ABUNDANCE
WILL ADORN CAPITOL
Thirty-Two Casts Larger Than Life
VIII Be Placed Around
the Dome
snsc,aI 10 The Herald.

Special to The Herald
HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. 3.-Six-
teen large American eagles will be
placed on the outside and sixteen more
on the inside of the dome of the new
state capitol.
The eagles on the inside are of plas-
ter of paris and are magnificent pieces
of work. They are slightly more than
life-size, and in the claws Of each are
held the traditional pennant' few
arrows and a couple of fasces. The
fasces have been substituted for the
commoner bundle of arrows.
An eagle is to be placed upon each
''key" of the dome. The keys" are
the white bands which may be seen
curving up the sides, dividing the dome
into panels. The eagles outside will
be carved of solid granite or else
nodded of solid bronze.
Beside the sixteen large birds, a
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
GIRLS STEAL CHICKEN
BY ADVICE OF PREACHER
Special to The Herald.

bpeclaI 10 The I1erdIu.
WINSTED. Conn.,, Sept. S.-Acting on
the advice of local clergyman, who,
the girls assert, told them camp life
was not complete unless one or two
chickens were stolen, party of girls
who broke camp on West Hill today
stole'a a plump fowl the other night and
feasted on 1t for breakfast the next
morning. The girls will not say who
stole the bird. but admit It was done by
the light Of the moon.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
GIRL EARNS $4,000 AS
STREET CONTRACTOR
PIucky Young Woman of New York
Finishes Work Her Father
Began
Special to The Herald.

Began
Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.--Miss Elizabeth
Thielman, Harlem girl, has just COM
pleted two years work as street con-
tractor, and she has made a profit of
$50, 900.
Because of the death of her father
two years ago, who was we'll known
contractor, Miss Tnielman decided to
finish the contracts he had undertaken
for the city.
Personally the girl superintended the
work, oftentimes going into saloons to
find laborers who We're derelict.
With the successful completion of the
work now, the young woman has aban-
doned the street contracting business
and gone to a Maine resort for a va
cation.
Isaac Hooper, the Tammany politi-
clan and superintendent of buildings,
who knew Miss Thielman's father, says
that the girl if she continued, would
be a highly successful contractor.
But Miss Thielman will pursue an en-
tirely different profession in the future,
although she has not told what 1t is
to be.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
FLYING HEN MATCHES
CHICKS IN TREET0P
Builds Nest of Sticks Like Grow
and Raises Family of
Thirteen
to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Sept. 3.-Any
one would suppose that there must be
some eagle blood In Mrs. George
Earle's flying hen. Mrs. Earle lives
at Parliaman's Corners, and has lot
of chickens, the only remarkable one
being the flying hen.
1t is ostensibly a cross between a
Leghorn and Dominick, but it hasn't
the qualities of either breed. Some
time ago she decided to set, and built
nest of sticks and grass in the very
top of tall tree. She flew back and
forth from the treetop to the ground
like crow carrying the material for
the nest in her mouth.
In the course of time she filled
the nest with eggs, and has Matched
out thirteen chickens, which she
brought safely to the ground without
assistance.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
EXACT LOCATION KNOWN TO
PR0SPECToRS
DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT
BuIIfrog Miner Explores Death Valley
and StumbIes Upon Treasure
Camp While Searching
for Spring

The Bullfrog Miner states that Death
valley has given up its secret-Walter
Scotts reputed fabulously rich treasure
house is no longer a myth, but real
ledge Of wondrously rich ore. Its To-
cality is known over the southern part
of the state, and a stampede has set in
from Bullfrog points to the scene of
the excitement. AS the crow flies it is
a little over 100 miles south Of Ladd
mountain. Speaking in exact terms, it
is sixty-five miles southeast of the Fur
mace Creek ranch, In the extreme
southern end of the Funeral range.
In a rock-ribbed chasm, surrounded
on all sides save one by precipitous
cliffs that defy the temerity of the
bravest and most expert mountain
climbers, "Scotty's" desert retreat has
been discovered. His habitation is in
cave in solid rock. The furnishings
and appointments consist of desk, two
easy chairs, a bed, settee, bureau, and
last, though possibly the least import
ant to the occupant, a bath tub. Near
crystal clear. In another cave at the
spring is a larder, in which "Scotty"
keeps a store of wine and edibles. A
little farther up the chasm, in an al
most inaccessible spot, is the opening
to the mine.
The secret that has caused so much
comment throughout the country was
divulged by the very horrors that Death
valley holds in its lap. Suffering in
describably from thirst and nearly ex-
hausted from the heat, w. T. Miles. a
well-known prospector of Southern Ne
vada literally stumbled upon the
spot while in search Of watering
place. Had he been looking for the
mine he could never have found it. as
"Scotty" had exercised every precau-
ton to obliterate the trail, even to the
extent of dragging brush over the foot
prints Of man and beast. The route to
the hiding place is circuitous and diff
cult to follow. In one place it extends
over half mile in covering few hun
dred feet. But it has by accident been
found, and there is no further secret to
the whole affair.
That 1t Is the retreat of the Mysteri-
Gus Man from Death Valley is proved
by the location notices bearing his
name which are posted about. In the
"habitation" were found letters ad-
dressed to Walter Scott. There is no
mistaking the place.
Miles reported his discovery at Bull
frog, and in company with Johnny
Ziefle and Ed Donnelly. we'll known
prospectors, he has set out for the
locality. Many others are outfitting
and a big rush is on to secure claims in
the immediate vicinity. In a very few
days the world will be made familiar
with every feature of the property and
the exact extent and richness of the
ledge of ore that has provided funds
for chartering trains for record runs
across the continent and other stunts
of a sensational character. When
"Scotty" hears of the discovery of his
mine, as he has by this time, he will
hasten to his property to protect his
interests against the invading throngs.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
DIVE FROM BARN TOP
TO ESCAPE HORNETS
Two Carpenters Stung Blind by
Insects inadvertently
Aroused

Special to The Herald.
CONSHOHOCKEN,' Pa, Sept. s.
To escape being stung to death by hor-
nets, George Hallman and John Win
terbottom leaped from barn roof and
are now confined to their beds.
The men are carpenters, and We're
engaged in reshingling the roof of Dan
lei Webster's barn, in Plymouth. when
Winterbottoms hatchet penetrated the
1oof and cut into a large nest of the
warning insects.
The hornets fiercely attacked the
men, who attempted to fight them with
shingles; but when the insects had
closed the mems eyes with stings the
carpenters made frantic leaps from the
roof, and were picked up and removed
to their homes painfully injured.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
AGED MISER LEAVES
CATS AND FORTUNE
Five Felines Mourn Over Body OF
Wealthy Woman Who Died

IN tenement
Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-Five yellow
cats are meowing piteously In a squalid
tenement in 743 Third avenue, mourn
ing for Mrs. Mary Kull an aged miser
who died in her little room early yes
terday. She had lived there since 1877.
Mrs. Kull has left $4,000 and the cats
She owned the tenement in which she
died, another on First avenue. and had
savings in various banks, besides gilt
edged mortgages.
Her niece, Mrs. Susie Mang of 24sS
Lorillard street, Bronx, and Louis
Mang, her nephew, have taken possess
sion of her property. Mrs. Mang told
neighbors in 74S that $4,000 was the
amount of her aunt's fortune.
With all this money Mrs. Kull chose
to live in little room in her tenement
house without carpets or curtains and
scantily furnished. The neighbors say
she seldom cooked food, but lived on
crackers and cheese.
Last February Mrs. Kull was found
in her room bruised and injured, and
Herman Weber, an old man, was
charged with the assault. Later he was
discharged. At this time Mrs. Kull
had $4,000 in her room. She banked it
after that, never kept more than a
dollar by her and fastened her door
with heavy chain and bolt.
On account of her sudden death the
police of the East Fifty-first street sta
tion are investigating the circum-
stances Of it
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
WlIIowbrook Property

The hot weather the past week had
very little effect on the sales at Will
lowbrook. Harbert and Butterworth re-
port the sale of several fine pieces of
property on that tract the week just
closing. Willowbrook No. will soon
be ready to be placed on the market.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
NOISE OF WHISTLE KILLS
NEW ROCHELLE WOMAN

Special to The Herald.
NEW ROCHELLE, Sept 3.-Shock
caused by the blowing of the New Ro-
chelle fire whistle Is said to have caused
the death of Mrs. Barbara Scyfried of
2S1 Union avenue late last night. Mrs.
Scyfried was widow, 80 years old, and
lived with her two sons and two
daughters.
She had been i'll for some time ana
was sleeping in an upright position
last night, when the fire whistle on the
top of the Union Engine company's s
house. short distance away, sounded.
Mrs. Scyfried gave sudden convulsion
and soon expired. Coroner Wisendan-
ger gave heart failure. caused by
shock, as the cause of death.
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Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
Heat and Miners

The recent hot spell did not appear
to affect those sturdy miners who have
been up in the desert country. One of
them has just returned to Beatty and
written to Los Angeles from the Bull
frog district. He states that the heat
up there is not only intolerable in the
shade, but makes mining very diff
cult.
& In the Red Oak shaft, one day last
week they had to suspend work and
rig up sail in order to keep the good
air in the shaft One of the men work
ing for the Bullfrog- Red Oak company,
whose headquarters are in Los Angeles,
had to leave his partners and go down
to Beatty for supplies. Upon return
ing to the shaft and calling down, he
got no reply, and suspecting something
wrong, took rope, went down and
found both men unconscious from foul
air. After considerable difficulty he
managed to draw them out by means
of the rope.
The Red Oak property with it's 5000
feet of tunnel site, so close to the Big
Montgomery Shoshone, which the
Scrwab interests recently purchased,
is expected to result in handsome
return of the Los Angeles capital in
vested. The first Christian services
were held in Beatty last week in the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
RoosTER's MORNING VOICE
RESULTS IN A LAWSUIT
Special to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
SYRACUSE. N. Y, Sept. s.-Suit has
heen begun in Manchester, N. Y, by
Mrs. Louise ely of Washington. D. C..
a patient at the Clifton Springs SANTA
rum. adjacent. against Wells McLouth,
a farmer, to recover $500 for damages
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04

to health because of the early morning
Growing of rooster. The complainant
alleges breach of contract in that the
defendant had agreed to lock up the
offending chanticleer upon the receipt
of 81, which, she says. she paid.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
GAS FOR FUEL

If you are building houses to rent
you cannot afford to build them
without piping them to burn gas
for heating.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
MA|ER PACKING
HOUSE PLANT
IMPROVEMENTS TO COVER
FIVE ACRES
OTHER BUILDING ENTERPRISES
Architects Have Drawn Plans for
Many Stores, Apartment Houses
and Residences In City and
Vicinity
OTHER BUILDING ENTERPRISES

In addition to many large building
enterprises in the central business Sec
ton Of Los Angeles a large number of
new improvements have been planned
showing that there is to be no decline
in building activity.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04
Packing House Plant


Packing House Plant
Architect julius w. Krause has COM
pleted the perspective sketches of the
proposed new packing houses and plant
of the Maier Packing company, that are
to be built on Lyon street and the
Santa Fe railway tracks. The improve
ments will cover about five acres and
will consist of O. number of well con-
structed brick buildings which will be
equipped with the most modern of
packing house machinery for the hand
ling of the firms business. The abat-
toir and cold storage building will be
10Ox200 feet, and five stories high.
There will also be a large ham house,
cannery, sausage house, power house
and general warehouse.
Other Improvements
Among other building enterprises are
the following reported by local archi-
tects to the Builder and Contractor:
]. C. Newsom-Plans for a two-story
residence for Mrs. Henry Henderson,
corner Pico street and Wiltshire boule-
vard for a two-story mission style
house for j. G. Gunsolus on Van Ness
avenue, near Sixteenth street, and for
similar residence for DR.. Crenshaw
on the corner of Dorchester and Wilson
place.
Train & Williams-Plans for a two
story residence for ]. B.. Turner to be
erected on Wiltshire boulevard; and
plans for a two-story frame residence
for F. F. Graves on Juanita street,
near wiltshire boulevard.
Ehlers & Goersch--Plans for a three
story brick building to be used for
stores and apartments on the north
west corner of Fifth street and Towne
avenue for John Kilatcher; also plans
for a two-story residence for DR.. w.
R. Severson.
A. L. Haley-Plans for the addition
of one story to the three-story brick
building of Scott w. Alexander at San
Pedro; for two two-story frame resi-
ueIiCGS " pC CICCLCQ lOI 1I' we ANi'0
man; also two-story store, lodge and
office building 12Ox65 feet, to be built
on southeast corner of West Jefferson
street and Normandie avenue for w. A.
Banks; also plans for large modern
nine-room residence to be erected for
Allen D. Butt; also plans for a four
story building, 52x1S2 feet, on Los An
geles street for T. ]. Douglas. and
plans for a two-story brick on Beau
dry avenue, between First and Second
streets, for w. V. Wiley.
Fred r. Dorn-Plans for three-story
apartment building for Fred Colby at
PA North Olive street
A. C. Smith-Plans for a two-story
store and apartment building for j..
Muller to be erected at Colegrove.
F. Parmentier-Plans for two-story
store and apartment building on the
corner of First street and Boyle avenue
for the Pioneer Investment company;
also plans for two-story residence for
P. O'Connor at Pasadena.
C. e. Shattuck-Plans for a two-story
mission style house at Glendale for
Harry Stine.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04

What about that trip to Honolulu?
The S. S. Alameda sails from San Fran
cisco September 9, and round trip re-
Warket street San Francisco. or SiS
West Third street, Los Angeles.
The late Sir D. M. Petit, q parsee of
Bombay, who founded numerous cotton
mills In India, gave $2,500000 to benevo-
lent projects and was created a baron. an
honor conferred on only one other native.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04

sS s.s. Ssqs s.uss. s g a s.' "a ia. p ssszSssA sns@
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04

Equitable Savings Blk
8. e. Cor. First and
Broadway
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04

G er m n n American
Savings Bank
First and Main Streets
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04

Southern Cal. Saw. Biz.
s. e. Cor. Fourth and
Spring. Braly Bldg.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-08
CITY NEWS
HOME OWNERS OBJECT
PORTLAND AVENUE PEOPLE
ALARMED OVER REPORT THAT
GARAGE rs GOING UP ON THEIR
STREET. N

Residents along Portland avenue, who
have always taken great pride in that
thorofare as residence street, are
stirred up by rumor that business
building is about to invade the avenue.
The report is that property at the cor
ner of Seventeenth street, facing Frank
lin Steele park, is to be leased by its
owner, resident of the city, as a site
for an automobile garage.
A special meeting Of the Portland
Avenue Improvement association will be
held in the near future, and petition
will be prepared and sent to the owner,
asking him to preserve his property for
residence purposes, according to the
general scheme Of the aveune, which
has been beautifed and kept until now
as a strictly residence street. They
realize that the owner has a right to dc
as he pleases with his property, but
hope he will defer to public opinion in
the matter. Residents out as far as
Lake street are interested, and will joir
in the petition. They fear that such an
invasion would be followed by Others
even more Objectionable, and the avenue
would lose the character which has
made it the pride of householders.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-08
New Jersey Losing Business.

Lincoln J. Steffens, in his Mcclure
article on "New Jersey the Traitor
State,'' shows that the commonwealth
has paid a big price for her desertion
of the cause of humanity. Out of the
fees of interpretations the state has paid
off her state debt and is run now with
out direct taxation. But her success in
inviting interpretations under her
vicious laws has invited rivalry and al
ready the business of New Jersey is
running down. The governor OF the
state, in message to the legislature
two years ago, admitted that New Jer-
sey was no longer pre-eminent in the
matter Of trust company fees. She had
rivals. While New Jersey in the last
year for which report has been pub,
lished secured fees from concerns CAPT
talized for $313,OO0,000, three Other
states combined whose laws are an lml
tation Of the Jersey variety had incor'
porated companies pretending to repre-
sent just about twice as much money
Governor Stokes, in reporting this fact
to the legislature. commented: S Ou1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-08
MISSING COAL MAN
ARRESTED IN TEXAS

E. o. Fellows of the Fellows Coal
company and a retail agent of the
Peavey Coal company in Minneapolis,
was arrested at Ell Paso, Texas, Satur-
day night on suspicion of having en-
bezzled $4,000 from the Peavey COM
pany.
Fellows was conducting the business
under his own name. Recently it is said
he has been short in his accounts and
about two weeks ago he left the city
without giving notice. His arrest at
Ell Paso was made by G. w. Vaughn,
an agent of the National Surety COM
pany, who will bring him back to Min
neapolis.
| Mr.. Fellows was traced to Ell Paso
| thru letters. but it was learned that he
| had not tried to conceal himself. He
was registering under his own name. He
had been negotiating for Texas coal
property, and seemed to have plenty of
money. When arrested he admitted his
identity and said he was willing to go
back to Minneapolis. He will arrive
here Tuesday.
A band of religious workers visited
the jail at Ell Paso yesterday and Eel
lows spoke to the other prisoners on
extravaganza. None of his statements
made so far, however, can be taken as
a confession of guilt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-08
ROBBERS RUN WHILE
VICTIM COUNTS 1000

Charles Johnson, 1888 Penn avenue N,
was held up by two masked men near
Thirtyfourth avenue N and Penn, while
he was returning home at II O'Clock
Saturday night.
johnson, who is employed as team:
ster, had received his pay Saturday and
had to walk several blocks from the
car to reach his home. AS he was walk.
ing along leisurely two men approached
him and, pointing guns at his head, or
dered him to throw up his hands, He
complied and the robbers searched his
pockets, obtaining $27. Determined tc
take everything useful, they ran away
with his pocket comb, knife and match
safe.
When their work was done, the high
waymen told Johnson to face tree ane
count 1000. He counted and as he die
SO, the robbers ran toward the car line
johnson did not notify the police OF
the occurrence until yesterday, but h
gave good description of the men.