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Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03

Mrs. Maokay trustee
2--Dunne's plans get setback
3-Wins at San Pedro
4-Sports
5-Mixed doubles surprise talent
6-Edltorlal
Unjust serve sentence
s-Roads combine
9-Southern California news
1o-11-classlfie advertisements
12-Pubic advertisements
13-Markets
14-No choice but Owens river
EASTERN
Witte arrives in New York and gives
out important statement.
Death list of yellow fever steadily
Mayor Dunne's municipal ownership
plans get serious setback by discovery
of statute prohibiting condemnation pro-
ceedings.
City of San Juan. Porto Rico, for sew
eral hours in hands of rioting strikers.
Zionist congress concludes deliberations
at Basle.
ditions in Panama are so bad they will
not send men TO work on canal.
COAST
Prisoner in Seattle jail dynamites cell
and finally shoots himself.
Humboldt county grossly defrauded
over road work contracts.
San Diego collecting money for me-
mortal to perpetuate Bennington disaster.
LOCAL
Huntington wins at San Pedro; gets
wharf franchise; town mad with JOY.
Eight.year-old boy saved from drown
ing at Venice by another lad.
Experts say Owens valley project Is
the only solution of water problem.
Library board safe, Is the opinion OF
many citizens.
officials of Southern Pacific say danger
to traffic Is now past.
Officials of Salt Lake road express
pleasure that an understanding has been
arrived at with the Southern Pacific.
Citrus fruit shippers say agreement be-
tween Southern Pacihc and salt Lake
means stihing OF competition.
Five persons hurt In collisions on
Employe sues railway company for
heavy damages because OF alleged III
Last hope for reprieve in Amos Hercules
case withdrawn through decision handed
down BY Judge Wilbur.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
BANK ASSETS SHOW
HEAVY DEPRECIATION

BUFFALO, N. Y. Aug 2.-The re-
port of George p Keatins and George
r. Teller, appraisers of the defunct
German bank. show that, though the
face value OF the banks assets was ss-
9e.176 their actual value is estimated
nv the anpraisers as about s3.9co.07o.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
FREIoHT TRAFFIc sToPPED
Rocky Mountain System Crippled by
Strike

MISsoULA, Mont, Aug. 2.-No
freight is being moved here over the
Rocky Mountain division OF the North
ern Pacific owing to the practical COM
plete tie up OF the system by the tele-
graphers strike.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
MEN TO BE INSPECTED
All Train Handlers to Be Examined
as to Efficiency ..


as to Efficiency
BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. General
Manager Calvin of the Southern Pacific
company has ordered an examination
of the big railroad system.
Every man who has anything to dc
with the handling of trains will have
to submit to the inspection, which will
include thorough test. of the sight
especially as to color sense, of hearing
and of general physical condition. TIC
facilitate the examination, special cars,
in charge of assistant surgeons on the
various divisions will be sent over the
lines. stopping wherever convenience
suggests. 1t is proposed to renew these
examinations every three years.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
SAYS OFFICIALS
SOLICITED BR|BE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEE
TESTIFIES
ASTOUNDING CHARGES MADE
First Days Trial Of Missouri State
Senator Brings Out Evidence Of
Corruption In State Leg
lslature
ASTOUNDING CHARGES MADE
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Aug. o.
Highly sensational were the develop
ments when testimony was taken to-
day In the trial Of Senator Frank H.
Farris on the charge of bribery.
Senator E. T. Dowell of Laville tes-
titled concerning the action of the SEN
ate in 1901 and the appointment of COM
mittees by Lieutenant Governor John
A. Lee as president Of the senate. Mr..
Dowell was a member of the criminal
Jurisprudence committee.
Former Lieutenant Governor John A.
Lee was then called to the stand. He
testified that Senator Farris came to
his room In the rear of the senate
chamber during the executive session
Of 1901 and said that the house and
senate bills for the repeal of the law
prohibiting the use Of alum in the man.
ufacture of baking powder could be
smothered in committee.
Farris subsequently came to him, he
testified, and said the bills would never
be reported from the committee II
$1,000 was put up, making $1,000 for each
member of the committee on criminal
jurisprudence except Senator Dowell,
who was not in the deal.
Lee testified that Farris asked him
to refer the matter to d. j. Kelly OF
New York and that he wrote a letter
to Kelly informing him of Farris' sug-
uoa+so,, L%aIlk taIagro ~, al hin, IN oo,,,
municate with him (Kelly) over the
long distance telephone and he did so.
Attorneys for the defense objected
to this conversation being repeated
Judge Davis sent the jury from the
room and the attorneys on both sides
argued the point. The case was con-
tinued until the noon recess.
.se. /, With Head Bowed Down Z,
After ybeing subjected to "a bitter
cross examination by Farris' attorneys
Lee left the courtroom at $3.50 this
afternoon. his head b6wed down witt
humiliation, while Farris watched tht
departing figure with a contemptuous
smile.
At one time during the cross exan1in-
alton Lee appealed to the court for pro-
lection against Attorney Jourdan. This
was when Jourdan sought to force him
to admit he was a perjurer. Judge
Davis refused to compel the witness to
answer the question.
Another feature that came out in the
cross examination was the admission
by Lee that he had written letter to
D. j. Kelly, in which he said $1,000 was
being returned to Kelly.
In his testimony for the state, Lee
practically related the same story as he
told when Farris was tried by former
Attorney General Grow. He gave the
entire history of corruption at the cap
ital, and declared that from the time
he entered upon the duties of lieutenant
governor. he and Farris were in COM
bine to bribe members of the senate.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
ATTACKS HIS SWEETHEART
AND THEN KILLS HIMSELF
BY Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.-charles
Chieze. made desperate by unrequited
love. vainly tried to kill Mrs. Mary
Naples today. but after two shots had
failed to reach their mark. turned the
pistol on himself and inflicted wound
that proved fatal few minutes later
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
MAYOR DISAPPEARED
Absence of Paterson's Chief Execu-
tive Causes Much Alarm

tive Causes Much Alarm
By Associated Press
PATERSON, N. j., Aug. 2.-Mayol
Belcher of this city returned to town
today after an absence which had
given his friends much concern. The
mayor had been much worried by the
Investigation of certain collateral he
had given for loans, and the report by
the state banking department that the
signatures on the present collatera
had been forged.
after meeting today of prominent
business men who announced that the
mayors friends would put up $1,000, ,0Ot
If necessary to relieve his financial
strain, his partner announced that Mr.
Belcher had returned.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

Southern California: Foggy |
Thursday morning, becoming fair
during the day; light west wind.
Maximum temperature In Los An
geles yesterday, rs degrees; mini
mum, 60 degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
FEVER CLAIMS
ELEVEN LIVES
DEATH LIST DAILY GROWS
LARGER
ITALIANS TERROR STRICKEN
New Orleans Officials Try to Reas-
sure Victims Of gsiams--ordl.
nance Forces Screening
Of All cisterns
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug 2.-Todays S
report of the fever situation showed a
gain in the number of deaths, but the
health authorities confessed to no
alarm over the situation and said that
more fatalities were looked for from
the fact that in the past three or four
days there has been a sufficient in
crease in the number of cases to war
want the expectation of heavier NOR
tality.
High temperatures succeeded by
heavy precipitation and cooler weather
produced climatic conditions also favor
able to fatalities.
Practically all of the deaths were of
italians and nearly all of them were
either in the emergency hospital or in
the district adjacent thereto.
Some of the victims were unfortu-
mates whose cases were also reported
in the last two days indicating they
were in practically moribund condi-
tion when their illness was reported.
1t is confidently believed that once
the infection begins to decline in the
section below Canal street, where the
sanitation conditions are more favor
able for the spread of the disease, there
will be little difficulty in stamping out
the malady which may be under treat
ment elsewhere.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
Italians Conceal Cases

That the fever continues as an italian
infection is shown by the fact that in
the list OF forty-two. the italian VIC
Tins number thirty-five. The six dead
are relations.
In spite of all that has been done tc
reassure them. many of the Italians
continue to make efforts to conceal
their cases. They are still panic
stricken and turn in fear from the
physicians and health officers.
With local inspectors they ignored the
custom and insisting upon reaching
spots where they believed cases to ex-
list. Since this campaign has been in
progress cases have turned up in the
most unexpected places. In one in
stance when the officers had made a
thorough inspection of premises and
failed to find what they were looking
for they went through a skylight and
found sick man lying on the roof. In
another case they found a patient con-
cealed under a cistern.
The other day a wagon loaded with
CONTINUED ON PaEe Twoa
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Kubelik, tbs violinist,

The concert given By Kubehk at the New
National Theater yesterday afternoon was
thoroughly enjoyable and was listened to
with decided interest by large audience.
Kubelik has been here before and daazled
people with his wonderful performances on
the VIOLIN and bis technical dexterity was
considered something marvellous. but he was
deemed too young to display any particular
~ !nterpretative spirit. Now he comes moro
matured and with q deeper feeling. There
Is no less the perfect mastery Of his instru.
ment, nor the overcoming Of all the dih1-
cultles which II presents, nor the bringing
out Of all the possible beauties which any
score offers. but there seems to be q more
thorough understanding Of the true mean
ing Of the composer than he had shown be-
fore. This was particularly noticeable In
the first number, the Handel sonata In y
major, In which the adag!o ana largo move
ments were played with exquisite feeling,
Of recognition from the audience, who went
Wild over his pyrotechnics in the Ernst con-
certo.
+ HIS other selections were Beethoven's
Romance in @ major, Sarasate's Span
ish Dance. No, 8. and Wiendowski's Car
nevaI Russo" in all Of which the witchery
Of his mastery playing was felt by his
hearers and expressed by tumultuous ap-
plause, which were responded to by Bassi-
MS Dance Of the Gnoumss" end 9 Bach
companied Kubelik. was in thorough sym
pathy with the violinist and was in every
way satisfying.
Miss Agnes Gardner Eyre. pianist, was
the assisting arise. and played Lechetiz,
a waltz, and Saint-Saens "Etude en- forme
de Valse' in a manner that found favor
with her audience.
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ANNUAL ELECTIONS.
Spanish War Veterans Camps Choose
Officers for Ensuing Year.

During the present month officers will be
elected by the six camps of Spanish War
Veterans In the District, to serve one year,
beginning January /, 1905. The first body
to elect its officers was Richard J. Harden
Camp, No. 2, and the election resulted as
follows:
Capt. Harry Walsh, commander; William
r. Place, senior vice commander; Benjamin
Tubman, Junior vice commander; r. Hen
derson, chaplain; r. Wheeler, officer OF the
day; w. Broderlck, officer OF the guard.
Trustees, Capt. Charles Harlow. w. w.
Smith and John ]. O'Brien.
Charles C. Clarke was elected commander
to fill the unexpired term of Hoyt A. Hol-
the Spanish War Veterans was presented TO
Junior Vice Commander-elect Benjamin
Tubnlan for recruiting the greatest number
of new members during the past six months,
Messrs Broderick and Murray being close
seconds.
The new officers propose. 1t is said, to give
the members of Harden Camp "a soldiers
blow out" at the first meeting in January.
1t is also proposed to have public installa-
ton of the newly elected officers
Capt E. L. Cogan, Capt. Charles Harlow
and Senior Communicated Place were
appointed a committee to establish a camp
relief fund.
Capt. Harry Walsh, the new commander
of Harden Camp. saw active service in the
war with Spain, both In Cuba, az an Officer
Of the 1st District of Columbia Volun-
teers and afterward In the Philippines. He
Is one OF the most popular members OF the
camp. and was given a roueinS ovation on
the occasion OF his election as commander.
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Kindersymphonie Orchestra.

The concert by the Kndersymphonie Or
chestra. under the direction of Mrs. Lucille
Belts that was given Wednesday evening
at the Eastern Presbyterian Church. 9Th
street and Maryland avenue northeast, was
attended by large audience. The Kinder
symphonic Orchestra, under the direction OF
Mrs. Lucille Belts. is the latest for Of en-
tertainment to music-lovtng public. It's
compositions and performances are eocen-
trio, unique and entertaining. The concert
was success and the proceeds go to the
church.
The program included numbers by Prof.
]. e. Joyce, Mrs. Ham, Miss Wortz. Mr..
Abbott. Mr.. Irving, Mr. Edward Webster,
DR.. Charles M. Hasselback and Miss Hilda
Bostrom. accompanist. The members OF
the orchestra included Mrs. Belts, direo-
tress; violins. Mr.. Stearns Mr.. Webster,
Mr.. Duncan. Mr. Minnts, Mr.. Davis and
Mr.. Mccartney: wind instruments. Miss
Ham. Mrs. Barnard, Mrs. Elliott. Mrs. Tut
hill, Mrs Hunnicut and Mrs. tombstone;
tr1Angles. Mrs. Rollins and Miss Rollins:
eymbaI. Mrs. Gale: mctalophones, Miss Tut
hill and Miss Anderson; whip. Miss Alice
Tuthill: cuekoos, Mrs Andrews, Miss Becker
and Miss Betts bells. Miss Becker Miss
Belts and Mrs. Andrews; sleds Miss CALI
her and Mrs. Tuthill castanets, Miss
snaith. Miss Worts and Miss Elliott.
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zous11a ooxpgrpoHs.
Paper 70 Be Rad At Annual Meeting
Of Associated Charities.

Mr.. g. ". woodward. OF Woodward q
Lothrop % to make special statement TOT
the committee on the improvement OF
housing conditions at the annual meeting
OF the Associated Charities, on Tuesday
evening, December IL, in the Church of the
Covenant. Mr.. Woodward will have some
thing special to say concerning the sum
mer study Of local housing conditions which
has recently been completed IN Washing
ton under the direction of his committee.
1t is said that about 500 dwellings We're
carefully studied by a special investigator
and that the results have been embodied
IN a report entitled Neglected Neighbors
In the Alleys, Shacks and Tenements OF
t.e National Capital It Is expected that
this report will be printed In book form
as means Of arousng an enlightened pub
lie opinion to assist the committee in Sc
curing the condemnation of insanttary
dwellings and the opening up of hidden
alleys into minor streets.
Mr.. Woodward will briefly review the
past years work of the housing committee
and explain In what way all persons In
terssted may cooperate with the committee
In the active campaign which 1t Is
waGing this year. 1t Is understood all per-
sons interested are expected to attend the
meeting. There will be no charge for ad-
mission.
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SUDDEN DEATH OF P. W. SMITH.
Body Of Local National Guardsman,
Life Extinct, Found in His Apartments

The announcement Of the sudden death
yesterday OF First Lieut.. Pinckney w.
Smith, quartermaster of the LIST Battalion
OF the guard. came as severe shock to an
unusually large circle of friends. and es-
pecially to the members Of the National
Guard of the District Of Columbia. Mr..
Smiths body was found. half dressed, in
his apartments, at 1923 Howard avenue,
: several hours, apparently, after death had
ensued. The cause of the death is believed
TO have been acute Bright sdisease. AL
though he had been ailnS for some time,
MI. Smith was out in the company OF
friends late Wednesday afternoon. F>uner-
al arrangements have been postponed until
the arrival OF Instructions from the old
home OF the deceased, in Illinois.
Pinckney w. Smith came to this city
about twenty years ego. and during most
OF that time was an employe OF the inter-
nal revenue bureau OF the Treasury De-
partnent. He resigned his position upon
the outbreak Of the war with Spain, and
for two years served in Cuba with the
conga1ssary department. U. s. army. Az
ter for the war he returned TO the Treasury
Department and held offlce there at the
time OF his death. Lieut.. Smith had been
highly regarded member Of the District
National Guard for many years. He re-
peatedly served as camp quarterrnaster in
connection with the annual outings Of the
brigade In the field, and as quartermastef
Of the brigade rife team at Sea Girt.
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New Ferry Steamer.

The Norfolk & Washington Steamboat
Company has placed the contract Tor The
building of a second boat for the ferry
route between this city and Alexandria
with the Harlan and Holltngsworth Corpora
ton OF Wilmington. DEL and the formal
signing OF the contracts will take place In
the Office of the Norfolk & Washington
company tomorrow morning. The new
steamer will be 1875 feet long. and Ia all
respects will be the duplicate OF the new
ferry steamer Woodbury.. now on the ferry
route, and like her ts to be a speedy boat
capable OF maintaining a half-hourly
schedule between the two cities. The work
of getting out the material tor the new
boat has already commenced at the ship
yard. and her keel will be laid as soon as
possible. Under the terms Of the contract
the steamer is to be ready for service not
later than the 18th of next May, and will
be placed on the route at once. With the
second steamer in service 1t is the intention
of the Norfolk and Washington officials to
from each end of the route every half hour,
and 1t is understood that g. night service
will also be established, one steamer run
ming until quite late. Nothing definite re-
garding the night trips has yet been deter
mined. 1t is expected that the new boat
Will be launched about the first of March,
end may be ready for service as early as
May of next year.
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DIPHTHERIA PREVAILS
NOT EPIDEMIC, BUT PREcAu.
TroNARY MEASURES TAKEN.

An outbreak of diphtheria is at It's
height In the District. In other years. as
indicated on the health office records, there
have been increases In the number Of per.
sons affected by the disease In the early
winter season. but a comparison with the
entries for both 1908 and 1904 shows that
diphtheria is finding more victims this fall
than in either of the other two years. The
health authorities will not admit, however,
that the disease is epidemic as yet, and 1t
has not been deemed necessary to enforce
unusually strict quarantine against any
school or schools in any section, but 1t is
nevertheless true that each weekly report
Of late has been a swelling Of the totals
under the heading of this dread ailment Of
the throat
In general way the health Office in
spectors believe that the closer contact Of
the children In schools at this season, when
the windows are kept down and there Is not
the facility for ventilation that exists at
other times in the year. is mainly response
BILE for the spread of diphtheria. Occa-
sionally, when the disease Is found to be
dangerously prevalent In any one section, 1t
may be necessary to close part or all OF
a school for few weeks, and for the guild
ance Of the health authorities in this partic-
ular 1t Is required that all physicians, In
reporting cases of diphtheria. shall Estate the
school attended by the patient as well as
by any other children in the home af-
fected.
The record established already this year
shows that during November there were
nlnety-nine new cases reported. while in the
eight days Of the present month there have
been thlrtyfour. In the same periods last
year there were, respectively. ninety-eight
and twenty-six cases recorded. In 1903 In
November there were only thirty persons
stricken with diphtheria. and In the first
eight days of December only four more
We're noted.
Incident to the outbreak of dlphtheria,
DR.. William c. Woodward, health officer of
the District of Columbia, reported to the
Commissioners this morning that Ibis de-
partment was In possession of information
that there were cases Of the disease on two
farms in Maryland from which part OF the
Districts supply Of milk is drawn. He ask
ed authority to send DR.. Fowler, chief In.
Gpector, to the farms to make a thorough
investigation of existing conditions, so that
proper precautions can be taken against
spreading diphtheria among users OF the
milk In the city. The Commissioners
promptly approved the suggestion, and is-
sued an order providing for DR.. Fowler's
travelling expenses
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HEARD on rHRIr CHARGES.
Robinson Incurs Penalty Of $40 Fine
or -Four Months In jail.

Three charges were nled against Lewis 7.
Robinson. who was arraigned in the Police
Court this morning, two for assault and one
tor destroying private property. After hear
ing the evidence and reading q strong tenn
perance lecture to the defendant, Judge
Kimball imposed total sentence Of $40 fine
or four months in jail.
Robinson. railway brakeman and yard
man, went to the New Jersey avenue yard
OF the Pennsylvania railroad yesterday
afternoon. where he was formerly employ
ed. He was irritable at the time, 1t is said
and got into trouble with Charles M Watts,
one of the employees at the yard. The end
OF the trouble came when he struck Watts
in the head with lighted lantern.
He next visited the Office. where he found
Robert j. Davis employed. To attract at
tentton he struck an electric light shade
and globe and smashed It, Mr.. Davis turn
ed around and Robinson struck him in the
face. Robinson was soon afterward locked
up and was called upon to explain his con-
duct in the Police Court today.
II was drunk" he admitted to the court.