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Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
A War Veterans Letter

Mr.. J. II. Seiver Edinburgh, Ind,
writes:
II wish to express my gratitude to
you for the benefit I received from
your most wonderful remedy.
"About six weeks ago ! had most
severe attack of neuralgia, rather of
the scatica type, with which suffered
intense pain.
my wife induced me to try Peruna.
was surprised at the results. In less
than ten days 1 did not have pain
in my body.
II was a soldier three years in the
service of my country. 1 went from
Atlanta to the sea, and for many years
since have suffered more or less with
neuralgia, attended with sharp pains
in every part Of the body. I have used
various remedies, but never found
anything to compare with Peruna.
~ can unhesitatingly say to all that
are suffering as | did to use Peruna
and be convinced of its merits"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
DEPUTY CLERK LOSES PLACE

James Meredith, deputy clerk of the
supreme court, has fallen a victim to
the ak of political succession.
The place occupied at present by
Clerk Meredith will be filled by Oscar
Tolle, San Francisco man.
Meredith was at one time coroner
and clerk of Los Angeles county and
he has been a prominent figure in many
political fights in this county.
d. w. Fields term of office as state
building and loan commissioner is
about to expire, and as Assemblyman
Transue of Los Ange1es has the back
ing of the local Republican machine Il
is probable that the Office will fall
TO him.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
NIGHT COLLECTION OF REFUSE
Women of Civic Federation Seek Aid
of Council


of Council
Backed by a petition signed by thou
sands of householders and an imposing
array of secretaries of various civic
bodies, Mrs. ]. f. Cowles. president of
the Women's Civic federation, and a
committee from the federat ton ap-
peared before the council yesterday
afternoon to ask that when the new
garbege collection contract is let an
ordinance will be passed forcing the
contractor to collect the refuse at
night.
The argument was advanced by the
women that the garbage is not col
lected at the present time in the resi-
dence districts until afternoon, and
that the line of garbage cans adjoining
the curb in these districts does not add
an artistic background to the land
scape.
The committee from the federation
was armed with statistics from eastern
cities where the refuse was gathered
up at night and was prepared to prove
that night collection would cost but
little more than day collection, and the
benefit to the community in regard to
looks and sanitation would be great.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
How LANGUAGE Is Born

"Well,' said the first bank director,
"our president is getting to be a fossil.
His powers are failing and he has be-
come a good deal of a pennypacker."
Yes" chimed in the second director,
i've noticed it. We'd better oslerize
him before he gets lawsoned or chad
wicked. "a A-EXchange.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
TN what way does catarrh produce

n
Catarrh deranges the mucus sur
faces of the whole digestive system. 1t
disturbs digestion.
1t pollutes the very source of the
blood making energies of the body.
Sciatica is nearly always an exhibit
ton of nervous weakness. 1t is neu-
ralgia of the large sciatic nerve and
denotes an anemic or bloodless condi-
ton of the nervous system.
To enrich the blood currents and
tone up the nervous vitality is the only
permanent cure of sciatca and rheu-
matism.
Anodynes and counter-irritants often
serve as palliatives, but they never
cure.
Peruna cures sciatica by increasing
the powers of digestion and thus re-
storing red blood corpuscles to the i'm
poverished blood.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
CITY HALL NOTES
For Storm Drain

For Storm Drain
w. H. Moffatt submitted the lowest
bid for the construction of storm
drain on Sixth street he offering to do
the work for $4,000. The bids ranged
as high as $4,000.
Plans for Sewers
The city engineer was yesterday in
structed by the council to proceed to
lay out such sewer districts and pre-
pare ordinances for such districts as
he deemed most advisable under the
new Vrooman act.
Iowa Street Alley
The protest of property owners in
the vicinity of Iowa, Bush and Six
teenth streets against the closing of an
alley opening from Iowa street and run
ming west into the north and south
alley between Sixteenth and Washing
ton streets was sustained
Fire Hose Bids
Bids for the privilege of furnishing
the fire department with 5000 feet of
hose were opened by the council yes
mittee So many brands and prices
were presented that the council drew
a sigh of relief when the reading was
complete.
Scores Jim Hanley
Street superintendent Hanley's ac-
ton in giving out statements to the
effect that the city council gave away
the city's cash uselessly was the cause
of a motion by Councilman Smith yes
terday morning. which was passed and
which protested against the giving out
of such statements.
Auto Speed Ordinance
Members of the legislation committee
of the council reported to that body
yesterday that they had not as yet
agreed upon an ordinance which would
in their opinion control the speed of
motor vehicles in Los Angeles and an,
nounced that the ordinance would he
ready next Monday.
Councilman Distributes Cigars
Councilman Smith of the Fifth ward
arrived at the city hall yesterday morn
ing wearing a smile Of satisfaction and
began a general distribution of big
cigars. Inquiry disclosed the fact that
fine new boy had arrived at the
Smith home. The popular Fifth ward
many congratulations.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
Councilman Distributes Cigars
Pininras

That appeal to you. Our three large art gal
leries are filled with beautiful pictures. 1t
costs you nothing TO look. but the deft touch
OF the artist oVercomes delay In choosing when
you come here. The mark Of merit Is al
ways on the pictures Visitors made welcome.
sanborn Vail & Co.. S67 South Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11

Notice to Holders OF Herald Photo Coupons
Holders OF Herald photo coupons on Barnett
& Sons studio wishing sittings on Sunday
must make engagement several days In adj
vance. Al coupons must b. presented before
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11

suffering satica.
the rheumatism better
that
ALL
powerful
applica to my
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
BELL WILL CASE
COMES TO CLOSE
VALUABLE ESTATE INVOLVED
IN CONTEST
Judge Takes the Subject Under Ad-
Visement and Claimants for the
Fortune Must Wait His
Decision

After a bitter legal contest which has
been in progress for over a month and
the subject part of which has involved
the romantic story of a double life and
a battle for a good name, the Bell will
case was concluded yesterday before
Judge Wilbur i'm the superior court.
1t was the old story OF woman against
woman and the long drawn out en-
tanglement of the estate left by
Nathaniel Bell who died in Los An
geles May %, 1899, has been the sub
iect of one of the hardest fought legal
cases in the history of this county.
over 100 witnesses were examined in
connection with the settlement of the
estate which amounts to about $780,
0OO and in connection with the charge
of a double life which was injected into
the proceedings, dispositions were read
into the courts record which dated
back to the early history of the south
west
The action was instituted by Mrs.
Ella B. Goldner, who claims to be the
daughter of the deceased by former
marriage, and she asked the court to al
low her to enter into the distribution
of the estate.
The claim of the petitioners legiti-
macy was practically denied by Mrs.
Susan W. Bell. who became the defen-
dant to the action.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
Widow Administrators

Bell died in Los Angeles in 1899 and
Mrs. Susan w. Bell, the widow of the
deceased was appointed by the late
Judge Shaw as the administrators of
the estate.
In all probability the estate would
have been distributed long ago had not
two mining commissioners filed suit
which necessitated a delay in the dis
tribution.
AS the estate was about to be dis
posed of Mrs. Goldner appeared upon
the scene and declared herself to be the
legitimate daughter of the deceased by
a former marriage.
Mrs Goldner testified that she is the
daughter of Librado Valencia Bell, the
marriage between her father and
mother having taken place at Silver
City, New Mexico, in 1872. She also
testified that the deceased separated
from her mother in the SOS and caused
her mother to take up her residence in
the republic of Mexico.
Mrs Goldner has always made her
home in Mexico and at the present time
she lives at Nueva Casas Grandes, in
the state of Chihuahua.
Judge Wilbur took the case under
consideration.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11

In Pinch, Use ALIENS FOOT EASE,
powder for tired. aching feet. All druggists 25c
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
Plans for Sewers

The city engineer was yesterday in
structed by the council to proceed t.
lay out such sewer districts and pre-
pare ordinances for such districts al
he deemed most advisable under thu
new Vrooman act.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11

For Storm Drain
w. H. Moffatt submitted the lowest
bid for the construction of a storm
drain on Sixth street, he offering to do
the work for 1000 The bids ranged
as high as $53. 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
ouqqenhelm a Power.

Admiring friends of Daniel Guggen- helm, the newly elected president of the smelting trust, have conferred on him the title of the Little Corporal of Wall Street." and the name promises to stick. He Is the recognized head of the Gug- genheim family of seven brothers, and represents interests approximating in value $250 900, 900. The Guggenheims con trol not only American Shelters, with capital of s100, 900 and market value of S125 900, ,O00, but American Shelters Se- curities company, $77000,00O, United States Lead and several other companies allied to the larger corporations. The family dominates the smelting and refining busi- ness of North America, and leads In the development of the mining industry. The family fortune was founded by 4dayor Guggenheim who began his business ca- reer as a street peddler on the east side of Manhattan Island. He got Into min- ing and smelting by being saddled with securities which compelled him to take over properties and work them to get his money out From that beginning he and his boys enlarged the scope of their op- erations until they spread over conti- nent. Having started fin, there was noth- ing to do but keep at 1t. and the story of the Guggenheim achievements in that direction Is one of the great money TO- mances of this wonderful era. Daniel
 Guggenheim, head of the clan, is 49 years old, short of stature rather stocky, de-
 liberate and self-contained in manner,
 with a large head chuck full of gray matter. He has a marvellous capacity for work and a genius for administration.
 None of the Guggenheim brothers cares much for speculation, strange as 1t may seem, but they are great in the upbuild- ing of vast properties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
STOCK MARKET ISA 7WO-SIDED AFFAIR Only Thin Margin of Funds for
 Speculation RAILROADS OUPE PEOPLE The Public Is Not Aware That Rates Have Been Generally Raised. Perkins May Soon Be Out
 of a Job.
RAILROADS OUPE PEOPLE
BY w. G. NICHOLAS.

New York, September 23.-The stock market Is more than ever a two-sNed af- fair. Banking interests are sharply dl- vided as to the desirability of higher prices in the near future, although seem ingly of one mind as to what the course of values should be later on. Wall street is just now troubled with an emoarrass- ment of national prosperity. There Is use for so much money and credit in hadling the crops and providing for le- gitlmate demands In every quarter that only thin margin of surplus remains for use in speculation. The conservatives hold that the trust friends of the market will be serving their own interests best as well as those of the general market by holding off and awaiting the natural return movement of money from the out side. The chronic bulls are impatient, however. and anxious to begin discount ing the effects of generous crops and universal buoyancy Many of the rich operators have provided themselves with abundant time money, upon which they are paying interest and which they want to use in the stock market. They are met with inside supplies of stocks every time they jump into the market, an ex- perience which discourages them nightly and causes grumbllng without measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
LIVED FOR YEARS
 ON SAND MOUNTAIN
WOMAN OF WEALTH AND A DE- SCENDANT OF MILES STANDISH LIFELONG FRlENDS-BEAUTI- FUL HOME BURNED DOWN.

Scottsboro, September 23.-(Special)- There died recently on Sand Mountain a woman of more than ordinary interest She was Mrs. R. J. Chubbuck, who passed away at her home on Porter sS Bluff. in this county, the highest peak on Sand Mountain, where she and a lifelong friend. Mrs. Susan Standish, have lived alone for over forty years. At the time of her death, Mrs. Chubbuck was S6 years of age and Miss Standish, her life long companion, was S4.
 Mrs. Chubbuck spent her early years in New York city, where she owned valua- ble real estate at the time of her death As she leaves no heirs, it is supposed by the people here that Miss Standish. will be left all of her large fortune. Miss Standish is a decendant of the family of Capt. Miles Standish of Puritan fame Until a few years ago these two old ladies conducted a boarding school at their beautiful home on Sand Mountain, and had students from many of the south ern states. Several years ago their love- ly home was entered and robbed by a desperate gang of mountain bandits and the house, the pride of these two ladies, burned to the ground to hide the crime of robbery.
 Mrs. Chubbuck had hidden large auan-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
BIG STORE OPENS.
First Department Is Opened In rruss
 vile With EcIat.

Trussvile,z September 23.-tSpecial)-- Friday marked the opening of the first department store in Trussville by the Lacey-Buek company. Since June 1 a large two-story building with basement. cold storage and warehouses has been constructed, being equipped with all the latest Improvements in building and mod ern in every respect, where every article of merchandise usually carried by large department stores can be had.
 The decorations at the opening were ferns, palms and evergreens nicely ar ranged, which presented beautiful ap- pearance. More than six hundred people were present and were served with bar becued meats, lamb, pig, beef and other refreshments.
 A brass and string band were engaged and furnished music throughout the af- ternoon and evening Quite number of people from Birmingham and other towns came out to witness the occasion. Tho programme was under the direction of the genial store keeper, J. A. Harrison. assisted by his force of polite assistants.
 After the programme had been carried out at the store, quite a number repaired to the residence of MT. and Mrs. J. B. Christopher where a delightful dance was given,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
Take a Fresh Start.

From the Baltimore Herald.
 As the horses trot down to the wire in a long, struggling line, a race official bangs a bell, and the whole field turns and goes back to try again. fresh start Is necessary. But 1t is not only on the race track that fresh starts are essential to the achievement of results. There are countless instances of business firms talk ing fresh starts after visitations of mis- fortune. Individuals without number daily turn their backs upon discouragements of the past and take fresh start. The man who fails is he who is unwilling to do battle over again. An individual suffers everlasting failure if. when confronted by obstacles, he refuses to gird up his loins and take fresh start. Fresh starts are the foes of sluggishness and laziness and the guarantees of a higher success than could be possible without them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
Hoadley in Cotton Ring.

Joseph R. Hoadley has become lead ing factor in the cotton market. He IS an enthusiastic bull and some Of ms close friends say he has laid the founda- tion for a mammoth deal in that com modity. They even go so far as to say he intends to run a corner" in cotton. That Is probably an exaggeraton. It would take more money and greater au- dacity than even Hoadley has to corner the cotton market at the beginning or a new year. A man may be wild bull and still fall far short of any ambition to engage in such a spectacular perform anace as attempting to corner up 1OOOO,- 600 bales of cotton, besides taking care of the markets of the old world, which would be one of the essential details Of play of that sort. The late P. D. Ar mour used to say that he did rsot care how much wind" pork or wind" wheat the boys sold him after he had once got his arms around the visible supply. It would require very long arms to encircle 100000 bales of cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
Working Up Rates.

A representative of one of the big ship
 pers' associations said to the writer
 day or two ago that railroads, through
 the operation of that "readjustment and
 evening up'' of freight rates entered up-
 on about three years ago. have been able to raise the tariffs from 15 to 30 per cent
 above the average prevailing previously. He volunteered the further information
 that the railroads had been exceedingly stealthy in working up rates and that the work had been done so cleverly that the public as a whole was still in ignor-
 ance of what had been going on, al- though shippers understood the situation thoroughly. If this statement is true, the fact as given will go a long way to account for the extreme bullishness of the powerful financial interests behind
 the leading railroads of the country. | These interests have been steadily add l ing to their holdings and have almost exhausted the floating supplies of stocks | In some cases. The concentration of stocks in the hands of insiders has been | one of the marvellous features of the
 market during the last three years. | Broadly speaking there has been praeti- cally no public in the market since the | liquidation of 1902-3, but prices have con- | tinuously advanced for year or more.
 Manipulation has been given as the rea- l son for the uplift in prices, but this ex- I
 stocks have simply gone into the hands
 of the rich men who run railroads They | have positive and accurate knowledge
 of the extent to which rates have been
 moved up and they know precisely what | 1t means in increased revenues and en- | larged property valuation. Co-incidental
 with this development in Wall street
 there has risen a need for stupendous | investments on the part of railroads for
 increased terminal facilities in all the | large cities, for new equipment and for | still further reconstruction of roadbeds, | tracks, etc. This has called for addi- | tional Notation of securities, for large
 borrowings and for every phase of rail- | road financing. Pay rolls have been
 sweled. both fin number of men em-
 ployed and in the amounts required for
 wages The increased cost of operation
 measurably offsets the enlargement of
 revenues It also goes to prove the ne- cessity for the 'readjustment and even | ing up" of rates referred to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
Fight Against Gould.

The fight against George Gould is pro-
 gressing about as planned. Pennsylvania i interests at one end and Union Pacific l at the other are embarrassing him in
 every way possible in order to prevent ] the carrying out of his project for the
 creation of a transcontinental system. 1 Wall street does not know whether to | take Joseph Ramsey Jr., seriously or re- | gard him as a joke. If 1t should turn out that he has the substantial backing of Rockefeller or Pennsylvania interests he will be entitled to all respect, but If
 he is putting into the game for purely personal account 1t Is to laugh. The Gould disposition to run amuck across
 the railroad map, coupled with the queer strokes of financing in connection with Wabash, not only aroused the vigorous opposition of rivals, but seems also to have finally alienated John D. Rockefel- Ter, for several years his chief ally. Mir. Ramsey has been very careful not to use the Rockefeller name as one of the pow
 CTS behind him. but he allows 1t to be
 understood that he has the good will of the Standard oil faction. Possibly the truth will not be known until the stock holders meet and cast their vote Mean- time some speculative spirit has been in-
 stlled into the Gould stocks by reason
 of the fight against the Gould family,
 but dealings are largely confined to the
 quick running professionals. who take
 flight on the slightest provocation. and
 who are wary as' foxes The Goulds are
 pretty badly scattered over the invest
 ment field and if it should be detrmined
 by them to go ahead with their railroad plans extensive liquidation in other quar-
 ters may become necessary in order to provide 'sinews of war" The Gould
 holdings are supposed to be large in Western Union, in Manhattan Elevated
 and in Coorado Fuel and Iron. The ,.t- ter interest could hardly be marketed to
 advantage and any effort made to dis pose of large blocks of Western Union or Manhattan might give the general market a jolt. The situation is interest," inc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
Perkins In Bad lluht.

The erstwhile debonnair and gladsome George w. Perkins Is certainly cutting sorry figure before the public just now. The statements made by him such airy frankness while on the witness stand look different in cold type. Down in Wall street they are unkindly recalling MT. Morgan's opinion that his young partner could not fill the dual position of banker and financial manager of an insurance company, and they are saying that MT. Morgans judgment ins the matter was sound. Furthermore. 1t has leaked out that MT. Morgan is angered beyond meas- ure over the publicity attaching to Per- kins' rank juggle in the sale and repur- chase of that sS00,00o block of Mercantile Marine bonds in which the versatile prod igy placed the banking house in a most questionable position-that of lending it. self to scheme for the deception of the state superintendent of insurance. Proph- cts of evil are freely predicting that time will not grow much older before the im- prudent Perkins will be at liberty to make not only new insurance connec-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24
Low Interest Rates Explained.

The loan item In the statement made by the clearing house banks fails to re- fleet the exact situation in one important respect. It does not take into account very large aggregate of time money arranged for by the commission houses and wealthy individuals. much of which is allowed to remain idle in banks to the credit of borrowers. It has become the custom of many rich men and insti- tutions to make their money arrange ments we'll around the corner of the new year. merely as a matter of insurance against the flurries and temporary peri ods of stringency such as are liable to occur during the last three or four months of the old year. This condition of affairs Is understood by a majority of thinking people In Wall street. but it's significance is not appreciated by the public at large or by the horde of light weights. who do most of the talking, but who seem to have failed utterly to find an explanation for the low interest rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-24

tity of valuable treasures under the bluff and the robbers failed to find them. While the home was burning and search was being made for the valuables by the robbers, Mrs. 'Chubbuck made her escape by walking at dead of night down the steep mountain to the railroad sta- tion. two or three miles below. Her clothing was torn from her body and she was almost lifeless when she reached the station and gave the alarm. A posse was at once organized and after several days search over mountains and the low lands of the Tennessee river bottoms, three men were captured and brought to Scotts- boro and lodged in jail charged with the crime. After trial in which able coun- sel were employed on both sides these men were hung in Scottsboro for the crime.
 These two old ladies were known for miles up and down the mountain.