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Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-14

a Holeubeck Lodge. No sle. r. &
"A. A, NJ, VIII confer the second
X0X degree Tuesday eve, August
|N WILL DICK. Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-14

larity, 1t dries debilitating drains. 1t
heals Inflammation and liberation and
cures female weakness. There Is no
trusting TO luck by those who use
sFavorite Prescription"
sIn tie ysaE 1893 ny. health was POOR
fAlo Y wI suffered from falling of womb.
disagreeable discharge. painful monthly
periods, headache. bAckache and pains i9
for two or three days Was weak. nervous
and hysterical; life was burden TO myself
because / Was 80 irritable. MY husband got
me four bottles o. Dr. Piarces Favorite Pre-
scriPtion. and before had taken the nrst
cine made me we'll and strong, free from nerv-
ousness aches and pain, and telt like new
woman. Before used the 'Favorito Pre-
scriptlon had been taking another phYsi-
clans medicine for nearly three months. bus
had received no benefit Your medicine y
certainly the best In the worlds
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-14
Burnett's Vanilla Extract
s sold by best grocers everywhere.
Fast Train. 10 CntaIina

On the Salt Lake Route leave Los An
geles at 7:40 and a. m. 1890 p. M.
daily except Sunday; on Sunday only
at s:45 a. m. Extra boat on Saturdays
connects with train leaving Los An
geles 5;25 p, M; same convenient sched-
ule returning Passengers travelling on
the Salt Lake Route get first choice
of steamer Accommodations, in addition n
to beautiful seashore ride from Long
Beach to San Pedro.
Information $50 South Spring street.
Both phones 352. First street station.
aome 400, Main 4095.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-14

Is 70 shut her
eyes and open
her mouth for
m medicine Q and
trust to luck for
results. She
doctors month
after n t b,
often year after
year, ,inthis same
blind, hap -haZ-
ard fashion, and
receives no per-
manent benefit.
Women take
DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorlte Prescrip-
tion with their
eyes open to the
fact that 1t cures
womanly Ills.
1t cures irfeQu-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-14

In his hook on Nerves in Order
tne British National Health society,
gives a table of longevity which shows
that the Christian ministry is the most
healthful of callings.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
BO|LERMAKER IS
LOTTERY WINNER
POOR MECHANIC WILL NOW BE
RICH FOR LIFE
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars Goes
to Holder of Lucky Ticket-A
Barmaid Won the Last
Capital Prize
Special Gable to The Herald,


PARIS. Dec. 3O.-The fates that pre-
side over the drawing of the Paris
Press lotteries are kind to the de-
mocracy.
An humble boilermaker named Gep-
Ter won the 100000 prize at today S
drawing and joins Mime. Hofer, the
barracks barmaid, who won similar
prize three months ago, among the
ranks of the lottery immortals.
Gepler, who lives at Lille, is bache-
lor of 40. He and his brother-in-law,
a man named Messin, bought two tick
cts and agreed to share what either
won.
Gepler was at work at his trade when
the news that he was the winner was
brought to him today. His fellow
workmen carried him shoulder high
around the factory and several mar
ried men with eligible daughters asked
him to dinner.
He says he has no plans for eXpend-
ing his money. His brother has a
family and can find many excellent
methods of disposing of it. Gepler con-
fesses he is embarrassed by wealth
such as he had never dreamed of.
The second prize of $4,000 went to
a small shopkeeper in the Dole, and
the third of $1,000 to a compositor.
These Press lottery drawings every
month are creating great excitement
throughout France. The lottery was
organized by the Press Association of
Paris of which M. Jean Dupuy, pro-
prietor of the Petit Parisen, is presi-
dent, and the profits so to the funds
of the association.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
DECLINE IN BIRTH RATE
NOT NATURAL PHENOMENON
ENGLISH DECIDEDLY LESS PRO-
DUcTIVE THESE DAYS
English Physicians Declare Higher
Standard of Comfort Causes Par
cnts to Be More SeIfish-Better
Children and Fewer the Rule
TO rhn Hornld.

Special Cable to The Herald
LONDON. Dec. 30.--The question Of
the declining birth rate was dealt with
the other night at Il meeting of the
Royal Statistical society. In a paper
jointly prepared by Dr. Arthur News
holme and DR.. |. II. G.. Stevenson two
main theses were advanced, that the
inhabitants of the united kingdom and
other civilized countries are markedly
less fertile than was the case "A few
years ago, and that this state of af-
fairs is due to other than natural
causes.
France said the authors, ''has an
ttcipated the rest of the world and thus
has come near to the consummation of
its social felode Sc, but it is only ii
question of decades in IA great change
i'm the moral standpoint of a majority
of our people before other countries
VIII follow in the same direction, and
possibly even at the same pace. The
outlook is gloomy, and we cannot look
with confidence to any help which is
likely to come either from preaching or
medical teaching.
The whole field of fact seems to
lead to the conclusion that the decline
in the birth rate is not due to in
creased poverty, but is associated with
the general raising of the standard of
comfort, and is an expression of the
determination of the people to secure
this greater comfort"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
L0UBET'S GIFT TO A
QUEEN CAUSES TALK
GIVES AMELIA OF PORTUGAL A
MASTERPIECE IN JEWELS
Spray of La France Roses in Gold and
Enamei-She Is Daughter Of comte
de Paris and Her Brother Is Loy-
alists' Leader
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
PARIS, Dec. 30.-President Loubet's
recent gift to Queen Amelia of Portugal
is the subject of much talk in the
Partisan Salons and the greater part of
aristocrattc society in inclined to crit
icise the good form of this Offering
Mr.. Loubets gift consists of magni-
fiCent spray of La France roses in gold
and translucent enamel made by the
famous jeweler Falize.
The choice of the goldsmith was ap-
propriate, for the Falize family for
generations back have been the jewel
ers of royalty, and when France had
her kings the Falizes were official
jewelers. to the crown. 1t is true also
that Queen Amelia is a French princess,
being the daughter of the comte de
Paris, but the French nobility are of the
opinion that the president of the repub
lie was not exactly the person to offer
a gift of that sort to one whose brother,
the duke of Orleans, would be by right
head of the nation instead of Monsieur
LCubet.
1t appears also that the chief of state
sent along with the gold TO . stag
and fifty braces of pheasants. Now
Queen Amelia may he anxious to show
her love for France, but 1t is hardly falr
to expect her to do so at the cost of her
digestion, and though she may, and no
doubt will wear the beautiful Falize
roses, she cannot possibly eat stag
and a hundred pheasants
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
MARIE CORELLI IN HIGH RAGE
Angered by Snapshot of Herself APP
pearing in Newspaper, She
Excoriates the Press

LONDON, Dec. 30.-Marie Corelli is
angry, very angry 1t has always been
understood that Nine. Corelli had as
great an antipathy to the camera as to
the interviewer. At any rate no paper
has ever been able to reproduce the
features of the gifted authoress until
last week. when the Daily Mirror and
three weekly illustrated papers printed
a smiling presentment of Nine Corelli,
which a photographer declared he had
secured as the novelist was stepping
from her carriage.
The Tattler, one of the enterprlsing,
otherwise offending papers, prints a
sollcitous letter from Nine Corelli,
which shows how angry she Is at be-
ing so ungallantly taken advantage of
by a malicious operator.
The photograph Is characterized as a
"deseeration of amateur photography, "
and the letter continues; 1--WE can
scarcely imagine "A journal catering for
your public, with some aspiration after
art and culture, so far demeaning itself
as to reproduce am out of focus, ILL
developed and disgustingly touohed-up
negative, which, by its lack Of claim 20
real photogra ply. only illustrates the
malice prompting The operator of the
camera
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
SAYS SWINDLERS WORK
UNCHECKED ON LINERS
BIG STEAMERS CARRY MANY VIC
TINS OF CROOKS
Enelishman Attacks Steamship Conn.,
panes, Which, He Declares, Know
and Tolerate the Presence of
Sharpers on Board Vessels

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, Dec. 30.-Mr. Labouchere
in Truth returns to the veXed question
of the alleged swindling that is carried
on on Atlantic liners, expressing sur
prise that so little is done to check it..
Mr.. Labouchere says:
"It is pretty certain, l believe, that
the blackeg business is organized like
any other industry. and that the bands
who frequent Atlantic liners are the
regular employees of an individual or a
firm"
Members of these bands, it is added,
are known and tolerated by the ship S
officers, and in some cases the bands in
clude women and youths of innocent
appearance, who are used as decoys to
the credulous passengers. These bands
when noticed are warned by detectives
in the service of the shipping companies
but Notwithstanding these precautions,
Mr.. Labouchere continues, a great
many pigeons are plucked, and quotes
the statement of Mr.. Fried that on a
liner a band got $500 from certain pas
sengers at one sitting, and that on a
recent voyage of the same ship they had
fleeced a young passenger to the tune
of $3000
His friend urges that as the COM
panies knew, or should know, these in
dividuals, they should absolutely re-
fuse to carry them, and in support OF
that view he says, apart altogether
from card sharping, the language and
behavior of these bands are source of
annoyance to their fellow passengers
during the voyage.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
LET LEGS Be CUT
OFF FOR DAMAGES
MAN DELIBERATELY SACRl-
FlCED LIMBS FOR MONEY
Suit Proves That He Lay in Front
Of Train to Permit II to
lnjure Him
snecial Cnble 70 The Herald.


LONDON. Dec. 3O-A suit brought
against the Taft Vale railway for com
pensation for injuries has revealed an
example Of nerve for which it is diff
cult to find parallel The plaintiff
claimed that the jolt of train threw
him against a door, which opened and
allowed him to fall across the track.
The train passed over both his legs,
which had to be amputated.
The company produced evidence
which left no trace of doubt that the
plaintiff had not Travelled by the train,
but had deliberately placed his legs on
the track and allowed the train to run
over them for the sake of getting COM
pensation from the company and 500
from the proprietors of II periodical
which offers that sum to its readers If
any of them loses both legs above the
ankles i'm a railway accident while in
possession of the paper.
When the plaintiff was found he was
perfectly conscious. He produced three
pocket handkerchiefs, tied them to-
gether and showed the man who found
him how to make a tourniquet. The
man himself properly adjusted the
bandage. The fact that there was not
the slightest mark ON either his body or
his clothes, although he weighs PIC
pounds and the train from which he
claims to have fallen was travelling al
the rate of 30 miles an hour. aroused
suspicious and inquiries followed a
mass of evidence was produced show
ing that the man ran the risk of losing
his life and the certainty of great suffer
ing simply for the sake of the money
he might get in the way Of compensa-
ton
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
HER SUICIDE TOLD ALL
A Remarkable Case of Impersonation
and Duplicity Revealed by an
Arrest in Ennland
anial Ca hln tn Thc lInrnll

Special Gable to The Herald
LONDON, Dec. 30.-With the inquest
and funeral of Edith Marion James,
there has been rounded up one of the
most remarkable cases of imperSona-
tion since that of Elizabeth Clayton,
who died in the year of Trafalgar. after
spending most of her years as a swear
ing, tobacco-chewing ships carpenter.
Edith James was a well educated,
pretty girl, who had Travelled extensive
ly and at one time enjoyed a comfort
able little fortune. Forced to earn her
living, she became an insurance agent,
and, believing she could do better as a
man, she assumed mans attire and
mannish ways. No one has been found
to say a word against her moral char
acter but she developed Il passion for
money getting, and stole, forged and
cheated to ccomplish her ends
As Miss James she lived quietly, was
highly esteemed and most generous to
her fellows, being particularly so to
girls in need. Then Miss James would
disappear and George ellison, a dog
loving, smoking dandy. would appear
living at a reckless rate in the best ho-
tells and dressing in extravagant style
Her principal source of income was
from writing policies of insurance for
first class insurance companies-policies
which never went to the office. She was
arrested for fraud in the town of Burn
ley, and while being conveyed to Stock
ton to stand trial, jumped from the
train and was killed.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
EVEN AN EGG is POISONOUS
French Scientist Says This Time
Honored Food Is Dangerous
to Health and Peace
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald
LONDON. Dec. 3O-One by one the
most cherished articles of diet appear
to be going under the attacks of the
medical profession. Heretofore the
theory has been that no matter how
dirty the inn or the boarding house
one could always take refuge in boiled
eggs. But now the Lancet says that
French medical man has discovered
hidden danger lurking in the yolk.
The yolk of the eggs of hen. ducks
and tortoises, he declares, contains a
substance which when injected into
the veins, under the skin, or into the
general body cavity eventually causes
death from acute intoxication of the
central nervous system. Hens egg
yolk is less toxic than that of the
duck, it is explained, but that of the
tortoise is more dangerous than either.
II is admitted however, that the per-
centages of poisons are not enough
to kill and that the general public is
in little danger from this form of
poisoning.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
BRITISH CABINET
IS ALL SCOTCH
CAMPBELL-B -BANNERMAN TOOK
CARE OF HIS OWN
Papers Flooded With Letters Com
planning That Premier Chose
Ministers From over
the Border
speclal Cable to rhe Iiernld.

LONDON, Dec. 30.-Slr Henry Camp
bell-B Bannermdn'S new ministry is
characterized by even such a unionist
paper as the Daily Telegraph as good
cabinet, but IL has created a tremen-
dous uproar for all that, us the papers
are printing correspondence from
angry Englishmen that Sir Henry
Campbell Zimmerman should have
given SO many cabinet appointments
to Scotchmen.
Here is a sample of the ire which the
premier has excited as per the Even.
ing News: "As an Englishman raise
my voice in protest against the ex-
traordinary preponderance of the alien
element in the Campbell -Banuerman
cabinet. Scotland, which bases her
claim to distinction primarily upon the
vaporings of lewd poet, is so appall-
ingly apparent in the government of
the country that 1 for one stand aghast
at Campbell -Bannerman's effrontery in
fOisting upon the long suffering people
OF this country an army of hungry
Scotchmen"
Then one who knows writes that
THE all-Scots ministry is easily eX-
plained, as Scotchmen, when they
troop over the border into England,
always bind themselves by solemn
VOW to prefer a brother Scot whenever
the chance occurs. No Scotsman will
admit this to an Englishman, but l
know it is true
The Herald's society correspondent
writes: with one or two exceptions
the cabinet appointments have been
received with stolid indifference, but
find that people are, as a rule, extreme
ly indignant at Mr.. John Burns, an
other Scot by the way, being included.
That a man who could not speak badly
enough Of the army and bplittlp II in
every way should be in such a position
as he is now is causing considerable
indignation, and people are wondering
how he will reconcile his words that
no man is worth more than $500
(S2500) year with the fact that he is
now receiving a government allowance
of $4,000 ($10,000)."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
HERMIT THIEF'S TASTE
Lives in a Grotto Surrounded by
Luxuries and Proves Very
Fond of Poetry
Special Gable TO The Herald.

6peCldl CaDle 10 Inc 11eTdlu.
GENEVA, Dec. 3O.-A cultured her.
NIT, who gratified his refined tastes
by appropriating his neighbors' goods,
has been sent to the prison of Walden
berg on many charges of theft.
He lived in the greatest luxury in a
grotto in the forest of Bretzwil, near
BaSle. When the police broke into the
grotto they found it beautifully and
artistically furnished. Shaded electric
lamps threw soft light on the apart
ment, the floor of which was covered
by rich Turkey carpet. The hermit
himself lounged in a comfortable arm
chair, smoking a fragrant cigar.
Half a dozen etchings after Nelson
Ter and Millet hung on the walls, and
in one corner stood a well-filled book
case. Most of the volumes were of
Il philosophical nature, and included
nearly all the works of Kant, Nietzsche
and other modern German philoso-
piers.
At the time of his arrest he was
reading volume by the, French poet,
Paul Verlaine.
The larder was full of deicacies and
fine wines, cigars and cigarettes. No
fewer than seven different brands of
champagne were found. and the dis
erection of the thief was apparent from
the fact that only the choicest vintages
were taken by him.
He had lived in the grotto, which is
concealed in the middle of an enor-
nous tangle of underwood, for two
years, maintaining himself by burgla-
ries which had deeply puzzled the po-
lice.
He had fitted up an electric light
plant himself The work showed an
Intimate knowledge of engineering.
His discovery was due to a defective
stovepipe, which, during his absence
one day, emitted clouds of smoke, at
tracting the attention of a woodman.
The woodman informed the police, who
kept watch and saw the hermit return
one morning laden with the proceeds
OF his burglary. They lost him in the
underwood, hut finally stumbled on
the grotto, where he was reposing after
his toll.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
ROBS BY NEW METHOD
When in Paris Look Out for This
Clever Roeue-CIaims He Is
an American
,necial Gable TO The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
PARIS, Dec. 3O.-The police warn
foreigners against the wiles of clever
young fellow who discovered new
wrinkle in the matter of roguery and
works it to perfection. An American
woman whose address is withheld by
the police gave the following descrip-
ton of the perpetrator and his
method.
Il met the robber, man of about
80. at the Louvre; he played the art
enthusiast to perfection. l saw him
again at a public reception and at the
theater. Last night l invited him to
come in my box at the opera because
1 was not feeling well-he had preVl-
ously told me that he was physician,
a specialist of nervous and similar dis
ases. He examined my tongue and
pulse in the background of the box and
decided that l must stay, despite the
awful headache 1 had.
- have Just come from a patient
similarly afflicted he said; yours is
a kind of African sleeping sickness, but
as it is in the first stages, l hope to ar
rest the disease
HE made me drink from bottle OF
medicine prepared for the other pa
tient of whom he spoke, and a feeling
of. great fatigue came over me. To re-
leVe that he let me smell of some
salts. Then l lost consciousness. 1t
must have been two hours later when
one of the opera employees found me
unconscious on the sofa in the back
ground and alarmed the police and
sanitary officers"
To be sure, the clever rogue played
his comedy to the advantage of his
pocket He relieved his victim of every
bit of jewelry she wore-even her dla-
mond studded garters-and did not for
get to look into her muff and steal the
gold purse therefrom.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
ROMANCE STILL LIVES
Curate Besought the Girl Not to Marry
His Rival, but Performed
the Ceremon
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable To uhe Herald
BERNE, Dec. 3O.--And yet real ro-
nance is not totally dead in this
world of bill-paying and collecting.
There is in Claro, a village in the
canton of Tessein, Switzerland, a Gu
rate by the name of Guetta' This
gentleman fell i'm love with farm
ers daughter. The farmer himself
thought this was fine. The daughter
did not. She repeatedly refused his
offer of marriage. She refused to let
him call and hang on. She turned him
down hard. What is more, she fell
i'm love with another chap and en-
gagged to marry him.
What followed is plain. Anybody
can guess It. The blind man, though
a fool, might read 1t as he run. In
the course of time the day Of the we'd
ding arrived. And the curate was
called upon to perform the ceremony.
The bridal couple arrived at the
church and marched to the altar. There
they were met by the curate? Bing!
He fell down on his knees and pas
sionately pleaded with the girl not to
take the step which she could never
recall and which would blast his life
forever. He lost control Of himself,
sooth for to say.
But 1t was for a short time only.
"Tumbling TO himself" as Prof.
mike" Riley would say or-let us
put il in elegant and commonplace
form-realizlng his false position the
curate asked to be excused for a few
minutes. These the good and earnest
man spent I'm prayer. Returning 10
the steps of the altar he finished the
ceremony without breaking down, but
In voice strained out of its natural
key with the intensity Of his emotion.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
AMERICANS WEEDED OUT
From Paris Skating Club-Howard
Williamson and the Countess
Saussnie Are Exclude

Special Gable 10 The Herald
PA RIS, Dec. 30--The skating club
which Mrs. Leishmann reorganized has
become the center of all the elegances
and every day its more exclusive presi-
dent is wedding it out remorselessly.
Several Americans have fallen victims
to this weeding-out process. Thus
Howard Williamson is now out of the
CLUB, OF which he was vice president,
and Countess Saussine also an Ameri-
can, has fallen in the same way,
through remaining his friend. This
double accommodation is a triumph
for Mrs. Leishmann, but she will prob
ably find on her return to Paris for
signing the marriage contract of Mile.
Marie de Gontaut-Biron with Count
Gabriel de Nun next week that her
own influence has ceased to be the
mighty power it was thought, though.
of course, she will still remain vice
president.
Princess Charles Won Isenburg gave
this week a demonstration. Even Rus
sian grand dukes can be twisted round
her fingers. When she brought Grand
Duke Boris VladimiroVitch to the skat-
ing club the dutiful society journals
drew fancful pictures of the grace with
| which she and Boris curVetted over the
| ice but the fact is that the grand duke,
who is incredibly clumsy on skates, fell
three times, and pleaded to be allowed
| to watch from the safety of the in
closure, but the New Orleans princess
was ineXorable, and the duke had to
plow about for an hour. making the
best of the awkward situation, and di-
| gesting as amiably as possible the sub
| dued merriment of the amused on
| lockers.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
THE cURzoNS IN LONDON
He Is Sure to Take an important
Cabinet Position With
Much Power
-pecial CabIo 20 The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Dec S0.-Lord and Lady
Curzon (nee Leiter) were besieged
daily by callers after their arrival in
London and all their friends have re-
marked not only on Lord Curzon's s
healthy appearance after his serious
illness, but also upon Lady Curzon's
complexion. which the Indian climate
does not appear to have injured at all.
She is as beautiful as ever, but con-
siderably thinner.
She hopes, however. to put ON the
lost flesh on the Riviera, where she is
spending some weeks with her chill
dren. The future Lord Curzon is dis
cussed on all sides. That he will take
a very prominent position in parlia-
ment is certain. He is already mem
toned as a candidate for South Bucks,
which district has been represented for
some time past by one of the most
popular men in England, Mr.. Willie
Grenfell. one of the kings most inti-
mate friends
Mr.. Grenfell, who is an all-around
athlete, has not only worked inces-
sanity for his party, but he has ex-
pended his wealth on innumerable
charities and has done much for the
shipping trade of the country. He is
to be made a peer very shortly. and
thus South Bucks parliamentary seat
is empty.