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Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
look to Public Roads

Among those who went from Bur-
bank to Glendale by road, and then
boarded the electric cars and came
to Los Angeles yesterday were the
fifteen San Franciscans, comprising the
northern delegation to the grand coun-
ell of the Royal Arcanum, now being
held in this city. U. S. Grant and
family of San Diego, Walter Parker
and other well known persons, who
were passengers on the stalled trains,
also came via the Glendale route.
The delegation to the grand council
of the Royal Arcanum went to the
rescue of the suffering passengers at
Burbank, acting in the capacity of a
commissary department and water bri-
gade. C. L. Smith headed the dele
cation, which made up a purse and
purchased the entire stock of canned
goods, cheese, crackers, ETC.. of res
taurant at Burbank, and then distri
buted the food among the women and
children aboard the trains.
John C. Wray, who has been attend
ing the legislature in Sacramento, was
the first of the stalled passengers to
reach Los Angeles yesterday. Early
in the morning he started out with
pilot from Burbank and prepared the
way for the Royal Arcanum delega-
ton to Glendale. The roads, he said,
are in fearful condition. Past Grand
Regent Gunzendorfer of the Royal Ar
canum, who was driving a couple of
mules, got stuck on the way
and the crowd all agreed that
while he is very successful in having
his speeches printed in advance of their
delivery by a Los Angeles morning
paper, he is lamentable failure when
it comes to steering the prides Of old
Missouri
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
SANTA FE TRAFFIC
IS STILL TIED UP IN
THE CAJ0N PASS
Special to The Herald.

SAN BERNARDINO. March 16.-
Fifteen hundred passengers stalled,
Cajon pass in worse shape than 1t has
been for many years. other lines all
over the division tied up with wash
outs, and rain still coming in torrents
was something of the situation that
today confronted the officials of the
Santa Fe at this point.
1t is the worst situation the road has
been up against since II was built into
Southern California. and the ofiicials
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
Los ANGELES HERALD. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH ~ 1905

safely crossing the Tejunea wash,
which is in very shaky condition,
and reached Burbank at 7.15. We then
received orders to proceed TO Los An
geles, and when we got about a mile
and a quarter east of Burbank our
engine ran into sand drift, which
could not be distinguished in the un-
certain light, and was dltched.
Word was sent to Los Angeles Of
our stall, and a wrecking crew came
to our relief. The crew began work at
O'clock, continuing until daylight this
morning, but made no appreciable eff
feet, as the water and sand hampered
their work.
During Wednesday night three coast
line trains passed out of San Fernando
and were stalled behind our wreck.
All the while rain was falling in tor
rents. Residents of Burbank say It
was the heaviest downpour since the
commencement Of the present storm.
The damage to the railroad. in the
opinion of experts. renders It uncertain
as to when safe repairs can be made"
It is said more than 1000 people are
stalled between Burbank and Santa
Barbara. Every hours delay adds to
their hardships, according to report,
as a large percentage of them are
forced to sleep in day coaches. At
Santa Barbara the railroad company
has been supplying food for several
hundred persons. The hotels are filled,
N is said
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17

Sons, owners of several mining and
smelling enterprises.
Mr.. Guggenheim began his career as
an itinerant vender of stove polish. Ac-
cumulating some money. he invested
in a Colorado mine, and afterward
went into the smelling business at
great expense He had given literally
to philanthroplc enterprises and his
name was we'll known in municipal af-
fairs and civic reform.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
More Damage at Hollywood

Special to The Herald,
HOLLYWOOD, March 16.-About
three inches of rain has fallen in the
last two days. doing hundreds of dol
lars worth of damage to the already
badly washed streets. Car service was
abandoned today from Center street
west The tracks are covered with
mud and water the greater part of the
way from there to Sherman.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
PRESIDENT HARPER TO
TAKE X-RAY TREATMENT
Leaves Chicago for Lakewood, NJ. j..
Accompanied by His Son and
Physician
Rv Associnted Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 16.-President
William r. Harper of the University OF
Chicago, who arrived here from Chi
cago yesterday, left this city today FOR
Lakewood, N. j., where he is to take
X-ray treatment He was accompanied
by his son, Samuel N. Harper. and his
physician.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
COPPER KING
PASSES AWAY
MEYER GUGGENHElM DIES OF
PNEUMONIA
Began Life as Peddler and Became
Famous as a Capitalist, PHI
lanthropist and Municipal
Reformer
Ry AssooIated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 16.-A dispatch
from Palm Beach, Fla, reports the
death of Meyer Guggenheim. the cop
per capitalist. Death was caused by
pneumonia. He was rs years of age.
Mr.. Guggenheim went to Palm Beach
two weeks ago Thursday He was the
head OF the firm Of M. Guggenhsim' S
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
Water Stops Cars

A flood of water pouring down from
the western heights of the city yester-
day morning flooded the neighborhood
near the postofiice at Seventh and
Grand avenue and tied up street car
traffic for more than an hour The wa
ter at Seventh and Olive streets was
more than a foot deep and a squad of
the street department spent the morn
ing in clearing the street of mud and
rocks
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
Washout at Glendale

Another washout occurred yesterday
near Glendale. Tracks of the Los An
geles Interurban railroad were dam
aged to considerable extent and traf-
fic was delayed.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17

Don't make a list of articles and
then leave ii home I'm your desk.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
Accommodation Poor

everyone turned to the berths as a last
resort for comfort
Accommodation Poor
"Then we bucked up against Mr..
Pullman's employees. The conductor
said that until assured that we would
not reach here last night, no one could
have berth made down, My wife was
worn out, and 1 fixed her up in the
smoking compartment on our sleeper,
only to be ordered out. Then / kicked,
I told the Pullman people that Il was
either sleep there or berth, and after
several little chats with them and n
decided stand, our berth was made
down. 1t was the only one in the caf
that was, too. The people grumbled
and kicked and pleaded, but It availed
nothing, the berths were left alone At
ter midnight the porters were told that
they might pull the seats out fiat and
provide blankets, but no one disrobed,
and It was a night of extreme discom-
fort for some and downright misery for
others. We had q number Of women
and several babies along, and / hate to
think Of the suffering they endured,
when beds and forgetfulness were so
near.
This morning we all arose hungry,
cross and cold. Having moved us, the
company was under no obligations to
feed us any more, so we had to hustle.
One man had a can of fruit jam, and
he passed that about, the observation
car porter wrapped himself up in a
mail sack and went through the down.
pour to get some crackers, which he
by a mile walk through the
seas of mud. He also returned with a
little cheese. A farmhouse sent N boy
with some hard boiled eggs, at five
cents apiece, and little bread and
butter at the same per slice. He also
to furnish some weak coffee.
Most of us ate breakfast from crack
ers and beer. The poor little babies
cried for milk, and desperate efforts
were made by men to obtain It, We
finally managed to get some milk for
them. But when one baby developed
the whooping cough and inoculated the
whole coachload of others it got pretty
near the limit.
Change In Menu
"We had change in our menu at
noon today We ate the crackers with
outter on them. Our devoted porter
ikirmished this up somewhere and |
hough it was pretty much like axle
grease, it went well to hungry man.
"We started from Burbank about 1 |
,'clock, and it took us an hour or more
o run the ten miles to Los Angeles.
don't know where the other two sec
ions of our train are. 1 hope they
tayed in Ventura where they might
possibly get some accommodations. 1
!on't want any more washouts in mine.
went through the great flood in Kan
as City in 1908, when the water was
twenty-five feet deep in the low parts
# the city, but there we took care of
very sufferer"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
Rous Raan Aarveat

At the corner Of Seventh street and
Broadway where the water was al
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
RA|NSTORM AGAIN
TIES UP TRAFFIC
STREETS OF CITY FLOODED
BY WATER
Damage to Railroads Stall Passen-
ger Trains on All Lines-Hat-
field Must Go Some
Yet

Continued from Page one)
task in wading through the flooded
thoroughfare with the woman.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
RAILROADS IN WORSE
SHAPE THAN AT ANY
TIME DURING STORM

| Conditions on the coast and valley
lines of the Southern Pacific are
worse, if anything, than they were a
day or two ago, according to reports re-
ceived in Los Angeles last night. 1t
is regarded as extremely doubtful if
traffic will be resumed on schedule
time before Saturday or Sunday.
Many of the passengers aboard the
stalled trains at Burbank yesterday
morning despaired of all idea of reach
ing Los Angeles by rail within a reas-
enable length of time, and so they
started out for Glendale by road. All
available vehicles were rushed into ser
vice, but Notwithstanding large num-
ber of persons were forced to go afoot.
The roads are fearfully cut up and in
places impossible, necessitating pas
sage through private grounds and orch
ards.
At Burbank several trains were tied
up on account of the condition of the
track An engine was ditched, and for
hours Wednesday night water covered
the rails, in places being two and three
feet deep. Soledad pass, on the valley
line is said to be in bad shape, STALL
ing northbound and southbound trains
Passengers who reached Los Angeles
yesterday described the scene at Bur-
bank as one of the worst, if not the
worst, known to this section of the
country. The accommodations, they
scarcely anything to eat except cheese
and crackers. Drinking water also be-
came scarce aboard train, so that male
passengers had to wade through the
mud and water to Burbank, get buck
cts and pack them back with water
dren.
Describes Trip
1--WE had a pretty tough time of it,"
said one person. "Our train, No. %,
left San Francisco Sunday morning
over the coast line. We had no trouble
until we reached the Salinas valley, be-
low Pajaro. At this point we ran into
flood of water which delayed us
three and a half hours. This same
trouble we encountered until we got
into the mountains at Templeton.
after crossing the mountains, we
got into San Luis Obispo, being four
and half hours late We were there
notified that we would not be able to
get out OF Santa Barbara, as train No.
20 was stalled at Surf. We were also
informed that the engine of No 20 was
ditched by sand on the track.
1T was 1870 o'clock Monday morn
ing when we reached Santa Barbara.
With six other passenger trains. we
were tied up there until o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon. when a light train,
made up of a fifty-ton engine and four
coaches, started for Los Angeles to
test the various fills and temporarily
repaired washouts.
Il was a passenger on the light
train. We made a slow run from
Santa Barbara, feeling our way until
we reached San Fernando. We were
four and a half hours late at that.
Chief Engineer Hastings of the South
ern Pacific was aboard the train and
gave orders at San Fernando to proceed
to Los Angeles with caution.
Engine DItched by Sand
Accordingly we left San Fernando
at $50 o'clock Wednesday evening,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
WANTS DETAILS
BEFORE VOTING
TELLER STILL CLAM0RS FOR
INFORMATION
Is Not Willing for the Senate to Act
Upon Santo Domingo Treaty
Without knowledge
Asked For
BY Associated Press.

| BY Associated Press.
| WASHINGTON, March 16.-Despitt
the fact that it is recognized that there
are not enough votes for the ratifica-
tion of the Santo Domingo treaty, there
| was a general return of Republican
members who have been absent. Sena,
tors Lodge and Kittredge, who have
| been away for a few days, were ir
| their seats, and Senator Dolliver is
within reach if there should be a cal
for him.
| After the reading of the journal Sen
ator Teller asked IL there were objec-
tions to consideration of his resolution
of inquiry concerning Santo Domingo
affairs. Senator Cullom who had risen
to move an executive session, said tina,
an opportunity would be given tomor-
row for the consideration of the reso-
luton.
II know that" replied Senator Teller
but If we are called upon to vote on
the treaty this week we will have to
act without the information"
well, 1 do not believe the infor-
nation we would get is worth much
anyway" said Senator Cullom.
Senator, Teller explained that he die
not want the resolution to lose its
place, and it was agreed that he might
call it up tomorrow.
Morgan Makes Serious Charge
Senator Morgan occupied practically
the entire time in the discussion of the
Santo Domingo treaty in executive ses-
sion of the senate today. He charged
that william Nelson Cromwell of New
York, who was prominently connected
with the sale of the Panama canal
property to the United States, was the
prime mover in the scheme to influence
the United States in the financial af-
fairs of the Dominican government. He
asserted that Mr. Cromwell was actua-
ted by a desire to Illustrate a plan OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Reader, natives of Ala
bama, who are operating under the
name of the Reader syndicate, to get
certain concessions from the Dominic
can government and to promote the
interests of syndicate he represented
Wnlcn, II Is dlleSeu Holu5 a. iidSS Va
claims against the Latin American re-
publics, including a large part of the
debts against the Dominican govern
ment.
The alleged disclosures were debated
all day and the senate is divided as to
whether Senator Morgan made a case
The Democrats insist that he did, while
the leaders among the Republicans de-
clare that the charges were made up
of mass of matter which contained
no conclusive evidence that Mr.. Crom-
masters as follows: Arthur M. Free
The speeches were made behind closed
doors. Senator Morgan held his audi
ence to the conclusion.
New Postmasters Appointed
The senate in executive session con-
firmed nominations for California post
wei land used any undue influence
Mountain View; Flora B. Reynolds
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
New Postmasters AppoInted

New Postmasters Appointed
The senate in executive session con-
firmed nominations for California post
wei land used any undue influence.
Mountain View; Flora B. Reynolds,
Mill Valley.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17
Engine DItched BY Sand

Accordingly, we left San Fernando
at $50 o'clock Wednesday evening,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-17

everyone turned to the berths as a last
resort for comfort.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13
CLOSING Exercises verda School.

The closing exercises of the College
Hill public school, at verda, will lie
held in the school building at that
place commencing tomorrow. May
18th, and continuing until Thursday
night May 18th. Prof. G. A. Riddle
and his assistants. Prof. l.. b.
Strarghan and Miss Grace Hyde,
have prepared IN interesting pro-
gramme for the occasion, which Will
embrace the four days mentioned.
The programme Ia as follows:
SUNDAY, MAY IA.
IL a. m, Commencement Sermon.
MONDAY, MAY Is.
Sd. M, Primary Grade Exercises.
TUESDAY, MAY Is
Sp. M, informed. Grade Exercises.
WEDNESDAY,, MAY IL.
8 p. M, rlay, The Last LOaf.
THURSDAY. NAY IL.
IL a. m.. Address, Supt. j. N. War
per. of Grant.
2p. m, Address, Supt. Cas- Moss
Of Winn.
8 D. m, First Anniversary Pro
gramme Of Modern Culture Club So
ciety. Play. Aunt Dinah's Pledge.
The public are cordially Invited tc
attend these exercises.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Attorney J. B. Roberts this week
received u handsome roll top desk,
a. well as several volumes Ut law
books, which adds materially to the
looks of hia Office. -. b." as he
IL known among his friends. is a
close student, and by strict atten-
ton to business IL building up q
good practice, which he proposes to
hold ny making his law office nc
attractive an possible. He has just
moved into the building on the cor.
ner Of Mr.. Hyde's lot, and has not
vet gotten things Strengthened out
but when he does everything Will he
cosy and comfortable and mp to
anuff
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Twenty dogs were poisoned In
Marksville one night last week, and
the News fails to understand why
any such poisoning should take
place.r II forty dogs were to be
found dead on our streets one morn
ing we could understand why they
were poisoned. II you have ever
been walked up about 2 O'Clock In the
morning Ivy a lot Of bowling ours you
can understand" too. Just walk
around a little and zee the lot 81
worthless ours scattered over town
and one would wonder II a dog farm
wasn't close to US. Send that dog
killer to COlfax.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

We learn that q beverage called
"health tonic Is being freely sold in
Coliax, and that the s'tonic" IL moth
ing short of pretty good beer. The
party or parties engaged in this bus
mess will likely need a tonic to
stimulate them when the courts get
through hauling them over the Goals
for selling intoxicating liquor with
out a license.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13
Letter to Everett & KelsOe,
COlfax. La.

Dear sir: A man said: Send me .
gallons. Generally l use "a; dOz't
think it'll be enough.
Had left.
Ordered y more tor another Job; N
for the Job.
Had 9 left.
This comes from Messrs. w. A. & F.
Bower, Methuen, Mass. They add
this has been our experience all this
year.
New agents always have to &c
through Il. After a little they learn
to guess better.
Yours truly,
% F.W. DEyOE 4 Co.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

As we go to press Red river is
about on a stand from Alexandria to
Shreveport. with government reports
of river falling at and above Shreve-
port. A rise Of a tenth of foot was
reported for the last twenty-four
hours at Shreveport, but the head
waters are falling, and the river at
Colfax can be expected to recede In
the next day or two. unless heavy
rains set In again.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

We were In error last week in stat
ing that the special Sunday train be-
tween WINFIELD and Alexandria had
been discontinued. The trains run
on the same schedule as heretofore,
passing Colfax. In the morning at
7:47 and returning to WINFIELD pass.
es COlfax at 7:23 p. IN. The special
rates of one and one-third fare on
Sunday have been discontinued, hut
the trains continue on the same
achoiule
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13
WhoopIng Cough .

I'm the spring of 1901 my children had
whooping cough" says Mrs. d. w. Capps,
of Capps, Ala. II used Chamberlain's
Congh Remedy with the most satisfac-
tory results. think this is the best
remedy have ever seen for whoopiDg
cough" This remedy keeps the cough
loose, lessons the severity and frequency
OF the coughing spells and counteracte
any tendency toward pneumonia. For
sale by j. H. McNeely.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Blood poison creeps up towards the
heart, causing death. J. E. Stearns,
Belle PLANE, Mimi, writes that q friend
dreadfully injured Isis hand. which swell.
ed mp like blood poisoning. Bucblen,s
Arnica Salve drew ont the poison. heal.
ed the wound, and saved his life. Best
in the world for burns and sores. 25c ct
Crescent Drug Co.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Mrs. Sallie Cabiness. 0f Ennis. Tex,
arrived In COlfax last Saturday night,
and will spend several weeks vistting
her brothers. Messrs. Frank and
Hiram Williamson. She In the guest
this week In Colfax Of Mrs. Matte
williamson.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Mr.. Dol Morris came down from
Montgomery Thursday night with
Aaron Harris. colOred, whom he had
under arrest for knocking another
negro In the head with spade. and
turned him over to Sheriff SwaffOrd
to await the action Of the grand jury.
The wounded negro is bruised up
pretty severely, but Is not necessarily
fatally hurt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Mr.. John Jones, who has been as
sisting his brother. DIR. W. A. Jones.
In the Valley Drug Store, for the past
ak months, win leave tomorrow for
Ponghkeepsie, New York, where he
will take a business course. He will
attend the closing exercises OF the In
dustrial institute In kustOn first, and
from there will so on 20 New York.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Lang Bros. Druggists. Paducah. KY,
write: 1--WE sell more OF Dr.. Meuden.
halls Chill and Fever Cure than all 9th.
or remedies combined, having retailed
over 700 bottles in one season. The ply
sicians here prescribe it and persons who
once use IT will have no other"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

DR.. w. A. Fletcher and DR.. G. w.
Phillips returned from New Orleans
this week. where they had been to
appear before the State Board Of
Medical Examiners for permission to
practice medicine In this State. Both
of them passed the board with credit.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Mrs. Mayme Sullivan. OF Mornings
port. came down Thursday evening
and remained over until this morning
ON q visit to her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. F. Meas. Her little brother,
Harry. who has been visiting her for
q month, also returned home.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

The Colfax base ball team will leave
this evening for Natchitoches
where they VIII play series OF three
games of ball. Tomorrow and Mon
day they will play the town team.
and ON Tuesday viii play the Normal
school team.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

There in nothing inst az good for ma
laria, chills and fever AZ DIR. Menden
halls Chill and Fever Cure. Take It ~
general tonic and at all times 10 place
of quinine. II it fails TO give satisfsc
ton mail the front of the carton to j. g
Mendeuhall, Evansville, Ind, and ge1
Your money back.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Mr.. j. NJ. Anthony, of ward two,
was among the many visitors to
Colfax ON last Monday. He report
ed the rains In his section OF the
country as having been very heavy
Of late, and especially the one last
Sunday, which overlooked the whole
country for while and made the
roads almost impossible.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Texarkana. Ark, Apr. "A. 1905.
To whom IL may concern:
Mr.. v. NJ. Mason, OF Selma, Grant
parish, Louisiana, has been named
Agent and Attorney to receive seFv-
Ice and IL authorized to accept same
In the name Of this company.
LOUISIANA hallway COMPANY,
Is ]. M. BERNARDIN, President.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

The Confederate Veterans reunion
will be held this year at Louisville,
KY, June IA, Is and is, and the rail.
roads are now advertising reduced
rates for the occasion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

Mr.. j. N. Fletcher this week con-
tracted with MIR. Vim. Edenborn for
the sale Of the timber on 600 or 200
acres OF land for $4,000. Nearly all
OF this timber Is In the nelghborhood
OF Verla. The sale has not yet been
contaminated, but as soon as Mr..
Fletcher can give perfect title the
transfer will be made.