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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
CONF ROLLED BY BRITISH
Canton-Hankow Railroad No Longer
in the Hands of Amer-
cans
BY Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1S.-Willis E.
Gray who has represented the interests
of j. p. Morgan in China for the past
four years, and who was the former
manager of the Canton-Hankow rail
way, arrived here from the orient yes
terday. He says that the Canton-Han-
kow railroad, started as an American
enterprise, backed by American capital.
is now practically controlled by the
British. Several months ago the ma ior-
ity of the stock of the railway was
acquired by the Belgians, and the
Chinese government claimed that the
Americans had violated their contract
and should not be given the right of
constructing the road. The work was
taken over by the Chinese.
1.-The Chinese government borrowed
British capital to complete the road"
said Mr.. Gray yesterday. The British
have an agreement whereby half of the
engineers are to be British The road
at present is operated thirty miles west
of Canton. IT is graded on another spur
II miles north of the city"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
CITY CONSIDERS PURCHASE
OF BIG POWER PLANT
RIVERSIDE CITIZENS HOLD 4
MEETING
After Several Hours DeIiberaton an
Adjournment Is Taken for Week.
Municipality May Accept Offer and
Acquire Valuable Property
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
RIVERSIDE, Dec. 1S.-A meeting
was held tonight by the board of city
trustees and a number of prominent
citizens to consider the proposition to
purchase the plant of the Riverside
Power company Those present
wrestled with the proposition until
midnight. when the meeting was ad-
journed for a week.
The Riverside Power company's
plant was recently acquired by the
Southern California Savings bank un-
der foreclosure of mortgage. 1t has
capacity of 600 horsepower, gener-
ated by water conveyed in a canal six
miles long from the Santa Ana river.
The water is taken from the river at
a point Immediately above the Salt
Lake railroads concrete bridge. The
power is transmitted to the sub-station
on the corner of Ninth and Mulberry
streets and is used in supplementng
the supply received from the Edison
Electrical company in Redlands.
Included in the proposition are 1000
acres of land, 1900 acres of which are
available for cultivation. 1t is pro-
posed to use a part of this land for
sewer dumping ground for the city.
w. d. Woolwine, representing the
bank. offered the property to the city
for $165, 900, City Engineer Campbell
estimates that it will be necessary to
expend $4,000 in theimprovement of
the system. These improvements would
consist i'm part of a reservoir for set
tlng the water. submerged dam and
improvements to the generating plant.
The property was offered on easy
terms-twenty-tiVe annual payments
with interest at 4 per cent.
The city owns the electric distribut-
ing system now in use and the auxil-
iary steam power plant, which has a
capacity of 700 horsepower.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19

MINOR COMPANIES
INSURANCE COMMITTEE NEAR
END OF TASK
Provident Savings Society, Empire
Life Company and Life Associa-
ton Of America Subjects
for Inquiry
BY AssocIa ted Press.


NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-With the re-
sumption of its sessions today the
Armstrong insurance Investigating
committee practically started on the
cleaning up Of its work, preparatory to
formulating its report to the legisla-
ture Today was devoted to the
smaller companies, those under exam
ination being the Provident Savings.
the Empire Life and the Life associa-
tion of America.
With the counsel of the provident
society were taken up several real es-
tate transactions. There appeared, ac-
cording to Mr.. Hughes. to be a mark
ing up of the book values of the soci-
ety's real estate holdings almost an
nually and subsequently Miles NJ. Daw-
son, the committees expert actuary.
was sworn as witness and presented
compilations showing that the society
by its management lost about 800. 600
last year, which was offset by the
marking up of it's real estate holdings.
Stacey Wilson. secretary of the EN-
pire Life. formerly the Home Benefit
society. an assessment company, told
how his company was run. The COM
pany owns no real estate and has
about $4,000 of assets with an out
standing liability of about $3.50, 600
This company does business princi-
pally in New York and Pennsylvania,
having been debarred from operations
in most of the other states. He said the
total receipts of his company for 1905
were 1885, while the disbursements
were $4,000. Witness said that hope
of an increased business has been
blasted by the action of many states
in debarring the company.
The Life association of America, or
ganized in 1901, was also taken up and
its president, Henry T. Townsley, tes-
titled.
A list of collateral loans was offered
in evidence and when Mr.. Hughes
started to read it Mr.. Townsley asked
If 1t was read for the benefit of news
papers. Mr.. Hughes tartly replied that
1t was read to show that the company
loaned money on worthless securities.
Mr.. Townsey's examination will be
resumed tomorrow
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
TROOPS SEEK SAFETY
Soldiers Concentrate to Defend Them-
selves Against Rebels
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
MITAU, Province of Courland. Dec.
16 (delayed) The troops in order to
avoid humiliation at the hands of the
insurgents have been forced to abandon
the country districts and to concentrate
at Riga, Mitau and Libau, where they
actually are standing on the defensive,
unable to make head against the in
surgents. Several detachments have
been defeated, The garrison of Tacum
CUniucknim consisting of a squadron
of dragons and a company of infantry,
not being able to depart in time, was
set upon at night and lost its command
err, Lieut.. Col. Mueller and thirty men,
The insurgents, evading the sentineIs,
penetrated the town and laid wire en-
tanglements in front of the houses in
which the wounded soldiers were quar-
tered. They then set fire to the houses
and the troops, rushing out were shot
down from the roofs or cut up in the
narrow streets.
The soldiers retreated in confusion,
horribly mutilated by the insurgents.
who gouged out their eyes and cut off
their ears and hands.
The insurgents, who formed in bands,
Continued on Page Seven)
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
RIOTS ARE SUPPRESSED
German and American Consular OFF,
ciaIs Are Stoned
BY Associated Press.

by Associated Press
SHANGHAI. Dec. 1S.-The riot is
suppressed Twenty Chinese rioters
were killed and few Europeans were
wounded. Otherwise the damage done
was slight.
Police, sailors and volunteers CO.
operated in suppressing the riots, in the
course Of which one police station was
partly burned, a barroom wrecked and
a bicycle store looted. No Europeans
were killed. The streets are now de-
serted except for armed patrols, which
are everywhere.
The riot here was promted by boy
cotters on account of an incident in
volved in the mixed court. The Ger
man consul was stoned and the Ameri-
can vice consul and several other for
eigners were attacked and injured. The
Chinese closed their shops when the
rioting begun. The local volunteers
were called out 10 restore order and
detachments of blue jackets were
landed from the warships to assist in
restoring peace.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
RECLAIMlNG VAST AREAS
Number of National Irrigation Prof.
ects Now on Foot Reaches
TWenty-Four
6y Associa ted Press.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S-A bulletin
issued by the geological survey says
the approval by the secretary of the
interior of the reclamation project in
Texas and New Mexico and of the
CARLSBAD project in New Mexico will
bring the number of reclamation pro-
jects up to twenty-four.
or these eleven are under way. They
provide for the reclamation of 1908, 500
acres of arid lands at u cost of $37,-
02S.571.
On June TO- 1905, the total cost of
construction and engineering work per-
formed by the reclamation service, to-
gether with the administration eX-
penses, amounted to So, ,462, 1863. On that
date the reclamation fund had reached
Il total of $2S02S,571. 1t was estimated
at that time that the receipts for the
fiscal years 1906-190S would amount to
$9,000,000 that the sum of money avail
able for reclamation purposes up to the
end of 1908 will be $37O2S,571. Since
the work of reclamation began seventy
seven miles of main canals have been
constructed and fifty-four miles of dis
tributing canals as well as 1856 miles
OF bitches and 147 bridges. over o.
$50, 900 cubic yards of earth have been
eXcavated and three and one-half miles
of tunnels driven.
LdDor, tne Dulletln says, is one or the
most serious problems the engineers
have to front Several contractors en-
gagged on government projects have al
ready failed because of their inability
to secure the services of a sufficient
number of workmen, and others are on
the verge of failure for the same rea-
son. 1t is equally difficult to find COM
retent sub-contractorS and foremen.
The report contends that the eight
hours limitation on work is q factor,
as many preferred to work longer
hours
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
LITTLE FEVER ON ISTHMUS
Colonel Gorgas, Chief Sanitary Officer,
Expects Early Disappearance
of Disease
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The report
of Col. W. c. Gorgas, chief sanitary
officer rf the Panama canal zone, for
October shows three cases of yellow
fever during the month which he says
indicates the early disappearance of
the disease. Only one case was an
employe of the commission. Col.
Gorgas stated that Panama has often
been free from yellow fever, but the
only disappearance was when they had
no non-immunes to contract it. Dur
ing October he says that all the nat
ural conditions have been favorable
for yellow fever a larger number of
non-immunes probably than had ever
before been on the isthmus, with a
wet and hot month.
The American force has reached its
maximum. about $4,000, of which num-
Der about 1000 are non-immunes
among whom was only one case of
yellow fever and not ii single death
The report says that with $4,000 men
there the sick rate is twenty-one per
thousand.
Col. Gorgas points out that when
the sanitary improvement in progress
including street paving i'm Panama and
Colon, water works in Panama. Colon
and along the line, and comfortably
screened buildings for the employees at
all these points are completed. the
health conditions will be still further
improved, but states that he is in
clined to think that the sanitary ques-
tion of Panama has been settled, as
has been shown, he adds. by the fact
that IA force of laborers as large as
there ever will be can work OH the
isthmus without suffering from yellow
fever. ana that the general health of
the same force can be kept as good as
il they We're digging II canal i'm II
healthful part of the United States
proper.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
STRIKE CAUSES
SHANGHAI RIOTS
OUTBREAK SUPPRESSED IN A
SHORT TIME
Twenty Chinese Killed and Few
Europeans Wounded-Armed
Patrols Guard the Cltys
Streets
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-The state
department has news from Shanghai
that a serious situation exists there.
Two cablegrams received at the de-
partment over night state that the
trouble arose through strike and
was increased by a dispute growing
out of some cases being tried before
the consular courts. Two foreigners
have been killed and many wounded.
Navy forces, supposedly from the
British squadron which is there, are
guarding the streets. Police stations
have been burned. No Americans have
thus far been injured. but the official
statement was made that the situation
is regarded az serious. Two American
cruisers are now on their way to
Shanghai,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
INCENDlARY AT WORK
Attempt Is Made to Burn the Madi-
son Packing House at
Fresno
BY Associated Press.

FRESNO, Dec. 1S,-This morning at 6
o'clock an attempt was made to burn
the Madison Packing house, which Is
four miles north of Fresno on the
Southern Pacific. N. Swanson dis
covered the flames beneath the house
and dashed water on them. He came
face to face with the incendiary, who
turned and ran.
the house, and Swanson put out the
flames and followed the incendiary's
tracks for mile and quarter and
then lost them. Swanson, who saw
the man, says he did not recognize
him. Munger knows of no reason why
anyone should wish to burn the house
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
INVESTING IN CALIFORNIA
M ainc Lumbermen Out Here to In-
spect Large Interests Recently
Purchased
BY Associated Hress.

By ANSOVIHIeu TTeS5
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1s.-A party
of Maine lumbermen from Greenville.
Ellsworth, Hartland and Bangor, Me-.
are here. They have jointly invested a
couple of million dollars i'm California
timber and mining lands and are out
here to inspect their properties.
Several OF them are also interested In
the $10,000.000 redwood combine recent
ly formed in Detroit. but which has
applied for a Maine charter Recent In
vestigations in the Michigan, Wiscon-
sin and Maine timber districts show
that their supply of marketable timber
is rapidly becoming exhausted and tho
eastern country will soon have to get
much of it's supply from the Pacific
coast of the extreme southern states.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
FUNDS FOR MARE ISLAND
Secretary of the Navy Asks Generous
Appropriation for Navy Yard
improvements
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
VALLEJO, Dec. 1S.-Civil Engineer
II. II. Rousseau. Z. S. NJ. has fur
nished list of appropriations asked
for by the secretary of the navy for
the next fiscal year. The total amount
is $707, 7653 33.
Among the larger appropriations are
the following items: civil establish
ment. yards and docks, $l5,265.33; cleo
trio plant system, $4,000; improve
ment of channel and Mare Island
streets. 100000; extension of wharves,
$25, 900; central light and power sta
tion. $4,000; naval magazine improve
ment. $50, 100; naval hospital improve
ment, $4,000; construction plant i'm
provement, $4,000; new marine bar
racks, 100000; new marine barracks
quarter, $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
SWINDLED MANY WOMEN
Police Believe They Have Man Who
Worked Fake Legacy
Scheme
~ AssocIated Press.

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK. Dec 1S.--In the arrest
or man named Isadorc Appel. 45
years old, the police believe they will
be able to clear up complaints from
more than $50 women during the past
three years that they had been swim
died out Of various sums of money by
the man who represented himself as
being from the surrogate's office and
who told them certain legacics in cash
from dead relatives were awaiting their
order ana would be paid as soon as
they settled tho surrogate's fees. which
he had called to collect In advance.
In each Instance the legacy" proved
10 he myth. The complainant against
Appel Is Miss Blanche Stover. "A niece
Of Supreme Court Justice Stover, who
says she paid the man $50 as surro-
gate's fees on a supposed legacy OF
$4,000 from a dead uncle.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
PEPPERS BOX CAR
Two Men Inside and Mexican Is
Held for Attempted
Murder
BY Associated Press.

STOCKTON, Dec. 1S.-VictOrna
Yapez is in Jail here and will be charged
with attempt to murder. Last night
he took nine shots at a Santa Fe box
car near the round house at the western
limits of town, in which two men, Mar
tin and Tomaso Pimental, brothers,
were. the car being used as a bunk
house for section men.
Neither of the men was hit, and
Yapez was prevailed upon by another
man to stop shooting. The facts were
reported today and Yapez was ar
rested. He had formerly worked with
the two others and had a grudge
against them.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
WILL BUILD "DREAMLAND"
$75o,ooo to Be Spent Establishing a
Pleasure Resort in San Fran
cisco
By Asso cia ted Press

by NsSO -IdIeU ITcsS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1S-The
white City" of Chicago and the
"Dreamland" of Coney Island are to
be reproduced in San Francisco upon
a site consisting of eleven acres over
looking the Golden Gate and the bay.
This viii give San Francisco as large
a pleasure resort as either New York
or Chicago possesses The project has
been capitalized at $750000 and its pro-
moters declare that sufficient money
has been secured to guarantee its sue
cess
u. ]. Grammar. theatrical man with
large interests both in the east and
west, will be general manager of the
concern, which is to take the name of
"Dreamland."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19

Insurgents capture soldiers in Livonia
and control situation.
Serious riots occur in Shanghai in which
wounded
German ships sent to protect kaiser $
subjects In Russia.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
Mormons Leave for Vermont
Aaeociat tod Prass

SALT LAKE. Utah, Dec 1S.-Presi-
dents Joseph +. Smith and Anthon ii.
I4und of the Mormon church, with sew
eral of the apostles, presidents Of
stakes, bishops and representatives of
the numerous branches of the Smith
family. left Salt Lake today for South
Royaton, VT, TO be present on De-
cember % at the dedication of a monu-
lnent erected there to the memory OF
the so-caled prophet Joseph Smith on
the spot where he was born. The party
numbers about twenty-five persons.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
Mccall Seriously III
BY Assooiated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-President John
A. Mccall of the New York Life In
surance company is, according to a
story printed today, very i'll at his
home, 54 West SeVenty-second street
Mr.. Mccall, the report says, was taken
down with grip on Monday last and
contrary to the advice of his physician
he attended ON Wednesday a meeting
of the directors of the New York Life
insurance company. Since then Mr..
Mccall has been down with pneumonia.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
Back Broken; viii Recover
, Sanntafad praeo

OAKLAND, Dec. 1S.-Charles Leon
ard. pupil at the polytechnic high
school, lies in hospital here with his
back broken as the result of u jump
he took last evening from a rapidly
moving ear. 1t is said Leonard will
recover. The back is broken a little
below the middle, but the spinal cord
escaped pressure and the fractured
vertebrae, it is believed. viii knit in
the course OF time.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
AGAIN ACCUSED OF PoAcHING
Word Received From Lower California
That Frank Mania Has Been
Arrested
Special TO The Herald.

EUNVIHI 10 nc TIeTHT0.
SAN DIEGO. Dec. 1S.-Word comes
from Lower California that the off,
cials there have again arrested Frank
MAMMA on the charge of poaching.
MAMMA Is the captain Of the schooner
May and II is alleged that he has
been poaching on the guano islands
off the coast Of Mexico and has been
taking guanO without the permission
of the government, which has sold the
concession to other parties agreeing
to protect them In their concession.
This is the second time that the
man has been arrested on practically
the same charge. ON the other occa
sion he was released on bond OF
$1,000 and jumped his bond. 1t is
claimed that he will be severely pun
ished and that the government will not
release him on bail this time pending
a hearing.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
Engineer and Conductor Blamed
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.. Dec. IS
The coroners jury which has been i'm
vestigating the cause of the fatal col
lision between the overland limited ano
a freight train at Ahsay December z
has returned verdict holding Engi-
neer Bring and Conductor Darrell of
the freight train responsible. The en-.
gineer was killed and the conductor is
nearly crazed with grief over the dis
aSter.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
MANEUVERS OF BRITISH
Squadron Will Concentrate in April
Near Gulf o, Cadiz-Suspicions
Aroused
BY Associated Press.

CADII. Dec. 1S.-Information COM
municated to the Spanish admiralty
confirms n report i'm circulation here
to the effect that the British Mediter-
ranean and channel squadron. compris-
ing sixty warships, will concentrate in
April near the Gulf of Cadiz, with "A
base at Lagos, for combined maneuvers.
Some people are inclined to regard
the presence of the British fleet near
Morocco at about the time when the
Moroccan conference closes as being a
significant coincidence.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
FAMOUS CASE BoBS UP AGAIN
Perris Irrigation Suit Once More
Reaches San Diego Courts for
Settlement
speciat 10 Tho Herald

Special to Tho Herald.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1S.-Thc pcrris
irrigation case has again reached the
local court. II Is an effort to dissolve
the district which was formed in this
county years ago in territory which has
since become portion OF Riverside
county.
The case has been shuntcd back aud
forth a time or two between the two
counties and 1t has finally been decided
that the dissolution should take place
in the court OF the county In which the
district was formed.
a statute Of limitation was pleaded
against certain portions Of the case,
but the highest court decided that
where fraud was set up as a portion
of the pleading the statute of imta.
ton does not lie. In this case 1t is
claimed that fraud was rcsorted to in
forming the district.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
EASTERN

Senate discusses question of giving com
mitteo assignments TO indicted members.
Insurance committee gives its attention
to smaller concerns.
Three large Chicago banks suspend
operations
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
Nine. kirkby.Lunn Arrives
Bv Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec 1S.-Mme. Kirkby-
Lunn, the English contralto, who was
with the Metropolitan opera company
last season, arrived on the Etruria yes
terday for her first American concert
tour. She will go to Chicago this week
and will sing in "The Messiah" there
and again in Pittsburg, then coming
to New York for that loratorio. She
will then go on concert tour which
win take her back to Chicago and
through Canada.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
MansIed Body on Tracks
IN Asnoclated Press.

SAN JOSE, Dec 1S.-The body OF an
unidentified man. with head severed
and trunk and limbs mangled was
found on the railroad track near the
brick yards about one mile south of
Mountain View early this morning. An
inquest failed to discover the Identity
OF the man, who was well dressed and
a stranger to the community There
were no papers in mis- clothing.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
MURDERED BY YAoUIS
Wealthy Sonora Merchant and His
Driver Are Ambushed and
Slain
Special to The Herald,

bpocIaT 10 7 no IItTaTU.
TUCSON, Ariz.. Dec. 1S,-IIermosillo
advices state that Saturday afternoon
Yaqui Indians waylaid Fernando May
torena. one of the wealthiest merchants
I'm Sonora, on the outskirts of the viii
lage of Maytorena. killing him and his
driver. The Yaquis are bolder now
than ever before. ana killings are fire.
uueut.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-19
PART I

1-Dragoons captured.
2-0iscuss case of Senator Burton.
3-May celebrate with big fair.
4-EditoriaI.
5-Clty news.
6-7-CIassified advertisements.
8-Actress sues Jockey club.
PART II
1-Names the same board of works.
2-Sports.
3-Faree comedy still popular.
4-library report is completed.
4-5-6-Public advertising.
7-Markets.
s-Southern California news.
EASTERN
Senate discusses question of giving com
mltteo assignments to indicted members
insurance committee gives its attention
to smaller concerns.
Three large Chicago banks suspend
operations
FOREIGN
Insurgents capture soldiers in Livonia
and control situation.
Serious riots occur in Shanghai i'm which
twenty Chinese are killed and Europeans
German ships sent to protect kalsers
subjects In Russia.
COAST
Riverside citizens consider propositiou
for city TO purchase big power plant.
Los Angeles girl believed to have per
ished In storm in the Rockies
Constable of Angels kills man who at
tacks his wife.
LOCAL
Teachers busy with conventions and in
Charges of fraud brought against Ascot
messenger by actress fail TO hold in SUI
perior court.
Salesman accuses wife of extreme cruel
tY aud Is granted divorce.
Christmas shoppers crowd stores ana
break records for Christmas purchases
Chief OF Police Auble in his annual rc-
port emphasizes the need OF larger
force.
Thirteen speed-mad autosts fined il
police court
Mayor submits names Of new board OF
public works. which council will consider
in committee Of the whole.
city engineer fined for exceeding speed
limit In clty's automobile.
City council plans International worlds
fair 10 commemorate bringing of Owens
river water into Los Angeles.