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Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
TOM WATS0NS DAUGHTER
IS DANGEROUSLY ILL
Took Overdose of Morphine While
Suffering From Toothache-Re-
covery Is improbable

By Associated Press.
AUGUSTA, Ga, March S1.-Miss
Agnes Watson, daughter of Thomas
Watson. is in a desperate condition
this morning as a result of an over
dose of morphine taken at the home
of friend in Athens, Ga, where she
is visiting in the absence of her father
from the state Suffering inter pain
took three doses of the drug and soon
was in a state of coma. Physicians
who attended her say the dose was
three times too great for safety.
At 1 o'clock this morning Miss Wat
son had regained consciousness, but
her chance for recovery is poor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
Toxic Indifferent to Rumors
BY Associated Press,

BY Associated Press.
TOXIC, March S0.-The various ru-
from Europe and the United States
are widely published and commented
on here. Apparently they do not af-
feet the attitude of the Japanese gov
ernment and people toward the war.
The press re-echoes the announced de-
termination of Japan to vigorously
push the military operations, unmoved
and undeterred by discussions of ev-
ents in Russia or elsewhere.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
Imperial Commission Is for War

BY Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 30.-It il
understood that the imperial commits
sion under the presidency of Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, which
has been considering the question OF
prosecuting the war, has completed
its preliminary report, which favors a
continuation of the war, finding moth
ing in the present situation, either
financial or military, to prevent its
preliminary report, which favors con-
tinuation of the war;
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
JURORS PLEAD CASE OF
HOSPITAL ATTENDANTS
Ask That Men Recently Acquitted Of
Murder Be Reinstated or
Granted Certificates

By Associated Press
NAPA, March 30.-A remarkable
document was presented TO Superin-
tendent e. E. Stone of the Napa state
hospital Wednesday consisting of a
communication signed by the twelve
jurors in the trial Of Attendants T. d.
shanahan and oscar Retzman for kill
ing Patient Louis, which resulted in
the acquittal of the men.
The Jurors ask that Superintendent
Stone reinstate the two defendants i'm
their positions at the asylum or give
them certificates which would permit
them to get good positions elsewhere,
on the ground that they had been
shown to have been guilty of no ma
terial offense, and had already been
imprisoned in Jail several months.
Two of the jurors today offered the
men positions on their farms &c they
were not taken back to the asylum.
Superintendent Stone has said that he
will not reinstate shanahan and Retz-
man.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
COMMITS SUICIDE AND
SETS FIRE TO HOUSE
Old Woman Of Berkeley lnhaIes Gas,
Which Ultimately Explodes,
Burning the Corpse

WmkH OiAiUdNGlJ ENplolNHp
Burning the Corpse
BY Associated Press.
BERKELEY, Cal, March S0.-Mrs.
Annie M. Shermer committed suicide
by asphyxiation last night and the gas
that had accumulated in her room ex-
ploded this morning. setting fire to the
house and half burning the corpse.
Mrs. shermer, who was native Of
New York. rs years Of age. lived alone
in a cottage half block from the
State university grounds. The aged
woman left candle burning in her
room and at 6 o'clock this morning
enough gas had accumulated to cause
an explosion. Soon after smoke and
flames were seen issuing from the cot
tage. The alarm was given and
number of college men assisted in ex-
the flames.
1t is evident that after leaving friends
last night Mrs. Shermer made prepare
tions for death by extending a gas tube
to her couch and covering her head
with blanket. A note which was
left behind, giving reasons for the
suicides rash act and willing her prop
erty, was partially destroyed by the
flames.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
Linevitch Addresses Troops

BY Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 30.-Gen.
Linevitch has issued the following ad-
dress to his troops: 1.-THE emperor has
been pleased to appoint me comman-
der-in-chief of the Manchurian armies.
In many battles-those of the rivers
Shakhe and Hun at Poutiloff and Nov
gorod Hill, at the front at Kandulisan
and Gangu passes, and on the Muk-
den positions, you have most bravely
repulsed most serious attacks by the
enemy and dealt enormous losses. Let
every man accomplish manfully his
sacred duty to the emperor and the
fatherland. The enemy cannot hold
out before Russian valor. and rein
forcements are coming INCREASINGLY
from Russia. May God help you In
the coming battle"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
Committee Will Not Visit Utah

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-Senator
Burrows of Michigan, chairman Of the
committee on privileges and elections,
which investigated charges against
United Senator Reed Smoot of Utah,
today disposed of the story that the
committee would visit Utah during the
summer to take additional testimony
in the case. The senator said that he
did not intend to leave his front porch
in Kalamazoo this summer.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
AMBASSADORS FAREWELL
King Victor Emmanuel Gives Our Rep
resentative Cordial Reception
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ROME, March 30.-King Victor En-
manuel today received Mr.. Meyer, the
retiring American ambassador, in a
farewell audience, which lasted half an
hour. The king expressed great in
terest in the ambassadors mission to
st. Petersburg, his regret at the fact
that he was leaving Rome and his
hope that Mr.. Meyer would return to
Rome some day. He invited Mr. Meyer
and the other members of the Ameri-
can embassy to be his guests at din
ner tonight, adding that he antici-
pated much pleasure in meeting the
Americans.
The Duke of Aosta, eldest cousin of
the king having suddenly been called
from Rome, called upon Mr.. and Mrs.
Meyer this morning to bid them fare
we'll
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
WIRELESS PLANT AT COLON
Sanitary Department Begins Fumiga-
ton of All Houses
Rv Associated Press.

COLON, March 30.-The establish
ment of a wireless telegraph plant
here is progressing. Those in charge
of the work say they expect to be
Cuba, at the beginning of May.
The sanitary department has begun
the fumigating of all houses here,
necessitating the temporary with
drawal of the occupants. but no at
tempt has yet been made to fill up the
malarial swamps surrounding the
town.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31

Late fighting has shown the admir-
able nature of the Japanese methods
of communicating information. Every
infantry detachment when moving to
attack or occupy new position car
ries a reel of slender telephone wire
previously connected with battery in
the support, and the effects of fire and
the movement of troops are speedily
reported from the most advanced lines.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
Mattress Factory Burned

10 o'clock last night destroyed the
mattress mactory at Thirty-seventh
street and Central avenue, operated
by the Excelsior Manufacturing and
Land and Water company. The loss
to the building. which is owned by II.
Sislxin, will total $500, while the con-
tents were damaged to the extent of
$1,000
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
James F. Wardner, Milwaukee
Stone Becomes Passenger Agent

BY Associated Press,
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 30.-Oficial
announcement was made today of the
appointment, effective April 1, of
Colonel e. A. Stone as general pas
senger agent of the Great Northern
railroad system. to succeed #. I. Whit
ney, who has been appointed passenger
traffic director. Mr.. Stone was assist
ant general passenger agent to Mr..
Whitney.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
Fatal Wreck on Mexican Central

by ASSocldteu PresS,
Ell PASO, Texas, March 30.-The To-
comotive of freight train on the
Mexican Central exploded last night
four miles below Cuidad Juarez, Mex
leo, opposite El Paso, killing Fireman
Sam Sanders, blowing him 200 feet
away, and fearfully injuring Engineer
Martin j. Campbell and Brakeman
John Santana, all of Chihuahua, Mex
leo.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
LEPRoSY IN NEW YORK
Recently Arrived Russian Hurried Off
to BIackwelPs Island

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 3O.-A patient,
whose illness he himself had diagnosed
as leprosy, has been received at the
Bellevue hospital. When the doctors
had satisfied themselves as to the dis
ease, the man was hurried off to an
isolated ward on BlaekwelIs island.
1t was the first case of the kind re-
ceived at Bellevue in many years. The
victim is Russian who has been in
America only a short time.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
Bishop conaty's Appointments

The Tidings will officially announce
the following appointments by Bishop
Conaty today: Rev. p. Stoters, form
erly chaplain at ST. GATHERINGS orphan
asylum, Anaheim, rector of Santa Ana
parish; Rev. William Lonnergan Is
assigned to take the place of Rev.
Valatine Closa at San Juan Batista,
who is granted leave of absence on
account of i'll health.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
irrigation Committees to Junket


WASHINGTON, March 30.-The irri-
cation committees of the house and
senate will leave Kansas City June l
to visit all the principal irrigation
projects of the southwest and west.
They also will visit the Portland ex-
position before returning. A number
of invited guests will accompany the
committees and the party will be ac-
companied by an official of the geo.
logical survey
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
HOTEL POTTER DONATES CUP
Makes Handsome Addition to Prize
List of Pasadena Horse Show

List of Pasadena Horse Show
In addition to the already large num-
ber OF prizes donated to the Pasadena
horse show the Potter Hotel company
of Santa Barbara has offered a $fs5
trophy, which will be known as "Hotel
Potter cup" This will be for return
championship entries being made by
single harness horses that will have
taken first prize at the show.
Another class for roadster stations,
making the twenty-seventh, has been
added on the program. Post entries
for this class will be announced at noon
Friday. The first and second prizes
will be sterling silver cups. to cost $50
and $25, respectively, and the third will
be a handsome reserve ribbon.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
Turbine Cruisers Successful Trial

I3y AsfOcIaItu FftaH.
BERLIN, March 3O-The new
cruiser Rusbeek, the first turbine pro-
PEELED vessel of the German navy, ran
her trial trip from ISiel 10 SWINE
mund, 1870 sea miles at 9s knots an
hour. The contract called for 29 knots.
The naval commission aboard accepted
the vessel during the run
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
SCOUTING PARTIES ACTIVE
Japanese Devices for Communicating
Information of New Movements

Information of New Movements
BY Associated Press.
HARBIN, March SO.-Japanese SCOUT
ing parties are very active in endeav-
oring to pierce the screen of the RUS
sian vanguard posts ald develop the
strength of our positions, their at
tempts at times verging on the nature
of reconnaissance in force. Aside
from these reconnaissances affairs are
generally quiet ON the southern posi-
tions.
Chinese state that heavy Japanese
achievements are constantly arriving.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
A. A. U. Rules to Prevail
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Or. March 3O.-Rather
than clash with the Amateur Athletic
union the Multnomah Athletic club of
this city has decided to hold the Lew
is and Clark exposition sports this
summer under the rules of the union
instead of the North Pacific Amateur
Athletic association as proposed. This
was brought about through a letter
from Herbert Hauser, secretary of the
Pacific Athletic association of the
union TO George Mcmillan. oregon
commissioner of the union.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
Psychic Science Lecture

"Who Are Gods Minister'S" Is the
significant title of the interesting lee
ture to be delivered at Blanchard hall
Sunday afternoon by DR.. Alexander j.
McIvor-Tyndall. An unusually big de-
mand for reserved seats gives promise
of an immense audience. Bartletts
music store have the reserved seat sale
in charge. A special program of music
and marvellous and wonderful psychic
demonstrations will be presented.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31
DEATHS OF THE DAY
George H. coIket, Philadelphia

George H. Colket, Philadelphia
By Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, March 30-George
H. Colket, president o. the Huntington
and Broad Top Mountain Railroad
company and director of many lead
ing financial and business concerns,
dropped dead of heart disease today at
his home in this city, aged 81 years.
Louis p. Sanford, San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9O.--Louis
p. Sanford, well known in San Fran
cisco and on the coast as a minstrel
over a quarter of a century ago, under
the name of Lew Rattler," is dead.
He was a native of Yonkers, N. Y, n
years of age.
James F. Wardner, Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 3d.
James F. Wardner, widely known as a
mining prospector and promoter of gil
gantic enterprises, who, during his life
time, had made and lost fortunes, is
dead at FL Paso, Tex.
Judge j. C. Ferguson, Philadelphia
Special to The Herald.
PHILADELPHIA, March 3O.-Judge
Joseph C. Ferguson of the Orphans
court of this city died today. He was
one of the most prominent members of
the local judiciary.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31

Habit may be one of our best allies as well
as one of our worst enemies.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-31

Governor Hanly Of Indiana never saw the
tnsida Of saloon In his life.
The evening world., 1905-07-15

the postmarks showed that It was twice
forwarded before II reached Carlton. It
read as follows:
My Dear Fred; ! have never seen vou
but ! know that you are just 50 sweet.
/ nave sent you my picture, and l am
waiting, III. how l am waiting, to re-
ceive yours, which. you know, you
promised me. My friend Ann is al
ready married. She married her old
sweetheart, ! am looking for the swift
end, and l am coming to meet you soon,
If YJu give me any encouragement.
Yours, with n whole acre of low and a
heaven of kisses. JENNIE"
Aunt Ellen" Mrs. vanderventer
one Of the most interesting discover
les made by the police to-day is that
the Aunt Ellen" referred 10 In the ley
Ter 10 C!r!ton from little Edward
Eleanor Na~nderventer, with whom Carl
ton was living at the time of his arrest,
An investigation of the letter shows that
Carlton posed as Mrs, Yanderventers
husband in Burlington, but for some
reason left her there for a long time.
The police believe he was trying t.
make a fresh alliance at the time and
that he had decided 10 drop the woman,
but failing TO land the girl he was after
he took up with her again. The Sweeney
boy, In writing to Carlton, begged him
TO come back and see Aunt Ellen, ms
Sne was always crying for him when he
Mrs. Vanderventer Is the sister OF
Mrs, Albert Sweeney, OF Burlington. and
the neighbors say hat while Mrs. Van
derventer was in the town with Carl,
ton she was taken mysteriously III and
and was sick for a long time. Ii was
while she was III, thev say, that Carl
ton left the place.
The friends OF Mrs, Sweeney regard
ed Carlton and Mrs. Vandervpnter as
nan and wife, Everybody liked the
woman, but Carton made few friends,
The wOmen say there was something
uncanny about him. Mrs. Vanderven-
ter, they say dressed well and appar-
cnfly a plenty Of money while she
was in Burlington.
To Exhume Wife's Body.
Tho body Of Mrs, Carlton No. 2 will
be eXhumcd on Tuesday II the Supreme
Court gives permission on Monday
The evening world., 1905-07-15

when District-Attorney Clarke. of Brook
Ign, will present the evidence collected
by Coroner Flaherty and the police.
There Is talk also of having the body
OF the cat from which Carlton alleges
his wife contracted etanus disinterred
and submitted to chemical analysis. The
cat is burIed in the rear yard of the
Sands street house, The police have not
decided whether to take It up or not.
Mu"l va depend ~ "a l- -. .H, II
the examination Of the body of Mrs.
Carlton.
There is strong probability that an APP
rlication for the eXhumat!on OF the body
of the first Mrs. Carlton will also be
made. Her death was caused by te-
tanus, resulting from n needle prick,
The needle got Into her slipper in some
mysterious fashion. while she was win,
Carlton in Washington, and she was
pr!ckcd while putting the slipper on,
Her death followed In a few weeks.
The entire German family Is aroused
over the case now and MICHAEL Cor
nan, brother of the second Mrs. Carl
ton, vows he will never let up on Carl
ton until he has made him confess that
his sisters death was tho result Of foul
play.
In the meantime Carlton is in the
Raymond Street Jail in Brooklyn,
awaiting examination on the grand lar
ceny charge, He Is absolutely indif-
ferent to the investigation that Ia being
made and laughed when told that the
body Of his first wife was TO be ec-
humel.
The evening world., 1905-07-15
Explorers Steamer, the Roose-
welt, to Leave for Long
Voyage at Daybreak.
ALL READY TO SAIL.
Finest Steamer Ever Equipped
for Arctic Dash Loaded to
Decks with Stores.
GUARDSMAN FOR SURGEON.
CT. Westerman Volunteers for Posi-
ton and Is Fayored by Chief
of Expedition.
GUARDSMAN FOR SURGEON.

Lieut.. Robert E. Peary, who was to
have started to-day ON his ninth at
tempt to each the North Pole, has
postponed his departure until TO NOR
row. and this afternoon the new, steam
er Roosevelt. the strongest and best
ship the famous explorer has ever had,
was filing UP with supplies for the
two years journey.
Lieut.. Pearv was very anxious 20
get away to-day, bnt there have been
delays due to q number Of small things.
He will leave tomorrow, whether he
is entirely equipped or not, and to-
night the crew and the members of his
party will go aboard the Roosevelt and
stay until she sails.
The Roosevelt lay all dav IN the
North River. off the DOT of West
Twentv-ninth street surrounded by
lighters and tugs putting supplies
aboard. The supplies are enough to
last two years, but at sydney, Cape
Breton. all that Is used between here
and that port will be replenished from
the old whaler Erik. which is to act
as n supplv shin. Late this afternoon
1000 gallons of fresh water were taken
on the Roosevelt.
The exact hour for departure has not
The evening world., 1905-07-15
MAKES
NEW POLICIES.

In accordance with the new plan OF
reorganization of the Equitable business
the management has decided on a new
form OF policy, which 1t will urge upon
it's agents TO concentrate their efforts
to put upon the market.
The new scheme does not mean tnt
~abrogaton OF the present form of poll
c!es, but the advocacy OF the new.
Instead of the deferred dividend
policy the agents will try In the future
TO sell only a modified non-participating
policy, which. 1t Is claimed. will have
more liberal terms for the holder and
the agent.
The latter. It Is stated. win receive
more liberal commissions under the
new scheme than under the old.
Neither State Superintendent of In
surance Hendricks nor his deputy.
Hunter, were At the local Offices to-day
and 1t was stated there that no copy of
the testimony which District Attorney
Jerome so desires had as yet been sent
to him
The evening world., 1905-07-15
RESENTED INSULT
TO HIS OLD NAG
Cabmen Quarrel Over Respect
i've Merits of Their Horses
and One of Them Gets a
Fractured Skull.

, An argument over the respective rae.
ing qualities of the tired-out horses at
tached to the labs they drove caused
Robert Southern and Edward Chrystal
10 become involved in a row to-day. It
resulted in an alarm being sent out for
Crystals arrest and Southern being
taken to the Roosevelt Hospital with a
fractured skull.
II wouldn't drive a thing like that"
said Chrystal "a he surveyed the others
horse.
THAT amt n horse, it's a rabbit you
got" was the retort. You ought to go
to Long Island City and drive extra
passengers to the cemetery"
Chrystal finally left his cat and got a
brick. This he SHE'D at Southern. who
received the full force of 1t in the head
and fell from his eat to the ground.
Chrystal then too it on the run and
has not been caught. Southern may die.
The evening world., 1905-07-15

and around New York and found in
Cartons correspondence were given to
Inspector Cross to-day. The Inspector
summoned ten detectives and gave two
names to each, with Instructions to see
the women n find out all they know
ABOUT Carlton, The contents OF Carl
tons medicine chest were sent to the
City Chemist for analysis by the Inspec-
tor to see If the contents of the various
bottles are what the labels represent
them ~ be,
The police say that there is evidence
"A wife of Carlton is in Alabama and
one IN Burlington. y. j. Marie Breslin,
Of BROOKLYN, a young IN of ire
uroachdble character, also was engaged
engaged himself to her soon after the
dcath OF the second tctanus victim. who
expired in March last. II is, alleged that
he was willing to marry her before a
reasonable lime elapsed.
Tells of Girls Courtship.
So ardent was he in his courtship
Woman friend Of Miss Brcsiin tells q
the courtship.
He was Very attentive to her." said
she, and ssnI her flowers and notes
In hts company for a while. Then she
became strangely abstracted. ana re-
fused 10. see him, Then at last they
broke off entirely.
i asked her what was the matter,
pressed her closely for an explanation,
Everybody thought ! was q friend 10
Carlton. n he believed it himself. but
all the time ! had my suspicious. and
nually | told Marie what ! suspected
about the death Of his last wife. and
then she told me all.
she said that she had loved him de-
VOtcdlv. but his talk about women and
the way in which he talked about the
deaths % his wives before. made her
afraid Of him. and she could not think
about marrying him after that"
Lovelorn Girls Letter.
one OF the letters which, by a strange
coincidence, was written on the day the
last Mrs. Carlton died. was from Miss
Jennie Andrews, YaGkton, s. Oak, and
The evening world., 1905-07-15
TWO WAYS
ON NEW BRIDGE.
Three wagons Smashed, Two
Drivers Injured and Horse
MortaIIx Hurt In Crnahes.

Two runaways within a few minutes
of each other en!ivened the eastbouno
roadway Of the Williamsburg Bridge
to-day and resulted In two injured
drivers, three smashed wagons and one
Qyins horse.
The first to run away was the horsr
attached to the wagon of w. Washow'
ski & Co. driven by Bernard .Warder
OF No. 400 Rockaway avenue. The horse
was frightened by an automobile anc
boiled, throwing Warder out on mis-
head and seriously. injuring him. Neai
the end OF the bridge the horse fell.
shaft penetrating his side,
Ten minutes later the horse on The
wagon OF Henry Newman, undertaken
at Fifteenth street and Fifth avenue
Brooklyn, driven by Eugene Newman
driven by William Miller. of No. lOt
Greenpoint avenue. Newman was
thrown out by the. shock and both
wagons were wrecked. Policeman ELS,
berg stopped the horse three blocks
from the bridge.