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Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

Francesca and Firino Caparelli, 4o4
Broome street, $780,
Angelo Marouitta. 273 Hamilton ave-
nue., December 90 $500.
Antonio Roccolno, 229 Hamilton ave-
nue., November 27, $500.
Luigi Favata, II Mulberry street, De-
cember Ia, $3.50.
Cristoforo and Giuseppe de Bello, 4o0S
Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, $4,000
Francesca Cuscinotti, Eighth and
Christian Streets December 23, $3.50.
Francesca Cuneo, Eighth and Chris
tian streets, December %, $500.
M. Caccatore. 324 East 18th street,
January a, $40.
The Rev. Stefano L. Testa, 20 Consel-
yea street, January Is, $1,000.
Thomas O'Brien, Third avenue and
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

ira, under the direction of Harry Barn
hart, will present their closing con-
cert at the Mason opera house next
Thursday evening. The subjects Sc
lected for this last of the seasons pro-
grams are the Rose Maiden" and a
chorus by Raft, entitled Morning
Song" The chorus now numbers over
four hundred voices and there are sew
enty pieces in the orchestra. The So
loists are Miss Maude Reese Davies,
soprano, one of the best known sing
ers in Southern California; Miss Es-
telle Catherine Heartt, the contralto,
Harry Lott, baritone and Spencer Rob
inson, tenor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

r. Frank w. Gunsaulus will be
one of the star attractions ut
the Long Beach Chautauqua,
which convenes Monday, July 10. DR.
Gunsaulus will lecture on "Savond
rola." DR.. Quayle will return to South
king Lear" and "A Tale of Two
Cities All who heard this talented
speaker when he addressed the Metho.
dist conference a year ago will be iii.
terested in this feature of the Chautap~
qua program. Professor r. MackaY
Fripp of England has been secured for
the presentation of one illustrated lee
ture on art, the subject of which Is
Michael Angelo Buonarroti, Sculptor
and Painter, Architect and Poet" Mrs
Adams Fisher will tell the experiences
of "A Woman Alone in the Heart of
Japan" Arthur Nelson Millett, Den
yer singer, has been secured for por-
ton of the preludes. Claremont college
is to be represented by Bess V. Daniels,
celebrated pianist. Among other en-
tertainers are Richard b. Harrison
presenting a series of selections from
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Miss Luella e.
Davis, vocalist and John Douglas
Walker, tenor, Claire Garfield. con-
tralto, Miss Florence Stratton, violinist,
and Ethel Lucretia Olcott, guitarist
Miss Elizabeth Dewitt, one of Boston's
best readers, will present an excellent
sketch in THE Fourth of July at
InnesviIlen
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

father picked UP the dictionary, and
tossed it onto the bed, and it opened
right up at a certain place; and father
picked up the book and threw it on the
bed again, and it opened up at the same
place, and he did 1t again. and the
book opened to the same place. Well.
for three or four pages before you
got to that place were dirty marks lead
ing to it, and where the book opened
every time the page was all dirty and
there were dirty tracks leading to a
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

Pasquale Nardone, Wilkesbarre,
Pa, March Z, $780,
Twenty men robbed, Remove, Feb
ruary IA, $40.
John Matuso, Philadelphia, January
IL, $25, Tilerito Domento.
Andario Chataldo Pittston, February
26, 5000.
Demetrio Galabroni, Philadelphia,
January IA, SIS.
Blatus Bros, Carbondale, January TO-
$500.
Vincent La Nasa, York, January 8.
Giuseppe Conigliana. Philadelphia
January 5, $40
Francesca Molinari. Scranton, jan
uary 10.
Pietro and Luise ScaIise. Pittsburg
December I, $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

Then, one day, when 1 was firing on
an engine, we got near Aumsvile-"
Where's Aumsville?" a listener in.
terrupted.
"Aumsville's right where it used to
be, and it isn't any smaller than it was.
Well, we ran by brood of those
pheasants, and when we got to Aums-
vile 1 got out and walked back four
miles, but 1 didn't find any of them.
was going to catch some of those little
fellows or die in the attempt.
But just to impress on you with hor-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
LONG BEACH cHAUTAUQuA

Among the novelties to be heard at
the Long Beach Chautauqua at the
coming session in July will be an
evening of music furnished by the
Philomela quartet of soloists, including
Miss Isabella Curl, Miss Ella Claire
Northrup Miss Katherine c. Ebbert
and Miss Mabel Tresslar. These sing
ers will furnish the mid-Chautauqua
concert, in connection with Miss Louise
Nixon Hill, who presents her Three
Centuries of Song" representing the
music of the colonial period In appro-
pirate costume of that day, followed
by the ante-bellum period of song ap-
propriately costumed, and closing with
the songs of the present time, In up
to date gowns. This is something en-
tirely new and the arrangement of the
program numbers is strictly in keep
inng with the theme of the concert
Miss Elizabeth De-'itt, an eastern
actress and teacher of dramatic art IN
the American Conservatory of Mu-
sic, Chicago, will be one of the educa-
tional factors of the Chautauqua sea-
son. The Gonzales Buisseret family,
vaudeville performers, have been en-
gagged to present part of program
Donatelli's band, with the famous So
loist, Domenico Russo will open the
Chautauqua season and the Schu-
mann Ladies' quartet will be heard.
Professor r. Mackay Fripp will de-
liver an illustrated lecture, while DR..
William Quayle will speak on king
Lear" and "A Tale of Two Cities"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

Observation-Disclosures Proftake, La
Crosse, January 9, $4,000.
New York-Giuseppe Auglia, Buffalo
December %, $500.
New York city-Store, Meserole and
Manhattan avenues, April %. $780,
Felippo Sacelli, 1918 Lexington ave-
nue., May g, $500.
DR.. NJ Lombardo, 81 Middleton street,
May 2, $500.
Augustus Meyer, 7OS Seventh avenue,
April 4. $500.
Francesca Ogenti, 365 East Sixty
seventh street, December 25, $500.
Mrs. 7. A. S. Sheridan, October 20,
$500.
Giuseppe Penderi, December II, $40,
Pasquale Liari.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

rible vividness how this pheasant germ
got into me-when l was a boy, re-
member one day father came to me and
he said, Homer, you've been wearing
out my dictionary No, l haven't,
father, 1 said. Yes, you have, Homer,
father said, and don't you try to lie
to me. for I've got circumstantial evil
dence to prove that you have. You
haven't been wearin' it out by honest
wear, but you've been wearin' it out
just the way 1 knew you would And
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
I'm TEAE MUSICAL WORLD

possibility of her not singing again Is
contradicted. 1t is explained that she
refused to appear in London during the
summer season when the fogs are. pre-
valent in the evening and that she pre-
fered to rest in the southern part OF
France. 1t is now four years since
Madame Calve appeared In Los An
geles, where she left a most favorable
impression in her rendition of the role
of Carmen"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
Written for The Herald by w. E,
Brlndley


PORTLAND. June 22.-Homer Dav-
enport. the cartoonist, is back in Ore
gon for the summer. He left Oregon
fourteen years ago, tell, ungainly
stripping with a knack at drawing.
He has returned with an international
reputation as a cartoonist, but It Is
not of cartoons that Mr.. Davenport
talks mostly. The artist has turned
ornithologist and ne has come back to
Oregon to show the people of his native
state some Of the pheasants and other
fowl which have made his farm in
New Jersey famous and which have
given their owner a reputation almost
as wide In the new line of work as
he has achieved in drawing pictures
that talk. In his farm at the Lewis
and Clark exposition, which is a re-
production on small scale of the real
farm on which Homer, the boy, lived
at silverton, forty miles from Portland,
there are birds from far and near and
four Arabian horses that could not be
bought for a princes ransom.
1t was of pheasants and Arabian
horses that Mr.. Davenport talked as
he sat on a stick Of lumber in his
miniature farm and chewed blade Of
grass. The cartoonist looks more like
a butcher than an artist. He wears a
soft flannel shirt with rolling collar,
a gaudy purple tie, and a diamond
stick pin built in the shape of bird.
He is a big man, with a big voice, and
he talks as simply as in the old days
at Sitverton.
PitIed Downtrodden Pheasants
Funny how ignorant some people
Hre," commented the cartoonist as he
picked UP stick and began to white
It idly. Lots Of folk come to our farm
back in New Jersey, and they look at
those beautiful birds we've got there,
and they say: My, so them's peasants.
Now. I've been readin' about the down.
trodden peasants. and hearin' about the
down-trodden peasants In Russia ana
the old countries, but I never knew
they was so pretty
my father was one Of the members
Of the legislature who worked for bill
to protect the Chinese pheasants for
four years after they were brought to
Oregon. I used to have regular night
mares wondering what those Chinese
pheasants looked like, but didn't see
any of them for three or four years.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

Maria de Lucca, March Is, West
| chester, Pa.
Domenico de Lucca, March Is, West
chester, Pa.
Pasquale Cert escaped death) Car
bondale, November IS.
Joseph Tolerico, Carhondale, Novem-
ber 81.
Frank Ferussi, Carbondale, Novem-
Der 81.
Unknown italian, found beheaded,
Cork Lane, near Wilkesbarre, Pa,
June A. Death warming in his pocket.
Wisconsn-Ignacio Capo ESCAPED
death), Madison Wis. November %.
New York city-Baptiste Pondar,
First avenue and 117th street Jan
uary 81.
Michael Dagiobani, Bushwick and
Johnson avenues, December 16.
Macolo Derosa, 6S Adams street, Jan
uary 10.
Allio Salvatore ESCAPED DEATH, Co
lumbus hospital, November is.
Antonio Prime dwice escaped death),
James street December 4.
Antonio Finnetirrie, Van Brunt
street, January 23
Michele Passertina ESCAPED DEATH,
18th street and First avenue. Decem-
ber IA.
Giovanni Domando, 81 Franklin ave-
nue., October 8.
Francisco Bagnasco ESCAPED DEATH,
Minetta lane, October IA.
Dominica de Fillippo, Shore road, As
toria, January 80.
Prosecuted to Death
Claudio de Simone, Astoria, N. Y,
May IL.
Carlo Abonisto steamship Carpathia,
February 21.
Nicolo Amadeo, Nixon station, Cal,
December 4.
Extortions and Attempts
Canada-Spicuzza e. Sanzone, fruit
dealers, $1,000 January 16.
onnecticut-Raffaelo Ferara, fruit
dealer, $4OO, December %.
William Zeigler, Stamford, s5OOO
March 27.
John T. Williams, Stamford, $4,000.
James T. Raymond, Stamford, $4,000
New Haven-Giovanni Carbonelli
Amsterdam, N. Y, Genario Murto, Jan
uary 2S. $500.
New Jersey-Giuseppe Belh, Lodi, N
j., May s.. $500.
Benjamin Douglass, West Orange,
N. j.. May s, $500.
Samuel Patti, Newark, N. j., jan
uary "a. $1,000.
Mrs. Minnie Lowenthal, Paterson, N
j.. February H. $25OO, Henry Wentink
Joseph Mangoza, Jersey City, jan
uary s, $40, ten Italians.
Edward S. Black. Newark, N, J..
March 10.
The Rev. Father Pozzi, st. JoachIm's
Jersey City, December 81, $500,
Donate Nordizzi. Bound Brook. N. ].
December 20, $780,
Angeline Treloar, Passaic, N. j., Feb
ruary 2.
Edward Alpough, Glen Gardner, N
J.. January 20, $50.
Illinois-H N. Higginbotham, Chi,
cago, January 10, $4,000.
ichigan-Artemus Wells, Menomi'
nee, March Is, $1,000
Ohio-Francesco Retice, Cincinnati
January 27, S6OOO
Pennsylvania - Giovanni Demodio
Philadelphia, January II, s25, Rosario
4 TalVico.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
EMMA cALvE COMING

Mr.. Behymer. who has in his pos
session the contracts for the calve con-
certs on the Pacific coast. has received
a letter from the singers eastern re-
preventative stating that she will posi-
lively appear in this country In concert
next winter The story circulated eonr
cerning Madame Calves illness and the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
Not ExcurslonIsts

mo-" said Miss Winthrop-Bradley-
winthrop, "your ancestors did not
come over in the Mayfiower, as mine
did, and I cannot marry you'll"
DO you know why they did not?"
replied Mr.. Johnstone Smythe de Jones.
well, I'll tell you. They were not the
kind of people who travel on excur-
sions.''
Saying which he strobe haughtiiy
from the room.-Washington Life.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
Continued From Page One.


blooded use of the knife to put out of
the way any Objectionable person to
protect a member Of the society, for
vengeance. to punish a traitor or to cold
bloodedly murder an innocent man in
order to terrorize others into giving
up money. That was why Louis Troja,
the defiant Harlem banker, was mur-
dered. Just for effect. That is why the
tenements have been dynamited in
New York-merely to influence people
to give up money or services on de-
mand.
The surveillance de mori' is a fourth
and terrible method that has been
brought home very forcibly to me. 1t
is used more in American than in
Italy, as the police offer some protec-
tion there. 1t means literally bounding
to death, and one of the best, most
capable young fellows I have ever
known, who was for a long period one
of the large corps of men I used In
gathering inside information, was
driven to his death a few weeks ago
just as certainly as if he had been
pursued by demons over the edge of a
precipice. He was Claudio de Simone,
formerly interpreter in the Queens
county courts, and in some way the
Brooklyn Mafiusi found that he was
working against them and furnishing
information, both officially and pri-
yately. He was marked, and neither he
nor his wife and child had any peace
over them constantly and yet the blow
never fell. 1t would have been easier
II IL had. The result was that he broke
under the burden of worry, obstruction
and dogging. and died.
have listed some thousands of cases
where the Black Hand was thought to
have played part, but find three out
OF five are the work of anonymous
letter writers who are not Italians, and
many are merely practical jokes. OF
the real cases where the Black Hand
gang spirit has been behind the cir.
cumstances here is a list of crimes
committed mostly since the dispersion
of the crooks. that tells a convincing
story of how serious the situation
really is:
Assasslnations and Attempts
Alabama-salvatore Pompinella, al
New Palermo, Ala. December 10, by
Francisco Cirrincioni.
alifornia-Giuseppe Brogado, Janu
airy 23. alleged. by Ancio Brasile.
Biapio Vilardo, April 2, alleged, by
Pietro Tortorico
Indiana-Giovann Masse, December
10. Logansport, Ind, alleged, by Mic
olo Bibo.
Illinois-Pietro Bruno. January 3
Bellville, III.
Missouri-Asostino Caldaroni Janu
airy 26. Kansas City.
Giuseppe shereto, December II
Kansas city, Salvador Labri
Nicola Basili ESCAPED death). Janu
airy 26, Kansas City.
Giuseppe Pollgreno ESCAPED death)
January 30. Kansas CITY.
Ohio-Carmella Securro November
I 27. Cleveland. o.
Pennsylvania-N Nellie Corter (escapeC
leath). March 10, Peach. Pa.
sGiuseppe castillini. May 2s, Pittsop
"a.
wronstable Walsh ESCAPED death)
y Is. Pittston. Pa
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
ELLIS CLUES CONCERT

The Ellis club will close it's ninth
season, which has been the most suc-
cessful in the organizations history,
with its fourth concert next Tuesday
evening. A program of much beauty
has been prepared and those who are
fortunate enough to be guests of the
club win enjoy an hour or two Of the
most artistic chorus singing.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
Mr.. Davenport's Horses

Mr.. Davenport is as much interested
In Arabian horses as he is in pheas-
ants, and he owns four of the horses
which were sent by the sultan of
Turkey for exhibition at the Chicago
worlds fair. Arabian horses are never
sold abroad; and the ones which Mr.
Davenport has were obtained from the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
At LEWIS AND AK EXPOSITION

picture in the middle of the page, and
that picture was a picture of a pleas
ant -
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
APOLLO cLUs coNcERr

The Apollo club and Apollo orches-
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japanese Strike Decisive BLOW
at Main Position.
OYAMA ORDERED TO ADVANCE
Must Act Before Snow MeIts - May
Attempt to Isolate vIadivostok
At Same Time.

Toxic, Feb. 2s.-Following the Gus
tom OF the Japanese government, the
officials at the war Office refuse to dis
cuss the present movements in Man
churia, but there 10 a general air of
confidence among the higher officers,
who are absolutely posted on the situa-
tion, which is believed to indicate that
General Kuroh has again scored a COM
plete success and that official announce
ment may be expected very soon.
Up to midnight Monday no particu-
lars of the fighting had been given out,
but it was stated that, 30 far as was
known, only the right and center Of
Marshal Oyama's army had been engag-
ed and that the conditions on the left
are unchanged.
1t is the general opinion among the
best informed experts in the Japanese
capital that the present movement, be-
fore it ends, will result in the capture
of Mukden. 1t is known that orders
have been sent to Field Marshal 0yama,
telling him that the time is ripe for
taking the Russian main position, as,
if action is postponed much longer, the
spring thaws with their resultant floods
will be upon him and it will be i'm
possible 20 DC any fighting until the
roads dry up.
There is, of courses possibility that
the present movement may have for its
object, as weil as the capture of Muk-
den, the isolation OF Vladivostok. In
view of the recent reports that the port
was being blockaded by sea by Japan
ese squadron of torpedo boats and pro-
tected cruisers, there can be little
doubt that, if Kuroki crushes the Rus
sian left, such troops as can be spared
will be assigned to special campaign
against the Siberian stronghold.
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AT LEVEL OF SEA.
Panama Canal Commissions Plans for
lsthmian Waterway.

Washington, Feb. 2s.-The first def.
mite engineering plans for the construc-
tion OF the Panama canal have Just
been laid before the Isthmian canal
commission by the engineering comit-
tee Of that body, consisting Of Com
missioners Burr, Parsons and Davis.
The principal recommendation are
summed up In this resolution:
Resolved, That this committee ap-
prove and recommend for adoption by
the commission plan for sea-leve:
canal, with bottom width OF $50 feet
and minimum depth OF water Of 35
feet, and with twin tidal locks at Mira
flores, whose usable dimensions shall
be 900 feet long and 100 feet wide, at
a total estimated cost OF $230, 500, 900.
"Such estimates include an allow
ance for administration, engineering,
sanitation and contingencies, amount
ing 10 s38, ,45O, 900, but without allow
ance for interest during construction,
expense Of zone government and collat-
eral costs and water supply sewers OF
paving of Panama or Colon, which last
items are to be repaid by the inhabi-
tants of those cities"
The committee estimates that sea-
level canal can be completed within 10
or IL years from the present time.
These recommendations are the con-
clusion OF report to the committee
prepared in the canal zone under date
Of Febraury last, and based on COM
plete engineering reports on all OF the
problems involved.
The committee decided that, under
no circumstances, should the surface OF
the canal be more than go feet above
the sea, and estimates that this level
the cost would be $17s,013,O6. A 80
foot level is estimated to cost $19,213,-
406.
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GRAIN OUTLOOK GOOD.
No Damage Done by Gold in Grand
Ronde and Acreage Large.

La Grande-Up TO the present pros
poets for the largest grain crop ever
raised east of the Blue mountains are
most fiattering in the Grand Ronde.
The late cold spell did not do the
slightest damage to any Of the fall sown
grain, which is looking excellent.
Since the passing Of the cold wave the
Grand Ronde has been having ideal
weather. Farmers In the valley are
overhauling their agricultural imple-
ments with the intention Of doing a
greater amount Of plowing than ever.
Ground both In the Grand Ronde and
Wallowa valleys is in excellent condi-
tion, owing to the abundant rainfall
during the winter months, the acreage
In 1905 will far exceed that OF any pre-
vious year.
Not only in cereals, but also in sugar
beet cultivation will the acreage be in
creased.
q. w. Buckman, one Of the prosper
GUS farmers in this valley, will plant
200 acres in beets. He win also put
in 1000 acres in wheat, and will do all
his plowing by steam this season.
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VICTORY is BARREN.
Russians Were Able to Retire from
Position in Good Order.

Toxic, Feb, 2S.-The reports that are
arriving from the front indicate that
the severe engagements of the last few
days are the prelude of what now seems
will prove one of the bloodiest battles
of the war. A large portion of General
Kuroki's army has been engaged since
Thursday, and the latest reports indi.
cate that the fighting still continues,
with the advantage ON the side of the
Japanese.
The capture of Beresneff by the Jap
anese, while brilliant exploit, was
practically barren of results, in that
the Russians were enabled to retire in
good order, and concentrate at Tzenti
pass, which is now being attacked.
According to the latest reports from
the front that the public is permitted
to have access to General Kuroki's col
umn has been heavily reinforced, es-
pecially with artillery, and many OF
the siege guns OF heavy caliber which
were used by the Russians at Port Ar
thur, and fell into the hands of General
Nogi's men after the fall of the "Gib-
raltar of the East" are now being
trained against General Kuropatkin's s
forces,
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Cougars Destroying Stock.

Cottage Grove - Cougars are quite
numerous in the hills west of this
place. A few farmers have reported a
combined loss of $l40 in the last few
months and numerous goats and sheep
have been disappearing for the past
month. Several cougars have been
killed this winter, and if there was a
bounty for the killing this part of Lane
would furnish its share of the beasts.
Where cougar turns his attention
to goats, he often "gets away" with
about two day.
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MINERS LOSE LIVES.
TTwentY-Three Killed in west virginia
Mine Explosion.

Bluefield, w. Va, Feb. 28. - As a
result of an explosion in shaft No. /
Of the United States Coal and Coke
company, at Wilcoe, today, 23 miners
are supposed to have lost their lives,
and it is possible that the number will
exceed this.
Up to s p. m. Is bodies had been
taken fiom the shafts. A large rescu-
ing party is in the mines tonight. 1t
is barely possisible, but not likely, that
some of the remaining entombed min
ers will be rescued alive.
The explosion was of terrific force,
and shattered windows mile distant.
Immediately after the shock great num-
bers of miners, who were off duty,
rushed TO the shaft to find great clouds
of smoke and dust gushing from its
mouth. Mothers, children and othel
relatives soon were weeping and plead
ing for the rescue of those dear to them
entombed in the mine. The officials
of the mine were soon on the scene.
The company usually work in this
shaft about rs miners, but today the
men were not all in, and the small loss
Of life can be attributed only to this
fact.
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FOR PHILIPPINE FREE TRADE
House Committee Reports in Favor of
Curtis Tariff Bill.

Washington, Feb. 2S. - Chairman
Paine, OF the house ways and means
committee, today filed report favor
ing the passage of the Curtis bill pro-
viding for the free entry of products
from the Philippine islands, except
sugar and tobacco, on which 25 per
cent of the Dingley tariff is to be col
lected. The report declares that the
cnly logical result of our possession of
the islands is free trade.
1t has been definitely settled, it says,
that we will retain the islands until
their population is fitted for self-gov-
ernment, and he repeats Secretary
Taft's suggestion that this will be at
least one generation. Until the treaty
stipulation between the United States
and Spain shall expire in 1909, all
tariff advantages given by the islands
to the United States must be given to
Spain, and for that reason reciprocal
free trade is not feasible. The present
bill, says the report, goes as far as is
practicable under these consditions.