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Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
TRAMPED ON AN ALLIGATOR
St. Loulsan Startled When He Stepped
on Stray SaurIan at His
noor
Special to The Herald.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29-Eugene Brunk.
living on Clara avenue just south OF
Easton, has a stray alligator in his cell
lar to which the owner is more than
welcome, if he will call and claim the
reptile.
Mr.. Brunk was leaving his house
when he stepped on something Just
outside his gate. The thing wriggled
out from under his feet. He went back
to the house and got light to see
what kind of a "varmint" 1t was. 1t
proved to be an alligator a little more
than two feet long. able to get over
the country at fair rate of speed, and
supplied with a fine set of teeth.
Mr.. Brunk captured the stranger and
has him tied in his cellar, with a tub
of water to take the place of bayou.
Where the alligator came from is q
mystery. 1t is thought that he is one
of those little gators that tourists to
the south are fond of bringing home,
and that he has thrived in st. Louis
until big enough to make nocturnal
excursions on his own account.
Friends of Mr.. Brunk who called to
see are glad the lid was down and
that there could be no doubt about the
gator being a reality.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
RESULT OF THE SIMPLE LIFE
With Part Of His Intestines Gone,
Patient Leaves Hospital and
Goes to Work
Special to The HeraId.


WILKESBARRE Pa, Oct. 29.-Phy-
sicians in the anthracite coal regions
often marvel at the recovery of some
of the foreign-born mine workers from
injuries which would speedily kill
native, and they attribute this to the
strong constitutions due to the simple
lives of the foreigners and Of their an
cestors.
A striking case in point was described
this week at the meeting of the Luzerne
County Medical society by DR.. Provost.
A Polish laborer was admitted to the
Pittson hospital and there it was
found necessary to perform an opera
ton and remove nearly three feet of
his intestines.
The man recovered and was dis
charged. Just a month later he returned
to the hospital, and an operation SINH
lar to the first one was performed, two
feet being cut off. His condition was
considered grave, but he was put to
bed, and again was recovering and was
being held for further observation when
he arose one night, wrapped himself In
his blanket, stole out of the hospital
and has not been seen by the physicians
since.
They have learned that he walked
some miles that night to his home, and
soon after that went to work and has
been at work sinceo
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
LOVES INTENSELY AT "a
Indiana Woman Weds Her Filth Hus-
band and Is Placed In an

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fNoJiuHt
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PORTLAND, Ind, Oct. 29-After
marrying four times and burying
every one of her husbands, Mrs. La
Toilette, at the age of a. took a fifth
and became Mrs. Daniel E. Brown.
To the surprise of the children they
found that one of the stipulations of
the marriage contract was that Mrs.
La Toilette should deed Brown her
oil farm, worth $4,000, together with
an oil royalty of $100 per month. They
found that she had not only decided
the farm to Brown, but that she had
also turned over to him several hun
dred dollars in cash, and they ap-
pealed to the courts to have her de-
clared insane.
Mrs. Brown went on the witness
stand and testified that she conveyed
the farm to Brown not only because
she thought he was worth every cent
of the price, but that she wished TO
stop the children from externally pes
tering her to death" for a part Of 1t.
Il loved him the minute 1 set eyes
on him." she testified, land 1 promised
myself right then that he would be
my man If he cost me everything in
the world, and I landed HIM"
The jury decided that any woman
who would give valuable oil farm
for a man with the rheumatism how
ever young he might be, was not
mentally plumb. On this finding the
court appointed a guardian, who
brought suit for the annulment Of the
marriage and decided the farm back to
the woman, and she is now asking
through n relative that, the insanity
finding having accomplished the end
desired, she he restored to her correct
mental standing.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
HE FELL SIX STORIES
Then This BrickIayer Punched Man
Who offered to Help Him and
Went Back to Work
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NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-John Under
hill. busily laying brick at the top of
the six-story building under construc-
ton at Central park west and Sixty
third street yesterday afternoon, startled
by an automobile "honk," looked down.
In the act he lost his footing and fell.
At the fourth story he struck jut-
ting beam, bounded off only to strike
another beam which protruded from
the second story, and next struck the
sidewalk.
A hundred frightened spectators
rushed to his aid. Underhill, with a
look of annoyance arose, brushed the
dust from. his clothes and started to
climb the ladder to return to work.
The first of the spectators to reach him
grasped his arm.
Here, don't! My God, man, you're
hurt!' he cried.
"Gwan," said Underhill, shaking him
off petulantly.
Hold on!" persisted the other.
"We'n call an ambulance"
Underhill punched the persistent man
in the face. witnesses who had seen
the fall pinched themselves. Policeman
McManus persuaded Underhill to wait
for an ambulance. When DIR. Johnson
of Roosevelt hospital came he said the
only injury was a couple Of broken
ribs and advised Underhill to go home.
mot on yer life." said Underhill.
1--WE got work to do. You people go
on away and let me alone"
And the wondering spectators saw
him climb back to the sixth story and
begin laying bricks.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
AMERICAN GIRLS COLD,
SAYS RUSSIAN COUNT
DOESN'T LIKE THE WEST OR
PoRTLANp's FAIR
He Would Have Been Happy at New
port If He Had Not Been Afraid
the Women Would Capture and
Garry Him OFF
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Special to The Herald.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29.--A title and a
claim to an ancestral home in Russia
are slipping from the grasp of the
American people, and all because the
possessor of them. Count Molynski of
Welhyn1on and Paris, is fearful of
American girls The count arrived III
St Louis yesterday, with his valet, and
is at the Jefferson. He has been tour
ing America simply for the fun Of the
thing, he says. New York, Chicago
and the other big cities en- route to the
west have been visited. The Portland
fair was given a few days. as were
San Francisco, Yellowstone park and
the Yosemite valley.
II liked the west as a country" said
the count last night, 'but the people
are impossible. They are not at all
cultured and do not know what polite
ress means. The servants and car con-
ductors and others of that class are
insolent.
The Portland fair was bluff. It
was the worst attempt at an exposition
/ have ever had the misfortune to
waste time over. I wonder how they
ever had the nerve to advertise it as
an attraction. But Newport is a de-
lightful place. / was TWO weeks there
and saw America at her best. In the
west I saw society at its worst.
II would have been happy at New
port had it not been for the fear
have of American laws as regards
women, and fear of women themselves
I am told that women can compel You
to marry them here on the slightest
pretex, and that the men resent an
other man speaking to their wives.
have been looking for pleasure, you
know, not for fights and trouble.
Then the girls do not give one any
encouragement. They are as cold as
stone; beautiful to look at, but as un-
approachable as star. And the men,
too are cold. They are like wood. 1t
seems to me that they are so imbued
with business that they bring 1t even
into their love-making. I have watched
couples at balls and in theaters, and
their small talks seemed a most serious
affair. I could imagine the lover was
telling his sweetheart how much he
had made on change that day.
Yes the American woman is more
than beautiful; she is lovely, adorable,
and all the rest, but I have only
worshiped her from afar"
Count Molynsk will remain In st.
Louis a few days before going to
Washington, D. c. He has not formed
an opinion of the st. Louis woman as
yet. He had only visited bank yes
terday, and had not, therefore, been
able to state his impressions of the
city, he said:
my estate is in Wolhynion, Russia,
but live most of the time in Paris"
said the count Paris is the only city
in the world for life. I understand
there is much Of real society in Wash
ington, and am looking forward to a
little regalement there before go back
to Europe. Oh, if the American girl
was not so cold and distant and
the count gazed into space until his
valet interrupted to array him for din
ner. Count Molynstd is about 80 years
old. pleasant to look at, and wears
Partisan clothes as If he were used
to them.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
HIS IDEA OF HEREDITY
Tells Chicago Clubwomen How to
Understand Their Sons and
Dauuhters
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Special to The Herald.
CHICAGO. Oct. 29.-In an address
before the Rogers Park Woman's club
on "Heredity," Casper L. Redfield said:
IF you want to understand your son
Just try to recall what his father was
most interested in during the two or
three years that preceded the boys
arrival If you want to understand
your daughter, think of your own inter-
ests at that period. You can work 1t
out with almost mathematical exact
ness.
For example, Napoleon Bonaparte,
Alexander the Great, the duke of We'll
lington, and practically all the great
commanders in history, were born of
young fathers; fathers who were be-
tween 25 and 80, the aggressive and
egotistical period of life
1.-The supremely great artists, like
Michael Angelo and Raphael, We're born
of fathers between 80 and 3b, the ro-
mantle and artistic period of mans
development The great philosophers,
like Moses Confuoius and Aristotle,
were born of fathers who were over 90
years old and had reached the medi-
tative age"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
UNFIT TO RULE SAVAGES
Superintendent MCGOWAN Says EmerI-
can Women Pet and Spoil
Indians
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
LAKE MOHONK, N. Y, Oct. 29.--
Americans are no more fit to develop
rightly the millions Of Malays, Creoles
and mongrel races of the Pacific isles
than a maiden lady of fifty is to prop
erly train a family of American boys"
declared S. M. MCGOWAN, superintend-
ent of the Indian Industrial school at
Chilocco, Okla. at the Lake Mohonk
conference of Friends of the Indians
and Other Dependent Peoples. Mr..
MCGOWAN spoke on 1.-The Indian Prob
lem from the Viewpoint of a Worker" !"
Continuing he said:
"Why? WE'LL because we are too
rich, too generous too prone to sub
stitute sentiment for reason.
Some of us assumed Platonic rela-
tions with the Indian race and treated
it as sort of kid brother-a little black
sheep sort of devil, whom we liked in
a way. Others of US, mostly those
burdened with hideous packs of leisure
and money women mostly, first those
dear unmarried ladies whose hungry
hearts yearns for things to love and
coddle, and those married ones whose
men-folks are too busy climbing the
ladder to that delectable promontory
where the exalted captains of iniquity
strut, to pay much attention to their
gentle, love-craving partners, united
in a class that regarded the Indian as
their pet baby. They have petted and
nurtured him until the race is spoiled"
Mr.. MCGOWAN said all annuities
should be abolished, attendance upon
school should be made compulsory and
the old Indian should be given a home
stead and made to shift for himself
after having his voting franchise taken
away. He would have the education
along industrial and agricultural lines.
ITO educate the head alone" he said,
"as we are doing so extensively in the
Philippines, is a grevious error that
will bring awful harvests in future
years. The Philippine isles should be
made to blossom and fruit as Japan has
lowered and fruited but it never will
under our system of attracting the chill
dren of the isles away from the SOIL"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
SHUBERTS WILL BUILD
18 NEW PLAYH0USES
ANTI.sYNDIcATE MANAGERS ARE
VERY BUSY
Kentucky and Ohio Capital Invested
In a Large Enterprise for the Con-
struction of Theaters In the West.
A Strong Combination
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Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-The most inn
portant theatrical deal since the Shu-
berts withdrew from the syndicate and
became affiliated with David Belasco
and Harrison Gray Fiske has just been
completed in the offices of Shubert
Bros. at the Lyric theater, when the
Shuberts entered yesterday into COM
bination with Congressman Joseph l..
Rhinock Of Covington, KY, and Max
Anderson, a wealthy theatrical man
ager of Cincinnati, to build eighteen
theaters in the west and in Canada
The deal means that the bidding anti
syndicate managers will be able by the
opening of next season to place their
attractions in eighteen cities from
which they are barred at this time by
the theatrical syndicate, and that, with
a broadening circuit, they will be able
to promise "time" enough to induce
several we'll known managers to book
through them. 1t is by all odds the
greatest stride the new combination has
taken and will make 1t formidable
rival to the syndicate.
1t is understood that George B. Cox.
the Republican boss Of Cincinnati,
man of great wealth, Is backing the
combination and in close partnership
with Manager Anderson and Congress-
man Rhinock. He owns the Walnut
Street theater in Cinnati, managed by
Mr. Anderson, and Is interested In other
theatrical properties.
Manager Floyd of the Garrick theater,
st. Louis, said to reporter:
"I have not yet been advised of the
closing of this deal by the Shuberts
and 1 do not know the details of the
negotiations.
"I know that Congressman Rhinock is
interested with the Shuberts and that
the latter are now going forward with
the work OF building new theaters in
Columbus, o.; Louisville, KY; Mem
phis, Tenn; Cincinnati, o.. and Indian
apolis, Ind, and also that, together
with certain English capitalists, they
are to build a theater in Toronto.
1.-The Shuberts intend to have thea
ter in every important city in which
they wish to present attractions. If
they find it possible to buy or lease
first class theaters already established
they will do so. If not, they will build.
They are extremely cautious, however,
in selecting the cities in which to estab-
lish their theaters and do not propose
to make any mistakes But they know
that there are many important points
where playgoers demand a first class
theater which presents the many not
able productions not controlled by the
syndicate, and 1t is their policy to meet
this demand.
'I expect to he advised of the details
of this latest deal within a day or So"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
NAUGHTY BARNARD SOPHS
Limit Number Of Hairpins Freshies
Shall Wear and Have Rules
About Cum
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Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Oct 29.-Students of
Columbia assert that it is a common
practice of Barnard sophomores, in
parties Of a dozen or more, to pounce
from dark recesses of doorways upon
unsuspecting freshmen, carry them off,
force them to do all sorts of "stunts"
and despoil them of their hairpins and
other necessary and ornamental
trinkets. The victims are also made to
drink milk from a bottle attached to
rubber hose, the Columbia men say,
lmbibe tea from old shoes, and sing
songs of ancient vintage
In the discussion of the hazlng situa-
tion yesterday by the Columbia stu
dents attention was called to these
more class to regulate the conduct of
freshmen:
mo freshman shall wear French
heels on the campus.
2-Freshmen shall not wear any bows
or ribbons embodying the college
colors.
3-Freshnen shall not chew gum in
the lecture rooms. Furthermore, it Is
forbidden to stick gum on the college
furniture.
4-Freshmen must surrender seats in
public conveyances to members Of the
upper class.
5-Freshmen must not appear on the
college grounds in the company Of
young men.
6-Freshmen must not carry parasols
until after the interclass basketball
game, and then only If victorious.
1.-THE number of hairpins to be worn
by each freshmen Is limited to twelve,
and none of these may be ornamental.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
BLUE BOOK FOR NEGROES
Volume Just Issued Devoted ExcIu-
sIveIy to the colored Citizens
of Chicago
BY Associated Press

BY Associated EreSS
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-Chicago now has
a "Colored Peoples Blue Book" 1t was
issued yesterday. In the 140 pages of
the volume it's compiler has told the
story of what the negro race has ac-
complished for itself in Chicago. And
a good deal of story 1t is, too-such a
one as Booker T. Washington would
enjoy reading.
d. A. Bethea, who compiled the book,
Is a student at the Jenner Medical col
lege. In his table of contents he in
cludes churches, secret societies, secu-
lar societies, political clubs, social clubs,
women's clubs and newspapers. Ne
groes in the city have six political
clubs-all of them Republican-four-
teen social clubs and sixteen women's
clubs, all apparently in flourishing
condition. Seven newspapers are listed.
A classified business directory of the
city is added to the book as an appen-
dix. In it appear the names of one
architect, eight artists and cartoonists,
thirty-nine clergymen, nine dentists,
forty-eight attorneys, thirty-eight ply
sicians and eighty-five public office
holders. Even the advertising in the
book is restricted to negroes.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
TOM HUGHES RUGBY
SCHEME WINS AT LAST
FAMOUS ENoLIsHMAN's UToPIAN
IDEA
American Colony for British Sons
Now Pays Two Dollars for Every
One Dollar Invested Many Years
Ago
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LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 29.-After
twenty-five years the somewhat Uto~
plan idea of Thomas e. Hughes, or Tom
Hughes, as all the world knew him, the
author of tom Brown at Oxford"
TON Brown at Rugby" etc, now re-
garded as classics in English literature,
for the establishment of a sort of refuge
for educated but impecunious English
men, has received fruition but in a way
scarcely dreamed of by the disttn-
guished author and philanthropist.
What is of greater moment, perhaps, Is
the fact that the stockholders in the
original company will soon receive 81
for every 81 invested, with the likeli-
hood of still further accretion.
Along in the early sos of the last cen-
tury Hughes conceived the idea of the
founding in America of colony for
British sons. At that time his personal
popularity was so great that he en-
countered no serious difficulty in organ
iZing a company, which bought 100000
acres of land on beautiful plateau of
the river Cumberland. The outlay was
about 9150000 and the laying of the
corner stone of the first house in Rugby
was made the occasion of a great DEM
onstration, in which Mr. Hughes and
SSVeTdl BONSInuIS VI NiC Slotu eOON y
hand.
Original Scheme Failure
The whole English-speaking world
looked on with interest Mr.. Hughes
intent was that our cousins across tina
herring pond should have the advan-
tages of the "bawth," the club and the
hounds. The Englishmen came all right
enough, and while they showed great
familiarity with the "bawth," they
were utterly at sea when 1t came tI
making money. The enterprise was a
flat failure Mr.. Hughes came over
again in 1887, but his presence was of
no avail. The colony consistently lost
money.
Then the English began to so out and
the Americans to come in, at first for
health and then for profit. They secured
long leases on the property and began
to develop it. Negotiations are now
pending between the new settlers and
English owners looking to the purchasa
of the entire tract, 1t Is rich in coal
and iron, and If the Englishmen sell
now they will receive 50 for every one
originally invested. This Ia on the au-
thority Of Robert Walton, manager OF
the Rugby company, limited, who Il
looking after matters connected with
the sale.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
MORGAN OFFERED A BRlBE
Statement Made by Sculptor Dismissed
From New York Museum
Of Art
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Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Referring to
what he called the Reorganization Of
art by inartistic and autocratic mill
lionaires," r. Edwin Elwell, the re-
Gently depOsed curator of sculpture Of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, de-
clared at dinner of the American
Sculptors' society that he had been
driven from the museum by J. Pier
pont Morgan, and that he had been
offered by one Of Mr.. Morgan's closest
friends bribe If he would resign quiet
ly to avoid a scandal.
Il no longer hesitate to tell that
bribes were offered to me-" said the
sculptor, 'if 1 would resign quietly
These came through J. Crosby Brown,
trustee Of the museum, and the
bosom friend of J. Pierpont Morgan.
replied to Mr.. Brown in the words of
Benjamin Franklin that I never seek,
refuse or resign a position.
The dinner was given by the Ameri-
can sculptors last night at their club
room, No. Iii East Twenty-third
street, in Mr.. Elwells honor. When he
arose to speak his first words were
protest against Reorganization of art"
Il regret that art is in the clutches
OF some money-mad men who cannot
appreciate it," he said. II believe Gen.
di Cesnola's prediction that the Metro
polltan museum would be ruined by in
artistic and autcratic millionaires will
come to pass. ask every one who has
the future of art in America at heart
to make firm stand against this Nor
ganization of art. Let us all fight
against 1T together, so that what is
true and beutiful may remain art"
j. Crosby Brown is a banker at No.
50 Wall street. He is associated as di-
rector or trustee in many of the cor
porations in which ]. P. Morgan is III
terested.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
Easily ManeuVered

"My experience at sea leads me to
believe a fleet of 20,OOO-ton ships can
be maneuvered as well as a fleet of
15,0OO-ton ships. A few years ago the
idea of our handling 15,000-ton ship
was considered impossible, but expert
ence has shown that they can be man
euvered as we'll as 500O-ton cruisers
The personnel of the ship responds
readily to the increase in size. Above
10000 tons 1 am not so certain as to
this"
While Rear Admiral Evans was Civ
ing expression to these views in his
home in Indiana avenue, Captain John
E. Pillsbury, chief of staff of the North
Atlantic fleet, made an occasional sug-
gestion along the same line and finally
expressed himself in entire accord with
the rear admlrals position.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
STUDENTS IDEA OF FUN
Harvard Senior Fires Cannon in His
Room With Disastrous
Results
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SpeClal 10 Inc deralu'
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 29.-Har-
ward university was wakened from its
afternoon quiet today by a bomblike
explosion and rain of glass from the
windows of room on the fifth floor of
College house, one of the college dor
mitories on Harvard square. Smoke
began to curl upward from the shat
tered windows, and students and coll
lege officers alike rushed to the scene.
The investigators found the trouble
to be in the room of e. B. Whittlesey, a
senior in the scientific school. Whittle-
sey had Fourth of July cannon which
he thought had small and harmless
charge of powder. He set 1t off in his
room, "just for a little fun" and the
results were disastrous to his room and
Its furnishings.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
A Dogs Long Journey

BASIN, Wyo., Oct. ga few weeks
ago F. e. Kinney departed for Me-
braska in a wagon, taking with him a
small dog. When he reached Orin juno
ton the dog was with him, but shortly
after he left that place the animal dis
appeared. Two weeks later Mrs. o. w.
Std, a neighbor of Kinney, was awak-
ened during the night by a scratching
sound at her door. She Investigated
and discovered Kinney's dog. The ami
NAL had found his way back home
nvAr 2h0 miles of country roads.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30

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