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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
IN "NIGHTIE" IN HOTEL HALL
Roomer StumbIes Over Unconscious
Form of Chorus Glrl-Denles
Attempt at Suicide

Special to The Herald.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Jan. T.-Did
Esther Johnson, a pretty chorus girl
who is Wintering in Colorado Springs,
attempt to end her life, or was 1t
merely nervous collapse that left her
unconscious in the hall of a Pike s
Peak avenue rooming house last night
clothed only in her nightclothes and
apparently dead?
Whatever was responsible for her
condition, she was at deaths door when
a roomer stumbled over her form and
alarmed the household. Dr. o. r.
Gillett was called and after strenuous
efforts succeeded in saving the woman s
life.
Miss Johnson today admitted that she
was despondent, but denied that she
took poison.
Miss Johnson came to Colorado
Springs in October to rest season, she
explained today, "before returning to
the stage" For a while she lived at the
Plaza hotel, but later took apartments
downtown, and her beauty has at
tracted attention at the cafes and the
theater, where she has been frequently
seen. She is the wife of Edward
Meyers. who she says, is manager OF
"The Man From Toxic" company, and
he is now in New York.
johnson was the girls maiden name
and her home is in Louisville, KY,
where the family has lived for many
years. She attended Hamilton college
at Lexington, KY, and has had the
advantage of liberal education. She
is 20 years Old
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
TWO CENTS COST ROAD $500
Passenger Elected Brought Suit and
Recovered Big Damages Because
Conductor Was Hoggish
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17.-William
T. Robinson was awarded 5000 by a
jury in Judge Wiltbanks court yester-
day because he was elected from a
Pennsylvania railroad train for refus-
ing to pay two cents excess fare be-
tween stations in Trenton.
Robinson is a lumber salesman. and
was riding on a mileage book. He Of
fered a ticket, but the conductor de-
manded an additional fare of two
cents, and when this was not forth
coming Robinson was ordered from
the train.
The circumstances of the case were
as follows: Robinson boarded a train
near Trenton, N. j., to go to pla ICE
four and one-tenth miles distant. The
conductor insisted on taking out six
miles Robinson insisting that he take
out but five. The dispute waxed
warm and the salesman, who stood
unflnchingly upon his rights, was
elected.
Robinsons verdict is equivalent to
free transportation for 10000 miles from
the Pennsylvania railroad.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
POLECATS INVADE THE TOWN
Colonzed in New Gas Main and
Fifty ScaIps Have Already
Been Taken
Special to The Herald.


WASHINGTON, Pa Jan. T.-Bealls-
vile, near here, which is known as
Col. Hawkins town, is in the possession
of polecats. They are so odoriferous
that schools have been closed and the
country store dealers have ordered all
extra supply of clothespins.
Natural gas mains eight inches in
diameter have been laid from Bealls-
VILE to Greene county, but they are
not yet connected. The stretch of pipe
is fifteen miles long. Boys who were
playing near the main thought the gas
was escaping from the main. One of
the lads suggested that they light a
fire to ignite the gas, AS the match
blazed a procession of polecats began
to parade out of the gas main. The
boys counted fifteen and then took to
flight.
The oldest inhabitant said that no
poecats had been i'm Beallsville in halt
q century. 1t is believed the polecats
entered the pipe in Greene county and
headed for Washington county. Tt is
believed they crowded each other
through, being chased by some other
animal until they came out I'm Bealls-
vile. Relief parties have been organ
ized and raids have been made until
fifty scalps now adorn the barns.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
CHAMBE ERLA|N AND
CANDIDATES WIN
GIVEN STRONG SUPPORT IN
BIRMINGHAM
Result Shows That Fiscal Agitation
Is by No Means Dead-Liberal
Gains Still Con-
tInue ,fl<
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE most promi-
nent feature of today's election re-
turns is the wholly unexpected stand
made by Birmingham. Not only were
all of Joseph Chamberlain seven can
didates returned, but Mr.. Chamberlain
himself secured q majority of 5000,
while the majority of the others aver
aged 5000.
Even allowing that the Liberal can
didates were not very strong, as the
seats were practically uncontested at
the last general election, and though
the Liberal organization was not so
good as in other parts of the country
the results at Birmingham are of the
highest Importance, They prove the
groundlessness of the Liberal conten-
tion that the election has killed the
fiscal agitation for generation to
come.
Beside showing the confidence of
Birmingham in Mr.. Chamberlain the
results there go also to confirm what
has already been noticed in isolated
contests. that the candidates who
openly professed protectionist lean
ings had good support and in some
cases were victorious
The outcome at Birmingham affords
striking contrast. While Mr.. Bal
four stands discredited as a leader,
with his supporters all swallowed up
and himself angrily criticised from his
own side, Mr.. Chamberlain issued from
the contest with flying colors. His
courage to a large extent justifes him
to persevere in his agitation and he
is in position to argue that it was
MI. Balfour's timidity which lost the
campaign.
A considerable section Of the Union
lists on the protectionist side had pre-
dicted some such result and it is now
hinted that the party must in future
look toward Birmingham for hope and
guidance.
Many of todays polls will not be de-
clared until tomorrow but those pub
lished tonight show that the Liberal
tide still runs strong. London has
gone distinctly Liberal, no less than
twelve seats showing Liberal gains.
While the total gains for the Liberals
for today number twenty-five, the
Unionists have made only one solitary
gain, the Viscount Castlereagh having
wrested the seat from the Liberals at
Maidstone.
Portsmouth. which had previously
been represented by two Unionists, to-
day elected two Liberals and this de-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
NO CATS IN ZION CITY
DowievlIIo Banishes the Feline Terror
by Night and viii Have Ne
Tabbles
speclal 10 me Herald.

Special to The Herald.
ZION CITY. Jan. 17.-Cats have been
hanished from Zion. They are placed
in the category with tobacco intoxicat-
ing liquors, profanity and pork, and a
general slaughter of felines has been
decreed. Persons owning cats who do
not care to slay them are ordered to
bring them to the chief of police for
destruction.
This will be the first city in the
world to be absolutely without cats.
Although the reasons are somewhat
vague for the order of determination.
in a general way the cats are accused
of killing song birds, yowling at night
and of being possessed of devils. The
latter is probably the most potent of
all the charges.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
BUNKERS III PRISON
Says Farewell to His Wife and Be.
gins Serving His
Term
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SAN QUENTIN, jan 1.-THE gates
of the penitentiary today closed behind
ex-State Senator Harry Bunkers, who
has begun to serve his sentence of five
years Imprisonment for accepting q
bribe.
In charge of Deputy Sheriff Reese of
Sacramento, he reached San Quentin
this morning, and at once went to his
home where he was allowed to consult
with his ife and bid her farewell. He
then was taken to the ferry depot and
rached prison soon after II o'clock.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
Run on Plttsburs Bank Ceases
BY Associated Press.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. 1.-THE run
started yesterday on the Washington
National bank of Pittsburg had prac-
tically ceased today and the deposits
far exceeded the amount withdrawn.
Nothing is known regarding the where
abouts of Cashier Armstrong, who dis
appeared mysteriously over three
weeks ago and whose accounts are
said 10 be absolutely correct.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
To Save Wrecked Vessels
By Associ ted Press,

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-TWO of
the most poMeTiuii i Wreehins ettd5s parses on Iil
North American dredging company to
undertake the task Of saving the
dredger San Francisco and two scows
that were driven ashore near Bolinas
last Friday, after an all-night struggle
with the storm that nearly cost the
lives Of thirty-five men.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18

There Is nothing w1ich better satisfies
gotten his moneys worth. When YOU
buy a bottle OF Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy you can have this assurance, as
the medicine Is sold on guarantee TO
do all that Is claimed for II. 1t has been
I'm use for many years all over the coun-
try, and has always given the best OF
for colds, Group and whooplng cough.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
Quits Copper Search In Vermont
pt, Aoaooiotad PFaaa

VERSHIRE, VT. Jan. 17.-After ex-
pending more than $l0OO,OO0 during the
past six years i'm purchasing and work
ing the copper field mines for many
years, the third largest In the United
States, George Westinghouse OF Pitts
burg has abandoned his search for
copper In the Vershire mountains.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
Breeders Association Meets
By Associated Press.

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 1.-THE Amer
lean Breeders association began its
annual session here today in con-
junction with the Live Stock and Ag-
ricultural associations Of Nebraska.
Secretary Wilson of the department. OF
agriculture, president of the associa-
tion, is represented by w. M. Hayes
of the department OF agriculture.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
TWO cONvIcTs ESCAPE
Get Away From officer While Being
Taken From Joplin to Car
thaae, Mo.

BY Associated Press.
CARTHAGE, Mo, Jan. 17.-Johu
Franklin and Teddy DAILY, life con-
victs I'm the Missouri penitentiary,
brought here Monday to testify against
Estill TT. Butler, alias Foot and a
Half on the charge of numbering Po-
hceman Claude Bryce i'm Joplin, made
their escape today
The men were in custody Of Deputy
Sheriff Marquiss and were being trans
ferred from Joplin. where the Butler
trial is in progress, to the county Jail
I'm this city.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
Wright Succeeds Supervisor White
nv AssncInted Prass

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17-Gov. Par
dee has appointed A. H. Wright OF
Stockton to the position Of supervisor
Of San joaquin county, vice w. c.
White, deceased.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
San Jacinto Creamery Burned
By AssocIated Iress.

RIVERSIDE, Cal, Jan. 1.-THE
creamery and ice plant at San JacintC
was burned last night, after being il
about $4,000, with small insurance.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18

MA The Marvellous Trolley Trip affords oppor-
&$M tunity of seeing two thousand square miles Of
WM&M4NGM&l mountain valley and
WeASE%EXW Cars from Sixth and Main at 8, g. 10 m.
W%SMAe&T and and 3 80 p m.
The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08
MICHIGAN NEWS.
Strange Graft; Long Voyage.

"Ba Ma Dis" which name Is taken
from the Chippewa language, and
means traveller" is the name of an
odd appearing craft just completed by
j. F. Beckbissenger, of Saginaw.
About two years ago Mr.. Beckbissen-
ger conceived the idea of building a
boat in which he might visit Florida
for the benefit of his health. For over
a year the boat has been looming up
prominently over the high board fence
and causing many queries as to its
nature.
The craft is peculiarly constructed.
II is made OF cypress brought from
the south where 1t is expected 10
eventually find home 1t is designed
to accommodate Mr.. Beckbissenger
and family on the long cruise. The
hull is 4412 feet long and 10 feet
beam. There is a cabin Z feet high
and 241a feet long, which contains a
main room, kitchen and sleeping &C
commodations 1t Is a fiat bottom
affair. drawing only 20 inches of wa
ter. The main power will be derived
from sails, but there is a small auxil-
larry engine operating so diminutive a
propeller that it would hardly be
thought capable of driving large row
boat.
Before the frost king has locked In
the great lakes the craft will leave
Saginaw for the Mississippi via the
Straits of Maclinac and the canal
from Chicago. If life is agreeable on
the gulf coast the party may never
return, unless for a visit some time.
The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08
Robbing Libraries.

An organized gang which has been
robbing public library buildings at
Wisconsin and Michigan border towns
arrived in Escanaba and one of the
robbers was shot by Officer George
Mccarthy, while attempting to break
into the Carnegie public library. Al
though the robber was apparently Sc
verely wounded he escaped with the as
sistance of other members of the gang.
Officers of the city were warned that
the gang was coming and Officer Nc
Carthy was secreted in the library.
Three men approached the building
and a brick was thrown through a
window and when one of the burglars
leaped to a window sill to loosen the
fastenings the officer fired. The man
fell backwards, calling for help, but
when the officer reached the spot he
had disappeared A quantity of blood
was found about the window and
ground where the burglar fell, but
the trail was soon lost.
One year ago an organized band of
burglars robbed Libraries in several
cities in this district and it is thought
that this raid is being made by the
same gang.
The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08
Smothered in Sand.

Waving his hand to his mother, who
sat on the porch of her home near
by, Melville Lyle. 10-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Lytle, of Jackson,
leaped gaily into a sand pit, where he
was playing with a number of his
companions, and was entombed by a
sudden cave-in. Mortified at the sight
of the accident, Mrs. Lyle, calling for
help from her neighbors, rushed fran
tically to her sons assistance. But
the sand was piled to a depth Of nearly
five feet over the boy, and nearly five
minutes elapsed before his body was
reached by the rescuers. The delay
was fatal; the child was dead The
mothers grief was pitiful, and the
scene was the more pathetic because
of the crying of the dead boys COM
panions, and the neighboring women,
with whom Melville was a favorite.
The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Eight leaders of the anarchists who
melted the riot and strike against the
Greene Consolidated copper Mining
company at Cananea, Mex, were exc
cuted by rurales under command of
Col. Kosterlitsky near Renquillo Sun
day.
Sergeant Hopkins, of the Arizona
rangers, returned to Naco, Ariz., from
Cananea, Mex, and reported that des-
perate rioting has started anew be-
tween the Mexican rioters and the
troops guarding Americans in the
camp of the Greene Consolidated Cop
per company. Sergeant Hopkins said
he counted % dead bodies of Mexicans
and four Americans
A fitting climax to the attempt to
murder the king and queen of Spain
was the identification and suicide of
the anarchist who threw the bomb at
them, Manuel Morales. He died at
night lying in a lonely road unshriv-
en- and unattended. In the little town
of Torrejon de Ardos, midway be-
tween Madrid and Alcala.
Eleven persons are dead, a score
seriously and many others slightly in
jured as the result of the overturning
of a crowded electric car at Moore's
Corner in East Providence, r. I.
very insignificant fire was the in.
direct cause Of heavy damage to the
stock of the Haiden Brothers depart.
ment store at Omaha. The fire start
ed in furniture store room at the
rear of the building. 1t had done nc
more than 100000 damage when II
started the automatic sprinkler which
flooded the entire five floors of the
building, causing a total loss of $3.50,
900.
The Democrats of the Sixth Indi
ana district nominated Rev. T. II
Kuhn, of Richmond for congress.
Herman c. Ferry, president of the
United Mine Workers Of Illinois. ha,
signified his intention of resigning his
position.
w. K. Vanderbilt's Prestige won the
Victor stakes at the Long Champs
races.
The engagement is announced OF
bertha hrupp, owner or the KrupI
works, at Essen, to Gustav Won Bob.
len und Halbach. secretary of the
Prussian legation at the Vatican.
The Panama canal commission has
sent special agent to Spain to en-
gage laborers to work on the canal.
The congregation of the propagand;
has decided to propose to the pope tn,
appointment OF Rev. William j. Fole,
OF Tusket Wedge, N. s., to be arch
bishop of Halifax.
Members of the different standlnl
committees at Springfield. H., OF tn,
German Baptist Brethren elected F
s. Sanger, of South Bend, Ind, mod
orator. 1t was arranged to construc
a $4,000 building as an annex to tn,
publishing plant of the Gospel Mes
senger in Elgln. III.
The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08
Ferris the Candidate

While w. n. Ferris still declines to
make definite public statement as to
his possible gubernatorial candidacy,
ii is understood that he has made a
formal statement to the state central
committee, which Chairman Winship
is expected to give out. 1t can safely
be said that Mr.. Ferris will be the
Democratic candidate and that he will
make a vigorous campaign. Mr.. Fer.
ris, Mr.. Winship and State Secretary
Garfield held a conference at which an
outline was drafted of a general state
ment TO the Michigan Democracy rela.
tive to the coming campaign. Mr.
Ferris was in Saginaw as the principal
speaker at the dedication of the Burt
Manual Training school.
The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08
Younq Man Went wronq.

Roy Cure, 17-year-old son of Rev. c.
NJ. Cure, a United Brethren minister
of Wauseon, o.. is in Jail charged with
entering the drug store of Roscoe vii
son, at Morenci and stealing cigars 10
the value of about 1925. The boy ad.
mts his guilt, but does not think he
stole the quantity Of cigars claimed
He says he formerly worked for Mr.
Wilson and had it in" for him. When
he first entered his store about a
month ago it was simply with the in
tention of disarranging things. He
says he is anxious to begin his i'm
prisonment and expects to plead guilty
In circuit court. He feels sorry fol-
his parents, not only because his faith
er Is minister. but because they have
heart disease, and he fears that news
of his arrest will prove a serious
shock TO them.
The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08
PEN|NSULAR
MEN AND THINGS
CONTROL OF APPROPRIATIONS
FOR STATE UNIVERSITY
IN COURT.
LIBRARY ROBBER SHOT
Agonlzed Mother Sees Her Little Son
dump to His Death in a Sand Pit;
Reseuers Too Late.
Regents Case.

When the supreme court convenes
the issue that has been Joined between
Auditor General Bradley and the re-
gents of the University of Michigan
relative to the expenditures of Presi-
dent Angel and others in travelling
outside of the state. Attorney Henry
NJ. Campbell, of Detroit has filed a
brief for the regents in which he con-
tends that the board of regents is a
constitutional body; is not accounta-
bic to the Legislature or any of the
states accounting officers. and that
the regents alone are judges of what
expenditures should be made. The
question at issue is the control of the
u. N IL. appropriations.
The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

That Reed Smoot is not entitled to
his seat in the United States senate
as a senator from Utah was the de-
cision of the senate committee on priv
ileges and elections, declared by a vote
of Z to 5.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
is the largest sundry civil bill ever
reported, carrying s94,346,573, OF
which $25, 460,991 is for work on the
Panama canal. The amount carried
is $11 ,070,003, less than the estimates
from the various departments. The
canal appropriation is to be reim-
bursed to the treasury from tho pro-
ceeds of the sale of canal bonds,
which have been authorized to the
aggregate amount of $3.50. 100000.
Representative Sulzer, of New York,
introduced a resolution calling upon
the president, "if not Incompatible
with the public interest" to send to
the house at his earliest convenience
the reports of Charles p. Neill and
James B. Reynolds ''in connection
with their investigation Of the meat
trust the stockyards and the meat
packing houses of Chicago, and other
places.
Chairman Dolliver, Of the senate
committee on education and labor will
report favorably a bill authorizing the
secretary of commerce and labor to
report upon the industrial, social,
moral, educational and physical con-
dition of women and child workers.
The senate committee on education
and labor considered Senator La Fol
lette's bill to limit the hours Of serv'
ice of railroad employees. 1t limits
continuous employment to 16 hours
except in cases where casualties com
pei trainmen to remain longer on duty
Senator Daniel reported from the
senate committee on industrial expo
sitions his bill appropriating $4,000
for the jamestown tercentennial ex
position to be held on the shores OF
Hampton Roads.
President Roosevelt decided TO make
public the report of Prof. Charles p.
Neil, commissioner of labor, and
James B. Reynolds, Of New York, con-
corning the conditions of the meat
packing establishments as they found
them on an inquiry instituted by the
president, primarily for his own in
formation
The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08

The exact ingredients of every pat.
ent medicine sold in Minnesota are to
be published by the dairy and food de-
partment of that state.
Almon c. Abel, formerly pastor OF
the Trinity Methodist church, the
most prominent church OF the denom-
nation in Chicago, as he was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for big.
amy. said: THE ruin is now com
plete. My personal sorrow over
broken law and the injury and pain
have inflicted on others is so beyond
expression that / can only bow my
head before my judges and welcome
an opportunity for expiation."
The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08
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The Yale expositor., 1906-06-08
Jap SPIES.
Servants Who Are Skilled Draughts
men on Board War Ships.


Reused by the discovery, it is said.
that the Japanese government has
been securing important information
as to the equipment and personnel OF
the United States navy through Japan
csc servant employees on United States
battleships, Secretary Bonaparte Is
sued orders Saturday excluding all
Japanese from employment in the
navy, ahoat or ashore. Their places
are to be filled with native born Am
orleans, white or colored.
One of the contributing causes for
this unusual order is revealed in a
story told by officers Of the North At
lantic squadron, now anchored in New
York waters.
Less than a month ago midship-
man discovered a japanese steward
making remarkably accurate drawings
Of the turret section of one of the
newest type Of battleships. Search
Of his personal effects disclosed the
fact that he had been working Sc
cretly for weeks on plans of the ship,
and was a remarkably fine draughts
man.