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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-03
Notice of Award of Contract

Pursuant to the Resolution of Award
Of the Board of Public Works of the
City of Los Angeles. adopted June 4,
1906, directing this notice, notice Is
hereby given that said Board of Public
Works in open session, on the 18th day
of April, 1906, opened, examined and
publicly declared all sealed proposals
or bids offered for the following work,
to wit:
1st That tsr,,,,ono,, ,
ton avenue TO the west line of Alameda
street, including all intersections Of
streets texcepttng such portions of said
street and intersections as are required
by law to be kept In order or repair by
any person or company having railroad
tracks thereon, and also excepting such
portions as have already been graded and
graveled to the official grade in accord
in The ofhce Of the City Engineer and
graveled streets, Glass A, in the City Of
Los Angeles. on file in the office of the
Gty fng Clerk p Of said dS No Gty said specifica
I'd. That cement curb be constructed
along each line of the roadway of said
Washington street, from the east line Of
Compton avenue to the west line of Ala
meda street excepting along such
portions of the line of said roadway upon
which cement or granite curb has al
ready been constructed TO the official line
tions for constructing cement curbs, on
fle IN the office OF the City Clerk. said
spsecihGa tions being No; 22 New seriesI.
Sd. That a cement sidewalk five (5) feet
in width be constructed along each
side OF said Washington street from the
east line Of Compton avenue to. the west
portions of said street between said points
along which a cement or asphalt side
walk FIVE 90 feet IN width has been con-
structed TO the official line and grade)
hA tf-fNf tah IN
cordance with specifications for construct
ing cement sidewalks on file in the office
OF the city Clerk Of said city. said specih-
The Council OF said city finds
upon estimate of the city Engineer
that the total cost OF said Improvement
foot along each lina OF said street, in.
! Guiding the cost of intersections, and
1t Is determined. in pursuance OF
California, approved February 27th. 1893
as amended by. an Act OF the Legislature
amending said last named Act, which
1899, that bonds shall be issued to repre-.
sent the cost OF said Improvement Said
bonds shall be serial, extending over a
psrt9Sd OF 1e9 Eears s an even proportion
payable annually, on the second day OF
January OF each year, by coupon, after
to ' bear interest at the rate % Of sl% seven ~
per cent per annum, payable semi-annli.
ally on the second days OF January and
| July OF each and every year.
| And thereafter, to wit: On the 4th
day of June, 1906. said Board of Public
Works awarded the contract for said
work TO the lowest regular responsible
! bidder. to. witt
TO B. f. Ford. at the prices named for
said work in his proposal. on file, to wit:
s2.95 per lineal foot for grading and
IS cents per lineal foot for cement
curb.
IA cents per square foot for sidewalk
Office OF the Board OF Public Works
Los Angeles, Cal, July p 1906
HORACE B. FERRIS.
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-03
NotIce nf Aunrd All Cnntrnni

pursuant to the Resolution Of Award
of the Board of Public Works of the City
of Los Angeles, adopted April lS. 1905.
directing this notice, notice Is hereby
given that said Board of Public Works.
in open session, on the 9Th day of April,
1905, opened examined and publicly de-
clared all sealed proposals or bids offered
Tor the following work, to wit:
BANNING STREET
In said city from the westerly line oF
Center street to the westerly line OF the
southern California Railway Company 3
right of way, including all intersections nj
Htreets (exceptng such portions of said
street and intersections as are REQUIRED
DS law 70 be kept in order or repair by
tracks thereon. and also excepting such
portions as have already been graded and
graveled and accepted), be graded and
graveled to the official grade in accoTd,
ance with the plans and profile on file In
the office Of the City Engineer and suecl-
tcations for the construction Of graveIed
streets, Class A. in the City of Los Ange-
les, on file in the office of the CITY Clers
or said city, said specifications being No
&c New Series).
pa. That cement curb be constructe1
along each line of the roadway OF sail
Banning street from the westerly line ri
Center street to The westerly line of IL,
southern California Railway Company
right or way lexcepting along such nor,
lions of the line of said roadway upor
Wnlch cement or granite curb has al
ready oeen constructed to the official lin,
tons for constructing cement curbs OF
hle IN the office of the City Clerk sal.
specifications being No. " New Seriesl.
3D.. That cement sidewalk seven a n,
one-haf (l1O feet in width be constrncteC
along each side Of said Banning stree
ron the westerly line of Center stree
20 the westerly line OF the Southern Caii
tornia Railway Company's right of waS
excepting such portions OF said stree
between sand points along which a ce
mse9t sii9st Or OF asphalt sidewalk seven and one
han (l5O feet in width has been con
structed to the official line and gradet
sald sidewalk TO be constructed In accord
ance with, specifications for construetin.
cement sidewalks on file In the ofrice M
lhe CITY Clerk OF said city, said specifica
lions being No. 23 (New Series)
And thereafter, to wit: on fbe 12tt
day OF April 1906 said Board Of Puhli,
works awarded the contract for san
M9Fk N,91a to the lowest regular responsible,
TO L. ~ Davies. at the prices naroaf
TOT SAID work in his proposal, on file
sls0 per llneal foot for grading ant
S9 cents rsr ,neal foot for cement curh
II cents per square foot for sidevait
Onice of the Board of Public Work &
Los Angeles, Cal. July q 1906
HORACE H. FERRIS,
80 . Secretary,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-03
Notice for Bid for schooI RuIId,D.

Notice Is hereby given that the Board
will receive bids for the CONSTRUCTION
and completion of four-room edition
to the Fifty-fourth avenue school build
ing at fty-fourth avenue and Monte
Vista street. in the City OF Los Angeles.
TO be constructed in accordance with
plans and specifications on file in the
office of the Secretary Of the Board. AIS
Chamber of Commerce building All
labor and material TO be furnished and
excavations MADE py the contractor.
certified check for 10 per cent OF the
amount OF the bid, payable 10 the order
OF the Board OF Education, ana must be
sealed and filed with the Secretary. at
his office. on Or before Friday, July
6, 1906 at o'clock p, m. at which
time the bids viii be opened in public
by the Secretary.
Dhe Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
n s. AvERII4L secy.
Los Angeles. Cal, June &c. 1906.
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
MEET
INSTANT
DEATH

BY Associated Press
TIFLIS, Nov. ia deafening bomb
explosion occurred on Pathanski street
at an early hour this morning while the
police were making a search of an un-
occupied house.
The noise of the explosion was audible
for a great distance and the entire city
was shaken.
Three policemen were killed and four
wounded.
The police discovered some revolu-
tionary proclamations under a bed in
one of the rooms and went to a window
and pulled aside a curtain.
There was a flash of blue flame, fol-
lowed Immediately by the explosion, the
force of which was so great that the
body of sergeant, one of the men
killed, was hurled over neighboring
roof.
The whole upper portion of the house
fell in. 1t is apparent that snare had
been arranged and the police lured in.
The police received a tip to search
this particular house, which is located
In the Tartar quarter of the city and
which has not been inhabited since the
Tartar Armenian massacres of last
year..
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
Patient Grows Weaker and Weaker and Physicians
in Attendance Announce That Death
May Be Expected at Any Time

illness I cannot say whether he will
live throughout the night or not"
Drs. Hertzstein and Thorne, who
were called from San Francisco for con-
sultation purposes, have laid out a
course of treatment which is being
closely followed.
The results of the temperature as
taken show 1t to have raised to 1923
since 8 o'clock; pulse, 81; respiration Sc.
DR.. Mitchell will remain in constant
attendance at the bedside all night. A
nurse and a quantity of oxygen and
medicines arrived this evening from
San Francisco and were Immediately
driven out to the ranch.
The patients mind is still clear, al
though he is gradually growing weaker.
Mrs. w. H. McKittrick, his daughter,
and Capt. McKittrick are keeping a
constant vigil.
Capt. McKittrick has notified rela-
tives and friends throughout the United
States that there is no improvement
and that the generals condition is
very alarming.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
HIGHWAYMAN
SHOOTS TO
KILL
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PITTSBURG, Nov. 11.-Henry F.
Smith, the 25-year-old son of Joseph
Smith, a wealthy business man, was
shot twice and almost instantly killed
early this morning by burglar whom
he surprised In the dining room of his
fathers residence in the East end.
The crime following little more than
week after the murder of James A.
Mcmillan, another wealthy business
man of this section, together with a
number of holdups by highwaymen
during the past fortnight, has aroused
the city and demand for $50 additional
policemen to suppress the wave OF
crime has been made by the citizens.
That a desperate battle took place
between young Smith and the burglar
is evident from the disordered condi-
tion of the dining room and kitchen in
addition to the two bullets which en-
tered Smiths body, five other balls
were found lodged in the wood work.
Three cartridges of Smiths revolver
had been discharged. Neighbors who
heard the shots and ran to their win
dows say they saw no one running
from the Smith house. Hundreds Of
dollars worth of silver plate had been
gathered together by the burglar. The
entire police and detective forces are
working on the case, but 50 far no
clue has been discovered.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
SHARPERSROB
MINERS OF
GOLD
BY Associat d Prnss.

By Associat d F'rass.
SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 11.-Four
alleged gamblers were arrested today
when the steamship Indiana arrived
in port from Nome. The men gave
their names as H. e. Nordstrom, Harry
Braily, Ben Wilson and j. Johnson. The
latter is known to the police as
husky"
The presence of the gamblers was
discovered on board the ship soon after
leaving Nome. Complaints were made
to the officers of the vessel concerning
alleged crooked card playing in the
smoking rooms and in the steerage.
When the Indiana was about q week
out from Nome, the steerage pas
sengers presented a petition to the
captain asking him to take some action
in the matter of the gamblers. The
passengers who signed the petition al
legged that they had lost their money
mainly because the four men played
with marked cards and crooked gam
bling apparatus.
The master of the vessel, after a
thorough investigation of the charges
against the men. ordered them turned
over to the police of this city.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
SULTAN RECEIVES
AMERICANS AT FEZ
By Associated Press.

by associated PrCSS.
LONDON, Nov. 11.-Advices from
Fee, Morocco, dated October 20, give full
details of the splendid reception ac-
corded to the first American mission on
its arrival at the ancient Moorish capi-
tai for the purpose Of permitting the
American minister, Mr.. Gummere, per-
sonally to present his credentials to the
sultan.
Owing to the liberality of the state
department at Washington the mission
was organized with becoming dignity.
The party consisted Of 800 people in
Guiding the minister, Commander j. c..
Fremont, u. S. N. attache at Paris;
Capt. William S. Guignard, military at
tache at Paris; Mr.. Gummere's special
secretary, w. o. Irelin of New York,
who was secretary of Ambassador
White at the Algeclras conference;
some civil attaches and a doctor.
The sultan said he wished to show
the Americans the most notable honors,
not only as a tribute to the arrival of
the first American minister at Fez but
because he considered the minister to
be his personal friend.
The reception was followed by BAN
quets and fetes. at which the chief
shereefian personages participated.
Many of the ceremonies gave the Amer
leans an opportunity of witnessing the
quaint oriental customs In the Moroccan
court and OF the people.
Mr.. Gummere expressed himself as
being highly gratified at the success
of the mission in inaugurating diplo-
matte relations between the United
States and Morocco under the mast
faVorabl circumstances.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
DISCUSS STRIKE
By Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE question
of strike of the firemen on the Erie
system because of the refusal of that
company to grant the mems demands
for reduced working hours is now be-
ing voted upon. The result will prob
ably not be known until Tuesday.
If the firemen vote to uphold the
grievance committee strike that will
affect the Erie road and all its sub
sidiary lines from New York to CHI
cago probably will follow.
Besides the 1900 firemen on the road
there are 675 locomotive engineers who
have been promoted from the ranks of
the firemen and who still carry fire.
mems union cards. These engineers
also will vote on the question.
At the headquarters today there were
sixty engineers representing the en-
gineers on the Erie, the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western, the New York
Central and the New York, New Ha-
ven & Hartford railroads.
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
was present but after the meeting de-
clined to make any statement.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
LABORER Is HURT
BY STREET CAR
ON ALSO STREET

Louis Barry, a laborer living at 367
Also street. fell from a car at the
corner of Vignes and Also streets at
745 last night and was severely cut
about the head and body. He was un-
conscious when taken to the receiv-
ing hospital.
According to passengers who wit
messed the accident, the car was go
ing at a tremendous rate of speed.
Barry signaled to the conductor that
he wished to get off, but no attention
was paid him. He was standing near
the step of the car, when a sudden
jerk caused him to lose his feet and
he fell to the pavement.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
CALIFORNIAN SECURES
POINTERS IN THE EAST
speeial 70 1he. Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SACRAMENTO. Nov. Ill. A.
Filcher, SECRETARY of the State Agricul-
tural society, recently appointed by
Governor Pardee a delegate. to the
Farmers National congress which held
it's session last month in the city of
Rock Island, ILL.,, improved the oppor-
tunity while east to visit the officers
and grounds of number of agricul-
tural societies in the middle western
states, and he comes back with many
ideas of practical utility which he
thinks can be applied to advantage in
the work of building up the Agricul-
tural society of California.
The societies visited by Mr.. Filcher
were those of the states of Minnesota,
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas
and Nebraska. In all of these states
the annual fairs are looked forward
to as the farmers great holiday season
where they not only obtain diversion
but rest and visit and get acquainted
and learn much from one another, as
we'll as from the exhibits of the latest
and best of the things in which they
are interested and as result the ball
ance sheet of these societies each year
shows a surplus.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
Two Men Killed and
Another Will
Die
Explosion of Boiler Is
Cause of Terrible
Accident
Depot at sargent's Station BIswn to
Pieces and Four Cars Turned
over-Many Passen-
gers Injured

BY Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 1.-Two
men were killed, another fatally
injured and many passengers
more or less shaken up and cut
by broken glass by the wrecking
of Sunset express No. 10, south
bound, from San Francisco to
Los Angeles, opposite the depot
at Sargent's station, eighty-seven
miles south of San Francisco, at
o:35 o'clock tonight.
The dead:
Engineer Gillespie.
Signal Construction Foreman
Goodfellow.
Injured:
Fireman Garvey, badly scalded
and both legs broken; will die.
1t is also believed that four or
five tramps, riding on the plat
form or underneath the first car,
were killed.
The wreck was caused by the
explosion of the engine boiler, the
force of which blew the depot to
pieces, tore up the track for a
hundred feet on both sides of the
place and turned over the first
four cars of the train.
The sleeping cars remained on
the track and none of the passen-
gers in these cars were hurt.
Wrecking and relief trains from
San Francisco and San Jose are
now at the scene.
The little town is in darkness
and rescue work is handicapped
to a great extent because of this.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
Human Electricity
Charges Two
Wires
When Circuit Is Formed
Sound Waves Are
Heard
San Francisco Man Swallows EIec-
trodes, and by Retaining Them
Several Minutes Completes
interesting Experiment
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11.-Before
a number of medical men and scientists
today Drs Albert j. Atkins and e.
J. lewis succeeded in charging an
electrical circuit with human electricity
to such a degree that external sound
waves were transmitted and heard
ceiver.
The experiment consisted of the ap-
plication of two platinum electrodes to
the walls of a living stomach. BY
means of copper wires the electrodes
were connected with a telephone and
microphone, a sensitive instrument
which greatly intensifies sound.
There was absolutely no mechanical
or chemical battery in the circuit, yet
the moment the electrodes were swal-
lowed sufficiently to touch the walls
of the stomach, human electricity
flowed over the wires, rendering sounds
from seven to eight milli-volts on IL
Weston galvanometer.
Colonel e. p. Richardson, the subject
of the experiment, swallowed the
electrodes and succeeded in retaining
them for a considerable time. After
brief rest he was given a drink of
whisky and on again connecting the
electrodes with the interior lining of
his stomach, the galvanometer regist-
| cred 15 milli-volts.
Drs. Atkins and Lewis claim that
1 by this experiment they have demon
strated the law of action of the human
senses. They reason that if sound Il
transmitted over copper wire wher
it is charged with human electricity
it is reasonable to consider the prin-
ciple the same when the auditory
nerve Is charged with the same force.
In other words, we hear when the
auditory nerve is made sensitive with
human electricity, on the same prin-
ciple by which we receive a telephone
| message.
| Furthermore, these scientists claim
that by a series of experiments they
have proven that digestion is an elec-
tro-chemic process; that all life action
in the body is dependent upon the
activity of the electrical forces within
the organism, that variations of sense
manifestation as sight, hearing, etc,
are caused by the different rates of vi
bration set up by the human electrical
currents, acting on the special sense
nerves.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
TO
FORM A BIG
COMBINE
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE Tribune to-
morrow will say:
"The most gigantic theatrical COM
bination in the world, of which the
biggest syndicate now in existence will
be only a part, is in the process of
formation in Chicago.
1.-THE new combination is to include
$50 of the most important theaters in
the United States and will be repre-
sented in every city from New York
to San Francisco and from Portland
to New Orleans, will dictate matters
of bookings, tours of all big compa-
MES and, in word, do the theatrical
business of the United States If not
the world Although the combination
is still in the process of formation the
following interests are slated to go
into it:
"Klaw & Erlanger, Daniel Frohman,
Charles Frehman. AL Hayman, Nixon
& Zimmerman, Rich & Harris and the
Orpheum circuit. 1t is estimated by
some of the managers who expect to
go into the new combination that the
properties controlled by. the corpora
ton will value far in excess of $50, 000,-
900.
According to present plans a new
corporation will be formed, probably
under the laws of Illinois.
Its capital stock will be placed
somewhere between $50,00O,OO0 and
500. 900 0OO"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
MANY DEATHS
CAUSE A
PANIC
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Ell PASO. Tex. Nov ia state
of panic exists IN the town of Maria
and the vicinity of Preside county this
state, $50 miles east of here.
Within the last few days twelve
deaths have occurred in the town of
a few hundred population, from an
unknown malignant disease, which
made its appearance in the southern
part of the county on the Mexican
border recently and rapidly spread to
Maria.
Local physicians have been unable, to
diagnose or cope with 1t and appealed
to the state health department, which
detailed an expert, DIR. p. j. Shaver,
the state health officer at Ell Paso, to
investigate.
DIR. Shaver is now at Maria.
The people of Alpines, near Maria
in Brewster county, held mass meet
ings today to take precautions to pre-
vent the spread of the disease to that
town.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
SW AN
OUNCE OF
POISON
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press -
SPRINGFIELD. Miss. Nov, 11.--A
man believed to be q. l.. Travis. with
numerous aliases and wanted for al
legged forgery, swallowed an ounce OF
chloral in the police station here today
and may die.
He was arrested by the local police
yesterday. Detectives arrived from st.
Louis today for the man, but refuse to
say why he was wanted except that
they have been chasing him for three
years.
Travis is said to have confessed to
the police that he is wanted in a dozen
different states. He told the prison
physician that he had carried chloral
for years with the intention of using
it if the opportunity presented,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
DIES WITHOUT GIVING
HIS ASSAlLANT'S NAME
Bv AssooIated Press.

SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. 1t.-Thomas
Dougherty, a prominent young man Of
Dunmore. a suburb, died in the state
hospital here today from stab wound.
Dougherty died refusing to make any
statement as to the name of the person
who caused the fatal injury, but in
timated that It was a woman and that
he was to blame.
In the brief statement he made
Dougherty declared that he was VISIT
ing a woman and that she stuck a
needle or hat pin into him, after
which he was taken Ill.
The postmortem revealed that he had
been stabbed with some fine instru-
ment such as a hat pin and that II
had entered his heart.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
GIVE UP GUNS
BUT SHED
TEARS
ey Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Ell RENO, Okla, Nov. 1.-THE MEM
bers of companies B, and d of the
twenty-fifth infantry (colored), le-
Gently ordered dismissed by President
Roosevelt as a result Of the riotous
disturbances at Brownsville, Texas, on
day.
May of the men, some of whom had
been in the service more than twenty
years, shed tears when they gave up
their guns. Tomorrow the disarmed
troops will have battalion drill without
arms and they will be discharged inn
mediately upon receipt of the official
order from Washington, probably Mon
day or Tuesday.
The negro troops have shown no dis
position to be ugly.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
ODESSA POLICE TEAR
DOWN OFFICIAL POSTERS
nv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ODESSA, Nov. 11.-All the electoral
committees in this city and in the
provinces have been suppressed and
their functions have been transferred
to the town councils.
The arrangements made by these
committees hate been Cancelled and
their official posters have been re-
moved from the walls of Odessa by
the police. These measures which are
intended to prevent the mass Of people
from taking part I'm the campaign for
election OF members to the lower house
OF parliament have produced a painful
impression here.
The students Of Odessa university
elected their electoral committee with
the following results:
Social ReVolutionist candidates, 712;
Social Democrats, TT; Laborites, 1888;
Constitutional Democrats. 147; Govern
ment Supporters. Sl7: zionists. lO6-