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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
TWO MEET INSTANT DEATH
Accident in Tonopah Extension Shaft
lmperiIs the Lives of
Six Others
By Associated ! ress.

GOLDFIELD, New, May 30.-Two
men were killed in the Tonopah extern
sion shaft and the lives of six others
imperled in an accident last night.
The cage was being lifted with eight
passengers, all miners.
All went well until within fifty feet
of the collar of the shaft. Bert Morten-
sen was near the edge of the cage and
whether he lost his footing or was
knocked off is not known, anyhow he
disappeared.
He fell twenty-five feet, struck into
the tagging, held for a moment and
then began his downward flight to the
bottom of the shaft 300 feet, where
his remains were found later. The en-
gineer felt the jar caused by the cage
striking, and stopped before the signal
was given. Then it was found that
Tony Hoffstadt was crushed between
the cage and tagging, and life was in
stantly gone.
He did not fall, being pinched in the
tagging, and it took several hours be-
fore the five sets of timbers were
removed which held his body. A miner
named Maher, who was also in the
cage, had his shoulder dislocated.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
THROWS MANY OUT OF WORK
Building Operations Cease at San
Francisco Because of DiIatory
Tactics of Unde erWriters
BY Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, May 3O.-Build-
ing operations in the ruined portions of
this city have received a decided set
back owing to the dilatory tactics of
the underwriters.
Almost before the ruins had cooled
the owners of the large buildings in the
business section which had not been
destroyed beyond restoration planned
for their speedy and complete rehabili-
tatiOn.
In very few days after the fire
throngs of men were engaged in
Strengthening the shells and clearing
away the debris of the great office
buildings and hotels in the downtown
district.
Today the men engaged on the
Crocker, Shreve Mutual Savings Bank
building and the st. Francis hotel in
these operations were given notice that
all work must cease because of lack of
funds. Accordingly the army of labor
erS and skilled mechanics who were
making the remains of these great
buildings hives of industry were laid
off and quietness once more reigns in
these sections of the devastated dis
trict.
Owners and builders claim that they
have used every effort to persuade the
underwriters to advance insurance
moneys, but without avail and the
statement is now made that owners are
as much in the dark as to the date of
adjustment and payment as they were
the DAY after the fire.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
CHILDREN
DIE IN TRUNK
BODIES DISCOVERED SHORTLY
AFTER DEATH
Deep Mystery Surrounds Case, as
Eldest Child Could Easily
Have Raised the Lid
of the Trunk

Special to The Herald.
KANKAKEE, ILL.,, May 30.-Missing
since 5 o'clock this afternoon, three girl
children aged s, and 2 years, daugh-
ters of Mr.. and Mrs. Adelord Van
Slette, were found smothered to death
seated upright in trunk at o'clock
tonight.
The circumstances of the deaths are
mysterious, owing to the age of the
eldest, who was large enough to have
easily raised the lid of the trunk. Mr..
Van Slette is teamster. Ten children
comprised his family, including the
little ones who are dead.
Apparently the children had made
no struggle or effort to release them
selves. The mother was too frightened
to remember whether the clasp had
caught. The family was downstairs
when the three children at o'clock
went upstairs to Ilay. No noise was
heard from the upper rooms by the
members downs airs, according to the
story told to the coroner.
Arrests may follow an investigation.
The Van Slettes removed to this city
from a farm near Beaverville a year
ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
CROSS OCEAN TO
FIND SON DEAD
FATHER AND MOTHER WEEP
IN EACH OTHERS ARMS
Parents of Herbert A. Heating Make
Long Trip only to Learn
Of Boys Death When
They Arrive
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
NEW YORK, May 3O.-when Mr. and
Mrs. James +. Heating, their daughter
Grace and son william came ashore
from the Carmania today they we're
told their son and brother, Herbert A.
Keating, whom they were coming to
visit. had been killed by street car
In Los Angeles day before they left
Liverpool.
Two manlfestly uncomfortable men
approached the family group. One Of
them called the elderly head Of the
family aside and whispered to him.
The face of the old man blanched. He
would have fallen had not the new ar
rival caught his arm.
Wife Comes to Husbands Side
His wife was at his side in an instant.
followed by the boy and girl. A mother s
intuition told her the truth. The brave
old lady put her arm around his neck
and comforted him.
Two years ago Herbert went to Los
Angeles and made such a success that
he begged the family to join him. Keat-
ing therefore sold their property in Ire
land and started with the family for
this country.
The Carmania sailed on May 22. That
day in Los Angeles Herbert Keating
stepped from n car and a car bound in
the opposite direction ran over and
killed him.
| The bereaved family started on a sor-
rowful journey to California this after
noon.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
BATTLESHIP STRIKES ROCKS
Montagu Badly Disabled and Attempts
to Float Her May Prove
Disastrous
BY Associated Press.

LONDON May SIT is feared the
British navy will lose one of its best
vessels, the first class battleship Mon
tagu, which struck on the rocks at
Lundy island Wednesday and, accord
ing to latest reports received at Daven-
port at midnight, is not likely to be re-
floated.
to attempt to refloat the Montagu
under present conditions will mean her
disappearance in thirty fathoms of
water, as she is fixed precariously on a
ledge and is in danger of overturning.
If possible an attempt will be made
to patch up the vessel before any effort
is undertaken to float her off.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
FIND ELEVEN QUAKE VICTIMS
Total Death List at San Francisco Is
Now 418-one Body Not
Identified
By Associated Press.

Dy ASSOCldIeu ITeSS
SAN FRANCISCO. May 30.-The re-
mains OF eleven more victims of the fire
have been discovered, bringing the
death list at the morgue UP to 418.
Those OF Andrew Coleman and David
Cook were found in the ruins of store
at ia Third street.
Five bodies were taken out of the
ruins of the Kingsbury house. The
first four were those of Louis Stambler,
a tailor "a years old; his wife, Celia,
their daughter Rosa, twelve years old,
and Stambler's niece, Miss Fannie
Weiner, 23 years old. The fifth body
taken from the building is unidentified.
The remains of two Chinese were
taken from the ruins in Chinatown. The
remains of Frank Prochaztia, waiter,
were found in a lot near the old post
office. The body of man supposed to be
Fred Kennel was found in the rear of
SIS Third street.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
ANARCHISTS PLAN
DEATH OF KING
BY Associated Press.

LONDON, May 3O.-A plot to assas-
sinate King Alfonso on his wedding day
has been discovered in London, accord
ing to a convincing story published by
the Evening Standard this afternoon.
Fifty anarchists of England, France
and Spain, who are said to be con-
Cerned in the conspiracy are alleged to
be on the way to Madrid with the in
tention of carrying out the attempt as
the king is leaving the church.
The plan is said to have been hatched
in Spain and London, but 1t Is added
that the police got wind of the affair
and will take all the precautions neces-
sary to protect the king The project,
it is asserted, included revolution
after the assasina ton with the view to
overthrowing the monarchy. The Even
ing Standard also asserts that Spanish
officers are implicated in the plot.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
THREE BOYS FIND DEAD MAN
Discovered in Clothing of
Corpse
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
OAKLAND, May 30.-The police are
somewhat puzzled over the death of an
unknown man whose body was discov-
cred in the mud at the foot of 17Sth
street this morning by three boys.
From papers found on the body, it is
supposed to be that of Eugene Nc
Carthy, a discharged private of Troop
1, United States cavalry.
There was a deep cash in the back
of the dead mans neck and several
wounds on the scalp.
What mystifies the police is that
while the corpse is badly decomposed
and evidently had been in the water
some time, there was found in the dead
mans pocket the police record of one
w. F. Crosby, which was written last
Monday
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
WEBB eoVINeToN ARRESTED
President of Last Arkansas Senate
Faces Another Criminal Action
at Little Rock
BY Associated Press.

Dy AbSOCldtSu I-ISSS'
LITTLE ROCK, May SO.-A bench
warrant was served today on Webb
Covington, president of the last state
senate at his home at Clarksville.
He Is already under Indictment in two
cases for alleged boodling in the last
legislature. The warrant today was is
sued on new indictment returned yes
terday in connection with alleged
booding charges against Legislators.
1t is said three new indictments have
been returned and that other arrests
will follow. In all thirty members Of
the house and senate are charged with
completely.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
MANY INJURED BY EXPLOSION
Seventeen People Suffer Burns and
Bruises at Cincinnati in
Automobile Accident
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, o., May 3O.-seventeen
persons were inferred, one fatally, In q
collision between an automobile owned
by DR.. J. G. Atkins and two street cars
on Vine street hill here today.
The chauffeur tried to pass between q
southbound Mill Creek valley car and
northbound Vine and Norwood car.
Immediately after the collision the
storage tank of the automobile ex-
ploded. throwing the burning oil over
both cars as we'll as the automobile
DR.. ]. G. Atkins, Bertha and Tugenia
Neulson, sisters, and Chauffeur Walter
Levall, colored, who were in the auto
mobile were seriously burned.
DR.. Atkins was burned about the face
and head and probably will die. Thir-
teen passengers on the Mill Creek val
ley car were slightly burned. Both
cars and the automobile were COM
pletely destroyed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
YOUNG GIRL IS
TRAMPS' VICTIM
REVOLVING CASE OF MURDER
NEAR SEATTLE
Following an Assault, Throat of IL
Year-Old Child Is Cut and
the Body Partially
Buried
BY Associated Press.

by Associated RreSS.
SEATTLE, May 30.-Ese Mullhoff,
the 11-year-old daughter of William
Mullhoff of Renton, was assaulted and
murdered and her body partially
btried on what is known as the "old
Renton farm last night. Her body,
with the throat cut, was found by
searching parties today.
The girl was sent after the cows at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. She did
not return and when she could not be
found a general alarm was sounded
and the entire town turned out to join
in the search.
1t was nearly noon when a party of
searchers came upon the birl's body
partially buried in a secluded spot,
1000 feet from the primitive gospel
church.
The girls body was located by blood
hounds.
Tramps are believed to have COM
mitted the crime.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
SALVADOR REMAINS NEUTRAL
President EseaIon Declares Country
Never Has and viii Not Now
Become involved
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May SO.--The statement
having been made that the government
of Salvador was encouraging the
revolutionists in Guatemala, in response
to a telegram, President Escalon of
Salvador today sent the following
message:
"San Salvador, May 30,-The Asso-
ciated Press. This government has al
ways observed strict neutrality regard
ing the interior affairs of the other
states of Central America, and so we
do now
I'VE have had nothing to do with the
revolution In Guatemala.
PRESIDENT ESCALoN."
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
PASTOR SMOKES; LOSES JOB
General Assembly of Presbyterian
Church Places Stamp of DIsap-
provaI on "Weed"
BY Associated Press,

BY Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Ind, May sO.-The gen.
eral assembly of the United Presbyte-
rian church today signalized its dis
approval of tobacco by refusing to con-
firm the nomination of Rev. John A.
Burnett of Monmouth, ILL.,, as general
secretary of the Young Peoples society.
Rev. Burnett-is~a minister held in
high esteem but he does not share the
belief of the tabled Little Robert
Reed that tobacco is a filthy weed.
The Rev. Burnett enjoys good smoke.
Therefore, Rev. w. w. Lawrence of
Belleville, ILL.,, was chosen general Sec
retary
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31

1-Sodier girl wants to live.
2-Death claims Michael DaVitt.
3-Worries about mother.
4-Veterans honor silent army.
5--Good news for matinee girls.
6--EditoriaI.
City news.
8-9--Sports.
to-Southern California news.
11-Classified advertisements.
12-Electrie engine is success.
EASTERN
President delivers Decoration day ad-
dress at Porthmouth, Va.
Theodore +. Shonts tells why he favors
lock canal.
trunk at Kankakee, Ill.
FOREIGN
Emperor of Austria charges Baron Won
Bech 10 form a now cabinet.
Russian 'pacifier' described as the
most hated man in Caucasus.
Plot discovered by which anarchists in
tended to kill king Alfonso.
COAST
Eleven more victims of the San Fran
cisco earthquake found among ruins Of
buildings.
Floods convert streets into rivers at
Walla Walla, Wash.
Eleven.year-old girl assaulted and then
murdered by tramps near Seattle, Wash.
LOCAL
School board members will rush work on
new buildings.
Elaborate memorial day services held IA
Los Angeles and nearby cities
Promotions scheduled in police depart
ment
Rev DR.. Taimage scores San Pedro's
saloons
AT First street school pupils will today
elect a governing board
Boston officers escort fugitive Thomas
A. Blake eastward.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
EMPLOYERS ARE
MADE PRISONERS
WAGE FARMERS WIN UNExPEcT-
ED VICTORY
Owners of Ribbon Factories at Lodz,
Russian Poland, Locked Up
Until They Grant De-
mands of Men
BY Associated Press.

LODI, Russian Poland, May 30.-The
owners of the ribbon factories of Lodz
met last night at Schmidt and Wech-
ert's works to consider the strike situ-
alton.
A crowd of strikers surrounded the
factory, shut the doors of the building
and held the manufacturers until they
agreed to an advance in wages and to
pay for five weeks of idleness.
The concession was made only after
the manufacturers had suffered five
hours imprisonment and had been
threatened with death if they refused.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
MINERS FIND RICH QUARTZ
Ore Going $4,000. to the Ton Dis.
covered Near AlE<aIi,
Nevada
BY Associated Press.

GOLDFIELD, New, May Bore
markable strikes have been reported
from near Alkali Springs, seventeen
miles northwest of GoldfeId, and today
Goldfield is nearly depopulated of min
ing men and prospectors. For two
days the stream Of gold seekers had
been pouring into the district from
Goldfield and nearby. The ore taken
out much resembles the Tonopah, bear
ing gold and silver in nearly equal
quantities.
The smallest assays brought from
the district today ran $77 to the ton
and an average of number went $54S.
The district appears to be about seven
miles long by three wide. 1t is only
five miles from the railroad with wood
and water at no great distance. Gold
field is greatly excited over the find
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
LAKE VARIES FOUR FEET
Lake Michigan Reaches Highest Point
Ever Recorded at Life
Saving Station
BY Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May 30.-The lake level
today varied as much as four feet, go
ing from 2 below datum to 2 feet
above. The boat room of the life saw
ing station at the mouth of the Chi
cago river, which had never been wet
during the heaviest storms on the lake,
was flooded to a depth of inches.
The Seiche was attributed by vessel
men to a sudden shifting of the wind,
coupled with rapid change in the bar
ometric pressure. No damage to ship
ping was reported.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
WILL RAzE MILLS BUILDING
All Masonry Work Must Come Down,
AS Structure is to Be
RemodeIed
BY Associated Press.

BY ASSocIated PresS.
SAN FRANCISCO. May S0-It has
been decided that the Mills building on
Montgomery street must be torn down
to its massive steel frame before the
work of reconstruction is begun.
An exhaustive examination of the
structure has shown that the steel
columns and girders. which were pro-
tected by tling, were almost intact,
but the conclusion has been reached to
partially remodel the building and for
this purpose all the masonry will be
removed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
Youth Under Arrest
BY Associated Press.

SEATTLE, Wash, May 30.-Tom
Nulligan, 15-year-old boy of Renton,
has been placed under arrest on sus-
picion of having knowledge of the mur-
der of Elsie Mullhuff He told --eon-
flicting stories to the police and deputy
sheriffs when sweated, and is known
to have been with the child short
time before she was killed. The parents
live at Renton. The boy is held in the
King county Jail pending the coroner's
inquest
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
KOREA COTTON CROP LARGE
Japanese Officials Think 1t viii Reach
Total Value of $4o,ooo,ooo
Annually
BY Associated Press.

TOXIC. May SO,-The members of the
house of representatives who have
been visiting Korea to study the cot
ton prospects, have brought back a
hopeful report.
They think a moderate estimate of
the crop ought to be worth $4O,0000O0
annually.
Japan now imports yearly from India
and elsewhere $56,00O,000 worth of cot
ton. which probably will be largely
replaced by Korean cotton should the
estimate be correct.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
DEADWOoD DICK CASHES IN
Man Who Furnished Inspiration for
f1air-RaIsing Dime Novels
Is Dead
pV AasocIated Press.

DENVER, May 3O,-A special from
Cripple Creek says that Frank Palmer,
said to be the original "Deadwood
Dick of dime novel fame, died in the
county hospital there yesterday of
pneumonia.
According to the special Palmer was
born in Jackson, ILL.,, nephew of ex-
Senator John M. Palmer, and claimed
relationship to the late Potter Palmer
of Chicago.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
eRAPPLEsN WITH ! BURGLAR
Independence, Missouri, Woman In
jured in Fight With House,
Breaker, Who Escapes
BY Associated Press.

day, Mrs w. T. Campbell, wife of a
prominent Baptist minister, awoke to
find white man standing over her
bed, razor in hand.
Although he threatened to cut Mrs
Campbells throat if she made an out
cry, the woman grappled with the
burglar. In the struggle both were
seriously cut. The man escaped, leav-
ing trail of blood.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
LEAVES FORTUNE TO UNI
VERSITY.
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
OAKLAND. May SON.. Theo.
Kearney, the raisln grower OF
while en- route from New York to
Queenstown. by will left his en-
tire estate TO the Advancement of
the industry in which he made his
fortune.
The testament provides for the
the expenses of his funeral, and
then bequeaths the entire estate,
worth about $750,000, to the Uni
verslty of California to be used
specifically for the esta ablishment
and operation at Fresno OF an eN-
pertinent station In yiticulture.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
FLOODS THREATEN HOMES
Pendleton, oregon, Citizens Compelled
to Occupy Upper Floors Of
Their Houses
nv AssOciated Press.

BY Associated Press
PENDLETON, Ore, May SO.-One-
third of the people of Pendleton are
either temporarily homeless or else
have been driven into the upper floors
Of their residences by the rising waters
Of the Umatilla river. which Is now a
raging torrent, sweeping bridges and
dykes before It. All over the affected
parts of the country the water is still
steadily rising, fed by the ncessant
rains. From every hand comes the
news of bridges swept away, irrigation
dams and fumes wrecked, roads torn
up and washed out, fields inundated
and crops oblterated.
The big wagon bridge, mile above
Pendleton, has been washed out and
the wrecked span has piled up against
the Oregon Railroad and Navigation
company's bridge, threatening to either
overthrow il or cut a path through the
levee and flood the whole town.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
SOLDIER GIRL
WANTS To LIVE
SALVATION LASSIE REGRETS
SUICIDAL IMPULSE
Story Of Love and jealousy Told
at Headquarters Of the
Salvation Army-GirI
VIII Recover
81 CAN YET 10 SOME GOOD IN (
THE WORLD"

ooh. I don't want to die.
must live now. I can yet do some
good in the world I don't know
why L took that awful poison.
1t must have been in fit of tenn
porary alteration. l must again
take up the cross must bear my
burden to the end" Sta tement
of En- nsign Stella Phillips.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
Many Meet watery Grave
BY Associated Press

VICTORIA, b. c.. May 3O.-The
the Chinese coast, April 2S, when two
days out from Hongkong, and but one
OF the European crew survived. Cap
tain w. Bright, Chief officer j. Scar
vice and Mrs Searvice, passenger. to-
gether with the Chinese crew and the
charterer. an Annoy merchant. We're
drowned
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
Holdups secure $500
BY Associated Press.

DJ FAooVVIdlVU IIvs5F
TACOMA, Wash, May SO.-A special
to the News from Kennwick, Wash.
says; -Four highwaymen entered a
saloon here last night and held up a
gang Of railroad men, securing $1,000.
-Four suspects haYe been arrested.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
RICE is SCARCE IN CHINA
High Prices Result in Distress and
Food Riots in Yangtse
Valley
BY Associated Press.

SHANGHAI, May 9O.-The abnor-
mally high prices of rice are causing
acute distress, resulting in frequent
food riots in the Yangtse valley.
Merchants are holding their stocks
despite the heavy demands from the
badly flooded areas in Human province.
The viceroy of Nanking has, accord
ingly, memorialized the throne for spe-
cial powers to prohibit the export of
rice.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
POLICE AND STRIKERS CLASH
Latter Are Interfering With Work on
Sugar Plantations In Porto
Rico
Rv Aasncinied Presa


SAN JUAN, p. r., May 90-Strikers
are greatly Interfering with work on
the sugar plantations in the Arecibo
district and the police are handling the
situation with much difficulty.
The American Federation Of Labor
asserts that the police are being used
to intmidate the strikers. President
Gompers Of the American Fedora tion
of Labor is sending financial aid to the
strikers.
AS policeman was taking q prisoner
to the Arecibo Jail today he passed ~
labor meeting. A speaker at once
urged at the crowd to release the
striker. An attack was made and i'm
the conflict the policeman was wounded
and a striker was killed
The American Federation Of Labor
will send protest to President Roose-
welt through President Gompers.I There
have been several cane fields fired.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
GLEN SAYS HE WAS NOT
FAIRLY TREATED.

II was not fairly treated, and
"I don't know why Miss Phil
lips tried to kill herself. L know
/ was not to blame. 1 have asked
advice of my friends. They tell
me to keep still and say nothing.
They believe in me. My work
in the city speaks for itself"
Statement of Frank Glenn.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
Expect Reoord-sreakIug Crowd
BY Associated Press.

OMAHA, Neb.. May SO.-Arrange-
ments are complete for the registration
at the opening of the Crow agency at
Sheridan and Billings, June 10 and IA,
and the largest crowds In the history
of government openings are expected
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
ONE KILLED; TWO WOUNDED
Pistol Duel at Enid, Oklahoma, Ends
in the Death Of By
stander
By Associated Press.

GUTHRIE, 0, T.. May SO.-In a pis-
tol duel on the main street of Enid to-
night Robert White. a bystander, was
killed and Robert johnson and Fred
Capers, the principals, were wounded.
johnson escaped from the officers and
has not been captured. The town is
greatly excited over the affair
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
TWENTY-FIVE SAILORS DROWN
British Ship Wrecked at Santa Maria
and All but Four Are
Lost
BY Assocla ted Pres.

BY AFbOCIa Iou t7TesH,
CONCEPTION, Chile. May SO.-The
British ship Captain Cowell, from Mel
bourne, April 2l for Coronel, has been
wrecked at Santa Maria.
Twenty-Five OF the crew were
drowned, including all the officers ex-
cept the first mate who with three
members of the crew landed at Ilico.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
Responsibility Rests Upon Each
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

Southern CaIlfornla-Fair and
warmer Thursday, southerIy
winds, changind to westerly.
Maximum Temperature in Los
Angeles yesterday 66 degrees;
minimum, So degrees
The Newtown bee., 1906-04-20

1Cor. 49, IS: your labor is not vain in thu
Lord" .