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Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
TEN PERISH IN
BOARDING HOUSE
Fire at Birmingham, Ala Consumes
Bodies Of Victims, Most Of
Whom Were Street Car
Employees

By Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 19.-Ten
men were burned to death. two per-
haps fatally injured and a third slightly
hurt as the result of a fire which de-
stroyed the Nboarding house of Mrs
E. E. Watley at 1131 Third avenue, be-
tween2 and 3 O'Clock this morning
The dead,
w. n, NICHOLAS. street car con.
ductor.
ID. B. NEAL, street car conductor.
w. B. TAYLOR, street car motor
man. I
b. W.. CALDWELL, motorman.
G.. c. PRESTON, conductor.
E. B. ENSEIAW, conductor.
G. B., BURNS, motorman.
WILLIAM r. HALL, conductor
w. B. LIVINGSTON, rolling mill
man.
OLLIE HINES. employe Birming-
ham Paint and Glass company.
Injured: a.
c. e. Hentch, street car conductor.
G. w. Troutman, motormaIf.
C.. Z. Keitch, street railway employe
There were twenty-one boarders in
the house, almost all of whom were
street car employees. In addition there
Were three other persons, Mrs. Watley
and her two sons. All have been ac-
counted for.
The dead and injured occupied rooms
on the second floor of the house. Burg
lars have been detected OH the premises
twice within the last two months and
Mrs. Watley thinks the house was
burglarized and then set on fire.
1t is believed tonight that all of th6
! bodies have been recovered from the
building, The total dead stands al
ten. with two men so seriously in
jured that they may not recover.
Sheriff Burgin has wired the COVER
nor for commission to investigate tbs
fire. The theory is that the fire was
| of incendiary origin.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
ENGINE HURLS AUTO
HIGH IN THE AIR
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Oct 19.-The
big touring car of w. e. Page of Co.
lumbus was struck by Big -Four train
at crossing In this city yesterday
and Mr. Page, his wife and S-year-old
daughter Paulina narrowly escaped
death.
The motor on the automobile went
dead as it was at the crossing. Mr..
Page saw train approaching and
leaped to the rear to assist his wife
and daughter to get out. He did not
have time enough and scarcely had
loosened the clasp when the engine
struck the automobile and sent 1t high
in the air.
The automobile fell mass of wreck
age, thirty feet away, and Mrs Page
and the child were buried under It,
but sustained no injuries beyond few
slight scratches and nervous shocks.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
MORE TROUBLE FOR
THE WEATHER MAN
BY Associated Press

SAN JOSE, oct. 19.--Local Weather
Observer Connell has received an order
from the weather bureau at Washing
ton directing that after November 1
the 300 words designated in the presi-
dents order OF August % last be
spelled as there Indicated in all his
publications and correspondence.
The local station is being gradually
rehabilitated and this week tele-
graph instrument and a triple self
registering weather device We're In
stalled.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
CYCLONE
SW WEEPS
AVANA
Twenty Lives Lost
During Severe
Storm
Many Tobacco Fields Are
Reported Totally
Destroyed
All Telegraph Wires Down, Several
Vessels Wrecked and Hun
dreds of Trees Up
rooted
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
HAVANA, Oct. 19.-The cyclone
which began here Wednesday afternoon
reached it's full fury on Thursday morn
ing. The greatest damage occurred IN
the harbor and along the docks. A
number of smaller craft and lighters
were sunk and some houses we're blown
down.
The total number Of deaths was
twenty, all Cubans of the poorer class.
There are number of sailors among
the dead. Several score of longshore-
men and sailors We're injured.
The torrential downpour of rain COM
pletely stopped the street car service,
and the wind and rain made 1t impossi-
BILE to get about the streets. Trees in
the parks and along the shaded avenues
were blown down In large numbers The
cyclone was con fined to the province Of
Havana and Pinar del Rio. Matanzas
City escaped. Ef.t3
All telegraphic' communica tion was
annihilated. Today the wind moderated
greatly and the city is fast resuming
Many farmers have lost their all and
are in great distress.
Save for the activity in all quarters
Of the city of gangs Of hundreds of
men of the public works department,
under the direction of Lieutenant Colo
mel William NJ. Black of the engineers,
United States army, in replacing up
rooted trees, Havana today resumed its
usual aspect.
Gay Crowds Promenade
Gay crowds are promenading the
streets and lounging in the cafes, OBJ
livious of the fearful experience through
which their city has just passed.
A great majority of the trees are be-
ing replaced, but owing TO the neces-
sity of looping off branches they will
be denuded Of foliage, and it will be
long ere the parks and the Prado are
restored to their former beauty.
No other traces of the hurricane are
visible excepting nasts of the wrecked
lighters protruding from the surface
of the harbor. These small vessels were
almost all driven by the force of the
wind against the harbor, where they
broke up and sank.
Street car traffic was fully resumed
this afternoon, but the electric light,
telegraph and telephone systems are
still badly crippled. The harbor has
been searched for dead and 1t is now
believed that all the bodies have been
recovered. All the stevedores and sail
ors who sustained injuries are tonight
reported doing well.
1t is estimated that the damage In
Havana province will reach fully ST.
100000! One hundred and fifty tobacco
farms In the Alquizar district have been
destroyed. The recently planted tobac-
co crop also has been seriously injured.
Enormous damage is reported from the
Guira section, the center of the banana
district. These crops are said to have
been practically totally destroyed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
"UNCLE JOE" CANNON
TAKES SWIFT RIDE
By Associated Press.

by ASSOCldl-O IlSSs ~.
NEW YORK, Oct, 10. "A dispatch
to the World from PHILADELPHIA says
that Speaker Cannon and Congress-
man MoCreary made whirlwind auto
mobile tour of Philadelphia last night.
All went well until after a nine-mile
trip to Germantown had been made in
fifteen minutes, The speakers ear had
barely stopped when a perspring bi-
cycle policeman who had been inNpur-
suit arrived. d,
"You are all arrested' said the offi-
Ger, but Mr.. Cannot was hurried into
the hall and some one explained TO the
policeman who 1t was The officer
contented himself with taking the
number of the car and notifying the
chauffeur that he was under arrest
and would have to appear before a
magistrate in the morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
WOMAN STOPS
A GANG OF
W0RKMEN
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
SACRAMENTO. Oct. 1s.-Mrs. ]. W.
Gaskell. who lives on Eighth street,
routed a gang of workmen who were
sinking hole for an electric light
mast at the corner of the alley along
side her home by calmly walking out
when the post hole was two feet deep
and sitting down in it.
The electric company applied for a
warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Gaskell
in case she interfered and also sent. an
agent to her to explain that the inten-
ton was to defect the high voltage
wires that struck her house.
Finally she consented to let them go
ahead, but when the workmen went
down another foot they struck sewer
pipe and the woman won, regardless of
police Interference.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
AWAKES WITH
MEMORY
GONE
By Associated Press.

by Associated FTeSs'
SACRAMENTO, Oct. ia man
about 25 years old we'll dressed and
showing evidences of refinement, APP
piled to the local police today and re-
quested them to help him find out who
ne is.
The stranger says he awoke two days
ago in a box car In Reno, New, but
he knows absolutely nothing OF what
took place prior to that time.
He does not know his name nor where
he came from and has no recollection
of any of his friends he must have
had in the past
The initials have been cut from the
hatband of the unfortunate, laundry
marks have been removed from his
clothing, and he is adrift in world he
knows nothing about.
He seems to be sincere, and City At
torney Howe, to whom he applied for
assistance to find himself, believes his
story
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
HONORED
BY MAN Y
HEARERS
Inyades Stronghold
Of Republican
.. Hosts
49,
Democratic Candidate
Wins Supporters
in Pasadena
Enthusiastic Demonstration M arks the
e.. Close Of the Nominees CAM
paen in Southern
California

Theodore A. Bell last night closed
his campaign in Southern California,
Like the opening three weeks ago in
Los Angeles, and during its entire
progress, the closing was most graf
flying to the Democratic standard
bearer
Pasadena, the acknowledged strong
hold ofethe Republican party of Los
Angeles county. was selected as the
scene of the concluding demonstration.
That city was conceded by Demo-
Gratis as the place of all others in this
section in which Mr.. Bell might ex-
pect TO receive the least encourage
nlent.5
The success of the meeting held in
honor of the Republican nominee for
governor also was considered an indi-
cation that the Democratic nominee
could not hope to be greeted by any
considerable amount Of enthusiasm
In this Mr.. Bell was most pleasantly
disappointed. The revolt of Republi-
cans against the domination of the
Southern Pacific in the affairs of their
party and of the state government evi-
dently has spread over Pasadena as it
has spread over other cities and COM
Itullities in Southern California, and
asa result the demonstration last night
inthonor of the champion of good gov
eminent and against the Southern Pa
cific machine not only equaled in size
that-of the Republican gathering but,
according to. Republican authority, ex-
eeeded 1t in enthusiasm.
81 Republicans Cheer Bell
Scores Of Republicans helped to swell
the multitude which gathered to hear
the brilliant young leader of the oppo-
sition party, and many of these plainly
Demonstrated theip position ! Y heartily
cheering the sentiments expressed in
Genuneiation of the action of the lead
ers of the Republican party of the state
In permitting the partys organization tc
pass-to the control of the hirelings o1
the Southern Pacific railroad and its
allied interests.
Every utterance Of the Democratic
leader along this line was greeted with
cheers and hand-clapping, and an evi-
dence- that the audience was composed
iri large part. of men who are still Re
publieans in national affairs was the
hearty manner. in which Mr. Bells
complimentary reference to President
Roosevelt were greeted.
Among the speakers was w L. Por.
terrified the Long Beach. capitalist ant
lifelong Republican, who recently ap'
peared upon the same platform witt
Mr.. Bell at Santa Ana and announced
his intention of supporting the Demo
cratic nominee as a rebuke to the
Southern Pacific machine.
Mr. Porterfield-mad a-similar speech
last night, and he was cheered through
out.
AT the conclusion of the meeting last
night Mr. Bell expressed himself a;
pleased beyond measure. not only over
the success of the Pasadena meeting
but with the results of his entire cam
paign in the southland.,N
He will leave today for the north
to return for the great demonstration
planned by the Democrats of Los An
geles county, Oh the night Of Novem'
ber g. t tt e F-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
TIDAL WAVE ENGULFS |S[AND:: HUNDREDS PERISH
REPUBLICANS ASSEMBLED AT PASADENA CHEER HON. THEODORE BELL
HON. THEo DoRE A. BELL THANKS
PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

To the Presson this, the closing day of my campaign in
the southland DESIRE through the press of Southern California
thank the people of this section of the state regardless of
politics for the cordial in which they have received
and for the many of courtesy which they have extended
wish them that regardless of the outcome of the
election the 9th Of November shall always retain the highest
regard for the people of the southland whose beauty and
derful material progress have been revelation
THEODORE A. BELL.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
ROCK CAUSES
INSTANT
DEATH
BY AssocIa ted Press.

By Associated Press.
BAKERSFIELD. Oct. IA small
rock the size of a mans fist, falling
from q height of 200 feet, struck George
A. FiJug on the head this morning In
the Union quarry near Tehachapi and
IN five minutes he was dead.
Fijug was working under a shelving
cliff when the rock became loosened
that caused his death.
A doctor went to the works in re-
sponse to call, but the man was dead
when he reached there, his skull hav-
ing been crushed.
Fijug was native Of Austria, ana
he is said to have a wife and two
children in his native land.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
ELUDES NURSE AND
COMMITS SUICIDE
BY Associated Press.

. CROMWELL, Conn, Oct. 1S.-It is
stated here that Mrs. Laura Cowdin,
daughter of Bishop Henry Potter Of
New York, committed suicide by hang
ing at private sanitarium here Tues
day night.
Mrs. Cowdin was A years old. She
came here some time ago to undergo
treatment at private sanitarium.
On Tuesday evening 1t is understood
Mrs Cowdin eluded her nurses and
later her body was found hanging from
beam in the cellar.
Mrs. Cowdin was the wife of Win
throp Cowdin. The body was for
Warded to New York YESTERDAY.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
MANY INDICTMENTS
ARE 'INVALIDATED
BY Asgocie. ted Pross.

BY Associated Pross.
OKLAHOMA CMITY. Oct. 19.-More
than 300 indictments returned today by
the April grand jury of the district
court of this county were invalidated
by court decision of Judge p. f. Bur.
we'll today. who held that the probate
clerk had no authority to swear the
jury commissioners
The list OF names drawn from the
wheel by the jury commissioners was
not certified to by the clerk of the dis
trict court which was also held neeessa-
ry. The decisionfis one of the mostiim-
portant ever made by "a district court in
Oklahoma.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
TROPICAL STORM SWEEPS FROM
CUBA TO THE BAHAMA ISLANDS
BY Associated Press.


WASHINGTON Oct. 1o-The tropical hurricane which
from Cuba the Bahamas be raging with
full force about 200 miles the Atlantic its only effect
night being falling and 25mile wind blowing off
the South Carolina coast
still hazardous for coastng craft along the middle and
South The hurricane according
the weather bureau to have temporarily sbsded
and has advanced in the
twelve hours the indications point any change in
enty-four Another storm developing Colorado
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
Injuries Prove Fatal

OAKLAND, Cal, oct. 1s.-clarence
Beck, 26 years old son Of a Liver
more merchant, died here yesterday
from fractured skull lie was thrown
out OF am automobile near Elmhurst.
The machine struck rut and swerveo
into a fence. the impact throwing
Beck into the road ON his head.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
SYRIAN LEPER DIES
IN A LONELY HUT
BY Associat ted Press.

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Oct. 10.
George Rashid, the Syrian leper who
months ago was driven from various
cities in the east because of his al
Fiction, died In a shanty near here to-
day
Heart failure was the cause Of his
death. The body will be cremated by
the county authorities.
The leper. has been located In shanty
built especially for him after his re-
moval to that place by the Baltimore &
Ohio Railway company a few months
ago, and a nurse placed i'm attendance.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
Liabilities Are $1,2oo,ooo
A ashcia tad Press

TURIN, Italy, oct 19.--The liabilities
of the banking house of zuckermann
e. Co., which closed yesterday, are es-
timated at $1.20O,0OO, and it is believed
that the assets viii amount to about
the same sum.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
FORECAST:

For Southern California; Fair
Saturday; fresh west wind, MAXI
mum temperature In Los Angeles
yesterday, 76 degrees; minimum, 55I
degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
DON'T SCRAP

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class.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20
ONLY DEMOCRATIC

Newspaper in Jos Angeles ~ Tn,
Herald. ~ sure and take u tii
eicction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-10
DRAUGHTING.

Odd jobs of draughting or tracing de-
sired for evening work. Address K %,
Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-10
LABORERS' CASES
NOW IN court
Agent for Conduit Working
Men Files Suit Against
Contractors and City.

The troubles of the laborers employed
on the Big Cottonwood conduit by Show
ell Bros. & Belcher, contractors. who
claimed that they did not receive their
pay for the months of September and Oc-
tooCr, viii be aired in the district court.
A suit was filed yesterday against
Showell Bros. & Belcher p j. Moran,
the Utah Savings q Trust company and
Salt Lake City. by e. ID. HashimOtO a
RAZOR contractor, to recover 81 65S. 80 and
costs. The plaintiff alleges that Moran
was gwen contract by the city to con-
struct the Big Cottonwood conduct. and
mat ne sub-let the contract to Showeil
Bros. d Belcher.
Prior to Sub-letting the contract, Mo
ran is alleged to have given a bond with
the Utah Savings & Trust company as
surety Tor the proper performance of the
work, and clause in this contract and
bond provided for the Withholding of pay
IN the event that payment was not made
for labor and material
The plaintiff alleges that he has ha6
performed on this work labor TO the value
OF S26oSoO between Sept. l and Oct. y,
and that though he has frequently de
payment has not been made. He specifies
in the complaint that he believes about
$4,000 is due to Moran on the contract
and asks that the city be restrained from
paying this amount until the matter is
settled
AT the time of the outbreak of the la
borers. when they made their first de-
mand for their wages, The Herald told
their story.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-10
GREAT CHANCES
FOR SALT LAKE
American Smelling & Refining
Official Talks of Business
Openings in Nevada.
MERCHANTS SHOULD WAKE
PLENTY OF TRADE If THEY GET
BUSY.

S. w. Eccles. vice president of the
American Smelling and Refining company
Of New York; William Sproule. traffic
manage- Of the company; Willard e.
Mcrse, member of the executive commit
tee Of the company, accompanied by sew
eral directors of the eastern corporation
arrived in Salt Lake yesterday afternoon
from a tour of inspection of the Amerl-
can companys plants through the West.
Salt Lake merchants should realize
more fully than they do the vast oppor-
tUE'ty that awaits them commercially III
Nevada. said Mr.. Morse. There are a
large number of mining camps out there
that are getting ready TO ship in immense
quantities Of machinery, and while you
hear Salt Lake on every side. / believe if
Your merchants were better known there
is practically no limit to the business they
could secure.
The new Western Pacific road VIII
touch the Ely country and there is no
reason Why freight rates cannot be adj
listed in manner that will put Salt
Lake merchants on a fair competitive
huSis with the merchants of the coast
cities for the mining machinery and SUI
ply business of that section of the cOun-
Try
Asked concerning the progress Of tie big
smeIter going up in the Ely district, Mr.
Morse said:
1t will take a year yet to complete the
liant but once finished it will be the
greatest institution of its kind in the
country. Everything is booming in Ne
VaGa' -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-10
NEW WORKERS GETTING on
Are Now Studying Mining Stocks
With Intelligence Before In
vesting. Says Hudgins.

Western mining promoters will have to
get up pretty early in the morning from
now on to sell eastern capitalists any
gold bricks i'm Nevada mines, or interest
tnCm i'll any more wildcat schemes for
getting rich over night
This is the impression HOulGer HudginS
the Ely mine owner and publisher of the
White Pine Times of that place. has re-
Celved of Eastern financierS during the
last few weeks. Mr.. HudginS arrived in
Salt Lake last night from New York and
is at the Knutst ford. The Ely publisher
VAS formerly d newspaper man ip the
Eastern metropolis.
Eastern men who have money to in
vest arc evidcncinS the greatest interest
in the wonderful development of Nevada
ana Utah Mines he said -oSterday.
They are getting the mining fever as few
westerners ever got il, but at the same
time L find that they are becoming IA
milar with what is good and what is
had mining security. About the most Diff
fiCult thing / can imagine for a mining
promoter to do right now would be to go
u New York and try to sell little
mining security that wasn't just right.
They are getting onto the inS and outs
of the mining game very rapidly
Il left New York election day and
the town was wild with excitement. / be-
lieve tho majority Of Hearst'S own people
are pretty well satisfied with the result
OF the election in spite Of their leader s
defeat"
Mr. Hudgins will leave Salt Lake for
Ely today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-10
PASSENGER ASKS DAMAGES.
Says Window of Coach Fell, injurine
Her to Extent of $500.

Susan Felix flied suit against the Rio
Grandc railroad yesterday to recover
damages in the sum of $500 and costs
for injuries which she alleges she suf-
fered while a passenger on the defendant
company's road between Denver and Salt
Lake CITY.
She alleges that she purchased a ticket
for goo and while riding in the coach
which she alleges was not in repair. a
window fell upon her with such force
that. her left hand and wrist were badly
crushed and bruised. and she also suf-
fered severe injuries about the neck and
chest.
she asks for $3.50 for medical attend
ance, $50 which she alleges is the
amount of income she has lost by reason
of the injury and $1,000 for personal in
Jury, shock and suffering.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-10
HOTELS HAVE BUSY DAY.
Trains on Time and Tourist Business
is Heavy.

Yesterday was the best tourist day Salt
] AXE hotels have had for two weeks past
Trains are running on something like
schedule time again and arrivals are in
CreaSing daily.
The heaviest business is arriving on the
eastern trains and consists of tourists go
ing through to California from the east
TO spend the coming winter. Yesterday
Rev. Frederick jefferson, of Sydney.
Australia. and Rev Philip COghlan. OF
London. England. were guests at the Will
son, en- route to Los Angeles and sydney
At the KnUtsfOrd j. NJ. Boutwell,. 4 mem
her of the United States Geological Sur
vCy commission, was registered for the
dnV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-10
DIVORCES ARE GRANTED.
Mismated Couples Set Free and Given
Another Chance.

A number of divorce cases were disposed
of by Judge Charles w. Morse in the dis
trict court yesterday. Laura NJ. Gillon
was granted divorce from Henry L.
Gillon. in default of the defendant 10 APP
pear and answer the complaint. The
plaintiff was awarded the custody of the
minor child.
Victoria Fitzgerald was granted a di-
VOrce from Henry J. Fitzgerald. The
plaintiff is granted the custody of two
minor children and is also given $50 per-
manent alimony and $50 for attorney s
fees
divorce from Maude NJ. ScheuSSler on de
fault of the defendant to appear. De-
sertion is the charge in the complaint
The defendant lives in Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-10
SINGERS PLEASE VISITORS.
Students in Bryant School Give Pro-
uram for Educators.

At the Bryant school yesterday the stu
dents chorus of so trained voices gave a
number of selections for the benefit of
several visitors, including Principal j. r.
Mcknight. Assistant Principal Lottie
Burch,l Supervisor J. S. WEIGH and Su-
pervisor w a Wetzell, and Supervisor
Rosalie Pollock
The work of the pupils won praise from
the visitors Among the numbers given
were the Star Spangled Banner" and
'eWhip-Poor Will" Henry Oberndorfer
accompanied the singers on the piano,
and Garrison Verbryck on the violin