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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
NJ CALL EXPIRES
At LAKEWOOD
REMAINS IN COMA UNTIL THE
END COMES
Widow, Worn Out by Vigil, Is Under
Physicians care-Ministers
Offer Prayer for Stricken
Man
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-John A. Nc
Call, until recently president of the
New York Life Insurance company
died at $3.50 this afternoon at the
Laurel house in Lakewood, ". j.. where
he had been taken three weeks ago in
the hope that the change might benefit
his health which had suffered break
down two months ago.
The news of the death was not given
out by the family until some time after
the end
Then Mr.. McCalrs son, John c. Nc
Call. briefly announced:
The end has come. My father has
passed away"
Mr.. Mccall had been unconscious
since about 1 o'clock this morning, ex-
cept possibly for one brief minute this
afternoon, when his eyes opened and
looked into the face of his wife, who
was bending over him. He smiled,
and as he did so his eyes closed again
and he remained in the coma until the
end.
Talks to Pastor
One of the last persons he talked to
was his old friend and pastor, Rev.
Father NJ. Taylor of the Church of the
Blessed Sacrament in West Seventy
!
wood yesterday to see Mr.. Mccall at
the latter's request. Bishop Joseph
James A. McFaul of the diocese of
Trenton arrived in Lakewood last
evening, but did not see Mr.. Mccall,
who had long been his friend This
morning at o'clock the bishop said
mass in the Church of Our Lady of the
Lake at Lakewood, Offering prayers
for the recovery of the stricken man.
The attending physicians notified the
family at l o'clock this afternoon that
the end was close at hand. Mrs. Nc
Call had been at the bedside constantly
since last evening. All five children
We're summoned.
1t was announced that Mr.. McCall's
death was due to enlargement of the
liver and the end had been peaceful
and without pain.
Mrs. Mccall Frustrated
Mrs. Mccall is now under medical
care. She has become worn out by the
long vigil at the bedside of her hus-
band, and when he died she practically
collapsed, although it is thought her
condition will not develop seriously.
The body will be brought to New
York tomorrow morning and will be
sent to the Mccall residence on Seven
ty-first street. The funeral will be
held Wednesday.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
AROUSED BY FRAUD CASE
President Takes Personal Interest in
Indian Territory Aftair--WiII
....t Push Investigations

BY Associated FreBS.
WAsHINGTON, Feb 1s.-President
Roosevelt has taken personal interest
in the charges of fraud and corruption
which are said TO have occurred in con-
nection with the affairs OF the five civ
ilized tribes in the Indian territory
But for his interference indictments
against several parties alleged to have
been engaged In Illegal practices would
have been quashed. Now however un-
der his orders, the interior department.
is pushing it's investigations with in
creased vigor.
1t Is reliably stated that In the near
future number OF new Indictments
WIN be reported against not only sew
eral men already Indicted, but they viii
also include a number of persons whose
names have not heretofore been
brought into the case, including high
government Official in Washington,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
BLAZE |MPER|LS
BUSINESS BLOCKS
Confined from Page One,

(C0ntinued from rage One.o
movements @vill be held for explana-
ton.
AT o'clock it was announced that
the fire was under control, but almost
at the same instant smoke was seen is
suing from the rear of the main build
ing and firemen at once broke in the
front door and prepared to fight the
flames in another quarter
AT 2:15 the fire was practically
under control again and little damage
resulted in the main building.
Those place endangered were the
Club stables. in which fifty animals
were sheltered, the Hawley King &
Co, farm implement house; the Cohn-
Goldwater. machine house, and the s.
]. Smith manufacturing company
house
While the fire was raging, two men,
said to be night watchmen, were said
to be sleeping within. 1t was rot until
Sergeant Craig, with six citizens had
broken down the iron gateway at the
entrance of the alley and were tearing
off the grating in the rear of the store
that these worthless appeared, say the
officers.
Chief Lips was seen before the fire
was entirely subdued. He said that he
had not attempted to estimate the loss.
However, he gave a rough estimate of
100000 loss to the building and the con-
tents.
While assisting in dragging up the
first line of hose from the one-story
rear extension in the rear, Patrolman
George Home fell and injured his side.
The brave policeman, as soon as he
was sufficiently recovered, renewed his
efforts despite his injuries.
Firemen worked desperately. They
had hardly returned from the fire in
Center place when the alarm of the
San Pedro street fire was turned in
Though the 'Tespense to the second call
was somewhat tardy because the en-
gines had not reached their houses,
their work made up for lost time:-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
SAFE BLOWERS
VISIT EDENDALE
ROB PGST0FFICE AND MAKE
THEIR ESCAPE
Citizens Give Chase and Nearly Cap
ture Two Desperadoes, but
Darkness Assists Them in
Getting Away

Postmaster c. II. Conroy of Edendale
missed frustrating bold plot to rob
the postoffice last evening and taptur-
ing the safe blowers. 1t was only after
a desperate struggle and long chase
that the ,desperados escaped. Y.t A,t
Having discovered that men wearing
masks were working within the postal
station a citizen rushed to the home of
Postmaster Conroy and notified him.
With posse of citizens Conroy hast
ened to the building, and upon entering
found that there was no one there,
During a search through the building
the party heard footsteps on the sec
ond floor and at once rushed upstairs.
The criminals evaded the searchers
and made rush for the stairway.
Close on the heels of the crooks the
postmaster and the posse followed. One
of the men, more fleet than the others,
succeeded in overtaking one OF the des-
perados. A short scuffle ensued in
which the citizen was worsted.
AS the man freed himself from the
grasp of the pursuer a Pacific Electric
car, bound for Los Angeles, passed.
The crooks succeeded i'm reaching the
car, and that was the last seen of the
men.
Los Angeles Police Notified
Los Angeles police were notified to
keep a sharp outlook for the men, and
party of patrolmen and detectives
were at once detailed on the case. Up
to an early hour this morning nothing
could be learned as to the progress Of
the police. No arrests were made
From information received 1t was
learned that the safe blowers sprung
the safe, but they secured but a dollar
in pennies. They then went to the sec
ond story of the building occupied by
the post office and rif1ed child's bank,
securing about 1925.
1t was while rifiing the toy bank that
they were discovered. 1t is said that
the only man that the Glendale citi-
zens secured description of was a
short feshy man of dark complexion
and dressed in a dark SLOUGH hat and
dark clothing.
Some of the officers hold the theory
that the men that attempted to make
the haul in Glendale are part of the
famous mail box gang, who have
never been captured. RI .
Saw Suspicious Character
At a late hour an interview with Mrs.
Conroy was secured. She remembers
having sold a money order to a young
man yesterday morning who acted sus-
piciously. The order was for $780,
From the car crew it was learned that
the man recognized by the Glendale
citizens left the Glendale car at Temple
stceet. He was noticed by the conduc-
tor because of his questions and ner-
vous demeanor. ''1f-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
HOLD UP STAGE
IN NEW \ MEXICO
BANDIT coMPELs PASSENGER
TO- ACCOMPANY HIM
Missing Man Is. Robert Hannlsan, a
Wealthy Rancher Who Recently
Had Trouble Over a Big
Cattle Deal
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
.DEMING, N. NJ, Feb. 1S-James
/ w. Hahnigan received telegram last
/ night from Sheriff Farnsworth of Sill
yer City, saying that the stage coach
on the line. between Silver, City and
Alma, N. NJ, in the Mogollon noun
tains, 100 miles northwest of here, had
been held up Friday evening and that
his father, Robert 1annigan, was taken
from the stage and into the hills by a
man who said he was going to kill
him.
The holdup was, reported to the Off
GERS ana a searching party secured the
mountains all day yesterday, but no
trace was found of Hannigan or the
man who is alleged to be holding him.
Hapngan owns a large ranch in the
Mogcllon mountains, and had some
trouble over a cattle deal recently.
Young Hannigan left this morning for
the scene of the heldup and will or
Sanize posse, TO search for his father.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
ENGINE DROPS ITS TANK
Santa Fe Limited Has Close Call
Going Fast at Victor
willie

by Associated Press.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal. Feb. 1S.-
The Santa Fe eastbound limited train
had a close call from bad wreck this
morning. ~
1t was ditched by the dropping of the
engine tank near Victorville, when go
ing at high speed, and the track was
torn up for several hundred feet.
The passengers were scared and Vio-
lently shaken up, but aside from Slight
bruises, none was injured.
The train was due here at 12:l5, but
was seven hours late.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
LEGISLATORS WORRY HIM
inquiry Ordeal Is Said to Have
fastened His Death
RV A cSociatad praCu

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Mr. McCalrs
physical breakdown occurred about the
close of the Investigation of life in
surance affairs in this state by the
legislative committee December last.
The report of the committee is ex-
pected to be submitted to the legisla-
ture at Albany early this week.
McCalPs examination before the COM
mittee was a severe one and the ordeal
he underwent in rehearsing in detail
the affairs of the company and in
diVulging the transactions about which
the general public was ignorant wor-
ried him greatly, it was said
Mr.. Mccall was ill in bed in his home
IN this city when he affixed his sigma
ture to his letter of resignation from
the presidency of the New York Life
insurance company.
About three weeks ago his condition
became such that his physicians and
his family deemed it advisable to re-
move him to Lakewood. During all
this time Mr. Mccall worried con-
stantly about his business affairs. He
was compelled first to mortgage and
then to sell his handsome country place
at Long Branch, N. J., in order, it was
stated, to repay to the New York Life
Insurance company 1926, 900 on the An
drew Hamilton account, Mr.. Hamilton
the legislative agent of the company,
having made no accounting of this
sum.
Hamilton Disclosures
Mr.. Mccall had promised when the
Hamilton disclosures first were made
To repay the amount named if by a
certain Gate a satisfactory statement
was not forthcoming from Hamilton
who is now sojourning in Paris. The
directors of the New York Life at the
time set called upon Mr.. Mccall for
the payment of the money. He acceded
TO the demands, paying $50, 1000 cash and
giving his notes for $150.0O0, the latter
being secured by a mortgage on his
country place, which later he sold sub
ject to the mortgage. Mr. Mccall
realized in all something over 5000. 0OC
for the property which was said to have
cost him just double that amount.
Ten days ago Mr.. Mccall suffered the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
Los Angeles Appropriation
y Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1s.-The CON
vention of the Grand lodge of the Pa
cific coast, l. o. O. b., convened toda Y
with l0S delega ties present. The vari-
GUS reports showed the order ia he
prosperous. The usual library appro-
priations were made for San Francisco,
Portland and Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
DANIELS SAYS HE is INNOCENT
United States Official Claims Attempt
is Being Made to Extort
Money
By Assc ciated Press.

NOGALES, Ariz., Feb. 1S.-The arrest
here Friday of United States Marshal
b. f. Daniels, charging him with SELL
ing a mine for which he had no title,
causes great Indignation, it being
proven yesterday in a justice court
that Marshal Daniels was in no man
ner connected with the transaction
Marshal Daniels declares this arrest
may injure him politically.
He thinks it an attempt to extort
$500 from him.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
Steady Dounpour at San Jose

N'V 4N0F'UVIFfIVu 7 7 tEo
SAN JOSE, Feb. 1S.-Rain has been
falling for the past sixteen hours in
almost a steady downpour. The pre-
cipitation measures nearly an inch. In
dications are that the storm will con-
tinue for at least another day.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
Big Fire in Rutland, VT.
by Associated Press,

RUTLAND. VT. Feb 1s-six large
brick buildings in the business section,
occupied by score of firms and ten
ants, We're destroyed by fire today The
loss is estimated at three quarters of a
million dollars. Help was summoned
from nearby places.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
Water Commissioner Resigns

~ AHsOtFIII T-FVSN-
LINCOLN. Feb, 1S.-George l.. Cam
pen, water commissioner for the
lsthmian canal zone, has announced
TO his friends I'm this city his Intention
OF resignng his position He will sail
for home from Colon February 70.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
Recalled from ManchurIa
BY Associated press.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1s.EGens
Kuropatkin and Gen. Batjahoff, COM
manders respectively of the first and
third Manchurian armies have been
recalled
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
Nearly sever sarteuder's Head
re. Assnciated 1Presl

REDDING, Feb. 1S-Asa Bland. a
bartender, was found lying behind his
bar this morning with his head nearly
severed from his body Two sacks OF
coin which ne had taken from the till
10 put into the safe were found I'm his
pockets, 1t is believed that private re-
Nenge was the motive of the murder.
in which three men were evidently in
yoIyed ~
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
SACRAMENTO IS SOAKED !.
Halt Inch. of Raln Falls There in
h.ts N, Twelve Hours ~ ,-,.,4,,

Eyl Associated Press. - y ~ ~
SACRAMENTO. lFeb. 1S.-Half an
inch OF rain fell in the twelve hours
ending at o'clock this evening. This
makes the total for the season LIS, as
compared with 14.57 last year =.
This rain is welcomed by farmers.
though they could get along very well
II not another drop should nall this
year.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18
Confer Honor on King Frederick

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 1S.-The Ma
tiOnal Tidende says that Emperor VII
liam has appointed King Frederick an
honorary admiral in the German NAVY.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18

rall5o;Ph9ne nee. See the proposltiou
IN today's HeralcE
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
CONDENSED NEWS.

The brutal side of man can be
brought to the fore without much In
the way Of provocation.
Prof. Gustav Hanback,, of the Wash.
ington University, st. Louis, one OF
the most eminent biologists in the
United States, was run down by a fire
engine and seriously injured Tuesday.
"Drop a nickel in the slot and see
how / will look when l am hanged,
Is the cheerful request made to every
visitor at his cell, by William Van
Dalzn, to be hanged in Louisville Jan
nary 10. for the murder of Fanny
Porter. He has made miniature scat
fold. trap and dummy connected with
a slot machine. A nickel dropped In the
slot springs the trap and hangs the
dummy.
The Chinese minister, Sir Chentung
LANG Cheng, called at the state de-
partment to notify Secretary Root Of
ficIally of the departure from China
for this country of an imperial COM
mission composed of two Chinese OF
high degree and a numerous and bril-
liant staff of attendants, who have
been charged by the Chinese govern
ment with the task of studying Am
eriean political, military, naval, edu-
cationai and Industrial methods.
Chairman Shonts, of the Panama
canal commission is In favor OF a lock
canal at a moderately high level.
Frank A. Tisdel, a supposed reput
able citizen and business man .oi
Scranton, Pa, has confessed to the
theft of five watches, silverware and
an overcoat. He gives no explanation
The heirs of Capt s. s. Brown, the
pittsburg millionaire and sporting man
who died recently. have decided not to
drag out the family skeletons. and
settlement will probably be made. Mrs
Grace Brown, the dead mans daugh
ter-in-law. will be given several nun
dred thousand dollars by the other
heirs.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
TEST THE LAW.

Pursuant to his opinion, as quoted
some time ago, that the new tax CON-
mission law is unconstitutional, Attor-
ney-General Bird is preparing to test
the law in the supreme court as soon
rs the annual assessment OF the rail.
roads is made next month.
This act was known In the legisla.
ture DIS the Galbraith bill, and gives
the commission power of equalization
between the assessment OF corporate
and general property in taxing the
former. Bird has always contended
that the granting of such power to the
commission was violation Of the con-
stitutional provision requiring all
property to be assessed at its true
cash value.
Gov. Warner, who signed the bill,
and the tax commission have agreed
with Bird that this will be the most
satisfactory method of deciding the
validity of the law. AS soon as the
January 10 assessment is made the at
torney-general will bring suit, probably
in the form of writ of mandamus, re-
curing the tax commission to make
its cash value assessment as under the
old law. The tax commission will be
represented by special counsel. Corpor-
alton Counsel Tarsney, Of Detroit, and
Chief Assistant Hally have agreed not
to institute action in the name of the
Detroit board of education, as they had
threatened to do, leaving the matter
to friendly solution inside the state
administration.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
MICHIGAN
HAPPENINGS
THE BEET SUGAR FARM
ERS CONSULT TOWN
SEND ON TARIFF.
GOVERNOR WARMERS FIRST PAR
DON is FOR BENNETT, WHO
WAS UNDER PAROLE.
DETROIT FURNISHED FOUR MUIR
DERS AND ONE UNSUITABLE
HOMICIDE LAST YEAR.
Farmers Interested.

A delegation of 25 leading sugar
beet growers from Blissfield and vi
cinity, members of the Continental
Sugar Co., held a long interview with
Congressman Townsend Friday. The
matter under discussion was, of
course, the disposition of the Philip
pine bill, which reduces the tariff on
sugar. The congressman said that he
believed the bill would pass, though It
would doubtless hurt the beet sugar
industry. He was not altogether in
favor of the bill for this reason, but
could not see his way clear to vote
against it.
The visiting delegates told Mr..
Townsend that If they are forced TO
abandon what has grown from an ex-
pertinent to a source of income TO
them, the price of their lands will de-
teriorate and they shall suffer tinan-
cial loss. One delegate said that the
price of real estate near Blissfield had
raised SO per cent since the farmers
had begun raising beets, and that
never before had the community been
SO prosperous.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
NEWS OF
THE NATION
LIFE INSURANCE GRAFT
LEAVES A TRAIL
OF RUIN.
A SECRET SERVICE THAT is BE-
YOND ALL OTHERS IN UN-
scRuPULoUs WAYS.
"WE ARE BIGGER THAN THE
GOVERNMENT" BOLDLY
SAYS STANDARD OIL.
Blasted Regulations.

Leaving a trail of blasted reputa-
tons, ruined careers, exposures of the
Juggling of vast sums of money and
methods of graft" for personal adj
vantage, the Armstrong legislative in
surance investigating committee has
finished it's work in New York, cover
ing period of nearly four months,
and the accumulation of testimony
will at once be prepared in the form
of report to the legislature.
Charges of the gravest nature have
been made by various witnesses
against each other, and men of the
highest prominence have been in
volved in scandalous details. The in
tegrity of men supposed to be of in
disputable character has been be-
smirched and yelled accusations
against the founders Of state laws
have been plentiful. Whether the pol
icy-holders will ever recover sums
wrongfully used or not is yet to be
determined, but the results may pre-
vent further mulcting of them by un
scrupulous officers of the companies
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
LAWSON SCHEME?

Wall street had five hours of high
pressure excitement Thursday, the
whole climaxing in whirlwind rush of
high prices and a war dance OF en-
riched bulls. II all came about through
125 per cent money. One interesting
question which was discussed in the
financial district was the position OF
Thomas w. Lawson. Nothing has been
heard from him for several days and
traders are wondering whether he met
his fate in the recent copper boom,
or succeeded in weathering the storm
by the furry in the money market.
The street" has not quite made up its
mind that Lawson has been short" OF
the market to the extent he admits,
and there Is strong suspicion that
after all, he may have been long OF
stocks.
Traders say Lawson will be respon-
sible If panic comes. Lawson has
stood in the light of the public, fright
ening it away while insiders picked up
bargains. The public is now hungry for
stocks and will come in and buy them
at top prices. Lawson has kept the
public out of the greatest opportunity
for making money that ever was pre-
sented to Wall street. His followers
who went short of stock have been
ruined.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05

BROKEN
THE BLOODY SCENES IN
MOSCOW END WITH
WHITE FLAG.
A FEW HELD OUT IN HOPELESS
CAUSE THAT MANY MIGHT
SEEK SAFETY.
RUSSIAN GUNS WROUGHT HAVOC
TILL AT LAST PiTlFUL SUR
RENDER FOLLOWED.
Troops Hold Moscow.

White flags flying from a dozen fac
tories in the tenement houses OF Pres
ma district, where the revolutionaries
made their last stand, now bear mute
witness to the end of the December
uprising in Moscow" The entire dis
trict is now occupied by troops.
During Friday night the vast major
ity of the members Of the fighting
legions" either surrendered or, after
throwing away their arms. endeavored
to escape in the guise OF peaceful citi-
zens. Only the members who acted as
a guard TO the revolutionary commit
tee stuck to their colors and the sur
render of this handful this morning
finished the last act of the sanguinary
drama.
The staging of this last act was adj
mirable-a snow-covered landscape,
the small, black residence with a tiny
red flag fluttering from the gable, the
end of Gorbatoff bridge, black with
the guns of artillery, and a thin encir-
cling line of the Seminovsky regiment
of the guard, broken only directly in
the line of fire. Suddenly there was a
flash of red fire from the mouth of
one of the guns and a solid shot
ploughed through the walls OF the
house. A few spluttering shots replied
from a window. The cannon spoke
again and again until a dozen shots
had been fred.
1t looked like murder to the specta-
tors on a hill and so evidently thought
the officer in command of the battery
which ceased fire. A reserve company
of the Seminovsky regiment then ad-
yanced and fired volleys at the upper
windows. At the third volley a white
handkerchief attached to bayonet
was pushed through a shattered pane.
1t waved frantically and all was over.
The little garrison of thirty marched
! out and laid down their arms, a
strange collection of rifles and repeat
ing shotguns. All had revolyers.
Strange to say, not one OF the men
| had ever been wounded, and when they
found that they would not be imme-
diately executed they appeared TO be
rather relieved that the end of the
struggle had come. They gathered
4 around the soldiers bivouac, stretched
their hands eagerly over the cheerful
fires and begged cigarettes from the
guards.
The number of prisoners is being
constantly augmented, most of the new
arrivals being arrested at the bridges
! or at other points of egress in the
Presna district, which Is crowded with
refugees.
After the fall Of the Prokharoff cot
ton mill and other factories a council
was hastily held, at which it was de-
cided that the revolution had failed,
and an order was given to every man
I to save himself as best he could. A
hundred agreed to hold together so as
: TO keep up show of fight under cover
of which the others could escape.
After the final surrender the inhab-
itants swarmed into the district, and
in a remarkably short time cleared
away the remains of the barricades
and other Instructions with which the
revolutionaries had blocked the dis.
| trict.