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Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-27
Three Drowned in Kansas

HUTCHINSON, Kan, Nov. 26.-
Three children, all sons of Peter E.
Hanson, living near here, We're drown
ed Sunday while skating on Lake
Marion.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-27
casket Elre In penver

DENVER, Nov. 26-The Colorado
Casket companys three story ware
house and its contents We're destroy
ed by fire to-day. Loss $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-27
NO MORE TIME FOR
MRS. AGNES MYERS
By Associated Press.

BY ASsOcldLeu FFesS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. - Justice
Brewer, in the supreme court of the
United States today, refused to allow
the attorneys for Mrs. Agnes Myers,
under sentence of death for murder in
Missouri, more time in which to file
a complete record in the case.
The time as originally fixed will ex-
pire on Wednesday,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-27
SAN PEDRO TIDE TABLl

Everything you want you will find In
the classified page-a modern encyclO.
Dedia. One cent a word
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-27
Army Officer on Tour

General Edward Kirkpatrick of the
English army and Mrs. Kirkpatrick
are among distinguished visitors at the
Angelus, They are touring the United
States on pleasure and arrived in Los
Angeles yesterday. Their stay here
will be brief, as they leave for the
north this morning. Both expressed
much disappointment at not being able
to see Southern California in sunshine.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-27

Having finished long engagement
at the Madison Square theater, she
joined the California Theater stock
company in San Francisco later return
ing to the Madison Square theater, after
which she played for a time with Dion
Boucicault. From 1887 till 1894 she was
the leading woman in Daniel Froh-
mans Lyceum stock company, making
her first appearance at the Lyceum in
1.-THE Wife" Successfully she took the
leading part in "Sweet Lavender"
"The Charity Ball" "The Idler,"
Nerves" void Heads and Young
Hearts" Americans Abroad" 1.-The
Amazons" and Squire Kate" Her
best work was done here, where she
was a eo-member OF the stock COM
pany with Henry Miller, Herbert Kel-
eey. Fritz Williams. Isabel Irving,
Elizabeth Tyree and other well-known
players.
Though her best remembered work
was done with the Lyceum stock, she
had, before joining it, created the
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
DENVER GRAND JURY.
Judge Mullins Appoints EIisors to
Summon Jurymen.

Denver. - Upon his own motion
Judge Mullins Saturday entered an Or
der calling for a grand jury to investi-
gate the conduct of the late city elec.
tion. The courts order sets aside Sher-
if Nisbet and Coroner Rawlins for lln-
fitness in the summoning of the tales
men, and appointed two elisors to un-
dertake this important duty. The
grand jury is made returnable Thurs
day forenoon at 10 O'Clock.
If not restrained in the meantime,
the jury will be empaneled at that time
and will start with as little delay as
possible upon the work for which it
will be charged.
Attorneys for the deposed officials Sc
cured from the court an agreement
for a bill of exceptions to be made
ready by Wednesday. They will imme-
diately take their case to the Supreme
Court.
Judge Mullins order also calls fo:
the investigation of the county com.
missioners, and the Offices of the
county treasurer, county assessor and
sheriff. No mention was made of the
removal of District Attorney Stdger
at this time, but his office is also to be
investigated and a supplemental order
will be entered deposing him from par
ticipation in the investigations by the
grand jury.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
IRRIGATION CANALS.
One Great Project Nearly Finished
and Another Planned.

Denver.-One Of the greatest irriga-
tion projects in Colorado. involving
5000 900. is just being completed and
this fact leads to the announcement Of
still greater undertaking in the same
connection which will cost $780, 900,
says the Denver News.
Division Engineer William Rist of
the state engineers Office is now as.
Sisting in the adjudication of rights to
the Grand River ditch in Grand county,
which is the project now about fin
ished, after having been in course of
construction for nearly five years. 1t
represents one of the most important
undertakings of the kind in the West
The Grand River ditch starts atfhc
headwaters of the Grand in Grand
county, on the western slope, and car
rics water from what is known as the
Pacific slope to the Atlantic slope, eX
tending over a distance of seventy-tive
miles 1t runs through Larimer and
Weld counties, taking the water to
the numerous reservoirs around Fort
Collins.
During the month of July 1t is esti
mated that this great canal will carry
an average of 800 cubic feet of water
per second. which is equal to the irrl-
CATION of 25.O00 acres. The land which
will receive the benefit of this water
lies around Fort Collins. No one Is al.
lowed to divert the water from the ca
nal anywhere over the entire seventy
iive-mile course.
The second project. which is jus;
being planned, and which undoubtedly
will be carried out. is along the same
line as the Grand River, but is even
greater.
1t is planned to put a tunnel through
the Boulder ridge, near the headwa'
ters of the Grand, which will have an
average of 700 cubic feet of water per
second, and this will irrigate another
enormous tract of land in northern
Colorado The cost of this tunnel pro.
iect will be in the neighbOrhOod of
$500 900 and will make total o. $780,
900 expended for irrigation purposes
in that section of the state.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
DRUNKEN FATHER HOLDS
SON ON A HOT STOVE
Inhuman Torture of Delicate Boy by
Inebriatad Parent-Pours Hot
Water Over Him.

Philadelphia-Bac arms and chest
covered with burns, it is probable that
young Robert Costello will die as the
result of the brutal treatment inflicted
upon hIm by his drunken father. John
Costello. The incbriated parent held
the DOy against a hot stove. until the
shrielS attracted the attention OF a po-
liccman. who turned faint at the odor
of burnt flesh that greeted his nostrils
when he broke into the house.
Robert the eldest child. is l6 years
old, ard although delicate boy has
been doing his best to help his mother
by working. The mother had gone to
work when Costello got up the other
morning. He was enraged because he
could not find his shoes, and cuffed
ard chicken several of the children. In
their fright they told hIm Robert had
the shoes. and Costello chased his son
into the kitchen. knocking him against
a hot range, and then pouring a kettle
of hot water over him.
Not content with that. the father
picket up his son and held him against
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
Fertilizers for Beet Fields.

The agricultural experiment station
of the Colorado Agricultural College
has been making exhaustive expert.
ments TO determine the value OF tcrti-
lizCrs in growing sugar beets. In a
bulletin just issued the station gives
the following summary and conclu-
sions of the work:
FirSt-0ur Colorado soils generally
contain ample supplies Of potash and
phOsphOric acid, and an excess of lime.
SccOnd-The native soil is generally
somewhat deficient in nitrogen and
humus, both are supplied by growing
legumnous plants like alfalfa. peas.
vetches or beans, or from sheep and
stable manurcs. Nitrogen. but not
humus can be supplied by commercial
fertilizers.
Thrd-\itrogcn in the form of nj
trate of soda is the only element which
has had any decided effect in increas-
irg the yield of sugar beets over the
cost of application.
FOurth-Potash and phosphoric acid,
from sulphate of potash. raw bone
meal, basic Stag, dissolved or acid
bone, and phosphate rock. used alone
or together, have very little or no eff
feet upon the yield.
Fifth-There are strong indications S
that potash and phosphoric acid from
fertilizers, largely if not entirely, neu-
tralize the effect of nitrate Of soda
upon the yield of sugar bects. although
the quality of the beet is good.
SiXth-No difference in results were
obtained between applying the nitrate
Of soda at the time of planting or in
part at the time of planting and in two
applications during the growing sea
son.
Seventh-'rhe net profit from reason
able quantities of manure. if cost of
manure and its application is consid-
cradle. is mainly obtained in the after
effects in the succeeding year. while
there appears to be no residual effect
the third year after application.
Eighth-An excess of nitrogen from
'manures or fertilizers over what the
plant needs lowers the yield and the
quality of the sugar beetS some. though
not much.
Ninth-Rcasonable quantities of
manure were fully as effective as large
of excessive quantities.
TeXth-Refuse lime cake from the
sugar factories as fertilizer on sugar
beets was of no benefit.
Eleventh-Soluble fertilizers applied
to the seed favored strong termination.
Twelfth-Nery high sugar content
and purity seem TO 90 with low Yields,
although there are exceptions.
irteenth--Fertilizers will not take
the place of good preparation or culti-
walton of the soil. or good care of tn"
crop The soil must be in good physi-
cal condition to make the best use of
fertilizers applied.
Fourteenth - The tops were about
forty-four per cent. of the weight OF
the clean beets. A fifteen-ton crop of
sugar beets will produce &C tons fresh.
green tops. 1t is estimated that this
will air-dry to one-eighth the original
We: ut, or 8 of a ton.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
Death Follows Solemn Warn
ing Delivered by Preacher

LondOn.-An extraordinary nara
tive comes from Maesteg. Il coliery
village in South Wales. the central
figure being the Rev. Meredith Morris.
curate in charge OF Garth church,
MaeSteg. On Il recent Sunday night
the reverend gentleman preached to a
crowded congregation. and during his
discourse, which consisted Of an ex-
hOrtatiOn to young men. his voice sud
denly rang through the building with
the declaration that he was charged to
deliver a solemn message that night
II have" he said. in the past crit
iciSed adversely some who have said
they have seen visions. | will not do
so again | retract those cansOriDus
words What did | know them We
have had our Easter communion and
there were absenteeS from it. There
were some who told me they would
come but | looked into their eyes and
saw they did not mean what they
said
They did not come and l after
wards saw some OF them-saren of
them-gambling under tree. and one
of them won eight shiiliIgs two pence
There was one who saw me watching.
and his accusing conscience made him
run away. Sin is rampant and it as
Sumes many forms. Now, | have Il
message and must deliver it; dare
rot keep it back. 1t Is message from
God. and it is to all the youns men
II: - NIL Others in this church
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL HAS
A VERY UNCANNY VISITOR

with a club TO drive it from the build.
ing.
Those to whom the specter is said
to have appeared are Willis H. Hoes,
Frank Hartwell and Charles c. Morsll.
They tell substantially the same story,
which was related by each without coll
labOration with the other.
1t seems especially strange that such
a story should be told of Lawrence
Hanley. He knew more about ghosts.
perhaps, than any other patient who
ever died there, for his long and bril-
liant stage career acquainted him in-
timately with Shakespeare's ghostIY
company. AS Hamlet" and "MacA
beth he had held communion with
avenging spirits; in the first year OF
his acting he had even impersonated
Banquos ghost and that OF the Dan
ish king. But the persons mentioned
gave him part more ghastly than
any Of these, the eighth act in the hui
man drama.
Lawrence Hanleys death was itself
as tragic as that of any character he
portrayed, for he died miserably, the
wreck OF a man once fired with genius
Hanley's ghost is said to have ap-
peare1 month after his death. A.
luminous, pearly vapor having tho
form of man emerged from the
southwest room on the lower floor. It
was an opalescent apparition; it wore
a stiff straw hat set jauntily. light
suit ana carried cane.
1t firated down the long corridor
with the semblance of a stride-tho
tread OF the actor upon the boards
and walled III voice itself the ghost
of the vocal: Tomorrow and to-
morrow and tomorrow creeps in this
petty pace from day to day." and SO
on to the end. He was Hamlet MOURN
fully reciting "To die, to sleep; to
sleep, perchance to dream" All
of the great characters of his past he
enacted
He strobe quickly forward, they say.
made as if to draw a sword, leaned his
chin upon his hand and mused, beet
ling his brows until his eyes glowed
with greater intensity, threw back HIS
head and laughed. and then bowed
and disappeared.
The last time these men saw the
spirit it was in a bibulous vein. It
stood long NJ bar of it's fancy and
tossed down unseen glasses of nothing
until its wrath form began to stag
ger 1t sang song of revelry, then
stopped short. straightened up and
said Il must go home"
Hospital authorities do not attempt
to account for the weird stories which
have circulated. except to say that
they mist have emanated from the dis
torte1 fancy of some insane patients.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
WILL ASK PROTECTION.
stoekmen Will Appeal to Legislature
for Inspection Law.

A number of stockmen in the state
have appealed to the Colorado Cattle
and Horse Growers Association to ask
the next Legislature for law that will
protect the stock interests of the state
from cattle and hog diseases. Colo.
rado to-day has the healthiest stock in
the world, but with the constant i'm
pOrtation of breeding stock from the
East there are fears that it may not
always be so. 1t is well-known fact
that Colorado cattle and hogs are en-
tirely free from tuberculosis, a disease
that has become most serious men
ace to the live stock of the eastern
farm country. 1t is claimed that in re-
cent years a number of cases Of tuber-
culosis in cattle have been discovered
in the state and have been traced di-
rectly to imported stock. This menace
is SO serious that stockmen want the
state to provide method of inspection
that will prevent the importation OF
this disease to Colorado farms
Another disease that does not -four
isn in Colorado is hog cholera. 1t is
q wellknown fact that the disease
does not exist here naturally, but there
have been a number of small out
breaks reported in the last two years,
which, in every instance. have been
traced to imported hogs bringing the
infection. The swine growing industry
in Colorado is becoming one of the inn
portant branches of the stock business,
and if the state can be kept free from
cholera. it will become one of the most
profitable branches Under these con.
Gitions Colorado stockmen feel that it
is important that steps be taken to pro-
tect the health of the live stock of the
state. 1t is probable that the matter
will be brought to the, attention of the
next Legislature.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
FLORA OF COLORADO.
Described in Experiment Station Bc..
letin

letin.
There is no state in the Union whose
plants are more interesting than those
of Colorado The state is so diversi-
fled in topography and so varied in
elevation, with temperatures ranging
from that of Charleston, South Caro-
Quently there is as great variety of
plants as are found between these
two extremes. More than that, our
plants are SO different. from those of
the East that the botanies which are
accessible have been of very little use
to people interested in the plants OF
Colorado. 1t has been necessary for
the botanists of the experiment station
to make study of the plants of Colo
rado. and finally it has been thought
best to issue these as a bulletin, so as
to be of permanent value to them
selves and to the people of the state in
general. 1t has resulted in the publi-
cation of the most elaborate bulletin
ever issued by the experiment station.
1t will probably be mailed early in
July.
The bulletin is one of nearly 45o
pages. 1t gives list of every known
plant in the state. 1t is provided with
keys, and to save space, the eXplana-
tion and necessary description of the
plants are mostly included in the keys.
il has a map to Illustrate the state and
the distribution of the plants. This
bulletin represents the work of a num-
Der of years, and also the work OF a
great many collectors from the time
uf the earliest expeditions.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
MisceiIn Inneous.

The commission to inquire into and
report to congress concerning the laws
governing second-class mail matte,
will hold its first session in New York
October |.
Attorney General Rogers. of Arkan-
sas. has brought suit against the
Waters-Pierce Oil company alleging 4
conspiracy to control the output ana
price of oil and asking damages in
the sum of $2,0OO.o0O.
The attorneys of Harry X. Thaw
have decided to allow his plea OF not
guilty Of first degree murder to stand
Chairman Knapp, of the inter-
state commerce commission, has noti-
fled the Omaha Grain Exchange that
the Frisco rates between Kansas City
and Memphis are illegal.
Of the 243 candidates examined for
appointment as midshipmen at An
napolis 81 failed to pass.
Three persons We're killed and six
injured as the result of an explosion
OF gasoline tank, at Saginaw, Mich.s
recently.
Princess Frederick william, wife OF
the German crown prince, has given
birth to a son. The child is heir to
the German throne.
The Hamburg American liner
Deutschland defeated the French liner
La Provence in a recent race across
the Atlantic by II hours.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
BRYAN'S POSITION.
VIII Accept Another Nomination II
Party Requires II.

Wash'Egton.-Former United States
Senator James h Jones of Arkansas,
"ho was chairman of the Democratic
National committee when w. j. Bryan
:"ade his campaign for the presidency
IA 1896 and 1900. has received a letter
from MIR. Bryan in which he announces
that he will accept the nomination for
President for the third time if it is
rendered to him. The letter is dated
June 18th at Stockholm and is as fol-
lows:
Il have been watching political de-
veiopments and have noted with graft
nCation the yindication of Democratic
principles. You have correctly stated
my position. AS | wrote to Colonel
Wetmore, l shall do nothing to secure
anothcr nomination. and do not want
one unless the conditions seem to de-
mand it. / may add that l enjoy the
freedom OF private live and feel that
. can do something good without hold
ing any Office. There are certain re-
forms | would like to sec accomplished
and to assist in the accomplishment Of
these reforms l am willing to become
the party candidate again if when the
time for nomination arrives the advO-
cafes OF reform are in control of the
party and think that my candidacy will
give the best assurances of victory. If
some one else seems more available,
shall be even better pleased.
Il need not assure you that ! am
more interested in seeing our princi-
pies triumphant than | am in the per-
sonnel of the ticket
The country needs to have Jeffer-
sonian Democracy applied to all the
departments of :he government. state
and national, and am content to help
make this application. Yours truly.
"WILLIAM J. BRYAN"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
ESCAPE AND REcAPTuRE.
Dash for Liberty from Buena Vista Re
formatory.

Buena Vista. Colo.-The most dar-
ing and reckless attempt at escape in
the history of the Colorado State Re-
city, occurred Sunday. A running gun
fight of five miles resulted in the kill
ing of both bloodhounds and the ulti-
mate capture of the escaping cOnvicts
by Guards Taylor and Tyler at Cotton
wood Hot Springs, five miles west Of
here.
The getaway was planned and exc
cuted by Leslie Eastman and w. II.
Ryan. Owing to Easthams familiar
ity with the prison office, he knew that
arms were kept in the vault. the door
of which he pried off, securing three
revolvers and supply of ammunition.
He donned the coat and hat of Book
keeper Charles Butler, left the office
and was joined by Ryan. who is the
prison milkman, and together they left
the grounds.
One of the guards saw this from a
distance, but thought the bookKeeper
was accompanying Ryan somewhere.
AS soon as it was known the men
were escaping, the hounds were placed
on their trail and the guards followed.
Eastman was sentenced by Judge
Ben Lindsey in Denver several months
ago and was sent TO this place wholly
unaccompanied, arriving here after
dark and walking to the institution,
where he presented his papers. He has
acted as stenographer in the Office and
had evidently been planning his es-
cape for some time.
Ryan was sentenced from the Dis
trict Court here last January on Il
charge Of robbery committed in Salida.
The dogs were. shot near the Cotton
wood Hot Springs hotel. five miles
west, and later when the boys were
Overtaken, number of shots were eX-
changed between them and the guards.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13

pooh-poo when they hear these re-
ports, but doctors and nurses are of un-
superstitious fiber; they believe in
scalpels and saws and such obviously
material things, and if ghost should
appear to one he might call 1t a
wreath OF smoke, a shaft of moonlight
or some other easily explicable thing.
The nurse wlso was With Lawrence
Hanley when he died, H. S. Rea Don.
when interviewed refused to discuss
the alleged spectral manifestation.
Mr.. Rea Don glared when he was
asked if he had not chased the lumin-
Gus phantom up and down the hall
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13

Los Angeles.-A more uncanny
visitor than death. whose silent en-
trance C its portals there is not day
that fails to record. has appeared at
the county hospital, according to in
mates.
This weird apparition is not the
rider of the pale horse, who is well
come, but ghost. which is terrible
the ghost of man who died there
months ago-Lawrence Hanley, the
actor; Lawrence Hanley in the wrath
garb OF the spirit world enacting the
role of Hamlet at midnight in the
darkness of the corridor upon which
opened the room where he died August
2S last: Lawrence Hanley smoking a
cigarette and leaning with one arm
raised upon thin air and with his feet
crossed. saying, Yes, III have an
other, thanks."
The doctors and the nurses laugh or
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
Bow Is Sold for Junk

Bangor. Me.-Eddie Gallagher, aged
eight of Saco. was sold the other day
at a quarter of a cent pound 1t was
all joke on Solomon Solmer. a junk
dealer. Some of the boys of the town
wanted to raise stake and into SOL
mers shop they brought what ap-
pCared to be a bag of old rags and iron
1t weighed 40 pounds. Solmer gave
the boys a dime and they retired
grinning. Presently there was a
strange wriggline inside the bag; then
it moved toward the door SOlmer
Overcame his terror sufficiently to un-
tie the bag. wherenpon out jumped
Eddie Gallagher lie fled. amid the
lamentations of the Junk dealer.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
Killed by Lightning.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-In sight of
a throng of picnickers one boy was in
stantly killed and three others rem
dered unconscious and seriously in.
jured by lightning stroke during a
severe electrical storm at Prospect
lake. just east of the city limits, at
1880 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Fay
Powers. aged seventeen years, was
killed, while his seven-year-Old brother
Floyd, and George Caff, aged nineteen
years who were standing on either
side of him, We're unconscious for half
an hour as a result of the shock. Both
were badly burned about the legs and
body, but will probably recover.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
Lone Bandits Exploit.

Wawoma. Cal.-Five Yosemite val
ley stages were held up Saturday af.
ternoon by a lone hichwayman who OBJ
tanned a considerable amount of money
and jewelry from the passengers. The
coLveyances were halted i'll rapid sue
Cession at curve in the road near
Advance at the identical spot where a
lone bandit, operating year ago. re-
lieved several wealthy tourists of their
valuableS.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13

Il have seen in vision seven young
men and one of these seven will be-
called to his reckoning by his Maker,
and that very shortly
Strange to say, on Monday after
noon one Of the young men to whom
the curate had referred to was killed
in a local colliery.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-13
Cat PLAYS Mother to Ducks

Wapakoneta. O.-Recently hen be-
longing to Monte Salmire. a drayman,
out l3 ducks and at once
abandoned them to their fate. A large
family cat fell in love with the duck
lets and essayed to play the part Of
mother. The ducks have taken very
kindly to their strange faster 1aethoA