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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
Postmaster Faces EmbezzIement

BY ASSOCldleu FTeSB.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 2S.-Post-
master Albert Hoerner of the West
Seneca postoffice was arrested today
charged with embezzling $4,000 postoffice
funds.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
H0UGHTON NOW WANTS
TO CARRY A GUN
DECLARES THAT HIS LIFE HAS
BEEN THREATENED
Asks Council to Pass an Ordinance
Permitting Him to Arm Himself,
but His Request Is Promptly
Denied

They're after Dock Houghton, and
in order to save his precious skin from
being perforated by the bullets and
dirks of assassins, the Sixth ward dis
turber yesterday tried to have the
council pass an ordinance giving the
councilmen the privilege of carrying
concealed weapons.
Houghton moved that the city attor-
ney be instructed to draw up an ordi-
nance giving councilmen permission to
carry concealed weapons and for the
fun of it, Councilman Kern seconded
his motion. 1t probably would have
carried had not Councilman Smith
seen the little joker in the proposition
and objected strenuously.
"This would be a pretty bad thing
to get into the newspapers" he said.
at would give the people the impress
sion that we had gone so far wrong we
were in fear of our lives and needed to
carry guns to protect ourselves from
the bowling mobs. If Houghton wants
to carry concealed weapons, let him
go before the police commission like
any other citizen and get permission"
Houghton explained that the mayors
police commission would take the ut
most delight in refusing him anything
he wanted, and for that reason he did
not care to place himself at it's mercy.
The Sixth ward councilman came
in the council meeting last Monday and
said that a certain company operating
in this city was fake and asked that
an ordinance be passed prohibiting the
selling of stock in the company. He
claims that his life has been threat
ened because of this action.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
BERRILL is
STAGE VETERAN
NOVELTIES MANAGER STARRED
MANY PLAYERS
Mary Anderson and Booth-Barrett Are
Among the Notables Who Once
Travelled Under Old Time
Thespian Now Here

The manager of Mary Anderson
first appearance in this country is now
stage manager of the Novelty theater.
George e. Berrill is the name of the
one-time great manager, and his fund
of stories of his experiences during his
thirty-siX years in the theatrical bust
ness is almost inexhaustible.
The veteran was brought to the coast
from Chicago by Manager Bronson of
the Novelty theater.
Berrill has played in every city in
the United States, and each of them is
connected in his mind with odd ex-
periences, some of them humorous and
some of them pathetic.
He was the manager of that wonder
full combination of talent, Edwin Booth
and Lawrence Barrett, when those
stars made their triumphal tour of
America.
When Couldock, one of the foremost
actors of his day and one of the great
est delineators of old mems characters
that the American stage has ever
known, was in his prime, Berrill was
his manager, and the capable man.
agement which Couldock received no
doubt helped to place him in the front
rank of the mimic world.
For many years Berrill was star
and played at the head of his own
company throughout the country. One
of the attractions in which he starred
ran for three seasons in New York
city and made tremendous hit when
1t was put on the road.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
BINDS PEPPER THRoWER OVER
Thief Who Attacks Main Street Pawn
broker Faces PrelIm-
mary Trial

Frank Johnson, charged with at
tempting to rob Max A. Schiresohn,
main street pawnbroker, of val
liable watch, was given a preliminary
examination yesterday and was bound
over to the superior court.
Johnson entered the shop of Schire-
sohn the evening of February rs and
asked to see some watches. He stated
that he wanted something very good
and the pawnbroker took an expensive
watch from the window and showed it
to the prospective customer. Johnson
seized the watch and throwing red pep
per in Schiresohn's eyes, darted out Of
the door.
Although blinded by the smarting
pepper. the shopkeeper pluckily pur-
sued the thief, who was finally caught
by an officer.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
FIXES RATES ON
( PUBLIC UTILITIES
CITY COUNCIL TAKES FINAL
ACTION
At Special Meeting Ordinance is
Passed Regulating Prices Which
Corporations May Charge
Their Patrons

After many trials and tribulations
the ordinances fixing the rates that
public corporations may charge for
their products during the next year,
was passed at special meeting of the
city council held at s o'clock last even
ing. The special meeting was neces-
sary because of Dock Houghton'S OBJ
Structionist tactics.
For a time yesterday afternoon 1t
appeared that there would be no rate
regulation and that as far as the
council was concerned the gas, cleo
trio and telephone companies could
charge any prices they chose. Inc pup-
lie utility ordinance which provides
for the regulation of rates also says
specifically that the council must pass
the ordinance affecting these rates in
February. February had reached the
eleventh hour before these ordinances
were passed If they had not been
passed at the special meeting last
night there could have been no rate
regulation until next year.
The council met in adjourned ses-
sion yesterday afternoon at o'clock
for the purpose of passing these ord1-
nances. Houghton has all along OBJ
jected to the rates fixed by the coun-
Gil on the alleged grounds that the re-
ports of the various companies sub
GENTLY investigated. He took partic-
ular exception to the rates for tele-
phones, which during the next year will
remain the same as now charged, So
for business phones for the Home COM
pany and IS for the Sunset company.
Dock Caught Mapping
When the question of passing the or
dinances came up Houghton was talk
ing to a friend in corner of the coun-
Gil chamber. The clerk had called the
roll and President Summerland de-
clared the ordinances passed, when
Houghton returned to his seat and
asked what the last order of business
had been. He was told the ordinances
had been passed. demonstrating, be-
cause he had been given no opportunity
to vote, although his name had been
loudly called by the clerk and he had
been voted in the affirmative as he
had made no objection he prevailed on
I President Summerland to order an
other roll call. Mr.. Summerland gra-
3ciously agreed, two members of the
council again placed the measures be-
fore the house and then Houghton be-
gan.
II am going to speak on this mo-
lion for twenty-five minutes" Hough
ton declared. The council recently
passed an order limiting debate by any
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
PROVES
THE LUCKY MAN
CHOSEN SECRETARY OF BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Position Is Properly Under Civil
Service and an Examination
Will Thus Be Neces-
sary

The moot question of who would be
so fortunate as to land the sinecure
provided as secretary of the new board
of public works has been solved.
H. B. Ferris, a deputy in the city
engineers department, is the one who
will draw the $3.50 monthly stipend,
for two months at least. The position
is properly under civil service and to
continue in the office longer than the
sixty days provided for as an emer-
gency appointment Mr.. Ferris will
have to take the civil service examina-
ton for the place.
It is not probable that he will have
much competition in this examination
and even if he does his experience in
the engineers department will give
him a passing grade in addition to his
percentage ON the other qualifications
required.
Board Meets
The new board held a meeting yes
terday morning in the council commit
tee room, but postponed organization
until this morning, which will be the
first day of March.
None of the members of the board
will ask for back pay, although it is
believed they could collect from the
first of the year IF they chose. The
fact that the board is not installed
until March will make the work
harder for the members than 1t would
have been had they taken office the
first of the year, as provided in the
charter.
Proceedings for public improvements
have not stopped because of the alb
sence of a board, but have reached a
point where they must be acted on
and this accumulated work is waiting
to be cared for in addition to the reg
ular work.
Apparently the only good that came
from the long deadlock over the ap-
pointment of the board is saving of
$1,000 that would have been paid to it's
members during the two months In
which it should have been in office.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
BURNS FINALLY CAUSE DEATH
Mrs. Odds Of Gardena Dies at County
Hospital After Suffering
Untold AGONY

Mrs. Sylvia Odds Of Gardena, who was
fatally burned Sunday by the explosion
OF a bottle of stove polish, died yester-
day at the county hospital after suffer-
ing untold agony.
Mrs. Odds recently came to Gardena
with her two small children to join
her husband, who had just rented a
little home.
She leaves a husband, two children,
one baby 10 months old, and mother
and sister.
The family formerly lived in Okla
homa and came to California with the
hope of securing pretty home in an
ideal climate.
Mr.. Olds made a trip to Panama some
time ago, hut contracted a fever there
and was forced to return to this
country.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
THREE HURT
IN A COLLISION
CARS ON THE UNIVERSITY LINE
COME TOGETHER
Two Of the Passengers Are Badly Cut
by Pieces of Broken Glass and
Another Is Severely
Bruised

With crash that could he heard for
several blocks, two street cars collided
at the corner of EStrella and Twenty
first streets about 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, injuring three persons and
breaking the glass in dozen or more
car windows
Two Los Angeles railway outbound
University cars were running at a good
rate of speed and close together. The
first car stopped at the corner to allow
some passengers to get off and the
second car was so close that the motor
man could not bring it to a stop before
it had crashed into the forward car.
Miss Louise e. Edwards of Brooklyn,
N. Y, was the most seriously hurt. She
was riding in the rear car, and was
on her way to visit friends on Hoover
street. Speaking of the accident, at 142
South Grand avenue, where she is stay
ing, last night she said:
Miss Edwards Statement
1--WE were going at a good rate of
speed when the first car stopped and
our motorman did not stop his car quick
enough. Every bit of glass in our car
was broken. The falling pieces cut a
small negro about the head. A little
boy was thrown forward out of the seat
and some of his teeth were knocked
out.
when I got out of the car I found
that 1 had been cut by the pieces of
glass and that the blood was streaming
down my face. My dress was torn and
entirely ruined"
Several other passengers were badly
shaken up and a few were slightly cut
by the falling glass.
A similar accident occurred on the
Garvanza line less than two weeks ago.
Two cars were going down the hill
near the Jeffries residence. The first
one stopped and the motorman on the
second one could not get control Of
his car in time to avoid a collision.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01

little doubt that the next fresh flow
of lava in that district will reach the
coast at Satupatu.
During the last three weeks num-
Der of pieces of heavy bridge lumber
have been washed up on the south
ern coast of Tutuila. Some of the
logs are charred and show evidence of
fire
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
LAVA STREAMS
ENGULF TOWNS
ERUPTION OF VOLCANO IN GER
MAN SAMOA
Immense Amount Of Damage Done in
One Of the Richest Districts
in the South Sea
Islands
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
TUTUILA, Samoa, Feb. IL, via San
Francisco, Feb. 2S.-The volcano on the
island of Savaii, in German Samoa, is
still active. The inhabitants Of the
district of Matautu have abandoned
their homes and traders who resided
there have removed all their stores.
The flow of lava is slow and people
approach quite close to it. Some per-
sons will not leave their houses until
they are actually set on fire by the
burning stream. AS the latter flows
into the sea, great volumes of steam
arise, and the once quiet lagoon in
side the reef now is mass of hard
ened lava.
The district destroyed was one Of
the richest in the German possessions.
The lava is flowing along the coast
toward Matautu. 1t ran between jan
uary % at 7 a. m. to February 3 a. M,
distance of 1130yards. 1t has de-
stroyed all of Salago, including the
home of Mr.. BARLEY, well known
resident, and now is nearly half way
through Saleaula. The flow comes
from beneath the old lava, and has
raised it up until it is a field about
twenty 1eet hlgn.
Half a Town Destroyed
The people of Saleaua, with their
personal effects, were taken on board
the steamer Maori and landed at Safo-
tulafai, and the houses and other ma
tive effects are being taken away by
degrees by boats from Faasaleleaga.
At the town of Maleola the lava has
stopped running, but more than half
of the town has been destroyed Feb
ruary there was a strong eruption of
the volcano, lasting about ten min
utes. Several explosions have oc-
Cured, evidently as a result of accu-
mutations of steam in cavities. These
are accompanied by a penetrating odor
of sulphur. There also have been at
intervals gushes Of steam from in
Vulnerable rents in the lava, preceded
by strong kissing noise.
One of the peculiarities of the lava
stream is that it presents the appear
ance of fat topped wall, and this in
spite of the numerous assures it shows
At night it is most imposing, for then
the whole front is a flowing red mass
with innumerable pin points of white
fire dotted about it.
A party from the Maori landed at
Satupafu to look at the lava at MaIa-
cola, which place was found to be
partly destroyed. There seems to be
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
TWO COMMITTED TO ASYLUM
Men Suffering From Peculiar Hallu-
cinations Ordered Sent to
Mental Hospital

Orvilie A. Bell and James WEIGH
were ordered committed to Patton
asylum yesterday by the insanity COM
mission in Judge Gibbs department of
the superior court.
Bell was suffering from the halluci-
nation that people were trying to kill
him. while WEIGH imagined his enc
mics were taking down his CONVERSE
tons by a system of wireless teleg-
raphy.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
MINISTER DIES OF INJURIES
Rector of Episcopal Church Passes
Away at Sacramento
Hospital

BY Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 2s.-Rev. w. H.
Story, rector of the Episcopal church
at Marysville, who recently had his
hip broken in a railroad accident at
Davisville, died at the railroad hospital
in this city this morning from the eff
fects of his injuries.
He was about Go years of age. Rev.
Story formerly resided at San Rafael.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01

member to FIVE minutes and Houghton
was anxious that the chair declare
him In contempt and fine him the $50
which power the charter gives to the
president of the council. He wanted
to take the case into court and make
test of it,
Dog in the Manager Tactics
But he was not to be gratified. 1t
was near o'clock, and as he signi-
fled his intention to take up twenty
five minutes, Councilman Kern, whose
blood was boiling at Houghton's dog
in-the-manger tactics, moved to adj
journ. His motion was quickly sec
onded and President Summerland de-
clared the session adjourned sine die.
The majority of the members of the
council crowded into the office of the
city attorney to find some means
whereby they could gag Houghton and
transact the business that must be
done before midnight. Houghton, how
ever, remained obdurate and declared
he would do his utmost to hold up the
measure until after midnight, when
nothing the council could then do
would have any effect on the regula-
ton of rates.
Almost in despair the council offered
to suspend the five minute rule, to
which the Dock has such strenuous
objections, and allow him q reasonable
time for debate at every meeting in
the future. The disturber was not
content with this, but asked for the
total abolition of the five minute rule
and this was refused.
1t was finally agreed to make another
attempt in the evening and in the
meantime q number of the councilmen
won Houghton over to such an extent
that at the evening meeting, although
I,n ouIF n1 hot h ic1 a1-Ot6 ctI aa n n
part of the minutes, he voted for the
ordinances.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
SON SHOOTS FATHER DEAD
In Defense Of His Mother Young
Man In Ogden Kills
Parenf
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
OGDEN, Utah, Feb 90. - Joseph
Checketts, aged 3d. was shot and killed
here by his son, Frank, aged Is, after
Checketts had made murderous as
sault on his wife, slashing her face
with a butcher knife.
Checketts had been drinking.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
coPRA CONTRACT AWARDED

San Francisco Firms Bid of $54 a
Ton Is Accepted
BY Associated Press.
TUTUILA, Samoa, Feb. IL, via San
Francisco, Feb. 28.-The copra contract
for the whole of the product of the ma
tives of American Samoa has been
awarded to a San Francisco firm. The
total amount produced during the last
year is more than 100000 pounds
The price to be paid by the contractor
is S54 ton.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-06
NEGRO PRISONER LEAPEO INTO
RIVER AND SWAN TO FREEDOM
eo'd OYSTER Pirate Left Police Boat
Rappahannock With scant
Ceremony.

fh/ring into the river when tbe
oacks OF his guards were turned Har.
~ Briggs. a negro oyster pirate svo,,,
70 freedom Friday afternoon and has
llot been rccaptured
oyster Inspector Sinclair arrcstod
orisss and anothc negro whose name
Is no' known. OH the charge of viola. !.
,nE The state law On Tho Rnnn,.
hammock he st/ted fc.~ This CITY viii
ms prisoners. While the police ho,t
was running into this harbor Bripe.,
Jumped into the water and before his
'':Schcc was noticed. he had nearly
,cirhed The five masted schooner
dorothy Palmer. which was lvinp NJ
anchor When The boat made for thn
Nrhooncr. the fugitive climho1
aboard the big vessel and Insnoc,or
smear. not being sure of his iurisdic
,ioil. came ashore to consult Cbier n,
Police Reynolds. VI
Justice Floyd Smith issued \ wa.
i ti.a Tor the escaped prisoner and
uiilccr Woodward was sen, aboarJ
ne schooner with the Inspector
~ me meantime the second nosro
had escaned from the guard left Win
u UNI Il, pier a. Stealing n rowbo,i
me negro rowcd ont to the PoInor
TOOK Briggs aboard and started fnr
nc other side of the river.
Wncn Inspector Sinclair and orr;
Ter Woodward reached the schooner
~ negroes had gone loo far tn be
>vcrtakcn. ne
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-06
Merchants & Miners
Transportation Co.'s

steamship Lines for Boston, Prevk
dence and Baltimore.
Leave Newport News, via Norfolk.
for Boston every Tuesday, Wednsa
day, Friday and Sunday. Leaves for
Providence every Monday, Thursday
ana Saturday, sailing from Nortoir ~
500 p. m.
Leave Newport News for Baltimors
daily, except Tuesday and Wednesday,
at 6 y. M, connecting for Washington.
Philadelphia and New York.
Fare to Baltimore, one Way. 5000
round trip. $500, Including ststeroom
berth. Accommodation and cnistns
unequalled.
Freight and passengers taken for all
points North and South. Steamers
leave Baltimore. foot of Long Dock.
daily. promptly at p. NJ.
Only line running Sunday stesrsaf
between Newport News and Baltimore
For further Information apply to
D. r. McNEILL, Agent.
Newport News, VS.
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J. G. WHITNEY, A. u. 5'rEEHIN5.
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-06
WORK wEAkENs THE KIDNEYS.
Ooan's Kidney Pills Have Done Great
Service For People Who Work
In Newport News.

Most Newport News pcople work
every day in some strained immature,
constantly over a
ucs" riding OH joiing wagons or
cars n doing lahorious honspworlI :.
liltins, reaching or pulling. or irving
ne back in a hundred and ono nthnr
WAYS. All these strains tend to wear.
weaken and inilifc the kidnoys mil
,hey iall behind in their work of iii.
,erlnE The poisons from the hlcod
loans Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys,
pun new strength in bad backs. New.
poIt News cures prove it,
Mrs II. Il. Horton. wife of RI. T..
norton. painter in tho shipyard. resi-.
uence l24O Twohty-fiflh street saws.
LIKE great many men who follow
W.T. Horton's occupation he is annov
ed every now and then with attacks
OF kidney complaint indicated by duh
aching in The small of his back and
irregliarity of the kidney secretions
certainly if the ingredients used IN
MS occupation are not the primary
cause OF the trouble. they aggravate It
when attacks exist. got Doan's
91d1une ~ Pills and took them a $ direct
For sale by all dealers. Price 30
cents. Nlilburn Company. Buff
falo. N Y. sole agents for the United
tSates.
Remember the name-Doans-a
take no other.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-06
A Year of BLOOD.

The year 1903 will long be remem
bered in the home of r. N. Jacket of
Alliance, KY. as year of blood;
which flowed so copiouslv from Mr..
Jackets lungs that death seemed
very near lie writes: Severe bleed
Ing firm the lungs and frightful
cough had brought me at DEATHS door.
when began taking Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. with the
astonishing result that after taking
four bottles was completely restored
and as time has proven permanently
cured" Guaranteed for Sore Lungs
Coughs and Colds. at w. Blair Lang
hornes drug store. Price SOC ant
800. Trial bottle free. tu,th.su
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-06
FAVOR SERGEANT GARRETT.
Thirty Members of Light Infantry
Want Him for Captain,

/ Thirty Members Of Light Infantry
Want Him for Captain.
About thirty members of the New.
Fort News Light Infantry. company G.
met at the armory list night and en-.
dorsed Sergeant Floyd d. Garrett for
captain to succeed Captain G. w.
Fitchett. who recently resigned.
petition is being circulated and
sergeant Garrett states that he will
agree to accept the captaincy if a
majority of the members sign the ne.
tltlcn. The company will hold n
meeting TO elect officers to succeed
captain Fitchctt and Lieutenant
"hrlhright In the near future.
Sergeant Garrett has been in tho
company only short time. bu, II is
said that he has brought in 81 now
members since he joined. lie was III
INC regular army for three years.
Lieutenant John ~. Moss. Formerly
ilsi lieutenant of tho company. /, ion.
tenant G, II. Butler. second ieuteu.
am OF the company and Lieutenant,
Moore. of the Huntington Rifles ,ro
mentioned as candidates for The cnp.
i"ihcy. Sergeant Garrett has cbnl.
,chsed all of the candidates 10 NEE,
''im III competitive drill
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-06
License Under Which Corporation
Did Business Declared to be
Illegal and Void.
"sTUPEAD0Us WEIGHING" ALLEGED
Local Representatives Surprised 10
Learn That Officials at Heaasuar,
tesrs Were Notified More Than
Week Ago to Cease Operations
Result of Federal investigator.

AhNiety ON Tho part rr tho ~.
pup'e interested in the A.ncr.gor RI,
serve Bond company WAS c,,n.;,,o,
"piN increased yesterday when II 10
caiiie known that sensattonul do,.,I
oPhnenls had resulted from Tho E.d
eral investigation of the comp,ny.,
affairs. N"''l''s :
ar W. e S. Vaughan has rccaivoa
NO Information except that c,nt,inou
.m lhe kilograms announcing thai re-.
aeNers had been appointed iur ~
,SonipdhF ana he. as well N; III. iva
" ,l.i or more local pariic, in.
,oh ca were greatly surprised Inv In
son'e,tS oi the following dispatcb rn
eeinc'l Yesterday from Chicago.
i1eh'ihSs of highly scnsation,I
na' dc'er IN connection with ,ho
Hncricah Reserve Bond companv nj
49, pahkrnpt were brought 10 Ii.h,
~ the federal invcstigarion ,rho
' "a.iiS OF wealthy Chicago mon wore
Ihuush' III as the power behind. ~,
c ana IL story of the musl sin.
-. u.o"S Wcieiiing was told The loyal
1, OF me acts allcgcdto have been
be determined, 70 W 10
II mas developed thai ne anil.
Us. week me license under which ,hc
I'm n'hS operated was found to ho !,
,eSu'' ana The attorney general or mi
,'oi' ho''ficd Inc COMPANIES ofr.c,.,,.
~ ease operations forthwith, ,th,,
!, ,, In y, smith Bowman. prcsi.lnu, II
t inn 'u, i turned i'll his .esigna.
''o .'r,, o"t u was not acccpt.l
~ ne attorney general in his opin
On 10 inc company. said nj 49,
-, u STATE mad exceeded his: duthnrj
y IN granting it Il license"