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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
HEARS FROM SON
IN HOLY LAND
TELLS OF HIS TRIP THROUGH
PALESTINE
Ship on Which j. S. Harrod Made
Voyage Across Ocean Reported
Lost, but Later Sighted
by Sailors

An interesting letter descriptive of
the life in the Holy Land has been re-
ceived by Mrs. H. Harrod of the Hotel
Argyle, from her son, j. S. Harrod, who
is now visiting there. Mr.. Harrod is
with the party of students from Shiloh
college, at Shiloh, Maine, who are tour
ing and studying the Holy Land, pre-
paratory to. entering the ministry of
the sect which founded the settlement
of Shiloh.
The party of eighty students, in
charge of Frank Stanford, the founder
of the colony, are making the tour on
two yachts, the Kingdom and the Coro-
net, the vessels reported lost, but which
after some time We're sighted as safe
The members of the colony do not think
that harm can come to them as they
are on holy mission and will be taken
care of by divine providence.
A historian and several professors
accompany the party and give ad-
dresses at the different places of inter-
est and of biblical history. The letter
is as follows:
Visit Palestine
"We sailed first to the southern end
of Palestine and then we went to the
northern end of Mt. Hor. We have
taken our time to it and studied our
Bibles from one end to the other as we
trip Then we came back to Beirout,
and have been working on the Coronet
all the week. Saturday and Sunday we
went ashore and had a climb up the
Lebanon mountain. There were eighty
of us and we walked ten or eleven
miles. l think the natives enjoyed
watching the Americas as much as we
enjoyed seeing them.
IF you want to see the Bible country
you can do so now, just as we'll as In
the olden days. They are the same
tribes that the people of the first eXo-
dus met, the same manners and GUS
toms and the same false religions,
names and evil practices. Most of the
books on Palestine give it as poor
barren land, but we have found that
God is meeting us on every hand.
yesterday | came through the val
ley north of the city and saw bananas,
dates, figs, olives, apples, lemons,
oranges, bread fruit, blackberries,
raspberries in abundance. They also
raise every kind of vegetable we have
in the United States, and every month
in the year, too. This is just the close
of the dry season, but the animals are
all fat. saw some sheep that We're so
fat that their tails would have at least
twenty pounds of fat on them. You
may think that is a pretty big story,
but 1t is a common sight here.
See Big Olive Orchard
'We passed the end of one olive or
chard that must have contained twelve
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
Spirits Give Woman Ague

nlSnt, ana no person look the pains LC
dispute his statement.
Spirits Give Woman Ague
For another three minutes the two
centers of observation sat there, then
Mrs. Johnson began to shake. She
stated she could not hold herself any
longer and needed some assistance. DR.
Wise was called to help Diteweiler hold
her hands, while Imerson held her head
Still she shook, and others were called
to hold her arms and shoulders.
20 papa! come now and write
Please come, papa" she cried, and those
who held her tugged with might and
main to keep her in the chair. Their
with a sudden scream she fell back
ward and the slate was taken from be
meath the overcoat, while she was LED
from the room.
On the slate were three letters. The
first was an "R," the second was simply
a curved line which could not be identi-
fled as any letter, while the third was
an "a" Beneath them was a curved
line, and all were written with a slate
pencil.
The farce was so simple that even q
child could have understood it. A tiny
piece of slate pencil concealed beneath
her right thumb nail did the work in
first-class shape while the light was
out and the only neat piece of work
done during the entire evening was the
way the piece was timed in order to
have the lights go out at the right mo-
ment.
The fraud was so open and so easily
seen through that it seemed hardly
necessary to have meeting of the al
legged committee, but when it met II
was at once seen that there was a
great diversity of opinion. DR.. Wise
said spirits did it. So did Diteweier
A report was written in every way
favorable to Mrs. Johnson. This there
was no trouble about having signed
Wise and Diteweiler signed it at once.
Then there was q second report writ
ten, in which it was stated that the
signer believed Mrs. Johnson was the
real thing when it came to slate writ
ing and a Jim dandy" at the art, as the
signerS mad not seen anything to make
them believe otherwise. This was
signed Willis and Buck, and when The
Herald reporter refused to sign either
one or the other there was a mental
performance which beat Mrs. Johnsons 5
all hollow, While the other five decided
he was q tin-horn and his opponent
didn't count, anyhow
The whole affair was such a farce
that it was to laugh, and the medium
was the one who appreciated it most of
all, as she refused to enter the room
again after the show.
Mrs. Johnson is the one who has
been extensively advertised as a
medium in Los Angeles for many
months. She will give any kind of a
performance from a slate writing to a
trance seance for fees of from so cents
to 81 and her parlors are crowded
nightly. She does not invite investiga-
tions but win dodge them as often as
she gets a chance.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
GRATEFUL COMPANY
ADDS TO RELIEF FUND

The fremen's relief fund was made
$3.50 richer yesterday. The check for
this amount was presented by Champ
Vance, manager of operation Of the
Los Angeles Gas and Electric COM
pany, as a token of appreciation of
the excellent work done by the depart
ment at the fire I'm the company's cleo
trio plant at Sixth and Palmetto streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
See Bio olive Orchard

''We passed the end of one olive or
,hard that must have contained twelve
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
rhe Natural Kind

"There were firebugs all about the
country where we spent last summer"
Goodness gracious! Did they do
much damage?"
"Oh. no; glow worms you know, are
quite harmless"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
HOLIDAY RUSH
SWAMPS MAILS
P0ST0FFICE CLERKS BREAK
ALL RECORDS
Patrons Expecting Gifts Should Call
at Main Office and Substations
Today to Relieve the
Pressure

Los Angeles postoffice employees broke
all records this week In the amount
of incoming and outgoing mail matter
which they handled.
The 1906 holiday rush was the great
est ever known and it simply swamped
every department from the stamp SELL
ers to the special delivery boys, and
from the wagon drivers to the sorters.
For two weeks before Christmas mails
have kept on increasing in volume and
yesterday they were about five times
the average day in quantity.
All day yesterday persons who want
ed to buy stamps and have packages
weighed, as well as those who were
forwarding money east, were lined up
in front of the different postoffice win
dows. The scene was like that in
front of a box office at the commence
ment of the seat sale for the opera.
1t was true of the main postoffice and
the Substations.
Knowing how big will be the rush
on Sunday and Monday Postmaster
Motley H. Flint last night issued this
order and request:
Get Your Bundles Today
"I would appreciate it if everybody
takes advantage of the fact that the
main postoffice and all letter carrier
stations of this postoffice will be open
for the delivery of mail Sunday, be-
tween 10 a. m. and 11:30 a. m.
lowing to the unprecedented growth
of Los Angeles there is an exception
ally large amount of holiday gifts ar
irving by every mail and it would be
of great assistance to this office If
our patrons who are expecting Christ
mas gifts would call at the main office
or the stations where they receive their
mail and secure the same.
Registered mail will be delivered
Sunday morning at the same hour as
the ordinary mail"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
is THE
In the Great Crackerjack District on tn

half miles Of this dyke Willis president of the Cakeak
Gold Mining mining of extended and successful
perience, has said the following in tn public
surface this dyke
dyke will undoubtedly wider
what it the surface only
this the ng the district will alone be
less than $1y0000o0"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

Night shifts dlving
Already the shaft running
gold being
the The tunnel eighty and being driven
inteec large ledge swift sturdy miners steel
tools the work This copper surface
dyke thirty wide cable with the naked
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
The Usual way

rs that girl you met in Chicago
learning to love you?"
quite rapidly; we're trying a cor
respondence course"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

and looking as unconcerned as two chill
dren. Then Howe took the trouble to
explain that the janitor turned off the
electric lights at promptly o'clock each
night, and no person took the pains to
dispute his statement.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23

pertaining
paid for the said stock and addition said
including of transportation from of the United States
D ROBINSON CO.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-23
An Unprecedented Guarantee


mining reality a
said after shall
described
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-09

yer mechanic sprang at each other in
silent fury. No man dare say where
st might have ended had not Fred Nor
man staggered between them with his
aands up-but the blood was gushing
from his mouth.
1t was pretty serious business. They
caught him as he fell, and the boy lay
on Biaekburn's arm limp as a dead
wire. Nobody thought after they saw
mat hemorrhage that he would ever
live to have another. / was scared sick,
and | never saw man SO cut up as
Doubleday. Blackburn was cool In
second. for he saw quicker than others
and he knew there was danger of the
little dispatcher dying right there in
his tracks. Blackburn stood over him,
hs much at home facing death as he
was in fight or in a dispatcher's
snalr He appeared to know just how
10 handle the boy to check the gush
ana TO know just where the salt was
ana now to feed 1t. and he had Double
nay telephoning for Dr. Carhart and
me running to a saloon after chopnee
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Blackburn pas stretched on his knees

blackburn acds stretched on his knees.
and Salt Rocks somewhere. Callahan.
take the key" he cried of a sudden,
There's call now. Dispatcher! Dom
speak; ask no questions. Get that mes
sage" he exclaimed sharply, pointing to
the instrument. ut may be news"
And 1t was news-news from Ames
station reporting the Irving special In
at 80 a. m.-out at 1 sd We all heard
1T together or 1t might not have been
believed. The Irving special, east
bound, safely past No. /, westbound.
on single track when their meeting
orders had Tapped. Past without a
word of danger or OF accident or even
that they had seen No. and stopped In
time to avoid collision? Exactly: not
word: nothing. In at So. out at "a.
And the actors hard asleep In their
berths, and on about its business the
Irving special - that's what we got
from Ames
Callahan looked around Gentle
men, what does this meaHf Somebody
here Is insane. I don't know whether
it's me or you. Blackburn Are you
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The Havre Herald, Friday, March 8, 1906.

u sent lap orders at / o'clock for No. i
and the Irving special"
Hucks stared at him.
instead Of making meeting point
at O1Fallon's i sent an order to run
% OFallon's and ordered the special
70 run to Salt Rocks against t."
why, my God" exclaimed Bucks.
that will bring them together in--the
Peace canyon! Blackburn! Blackburn,
blackburn he cried, tearing off his
storm coat. He walked to the table.
seized the order book and steadied
himself with one hand on the chair
! never saw him like that. But 1t
looked as If the horror long averted
the trouble In the Peace river canyon,
had come. The sleet tore at the old
depot Ike wolf, and, with the sash
shlvering, Bucks turned like an exc
cutioner on his subordinate.
What have you done to meet it?'
lie drew his watch, and his words
came sharp as doom. where's your
wreckers? Where's your relief? What
have you done? What are you doingf
Nothing? Why don't you speak? Will
you kill two trainloads of people with
out an effort to do anything?"
His voice rang absolute terror to
me. ! looked toward Blackburn per
fectly helpless.
Bucks, there will be no wreck" he
answered steadily.
BE no wreckw Numbered Bucks,
towering in the dingy room dark as the
sweep Of the wind. BE no wreck!
Two passenger trains meet in hell and
be no wreck? Are you crazy?"
The dispatcher's hands clutched at
the table. NO" he persisted steadily,
- am not crazy, Bucks. Don't make
me SO. tell you there. will not be
wreck"
Bucks, uncertain with amazement
stared at him again.
Blackburn, if you're sane I don't
know what you mean. Don't stand
there like that. Do you know what
you have done?" The superintendent
advanced toward him as he spoke.
There was trace Of pity In his words
that seemed to open Blackburn's pent
heart more than all the bitterness.
"Cucks,' he struggled, putting out
hand toward his chief, II am sure Of
what say: There will be no wreck.
When saw what had done-knew it
was too late to undo til begged God
that my hands might not be stained
with their blood" Sweat oozed from
the wretched mans forehead. Every
word wrung Its bead of agony. II was
answered" he exclaimed, with strange
confidence; there will be no wreck. I
cannot see what will happen. do not
know what, but there will be no wreck,
believe me or MOTT is So"
His steadfast manner staggered the
I could imagine what
he was debating as he looked at Black
Durn-Wondering, maybe, whether the |
mans mind was gone. Bucks was stag
gered; he looked 1t, and as he collect
ed himself to speak again the hall door
opened like an uncanny thing, and we
all started as Callahan burst in on us.
What's so?" he echoed. whats UP
here? What did 1t mean. Blackburn?
There's been trouble, hasn't there?
What's the matter with you all? |
Bucks? Is everybody struck dumb?"
Bucks spoke. There's lap order |
out ON | and the theatrical special, Cal
lahan- We don't know what's happen |
ed said Bucks sullenly. Blackburn
here has gone crazy-or he knows
somehow-there won't be any wreck"
added the superintendent slowly and
oewilderedly. "It's between O'Fallon's
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-21
G0vERN0R-G lDE'S
ACCOUNT OF 0AJ0 AFFAIR.

Washington, March 2O--Secy. Taft
has received the following telegram
from Governor General Ide at Manila,
dated today, relative to the Mount Dajo
fight
Newspaper reports from Manila an
nouncing wanton slaughter OF women
and children at Mount Dajo extreme
ly sensational and In all essential de-.
tails false. The situation occupied by
Moro outlaws on the crater of the vol
cano 100 feet high was extremely diff
cult and required great display OF hero.
ism on the part OF army and navy
and Filipino and Moro constabulary,
who rendered most valued service.
Some, women and children were killed
or wounded by preliminary Smelling az
a distance. Moros were outlaws and
fanatics and refused Ia surrender TO the
last, attempting repeatedly to murder
our forces who were rescung wounded
Moros. Moro sultan and leading dat
tos rendered great assistance and the
surrounding population is In great SYM
pathy with the course taken TO remove
the gang OF cut-throats who We're prey
Ing upon the community. retreating as
occasion required 10 what they sup
posed TO be impcnetrable Businesses
There was no killing Of anyone except
such as was Indispensable to end an
lntolerable situation Attack not or
dered until every resource looking to
possible adjustment failed. Troops and
officers deserving OF highest praise"
Secy. TAFT also has made public an
exhaustive report from Mai Hugh
Scott, who was governor OF the Moro
provinces Just preceding the engage
ment' respecting the habits of warfare
OF these people.
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VALENCIA DISASTER.
commissioners Find Capt. johnson
Was Responsible For II.

Victoria u. c., March 20.--The ind
ing Of the commissioners appointed to
INQUIRE into the Valencia disaster was
delivered today The report found
Cant. johnson was blameable In not
having located his position by Umatilla
Reef lghtship before attempting to
enter the straits and held him guilty
of n grave error Of Judgment In not
having made due allowance for the
northward set OF the current, as Is
well known to coast navigators.
Censure was passed upon the lack OF
discipline prevailing after the wreck,
AZ we'll as the broken cork and ce-
ment life preservers and inefficiency OF
drill
Those ON the steamers Salvor ana
Car We're found to have been In ig-
norance Of there being lives on the
wreck when they went to Bamfield TO
dispatch assistance over the trail, the
Queen having reported this material
fact TO the City OF Topeka, but not to
the Canadian steamer.
The Topeka was found under the
circum stances not Ia have properly
stood by. while the Car and Salvor
were adjudged TO have acted with due
discretion The finding included a
number of recommendations for the
retirement OF the protection TO ship
ping traverslng waters contiguous to
the Vancouver island coast.
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ATTORNEY ENERAL MOODY
FINISHES HIS ARGUMENT.

Chicago, March 20. - Atty. Gen.
Moody spoke nearly all day in the hear
ing Of the immunity from punishment
pleas advanced by the meat packers,
concluding his argument just IN time
TO allow him to take train for Wash
ington. He declared that the pleas of
the packers were not well founded, and
that they could not be entitled TO i'm
munity because they had given their
evidence OF their own free will, and
had not been placed on oath, nor sub
tected to cOmpulsion OF anyNklnd. He
at times grew sarcastic IN his refer
ences to the statements of the attor-
neys for the defendants who had
claimed that their clients could not be
punished because they had voluntarily
given evidence TO Commissioner Gar
field.
Late In the afternoon Atty. Gen.
Moody referred to the letter written
by President Roosevelt to the attor-
ney-general. which was placed IN the
record of the ease by the attorneys
for the packers.
1T has been said here that the presl-
dent wrote letter referring to this
matter. | am the last man IN the
world TO say that these gentlemen
should not give their best to their
clients. but II they. felt II their duty
10 place the letter In evidence, when II
touches upon another subject. against
the man In the White House. who Is
unable to come here to protect himself
If they feel II their duty to make
their attack upon him. | have little
more to say"
I'm justice to u.s." said Atty Miller.
II would like the attorney general 20
explain how, since the letter was made
a public document by him, It could be
an attack upon the president"
II VIII allow my statement to stand
unqualified retorted the attorney-gen-
eral.
Atty.-Gen. Moody then declared that
II was only those who had committed
acts without the law, and who feared
the law, who sought to be protected
by IL.
Does the learned attorney general
forget that Mr.. Garfield told these de-
PENDANTS that he was here 10 inyesti-
gate violation OF the injunction issued
against them restraining them from
acting In violation of the law against
restraint OF trader asked Atty. Hynes
II do not forget" replied the attor-
ney- general. Il do not care. II goes
to show that these men were warned
that criminal action might be taken
II they did not then seek the Drotec-
ton OF the law, having been warned
the fault Is their own, the responsible
ty Is theirs, and the results fall upon
their own heads"
In concluding his address Atty Gen
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amendment was accepted, % to 20
and on motion OF Mr. Clay, the appro-
priation applying 10 seacoast deiehses
in the Hawaiian Islands was reduced
TO $3.50, 900 to correspond with the es-
innate for those Islands
The pension appropriation Dill was
taken up and 80 amended as TO dis-
pense with the requirement that PEN
sion applicants show liability,
Mr. Mccumber said the bill carried
an Increase over the amount carried
last year OF about s2,000,000. due to
the additions on account OF the span
ish war and the old age disability or
der.
lie said that last year 1,5oO private
pension bills were enacted into law.
They Increased the appropriation about
$4,000. He added that the old PEN
sion amendment makes effective the
executive order. The bill was then
passed.
The following bis were passed
Authorizing the payment of s4,350 to
Custer county, Mont, In aid of the
construction Of bridge across Tongue
river authorizing the leasing OF lands
I'm La Plata county, Colo. for expert
ments In rubber production; CONSOLE
dating the city OF South McAlester and
the town OF McAlester, !. r.
At SOS the senate went into execd-
tive session and AZ SEQ adjuorned.
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THE PURE FOOD ROLL Of HONOR

Good Housekeeping" a well known
household national magazine volun-
tarily made thorough examination
md test Of None-Such Mince Meat, and
placed II without reservation. upon Its
roll Of honor
In the March number of Good
Housekeeping In the department OF
pure Food Assurance" We find,
None Such Mince Meat Merrill
Soule Co., Syracuse, a semi moist con-
densed compound OF beef, apples,
spices, sugar, raisins,. currants, boiled
cider, and salt, without other preserva-
uves or adulterants. no artificial color
Ing, produced under conditions as near
to sanitary perfection as possible"
This guarantee, which could not be
bought at any price, ought TO satisfy
the most particular house The
sale Of one million packages a month
seems to prove the statement TO be
true. oYur grocer sells None-Such,
Try it, and satisfy yourself You are
the one.
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SENATE VOTES AWAY
$140,000.000 IN 20 MINUTES

Washington, March 20.---In less
than 90 minutes time today the senate
voted away $4,000 900 Of the public
funds The sum is carried by the pen
sion appropriation bill
The railroad rate bill was laid aside
for the day and the major portion of
the time was devoted to the consider
alton OF the fortlfcations bill. la that
connection the question of the neces-
sity for seacoast Notifications In the
Philippines was discussed at length
with the result that all provisions for
such Notifications in these possessions
were eliminated from the bill, The
consideration OF the measure was not
concluded.
There was also brief discussion of
the power Of the conference committee
70 amend the bill providing for the
punishment for premature divulgence
OF government secrets so as to make
the prohibition extend to senator's and
members OF the house of representa-
tives, but the subject was left undis-
posed OF for the time.
Mr.. Newlands spoke IN support OF
the proposal TO eliminate the Philip
pine islands from the present plans for
fortillcations
After further debate the Teller
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AN ABSC0NDER'S END.
Allen Howard Who Took 100000 Died
With Only ] Cents In Ills Pocket.

San Francisco, March 20.--Confirm-
alton Of the death OF Allen Howard,
the Ascending broker, who left here
last August with $4,000. has been re-
ceived by the chief Of police in COM
munication from the state department
enclosing three dispatches from Alfred
Winslow, American consul at Guate-
mala City.
The dispatches chiefly tell Of How
ard's flight through New orleans to
Puerto Barrios and of his attempt to
reach Guatemala city by circuitous
route
While stopping at a small hamlet
he was stricken with yellow fever.
from which he died within few days.
Only I cents was found among his eff
fectS