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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-19
MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 70, 1906.
WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH
Kansas City Corset Maker Incinerat-
ed-Five Others overcome-All
Were Caught in Trap
y Associated Fress.

By Associated Eress
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 49,
Miss Agnes Inman, corset maker,
who came here three months ago from
st. Louis was burned to death and five
other women were overcome by smoke
in fire in the annex of the Altman
building, at Eighteenth and Walnut
streets, in this city tonight. Most Of
the tenants of the building are profess
sional women, and many of them sleep
in their offices. Miss Inman was asleep
on the fourth floor and she was dead
when the firemen found her. The other
FIVE women were taken down on lad
ders by the firemen from the fifth
floor They were all revived.
The part of the building in which the
fire occurred is without stairways, and
was shut off from the main structure
by an iron door.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-19
Knights of Columbus Celebrate
BY Associated Press.

by ASSOCldteu EIeSSs
VALLEJO, Cal, March 1S,-SiX hun
dred knights of Columbus from San
Francisco, Oakland. Sacramento and
Napa visited Vallejo council today.
Lunch was served to 500 guests at the
pavilion by the ladies of the Catholic
church. Afterward the second and
third degrees were conferred on 100
candidates by the state degree team.
Mass was celebrated at st. Yincent's
at 10;a0 a. II
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-19
Sings Are UnhopefuI
BY Associated Press.

PARIS. March 1S.-There was spe-
cial meeting of the cabinet ministers
TODAY in connection with the Algeciras
conference, at which the situation was
fully gone over, Foreign Minister Bour-
geois explaining the standpoints of
France and Germany. Although no
statement has been given out relative
TO Frances future line of action, an
announcement of M. Bourgeois that The
ministry will not participate in the de-
bate on the foreign affairs budget
Tuesday is regarded as a somewhat
pnhopeful sign.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-19
WOMAN KILLS INSULTER
Kansas City Hostess Made Butt of
Remark by Guest, Who Is Shot
by Fair Entertainer

BY Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. March 1S-Mrs.
Ida Donielson, while entertaining a
party of friends at dinner today, be-
came cnraged at a remark Of II. c.
Harris. a painter, one of the guests,
and shot and killed him. Harris had
made remark about Mrs. Donielson
to which c. r. higgins. the woman's
Hephew, took exception. The men quar-
relied. higgins and his wife finally
went for policeman, and while they
were gone Mrs. Donielson killed Harris.
At first Mrs. Donielson said she shot
Harris iu self-defense. and later she
told the police that the shooting was
accidental. There were no witnesses
to the tragedy.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-19
Riley Falls to His Death
Bv Assoclated Press

SANTA CRUZ, March 1S.-Henry
Riley, a Civil War veteran who has
been living in Santa Cruz since last
October fell to his death down the
back stairs at his rooming house at II
Lincoln street last night. Riley had Il
wife and children in San Francisco
and a daughter in San Jose Tho day
before his death he received word that
a pension had been allowed him.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-19
IRELAND'S BRIGHT OUTLOOK
John Redmond Makes Most Hopeful
Speech-BeIeVes That Island Will
Receive Due Consideration
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LONDON, March 1S.-John Redmond,
discussing the Irish situation at Man
chester today made the most hopeful
speech yet heard from an Irish leader:
He said he believed that Ireland had
turned the corner that the record of
the last elections would never be re-
versed, and that the English of the fu-
ture would give TO Ireland all that
she could reasonably expect or de-
mand.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-19
Snowfall at Portland
BY Associated Press.

PORTLAND, Ore, March 1S.-Snow
fell here today to the depth of four
inches. but disappeared tonight as
quickly as it came. under the influence
of mild wind. Snow in Portland in
March is unusual and the present fall
is the greatest ever recorded for that
month.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-19
Thought Spirits Called Her
az Associated Press

Il VICTORIA, B. c.. March 1S.-The
body of Maude Newberry, who disap-
peared a month ago, was recovered to-
day from a lake at Beacon Hill, The
missing girl had hallucinations that
spirits. called her.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-19
SOUTHWEST SHOWED UNDER
Heavy Storm Prevails Around Kansas
City-Street Car Traffic Stopped.
Many Families Suffering

By Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 1S.-An
unusually heavy snow storm prevails
in the southwest tonight. The storm,
accompanied by stiff north wind. be-
gan early today and up to late hour
tonight continued unabated.
Street car traffic in Kansas City and
other Kansas and Missouri towns was
totally stopped or badly interferreG
with. Railway trains in every direc'
ton were delayed. Although the
weather was not especially cold, much
suffering resulted.
Following an unusually open winter
hundreds of families provided them
selves with but meagre supplies of
fuel, expecting a light demand dur
ing the remainder of the winter.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-19
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

Southern California-Fair Mon
day; light west wind.
Maximum temperature in Los
Angeles yesterday 81 degrees;
minimum, 40 degrees
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
IEcLEss MAN IN A MlXUP

Stefan PuszdrakieWicz of chicago got
i'm front of a train and it cut off ms
two legs. He was awarded a Verdlct
for 10000. He got mixed up with the
grand jury on an assault charge, ana
when it indicted him he chopped Two
letters out of his name. He may go
free. ,-
The whole question seems to hinge
OH the simple fact as to whether the
Puszdra kiewicz who appeared, the
Prisdrakiewicz who is indicted, the
Pustrakowitz who nearly hacked the
life out of his neighbor with an axe
and the Putrakewcz whose wife so
carefully spelled his name to the pohce'
are one and the same man. Their gen
eral specifications tally in that the en-
tire outfit was legless, but rather than
make mistake about it Judge haVa-
nagh put it to jury.
The attorney for Puszdrakiewlcz en-
tered a plea in abatement, declaring ne
was not the man named in the ndlct-
ment Dragging of the family name in
to court was due to indiscreet remarks
bv Charles Heintz to PusztrakieWlcz
pere about the disappearance of his
wood pile and a tendency to connect
Puszirakiewicz fills with the case. Inc
elder Puszdrakiewicz resented the inn
putation with an axe and the cuts
which were afterward found on Heintz
proved that lack of legs is not neces-
sarily a handicap.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
A QUEENS VIEWS OF LIFE

Writing in the National Review Car
men sylvia says:
one is never really weary of life;
one is only tired of ones self.
The longer one lives the more one
breads lest heaven itself should prove
in the end to be but the last and worst
of our deceptions.
A ma!den's heart is like a green corn
field that lies hidden away under the
snow.
Forgiveness is almost indifference;
love never forgives.
The jealousy of lover is a homage;
that of husband is an insult.
When hope abandons us, it sets
forth to dig our grave.
JOY is life seen through a sunbeam
1t is always easier for others to dis
cover reasons for contentment with our
lot which we had not found out fol-
ourselves.
Happiness is like the echo; it an
swers, but never draws nigh.
Great thinkers and lofty mountains
raise those who contemplate them ir
their own esteem.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
ALL RECOGNIZED HER


The four old captains of Salt Marsh
after carefully studying the attractions
offered by the mind-reader who was 10
hold forth in the town hall, decided to
attend the entertainment.
I'VE can go right from the postofhce
when mails in," said Captain Gregg,
the most adventurous of the four, "and
there doesn't seem to be any need to
consult our women folks, so far as L
know. Most likely we shant stay
more'n a few minutes"
They were all agreed as to the ad-
visibility of this plan, and the next
evening saw them seated in the last
row, with interest written on their
faces.
After a few preliminary exhibitions,
which caused the scattered audience to
gasp and wriggle, the mind reader SAID,
in a solemn tone:
There is one person in this audi
ence who has been thinking ever since
he came in here of a person who is per-
haps the strongest influence in his life,
a. small, determined-loolSin woman,
with eyes that snap and
At this point the four old captains
rose as if moved by a single spring and
filed from the hall. When they had
reached the safety of the steps, Captain
Gregg turned to the others and spoke
in a hoarse whisper
(Which one of us do you suppose ne
meant ?"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
FIESTA WILL BE HELD

It is reported that the head of the
Shriners has postponed indefinitely
the coming council of that order,
called for Los Angeles May 7-12.
This may or may not be true; if so,
then the head of the Shriners acted
hastily toward this city, which has
already expended $5OOOO for the
Shriners' entertainme t.
However, the Shriners convocation
will make no difference in Los Angeles
Fiesta plans, except that it may de-
prive thousands of fez wearers from
seeing and participating in most glo-
rious time. The Fiesta was held in Los
Angeles for years before the Shriners
ever thought of coming here; it will be
held here for years to come, and,
Shriners or no Shriners, it will be held
here this year.
Los Angeles is spending in food,
clothes and money upward of half
million dollars for the San Francisco
sufferers. 1t will continue its good
work as long as there is need.
But the Fiesta will he held Just as
planned. Los Angeles owes this to
itself, Southern California, the state
and the nation at large. Nothing
greater to restore confidence, calm and
quiet foolish fears and put affairs
back to the normal could be devised.
And if the Shriners don't want to come
because some chap back east gets cold
feet and says mo-" it will be their loss.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
Owl. CARS For WORKERS

Los Angeles needs owl car service.
The great demands on this city, as the
nearest to suffering San Francisco, re-
quire that work should go on. unceas-
ingly, to relieve the afflicted there. Re
lays of men ard women must labor
night and day to accomplish the tasks
which a great calamity has imposed
upon us. How can these men and wo-
men do this work without the means
of transportation between midnight and
dawn?
Every hour is precious in saving hu-
man1ives. How many, can we tell, may
die for the lack of provisions and shell
ter which might be theirs in time, did
Los Angeles have all night car service,
so that the relays of workers might
labor on through the twenty-four
hours.
Mr.. Huntington can provide this serv-
ice by one word, He alone can do it.
Los Angeles will become a city of
refuge for thousands of those who have
lost their all in the stricken city Many
have come already; more, thousands
more, will be here within a week. Spe-
cial trains will fetch them; trains run
ming on irregular schedules, arriving
at uncertain hours.
! Those who come before midnight will
have cars in which to ride to places OF
shelter. How about those who reach
here between midnight and dawn? Who
will pay their cab or auto fare, tc
! friends?
MI. Huntington can do work OF
charity for these sufferers incomparabiy
greater than his $4,000 will cover, by
a mere order.
Charlty-real charity-does begin at
home in this instance. 1t lies within
the power of one man to alleviate i'm
measurably the afflictions of thousands
or to increase them in a most exasper-
ating and senseless way
How would you Mr.. Huntington, like
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
HISTORY In A. D. 1905

"Who was this man called Teddy, pa,
That men do call him great?
Did he invent motor car
Or run a syndicateT
Nay, nay, my child he was wight
Who had wondrous way
OF mixing in with every fight
That came up in his day.
"rThere never was a piece of pie,
Back in the age of Tin,
pom which he did not fix his eye
And have a finger in.
When Russia fought the Japanese
For freedom a la Russo,
He laid them both across his knees
And spanked them like the deuce.
"The great canal of Panama
He dug with his steel pen;
And in great Cuba's holy war
Was hero of Say When"
He wrote the strict parental law,
By which all men who fail
TO have of children three or four
Must spend ten years in jail.
"Rut of his wondrous deeds the best
'Tis taught as in our schools
He was the Man who dared suggest
| A change in football rules,
So that to him we owe the fact-
All hail his glorious namet-
What once was but a brutal act
Is now a parlor game"
aBelieVed to be a corrupt form or 81
Juan.-Ed. - a
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
A JUDICIAL PRIVILEGE

In a southern court one day. says a
welI-known attorney, one of the coun-
sci paused in his argument, remarklng
to the judge:
II observe that your honor shakes ms
head at that statement. | desire to re-
affirm it, although your honor dissents.' y
II am not aware" coldly responded
the Judge, that have intimated how |
shall construe the evidence, nor what
my decision will be in the premises.
Your remark is, therefore, entirely un-
called for"
Your honor shook his head"
TRUE" said the judge. There was a
fly on my ear. And I'll have you Know
sir. that I reserve the right TO remove d
flv in whatever manner pleases me.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
NURSE FROM THE zuYDER zEE

AS picturesque as any receN add1-
ton to the moving throngs in the parks
where Washington babies take their
airings is the Dutch nurse imported to
take charge of the young daughter of
Minister Won Swinderen of the Neither
lands. This diplomat married an
American Miss Elizabeth Glover, and
the baby was born in the Washington
legation about two months ago She
bears her mothers name with three or
four others to honor ancestors OF her
father. M. Won Swinderen, following
usage, has the daughter of his old
nurse to attend to the wants of his
little one. She is buxom girl from
the Zuyder Zee, and wears the pic
turesuue headdress of her country. The
baby is wheeled in an American per-
ambulator, but otherwise there is a
| touch Of Holland about her get-up--
| New York Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
THIS CITY FACES NEW DUTIES

1t is necessary for Los Angeles boldly
to face a few results of the great calam-
ity which has befallen San Fran
cisco, and to arise to the occasion; to
realize the position into which it has
been thrust, and to conduct itself ac-
cordingly.
In the first place, Los Angeles must
inevitably expect great influx of peo-
pie within a very short while-not
refugees, but business men and others;
not only the natural rush to come here,
which figured 10000 odd last year, but
many more who were perhaps headed
for the bay regions, but must now turn
hitherward. Los Angeles must house
all these people, and it must hustle as
1t never did before to do so. There is
now small room here for the expected
normal inrush, as almost no vacant
houses exist; such must be erected,
and with as little delay as possible. So
must hotels, lodging houses, flats and
apartments.
Inevitably, hundreds of San Fran
anew must come here to begin. That
city has few facilities for shipping, now;
what the flames did not wipe out, relief
work has monopolzed, and will for
months to come. Los Angeles must be
prepared for this inrush, also; it must
furnish warehouses and switch tracks
and shipping facilities; it must become
the great wholesale mart for the entire
southwest and the coast. Men must
huild-build rapidly-to care for this
work.
The ocean commerce of the Orient
has been going in and out through the
Golden Gate. But that gate is closed
and will be for a long time. This, with
the mail must be cared for elsewhere.
Most of it will inevitably come here
Los Angeles and it's ports, San Pedro,
Redondo and Port Los Angeles, must
be made ready for t-quickly and in
proper measure.
These things Los Angeles must look
to- It has become, almost in a day, the
the great wholesale mart for the entire
pot, of a nation. With no Volition or
its own it is made the states metropolis
practically in an instant 1t faces a
crisis in its own career, almost as does
San Francisco, differing only in kind.
And Los Angeles will be equal to it.
Already it shows that. Never was
building so active here-and the days
since the San Francisco disaster have
been among the busiest in her history.
The wholesale trade is already unusu-
ally active and merchants are wiring
frantically to replenish their depleted
stocks. Houses to rent are almost an
unknown quantity, and the caravan
saries of every sort are packed. Los
Angeles did not court this condition; it
regrets immeasurably the fate that
brought it upon us. But it meets its
duty face to face; and in the last an
alysis Los Angeles will be there in
every phase that conditions demand.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
PUCK ERiNGS

The climate of the Philippines is a
bad one to save our kind of bacon in,
but the climate of Panama is apparent
ly worse.
The principal difference between
Philadelphia and Pompeii is that Pom
peii has been dug UP.
None are so thoroughly up in the
way of the world as those who have
been done up.
The leaden heel of justice holds the
old girl back some, but it enables her
to kick hard when she does catch up.
Strictly speaking, thieves don't fall
out, anymore, that is, large thieves,
But now and then one of them is
frozen out, in the course of business,
and honest men, even though they
don't get their dues, can at least read
all about it in the magazines.-Puck,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
CONCERNING TALL BUILDINGS

The question of safety in the con-
struction of large buildings is projected
sharply by the calamity at San Fran
cisco. In Los Angeles the question
has been under discussion for months
Not only the matter of height, but the
strength and comparative destructi-
bility by fire, of various materials
have been considered. The city council
the building department, the fire insur-
ance underwriters and leading con-
tractors have expressed their views
freely on the subject.
1t is now appropriate to consider
what light has been cast upon this inn
portant subject by San Francisco's ap
palling experience. In the first place,
does that experience lead to the con-
tionally liable to damage or destruction
from seismic causes? On the negative
side of that proposition we have this
statement in one of the early dis
patches from San Francisco: "Todays
experience has been a testimonial to
the modern steel building. A score of
these structures were in course of erec-
tion and not one of them suffered. The
completed modern buildings also were
immune from harm by earthquake.
The buildings which collapsed were
f1imsy wooden or old-fashioned brick
structures"
1t. remains to be seen how far that
statement will be verified when all the
facts are obtainable. Assuming that it
is only generally accurate-that some
exceptions may appear ultimately-ft
is evident that the so-called modern
steel building is a close approach to
being earthquake proof. What is here
called a steel building stands for either
a steel frame filled with brick or stone
or else concrete reinforced with steel.
There are conspicuous examples of
both kinds in Los Angeles.
In regard to the liability of confia-
grafton, there surely is greater danger
in a tall building than in low one,
assuming that the two are equally de-
structible by fire No fire extinguish-
ing apparatus can be very effectlVe at
the top of a modern skyscraper. On
the other hand, however, the modern
steel and concrete, or the steel and
brick building is as nearly fireproof
as is allowable in the purposes for
which the structure is erected.
The conclusion seems to be reached,
therefore, that strength and fireproof
qualities in a building are of greater
Importance than the question of height.
The San Francisco experience confirms
that conclusion. Bringing the PROPOSE
tion home to Los Angeles, the lesson
seems to teach that our tall modern
buildings are much safer from both
fires and earthquakes than the lower
buildings which are not down to date
in methods of construction.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23

to flee from a burning, qualSing he'll
with scarcely clothing enough to cover
your nakedness, reach city smilingly
serene, beautiful and abounding with
charity and welcome, only to be told
on arrival after midnight that the
''last car" had gone, and you could pay
cab fare or-walk?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Half the fun of lying is betting with
yourself whether the other fellow be-
lieves you.
A man wouldn't be nearly so bald If
he didn't worry so much about the
jokes on the front row.
A widow never tells a man what good
habits her first husband had until after
she marries him.
The only reason mosquitoes don't
come in winter is because people don't
wear openwork stockings out on the
piazza then.
It makes a man terribly ashamed to
have to walk with his wife in gay hat
that he always tries to flirt with If 1t
is on some other woman's head.-New
York Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23

Astor place was reached the guards
announced that Worth street would be
the next stop, thus signifying that
several stations were to be skipped.
But when Worth street was reached
fully two score people desired to mob
the guards because the train had run
past their stations. And had 1t not
been for the presence of two police
officers on the train the probabilities
are that the mobbng would have en-
sued. After the disgruntled ones
alighted from the train they held an
Indignation meeting. They named a
man with big whiskers and slouched
hat as chairman and then each handed
in his or her name and address. A
meeting is to be called soon, and it is
not unlikely that an effort will be made
to collect damages from the company.
Still the guards announced plainly that
the train would not stop until Worth
street was reached. But New Workers
seem to hate all rapid transit regu-
lations.
Suicides Are Sentimental
Queer, isn't it," said an experienced
New York policeman, ION the body
of almost every suicide, whether man
or woman, is found a bit of sentimental
poetry. II s d matter OIL temperament
I guess. Those who are poetical are
more easily discouraged than Others y
PuzzIing to LandIubber
All the big ocean liners go out into
the channel of the North river stern
foremost. Just why this should be the
case is not plain to the landsman. AS
a vessel lies with the bow to the shore
her propellers are exposed, and her
rudder too, to every barge. scow
lighter, steamboat, tug or yacht that
happens to sail past. For protection
booms are used similar to those tenders
placed about battleships to ward off
torpedoes. Big signs are painted
Keep off, and Look out for the
screws" Now, if the vessel were
backed into the dock, leaving her nose
exposed, she would be far safer and
she could get started on her voyage
with greater expedition. But let that
pass. The sailing of big liner is one
Of the most interesting sights New
York has to offer the stranger, and
none should miss it.
THE GOTHAMITE.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23

San Francisco will be Immediately
rebuilt is the news that came last night
from the stricken city. Nobody
doubted 1t. San B'ranciseans are Cali
fornians and their courage and enter
prise never fail. The great metropolis
will rise again from the Golden Gate to
give greetings from the Pacific coast to
the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23

The vileness of Hearst's personal
praise organ was never SO smellfully in
evidence as it was last week. That is
the original muck rake, and it's living
UP to its reputation and then some.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23

Bliss, the shoe man, who cleaned out
all the baby supplies in Los Angeles
and sent them north yesterday, will
hereafter be the personification of the
stork to more than one afflicted family
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23

The horse show closed in the tra-
ditional blaze of glory Saturday. Now
let us hope the proceeds for the San
Francisco sufferers will be as large
as the show was splendid.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23

The insurance companies have shown
a commendable spirit in regard to San
Francisco's losses. This is no time to
bubble over millions, when the losses
run into hundreds of them.