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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-09
FOlk aMEnLFF.

I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination for Sheriff of Montgomery County. subject to the action of the Demo cratic Pary. s. S BELSER
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-09
FOR SHERIFF.

lam a candidate for the Democratic nom nation for Sheriff of Montgomery County. and ask tlo support of the Democratic vot- at tho coming primary.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
WOMAN AERONAUT
ENDS HER LIFE.
SPECIAL DISPATCH 10 THE CALL.


FORT WORTH, Texas. Aug 9.-In the
suicide of Mrs. A. F. Crenshaw in this
city Tuesday there passed away one Of
the most daring women in the world
and the last chapter in a remarkable
and spectacular play is closed forever.
Mrs. Crenshaw killed herself by swal-
lowing five grains of strychnine. She
came here a few months ago with her
husband from California, where she was
known as Nellie Devaughan. published
abroad as the most beautiful woman in
the country and the first woman in the
world to sail modern airship. which
she did at Los Angeles September Is.
1908. ascending to the height of 1000
feet in the Bullet. She was in the air
35 minutes. travelled 1s miles and came
very near losing ner life by the break
ing of the airship's rudder Later she
made a second ascension in Los An
geles, accompanied by her husband.
Adolph Crenshaw.
Since coming here Mrs. Crenshaw led
very quiet life. but at times seemed
exceedingly nervous. Frequently she
was in condition that the lightest noise
produced nervous rigor. Often she
spoke of death as a welcome release
from all care and sorrow. and more
than once threatened to end her life.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
OUTLAW CAPTURED
AFTER A BAT TIE.

MIDDLESBORO, KY, Aug. s.-Franh
Ball, who recently escaped from jail at
Richmond. Ky, was captured late this
afternoon by Sheriff Rice johnson and
posse after battle which ragged for one
hour. Ball some time ago killed Jack
Bolen, a Midd1esboro barber. He fled
into the mountains, but was finally
landed in jail at Richmond. KY, through
the work of the Middlesboro military
company. Not long ago he broke jail
and has since been hiding in the noun
tains.
On Wednesday night Ball was located
in a log cabin near Rose Hill, Va. and
Sheriff Johnson and sixteen deputies
started out to capture him. Reinforce
ments were sent for, as it was learned
that Balls friends and relatives had
gone to his aid. Nearly thirty members
of the AIiddlesboro military company
volunteered as deputies and left by
special train.
On Thursday morning. after a truce,
Sherif Johnson went to the cabin and
demanded Balls surrender Ball re-
fused to capitulate. Late this after
noon fire was opened on the cabin by
the Sheriffs forces. After John Lee,
one of Balls men. had been killed. Ball
and his associates surrendered All will
he taken to the Kentucky penitentiary
at Frankfort tonight
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
CHASTITY MYSTERY
Of TEMESCAL.

SANTA MONICA. Aug. 9.-All efforts
to throw light upon the identity of the
fashionably dressed young woman
whose body was found in a lonely spot
in Temescal canyon. two miles from
this resort, yesterday have so far been
without result. The body is so badly
decomposed that no Identification from
the features or form is possible.
That 1t is a case of murder is prac-
tically beyond question. The bullet
hole in the left temple is still plainly
discernible, and on the right side of the
head, we'll forward. is a great ragged
hole where the missile tore its way
out
1t is the belief of the authorities that
the woman was shot and killed some
where along the beach and her body
taken to the mouth of the canyon In
an automobile or other vehicle, and
then carried into the dense under
growth to the spot where it was found.
Two front teeth. one upper and the
other lower. are missing from the jaws
of the dead woman.
Detectives are securing the vicinity
where the murder was committed, and
there may be developments within the
next twenty-four hours.
Detectives incline to the theory that
robbery was not the motive, but that
all vaiuables were removed from the
body for the purpose of giving the ap-
pearance of robbery and to prevent
identification. The two missing front
teeth had evidently been knocked out
at the time of the killing, probably to
make Identification the more difficult.
The Coroner's jury returned a ver-
dict that the young woman was mur-
dered by persons unknown.
Coroner Trout gave 1t as his ~unquali-
fed opinion that the woman was mur-
dered.
Sheriff White has no record of any
missing woman whose. description. fits
that of the body found in Temescal
canyon. He holds to the theory of mur-
der.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
Victim of Thugs Passes
Away Before the Police
Are Notified Of Crime
FAILS
TO FIND A CLEW
Negligence Of the Hospital
Attaches Makes the
Task an Arduous One

N R RS. MARIE PRAUNG is dead
tS III at the City and County Hos
pital of injuries inflicted upon
her by unknown brutes on the
night of July 20. For ten days she
lay in the hospital lighting for life
against her terrible injuries. In the
meanwhile apathetic officials at the
hospital looked upon her case as mat
ter of course. and it was only after she
had breathed her last that the police
were informed of the crime. No one
took sufficient interest in her case to
secure a description of her assailants,
with the result that in all probability
they will never be apprehended.
Chief Dinan. when apprised of the
facts yesterday, detailed Detective Gra-
ham to make an investigation. When
Graham arrived at the City and County
Hospital the attendants told him the
woman had been there since July 29,
but they failed to give satisfactory
reason why they had neglected to give
the facts to the police sooner
at the hospital. Mrs. Praung applied
for admission on the night OF July 29.
She said she had been set upon by three
thugs on Shotwell street. between Six
teenth and Seventeenthb and beaten till
she fell unconscious to the sidewalk
When she recovered her senses she
made her way to the hospital and was
admitted.
An examination by the surgeons dis
closed that the woman had suffered
terrible injuries. Four OF her ribs wero
broken and she was badly hurt. In
ternally, which with the shock to the
nervous system resulted in her death.
Detective Graham worked on the case
all day yesterday, but as the woman Is
dead and there are no witnesses he Is
without clew.
It was said last night that the un-
fortunate woman leaves six small chill
tiren in destitute circumstances In e
hovel on Seventeenth street, near Noe.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
LOST BANKER GOES
RhVING MAD.
sPEcIAL DISPATCH 40 TEE cALL.

PHOENIX, A. T., Aug. s.-E B. Pat
terson. assistant cashier of the ella
Valley Bank and Trust Company at
Clifton, has been found in the wilds of
the White Mountains of northern Gra-
ham County. raving maniac. He is
now in a hospital at Clifton and may
recover. Until he does little informa-
tion can be obtained of how he became
lost.
Patterson started from the camp
where he had been spending a short
outing for days ahead of his compan-
ions that he might reach Clifton and
attend to an important business en-
gagement. He did not reach his desti-
nation and a search party was formed
TO look for him. This was five days
ago.
When found he was raving mad.
Nothing was left of his clothing but his
shirt. His condition showed he had
been many hours without food or water.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
SEAL PATROL WILL
De RE|NFO FORCED.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9.-President
Roosevelt directed today that the num-
Der of revenue cutters in Alaskan wa
ters be increased, so as to give ample
protection to the seals. and the Treas
ury Department Immediately ordered
rookeries. The McCulloch is now in
Bering Sea, and has been directed to
proceed to the Pribyloff Islands for pa
troll duty The patrol will be main
tanned as long as the weather will
permit.
Acting Attorney General Roberts re-
ceived today long cablegram from
the United States District Attorney at
Fairbanks, Alaska. which is in the ma
ture of a preliminary report on the
killing of the Japanese poachers. 1t
deals particularly with the legal as
poets of the case.
Roberts also took under considera-
ton the cablegram from Solicitor
Sims. who considered that the poachers
might be treated as pirates cap
tured on the open seas and their yes
sells confiscated.
1t was announced at the Department
of Justice that the case was one re-
quiring unusual care on account of its
international aspect.
At the State Department it was re-
iterated thatrno international compli-
cation would grow out of the killing
of the poachers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
Georgia Against Bucket shops.

ATLANTA. Aug. s.-The so-calIed
Boykin anti-bucket shop bill. adopted
by the House of representatives sew
eral days ago passed the Senate today
by the decisive vote of SO to and
needs only the Governors signature TO
become a law. This bill makes no dis
tinction between bucket shops and ex-
changes, but provides for the closing
of all places in Georgia where options
on futures" are bought and sold
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
WOMEN THE STAKE
Of GAMBLERS.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

BERLIN, Aug, y.-Ihe gambling case
in the garrison town Of Dienze, Lor-
raine. will come up before a court
martial on August IL This is the case
in which number of Bavarian officers.
including the son OF the Duke Carl
Theodore of Bavaria. are involved.
Fresh facts have come to light 1t is
k-own that balls were given by the
club at which the guests were practi-
cally unclothed. and at which in cases
Of last resort the mistreses of the gam
blers were the stakes
There is great excitement over the
case in military, art and theatrical cir
cles in Southern Germany.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
AutomobiIe Tax obnoxiou..

BERLIN. Aug. 9.--The Confection-
aire. the most important dry goods
newspaper here, complains Inat the
new automobile tax seriously affects
warehouses and hotels near the Ger
man French frontier, as f6reigners. in
order to express their dissatisfaction
at the tax and to avoid its payment.
will not bring the automobiles into
Germany. The tax amounts to S375
for sojourn up to five days and $40
for Q thirty-day stay in Germany.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
Prominent San Diegan Dies.

SAN DIEGO, aug. 9.-John Alexander
Sheriff, resident of this city for ,.rty
years and factor in the local realty
market in years past, died last evening
at Coronado in his seventy ghth year.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
BARS NEWSPAPER ARTISTS
FROM THE DIVORCE COURT
President Of English Tribunal Says 1t
Ii Against Public Interest to
ExpIoff Marital Disputes.

LONDON, Aug. e.-The president of
the divorce court today announced that
the court had decided that hereafter
newspaper artists shall not be allowed
to make sketches in court. since the
practice was embarrassing and preju-
diced witnesses and because it was not
in the public interest to draw attention
pictorially to divorce cases.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
GATLING GUNS READY
TO BE USED ON MOB
Attempt to Free Negro Lynchers From
Jail Feared I'm North
Carolina.

SALISBURY, n. C, Aug. s.-While
there are no visible signs Of trouble,
there are persistent rumors Of the or
ganization of a strong party to liber-
ate from the Salisbury jail before
morning the iynchers Of the three
negro nlurderers of the Lyerly family
The military still guards the jail and
Courthouse and gatling guns viii be
fred on mob should il attempt to
enter the jail premises
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
Henry Herring Arrested in
Chicago in Connection
With a Million Shortage
BLAMES PRESIDENT
OF INSTITUTION
Explains Method by Which
BigSumsWe Withdrawn
Upon Fictitious Security

~ HICAGo, Aug. s-Henry H. Her
A ring, cashier of the Milwaukee,
avenue State Bank which closed
its doors three days ago. was ar
rested today and will be refused his re-
lease on bail until his connection with
.he disappearance of nearly $1,000. 900
Of the banks funds is cleared up Paul
0 Stensland. president of the defunct
institution. is still a fugitive, and al
though nearly 100 detectives are
searching for him his whereabouts is
as much mystery as ever.
Herring was arrested this afternoon.
two hours after the time he had pre-
vjously announced he would give hira-
self up. He was taken at once to the
office of Chief Of Police Collins and
as to his knowledge of President stems
lands mismanagemeEt of the institu-
ton. Herring declared he did not know
where President Stensland was and said
that he had had no communication with
him for over a week.
The cashier strenuously denied the
charge that he himself was partly re-
sponsible for the failure OF the bank.
Herring maintained that IL he was
guilty of breaking the banking laws of
Illinois, President Stensland was re-
sponsihle. Herring declared that he
never benefited single dollar by Presi-
dent Stensland's peculiar system of
banking
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
Pope Is Not IadIxposed.

ROME, Aug. s.-There is no truth in
the report that the Pope is indisposed.
F<e is enjoying his usual health.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
MONEY FOR DEPosIToRs.

Bank Examiner Jones and Assistant
United States Attorney Gleason were
present during the examination of Her.
ring. Neither they nor the police off,
cials were satisfied with the explana-
tion given by Herring of his connec-
tion with the collapse of the bank and
it was accordingly decided to refuse
bail to the cashier until the matter
could be further investigated.
Receiver Fetzer reported to the
Superior Court today that a dividend
of at least 25 per cent would probably
be declared to depositors in the bank
within the next two weeks. This, it is
said. will be followed by a second
dividend. although the receiver tonight
much of their savings the $4,000 de-
positors would recover from the de-
funct institution.
At a meeting Of the board of direc-
tors of the bank this afternoon, a reso-
luton was adopted appointing a com
nlittee to devise ways and means for
apprehending President Stensland and
Strengthening out the affairs of the
bank. The directors declare that there
will be found a sufficient revenue from
the assets to pay all the depositors in
full.
The Chicago Title and Trust Com
pany at II o'clock tonight was ap-
pointed receiver Of the principal estate
of President Stensland. The estate is
valued at 100000.
1t has been learned that President
Stensland loaned the Paul o. Stensland
Real Estate Company s1,S0o,oOo. Four
loans amounting to $4,000 were made to
clerks in the Milwaukee Avenue Co.
operative Store, one of President Stems
lands ventures.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
Figuring Out Profits TO Yard

Aubury figured yesterday on the
profits accruing to private persons.
and Yard especially, by the placer
locations, and the showing is about,
as follows: H. II. Yard and those
working with him have made 1877
locations The timber on this land,
supposing it to average $50 an acre.
is worth S5.3oo,ooo. Timber land runs
in value in Plumas County now from
$40 to $50 an acre.
Some of the Yard acquisitions are
worth $50 an acre for timber. Some
is worth less per acre Probably SEQ
would be an average The costs of
location have not exceeded SEC. 800
This leaves the land standing in a
profit Of S5,27s,soo for Yard and his
associates and similar amount for
the other persons, or a cleanup OF
more than $Io.ooo,ooo in a period of
Just about four years, dating back to
1902. To state the case "a little more
plainly the Aubury showing is that
the Government gets $4,000 and the
land grabbers $4,000, 900. and all this
beyond what untold sums possibly
NAV lie in the ground in gold and
silver.
Assessment Work Is Farcical
To have placers patented by the
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
sTENsLAND's METHODS.

In describing President Stenslands
operations he said:
Mr.. Stensland would come to my
desk and say to me: Mr.. Herring,
please make out a certain number of
notes (the number of which he would
give me) for these amounts he giving
me a memorandum of the amounts.
then made out the notes and handed
them to him or sent them to him in ths
regular routine Of business Later,
generally the same day, they were re-
turned to me duly signed by various
people or at least they had the alleged
signatures of various people
"Mr Stensland then ordered me to
place them to the credit of his personal
account and would then draw checks
on his personal account for the various
enterprises which dragged him to ruin"
Did he ever utilize the names of any
of the employees on these notes?" was
asked.
Il only know of one instance. Before
the last report to the State Auditor
there was an overdraft of $4,000 which
had to be taken care of In some man
ner. He got two employees of the CO.
operative store. which was the chief
milestone around his neck, to sign the
notes for this amount. and this paper
was used to cancel the overdraft"
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10

n TATE mineralogist Aubury fig
ures out that H. H. Yard has
~ made at least S5,oooooo for him
self and his associates, at the
present price of timber land, by his
wholesale making of placer mining
locations in Plumas and Butte coun-
ties Aubury also says that the land
is not capable of producing any
profit, for the greater part, if worked
as placer mines, but the timber on the
land is worth a great deal of money.
The placer locations by H. H Yard.
A. B. Walker, the Diamond Match
Company. Curtis. Collins. Holbrook
and others have made so much stir
that the Federal Government has
authorized the appointment of a COM
mission composed of geologists, for
estry experts, surveyors and a repre-
sentative of the Attorney Generals
Office at Washington to make an in
vestigation. This commission will
probably arrive in California about
September and will go to work in
Plumas and Butte counties at once
IF Aubury's figures are correct the
others besides Yard who have been
mentioned must have another $1,000
900 in timber by making placer loca-i
tions in the two California counties
mentioned. simultaneously they have
come into possession Of hundreds OF
thousands of acres of land that is
heavily timbered, and the millions OF
dollars in sight may increase if the
price of lumber continues to soar.
Land Is Better Than a Mint
In the meantime H. H. Yard makes
the plea that his placer locations
were all made in good faith. He
says that under the lava Gaping that
covers large parts of Plumas County
there are rich deposits of gold. con-
tanned in ancient river channels; also.
that he is ready and willing to prove,
the mineral nature of the land to the
Governments experts when they
come along.
If he succeeds in this he will dem
onstrate that he has made even more
money than Aubury thinks he has
by his placer locations, for he GER
tainly has on the land a great value
in timber, and if he has great value
in gold under the timber then he has
found California bonanza indeed.
AS he has more than half a million
acres of Plumas and Butte lands at
a nominal price per acre, as compared
with what he and Aubury say about
the value of the acquired territory. the
county of Plumas may have surprise
in store for it when it is considered
how many wears the lands have been
Government domain and no one in
Plumas took them up by any OF the
several devices that lawgivers have
contrived to make land grabbing easy
m the initiated
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10

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The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
THE WEATHER.

For San Francisco and vi
cinity: Fair Friday; fresh west
wind.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
President of Palo Alto S
Board Of Trustees VIC
lates His Solemn Pledge
DISPOSES OF HIS
WARES TO TOWN
Official Furthers Private In
terests at the Expense
of the Property-Owners
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

~ ALO ALTO. Aug. 9.-Not content
- with leading the forlorn hope of
the meter tax against the
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-10
Yard Says He Does
Not Expect Trouble
From Inquiry.
Government Commits
sion to Investigate
Placer Claims.

- TATE mineralogist Aubury fg-
- ures out that H. H. Yard has
y made at least S5,ooo,ooo for him
La Junta tribune., 1906-01-27
s.s,...,. o.,.s s.es v.,A.

The hydraulic and sanitary engin-
eers, Burns 4 Mcdonnell. Of Kan
sas City. who have furnished plan
for improving the La Junta water
works plant, are doing a great deal
of municipal work in several western
states. A recent issue Of the Kan
sas City Star contained the follow
ing:
THE wonderful development Of
the Southwest during the past few
years has attracted the attention Of
all parts of the country.
There is probably no surer index
of the advancement and development
of community than shown by the
extent Of its municipal improve
ments. consisting of the building OF
water works and sewers.
As soon as a city has grown large
enough to require these improve
ments and when cities which already
have these public utilities installed
and in operation and are figuring on
increasing the capacity along these
lines. it shows healthful condition
of trade
Oklahoma City has just decided
to improve and increase its water
supply. and the engineering and
supervision of this work. amounting
to S225 900. has been awarded to
Burns & Mcdonnell. hydraulic and
sanitary engineers. Of Kansas City.
I'm speaking of work of this char
acter in the Southwest. Mr.. Burns.
at his Office in the Dwight building.
said:
1T is extraordinary the amount
of municipal work being done
throughout the Southwest country.
and no doubt the coming year will
surpass any record Of improvements
in this direction
"Mr. Burns produced an interest
ing little map. during the course Of
his conversation. which was covered
with red circles. the circles indicat-
ing the towns throughout the South
west where his company has con-
structed sewers and built new water
works and extended and improved
old systems. The map showed that
this firm alone. had added improve
ments along these lines to cities IN
Iowa. NebraskA, Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma Ind Indian Territory.
amounting in all to eighty-cne
places.
Burns & Mcdonnell are admitted
to cover m extensive field in tl,efr
La Junta tribune., 1906-01-27
nrs. tssssss estssss'"s.

Mr.. and Mrs. I. d. F1esher enter
tanned last evening. at their home
on Cimarron avenue. in honor of
Mrs. o. Stubbs and Miss Stubbs of
Dodge City. The evening was most
pleasantly spent in conversation.
games. and music. A delightful
repast was served. Those present
were Mrs. w. L. Bertrand. Mrs. A.
Raxter. Mrs. o. Stubs. Dodge City;
Miss Theits. Fisher. the Misses Ham,
ilton. Miss Stubs. Dodge City:
Messrs. Raxter. Kilgore. Williams.
Sutro. F. p. Flesher, Turley, Cham
bers and E0an. Mr.. and Mrs.
F1esher were voted most delightful
entertainers.
La Junta tribune., 1906-01-27
We@se's clvb.

The Woman's Club met at the
home Of Mrs. Light Friday, January
18th.
After the usual current events
two papers were read. one By Mrs.
Jameyson on The Sisters" and one
by Mrs. Kendall on Edgar and
Edmund. Both were excellent and
very instructive papers.
Memory Gems" were given in
response to roll call.
La Junta tribune., 1906-01-27

particular line Of work. Conceding.
however. for the sake Of argument.
that the combined work Of all other
men in the same line would equal
eighty-one cities during the last
year. the record Of l62 municipali-
ties having made these improve
ments in twelve months. shows q
great growth in the Southwest.
La Junta tribune., 1906-01-27
s...,ssy Asss,.se. ss...s..


Daddy Henkel has about completed
arrangements to have . matinee every
Saturday afternoon from O'Clock
until 5 o'clock. for the school child
ren. who wish to continue their dane
ing after the close Of the dancing
sch0ol.
None are eligible to membership,
except children who are on the
school rolls - going to school. and
they must have the consent Of their
parents.
Thoae who will be admitted. who
are not school children, are tie
teachers and parents Of the children
who attend tie matinee, and they
only b. paying . vesy small admis-
Son fee.