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Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
SMOKE FROM VESUvIUS
DIMlNISHES MATERIALLY Y
Bv Associe led Press.

NAPLES, Nov. 1.-THE column of
smoke and ashes above Mt. Vesuvius
diminished materially today. Naples
Is entirely free of smoke.
The wind is blowing from the east.
Slight detonations were heard today,
but the people are reassured and in
professions carrying images of the
Madonna and the saints, they are re-
entering their villages.
In the churches the people are re-
turning thanks for their escape from
the dangers OF an eruption. Ashes
from Vesuvius are falling as far dis
tant as Avelino, eighty miles away.
Professor Matteucci director OF the
Royal observatory on MT; Vesuvius,
has been called to Naples by the pre-
feet. He confirms his statement made
Saturday that he does not think the
present disturbance to be the Begin
ming Of new eruption
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
Street Cars Claim
Trio of Manned
Victims
One Woman and Two
Men Sustain Serious
Wounds
Pacific Electric Crashes Into Buggy,
Killing Horse and Throwing oc-
cupants to Ground-Laborer
Falls from Car

A buggy and horse driven by Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Andrews, 227 Bloom
street, was struck by Pasadena car
about O'Clock last night near the
intersection of the Southern Pacific
and the Pacific Electric tracks in the
vicinity of Eastlake park The man
and the woman were thrown far by
the force of the impact and sustained
serious, although not fatal injuries.
They were taken to the Pacific Elec-
trio depot, where physicians found that
Mrs. Andrews had received fracture
of the left arm, cut on the left wrist,
decorations about the forehead and
slight bodily bruises. Mr.. Andrews
was suffering from a concussion of the
skull, broken nose, cut lip and minor
bruises and lacerations. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrews were taken to the Sis
ters' hospital after their injuries had
been treated at the Pacific Electric
emergency hospital.
Horse Killed
The horse was so mangled in the
collision that 1t was found necessary
to shoot 1t and the buggy was shat
tered to fragments.
l.. A. McCartar, mining man stop
ping at the Holenbeck hotel, was a
witness of the accident and says that
Andrews stopped his horse just be-
fore reaching the tracks of the inter-
urban. AS the car approached, he
says, the horse became frightened and
reared. Andrews then touched the
animal with the whip in. an effort te
bring It under Nontroi, when 1t flew di-
rectly in front of the car.
McCartar, who was driving with the
sister of Mrs. Andrews, asserts thai
he was only short distance behind
the buggy occupied by Andrews ant
his wife and could clearly see the col
lision.
Andrews is said to be a Southern
Pacific conductor.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
PICTURE MACHINE is
CAUSE OF BIG FIRE
nu Asancinlea Press.


EVANSVILLE. Ind, Nov. 1.-Two
persons were seriously injured and a
number of women and children bruised
and otherwise slightly. hurt in a panic
caused by an inciplent blaze from a
moving picture machine at the Frank
lin street theater here last night
A hot carbon used i'm the moving
picture machine dropped into a basket
of celluloid films. The flames sprang
up to the ceiling and the curtains
caught fire. Almost instantly the au-
dience became unmanageabIe and a
mad rush for the exits was made.
The men and the police by hard work
quieted the excited people, but prac-
tically every seat in the theater was
smashed during the rush for the doors.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
MEMBERS OF LIBERAL
PARTY CANNOT AGREE
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
HAVANA, Nov. ia serious split
has occurred in the ranks of the Liberal
party, due to the belief of the more
radical element largely composed of
negroes, that Alfredo Zayas is too
friendly with the Americans, even to
the extent of secretly favoring annexa-
tion of the islands by the United
States
The leader of the radical faction, Jose
Miguel Gomez, is now a candidate for
the presidency, and is believed to have
the support of many Liberals.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
MILLIONAIRE
KILLED BY
DEER
BY Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Nov. lit was de-
finitely established today at Montclair,
N. j., that a pet deer killed Herbert
Bradley, a wealthy -four exporter,
whose dead body was found last night
on the preserves at his home there. =
Deputy county physician Simmons of
Orange found that Mr.. Bradley's death
was due primarily to the deer's rip
ping open an artery in his hip.
The horns of the buck, the largest
one belonging to Mr.. Bradley, and his
especial pride, were found to be COW
cred with blood. The animal had also
attacked him with its hoofs.
Mr. Bradley returned yesterday from
a business trip to the West and was
told that a great deal of shooting by
hunters was going on In woods near his
estate. He started out to see If any
hunters had broken into his grounds
and it was while investigating that the
buck killed him.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
Loves Patient; Ends Life

BY AssOcIated Pftss,-
FRESNO, Nov. 11.-E. 9. Eddy, a
nurse at the county hospital was found
dead tonight at the morton lodging
house. He left several notes saying he
had ended his life because of infatua-
ton for a Mrs. Bryant, who was a
patient for short while at the hos
pital. Eddy had not been here long.
From one note that he left II would
appear that his true name Is Glassen.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
" Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BAKERSFIELD, Nov. 11.-Dr. t. w.
Mitchell took the temperature of Gen.
Shafter at 1926 p. M, and Immediately
after gave the following interview to
the Associated Press:
1.-THE patient is now in dangerous
condition. and from the nature of the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
MOBILE THREATENED
BY BIG CONFEDERATION
Rv Associated Press.

BY ASSoclaleu fress.
MOBILE, Ala, Nov. 11.-Fire that
broke out at midnight in the big saw
mill plant Of Hieronymus Brothers,
Madison and Water streets, had at 1880
caused loss of 100000. and was still
spreading.
The Hieronymus plant was destroyed
and fire brands carried by the high
wind set the mill of the Mobile Hard
wood company on the river front on
fire.
The yards of the latter company were
destroyed and the fire next threatened
the Mobile ways and Sullivan milling
plant. one OF the largest in this Sec
ton.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
BULLETIN
By Associated Press.

BAKERSFIELD, CAL, Nov.
11.-At HISS p. m. DR.. Nit
chell left the generals bedroom
and at that hour the patient
was resting easier.
He seemed to be comfortable
and DIR. Mitchell expressed the
opinion that the aged war vet
eral will have strength enough
to last out the night.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
COAST

Major General Shafter rapidly approach
ing end at home near Bakersfield
Overland train wrecked and three peo-
pie killed eighty-seven miles south Of
San Francisco.
-Four sure-thing gamblers accused OF
robbing miners while returning from
Nome arrested at Seattle.
International Union Of Bricklayers and
Masons assembled at Bakersfield de-
eide TO Investigate cause of Bixby hotel
catastrophe at Long Beach.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
Police Capture HoIdups
~ Ass0cllted Press.

BAKERSFIELD, Nov 1.-two dar-
ing hlghwaymen held up and robbed
Mike Alverez at the point of pistol
late last night, securing about $40, One
OF the hOldup men commanded Alverez
10 hold up his hands, while the other
rified his pockets. They We're captured
after a running fight with police Of
ficers, but several shots from the Of
fioers' revoIvers We're necessary before
the culprits were overpowered.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
badly injured.

Three badly injured.
2-President now on high seas.
3-Sunday sermons.
4-Editorial.
5-cIty news.
6-Sports.
7-clark to retire from politics.
s-Southern California news.
9-classifled advertisements.
1o-Railroad news.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
RobbsrIes Not Unexpected
BY Associated Press.

bV N93UNI'-VNW
PRETORIA, Nov. 11.-Captain Smith
who commanded a Boer detachment in
the late war, says that Ferreira and
his men are merely robbers and that
the stories of a Boer uprising are
purely moonshiners. Considering the
number of "never-do wells" who have
recently gone into the German ter
ritory. ~ Is surprising, The captain
says, that similar occurrences have not
been reported before
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
REPORTED ERUPTION
WITHOUT FOUNDATION
nv AssoeIated Press.

DENVER, Nov. 1.-THE Associated
Press correspondent at Trinidad, Colo,
went to Stonewall, N. M, today to
Investigate the report that Mount Guile
bra was IN state of eruption.
He wires that the report Is untrue,
that the smoke issuing apparently
FROM the summit of the peak really
comes from burning timber on the
New Mexico side Of the mountain.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

For Southern California;: Fair
Monday, not SO warm; light north
east winds, changing to westerly.
Maximum temperature In Los AM
gees yesterday, 80 degrees; mini
mum, 81 degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
LOCAL

Louis James manager rnds his long
lost daughter at Long Beach
Council will act on warrant to pay do
mand for voting machines.
Woman's effort to commit suicide sifc-
ccssful.
Fire causes $4,000 damage to furniture
house.
Former great physician reduced to pov
Street cars claim three victims.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
SHINGLE MANUFACTURERS
TO CLOSE ALL MILLS
Bv Associated Press.

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 11.-At a
mass meeting OF the shingle manufac-
turers held here tonight at the Lumber
mems club 1t was definitely decided to
close the shingle mills on the night OF
December is and continue the suspen-
sion until February 1S, sixty-three days.
The action Of the manufacturers
throws many men out Of employment.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
EAsrERN

Most gigantic combination of theaters
in the world now in process of formation
at Chicago.
Large number of deathss from new dis
ease causes panic at Maria. Texas.
Forger swallows ounce of chloral when
arrested at Springfield, Miss.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
8 GAS EXPLOSION CAUSES
, BIG FIRE AT TOPEKA
By Associate Press.

TOPEKA, Kas., Nov. 11.-A Capital
special from Ottawa, Kas., says that
fire, starting from a Aas explosion, has
already totally destroyed the John Nell
son building. the largest structure in
the city, and is now spreading to other
buildings In the main business section.
A high wind is tanning the flames and
the water pressure is low The fire at
A. m. was not yet under control
The loss ON the Nelson building and
contents alone will exceed 100000
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
Generals Badly WOUNDED
Iy Associated Press.

VALENCIA. Spain, Nov. 11.-Gens
Rotan and Castellanes We're severely
wounded today as a result OF the ex~
plosion of a land mine during expert
ments which We're being conducted by
the military engineers.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
Mammoth balloon q success

BY AsstcIhled Iltss
PARIS, Nov. 1.-THE immense dirig-
ible balloon La Vile de Paris, con-
structed by M. Deutsch, made it's first
flight successfully today. The balloon
was In the air for one hour and COW
cred a distance of twelve miles.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
100 SOLDIERS PERISH IN FLOOD.
Wives and Families Drown as Fort
McRae Is Destroyed.

New Orleans, La, Oct. 3.-The
hurricane has wiped away Fort Nc
Rae, situated on the Gulf near PEN
sacola, Fla, and tie loss OF life there
is reported as one hundred. Officers
and their families and the artillery
men perished, with the exception of
those who lashed themselves to the
battery.
The soldiers and women, strug-
Cling in the mountainous waves,
We're seen through glasses from Fort
Barracks, across the bay
The officers, men and their fam
lilies also suffered terribly at Fort
Pickens, on Santa Rosa Island, just
across from Barrancas. They desert
ed the post and were huddled on the
batteries. No assistance could be
sent to them as all the boats had
been wrecked.
The result of the hurricane in the
vicinity of New Orleans is fourteen
dead and that number missing. In
addition to this six lives were lost in
the wrecking of light houses.
Pensacola, Fla, Oct. 3.-Three
additional deaths have been report
ed, swelling the list to thirty-three.
The Mayor has issued a statement
that the estimate of S5,000,000 loss
is conservative.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
SPORTING NEWS.

Dennis Bennett, of Hamilton, Cam
ada, won the twenty-five mile Mara
thon race at Chicago in Oh. Aim.
33s., establishing a new record
Sir Thomas Upton and party were
guests of Mr.. r. A. C. Smith on his
steam yacht Privateer, and during
the afternoon went ashore at Larch-
mont and remained at the yacht club
house about two hours.
Lancia begins the last week of
training as the strongest favorite for
the Vanderbilt Cup race.
Protests against all but one car in
the Vanderbilt Cup elimination race
are to be made by the Pope-Toledo
managers.
Wentworth won the free for all
trot at the Cincinnati Grand Circuit
meeting
James C. Rice, of Canad, has been
selected to succeed Jasper Goodwin
as rowing coach at Columbia.
Lancia. of the Italian team, made
a fast trial on the Vanderbilt auto
mobile circuit
Carlisle and Syracuse opened the
football season by beating Villa Nova
and Hobart respectively, the new
rules, on the whole, working well.
+. M. Blagden, coxswain of the
Harvard crew, in an interview ex-
pressed the belief that the Ameri-
can Rowing Cup would not be sup
ported by either Harvard or Yale.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
PENSACOLA FLOODED,
FATALITIES FEARED.
Property Loss Is $3,O0O.OOO, Water
Front Strewn With Wreck.

Pensacola, Fla, Oct. 2.-The
worst sea storm and hurricane that
the Gulf coast has experienced since
the village of Pensacola, on San
Rosa Island, was swept away, 107
years ago, began Thursday night. It
is reported that many lives between
the city and navy yard have been
lost, but as many rumors of this
character have been current all day
the report does not obtain credence.
1t is known, however, that many
of the streets in that section are un-
der from five to ten feet of water and
many women have been taken
from second story windows and car
ried to safety in boats.
The estimated property damage is
three million dollars Every house
in Pensacola has suffered damage
and many roofs are blown off Tele-
phone and telegraph and electric
light wires are among the mass. The
water front is streWn with wreckage
for miles on either side of the city
and vessels are piled on the whaves,
or where the wharves once were, in
utter ruin. Big iron steamers and
many lighter sailing ships are lying
high and dry up in the city where
the tide has never before been known
to reach. Everywhere wharves for
miles around have been swept away
or are damaged beyond repair.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
BATTLE FOR DEAD MANS GOLD.
$4,000 Is Found in Trousers 500
"Relatives'' Claim the Cash.

Ansonia, Conn, Oct 3.-Harry
Lintsky, who died in a New Haven
hospital, had so many anxious
mourning friends and relatives at his
funeral here, that the police force of
the town was called out to keep or
der. Lintsky was a quiet man, with
few friends and fewer relatives.
When his body was brought to the
home of Mrs. Harry Cohen here, the
undertaken found $4,000 sewed up
in his trousers.
The news spread and friends and
relatives" appeared from all sides.
Mrs. Cohen demanded the custody of
the trousers. Four women got the
coffin and locked it in a room. The
undertaken broke a window, got into
the room, and held the trousers
against all comers. He refused to al
low any one to enter and asked who
would take charge of the funeral. A
score of men and women insisted on
the privilege, claiming at the same
time the custody of the valuable
trousers. The din became so loud
that five hundred persons congrega-
ted about the house. The confusion
became so great that the undertaken
called Chief of Police Ellis and turn
ed over the valuable and much want
ed trousers to him, and asked him to
settle the dispute. Ellis had his men
scatter the crowd, and ordered the
funeral to proceed.
Ellis found friends who said Lint
sky had a widow in Philadelphia.
They got a lawyer who, aftSr much
dickering, secured possession of the
trousers and wired the widow to
hurry to Ansonia. The funeral was
delayed three hours.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05

PRODUCTION of modern methods and APP
plances in the cultivation of tobacco,
sugar and other plantations hal
brought Cuba to stage of industrial
and agricultural prosperity never be-
fore known But when country is
overrun by contendng armies an1
crops are seized or burned. beasts OF
burden are carried off to satisfy the
hunger of the warriors in the woods
and labor in general is in a state of
suspense and anxiety, cultivation of
plantations becomes practically impos-
sible. Fall is the planting time for
the tobacco crop, and so little has yet
been planted that next years crop will
be very small. The success of the
sugar crop has also been threatened.
Under these conditions foreign invest
ors have become alarmed MS to their
losses through the insurrection, and
intending investors have been frightea-
ed away.
Senior Gonzales de Quesada, who was
made the recipient of the presidents
views concerning the Cuban situation.
was at the head of the Cuban iunta In
this country prior to American inter-
vention and the Spanish war. lie was
born in Havana in 1868, but was edu-
Gated in the public schools of New York
city, at the College of the City of New
York and Columbia university. His
paternal grandfather was wealthy
Cuban landholder who once refused
from Spain the title of MARQUIS de San
ia Cruz His family lost their wealth
through the troubles of the island, but
money came to him through his wife.
and much of her fortune was devoted
to aiding the revolutionists, who. with
American help, finally won freedom
from Spain.
At the outbreak of the lnsurrection
there were rumors that General Men
dez Capote, the Cuban vice president
was plotting against President Palma
with the view Of succeeding to the
executive office himself. Subsequent
events, however supported the view
OF his loyalty to his chief. He was
at one time president of the insurgent
government established by the Gu
bans In their last struggle for inde-
pendence, Is graduate OF the TJni-
versity of Havana. has won eminenca
as lawyer and has been governor az
Matanzas province.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05

senting the United States, distanced
all his competitors heard from I'D to
late hour in race for the Coupe
International des Aeronauts. having
landed north of Hull, England.
NJ. Sarrien and NJ. Clemenceau.
Premier and Minister of the Interior
OF France, in public speeches de-
clared that the French government
would firmly carry out the law of
separation.
Hebrews in Odessa are greatly
alarmed by the attitude of Governor
General Kaulbars, who openly ap-
proves of violence in combating ter
rorism.
An American woman married to
fortune hunting Belgian has escaped
from her husband, after many suffer-
ings in sequestration near Antwerp,
according to cable dispatches.
Twenty-three Russian peasants
were flogged to death and more than
one hundred were mutilated by Cos
sacks at Kherson, after recent devas-
tation of an estate
Sixteen balloons, representing sew
en- nations, took part in the first
competition for the International
Cup, while more than a million peo-
pie witnessed their ascent, in Paris.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
LIZZIE HALLIDAY
KILLS HER NURSE.
In Hospital for Insane for the MUIR
der of Her Husband, Son and
Two Women.

Fishkill, N. Y, Oct. 4.-Lizzie
Halliday, life prisoner at the State
Hospital for the criminal insane at
Matteawan, murdered Miss Nellie
Wickes, an attendant at the hospital,
with a pair of scissors. The murder
was cunningly devised and brutally
executed.
Mrs Halliday, who is forty-fve
years old, has been an inmate of the
hospital since September, 1898. She
was committed after she had MUIR
dered her son, husband and two
women of Newburg. Since her in
generation she has broken out in
several fits of violence and attacked
inmates and nurses.
In the last year she had been more
tractable, and Dr. r. B. Lamb, the
hospital superintendent, believed her
mania for violence had been con-
Quered.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
N~a

were commissioned to prosecute by the
president. 1t is seldom that in so short
time so much occurs in country to
produce conditions of anarchy and in-
dustrial chaos. As President Roose-
welt in his now historic letter to Min
lister Quesada put 1t: For seven years
Cuba has been in a condition of pro-
found peace and of steadily growing
prosperity. For four years this peace
and prosperity have obtained under her
own independent government Her
peace, prosperity and independence are
now menaced, for of all possible evils
that can hefall Cuba the worst is an
archy"
When Cuba set up as an Independent
republic one of the first things done
was to contract big debt in order to
pay OFF the veterans of the revolution
airy army. This was done in the be-
lief that revolutions were at an end
and that the industries of the island
would provide revenue for the ex-
penses of government. When the in
surrection broke out in August the
government had about $13000000 in
the treasury, and the extra session of
congress. recently called, authorized
President Palma to draw on other than
war funds for the purpose of sup
pressing the opponents Of the govern
ment.
Senor Palma's executive residence is
the old palace formerly occupied by the
Spanish captains general. 1t was in
cruiser Denver We're stationed after
their landing in Havana and before
their recall at the instance of President
Roosevelt.
The investment of foreign capital in
Cuba, the building of railways and in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
TAFT NOW GOVERNOR OF CUBA.
Provisional Government to Continue
Until Order is Restored.

Washington, D. c., Oct. A..
American Intervention in Cuba be-
came a fact Saturday. Secretary
Taft assumed control of the Govern
ment, naming himself as Provisional
Governor, to have and hold the af-
fairs of the Cuban people in his
hands until there has been a restora-
tlon of peace, order and public con-
fidence
Immediately on assuming control
OF the government the Secretary is
sued a proclamation setting forth the
reasons for the intervention and as
serting that the step was taken by
President Roosevelt as last resort
and on request of President Palma.
Taft's Reassuring Promise to Cubans
''The provisional government here
by established by the United States
will be maintained only long enough
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
FOREIGN NEWS.

According to a despatch from Pa
ris, Lieutenant Lahm wins the bal
loon race, the Hon. G. S. Rolls being
fourth.
According to despatch from Mon
treux, the bodies of four members of
the Alpine Club of Switzerland, who
fell while making an ascent of the
Pascheu Peak, have been identified
M. Hager, Swedish Vice Consult at
Batum, was mortally wounded while
driving and died in hospital, his
murderers escaping.
Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, repre-