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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-22
Blew Open Bank Safe,

MIN NJ, a pgust 8l.-Ihe
Bank sof \ Mentor, MI n,, WAS robbed 10
dayfiof q 400 by n On, Who !! n9eW Z opsA
the safe. THE bur larS ssGan ae i
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4 Charles Poythress.S

HENDERSON. AUGUST Platter an
illness Fl OF several weeks with typhoid
fever. Mr., Charles Poythress, a most
estitnable young business man, died Sum
fday morning, 9E3i
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Mrs. Calvin Perry
Mrs. r. Shearin.
!, !, q, = mn iIT1imess-piN)atch

W1,ELID i5TS!S, 81. q. August 2l..-Mrs,
=. shearin formerly Of this place, dlsd
last night at her home y gca :, D she
was formerly Miss Marina q Glo =, ~.
s1 70, = OHIO was wealthy and distln-s
apm Mrs. ahearin had been twice
=, rr,ad. Her first husband was the
i Nt, Dr. ", a. Johnston. one OF the most
,M eminent phystcians Ia Halifax county,
sha r. survived by six children Of the
s,rst marriage, her husband, Mr., A., r.
sshearin, and one daughter OF the second
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OBITUARY.
Mrs. lula M Burton

Vii Mrs. Julia May Burt on, wife OF oil u.
Burton, died at her home In x hes
terrified county, Monday evening at u 3
O'clock She was flfty-three years OF
a go, and besides her usband. Is survived g,
BY, nine children Asassrs 2, 4 I...5 Z. W.
III III a. H. u 4 o.. z. J +. and ] !. NJ. Bur
ton. Mrs. n. I. Il. Il Madison. Mrs. G. & W.
dison. and Mrs. ". c.. Clarke. 81 iits
s The funeral will take place from Hope
well Church this afternoon at 2 o'clock
Funeral Of Mr.. Blanton.
! The funeral Of Mr.: Henry Lee Blanton
81 his brother. Captain AZ Rlanton.5 ~
North Twenty Til Street, at s. o' clock
.Interment viii be at Hol lywood Rev.
George HI pooner5 ofii clat ling, TX u
Mr.. John b ckWith.
gsSIsbI ( 3s A RisRasfsA'
John eokwith, q ed about six ty.o !,
years died last night at the Sresld ence sof
his brother, Mr.. E. r, Beckwith on Mar
ket Street. His health had been delicate
for year or more, and a. few yveeka a a
became 50 precarIous that he 9 anne TO Pc
tersburs for rest and relief While foI'-1
merly q resident OF Peter burg, Mt. Becx-
with In recent years had resided N y or1
folk and Wilmington on, where he " co " &
nected with the q the Atlant y,
three children, and In this City. ~ itw1.
brothers, Il, g. and p, r.. Becky a'lu
many relatives and 9frl ends ~ Sts X S5.5
Mrs. Calvin Perry.
Especial to The Times, 2 .eIatohs;,, " :. Y
1iM|TqPS q ~ W ~ Ritles 6resslng
diad Here to-day from the effects q an
operation She Yea auTy!ve er
Az hu was br ens toE to tie Hinton
last Sunday. 44 M y. S =, y g3
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I'll It Is requested V that all aldes report
promptly at 10 o clock o-m orroW m rning
at the Howitzers' Arrnory where saddles q!
brides and blankets viii be provided for
Y ali MOUNTS The nj rshal and aides will
then be assembled at Fifth and Broad
Streets, which will be the head Of tia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-22

" 5a8 CLAUDE A.; SWANSON I'll
Governor and Communicating Chief.
CHARLES sJ.,ANDERSON,f3
SSi IN 4 II 5 81 Ad1utant- g eneral,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
THIS PREACHER nMITS "0BEY"
CHICAGO Brides=to=Be Flock to Prac=
tica Mans City Gretna Green
for Their Weddings

Special to The Herald.
CHICAGO, July IL This is the re-
markable story of a minister who has
got rich by marrying couples cheaply.
He has established Gretna Green-a
second st. Joe-right in the heart of
Chicago. so that no one needs to elope
across the lake. He is the richest pas
tor in Chicago-wOrth $5O0,OOO-and he
has made this money by advertising.
This remarkable minister of the gospel
is Rev. DR., George f. Hall, pastor af
the Independent church, in the Bush
Temple of Music.
For four years he has been building
up the church, of which he is the head,
and he owns besides a large land and
lumber business.
Here are some singular facts about
DIR. Hall and the religious work which
he has managed so successfully:
He is as good business man as he is
a pastor.
He has grown wealthy since he be-
name a minister of the gospel.
He makes a speciality of performing
marriages and funeral ceremonies. He
has offlciated at 1000 marriages in two
and one-half years.
He never allows the bride to say
"obey" in the marriage ceremonies he
performs.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
SAYS OIL MEN
ARE IN COMBINE
THREE FIRMS SEND BIDS TO
CITY CLERK
Members of Board of Public Works
Believe Evidence Shows collu-
sion Between Producers Who
Submit Figures

In the bids for oil received by the
board of public works yesterday that
body believes it has conclusive evidence
of the existence of a combination of oil
producers.
The board asked for bids for 700 bar
rels of oil for sprinkling purposes.
Clerk Goodwin telephoned eleven old
producers and asked them to submit
bids. When the bids were opened yes
terday II was found that only three oil
concerns had responded, and each of
these bid a fiat rate Of so cents a barrel
for oil at the tanks one bid included
delivery to any point, and this was for
70 cents a barrel. These bids were SUBJ
mitted by 9. c. Harris, Parker Morrill,
OFT company and c. T.. Lapp e. Co. The
bid of Lapp & Co. was not submitted
until after the other had been opened.
The contract was split between the
Harris and Parket- Morrill-Ott con-
Germs.
This price demanded is nearly double
that at which the citv has previously
purchased oil for the same purpose, and
It is feared by the board that when bids
for larger contracts are asked for the
price will go even higher. Clerk Good
win secured prices on oil a few days
ago, giving the oil producers the i'm
preston that the city wished to pur-
chase several thousands barrels, and
the best price quoted to him was S.
cents a barrel.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
YOUTHS DERAIL
TR0PICO COACH
PUT ROCK ON THE TRACK IN
EDENDALE
Motorman Hammond BraveIy Re-
mained at the Brake and Forty
Passengers Feel Grateful
to Him

The lives of forty passengers on
north-bound TropiCo-Cflendale car No.
500 were endangered last evening at 8
o'clock, when a rock was placed on
the rails at u and Alessandro streets
Edendale, which derailed the coach
and had II not been for the coolness of
Motorman G. W. Hammond. it is said.
many of the passengers would have
been injured and possibly killed.
AS the north bound car rounded the
bend at Alessandro and u streets last
night two small boys Charles Wener
and Ellie Welner 3 years Of age We're
seen to run from the track toward the
east.
Just as the car was well on the bend
it swerved to the east and went off
the track. For fifty feet the coach ran
cutting it within a few feet of the
ground.
The passengers We're terror-striCken
and rose in their seats As the trolley
broke the motorman turned on air
brakes, and after passing the post.
which it severed to the ground, it
stopped. Although the trucks of the
car were demolished, the trolley
broken and some of the siding Knocked
off. not pane of the glass was
era Cked
This probably saved many of the
pa ssengers from injury. The fact that
the motorman stayed at his post and
put on the brake. stopping the car in
comparatively short time, was COM
mended by the passengers.
After the car had stopped Fred
Weiner Of Glendale came to the train
crew and said ne had seen his son
Ellie place rock on the track a few
minutes before the car passed the cor
ner. The fact that a rock had been
placed on the track was established
when the crumbed remains of a large
stone was found on the track.
1t is said that many times during
the past months young boys of Eden
dale have been putting stones on the
rails and once before a car was nearly
derailed by a stone, presumably placed
on the track by small boys.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
FISH SEXES A BOYS LEGS
Hangs on Until Watchman Beats 1t
to Death With a Base
ball Bat
Special to The Herald.

PITTSBURG, July ia gigantic
sturgeon created a panic this afternoon
among crowd of boys who were swim
ming off Paterson's coal float in the
Allegheny river, at the Pittsburg end
of the Sixth street bridge, and nearly
drowned one of them.
When the fish came among the boys
they shrieked and swan for the land
ing The fish tried to head them off,
but all reached the float in safety ex-
cept William Widerseim, a 1O-year-old
lad. Before he could get out of the
water the fish grabbed him by the
right leg and was dragging him to the
bottom when Jacob Miller, the watch
man of the coal float, attracted by the
cries of the boy, ran to the spot and
pulled him aboard.
The fish clung on until it was dragged
half way out of the water. Miller
seized a baseball bat lying on the float
and beat the fish over the head until it
was dead. 1t was only after life was
extinct that its big teeth could be ex-
tracted from the boys leg. An AL
legheny physician dressed the boys
wound.
The fish measured almost six feet
and weighed eighty-nine pounds.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
SNAKES IN DENVER CARS
Woman on Trolley Finds 1t Not a
Nice Experience to Have One
About Her Neck

DENVER, July 11.-Mrs. M. Arm
strong of North Denver was yesterday
riding down town on an Argo car when
big water snake came floating
through the window and wrapped its
Shiny folds about her neck
There was wild scream from Mrs.
Armstrong and when she had torn the
reptile from her person and discovered
that il had long since departed this life,
her perturbation was not much dimin-
ished.
A crowd of small boys scamperins
down the street gave a hint as to the
motive power that impelled the dea
snake through the air and into the car
window, An officer was sent to investi-
gate and fixed the piece of mischief on
John Melvin, aged 10 years. There were
nume accessories both before and
after the fact, but John was the only
boy arrested. He was taken to the de-
tention house and will tell his snake
story to Judge Lindsey when the juVe-
nile judge comes home.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
BEAR GIVES CHASE TO BUGGY
Young Men Attack Brute With Re-
Volver and Flee in Haste
When Charged
Special to The Herald.

KEMMERTR, Wyo., July 11.-While
driving near town with two friends
Cal Burt discovered large cinnamon
bear Although armed with only a
siX-shooter, he tackled the brute and
wounded 1t.
The bear charged the men, who
scrambled precipitately into their rig,
whipped up the horse and fled at top
speed, with the bear clawing frantically
at the tailboard of their buggy. The
chase continued fol more than a mile,
the bear finally falling behind. The
men did not permit their horse to rest
until they We're within the town limits
and have sworn to never again tackle
bear without first securing adequate
weapons.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
is A HUMAN CHAMELEON
Warren 3. Harris Of Ithaca, New York,
Changes Color With Weather's
Variations
Srecial to The Herald.


ROCHESTER,, n. Y. July 11.-Physi-
clans of Cornell Medical school are puz-
zled over the case of Warren b. Harris
of Ithaca Harris changes color when
ever there are changes in atmospheric
conditions. His complexion varies from
a light chalk gray through light blue
and violet to a deep purple, which
causes persons who do not notice the
cast of his fea atures to mistake him for
negro. Harris, however is of pure
white parentage. He was born in
Cory, Pa. and is q years old.
Cornell doctors say that Harris was
what is known as a blue baby" They
seldom survive the first month after
birth, and Harris was the only one who
is known to have lived more than three
months.
The chameleonlike qualities of Harris
are due to a congenital defect of the
heart. This causes oxygen starvation
and the effect is like that of a man
choking black in the face. Harris is
slightly over five feet in height and
weighs about ninety pounds.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
TACKLE MANWHo BOXED MACE
"Your Money, oulokl" Two Footpads
Order, but They Only Got
a Thrashng
Special to The Herald.


NEW YORK, July 1.-Two rough
looking chaps made the greatest mis-
take of their lives when they tackled
Edward Farrell on the Paterson turn
pike, near Richfeld, ~ j., yesterday
Farrell, who is more than so years Of
age. taught Sparring i'm his younger
days. He says modestly that he was
good enough to put on the gloves with
Jem Mace and bother Jem q bit"
Farrell, who is a stableman on big
farm near Richheld was walking on
the turnpike when two chaps emerged
from a wood and approached him
Have you a watch, old man, ." asked
one.
Yes, I have one that strikes" said
Farrell eyeing them suspiciously.
We'll, hand It over quick" ordered
the footpad. And while you're about
it, hand out your watch aud money"
Farrell oheyed implicitly. He handed
1t out and quick" He struck the fell
low and sent him reeling The other
jumped at him. but the man who once
bothered Jem Mace knocked him down
The pair attacked him together
Smash, biff! he let them have 1t in a
style Mace would have approved until
he had them half dazed and begging
for mercy.
But Farrell showed them none He
thrashed them within an inch of their
lives, exclaiming with each blow:
you called me old man. eh?"
For that riled bin.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
CELT CLUB Dimes AND ARGUES
Irish, Scotch and Welsh Members
Will Alternate In Conduct
ina Prodr9n1S

The Los Angeles Celtic club held its
monthly banquet at Levy's last even
ing.
The relative merits of the different
branches of the Celtic race was dis
cussed at length and Edmund Mitchell
and Joseph Scott had u spirited argu-
ment on the question.
Among those who contributed to the
entertainment of the club were Prof.
Theo. j. Irwin, Prof. James Main
Dixon, r. ]. Pritchard, Prof. Howard
Swan, who read an original poem
which was published in a Japanese
magazine recently, and Judge H. H.
Rose, who told several stories.
There were present Jams H. Stuart,
DR.. j. w. Jones, l.. Brannick, T. ].
O'Brien, A. E. Lynch, John Mccall,
S. W. Hudson, w. Joseph Ford, NAL
com Mcleod, William Phillips, J. C.
Nelson, John A. McGroarty, H. A.
Barclay and r. J. Pritchard.
The program for the next three meet
ings will be given by the Irish, Scotch
and Welsh members of the club.
Each of the three will conduct the
program one of the evenings.
| The Herald will sell you S35 worth of
records and GIVE you a six months
subscription to The Herald and a SIS
Talk-o-Phone absolutely free.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
WoMAN'S STUMBLE SERIOUS
Ocean Park Visitor Falls Over Broken
Buggy After Leaving
Car

Mrs. H. D. Dresser of Ocean Park
fell over a broken buggy in an alley
near Seventh and Gladys street last
evening and was rendered unconscious
when she fell. She was carried into
the home of her friend, Mrs. H. F.
Ewing, 733 Gladys street, and for sew
eral minutes she seemed to be seriously
injured.
When the physician was summoned,
however, she had regained conscious
mes, and but for a slight laceration
was not hurt.
Mrs. Dresser has been visiting in Los
Angeles for several days and last
evening started from the home of her
friend to catch a car at Seventh street.
While going through the alley she
stumbled over the buggy and was
rendered unconscious.
AS she had been suffering from heart
trouble it was at first thought she was
seriously injured. Her relatives in
Ocean Park were notified that her con-
dition was not at all serious.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
TARIFF ON HIS SOCKS
w. w. Hicks of Bangor, Me-, Fights
Duty of Thirty-three Cents,
but Loses Suit
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK. July 1.-THE board of
general appraisers has decided that two
pairs of woolen socks must pay duty
at the full rates provided under the
Dingley tariff law for woolen goods.
The duty is 3S cents.
w. w. Hicks of Bangor Me-, decided
that the government had no right to
assess duty on his socks, which, al
though of American manufacture, had
been returned from Canada. Mr.. Hicks
acknowledged yesterday that this was
the first tariff fight he had ever had
with the federal authorities, and added
that he hoped it. would he the last.
Mr.. Hicks said that the socks arrived
at Bangor by mail and that the Gus
toms officers Immediately levied the
duty.
Judge Somervile, who wrote the de-
cision. said that Mr. Hicks was care
less i'm making his claim before the
customs court. He did not appear to
defend the suit.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
STORE GOLD BELOW GROUND
Safe Deposit Vault and Plunge Bath
Features of New Vanderbilt
House for Horses
Special to The Herald.

NEWPORT, r. l., July IA safe
deposit vault so deep in the earth tha.
thieves would have to mine to get at
its contents, and plunge bath in which
the water is constantly changing, are
two of the novelties which Alfred G.
Vanderbilts training house for horses
will present when it is opened for the
inspection of friends
The underground chamber for the
storage of valuables is beneath the
trophy room, it's floor being fifteen feet
below ground. Mr. Vanderbilt wanted
e vault that would really be safe in
isolated Portsmouth, and he has got it,,
The plunge bath. which is to be so
deep that one can dive into it from
almost any height without striking his
head against the bottom is filled by a
stream flowing constantly from the
mouth of statue of Neptune.
1t is believed the building will be
ready for use about July 1S. a month
later than the time originally set
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
CINDERELLA LOSES SHOE
It Drops OF as She Gets Aboard and
the Prince Runs Back
After IL
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
NEW YORK. July t1.-Fresh from
the country she looked as she trtpped
blithely aboard the uptown car at sixth
avenue and FOrty-seCond street and
dropped her travelling bag in front OF
her feet She peeped demurely out
from under a sort of Maud Muller hat
with a saucy flare-up in front and two
big feathers stuck into 1t at rakish
angle. No one in the car could help
looking at the tanned and freckled
miss Of nineteen or thereabouts.
The car bolted forward just as the
girl dropped into her seat. At the same
instant she clutched madly In the direc-
tion of her feet and looked back with
terrified eyes For q moment words
seemed to have deserted her, and then:
ooh, rye lost my shoe!"
Hair q dozen young men Jumped to
their feet and volunteered their ser
vices In restoring the vagrant footgear
The first to get a hearing gave the bell
rope furious tug and then jumped off
the car and ran back to Forty-second
street distancing all competitors. lie
picked up the shoe and caught the car
as it halted at Forty-third street. lie
was the prince and she Cinderella as
he handed back to her the daintiest
little gun metal pump imaginable, with
a cute little bow Of ribbon on the toe.
"Oh thank you so much!' murmured
Cinderella as she took the tiny shoe
and started i'm the direction of its late
abode
"Can I he of further service?" art
fully asked the prince.
Dear me. mol" exclaimed Cinderella,
and everybody on the car laughed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
A Heavy Load to Carry.

Along with dyspepsia comes nervous
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cause disordered stomach does not per-
init the food to be properly digested, and
its products assimilated by the system.
The blood is charged with poisons which
come from this disordered digestion, and
in turn the nerves are not fed on good,
red blood. and we see symptoms of nerv-
ousness sleeplessness and general break
down. 1t is not head work, nor over ply
sical exertion that does it, but poor stOm-
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
Other Bills

The following is a resume of other
bills passed directly affecting the state
of California:
Acceptance Of the recession of the
Yosemite valley.
Act providing for the entry of agri
cultural land within forest reserves,
excepting Seventh and Eighth con-
gressional districts.
Allowance of differential of 4 per
cent in favor of naval construction on
the Pacific coast.
Establishing regular term of United
States circuit court and district court
at Eureka
Progressive annual increase of $4,000
in appropriation for state agricultural
experiment stations.
Allowance of entrance and clearance
of vessels at San Luis Obispo, Port
Hartford and Monterey.
Authorizing payment of 10 per cent
of receipts from forest reserves to state
for public schools and roads.
Authorizing special investigation of
conditions of grain production, hand
ling, grading and shipping; also study
of plant and orchard diseases and
diseases and treatment of same.
Authorizing installation of pneumatic
tube-service for postoffice, San Fran
cisco allowing patrons of rural free
delivery to use such boxes as they de-
sire and authorizing rural free delivery
carriers to take fifteen days leave.
Reduction in tax on brandy used in
fertilization of sweet wines.
Removing tax on denatured alchohol
Authorizing sale of federal lots in
Los Angeles and adding proceeds OF
sale to limit of cost of new public build
ing.
Authorizing the coinage of minol
coins in the United States mint at Sar
Francisco.
Owens river bill-authorizing tk'
secretary of the interior to sell to The
city of Los Angeles certain public land:
and granting rights in and through
forest reserves for pipe lines for Los
Angeles water supply.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-12
SNAKE CIRCUS PAYS WELL
Man Has Exhibition to Thrill Jaded
Summer 5oarders-Neigh ighbors
Go in Free
Special to The Herald.


sTROUDSBURG. Pa. July 11.-Mar-
tin Fish, a Canadensis man, has devised
a new sort of a show to give the thrills
to jaded summer boarders, and al
though he asks but the moderate sum
of 10 cents admission he is making out
well with it,
Fish's stock in trade consists of thir-
ty-three rattlesnakes. which he himself
caught in the neighborhood of his
Canadensis home. They vary in length
from three feet to five.
Visitors are admitted to the room
where the reptiles are, and are usually
greeted with vigorous kissing and rat
tling, for the snakes are in prime fet-
tie, thanks to Fishs knowledge of their
habits and how to feed them.
Spectators are admitted to a post
quite near the exhibit, but of course in
a position secure from danger. Towns
people and neighbors are admitted free,
and Fish merely charges summer
visitors enough to warrant his efforts
in catching and caring for the uncanny
creatures.