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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26
FRENCH JURY SECURED
Taking of Testimony in Former Sem
ator's Trial Will Begin
Today
BY Associated Press.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 25.-The last
two of the twelve men who sit in
judgment upon the charge of bribe-
taking preferred against Frank French,
formerly state senator from San
Francisco, were accepted and sworn in
in Judge Harris court this afternoon
and the taking of testimony will begin
tomorrow morning after District At
torney A. M. Seymour shall have made
his opening statement before the jury.
The panel is composed of the fol-
lowing named men:
Frank Aschenauer, David w. Ben
nett l.. II. Plate, j. II. Allen, David
Jenkins, j. Tofft, ID. NJ Cox, George C.
Sherman, w. Boden, j. p. Culberson,
John Shelton and j. G. Burr
Harry Bunkers the alleged accom-
plice of French, and who is serving a
five-year term in San Quentin for the
same crime French is alleged to have
committed, was brought from the
prison and now occupies cell in the
county jail. Bunkers, who has been
in prison but a short time, as yet shows
little effect of the change 1t is pos
sible that he may be called to the stand
tomorrow.
Bunkers, it will be remembered, was
tried and convicted of the offense After
his conviction he seemed to think that
he had been left by the other three SEN
ators to paddle his own canoe and he
decided to turn states evidence. He
took the stand, swore that he had lied
at his own trial and testified agains
| T.. j. Emmons, who was convicted ano
! sentenced to serve five years in a state
| prison.
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IN PERFORMANCES MEMORY
Requiem Mass Celebrated for the Late
Canadian Minister of
Marine

LONDON, Jan. ga requiem mass
was celebrated in Westminster Ro-
man Catholic cathedral today in MEM
DRY of Raymond Prefontaine, the late
Canadian minister of marine and fish
cries, who died in Paris December 90
last, and whose body has been taken
to Canada on the British battleship
Dominion. The admiralty, war office
and colonial office were all represented
at the service.
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal.
the Canadian high commissioner, and
many other Canadians were present.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26
FIRE DESTROYS BUNGALOW
Residence of F. r. HawIey on Fedora
Stree Burned-Incendiar
Suspected

Fire of unknown origin totally de-
stroyed the frame bungalow at HOO
Fedora street, belonging to f. r. Haw-
ley, an insurance and financial agent,
having offices in the Stimson building.
The officer on the beat discovered the
fire. and turned In the alarm. OF the
contents of the house, only the piano
was saved and the building with tn,
contents, will be a total loss. The esti-
mated value of the house was $1,000, but
II was impossible to determine the value
of the contents.
MIR. Hawley and his family are spend
ing few days at Long Beach anC
consequently the house was left entirely
alone. owing 10 the fact that there wa.
no one there TO guard the property. tn,
police say that il was Of incendiars
origin.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26
DISCUSS FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Senators Give Attention TO Our ReIa-
tons With Other Nations
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The foreign
affairs of the United States continued
to hold the attention of the senate
today. the Moroccan and dominion mat
ters being the questions immediately
at issue. Mr.. Money was the principal
speaker and he talked for over two
hours in opposition to the course of the
administration with reference to both
Santo Domingo and Morocco. He con-
tended that there was danger Of be-
coming involved unnecessarily in the
affairs of other countries by partci-
pating in the Algeciras conference and
that this country was not sufficiently
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26

concerned with the conduct Of affairs
IN Santo Domingo to Justify our course
I'm that island. He also took the posi-
ton that the president had transcendct
his authority there.
Mr.. Hepburn spoke In support OF te0
annexation of Santo Domingo
The consular reorganization bill was
read at length, but was not acted upon.
Senator La Toilette Of Wisconsin APP
peared on the floor for the first time
since he was sworn In as n senator
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26
Troops Sail for Orient


lAsoUUIdIUU 7
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25-The
United States army transport Sheridan
sailed today for Honolulu, Guam and
the Philippines with the officers and
men of the Twenty-fourth infantry,
composed Of negroes. The steamer also
carried a number of cabin passengers
and full cargo of military supplies.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26
GEN. J. S. HARRIS is DEAD
Prominent Resident OF Montana
Passes Away at Age Of
81 Years

BY ASsOClatcd p esS,
BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 25.-Gen. John
S. Harris, long q prominent resident OF
this state. died here today of uraemia.
He was born In Vermont eighty-one
years ago.
Gen. Harris came to Montana as a
surveyor general of the territory in
President Arthur's administration. He
served i'm the United States senate as
member from louisiana from 1869 to
1878 and was also prominent in Cali
fornia. He was a pioneer of Chicago
and removed from that city to Mil
waukee, where he lived a number of
years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26
HAPGOOD TALKS
IN LIBEL SUIT
CONFINED from Par. On,

| to be expurgated. He described what
| he called the whole bunch with ex-
| IRENE vigor and expressed the belief
that most of these men got their in
formation from Town Topics. He said
he believed in striking at the root-at
the very fountain head of the whole
matter We were Of one belief and ac-
cord on the subject"
At this point counsel for the defense
rested their case. District Attorney
Jerome then recalled Col Mann, who
gave his version of his interview with
Bernard N. Baker of Baltimore. lie
said:
Mr.. Baker came to my Office and
spoke to me about the 'nouveaux
riches lie said he had noticed In
Town Topics advertisements of steam
ships. railroads, etc, and I told him
that we made 1t n feature. 1 said no
word to him about asking him for ad-
vertisements Of steamships. but when
leaving, he said he would send his
manager to have him insert an adver-
tisement. Later. when he came to sec
me, I came to the conclusion that the
man must want noteriety from his talk.
He objected to articles printed in Town
Topics, but / said we would not print
any more of them. | told him that our
editorial department was run in the
interests of the public good, that is to
say. in the interests of what our read
ers demand. Later on, when | was in
Baltimore, I called upon Mr.. Baker
again. The secretary of war, a friend
of mine, told me that Mr.. Baker was
a very wealthy man. I needed money
at that time and l went to Mr.. Baker
and asked for loan of $4,000 and told
him 1 would give him 25 shares of
stock in Town Topics. There were no
unpleasant paragraphs printed about
Mr.. Baker"
What about this list of immunes?"
II have no recollection of a list being
prepared of such, but before L went to
Europe I had talk with Mr.. Wayne,
the managing editor, and 1 told him to
be very careful about the people he
would criticise while l was away"
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Charles A. Luhrs, Sacramento
"A Associated Press,

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 25-Charles A.
Luhrs, a prominent wholesale grocer of
Sacramento, head of the firm of Hall,
Luhrs & Co., died here this afternoon.
He was native of Germany, aged 81.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26

"The experiment of municipal owner
ship will prove a failure"
1.-THE bosses who have been running
the big cities at a profit don't seem to
find 1t so."-Baltimore American.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26
DEATHS oFfTHE DAY
S. j. Nathan, Sacramento
By Associated Press.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 25.-S. J.
Nathan, a pioneer merchant of Sacra-
mento and the founder of the first
building and loan association in this
city, is dead in New York.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26
introduction by Burton Harrison

Col. Mann said that Burton Harrison
wrote the introduction to Fads ana
Fancies, but that neither Mrs. Clement
G. Moore, Mrs. Andrew Simmons nor
Harry Lehr ever gave him an item of
informa ton. Neither President Roose-
Welt nor Grover Cleveland, Col Mann
said, ever paid any money for the use
of their names in Fads and Fances.
Bishop Potter, the witness said, was
also on the free list.
At the afternoon session of court
Edward NJ. Shepard summed up for the
defense. He said that technically the
parties to the case are the people of the
state of New York as complainant ana
Mr.. Hapgood as defendant, but no one
who had attended the session of the
court could belve but that the real
parties are Mr.. Hapgood and Town
Topics and Justice Deuel.. Hapgood was
on trial, he said, for the editorial in
Golfers of August 5, in which Justice
Deuel. was criticised. If the jury found
that editorial to be true it must find a
verdict of not guilty for Hapgood.
Mr.. Shepard referred to Justice
Deuers position on Town Topics as a
quasi editorial writer" While he was
sitting on the bench he was carrying
on a DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde business
in the offices of Town Topics and the
Ess-Ess company. I'VE say" he con-
tinued, that the business Of Town
Topics was to print scandal or to sup
press it for payment of money by those
who were cowardly. In taking this
money we say Deuel. was corrupt
| Judge"
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Stock Held in Trust

The stock of the Town Topics COM
pany on which Col. Mann tried to make
loans, Mr.. Shepard said, was held in
trust for his daughter. Justice Deuel.,
he said, was joined in this trust deed.
1.-The polished gentleman who comes to
see us for Town Topics does not come
after the fashion of a bandit demanding
your money or your life, but in the
most kindly and suave way he tells
you that the boys of the office want to
print story but they cam be bought
off" said Mr.. Shepard. "Col. Mann got
$4,000 from trust company of which
Thomas Ryan is the vice president,
without putting up collateral or note
with the names of two solvent men on
it. That Is not usually the way a trust
company does business. He got $4,000
from James r. Keene on real estate
| over night"
Town Topics, he said, is composed of
men bribed to betray condolences. Ser
wants, Wallets and even ministers were
asked to betray their secrets and con-
| fidences.
"There is in Town Topics office,
| said Mr.. Shepard, "what is called an
| index, a history of lechery, lust, dis
honesty, beastliness and grewsorle
scandal gathered in the home and elsa
| where by agents of the paper for use
at a moments notice. Think Of tbs
names of young girls and the scandal
| there preserved. Why, the devil him
! self might laugh with pleasure as he
goes through that treasurehouse OF
| blind paragraphs"
When Mr. Shepard finished his argu-
ment the case was adjourned until to-
morrow, when District Attorney jerome
will sum UP for the prosecution
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
MAYFLoWER SOCIETY.
General Congress Concludes Its Fourth
 Triennial Session.

Plymouth, Mass, Sept. 7.-The gener- al congress of the Society of MaytloWer Descendants concluded it's fourth trien- nial session here to-day Short address es by delegates were made at a social meeting in the morning, while the aft ernoon was taken up with visits to his toric sites and concluding business session. J. H. Sears of the Cape Cod Memorial association proposed that each state society of Maytlower De- scendants be represented by tablets on the Pilgrim monument, which is to be erected at Provincetown. A resolution endorsing this proposal was carried.
 The congress decided to investigate as to whether it was practicable to gain control of the estate in Scrooby, England, where the Pilgrims organized their church, and to learn under what conditions such control could be secur- ed and maintained.
 Speakers at the meeting were Herbert Jenney of Ohio, Captain Lorenzo D. Baker of Massachusetts, Judge Shepard of the District of Columbia, MT. Case of Illinois, and A. L. Talbot of Maine.
 The congress adjourned without se- lecting a date and place of meeting three years hence.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
Shipping News.

New York, Sept. 7.-Sailed Steamer Celtic, Liverpool via Queenstown.
 Fastnet, Sept. 7.-Steamer Lucania, New York for Queenstown and Liver pool, 127 miles west at 3;31 a. m; will probably reach Queenstown at 12:So to- night.
 Plymouth, Sept. 6.-Arrived. Steamer Amerika, New York for Cherbourg and Hamburg (and proceeded).
 Lizard, Sept. 7.--Steamer St. Louis. Jamison, New York for Plymouth, Cher bourg and Southampton, 2S4 miles west at l ?. m; will probably reach Ply mouth at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning,
 Queenstown, Sept. 7.-Arrived. Steam CT Lucania. New York for Liverpool (and proceeded).
 Southampton, Sept. 7-Siled: Steamer Deutschland (fron Hamburg), NewYork via Cherbourg.
 Genoa, Sept. 4-Arrived: Steamer si- cilia, New York.
 Trieste. Sept 4-Arrived: Steamer Sofia Hohenberg, New York via Naples.
 Boulogne, Sept. Arrived: Steamer Ryndam, New York for Rotterdam (and proceededl.
 Genoa, Sept 5.-sailed; Steamer Luisi- ana, New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
ENDLESS CHAIN OF TILLA1NY.
Forgeries for More Than n Quarter of a
 Million.

Philadelphia, Sept. 7.Forgeries for more than a quarter of a million dol- lars by Frank K Nipple the suicide president of the defInct Real Estate Trust company, have been discovered lby Receiver Earle The latter made this statement late tonight, adding that he had no idea where Nipples vil- lany would erd. Nipple in order to meet his immense overdrafts used the names of some of the most prominent business men of this city on notes which in some cases amounted to $150,- O00
 The president has taken copies of the signatures of a number of business men while some of their checks or negotia- ble securities passed through his hands. but in every case he avoided the use of the name of Real Estate Trust corrl~ pany depositor
 When pinched for money to meet his over drafts or some big Segal loan MT. Earle said, as q last resort Nipple would draw up a note with forged signature attached. This he would take to the cashier or paying teller, saying he had personally made the loan andit was discounted With the amount to his credit he would satisfy the press ing claim.
 Receiver Earle said tonight that in order to accomplish the reorganization of the Real Estate Trust company he would accept the presidency if the de- positors insisted.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
.STENSLAND CONFINED
 AT AMERICAN LEGATION
WILL REMAIN IN CONFINEMENT THERE UNTIL FURTHER
 ARRANGEMENTS.

Messrs. Keely and Olsen to ha R.sno,,
 Hible for the Safeguarding of the pris.
 oner-No Action Taken by State De-
 pertinent on Behalf of the Receiver
 of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bnrk
 Washington, Sept. '. - A dispatch from American Minister Gummere to Morocco said that stensland was turn ed over to-day to Keely and the pre- sumption is that Stensland will remain In confinement at the American lega- tion at Tangier until arrangements have been perfected for his removal to the United States
 Keely and Olson, however, will De held responsible hence forth for the safeguarding of the prisoner and wilt lbe permitted to make their own ar engagements for his return and 1t is be- lieved they have under consideration a merchant vessel as no naval shtp wfl1 be available for at least three weeks.
 It was announced at the state depart men that no action has been taken on behalf of the receiver of the Milwau- kee avenue state bank for the recovry of tn $12000 which Stensland has on de- posit in the French bank at Tangier.
 From the attitude of certain officials at the state department 1t is believed that dispatches have been received which have made the Illinois authora- ties very uneasy concerning Sstensland's $ future conduct. It is said that appar- Iently he suffers great remaorse and consequently the fear Is entertained that he may attempt suicide before he reaches the scene of his defalcatton. On the other hand there is some fear lthat stensland's depression of spirit is assumed and that he may have in con- temptation possible method of es- lcape. It is understood here that since his arrest he has not been left alone for a moment, and this watchfulness will be maintained through the entire Journey home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
LnUISIAAA'S TRIAL.
New BattIeship Makes Good Showing
 on Government Course,

Rockland, Me, Sept 1.-The trial of the battleship Louisiana on the govern ment mile course off this port to-day was merely standardization of her propellers under natural conditions, and was not an official trial, as supposed from shore observations. The final ac- ceptance trial will be held in two months.
 To-day she was sent over the course eight times under natural draft and was not speeded at more than fifteen knots an hour To produce fifteen knots an hour 1O2 revolutions were required. Her sailing orders are to start for Provincetown tomorrow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
CONGREGATION OF JESUS.
Final Preparations for Scrutiny of the
 EOtes

Rome, Sept. 7.--Although the quad riVium of the Congregation of the com pany of Jesus, preparatory to the elec- ton of a general of the order in suc- cession to the late Father Martin, closed to-day the delegates remain in session, not wishing to come in con- tact with external affairs until after the election, which will occur to-mor- row.
 The final preparations for the scru- tiny of the votes for general in the large hall of the college have been com pleted. Vicar Freddi announced this evening that the mass which will im- medlately precede the election will be- gin at o'clock Saturday morning.
 The latest reports seem to indicate that the choice for general will fall upon Father Rudolph J. Mayer of St. Louis, but the secrecy which attends al the doings of the congregation is such that all predictions are likely to fail.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
NEW FORBES CHAPEL.
WILL BE OPENED WITH SER- VICES TOMORROW MORNING.

Erected With Alterations to Parish
 House mt n Cost of Over s5O,O0O--Ts
 Built of East Haven stone With an
 Imposing Square Tower---Consecra-
 tion Services Will Take PIace Late in
 the Fnll.
 The Forbes memorial chapel will be opened for public worship tomorrow morning at 10:45. The chapel is not yet fully completed, much of the interior work being only partly finished. The chapel, which is under the direction of the rector and wardens of St. Paul s Episcopal church of this city, has been erected at q cost of over $5000O, this sum including the remodelling of the old Forbes house, which has been con- verted into parish houSe, as well as the furnishings of the church. The money for the building and mainten- anee of the chapel was bequeathed by the late Mrs, Betsy Bradley, and at her request it will be known as the Forbes chapel It has been erected from East Haven brownstone and is of Gothic architecture, with solid square tower 1 which gives the building very impos- Ing as well as an impressive appear ance. It will have a seating capacity of over 300. The windows arc at pres- ent filled with plain cathedral glass but 1t is hoped in time to have this re- | placed by stained memorial windows The inside furniture will be of fine oak and will be furnished by the we'll known church furnishers of Boston Messrs. Irving and Cassion.
 The gas and other lighting fixtures are being specially designed and made | in Meriden They will not be ready for putting in for several weeks yet. A | fine organ at cost of nearly $5,000 Is being placed in the church by Messrs Hall, of this city.
 lit is expected that the church will be ready for conservation late in the l fall, when Bishop Brewster will con- duct the services.
 As already stated, the old Forbes house has been remodelled into a par lsh house. In it there Is large assem- bly room that will seat 150 persons, a mems club room and woman's guild room. There are also a kitchen and other necessary fixings. The chape and house are connected by a broad stone cottageway.
 The minister in charge is the Rev Franklin Knight, and the following members of St. PauPs church were or the committee in charge of the building of the edifice; Benjamin English, S Fred Strong, J. E. Wheeler, Charles E Curtis and General s, D. Merwin
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
shot Herself over Hushnnd,s nndr.

Boston, Sept 7.-offcials of the Mas sachusetts Homeopathic hospital an- nounced this afternoon that Mrs. Da- vid E. sharretts, wife of David E.. sharTetts, a cashier in the office of the war department at Washington, shot and killed herself at the hospital last night over the body of her husband, who had died only five minutes before at the institution, Mrs. Sharrets had been attending at her husbands bed side daily, and her act is attributed to an excited mental condition following the long strain.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
Gu,lford Man Dies Suddenly.

Gullford, Sept. 7-william Dowd, a former warden of this town, died sud- denly to-day of heart disease. Mr.
 Dowd was giving his horse drink near the green when he bent forward, resting his arms on his knees. Persons in the vicinity noticed that he did not move for several moments and went over to his team, finding MT. Dowd all most dead. He was taken to a local physicians, but died in less than an hour. MT. Dowd was seventy-six years old. and leaves a widow and one daugh- ter, Mrs. Louis Anderson of this place.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
BISHOP M'CABE REPLIES.
DOES NOT EXPLAIN EXPLICITLY
 REASON FOR QUITTING.

Simply Declares He Has Not Attended
 Meetings of International Policy
 holders Because It Has Been Impos-
 sibIe--seyen Funerals In inc Family
 of Himself and Wife in the Last Two
 Years.
 Chillicothe, O.. Sept. 7.-Bishop Mo Cabe, who is here presiding over the conference of Ohio Methodists, when asked to-day concerning the action of the international policyholders' com mittee of the New York Life in reliev ing him of further service on the com mittee, said:
 T have been too busy with church conferences to keep posted with what was going on. I cannot help the ac- tion of the committee, but I insist that the administration ticket is made up of honorable men. You may say for me that they cannot beat it.
 Here is a letter from Thomas A. ing me for Investigating conditions, and finding that the administration is all right.
 The reason I have not attended the committee meetings is because 1t has been impossible for me to get away. In the past two years there have been several funerals in the family of my self and wife, and have been unable even to bury my dead on account of the conferences"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-08
RooseveIt-Hughes Report.

New York, Sept. 7-Michael J. Dady, who is fighting Woodruff twenty-four hours a day over in Brooklyn, found time to remark this afternoon that only yesterday man who had been in con- versation with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, told him (Dadyl that dur ing the conversation the President in- timated that his own choice for the governorship was MT. Hughes.
 Commissioner Dady refused to give the name of his informant, adding that personally he believed what he said to be perfectly true.