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Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-06
EASTERN

Mrs Thomas w. Lawson passes away
at Dreamwold. the family summer
home
John d. Rockefeller breaches sermon
on loyalty and patriotism.
Man who occupied cell next to Harry
Thaw says latter's every wish is graft
fled
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-06
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

Southern California;: Cloudy
Monday morning; fair during day
light; south wind. Maximum tenn
perature In Los Angeles yesterday,
81 degrees; minimum, 63 degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-06
EoREloN

Russian strikers fail to gain expected
victory in st. Petersburg.
Three hundred passengers on italian
steamer perish near Cape Palos-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-06
GENERAL ANDRE
TO FIGHT DUEL
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PARIS, Aug. Sit is probable that
a duel will be fought tomorrow after
noon by Gen. Andre, former minister
of war, and Gen. Denieder in conse-
quence of the statements in Gen. An
dres memoirs concerning Gen. De-
nieder, which the latter has declared
to be untrue.
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GREENE-GAYNOR GUILTY.
Must Pay Huge Sum and
Pass Four Years in Prison.

Pass Four Years i'm Prison.
At Savannah. Ga. Benjamin ID. Greene
and John f. Gaynor. the two contractors
charged with defrauding the government
of S1.J00.000 in harbor contracts. were
fined SJI5.649 each and sentenced TO four
years in the penitentiary. The charge
against the two men was enlightenment of
United States government funds in con-
nection with the Savannah hal'bor con-
tracts, the work for frauds in which
Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter served a sentence
in LeavenWorth prison.
1t was in 1900 that Carter, formerly a
captain in the corps of engineers, e. s.
A., was convicted of having swindled the
government out of $2,J00,O00 while he
had charge Of the harbor improvements
at Savannah, GA. The department of
justice secured information which, it is
said, incriminateS number of prosperous
men as having had share of the steal
ings. \ sworn statement has been made
by Carter to the effect that he had only
$772 900. and that if $2,5O0,000 was TAX
en- the balance must be in the hands of
outsiders who were interested in the OPP
erations. ~.
The two contractors were brought to
trial only after most vigorous efforts on
the part of the United States government.
They were indicted in Savannah and put
under $4,000 bail each. but Jumped"
their bonds in 1901 and fled to Canada.
Both fugitiveS were traced after long
search and were arrested in Quebec by
United States secret service officers. Here
they kept up long legal battle. Finally
the Canadian court of last resort ruled
Greene and Gaynor should be extradited.
Both men were then brought to Savannah.
Their trial lasted two months.
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Tagging Reformers.

The Committee ON PostofTices and
Posfroads of the House of Representa-
tiyes do not see their way to push re-
form as vigorously as they started out
to do. The Republican majority of the
committee, according to the Washing
ton Post, has concluded it was helpless
to remedy condition which a majority
of its members frankly admit needs
immediate correction. They say the
rate OF the compensation paid to the
railroads for carrying mail is too high,
but confess with chagrin that the only
way to reduce it is by a separate law
relating solely to that particular sub
ject 1t could not be ascertained that
there is any disposition on the part OF
the committee to report such a measure
in the immediate future.
Members of the committee say they
intend to make a heroic effort to re-
duce the compensation of the railroads
by requiring the executive departments
hereafter to send steel safes, furniture,
fixtures and bulk stationery by freight
or express.
1t may cause some people to smile to
learn that the committee is going to
show its deep resentment against the
transportation companies in this man
ner, but the members seem to be in
real earnest about it, 1t has been
customary for many years for the de-
partments TO send articles such as those
mentioned through the mails, and OF
course this heavy weight added consid-
erably to the compensation of the rail
roads which transported them.
The Democrats of the committee are
determined to try and reform these
abuses, and when the appropriation bill
is considered in committee of the
whole, will offer amendments and de-
mand a vote on them.
This standing pat has become so
chronic with Republican Congressman
that they shy at nearly every neces-
sary reform, from tariff to economy.
Voters should give these laggard re-
formers a dose of their own medicine
by standing pat and refusing to vote
for them ana elect Democrats who ere
pledged to reform this railroad graft
and who from association are not tied
to the railroads by passes or campaign
contributions.
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New .ee Automobiie Idea.

Chas. f. s. Burch of Minneapolis has
developed an automobile to be propelled
by screw runners on the ice. according to
a statement of the Scientific American.
The particular object he has in view IS
to develop winter freight transportation
for Alaska. Steam is the motive power
Of this ice locomotive. The spirals lie
with their vertical axes horizontal their
edges being sharpened like the blades of
a skate. Each spiral is connected with n
separate engine. The machine is steered
by compressed air operating two ,emi-cir-
cular steel discs at each end Of the body
The bottom of the body is made water
tight, so that if the ice should give way
the whole conveyance would float upon the
surface Of the water in which case the
spTals would serve as propellers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24

1196-William Longbeard. a factious
priest, torn by horses and then hang
ed.
13I5-Raymond Lully, a missionary,
stoned to death by the Mohammedans.
1521-Magellan planted Spanish flag on
one of the Philippine islands.
1562-Philip II. of Spain took measures
to prevent circulation of the Scrip
lures.
1675-Proyidence r. l., attacked by In
dams.
16S4-Dublin castle in Ireland burned.
1704-First numoer of the News Let
ter" appeared in Boston.
1739-Dick Turpin hanged.
1854 Fort Duquesne, on present site Of
Pittsburg. surrendered to the French.
1764-Impost tax for American colonies
made in England.
1767-"Reguators' organized in North
Carolina.
1TT6-Congress decided commerce of the
colonies was not subject to the King.
17SS-First settlement in Ohio begun az
Marietta by colony under Rufus Put
nam.
1793-Committee on public safety form
ed in Paris
1893 Mississippi territory formed by
act of Congress.
1S14-Napoleon l. abdcated throne OF
France.
1S15-Bonaparte abolished the slave trade
in the French dominions.
1S24-United States treaty with Russia.
1S3O-Mormon church established In
Manchester, \. II.
iSG1-Surrender of Island No. 10 By
the Confederates.
1S62-Battle of Shiloh
iS63-Siege of Fort Pemberton, Miss.
raised by the Federals. =. Battle OF
Charleston harbor.
1S65-Proclamatio of Jefferson Davis.
1S67-Liudell hotel, st. Louis bdrned;
loss, $1,000, 900. -. Dominion Of
Canada instituted.
1S60-Fire in Yellow Jacket mine, Ne
vada; forty miners killed.
1S74-Four persons burned alive in
Mexico for witchcraft.
1S75-Suits begun in New York to re-
cover $G,00O,OOO from Boss" Tweed.
1ST9-Chili declared war against Peru.
tSS0-Resignation of Prince Bismarck,
chancellor of Germany.
iS92-MOrmOn temple, Salt Lake City,
completed.
19O4-Mrs. Botkin again convicted o.
ssnOisODad candy" murder. at San
Francisco.
90J-Batleship Minnesota launched az
Newport News, Va.
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KILLED IN CHURCH PANIC.
Three Persons Dead, Score Inius ed
nj Catholic Fane. in Chicn.cn

Three Persons Dead, Score Injured
at CatkoIic Fame in Chicago.
Three persons were trampled to
death and score or more seriously i'm
iured, some OF whom may die in a
panic in ST Ludlnllla's Bohemian
Catholic Church. Albany avenue and
Twenty street, Chicago, Satur-
day night.
Fifty girls dressed in white. taking
their first communion, stood before the
altar while the pastor. Rev Michael
Farnik. chanted THE Resi- rection."
The first part of the services had end
ed and the pastor had begun the sec
ond stanza of the chant. when the sink
ing of the floor and the oyerturning of
a candle, followed by a cry of fire. sent
the 900 persons gathered in the church
i,tto a panic and wild rush was made
Tor the doors.
Five minutes later after a scene of
the widest disorder. wherein madden
ed men fought with screaming women
and children. three little girls lay dead
in the church. half dozen women
were unconscious. and one so severely
injured she can not live. At least TWEEN
ty others were severely hurt
The cry of fire the police learned
after Il brief Investigation was a boy
ish prank. no fire being in or near the
edifice.
The greater part of the audience was
composed of women and children the
latter being in the majority. The cen
ter aisle had just been cleared prepara-
tory to the march of those taking part.
and the Sisters of St Francis School
We're just getting their little charges in
line Wien there came two sharp re-
ports like the firing of revolver and
then the floor sagged in the center.
Instantly those sitting rose to their
feet and then a candle on the altar was
upset. Next came the cry of Fire"
Then pandemOnium started and the
shouts of the priests who tried to calm
the fears of the frightened people were
lost in the stampede. To add to the
horror the doors. EXCEPT those in the
front of the church were locked and
exit from the sides or rear was impes-
sible.
The side aisles were filed with little
children lined up ready to begin the
march to the altar. and to this fact is
attributed the saving of many of their
lives. for they were outside the STAN
pede and were held partly in check by
| the priests and Sisters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24

The Democratic victories in the late
municipal elections have made the Re
publicans in Congress- who were al
ready downcast, more pessimistic than
ever
Senator Tillman has made the con-
stitutional lawyers of the Senate sit
up and take notice that cornfield law
yer, who is a Democrat and therefore
trying to benefit the people, is some
pumpkins.
That 100000 appropriation for a
private car for the President has been
sidetracked until the amount actually
necessary can be discovered, for it has
been found that. however much is APP
propriated, the administration expends
Il all.
When expert lobbyists agree that
the admitted amounts paid by the in
surance companies as campaign con-
tributions was "a mere bagatelle," how
the people will open their eyes when
they know the whole truth about the
connection of the Republican commit
tees with this yellow dog fund"
AS the beef trust magnates have been
set free by the court, through the
laundering of the law officers of the
administration, the price of beef can
not be expected to come down, nor the
price of cattle to go up, and yet the
Republicans are trying to make out
that this is trust-busting administra-
ton
Representative Littauer of army and
glove contract fame, and the warm, per-
sonal friend and close political adviser
Of President Roosevelt, has announced
his intention of retiring at the end Of
his present term. After The voters get
through with their job next November
there will be a good many other COM
pulsory retirements. Littauer evident
ly sees rocks ahead.
Mr.. Cornelius n. Bliss, the treasurer
of the Republican National Committee.
does not care to discuss the arrest Of
Mr. Perkins for his liberal donation to
the committee of the life insurance
money that should have been sacred
to the widows and orphans of the pol.
icy holders. President Roosevelt and
Chairman Cortelyou are equally mum
on the subject and have made no move
for restitution of the large sums to
the life insurance companies.
When the Democratic party was dis
rupted over the financial issue at the
beginning Of the second term of Presi-
dent Cleveland, how jubilant the Re-
publicans were and how confident Of
success in the ten coming congressional
elections Now history repeats itself
and the tables are turned, for it is the
Democrats who are now jubilant and
encouraged and the Republicans dis
cOuraged and facing defeat
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but the work of ten minutes to order
low a cup Of coffee. then issue her COM
mands to the coachman to drive at any
speed, but reach the pier before the
clock struck 9.
1t was ten minutes past the hour
when the pier was reached, and al
ready far out in the bay stood the gal
liant ship.
With loud cry of agony May real
lied the whole affair, then the strain
relaxed. and the fair young head fell
back upon It's silken cushions in a dead
faint
"a lady tainted was the cry which
reached a gentleman giving some di-
rections about the baggage which he
had countermanded being put upon the
vessel which had just set sail.
He turned quickly. There stood his
own carriage, and within it the lovely
face Of his unconscious wife.
1t was the work of an instant to
spring beside her and lift it on his
breast; trying to revive her with his
passionate kisses. At last the beauti-
full ey IS opened with a wild, incredu-
lous recognition.
''Ch, am dreaming" she murmured.
Jack, Jack! don't leave. mel"
mo, darling-no! At the last mo-
ment my heart relented. thought per-
haps l had misjudged you, and l or
dered my baggage to be taken off the
steamer and let it sail without me.
My wife, l thought you did not love
me-that you had chosen the world. be-
cause, my darling, no true woman finds
it hard to yield to the man she can re-
spect and love; and surely, May, you
do not find me a tyrant."
But she can only sob out her plea
for forgiveness plea all too easy to
grant; and even tears are sweet when
kissed away by loves lips.-New York
NnvvS
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emperor and 10000 yen given by the
japanese Railway Company to the sin
gle yen and even sen of the common
people whom the famine has not touch
ed.
Not long ago a band of philanthropic
ladies of Yokohama sent an agent
through the famine district with 125
yen and 400 kimonos, to discover how
best the sufferers could be reached and
relieved. Throughout her journey the
clothing was passed free by all the gov
eminent officials, and the railroad COM
panies checked it as personal baggage.
The conditions which she uncovered
were appalling. and have just been en-
bodied in her report.
Every family visited was given
enough to keep it for a month, with
proper economy, an example of how
little is necessary to relieve a great
deal of suffering in this frugal country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
HANG AND BURN NEGROES.
Mob at Springfield, Mo, Wreaks
Vengeance on Three.

Mob at Springfield, Mo. Wreaks
Vengeance on Three.
At Springfield. Mo-, on Saturday
night, an Infatuated mob of 5000
has lynched three negroes after
having demolished the county Jail.
and bloody race war seemed imml-
nent The mob took two negroes from
the county Jail, hanged them to the
electric tower in the center of the pub
lie square and built fire under the
men as they hung. The crowd then
started back to the Jail threatening to
hang four other negroes charged with
murder. One of these was hanged
Fully 5000 people went to the county
Jail about 9 O'CLOCK and with telephone
poles and sletge hammers literally tore
the Jail to pieces Finally the two ne
gro suspects were dragged from the Jail
and taken to the center of the public
square and hanged. 1t is fully a mile
from the Jail to the square: and the mob
marched down one of the principal
streets of the town shouting and firing
pistols.
Sheriff Horner tried to argue with
the mob, but it was determined and
hooted ana insulted him. Jailer King
was assaulted when be refused to give
up the keys. He finally gave the mob
some keys, which were not for the ne
goes cells, however, and the mob was
forced to smash in the iron bars. Sher-
if Wilson Crane of Polk County was
present and tried to induce the mob not
to hang the negroes. The mob besides
wrecking the Jail attacked the sheriff'S
house, demolished the furniture and
rendered the sheriff's wife unconscious
by threats and violence.
Seven companies of State troops and
300 special deputy sheriffts were or
dered out to prevent the outbreak of
desperate race war. The enmity to-
ward the negroes which actuated a mob
of several thousand men, women and
boys to break into the Jail and lynch
and burn three blacks seemed not sat
isfied by the tragedy, and so threaten
ing was the situation that the authOri-
ties of the city and county united in an
appeal to Governor Folk to send the
militia.
Below is given the number of lynch
ings in the United States since 1898:
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ANTHRACITE COAL SITUATION.
Uncertainty sim Prevails. wit
Peace Prospects Brighter.

Uncertainty Sfiu Prevails, with
Peace Prospects Brighter.
Uncertainty still prevails il the an
thracite coal situation. with the chances
more favorable to peace. however. At
the conference between the operators
and miners last week President Mitch
ell submitted a plan whereby the diff
ferences between the opposing parties
might be settled by arbitration In
their reply to the proposal of the an
thracite miners the operators in the
anthracite districts made a counter pro-
posal limiting the issues to be arbitrat-
ed TO the question of wages and the
adjustment of complaints. They fur
Their limited the scope of investigation
by STIMULATING that the arbiters should
determine only whether. since the
award of the last strike commission.
there has been any change of conditions
that would require a change of the
award. The operators ''stand firmly
on the principles" enuneiated in that
award. declaring that ANY arbitration
that does not permanently settle such
questions is farce"
The anthracite miners now meet this
reply with another proposal in which
the terms of their original demand are
considerably modified. They do not ask
for an agreement with the United Mine
Workers of America. but only with the
anthracite miners. They consent to
eliminate some of the pending issues
from the scope of arbitration, practical
ly receding from the demand that the
operators collect union levies for the
union. In substance, they virtually ac-
cept the suggestion that the question OF
continuing the award of 1902 be refer
red to the consideration of the orig
inal commission or to one similarly con-
stituted
These are substantial concessions and
disclose a serious purpose to seek a set
Element by peaceable means. They do
not narrow the scope of the investiga-
ton down to the point desired by the
operators. but it is thought the latter
cannot afford to insist that there be no
modification of the award fixed in 1902.
Conditions have changed materially
since then and it is, claimed to be only
fair that the proposed strike commits
sion should take cognizance of this
change and 90 into the broader aspects
of the situation.
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dress she was driven to the house her
husband had forbidden her to enter.
1t was 10 O'clock when she returned
home.
A light In the library showed her
that husband was at home. She hest
tated an instant at the door, and then
went boldly in.
Jack stood with his back against the
fire, but his eyes fixed upon her-but
not her Jack. The sternness had gone
from his eyes, but no smile was on his
lips. Over his face was an expression
of whitening contempt.
You have enjoyed your evening,
madam" he said; you had for it the
relish of your falsehood this morning. -
Oh, how wrong she had BEEN She
was tempted to crawl up to him and
creep into his arms and beg him to for
give her, but she remembered Mrs.
Armstrong; advice.
''Yes," she said. Il had charming
evening; but l am quite sleepy now.
Goodnight! l am going to bed now
"Why did you dlsobey lie. MayY lie
demanded.
Because l do not propose to be a
slave to your caprice | have
had my own way all my life, and I in
tend to have it,"
"And l say you shall not have it
Choose between Mrs. Armstrong and
me-between your unworthy friend and
your husband-between your own will
and your future happiness-on this in
slant, choose :"
Il have made my choice: abide. by
it. When you are more reasonable |
will listen further. Now, goodnight. u
He made her no answer. She lin
gered a moment at the head of the
stairs, hoping he would speak again
but all was silent.
In the early morning a servant
brought her note. 1t was from hel
husband, and ran thus:
"At 9 O'Clock shall sail for abroad
to be absent three months. During
that time my lawyer will consult you
in regard to our separation and make
it as easy as possible. have known
for a long time that our tastes were
Numerically opposed. that all my
sweet hopes of home were wrecked
but not that you could defy and out
rage the love which 1 so freely gave
you. DO not think me harsh in leaving
you without a goodbye, but l thought
il would be less painful to both"
With tear-bluded eyes she glanced
uD at the clock 1t was just 8. She
had one hour in which to act. 1t was
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{CHO0xS
COLLEGES
~~~N%-O@@ONNo~

Mrs. John A. Logan protests against
the oyerdressing of school children.
Only eight of every hundred boys in
this country ever attend the high schools.
The Boston board of education is to
make thorough investigation of the pos
sibilitieS of pension system for the city
teachers.
Prof Howard Edwards of the Michigan
Agricultural college will, on July 1, sue
coed Kenyon l.. Butterfield as president
of the Rhode Island Agricultural college
at Kingston.
Supervisory districts are no longer an
experiment in New Hampshire. Their
usefulness in raising the standard of viii
lage aud rural schools has been album
dandy demonstrated.
DIR. Paul G.. Woody, director of the
serum laboratory of the bureau of science
in the Philippines, has accepted the di-
rectorship of the pathological laboratory
Siam proposes to start
Ex-President White of Cornell Univer-
sity. in an address to the alumn@ of that
institution, said that much of Cornells
success was due to its women students.
He thought the only danger was that
women students undermine their health
and consequently he emphasized the i'm
portance of the gymnasium.
On the official letterheads used by the
school department of Cleveland are print
ed these words: IF you hear anything
good said about our schools, tell it to
others"
The committee on manual training
schools of Philadelphia have decided to
open the trade schools of the city to girls
as we'll as boys, the course for the former
including domestic science, millinery,
cooking. dressmaking, woodworking, bas-
ket-making, etc. This is a radical change,
in that heretofore the board has sought
in every way to separate boys and girls
of the higher grades.
Bliss Perry. editor of the Atlantic
Monthly, has been appointed to a pro-
fessorship in English literature in Har-
ward college, a chair which has remained
vacant since 1866. and which before that
, Tine was occupied by George Ticknor,
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and James
Russell Lowell.
When Miss Underwood completed fifty
| wears OF service IN tue puDuC SCHOOLS OF
| Quincy. Mass, the citizens gave her $500
| Hon. Charles Francis Adams, now resid-
ing elsewhere. came back and not only
spoke feelingly of her great service but
gave 500 as an earnest that his words
were genuine expression of his appre-
| citation of her services TO the city.
1 English educational and sanitary au-
! thorities are discussing the ACCESSIBILITY Of
substituting cheap paper and pencils for
states in schools. The Lancet is strongly
/ in favor of paper and pencils.
German school teachers receive 5000
| the first year. increasing gradually 10
81, $50 for thirty years service and over !;
| female teachers one-fourth les. Head
teachers receive $242 additional. Draw
ing teachers receive $3.50 and sewing
teachers $500, which increase 1922 and
S426 for thirty years service. Official
life and sickness insurance is provided
for by deduction OF 3 per cent from sal
aries of male teachers and Is per cent
| from female.