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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
BUNKERS ENTERS
HIS CELL TODAY
MOTION FOR A REHEARlNG is
DENIED
Offers to Surrender Himself at Once,
but He Is Allowed Ono
More Night of
Liberty
BY Associatcd Press.

By Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. t6. - Harry
Bunkers, convicted bribe-taker, was de-
MED his motion for perpetual arrest of
Judgment today by Superior Judge
Hart. Tomorrow, on arrival of the re-
mitttur denying his motion for a re-
hearing made before the supreme court,
Bunkers will be taken to San Quentin
state prison to begin his servitude of
five years. He offered to surrender to
the sheriff this afternoon, but as he has
good bond up, he was told to appear
tomorrow, when the sheriff expects to
have received the commitment for his
Incarceration.
The motion Bunkers made today was
argued by his attorney, H. " More
house, who contended that under sub
division 35 of article Of the constitu-
tion, the instant Bunkers testified for
the people in the case against e. J..
Emmons, one of his confederates, he
was protected by the amnesty that sec
ton assures those who thus testify. and
that at that instant all proceedings
against him in law and right absolutely
ceased. To this District Attorney Sey-
mour simply replied that Bunkers is
protected by the constitutional amnesty
against prosecution after he testified,
and that the testimony he gave could
not be used against him in subsequent
prosecution, except for perjury.
Judge Hart took the same view of the
application and denied the motion.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
CHAUNCEY DEPEW
SERIOUSLY ILL
FAILING BOTH MENTALLY AND
PHYSICI LILY
Fails to Recognize Old Frlneds When
They Greet Hlm-TroubIe Is
Caused by the Recent
Exposures

Special 10 The Herald.
NEW YORK, Jan. Ex-senator
Chauncey M. Depew Is in a state Of
health that has seriously alarmed his
friends. lie is reported to have had a
slight attack Sunday that left him
weak. The strain that the senator has
been under ever since he returned from
Europe last August has worked a
startling change, mentally and physic-
ally. He has practically abandoned
business and has withdrawn from all
social engagements except those which
are imperative. His manner has al
tered completely and his face shows in
marked degree the distress which has
grown daily greater since the in
surance revelations.
Today as he was on his way to
Washington he absolutely failed to
recognize old friends who called on
him. His age, OF course, is a serious
factor. From being one of the most
jovial and easily approachable of men,
Depew now lives alone as a recluse.
He cannot be induced to comment on
his affairs and to some of his friends
has appeared to forget essential facts.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
CADET MERIWETHER
TENDERS RESIGNATION
AUTHORITIES PROBABLY WILL
NOT ACCEPT 1T
Six Midshipmen Testify Against Him
in Trial for Hazing, and One Per-
forms "Rabbit Dance" for Edfi-
cation of the Court
BY Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 16.-Midship-
man Meriwether has handed in his
resignation from the naval academy.
1t is said it is not likely that it will
be accepted, as there are now charges
pending against him, and for the fur
ther reason that he is under sentence
Of confinement to the academy grounds
for one year on account of his con-
nection with the fight in which Mid
shipman j. r. Branch received fatal
injuries.
The evidence of those whom Midship-
man Minor Meriwether, jr., was ac-
cused OF hazing was given rapidly to-
day, after the court had disposed of
the objection offered by counsel for the
defense. Six midshlpmen of the fourth
class connected Meriwether in some
way with the hazing and they were
positive in four cases. Corroborative
testimony in several instances was
given.
The prosecution closed it's case and
the defese examined some of it's wit
nesses, but did not close. Nearly all
the fourth class men stated that they
did not consider the exercises which
had been required of them were in the
least humiliating, that they had en-
joyed the fun and taken it as a part of
the natural order Of things at the acad-
emy However the judge advocate
brought out the fact they believed
they would have incurred serious con-
sequences if they had not done what
the upper classmen told them to do.
AS the rabbit dance" was a form Of
hazing which the court had not dealt
with before, Midshipman Kilduff was
asked to illustrate it, which he did.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
TOLD TO WASH
DISHES; DIES
TWELVE-YEAR-oLD BOY ENDS
HIS LIFE
Declares Task Is Girls Work, and
When Left Alone to Perform
the Task Shoots
Himself
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
DENVER, Colo, Jan. 16.-Rather
than wash dishes, which he declared
to be girls work. Juan Caurias, aged
IL years, son of a well known ranch
man living near Malachite, committed
suicide by shooting rifle ball through
his head. The boy was ordered by his
father to wash the breakfast dishes,
after which he was to have Joined him
and an elder brother in nearby hay
field.
Juan protested but it did no good.
After an hour had passed and the lad
did not appear in the field the father
and brother returned to the house to
look for him. They found the boy
dead on the floor with a 22-caliber
rifle lying by his side. 1t is supposed
the lad sat down on the floor, placed
the weapon between his knees and then
fixed his felt eye over the muzzle,
when he released the trigger with his
hand. Death must have been in
Simultaneous.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
KANSAS FUNDS
$4,000 SHORT
DISCLOSED BY INVESTIGATION
JUST COMPLETED
1t Is Stated Most Of the Deficit Oc-
Cured During the lncumbency
Of Former Treasurer
Frank E. Grimes
BY Associa ted Press.


TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. ia total
shortage in the United States treasury
Of about $4,000 is shown by the report
of Accountant Morris in the treasury
examination just closed according to a
summary of the report prepared by
Governor e. w. Hoch and made pub
lie late this afternoon. The report
covers all transactions made by the
state treasurers from January 1, 1898,
to June 80, 1905. including the two full
terr-s of former State Treasurer Frank
e. Grimes and one term and six months
of the administration of Thomas T..
Kelly, the present state treasurer. The
bulk of the shortage appears in the
accounts of the office during the Grimes
administration.
OF the total of $4,000, $50, 900 is due
to missing coupons from mbonds owned
by the state school fund and $4,000 is
due to the loss Of interest on warrants
issued by the territory of Oklahoma
to the state of Kansas.
Governor Hoch tonight declined to
discuss any action that he might take
in regard to the result Of the investiga-
ton.
Former State Treasurer Frank E.,
Grimes issued a statement tonight He
absolutely denies any responsibility for
the shortage in the oklahoma warrants
and says he is able to account salts
factorily for all the bond coupon
shortages except $7215. Mr.. Grimes
states that he is willing to make good
any shortages he is responsible for.
In his statement Mr.. Grimes puts the
responsibility for a number of serious
discrepancies on c. r. Richey, his chief
clerk.
Aside from the shortage shown, the
Nnr~f n1yaa lie,
closures concerning the erasure Of the
state property stamp from the backs
of coupons and the mutilation of rec
ords in the offices Of the state treasurer
and state auditor. Thomas T. Kelly,
the present state treasurer, will issue
statement in reply to the charges
made against him in the report.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
RIVERS AND HARB0RS
CONGRESS IS OPENED
DELEGATES ARE ADDRESSED BY
THE PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Expresses Approval of the
Object of the Meeting, Declaring
It Is Matter of Interest to the
Whole Country
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16-The Ma
tional Rivers and Harbor congress
opened today and adopted the report
of the committee on organization rec
ommending The election of the follow
ing officers:
President, Harvey D. Goulder, Cleve,
land, o.; one vice president from each
state represented, to be named by
the delegates; secretary, Colonel w.
Fl. Love, Baltimore; treasurer V. H.
Sherwood, Philadelphia. Among those
recommended for the executive COM
mittee were John w. Ferris of San
Francisco and A. H. Devers of Port
land Ore.
The legislative committee is charged
with the duty of actively prosecuting
the work of securing regular and in
creased annual appropriations for the
improvement of rivers and harborS of
the entire country and to this end to
take such steps and use such means
as will tend to mold public sentiment
In favor thereof.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that the national government should
put river and harbor bills on a par
with other great appropriation bills by
annual appropriations and direct all
such work economically and contin-
uously, without the waste incident to
intermittent efforts. The resolutions
urge an annual appropriation of at
least $4,000, 900.
President Roosevelt addressed the
delegates at the White House as fol-
lows:
II some times have visitors who want
to discuss with me matters with which
am not interested but congress like
this Is always welcome because this
[Nas at heart the affairs in which the
whole country is deeply concerned, for
1t is Unnecessary to say that those who
live remote from any navigable river,
or from any deep sea harbor, yet have
almost as great, though an indirect
concern, in their proper care and de-
velopment as those who live right on
the borders; for the development of
our commerce depends in large part
upon the sane treatment of the rivers
and harbors of the United States"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
FOUR LOSE THEIR LIVES
IN TUNNEL DISASTER
AIR PIPE BURSTS IN cAISSoN IN
EAST RIVER
Two Men Are Drowned and Two Suf-
focated-TWo Others Are Seriously
Overcome, but Are Rescued by the
Foreman and His Assistant
By Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-two negro
tunnel workers were killed by suffo-
cation and caisson disease, two were
drowned, two others were seriously
overcome and the white foreman and
assistant suffered severely In rescuing
those who survived, when a compressed
air pipe burst in the East river tunnel
on Man O'War reef, opposite Forty
second street, early today.
The bodies Of the two drowned men
still lie at the bottom of the shaft,
twenty feet below the river level. These
men were overwhelmed by the water
that entered the shaft when the pres
sure was removed. The other two dead
men were hoisted to the surface by the
foreman and his assistant, who also
rescued the two whose lives were saved.
The foreman and his assistant left the
bottom of the shaft and were hoisted
to the river level with the bodies just
in time to escape drowning and death
by the "bends," as the dread caisson
disease is called.
Man O'War reef Is a mass of rocks
which lie just below the surface of the
river at low water. When 1t was fixed
upon as a place for a shaft a crib was
built which was made alright. and by
dumping rocks from the other shafts
upon 1t the contractors have made a
little islsnd for the work there. From
this the shaft through which the COM
pressed air is driven to the workers
below was sunk.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
STORM WORKS HAVOC
Hurricanes Cause Great Damage In
Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky
BY Associated Press.


CINCINNATI, Jan. 16.-Dispatches
received today from various points In
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky tell of
great damage by a severe wind, rain
and hail storm last night During the
height of the storm the wind reached
velocity of from forty to sixty miles
an hour.
The telegraph and telephone COM
panies suffered severely by wires being
blown down in all directions.
At Lancaster, Ohio, several buildings
were wrecked and considerable damage
is reported throughout the country.
The roofs of several dwellings, at
Springfield and Hamilton, Ohio, were
blown off during the storm.
AT Lima, Ohio, the Main Street Pres
byterian church was struck by light
ming and gutted by flames.
At Eaton, Ohio, a schoolhouse was
razed and many dwellings, barns and
small buildings were demolished. Miss
Bertha Harland and twenty-five pupils
were In the school building when it
collapsed, but aside from a few minor
bruises all escaped injury.
Paducah, KY, reports that a num-
ber of houses and sheds were unroofed
and other damage done. Several
barges in the harbor there and at
Rockport and Joppa, ILL.,, were sunk.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
THOMAS ]. EMERY IS DEAD
Cincinnati Multi-MiIionaire Stricken
With Pneumonia While in
Egypt
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 16.-Thomas J..
Emery, multi-millionaire Of this city, is
dead in Egypt from pneumonia, the
news reaching here by cable today.
Mr.. Emery who was an extensive
traveller, went to North Africa during
the summer, and the news Of his death
came within a few hours of the time
when his family heard of his serious
illness. He spent some time at Alge-
ciras and then went to Cairo, where he
was taken down with pneumonia and
his death was reported by cable today.
None of his immediate FAMILY was with
him at the time of his death.
Mr.. Emery was one of the principal
heirs to the Thomas w. Emery estate,
the largest owners of real estate in
Cincinnati and south Ohio. He estab-
lished the Cincinnati orphan asylum as
memorial to his two SONS who had
died and was large contributor to
negro orphan asylums. He also con-
tributed generously to other charities
and largely aided Booker t. Washing
ton in his educational work.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
NOTED WOMAN IS
FOUND STRANGLED
ANITA DE BETTENC0URT Is
MURDERED -
She Had swlndled Most Prominent
Men In New York and PhlladeI-
phla and Caused Sew
eral Deaths
Special to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.-With
marks of fingers about her neck and
her face distorted with awful fear,
Anita de Bettencourt, who claimed n
S3O000,000 estate in Cuba, entertained
General Grant, Dom Pedro, emperor
Of Brazil, and noblemen and noble
women galore, and who swlndled the
biggest men in New York and Phila-
delphia, was found dead today in her
apartments in this city.
Her son John, a drunkard, is under
arrest pending an investigation. The
j,olioe suspect him Of numbering his
mother because she refused to give him
money. Thus closed the career OF a
remarkable woman who caused at least
two deaths one that Of her own son,
who killed himself in the west after his
mother was exposed, and the other
Senior Barca, a Spanish minister to the
United States who in 1883 blew out his
brains in a Fifth avenue hotel, New
York, because he could not pay back
to his government the tremendous sums
out of which the Countess de Betten-
court had swindled him. For years
after the exposure the woman, nyster-
ious in everything, had some source of
income which enabled her to live well,
travel where she wished and do as she
pleased.
There are stories Of great wealth
boarded In her swindling days. She of.
ten had mysterious visitors, men and
women of evident refinement and
we5[lth.
1t is known she had a bitter quarrel
labt night with her son, and he had
torn the hair from her head and beat
her. Her son went out later and
brought his mother box Of candy. AT
2 o'clock this morning sha was found
dead in her chair beside her bed.
The lock was torn off her door and
the family physician, finding finger
marks about her neck, refused to give
a death certificate and notified the po-
lice. The sons arrest followed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
CONFERENCE ON
MOROCCO OPENS
TONE OF CANCELLATION is
MANIFEST
Duke AImodovar, Spanish Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Is Unanimously
Elected President of the Assem-.
bIage
BY Associated Press.


ALGECIRAS, Jan. 16, $40 p. m.-The
opening of the Moroccan conference
was chiefly notable for the spirit of
conciliation manifested throughout the
formal inaugural session. The events
of the day were gathering of the am
basSadors and their executive StaffS
and the one-hour session, in which
Duke Almodovar, Spanish minister of
foreign affairs, was unanimously elect
ed president of the conference.
The dukes speech of acceptance
breathed concord and peace. 1t coun-
seled the nations to adjust their differ
ences, emphasized the essential prin-
ciples of the sovereignty Of the sultan,
the territorial integrity of Morocco and
the open door. 1t was significant that
both the French and German delega-
tions heartily seconded the remarks of
the duke, thus foreshadowing the
amelioration of Franco-German rela-
tions.
The delega les had agreed to make
themselves comfortable and not to
trouble about uniforms so most of
them were in afternoon dress.
The Moors were the last to arrive
and their white draperies, turbanS and
yellow shoes added an odd touch to a
gathering that otherwise looked like
that at an afternoon tea.
There were seven of the Arabs, dig
nifled men with watchful eyes and all
with athletic frames except Mohammed
el Torres, whose figure is bent under
the weight of his SO years and who
walks with a long staff.
The duke of Almodovar, in welcoming
the conference in the name of King
Alfonso, said it twas the second time
that Morocco and the great powers
had set in Spain to deliberate on ques-
tons, of the highest Importance, and he
hoped that the common efforts OF the
ENJOYS would result In the satisfactory
fulfllnent of the heavy task imposed
upon them.
Herr Won Radowitz, the German am
bassador to Spain and head of the Ger
man delegation, then rose and pointed
out that the position alphabetically of
Allemagne Germany gave him the
right to propose the duke of Almodovar
for president of the conference. The
election of the duke was unanimous.
Secretaries were then chosen, among
them being M. de Margerie, formerly
secretary OF the French ambassy at
Washington.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
Former President IndIsposecl

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-Former Pres
ident Cleveland came to New York to-
day from his home in Princeton and
later was joined by Mrs. Cleveland. 1t
was said tonight that, while Mr..
Cleveland is not i'll he is not feeling
in the best of health.
Mr.. Cleveland was guest tonight at
the home of Paul Morton. DIR. J. d.
Bryant, Mr.. Clevelands physician, in
speaking tonight of the former presi-
dents health, said:
"Mr. Cleveland is slightly indisposed,
but Is not by any means i'll. 1 will
give you my word he is not i'll. The
trip. to Ohio is long and SO tedious that
I advised Mr.. Cleveland not to go. He
reluctantly consented not to do so, and
will remain at Mr.. Morton's house most
of tomorrow morning and then both
Mrs. Cleveland and he will return to
Princeton
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
DUNNE WANTS INQUIRY
Asks Grand Jury to Investigate the
Charge That Gambling Is
Protected
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Mayor Dunno
yesterday made a formal request OF
State Attorney John ]. Healy for a
grand jury investigation of the charges
that gambling is protected in Chicago
and that one-third of the proceeds Is
being collected for distribution among
the police.
This action was after Chief OF Police
Collins, personally accused by some
of the gamblers of protecting the
gambling trust, had denied Indignantly
to the mayor the charge that there
was grating in the police department.
Mayor Dunno said he believed Chief
Collins.
State Attorney Healy said he would
call a special grand jury If necessary
to investigate the charge.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
TO BRING BACK CHINESE
Three Who Claim to Have Been lille.
galy Deported Are to Be
Returned
BY Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ia tele-
gram received yesterday from Secretary
Metcalf says that the department has
ordered that Ii Wah. Ng Shi and Gil
Yok, on board the Coptic. now on the
way to China via Honolulu, be trans
ferred at Honolulu and returned to
San Francisco, to be held in custody
of the steamship company pending ap-
peal proceedings In the United States
circuit court Of appeals
These Chinese We're shipped out or
the state by the local Chinese bureau
on an order of deportation after the
bureau had been advised that an appeal
has been allowed by United States
District Judge de Haven. Ii Wah and
CT Yok claim to be native Americans,
and Ng Shi is Ii Wah's wife and de-
manded admittance as such.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
BUFFALO FIRM FAILS
w. r. Dever & Co., Stock Brokers
Doing Large Business,
Suspend
By Associated Press.

BUFFALO. N. Y. Jan. 16.-The Of
fees of William r. Dever e Co., stock
brokers, were closed today.
Edward Brady, manager and prin-
cipal stockholder In the concern. was
said to be in Boston. No statement as
to the cause OF the suspension could be
secured. The firm did not hold mem-
bership on any OF the stock exchanges
but handled a large stock business on
margin in eighty branch offices in New
York state and Canada.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
CHANGES AT SAN QUENTIN
A Number Of Officials Removed by
Tompkins and Their Places
Filled by Others
BY Associated Iress.

SAN QUENTIN. Jan. 16.-Warden
Tompkins of the states prison here has
removed from their positions: Henry
Harrison, captain of the yard; James
Russell. captain OF the guard; John
Rains, lower gate keeper; r. z. Shaw,
steward of the convict mess; M. T.
Hayward, overseer of the stock and
farm, and Edward Arthur Burns.
Their places will be filled as follows:
Sergeant of the First Watch Dan Cur
rem will be captain of the yard; Guard
John Jones, captain Of guards; Guard
Ed O'Flaherty. lower gate keeper;
Lieut.. j. II. Murray, sergeant Of the
first watch, and Guard ]. G.. Kerfoot,
sergeant Of the second watch.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
STRICKEN BLIND AT SEA
Captain of Schooner, Though Sight
less, Pilots His Vessel to San
Francisco
BY Associated Press,

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16-Stricken
with blindness at sea. Capt. Sanburg
of the Schooner Falcon, bound from
Ventura to Grays Harbor, stood by the
helm and piloted his vessel through
the storm and brought her into this
port.
Sanburg had one of his officers take
the observations, from which he gave
orders to the helmsmen. He felt un-
equal to the strain of continuing the
voyage to the northern port and will
seek relief from oculists here.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

Southern California;: Cloudy
Wednesday, possibly preceded by
showers; light west wind. MAXI
mum Temperature in Los Angeles
yesterday, 62 degrees; minimum,
As degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
Mrs. Berry Goes to Asylum
BY Associated Press.

SPOKANE. Wash. Jan. 16-Sally
Berry of Northport. Wash. the insane
woman who held possession OF a car at
Girard. Kas., for five days, has been
brought to this city and was committed
to the asylum at Medical Lake this
afternoon. She was brought here by
her sister, Mrs Mary Reason of Tulsea,
/. r. whom she was on her way 70
visit when stricken.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
WANTED IN PENNSYLVANIA
Men Held In San Francisco Accused
Of Crime In the
East
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 16.-Several
weeks ago the district attorney of San
Francisco obtained requisltlon papers
for the return from New Mexico of J..
III. OFT, jr, who is now awaiting trial
In San Francisco on charge Of rob-
bing his friend, Frank Johnson, of
S1100.
Governor Pardee has now received
requisition papers for both OFT and
johnson from the governor of Pennsyl-
vanla, where they are wanted for OBJ
tanning quantity of building material
by fraud and selling the same. 1t Is
inferred that after arriving In San
Francisco OFT robbed johnson of his
share of their pllferings AS the district
attorney desires to press the charge
against OFT it is probable that the
Pennsylvania documents will not be
honored at the present time.