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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
w RECK
BLAME
FIXED
Operator Responsible
as Shown by
Sheets
Mattoax Is Missing and
the Officers Are
Searching
Shocking Death of President Spencer
and Others "Due to Care
essness of His
EmpIoye"

BY Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, Va, Nov. 3O.-The
cause of the wreck near Lawyers sta
tion, ten miles south OF this city, yes
terday morning, in which President
Samuel Spencer and his party of
prominent New York and Baltimore
men lost their lives is laid absolutely
at the door of C. D. Mattoax, the
operator who was in charge of the
block telegraph station at Rangoon
Mattoax, who disappeared alter be-
ing relieved, less than one hour after
the accident, has not ben found,
despite the fact that railway detectives
have secured the country.
An examination by the Associated
Press representative of the telegraph
sheets kept at Rangoon and Lawyers
block Offices shows that Mattoax al
lowed No. 33, the Jacksonville express,
upon the block, the train passing his
station, getting a clear track from him
at sos o'clock.
The operator at Lawyers, the next
station ahead, declared that Mattoax
did not ask him for "clear track
for No. 3S. and he therefore did not
know this train had passed Rangoon.
The block sheet at Lawyers bears out
this claim. If Mattoax had reported
train No. 33 on the block to Lawyers
there would have been no accident.
The death of William Pollard, the
porter in President Spencer'a car, and
| j. w. Shaw, the negro fireman, both
| of whom died in the city hospital here
last night, swelled the doth list to
seven in all.
The escape of A. e. Merrill of New
York, private secretary to Mr.. Spencer,
the only survivor in the party on the
private car save for a porter, was
miraculous. The injuries he sustained
are not serious and he will be able to
leave the city hospital here probably
by the first of the week.
Identification was made today of the
negro who was killed and his body
buried.
The victim was Benjamin Hoswell
of Toledo, o., dining car man, who
was taken aboard Mr. Spencer's car for
the trip.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
San Francisco's Chief
Is Blamed by
Grand Jury
Protection Of Resorts
Leads to More
True Bills
Bay city's InquisitoriaI Body con-
tinues Its Warfare Against Crook
edness in offcialdom
ReignIng There

By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30.-Abrsi
ham Ruef and Chief of Police Jeremiah
Dinan were Jointly indicted by the
grand jury this afternoon on the charge
of conspiracy in connection with the
alleged protection of house Of bad .
repute.
Chief Of Police Dinan was also sepa-
rately indicted on the charge of perjury
based upon his testimony before the
grand jury.
Bonds were fixed at $4,000 in each
case.
No attempt will be made to disp,ace
Dinan pending the trial of the case.
The finding of true bills against Chief
of Police Dinan and Ruef by the grand
jury today followed several days in
vestigation by that inquisitorial body
into the operation of immoral resorts
in that section of the city which before
the disaster of last April was known
as the Barbary Coast.
"The Municipal Crib"
One of these resorts, located at 620
Jackson street had been in operation
before the fire and was known as the
municipal crib" and was re-estab-
lished this summer on it's former site.
1t is said to have harborcd $50 fe-
males at one time, and is alleged to
have been run under the protection OF
the administration. The police raided
and closed the resort some, time sttzos
| whenEthe GRAND jury began its inyestiz
cation.
= d &
1t is. in connection with brothel at
III Pacific street that Chief of Police
Dinan and Ruef We're Jointly indicted
for conspiracy.
Creighton Paid Ruef
The indictment sets forth that Dinan
and Ruef on the 18th of last September
conspired and agreed with Alfred And
riu, j. c. Harris. j. j. Mckenzie. p.
Lester, Harry Wilson, Richard Creigh-
ton and Jerry Driscoll that the resort
at 712 Pacific street should be openly
maintained and conducted for immoral
purposes in violation of the law That
in furtherance of said conspiracy.
Creighton paid to Ruef $3.50 on October
20, $3.50 on october 20 and $3.50 on No
vember 5.
The charge of perjury on which Di-
nan was separately indicted today is
based on the testimony of the chief of
police before the grand jury, in which
he testified that he did not close the
resort at 712 Pacific street sooner be-
cause he did not know of its existence
until a week before he suppressed it. no
report having been made to him by
any officer prior to that time.
Priest VS.. Chief
1t is alleged he further stated to the
grand jury that he did not close She
resort at $40 Jackson street sooner be-
cause Father Carahar had informed
him that it was not in his parish and
that he had no objection to it.
The indictment sets forth that the
Continued ON Page Two.)
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
HOLLANDS TWO
CENTURY INDIES
WAR is ENDED
BY Associated press.

BY Associated Press.
VICTORIA, B. c., Nov. 30.
The steamer Antilochus
brought news from Singapore
of the dramatic ending of Hol-
lands two-century-old war in
the South Celibes.
After a siege of many months
the Hollanders captured the
mountain fortress of Barupu,
where the rebels made their
last stand.
This was ) almost like an
Eagles nest, impregnable, al
most inaccessible and impossi-
BILE of being taken by storm.
The Hollanders maintained a
Gordon, seeking to prevent sup
plies reaching the rebels, and
finally the rebels seeing further
resistance meant annihilation
surrendered with 900 men.
The insurrection in the
South Celibes will end with
this surrender.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
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3 LARGEST LUMBER
. DEAL ON COAST
Q rs NEGOTIATED

O BY Associated Press. o
Z" SPOKANE, wash, Nov. 3O.--It II @
Q announced that over 100000 ncres o
@ of timber land on which is approxi- @
@ mnteIy 2,5OO,0OO feet Of standing @
@ timber valued Mt s8,OO0,OOO. has @
@ been purchased by the Monarch @
o Timber company In the 81. Joe and O
@ 81. Marie river valleys In Idaho. o
@ Half of this gigantic purchase o
@ was made in single deal between e,
@ A. w. BIeweIIing of Spokane, rep @
o resenting the Monarch Timber @
@ company, and n. 4. Blackwell of o
O Occur d'AIene, Idaho, represent- @
O his own interests, and the william g
@ Howard Land and Timber COM (.
@ pany. @
@ This is said to be the largest %
o single deal ever negotiated on the g,
@ Pacific const. @
@ IL Is proposed to build saw mills @
@ and arrange for railroad connec- {:
@ tion at once. @
% @ @ @ @ 100000 o o y 800 g
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
BOLD JAIL BREAK AT
LONG ISLAND CITY
Ry Associated press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov 30.-Ten of the
most desperate prisoners in the county
ja,i at Long Island City escaped from
sat institution.
The first four of the prisoners to
gtt out sawed the bars of their cells
ard of the window opening into the
corridor of the Jail at 2:30 a. m. Once
iii the yard they had only to climb a
fence and were free.
The ABSENCE of the man and the saw
ing OF the bars were unnoticed when
the keepers opened the cell and all
lowed the other prisoners into the COR
ridor.
Six of the prisoners Immediately
crawled through the hole in the win
dow.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
ILLINOIS
/ BANKS CLOSE
DOORS
BY Associated press.


PEORIA, ILL.,, Nov. 3O,-Three bank-
ing institutions in McDonough county
conducted by G. V. Chandler of Ma
comb closed their doors today.
Notices to the effect that the banks
were short of ready cash were posted
on the doors of all the banks. This de.
cision was reached yesterday on an
examination of the books by Mr.. Chand-
Ter himself.
The banks are the Bank of Macomb,
conducted by C. V. Chandler &, Co., de-
posits of $450000 and capitalized at $780,
co.; the Chandled & lines bank at Col
posits of 100000, and the Chandler &
Smith bank of Bardolph, capitalized at
$25, 900, with 100000 deposits.
The money of the depositors i'm all
three banks has been invested through
Mr.. Chandler, senior member of the pri-
vate banking firms, in McDonough
county real estate, and the immediate
cause of the suspension of the three in
stitutions is given as a lack of ready
cash.
The Macomb bank guaranteed the
payment of the bonds of the Macomb &
Western Illinois Electric railway, and
when the bondholders made a demand
for their money they absorbed all the
ready cash of the three institutions.
The following notice appeared on the
doors of all three banks, signed by G.
v. Chandler and the other members of
the firm in the respective towns:
This bank is closed pending nego-
tiations subject to the conversion of
the property into ready cash. The bank
is solvent. and all depositors will be
paid in full. There is ample property
to meet all obligations and all that is
necessary is reasonable amount of
time to convert the holdings into
money"
c. V. Chandler has been i'm the banS-
ing business in Macomb for quarter
of a century.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
FERRY
CAPTAIN TO
TRIAL
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 30-At the
instance of Victor H. Metcalf, secre-
tary of commerce and labor, Supervis-
ing Inspector General George Uhler of
Washington has instructed Captain
John Birmingham, supervising inspect
or at this port. to bring Captain VIII
liam Wright of the Southern Pacific
train ferry boat Solano to an immediate
trial for violating the law which re-
quires that the vestibules of all Pull
man cars must be kept open while
crossing the water
The Solano plies between Port Costa
and Benicia
Secretary Metcalf observed the vio-
lation of the law while in a Pullman
crossing the Carquinez straits on the So
lano recently.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
PHOENIX CONSTABLE SKIPS
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press
PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. S0-Lee Red
wine, a constable of Phoenix precinct,
is fugitive from justice, escaping
from the custody of the sheriff last
night. Tuesday he was sentenced to
thirty days in Jail. pleading guilty to
the charge of extortion for wronsIully
collecting a bail bond from man he
arrested without placing a charge
against him
The sheriff permitted him to stay in
the office with deputies pending pro-
jected habeas corpus proceedings and
supposed his prisoner was sleeping
there last night.
The Importance of the incident lies
in the fact that previous suspicious
are now so strongly verified that the
afternoon newspapers charge Redwine
with having stolen S1175 which mys-
terlously disappeared from the shsriffs
office November Is. 1t was left there
for safe keeping by Deputy Sheriff
Williams of ella Bend.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
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SCIENTISTS BRING
WONDERS FROM
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

9 BY Associated Press. q
o SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. so.-The Z
(. schooner academy arrived here {
Q from Galapagos islands with n (
@ party Of scientists ON board which Z
@ spent seventeen months on the
@ Islands, making collection Of It's
9 Horn nnd fauna. (
@ There are $4,000 specimens in the (
O new collection which includes
Q fourteen of the Galapagos variety
@ of tortoise, the largest in the
o world. Z
@ -Four thousand specimens of rep (
@ tiles and 10000 specimens of birds,
@ among which are many rare
g species, were secured.
o The party collected also 10000 (
@ specimens of plants and 10000 (
@ specimens of both land and sea (
@ shells.
q II. II. Beck, the ornithOIoglst,
o was In charge.
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
Grief in New York
BY Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 3O.-News of the
terrible death of Samuel Spencer, presi-
dent of the Southern railway, who was
killed in train wreck near Lynchburg,
Va, startled his many business asso-
ciates here. All of them paid glowing
tributes to his high qualities as man
and to his wonderful genius as rail-
road executive. None of them would
discuss the question of his successor.
They were so overwhelmed with distress
that none of them gave any considera-
tion to the matter.
There will probably be special meet
ing of the directors of the Southern
road at an early date to take appro-
pirate action on President Spencer's
death. A majority of the directors will
attend the funeral service.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
JUNTA MEMBER
Is FREED IN
ST. LOUIS

BY Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3O--Librado Ri
vera one of the members of the al
legged Mexican revolutionary junta, ar
rested two weeks ago on complaint Of
the Mexican government, was dis
charged by United States Commission
er Gray today.
Commissioner Gray decided that the
offense charged was of a political ma
ture and for that reason not extradit-
able. A .c
The specific charges were conspiracy
to seize the custom house at Nogales,
Mexico, to seize 1000 rifles from the
government house at Cananea and tC
enlist 100 men to make war on the
Mexican government.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
TO TAKE ALL THE
MARINES OFF
BATTLESHIPS
BY Associated press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3O-Read Ad-
miral Converse chief of the bureau of
navigation, says in his annual report,
made public today, that it has been a
subject of deep consideration to the
bureau whether it would not add to the
efficiency of the naval service if marines
were withdrawn from all battleships.
The idea of the bureau is that the
blue Jackets are drawn from the same
class as the marines and are able to
efficiently perform the services. now as
signed to marines.
1t is said that the presence of ma
rines suggests to the enlisted men of
the navy that the former are there for
police duty and their presence is fire.
quently resented
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
COMMISSION is DEMOCRATIC
Louisiana Man Appointed to cooIey's
Place on the Civil Service
Board
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3O.-The presi-
dent today announced the appointment
of John A. McIlhenney of Louisiana to
fill the vacancy on the civil service
commission caused by the promotion
of A. W. Cooley to be assistant attor-
ney general of the department of JUS
tice. Mr. McIlhenney was member
of the regiment OF Rough Riders of
which the president was colonel during
the Spanish war
The appointment of Mr. McIlhenney
makes the board a Democratic one,
Commissioner Black also being of that
political faith
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
SAN DIEGO WOMAN
Is FOUND DYING
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. SO.-Myrtle D.
Gleed, 81 years of age, who lived with
her mother on Kearney avenue died
suddenly this afternoon under circum-
stances suggesting suicide by strych-
nine.
The exact cause of her death will not
be known until an autopsy is held.
Her mother and sister, returning
from a brief absence, found her dead
on the floor of her bedroom.
She was divorced from her husband
four years ago. She leaves redttives
in Yakima, Wash, and Rossland, B. G..
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3O.-Eddie
Cuneo aged II, was killed, and his
companion, Joseph Castro, aged 10,
was badly injured this afternoon by
falling bricks which were blown from
the top of ruin walls of the Palace
hotel. The bricks fell on the Market
street side, and Immediately afterward
the police stretched ropes across the
street for the purpose of preventing
further accidents.
AS a result the cars running on Mar
ket street were tied up for some time.
At the time of the accident the lad
who was killed and his little friend
were walking along the sidewalk in
front of the hotel. An unusually
heavy CUTS Of the high wind which
had been prevailing all day sent about
twenty-five or thirty bricks flying to
the ground. Several persons were on
the sidewalk, but all escaped the flying
missiles with the exception of the two
lads.
Cuneo was struck squarely on the
head by one of the bricks and his skull
crushed in. He died almost instantly
and his remains were taken to the
morgue
With badly confused legs and arms
Castro was taken to the central emer-
gency hospital where it was stated
that he will recover in few days.
Blows Flagpole OFF
The wind blew a flagpole from the
Ghiradelli chocolate factory at North
Point and Larkin streets this after
noon. The pole struck Joseph McGinn,
fracturing his skull. McGinn is a
street contractor and was working in
the street near the factory with a
gang of laborers. All of them escaped
when the heavy pole fell except Nc
CHM. His injuries are considered
fatal.
Blowing almost with the velocity of a
hurricane the high north winds pre-
valing over the city brought down
wall after wall throughout the ruined
district
The high ruins of building on Sec
ond street near Market toppled over
with roar and for minutes afterward
only drifting cloud of dust marked
the place where the walls had stood.
Huge Shells Fall
the material was of immense weight,
but fortunately no one was in the i'm
mediate neighborhood when the col
lapse occurred.
Another burned building on Leides-
dorff street fell shortly afterward and
the sudden detonation created momen-
tary panic in the commercial section.
Huge chimneys that were the only
remaining portion of high buildings
were thrown over by the wind as
though they had been straws stuck in
the earth.
In many places scaffolding erected
around new buildings was momentarily
threatened and in some half-con-
structed buildings the laborers were
laid off on account of the danger from
the gale
The bay was unusually rough and
shipping along the sea wall suffered
some damage by chafing and beating
against the piers. Several vessels were
obliged to change their moorlngs and
there were a number of narrow es-
capes from collisions.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
JAPANESE SEND
WARSHIPS HERE
IN FEBRUARY
By Assoeiate Press.

o BY Associated Press. .
. TOXIC, Nov. aO.--A training 9
. squadron consisting OF the cruis- .
. ers ItsuIkushima, Hashidates and .
o the MRtsushinha, under command 9
. of Rear Admiral ToneOIa, late .
o president of the naval cadets :
o school, will start from Yolk0hana Z
Q on january ON cruise Via HOno- 9
9 lulu. 9
9 The squadron, it IA expected, VIII 9
o arrive at San Francisco ON Eebru- :
o AIRY ~. IL VIII afterward visit .
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
Elevator Mans Face Torn
6y Associated Pre- SIS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3O.-Charles
Jump, an elevator constructor, met
with a horrible accident which COM
pletely destroyed his face. Jump was
employed by the Otis Elevator COM
rany and was engaged in rebuilding
the elevators in the James Flood build
ing. While working in the door of the
shaft on the fourth floor this af1er-
noon the elevator suddenly descended,
catching Jump in such way that his
face was literally torn off.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
) LETTER BOX
) RENTS TO BE
) EQUALIzED
Ry Associated Press.

. BY A5sOcIdIeu FIVs7'
o WASHINGTON, Nov. 3O.--An or (
o der has been issued by the nrst (
8 assistant postmaster general look (
o ing toward the adoption of uni (
. form rates of rent for boxes of (
8 pOstOnices.
. The revised rates will AFFECT
o every pOstonice in the United (
8 states.
. sIt IL not the intention 20 make (
. an increase in box rents," says an
8 OnicIaI.. ,"Nhile some rents will
o be raised, others Will be consider
o ably lowered, the aim being 10
o correct inequalities"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
Priest VS.. Chief

1t is alleged he further stated to the
grand jury that he did not close She
resort at 620 Jackson street sooner be-
cause Father Carahar had informed
him that it was not in his parish and
that he had no objection to it.
The indictment sets forth that the
CONTINUED ON Page Two.)
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
JUAREz WOMAN FolLS POLICE
Mrs. De Gonzales Imprisoned for Har-
boring ReVoIutionists in
Mexico

BY Associated Press.
Ell PASO, Nov. 3O.-Mrs Marie Ponce
de Gonzales, a prominent woman of
Juarez, has been arrested in Juarez
charged with harboring revolutionists.
Her husband was recently arrested
as a revolutionist, and she Is accused
of putting the police on the wrong track
when they were searching the city.
There are now forty alleged revolu-
tionists in Jail I'm Chihuahua, arrested
in Juarez and other Mexican cities in
that state.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
Blaze Threatens Plttsbura

By AssOciated Fress.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Nov. SO-Fire
damaged the Ruud Manufacturing
company at $40 Second avenue several
thousand dollars. The blaze threat
ened the adjoining structures and all
engines IN the downtown district were
summoned Several firemen were
slightly hurt.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
FIRE SCARES
WOMEN In
SCHOOL

BY Associated Press
JEFFERSON, S. D., Nov. 3O-Fire
which started at st. GATHERINGS Young
Women's Institute destroyed one of
the halls and threatened destroy the
main building.
One hundred pupils in the main
building escaped
The financial loss will exceed $25, 600
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
Phoenix Has a Mystery

By AssOclated I'ress.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. S0.-Alvina
Villa a Mexican girl, eighteen old,
this evening was burned fatally in a
mysterious way. She went into an adj
coming room with lighted lamp.
which she blew out, acd the lamp did
not explode or the house take fire,
though her clothes did.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
Spencer Funeral in Washington

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Funeral
services over the body of Samuel
Spencer will be held at ST. Johns
church in this city Sunday. The inter-
ment will be in this city and will be
private.
Many kilograms of sorrow have been
received at the Spencer home from
prominent railway men throughout the
country.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
THIRTY W ERE
KILLED In
EXPLOSION.

BY Associated Press.
DORTMUND, Germany, Nov. S0.-A
revised list of the casualties resulting
from the explosion on the night of
November 2S of the Witten Roburit
factory shows that thirty persons were
killed, sixty-two severely injured and
1S0 were more or less seriously hurt.
The town of Witten, near the fac
tory, presents a sad scene of mourn
ing and desolation.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
Sloane Murder Trial Goes on

SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. 30.--The
chief point brought out In the trial OF
Sydney Sloane for the murder of his
Coleman that the defendant was a
petty thief who tapped their cash reg
lister and robbed the slot machine IN
his fathers store. The defense Is try
ing to prove mental irresponsibility.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
River Steamer capsizes
BY Associated Press.

ANTIOCH. Cal, Nov. SO.-The river
steamer Trilby, Captain j. Hiatt, was
capsized hereaat 1880 p. m. today by
the strong north wind which got under
her canvas deckhouse. The crew of
nine men We're thrown into the water,
but all were rescued by Frank Samp-
son in a launch. The steamer, which
is 1875 tons burden, soon sank. She
was owned by Henry e. Rideout.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
LOCAL

Man and three women charged with
shoplftlng.
Non-partisans to close campaign Mon
day night.
Rev. William IL. Day may go east 10
live.
Authorities suspect woman of compli-
city in postbox robbery.
Los Angeles chamber of mines prac-
tically formed
Contractor scores city engineer.
Detective walks into a nest of men
wanted by the police.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01

1-Winds level ruins.
2-congress to act on controversy.
3-Pacific gets more cruisers.
4-Non-partisans keep right at it.
5-says official attempted graft.
6-Editorial.
7-city news.
s-sports.
s-southern California news.
10-Markets.
1t-cIassIfIed advertisements.
12-Rallroad news.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
Hanged in Salem, ore.
AZ Associated Press.

SALEM, Ore, Nov. 3O.--Fred f.
Sheppard was hanged at the peniten-
tiary today for the murder of Benja-
min #. Seell in Crook county, Septem-
Der "a. On the scaffold Sheppard con-
fessed the murder and said some one
was guilty with him, but he did not
give the name. September "a, in the
early morning, Sheppard shot Benjamin
r. SeelI, his employer at his ranch and
then assaulted his wife.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-01
Upton AMAZED BY
AMERICAS PROGRESS
Bv Associnted Press.

BY Associated Press
LONDON, Nov. 30.-Sir Thomas Lip
ton has contributed to the Weekly Dis
patch an article describing the amazing
prosperity in America in every depart
ment of trade and commerce.
He says it is no exaggeration to de-
clare that at no previous period of hui
man industry has such prosperity been
known in any country.