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Smyrna times., 1906-07-18
VAUDEVILLE ON TRAINS
Innovation Erie Railroad Man
Predicts For Expresses.
LOOKS FOR 1T IN NEAR FUTURE

j. ID. Brown, Assistant General Pas
senger Agent of the Erie, Believes
Vaudeville Performance Feasible
and Says All Big Lines VIII Some
Day Have 1t.
That the passengers ON the fast ex-
press trains of the big trunk lines of
the United States will be entertained
by vaudeville performances, etc, while
being whirled across the country is be-
lieved by j. d. Brown, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the Erie rail
road, to be an innovation that will be
undertaken by railroads in the near fu-
ture, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He believes that this radical departure
is practical and that the road that inau-
gurates it will fill long felt want and
will make Il decided hit with the travel
ing public.
For several years." said Mr.. Brown
recently all the big lines of the coun-
try have been constantly vying with
each other in equipping their fast
through trains with all modern COM
forts and conveniences in their effort to
make the journeys of their patrons as
pleasant and luxurious as possible. In
this respect number of the crack fiji
crs have about reached perfection But
in spite of all the luxury and elegance
with which some of these trains are
equipped the traveller is obliged to pro
vide his own entertainment and amuse
ment No matter how luxurious a cal
may be, most passengers usually find q
long journey mOnOtOnous and tedious
before they reach their destination anC
would hail with delight any form ot
amusement.
Take for instance, the trip from Chi
cago to the Pacific coast. That journe!
takes about three days. Very few pas
sengers can amuse themselves all tina
time in reading, playing cards or look
ing at the scenery, and they wOult
gladly welcome any diversion to breal
the monotony. 1t would be very cas-
to provide a theatrical performance o
concert on a train. l have seen
done, and it proved big success.
ut was on a special train in TeXa
in which Il party of railroad official
were making tour of the south. On
end of private car was fitted up a
stage, and the members of the part
gave a minstrel performance. Wha
was done to amuse those officials cOul
be just as easily done to amuse regl
lar passengers, and the expense a
tached to such project would, in N
opinion, be very small in cOmpariso
to the great amount of added patrOl
age the road would derive from sue
an innovation. | am sure that many
talented actor and actress would o
ten gladly volunteer their services
exchange for transportation. | a
convinced that such a plan for ente
tanning travellers would meet with su,
success that in less than six mont
after it was inaugurated all the b
trunk lines of the country wou
have it,
Smyrna times., 1906-07-18
War Against Consumption

All nations are endeavOring to check
"white plague" that claims so many
victims each year. Foley's Honey
and Tar cures coughs and colds per
fectly and you are in no danger OF
consumption Do not risk your health
by taking some unknown preparation
when Foley's Honey and Tar is safe
and certain in results. The genuine
is in yellow package. Sold by Ben
ton n. Weldon Smyrna aud w. r.
Keys Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1906-07-18
Garcia's Singing Lesson.

Stories of Manuel Garcia, the famous
centenarian musician, who died few
days ago in London, are in order, says
the Buffalo Commercial. An indomita-
BILE will power gave him great ascend
ancy over each pupil; his science and
cleverness enabled him to know at
once if he had to deal with a pupil of
promise or not, and unlikely aspirants
were not allowed to waste his time
and theirs. An acquaintance describes
a typical incident: Il remember nota-
BILE case in point. \ very rich woman
offered the master any price if he
would only teach her daughter. He
refused, knowing well he could never
obtain serious work from her; but, as
the mother persisted, he hit upon a
compromise. He asked the women to
be present during a lesson, and he I'M
dertOok, if the girl still wished to learn
singing after hearing it taught, to
teach her. The lesson began. The pu-
pill, who seemed to the listeners an al
ready finished singer, had to repeat
passage after passage of the most diff
ficult exercises before the master was
satisfied; he insisted upon the minutest
attention to every detail of execution
Mother and daughter exchanged horri
fed glances and looked on pityingly
The lesson finished, the master bowed
the women out, and, in passing the
pupil, the young girl whispered to her
1t would kill mev Senior Garcia, re
turning from the door, said content
edly: They will not come again
Thank you. mon enfant; you SAM
WE'LL"
Smyrna times., 1906-07-18
Destroying Garlic.

From n discussion of the subject OF
garlic in pasture and hay fields by
practical cultivators, Country Gentle
man finds the prevailing opinion to be
apparently that to destroy the bulb Of
the plant the land should be plOwed
shallow late in the fall to expose the
bulbs to frost action. zone writer says
to harrow the ground after the bulbs
are froZen). Repeat the process early
in the spring One writer reported
that two years of such practice eff
fectually cleared his land. One letter
advised as follows: ''PlOw it up, sow
rye on the land. Now plOw it in next
spring and SOW peas at once. PlOw
them in the fall, and let the land stand
until the following spring. Then work
up nicely and SOW with grass or any
other crop wanted It takes time 10
get rid of this. II cannot be done in a
hurry l have had good success that
Vt-av.
Smyrna times., 1906-07-18
I'm the Theatrical Market.

There is a great scarcity Of plays
nowadays that are suitable for ac-
tresses who, to put it mildly, are no
longer in the first flush of their youth,
says Vanity Fair. "What we want"
said a woman the other day, "ls part
for ladies' whose hearts are still young,
but whose waists are verging on thir-
ty-two"
Smyrna times., 1906-07-18
A sweet breath adds to the joys of

A sweet breath adds to the joys OF
kiss. You wouldn't want to kiss your
wife, mother or sweetheart with a bad
breath. You can't have a sweet breath
without healthy stomach. You can't
have healthy stomach without per-
feet digestion. There is only one. re-
medy that digests what you eat and
makes the breath as sweet as rose
and that remedy is KODOL FOR
DYSPEPSIA. 1t is a relief for sour
stomach, palpltation of the heart, and
other ailments arising from disorder
of the stomach and digestion. Take a
little Kodol after your meals and see
what it will do for you. Sold by VIM.
f. Dunn.
Smyrna times., 1906-07-18
Twenty Year Battle.

81 was loser in a twenty year bat
tie with chronic piles and malignant
sores, until tried Bucklen's Arnica
Salve; which turned the tide, by cur,
ing both, till not trace remains,
writes A. M. Bruce, of Farmville, Va:
Best for old Ulcers, Cuts, Burns and
Wounds. 25c OF Benton n. Weldon
druggist,
Smyrna times., 1906-07-18
Only 81 Years old.

81 am only 80 years old and don't
expect even when l get to be real old
to feel that way as long as 1 can get
Electric Bitters," says Mrs. E. h.
Brunson, of Dublin, Ga. Surely
there's nothing else keeps the old as
young and makes the weak as strong
as this grand tonic medicine. Des-
pepsia, torpid liver, infamed kidneys
chronic constipation are unknown
after taking Electric Bitters reson-
able time. Guaranteed by Benton n.
Weleon druggist Price soc.
Smyrna times., 1906-07-18
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching, Blind. Bleeding, Protruding
Piles. Druggists are authorized to re-
fund money if PAZO OINTMENT
fails to cure in to IA days. SOC.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
JOKES AS SHE GOES TO JAIL
Accused Woman Met by Big Crowd.
Poison Claim Discredited

STOCKTON, March 26.-Mrs. Emma
LeDoux, who is charged with murder
ing A. n. McVicar, in this city, was
brought back tonight by Deputy Sheriff
Carlton c. Case and District Attorney
c.. w. Norton and placed in Jail. She
was in god spirits and laughed several
times on the trip from the depot to the
Jail. The officers are still questioning
her, though she is alleged to have made
confession. A big crowd met all
trains, waiting for the woman. and the
officers had to fight their way through
the jam at the Jail and the woman was
almost crushed before she was placed
in a cell.
The authorities have concluded that
the woman killed and handled McVicar
alone. She insists that one Miller was
the murderer and that he planned and
executed the deed alone. She rolled
the body off the bed into the trunk,
so the officers claim, and crowded 1t
into the small space. She Is showing
remarkable nerve and joked as she
went to her cell.
The man Miller is a mythical person,
according to the theory of the police.
In so far as her story mentions car
bolic acid, but little credence is given
her story here. Her statement does
not account for the bruises on the head,
and the autopsy surgeon did not dis
cover any trace of carbolic acid. There
was slight but unimportant inflam-
nation of the stomach and 1t is being
analyzed. A bottle with some whisky
i'm ii was found in the room.
There was absolutely no evidence of
carbolic acid and no odor of alcohol
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
CHICAGO TRANSFERS FIX
FOR ANOTHER BIG STRIKE
WILL PUSH DEMANDS FOR MORE
WAGES
Team Owners Have Decided to Resist.
Prospect of Trouble Unwe leone to
Both Sides-See No Possibility of
Compromise

Sv Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 26.-Chicago will
see second big teamsters' strike If the
plans made by the Truck Drivers union
at a meeting held yesterday are car
ried out.
The drivers backed by their inter-
national organization, unanimously
voted to push their demands for in
creased wages and better conditions.
The Chicago Team Owners associa-
tion as firmly has decided to resist.
Neither side sees any common ground
upon which to meet, or a possibility of
a compromise. The truck drivers local
with 5000 members is the strongest
union in Chicago.
The demands of the teamsters have
been in the hands of their employers
for more than two weeks, but it was
not until yesterday that the workers
themselves admitted the possibility of
a strike. The obstinate struggle Of
seventy days duration which came to
an end last July makes the prospect of
a similar strike unwelcome to both en-
ployers and men, and until the result
of the referendum vote was announced
1T was believed that the differences
could be patched up.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
HIGH LIFE FOR
CONGREGATIONS
CHICAGO MINISTER'S INSTALL
ORIGINAL IDEAS
Dance Halls and Billiard Rooms Are
Started TO Keep Fiocks From
Straylng-Pastor Set In
Their Opinions
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
CHICAGO, March 26.-While one
Chicago minister Is establishing billiard
rooms and dance halls to keep his
young members from straying, another
announces matrimonial parlor.
Rev. John S. Thompson, in announc-
ing social gathering" said: This
will be an excellent chance for young
men to find suitable wives, and young
women to select husbands, handsome
and devoted. What better place could
be found to choose a life partner than
in the shadow of a church? l believe
in marriage, and the church should
afford opportunities for young people
TO become acquainted. If churches do
not. saloons and dance halls will"
Rev. r. A. White, in defense of his
billiard room and dance hall, said: "If
the churches frown on these amuse-
ments we must not be surprised to see
young people go elsewhere for them.
Every church in Chicago should have
billiard rooms and dance halls. I also
favor municipality conducted dance
halls which could be connected with
public schols. These things are here
to stay, and we would better conduct
them ourselves"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
S. A. D. Puter of Land
Fraud Fame FleeS
From Officer
Arrested at Boston I'm
der An Assumed
Name
Taken to Government BuiIding-By
Misunderstanding Officer Has
No Assistance-Darinq
Getaway
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BOSTON, March 26-Stephen A. d.
Puter of San Francisco, who is wanted
by the United States government as a
witness in the land fraud cases in
Oregon, was arrested here tonight by
United States Marshal w. B. Burns of
Washington, d. c., but after being in
custody less than half an hour Puter
drew a revolver and succeeded in es-
Gaping. 1t is alleged that the Oregon
state authorities want Puter, who was
broker in connection with the for
geries of school certificates involving
1000.
Marshal Burns was detailed by the
government at Washington to come to
Boston and search for Puter. He To-
Gated him and waited at the Fenway
branch postoffice, where he learned
Puter was in the habit of calling for
mail addressed to John II. Brownell."
Puter agreed to accompany Burns to
a private room in the postoffice. Burns
understood that Superintendent Swift
of the branch office had gone for the
police, but it developed later that Swift
had not understood that Burns wanted
the assistance of the police. Suppos-
ing that two officers were outside the
building, the marshal placed Puter
under arrest and took him to the side
walk. After asking a question or two
about his removal to Washington the
prisoner suddenly drew a revolver and
leveling it at the marshaPs head ex-
claimed, I'll kill you, Burns, If you
dare to move"
The crowd about the two men was
quite dense, but fell back rapidly at
| the appearance of the revolver, but
Burns although considerably older than
his prisoner, jumped at him and pushed
Eup his hand,
Puter struggled and succeeded in
pointing the muzzle of the revolver at
Burns breast for a second time. Again
the officer closed with his man, but he
could rot wrench the weapon away.
Puter finally got free from the grasp
of the marshal, and gradually backed
away with the revolver still pointed
at Burns. He suddenly turned and
darted down the street, followed by the
officers and many other persons.
| The futigfVe, however, escaped.
| PORTLAND, March 26.-Stephen A.
D. Puter was convicted December 6,
| 1905, in the United States court of hav-
| ing conspired with others to secure
| fraudulent entrymen for timber lands.
| 1t was understood that the government
secured information from him to be
used in other cases, and by reason of
this fact had not pressed the date of
his sentence. Puter frequented this city
until last fall when the wholesale for
geries of state school land certificates
were discovered at Salem. About that
| time he disappeared.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
FACTORY GIRLS JUMP
TO ESCAPE HOLOCAUST
NEW YORK FIRE CAUSES ONE
FATALITY
Fireman HeaIy Dies After Being Taken
From Debris-Four Others Badly
Injured - Tenement Houses Are
Crushed by Falling Walls
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 26.-Many lives
were in peril today when a six-story
building at Downing and Bedford
streets caught fire from an explosion
and collapsed in less than forty-five
minutes after the fire started. Several
girls jumped out of the second story
windows into fire nets. Many others
were rescued by ladders. ~,
Two three-story tenement houses
were partly crushed when the factory
walls fell, but 1t is believed that all
the occupants had been driven out
The fire spread to other buildings in
the same block. Shortly after the fire
began four firemen were taken to a
hospital, having been overcome by
smoke.
When the heat diminished so that
the firemen could approach the ruins,
the body of Dennis Healy, a fireman,
was found in the debris. He was alive,
but unconscious, and died Immediately
after being taken out. Captain Walsh,
who was said to be missing, was later
reported at ST. Vincent's hospital seri-
ously injured.
Three other firemen are known to
have been injured by falling walls.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
MosT's SONS TO BE TAUGHT
Anarchists viii Pay Tribute to Men,
ory of Their Late Leader-Reds
Celebrate Tragedies

BY ASsocia ted Press
NEW YORK, March 26.-The educa-
tion of Johann Mosts two sons is the
tribute which New York anarchists will
pay to the memory of their late leader.
The first step was taken yesterday,
when a theatrical performance was
given for the benefit of the fund. Yes
terdays affair also commemorated the
organization of the Paris commune and
the death of Car Alexander ii.
A mass meeting will be held next
Sunday and a collection will be taken
for the memorial fund. The widows
of several anarchists hanged for their
connection with the Haymarket riots
in Chicago in 1884 will be guests of
the committee.
Most's boys will be taken in charge
by the committee selected by anar-
chistic organizations and educated in
the manner indicated by their father
shortly before his death.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
MEXICAN KILLS TWO WOMEN
Jealousy Cause of Vicious Murders.
Crime Committed in Ruggy-of-
ficers In Hot Pursuit
Nv Aggregated Press.

RUNGE, Tex, March 26.-Near Cou-
chez, eight miles south of here, MeXi-
can named Ramon overlook a vehicle
containing two young women and
little boy yesterday. Ramon climbed
into the rear of the buggy and cut the
throat of one of the women, causing in
stant death. The horse became fright
ened and began to run, whereupon Ra-
mon pulled his revolver, placed 1t at the
back of the head of the other woman
and fired, causing instant death. He
was actuated by jealousy.
The two dead women were daughters
of Alexander NJ Henry, well-to-do
aanchman of this county.
Officers are searching for Ramon.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
JOHN W. GATES
CALLS BLUFF
OFFERS TO TOSS PENNY FOR
$4,000
Selling PIaters by Man Who
Spends Fortunes in
Day
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. March &c.
John w. Gates is in town, and the lid
has been thrown away. He is here to
buy a few coal and iron mines. The
Alabama club, thinking to make it
pleasant for him, scraped up a pool of
$4,000 and sent a committee to notify
Mr.. Gates that a fund was available
for any game he chose to play from
poker to tiddledewinks, and that there
was no limit.
How much did you say the gentle
men had?" asked Mr.. Gates of the COM
mittee
Forty thousand dollars, and there is
no limit" said the committee with some
pride.
"Oh, we'll, if there is no limit, we will
toss penny for forty thousand" said
Gates.
The committee rode hastily away
without accepting the offer. 1t is
thought, however, that Mr.. Gates will
be entertained by the club before he
departs, and there are some clever
students of poker in the membership.
1t is reported here that Gates dropped
$4,000 in a game in Hot Springs before
coming to Birmingham.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
PART l

PART
mo master mind in Standard Oil.
2-Mormons sing patriotic songs.
3-School children will not parade.
4-EditoriaI.
5-City news.
6-Sports.
7-Enthusiasm at Y. M. c. A. banquet
9-sets date for execution.
PART II
1-Washingtonians gather ideas.
2-How to procure stereo and views.
3-Markets.
4=5-CIassified advertisements.
6-Southern California news.
EASTERN
S. A. d. Puter wanted by government
for alleged land frauding, points gun at
officer and escapes.
Vice President Archibald of Standard
Mormons testify at Washington that
patriotic songs are sung in their schools,
FOREIGN
Reported that Moroccan delegates have
agreed on policing question.
Father Gapon marrieS girl of his choice
and scores his defamers.
Burke-Roche mudddle assumes caustic
stage.
Mrs. Emma LeDoux arrested at Anti
och for murder of A. N. McVicar.
Fort Wrangel Alaska, wiped out by
flames
Heirs to Stanford estate enter claims
for amount of inheritances.
LOCAL
Council attempts to grant franchise
fsNt. cfr tselil hot V1aaN " hn h.
ern terminus of Goulds Western Paci-
1c line.
Los Angeles Fire Alarm company is
granted franchise to install auxiliary
fire alarm system.
City attorney secures valuable con-
cessions from property owners in San
Fernando valley in interests of Los
Angeles water supply.
City council accepts new garbage in
cinerator.
Board of education decides that the
school children will not parade.
Y. M. c. A. holds big banquet at the
Alexandria.
Pyromaniac Brain is held for the SUI
perlor court In reduced bail.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
JoKERs ABDUCT BRIDEGROOM
Serious Phase to HymeniaI Fun
making on West First
Street

After the marriage of Phillip De Voin
of the Sun Drug company and Miss
Ida Lawson last evening at 1704 West
First street the groom was kidnapped,
but when the practical jokers attempt
ed to locate De Voin they failed to find
him.
EARLY this morning the party of
searchers, headed by the bride, be-
came worried over the affair.
Some of those implicated in the kid
naping expressed some fear that those
left to guard De Voin had gone farther
than intended and had taken him out
of the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
STANFORD ESTATE PETITIONS
Claims for Legacies Filed in Superior
Court at San Jose-C. G. Lathrop's
Is for One Million Dollars
Nv Associated Press.

SAN JOSE, March 26.-The follow
ing petitions for partial distribution of
the estate of Jane L. Stanford, de-
ceased, were filed in the superior court
this afternoon:
Emma A. Harrington, president of
the Hospital for Children and Train
ing School for Nurses, San Francisco.
$4,000; the Catholic Orphan asylum,
$4,000; California Woman's hospital,
0,000: Mrs. Charles Robertson, San
Francisco, $1,000; Edward Largely,
$1,000; Bertha Berner, San Francisco,
$4,000: Sisters of the Holy Family
$4,000: San Jose sanitarium, $4,000; Col
lege of Notre Dame, San Jose, $4,000;
Charles G.. Lathrop. $1.000000
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
CYCLONE INJURIES THREE
Oklahoma Struck by Windstorm That
Damages Property and Nearly
Kills Several Citizens
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PERRY, o. T., March 26.-Three per-
sons sustained injuries that may prove
fatal and thousands of dollars worth of
property were destroyed in a cyclone
that struck the neighborhood south of
Billings, o. T., at 10 o'clock Sunday
night.
Telephone and telegraph wires are
down in all directions and particulars
are unobtainable.
None of the victims has died, ac-
cording to last reports.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Russell were
critically hurt as they lay in bed. The
home was literally blown to pieces
over their heads and they were buried
In the ruins.
Mrs. Sam Merrifield sustained serious
injuries in similar manner
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
Riverside Girl a Suicide
Rv Associated Press.

SALT LAKE, Utah, March 26.-
Despondent because she could not get
work. Gertrude Lake, or Shand, stem
ographer formerly of Riverside, Cal,
committed suicide by taking carbolic
acid here today.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
SC0TTY AGAIN RELEASED
Death Valley Miner Formally Charged
With Deadly Assault, Placed In
Jail and Later Released
BY Associated press.

Dy IfbNUCIdIeU FTeSS
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.--WaI-
ter Scott, the Death Valley miner, was
not released on habeas corpus today.
The warrant for his arrest on the
charge of assault with deadly weapon
arrived from San Bernardino and he
was formally charged on the prison
register. This practically disposed of
the writ obtained from Judge Graham
Saturday night.
Scott was again placed in Jail, but
his attorney secured another writ from
Judge Dunno, attacking the validity
of the warrant.
The writ was made returnable Thurs
day and Scott was released on $1,000
bail.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
Rancher Cuts His Throat
Nv Associated Press.

IhbSVVItHteN HS07F
UKIAH, CAL, March 26.-William
Mongovan, an aged rancher, committed
suicide at Garcia today by cutting his
throat. His mind is believed to have
been unbalanced.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

Southern California: Clearing
Tuesday; cooler; light north
wind. Maximum temperature in
Los Angeles yesterday, 81 degrees;
minimum, 81 degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-27
Council Is Embarrassed

"There might be a way around 1t.
but if there is I cannot see it now, and
would most urgently ask that you
refer it to the city attorney for at least
q week." concluded Mr.. Goudge.
There was great hesitancy manifested
by the council. For several minutes
no one spoke, the members seeming to
feel it would not look very well to pass
the ordinance in the face of the strong
protest of the assistant city attorney