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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
MAKES SCENE AT A WINDOW
Gives People Of San Pedro Scare by
His Antics-"Carrie Nation"
Is Fined
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN PEDRO, Feb 6.--There was
much excitement this afternoon wher
Il man appeared at the window Of the
lodging-house in the Wiedwald block
and threatened to dash himself to the
sidewalk, two stories below. An off,
Ger finally gained entrance by threat
ening to break in the door. The man
was found to be crazy with drink. He
was taken care of by the officer and
will be sent to the detention ward of
the Los Angeles hospital.
The woman arrested yesterday for
"making a rough house." as the COM
plainant expressed it, in the Orient
saloon, was tried today on charge
of disturbing the peace and given a
fine of $40 or twenty days in Jail AS
she has no money she will probably
have to go to Jail. She gave her name
in the court as Mrs. Ellae Bradford.
She says her husband is a rich min
ing man in Arizona, but that she Is
not living with him. Her hallucina-
tions seem to be on religion and strong
drink. She says she is missionary
and that she Will reform the inmates
and officers of the county Jail If she
goes there.
| C. A. Lucas, the undertaken at whose
rooms rests the body of the man who
committed suicide yesterday, has tele-
graphed to several places with the
hope of finding some one who knows
him, but as yet has heard nothing.
He will keep the body several days.
Pacific squadron now at Coronado.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
PUSH GRAPES AND MELONS
CoacheIIa Growers Prepare for Larger
Crops-New Baptist Church.
Water Near Indo
Special to The Herald.


COACHELLA, Feb. 6.-Sylvanus
Starrett delivered a carload of Malaga
grape cuttings and rooted vines last
week for which he received orders re-
Gently from valley growers whose land
is now ready for their planting. The
lot which consisted of 10000 cuttings
and 100000 rooted vines, were thorough
ly inspected by Assistant Horticulturist
c. L. Edmunds, who pronounced them
free from disease. The cuttings We're
all for c. l.. Edmunds and the rooted
vines were distributed among ranch
owners w. M. Peck of Indio took
450O $4,000 were sent to four ranchers at
Thermal and the balance of the 10O,-
600 belonged to residents OF Coachella.
The vines were sent out by the Fowler
Nursery company of Fowler, near
Fresno, and will be sufficient to plant
out 260 acres Fully $50 more acres will
be set out to grapes during the year.
A Baptist church edifice to cost $500
will be constructed at Thermal as soon
as a suitable site can be selected
Dr. and Mrs. Buchanan of Portland,
Me-, are spending the winter at Mecca.
The Hoxie Gold Mining and Milling
companys water developments on
properties north of Indo have resulted
in flow at fifty feet.
The Mesa, Ariz.. Cantaloupe assoc
cidlioi Oh WHICH N IL. MunIOru mas
been elected secretary, has decided to
plant 500 acres to cantaloupes, with the
expectation of shipping 150 carloads.
Last year the association shipped SO
cars from $50 acres, which brought the
highest returns reported from any Sec
ton of "melon land"
A carload of lumber was received by
Mr.. Sharp to be used for building n
home on the ranch south of Coachella,
lately purchased by c. E. Mawby.
Six u. s. warships at Coronado.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
RIVERSIDE is GROWING FAST
Business Buildings Are Going Up on
All sides-5anner Lemon
Cron
Special to The Herald.

Crop
Special to The Herald.
RIVERSIDE, Feb. 81. N. Hagins,
who recently spent $4,000 i'm improving
the Harvey hotel property, row pro-
poses to erect two two-story business
blocks on Seventh street, corner Of
Vine. The buildings will have a 'front.'
age on Seventh street of 100 feet. Mr..
Hagins is also preparing to subdivide
q seven-acre tract just purchased on
East Seventh street, between Franklin
and Kansas avenues.
The annual meeting of the Riverside
County Antl-Saloon lea que will be held
tomorrow afternoon i'm Calvary Presby-
terrain church. Rev. E. S. Chapman,
d. D., the veteran temperance worker,
will speak
j. w. Watson entered plea of guilty
to assault on N. S. Woods his former
partner. and was fined $50 by Justice
Stephenson. The two quarreled over
bill and Watson struck Woods over the
head with his cane.
Chris Cole, restaurant keeper, was
fined $50 for bombarding several GUS
toners with catsup bottles, cleavers
and like handy weapons. AS his bust
ness was less prosperous since the
scrap the Justice allowed Cole to make
weekly payments until the judgment
was SdllSutus
Fred Peter has begun work on the
rev Industrial building for Sherman in
stitute. The building will be of two
stories. Axis feet, and will give oppor-
tunity for manual training classes in
blacksmithing, wagon making, printing
harness making, painting ana tailoring.
The contract price for the building was
5000 and the contractor is given until
July l.
The Arlington Heights Fruit COM
pany the largest producer of lemons in
Southern California, is getting out
considerable quantity of lemons at
present The crop this season is the
largest ever produced here and the
fruit is fast maturing to size.
Yesterdays showers amounted to "A
of an inch. making n total for the sea-
son of 4.92 inches.
Olaf Hanson, a consumptive, who at
tempted suicide few days ago by cut
ting his throat with a razor, died last
night He refused to take any food
after his act and literally starved.
Admiral Goodrich now at Coronado.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
STRIKES WATER AT AVALON
at a Depth of Thirty-Five
Feet

Special to The Herald
SAN PEDRO. Feb. 6.-Frank Jerrue.
a farmer recently from Minnesota, but
who has property in this city, has
located fine well of water at Avalon
and will take advantage of it by sell
ing the water and also building a
laundry, ice and cold storage plant.
He was here for the purpose of get
ting his machinery today.
1t has always been thought that nc
water was to be had at Avalon, but
Mr.. Jerrue proved differently.
He leased a small piece of ground on
the side hill near the town and COM
menced to bore for water a few weeks
ago.
He expected to have to go down sew
eral hundred feet at least but was
surprised to find water in great album
dance and of excellent quality at only
thirty-fve feet.
He was offered $4,000 for his well
Immediately, but refused the offer.
Pacific squadron now at Coronado.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
To Lengthen Orange Seized u les
BURGLARS USE PASS KEY
Rankin Returns to Find His Home
Looking Fs. From
Natural

Burglars entered the home of C. e.
Rankin of 1879 West Forty-hrst street
yesterday between 1 and o'clock, and
ransacked the house. The thieves Sc
cured a valuable watch and other jew
elry and Valuables.
Rankin returned home and found his
home in a state OF upheaval. Police
found that the intruders had gained
entrance by use of pass key through
the rear door.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
Plan No. 2

Sign nm agreement to tnke the
Daily Herald for six months,
paying each month the rcgu-
lar subscription price OF 85c
per month, purchase S35 worth
of records, four 6O-cent rec
Ords ON delivery of the ma
chine and two 8O-cent records
each week thereafter until the
full amount of records has
been purchased.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
CLOUDBURST STRIKES COTTON
Storm Does Considerable Damage
Merchants Fight Flood in
CITY Streets

Special to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINo, Feb. 6.-The
storm this afternoon at Cotton as
sumed the nature of coudburst,
there being a precipitation of 1.25
inches in less than one hour.
Large hailstones fell and the streets
were flooded with water. Many of the
stores were flooded and stocks of
goods more or less damaged. Some o.
the merchants prevented the water
coming into their places of business by
banking the front doors with bags of
sawdust. The streets were badly
washed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07

city printing is pretty good thing,
amounting as It does to upward Of
$4,000 a year.
More Electric Cars
Some thirty-fve additional cars will
shortly be placed in commission over
the Pacific Electric main line from Los
Angeles through Garvanza to Pasa-
dena. superintendent Rowray stated
today that during the busiest part of
the day the company intends to install
a six-minute service, although eight to
fifteen minutes will oe the ordinary
time between each car, according to
the amount of traffic.
The change is demanded by the
crowded condition of traffic during the
busiest hours Of the day at present. In
this connection the rumor Is revived to
the effect that the projected line
through the Campbell-Johnson ranch
may be abandoned.
Crown City Notes
A special election to decide upon the
issuing of bonds for S50.000 for street
Improvements is likely to be called
soon.
The Altadena and Wilson schools will
receive equal money prizes for their
Tournament floats which tied for sec
Ond place.
Paul Cena and M. A. Allen, two more
of the San Fernando men accused Of
running blind pigs, paid the usual 500
fines to Justice Klamroth this forenoon.
The Pasadena Gardeners association
promises to give q flower show in the
Y. M. C. A. auditorium April to Z.
| The plans for the event are already
well under way.
All Saints Episcopal church has COM
pleted the addition of the proposed
north and south wings to the building.
A tower with chime of bells is likely
to be added to the structure in the near
| future.
Benjamin Blossom and family will re-
turn TO Pasadena Friday after three
months stay in New York, and their
magnificent home, 1.-The Blossoms" on
South Orange Grove avenue, is being
fitted out for their reception. Mr.. Bios
| som will surprise his friends on the
| avenue by bringing with him two great
automobiles for the use OF himself and
| family.
Coronado golf championship this week.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
WANT TO BUILD CITY HALL
Riverside Firm Submits Plan to Mu-
nlcipal Trustees Which Will Be
Given Consideration

Special to The Herald.
RIVERSIDE, Feb. 6.-S. c. Evans
and P. T. Evans this afternoon sub
mitted to the city trustees a proposal
to build a city hall on the corner of
Seventh and Orange streets.
They agree to lease this for a term
Of ten or twenty-five years. The city
officials occupied quarters in the Lor-
ing theater block at a monthly rental
Of $3.50, but the lease expired on jan
uary l. The board will act on the Of
fer at it's next meetin.
Golf at Coronado all this week.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
Mexican Shoots His Nephew

SAN BERNARDINo, Feb. Elm a
dispute last night, Antonio Belarde
prominent among the Mexican popula-
ton of Cotton and Aqua Manse dis
tricts, shot his nephew, Pablo Belarde
through the body with rifle. The
quarrel was over 10 cents
Grand naval balls at Coronado.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
Among the
Railways
TIDEWATER LINE sTARTLEs
Los Angeles and San Pedro Investors
Are Guessing

The dispa tches in Tuesdays Herald
telling Of a San Franciscan's efforts
to build a twenty-five-mile line from
Los Angeles to IAN Pedro caused much
interest here. The news was received
with great interest in San Pedro.
Copies of The Herald were in great
demand and persons were chasing all
over the town for them. The news.
If true, will have a salutary effect on
that place and bring investors by the
score. Much curiosity is expressed as
to how the road would come into that
city and many think 1t is a part of
the Santa Fe system. One man con-
nected with the Banning corporation
was heard to express an opinion that
it was a starting of the Gould line
which is eventually coming this way.
This seems quite probable, as that
road does not desire a repetition of
the scenes at the Oakland water front
Of late.
Y. M. c. A. Rates
For the Y. NJ. c. A. state convention
at Riverside March s to II special rates
have been made of one and one-third
fare on the Southern Pacific. Santa Fe
and Salt Lake roads. Tickets will be
good until March 49,
To Lengthen Orange Schedules
After Sunday schedules on all Chi
cago-Los Angeles trains will be length
ened Two hours. making the time in
sixty-nine and a quarter hours instead
of sixty-seven and a quarter. Present
schedules have blocked the sidetracks
OF western roads with freight trains.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
Prince Paul Metternlch Dead

BY Ass0cIated Press,
VIENNA, Feb. 6,-Prince Paul Met
ternich. second son of the Prince Met
ternch who took a prominent part in
the events which led to the fall of EN-
peror Napoleon III, died today.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07

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Daily Herald, g mo. 80. 800
Records to value of. 80. $500
This means that you VIII re-
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the price established by the
manufacturers. No more. No
Less. You pay for records
only, and you must have them.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07

The city printing for the coming year
was awarded today to the Pasadena
Daily News, whose bid was so cents per
lineal inch of nonparell type first in
insertion.
The Pasadena Evening Star. which
has had the city printing during the
past year, was the only other bidder.
It's figures being IS cents and 35 cents.
the same as was paid last year. The
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-07

city printing is pretty good thing,
amounting as It does to upward OF
$4,000 a year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25

While the officials at the Anamosa
penitentiary were preparing scaffold
for William Busse, the Butler county
murderer last Thursday, upon which
to hang him Friday, he was granted
a reprieve until August 10th, pending
decision by the supreme court upon
a habeas corpus proceeding. Joseph
Smith, the negro sentenced to be hung
at Fort Madison the same day, paid
the penalty of his crime in accor-
dance with the sentence, which was
the first legal hanging in Iowa in ten
years
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25
ATTEMPTED Murder and Suicide.

Following brutal attack on Oba.
diah Smith and wife an aged couple
residing at Hampton, both of whom
he left lying unconscious on the floor
after fearful beating, A. E. Evans,
a prominent insurance man of Water
loo, treasurer of the Property Mutual
Insurance Company, committed suicide
in the stock wards at Hampton Mon
day night. His body was found Tues
day morning with bullet hole in the
head and terrible gashes across the
throat and neck, where he had at
tempted to cut his throat with a
pocket knife.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25

ries. the eight stored being most nd
merous.
The Call and Examiner buildings
were almost totally destroyed in the
earthquake and many other skyscrap-
ers were severely shaken, cracked and
damaged.
One Of the chief buildings which col
lapsed was the new postoffice. This
was substantial structure of granite,
costing to exceed 100000. While
not striking from an architectural
standpoint. the postoffice was impress
i've from its massiveness.
The Postal building was badly dam
aged, and the operating room was a
wreck. Power of every kind was de-
stroyed, and there were no lights, Ell
Their gas or electric. Neither the Pal
ace hotel nor the st. Francis was de-
stroyed as far as the framework goes.
but the inside plastering and decora-
lions were greatly damaged
The business section of the city from
Market street to Mission street and
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25

Other imposing edifices, many Of
which have been more or less severely
injured, are the Hotel st. Francis, the
Palace hotel, the Hall of Justice, the
Mutual Bank building, the Pacific Mu-
tual Life building and the Callaghan
building. The greatest property DAM
age resulted in the manufacturing dis
trict and the greatest loss of life in
the tenement house district.
The chief street of the city is Mar
ket, running diagonally for many miles.
The destruction of many of the depart
ment stores and other business blocks
on Market and Mission streets was al
most complete. Fire added to the hor-
rOrs of the situation, and, as the water
mains had been burst by the shock,
the fire department was helpless. The
flames ate their way along Market
street, and other fires started in differ
ent parts of the city.
AS the earthquake occurred but
little after o'clock in the morning,
practically the entire population was in
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25
LONG USED To
EARTHQUAKES
Golden Gate Metropolis Has
Been Shaken Often
In the Past.
PRESENT WORST EVER KNOWN
Some Of the Skyscrapers and Other
Buildings Destroyed - Magnificent
City Hall In Ruins-fires Ar
rested by Dynamite Earth
quake of 1868 Described
by Mark Twain.
PRESENT WORST EVER KNOWN

"HE recent disastrous earthquake
extending over so large a part
Of the Pacific coast region and
wrecking such an extensive
section of the city of San Francisco
was not the first of these catastrophes
known In the western metropolis,
though by all odds the most damaging.
For many years the municipal au-
thorities refused to permit tall build
ings In the city because of the fear of
earthquakes, several Of which had al
ready been experienced. Finally the
Introduction was removed, however,
and number of skyscrapers resulted.
Prior to 1890 there was hardly
building In excess of five stories and
only few of that height. Today there
is one eighteen stories high and quite
a number from twelve to fourteen
stories.
In the spring of 1898, about 10 o'clock
one night, the city had a seismic shock
that put to test its high structures. 1t
was the worst earthquake since 1868,
when for eight or nine blocks ON the
main street (MarkeD the ground was
cracked open several inches
In the upheaval Of 1898 the tail build
ings were given fearful shaking, and
some Of their occupants were made
dizzy and sick. The structures were
uninjured, and ever since that time
there has not been so much question
of the safety of high buildings of mod
ern construction-that Is, buildings of
structural iron frame and facings of
pressed brick, terra Gotta or stone.
1t was NJ. II. De Young, the proprie-
tor and editor of the Chronicle, who
was the pioneer in this respect. He
met with opposition from the munich
pal authorities fourteen years ago when
he decided to erect ten story house
for his newspaper. 1t was believed to
be dangerous undertaking because of
the earthquake fear, but Mr.. De Young
won out and thereby set an example of
enterprise to other wealthy men who
have since built more tall buildings.
For instance, ID. o. Mills, the New
York banker, who owns a great deal
of San Francisco property, has one of
the tallest and finest structures In the
city.
Claus Spreckels, known throughout
the country as the sugar king and the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25

richest San Franciscan, owns build
ing seventeen stories high. commonly
known as the Call building. On three
of the corner sites. where Third street
intersects Market is located the great
Spreckels building, the home of this
Call: the DE Young building. the home
of the Chronicle. and the Hearst build
Ing, occupied by the Examiner, the
three great Pacific coast newspapers
having contributed handsomely to the
building development Of San Francisco
In recent years. The city now has its
share OF tall buildings, one being eight
cen stories in height The major part
of them are eight, ten and twelve sto.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25

tel erected by Mrs. Herman Oelrichs
on fashionable Mob hill. Mrs. Oelrichs.
who is daughter of the late Senator
Fair, has shown fine taste in the ar
chitectural plans of Fairmont, the ap-
proprlate name of the new hotel. Seen
from the bay this structure, with its
classic outlines, makes the beholder
think Of Greek temple. White and
graceful, 1t looms above the busy mar
ket places, the great wholesale district.
the crowded business section and pic
turesQue Chinatown, which. by the
way, Is fast disappearing owing to the
encroachments of commerce and the
dwindling Of the Chinese population.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25

bed. Men and women rushed wildly
forth in their night robes and fled in
panic through the streets Many were
caught by the falling roofs and walls,
and In the poorer districts the tene-
ments collapsed like eggshells, crush
ing and suffocating their inmates be-
fore they had time to escape. In many
cases fire finished the work of death,
catching the victims as they were
pinned still alive under the debris.
To arrest the spread of the fire along
Market street many buildings were
dynamited:
The track of one railroad was de-
pressed four feet or more for a dis
lance OF three miles. At one point in
the city the earth cracked open for a
distance Of six feet. leaving yawning
chasm of fathomless depth.
The destruction Of all telegraph wires,
except one belonging to the Postal
union, made 1t almost impossible for
the stricken city to communicate with
the outside world. The severe injury
to the Western Union and Postal Of
fees, also the Associated Press, greatly
added to the difficulty.
The practical destruction of six or
eight blocks, coupled with the immense
loss of life and damage to property
throughout San Francisco and the en-
tire coast region, makes this the worst
earthquake disaster in American his
tory, exceeding even the historic
Charleston earthquake of a few years
ago.
San Francisco has suffered from
many slight seismic shocks. one of
them occurring about year ago. At
that time long article appeared In
one of the papers, signed by a pro
fessor In one Of the observatories near
by, stating that there was no partic-
ular danger from these tremors of the
earth's surface. The coast region, ac
cording to this writer. was newer than
parts of the country farther east and
was therefore settling. He said peo-
pie should feel no alarm, as nothing
serious was liable to happen.
Evidently the earth's crust in the
oOiuCu odrC iCSiou mas pCCu uOiuS5
some more settling"
The most severe earthquake San
Francisco has known prior to the pres
ent one was In 1868. Quite little
damage resulted, though nothing re-
motely comparable to this. 1t was the
1868 shakeup that was made famous
by Mark Twain. The most surprising
thing the genial Mark saw at that time
was the opening up Of the ceiling of
his room. the lips of the orifice work
ing to and fro like mouth and brick
slipping through and held in suspen-
sion, like one lone tooth on the jaw Of
an old man.
The last earthquake that occurred In
San Francisco was In January, 1900.
Several distinct shocks were felt early
In the morning. causing the vibration
Of buildings all over the city. The
chief building affected was the ST.
Nicholas hotel. which was severely
shaken. The walls collapsed In GER
tain parts of the structure, guests were
thrown out Of their beds and furniture
was destroyed.
In 1904 there was Q severe seismic
disturbance In Los Angeles, which was
felt throughout the city and Cor q
radius Of several miles around.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25

from the bay back was almost COM
pletely wrecked.
The most conspicuous building in
San Francisco, the city hall, is almost
to S7,000,000, took twenty-five years In
construction and was surmounted by
a dome 382 feet high. 1t was thought
to be very solidly constructed, being
built substantially Of brick, with the
walls covered by cement. The interior
of the dome was decorated with ex-
pensive marbles taken from the Pa
citic coast mountains.
Another very fine building. which
cost over $5,O00,OO0, is the splendid ho-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-04-25

The Milwaukee railroad has needed
the petition of citizens along the Cal.
mar Monticello line and on May Isl
will put on a new passenger train,
leaving Calmar about 6 100 a. M,
running to Monticello, and returning
in the evening, arriving at Calmar
about 8 100 p. m.