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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
CHINESE FIRE
AT THE FLAG
USE STARS AND STRIPES FOR
GALLERY TARGETS
Police sWoop Down on Alameda Street
Galleries Conducted by Japanese
and Close the Unpatriotie
Sport

Hundreds of American flags were rid
died with bullets by Chinese in Japan
ese shooting galleries at 6141s and 7071a
North Alameda street last evening.
Celestials of the Flowery Kingdom
were paying fabulous prices for the
privilege of shooting at the stars and
stripes
Patrolmen McCart and Gilpin, at the
peril of their lives, leaped over the
counters while the fusillade of bullets
were tearing miniatures of "Old Glory
to pieces, hurled the proprietors of the
stands to the floor and gently took
from the racks the torn and tattered
remains of the flags.
By the time the officers had gath
cred up the riddled flags and slowed
them safely away in their pockets, the
Chinese had fled.
The officers at once closed the places
and have referred the matter to Chle1
of Police Auble.
Learning of the high feeling thai
exists in Chinatown over the 1mpend-
ing struggle between the Chinese ano
the allied powers, with America as the
leading foe, the Japanese took the sheet
iron targets from the racks and re-
placed them with small American
flags. ~
The effect was instantaneous
Chinese began to pour into the shoot
ing galleries The demand became toe
great for the privilege to shoot at the
flags and the price was raised IRON
time to time until excessive charges
were made.
When the officers reached the place
about midnight old Cinnamon, holding
their little ones. were crowded in front
Many of the marksmen were Chinese
boys whose parents had paid large
sums for possession of the guns.
The officers were walking theiI
beats at the time. Suddenly the signs
of a number of American flags decorat-
ing the targets of the galleries attract
ted their attention. For an instant
the officers stood Mortified. Then the
flame of patriotism arose In each Off
GERS heart.
With one accord they dashed through
the mob of Chinese. Many were still
shooting at targets, but the officers did
not stop. They bolted over the coun-
ters in front of the guns. Their first
act was to throw aside the proprietors,
who sought to interfere with them. In
a second they had gathered in all of
the flags.
1t was learned later that hundreds
of flags were shot to bits and replaced
with others.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
TURNS LAUGH ON ADAMS
Good Natured Tilt Between Caifor-
nan and Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON, March 5.-When the
mint bill came up in the house today
the benefits and necessity of such a
measure were explained by Mr.. Kahn
of California, and others.
Mr.. Adams declared the legislation
to be simply a movement to provide
work for these mints. The Philadelphia
mint needed the work and he main
tanned was entitled to it. The idea that
small coins We're needed in California,
he said, was ridiculous.
why" he shouted to the great
amusement of the members, you can't
even buy drink out there (and 1 have
been there), for less than two bits"
ooh, WE'LL" retorted Mr.. Kahn, phil
adelphia is so slow we never have been
able to get small coins out there"
This turned the laugh on Mr.. Adams,
The bill was declared passed on q
vivo Voce vote.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
CLUNIE SELLS
BASEBALL PARK
SAN FRANCISCO MAN TIRES OF
GAME
Gleason Orders Members of Team
to Report for Duty on
or Before Monday,
March IL
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN FRANCISCO, March AN
drew ]. Clunie is no longer a baseball
magnate. He retired without having
had any real experience, although he
owned the controlling interest in Rec
reation park for. a few weeks.
Clunie had wrong impressions of the
manner of conducting the national
pastime and magnified the difficulties
that presented themselves In disgust
yesterday he sold his stock in Recre-
alton park to j. Cal Ewing and John
Gleason. who now Jointly control 300
out of 1000 shares.
]. Cal Ewing, who leaves for the
north at once, stated last night that
he will dispose of his stock in the Oak
land team, but that the transfer will
probably not take place until his re-
turn. Ewing says that Jack Gleason
will manage the San Franciscos and
that he would be silent partner.
The members of the San Francisco
team have been ordered to report to
Gleason on or before Monday March
IL. The season is to open OH April Z.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
REPORT ON FRENCH BILL
Secretary of the Interior May EstabS
Iish Town Sites of 1865 Acres

WASHINGTON, March 5.-The house
committee ON irrigation of arid lands
decided today to make a favorable re
port on the French bill in amended
form. AS agreed upon, the bill pro-
vides that the secretary of the in
terror may establish townsites of 165
acres in connection with irrigation pro-
jects and supply water for the sites,
1t also authorizes the secretary OF
the interior to deliver water to towns
already established which have the
same source of water supply that the
government irrigation project uses.
Where power plants are constructed
in connection with the projects the
secretary of the interior is empowered
to lease surplus power and to lease the
right to develop power for ten years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
SANTA FE RAILS SPREAD;
TRAIN GOES IN THE DITCH
SEVERAL INJURED AND ONE MAY
DIE
Private Car of Mrs. Paul Morton, Wife
of Insurance company's President,
Remains on the Track-Trafflc
Delayed
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, March s.
Santa Fe passenger train No. 1, west
bound, was wrecked at Toltec, N. M,
today. ninety miles west of here.
Eleven persons were injured, several
of them seriously.
Five cars, including one tourist car
left the rails. The private car of Mrs.
Paul Morton, wife of the president of
the Equitable Life Assurance society,
was in the train, but 1t did not leave
the rails. and Mrs. Morton escaped with
a severe shaking up.
j. A. Summers of Albuquerque is the
most seriously injured and may die.
The others injured are Mexicans.
Traffic was delayed twelve hours.
Spreading rails caused the accident.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
DEMAND WITNESS LIST
Chicaaos District Attorney Given a
Limited Time in Which to
Produce 1t

CHICAGO, March 5.--A call was
made in the packers case today upon
District Attorney Morrison for the list
of 200 witnesses turned over to the de-
partment of justice by Commissioners
Garfield.
District Attorney Morrison said he
had been unable to find the list The
attorneys for the packers protested
that there had been plenty of time and
unless the names are soon produced the
purpose of their use wrll be defeated.
The district attorney said he would
continue the search with all possible
diligence. Attorney George w. Brown
took up the cross examination of Spe-
cial Agent Durand for Nelson Morris
& Company. When he had finished At
torney Miller for Armour G. Company,
examined the witness.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
pENouNcEs RULE OF HOUSE
ShackIeford Goes After Speaker Can
non for "Packina" Committees

non lOI dSNiiiS
WASHINGTON, March spending
the passage of a bill of minor impor-
tance, the floor was yielded to Mr..
Shackleford, who took occasion to de-
nounce the rules of the house and the
"despotic and absolute power of the
speaker"
Mr.. Shackleford expressed great per-
sonal admiration for Speaker Cannon,
but there was, he said, no man In Eu-
rope more absolute in his jurisdiction.
He had read only the other day that
the speaker had packed" the ways
and means committee with ten men who
would stand pat" as men of stone
against any and every attempt to amend
the tariff.
This Mr.. Shackleford accepted as true
and complained bitterly. If the stand
patters" would come out in the open,
he declared, it would be found they had
not a corporals guard. Another IN
stance of the "absolutism" of the
speaker was in the passage of the
statehood bill. On this point he read
a lengthy interview purporting to be
by Mr.. Adams of Wisconsin, denounc-
ing the rules.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
CHICAGO TOO
WILD FOR HIM
DIR. SENN WEARlES OF THE
MURDERoUs CIVILIZATION
Windy city's Famous Surgeon Will
Visit Naked Savaqes Of Central
Africa for Vacation-Wants
Shot at Game, Too


Special to The Herald.
CHICAGO, March 5.-Dr. Nicholas
Senn the famous surgeon, said today:
Il am tired of the murderous civili-
zation Of Chicago and am going to visit
the naked savages of Central Africa
for a vacation
DIR. Sem will depart April for Por-
tugaI. where he will attend the inter-
national medical congress which meets
in Lisbon April 10 to %. He will then
go down the east coast of Africa, land
ing at Beira and going up country
from that point.
DIR. Sem desires to get shot at big
game before Theodore Roosevelt gets
into the African country and cleans up
all the good things.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
VALE CHINATOWN
IN NEW YORK
CITY TO ESTABLISH PARK IN ITS
PLACE
Assessed Valuation of Property Is Two
Million DolIars-Bounded by the
BoWery and Chatham
Square


special 10 L lie AeTdlu.
NEW YORK, March 5.-The Man
haitian local improvement board will on
March 20 hold a public hearing on the
proposition to end the existence cf
Chinatown by establishing a park
bounded by Bayard street, the Bowery,
Chatham square and Park Row, Worth
and Mulberry streets.
Mayor Mcclellan is in favor of the
plan and many property owners in
terested have signed a petition for the
park.
The assessed valuation of the land
is about $2.000,0O0 and the buildings are
of little value.
Mulberry Bend park, which grew out
of conditions somewhat like those
of Chinatown, cost the city about
So, 100000.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
THREATS PROVE EFFECTIVE
Faculty at Ohio Wesleyan College
Refuses Holiday and Stu
dents Rebel
Ey Associated Press

BY Associated Press
DELAWARE, Ohio, March 5,-"Any
students attending classes today will
be ducked in the sulphur spring" was
the edict of the students at Ohio
Wesleyan college today after the facul-
ty had refused to grant holiday as a
celebration for the double victory in
debate last Friday
But one student, w. w. Nearry, de-
fed the edict He was quickly taken
from the classroom and the promised
bath administered
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
SELL PORTLAND THEATER
New York Syndicate Buys Oregon
Playhouse, Paying Over
$4,000 for 1t
~ Areocia ted Press.

Hy ASSOclated PreS5
PORTLAND, Ore, March 5.-The
Belasco theater owned by Belasco,
Mayer e Company of San Francisco.
was sold today to New York theatri-
cal syndicate which will reopen it in
the near future as an Independent play
house.
The consideration was $4,000.
1t is stated that independent road
companies will appear in it during the
summer months and that next season
an independent circuit with houses in
San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma,
Seattle, Spokane and probably other
Pacific coast cities will be formed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
DISMISSES POSTMASTER
Secretary of Interior at Havana Takes
Action in the Case of
A. w. Morke
Nv AssoCJateu Press.

ASsUCIdIBU
HAVANA, March 5.-Gen. F. An
drade, secretary of the interior, has de-
creed the dismissal of A. w. Morke,
postmaster of Columbia, Isle of Pines,
on account of his arrest for refusing to
pay the storekeepers' tax on the ground
that the Isle of Pines was not under
Cuba's jurisdiction. l.. c, Gilner, an
American, has been appointed his sue
cessor.
Mr.. Morke, who in taking the oath
of office. swore fidelity to the govern
ment of Cuba. now appeals to Mr..
Morgan, the American minister, on the
ground that the Cuban government is
without authority in the Isle of Pines.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
VILLAGE FALLS IN LAKE
Over 100 Italians Left Destitute by
Total Destruction Of an
Italian Town

BY Associated Press.
ROME, March 5.-The partial de-
struction Sunday morning of the viii
lage of Tavernola, which stood on high
cliffs bordering Lake Iseo, in the prov
ince of Brescia, by the falling of the
cliffs into the lake, was made COM
plete today, what had remained of the
village being swallowed by the lake.
The HOO inhabitants who had taken
refuge at a distance from the lake are
destitute and in terror lest further
calamity befall them.
The government has sent supplies.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
FLAMES FROM GAS WELL
SEEN FORTY MILES AWAY
KANSAS FIRE ONE OF THE WORST
ON RECORD
All Attempts to Cap the Well Have
So Far Failed, Although Repeated
Efforts Have Been Made Since
February 5
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press-
CANEY, Kas.. March 5.-The great
gas we'll five miles west of here in In
dian Territory. which has been burning
since February 5, continued to roar
today with unabated fury.
The flames, forced $50 feet into the
air. were visible forty miles away last
night The fire probably is one of the
worst of its kind gas men have ever
had to combat.
An attempt to extinguish the flames
with steam having failed, an effort to
drop an immense iron cap over the
well was made, but without success.
This cap, weighing 5000 pounds, was
turned to a white heat when within
twenty feet of the we'll. Another at
tempt will be made to cap the well.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
FIND RICH ORE
In NEW YORK CITY
BROADWAY COVERS BOTH COLE
AND SILVER
Workmen Uncover Rock Carrying
Values Estimated at Twenty DOL
lars to the Ton-City Elated
Over the Discovery
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, March, Sin sinking
a shaft today for a new building in
Broadway, quartz was struck that
carried gold, silver and iron.
The foreman who discovered the
gold-bearing quartz is of the belief
that the earth under New York city
is filled with enough gold to make it
worth while to dig for it.
The quartz found assays $40 to the
ton.
Reality men and brokers are elated
over the discovery.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
WILLIAMS SCORES
ADMINISTRATION
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKER MAKES
STIRRING SPEECH
House Passes Bills Of Importance
Regular Terms of United States
District Court to Be Held
at Eureka
By Associated Press.

ny ABBOCldLeu Etcob'
WASHINGTON. March 5. Legisla-
ton by unanimous consent and under
suspension of the rules occupied the
attention of the house and resulted
in the passage of several bills, some
of considerab BILE Importance.
The adoption of a resolution OF in
uuiry as to whether any criminal prose-
ctuions have been begun against indt-
viduals in the Northern Securities COM
pany furnished the text for speech
of considerable criticism by MIR. Will
Jams, the Democratic leader, directed
against the administration.
Mr.. Williams read sections of the
opinion of the court in the Northern
Securities case to show that an effec-
tual block to competition had been ar
ranged and that such a combination
Is more than a contract-it is an offense
and a crime"
So far as he had been able to ascer-
tain, no steps ito prosecute these
criminals" had yet been taken, al
though one year and ten months had
elapsed since the decision.
MIR. Jenkins Replies
Mr.. Jenkins. Wisconsin, in reply, said
he did not think Mr.. Williams thor
oughly understood the case. He held
that the statute of limitation had run
out long time ago and any criminal
action which begun "long before the
present attorney general came to that
Office"
Mr.. Cirosvenor said no jury on earth
would have convicted these men. Three
of the dissenting judges in the Northern
Securities case, he, said, were Demo
Gratis and he predicted had there been
other Democrats on that bench the con-
tract would not have been declared
illegal
Williams Takes the Floor
Taking the floor again Mr.. Williams
said no jury in the United States would
fail to convict these men. There was
no one within the sound of his voice,
he said, who did not know there was
a beef trust, a coal trust and an Oil
trust.
The fact that action was now barred,
he maintained, did not relieve the ad-
ministration from responsibility for not
taking action before the statute of lin
itations had run.
The resolution was adopted without
objection.
N. Mints to Make Pennies &c.,.
Bills were passed increasing from $50,
900 and 100000, the sum available to
supply metal for the coinage of nickels
and pennies and providing that these
coins may hereafter be made in the
mints at Denver San Francisco and
New Orleans, as we'll as at present in
Philadelphia. Also providing for a dele
gate to congress from Alaska
A senate bill was passed authorizing
the sale and disposition of the unal-
lotted lands of the Colville Indian reser-
walton in the state of Washington;
also bill establishing at Eureka Cal,
the holding OF regular terms of the
United States circuit and district court.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
REvoKEs CoM?ANY'S CHARTER
Chicago Judge Renders Decision In
Noted Case After Citing
Points of Law
By Associated Press.

By Associated PresS.
CHICAGO, Mach 5.-The charter of
the Northwestern Guaranty company,
capitalized at 100000, was revoked to-
day by Judge Windes of the superior
court on the petition of the state in
surance commissioner, and a receiver
was appointed to take charge of the
affairs of the company.
The order of custer was issued on the
representation of the insurance COM
missioner that the company was usurp-
ing the functions of an insurance COM
pany without having the charter to
carry on that business.
over 5000 persons have been sub
scribers to the company but half of
them had allowed their policies to
lapse and have no claims to be ad-
justed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
BIG GAS PLANT IN CHICAGO
Five Million Dollar Establishment
Proposed by Peoples Company
on Three Hundred Acres

Special to The Herald
CHICAGO, March 5.-!The second
step in the battle for municipal owner
ship in Chicago was taken when the
Chicago Peoples Gas company, re-
Gently organized here, bought tract
of land 300 acres in extent, the price
of which is said to be in the millions.
The plant to be built by the new
company will cost not less than $5,0O0,-
900 and will be one Of the most modern
end complete in the country.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
HEINzE LOSES MILLIONS
Standard Oil Brokers Ready to I axe
Salvage of Stranded
Brokers

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, March 5.-Augustus
Heinze is reported to have lost from
two to six millions in the storm which
broke in Wall street today, and other
operators of almost equal Importance
are known to have been badly hurt.
Standard Oil brokers were lying by in
their wrecking fleet ready to take SAL
wage of all the stranded craft and ii is
known millions upon millions were
added to the profits of the trust.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
OPPOSE ACTS OF LEGISLATURE
Trustees of New York Life Insurance
Company Favor Engaging
Counsel

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 5.-The trus-
tees of the New York Life Insurance
company authorized the president to
employ counsel if he shall see fit to
oppose passage in the Legislature OF
certain recommendations of the legis-
lative investigating committee.
The trustees did not state specifically
which recommendations were objection
able and declared that they believed
some provisions of the insurance COM
mittee to be salutary.
The trustees report says that in thei;
opinion some of the provisions of the
proposed laws will be highly injurious
to the interests of the policyholders of
the company and will tend to lessen
instead of to increase the safety of
their investments represented by their
premiums already paid.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
Markell BEFORE COMMITTEE
Repeats DeniaIs Previously Made and
Makes Others


WASHINGTON, March 5.-Jacob r.
Markell of Omaha. whose commissary
contract with the Isthmian canal COM
mission was Cancelled. was again be-
fore the senate committee on inter
oceanic canals today.
He repeated denials that he had pre-
viously made, that he had had the
benefit of sample menus prepared by
Hudgins & Dumas of New York in
making his bid for the commissary con-
cession.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
REGARD 1T AS UNFRIENDLY
Chinese Press Does Not Relish Re-
ports of Uncle Sans Preparations
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PEKING, March 5.-The principal
topic in the Chinese press relates to
the reports coming from America that
the United States is making complete
preparations to send a military expedi-
ton to China.
The newspapers regard these reports
as manifestations of an unfriendly
policy.
The imports of Newchwang for 1905,
exclusive Of military supplies were the
largest recorded.
The total was $53, 100000 gold, of
which $22. 2.OO0 900 came from America,
$9,000,000 being in cottons.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
NAvAHoE ASHORE ON SHOALS
Dispatch From Wilmington Says the
Steamers Condition Is Con-
sidered to Be Dangerous

By Associated Press
WILMINGTON, N. s.. March 5,The
Clyde line steamer Navahoe, Captain
Hale, from Wilmington to New York,
is ashore on Middle Ground shoals.
She is badly listed and her position
is regarded as dangerous in case of
strong west winds.
The cargo is being Hghtened and an
attempt to float will be made this af-
ternoon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
coNFERs WITH PRESIDENT
Senator CIapp Talks With Roosevelt
About Hepburn Bill
nv Associa ted Press.

1by RSSoCldleu I'lSSS'
WASHINGTON. March 8. - Senator
Clapp, who assisted in framing the
Hepburn rate bill, discussed the situa-
tion with the president today.
1t was expected that Senator Dolliver
would participate in the conference,
but he was detained at home by ill
ness. Senator Clapp would not discuss
his interview.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
MILLION DOLLAR LOSS
Prairie Fires in Panhandle of Texas
Entail Loss of More Than
Million Dollars

AUSTIN, Texas March 5.-Accord-
ing to reports received today prairie
fires that have been sweeping the eX-
treme western section of the Pan
Handle for the past three days have
entailed loss to the country of more
than $1.00O,0O0. The losses may be
increased.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06

He readily confessed to setting the
fires Thursday night and some of the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
Driver Killed by Truck
By Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 5.-Thomas
Tanning, teamster, was run over by
his own truck this morning and died
I'm a few minutes. He was thrown
from his seat by front wheel striking
n rut The heavy vehicle passed over
his body.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-06
Man Drops Dead at Vallejo

VALLEJO Cal, March 5.-W. Lanch-
stedt, a we'll known citizen, dropped
dead today of apoplexy in shoe store
which he had entered to make pur-
rhase.