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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
DYNAMITE "DUCK ON ROCK
Stick ExpIodes Against Fence, Hurts
Boy Who Threw 1t, Puts
School in Panic

special TO lHe IleTalQ.
NEW YORK, May 22.-Frank Muir
ray. 10 years old, of Bradford avenue,
Flushing, found piece of dynamite
on his way to school along the Long
Island railroad tracks yesterday morn
ing, and not knowing what it was he
put it in his pocket and carried it into
the class room. The boy is one of two
hundred boys and girls attending St.
MichaePs parochia1 school.
Frank divided his time between his
books and the strange stick that looked
like wood He passed 1t around among
his friends to get their opinion on it,
and when recess came the dynamite
stick had wandered far away to a COR
ner of the class room, and its possess
sOr at the time the recess bell rang
at 11:30 o'clock carried it into the yard
back of the school. Thirty boys and
girls were playing there. Some of
them were playing "duck-on- n-the-rock," :"
which is a merry game of knocking
one stone off another with a third.
1t was fortunate circumstance that
no one was near the "duck' when the
possessor Of the dynamite stick de-
cided to use it as a missile and hurled
it at the duck on the rock" His aim
was bad.
The dynamite flew high and hit the
fence. There was a flash and a roar
and down went the fence, and thirty
boys and girls fled screaming with
terror from the yard.
The report created panic among
the pupils and teachers in the school
and brought them to the windows.
They saw young Murray holding his
head. A piece of fence board had
struck him on the side of his head. He
was not nearly so badly hurt as he
1oh bav nd oft hi
had been bound up he went back to
the class room.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
WANTS NO KITTIEs THERE
Father Of Mlssouri's AntI-M llllnery
Law Declares War on Tom
Cats and Tahhlea
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 22.-"If
there were no cats In Missouri, / be-
lieve that the state would be S2OOOO,OOv
better off at the end of each year"
Harry X. Walmsley, ia ther of the
Walmesley game law, made this state
ment recently In talk before a num-
ber Of school children in the auditor
ium Of Central high school. In declar.
Ing war on the generally considered
harmless tabby, the Jackson county
representative said that cats annually
killed thousands of birds, which, If al
lowed to live, would In turn have killed
enough insects to save the farmers an
nually millions of dollars which are
otherwise lost through 'the ravages o.
the common pests.
"An active cat will kill half dozen
birds day, and when you consider the
thousands of these felines which are
constantly prowling about, it is easy
to believe that their victims of the
feathered tribe would approximate
million each year. Most birds will an
nually kill enough noxious insects to
make themselves worth at least $40
apiece to the farmers Thus it is easy
to see what big bill there is against
the cat family"
Representative Walmsley spoke in
the place of Colonel Isaac Brown, the
representative of Miss Helen Gould,
who is touring the country speaking in
behalf of the birds.
Mr.. Walmsley spoke with but few
hours preparation, but he showed that
he was perfectly familiar with his sub
ject and that he has at his tongues
end a great mass of detail in regard to
birds.
Birds are among the most useful
creatures in the world" he said in be-
ginning. '"Were it not for birds, all
life on the earth would be destroyed
in ninety days by the Swarms of in
sects which are only kept down by the
activity OF the feathered tribe. Kansas
once passed a law Offering a bounty on
hawks and other birds of prey. The
next year they had such a plague of
grasshoppers that the following legis-
lature made haste to repeal the law.
MANY of our birds are following in
the path of the American bison and
will soon be extinct. Among these
are the wood duck the prairie chicken,
wild turkey and the quail. OF these
the quail is the most useful. In addi-
tion to the insects and bugs which it
destroys, it eats a great many weed
seeds; in fact, this bird is the best
known for this purpose.
There is one way of hunting birds
that l approve-that is with a camera
Instead of shooting an innocent bird
and breaking up happy family, why
not take a picture of it, and then you
will have something far more valuable
than a dead carcass"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
SAN PEDRO SHIPS VAST
QUANTITIES OF LUMBER
MOST OF 1T is FOR ARIZONA AND
LOS ANGELES
Ten Big sohooners and Nine Sailing
Vessels Are Dlseharglne Fresh
Products at the Port and Thirty
Are Headed for Harbor

Special TO The Herald
SAN PEDRO, May 22.-Superlnten-
dent John E. Logan Of the Southern
Pacific yards here stated that a train
load Of sixty-five cars Of lumber, hauled
by two big engines, left here yesterday
afternoon for Los Angeles and different
points in Arizona. This is said to be
the heaviest train Of cars ever leaving
San Pedro.
A good portion of the trainload was
heavy mining timber for use In the
Arizona mines.
1t was also stated that on an average
Of seventy-five cars per day were leav-
Ing this port over this road loaded with
lumber.
In addition to this the Salt Lake rail-
way Is sending out on an average Of
thlrty-fve or forty cars per day.
Ten big steam schooners and nine
sailing vessels are now discharging
lumber at this port.
Some thirty or more are reported to
be loading or sailing for this port.
The months record in lumber is ex.
pected to be large.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
THE ANVIL COMING SOON
Fine New Steamship viii Ply Between
Long Beach and San
Pedro
Special to The Herald.

OFSClhl " L liS I1SAbus
LONG BEACH, May 22.-L. S. Mace,
manager for the Southern California
Steamship company stated today that
the company's new steamer, the Anvil,
would leave San Francisco in time to
enter the port of San Pedro about
May 28
The Anvil, which will carry 500 pas
sengers and be one of the finest steam
ships on the southern coast, will ply
between Long Beach, Redondo and
San Pedro. The Officers selected for the
craft are said to be old-time sailors.
All of them, save the steward, lost
their all in the San francisco fire and
are coming to Southern California to
begin life anew. as it were.
The Anvil carries on her main deck
a large saloon fitted with Pullman sec
tions and her promenade deck presents
an unbroken surface of 1SO feet In
length.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
MISS SUTTON IS
AN EASY WINNER
DEFEATS EASTERN CHAMPION
IN NEW YORK
Appearance on Court Of Wesehester
Country Club Attracts Enthu-
siasts--ssIls Tonight
for England
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, May 22.-Of more than
usual interest to followers Of lawn ten
mis- was the appearance of Miss May
sutton, an American girl who holds
the British championship among wo-
men, on the courts Of the Country club
of Westchester today in a match
against Mrs. Barger wallach, the New
York and Newport woman champion,
which Miss Sutton won.
This was the first time Miss Sutton
had been seen on metropolitan courts
and it will be the last as she sails on
the steamship Oceanic tonight for Eng
land, where she will defend her title to
the British championship.
While in this city Miss Sutton was
the guest Of Mrs. Wallach.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
DISPRovES AN OLD SAYING
Lightning Strikes Barn Twice Within
Two Years and Twice Injuries
Father and Sons

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON. May 22-In the
identical spot where they were struck
by lightning two years ago and in
jured. u. N. Mcdowell and two sons,
John and Samuel, of Buffalo township
were again victims of electricity today
Two years ago the Mcdowell barn
was struck by lightning and destroyed.
The three McDowells were I'm the struc-
ture and were seriously injured. This
morning they were in the new born
when 1t was struck All three We're
dazed by the current, but will recover.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
FUNSTON FOR PRESIDENCY

lola, Kas., May pa Funston
for president club has been organ
lied in this, General Funston's home
city. A mass meeting for the purpose
was called yesterday afternoon, and
last night a permanent organization
was formed with C. H. Decluter a re-
tired capitalist, for president; L. f..
Coffield, assistant postmaster, and
member of the Twentieth Kansas,
Funstons regiment in the Philippines,
secretary. and Frank Woods, cashier
of the lola state bank and secretary
of the Commercial club, treasurer.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
LIGHTNING CUTS RING IN TWO
Sleeping Girl, Awakened by Bolt,
viii Recover, but Circlet
Is Gone
Special to The Herald.

STROUDSBURG, Pa, May 22.-The
family of Samuel Kresge of Reeders
had a most thrilling experience during
an electrical storm, A bolt struck the
house and falling plaster awoke the
family, seven in number.
A young daughter was rendered un-
conscious for an hour. On one finger
of her hand she wore ring, and with
it the lightning had done most unus-
ual thing. The ring had been cut in
two pieces by the severity of the bolt,
and the pieces were found on the pill
low alongside the girl. She will re-
cover.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
FAT PERSONS CAUSE A WRECK
They Lean Too Far Out on the Mlnia-
ture Railroad at Forest
Dark
Special to The Herald.

optVIaI 70 TIC IiVIdIu'
KANSAS CITY, May 22.-There was
a wreck on the miniature railroad at
Forest park yesterday afternoon. All
the train except the engine went over
an embankment. A fat man and fat
woman leaned too far out and caused
the coaches to turn over Half dozen
children who were in the coaches es-
capped. The engineer kept the engine
from leaving the track by jumping TO
one side and holding II on.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
MCDONALD & STOTT,
309-10 ankershim Building.

owners and dealers in real estate
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We can handle property located In
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
WILL DISPLAY $4,000
Purse of NeIson-Herrera Mill VIII Be
Shown In Greenwsld VIM
dow Today

Twenty thousand dollars in gold, the
purse for which Battling Nelson and
Herrera will take isuse, viii today be
placed in Greenwald's cigar store win
dow on Spring street, between First
and Second. Detectives will guard the
treasure from any possible attack
by thieves. The money will be put in
bank about o'clock in the evening.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
REsCUES BABY AND is HURT
John Rldenour Is Struck by Car Fen.
der While Performing
Heroic Act
Special to the Herald.

LONG BEACH. May 22.-While at
tempting to rescue baby from a peril
GUS position between an outgoing and
an incoming car at the Pacific Electric
depot in Los Angeles last night John
Ridenour of this city was struck by
one Of the cars and had his right foot
caught In the fender
Today the foot was badly swollen and
the muscles were found to be lacera-
ted.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23

Homeless children received and placed
IN homes for adoption. apply Rev. o.
". Rice. Superintendent Children's
Home society. ss4 Bradbury building,
Los Angelica
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23

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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
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Do like muc7 had of these Talking Machines do
know what would and your faiy9 Imagine
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the procession about to pass It's congear tat7 That's
the Incompatible Soua; the drum major Can you the
trombone solo, the full band again Now
this side streeheres fker spinning his yarn What's
that he's sayng Oh he's telling the about the
icne Record aO65) You and stenyou sides shake
with laughter Now Coney island; the first thing
the vaudeville
Irish love and banjo The Man Who Spent Three
Weeks in the Insurance Business medeys
You have hour and half and didn't know where
the time had Then there's the record the dog fight ec
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-03-15

Speaking about feuds," said John
L. Humphries of Tampa, Fla. 81
think that the stlangest, in its incep-
tion, is one between two families in
Marion county, in our state. 1t came
about this way. You know in our
state sometimes land disappears dur
ing the night and a man wakes up to
find his garden great sinkhole. This
is, of course, due to the fact that Flor
ida is built on coral and not very sub
stantially built at that, especially in
some of the interior counties. Harry
Redding had a nice patch Of Irish po-
tatocs, and Oliver Vance, his neigh
Dor, had what he called a farm and
near the house was a sinkhole.
zone night Rodding's potato patch
disappeared and the next morning
he had a nice large sinkhole filled
with water where his garden patch
was The same night Vance, who had
a sinkholc when he went to bed, woke
up to find the hole was filled with dirt
in which there seemed to be lot of
pebbles about the size of mans fist.
Naturally he was surprised, He ex-
amined the pebbles to find them po-
tatoes, and after calling the family
up they got to work and gathered in
six bushels Of potatoes ready for mar
ket
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Antique Furniture.

It is quite true that persons possess
ing antique furniture have come to
have an exaggerated idea of its value,
and it is daily growing more and more
difficult to pick up bargains, even in
the more remote towns of Connecti-
cut. But one New York woman is re-
joicing in the possession Of highboy
for which she paid only 81. She has
since had an offer of $3.50 for 1t.
While autoing not far from Ridge
field, Ct, recently, she stopped at a
farmhouse for some water, and casual
ly inquired if the family had any an
tique furniture to sell. The family
looked at her, not seeming to under
stand what she meant.
"Old mahogany furniture-have you
any that you would like to dispose OFF,
she repeated.
"Wall, now, there's that old chest
of drawers on the back porch-mayDe
that's what youn want" and the farm.
er took her out to inspect the article
In question.
1t proved to be handsome highboy
of unusual pattern and large proper
tions. 1t was battered and one leg
was broken off, but when the farmer
offered 1t for So the offer was accepted,
and it was shipped to New York.
1t was renovated, rubbed down and
repaired, and to-day is the admiration
of all the woman's friends who know
the value of antique furniture.-NeW
York Sun.
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Strange Doings of the French Army

A most remarkable feature of the big
sham battle fought OH the plain around
Fort Vitry by 100000 French soldiers
for the edification Of the Gar of Rus
sia was the repetition Of the very
strategy and tactics which the British
armies in South Africa long ago dis
covered, at a terrible cost, to be abso-
lutely fatal in the face of modern rifles
and ordnance.
Against Fort Fresnes the French
generals directed a frontal assault"
the phrase that instantly recalls Bull
ler's deadly and disastrous experience
on both sides of the Tugela River.
This mimic assault, the cable tells us.
was delivered in "heavy lines" across
an open plain that was swept by the
guns of the fort. And, to cap the cll-
max, 1.-THE position was finally carried
at the point Of the bayonct.' And the
men who did the charging and bayo-
netting were clad in uniforms of bright
red, blue and gold coloring, by way Of
making the whole thing absolutely alb
surd.
If the Gear has read NJ. Bloch's fa-
nous analysis of the South African
fighting, which demonstrates that the
day of frontal assaults. bayonet
charges across open ground and bright
uniforms Is entirely over, what must
have been his reflections on the pre-
parcdness of his ally for real war?-'
New York World.
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START OF FLORIDA FE VD

That's where the trouble began.
Redding claimed that under tho law
where a mans stock wanders on to
the premises of another, without his
fault, he can go after it. He argued
that the same doctrine applied to po-
tatoes which had wandering habits.
For he was very sure that the pota-
toes on the Vance farm belonged to
him. Vance and his friends invoked
another principle of law that man
owns his land from heaven to hades
and he refused to dig up the potatoes
for the benefit of his neighbor.
"All that happened ten years ago.
continued Mr.. Humphres, "and the
Readings and the Vances are still
armed against each other. Two or
three skirmishes have taken place be-
tween the parties and one of the
Vance boys, IS years old, was wound
ed by fire from the enemy.
"They have never spoken to each
other since that eventful night ten
years ago. Lawyers and politicians
have gone out to help them settle
their difficulties, but they were obdur-
ate, and if the feud grows for twenty
years as it has already Florida and
Marion county will have feud eQua!
to the best that Kentucky has ever
produced. Denver Republican.
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his wife upon a cast of the dice and
lost, he would have risked the welfare
of the girl to whom he was engaged il
the other would have accepted that
kind of security. But he would not.
Then Hastings hurled dice and boz.
did mirror, and, throwing himself ex-
hausted upon a soft chair, burst into
tears, exclaiming, 81 can play no
more. | have lost everything in the
world. am beggar!"
Davis stood still, calm, unmoved,
watching him. Then he said: "Mr.
Hastings, listen to me. | will forego
everything have wen tonight on one
condition and that is, that you will
take a solemn oath never to touch
cards or dice again. The ruined
gambler fell on his knees to thank
his benefactor and to take the oath.
The latter Immediately restored every
thing he had won, and, oddly enough,
Hastings kept his VOW and lived a
wealthy and prosperous man.
But the medal has sordid reverse
When in after years Scrope Davis, re-
duced to great poverty, ventured to
ask him for some slight assistance,
the hound wrote him a curt, formal re-
ply, in the third person, rcgrettins
that Mr. Hastings was unable to offer
Mr.. Scrope Davis any assistance.
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WEIRD TALE FROM JAPAN

posed that this was with some idea
of concealing the motives of the muir
der.
On the following morning he
bought a small cooking pot and konro
(portable earthenware furnace),
hired boat and rowed out to sea.
There he made soup with the flesh,
and, putting it into a bottle, threw
overheard all other objects. On his
way home he bought a bottle of ordi-
nary soup and served the mixture Of
these two soups to the poet and Soye.
The mess had no effect upon the
poets leprosy.
At little later time Osaburo mar
ried Soye. Soon, however, the
brothers,in-law quarreled. After vain
ly seeking a reconciliation Osaburo
stole into the house one day and
stranglcd the sick man. Some time
afterward Osaburo enticed a druggist
into the woods, strangled him and
took $l75 which the man had This
crime was traced to the murderer and
the investigation which followed laid
bare his other crimes.
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in recent trial in Tokyo it was
disclosed that a certain Osaburo No
guchi had killed three persons under
remarkable circumstances. He was
in love with Soye, the sister of
well known Japanese poet, lchltaro
Nopuchi The latter who was afillct-
ed with leprosy, disliked the man. To
win the regard Of the poet, and at the
same time to protect his lady love
from the disease Osaburo attempted
TO cure the leper He had heard it
said that human flesh would cure lep-
ROSY. Early in March, 1902, he also
read in a book statement OF the
same old superstition, Then he form
cd a determination to kill boy in
the neighborhooj. On the night OF
March 27 he caught an 11-year-old
boy, named Hawai-, as the boy was
going home from an errand. ClasplnS
closely to his breast the face of the
younE boy he smothered and killed
him. He brought the corpse into
byway and tore off lump of flesh
from the hip of the boy. He then
pcuccd out the eyeballS; 1t Is sup
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-03-15

There Is we'll authenticated story
of Scrope Davis, a London dandy OF
a hundred years ago, an inveterate
gambler, but also a man of talent,
gentleman and wit. One night he
was introduced to young man named
Hastings, who had inherited colos-
Sci fortune, much of which he had
already gambled away. They COM
menced to play hazard Hastings re-
marking at the same time that he
must soon cut out that sort of fun,
as he was about to marry and settle
down.
Scrope was in great luck. Main af-
ter main he won, and as often wished
to cease play, but Hastings, who con-
tinued to pour glass after glass of
champagne down his parched throat,
was pallid with excitement, and in
sisted upon a chance to retrieve his
fortune. The excitement became gen.
eral. Other players left their own ta-
bles to crowd around the duellists.
Time after time Hastings threw crabs,
while Davis followed with the nick.
The rattle of the dice and the cease
less flow of wines went on all night
and far into the next day. Hastings
was mad with excitement. Every
pound and every security he possessed
or could think of he pledged and lost.
At last, like the gamester who staked
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dressed to Slgnor Pietro Simona, :

by ROBERT B oNNER's Sons
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SoundlGss Powder Next.

The chances Of smokeless powder
seem seriously compromised by the
recent invention of the Roman Gener-
al Gilletta. Thanks to the latter's
acoustic telemeter" it is now possible
to ascertain the exact spot whence
the firing proceeds. s.-MancheSter Guar.
dian.
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Exclusiye Theatre.

The experiment of "national' the
atre is to be tried in America. Sew
eral wealthy men in New York have
subscribed sufficient funds to build
and endow the theatre. The highest
price for q seat is to be $500. and the
lowest ten dollars, though certain
number of. seats are to be given to
students at the nominal price of o
shilling.
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Maternal Instinct Strong.

While George r. Howe of Norway,
Me-, was hunting for aqua marine
gems in the Stoneham, same state, a
salamander appeared from among the
rocks and Mr.. Howe promptly threw
her some sixty feet away over ledge.
A moment later he found four tiny
salamanders in the refuse. After a
time he felt something at his feet and
looking down saw the salamander
which he had thrown away. She had
-eturned in search of her young.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-03-15

The sale of typewriters has been
forbidden by the police in Russia. This
was done to prevent their use by revo-
lutionists in issuing circulars.