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Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
SNAKE HAS TO GO TO COURT
Excitement in a Small Part of Bronx
Till He Is Decapitated by
Bullet
to The Herald.

Special TO 1he Herald.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Aug. 2.-Brought
here on fruit ship, it is supposed,
and lured from bunch of bananas in
a Dealers store by the sunshine, a
black and yellow South American ad-
der, only two feet long, caused ex-
element in the Westchester court and
the immediate neighborhood. A police
sergeant said he knew that the bite of
the little reptile meant certain death,
and as no one knew to the contrary,
this reputation followed the snake and
added to the fright of all who came
near him until another sergeant, Smith,
formerly a Texan Cow puncher," shot
off it's head, thus decisively ending it's
career.
Sergeant Smith was sitting at his
desk in the entrance to the court and
prison when the snake appeared The
door was open, and the step was flood
ed with sunshine. Looking up, Smith
saw the snake basking in the sun,
with it's red-forkedA tongue moving
lazily, as if in enjoyment. Smith
jumped to his feet and ran to the door
with his club. Other policemen joined
him. The snake wisely wriggled out
of the door and to the sidewalk, and
before Smith could reach him he had
crawled to the door of the real estate
office of II. C. Mapes.
Mapes was talking to two women
when the snake advanced upon him.
One of the women saw it and with
scream and quick gathering of skirts
jumped on a chair. The other woman
followed suit. Mapes was so startled
that he remained in his chair. Sergeant
Smith and two patrolmen pursued the
snake into the real estate office and
tried to hit it with their clubs but the
snake wriggled under their feet to the
door and escaped into a vacant lot.
"Tll show you the way we treat these
fellers down SOUTH" said Sergeant
Smith. He fired at a range of thirty
feet, and the bullet neatly clipped off
the snakes head.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Notice Of street Work

Notice of Street Work
Public notice is hereby given that on
Monday, the 25th day of June, A. D.
1906, the Council of the City of Los An
geles did, at it's meeting on said day.
adept an Ordinance, of Intention. nuun.
bered 1885 New Series). to have the
following work DONE to wit:
15t. That
JESSE STREET,
In said city from the east line of Mateo
street to the west line of Santa Fe
avenue. including all intersections of
streets excepting such portions of said
street and intersections as are required
any person or company having railroad
tracks thereon. and also excepting such
portions as have already been graded and
graweied :ra ysisS a. and aceepted>. be graded and
ance with the plans and profile on file in
the office of the City Engineer and speci-
ftsne neahons @ for the construction of graveled
geles, Cal. on file in the office of the the
City Clerk of said city, said specifica-
tions being No. 26 (New series).
3D. "a, Ihat mat a ice cement curb be constructed
Jesse street. from the east curb
line Of Mateo street to the west
SsT6 SsTSantinH line .Sdna of Santa ANITA Te avenue
which cement or granite curb
has already been constructed to the ON
clal line and grade). in accordance with
curbs. on file in the office OF the civ
Clerk Clerk said specifications being No "a
o. That cement sidewalk five (5)
feet IN width be constructed along eaoh
side OF said Jesse street from the east
curb line of Mateo street to the west
curb line OF Santa Fe avenue (exoepting
said points along which a cement or
asphalt sidewalk five (5) feet in width
has been constructed to the officiai line
and grade). said sidewalk to be con-
structed in accordance with specifica-
tions for constructing cement sidewalks
on tile in the office of the City Clerk OF
said city, said specifications being No.
23 New Series).
Reference is hereby made to said Or
ticulars.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
OF the City of Los Angeles.
BY. JAMES A. ANDERSON,
7-30 S-4 Ct president.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
EAT TONS OF MUSKRATS
Epicures and High Livers in New York
Get Them as "Swamp
Rabbits"
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2.-That New
York is one of the largest consumers
of muskrats as food is not known to
most patrons of the game dealers.
Chicago, which is it's only rival as eater
of muskrats, finds room for countless
barrels of Swamp rabbit caught
along the famous marshes of Lake
Michigan.
New York's muskrats come from
Chesapeake bay, for the most part.
The trade is a large one. There are
shipping~points on the bay from which
so. 900 muskrat pelts are sent yearly to
fur dealers. The carcasses Of two
thirds of these animals are barreled
and sent by steamer to Baltimore COM
mission merchants.
A barrel holds about 200 muskrat car
casses. They are worth to the shipper
from $5 to $40 barrel, and the trappers
find that 1t pays to save the meat. An
ordinary season on an S0-acre marsh
will bring from 1000 to 1000 pelts, worth
from $3.50 to $500. If to this is added
the bring" of from $25 to $50 for the
meat, a considera BILE sum is added to
the trappers' income. A thousand rats
a season is a small catch for pro-
feSsional trapper. Merit Robbins of
Blackwater, on the eastern shore of
Maryland, averages 200 rats day dur
ing the season on his marshes. He
hires from three to five men to tend
his snares and traps, and shoot over his
decoyS. Last year he cleared more
than $4,000. He ships a barrel of musk
rats a day to Baltimore by steamer.
The meat of the muskrat Is very
dark. It's flavor is as delicate as a
rabbits. During the trapping season
muskrat flesh is on sale in all the
butcher shops along the eastern shore.
especially at Cambridge, Crisfield and
other water towns The butchers
buy it from the trappers, paying from
2 to 4 cents a carcass. The rats are
then sold to town people at the uniform
price of four for a quarter.
The swamp rabbits or "black
ducks" are served at all of the cheap
hotels and lodging houses once or twice
a week. Sometimes they are boiled,
sometimes fried and sometimes baked.
Frequently the patrons of the houses
do not know what they are eating. A
party of book agents in Captain Can
mons hotel at Cambridge ate hungrily
of the meat placed before them. Can
non asked them how they liked the
swamp rabbit"
"Fine!" was the answer. But when
Cannon told them what it was two of
the five left the table angrily.
In new YORK the knowing patrons
of restaurants search down the lists
of "game in season. when seeking
muskrats. When they come to Swamp
rabbit" or "black squirrel" Or South
ern rabbits" they know what to ex-
pect. 1t is apt to be just plain musk
rat, shipped from Baltimore. Those
who believe what they read order the
animal under it's tempting name and
eat without harm to themselves of a
savory dish.
1t would be interesting to read res
taurant lists in New York if they were
revised according to common nomen-
clature.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
AUTO UNDER BAN OF FARMERS
kansans Form Organization to Fight
"Buz Wagons"-Threaten to Boy
colt Merchants Using Them

Special to The Herald.
TOPEKA, Aug. 2.-The farmers of
Kansas are threatening boycotts on a
number of towns because of the use of
automobiles by business men. Sedan,
Winfield, Mcpherson and Abilene are
towns where the automobile is taking
the place of horses. Many runaways
and several serious accidents have oc-
Cured to farmers and their families
because of the excursions of automo-
bilists into the countdy. The farmers
horses refuse to pass the big touring
machines in the narrow lanes.
This has led to a general agitation
to boycott the towns which permit au-
tomobilists to tour the country round
about during the hours when farmers
are coming to market or returning to
their homes The plan of getting even
with the owners of automobiles was
suggested by the action of several Mis-
souri, towns, especially Harrisonville,
the county seat of Cass county, where
the farmers met and agreed to throw
their trade to Pleasant Hill and other
| towns.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
MEXICANS WHIP
YAQUIS IN FIGHT
BATTLE LASTS TWO DAYS IN
MOUNTAINS
Twenty Indians and Six Soldiers Are
Killed and Thirty Of the
Ysquis Are Taken
Prisoners
Special to The Herald.

TUCSON, Arizs, Aug. "A dispatch
to the Daily Mail of Guaymas says that
Lieut. Col. Joe Corona and two hundred
men have just returned to Las Quay
mas, headquarters of the twentieth
battalion Mexican national guard, with
thirty Yaqul prisoners, captured after
q battle with the Indians in NUviiios
mountains, which lasted two days and
In which more than twenty Yaquis
were slain and six Mexican soldiers
met death. Among them was SER
geant named Robles, a member of a
prominent Sonora family
The Yaquls had been raiding ranches,
and rowing bands had united in b force
numbering fully 100 and had fortified
a camp in the mountains, where the
Mexicans advanced against them.
The result of the first days fight
was doubtful, but during the night the
Indians withdrew to Chique1ete, a
point farther back in the mountains,
whittier they were pursued the next
day by Col. Corona and his two COM
panies.
The Mexican forces suffered heavily
in the first days fight but on the Sec
ond day their loss was sight, while the
Yaquis were slain right and left during
q rout.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
THEY HAVE TRAMP RACES
Officials Of North Carolina Village
Introduce New sport-Cure
for Hobo Habit
special to The berald.

DuFNldl W / ne fdeTaI0.
RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. 2.-The town
of Wilson, this state, has introduced a
new form of "sport"-tramp racing.
When a hobo hits the town. he is
arrested and incarcerated in the lock-
up. When several have been accumu-
lated the whole lot is marched out into
the public square. Across this a line
is drawn and the tramps are told to
line UP. Hardly has the ragged line
been formed when the town marshal
confronts them, rawhide whip in hand,
and informs them that one mile down
the road is a ditch that marks the cor
porate limits of the town. At a given
signal they are to start for the ditch,
and 1t is to be distinctly understood
that the hobo whose tattered coattail
last flutters across the ditch is to be
treated to such a flogging as he will
have cause to remember all the days Of
his life
This pronunciamento is announced
with an impressiveness that leaves no
doubt in the minds of it's hearers, and
the Ragged Robs" Immediately begin
to inspect one another in an effort to
size up each others sprinting ability,
the short hobo envying the long legs of
his neighbor with envy.
"Line up an toe the mark square,"
Get set!"
"Go!'
The line surges, then breaks and off
go the hoboes. The marshal and his
assistants leap upon their waiting
horses and are off after the flying
tramps, catching up with them and
squirting the ambition of the laggards
with sharp warning flicks from their
whips.
Straight down the .oad goes the fly
ing company, their heels pattering
upon the ground with spurts Of dust.
From tattered bulks they quickly
dwindle into ragged specks and are
soon lost to view in a cloud of dust,
while the assembled spectators shout
with glee.
AS a matter of fact no man has yet
been fogged, but belief in the flogging
of the last man across the ditch is firm
and no tramp that has once ran the
race has ever been known to return to
the town of Wilson.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
FIRE SMOLDERS
SEVERAL MONTHS
BY D. -ciated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. "A fire
was started at the site of the old Hotel
Rex on Turk street today by the sud-
den blazing forth of a bundle of paper
which had been smoldering in the
basement ever since April 10, the day
the Rex was destroyed.
1t caught the wooden construction
erected for the workmen, and only the
combined efforts of dozen men pre-
vented it from spreading to nearby
lumber piles
1t was finally put out by a volunteer
showed brigade. A printing firm occu-
pied a room in the basement before the
fire and had a large stock of blocked
paper on hand. This was so tightly
packed together and so covered with
dirt that it held tiny spark for more
than three months. AS soon as the
picks of the workmen struck the paper
and opened an air passage to the spark
1t blazed into flame.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
QUEER FREAK OF THE SToRK
Trails Big Liner Across the Ocean
and the Result Is Six
Babes
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2-Although the
Grosser Kurfurst of the North German
Lloyd line does not rank among ocean
record breakers in point of speed, she
established new record on the voyage
from Bremen, which ended yesterday.
This was in the number of births on the
way across
Six youngsters first saw the light of
day on the way over, and DIR. stark,
the ships surgeon, figured it out that
the stork which flew after the ship this
time was the most methodieal not to
say arithmetical specimen of its kind
he had ever had any dealings with.
Each class of passengers was patron
lied.
There were three mothers, one in the
first cabin, another in the second and
the third In the steerage, but while the
one in the first cabin bore one child,
that in the second had twins, while the
mother In the steerage bore triplets.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
MINING MEN MEET FATE
CIoudburst in Colorado Responsible
for Death of A. L. Thompson
and V. w. Mathner
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
OURAY. Colo, Aug. 2-L. A. Thomp-
son, general manager, and V. w.
Mathner, foreman of the Mickey Breen
mine of the Tempest Apex company,
who disappeared a week ago, were
found dead today under a. mass of
debris in small tunnel half mile
from the Mickey Breen mine.
They evidently sought refuge in the
tunnel from a cloudburst and were
overwhelmed by the rocks and dirt that
washed in the opening from the noun
tain side.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
poRTERHousE COMES HIGH
Chicago Retail Dealers Raise the Price
and Give Their
Reasons
By Associated Press.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2-Buyers of porter
house steak, lamb chops and other
choice cuts of meat arc finding their
butcher bills larger than ever. The av-
erage price for the best cuts has risen
nearly 10 per cent in the last two
months.
The retail meat dealers blame the
consumer for the increase and declare
that while he is loudly calling for
porterhouse and the like they are
forced to sell less favored portions of
the carcasses for a song.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
GuatemaIa's Army Disbands
Aasnciafa Praaa

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-The state
department received a dispatch today
from Minister Coombs, United States
Minister at Guatemala, stating thai
President Cabrera of Guatemala has
announced the complete disbandment OF
the Guatemalan army, in accordance
with the Marblehead pact.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
NotIee ofPnhIic XvorI.

Public notice is hereby given that at
day of July, 1906. the City Coun-
ell OF the City of Los Angeles adopted
an Ordinance, designated as Ordinance
No. 1872 (New Series) declaring its
intention TO order the following im-
provement TO be made. to wit:
That
PACIFIC AVENUE
a public street Of the City Of Los An
geles. be opened and widened. between
Seventeenth street and Washington
street. In said city.
dinance on file In the Ofice OF the
City Clerk OF said city for further par
ticulars.
JAMES A. ANDERSON.
7-30-S1 s-l-S lot President,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
WOOD ORDERS INVESTIGATION
Irregularities in the Philippines to Be
Probed by Special Detail
of Officers
BY Associated Pre5s.

by ASsOc1aIeu ETtJS.-
WASHINGTON, Aug. Am investi-
cation of alleged irregularities in the
Philippine islands is now being con-
Quoted by order of Maj. Gen. Wood, the
inquiry being in charge of Col. Wood,
Inspector general.
AT the request of Gen. Wood the war
department has made a special detail
of officers>familiar with the methods Of
business and conditions in the Philip
pines to assist.
No result has yet been reported to the
department.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
Mills Goes to Philippines

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Brigadier
General Albert l.. Mills, commandant
of the United States military academy,
was formally ordered today uy the war
department to proceed to the Philip
pine islands, where he will relieve
Brigadier General A. Winfield S, Ed
gerly, in command of Fort William
Mckinley. Gen. Edgerly is ordered to
San Francisco. where he is to report
to the department for further orders.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
Seek $4,000 Damages
BY. Associated Press.

SAN JOSE, Aug. 2.--Jo iah and VIII
liam Davey and three sisters today
Joined in a suit against the San Jose
& Los Gatos Interurban Railway COM
pany for $4,000. alleged damages for
the death of their brother, John Da-
vey, who was killed June 4 by an acci-
dent OH the line near Los Gatos.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
Injuries Prove Fatal
BY Assocla ted Press.

OAKLAND, Aug. 2.-Mrs. Mary A.
Rogers of Alameda died today at the
East Bay sanitarium as a result of in
juries sustained by being run down by
an electric trolley car at Thirteenth
af. errISQn.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
Notice Inviting u ,s. l R,a- for stationery

supplies 10 the OIay Oh LOS Angeles
Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received at the office
of the City Clerk up TO 2 o'clock p. m.
to the City of Los Angeles for the
period of one year from the date of
the approval of the contract. of station
ery supplies to be used in the various
departments of the City Government, to
be delivered at such times and in such
quantities as the heads of the Depart
ments may direct. according to schedule
for bidders on file with the City Clerk
and copies of which may be had upon
application.
A certified check, payable to the orr
der of II. ]. Lelande. City Clerk, In the
sum of 500 must accompany each pro-
posal as a guarantee that the bidder
will enter into contract with the city
in conformity with his bid. Council
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids.
H j. Ll1LANDE,
T-30-S1 Slid Ct City Clerk.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
ExposItIOn aulIdInas pacn

RJ fAS9FNA"fSN ilShas
LONDON. Aug. "A dispatch re-
eeived here says that disastrous fire
has broken out In the grounds OF the
international exposition at Milan and
at O'Clock this morninl two Of the
finest buildings already lad been de-
stroYSd.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
Plan Big sIaushssrlug Plant
BY Associated Press.

ST. PAUL. MINI. Aug. at was
learned definitely late today from St.
Paul business men that Armour g. CO.
of Chicago through their agents, have
paid dowa about $4,000 as option money
for the purchase of a large tract of
land near the Minneaota Transfer
company's yards, lying in the north
western part of ST. Paul and PARTLY IN
Minneapolis for the purpose oe building
a proposed slaughtering plant.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
KsntuckIans XIII Four
BY Associated Press.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Aug. 2.-.-he Post
has received dispatch from corre-
spondent at Sand Lick. Knott county,
saying four We're killed there last night
- a fight between the Martin and
h I factions The Martin faction IS
said . number sixty men.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
lners' Wages Raised

hy AhsociA psu Fleas
CALUMET, Mich. Aug. Am unso-
licited increase of 81 a month IN the
wages of the 1900 men employed unt.
ground in the mines controlled by the
Copper Range Consolidated company
was announced today.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
Presidents Son a Sailor
by Assoeia ted Press.

Ily Hh8VNItI NVu TVhdI
OYSTER BAY Aug. 2.-Archie
Roosevelt. the presidents son. has
completed a cruise from Oyster Bay
to Newport and return In Capt. Slo-
GUMS yawl Spray, Capt. Slocum ac-
eompanied young Roosevelt on the
cruise
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
Notice Inviting Proposals for Furnish
ing Lot 10 City for Engine House

Site.
Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received at the office
OF the City Clerk up to 2 o'clock D. m.
Monday August g.. 1906, from parties
desiring 10 sell to the CITY OF Los An-
geles a lot for fire engine house pur-
posesSon Fifty-second street. between
Hooper and Central avenues.
Bidders Will state price for which
free " incumbrance.
Council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids
BY order OF the Council OF the City OF
Los Angeles.
ii. j. LEI4ANDE,
z-30-31 S-1-4 st City Clerk.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
CHRIST'S NAME BARS BOOK
Quotation From the Messah's Teach
ings Starts Chicago Religious
War in the Schools

Special TO The Herald.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-The word
Christ" found in the Fourth Reader
of the Macmillan series, may defeat
Superintendent Cooley's recommenda-
tion that these readers be substituted
for the Rand-McNally books, now used
Opponents of the superintendent on
the school board and rival book agents
pounced on a quotation from st. Mat
thew today. and Immediately started
trouble in dozen different directions
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03

The Herald will sell you sS5 worth OF
records and GIVE you six months
subscript,.n to The Herald and a SIS
Talk-o-Phone absolutely tree
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03

or the City OF Los Angeles.
BY JAMES A. ANDERSON, .
1880 S-4 ct President.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
Notice Of street work

Public notice is hereby given that on
Monday the I'd day of July. A. d. 1906
did, at it4 meeting on said day, adopt
an Ordinance of Intention numbered
12,969 (New Series) to have the follow
ing work done. to wit:
f1A
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-05
MURDER EPISODE TERMINATES
Good Detective Work Of okishora
Oricsr-secJres Reward

AWN-E - 81 ~ = FNNFteN =
Oklahoma City. Ok, Jan. the
last chapter In the Katie James mur-
der. which occurred near Weatherforl
on the sth O. last July, was closed
today when Deputy sheriff sam Bartel
q this city received a communication
frou Governor Ferguson notifying
Ba.rel that his claim oi $500 as the
reward offered by the territory for
the apprehension of the murderer.
had been awarded, and will be sent
him when the voucher is properly
signed and received by the governor.
This was one Of the most mysterious
cases In which the services OF an or
Ger was employed without hardly an
atom q Information 20 60 or. Deputy
sheriff Barel started on the case
u was known that Mrs Fannie Morton
was seen iu company with the James
woman NJ .he last day the latter was
ever seen alive. The mys-ef ious lc
tio-s o. the Norton woman attract y
HartgIs attention and he Get ont 10
find her She was apprehended first
al Guthrie. and later az Shawnee. AMI
Deputy Bartel went there TO ge; Aer.
It was there Il is supposed the wo-
man became aware that she was 1us
pected q killing the James woman.
and almost in the presence OF the uf-
fcer took poison from vhicr she dtei
in few moments. Investigation be-
gan Immediately after this 20 asc=r
tain IL possible. for sure, II she was
the guilty one. which resulted in plac-
ing the crime upon her. Whe2 this
was done Deputy Bartel laid the eyi-
dence Of the proceedings. together
with petitions signed by many of the
people iu the vicinity where the James
woman had lived. asking that the ie-
ward be given him. The governor took
the matter IN hand. promising a -hor-
ough investigation. and that II be
found the facts justified, Mr. Bute.
should receive the reward. The result
is known.