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Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
OBRIEN TO MEET
BURNS IN MAUD
JUNCTION ARENA
PHILADELPHIA TO ARRIVE TODAY
Great Championship Battle Between Men Who
Claim Heavyweight Title OF the World to
Be Fought Before the Pacific Athletic Club

Jack O'Brien will arrive from San
Francisco this morning for the pur-
pose of signing articles with Tommy
Burns relative to 20-round bout he
fore the Pacific Athletic club at u
date to be decided upon today.
AS was anticipated in Friday morn
ins's Herald the battle will take place
before a Los Angeles ring assemblage.
McCarey has entered the field and Is
to make a strong bid against the pur-
ported proposal Of the Arcadia Ath-
letic club.
What will be done as regards d
purse remains for development, but it
is practically 100 to 1 shot that the
fast heavies are to meet in a local
ring.
San Francisco promoters were wild
last night as regards the movements
OF the clever Philadelphian whom they
were endeavoring to cajole into a
match with Sam Berger. McCarey Is
anxious for the bout if anywhere near
reasonable terms can be arranged. The
local manager has endeavored to place
a genuine ring treat before the Los
Angeles public and unless things go
far amaiss Tommy Burns and the dis
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
SHOOT AT SAN DIEGO
ATTRACTS CROWDS
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14.-The corri-
doris of the Hotel del Coronado as well
as of the hotels on this side of the bay
are filled today with devotees of the
scatter gun and the inanin targets.
This is the first day of the big tourna-
ment of the Pastime Gun club at the
Coronado race track.
Among the sports present is William
H. Crosby of Illinois, who holds the
record of 419 blue rocks broken with
out a miss. With Mr.. Crosby came
from Illinois Rollo Heiks and Tom
Marshall; from Macon, Ga, comes
Walter Huff: Minneapolis sends H. G..
Hirchy; Denver is represented by D.
w. King; San Francisco has Harry
Hart, N. H. Seaver, Fred Fuedan,
Emil Holling, r. C. Reed and H. JUS
tin; "Pop" Carr and w. H. Varian are
here from Pacific Grove; DR.. Purcell
and George Julian from Tucson; w.
]. Rand from Ell Paso; Otto Sins from
Houston; Stone and Lon Holbsclow
from Fresno; James Gibson from Nord-
hoff; w. H. Hills from Portland, and
others Twelve matches will be shot
today and twelve tomorrow.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
MAIL oDRER BRIDE is MET
Bethrothed Confides in Friends; Mob
at Depot to See Her and
They Enjoy 1t

Special to The Herald.
JANESVILLE, Wis, Sept. n.-Miss
Eliza Kent of Fort Atkinson, Wis, a
prospective correspondent bride" was
mobbed by a curious crowd at the rail-
road station when she arrived to marry
Robert Miller, who advertised for a
wife.
Miller confided in a few friends, with
strict injunctions to secrecy, but when
he arrived at the station the train shed
was crowded and the street blocked
with people gathered to see the young
woman.
Miss Kent, displaying a red rose for
identification, was the first passenger
to alight from the train, but evidently
she was not pleased with Miller's ap-
pearance, for she backed away from
him, and then attempted to escape by
running from the building.
The crowd started in pursuit. The
chase continued for six blocks, until
Miss Kent took refuge in strangers
home, and the police dispersed the mob.
Miller's employer discharged him to-
night.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
cows TONGUE A LIFE SAVER
Wise Bessie Licks Unconscious Mas
ter's Face and Pulse Till
He Revives
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAYRE. Pa, Sept. 12.-Simon Wore
ster, farmer on the Eliston road, be-
lieves that he owes his life to friendly
COW which he was fattening for the
butcher. He fell unconscious in his
barn at about o'clock in the afternoon,
and at he was brought to his senses
by his old COW standing over him and
licking his face.
The animal had apparently been
doing this during all the interim, for
when he recovered consciousness his
wrists were all aglow from the rough
coat of the cows tongue. His doctor
said that the animal had saved his
life; that the constant rubbing of her
rough coated tongue against his face
and on his pulse had restored respira-
tion
Instead of the bovine healer being
slaughtered, she will live in pastures
green and by cool waters as long as
she breathes
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15

appearing lawyer will be scheduled
within twenty-four hours to go a live
ly pace at Maud Junction.
The Arcadia tale did not appear cub
stantial from teh start. On a simple
reasoning proposition the disadvant-
ages might be easily seen. Arcadia
Is not the least desirable place for n
great ring contest, but other condi-
tions enter into consideration.
O'RtIen in the first place is a shrewd
one and would probably decide in a
mrment that greater prestige might
be gnjred in Los Angeles. Although
a sleek purse might be off ,red, strong
counter attractions Sould easily he
brought to bear. Joe Gaus, so far as
may be learned, is still alive and
ready to go on for tidy sum. An
opponent could be found to face him
at Maud Junction.
The long-headed Quaker easily fore
saw what might occur in the event of
his battling at Arcadia and has
agreed to bo xBurns before the local
club.
McCarey has ever endeavored to Sc
cure the best attractions possible for
Los Angeles patrons of the ring sport
and has finally secured the king pin
card of recent date.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
KINDNESS MAY COST A LIFE
Man Who Takes Neighbor in Wagon
to Ride Is Badly Beaten as
His Reward
special to The Herald.

special to The Herald.
CARLISLE, Pa, Sept. 11.-John H.
Laird CT Mechanicsburg is lying In a
critical condition at the home of Con
stable Group in Idaville, so badly
beaten that his injuries may Cause his
death. Laird went to Idaville on ousi-
ness, and in driving along overlook
Samuel Humes of that place.
The men seemed in jolly mood as they
drove along, when some remark OF
Laird enraged Humes, who, it is al
legged, knocked Laird out of the wagon,
and kicked and stamped upon him until
young Paxton and two other boys took
Humes away.
The assault occurred at the Idaville
church. Laird was taken to the consta-
ble's home nearby, where he still lies
and cannot be removed. Three ribs
are broken, number of teeth are
knocked out, and he is badly hurt about
the head and in the region of the heart.
Humes, his alleged assailant, is a
man of about So years. He is said to
have been crazed with whisky on this
occasion. 1t is said that he used club
in his second attack upon Laird. Humes
will be tried in the Adams county court
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
TURNS FAUCET TO GET DRINK
Sagacious Cow Saves Herself a Long
Walk to the River to Satisfy
Her Thirst


Her Thirst
Special to The Herald.
PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 1.-THE
county poor farm has, according to the
assertion of the inmates, the cleverest
COW in the state. The animal is an old
red Jersey that has been on the farm
for years. The matron at the farm last
summer discovered that the faucet on
the hydrant in the back yard was fire.
quently turned on, but constant watch
ing failed to disclose the miscreant.
The same trouble occurred again this
summer. The matron noticed the water
was turned on about the same time
every afternoon. While she watched
she saw the old red Jersey come leis-
urely up the road, into the back yard
and walk straight up to the hydrant.
The COW pushed the faucet with her
nose, but 1t did not seem to work. So
she tried her horns, and when that
method failed, opened her mouth, took
hold Of the faucet and turned it.
Mrs. Bossy then drank her fill of cold
water and turned away toward the
green fields. evidently pleased that she
did not have to go quarter of mile
to the river to satisfy her thirst.
The next day the COW seemed much
peared detected when after half an
hour of hard work she could not get
her drink. Then the matron had a
watering place made and the cold
water was allowed to run at all times.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
JACKPOT PROVES HIS UNDOING
While an Arkansas Desperate Is
Playing Poker He Is Captured
by the Sheriff
Special to The Herald.

SpeVlal TO no f1eTdlu
LITTLE ROCK, Sept 12.-With his
rife in his lap and cards in his hands,
Pat Lacey, notorious outlaw and
horsethief, was surprised in poker
game by Sheriff Parker of Arkansas
county and captured without firing a
shot. Lacey and a party of friends were
playing poker in a barn. The sheriff,
to whom the meeting place of the play
ers had been betrayed, surrounded the
barn with a posse and crept close to
the gamblers. So intently were they
engaged in the disposition of a large
jackpot that they knew naught of dan
ger until Sheriff Parker and his men
had them covered with their weapons
and gave the command Hands up,
No resistance was made. Lacey was
disarmed and taken to Pine Bluff later
in the afternoon and placed in JAIL Re-
wards aggregating $4,000 are outstand-
ing for his capture, dead or alive.
1t is said that Lacey has killed twelve
men since 1885,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
HOLDS HAND; stalks WEATHER
st. Louis Youth Gives a Queer Rea-
son for Undue Familiarity
on a Street Car
Special to The Herald.

OI q OlTtCL SdT
Special to The Herald
ST LOUIS, Sept 12.-zRobert Twigg
was fined 500 and costs in the city hall
police court for holding hands with
pretty 1S-year-old Lucille Heagle. He
VIII probably confine his attention in
the future to the hands of his intimate
acquaintances.
Miss Heagle says she never saw
Twigg until Friday afternoon, when
he entered an Olive street car where
she was riding. and, after passing sew
eral unoccupied seats, sat down beside
her. He became friendly at once, she
says. He took hold of her hand, re-
marking that she had the most beauti-
ful arm he had ever seen.
Il didn't answer him." Miss Heagle
testified. He made more remarks
about my appearance, and when he got
TO Eighteenth street he took hold of me-
saying he'wanted to take me with him.
MY right arm was tied up, and he
tore the bandages from it. When we
reached the street tried to hold him,
but he broke away and ran down
Eighteenth street called policeman
as soon as 1 could. The policeman fol-
lowed him and arrested him."
Heagle admitted that he had spoken
to the girl, but said that he only wanted
to talk with her about the weather and
other current TOPICS
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
De COURSEY WINS IN
FORTY-FIFTH ROUND

o Special to The Herald. o
o SAN DIEGO, sept. 14.--The arht /.
@ between De Coursey and Richie, Q
@ which was scheduled 10 go forty Q
@ hvc rounds, WINS won in the last Q
@ ten seconds of the forty-Hfth @
o round. o
@ Near the end Of the forty-hfth Q
@ round DE Coursey sent Richie 20 Q
Q the mat for the count Of ten. The @
@ gong rang as Referee dewitt Van 9
@ COurt counted the tenth second. 8
@ The decision did not give salts o
@ faction. Many Of the spectators @
@ claimed that the round ended be- 8
@ fore the count of ten was reached. o
@ De Coursey finished cOmparn- @
@ lively strong, but II was easily o
o seen that Richie was nIl in. @
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
DOUGLAS PARK RESULTS

BY Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE. KY, Sept. 14-Doug-
las Park results:
won, Anna Ruskin second, Grant
Fleischner third. Time, 1:10.
About six furlongs-Lustig won, NAL
leable second, Royal Legend third
Time, Ill AS.
Six furlongs-Hannibal Bey won
Ethel Day second. Frontenac third
Time, 1:13 3-5.
Six furlongs-Western won Chase
second, Still Alarm third. Time 1:15 2-5
Mile and a ixteenth-Marshal Ney
won, Athena second, st. Paris third
Time, 1:48 4-5.
About six furlongs-Nun's Yelling
won, Roscoe second, Angleta third
Time, Ill.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
MANIA MAKES HER A STATUE
Toledo Woman Refuses to Move Eye
or Muscle or Touch Her
Food
Special to The Herald.

TOLEDO. o.. Sept. ia mania
which has seized Anna Fuzzo has
changed her into living statue and
made her case the strangest in the
records of the probate court. She re-
fuses to move a muscle of her body,
but stands, sits or lies as she is
placed. She will not move her head nor
her eyes, but sits all day in one posi-
tion, staring fiXedly at whatever is be-
fore her. Deputy Sheriff Hurlburt was
obliged to lift her a buggy where she
reposed as an inanimate object until
he reached the county Jail There he
lifted her out and carried her into the
insane ward, where she pursues the
same strange practices which have so
alarmed her people.
No noise alarms her nor is there any
ruse, which will surprise her mysterious
tmmobillty. She seems as II turned to
Stone, and her muscles are tense and
hard to the touch. When questioned or
asked to converse she remains silent,
and when food or nourlshment is of
fered her no attempt is made to par
take of 1t. Physicians fear she viii
starve to death.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
BAY BOY MAKES TIN FOIL COIN
Ingenious Young Vermonter Circu-
lates Them and Gets Into
Trouble
By Associated Press.

by ASSOclaIeu freSS
BENNINGTON, VT, Sept. 11.-Tinfoil
coins, made and circulated in the noun
tain hamlet of Sandgate, have brought
to grief Frazer Mears, 17-year-old boy
of a mechanical turn of mind. He
made molds by heating dimes and
quarters and getting the impressions OF
them in the soft fiber of pine wood,
and then filled the molds with melted
tinfoil.
AS some of the coins found circula-
ton to a limited extent among his
neighbors, a charge of counterfeiting
was made against him and he was
brought here and locked up. A fine of
S1OO was imposed with the alternative
of a year in the house of correction,
and the boys relatives paid the fine.
Until he was brought to Bennington
the youthful maker of coins had never
been a passenger on any railroad and
the trolley cars on Bennington streets
were a novelty to him.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
sHEEPsHEAD BAY RESULTS

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14-Sheepshead
Bay results:
Five and a half furlongs, F'uturity
course-Toddles won, Budapest second,
Sylvan Dixon third. Time 1:06 1-5.
Six and a half furlongs, main course
DIR. Gardner won, Yves second, Zeinap
third. Time, 1920.
The Golden Rod stakes, six and a
half furlongs, on turf-Tourenne won,
Ethon second, Aramo third. Time,
1:20 3-5.
The Omnium handicap, mile and a
furlong-Proper won, Good Luck Sec
ond, Neva Lee third. Time, 1854 4-5
Five and a half furlongs, Futurity
courserPungent won, Umbrella Sec
ond, Sailor Girl third. Time, 1:O6 3-5.
Baringo finished first but was disquali-
fled for fouling.
Sixth race, mile-Martin Doyle won,
Oxford second, Arklirta third. Time,
1:40 3-5.
Two miles and a sixteenth, on turf
Huntington won, Lancastrian second,
Ebony third. Time, 3:53
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NEW YORK SHUT OUT

By Ass s.tlated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-JBrooklyn
beat New York in a ten-inning game
today, and in a second game of seven
innings shut out the champions Scores:
First game:
Brooklyn 5. hits 8, errors 0.
New York 8, hits 6, errors s.
Batteries-Scanlon and Bergen; Ames
and Bresnahan.
Second game
Brooklyn 1, hits 5, errors 1.
New York 0, hits 4, errors 1.
Batteries-McIntyre and Ritter; Mat
thewson and Bowerman.
Umpire-ODay.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
WINS DOUBLE HEADER

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 14.-Chicago defeated
st. Louis in two games today. Walsh
shut out the visitors in the second game
and struck out eleven men. Scores
First game:
Chicago 4, hits 6, errors 2.
st. Louis 3. hits Z, errors A.
Batteries-Altrock and Roth; Glade
and Spencer.
Second game:
Chicago 3, hits 8, errors 1.
st. Louis 0, hits 3, errors 2.
Batteries-Walsh and Roth; Jacob
son and Hickey.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
SPECTATORS ARE
THROWN INTO WATER
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Sept 14-The weather is
a trifle cool for the swimming con-
tests. The one mile championship
swim was one of the most interesting
features on today's program in the
second days meet of the A. A. U.
swimming championship at Laughlins
lake.
Fifty spectators were precipitated
into the water this afternoon by the
breaking down of a platform. Many
saved themselves by clinging to the
wreck of the platform and Others swan
ashore and dried themselves in the
sun. Nobody was drowned or hurt.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
mo KISSES" WORRIES THEM
Special to The Herald,

Special to The Herald
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 1.-THE re-
port that the Indiana state board OF
health is going to prohibit kissing for
sanitary reasons has brought anxious
letters fro mall sections of the state,
and the state board is considerably em-
barrassed as a result. Secretary Hurty
bewails the fact that the kissing story
was given such wide publicity. He says
the board will not be harsh about the
matter, and that he, personally, thinks
tieular harm.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BREAK EVEN IN DOUBLE HEADER
By Associated Press

By Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 14-Cleveland
and Detroit broke even today Detroit
winning the first game and Cleveland
the second. Turner's sensational field
ing was the feature, he accepting sew
enteen chances in the two games with
out an error. Score:
First game:
Cleveland /, hits 8, errors 0.
Detroit 2, hits s, errors 1.
atteries-Rhoades and Clark; Null
lin and Schmidt.
Second game:
Cleveland 6, hits II, errors 8.
Detroit 0, hits 3. errors 0.
Batteries-Joss and Clark; Villits
and Schmidt.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
PHILLIEs. DEFEAT BOSTON

By Associated Press.
= BOSTON, Sept. 14.-Philadelphia won
from Boston today. Lush was knocked
out by batted ball in the seventh inn
ing but pluckily resumed playing.
Score:
Philadelphia 4, hits 5, errors 2.
Boston 2, hits 6, errors s.
Batteries-dush and Doom; Young
and Brown.
Unapires-Carpenter and Johnstone.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
SEATTLE DEFEATS FRESNO
ii Associated Press

By ASSOCIHIEu fIt5S'
SEATTLE, Sept. 14.-seattle won
from Fresno through the latter's err
rors. Fresno protested the game be-
cause Umpire Derrick would not give
an out when a foul tip struck the
catcher before being caught by the lat
ter. A similar decision rendered against
Seattle made the protest standoff.
RH.E.
Seattle .....OOoO oSo1.-4 Z 4
FRESNO ......O o o o o 0 0 0 IL 3
Batteries-Garvin and Hanson; NC
Gregor and Dashwood.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
CHICAGO SHUTS OUT SAINTS

by AsSOCIateu FTeSS.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 14.-Reulbach was
in good form today and shut out St.
Louis. Fromme, a recruit from the
Central league, pitched for the locals
and did good work. Score:
st. Louis 0, hits 3, errors 5.
Chicago 3, hits z, errors 1.
Batteries-Fromme and Marshall; 1;
Reulbach and Morgan.
Umpires-Conway and Emslie
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
PHILLlEs SHUT OUT BOSTON

by XASSOCIdteu
was shut out by Philadelphia today be-
cause of Waddell's effective pitching.
Score:
Boston 0, hits 6, errors 8.
Philadelphia 4, hits 8, errors 1.
Batteries-Young and Criger; Wad-
dell and Schreck
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15

examination Of Spurgeon's Is head. Mrs
Griffith took the lad to the hospital The
first night he jumped out of bed and
stuck pins into other little patients. He
also took pair Of scissors and clipped
off several children's hair. He rallied at
the nurses and spat In their faces. The
next night he went around and tied
some of the children's feet to the beds,
and tried to make them swear. The
third night he turned on the gas near
his cot. and but for the lucky discovery
Of the fact by the nurse, the nine little
patients in the ward would have been
suffocated
Upset a Hospital
He took up a little typhoid patient on
his back and ran around the room, Ike
mad creature. When approached by
the nurses he threatened to kill them.
Finally he was overpowered and
shackled to his bed.
Force had to be used to get the lad
to the operating table. When he was
unconscious DR.. Laplace turned back a
piece Of the lads scalp over the lump.
With a conical trephlne augur he bored
into the skull, and soon the augur had
eaten it's way through the bone. A cir
cular piece of bone, technically known
as a BUTTON" was taken out. This was
the entire operation, and the doctor said
that all pressure on the brain was re-
moved.
Spurgeon is now different boy. His
temper is as gentle as -iamb's, he
shuns bad reading, has quit smoking
cigarettes and using intoxicants, and is
now the best of friends of those whose
dumb animals he had killed or tortured.
and those whose window panes he had
ema she'd
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
PREslpENr PRESENTS CUE

b. Associated Press.
OYSTER BAY. Sept. 14,-President
Roosevelt presented the Roosevelt cup
to the Eastern yacht club today at
luncheon attended by distinguished
statesmen and yachtsmen on board the
Mayfower. which lies in the entrance
to oyster Bay.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
MODERN SURGERY
CONVERTS BAD BOY
FALL ON HEAD HAD TRANS
FORMED HIM INTO TERROR
Has One Wild, Savage Year-Ungov.
ernabIe Temper Seized Him and
He Couldn't Help Himself
When Tempted
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
MAzABETH, Pa, Sept. 14.-One &C
the most interesting of surgical cases
Is that of lI-year-old Spurgeon Welty
Of Nazareth, who through an operation
performed on his injured skull has been
entirely changed from spasmodic
young terror to a really good boy.
1t was a little more than two years
ago that Spurgeon fell off a hay wagon
and landed on his head and arm. Three
weeks later his mother discovered that
the boys arm was broken. Then the
physician who set It found an abrasion
on the lads head It was, however,
thought to be too late to do anything
with the latter. After that Spurgeon
Welty was not the good-natured boy he
had uniformly been before the accident.
He would fly into a rage at the most
trifing thing, and at such times his
temper was really uncomfortable. He
would break everything breakable he
could get hold of, and everyone was
afaid OF him and avoided him till the
as gentle and kind as could be wished
for.
He showed unbounded faith, however,
at all times in his dog Jack, his con-
slant companion. The two became the
terror of all the country round. Every
boy, and many a one much bigger than
SEupgeon, was afraid of him. He would
whip nearly all of them, and those who
were too big he would threaten with
weapons. If he was getting the short
end of a fight Jack was always ready
to help him out
Tempted to Torture
Spurgeon in particular had a pro-
pensity ~while the effect of his injury
lasted for abusing animals. He stoned
and killed many of the farmers chick
ems, cut off the tails of cats and dogs
and sometimes tried to break the legs
of cows by throwing stones at them 1t
was regarded as quite the natural thing
for him to sit two hours at a time at
an upper window and watch for a
chance to pour bucket of water on
scme paSSer-by.
He sometimes arose early in the
morning and hid the clothes of his
brothers or knotted tightly their shoe
laces. Several times, too, his brothers
awoke and found great tufts of their
hair cut off. If they complained Spur
geon whipped them. He in turn was,
of course, whipped by his father, with
out any apparent effect.
The boys father then took him to
his grandfather, in the country, about
three miles from here. But the change
of residence brought no change In the
boy He succeeded in getting hold of
bad literature and cigarettes, and soon
was a leader of a gang of mischief max
ing boys.
Finally he learned to drink intoxi
cants, and when his grandfather chas-
tised him the boy would take off to the
woods for days and sleep in barns.
Last fall he started to go to school.
In his gentler moods he was a good
student and learned to read and write
well. But he found great delight in
annoying the other boys and girls. Con-
sequently, certain parents refused to
send their children to school. One cold
day Spurgeon purposely broke the
stove, and the school had to be dis
missed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-15
SENATORS DEFEAT NEW YORK

By ASSoclated PreSS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-Kitson
held the New Yorks down to six hits
and Washington won handily. Score:
Washington 5, hits 8, errors 2.
New York /, hits 6, errors 2.
Batteries-Kitson and Warner; Doyle,
Clarkson, Griffith, Kleinow and
Thomas.