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Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
CONNECTICUT

TORRINGTON, Conn, Oct 25.-Game
Warden Charles Nickerson, at the request
of the county game warden, Harvey Ross
of Canaan, has been Investigating the
killing of deer at Campville, under the
new law, which gives the owner of prop
erty some liberties when 1t can be shown
that the deer are destructive to crops.
He found that on October a Frenchman,
Charles Delay, shot deer that had done
some damage to bed of carrots. Delay
said he shot to scare the animal, but that
he injured it so badly that he felt forced
to kill 1t with the but of his gun. Others
living in the same locality say they have
no complaints to make against the deer.
NEW TIAVEN-Among leading banking
men in this city the proposition to keep
open the banks Saturday nights so that
merchants may deposit the proceeds of
their days business where the same will
be more secure than in their own safes
has very little sympathy. That this petit
ton to the bankers will be adopted is
generally doubted y
BRIDGEPORT-The annual grand en-
campment of the I. o. o. f. of this state
was held here with Grand Patriarch
Nestor e. Wedge presiding. Odd Fellows
from all over the state attended and there
were also present delegates from Massa-
chusetts, New York and New Jersey and
also Deputy Grand Sire John L. Nolen Of
Tennessee.
NIELSON-Alphonso Burke, 10 years
old, was arrested and admitted that he
was the principal in a number of rob
berries The most recent offense was
Thursday night and three have been COM
mitted within a month, Nothing of any
great value has been taken.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
LOUISIANA


CROWLEY, La, Oct. 25.-The boiler
of threshing machine exploded on the
farm of Charles Martin, three miles
east of Iota, injuring three white men
and two negroes. Two Of the men were
injured fatally and message from there
stated that one of the negroes died.
While the injuries of the others are
serious hopes are entertained for their
recovery. The engine belonged to George
W. Beeler and is said to be almost
total wreck.
NEW RLEANS-Fanatical excitement
of negroes calling themselves the "Coun-
ell of Cod appears to have been the
cause of the riot on New Orleans street,
in which one, policeman was killed, sew
eral others wounded and number OF
negroes badly injured The isolated
house in which half dozen negroes
barricaded themselves and which was
fired upon by policemen and citizens
from all sides, proves to have been a
meeting place of the sect.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
COLORADO

GREELEY, Colo, Oct. 25.-By getting
into wagons at the brickyard and driving
off teams of workmen, a demented man.
20 years old, of unusual strength and
good appearance, created much excite
ment. Officers chased him and he ran
mile, entered the Camfleld hotel and went
to the top floor, where he was caught In
jail he became violent, striking other
prisoners until put in a straitjacket
There is no clew to his identity.
Hon. j. l.. Brush has returned to Greeley
after visiting the home of his childhood
in Clermont county, o., for the first time
in thirty years. He visited the old school
house, but found only two classmates
living.
COLORADO SPRINGS-If the plans of
a cadet battalion are carried out the en-
bryonic soldiers will have an officer of
the regular army to direct their drills and
maneuvers in addition to having army
rifles and equipment of the, latest pattern
GRAND JUNCTION-Fire caused by a
small boy playing with matches destroyed
the Hayden restaurant and rooming house
on Colorado avenue causing loss Of
nearly $4,000, partially covered by insur-
ance. During the absence of Mrs. Hay
den her 8-year-old son secured matches
and fired bed clothing. The flames had
gained considerable headway before be-
ing discovered and the building could not
be saved.
HIGHLAND LAKE-H. S. Knoll, a
butcher, was attacked by a large boar
which threw him to the ground, tore the
flesh to the bone on his back and legs,
and placing its snoot under his PROSTATE
body threw him over the fence. Knoll Is
in critical condition.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
MASSACHUSETTS

Former residents of the old Bay state
who are members of the fourishing
Massachusetts society of Los Angeles
Will hold n business meeting Monday
night, October 2s, at room 3, Mammoth
hall, 517 South Broadway. Urgent mo-
tices have been sent to members and
those who wish to join to be present,
as business of an important nature Is
chedufed.
Nominations for the December elec-
tion Will be in order at Mondays
meeting.
Officers of the society are extending
hearty invitation to former Bay stat
ers, from Provincetown to PittsfeId,
RehOboth to Athol to join with their
brothers and sisters in their organ
izatiOn.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct GA male in
FAINT only . few hours old was found In
the rear of Hibernian hall. The child was
clad in a single undergarment and the
night was chilly, so the little founding
was hurried to the police station, where
medical aid was summoned, after which
1t was removed to cottage hospital
LOWELL-Manuel Souza, "a (colored)
and Rose Souza, pretty 19-year-old
white girl, were married by Charles s..
Conant a justice of the peace
The ceremony took place at Mr.. Co.
nant's office in the Central block and
Col James H. Carmichael was witness
at the wedding.
The bridegroom wore q Prince Albert
coat and silk hat. His blushing, pink
checked bride was gowned in white and
wore picture hat. She carried red roses.
Constable Bernard Gateley whistled a
wedding march after the knot had been
tied.
FPTCHBURG-At the annual meeting oi
stockholders of the Gardner Westminster
&c Fttchburg Street Railway company
these officers were elected: President, Ed.
ward F. Blodgett, Leominster; vice presi-
dent George r. Damon, Leominster; clerk
and treasurer, James A. Stiles, Gardner
directors, E. F. Blodgett, @. r. Damon
and Albert N. Wood, Leominster; j. A.
Stiles Gardner; Walter r. Dame, Clinton
Marcus A. Coolidge, Fitchburg, and
Charles H. Newhall, Lynn. An annual
dividend of 2 per cent was declared.
AYER-John Flanagan was killed by
train near Flannagan's Crossing, which
was named for him. 1t Is believed that
Flanagan was walking on the track, as
had been his custom for years. He was
50 years old and was railroad man for
many years.
HAVERHILL = Samuel Rockford, q
horse trainer from Combination park, and
Edward ]. Luce, local trainer were
found guilty of assaulting Edward Kaul-
back at stable on Stage street.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
INDIANA


JAsPER. Ind, Oct. 2-E. R. Brun-
dick, former cashier of the Peoples State
bank of Huntingsburg, Ind, mortally
wounded himself by shooting through the
head. He had just been arrested by the
sheriff on the charge of perjury and for
receiving deposits when the bank was
failing.
TERRE- HAUTE-Coroner Jett has
eleven bodies at Fontanet and six from
the hospital in Terre Haute. He says the
charred remains which were thought to
be those of the little daughter of Mrs.
Taylor, sister of Mrs. Monahan, have
been placed as part of grown person s
body. The little girl has been found and
is in Terre Haute. She says that when
tn. crash came and the house was blown
dowr, tree fell on 1t in such manner as
to make an opening. She crawied through
this and no. knowing what she was do
ing wandered away, She was found in
Fontanetan brought to Terre Haute.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
PENNSYLVANIA

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Oct. 25.-Two
men walked into the sub-treasury here
this morning, grabbed $4,000 that was be-
ing paid out to the national bank teller
end started to run from the building.
Clerks and others gave chase and the men
were so hotly pursued that they threw
the money under street car Both were
captured and the money recovered.
Members of Christian En-
deavor societies from nearly score Of
towns along the North Penn railroad will
meet in convention in the Calvary Pres
byterian church at this place rext Tues
day evening. Rev. George w. Alexander
of Glenside president of the North Penn
Christian Endeavor union. will preside,
ard Rev. DIR. r. E. Clark. founder and a
former president of the National Chris
tian Erdeavor union, will be the principal
speaker. Other speakers will include Rev.
Mr. Alexander and Rev. Dr. Lower, pas
tor OF the Cavalry church, where the
convention will be held.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
TEXAS

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 25.-Hon. w. w.
Nelms, Judge of the criminal district
court of Dallas county, called the grand
Jury before him and instructed that body
to investigate a report which had reached
him to the effect that certain parties
whom he named had publicly stated that
he the judge of the court, had accepted
money from other parties, which was
offered as an inducement to the court
to grant certain writs of habeas corpus
for which petitions had been filed.
SAN AUGUSTINE-A big interest is
being manifested in the revival in pro-
gress at the Methodist church There
are large congregations every service.
Commissioner Matthews of Devine was
in town on business.
Simp Miller, one of our leading busi-
ness men, has been confined to his bed
week with fever.
DR.. J. e. Ellington of PATRON was in
the city on business.
G.. F. Sossaman spent a couple of days
in Beaumont this week.
t. b. Saunders, cashier of the First
National bank, is sick.
Fletcher Fisher and Miss Onida Bailey
were married Sunday, Elder N. w. Ware
officiating.
ELGIN-While playing ball on the
school grounds at recess two small boys,
George Kuykendal and Johnnie Scruggs,
had the misfortune to run together, cut
ting deep cash over the eye of the
Kuykendal boy. while the other escaped
with a badly bruised face and eye.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
MARYLAND

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 25-John Henry
Schnepfe, the defendant in the Schnepfe
divorce case the trial of which in circuit
court No attracted considerable atten-
tion owing to the advanced ages of the
parties to the suit and the peculiar rela-
tionship tangle resulting from their mar
riage, must pay over to the clerk of cir
cult court No. 2 $4,000 to guarantee the
payment to Mrs Schnepfe of $1,000 which
he promised her in an ante-nuptial agree-
ment. Such was the gist of the decree
signed by Judge Gorter before whom the
case was tried. The bill for partial di-
vorce was dismissed.
Mrs. Mary Margaret Meyer, wife of DR.
Frank G. Meyer, 1900 Eutaw place, filed a
bill of complaint against her husband in
circuit court No. to compel Dr. Meyer
to provide for the support of herself and
her children which she alleges her hus-
band has not done since August last.
ANNAPOLIS -sThe Democratic state
central committee for Anne Arundel
county has rejected the proposition of the
Republican committee of the county that
campaign expenses be limited to $500. The
Democrats assert that the proposition Of
the Republicans is insincere and not prac-
teal.
HAGERsTowN-Mr Mollie Slower
aged 81, wife of Harvey Slower of Hagers-
town, was shot in the back on the
Hagerstown fair grounds and probably
fatally injured. She was standing with
her husband near the main entrance, hold
ing her S-year~old son Milford by the
hand, when bullet coming from Ne
braska Bills wild west show struck her
She staggered and her husband caught
her. She swooned and fell to the ground
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
ARKANSAS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 25.-Walter
]. Terry, counsel for the Southwestern
Telegraph and Telephone company, APP
Piled for an injunction in the United
States court to prevent the secretary of
state from enforcing the certificate of
Prosecuting Attorney Mcdonald of the
Fort Smith district, seeking to revoke
the charter of the company on the charge
that 1t had violated the provisions Of the
Wingo law by taking it's case at Fort
Smith from the state to the federal court
Judge Trieber granted a temporary re-
straining order and set the case for
October %
EAYETTEVILLE-The state convention
of the -Horsethief association met
here In annual session, with ITO delegates
present. Fort Smith was selected as the
next annual place of meeting and Off
GERS were elected as follows: j. A. John
ston of Midland Ark. president; w. E.
Williams of Fayetteville, vice president;
j. A. Sharrar of Springdale secretary.
and /. G. Coombs of Fayetteville
marshal.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
COLUMBIA PROFESSOR
RUNS A MILK ROUTE

7 WINSTED Conn, Oct. 25.-Pro- !
+ fessor M. l. Pupin, instructor in :
I Columbia university, inventor Of 4
+ the ocean telephone and one of the !
I wealthiest residents Of Norfolk, !
+ near here, has gone into the milk !
+ business in the latter town, running !
I. cart from house to house. 1t Is !
+ understood that he gets 10 cents a !
+ quart, while other milkmen get !
I. but Z. !
!. Professor Pupin ran a vegetable !
!. wagon through the village last !
I summer and most of the New York !
(. families comprising the Norfolk !
+ summer colony were among his !
I customers. !
/. Professor Pupin has given Nor !
I. folk $500 for good roads and in !
4 other ways endeared himself to the !
+ public to such an extent that 1t is :
/. believed If he were again nomi- !
+ mated for the legislature he would 4
!. be elected by a handsome majority. !
!. Last yea1 the Republicans ran Pro- !
/. fessor Pupin for representative, and .
/. his hired man, Matthew OBrien, !
/. Democrat, stone mason, beat !
Z him. :
+ \ l. 4 T. j. i 1. 4 l. i 4 i !. !. !. I. i
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
IOWA

STORM LAKE, Iowa, Oct. 25.-A. M.
Foster & Sons have shipped twelve car
loads of apples from Storm Lake and one
from Newell this season. l.. A. Clemons
has furnished them 500 barrels. Mr..
Clemons received a check for $39S.40 We'd
nesday for apples, and the Fosters think
that is about one-third of his deal Will
lam Mullins a farmer living southwest
Of town, sold 400 barrels at $225 per
barrel
HUMBOLDT-Owing to the lateness Of
the season and the difficulty to secure
help sufficient for the excavating, 1t has
bsen thought best to postpone the erec-
tion work of the new Carnegie library
until next year.
CAMBRIDGE-For some time there has
been considerable talk Of new bank at
Cambridge This seems to have become
a reality now, as charter has been is
sued for what twill be known as the First
National bank of Cambridge. Among
those interested in the new institution are
T. B. Erwin of Grit, Theodore Doerfier
of Wesley and s. A. Schneider of Mason
City.
GENEVA-John Huntchback, farmer
living south of town. met with heavy
loss by fire. A building which was being
occupied by the family while the house
was being remodeled. took fire and burned
down, together with all the household
goods and clothing of the entire family.
DUBUQUE-Claim Agent Albright of
the Rock Island has settled for the death
of Joshua Newell, killed In the wreck at
Norris Siding, September g. for $4,000.
Payment was made to the widow.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
ALL OF THE LATE
ILLINOIS

DECATUR. ILL.,, Oct. 25.-Rev. R. w.
Cannon and Mrs. E. P. Irving have re-
turned from Cleveland.
Professor T. Link has received and
has under consideration a call to teach
the upper class at Emmaus German
Lutheran school in st. Louis.
G. G. Caldwell Of Dix, jefferson county,
was here to see Sheriff McGorray, having
heard his son, Joe Caldwell, was held for
murder. He had not seen his son for ten
years. Caldwell was recently convicted of
killing a laborer in grading camp. From
newspaper pictures the old man was GER
tain that the murderer Is his son. He
went to Chester penitentiary for further
investigation.
GIRARD, ILL.,, Oct. 25-Girards third
annual corn carnival opened with the
largest number Of exhibits in its history.
Congressman B. F. Caldwell opened the
carnival with an address on Corn"
MOUNT STERLING-The old soldiers
and sailors Of Brown county held their
anual reunion here The weather was
ideal and large crowd was in attend
ance. The afternoon meeting was ad-
dressed by Rev. Father Heffernan, pastor
of st. Mary's Catholic church.
III EWMAN-Practically all the broom
corn in this county has been harvested
in good condition and the quality is un-
usually good. Buyers find 1t altogether
impossible to purchase crops even at Sl00
per ton. There are numerous reports of
sales at $120 per ton but the buyers deny
the truth of such statements. Crops will
no doubt begin to move at 500 within
the next two weeks If buyers hold off,
which Is more than probable that they
will.
JACKSONvILLE-At the closing meet
ing of the Illinois state board of charities
Dr. w. H C. Smith of Godfrey was
elected president; Frank Gould, Moline,
vice president; William G. Graves, Spring
field, secretary; Rabbi A. Traugett,
Springfield, assistant secretary.
Miss Alice Twitchell of New Rochelle,
N. Y, is now installed as head nurse at
Passavant hospital.
Mrs. Mary Carr, an aged woman, was
struck by c., p. &c l.. passenger train
Saturday while walking on the track, and
seriously injured.
The Hospital Aid society cleared s424
at the recent chicken fry.
CHICAGO-Herbert w. Allen, a diamond
broker of this city, died as the result of
injuries received when an automobile in
which he was riding turned over and
crushed him.
A verdict unique in the annals of the
criminal court was returned and man
adjudged guilty of an atrocious crime got
1.-The limit of the law in penalty. Michael
Maher was found guilty OF mistreatment
of Josephine McGuckins, II years old
and sentenced to imprisonment in the
Joliet penitentiary for life. Lawyers say
that life" verdict for that crime is
rare in this country. Josephine McGuck-
ins was the daughter of widowed
mother in whose home Maher was a
boarder.
OUINCY-The Quincy turnverein has
expended $500 in improving its bowling
allxT1 at Turner hall.
IIElie Mayfield has instituted proceed
EEor a divorce from George Mayfield
4 Fkie Barker has commenced suit fol
EeS,rce from Lewis Barker.
( EElph Achilles has instituted a search
: kldis wife, who abruptly left her home
last Nuesday.
John lBusse of Golders has been arrested
and placed in jail to answer the charge
of burglarizing the store of T. T. Burke
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
KENTUCKY

LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 25-Spreadine
rails caused the Chesapeake g. Ohio pas
senger train No 35, going west, from Ash
land to Lexington, to jump the rails al
Klondike station, thirty miles east ,oi
here this afternoon. Express Messenger
Arthur Chapman of Ashland was fatally
hurt by trunk falling on him. Many
passengers sustained bruises, but none
was seriously injured.
SPRINGFIELD, Ky, Oct. 25.-News has
reached here of the death of DR.. j. f.
Rhinehart of Oakland, Cal. DR.. Rhine
hart had been i'll for days from an attack
of appendicitis. DR.. Rhinehart was born
and reared in Washington county and fol-
many years practiced here.
PADUCAH, KY, Oct. 25.-Four were
injured, two probably fatally. in a
head-on collision at Almo, 'thirty-seven
miles south of Paducah on the N, @
,ez ST L. railroad, when extra No. 28 hit
local freight No. g. Fireman Mitchell
was caught under the tender, and En-
gineer Calvin was caught under the
tank and crushed.
JACKSON-As a result of the wran
gle precipitated at the court house by
certain Republican leaders when Sena-
tor Henry George attempted to address
the voters of this county the grand
Jury of Breathitt county has indicted
Attorney A. II. Patton, Bruce Marcum
sam Cockrill and A. S, Johnson for dis
turbing a lawful assembly.
VERSAILLES-Th body of Mrs
Carrie Ledridge, who died several years
ago at Phoenix, Ariz., of tuberculosis
was brought here and inferred in the
Versailles cemetery. Services were
conducted by the Rev. DR.. G. H. Rout
LEXINGToN-W. Smith, prominent
land owner of Duvall. Scott county
dropped dead in his pasture while try
ing to catch q horse. He has suffered
from heart trouble for years and
seemed to have premonition of his
death.
ASHLAND-Rev. J. w. Carter. one of
the Oldest ministers in West Virginia,
died at the home of J. w. CammaclS in
Huntington, where he was attending a
meeting of the Baptist General associa-
ton Dr. Carter was the founder OF
the association in West Virginia In 1866.
HENDERSON-The Municipal league,
a new organization created by the minis
ters of the city, held mass meeting al
the court house and selected ticket for
councilmen who will vote for a $1,000
saloon license. There are fifty saloons
here and 1t is thought that the high Ii
cense will greatly restrict their number
ASHLAND-Frighte by her sister
wrapped in sheet and playing ghost
little Clara Osgood leaped from sec
ond story window at her home near
Reedville on the upper Little Sandy,
and was instantly killed, her neck
being broken bV the fall
MOUNT STERLING-The Chesapeake
& Ohio Railway company compromised
the George c. Shehan damage suit for
10000 here by paying to Teddy Minnihan,
administrator of Shehan, $4,000 cash. She
han was killed in a wreck here last win
ter.
OWENSBORO ~ Mrs Henrietta Byers
and Roland H. Cox were married here.
They were sweethearts when children,
but Mr.. Cox went west and married and
Mrs. Cox married here. Both lost their
partners and now are reunited after forty
years.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26

SAVANNAH, =
along the Atlantic c.
a distance of fifty yais -
of Walter Lee Langston,
1s were picked up and placed !.
ket to be taken to an undertakin
tablshment.
Corporal punishment for refractory
bows will probably be inaugurated In the
public schools of Savannah soon. Al
meeting the board Of education showed
itself almost unanimously in favor OF
resumption of the methods in which the
child is not spoiled because the rod is
not spared.
ANDERSONVILLE-G James
q. Davidson and staff, with large
marty of civilians from Wisconsin, were
here and dedicated the monument erect
ed by the state of Wisconsin at cost
of $4,000 to the memory Of the Wis
consin soldiers who died at the Ander-
sonville prison during the Civil war. and
are buried in the national cemetery here
Tbe number Of the known dead from
Wisconsin is 378. The monument is made
of Georgia granite and is surmounted
bv a bronze eagle of large dimensions.
The chief inscription on it reads: Let
us have peace.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26


crosse, took
ears and kickee
ing the child's les.
despite the cries an.
one but he was taken
miles out in the countrs
The child's cries were so plN
was brought back the next D.
doctor called The leg then hao>
treated for several days to relieve
swelling before the bone could be set. b
PORT TOWNSEND-After travelling
eighty-seven days. the greater part of
which was spent in wagon drawn by
cayuses, Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Hannum
have reached Port Williams, which is
near this place, from Denver. They are
76 and "a years old respectively. They
travelled by way of the Oregon trail and
found many landmarks and monuments
which Ezra Meeker of Puyallup is re-
sponsible for.
TACOMA-By next fall it is believed
that the scenic road which the govern
ment is building through the Mount
Rainier forest reserve will be completed
1t will be about twenty-five miles long
1t starts near Ashford. About $780, ,0OC
has been spent on the Improvement SO
far. Congressman F. w. Cushman ag-
itated the roadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26


who a.
visiting
in few da.
! vALENTINE-n
Miss Nettie KneelaA.
married at the hone
parents, Rev. Mr.. Beale ol,
ian church officiating.
| COLUMBUS-H. H. Savage, repre,
! ing a house in st. Louis, while going frc
the Thurston hotel to the depot to learn
about a train early yesterday morning,
stepped off the sidewalk, breaking his
leg
BEATRICE-The work of building new
| fumes at Black Brothers mill at this
point which has been In progress the last
| few weeks, is nearly completed. The i'm
provement will cost several thousand
dollars.
| COLUMBUS-Miss Dora Gertrude Roh-
weder of Grand Island, and Mr.. w. l..
Boettcher of this city were married at
! the home of the brides parents at Grand
Island wednesday. They will reside at
| Columbus.
| BEATRICE-The freshmen class of the
| high school elected these orncers: Roy
Calkins, president; Raymond Mayer, vice
president; Helen Davis, secretary and
| treasurer White and yellow were
adopted as the class colors.
FJJLLERTON-Mrs William Abel
mother of DR. Abel. of this city, died of
pneumonia, aged GA years.
WEST POINTING price of farm lands
in Cunning county is still soaring Michael
Mcnamara has sold his farm of $50 acres,
northwest of West Point, for $45,12O be-
| ing s94 per acre. This is thought to be
the largest real estate transaction ever
made in Cunning county.