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Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09
FR0ST'S ARREST PROVES
FROST FOR PATR0LMEN

Claiming that he had been arrested
because his automobile interfered with
a performance of expert motorcycling
that Patrolmen Humphreys and Triplett
were giving for the edification of a
group of small boys and not for ex-
ceeding the speed limits, w. H. Foster
yesterday made a novel defence in the
police court.
Frost, who lives at 1906 Cordova
street, had been arrested by the patrol
men, who said he was going twenty
three miles an hour when the arrest
was made Frost swore in court that
he had travelled one and one-fifth miles
in six minutes, according to his auto
mobile clock He explained that he was
an automobile expert and believed that
speedometers were unreliable. On his
evidence the charge against him was
dismissed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09
BLIND PIG KEEPER
PAYS FINE IN COURT

Mrs. Victor 1874 North Alameda street,
was fined 500 by Justice Chambers yes
terday after being found guilty of rum
The arresting officers say that Mrs.
Victor runs a porters' home. All the
Pullman porters are said to go to the
place to stay during their resting periods
in the city, and it is. alleged by the police
that they were the womans chief patrons
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

The assertion that Nat Goodwin lost
a bay window by fire is tempered in
it's joyful import by the further in
formation that the bay window was not
on him, but on his house.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Decent people do not condone or
palliate the San Francisco attacks on
the Japs: they are indefensible. But
they do not, on the other hand, see
what cause or right the Japs have to
make international outrages' out of
the hoodlumism with which San Fran
cisco is cursed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

There is this variation in the San
Francisco mayoralty situation - the
choice is now between a convicted and
sentenced felon and confessed but still
unsentenced felon. But it is not much
of a choice,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

No monument to Francis Murphy'a
memory would be so appropriate as
fine drinking fountain, or several of
them. The great apostle of temperance
would have wished just that, had he
been consulted.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Germany and England need not worry
over our fighting Japan. If the infant
world power needs a spanking, we will
give it to her, in good shape, even
though it hurts us more than it does
her. though not in the same place.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Huge trucks which perambulate
through the paved streets must have
rubber tires. This includes the sight
seeing autos, which have plenty of
rubber necks, as well.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

No matter how little John D. may
know about the Standard Oil COM
pany, it is a safe bet that he always
is Johnnie on the spot on dividend days,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

The teachers are advised that this is
real Los Angeles summer weather, and
are asked kindly not to consider any
wild tales about great heat last week.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

The fines that hang over the Stand
ard Oil company aggregate $29,OOO,OOO.
How much is your share-for of course
the public pays it?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

AS the city clearly has the right to
fix its public utilities rates, will it
kindly get busy and do SO? And make
them low while at it.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Will Uncle George Dewey not be
given the honor of taking that huge
fleet into the Pacific? AS the one
American who made the navy known
in Asiatic waters, it seems as if he
should be given this chance.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Doubtless San Quentin will prove
cooler place of abode than Folsom
would; if there is any consolation in
that, the fiddler is welcome to it.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Talk of war with Japan may be
silly" but the way to avoid it is to
prove to the cocky little Japs that war
would be still sillier. And they can
ton.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Many young man would be glad to
swap places with the small boys whom
most of these visiting teachers have in
charge.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Between the prosecutor and the coro-
ner, it is to be hoped that neither will
be called into the case of warfare in
his official capacity.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Concentration camps in the parks for
city prisoners would not only be hu-
name these warm days, but would be
sanitary and money-saving
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

j. : How foolish of Japan to talk of fight
ing the United States; she hasn't re-
covered from her Russian scrap yet.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

1--WE don't want to fight, but, by
Jingo, if we do, we have the men, we
have the ships, we have the money,
too" And that's more than Japan can
eav
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

The teachers are here, but the small
boy is not Worried it is vacation time
for teachers and pupils alike.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Maybe the dove o. peace is so busy
at The Hague that it has no time to
hover over the Pacific ocean just now.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Let Japan rant as 1t will, the big
battleships are coming to the Pacific
just the same.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

And meanwhile, through all this war
talk, The Hague peace conference
grinds serenely on.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09
Population Of Los Angeles. 100000
LARGEST CITY ON PACIFIC COAST

Bids for shaving the fiddler's beard
are now In order.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09
CELEBRATE THEIR
CLOSING VICTORY
Clerks from All the Big Stores Which
Have Granted Saturday Half
Holiday Meet at Simpson
Auditorium

The clerks 'jollification" held last night
at Simpson auditorium, to celebrate the
Saturday night closing victory, was at
tended by great crowd of Broadway and
Spring street store employees
The Broadway department store en-
ployes each carried an American flag. the
spirit of the evening. All Of the depart
ment stores were well represented, and
smiling faces were in evidence of some
that were not there last year. namely
merchant tailors clerks and stationery
clerks.
A patriotic concert was given by Benia-
min q. Laietsky and his orchestra of six
nished by the Broadway department
store. Suspended from the ceiling just in
front of the organ in large electric letters
was the battle cry of the clerks, Free
DOM
Arthur Let's said: 81 think this is the
greatest move in the commercial history
Of Los Angeles, when you consider that
such cities as Washington and Boston,
with all their culture and refinement, keep
open all Saturday evening, and Los Ange-
les merchants as one man come to such a
splendid demonstration. The clerks owe a
great deal to the merchants
p. w. Lewis spoke of the growth of the
Saturday night closing movement and en-
cOuraged more Saturday afternoon clos
ing. He said: "On Spring street and
DIOduWdy dlOIG IneT6 are l4l stores
closed Saturday evenings, and sixty-seven
of them are closed Saturday afternoons -
Mr.. Lewis introduced DIR. John Willis
Baer, president of Occidental college.
Mr.. Baer Creates Laugh
DIR. Baer said: "I have Just left nv
better seven-eighths. sitting at the table,
mad as a hornet, because preferred COM
ing here to going to the teachers conven-
ton, or staying at home but when do
go home I'll get the other eighth All right.
But l am with you all, heart and soul /
used to be clerk once, in Boston. You
know Boston is not a locality it's Just
state of mind; and on Saturday after
Moons / wanted to go fishing, and oh,
what a pain 1t would give mel
"I shall never be satisfied until every
store in Los Angeles closes its doors on
Saturday afternoon, and every citizen OF
Los Angeles should help" In closing his
address DR.. Baer said the program re-
minded him of a menagerie; 1t began with
bear and he would now introduce the
lion of the evening-Frank G. Lyon.
Mr.. Lyon spoke about the last meeting
and how wonderful had been the growth
in membership, and of the future pros.
poets, when all the stores shall close or
| Saturday afternoon. You are human be.
| ings asking the recognition of human
rights. That's what our nation is for, tC
guarantee that we enjoy life, liberty anC
the pursuit of happiness. Now let the
people help u.s."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Roundabout stripes will tend to re-
duce the fiddler's apparent height, If
that is any consolation to him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Judging by the sample teachers we
have seen, the small boy at school is to
be envied.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

The marvel about the selection of
Bixby on the highways commission is
that the supervisors did it.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

How much does the fiddler get off for
good behavior?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

The city has full power to fix its
public utilities rates. Now let's see
some of them come down.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Five years for Schmitz, and San
Quentin is the place.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

In sending us a real war fleet, why
not send us a real war admiral?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

Fifty would have been more nearly
right, but five years will do.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-09

cause for thankfulness to the Jap jim
goes for squirting our government to
the need of safeguarding the Pacific
coast as we'll as the Atlantic coast.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30
STRIKE SITUATION WORSE.
Threats to Burn Property Are Being
Made Openly.

Santiago Cuba, May 28.-The strike
situation in this city became very
much aggravated yesterday. There
was considerable shooting throughout
the day, and at one time yesterday aft
ernoon a serious outbreak was threat
ened.
The business district is being guard
ed by 500 members of the rural guard
Many rife shots were exchanged with
rioters, but no one was reported killed.
Open threats TO burn property are
being made, and with this approach
to anarchy many citizens of Santiago
are arming themselves.
Business is absolutely paralyzed
Bakery wagons are sent through the
streets guarded by the rural guard. No
meat has been received in the city for
two days The crew or the steamer
Antella yesterday refused to dis
charge that vessel and consequently
Robert Alexander, quartermaster OF
the 18th infantry, unloaded the perish
able material from the steamer with
a squad of American soldiers
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30
NEW FINNISH DIET MEETS.
Quaint Ceremonies Under the New
Constitution.

Hedsingfors, Finland, May 26.-The
first single chamber of the diet of
Finland, the members of which were
elected under the new constitution,
formally opened Saturday afternoon.
Governor General Gerhard, repre-
senting Empeor Nicholas. read the
speech fom the throne, which was a
short and colorless address, merely
exhorting the new parliament to labor
diligently in the interests Of the
grand duchy.
In reply, the president of the diet,
Judge Svinhufvud, delivered an adj
dress in which after alludsng to the
passing of the hated Bobrikoff regime,
declared that the diet always would
be guided by the principle of respect
for the rights OF Finland and full
restoration of the ancient and legal
statute of the duchy.
+ The members of the diet according
to ancient custom, marched from the
hall of meeting TO the church and
from the church to the palace. A
touch of quaintness was impaired to
the procession by the white colts of
the several peasant women deputies
The male deputies having an academ-
ic degree wore medieval hats of
strange design.
The newly elected legislators wore
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30

proposed in an accompanying joint
pointed by the governor and report IN
time for action by the next legislat-
ure This means that the judiciary
committee has concluded not to re-
commend passage Of the Stondall
Torrens transfer system bill this
session, but believes that the
present system is so bad as to need
material change. The Nye bill, to IN
crease the comfort of sleeping-car
patrons by allowing them to say
whether an unOccupied upper berth
be opened or closed, was ordered TO
third reading. Among the sena ce
bills passed were: Senator Lockney's
requiring filing of the judges charg :
III jury trials. Brownies to license and
inspect passenger boats on inland
waters. Mobiles, to provide for com
mission system, abOliShing common
councils. Burns, to authorize cities
to establish technical schools Froem-
mlnS'S to raise the minimum fee for
saloon licenses from 5000 to $780,
Chief Clerk Emerson called the SEN
ate to order and on motion of Senator
Whitehead Senator Munson was
elected president pro ten. Assembly
men Durley and Reynolds strenuous
ly opposing the measure, the assem-
bly, passed the Bancroft bill to com
pei students and travelling men to
vote at their real, permanent abiding
place. The bill provides that no per
son, either a student or any univer.
sity, college,, or high school, or COM
mercial traveller, Or any other person
shall vote except in the precinct of
which he is a bona fide resident and
electOr. A bill affecting the univer-
sity was ordered to engrossment. Il
prohibits salons within three-fourths
of mile of the university and with
in so feet of either side of State
street. West Washington avenue will
not be touched by the bill and the
measure is not to go into effect until
June 30. 1908
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30
SIX MILLIONAIRES
. IN GRAND JURY NET
CHARGED WITH BRIBERY AND
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.
SCHMITZ AND RUFF AGAIN
Mayor and Crooked Attorney indicted
for Buying Supervisors to Vote
for Higher Gas Rate-Investiqa-
ton to Be Resumed Early Next
Month.

San Francisco, May 26.-The grand
jury Saturday indicted six million
ares on charges of bribery and at
tempted bribery, and returned ad-
dltonal charges against Ruef anG
Schmitz, Frank G. Drum, Eugene
De Saba, John Marin, Abe Ruef and
Mayor Schmitz were indicted on Ii
counts charging that they jointly
Drlbed II supervisors in the sum of
$3.50 to fix the gas rate for 1906 at IS
cents instead of IS cents. G. II
Umbusen, j. e. Green, w. |. Brobick
and Ruef were indicted on Ia counts
charging that they jo nifty attempted
to bride supervisors in the sum OF
$1,000 each to vote trolley franchises
to the Parkside Transit company.
Judge Coffey fixed bail at $1,000 on
each of the 1875 counts contained in
the 20 indictments
The grand jury adjourned until
June 10, wnen an investigation Of al
legged bribery of offic ais of the Home
Telephone company and by other per
sons will be resumed.
Fortunes in Bail.
The indicted men gave bond as fol-
lows:
Louis Glass, vice president of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, $4,000.
President Calhoun and Assistant
President Mutually of the United Rail
| roads, and General Counsel Ford and
Assistant Counsel Abbott of that cor
poration, $560,000.
Mayor Schmitz, $4,000 in addition
to $4,000 already put up by him on
five former grand jury indictments.
Abraham Ruef preferred to remain
as prisoner in charge of Elisor Big
Gy and did not appear.
In all % indictments were found
containing 1875 counts and calling
for bail bonds In the SUN of $780,
600. The grand total of the bal de-
manded on all 1876 indictments for
bribery, attempted bribery, extor-
ton, conspiracy and perjury thus far
returned by the grand jury as the
net partial results of it's inyestiga-
tions into municipal corruption IS
$3.50, 900.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30

neither uniforms nor decoration, but
the members of the senate wore re-
splendently gold-trimmed frock coats,
cooked hats and epaulets.
There was a general holiday in Hell
singfors in honor of the occasion, and
all stores. factories and schools were
closed. The Russian garrison in tie
fortress took no part in the ceremony
beyond mounting guard of honor in
front of the palace.
Three languages, Finnish, Swedish
and Russian, We're employed in the
ceremonies, but the place of honor
was given to Finnish President
|SSinhufvud delivered his reply OF the
governor general entirely in that
tongue The services in the church
came to an end with a sermon in Fin
nish by Deputy Maloivaara. which
was subsequently repeated in Swed-
ish. The speech from the throne was
in Russian, but Finnish and Swedish
TRANSACTIONS were read.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30
THOUSANDS Of
RAILROAD MEN
TO Be LET OUT

Oh cago, May 28.-Between $4,000
and 100000 men will be thrown out
of employment by the railroads of
the country before the end of the
first week in June l. has been tile
custom in the past for railroads to
reduce the pay rolls at the beginning
of summer, but this year the roads
have issued especially stringent
economy orders and the working
forces will be reduced to the lowest
possible point.
In addition to the employees in the
regular serv &c, many thousands of
Iaborers will be discharged by the
railroads which have abandoned new
work and new extensions owing to
the difficulty of raising money.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE

Madison, May 23-After debating
the Wisconsin river reservoir i'm
proyement bill for more than two
hours and just as the friends and
opponents of the measure had agreed
to vote and either pass Or kill the
bill and settle the Wrangle, Senator
Sanborn interpOsed that he, as
friend of the bill, was not ready to
say that there might not yet be some
better disposition of the matter to be
found and asked that the bill be laid
over until Tuesday night. The re-
quest was granted. The friends of
the bill were represented in the de-
bate by Senators Brazeau, Marsh, Bird,
and Browne, and the opposition was
presented by Senators Burns, Husting
and Lockney. The main argument
Of the opposition was that the state
should itself make the desired i'm
provement, or at any rate the legisla-
ture ought not to make a valuable
grant of a franchise that to all in
tents and purposes would amount to
a permanent gift of valuable property,
| although the property is now of a
speculative or undeveloped character.
The friends Of the bill maintained that
the promoters of the improvement
could not make much money out of
| it directly, for the bill limits the profit
to the rate of six per cent Of the
money invested.
The assembly by a vote of 40 to
26, placed itself on record as favor
ing the retention of the present
straight ticket voting system by re-
ferring to the committee on elections
the Peterson ballot bill with instruc-
tons to so amend that the party
circle would be retained at the top
of the ballot The entire bill barely
escaped being killed by a vote of 40
to 36. Speaker Ekern led the fight
ticket voting and adopting the Massa-
chusetts plan. He contended that
mere intelligent voting would be pro-
duced by such law. Assemblyman
Cleary also favored the bill arguing
that candidates would be required to
chances of being carried through on
party wave were minimized. AS
semblyman Ingram also was for the
bill But Assemblyman Hebron op-
posed the bill on the ground that it
did not provide for the same rule in
cities where, he urged, non partisan
elections were much more necessary
than in the elections in larger dis
ticts. Messrs. Durley. Thompson
socialist, and Mckenzie were the
| leading opponents of the measure
| The Elver sterilization bill, after hav-
| ing gone through the assembly a
few days ago after a stubborn fight in
its behalf by Assemblyman Elver, was
practically emasculated by the as
sembly when it killed the appropria-
| ton necessary to yitalize the bill by
vote of SO TO 26. The only recourse
for the friends of the sterilization bill
! now is to get the senate to amend the
ioriginal bill to provide for an appro-
priation. Then the bill would come
, back to the assembly for concurrence
| in the amendment. The Milwaukee
! fire and police commission bill passed
after an attempt to re-refer and amend
| had failed. The committee on towns
and counties offered a bill to permit,
the purchase of machinery by drain
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30
CHARGED WITH COMPLETELY
IN MURDER OF a GIR

Chicago, May 28.-Grover Beamer
was arrested at Hampshire, H., yes.
terday on a charge of completely in
the murder of Miss Anna Hall, who
was killed while attempting to defend
her father against an attack by Blue
Ridge mountainers on his farm in
Patrick county, Virginia, early in
March. Beamer was turned over to
the United States marshal and
brought to Chicago. Today the pris-
oner will be taken to Virginia.
Beamer and several others are
charged with making the attack on
Peter Hall, when they learned that
he had furnished information to the
government concerning Illicit whisky
stills. Miss Hall was shot and killed
and several other persons injured
during the battle
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-30
mrs. M'K|NLEY
DIES IN CAN TON
END COMES PAiNLESSIY SUN.
DAY AFTERNOON
AT TER PARALYTIC STROKE
Wished to Join Her Husband After
the Assassination But Latterly Had
Hoped TO Live to Attend the Dedi-
cation of His Monument-Not Much
to Vary the Monotony of Her Life.

Canton, O., May 27.-Mrs. Mckinley
is dead. The widow of the martyred
president expired at 1905 O'Clock Sun
day afternoon. Her death was so
peaceful that it was with difficulty the
physicians note when dissolution
came. There was no pain and no
struggle
The funeral arrangements so far as
made are that Dr. Buxton will have
charge of the services, which are to
be simple. They will be held at the
Mckinley home at o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon.
Although for thirty years Mrs.
Mckinley had been an invalid. she
Wa comparatively we'll until a week
ago, when she suffered a stroke of
paralysis. Throughout the long period
of her invalidism, dating from the
death of her two little children, Mrs
Mckinley showed a firm and mwaver-
ing belief in the career of her hus
band and by her cheering words, in
spite OF personal Affections, encourag-
ed him when there was darkness at
hand. After President McNnleys
death she expressed a desire to join
him and prayed day by day that she
might die. Later, however, she ire
quently told friends she desired to
live until the completion of the
mausoleum, which is the gift of the
nation and which is to be dedicated
Sept. 80.
There was not much to vary the
mOnOtony of Mrs. McKinley's life af-
ter the assassination of her husband
in Buffalo. She kept closely to her
home in Canton, surrounded by a few
intimate friends. The public under,
stood her grief and sympathized
keenly with her, but not many ven
tured to intrude on her privacy.
Mrs. Mckinley was born in Can
ton June 8, 1847. James A. Saxton,
her father was an intellectual and pro-
gressive business man and banker,
his wife a lady of culture and refine
ment. Ida SaXtOn was reared in a
home of comfort and ease. After at
'EiN'IlA0 NSIIl tOll SCIlOOlS Sic NdS It
pupil at private school at Delhi. n.
Y. Later she went to a Cleveland
academy and finished her education at
Brook Hall seminary, Media, Pa
where she spent three years Part of
the years of her young womanhood
were spent in the Stark County bank
which belonged to her father. On
several occasions she had charge of
the institution.
While she taught Sunday school
in the Presbyterian church young
Lawyer William Mckinley was super
intendent of the First Methodist Epis-
copal Sunday school. Among many
admirers and suitors the handsome
young soldier, who had been with
Grant and Sherman and won distinc-
ton in the Shenandoah valley. was
the favored one
By James Saxton, her father, these
words were spoken to Mckinley
when the hand of the daughter was
gained: You are the only man | have
ever known to whom I would intrust
my daughter"
On Jan. %, 1871, William McKin-
ley and Ida Saxton were united in
marriage. Then her husbands his
tory was hers.