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The evening world., 1907-06-21
ChiIdren's and
Infants Dresses
and Skirts

Surplus Stock announced yesterday
MOT only astonlshinelY cheap, but
In an astonishing variety. There
is euerBthiH1 in this special
lot that the mother OF children up TO 5
or years OF age can ask for In che
way OF outer dress. And the savings are
Rreat-many are half the usual prices.
For Infants; Long Skirts, Short
Skirts, Mother Hubbard Dresses,
Slips.
For CldeT Children: French Dresses.
Yoke dresses, Guimpe Dresses and
Colored Gineham and Chambray
Dresses.
Regular ACC TO 75c goods for ... DOC
Regular 75c to 81 goods for. .... 49c
Regular 81 .25 10 Sl.sO goods for. 75c
Regular SITS TO s. goods for, CSC
Regular s.. Is 10 50. 50 goods for. Sl.4S
Regular 81. so TO 50. 50 goods forS1. e5
Regular 81 to S. goods for S2.51
Regular S., S6 and 81 goods for. 90
lslEs C.sssr Store. Sc o q floer. &c ltri
The evening world., 1907-06-21
.Were Moving Dummy Engine
When Stack Hit Electric
Light Wire.
THREE OTHERS MAY DIE.
italian Workmen Flee IN Panic
Two Forer9en on New
Factory Arrested.

Coroner CAhiii IL to-day tnvesuGat
ing the eleotrooution OF four men and
the SERIOUS injury OF three others AZ
Proctor a Gamble's new soap factory
building at MArner's HArbor. Staten
Island Two foreman. Patrick Sweeney.
OF Mariners HArbor. and William
Burke OF No 4 Taylor street. Port
Richmond. are under arrest pending the
inquest
The four men wer, killed last night
90 quickly and mystcriously that the
hundred and more other workmen
standing about were thrown into panic,
and some of the foreigners fell on their
knees and prayed for dcl.verauce from
unseen death The accident was caused
by- an clcrirc wire carrying l5Opo
volts. coming IN contact with the smoke
Ftack of dummy engine which the
nlen Mere pushing along a track.
Only Three Victims Known
Three u tAe dead mon were identified
a. Wnufln Gor-l. h4g-nve. and hts
sAn William Core. 1r. twenty-five. Of
No. r., West toriy-eirhth street. Man
haitian, and Guscr9i BLonita. - Mar-
inc-s' Hartor. The Injured we're Pat
rick Bradley. of Bergen street and
Anlerson avenue. Scw Brighton. s l..
and two Italians They are iu serious
condition Tne Italians have not been
-s-f-rr+t+trrt
pl- gangs ~ mtn ware putting the
finishing touches on Proctor * Gamble .
nov soap factory at tnc h7-bor. not far
from iIc N.lhru strr. plant hoist
inv anElrc and drum of a small pile
driving outGt. With bn lcr and fourteen
ir1i sm0kcstark, were loaded on IA fiat-
ser and were being pushed oIt Of ne
5ard en- the little railroad The four
men Killed werr at the corners. AMI the
two injured were In the middle at the
Eear
4 The top Of the stack was seventeen
feet above the ground. as 81 stood on
tAe car. An electric sga, wire strung
past the gateway Of the plant was six
iren Zee, aoovc the ground. Neither the
workmen nor f1renen had thought of
- presence,
Die Without q Cry.
when the smokcstnck came IN contact
With the wire there Ras not even a
fash a. Tie Insulation wgFs. through
u give the men a warning. -Four were
pushing with t4eir hands against the
boiler. and ih.b zen dead without even
= cry oi f>iu. strangely their bodies
were not burned badly and they were
not thrown aNuy from the fatal en-
sine They simply sank down Ia their
The two men pushing at the rear are
suppsscu L, have hat thelr hands on
wood Bradley. who was removed 10
l.s nome Ia o. 81 Nlncsnta Hospital
ambulance. had his htgnds and iest
The police cut down the wire and left
that part 0f staten IHland in darkness
Cor tho Night.
The evening world., 1907-06-21
STlLLMAN TO RETIRE7
wall street Has Rumor of View
Head of standard OIL Bank.

Wall street heard to-day tina; James
Ruiman viii slon retlns as President
OF The Rational City Bank. = Standard
oil institution. and that Frank A. Van
deriip. now Vice-Prssidsnt, viii sue
ceed him.
Mr.. suuman ls IN Europe and Mr..
Vandsrilp. Ia his CHIEFS absence. \
acting IN his place Mr.. Vandrrup said
o. had not heard OF ar. sullmAn'H In
.eniion of resigning
The evening world., 1907-06-21
MATTHIAS v. >F0RNEY TO
WE'D WIDOW AT IL.
Aged New York Engineer Takes
Out License for Marriage in
Baltimore.

Friends Of Matthias V. Forney. sew.
enty-two years old. OF No. 5oi Fifth
avenue. learned to-day through Bal.
tinore dispa toh that a marriage license
had been lhaued there 10 him and Mrs
Annie v Spear, n widow OF sixty.
three. OF No. sis North Arlington
avenue. Baltimore,
Mira Spear declined 10 discuss the
wedding. further than 10 say that 4,
had not yet taken place.
Mr. Fornry n an engineer by pro-
Yession, and Is a member OF tho Unlon
League. New York city. Century AMI
Engineers Clubs.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
MAY LOSE BIC
OIL DISTRICT
McGuire's Bill, Providing for Annexa-
ton of Certain Lands by Kings
County, Is Passed by the
Assembly
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 14.-With maps
on the walls and on every desk, the
assembly this afternoon had the ap-
pearance of class in geography when
the Fresno-Kings county fight was
fought out on the floor Of the lower
house after more than four weeks of
preliminary skirmishes in committees.
McGuire's bill, which has for It's pur-
pose the annexation by Kings county
of the valuable Coalinga oil district,
was passed after a three hours debate
by a vote of 40 to %.
Preceding the passage of the bill the
assembly voted down an amendment
offered by Drew of Fresno, that the
matter be decided at special cleo
tion by the people of the territory af-
fected.
Mr.. Mcclure successfully opposed
this on the ground that there was no
constitutional or statutory provision
for such an election and while per-
sonally in favor of submitting 1t to a
vote he said that the amendment
would make his bill unconstitutional.
Fight Hard But Lose
Drew and Chandler made a hard
fight to defeat the bill and every pos
sible pressure has been brought to
bear by Fresno county to prevent its
passage. Mcguire, however, made a
strong point of the geographical posi-
ton of Coalinga, the inconvenience of
the people from that district having
to travel ninety miles to their county
seat when it was but half that dis
tance to Hanford.
Both sides illustrated their argu-
ments and contentious with colored
maps, documents and figures. The an
nexation will mean a loss of $4,000 a
year in taxes to Fresno county.
The controversy has been the bitter
est that so far has developed in this
session of the legislature. The mem
bers from Fresno county have given
up the fight and will now concentrate
all their efforts to defeat the bill in
the senate.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
PUBLISHERS ARE
READY FOR WAR
Butte Newspaper Men Issue UItimatum
to Striking mployes-Further
Trouble Predicted in the
Near Future
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 14.-The Pub
lishers' association in a statement di-
rected to the Typographical and stereo-
typers unions notifies them that when
the pressmen's strike is adjusted the
printers and stereotypers must return
to work at scale 80 cents less per
day for each man, the scale of wages
prior to March, 1906 to be in force.
The stereotyperS must return under
the scale in effect prior to January 26,
1907. The Typographical union must
abrogate several of its rules, one pro-
Viding that where a change is made in
an advertisement that change be made
without resetting the whole advertise
ment.
The publishers also demand that they
be permitted to run picture and matrix
matter without being compelled to pay
the Typographical union for the space
consumed or for having the plate read
ing matter set after it has appeared in
print. to be thrown away without use.
The publishers state in emphatic
terms I'm their announcement to the
allied printing crafts that until the
unions see fit to accede to the demands
of the printing companies there will be
no publication of any papers in Butte
or Anaconda.
The wage scale demanded prevails at
Helena and Anaconda The Anaconda
Standard, in an appended statement to
the Typographical union, states that
1t has decided to cease publication un-
til the demands of the Butte news
papers have been entirely satisfied.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
OF COMMERCE OPPOSES
ANNEXATION OF CAHUENGA VALLEY

directors
passed resolutions OF
he noha and
. low:
of Of
position
OH the 2ist inst in the following angu
u.s. twenty four square miles of additional
1 to the
city of Angeles
Wiout Independent domestic
hat the furnishing Of
IS an Impending shortage explicitly this
to
reads as olows;
the
o wnte
In
Of
lie way.
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
MATH|E BREWERY
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Blaze Believed of Incendiary Origin
and $4,000 Loss Is Caused-Tanks
of Beer Are Spilled Upon
the Street

Fire, thought by the police to be of
incendiary origin, did $4,000 damage to
the buildings and sheds of the Mathie
Brewing company on East Main street
early last night.
The fire was discovered in a shed in
the rear of the brewery. The shed is
used as a place for storing things,
while one end of it has been turned
into a blacksmith shop. According to
employees there was no fire in the place
when 1t was locked for the night and
there was no infammable material.
AS soon as the fire was seen an alarm
was turned in but before the depart
ment arrived the flames had spread to
other nearby buildings. and 1t was only
by the most heroic work that the fire.
men We're able to cope with the flames.
Several tanks of beer which We're
stored in a building adjoining the one
in which the fire started were burned,
and several hundred gallons of liquor
spilled on the ground.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
R0MEOS AND JULIETS
HAVE BIG "KICK" TO REGISTER

ming to present a play at the close of
the term, and the principal did not de-
sire to have two productions given.
The pupils affected by the order have
another tale to tell They say that the
organization was one of the largest,
strongest and best in the school. They
declare that its rapid advancement and
glowing success brought down on it's
unoffending head the jealousy of the
rest of the pupils who feared that the
'dramatics" would soon run the
school. They say that the society was
not organized to make actors Of the
pupils and their efforts were willfully
misrepresented by their enemies.
The faculty Is said to have feared
that the glamour of the footlights
and the rosy tint of paint and patch
was proving too alluring to the youth
under their charge, hence the decree of
disbandment.
The club gave one production last
term, Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth
Night" and made a decided hit of it.
Victor w. Killick, vice president and
stage director, coached the performers
He has recently finished the manuscript
which he had intended staging with the
Poly actors The organization will hold
final farewell outing at Griffith park
Washington's birthday.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
Has Used Duffy's for Fifty Years

Mrs. Anna B. Depew of Whar-
ton, Ohio, who has just celebrated
her 1olst birthday, is still hale
and hearty, says that she would
have been under the sod if il had
not been for DUFFY'S PURE
MALT WHISKEY.
Mrs. Depew has a good appe-
tite, sleeps we'll and enjoys per-
feet health, Notwithstanding that
the doctors gave her up to die ID
years ago, and she says she be-
lieves that she would have died if
it were not for the prompt use of
the great family medicine
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey.
The following are Mrs. Depew's
own words, written Aug. 18th,
1906, after she had celebrated her
1Olst birthday.
"T wish to tell you what DUFFY'S
MALT WHISKEY has done for me.
Fourteen years ago the doctors gave
me up to die. we had some DUFFY
MALT WHISKEY in the house which
1 commenced to use right off, as
last resort, and I grew better, and fin
ally became well. taking 1t according
to directions. / have used it for fifty
years and have had it in my family
for general use for that length of time.
1 eat heartily and sleep well. I was
born in Vermont, east of the Green
Mountains in 1905, and I would now
be under the sod if it were not for
DUFFY'S MALT WHISKEY."-Mrs.
Anna b. Depew, Wharton, Ohio, Aug.
17th 1905
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
LOVES ROAD ROCKY
FOR A PRETTY SYRIAN
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. 14.-The
course of true love is rocky one for
pretty 18-year -old Freda Mitchell, a
Syrian girl unfamiliar with the English
language and American customs. She
is in Jail awaiting a decision of Judge
Hervey as to her right to marry the
man of her choice. The girl worked in
factory and saved $500. All went
well until she showed a fondness for
Alexander Canaan. Her father wanted
her to wed Kalin Hadad, cousin. He
locked her in their home, it is alleged,
and placed negro constable on guard.
Charles Amien, a friend of Canaan,
then applied for a writ of habeas COR
pus, and after a struggle with the con-
Stable Deputy Sheriff Curtis, Rice Sc
cured the girl and placed her in Jail,
pending the determination Of the pro-
ceedings.
The girl swore she is 1S years old.
The father said she is but IA. Freda
testified that her father sold bread and
that she was required to bake, fire.
quently arising at O'Clock in the morn
ing to complete her task before going
to work In the factory.
Il do not love Kalin Hadad," she de-
clared, "but do love Alexander Canaan
and l want to die If l don't get him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
TORTOISE NOW 3O6 YEARS OLD
Oldest Living Thing in New York City
Is Galapagos CheIonian.
Race Forgotten
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Oldest of all
living things. in New York is the big
tortoise of the Bronx geological park,
which is BOG years old. He was a
Slider when buffalo were grazing on
what is now the White House lawn at
Washington (memoirs of Col. Samuel
Argall, deputy governor of Virginia,
1922
In the first 800 years of his life he
attained a weight of 1856 pounds. In
the last six years he has gained 81
pounds. Buster is the tortoise's name.
His shell and his flesh are worthless
and he is too old to add to his ancient
line, now practically extinct.
He came from the Galapagos group
to the Bronx six years ago, but not
directly. His race is forgotten on the
islands and only a few specimens are
distributed in geological parks over
the civilized world. In spite of his
years Buster is healthy and promises
to live to a hearty old age of thou
sand or so.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
GAS DEAL ON
INVOLVING THE
INDEPENDENTS
Merger Talk Is Again
Started
Phlpps Syndicate Of Plttsburg Million.
aires Said to BE Planning a
Coup for Control Of the
Situation

After silence of n few days on the
part of promoters OF the new gas com
panies in Los Angeles, important de-
velopments are pending.
The Major w. Arthur Phipps syndi-
cate, which operating as the Home
Gas company, has such unlimited cap
ital that from that quarter an import
ant announcement is expected.
This new company is in position to
dictate I'm the Los Angeles field be-
cause of the interests connected with
II, but all of the work has been so
quietly done that only few insiders
know the undercurrent. 1t may be
said confidently, however, that Los
Angeles will soon have an entirely
new gas equipment--the best in the
country-and large enough to meet the
demands OF a generation hence. 1t
controls the patents, which make this
statement no idle boast.
Lowe Decision a Factor
The decision of the supreme court
just made at San Francisco establish
ing the right of the Lowe Gas company
to operate puts a new phase on the
situation. Financiers say it will mean
a consolidation and settling down of
panies buying out the weaker ones,
which recently have been launched.
Several mysterious journeys of Maj
or Phipps eastward are now under
stood to have been made with the OBJ
ject of financing some gigantic oper-
ations. to gain substantial foothold
in the Los Angeles lighting situation.
With the Pitssburg steel group of mil
lionaires Interested, anything is pos
sible. say directors of the interested
companies.
Well informed gas men say that the
Phipps enterprise stands at the head of
the list of competitors Of the Los An
geles Gas and Electric company.
The Domestic company recently or
ganized with $1O,OO0,0OO capital by o. r.
Johnson, w. S. Bartlett NJ. S. He'll
man, e. T. Stmson, H. Jevne, w. F.
Botsford and w. d. Woolwine, Is
holding regular meetings.
Directors of the City Gas company,
which is in the hands of j. F. Sartori,
j. e. Fishburn, w. e. McVay, r. II.
Miner, w. M. Garland, II. w. Frank
and NJ. ]. Connell, are also proceeding
with plans. This is the company in
which fifty-four Los Angeles capital
lists have each signed for $16,5O0 worth
of stock.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
POLYTECHNIC DEBATING CLUB
DISBANDED
Members Say School Jealousy Is Cause
of Their Dlsorga
ulty Says Spotlight Too
Attractive

Grim sorrow reigns deep in the hearts
of the histrionic stars at Polytechnic
high school. The Polytechnic debating
club has been disbanded by imperial
ukase of the officers. The last sad fun
eral rites were held yesterday afternoon
when Houston L. Walsh. the president
and founder of the society, delivered
the decree of the officials to his sorrow
ing colleagues. The superficial reasons
given were that the auditorium where
the young actors practiced was re-
qured by the musical department, and
the two could not well practice to-
gether. Then, too, the senior class
which will graduate in June Is plan
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
BUTTE TELEPHONE
GIRLS FOLLOW LEAD
OF THE PRESSMEN
Bv Associated Press.

lN ASSONldNNu L AN''
BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 14.-The great
est concerted strike in the history OF
the city, affecting a number of indus
tries and completely closing the news
papers of Butte and Anaconda, be-
gan yesterday when the pressmen or
the newspapers and job rooms went
out on a demand for an advance in
wages and the telephone girl operators
in the employ of the Rocky Mountain
Bell Telephone company went out TO
enforce a demand for more pay.
Today linemen employed in telephone
and telegraph work walked out. The
strike in it's entirety affects about 4oV
persons. The pressmen's strike origi-
mated in fiat demand for an advance
of 81 per day for news men and bO
cents per day for job room men.
The scale is already the highest in
the United States, with the exception
of two Nevada towns. The Butte News
concluded they could not pay the In
crease and the pressmen walked out.
The serious feature of the situation
is the announcement that David Muir
ray of Salt Lake, official manager OF
this district of the Bell Telephone COM
pany, is en- route to Butte with nom
union girls to replace the operators on
strike The telephone girls were get
ting $50 per month. They asked for
$50. sympathy for them is general and
any attempt to replace the strikers
with non-union women is almost cer-
tain to precipitate a violent demon
stration.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
Forme. Treasurer of ST. Vincent's Col
lege Returns to That Institution
to Act in Capacity of Vice
President

Rev. E. A. Antill, C. NJ, who left
st. Vincent's college, where he had
served as treasurer several years, has
returned to that institution as it's vice
president, to assist Very Rev. DR.. j.
S. Glass, C. M, the president.
Father Antill was much beloved by
all during his former stay here and his
many friends have been glad to learn
of his appointment to the office of
vice president. He left here to be-
come assistant pastor of st. Patrick's
church at La Sale, ILL.,, later being
stationed at st. Joseph's church, New
Orleans, from which church he came
to Los Angeles.
During his former stay here, aside
from being treasurer OF the college,
Father Antill acted as assistant pas
tor and Sunday school superintendent.
He will preach at the 10:45 o'clock
mass Sunday morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
Finds, Active Sun Spot
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PITTSBr7RG, Feb. 14.-Prof. John M.
Brashear Of the Allegheny observatory
announced discovery of one of the
greatest sun spots ever called to the
attention Of astromers. He says as a
result electrical disturbances will be
experienced throughout the country to-
night The spot can be seen through
smoked glass, but the scientist ada
that it is one of the most active
solar spots.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
An Excellent Reason

"Wyndley doesn't play the cOrnet
any more, does he
mo. he thought he'd better give 1t
up"
bad for his lungs, eh?"
1T wasn't that one of the neigh
bors shot two keys off the instrument
while he was playing It,"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
Telegram Tells of Suicide
nv Associated Press.

BY Associated <FIeSS'
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 14.-The supposed
suicide fsG. s. Waterman of Imperial
valley is announced in a telegram sent
TO Coroner Morgan from II. N. Dyke
of that place. No particulars are
given in the dispatch. Coroner Nor
gan ordered the justice to hold an in
quest and to apprehend and hold any
one who might be found responsible
to the lazy.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
Judson Wheeler
BY Associated Press.
FlFTY-TW0 ITALIANS
ARE ROUNDED up
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, Feb. 14.-As
the results of series of "Black Hand"
outrages in the mining systems in the
vicinity of Pittston, fifty-two Italians
were arrested today.
They were charged with attempts
at murder, dynamiting and shooting
at people.
Nearly a wagonload of stilettos. re-
volvers. guns, dynamite and other ex-
plosives were secured In seven houses
searched at Brownston, a suburb of
Pittston.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
Motor Works Destroyed
IA Assnclated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-The motor
works of the Daimler Manufacturing
company OF Long Island city were de-
stroyed by fire today. The loss is es-
timated at 100000. The plant con-
sisted of one main building and several
smaller structures, all OF which were
wooden.