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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
MASSACHUSETTS

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 7.-Rev. Quellin
Spinn, D. D., missionary for the UNIVERSAL
list church, well known in the denomina-
ton throughout the country. died at his
home at Medford hillside last night, aged
62 years.
BEVERLY Mass. Sept 7.-Miss Ethel
Roosevelt, daughter of President Roose-
welt. is stopping at Beverly Farms for a
visit with Miss Faith Simpkins, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Simpkins of
the Farms summer colony.
The Simpkins have q winter home In
Washington, and it was there that the
friendship between Miss Simpkins and
the presidents daughter was formed
SALEM-The knights of Columbus are
to, give circus. The big show will
exhibit every evening with three mat
inees,
NORWOOD-Two thousand feet of
electric light wire, in what is known
as the wild cat section of Norwood
were stripped from the poles.
The work was evidently performed by
persons who knew well how to do the
trick, leading to the belief that the crime
was committed by linemen or parties
who have at some time followed that
calling
NATICK-Captain John Richardson, jr.,
and few other Harvard oarsmen are
engaged in rowing practice on the
Charles river Under the direction of
former Captain Filley. they are trying
out new eght-oared shell built for
them last spring in England.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
COLORADO

DENVER, Colo. Sept. Estate su-
perintendent of Insurance e. e. Ritten-
house returned from his visit to the an
nual convention of the National Asso-
citation of Underwriters which took place
at Toronto, Canada. At the conven-
tion. Mr. Rittenhouse delivered an ad-
dress on ''Fooling the Public-the
Remedy
GREELEY-There died in the Greeley
hospital man whose last illness was
also his first, but whose life has been
filled with unusual experiences, which
have taken him into many lands He
was John L. Sears 66 years DID, who
died of paralysis after two weeks ILL
ness Sears was born in Freedom, Me.
LA JUNTA-The La Junta hospital
association has let contracts for a hos
pital to cost $4,000. Piper Bros of Pu-
eblo have the contract for the build
ing, and John Johnson of La Junta has
the plumbing. The building is to be of
concrete and will be patterned somewhat
after the plans of the c. F. g.. l. hos
pital Of Pueblo
VICTOR Kingdom Gould. son of George
Gould. arrived In his private car, and
will remain in this city as guest of
Charles M. Peeker. general manager of
Stratton's Independence, for two or
three days He win visit the principal
mines Of the camp.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
NEW JERSEY

CLAYTON. N. j., Sept. THE Demo
Gratis of Clayton township and borough
nominated the following ticket For
mayor, F. r. Nichols; freeholder, DIR. C.
F. Fisler; council Washington Wright
and Charles F. Farley, jr.; delegates to
county convention, e. r. Nichols aud c.
r. B'isler; delegate to state convention,
Washington Wright
TRENTON-Railroad officials and the
members of the new state railroad COM
mission had lively tilt here over the
question OF placing safety devices at some
Of the most dangerous grade Crossings of
the state, and the railroads finally won
out in the matter of delay, all action be-
ing deferred until an investigation can be
made of all the railroad grade crossings
in New Jersey.
GLOUCESTER CITY-Miss Linda Bal
lie, widely known young woman of this
city and Stanley Holloway of Camden
were married at the parsonage of the
First Baptist church, Camden and are
now enjoying two weeks honeymoon.
GLOUCESTER CITY - The Camden
county board of taxation today made a
tour of this city with City Assessor
Charles A. McElhmone and inspected
many properties. The board suggested
the assessor raise the valuations on a
number of properties which the board
considered low, and he will likely comply
with the request.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
OF THE LATE NEWS FROM YOUR OLD HOME STATE
KANSAS

CONCORDIA, Kas., Sept. 7.-Atchison
county is being enriched by the ship
ment of soil from Cloud county. B. p.
Wagner general attorney for the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway, has just shipped
a carload of dirt from near this city,
to his farm adjoining Atchison, to be
sown over his land, In order to furnish
the necessary bacteria for producing a
strong growth Of alfalfa.
COTTONWOOD FALLs-The body Of
A. L. Keener of this city was buried at
Matfield Green. He was the tallest man
in the state, standing seven feet four
inches. He was severely hurt six weeks
ago, when a threshing machine engine
fell with him fifteen feet through a
bridge. He was game warden of this
county and constable OF Falls township.
ABILENE-Former United States Sem
ator J. r. Burton Of Abilene, L. C.
Houseand and j. H. Yetter, the latter
two connected with the business office
OF the Topeka Capital, purchased the
Salina, Kansas. Union.
ELDORADO-Judge AiSman heard the
case of those opposed to the building of
new court house for Butler county in
Eldorado under law passed last winter
and denied the petition for a permanent
injunction. Notice of appeal to the su-
preme court was filed and thirty days
given to make case.
ATCHISON-Charles Everhardt, a
drunken pedder of patent medicines. was
positively identified by Lucy RI. Lee, an
aged negro woman of this city, as the
man who attempted to murder her the
night before.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
ARKANSAS

EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark, Sept 7.--R.
e. Blair was appointed receiver of the
Times-Echo company, publishers of the
Daily Times-Echo and the Weekly Times.
G. E. Miller, president of the company,
and employed as editor of the paper,
filed the petition, in which he AYERS that
the assets are $4,000 and the liabilities
insolvent and cannot pay it's debts.
LITTLE ROCK-The Business Mems
league of Monticello has appointed the
following delegates to the state conven-
tion to organize the state board of trade
September IL: Walter Lambert F. H.
Scott, ]. L. Allen, Harry Hankins, Wal
ter Wilson, E.. b. Wells and w. A.
Brown. Judge w. M. Kavanaugh, presi-
dent of the Arkansas river commission,
has appointed the following delegates: o.
c. Reid, Morrillton, chairman; e. b. Glib
son, l.. X. Menard. Dewitt DR.. Vernon
McCammon, Arkansas City; Judge r. c..
Bullock, Judge L. C. Hall, Dardanelle;
George w. Russell. Ozark; George L..
Cravens, Paris; G. E. Buck, Medford; H.
l.. Caldwell, d. c. Bell, Pine Bluff; w.
H. Finnie, Bauxite.
HOT SPRINGS-Miss Marie Van Patten
and Miss Pearl Burroughs, who were
elected to teach in the public schools at
Hot Springs the coming season, have ten
dered their designations.
JUDSONIA-Wilshire Riley, former sec
retary and treasurer of the Arkansas and
Texas Consolidated Ice and al COM
pany of Pine Bluff, is in Judsonia prepar-
Ing to take charge Of the box factory at
this place.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
MISSOURI

COLUMBIA. Mo-, Sept 1.-THE corner
stone of Boone county's new 100000 court
house was laid with Masonic ceremonies.
When the new court house Is completed
January I, 1909, the old court house will
be torn down. This building was made
famous five years ago by the trial and
conviction of Col. Ed Butler of bribery.
1t was erected in 1847, sixty years ago.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS-A message was
received by Corona Isley calling him to
titled Italian who was killed by the cars.
MEXICO-The actual attendance at the
Mexico fair on big Thursday was close
to 1000, which beats the record of big
days for any county fair in the state.
The Ledger's silver cup. offered for the
prettiest baby In Audrain county, was
awarded to Virginia, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Harrison.
KANSAS CITY-Dr. Augustus Coe Van
Duyn, a former surgeon In the United
States army, died at his home here of
dropsy, aged IA years. He was born In
Romulus, N. Y. He entered the army at
Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, in 1863 and was
mustered out with the rank of brevet
lieutenant colonel.
SEDALIA-The board of directors of the
Missouri State Fair association held an
important session here and completed all
arrangements for the 1907 fair, which
opens October 5. The members present
were: President, e. E. Swink, Farming
ton; N. j. Colman, st. Louis; A. T. Mel
son, lebanon; John Deewester, Butler;
N. H. Gentry, Sedalia, and w. B. Nc
Roberts, Monticello.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
IDAHO

JULIAETTA, Idaho, Sept. THE cloud
burst up the Little Potlatch, which
drowned nearly 100 head of hogs belonging
to butcher at that place, did some
damage at the lower end of the creek,
filling the roads with rock and mud and
tearing down fences. The people living
along the creek report that they could
hear the water coming when it was mile
off 1t came in one big wave about five
feet hign
Z ST1TES-J w. Goucher has received a
letter from his son, H. H. Goucher, who
was thought to have been foully dealt
with. The young man has been working
near Spalding, Idaho, for some time, and
denies emphatically that he has been in
danger of his life
COEUR DALENE-The ST. Joe I'm
provement company which has construed
several dams in the st, Maries and Santa
country. was ordered by Game Warden
Ludwig Roper to install fish ladder or
Buck fishway on Santa creek, giving the
company sixty days In which to do the
work. The Santa creek dam is about
twenty-five feet high and about forty feet
long. 1t is claimed a large number of
choice fish during the spawning season
collect below the dam, where fishermen
catch them in large quantities and where
the logs coming over the dam crush them
and destroy thousands.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
MISSISSIPPI


COLUMBUS, Miss. Sept. 7.-Columbus
received her first bale of cotton from
Picketts Mill Ala, which was stored
at the Farmers warehouse 1t weighed
523 pounds, and has not yet been sold.
SEMINARY--Th local Baptists are
holding series of evangelistic services
under the direction of Rev. DR.. Price
of jackson. Great interest is manifested
in the services, the business houses all
closing at the hour of service The meet
ing will continue several days.
JACKSON-Hon. H. M. Street of Lau-
derdale has announced his candidacy for
speaker of the next house of represen-
tatives. Other announcements are: Hon.
H. NJ Quin of this city, Hon. Walker
Wood of Senatobia.a and Hon. w. A. Al
corn of Coahoma.
BRANDON-The residence of John w.
Cooper. inside the corporation line, was
destroyed by fire. Insurance In the
Georgia Home Insurance company is
S14C0. The blaze is supposed to have
caught in the kitchen. Mr.. Copper bare
~ escaped with his life, his family being
out of town.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
WISCONSIN

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Sept. News
has been received in this city that Mr..
Uihlein, general manager of the Schlitz
Brewing company, while starting on a
hunting trip at Browning, Mont, was
thrown from a horse and both of his
legs were broken
LA CROSSE, Wis, Sept. 7.--Pleading
guilty to the charge of assault with in
tent to murder, Henry Erickson of Reads
town, Vernon county. was sentenced by
Judge Fruit to confinement in the peni-
tentiary at Waupun for seven years. The
victim was Mrs Jennie Friese of La
Crosse, sister of the prisoner.
KENOSHA-The strange disappearance
of Benjamin B. TORY, well known resi-
dent of Somers, seven years ago, was
recalled when 1t was announced that P.
{ Torrey administrator of the estate of
the late Roscoe Torrey, father of the
missing man, would appeal to the county
court to have Benjamin B. Torrey de-
clared legally dead.
RIO-The body of Lewis Larson was
found on the tracks between Rio and
Wyocena. The body was crushed beyond
He had been weak minded
for the last year and was always known
to carry cOnSlueraDle money. Aller IHe
body was found 1871 was picked up along
the tracks.
CHIPPEWA FALLS-L. B. Dresser of
st. Croix Falls, member of the state
board of control. who has been inspect
ing the state home for feeble minded.
states that the board will meet next
month to receive bids for the erection of
three large buildings for the home. In
all $150,0O0 will be spent for these build
ings and other Improvements.
MENOMINEE FALLS - The village
has purchased a heavy steam
roller for use on the streets. With the
heavy teaming during the fall months
when the farmers haul their sugar beets
to the factory, the question of keeping
the streets in good condition has been a
perllexing one.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
NEW MEXICO

SANTA FE. IN. M. Sept. THE terri
torial supreme court is holding a mid
summer session to dispose of a large
number of cases. Five of the judges were
present. the only absentee being Judge
Pope of Roswell, delayed by a washout.
A. number of cases were reset or con-
tinued and the important case Of the
United States versus the Talmadge Bros,
for alleged land frauds In the lower Pc
cos valley, was argued and submitted
w. Tremaine Watson, president of the
Nevada Goldheld Mining. Milling and
Smelling company, who came here re-
Gently from Los Angeles. has purchased
the residence of former Gov Hagerman
and also number of copper claims In the
Santa Fe mountains.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
MARYLAND

SALISBURY. Nd. Sept. 7.-Chief Judge
Ira P. Bowen of the orphans court OF
Worcester county accidentally fell under
moving passenger train at Berlin and
as result of the accident both Of his
legs were amputated at the Peninsula
general hospital in this city.
DENTON-Howard Pritchett. colored
of Hillsboro. aged about 26 years. was
before Justice c. P. Steele here charged
with threatening to assault with q knife
David Foster and Percy Howell Of
RidgeIy. The trouble occurred on the
country road about three miles south Of
Denton,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
UTAH

RICHFIELD. Utah, Sept. 7.-Joshua L.
Ogden and Miss Bessie Ramsey of this
city, were married at the home of the
BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Ram
sey, by Bishop G. w. Coons. An in
formal reception followed the ceremony.
.BINGHAM-D. A. Bunker of Highland
Boy. was married to Miss Mabel Bolton
of Salt Lake, and will, after a honey
moon trip to California, reside at the
capital city.
OGDEN-The three-year-old babe of
Mrs Catherine Klenke, who is under
sentence of thirty days in the city jail,
died. The interment will be in the City
cemetery. Mrs. Klenke is charged with
vagrancy and drunkenness. and because
of her neglect of her child it died.
Judge Howell's division of the district
court headquarters is being remodeIed,
the jury box being removed from the
north side of the room to the south side,
and the judges desk changed to the west
side. On the second floor well appointed
room for the meetings of the county
which will be a commo-
dious court room when there are two
judges sitting has been fitted UP, and
Weber county court house now has two
capacious court rooms.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
OKLAHOMA

GUTHRIE, Okla. Sept. 1.-The special
federal census as ANNOUNCED gives
Chetotah, l. t., population OF 1924. ard
other towns in Mcintosh county as fol-
lows: HOFFMAN. 344, and Wild Cat, S75
Five out of a total OF nine municipal
population of 969l
GUTHRIE-The official census returns
show that Kingfisher, o. T., has popu..
lation of 2214. a decrease of ST. or 3.s per
cent in seven years. Hennessey has 1873
people and Dover S77.
c. N. Haskell, Democratic nominee for
governor. stirred up by recent published
articles on his record while In Ohio, has
again challenged Governor Frank Franz,
the Republican gubernatorial candidate,
10 meet him in joint debate.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
VERMONT

LUDLOW, VT. Sept. 1.-THE police ex-
pect to arrest the hatless lad. believed to
have been the last person to have seen
Hugh j. Kane the murdered milk dealer
of this place, alive. No definite suspicion
yet is attached to this young man, but
the police and state detectives think he
can explain some of the peculiar circum-
stances connected with the crime.
BURLINGTON-After a search = of
thirty-seven years. George Chandler OF
Springfield, Mass, has at last found his
mother, Mrs. julia Tromblay OF this city.
Mrs. Tromblay is a widow for the fourth
time, which, she says, is in a large meas
ure accountable for the fact that her son
was unable to find her before. Another
surprise also awaited Chandler after his
long search, for he finds that he has six
half-brothers and three half-sisters,
whom he had never seen.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
WEST VIRGINIA

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Sept. THE
Chesapeake & Ohio local passenger train
was derailed a mile and quarter below
Kanawha Falls, thirty-one miles from
Charleston, and as result seven are dead
and seventeen injured. One coach, com
bination express mail car and baggage
car left the tracks and overturned.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nelson. one Of
the oldest citizens in Brooke county. w.
Va, dropped dead near his home. He had
been superintendent of the municipal
water plant at Wellsburg for forty-two
years He was veteran of the Civil
War and was preparing to come to the
reunion at Wheeling when death overlook
him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
CONNECTICUT


5 CLINTON, Conn.,, Sept. Edwin A.
Dibbell one of the Oldest sea captains in
the state, died at ,his home here of in
firmities due to old age. Captain Dibbell
was born in this town February Z 1926,
and from 1S4S followed the sea. He was
employed for the greater part of his sea
life on the New York & Hartford line,
having commanded the steamers Granite
State, City of Hartford and State of
New York. He was also connected with
the. Stonington line for a short time.
MIDDLETON-A horse driven by DR..
Leonard Bailey became frightened by a
passing train near Water street and
backed the wagon into the Connecticut
river. Dr. Bailey jumped from the wagon
and escaped injury. He managed to
catch the horse by the bride and pre-
vented 1t from, falling into the river.
SOUTHINGTON-M Nina Bigelow of
the South Center school has resigned and
Meridian school teacher has been Of
fered the place. 1t is not improbable
that Miss Julia Shields will decline to
serve another year at South End. Miss
Ruth Finch, instructors in sciences at
the Lewis high school, has also resigned
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
OHIO

CLEVELAND, O., Sept IA deter
mined effort is being made by Repupli-
cans to force Congressman Burton, char
man of the house committee on rivers and
hlrbors and chairman of the inland watac-
ways commission, into the race for mayor
against Tom l.. Johnson this fall. Mc.
Burton is reluctant to enter the contest.
but terrific pressure is being exerted by
Republicans. who see in Mr. Burton the
only possibility of defeating the rotlrd
advocate of 3-cent fares and single tax.
C1NCINNATI-United action by leading
brewers of the United States against the
spread Of local option was begun at a
secret meeting here. 1t is proposed to
adopt definite plan TO stop the spread Of
local option, especially in the south.
COLUMBUS-Judge ]. e. Safer in the
United States court has appointed c. T..
Marshall of GAINESVILLE and Attorney Fred
erlck G.. Mclaughlin CT New York re-
ceivers of the GAINESVILLE, Dresden and
I'razcysville hosiery mills of the Kapncr
Bros. Il Duga Hosiery company, an Ohio
corpoi alton doing business in New York.
WOOsTER-John Swallen, so years old,
a man weighing fully 225 pounds, probably
owes his life to the fact that he has a
large stomach While Swallen was max
ing repairs on an iron bridge over the
Pennsylvania lines tracks a scaffold gave
way. letting him drop twenty-seven feet
to the paved street below. Swallen landed
on his stomach, which upholstered the
fall
+. CINCINNATI-Deser by the man who
brought her here under promises to marry
her, Jessie Miller. a handsome young
woman of Philadelphia, committed sui
side in the Kentucky hotel. She swallowed
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
TEXAS

HDALLAS, Tex, Sept John Wylie, a
negro, employed on the Katy gravel train,
was killed in the vicinity of Dallas, re-
sulting from a fall under a moving train.
The man was horribly mangled about the
chest. The body OF held by Undertakers
Ed c. Smith and brother for instruc-
tions from relatives at Lodi. The de-
ceased resided while in Dallas at 26S
Hawkins street
TEMPLE-The Temple city council has
adopted an ordinance raising the license
of liquor dealers in conformance with
the Baskin- -McGregor law covering the
subject. Under the old law the city col
lected an annual license of $50 on saloons
where both malt and spirituous liquors
were dispensed and s25 from venders OF
mat liquors only. Under the new ordi-
nances these fees will be $3.50 and S31. rs
respectively, and will yield the city be-
tween $500 and $3.50 additional revenue.
BEDIAS-The H. l.. Scales 7O00-acre
ranch just east of this place has been cut
up into 50-acre tracts for the purpose
of locating a colony of northern people.
These tracts are sold on twenty years
time at per cent interest except small
cash payment A good many tracts have
already been sold.
ANGLETON-Att the recent annual elec-
tion of the Order of the Eastern Star
the following were selected to preside
at their respective stations during the
coming year, and they have been in
stalled by Mrs. r. P. Sweeney: Mrs ]. L..
Du Mars w. M; Judge ]. T. Loggins,
w. p; Mrs Francis Upchurch. A. M;
Mrs. H Munson, secretary; Mrs. ]. T.
Loggins, treasurer Miss Virgie Young,
and Miss Nellie Barbee, asso-
ciate conductress.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
ALABAMA

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Sept IA spe-
cial to the Advertiser from Russelville,
Ala, states that Wesly Hooker, section
foreman of the Northern Alabama at
Darlington, was shot through the heart
and instantly killed by Kinney Whitfield,
the station agent there.
HUNTSVILLE-The city administra-
ton school board. DR.. J. D. Humphreys,
chairman, elected all teachers for the
coming session, the faculty being made
up of local teachers. The election of a
was allowed to stand as before,
s. r. Butler principal, and w. j. Hum
phrey, assistant Mr.. Butler has declined
to serve under the administration board
and the question of principal is yet un-
settled.
GADSDEN-Seven years ago William
Scott, an iron molder by trade left a
wife and several children in Gadsden and
became a wanderer on the face of the
earth. One day while in New York word
came to him that his wife was dead and
a constant desire to return home and
start life over again with his children got
the better of him and he landed in Gads-
den. He found his wife happily married
to respectable and well-to-do farmer.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
Admission Day Excursion rate.

via Salt Lake Route will be one way
fare for round trip between all stations
Los Angeles to San Bernardino in
elusive. Costs only $1.75 to San Ber-
nardino where Native Sons and Daugh-
ters will celebrate. Same rate to River
side, $l.20 to Ontario. $1.00 to Pomona.
On sale September Z, and 8. returning
until the 10th. Tickets at city office,
COL South Spring ST., and station, east
end First street bridge.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08

Teacher-why did Abraham implore mercy for
Sodorn and GomorrahG
Moritz-Because ne had a lot OF capital In
vested there -Megkendorfer Blatter.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-30
FATHER GIVES HIS LIFE
FOR HIS SICK CHILDREN

CHICAGO. April 30.-The story of a
fathers devotion to his three children
while they were suffering from an at
tack of scarlet fever is told in the
Heath and burial yesterday of Percy P.
Plat "a Hazel avenue. general mama
ger of the Excelsior Auto Supply COM
pany.
Mr.. Plat insisted on caring for his
children night and day. and finally fell
victim of the disease himself. Ex
haust6d by his vigil. he was unable to
withstand the attack. His three chill
dren We're restored to health.
AS a tribute to his loyalty and love
for his family, members of the Chicago
Automobile Trade association closed
their places of business in the after
noon and attended the private burial
services 1t Graceland. where the body
was Cremated. His friends went to the
cemetery in automobiles after meeting
at the New Southern hotel. The long
| procession of automobiles probably was
! the first ever formed for such a pur-
pose.
! Mr.. Platt was IS years old and was
widely known among automobile deal
ers. He is survived by his three chill
| dren and his widow.