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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
IOWA

NORRIS Iowa, Sept. 14.--No one will
be held responsible for the wreck near
here on the Rock Island railroad, which
has resulted in fourteen deaths At the
coroner's inquest all witnesses testified
in exoneration of every person connected
with the road or operation of the cars.
IOWA CITY-Joseph Cihla, aged 20. a
farmer of Cedar county, lost his mind
while visiting his parents in Cedar town
ship, Johnson county, and leaped from
window fourteen feet to the ground.
Thence he fled into the woods His rela-
tives found him before daybreak hiding
in treetop, clad only in his nightrobe.
He was haunted by the hallucination that
some one was pursuing him with a shot
CUR.
BURLINGTON. Ia, Sept. 14.-Raving
over the death of his brother, e. r. Ham
cock, who was killed in railroad
accident at Galesburg, Howard Hancock
of Omaha was taken from Burlington
passenger train at Osceola and brought
to Burlington for confinement until he
could be transferred in a strait-jacket
to the Mt. Pleasant insane asylum.
The young man required the efforts of
the trainmen to keep him from in1uring
himself and the passengers.
WATERLOO-The dead body which was
recovered from the Rock Island wreck
at Norris Siding and which was first
supposed to have been that of B. r.
Christie of Minneapolis, has been identi-
fed as that of Ernest Lovejoy Of Fari-
bault, Mimi.
SIOUX CITY-The Northern Iowa
Dental society elected the following
officers: C. N Booth, Cedar Rapids. pres
ident; H. P. White. Sioux City, vice
president; W. G. Crandall, Spencer,
treasurer The next meeting will be held
at Clear Lake, Ia
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
GEORGIA

DUBLIN, Ca, Sept 14.-There will be
no celebration of the centennial of Laur-
ems county unless there be new organi-
zation with a new committee. The joint
committee having the celebration in
charge has called off all preparations and
abandoned the idea of celebrating the
centennial.
ATLANTA-General Freight Agent w
E. Estes Of the Central of Georgia rail-
way has filed petition with the railroad
commission for permission to withdraw
the special rates on cotton in effect on
the Chattanooga division of that system
The matter is under investigation.
In dispute between VIII Moore and
B. Bell and his two sons at Elberton. one
of the sons of Bell was painfully shot
in the face by Will Moore. During the
night a horse, belonging to guest oi
Moore, got out and injured Bells crop
A dispute arose and Moore claims he was
assaulted, when he got his gun and shot
Moore is in jail. having surrendered.
MACON-As the mayor and council
have refused to amend the ordinance pro
hibiting the establishing of oil storage
tanks within the city limits giving a:
their reason that 1t would materially in
crease the danger from fire and conse
quently raise the rates of insurance, tive
large oil companies which have been con
templating the entering Of this field will
probably not locate here.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
CONVICT CUTS STEEL
BAR WITH STRING

\ LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Sept Ia.
:. When Warden McClaughry of the
Il United States penitentiary goes to
i the National Prison congress in .
\ Chicago this fall he will take =.
i. along something that will set the .
j. prison men of the country to .
:. thinking. 1t will be in the shape :
4 of a piece of steel about eight !
i. inches in length and of about the .
!. same thickness as a broomstick. .
j. This piece of steel was cut out .
i of cell in the new United States .
i penitentiary by Bob Clark. one of .
i. the famous mutineers now serv- .
\ ing life sentence. This job was .
!. done without the aid of saw.
i Clark cut the steel bar out of .
i his cell with the strings unraveled
i. from his prison socks. .
i. Many of the prison officials re-
!. fused to believe the story when 1t !
i came from Clark's own lips, but :
i he showed them. .
i Warden McC.aughry gave Clark .
4 a string and pieca of sandpaper .
i and told him to go to work on
i. another bar. He wanted to see :
!. the work done with his own eyes. :
i He posted a guard to see that .
i Clark didn't shirk in his work. :
/. Clark started in on the job at .
1. 10:30 o'clock in the morning and at :
i o'clock in the afternoon had the :
i bar in two. He used only one :
i string. When he did the work on .
i the sly he used four or five strings ;
+ out of his old socks. He consumed :
!. eighteen hours when he sawed the :
/. first bar in an attempt to gain his :
!. freedom Then he had nothing but :
1. sand to put cutting edge on his :
/. strings. When he had sandpaper !
!. he naturally could work faster. :
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
NEW HAMPSHIRE

PORTSMOUTH N. H.. Sept. 14.-The
second anniversary of the signing of the
treaty of peace between Russia and
Japan was observed here on the 5thAnst.
by the unveiling Of a peace tablet, fol-
lowed by solemn evensorg and TIE Deum
in Christ Episcopal church. in which
edifce the service of Thanksgiving, par
ticipated in by the clergy of the Russian
and Episcopal churches, was held after
the signing OF the treaty.
CONCORD-Judge William B. Fellows
of Tilton, clerk of the state board of
equalization announced that the board
had voted not to change it's method of
computing the state tax, as asked for
by various publicists, but had voted to
raise the value of the railroads of the
state $1,5O0,0OO and the valuation of the
telephone and telegraph companies pro-
portionately He declined to give out any
figures on the subject.
DURHANI-The fall term of the New
Hampshire College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts opened with an entering
class numbering seventy-five. The total
attendance is about 300, practically the
same as last year.
MOUNT WASHINGTON = The first
snow of the season fell August 2l. The
thermometer ranged from 81 to 3b. With
the exception of few hours the summit
was in the clouds eight days.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
DELIVERS DEAD BABY
IN DRESS SUIT CASE

i LYNN, Miss, Sept. lathe de-
i. livery of her uead baby, whom she
I. supposed to be alive and we'll at
! hospital, at her door much In the
+ manner that a parcel of groceries
+ would be delivered, has not only
\ prostrated Mrs. T. S. Sheehan of
!. 24S Boston street, but has go
i. aroused her Indignation that she is
! contemplating legal, action in the
i case.
i The child, which was but three
]. months of age, had been suffering
i with intestinal trouble, and on the
j. advice sof the physician was sent
i to a charitable institution on Bak-
i er's island. Just off Salem Will
!. lows.
\ For some days the mother had
!. not heard from the home as re-
!. CARDS the condition of her baby,
4. ard few days ago she was pre-
i. pairing to visit the institution when
l. a man appeared at the door car
i rying a dress suit case and in
i quired in a gruff voice If Mrs.
i Sheehan lived there On being told
i she did, he handed out the case
+ with the upfeeling remark:
i ''Wel, her baby is dead, and
i here it is"
i. Some time later, after the suit
i. case had been opered and the tiny
!. form removed special delivery
i letter telling of the death arrived.
i. This letter had been addressed in
i. care of a department store where
\ Mrs. Sheehan had never worked,
!. and with which She had never had
i any connection. But even had
4. this letter come direct, it is doubt
i full If 1t would have arrived be-
i. fore the body in the suit case.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
NEBRASKA

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept 1.-THE question
of remandng the case of the state against
the express companies doing business In
Nebraska was argued before Judge Mum
ger of the federal court r. w. Breck-
enridge of Omaha appeared for the ex-
press companies and Halleck F. Rose
for the state. Judge Munger took the
matter under advisement. The state
railway commission attempted to enforce
the Sibley act, reducing express rates q
per cent. The companies removed the
case to the federal court and the state
sought to have 1t remanded to the state
supreme court.
BEATRICE-The old City Gas COM
pany has been Incorporated under the
name of the City Light and Power COM
pany, and at a meeting directors were
elected The work of rebuilding an en-
tirely new plant will begin within the
next few days under the superintendency
of H. v. Riesen, the receiver. The plant
was sold some time ago at receiver s
sale and the stockholders bid 1t in.
PLATTSMOUTH-Dr. T. P. Livingston,
the retired medical director of the Bur-
lington lines west of the Missouri river,
has returned to his home in this city from
of the Burlington lines west of the Mis-
souri, rivers who organized themselves
into permanent body styled the Asso-
citation of Surgeons of the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy.
KEARNEY-Senator Norris Brown an
nounced the appointment of Miss A. L..
Rowland of Lincoln as his private sec
retary. Mia Howland who has for
some time acted as stenographer to the
senator, is a graduate of the state uni
versity, and for number of years was
a teacher in the Lincoln schools.
VALENTINE-AIiss Clara Collet and
Mr.. Theodore johnson were married by
Rev. c.. e. Connell of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
FALLS CITY-Ernest Oberland and
Miss Carroll Prior of this city were mar
ried at the home of the brides parents.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
ALABAMA

MOBILE, Ala. Sept. 14.-Every effort is
being made by the sheriff department to
apprehend the murderer of zeke Byrd
a white man 21 years of age. who was
shot to death by an unknown person at
F. H. Georges store ON Three-mile creek
The killing of Byrd Is one of the most
cold-blooded crimes brought to the at
tention of the authorities in many
mo9ths.
HUNTSVILLE-The Merrimack Manu-
featuring company has awarded con-
tract to e. L. Patterson for the erection
of twenty-five two-story six-room houses
to be occupied by operatives in the mills.
The work of construction will begin this
week. The new cottages are made neces-
sary by the rapid growth Of Merrimack
village, which is now the largest cotton
mill village in Alabama.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
NEW JERSEY

RIrRIINGTON, N. j., Sept. 14.-George
Ash of Trenton, crack shortstop OF the
burlington baseball team, and MISS
Grace M. Emmons of 251 Walnut street
trenton. were married here by Rev. 4.
M. Eastwood, pastor of the First Baptis'
church.
TyNDHURST-Georg Cassidy, a po-
,iceman. was shot and killed while en-
deavoring to arrest two burglars VINO
had been caught in the act OF ropplns
q store. The burglars were pursued py
crowd and rather than submit to cap
tire one of them killed himself In
swamp. The other burglar escaped
rpENTaN- -six-year-old Alice Eliza
beth Fell daughter of Winfield s. Fell,
chief of the Trenton rural mail carriers,
narrowly escaped death when she fell
through an open pavement coal hole'
landing in cellar twelve feet below.
MOUNT HOLLY-The farm of Con-
eressman John ]. Gardner at Indian Mllls
is getting credit for containing all the
strange things seen and heard IN the
mines of that section. First 1t was
panther running wild in Shamong town
( shin. The latest is flock of wild par
rots which have been seen flying about
at 4:.dian Mills. Because of their being
harmless no one cares to shoot them.
CAPE MAY-Emllia M. T. Bate, aged
65 years, member of the county board OF
registry, died at his home in Fishing
Creek of Bright's disease. He had served
on the registry board but two months
hut was a member of the board of free
holders for nine years and one of the
most prominent men in public affairs IT
this county.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
COLORADO

GREELEY, Colo, Sept. 14.-Richard G..
Sayles, 40 years Old colored, dropped
dead while putting on his shoes, and an
autopsy made by Coroner Macy shows
that heart failure, induced by an over
dose of acetylene was the cause of death.
Indications from letters are that the
medicine was prescribed by an eastern
physician, with whom Sayles was con-
sulting, both in regard to his health and
love affairs, and that possibly the medi-
cine was taken as a love potion.
Governor Buchtel has issued a pardon
to Arthur Robertson, who was recently
convicted of stealing $500 worth of cop
per wire from the Northern Colorado
Power company for which concern he
was construction foreman. Robertson
made full confession, but the company
later came to the conclusion that he had
been led into the theft by others, and
they agreed to give him another chance
If Governor Buchtel pardoned him.
COLORADO SPRINGS-Mrs Mamie
Majors, who began serving a six months
sentence at the county Jail here on July
30 for keeping a disorderly house in Col
orado City, was pardoned by telegraph
by Governor Buchtel, who is at Monte
Vista. Governor Buchtel wired Sheriff
o. p. Grimes to release Mrs. Majors,
which was done Immediately
DENvER-Donald e. willie, son of
John e. Willxie, chief of the government
secret service, is chuckllng in his sleeves
today. A week ago he lost wallet con-
tanning a check for $4,000, and despite a
diligent search had not been able to get
any trace of it until last night. The
property was turned over to the owner.
1t fell into the hands of an honest man.
w. r. Elliott Of South Sherman.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
MISSISSIPPI

vICKSBURG. Miss. Sept. 14.--Chancci-
lor Hicks has granted an Injunction re-
straining the Gulf Compress company
from doing business In the state of
Mississippi or OF disposing of any of its
property. pending an adjudication Of the
antitrust suit instituted several days ago
which alleges violation Of the anti-trust
law of this state.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
SOUTH DAKOTA

BELLE FOURCHE S. D., Sept. IA
Sam Fitzpatrick, a sheep shearer, was
arrested on the complaint of several
merchants, who allege that he passed S.
and $40 Confederate bills on them. Fitz7
patrick was taken up on charge of
securing money under false pretenses.
DEADwOOD-Becau the new Law
renee county court house is not yet COM
pleted and the old one is inadequate for
trials by jury, the regular September
term of the circuit court will go over
until December. There are fifty cases
waiting to be disposed Of
SIOUX FALLS-D. M. Dickerson, resid-
ing in Union county, has demonstrated
that at least the southern portion of
South Dakota is adapted to peach raising.
Mr. Dickerson has an orchard of 25C
peach trees and has grown peaches on a
moderate scale for about twenty years.
Many of his trees are bearing this year,
and the fruit is as fine in size and quail
ity as can be grown in any of the older
states of the Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
KENTUCKY

HOPKINSVILLE, KY, Sept. 14.-Wil-
liam M. Fisher of Caldwell county and
Miss Emma Wilson of Sikeston, Mo-,
who was visiting friends at Princeton,
were married in the office of the county
clerk at Princeton, Rev. T. E. Richey
officiating.
LOU1SVILLE-Th threatened strike
of the employees of the Louisville railway
which was believed to be inevitable, has
been averted, for the present at least,
and the cars are running as usual.
The credit for the settlement of the
situation belongs to Mayor Bingham.
Mr. Bingham secured the promise OF
the representatives of the company at a
conference held in his office to give the
union men further assurance that no dis
ordinations will be made against them
This was agreed to in writing and pla-
cards were posted to that effect by the
railway company.
HOPKINSVILLE-It has just beer
made public that DIR. Leon Dudley Long
OF this city was married last October tC
Miss Laura Ulrich of Seattle, Wash, who
had been his schoolmate throughout hi:
entire course of four years at the Hahne
mann medical college, Chicago, from
which both were graduated last June
Only two of DIR. Longs teachers, hi:
landlady and the officiating minister
were let itno the secret.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15

SCHENECTADY-Th men are dead,
one dying and dozen or more injured
as the result of a rear end collision be-
tween two interurban trolley cars from
Albany during pouring rain.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15

HOLLAND-This town is greatly ex-
cited over a gas well that was struck
few days ago. The vein was found only
$50 feet from the surface, and two-foot
flame has been burning for the last four
or five days. The prospect is 50 bright
that several influential men of the town
have formed a company to drill more
wells. I. N. Griggs was made president
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-12-20
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

OF the Boise City Canal Company
Limited Principal place Of business at
Boise, Idaho.
Notice is hereby given, that at a
meeting of the Board of Directors OF
the above named Company, held on the
I'd day of December, 1907, an assess
ment of 25 cents per share was levied
upon the Capital Stock Of the above
named Company payable before the I'd
dav of January, 1908, to J. L. Midday.
secretary. at Room 80, Falk Building
Boise. Idaho, and that any stock upon
which the said assessment remains IN
paid on the said I'd day Of January, will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at
public auction, and unless payment IS
made before, will be sold on the 18th
day of January, 1908, to pay the delin-
ouent assessment, together with cost OF
advertising and expenses of sale.
J. L. Midday, Secretary.
Room 80 Falk Building, Boise, Ida.
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-12-20
R. Banta, defendant.

R. Banta, defendant
The State of Idaho Sends Greeting to
the above named Defendant
You are hereby required to appear in
an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff in the District
Court Of the Third Judicial District,
State of Idaho in and for the County Of
Ada, and to answer the complaint fled
therein Ca copy of which is hereto at
tached) within twenty days (exclusive
Of the day Of service) after the service
on YOU of this summons, if served with
in this district; or if served out Of this
district, within forty days. The said
action is brought to recover a decree
of divorce dissolving the bonds Of mat
rimony now existing between plaintiff
and defendant on the grounds of de-
PENDANTS habitual intemperance and
cruel treatment Of plaintiff, and on the
ground of defendants commission OF
certain acts of adultery alleged in the
complaint and his failure to provide
plaintiff with the common necessaries
of life for more than one year last past,
and for the custody Of the minor child
named in the complaint; all Of which
more fully appears from plaintiffs cont
plant, a copy Of which is served here
with, hereby referred to and made a
part hereof
And you are hereby notified, that if
you fail to appear and answer the said
complaint, as above required, the said
plaintiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in the complaint
Given under my hand and the seal Of
the District Court of the Third Ju-
1 dicial District of the State Of Idaho in
and for the County of Ada, this 18th
day of December, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
seven.
| (SeaD w. L. CUDDY, Clerk.
! Bv OTTO F. PETERSON,
Deputy Clerk
D. T. Miller, residing at Boise, Idaho
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-12-20
ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the District Court Of the Third Ju-
dicial District of the State Of Idaho, in
and for the County of Ada
10Y A. Tracy, plaintiff, vs.. ARA R
Tracy, defendant.
The State of Idaho Sends Greeting to
the Above Named Defendant.
You are hereby required to appear in
an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff in the District
Court of the Third Judicial District
State Of Idaho. in and for the County
Of Ada. and to answer the complaint
Sled therein "a copy of which is hereto
,ttached) within twenty days Exclusive
Of the dav of service) after the service
on YOU of this summons, if served within
tb;s district: or if served out Of this
district. with forty days. The SAID ac-
tion is brought to recover a decree OF
divorce dissolving the bonds OF matri-
,,onv now existing between plaintiff and
defendant on the grounds Of defendants
yi1full deser.ion of plaintiff and failure
- provide her with the common neces-
.,r;es Of life for more than one year last
osst for the custody Of the minor child
FAMED in the complaint and for costs OF
,uit ali Of which more fully appears
from plaintiffs complaint, copy OF
which is served herewith, hereby refer
red to and made a part hereof.
And YOU are hereby notified that IL
Won fail to appear and answer the said
complaint. as above required, the SAID
plaintiff will apply to the court for the
reGef demanded in the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal OF
tbe District Court of the Third Judicial
District Of the State Of Idaho, in and
for the County of Ada this 10th day OF
Dec in the year of our Lord one thou
s,nd nine hundred and seven.
W. L. CUDDY, Clerk.
D. T. Miller, residing at Boise, Idaho
attorney for plaintiff
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-12-20
HoW THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF WORKS.

II Wakefield in short article in the Chicago Public
,v skaters the argument that American laoorers are bene
protective tariff He draws the following object lesson
. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
from +be best endowed spot earth in natural resources
dt;on Of wealth is Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
l ~ d near the surface in easy accessible form, vast
If coal on oil natua gas, limestone etc. Great forests
h finest timber fertile soil abundance OF pure water and
~ onion Of two navgabe streams to form great natural artery
add to the abundance of mineral wealth extraordinary
facilities for exchange
a. This favored spot grew up the earliest and greatest of
Of ron STEEL glass; machinery nails hardware, en-
crimes river boats etc. and the most extensive operations in the
and shipping of coal From the beginning and continuously
10 the present hour all these industries have been shielded from
foreign competition by protective tar ranging from MY 10 ohe
hundred and fifty per cent
Suey here if anywhere American labor should have been
bdanty rewarded and prosperous Here indeed should we
o TO see the highly protected American laborer rise in his
majesty and loom like Saul among the prophets high above the
pauper labor OF Europe
do see it?
statistics recently carefully taken from the official records
BY expert in the employ of the Womans Trade Union
League show per of the dead of Allegheny County
have property and that 81 cent additional have lett only
enough to bury them pay their debts Another AZ per cent
left less than S5OOO and another ~ per less than $4,000
This but u per the of all the property IN
community and half millions of the weates people per
capita earth We say all the property advsedy for was shown
that practically all left by the 9S per the proceeds of in
surance policies
"On the other hand find in Allegheny County about eight
hundred monare including Caneges 700 millions 300 each
Prick Phpps others of so 100 millions EACH
and hundred others with five millions each
Here then have unqueonabe proof of the aiure-te
utter gnomnious faureof protective tariff tried for
century under the favorable circumstances protect labor
from the exorons of land and other monopoes Here we
have the cities of Ptsbug and Allegheny and their many popuos
suburbs with 800 dissolue mlonare of the Corey and Ihaw
stripe and 100000 pauperized senenent dwelers slaves OF
the whistle than half of them imported pauper aboers as
the full fruits and the shining example of protective tariff
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-12-20
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
RAWSON LATERAL CO., LTD

Notice is hereby given that a regular
annual meeting OF the stockholders OF
the Rawson Lateral Co, Ltd, a corpor-
alton. Of Idaho, under and by virtue
OF the laws thereof, viii be held IN
Room 6, Gem Block, Boise, Idaho, on
the second Saturday Of January 1905
at the hour of o'clock p. m, for the
purpose Of electing officers and directors
for the ensuing year, and transaction Of
such other business as may properly
come before such meeting.
By order of the president
DAVID PAINTER.
Attest: Geo. c. Farr, Secretary.
Dated Dec 10, 1907.