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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
SACRAMENTO RIVER
REACHES THE HIGHEST
POINT IN TEN YEARS
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
REDDING, Cal, March 1S.-The Sac
ramento river tonight is raging and
higher than in ten years. The storm
ragged furiously all day throughout
Siskiyou, Trinity and Shasta counties.
The river here tonight is at the
seventeen foot mark and still rising.
Siskiyou county was hard hit by the
storm Two bridges over Scott river
between Aetna and Fort Jones and
Yreka washed out this afternoon
A bridge on Miner street, Yreka, was
washed away, the water there being
higher than ever before known.
The bridge on the Yreka- -Montagu
railroad is in danger tonight.
All traffic across the Sacramento and
Pit rivers by ferry is suspended,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19

1-Grand jury has big task.
2-Ruef's trial is again postponed.
3-Approprlation is most unpopular.
4-Promise clean Fiesta streets.
5-Dramatlc news.
6-EdltorlaI.
City news.
8-Sports.
e-southern California news.
1o-classlfied advertisements.
11-Markets.
12-Railroad news.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
Storm Considered the
Worst in States
History
Ukiah Cut Off from the
World When Bridges
Go Out
Stock Owners Suffer Heavily, and
Fruits and Cereals viii Be
Severely Affected by
Continued Rain
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
UKIAH, Cal, March 1S.-As a re-
suit of the present storm, probably the
heaviest in the history Of this country,
Ukiah is today cut off from all mail
service.
Slides below Hopland have prevented
any mail from south of there.
The last train arrived Sunday after
noon.
The wagon roads between this city
and the coast and between here and
Lake county are impossible on account
of so many bridges being out.
Since Saturday night S.S1 inches have
fallen.
Russian river is the highest it has
ever been and it is impossible to reach
the state hospital from this city ex-
cept on horseback.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
HARTMAN BUYS
SALT LAKE STOCK
BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 18.

OEAAN II N61INSASNO NhoA III AOs
The Call will say tomorrow:
Senator w. A. Clark of Mon
tana and his associates are out of
the San Pedro, Salt Lake & Los
Angeles road. E. H. Hartman is
the owner of their stock. The
story given out in financial circles
yesterday says that Hartman
has purchased all the shares in
the Salt Lake route held by Sen
ator w. A. Clark, R. c. Kerens,
David Keith and Thomas Kearns.
The quartet of millionaires re-
tains possession of $35,o00,0o0 of
the roads bonds, of which Clark
holds $3O,oOO,ooO, Kearns $3,000,-
900, Keith ST., 100000 and Kearns
S5OO,OO0.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
EXPOSITION BILL
WILL LOSE OUT
Believes It Is Too Early to Begin
Making Preparations for Fair
at San Francisco
in 1918
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, March Ex-Governor
Gillett says he will not, under any
circumstances, sign the bill known as
the Pacific coast exposition bill, which
provides for an appropriation of $1,OO0,-
600 to be raised during the next two
years, with two additional millions to
be collected from the taxpayers during
the following four years that will in
tervene before the proposed fair.
He says that had it not been that
those interested in the project have
instituted a telegram campaign to COM
pei him to sign the bill it would have
been quietly pocketed and later Gillett
would have set forth his reasons for
so doing in a public statement.
Too Early for Preparations
In fact this was the program from
the first, he says, for the bill would
never have passed the houses had he
not given his positive assurance that
it would not be signed, and it was
only passed in order not to give the
exposition a black eye. The governor
says that 1t is too early to make prep
arations for a fair to be held six years
hence.
In making a statement of his in
lehIlohS lo"dru lne plll dI ILLS Iiiie
the governor says he does so because
he is incensed at the telegram cam
paign, which he declares has been in
stituted by Rufus K. Jennings of San
Francisco to compel his signature.
Hundreds of kilograms from all por-
| tions of the state have Leen launched
at the governor and hundreds of them
lie piled up on the tables in his office
unopened. The tenor of all of them
are alike. "Our people want you tc
sign the Pacific coast exposition bill,
they read. Thirteen received from
Stockton yesterday all read the same.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
ALLEGED CONFESSION
SAID TO BE A FAKE
BY Associated press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 1s. Chair
man Warren of the senate committee
or military affairs, who was investi-
eating the Brownsville affair today, re-
ceived from Secretary Taft a copy of
a dispatch from San Antonio as fol-
lows:
"The Adiutant General, u. S. A.,
Washington: Chief of police Of Calves
ton has just wired me confession of
Gray, supposed discharged soldier, APP
pearing in papers today is a fake.
Signed, Blocksom, Major"
The dispatch relates to an alleged
confession printed in q Galveston
newspaper and sent broadcast through
out the country.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
STALLED
NEAR TRUCKEE
By Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, March 1S.-Four
hundred feet of snowshed on the South
ern Pacific overland route between
Summit and Truckee caved in today.
A delay of at least twenty-four hours
will result. Meanwhile three, and prob
ably more west bound Central over
land trains will be stalled on the other
side of Truckee, waiting for the tracks
to be cleared.
A similar number of eastbound Cen
trail overland trains will probably be
stalled at ColfaX, in Placer county,
waiting for clear track.
Trains will run as usual between San
Francisco and Colfax and overland
trains from both sides of the demol-
ished snowshed will be ready to move
as soon as the way is clear.
The tremendous snowfall produced
such load upon the roofs of the shed
at one particular place that 1t broke
under the strain.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
STAGE DRIVER HAS
A MARROW ESCAPE
BY Associated Press.

REDDING, March 1S.-The Weaver
willie stage, with it's team OF four
horses, was swept down Little Broome
creek last night and one horse was
drowned.
The driver. Hank Mccullough, was
caught under the coach, but was res-
cued by Harry Lyon and William Wit
shun, who, knowing that the water
in the creek was high, had gone to
the crossing to give warning of dan
ger.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
WEDS MAN SHE LOVES
AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA
BY Associated Press.

PHOENIX, Ariz., March 1S.-Mildred
Florence Davis,l assistant city editor
of the Toledo Blade, arrived here at
8 O'Clock this morning and an hour
later was married to James Willard
Schultz, author and writer for Outing,
vestigating antiquities near Casa
Grande ruin.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
President Touches the Button

BY Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 1S.-The
application Of President Roosevelt's s
finger to a button In the White House
this afternoon formally opened the
Greater Louisville exposition In the
armory. Addresses were made by
Governor Beckham and others.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
LOCAL

Los Angeles is asked to help defeat
irrigation bill.
Fruit commission man is killed by
trolley car.
Police believe story of diamond rob-
berry is authentic.
clean streets are promised for Fiesta
week.
Peculiar typewriter marks are oonsid
cred as evidence against Douglas
Dawson.
San Pedro may disincorporate IN
order to annex to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
oesting Reappolnted
nv Associated Press.

SACRAMENTO, March 1S.-Governor
Gillett today reappointed c. w. Oest-
ing of San Diego a member of the
state board OF harbor commissioners.
w. Engles OF Eureka was also named
as harbor commissioner of the port of
Eureka This latter position is one
Just created by the governor
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

For Southern California: Cloudy
Tuesday, probably showers; fresh
southerIy wind. Maximum tempera-
ture in Los Angeles yesterday, 7eI
degrees; minimum, Sc degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
FLOOD WATERS PUT
ELECTRIC COMPANIES
OUT OF BUSINESS
Rv Associated Press.

STOCKTON, March 1S.-The Ameri-
can River Electric company's plant
near PlacerVille, which generates cleo
trieity used i'm Stockton for operating
the Central California street railroad
lines and for Illuminating part of che
city, was closed down today by the
(COntinued On Page TWO)
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
LIGHT SENTENCES IN
LAND FRAUD CASES
BY Associated Press.

OMAHA, Neb.. March 1s.-Four men
convicted here last December In the
sensational government land fraud
cases were sentenced today by Judge
Munger in the United states court as
follows:
Bartlett Richards and William c..
Comstock to pay a fine of $500 each
and to serve one year in the county
Jail.
Charles ]. Jameson and Aquilla Trip
lett to pay a fine of $500 each and
serve eight months in the county jail.
All the defendants filed motions Of
appeal which will be argued later.
These men were indicted by the fed
eral grand Jury for conspiracy to de-
fraud the government out Of the use,
possession of and title to upward Of
100000 acres in northwestern Nebraska.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
COAST

Worst storm in years visits northern
counties, sweeping bridges away and
bringing traffic TO a standstill.
San Francisco grand jury calls board
of supervisors onto the carpet.
Abe Ruefs trial again postponed, this
time at the instance of Attorney Heney
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
EASTERN

Harry Thaw's fate to be in jury's
hands not later than Friday.
Arizona legislators pass bill over gov
ernor's veto.
Helena, Mont, citizens protest against
methods OF telephone company.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-19
Evidence Is stror

EVTuthCe IS StroI
81 have stronger eviden s.a@I.,s.
these people than I had in the land
fraud cases in Oregon and where the
juries convicted
The inquisitorial body was called to-
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
sR0oKIYa sREYa

The Moral club is scheduled to meet tomorrow morning and the treasurer will in all probability be busy collecting fines, as there are a number of cases to come before the court. A few of the members, think ing that they have a chance of win ming their cases, have appealed from the decision of the lower court and will have their cases heard before the court of appeals. of which Dennis Kelly is judge.
 The members of the Brooklyn and Town Plot Improvement com mittee last evening showed where they stand on the agreement as signed between the city and the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road last week. The members are we'll pleased with the terms of the agreement and last evening again endorsed the agreement as drawn up. The committee which has been working on plans for the widening of Washington avenue from South Leonard to Bank, declared that pe- tition will be handed the aldermen at the next meeting asking that the work be done. Hans Rasmussen urged the members to appear before the board of assessment when the question of the Clark street exten- sion again comes up. A vote of thanks was given Rev Joseph M. Gleeson for the use of the Lyceum. In the absence of Chairman John Henderson, Benjamin Kelsey pre- sided.
 Does your back ache? Have you Axtells kidney pills will cure you. For sale by all drug gists, price 25c. Take no other.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
THE NEXT MUSICAL
Prof. Jno. |. Bonn Will Soon
 Appear al Buckingham.

| Perhaps no musical event of the
 season will appeal to greater num-
 Der of Waterbury people with a
 stronger personal interest than the
 concert which is to be given in Music
 hall, the Buckingham, on Thursday
 evening, March 21, when Prof John
 L. Bonn will make his reappearance
 here as 8 concert pianist after two years of study with European mas ters. Prof Bonn has long been iden-
 tified with local musical affairs. For years he was organist and choirmas- ter at the church of the Immaculate Conception, post which he resigned to take up advanced study of the pianoforte in Europe. His period of duty, at this church was marked by an excellence in the music of its services that. attracted wide atten- tion, and 1t was with regret that mu- sical Waterbury heard of his inten- tion to absent himself from the city for so long a period. Prof Bonn's term of study abroad. however. has had it's adequate results, and he has returned to this city musical artist of a high type, developed in tech nique by the greatest talent, the high est skill on the continent, and with a broadened musical culture, the out come of contact with the activities of his art in it's highest forms, as Eu- rope alone yet knows them in their concentrated essence. He could have gone to no teacher of higher repute than the one he sought, Leschetitzky, who laid the founda- tions of Paderewskis technique and has had the shaping of so many ar tistic talents. He was admitted by virtue of his pronounced ability into the inner circle of the Viennese mas ter's pupils, and had the rare advan- tage of frequent personal instruction from this dean of pianoforte maestri. United to the superb technical equip ment which he acquired In this way, Prof Bonn possesses a truly musical temperament which lends high inter- est to his interpretations of great compositions and thorough knowl- edge of the accepted traditions of his art which clothes his renderings with authority. This concert, on March 21, which will reintroduce Prof Bonn to the local public as an interpretative artist, will be given under Music league auspices and with the assistance of an orchestra Of fftN or more players under Charles E. Farnham's direction. The orches- tral concert in itself will be well worth the moderate fee which VIII be charged for admission. as the players will comprise some thirty members of the New Haven sym phony orchestra. with recruits from the New York Philharmonic orches- tra, and a program including com positions by Beethoven. Tschaikow- ski and Sibelius will be presented. Prof Bonn will play the Saint Saens concerto No 2. in c minor. with or chestra. and group of piano pieces yet to be announced.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
IS IT A TRAP FOR THAwa
Jerome Seems to Be Bringing Out
 Strong Insanity Evidence.

New York. March 2-Every day of the Thaw trial. apparently takes Dis trict Attorney Jerome so much near- or to the foundation he is trying to lay for request for commission in lunacy as the first step in an attempt to send the slayer of Stanford White to Matteawan. When court recon. venes on Monday the examination of Dr B. D. Evans, the defense's prin- cipal expert, will be concluded and other medical men will be called for
 cross examination in n continuation of Mir Jerome's attempt to show that Thaw's insanity Is of such nature as to be incurable. Mir Jerome is firmly convinced that Thaw's mental condition is the result of parnnoIa and not of melancholia. as the de- fense has tried to show. Tn other words he believes that Tbaw's mem tai malady is of character which precludes the possibility that he could have been insane on the night he shot Stanford White. and sane today.
 Dr Evans has admitted that he be- lieves Thaw was insane in the fall of 1905. that he was again insane when he was married April 4. 1905 and was suffering from a brain storm on June 25. 1906. the night of the homi- eide. What his condition was be- tween these dates he has no means of knowing.
 It was determined last night. at a conference of the defendants coun- sel. held at the hotel of Dolphin M. Delmas. to endeavor by all legal means to combat the supposed att tempt of the district attorney to 3D. ply for a lunacy commission The lawyers were unanimous in the opin- ion that Harry K. Thaw's fate should be decided by tine jury and when their conclusions was reported to the wife and mother of the defendant they ac- quiesced in the decision, to fight the case to the end.
 One of the lawyers for the defense in speaking of the conference and it's decision. said that any attempt to send Thaw to the mad-house where he would have to remain until the in- dictment is disposed of. would be fought to the end.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
Liner Corona . Total Loss.

EUREKA, Cal, March 2.-The steam ship Corona ran on the rocks at the entrance.of Humboldt bay and is re. ported total loss. Four boatloads of people had been safely taken off when the report was sent. The vessel is straddllng the north point, and water men say she will go to pieces in few days. One sailor was drowned while trying to land on an oar. It is be- lieved another life was lost. The Coro- na left San Francisco on Thursday with 14O persons for Eureka. It be- longs to the Pacific Coast Steamship company and is commanded by Cap tain Boyd
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
Looking For Uncle san's sl7s.oo

CHICAGO, March 2.-George W. Fitzgerald, teller in the subtreasury from whose cage S173,000 disappeared was closely questioned by Chief wilkie and Captain Porter of the secret serv. ice, but was not able to give informa- tion beyond that already in the posses sion of the government Chief wilkie said that the government did not have the numbers of the missing bills and that it will be hard to trace them.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
WHITNEY IN NEW BRITAIN.
Did He Go There More Than Once
 and Did He Meet Walker?

New Britain, March 2.-There are no new developments in the search for w. F. Walker on the Pacific coast The hunt for him is still going on there.-
 It was learned this evening that Big" Whitney. the New York gamb- Ter and all. around crook. whose name has been mentioned in connection with the wire tapping story account tng for Walkers dropping large sum of money in fake betting on horse races. was positively seen in this city one day last fall. The bank directors admitted last night that they have been furnished with this information on the highest authority. but will not make public the source from which it was received. They investigated and are satisfied that Whitney was seen by man, who knows him, on Main street.
 The man who saw Whitney was so surprised that he could not believe if until he obtained closer view. and made sure of it. He came back a very few moments later, after attend. ing to a little business, with the in- tention of shadowing Whitney to see what he was up to, but Whitney had lighted out in the meantime. The man caught glimpse of him passing between trolley cars near the Central park turnout. He lost sight of him after that.
 .s.-. xt. xx-o.t-o, casa c,p,o nm and Big Whitney's name was men, toned in the newspapers. tbis man notified the bank directors. They To- cated the date as nearly as possible and believe that Walker was out of town about that time. It is quite pos. sible that Whitney may have been here at other times. if he was batting Walker on. hut if he did the direc- tors have been unable to find any ev- idence of it.
 Michael Naughton of No 342 High street is in receipt of a notice from Judge Nicholson of Bridgeport. attor- ney for the Baptist State convention. asking him to pay years interest due on second mortgage for SO0 through Walker. who negotiated the UPdt funds. Mir Naughton paid up the mortgage about four years ago. hut the Baptist church books evidently show that Walker kept on paying the interest up to year ago. as tho bill sent Mir Naughton is only for that length of time. Walker pockefed the principal Mir Naughton paid. and fooled the Baptists by keeping up the interest each year on his own book.
 It Is probable that this is only one of numerous such cases. and throws light on Walkers methods. He was caught in an endless chain. so to speak. Once behind hand. he kept selling morp bonds to keep up the interest on his previous thefts and cover up his tracks. Everyone be- Iieves Walker helped himself to enough at the finish 90 that he had his pockets full of cash 10 keep him s-roing for good long time to come.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
"Bonds of Commerce stronsest.'

"Bonds of Commerce Strongest"
 LONDON, March 2.-Lord Strathco na, the high commissioner for Canada acting on behalf of a number O friends, presented Sir Charles Tupper the former prime minister of Canada with full sized oil portrait of himsel in appreciation of his services to Can ada during the last sixty years. In hi address Lord Strathcona recalled 10 seph Chamberlain's message to th Canadian people in which he said, |" am profoundly convinced that of al the bonds uniting this nation the bon of commerce is the strongest"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
NO UNWRITTEN LAW
Judge Says No Man Has tho
 Right to Kill.
INSANITY PLEA FOR BOTH ACCUSED
state Holds That Tn Murder Trial For Death of W. F. Bywaters at Culpeper Expert Testimony
 should Be Ruled Ont.

should Be Ruled Ont.
 CULPEPER, Va, March 1.-The de fense in the case of the Strother broth CTS, accused of the murder of William F. Bywaters, began a line of testimony in their behalf to prove that they were 1 victims of emotional insanity when they shot and killed their victim, whom they had forced to marry their sister Viola.
 Dr. Charles H. Clark of St. Eliza beth's government asylum for the in. sane at Washington was the first wit ness called. He testified he had had fourteen years experience in the prac- tice of medicine, chiefly confining his practice to cases of mental disorder.
 MT. Moore of the defense submitted lengthy hypothetical question, recit- ing all the facts of the pending case as claimed by the defense, and con cluding by asking the witness how he would characterize the act of homicide committed under such circumstances.
 Before the witness could reply Mir. Keith, the commonwealth's attorney, objected on the ground that the ques- tion did not recite all the facts, espe- cially that the defendants were armed and had all along intended to do, under certain conditions, that which they did. The jury was withdrawn in order that the court might hear argument upon the admisslbility of the question.
 This case does not permit of expert testimony as it relates to emotional in. sanity" argued Attorney Wood. There are no more competent persons to de- eide the question of the mental condi- tion of these men than the twelve hon. est citizens who are trying them. To go farther than that, I will say that any unbiased man i'll this courtroom is better able to judge of the logic of this plea of emotional insanity than is this expert witness"
 Attorney Moore. for the defense, quoted q reference to the case of Gen eral Daniel E. Sickles, tried in Wash ington many years ago for the murder of Barton Key, which he declared es. tablished all the precedent necessary in the Strother case.
 At the conclusion of the argument Judge Harrison ruled that Dr. Clark's testimony was admissible, the hypo- thetical questions to be modified.
 Some reference has been made to the 'unwritten law I want to say most emphatically that so far as any court in this state is concerned there is no law or precedent on the subject. if by that is meant that any person can take in his hands the fighting of his wrongs. This explanation can only be submitted to mitigation of the of- fense, not in Justification. That ques- tion is not presented here. The court can simply lay down the rule of law that, no matter how great the provoca. tion may have been, if the offending person is of responsible mind and ca, pablo of responsible actions those ac- tions can only be considered in mitiga. tion of the offense and not as excuse or Justification {"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
WRECKED BY roalADo.

Wipes Out Town. but Only killa
 Two Negroes.
 LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March 2.--A special to the Arkansas Democrat from Hope, Ark, says that destructive tornado struck the town of Washing ton late at night and almost literally wiped 1t out of existence. Two ne. groes are reported killed, and several persons were injured.
 Among the buildings destroyed were the Presbyterian church. Episcopal church, Judge w. Y. Etter's residence T. H. Williams store, the residence of Sheriff Wilson and other structures. All wires are down.