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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
FARM LAND is AGAIN
REPORTED IN DEMAND
Several Pieces of Acreage in TuIare
County Are Transferred to New
Owners In Various
Tracts

The following sales are reported 10
have been closed through the agency of
o. L. Johnson. S21 San Fernando building,
Fourth and Main streets:
w. II. Hardaway to w. H. Wyman,
100 acres choice land in Tulare county,
four miles east of Tipton; Consideration
$4,000. w. S. Durston to Minta Durfee,
1866 West Forty-fourth street, $2500; r.
H. Anderson to W. S. Durston, two lots
at Ontario, 5000; w. III. Wyman to L. c.
Whaley, ten-room house. two-story, cor
ner of Curtis and Commonwealth ave-
nues, Alhambra. $4,000; o. c. Myron to c.
u. Iverson, vacant lot on Curtis avenue,
Alhambra, $500; w. II. Hardaway to o.
G. Myron, fifty acres of land four miles
north of Pixley in Tulare county, $4,000;
L. C. Whaley to o. L. Johnson, ten acres
of land in Tulare county near Upton 5000
Mr.. Johnson reports a brisk demand for
all classes of country property.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
MORE BUNGALOWS ARE
BUILT IN RAM oNA PARK

Althouse Bros report that they have
just started two more six-room bunga
lows in their new subdivision at Ramona
Park. These bungalows will cost about
$4,000 and VII be of stone and frame con
structlon and will contain all modern
improvements, such as hard wood floors
paneled wall. beamed ceilings, etc.
They also report quite demand for
lots in this tract.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
The MiIkman Rebuked

A very mild North of England vicar
had for some time been displeased with
the quality of the milk served him. At
length he determined to demonstrate
with his mllkman for supplying such
weak stuff He began mildly: 1--WE been
wanting to see you in regard to tha
quality of milk with which you are serv-
ing me-" ''Yes, SIR" uneasily answered
the tradesman. Il only wanted to say.
continued the minister. that I use the
milk for dietary purposes exclusively and
not for christening. THE Argonart.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
Future Is Secure

The potential power of the country is
so great, the resources yet to be laid
under requsition are so vast, the master
minds which have the genius to pilot the
nation in its march of unequaled pro-
press are so many ana their success is so
inseparably connected with the outcome
of the future that it would require a
plunge in,o the depths of pessimism to
believe honestly in final failure. Last
summer distinguished Frenchman pre-
dicted the October disturbance on the
score of the depletion of the worlds sup
ply of cash available for the continuance
Of the expansion then under way. The
fulfillment of his prophecy has made his
statement of few days ago. that the
United States would recover its former
prosperity ere long. worthy of credence
II our tentative statement regarding
the resumption Of gold payments this
week proves correct there is every rea-
son to believe that there will quickly be
an Increase Of realty transfers.
II cash were plentiful in the hands of
everybody the mere fact that banks do
not make specie payments would be
enough to deter individuals from invest
ing In property except under the most
favorable terms. Our bankers are con-
sidered the most thoroughly informed
body of citizens regarding financial con-
ditfons, they are the keenest to detect an
approaching disturbance, and upon their
Judgment, upon their unassuming ac-
fions unaccompanied by the expression
Of a judgment, the generality of people
depend
May history repeat itself this week,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
So for 81

For every dollar paid as first payment
up to $50 on any new piano we will
-e receipt for twice the amount
during our great MONEY BACK sale
now going on. Prices $l67 S209. 1882.
$33S. S377. S429. etc.
BARTLETT MUSIC CO.,
231 -233-235 5. Broadway, opp. city hall.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
INSPECTOR BAcKUS
TAKES A VACATION

]. ]. Backus, chief inspector of build
ings, has been granted a two weeks
leave of absence. During his vacation
the affairs of the office will be con-
Quoted by Mark Cohn.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
WILL HA We
FINE HOUSES
WAsHBuRN BROTHERS REPORT
GOOD SALES
South Pasadena Realty and Construc.
tion Work Is Acknowledging Inc
spector Does Not Take Finan-
ciaI Depression Seriously

The Washburn Bros. of South Pasa-
dena report the following sales:
Lot 75x1lS, on the west side of Diamond
avenue, between Monterey road, i'm
proved by u well built bungalow, was
sold for Mrs. Sarah Anderson 70 Mrs.
Mary E. Doughty for about $4,000. Mrs.
Doughty expects to make this her home,
for the present at least.
Lot 5Ox120, on the north side of Center
street near Palm avenue, was sold for
j. H Jacobs to Rev Harry e. Wilson
for about $1,000. This fifty feet adjoins
the 100 feet fronting on Center street at
the corner of Palm avenue, improved by
new seven-story house. which vas re-
Gently purchased by the Rev Wilson,
and was bought by him to give him a
larger frontage.
An eight-room two-story new house on
the west side of Westmoreland place,
near Monterey road, with lot 57X19O feet,
was sold for F. T.. Wheeler to 3. d. Fur
low for about $56OO This residence is
just completed by Mr.. Wheeler, who
built it himself, and is well built house,
splendidly located.
Three lots. each 50x150 on the north
side of Mission street, beginning at the
corner Montrose avenue and Mission
street and running east $50 feet on Mis-
sion street, were sold Tor u. ID. FurloW
to F. q. Wheeler for about $311. These
are three OIL the choicest lots in the new
B. D. FUrlow tract, which he is soon to
open up wldl street work done and side
walks in.
Building Active
Building conditions are keeping right
in touch with the excellent real estate
market. One of the finest residences on
Oak street is in process of erection at
the corner of Milan street, which is to
be the home of +. P. Bosbyshen, the we'll
known carriage and wagon builder,
whose wholesale store is on Los Angeles
street in Los Angeles.
The cost of building is vaguely esti-
mated at $4,000, an6 it is expected that
this sum will be exceeded when total
valuations are made on completion of
the contracts.
Mr.. Green, the manager of the Pasa-
dena Canning company, is erecting a
suitable home on Oak street and Ma
rengo. The lot is ssx2OO, sgiving all pos
sible space. The building will cost about
$4,000
Building permits are being issued reg
ularly by Mr. Packard, building inspec-
tor, who is, by the way, one of the many
South Pasadenans who are not taking
the financial depression seriously.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
Before and After

1 always like to hear a man
His views on matters truly state,
Before election comes around
Or after he a candidate.
Some men, when asked their views before
VIII say: Well, now, do not knowl"
But after 'lections come and gone,
They'll boldly say: II told you sol"
-YonSers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
ExpIaIned

Redd-What makes these automoblllsts go 80
fast?
Greene Why, haven't you noticed that the
faster they go the farther behind they leave
the smell Of gasolinel-Yonlsers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01

II you want TO go east. C. HaydoclS,
Agent Illinois Central r. r.. iis W. eth
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
Bartlett Music Co. at 1t Again

During our great MONEY BACK sale
we are giving receipt for twice the
amount paid up to $50 on any new
piano All popular sheet music lOc.
All classic 2-S off
BARTLETT MUSIC CO..
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-16
WILD TRIBE OF POETS.
Picturesque People That Are Found In
the Philippines.

Among the wild tribes to be found
In the Philippines are the Bogobos,
the most picturesque people in the
tropics. Their origin is unknown,
and all sorts of opinions have been
expressed concerning them One tale
told of them is that their first ances-
tors were all poets and musicians,
and that the dislike for the practical
which is always noticeable among
them has come down through the gen.
erations.
Those that have taught among the
Bogobos say that given song or
a poem to learn and they will study
and dream over it for hours, but give
the Bogobo a problem in arithmetic
and he Immediately becomes i'll and
wants to go home
Living at Santa Cruz, in the Davao
district, is, Miss Benedict, a Chicago
university woman, who is collecting
everything peculiar to the Bogobo-
1t has been found that the bead
work done by them is quite like that
of the American Indian. but there is
no other likeness in the races be-
yond that
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-16
She Did Not Fear Death.

An old lady on her seventy-third
birthday once said, Il do not mind
getting old, and 1 do not fear death,
but 1 live in constant fear of par
alysis."
For some time have been wanting
to tell you of the great good your
wonderful Sloan's Liniment is doing
here" writes Mr.. James F. Abernethy,
of Rutherford College, N G. In fact,
all your remedies are doing noble
work, but your Liniment beats all. In
my eight years experience with med
icine I find none to go ahead of it,
having tried it in very many cases. 1
know of one young man, brick-ma-
son, who suffered from a partial, yes,
almost complete, paralysis of one arm.
I got him to use your Liniment, and
now he can do as much work as ever,
and he sings your praise every day.
1 get all to use it I possibly can and
know there is great virtue in it. I
have helped the sale of your noble
remedies about here greatly, and ex-
pect to cause many more to buy them,
as 1 know they can't be beat"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-16

chambers, towers, eerie dens, a the
alter, hbrary-6S rooms in all
1t had $4,000 worth of hand carving
in the diningroom, and other appoint
ments of a similar extravaganza 1t
stands to-day, dark but proud. heir of
its hospitality to the distinguished
men and women of two continents
Horace Greeley used to visit there and
toast his shins before the library
CRATE; Conkling's name is indelibly
stamped upon the place and time, and
the man whose memory goes back to
the early seventies viii recall the high
jinks and the Sprague- Chase onkling
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-16

bilious man, Salmon P. Chase in his
cabinet as secretary of the treasury;
n time when Kate Chase dominated
Washington society and Influenced her
fathers eminent associates by the
force of her beauty and the spirited
.brilliance of her wit
Then and there William Sprague, q
.Gashing young fellow from Rhode
Isiand-its civI. war governor and
later its United States senator-brave.
handsome, clever, entered upon a ca
reer which makes fiction seem tame
and tragedy commonplace
Kate Chase is dead-she died in the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-16

and made her debut with the Boston
Symphony orchestra. Among other
numbers she sang the suicide aria
from the opera 'fGioconda.' Boston
critics caused Mrs. Sprague to quit
her proposed tour and return to
France. Defeat lay in ambush wher-
ever Sprague ventured forth. That
same year Mrs. Kate Chase died in
poverty in Washington.
There was, for instance, the case of
Orestes Alvord Weed, brother of Mrs.
Inez Sprague and her sister Mrs. Gerrit
S. Wheaton, who, in 1908 eloped with
Miss katherine d. de Roulhac, of New
York. Last year young Weed was
found dead at the Grand Union hotel
in New York from morphine poison
ing. His young widow and two hand
some children are all that remain of
his little household household
founded after many affairs of the
heart in which young Weed was the
debonair hero
Five years ago Gerrit 8. Wheaton
died and left his large interest in
Standard Oil to his young widow. sis
ter of Mrs. Inez Sprague, one time
wife of Willie Sprague, and mother
of Inez Sprague the second. The lat
ter was a beautiful girl. And she has
just blasted the great hopes of the
little war governor and his wife, by
clipping with Harry Williams Stiffness,
son of Chief Justice oohn H. Stiness,
Sprague's implacable enemy in the
Rhode Island supreme court, between
whose family and the clan Sprague
a feud has existed since 1874.
Marriage Promised Much.
Many had courted the girl. Finally
last year. when she was 81, she be-
came engaged to young Winpenny,
member of a prominent Pennsylvania
family. By this marriage, the
Wheaton fortune, coupled with Canon
Chef and it's acres, might yet make the
score even between the Spragues and
their enemies
But fate was against it.
, One day last spring Miss Inez an
nounced the breaking of her engage
ment to Mr.. Winpenny- On a day in
June she left Canonchet to go shop
ping in Providence There on June
| FL, at ST Stephens church. she mar
ried Harry Williams Stiffness without
previous announcement. Rev. Her
bert Barker performed the ceremony.
w. C. Rhoades and Wurst White were
witnesses. The spirited young lady
was not to be bothered with the forms
and frills of a conventional marriage.
1t is merely a matter of theory that
the acquisition of a husband on her
shopping tour was the item of chief
/ concern to Miss Inez- There was a
new hat. for instance
And because OF it Canonchet goes
| under the hammer at once. The
| Spragues are to quit Rhode Island and
America forever
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-16
Historic Cun0nchet,
S@House of Tragedy, >
Will No Longer Be
Home of Spragues

TIA OR SALE = A HIGHLY I'M
ia proved estate at Narragansetr
Pier, r. l., consisting of $50 acres
- of land, with beautifully furn-
ished mansion, upon which and the
stables greenhouses and other buildings
about 1000, 600 have been expended This
property is historically known as Can
onchet,'' the palatial home which Kate
Chase Sprague daughter of Salmon F.
Chase built about IS years ago at the
cost stated
So runs the circular-the house of
tragedy goes under the hammeri Who
wants to buy it?
You may have it, with the story of
the loves and hates of men and wom-
en- of a half century ago. With it go
memories of other days; of duels and
divorce; of Opponents, suicides, scan
dals and law suits without number.
Here Roscoe Conk1ing was once an
IGNORED guest; and here law, diplo-
macy and political strategy were made
and unmade. Blaine, Garfield, Beecher,
~Tilden, Ben Butler, Greeley, Dana,
Grant were all honored guests here.
Its rooms and halls are redolent with
memory to-day as they were three de-
caGes ago.
Who wants to buy? Name your
price.
tate on the Atlantic coast, is for sale
to the highest bidder. 1t is on the mar
ket because a girl chose to defy her
parents-Inez Sprague has eloped with
the son of her grandfathers bitterest
enemy.
As last of the direct line of the
Spragues, she was to have inherited
this baronial estate, worth at least ST.
Prf ha hr-nk hnr an
gagement with J. Harold Winpenny, of
Philadelphia. stayed in seclusion a
year and then eloped with Harry Will
Hams Stiness, son of Judge Stiness,
associate justice of the supreme court
of Rhode Island.
Can Never Forgive Her.
He did his utmost to accomplish
my financial ruin declared William
Sprague who was war governor of
Rhode Island when the north and
south decided to discuss their differ
ences at the cannon's mouth Il can
never forgive her.
The governor and Mrs. Sprague, his
second wife, retired to Canonchet to
make their plans. In order to gain
time they said not word when it was
asserted that they had forgiven the
clipping bride and that she and the
bridegroom would be welcomed there.
and that eventually she would inherit
the house of tragedy, the home of a
thousand memories of bygone days.
But their silence did not mean con-
sent. For when all their plans had
been formulated, Gov. and Mrs
Sprague instructed their lawyer
Henry Wellington Wack, of New York.
to arrange for the sale of the historic
estate, just as it now stands. A great
inheritance has been forfeited because
a young girl saw fit to make a shop
ping trip to Providence and then sud
denly make up her mind to get mar
rried.
Fall hack A years and march along
with the events Of the time, a time
when Lincoln had that able and am
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spraeue's Business Downfall.

Sprague's Business Downfall.
1t was in 1873 that the political and
social forces at work to ruin Senator
Sprague succeeded in accomplishing
their design. 1t soon became evident
that the fate of the A and w. Sprague
concerns, estimated to be worth $780,
100000, would be destruction. The
Spragues had been ambushed. When
the concerns failed in 1878, with more
than $50, O0O, 900 in actual assets and
less than $11, O0O,O of indebtedness,
the state of Rhode Island was almost
Frustrated q. Chaffee was appointed
trustee of the estate. The courts
wrestled with it for more than 20
years, and enterprises which once in
volved all of Rhode Island were laid
waste.
Domestic discord and estrangement
now interviewed to madden the prin-
c1pals in this drama. The three daugh-
ters of Gov. Sprague and Kate Chase
were being educated abroad willie"
Sprague, as he was called, the only
son, a strange composite of genius
and impulsive youth, was still at
home.
Robert Thompson had been appoint
ed trustee for the personal estate of
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ling its crystals To the idle after-dfn-
ner chat of surfeited company
1t was October, 1890, and the night
was chill when this self-absorbed party
suddenly learned the news of Willie
Sprague's death He had shot him.
self in a laborer's tent in the suburbs
of Tacoma The sign of blood was
again upon the house Of tragedy A
few days thereafter, when the poor
boys wasted body was being brought
home, final letter which he had ad-
dressed to his father came to light.
1t had been written in a tent assigned
to young Sprague as one of a gang
OF road 1aborers. In it he recited
some of his hardships- The boy COM
planned of the coarse quality of his
breakfast that day Here the letter
abruptly terminated. His body was
found beside the barrel on which he
had written his farewell.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-16

direst poverty. Her only son lies in a
suicides grave. Her daughters tried
the stage, but did nothing of conse-
quence But the life of Gov" Sprague,
as they call him still in Rhode Island,
is as eventful to-day as it was in the
times of war.
William Sprague's membership IN
the A & w. Sprague Manufacturing
company, doing business in all parts
of New England in the sixties, afford
ed him in wealth the power which
made him at the age of % the gov
ernor of Rhode Island. This was in
1860. His advent as such and as COM
mander-in-chief of the Rhode Island
soldiery, put him into the eye of the
country as a subject altogether out of
the ordinary
The civil war was on
Sprague was a mere youth, and one
of the heads of business enterprises
involving the employment of $4,000
workmen. His shops, mills and foun-
dries beclouded the sky with their in
dustry, until it was said, Whenever
you see smoke in Rhody, it belongs to
the Spragues."
He was governor-the youngest war
governor. AS chief in command of the
states military forces he insisted on
taking the field in person He was
always dashingly brave; so said his
soldiers. The masses hailed him as
their hero; others leoked on in won
der.
He went to the United States senate
in 1868 and served IL years.
Brilliant Kate CHASE
While United States senator he mar
ried Katherine Chase, famed as Kate
Chase, the beautiful daughter of Sal
mon P. Chase, Lincoln's secretary of
the treasury With this brilliant mar
riage began the social career which
sent the name of Chase-Sprague to the
greater salons of Europe and America.
Kate Chase in that day was account
ed the most brilliant woman in the So
ciety of her own country. She was
beautiful, she was diplomat of mar
velous methods, the homage of the
greatest statesmen of that time was
hers, she was the queenly leader of
Washington social and official life.
And what was her quest? The older
generation will recall the plot and the
Interpreting of those years to make
Salmon P. Chase president of the
United States. The fact that this great
ambition of daughter was never graf
flied was probably the precursor of
that adverse fate which has relent-
lessly pursued and gnawed the heart
of every Sprague ambition felt since
that time.
Early in her married life Kate Chase
Sprague built Canonchet, on an estate
of $50 acres at Narragansett pier.
The house was at that time
the grandest mansion on the
coast. 1t stands on the favorite
camping ground of Canonchet, chief of
the Narragansett tribe of Indians. 1t
cost a million dollars. Its furnishings
were brought from the stores of many
| countries. 1t is palace within,
strangely, voluptuously featured, a
! labyrinth of halls, hooks, salons,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-16
The Circus Lemonade.

Uncle Hiram-Be gosh, this here is
the blamedest weakest lemonade
ever drank.
Slangy Nephew-Gracious, uncle!
Maybe they handed you the lemon"
Uncle Hiram-Handed me a lemon?
Great grasshoppers! They didn't
even hand me a slice of lemon"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-16
Pay Women Small Wages.

About 80 tons of wooden rags are
collected annually at Smyrna and
shipped chiefly to England and France
They are sorted in Smyrna by women,
who get % to 80 cents day working
from dawn to sunset
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-16
Separated by Divorce.

quiry resulted in his discharge
Separated by Divorce.
Meantime, Kate Chase brought her
sensational suit for divorce. Gov.
Sprague filed counter charges. So
ciety glutted itself with gossip of the
case. A compromise was finally effect
ed by which both these charges were
Withdrawn and a charge of cruelty in
tefposed- On May 81, 1882, Kate
CAase-Sprague got the decree divorc-
ing her and giving her the right to re-
sumo her maiden name and the Gus
tody of the three daughters, Ethel,
Portia and Kitty.
On March s, 1888, the governor mar
ried his present wife. She was Dora
Inez Weed, of Virginia. She was then
IS and Gov. Sprague So. They imme-
diately went to Canonchet, where Mrs.
Sprague has since reigned as it's chat
| elaine.
For a while this romance seemed to
work revival of the governors olden
power. The Independent state con-
vention nominated him for governor
on March IA, 1888, a few days after he
had come north with his bride On
March 81, the Democrats also nomi-
mated him, and it looked as if the little
war governor would retrieve his for
mer place
Soon after the governor married his
present wife, his son, Willie, married
her sister, Avice Weed, of Whining
ton, Del. The governor then became
his sons brother-inlaw, and Willie's
wife was at the same time his sister
in-law and his daughter-in-law, and the
1
law and stepmother. Meantime, Kate
| Chase had retired to Washington with
| her three daughters.
| There was a hot campaign. But the
old-time war governor was not reflect
ed. 1t almost broke his heart-he.
governor of Rhode Island in the civil
war, leader of her troops, United
| States senator for two terms, defeated.
| Unfortunate Willie Sprague.
| After a few silent and pathetic years
| down there by the sea, the household
of Sprague was again disrupted Willie
Sprague had again come under the in
| fiuence of his mother He became a
reporter on a Washington paper, then
shifted to similar position in New
York. A beautiful girl was born to his
wife-Inez Sprague-and the present
Mrs Sprague became at once an aunt
and a grandmother
Willie's wife procured a divorce from
him and married Gerrit s Wheaton.
a welcome guest at Canonchet for
/ three years Wheaton was a million
aire, Willie Sprague was an cratic
genius, at times exceptionally bril-
| liant. always impulsive, loving and at
| fectionate-
| Canoncnet was having its house par
| ties and the halls were aglow with
oriental splendor- The F1orentine
fountain on the dining-room was trick