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MAN SHOT BURGLAR GUEREIN.
Charles Smith. American. Accompanied by
n Woman. Wounded Him.
Special Gable Despatch 10 THR sun.

.NpfcIlI Cdbt DtSpdtth 70 IHH sun.
LONDON, June 16.-lt is learned that
Edward Guerein, the Chicago burglar,
who was shot last night in the foot on Oxford
street. was not shot by a woman, as was
first stated, but by an American Of the
name of Charles Smith, who was accom-
panied by May Churchill, who is known as
Chicago May.
The couple are alleged to nave been
former c~onfederates Of Gtlerein, who escaped
some time ago from Devils Island, where
he was sent for a crime committed in
France, and whose e%xtradition to France
was refused on Friday by Lord Chief Justice
Alverstone on the ground that he is a British
subject and as such could not be extradited
to France for a crime committed there.
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MERELY TWO ONLO0KERS HIT
In the Latest Battle Of the HcIl's Kitchen
and O'IearN Dang.

anu blehrS GanBA.
The Hell's Kitchen and the O'Leary
gangs that have been whooping up things
of late over on the West Side got together
again early yesterday morning, and as a
result two truck drivers are in Roosevelt
Hospital with gunshoL wounds. From
what the police gathered a Hell's Kitchener
swiped the girl of an O'Leary follower
and the gang from Fifty third street in
vaded the Kitchen to do things,
The mobs were blazing away with re-
volvers when Daniel Driscoll, "a years
old, Of 416 West Thirty-ninth street, and
James Lewis, "a years, a negro, of 4ss
West T~wenty-ninth street. got in the path
of the bullets. Neither of the men belones
to either faction. They had Just come
from putting up their teams in a stable on
Thirty-ninth street when they saw the
fight AT Tenth avenue and butted in to see
what was doing. Driscoll stopped a bullet
with his right thigh and Lewis stopped
two, one with his right forearm and the
other with his right leg.
The injured men were removed to the
hospital, bat the police Of the West Thirty
seventh street station didn't get around
IN time TO arrest any Of the scrappers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-17
I'LL FATED LAUNCH CONDEMNED
Report That She Was Not Confirmed No
More Bodies Found.

WASHINGTON. June 1e.-The Navy De
partment to-day received a despatch frog
Rear Admiral Emory. in command Of the
warships in Hampton Roads, saying that
search was continued to-day for the bodies
Of the missing midshipmen and sailors Of
the i'll fated Minnesota launch, but that
there were no further developments. The
search will be continued tomorrow. 1t
was rumored here to-day that the launch
which went TO the bottom with the eleven
men aboard had been condemned. but this
report could not be confirmed.
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WARRINGTON FORECAST FOR TO DAT AND TO MORROW
For ean,rn HeD York. eastern Pennsdrdnid,
Nep Jsrstv and Doduars, far and pdrnsr 10 day;
rair and continued pdm 10 .morroW; Hight 10 fresh
UssfsHp uiHd5.
For New England. fair and continued warm
weather to-dsy and 10 morrow; light 70 fresh
westerly winds.
Por the District ~ Columbia. Maryland and
Virginia. fair and warmer 10 day; fair and con
tlnued high temperatures to morrow. ltyht variable
winds, mostly uorthe6steriy.
For western New YorE and western Pennsyi o
vAnis, fair and warmer 10 day: fair 10 morrow
and possibly showers along the Lahesi fresh south
westerly wlndB.
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PoUaHKEEPsIE, N. Y, June 1a.- was
learned to-day that DR.. F. l.. Gammage,
formerly head master OF st. Paul's School,
Garden City, L.. l., has purchased for $3.50. 900
the Duchess House. a large hotel at Pawling,
which he will remodel at a cost Of 5000
for a new school.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-17
Married In an U~ndertaker's Establishment.

Married IN an undertakert Establishment.
A wedding took place on Saturday night
in ex-Freeholder William J. Moran's under
taking establishment at 147 Montgomery
street. Jersey City. The decorations we're
embalminR boards. Grape and sample
oofhns. The contracting parties were Bur-
ton J. schermerhorn, II years old, a ship
ping clerk FOR the stann Transportation
Company. living at 700 jersey avenue
jersey City, and Miss Amelia Gienand. %.
OF $50 Firpt street, Hoboken. Justice Of the
Peace Edward ]. Golden of8ciated
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
DELAWARE

DOVER, Del, Sept. H.-Harry Carpen-
ter, the young man who is charged with
yielding to his abnormal liking for water
melons and breaking into car In transit
over the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Wash
ington railroad at Harrington, has been
committed to Dover prison to await trial
at the October term of Kent county court.
Carpenter was arrested in Wilmington
while leaving a theater.
Miss Ethelyn M. Hardesty, who recently
graduated from the Wilmington Confer
ance academy, is - " autumn bride.
Former Assemblyman and Mrs. William
G. Hardesty, her parents, have issued
wedding announcements. Miss. Hardesty
became the bride of Clarence Grant
Cleaver in Washington, ID. C.
| WILMINGTON. Del. Sept. 2i-1lad it
not been for the honesty of Brakeman
VanSant of the Pennsylvania railroad
farmer near Newark, Del, would nave
been minus $4,000. When the farmer left
/ the train at Newark VanSant found a.
wallet in the seat, and opening it, dis
covered the money. He pulled the rope
to stop the train and backing to the
station found the farmer and returned
the money.
NEW CASTLE-In st. Peters R. c.
church the bans were announced of the
coming marriage of Miss Rose S. A
McGinn of this city and Joseph A.
Young of Wilmington, to take place
September &C.
WILmlNGToN-Mrs Firmin A. New
kirk, aged 70 years. died from the effect
of falling downstairs at her home in
South Wilmington.
MILFoRD-Chicken thieves are max
ing nightly raids on the poultry houses
of suburban residents and farmers who
live near town. The latest victim re-
ported is Alfred .Truitt, tenant of the
Bivens Donovan farm on the east sidS
of Milford near Marshall Mill. Fifty
hens and pullets were drawn from his
house after nightfall and the thieves
left tracks and two or three good clues
DOVER-Dover is to have a modern
skating rink. Gearge w. Baker, jr., who
has erected a new building on LOCKER
man street, is preparing to equip it for
opening by October 1.
KENTON-David S. Clark, collector of
customs for Delaware, is a Methodist
minister, and the revenue collector has
been occupying the pulpit of Kenton M. e.
church this week during the absence of
the pastor upon his vacation.
LEWES-Business continues unusually
good among the menhaden fishermen. The
twenty-three menhaden fish steamers are
now catching an average of 10000 barrels
daily and Lewes' three mills are being
operated night and day to manufacture
the fish into scrap and oil.
HARRINGTON-The executive board of
the Sussex County Sunday School as
sociation, at a meeting in Greenwood
M. E. church, prepared complete pro-
gram for the Sunday school convention
to be held in the -letho1lst Episcopal
church at Georgetown on October z
and o.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
TIE LATE NEWS FROM YOUR OLD HOME STATE
! KENTUCKY LOVERS DIE
TOGETHER; SUICIDE PACT

4 ASHLAND. Ky, Sept. 21.-As the i
!. result of parental objection and !
!. suicide pact, pretty little Isabelle i
4. Zetron and her sweetheart Tommy =
!. Bales, are lying with hands folded i
!. in two white caskets az the homes i
4. of their broken-hearted parents. near i
i York, in Greenup county; and all the 4
4. countryside is talking of the child j
4. ish romance that eliminated in the +
!. tragedy. y
i. Tommy and Isabelle had been 1.
i. reared from infancy on adjoining +
!. farms, and had gone through school +
4 together. They had formed an at I.
j. tachment that was apparently deep i
4. er than their parents suspected, for j.
I. only a few weeks ago they ran y
i. away from home and attempted to !.
!. get married at the county seat, but 4
!. were refused on. account of their i.
i. tender years, neither being yet j.
!. 16. Their parents learned of the +
i. escapade and refused to allow Tom !.
!. my to see Isabelle again. But Tom +
/. my managed to see his child sweet I.
1. heart and gave her bottle of car ].
i. bolic acid Both agred to take 1t at !.
j. the same time II another appeal i
!. failed. Tommy was to see his own !.
1. and Isabelle's parents once more i.
4 and endeavor to gain their consent !.
+ to the marriage, and, failing in this, !.
!. he was to signal Isabelle. and at the +
+ same hour both were to swallow the Z.
!. fatal draught 4
i The parents refused, and the chill !.
!. dren ended their lives. In the girls 4.
i. room was fouL- note telling the 4.
!. whole pitiful story. They will be !.
i buried together in the same bury !.
j. irg ground. !.
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
WOMAN USES A GUN
TO ENFORCE COLLECTION

\ ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Sept. H.-Mrs. :!
/. Jennie Sehrue, wife OF John Sehruc, !
!. former policeman of Granite City, !
i but who now runs a truck farm three !
1. miles northeast of Granite City, has !
I. acquired the reputation of being one !
:. of the bravest little women In Madl- >
+ son county, and has also introduced !
i novel way of collecting debts !
i The Sehrue farm is large and in !
1. one corner is a watermelon patch, !
i and the melons are said to be the !
!. finest in the land. !
i The Illinois Central and Glover !
!. Leaf railroad tracks pass the melon !
!. patch, the Clover Leaf having !
!. switch directly opposite where trains !
!. meet !
i For some time past the Sehrues !
1. have been missing their large, juicy !
!. watermelons and they have not real I
!. lied in dollars and cents what they !
\ should have this year. Mrs. Sehrue !
! became suspicious and decided to !
j keep an eye on the watermelons. \
4 Wednesday afternon a Glover Leaf !
!. train pulled onto the switch. Mrs. i
!. Sehrue was watching from the kitch- !
1. en- window and saw the engineer, i
!. fireman. conductor and brakeman, i
+ five in al, make bee-line for the J.
i watermelon patch. She grabbed \
j. shotgun and made circle of the i
i field catching the intruders each !
J. with a watermelon in his arms. i
i Mrs. Sehrue called the five to at J.
!. tention by having them get into line. \
i Boys, those melons will just cost i.
:. you 80 cents each" she said. The !.
!. train crew protested but offered !.
!. Mrs. Sehrue 25 cents each, claiming \
!. that was all they were worth. +
! You fellows were not invited into !.
!. my field" continued Mrs. Sehrue, j.
!. land 1 suppose if 1 wanted to 1 could !.
!. make them cost you more than s. !.
+ each. Now. 1t Is so cents each for j.
!. the melons or you will all go to Jail" 4
!. When Mrs. Sehrue spoke of Jail and !.
! with the gun pointed in their direc- 1.
\ ton. the men hastily gave her the !.
+ correct change and lost no time In !.
+ getting back to the railroad. 4
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
MASSACHUSETTS

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. 21-At the
fourth annual women's clambake the
baseball game between the married wo-
men and the single women broke up with
a hair-pulling contest. Real beer was
served and each woman was limited to a
single bottle. The bail game came after
the bake and ended in a genuine row at
the end of the first inning. Mrs. Andrew
]. Tucker, who managed the bake, asked
after it was all over: II wonder if men
have so much trouble at their clam
bakes?
BOSTON-Sailing with the old passen-
ger rates still operative, the liner Cana
dian established a new transatlantic rec
ord by carrying not single passenger.
The Leyland company decided to meet the
reduction in rates by the Cunard and
White Star lines, and cut it's cabin prices
from Boston to Liverpool from $40 to $50.
STONEHAM-Dr. Scott Emery Watson
of Clinton. a former Stoneham high school
baseball star, was married to Miss Alice
Eva Hemenway, the wedding taking
place at the home of the brides mother
at 40 Lincoln street. The Rev. Frank o.
Starratt, pastor of the Baptist church,
officiated.
HOLYOKE-Former State Senator Mar
cieme H. Whitcomb, the originator of
the liquor license law now in force in
many of the cities of the commonwealth,
died of pneumonia at his home. Mr.. Whit
comb was born in Vermont seventy years
ago.
BOSTON-Three Chinese girls, wards of
the emperor, two of them of royal blood,
and the first Chinese women sent by the
government of that country to America
to be educated, arrived at Wellesley col
lege.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
TENNESSEE

BRISTOL, Tenn, Sept H.-In order
to block the construction of the South &
Western about two years ago, the South
ern organized the johnson City Southern
to parallel 1t for a distance of more tina n
100 miles. Then came contest over right
of way from Embreeville, Tenn, to Burns
vile, N. c., and through the Nola Chucky
Gorge, both claiming priority in the loca
tion of their line.
Judge PEBBLES of North Carolina has
rendered a decision giving the advantage,
without compensation, for about $l000)0
worth of grading done by the Southern.
SODDY-James Pickle is spending this
week in Cincinnati buying fall goods for
Soddy Coal company.
M. M. Cliff of Chattanooga visited his
brother, Capt. Cliff, Tuesday and found
his slowly improving.
Horace Bowling is spending this week
at his home near lockwood.
TASSO-Miss Ola Mcfarland of Ross
vile, Ga, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
James Julian.
Mrs Jim Bates will leave for her homo
in Knoxville this week, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Billie Keith.
Miss Daisy Kibler will leave soon for
a visit to Estell and Summerville, Ga.
Miss Emma Baldwin very charmingly
entertained the Needework circle this
afternoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
VIRGINIA

RICHMOND. Va, Sept al. Pierpont
Morgan of New York has leased for six
weeks fashionable home near the JEFF
ferson hotel and will occupy it with his
family and guests during the triennial
session of the Episcopal council, begin
ming October 1. sIIe will pay $4,000 month
rent.
WINCHESTER = Mrs. Eliza Jane
Groves, widow of John Groves, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph
Cooley, after brief illness, aged 81 years.
Four children and several brothers and
sisters survive her.
PETERSBURG = Richard F. Wheel
house, young workman, who shot and
killed his uncle. John Wheelhouse, and
was himself desperately wounded in a
pistol duel on Washington street on the
night of July 49, was acquitted of the
charge of murder in the mayors court,
all witnesses testifying that the older
man drew first
William Archie Traylor. 6S years old,
we'll known resident of Matoca, in Ches-
terfield county, was instantly killed while
attempting to cross the Belt Line tracks
of the Atlantic Coast line railroad at a
point near Ettrick, in Chesterfield.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
GEORGIA

SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept 21.-George Dix
on, colored fell from the mizzenmast of
the schooner Josephine, ninety feet to the
deck below, and was instantly killed His
arms and legs were broken in numerous
places, his skull also being crushed.
ATLANTA-Louis A. Gourdain, the &C.
centric millionaire VINO attracted much
nQtoriety by declaring that unless the
court sent him to jail he himself would
build prison and be his own warden, be,
came insane at the federal prison here
this week and was taken to Washington,
where he will be paced in the govern
ment insane asylum.
FITZGERALD = Twenty seven white
men were arrested by Chief of Police
Short and special posse The men were
engaged in an organized effort to drive
out negro residents 1t was feared an
other attempt would be made and the
sheriff swore in number of deputies.
The local militia was held in readiness
and Governor Smith was notified that the
militia might be needed.
ATLANTA-The North Georgia Elec-
trio company was placed in the hands of
receiver on petition of Ellwood Allen
and w. d. Chamberlain of Dayton, Ohio,
and the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany.
AS an alleged retaliation of the en-
forcement of reauced passenger rates by
the state railroad commission, the Georgia
Will advance the freight on coal shipments
from all mine points to Georgia from 5
to 10 cents per ton, enective October /.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
OHIO

| TOLEDO, o., Sept H.-Depot Master
James Hogan of the Uniol. station was
hailed into court to tell why he should
not pay a bill for $216.
! COLUMBUS-Jail statistics completed
| in the office of the secretary of state
| show some of the working of the juve-
nile court law ano indicate that under
the provisions of tn, law now in force.
enacted by the last general assembly,
| by which incorrgible and criminal
youths are being cared for In homes of
detention and other forms of treatment.
there is large diminution of the jail
| population of Ohio.
The Republican primaries closed one
| or the most exceptionally warmly con-
tested nomination fgnLs that has been
waged in Columbus in years. G. A. Bond
was nominated for mayor by probably
1900 plurality
| BEREA-Weather conditions being
much better, crowd of 5000 attended
the last day of the West Cuyahoga
county fair
The crowd was made up largely of
city people, while previously the country
folk were far in the majority. Over
fifty automobile parties came out from
Cleveland to take in the big day
LORAIN-Henry z. Ryding, master
mechanic and general superintendent of
the rail mill of the United States Steel
mill here has rendered his resignation
to take effect October 1. Mr. Ryding
goes with the Tennessee Coal and Iron
company as general manager of it's
plant at Birmingham, Ala.
COLUMBUS, O., Sept H.-Two Akron
contractors, with Senator N. o. Mather
of Akron as their attorney, appeared be-
fore the state board of public works
in an effort to be released from doing
work which will cost about $4,000, because
1t is the most expensive and undesirable
portion of their big canal contracts with
the state.
TOLEDO-From FIT. W ,rth, Tex, to this
city Mrs. l.. J. Kildow raced to arrive
at the bedside of her dying son, F. j.
Stout of Norwalk, general manager of
the Lake Shore Electric Railway COM
pany.
Stout's death is a question of hours.
MARIETTA-Southern Ohio postal au-
thorities have started crusade against
the illustrated card fad and the first
two arrests were made in the persons of
Roy Jones' an attendant at the Athens
insane asylum, and Thomas Huffman of
Nelsonville.
GENEvA-Harry Brown, thirty, day en-
gineer at the Champion Safety Lock
companys plant, was found dead near the
flywheel his head crushed and his neck
broken.
RAVhNNA-Striking italian sewer dig
gers in the middle of the town attacked
another gang of Italian laborers who had
taken their places.
BELLEFONTAINE- family reunion
was held in honor of Mrs. Christian
Evans Reese, who at 81 years of age is
probably the oldest resident of Center
county Her health and activity are re-
markable. Her home is on Muncy noun
tain. Mrs. Reese. whose maiden name
was Elizabeth Evans, was born in Fer
guson township, this county, March 6,
1870 2
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
RHODE ISLAND

CENTRAL FALLS, r. l., Sept. IL
Branch William O'Brien, I. N. F., met
and listened to the report of the commit
tee on anniversary exercises, Whlcn are
to be held on the first Sunday in Novem-
ber The form of entertainment wnicn
Is to be gil en- in connection with the al
fair has not yet been decided upon.
NEWPORT, r. l., Sept. A.-Prvate
James S. Steep of the One Hundred and
Tenth company of coast artillery at Fort
Adams. now serving sentence In the Provi-
dence county Jail on the charge OF carry
ing concealed weapons declares that ne
had intended killing Mrs. Ellen Mansneio,
her daughter, to whom he says ne was
engaged, and then ending his own life'
PROVIDENCE-Three hundred and h1ty
foreers and boltmakers of the PawtucksI
Manufacturing company and the haskei
Manufac cturing company, also OF raw
tucxet went on strike, demanding an IN
crease of 10 per cent.
For the first time in the history OIL t',e
state a woman has applied for anu peen
GRANTED nv the BARRIERS commission tne
rieht to work as an apprentice in the
ranks of the knights of the razor. Inc
Young woman is Miss Maize A Niles OF
81 Warren street. ~
WICKFORD-Comme ol ~.
2oOtb anniversary of the founding Oh tne
Narragansett Episcopal church one OF
the Oldest of that faith in America, was
begun and will end with an nistoriear earn,er ae
dress bv Rev. Daniel Goodwin, former
rector of the church.
PRovIDENCE-An Apponaug ana hass
Greenwich car and an Admiral anu
Friendship street car collided on Wey-
bosset street. near Union; but neither %saee
We're few passengers aboard either car
Amidee Gingras, conductor, and 9. 2.
osbery, motorman, were the crew OF 1.1ae .ne
Annonaug car, that of the Admiral strees
car heing peter Creegan. conductor, and
A. M. Taylor, motorman.
wooNsoCKET-Th Lawton Spinning
company. which already operates Dig
yarn mill here. officially states tina tnat ors II
80 ,,oarine q different kind of yarn, pro-
vided lft that ten years exemption from tax
alton is given.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
KENTUCKY

FRANKFORT, Ky, Sept. 2l.-The com,
monwealth of Kentucky paid off its last
bond and is out of debt, with surplus OIL
several hundred thousand dollars in the
treasury The bond paid was one OF
$25, 900. Notwithstanding Kentucky mas
discharged her bonded indebtedness she
has built a capitol costing S1,0O0,0OO, TWO
state normal schools, a soldiers home ana
a home for orphans, enlarged every state
institution and extended her common
school term to six months, all on tax
rate of so cents on $iO0.
LEXINGTON : Miss Judith Morton
daughter of Judge and Mrs. j. r. Morton:
was killed by her horse bolting ana
throwing her. She had gone for galiop
with William Hart, hotel proprietor.
Hart stopped to adjust his saddle ana
Miss Morton went ahead. Her morse De-
came frightened and ran down hlu. Sne
was thrown over its head and her Skull
crushed.
WHITESBURG-Follo the murder
of young Zeke Hall by John Fugate ana
Dolph Holbrook at Beavercreek In dls-
pute over a settlement of cents, ofhcers
who went to the scene discovered the
mutilated bodies of Alfred Hall, "a years
old. and Albert Elkins, II, whom Fugate
and Holbrook it is suspected, robbed ana
murdered Elkins had 500 on MS person.
The victims bodies were found under
dense underground. Fugate ana f1oi"
brook are defying arrest.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
LOUISIANA

NEW ORLEANS, La. Sept. 21.-With
$4,000 in cash on his person George w
Letten, son of Charles e. Letten, default
ing tax clerk, was arrested here today.
The police are holding the money, which
it is claimed is part of the 100000 or more
which the young mans father confessed
to having stolen
CROWLEY, La, Sept. 21-The tracks
of the Opelousas Gulf & Northeastern
railroad are completed to within 5000 feet
of the Crowley depot and it is announced
that they will be completed WITHIN the
week and trains will be running in a few
days The passenger depot is nearly fin
ished and the freight depot will be built
at once.
NEW ORLEANS-Floyd Bigelow Dean
professor of music at the Boston conser-
vatory, was married at Napoleonville
La, to Miss Laurence Munson daughter
of the, late Henry A. Munson, wealthy
sugar planter Miss Munson attended the
Boston conservatory and graduated from
there recently.
JENNINGS-Joseph Milstear was ar.
rested and taken to Lake Charles fol
forging the name of Milo F. Gilbert tc
check for $50. He bought some clothing
from Theodore Kahn.