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Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
FLAMES DESTROY
PATTERN SHOPS
FIREMEN SAVE TWO BIG OIL
TANKS
Storehouse with Valuable Contents
and Blacksmith shop Burned as
Result Of Spreading Sparks
from smoIdering Forge

fire last night destroyed the pattern
storehouse. blacksmith shop and offices of
the American Engineering and Foundry
company at South Mateo and East Slxth
streets shortly after o'clock.
The blaze started by sparks from
smoldering blacksmith forge, and before
the firemen arrived the whole building
was enveloped in flames.
Before the fire was finally under control
the shop of the Union Oil Tool company
adjoining was damaged to the extent Oh
Harry Keough, an 11-year-old boy, dis
covered smoke in the alley between the
Office and machine shop and promptly
turned in an alarm from the box at the
corner of Mateo and Sixth streets.
A moment later the night Waterman Oh
the Union Tool company saw names on
the opposite side of the blacksmith snop
and sent in an alarm from oox IN tne
tool companyS shop.
The two alarms brought all the engines
from the east side of the scene: Within an
hour the storehouse was but mass OF
smoking ruins.
Considerable anxiety was occasioned by
the close proximity of two crude oil tanks
containing about 1000 gallons which stood
only 800 feet from the burning buildins,
but the prompt work of the fire depart
meat prevented the oil from 1gnitng-
Ine the storehouse were $4,000 worth OF
patterns. all of which were destroyed.
Foreman Nelson and four pattern makers
were among the first to arrive and sue
ceeded in carrying out most Of their tool
boxes.
The building was frame and sheet iron
structure, and with the infiammable pat
terms offered but slight resistance to the
flames which, famed by a brisk wind,
spread quickly.
The building and contents were fully
covered by insurance.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
The Knockout Blow.

The blow which knocked out Corbett
was a revelation to the prize fighters.
From the earliest days of the ring the
Knockout blow was aimed for the Jaw,
the temple or the jugular vein. Stomach
punches were thrown in to worry and
weary the fighter, but If scientific man
had told one of the old fighters that the
most vulnerable spot was the region of
the stomach, he'd have laughed at him
for an ignoramus. DR.. Pierce is bringing
hope to the public parallel fact; that
thd SeQmacA Is the most vulnerable organ
out of Ehe prize ring as well as in it. We
protect Pur. .hSaGS, throats, feet and lungs,
but theIdAsmsS6<we are utterly indIffer.
ent TO, until diseASAfnds the solar plexus
and knocks us out Make your stomach
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. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and
You project YQurself I'M YOUR most Ypiner-
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The Golden Medical Discovery" has a
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surfaces and hence cures catarrh, no
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is well to cleanse the passages with DIR.
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stomach, bowels, bladder and other pelvic
organs will be plain to you If you will
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triple-refned glycerine being used instead.
Dr. Pierce's great thousand-page illus
trated Common Sense Medical Adviser
will be sent free. paper-bound, for q one
cent stamps, or cloth-bound for 81 stamps.
Address DR.. Piezce rs above.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
CLAIMANT TO ESTATE
MUST PAY BAY BACK RENT,

In decision handed down yesterday by
Judge BorClwell of the superior court
Mrs. May Jesse is ordered to pay the two
months rent for the house at "a south
Grand avenue, as sued for by o. A. and l..
w. Houghton.
Mrs. Jesse claims that the house was
given to her by George Collins, wealthy
"a
Besides the bill of sale, by which she
claims the transfer Of the property was
made, there was offered in evidence a
contract dated December 2S by the terms
Of which she was TO have possession OF
the house, whether she paid rent or not,
The Houghtons claim that Collins left
the house to them, along with $500 600
worth of property by a will In which he
death of Collins they demanded that Mrs.
Jesse pay them $3.50 month rent.
Mrs. Jesse contested the Will, and the
case is set for hearing before Judge RlVes.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
SPANISH TEACHER
CLEARED BY JURY
Rafael GaIIegos Exonerated of
Charges of Purloining Books from
Store of Cunningham, Cur
tbs &. WeIch

Raphael M. Gallegos, who was charged
with stealing books from the store of
Cunningham, Curtis & Welch at 252 South
Spring. about two weeks ago. was yes
accused by the manager of the store of
walking off with some very expensive
books and forgetting to pay for them.
In court yesterday the attorneys of
Gallegos-Rush, Willis and Davis-showed
that Mr.. Gallegos possessed a fine repu-
tation and was no criminal They said
had been merely absent-minded.
Some very interesting documents were
introduced by the defense to prove that
Gallegos was man. Of good character.
retary to King Alfonso of Spain. 1t was
letter of accommodation from his
majesty to some people in South America,
and gave Gallegos a very good name.
Other letters from the presidents of Qua
temala and Ecuador also substantiated
the record of the kings secretarys letter.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
Kali AMI ikULLEI
COUNCIL SETTLES
TENDERS TODAY
FINAL DISCUSSION CONCERNS
lNTERURBAN CARS
Hartman Buys Corvallis Line for
Four Millions, to Get Control Of
Finoat Oregon Mountain

This morning at the committee of the
whole meeting In the council chamber II
is probable that the question OF forcing
the equipment of interurban cars with fen
ders while operating inside the city will
be settled permanently
An ordinance has already been passed to
the effect, but the trolley companies are
oppose the law.
Most of the councilmen are already COM
mitted in opposition to discriminating be-
tween the city and interurban companies
in exempting the big cars from using fen
ders. They believe the mechanical talent
of the companys machinists can devise
way of quickly attaching and detach1ng
tenders SO that they can be dropped or
adjusted as soon as the city limits are
reached The city has no control beyond
the limits In the county the companies
prefer to maintain the big cow catchers
rather than the light eclipse tenders
which they say might buckle and derail
the cars if distractions are struck.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
POISON BOTTLE
SCARES HUSBAND
DECLARES WOMAN is CHASTITY
JOKER
Ferdinand lie Cam Asks for Divorce
Because His Wife Had Pleasant
Way of Suddenly simu-
Iating Suicide

Because his wife made his life miser-
able with her repeated threats of suicide,
Ferdinand H. LeCam wants a divorce.
The case was argued yesterday befors
Judge Monroe in department Of the su-
perior court, when attorneys for Mrs.
LeCam entered a demurrer to the COM
plant on the ground that the defendant
was only indulging In little harmless
pleasure when she drew a razor across
her throat and pretended to take poison.
LeCam told of her having walked him up
in the middle of the night by suddenly
jumping out OF bed and drinking the con-
tents of bottle which she said was car
bolic acid
Horror stricken, he hastily summoned a
neighbor and found his wife rolling on tho
floor in paroxysms of agony. After work
ing over her for some minutes she sud
denly jumped to her feet and laughingly
exclaimed that she was only fooling.
Such tricks have been repeated, LeCam
insists, until patience has ceased to be
virtue.
The court overruled the demurrer and
the case will be set for trial at an early
date.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
ATTORNEYS WIFE is
GIVEN DIVORCE DECREE

Mrs. Gertrude Potter Of 1904 Lenox ave-
nue. was yesterday granted a divorce from
Bernard Potter, well known Los An
geles attorney. Judge Bordwell, in depart
ment of the superior court, rendered the
decree.
Extreme cruelty and several specific acts
of infidelity were charge in the complaint,
but the court remarked in handing down
the decision, that the testimony In the
trial proved most aggravated case of
legal extreme cruelty, and on that ground
allowed the decree.
At the trial evidence was produced
showing that Potter had been intimate
with former client, and when detected
by his wife agreed to cease his attentions
to the other woman. Instead, it was de-
clared, he repeatedly broke his promises
and continued to neglect his wife, treat
ing her with contemptuous insolence.
No mention was made in the decision of
alimony or other allowance.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
FIREWORKS ORDINANCE
WILL BE ENFORCED

Boys who like to have a premature
Fourth of July had better beware, for the
recent ordinance passed by the city coun-
Gil making it a misdemeanor for any one
to 'set fire, set off or discharge any fire.
cracker, bomb, torpedo cartridge, cannon,
detonating cap or other firework in the
city of Los Angeles, without permit in
writing from the chief of police" Is now
in force and yesterday Acting Chief
Flammer issued a bulletin to his men in
structing them to see that the ordinance
is observed
One day is excepted by council on which
fireworks may be discharged in Los An
geles if its citizens wish to discharge
them. That is the Fourth of July, but
must restrain their pent up enthusiasm
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
WOMAN SEWERS
HAND FROM ARM
FANATlCAL EXPIATI0N BEFORE
CATHEDRAL ALTAR
Mrs. Helen Hurley, Apparently De-
mented, Cuts Wrist with Butcher
Knife and Then Rushes
to Church

ITS an atonement," shrieked Mrs
Helen Hurley, waving the bloody stump
of her wrist before the horrified gaze OF
Father Beaudry at the sanctuary of st.
Viyiana's cathedral during mass yester-
day morning, and then threw herself be-
fore the altar of the Sacred Heart and In
burning words poured forth the story OF
her fanatical expiation.
"Oh Sacred Heart of Christ" moaned
the woman, as drop after drop OF blood
fell from the stump of her dismembered
arm and pattered on the altar steps.
II sought to annul my marriage. The
finger of my left hand bore my wedding
ring. L could not wash hthe trace "
with butcher knife and with an ago
nized cry the woman turned and fed from
the altar while the priest stood gazing in
horror after her retreating FORM
Out to Main street ran the woman and
thence to Third, all the time shriekinS
loudly for the Savior TO wash away her
sins and waving the mutilated stump OF
her arm before the eyes of all pasSers by.
Turning up Third street the woman ran
toward Spring, while hundreds of those
who had witnessed her actions Joined in
the chase. Up the stairway airy ta leading Es to
street, where she lived, ran the woman,
and dashing into the room threw her
self headlong on the bed.
Send for Police
In the meantime word had been sent to
the police station that a horrible and
mysterious murder had been committed
in the, lodging house. The police patrol,
with OFFICER McGann, was hurried to the
scene and the patrolman burst into the
room.
There the officer found the landlady of
the house. The woman stood gazing at
an object which she held in her hand.
Suddenly with a shrief of fear she drop
Ied 1t to the floor and turned and fed.
McGann picked it up and found 1t was
the dismembered hand which had been
cut off by Mrs Hurley before going to
started in pursuit, but did not succeed In
oyertaking the woman until after she re-
turned to her room.
The woman, together with the dismem-
bered hand, was at once placed in the
patrol and hurried to the receiving hos
pital, where Mrs. Hurley was attended
by Dr. Garrett According to the physi-
clan the woman must have severed the
flesh of her wrist and then broken the
bone Of her arm by pounding 1t over her
knee. She then threw the hand behind
a trunk where the landlady found II. Mrs.
Hurley had hacked the arm in such
after being cut and this fact prevented
her from bleeding to death.
The woman was taken to the county
hospital and a complaint charging her
with insanity was issued by the district
attorney. Little is known about her at
the place she roomed. 1t is said her lus-
band died about a year ago and that
since that time she has been slightly de-
mented.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
TONIGHT

We are open until 9::30
P. M. to give those
who work an oppor-
tunity to call on our
inform alton depart
ment and get full de-
tails that give home
seekers and investors
a chance to purchase
property with all i'm
provements in a n d
PAID FOR BY US,
for from Is per cent
to 100 per cent cheaper
than can be bought
anywhere in the same
neighborhood.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
HARTMAN BUYS MOUNTAIN PASS
Pays Four Millions for Corvallis &
Eastern in OREGON

Documents closing the deal by which e.
H Hartman on behalf of the Southern
Pacific company has bought the Corvallis
e. Eastern railroad in Oregon have been
signed.
The consideration is said to be $4,000,000
The road is 142 miles long and extends
from Yaquima bay, by way of Albany and
Detroit, to a place called Indiana. 1t
crosses the Southern Pacific's Mount
Shasta route at Albany.
This route commands the finest noun
tain pass to the coast in central Oregon,
which is said to be the main reason for
the Hartman purchase.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
ASK SAFE, SANE
FOURTH OF JULY
HARPER CALLS PA
TRI0TS TOGETHER
Preliminary Meeting Scheduled al
City Hall Tonight viii Arrange
Big Celebration in Los
Angeles Next Month

Preparations will be made tonight at a
meeting in Mayor A. C. Harpers office
to arrange for big Fourth of July cele-
bration in Los Angeles.
Well known men will gather to suggest
ways and means, make up committees
and get organizations in line for big
turnout that day. with plenty Of noise
and pyrotechnics.
The mayor has signed the ordinance
forbidding the discharge, except on the
nations birthday, of firecrackers but the
lid will be lifted July 4.
Various new IDEAS have been discussed
for a safe and sane but glorious Fourth,
and all of them will probably be brought
out in the discussion tonight
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
LEGAL NOTICES
notice OF FoRE6G0sGRE sA

KOTlCE Oh '%AAS
Sheriff's Sale No. 54OSD
order Of sale and decree of foreclos-
vi Southern California Savings Bank, a
kins. r. A. watkins Ade Orr1ll, John
Doe, Jane Doe and Richard Roe. der
PENDANTS. oraer of
sale and decree of foreclosure ana sate, 4t,s
issued out of the superior COURT u az ~
county of Los Angeles, Of the Stn.e 9.,ne a
California; on the hIn aStn eennffitied enf action.
Wherein Southern California SavinsSS
bank, a corporation. the apove ond % de-
plaintiff, obtained 3uuaYie 3ana sale against
fres Rsrtbs ei Wstkins ct al, defendants, on
the the Sth day Of June 4. r. Dltv1i,ye lg9Ii Fer and Ind
sum Of ten atas hundredf dfsfos5.ob) dollars,
iaSyfvi money of United States wnlcR9
@ said decree was, on the the 81 St9 i,Sement dgg
june A p, 1927. .,rf reGofdep az page s7s, am
DooK 20 ndad Ia 70 sell all that certain lot
piece or parcel OF land situate; S;nes1es 1sles
ana being os il The hHsnssiss slig o. state # cali
coun,sy co,,s and bounded and described as
foTnl%, foiIoW,s: ''n Lot forty-two {422 IN piook
thirty one (31) AngeienTp Zen 3ioS page
as per thras naap pIss) ct seq. Miscellaneous
SiacSrddar RscSrda Of Of Los Los Angeles county. ...4
Public nStiee tbs y iSth hslees day Of July A.
On q WeaiS 1so7l at II O'clock m. Of that DAY,
~ ~ frrooyyt Of the court house door OF the
County en nH Of Los Angeles Broadws;yd Ss;d en- en-
trance VIII il SSSedsnf SscTas fo foreeios1re seIo %
der der sale q saie sell a the above described prop
ers masf tRersStd ssid az Judgment aS e.
Necessary eo+s and costs, ETC.. to the
Wirh ,Wa,in.,,ast ~ ana best bidder, for cash law
faf money Of the Unite, init q, states 1,,5s 1907
Dated this 18th az SayA a q HAndMEI, ! MN HIO''
sheriff of Los Angeles County.
BY EUGENE W PTsCAafTfLuA SSH
YAu,r.uR ALLEN & VAN DYKE,
'1zA plaintiffs Attorneys.
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
SEEKS DAMAGES
FROM HACKMAN
Long Beach Woman Claims Horses
and Equipment Used Were Not
Of Proper Character.
$1,000 Is Asked

Charging that there were weak brakes,
no holdback straps and that the carriage
was drawn by a team of wild horses,
Grace Allen, in a suit filed yesterday in
the superior court seeks $1,000 damages
from Fred Heath, Long Beach hack
man.
1t Is alleged that while riding to the
cemetery from the home of Mrs II. G. G.
Rhea of Long Beach May 13 the horses
became unmanageable and the driver was
unable, because of the weak brakes, to
prevent the carriage from rushing upon
While going down a steep hill at
breakneck speed, the plaintiff states In
her complaint, the carriage swerved sud
denly, throwing her TO the ground, break
knee.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15
MAINS ON WAY
FOR CITY GAS
New Cmpany Will Build Plant in Los
Angeles River Industrial District
If Vernon Trustees Re-
main Stubborn

The new city gas company has advices
that the first consignment of it's gas
mains have been shipped from Admission,
Ala and Chattanooga, Tenn.
The trustees of Vernon have refused to
let the company erect its plant in that
city, but action may be reconsidered next
week If the decision is final the company
will use three other sites on which it holds
options probably In the Los Angeles river
Industrial district.
The laying of pipes will begin at once in
the territory nearest the proposed gas
plant.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30

last Sunday the lid was clapped on
few of the fakirs and gamblers of the
clap trap variety, like the cane rings
and wheel of fortune. The philosopher
of the street said they had been allowed
on Sunday hitherto because the spring
had been cold and the crowds late in
coming and everybody needed the Sum
day trade, but now that business was
getting good on week days they would
be cut out on Sundays. That's some-
thing to put alongside the barkeepers
scare to be sure-though the motive
hardly does honor to the party of high
moral reform. However, you would
scarcely miss such things; the general
hubbub the rip-tearing hilarity was
the sane-the general eircus-like APP
pearance of the day was unchanged
the grooming Of the machinery mingling
with the shrieks of excited crowds was
none the less; the bankers were all on
duty. ending up with new attraction,
a Sunday balloon ascension.
The great sinners, the men who
have influence and spend money, these
ara immense. Fine the barkeepers, who
cares for them? Genuine reform, when
/ it comes, will not begin in that way.
Or if beginning with what has been
done, will by no means end there.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30
new HAVEN Yachts
SUCCESSFUL Cruise
Many of the Boats Not Yet
Back From Pleasure
Trip.
NO ANXIETY IS FELT
Hartford Fleet Will Spend
Sunday at Morris Cove
Anchorage.
NO ANXIETY IS FELT

The cruise of the largest feet in one
of the most successful of recent years
is the story of the New Haven Yacht
club which sailed from Thimble IS
lands on the morning of week ago
Saturday Eight yachts are still out
with no definite assurance OF their
early return No anxiety is occasioned,
however, as the sailors are on a yaca-
ton and have plenty of time to spare
The flagship Resale Of Commodore
Henry r. Parmelee now at New Lon
don, may stay there indefinitely as the
commodore has his simmer home
there. The Grilse is still down the
Sound in charge of Rear Commodore
John Champion with his wife and
friends; also, the Karlna, T. A. Leo
pold; Thelga, T. Sherman Foote; Isolde,
g. L. Beardsley; Flight, w. F, Knapp.
The power boat Gertrude Of Herbert
Smith is in, but Charles R. Waterhouse
had an accident on the trip out and put
in at New London.
Treasurer Harry T. Beers, acting
fleet captain, in the yawl Siren is at
Morris Cove and reports a general good
time. The schooner Red Skin of Ralph
j. Leavitt has gone on to Boston, its
home Guests who made the water trip
to Newport have many of them come
back by rail.
The Sachems Head feet which Joined
in on the cruise at New London a week
ago Sunday, comprised flagship Netus,
Commodore Robert C. Mitchell; yawl,
Umbria, John E. Wallad sloop Mer-
maid, d. Seeley Smith; Cockrobbin,
John p. Elton; also the Gamecock, Pos
sum. Mariposa, Spinster, Emma and
Helene.
The New Haven yachtsmen on Wed
nesday had their best day with several
impromptu dinghy races in the after
noon, and a treat by the Rhode Island
Yacht club to a real old fashioned clam
bake. Vaudeville entertainment and a
smoke wound up the evening. The
rough weather of Thursday and Fri
day prevented much active sport fol-
all but tho larger boats, and on Sat
urday only a flagship Resale was able
to reach New London after a stormy
passage. Later in the day some of the
other boats arrived.
The Hartford Yacht club will be the
next fleet active in neighboring wa
ters being expected to reach Morris
Cove either Saturday night or Sunday
morning. The fleet, which is about the
Size Of the New Haven club will prob
ably stay at anchor over Sunday ant
then run down to Bridgeport on Mon.
day
Registered at the New Haven zach
club last night we're q. Borgtorf ant
Edward Hayes in the Kate Of thu
Canarsin Yacht club, and Q. A. Turne,
In the Elkhorn of the Baltimore zach
club.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30
Wedding At WHITE CITY
A GENUINE CEREMONY
------A---
Robert G. Bishop and Miss
Bessie Hastings to be
Married Thursday
Night.

| A real wedding is to take place at the.
White City Thursday evening, 1t will
probably be the first genuine marriage
at a summer resort in the United
States.
J The contracting parties are young
people held in the highest esteem by a
very large circle of friends, and the
ceremony will be as impressive as it is
possible to make it,
The prospective bride and groom are
Robert G. Bishop of West Haven, who
| for four years has been the manager
of the Scenic Railway, one of the most
responsible positions in the White City,,
and Miss Bessie w. Hastings, Of Yales-
vile, who for several weeks has been
employed there as a cashier.
| Quite little romance attaches to the
affair It was love at first sight be-
tween the two young people, and Man
ager Speck, hearing of it, told them
that if they cared to be married at the
White City he would give them the
most fashionable wedding Of the mid
summer season, besides making them a
handsome present to begin housekeep-
ing.
Everybody who knows Manager
Speck knows also that he will keep his
word. Already he has started arrange
ments. Conductor Fichtl, of the Second
Regiment band, is arranging a special
program of music for the nuptial con-
lcert, and every detail of the wedding
will be on a grand scale. The pastor
to perform the ceremony will be an
nounced tomorrow.
Mr. Bishop will have for his best man
lCharles Gill, Of Philadelphia, while
Miss Florence Cushman, of West Ha-
ven, will accompany Miss Hastings as
bridesmaid. The latter will be attired
in a gown of white silk and for bril-
dial bouquet viii carry orange blossoms
The public is cordially invited to at
tend the wedding, which, Manager
Speck says, will be splendid affair in
every particular for the principals the
wedding party and the patrons OF the
White City.