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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
NEW YORK


DUNKIRK, N Y, Sept. 4.-Herbert b.
Weiss, the 9-year-old nephew of Council
man Paul Weiss, lies in a serious condi-
tion at his home in Pine street from the
effects Of being struck over the right eye
by batted ball. He was rendered un-
conscious by the blow and has a long
deep wound cut in his forehead.
WHITE PLAINS-On high authority it
was reported that Secretary of State
Elihu Root, who is in training at Null
doon's gymnasium on the outskirts of
White Plains, will make a flying trip in
his automobile to Larchmont where
President Roosevelts' launch will be
waiting for him. 1t is said Mr. Root in
tends to go to Oyster Bay to have a short
conference with the president.
NV -Fifteen-year- Mary
Roche, schoolgirl, living with her par
ents at 1922 East Seventieth street, Man.
haitian, according to the police, was
criminally assaulted and beaten by two
Italian fruit venders in a cellar in the
rear of their fruit stand in the basement
rear of their fruit stand in the basement
| NIAGARA FALLS-Mayor A. 6 Doug
lass after succeeding in regulating thu
hackmen of the city so that there is very
little overcharging is now out to correc
another abuse. He is after the BARRIERS
of the city, or at least that section OF
them which in the past have persisted ir
overcharging visitors to the city.
CASTILE-George Wheeler, a well
known farmer of the Gardeau reserva-
tion, received a compound fracture of his
right leg just above the ankle at the
Erie station. He had carried some lug
gage of a relative onto the eastbound
passenger train, which started as he step
ped off, and he struck on a rolling stone,
throwing him to the ground. He was car
ried to the station and given assistance
until the doctors arrived
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
IDAHO

BURLEY, Idaho, Sept. 4.-Eighteen
entries of 100 acres each on coalylands in
Cassia county were filed in the United
States land office at HALEY last Friday.
BOISE s. Darrow of Chicago,
one of the counsel for the Western
Federation of Miners in Chicago, arrived
from the east and has been busy since
looking after the interests of his client.
1t is generally understood that he is to
be chief counselor OF the federation in
its cases In this state. He expects to
leave for Portland to fill his engagement
to speak there.
The Spaniard who assaulted James
Robeson and robbed him of $1,000 has just
been captured at Minidoka, and will be
brought back to Boise for hearing in
Judge Dunbars court
Senator Dubois reached the city after
an absence from the state OF two months,
during which, time he lectured at Chau-
tauuua assemblies in the east. The object
of the senator's visit is to prepare for
the early publication of his new paper,
the Idaho Scimitar which he intends to
get out some time during September.
AMERICAN FORK-A tramp, who
wanted to transform raw food into
edible dainties, selected box car for
his culinary department, and hence the
Rio Grande railroad Is out $3000 There
were about sixty bad order empties
standing on siding In the gravel pit,
near Point of the Mountain, near Draper,
and the tramp selected one of these in
which to build his kitchen fire. AS
result three cars were demolished and
others injured The tramp was not found.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
OKLAHOMA

SHAWNEE. Okla, Sept. 4.-Considera-
BILE interest has been aroused by the anti
prohibition statement made by Secretary
Taft while in the new state last week.
Seated at the breakfast table of rail-
road eating house at Sapulpa, the secre-
tary was appealed to by several parties
involved in a prohibition argument. He
was asked if prohibition actually prohib-
ited The secretary replied: 81 have
never yet seen the town where a drink
could not be secured by man who looked
for it,
GUTHRIE-A. H. Husten of Guthrie
was nominated for district judge over
Fred l.. Boynton of Kingfisher by the
Republicans of the Eleventh district, COM
posed of Logan and Kingfsher counties.
The Democratic nominee was Spencer
Sander OF Kingfsher.
sHAWNEE-Anticip that state-
wide prohibition will be adopted at the
state election September II. three saloons
in Shawnee failed to renew their licenses
today and closed their doors to await the
election result. Four others will follow
suit this week.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF, Ark, Sept AIT the
meeting of the Pine Bluff board of trade
committee was appointed to attend the
meeting of the Arkansas railroad COM
mission in Little Rock AT this time the
commission will hand down it's final de-
cision on the question of q fiat rate on
uncompressed cotton, and the abolishment
of the old concentration rates.
The committee is composed Of w. HI,
Bennett, P. p Bryd, ]. w. Wilkins, ].
L. Coldwell, A. w. Num-, j. B. Talbot,
d. M. Biuthenthal, l.. Roth, w. A. Tag
gart and v. o. Alexander. 1t is under
stood here that Helena and other vitality
interested cities will be well represented
at the meeting of the commission
SLOAN Fireman Sawyer of
the Kansas City Southern local north of
here, had narrow escape from death at
Upton Ford, near Noel, Mo.
The freight had taken the siding to
fell asleep. Not knowing Sawyer was
there, the engineer started forward and
Sawyer was caught and dragged some
distance. He was considerably bruised
and cut before the engineer could stop
his train after discovering Sawyer's pre-
dicament.
SHERIDAN-The case of George Bease-
ley who Is charged with the killing of
James Burrows near Hot Springs, is be-
ing tried In the Grant circuit court at
Sheridan on a change of venue from the
Garland circuit court About forty wit
nesses are in attendance upon the trail.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
OREGON

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, Sept. 4-E
II. Hartman and his party concluded
their stay at Pelican Bay Monday, after
putting in several strenuous days hunt
ing for bear. The party had number
of guides and a pack of bear dogs, but
no bear were found.
SALEM-Reports are pouring in from
all quarters that mold is spreading rap
idly through the hopyards of the valley,
and in fact the entire state, to the ex-
tent that scores of yards will be aban-
doned altogether and not SINCE burr
gathered for commercial purposes. This
new and unexpected dilemma threatens
to reduce the possible crop Of the state
of Oregon at least one-half from previ-
GUS estimates. This condition, coming on
top Of the threatened scarcity Of pickers,
low market and difficulty to secure pick
ing money, increases the burden of the
hopgrower, and local dealers are inclined
to view the situation with apprehension.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
SWEET SMILES LIABLE
TO PLAY HAVOC WITH JURY

i CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. Although 4,
+ forced, he said, by the evidence to 4.
i hold Miss Edith Cole, "a years old, i,
i. to the grand jury on the charge of 4.
4. larceny, Judge Newcomer of the 4,
i. Harrison street court predicted the 4.
i defendants smiles would play havoc =
+ with any jury. i
i II do not believe the states at 4
4. torney will be able to find twelve 4
i men who will prove themselves abe !
4. to withstand the power of your 4
4. pretty face and your sweet Smiles" i
i. were the judges closing words to 1
4. the girl. i
!. Joseph r. Williams, an Arizona i
j. ranch owner, was the prosecutor. He 1
1. caused Miss Coles arrest after he 4
i. awoke in a carriage late at right !
i. and found, he declared, that his i
4. wallet had been robbed of $40. He 1
4. said he had spent the greater part i
1. of the night making tour among 4
i the saloons of Chicago with Miss !.
i Cole as his guide. He met her In 4
4 the olympic saloon at Eldridge !
i court and wabash avenue. !
1. II will spend thousand dollars If i
+ necessary" said Williams, ito prose- !,
!. cute this woman. She took my !
i money after she saw that l was all j
4 in" !
i The Cole woman. declared that !
j. Williams had spent and given :.
i. away his money, tipping walters 81 !
]. at time and giving most Of the !
!. singers at the saloons IS each. She !
i said he paid the singers to sing !.
!. southern songs. !
l. The defendant was released in the !;
i evening on bonds of $500. !
i + 4 + + ! + + + j. 4 4 4 T. i 4 I. I
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
NEW HAMPSHIRE

DOVER. N. H., Sept. 4-An unknown
girl, beautiful, refined and evidently of
good family, lies dead In the undertake
ing rooms of Tasker &c Chesley in this
city. Nothing Is known of her identity
save that she was called Kitty.
She was found dead in bed by DR..
Harry II. Stackpole, at whose house,
"a Second street, she had boarded for
the previous two weeks
Circumstances indicate she died of IL
legal surgery. While this fact has not
been fully established, the authorities.
from what they have learned, believe
that 1t will be.
MEREDITH-By the collapse of huge
sandDank near the edge of Squam lake,
Thatchell Cleghorn of Montreal and Rob
ert Williams of Boston, each Is years old,
who were summering at the Holderness
camp, conducted by DR.. Oliver w. Hunt
ington of Newport, r. l., were suffocated
and 9-year-old Daniel Denny of Newton
Mass, and two other boys, were saved
from a like fate only by heroic exertions.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
COLORADO

DENVER, Colo. Sept. 4.--Because her
husband, who has been working in the in
terest of the Thiele detective agency In
Arizona, refused to return to her, Mrs
Kate Watson, wife of James /. Wat
son, 1922 Broadway, attempted suicide
by taking laudanum.
Mrs. Watson was on the fifth floor Of
the Majestic building when she swal-
lowed the poison. At the headquarters of
the detective agency she received no sat
isfaction concerning her husbands where
abouts. Officers of the agency were at
tracted by scream, shortly after she
had gone to the hallway, and dashlng
out saw the woman stretched out on
the floor
PUEBLO-With the bedclothes pulled
over his head, scorched and powder
burned, in his lifeess hand revolver,
through his mouth a bullet hole, the body
of John 1. Scott, 25 years of age. hand
some, rich, a society lion and ranch
owner, was found in bed in his room at
the Grand hotel. Scott had been drinking
heavily, 1t is said, and had spent his
money without stint lately. The last
seen of him was after he had entertained
large party of friends at a cafe few
nights ago. Money troubles is the cause
| assigned.
GRAND JUNCTION-Ed O'Donnell,
claiming Pittsburg as his home. walked
into the police station in this city and
asked to be taken into custody, startling
the officers by the statement: Il shot
and probably killed man in Kansas
| City three years ago. l am tired of wan
dering over the country. Arrest me and
put me in jail"
GREELEY-Today the new s600o0 Ii
brary of the state normal school was
completed, and work of moving the $1,000
Volumes from the old library into it be-
gan. The new library is ITO feet long
by so feet wide, and includes. besides
the library proper, offices for librarian
and assistants, and has ample room for
100000 volumes.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
GEORGIA


MACON. Ca. Sept. 4.-The big oil con-
Germs planning to erect branch houses in
Macon have been thrown into hard luck
on account Of a city law that prohibits
the storing of a large amount of oil
within the city limits There is an objec-
ton of the most strenuous kind from peo-
pie operating factories near the sites
wanted.
There will probably be no further eff
forts on the part of the concerns to To-
cate within the city limits.
CONNER CE-Because his wife insisted
on continuing a quarrel, James Wright, a
wealthy planter. took rope. went into
the front yard, climbed tree fitted q
moose about his neck and dropped into
space.
He strangled to death in sight of his
wife, who was pleading with him not to
kill himself and promising that she would
never quarrel again.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
CONNECTICUT

WATERBURY. Conn, Sept. 4.-Mrs.
Samuel Robanivitz, fifteen months the
bride of a Bristol merchant, held her
baby in her arms in court while she de-
scribed her husbands ideas of economy.
Ten cents a day. the young mother
said, had been her allowance for living
ever since their marriage. Had 1t not
been for outside assistance, she declares,
she never could have subsisted. Once
during the first three months of the hon
eymoon, said the wife, she had been
allowed 81. The nearest approach to this
liberality, she declared was when her
husband brought home dozen eggs In
honor of the visit of her brother, who
was a guest.
PUTNAM-A court of inquiry was held
in Agriculture hall, South Woodstock,
before Grand Jurors G. H. Killam, j.
Rusco Alton and George w. Talboth. A
number of witnesses were called and ex-
amined in regard to the assault made on
Miss Bessie Bates, a Brooklyn, N. T.,
school teacher, by a negro the afternoon
of August 19 near Roseland park. Law
yer Charles l.. Torrey of this city con-
Quoted the examination
BRIDGEPORT-The Odd Fellows of
Bridgeport are making their plans for
the grand encampment of the order
which Is to be held in that city October
IA. One of the chief features of this
years encampment will be the visit of
Judge Nolen of Tennessee, deputy grand
sire, and every effort will be made to en-
tertain him royalty.
THOMPSONvILLE-A man dressed in
priestly garb and representing that he
had been sent by the bishop to collect
money for the building of Polish church
for Thompsonville. has defrauded the
Polish people here out of large sum of
money
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
LOUISIANA

LOGANSPORT, La, Sept. 4-Logans-
port will have big barbecue on Septem
ber 5.
All the gubernatorial candidates have
been invited to attend and address the
audience, and all parish candidates will
likewise be on hand.
NEW ORLEANS-On the charge of
violating Act "a, 1893, relating to buying
goods on credit and selling them for
cash, Nathan Basin, a dry goods retailer,
was arrested by Detectives Dantonio and
Reynolds. The alleged offense was COM
mitted last September. The firm of Rob
bins & Scerr, 932 Tulane avenue, is the
| prosecutor.
Surgeon ]. H. White of the Marine
| hospital service left for Milledgeville
| Ca, his old home, where he will spend
his vacation. He will be absent about
one month During his absence DR.. j.
H. Lamb will represent him.
ESTHERWOOD-Fif head of choice
horses and mules have died within two
miles of Estherwood in the past few days
with the so-called disease of blind stag
gers. Veterinarians say it is caused from
exposure in the hot sun, bad water and
bad grass Many rice farmers are
alarmed about their work stock.
AMA-Robert Ambrose. a negro. while
at work at the rice thresher on A. For
tiers plantation, near here. had his hand
caught in the machinery, and two fingers
were cut off. Almost crazed with pain,
the negro started to-, run away, and
dashed into rice cart, gashing his head
severely and causing him to lose con-
seriousness.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
WASHINGTON

OLYMPIA Wash, Sept A protest
has been addressed to the state board OF
land commissioners by j. f. Fitch OF
Pierce county, against the appraisement
of forty acres of land adjoining his claim
in that county, on the ground of injustice
to the interests of the state. He charges
that the location of the land, the char
acter of it, it's value and improvements
noted are all grossly misrepresented in
the report made by the appraiser, and he
demands that it be reappraised.
r BELLINGHAM-In a five days battle
for life Harry and William Carlson. own
ers of the yacht Seagull of Seattle, came
out victorious and the craft is now
anchored in the Whatcom creek water
way
Five days ago the Carlson brothers,
accompanied by a friend. left Seattle in
the Seagull for Bellingham, but they
had scarcely lost sight of the Queen
City when their troubles began.
TACOMA-Assured by his physician
that he had consumption and that his
days were numbered, w. ]. Allen, civil
engineer, shot himself at his apartments
at 19041z Tacoma avenue His dead body
was found by his wife lying on his bed
in a. pool of blood, with revolver by
his side. Allen was SO years old and
came to Tacoma from Pennsylvania seven
years ago.
ABERDEEN-The city recently pur-
chased at cost of $25OO twenty acres of
land and house outside the city limits
for a pest house for the reason that the
residents of the northern section of the
city have protested strongly against the
mai ltenance of building in that section
for pest house purposes. The house re-
Gently purchased stands near county
road and now the ranchers along the
highway are sending in their protests.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
IOWA

ATCHISON, Kan, Sept. 4.-Mrs. Lucy
H. Lee, the aged woman who was struck
senseless with some blunt weapon and
whose throat was horribly hacked with
dull knife, will doubtless live, but her
mind is gone. She left her home and was
found in slough short distance awey.
She is quite easily managed, does not
talk of her injuries and does not recog-
nize any of her friends.
Charles Everhardt, whom she identi-
fed as her assailant, was arraigned be-
fore Judge Adams of the city court,
charged with robbery and assault with
intent to kill.
SALINA-The farm hand situation in
this part of the state is not much better
than 1t was during harvest. when it was
almost impossible to get men to work
in the wheat fields. This is the thresh-
ing season and many of the farmers have
been unable to thresh because of the
scarcity of the hands.
LEAVENWORTH-A man under ar
rest at Osceola, Neb., was today posi-
lively identified as Benjamin Cravens, a
notorious criminal who escaped from the
Kansas pententiary at Lansing >on Nc
vember 16, 1900, during mutiny of the
prisoners
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
NEW JERSEY

TRENTO-i, N. J., Sept. AIRS. Emma
B. Jenkins of this city has the reputation
of being the greatest fighter against the
Pennsylvania railroad living in New Jer-
sey. She has fought four suits In the
courts for damages to her property by
smoke from passing locomotives of the
company and began the fifth in the Mer-
Ger common pleas courts recently.
The complainant has an interesting case
this time, as she not only asks for dam
ages, but that the company be penalized
as common felon.
MOUNT HOLLY-Judge Horner dis
missed an application this morning for
the restoration of toll on the Mount
Holly and Jobstown turnpike. Stockhold-
ers presented affidavits to show that the
bridges had been repaired. but those who
asked for the toll to be removed also had
affidavits In court. declaring that only
temporary and not permanent improve
ments had been made to the bridges.
which were not yet perfectly safe. In
addition to this it was claimed that the
east bridge was not Of the width called
for by law.
MERCHANTvILLE-" automobile
will bring my baggage" explained a
stranger who secured a room from Peter
Krantz. The man gave his name as
Synder, said he would take a nap and
was shown to his room. Two hours later
the new boarder had disappeared with all
the jewelry In the house and the best
Of the clothing. The man used the name
Of 2 prominent merchant he had prob
ably read on sign, and explained that
he was about to erect several houses.
GLOUCESTER-The City Republican
club held an enthusiastic meeting, as did
also the Democratic club, and both map
ped out plans for the fall campaign.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
NEVADA

TONOPAII, New, Sept. Al. G. Bran
son. editor of the Tonopah Sun, has been
arrested, charged with assault and bat
terry on G.. S. Meiklejohn, a former re-
porter on his paper. According to Meik-
lejohn he quit the employ of Branson
and when he asked for his wages Bran
son knocked him down and severely
drubbed him. Meiklejohn is cripple.
WINNEMUCCA-Leav wife and
three children in destitute circumstances
after he had played and lost his last cent
in gambling games at Lovelock, G. II.
Poulson hanged himself from the limb OF
a tree on one of the principal streets
of that town. His lifeless body was dis
covered swinging from a limb by early
risers. The evident manner of suicide
WAS that Poulson had climbed the tree,
placed the moose around his neck, tied
the other end of the rope to a stout
limb and swung himself into eternity
Poulsen was a stranger who went to
Lovelock with the intention of engaging
in business.\ He had been formerly in
business at Mullin, Idaho, and afterward
was employed at Ely for some time
When he reached 1ovelock with his wife
and three children he had considerable
money but the passion for gambling
proved stronger than regard for the well
fare OF his family and night after night
he sought to WOO the treacherous favors
q the mex nckle goddess Of chance
: GOLDFIELD-Manag Finch of the
GoIdfeld Consolidated mines said: IL
the strike is settled we know nothing
of it," Davis, leader of the Western
Federation of Miners, said: 1T is a fake
rumor so far as we know. 1t is not a
strike anyhow; the men simply quit as
individuals. l think the report that the
strike has been settled is stock jobbing
rumor."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
OHIO

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 4.-Louise Tan
nert, aged 16 years, of Stoughton, Wis.,,
was taken suddenly i'll on Panhandle
train at the Union station from ptomaine
poisoning. She was taken to the Protes-
tant hospital, where she died. Miss Tan
merit who had been abroad, just landed
in New York on Monday and was en-
route to Stoughton, accompanied by her
uncle. f. M. Jensen.
CINCINNATI-Posse of Glasgow,
Scotland, estate worth about quarter of
million dollars turns in part on an
Identification based on a photograph
taken twenty-eight years ago, accord
ing to story published here today.
Edmond Gooder, a Cincinnati merchant,
visited his mothers aunt, Mrs. McMas-
ters, of Glasgow in 1879, and she asked
him TO leave her his picture. He had a
special photograph taken, and when she
died the picture was found attached to
the will. The income of her property she
willed to her son, Capt. James McMas-
ters, of the British army.
D-Fourteen-year-ol Sam
my Luman, son of Morris Luman, a no
tion dealer, whose place of business is at
1923 Center place, Pittsburg, told Juvenile
Court Judge Adams that he had lived on
three meals of scrap tobacco day since
he ran away from home Thursday. He
was hailed before the court on a vag-
rancy charge
BELLAIRE-The police Of this city
claim to have an infant robber in Domin-
lex Vensenzo, an 8-year-old Italian. Last
week he is said to have broken a window.
crawled into a house and stole watch.
He broke the watch up and threw 1t in
the river Yesterday he got into the
home of Miller. Burdette and ransacked a
closet. getting $50.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
TENNESSEE

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 4.-B.
Frank Rees, a capitalist of this city, was
killed, and w. e. Love, jr., of thiss city
and William Hendricks of New York
were seriously injured in an automobile
accident this afternoon. They were travel
ing up Carter street when the wind blew
Rees' hat off. Rees was driving the ma
chine and when he removed his hands
from the steering wheel the car veercd
and plunged across the sidewalk down a
twenty foot embankment
NASHVILLE-That the work OF the
"revenuers" In Tennessee is TO be earnest
from henceforth is evidenced by the fact
that two full agents have been ordered TO
report for duty under Col. c. H. Ingram.
KNOxVILLE-Th body of a woman,
guarded by a faithful cur dog. was found
in the woods just north of the city. There
were evidences of a desperate struggle
ai,d the woman's forehead is crushed.
The woman's face was eaten away by In
sects and there is no way of identifying
her. There is no woman reported miss
ing in this city and the police are without
clue.
NASIVILLE--Two more counterfeit
dollars ana one counterfeit quarter were
yesterday reported to the office OF the
United States marshal here, making Aye
bad coins that have turned up in the
past few days.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05

Homeless children received and placed
in homes for adoption. Apply Rev. o. v.
Rice, Superintendent Children's Home
Society. s24 Bradbury failding. Los An