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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-28
ALL CHEER;
NONE HEAR
EVERY ONE IS HAPPY, BUT DON'T
KNOW WHY
JONATHAN CLUB ACTS FIERCE
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
The Real Rip Shorter Comes off TO-
night, When the Annual
Jinks VIII Be
Held

There stroled into our editorial sanctum last
night our distinguished fellow citizen, Col.
Herb l.. Cornish. The colonel. looking like
| two-year-old, frsky and smooth as silk, de-
manded to the poet, and was promptly ac-
commodated We staked him to the only
genuine, short-haired poet in captivity; and
this is what happened:
Young man." said the colonel, they tell
me you singer of songs"
Ter" said the poet
That's all right. Don't sing 'em to me.
I've got phonograph. I'm champagne man.
ager for George Easymoney Pillsbury. the next
mayor of Virgin valley. George is not singer
Of songs He's signer Of checks. Now you
just sing and I'll see that he signs. We've
got to have a champagne song, and IT sup to
you"
At the mention of the word check our
dearly beloved short-hair swooned and while
still delerious perpetrated the following, for
which, here and now. we desire to disclaim all
| responsibility:
Who Is the only candidate?
Who'll be elected sure as fate2
who is the Man of Destinee?
(Chorus)
George
Z-Monee
George Easy-Monee Pillsburee.
Three cheers for George the Greatl
Who's got the others the run?
Who is the friend of the festive bun?
Who is the Man OF Destinee?
(chorus)
George
Z-Monee
George Easy-Monee Pillsburee.
Three cheers and another onel
Who makes a hit with the ladies fair?
Who draws three kings to a measly pair?
Who is the Man of Destinee?
(Chorus):
George q
Z-Monee
George Easy-Monee Pillsburee.
Three cheers for the man who dare!
Who, when the fizz is bubbling high,
Summons the waiter passing by?
Who is the Man of Destinee?
(Chorus):
George E .
Z-Monee
George Easy-Monee Pillsburee.
Three cheers for his watchful eye!
Who. from signing many a check,
Got writer's cramp in hand and neck?
| Who is the Man of Destinee?
| (Chorus):
George E
| z-Monee
George Easy-Monee Pillsburee.
Three cheers for his Pommery Sec!
Who is the man for whom we'll vote?
Work and toll and shed our coat?
Who is the Man of Destinee?
(Chorus)
George
Z-Moneel
George Easy-Monee Pillsburee.
Three cheers TO rthe genteel soak!
Who'll be mayor of our valley dear?
Who'll open her up for another year?
| Who is the Man of Destlnee?
(Chorus):
George e
George Easy-Monee Pillsbdree.
Three cheers and another cheeri
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-28
Musical Advertisements
L. E. Behyner

Manager of musical attractions and tho
great Philharmonic course. Singers
and instrumentalists furnished on ap-
plication for church choirs. recitals. re-
ceptions, clubs. societies and at homes
Offices-Blanchard hall building. s44
and s45. Phones: Main 1888. Home
1850. Elk. So.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-28
ITALIAN WINE MERCHANT
DIES IN Los ANGELES

Francisco Puma, aged 72 years. we'll
known Italian wine merchant of Los
Angeles, died yesterday morning at his
home, 29l North Avenue 20. Giovanni
Puma, a son of the dead man, has been
in active charge of the winery for some
time.
The funeral will be held tomorrow af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock at the Church of San
Pietro. the interment to be in Calvary
cemetery. Mr.. Puma Is survived by his
wife one son and two daughters, Giovan-
nj Puma, Mrs. Catherin Fernandez and
Mrs. Mary Briamo.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-28

as the man who gave you that cigar q
friend of yours?'
Don't know I'll have to smoke Il
Transatlantic Tales.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-28
VIM. Edison Strobridge
Pianist and ORGANISE. studio. room sss
Blanchard bldg.
Mime. Genevra Johnstone- Bishop

Trina donna. soprano. teacher of VOICE.
suite 342-34s Blanchard building.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
Used by Southern and B. &
0. to Be Fully Probed.
COM MISSION TO INQUIRE
Recent Horrible Accidents Lead to
Action Under Authority of Reso-
luton Passed by Congress
at the Last Sessi-n.

An inquiry into the operation of the
block signal systems of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad and of the South
ern railway was instituted at Wash
ington Friday by the Interstate COM
merce commission. In making the in.
quiry, the commission is acting Under
authority of resolution of congress
adopted at the last session, calling for
a report on the working of the rail.
road block system generally, specific
instances of which appear to be a
failure Of the block signal device,
or, as one Of the commissioners ex-
pressed it, the failure of the human
end Of the device, to prevent accidents
involving loss of not only property, but
life were afforded by the recent disas-
trous accidents on the Southern rail
way at Lawyers, Va, sGd OF the B. &
D. railroad at Terra Gotta, D. C.
Officials of both the Southern and
the BE o. were subpenaed before the
commission to give it such inforlna-
ticn as they might possess. If, after
the officers of these lines have been
examined, it be deemed desirable to
do so the commission may call officials
OF other lines on which wrecks recent
ly have occurred, on account Of the
apparnt disregard Of the block
signals, or the failure of the system
to accomplish its purpose.
The following witnesses nave been
summoned and were present.:
Charles Selden, superintendent Of
telegraph; John 6. Wilson, assistant
general attorney; c. S. Potter, third
vice president; J. z. Dent, train dis.
patcher: ]. w. Kelly, Jr., trainmas-
ter: H. S. Padcord, trainman; F. P.
Patenall, signal engineer, and Thos.
Fitzgerald, general manager, all Of the
B. & O.; J. S. Hitchcock, 2 locomotive
engineer of Washington, and Eli c. For
roster, of Denver.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
A CAR OF RAILROADS
Is MuIti-President Hartman, Accord.
ing to Developments Before Conn.,
merce Commission.

Modern methods Of combining and
consolidating the mammoth railway
systems and extending the principle
of community Of interest, were delved
into Friday at great length by the
interstate commerce commission,
which began in New York city an ill.,
quiry into the so-called Hartman
lines. The object of the commission is
to determine whether the Hartman
lines, or any of the railroads of the
country, are consolidated or combined
in restraint OF trade.
At Fridays hearing it was brought
out, and admitted, that the Union Pa
cilic Railroad company, the South
ern Pacific company,th Oregon Short
Line and the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation company are practically
under the same administration, Mr..
Hartman appearing as president of
each company,with only slight varia-
tions III the lists of other officers. It
was further shown that the Southern
Pacific company owns the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, and that the
Southern Pacific company and the
Hartman interests are in control Of
the Portland and Asiatic Steamship
company. All three of these compa-
MES run steamers either between San
Francisco and Portland and the ORR
ent.
It is said that the Occidental Steam
ship company is extinct, but it still
operates two steamers.
On the Atlantic ocean it was shown
that the Southern Pacific owns the
lines of steamers running between New
York and New Orleans, formerly
known as the Morgan line. The
Union Pacific, by means of IN agree
ment siged by Mr.. Hartman and Sen
ator William A. Clark, has. a trafc
arrangement with the San Pedro, Los
Angeles and Salt Lake railway, eX-
tending Ger a period of ninety.nine
years. The San Pedro cannot raise
or lower its rates without the con-
sent OF the Southern Pacific company,
which, it was stated, does not own
one dollar Of stock in the San Pedro
company.
The Union Pacific exercises joint
control with the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railway over the Chicago
and Alton railway. The agreement IS
that the Union Pacific shall lave
charge of the road one year and the
Rock Island the next. Tie Union Pa
cific owns 26S, ,123,1O0 worth. Of stock
or 2959 per cent Of the capitalization
of the Illinois Central railroad.
The Union Pacific also owns $780,
SO2,300 worth Of stock OF the st. Jo-
seph and Grand Island railroad, which
is 37.37 per cent Of the whole.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
PICKERING OVER sUsTREAsURY.
Southern Cities at Daggers' Points in
Fight for Location.

A strong delegation from Alabama
is in Washington to secure the loca-
ton CT the subtreasury in Birming.
ham. The delegation, headed by ex.
Governor Joseph T. Johnston, con-
sists of Charles J. Allison, G. w.
Pratt, E. w. Barrett aud Colonel E. E.
Russell. They held an informal Caucus
with Congressman Bankhead Of Ala
bama, at dinner at the New Will
lard Sunday night.
Birmingham Is in the fight to a
finish, and if Georgia, or any other
state, remains out Of the caucus Of
the southeastern, state delegations,
those taking part will seek to have
the decision of the caucus approved
by Secretary Shaw.
If the secretary does not approve
the selection or the caucus so held,
it is intimated that Congressman
Bankhead will defeat the subtreasury
bill before the committee on ways
and means of which he is a member.
If Georgia remains out, as her dele
gate believes she has a right to do,
a bill naming Birmingham, Ala, or
Columbia, S. c., could no doubt be
defeated before the finance committee
of the senate, of which Senator Ba-
con is member.
The fight has reached an ugly stage,
and the widespread agitation over the
matter has become almost bitter in
its intensity.
None of the contestants are prepar.
ed to admit that they will yield, but
none claim to have enough votes to
elect.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
sEA5oARD GETS SHORT LINE.
Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railway
Purchased Outright.

At meeting Of directors and stock
holders Of the Macon, Dublin and Sa.
vannah railway in Macon, Ca. Thurs
day morning, the Seaboard Air Line
acquired the former read. Negotia-
tions had been pending for several
weeks. The SeaboaTd was represented
in the meeting by Pres. Alfred Wal.
ter, Vice President Garrett and Gen
eral Counsel Watts. There were pres.
ent also General Manager T. X.
Scott of the Georgia railroad and
the Macon. Dublin and Savannah.
This will give a line from Macon to
the sea at Savannah. The Macon, Dub
lin and Savannah connects at Fidalla
with the Seaboard Air Line.
The Scaboard already has a line into
Atlanta, and there are now surveyors
between Macon and Atlanta lining out
a new road just between the tracks
of the Southern and the Central OF
Georgia.
1t is rumored that there is also a
trackage combination between the
Seabcard, the Atlantic Coast Line and
the Georgia railroad.
The Seaboard Air Line acquired tie
Macon, Dublin and Savannah by ac-
tual purchase. The Price Of the road
and conditions of the sale were not
made public.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
SCRAP HEAP OF BODIES.
Gruesone Reminders Of Rail Horror
Near Washington.


Near Washington.
In an endeavor to identify the man
gled bodies of the victims of the
Terra Gotta wreck, gruesome dis
covery was made at the Washington
norgue Wednesday. What was sup
posed to be the mangled body of a
man proved to be the composite re-
mains of several of the unfortunate
victims.
The heap contained a piece OF a
haby's skull, mans foot, badly crush
ed and encased in a shoe; the hand
of a woman and a portion Of a hui
man face; also fingers, toes and other
parts of women and children's bod
les and those of men, all ground into
the black coal dust, and with pieces
Ct garments mixed in the mass.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
BOMB WRECKS BANK.
Man Refused Loan Takes Deadly
Vengeance - Cashier and Him.
self Torn to Pieces.

Two men uedQ, SUITE VI OtiicIS
injured, two of whom may die, and
the beautiful interior of a bank build
ing laid in ruins, is the result of a
bomb being dropped in the Fourth
Street National bank at Philadelphia
Saturday by a man who had demand
ed loan of $4,000, for which he
could show no collateral. The identity
Of the perpetrator of the outrage was
for a time wrapped in mystery, for
ne was blown to piesces by his own
engine of death.
With the finding Of his personal ef-
fects Sunday, there is little doubt that
he was Rolla Steele of CARRIER,
Iowa.
The other man killed by the explo-
sion was w. q. McLear, cashier OF
the bank, who had been talking to
the stranger and had refused his re-
quest.
Among the most seriously injured
are: William Crump, colored, private
messenger to the president Of the
bank, badly mangled, and may die;
William Wright, bank employee, may
die; Thomas B. Rutt"r, Lansdale, Pa,
fractured skull; Frank LaBolde,
clerk; A. F. Dominica, clerk; G. R. Po-
ton, clerk; Miss JuEa Brady, stenog.
rapher.
Steele called upon R. T. Rushton,
president of the bank, who is also
president of the Philadelphia Clearing
House Association, shortly before
noon and asked for a loan of $4,000.
The president quickly sized him up
as eccentric and tuned him over to
the cashier, with the idea that the
latter would have him taken from the
building. Before leaving Mr.. Rushton
Steele showed him picture Of wo-
man and a child with the remark:
'Ain't they all right?'
A few moments later there was
terrific explosion which shook the big
building and completely wrecked the
interior Of the bank. Cashier McLear
was in his Office when Steele threw
the bomb and was instantly killed
With the exception of his right arm
and shoulder he was not man5led
The most seriously injured is Viii
liam Crump, the colored messenger,
who made a heroic attempt to seize
the object which Steele was about to
drop from his raised hand, but he was
an instant too late. The messenger is
badly torn and if he survives his ter
rible injuries he probably will be
blind.
The Fourth Street National bank is
the largest financial institution in the
city and occupies the greater portion
Of the first floor of the 3ullitt build
ing, on Fourth street, between Chest
nut and Walnut streets, in the heart
of the financial district. The explo-
sion was terridcsand it caused tre-
mendous excitement in the crowded
building and the street.
The explosion occurred a few min
utes before u o'clock, at e time when
the bank. is usually we'll filed with
persons in a hurry to transact busi-
ness before the bank closes. No one
saw Steele enter the bank except E..
F. Shanbacher, the vice president, who
was passing out Of the building on
his way to luncheon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
LIVES LOST IN HOTEL BLAZE

Two Men and Woman Failed TO -
cape from Burning Structure.
Three lives were lost In fire that;
destroyed the American hotel at DekS
hi, N. Y, early Sunday morning Thes
dead are: William Winter, druggist;s
Mrs. Mary Winter, his wife; John,
O'Connor, tailor.
All were suffocated They were per-.
manent guests at the hotel. &.
The fire was discovered in the
apartments Of Winter anG his wife on
the third floor. and oy the time the
firemen arrived the structure was q;
mass Of flames. &
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
Came to Our Shores During
the Year 1906.
FIGURES ARE 1,166,353
Character and intellectual Grade OF
Immigrants Not SO High as In Il;
the Past-How the NeWcor,.
ers Were Distributed.

A Washington dispatch says: The
fiscal year ended June 80, 1896, pro.
duced record ecl;-5:ng all Iormer
figures on the subject Of immigration,
according to the annual report 0ls
Frank Sargent, the Commissioners gen.
eral of immigration. During that pe-
riod, the report says, the pcpuiatton
of the United States was increased
by the admission Of 1,100,735 fnfmls
grant aliens, and 65,61S non-imnitSS
grant aliens entered at its ports MAX;
Ing the total admission 1,166,35S. The
increase over last years record Of ssSS
05e,7s5 (1,02S,499 aliens, plus $3.50
transits), was 1O6,e9s. During the Dr.:
cal year 1905, 11,4S0 aliens were ress
jected, and during the past year 2,ss
432. OF the immigrant aliens, that ts
those who intended settling Ia thd
United States, there were 764. .4Gxa
males and S36,272 females.
The tendency Of Immigration during
the past few years to, gather ite
steady increase principally from tllsg
countries of southern Europe is refer
red to. ~ yS
Without exception" the repess
says, 1.-The countries from which ge:
formerly obtained the greater parts
our foreign population, and which Axe
inhabited by races nearly akin 70 og
own, supplied US with smaller nhI!g
ber during the past year than dur1p1
1e05-lreland, 1880; Sweden, 8a
Germany, 500; Denmark, 1229s
Scotland, ILL fewer. On the ot1
hand the four most considerable ga4a
are Italy, 51,s641; Russia, 80.
Greece. s,s74, aud Turkey Tin Error
and Asia), 5,165. The iluinigfa
from Austria hungary amounted
265,13s; italy, including Sicily q
Sardinia, 273,12O; Russian empire
Finland, 215,665; China, 1.544:: Java
1885, and the West Indies, 1S,6s
The immigration from southern
eastern Europe the report says.
result of general unrest existl
among the laDoring classes Of tier
sections, which is encouraged Or syl
fomented by the steamship age1
securing the country for passen9s
and the commission says more
tic measures are required to eNe0k
discontinuance of these steamsi
practices. - si|;s:
That the physical and mental
ties of the immigrants We are now
ceiying is much below that OF stl
who have come in former years
says, is evident.
The north Atlantic and norfh
trail states, together received 96S
cent of the entire Immigration OF 49
the south 4 per cent. AS in preYt
years, the bulk OF the immigral
were destined avowedly to feH
the large centers of population 3;
70s claiming New York state, i98, ,G8
assertedly were going to Pennsy4s
MIA, s66,539 to Illinois and 73s3 s363 &
Massachusetts. sssss3 s.;53
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
SAME OLD ANARCHIST.

Alexander Berkman, Just Out OF Pris.
en-, is Again Nabbed.
Alexander Berkman, who las sum-
mer was released from states ,pris-
on after having served fourteen years
for an attack on Henry c. F'rick, fol-
lowing the Homestead, Pa, riots OF
1892. Emma Goldman, and two others,
were arrested in New York Sunday by
detectives who broke up an aIarch.
lists meeting in the East Side.
Emma Goldman made the speech
which moved the police to action,
while Berkman exhorted the audience
to disobey the command to disperse.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
THIRTY-F|VE KILLED
Another Rail Horror Wherein
Death Held High Carnival.
BLUNDER OF OPERATOR
Trains on Rock Island Road Crash
Together and Long List OF Vic
Tins Added to Almost Daily
Quota.

Thirty-fve persons, all Mexicans,
but three, were killed, ffty-fve per.
sons were injured and bodies Of thirty
Mexicans were incinerated early We'd
nesday morning in a. head-on collision
Of two passenger trains Of the Chica-
20, Rock Island and Pacific railroad
near volland, Kans.
The wreck occurred while both
trains were running slowly on curve
in a cut where the grade was steep.
All the killed were on the southbound
train except a tramp, who was on
the baggage car of the nerthbound
train. This tramp, a negro porter and
a workman accompanying a gang OF
Mexican laborers, were the only Amer
lean killed so far as known, although
a passenger says that a woman and
a child were burned in tourist car.
There were thirty-seven Mexicans
and five Americans, composing a gang
of railroad workers, in the smoking
car of the southbound train.
The Mexicans we're pinioned under
the seats, and the doors were jammed
50 they could not get out. In the chair
car also many passengers We're held
down by the seats. The train caught
fire from the gas tanks. Then came
the cries for help among the Mexi-
cans in the smoking car, and the
Deople pinioned fast in the chair car.
Every man and woman on the train
tried 20 rescue the unfortunates, but
the tlames soon became too hot to per-
nit of approaching the car. The in
iured were removed from the chair
cars with less difficulty, and appar.
entity all were rescued alive fsom
these cars.
In an hour and a half from the
time of the wreck the first reNef
train from Mcfarland, Kans., with
surgeons and helpers, reached the
scene. Another relief train from To-
peka and two wrecking trains soon
arrived, and all of the dead and in
iured that had been taken from the
wreck were removed to Topeka, where
the injured were placed in hospitals.
The foremost tourist sleeping car OF
the southbound train also burned, but
all the occupants escaped serious in
jury.
John Lynes, 10 years old, telegraph
operator at Volland, who let the
southbound train get by his station,
where it was to pass the northbound
train, was arrested and gave the fol-
lowing statement before being taken
to Jail.
'T had been awake all night, and
was SOBER At about 4 or 5 o'clock
the dispatcher gave me four orders
for the southbound train to meet two
trains at Volland instead Of at Alta
Vista, as previously arranged. The
southbound train headed into a switch
and let one train pass, backed out OF
the switch and headed down the Rain
track without waiting for the other
train. I thought it was going to stop
to take water as trains have been
doing, but instead it went by at about
10 miles an hour"
Five minutes before the trains crash
ed together the operators for hum
dreds of miles along the line Of the
Rock Island system knew that the
collision was certain, as Lynes had
wired from Volland that be had let
No. 20 pass, but there was no earthly
means of preventing the disaster.
Lyres wired:
'"No. 20 has gone, and I have gone
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
UP TO GOVERNOR FOLK.
Unless He Interferes Mrs. Myers and
Hottmann Will Hang.

Judge John Phillips, in the United
States district court at Kansas, de-
MED the application of the attorneys
for Mrs. Aggie Myers for writ Of
habeas corpus. This means that Mrs.
Myers, who is now in jail at Lib
erty under sentence of death for the
murder of her husband, and Frank H.
Hottmann, In jail at Kansas City, for
completely in the crime, will be exc
cuted on January 10, unless Governor
Folk inteTferes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
WANTS PUBLIC TO DECIDE.

Atlanta Liquor Dealers Favor a Pro-
hbition Election.
The Retail Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton Of Atlanta has declared in favor
of holding a prohibition election.
This action was taken at a meeting
held Wednesday, when resolutions
to that effect were adopted.
L is frankly recited in the resol'l-
tion that the retail dealers do not de.
sire prohibition, but wish the matter
to be settled definitely by the pub
lie.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
NOBEL MEDAL ARRIVES.
Gift of Norway to Roosevelt Received
at the White House.

The Nobel prize medal, recently
conferred on President Roosevelt by
the Norwegian storthing, has been re-
ceived at the white house, having
been transmitted by American Min
lister Fierece at Christania. With the
medal is a diploma setting forth the
award The prize money, (which approx
innate Something over sS7,ooo' mas
net yet arrived.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
swINDLER COMES 70 GRIEF.
Flower Nabbed by Detectives Aftet
Four Years of pursuit.

R. C. Flower, alias c. G. DalneYs
who has been a fugitive from New
York since 1903, where he is wanted
to answer charges Of grand larceny
and swindling c7eduaous investors
out Of about S1,O0o,c0o on alleged.
gus mining operations, was arrested
in Philadelphia Friday. b
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10

Andy Honors indian chies.
Andrew Carnegie has given $60a09
to build creek memorial hall at or
mulgee, !. T., in honorso of the celebra
ed Creek chief, Esparhacker. 81 q
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-10
M,cREA SUCCEEDS cAssATT
As Head of Pennsylvania Lines West
OF Pittsburg.

At meeting in Philadelphia Wed
nesday, James McCrea Of Fittsburg,
first vice president Of the Pennsylva-
mia lines, west Of Pittsburg, was elec-
ted president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company by directors Of the
latter corporation, to succeed the late
A. j. Cassatt.