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Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

We turned the sleek little things over and
over.
'They can't be panthers, can they?" queried
Arthur, little nervously. 81 wonder how a
young panther looks?"
By this time we were both glancing sharply
about, u.s., Panthers! 1t wasn't soothing
thought, there in that Green Mountain thick
et. Yet the more we suspected them to be
such the more we wanted to take them home
as trophies.
They were about the size of ordinary house
cats, and might have weighed perhaps twelve
pounds each. We started off with them,
thinking that, should the mother present her
self, we would do the best we could with our
douoie-barrels; but she was absent, and we did
not care to wait for her. 1t must be remem-
bered that we were only thirteen
We had retreated good mile, when our
attention was attracted to birds nest of
unusual size in the fork of dead tree We
could see from the ground that it contained
three three young birds, apparently just ready to
shnns smo 3 out .Gas Of IT. tor they showed plainly
goslngs, as they jostled and crowded each
other for room.-
"Owls," cried Arthur-"and white owls.
too! Those are the very fellows we want!
We might take two of them and leave one
L don't believe the old ones can count"
People are apt to suppose that owls always
have their nests in the holes of hollow trees,
but this is a mistake; the larger species
quite often build among the branches, in the
manner of hawks.
Here was an excellent chance to obtain
living specimens. Might we not feed them
on mice and birds? and wouldn't they soon
be great, round-headed fellows Swapping
their. sharp bills at whatever came near
them!
Although the tree was very large and tall.
we saw that it would not be difficult to climb
as it was full of protuberances and riffs
which offered tempting holds for the hands
and feet: So, laying down our guns and the
two dead panther cubs, up we went
Oh, those pretty, soft, downy little owlsl
the mere sight of them repaid all our
climbing. They were somewhat larger than
ordinary fatirons though about the same
shape, and white as snow
They opened their baby Bills as we peered
into their nest of sticks, no doubt expecting
the customary mouse or bird
Our hearts smote us for the intent wa
harbored, and yet the temptation was strong.
We might never have another opportunity
l don't know how we should have decided
but, as it happened we were spared the
trouble of deciding at all.
There was a sound of a quick sprinpv
tread at the top of the tree, and we looked
down.
1t was to see, right under us, the fierce
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14

fVAYl HEN l was very young we lived in
WI Central Vermont, so near the Green
Mountains that they seemed to be
ls&SEESI looking in at our chamber win
dows
Adjoining our own was the farm
of a Mr.. Webster, whose son Arthur was an
inseparable companion of mine. Arthur was
an intelligent, generous boy, and to this day
| remember him with a glow of the old-tlme
affection.
Together we went to school for five days
in the week. hunting on Saturdays or setting
our rude traps in the surrounding woods.
There were deer in our neighborhood, and
each of us,l upon beginning to use gun, felt
very ambitious to kill one of those noble crea-
lures, so shy and hard to approach; -.
Arthur was the first to succeed in this
cherished object. While we were ranging the
forest at some little distance apart, beauti-
full doe started up, and my companion, who
was nearer to her than l, clapping his gun to
his face, brought her down with charge of
buckshot.
1t was notable exploit for thirteen-year-
old boy, but could plainly see that.he would
have felt happier over it could our success in
the hunt have been equal Such was the
kind of lad that he was.
However, within mouth I was even with
him; for l succeeded in creeping upon large
buck, which ieaping high in the air as l fired,
fell stone dead under the great trees.
We were much puzzled during the winter
of our first cunning experience by some re-
markable tracks which were occasionally to be
found in the snow; their peculiarity being
that they would often begin and end in the
middle Of an open field-coming as it were,
from nowhere, and leaving off in the same
manner.
They were as large as the footprints of
fox; yet any fox to have made them must
have possessed the power of jumping twenty
or thirty rods at single bound, as they were
often fully this distance from cover, with not
the slightest mark in the interval to show how
the creature could have got there or how it
could have got away.
Here was problem which we were unable
to solve. The line of tracks would sometimes
be quite long, while at other times it would
reach only few yards. But always there
would be the same unaccountable beginning
the same mysterious termination.
dozen times during that winter we came
upon those strange "witch-marks," as we
termed them; but it was not until the very
last snowfall of the following spring that the
riddle was made plain to us, How simple It
was after all!
Coming suddenly out of the woods upon
large open field we started up huge white
owl, but at such distance that our shot fell
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
Copyright by James Elverson.

fVAY1 HEN l was very young we lived in
WI Central Vermont, so near the Green
Mountains that they seemed to be
LS&sEGSI looking in at our chamber win
dows.
The Washington times., 1907-03-20
.SELIGMAN SEES
THE PRESIDENT
ABOUT FINANCE
Believes Roosevelt IS
Willing to Meet Rail-
roads Half Way.

Isaac y. Scligman. OF New York mem
Der of the banking firm Of J. & W.
Seligman. had a long conference with
the President at the White House today.
Mr.. Seligman said that the President
had sent for him and admitted tha1 the
general situation" had been discussed
very thoroughly.
The President is disposed TO NEE
the railroads half way" said Mr.. Selig-
man. but he does not believe that he
can do any more for the railroads than
he has done already. He does not see
how he can be held responsible i'm any
way for the action OF the various state
Legislatures that have passed reduced
fare bills and other measures inimicaI
to the interests Of the transportation
companies.
"All the President can do is to en-
force the laws that are on the statute
books He is willing, however. 20 do
anything In his power to restore pub
lie confidence I'm the market. He has
received a large number of suggestions
from the railroad men. but IS rot sure
that he can follow any of them"
Mr.. SeliEman was asked il he believed
any additional measures of relief were
needed by the money market in New
York
Il do not" he replied. 7 think Mr..
COrtelyOu has the situation well in hand
and is doing all that is required under
the present conditions"
The Washington times., 1907-03-20
ROBBED GIRL
IS PENNILESS;,
LOVER IN JAIL
Miss Mulcahy, of Wash
ingtOn, Tells Baltimore
Judge How Bryan
Duped Her.

BALTIMORE, Nd, March 3O.-"He
took my money. That's al I know,
judge. except that he promised to marry
me. Then be beat me up
In a strained voice, turning her face
away from Clarence NJ Bryan, Miss
Ellen G. Mulcahy, of Washington, closed
her testimony this morning. Five min
utes later Bryan was held under s. 500
bail for assault and robbery OF Hiss
Mulcdhy. with whom ne came TO Bal
1more yesterday to marry
Just before Bryan was sent to the
lookup he asked 10 have a warrant
sworn out for the arrest Of a saloon
keeper named MCKeever. whom he
charged with robbery. declaring that
MCkeever charged him $50 for four
bottles of champagne on Monday night
The story of the jamboree that followed
the robbery and assault OF Miss Null
CahV was told at the hearing Miss
MulCahy told Of meeting Bryan. who is
bartender, at a boarding house kept
by Mrs. Wright. 729 Ninth street north
west, Washington. several weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1907-03-20
Sensational Turn of Famous Murder Trial
Came as Complete Surprise to Defense,
Who Asked for Quarter.
DR.. Allen McLane Hamilton, Called as Ex-
pert for Defense, Tells Court That
ThaW IS Incurably Insane.

NEW YORK, March 2OAn insanity inquest to determine the
mental state of Harry Kendall Thaw asked for by District Attorney
Jerome today The step which had rmored and looked the
earlier stages of the trial total surprise tOday-he day
which had been expected that the taking OF testimony the would
be concluded JeroeS request made paOned appeal to the
court cmaxed morning of legal fencing the admission of i
mOny of Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton the expert formerly retained by the
defense and then by State Thaws attorneys learned
that he of the opinion that the prisoner is still insane
JERoMEs DETERMINED FIGHT.
testify that Th and at the time the killing
Of his regarding which that would
he insans
DELMAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED
asked for
a a
Following exp
Of in
mony plea Delmas waived all
INSANITY FAMILY.
During comforting
v prosecutor Bngaman,
family physicians, that the epePc
Following change by
guidance.
DECLARES THAw INSANE.
He belief he had Thaw,
prisoner paanoiac
the quality of lis is medically
himself pinned making for
but lodged behind the plea that the in
quiry he solely guidance o
JURY EXCUSED. :
Thaw incurably
jury until Friday morning.
The Washington times., 1907-03-20
DECLARES THAw INSANE.

The Thaw case was a few moments
late in opening this morning. Justice
Fitzgerald not being as punctuaI as
usual. Evelyn Thaw, accompanied
by Mae Mckenzie and Mrs. J. J. Cain,
arrived early at the court house. A
few moments later Mrs. William
Thaw arrived.
When court adjourned yesterday
the fight was hanging fire over the
admission of one of the letters writ
ten by Harry X. Thaw to J. Denni-
son Lyon. the Pittsburg banker.
Attorney Delmas sprung a sensa-
tion at the very beginning of the
hearing by withdrawing the letter
he offered last night and calling DR..
Allan McLane Hamilton to the stand.
The purpose of calling this witness,
who was retained by Thaw's former
lawyers, Black, Olcott, Gruber and
BOnynge, and later discharged, was
to show, said Mr.. Delmas, Thaw's
mental condition two days after the
killing. DR.. Hamilton has been un-
der subpoena by the State.
DR.. Hamilton qualified as an expert.
and Delmas asked:
Q--NOu are physician
A-Nes. l have been practising in
this city for thIrty-seven years
Q.-Do you know the defendant in
this Case2
Al do. sir
Q.-Were you called upon after June
p, 1906. 10 make an examination os
him?
Al was asked to do so by BLACK.
Continued on Second Page.)
The Washington times., 1907-03-20

Fragrant violets, 2sc Per Punch,
at Kramer's, the florist. s16 F st. NV
Adv.
The Washington times., 1907-03-20
KING LEOPOLD
MAY Be FORCED
TO ABDICATE
DO They Call Me a
Thief" He Rails
at Envoy.

BRUSSELS. March 9O-Detalls Of a
crisis between King Leopold and his
ministry OF so serious a nature as TO
cause the monarch 10 again consider alb
dication have come to light.
The trouble has not yet become pub
liclv known here. The crisis comes from
the outgrowth Of the governments in
tention TO probe the relations of King
Leopold and the Congo Free State, more
especially the financial administration
Of King Leopold and the privy domain.
Despite the objections of some Of the
ministers desirOus of preserving tho
good viii existing between the King and
the parliament a number Of questions
were formulated and Vanderlast. gen
eral secretary of the foreign Office, was
depuuzed. TO put the questions 20 Leo
pold, who was resting at his villa near
Cannes.
When the nature of the questions
dawned on the King he flew into a vio-
lent rage.
do they call me a theft" he dc. nard-
ed dramatically Of the luckless mes
senger
The Kings anger was so great that he
is said to have become violently in and
TO have been confined TO his bed for
some days. Meanwhile the ministry is
in Consideration for fear that the mon
arch would carry out his threat TO
force all their designations This will
probably be avoided solely because of
the Kings realization Of his inability to
get another cabinet equally satisfactory.
The Washington times., 1907-03-20
TWO NEGRESSES
SHOT TO DEATH
IN ARKANSAS

STAMPS. Ark. March 2l-Two negro
women have ben shot TO deI,A by a mob
in McKamie, a village six niles south
of here.
The town has no Jail and the women
had been locked up in the schOolnouse
and "A guard placed IN charge OF tie
building. They were charged with using
a razor with probably fatal effect on
Mrs. Ella RhOtOn. r white woman, and
her daughter, and kicking Mrs. Rhotou' s
little son
The Washington times., 1907-03-20
WALSH TO PLEAD APRIL 8;
TRIAL PERHAPS IN OCTOBER

CHICAGO. March 20.-Judge Anderson
has decided that John R Walsh. former
president of the Chicago National Bank
should appear before him April s. and
enter his plea to the $50 counts Of the
Indictment charging him with misap-
preparation Of the funds Of a national
clined TO set the date for the trial early
IN October.
The Washington times., 1907-03-20
Love and Liquor.

when he learned I had some money
in bank he made violent love to me-"
she declared, and he kept me drinking
steadily He wouldn't let me go out Of
the house, and 1 was a sort Of pris-
ouer- Finally, he urged that we so 10
Baltimore 10 get married. I had about
$,IO0 left in bank. and Bryan and War
rem Thompson persuaded me to draw il
out, so that we might open a saloon
after we were U arTied here. As soon
as we reached Baltimore Monday after
noon thev started putting liquor in me.
Then ! gave Bryan mOneyfOr the mar
riage license. / went with them 10 the
residence OF Cardinal Gibbons, who was
TO marry us. He was TOO busy 10 see
us then and we went to the Raleigh
Hotel. There they again started drink
ing. we went 10 the room and there
Continued on Second Page)
The Washington times., 1907-03-20

Alabama Flooring, Mostly Edge Grain,
reduced to $3.50 per 100 feet. F. Libbey
Co., 9Th st. and New York ave.
The Washington times., 1907-03-20
Trip Abroad.

Il would say for him 10 take a trip
through the Western country and enjoy
himself at his loved recreation for about
eighteen months or so: then, when he
is fully invigorated from the cares OF
office, he ought TO take a trip TO New
Zealand and some of the European
countries and see the good and the bad
in the various governments there and
draw his own wise conclusions as to
what is best for the United States
Then. when he will return. the people
of the country will surely insist on his
again taking the Presidency, unless
William Jennings Bryan is elected in
the meantime to that office"
A tabulation of the replies received by
Continued on Eleventh PageJ
The Washington times., 1907-03-20
TRAVEL! REPLY
ABOUT FUTURE
OF ROOSEVELT
Answers From the Pa
perS of the Country to
Be Tabulated
Sunday.

What should Theodore Roosevelt
do March ), 1909?
Answers to that questiOnTasked
in last Sundays TimeS-continue to
pour into The Times office. Those
received today cover & wider range
Of occupations than those of Monday
and Tuesday. The majority still IA
vOrS a third term, but the variations
are many.
Here is what one man proposes;
The Washington times., 1907-03-20

Continued on Second Page.)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
OFFICIALS To CO
ON STAND

CHICAGO. JAN 7---Traf1c deals put
through by E. H Hartman, 1T is said.
will be the main point. of inquiry that
will be started by the Interstate Com
merce Commission here tomorrow. For
this purpose subpoenas have been is
sued for the appearance of julius
Kruttschnitt, director of maintenance
and operation, and ]. c. Stubs, traffic
manager of the Southern Pacific lines.
]. T. Harahan, the newly elected presi-
dent of the Illinois Central, it is said,
will be called as witness
Other witnesses who are expected to
testify are: e. Q. Mccormick. assist
ant traffic manager at Omaha E. L. Lo-
max. general passenger agent, Omaha;
Benjamin Campbell, vice president in
charge of traffic on the Great Northern
Railway and formerly traffic manager
of the oregon Railroad and Navigation
Company. a Hartman property; julie
M. Hannaford. vice president in charge
of traffic of the Northern Pacific, and
E. r. Ripley, president of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe-
Just what is the object Of the COM
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
PITTSbURG HAS 4
CRAFT SCANDAL

PITTSBURG, Jan. sensational tes-
timony was given today in the $4,000
graft scandal in connection with the
ordinance to give the Pittsburg and
Tube City Railway Company an en-
trance into Pittsburg, when William A.
Martin, a member of the Common
Council, was put on trial charged with
soliciting a bribe for the passage of
the ordinance.
j. H Milholland. a civil engineer for
the railroad company, testified that he
had placed a $4,000 certified check in
a safe deposit box which was to have
been given to Martin. and was told by
burg and Tube City Railroad. in Mar
tins presence. that the alleged bride
money was increased from 100000 to
s7O.0 600 in order to get sufficient votes
to pass the Tube City ordinance over
the Mayors veto.
This $4,000. according to Milholland.
was deposited in safe deposit box
for Martin. Milholland kept the key.
which Martin later ordered him to re-
turn to Cameron, renarking that he
had been trimmed again and that the
money was not there.
c. R. Richardson, a broker, testified
that Martin had been deceived by
means of two envelopes, one contain
ing money and the other empty. The
scheme, Richardson said was worked
in Martins presence. Martin afterward
refused to be searched for the money,
but 1T was found later by a detective
agency, which received $4,000 for it's
work.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
PUNISH CONv|CTS
FOR SMUGGLING

SAN RAFAEL. Jan. According to
stories from San Quentin. Captain Ran
dolph is engaged in a determined war
on the opium smugglers of the peni-
Tertiary and has many suspected pris-
oners in strait5ackets in the dun
geon of the prison. Among those who
have fallen under the suspicion of the
jailers are William Enright. a life
termer from Sacramento for robbery;
Frank Tanning, serving FIVE years for
burglary; Pat Ryan. another life
termer for robbery. and a prisoner
named Clifford.
II is reported that the convicts were
seized Saturday noon and put in the
Jackets and that they have remained
encased ever since All OF the prison
ers protest their innocence and other
inmates Of the prison say that they are
the victims of convict who seeks to
curry favor with the officials. Friends
OF Enright claim that there is preju-
dice against him because his brother,
Peter Enright, a newsboy Of San Fran
cisco, is trying TO secure a pardon for
him. Enright comes from Sacramento,
where he committed a robbery with
Red Shirt" Gordon, who led the Fol-
som break some years ago, and a rob-
Der named Fay. Enright and Fay got
life sentences. Gordon was sent up for
twenty five years.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
Board of Education Is Prepared to
Seize Bunkers With Police Aid

cause there is none to be had. What
we want is detail of twenty police
officers TO accompany the wagons of
our contractor, L. Brizzolara & Son,
to see that ten wagonloads of coal are
secured at the bunkers of the Western
Fuel Company and delivered to the
various schools. If you will make that
detail the board will assume all civil
responsibility.
Chief Oman at once said he would
detail the men and directed his cap
tains to detail a sufficient number of
men to make upethe quota. 1t was ar
ranged that the police should assem-
BILE at the coal bunkers at o'clock in
the morning and that the wagons of
Brizzolara & Son would go to the same
place. A raid on the coal bunkers was
then to be made and a sufficient amount
of fuel taken, according to an existing
contract, to supply the schools.
COMPANY CAPITULATES
This daring scheme. however. will
not be brought to head. as represen-
tatives of the Western Fuel Company
telephoned the Board of Education late
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
NEW OFFICERS IN
SONOMA COUNTY
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


SANTA ROSA, Jan AT noon today
District Attorney Charles H Pond gave
Up his Office to Clarence f. Lea. and
Deputy District Attorney Rolfe L.
Thompson was succeeded by George w.
Hoyle Of Cloverdale. There were no
formalities attending this change or
any OF the others which took place at
the same time. Miss Minnie Coulter,
who has held the position of County
Superintendent Of Schools for eight
years, gave over the keys of the Office
to Dewitt Montgomery principal of
the Sonoma Grammar School. while the
formers sister-was succeeded as deputy
by the latter's wife.
Supervisor J. A. McMinn of Heads
burg was succeeded on the board by
c. L. Patteson Of the same city. County
Surveyor Newton V. V. Smyth turned
his Office over TO George Winkler Of
Sebastopol, while the deputies retained
their positions.
Grace had the honor of turning his
Smith, a popular conductor of the Cali
Of Sheriff with full set of new depu-
ties, while former City Marshal Collins
of Petaluma assumed the office Of
County Tax Collector. The latter Office
was segregated from the Sheriff's last
summer by a resolution Of the Board
Of Supervisors and Collins was the first
Tax Collector elected by Sonoma Coun-
ty as such.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
WILL OF CASSATT
FILED IN COURT
All of the Wealth of the
Dead Railroad Magnate
Is Left to His Family
NOTHING FOR CHARITY

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. THE will
of the late A. ]. Cassatt. president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, containing
two codicils, was filed today, disposing
of his estate. unofficially estimated to
be worth more than $5.00O.000. The
entire estate goes to the widow. three
surviving children and two sons-in-
law.
To the widow is bequeathed all the
personal property and most of the fam
lily residence properties.
To DR.. James Hutchinson. husband
surviving Cassatt's deceased daughter,
the will bequeaths $4,000, and to Will
lam Plunkett Stewart, husband of
Cassatts living daughter, the same,
but by a codicil this later was in
creased to 100000.
One codicil authorizes the executors
to erect a new home adjoining his
Cheswold estate for the use of his
daughter, Mrs. Stewart.
The sum of 800, 900 is bequeathed to
Robert Kelso Cassatt for the purpose
of establishing him in business with
William Plunkett Stewart
The residue of the estate is left in
trust. Forty per cent of the income
is to be paid to the widow and the re-
mainder in equal shares to the three
surviving children.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08

War to bitter and uncompromising
end was declared by the Board of
Education yesterday morning on the
Western Fuel Company, which, owing
to an alleged inhuman greed was de-
priving school children of needed coal
that il might sell fuel to the public
at extortionate prices, but before the
sun had set in a wintry and blustry
sky an armistice had been declared be
cause of the expressed willingness of
the company to supply 160 tons on de-
mand.
The anger of the Board of Education
was aroused from the fact that three
schools, the Fairmont, Franklin and
Columbia. We're dismissed by the re-
spective principals because there was
not even a lump of coal TO dispell the
biting cold of the classrooms. From
the morning papers the educators as
certained that the Western Fuel Com
pany had added TO it's supply of reserve
coal by the 10000 tons which arrived
in ships. 1t was also ascertained that
the bunkers of the company on Steuart
street We're nearly all filled.