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Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
RHODE ISLAND


NEWPORT. r. l., Oct. 3l.-Court
Friendship, Foresters of America. cele-
brated its seventeenth birthday in a mt
ting manner with social session in
Mercury hall Court Friendship was in
stituted in October, 1890 with twenty
charter members, and since that time IL
has grown until its membership is
now 154.
The annual mems supper at st. George S
church took place. Rev. Nassau Stephens,
rector of the church, acted as master
OF ceremonies, which position also meant
supervision of the serving of food
as the men this year would not allow
the ladies of the church to have any
part in the supper. They took fuil
charge. hired a caterer to serve and
rrlnaged the whole affair Rev. Mr..
stephens, A. H. Dadmun, general secre-
farv of the Young Mems Christian as
sociation. and Rev. Oscar Moore, curate
at Emmanuel church, addressed the men.
The musical part of the entertainment
was furnished by Goods mandolin Or
e .estra and by the Euterpe quartet
REHOBOTH-Mrs. Clarence Kingsbury.
formerly of this town, but now OF Leo
minister, Mass, is spending a lew Gays
in town with friends.
A husking bee, one of the old-fashioned
tind. was given at the home OF Charies
Goff in South Rehoboth. A goodly num-
her gathered in the big barn and after
huslxine for some time refreshments ana
an entertainment program were enjoyed.
The first meeting of the Farmers ciup
was held at the home of the president
DR.. C. N. Raymond. The iaoles ols-
c,saed the topic catholicism and Pol
itics,'' story was read by Mrs. Ray
mond.
sWANSEA-Linemen from the Rhode
Island company were at work erectlns
poles for the wires of the new swltches
of the Providence and Fall RIVER seres'
railway at North Swansea ana Mltonu ,''.
STATE Evangelist Willard Waterbury
held the final service of the series at the
North Swansea Baptist church.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
0BLIGING BURGLAR is
COURTEOUS TO VICTIMS

!, CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 31.-A burglar Z
: who entered two houses in Evanston !
J. and held up a night watchman re- =
4 turned savings bank and watch =
l, to Levy A. Eliel, S24 Hinman avenue, 4
!. when Informed that the watch was :
\ keepsake and that the bank was the :
/. property of a son whom the father +
j was persuading to save his money =
!. Half-hour before this incident two !
x masked men held UP John Lyons, =
!. employed TO watch homes on Forest !
= avenue. =
i You watch the balloons that will !
!. pass here in few minutes" the men =
/. told Lyons They searched him, but =
i failed to find his revolver or any, !
!. thing of value and then left him ].
!. standing on the sidewalk gazing sky !
\ ward. !
= At the home of William Morgan, /
!, 653 Hinman avenue, the burglar took !.
!. S. and siverware valued at $40. J.
X "I was formerly railroad man. J.
+ he told Mr. Morgan, ''and have been i
(. out of work and hard up of late; i
4 am much Obliged for the five-spot. i
:. Shortly after 8 o'clock Sergeant i
!. Rubo saw man answering the de- =
+ scription of one of the robbers at l.
4 Keeney street and Hinman avenue. \
+ A revolver duel followed, but the sus- !.
!. pect escaped. :
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
FLORIDA

TITUSVILLE, Oct. 31.-Mr. and Mrs.
j. Beggs, who have been away for some
weeks, have returned home,
Contractor Hall, with gang of work.
men, are continually at work building
and improving property in town. He is
nov moving the two Wiley cottages to
desirable locations
Mrs NJ l.. Campbell of Melbourne at
tended the meeting of the Eastern Star.
j. M. Osban has gone to Atlanta to
purchase horses and mules for his up-to-
date livery stable.
LAKE HELEN-W. L. Weaver passed
away after a short illness, aged 65 years.
Mr. Weaver was a we'll known citizen of
the town, coming here when the place
was first settled in 1854 or 1885 from
Loda, Ill.
Jay Sheldon who has been home for a
couple of weeks quite Ill. has gone back
to Sanford, where he and his brother,
Mr.. Wakefield, are learning the celery
business.
The fall truck gardens around the town
are looking remarkably we'll.
HIGH SPRINGS-Mrs. Effie Sutherland
of Gainesville is visiting her sister, Mrs
S. B. Phifer.
Mrs. l.. C. Gracy of Gainesville visited
her sister, Mrs. ]. D. Neal last week.
Mrs A. E. Summers has returned after
spending some time with her mother
Mrs. C. C. McGee of Tampa.
Rev G. 7. Taylor of Newberry has
moved his family to High Springs.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
MISSOURI

COLUMBIA, Mo, Oct a.-The Univer-
sity Military Academy building was to-
tally destroyed by fire. The building was
valued at SIS, 600, with about half as much
insurance. The origin of the fire is un-
known. Thirty-two boys are enrolled.
The school is owned and conducted by
Col. ]. B. Welch.
ST. LOUIS-James Kelly Cole, said to
be a Socialist poet of Chicago, who was
arrested at Union station here July "a "
Miss Eva Herndon, a Chicago detective,
pleaded guilty to counterfeiting. He was
sentenced to two years in the Fort
-Leavenworth penitentiary.
KANSAS CITY-Robert F. Sutherland.
speaker of the Canadian house of COM
mons, in an address here before the Knife
and Fork club predicted that Canada
would some day have 21-foot draft from
the upper lakes to tidewater, and that
then her ports would be the busiest of any
on the North American continent Mr..
Sutherland was the guest of honor at the
first dinner given this season by the club.
ST. JOSEPH-Miss Jessie Strop, sister
of Judge Charles E. Strop, has lost the
power of speech as a result of being
knocked down on the street by dog a
week ago., She suffered a fracture of the
skull at the base, resulting in paralysis
of one arm. 1t is not believed that she
will die.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
NEW YORK

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct 31.-The body
of a. woman found in the Harlem river is
not that of Mrs. Clifford w. Hartridge, as
was at first thought A member of the
family viewed the body at the morgue an !
declared that it bore no resemblance 20
Mrs. Hartridge.
ALBANY-State Engineer Skene ap-
pointed from the civil service list the fol-
lowing as resident engineers at an annual
salary of $2400: c. F. Chism, E. ]. Pick
wick w. H. VanWie, T. r. Ripley, f. J.
Morrison, O. F. Bellows, F. c. Davis, Il.
S. Tyring, J. A. O'Connor, C. H. McCui-
Tough and Herbert Spencer. The appoint
ments take effect November l. The ap-
pointees have been in the state engineer s
department for many years and nearly all
have made Albany their homes.
WHITE PLAINS-Brig. Gen. j. Frank
lin Bell chief of staff of the United States
army, who has been at Muldoon's sana-
torium for three weeks has so greatly i'm
proved in health that he will leave next
week. Mr.. Muldoon says he has every
reason to. believe that Gen. Bell will be
completely restored to health and fit to
take up his duties November 1.
ROCHESTER, = In a shooting affray
Mrs Pasquila Lipta, So years old received
two dangerous bullet wounds. one in the
shoulder and one in the chest. Salvatino
Palarzi. who is accused of having fired the
shots, is being sought by the police.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
PENNSYLVANIA


MONESSEN. Pa, Oct S1.-John
company, had his left leg broken in two
places at the Flint mine of the Monessen
coal works
OIL CITY-James Hazlett, aged 49, was
probably fatally .iJured in a runaway
accident His right arm was broken,
he was injured about the head and in
ternal injuries hre feared.
CONNE1hSVILLE-W hunting near
Fayette City Frank Brewer. aged 30, ac-
cidentally shot himself, dying snort
time later
UNIONTOWN-C. NJ Shank, for seven
years superintendent of the H. c. Frick
Coke company at Lemont, has resigned
and is succeeded by Benton Boyd, super
intendent at Continental No. 2.
BUTLER-The new $4,000 residence of
c. N. Boyd. to have been occupied soon,
was destroyed by fire 1t is thought TO
have been set on fire by tramps.
GROVE CITY-Acting President #. w.
Hays has received a. notice from the war
department of the appointment of Lieut..
. " illiam A. Castle of the ninth infantry
as military instructor at Grove City
college.
Z OIL CITY-Edwin H. Preston, a Penn
sylvania railroad brakeman, fell under
his engine at Russell, sustaining injuries
that caused his death an hour later.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
KANSAS

LAWRENCE, Kas., Oct. 31.-Four chill
dren. all girls. were born to Mrs. John
Barben, wife of a wealthy farmer living
six miles south of this place. Three of
them are living and seem to be in a
very healthy condition. Each child
weighed four pounds. Mrs. Barben is So
years of age and is doing nicely.
The stork made a visit to the same
neighborhood about three weeks ago with
triplets, all of whom died shortly after
birth.
WICHITA-A reward of $500 was offered
by local bankers for the apprehension of
Sylvester Harrison, who disappeared after
cashing a check for $4,000 and withdraw
ing his own money from the banks.
TOPEKA-H. v. Lawrence, the Demo-
cratic contestant in the Finney county
treasurership fight, filed his answer In
the supreme court to the mandamus ac-
ton to oust him from the office. Law
renee was county treaurer previous to the
last election. A. c. Wheeler, opposing
him ON the Republican ticket, was de-
clared elected his successor.
Lawrence charges in his answer that
the election officers in each precinct in
the county counted votes for Wheeler
which We're not legal and refused to
count votes for himself which were legal.
Lawrence is still holding the office.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
KENTUCKY

ASHLAND, KY, Oct. H.-A mysterious
shooting that is being widely dlscusseu
in Prestonsburg is that of Dode Caihouh,
one of the most prominent ana Wealtny
business men of Floyd county. ne was
shot at or near his home, heavy charge
of buckshot going through his hips anu
bowels and inhicting mortal WOUNDS. ne @
was rushed to this city on speclal tram
and removed to the Gray sanltarluLn'
where an operation was performed his
wife and son, the only persons who know
anvthing of the tragedy, refuse to say
anything The matter will be lhVesu-
gated by the prosecutor.
JACKSON-The attorneys in the suit
of the heirs of DIR. B. d. Cox against
lanes Alex and Elbert Hargis and Ed
Callahan for 100000 damages for the
murder of DIR. Cox were engaged hers
taking deposl.ions to be used in the trlal
Of the case at Lexington. one OF tne
witnesses introduced was John Sinilh'
who has confessed that he was paid 10
assist in numbering DIR. Cox.
PADUCAH-The big stemmery at Fifth
and CLAW streets, which has peen lule
for ten years, was transferred In the
county court by the Imperial Tobacco
company through Henderson agents to
]. A. Robinson of Louisville, representing
w. c. Grant & Co., the tobacco nrnl
deciding the entire property at Fifth ano
CLAW streets, fully half block, Tor the
consideration of $4,000.
HICKMAN-The two little daughters o,
John Bruer died at their home severa
miles south of Hickman, They died ol
i,le measles and had been sick only q
few days.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
NEW JERSEY

CAPE MAY, N j., Oct. a-Rev. John
r. Mason, Prohibition candidate for gov
ernor, delivered an address In the Metho-
dist church on the subject Shall Rum
Saloons Live Longer % He had large
audience. in which women predominated.
WHITINGS-T finding of costly gun
end a mans cunning outfit in the woods
near here has aroused the farmers 70
search the locality, believing some disaster
has befallen the owner. On the gun are
the initials H. j. P.
LDWOOD-Disposing of the Brighton
hotel property here at a reported price
of $4,000 Augustus Nelson has gone back
to Sweden, the place of his BIRTH to make
his home.
BRIDGETON-Ells E. Joyce of
this city and Miss Bertha Winfield of
Seeley were married at the parsonage of
Central Methodist Episcopal church by
Rev. DIR. Edmund Hewitt.
BLACKWOOD-Mrs Susan Livermore
Jones, lifelong resident of this place,
died. She was the mother of w. Harri-
son Livermore of Woodbury..
WOODBURY. = Merchants have been
securing the country for turkeys for
Thanksgiving, but find they are even more
scarce than last year.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
NEBRASKA


CAMBRIDGE, Neb.. Oct. Sl.-Hon. A.
c. Shallenberger of Alma. Neb., ard
Thomas Andrews & Sons of this place,
v 40 sold shorthorn cattle at this place
recently. broke all previous records for
home-bred cattle selling thirty-nine head
for $7435, an average of s19O.64 per head.
NORDEN-There are several cases of
typhoid fever here.
CHADRON-Marr at Grace Episco-
pal church. by Rev. j. lockwood Jen-
lzins. George Clarence Belkman of the
Citizens State bank to Adelaide Wash
burn.
BEATRICE-Edward Nuegebauer and
Mrs. Theresa Geisler, both of this city,
were married in Marysville, Kas. They
will make their home here.
The Farmers Elevator company at Ellis
is practically assured. as 125 shares of
stock have been sold. A meeting will be
held in a few days to perfect the organ
ization.
AINSWORTH-At the Ainsworth house
Gus Zahl and Miss Winnie Mcconnell,
both from Bassett, were united in mar
riage, Judge A. j. Warrick officiating
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS broke into the
office of ahe Western Seed company and
succeeded in picking the combination of
the safe. They secured postage stamps of
the value of about $50. but no cash.
Everything about the safe and office was
Thoroughly overhauled. There is no clue
to the parties.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
INDIANA

EVANSVILLE. Ind, Oct. 3l.-lnforma-
tion received here from Rockport, KY,
states that the historic home of the late
Gen. Don Carlos Buell., on the Green river
was destroyed by fire last night. The
home was occupied by General Buell. dur
ing the civil war and he for many years
operated iron furnaces near by that were
worked by convict labor. The loss will be
heavy.
TERRE FAUTE-The ceremonies COM
memorating the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the foundation of the Sisters of
Providence, and the conservation exer-
cises at the new chapel of ST. Mary's of
the Woods began. More than 100 promi-
nent visiting Roman Catholic clergymen
participated. Among those here is Mgr.
Falconio, apostolic delegate to the United
States.
BRAZIL-"Blackin' Smith was cut and,
it is believed. fatally injured in a fight at
Perth, this county. Smith and fellow
worker named Monroe INDUCED in what
appeared to be a friendly scuffle, when
suddenly Monroe drew knife and ripped
open the abdomen of Smith, besides stab
bing him in other parts of the body I'm
mediately after the cutting Monroe dis
appeared and is still at large Smith was
taken to the hospital at Terre Haute.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
COLORADO


BOULDER, Colo. Oct 31.-The trial of
Reeve and Kiser on a charge of murder
has been set for November A. 1t is possi-
BILE that the defendants attorneys will
ask that each man be tried separately.
PUEBLO-Andrew Geiser was arrested
and placed under bond for hearing on
warrant charging a statutory offense the
complainant being Miss Alma Watson.
aged II, of East Pueblo. 1t is said Gel
ser applied for marriage license for
himself and Miss Watson. but was re-
fused on account of the girls age the
consent of the girls mother not having
been obtained.
COLORADO SPRINGS-Strong efforts
are being made here to have the dele
gates to the Baptist convention now in
session in Denver decide in favor of Lake
George as the site for their proposed
summer school. A committee having the
matter in charge visited the site at Lake
George and 1t is expected that the loca-
tion will be decided by whatever recon-
mendation the committee makes.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Gipson, a former
Greeley boy. a grandson Of Henry t.
West. after graduating from Oxford col
lege, England, where he was sent on Sc
curing the Rhodes scholarship, has been
appointed to the chair of history and
languages in the College Of Idaho.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
TENNESSEE

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Oct. S1.-R. H.
Johnson, a deaf mute countryman with
a shotgun, was arrested at a hotel here.
He says he is a better hunter than Presi-
dent Roosevelt, whose train passed here
going east.
WARRENSBURG = Mrs. Pierce the
teacher at this place, spent couple of
days with home folks near Fall Branch.
Tom Tyers, who has been working at
jamestown, has returned home.
Robert DeBusk, who is principal of the
school at Raiders, visited home folks here.
Miss Margaret Kidwell, who has been
visiting her niece Mrs. McRee, in Chat
tanooga, has returned home.
DR.. DeBusk and son paid visit to
Morrstown.
CHATTANOOGA special to the
Times from Bristol. Tenn. says: Henry
Odell, 10 years old. son of William Odell,
was shot and killed here by a neighbor
boy of about the same age. The shoot
ing was accidental. The lads were play
Ing with a loaded shotgun. The Odell
boys thigh was mangled, necessitating
amputation. He died few minutes after
the operation.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
MASSACHUSETTS


FITCHBURG, Mass, Oct 3l.-Following
a meeting of the directors of the Fitch
burg Gas and Electric Light company
announcement was made of a reduction of
from 25 to 10 per cent for incandescent
electric lights. The new price list is
based on a reduction in the base rate
per XIV. hours.
ROCKPORT-zSafebr believed 10
have made their escape in an automobile,
blew up the postoffioe safe at Pigeon Cove
end got stamps and small amount Of
money, Chief of Police John e. Sullivan
of Rockport has secured what he believes
is a clew z
LAWRENCE-F Frederick Pedrick, we'll
known real estate agent of this city and
a son of the late William r. Pedrick, the
pioneer furniture merchant, shot himself
through the heart at his home, 16 Cypress
street.
ATHOIs-Secretary John T. Dover Of
the Athol Y. NJ c, A. announced that l..
S. Starrett has offered $4,000 and site
for a new Y. NJ. G. A. building if the
Athol people will give $4,000 Offer holds
good until November II.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01

MARIONs~O., Oct. 31.--Dr. G.. P. Galley,
formerly known all over the country as
the Blind Mayor of Marion" and for a
decade the treasurer of Marion township,
which Office he holds without opposition
and for which he has been nominated by
both parties was hit by a street car and
thrown fifteen feet. His right arm was
either broken or disocated at the shoulder
and he received other serious injuries.
SANDUSKY-Harry Smithelser. "a years
old, of Fremont was electrocuted on the
Lake Shore Electric near Ceylon Junction,
when while he was testing rails, long
steel rod he was carrying came in con-
tact With a high tension wire above his
head Twenty thousand volts of cleo
tricity were shot through Shitheiser and
he fell like log. Holes through the Soles
of his shoes and hands burned almost to
a crisp evidence the severity of the shock.
AKRON-The police of Barberton are
looking for a law which will give author
ity to arrest Mrs. G.. W. Boden. Her
neighbor, James Sawyers, complains that
she has strewn fish lines around her yard.
haited with kernels of corn, to catch his
chickens.
CORNING-A premonition without any
thing tangible to account for it, had such
power over the mind of Wallace Stanley,
Kanakha & Michigan engineer, that 1t
kept him from a run on which his engine
was smashed Edward Porter. his sub
stitute. and John Edmond, the fireman,
were Killed. The wreck was the result of
an open switch. Theh freight train OF
which Stanley was engineer ran into a
cutoff of cars standing on the siding.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
ILLINOIS


FREEPORT, Ill, Oct 31.-The Illinois
supreme court handed down an opinion in
the famous Wilcoxon will case which will
bring to an end litigation of twenty years
and legal expenses amounting to over
$4,000 The opinion sustained the decision
of the Stephenson county circuit court in
favor of M. II. Wilcoxon and his two sis
ters, the original defendants. The estate
involved is $25O,00O. The, suit to break the
will was prosecuted by disinherited son.
BLOOMINGTON-Fre Magill, who was
recently acquitted of the charge of muir
dering his wife, had received no less than
fifty-two offers from showmen and others
throughout the United States within four
days after the trial closed, and more are
coming with every mail.
PEORIA-Six hundred distillery work
ers struck here for higher wages. shorter
hours and recognition.of the union The
strikers include skilled and unskilled
workmen and yeast makers, The man
agement of the distilleries offered an in
crease in wages, but declined to treat
with the union committees. The strike
may extend to other cities.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
IOWA

DIES MONIES, Iowa. Oct a.-After re-
naming out nearly eighteen hours the
jury trying George MaKown the Webster
City man charged with destroying by fire
the Northwestern Felt Shoe factory, re-
turned a verdict of guilty. Petition for
an arrest of judgment and new trial
will be filed. MaKown was arrested in
California two months ago and brought
back to Webster City
FORT DODGE-The example set in
other sections of the state has been fol-
lowed in Blackhawk county. where the
farmer boys have formed corn husking
trust and cents bushel will be paid
this year by all owners in order to get
their crops gathered unless outside help
is imported. Meetings have been held
at country schoolhouses and the young
farmers are well organized. The move
ment is general through the county, fully
200 members having pledged themselves
not TO husk a bushel for less than cents.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
NEW MEXICO

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Oct. 31.-A
coroners jury at Thoreau decided that
the Navajo Indian run over and fright
fully mangled by the Santa Fe Chicago
limited. came to death by his own care
lessness, he having gone to sleep on the
track The accident occurred on a
straight piece of track between Thoreau
and Chavez and many people allege that
proper care would have averted the
killing
SANTA FE-A heavy snowfall occurred
in the mountains TO within six miles of
Santa Fe, while in the city and south
of it the rainfall amounted to almost an
inch It is clearing with rapidly-dropping
temperature, which will probably bring
the first killing frost.
At least 100 teachers are needed in the
public schools of the country districts
to make possible the usual winter terms,
according to a statement of Superinten-
dent Clarke. The terms range from three
to seven months and the salaries run up
to SIS a month. Arrangements are being
made to enable teachers to teach two
or three terms a year by ~ending them
from one district to another as fast as
the terms close.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
NEW HAMPSHIRE

ASHLAND, N. H.. Oct. S1.-Thomas
Morency of Ashland was arrested after
being identified as the burglar who en-
tered the home of Miss Hepsie Paine on
Winter street. threatened to kill her and
took $6 Justice Hughes bound Morency
over for appearance at the November
term of court to be held at Plymouth the
second Tuesday in November.
PLYMOUTH-The body of Mrs. Eliza
beth Nelson Blair of Washington D. c.,
Blair of New Hampshires was brought
here for burial.
NASHUA-word was received here of
the death in New Mexico of Dr. Karl
Dwight Wood. son of Egbert o. Wood.
His father, who is a well known manu-
facturer, left for New Mexico imme-
diately.
MISUNDERSTANDING to the lat
est information received by his friends
here, Thomas Neary, who is being de-
tanned at the immigration station. Ellis
Island. N. Y, will be deported on the
steamer Arabic despite their efforts to
assist him. The immigration commits
sioner in New York Is willing to release
Neary on bond of $500, but it has not
been Forthcoming.
DoVER-Clerk of the Superior Court
William H. Roberts began preparations
for sending out venires for the drawing
of jurors from which a panel will be
selected to try the case of DR.. Henry H.
Stackpole, charged with murder in the
first degree by causing the death of Miss
Katherine Ryan of Lowell. Mass She
was found dead in the Doctors house Au-
gust "a last.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-01
MARYLAND

BALTIMORE, Mo-, Oct 31-Rlans have
been laid for the erection of Protestant
Episcopal cathedral in this city, accord
ing to announcement by Bishop William
Paret of the diocese of Maryland. r'Therc
is uncertainty as to the details, but the
cathedral itself is certainty" said the
bishop. 1T VIII probably take 100 years
to build our cathedral, and those Of US
who start the movement will not live 70
see its completion. But we can go TO our
graves with the assurance that this great
center Of the life of the diocese of Mary
land viii be reared.