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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
NEW JERSEY

BONNEVILLE, N. j., Aug. S1.--While
pretty Mollie O'Gorman, a maid on a
farm here, was up in a haymow gath
ering eggs, James Moran, farmer VINO
had long unsuccessfully sought Mollie's
hand in marriage, stealthily removed
the ladder, which was the only means
by which the girl could reach the
ground, and kept her prisoner in her
lofty station until she promised to be
his wife.
MILLVILLE-A mad dog visited the
dairy farm of s. D. King, mile below
this city, and bit registered bull
valued at $500, a calf and a heifer
worth $500. The bull was seized with
rabies shortly afterward and went on
the rampage. He beloved and strugD
gled until he was exhausted and died.
BELVIDERE-John N. Van Camp, DO
years old, a well-to-d do farmer, resid-
ing near Blairstown, rode one of his
horses to the field early to- bring his
cows from the pasture.
A bull which had never before shown
any signs of viciousness attacked the
horse, throwing Van Camp to the
ground with such violence that he
never regained consciousness.
INELAND-Mrs O. Benjamin, over
sixty years old, worked in pain for
week after fall from a porch step.
AS the pain did mot rlet up she went
to a physician, who found that her
arm had been broken
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
ILLINOIS

CHICAGO, Aug 31.-Charles A. An=
drews former restaurant owner at Elk
hart, Ind, shot and killed linda Ethel
Blaine of Flora, Ind, in a room at the
Saratoga hotel and then mortally wounded
himself with the same revolver. He died
while being taken to a hospital.
SPRINGFIELD = Upon invitation of
Governor Cummns of Iowa, Governor
Deneen will serve as member of COM
mittee of governors OF the central states
who will act as a reception committee at
Keokuk, Iowa, to assist in entertaining
President Roosevelt October / at that
place A conference of governors is
scheduled to be held at that time.
CHICAGO-Posses from Gary, Ham
mond, Whiting and East Chicago, with
scores of helpers in automobiles, buggies
and other vehicles are searching the
woods and marshes about the towns for a
fugitive negro.
The man is thought to be the murderer
of 7-year-old Stella Scrader, who was at
tackled and stranged to death within a
half mile of her homo near Gary today
If he is captured 1t is possible the man
will be puNto death at once, If policemen
are not among the captors.
MOSCOUTAH-John Oster, a youth,
died Of wounds alleged to have been in
ficted by his father The elder Oster had
quarreled with his wife, and the son went
to his mothers defense, engaging the
father, who then attacked the son.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
ALL OF THE LATE NEWS FROM YOUR Old HOME STATE
WASHINGTON


TACOMA. Wash, Aug. 3i.-Laura Sic
take position in the Irving house, 555
South street. She did not arrive at
the hotel and has not been seen.
Her father appeared at the police sta
ton and appealed for help. Stevenson
said that his daughter was Is years old
and about five feet tall.
Stevenson can give no reason for his
daughters disappearance. He will not
believe that the girl has run away and
does not want to believe that she has
met with foul play.
NORTH YAKIMA Four-legged chick
ems are scarce, but James Lemon. re-
siding on North Ninth street, is the proud
possessor of such fowl The chicken
is reported to be in healthy condition
and seems none the worse for its album
dance of legs.
merry of the Kelso Fruit Growers ASSOC
citation has been completed and the act
of caring for the fall fruit crop will begin
shortly. This is one OF the largest can
neries between Portland and Seattle.
HATTON-Before moving wall of wa
ter seven feet high and varying in width
from twenty-five to fifty feet the roadbed
and Connell crumbled away in the coulce
so suddenly that a freight train coming
west ran over the trackless gap I'M
awares and H A. Piegner, riding on top
of the cars, lost his life.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
COLORADO


GREELEY, Colo. Aug. Forty Jap
anese laborers, under their contractor,
entered the harvest day festival parade
with fine float representing life in Japan
and won prize of $40. Today q COM
mttee of them called en- T. w. Beer say
ing that all had voted to give their prize
money to the new public library.
TRINIDAD - Francisco Gonzales was
arraigned in the district court on the
charge of numbering Cieofis Lucers and
Cashmere Gomez at Sahoa plaza. The
prisoner entered plea OF not guilty
and Attorneys Franks and Chacon We're
appointed to defend him. Gonzales will
plead self defense.
The bursting OF a water pipe above
the East Main street bridge undermined
the north end and caused damage to the
amount of $1,000. The bridge was recently
completed at a cost of $780, Several OF
the city officers state that the construc-
ton was faulty.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
UTAH

SALT LAKE, Utah. Aug 31.-WhHe
sitting in a chair at the Central hotel
of which he was the proprietor, William
Henry Little dropped dead from fatty
heart Mr.. Little had been ailing for
about two weeks. He was able to be
about, however. He left the restaurant
of the hotel and went to the hotel office.
where he sat down in a chair. Shortly
afterward he was attacked with faint
ing spell and died before medical aid
could be summoned He was quite well
known in Ogden, having been proprietor
of the Central hotel for the past eighteen
months.
OGDEN-At the session of the board
of county commissioners there was but
little county business. Reports from the
poor commissioner were received and
some road matters were reported on.
The board then took up the matter of
the delegates to the fifteenth annual ir-
rigation congress, to be held in Sacra-
mento early in September, and appointed
the following delegates from Weber coun-
ty: l.. w. Shurtliff, c. A. Hickenlooper,
r. N. Rasmussen, Edwin Dix and Joseph
B. Wallace.
OGDEN-Marriage licenses were issued
today to r. N. Hamblen of Riverdale and
Miss Margaret Firth of South Weber;
to William Durand of McCammon, Idaho,
and Mrs. A. v. Dimond of Salt Lake;
to Joseph H. MCGOWAN and Miss Joseph
inc T. Bramwell of Ogden; to Andruanus
Bakker and Miss Petronella Russner of
Ogden.
Mr. Durand and Mrs. Dimond were
married in the Methodist parsonage by
the Rev. David w. Crane, and Mr.. Crane
whose health has not been good of late
will leave at once for a vacation tc
Honolulu.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
MASSACHUSETTS

SALEM, Aug. Slit is anticipated that
the reunion of members of the Bradstreet
family to be held at Salem Willows will
be the most notable in the history OF the
association. Descendants of Simon Brad
street, the last governor of Massachu-
sets bay colony, residing in all sections
of the country, will be present in large
numbers.
Gov. Bradstreet died in Salem, March
q, 1897, and his body lies in tomb in
Charter Street cemetery.
WALTHAMs-Thieves stole 200 pounds
of copper wire from the electric light
plant on Pine street. The thieves, two
in number, were seen by the Waterman.
The police have got pretty good de-
scription of the men and believe that they
win soon have them in custody.
LEE-Dr. Eliphalet Wright, who died
here, brought more than 5000 infants into
the world He was 80 years old and an
active practitioner for sixty-five years.
DISTINGUISHING a nice fat fish down
in the water while peering over the side
of his fathers dory at t wharf, little
Joseph Soulsen went after 1t, though he
couldn't swim bit. He lost his fish and
would have lost his life but for strange
man who jumped off the pier and saved
him. When little Joseph had finally been
pumped out in a drug store his father
said proudly as he patted the young
sters dripping head: He maka da great
fish man some day..
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
DEER DIG POTATOES
AND OTHER VEGETABLES

4 SPEARF1SEI, s. D., Aug. 31.-Deer 4
i. that eat potatoes and despoil the 4.
4. patches of prospectors have fur 4
l. nished the latest topic for the nature =
1. takers whom the PRECEDENT has been +
4. busily denouncing. !
l. Near Mineral Hill lives John Nee 4.
t. han. who works number Il claims +
4. during the winter and t1ltivates a =
!. truck garden in the summer. Nee 4
i han declares that deer IN his vicin- 4
1. ity are becoming so Plentiful that X
1. for three rights past they have en- 4
4. tered his potato patch and gone 4
!. from hill to hill, digging UP the K
!. vegetables and eating them. He sat 4
1. up the third night and witnessed the Z
+ performance AS the deer season is 4
i not open, he could not Kill them. 4
1. but drove them away. i
!. The deer, he said, ate only the 4.
i large potatoes and paid no atten- i
j. tion to the smaller ends. !.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
WYOMING

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. a-Pietro
Gonzales, sheepherder in the employ of
the Warren Livestock company, was ar
rested on a charge that he killed several
of the companys sheep and sold the
mutton to men employed at ditch camp
in Weld county, Colorado Gonzales de-
MES that he stole sheep, saying that the
manager instructed him to kill a sheep
when he needed mutton and to give what
part of the carcass he could not use to
the ditchers.
DOUGLAS-The state fair commission
has arranged for band of forty Sioux
from the Pine Ridge agency to attend the
state fair here next month. The delega-
ton will include several noted chiefs,
among them Sitting Eagle, Jack Red
Cloud, Red Eagle and Iron Bull.
SHERIDA N-Joseph Pollard, employed
by the Wyoming Coal Mining company
at Monarch, was the victim of dis
tressing accident at the mines when he
was MANNED for life. Pollard was in the
act of oiling the machinery at the mine
tpple when his right hand was caught
in the gearing and crushed off to the
wrist He was thrown from the tipple
to the ground, distance of forty-five
feet, and sustained serious injuries.
SHERIDAN-Edward England, an en-
CINE herder employed in the railroad
yards of the Burlington here, is dead as
the result of an accident at the coal
chutes. England attempted to cross the
track leading up the chute when he was
run down by car of coal being shunted
up into the chute.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
VIRGINIA

| WINCHESTER Va, Aug. 3l-President
IT,. L. Smith of the Lutheran synod, which
ffas hsen in session at Trinity Lutheran
church at stephen City, this county,
Sstated that $4,000 of the $4,000 had been
raised for the establishment of Bittle
memorial chair at Roanoke college. one
sof the most important events In con,
nection with the meeting of the synod
will be the dedication of Trinity church,
THE dedicatory sermon will be preacneo
Thy Rev. DR.. Mooreheadl president Oh
Roanoke college.
NORFOLK-The explosion of four COM
pressed air tanks used for discharging
torpedoes at the navy yard here TO-DAY
resulted in the injury of three men ana
the partial wrecking of the central eiec-
trio power station of the yards and docks
department.
STRASBURG-Rev w. H. Darble, pas
tor of Bedford parish, consisting Oh the
Episcopal churches at Woodstock ana
Mount Jackson, has rendered his reslg-
nation to take effect September l. lie
has accepted call to st. Anne's parish
in Albemarle county, Va. near President
Roosevelt's Virginia home.
NORFOLK-Al Stevens, farmer, Nv
ing at Old Town Crossing, between Nor
folk and Ocean View, on the line OF the
Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction COM
pany. shot and killed in his residence
negro burglar, who lived sufficiently long
after he was shot to give his name as
Alexander Smith.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
NORTH DAKOTA

GLENDALE, N. D., Aug. 31.-Crops
in this county are in good condition, the
hard wheat and fax being remarkably
good and the durum an average.
FARGO-The dates for the next
North Dakota state fair, to be held in
Fargo, in 1908, have been fixed for the
week beginning July 20. This will fol-
low series of county fairs in the cen
trail part of the state and afford the
exhibitors there an opportunity to
pick out the winning animals in time
for the state show.
ENDERLIN-Louise Merchant, en-
p1oyed in the houhehold Of DR.. and Mrs.
Kennedy, was fatally burned while at
tempting to heat water on an alcohol
stove. The stove exploded and her
clothing caught fire. She rushed into
the street where she fell exhausted.
She was taken to the hospital, but died.
Mr.. Russly, who attempted to extin-
guish the flames, was severely burned.
ONIDA--With the hope of inducing
the Great Northern Railway company
to extend it's line from Aberdeen
through this (Sully) county to Pierre,
the Commercial club has appointed a
committee composed of three business
men to visit st. Paul and confer with
the railway officials.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
MISSISSIPPI


JACKSON. Aug. S1.-Gov ~yardaman,
who has been defeated in the pri-
maries by John Sharp Williams in the
spectacular race for a seat in the United
States senate predicts that John Sharp
Williams will be opposing William j..
Bryan for The presidency when the DEM
ocratic state convention meets in this
city.
INDIANOLA-Thi county is very much
in need of rain. The cotton crop in this
locality could not be more satisfactory
considering the fact of it's lateness in
planting, it is fruiting very rapidly and
it will not be over two weeks before pick
ing will begin, as the stalks now show a
dozen or more speclSled boles Things are
not so promising for young corn.
FLORENCE-The revival which has
been in progress at this place at the
Methodist church for the past week in
creases in interest and attendance, great
crowds gather for the morning and even
ing services, people of all denominations
taking part. Neighbors who have been at
outs for years have settled their differ
ences and a great and good work is being
done. The services are being conducted
by Rev j. j. Smylie of Purvis, Miss.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
NEBRASKA

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. H.-Torn from
the custody of the sheriff Loris R. Hig-
gins, the murderer of Farmer William F.
Couple and wife, near Rosalie, Neb., May
II last, was lynched at Bancroft, Neb.,
by thirty armed and masked men. Hig-
gins was on his way from Omaha to
Fender to stand trial for the murder, but
the train was intercepted al Bancroft just
this side of Fender. and the prisoner
taken from it.
FREMONT-A telegram was received
here announcing the death at Seattle,
Wash, of Henry Thurman, at one time
wholesale drygoods merchant of this
city.
WEST POINT. e. Nystrom, WELL
known Swedish farmer of Cunning county,
died at the Presbyterian hospital in
Omaha of meningitis at the age of AZ. The
body was brought home and inferred UNI
der the auspices of the Modern Woodmen.
BLUE HILL-Plans were contaminated
this week whereby N. L. Grimes of this
city and Flavius Grice of Red Cloud be-
come partners in the wholesale drug busi-
ness to be located at Red Cloud
WEST POINT-A young son of John
Tonnes of Grant township was killed at
his home The young man was leading
a team hitched to load of cobs when the
horses became frightened and ran away,
caused by children climbing ON the wagon.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
MISSOURI

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. S1.-Accord-
ing to the will of Mrs. Susan A. Metzner,
the estate is left to her husband, Charles
T. Metzner. Mrs. Metzner owned a stove
repair plant at 304 West Sixth street and
real estate worth about 100000. The will
was made in 1908.
JOPLIN--Walter Harrington, son of G.
o. Harrington, proprietor of the Har-
rington house at Carthage, Mo-, pleaded
guilty. to devising a scheme to defraud
through the use of the mails. When ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner e. F. Keyton he furnished bail for
$2500 His case will be heard in the United
States district court next January.
ST. LOUIS-Miss Maria Hale, II years
old, a telephone operator of 3242 South
Jefferson avenue, was seriously injured
while attempting to alight from Jeffer-
son avenue car after the conductor had
refused to accept a transfer she carried.
She sustained conclusion of the brain, a
fractured rib and internal injuries.
MARYSvILLE--A. B. White was taken
to the emergency hospital to receive
treatment for fracture of his right leg
and confusion of the scalp received by
being struck by trolley car at Twelfth
and Charlotte streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
KENTUCKY

LOUISVILLE. Aug. s1.-Dora Hoskin-
son, aged 10 years, died at the city hos
pital, at which institution she had been
q patient since February Is. The child's
extended illness has been of such ma
ture as to be mystery to all OF the
physicians who have attended her, and
the case is said to have been one of the
most interesting and puzzling ever at the
hospital. She had been totally paralyzed
for the last several weeks, but at no time
did she become unconscious.
Two of Louisvilles derelicts, May Har-
RS and Dick Prewitt, blind and the pos
SCISSOR of only one arm, affixed their sig
natures to Judge Blains pledge to abstain
from the use of liquor and drugs in police
court They were given the alternative
of signing the pledge or fine and SEN,
tence for dlsorderly conduct.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
MICHIGAN


JACKSON. Aug s1.--Amy I<imball has
reported, that when burglars forced their
way into her kitchen they met with an
obstacle II. the way of fresh paint which
was so sticky and made such cracking
noise when they pulled their shoes loose
that she awoke and scared them away.
She says she found tracks from No. 8
shoe.
NILES-C H. Stebbins aged "a years,
affirm believer in primary reform, a citi-
zen of Three Oaks, who attended the Re-
publican senatorial district convention
held here, has the distinction of being
the only surviving member of delega-
ton of seven from Berrien to the famous
convention at Jackson in 1854, when the
Republican party was ushered into being.
TRAVERSE CITY-Fearful lest by the
time doctor would be able to reach the
house it would be too late, Mrs. b. l..
McDermd caught hold of an open safety
min her S-month-old child had swallowed
and kept on pulling until the pin and a
piece of tonsil came out The babe will
recover.
CARO-Only the Immediate members of
both families of Miss Maude McHenry,
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs P. G. Nc
Henry of this city, and James M. Mckay,
a young Prescott banker, Oldest son of
Senator William Mckay, witnessed the
marriage ceremony of the youna couple.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
NEW YORK

NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y. Aug. 91.-A
lighted match tossed away by care
less smoker will cause the death OF
Miss Laura X Sheehy of Pittsburg.
She was eating luncheon in the sum
mer garden of the Thurecht hotel when
her dress was ignited by the match.
In an instant she was enveloped in
flames.
NEW YORK-Bishop Frederick Bur-
CESS of the Episcopal diocese of Long
Island has received a Black Hand let
ter making threats against his life
MIDDLETOWN-Arth Thorntly, an
orderly in the Thrall hospital, lost his
life in fighting a fire in the operating
room, but he saved twenty-five pa
tents, most of them women. who but
for him would have been burned to
death.
NEW YORK--After being prevented
from jumping from a window of st.
GATHERINGS hospital, Louise Starpel,
twenty years old, who was patient
there made four more attempts to end
her life in the Ozanam home, in Con-
cord street, near washington street,
Brooklyn. Three times she tried to
lump from windows. and, falling, she
attempted to strangle herself by tying
a stocking about her throat.
KIRK-Clarence A. Eustaphieve,
a graduate of Cornell college, member
of an excellent family and but few
years ago possessor of 100000 which
he inherited from his parents, stood be-
fore Judge Roberts in police court and
pleaded guilty to petit larceny
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
WEST VIRGINIA


PARAMOUNT, w. Va, Aug al
Charles, the 11-year-old son OF Constable
M. M. Lawson, committed suicide at his
home at Winfield by shooting himself
The boy babe his mother good by and
walked away. but nothing was thought
of it. little later the report of gun
was heard near the house and upon
rushing out Mrs. Lawson found her SON
with his head almost blown Off
PARKERSBURG-T Engle, a
prominent lawyer of Tyler county, who
mysteriously disappeared from his home,
was found dead today on the race track
at Middlebourne. Al bullet had pierced
his brain and a revolver was found at
his side.
WHEEI.ING-After his coat had been
hanging in the dynamo room of the Par
sons Pulp andNPaper mill John ]. Bar
rick put 1t on and putting his hand into
his pocket for tobacco felt copperhead
snake. The reptile fastened its fangs
in his hand. Ii made several other at
tempts to strike him, but was killed.
MARTINSBURG-sTh directors of the
Young Mems Christian association here
selected the plans for the new building
prepared by Harding & Upman of Wash
ington
Alexander Schoppert, for more than
fifty years resident of this city, died
here. aged 70 years.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
MONTANA

BUTTE, Mont, Aug, 3l-Three men
\ were killed and one injured by prema-
q, ture explosion of blasting powder at the
ho5 Milwaukee railroad camp near the 1S-mile
Wnhouse
stret
vert LEWISTOWN-Th largest single tran
faction in ranch lands ever contaminated
ing N this state. so far as the acreage is con-
dendsrned. has just been closed by this city
terd4he Billings & Northern railway pur-
wereaased from the Sage Creek Sheep COM
thoseany its entire holdings of $4,000 acres at
Ris. . an acre.
Mrs BUTTE-The long distance office of the
Low bcky Mountain Bell Telephone company
and hened this morning with lady strike
N. = keakers at the switchboard. The win
Il. lows of the office have been frosted. No
MissIttempt was made to open the local. ex-
So far as can be learned the
Mrs. lnions have paid no attention to the ac-
ton of the company in resuming the long
distance service
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
TEXAS


HOUSTON. Aug. 31.-The Jewish con-
gregations of the city are making cap,
crate preparations for the observance VI
the Jewish new year, whicn takes piace
September and 10. Services are to De
held at the Adath Yeshurum synagosue,
by Adath Israel congregation at turner
hall and at Beth Israel synagosue- ms
Jewish new year is ushereo III by the
customary blowing of the trumpet at
sunrise on the morning of September y.
GROvETON-Cons interest is
being manifested in the coming munich
nal incorporation election on the 18th of
September. 1t is understood that the OIL
ficers of the Trinity County Lumber COM
pany are doing yeoman service against
incorporation, while the majority of the
business men of the town are making as
valiant fight for 1t.
SMITHvILLE-T. A. w. Hill, q pioneer
and prominent citizen of this city, was
seriosuly injured in runaway Mr.. Hliil
was going to the postoffice, when rug
away horse attached to a butcher wagon
dashed out of an alley and knocked MIN
down. The wheels ran over him and ms
head was also bruised by coming in con-
tact with the gravel walk when he fell.
SAN MARCOS--J. d. Mayfeld and VIII
liam Green, secretary and vice president
respectively of the Texas Life Insurance
company, have returned from Austin,
where they deposited 100000 with the
state treasurer for the benefit OF poiicy
holders in the state.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
OREGON

PORTLAND, Aug. s1.--Judge Alfred
f. Sears, jr, of the state circuit
court, one of the foremost jurists
of Oregon, died of apoplexy at his resi-
dence. 500 East Madison street. Death
was altogether unexpected, for not the
slightest warning to members of the
family foretold the end. The funeral will
be held Tuesday.
OREGON CITY-The county board of
examiners, School Superintendent j. G.
Zinser, Professor T. J. Gary of VILLA
mette, and Prof l.. A. Read, of Park
place, have completed the marking of the
examination papers of applicants for
county certificates. Out of sixty-fve
teachers who took the examination there
were only five failures.
SALEN-The successor of the late Cir
cult Judge Sears will be a Democrat.
This much Governor Chamberlain freely
announces in answer to inquiries, but
further than that he is not prepared to
give any information.
OREGON CITY-The equity docket in
the Clackamas county circuit court has
been fattened by the fling of five divorce
suits There were two in which simple
desertion is alleged. and these are the
cases of Blanche S. Martin VS.. Elmer
Martin. and c. d. Crawford VS.. Georgia
Crawford. The latter were married in
Vancouver, Wash, in March. 1900.