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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-17
WILL HUNTINGTON
SELL BIC BLOCK?
OWNER OFFERED $2,5OO,OOO
FOR CHILDS PROPERTY
Leading Agencies Figure in Largest
Realty Deal in the History of
Los Angees-Eight Acres
in the Block

Henry e. Huntington, now in the city
of New York on a business trip, is
considering an offer of $2,50OO00 for the
big block on South Main street, known
as the Childs estate.
This is not the first time since Mr..
Huntington became the owner of the
property about six years ago that he
has been approached to sell the block.
Originally he paid $25OOOO for the prop
erty. He has steadily refused to fix a
price on the block and has been Of
fered various sums on divers occasions.
The last time the offer was 81, ,OO0O
Now the offer is $2,5OO,OOO, the largest
consideration ever rendered for
single parcel of city property in Los
Angeles, or in any other city of the
state.
Largest Deal Known
The syndicate formed to take the
property at the $2,5O0,000 valuation is
represented by julius r. Black of
Black Bros, and r. A. Rowan & Co.,
who, if they put the deal through, will
have negotiated the largest proposition
in Los Angeles realty on record.
The above agents it is understood
have the transaction well in hand and
are simply waiting to hear from Mr..
Huntington favorably to close the deal.
The agents sent Mr.. Huntington a tele-
= y
offer OF $25OO,OOO fer the block.
No further particulars will be made
public until Mr.. Huntington's accept
ance of the offer is received.
IT is a transaction of immense inn
portauCQ both in a financial sense and
i'm the further expansion of the busi-
ness section, and it is not expected
that immediate action will be taken.
Possibly the offer will be satisfactory
TO MI. Huntington. Perhaps not.
Valuable Frontage
The property is the block bounded
ON the north by Eleventh street, on the
south by Twelfth street, on the east by
Main street ana on the west by Hill
street improved only with a large
frame building used as the Huntington
school for young girls. The Main
street frontage is 700 feet, Hill street
GOO feet, 5G3 on Eleventh and COG on
Twelfth street.
The pressure for more business 'front.'
age down Main and Hin streets is per-
| sistent.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-17
Valuable Frontage
DON CHICK WILL
RECEIVE APPOINTMENT

Don Chick, former manager Of the
Hotchkiss theater win become super
intendent of the county poor farm ac-
cording to an unofficial statement made
by the members of the poor farm COM
mittee yesterday,
The institution, according TO the re-
port Of the grand jury, is i'm a deplor-
able state and Chick is said to be the
man to put 1t right His appointment
viii be made February /.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-17
WOMAN IS GIVEN
SHARE Of STOCK
PRETTY WHITE PEBBLES USED
AS EVIDENCE
Mrs. Selma Lewis Wins a Compromise
Verdict In Suit Instituted to
Recover salt Company
Certificates

After three days of trial before
Judge Charles Monroe of department
six of the superior court Mrs Selma
Lewis, who has been suing j. G. Dunn
and his sons for the recovery of 100,-
600 shares of stock of the San Pedro
Salt company, yesterday won com
promise judgment when half of that
number was turned over to her and
the balance allowed to remain in the
possession Of the Dunns.
The suit was the outgrowth of Meyer
Lewis deciding to his wife his shares
OF the company's stock some years
ago. At that time husband and wife
were living together in perfect har-
mony and Lewis turned over all his
stock, amounting to 100000 shares, to
his wife,
Later however. he gave $4,000 shares
to J. G. Dunn and his sons Orten c.
and S. S. Dunn for a consideration of
over $4,000. For a like sum he was
later to have turned over the balance
of his stock and although the stock
was transferred on the companys
books Lewis took the stand during the
trial and stated that he had never re-
ceived the money for the shares. He
further testified that the stock had
been in the wife's name.
Mrs. Lewis contention was that the
stock belonged to her, that she would
pay the loan of $4,000 for half the stock
and that the other half was hers by
right of ownership in view of the fact
that no money had been advanced on
the shares.
Gives Her Pretty Pebbles
Prominent in the trial was the story
of the friendship existing between
Mrs. Lewis, after her divorce, and Or
ten c. Dunn. Judge Monroe refused
ho
to enter the case, but a portion of it
was necessary to establish certain con-
versations in which both Mrs. Lewis
and members of the Dunn family had
been engaged.
Yesterday a white pebble with
unique inscription was introduced in
evidence. With it was a pretty story
of Mrs Lewis meeting with Orten
Dunn when he first professed his
friendship for her
Both the Dunn and the Lewis fami-
lies were at Catalina island at the
time, and Dunn lost a valuable Ma
sonic ring in the pebbles of the sea-
shore. He spent some time in search
ing for the ring, but was unable to
locate it, and at last Mrs. Lewis stroll
ing along the beach saw the band of
gold and picking it up read the in
scription over and sent the ring to
Dunn.
When he met her to thank her for
her kindness he stopped down and
picked up a big white pebble where
the waves had left it and later he had
it inscribed with certain words and
emblems of the Masonic order and sent
it to her as a token of everlasting
friendship.
Further friendly relations We're
proven yesterday between the two
families, and when it was learned that
the suit was simply to settle the de-
tails of a friendly bargain Judge Mon
roe found for the defendants for the
$4,000 shares on which they had loaned
money, and he ordered the balance
turned over to Mrs. Lewis.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-17
PLUCkY WOMAN
SEEKS SUPPORT
ASKS COURT FOR ORDER OF
MAINTENANCE
Declares Husband Abuses Her and
Fails to Provide for Children.
Does Not Want
Divorce

There is one woman in Los Angeles
who does not care fig for divorce
and does not want one, and yet for the
second time she has been compelled to
go to the higher courts to force her hus-
band to behave himself and care for his
children as he should.
This remarkable woman is Mrs. Eva
Morgan of Birkhead, Cheshire county,
England, and her course of making her
husband do his duty instead of reliev-
ing him of his duty is being commended
by officials of the superior court, for
the case is a rare one.
Yesterday Mrs. Morgan filed a suit
for maintenance against her husband,
Aaron Morgan. rather well-to-do
dealer in rare laces and rugs in Los
Angeles.
In her petition Mrs. Morgan states
that she married Morgan in Birkhead
on May %, 1889, and that subsequently
he has ill-treated her.
In England in 1895 Mrs. Morgan,
scorning the divorce laws of that coun-
try by which she might have secured Il
divorce, went to the English courts and
obtained what is known III the English
law as legal separation from her huS-
band. giving her the courts protection
to live separate from her husband and
yet be married to him and at the same
time compelling the man to pay &1
week for the care of the children.
Does Not Seek Divorce
The plan proved a wise one, for Nor
gan, according to the allegations, soon
promised to do better and not desert
his wife again, and the family came to
this country and to Los Angeles.
Trouble started about two years ago
in the Morgan family, and in her petit
ton Mrs. Morgan has set forth allega-
tions innumerable of time when Nor
gan was said to have beaten and
bruised her and to have choked her
severely.
But still the plucky woman has de-
cided that she does not care for di-
vorce to grant her husband freedom.
Yesterday in her petition in a sepa-
rate clause she states that her petition
for maintenance does not herald a di-
vorce case, since she does not intend to
get a divorce.
She states that her husband has about
$4,000 in the Farmers and Merchants
bank, that he has a stock of rugs and
lace amounting to over $1,000 and that
he earns about $500 a month. She asks
maintenance to be eXacted by the court
and the payment of attorneys fees
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-17

Homeless children received and
placed In houses for adoption. Apply
Rev, o. v. Rice, Superintendent Chill
dren's Home society, SS4 Bradbury
building, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-17
SEEK LOST SANTA FE AGENT

Requlsitiol papers and warrant for
embezzloment were issued yesterday by
the district attorneys office and sent
east to Pennsylvania, where r p.
Hepburn, formerly an employe Of the
Santa Fe road, is being held pending
the arr,Va. OF an officer.
Hepburn was ticket agent for the
road at DOwney and on November u
he disappeared, ii is alleged, taking
with him 1929 Of company funds and
deserting a wife and e2mily i'm his rush
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-17
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08

of the wildly innocuous romances that had added to his bank account but not to his fame
 Ever since the night six months be- fore, when he had come back to his darkened home to find the note on the dresser of his room notifying him that Agnes had gone away with the man he had considered his best friend, he had worked with feverish energy upon the novel.
 He had taken little Elsie and had crossed the continent with her that she should be far removed from all who might allude to her mother.
 As they sat In the car, the child lost in wonder at tho constantly shifting scene, he had planned the story and once he had made his new home he had set to work.
 All the bitterness of his heart ne had written into the book. It was the plain tale of his own experience, told with the simple directness of one who feels deeply. except that into the last such as he wished that she might suffer Almost gloatingly he drew the picture of remorse and shame that followed the desertion, and now reading 1t over he shuddered at the evil picture his own fierce desire had conjured up.
 For years he had sought a theme that SnOulu leau Hiti1 bo HIS great dC- complishment Agnes, too had sought to help him. but their lines had fallen in the pleasant places and he wrote things that were saIable, but not great.
 When she had left him for Tredgar his inspiration had come. He knew that he had done well. that this book would bring him fame and opportunity and he smiled as he gathered the sheets together and prepared them for mailing. He had kept in touch with his eastern connections and Blauveit, the publisher. had asked for the first reading
 He was bent over the desk writing the address when there came the batter of bare feet across the uncarpeted floor and he looked up frem his work.
 what is it. daughterT' he asked as he took the little nightgowned figure in his lap.
 T was lonesome" explained Elsie. ,sYou didn't come to kiss me good night like you said you would. dady. I waited and waited and waited. Then I just had to come. Is you most done
 Al done, dear" he said with an af- fectionate pat on the package at his elbow "I was so interested that I even forgot my little Elsie"
 And it's going to make you great bIg man?" she demanded. "It's going to make you famous and happy. dad dy?"
 "Famous and happy" he replied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08
ed his lips against the rosy mouth and

ed his lips against the rosy mouth and tiptoed from the room.
 The library seemed cold and cheer less when he returned. The chfld's visit had but emphasized his loneliness. and he sat bIank1y at the table on which lay the package with its ad- dress but half completed.
 He swung his chair about that he might not see it, but though he had turned his back upon it. the script still danced before his mental vision. He could still see, the upcompleted tail of the ''y'' he had been writing when Elsie had came in, and the ink botch in the corner where the pen had rolled against 1t. A dozen times
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08
'It's my great work. dear"

Its my great work, dear"
 I'm so glad" she whispered 0on- tentedly, batting tho pale cheek, vast ed to thinness by his sorrow and absorption in his work. some day when get a big girl. 6 great big girl. I'll read 1t and tell all tho other girls that my daddy wrote that great book, papas can't write books like my papa can"
 Poindexter shivered and drew the little form closer to him. Not once in all these months had he thought of that result. He had worked steadily with one purpose---of holding this woman who had been his wife up to shame. He had given no thought to the child Not once had he relized that there would come day when she would read with understanding the story of her mothers disgrace. He had let her think that Agnes was dead. Simple statement sufficed the childish mind, but the day would come when perhaps the curtain might be drawn aside Some old friend from the East might seek him out and unwittingly betray his secret to the girl, and she would read with horror the story of her mothor's fall painted in words of bitterness such as only wounded pride and dead love can conjuFe. She would see her mothers soul in all it's naked ness, and his would be the hand that had thrown aside the garments of time and charity.
 Are you sleepy. daddy7" Potndexter reused himself.
 Not a bit" he declared. What makes you think that, daughterT
 You are so still" she explained, "and you don't talk"
 ''Daddy's little tired. 'he explain ed.
 Shall tell you a good night story?'
 The child nodded her head contented- ly, and Polndexter began a fantastic tale. He had a fertile fancy, and these good night stories were glorious moments in the child's life. There were times when she stole softly about the house lest she interrupted his writing, but when bedtime came and she lay curIed up in his lap while his rich voice recited weird tales of giants and faries and dragons. she had him for her very own and was content with the sacrifice
 As they neared the climax his voice grew soft; and when at last the end came he waited for the usual applause of That was lovely. daddy" Instead soft lips brused his cheek and the tired child sank off to sleep.
 Tenderly he bore her to her bed and tucked her in as gently as a woman might have done. Reverently he press
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08

and as often there came to his memory the words of his daughter.
 The cast glowed with the first blush of the dawn when at last he rose from the chair and threw aside the curtains to let in the morning light and the fresh air.
 Slowly he crossed the room to the empty fireplace and laid the package fin the grate. A tiny tongue of flame crept along the wrapper. biting deeper as 1t grew. At last only the blacken- ed sheets remained and he turned away
 For Elsie's sake" he whispered. and added with a sigh. ''and for Agnes. too, God pity her" His magnum opus was found not in accomplishment but in renunciation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08

From 1890 till 1894 wisconsin was Demo cratic. Both Senators-Vilas and Mitchell were of that party and there is not the slightest doubt that Wisconsin would have continued Democratic to this day if the Democratic party had remained Cleveland
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08
HIS MAGNUM OPUS.
By Lulu Jehnaon.

Copyrighted, 1907. by M. M. Cunningham
 Poindexter pulled the sheet of paper from the typewriter carriage and added it to the pile in the wire basket beside him. He caught up the last few pages and reread them with a glow of pride, for he knew that at last he had writ ten a story of flesh and blood. instead
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08
rbousands and thousands of women testify to this fact
m Nele akham, of 1B1 Morgan St. Buffalo, NY, writes:

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08
A Good Story For
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The Masssngale Advertising Agency wants to get in touch with manufacturers and mer- chants whose business can be improved. We have a good stOry-several of them, in fact and all true-of business men who are cotning money and lots of it. by the judicious use of news. paper publicity.
 There's no better medium in which to start and
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 The hlassengaie Advertising Agency, of Atlanta, Ga. with it's corps of experienced and successful a0Vernslng men. is good concern to heIp you pian' prepare and place your publicity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08
HY.EE B s{EsI
MRS. PINKHAM'S INVITATION TO WOMEN.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-08

There is to be long session of Congress in this town beginning December 2-tremend- of Austerlitz will that day rise, suspicious of tn ecareer of some great statesman, who will lead us out fths wilderness. again enthrone the Constitution. and save the rep resentative republic founded by the fathers.
 He is not yet visible to the naked eye.
 (Copyright, 1907, by E. ". Newman.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
VOICE TRIALS HELD
All Doubt as to Success of M. steinert's Grand Opera
 Venture Dispelled.

If any misgivings existed regarding the success Of Morris Statnert's plans for grand opera in this city they were dispelled after the voice trials held at the studio of MT Dessauer last even Ing. Over one hundred applicants pre-. ssnted themselves and the management was surprised at the wealth of vocal talent available. Some remarkable voices were discovered. many of them soloists of marked ability, while the general average was surprise. If a chorus of 200 voices was desired 1t could easily be recruited. The singers exhibited great enthusiasm, which ar gues we'll for the final success of the undertaking. Tn the matter of orches- Ira, soloists. scenery, etc, no pains will be spared It was something remark. able to establish permanent orchestra and to this feat MT steinert now pro- poses to add an opera company of which any city may be,proud.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
SHOT HIS COUSIN Serious Accident to New York Hunter at North
 Madison
  SHOOTING AT A BIRD Heavy Underclothing Saves Victim from Perhaps
 Fatal Injury.


 Especial to the Journal and Courier.j Madison, Nov 1.-The first serious hunting accident of the season oc- cured here this afternoon when Charles Beidbach of the Bronx, New York city, who was stopping at MT. Horn's, was accidentally shot while hunting with his cousin Theodore Opperman of New York According to the hunters, they were in the vicin- ity of North Madison when Opperman, seeing a bird rise, tooh aim and fired, not noticing his cousin, who stood slightly to one side, about fifty feet away. A large part Of the charge struck Beidbach a glad sS,g blow.
 The injured man bled considerably, and Dr. A. D. Ayres, who was called, probed him in sixty-five places be- tween his waist line and his knees and got good deal of shot. The fact that the man had on heavy under clothing saved him from more serious injury.
 Mir. Beidbach was planning to re- turn home next Tuesday, but he loft for New York tonight on the 6:51 train with Mir. Opperman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
PROF. SMITH EXPERT
Gives Testimony for the State in Willimantic Poison
 ing Case.

Willimantic, Nov 1.-After taking the testimony of Prof Herbert F. Smith of Yale, the expert for the state in the Rirbarie poisoning case and that of several less important wit nesses the state rested this afternoon and the defense called several wit nesses to show that after the tragedy the actions of the accused had not been those of guilty man.
 Prof, Smith of Yale in his testimony for the state described at length the action of carbolio acid and showed the jury g reddish mark on his arm that lie said was made by carbolic acid, and had been there about a week. He was asked 8 lengthy hypo- thetical question by the states attor- ney and in reply said that in his opin- ion death in this case was caused by carbolic acid poisoning Court ad- journed until next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
 Birbarie has a brother in New Ha- ven and he is defended by Attorney James M. Sullivan,