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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
ALL TAKE UP THEIR
BEDS AND WALK

= BOSTON, Mass, Sept. pa stran- !.
j. ger procession than that which 4
4 marched up Prospect street, Cam =
i bridge, last evening has seldom II 4
4. ever been seen outside of Dante's =.
4. Inferno. Superstitious old wives who +
4. saw the spectacle will SILVER In their =
+ chimney corners for many a night 4.
i to come as they recall the turn Ii 4
!. gave them as it slowly proceeded >.
/ across the road under the street i
4 lamp, and many a timid youngster I.
4. hustled home to the secure realms !.
1. of his mothers petticoats after !.
4 terrified glance at the ghostly pa 4.
i rade. And there were those .ess =
!. imaginative who, seeing the gro 4.
i. tesque figures, thought for a minute 4
j. that 1t must be a Halloween party. 4
i The procession started about dusk 4,
!. from the door of the Cambridge 4
4 relief hospital and proceeded across !.
4. Prospect street to the new hospital !.
/ quarters at 1879. 1t is little wonder j.
1. that the neighbors were surprised. !.
i for 1t is not every day that the in I.
j. mates of a hospital take up their i.
!. beds and walk, and when they do (.
i it Is a sight to be remembered. !.
4. There were the lame, the halt and I.
i the blind, not to mention others =
i who suffered from all sorts of con- 4
i tusions, fractures, sprains and what 4
4 not. i
4 There were four stretchers in the !.
i van of the brigade, then came !.
+ division of patients on clutches and 4
i cane, followed by two wheel chairs, !
+ while a battalion of white-capped I.
!. nurses brought up the rear. 4
j. 1T makes me almost homesick to :
j leave the old hospital said one =
J. patient to her neighbor, but all signs !
+ of nostalgia disappeared when the =
1. party had arrived in it's new quar- i
4 tiers. i.
i. When the patients of the hospital I.
i made their appearance they attract +
+ large crowd which tagged along i
i. to see what would happen. Their i
!. destination was reached without 1.
+ mishap, however, and the whole i
i fifteen were soon in the new beds =
i. resting as quietly as If nothing had 4
+ happened. i
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
NEW JERSEY

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 22.-That
leaky roof, which drove away hoarders,
is sufficient foundation for a refusal to
pay rent was the verdict of jury in the
district court when Anna e. Miller sued
Myrtle x. Pollard for the recovery Of $500,
alleged to be due on the lease OF the
Kingston cottage. on Ocean avenue.
States avenue, home,o of many Philadel-
phia cottagers, will be made one of the
beauty spots of the resort under improve
ments ordered by the council in line with
the general city beautiful plans. Grass
plots will be laid out, sidewalks widened.
a systematic tree planting campaign be-
gun and the entire avenue converted into
a breeze swept boulevard.
BARNEGAT-The citizens Of Barnegat
are congratulating themselves on the near
ness to completion of the glass works,
which will soon be in operation. The in
dustry will employ nearly sixty hands at
first, giving squirt to the town, which
has apparently been alseep for several
years.
NEW BRUNSWICK-After processing
conversion at an open air evangelistic SER
vice Thomas Taggart of Philadelphia,
Ter, Philadelphia steeple jack who has
been shining up the high steeples about
town, celebrated his new condition and
this morning tried to shoot Hassler. He
had loaded revolver and it was with
difficulty that Mr.. Hassler took it away
from him. Taggart was angry because
he had been laid off for getting drunk.
| TRENTON-The state bureau Of statis-
tics has completed that part of its report
which relates to the rubber industry in
New Jersey, which shows that the indus
| try has become one of the most import
| ant in the state. The total capital In
vested is SIS 143,20S, and the selling value
of the goods made for the year 1906 was
s22, S34,727. The number of persons en-
ployed by the factories is 6279.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
KANSAS

PITTSBURG, Kas., Sept. PAN inves-
tigation into the shooting at Crowberg
camp shows that Mrs. Rexford, sister of
Charles Gardner, who was shot, was not
shot by an Italian but by her own brother.
Gardner shot his sister by mistake. The
person who shot Charles Gardner through
the head was an italian woman. He took
her for one of the assailants.
notwithstanding Crumbine OF the
state board of health issued instructions
to the wholesale druggists of Kansas that
all drugs must bear the correct place of
manufacture; that corrections of mislabel-
ing must be plain; that all artificial color
ing matter must be noted; that all goods
which are corrected by supplemental la
bells by october will be salable without
limit of time.
The weekly report of the Kansas d.
rector of the United States weather
beauru here shows light snow in Trego
county last week. Several frosts in north
western parts of the state are reported,
but no serious damage.
ARKANSAS CITY-Today opened the
twenty-second annual reunion of the
Southwestern Reunion association. The
first day was given over to the Ancient
Order of United Woodmen. Addresses
were made by several state officers OF the
order
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
THE LATE NEWS FROM YOUR OLD HOME STATE
INDIANA

LAPORTE, Ind, Sept. "a telegram
received from Dwight Furness Of Fur
nessville Ind, United States consul at
Guanajuato Mex, tells of the murder
there by Mexican bandits Of George Rose,
an American of Benton Harbor, Mich,
and the injury of his wife.
EVANSVILLE-Judge Louis o. Rasch
of the vanderburg circuit court issued a
permanent injunction against City Con-
troller Nolan and Chief Of Police Fred
H. Brennecke prohibiting them from clos
ing the saloon of Martin Emig. The
license OF Emig was revoked by City
Controller j. J. Nolan. who was acting
mayor in the absence of Mayor John w.
Boehne
BLOOMFIELD-The mystery surround
ing the death OF Homer Casey, whose
body was found in his buggy in his barn,
near here, has been cleared by the fnd-
ing in his pocket note in which he
said that a pain he had at his heart was
costing him his reason. and that he
would rather die than suffer. Casey was
to have married Miss Anna Stone 1t
was at first believed that he had been
murdered, but the finding OF the note
indicated suicide.
EvANsvILLE-Page @ilchrist. farm
er Of near Sturgis, Ky, committed sui
eide by stabblng himself in the heart
with pocket knife. He had been absen.
from home for several days and when
found by his sons in the woods pulled
out his knife and plunged 1t into his
breast.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
WEST VIRGINIA

ELKINS, w. Va. Sept. 22.-Elkins is
enjoying the distinction of a self-sup-
porting police force. During the past five
months, since Mayor A. M. Fredlock be-
gan his administration, nearly 5000 in fines
have been collected. The rights of cti-
zens have not been infringed upon nor
have arrests been made on flimsy pre-
texts.
MORGANTOWN-Bec he had been
whipped by his father and ordered to re-
turn to work, Andy Siabo, Hungarian
boy IL years of age. committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart with
a shotgun. The father became violently
insane when he heard of the deed and
made four unsuccessful attempts to kill
himself.
WHEELING-William Little, a well
known citizen of Lafferty, Ohio. made a
determined effort to commit suicide by
drowning at BeDwood. The ferryboat
Charon had just left the West Virginia
side for Bellaire when he shouted Good
by. everybody" and dramatically leaped
from the top Of the guardrail.
A plank and rope were successfully
thrown out to him when he came to the
surface, but he refused to save himself
The crew then secured a long pike pole
and succeeded in fastening it in his cloth
ing and saving his life.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
COLORADO


FORT COLLINS, Colo. Sept 22.-Estes
Park Taylor, an Agricultural college
graduate who has been In charge Of the
state chronological work in the western
slope beet belt, has just received an APP
pointment as entomologist of the Noun
tain Grove experiment. station In the
Ozark mountains, southern Missouri.
GREELEY-The United Presbyterian
church has called Rev. w. A. Phillips
of Pittsburg to it's passionate.
FORT COLLINS-The sheriff and his
deputies have been busy serving war
rants on persons indicted by the grand
jury for selling liquor illegally and keep
ing disorderly houses
BOULDER-Luther Straube, foreman OF
the News printing office In this city
stole march on his friends last week
quietly went to Delta and was there
married to Miss Minnie Mary Baker
They have begun housekeeping in this
city. The fact of their marriage leaked
out today.
PUEBLO-Louis Krochell aged 80, died
from injuries sustained last week when
he fell into manhole at the steel works
GRAND JUNCTION-Grand Junction
has been thrown into fever of excite
ment by the discovery of what appears
to be three-carat diamond in the rough
The find was made on Pinon mesa, two
miles from the. city, by Walter Prim'
rose, prominent local jeweer, and DR.
B. r. Hall. dentist
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
PENNSYLVANIA

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Sept. 22.-By an
explosion of gas in one of the mines of the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company al
South Wilkesbarre today three men were
killed and five injured.
ALTOONA, Pa, Sept 22.-stepping from
the Pennsylvania telegraph tower at Kit
tanning Point Miss Irene Rooney, the
operator, set foot upon the severed arm
of a man. Later the mangled body OF
an unknown man was taken off The
brake rigging of freight car near Gal
litzin.
PITTSBURG-The sixth attempt OF
George Protzman to end his life failed
because of the prompt efforts of the
Allegheny police and the heroic remedy
applied by physicians at the Allegheny
general hospital. Protzman, who, was
locked up on a minor charge, was found
hanging to the bars of his cell by his
suspenders. He was hurried to the hos
pital. where it was discovered that his
windpipe had been injured, preventing
him from breathing. The physicians
rushed him to the operating room and
cut his throat, inserting silver tube
through the windpipe. Protzman viii
recover.
GREENSBURG-Willia A. Wilson and
Jacob U. Kuhns of Greensburg. who re-
Gently optioned 1000 acres of the Thaw
tract in the Connellsville coke region
have let a contract to H. Frank Stark
of Greensburg for the erection of 100 coke
ovens near Hecla. A shaft 280 feet deeI
win be sunk on the Emanuel Snyder
farm. When the coal is more fully de-
veloped 500 ovens will be built.
| OIL CITY-Mrs. James Strall who wa
shot down in the street by her husband
died at the Oil City hospital. A charg
of murder has been made against Strail
who gave himself up,
GREENSBURG-John Sagata, the two
year-old son of Joseph Sagata of Nam
moth. was run down by a wagon All:
crushed so that he died soon afterward
ROCHESTER-Rober Exter, a buck
ster of Allegheny, was struck by trair
on the Fort Wayne railroad and instantly
killed.
Joseph Gerger of Economy had his left
foot taken off at the Fort Wayne depot
while attempting to board moving pas
senger train.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
RHODE ISLAND

PROVIDENCE. r. T., Sept. 22.-William
Brown and William Mccarthy, two 13
year-old members of a party of Sunday
crap players, whose companions pleaded
guilty to the offense upon arraignment,
were tried before Judge Rueckert. The
boys stuck to their denial of havire
taken part in the game, but were found
guilty. They were placed on probation
A fire that threatened to sweep over
Rocky Point, one of the Oldest resorts
on Narragansett bay, resulted in the de-
struction of an entire block of conces-
,sions, the loss amounting to $4,000. TINS
fire, which started in penny vaudevi.ie
theater, containing at the time about 15t
people, was caused, it Is thought, by
crossed wires.
NORTH PROVIDENCE-A whist party
for the benefit of st. Lawrence church,
Certredale. was held at the Woonasqua-
tucket casino. The affair was in charge
of Mrs. George Archambault. who pro-
vided music and dancing after the play
ing. The two prizes for whist playing
were won by Miss Marie Picard and
Frank Kenney. There was a ring won
on chances by Elsie BAIL. There were
about 800 persons present.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
OKLAHOMA

LAWTON, Okla, Sept 22.-Four men,
Henry Anderson and three sons, George.
Mike and Royal Anderson, were arrested
in their bunk car In the Rock Island
yards at FL Reno in connection with the
killing of the unknown and unidentified
victims of the box car tragedies, which
have caused so much mystery in Okla
homa. The bodies of the dead men werl
horribly mutilated, having the ears cut
off. One was found in Rock Island
car at Chickasha-and the other at Okla
homa City. United States Marshal Johr
Alternately made the arrests, assisted b,
Rock Island Detectives Darnall, Durhi,
and Beardon. The men were taken t
Oklahoma City to await a hearing.
OKLAHOMA CITY-The body of an VII,
known man. badly decomposed, was
found on the banks of the South Ca.
madam. An empty bottle labeled "car-
bolic acid was found near the body
The man was under 80 years of age and
had been dead about ten days.
ALVERDO-Two young children of c.
w. Davis, living near here. were burned
to death in barn which was set on
fire by 4-year-old neighbor boy whom
the children were playing with. Two
horses, carriage and buggy were also
consumed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
WASHINGTON

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept 22.--Mrs. Kath-
crime Oleson died at hospital here from
typhoid fever contracted while nursing
her little daughter. who was likewise suf-
fering from the fever. The daughter died
two hours after the mothers death
Mrs. Mary A. Woodcock, druggist
and the mother of five children whose
sole support she is, was arrested for sell
ing a flask of whisky to a police OFFICER
who told her that his wife was dying and
that he must have the liquor. The case
was not prosecuted.
TACOMA-Booked on suspicion, Gabriel
Rodiz a Spanish boarding house keeper
of Old Tacoma who was recently con-
victed of running "blind pig" is now in
Jail charged with discharging firearms
within the city limits. The specific charge
is that of killing dog In Old Tacoma,
His 14-year-old daughter is confined to
the county hospital suffering from an al
legged criminal assault by her father.
Rodiz' reputation in Old Tacoma is
highly colored.
PULLMAN = Pullman residents were
treated to an unusual fistic encounter
when Drs. H L. Marshall and @. H, Rus
sell, two prominent physicians, met in
the center of one of the main streets and
followed up hetly worded dispute with
a fist fight.
OLYMPIA-James II. Davis, member of
the state board of control, Instituted
mandamus proceedings against State Au-
dtor Clausen to compel that official to
audit his monthly salary voucher at the
rate OF $4,000 per annum instead Of $1,000
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
IDAHO

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 22.-The State Med
zeal association will meet here October 8
for two days session. and there is every
indication that the meeting will be the
largest and most interesting one held In
its history. Prominent physicians from
Salt Lake. Seattle, Portland, Baltimore,
Chicago and other places are expected to
be present and take part in the program.
The Boise high school, which commenced
the 1907S term. has the largest attendance
in Its history, the increase being very
large, and 1t is necessary to employ sew
earl additional teachers.
BONNER'S FERRY-A Great Northern
detective arrived here and placed under
arrest James Sharkey, Butte man who.
it is claimed, knows something about the
Great Northern holdup which. occurred
west of Rexford, Mont, Sharkey has been
In the employ Of the Bonner's Ferry Lum-
Der company as compass man in Mon
tana. He was discharged few days be-
fore the holdup. Returning to his old
place, and while he was intoxicated, he
told several persons that the holdup was
to take place at the time and place that
1t did.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
TWINS ARE BORN
TO STARVING FAMILY

+ ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. Retrieving i
i for dying husband Mrs. Annie Z
I. Wodkieviez of 1406 North Ninth street =
I. gave birth 10 twin babies, one of 4
!. which died without drawing breath. =
J. The husband died half an hour 4
4 before the babies came. 4
+ For five months Toefil Wodkievicz. !
!. the husband had lain in the bed of i
!. his two-room home, a sufferer from 4
i consumption. Four little children, 4
+ the oldest IL years, clamored for food !
i. and the sick, helpless man could only 4
!. groan in his agony. 4
+ Support of the helpless ones fell !
1. on the shoulders OF the wife. She 1
I. went out every day and picked rag 4
i for the scanty wages which only !
II sufficed to keep the pitiful little !
j. family together. 4
i After she could not leave home to Z
1. pick rags every day the woman took \
4 in washing for the money she could I
i earn. Saturday she went about her i
+ work saddened and discouraged. Her 4
i husband and the father of her little !
i children lay dying, gasping for !
+ breath. !;
i. Almost as soon as the eyes of the !
4 dead had been closed a little baby 4
1. girl was born. This little ore has
!. small chance to live, on account of i
j. the sad circumstances of the life into ::
i which it has come. The twin baby. !
4 boy, was born shortly after the \
|. + girl. but its life was over before 1t !
4. had a chance to draw breath. ]
1: Without sufficient garments for
+ the sick bed, in debt, out of money, :;
I. the desolate woman lies In her bed, !
+ conscious of her bereavement, racked I
+ with physical suffering and mental :.
1. anguish. \
/. j. j. j. 4 j. i 1. + j. 4 j. j. i 4. j. 4 i. 4
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
CURIOUS BOY FALLS ON
TOP OF MOVING TRAIN

4 PHILADELPHIA, Sept % Con- I
!. sidering HE curiosity, Frank Della 4
i. field, aged IA years, son, of Arthur 4
i G. Delafield of Passaic. N. j., passed i
i a comparatively tame vacation up !
- to yesterday. Then he made up for 4
!. the defections of two months, and i
i. when school opens Monday he ought I
!. to hold the center of the stage at !
I. recess. i
! The boy started out for bicycle 4
!. ride yesterday morning, rar into a 4
!. COW. put his broken machine up !;
!. with a friend and started back 4
/ home stopping to catch a trolley !
!. from Caldwell. No car being in 4
!. sight he started to walk, and when !:
! he got to the Bloomfield avenue \
!. bridge which spans the railroad 4
4 tracks he hung over the railing to i
4. watch a train go by to see If he 4
1. could spot the fireman stocking the 4
i. fires by peepirg down the smoke i
i. stack.
j. His curiosity got the better of his 4
4. sense of balance just as the rumblinB !
I. engine, pulling two coaches, was !.
4 passing under, and he turned SOM i
!. ersault over the rail. alighting on his !
!. head on the roof of the last coach. !
1. Why he didn't fall off no one !
4. knows, but he didn't. !;
+ He Just Topped over ard lay there 4
+ unconscious from the bump on his !:
+ head and the Great Notch train, i
!. which travels over a roadbed rough 4
+ er than the proverbial road to Dub ::
4 lin, ratified along for two miles into j
!. Verona, where passengers got on and !.
4 off, and the engine took drink Of i
4. water, but no one noticed the little I
i passenger on the roof. j
j. When the train started out again !:
I. the boy came to his senses, wonder !:
j. ing where he was. The train hit j
i curve after curve and rolled like 4
I. dory in gale and Frank had all he j
I. could do to stick to the roof top. 4
\. Just as he began to feel that he I
+ was having fine time, and wonder i
!. ing what the fellows at home would 4
i think when he related his tale to !
4. them. the train hit curve at Cedar y
I. Grove. Lige a stone from cata- i
j. putt Frank was tossed off the roof. !;
+ The boy decided that his last moment !;
!. had come and that the wheels would i
i crush his life out, but he dropped j
+ gently upon nice soft sand bank. 4
4 The train rolled on. 1
+ + + + i I. 4 + j. + i i. 4 I. + + i i. i
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
LOUISIANA

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept 22-By
mortgaging his own and his family s
property, State Tax Commissioner John
Fitzpatrick raised funds to repay $4,000
stolen from the state by Charles e. Let
ten, clerk in Fitzpatrick's office. The
shortage was discovered less than week
ago and Letten is now in jail.
CROWLEY-On Saturday another big
sale of timber land was closed here, a
partnership consisting rof F. M. Joplin
and Miss Sallie Thomas having bought
through w. w. Duson & Bro. 1000 acres
of timber land lying about two miles west
from Iota, along Bayou des Cannes.
NEW ORLEANS-The plant of the Mis-
sissippi River Coaling company at Borg.
nemouth, eight miles below the city, was
sold at public auction yesterday to sat.
isfy judgment of $4,000 rendered by the
United States court in favor of C. lutte
g. Co. of Pittsburg. The property did no
bring anything near lne amount in thu
suit, as it was knocked down at $4,000 t,
the June g. Sons Coal company Of New
Orleans.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
OHIO

LIMA. Ohio, Sept PIN an address be-
fore the A. M. e. conference here Bishop
William Derrick of New York denounced
Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Caro-
lima. Governor Vardaman of Mississippi
and former Secretary Hoke Smith. now
governor of Georgia. as cultures" and
at the same time he eulogized Senator j..
B. Foraker of Ohio, comparing him With
Lincoln.
-
CINCINNATI-The record price for
whisky was reached when it rose 2 cents,
reaching $1.34, the highest known here.
MARYsvILLE-The township and Odd
Fellows hall, the residence of DR.. John
j. McClowd and his barn at Broadway
were destroyed by fire. The loss will be
900. The entire town was for time
threatened.
FINDLAY-That there is no money in
furnishing hogs and pigs with glass eyes,
mending their broken limbs or giving
them false teeth is seen in the announce
ment of the failure of Howard S. Kimmell
of Tiffin, who filed a petition in bank
ruptcy in the United States district court.
The debts are $35, Ala and the assets $11,-
107. Kimmells business was to set glass
eyes in hogs that had come. in contact
with corncobs and otherwise doctor
them up.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23
WISCONSIN

MARINETTE, Wis, Sept. 22.-The life
less body of Edward Friok, a North
Western brakeman, was found on an ore
car at Stephenson, Mich. On the car
with the body were two tramps, and both
were placed under arrest. They asserted
their innocence and say that they did not
even see the man killed. A coroner's in
vestigation resulted in the generally &C
cepted theory that Prick was killed by
his head striking Daggett bridge while
the train was passing over it at high
rate of speed.
FOND DU LAC-Frederick M. Phelps,
who was kIiied in the wreck Sunday on
the B. & M road, was formerly resi-
dent of Empire, Fond du Lac county. For
twelve years he had been resident of
Ochiltree, Texas, where he was the presi-
dent of the First National bank.
Acknowledging to statement
issued by State Banking Commissioners
Bergh the total resources and LA
bilities of the state banks of Wisconsin
increased from 1924. 1909, O73.94 to $12S, 063,
1884 during the three months from May
20 to August % of this year. This is an
increase of $3,454,OS4.4e for the three
months. The total deposits on May 20
were s1O6, O32, 527.12 and on August % they
were s109, 244. 1870, an increase of S3,2l2,-
208.5S
MADISON-Niss May Windsor, aged q
years, recently out of the Milwaukee re-
form school. attempted a unique plan tc
reach friends in Prairie du Chen. by hir'
ing horse at one place and driving i
until 1t became tired, and then stabling !
and proceeding to hire another. He
scheme failed in Madison. local liverymel
having been aware of her coming. Whel
she appeared she was arrested