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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
TIE LATE NEWS FROM YOUR OLD HOME STATE.
COLORADO


PORT COLLINS. Colo, Sept. 26.--Wheat
sells here for s1.20 per hundred weight, or
70 cents bushel This is a better price
than usually paid at the opening OF the
market in September and 1t is not be-
lieved it will go lower The receipts are
heavy.
BOuLDER-The-rem of Steve Lewis
were brought to Boulder from Leyden
Junction. wnere he was killed instantly
by fall of coal. lie formerly lived in
Sunshine, this county. He leaves wife
and three children.
COLORADO SPRINGS-J. S. Kimsey,
veteran pioneer of Texas and this region,
is preparing to hun. big game in Routt
county this autumn, but, unlike other
hunters. he uses only lariat and knife.
He insists that there is no sport in shoot
ing game, and that the real fun is in
tussling with the ar..hal with a rope and
knife. Kimsey is the father OF Constable
o. e. Kimsey of Colorado City.
PUEBLO-Harry Kaplan and his young
wife, Gwendolin Kaplan bride of few
months, were. arrested here after she had
been choked until she was black in the
face. She is being he'd as witness.
The story related to the police by the
Wilct WIN 10 Oub AV yCdiS VI oBcs 40 AC-
voting in the extreme. She says that un-
til a few weeks ago she was residing with
her parents in Denver.
TR1NIDAD-Antone Solo, who killed his
cousin, Baldo Solo, at Starkville last
week by crushing his skull with a pick
handle, was acquitted of the charge of
murder before justice of the peace to-
day. Antoine had bee missing chickens
and while watching his hencoop saw
man prowling about and attacked him
with the pick handle. breaking his skull.
After the prowler had been killed. Antoine
was Mortified to find that he had killed
his own cousin.
CRIPPLE CREEK-The new mill OF the
w. p. H. Leasing company of 100 tons
daily capacity will commence to treat
ores soon The machinery and solution
tanks are ready, and minor details were
looked after today. The mill is of mod
ern device, and automatic as to the hand
ling of ore. The cyanide process will be
used.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
MAINE

BRUNSWICK, Me-, Sept. 2e. = An
nouncement was made of the resignation
of Roswell G. McCrea, Phi. D.. who since
1909 has held the Dapiel B. Fayerweathel
professorship of political economy anc
sociology In Bowdoin college. He will
| take charge of the work in social re
search in the New York school of philan
| throphy, which is connected with the Co
lumbia university.
| PORTLAND-The candidacy of John r
Emery for the Democratic nomination as
sheriff of Cumberland county was an
nounced.
He. is native of Bridgton, in this
county, was a celebrated Brown varsity
football player and has been a member
of Sheriff Pennelfs liquor seizing squad
in Portland five years ~
BATH-At the office of City Clerk Gras-
sey there has just bee. filed the inten-
tion of marriage of Arthur l.. Elwell,
aged 90 of Brunswick, and Miss Victoria
l.. Jewett. aged IA, of this city. The
consent of the parents of both parties
has been given, and this goes on record
as the announcement of the youngest
couple ever recorded in the city
ROCKLAND-The Sturgis deputies did
their first raidng in Knox county for
several months. Deputies Newbert,
Horne, Fernald and, Caddy visited the
Georges hotel. and in hide in the stable
secured eleven pints of whisy. The pro-
prietor, Hiram G. Merrifeld, was ordered
to appear in court.
SKOWHEGAN-F. s. Soule of this
place bought bag of candy kisses from
faker at the Skowhegan fair and upon
biting into one of them found hard
substance which upon examination proved
to be a brilliant large solitaire diamond
which evidently had once been in
ring setting A local jeweler pronounced
the stone an exceptionally fine one and
appraised it at $500.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
ILLINOIS

ELGIN, ILL.,, Sept. 26.-Cyrus Baldwin,
residents of Kane county, killed himself
today by eating paris green after he had
confessed that he had murdered his aged
wife by smashing her skull with a ham
mer.
Mrs. Baldwin was found dead yester-
day.
Today Baldwin said he killed his wife
after a quarrel.
MORRISON, ILL.,, Sept. 26.-Gov.
Deneen and Scott Cowen received a
scoring at the hands of the Whiteside
county Republican committee. No
resolutions were passed, but G. A.
| Davis, county chairman, accused them
| Of promising jobs to Whiteside county
office seekers and giving them to Car
roll county, and that only one office
was given to Whiteside. DR.. Eskey,
former chairman of the committee, ac-
cused them of contract breaking.
Speaker Shurtleff and Fred Sterling
were at the meeting and spoke, but did
| not refer to Whiteside's troubles In
getting offices.
MATTOON-Two suits against the
Mattoon interurban line and its receiv-
| ers were filed by executors Of the es-
| tates of victims of the recent wreck
| In whichfourteen Hives were lost The
estates of Neil Fugate and s. F. Enos
filed suits for $4,000 In each case. Six
mope actions will be fled during the
week.
LLE--Announcement is made
| by George T. Buckingham and w. M
| Bridget of this city that there is In
process of formation merger of coal
properties that represents an invest
merit of s12,ooo,0oo. w. s. Boyle OF
| Chicago is in New York engineering
| the financial end of the deal, which, as
proposed, is to include twenty-five
mines in the Danville and Clinton dis
tricts in Illinois and the Kelly, Oak
| Hill and Rering mines in Indiana.
| PARASITIC North Illinois confer
| ence of the Methodist Episcopal church,
| with fifty churches in northern and
| eastern Illinois, voted unanimously for
| union of the Congregational and
United Brethren denominations, but
| against a federation of the organiza-
| tions.
| SPRINGFIELD-The Mcneil Press ed
Brick company of Newbern Saturday
filed with the clerk of the United States
district court schedule of liabilities
| and assets in the bankruptcy proceed
ings recently instituted against It.
The liabilities are given as s65,SS3 and
the assets as SITS, AGO.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
LOUISIANA

SHREVEPORT, La, Sept. 26.-Martin
Geisler is dead and Charlie Wright under
arrest as the result of stabbing affray
here on a street, witnessed by many
people. Geisler has been working in the
Caddo oil fields and\is survived by a
wife and child at Humble, Tex. Wright
is a carpenter and has a family.
NEW ORLEANS-John M. Parker, who
will be one of President Roosevelt's hosts
during his camping and hunting expedi-
ton in northeastern Louisiana next
month, arrived from Mississippi. Mr..
Parker said that the itinerary of the
trip is not complete and that he cannot
talk about the expedition.
Holt Collier, famous Confederate
negro scout and hunter, will act as guide
for the presidents party. Collier Is noted
especially as a bear hunter.
Considerable anxiety is felt here over
the United States training ship Huntress,
which was to have arrived at this port,
but which has not yet put in an appear
ance. She is on her way to St Louis,
by way of New Orleans, from Pensacola
whence she sailed recently.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
OKLAHOMA


GUTHRIE, Ok. Sept 26.-The Wichita,
Cleveland & Gulf railway was chartered
with headquarters at Cleveland, Ok, and
$4,000 capital stock to build 6S4 miles
southeast from Wichita, Kas., through
the counties of Sedgwick, Butler, Cowley
and Chautauqua in Kansas. to Cleveland.
Ok. and through the Cherokee, Creek
and Choctaw nations. and the states of
Arkansas Texas and Louisiana to the
gulf The incorporators include David
Rather. ]. f. Hethering, j. c. Byers, r..
l.. Lunsford anG A. Cecanko. all of CIeve-
land.
LAwTON-Of the eighty-two school
districts in the big pasture only thirty
Ave have been organized with the in
tention of holding school this winter, ac-
cording to the information received at the
office of Edward Nelson, county SUPER
intendent of schools, In districts where
schools will not be taught, 1t was felt
that the population was too scattering to
warrant organization. In these districts
the children will be deprived of schooling
during their first years residence in the
new country unless their parents send
them to town.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
IDAHO

RExBURG. Idaho, Sept. 26.-The
wedding reception of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Smuin, who were married in Salt
Lake City a few days ago, was held
at the home of the brides parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. ]. Winter.
Drs. Rich and Hyde operated for ap-
pendicitis on James Durrant, the 12-
year-old son Of It. J. Durrant of Salem
The boy is in a critical condition.
Born, to the wife of James e. Wal
dorff, a fine ten-pound baby girl.
The Rexburg police force is now uni
formed. Chief of Police Larsen ap-
peared this week in a fine blue uniform
with brass buttons.
r. A. Kellar, who has been in the
employ of his brother, c. G. Kellar, for
the past two years, has resigned his
position and will leave in few days
for Salt Lake City.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
TENNESSEE

LOCKWOOD, Tenn, Sept. 26.-Frank
Newsom died after few weeks illness
Heart disease was the immediate cause
of death. Mr. Newsom had been citi-
zen of this town for about thirty years.
He was prominent manufacturer OF
concrete building blocks, was well
known Odd Fellow and upright citizen
The remains will be inferred in Odd Eel
lows cemetery.
KNOXvILLE-Knoxv has had five
holdups in the last few days. Chief
Chandler threw out net and captured
Ernest Minor, Joe Dalton and William
Cobb on the charge of doing the holdur
game in the city. Part of the money was
recovered and the watch taken off of MT
Froneberger, a merchant whom they held
gagged and tied to a table in his store
on Gay street, when they were arrested
Minor was recently pardoned from tne
penitentiary by Governor Patterson
where he was sent for robbery and hold'
ing UP citizens of Knoxville.
EvENsvILLE-Noel Cunningham has
left here for Knoxville, where he will en-
ter school.
q. +. Waterhouse and daughter o
Evansville made a business trip TO Cnat
tanooga Friday. rsi
Mrs. Cliff Hetzler and little son wer'
the guests OF relatives in Coulterville thi
week.
saidee Evens will leave for Centenary
college. rM
Miss Rose Mahoney is spending thi:
week in Emory Gap.
KNoxvILLE-Carm and a primary
for all state offices seems to be the wish
of the majority of Democrats in this Sec
tion of the state. If Carmack will only
announce he will carry every county in
East Tennessee, said w. A. Owens OF
Campbell county. The people are for him
and he must submits to the will of the
people. He should have state primary
for all state offices.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
OREGON

PORTLAND. Ore, Sept. 26.-Charles H
Reynolds, proprietor of bathhouse in
this city, was acquitted OF the charge OF
numbering George Hibbins, or Herbert
a musician, who came here recently from
Walla Walla.
Reynolds set UP the plea that he was
justified in his act because Hibbins had
destroyed Reynolds home 1t required
twenty minutes for the jury to agree
HILLSBORO-Mrs Mary Hogan, aged
rs, who lived with her son. Patrick Hogan,
on farm east of here burned to death
on a cook stove.
Mrs Hogan was alone in the house and
was preparing the evening meal. From
indications 1t appears that she was stand
ing at the front of the stove and suffered
an attack of dizziness. She fell forward,
her head striking and dislodging one of
the stovelids. The smoke thus permitted
to escape suffocated her and her body,
face, hands and arms were literally
burned to a crisp.
EUGENE-Charl Crowley was shot
and killed at Marcola, sixteen miles east
of here, by Bert Num-. The shooting
grew out of quarrel over Nunns testi-
mony against the proprietress of a resort
at the place. Num- was instrumental in
having the woman convicted ana when
the parties to the case returned to Mar
cola from Eugene. Crowley, who is alleged
to have been a hanger-on at the resort,
picked a quarrel with and was thrashed
by Mum, At the conclusion of the fight
Crowley started shooting and Num- re-
turned the fire with fatal accuracy. In
the exchange Num- received a wound in
the abdomen, but will probably live. and
a bystander was slightly injured in the
leg. Mum is considered hlameless in the
matter.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
KENTUCKY


LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 26.-A fire did
$4,000 damage today in the establish
ments of the McElroy-S Shannon Spring
Bed company, the Maher Shirt company
and other plants, and caused panic
among $50 girls employed in the shirt
factory. Many had narrow escapes. Eight
persons were injured
PADUCAH, KY, Sept. 26.-Desirous of
witnessing a circus performance and han
dicapped by mother, children of Sarah
Blankley, colored, tied her hand and foot
and bound her legs to the bedpost leav-
ing her alone while they attended the
performance. he womans screams at
tracted policemen and the children were
taken before Juvenile Judge r. I. Light
foot for hearing.
AuGuSTA-G. 7. Reynolds. who recent
ly declined the Democratic nomination
for representative of Bracken county, an
nounced to the chairman of that party
that he would accept, notwithstanding
his continued Ill health. Great pressure
has been brought to bear to have Mr..
REYNOLDS accept the nomination by party
Leaders in the county and state. The tenn
perance question will be the leading
issue.
FRANK kLIN-(sovernor ]. @. W. Beck
am, accompanied by Senator J. w.
Newman, Democratic nominee for oom-
missioner of agriculture, and Hon. Ger
aid t. Finn, arrived here from Scotts-
willie. A large delegation, headed by a
band of music, met the party at the sta
tion.
The party was escorted to the Key
stone hotel, where an informal reception
was held and the governor and senator
met many friGaAs and local politicians.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
WEST VIRGINIA


MORGANToWN, w. Va, Sept. 26-Leo
Wells. a prominent citizen of Monongalla
comfy. was run over and instantly killed
by passenger train It is supposed that
he did not hear the approaching train. as
he was slightly deaf.
CLARKsBURG = Temporary insanity
was the plea presented by the attorneys
for Thomas p. Harmon in his trial for the
murder of Mrs. Fred Pickett, wife of the
manager of the Bijou theater. The evil
dence tended to show i'll feeling existed
between Hannon and Mrs. Pickett and
that while intoxicated he shot her.
WHEELING-Th first arrests made
under the permanent Injunction granted
by Judge Dayton against the striking tel
ephone iinemen were those of John Be
mer. a striker. and his wife, General
Caldwell, attorney for the telephone COM
panies, petitioned the court for rule
against them, alleging they called nom
uniorp men 'scabs' and applied vile epi-
thets Bemer and his wife were arrested
and given until Monday to prepare de-
fense.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
NINETY YEARS IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY

! PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept, 26.-
+ Bill Macabee arouse this morning .
]. early, drew his daily ration Of four .
+ ounces Of whisky, mixed and drank !
i his toddy, then filled and lit his :
I pipe and sat down to await break .
!. fast, and while he sat there he
!. thought of the 104 years on this .
! earth that he completes today. .
!. For tomorrow Is Bins birthday, .
!. and he has had good many more .
I. of them than is accorded to most .
/. people. And he has been in the !
i service OF the United States for .
1. just ninety years.
!. That is pretty good record for .
+ sailormafl, and 1t Is such a novel .
/. one that 1t cannot be wondered at .
+ that Bill is .Ae pet OF the naval .
]. asylum from the admiral down. .
l. He has been there neaS,y forty .
!. years.
/. Macabee is in good health. True, .
1. he is not as frisky as he was a .
1. century ago, but he has more life .
I. and gitger in him now than the av- .
/. erage youngster of so. He danced .
i Jig the day he was 100 just to .
+ show that he was still a boy, but .
i he does not dance now. .
1. ors. He Is the most independent .
]. man in the navy and does just as :
I. pleases. Even the admiral can't .
+ do that always, but then the ad- .
]. miral is not 104 years old and Sailor .
1. Bill had seen years and years of .
+ service before the admiral was :
+ born. .
+ Macabee was born in Baltimore .
I. in 1903. When he was IA years Old .
!. he entered the navy and his first .
1. ship was the old frigate Conetitul
I. ton. That staunch old warship .
1. has been out of commission for .
/. many years, but like Bill Macabee. .
+ 1t is still part of the navy. The .
1. aged sailor has never In the ninety .
I. years service since he stepped !
! aboard the Constitution for the ..
!. first time ever been out Of the serv- :
!. ice of his country, though his !
+ activity ceased many years ago. !.
i 4 4 + + 4 !. 1. 4 = 4 i 4 1. 4 4. \ I. .
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
UTAH

PROVO, Utah, Sept. 26.-The Startup
Candy company has filed articles OF IN
corporation. The object of the incorpora-
tion is to manufacture candy and otner
merchandise. Provo city Is the principai
place of business The capital STOCK is
$4,000, in shares of the par value OF Slo
each. The company takes over and VIII
continue the business of the Startup
Candy company. George A. Startup is
the president, II. w. Startup vice presi-
dent, w. j. Startup treasurer, Albert
Jeffries secretary. 9
HELPER-C. L. Maxwell and l.. G.
Reidle came together at Helper this
morning about o'clock in shooting
ARRAY In a local saloon, with the result
that Reidle has two bullet wounds, one
through the right lung and the other
through the fleshy portion of the left
thumb. Maxwell was shot through the
right shoulder, which is fractured and
spIintered, while the bullet lodged below
the right shoulder blade and may easily
be felt from the exterior.
PARK CITY-Ole Christensen, an old
Parlsite, died in this city at the home Of
Chris Slagle, of miners consumption. He
was about 60 years of age and has no
relatives in this city. The body is now in
the morgue, Coroner Sperry having
charge or 1t.
The work of grading for the new saw
mill at the tunnel loading station, by the
Ontario company, is going on rapidly
and will be completed by the middle OF
October. The sawmill will be used to cut
and frame timbers, which will then be
sent to the mine through the tunnel.
Owing to the rush of men to this city
from Butte the streets are crowded with
idle men, but 1t Is given out by the mine
A. f1n ~ a
who wish to work.
EUREKA-The 6-year-old son Of James
B. Whitehead was seriously injured by
the explosion of a dynamite cap which
he found by accident in the front yard.
The cap was attached to fuse, and the
boy in playing with 1t hit the cap with
a rock. The explosion completely severed
three fingers from the boys left hand and
filled his face and part of his body with
gravel. Some stones were even driven
into the lads stomach.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
PROPOSAL
WINS CHICAG0AN A BRIDE

II CHICAGO, Sept 26.-If James 4
i ODonnel. had become discouraged I
4 the first time that Miss Mayme
i Curtin declined to become Mrs. :
4 James O'Donnell or If he had be- 4
4 come discouraged the fifth time, or I
+ the fifteenth, or even the twenty =
4 third time, the announcement =
+ would not have been made Of the !
4. marriage of the two.
= But he was not discouraged the I.
I. first or the fifth or the fifteenth or 4
i the twenty-thlrd time, so on the I
i twenty-fourth time that he brought !
Z UP the subject he brought down .
\ Miss Curtin, with the resulting an .
i. nouncement And now both of them .
i are glad that he did not get dis 4
i couraged.
i SO are all their friends. .
+ O'Donnell and Miss Curtin were .
i of large company of young peo- .
+ pie drawn together frequently .
= through mutua, interest and activ- !
4. ity in the affairs Of st. Plus 4
4 church. All of these young people !
+ tried their best to prevail on Miss I
+ Curtin to accept her loyal suitor. .
4 And so did her mother, Mrs. b. .
4 Curtin, $50 West Twentieth street. .
I. And so did Miss Frances Anderson,
1. her dearest friend. And so, Of .
1. course, did O'Donnell.
i Miss Curtin was drawn to him .
!. all along. but she felt that she :
+ would rather give herself to re.ig-
1. ious work and so told him she !
!. would just be friend.
l. Once he almost became <discour- !
1. aged and left Chicago to take up I
4 a course of study for the ministry. !
1. but he could not forget and came !
+ back Still the girl was obdurate. .
/ Then her friend, Miss Anderson. .
1. was married last spring to ]. f. ]. !
4 Heidler of Oak Park, and pretty !.
+ soon tales of her happiness began J..
! to melt the heart of Miss Curtin. I
j. And then the twenty fourth time .
4 came, and then-the rest of it. .
j. They were married Tuesday at st. ,
1. Plus Nchurch and went away to .
1. talk it over in the dells Of Wis !
+ consin. When they come back .
i they will live in Oak Park. !
J. One of the wedding presents Z
+ from ODonnelps father was a ,
!. $4,000 check, which he had prom .
j. ised to give his son if he ever !
J. succeeded in his suit. That, how !
j. ever, had nothing to do with his :
T. success.
i i 4 - -. .
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
PENNSYLVANIA


GREENSBURG, Pa, Sept. 26.-West-
moreland county friends have been noti-
fed of the death at Kenyon, O., OF the
Rev. DIR. Henry Balm, 67 years old. Fol-
AZ wears he was pastor of the Poke Run
PRESBYTERIAN church and was prom
inent figure in the Blairsyille prespytery
until he resigned the pastorate three years
ago.
PITTSBURG-David Bower, aged To-
while stealing a ride on Western avenue
car was struck by a car going in the
onnosite direction at West Ohio and West
Diaomnd streets last night and was
nrobably fatally injured. He was re-
moved to his home at 11O2 Allegheny
avenue.
: POTTSVILLE-As the result of several
test holes being drilled, it was discovered
that the fire of over 81 years duration
has been extinguished in the old Hecks-
cherville mine workings, adjoining the
large Pine Knot operation at Coal Castle.
when it was learned that the many
years of fire fighting had finally met with
success there was rejoicing among the
Reading coal and iron officials.
TOONA-Brakeman w. B. McCart-
new was held responsible by coroner
Jury for the collision between two loco
motives which resulted in the death OF
one man and the injury OIL Two others
Monday night, and in all probability he
will be indicted by the grand jury
MISUNDERSTANDING close to the
casket bearing her fathers body, Fannie
Dershimer became the bride of Frank
B' winters of Jermyn. at Dalton. at
noon today.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-27
WYOMING


RAWLINS, Wyo., Sept 26.-The skele-
ton of man, believed to re that Of
Roy Henley, the sheep herder who was
lost in storm LAST winter has been
found near Dinner lake. Papers found on
the clothing indicate the deceased was
young Henley.
RAWLINS-sheriff Bath has gone. to
Denver to get Cherokee Phir' Cooke
wanted here on the charge of defrauding
hotel proprietor.
CODY-Baron Won Plassen of Germany
is hunting big game in this vicinity. He
is accompanied by guides and a number
of attendants.
BUFFALO-Roy Prince, a Bell teie-
phone linemr was seriously injured by
pole falling with him.
PINEDA- Henry Binning and wife
were injured during an electrical storm
in the mountains near here. but both viii
recover.
DIETz-Frank Papieke. a miner en-
ployed in No. 5 mine here committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
head.
SHERIDAN-C. ,E. Hen-ineer, who fell
from a water tank at carnevilie a few
days ago, died at the state hospital here
last night.
SHERIDAN-hichard Hamilton was
thrown from horse and received serious
injuries.