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Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
SOUTH CAROLINA


GREENvILLE. S. c., Aug. 2e.-Con-
siderable rain has fallen the. past few
DAYS and the temperature ranges lower.
The crop continues to do well under the
favorable weather conditions. 1t is fruit
ing heavily and the indications are stead
iy growing brighter. Too much rain
right now however, would be damaging
MARION-Crop about three weeks late
Promise of rs per cent of crop. Some
sections are good; in others the dry
weather has caused the plant to begin to
shed.
ONACA-Seasonabl weather has
prevailed the past week. Very little dam
aged cotton from rust or otherwise. All
cotton about laid by. Generally in good
condition, though some grassy. No
shedding up to present Of consequences.
No cotton open TO present time II rains
continue as needed for two or three
weeks longer biz crop Is assured.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
SUSPECTED BURGLAR Is
BIG WHITE OWL

+ PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26.-UpOn i
!. entering their house at 56i Delmar \
!. street after a return from the park, !
!. Henry Burman, his wife and two !.
4. daughters heard noises upstairs that 4
!. aroused suspicious of burglars Fear !
!. full that they might be armed and !
!. might give battle, all retreated to the !
/ street. Burman then went in search !
!. of policeman. :
i Before his return the daughter !
!. Ethel, Is years old, plucked up her !
i. courage and going into the house I
!. procured broom and candle. Thus !.
!. armed she tiptoed to the second I
4. floor The noises continued, but no !
!. one was to be seen. =
i On up to the third floor she went, 4
4 and on pushing open the door of =
!: the back room the great fiuttering Z
/ wing of white owl struck her !
4 In the face. Setting her candle on \
!. the floor she gave battle with the !
l. brooms tick and finally killed 1t. 1
+ Meanwhile Mr.. Burman had re- I
!. turned with Policeman Wild, of the !
4 Roxborough station house, and to !
!. them the trophy Of unusual courage !
!. was shown. The owl will be stuffed. !
j. !. !. Il i l. j. i. j. & 4 !. !. + T. + i 4 !
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
INVENTOR nE VALUABLE
CODE LOSES MEMORY

4 SEATTLE, Aug. 26.-Richard Wells, i
i inventor, left Seattle tonight for +
= Vancouver guarded by physician !
+ nurse and valet, provided by eastern +
4. capitalists, who are giving him every =
i opportunity for the recovery of his +
i health and the recollection of cooe i
= system once tried which would make i
4. the sending of messages by cable as !
+ cheap as writing a letter. +
4 Wells invented a code system which !
+ showed that cable messages of col i
!. umn length could be eptomized to \
4 few words. An attempt to steal his 4
i. code led Wells and his advisers to !
!. destroy the key. Then Wells went to +
= San Francisco and was mixed up In +
!. street car riot in that city and seri- \
= ously injured !
i AS result of his injuries his mem 4
1. ory fails to recall the key to the =
& code, and in the hope that he can re- 4
4. gain his health eastern investors are 4
!. providing him with every attend !
!. ance. =
4 *#@A*@s#* + i + i i ! !
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
MASSACHUSETTS

WORCESTER, Mass, Aug 26.-Mrs. Jo-
hanna Flagg Harper. the oldest woman
in New England, will celebrate her 105th
birthday by a reception at the home of
her grandson, Franklin Young, at SO
Lake street. Nearly ninety descendants
will attend the reception, which will be
short because Mrs. Harper believes she
could not stand the strain Of a protracted
social affair.
lived there until she was q years old,
when her parents came to Worcester.
FALL RIVER-Crawford q. Lindsey,
treasurer of the Conanicut mills and O.
former mayor of this city, Is critically
ill with appendicitis and his recovery is
doubtful. Mr.. Lindsey is SO years of age.
PITTSFIELD-Mrs Eugene Sincere, 1O2
years old of Dalton, the home town of
Senator W. Murray Crane, applied to
Selectman John Glennon today for aid
She has been taking in washing, doing
housework and picking huckleberries out
in the hot sun to keep from being a
charity patient.
Overcome by the heat she finally had to
apply for aid. Mrs. Sincere has lived in
Dalton most of her life. She was born
in st. Bartellermie, Canada, in 1906, and
was married at st. Morisete, Canada. She
is the mother of ten children, only two
of whom are now living.
WHITMAN-By peculiar accident Cy-
rus West, who has for several months
been speechless, following a serious i'll
ness with measles, has recovered his
vocal powers.
An automobile caused his horses to
run away. In an effort to stop the
his throat gave way and he was sud-
denly cured
QUINCY-But for the heroic rescue by
Charles b. Yule, 10 years old, of Quincy,
George Richards and Archie Yule, two
Quincy boys would have been drowned
In the waters of the bay off Quincy point.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
IDAHO

HoIsE. Idaho. Aug. 26--rhe Campbell
FuiidIne company of Salt Lake was the
lowest bidder on the construction of the
administration building at the state uni
versity. This company bid separately on
the several sections, and its total bid
was s21010O. The board of regents Will
soon take action on the bids.
PocATELLO-Office Edgley arrested
four quite youthful robbers, and pre-
ferred charges of breaking into box car
ana taking therefrom several pounds of
ham, twenty pounds of tobacco and other
articles The goods were found cached
ali over the city, under sidewalks, in
vacant buildings and elsewhere. The
marauders ranged in age from II to 13
years.
BO1SE-Fifty-two men are pushing the
work of erecting buildings on the grounds
recently purchased by the Canyon County
Fair association The track, which Is al
ways one of the leading features of sue
cessful fair is one-half mile in circum-
ference and fifty feet wide and when
completed will be the finest half-n1lle
track in the state for the reason that
the substratum of the soil is tough clay,
which is of a springy nature, thus permit
ting and assisting the flyers to make
their limit speed.
TROY. idaho Aug. 26-Troy is much
disturbed over what is believed to have
been an attempt to seriously injure the
bride of Andrew Haidal, prominent
farmer living four miles north of here.
The Young woman was discovered
fully dressed, prone upon the floor of her
home. unconscious. When Mrs. Haidal
was struck Is a matter of conjecture,
hut there Is a wound on the forehead
made apparently by a blunt instru-
ment. The theory is that she heard
an intruder, came from the barn where
she was milking the cows and was
struck down.
SANDPOINTAWhile prospecting on one
OF the mountains near Standpoint three
millwrights from the Htimbird mill, Her
man Pomransky Joe Jasper and Q. u.
Aldrich.- were attacked by huge black
hear which undoubtedly had cubs near
nv. Pomransky being nearest saw her
first. She was making for him and Pom
ransky swears she had her mouth VIDE
open. She was about sixteen feet away
and evidently had not seen the otner
members of 'the party. Pomronsky had
small lunch pail in his hand and as the
bear came up with a rush he drew IL
back for blow it being his only weapon
of defense just then. Aldrich and Jas
per rushed to the scene of battle ana
Mrs Bruin, seeing reinforcements'
promptly took to her heels.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
MARYLAND

CRISFIELD, Aug. 26-Jealousy led to
ing. about two miles from Crisfeld. While
Cleveland Disc and James T. Disc, who
had been in Crisf1eld. were driving home
they met Warren Ward who stopped the
horse and pulled Cleveland Disc out of
his buggy, cutting at him. it is alleged,
all the time. Ward is accused of hav-
ing stabbed Disc in seven places, and it
was done so rapidly that Discs compan-
ion did not realize what was going on
until Disc was lying bleeding in the
road with his stomach ripped open, his
arm slashed up. and several stabs in his
back.
CUMBERLAND-Th plant of the Cum
berlanA Steel company was totally de-
stroyed by fire of unknown origin. The
loss is setimated at $350,000, with insur-
ance of 100000. Ninety men are thrown
out of employment.
The plant produced steel castings, and
is said to have been the only one of it's
kind in the world. The company has Of
fees in London and Paris, and in all the
leading cities of the United States. The
buildings occupied covered an area of
$50 by 1900 feet.
BALTIMORE-An old home week will
be held from October 10 to 10 all through
Maryland, but in Baltimore the event will
be specially celebrated. There will be an
electrical pageant, a military and naval
display and a carnival as a part of the
program. pilgrimage to Annapolis on
Peggy Stewart day will also be feature.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
KANSAS

ATCHISON, Kas., Aug. 26-Evidence
taken by the attorney general in support
of his suit to oust the International Har-
vester company from Kansas under the
antitrust law was pleasing to the COM
pany The state was disappointed in its
witnesses here, and the session was adj
journed. Evidence will be taken over the
state.
WICHITA.--The northern part of the
city is in a turmoil and 1t is feared that
there will be a fight between negroes and
whites Three hundred negroes have
gathered in the packing house district
and are defying the vigilance committee
recently organized. A call has been made
ron the police for assistance. as the ne
groes are armed and boisterous
OTTAWA.-E. B. Breckenridge. a stu
dent fireman who was making his first
trip, died of injuries received in an acci-
dent at Richter. Breckenridge, who was
3S years old, was acting under the orders
of the regular fireman on freight train.
While the freight was waiting for pas
senger to pass he lay down by the track
and went to sleep The passenger train
struck his head and fractured the skull.
Breckenridge lived in Louisburg.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
IOWA


IOWA CITY, Ia, Aug. 26-Many farm
buildings were leveled by violent wind
storm which swept Johnson county. The
fire loss from lightning is 100000
DIES MOINES.-Because he asked his
stenographer to sew the buttons on his
vest one day Elwood Austin Roger, one
of the organizers of the cranberry trust
in America, lost his beautiful wife in the
divorce courts. Mrs. Roger Is one of the
society leaders of Des Moines.f Judge
Howe granted Mrs. Roger divorce on a
charge of cruel and inhumarl treatment.
WEBSTER CITY.--Abraham Simmer.
multimillionaire and the most noted phil
anthropist in Iowa, has adopted unique
plan for spending his great fortune in
giving relief to the poor and needy.
He is travelling over the state in which
he has long lived, and in which he made
his fortune, seeking out people who need
help and relieving their distress with his
own hands. He proposes to go all over
Iowa and then he may go into other
states dispensing aims.
'I propose to spend the $5,OOOOOO which
1 have before l die" he said, "and L
am going to spend it myself and on peo-
pie know need it,"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
PENNSYLVANIA

SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. 26.-A man who
said he represented the Anthracite Home
Furnishing company of Shenandoah has
victimized many residents of West Scran-
ton, representing that he would supply
goods on exceptionally easy terms. The
Shenandoah company has informed Su-
perintendent of Police Day of Scranton
that it keeps no salesman on the road
In this region.
PITTSBURG = Mayor Charles f.
Kirschler of Allegheny has announced
himself as a candidate for mayor OF the
Greater Pittsburg in case Allegheny is
forced under the wing of the larger city
The announcement comes as something
of surprise.
SCRANTON-Hyd ydrophobia menaces two
children who are under treatment at the
state hospital, both having been bitten
by mad dog near their home in Mo-
canaqua Tuesday evening. Two other
victims of the dog are now in New York
undergoing the Pasteur treatment.
BANGOR-A fishing and game preserve
was purchased here, including eighty-five
acres of land in Pike county, adjoining
the MashkeDoza Gun club, by George @.
Snover, Emanuel Schloch and Clayton
Bruch, all of Bangor.
LANCASTED-Friday night the inter-
ior of the Stevens Industrial school was
covered with a preparation of black as
phaltum. The police believe that the
work was done by boys. The damage will
amount to several hundred dollars.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
COLORADO

N ASPEN. Colo, Aug26.-Charles Bamber
was found dead in his cabin on Silver
mountain, II miles south of Aspen, by
Jacob Reichart, for whQm Bamber was
working on contract. Bamber started
work on the property July and three
weeks ago Mr.. Reichart visited the
property and found Bomber well and
busy. When he went to the property he
found the dead body of Bamber lying on
the floor He notified the coroner. There
were no signs of violence.
FLoRENCE-George Madam, an irish
man. perpetrated a joke on the under
takers and police officers by telephoning
from the National mill that man was
living dead on the Rio Grande railway.
The officers responded to the call, and
found that the supposed dead man was
only dead drunk.
Returning the joke, the undertakers and
officers caught Madam, wrapped him IN
a sheet, placed him in the casket that
was intended for the dead man, put him
in the undertaking wagon and brought
him to Florence.
LEADvILLE-A son Of e. l.. Calvert,
a well-known local mining man, ac-
companied by a boy companion, each
about II years, descended an abandoned
shaft near here and when their disap-
pearance was noted Mr.. Calvert thought
they had fallen into the opening and
probably been killed.
He descended the ladder and upon
reaching the bottom found the boys, who
were unable to reach the ladder, by
means of which they had descended, as
the lower end had broken off. They were
taken to the surface unharmed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
WASHINGTON.

TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 26.-Letters re-
ceived by Deputy Grain Inspector King
In regard to the Eastern Washington
wheat crop continue to be optimistic In
tone. The shipping is progressing salts
factorily and the yield is almost uni
versally excellent. r.. G. McCroskey, one
of the state grain commission, writes
from Garfield that spring wheat in WHIT
man county seems TO be averaging in the
neighborhood of twenty-five bushels 10
the acre and winter wheat about thirty
five bushels. Oats. he estimates. are
yielding about forty-five bushels TO the
acre.
w. H. Babcock, the wheat king" of
Walla Walla county states threshlng is
we'll under way on Eureka oats and that
everything is looking well.
OLYMPIA-The system of bookkeeping
and accounting followed at the state hos
pitfalls for insane. penitentiary and other
institutions under the jurisdiction OF the
state board of control, is shortly to be
established in the state university at Sc
attle. state college at Pullman and state
normal school at Cheney, Bellingham and
Ellensburg.
EATTLE-Neleon Oberg, a retired
sailor 76 years Old, got drunk. When ne
reached his home he aroused the neigh
borhood The police were called out
did not arrest the old man. after MS wire
had promised to care for him. When
he awoke with an enlarged and throb-
bing head, his wife reproached him for
his conduct His retorts were not mol
lifying. Then the woman threw RED
pepper in his eyes and when he cried
out at that injustice she dropped not
stoveid on his head. He abruptly lett
the house and was found later by the
police and sent to the hospital
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
WYOMING

NEW CASTLE, Aug 26.-Amos Hawks,
a farmer living just across the line in
South Dakota, committed suicide by blow
ing his head off with rifle. He had sold
his live stock, and brooded over his ranch
business. His wife and children sus-
pected that he would attempt suicide,
and watched him for several weeks, but
he slipped away from them and COM
mitted the deed IN a ravine near the
house.
CASPER-The funeral of Long jack
Curran, who died at Thermopolis, was
held here, and for several hours the busi-
ness houses remained closed out of re-
spect.
RAWLINS-Miss Annabel Cannon and
N. r. Eastman were married by Rev.
McCreery of the Methodist church. The
young couple stole a march on their
friends and were married day ahead,
and left for the east at once on honey
moon trip.
PINEDALE-Amos Smith has gone to
idaho to recover bunch of horses stolen
from him by the Jacksons Hole gang of
thieves several weeks ago. The notorious
outlaw, Walter Yos, for whom a reward
of $1,000 has been offered, is said to have
run the horses off, but when he learned
officers were close upon his trail he de-
serted the horses and made his escape.
HARTVILLE-Jim Williams, an expert
steer roper from Texas, has issued a chal-
lenge to Angus McPhee, the worlds cham
pion, for contest to take place either in
Cheyenne, Hartville, Guernsey or Wheat
land.
LARAMIE-The ranches are giving
an unusual number of accidents this
summer. Perry Roberts of the north
ern part of the county is In hospital
here undergoing treatment for broken
ribs. The young son of w! e. Warren fell
under the sweep of haystacker and mis-
coIlarbone was broken The 5-year-old
son of William George fell from wagon
and the wheel ran over his head, tearing
the scalp loose
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
The LATE NEWS FROM YOUR OLD HOME STATE
OREGON

MONMOUTH. Ore, Aug. 26.-The con-
ditions required by the new state board
of normal schools will be met by the
Monmouth school and 1t viii continue to
run. President Ressler says that the
canvass for funds has proceeded far
enough to justify him ia making this
definite announcement, although only one
days time was given to meet the terms
imposed by the board.
PORTLAND-Tired of life because OF
domestic difficulties that threatened to
separate her from her husband, Mrs.
Frank Kelly eluded the vigilance of her
friend, Mrs. H. Robson, and attempted
suicide in her room at the Cosmopolitan
hotel by taking an overdose OF patent
medicine.
OREGON CITY--Sidney S. Mohler,
guide for the Mazamas on their recent
trip up Mount Jefferson, has been ar
rested charged with cruelty to eight
horses during the trip and has been re-
leased by Judge Dimick on his own
recognizance, pending an investigation
of the circumstances surrounding the al
legged inhuman treatment.
The arrest was made by Humane Off
Ger Bradley upon complaint Of Mayor E.
g. Caulfield president of the Clackamas
County Humane society, and Mohler was
hailed before Judge Dimick, but he places
the blame for the condition of the horse
on Messrs. J.. J. Hicks and Gleason, who
were among the Mazamas directing the
mountain climbing expedition, and he
states that he was compelled to place
huge packs on the backs Of the animals.
One of the horses carried an iron stove,
weighing more than 150 pounds, and
every one of the animals is covered with
running sores as result of the ter
rible experience.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
VIRGINIA

CHARLES TOWN, Aug 26.-The dwell
ing of DIR. William e. Walrayen, near
Bloomery, about three miles south of
Charles Town, was destroyed by fire, to-
gether with most of it's contents. The loss
will amount to about $4,000, with insurance
of $260o. The origin of the fire is un-
known. The place was formerly owned by
the late John Chew DR.. Walraven and
his family occupied the property.
A. L. Anderson, doing business as A. L.,
Anderson & Co., who have been operating
a carriage and buggy shop at Middleway,
jefferson county, made an assignment to
James NJ Mason, jr., trustee, for the
benefit of creditors. The trustee gave
bond for $4,000. The assets are estimated
at about rs per cent of the liabilities.
Several wheat stacks on the farm ten
anted by William e. McSherry, near Lee
town, were destroyed by fire, entailing a
loss of about $400.
PARKERSBURG-To blind for four
years, David Rissle, aged 65. a veteran of
the Civil War, had his sight restored to
him a few days ago He was in bed asleep
when an alarm clock at midnight suddenly
went off Waking suddenly the old man
could not believe his eyes, for he could
see everything in the room. Rissle had
been drawing a pension of $50 month
for blindness, but he Is glad to make the
exchange Of money for sight.
WHEELING-Driven to desperation
through fear of death at the hands of her
husband, Mrs. Robert Jones, forced
into temporary insanity, shot herself
through the head with revolver at her
home in Martnsburg. She died instantly.
Homeless children received and placed
in homes for adoption. Apply Rev o. v.
Rice. Superintendent Children's Home
Society, s24 Bradbury building Los An
geles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
KENTUCKY

PADUCAH, KY, Aug, 26-James
Blanks. flagman on the Illinois Central,
while running to catch his caboose, failed
to hold on and was hurled against an
iron switch stand. The stand was knock
ed to the ground Blanks rose and
caught his train. which had stopped, and
declared himself to be uninjured, going
out on his run.
PADUCAH.-Suit was filed in the CIR
cult court today by Miss Anna Rehkopt,
wife of Ernest Rehkopf, asking for a
dover interest in $4,000 worth of prop
erty sold in the bankrupt court. She al
leges that she was not made defendant
in bankruptcy proceedings and is there
fore still entitled to her dover rights.
FRANKFORT.-Mayo Bingham re-
turned home after holding numerous con-
ferences with Governor Beckham, Judge
Hager and Judge Hines.
Nothing, was given out here of the pur"
pose or result of the frequent meetings
held but it is known that it dealt with
efforts to clarity the Democratic situation
in Louisville
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
MISSOURI

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, Aug. 26.-Mrs.
Mary j. Bopghman, who was born in
Dayton, Ohio, died today, aged 105 years.
ST. Louis, Aug. 26-George e. Koehn
and Miss Clara NJ. Church and Frank
Bendtzky and Cora e. Bryan, all of
Springfield. ILL.,, eloped and were married
here by Rev. Davis S. Wahl pastor of
the German Evangelical church, formerly
pastor of a Springfield church. The IL
censes were secured at Clayton. The
couples notified their parents after the
ceremony and Informed them that they
were going to Colorado to spend their
honeymoons.
KANSAS CITY-Mrs Emma Leach, sis
ter of Cole, Jim and Bob Younger, former
members of the famous James gang of
bandits, died here as the result of injuries
received in street car accident. She
was 81 years old.
SEDALIA-Hubert E. Wood of Inde-
pendence, Mo, d former hotel clerk In
Kansas Citk but now a travelling sales
man with headquarters at Fort Worth,
Tex, and Miss Grayce Ellis Baker, an
elocutionist, were married here. They
left for a few days visit in Kansas City,
then go to Colorado for a month. They
will live In Fort " orth
INDEPENDENTLY and Mrs. James
Halloway of Butler are visiting the fam
lily of ]. M Cook.
Miss Lucille Jones of Butler has been
guest at the Horan home on Pleasant
street.
Charles McElroy and family have re-
turned from vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs Harrington and son OF
Canada are the guests of Mrs. Harra.
j. D. Kamerick. who spent the past
year in Idaho for his health, has re-
turned home much improved.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
HORSE 'SWAPPERS' HOLD
MEETING; CHARGE ADMISSION

+ DELAWARE, Ohio, Aug $3.50 4
4. far as known in the history of horse 4
!. lore, the first and only convention !
/ of horse "swappers" is in session at I
1. Cardington, pear here. =
4 The meeting is unique and is known Z
!. as the Ohio Horse Traders associa- =
4. tion conceived by Harley Singer, Z
= Cardington liveryman. !
:. About 100 traders and herd OF !
/. horses are present and both horses I
:. and yarns are being "swapped." 4
i An admission fee is being charged !
i the large number drawn to the con- :
+ vention through curiosity who desire :.
i to draw near the Inner circle and !
!. hear the technique of horse talk. 4