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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

her, but to all his questions she OPP
posed an obstinate silence. The COM
missary consequently sent inspectors
to question the people in the house.
and 1t was asCertained that within a
year more than a hundred pension
naires had been received, besides oc-
casional visitors, but that a child had
never been seen in the house.
The Mystery Solved
A search warrant was obtained. and
in the house were found instruments
and drugs which corroborated the in
ferences drawn from the earlier in
quiries. The mystery of the disappear
ance of the newborn infants remained
unsolved until the Commissary turned
his attention to a large stove in the
dining room. Examination of this led
to the belief that the woman had been
in the habit of cutting up the bodies
and burning them. 1t would appear
that more than a hundred little bodies
had thus been reduced to ashes in this
stove.
The midwife and her servant were
taken into custody in spite of their OBJ
stinate denials. Further developments
are certain, and numerous other ar
rests are likely to be the consequence.
Several women who availed themselves
of the services of the midwife are
known and will be followed up.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

at which the duty had been COM
pounded.
So fearful were the revenue auabor-
tiles that further advantage might be
taken OF them that they actually sent
inspectors to see that the stems Of the
old tobacco plants were burned unou
the ground, lest they should he ron
verted into SNUFF, or used, as advised
by all tobacco growers, TO fertlllze the
land for a similar succeeding crop.
In this fashion has England hereto-
fore encouraged infant industries ant
there Is every probability that exten-
sive experiments I'm the cultivation Of
tobacco will be undertaken next wear
In England. If this is done Il will Ia
due largely to the agitation of the mat
ter by Lord Walslngham, and the fact
that there happens to be another prog
ressive peer, Lord Darlington, at the
head of the board of agriculture.
Lord Walsinghams country seat.
Merton hall, Is n fine Ellzabethian
house, built in 1913, and thoroughly
restored some sixty years ago. The
original building dates from the four
teenth century, and the park that sur
rounds II was the scene of the tragedy
of the "Babes in the Wood of nursery
fame. The ghosts of the children arc
said to still haunt the wood.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

to have been burned in a large stove,
and 1t is stated that a medical man,
who was the woman's accomplice, will
shortly be arrested.
The accused woman lived in the
neighborhood of the National library,
and received into her home women on
the eve of maternity. This had gone
on for a considerable time, and the
midwife had acquired a large Glen
tele.
Discovered by Accident
A short time ago NJ. Labat, the police
commissary of the Vivienne quarter,
received a visit from a banker who
complained of the loss of a jewel of
great value and brought a direct charge
of stealing it against a woman who
had suddenly broken off relations with
him. The commissary ordered a search
to be made for the woman, and finally
she was found in the house of the mid
wife. She was questioned and pro-
tested her innocence. What struck the
police, however, was the absence of the
infant to which she had just given
birth, and they remarked that al
though there were in the house four
women dodgers in a state of conval-
escence, there was not a trace of a
single child.
On the circumstances being reported
to the commissary, he summoned the
midwife to his office, and interrogated
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
WASPS SHOT ON
WING BY EARL
LORD WALSINGHAM IS CRACK
SHOT IN ENGLAND
Owns a Haunted Wood-Hls Country
Seat Was Scene of "Babes In the
Wood" Tragedy, and Place
Now Has Ghost
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Jan. 26.-When man at
tains pre-eminence In any branch OF
sport, 1t often augurs, as Herbert
Spencer said to the young man who
beat him so badly at billiards, "a mis-
spent life" But that cannot be SAID
of Lord Walsingham, though he is
easily the best shot in England. He Is
an accomplished writer, one of the
first entomologists of the day, fellow
of many learned societies and the
owner of the finest collection of moths
and butterflies in the world. Yet he
has devoted Il lot of time to his raw
orite sport to make himself the all
round crack shot Of the Kingdom. lie
is probably the only man In the world
who shoots wasps on the wing. Ihat
requires marvellous accuracy or ann.
To practice on these little pests and
other insect game he had a miniature
rifle specially constructed.
His bag of 1910 grouse to his own
gun, shooting for close on fifteen hours
on end has never been surpassed. ON
another day, on the Yorkshire moors,
he brought down 421 brace of grouse,
using 100 cartridges, which shows
what a large percentage of his shots
are fatal. He is an expert with the
rifle as with the shotgun and has
hunted big game in oregon and Cali
fornia, but of late years he has pre-
ferred hunting microlepidoptera.
Nearly twenty years ago he proved
that tobacco could be successfully
grown and prepared for use In Eng
land Friends who tried his growths
spoke of them in such terms as Mr..
Barries hero applied to the Arcadia
Mixture" The experiments were con-
Quoted on his own farm at Merton in
Norfolk on land which ordinarily rent
ed at only $2.75 an acre. Arrange
ments were made with the revenue de-
partment by which the government
agreed to permit the experiments on
being paid a duty reckoned at the rate
of $3.50 an acre. The seedlings are OBJ
tained from America. They were
Virginia, Big Frederick, Pennsylvania
ties being selected as best adapted to
resisting the uncertainties of the Eng
lish climate.
All the varieties succeeded well, and
after the leaves had been gathered and
dried under expert supervision they
were manufactured into cut tobacco,
cigarettes and cigars. Encouraged by
the success achieved, small deputa-
ton of growers waited on the then
chancellor of the eXchequer (Mr.
Goschen), to whose department the
various statistics of the crops obtained
had been sent, and requested permis-
sion to continue the experiments on a
larger scale and on the same terms.
But this permission was refused on the
ground that the yield of the Merton
crop would have brought to the ex-
echequer more than double the sum
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
QUEEN TO MEET
ONE DIVORCEE
REPUGNANCE TO SEPARATED
WOMEN OVERCOME
Mrs. Waldorf Astor's Case Breaks a
Rule Held to Very Firmly by
Alexandra, Following Queen
Victoria's Rule
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Jan 26.-Queen Alexan-
dra's repugnance to receiving at court
women who have been divorced from
their husbands must have been over
come in the case of young Mrs. waldorf
Astor, for the latter is to be presented
at the next court by Mrs. Bingham, a
sister of Mrs Spender Clay. Then
Mrs. Astor will present her sister, Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Astor have entertained
lately at Cliveden party which in
cluded Mr.. Astor's cousin, Miss Paul,
and Miss Wayne, both Of whom are to
be presented at the next court also,
The young ladies left Cliveden for Paris
to get their presentation gowns.
Family Fuss over Divorce
An extraordinary family situation has
ben caused by the betrothal of Walter
Burns and Evelyn Cavendish Bentinck.
The duke of Portland, the head of the
Bentinck family, is against a member
of that family marrying a man who
divorced his wife. Walter Burns made
a foolish marriage a dozen years ago
with an undesirable but beautiful wo-
man, a Mrs. Wade, a familiar figure
about London, Paris and Monte Carlo,
and reputed to be a good friend of the
duke of Orleans.
Mr.. Burns got n divorce in 1897 It
is common gossip that TIE duke of
Portland has no intelligent opinion of
his own on anything. The duchess,
who does not recognize divorce, prompt
ed him to object to the match The Ben
timex family consider her Intervention
gratuitous
The -Bentinck wedding can
scarcely be celebrated publicly, anyway,
for Father Black and his emissaries
are on the watch. A private wedding
would not displease the bridegroom,
but the bride would like to have a big
wedding in fashionable ST. Margaret's
church, West Ainsley.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Everything you want you will find in
the classified page. One cent a word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
DIES OF "OLD AGE"
AT ELEVEN YEARS
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 22.-James An
derson, who died at the city hospital
here yesterday at the age of II years
and months, was, in the opinion of
physicians, at least 60 years old at the
time of his death, so far as the condi-
tion of his vital organs determine the
age of a man.
When the child was 6 years old his
hair began to turn gray, his eyesight
began to fail and he walked with the
deliberate care of person we'll ad-
vanced in years. AS a child he was
exceptionally bright, but his mental
faculties were gradually failing for the
last two years, so he was little better
than a person in his dotage.
Everything you want YOU will find in
the classified page. One cent a word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

HAS ACQUIRED A LEASE IN LINE WITH AND ADJOINING
LEASE, OF WHICH ARE PRODUCING BIG WE ARE
UNDOUBTEDLY STRIKE ORE OF VASTLY INCREASED v
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Tones Not So Soft

Whatever cause may be adduced the
fact remains that the majority OF
womens voices in this country are
mezzo- soprano or light contralto, and
| those of men baritone or basso-con-
| tralto. The high sopranos and tenors
and the powerfully deep contraltos and
basses are rare. OF course there are
exceptions, as Sims Reeves and Ed
ward Lloyd, the latter, by the way, a
Welshman, and so out of the category.
Cell, the basso, and Novara, the basso,
were English, their names, of course,
adopted, but strange to say in both
cases these singers never suspected
they were bassos until they had been
some time in Italy and discovered that
their maestros were industriously de-
veloping the lower notes of their voices
instead of the higher ones. But these
are exceptions. Among women singers
the name of a really first class soprano
does not readily suggest itself
A reason is being given for the de-
cadence of the liquid music of the
voice" that seemed like music melted
in the throat" 1t is said that the
enormous increase of noises of every
kind has forced men and women alike
to raise their voices and speak with
more or less Of a strain. This cause
has more than once been attributed to
the French Of cities who live so much
literally on the streets that they have
developed a habit of speaking in top
note tones into a custom. The French
people of the provinces have much
more musical, mobile and liquid voices
than those Of Paris.
Noise Much Greater
The tremendous increase of means
of conveyance in the metropolis and
other large cities has undoubtedly ac-
centuated the natural noises but 1t
may also be hazarded that the under
ground steam and electric railways
have also caused the habit of loud
talking. Neither in the 'tupp'ny
tube" as the electric subway is called,
nor in the old metropolitan under
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
OGRESS CREMATES
HUNDRED BABIES
pecial Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
PARIS, Jan. ga Paris maternity
nurse and her servant have been ar
rested on a charge of having murdered
more than 100 infants within the last
twelve months. A second charge is
that score of women have died in
her house as the result of Illicit ope-
rations.
The bodies of the infants are believed
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ground is It possible to hear ones self
talk In a tone much moro subdued
than a shout.
At any rate, whatever the cause,
there is weeping and wailing and
gnashing Of teeth for the gradual loss
of the beautiful, soft English voice."
which Is surely on the decay.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
ENGLISH WOMEN
LOSE SOFT VOICES
VARIOUS REASONS FOR DECA-
DENCE IN GREAT BRITAIN
Generally Accepted Theory ls the Me-
eesslty to Talk Louder Because Of
Nolse-GentIe Tones Once
Enelshwomen's Charm
Special Cable to The Herald.

NFVVIII NIUIV 70
LONDON, Jan. 26-Engllsh women
and English men, too. for that matter,
are much worried over statement
made in medical journal and widely
copied in newspapers, to the effect that
the softly modulated voices of the peo-
pie are in danger Of losing their music.
Women all over the world have en-
vied English women their soft, low
tones and wonder has often been ex-
pressed as to the cause. One authority
has given the humid climate, another
the fondness of English people for
green vegetables and still another has
ascribed the pleasant popularity to the
equally pleasing natural restfulness
and avoidance of haste which is char
acteristic of the natives Of Great
Britain.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-13

The man who kicks himself goes
back on his last friend.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-13
help WANTED

How many men with families watch
the columns Of the daily papers. scan
ming anxiously the Help Wanted"
pages. How many men in Grand Forks
good strong, healthy men. born and
raised on farms, good farmers natur-
ally,-know all about raising vege-
tables. chickens, ducks,-who knows
how many Of such men are working
ten hours day. every day. harder
than they ever worked on the farm,
and earning-what? Barely enough
money to buy the actual necessities of
life-moving from house to house
because it is easier to move than nay
rent, all the money gone for flour and
coal. No prospects of saving a cent
or of ever owning home. always
working by day. How many men
know that the same amount of work
expended on small piece of good
land, say 10 acres, close to town
like Grand Forks. can be made to
Yield good living besides nearly
paying for itself each year. The Kent
Realty & Investment Corporation is
the owner OF a dozen or more of the
small farms-only mile or so from
Grand Forks-just across the Red
river from the Town and Country
club. on Kent Realty Point. The rich
est land in the whole Red River VAL
ley. Think of it. nearly 200 acres
which, If properly cultivated and cared
for will produce 500 per acre each
year. There is an excellent oppor-
tunity for few good men. We are
willing to enter into any reasonable
business arrangement with reliable
men. Men who are willing to work.
Men who want home. We are will
ing to talk business with the right
kind of man whether he has any
money or not. We are anxious to see
these rich garden tracts all under cul-
tivation and making number of fam
lilies happy.
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High School Notes

School started Monday after weeks
vacation. The pupils came back pre-
pared to work steady the remaining
two and half months. Let us hope
that such resolution will be carried
out
Anna and James Mathie spent their
vacation at their home in Insker. May
Brown and Lulu Wilde at Thompson.
Miss Baker, who taught history in
the Grand Forks high school last
year, spent Monday visiting the we'll
known class-rooms. She is at pres
ent member of the faculty of the
Fargo high school.
The Junior dance given during va
cation proved delightful affair and
about fifty couples were in attendance.
The Burke Debating society have at
last received their pins and are proud
ly parading around with their pins
duly exposed. John TrOtter has had
charge Of the distribution OF them.
James Kennedy was absent for
few days.
George Buckingham, we'll known by
all foot ball enthusiasts has left school
to assist his father who at present is
engaged at Devils Lake.
Katherine Miller visited school
Monday with Stella Hubbard
Ethel Poupore has taken charge of
the money paid by the Seniors for
their class pins. Her constant COM
panion for the last week has been a
good sized purse. The committee sent
for tho pins Friday.
Lost-By Andrew Gunderson, a
literary production. Finder please re-
turn the same to Miss Twamley and
Andrew will receive his mark.
Nell Bjormstad, a former student of
the high school, left for Williston
His many friends wish him success.
Bessie Bane, whose home is in NAL
Tory, visited the high school Thuralay
afternoon with Lulu Wilde.
The English II. class took the ex-
animation on Thoreau's Walden,
Wednesday afternoon and most of the
class declared 1t to be a "cinch."
The Electric Debating society held
their weekly meeting Friday afternoon.
The question for debate: Resolved.
That Department Stores are Injuri-
GUS to the Community" Those who
upheld the affirmative were. Guy
Bulge. Robert Charlesworth. and
Ackise Cunningham. Negative, James
Kennedy and Frank Boese, Rlieinhart
Kamplin, Andrew Gunderson and Sig.
mund Skarstad acted as judges and
decided In favor of the affirmative.
Miss Lillian Tagley gave selection
from Dickens in the Minerva Literary
society. The remaining time was spent
In essay writing.
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Had q Good Time.
Nothino noinv

Nothing Doing.
A prominent official of the Great
Northern stated today that there was
nothing to the report that a railroad
would be built between East Grand
Forks and Oslo.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-13
HAS DISAPPEARED.
VIM. H. Riley of Northwestern Port
Huron Co. is Missing.

Fargo, n D., April 13.-Friends of
William H. Riley. book-keeper for the
local branch of the Northwestern
Port Huron Co.. are much concerned
over the mysterious disappearance of
the young man. Mr.. Riley was last
seen by local parties crossing the
north bridge at about S o'clock We'd
nesday morning. going to Moorhead.
He had been drinking and was some
what Respondent. 1t is feared that
he jumped into the river.
Mr.. Riley had not been we'll for sew
eral days and when he did not show
up at the office Wednesday morning
there was not much concern, it being
thought that he would return yes
terday morning. 1t was believed that
he was resting in his room or some
other place in Fargo or Moorhead.
His friends are looking for him. 1t
is not believed that he had more than
IS or SO on his person when last
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-13
seen and he could not go far.
DEGREES FOR FOREIGNERS.

Plttsburg, Penn, April 13.-The
Western University of Pennsylvania
today conferred honorary degrees up
on Twenty-Five distinguished foreign
ers, most OF whom were present at
the founders day exercises of Carne-
gle institute.
Degrees of doctor of laws were
awarded to Baron d'Estournelles de
Constant. Baron Descamps. DR.. Rein
hold Roster, Ernst E. Won lime,
Lieutenant General Alfred F. ]. L. Won
Loewenfield, Theodore Won Hoeller,
Sir Robert Ball. Sir Robert Cranton,
Guglielmo Marconi. DR.. F. Chalmers
Mitchell, DR.. John Rhys. DR.. E. s..
Roberts. Jr., John Tr. Homolle. Pro-
fessor Fritz Schaper, Earl of South
esk, Sir William Turner, Edwin A..
Abby and Sir William Henry Preece.
Honorary degrees of doctor of liter
ature were conferred on Leonce Beno-
dite, c. F. Moberly-Bell, Hammond
Hall, Clement X. Shorter, w. T. Stead,
and Joost Willem van der Poorten-
schwartz.
Sir Edward Elgar was given the de-
gree of doctor of music.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-13

and shaken up but no serious results
are reported. The freight engine was
standing still at the time of the COL
lision, this probably accounting for
the absence of serious injuries. How
ever. the force of the blow was suffi-
Gent to partially telescope the engine
of the freight, which was lifted off
the track and hurled to one side. the
engines being locked together by the
force of the impact. Both are in the
hospital for repairs.
A fierce blizzard was raging at the
time. this being held responsible for
the accident. The passenger train had
the right of way on the line but the
freight was switching on the main
line. The flying snow obscured the
sight of the engineers on both trains
so when PA came tearing down the
line the two came together with a
deafening crash.
The line was cleared several hours
later and traffic is going on as usual
Perhaps they call them "cross ex-
aminations" because the witness feels
that way when he is undergoing the
ordeal.
You never hear much of an infant
prodigy after he grows up.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-13
HO NJ B.
LESS
We Have Homes
FOR ~
The Homeless

Are you homeless? Are you paying
rent? Are you looking for home?
We have 1t and price and terms that
are right, let us show you.
No. 1S90-New six-room house on
Chestnut street. Brick foundation;
cement cellar; part hardwood floors;
small barn; corner lot. This is
value for the money. $500.
No. 1392-This is one of the warmest
built house in the city; steam heat
ing plant; hardwood floors, hard
wood finish down stairs: large base
ment; good barn; corner lot. Price
only $500.
No. 13S5-Six-room house on Gertrude
avenue with bath, hardwood floors,
heating plant; rents for $S5 per
month. $1,000.
No. 14O5-Five-room house on First
avenue; city water. $3.50.
No. l4Ol-Six-room house on North
Eighth street; brick foundation; city
water; in good repair. $1,4O0.
No. 11S9-Located on North Fourth
street, eight room house; small
barn, cellar, fine shade trees. Lot
50x140. $4,000.
No. 1126-All modern seven-room
house on South Fifth street; one Of
the best locations in the city. $4,000.
No. 1391-10Ox14O lot on Belmont
avenue; this is certainly a bargain
at $3.50.
$4,7O0-A strictly all modern eight
room house on Walnut street. Full
basement; best heating plant; raised
lot. 50x140, rents for $45 per month.
No. 1893.
$S,OO0-For a bran new eight-room
house on Walnut street. Full base
ment, modern in every respect ex-
cept heat. Two full stories, hard
wood finish downstairs, raised cor
ner lot, 5Ox140. Also a good FIVE
room house. brick foundation. brick
cellar, city water; located on same
lot. Rents for SIS per month. is in
cluded for the above price. No.
1909.
$6,7OO-For a strictly modern nine
room house ON South Sixth street.
Lot 50x14O. No. 1923.
Do not forget that we are selling
lots in the University Place." Fine
residence lots, sold on the easiest
terms, you will want one of these lots
some day, to build on.