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Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
COLORADO

TRINIDAD Colo, Nov. 15.-The $4,000
worth of pay checks for the miners and
cokemen of the Carbon Coal and Coke
company, Which were lost a few days ago
from the stage that runs between Longs
dale and Cokedale, were found yesterday
by boys and returned to the company.
Charles Macomber, driver Of the stage,
who was arrested on suspicion of having
stolen the package, has been released.
TRINIDAD Colo, Nov. 15.-Trnfdad
city officers are gathering evidence to be
used in a suit brought against this city
by Hokovana, the Japanese contractor,
who laid the pipe lines for the water
works system Engineers Prince and
Sumner of Denver are inspecting the pipe
line and will furnish evidence at the trial
in the United States court next December.
COLORADO SPRINGS-C. B. Camp
bell, a well known mining promoter, has
invented an ore crushing machine which
he claims will revolutionize the treatment
of ores. The invention is designed to do
away with crushers and roller mills. The
ore direct from the mine, is placed in
a huge hopper at the top of his machine,
and when it comes out at the bottom
the ore is ready for the roaster. Mr..
Campbell says his machine splits any
kind of ore along the line of cleavage,
and the rock can be reduced to any de-
gree of fineness, even as small as 40
mesh. Mr.. Campbell has received his
patent papers.
VICTORIAN inquest was held over the
remains of Oswald Schranz, killed by an
explosion of mysterious origin in the
Pioneer foundry on Victor avenue. There
was no evidence adduced duplicating any
body, and the verdict was an open one.
| GOIDEN-John A. Draper, gardener,
whose home is in the eastern part OF
Jefferson county, near Berkeley lake, was
adjudged insane by a jury in the county
court. He will be taken to the Pueblo
! asylum.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
MINNESOTA

The Minnesota Gopher club through,
Its secretary, l.. s. Mitchell, Is sending
out invitations to all members inviting
them to meet in assembly hall, cham-
Der of commerce, next Tuesduy evening.
The invitations also includes all visit
ing Minnesotans who are in Los An
ge1es and vicinity. The meetings of the
Gopher club are always enjoyable So
ciul affairs, aud visiting Gophers should
avail themselves of the opportunity 10
meet their former state people.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov 15-No trace
has been found of Arthur @. Landers
and Fred Dielschneider, aged IL and IL
years respectively, who are supposed to
have been burned to death in fire which
destroyed the plant of the Northern Coop
erage company. A third employe of the
company is missing and it is feared may
have perished The property loss was
$685. 900.
MINNEAPOLIS-The chamber of COM
merce has won its fight against sixteen
independent grain companies accused OF
stealing the chamber quotations, the
county court having issued sweeping
injunction restraining the companies from
getting, posting, using or disseminating
the quotations.
ROBBINSDALE-The exploits of the
young woman who swung in midair with
the curfew bell sink into insignifcance
beside the heroic deed of Ruth Trump,
a 12-year-old girl. Braving the danger
of being shot by bank robbers, who had
been driven from their work by her
father and brother, she ran through the
darkness to the town hall and rang an
alarm bell. The citizens summoned III
this manner scared the robbers from
town.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
VIRGINIA

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 15.--John W.
Cummings died at st. vincents hospital
from wounds inflicted by a supposed
highwayman He IVES found unconscious
near his home at Northwest, Norfolk
county, and brought to this city His
injury consisted of a wound In the head
inflicted by some blunt instrument.
RICHMOND-Dr. Aristides Monteiro Is
under police guard at his home on Third
street. where he is reported to be dying
of a chronic vital complaint, aggravated
by the nervous shock of his arrest on
warrant sworn out by a woman, charg-
ing him with malpractice.
BRISTOI4--AIrs. Kate Yost, who in her
childhood was a favorite of President
Andrew Johnson, died here at the age of
IA years. She was a daughter of the late
Thomas Maloney, who was associated
with Andrew Johnson in his tailor shop
at Greeneville, and who afterward be-
came Mr.. Johnsons private secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
HUNTER KILLED A YEAR
AGO; BODY JUST FOUND

i ASHLAND, wis, Nov. 15.-The =
Z mysterious disappearance of Fred 4
!. Peterson, a young man 20 years of !.
\ age, who lived at Benoit, has now !
4 been cleared UP by the finding of a I
4 skeleton in the woods which has been I.
4. identified as that of Peterson. He !
!. left his home q year ago during I.
I. hunting season to hunt deer and no I
!. trace of him was ever found after i
T. ward. A party of mer going through i
!. the woods near Brnoit found skele- i
!. ton and alongside of 1t was a gun /
i which has been identified as that be- (
4 longing to Peterson. Lying along 4
j. side of Peterson was found a skele- 4
X ton of large deer and the presump- 4
!. tion is that Peterson after wounding \
i the dear. thinking he had killed the i
!. animal, was attacked by the deer i
!. and in the struggle received injuries <
I. which caused his death. J.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
OF THE LATE NEWS FROM YOUR Old HOME STATE
MAINE

AUGUSTA. Me-, Nov. 15-The follow
Ing delegates to attend the Atlantic
deeper waterways conference to be held
at Philadelphia November 10 and 20, were
appointed by Governor Cobb: Eleazor
w. Clark. Portland; Winfield S. Pendle-
ton, Islesboro; Alfred K. Ames. Machias;
Samuel r. Percy Bath, and d. j. Saw
yer, Jonesport.
BANGOR-James O'Keefe OF Schools
was instantly killed in Pierces sporting
camp by a bullet from a rifle in the
hands of John Morris, Pole, who had
no knowledge of firearms. Morris was
examining the rifle. coroner decided
an Inquest was not necessary.
LEwISToN-E. H. Boynton. general
agent for the Grand Trunk road In
Lewiston and Auburn, has been ap-
pointed New England passenger agent OF
the Grand Trunk and Central Vermont
roads, with offices at $50 Washington
street. Boston. Mr.. Boynton will go to
Boston soon. Thomas King, for three
years agent at Sherbrookc, p. O.. has
been appointed as Mr.. Boynton's sue
cessor.
PHILLIPs-owing to damage by heavy
rains the Phillips & Rangeley railroad,
between 4,hilips and Rangeley, will not
he open for week. A bridge at Madrid
and a part of another bridge were
wahsed away. The Franklin & Me-
gantic railroad bridge on tn, Hammond
field branch was carried away.
MILLINOCKET-Ten deputy sheriffs
were stationed about the mill yards to
prevent trouble when the paper machine
department of the mills oil the Great
Northern Paper company here, at East
Millinocket and at Madison, were closed
and III men thrown out of work. Forty
paper makers who arrived to take the
places of the machine tenders, who de-
manded an increase of 20 cents a day,
were met at the station here by union
men who accompanied. them to the union
headquarters. 1t is announced tnar ali
but two of them had agreed to leave
town.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
IOWA

ATLANTIC, Iowa, Nov 15-The fifth
district Womens Federated Clubs OF
Iowa closed a most successful convention
here. They were the guests of the
Browning club and the M. C. p. club,
the only two federated clubs in the city.
The M. c. p. club Is the youngest fed
Grated club in Iowa, the members being
of an average age of 16 years, but they
proved good entertainers.
MARSHRALLTOWN the same per-
centage of children afflicted with defec-
tive sight and hearing holds good in the
other grades of the city as in the one
examined by a specialist so per cent OF
the school children of the city are af-
fiicted with defective eyes and ears. A
specialist employed by the school board
examined forty children of the second
grade First ward school, who range IN
ages from to s. Eighteen of the chill
dren were found to have defective eyes
and about two-thirds had adenoids or en-
larged tonsils, which in time will affect
the hearing.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
DELAWARE

'WILMINGTON, Del, Nov 15.-Crazsd
with jealousy, Fred M. Underhill shot
and killed his wife and then turned the
revolver upon her sister, Rachel Nelson,
firing five bullets into her body. She is
expected to die. After committing the
murder Underhill walked to the home of
Magistrate Robertson and gave him
self up
AS a result of hearing before Magis-
trate Washington Hastings. Patrick j.
Mundy. a well known liquor dealer of
this city, who is charged with violating
the anti-bribery laws at the license cleo
tion last Tuesday. WAS held under $500
bail for the court of general sessions.
An attempt to blow up the office of
Col William T. Records of Laurel was
made on Monday night and State Detec-
tive Hawkins, who has been there in
vestigating, returned to this city. He
said he had been unable to run down
any clue.
NEW CASTLE-The election on Tues
day last was apparently too much Tor
some of the members of the city council
and it was impossible to get that body
together for the purpose of transacting
the business which is now standing.
The regular meeting of the body was not
held on Tuesday night because of the
election
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
UTAH

RICHFIELD. Utah, Nov 15.-In hard
fought contest which, however, was Of
a friendly nature, the Republicans car
1ried every office on tie city ticket by a
majority ranging from 100 to 200. Over
700 votes were cast. Every man elected,
except two is scandinavian, three
Jensens, two Chrlstensens and one Han
sen having been selected to manage the
municipal affairs of t..e city for the next
two years,
AMERICAN FORK-The 41a-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Way
chaster. who was shot through the head
with a 3S caliber bullet recently by boy
companion, continues to improve. DR..
I'll e. Robinson of this city, who has
been In charge of the case, is confident
that she will entirely recover.
OGDEN-S. II. Frey, local manager of
fine Pacific Express company, who came
here few months ago from Butte,
Mont, has resigned bis position on ac-
count of i'll health. He will remain here
until his successor is appointed and will
nrobably locate permanently in Ogden.
Marriage licenses were issued to Arnold
v. Iinburg and Miss Janna c. Scripper,
ogden: George w. Civilian. Hooper,
and Miss Mary A. Grow, Ogden; Tod
Maltbv of Park City and Miss Dolly Rob
inson of Devils Slide; Barth M. zangle
and Miss Mary Servi, Ogden.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
MISSOURI

WARSAW, Mo-, Nov. 15.-Charles Kull-
man, who disappeared on July 8, 1901,
and the payment of whose life insurance
for $4,000 was contested by the M. W. of
A. and the Maccabees on the ground
that he was still living, was arrested in
Oregon City, Ore, November by Insur-
ance Detective Clouse and will be re-
turned to his home in Benton county,
Mo-, having waived extradition. Kull-
man disappeared after starting alone
from Hoquiam, WASH, and attorneys of
his family made numeous trips to Wash
ington and seemed certain that Kullman
was dead.
ST. LOUIS-An air compressor in the
plant of the Union Iron and Foundry
company exploded, killing Charles Riez
and seriously inJuring Michael Wesimann.
The force of the explosion shook the
neighborhood and general panic ensued
until the police restored order.
STEELVILLE-N. B. Rogers, former
postmaster, was sentenced to six months
in the Iron county Jail, following plea
of guilty to a charge of embezzling $54S
from the government. In addition to the
sentence Rogers was fined the amount
of the shortage. The indictment was
returned in 1904.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
IDAHO

POCATELLO, Ida, Nov. 15.-Leander
Johnson, a notorious gun man of the
Soda Springs sheep country was tried
before a justice of the peace at Soda
and fined $50 and costs, amounting tc
5000, for firing shot through the wal
of William WinchelPs saloon sat Hen
ry. when Mrs Winchell and her children
were inside Johnsons defense was tina;
he was drunk at the time. He will
appeal
BOISE-State Bank Commissioner w. s
Cheney has just commissioned the Bank
and Trust company of Buhl, Twin Falls
county, to open for business with a cap
ital stock of $4,000. J. w. Faris will be
the cashier.
A very successful fruit season in and
around Boise is coming to a close. Fruit
growers and commission men have found
a ready market for all their products.
AS a whole the fruit ranches have paid
well, unusual prices having been re-
ceived by practically every fruit raiser.
An enormous amount of fruit has been
shipped to eastern markets.
Governor Gooding has appointed Mrs.
C. A. Lingenfelter of Lewiston as the
delegate from Idaho to the first National
Congress of Mothers of America, to be
held at washington, d. c., March 10-17,
1QnQ
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
JUDGE RELEASES GIRL
WHO "SASSED" HIM

:. ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 15.--Miss 4
:. Antonio Japoniska, 10 years old, sent 1.
!. to the Edwardsville jail for contempt, !.
4 was released and permitted to go to 4
= her home at Granite City on her l.
!. promise that she never will talk !.
4. back to Judge Burroughs again and !.
= that she will be in court to appear \
:. as witness. \.
= When the case on which she was 4
4 summoned was continued she arose \
Il in open court and told the judge that !.
1. she could not come to court again, !.
: as she could not afford to spend car 4
I, fare and was afraid of losing her \.
K position as grocery clerk. \
Z Judge Burroughs relented when he i
!. was told the young woman had cried \
4 all night in jail. He told Jailer Ho- \
i. gan to release her If she was peni- \
\ tent.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
NEW HAMPSHIRE

PORTSMOUTH,, N. H. Nov. t5-Fn-
couraged by the report of the survey OF
Henderson point, made by the United
States ship Eagle that there is twenty
six feet of water over every part of
Henderson point, the Portsmouth board
OF trade the labor unions and the New
Hampshire congressional delegation will
renew their fight to have the u. S. bat
tieship New Hampshire fitted out and
commissioned at the local navy yard.
MANCHESTER-Lyi critically Ill in
house which is in imminent danger of
tumbling down, George H. Robinson, a
veteran of the civil war, was found by
Building Inspector Edwin S. Foster,
whose attention had been called to the
condition of the premises. Mr. Foster
after inspection condemned the building
ana ordered it vacated, making arrange
rnents through County Commissiore er
Clough for the removal of Mr.. Robinson.
The structure was found SO badly dilap-
idated that Mr.. Foster ordered the front
steps strengthened before an attempt is
made to move the old soldier, who weighs
more than 225 pounds.
PORTSMOUTH-Th Boston & Maine
railroad will expend 81 100000 on improve
ments to its property in this section. OF
this amount between $4,000 and $4,000
will he used for a new railroad station
on Maplewood avenue, and over $400 900
will be expended for new steel bridge
across the Piscataqua river between New
Hampshire and Maine. The remainder
will be used in making the necessary
changes that will result from placing the
bridge a half mile above the present
wooden structure.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
ILLINOIS

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Nov. 15.-Attorney
General Stead, in an opinion, rendered,
holds that an osteopath is not guilty of
unnrofessional conduct within the mead
ing of the statutes by styling himself d
doctor" and tha. the state board of
health cannot revoke his license. The
term "unprofessional conduct Is held To
mean dishonorable conduct in the prac-
.ice of his profession.
Michael II. Godfrey, a
young switchman, was killed here by q
Vandalia railway locomotive which MS
own father was running. Young Godtrey
foot had caught in split switch AS
quickly as possible the father stopped MS
engine. to pick up his son, who, however
died in few minutes.
GALESBURG-The five weeks revival
services by Rev. William \ A. Sunday
closed with 1900 converts. which BREAKS
the record for all revivals here. A tree-
will Offering of $6340 was given. Mr.. sun
day and his assistants and Clark p. Carr,
former minister to Denmark led OIL VIII
$780, Among the converts are SherlH II.
G. Mathews, w. f. Boyes, county super
intendent of schools; Leroy Marsh, prom
irent horse dealer; Alderman Harry Grit-
nths; M E. Sweeney, the contractor VIVA
built the tabernacle; Lester e. Lawrence,
jeweler; e. A. Tate, labor editor, and
scores of railroad men were converted
TAYLORVILLE-Beca his daughte'r
Ida Bohn, eloped with an actor, the late
Fl. c. Bohn, mayor of Morrisonville, cut
her off with S. in his will filed in the
county court. The estate, valued at $50,
coo, is given to the widow for her dss
during her life, and upon her death.it Is
to go to relatives other than the daughter
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
FLORIDA

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. 15.-The
turpentine operators have elected j. ID.
Boyd of Barlow as president to succeed
William Toomer, In his inaugural ad-
dress President Boyd said this was not
the time for drastic measures and recon-
mendationS
Resolutions, however, were adopted
condemning the American Naval Stores
company for it's attempt to close jack
sonville and Pensacola as market.
A resolution asking for a governmental
Investigation of the market conditions
was introduced, but was withdrawn be-
fore vote was taken.
DELAND-Deputy Sheriff w. p. Ed
wards was shot and fatally wounded at
Beresford by Henry Richards, colored,
whom Edwards was attempting to arrest.
The negro is being trailed by blood
hounds
PENSACOLA-Major William Freder-
iclz Hancock of the United States coast
artillery and Mrs. oliver Grace, a soci-
ETY. belle of st. Louis and San Francisco,
were married here today by county
Judge They first became acquainted in
Tampa, where the bride spent last win
ter, and recently with her sister she
came here and took apartments at a
hotel
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
MARYLAND

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov. 15-The
eighteenth anniversary of the founding
OF St Marks Lutheran church was cele-
DRAFTED by the installation of the new
pastor, Rev. j. William OFT of Michigan,
and the wiping out OF the $1,000 indebted
ness on the church property. The ami
Versary sermon was preached by Rev.
George s. Bowers of Winchester, Va,
formerly pastor of st. Marks.
CHESTERTOWN-At the meeting held
by the war department and the citizens
of Kent and Queen Anne counties to
nave the draw in the bridge over Chester
river, at this place, widened in order to
permit larger boats to reach Crumpton,
1t was decided by the war department not
to insist on having the county commits
sionerS go TO the expense of having the
work, which would cost the counties
over $4,000, done at this time of the year.
The decision made by the war depart
ment is a great disappointment to the
people in the upper section of the two
counties.
Miss Elizabeth B. Hines. daughter OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Hines OF this town, was
quietly married last Frida-- morning tc
Alexander Cockey of Baltimore. The
wedding was set for Saturday, but tie
bride changed her mind and the cere,
mony was performed one day earlisi
than was first anticipated Miss Hines
was given away by Marion de K. Smith
a former comptroller of Maryland and d
leading lawyer of this town.
ELKTON-Gov Elect Austin l.
Crothers, who has been confined to mis-
room at the FELTON, hotel In Ellzton since
September 10, when he was taken to his
bed with a typhoid fever attack, has SO
far recovered that he was permitted to
leave his room for the firat time and
took a short walk. The governor elect
was enthusiastically Greeted by the citi.
zens of Elkton.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
CONNECTICUT

THOMPSONvILLE Conn, Nov. 49,
Patrick Burke. aged about 70, committed
suicide in the police station by hanging
himself to a cell door He was arrested
when lying on the railroad tracks wait
ing for the Hartford express officer
Moore called and conversed with Burke
In the station and later Chief Bromage
found him dead
BRISTOIl-The annual directory of
Bristol, Planvile and Terryvil1e was is
sued and 1t is estimated tn Ut the popu-
lation of Bristol at the present time is
about 1890. The names in the directory,
including 23S removals during the year,
are 5523, an increase of 351 for the year,
which shows that the population has in
creased about seventy-nine during the
year.
NEW LONDON--Another retrenchment
step by the New York, New Haven &
Hartford road is the discotlnuance 81
the operation of the big freighters. Bun
ker Hill, Massachusetts and Old Colony,
between New York and Fall River These
boats will be laid off for the winter and
their places taken by small freight boats,
which are less expensive to operate and
are OIL Suttlclent size TO nandle the
freight now offering.
SOUTH NORWALK-William T. Raw
mond, of the firm of Raymond Bros,
coal and grain dealers, was knocked
down by horse under the Washington
street bridge and painfully hurt The
shafts struck him in the back
wALLINGFORD-W William c. Wheat
ley aged 81. committed suicide by taking
carbo.c acid
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
NEBRASKA

CHADRON, Neb., Nov. 15.-Charles Au-
gustine, a wealthy ranchman, shot and
killed himself il his home ten miles from
Chadron His brother, working In the
yard and barn, heard no noise. but came
in and found his brother dead. No cause
is assigned.
WEST POINT-Frank Blackburn and
Miss Minnie Dauphin were united In mar
riage at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Henry Ickman in West Point.
The births and deaths in Cunning coun-
ty for the month of October, as shown
by the returns of the registrar Of vital
statistics, are: Births, twelve; deaths.
seven
FORT CALHOUN-Miss Daily, Wo-
mans Christian Temperance union lee
turer, is here tonight giving free lee
ture at the city hall, making expenses by
taking popular subscriptions.
DAVID CITY-The November term of
the district court vii convene with Judge
Good on the bench. There are forty civil
cases and one criminal. There are also
nine divorce cases on the docket for this
term.
PLATTSMOUTH-C D. Quinton Rep.)
received 1,0O4 majority for sheriff, while
w. E. Rosencrans pem) received 1,O55
majority for county clerk, which shows
how closely the voters of Cass county
stuck to their party politics.
NEBRASKA CITY-The Sidney Qowa)
Sun, which was established in 1864, and
for years was one of the best papers pub
lished across the river, has suspended
publication. 1t is seldom that paper
lives that long and dies from lack Of pat
ronage.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
NEW YORK


MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Nov. 15.-An
incendiary who has twice before tried
and failed to burn block of frame
buildings in North street made sue
cessful attempt yesterday. The buildings
had been an eysore in the center of the
city, and 1T is believed that the incen-
diary is person imbued with the ''city
beautiful idea.
DUNKIRK-Twenty-on hundred men
employed at the Brooks locoomtive works
will be reduced from ten hour to a
nine hour day. The works also close on
Saturday afternoons. A notice to this ef-
feet was posted by the officials today 1t
is stated that the shortening of hours
was caused by lack of orders. The New
York Central lines have Cancelled an or
der for one hundred and fifty engines
that were to have been built at the local
plant.