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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
WASHINGTON

ABERDEEN, Wash, Sept. 15.-The ap-
plication of the Northwestern Long Dis
tance Telephone company was before
the city council at it's last meeting, and
in all probability franchise will be
granted. Representatives of the Hoquiam
council were present and stated that the
two cities should work together on the
proposition, forming local company.
NORTH YAKIMA-Two leading city
politicians have published their intentions
in regard to the forthcoming municipal
elections. Mayor Fechter, after holding
office for nine terms, decides that under
no circumstances will he stand for re-
election. His principal opponent, Council
man Philip Armbruster of the Fourth
ward, is out with the announcement of
his candidacy for the chief municipal
honorS.
SPAKANE-Judge Huneke has ordered
business to be continued by Stanley
Mayall, the assignee of the Spokane Man
ufacturing company, which recently
made voluntary assignment. The liabil-
tiles amount to $4,000 and the assets to
$4,000.
SEATTLE-The body of the man who
was found dying in a vacant lot al
Twenty-third avenue and Charles stree
was identified as Frank Edward Blatt
of Newark N. ]. His friends insist thai
this is not a case of suicide, but one OF
murder.
| OLYMPIA-The state railway commits.
sion, in submitting its findings on the
MilaI. wreck, censures the Great North.
ern railroad for failing to maintain a
safe roadbed.
BELLINGHAM-Harry Watts, who is
under arrest on charge of completely
in the murder of Addie Roper of Blaine
| is expected to turn states evidence
against Dell, also accused of the murder.
Rae Brown, who, it is suspected, has
been Watts confidant, has also been ar
rested.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
TENNESSEE

| NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept 15.-Whilt
excavating on the site of the old peni'
| tentiary laborers employed by the con-
tracing firm of John Broderick & son
unearthed about half a dozen human
skeletons A narrow trench is being dug
through the tract for the installation OF
a sewer. The skeletons were found ABOUT
six feet below the surface of the ground
near the middle of the tract, and 1t may
reasonably be supposed that there are
many other skeletons near the trench
JASPER-George Phillips, resident OF
Pleasant Grove, four miles east OF Jas
per- while, out hunting stumbled ana teli'
discharging the contents of his snotsun
into his right arm, mangling II SO tnat
amputation was necessary. Drs I. M.
Griffith and Turner performed the ope-
ration.
Ralph Dixon, son of Rev j. K. P. Dixon,
fell from a horizontal bar, breaking his
right arm in two places near the elpoW'
CHATTANOOGA-vi D. Ladd. a
prominent and wealthy farmer and mer-
chant of Carpenter, Aia., was snot 10
death from ambush while on his way TO
his farm. A large posse is searching ror
Doc Montesse, and his brother who' II Is
said are suspected of being the guilty
parties.
HENNING-A trial that attracted at
tention here on account of some singular
features in the case was that in whicn
John Conner of Ashport was plaintiff ana
Clay Dunavant of Gimp defendant. tried
before Justice of the Peace II. b. Moorer.
Conner who is wealthy stock farmer OF
the Fifth district, had bought yeariing
from a third party. when DunaVant
gained possession of the animal, claiming
1t as his property.
ROCKWOOD-There was wedding OF
interest when Eugene Sanborne led to the
altar Ada, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
Joseph East a most attractive young
lady. She had been an empioye OF the
hosiery mill, and some time ago Mr.. san
borne was employed at these mills as ma
chinist Both were reared here.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
VERMONT

BURLINGTON;. VT, Sept. 15.-These Of
ficers were chosen at the annual meeting
of the Vermont Press association: Presi-
dent, A. F. Stone, st. Johnsbury; secre-
tary and treasurer, H. B. Whitehill, Wa
terbury; also thirteen vice presidents, one
from each county in the state except
Grand Isle, in which no paper is printed.
Col Albert Clarke of Boston was elected
an honorary member of the association.
BENNINGTON-One of the best known
newspaper correspondents in this state,
Dunham G. Burt, died today in his sixty
second year. He was a native of Castle
ton, where he enlisted in the First Yer
mont battery at the outbreak of the civil
war and served four years. He came to
Bennington in 1898 and had since been
employed as correspondent
RUTLAND-All the old vets of Wood
stock village are ready to take up arms
again. this time in behalf of the soldiers
monument for which they have been
scraping up funds for long time The
G. A. r. post in the little settlement has
raised the sum of $500 for the erection
of this memorial, and had chosen a site
for it in the park. At meeting of the
voters of the village, however, it has been
voted by a large majority to exclude the
monument from that spot.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
LEAP FROM TRAIN
RESTORES MANS MIND

!. Joplin, Mo-, Sept. 1.-two days !
!. ago Fred Dubois of Grove, l. t., was I
!. insane: today he lies in a hospital i
!. in his right mind. and with broken !
Z leg and several cuts and bruises. 1t 4
Z. was the infllction of the injuries that !
!. restored his reason. Dubois was re- i
!. turning from the south, in charge of +
! three brothers, and passed through !
4 here en- route to Grove. Six miles i
i south of this city he slipped away +
4. and was seen to jump from a coach i
!. platform. The train was stopped 4
i. and backed up, but Dubois had dis i
4. appeared. His brothers searched for !.
!. several hours, but could not locate !.
1. him. -
i Twenty-four hours later Dubois !.
j. dragged himself to a farm house and =
j asked for aid. He was brought here. =
!. When he jumped he rolled over and y
i. over being severely injured, but rea- =
!. son returned with the physical shock. y
!. He cut off his trousers leg and cut \
!. some stiff, heavy weeds and placed =
j. them around the leg Then he bound y
!. them with slips of his trousers firmly !.
j. In place. His belt was used to lash +
j. both legs close together to stiffen +
1. the injured member. Then he began !
!. his wearisome hunt for help. y
j. During the night a cold, driving -
j. rain fell, with great drop in tenn i
!. perature, and he nearly died from !.
j. exposure. With the return of the I.
+ sun he revived sufficiently to crawl 4
j. to a nearby house. Dubois has no i
i recollection of being on the train, or j.
!. of his brothers bringing him from i
j Texas. He first remembers that he j.
i was lying beside the railroad track j.
+ with his leg broken and bleeding. 1.
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
MICHIGAN

IRON RIVER, Mich. Sept. 15.--In con
junction with the c., M. & st. p. rail-
way company. and for the purpose OF
making accessible big tract of standing
timber, the Sawyer-Goodman Lumber
company Is preparing to build a logging
railroad in Mastodon township, Iron coun-
ty Logging operations will be started
this fall and will be prosecuted winter
and summer until all the timber has been
cut 1t is estimated that this work VIII
require five years time.
ALMA-The Alma Grain and Lumber
company is constructing two-story
addition to their elevator at the roller
mills In addition to this Improvement
the company has recently had bridge
erected the river on State street that
IL might be enabled to draw wood and
coal from the yards with more convent
ence. The company also has new ele-
vator in course of construction at ithaca.
LANSING-The Peerless Motor COM
pany has Just closed a contract with a
California concern for the MANUFACTURES
Of gasoline engines aggregating 100000
year In order to handle the increased
business a large addition will be built
to the present factory, and the capital
stock of the company will be increased
from $4,000 to 100000. Most of the in
creased stock will be taken by the pres
ent stockholders in the corporation.
LAKE ODESSA-As the result of dea'
between the Lake Odessa Realty com
pany and Charles E. Hires, president of
the Hires Condensed Milk company OF
Philadelphia, a branch of the concern
will be located here in two-story brick
building which was built by the realty
company two years ago, but never oc-
cupied.
PONTIAC-A. L. Moore and Frank
Lloyd of the Pontiac Turning company
have just returned from northern Michi-
gan, where they closed a contract for
half a million feet OF timber.
JACKSON, Mich. Sept 15.-Frank P,
Van Horn, late superintendent of car
riers in the Jackson postoffice. but who
ia under arrest on a charge of stealing
from the mails, and on liberty on $1,000
bail, committed suicide by hanging in the
barn at his residence. He had admitted
his crime.
MARsHALL-The greatest industry
that Marshall has ever mad is the New
Process Steel company and the directors
have doubled the capacity of the plant
this summer. The Advance Threshing
company of Battle Creek, made a con-
tract calling for 100000 pounds of castings.
their last years order being doubled, and
the Blood Bros. Machine company of
Kalamazoo, entered an order for 100000
pounds. Contracts have also been made
with the Hayes Auto company of Kokomo,
Ind, and the Staver Carriage company
of Kalamazoo. In addition three De-
troit automobile companies have re-
newed the last years contracts.
ROMEO-A building boom has been en-
joyed here during the past few months
unprecedented in the history of this viii
lage.
PONTIAC-The Oakland Motor Car
company. capitalized at 100000, has filed
its articles of Incorporation.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
MISSISSIPPI

VICKSBURG, Miss, Sept. ia quo
warranto suit to prevent the Gulf Com
press company from doing business in
the state of Mississippi was filed in the
circuit court here by District Attorney
Thames. The declaration alleges a vio-
lation of the Mississippi antitrust law
which prohibits the purchase of stock OF
the requirement of one corporation by
another engaged in the same business.
The Gulf Compress company operates
fourteen presses in different cities of this
state.
JACKSON = Governor Vardaman has
pardoned the whitecappers from Lincoln
county. These young men, five in num-
ber, were received at the penitentiary
farm December 20, 1904. and their SEN
tence was for fifty years. They are three
Smith brothers. Whitfield aged 26, Elias
aged 90 and Bob aged e3; VIII Franklin,
aged 29 and Elbet GIL, aged 90, all well
to do farmers of their vicinity. They
have been confined on the Rankin convict
farm since their arrival here, and being
good farmers, have made first rate field
hands.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
WEST VIRGINIA

WHEELING, w. Va. Sept. 15.-Thomas
NJ. Fields, the Washington. d. c., attor-
ney, sentenced April IL last to five years
| in the federal prison at Moundsville after
his trial on the charge of embezzlement
as chancery receiver in the District OF
Columbia. will appear in person Sept. II
| in this city to argue in behan of his ap-
plication for a rehearing of the habeas
corpus proceedings filed with Judge Day
ton of the northern district of West Vir-
ginia.
WHEELING, w Va, Sept. 15.-At the
home of the brides parents occurred the
wedding of Miss Elsie B. Foscher to
Frank Kincheloe. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Sterling ]. Miller, pastor
of the Thomson Methodist Episcopal
church, ard the attendants were Miss
Helen Perkins and Miss Nell Mccullough,
bridesmaids: Mrs. Bert Kraft, sister of the
bride, matron of honor, and Walter Deig-
nan, best man.
ONT-Announcement was made
of the organization of the Fairmont &
Southern Railroad company, backed by
millions, for the purpose of constructing
a railway over the old Buckhannon &
Northern survey from Belington, w. Va,
to point near Pittsburg. Within the next
few weeks a suit will be brought to COM
pei the Buckhannon & Northern 10 Duhu
or give up their right of way, which has
been entirely bIanketed by the new COM
pany
BERKELEY SPRINGS-Wm. T. Jones.
who shot and killed Morris Van Gosen at
Hancock station on the morning of
August II, was given a trial in the circuit
court here before Judge E. Boyd Faulkner.
The prisoner when put on the stand con-
fessed to the shooting and his case was
given to the jury, which returned YER
dict of guilty, and the sentence was life
Imprisonment.
CLARKSBURG-Mrs Fred Pickett, wife
of the manager of the Bijou theater and
we'll known woman, was shot through the
heart and instantly killed by Thomas Han
non of the firm of Harmon G. Murray.
saloon keepers. The shooting occurred on
the front porch of the house where Mrs
Pickett was staying.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
HERMIT FOR THIRTY
YEARS; IS DEAD

!. KANKAKEE, ILL.,, Sept. 15.-Eras- 4;
i tus Wells, "a years old, who has lived |;
+ near Momence for thirty years as I
+ hermit, was found dead yesterday. i
!. 1t is supposed he died Thursday. His !.
! body was found by a nephew, Tre- !
i mont Wells, who went to visit him. !
i Wells was very religious and read 1.
!. the Bible and prayed when not at !
!. work on his forty-acre farm. He >
i never worked on Sunday. Four years !
!. ago he forgot when Sunday arrived j.
!. and was found by neighbor with 4
4. his team in the field. Chided about !
!. working on Sunday. he unhitched +
!. and from that day forth checked off !
+ on calendar the days as they went !.
!. by, so as not to make the mistake of. J.
J. working on Sunday again. The last I.
+ day on his calendar is last Thurs !.
i day 4.
+ Several years ago, when corn was J.
J. 81 bushel in this part of the state. I.
!. Wells had 600 bushels he did not !.
I. need. To keep his neighbors' stock i
!. alive he sold a wagon load to each !.
!. for 80 cents bushel. Ore wealthy j.
1. farmer thinking that Wells did not !.
!. know the market price. offered him i
+ 80 cents a bushel for all the corn he +
i had. Wells ordered the bidder to 4.
i unload his corn, and declined to sell !.
!. him bushel, saying that if he was i
! rich enough to purchase 600 bushels i
1. at 80 cents a bushel he was rich !.
! enough to sell his stock and do with i.
1. out corn. i.
i Why Wells became hermit he de- 4.
]. clined to tell. and his relatives will j.
j. not talk about the matter. He was i.
/. not married The coroners jury de- 1.
I. cided he died of old age. i.
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
NEBRASKA

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 15.-Social and
political clubs in Omaha which have side
board attachments will be forced to take
out $1,000 license or dispense with the
sale of liquors to members and their
friends This condition has been brought
about by the board of fire and police.
The Omaha club, Elks' club, Field club
and others which have sold Intoxicating
drinks are affected. This action of the
police is in line with the program of re-
form in civic government inaugurated by
Governor Sheldon. by whose appointment
members of the board no.. office.
LINCOLN-The Wilmar & Sioux Falls
railway, a part of the Great Northern
system, was directed by the railway COM
mission to cease discrimination against
Omaha in grain shipments.
Complaint was made that the railroad
refused to furnish cars for shipment to
South Omaha or Omaha, holding the
cars for shipments to Sioux City and
Minneapolis. The commission ordered
the railway officials to furnish cars ir
the order requested irrespective Of des-
tination.
plant was sold Saturday at receiver
sale.
FALLS CITY-The Missouri Pacific
division talk is once more going the
rounds at Falls City The division viii
reach here eventually, but no one car
tell when.
YORK-Glenn C. Griffen OF Ravenns
and Miss Helma A. Burke OF this city
were united in marriage. Rev F. w
Cliffe, pastor of the Baptist church. off
ciated.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
OKLAHOMA


wEATHERFORD. Okla. Sept. 15.-Jeal-
Gus at attentions paid his wife by another
man, Lee Leedy, proprietor of a hotel
here, fired three shots into his wifes body,
killing her. Two hours later Leedy was
shot and killed by posse in a canyon a
mile from town when he attempted 10
escape.
NEWKIRK-Mrs. Prudence Newhinney
of Kaw City dreamed that her son. Joseph
McShields. employed in the railway SER
vice out of Tacoma, Wash, had been
killed in the performance of his duties
The dream was so realistic that she wrote
Immediately to her son, but before the
letter was mailed a telegram was received
saying her son had been killed by the
cars.
OKLAHOMA CITY-The long drought
in this section was broken by LOT inches
of rain.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
VIRGINIA

WINCHESTER. Va, Sept. 15.-Miss
Bessie Leone Orndorff. daughter of M M.
Orndorff was married at her home, near
Winchester, to Charles Omer Watson, a
we'll known Frederick county farmer,
whose home is at Middletown. Rev. w.
l.. Dudley, pastor of the Methodist
church. offciated.
RICHMOND-Judge Peter c. Pritchard
of the United States circuit court will be
Richmond to attend a term of this court
for the eastern district of Virginia. The
passenger rate cases will be finally dis
posed of at that time, so far as this
court is concerned.
WINCHESTER-Rober Y Conrad, son
of Major Holmes Conrad, and w. Nelson
Page son of Rev. Coupland r. Page of
Winchester, had narrow escape from
drowning in the waters of Buffick run,
near Winchester, while driving from
Clarke county. The buggy in which the
young men were driving was submerged
and the occupants were thrown into the
stream. Both men are excellent swim
mers and by hard work managed to save
themselves and the horse and buggy.
PETERSBURG-Th body of James
Walker was found in the river near At
kinson wharf He left here for Norfolk.
and 1t is not known how he came to his
death.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
TEXAS

NACoGDOCHES, Texas, Sept. 15.-On
the day and almost at the very hour set
for his wedding to Miss Matte Wilkinson,
daughter of farmer near here, D. d.
Owens, a prosperous young man of this
county, was murdered. Friends had as
sembled to witness the marriage cere-
mony, when it was announced that Owens
was missing A searching party found
his dead body in the woods not far from
his home A rope was about the neck by
which the body had been dragged from
the road into the thicket
MONTAGUE-J. T. Romine was shot
from the brush and killed by some un-
known party. Romine, with his son, VIII
Romine, was walking to his home, two
miles from town and was shot when about
half way there.
RICHARDSON-Clau Mooney,
young unmarried man, shot and killed
himself here. The bullet entered his
neck under the right ear. passing through
his head and going into the ceiling. He
will be buried at Big Springs church to-
morrow.
wACO-Joe w. Taylor, one of the best
known attorneys in this city and widely
known in the state, was dangerously in
jured this morning a few miles north O.
Temple by walking off the rear end of
sleeper. This is the second somnambu4
tic accident. His head was this morn
split open, his arm broken and Id
probably injured internally.
KOUNTZE-Kountze Masonic lodgq'
held something of revival or love feast.1
and the program consisted of speaking. at
the opera house, after which supper
was spread in the dining room OF the
Floral hotel
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
NEW HAMPSHIRE

NASHUA. N. H., Sept. 15.-The en-
ployes of the Towle manufacturing COM
pany of Newburyport Mass. enjoyed an
outing at Canobie larke park this after
noon. The party of over 300 arrived at
the park from Newburyport shortly al.
ter noon and after they had luncheon
indulged in baseball game and other
sports.
DOVER-It was reported here that
train 1S. the fast express from Portland
over the western division of the Boston
& Maine. due in Boston at 9:05 p. m.
narrowly escaped being ditched a short
distance west of the Durham station by
running into an open switch.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
OHIO

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept, 15.-It de-
veloped before Coroner Cameron that be-
fore attempting to rescue William Bic
hermann from the Miami river his COM
rades permitted a girl camera held TO
SNAPSHOT him in the act of drowning.
Death is faster than the shutter of
camera, and Biebermann was drowned.
CLEVELAND-Mrs Clarence Phillips
was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to
the charge of killing her husband, ]. j.
Phillips. She was held in bonds of $500
for examination September 20.
AKRON-Charles Holloway, Miss Ina
Reifsnider of this city and Miss May
Adkins of Cleveland were drowned and
Harold B. Todd of Cleveland had mar
row escape from death by the capsizing
of canoe.
BELLEFOUNTAINE = Raymond, the
2-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Farrell
Fitzpatrick of Bell Center, is dead from
the effects of swallowing hatpin last
January. The pin, ten inches in length,
disappeared and some time afterward a
part of 1t, with the head attached, was
removed. Later the mother found a pin
projecting from the side of the child.
CINCINNATI-Melville E. ingalls,, for
mer president of the Big Four and
Chesapeake & Ohio and now chairman OF
the board of directors of the Big Four
Will be a Democratic candidate for the
United States senate.
BELLEFONTAINE-R Joshua Long
fellow, a venerable minister of the Meth
odist church here, was pastor at Mount
Victory forty years ago. He returned to
that place and preached two sermons, the
first in the church for two-score years.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-16
WISCONSIN

OSCEOLA, Wis, Sept. 15.-Gilbert
Schock of Deronda is dead from a gun
shot wound in the head by the hands, it
is alleged, of one Andrew Peterson, his
neighbor.
KAUkAUNA-The unique plan of walk
ing from Milwaukee to Green Bay is be-
ing successfully carried out by Mrs. Lii
lian Davies, Milwaukee music teacher,
living at 1855 Cambridge avenue, accom-
panied by her grandson, Harold Wengas,
a lad of IL years, who seems to enjoy the
outing. Mrs. Davies is taking the journey
for her health.
RACINE-The finding of the body OF
Kovack Geser, aged "a, in the water near
the Goodrich dock gave rise to the ries
of murder. Geser's disappeared Aug. 23
His body when found had been Invested
of coat, shoes and other articles of ap-
parel and there was no money. He leaves
a widow and child in Hungary.
MILWAUKEE-The twelfth convention
of the general grand chapter of the order
of the Eastern Star opened at the east
side Masonic temple Over 800 delegates
are present.
MADISON-The state park board has
appointed T. g. Brittingham and Senator
e. e. Brown of Waupaca and 81. H. Nc
Fedredge of Baraboo committee tC
look up available sites for parks in the
state.