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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14
DEGREES OF sANcrITY

Three spirits stood at heavens gate
To clear themselves of sin;
And each one set good reasons forth
Why he should be let in.
The first declared. Upon the earth
was a millionaire;
The benefactions which I gave
Were great beyond compare"
The second said. with pious sigh.
80 upright did live.
When I had paid my honest debts,
had no aims to give"
The third announced, my scruples fine
Would let no business bless,
And so l lived on charity
From very saintliness
New York Sun.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

Sacramento is talking of making the
street sweepers subject to the civil SER
vice rules, and the demand for text
books on the subject of political
economy is reported brisk.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

There is not now, never has been and
probably never will be too much cop
10000 miners were thrown out of en-
probably never will be, too much cop
state seeking employment. What's
wrong? Ask the stand-patters.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

The more quickly the governor of
Kentucky pardons Caleb Powers the
more thankful the country will be. The
Powers case makes the world very
weary
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

Mr.. Bryan has one advantage over
Secretary Taft: He has not yet an
nounced a radical change in his tariff
ideas.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

king of the Belgians. Leo
+: :: !: J: =: :: :: !:
speaking, such an indistinct
of those relations that it
Nv serve a useful purpose at the present
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

Acting as the fduciary Of the people
Of the United States, Mr.. Rockefeller
has given another two million to the
University of Chicago.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

Nobody can compel Secretary Taft to
reply to embarrassing questions if he
does not want to. Silence is golden
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

Let's give the Japanese government
an opportunity to keep it's promise to
solve our immigration problem for u.s.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

Japan's national debt is approxl-
mately $4,000, 100000 There is no more
potential argument for peace than this
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

Holding ticket calling for "BilP' to
win in the presidential race is as easy
as picking canned cherries.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

An assistant district attorney has
argued with some effect that the APP
pellate court edict regarding the re-
lease of Schmitz ana Ruef was merely
an opinion, not decision or an order.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

He frank statement of the posi-
ton of the Japanese govern
ment on the immigration ques-
tion which was made by Am
bassador Aoki in an interview
published in the Chronicle of
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

In the scramble this year many a
soul-sister Of uncertain age will be left
at the post.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-14

In an easy. artistic. nonchalant way.
The evening world., 1908-03-27
STAGE STRUCK
GIRLS RUN AWAY;
ONE IS CAUGHT
Bertha Merrill Arrested on
Fathers Charge, but EStslle
Is Still Free.

Bertha Merrill doesn't cherish the
ambition to be an actress any more.
She did up 10 this afternoon; but when
she met her mother and n detective In
Port Richmond. Staten Island. all such
desires passed from her
Bertha and her sister. Estelle, eigh-
teen and seventeen years old. respec-
lively, lived with their mother and
father N Jewett avenue. Port Rich
mond. and when their father found n
letter to Bertha from n French auto
mob!list inviting them to come to Man
haitian. and offering them assistance
in their stage careers. he promptly
locked them up in their room. They
packed thc.r clothes. Jumping out OF
the winiow they escaped to Manhattan.
The father says they took watch,
diamond ring ani some money be-
longing to their mother.
Last nigth they remained in Manhat-
tan. hut Bertha had been working at
store in Port Richmond and went
balance of her salary. IL was then that
She was met by her mother and tho
detective and was promptly locked Up
On charge OF grand larceny made by
her father. Bertha says she and her
sister met two automobilists and that
her sister Is in West forty-third street
with one of the automob ob.lists.
The evening world., 1908-03-27
100000 HUNTS
PARK DEAL HELD
FROM GRAND JURY
Board of Estimate Will "In-
vestigate" First, on Hatfen's
Recommendation.

In advance of calling attention of
the Grand Jury to the alleged fraudu-
lent Hunts Point Park deal. by which
Commissioner Mitchell declares the city
was mulcted in s2oo.oco. the Board ot
Estimate to-day. on mot!o1 of Borough
President Haffen, voted unanimously to
investigate. A committee. comprising
the Comptroller. President Of the Board
OF Aldermen, the Corporation Counsel
and the chief engineer of the Board OF
Estimate. were appointd
In calling upon the Board to invest!-
gate the scandal. President Haffen said 4:
1t appears that an attempt is being
made to place upon the president of the
Borough OF the Bronx the responsibility
for the purchase of the plot of ground
At the end OF Hunts Point road. Edge
water road and the East River You
know as well as / do that the President
Of the Borough of the Bronx has no
jurisdiction over condemnation proceed
ings or over the purchase OF lands for
public purposes.
1T appears from the records that on
motion OF Alderman Stump. the local
DtHTu OF NbTTlSinld on sept. IL, lSb4
recommended to the Board OF Estimate
and Apportionment to initiate proceed
ings for this public place or park for
the purpose of establishing public
bathing place on the water front. and
on Nov. II. 1904, II also a ppears that the
chief engineer of the Board of Esti-
mate and Apporti)n made mis- re-
port to you. stating the assessed valua
tion OF the land to be $500. and using
rhe following language:
Ia my judgment. this property can
he acquired more advantageously now.
while lani values are low. than In
future and the recommendation OF the
local board should -rtther be favora bly,
acted upon or the public place dtscon
tinucd.
AT a meeting of March 81 1905 the
formal resolution was adopted by tho
Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
Justice demands that the facts
should be made public in connection
with the proceedings
The evening world., 1908-03-27
$4,000 TRAMPED
IN WILLIAMSBURG
BRIDGE T|E-UP
One Hour and Thirty-five Min
utes Delay for Third
Rail Mishap.

Fifty thousand grumbling Williams
burgers We're one hour and thirty-five
minutes late to work in Manhattan
to-day on account of third rail being
put out of business.
The delay took place shortly after :
O'Clock. just At time when the hun
dreds of clerks have bolted their coffee
and rolls and are hus,ling for the cars.
end was the result OF the current be-
Ing cut or channel rail OF the sur
face line across the Williamsburg
Bridge.
The accident to the third rail was
caused by the interference of a work
man engaged on excavations for the
new underground. and occurred at a
point between Norfolk and Suffolk
streets. Manhattan. Officials OF the
line wouldn't describe In detail the
nature of this interference, but said
the workmen escaped unhurt, although
the third rail ceased to operate
A force OF men did quick work in
tearing away part of the raj! cover
ing. but an hour and thirty-five min
utes passed before they could make the
repairs necessary for a resumption Of
traffic.
This surface line every morning has
all II can do to accommodate the
crowds. and when the cars began to
stop and. after wait of ten or fifteen
minutes the passengers began to walk,
the streets leading to the bridge were
throngsd with procession that sug-
Eested an aftermath OF st. Patrick s
Day
The evening world., 1908-03-27
CURED AT SLIGHT COST
BY CUTICURA REMEDIES

"Our little girl was two months old
when she got a rash on her face and
within five days her face and head were
all one sore. We used different reme-
dies but it got worse instead of better
and we thought she would turn blind
and that her ears would fall off. She
suffered terribly, and would scratch
until the blood came. At night we
had to pin her hands down. This
went on until she was five months old,
then l had her under our family doc
tors care. but she continued to grow
worse. He said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old l started to
use Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment,
and Cutcura Resolvent. and in three
weeks - what changel l kept using
the Cuticura Remedies for two months
and our baby was a different girl. You
could not see a sign of sore and she
was as fair as a newborn baby, and all
for the small cost of a dollar and seventy
five cents where we had spent ten
times the money for doctoring. She
is now two years old and has not had q
sign of the eczema since. Mrs. II. +.
Budke. r. F. ID. 4. LeSueur, Minn.,
Apr. l5 and May 2. 1907"
The evening world., 1908-03-27
RIGHT FOOD
How the Baby Was saved.

When our first baby came 1t was
not nurse him and It became neces-
sary to feed him artificial food. We
tried everything recommended by our
family doctor, then consulted several
other physicians In succession
I'VE experimental With nearly
every artificial food, but could barely
keep the baby alive. and at the age
OF five months he weighed no moro
than at birth. When eight months
old he had gained very little, and his
stomach and bowels were in such a
condition that We despaired of raising
him.
"A chance acquaintance recon
mended Grape-Nuts, and we com
menced feeding him on 1t. soaking il
until soft in warm water. as milk
would not stay on his stomach.
From the very first we saw that
we had found the right food at last
and he began to improve immediate
lv. We fed him on Grape Nuts in
this way and absolutely nothing else
for several months, and he g-ew 50
fast and became so fat and strong
that our friends We're surprised and
could scarcely believe that 1t was the
same child.
"He did not even begin to crawl or
cut his teeth until after we put him
on Grape-Nuts, Until that time he
was weak and helpless and cried
nearly all the time. Now he Is q
strong bright. rosy checked child OF
3la years"
Name given by Postum Co. Battl-
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's a nea-
an"
The evening world., 1908-03-27
FUGITIVE BANKERS
SAFE FOUND EMPTY,
NOT A DOLLAR LEFT
Continued from First Page.)

ace. an attempt had been made to take
some of the books in the bank away
1t was thwarted by Sergeant Donnelly
who was in command Of the police on
guard at the front door.
Matti Constantine. PATHS nephew, ap-
peared at the bank to-day. in company
with big, mysterious young nan, pro-
duced a set of keys, opened the ponder
Gus doors and walked in. The two men
walked directly TO the rear OF the bank
picked up half dozen books and
started away with them.
Where are yol going with those
books" asked sergt. Donnelly
We are taking them away to look
them over" replied Constantine. "Tney
are not important"
Anything around this bank is i'm
portant just now" declared Donne..y.
Put then. back"
In the mean time word had gone
Through the negnbOrhOod that the bank
mad feopened. There are 900 res den ;
IN the DOCK In Elizabeth street, between
Prince ana Houston streets, N Wncn
fatfs bank is located. II appeared to
The police that the entlr. 5,UUu, with a
lew thOusanas from adjoining blocks,
the determination OF tearing the ban
TO pieces.
Men ana women, waving DunkbJoks II.
their hanGs, charged tAe barred ext.rlo
of the bank and We're driven back I.
uprUar was terrific. Srrgt Dunnel!y
sent for help and, even vita reinforce
ments. had all he could do 10 control the
crowd
Matu Constantine and his companion
disappeared in the excitement, Cons an
tine SAID ne got the keys yesterday from
Sa.v ore Dunofro, Patis son-iu-lAw
"PasqUale" said Constantine gave
Salvatore the keys last Monday and
told him to keep them until The bank
opened again. Salvatore gave them Io
me. and asked me 10 get some uf tae
books"
The evening world., 1908-03-27
KEENE'S HORSES ALSO RAN.

LIVERPOOL. March 2G-The Grand
National Steeplechase, of 5000 sovs.
including troi hy valued at l25 sovs
on the Grand National Course, distance
about miles $50 yards, was won to-day
by Major F.. DouglasPennant' Rubio.
William Coopers Matte MacCiregor was
second and j. Whitaker's The Lawyer
III. third. Twentyfour horses ran.
Rubio won by ten lengths.
The race was notable for the number
OF favorites that failed to negotiate the
difficult jumps mark ing the course Q.
circumstance that allowed a rank out
slider to 'apture the blue ripbon OF
streplec.N ng FJxhall keene's two
representatives, Choris and Prophet
III brought no money to their backers
The betting on Rubo was 66 to I
against. on Matte MacGregor % TO I
against, and on Lawyer III. 100 to :
against
The evening world., 1908-03-27

eMrs Blackburn is one OF the
/ A,,ghterss Of Gen. Sterling Price. of
he Confederacy. At the age of nine
! len. twelve years ago. she married
a.. S. Blackburn. son of the former
J United States Senator from Kentucky.
from whom she separated. He is said
Z TO have d|ed a few years ago.
Mrs. osborn is stepdaughter OF
Mr.. Stout. Her mother Hannah
! Maria Nelson. married Mr. Stout. but
fhere were no children as a result OF
the union. Mr.. Stout died in July
1897. at the age of eightv-seven.
( Airs. Blackburn. a strikingly handsome 9
woman. who with two other daughter
OF Gen. Price, inherited fortune OF
s50a0oo, has arranged to make vigorous
defense to the suit. She denies that
lany deceit was practised upon the aged
! millionaire. Through her counsel Will
lam NJ. X. Olcott. she will set forth
: 4hese allegations:
That Mr.. Stout was an occasional
ealler at her mansion. No. 15s West
Eighty-ffth street. from the time she
came to New York ten years ago until
shortly before his death. That he knew
all about little Dorothy. who was a
great favorite with him.
Child Given to Her.
Dorothy, according to Mrs. Blackburn,
fis the daughter of a woman named
,Holbe. who is now in Germany. The
sHolbe woman gave the child TO Mrs.
blackburn in infancy. Mrs. Blackburn
Divers that Mr.. Stout knew all about
mis- transaction and fully understood
that the child was not her own.
ssShe Will contend that the trust fund
set aside for herself and Dorothy was
evidences Of friendship and affection.
She will. further deny that Mr.. Stout
was subjected TO any undue force or
persuasion.
The suit is extremely complicated and
II fought out in open court bids fair
<es be most sensational. 1t appears from
tie complaint filed by the executor
that Mrs. blackburn borrowed $4,000
from Mr.. Stout in 1900 and gave him
O mortgage on the Eighty-ffth street
house. which she owns. The loan it is
alleged. has not been repaid.
On FEB. 6, 1884, AR. { out executed
I9apers giving Mrs. Backbur.. a life in
terest in a trust fund of $4,000 on
De. !, 1904, he II ased this trust fund
to $1,000 and on June 16. 1905, he and
Mrs. Blackburn entered into an agree
ment. whic. they signed before q no
.tary, in which they stated that they
contemplated matrir ~. and Mrs
Blackburn relinqushed = dover rights
in consideration OF e $780, 900 trust
fund.
~ Fight for Agreement.
On Mare, 26. 1907. 1t appears. Mr.
Stout revoked the 900 trust fund,
and two m is later signed papers
sett'1g aside a trust fund of $50 900 for
The evening world., 1908-03-27

the child. In e. time after this
transaction he died.
Since that time Mrs. Blackburn has
been seeking to establish not only the
trust fund of $4,000 for the little girl
but her own 100000 trust fund. which
the executor maintnns. Mr.. Stout ab-
roSated. 1t is contended for her that
the ante-nuptial agreement signed be-
fore notary was OF a nature that
could not be set aside bv mere r,avo-
cation of the trust fund because II
was expressly agreed that the fund
was in lieu of all dover rights.
BY the terms OF Mr.. Stouts will Mr..
Osborn. besides $4,000 trust fund
VAS left the residue OF .the estate
amounting to about 100000. Associat-
ed with Mrs. Osborn in the executors
suit TO set aside the Blackburn trus: {:
funds are the other ne!rs.
Mrs. Blackburn's home in West Eigh-
ty-hfth street is one of the finest in
the city. The interior furnishings and
decorations are said to be valued at
sl5OVc. She is said to be engaged to
marry wealthy New Yorker. who
has been exerting every influence at
his command to keep the facts in the
Stout suit from becoming public.
Jacob Stout was a well known figure
in the financial world. He was one
of the principal partners in the firm
est brokerage houses in the Wall stree;
district
The evening world., 1908-03-27
FARMAN FALLS 35 FEET
FROM HIS AEROPLANE

PARIS March 2.-Henrv Farman, the
English aeronaut, met with an accident
az Issy to-day. He was manoeuvring
in his aeroplane. which was travelling
at the rate OF sixty miles an hour. when
the left wing of the machine struck the
ground
The machine sServed from its course
and Farman was thrown through the
air for 4 distance OF thirty-fvc feet
He was badly cut about the face. but
The evening world., 1908-03-27
$1,0OO,OOO BANK
SHORTAGE MAY
INVOLVE MANY
Pittsburg Business Men Ex-
pected to Join Paying Teller
and Auditor in Jail.

PITTSBURG. Pa. March IA sensa-
ton was caused here to-day when Bank
Examiner w l.. Folds made a third
information against Henry Reiber, pay
Ing teller, and John Young, auditor of
the Farmers Deposit National Bank.
charging them with misapplying funds
of the bank amounting 10 sl.i05,coo.
According to a persistent rumor in
formations against business men in
Pittsburg are likely to be made.
The evening world., 1908-03-27
FRAUD GAINED BABY
!. !: FORTUNE FROM STOUT,
!
MRS. OSBORNE CHARGES
Dorothy Blackburn Not the Child
e OF Aged Broker, as He Believed,
ia She Says in Suit to Set
s. 8 Aside Trust.

suit file in the Supreme Court of Richmond Borough brought
y the the estate of Jacob Stout formerly president the
Stock Exchange behalf of Mrs Josea Osborn seeks aside
fund of 100000 provided Mr. Sout will for the benefit of
Mrs Cattane Price Blackburn and trust fund of $4,000
bthe benefit of Dorothy Blackburn years old.
alleged by Mrs. Osborn that Mr. Stout when he arranged
TIE funds possessed of the belief that Dorothy was
his child and that Mrs. Blackburn the mother of Dorothy
The evening world., 1908-03-27
SUICIDE ODELL'S FRIEND.
Asks Coroner to Hurry Formali-
ties In Hornbcck Case.

Coroner Shrady to-day received a
telegram from former Gov. Odell stat
ing that Albert Hornbeck. who com
mittcd suicide at the Grand Union Hotel
yesterday. mad been a personal friend
of his and asking that the Coroner ex-
pedte as much as possible the tormali-
Il = preliminary to the turning OF the
body over to the suicides relatives.
The latter. the Ex-Governor telegram
stated would come from Newburg TO
.ake THE body hack with them
The evening world., 1908-03-27
SLEEP KILLED
BY an Itching Humor. Another
Cure by Cuticura Remedies.

~ broke out with n humor which
spread almost all over my body. The
itching would get worse on retiring,
so could not sleep. l tried several
remedies but it grew worse until l got
some Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Pills
which began to relieve me at once. BY
the time had used one vial Of the Pills,
the humor was entirely gone. l wish
every sufferer could secure the Cuti-
cura Remedies. Travis Bates, Hamburg,
Ark, April &c, 1907
Every Humor OF Infants Children. and Adults con-
ssts OF Cuticura Soan t25c) 10 Cleanse the skin,
Cuticura Ointment ,50c) 10 Heal the SKIN. and
Cutcura Resoyent t5oc the form Of Chocolate
Coated Pills 15c vial Of co. To Purify the Blood
Corr. Sole Props. Boston. Mas
u1rAailed Free. Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases.
The evening world., 1908-03-27
EARTHQUAKE RUIN,
DEATH AND FIRE
In MEXICAN CITY.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

late yesterday. the first preliminary
tremors being recorded at s.o9.s5.
This amplitude of the vibration OF
the recording pen was SO great as 10
be carried to the limits OF the record
sheet, which is ten inches, which cor
responds to an actual wave motion
OF six-tenths OF an inch. The record
shows that the disturbance continued
until s:22 y m.
1t appears that the disturbance could
not have mad a very distant origin.
A second small disturbance is re-
ported to have been recorded beginning
at l0.je SO L. NJ. last night. which con-
'inued till ten minutes past midnight.
Recorded at Albany.
ALBANY. March 27.-I, was dscov-
cred at the state Museum this morning
and long duration had been registered
by the se!smographs there last even
ing The main shock was preceded
and followed by other disturbances.
same zone, the several shocks probably
marking the successive stages OF
convulsion that is one Of the severest
recorded al Albany during the past
year. The following statement was
made at the Museum;
'It would appear from the records
obtained at Albany that the disturb
ances were centred at some locality
about 800 miles distant In Southwest
erly direction. This brings them within
the seismic zone Of Mexico, where
shocks have been felt recently, and
their identity with the earthquake re-
ported from the Northern part of that
country seems proba bile"
SALT LAKE CITY, March 27.-A Sc
we're earthquake, lasting nearly forty
minutes, was recorded by the seismo-
graph at the University OF Utah some
time between midnight and the opening
OF school to-day For n bout twenty min
utes the shock was SO severe that the
instrument made no definite record For
the remainder OF the time the shock
varied In intensity. The distance OF the
earthquake has not been established.
The evening world., 1908-03-27

-Totni .............. .......i.
The World printed 747 Help Ads.
rfo-day, SS4 more than all other
lscw York papers combinedA
The evening world., 1908-03-27

0niy one "BaGMo QuiNINE" is
LAXATIVE BRUMO oUINlNE. Look for
the signature of u. W. GROVE. Used ;he
World over TO Cure Cold in One Day. 25c..s
The evening world., 1908-03-27
BABY'S EYES|GHT
WAS THREATENED

By Terrible Eczema-Head Became
a Mass of Itching Rash and Sores
Would Scratch Till Blood Came
Much MoneyWaste dinFruit|ess
Treatments disease Was Soon
The evening world., 1908-03-27
Girl. IS FOUND
UNCONSCIOUS IN
A vACANT 7 LOT
Lillian 1hiery Revives, but De-
clareS Size Has no knowl-
edge of Attack.

Lillian Thiery. n young girl was to-
day found unconscious with her skull
fractured and her lody crushed, in IL
lot at Glendale, Long Island. When re-
denied any knowledge of how she came
TO be 50 brutally beaten.
a freight train of the Long Island
railroad was running from Jamaica TO
Long Island city when the engineer,
Edward Camp5ell, saw the girl lying on
her side in the vacant lot. which IS on
Fresh Pond road. opposite Gates ave-
nue.. He stopped the train and with
three other members OF the crew
Frank Roltget. Frank ReinhaHt and
Charles w. Noe-wcnt over TO the girl.
We thought at first she was dead.
said Campbell, "as she WAS terribly
wounded, but We discovered a sign OF
life and called a policeman. She was
the most cruelty beaten person / ever
saw
Taken to Hospital.
Policeman Carey called an ambulance
from the German Hospital and DR..
Meye-burg had her removed 20 that in
stitutfon.
The girl said she was fifteen wears
old and that she lived at No go Ralph
street, Williamsburg. She said that
she had gone for walk in the morn
ing and becoming tired had sat down in
the lot in Glendale. There she fell
asleep and knew no more until she
tuunu Aeise-I III tAG German hOsp!tal.
Sic insisted Iaat SIZE vas alone that
no man had been near her since she
left her home. and that, before sns
fell asleep she had not noticed any one
in the immediate vicinity. The hosu!-
tal physicians reported that there We're
no evidences OF criminal mistreatment.
The evening world., 1908-03-27
Fight for Agreement.

On Mare 26 1907. 1t appears. Mr..
Stout revoked the 900 trust fund,
and two m is later signed papers
sett'1g aside a trust fund of $4,000 for