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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
SEVERAL TOWNS
THREATENED BY
FOREST FIRES
WIND DRIVES FLAMES TOWARD
UKlAH
MESSENGERS ON HORSEBACK
SUMMON HELP
Severe Losses Reported Near Santa
Cruz and Redding, at One Place
Twenty-Five Square Miles
Being Burned

BY Associated Press.
UKIAH, Aug. 1.-Fire bells and ex-
cited messengers on horseback sum-
moned help to save the city from for
est fires late today.
A sudden change of the wind to the
west and southwest drove the hre
straight down toward the town, and
set fire to several barns, outhouses and
fencing in the western suburbs.
Residents of that section of the city
moved household goods out of doors, ex-
pecting their homes to burn.
Hundreds of men fought the fire till
late in the evening, and desperate back
firing, aided by back draft of the
wind as it came over the ridge from the
| ocean doubtless saved Ukiah from
serious confiagration.
The heavens are illuminated tonight
to the south and west as far as the
eye can see.
REDDING, Aug. 1.-The big forest
| fire east of Redding is still unconquered.
The area burned over is twenty-five
square miles. The houses of John
Schallerman, Robert Allen, j. S. Tracy
and Charles r. Ballou were destroyed.
The total loss will run up to thousands
of dollars.
SANTA CRUZ, Aug. FOREST fires
are burning on both sides of the Big
Basin, but as a large part of the terri
tory has been burned over before 1t Is
thought the flames will be kept under
control.
The fire has been burning since
Thursday, and on Friday e. d. Rodgers.
who has had charge Of the lumber COM
pany's holdings, sent for reinforce
ments to fight the flames.
TI11 tI1n
wind been blowing from a different
directi today the town of Taft would
have been wiped out by forest fire
that started at IL o'clock this morning,
i and is still raging at a late hour to-
night.
The fire destroyed over 4,O0O,OOO feet
of lumber, besides burning thiee large
| construction camps. The blaze stripped
1900 acres of choice timber land before
i 1t was checked.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
MURDERER KILLS
WIFE AND BABY
LATER SHOOTS EXPRESSMAN
AND ESCAPES
Criminal Wanted for Killing Man in
llinois-Horse and Buggy
Stolen at Scene of
Crime

BY Associated Press
TULSA, Okla, Aug. 1.-Clay Harris.
white man, this morning shot and
instantly killed his wife, who was part
Indian and her 1-year-old baby, and
fatally wounded Walter Vann, driver
of an express wagon, who attempted to
capture him. Harris then escaped
after stealing a horse and buggy.
A posse was soon formed and start
ed in pursuit. Harris is wanted at
Fairfield, ILL.,, for numbering a man
July 4, and Illinois officers were trail
ing him at the time of the murder.
After shooting the man at Fairfield
Harris escaped. The man died a few
days later. The state of Illinois offered
a reward of $4,000 for Harris arrest
and officers since have been following
him. Harris came to Tulsa last Thurs
day. forced his wife at the point of a
revolver to sell her jewelry. took the
proceeds and departed for Claremont,
Okla, after ordering her to meet him
there.
Mrs. Harris did not leave Tulsa, but
officers who had traced Harris this far
went on to Claremont. Harris eluded
them and came back to Tulsa at mid
night last night. He hid in his house
and waited for the return of his wife,
who had passed the night at the home
of her father Chauncey Owens, a
wealthy halfbreed Indian.
When the woman entered her yard,
carrying her baby in her arms, Harris
appeared, gun in hand. Mrs. Harris
ran screaming to the neighbors, but
before assistance could arrive her hus-
band had emptied the contents of his
revolver into the bodies of the woman
and the baby. Mrs. Harris was shot
three times in the breast, dying almost
instantly, while the bullet pierced the
baby's heart.
Expressman Vann attempted to pur-
sue Harris, who turned upon him and
fired. The first shot took effect and
Vann fell, probably fatally wounded
Harris then forcibly took the buggy
and horse of a collector standing by
and after firing an Intellectual shot at
the owner, drove off toward the hills.
Within half an hour a posse had
been organized and started in pursuit.
Several women neighbors were eye
witnesses of the double murder.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
ABDUL HAMID ON STREETS;
FIRST TIME IN 32 YEARS

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. IA
Haiti Humayun, or imperial hiatt, was
read this evening before the sublime
porte, solemnly upholding the constitu-
tion and enumeratlng all the excep-
tional measures of the old regime
which it declared now have been COM
pletely abolished.
Abdul Hamid walked among the peo-
pie in the streets today for the first
time since his accession to the throne
in 1876 on the deposition of his elder
brother, Murad V. He was accom-
panied by a single official in plain
clothes and returned to the Yildiz
Kiosk unrecognized. as the people are
not acquainted with his features and
therefore did not know him.
AS soon as the news of this remark
able turn of affairs became known
there was a rush of Turks for the
palace, and much enthusiasm followed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
AUTO DEALER IS
KILLED BY HEAT
ON DESERT TRIP
SAN FRANCISCO MAN MEETS
AWFUL DEATH
COMPANION ALSO OVERCOME,
BUT WILL RECOVER
F. D. Spaulding and T. P. McCauley
Try in Vain to Reach Arizona
Mines in "YelIow
Peril"

Special to The Herald
YUMA, Ariz., Aug. 1.-While speed
ing toward ella Bend in a yellow
Peril' to inspect some mining prop
critics, F. D. Spaulding, well known
automobile manufacturer of San Fran
cisco, was overcome by the desert heat
and died few moments after the ma
chine reached Blaisdell.
T. p. McCauley, who accompanied
Spaulding, was also overcome by the
furnace-like heat, but will probably
recover.
Before leaving Yuma Friday noon
mining men who had crossed the desert
pleaded with the San Francisco men
not to attempt the trip, but their
pleadings were in vain. Relying on
their ability to reach the spot for
which they were headed by sending
the automobile at top speed wherever
the roads would permit, the men
started out.
The thermometer registered lis when
the automobile left Yuma, and 1t is
probable that the merucry was hover
ing around 125 or 130 by the time the
men reached the hottest place on the
desert.
McCauley was able to run the ma
chine to Blaisdell, and Spaulding was
still alive when this point was reached,
but died a few moments later.
McCauley is suffering as result of
the heat, and shock caused by his
friends death, but he is now prac-
tically out of danger.
He declares that there was hardly a
breath of air at the point where
Spaulding was overcome, and what lit
tie there was seemed as though it was
being pumped from furnace.
1t was with difficulty that McCauley
remained at the wheel until Blaisdell
was reached. Had the machine broken
down there would have been two
deaths instead of one" he said after
he had been revived sufficiently to give
the terrible details of the trip.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
FOUR NEGROES
ON ONE LIMB
TAKEN FROM JAIL AND HANGED
SIDE BY SIDE
Accommodating Jailer Fails to Recog-
nize Any One of Fifty Men Who
Took the Law Into Their
Own Hands

BY Associated Press
RUSSELLVILLE. KY, Aug4 1.-Fout
negroes, Virgil, Tom and Robert Jones
and Joe Riley, were taken from jail
here today and hanged to limb of a
tree on the edge of town.
No shots were fired by the mob,
which was composed of about fifty
men, and the people of the town knew
nothing of the affair until day light
revealed the four bodies dangling from
a tree lust outside RusSellVille on the
Nashville pike.
The following note was found pinned
on one of the bodies: Let this be a
warning to you niggers to leave White
people alone or you Will go the same
way. Hugh Rogers better shut up or
quit town."
The negroes who were lynched were
members of a lodge and at a meeting
recently, it is said, they approved of
the murder of James Cunningham, a
white farmer, by his negro tenant,
Rufus Browder This murder occurred
in the southern part of Logan county,
and it is supposed here that the mop
was made up of men from that dis
trict.
The effort to get Browder failed, ow-
ing to the fact that he was spirited out
of the Jail by the sheriff and sent to
Bowling Green and later to Louisville
where he is now confined awaiting trial
The mob came into town so quietly
that not one of the residents was
awakened from slumber. Proceeding
at once to the county jail, the jailer,
Jack Butts, was summoned to the door,
his residence being directly opposite
the prison. When he appeared he
found himself covered by rifles and
shotguns, and was given the command
to turn over the keys or be shot down.
After short parley with the mem
bers of the mob, in which he tried to
persuade them to go away, he finally
handed over the keys. Two of the ne
groes, not being given time to dress,
were taken along in their night shirts,
and the whole party proceeded to a
tree on the outskirts of the city, where
the negroes were strung up in a row.
The mob dispersed as soon as it had
finished it's work. There is no clew to
the Iynchers, as the jailer, the only wit
ness, did not recognize them. The bod
les of the negroes were cut down dur
ing the morning
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
POPE MAY CREATE
TEN NEW CARDINALS
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ROME, Aug. 1-At the Vatican to-
night it was rumored that Pope Plus
will hold a consistory either before No
vember, when the reform of the con-
gregations becomes effective, or in De-
cember at the close of his jubilee year.
In either instance, it is asserted, his
holiness will create ten new cardinals
because the sacred college is now re-
duced to a membership of So, there
being twelve red hats to be bestowed.
The presence of Cardinal Gibbons in
Rome, it is expected, will result in a
decision being reached as to whether
or not a new American cardinal will
be chosen this year.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
THIEF INJECTS CHLOR0FORM
THROUGH MANY KEYH0LES

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Hum
phrey Peel, a guest at the Metropole
hotel, this city, has lodged with the
police a tale of being robbed that re-
calls methods of Partisan sneak
thieves.
Peel says that some time after he
had retired Thursday night a thief in
jected chloroform through the keyhole
of his door, the fumes causing him to
sleep so soundly that he didn't waken
when the thief entered his room and
walked off with his watch. Several
other occupants of the hotel reported
feeling the effects of the drug forced
into their rooms, and the police are on
the lookout for the chloroformer.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
PANIC PREVENTS RAILROAD
FROM PAYING DEBTS DUE

CHICAGO, Aug. Payment of in
terest' due today on the first mortgage
bonds of the Southern Indiana railway
has been deferred. The amount needed
to meet this obligation is $150,560.
The notices of the default in the in
terest payments state that owing to
the general depression in railroad BUSH
ness during the last six months which
has been especially severe on coal car
rying roads, the Southern Indiana COM
pany is compelled to defer payment of
the interest due August 1. 1903, on its
first mortgage bonds.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
ARREST MAN SUSPECTED
OF BIG DIAMOND ROBBERY

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. John De-
ver charged with daring holdup, but
suspected of being one of the men VINO
did the daring Lundy diamond robbery
some months ago, is being held by the
police. Dever was captured by two
detectives on the water front last night
after a desperate struggle.
The police refuse to say Just what
evidence they have to connect him
with the robbery of the Lundy jewelry
store on Market street, when nearly
100000 worth of diamonds were taken.
Dever has been arrested before, but
no evidence to hold him could eyer be
secured.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
MILWAUKEE TO HAVE
LARGE AUDITORIUM
By Associated Press.

b. Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 1.-The laying
of the corner stone of the Milwaukee
Auditorium today was made the occa-
sion of one of the greatest civic cele-
brations in the history,of the city.
The Auditorium will be one of the
best convention halls in the world. 1t
possesses the unique feature of being
really usable as one great assembly
hall or segregated into individual halls
SO arranged that as many as nine sep
arate and distinct affairs may be held
at one time.
The seating capacity is 1884. The cost
of the Auditorium is $500,0O0 half of
which was subscribed by 2755 citizens,
who form the corporation known as
the Milwaukee Auditorium company.
The city of Milwaukee furnished
$3.50, ,000
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
DEATH is MYSTERIOUS

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-The po-
lice are today investigating the strange
death early this morning of Vernal Ri
walk, a young high school student, and
son of Raymond E. Rivalk, dealer in
typewriters.
Last night Rivalk attended recep-
ton at a private residence given TO
girl graduates of the Lowell high
school. He left there later in the even
ing and his movements from that hour
until he get into a cab on Van Ness
avenue are not known. He died While
in the cab on the way to the ferry
building. His body was taken to the
Harbor hospital and an autopsy will be
performed to ascertain the cause of his
death. Foul play is suspected.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
GAS EXPL0DES; ONE DEAD,
SIX INJURED AT SCRANTON

SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. lone miner
was killed, two were fatally injured
and four others slightly hurt this aft
ernoon by an explosion of gas in the
bellevue colliery of the Delaware,
Iackawanna & Western company near
this city. The man killed was Gott-
fried Ross.
Those fatally injured are Benjamin
Hughes and Arthur Jones.
There were many men in the mine
when the explosion occurred. and this
led to the report that a score had been
caught in the accident.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
SEWING MACHINE MAN
AND $4,000 MISSING

ST. LOUIS, Aug. Jacob Wesley
Mcclure, aged A years, formerly man.
ager of a local branch of the Singer
Sewing Machine company, is being
sought by the police on warrant
charging forgery. An, examination of
the company books is said to have
revealed a shortage of $4,000. Circu-
lars describing Mcclure were sent
broadcast by Chief Creecy today.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
AUTOMOBILE 0VERTURNS;
WEALTHY RANCHMAN KILLED

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. HI.
A. Wooster, wealthy ranchman OF
Blairstown, &C years old, was killed
by the overturning of his automobile
near Marion yesterday. His wife and
granddaughter, who were with him,
were not injured.
The machine went over steep en-
bankment while running at a good
speed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
MACHINISTS TO STRIKE
ON CANADIAN PACIFIC

WINNIPEG, Aug. Returns re-
ceived today from practically all the
machinists' unions of the Canadian
Pacific system west of William, Ont,
show that 95 per cent have voted to
strike rather than accept the report
of the board of conciliation which re-
Gently considered the grievances of the
men.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
ABDUCTED GIRL IS
ALLOWED TO GO

CHICAGO, Aug. Veronica Cassi-
dy, the 12-year- girl whose mys-
terious abduction last Thursday caused
unusual police activity in this and 9TH
er cities, returned to her home tonight
from Cincinnati, whittier she had been
taken by her alleged abductor, f. ].
Blair. She told her parents that Blair
had placed her aboard train lmmedi.
ately after leading her away from her
home. and they had been in a rooming
house in Cincinnati until this mornii 3.
when the man gave her a ticket to Chi
cago and told her to go home. where
she found her mother and sister pros
trated.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
ENGAGES IN FIGHT AND
DIES HALF AN HOUR LATER

BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 1.-Robert
Lancaster, a workingman, engaged In
fight with companion during the aft
ernoon and less than half an hour
later fell over dead. The coroners jury
returned a verdict of overexertion and
heat prostration. An autopsy showed
no injuries. He is said to have rela-
tiYes in Stockton.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
COAST

Forest fires threaten ukiah and do great
damage at points near San Diego, Santa Cruz
ana Redlands.
Party crossing desert narrowly escapes death
from thirst, and cloudbutst threatens lives
when mountains are reached.
High school student dies at San Francisco
under mysterious circumstances.
Man suspected of completely in big diamond
robbery arrested at San Francisco.
Thief at San Francisco injects chloroform.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
HERALD CHALLENGES
EXAMINER CIRCULATION
IN THE SUBURBAN field

D VIDENCE of the remarkable increase of circulation
q made by The Herald since it entered upon its
- pagn for subscribers the first day OF October
found comparison of the circulation of The Herald
and its morning contemporary the Examiner in the principal
cities and surrounding Los Angeles and reached by
nterurban railway service which figures recently OBJ
tained by The Herald enable it to give
While the chief efforts The Herald in its circulation
campaign have been confined to the city of Los Angeles and
consequently its greatest has been obtained IN that
field the success that outside of the city ndi
by the following figures showing the comparative crcu
of The Herald and the Examiner in the cities and
named
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
ENTIRE TOWN BURNS
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press
SPOKANE, wash, August 1.-The entire
town of Fernie, b. c., has been destroyed
by fire. News has been received at Gran
brook to forward all available provisions
Relief trains have been started with doc
tors, nurses and food on board.
A neglected bush fire is the cause of the
calamity. Fires are raging between Gran
brook and Grows Nest.
report was received from Hosmer that
the Hosmer Lumber company's mill was OF
fire and that half dozen families are cut
off by the fire. All men available have beer
called out to fight the flames.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
ONLY TWO ENT0MBED
MINERS NOW MISSING

FERNIE, B. c., Aug. AL but two
of the twenty-four men who were en-
tombed in the mine yesterday have
been rescued or accounted for. One
body was recovered from the mine to-
day One of those rescued is dying.
Twenty-one men were taken out yes
terday afternoon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
FORGER ARRESTED ON "OWL"
RETURNED TO SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 1.-'Will Hedister.
charged with passing false checks yes
terday in San Diego, was arrested on
fie Owl train near Old Town at mid
night. Hedister admits passing the
checks. When he saw the police on the
train he ran, but was captured and re-
turned to this city in a wagon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
EDITORS WIFE AND
CHAUFFEUR KILLED

BY Associated Press.
SANTA CRUZ. Aug. News has
just reached Deputy Coroner Elson of
this city that while Mrs F. A. Merriott,
wife of the editor of the San Francisco
News Letter, and chauffeur, were
travelling by automobile over the Bear
creek road from Ben Lomond to Los
Gatos, the machine went over the grade
near Vanlonje summit and both occu-
pants were killed by the fall.
The chauffeur was killed instantly.
and Mrs. Merriott died soon afterward.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
EASTERN

Cleudbursts in Colorado wreck houses
kill live stock and leave many families des-
titute.
Democratic leaders at New York announce
their intention of going into the campaign
with no thought except that of victory.
Illinois man. crazed by drink. wounds
employer, kills housekeeper and commits
suicide.
Fernie, b. c.. reported destroyed by fire.
Illinois murderer escapes to Oklahoma,
there kills wife and child. shoots express
man, steals horse and buggy and escapes.
kidnapping case at Chicago puzzles police
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
Roberts Cancels Visit

WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. 1.-Field
Marshal Lord Roberts has sent mes
sage in which he cancels his antici-
pated visit to this city, and says he Will
return to England because of Ill health.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
LOCAL

Mayor Harper determined to investigate
Fuller case.
Large negro colony to be formed in San
Joaquin valley.
Citrus fruit growers send committee to
confer with Senator Perkins.
' Republicans hold banquet at Levy's cafe.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST

For Los Angeles and vicinity:
Cloudy Sunday, with thunderstorms in
the mountains; light west wind. Max
imum temperature yesterday, 81 de-
grees; minimum, 6s degrees.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
EmbezzIer to Be Returned

SACRAMENTO, Aug. wallace J.
Stone, wanted at Santa Cruz for en-
bezzlement, is to be extradited from
the state of washington. A requisi-
tion on that state for his surrender
was issued by Governor Gillett today.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02
Ready to Join Strikers

TOULON, Aug. 1.-The labor fedora
tion of Toulon has passed vote OF
sympathy with the men arrested in
Paris and has agreed to go on strike
II necessary.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02

The that these figures correctly show
the copies of The Herald and the Examiner sent
daily from the respective offices of those to the
above named The thing that these fig
res being absolute evidence of the circulation of the
two papers places named is that the figures above given
as to papers by The Herald indicate its net crcu
ation in those places The Herald receives return
papers agents. but unable to what returns
the Examiner receives
While Herald give the comparative circulation
of the two papers the city of Los Angeles has every
believe that the figures obtained would be more
favorable to The Herald in the places above
named and The Herald stands ready time to
demonstrate by a comparison of the books
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02

Bill to check wanton slaughter of beautiful
plumage birds introduced in house Of lords at
London.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-03
WARE Will
GET WELL
Shot By Irving King When the Two
Men Had a Dispute Over
Worthless Canine.
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special
Jackson, Miss, September 3.-W. H.
Ware, the painter, who on Monday
night was shot and severely wounded
by Irving King, in a quarrel following
Kings words with Mrs Ware over.his
feeding of his dog in her dining room
and from food taken from the table
while boarders were eating, is getting
along very nicely at his home on Pres
ident street. The wound proves to be
only a superficial flesh wound, the bull
let having just missed the abdominal
cavity and it is expected that in few
days he will be up.
King, in the meantime, has sue
ceeded in gaining his liberty on a $500
bond, and will not be tried until Ware
is able to appear in court. Wares
two and a half year old baby, who
was shot, probably by the same bullet
which wounded its father, it's wound
being little more than a scraping
across the stomach, is running around
as if nothing had happened.
King has secured able legal coun-
sci and hopes to get out without much
difficulty.