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Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
TERROR GRIPS RUEF
FACING PRISON TERM
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and his case reached the supreme court
of Missouri. 1T was reversed in such a
way that he went free l recall also
that within three months the same
trouble again came before the court
with some insignificant parsonage haV-
ing been convicted, and the court very
promptly reversed itself and held the
other way. 1t is barely possible tnat a
change of heart or a change of under
standing or change of some kind
might occur here.
YES" interjected the court, that
might happen with some other defend
ant but not the one now before the
court
Continuing, Judge Dunno said:
Saved by Decision
1.-THE defendant would be sent to
Folsom for the maximum term per-
mitted by law if the supreme court had
not come to his relief Monday. But
at this time l see no other alternative
than to grant the motion.
Il want to say here, both as a
citizen and as judicial officer. that in
my opinion it is matter much to be
regretted that the appellate court did
not reach a conclusion. equally open
10 them, which would bring as much
comfort ana encouragement to the
forces of good as the conclusion which
they did reach win bring to the forces
of evil throughout the state"
Murphy then brought up the matter
of the double indictments, one series
of which he wanted dismissed. reducing
Ruef's bail by half But Judge Dunno
picked up his papers and abruptly left
the bench saying: That's Il matter
between you and the district attorney"
while Murphy kept shouting. 81 want TO
make a motion! I want to make a
motion" until tire judge disappeared
in his chambers.
Ruef cannot take any further action
in the matter of the mismissal of the
second set of indictments and furnish
bail on the others until Monday
morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
CAPITOL GRAFTERS OBTAIN
LONG DELAY IN COURTS
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa, March 14.--John
II. Sanderson, the capitol furnishing
contractor former Auditor General
William p. Snyder, former State Treas
urer William L. Mathues and former
superintendent of Grounds and Build
ings James NJ. Shumaker, who were
last night found guilty of conspiracy
to defraud the state, may not be called
for sentence for many months. if at all.
AS soon as the jury returned its YER
dict last evening Judge Kunkel re-
ceiVed motions for new trials and al
lowed thirty days in which to file the
reasons. When they are entered upon
the record Judge Kunkel will set a
time for argument and will decide the
matter at his convenience
Should a re-trial be refused the case
will be taken to the appellate court.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
TORPEDO BOAT FLoTILLA
CLIPS TIME FROM SCHEDULE
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
PANAMA, March 14.-The American
torpedo boat fotilla, under the COM
mand of Lieutenant Hutch |. Cone,
Which left Callao March 9,,arrived here
unexpectedly this morning at o'clock
anG anchored in the harbor. According
to the itinerary the vessels were ex-
pected here Monday, so they are con-
sequently two days ahead of time,
ThC voyage from Callao was most sue
ctssful The weather was pleasant and
the flotilla experienced no delays. The
boats are in good condition and all on
board are well.
Many preparations are being made
here for the entertainment of the Of
fcers.
1t is expected that the vessels will
remain here until March 21 when they
are Scheduled to sail for AcapuIco.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
MANILA ALREADY is MAKING
PLANS TO WELCOME FLEET
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
MANILA, March 14.-Preparatlons
have already begun for the reception
and entertainment of the officers aud
crews of the American battleship fleet
at this city. The formation of large
reception committee, made up of Amer
leans and Filipinos, will be undertaken
immediately Officials here expect that
large squadron viii be left at this
port, as the decision of congress to
make Manila a naval station will re-
quire the presence of a big fleet.
The people of the islands are highly
pleased at the action of President
Roosevelt in sending the ships here and
are anxious TO learn the date of the
arrival 50 as to make the necessary
preparations tofreceive them.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
WOMAN NURSES FOR NAVY
ADVOCATED BY METCALF
BY Associated Press.

!3y Associated Press.
WASHINGTON March 14.--In a
memorandum to Secretary Metcalf to-
day the surgeon general of the navy
declares:
There has been and now is much
preYentable suffering" in the navy and
he believes that "many deaths have
occurred which might have been pre-.
vented"
Secretary Metcalf concurs in the view
that there should be an enactment at
this session of congress of the bill
which authorizes the establishment and
origin of trained woman nurses in the
hospital corps of the navy and the APP
pointment of dental surgeons.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
STOCKTON TO BUILD AN
MENTAL STONE ROAD
BY Associated fress.

BY AssocIated tres5,
STOCKTON, March lathe chamber
of commerce recently asked the office
of public roads at Washington to send
an expert road building engineer to
Stockton to superintend the construc-
ton of an "object lesson stone road,
and today received a telegram an
nouncing that the expert would be sent
here as requested
The board of supervisors has money
for the reconstruction Of one of the
roads leading out of Stockton. The
contract will be taken by the chamber
of commerce and the work will be done
under the direction of the government
engineer. The road Will be two miles
long and win be built to last forever.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
FOWLER CURRENCY BILL
ATTACKED BY BURTON
BY Associated Press.

sentative Burton of Ohio today sub
mitted to the house his minority re-
port as a member of the banking and
currency committee, dissenting from
the majority report which recon-
mended the passage of the Fowler cur
rency bill.
Mr.. Burton's report concerns Itself
wholly with the Fowler bill and his
reasons for opposing it, and makes no
reference to either the Aldrich bill or
the Williams BILL the latter measure
having been recommended by the DEM
ocratic members in minority report:
In his report Mr.. Burton says that he
does not regard the passage of the
Fowler bill as either practicable or de-
sirable at this time.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
NEW YORK MAYoRALTY CASE
FINALLY SET FOR TRIAL
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE right
of George B. Mcclellan to the office
of mayor of New York city, which was
contested by William r. Hearst, will
be determined at a trial which is to
begin before the appellate division of
the supreme court on April 49,
This date was fixed In an order is-
sued by the appellate division today in
pursuance of a recent order granting
the right to open the disputed boxes
in disputed districts for the purpose of
recounting the ballots. The order also
commands the drawing of a special
panel of 100 talesmen.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
mand addressed the office boy sec.

mand I addressed the office boy sec
ond time.
"'Will you kindly tell me when Mr..
Frohman will be in?'
In six weeks answered the boy.
He's gone to Europe
"A few seasons ago." concluded Miss
Closer, "when l was a member OF Ar
mold Daly's Candida company, / one
day related to him my first experience
when calling upon a manager. When
I finished telling the story Mr. DAILY
said:
How long ago was that?'
" Twelve years ago. 1 replied.
Twelve years ago. unused Mr..
DAILY. Yes, remember; / was that
office boy success Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
FOUR BARNS DESTROYED
BY GANG OF NIGHT RIDERS
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
VERSAILLES, Ky, March 14.-Three
barns in Woodford county and one just
across the line in Scott county were
burned early today by a party of
masked men. The men were on horse
back and in buggies, the party num-
bering not more than fifty
LEXINGTON. Ky, March 14.--The
night riders who burned barns in the
vicinity of Versailles also set fire to
that of Mrs Elizabeth Pepper early to-
day. No tobacco was destroyed, the
crops having been sold out. The men
fired their revolvers and travelled rap
idly
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
Plan New steamer Line

SAN DIEGO, March 14.-Reports to
the effect that line of the speediest
and handsomest steamers to ply be-
tween San Francisco and San Diego,
cutting the running time to eighteen
hours, and putting the service in the
first rank of coastwise lines on the
Pacific or Atlantic, is planned by the
Pacific Coast Steamship company, were
confirmed by j. D. Farrell, former
president now at Coronado.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
BATTLEsHiP NEW HAMPSHIRE
TO BE PLACED IN SERVICE
BY associated Press.

BY associated Press.
WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE new
battleship New Hampshire has been
ordered placed in commission at the
League island navy yard. She is to be
commanded by Capt Cameron MGR.
WOelOyy
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
GIRL WIFE
TRIES TO END
HER LIFE
SEPARATED FROM HUSBAND
SOON AFTER MARRIAGE
Left PenniIess, and Fearing for Fu-
ture, Young Woman Attempts to
Drink Quantity of Car
boQc Acid

Mrs. a. B. H1nkson, a 16-year-old girl
wife who was separated from her hus-
band almost at the altar, made a dra-
matte attempt to commit suicide last
night at her apartments at 352 South
Hill street. by drinking nitric acid OF
mercury.
The bottle containing this stuff was
dashed from her hand as she raised ii
to her lips, and while her face, neck,
arms and hands were terribly burned
by the corroding liquid none of it
passed her lips.
She was taken to the receiving hos
pital where her injuries were attended,
and she was then placed in care of the
matron at the jail.
Mrs. Hinkson was formerly Miss
Crystal Davis. A year ago she was
married to A. h. Hinkson, a telephone
lineman. The marriage said TO be an
ill-advised one in the first place, dis
illusionized the young woman in her
dream of happiness, and by agreement
she and her husband separated within
q few weeks. The husband Is said to be
in Modesto. where he is employed.
Girl Left PenniIess
For n time he sent money for her
expenses, but recently this remittance
Idlleu ana, pIdcIlcdllN pSlllllleSS anu
without friends to advise or care for
her. the child wife became respondent.
For several weeks she was unablo TO
pay her room rent and the kindness of
the landlady in not bothering her for
the money made the situation all the
more embarrassing.
Late yesterday afternoon she seemed
to have made up her mind to end her
life, and having secured a bottle OF
acid from a closet she was passing to
her own room with the intention of
drinking it.
She finally concluded to retire to the
dark end of the hall, and there she
raised the bottle to her lips but as she
was about to drink the stuff Martin
Laurance, also a roomer in the house,
observed her and knocked the bottle
from her lips.
The acid was thrown over her face
and arms and hands and Laurance was
also badly burned about the hands.
Emergency remedies were at once ap-
piled to the girls burns.
The police will try and find the
friends or some of the members of the
girls family, so she can be cared for.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
New to the Game

Waiter is this supposed to be cof-
fee?" inquired the diner in the Rapidly
cafe.
II couldn't say,2' replied the waiter.
II only started here this morning. -
Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
MAGDALENA BAY TO
RESOUND WITHFLRING
CONTINUED from Page onc)

more important that we be in con-
dition to furnish for service in that
war the material out, of which good
scouts can be made. The forest rangers
make up this material"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
Kolia,..a I.arh.r shon

Hair cutting our speciality. Csc. Second and
Broadway. under American National bank.
CBaths in connection Shines, any day. &c. III.
Keller. proprietor; w. Warren. manager
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
Samnle snIe Mondnx

Special values in childrens shoes.
All styles and sizes. Sample Shoe Co,
top floor Bryson block, Second and
Spring streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15

"I thought not I thought not" in
terrupted the lawyer, bending over
and rubbing his hands.
"No. SIR" continued the witness, Il
should not charge you at all. | should
make you pay in advance. ."--T1d-Bits.
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-08
Trxxf6 and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Infosmed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy Of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
ON which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as q laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-08

refreshments. Whether you're going
TO feed your characters on stale fish
balls and candle-ends or on a regular
turkey dinner, meal Of some kind
is absolutely necessary.
The journey hasn't been so bad
thus far, and you needn't make it
much longer. Remember that the en-
gineer and the reader are human and
let up on them.
If your hero be poor make it all
right with him. just as those bells are
ushering in the dawn Of Christmas:
if he be rich. give him the usual
change of heart. and from habitual
and ingrained niggardliness and rasp-
ing ill-temper metamorphose him into
a genial old philanthropist-it'l go, in
a Christmas story.
Drop a few turkeys and cranber.
ries on the poor consumptive's bed;
let some kind-hearted old Hebrew in
the sock business donate a dozen of
the useful articles to the poor little
barefoot boy, fill 'em up with candies
and the usual outfit, and then have the
brakeman stick his head in at the car
door and yell: Merry Christmas. Last
Ston'"
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-08

destination of each train is Merry
Christmas.
IT is easy TO get up steam and start
your train along the rails-rails at the
heartlessness of the rich: rails at the
inS;ncerity that accompanies the Civ
ing of presents: rails at the helpless
condition of the poor. with so much
money locked up in safes. You can
get along on the rails all right for
a time. But after the engine has gone
a few feet-particularly if ii be verse
you are writing-the wheels revolve
on the slippery track land in your
head and il sometimes takes a heap
of sand TO get her a-going again.
You are approaching crossing now.
1t is time TO ring the bell. Ring
happy bells. across the snow" Your
Christmas story wouldn't be the real
thing if you didn't work that in. II
is now about time to stop and let your
hero or heroine, or both. get aboard.
And while the train waits pluck few
holly berries and mistletoe, for these
are indispensable.
Now you're off again. Is your hero
geing to be rich or poor? If poor. make
him barefoot and have him wonder
what he'll hang up in lieu of stockings
for the visit of old Kris kringle-be
sure TO call him by that quaint title
at least once. If he be rich. clothe
him in golf stockings. and it will puz-
zle the old saint how to fill them.
The train is slowing up again. 1t
is here that the consumptive mother
and the rich and surly uncle come
aboard Make the old man a Grad
grind. Buy q copy of Christmas car
OILS from the train boy, SO youth be
able to get the right atmosphere for
YOUR story. Also open the window
and let in a Whit of frosty air.
You'd better stop pretty soon for
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-08
DOCTOR SAID "UsE cuTIcuRAn
In Bad Case of Eczema on Child
Disease Had Reached a Fearful
State-His Order Resulted
in Complete Cure.

when I was small I was troubled
with eczema for about three months.
It was all over my face and covered
nearly all of my head. 1t reached
such state that it was just a large
scab all over, and the pain and itching
were terrible. l doctored with an able
physician for some time and was then
advised by him to use the Cuticura
Remedies which l did and I was en-
tirely cured. l have not been bothered
with it since. l used Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment but do not
know exactly how much was used to
complete the cure. 1 can safely say
that Cuticura did lot for me- Miss
Anabel Wilson, North Branch. Mich,
Oct. 20. 1907"
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-08

Usually it is age rather than wisdom
that establishes a man as the oracle
of rural neighborhood But some
times it is a sort of quaintness, a
readiness and an aptness in the ex-
preston of opinion, and often 1t re-
Quires more judgment than is likely
to be found in most communities to
detect the difference between facility
OF speech and that intellectual virtue
which the ancients regarded as sa-
pience. One night at a social gather
Ing to celebrate the golden wedding
OF a justice Of the peace old man
Brizintine had for more than half an
hour held forth on the beauties of I'M
compromising truth when Lin Juck-
lin remarked:
Yes, there are very few things
more beautiful than the truth-some-
times. But l don't know anything
that has given the vicious better op-
portunity to vent their spleen than
truth at all hazards. The man that
don't know when TO tell the truth or
to sidestep a trifle from il hasn't
enough Judgment to be trusted with
a dangerous article"
do YOU mean to say" said Brizin-
tine, that truth is a dangerous ar
ticle?"
Yes, sir, sometimes as dangerous
as gunpowder in the hands of ali
idiot. That is, when truth is re-
stricted TO its narrowest sense, and
that is the way that some men insist
upon using il. Mack-somebody-
came across him somewhere-wanted
to know if there was such a thing
as adminiSterin' TO a mind diseased
There is. and it is the withholdin
from that mind the true state of its
own condition. A good deal of the
sickness of this world is in the mind
only. This don't make ii any the less
real, for the mind is as real as the
body and good deal more so. We
see that a mans mind is diseased. He
asks our opinion. and if We tell him
the truth il confirms his own belief
and makes him worse, and maybe a
few doses of our truth will finish
him. No matter how big liar a fell
Ter may be. We believe him when
he tells us We amt lookin' we'll"
II don't exactly follow you" replied
Brizin:ine, but wouldn't you rather
know the truth on all occasions?"
We'll, not perhaps until afterward
7 recollect that one time l went on
three notes for a man. When the first
one fell due the Teller that held all
three came TO ME and said that the
man I had accommodated had signed
over property enough to meet the
other two. but that | would have to
pay the first one. 1t didn't amount
to enough to warrant me in sellin my
farm, so | went to work with extra
force and made the money and paid
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-08

il. Well, about six months afterward
here came the Teller again and said
a mistake had been made and that
it was the third note that was to be
taken care of and that Id have to
pay the second one. This shocked me
a good deal, but he declared by all
that was good and bad that the third
strained again, doubled the forces OF
my energy ard soon met the other
note without sellin' my farm. Then
/ knew l was all right; but, sir, in
due time here came the holder of the
notes and said that he was sorry to
have made such a mistake but that
the property set aside was worthless
and that Id have to pay the third
note This hit me between the eyes,
but / strained again and paid the
note"
But I don't see where the virtue
of all that lynn come in said Brizin-
tine
Well, l do. If it had been made
known to me at first that / had to
pay the three notes l would have let
my farm go at forced sale and
would have been worse than home
less; but as it was. believin' that l
could meet the small amount, l went
to work with a vim and when l got
through l found that the surplus of
my extra eXertiOn had put me beyond
where l had ever been before. The
holder of the notes was a wise man.
He knew that the Teller l had signed
for had left the neighborhood, dis
honest and broke; and he knew, also,
that the full knowledge of it, told to
me right off, would crush me- In a
way he was a liar, but both him and
me benefited by it. There is such a
thing as bein' professional truth
teller just as there is professional
honesty. / recollect once there was a
toll gate over here on the pike, and it
was kept by an old man named
Bowles. He and his son worked out
in the field while his wife took care
of the gate. On one occasion she went
away to look after some young chick
ems and left the gate open. Along
came a man on boss. He he'll
loed and no one came out Then,
lookin' across the field, he saw the
old teller and his son at work hoein'
corn; so he got down off his boss and
trudged across the clods of the field
and came up to where Bowles was
sweatin' under the br'ilin' sun.
There want anybody down at the
house to let me through the gate,
said he.
THAT so?' the old man inquired,
lookin' at him sharp.
Yes, SO l have brought you the
five cents
"'Oh, you have he said, takin' the
five cents and lookin' at it as If it
The Columbus journal., 1908-07-08
SMALL THING HE FORGOT.
May Have Accounted for His Proposal
Being Turned Down.

Senator Beverage described. at .
dinner, an absent-minded farmer.
THE man was 30 absent-minded."
he said, that he couldn't open his
mouth without. making an arrant ass
of himself.
"Once he courted q young woman.
His suit looked promising for a time.
Then. with q sorrowful visage, he
ceased his courtship.
Yet she seemed infatuated with
you. Jabez,' said l. one day when he
came to me for sympathy.
"'She were, too Jabez agreed.
"'Well, what could have been the
trouble? ...
Dunno said he. He filed his
pipe. Dunno; but when I perposed,
she turned me down cold
Perhaps your proposal wasn't ard
ent enough? l suggested.
"'Oh, it was fiery said Jabez. Hot
as pepper. l told her she was the
only woman I'd ever loved, ever
looked at, ever thought of. or
But, said l, you forgot, then, you
were a widower.'
"'Jingo,' said Jabez. 30 I did,"