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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27
TENNESSEE

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 26.-John
Davis, prominent farmer, was found
dead in woods lot near his home, in
Dyer county, Tenn.
The body was buried at depth of
six inches, and the base of the skull
was crushed in as if struck with an AK.
Davis has been missing some days,
and when he left here he had $155 with
him. When found the money was miss
ing, and it is supposed he was killed
for the purpose of robbery.
No clew has been discovered as to
the perpetrator of the crime.
NASHVILLE-Th Tennessee rail-
road commission unanimously adopted
a resolution ordering all railroads in
the state to put on a 21a-cent fiat pas
senger rate on April l. next.
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KANSAS

FREDONIA, Kas, Jan. 25.-Guy Al
len, SO years old, cashier of the Wilson
County bank, died today. He served
one term as mayor in 1908
HIAWATHA-While party of Hia-
watha young people were returning
from a hunting trip in surrey part or
the harness broke and the horse ran
away and crashed into the high school
building. Miss Bijou Meisenheimer,
daughter of ]. B. Meisenheimer, di-
rector of the First National bank,
struck on her head against the stone
foundation of the school building. She
has not regained consciousness. Her
condition is serious, Blaine Robertson
had his collar bone broken.
ENWORTH-Charles Dumas, a
convict in the military prison, was killed
by the dirt caving in on him While dig
ging in a cut at Fort Leavenworth. He
was serving term for desertion.
ATCHISON-John Russell, 20 years
old, molder at John Seaton's foundry,
whose home was in Syracuse, N. Y,
committed suicide by jumping from the
bridge into the Missouri river. A love
affair with Erma Bailey daughter OF
the woman with whom he boarded, is
supposed to be the cause. Russell ana
William Combs were returning from
East Atchison, where they had been
drinking, when Russell gave Combs ms
hat, shook hands and jumped over the
railing. The body has, not been re-
covered.
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MAN NEAR DEATH IN WELL
JOKES WITH HIMSELF

! WILLISTON. N. D., Jan. 26- +
: Woodford Ray had a remarkable X
: escape from death in a we'll on his x
: farm, when his pet dog fell into Z
= the well and he went to the res 4
\ cue. He let himself down in the =
: well by the rope fastened to the \
= windlass and caught the little dog, !
: but could not climb out. There !
= was no place to stand and finally \
: he made a loop in the rope in !
\ which he put his foot, ana this :
= helped to relieve the strain. =
i For sixteen hours Ray remained \
+ in the we'll. He sang songs, told =
4 stories to himself and laughted to =
\ keep his strength and courage. \
+ Finally, just as he thought he :
! must give up, he saw a man look :
!. ing into the well. 1t was A. p. =
4 Solberg, neighbor. He quickly !
X pulled Ray out of the well. =
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MASSACHUSETTS

BROCKTON, Mass, jan 25.--In an
endeavor to stop a runaway on Otis
street John Garvey, So, of As Court
street received injuries from which he
died at the relief hospital. The runa-
way horse was attached to a milk
wagon belonging to Horace Willis of
North Easton. Garvey saw people in
the animals path and dashed for the
horses head. lie misoaleulated the dis
lance, and spectators were Mortified
TO see the point of the shaft enter his
body. the thill punetured a lung,
which filled with blood. He leaves a
daughter
WORCEsTEE-On December 10 a
child was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Verne
Critcheyl, / Chelsea street. The child
was healthy and TO all appearances a
perfect baby. Up to today the child
lad not opened it's eyes and the nurse
raised the lids and found the sockets
empty. Specialists have been called
and they agree that nothing can be
done.
The indications are that the eyeballs
had started to form, but for some rea-
son had failed to develop. The physi-
clans say that while cases of this ma
ture are no. unknown to science they
are of extreme rarity.
FALL RIVER-Frank II. Boothby of
this city AMI Miss Margaret NJ, Ken
needy, a daughter of Patrick Kennedy
of Somerset, were married in that town
in the Church or st. Patrick The Rev.
David r. Sheedy OBLIGATED. The bride
was attended by Miss Minnie owens of
Woonsocket, and John Kennedy, the
brides brother, was best man.
BROCKTON--The first clash between
fine striking coal transfers and strike
breakers took place when one of the
latter, employed by G. N. Holmes q
Co, attempted to deliver a load of coal
at an apartment house.
The shouts and jeers of a crowd UNI
nerved hin and he turned his slips over
TO son OF the proprietor, who was
driving another team, and left the
scene,
WORCESTER-Char II. Howe OF
Golden. one of the best known sports
men in Worcester county, died after
long illness from cancer, aged 81 years.
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81-YEAR-0LD FATHER
CELEBRATES WITH CIGARS

!. MERIDEN, Conn, Jan. &c. !
\ Francis A. Wilcox, 81 years old, :
! leading citizen of Berlin, yester- :
: day became the father of an IL !
!. pound boy. :
:. Mr.. Wilcox has been married :
! twice. He lived with his first wife !
!. fifty-six years, when she died. 7
: This marriage was childless. Two !
! years ago Mr.. Wilcox was welded Z
! to Miss Frances Gree of New =
!. Britain, the daughter of a school :
! mate of his first wife. Mr.. Wilcox :
!. distributed cigars and candy Z
!. throughout TIE village today and :
!. the younger men doffed their hats :
4. to him. :
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In a Lifetime

When Ethe1's, little teeth burst forth
In cumming. baby rows,
They looked, 50 ma and pa declared,
Like lines Of pearfy
100000
She grew to be beauteous maid,
And young men would enthuse
About her wond' rous matchless teeth
An even line OF
UUUUUU
At sixty things were somewhat changed
She Oft times tried to please
BY smiling cheerily, but then
Her mouth seemed full Of
v Wv ".
At length, there came a moment when
She sailed forth and bought
some artince to take the place
OF what was plainly
o. Puck
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KENTUCKY

BARBOURVILLE, KY Jan. 25.-It
was learned here that Jack, the ~
year-old son of Scott Jackson, shol
himself at Richmond.
LEXINGToN-Six hundred thousand
pounds of white hurley tobacco Is
on the floor of the loose leaf ware
houses here. This breaks all records,
The warehouses here are strongly
guarded nightly against surprise by
night riders, by special officers and
squad of soldiers with gatling gun.
Several surrounding towns are also
being guarded nightly.
MARYSVILLE-Tho Msson's
residence, several miles east of here,
was burned with all its contents. Ma
son had been out all night delivering
q load of tobacco, and when he re-
turned his wife was getting break
fast. He retired, and in few mo-
ments the house was on fire. He bare
" got out, grabbing his trousers, wnicn
contained the money he got for ms
tobacco. He was badly burned about
the head.
PADUCAH-Night riders took ex-
ception to the public declarations or
County Judge r. T. Lightfoot that he
had sworn in deputies and would make
it not for invaders. He received d let
ter signed Might Riders" warning him
that his mouth is too big" and they
will "get him" unless he was more dis
erect,
HOPKINSVILLE- Hanratty
of Clarksville shot and seriously
wounded T. W. Wootep in the latter's
saloon here A deal was on between
the two for the sale of the saloon to
Hanratty, and in discussing the details
they disagreed and hot words passed.
Three or four bullets struck Wooten
in the body and his condition is Sc
rious. Hanratty is in jail.
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-With her as
sessment on personal property and real
estate standing at $7,25S,000, Mrs. Rus
sell Sage, according to the tax books,
which were opened today, proves to be
the biggest individual taxpayers in this
city.
The Vanderbilt family's personal as
sessment is $3,S10,O0o.
WHITE PLAINS-Benneth Hay, who
claims to be a distant relative of the
late Secretary of State John Hay. is
sued by s. III. Butler for 100000 on
the charge of alienation of his wife's
affections. Mr.. Butler charges that Mrs.
Butler has left him and refuses to
return. Hay is married and has son.
FRANKLINVILLE- Il. D..
Scott and Bookkeeper r. w. Van
Hosen of the Peoples National bank
of this place, was arrested on -four
charges in connection with the banks
failure. They were held in $4,000 bal
each.
GLENS FALLS-Dennis Mccarthy,
a we'll known lumbermaa and shirt
manufacturer of Glens. Falls, won his
damage suit brought against Spencer
Trask of New York and Saratoga, and
obtained a Judgment of $4,000 for per-
sonal injuries. He was run over by
Mr.. Trask's automobile last summer
near Lake Gearge and badly hurt, The
trial. before Judge Van Kirk at Sandy
Hook, coupled three days.
WHITE PLAINS-Sheriff Charles
M. Lane of Westchester county has
seized the entire plant of the Thomas
Mentally company, Pennsylvania con-
tractors, who are at work near Peek
skill on a section of the New York city
watershed, in connection with the Ash
okan dam. The seizure was made on
writs of attachment in favor of the
Blaine Coal company for $4,000. and
Charles B. Acheson of Peekskill for
$5765.
The sheriff has arranged to allow the
contractors to operate the plant under
guard of deputy sheriff.
If a girl can't get even with a man
any other way for not asking her to
marry him she will jilt him in her i'm
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TEXAS

AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 26.-Corporations
subject to the gross receipts tax are
now renting their reports and taxes
to the comptroller for the quarter end
ing March 81 based upon the quarter
ending December 81. Among these re-
ports received are the following: Beau
mont Telephone company of Beaumont,
s12110; Austin City Telephone com
pany of Austin, $106.S5; San Antonio
Traction company of San Antonio,
S1198.74; San Antonio Gas and Electric
company of San Antonio, $730.5O.
CAMERON-Frank Mulk, a German
living three miles north of Cameron,
usually kept a pistol under his pillow
for the protection of himself and fami-
| ly. His Swear old son got the pistol
and was playing with 1t when it was
discharged, killing the boy instantly.
LAREDO-An old Mexican woman
who has been a street beggar for years
was found burned to a crisp in the
ashes of the house in which she was
living.
CENTER-R. w. Caraway has filed
suit in the district court here for $4,000
against the insurance companies which
had insured his business at Joaquin,
WHICH WAS IGCStltly uSSlIuy6u ny lliS
The companies have refused to make
any kind of adjustment with Mr.. Cara
way. Davis & Davis of Center repre-
sent the plaintiff.
HILLSBORO-While Fred Hafner,
son of V. Hafner, and Lester Lefevre
two boys respectively about 13 and IL
years, were playing together on the
creek bordering the town on the north
side, a 22-caliber target gun in the
hands of young Lefevre was discharged,
the ball striking his companion in the
abdomen and the ball penetrating the
region of his bowels. The wounded boy
was conveyed home and at the last ac-
counts was reported to be resting at
ease, but the attending physician could
not as yet determine as to the serious
ness of the wound.
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NEW JERSEY

MT. HOLLY, n. j., Jan. 2e.-Frank
Myers, charged with assault and at
tempt to rob DIR. f. Allen Gauntt of
Burlington, was held for the action of
the grand jury. Justice Charles ?.
Smith gave the prisoner a hearing IN
the county jail. The physician was one
of the witnesses.
MILLVILLE,-A large relief fund has
been raised for the widow of Joseph
Sheppard, the paperhanger. who COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
while Respondent because of his large
family of seven children. Many secret
organizations are now raising funds.
3 GLOUCESTER CITY.-John Quinn,
an aged resident of this city, died after
a brief illness from pneumonia at his
home on Sussex street. He was 20
years old. Mrs. Annie Blake, n years
of age, died after a long illness at her
home on Hunter street.
wooDBURY.-The oficial board of
the Baptist church accepted the resig-
nation of Rev. George S. Wendell, the
pastor, who has received and accepted
a call to Bethlehem Baptist church at
Chester.
Observation-Disclosures to some
mistake in the specifications Of the
new bank vault, the new safe will not
fit and the opening of the bank will be
delayed for some time.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the fac
tories at the glass works has closed
for an indefinite period, throwing a
number of men and boys out Of work.
Jefferson Lore. one Of
Bridgeton's Oldest citizens, died at his
home on Lawrence street, aged SO
years.
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MISSOURI


MARSHALL Mo-, Jan. 26.-Fire
damaged two buildings of the Missouri
colony for the feeble minded and cpl
leptio to the amount of $4,000 and i'm
periled 125 patients. There Is no fir ,
apparatus at the institution and the
tlan4es were conquered by bucket bril-
gade and confined to the upper floors of
two buildings. Several patients tried
to flee from the grounds, but were de-
tanned. Fire In the same institution a
year ago caused loss of $4,000. The
cause of the fire today was defective
electric wiring, 1t is said.
JEFFERSON CITT-Joe Magru, who
recently came here from st. Louis, is in
Jail, charged with the theft of a gold
watch from Mrs. Lee Trueblood. The
watch was recovered from a negro, to
whom Margu had sold it, while the
money paid to Margu was recovered
from him.
Mrs. Lamance, a temperance lecturer,
will deliver an address in the Methodist
church parlor In the interest of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
work.
The choir of st. Peters Catholic
church has been reorganized. A friend
who withheld his name sent it $40 for
the purchase of music.
ST. LOUIS-John H. Clements, aged
81 years, who fifteen years ago was a
local millionaire, but who for the past
ten years had been marriage license
clerls of st. Louis at 800 month. was
found dead In bed. He had been in i'll
health for several months. Clements
came of wealthy Virginia family.
Thirty years ago he founded a depart
ment store here that made him one of
the wealthiest citizens when he retired.
He lost his fortune later, but never was
known to complain and to the end he
was as cheerful working as clerk as
he was during the days of prosperity.
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DELAWARE


GEORGETOWN, Del, Jan. 26.-While
making buckwheat cakes Mrs. Rhoda
Willin found she was unable to take
one of the cakes from the griddle. A
son who went to her found her entire
right side had been suddenly paralyzed.
As she is over 20 years of age, small
hopes are given for her recovery.
WILMINGTON-Man firemen from
this city, Reading, Pa, and other places
attended the funeral of James j. Pat
terson, thirty-five years driver for the
Phoenix company, who was stricken
while attending the funeral of friend
in st. Patrick's church the other day.
The funeral services were held in the
same church.
MILFORD-"Look out Percy, I am
going to shoot" said Robert Pretty
man to his chum, Percy Deputy, as he
pulled the trigger of supposedly
bullet lodging in Deputy's leg. A ply
sician extracted the ball and the young
man will recover.
FREDERICKA-J. S. Russell has
presented canes to Rev. Il. H. Dashiel
of this town and Rev. b. F. Warren of
New York, made from wood taken from
Barret's chapel, which is over 122 years
old. Onieta tribe, I. o. R. NJ, also is
the recipient of tomahawk from the
same wood.
SEAFORD-Aceused of selling liquor
illegally, Charles Elliott, colored, living
in a grove at the edge of this town,
shot and perhaps fatally wounded
Isaac Gordy, also colored The bullets
took effect in his head and spine.
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MINNESOTA

ST. PAUL, Jan 25.-Smallpox is ep-
idemie in Minneapolis. In st. Paul the
regular pest house is said to be full,
and the health department is caring
for cases wherever found. State Health
Inspector Sinks has just returned from
Monterey and Triumph, Martin county,
where he found 116 cases.
According to the inspector no atten-
tion was being paid to the disease by
the local health boards. Many of those
i'll with the disease were found attend
ing to their regular duties, and no
quarantine regulations were observed.
The town butcher of Monterey, with
his face and body showing every in
dication of smallpox in an advanced
stage, was making deliveries as usual,
and the town liveryman, similarly af-
fected, was daily hauling passengers
from the station to the hotel.
MINNEAPOLIS-Mi Emily Steger
took out a license to wed Charles
Eakin, and Minneapolis first real leap
year. wedding ceremony is to be per-
formed in the county jail. Ealin, the
groom, is serving a five months term
for larceny. The wedding is the re-
suit of a friendship which has been
close since childhood and which de-
veloped into love only after Eakin had
been convicted. Unwilling to ask the
woman OF his choice to marry pris-
oner, Eakin was silent. 1t was here
that leap year entered the romance
Miss Steger visited Eakin in the Jail
and when he had consented to the mar
riage she arranged the details.
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NEBRASKA

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Jan. 26.-
Judge H. d. Travis and son have re-
turned from the Bryan banquet in Lin
coin.
BEATRICE-The chairman of the
board of county commissioners, A.
Blanchi, is quarantined at his home, his
son being down with smallpox, which
is very prevalent in the west end Of the
county.
BEATRICE-The Farmers Elevator
company has been paying 90 cents for
corn. the other elevator sprung the
price to 81 cents.
STORMSBURG.--The Mission church
has decided to give the panic" fare
we'll reception by selling the old parson-
age at public auction, having 1t moved
off the ground Il now occupies and
erecting a new modern residence for
their pastor this spring.
.AUBURN-The Missouri Pacific road
at this place is cutting down its forces.
The freight business is light and the
yard forces of mechanics. roundhouse
men, ETC.. is bling reduced. The work.
ing hours have been cut from ten to
eight hours, with a corresponding de-
crease in wages.
FREMONT-The annual report of
Steward Sexton OF the county poor
farm shows that that institution is not
only self-supporting, but that after a
sale of surplus hogs and stock on hand
there will remain profit of over $400.
The county board inspected the place
and found everything in good shape.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE

MILFORD, N. H., Jan. 26.-While
eating an oyster stew David H. Broome
discovered a pearl, which local jew
eler declares is worth at least $4,000.
The jeweler says the pearl may have
been injured by cooking, but he thinks
it is perfect. In order to determine its
worth he will take it to Boston to have
it tested.
Mr.. Broome is 20 years old He says
he will sell the gem If it proves to be
as valuable as he expects.
MANCHESTER NJ Haines,
piano salesman from New York, was
arrested charged with having passed
two worthless checks for SIS each,
drawn on the Old Colony Trust COM
pany and the Colony Trust company,
Boston, on Thomas Lord, proprietor of
the New Manchester house.
PORTSMOUTH, police arrested
C. H. johnson of this city. charged
with stealing about a ton of lead from
the Publishers Paper company and ship
ping it to Boston.
The lead was found by Inspector
McCauley of Boston, who was watch
ing Portsmouth freights for stolen
navy yard metal Johnson was held
for further hearing until Thursday.
MILFORD.-At the annual meeting
of the Souhegan National bank the fol-
lowing officers We're elected:
President, Ex-Governor John McLane;
vice president, H. H. Barber; directors,
James e. Webster, Frank Hartshorn,
General Frank e. Haley; treasurer,
Frederick Sawyer.
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MAINE

ISLESBORO, Me-, Jan. 26.-Captain
Elisha w. Pendleton died at the age
of SO from blood poisoning. He had
recently retired from a successful
career as shipmaster in the foreign and
coastwise trade.
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If girl can't get even with a man
any other way for not asking her to
marry him she will iilt him in her i'm
agination.-New York Press.
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PORTLAND-Most of the banks in
Maine held their annual meetings. There
were very few changes in the seven
banks and two trust companies. in this
city which held elections. Edward w.
Cox was elected vice president OF the
Portland National bank in place of
William w. Mason, who had been adj
vanced to the presidency.
Ice and lumber men in this part of
the state are becoming alarmed over
the unreasonable weather which has
prevented the rivers and ponds from
freezing and has kept the lumbermen
from commencing their usual cut OF
timber in the woods.
Sebago lake, where about all the ice
used in this section OF the state is cut.
is still open, a condition which has not
been duplicated in thirty year.. Uus-
ally at this time of year the icemen
have started harvesting and have by
this date housed large part of their
product.
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BIDDEFORD-George H. Richards.
1S-year-old son of George w. Rich
ards of Union, N H., told the police
here he was kidnapped near his home,
taken to Somersworth. N. H., and
brought from there to Saco. His pa
police are trying to communicate with
his father.
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BEATRICE-The Farmers Elevator
company has been paying 90 cents fol
corn. the other elevator sprung the
price to 81 cents.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the fac
tories at the glass works has closed
for an indefinite period, throwing
number of men and boys out Of work.
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PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Jan. 26.-
Judge H. d. Travis and son have re-
turned from the Bryan banquet in Lin
coin.
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FREEPORT, ILL.,, Jan. 25.-Daniel C.
Slower, millionaire manufacturer of
stoves, windmills and farm machinery,
is dead He was So years old.
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BRIDGETON.-Jeffer Lore. one Of
Bridgeton's Oldest citizens, died at his
home on Lawrence street, aged SO
years.
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LAREDO-An old Mexican woman
who has been a street beggar for years
was found burned to a crisp in the
ashes of the house in which she was
living.