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Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-31
ElIes RankruntcY Petitlon

A petition in bankruptcy filed in, the
federal court yesterday by C. D. Oldepshaw,
merchant at Bakersfield. The liabilities are
named as s4654.65 and the assets are placed
at se5. The unsecured claims amount to
s4B5465.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-31
CRY NEWS in BRIEF

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Thursday December 81, 1908
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-31
shirtwalst Club

Sixteen members of the Shirtwaist
club were guests at a luncheon given
by Mrs. Harry L. Hough yesterday at
her home, 1887 West Thirty-f fifth
street. The Christmas colors prevailed
in the table decorations, and a tree,
brightly gay in tinsel and trimmings,
stood in the parlor. Whist was played
and pieces of china were the prizes.
Those present were Mrs. Charles
Grossbeclz, Mrs. George Culver, Mrs.
Andrew Wilson, Mrs. A. R. Kelly. Mrs.
A. Russell Kilgore, Mrs. Ben Hunter,
Mrs. J. w. Burns, Mrs. Edith Chap
man, Misses Grace Carr, Henrietta
Mossbacker, Fannie Barber, Jean Cox,
Helen King, Edna Blacknore and
Elizabeth Paul.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-31
Aued Man Beaten and ROBBED

While walking near Seventh and Hill
streets late Tuesday night George Sweeney,
an aged man, who recently arrived in Los
Angeles. was knocked down and robbed OF
s.. He told his story to the police yester-
t5av and said his assailant is a negro
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-31

7 Q Give RECEPTION and BaII
reception and ball will be given this
evening at the Fraternal Brotherhood build
ing. s45 South Figueroa street.
Beta Theta Pi Annual Dinner
Active and alumni members OF Beta Theta
ri college fraternity will hold their annua
dinner at Levy's at o'clock Saturday even
ing. Steps Will be taken to form an alumni
chapter including all Betas in Southern Cali
fOrnia.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-31
Entertain at Cards


DIR. and Mrs Edgar D. Chandler, 1912
Cordova street, gave five hundred
party last evening, having as their
guests Mr.. and Mrs. F. d. Griffith, Mr..
and Mrs. L. f. Doolittle Mr.. and Mrs
C. ]. Goodenow, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Prosser, Mr.. and Mrs. +. w. Wood, Mr.
and Mrs. II. w. Brundige, Mr. and Mrs
James Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. j. G.
Hanst and Mrs. Alva Crippen.
A kitchen shower was given Mrs
Charles Edward Locke Tuesday after
noon by the women of the First Metho-
dist church. The affair was a sur
prise and took place in the parlors OF
the Fremont hotel, where Rev. and Mrs
Locke are staying until their new home
is ready.
A reception will be given next Sun
day afternoon by Mr.. and Mrs. Kas-
pare Coin, 1901 South Grand avenue
Cohn, and Milton e. Getz of San Fran
cisco, whose engagement was recently
announced
A very happy affair was the enter
tainment given yesterday afternoon by
the Cosmos club at the Ebell club
house for the children of the members
Monsieur, q bright nttle lWO-dcl
comedy, played by group of boys ano
girls, furnished the program, after
which candy and toys were distributed
among the children, refreshment:
served and a kindergarten frolic en-
joyed The play was given under the
direction of Miss Nanon WEIGH, who
had the entire responsibility of the lit.
tie production, herself taking the par
of Polly Fillmore. The others in thu
cast were Eulala Terrell, Jean Bridg'
ham, Maurice Fuller, Ralph Crisswel
and Karl NORM.
The program committee was com.
posed of MINES. r. e. Williams, c. A
Parmelee, S. L. Grover, H. c. Cover
w. H. Fisher, Charles L. Lewis, A. p
Chaplin, McF Page and L. u. Mcclure
January 10 the club will resume
meetings. when Mrs Florence Collins
Porter will speak on current events.
Mrs. Sedgewick Brinsmaid of De-
Moines. Iowa, who has been visiting
her father p. A. LXnd Of 66S Rampar
street. for the past six weeks lef
Tuesday for her eastern home. Christ
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-31

Funeral services for Moses B. Thompson,
for twenty-three years resident at 1889
East Fourth street. will be held this after
noon at 3 o'clock at that address. The
burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. Mr..
Thompson is survived by his wife and one
SON.
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CHAPTER v.

Then Abbie Rice consented. To-
gether they went to pawnshop anu
purchased a pistol. They had planned
first to do the deed in the office of the
DOCTOR but he was afraid that she
would not be able to get away, so they
went to the apartment where he had
installed her. He loaded the pistol,
cooked it, but in his eagerness drew
the hammer so far back that he broke
the spring. There was no other way
of dying at hand. The killing had to
be postponed.
For a week after that first attempt
at suicide Dr. Rustin and Abbie Rice
lived a life of widest dissipation
They had gone to Council Bluffs and
there had the pistol fixed, but the
woman hoped that he had abandoned
his plan of death. But at the end of
the week he was back at his old plan
She had given her consent, so there
was no drawing back. Together, late
at night, they went to his office. He
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Producing Corporation.

The farmers, as a class, form the
greatest producing corporation in the
country.
What other corporation, one-horse
or STANDARD Oil, would calmly submit
to such conditions?
Is il any wonder, then, that wealth
IS accumulated in few hands; that
we fird trouble developing our waste
places; that The farmer as a class is
The poorest of our population, when
he should be the richest?
Is it with firm realization of these
conditions, and determination to re-
move them that the Farmers Union
was founded? 1t appealed with vigOr
and persistence to the masses of the
country's wealth-producer, dealing
with facts | have roughly outlined to
you.
The result has been that today,
scarcely five years from our organize
ton, we have membership approach
ing 100000 of the people upon whose
efforts the prosperity of this country
depends.
The farmer /; the one man who
brings his product into the market and
asks meekly, What will you give
ne?" And then takes what is given
him. Up to few years ago there
was not even the semblance of a
trade about it. The buys: simply die
tated what he was willing to give
and the producer humbly accepted.
The cotton farmer no longer goes
meekly to market and takes what is
given him. He says: MY cotton is
worth so much to me and to you. |
demand this or that price for it. 1t
is my property, and | have a right
to put a price on it."-From President
Barretts Address.
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The Forbidden Guest.

Will kill me if | will give him drugs
with which he can kill himself Come
down to the Office to meet him."
Abbie Rice accompanied the doctor
to his office. A shaky, nervous wreck
Of a man was there waiting them. 1t
was evident that he was on the verge
of lunacy from shattered nerves. He
could scarcely speak coherenlly. And
there between these three the
strangest suicide pact in the history
of American crime was arranged.
Davis was to do the killing, and for
this service the doctor was to give
him a bottle of chloride of gold and a
bottle of morphine tablets. After
shooting the doctor he was to take the
morphine, and then next day when she
heard the others attempt had been
successful Abbie Rice was to kill her
self.
Ten minutes after the time that DR..
Rustin had left Abbie Rice at the cor
ner Mrs. Rustin in her own room was
awakened by a shot She hurried
downstairs to find her husband lying
on the psch. He had been shot
through the stomach.
"A man shot me-" he said, and that
was all the information they got.
In half an hour he was dead
The next morning when it was
learned that DR.. Rustin had been
killed there was tremendous excite.
ment in Omaha
And following the first excitement
came the news that one of Dr. Rus
tins patients, Charles Edward Davis,
brother of one Of the leading bankers
in the city, had attempted suicide.
The police arrested the woman with
whom it was known Rustin had been
friendly, Abbie Rice. She had no
chance to carry out her part of the
agreement, for they caught her early
in the morning following the shooting.
For three days the police were in
the air. Then somebody remarked so
Abbie Rice could hear:
THE doctors wife gets her insur.
ance, anyhow"
And then the full story came out.
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tetanuS germs forced itself into his
mind. But his two attempts had
failed-and still there was the clause
in his insurance policy forbidding sui,
eide. He must die by the hand OF
some one else. Into the half-craZed
mind of the physician there slipped as
shrewd and diabolical an idea as any,
one had ever known.
DO you love me?" he asked Abbie
Rice.
You know | do" she responded.
Then if you love me, kill me-
calmly suggested the physician.
The woman shrank back in horror
Il will live for you, but l will not
kill YOU she told him.
IF you love me as you say, kill
yourself afterward. | will arrange
that, but you must not kill yourself
so as to make any scandal l want
to spare my wife as much of that as
possible"
The woman pleaded with him, but
he was obdurate. He was drinking
heavily and taking drugs, too, so he
was not responsible for what he did.
I'm going to kill myself" he de.
clared bluntly but I have to have
some one to do it. Now it is you or
some one else
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The Most interesting Discussion.

The most interesting and animated
discussion of the recent National
Farmers Union Convention was that
which followed the report of the COM
mittee on minimum price of cotton. Ali
were agreed as to the principles in
volveh and the price which ought to
prevail but as TO the best policy 10
pursue to bring about the desired re-
suit there were differences of opn-
ion. The question was discussed, how.
ever, III a fraternal spirit and no bit
terreSs was left as the result OF the
contest. II seems to be not ques-
tiCn yet Of getting what cotton is
worth, but of securing the best price
possible until the farmers become well
enough educated to know what it costs
to produce the staple. Hence, it is
to be hoped that the action Of the con-
yention will be acceped and Loyalty
adhered tc and that no one will crowd
The market, even should the price be
reached
There must be loyalty on the part
of the membership if the Farmers Tn.
ion is ever to succeed as it has the OPP
portunity to do Personal indepen-
dence and democracy are all right in
politics, but the business organization
or institution which succeeds has a
head which can originate policies and
direct their execution
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The Farmers Daugher.

The farmers daughter should be
the pride of the household, says the
Farm Star She is the future mother
of the men who are to continue the
great work of building up and main
tanning the dignity and prestige of the
greatest calling in the greatest couh
try in the world.
With This thought in view, the
daughter of the household should be
shielded from the toughest Of life's
experiences, she should have all The
pleasures and comforts that the tinan
cial condition of the family will per
mt, and should get as good an educa-
ton as the boys. She should have
her own pin money, earned from pouI-
try or her farm sources, and should
be taught 10 be independent and high
thinking, and above all, womanly and
modest. The health and happiness OF,
the daughter should be the first card
of the parents, with the health and'
conientment Of the boys only less
care because they are more robust and
Self-reliant.
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CHAPTER II.

1t was so subtle at first that his
friends did not know what to make of
it. They first noticed the difference
after he had lost a particularly trying
case. The doctor could not explain
He became depressed.
"Fred's losing his nerve" his friends
said, and in few weeks the secret
was out. Not only was the young doc
tor losing his nerve, but he had taken
to drink.
Rustfn saw his practice go; he saw
financial ruin staring him in the face.
Long the doctor thought, and then
he took a mysterious trip TO Chicago,
Professional business, he pleaded. But
on his return he showed to several in
innate friends two little Walls and he
told them in deepest confidence that
one vial contained the germs of ty-
phoid fever and the other germs Of
tetanus.
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once well, for while he tried to
work and get back his practice, but
the effort seemed to do little good. He
made money, but the good-fellow in
stlnct was too strongly developed. All
tpat he had went, and more. too, in the
gay life about town and with evil com.
Partnerships.
And just at this stage there came
into his life the other woman.
Inc wife to whom he owed allegi-
ance was forgotten. The new woman
held him in a wise. And then the
money went faster than ever and the
debts piled higher.
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Farmers Educational
AND
Cooperative
Of America
Does Ma Wish She Was Pa?

Does Ma Wish She Was Pa?
'rWish had a lot O. cash."
SEE pa, one winters night;
I'D go down south an stay a while
Where days are warm an bright. -
He set an watched the fire die
Seemed lost in thoughtful daZel,
Till ma brought in some fresh pine
knots
An made a cheerful blaze.
Il wish had a million shares
O. stock in Standard Oil
SEE pa: Il wouldn't do a thing"
Ma made the kettle boil.
An mixed hot biscuits, fried some
ham
An eggs (smclt good. YOU betD
Fetched cheese an doughnuts, made
the tea,
Then pa-set down an ct.
Il wish was a millionaire
Sez pc; I'D have a snap
Next, from the lounge, We heard q
SnOre:
Pa-at his eV'nin' nap.
Ma did The dishes. shook the cloth,
Brushed up, put things away,
An fed The clt, then started up
Her plans for bakin' day.
Che washed an put some beans to
soak,
An sct some bread to rise:
CnstrUng dried apples, soaked EN- too
All ready for her pies;
he brought more wood put out the
cat,
Then darned four pairs O socks:
Pa aWoke, an seq, ITS time for bed ;
Ma, have you wound both clOcks?"
Mary f. K Hutchins in NOman's
HOme Companion.
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on Rustin's life, and the Travellers
insurance Company of Hartford. and
me Employers Liability of London.
Each OF the latter companies have
$4,000 on Rustin's life.
IN each policy is a clause declaring
void the insurance in case the insured
uleo or lntoXicants or while under the
influence Of inioXicants.
Here is the story told in detail:
CHAPTER !.
"A mansion on the fashionable street
IN Omaha was ablaze with lights. The
street in front was crowded with car
rlages. Others were dashing up and
leaving. Handsomely dressed women
were being assisted up the steps. The
sound of the music and the CAV con-
VeFsation fioated out to the street.
Big doings.' said one cabby to an
other.
Bet your life" agreed his friend.
but I'm glad to see it. Doc Rustin S
fine fellow. He'll make a good hus
band for any girl That fellow is a
conner, all right. He is a good fellow
you bet
And so he was. Almost anybody in
Omaha asked casually that night
would have told the questioner that
DR.. Frederick r. Rustin, eX-Yale ath-
lete, good fellow and one of the rising
young surgeons in the west, was a
man of whom Omaha was proud. And
they We're glad to see him marry a
leading society girl. 1t insured him a
fine practice, and if he would only
stick to business in a few years he
would be rich.
A few years after that night Dr.
Rustin, established with his wife in a
little home of their own, had started
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02

my wife and children. You have
agreed to kill me. Now you must do
it."
Il cannot" she sobbed. Il would
only lose my nerve again
The doctor thought, All right, he
said Il will go out to the barn. You
come around the back way. | will
stand up and you will shoot me, and
they will think that l was killed by a
burglar"
sun protesting and half crying, he
put her out of the house and started
back himself for the barn. The woman
started around toward the back, but
when she reached the alleyWay man
ran out of it, and again she lost her
nerve. Jumping on car, she started
downtown.
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case" had told her tragic story-the
story of the triple death pact. He
looked gaunt and pale, and there were
hollows under his eyes.
A policeman's hand fell upon his
shoulder
you are arrested for murder in the
first degree" were the words that met
his ears
DR.. J. P. Lord had named him be
fore all the world as the man who was
seen staggering away from the Ruskin
home, half an hour after the fatal shot
was fired.
Make the bail as high as you wish.
We will meet it" said he.
He was admitted to bail and left the
court with staggering footsteps.
What will be the outcome Of the
strange triple murder pact? No man
can tell.
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in to justify the expectations of his
friends. Two children were born, and
by that time the young surgeon had
become known as one of the best men
in his profession throughout the entire
west. Only "a years old, happily mar
ried and rapidly becoming wealthy,
the young doctor apparently had every,
thing to live for.
And then, suddenly, his friends be-
gan to notice a slight change.
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praised and seemed to be his favorite
character in fiction.

praised and seemed to be his favorite
character in fiction.
In this way he trained my mind,
S and when he suggested to me that |
Kill him. the idea was not as horrible
as it would have been had my mind
not been prepared by the training
through which | had passed. In fact
the suggestion seemed to come as a
matter Of course and was not near SO
horrible as it undoubtedly seems to an
outsider that is, to one who hears 1t
tor the first time.
The doctor had determined to die.
he had tCld me that so often that |
mad begun to lock upon his death as a
matter Of course and the fact that he
could not commit suicide without his
family losing his life insurance was
also impressed upon me.
l guess I'll have to get some one
10 kill me- said DR.. Rustin one night
alter We had been talking about his
death.
That was all he said then. Some
Tine later he made the same state
Z aent-l guess I'll have to get some
one to kill me-
If you die, I'll die, too, said.
That seemed to please him, and
sun again he said to me, I guess I'll
aaye to get some one to kill me-
But at the last minute ! found that
! could not do it. The training had
a0t been complete. and | failed him."
Insurance Men in Case.
Inc insurance companies have
'aEen hand in the murder mystery,
ana three different companies filed Pc
auons in the district court asking
sla' Inc testimony of both Charles
Jaws and Mrs. Rice be perpetuated.
list OF questions which was attached
me petition is proposed to Davis
alla Mrs Rice. the questions covering
Hactically the same ground as that
sVsered at the inquest. The purpose
% 20 nave the testimony of these two
Illnesses in proper legal form to pre-
sent as evidence in case either should
'ease The jurisdiction of the Omaha
courts.
Inc insurance companies signing
ae petition are the Aetna Life Of
hartford, which had a $4,000 policy
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Omaha, Neb.-Most coolly and calm
r Mrs. Abbie b. Rice, the woman
IN the case in the Rustin murder mys-
tory said that Dr. Rustin had trained
her up to the point Of killing him, first
familiarizing her with hospital scenes
and then by working on the hero w0r-
shin and sympathy in her nature had
gradually worked toward the point
where she could fire the shot which
would kill him. Books of fiction in
which one man died for another, and
hooks in which great sacrifices were
made for friendships sake were read
by DR.. Rustin to Mrs. Rice and com.
mented upon by him until the woman
saw the killing Of Rustin by herself in
a kind of halo.
For weeks and weeks DR.. Rustin
trained me to murder him." said Mrs.
Rice. First, he trained me to the sight
of bloodshed He used to take me
around with him when he performed
operations. On these trips | dressed
as nurse in clothing he furnished me.
Gradually got used to seeing the op-
erations, and there was no more nau-
sea on my part. In time an operation
did not affect me in the least.
"NobIeKess and Self, Sacrifice"
after | became well advanced in
that portion of his plan, DR.. Rustin be-
gan talking to me about the nobIeness
Of self sacrifice. Books in which one
friend sacrificed his life for another
we're read to me by the doctor, and
their beauties pointed out to me. "A
Tale of Two Cities was one of his
favorites, and he read that to me
number of times. The character of
Sydney Carton was eulogized and
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showed her where he wanted her to
fire the bullet into him.
when | have fallen" he said, you
must slip away from the house. Get
on a car, go to the end of the line,
take out the empty cartridge from the
pistol and throw it away. Then put in
a fresh cartridge and shoot yourself"
Il cannot she sobbed. Il cannot.
| love you and | cannot kill you
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02
CHAPTER III.

Mrs. Rustin was heart-broken, but
she knew what to do. The idea that
the cause of her husbands troubles
might be himself never entered her
head. Day and night she nursed him,
and even when his brother physicians
gave up hope the wife held on.
HE shall not die" she told the doc
tors. Il will save him.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02
CHAPTER vi,

A wave of rage swept over Rustin.
He stepped forward, caught the Wo-
man and shook her.
You have got to do it. You said
YOU would, and you have got to do it,
he cried fiercely.
She tried to plead, to argue, but it
was no use.
II have got to die for the sake of
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CHAPTER ",

People had begun to say What a
pity it is about young Rustin.' His
actions were common gossip and his
reputation as a surgeon was black
ened. People did not want a man who
might come to them with shaking
hands and unsteady nerves. And
again the idea which had led him to
lnocu}ate himself with typhoid and