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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
..PEAsANT REPARTEE,

Under the heading. Peasant Repair
tee" the Frankfurter Wochenblatt
tells OF a farmer who. on his way to
the fields, was attacked by savage
dog. The man saw the dog coming
toward him, growing and showing all
signs of anger. AS the animal sprang
upon him he used the pitchfork which
he was carrying with such good effect
that the dog was killed. The owner of
the animal sued the farmer for dam
ages. and when the evidence had all
been taken the judge said to the de-
fendant: Would 1T not have been
just as well TO have used the other
end OF the fork first? I might have
done So answered the peasant, If the
beast had rushed toward me with its
other end first No damages were
awarded. and the people at the trial
thought that the quick answer had
something TO do with the decision"
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
OLD BOOK SELLER
TELLS OF MACAULAY
English Historian Was Demo-
cratic in Demeanor and Eager
to Secure New Publications

An old and notable book seller" who
had shop in Featherstone buildings
off Holburn, tells in recent issue of
the Pail Mall magazine of visits paid
to him by Macaulay:
i was unpacking some cases of books
one morning that / had bought. at Bey-
erly, and, because there was no bet
ter place available, l was unpacking
them in the roadway. Up came grave
and pleasant gentleman, very we'll set
up and neatly dressed, who stopped
and looked on as If he were fully at
home in that kind of neighborhood and
also with the kind of Job I was en-
gagged on. 1t was a long time after
ward that | heard he was Lord
Macaulay. and the customer who told
me became Lord Justice Fry May ]
look at these books? the stranger
asked. l said certainly and went
and got chair for him, but | was in
so small a way then that l had to
borrow 1t. He sat down and went
through the lot. quickly but thorough
ly. and made a big selection of his
torical tracts of the period just after
the civil war. He asked what he was
to pay and ! said shilling apiece. He
seemed astonished, and l was prepared
to hear him grumble, when he said
i am very pleased to have come across
able in your terms He came again
and again. and each time took several
pounds worth as%ay with him, carry
ing them himself
Macaulay, we are further told was
always eager to learn when the book
seller had new consignments coming
and once when Informed of a fresh lot
of civil war tracts relating to the
time of William and Mary. he showed
some mild impatience at learning II
was too late to unpack them that day
He begged me to go through them
soon, and | said | would sit up that
night and sort them out by the morn
ing. He asked what time / opened
shop and | said o'clock. He was
there on the step next morning to the
minute and commenced on his task
one pile after another. I soon found
he had had no breakfast, but all ]
could persuade him to take was a cur
of coffee. After a couple of hours
hard sorting he chose two or three
hundred pieces, paid for them and en-
gagged for me to deliver them at the
Albany that night. 1 took them N.Y.
self and l should say the year was
1855 or Sc. l remember his repeating
his pleasure the last time l saw him
that l had dealt with him so fairly
You have saved me considerable
amount of money he said; for what
you charge me a shilling for, l have
been in the habit of paying other
people ten. which, adds the book
seller, Il thought was very fair of him
considering how slow buyers are as q
rule to see any side to a bargain but
their own."-London Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
Victory Extends All Sections OF State

roorns into a third, and opened another
door Rnt 4, told Welker / had hao
enough and we dropped the trunk ."
the third room and left
St,ro-fS said that the trunks wnlcn
he took TO the farm were old' heaVS
and stfongiy corded . .,,.r,,.
: Mrs Guinness told me to carry them
into the cellarway on the east 9't1 tSa-,
the house. / started TO uncora tnon.
for her. but she told me TO leave tnen,
alone and mind my own business 50
If these trunks contained dismem-
hered eorpses disposal of the bodles at
the farm would have been eonipaiS
lively simple. Joseph Maxons man =.
all work at the place since Feorua.g
last: Ray Lamphere. the prisoner IN 1nS
case. and Fred Brickman, neighDor.
have told of digging trenches n 'n'
barnyard at Mrs. Guinness dlrectlon-
She was "a woman OF great physlcal
strength and those who knew her as
sert that to drag $50 pounds across
dooryard would have been conPaLa
lively easy for her. One drayman VINO
delivered furniture to. the house wnen
Mrs. Guinness first moved there IN lSVV
recalled today that she aided him IN
carrying several heavy pieces up
stairway. ~She could lug weight as
well as most men have worked with'
he declared
OF considerable Importance In the de-
veIopments OF the entire case Is tne
result of the autopsy on the BODY OF
HeIgelefn as announced by Or. j. H.
William Meyer today.
The CHIEF peculiarity Of the cadav-
err he said. lis its immense size. IL -
so large that no ordinary man OF
woman could handle it alone. The mu-
tilation is Of the same Character as
that on the other cOrpses. although the
freshness of this specimen reveals de-
tails which were not forthcoming so
far as the rest OF the bodies are con-
cerned-
The dismemberment was the work
of an expert. The legs had been sew
cred above the knee joints with
straight. clean cuts Both OF the
shoulders had been disarticulated. al
though why is a question to my mind
III the person who cut up the body dis
located the shoulders for the sake or
gaining space in some receptacle the
work might have had an object, as a
good two inches would have been saved
The head had been cut OF. the work on
this showing also the head Of a person
familiar with anatomy
The most startling aspect OF tho
body is its freshness. The intestines
We're perfect and without pronounced
signs OF collapse. The skin was in good
condition There were no signs that an
embalming fluid had been used. the
lungs being clean and healthy. and the
interior organs generally showing not
a particle OF change.
The body looked as IL the man might
have died yesterday"
DR.. Meyer also said that he was OF
the firm conviction that all the bodies
had been cut up by the same person.
In each case the legs had been sew
cred at practically the same point above
the knees, the heads had been cut away
in an almost similar fashion, and the
wrappings which chung TO the several
cOrpses were of the same material
heavy gunny sacking.
More digging on the premises which
have already given up nine corpses is
on the sheriff's program for tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA TRADE

The British South African trade re-
turns show an interesting condition Of
the trade in that part of the world.
The imports for 10 months OF 1907 into
British South Africa were s116,017.7o1.
as compared with s133.23s,636 for the
corresponding time in 1906. Exports
from South Africa increased from STA
473.213 for 10 months in 1906 to s194.-
16S.71S in 1907. Nearly $4,000 men.
women and children of European ex-
traction left Cape Colony between jan
uary and September. In other words
the white population. the chief con-
sumers of imported goods. decreased by
8. per cent-Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
SCOUTS CLAIMS OF
HERRIN AS ABSURD
Continued from Page 1s, columns

Continued from Page 13, CoIumn-6
this as well as any one. The band
wagon" is now with the league and is
finally on the right road. 1t has been
on the wrong one for years. 1t is
travelling with the republican. part :
now instead of with the railroad conf
pany.
About a half dozen congressman viii
be rushing for it now, judging from
the returns from their districts, and
our senior senator will have been the
original Lincoln -Roosevelter, to hear
him tell it. in the near future
No. -he political power of the South
ern Pacific is broken in California and
each succeeding contest will shatter il
worse. Delegates do not have to be
lincoln -Roosevelters to see this.
know many delegates that will not land
in the Herrin camp who have no affii-
ia1on with the Lincoln Roosevelt
league, because they have not had a
chance. Herrin will aot get more than
half of the delegates who are not Lin
coln-R -Roosevelters. The anti-H Herrin
forces will have 20 per cent of the com
ing state convention.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
cAMpRIpcE GRADUATION FIGURES

According to an article in the Cam
bridge Review the percentage of de-
grees to matriculations in the great
English university has been practically
stationary for the last so years. AT
the present time" it says. 'it stands
at 10 per cent. The writer has taken
at random several other test periods.
extending over several years. which
show this uniformity to a marked de-
gree. In 1850 value was IT'S, and in
1880 1t was exactly " per cent. 1t
would thus appear that while the num-
Der of students has doubled itself and
the number of both honor and poll de-
gree courses has been quadrupled, the
general standard of proficiency has. re-
manned stationary; or. conversely. we
must take 1t that the number Of idlers
and those who come up solely for en-
joyment has always a fixed ratio to
the total entries in the university"
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
Sec the FIcet in Comfort

The Santa Fe management has ar
ranged for their steamer Ocean
Wave" 10 make a number of special
excursion trips around the bay on the
day of the fleets arrival and on sew
eral other days following.
The steamer will leave from the
Santa Fe waiting room, Ferry build
ing. on the following schedules:
May $50 p. m. and p. m.
May 7. s, 9 and 1o-9 a. m, II a. M,
! p. m, p. m, p. m. and D. M
81 for the round trip, which Will con-
sumo about two hours. Only a limited
number of passengers will be carried
on each trip.
Tickets can be secured at Santa Fe
office at 673 Market St, or Santa Fe
ticket once, Ferry building.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
MOST nEAuTIFuL HEDGES

Globe trotters agree that the most
beautiful hedges in the world are found
in the Azores, says the Travel Maga-
zine. On the island Of Fayal, roads and
fields are apt TO be oordered with the
blue Towering hydrangea, which grows
to a size unknown in other countries.
though it is an adopted plant and not
native in the islands. The lines OF pale
blue make a wonderful showing as the
traveller looks down from some height.
Kansas City Journal
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
WHlTEHs THE SKIN

The formula given below will
be found wonderfully effective
for whitening the skin, bleaching
the cuticle and imparting that
creamy softness which is so de-
sirable.
Two ounces of Rose water; one
ounce Spirits of Cologne: four
ounces Sartoin. Put the Sartoin i
in a pint of warm water, then
add the Rose Water and Cologne
spirits, and after dissolved and
cooled, strain through a fine
cloth. These ingredients are OBJ
tainable from any we'll stocked
druggist Apply Immediately
after washing and to only a
portion OF the skin at a time, US
Ing the bare hands. Never use
a Cloth. After one part is thus
treated. proceed to another. This
should be done twice a day or
oftener, and no other lotion. pow
der or cream need be used.
Beneficial results are usually
apparent from the first few appIi-
cations.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
YANKEE GENIUS

An ingenious Yankee made a loco
motive run his toy factory not long
since when repairs were necessary in
the power plant and there were a
large number of rush orders on hand.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
RAfTrRIA IN HOOKS

The brownish spots which appear in
old books are really due TO the ravages
of bacteria. Thezt tiny destroyer Ia es-
peciaHy fond OF starchy material and
Its propagation is promoted by damp.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
THE cHIMNEY Bird

The chimney swift is truly a bird OF
the air. for it never alights on a fence
or building. 1t drops into the top of
some wide mouthed chimney and clings
TO its rough sides with its tiny feet
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
MACHINE DOOMED
IN Los ANGELES
Continued From Page IS, Column 5

a,
This is shown by the fact that in the
business. residence and country sections
the league received its heaviest vote.
while the Southern Pacific machine vote
was heaviest in the saloon and red light
districts. AS an example of this clear
division, at Claremont, the seat of Po-
mona college. the league delegates re-
ceived 80 votes to 1 for the machine.
At Spadra the vote was As to in favor
Of the league. On the other hand, Ar
cadia, the home of the Santa Anita race
track, which is backed by Lucky Bald
win. cast IS votes for the machine dele
gates to for the league.
In one precinct of the eighth ward of
this city where the machine is strong
the vote was SO for the machine and 8
for the Lincoln Roosevelt league. other
precincts of this ward show about the
same ratio.
DISTRICTS IN DOUBT
AS the situation stands tonight the
league has 4s of 103 accredited dele
gates for Los Angeles county. Two
districts are still in doubt There is a
possibility of eight more votes for the
anti-boss forces, while recount in
the seventy fifth assembly district
would probably add still IL more votes.
There also is a certainty that at least
ten of the regular" republican dele
gates will vote for clean candidates,
which means that they will vote as do
the Lincoln Roosevelt delegates. 1t is
estimated that the anti-machine
strength of the county is about so dele
gates. leaving in the neighborhood of
40 votes to the so called regulars.
1t is believed that the Lincoln Roose-
welt league practically will choose the
two delegates and alternates to Chi
cago in the congressional district con-
vention, as their men will be supported
by the better element of regulars.
Another feature of the situation is
that the league delegates will select
five OF nine county central committee
men, having won in five of nine assem-
bly, districts
Unpleasant to the league leaders is
the fact that the machine has carried
the seventy fifth district practically by
the same number. Thus 40 votes in
the primaries stand in the way of the
league, adding % more votes to its col
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-07
DAzED OVER RESULT


The lieutenants of Herrin and
Parker are fairly dazed over the re-
suit They fought desperately and
had every available worker of the ma
chine at the polls. That the machine
pulled through in some districts by so
close a margin has all but stunned the
federal and county Office holding crowd
especially Country districts responded
nobly to the Lincoln Roosevelt call. a
sample country vote is found in San
Dimas. which gives So to for the
league. Senator Charles Bell led the
victorious league forces in Pasadena,
where all the delegates were obtained.
The vote in Whittier was 241- to 49
against the machine.
Meyer Lissner, chairman OF the Lin
coln-R Roosevelt republican league coun-
ty central committee. estimates from
Information at hand tonight that of
the 16s delegates south of the Tehachapi
the league will control 95. Beside the
strong support in Los Angeles county
the league will get part of the delega-
ton from Orange county, and word has
been received from Riverside county
that the delegates there will cooperate
for clean candidates. Ventura county's
seven votes are solid for the league,
delegates will be In line. Part of the
Santa Barbara delegation likewise is
favorable. Imperial county gives two
delegates to the league, one of whom
is District Attorney Eshleman, author
of the anti-racetrack bill.
CLOSE IN SEVENTIETH
Meyer Lissner made this statement
tonight: The SEVENTEEN assembly dis
trict in the county is close and If lost
at all il not lost by more than 20 votes.
The seventy-fifth district may be lost
by the same close vote. The general
result demonstrates that with little
more perfect organization we can beat
the machine in the August primaries
all along the line. The only reason
we did not make a clean sweep of it
here this time was due to the early
morning hustling Of the bread and
butter brigade of the machine before
he league workers reached the polls
in many of the precincts"
The leaders of the Lincoln Roosevelt
republican league in southern Califor-
MIA are elated over the showing they
have made in the primaries. The work
will continue in behalf of good gov
ernment with greater force.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-14

she is at his bedside tonight. The bullet entered the right cheek and passed through the head underneath the brain cavity, finding Judgment in the region of the left ear.
 For more than an hour Haas was irterrogated by Captain Duke and w.. J. Burns Haas made a rambling statement, declaring one moment that
Arizona republican., 1908-11-14

he had determined to kill Heney, and saying in the next that he hoped
 Heney would not die and that he had nothing against him, but dOggedly maintaining all the time that neither Ruef nor his attorneys had anything to do with getting him on the jury in Ruefs previous trial, or with his attempt to assassinate the assistant
Arizona republican., 1908-11-14

Within a few minutes after the shooting. Chief of Police w. J. Biggy, W. J. Burns, former United States se- cret service agent. who is at the head of the special detectives, employed by the prosecution in the bribery graft cases, Rudolph Spreckels, the promin- ont capitalist. who financed the prose- cution, Captains of Police Gleeson. Duke and Wright and a large force of police were on the scene. There was no hostile demonstration in the big crowd in front of the building, but some threatening murmurs began to be heard. Ruef was surrounded by large number of people and quietly slipped away, going with pr. Tuchler to the latter's office for little while.
 This led to a report that the former political boss had disappeared. and Special Agent Burns censured some of his men for allowing Ruef to get away. Chief of Police Biggy immediately sent men to hunt for him. Ruef. however. appeared in front of the building a lit tie later and sent in word that the of ficer at the door would not let him in. He was taken at once into the court room
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district attorney.

As the news of the shooting spread through the city crowds assembled in front of the Lane hospital until late at night waiting for news of the condition of the wounded man. So uncertain was the temper of these gatherings that the police officials decided to keep a strong guard about
Arizona republican., 1908-11-14

man Haas, if he is the one who did the shooting. In the' pursuance of his duty, he disclosed the fact that during the other trial of Ruef, Haas was an eX-convict and as such he had him dismissed from the jury. box l sincerely hope Heney recovers."
 DoZier also regretted that he was engaged in a criminal case after hay ing several times made a resolution that he would not again take one. It's getting to be a pretty state of civilization" he said, when a man engaged in the pursuance of his duty is shot down in an open court room. It was a dastardly act. It is an out rageous deed" Ruef also denounced the attempted assassination most ve- hemently.
 Even before Heney had been re- moved from the court room. Captain of Police Duke took Haas in charge and after informing him that what ever he might say would be used against him began to interrogate him. the statement of the ex-convict being taken down in shorthand.
 HAAS RECORD.
 Haas was convicted of embezzle- ment in San Bernardino county and May 1. 1888, was sentenced to three years in San Quentin. He served two years and eight months, having earned four months by good behav- for, and was released on January 25, 1890. Some years later he was mar ried and has a wife and four chil- dren. He lived with his family at 1S4S McAllister street and was en- gagged in the saloon business at the time he was drawn upon the jury panel for the second Ruef trial last May.
 After being passed by both sides Heney learned that he was an ex- convict. He dramatically confronted Haas with his picture in convict stripes, closely cropped hair and a number across his breast Haas was forced to admit his penitentiary rec ord and was immediately discharged from the jury. From his statement it appears that he has been breeding over his exposure ever since that day and has nursed deep hatred of Hen ey which eliminated in today's trag- edy.
 RUFF TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
 At 5:15 pm. Judge Lawlor recon Vened court. He had already sent the jury to the St. Francis hotel in charge of deputy sheriffs. As soon as a semblance of order was restored the | court ordered Ruef, who has been at i liberty on bonds aggregating S1,5O0.- 1 900, into the custody of the sheriff | and he was soon afterwafd taken to 1 the county jail. His counsel, Ach | and Dozier. offered formal objections |
 The action of Judge Lawlor in or dering Ruef into custody was taken, i it is said, not so much for fear that | he would endeavor to flee. as for his | own safety from possible mob vio lence. Evidently fearing that some | demonstration might be made against | the wOuld-be assassin the police to- night removed Haas from the city | prison It could not be learned wl1fth- CT he had been taken.
 I'll live to prosecute that man." declared Heney on the operating table at the central emergency hospital while the surgeons were probing his wound. He was entirely conscious and grittily endured the ordeal.
 Mrs. Heney arrived at the hospital a few minutes after her husband had been taken there and later accompa- nied him to the Lane hospital, where
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AN ASSASSIN'S BULLET
 AIMED AT r. J. HENEY
Continued from Page One)

down the steps by the crowd rushing frantically out and the police refusing to admit them.
 What has happened?" shouted Ruef to the Associated Press representative as the latter ran out to the nearest telephone
 "Heney has been shot" was the re- ply.
 My God who has done that?" he asked.
 RUFF SENDS FOR A DOCTOR
 RueTs auto stood in front of the building and he immediately ordered his chauffer to get the nearest physi-' elan. The car returned in a few min utes with pr. A $. Tuchler Of 703 Van Ness Avenue.
 Medical assistance was somewhat slow in arriving and Dr. Tuchler was the first person on the scene. MT. Heney in the meantime was lying on his side in the court room with a piece of rug under alis head. It was some time before the ambulance ar rived which conveyed the wounded as sistant district attorney to the Central Emergency hospital, but four blocks from where he was removed about s pm. to the Lane hospital.
 EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY
 The report of the attempted assas- sination spread throughout the city like wild fire and caused excitement and indignation. An immense crowd gathered around the temporary crimin- al court building. Several hundred persons followed the ambulance from the hall to the Central Emergency hos pital and down town thousands gath cred around the bulletin boards.
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the county jail at Ingleside, where Haas and Ruef were lodged. Thirty extra patrOlmen were detailed to strengthen the jail guard.
 Mrs. Heney remained at the bedside throughout the night.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-14
EX.coNVIcT,s STATEMENT

Tn the meatime several acts of the tragedy were being played in different parts of the court room. While Heney was lying on the floor, the newspaper men approached the would-be assassin, who up to that time had not yet been Identified. and asked him for his name
 At first he refused to give it, then he said:
 T am Morris Haas Heney ruined me. l don't care what becomes of me now"
 In another corner of the building Ach and Dozier, Ruefs counsel were in the chambers of Judge Lawlor
 My God" exclaimed Ach. T wish had never taken a criminal case in my life I'll ever take another when l get out of this one. This is a dastardly outrage l cannot express myself in strong enough terms.
 MT. Heney did not denounce this
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See Dr. Swigert for Correct Glasses.