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Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
TWO MORE DIE
IN FLOOD LAKE
KANSAS CITY MAN FALLS FROM
PORCH
is DROWNED BEFORE HELP CAN
GET TO HIM
Missouri and kaw Rivers Subsiding
Many Homeless In Armourdale,
but No Distress Reported.
Damage Small

KANSAS CITY, June 1.-Two more per-
sons were drowned tonight.
James Fradora, aged 3s, of Kansas City.
Kan, fell from his front porch in Kansas
avenue and was drowned before help could
reach him. Later In the night james
Brown, aged 16. was drowned near Nine
teenth street, the boat in which he was rid
ing capsizing.
At p. M, the last reading to be taken
during the night, the Missouri stood at 2s.s.
a fall of Oh since 8 o'clock. The Kaw was
falling late tonight at the rate of an inch
an hour.
The Kaw and Missouri rivers
are both falling more rapidly
than they rose. Owing to the
Missouri permitting free outlet from
the gorged Kaw the financial loss
has been small, and within a week
scarcely trace of the inundation will
remain.
The Missouri river has been station
airy here since p M, at 2s.6 feet, and
Is falling at ST. Joseph and above.
There will be a steady fall of the
Missouri tomorrow and rapid decline
on Saturday. The Kaw, at p. M, has
fallen ten inches since 2 o'clock this
morning. 1t is now falling an inch an
hour, but the rate will soon be accel-
Grated.
At Topeka and points further west
the Kaw is within It's banks. Tomor-
row afternoon the Kansas City stock
yards, railroad yards and Armourdale
will be dry. Railroad traffic through
Kansas has been practically restored
.1ofA te. @R krnf tins IN.
the north along the Missouri.
Danger About Over
The water is still half block from
the Union station at the west end, and
with the fall of the Kaw all danger
of the water reaching this structure
seems to have passed.
In the stock yards the water is re-
ceding fast. but business Is still
paralyzed there and no stock was be-
ing moved.
Water still stood several feet deep in
one-fourth of the hog pens, and there
were two feet of water in the base
ment of the stock exchange.
Despite the fact that hundreds of
persons are homeless in Armourdale
and Argentine, Kas., no actual distress
is apparent. and the citizens of Kansas
City, Kas, are taking care of all the
needy. But seven persons sought Snel-
ter last night in Convention hall, on
the Missouri side. which had been
thrown open to the refugees.
In Harlem, the village across from
Kansas City on the Missouri side. the
people have been housed on the hills.
While some of the lower portions of
North Topeka near Soldier Creek and
in Little Russia" are yet submerged
with dead water, the major portion of
the town is above water and the street
cars have resumed service. Banks and
stores are open.
There has been no rain over this Sec
tion for the past eighteen hours. and
all indications point to rapid resump-
ton of conditions before the flood.
At Junction City, Manhattan and
Wamego the waters are falling rapidly,
The weather predictions are for more
rain, however.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
CAR FROM SAN PEDRO
DERAILED BY COW

An in bound San Pedro car on the
Pacific Electric line struck and killed
COW near Watson station. one mile
north of Wilmington, at 12:45 o'clock
tl.is morning. The car was derailed.
An excited passenger fired revolver
to attract attention and this caused a
report that the car had been held up
and robbed.
A special car with detectives and
deputy sheriffs on board was run to
the scene, but all the assistance they
could render was in handling jack
screws to place the car back on the
track. The Los Angeles passengers
were delayed until about 8 o'clock this
morning.
A nearby rancher who heard the
shots was responsible for the report of
the holdup, as he. telephoned that in
formation to the Long Beach police and
|they sent the report to this city.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
GIRL WITH S1,5OO,O00
MARRIES POOR CLERK
DAY SHE GETS RICH
Butte, Mont, Helress Declares She
Has Money Enough for Both.
Come to California on
Honeymoon

CHICAGO, June 11.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Butte, Mont, says:
Marion M. Largely, 1S years old,
youngest of the Largely minors, came
into possession of $1,500,000 Tuesday,
and at midnight she was married to
Raymond J. Mcdonald, young clerk
in a Broadway cab office, who had
been working for $50 month.
Some friends asked the girl why she
wanted to marry the poor cab clerk.
because / love him and have enough
money for BOTH" she replied.
The couple left for San Francisco
yesterday and there will start on a
wedding trip to New York, Miss Large
ly's big touring car and driver having
been shipped on ahead several weeks
ago. From New York they will go to
Europe.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
RECEIVES FATAL BURNS
FROM EXPLOSION OF GAS
Special TO The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, June 11.-Neil Hess,
night operator at the First street sta
tion of the Salt Lake road, was burned
fatally, as 1t is believed, at late hour
tonight. He had placed ladder along1
side on oil tank. with a view to ascer-
tanning how full the tank was. Gas
that had accumulated exploded and the
shock threw him off the ladder, but not
before he had been burned severely on
the back, face and hands. He was
taken at once to the Seaside hospital,
and at last reports it was not expected
that he would survive his injuries.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
Hearst Gains Twenty-seven Votes

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE vote of
502 election precincts out of total of
1948 in this city had been counted in the
inquiry to decide whether w. r. Hearst
or George B. Mcclellan was elected
mayor of New York In 1905. when court
adjourned today. Hearst's net gain
thus far is 215, of which twenty-seven
were added today when the contents OF
liz boxes were recounted.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
LOCAL

Directors of Jonathan club appear In
police court.
waiter.
Chinese client proves puzzling char
acter to his attorney.
Realty men oppose proposed tax
amendemtn.
Police board inspects forty saloon
establishments.
Mrs. Mascovey claims she is bounded
by secret foe.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
TEN ROBBERS KILL FIVE
MEN; ESCAPE WITH $4,000

TIFLIS, June 1.-Ten robbers, heav-
lily armed, invaded the custom house
here today and killed the official in
charge and his four assistants, de-
camping with $4,000
The police have pursued the rob-
bers, killing three of them, but the
others escaped.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST

For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Friday; light west winds. Maximum
temperature yesterday "a degrees;
minimum, 55 degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
FOREIGN

Toxic ambassador from Russia says
czar is seeking peace with Japan and
he is instructed to court friendly rela-
tions.
Americans at Annoy, China, pleased
with new California consul
Germany shows mailed fist toward
entente between Russia, France and
Great Britain; regards triple alliance
as hostile to kaiser.
Sixteen Koreans burned to death by
Japanese in house at Songuin.
Five killed in wreck at Journal, Bel
gium.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
COAST

San Francisco judge who issued war
rant for Judson c. Brusie, noted play
wright, said to have been killed in Los
Angeles by overdoses Of chloral, de-
clares charges against him were false
and memory of man is cleared by
friends.
Two submarine boats put in commits
sion at Vallejo.
Inquiry into cause of cruiser Ten
nessee's boiler explosion is ended al
Santa Barbara; findings are sent tc
Washington.
United States circuit court of appeals
adjourns at San Francisco.
Drainage commission in session at
Sacramento receives many protests
from river land settlers in regard tC
assessments.
Six-year-old school boy killed by
heavy truck in San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-12
EASTERN

Cleveland police on trail of fiends
who blew up street car with dynamite,
injuring seven.
All Tennessee delegates involved in
Chicago national committee. contests
are for Taft; twenty-one districts give
him forty-nine ballots.
Two more meet death by drowning
in Kansas City, Kas., floods; Kaw and
Missouri rivers subsiding.
Butte girl with $780, 900 marries store
clerk same day she receives legacy;
says she has enough for two and loves
him.
Hot box in Indiana elevator causes
fire, doing 100000 damages
Indian prince says New York women
are better gowned and have finer figures
than Paris women
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

thorities refused to he -stampeded and
they still adhere to their original pur-
pose, with "a single, although import
ant qualification. They agree that
there are, perhaps, many millions of
Americans who cannot speak English,
probably most of them speaking Choc-
taw, or some other uncivilized tongue.
Yet they are. certain that in Boston,
New York and Philadelphia ma
jority of the inhabitants must speak
fairly good English. They have heard
of those cities. They have even seen
them on the German maps. So, with
characteristic aptitude for laundering
the German authorities have specified
that no teachers would be welcomed
into the German schools unless they
hailed from Boston, New York or
Philadelphia.
Boston school teachers are admit
teddy superior to accent and Jdiction.
No mistake would be made in picking
out any specialized spinster of Boston
as the apotheosis of English express
sion. But New York English is a
polyglot fingual hash, and poor Ger
man equipped 9th New York jargon
and forced TO find his way among En-
disappearing people would have a
tragic time of it. AS for Philadelphia
another and entirely different language
is spoken. If school teachers from
these three American cities are to go
abroad to teach English, what am I'M
happy effect 1t will have upon the
credulons Germans. Before it lis too
late some one should impress upon
the foreign seekers after culture that
there are only three places in the
United States where one mag hear En-
glish in all its pristine pnrity-Hatties-
burg, Meridian and Eastabuchie.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
Relief From Rheumatic Pains.

Il suffered with rheumatism for over
two years" says Mr.. ROLAND Curry, a
patrolman, of Key West, Fla. Some
times it settled in my knees and
famed me so l could hardly walk, at
other times it would be in my feet and
hands so l was incapacitated for duty.
One night when ] was in severe pain
and lame from it my wife went to the
drug store here and came back with
bottle Of Chamberlain's Pain Balm
! was rubbed with 1t and found the
pain had nearly gone during the night
! kept on using It for little more
than two weeks and found that Il
drove the rheumatism away. / have
not had amy tfouble from that disease
for over three months" For sale By
Hays q Fields and yellow Pine Phar
macy. =.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

The program committee of the Mis-
sissippi Press Association made a Sc
rious mistake by not putting Col
Frank Townsend, of the Alderman
Plaindealer, down for a speech. But
the genial colonel has promised the
Daily News that he'll crate few lines
anyway If given half a chance. Resi-
dents of Petal and other suburbs
needn't come to town, however, as this
celebrated orator from the forks of Big
Bywy can be heard mile or two in
any sort of weather.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
Americanese in Germany.

When the proposal came from Ger
many that there should be an exchange
of school teachers between that coAi-
try and the United States, with the
idea of facilitating the study of En-
glish in Germany and German in
America. it was hailed with delight as
It would enable many peda-
eogues to spend a profitable and pleas
ant season abroad. But just when
these dreams seemed near realization
there came a grievous disappointment
An egregious Englishman, actuated by
q spirit OF jealousy, interfered and told
the Germans that Americans do not
speak English-that If the people OF
Germany really desire lessons in the
simon pure Anglo-Saxon they should
Import English teachers, from Eng
land.
We have grown so accustomed to
slurs from the mother country that
they have almost ceased to make us
smart. but in-this instance it is clearly
. case OF interference. or, in good
American English, putting IN How.
ever, the hard-headed Old German ~
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

South Mississippians would welcome
the putting of wood pulp on the free
list. But they would oppose a measure
taking the duty off of lumber. Thus
it will be seen that the tariff ques-
ton is largely local issue after all.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
The Persian Language.

Persian is said to be not very diff
ficult language. The modern Persian
is very much like the English In its
sensible rejection of the infections that
burden so many Of the worlds tongues.
There is no difference of termination
to mark the gender either In nouns or
adjectlves. and all inanimate things are
neuter. In other ways the Persian con.
forms to the English.-London Chroni-
Gle.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
ABOUT HATTIESBURC
hATTlEsRuRG HAS

MA TItES6OHS f1Ao
Four banks with combined capital
and surplus of $1,000,000.
Deposits of 100000.
: Lumber mills bringing into the
city's trade territory not less than
100000 year.
Wholesale establishments doing an
aggregate business of over $4,000
900 a year.
Seven miles of street car track,
five miles of paved streets, electric
lights, gas, sewerage, three fine fire
stations, five handsome public
school buildings, numerous fine
churches, handsome business
blocks, including five and six
story Office buildings.
Fine artesian water.
Health conditions unexcelled.
Four railroad systems, radiating
In seven different directions.
Numerous mills and factories.
Handsome 100000 Hotel.
Come to Happy, HustIing Hatties-
burg the Future Great City
Of Mississippi.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

The Biloxi Herald says: 1.-THE livest
item of news that has appeared in the
Clarksdale Banner for long time was
the dead letter list printed last week.
And now Editor Sanderson, of the
Banner wants $500, 900 damages.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

Mrs. Stubb-John. what in the world
are you doing with those boxing gloves
in one hand and the remnants Of din
ner in the other?
Mr.. Stubb-Maria. there is a tramp
downstairs who says he is looking for
scraps. want to be certain which
kind he means.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

Now a veto of the naval appropria-
ton bill is threatened 1t 1t does not
carry provisions for four big ships.
Mr.. Hobson may become more con-
sDicuous than ever before the summer
wanes.-Washingt Star.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

Tom johnson says that Ohios dele
cation to Denver will vote for Bryan.
That reminds US of the fact that Tom
would be a mighty good man to place
on the ticket as Bryan's running mate.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

Both houses of congress have voted
the appropriation of S25O,OOO for the
relief of the storm-sufferers of this Sec
ton and the measure has been signed
by the President. For all of which
the people of Hattiesburg are more
than grateful.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

I'm no plutocrat" declared Mr..
i'ryau in New York yesterday. still
Mr.. Bryan must admit that What the
lawyers term 'the preponderance OF
evidence" is all against him. He Ii
farmer and an editor-Kansas City
Star.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
FAMILY FEUD
IN GEORGIA
Prominent Farmers Engage in Row
and Two Of Them Are Shot
to Death.
Associated Press.

Eastman, Ca, May 4.-Following an
alteration which arose over some
work on the farm of J. S. Stucky today,
Tom Spiers shot and killed Oscar and
Walter STICKY. All of the parties are
members of one of the best families
in Dodge County.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

A service for the. old soldiers.
The pastor of the Fifth Avenue Bap-
fist Church, in this cits, will on. Sun
day next, at IL a. M. conduct "a SER
vice for the benefit of his comrades
of the civil war. af
The songs used will be the same as
those we used to sing in our meet
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

Jackson editors are taking things
easy these days. One of them is run
ming for congress by way of diver
sion and the other has only recently
been possessed with baby and a
bull pup, besides a. six-acre farm
a flower garden and a flying machine.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
Sermon orthe Veterans
BIZ Ministerial Veteran

ings in the army The sermon will
be in keeping with the occasion and
every thing possible will be done to
make the occasion a pleasant one.
ALI Of the veterans in reach of us
and the public generally have a cor
dial invitation to be with us.
L. E. HALL, Pastor.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

A dispatch from Lincoln says that
Mr.. Bryan is blowing corn. But the
office boy will get out the Commoner
all right.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

Maybe Mr.. Roosevelt will yet de.
eide not to veto that appropriation
for public buildings, even if the senate
did turn down that four batt.eshir
proposition.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Copy for advertising will not be re
cefved after 6 o'clock on the evening
preceding date of publication. Ad-
vertisers will please bear this in mind
and have their copy in the office be-
fore that hour.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
Baseball Results.
Cotton States League.

Gulfport5, Meridian 5, thirteen in
nings, darkness.
Monroe IL, Vicksburg 8.
Columbus 2, Jackson l.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

An average man, living for the aver
age period Of human life, may be cal
culated to get through about $500 miles
of reading.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

Preachers may come and preachers
may go, but his satanic majesty
continues to do business at the old
stand.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

The proposed lumber merger is al.
ready listed with Mr.. Roosevelt's good
trusts"
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

Montgomery 2, Atlanta /.
Birmingham 1, Nashville 8.
Mobile 4, Memphis 5.
Little Rock 0, New Orleans 0, nine
innings, darkness.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Washington 5, New York IL.
Philadelphia 8, Boston 2.
st. Louis 0, Detroit (seven innings
RAIN.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Boston 6, Brooklyn 2.
New York ~, Philadelphia 2.
Other games prevented-rain,
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

Teacher-Gerald can you tell me
how matches are made?
Small Geraldine, ma'am. But don't
blame you for trying to find out.
Why. what do you mean2
Small Gerald Mother says you have
been trying tosmake one for years. but
can't-Chicago News.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

You can bluff a man, but woman
must be pursuaded.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

South Atlantic League.
Charleston 1, Savannah 0.
Jacksonville 5, Augusta 2.
Columbia 4 Macon Z.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

NEW LINE MEMS OXFORD
sHoEs-
m'LeoD's.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

II suppose that there was a remark
ably cultured audience at the perform
ance Of one Of Sophocles' plays in New
York;"
I'm not so sure Of that"
What makes you dubious?"
'The fact that ! heard several calls
for the author Baltimore American.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-05

M'Leop's.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-12

precinct in full confidence that the vote had been
honestly counted and would never have suspected
that his neghbors had refused to register the
votes which had been cast for the Prohibition
ticket
Whether there was widespread plot to count
out Prohibition votes this year, in view of the
special need of the hard beset liquor traffic, and
whether orders went out from somewhere to
political bosses to bring their power and influence
to bear upon election officials to reduce the return
of the Prohibition vote, it is impossible to doubt
Though, perhaps, we shall never have legal proof
upon that point, known facts are sufficient to
convince the open-mnded.
The practical question is How may prevent
this sort of thing in the future? and the answer
lies in one word, organization. When have
Our precincts sufficiently we'll organized that the
individual Prohibitionist is not alone, that the
Prohibitionists of the precinct are recognized as
a united force, that Prohibition watchers, many
as the law allows will be present on every cleo
ton at every polling place, so that old party Of
fcia1s will know the failure to count honestly will
be challenged and reported-and punished, If pos
sble, then-and not until then-can we be sure
that the votes which we cast and which we per
suaded others to cast, at the cost of so much toll
and sacrifice, will be honestly counted for the can
didates for whom we cast them
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-12
WEIGH of Chautauqua

WEsTFIELD, New York, November Especial
correspondence Mr. Edward T. WEIGH, the
Prohibition candidate for legislature, failed OF
election but had the liquor interests badly fright
ened and poled comparatively very large vote;
while his campaign, which he conducted with
great vigor throughout the whole of Chautauqua
county, making of advertising space in the
papers, helped the state and national tickets very
much.
Mr.. WEIGH poed 9S8 votes. The vote in the
county for the Presidential ticket seems to have
been handsomely increased. In this town where
the normal Prohibition vote has been about
twenty this year there sxty-one votes for
Chain, while Dr. Stockwel1, the Prohibition can
didate for governor in spite of the terrific pres
sure, polled fifty-nine votes.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-12
COUNTING THE VOTES

The story of the election, which is told on
other pages of this paper IS one which may
properly be commended to the careful study and
thoughtful consideration of Prohibitionists every
where We have believed for years. with absolute
proof in many cases, that large numbers of votes
cast for the candidates of the Prohibition party
are never correctly counted The ignoring,
throwing away and mscounting of our vote by
corrupt old party officials has been one of the
constant embarrassing factors in the progress of
the party. But the case in hand presents the
situation in rather extraordinary light. AS the
writer of the article we'll says, it was not the
Bowery nor yet in the river wards of Chicago
that this thing was done 1t was in a residence
district, among respectable citizens and by Of
6cials who are considered good citizens and
honest men by their neighbors. If, under such
conditions, events of such character take place,
what are we to believe of the happenings in the
thousands of bad precincts, in the places con-
troled by notorious political corruptonists, with
no Prohibition watchers present?
What happened in the sixth precinct of the
thirty-third ward of Chicago happened, to our
knowledge, in one form or another, in scores of
precincts all over the state of Illinois, even where
watchers we're present. We believe it is perfectly
within the facts to say that the reported vote for
Prohibition candidates in Illinois will bear only
very small resemblance to the vote actually cast
1t is probably true, too, that in hundreds of
places where no fraud is at present suspected the
absence of suspicion is wholly the result of abb
sence of information. Had the editor of this pa
per gone home on election night and sought rest
that he was badly in need of, instead of spending
the night in fighting for the rights of the party
he would have read the election returns OF his