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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
ARCHBISHOP DIES IN
HOSPITAL AT CHICAGO
PreIate Was Formerly Vicar Apostolic
of Arizona with Rank of Bishop
and Lived at Tucson Until
Promoted


CHICAGO, May 17.-Most Rev. Peter
Bourgade, archbishop of Santa Fe. died
at q hospital here today of heart fall
ure, aged GO.
The archbishop came to Chicago May
from Hot Springs, Ark. He was suf-
fering from a slight physical weakness,
but not until yesterday had he been
confined to his bed. ON the contrary,
he took short drives on days when the
weather permitted, and his condition
was not considered serious.
Yesterday. feeling more than usually
indisposed, he remained in bed. He had
q sinking spell early today, from which
he appeared to have rallied, when he
was again stricken and died at p. IN.
The Rev. S. Gates, chaplain of the hos
pital, and Rev. Thomas Caraher of
Buffalo, the latter a patient in the hos
pital, were at the bedside.
Archbishop Bourgade had held his
present charge since January z, 1899.
Born and educated in France, he went
to Arizona as a missionary in 1869, and
was ordained at Santa Fe the same
year and began work at Yuma in 1870.
He was consecrated in 1885. Vicar apos-
tolic of Arizona, with the titular rank
of bishop of Taumaco, he resided at
Tucson until promoted to be arch
bishop.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
.SHERIFF'S ROOM
THAW'S RETREAT
SLEEPS S0UNDLY AFTER DAY
IN COURT
READS ACCOUNT OF TRIAL IN
NEWSPAPERS
Declares His Extreme Caution in Re-
plying to Questions Made Him
Appear Nervous, Although
Inwardly Calm
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, May H.
Fatigued after his three days attend
ance upon hearing before Justice
Morsehauser to determine the question
of his sanity, and the trying ordeal OF
last night, brief though 1t was, upon
the witness stand, Harry X. Thaw
slept soundly through the night In the
sheriff's room In the court house ana
today was up as usual at $3.50 a. m.
He looked at all the morning papers
and told Jailer HavenS that he did not
think he was as nervous on the stand
as some of the reporters described nm.
He said that he had tried to be careful
of what he said, and he thought 1t was
his extreme caution that caused MS
apparent nervousness.
He was tired, he said, when he went
on the stand after the long court ses-
sion. He also said that the changing
of stenographers just after he TOOK the
stand caused him some confusion. he
was glad that the trial was over. He
said he had been told by his experts
that his conduct on the stand had pre-
judiced his case and he felt some dis
couragement.
Mrs. William Thaw, his mother, ar
rived here at 10 o'clock and Thaw sent
note to DR.. Pilgrim asking him to call
and see her. Thaw wished to have his
mother cheered up for her long journey
to Pittsburg, and as she is not very
well, he particularly requested the doc
tor not to say anything to cause her
anxiety. The note did not reach Dr..
Pilgrim in time for him to get to the
court house before Mrs. Thaw left,
shortly after o'clock, for New York.
Thaw and his mother attended the
services conducted in the Jail for the
prisoners who used the hymn books
purchased by Thaw for the jail.
Justice Morschauser will go to White
Plains tomorrow to sit there for week.
He will return to his home here the lat
ter part Of the week, having in the
meantime received the briefs In the
case from Messrs. Jerome and Graham,
and he has promised to hand down his
decision on the following Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
TO HOLD 10Th ASSEMBLY
Annual Convention to Open at Kansas
City on Thursday and Will
Not Close Until
May 30
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 17.-EV-
erything is in readiness for the 12oth
annual assembly of the presbyterian
church in the United States Of America,
which will convene in Convention nall
in this city next Thursday and remain
In session until Saturday, May 30.
Rev. DR.. William Henry Roberts OF
Philadelphia, the present moderator
will arrive Tuesday and will spend the
intervening time until the opening SEES
sion of the general assembly in making
preparations to expedite the important
business to be transacted.
At the first session, which Will be
opened by Rev. Roberts, at which ne
will deliver his farewell sermon as mod
orator, a new moderator will be elected
Several noted leaders of the church
have been mentioned for this honor
conspicuous among them n being ing KEY snd
Rev. DR.. Mark A. Matthews of Seattle.
There will be $40 commissioners from
all parts of the United States In in at
tendance. OF these. one-half VIII be
ministers and the other half laymen.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
LAYMEN AND CLERGYMEN
WILL GO AS DELEGATES
One Thousand Dioceses Scattered
Throughout the World Will Be
Represented at Pan-AngIi-
can Congress
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
LONDON, May 17.--Delegates from
1000 dioceses scattered throughout the
world have been selected to attend the
Pan-Anglican congress to be held In
London in June. These delegates, in
GLIDING laymen and clergymen, will in
most cases be accompanied by their
bishops, and il the prophecy of the or
ganizers is fulfilled the congress will
rank among the great gatherings of re-
ligiouS workers.
Most of the American bishops have
sent their acceptances, and as each do
cese in the United States will also send
one or more clergyman or layman
America will be represented as regards
numbers and ability. All the colonies
will have their spokesman, and mis-
sionaries from every portion of the
globe are coming to tell Of their work
among native tribes.
The program of the congress en-
braces problems of a diverse character,
and in order to get through the list OF
papers the work has been divided into
six sections which will sit simultane-
ously during the week, June 1922.
The various sections will discuss the
church and human society, Christian
truth and other intellectual forces, the
church ministry. missions in non-Chris-
tan lands, missions in Christendom and
the Anglican communion.
To the general public perhaps the
most interesting section is that which
discusses the relations of the church to
human society. as all sorts of present
day politicl and economic problems are
to be touched upon.
Among those to be touched upon are
tricks in trade, family life, the drink
traffic, politics. gambling, moral
ity, capital and labor, dividends, moral
Az, Of control of 1ap1slatiVe action.
labor organizations. unemployed relief.
religion and wages, monopolies and
trusts and Christianity and Socialism.
The racial problems of America, South
Africa, China, India and the West
Indies will be treated by experts.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED
TO AUTOMOBILES SPEED
Dogs Calculate Approach of Every
Vehicle on the Road as They
Do Horses-Many Are
Run Over

"Did you ever notice how many dogs
are being run over by automobiles?
inquired the observant man recently.
Fact. They do not seem to have
gotten 1t into their canine heads just
how much faster an automobile is than
the horse and wagon of their fore
fathers.
1.-THE American dog knows of nothing
faster than the horse on the kings, or
presidents highway, rather.
when the dog is between the two
steel rails of a railroad track 1t real
ICES that Mr.. Hartman is after him,
and locomotive engineers say that the
canine is as likely as not to run
straight ahead, IL thoroughly scared by
train, until run down by the relent-
less pilot of the great mogul express
engine. The dog will not turn to right
OF left under those circumstances.
Terror has maddened him with fear.
ut is not fear, however, which causes
him to come to an untimely end on the
highways of his native land, nowadays,
but rather poor judgment.
Dogs Grow Adept
"In the dust of the roads of India, 1t
is said, the dogs have grown SO adept
at sleeping in the path of commerce
that they will be able to sleep until the
wheel of the passing oxcart grazes their
hides, when they nimbly leap out of the
road and avoid a tragic end by being
run over. So nicely have they been
trained by years of sleeping in the road
that they never miscalculate an in
slant. And they return to the road to
sleep when the cart has numbered past
them.
But a gasoline touring car is far d1f-
ferent from an oxcart.
And this the American dogs IN
stinctive speedometer does not seem to
calculate, somehow.
Accordingly the dog argues that the
approaching vehicle is coming at the
same rate Of speed as the horse and We
hicle of the 'one-hoss shay days, and
instead of leaping wildly. out of the
pathway of the approaching auto, as
his brother man would do, he prepares
Ieisurely to adjourn. as though the We
hicle WereSa horse and wagon. That
is the fastest thing he knows, instinct
iyely speaking. when it comes to taking
note of road travellers.
1.-THE result is that the present gener-
alton of dogs has panic at heart ana
an unsolvable problem, apparently, to
make out, which is: How much faster
is the automobile than the horse and
wa gon of our forefathers?'"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE
SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY
Results of General Election in Japan
Hard to Learn Because of Diff
Guilty of Communication
with Districts

BN Associated GFeSSs
TOXIC, May 1.-THE results of the
general election held on Friday in To-
kio and throughout the provinces have
not yet been compiled, on account OF
the difficulty experienced in commune
eating with distant points.
1t is safe, however, to predict that
the Constitutionalists have secured a
substantial majority, probably exceed
ing that in the previous session, and
the government expects to face the
next diet with majority over all COM
binationS.
Those best informed declare that
such popular Endorsement of the gov
eminent insureS the stability of the
present cabinet, although it is under
stood the premier, Marquis SaienJi' re-
Gently expressed a desire to resign.
Prince Ito, however, persuaded him
not to do so, pointing out the embar-
rassment that would result from his
resignation in the face of the indorse-
ment of the people. 1t Is understood
MARQUIS Saienii was offended at the
elder statements interference in his
financial policy which MARQUIS inouyt
recently severely criticised. The latter
favors a large reduction in the eX-
penses of the army and navy and in
other government undertakings.
Prince Ito pointed out that Marquis
Inouye's large experience as a states
man qualified him to criticise, and it
is now understood the premier has
withdrawn his intention of resigning
and has agreed to certain steps in the
future which will relieve the financial
situation. The announcement of this
is expected to steady the market, re-
lieve the depression and restore con-
fidence, especially in view of the pend
ing settlement of the question relating
to the Yalu forests. the assurances of
Japans policy in Manchuria and the
reference of the Chiento boundary dis
pute to arbitration.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
GERMANY SURPRISED
AT GOLD ENGAGEMENT
By Associated Press.


BERLIN, May 1Z--News that $1,000
COO in gold has been engaged in New
York for Germany causes some SUI
prise here, because the prices1s =,
change makes II inpossib5o Tor beriih
bankers to import american gold at 7"
profit. s....a,+
On the other hand. the sta.em t,a
cabled from the United States 10 tns
effect that part of the gold engaged
this week for Paris is for the Se aini
account, meets with decided GENIAL
Some gold. possibly $t,2bo,oOo. arrived
at the German imperial bank this week
from M Australia and sS5O0,OOO more is
engaged for shipment next week; 49,,
Doubt is expressed among the rep
rosaS,+otives az the German financial
i iestH.S whether the imports of
American gold will continue, owing to
the present level Of ts gd W innnrt Is
All the leading exchange rates We're adj
yanced today for this cause.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
MORBID FLOCK
TO DEATH FARM
SCENES OF LAST SUNDAY ARE
REPEATED
EXCURSION TRAINS ARE RUN TO
LAPoRTE
Guinness Case Will BE Taken Up by
Grand Jury When 1t CcnVenes This
acknowledgement Suns
monses Issued
Rv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LAPoRTE, Ind, May 1.-THE
scenes of last Sunday were repeated
today at the Guinness farm. Fully
1000 people-not quite as many as a
week ago-visited the farm of mys-
terry" and saw all there was to be
seen. even to viewing the skeletons of
the seven unidentified dead, for the
temporary morgue was open part OF
the day and persons were permitted
to gaze at the bones of Mrs. Guinness
victims.
Hundreds brought their lunches
along. for the day was an ideal one
and at noon family groups dotted the
orchard and the large front lawn OF
the Guinness farm. Souvenirs of all
kinds were sold on the grounds, the
people buying readily, nobody going
away without reminder OF some
kind. Refreshments also were dis
pensed on the grounds by enterprlslng
owners of lemonade, ice cream and
peanut stands.
Excursion trains were run on Inc
Pere Marquette and Lake Erie rail-
roads. while all Lake Shore trains car
ried extra coaches for Laporte. The
traction cars also were crowded all
day.
The Laporte county grand jury will
convene tomorrow morning Tor lne
purpose of taking up the Guinness
case Forty1one SunlmonSeS for Wit
nesses have already been served, and
it is estimated that at least ten more
witnesses will be called, making fifty
in all. IT is expected that from four
to six DAYS will be required for the
grand jury to hear all of the evidence
and so no report is looked for until the
end of the week. The grand jury Is
composed of six men.
Coroner Mack tonight signed re-
lease for the body of Ole Budsberg,
which was identified last week by the
two sons The body will be shipped
to lola, Wis. where it will be buried
in the family lot. Budsberg came to
Laports I'm April, 1907, and drew $1,000
from an lola bank through Laporte
bank, Mrs. Guinness being with him
at the time. Budsberg never left the
Guinness farm. Coroner Mack gave
the cause of death as unknown.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
RAISE IN PRUNES
VEXES B0ARDERS
Inhabitants of Dyspepsia District De-
nounce Latest Move of the
Fruit Trust-kick at
Lack of Juice

NEW YORK, May l7.-"Prlce OF
prunes has gone up!"
With blanched faces and voices that
choked with suppressed emotlon pohro-
ers in all parts of the city got togetnei
In groups yesterday and discussed the
import of the news flashed across tne
continent from California. Coffee was
permitted to CONCEAL and pancakes
curled up and rolled off the plate. while
the more radical residents of the dys-
pepsia, district arraigned the prune trust
for the attempt to deprive them OF the
breakfast anchor.
In the boarding house belt, that part
of New York which lies between Four
teenth and Forty second streets. the
suffering was most intense. Sad-eyed,
saffron -conplexioned men and women
who have contributed their digestive
apparatus to the appetite assassinS, and
whose internal regions are tiled with
tablets. were stunned by the announce
ment.
II could see this move coming months
ago" explained an Eighteenth street
martyr. "The entering wedge at my
hut was when the landlady cut out
the gravy and served the prunes in it's
sue paper. We made frightful kick.
because a prune without juice is not
calculated to inspire confidence. She
stood pat, and now she initiates them
with bicycle pump before she sizes
them on US"
"That isn't a circumstance with
what we've suffered at our cabin"
chirped an elastic-necked woman. who
pleaded guilty to Furnishing prunes for
fifteen years. I'VE noticed that the
fruit was getting smaller all the time
and we were trying to account for 1t
until a discharged cook tipped us off.
She said the boss used to buy raisins
and instruct her to leave them out in
the cold until they contracted infiam-
natory rheumatism. Then she'd put
them to work."
eff the prune is taken from us it's
our own fault" added a fat man.
while we've been poking fun at it
other folk have been quick to appre-
ciate it's versatility. Tailor-made
prunes and even the ready-to-wear
kline. don't have to go around rapping
on basement doors any more to get a
job. When they are eXcavated. cleaned
and pressed they make splendid tobac-
co pouches and snuff bags. The ar
rival of the incandescent prune has
furnished another source of employ
nlent for them. This wonderful inven-
ton makes 1t possible to eat them in
the darkest room without the fear that
your system is sheltering an undesir-
able citizen"
ais there any valid reason for adj
vancing the price?" asker the reporter
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
EVELYN THAW'S ATTORNEY
WANTS ANOTHER DELAY
By Associated Press.

BY Assoctnte1 Press
NEW YORK, May 17.-Efforts will be
made by Daniel O'Reilly, counsel for
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, to secure further
adjournment of the hearing scheduled
for Tuesday next in the proceedings
brought by Mrs. Thaw for the annul-
ment Of her marriage to Harry K.
Thaw.
Former Judge Deyo is referee in the
case. Mr.. O'Reilly will base a request
for a further postponement on the
ground that certain evidence which he
expects to present is being utilized in
the Thaw habeas corpus proceedings.
Mrs. Thaw contends that her husband
was insane at the time of their mar
rage April IA, 1905.
Col. Franklin Bartlett. one of Thaw' S
attorneys, says he will move to have
the proceedings dismissed when the case
comes up Tuesday. He positively will
object to further postponement.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
FATHER AND FOSTER SON
HAD DEATH AGREEMENT
German Musician Leads Boy Into For-
est and Is Later Found DeIlrIous
from Self inflicted
Wounds
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 17--What appears tC
have been an agreement on the part OF
Henry Rudolph Amann, German must
clan, 4S years old, and his 12-year-old
foster son. Walter Knobel, to die to-
gether, came to light today when
Amann was found staggering through
the woods near Fort Sheridan, delirious
from self-inflicted wounds.
The facts as CLEANED from the must
clans rambling statements when part
ially revived at the hospital at the fort,
are that Amann, for reasons not yet
learned, led the boy into the forest last
Friday and after wandering about for
nearly two days. had gained the boys
consent that Amann should kill him.
The body of the child was found this
afternoon, pierced through the heart
by knife blade. Amann had stabbed
himself twice in the breast, but the
wounds did not prove fatal.
A letter was found in Amann'S pocket
which he declared the boy had written
and which tended to prove that the lat
ter knew what his fate would be, and
welcomed 1t. The letter reads:
please bury us together in one grave.
Everything was against us. I do not
want to live without my father. l go
on my own free will"
the letter was signed w alter, anu
was in a child's handwriting.
Another letter written by Amann
read: please get my boy, 200 yards
northeast of Fort Sheridan"
All day Amann lay on cot at the
fort and raved about his deed.
Il have killed my own son. he NUT
tered over and over. HE knew that
intended to die and he did not want to
be separated from me. He smiled wher
I raised the knife. He was a brave lit
tie fellow and not afraid as l to die
From Mrs. knoble, mother of the
child. it was learned that Amann had
repeatedly asked her to marry him dur
ing the past eight years, since the death
of her husband, and she had refused
He also made demands upon her fol-
money and had threatened to kill the
boy if she did not give it to him.
Great affection, she said, had existed
between the child and Amann.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
ARBITRATION SESSION
PROMISES MUCH INTEREST
81 Associated Press.

81 Associated Press.
LAKE MOHONK, N. Y, May IL
The fourteenth annual meeting of the
Lake Mohonk conference of interna-
tional arbitration, which will begin
here Wednesday next, continuing
Thursday and Friday, promises to be
one of the most interesting in the
series.
One of the principal features of the
conference will be discussions of the
work of the second Hague conference
whose deliberations have taken place
since the end of the last assemblage
of the Lake Mohonk body.
The discussions are expected to en-
phasize the view of the leaders of the
conference that, SO far from being a
failure, the second Hague conference
was OF most substantial service to the
world and to humanity.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
MERCURY is EFFECTIVE IN
TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 17.-Recent ad-
vices from the new hawai- hospital at
Fort Lyon, Colo, confirm the promis-
ing report made by Surgeon B. L.
Wright, on duty at that sanitarium'
regarding the results of treating tu-
berculosis by the use of mercury.
Naval surgeons at the hospital have
heen closely observing the thirty cases
subjected to this treatment, and prog
ress. it is said, has been such as TO
ada +o the confidence that they have
made an important discovery.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
of one of the most prominent prune

of one of the most prominent prune
pilots of the city.
EVERY reason in the world" he re-
Piled 1T costs more to get them in
shape for their public appearance than
it used to. Every prune is educated and
put in first-class physical condition be-
fore it is permitted to enter public life.
Then again, 1t costs a great deal more
to transport them from California. In
the old days a prune was content to
travel as freight, but they have become
so puffed up over their victory over the
cereal stuffs that they demand first
class passage and a fat contract before
they consent to travel
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
KILLS A GROWN HORSE
WITH BLOW OF HIS FIST
Bartender Wins a $40, 5et-Says He
Can Execute Twelve Steers In
Twelve Minutes-Worked
In Packing House

INDIANAPOLIS, May II. With
one powerful blow with his bare fist,
Harry Hill, an Indianapolis bartender.
knocked down and instantly killed q
full grown horse. owned by August
Blue. The feat was executed on a
prominent street corner to settle a
wager OF $40. Mr.. Blue suffered the
additional loss Of his horse. valued at
$3.50.
Hill, who formerly worked in a
packing house, has posted a $500 for
felt that he can kill twelve steers in
twelve minutes with his fist.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
SENATOR'S ILLNESS PREVENTS
PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE illness
of Senators Elkins and Foraker, COM
bined with not little politics, has heio
up in the senate for several days the
passage of the Elkins resolution 10
suspend the operation of the common
ties clause of the Hepburn railroad
rate law.
1t is expected the resolution will be
nassed. however, as soon as those SEN
ators are able to return to their duties.
There is considerable sentiment against
fine resolution, even among those who
have promised to vote for it.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
HUNGARlANS EMICRATE
IN SPITE OF WARNING
BY Associated Press.

BUDAPEST, May 1.-THE recent
warning to intending emigrants, is
sued by the minister of the interior,
that the economic situation in America
had not shown sufficient Improvement
to give prospect of obtaining work, has
failed to check the outflow from this
country.
The minister now announces that
emigrants who have gone to the United
States since January / last will not he
given the privilege of returning to Hun
gary gratis
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
pressmen Give Barbecue

Union printing pressmen. press feed
ers and assistants gave big barbecue
at Seal gardens yesterday, at which
races and other sports were feature.
A good crowd was in attendance and
a general fine time was enjoyed BY all
present A baseball game proved one
of the most interesting features.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
BELL REFUSES TO GIVE
UP TO M'NAB MACHINE.
toontinued from rare One,

night. As delegates arrived they took
their places with one or the other Gle
ments and simply waited for the result
of the negotiations. Most of them pre-
dicted a hot fight on the floor of the
convention, and if 1t comes to this they
predicted that Bell would rally a
stronger support than was guessed by
the participants in the conference
themselves. About the only work done
by the delegates during the evening
was the arranging of district assembly
meetings after the first session of the
convention. 1t is believed the conven-
ton will not get through until Tuesday
afternoon.