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Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
SENATE ADOPTS
IS MINOR BILLS
U. S. LAWMAKERS TRANSACT
MUCH BUSINESS
BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR TO BE
DISCUSSED TODAY
February IL Is Made Centenary of
Birth of LincoIn-Military Appro-
priations Reduced-5ennett
Measure Lost
LBy Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Seventy-
five bills on the calendar of the senate
were passed today. The consideration
of these measures, most of which were
of local character or of minor i'm
portance, consumed nearly the entire
session.
Senator Foraker attempted to get
consideration for the Aldrich Substi-
tute bill providing for a court of in
quiry to pass upon the qualifications
of the discharged negro soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth infantry, charged with
having "shot up Brownsville, Tex, on
August 1874, 1906, but postponed max
ing a motion for that purpose in or
der that Senator McLaurin of Missis-
sippi might speak on the Brownsville
affair tomorrow.
Mr.. Foraker announced that after
MIR. McLaurin's speech he would en-
deayor to obtain action on the bill.
- The senate passed, without amend
ment, a bill declaring February IL, 1909
the centenary of the birth Of Abraham
Lincoln, to be legal holiday and rec
ommending a general observation of
that day.
Unless the senate comes to their res
cue the West Point cadets will not be
able to attend the Inauguration on
March 4 at the expense of the govern
ment.
Item Stricken Out
By a point of order an item providing
funds for the cadets trip to Washing
ton was stricken from the military ap-
preparation bill.
Another item removed from the bill
was an appropriation for the construc-
tiOn of an asylum for refugees in time
of war, and another for a storehouSe
on C0rregidor island, in Manila bay.
Under suspension the house passed
the Payne bill prohibiting the inporta-
tion of opium, but refused to pass the
senate bill to pension federal judges.
The Bennett bill for the deportation
of aliens convicted of a felony was
denied passage.
A limitation was placed upon the
scope of the Olmstead special commit
tee to investigate appropriations for
and the work of the secret service of
the various departments.
A discussion of the various grants of
land, which it is proposed to give to
Arizona and New Mexico in the state
hood bill, took place before the house
committee on territories today.
Assistant Attorney General Wood
ruff, for the interior department, de-
clared that 100000 acres which it was
proposed to give to each of the terri
tories upon becoming states, if sold
now, would bring in the neighborhood
of 20 cents an acre. He declared it as
his belief that these same lands would
be worth nearly $5 an acre within a
few years
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
PLAGUE IN THE BARBADOS
DECLARED TO BE SERIOUS
Yellow Fever Causes Quarantine to
Be Instituted in West Indian
Ports

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-AccOrding to
passengers arriving here yesterday on
the Quebec liner Koronia, the yellow
fever situation in the Barbados is quite
serious.
The Danish and French governments
in the West Indies, it was said, have
quarantined all their seaports against
the Barbados, while several hundred
tourists in London had taken the pre-
caution to cancel their passage to the
islands.
They said here that the British West
Indian ports were the only ones which
would permit the arrival of ships from
the Barbados and the landing of pas
sengers.
At St. CroiX, the quarantine station
for st. Thomas, the Koronia was held
up and her passengers were not allowed
to go ashore for some time Despite
the reports of fever, it is said the is
lands physicians disagree as to the ma
ture of the disease, some maintaining
1t is not yellow fever but gastric influ-
enZa.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
THREE MASKED MEN ROB
BIG SALOON IN G0LDFIELD
Bandits Escape with $3417 After Hold
ing Up Twenty Men with
Ours

GOLDFIELD, New, Feb. 1.-Three
masked men held up the Mohawk
saloon, one Of the biggest establish
ments Of the kind here, and got away
with $S417 at 5 o'clock this morning.
They have not yet been captured.
Entering the front door in Indian file
with guns drawn, they lined up about
twenty men who were in the place.
Then one of them went behind the bar,
tapped the cash register, got. a key to
the safe, took all the bank rolls and
coin they could find and walked out
of the saloon, while the others covered
his retreat.
None of those lined up were molested.
Deputy sheriffs are working on the
case, but have no clew.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
SHOOTS MAN kND WIFE;
IS KILLED BY HUSBAND
Indianan Fires Bullet at His Sister.
in-Law, Fatally Injuring
Her

MADISON, Ind, Feb. dee Brown
is dead as the result of an attack
which he made last night on Henry
Lochard.
Lochard is seriously injured and
Mrs. Lochard is thought to be fatally
wounded. Brown, it is said, went to
the Lochard home about midnight and
shot Lochard and Mrs. Lochard.
Brown was about to shoot again,
when Lochard shot Brown in the head.
Brown remained unconscious until
his death several hours later. Loch-
ards life was saved by the first bullet
striking the buckle of his suspender.
His hip wound is not dangerous.
Mrs. Lochard was shot through the
stomach.
1t is said the trouble grew out Of
Browns wife deserting him. Browns s
wife, who was recently divorced, was
Mrs. Lochards sister
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
EFFORT MADE IN CONGRESS
TO END OPIUM IMPORTATION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Coincidental
with the meeting Of the opium confer
ence at Peking today, the house was
called on the first thing today to pass
the Payne bill to prohibit the impor-
tation and use of opium in this coun-
try for other than medicinal purposes.
Chairman Payne of the ways and
means committee brought up the bill.
He explained that it was drafted by
former Secretary Root, but had been
amended so as to permit the importa-
tion Of opium for medicinal purposes.
The bill reduces the revenues, accord
ing to Mr.. Payne, 100000 a year.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
SHIPS OF MANY NATIONS
FIRE GUNS AT GIBRALTAR
Roar of Cannon Continues for an
Hour as Bands Play
Ragtime

GIBRALTAR, Feb. 1.-For one hour
this morning the port of Gibraltar
seemed to be the scene of a naval en-
gagement at close range.
The American battleships that ar
rived yesterday were exchanging sa-
lutes with the shore and the foreign
warships in the harbor, omitted yester-
day because it was Sunday.
The reVerberation was inceSsant fol
an hour. The colliers promptly took ur
their positions alongside the Minneso-
ia, Vermont and Kansas, and before
the sound of the saluting guns had died
away the bands aboard these ships
were playing ragtime to liven up the
dirty and arduous work of coaling
Each ship required from 1900 to 160C
tons to fill her bunkers for the home
ward voyage.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
IMPORTANT CHANGES MADE
AMONG OFFICERS OF ARMY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Several i'm
portant changes in the station and duty
of general officers of the army were an
nounced today.
Brig. Gen. Charles Morton is relieved
of the command at Fort d. A. Russell.
Wyo., and today assumed command of
the department of the Missouri, reliev-
ing Brig. Gen. William H. Carter, who
is ordered to the Philippines to CON-
mand the department of Luzon, reliev-
ing Brig. Gen. Albert L. Mills, who is
ordered TO San Francisco.
Brig. Gen. r. d. Potts, commanding
the department of the gulf, is ordered
to the Philippines, where he is to com
mand the department of the Viscayas,
relieving Brig. Gen. Charles L. Hodges,
who will proceed to San Francisco for
orders.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
soIons Favor suffraqettec

OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. IAN at
tempt to defeat the bill submitting the
constitutional amendment giving the
right of suffrage to women failed in
the senate today, when the bill came
over from the house, where it had
passed by a decisive vote. The motion
to indefinitely postpone was substituted
by motion to- refer to committee, and
the latter carried, % to 13. Seven were
absent, and the vote today is taken as
a fair indication Of the vote on fna
passage.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
60-INCH SEARCHLIGHTS TO
BE PLACED ON FORT BARRY
Largest end Most Powerful Lamps
Made viii Sweep Sea for
Many Miles

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.-Sixty-
inch searchlights, almost double the
size and power of any now in use, will
soon be placed at Fort Barry, located
near Point Bonita, just above the en-
trance to the Golden Gate.
Colonel John A. Lundee, Major
Charles A. McKinstry Of the engineer
corps and Captain Arthur Fuller, chief
signal officer, made an inspection to-
day with view Of locating sites for
the searchlights.
The new searchlights which will be
placed at Fort Barry are the largest
and most powerful made and will sweep
the sea for miles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
Army Autos Too Expensive

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-At the direc-
ton of the secretary Of war, a careful
investigation into the cost of the main
tainence of automobiles owned by the
war department has been made, and as
a result the secretary has decided thei1
use entails greater expense than horses
and carriages. He is of the opinion
that this expense is not justified, anG
hereafter automobiles will not be used
in Washington except where it is
shown that there need is imperative
and justifies the additional expense.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
TWO MEN MEET DEATH
FROM CROSSED WIRES
Blacksmith and Clerk in Tacoma EIec-
trocuted While Turning on
Lights

TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 1.-The cross
ing of a heavy power wire with the
city light wires at the new Harmon
building caused the death of Arthur
w. Charlson, a blacksmith, and John r
Ohrstrom, shipping clerk for the Young
love Grocery company.
The men were turning on the electric
lights about Z o'clock when they re-
ceived the fatal shocks.
Death was instantaneous, about 220C
volts passing through their bodies. Sew
eral other men received severe shocks
Charlson was unmarried and Ohr-
strom leaves a widow and two children
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
TO ESTABLISH SCHOOL
WHERE ALL TRANSFERS
CAN STUDY ETIQUETTE

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@ quette for teamsters is to be estab- (.
@ Iished. John T. Stockton, who is &
g known the Chesterfield of the team &
@ ing industry, is to be instructor.
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g. precedence according to the new au- &
@ thOrity the Language" must be after (.
g the following model; e
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g eff you will permit me to suggest &
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
SECTION HAND AT'S1
A DAY NOW PRESIDENT
OF NEW YORK CENTRAL

I NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-William /
= C. Brown, who began his rail- <
= road career forty years ago as a <
y section hand on the st. Paul rail- <
= road at 81 a day, became presi- <
= dent today of the great system <
= of railroads of which the New !
: York Central is the chief line. Z
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
Taft Arrives at cuIebra

CULEBRA, Panama, Feb. 1.-William
H. Taft and the engineers accompany
ing him reached here from Panama to-
day on a special train and made a
detailed examination of the fourteen
miles Of the Culebra cut. The fact
that the existing plans for the lock
and dam at Gatun are satisfactory to
the visiting engineers has caused a
local feeling of optimism and the fears
Of delay in the completion Of the work
have been relieved. Mr.. Taft expressed
the belief that the views of the en-
gineers regarding the situation at Gatun
would be favorable and their findings
consequently did not come as a sur
prise to him.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
SAN FRANCISCO PLANS TO
GET RID OF CLAIRV0YANTS
Crusade Is Begun Against Mediums,
Fortune. Tellers and Second
Sight Fakers

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IA cru
sade against mediums, fortune tellers,
clairvoyantS and seers has been inau-
gurated by the police.
Nine warrants were issued today
charging the defendants with advertis-
ing their alleged ability to find lost OF
strayed lovers. restore the love grown
cold between husband and wife, locate
hidden mines and peer into the future
by psychic and occult means, contrary
to an ordinance recently passed by the
supervisors.
The ordinance provides a penalty OF
$500 fine or six months in the county
jail.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
SEVERE TEMBL0R CAUSES
BIG SCARE AT MONTREAL
People Prepare to Flee from Homes,
but Alarm Finally SUBJ
sides

MONTREAL, Feb. Shorty before
o'clock this morning a strong earth
shock followed the slight one that oc-
CURED before midnight, and a number
of people who had been aroused by
the first tremor were badly frightened.
In the west end where the shock
seems to have been most felt a num-
ber of people prepared to leave their
houses, but as the disturbance was not
repeated the excitement soon Quieted
down.
The quake was not recorded on the
seismOgraph at McGill university.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
Huntina licenses pecrease

SACRAMENTO, Feb IA falling off
Of more than $4,000 in the receipts from
the sale of hunting licenses by the state
was noted today when State Controller
Nye completed the figures on the sales
for the first six months in 1908, which
amounted to $96,433.6S, as compared
with $105.35S.62 in the first six months
that hunting licenses were placed on
sale in 1907
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
Diamond Maker Imprisoned

Frenchman whose claims that he could
manufacture diamonds, We're recounted
in the courts of Paris last summer, has
been sentenced to ten years imprison-
mnt in default. lie Moine fed just be-
fore the final hearing of the case
against him. He was being tried on
charges of having secured money from
an English diamond mine owner or
false pretenses by declaring that he
was able to manufacture diamonds.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
Favor Hetch Hetchx Bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. by a vote
of to the house committee on public
lands decided to report favorably the
resolution which grants to the city and
county of San Francisco the right to
use the Hetch Hetchy and Lake Flea
nor valleys in the Yosemite national
park for reservoir purposes.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
POLICE HEAR GROANS AND
FIND VICTIM OF ROBBERS
One Unidentified Man Dies on Way
to HospitaI-Another Is
Dying

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. ATTRACTED
by faint groans, Police officer Read
found in a doorway. on Dupont street
early today an unidentified man, who
died while being removed to the emer-
gency hospital. He had evidently been
the victim of foodpads.
About the same time another man,
whose identity also is unknown, was
found with a fractured skull lying in
Bartlett alley with his pockets turned
inside out. He had not regained con-
seriousness at 2 o'clock this afternoon
and is not expected to live.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
MINE WORKERS
STILL WRANGLE
STORMY SESSIONS AT INDIAN
AP0LIS CONTINUE
CLOSE BRINGS VICTORY FOR AID.
MINIsTRATIoN
Leading Opponent Of Lewis to With.
draw-EIection of Present Head
of Organization Is AS
sured
IBy Associated Press.I ]

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1.-The for
tunes of war were with the admins
tration party when the third week of
the convention of the United Mine
Workers of America opened. today.
The assembly was more turbulent
even than it had been, but there was
manifested among the delegates a de-
termination to proceed to business
without further personal controversies.
John Walker of Illinois attempted
to resume where he. had left off on
Saturday his denunciation of the ac-
ton Of President Lewis and the in
ternational executive board in suspend
ing the officers of District No. IL, In
diana, for having disobeyed their man
dates.
A motion to extend the time Of de-
bate in favor of Mr.. Walker was lost
amid cheers and he had to take his
seat.
John Lawson and Peter Patterson of
Canada, international board members,
presented a resolution calling upon
President Van Horn of Indiana either
to retract his Characterization of the
international board as wooden or
withdraw from the convention.
"Pours Oil on Water"
Van Horn poured oil on the troubled
waters by explaining he had meant the
board was helpless within the organiza-
tion's constitution and that he had not
charged it's members with lack Of in
telligence or integrity.
On the question of accepting the re-
port of the committee approving the
action of the president and the inter
national board in suspending Van Horn
and his associates, it was obvious that
the yeas had it, but the anti-Lewis fac
ton demanded a roll call and sue
ceeded in mastering the fifty delegates
whose votes were necessary to make
the demand legal.
There was a storm of disapproval and
the charge was freely made that there
was an organized effort to impede the
progress of the convention.
John Walker, who was a candidate
for president of the national organiza-
tion against President Lewis, an
nounced today he would not contest
the election if the result of the votes
indicated ne was defeated.
1t is conceded Lewis has won and
that his majority will be about 10000.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
steamer LONG Overdue

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. There is
considerable anxiety over the German
steamship Maria Rickmers, now thirty
one days out from Grenock, Scotland,
and more than ten days overdue. The
anxiety is made all the greater by the
fact that terrific storms have swept the
Atlantic lately. The ship is under the
command Of Captain A. Rupp and car
ried a crew OF thirty-two men. She
has no cargo, but is to load case oil
here for Japan.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02
ANTI-JAPANESE
BILL FAVORED
FEDERAL REQUEST MAY BE
DEFIED BY ASSEMBLY
DREW'S LAND MEASURE HAS
PROSPECTS OF SUCCESS
Transue and Leeds Attempt to Check
Legislation, but in vain-Race
Track Document Nears
Third Reading
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the good roads convention that met
recently in this city.
1t eliminates the state highway COM
mission feature, which was one Of the
principal points urged by the delegates
In the good roads convention.
Senator Willis introduced in the SEN
ate today bill prohibiting prize fights
where admission is charged and making
violation of the act a felony.
j. L. TransUe of Los Angeles intro
duced in the assembly a measure de-
signed, according to his statement, to
make impossible the delay of criminal
trials by appeals to higher courts on
mere technicalities
The assembly committee on COM
merce and navigation decided late this
afternoon that the recommendation be
made to the house that the committee
make junketing trip to determine the
needs of San Francisco and other har-
hors for which appropriations Of sew
eral millions Of dollars are asked.
To Kill Main Feature
The committee on election laws of
the senate decided to eliminate from
the Wright direct primary bill the feat
ure providing for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people.
Senator Leavitt of Alameda made a
motion to strike out the clause relating
to that office, and it was carried, 6 to 8,
those voting for Leavitt's amendment
being Senators Hare, Hartman, Kenne-
ly, Wolfe, Savage and Leavitt Those
voting against it were Senators ,Stet-
son, Estudillo and Wright
Senator Savage is firmly opposed to
the direct primary bill in any form
The judiciary committee of the as
sembly heard arguments for the code
bill introduced at the request of the
Commonwealth club, changing the pc
nal code so that more power shall be
given to trial judges and providing that
criminal trials may be expedited
Another hearing will be given tomor-
row.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BRONO Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money If it fails to cure.
E. w. GROVES signature is on each box. ESQ.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-31

lington will tell you that no soldier
ever saw the place in life without ex-
pressing the wish that he might lie
there after death.
Some time it may be that the Federal
and Confederate memorial ceremonies
will be held upon the same day.. The
government at present cares for the
graves~of many thousands of the Con-
federate dead and it is but a question
of few years probably when the North
and South will agree that one memorial
day will be the part of the better pa
triotlsm.
In Arlington today soldiers Of the
regular army and veterans of the
Union army of the Civilwar remember
ed alike the graves of northerner and
southerner.
Grant and Sherman the two greatest
of the northern war chieftans, sleep
elsewhere One on the shore of the
Hudson and the other in that beauti-
full cemetery in the city of ST. Louis.
Their place is in Arlington.
Generals, colonels sergeants, corpor-
ais and privates are de by side in this
encampment of the dead. The silent
tents of un bnists and confederates are
pitched not far apart and no guard
stands between. Schofield, federal;
Wheeler, confederate sleep almost side
by side. They were friends, then enc
mics in war and then friends again
serving under the same flag. Both died
in the service Of the United States
There are soldiers of many wars
resting in Arlington. Revolutionary
veterans lie under the same trees that
sheltered their descendants lied in the
Philippine islands Soldiers who were
the victims of the Seminole and the
Sioux are asleep side by side, and with
them are the men who fell at Moline
del Rey and Buena Vista. Sailors who
served on the Constitution and on the
Main are in Port in Arlington. tits
the camping ground for men Of the
united services.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-31
Johnson Lauds Heroes.

ST. PAUL, MINI, i1ay 31.-Mem orial
day was celebrated in the Twin Cities
and throughout Minnesota today more
generally than ever before. The Me-
mortal day proclamation of Governor
John A. Johnson, who is looked upon
as the logical candidate for the presi-
dency in 1912, is declared by Grand
Army men to be one of the most beau
tiful ever VIZ item and close second
to Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll's Vision
of War. He says:
Though nearly three score years
have come and gone since the sound of
Sumpter's guns, the recurrence of each
Memorial day brings to US again the
debt of love and duty it is our privilege
and pleasure to pay to the memory of
the nations defenders.
''Th 8 is not a new bereavement, but
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-31
UnveiI Lincoln Tablet.

LOUISVILLE, KY. May 31.-With
an attendance almost equal to that at
the corner-sto laying of the Lincoln
memorial by President Roosevelt last
February the monument erected at
L ncoln farm by the Lincoln Tablet
commission was unveiled today. The
sculptor who created the memorial is
A. A. Weinman, of New York, favor
tie student under ST. Gaudens.
Robert T. Lincoln, son of the great
emancipator, participated today in the
ceremonies of the unveiling of the
bronze statue of his father. Mrs. Ben
Hardin, Of isLouville, a half sister of
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, unveiled the
statue.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-31

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