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LOS ANGELES HERALD
NOTED WOMAN WHO
HAS WON BIG SUIT
-
.•jS* COPYRIOMT.Bt ROCKWOOatu
MRS. MAYBRICK
PLANS MANSION
Report in Richmond That Woman Par
doned from Prison Will Live on
$2,500,000 Property Just
Acquired
[Special to The Herald.]
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 13.—Mrs.
Florence Maybrick, who gained world
wide notoriety several year.-* ago be
cause of what was claimed was her
unjust incarceration in an English
prison on the charge of having pol-
Boned her husband, and who won a
suit here last week Involving the pos
session of $2,500,i1u1) worth of land,
probably will erect one of the most
beautiful mansions in the south and
reside permanently on her big estate,
most of which Is near Richmond, al-
(t'ontinuod on rugre Two)
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity:
Cloudy Monday; light west wind.
Maximum temperature yesterday, 65
degrees; minimum, 47 degrees.
LOCAL
Citizens plan to fight tuberculosis, and medi
cal experts urge drastic steps be taken.
Laborer at Griffith park, It la said, leveled
gun at watchmau and threatened to kill him.
Newspaper's place in modern society is ex
pounded at the Los Angeles Fellowship.
Nurses at county hospital adopt Infant whose
mother Is penniless and dying.
Life Underwriters' association of Los Ange
lcj to hold annual meeting In Alexandria.
Suspected robbers said to have infested red
llght district are under arrest. •
Thousands hear Christian Science expounded
by practitioner. .
Wealthy mining man from Mexico City dis
appears from, hotel at Ocean Park.
Police make two raids on youthful gamblers
and arrest twelve boys.
Detail! of Christmas dinner for poor children
to be given by The Herald are nearly com
pleted.
Prizes awarded for best dressed dolls and
newspaper women are called In as Judges. ■
Knabenshue makes two flights in his airship,
taking passenger with him Brst time.
Los Angeles Socialists pass resolutions pledg
ing support to Chicago refuge committee In
Its efforts to prevent extradition of political
offenders. •
COAST
Prominent physicians investigating wholesale
poisoning at Vallejo v remit of banquet at
launching of new collier Prometheus, and de
cide cheap and decomposed beef wa3 reapon
all le. i (
Southern Pacific company's mail ai.d passen
ger ntcamshlp Modoc rammed by freighter on
Sacramento river between San Francisco and
capital; •Inks, badly damaged, in seven feet
of water.
I Son of farmer near Vallejo found with head
blown off by accidental discharge of shotgun;
hat with boy's Bkull in it lies ten feet away.
Qov. OlUett, much improved in health, re
ceives several visitors for first time, since
confined to room.
■]:;,;■ eastern
Night riders in .Union City, lean., under in
dictment (or murder ami whipping at post,
t, hi additional Indictments from grand Jury
which will convene today; many conviction*
declared certain.
•Head of census bureau, accused of entering
Ir to deal on wool schedule when Dlngley bill
was framed, denies charge, but Champ Clark
continues . accusations, causing sensation in
capital.
Report In New York that Fannie Ward, who
married diamond king worth J40.000.00i), will
return to stage In America with new English
play, which has made great hit In London.
Congress probably to adjourn December 21
for recess during holidays and • remainder of
session will be occupied by Investigation and
hearing of reports concerning president's crltl
oit ins of senate in secret service controversies.
Trial of' T. Jenkins Halns, charged us an
accessory In murder of ■William Annts In New
York, to begin today at Flushing, and ease Is
expected to be one of moat sensational In
many years.
Taft at banquet tells how lie climbed to
fame and describes appointment by President
Mi Klnley to supreme bench; benevloent assimi
lation Is part of theme at dedication of Me-
Klnley memorial organ' in New York when
president-elect declares he will carry out the
policies of late president. 1
FOREIGN
Dutch'warship seizes Venezuelan guardsliip
and mans it with 'Dutch crew;: ii.ii t . Dutch
flag, and tows captured vessel to Willemstadtj
great rejoicing in Curacao; Castro leaves Paris
(or. Cologne- to undergo examination by Dr.
Israel. ' . — ■
Death list in explosion at Panama canal re
ported officially : from ' Bas Oblapo by Col.
GoethclH to number fourteen! Injured flfty; vast
dumage done to equipment, and ground,
„■ Colombo,' Ceylon, welcomes Atlantlo I battle
ihlp fleet with m out' admiration and vessels
anchor successfully despite 1 fact It Is . oon
sliliTi'il one of hardest ports in the world to
i tutor. ttBSSaB&HBEnCK^Q^
MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1908.
CONGRESS WILL
ADJOURN SOON
FOR HOLIDAYS
SOLONS TO RETURN HOME
ABOUT DECEMBER 21
CRITICISM OF SECRET SERVICE
IS SOLVE THEME
President's Language to Be Subject of
Early Report—Secretary Root
Startles Lawmakers with
Statistics
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Both
bodies of congres expect to con
clude the ante-Christmas holi
days' work of the session during tho
present week.
The date of the adjournment for the
holidays lias not yet been definitely de
termined, but most probably It will fall
on December 21, a week trom tomor
row.
In that event it is not expected that
any business will be done on Monday
week Ixvause when the date becomes
known members will leave for their
home* In such numbers that It will be
Impossible to maintain a quorum.
Tho senate will t:> k<; another ad
lournment from Thursday until the
following Monday without any expec
tation of doing any business on Mon
day beyond providing definitely for tho
Christmas recess.
The house will continue its work un
til Friday or Saturday, but will then
adjourn until Monday unless somu
other plan of adjournment, is pursued.
Some members who reside in far dis
tant slates are urging that the ad
journment should begin on Saturday,
and the leaders are disposed to heed.
When taken, the holiday adjourn
ment will be until January 4. It is ex
pected that both houses will deal dur
ing the week with the question of the
paragraph in the president's message
relating to the secret service.
The Perkins committee will probably
present its report to the house early
and in ease a resolution dealing with
the subject is recommended it will be
acted upon before the dispersal of the
house for the holidays.
Routine Business Today
The house will begin the routine
business of the week tomorrow with
the consideration of business pertain
ing to the District of Columbia, and
on Tuesday will continue the consider
ation of the bill coditying the penal
laws, which received much attention
during the last session.
Thursday and Friday will be given
over to pension bills and other private
measures unless there is another ap
propriation bill introduced for consid
eration Strenuous effort is being made
tc get reported early In the week the
bill making appropriations for the Dis
trict of Columbia, avid if this effort
should be successful the bill should
1., passed before the holidays.
In the senate an effort will be made
by Senator Carter to procure the pas
sage of the bill providing for the es
tablishment of postal savings banks.
and (.11 Wednesday that measure will
give way to the Foraker bill ordering
the re-enllstment of the negro soldiers
who were discharged without honor
because of their supposed participation
in the Brownsville riot in 1906.
The senate caucus committee will be
gin work early in the week on the bill
providing for the thirteenth census, but
probably will not be able to report un
til after the holidays.
No effort will be made in the senate
tc act upon any of the appropriation
bills until in January.
Growth of United States
Since the consideration of the legis
lative, executive and Judicial bill was
taken up In committee the house has
been much Impressed with the growth
of the United States among the sister
nations of the world. Tho request
upon tho congress by the secretary of
stat- for an additional force to cope
with the problems of state has been
explained on no other basis, and the
statements of Secretary Root on tho
growth of this country as a world
power have attracted much considera-
Secretajy Root startled the member
by referring to the state department
organisation as a temporary matter.
"I consider- the time will shortly come
when It will be desirable to make ma
terial changes in the organization of
tbo state department," the secretary
toW the committee on appropriations.
He predicted the time would soon
come when the enlarged business would
justify and require a politico-geograph
ical division of the work for the de
partments. This would mean various
divisions equal to deal with European,
Latin-American, far eastern arvd Brit
ish colonial questions.
Secretary Root demonstrated that the
work of the department was growing
by stating that there was an Increase
of 130,000 pieces of mail a year; that
the, trade of the United States has in
creased from $1,622,000,000 in 1896 to
$3,31 D,000,000 in 1307, and that the out
going foreign travel from the United
States has increased from 245,411 In 1596
to 563,82:! in 1907.
It was now necessary, he said, to
have clerks to index the precedents
for the convenience of the officials.
Congress was informed that the pro
nosed revision of the tariff meant an
tnmense amount of work for the state
department.
Mr. Roofs remarks are being most
carefully weighed, because It Is con
sidered they probably will be his last
from his present official position.
Coming from the man who reorgan
ized the war department and has been
invited to reorganize the navy depart
ment, his advice on the reorganization
of the state department is taken as a
valuable guide-post.
Man Killed in Redding
REDDING, Deo. 13.—Frank 10. Col
lins, a blacksmith, who resides at IMS
Kentucky street, San Francisco, itc
cordlng to a worklngman's card found
upon him, was killed near the Redding
depot last night while attempting to
get aboard a moving freight train. Ha
fell hetwrcii two oCra in such a man
ner that tin? wheels severed the head
from his body and out off botli feoi
arid one hand. He was about 45 years
of. age.
Order of Merit Conferred
TOKIO, Dec. 13. — Tin! order of merit
has been oonferrwl upon Roy. J. n. d<
forest at tho American missionary
board by tliu emperor of Japan. Dr.
do Forest is one of the most prominent
Aaiurican missionaries in the orient.
First Photo of Alleged Night Riders Under
Indictment on Murder Charge in Union City
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Six of the seven men in the above picture are charged with having taken part in the Rankin mur
der, which occurred on the night of October 19. The prisoners are: Top row, left to right, Robert Huffman,
Robert Lee and Samuel Applewhite; lower rom, left to right, E. Cloar, Thomas Johrson, Garrett Johnson and
Samuel Ransom, alleged leader of the night riders.
JUDGE GARBER
DIES IN NORTH
NOTED JURIST OF CALIFORNIA
EXPIRES AT HOME
Succumbs to Attack of Typhoid Fever
at Berkeley—Was Prominent
in the History of the
State
[By Associated Press.]
BERKELEY, nee. i;i.—Judge John
Qarber, formerly supremo Judge of Ne
vada and for many years one of the
most noted jurists of this state, died at
his home late tonight from an attack
of typhoid fever.
Judge Qarber had been ill for several
weeks, and the doctors have enter
tained no hopes of Ills recovery, as he
was over TO years of age.
Judge Qarber was prominently con
nected with many of the great loc:>;l
battles in the civil courts of this state,
notably the Stanford, Fair and Biythe
litigations, which involved many mil
lions of dollars.
He was a native of Virginia, gradu
ating from the University of Virgina
as a civil engineer and coming to the
Pacific slope in the early '60s, begin
ning the practice of law at Virginia
City, Nev.
Correspondent Is Honored
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—James S.
Henry, Washington correspondent of
a Philadelphia newspaper, ha.s been
appointed chairman of the press com
mittee and Charles H. Boynton of
New York vice chairman of the com
mittee on finance for the inauguration
of William H. Taft on March 4 next.
Major General Barry, commanding tho
army of Cuban pacification, has been
designed to command the tegular army
division of the inaugural parade, and
Rear Admiral Bperry, commanding tho
Atlantic battleship fleet, will command
the naval division.
Engagement Announced
LONDON, Dec. 13. —Tt Ik officially
announced that a marring? engage
ment lias been arranged between the
earl of Granard and .Miss Beatrice
Mills, the daughter of Ogden Mills of
New York. Bernard Arthur Forbes,
the eighth earl of Granard, is a lord In
waiting to the king and master of the
horse. His estate consists of 20,000
acres and his country seat, is Castle
Korbes. in Longford county, Ireland.
Children
Get Your Invitations at Herald's
Branch This Week
Bg«—APPLICATIONS by children who wish to
be guests at The Herald's Christmas din-
Si J| ncr at the Y. M. C. A. building on South
grfaSJll Hope street and the entertainment at
Simpson auditorium, across the street,
should be made at once at The Herald's branch de
pot, 323 South Hill street.
Application Blanks Will Be
Furnished There
It is necessary to know the names, addresses,
ages, sex and schools of the children (if of school
age) and all applications must be made this week.
Unless approximately'the number of young peo
ple who expect to share in the festivities is known
the committee will not know what estimates to
make.
Come down today if you can, or let parents or
' guardians come.
NIGHT RIDERS IN
FEAR OF PRISON
GRAND JURY WILL RECONVENE
THIS MORNING
Prominent Tennesseans Declared to
Be Facing Certain Conviction.
Evidence Piled Up Against
Marauders
[Pperlal to The Herald 1
UNION CITY, Term., Dec. 13.—With
the meeting ..f the grand Jury tomor
row, after a brief adjournment, it Is
expected many more indictments will
be returned and that the crusade
against the night riders, whose depre
dations have terrorised many sections
of the south, will be renewed with fresh
determination.
The fact that so many men, promi
nent and otherwise, already have, been
Indicted, and apparently face convic
tion, if the statements of the prosecu
tion "are to be accepted aa conserva
tive, has spread consternation among
a great number of men here who, it is
■aid have secretly been connected with
the night riders for many years.
Evldenoe is not lacking, it is claimed,
and the men now under indictment are
said by the prosecution to be hopelessly
Incriminated, so far as the accumula
tion of damaging evidence is concerned.
Among the mosrt prominent of the
men now under indictment are Robert
Huffman, Robert Lee, Samuel Apple
white. Samuel Ransom, Garrett John
son, Thomas Clark and J. E. Cloar.
Thomas Johnson, while not accused
of taking part in the murder of Capt.
Rankln at Reelfoot lake, is indicted on
the charge of whipping a man while
disguised with a mask.
Under the laws of Tennessee tills is a
serious offense, punishable by from one
to ten years in the penitentiary.
('apt. Rankin. the victim of the night
riders at Reelfcwt lake, whose murder
will tie vividly recalled, was a veteran
of the Spanish-American war and one
of the best known and most highly re
spected men in the state.
Caught Robbing Room
SAN' JOSIO. Dec. li-rMax Kittler.
i". d 16 «ho escaped from the home of
the Hoys and Gills' Aid society of San
Francisco, was caught In the act of
burglarizing a room In the New York
Exchange hotel this morning and is be
ing held by the police pending the prob
able placing of. a charge of burglary
against him.
SlJNGJjlli 1J1»O •ON TRAINS. 5 CENTS
TRY TO WRECK
BIG COLISEUM
TWO BUILDINGS SHATTERED
BY BOMB IN CHICAGO
Dastardly Attempt to Destroy Great
Exhibition Places on Eve of First
Ward Ball, Opposed by
Church
[By Associated Press.]
CHICAGO. Dir. 13.—Two buildings
werje wrecked and windows were shat
tered for a block around by a terrific
explosion of a bomb in an alley in
Wuba.sii avenue near Sixteenth street
tonight.
It was at first believed several peo
ple had been killed by the crash, as a
number were In the vicinity at the
time. Careful search of the debris uy
police and firemen, however, failed to
reveal any bodies.
The wrecked building adjoins the
Coliseum, where the First ward bail,
the annual revel, against the holding
of which much opposition has been
made. Is scheduled to be held tomor
row night.
The report of the explosion was heard
for a mile. The congregation o£ Qrace
Episcopal and Wabash Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal churches and guests of
nearby hotels rushed to the streets 1n
a panic,
A two-story frame building at 1513
Wabash avenue, which adjoins the
south wall of the Coliseum annex, Im
mediately collapsed and took Bra.
The t'ne leaped across an alleyway
and spread to another frame building,
which was also wrecked. Properties
of the Coliseum stored in the building?
added fuel to the- flames.
('rowds of excited people, believing
(lie Coliseum had been blown up,
rushed to the scene. The police and
Bremen began searching among the
d.bris in the belief that people were in
the building. It was reported that two
men had entered one of the buildings
r, short time before.
That the bomb was intended for the
Coliseum the police express little
doubt.
One theory that the bomb was thrown
as another factor of the "gamblers'
war" which has been marked by the
throwing of a number of bombs in the
vicinity "t" allseed gambling resorts.
The twenty-seventh explosion in that
serli a occujrred a few weeks ago.
The First ward hall has long been a
source of contention,
Last week Rev, W. O. Waters, rector
of Grace Eplsoopal church, which ad
loins tin- Coliseum on the north, nought
and (ailed to secure an injunction to
prevent the holding of the ball on the
ground that it was prejudicial to the
morals of the community.
The hall is supported by the First
warders, who are represented in the
city council by Michael Kenna and
John Coughlin. The pjneeeds of the
hall, estimated at from'sls.<ooo to $25,
--(100. annually Riven, are used for the
campaign expenses of the alderman
whose lenn expires the following
spring 1.
SIX MEN KILLED BY PICK .
WHICH HITS HIDDEN BLAST
Terrible Explosion Near Shatter, Nev.,
Is Traced to Careless Work.
man, Who Is Blown
to Pieces
SHAFTER, Nev., Dec. 13.—The ex
plosion of: dynamite , in, the Western
Pacific j tunnel near this station yes
terday in which six workmen aviv
killed or injured was caused by the
pick .if one of the men. striking a hole
in which, a heavy blast had been placed
but' which had not. been fired and was
overlooked. , . :
The workman,whose pick set off the
charge was blown to pieces and another
workman died on ; the way to the hos
pital at Salt Lake.
1 Two " were -made totally blind,' one
lust one eye, one had both arms blown
off and another lost one arm. Of the
six ■■ workmen ■ all but one were Greeks.
QcENTS
HOLLAND
CAPTURES
WARSHIP
Dutch Cruiser Seizes a
Venezuelan Vessel
BOAT TOWED TO WILLEMSTADT
MANNED BY CAPTORS
PEOPLE OF CURACAO WILD WITH
JOY OVER VICTORY
Battleship Gelderland Hoists Flag on
Coast Guard Alix Off Puerto
Cabella Without Meeting
Resistance
V
[By Associated Press,]
WILLEMSTADT, Curacao,
Dec. 13.—The Dutch cruiser
Gelderland came into this
port this morning towing the
Venezuelan coast guard ship
Alix with the Dutch flag flying
and a Dutch crew on board.
The Gelderland captured the
Alix off Puerto Cabella Saturday.
At that time the Alix was ly
ing close in shore, and notwith
standing the thfeat which the
Venezuelan government had
made to fire upon any of the
Dutch warships committing a
hostile act, the Gelderland
steamed at full speed toward the
moored ship and sent an officer
and guard in a launch to seize
her.
This they did without resist
ance and no shots came from the
forts on land.
Crew Put Ashore
The crew of the Alix was put ashorn
and the Dutch officers and marines
remained on board, the Gelderland
finally taking the Alix in tow and
steaming away with her prize.
The seizure of the-Alix wa.; in »•
eordance with the plans dt the Hollan |
government when instructions were |B
sued to the three Dutch warships now
in these waters to make a demonstra
tion off the coast of Venezuela and to
capture any Venezuelan .ships of Min
or guard vessel that they might flnrt.
The arrival of the Gelderland at
Willemstadt this morning was greet. I
with unbounded enthusiasm by tbOM
who noticed the cruiser approach, and
soon the entire population was down
to the water's edge to welcome the
return of the Gelderland. towing the
first of the enemy's ships, as though
from a preat conquest.
Naturally the people of Curacao, who
have been long clamoring: for activity
on the part of the Dutch government,
are greatly rejoiced over this evidence
that Holland has at last began active
measures against Veneauela, but the
governor of Curacao discussed the in
cident as follows:
Capture Friendly, He Says
"The capture by our warships if
coast guard and war vessels is no) '"
be considered an unfriendly act against
the Venezuelans.
"It is merely a reprisal againsi
Castro's government, which wishes to
give satisfaction for his unfriendly actl
toward Holland.
"The seizure of these vessels will
make it Impossible for the Venezuelan
government to carry troops or ammu
nition to und from the various ports,
"A communication to this effeel has
been forwarded by the Dutch govern
ment to the German minister at
Caracas."
It is learned from the officers of the
Gelderland battleship Jacob Van
HeetlUkerk and the cruiser Friesland
are now off La Guaira. and that fir -
ther captures may be expected at any
time.
These two vessels left hhere on Fri
day, cleared for action, and it was
lieved ar that time that the intention
was to make a forcible demonstration
at La Guaira.
The opinion is held here thai the
Venezuelan government in the abl
of President CMtrO will not go so fur
as to fire upon the Dutch warships.
Which, in view of the fact that VOW -
zuela is practically without a navy,
hold the Venezuelan ports at their
mercy.
The situation between Venezuela and
Tlv Netherlands has been strained for
some months. The trouble arose In
directly from the expulsion from ' ■<
racas of M. Da Keus. the diplomatic
representative of Holland, but it had
already been rendered acute by the
course of Venezuela in Issuing a de
cree on May 14 last that practically
killed the commerce of Curasao.
Other incidents that have added to
the 111 feeling have been the stoppage
of Dutch sailing vessels at sea by the
authorities of Venezuela and the storm-
Ing of the Venezuelan consulate at
Wllleraatad by a mob.
Venezuela has made preparations to
resist any act of hostilities. The forts
at La Guaira, Puerto Cabello and
Maracaibo have been reinforced with
men and munitions, but. until Satur
day no untoward act occurred whlcn
would give Venezuela an opportunity
to answer force with force.
CASTRO ON HIS WAY TO
COLOGNE TELLS OF POLICY
PARIS, Dec. 13.—President Castro
of Venezuela and his party left here
today for Cologne. A consultation of
physicians will be held to determine,
upon the advisability of an operation
on the president. If an operation is
found necessary Dr. Israel probably
will perform It at Berlin.
Castro himself la closely confined to
himself here, refusing to give out any
statement to newspaper men except
through some members! of his suite.
On the train today, however, he ac
corded an interview to a representa
tive of tlie Temps, saying that as h«
was leaving Franco he felt at liberty
to receive a journalist.