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■ ■ Part ll—Pages 1 to 8 ... They'll All Be Glad at Home to have one of these SPLENDID BARGAINS. NO USE TALKING—WE HAVEN'T BEFORE, neither has any other ! firm ever offered greater values in Pianos than are offered in this splendid lot of slightly used instruments. If you want a Piano, Buy Now and Save $10 SENDS A PIANO HOME SMITH & BARNES «1?C VOSE <?%*. Was $300, now 4>l£aO Was $450, now 4>£*\jO FISCHER $Kft BEHNING $700 Was $350, now <iJlO\f Was $450, now «PA(7V BAILEY $165 HARDMAN $300 Was $300. now «P»t»U Waa $500> now «l*tJW CABLE $100 STEINWAY $iQO Was $375, now *17" Was 1650, now VIVU KINGSBURY $700 WEBER $1? = Was $350. now QLVV Was $600< now .. «P*t£,U KURTZMANN *%??* CHICKERING CiQC Regular $350, now VmtmtV Was $650, now ,m?t7>J ORGANS, $15, $20, $25, $30. . SQUARE PIANOS, $25, $35, $40, $60. 3 BRAND PIANOS, STANDARDS, SPLENDID BARGAINS, each SHOO APOLLO PLAYER PIANO, SB and 88.Note», tilmemt new; regular SBSO, now si;;, it OTHER FINE PLAYER PIANOS, Absolute annpa $500 MAIL INQUIRIES IMMEDIATELY ANSWERED Personally InTMtluu.tr Tbo<ep Bargain*. Uuj Now Before Au«. 1, and Save. the HOUSE OF MUSICAL* QUALITY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MUSIC CO. 882-334 SOUTH BROADWAY, I.OS ANOELES, CM,. MerchantsßankandTrustCo. s CarSr Branchra: 9th anel Main -100 11 6 Urnentureiv Tranaanta a General Bank- I<2« South Iloovar Street .SV7"__.__. -_». utuaunoj Ing a n<l Trust Bualneas. ONLY SAFETY IS CONSOLIDATION ARTILLERY CHIEF TELLS OF SAN PEDRO'S CHANCE SAYS ONE OF WORLD'S GREAT HARBORS IS POSSIBLE Public Harbor with All Hands Joined and with Heavy Guns Behind It Within Reach of Los Angeles "Consolidation of your cities is the only thing to make your harbor what it should be," General Arthur Murray, chief of the coast artillery, told the men he met in conference yesterday at the chamber Of commerce. - "It is necessary. If you are to real ize the establishment of a harbor of the character you can build here and you may have one of the great harbors of the world. Rut the thing to make this is to consolidate as you are planning and work together for a public harbor." That the government desired to bu"d fortifications on much broader i than has been so far revealed re Ing the projected work lit Sao developed at yesterday's confere. Instead of a few hundred thousand dollars, if the harbor is adequately worked out by the consolidated city, it is the government's plan to spend several millions for defense. General Murray made the prediction that the hills near San Pedro would eventual ly become one of the finest residence districts in California following the building of the fortifications. Those who met General Murray were Stoddard Jess, A. P. Fleming, J. O. Koeplli, William D. Stephens. T. E. Gibbon, J. IV. Carr and W. .J. Wash burn, representing the harbor com mission and the Los Angeles chamber of • commerce. Captain Fries and Lieutenant Leeds were at the con ference. That an attempt to maintain values to make the purchase of the needed land prohibitive would result in pos sibly preventing the expenditure of over $3,000,000 at San Pedro for forti fications, perhaps a much larger sum, was brought out. Reference was made to the report sent to congress by the war department last February recom mending expenditures totaling $3, --655,269 in connection with the fortify ing of San Pedro. It is said that the total work at the harbor In this con nection is now estimated as ultimately aggregating more than double that sum. General Murray left the purchase of site with the United States engineers' office, and went over the matter again with Captain Fries and Lieutenant Leeds yesterday before leaving on the "Colonel George Armistead" for San Diego. - _^__ Mrs. Bradley Given Godspeed Members of the Mexican night class at the Bethlehem institution were given their closing monthly social prior to the summer vacation last night. Sixty of the Mexican and Spanish fam ilies in the neighborhood around the Bethlehem work enjoyed games and amusements and said bood-bye until next fall to Mrs. Arthur I. Bradley, deaeonness of the Institution, who has the Spanish classes in charge. Takes His Longest Fast FRESNO, July 29.— R. D. Klncheloe, a farmer, 61 years old, today com pleted a fast of thirty days. This is the fifth and longest fast that Klnche loe has taken. Thirty days ago he weighed 300 pounds; today he weighs 229. He says he does not feel hungry and believes he has overcome the habit of eating. He stated he had no desira for food, and until he did he would not oat. ETHEL MITCHELL IS IN WHITTIER GIRL IMPLICATED IN DEATH OF CECIL THAYER SENTENCED GIRL COMPANION TURNED OVER TO HOME OF GOOD SHEPHERD Clee Miller and Rastatter Are Held on Charges of Enticing Girls Away from the Court's Asylum Ethel Mitchell, because of whoso ruin her brother, William C. Mitchell, killed Cecil Thayer New Year's night, was sent to the Whittier state school by Judge Wilbur yesterday, and I.ola Mur ray, the Mitchell girl's companion in her escape from the detention home Tuesday night, was ordered to the Home of the Good Shepherd yesterday. Clee Miller, a brewery worker, and Philip Rastatter, an employe of the Llewellyn h i works, who are charged with enticing the girls away from the letentlon home,' were taken to the . ounty jail from the police station yes terday afternoon, and their hearing on a charge of contributing to the delin quency of inmates of the home will take place in the Juvenile court some time during the coming week. It ls said a more serious charge, that of abduction, may be filed against them. The young men have retained Attor ney S. A. D. Gray to represent them. They deny they Induced the girls to leave the detention home, declaring, on the contrary, that they did every thing to prevent this step. Third Arrest Expected A third arrest is looked for in con nection with the affair, a waiter at the homo being accused of aiding ln the plans for escape by carrying notes to the girls from the room occupied by Miller and Rastatter. When Deputy District Attorney John C. North, who conducted the prosecu tion in the trial of William C. Mitchell, learned of the escape yesterday he Im mediately telephoned Mitchell's attor neys, notifying them that a strict watch must he kept on the movements of their recently acquitted client. , "You contended that Mitchell was in sane when he shot and killed Thayer, and I warn you that he may have an other attack," Mr. North told the at torneys. Mitchell Not Interested Mitchell remained quietly at homo during the day, evincing little Interest in his sister's latest escapade. The hearing of the two girls was held behind the closed doors of Judge Wil bur's chambers and lasted a half hour. At Its close Judge Wilbur declined to say anything regarding the proceedings, merely announcing that the Mitchell girl would be sent to Whittier and Lola Murray to the Home of the Good Shep herd. Earlier in the day Clarence Millar and Roland Renrose, charged with en ticing the Murray girl from the deten tion home two months ago, appeared In court. Millar's hearing was set for 2 o'clock Monday and Penrose was re leased on his own recognizance to ap pear at a later date, when he will be placed on probation. Forty Dollars Needed in Good Cause Officials of the Bethlehem Institution are endeavoring to raise $40 needed to send a worthy woman who is without a home In Los Angeles to Cleveland, Ohio, where she can be taken care of by a married daughter. The old wom an suffers severely from asthma and rheumatism, and Rev. Dana W. Bart lett regards her case as an extremely worthy one. If she can be sent to Cleveland she will have a home and care, which is not obtainable at Los Angela*.; i_.j- < LOS ANGELES HERALD FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1909. ADVISORY BOARD STANDS BY CHIEF NO COMPROMISE DECISION OF GOOD ROADS COMMITTEE NAMING OF GEORGE BIXBY IS NO' STOP TO CONFLICT Letter of Chairman Butler Is Em phatic Refusal to Approve Half Measures on Road Project ! Eleven members of the Los Angeles I good roads advisory committee aaaem ' bled in the chamber of commerce yes ! terday and, after a lengthy conference ] regarding the action of the board of supervisors In ignoring them when two j , appointment! were made on the high way commission, those of J. W. Cal vert ami Martin Marsh, and asking their opinion only as to the appoint ment or George H. Bixby. decided to stand by the action of their chairman, Sidney A. Butler, in declining to con [ sider Bixby's name unless the ap pointments of Calvert and Marsh were also referred to them. The sentiment of the committee was [ expressed in a letter addressed to the I supervisors by Mr. Butler, in which he says the committee should not be I called upon to consider the qualifica- I j tions of one member of the highway i I commission to the exclusion of other members, and suggesting that the names of Mr. Calvert and Mr. Marsh be submitted before any action Is taken with reference to Mr. Bixby's appointment. Mr. Butler's letter is as follows: "To chairman and members of the board of supervisors—Gentlemen: At a meeting of the advisory committee held in the directors room of the chamber of commerce on the 29th day of July, 1909, the matter of the ap pointment by you of George H. Bixby as a member of the highway commis- j sion was by me presented to that body. Alter a careful and thorough discus- > sion of the matter of the appointment, j the letter under date of July 2-j, which, j under instractlons. I submitted to your j honorable body touching these appoint- j ments, was read and unanimously In- | dorsed and approved as the action of, the advisory committee, and by unani mous vote of the committee I am di rected to state to you that this com mittee declines- to either approve or, disapprove the appointment of Mr. j Bixby for the reason that it cannot consistently see how it should be called upon to approve one member and not have the privilege of passing upon the other twee, and i am, therefore, directed to say to you that, unless the three names are submitted for approval or disapproval to this body, we decline to act in the matter. "I am further directed to ask you whether or not you will submit to this body, for approval or rejection, the three members of the highway com mission. We will appreciate a prompt answer." The members present at yesterday's meeting were Sidney A. Butler, chair man; Philo J. Beveridge, temporary secretary; A. P. Fleming, secretary of the consolidation committee; 10. C. Blchousky, Pomona: Mayor Thomas Karley, Pasadena: J. M. Schneider, president of the Merchants and Man ufacturers' association; Harry Barn dollar, Long Beach; William Mulhol land, chief engineer of the aqueduct; .lames Slauson, vice president of the chamber of commerce; A. A. HubbaM, member of the board of public works, and Homer Hamlin, city engineer. District Attorney Fredeiicks was also present In response to an invita tion from the committee and discussed the letter of Chairman Nellis of the supervisors addressed to him several days ago, in which ; the writer re quested an opinion as to the legal status of the advisory committee. This opinion probably will be delivered to the supervisors when it meets next Monday. The advisory committee also dis cussed specifications for the Long Beach boulevard and bids for grading Wilshlre boulevard, submitted last Monday. These were referred to the executive committee, with Instructions to embody Its recommendations in a report to be made direct to the su pervisors. A . A NO REASON ASCRIBED FOR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE A i — Family of Despondent Woman Who Took Morphine Refuses Assistance of Police Surgeons Six tablets of morphine taken by Mrs. James G. Hunter, 45 years old. 1357 DeLong street, in an attempt to commit suicide, failed to bring about the desired effect yesterday afternoon, end it is believed the woman will re cover. Members of the Hunter family refused to let the police ambulance re move Mrs. Hunter from their personal care, and an unknown woman doctor was placed in charge of the patient. No reason for the sudden determina tion to end her life has been given by the woman, who is still unconscious, and no letter, or message which gives any clew to the cause of her despond ent condition has been found. Friends of the family state that Mrs. Hunter has of late shown a tendency toward despondency, but the cause of it, is a matter of mystery. POLICEMAN HORRIS LOSES STAR AFTER GIDDY SEANCE Man on Force for Seven Years Ar rested for Drunkenness and De prived of His Shield Patrolman Patrick Horris, for seven years on the Los Angeles police force, was arrested yesterday while on duty at Sixth and Main streets by Captain Dixon on a charge of being Intoxicated while on. duty. , Chief Dlshman has ordered that the patrolman be prosecuted in the police court for the offense and has deprived him of his shield. . After ids arrest by Captain Dixon. Horris refused to say anything when brought before Chief Dlshman other than "This is where I keep still." This is said to be the third time that Horris has fallen off the water wagon with a severe jolt, and this last offense "lay result in taking him off the force. HONEST WORK IS AIM OF LEAGUE NEW ORGANIZATION OUTLINES ITS PLANS PAMPHLET JUST ISSUED TELLS OF CIVIC AMBITIONS Protection of the Weak from Injustice of the Strong Is One Thing to Be Attempted by Or. ganlzers "What Is the League of Justice and what does it stand for?" This question is tersely answered in a neat eight-page folder which is just off the press, and which is being sent ■ out to interested parties by the officers \of the league. So often has the ques ! tion been asked "What Is your pur pose?" that officers of the League of Justice decided to prepare a short "statement to the public," setting forth briefly and pointedly the objects and i purposes of the new organization which was started in Los Angeles on May 29, when Mayor Taylor of San Francisco visited Los Angeles to as sist in launching the project. In the pamphlet Just issued the pur poses of the League of Justice are | given as: "The League of Justice Is what its i name implies, an organization of citi zens intended to promote Justice and ' fair dealing between all classes; to pro- I mote and enforce honesty, integrity and efficiency In public office and places O-Tpublic trust, and protect the tax payers from the burden of dishonesty and extravagance on the part of their public servants; to elevate the stan dard of citizenship and civic righteous ness; to protect the government, na tional, state and municipal from the aggressive and pernicious activities of ■elfish and greedy politicians, and from the inactivity and indifference of the better class of citizens- to educate the I coming generation and the immigrant classes as to the duties and obligations of the citizen; to protect the weak from ! the Injustice of the strong; to shield ■ the laboring classes from the unjust ox actions and burdens imposed upon them 1 by their employers, and shield the em -1 ployers from the unjuct interference in their business by their employes, or I others through oppressive combinations or otherwise, thus promoting harmony, justice and mutual respect between em- I ployer and employe; to protect women and children from degrading, excessive and unhealthy labor or other objection able conditions; to promote public and private morality; to expose and prose cute crime, and prevent wrong doing; to uphold and enforce all just laws, through public authorities, if possible, if not through private means; to up hold and aid the courts of justice and the prosecuting officers in the enforce ment of the laws and to admonish, and if necessary to force action on their part, when duty is neglected, and to do all within its power to enforce the constitution and laws of the nation and ! state, founded, as they are, on the high est principles of justice, and the equality of all men before the law, and to promote and enforce respect for those principles. The officers of the organization are: Frank G. Finlayson, president; Martin Bekins, treasurer; Haines W. Reed, secretary. The executive committee, which has charge of the active work of the league, is composed of: Frank G. Finlayson, Rev. Dana W. Bartlett. Martin Bekins, John A. Merrill, Mrs. J. B. Lipplncott, John D. Works, Mrs. Frances Noel, Dr. John H. Haynes, Mrs. Charles Farwell Edson and Dr. Francis B. Kellogg. MANY PLACES OPEN UNDER PAYMENT OF UNCLE SAMUEL Announcement Made Yesterday That Good Jobs Are Ready for Men Who Pass Examination Announcement was made yesterday that competitive examinations for the United States civil service commission will be' held throughout the United States during the fall. in accordance with a recent act of congress an applicant for these exam inations will be required to be exam ined In the state or territory in which he resides, and to show in his applica tion that he has been actually domi cil»«__iii such state or territory for at least one year previous to the examina tion. Application forms and information may be obtained by addressing the United States civil service commission, Washington, D. C, or the secretary of the board of examiners at the following named places: Postofflce, Boston, Mass., Philadelphia, Pa., Atlanta, (la., Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago, 111., St. Paul, Minn., Denver, Colo., San Francisco, Cal.; custom house, New York, N. V., New Orleans, La.; old custom house, St. Louis, Mo.; Los Angeles, Cal. The following are the positions for which examinations will be held: Agri cultural inspector, Philippine service; aid, coast and geodetic survey; ap prentice, plate cleaner, transferer and engraver, bureau engraving and' print ing; bookkeeper, Philippine service (men only); bookkeeper, departmental service; civil engineer, departmental service; civil engineer and draftsman; civil engineer and superintendent of construction; clerk, departmental ser- vice; clerk. Isthmian canal service; computer, coast' and geodetic survey; computer, nautical almanac office; com puter, naval observatory; computer, supervising architect's office; drafts man, architectural, S. A. O.; copyist, topographic; engineer, S. A. O.; heat ing and ventilating; junior architectu ral, S. A. O.; topographic, departmental service; topographic, Isthmian canal service; engineer, Indian service; farmer, Indian service; farmer, with knowledge of irrigation; fish culturist; guard. United States penitentiary ser vice; kindergarten teacher, Indian ser vice: local and assistant inspector of boilers; local and assistant Inspector of hulls; matron. Indian service; phar macist, P. H. and M. H. S.; physician, Indian service; physician, Philippine service; postal clerk, isthmian canal service; press feeder, government print ing office; scientific assistant, depart ment of agriculture; stenographer, de partmental service; stenographer and typewriter, departmental, Panama and Philippine services; superintendent of construction; surveyor, Philippine ser vice; teacher, Indian service; trained nurse, Indian service: trained nurse, Philippine service; trained nurse, Phil ippine service; typewriter, department al service; veterinarian, Philippine ser vice; veterinary inspector, department of agriculture; wireman —Read the LADIES' HOME JOURNAL Ghosts"—By John Corbin. —Just a little over 2 pages out of 52, filled to over flowing with pictures and print —reflecting art and wisdom, experience and imagination. —Two great pages full of "Good Taste Homes" — rich with suggestions. —Take the Ladies'Home Journal, home today, 15c. —Hundreds will come to Bullock's for it, Los An geles' Ladies' Home Journal store. Do you use Ladies' Home Journal Patterns? Los Angeles, California ' POPE PIUS HONORS FRESNO CHURCHMAN Very Rev. J. M. McCarthy Raised to Station of Domestic Prelate and Given Title of Right Reverend Following close on the announce ment of the new monslgnorl In the dio cese of Monterey and Los Angeles a cablegram was received yesterday from Bishop Conaty announcing new honors for Very Rev. Mgr. J. M. McCarthy of Fresno, who has been raised to the of fice of domestic prelate by the pope, with the title of right reverend mon- I slgnor. Mgr. McCarthy, who is a councillor of the bishop and dean of the San Joaquin valley, studied for the priest hood at All Hallows, Dublin, and at the Propaganda, Rome. He was or dained in 1890 and was stationed at the Plaza and later In Riverside, having been appointed to his present position as pastor of the Fresno church* in 1898. In 1906 he received the title of very reverend motisignor, being made a do mestic chamberlain. His present ad vancement places him in the front rank of the monslgnorl. ILLINOIS PIONEER HEARS LAST CALL IN LOS ANGELES Hubert Reynolds Is Dead at His Home on South Union Avenue After a Long Illness Hubert Reynolds, aged 73 years and a pioneer of Illinois, died yesterday at his home, 1101 Soutli Union avenue, after a long illness. Mr. Reynolds, who was a native of Ireland, went to Iro quois county, Illinois, before the advent of the railroads, where he remained forty years, later removing to Chicago. Six years ago Mr. Reynolds came to Los Angeles to be near his children. He is survived by his wife and four daughters, Miss Margaret Reynolds, Mrs. Katherine Gardiner, Mrs. Charles S. Feeney and Mrs. Harold H. Moore. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at the residence, thence to St. Vlbiana's cathedral. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. CUBAN CABINET RESIGNS AFTER LONG CONFERENCE Action Taken with Avowed Purpose of Saving President Embarrassment. of Removing Advisers HAVANA, July 29.—The cabinet crisis which has been impending for some time reached a climax this afternoon when all the ministers and the presi dential secretary resigned. The action of the cabinet was taken after a conference with the avowed purpose of expressing loyalty to the president and relieving him of the em barrassment of making removals. According to rumor, Luis Octavio Divino of the department of justice will be succeeded by Ramiro Caberera; Nicholas Alberdi, secretary of the in terior, by Gen. Machado, now inspector general .of the armed forces; Dr. Mathias Duque, secretary of sanitation, by Senor Alberdi, and Postmaster Gen eral Nodarst by Senor Morua Delgado. Finds a Sister NEW YORK, July 29.—Mrs. Fred erick Boylhart, wife of a Brooklyn den tist, has just learned she has a sister, and that that sister la Mrs., Laura Van Name of Plainfield, N. J. When Mrs. Boylhart's adopted mother died a month ago she left a note saying she was not Mrs. Boylhart's mother, but had adopted her when she was a baby. Bible Society Holds Convention ST JOSEPH, Mo., July 29.—The na tional convention of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract society opened here today ■ for a four days' session, with about 2000 delegates present from all parts of the United States. TELEGRAPH NEWS IN BRIEF Former American Honored— James J. Shannon of Lond -n, the well known portrait painter, has been elected a member of the Royal aca demy. Shannon was born in Auburn, N. V., in 1862. Escapes from Prison — Rufe Fish, who claims to have escaped from state prison, was arrested at Eureka, • 'nl., Wednesday, by Police Captain Conant. He will be held pending an investigation of his story. To Visit Colonies — The king of Italy has Informed the ministry he intends to send Prince Udine, son of the Duke of Genoa, to visit the Italian colonies In South America. Another prince, probably the Duke of Abruzzi, will go later on a similar mission to North America. Nordica Is Married The wed ding dress of Lillian Nordica, who was married Thursday at London to George W. Young, the New York banker, is described as one of the most beautiful ever seen. It is of priceless Duchesse lace over white chiffon. She did not wear a hat or veil. Her only ornament was a string of pearls. Bequeaths Poetry — Count Lowenspiel of Belgium, who died sev eral years ago, bequeathed his collec tion of original manuscripts of French poets of all ages, on which he spent the bulk of his fortune, to the French nation. The government has just Claimed its legacy, and a special train soon will convey to Paris 252,000 pounds of poetry. Victim of Highwaymenßev. H. P. Bergh, Danish missionary, while on his way to the camp meeting at Desplaines, 111., Wednesday night, was a victim of two highwaymen, who at tacked him In the Northwestern depot and robbed him of a wallet containing $58 and a check for $38. Mr. Bergh re ported the case to the police, but de tectives sent to investigate made no arrest. Bryan to Go to —Wil- liam Jennings Bryan is to move to Texas. He said so Wednesday in the course of an interview preceding his delivery of a lecture at Bellefountalne, Ohio. He declared he intended to move to Texas following a South American tour, on which ho will start this fall. "I am not to seek election to the sen ate from Nebraska," he said. "I am not going to be a Nebraskan, for I am going to move to Texas. I expect to continue In politics in Texas." Order Many Cars — Car manu facturers all over the country are now flooded with orders for a vast amount of equipment. The New York Central has ordered 2400 box cars especially de signed for carrying automobiles. The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg placed an order of 1000 steel hopper cars. The Boston & Maine has ordered ten loco motives from the American Locomotive company, and the Denver, Northwest ern & Pacific two. The Boston & Maine has also placed an order for 1000 freight cars. To Use Hell Gate Tides— ln an effort to extract power from 'he terrific tides which sweep through Hell Gate, a narrow' portion of the East river, between Manhattan and Long Island City, engineers are now experi menting with Instruments to determine the spot most available. Although the operations are not being concluded secretly, it is known that a number of capitalists are financially backing an Inventor, who believes he las devised a motor which will be run by the stream of water. To Steal Cornerstone — Re peated efforts to steal the corner stone of the old Methodist churca In South Third street, Williamsburg, N. V., have caused a police detail to be stationed there day and night. The structure :s being demolished to make way for a new building. A report has been cur rent In the neighborhood for many years that when the corner stone was laid in 1847, {the trustees and members of. the church deposited in it many valuable gold coins and articles which would be of great value now. West Is Prosperous—Walter Scott, vice president of one of the largest general merchandise concerns ln the country, has returned to New — —• —I I™ 1 Classified Ad. Section ii ■■ ■_____________—_____________________________._-________________—._________■ York with glowing reports of the pros perity of the' west, through which he makes a yearly tour of inspection. "Never in my life did 1 see such op timism as now prevails everywhere among farmers, bankers, railroad men and all others. The crops are booming, corn and wheat notably. They of course are the staple products, and I think both of them will have the larg est crops in history." Commits Suicide Ned Cope land, 40 years old, said to bo a mem ber of a prominent and wealthy family living at Santa Ana, Cal., commit ted suicide in his room in a Denver hotel Wednesday night by taking cyanide of potassium. Leaving his young wife seated In a theater. Cope land left the building on the. plea that he was feeling faint and needed fresh air. When he did not return, Mrs. t'opeland went to their rooms in the, Oxford and found her husband lying dead upon the bed. Copeland was af flicted with nervous trouble, and It is said, frequently threatened suicide. Besant to Lecture — Mrs. Anna Besant, president of the Theosophical society, and successor to Mme. Blavat sky, is expected to arrive in New York Saturday to start a tour of the country delivering lecture:; on theosophy. Mrs. Besant comes direct from her home at Adyar, India, according to members of the society here, who are arranging for her visit. Mrs. Besant, with the as sistance of Colonel Olcott and William Q. Judge, founded the Theosophical so ciety, which now has an extended mem bership in various countries. In New York Mrs. Besant will give a lecture explaining her belief in reincarnation. Fought Snakes — Three wom en who went out early to pick berries on a farm about three miles from I,at robe, were rescued Wednesday by farm hands after having been buried in an abandoned coal mine for five hours, during which they fought con tinually with a nest of huge snakes. Two of the women became hysterical on their release and are in a serious condition. The women are Mrs. Mag gie Maley, Mrs. Mary Sarfano and Mrs. Florence Lacey. As they invaded an inviting field of berries the. earth suddenly yawned and swallowed them. All three fell about twenty-live feet through a break in the roof of an aban doned mine into a pool of shallow water. Goes Back with Girl ßecause the board of immigration refused to allow his sweetheart, Matilda Kuhl mann, to land In the United States, Henry Thons, a prosperous farmer of San Antonio, Tex., sails with her Thursday for Bremen on the vessel on which she is being deported. While Thons was in Hanover, Germany, he met the young woman and proposed marriage. He was accepted, anil when it was found legal formalities would require several weeks before they could be married, they sailed for this coun try, intending to be married here. But the immigration authorities did not approve of the landing of unmarried women here, and as they have recently become very strict, they would not even permit Thons to marry her here, so she could enter the country. Nominated for Governor NEWPORT NEWS. Va., July 29.— William P. Kent of Wythe was nomi nated for governor of Virginia by the Republican convention here today. The Prohibitionists gained a decided victory when they forced the adoption by a vote of 700 to 310 of an amendment providing for the application of the unit rule in counties and cities on all elections on the liquor question. Czar to Visit Fallieres KIEL, July 29.—The Russian imperial yacht Standart, with Emperor Nicho las and Empress Alexandra and their children on board, started through the Kiel canal today. A storm in th& North sea now prevailing probably will delay I the voyage to Cherbourg, whither Em- I peror Nicholas is going to pay a visit to President Fallieres. Cholera Is Decreased ST. PETERSBURG. July Forty one new cases of cholera and seven teen deaths were reported for the twenty-four hours ending at noon to day, against sixty-six recoveries.