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Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-08
THE KILLING OF sLoCUM.

The positive current was to be sent
 through this cap and the negative current by another electrode at the calf of the legs.
 Dr. Mcdonald personally superintended
 the adjustment of all the straps. One was tightly drawn across the chin and mouth
 50 as to prevent the condemned man from making any outcry. Another strap was fastened over both eyes. The right leg of the prisoners trousers'had been split up at the side so that the electrode could be placed in position. The positive wire ran down the arm of the cabinet while the negative wire came up through the floor. When all this was done one of the doctors took a can of salt water and sponged the two electrodes. Dr. Daniels, Dr. Southwick and Warden Durston then examined the straps and nodded to Dr. Mcdonald, whe stood behind the chair with stop watch in one hand and alwhite handkerchief ir the other. As soon as Dr. MacD Dehald gol the signal that everything was in readi l ness he dropped the handkerchief. Flee
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-08

A. h. filling, Real Estate Agency. fA Houses and building lots for sale on
 :;: Chapel, York, Park, Dwight, George Or sk chard, Beers, Elm, Norton, Elliot, Orange, Henry, Edwards, Greenwood, Oak, Wooster Derby, Whalley, Winchester, Howard, Edge wood, Grand, Dixwell avenues. House for sale, Savin Rock. Farms for sale. Rents, Loans. Fire insurance.
 A. H. filling, 7OS Chapel street, Masonic Build ing Room 3, or 1 Church street.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-08
62Iauts.

one Cent . Word each fnsertfons Ave cents . word for . full week (ssvsn Stnss.,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12
PATRONS INDIANS.
He Explains How They Failed to Come
to Time.

He Explains How They Failed to Come
to Time.
Harry Patton, the Banning boomer,
explains in the last issue OF his Herald
how his Indian tug OF war team came
to funk:
"The team of Banning Indians failed
to materialize for the Los Angeles tug
of war. We were assured by Ell Capt.
tan Pablo, on Thursday, that the alb
origines were in full training and
could pull harder than fly blister.
We went to Los Angeles Friday and
made all arrangements for the trans
portation of our team, and engaged
quarters at the Westminster for them.
On our return we were coolly told by
Pablo that the Indians weren't going
they didn'tthink they could pull. This
was all the satisfaction we could get,
and we were forced to telegraph the facts
to Los Angeles. This is our first expe-
rience with Pablo, but if he is as good
hand at telling animal stories, as he is
in creating fairy tales about Indian
pulleis, and how Juan Tomas could out
pull the tribe, there is job open for
him on this paper. He is either the
boss romancer, or he got mad at the
names our Los Angeles correspondent
gave the Indian tuggers, and refused to
let them 60"
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12

Read about Mullen, Bluett & Co. IS show viii
dow in this issue.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12

sl,4l4 70 $1,414 rs
The committee on hotels reported as
follows:
Your committee on hotels beg leave
to make the following report: That in
a recent visit to London, H. B. Plant,
the president of the Plant system of
railroads of the southern states, said to
a representative of the Financial Times
that since the possible capabilities of
Florida as a winter resort have been
made known to the country, it is at
tracing many tourists to it from Europe
as we'll as the American continent.
Mr.. Plant speaks as follows: "Since
the tourists have been coming in such
increasing mum bers we have built costly
hotels to meet their demands at all the
most attractive parts of the state. We
have just erected very fine one at
Tampa, and have also extended our road
ten miles below Port Tampa to deep
water, where ships now load for Ameri-
can, continental and English ports"
Now with all these advantages and at
fractions, its fine hotels, fine cline, its
oranges. etc., there is no comparison
between the climate of Florida and Cali
fornia, but their system of hotels for the
accommodation of tourists is long way
ahead OF ours in Los Angeles,
where we have an all-the-year-
around climate not equalled for
its equability in the new, or even in the
old world. Yet with all these attrac-
tive advantages over all other countries
we have great need of increased hotel
accommodations to supply the increased
tourist demand, for there is no use in
bringing the people here unles, we have
hotel accommodations for them.
Last winter the number of tourists to
this country was unprecedented, and 1T
is well known that the hotel accommo-
dations were greatly inadequate to the
demands, and every hotel in the city
and county was filled to it's utmost ca
paclty, and now the tourists are flock
ing In great numbers to our city, and
the hotels all over the city are full, and
still they come. How will it be later
on In the season when the number will
increase more than double what it is
now? Ii the hotels are full SO early
IN the season, how will it be
the next season and particularly when
the worlds fair brings the tourists from
all parts OF the world? They will learn
the hotel accommodations here are not
sufficient for the great number of for
elgn tourists that should know OF this
country-as the greatest summer and
all-the-year-round resort in the world.
We expect to make the most attract
i've showing for the tourists at the
worlds fair that we can, to induce them
to come here, but can we show
them that we have sufficient hotel ac-
commocations for them all? We will
prepare to represent our advantages al
they will expect to find them when
they come, but how can you say Il
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12
LETTER BAG.
The Court house Wall Has Water Es.
capes.

The Court House Wall Has Water Es-
capes.
EDITORS HERALD: In your issue OF the
10th inst. appears an article over. the
signature OF A Taxpayer, requesting the
supervisors to answer conundrum, viz. +,
eff in building solid wall OF concrete
and granite around the court house
square. as they are now doing, without
any water escapes at the bottom, will it
stand and be safe?"
answer Taxpayer that he is either
a fool or knave; he can take any horn
of the dilemma he may choose. II he
wrote the article without investigating
the wall in person, he is certainly fool.
If he wrote it after investigation. then
he is certainly knave, for the simple
reason that if he investigated he would
have found seepage pipes placed every
eight feet apart, underneath the wall
and extending up in the rear; and also
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12
BEATS THE RECORD.
The Library Has the Biggest
Circulation.
Some Interesting Facts From
Miss KelsO's Report.
A Phenomenal Circulation of Books
Shown.
Figures From the Book Account.
Monthly Circulation - The
Kinds of Books
Wanted.

The public library of Los Angeles to-
day enjoys the distinction of having
the largest circulation in proportion to
population OF any library in the United
States. During the past year the circu-
lation was in the neighborhood of $780,
600 volumes. The facts have come to
light with the completion yesterday of
the annual report of the librarian, Miss
Kelso. The report contains some valu-
able data to those of literary term Of
mind. A reference to the report indi-
Gates that by far the greater percentage
of library readers call for solid works of
an instructive character rather than the
lighter works of fiction. The following
facts are cleaned from the document:
One of the most important events of
the library year occurred July 1st, when
the library was made entirely free. AL
though the dues had been but so cents
per quarter, the increased registration
at once demonstrated that even 80 small
fee had hndered a general use of the
library on the part if the public. The
reference department was opened on
June 10th and contains 1906 volumes.
The following statement shows the
book account of the library:
No. of volumes In library Dec. 1, 1890. ,925
No; OF volumes acce stoned to Dec. l. ooe
School library books added. ............. l.0lS6
DfSIarded.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
Lost and paid for. ............... 2S
missing ~
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12

DO you ,cant helpg If so, insert an ad
on our classified page.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12

Everybody is pleased with Wesner's photos.
1877 West First street.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12
THE CHAMBER.
The Proceedings at Yester-
days Meetings.
Action Taken by the Board
Of Directors.
Interesting Features of the General
Meeting Last Evening.
The Secretary's Financial showing-Re-
port of the Committee on
Hotels-Resolutions
Adopted.

The board Of directors of the chamber
OF commerce met yesterday afternoon at
o'clock.
There were present Directors Ger
main, Wells, Toler, Davies, Anderson,
I Klokke, Book, Ponet, Breed, Shatto and
Lankershim.
Director German occupied the chair.
G. d. Willard acted as secretary.
The secretary rendered a financial re-
port for the week, showing a balance of
$4,000. Bills to the amount OF $32. 20
were passed.
The resignation of M. T. Allen was
read and accepted with regret.
A communication from the San Fran
cisco chamber OF commerce asking for
assistance in the securing of national
legislation on the subject OF pilot charges
and regulations was read and referred to
the committee on laws and legislation.
The following resolutions were offered
by Director Davies:
Whereas, The Los Angeles daily pa
pers are now preparing annual editions
at great expense, and
Whereas, The daily press has faith
fully worked to promote the general
interests of Los Angeles and it's tribu-
tary territory and the interests of this
chamber of commerce in particular,
therefore be it
Resolved, That the sum OF $50 for
each paper be appropriated by this
chamber for the purchase of wrapped
copies of said ANIMALS.
ftor Gonna Aicouoc;or ~, xx-hiob coyoo
of the directors objected to appropriat-
ing so large sum from the very limited
means of the chamber, it was decided to
appoint special committee of three
with the chairman of the board as its
chairman, to raise the necessary funds
by subscription. Directors Klokke and
Lankershim were placed on this COM
mittee as additional members with Di-
rector German.
The secretary was instructed to pro-
coed in the matter of printing the new
membership lists in the form of small
guide book for Los Angeles.
The board then adjourned.
The following names have been pro-
posed for membership in the chamber
Of commerce: John W. Mitchell,
Broadway and First street; w. H. Car
penter, Compton; George T. Hanly,
8lS Upper Main street; Stanton & Van
Alstine, Ill South Broadway; Henck &
Martinez. 312 West Sixth street; George
Gephard, $50 Temple street.
LAST NIGHTS MEETING.
The chamber held q meeting last
evening, at which Mr.. Eugene German
was nominated for president, and
nearly the entire old board of directors
was renominated.
The secretary made his report for the
year, showing the following financial
statement:
sEcRETARY's FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR NO
MEMBER, 1891.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12

lOldl -VNSO'
No record is kept of the number Of
readers who use the periodicals on file in
the reading rooms or the public docu-
ment collection. Besides the registered
circulation the average of readers not
registered is easily 100 per day.
Statistics have been compiled show
ing the authors whose books are most
in demand. The following list is in
the order OF their popularity: Miss
Alcott, E. P. Roe. w. L. Adams, Cap
tain King, G. A. Henty, Walter Besant,
Charles Dickens, Walter Scott, Frank
Stockton.
OF the books having the greatest cir
culation during the year. the following
works headed the list in the order
named:
Ramona. az
Lorna Doone.
Darkest Africa.
Ben Hur.
There are 1868 periodicals received at
the library, and the privilege OF taking
them home is one of the most satisfac-
tory features OF the library. The Sun
day attendance in the reading rooms
and reference department has been
7640 for the year.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12

them our hotels will be sufficient to &C.
commodate but small portion of the
foreign tourists that we expect here :?
You will show them the capabilities of
our country in all respects, you will tell
them of the finest all-the.year-roun
climate that nature can get up for them,
you will show them the great railroad
facilities to all parts of this country,
you will show them the advantages of
our rich soil for the home of the orange
and all other fruits, its healthful eli
mate and all other advantages to tour
lists, but what can be said of it's hotel
accommodations? w. II. ToLER,
Chairman Committee on Hotels.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing
the Nicaragua canal project, and the
withdrawal of watershed lands from
settlement.
Read about Mullen, Bluett & Co.'s show win
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12
Lewis's Great Gift Carnival.
A fat purse
O
Or lean one,
1t doesn't make any difference which

"
1t doesn't make any difference which,
You can all get suited q, Lewis.
Boots and shoes were never as cheap as they
are now, and every purch aser gets handsome
presents free
Handsomely dressed dolls, undressed kid
dolls, bsque, rubber, and indestructible dolls,
tea-sets, drums big and little, locomotives,
trains of cars, baby carriages, velocipedes,
rocking horses, tool chests parlor and bedroom
sets, Noah's arks. monkeys, kitchen furniture,
animals, fancy boxes, clocks, figures, vases,
bisque ornaments. puzzles, trumpets, tinware,
Christmas cards, morocco, velvet and plush al
buns, scrap albums, autograph albums, tops,
marbles. cigar cases, card cases, cigarette
! cases jewel cases. fancy work boxes, mechan-
ical toys, base balls, horns, novel games,
wagons, horses, walking sficks apanese ware,
anything and everything in the toy line
GIVEN AWAY, GIVEN AWAY.
Holiday slippers.
Holiday slippers.
Holiday slippers.
There is nothing nicer for Christmas gift.
Handsomely embroid red velvet slippers for
gentlemen, only 81, at Lewis, and presents
free
1000 pairs of gentlemens slippers to be sold
this month. magnificent variety now on
display. See them.
Our 81 gentlemen's embroidered slipper is a
beauty, patent leather backs, quilted satin in
soles. solid leather outer soles and counters,
beautiful silk embroidery. all put into one
slipper at only 81 pair.
Then there are handsome plush chenille
embroidered slippers at 81 rs, sl.50, $1.75 and
So pair Real alligator slippers, real Russian
tan slippers, thousands of pairs IN dozens of
styles,
every purchase
present free.
Ladies' goat button shoes, solid and service
able, at SITS.
Ladies' fine dongola kid shoes at 81, worth
So.
Ladies' French xii shoes at $3.50, worth So.
Ladies' French kid shoes at So, worth So.
Infants kid button shoes at soc.
And
elegant
presents
free.
Every purchaser gets present free.
Don't buy any toys,
Buy your shoes.
At Lewis,
And get them free.
LEWIS,
The originator of low prices.
20l North Spring st.
Read about Mullen, Bluett Co.'S show win
dow in this issue.
Horse blankets, clippers and buggy robes at
Foys saddlery house, 315 N Los Angeles street.
Wesners photos are the best. 1877 West First
street.
Bismarck Biscuits
At H. Jevne's
DO you ,cant helpg If so, insert an ad
on our classified page.
Everybody is pleased with Wesner's photos.
| 127 West First street.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12

relieving holes, two inches by fifteen
inches. entering through the wall, in
the fifth course of granite, every twenty
feet apart.
J think Taxpayer is about az heavy
taxpayer as he is a good judge of ma
sonry. w. E. MoRFoRD,
Inspector for Board OF Supervisors.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
NOI.UM ME- |.
WEN MELlNDY toll ME YES

Jest two weeks from NV hig fai-nut with NV
first sweetheart Iucindy
Did Meiiuds. INV Mrindy, te me Yes :"
An the atInns ili,Te auz indy, way fro II Pul-
Lin.itle to Indy
Windy with the breezy music of eternal bless
e,iness.
All size said il fair nm fuuarcly, an not Call
again ca May he"
An ne" Jerusalem ginry lii the ticl an viii
derncss.
An the sun burst out like laughter on the round
fuce Of ii lubg.
Ven Meliniy. my Melinly, tol ,le "Yes!"
Like Il tw' nty million orchestra away beyond
nil couutin
he i"hIi Iiths l,,.illcd over in music wntcr-
fall
An felt jest like n-Inountin' on the mcetin
house siIoutin
Tint Paradise nlen. with admission I "e
to all.
Each grass blade i'll The lnt,lticr WIZ II string to
Nntur : fiddle.
Ihet played on hv the z,rhyrs with vel
yety cnrcss:
An ol Sninrs jintS were 1nnhcred, an she
sashaSe.I down the middle.
w en- Mcindy, INV Nc lind;. tol llic "Ges
An the nj gels PLAYED sn huIly thct The lnEsic
reached he gateway.
An spiilin' through the opnin an Il
s1nGin down 10 earth
Came a-sin.in' such II :sreut way thct the uni
Verse VIZ straight way
Shoutin III the glad resic'ntion Of tic holy
secUn birth;
An set Ii as1ru,l,ile on the ridge pole "a ere
ation.
An only fit O heller il: my hootiu' larriue-s,
" en Meindv. my Mclindy. filled my Heart ith
JuiblHtIon
Wen Melintiy. my M,liudy. tol' me y os."
-lRHhct iisrI..
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
A Wandering Heir.

A private letter from Vienna SAYS that
Count Stephen karolyi, one of the most
powerful and wealthy members of the
old Hungarian aristocracy. has just re-
turned there from the United States
without having succeeded in his mission,
The object of this journey across the
Atlantic was to recover his son. the
young Count George, who landed in
Boston accompanied by an actress named
Bariska Frank, the star of one of the
fourth-rate theaters of Buda Pesth.
According to the statements of the old
Count, the woman forms part of gang
of Vienna usurers, whose sole object is
to exploit the family of the young man.
The latter has been In their power for
more than year, and it was only when,
toward the end of last summer. he waa
on the point of making full confession
to his father of his troubles and of ap-
pcaling to him TO save him from their
clutches, that the gang, fearing 20 lose
their prey, causing Bariska to induce
him to elope with her to America.
In February the Count received the
news that his son had married the ac-
tress, and he Immediately set out for the
United States. On reaching New York
he began q search for his son, visiting
Boston, Philadelphia, Washington. Chi.
cago, San Francisco. Baltimore, Atlanta
and New Orleans. At the latter place
all traces of the couple were lost. The
Count accordingly returned to Vienna.
The object of the gang in keeping father
and son apart will! be easily appreciated
when it is stated that the young Count
is an only son and legally entitled on the
death of his father to at least one-half
Of the latter's vast fortune. According
to the Hungarian laws he cannot be dis
inherited, and is, therefore, being per-
suaded to discount his future inheritance
1t ruinous rate by the gang.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
LOOKING TO HARVEST,
Tile 5 "fthe Soil Report lr,.;cc:s Fai,
(,pO,f

Good.
Showers I'm the spring wheat region of
Minnesota and the EakotaS during the
last week have been light and not we'll
distributed, and in some localities some
injury has resulted from drought and
frost, but crops are doing fairly well.
In the States of the Missouri Valley the
weather was generally favorable for
small grains, but it was too cold for
corn. The drought in No theast Ne
braska has been relieved by generous
rains In Kansas all crops We're i'm
proved. especially wheat, which j. we'll
headed.
Prospects are reported As generally
good in Iowa and Missouri: frost did
little damage; in some sections corn is
being replanted, owing to damage by
cut worms, and in small area wheat
was pIowed under on account of injury
by Hessian fly. Missouri reports wheat
average: meadows nerer better. and
fruit. except apples, continue excellent.
In Wisconsin, Michigan, indiana and
Illinois rain was very light and badly
distributed, and the cool weather re-
tarded growth. The effect of the week
was generally Injurious.
Many farmers In Illinois are replant-
lag corn on count of its njury from
insects. Grasses and grain are diving in
isconsin on account of droughts. and
some fruits are in urcd by frusts in
Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, how
ever. report grain in good condition and
the indications are that the pending
drought will be succeeded by general
rain within forty-eight hours. Crops
were generally improved by recent rains
i'll Ohio, although froStS in ured wheat
in northern sections. Coo weather has
retarded all growth in kentucky. where
the outlook is not Promising and wheat
has been injured by rust
Local showers l:ave given TEN, orary
| relief in Tennessee, Arkansas and north
crn portions of Louisiana, but in local-
ties not 80 favored cotton has been
injured and in some sections p'owed up
and corn planted instead. In Texas,
where nail injured crops. cotton has
been rel lanted and reports state that
corn, cotton and wheat are i'm good con-
dition.
The drought continues over the greater
portion of omisiana. and all crops are
more or less injured In the east por-
tion OF the cotton reg on the prospects
are much more favorable. owing to re-
cent rains, bu; the cool, cloudy weather
reports the crops in good condition. EN-
cessiVe rains in central North Carolina,
attended by cold weather. retarded
growth, while drought continues in the
vicinity of Wilmington.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-06-04
RUN DOWN, OF COURSE"
Mysterious Case of the Schooner Thomas
Hume

The disappearance of the schooner
Thomas Hume. from Muskegon. Mich,
to Chicago, lumber laden. is one of those
unfathomable mysteries of the Great
Lakes which have in years past dark
ened the lives of hundreds of the kim
dred of those who have disappeared.
Not certain that death has claimed the
husband or father, wives and children
cling vainly, year after year, to the hope
that some time the loved one will return
to his home. Captain Lee. OF Chicago
who Is conducting search for tho
missing boat, when asked his opinion
of the fate of the vessel. said:
"ColliSion-run down, of course, just as
the W. c. kimball was run down. If
she capsized she wouldn't sink, and |
don't believe that stanch, stiff vessel
ever capsized. Some steamer ran her
down. People say no captain would be
heartleSs enough to leave a crew after
running their Vessel down. Pshaw. l
have sailed these lakes forty years, and
/ know of several such cases. The fine
schooner Magellan was one of them. If
the officers of some steamers see big
loss to pay for, you bet they keep
num-" For days the reporters have
been cndeavoring to learn the names
VI tHe crew, put W Ho puTp.St- ne
Hume, like all other vessels, kept
book on board. That book is lost with
her, and no list of the crew was left
ashore. The owners of the Hume can
give only the name of the master-Capt.
Albrghtson. Even the Seamen's Union
has no list of the crew. 1t was ascer-
tanned to certainty that the mate was
Olof Johnson, but the names of the
other five seamen have not been learned
johnson was % years old and was a
single man. His brother and sister live i'm
Chicago and his parents in Europe. Capt.
Henry Albrightson leaves widow and six
children in Chicago. Eessel-owners gen.
orally urge that Congress should pass
law making it compulsory for masters to
leave list of the crew ashore each time
they 60 out 1t is a matter that the
masters must attend to themselves. as
they often pick up crews few hours be-
fore they leave port. These men on the
Hume shipped in Chicago, but as their
names are not known it is of course ip,-
possible to say at what ports their fami
lies reside