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Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24

Only 90 hours Los Angeles to Chicago
by the Santa Fe route. Corresponding
quick time to all eastern cities. Through
Pullman palace and tourist sleeping cars
daily. Personally conducted tourist car
excursion to Boston and intermediate
points weekly. Ticket Office 129 North
Spring ST., Los Angeles, and Santa Fe
depot.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24

VIcKsBUEe, Miss, Dec. 23.-The bank
OF Greenville, OF Greenville, Miss, has
suspended. President Pollock has been
appointed receiver. Liabilities, $500, 600,
with assets in excess OF this amount.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24
People Who Yesterday Secured Per-
mission to Wed.

The county clerk yesterday issued
marriage licenses to the following per-
sons:
John Hans, native of Canada, age
2S, resident of Portland, Oregon, and
Isabella NJ. Lynch, native of Utah,
age %, resident of this city.
w. l.. Frady, age 20, and Cora Muir
ply, age SO, both natives of Iowa, and
residents of Beaumont.
w. r. S. Anderson. native OF Ohio,
age %, and Josie M. Libouban, native
of California, age 81, residing in this
city.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24
j ust Arrived,

Holiday goods at Abernethy's, liz South
Spring street. Nobby suits, overcoats,
underwear, dress hats, etc. Also,
choice line of silk handkerchiefs,
mufflers, fancy scarfs in tecks, Ain hands,
Windsors, ETC., etc.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24

Cold nights seem the rule just now. Why
not be comfortable? Buy yourself Chrstm as
present. Mullen, Bluett & GO. carry the bes t
overcoats in the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24

Mullen, Bluett & Co always take special
care OF workingmen. GooJ wearing suits and
working shirts, the best goods for the least
money.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24
Game to Remove Harrfson.

You know you are getting fine article when
you buy DR.. Henley's Celery, Beef and Iron.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24

| Attractive looking, good fitting cutsway
suits; u large assortment at Mullen, Bluett &
! IN
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24

Los Angeles, in all its glory, never saw any
thing more striking than the bargains in boys
knee pants suits, as offered by Mullen, Bluett
d Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24
'MPED-UP CHARGE.

sted for an Imaginary Of
tense.
at Norwalk a man named
a party arrested for steal
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24

lifts for everybody at Mullen, Bluett 4 Co.'s.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24
A SERIOUS CHARGE.

Mullen, Bluett & Co.'S overco is.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-24
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Mullen, Bluett & Co. wish you all merry
I,rio
The morning call., 1891-12-07
TALENT FROZEN OUT.
Hand Fall Players Compelled to Change
Partners.

Hand Ball Players Compelled to Change
Partners
There were few players in the hand ball
courts yesterday. but they played in every
sort Of combination and all sorts of
games to keep their blood and the ball
going. To get a new team n change of
partners was effected and repeated until
every man had played against every other
man.
In the Union Court this series Of clrcum-
locution was started in contest between
Condor and Haskins against McDermott
and Farrell. Condor and Hasklns won the
first and third games, scoring total of Al
points, while their opponents only got 80.
Scores-l5 to IL, II to Is and Is to Is.
PennOyer and Leary were next pitted
against McDermott and O'Neal for two
rubbers, both Of which fell to the former
team. Scores: Is to 10. 3 to 10. 10 to 10;
second, 10 to -. 10 to 10 and 10 to IL,
Condor and O'Donnell played Pennoyer
and Mahon a couple of rubbers, both of
which they won in straights Scores: Is
TO 10, 10 to 70; second. IL to Is ana 10 to IL.
ODonnell and Kelley were matched
against Pennoyer and Mahon in three
rubbers, all of which they won. Scores:
first. 10 to 10. 10 to Is. Is to -; second, Is
to 10, 10 to u; third, Is to Is and 10 10 IL.
single handed contest between Kelley
and ODonuell was won by the latter.
Scores; 10 to 3D. 10 to 10 and 10 to 10.
Curban beat McAyoy, in a single handed
rubber. Scores: 10 toto, 13 to II and Is
to 49,
In Buffers Court Slattery and Hyde de-
feated Feeney and Harlow one rubber and
were defeated the next The third will be
Mayed next Sunday A contest between
Haskins and Harlow against Linehan and
Slattery resulted the same way.
Haskins and Williams defeated Slattery
and Harlow
The morning call., 1891-12-07
ACROSS THE BAY.
Salvation Soldiers Gain a Point
i'm Court.

1t is safe to say that the habitues of the
Oakland Police Court heard more of the
scripture narrative on Saturday evening
when ex-Judge E. NJ. Gibson made his plea
before the jury in defense Of the Salvation
Army soldier, J. Noble, than they had
heard in many a day. He commenced at
the creation and passed down through the
patriarch ages into and out of Egypt,
through the promised land during the
Judges, then the Kings, the captivity and
return down to 1900 years ago to the time of
the lowly Nazarene, then through the pres
ent epoch of lime down to date, and con-
nected his client, the defendant, with all
this. Assistant District Attorney Church
put forth all his eloquence and spoke as he
never spoke before TO secure the conviction
OF Noble for obstIucting the public streets,
put he could not get away with Judge Glib
sons perusal OF Biblical lore, for the jury
In very few minutes rendered a verdict of
not guilty, and the first OF the twenty-f0ur
salvation Army cases went off the docket.
IL was between 10 and Ii o'clock at night
that the verdict was reached, after twelve
hours of trial. The remaining cases will
prnbably be dismissed.
w. Ill. Cahill has sued to recover $4,000
damages from ii. j. GoetZman for SANDER.
1he language Is said to have been used at
Lorin and in reference to work done and
'''N'NA' 90 hSto W INV pldiublH, puIllcAt
upon houses OF the defendant.
The Oakland Lodge of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks held a lodge of
sorrow at Hamilton Hall yesterday after
noon. Excellent music was rendered and
eloquent eulogistic remarks made. Rev. A.
c. Bans presided.
The funeral OF the late Patterson II. Nc
Grew Will take place tomorrow afternoon
at 80 O'clock from Grand Army Hall. un-
der The auspices of Lyon Post, No. s, G. A.
K, assisted by Evening Star Lodge, l. O. o.
f.. and Key stone Lodge, A. o. u. W.
Two lots of Mrs. Maria A. Strelinger's
Peralta Park property have been levied
upon in the judgment of George Greenzweig
against her for $50.
The centenary anniversary of Mozart
was celebrated on Saturday by the Oakland
Starr King Fraternity. A number of Sc
lectionS from Mozart's gems were rendered
and Rev. c. w. Wendte delivered an ad-
dress.
The Oakland Tribune has decided to hold
a distribution of dolls and other playthings,
including everything that pleases the hearts
0f the children, such as holiday bouks,
among the poor of The city on Christmas
eve. Inc movement is meeting with sue
cess and gifts are pouring in from both sides
of the bay.
K. w. Theobald, Secretary of the Alameda
County Humane Society, has sworn out
complaints against the different saloon
Keepers Tor violating the liquor ordinance in
selling to minors.
The morning call., 1891-12-07
JAPAN'S DISASTER.
Subsequent Incidents of the Re.
cent Earthquake.
Sufferings of Many Homeless People - The
Generosity Of the Emperor and En-
s-Government Action.

Japanese exchanges of recent date con-
earthquake and its accompanying horrors,
and from these sources the following incl
dents are compiled
Unlike most sensational catastrophes, in
the instance of this earthquake the informa-
ton grows more pitiful and ever-increas-
ingly serious as time goes on. The number
OF shocks of earthquake felt in Gifu from
the morning of the 2Sth ult. until o'clock
in the afternoon on the 18Th inst. was
1477 Of which 514 are reported TO have been
strong
The native papers give returns OF the
population of Gifu and Aichi Kens and the
percentage Of them injured or killed. The
population of Aichi Ken was /, AIS, 742. and
that of Gifu GA. Dos, making total of 2,422.-
go in the two kens. The total number OF
deaths in the t" kens is 1924. being pro-
portion of about to every 1000. The num-
her of wounded is over 94jS, being about 4
in every 1000 OF the population.
The number of houses totally and par
TALLY demolished or burned down in these
two kens is l66. 442 This number when
compared with the total number of houses
in the kens, which is 400, 173, proves that
about one house out Of every four is totally
OF partially demolished or burned down.
If the total population of the two kens,
2,422,9 $40. were equally divided among the
total number of houses, 499.113, the number
Of Inhabitants to each house would be five.
The morning call., 1891-12-07
OFF FOR CHINA,
Rev. X. l.. McNabb VIII Try His Hand In
the Missionary Field.

the Missionary Field.
After the usual Sunday evening discourse
at the First Methodist Episcopal Church on
Powell street, near Washington. Rev. r. L.
McNabb talked briefly on missionary work
and prohibition.
DR.. McNabb is a Methodist missionary
from Kansas. en- route to Foo Chow, China,
for which point he will leave this city on
Thursday next. Mrs. McNabb accompanies
her husband to the Celestial Empire, where
she will take an active part in the campaign
against paganism.
DR.. McNabb knows little about the work
in which he is to engage. in fact this is his
maiden effort in the missionary field, so he
talked to the people last evening of his con-
version and ''call to the field" and of pro-
hibition in Kansas, which he declares is a
splendid success. OF the latter subject he
SAID: Il took an active part in the CAM
palgn OF 1881 against the liquor traffic, and
have been spared to see noble results of
what was far from being bloudless con-
test. The prohibition fight In Kansas came
ABOUT IN strange manner AT the onset no
one had any idea OF total prohibition. We
were trying to get an amendment to the
High License Act and the liquor men came
to us with compromise proposition. This
exposed their weakness, and some one
said. Why not make it prohbiiion?'
Then the fight commenced in earnest.
When Kansas does anything she does
1t all over. and the State did not
lose anything In her reputation for thor
oughness in her liquor fight Of 1881 1t cost
money and many lives. but prohibition tri-
umphed at last, and those who say that 1t is
dead letter deliberately lie or talk on q
question OF which they have no knowledge.
In the cities of Kansas a woman may safely
60 about the streets at night unprotected.
10 see man Intoxicated is rare sight, in
deed. was at junction City four years,
and during that time saw only four drunken
men. and this Is the toughest city In the
State. For number of years you could
not get liquor for medical purposes. Prohi-
billion has done great deal for Kansas, and
we are proud of our fight"
VI his mission to China DR.. McNabb said:
Il learn that | am going TO the most de-
graded, superstitious and bgoted people on
the lace OF the earth. Only one Methodist
missionary has ever been killed in China
and very, little Of our property has been de-
stroYed.'
The morning call., 1891-12-07

novel experience one day last week while
on a visit to friends in Camden. When she
reached Market-street ferry 1t happened
that the boat was out and the gates to the
ferry slip closed. She saw the people going
through the gates in the big waiting-room
and taking seats in the compartment reserved
for passengers. The Chester County woman
accordingly gave up her ferry ticket and took
seat in the rear of the room. She had never
crossed the Delaware River in her life,
nor seen ferrybOat. Soon boat came in.
There was splashing of the paddles, blow
ing off steam, but the old lady sat still. The
boat started ana another came in, the expe-
rience being repeated two or three times.
Then the old lady timidly inquired of the
gate-kesper How soon will we reach Cam
den?' Reach Camden? Why bless you,
madam, we never expect this old ferry house
to sail to Camden" was the answer. "Ain't
this the ferry-boat? Why, l thought we
had been sailing across the Delaware River
all this time. Which is the way to the
boatP" she asked. as she hurriedy gathered
up her basket and bundles.-Philadelph
Racord
The morning call., 1891-12-07

associate more easily with Ewell than Wat
ling street, and his thick, light mustache
would do credit to a cavalry officer. David
Evans revels in the joys of outdoor exer-
else, and if You want to talk bust
ness or Corporation you must look
into his Office in Waiting street about
lunch time, when he will he able
to tell you more than any man in England
about the latest novelties of st. Etienne and
Coventry, the mysteries connected with the
trade in fringe and trimmings, the particu-
lar wants of his ward. or the as piratinns of
gallant little Wales" As 1t is, he is full
of the merits of ''Black bird'-"my black"
as ne Familiarity calls him-and takes you
away to the stables to make the acquaint-
ance OF his famous Irish hunter and his com.
panion, "Baliyhooly." The Lord Mayor
elect makes no effort to disguise the pride
he feels in his hOrseflesh, and from the care
fully kept stables you go on to the lawn
tennis courts, where the Lady Mayoress is
hnslly engaged IN a game with her two
eldest girls. Mr.. Evans puts into politics
ali the thor0ughness and earnestness which
have in the past contributed so materially
to his success in life. and rs you walk along
over the soft turf, be takes an encouraging
view of the Conservative prospects in the
division now held by MIR. Cubitt. Mr..
Evans. though Welshman born and bred,
is a Tory to the backbone.
The morning call., 1891-12-07

Nishi- Neo-mura, 0no-gun, is situated d.
rectly below Mount Haiku (Hakuzan), with
higher peaks to the right ami left. For
fifty wears past there have existed there two
or three cavities. each about 60 feet
across, and it is said that when a
stone or piece of wood was thrown to
the bottom the sound could be heard for
hours. From this could be judged the great
depth. About :35 o'clock in the morning
on the 2Sth ultimo violent Tumbling was
heard, and at the same moment the peaks
on the right hand side subsidized, raising
sand and earth like smoke and fog. and for
time various villages near were hidden
from sight. The shapes of several noun
tains Whereabouts were totally changed,
submits being lowered and the lower parts
raised over an extent of over one ri. Some
were reduced to about half their size, and
others changed positions. Ali the noun
tains standing in the course of the first
shock we're completely demolished, shifting
the position of and breaking up the houses
and cultivated lands in the village OF Maya
shinia, Tenjindo ltodokoro, and burying the
roads and bridges entirely in the ground.
Several remarkable elevations and hollOws
have been formed in the bed of the river
The morning call., 1891-12-07
FAITH AND MYTH.
Fable and Religion Discussed by
DR.. StebbinS.

Rev. DR.. Stebbins of the First Unitarian
Church last night delivered the first of a
series Of addresses on the relation Of
mythology to religion.
He sad that a child can be taught to be-
lieve that cat is a god, and toad is a
spirit. The world was like the child, for in
its infancy the people were like children.
They could not understand natural phe-
nomena and went about TO fn1 explana-
lions for them. Animals were to them the
personifcation of the gods that presided
over the powers of nature
Men" be SAID, TASK what is the origin
OF the world? Whence came the arts of
lie? How did man learn to cook and sew
and build? Whence came the sun, the
moon, the stars and tire?"
The origin Of the world is the great ques.
ton of mankind. 1t is answered BY the
theory Of manufacture and the theory of
growth. With the theory of manufacture
all are familiar, but myth says the world
may have grown as from an egg. In Aus
tralia II is said by the natives that some very
old men made the earth. There is nothing
Tor that and nothing against it, and the
theory stands. 1t is a story that accounts
for everything as you do not ask questions"
The South African says a grasshopper
made the world. There is nothing for that
theory and nothing againStit. The Iroquois
Indians say woman fell from heaven upon
turtle. and it became. Another myth las
it that there was nothing but water aud a
muskrat, and the muskrat made the world,
such myths are scattered all over the
world. What is the difference between
them and The Bible?
he Bible gives pure theistic idea of
creation. The world was made by one pure,
good, almighty and all-wise God. 1t IS
greatly superior to all other theories"
The preacher spoke of the various myths
CONCERNING the rnatifn of ma Tho Rihta
holds that he was made by the supreme
being. Mythology says that the god Tyche
took red clay, kueaded it with blood and
made man; that woman from heaven
made child with piece OF flesh torn from
her body; that man came from the lower
animals, from the rccks. from the trees.
Mythology has several theories for the
death Of man. In New Zealand the natives
say lhatGod was not properly baptized and
death came upon the human race and there
are many other stories as fauoitul. On
next Sunday evening Dr. Stebbins will re-
sumo his treatment of Il e subject
The morning call., 1891-12-07

Neo. All this destruction was the surplus
power OF the shock at Fnjitani. and the SUBJ
sidence there is supposed to have been the
Cause OF the earthquake.
Much stress has been laid by some writers
on the light-heartedness with which the dis
aster has been regarded by many; but we
think such accounts though perhaps kindly
meant are distinctly misleading, and might
tend to STEM the flow of public sympathy
Light hearted and careless as the japanese
are us a race. it is absurd, nay we believe
distinctly untrue, TO represent them as caring
little or nothing for the earthQuake and wa
may rest assured that If any laughed it was
because they CHANGED to be those TO whom an
i'll wind blows good. A little nervous mer-
Tlment, the reaction of an Immediate danger
removed. may possibly have enlivened the
terrible situation at rare intervals; and
sense OF the ridiculous struck the hum arous
spectators even in the midst of their distress
as they gaZ1d on the helpless looking mass of
buildings around them; but to say and even
suggest thattne calamity has been less terri
Bile to the Japanese than it would have been
TO others, Is, we believe. distinctly wrong.
The Japanese do not uuquestinnably SUI
fer in many ways and under many clrcum-
stances as keenly rs Europeans, but this
calamity IS one which occasions animal and
bodily suffering pre-emiuently. and 1t Is as
bad Tor one man to Starve and feel cold as
another. The first two or three days were
so full of excitement, alarm and hustle that
thn Door people were probably kent from
dwelling upon their personal cond itiOu and
future outlook. Every day, however, has
left the excitement and hustle further be-
hind and made the possibility of recurring
disasters more improbable. In place Of
this have come the giants, hunger. cold and
the despair of Obtaining q livelihood in the
future, and there can be little doubt that
the unfortunate thousands are in as miser-
able plight as any people can be.
Many OF them are doubtless feeling the
exposure at night. thing to which the jap
anese are by no means accustomed, and
many growing weak from overfatigue and
want OF sufficient food. But whatever the
cause we cannot doubt that misery of the
deepest dye is there.
The Government of Japan, by means of
an imperial degree. countersigned bv all the
Ministers of State has granted s., 90. 900
for purposes of engineering repairs in Aiehi
and Gifu keHs. The distribution of the
grant has already been commenced.
The morning call., 1891-12-07
IN SINGLE SHELLS.
Wittkapp and Artieus Row Good Race

Wittkapp and Artieus Row Good Race
at Long Bridge.
About 800 people gathered at Long Bridge
yesterday morning 10 see the single ull
race between Chris Wittkapp of the Ariel
Club and Charles Artigus of the Pioneers
The race was for a trophy valued at $50 and
the distance two miles, with turn.
Artigus, who is 4 small man, not weighing
over 100 pounds. prove to be no match for
his opponent, and, in spite of the determined
efforts he made to avert defeat, lost the race
by fully ten lengths.
johnny Van Gulpn acted as starter and
referee, and sent the men on their journey
at II as o'clock. Wittkapp at once took the
lead and rowed steadily to the turn, where
he was leading by five lengths. Artigus
spurted several times, but to no purpose
and Wittkapp won in the good time of II
minutes and IL seconds.
Both men were loudly cheered, and the
vanquished felt not very sore over his de-
feat, as the odds were loo great against him.
The morning call., 1891-12-07

the mountain on being questioned stated
that some tn minutes after the occurrence
of the earthquake ON the 18th nit. a runlb-
ling like the noise CT thunder was heard on
the mountain. Officials having subse-
qnently been dispatched to make inspection,
they proceeded to KaGozaga-toge bordering
on Shzuoka and Yamanashi kens, there
made observations with the telescope. by
which they ascertained that between Ushi-
gakuOo and Shakaga-take, on the northern
side OF the summit, portion of the mount
ain some 1900 feet in width had subsidized
a depth of about eco feet.
1t 10 stated that the well-known gold and
silver wells and also the Sengen Shrine at
the summit must have been totally de-
strOyed Inhabitants residing at the foot of
the mountain say that green colored cloud
was seen over the summit about ten DAYS
prior to the earthquake and the inhabitants
of oubashiri. at The foot of the mountain, as
well as those OF Nakano-mura, Yamanaka
and adjoining places in Tsuru-gun, Yama-
naShi Ken, were unaware Of the subSide nee
until informed of it. The subsistence can
not DE seen very distinctly from Shizuoka
Ken. but from Yamanash Ken better
view is obtained.
A traveller recently returned from Gifu,
says the Jill Shimpo, reports that the three
Straneest effects of the earthquake in that
prefecture are: First, that the front gate
of the old Ogaki Castle has been carried
The morning call., 1891-12-07

At Madison square Garden, New York,
great international tcg-of-war tournament
begins on December Dist and continues TO
the 26th, inclusive. In addition to the
salary of So day each to the men who
compete purse of $1,000 will be divided
among the winning teams as follows: $500
to first. $500 to second, $3.50 to third and $50
to fourth. Teams of ten men each, born in
the following countries, will compete:
United States, England, Ireland, Scotland,
Germany, France. Denmark, Italy. Norway,
Canada, Sweden and Austria. Messrs. Nc
Neill and Sanderson, who managed the
tournament here are the Orginators,
managers and patentees."
The morning call., 1891-12-07
A Murderous Husband.

Policemen Gould and Lyon found Charles
Davis in hiding in his own front yard at 80
Fulton street last night, where it was
claimed he had secreted himself until his
wife should appear, when he was to kill her
according to his threats. He had already
beaten his wife until she was sight, then
he Threatened to kill her. He was found, at
the New City Hall Station, to have a re-
volver in his pocket. The charges of threats
against life and carrying concealed weapon
were booked against him. Davis, who is a
tailor, has been drink ing heavily latterly.
The morning call., 1891-12-07

The fnir at Saratoga Hall. Geary street,
in aid of the Holy Cross Church. did not
close last Saturday night as was intended
AS the attendance last week was not up to
the expectations OF the ladies In charge,
they have decided to continue the festival
this and tomorrow evening. AS the object
for which the fair is being given is worthy
one, it is hoped that the parshioners of the
church will avail themselves OF the last op-
portunity of patronizng the fair
The morning call., 1891-12-07
Temneranoe MsetInr

The usual public temperance meeting,
under the auspices OF the Sons of Temper
ance, was held last evening in the hail, cor
ner of Sixth and Market streets. William
ii. Hutchinson presided. Addresses were
delivered by Rev. Mr.. Rathay and G. Doug
las. Songs were rendered by Miss Irwin,
X. J. Hatton and Mr.. Burroughs, and in
strumental selections were given by men,
Der.