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E DIR. Charles F. Deems.

Rev. DIR. Chas.
F. Deems, who
for many years
has been pastor
of the New York
Church of the
Strangers h a S
been dangerous
ly i'll for two
weeks, and ply
sicians say that
his end is liable
to come at any
time. DIR. Deems
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is seventy-three years Of age. He
had a severe stroke of paralysis
last December, and has been feeble
ever since. He is the founder of
the American Institute of Chris
tian Philosophy, and has been the
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ton.
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ure during the
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Hol m a n w a S
born in Indiana
in 1922; received
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DR. Carl Peters.

DIR. Carl Peters,
the famous Afri-
can explorer, is
to visit this coun-
try during the
summer as Ger
man representa-
tive of Africa, to
the Worlds con-
gress. DIR. Peters
was born at Neu-
haus on t h e
Elbe, 1857, his
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father being a clergyman. He is
very fond of African life, even
though he bears many scars which
testify to the personal dangers he
has encountered. DIR. Peters is the
founder of the German Fast Africa
company. His book, "More Light
on Dark Africa" has seen eleven
editions in Germany, and has been
published in nine different Ian
guages.
The herald., 1893-08-25
THELAMB DIVORCE CASE.
4 PECULIAR CASE WHICH COMES
FROM GARDEN GROVE.
A Large Number OF Witnosses In At
tendance from Orange County.
:. The Matter Submitted to
Judge Mckinley.

Judge Mckinley was occupied nearly
oil day yesterday with the Lamb divorce
suit, which is being conducted With
closed doors. 1t WAS the second day Of
the trial and the evidence was closed
and the case submitted on briefs by ad-
journing time. Quite q large number
OF witnesses have been in attendance
during the trial from Orange county.
While the case was conducted with
closed doors the principal points init
were aecertained.
The plaintiff is Mrs. L. L. Lamb and
the defendant G. H. Lamb, and they
lived near Garden Grove during many
of the disagreements that resulted in
the suit.
Mrs. Lamb chayged her husband with
cruelty and he filed . cross complaint
charging her with unfaithfulness, and
mentioned the name of Byron Robinson
ae correspondent.
There was also . question OF some
property which Mrs. Lamb claimed she
should share in. It WAS claimed by her
that her father, Mr.. Pollard, gave them
some property, which her husband
traded for other property and the deed
for which he took in his own name.
The case attained considerable noto-
riety last year, when the events leading
to the trouble happened, and the fea-
lures of the affair appeared in the daily
papers.
Mr.. Lamb had q number of Witnesses
called in an attempt to prove that his
wife had been seen in compromising
positions with Byron Robinson.
At the conclusion of the testimony
Judge Mckinley intimated that the tes-
timony was not strong enough on either
side to make out much Of . csse. Still
the case was submitted to him on briefs
to be filed by counsel.
Afterwards Mr.. Goodrich. counsel for
Mrs. Lamb. asked for an order that the
husband be required to make some pro-
vision for his wife's support during the
pendency of the action. Opposing
counsel WAS not present, however. and
the matter went over until this morning.
The herald., 1893-08-25

SOME gentleman in Cleveland has a
letter from China which AYERS shat
Consul Bowman, who is on his way to
the United States. is bearer of letter
from Viceroy Ii Hung Chang to Presi-
dent Cleveland, kindly informing the
American executive that China will
tske no steps to retaliate on the Geary
act until congress has had chance to
repeal that act. Iu the event OF no such
action Ii Hung is credited with eaying
that China will then break off friendly
relations with our country and exclude
Americans from the Chinese empire.
We don't believe that any such message
was ever sent by Ii Hung. And If 1t
was, it contains threat Chinese states
men are too astute and too selfish to
ever carry out. Our trade with China
is unimportant; but China's trade with
US is very important. That country
sells us $5 worth of it's products where
1t buys one dollars worth of goods from
ne. A nation that has developed john
Comprador into one OF the keenest
traders in the world will not be apt to
throw away the immense revenue it re-
ceives from this country for the sake OF
a handful Of coolies. But even if il
should do so, and order Americans out
of China the United States would be
the gamer. Ii Hung is not the acute
statesman he is credited to be if he will
come to extremes with this country
because it has passed a law requiring
The herald., 1893-08-25

Phineas Banning, ct Wilmineten. He
then ran for the Office Of esunty clerk,
and was elected to that position for Ave
or six successive terms. He was the
most popular man In the county, and
even when the Republicans wore rapidly
wiping eut the. Democrstic majority.
Mr. Potts was returned by large vote.
During the administration Of Governor
Stoneman he was appointed bank COM
missioner, and for four years performed
the responsible duties devolyins upon
that position with entire acceptance.
Mr.. Potts was one OF the most
amiable gentlemen We ever knew.
His disposition was kindly to .
fault. His charity was boundless,
and his liberality was limited only by
the means at his command. Nobody
ever went to him for help and came
away unsatisfied. Indeed his generous
impulses made sad inrosds into his for
tune, and whilst he might. with even
ordinary prudence in his affairs. have
reached degree Of comfortable afiu'
encs, he was compelled in his declining
years to accept subordinate positions to
meet his wants. His death will be
learned with sincere regret in all parts
of the state, for there is no part OF Cali
fornia in which Wilse Potts was not
known and esteemed for his excellent
qualities. Here. where he has resided
during an ordinary lifetime, hia memory
will be kept green not only BY those to
whom he was q ''very help in time Of
trouble" but to the many who know
him but to love him. Herrick
says: "That man lives twice that
lives the frst life WE'LL" If to
benefit his fellow creatures; II to
carry sunshine wherever he won't; |;
If to be generous to his friends, kindly
to the distressed. charitable to the
needy. good-uaturec to al, and to pre-
serve the integrity Of . sterling charac-
or in his dealings with his fellow
mon, 10 to live good life here, then A.
W. Potts has prepared for himself
q smooth and easy pathway leading to
the eternal sunshine of the life to come.
The herald., 1893-08-25
DEATH OF A. w. POTTS.

The Ex x-County Olsrka Demise at
Catalina.
The sudden death Of ex.County Clerk
: a.. W. Potts, which occurred ct Avalon,
Catalina leland, Wednesday night, was
great shock to his many friends and
acqusintsnces.
He had long been q sufferer from
rheumatiam and his death was not alto.
gether unexpected by those nearest
him. He has been at the Metropole as
okkeeper recently. During Wednes-
day he was well as usual and went in
! bathing. He won't to hts tent at his
usual time at night. but after sitting
down In chair, telling his wife he felt
badly, he died in very short time, all
efforts to relieve him proving fruitless.
Mr.. Potts was go years old at the time
of his death, and hsd been prominent
figure in the county for many years. He
was q native Of Bedford. Pa. where he
was born March 3, 1881. He went to
DUBUQUE, Ia; in l846 and went overland
to California in l849, being one of the
pioneers to the golden state.
First going to Hangtown he was for
some time in Nevada and Sierra coun-
ties. In the latter county he was a
deputy county clerk for several years.
Mr.. Potts arrived in Los Angeles in
1851, and was for two or three years in
the employ of Tomlinson q Co. OF San
Pedro; then he entered the service OF
Banning & Go. at Wilmington.
When the Los Angeles and San Pedro
railroad was completed Mr.. Potts was
made the agent at Los Angeles. He
soon became a factor in the Democratic
party and was elected county clerk. He
was reelected and held the office con-
tinuously for IA years. After his last
term of Office expired, he was appointed
bank commissioner by Governor Stone-
man ir 1885. ssa
For few years past he had not been
in good health snd bad not been able to
lead such an active life as he had during
his busy and honorable career. Mr..
Potts leaves wife, two cons and three
daughters. His death will be mourned
BY wids ciEcle Of friends in this and
other places.
The herald., 1893-08-25
THE COMPTON EPISODE.
CHrNEsE PEAR PACKERS STILL
KEPr Ar WORK.
Their Employsss Give Their Reasons
for Ksfusing to Change-Ths
Trouble Believed TO
Ne Over.

The Chinese trouble ct Compton has
abated. No denomination Of violence
was manifested yesterday and 1t IL
thought the trouble has entirely sub
sided.
However, . deputy sheriff from this
city atood guard at the packing house Of
Cook & Langley throughout last night.
So far as known no effort was made to
interfere with the Cinnamon. and the
guard must have spent an uneventiul
The Chinese are still at work packing
pears. The work will last but short
time.
A representative of the firm Of Cook
g. Langley was seen regarding the situa-
ton at Compton. 7. E. Langley, senior
member OF the firm, was absent ct the
scene of the trouble, but the gentleman
in charge gave the reporter some infor'
nation regarding the affair. He said 1t
was not the intention Of his firm to per-
sist in the employment Of Chinese in
their packing house there, but 1t was
utterly impossible to get white persons
TO do the work Of packing pears.
''The packing of pears, which We are
engaged in doing at Compton" said the
gentleman, sic peculiarly delicate
work. 1t is very different from packing
orange as great care must be taken.
Considerable practice must be had in
the work or else there 10 great danger OF
dsterioration. As it ID at present, the
crop il ripening very fast, and 1t would
have been very dieastrous to have kept
the white women employed, % the Chi
namen are old hands at the business
and can pack twice as many pears a. the
women"
The reporter was informed thatin sew
eral instances where women were put
packing peare much dissatisfaction
resulted. The pear 10 quick-ripening
fruit that must be handled Immediately
after ripening, and tho greatest care
must be exercised in its packing for
shipment. The representative said that
if satisfactory white persons could be
secured they would certainly be given
the preference.
M. A. Newmark, in whose warehouse
the Chinese laborers have been quar-
tered in charge of the deputy sheriffs.
told q representative of the HERALD yes
terday that his agent there had given
them permission to use the warehouse.
He knew nothing OF it until he saw it in
the HERALD. Mr.. Newmark was tele-
graphed from Compton and asked II he
would remove the Chinese from tho
warehouse. but replied that he could do
nothing. Mr.. Newmark anticipated no
further trouble.
The herald., 1893-08-25

GOVERNOR MARKHAM has not yet come
to decision about calling an extra SEES
sion Of the legislature in behalf Of San
Francisco's midwinter fair. We can
well imagine that the governor. when
asked whether he will issue the call,
puts on an innocent look and smile
that 10 bland. The cock OF his eye,
which meets the enterprising reporter
when he interviews him on the subject.
Conveys, in legible characters. the ques-
ton: "Do you see anything green about
me?" Governor Stoneman dallied
twice with the siren OF an extra session,
and then bid a long farewell to official
greatness. 1t is. beyond reach, the
most dangerous weapon for an exscu-
tive to fool with in the whole catalogue
of suicidal possibilities. 1t kicks worse
than aa old-fashioned blunderbuss load
cd to the muszle.
The herald., 1893-08-25
DEATH OF A. w. POTTS.

Elsewhere. in alluding to the death of
Mr.. Charles Smith, we advert to the
fact that the ranks Of the pioneers of
California are rapidly contracting.
Since that tribute was written we have
been apprized of the death of another
pioneer, who for the past thirty years
has been a conspicuous and distin-
guished citizen of Los Angeles. The
body OF A. W. Potts was brought over
yesterday from Catalina island. where
he died on Wednesday. We had not
even heard that he was unwell. Mr..
Potts came to California in 1919, and
worked in the mines before he came to
Los Angeles. He wss for some yeara
engaged as business man for General
The herald., 1893-08-25

THERE was a great demonstration in
San Francisco yesterday, and we confess
that we are heartily glad to see it..
Nothing would give us more pleasure
than to see our metropolitan city show
some real energy for once. We occasional
ly yield to vein of pleasan try, which is
founded on the steadfsst determination
of the capitalists of that city to do moth
ing for themselves. The fortunes OF
the midwinter fair are in their own
hands, and there is abundance of money
and energy there to carry the project
through. For over forty years all the
coin OF the Pacific coast has poured into
San Francisco as into a great reservoir,
and it ia high time that the capitalists
o. the present metropolis of the
western side of the continent. should
spend some of it in making her
pretensions known to the outside
world. Let her unnumbersd mill
lionaires dig up and show themselves
responsive to the situation. Instead of
trying to make the whole state, through
the convening Of special session of the
legislature, and large appropriation OF
the peoples money, the creator of this
strictly local exhibit, let the money bags
OF San Francisco be opened literally to
make the thing grand success. Then
let the fifty odd counties of California be
cordially invited to help to make the
exposition grand success by sending
their best products to grace the display,
and We shall then have midwinter fair
of which we can ali be proud, and there
will be nothing fnicky or ridiculous
about it. This lie the time when San
Francisco should take pride in shoul-
dering her gonfalon and planting it
high. advanced before the gaze OF an ad-
miring world.
The herald., 1893-08-25

Los ANGELES THEAEER.-It is an end
of-the.century sort OF q plot. that oi
Aristocracy. An Austrian prince mar
ries an American girl in order that he
may be near his BRIDES yonng step
mother, for whom he has conceived q
most ardent and unplatonic passion.
Mr., Bronson Howard, the author, never
wrote dull thing in his life. and Aris.
tocracy as played last night by the Hay
man Frohman company sparkles with
epigrams, wit and brightness. 1t is full
of strong scenes, and 10 presented with
that ease and distinction which char
acterize all the Frohman productions.
1t is entertaining, and in a certain way
instructive, but the characters present.
ed are types accentuated until they bor-
der on burlesqua.
Mr.. Maurice Barrymore has the try
ing role of California millionaire, q
'pouveaux riche. While his rendition OF
such character 10 like unto nothing OF
the sort ever seen on the 'slope," per-
force of|his ability and force be makes q
decided success Of the part.
The most artistic work of the whole
company, however, is that OF Mr.. Will
liam Faversham as the Prince Won Hal
denwald. Mr.. Howard in writing the
part yielded to the temptation that sue
ceeded in making him draw all
the other male characters in
the play with something decidedly
more than portrait painters and
something Just little less than . car.
ricaturist's pencil, but Mr.. Faversham,
despite the wonderful shoulders he has
to assume in his makeup and other lit
tie nachronisms forced upon him, pro-
duces q clear.cut, finished portrait, the
remembrance OF which will last long In
the minds OF those who saw it.
Miss Blanche Walsh, who is young
woman of decided ideas, proves to be q
most interesting actress. Her methods
are in places bit crude, and her con.
troll of her voice is not all that could be
desired, but she evidences .
most effective earnestness, a
power of throwing her personality aside
and assuming with vigor that il the
character she assumes and withal pos
sesses an ease and grace that all form a
most attractive whole. She is at her
best in the more impassioned emotional
scenes and evidently is young woman
OF great possibilities.
The costumes of the women are
gorgeous, and even force the masculine
eye to acknowledge their worth with OF
without capital w.
1t would be a pleasure il space per
mitted to mention all the many excel
lencies, and the few faults Of each mem.
Der of this delightful company, but in a
sentence it can be summarized ~ being
q most ENJOYABLE production from atari
The herald., 1893-08-25
SOCIETY.

A quiet and very pleasant wedding
took place in the parlor Of the First
Congregational church yesterday at
noon. sJrsfIou 1
The contracting parties wssSs MfS w
H. Young and Miss Emmn Granets Only
tho members OF the family aea a slew
immediate friends were present. 4 The
parlor was tastefully decorated hnl the
occasion very enjoyable. .T .A.
The groom is former residential Los
Angeles, now for some years an employ
of Miller, Sloss & Scott OF San FrApcisco,
and the bride il well known as pne Of
Los Angeles's most satisfactory teachers.
having been for several years engaged
as a teacher at RosedRle school,. Rev.
G. H. DeKay of Tulare, . brother-in-lsw
of the groom, performed the ceremony.
The newly. married couple left on the
4 80 train for Coronadoan other points.
After few weeks of honeymoon they
will make their home at Santa Rosa.
xAx
Mr.. George A. Vanderbeck, well known
to Anqelefios as = eucceesiul baseball
magnate, and Mise Minnie McNab, OF
Rochester, N. Y, were recently married
at the home OF the bride's mother in the
above city. Mr.. and Mrs. Vsndsrbeck
will be at home in Los Angeles alter Oc-
tober 1st.
- rs
Mrs. Louis and daughters of Anaheim
are rreticating at Long Beach for . few
days, and from all appearances are hsv-
ing an enjoyable time. ,,e
x&x
Judge Lucien Shaw and family re-
turned from Santa Monica yesterday,
after spending several weeks there very
pleasantly.
~.
Misses Grace and Ella Barries, OF South
Grand avenue, returned yesterday from
a visit Of several days with friends in
Whittier, fff
The herald., 1893-08-25
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.

Eastern and European sInvestors Invited
to Be Present.
Letters were sent yesterday to num-
Der Of leading American and European
investors in irrigation bonds calling
their attention to the proposed meeting
of the congress, and the extraordinary
facilities to be afforded to those visiting
Los Angeles in October, to ascertain the
security offered by irrigation bonds. 1t
is believed that number OF them will
respond or send representatives here at
that time to make such Investigations.
a meeting of the general committees
will be held in the chamber of COM
merce rooms today at $3.50, at which
time several questi-ns OF Importance
will be discussed.
The herald., 1893-08-25

THE stalwart band Of young men who
came to California in pioneer days are
rapidly thinning out. Those who are
left have nearly reached the scriptural
allotment Of an average lifetime, and
that the reaper is making his rounds
upon them oitener than before is not to
be wondered at. An excellent friend
aud fellow-citizen, Mr.. Charles Smith,
is the last to be called over to the ma
jority, and the death Of so we'll known
and sterling citizen will be universally
felt.