The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-14
A SAN DERNARD|NO OFFICER
Arrested the Boys for Going in
Swimming
S CHARGED WITH PERJURY
For Counting His Miles Altogether Too
Generously
A Brick Building Badly Damaged by Fire-The
High School Reception-Notes
of the Day

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Rose of Highland has been indicted by the
grand jury for perjury. Rose is charged
with swearing to false claim against the
county for mileage in serving the warrants
in the cases of the boys arrested for bath
ing near a highway northeast of the city in
May. The suits were against Ernest Stone
and others, including a crowd of neighbor-
hood boys. The complaint was sworn out
by ack Baldridge and the prosecution de-
veloped good deal of feeling among peo-
pie residing near Highland, and il is prob
ably due to this that the matter first came
to the grand jury's attention.
In making his claim for mileage Rose
charged for mileage for each warrant
served, and for bringing each one to jail,
when in reality he made but one trip. The
indictment charges that he claims mileage
for 10S miles, when he really travelled not
over Is, and swearing to the claim Is there
fore alleged to be perjury.
The boys were convicted in the justice 8
court of Highland, and the cases were APP
pealed. Judge Campbell has had the cases
under consideration, and has just decided
to grant new trials in each case, and also
that the ri will be before him., instead
of sending it back for trial in the Justices
court.
LAST NIGHTS FIRE.
An alarm of fire from box IL at 1915
last night called he fire department to the
one-story brick block on West Third street,
owned by Dan Rathbun, where fire had
been discovered in Dorsey's barber Shop
one of the tenants of the building.
The Rathbun building is next west of the
Harris block, and across the street from
Motor Depot lodging house. When the fire
was first discovered it was just breaking
out in the rear of the barber shop. but in a
very few seconds after the doors had been
broken down by people carrying out fur
niture the whole entrance of the shop was
a seething mass of flames.
The building had frontage of fifty feet,
and this large room is not cut up by reason
of the corner occupied by the barber shop
and the space rented by Mannen's fruit
stand. These were cut off by thin board
partitions, which did not reach to the cell
ing, and only furnished fuel for the flames.
BY the time the fire department was on
the scene, the flames were through these
partitions and beginning to reach out into
c. Il. Longs furniture and second hand
store, which occupied the building. Two
we'll directed streams from the hose soon
brought the fire under control, and in half
an hour the work of the department was
completed.
The damage to the east part of the build
ing, on which there was ali insurance OF
$1,000, will probably count up to the full
amount of the policy. A new roof and an
entirely new front will be needed, while
much of he interior must be repastered,
| and entirely new partitions and new 1oor-
! ing must be put in. The damage to the
west part of the building is limited to some
broken glass in the front. There is also
an insurance OF 1000 on this part OF the
structure.
Longs loss is estimated at $500, and
| Dorsey's at $500. No insurance. Man
mem loss is small.
The origin of the fire is unexplained. 1t
is remarkable that none OF the tiremen OF
those at work about the burning build
ing suffered any injury from the electric
light wires. A number of incandesceni
wires were burned in two and the loose ends
were dangling in the air, very much alive
but no one happened to come in contact
with one of them.
NOTES OF THE DAY
A number of post graduate students
now in the high school will take the exam
nation for teachers which begins Monday
Glass '96 of the high school will give al
entertainment and reception at the higt
school tomorrow evening. Students of the
other classes will be the only guests.
The Gospel Union Mission is the result
of the work which was begun several week.
ago in a store room near the motor depot
day, representatives of the church socie
ties which have been fostering the mission
organizing a board of control with super
intendent who will hereafter be in charge
George w. Swing has been selected a
special correspondent for the Christmas
Examiner, to represent the schools of thi
city, and will do the work of the regula
correspondent on December oath.
Raphael Contrez and Andrea Varaco
Mexican residents of Hesperia, became
involved in a quarrel at dance Wednes
day night, and in the melee Varaco wa
shot in the left thigh. Contrez was ar
rested and lodged in Jail yesterday b.
Constable O. M. Potts. Varaco was alst
brought in and taken to the county hos
ptal Today Contrez was turned loose by
order of the district attorney, it appearing
that the shooting was purely accidental.
Men at work developing water at Har
lem springs struck two large streams to
day, having a temperature of 11S degrees
Fahrenheit. The new owners of the prop
erty have carload of porcelain bath tub
on the way, and will put the resort in first
class condition.