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The herald., 1895-07-03
70 LAW THEY WILL GO
The Two Factions of the Old
First Church
DECIDED BY PRESYBTERY
Rising Vote Settles II, After Hours
Of Argument
Other Unfinished Business Concluded Yes.
terday in Two Sessions of Three am;
Quarter Hours Each

1t was a beautiful illustration of Chris
| tian iortitude, that seen in the Second
church, East Los Angeles, yesterday,
when for three and one-quarter hours in
the afternoon and three and one-quartei
hours mora in the evening, men, women
and reporters sat and patiently listened
to the argumens on the questions tnat
have been vexng the souls of the clans
or FACTIONS of the old First Presbyterian
church congregation.
1t was an adjourned pro renata meet
ing OF the presbytery. and after a short
devotional service Moderator j. H. Stew.
art took the chair, disposed of little
routine business, and then took up the
unfinished business of the previous IN eet-
ing.
Secretary Willie Thompson of the com.
mittee appointed to confer with Paste 7
Burt Estes Howard and his session, with
view to some amicable arrangement be-
tween the two factions read report
which he stated was not a full one. but
in which the word dishonest" was read
as purporting to have been used in one
of Mr.. Howards answers, as applying to
the presbytery.
Mr.. Howard emphatically and prompt
~ ueIleu having uocu tio "oiu III ielei-
ence to presbytery and thereupon ensued
long discussion. The whole report was
ordered read and the secretary complied.
Again Mr.. Howard took um bragg at the
obnoxious word and again there was
argument as to what to do. Finally,
after motions had been made and lost.
substitutes made and laid on the table,
Mr.. Howard presented, in writing his
answer to question number two in which
the obnoxious word was omitted and then
the report with Mr.. Howard correction
was ordered placed on the minutes and
committee OF W. j. Chichester. H. P.
Wilbur and e. +. Galbraith were retired
with directions to decide on suggestion
concerning the action the presbytery
should take on the report as q whole.
resolution, signed by Judge McKin-
ley. chairman, and W. NJ. Sheldon. secre-
tary. fIomthe Congregational church, ask
ing that the presbytery do not take hasty
action regarding the cutting off that
church from fellowship or calling for the
resignation OF its pastor and officers. and
asking for the reconsideration and REIN
vestigation of the whole matter on the
part of presbytery, was, after more talk.
referred to q committee of five by the
chair. who appointed Preachers Robert
Strong. chairman, II. P. Gage and l.. 2.
to retire and confer as to the action on
the last proposition.
DR.. W. II. Henderson OF Santa Monica
read a series OF resolutions for the ap-
pointment of law committee to take
legal action in tfe matter of dividing the
church funds and for raising money to
prosecute the same; DR.. Chichester read
the report of his committee. but no action
was taken on either, as the first three
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dence part OF the city the appearance of
ono lovely park On Ocean avenue, which
is lined with outrageous eucalyptus and
pepper trees for n stretch of two miles,
are elegant homes embowered in vines of
trailing arbutus, white and red roses,
with green lawn ands flower beds, where
every variety OF known flower grows to
perfection and in the greatest profusion
Nevada avenue and several other streets
are equally attractive, the residences all
being erected with an eye to the beautiful
and picturesque.
There is a street car line running from
Ocean Park to the Soldiers Home, a dis
tance OF about five miles, 1t is owned
by a corporation styled the Santa Monica
and Soldiers Home Railway company.
1t gives excellent service in town and has
convenient time table fer the two term
inalS.
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IA SeaShOre Resort Where Roses Bloom the
Year Round and Where Nature Has
LaviShed Her Best Gifts

| ranches have the additional advantage es
| offered by the city. and can conveniently
| join in the recreations afforded by the
! beach.
With the early histroy of the place are
woven many beautiful Spanish legends
and now and then ono comes upon a spot
| whose unwritten history is thrilling as
| the early history of our New England
fathers. At the extreme end of Seventh
street there stands an old landmark in
the shape of deserted and weather-worn
adobe building. This was the early home
of the Reyes family. To the present gen.
Grafton it is difficult to understand why it
was erected on height away from the
source of water for family requirements.
But the old pioneer and settler explains
that it was because of the danger of an
attack from the Indians should they
build in the canyon close to stream.
The bluff or prominence on which the
house was built gave it the desirable
quality of devisadero-or lookout-to
protecf those whJ went to bring water
from the canyon below and to guard
against an unsupported attack from the
savages. Not far from this spot the Sep
Illveda brothers. with few followers had
pitched battle with a band of Indians
in which several savages were killed and
few OF the brave pioneers wounded.
Atter.a few such encounters the sayages
were expelled from the San Vicente ranch
and the pioneers were at peace to cultivate
the land and extend their industry IN cat
tie raising. In about 1883 the road dis
trict was created by the board of super
visors and had the exceptional condition
of having no consecutive county road in
it. The first year the special allowance
was S64O and out of this sum all culverts
and BRIDGES were protected by a new sys-
TEN of wiring and willow cuttings which
have since grown to be a permanent pro-
lection. Roads were laid out and dedi-
Gated to the county and planted with trees,
six miles with four rows and three tiles
with two rows of trees which in spite of
cattle and squirrels prospered and are
now the pride of the city.
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hburs3and quarter had passedIa every,

| body wanted to go home to dinner.
At 1880. however, nearly everybody was
back. and without lost time, DR.. Chiches-
ter was called upo1 to read the report of
the action of his committee in which they
recommended peace and gentleness from
the presbytery in its dealings with the
faction in question which had exhibited
grave contempt and disobedience of pres
bytery, laying them liable to judicial pro.
ceedlng, yet the committee suggested that
any action in the matter be deferred un-
til the fall meeting of the pIesbytery. This
report was followed by much and long
and devious talk. but it was finally
adopted.
The committee of five appointed to re-
spond to the letter of the First Presbyte
rian church, so-called. then reported,
acknowledged its receipt with thankful
ness and asserted the unwillingness OF
presbytery to reconsider and reinvestigate
the case. 1t would meet the church more
than half way to secure peace.
But regarding the rumors of having
placed the property beyond the reach of
the presbytery. and denying the presby
terry in the matter definite proposition
must be made for the authority of the
presDytery and the interest OF Central
church must be protected and main
tained. If these are conceded and pro-
tected We are ready to reconsider every
thing. In return we pledge Christian
courtesy, gentleness of spirit, and ask
you to submit ali points in controversy
to any agreed competent authority. The
report was adopted without argument by
unanimous rising vote, ana the clerk
then read the resolutions again about the
law committee. Then argument began in
earnest civil law versus ecclesiastical
law, peace .versus squabpling in court;
every phase of the question was viewed
and reviewed until at last. when the 9th.
er three and one quarter hours had drag
AvNA I1 l-%
no legal action he commenced within ten
days and not tnen if any arrangement
could be made Satisfactory to all parties
concerned. when rising vote was taken
and it was carried, 25 to 85 to go to law
under the above condition, the law COM
mittee named being Q. W. Henderson, w.
p. Craig and W. W. Cooking.
This important decision was reach ed,
the minutes were read, and the meeting
adjourned.
The herald., 1895-07-03
Outdoor Sports


Fishing, yachting and all other OCEAN
pleasures are abdndanty prov ided tor and
extensively INDUCED in at Santa Monica.
Here, too, is the home of the first polo
club ever organized in California or the
Pacific states. The members give ex-
hibition games twice week in the sea-
son. The first tennis tournament ever
held In California was in Santa Monica,
and here the S. c. L. T. A. has ever since
held Its annual tournaments on he
Casino grounds, and many well-fought
battle has been waged in its courts. The
Casino is a commodious and elegant
building on Third street, with large ten
mis- courts and we'll laid out grounds. and
is the center OF tho polo and tennis clubs.
Cycling, baseball and sports of every
nature find their votaries here who aud to
the grand ensemble of society's gay
whirl
About two miles from Santa Monica, in
the old Santa Monica canyon, is a most
popular picnicking place. People from
many miles arouna make this their
chosen spot for days outing, and there
is scarcely day in the year when merry
pleasure parties may not be found enjoy
ing a dainty spread under the protecting
shadows of the great sycam ores. beside
the clear waters OF the stream which rushes
merrily to the ocean, whose roar is a
pleasant accompaniment to the laughter
and happy voices of the merrymakers.
The herald., 1895-07-03
QIymnia,s Test Cruise

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.-The naval
board appointed to inspect the cruiser
Olympia has completed its task and for
warded it's report to Washington. The
Olympia was taken to sea for a cruise OF
forty-eight hours. Furtt er tests were
made iu poit after her return from the
trial trip. While declining to anticipate
their report to the secretary of the navy,
members of the naval board admitted to
an Associated Press reporter that the re-
port was favorable to the cruiser. They
stated that the Olympia is perfectly sea-
worthy, and in construction quite up to
the specifications In every respect. Her
machinery worked satisfactorily. and the
other tests resulted in the approval OF
the entire board.
The herald., 1895-07-03
A NEW SAMPSON
His Strength Laid In His Pen but 1t Laid
Him Low

Him Low
DENVER, July 2.-Frank Sampson.
the son of a wealthy and prominent wine
merchant of San Francisco. is prison er
in the city jail as result of his am bition
to become a second Jim the Tenman.
Sampson borrowed small sums from his
fathers acquaintances under the promise
to repay when his monthly allowance
arrived from San Francisco. In this
manner about $500 was realized by the
ex-resident of the Pacific coast, but it all
went like thousands before it had, at the
gambling table.
Saturday Sam pson. jr.. visited William
Walters saloon during the proprietor S
absence and had check tor S35 cashed
The same day Sampson visited the May
Shoe company. where he was employed
as a clerk. and had them cash three
forged checks for $40, $50. so and $50. All
of the fraudulent papers bore the sigma
Ire of prominent business men. Samp-
son was arrested by Detectives Loomis
and Burke. After his arrest he expressed
great SORROW for his acts and cried like a
child He has wife and baby month
old
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Would Make a Good Cruiser

NEW YORK, July 2.-The merchant
steamship New York. of the American
line. has been inspected by the naval con-
structor, Fernand. who found that she is
capable of being speedily transformed
into an excellent auxiliary truiser. He
says the snip would be dangerous COM
merce destroyer. She would carry ten
sx-inch rapid firing rifles and power
full secondary battery and could overtake
anything afoat in the merchant service
except the Campania and the Luoania OF
the Cunard line.
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South Santa Monica

South Santa Monica, now called
Ocean Park, presents some very attractive
features. The y. NJ. .. A. of Los Angeles
has maze this its summer outing place
and has erected number of cottages and
"a handsome pavilion. which will accomo- :
date 800 people and where lectures, con-
certs and entertainments are given and
services conducted.
The Methodist conference of Southern
California is seriously contemplating max
ing this the place for the holding of its
annual camp meeting.
Here new wharf is about to be built.
which is good news to the disciples of
Izaall Walton. for it is at this point that
the great clam bank of the Pacific coast
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Get in and Celebrate

Editor Herald There are several of the
butchers of this city who are in favor Of
closing their places of business on our
Independence day, but there are also
some who will keep open on the Fourth.
and always have done so every Fourth of
July, thereby debarring their fellow
tradesmen and employees from celebrat-
ing our national holiday. l hope you
will lend your and to have at least one
holiday. Yours truly, NJ b. RYAN.
The herald., 1895-07-03
Bathing Advantages

2 So equable aud mild is the climate
throughout the entire year that sea bath
ing may be INDUCED in 365 days in sue
cession, though for those who prefer
warmer water, the recently erected North
Beach BATH house provides amply for
their wants. This building is 450 feet
long by 100 feet wide, was erected at a cost
OF 500, 900, and is recognized as the most
complete bathing establishment on the
Pacific coast. 1t has 500 surf bath rooms,
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is located. which fact to the fisherman
is very significant,

is located, which fact to the fisherman
is very significant.
AS seaside resort Santa Monica is free
ly accorded the first place in Southern
California The sea coast is of continuous
interest to all. Year in and year o ut the
swelling tide rolls in on the long, smooth
beach, and each time, as it recedes,
leaves behind many treasures of the great
deep. Often, as parties OF visitors start
along the sand-dunes shell and moss
gathering, one delightful surprise after
astonished to find themselves miles
from their starting point. Here are to
be found the celebrated "diatom cliffs. -
abonnding in diatomaceous deposits,
which afford to the microscopic an end
less ana fascinating field for study an re.
search.
The city has a centrally located opera
house. at which good attractions are con-
stantlY booked.
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The Public Library

Was originally established in the summer
OF 1886 by the Woman's Christian lem
perance union of Santa Monica. In De-
cember, 1890. that body generously do :.
mated it to the city, and 1t was then or.
ganized under the state law of 1880. 1t
has now $500 volumes for circulation, has
reference department and on the read
ing tables can be found all the leading
journals and periodicals. For the wear
ending December 81, 1895, the circulation
was Is, l06.
There is also public school depart
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When Baby was sick, We rave her Castor1s.
When she was c Child, she cried for Ccstoria.
When she became Miss she clurg to Castoria.
wnen she had Children, she we them Castoria.
The herald., 1895-07-03
A New Venture

COLON. Colon bia, July 2.-The first
shipment. 400 tons, across the isthmus
from San Francisco TO New Orleans, is
being taken aboard the steamship Otera
here. This new venture is supposed to
be due partly to the Panama Railroad
company.
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Santa Monlca's Birthday

On July 18th Santa Monica will cele-
brate her twentieth birthday, and those
who have lived there that long feel quite
proud over the progress made at the peer.
less resort and home town. They intend
to duly celebrate and have good time
generally.
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THE STORY OF SANTA MONICA BY THE SEA

200 hot bath porcelain tubs. cement plunge
50x150, ball room, parlor, dining rooms,
etc. 1t has all modern Improvements that
science and money can provide, and is
kept open the entire year.
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ads. Fora peck of the whole tomatoes
use two quarts of sliced tomatoes for the
Juice to fill the cans. For some cases this
will prove too much. but what is left over
may be used for soup, sauce or ketchup.
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with three arriving before the first
wheelman crosses the line. and the last
leaving Santa Monica at 10 p. m. and Los
Angeles Mt II y. m.
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Flavor all your cold drinks with twenty drops
of Angostura Bitters. Dr. Siegerts the only
genuine.
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Ocean Ayenne

The residences of Santa Monica are all
so flower EN- bowered as to give the resi-
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A. A. Eckstrom OF 324 S. Spring st.. is where
you want to go looking for good wall paper at
tho right price.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-07
Weather Chances.

Close observers of an ingenious turn
are sure that the changes in the weather
were invented for the purpose Of CONVEX
sation. There may be something in this
theory, but we are inclined to think
that they are more for the purpose Of
giving consolation to chronic invalids.
II felt very bad yesterday, when the
wind was in the east, " groans the sick
person, or, II feel much better today,
the sun shines SO brightly" or, *When
the wind is in the north, my rheumatism
troubles me-. - And SO they 60 on until at
last there does come a day which not
only benefits, but cures; when the doctor
can be dispensed with and the under
taker observes that the gentleman has a
fine day for his funeral. But all levity
aside, such changes in the weather as
we have had recently would be more
honored in the breach than in the OBJ
servance, even though they gave tho in.
valid less to think about and hampered
the person we meet in the street who
uses the subject as an always timely one.
It is reported that the recent frost killed
the grape crop in sumo large localities,
ruined cherries and many other kinds of
small fruits. Yet it may not be as severe
as it seems. Ill news always travels rap
idly and delights in superlatives.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-07
COLLEGE Athletes.

. "a ~NSAAS9D~
It III at this season that college ath'
leeics are most in evidence. Beginning
IN April and continuing until very nea,
graduation time the athletic teams Of
the various leading institutions Of learn
ing hold competitions with one anothe,
for the honors that physical achieve.
ments bring, and these competitions ex.
cite vastly more interest in the noncol'
lege world than do the examinations Of
the students as to proficiency in the sub
jects which they have been studying 0,
the "commencement'' exercises that
mark the completion of the college
course. H. %.
Some there be who vehen1ently decry
this state of things. Some there be, too,
who hold that it is one Of the most sat.
isfactory of existing facts in our educa-
tional system. The former declare that
the introduction Of physical training
marked the beginning of the decline OF
learning, and that the standard Of the
colleges as centers of intelligence is sure
to grow lower as long as the present
status continues The others say that
this is an erroneous and mischievous
view; that physical excellence is as
greatly to be desired as mental supe-
riority; that the two go hand in hand,
and that the exciting competitive CON
tests between college teams in football,
baseball, track athletics and rowing,
though but small proportion Of all the
students can take part in them, are a very
necessary and beneficial part Of the entire
scheme.
The contest between the ideas adj
vanced and so valiantly put forth 10y
both these classes, which has SO far de-
veloped most over football at Harvard,
is evidently hardly begun as yet, and
we may expect to see and hear great
deal upon the subject during the next
few years.
Possibly the extremists in both classes
have gone a little too for. Extremists
usually go too far. But without extrem-
lists, or, if you will, without cranks, on
either side, the other would fall an easy
prey, and we would have colleges either
entirely without any spirit for physical
development or with that spirit deyel:
oped to a damaging degree. Either Of
these conditions, in the view Of the con.
servative thinking man, would be worse
than the present condition Of constant
combat over the question. To certain
extent at least lively fight is healthy
thing, and so we say let the melee &C
on. It's good thing.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-07
CatA.

-ri CAts. 5$E gs
, New York has just had . cat ahow,
which was 10 successful an enterprise
that other cat shows are sure TO ~ held
there in the years to come. Alllovers Of
cats will no doubt rejoice at this consid-
GRAFTON given their pets, and, We are
sure, will resent the sneers recently lev
eled at the feline race by the one New
York paper whose editor once invented
and still maintains the jocular fiction
that he keeps an office cat for the pur-
pose Of destroying pieces Of manuscript
that do not meet his views as to excel
lence.
The jeers at Grimalkin in question
were printed in tho same paragraph that
spoke in praise Of Fido. 1t appears that
j the master of certain dog fell Off the
dock one day recently in New York and
straightway became drowned body.
True to the loyal instincts Of his race,
the dog remained upon the dock near the
place Of his master final disappearance,
thus giving another example Of canine
fidelity and affection. This coming to
the ear of the editor, he called attention
to the circumstance, and then, in spirit
Of invidious comparison, asked who
could relate similar story of feline de-
votion to a member Of the human race
Perhaps no one can, but in humanity
patriotism is considered as high virtue
as personal affection, if not Of higher
grade, and, US every one who has studied
the feline nature knows, the overmas-
tering instinct of every cat is love of
place. He is a poor coot indeed in the
view Of most persons who does not love
the place of his nativity or Of his long
residence, unless that place be utterly
bare Of attractions. and none are more
extravagantly Landed than those who 60
forth to do battle for home and country.
Who cannot relate stories Of cats Drawing
every danger, when ruth lessly torn from
the homes they love SO we'll, in order to
return to them? Does not every school
boy know Of the annual professions of
home seeking cats which cross the
Brooklyn bridge in opposite directions on
the night of May /, which is moving
day at the Hudson s mouth? Indeed this
remarkable propensity has been chosen
as a theme for the poet and set to music.
Who has not heard the inspiring song:
And the cat came back, :*
For he wouldn't stay away9
For the love Of home so universally
displayed by the great cat family we
are of the opinion that they should be
as roundly praised as the dog for tho
blind affection displayed for his dead
master. And at r.. .ame time, in con-
eidering the rel .,sve merits Of the cat
and the dog, it should be remembered
that hundred persons are bitten by
dogs, vagrant and otherwise, in every
city to one bitten by cats, even though
there are at least hundredfold more
cats than dogs. .gf.s .as;:ss5; .& n .@ssE ,
Let as give the purring cat hef just
dues. @.s@+.5
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-07
Medical Testimony.

IF the latest claims of chemical ex.
perts are true, there seems reason to BE-
lieve that the evidence is Enthusiastically
upon which Carlyle Harris was convict
ed in New York for poisoning his wife,
and, later, that on which DIR. Buchanan
was convicted of the same crime.
A New York physician and chemical
expert has been experimenting with
ptomaines for some time and now claims
that the color tests used to demonstrate
the presence of morphine in body are
practically valueless He says that the
state should have a chemists office, and
in every case of poison the work should
be done by these officials, and if poison
be obtained it should be exhibited to the
jury, thus avoiding contradictory expert
testimony.
1t will be remembered that DR.. Buch-
anan alleged that his wife died from
apoplexy, which was the disease the at
tending physician certified she had.
Chemical experts for the prosecution said
that by color tests they had discovered
morphine in the stomach Of Mrs. Buch-
anan, and it was their testimony that
clinched the case against the prisoner.