The herald., 1895-11-11
Thirteen Poor Animals Were
Roasted Alive
RENAISSANCE OF BASEBALL
Geueral News Notes From the Queen OF
the Valley
An Excitlng Fire In . Dairy-Two Men Ar
rested on Suspicion Of Having
Caused the Blaze Notes

PASADENA, Nov. lo.-Last nigh
about II AS an alarm of fire was turned
in and the lire was soon located vt the
dairy belonging to 9. K. Prentiss. on
South Broadway not far from the electric
power house. The fire department
reached the place in u short time. but
not soon enough to prevent the entire
loss OF the stable and its contents, in
GLIDING thirteen head Of COWS and thirty
tons Of hay. Mr.. Prentiss elves at 494
South Broad wAv, several blocks from the
dairy, while his men live in the build.
ings located on the same property with
the stable which was burned. They all
retire early, as they are obliged to get
up very early in the morning, conse-
quently were all sound asleep when the
fire broke out. Its origin Is a complete
mystery. the men knowing nothing OF 1t
until they were awakened by the calls Of
those who had seen the fire from q dis
tance and FASTENED to the scene 20 help
in extingulshing 1t. This they found i'm
possible, however, as did the hre depart
ment when they arrived as there was on
~ two-inch water pipe to the prem
ises and very little pressure, the place
being some distance from any other
house. They succeeded IN getting out
quite number of this COWS. but the re-
maindsr of the poor creatures. thirteen
in number, were literally roasted alive.
More OF the cows m ieht have been gotten
out by their own efforts but for the fact
that their heads were fastened in the
stanchions which are used so largely in
the COW stables ana from which II 10 i'm.
possible for them to free themselves. Mr..
Prentiss, who was asleep at his home,
some distance from the dairy, was awak-
ened by the alarm of fire, but thought
nothing OF it and went to sleep again
only to be awakened again, this time by
one OF the employees. who came to tell
HIM that his property was burning up;
When lie reached the place he noticed
two men hanging around whose actions
be thought were rather suspic ious, and
after everybody else had lett they re-
manned. with the evident intention of
staying there all night. making place
to sleep on the GROUND. Thinking that
they might have been the cause OF the
fire, MIR. Prentiss reported to Officer
Goltman, who took them in and they arc
now in Jail. They will probably be up for
vaKranoy in the morning though it is not
probable that anything more can be
proved against thrm. There WAS no in.
surance on the property and Mr.. Prem
tiss PLACES his loss at about $500. He
has about sixteen cows left, the greater
part Of them having been rescued from
the burning building.
BASEBALL PROSPECTS.
The baseball club which has recently
been organized proposes to get into shape
to challenge the Los Angeles club before
long, and some good sport 10 anticipated
when they get into training. The new
grounds of the bicycle club will be the
scene of the games. which will no doubt
attract large crowds. The grounds are
bsing fitted up in good shape. the work
of enclosing the premises being now
under way. The tight board fence " II be
decorated with the advertisements OF the
different firms about town, ard in this
way the cost of putting 1t up will be met.
The bail club organized Is as follows:
Arthur Livingstone and Frank Beebs,
pitchers; Clapp, catcher; Morrison, first
base; Robinson. second base; Buchanan,
third base; Lee, right field; Blatenburg,
left field: Newmeyer, short stop
NOTES.
Albert ]. Wallace gave an interesting
talk TO the mem bers and friends of the
Epworth League, at the NJ. e. cprrci on
Friday evening, Oescrip tive of his trip
from San Francisco to Liverpool by way
of Cape Horn. The trip was made in
one OF the largest vessels of the merchant
fleet afoat.
RAYMOND Park was opened to the pub
lie today and band discOursed music
all afternoon for the benefit OF the LARGE
crowds that came by electric cars and by
private conveyances, both from Los An
geIes and Pasadena. The cars on the
electric road we're crowded all afternoon,
many being obliged to stand up.