The herald., 1896-02-28
he STOPPED THE SWEEPER
Though Dodging Would Have
Been Less Expensive
CATHODE RAYS AT THROOP
Politics and Prohibition Traveliug
Hand and Hand
Landmarkers Arranging for Napoleon Tea.
A Projected New Church-Social
and Personal Notes

Projected New Church-Social
and Personal Notes
PASADENA, Feb. 27.-The recorders
court was occupied during the greater
portion of the day with the case Of tho
people vs. William Bell, the member OF
the Salvation Army who was arrested
Tuesday evening by Officer Goltman
for stopping the street-sweeping team
by seizing the horses by the heads, and
thus blocking the street.
The defendant demanded a jury,
much amusement being occasioned by
the defendant taking charge OF his own
case during the temporary absence of
his attorney, G. J. Willett, and ques-
tioning the jurors az to their qualiflca-
tions. He had his own way Of doing
this, the principal point appearing to
be as to whether the candidate for the
jury box had any friendly relations
with "the outfit" as he styled the city
attorney, city marshal, Constable Slater
and the recorder. II they had, this
was sufficient for peremptory chal-
lenge.
A jury was finally secured, as fol-
lows: DR.. r. H. Slaughter, j. o. Hoff,
A. Thorn, William Basore, David Coch-
ran, William Schneider. City Attor-
ney Arthur conducted the prosecution.
Fred Conant was the first witness. He
testified that as he was standing near
the curb at the corner of Colorado and
Fair Oaks on Tuesday evening, while
the Salvation Army was holding forth,
he saw the street sweeper drive past
and turn to come back again. That he
heard the driver call the members of
the army to get out Of the way, which
most of them did at once, but the de-
fendant seized one Of the horses by the
bride and held the team back. That
he took hold of the team q second
time, and then the driver struck him
with the whip.
George Furman, the driver, was the
next witness, and his testimony was
about the same.
Officer Goltman testified that the
reason he made the arrest was because
the defendant obstructed the street BY
stopping the sweeping wagon.
The witnesses for the defense were
then called, and there was some differ
ence in their testimony, one point be-
ing that while one witness testified
that Furman used very profane Ian
guage when he ordered Bell to let 60 Of
the team, others did not seem to have
heard such language used. Other men,
bers of the army heard the call to
stand back, but Bell testified that he
didn't hear it, and that the horses were
almost upon him before he was aware
of the fact, and that he then threw out
his arm to stop them. The second time
he caught at the team, he said, was
when the horses swung round toward
him again. He said one of the wheels
struck him, but az to whether other
members pulled him back he could not
remember, though others testified that
they did.
The jury was not out long when a
verdict Of guilty was returned, and the
court imposed fine of $3.50.
THE RAY AT HOME
Prof. T. H. Gilmore and his students
at Throop polytechnic have been con-
Quoting some very successful expert
ments with the cathode ray which lie
just now attracting the attention of
the scientific world to such great sx-
tent. Prof. Gilmore uses the Sanford
method, with which he has had greater
success than with the Roeutgen pro-
cess. and he succeeded in photograph
ig objects through opaque substances
in manner to satisfy the most criti-
cal students of tho new wonder.
PEOPLES POLITICS
A man on the street was hearo to
sum up the political situation about as
follows: "This movement for a 'Peo-
ple's ticket which is to declare ou :
and-out for high license is evidently
for the particular purpose of making
every man show his hand in the COM
ing election, and to force the 'Citizsn's
| ticket to come out for prohibition,
since the other two parties are repre-
senting the other views of the liquor
question-namely, Che Republican for
the present state OF things-that is,
compromise; the Peoples for high
licenue, leaving the third the other view
of the matter-prohibition."
THE LANDMARKS CLUB
The members of the Pasad dena branch
of the Landmarks club met yesterday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Dreer to
arrange for Napoleon tea to be given
by the club at the Green, March 2lst.
The patronesses of the club are
Mesdames Kimball, Marshall, Wotkyns,
Holder, Seymour, Locke, Misses Wot-
kyns, Dows and Dreer, aud those who
will assist at the tea are Mesdames
Fowler and Evans and Misses Tilden,
Belle Tilden, Merwin, Greenleare, Bolt.
Ford, Craig, Eleanor Craig, Hubbard.
Crane, Shorb, Blumer, Church, Dob
bins, Roland, Eldred and the Misses
Dreer.
The object OF the club is the preser.
vation of historic landmarks of South.
ern California and the Forthcoming
Napoleon tea is for the benefit of this
project.
BREv1TIES
The United Prssbyterians will erect
church on the northeast corner of
Colorado street and Los Robles avenu.
some time in the near future, the prop
crty for the purpose, 100x225 feet, hav-
ing been purchased by James Hill,
trustee, from the Buckminster estate
through f. B. Wetherby, executor.
The denomination has been holdipp
services in the G. A. r. hall under the
pastorship Of Rev. Mr.. MuKittrlck.
The new building will be handsome
one.
Mr.. f. H. Furnald of the Pasadena
Drug company and Miss Cora A. Leach