The herald., 1896-07-17
RIVERSIDE
Electric Power Prices Pixed-0snerai News
Notes

NOTES
RIVERSIDE, July 16.-The city trus-
etes have fixed the rate per horsepower
for electricity at 81 per month for the
first and $35 so fer each additional horse
power per month. This power cost the
city, furnished by the Redlands Electric
Power compan, SO per horse power. Thus
the city makes profit off of the con-
sumer of so cents to 81 per horsepower
pc month. But this is not the way 1t
treats all its citizens. II Isl different
with some. F. A. Miller has contracted
with these same city trustees for 80
horsepower at $6.25 per horsepower
per year, or a total of $500 per year This
so horsepower costs the city So per horse
power per month, or $36 per year, or
total of $2SSO per year. Thus this daisy
Republican board of trustees give Mr..
Miller to run his street car line $2SS0 per
year directly out Of the pockets of the
people. But he owns them
An effort is being made by the lovers
of cricket to revive the English national
game in this valley. A number of the
wielders Of the willow had practice
game at the Wheelmen's Athletic park
today and showed excellent form. A
permanent organization Will be effected
as soon as possible. Riverside has the
material to organize the best cricket
team in Southern California.
Emil Schultes, who has been working
for a party att West Riverside for some
time, disappeared very mysteriously ON
the 18th and nothins' has been heard of
him since. Foul play is suspected.
L. S. Wilson has been appointed reg
istering clerk at West Riverside.
DR.. Wright, the druggist at San ia
cinto, and som are in the city today.
Judge Alex Dallas and Mrs. Fetler of
the Indicator, Moreno, were in the city
today.
Sheriff Johnson will go north in a few
days, taking Molido to prison.
w. F. Brown, who was Jailed for film
flamming John Robinson some time ago,
today paid out the balance Of the time
and was released. His father came
up from Los Angeles and put up the
money.
The Riverside L. andsIi company has
purchased 500 acres of the lands Of the
Los Angeles. 200 acres of which Is wa
tered land. They also sold to the same
| company for $4,000 cash lots and Z, block
&c. and lots and 8, block 43, containing
| 40 acres.
r. H. Gibson and j. X. Burkett of the
! Hawaiian islands, are here on a visit.
They are interested in Riverside proper
ty. They will remain here a number
! of months.
| All the talk throughout the county is
for free silver. A great many Repub-
lians have declared themselves as une-
quivocally for free silver and promise
to dol all in their power for its advance
ment regardless of politics.
The new fountain in the center of the
lawn on the west front of the high school
building has been completed 1t is of
bronze and beautiful design. The money
fn,.t tte,N t~~- I1f l.xC II n
son, the man who had the contract for
the carpenter work for the high school
building. A neat basin has been built
around the fountain by C. p. Hancock,
who also set the fountain in place.
The Rose mine, in which number of
Riversiders were heavily interested, has
been sold to company composed of r.
L. Grant of Chicago, o. o. Howard, jr.,
nephew of Gen. o. o. Howard, both
millionaires.
Tuesday evening the Rathbone sis
ters installed officers, Mrs. Juliet Stib-
bens and Miss Carrie Alkine assisting
the grand chief. The officers. installed
Fannie Miller. f. s.; Mrs. Marion Squire,
p. j.; Mrs. Nellie Reid, M. of T.; Ella
Hendsch, nj. of r. and c.; Miss Estelia
Stewart, M. of F.; Mrs. Lena Shorb,
P. of l.; Mrs. Eta Cundiff, G. Of o. T.;
Mrs. Idai H. Russell, P. c.; Mrs Marion
oIuiI e, lIuSteS IOT elSnteen months.
banquet was served in the banquet
room. the members of Sunnyside' lodge
and their ladies joining in the feast.
E. Emery Smith, professor of horticul-
ture in Stanford is making a trip over
Southern California to gather data for
his work. He was shown over the val
ley by Horticultural Commissioner Ha-
vens.
The second trial of Charles Marshall.
who murdered Frank Hamilton at San
Jacinto on May 8 1895, was concluded
late last night, when the jury returned
a verdict of murder in the second de-
gree On Marshall's first trial he was
convicted of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to hang August 3. His
counsel appealed the case and the su-
preme court granted a new trial because
OF error in the courts instructions to the
jury
The murder Of which Mar/1all stands
convicted was particularly wanton and
cold-blooded, and at the time Marshall
shot Hamilton man named Larsen was
also killed by stray bullet from his
pistol. The verdict In his second trial
does not give satisfaction, as feeling
against the condemned man is strong.
Marshall will receive his sentence on
Monday.