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The herald., 1896-03-22
RlvERslDH'S DAY
The Riverside Men Capture the Team Cham
pionship at fine Gun Club

The Riverside Men Capture the Team Cham =
pionshp at fine Gun Club
Another successful days sport was added
yesterday to the records Of the Los An.
geles City Gun clubs tournament. The
attendance of spectators was much larger
than on the opening day, some 500 people
witnessing the challenge trophy team shoot
in the afternoon. This was the event of
the day, and contrary to expectation the
second place to Riverside. Seven teams
in all contested for the championship, two
from Los Angeles, one from San Diego,
Santa Ana, Riverside, Azusa, and "Gold
Dust'' combination. The scores we're as
follows. twenty-five birds to each man:
Riverside-Chick 21, Packard 20, Smith
20, Taber 10, and Bruner l6; total, 96
out of possible 1875.
Santa Apa-Vaughan "a, Parker 20,
Mason 10, West II, and Proud IL: total,
92.
Los Angeles Team No. 1, composed of
Van Valkenberg, L. Ralph, Matfield,
Leighton and Schenck were third.
The Gold Dust team which took fourth
honor consisted Of j. S. Tanning, W. H.
seaver OF San Francisco. and Sedan OF
Denver, Judd of San Diego and Morse.
The individual records for the day
showed Mason and Vaughan of Santa Ana
tied at the top, each killing 10Y birds out
of 1875. Gold Dust Tanning grassed 1O3
during the day and still stands champion
on the tournaments record, having killed
241 birds out of possible 275.
The principal events of today's program
will be the Merchandise Prize Shoot and
the Individual Championship of Southern
California for diamond medal donated
by the Los Angeles Gun club, 50 birds psr
men.
The herald., 1896-03-22

the principal place of business 10 Los An
geles, and it is to exist for fifty years. The
capital stock is 81 900. 900, divided into
10000 shares of 500 each, of which 5000
has been actually subscribed, the subscrib-
ers being the directors for the fir 1t year, as
follows: H. j. Wallacott. George II. Bone
brake, A. Jacoby. w. J. Washburn, Datus
G. Smith and M. T. Allen, one share each.
Articles of association of the Pomona
Cooperative Union were also filed. The
corporation is formed to carry on . general
mercantile business, with the headquarters
at Pomona. Following are the directors
Soper, A. L. Taylor, Henry Hanson, N. W.
Miller, E. w, Bowen and f. G. Cady. The
admission fec is $40,
The herald., 1896-03-22
The Trial Court Sustained

The opinion of the supreme court in the
case of the San Pedro Lumber company
and Hooper, it's president, plaintiffs and
respondents, vs.. Merick Reynolds and
John A, Pirtle, defendants and appellants,
affirming the judgment of the lower court,
was received at the Office of the clerk yes.
terday for filing. The opinion is written
by Justice Mcfarland, concurred in by
Justices Temple and Hensnaw.
This is suit which has been dragging
along ever since 1889. Merick Reynolds
was the local manager of the San Pedro
Lumber company AT the time of the defal-
cation of Drain, the bookkeeper, who alb
seconded to New South Wales, after de-
frauding the company out of large sum
of money, which he squandered on wine
and women in this city. The exact amount
of the defalcation or embezzlement was
the very least 1t was $65 900. Under the
terms of his contract, Reynolds was re-
sponsible fer the proper keeping of the ac-
counts. and the furnishing of correct state
ments from time to time of the condition
of the business. This he failed to do, and
turned over to the lumber company cer-
tain personal property to secure
them against loss. This property con-
sisted of I11ss shares of stock of the San
Pedro Lumber company, 1O1 shares of
stock of the L. w. Blinn Lumber company
and 1882 shares of.stock of the Russ Lum-
ber & Mill company. There was an in
cumbrance of $l3, 900 on this property in
the shape of promissory note for that
amount, which the corporation bought to
carry out the design of the assignment
The case got into court on petition for an
accounting between Reynolds and the
lumber company, and that the stock be
sold and foreclosed in the usual manner,
defendants being debarred of all rights in
and to the Aforesaid stock. The case was
tried before Judge Clark who decided in
favor of the lumber company on all points,
and from this judgment an appeal was
taken. There was some talk of a certain
tender made by Reynolds to the company
cum far less than the amount found to be
due and cut no figure in the legal DISPOSE
ton of the case.
The herald., 1896-03-22

upon the body of Frank Lovett, man So
years of age. who died suddenly Friday
evening at No. SO7 Banning street without
the services of a physician. The autopsy
developed the fact that he had expired
from double pneumonia. He was a native
of Ireland, and an old soldier, who had
discharge papers showing that he had
served five years in the United States
army, retiring with the rank of sergeant.
A verdict of natural death, in accordance
with the facts, was rendered.
The herald., 1896-03-22
cuf Off the UIuice -

All the electric cars in the central por-
tion of the city we're stopped last night
from about IL 80 to 12:45. A trolley
caught in the wire at Fourth and Spring
streets, bringing down the whole network
at that point. When they struck the
ground the safety fuse at the power house
was melted and the entire line ceased oper-
ations for the time being. 1t was long
after / o'clock before the last car got into
the house, while the Pasadena line was
The herald., 1896-03-22
Wants an Injunction

The case of ]. w. Sullivan vs.. the San
Jose Rancho company was partially tried
before Judge York yesterday, and con-
tinued to Tuesday. Sullivan is the owner
of ranch in San Dimas canyon, and the
suit is brought to secure an injunction re-
straining the San Jose Rancho company
from diverting the waters of San Dimas
creek from their natural course, to the
detriment of Sullivan.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Finally COMPROMISED

The case of l. A. Beckett ct al. vs.. d. M.
Welch was partially tried before Judge Van
Dyke yesterday, when the proceedings
were brought to close by compromise.
The suit was brought to collect judgment
by attaching homestead. at the close of
the testimony for the plaintiff, defendant
moved for non-suit, which was denied.
The matter was then compromised by the
defendant assigning to plaintiff judgment
on the payment of $276.95. The action
was then dismissed, each side paying its
own costs.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Southern Pacific Timetable

Southern Pacific, the card going into effect
this morning. The overland train arriving
at present at l l a. m. will arrive at l 80
p. m. The Santa Barbara midday train
now arriving at :35, will arrive at 1916
p. IN. The morning tram for Santa Bar
bara leaving at s o'clock, will leave at
1885. The afternoon train now leaving at
:35, will leave at o'clock.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Failed to Pass.

Isadore Katscher, a native of Austria,
yesterday applied to Judge York for adj
mission to citizenship. His honor ques-
toned the applicant at some length as to
his knowledge of the laws and institutions
of the United States, and as the applicant
could not answer some questions which
every citizen ought to be able to do. he
was told to 60 and read up a little before
again presenting himself.
The herald., 1896-03-22
IN THE CITY
Totals. s................. .638
THE COUNTRY PRECINCTS
Total vote
Total vote cast, 1916.
For annexation, 1857.

Total vote cast. 1915.
For annexation, 1857.
Against annexation. 759.
Majority for annexation, %. a
The official boundaries of the territory
taken in yesterday are as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of said
city of Los Angeles, running thence east
along the south boundary line of said city
to the west line of Alameda street; thence
southerly along the west line of said Ala
media street to point thirty feet north of
the north line of Slausor avenue; thence
west parallel to said north line of Slauson
avenue to the center line of New Main
street; thence south along tho center line
of New Main street to point one hundred
and fifty feet south of the south line of
Slauson avenue; thence west to a point
three hundred and sixty feet west of the
west line of Figueroa street; thence north
erly to point midway between Simpson
and Athena streets, fifty feet west OF the
west boundary line of said city of Los An
geles; thence northwesterly, parallel to
Athena and Hellman streets, to the center
line of Vermont avenue; thence wester-
ly to center line OF Madison street; thence
west along the center line of said Madison
street to the west line of Jefferson street
tract: thence north to the center line of
jefferson street; thence west along the
center line of said jefferson street to a
point $50 feet west of the west line of
First avenue extended; thence north to a
point L so feet north OF tho north line of
Sixth street extended; thence east to the
west boundary line of the West End Uni
versity addition to Los Angeles, CAL, at a
point 100 feet north of the southwest cor.
ner thereof; thence north to the southwest
corner of the Dayton Heights tract; thence
east to the west boundary line of said city
of Los Angeles; thence southerly along
said west boundary line TO the southwest
corner of said city of Los Angeles, the
point of beginning.
The University was purposely left out in
yesterdays election because of the opposi.
ton of the voters in that district to annex
alton at the present election.
The votes cast yesterday will be can
vassed by the city council at its meeting
tomorrow. The result will then be for
warded to the secretary of state at Sacra-
nento, and after some legal formalities,
the three districts admitted will be regu-
larly part of the city. This result will
have been attained in about three weeks.
The herald., 1896-03-22
The HeadWorks Trial

continued before Judge Shaw yesterday
forenoon. Ex.City Engineer Eaton and
Engineer Burr Bassell testified at some
length on technical matters. On Monday
the jury, in charge of the bailiff, will view
the premises. Engineers Bassell and
Frill will 60 along to point out the
boundaries. On Tuesday morning the
trial will be resumed.
The herald., 1896-03-22
To Foreclose a rlortesre

A suit was filed in the United States
district court yesterday by o. Pooley,
receiver of the Consolidated National bank
of San Diego, against Juan M. Lugo and
others, to foreclose a mortgage securing a
note for $4,000. The suit was first insti-
tuted in the superior court of San Diego
county, but as Lugo is the Chilean consul,
it was necessary to transfer it to the fed
eral court.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Submitted on Briefs

The trial of the case of Burnbeltz W.
Duhart, a suit to foreclose chattel mort
gage on some sheep. securing q note for
$500 was concluded before Judge Nc
Kinley yesterday. The matter was finally
argued and submitted on briefs.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Fell by the WaysIde

About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon an
old veteran named Horace Hayes was
brought to the receiving hospital for medi-
cal treatment. He had taken one or two
drinks and, being crippled, fell ON the side
walk and cut his face and eye. The patrol
wagon brought him from Marchessault
street, and after being fixed up he was dis
CHARGED,
The herald., 1896-03-22
A Terry Go-R ound in Controversy

Township Justice Young was engaged
yesteraay s,n auterhoon M IN nearing tne case % o.
A. Rogers, suit to recover 500, the bal
ance of the purchase price of q merry-go-
round. Rowland, as attorney for Rogers,
bought in the machine when it was sold
under attachment some time ago, and has
failed to liquidate. The attorney finally
got tired of waiting and instituted suit.
The herald., 1896-03-22
sult. nm prom;e.orv Not..

Mrs. Mary II. Banning vs.. Ann S. Whea-
ton to recover on a promissory note for
500.
W. H. Holmes We. James E. Clark, to re-
cover on two promissory notes aggregating
$l425, with interest and attorneys fees.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Taken Under Amusement

of Henry +. Seymour, from the city JUS
tice's court, and took the same under ad-
visement. Seymour, it is alleged, tapped
q gas pipe back of the meter and used gas
without paying for the same. He was con-
victed in the lower court, from which judg-
ment an appeal was taken.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Judpment for Plaintiff

compel the specific performance of con-
tract in the matter of the purchase of an
orange orchard at Riverside. Judge Clark
yesterday gave judgment for the plaintiff
in the sum of $3OS.5O.
The herald., 1896-03-22

There are undelivered kilograms at the
Office of the Western Union Telegraph
company, corner of First ana Spring
streets. for the following persons: N. r.
Livingston. V. Scalze Fruit Co., C. j. Over
sinner, William Landry.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Judgment for Plaintiff

In the case of w. S. NorveiI VS.. O. H.
Lockhart ct al, a suit to recover promis-
sorry note. Judge York yesterday gave judg-
ment for plaintiff in the sum of $594.l8,
with attorneys fees and costs of suit.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Five Years In San Quentin

James Harrison, recently convicted of
burglary in the second degree, was yester-
day sentenced by Judge Smith in depart
ment one to five years imprisonment in the
penitentiary at San Quentin. Harrison
entered lodging house and stole some
clothing.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Eieht at First and Main

Tim Hanley and Joe Brown got into a
row with Joe Smith at the corner of First
and Main streets last evening and both
jumped on him. Before an officer arrived
the encounter. All three were arrested
and jailed for disturbing the peace.
The herald., 1896-03-22
New Incorporations

Articles of the Metropolitan Gas COM
pany Of Los Angeles were filed with the
10 organized to manufacture and sell gas
end Illuminating and heating materials;
The herald., 1896-03-22
An InsoIyent Debtor

Emil +. d'Artois yesterday filed his peti.
ton to be declared an insolvent debtor.
His liabilities are given as $2O3O.29, with
assets of $40, consisting of wearing ap-
parel exempt from execution.
The herald., 1896-03-22
A PecuIiar Ca6e

Douglas vs. Yonkin was the title OF a suit
before Township Justice Young yesterday,
which brought out some rather unusual cir
cumstances. The defendant Is the con-
stable of Justice Young's court, but the
real party behind him is a man named
Walter A. Douglass. Douglass is now q
married man and works ON the railroad.
Some time ago and before his marriage he
had relations with Miss Mary A. Wilson,
and child was born of which Miss Viii
son declared Douglass to be the father.
Douglass denied this. but she prevailed so
far as to secure his signature to contract
whereby he was to pay her $40 per month
for a long period for support of the child.
She had also loaned him $50, which sum
he failed to pay. Ultimately Doug
lass came to be in default
of these monthly payments and
Miss Wilson brought suit against him.
The action was before Justice Young, the
contract was put in evidence, and the JUS
tice gave judgment to the woman for $50.
The matter stood this way until the plain
tiff got out an execution upon tho wages of
Douglass. Then he came in with the declar-
alton that tho wages were exempt from
execution, filing the necessary affidavit
that they had accrued within thirty days
prior to the levy. II developed, however,
that the railroad company has a rule that
the wages of the first fifteen days which a
man in its employ is retained as a security
of some sort and of these fifteen days
Douglass had worked eight and three-fourth
days. The court held that this was not ex-
empt, so Miss Wilson got judgment.
The herald., 1896-03-22
Arraigned

In department one yesterday John A.
White was arraigned on a charge of grand
larceny and Harry L. Coyne on charge of
felony. They will plead OF. Monday.
The herald., 1896-03-22
cONLEY AGAIN CONVICTED
FOUND GUILTY ON A SECOND CHARGE OF
BURGLARY
He VIII Be Sentenced to the Penitentiary
on Tuesday Next-A Big Divorce Busl-
ness-Four Cases Heard-supreme Court
Opinion in the nyrick- eynolds Case

John Conley, the pal of Fred Forrest,
was yesterday tried and convicted on q
second charge of burglary before Judge
Smith, in department one yesterday. On
the 24th of December last Forrest and
Conley robbed the house of A. Lopititch.
Forrest was in the house at work, while
Conley was on guard outside. A. Lopi-
itch came home carrying a turkey, when
Conley volunteered to help him carry his
burden and detained him long enough to
enable Forrest to get away with the plum
der. He will be sentenced Tuesday.
When Conley goes to the penteutiary
this time it will be his fifth term, and he is
still young man. His pal, Forrest. plead
ed guilty, and was sentenced to nine years
imprisonment. 1t is not believed that
Conley's sentence will be any less than
this, and it may be considerably more. He
is very dangerous criminal. and the au-
thorities all over the coast will feel easier
when he is safely behind the bars.
The herald., 1896-03-22
There NAV Be a ssnsation

Several weeks ago THE HERALD con-
tanned an account of how the coterie of at
torneys connected with the Leonis es-
tate were surprised by the unexpected
appearance in court of the Hon. Zach
Montgomery with an explanation that
placed some of those attorneys in the atti-
tude of being on both sides of the case and
of having personal interests in the case
that we're directly in antagonism with the
interests of clients whom they were repre-
senting. The result of this episode was
that Mr.. Montgomery was substituted for
child of one of the Domec sisters, and
Major Horace Bell retired from the case
as representing one Baker and thereafter
continued to represent only Major Bell.
Mr.. Montgomery seems to have been got
out of the case by dismissing the action as
to the minor heir whom he was appointed
to represent.
1t was also noted in THE HERALD that
some of the attorneys in this case were
using an abstract in court which did not
contain all the matters of record relating
to the property of the estate of Leonis, and
in particular, that said abstract did not
contain certain deeds of interest in said
estate. The proof of this was offered
by Mr.. Montgomery in the shape OF an
other abstract which did contain the deeds
in question, along with other important
matters omitted from the abstract used by
terest to know that the abstract used by
Mr.. Montgomery was stolen about two
weeks ago from his of1ica in the Wilson
block.
1t is not to be supposed that any one
took the abstract from Mr.. Montgomery's
office for fun, nor is it likely that the per-
son who took it will be permitted to keep
it without an explanation. In the language
of the profession, sensational develop
ments relating to the theft of that abstract
may be expected in the near future.
The herald., 1896-03-22

From Natural Causes
An inquest was held yesterday afternoon
The record-union., 1896-06-21

Chamars, who live in the shade of the
great palm trees, have an extremely
white skin. Humidity favors pigmenta-
ton very distinctly. The countries
where there are both great heat and
great humidity contain the blacklist
people. The natives of Barbary are very
much less deeply colored than the me-
groes of the Soudan. yet the uniform
degree of heat there is Sc degrees Fab
REMIT instead of 1874 degrees Fahren-
heit, as 1t is on the coast of Guinea.
Egypt has remained white notwith-
standing "a constant mixture with the
black Nubians. The people who live in
the dry section of the Nubian desert
have a red skin; other races that are
brown or that vary from a white to a
chainois color also live in a dry coun-
try. The AbySsinians, however. in
whose country the plateaux are well
irrigated, are blacker. The blacklist
negroes in Africa are those who live in
Guinea, where the greatest amount of
RAIN rails. In Asia, says the writer. it
is the same as in india There is a close
relation between the fall of rain and
the color of the people. The more moist
the climate is the darker the skin Of
the natives. As one goes up the Ganges
the climate becomes drier and the skin
or the natives whittier. The Bengalese
are black, but the Sikhs and the Radi.
pouts are OF a dead white color in
America 1t is the same. The Brazil
lans are generally darker than the i'm
habltantS or the Andes. The Portu-
guese, who came from a rainy country,
settled in Brazil, while the Spaniards
inhabit the Andes and the dry La Plata
section. Spain is very dry as compared
with Portugal, and the Portuguese in
Europe have the darkest skins of all
Europeans. Heat. light and humidity,
says the writer, are, then, all causes Of
plgmentation. In dealing with these
three causes the question of pigmenta-
tion of the skin is alone and their rel
ative influence, he says, q very COM
plicated one. For instance, persons
inhabiting mountainous district,
where the climate is cooler, have a
lighter skin than those who live on the
plains, although 1t has been seen that
the Abyssinians are an exception to,
the rule. The native of Abyssinia is
darker on the plateaux and lighter on
the plains. In Peru the inhabitants on
the coast have a lighter skin than those
on the mountains. D'Orbigny observed
that in America in the impenetrable
forests the savages were lighter. the
darkness eveidently preventing pig
mentation. What, asks the writer,
causes the difference between the negro
laborer exposed to the sun and the
Brazilian savage who lives in the for
est? The latter is more or less choco-
late-colored, but not black. Are these
facts, he asks, sufficient to prove abso-
lutely Buttons assertion that the color
of the skin depends upon the climate?
Evidently not. If they were we should
see the descendants of a white person
become black and vice versa The ac-
climated white man does not work in
the sun, and he preserves his white
skin as a Brahman does. Furthermore,
1t would require many generations to
accomplish the change.-New York
Medical Journal
The record-union., 1896-06-21

him. She had never been in big city,
had no money and infinite faith in his
promise. She came to me after he had
been gone from IL o'clock to 5 in the
afternoon, and every day afterward she
regularly searched all the waiting
places, hoping to find him. We got her
a lodging at night in TIE police sub-sta-
ton, and gave her meals in the day
time. After five days we sent her to her
old home, but she insisted that her old
man must have got drunk and met
with harm, or he would have come for
her.
1--WE have children of all nattionali-
ties sent in perfectly irresponsible fash
ion to distant destinations, and deaf
mutes who can't even write, and whose
needs we have to guess at as best we
can. Not long since a dear little boy
SO afflicted came walking up the plat
form, and after trying in every way to
discover his destination, it occurred to
me to inquire at the deaf mute institu-
tions in the city as to whether a pupil
of his description was expected. In that
way we got him into the right place,
for a certain institution was expecting
him, but the authorities did not know
when he was coming. New York
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