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The herald., 1896-02-23

these United States, actuated by the prin-
ciples and imbued with the same patri otic
spirit that sent his ancestors, as we'll as
ours, to the front of the revolutionary bat
tlefields, voices the unanimous sentiment
of this land~when he says to the monarch
les of the eastern hemisphere:
'Hands off! We will tolerate no further
intrusion into the affairs of this continent,
whether the attempt be made in our own
domain or in the lands of our sister repub-
lies, and for the maintenance of this course
we will give the lives of our sons and
pledge the credit of our nation"
Since the organization of this govern
melit of the United States it has been the
happy lot of this people to have for their
executive head men of prudence, wisdom
and patriotism.
The party claims of the Wing, the
Federalist, the Democrat and the RepUbli
can have sunk into insigniticance upon the
louder call for the maintenance of the
fundamental principles of our national ex
istence; and in this last declaration of our
adherence to the course prescribed by the
laws OF jus ice and self-preservation,
President Cleveland takes high rank among
those whom we honor for their statesman
ship, their integrity and their patriotism.
Col. 5. q. Houghton responded to the
toast, The Day We Celebrate, and in do
ing SO paid an eloquent tribute to Wash
ington as an ideal citizen and man as
near perfection as the world has seen.
The next toast, Virginia, the Cradle of
Our First President, was to have been re-
sponded to by Hon. George S. Patton. The
latter, however, was absent, and Mr., II.
w. Latham by request responded instead.
Mr.. Latham's impromptu remarks were
warmly applauded.
Mr.. Frank c. Prescott of Redlands was
expected to speak to the toast, the Sons
and Daughters of the Revolution, but was
unavoidaply detained at Redlands. His
response was, however, read by Mr.. Sin.
clair of that place. Mr.. Prescott invoked
the maintenance of the spirit of '76, and
made strong appeal for the preservation
of the public school as an essential Amer
lean institution.
Mr.. William +. Burbank spoke to the
toast. Then and Now" and in facetious
vein drew soma contrasts between the era
of the revolution and the present. Mr..
Burbank's address was also thoughtful
and patriotic and ELECTED the warmest ap-
pause of the evening.
Brief remarks were also made by Rev.
Guy Wadsworth, DR.. John II. Haynes and
Mr.. Ben Goodrich.
Patriotic songs alternated with the
toasts and Auld Lang Syne closed the
program of feast, speech and song.
The herald., 1896-02-23
PERSONALS

DIR. c. A. Mackechn,e of San bernard iuo
was in the city yesterday.
DR.. Fowler of this city gave conven-
ton sermon yesterdA Ay in the Los Angeles
County Christian Endeavor convention.
Count l.. G. Hubert returned last even
ing from Phoenix and vicinity, where he
has been as a representative OF the Boston
dry goods store.
Among the new arrivals at the Hotel st.
Angelo are G. l.. Logan, Pittsburg, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. France, Des Moines,
Ia; j. G. quick of Santa Ana, CAL; and
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Seibert of Pueblo,
Colo.
Mr.. C. f. Darling, who has been con-
nected with w. p. Fuller d Co. for the
past six Q irs, has become associated with
L. j. X .nnard in the wholesale and retail
harness business at 800 South Broadway,
where he may be found after March 1st.
NJ A Mclaughlin, general manager of
the Sahden Electric company, has estab-
lished a branch agency III this city, and
returned last night to San Francisco.
The herald., 1896-02-23
Sudden Death st E,orence

Coroner Campbell received Information
from Florence to tho effect that a Mrs.
Wilcott had died there suddenly last night.
He will investigate today.
The herald., 1896-02-23
DESCENDANTS Of PATRIOTS
Sons OF the Revolution Enjoy
a Banquet
THE DAUGHTERS RECEIVE
Annual Meeting OF the Forme. Society
Held Yesterday
Tine Society in Excellent Condition New
Officers Elected-A Banquet In the
Evening

The annual meeting of the California So
cety of the Sons of the Revolution was
held yesterday afternoon in the offices of
H. o. Collins in the Stimson block. There
was an excellent attendanc, and the
officers for the ensuing year were elected.
Reports from the various officers were also
read.
Tbs fetiring president, H. o. Collins,who
was also reelected, presented his annual
address. The society is now in the third
year of it's existence and the increase in
membership and interest has been most
gratifying. One difficulty with which the
society has had to contend is the necessity
of referring the majority of applications
to the east for veriacation. This trouble is
the result of there not having been any re.
cent publications of the revolutionary rec
ords of the thirteen original states. The
recommendations made by this society at
the meeting held June IL, 1874, in refer
ence to the printing of the government
archives and other documents relating
to the war of the revolution, were
presented to the general society
for its consideration at thu meeting held in
Boston April 10, 1895. That society
passed o aresolution appointing committee
congress the enactment of such law as
would secure the publication of all such
archives of the United States governm snt.
During the last year the directors did not
feel that the society was financially strong
enought to warrant the renting and fur
nishing of quarters, but this can pro badly
be accomplished during the ensuing year
without running into debt. Attention was
also called by Mr.. Collins to the additions
made to the society's library and collection
of historical relics.
L. j. Harden, the registrar, made report
in which the member ship was shown to be
G6, gain of 26 additional names during
the year. The secretary, A. b, Benton, and
treasurer, B. w. Lee, also made reports.
There is balance in the treasury, and the
affairs of the or sanization are in satisfac-
tory condition. Various matters pertain
ing to the society were discussed, after
which an election of officers for the ensu-
ing year was held, and resulted as follows:
President. II. D. Collins; vice-president,
W. A. Ederkin, U. S. A.; secretary, a. B.
Benton; treasurer, B. W. Lee; registrar,
r. T. Harden. The same gentlemen also
constitute the board of directors.
The meeting then adjourned to attend
the reception given by the Daughters of the
Revolution at the residence of Mrs. Mary
Banning on North Broadway.
The herald., 1896-02-23
A WOMAN BADLY HURT
She Was Thrown Out Of Buggy Yester-

She Was Thrown Out Of Q Buggy Yester-
day
Mrs. II. N. Jarvis, an elderly lady, re-
ceived serious injuries by being thrown
from a buggy yesterday afternoon about 4
o'clock. Mrs. Jarvis and Mrs. L. E. KIM
ball were driving along Westlake street,
when suddenly several riders on horseback
swept past the carriage, frightening the
horse and causing it to run away. The
animal ran but short distance for the
buggy struck against the curb, throwing
the occupants out. Mrs. Jarvis hit on her
right side. Her eye was nearly gouged out
and her shoulder was dislocated. bad
cut was also received on her forehead. In
addition her body was badly bruised. Mrs.
Kim ralso received bruises, but her in
juries only slight.
The wagon went to the assistance
Of the ss and Mrs. Jarvis was put on the
stretcher and taken to the Good Samaritan
hospital on Seventh street. while Mrs. KIM
ball rode there on the car. The ladies re.
side at Tropico.
The herald., 1896-02-23
Badly Shaken 10

Several passengers on cable car re-
ceived slight bruises yesterday afternoon
shortly after o'clock in front of the Baker
block. The conductor was making a fly
ing switch with the trailer, when wagon
was driven in front of the car. Only a
sudden application of the brakes, that
brought the car to a standstill, prevented a
collision. Several passengers we're thrown
from their seats by the abrupt stop and
were bruised, but fortunately no one was
badly hurt.
The herald., 1896-02-23
Birthday Party

Washington's birthday being also the
birthday of Miss Pearl Gleason, number
of her friends assembled at her home on
Temple street to help her celebrate the
occasion. The evening was enjoyably
spent in music, games and dancing, after
which refreshments were served. Miss
Gleason was the recipient of number OF
gifts. Those present were: Misses Moore,
Hand, Prentiss, Marshall, Hupp, Dobinson
and Gleason and Messrs. Dunham. Gar.
rett, Fowler, Hill, Tracy, Hupp, Faivey,
Palmer, Gleason and Osborne.
The herald., 1896-02-23
THE BANQUET

The Sons Of the Revolution Set Down to
Well Laden Board
The California Society of the Sons OF the
Revolution celebrated IN the banquet hall
Of the California club the birthday of the
country's fret president by giving it's
The herald., 1896-02-23

Such is usually the case on occasions of
this kind. Be that az it may, however. our
citizens who remained at home have no
reason to be ashamed of those who came,
but they have reason to regret that they
did not come themselves.
RALPH E, HoYT,
The herald., 1896-02-23
An Old-Tims Barbecue

On Covina day excursion Saturday, Feb.
ruary 29th. Don't miss it. Particulars
later. Southern Pacific only line there.
Round trip from Los Angeles, 70 cents !;
from Pasadena, 45 cents.
The herald., 1896-02-23
IS Cents Upon the Dollar

Of and that after dedung cash discounts which
positive saving about SO per cent regular retail prices which house
intended obliged qualities
to realize profit their sales
This bonad slaughter excellent high We
compelled great
The Irish standard., 1896-02-15

his perSecuIeTS were SHTeWoa ana CTaIIys
and he was never able to get.conclusive
evidence against 1 them. After the
burning Of the manor-house the squire
: built ':The Laurels" on the plateau OF
Murphy mountain; but he die notlive
long to enjoy his new home. The
plateau farm was reached by road
which climbs the face of the ascent
from Tregarthea. Beyond the Lati-
mer estate it skirts the brow of the
mountain, following the line of the
cliffs and doubling around the head Of
McNabb's cove. One morning when
the squire was riding along this read at
q point where it comes out upon the
edge of an abrupt precipice command
ing view of the cove, Il
ritle-sbot rang out, and the fright
cned horses galloped riderless back to
''The Laurels" When the searchers
found him a short time afterwards the
squire was quite dead; and before noon
John Bynum was in jail at Tregarthen,
charged with the commission of the
crime. At this distance Of time there
appears to be at least a reasonable
doubt of his guilt. He was seen III the
village, and in fact was arrested there,
within two hours of the time when the
murder was committed; and while the
distance from the head of the cove to
Treyarthen by the road leading past
''The Laurels" is only three miles. it is
six by the way he must have gone to
avoid meeting the searching party.
This, and other facts, might have been
brought out in a trial, but the Bynums
were unpopular and their feutl with the
Latimers was we'll known. The news
Of the squire's death spread rapidly
through the valley during the day, and
at night an armed mob broke into the
jail and secured the hapless prisoner,
who was hurried to the scene of the
murder and hanged to the nearest con-
venient tree:
With the death of John Bynum the
feud smoldcred for several years. His
ouly brother, Jed, who was absent at
the time of the lynching. moved to
Texas short time afterwards, and
there were left only the widow and her
four children on the small farm in the
cove. 1t is to be supposed that the
woman, who was a Bynum by blood az
we'll as by marriage, did not fail to
teach her children the catechism OF
vengeance; but, however this may be,
hostilities were renewed as soon as tho
boys were old enough to follow in tho
footsteps of their elders.
Col. Lati1ner. the squire's son and
lei,,, inherited little of the peace-loving
temper of his father. The first time he
found his fences thrown down and the
cattle in his fields, he armed himself
with heavy riding whip and went
about nursing his wrath till his oppor-
tunity should arrive. Meeting jeff
Bynum in the street of Tregarthen, the
:, indignant colonel proceeded to mete
The Irish standard., 1896-02-15

/. 4,
feRne lnse peaceful la llil ehuIlle
be5rIftle ed BY no rude blasts Of fpassio, /; 81
4 home. which should be- small ciitty u ttsss
refuge from the din and turmoil Of Sc Il llesss
4. strenuous battle for existence. The
3 central figure in this ideal ret i
never, been quite clearly defined, out
she was to be4intellectual and endowed n
witht3quiels sympathy and siferpas to &
er1hody the artists ideal of the. other
half of hin1scif which shoald divi1:a
with sensitive intuition tile.. subt;!as
thread Of genius in his v orlS. A hasty
review of Tie results Of his aca,l;,in.-
ance with Hester Lati1ner brought o,.st
with alarming ei;stinctnessy the fact
t'tst she possessed none OF tho attributes
of this itiees!. save that, perhaps. her
e.ssarming individuality made il ;5a-
lectual. She was i,ositti~c aael jnno-
Gently scif-assertive; ard she. :ha<! al-
ready given linn shock by avery frank
and ingenious criticis:n OF one OF his
stories which had appeared in q recent
number: OF, enc, Of the magazines. Size
was essentially OF her own day a.ns! gen-
Grafton; and she apparently knew little
aud cared less about the subtler dis-
tinctions. of motives and OF character
which SO torment and pa-p!ex the
student Of his kind. Without in the
least suspecting it, and being, on the
contrary, quite fully resolved to keep
in touch with bristling activity OF
modern life, Hugh, Ringbrand was
already beginning to acquire the intro.
spectiye habit Of a closet student; peace
and quietness, and a well-selectea IL
brary, seemed to comprehend the con-
ditions most necessary to his well-be-
ing; and such an environment with the
breezy personality of Hester Latimer
for the central figure appeared almost
laughably incongrueus. @
TO do him full justice, Ringbrand
tried very earnestly to reason his way
out of the emotional tangle in which he
found himself-the NOR. insistently.
perhaps, because he felt his powers of
resistance slipping away from him in q
closer acquaintance with Hester. The
experience of those few weeks was eu-
60 tirely without precedent in his we'll
ordered life. He had said to himself, d
in certain self-congratulatory moods,
that he had successfully passed the age
when passion usurps the place of i'm.
= partial judgment; that an artist must
be SO far removed from the emotional
side of life in his own experience as to
be able to look upon it with the cool and
dispassionate eye of critical student;
and up to that unlucl>y moment when
he had seen Hester Latimer trip across
the platform at Chilwanee Junction lie
found little difficulty in conforming to
the artistic requirement. Now, how
ever, the point of view seemed to have
veered so suddenly that it left him CROP
ing in mist of uncertainties, in which
he was sure Of nothing but an over
whelming desire to possess Hester; n
desire which contemporary pushed
aside the arguments of reason as of no
weight and quite unworthy of the
smallest consideration.
And then the incident of the evening
the indistinct shadow in the bushes,
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experience
What was it? An accidento''
Partially" smiled the escaped. .At,
least think it. was. It was this way
and he turned to give a last gaze at the
car as it whirlde out of sight around
the corner of Fifteenth Street. wasi
coming up from the capito, and the car
was pretty well loaded when three ladies.
got on at Peace monument. thought
there was room next to me for them and.
only two could get in. Then I offered my
place to the third one but she declined.
and insisted on declining so igprotlsfy)
that I remained IN nny seat. MI HoweveTss
me thankedn md md s. ID sshle would dfslt
The Irish standard., 1896-02-15

out to the younger man such measure
of chastisement as he thought the case
demanded, paying for his satisfaction
few DAYS later with broken arm.
shattered by the bullet of an ambushed
enemy. This incident was conducive
to another interval of peace, for two
reasons-it taught the colonel that un-
less he were willing to adopt the un-
scrupulous tactics Of his antagonists he
was likely to lose his life in an unequal
contest; and the Bynums were re-
strained from further immediate ag-
gressions by a fear Of some such conse-
quences as had overtalSen their father.
Col. Latimer was quite as popular in
his way as had been the squire; and
there had been ominous threats of an
other outburst of public indignation
after the breaking of the colonel's arm
threats which were loud enough to
cause the elder Bynum to disappear for
{. time, rumor said in Texas.
The fire of enmity, however, was
never suffered to die. There were fit
full bursts of fame from time to time,
anu fresh lucl Was dOt4SO ucll Cllc
sleepy village of Tregarthen awoke one
morning to find itself the headquarters
Of the Tregarthen Coal g. Iron COM
pany. All Of the coal and iron land on
he mountain belonged originally to
the Latimer estate, but the Bynums had
disputed with the colonel the owner
ship to one of the coal veins which
cropped out near the boundary of Nc
Nabb's cove. They were defeated in the
litigation that followed. and the old
feud lost none of it's rancor by the de-
.cision of the courts. When it's right to
the McNabb vein had been established
the company had endeavored to open it,
hut the overhanging stratum of sand
stone proved to be singularly intracta-
able, and the further development of
the vein was postponed until such time
as the depth of the other workings
would make it less costly to timber the
Nc Nabb tunnel. Opinions varied as
TO the cause of the difficulty III the
McNabb. Expert mining engineers
had declared that the sandstone form
Ing the roof of the tunnel was AZ
The Irish standard., 1896-02-15
"A VANISHING po,,r OF VIEW


When Ringbrand left the hospitable
mansion on the mountain and began his
two-mile walk to Tregarthen, he was
distracted by more different kinds OF
perplexity than usually. fall to the lot
of man Of his temperament. The
friendly footing upon which he was
established at '.The Laurcls' gave h,n,
opportunities for constant association
with Hester which had swept away all
his earlier doubts as to the de pth and re-
atty ofhis attachment for the girl; but,
assuming that he could win her-and he
was by no means sure that it. was SO.
written in the book Of possibilities-she
was different enough from his ideal TO-
demand a very disconcerting readjust-
1nent of the lines upon which he had
formed his somewhat indefinite plans
for a domestic future. Like most other
men. be had painted for his life q pos
sibte matrimonial background, hit in
this picture the colors harnlonized
artistically with the neutral tinis of his
own studious, habits. There z:as to be
. quiet home. with. books andworks o.
The Irish standard., 1896-02-15

wonder how was ever going TO- get out
of it, for j didn't have time to stayE.ir
the car till my fair burden left, neither
did I want to pay car. fare back from
Georgetown or some other suburban
point, As. the car .passad. l, the street
made a. hereulean effort. z..5 !
''.s::.iiiixcusa me, madame, said I. but I
want to leave. the car here. 4 : s.S
80 sWell9' and the surprised J. woman,
looked. at me, questioning have no,
objections. s ts !ss. 81 ss5s
ss3l. 81 presume not s, 8, Istammes hut
you ARE sitting on md can
move, 81
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full, and he resolved to ask Ludlow if his
knew the story.
When they reached the house Hester
asked Ringbrand to stay to tea, and
after the meal they sat together on the
veranda while the colonel and his son
rode to Tregarthen. Since they were
well beyond the period Of acquaintance
ship in which young lovers take each
other seriously and talk upon abstruse
subjects, the conversation drifted aim
lessly and easily from one topic to an
other until it finally came back to the
rector and his approaching marriage.
Hester spoke of it again in terms of dis
approval. "1t seems to me Ikea case Of
infatuation on his part she said,
i''though 1 suppose I'm prejudiced. I
The Irish standard., 1896-02-15
rRYING no a MANS MopEsrY.

One day last week as Star reporter
came ott of Fourteenth street into Pen
nsy1vania avenue he met coming across
the avenue from the cable cars, from
which he had just a..ighted, the most
dif1ident newspaper man on the row. He
had nervous uncertain. glad -to-escape
look. and he met the reporter i'll much
the same spirit as a shipWreeked sailor
would meet a life preserver.s
Hello. exclaimed the reporter,
what's the matter y = Z
out & long breat II spf sre lief ~ hope to
goodness q u Snley Ye laother sue
The Irish standard., 1896-02-15
TIE HISTORY OF A FEUD.

TILE HiSIOh1 OF a EfiCD.
Places, like persons, have characters
to keep or to lose. From the time be-
yond which tireside tradition fades into
the less authentic record of legendary
tales. McNabb's cove had shared with
its scanty population the evil report Of
a bad neighborhood. geographically,
it is mere cash in the side of Murphy
mountain, with few acres of arabic
land in the center shut in on three sides
hy steep wooded hills, whose SUBMITS
are the cliffs of the mountain. Prac-
tically inaccessible on three sides, ell
trance by the fourth is scarcely less
difficult. A narrow wagon road winds
up the sharp ascent which measures
the height of the cove above the level Of
Harmony valley; and besides this there
are no means of ingress or egress for
vehicles, and none for pedestrians save
such as are afforded by two or three
rocky trails UP the sides of the noun
tain.
The isolation of McNabb's cove had
much to do with it's unsarory reputa-
ton. For many years the Bynums,
whose log farmhouse of 1.-TWO pens and
passage" was the only human habita-
tion in the small valley, had acted as
go-between for the illicit distillers on
the mountain and their customers in
Harmony valley. In consequence Of
this, the cove had been the scene of sew.
cral encounters between the revenue
officers and the moonshiners; and al
though the Bynu1ns had usually main.
tanned an outward show OF neutrality,
there was little doubt that they had all.
ways given the secret aid to their
ncighbors on the mountain. It was
during the life Of Col Latimer's father:
that the Bynums had first brought
themselves within the pale of theaaw.
A revenue officer had climbed the steep
road leading to the cove one afternoon,
and the next morning his dead body
was found at the foot of the declivity
with a bullet hole in the skull. Old
Squire Latimer was justice of the,
peace at the time, and he was especial
lv active in pushing the inquiry which
finally fixed the crime upon one of the
Dynums. AS the evidence was mostly
circu,nstantial, the murderers got Off
with a life sentence; but for the;
seuire's part in the prosecution the
Bynums declared war upon the SLati-s
n.er family, instituting series Of per-
sccutions which eliminated in, the
burning of the manor-house in the val
lev. The ex- Virginian was q law-abid-
ing man, and, although there was. lit-..
tle.doubt as to the identity Of his enc
mics, he refused to retaliHte in kind.
iittll each fresh iepredati ion he Re-
/ doubled His fEorts Ia obtain 1preof
could ,,esl i. q