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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21
A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES
Yesterday a Busy Day for the
Coroner
A MURDER AND SUICIDE
An Attorney and His Wife Rushed Into
the Beyond
UnIntentIonsl Overdose Of Choral paves the
Way to ths Hereafter for Young han.
Laborer's Sudden Death

Yesterday morning about 8 o'clock
one of the most fearful tragedies that
has ever occurred In this city was dis
closed when the lifeless bodies OF
Charles w. England and wife were
found in bed In their residence IN the
Highland View tract in East Los An
geles, which is situated on a hill above
the Arroyo Seco on the line of the Pasa-
dena electric railway.
England was a lawyer and had come
to this section several years ago from
his former home In Arkansas, where his
relatives now live. He was 40 years OF
age and his wife SO or. 35. Without
doubt the case was purely one of muir
der and suicide for which England had
for days made deliberate preparations.
This is established by the letters he left,
and although his peculiar actions at the
time excited little comment, subsequent
developments prove that he had care
fully laid his plans beforehand, and even
went to the extent of making inquiries
as to the cost Of funerals and providing
for them.
For some time he has been associated
in his law practice with T. E. Gibbon.
with offices in the Byrne block. and has
always proved himself a high-minded.
honorable man in all his dealings About
q year ago England achieved some no.
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edge of any of the other occupants.
No one saw him on the streets Tuesday,
and 1t is probable that the day was
spent at home making his final prepara-
tions.
On Tuesday evening about 6 o'clock
England appeared at the residence of
,laborer named Charles F. Veitch, who
lives nearby, and to Veitch gave let
ter addressed to A. S. Halsted, who is
partner in the law offices, and who
attends to Mr.. Gibbons business when
the latter is absent. He told Veitch that
he was going away, and wished him to
look after the chickens and stock on the
place, and that the note to Halsted d.
rected the latter to allow Veitch to at
tend to all matters pertaining to the
care of the house and grounds. Veitch
had been employed by Mr.. England be-
fore to do this work, and there seemed
nothing unusual in the request save the
fact that England contemplated such a
sudden departure. Veitch asked him
when he was coming back, and he re-
piled that he should probably never re-
turn. Mrs. England had already gone
and he would follow her shortly. With
tnls ne left, Veitch promising to come
around to the place In the morning and
assume charge.
1t was nearly two hours late, or at
o'clock, that England appeared at the
home of a neighbor named Smart in an
apparently agitated condition with sew
u al SCttcIS III HIS lie asked
Mr.. Smart to deliver in the morning
to Mr.. A. S. Halsted note
which he entrusted to him and also
place In the mail two letters to his rela-
tives In the east. He seemed greatly
perturbed and left suddenly. Mr.. Smart
went into the house and remarked to his
wife on the strangeness of England's
actions and request and after some con-
Versation, Mrs. Smart decided to go over
and see If anything was the matter
She did SO and met England in his front
yard. where he was standing When
asked about Mrs. England he replied
that she had gone to bed was not feel
ing very well and had fallen asleep
MRS. Smart did not care to disturb her
ana returned home satisfied all was
we'll
Nothing further was heard of Eng
land or his wife until the CHASTITY dis
covery In the morning. Veitch came
around as per agreement to feed the
stock and In passing the bedroom win
cow, the curtain Of which was up,
glanced inside. Upon the bed lay the
forms OF England and his wife dead in
pools Oh coagulated blood. England had
told MIN that he would leave the kitchen
door UNASSIGNED and to this Veitch went
ana INTO the house. Satisfying himself
tnat Dotn were dead he hurried over to
the FIRST ward grocery store and tele-
phoned the discovery to Mr., Halsted
The message was Received by that
gentleman but few mbments before
Mr.. smart stepped into his office at 9:1O
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toriety by proceedings which were in
stituted by which he was taken back
to his former home in Lonoke. Ark. to
answer to charge of embezzlement.
Upon this he was not tried and came
back here under bond. He always stig-
matized the matter as a piece of spite
work which would never amount to any
thing, and 1t Is not considered proba BILE
that 1t had much If anything to do with
his terrible deed
About week ago England sold his
horse and buggy, electric battery and
roll top desk. and on Monday had gen.
eral cleanup in his office. He tore up
and destroyed a quantity of old books,
papers, letters, etc. and had a type
writer make complete inventory of his
law library, which was quite extensive.
He left the office Monday evening and
did not return, at least to the knowl-
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21
DIED FROM HEART DISEASE
Laborer Suddenly Expires at an Alamo
Street Camn

A Laborer Suddenly Expires at an Alameda
Street Camp
A laborer named Jack Brennan died
suddenly shortly after o'clock last
evening, in barn at the corner of Fifth
and Alameda streets, presumably from
heart disease with which he had been
afflicted. Brennan was native Of
County Sligo, Ireland was So years old
and unmarried. He has relatives in
Boston, but their names are unknown.
He came here some months ago, but
had worked in railroad and grading
camps in the southern end Of the state
for long time. Of late he has been en-
ployed by Frank Moore, who owns the
camp where Brennan died There has
been no work for several days and the
men loafed around doing little or moth
ing. To his foreman, George Riddell,
Brennan had complained of heart
trouble, saying that organ would often
give several quick beats and then seem
to stop suddenly. He was, however, a
big, apparently healthy man and able
to hold his own with any in the gang.
All day yesterday Brennan lay around
In little room containing several cots
in the front of the barn where the men
slept, and read newspapers and a book
He felt well and jolly which was re-
marked by several persons. Just be-
fore p IN. he came from his cot and
went to the kitchen of the camp where
he got a glass of lemonade. Then he
washed and returned to the room to
comb his hair He had just finished and
laid down the comb when without a
word he fell across a cot backward in
an unconscious condition. Two fellow
workmen. Frank Green and +. McWain,
carried him out into the air and sat him
in chair. He breathed for about
twenty minutes, groaned and struggled
family, but expired Notwithstanding all
49,
message was sent to the coroner and the
body was removed to the rooms of
Kregelo & Bresee. where an inquest will
be held this morning.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-21

in accordance with the facts as above
published. The funeral will occur this
afternoon. and interment will be here.
The motive for England's terrible deed
IS somewhat obscure. 1t is thought by
his friends that he must have been
in his family, one OF his brothers having
died in an asylum. He had often ex
pressed himself as positive that the
Lonoke affair would be all right. and
although he had had poor success in
business he was not in any immediate
necessity for funds. Mrs. England had
been in poor health for some time hit
he never complained Of any ailments
and seemed in good spirits most of the
time. The couple were in fairly good
circumstances, owning tho place at
Highland View, some thirteen acres.
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Guy B. Barham is home from a three
weeks visit north. His boom for lieu :
tenant-governor has just been launched
at San Francisco
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
HANDY FRUIT LADDER.
One Can BE Made by Any Carpenter or
Blacksmith.

One CAN BE Made by Any Carpenter or
Blacksmith.
AS fruit-grower of over 20 years
standing, correspondent offers sug-
gestion to the readers of the journal Of
horticulture in the matter of ladders.
AS shown in the illustrations there are
three ladders, each fastened at the top
to a triangle made of three-quarter-
inch ROD iron by single hinges, screwed
to the under sides of the ladders. The
material consists of rod of three
quarter-inch iron, three feet long, to
make the triangle. Six pieces of fiat
bar iron three-quartcr-inch wide, with
eye or hinge made on one end, to be
screwed to the under side of each lad
der at the top by three or four screws.
Wood for the ladder sides inch by 2H
inches of the required length, rounds
of ladder of ash or oak. The width be-
tween the sides nine inches, to allow
two feet standing on the same round of
the ladder at the same time. The
hinges should be slipped onto the
triangle, two to each side, before it is
joined.
The ladder may be any length, and
for trees up to the ages of ten to fifteen
years they are much better than double
lsNders, which must be made wide at
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

the bottom to give steadiness, and
where bush fruits are grown under it
is difficult to find room for the two legs.
n single ladder is altogether out of
place in young fruit plantation.
The sides Of the triple ladder should
be parallel-in fact, might be narrower
at the bottom if the ladders are wanted
for use where there is an underground,
thus making it still easier to find a
place for the three ladders.
In regard to use of these ladders, the
writer says: II have sets from eight to
sixteen rounds each, and find that inch
by 21s inch deal is quite strong enough
Tor the sides, and at that length and
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

In the fall is the best time to set out
rhubarb plants.
\ few well-known sorts are the best
for commercial orchard.
With raspberries it will pay to re-
new the planting at least every four
years.
Sweet potatoes should be dug before
there is hard frost, as they are easily
injured.
Sort all apples carefully before send
ing to market. Get the best price for
the best fruit.
In many cases gardening and fruit
growing combined can readily be made
a practical business.
The quisace does best with short
trunk, the top branching out few
inches from the ground.
The arbor vitae or Norway spruce
is one of the best varieties of evergreens
to plant for WING, break.
After the garden crops are harvested
pillow up the garden and apply good
dressing of well-rotted manure.
When quality of fruit is desired the
more branches and top you can make
the larger will be the crop of fruit.
When garden seeds of any kind are
gathered be sure that they are thor
oughly dried out before storing away.
The sooner red and black raspberries,
black berries, currants and gooseberries
are set out the better. Early planting
gives better opportunity to secure a
good root growth before winter.-St.
Louis Republic.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

weight the ladders are quite portable
and easy to be moved. 1t often hap
pens that two women can gather on one
set, when they can readily shift them
round the tree; or in the shorter lengths
woman can freely work a set alone.
[ consider that one woman can gather
as much fruit by this method as two or
more can with single ladders. They are
as firm at the top as the ground is, and
are not affected by wind. The ladder is
not patented, and can he made by any
carpenter and blacksmith. l have had
them all lengths in use for Is years,
and use nothing else on my 40 acres
of fruit, except. as the trees get older,
single ladder for the top. Of course,
it will be understood that they arc
drawn together for carrying about"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29
American DRIED Frn,t

In report to the state department
on the subject of American dried fruits
in Switzerland, United States Consul
German. at Zurich, speaks of the sue
cess that attended the introduction in
France last season of California prunes,
and then, following out the prospect
thus opened, he says that French re-
ceivers are arranging to have all such
fruit packed in cases similar to those
used in France. using French marks.
50 that the goods may be sold to the re-
taller as French fruit.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29
CINCINNATI FLYER.
monon Route 3 9. n. = d

The Monon has put on q fast flyer for In.
dianapolis and Cincinnati In Connection
with the G. B. q D; The train leaves Chi
reaches indianapolis at 4:37 and. Cincinnati
at 7:45 p. M, thus making the run, Chicago
to Indianapolis, in four. hours and forty
seven minutes, and Cincinnati in seven
hours and fifty-fve minutes. This is the
fastest time made between Chicago and In
"Cincinnati Flyer" is equipped with elegant
day coaches, the Monon celebrated high
backed seats, parlor car and dining car.
City Ticket Office, $50 Clark St., Chicago, Ill.
Klrsox-.tA foolish New York artist has
just married an Indian who posed for sew
suppose she was looking for model hus.
band. Philadelphia North American.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29
~Mlnd Reading,

You can read q happy mind in happy
This is the sort of countenance that the
QuOndam bilious sufferer or dyspeptic re-
lieved by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
wears. You will meetman such. The great
stomachic and Alternative also provides hap
piness for the malarious, the rheumatic, the
weak, and those troubled with inaction of
the dneys and bladder.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29
How's Thjs ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST g. TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To.
ledo, o.
WALDINa, K1NNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio:
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price 75c per bot
tle Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29
Proved by ExperIence,

It has been clearly proved that the
increase in the price of farm lands more
than pays for the cost of making good
county highways.-Goo Roads.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

ssEvERYrn1SG comes to him who waits ~
says the philosopher. The umbrella Dor.
rowed by friend should be excepted
Boston Courier.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

JUsr try 10c box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

"WHY is it called the honeymoon? ssBe.
cause it accompanies the tied. Date.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

THERE came burst of thunder sound
The boy! Oh, where was he!
he grabbed his water-cycle-and
Went scorching DER the sea.
Chicago Record.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

HAVE found Piso's Cure for ConsurS,-
ton an unfailing medicine.-F. r. LORI,
1905 Scott St., Covtngton, KY, Oct. 1, 1894.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

CAscARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels: Never sicken, weaken or grippe.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

IT is just as well to beware of the profess
sional pedestrian. He nearly always has
some scheme on foot.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

The man who works the hardest for tn,
least pay is the one who. has the bigges
f0rtune.-Ram's Horn.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

BEING gentleman is hiding your mean
ness.-Atchison Globe.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29
Always Select tho Best,

So far as comfort and convenience are
concerned, the accommodations on the Wis
consin Central Lines are unexcelled. Fast
trains leave Minneapolis and St. Paul daily
for Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Fox River
points, Milwaukee, Chicago, and points
East. Your ticket agent can give. you full
information, as he sells tickets over the
Wisconsin Central. JAS. c. POND, Gen.
Pass. AIT. Milwaukee, Wis
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

SArs an exchange: "There are poems
what reconciles us to iife.-Texas Siftings.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-10-29

WHY shouldn't the elevator boy rank well
up among the philanthropistss He seldom
refuses to give man llft-N. Y. Press.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-20

He lives at ID Shotwell street, is married
and has an interesting family.
Good luck has been known to cure sick
ness. Here is a chance for the remedy to
be tried. Charles Winters, the former
secretary, is lying i'll with typhoid fever
in his home on Sanchez street. His friends
believe that the news of the strike will
bring him out in very short time.
One of those most excited by his good
fortune is Charles Lott, who conducts a
bakery down at 344 Sixth street. When
told of the strike ne is said to have ex-
claimed, well, for once my cake is not ali
dough-
G. Gall, the proprietor of large coffee
saloon under the Pioneer building, on
Fourth street, came in for his share of the
great, but as yet unknown, riches. He is
not sorry that he went into the company
two years ago. Neither are any other of
the stockholders although at times in the
past they wondered when the tide would
turn and money come in from the mine.
They will not have long to wait.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-20

81 have scratched a poor mans head for
many years." he remarked, "and now
do not propose to lose that head. don't
expect that l will get enough to spoil
me-"
G. Britten, the youngest stakeholder in
the company, is another who does not liz
tend to go wild with the acquisition of
wealth. He is only Is years of age and is
attending the San francisco Business
College. His little bunch of stock will
assist him to secure most thorough edu-
cation, which has been the aim of his life.
So far the young man has had to mind
his p's and as in order to advance as far
as be has on the path of knowledge. He
blesses the day be put his small savings
into Marguerite mining stock. His
brother, Fred A. Britten, now in the East,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-20

their friends with pleasure. None have
yet had time to become naughty.
AT 427 Hayes street there was small
gathering of stockholders last evening.
This is the little pork store owned by
Charles Peach, the secretary of the COM
pany, and the promoter of the enterprise.
Charles Peach, retailer of pork, sausages
and such delicacies, did not present the
least appearance of a wealthy mine owner.
He still wore his snow-white apron, soft
shirt and skull cap, and he was as willing
as ever to weigh out 10 cents worth of
leaf lard to customer. In this there was
a moral-wealth has not spoiled him.
Near by was his wife beaming with the
happy thoughts that went through her
mind. eve will stay by the pork store,
said she with laugh, "until the mine
begins to make returns, then the sausages
may go to the dogs"
Cleaning the counters and waiting upon
customers was another whom no one
would suspect of being wealthy. He was
Charles Martin, one of Peach employees.
Martin, too, carries a neat little bit of
Marguerite stock in his inside pocket.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-20
James Everard, the Millionaire brewer

James Everard, the millionaire Brewer
of New York City,
Has revolutionized the Beer and Ale industries
of the United States from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. Mr.. Everard's ALI and ALI is half ale
and half old English Stout, put up in one bot
tie and ready for use. It's the greatest blood
maker and the best tonic in t he world. James
Everard's pure Canada malt lager beer is diff
ferent from any beer in the United States
When we say pure we mean unadulterated;
that is, pure Canadian malt and hops properly
brewed and aged before being placed on the
N arket
Messrs. Goldberg, Bowen & Co. of this City
have secured the distributing agency for the
Pacific Coast and ordered five carloads, which
part of the same is being delivered
We invite the public to test our ALI and 'Alf
and Canadian malt lager beer. 1t can be
found at the following frs t-elass resorts in San
Franci SEQ: "The Hoffman," "Pop' Sullivan
COL Market street; the Grand Hotel; "Del
Monte Galley & Roeders, 1 Grant avenue; ;
James P. Dunno & Co., Stockton street, Frank
Gobey's, 228 Suffer street; Harry Corbett's,
30 Ellis street; 1.-THE Reception" ]. NJ. Par
ker & Co., 206 Suffer street; 1.-The Saratoga"
o. Donnell & Dearin, 5 Grant avenue; "Laurel
Palace Rome Harris, Kearny street; "Peer-
less" John F. Farley, 902 Market street; "Iro-
quois," J. NJ. Rademaker, 211 Kearny street:
NewmanS, corner Market and Kearny streets /:
Kuchmeister & Hoffman, Stockton street
the New Creamerie, 725 Market street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-20

whereas, we believe that by securing the
election OF such municipal officers as have TO
do with the enactment and Interpretation of
such laws, through the support and efforts of
the wheelmen, the interests of cyclists and of
those organizations in sympathy with their
aims and objects will be best subserved. Now,
therefore, we hereby establish an organization
of the wheelmen of San Francisco for the pur-
pose of securing the nomination and election
of such municipal officers and adopt the fol-
lowing constitution and bylaws:
The name of this organization shall be the
Wheelmen's Municipal League.
Every wheelman in the City and County OF
San Francisco is eligible to membership in
this association. Upon the signing of these
articles of association by three duly author
lied delegates from any organized cycling
CLUB of this City and County such cycling
club, and each member thereof, shall become
a member OF this organization; and it shall
thereupon become the duty of each of such
cycling clubs 10 open roll for the signature
OF unattached wheelmen; and all unattached
wheelmen signing such rolls shall thereby be-
come members of this organization.
The constitution further provides that
each club shall be entitled to three repre-
sentatives on the central committee or
the association. The standing commit
tees of the central body shall consist of an
executive committee of nine, committee
on additional membership and creden-
tials, finance and auditing com mittee,
q committee on press and publications, a
committee on meetings and speakers. q
committee on law and legislation, COM
mittee on platforms of parties and cleo
tions. With the exception of the execu-
tive com mittee these are to be appointed
by the chair and will consist of five men,
bers each.
Regular meetings of the leagues central
committee will be held on the second and
fourth Wednesdays of each month.
The constitution and rules were adopted
and Judge Kerrigan was seated as perma-
nent chairman. w. B. Fawcett was
chosen permanent secretary.
The meeting then adjourned until next
Wednesday night at the San Francisco
Road Clubs rooms. SOB Golden Gate ave-
nue..