The herald., 1896-12-10
The City Council Meets in Ad'
iourned Session
LITTLE BUSINESS IS DONE
Aside From Listening to Annual Reports
of Officers
Odd Fellows Happy in the Occupancy
of Comfortable and Congenial QUAR-
ters-General News Brevities.

PASADENA. Dec. s-The city coun-
ell met in adjourned session this even
ing. Trustees Washburn, Hamilton ana
REYNOLDS were present.
The reports of the several city of11cers
were read and approved, and permls
sion was granted for the erecting 'l
half a dozen signs on the prlnclpal
business streets.
The only other business of importance
transacted was the substituting OF MI.
Freeman for officer Orr on the speclai
night force.
Action on the hack ordinance was
postponed one week.
ODD FELLOWS OPENING.
The third floor of the new Kinney
&, Kendall block was formally openeu
this evening by the Odd Fellows, which
franks among the strongest OF the Sc
cret societies of town. me man 'a,, ~
and ante-rooms were crowded from an
earlv hour and the evening was one Of
especial enjoyment. .u
The main hall defes criticism from
an ARCHITECTURAL standpoint, and IN y
the Odd Fellows will find the heaoquar
ters that will undoubtedly prove poth
congenial and comfortable.
The following program was rendered
at the opening exercises
Music-OrcheStra.
Recitation-Miss Falk.
Song-NIiss Stoutenburg.
Recitation-Mrs. Plant.
Song-M. E. Wood.
Recitation--Mrs. Shipman.
Solo-Miss Ortiga.
"A. M. OFFICERS.
The following officers of PASADENA
chapter r. A. M. were elected a rev
evenings ago: Oscar Freeman, hiSh
priest: Patrick Brown, king; A. M. Bes-
It's. scribe; S. Washburn, treasurer, ana
r. Williams, secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs j. f. Phelps and Miss
Ethel Phelps of Worcester. Mass, ar
rived in town this afternoon.
Prof. Lowinsky began work at Hotel
Green today to the great delight of all
present.
UNIVERSALIST BAZAAR.
There was good attendance at the
annual bazaar for the benefit OF the
Universalist church which opened IN the
parlors of the church this afternoon.
AT $50 chicken pie supper was served
and later music was furnished by the
Mandolin club and two young ladies
at the piano. The several booths are
elaborately decorated and are in charge
of handsomely dressed ladies ana girls.
They are: The art booth, in charge OIL
Mesdames Jones. Crilly, Fuller, Martin
Brad0ock and Phelps; decoratlohs' ten
mis- nets and peppers.
China, booth, Misses Mitchell and
Stoutenberg; candy booth. Mrs. Heap,
Misses Conger and Blick, dressed as
Japanese maidens; domestic Misses
Slade and Dillingham;; children taoth,
Misses Bulkeley and chamberlain; ice e
cream BOOTH Miss kuntzman' Irull
booth, Miss Firman.
The bazar continues for the sale oil
goods throughout tomorrow and tomof-
row evening. AT the latter time New
England dinner will be served for "a
cents. No admission is charged to the
fair.
THE LOWE RAILWAY.
A local evening paper publishes card
from Messrs A. r. Metcalfe, P. M. Green
and G. B. Post, stating that the state
ment II this mornings Times In ref
erence to T. S. c. Lowe of the Mount
Lowe railway, while perhaps uninten-
tionally SO, is nevertheless misleading
and unjust The bondholders of the
railway met last night at the board OF
trade rooms in this city, and it was
plainly stated at the meeting that Pro-
fessor Lowe had placed the whole matter
in the hands of the above named COM
mittee. Professor Lowe wishes to have
all his creditors properly settled with
without litigation, and this will be
done before he gets cent for his owr
labor and capital in the investment.
PRESBYTERIAN FAIR
Nearly 400 visitor attended the Presby
teran fair in the large double rooms
formerly Occupied by the Cosmopolitan
market on East Colorado street bet
tween the hours of and 10 o'clock las
evening. The booths where the man'
varieties of articles were sold for th
benefit of the church were ablaZe will
flowers and pretty and appropriate cos
tunes of the ladies. The affair is unde
the management of the Ladies' Aid So
>a>Awv 14x,t T1,AI Int tfr
front window is used for the display o
dolls, under the supervision of Mrs
Glasscock. In the other window Mrs
Swartout OF Chicago displayed china
ware. In booth Russian tea is dis
pensed by Mrs. w. A. Edwards and Il
another Miss Young sells CONNECTIONS
. There were many other very attractiv
booths which space forbids mentioning
Last evening a fine musical program
was carried out The bazaar closed thi
afternoon.
AMERICUS CLUB
An enthusiastic meeting of the Ameri
Gus club was held this evening in G. A
r. hall. 1t was the first annual meetin
of the permanent organization, and Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing yea
as follows: President, Edwin Stearns
vice president, II. l. Stuart; secretar,
]. c. Brainard; treasurer, j. W. Woot
Ten members of an executive boar
were elected, after which the compan
to the number of more than 100 ad
journed to the kitchen, where sandwiche
and coffee were enjoyed and speeche
made. A number of new names wer
received during the evening, making tn
total number of signers of the new cor
stitution well above 100.
BREVITIES.
The death of Mrs A. j. Cook occurre
last evening at her home on Carleto
avenue. She car1A hera from Ror