The herald., 1896-01-03
NEW YEARS. ODSERVANCES
Likely to Result in Claims for
Damages
GUN AND PISTOL PRACTICE
To the Damage Of Signs and Arc
Light Globes
GUN AND PISTOL PRACTICE
| San Bernardino Hoodlums Take Night Hideous
and Cause Considerable Damage.
| Claims to Be Filled

SAN BERNARDINo, Jan. 2.-The advent of
the new year was celebrated in this town
in way which will probably result in nu-
merous claims for damages. which the city
will be called upon to pay or fight in court.
just before midnight gang of hoodlums
took possession of the streets in the vicin-
ity of Third and E streets, and began firing
revolvers and shotguns at furious rate in
honor of the advent of 1896.
But firing cartridges into the air soon be-
came tame sport, and arc lights in the
neighborhood we're made targets for their
shots, with what effect the companies who
had men at work max ng repairs yester-
day can tell. All of the globes in that vi
cinity we're shot out, and then signs in the
district came in for a turn. Perhaps the
most expensive and the one which was
most damaged was the big triangle over
the red front. 1t 10 but newly built, and
shotguns loaded with buckshot were turned
in that direction, piercing it in hundreds OF
places. Empty gun shells were scattered
all over the pavement on street yester-
day morning. The big transparencies IN
front of A. Jonas Bros and the New st.
Charles also suffered the same fate, being
riddled with bullets.
While this was being done, another part of
the crowd carried boxes from the rear or
Gates & Lunceford's and other business
houses, and start, d a bonfire on 4 street,
which soon assumed such proportions that
an alarm of fire was rung in from box IL,
and the fire department came out with
run. Aside from danger to the adjacent
property, the pavement where the fires
were started is undoubtedly ruined.
After the alarm had been sent in, the
| u-d fod
fires, even setting burning boxes and bar
rels in the alley between |. X. Brunn's and
E. Il. Katzs office. 1t was this which sub
sequsntly started blaze in the rear of
Gates & Lunceford's and necessitated an
other fire alarm from the same box at
2:l5. Only the quickest sort of work pre-
vented disastrous conhagration which
would probably have swept the Katz build
ings out of existence.
For none of these breaches of the peace
was an arrest made, and the explanation
of the police is: 1t happened that the
marshal's Office had collected large
amount of money Tuesday, and had not
been able to turn it over to the city
treasurer until too late to put it in safe
deposit, and Mr.. Blow refused to accept it.
Policeman Connor had therefore been de-
tailed to guard the treasure, and was on
| duty at the city hall all night.
| Shortly after | l o'clock Policeman White
had been called below First street for some
disturbance and did not return until after
the shooting commenced. and he says that
when he did come back up town the shoot
| ing was in all paris of the city and he could
not stop it.
| Marshal Van Dorm was also down town
between IL and 2 o'clock and was about
| the corner of Third and streets part of
| the time.
| The city trustees as well as the insurance
men are pretty we'll worked up over the sit
uaton and in a quiet way some ihvestigat-
| ing is being done. All sorts of charges are
| flying about in the way of street rumors,
but none of the more serious ones can be
traced to any responsible source except
| the statements as given above,
| The various parties who have been dam
| aged say they will file claims for the
| amount of their losses.
A HoU,E BURNED
The cottage Of Javez Hooking, situated
on West Third street, just opposi Q the
county hospital, was destroyed by fire yes
terday afternoon. An alarm was sent in
from the county hospital by telephone, but
the water mains do not extend nearly SO
| far west, and the building was practically
burned to the ground when the firemen
| arrived.
The fire was caused by a gasoline stove
exploding, and when it was discovered by
DR.. G. E Percy at the hospital the house
was already ablaze. He telephoned TO the
! engine house and then hastened across the
road with number of the inmates of the
hospital, and they did good work in saving
a great deal of furniture which would 9TH
erwise have been destroyed.
The loss on the house was probably
$1,000. and, so far as could be learned,
there was no insurance.
NEW YEAR AT THE ARMoRY
New Years is always the day of the
year at the Armory, but yesterday the an
nual reception was even more of a success
than usual, and was attended by hundreds
of people of the city. From o'clock until
the reception end d there was a constant
st, eam of ladies and gentlemen passing up
and down the stairway to the Armory while
the drill hall and parlors were crowded.
The Charity Ball, under the auspices of
the Henrietta Hebrew Bene ,olent society,
was given in the evening, and was attended
| by over 800 people.
TENNIS AT COTTON
| THE San Bernardno Tennis club played
| Cotton return game on New Years day,
| with better success than on the former oc-
| casion. As the San Bernardino club was
represented by only four of their players,
| Messrs. Lathrop, Whitmore, Jones and
| Bowman, it could not be called regular
| tournament, and, therefore, the score was
| not kept. but the San Bernardno boys won
every set in which they participated. Both
clubs are prepar ng for a grand fourna-
ment on Washington's birthday, February
| 22d, and devotees of the game may be
sure they will be able to witness some very
| exciting contests.
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