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The herald., 1896-06-05

hope you WILL Won't we have good
time? If you come by way of Los An
geles Will meet you there; then you and
your friends can go to the ranch and
stay as long as they want to and 1t won't
cost them a cent and tell them 1t shan't
cost them anything at the hotel: Lots
of kisses. Lovingly yours,
Il. ]. BALDWIN.
Miss Ashley explained that at Bald
wins request she sometimes put a spe-
cial delivery stamp upon some OF her
letters to him, and inclosed them to the
postmaster to see that they were spe-
cially delivered to Mr.. Baldwin.
The following letter was one Of the
few which Mis- Ashley had neglected
to destroy:
The Baldwin, San Francisco, CAL
Dear Miss Ashley: 1 have just received
your letter written from Tucson. and
yesterday received one from Los Ange-
les not saying where you were stopping.
] sent telegram and 1t was returned
/ supposed that you would call at the
Office to get 1t. ] also sent telegram
to Cotton, on the day you arrived there,
Raymond party had left at 8 o'clock a. M.
so that you can see hat 1t is no fault OF
mine that you are not here, as In my
telegram to Tucson, was for you to come
on here, which you should have done,
as / am going to Los Angeles soon, and
you COuiu nave BOHc OdCh thCiC "iIhi
me, then l could have taken you to
Redondo Beach and also to San Diego.
1 think you had better come up i'm
mediately las 1t Is impossible for me to
leave here at present, and When you
come here you, had better register IN
some other name, as one or two OF your
letters have been read by my daughter,
and by so doing 1t will not create any
suspicion. and will not place you In any
awkward position. Telegraph me when
you start and the train you come on.
and I will meet you up the road. hurry
up and come. Lovingly yours
The kilograms referred to are as fol-
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 1s. 1893.
to Miss L. A. Ashley, Tucson: 1mpos-
sible to meet you at Cotton. Come on to
the Baldwin, San Francisco; there is no
danger coming alone.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Feb. 23, 1898.
To Miss l.. A. Ashley, Westmin-
ster hotel, Los Angeles, Cal: will be
at Los Angeles about the 5th of March.
You had better come here. then you can
go back with me. E. J. BALDWIN.
To l.. Ashley, Westminster hotel, Los
Angeles. CAL; Sent yesterday at 10 a. m.
money for fare by Western Union. You
can return with me to Los Angeles.
L. j. BALDWIN.
Attorney Highton handed Miss Ash
ley a letter written by herself to James
r. Wood in the summer of 1893, in which
she told Wood of her trouble and ex-
pressed the hope that Wood would find
Baldwin. as she had been unable to do
so since seeing him at st. Louis on June
10, 1893.
Attorney Van Wyck handed Miss Ash
ley several other kilograms from Bald
4.
sides letters from herself to James r..
Wood. They were not offered in evil
dence, the right to do so being reserved.
The letters from Wood We're replies to
letters written by Miss Ashley. The re I.
direct examination of Miss Ashley was
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open doors. He suggested that 1t might
De advisable to hear the rest of the case
with open doors, but Attorney Van
Wyck opposed the suggestion for the
reason that 1t would be unfair to his
client He said the plaintiffs case was
now about finished, while the defense
was just about TO begin putting in it's
evidence. He finally withdrew his OBJ
jectiOns.
Attorney X. II. Lloyd objected to the
opening of the doors, saying that the
names of prominent third persons who
did not wish to figure publicly in the
htigation should in all prOpriety be
withheld from the public.
Miss Ashley was called to the stand
once more and was handed for identi-
fication several letters and telegrams
purporting to have been written by
Baldwin to herself. She identified then,
all. She testified that her correspond
ence with Baldwin began when she was
living at her mothers home in Vermont
and continued at intervals over period
= of years down to the time when she
made her home with the Thompsons in
Winchester, Mass. Up to the time
Baldwin visited her there in 1891, she
said, his letters We're couched in ele-
CANT terms He wanted her to come to
his 'fairy-land home" and to be his
daughter. She testified that many Of
THESE iettPTS, as wei as 0ther m1SSfVeS
received from Baldwin, had been de-
stroyed. She explained that she never
attached any Importance to his letters
and telegrams until after March 8, 1893.
Among the letters handed to Miss
Ashley for Identification was one read
ing as follows:
Baldwin Hotel, San Francisco, Feb.
II, 1892.-Dear Miss Ashley: l am sorry
TO have kept you waiting all this time
for an answer to your letters, but If you
will recollect all your letters were sign
ed with your initials, l.. A. A. Now,
had forgotten your last name, as names
are something that l cannot recollect,
and 1t was only accident that l was look
ing UP some old papers and came across
one of your old letters. So here l am
writing to my daughter again, If may
call you mine. Now, as for not sending
you money for your schooling, my rea-
son was that / have been so hard up
things that l did not send it. Will ex-
plain when l see you. / was in hopes
that you and your friends would come
out this winter. l am coming east next
spring, and hope to see you then; also
your friends. I will be some time at
Chicago; it might be that you could
come out there for a short time. Now.
dear. l have nothing to forgive you for,
rs you have not offended me in any way,
and l am coming east to get those dear
hugs and kisses that you say you will
give me, but I think when I see yor
you will be about as bashful as you was
last fall Now write me If you think you
The herald., 1896-06-05
FRUIT AND FARM

1t will be remembered that there was
an unusual" warm spell in the winter
according to Mr.. w. l.. Rice, one of the
Ventura county horticultural comission-
ers, that warm spell fastened the up
ward flow of sap; then commenced a
series of winds which dried the sap be-
fore 1t reached the fruit spurs. We feel
sure that Mr.. Rice's theory is the cor
rect one, because in some localities
where there has been no frost severe
enough to injure the most delicate
plants. the fruit sets are as scarce as
in places where there was frost. Still
the spring has been cool, some say the
coolest, most backward one in thirty five
years.
The writer recently visited the Ojai
valley, which is rapidly coming to the
front as fruit section. There have
been no frosts there the past winter that
have affected any kind of fruit trees.
and still. in most of the deciduous or
chards there will be a great shortage.
Lack of moisture cannot be claimed, as
there has been rainfall sufficient for the
trees; lack of cultivation of the soil can
not be claimed, either, because in some
orchards examined the ground is inper-
feet condition, the trees are looking Wig
orouS. and still there Is the same short
age of fruit. No theory save that of the
drying winds (Which, though not heavy
be accepted by many orchardists. But
citrus and small fruits seem to be all
right Except where the birds are help
ing themselves too generously to ber-
ries, etc., and field crops, especially hay,
will not be disappointing.-El Barbar-
eno =
The horticultural commissioner mud
die has at last been settled in accord
ance with the ruling of Judge Otis that
the commission must consist of three
persons. the supervisors appointing
w. j. Melville to complete the trio. New
that the fight of the commissioners has
been settled it is hoped they will return
their attention to the orchard interests
of the county and demonstrate to the
taxpayers that it is profitable to the pub
lie to maintain such commission. That
such a commission, working intelligently
and in harmony, can greatly advance the
horticultural interests of San Bernardino
county there is no question. but unless
it has a settled policy, and pursues its
work accordingly, little good will be ac-
complished. Fighting each other on the
question of the virtues of the Rhizobius
as an effective destroyer of the black
scale the while the latter is allowed to
spread from orchard to orchard through
out the county instead of arresting the
plague by some means is neither edi-
flying nor profitable to the taxpayers.
What they want to witness is war of
extermina ton on the black scale and
other fruit pests. and they believe that
the most economical manner of waging
The herald., 1896-06-05
Some Rather Racy Missives
Read in Court
A TALE OF HUGS AND KISSES
The Progress Of the Big Damage
Suit
me Plaintiff Identifies Baldwln's Eplsties and
Tells Of Their Correspondsnce-
Pertinent Dispositions

Yesterdays hearing of the Ashley
baldwin case before Judge Slack de-
veloped some racy and rather sense-
tional proceedings. The plaintiff ir
the big damage suit produced and iden-
tilted a number Of letters and telegrams
calculated to throw some light on her
relations with Baldwin, and the pro-
ceedings all through were interesting, to
say the least.
Attorney Sidney M. Van Wyck ap-
peared for Miss Ashley in the absence
OF James l.. Crittenden, who Is in the
country.
At the opening Of the days session
the attention of the court was called to
the report of the case in Sundays
Chronicle. and the matter caused not a
little discussion. Judge Slack said how
ever, that he had no desire to further
investigate the leak" and added that
1t had been his opinion from the first
that the trial should be conducted with
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not be depended upon, as it generally pro-
duces a light sour wine. While l value
the opinion of Mr.. Bundschu very highly
l cannot help but differ with him in
a few points. The last season gave U.S.
according to the best reports we have,
only 10000, 600 gallons, or thereabouts,
when we had no destructive frosts,
cannot see, il two thirds of the first crop
are destroyed, as he presumeS, how hs
could produce 5000, 900 gallons with FROST
phylloxera and other things to be taken
into consideration"
Speaking of the possibility of making
wine of Muscat grapes by blending
them with different kinds of purely
Wine grapes, the Selma Enterprise says:
The proportion is about one third
MuScat to tWo-thirdS other varieties.
Therefore, to utilize our raisin vine-
yards for Wine making, it would take
Two acres of wine grapes to one of Mus
cat. But as there are only a few acres
in the former in the entire country,
it is evident that relief must come from
some other source, and the only avenue
is the manufacture of brandy. But to
make this will require the investment
of large capital in a distillery and cell
lars While the product would have to be
kept for three or four years before be-
ing put on the market. This means the
locking up Of a large amount of cap
ital for an extended period. and it is
scarcely possible that any one can be
found who would be willing to make
such an investment"
Cranberries are the latest addition to
varied horticultural interests of South
ern California, and Cajon Pass will be
the scene of the experiment, says the
San Bernardino Times-Index. In con-
nection with his Investigations in Cajon
Pass, while choosing a site for the mill
of the Cajon Lumber and Box factory,
S. L. Crow noted piece of marshy land
which impressed him as being very SIM
liar to the cranberry marshes of New
Jersey and Virginia, and with which
he is familiar. There is something Ike
ten acres in the tract n question, and Mr..
Crow, along with John E. Light, deter
mined to experiment and at once sent
an order east for 100 cranberry plants
of bushes. They will be set out at once
and the experiment given an opportun-
ity to establish the possibility of such
culture in Southern California.
The cranberry harvest comes in Sep
tember and October When the yield
is good it reaches 125 bushels per acre.
and at prices now realized. means a
| profit of $500 There are other small
marshy tracts in the vicinity of this city.
which might be utilized the same way.
and if the Cajon Pass experiment should
prove successful, other cranberry
marshes will be brought into cultiva-
tiOn
The herald., 1896-06-05

then postponed until Attorney Van
Wyck could further acquaint himself
with the exhibits.
The depositions of e. Porter Ashley,
DIR. j. w. Trueworthy, Nancy c. Dren-
men and DR.. Richard j. Mohr were read
and offered in evidence. Ashley, the
brother of the plaintiff, testified to his
sisters previous good character. He
said that he arrived in California on
March IS. 1S93 and met Baldwin, who
on several occasions promised him en-
ployment. Subsequent to his sisters
trip East in May. 1893 he learned of
Baldwin's intimacy with her. About
that time, he said. Baldwins business
manager, H. A. Unruh. came to him and
advised him to go East, Offering to pay
his fare, but he declined the offer. Ash
ley stated that he lived with his sister
at 129 South Olive street, Los Angeles,
at the time her child was born, Decem-
ber Z 1893.
DR.. Trueworthy's deposition related
the fact of the child's birth. as did also
the deposition of Nancy G. Drennen,
who was present in the capacity of
nurse. Both stated that the name of
the father was given in the birth re-
port as e. j. ('Lucky') Baldwin.
DR.. Richard j. Mohr of Pasadena de-
posed that he had been Miss Ashley's
physician for two years and that her
reputation in Pasadena was good. In
his deposition he went on to say that
she worked hard in her manicure par
lors and was patronized by the wealthy
and cultivated ladies of the city. all Of
whom felt sorry for her misfortune
San Francisco Chronicle.
The herald., 1896-06-05
Sea Water for London

A sea water supply for London Is again
under discussion. A bill permittipsr
the introduction of such supply passed
parliament some time ago, but was
never made use of, the present promot-
ers urging that they found the prouOsed
capitalization and supply too small
when they canvassed for subscribers
The old scheme was for daily supply
of about 100000 u. S. gallons, while
the present plans are for II 900, 900 U. S.
gallons. 1t is proposed to lay an in
take at Lansing, between Brighton and
WOrthing. This intake would terminate
in pump we'll from which water would
be lifted to 12,000 900 gallon settling
reservoir, with it's bottom about ten
feet below high water. From thtis res
ervoir the water would be pumped to
another one of 12,000000 gallon capacity,
500 feet above the sea, from which 1t
would flow by gravity to still another
of the same size at EPSON, 200 feet above
the sea. The intake would be 36 inches
in diameter and the pumping and grav-
ity mains would range, it appears, from
SO to 30 inches in diameter The pro-
moters hope to supply some smaller mu-
inequalities besides London, and count
on a demand for salt water for great
variety of public and private purposes,
even boasting that they can furnish it
cheaper for street sprinkling than the
present local companies can pump it
from the Thames. 1t is stated in this con-
nection that the first English town to
use sea water was Ryde, more than forty
years ago; that the next was Tynemouth,
in 1872, and that since then it has been
introduced in eighteen enumerated
places. besides some others. All these
towns( it Is implied, are on the sea coast.
Mexican Herald.
The herald., 1896-06-05

war is to make it "sharp. short and de-
cisive. Observer.
A recent number of the Oakland En-
quirer says the horticultural commits
sioners inspected the fruit on sale in the
free market of that city and found a.
quantity of oranges, either of Japanese
or Australian production, which We're
from diseased trees. The fruit was
small and thckly covered with small
black specks, denoting the presence of
scale insects. He ordered the dealers to
cease selling this fruit, which had al
ready been condemned in San Francisco
The particular insect infesting these
oranges is known as the ChianaSpis cit
ri, or orange Chianaspis.
From present indications there should
be large profits for nurseymen who
have young orange trees of the choice
varieties for sale. At present the de-
mand in many parts of Southern Cali
fornia is considerably greater than the
supply. This is said to be especially the
case at Riverside where good budding
trees which were formerly plentiful and
cheap, are now scarce and high. Prices
there range from so cents to 81 per tree,
and nurserymen are looking for still
higher figures. They anticipate an in
creased demand from some of the north
ern and central counties where the
acreage set to oranges is being rapidly
increased by ranchers who have faith in
the possibilities of what is known as the
northern citrus belt.-San Diego Union
The San Francisco Chronicle saws of
the peach crop: THE outlook for peach
es, as shown by our reports, is decidedly
better than for apricots and cherries.
There are but one or two first-class crops
reported from an important peach dis
trict, but. on the other hand, the very
poor crops reported are few. Half the
reports show thoroughly good crops,
and not over one-quarter of them re-
port really poor crops. When we consid-
er the ability of the peach to grow in
size when not crowded on a limb we
may be fully encouraged to expect q
very substantial crop in this fruit, al
though 1t is certain that many individ-
uals have greatly suffered. Peaches,
in the condition in which they We're
generally in this state in the middle of
April, will endure about two degrees
more Of frost than apricots."
The San Francisco Fruit Grower
through Prof. Hussman, has this to say
as to Mr.. Bandschus estimate of this
years vintage:
member of one of the oldest firms in San
Francisco, as well as the fairest and
most successful in the wine trade, is
certainly entitled to consideration. Bund-
schu does not believe. after these frosts,
that there will be more that 5000. 900 gall
Ions produced in this state this year,
and as he estimates the consumption
at home and abroad 100000 gallons,
and as the bulk of the cellars in the
country are empty, or engaged, there will
be deficit of 1000, 900 gallons. From this
he concludes that common wines must
advance from to Z cents per gallon
and finer wines from 10 to 20 cents. He
also believes that fully two-thirds of
the crop Of first growth has been de-
stroyed and that the second crop can
The herald., 1896-06-05
A Snake Story

speaking of snakes" said Roland
Irultt to a representative of this paper
the other day. reminds me of a snake |
saw up by the Geysers twenty-five years
ago.
I've seen many a rattler and killed
not few in my lifetime, some big and
others smaller. In early days they were
more plentiful than now, still the mar
who puts it in the story papers that
snakes are no more in Sonoma county
misses the mark widely.
But to return to my story 1 was
out on the Geyser ranch, and one morn
ing started out to gather in some stock.
l hadn't gone great ways from home
when / heard an unearthly whizzing
sound, and straight ahead of me l saw
a snake that made the hair of my head
stand on end. He lay stretched out for
fully eight feet, and his head was as
big as large sized pug dogs, which it
much resembled The rattles were as
big as a teacup and there were plenty of
them. That snake was as big around
as a stove-pipe
am at an advantage give it battle, but
/ concluded to forego the pleasure and
beat hasty retreat. atfs8a.ss
Il never saw the monster again, but
Tom Crawford, who drove the Geyser
stage in those days, did. He verified
my statement In every respect. When
he saw the reptile 1t was stretched
across the Geyser road, and he waited
with his stage-load of people until it
got ready to pull itself off the thorough
fare
when I went to look after my stock
after that 1 always felt a queer sensa-
ton, and for many years l was fearful
lest I might meet the monster. This
agony was spared, however. ."-Healds-
burg Enterprise.
The herald., 1896-06-05

In order to make great saving OF
laundry bills at the various summer re-
sorts, and also to obviate the necessity
Of counting many muslin skirts in the
summer outfit much use is made of
strong American surah or taffeta silks
and moires in many tints, adapted in
color to the gown with which they are
to be worn. The moires in all silk are of
course expensive. The moires with a
linen woof and silken surface wear ex-
cellently and retain their dressing the
entire season. They come in white and
dainty colors and the cost is but little.
One slender band of curvalette is run
through the skirt binding at the hem to
give a graceful outward curve. Both
silk and MORE skirts are trimmed with
ruff1es and frills of the material that are
either lace-edged or pinked.-New York
Evening Post
The herald., 1896-06-05

! Another American opera has been
born, this time in Chicago. It's title,
John and Priscilla" prefigures in plot
| of more than usual interest to New
| England people, who never tire of hear
| ing the story of John Alden and Pris-
ella Mullens.
The herald., 1896-06-05
ANGELES HERALD: MORNING. JUNE 5. 1896.

= He also reports ten or dozen railroad
teams at Victor, presumably for the pur-
pose of grading the proposed new rail-
road from Victor to the Colorado river.
San Bernardino Times Index.
The herald., 1896-06-05

Try our port and sherry wines at rs
cents per gallon. 7. Vache & Co.. Com
mercial and Alameda streets Tele-
ph.ii 300.
The herald., 1896-06-05
For Fifty Years

Mrs. Wnslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for children's teething. 1t soothes
the child. softens the gums, allays all
pain. cures wind collie and is the best REM
edy for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle
The herald., 1896-06-05

My prices for wallpaper beat all the city.
A. A. Eckstrom 324 South Spring street.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-11
BIG RELAY RACE TO TOPEKA.
Kansas city nicyriists Ei> August .
~ the Date for That Event and
Their i.Ncnrsion

An irunortnnt r,.atl, ~ tb. t-.,-.,... ,,i,,,
rv,'iIs,s' wat baII a. III N'iTa> iTa> y
MIMI v-itE LA @ ~ nous ,iI N u
busin,ss nf iptrr,st ~ tI W ',utii
iho ,y.linr nubilr In ,,enar,I ~" , ~
The question OF the relay ru,a and c>r,tr.
sion to TopckH wns takru mn and iis.,ii-srd
Ht length and Ii was finally decided tbnt
the relay race should he held on sunday.
August :, and that an excursion under tie
auspices of the Kansas city cyclists should
he given to Topeka on tho same date The
relay rae" has already been talked over
SOMEWHAT nnd besides tn" Kansas city
ty.lSls, I'M" Nmsbrh cyclists and the
l.it,rrl!li,is ni iNls tlly, lhr r%cilng clubs
,lE Nh''!HlWh or lhurlrId'hnc' mayo tN-
trSS'H!, y, a. M.llahsntss 10 enter teams IN the
~. "'M SliT uiIn illsh' hlSp ,'nlt3
i,Hi1n,iit ign,it .'''n I'D ',E event LHr'r WIZ ng no
donr't YSunr TnHm"i II Il EiIrc,,,
U,tHniI ,,Tt Il, N N,s,,r a. .., ~ . ~ ~
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-11
THE VI. C. 7. U. PICNIC.
Qunrtrriy Gnthrrinr Mt Troost Park
Scstcr,iR. .-somc Pertinent
Remarks.

The quarterly union meeting Of tho local
W. G. T. L. societies was held at Troost
park yesterday afternoon. Mrs. ~. II. Cole
man presided. There WAS a large attend
ance. as 1t had been announced that Mrs.
David Bruce Conklin. Of Brooklyn. n. V,
well known US national ". G. T. U. or
ganizer, would be present and address the
meeting. She graphically described her
sas, whefc she cnme in contact with the
blind tigers" or Illicit stills But" she
said, dramatically. we New Workers have
had to face a worse tiger than th1t. al
though of different sort. We nave 10
cope with 'TammHny tigers
She expressed her desire to speak on tho
suffrage question while IN the city. but said
this meeting She said that she had no
ticod that a great many bicycles were in
use tn Kansas city, with which fact she
expressed herself as being well pleased.
For" she took IT, the revenue of the
saloons is getting loss each year, on Sc
their wheels which they formerly spent In
tho saloons"
In q -hor, talk, Mrs :, \. FryhurEer,
who has charge Of the distribution OF flow
ers from tho ". g. r. T., IN the several
prisons Of tn" city and state, scored the
city on the present condition Of the work
house. and said that she thought that "
would 70 before the city council with u pe-
titlon asking for an Improvement.
II was proposed hy Mrs. Coleman that
the W. .. r T. hold religious services at
the park every sunday afternoon. as u
means of reaching the clHss Of people who
months. The matter was left with COM