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rtmpis strsst and virst strsst. ordi-
nance adopted.
In compliance with your Instructions
I herewith present ordinance Of inten-
tiou to construct cement sidewalk six
feet wide on both rides OF Hope street
between Temple street ana Court street.
Ordinance adopted.
herewith present an ordinance Of In
tention for grading, ETC., and sewering
Of Towne avenue between Sixth and
Seventh streets under the bond act, the
estimated cost OF the work being the
same as heretofore reported by me to
your honorable body. ADOPTED.
in compliance with your order Of May
gath. I herewith present ordinance Of
intention to grade and gravel and curb
with redwood Eastlake avenue between
Alhambra avenue and Henry street.
Adopted.
I herewith present ordinance OF inten-
tion to construct q cement walk five feet
wide on each side OF Eastlake avenue
between Downey avenue and Main
street Adopted.
herewith present ordinance of inten-
tion to construct cement walk five feet
wide and granite crosswalks on Thir-
Orchard avenue. Adopted.
I herewith prerent final ordinance es-
tablishing the grade Of Adams stree.
from Western avenue to the west city
boundary; Thirty-second street from
Hoover street to JEFFERSON street. and
London street from Casco street to So
noma street. Adopted.
In regard to your order TO prepare
specifications for the grading OF Or
chard avenue with natural soil. would
state that all that is necessary is to re-
enact specifications No. 8, which said
specifications I herewith present with
this report. Specifications adopted
The reports Of the board OF public
works and zanja committee, as hereto
fore published, were read and the var.
Gus recommendations adopted.
The usual routine motions ana petit
tions were presented and referred to the
proper committees. s,-
MAIN STREET PAVEMENT
A communication was read from Con-
rad Scheerer stating that the Western
Contracting and Construction company
is indebted to him in the sum of $6796.4S
for work as a sub-contractor in laying
the cutters on Main street. and that this
amount has not been paid. He therefore
asks that the warrant for the paving OF
Main street be withheld until such time
as his claim Is satisfied. Frank J. Fin
layson addressed the council at some
length in advocacy OF the petition, say
Ing that immediate action was neces-
sary. as the warrant would issue be-
fore the next meeting Of the council.
Mr.. Crutcher, assistant city attorney,
said that he did not think the council
could withhold the warrant, etc. Mr..
Hutchison then moved that the street
superintendent be requested to withhold
the warrant until the claim was satisfied.
which molten prevailed.
Several motions and petitions were re-
ferred to the proper committees, and
after the transaction of some little un-
important business the council ad-
journed until Monday next.
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Afternoon Session

The city council met for the afternoon
session at 2 o'clock, with President Sill
yer in the chair and quorum present
The appeal of G. w. McCreary and r.
E. Palmer against the action CT the
street superintendent in apportioning
the assessment upon lot 2 in the Char
ton tract in the improvement of San
Pedro street. between Adams and Jeffer.
son, was taken UP. A resolution was
adopted correcting what appeared to
be a clerical error
The next special order, the appeal OF
j. B. Mitchell from the assessment OF
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by you not to repair these

struesse bytyou not to repair these
restsctf6iIy urge your honorable
body 70 taxa gt&ps to rive temporary re.
lief a. oonce. Should you today adopt
an ordnance for thu reeurfacing OF these
streets sixty days at least would elapse
before the contractors could enter upon
the work. and At the expiration Of that
time Main and Spring streets would be
| impASsAble.
II 10 for all Of these reasons that re-
| spectfully urge your honorable body to
take immediate action in this matter,
locking to temporary RELIEF At least.
CITY ATTORNEYS REPORT
The city attorney presented the follow
Ing report;
In accordance with your instructions
I have prepared and herewith present An
ordinance for the widening Of Darwin
avenue from Grimm avenue to Thomas
street. Ordinance adopted.
present herewith an ordinance for
the opening OF Hunter street, have
received no instructions In the matter.
but the city engineer informs me that he
has furnished me with data In accord
ance with instructions received by him.
Referred to board of public wprkC.
In the matter Of the euit OF j. p. Wild
ney ct al. vs.. the City. to quiet title to q
certain portion Of lots % and 2S Of lot 4,
Of the Sanches tract. recommend that
disclaimer be flied, reserving the right
of-way. however. for public xanja
along the easterly portion Of lot -, and
provided that the city taxes for the
year 1867 be paid, as the city makes no
Iclaim to the property other than indi-
Gated. So ordered.
In accordance with your instructions
have written to the Southern Pacific
| Railroad company in regard to the cross
ings At San Pedro street and Central
avenue Filed.
In the matter of your instructions OF
June 9th relating to report Of the oil
! inspector of violations of subdivision
Co OF Ordinance No. 4239. New Series,
would report that the proper proceed
ure would be for the oil inspector to swear
to complaints against the parties vio-
lating this ordinance and this Office
would then prosecute them. Filed.
In the matter OF the report Of the
board OF park commissioners and the
contract and bond Of Newell Brothers
IOr DOdtlHS pTiViltStS III WeStidke park,
report that said contract and bond
have been approved as to form by me
and returned to the city council Re
ferred to the finance committee.
CITY ENGINEERS REPORT
The city engineer presented the fol.
lowing report:
have presented the city attorney with
the necessary descriptions for the wi.
dening Of Darwin avenue between Grif-
Nm avenue and Thomas street. Filed.
have also presented the city attorney
with the necessary descriptions for the
opening OF Hunter street into Santa Ft
avenue. Filed.
1 herewith present ordinance estab.
fishing the width of the sidewalk or
Thirty-second street between Hoove,
street and Jefferson street at eight feet
Adopted.
Also, ordinance Of intention to estab.
lish the grade Of Twenty-eighth street
between Vermont avenue and Budlonl
avenue. and Of Thlrty-fifth street from
FigueroA street to jefferson street
Adopted.
| In compliance with your order Of June
14th, herewith present ordinance oil
intention to grade and gravel and red.
wood curb Bonnie Brae street between
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Postage Stamps by Wholesale

Cant get these two-cent stamps
cheaper II take quantity?" asked
Miss Chestnut Of the stamp clerk at the
Philadelphia postoff1ce.
II can let you have a dozen for =
quarter" replied the clerk.
Very well, I'll take them."-Harlem
Life.
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of the water supply for irrigating pur-
poses, which. he said, was altogether in
adequate to meet the demand. The mat
ter was referred to the zanja committee.
On the report of the city clerk final
ordinances were adopted ordering the
work of improving the following streets:
Wright street from Pico to Sixteenth
First street from Clarence street to
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election upon the issuance Of school
bonds, which said report was referred
to this committee. We bs8 to recommend
that In view Of the recent decision Of the
supreme court. and the doubt which now
exists az to the chances Of dispoelng Of
bonds issued as provided by the present
law In an advantageous manner. the
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Boyle avenue, Gleason avenue IRON
Mott to Matthews ana Matthews stree
from Gleason avenue to the intersection
Of First ard Matthews streets, Secon'
street from Ere efnort to Beeudry avenue
Albion street from Averue 21 to Mali
street.
/, A communication was read from thu
police commissioners asking that they
be authorized to employ ten extra mer
to take the places of officers While ava,
on their vacations. Referred to ths
finance committee.
An ordinance submitted by the fir'
commissioners, prohibiting the burnin:
of rubbish. waste paper, ETC., in the fir'
districts was read and referred to th'
fire and water committee.
| The recommendation of the fire com
mlssioners that the council advertise To-
400 tons Of hay for the use of the fire de
partment was referred to the suppl,
committee.
| The usual demands and requisition'
approved by the finance ard supply
| committees were passed.
THE LAND COMMITTEE
The land committee presented the fol.
lowing report. which was adopted
In the matter of the petition of Mrs
Carrie Temper, we recommend that the
city accept a lease for her land adjoin-
ing the city market for four years from
July 1st at monthly rental of $40.
We recommend that the petition OF
Mrs Lizzie Lowell for lease Of city land
be granted and the city attorney be in
structed to draw lease for the same.
We recommend that the petition of c.
w. Henry for lease of city lands be
granted.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
The finance committee presented the
following report, which was adopted:
We recommend that the report of the
city auditor regarding the collection of
funds by various departments of the
city government and the depositng of
the same with the city treasurer for the
month of May be approved.
We recommend that the report of the
city auditor for week ending June IL.
1897, be approved.
Your committee beg to hand herewith
a demand of Thomas A Carey. manager
of the free labor bureau. amounting to
$3.50, for rent and telephone service
during the month of May. and recon-
mend its approval by your honorable
body We would also ask that the &C.
tion of this committee in approving a
demand for like amount for the month
of April for similar expense be approved.
Both of these demands are contrary to
the order of the council made some time
since whereby the amount to be paid to
the labor bureau was limited to $50 per
month as provided in the ordinance, but
your committee deem that 1t would be
just and proper to allow this item of
$3.50 for the months of April and May,
and therefore make this recommended
ton.
We recommend that the request of the
city clerk asking for instructions to can
eel certificate of tax sale No All cover
ing the sale of lot H. block 2, Ames' SUBJ
division of the Glassell tract, be granted!
and the city clerk instructed to cancel
same.
Your committee recommend that the
request of the park commissioners for a
transfer of $500 from the Echo park
fund to the Elysian park fund be
granted, and the city auditor and treas
| urer be instructed to make such transfer
upon their books.
In the matter of the report of the city
attorney regarding the calling of al
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Herald Sub Agencies

8. E. BARNEY, 2605 Central ave.
I. P. WILIE, 1877 L. First, Phone Park
l3
VIM. II. HARMON, 7Gj Pasadena ve.,
Phone East 53.
T. NJ. HARRIS, 1872 L First Phone
Park ~.
T. J. AKEY, corner Central and Vernon
avenues, Phone West -.
OLD WORLD DRUG STORE, 1923 Dow.
ney ave-, Phone Plora 242
L. p. COLLETTE, 621 Downey ave.
II. C. WORLAND, 2lSS L. First, Sta
tion B.
CHICAGO PHARMACY, Central ave.
and Twelfth ST., Phone West 1872.
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LIsCOMB'S PHARMA ACY, Main and
Fifteenth sts.. Phone W. 6S.
f. T. PARKE PHARMACY, 3125 g.
Main, Phone Blue 20e2.
Z. VAN DYKE, DRUGGIST, III W.
Jefferson St. Phone white 1911.
II l.. PARK, DRUGGIST. corner Thir-
ty-eighth and Wesley ave, Phone
Blue 1901.
T. W. BROWN, JR.. DRUGGIST, june
ton Of Hoover, Union and Twenty,
fourth sts.. Phone Blue ll0l.
DR.. II KALLEWODA. DRUGGIST, cor
ner Temple st. and Beaudry ave-,
Phone Main 206.
VIOLE & LOPlZICH, DRUGGISTS, 427
n. Main t., Phone Main S75.
WESTLAKE GRO Gerry, corner Alvar-
RADIO and Seventh sts., Phone Main 1882
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{ nigh; ATTEMPT % furelarize the house
I We were warned By the chief to make the
/ arrest ty avoiding the Use cf our weapons
Z u i'ss.sle- About = lQ o'clock this morn
! ing March IS. E very larEe man entered
Z ~ PREMISES from Bell AYe-ue side and
| unlocked the fron; door, Proctor ard ! be-
lie inside the house Behind where we
STOOD there was a large window al rear
1 % ihe house. which enabled him 30 see our
shadow Jas; As he unlocked the front
/ door and saw US. he Immediately jumped
back and 10 his right. towards Fanniu
srenue then rushed forward. followed
b. Proc or and az VIC reached the outside
= b. began shooting az Us. He fired Two
sacik. which eDtercc the door facing and
PASSED between Us. We Immediately re-
tu-1c3 'he FIRE. / sho, four times and
frccio- sao. tEics. Whel the shooting
was elded We found that our man was
dead know deceased. His name is
walter Hughes. His axe is about 10
Years have heard that he was al one time
p railroad man. He was killed by Proctor
ana myself at about i2.l0 o'clock this
nn-.ie March Is. 1871. az the residence
oi Mr. Frank Dunn. corner Fannin street
snd Bell avenue"
sd Proctors evidence was merely
statement that he fully corroborGted the
staten snts made by Ellison.
Nj frtnk Dunn was the next witness
walter Hughes His age Is about 81 years
Have known him about sixteen years.
About three weeks ago ! heard there wa
& plot 20 kidHap my little baby girl for the
puTpose Of obtaining & reward OF $40 900
or $4,000 'or her return Upon this in
formation ] had the chief Of police detail
i"o mon 10 suard my premises to-wit. c.
T. Ellison aud sid Proctor. At about 12.tC
q m ! heard several shots hred. where
uion went down stairs and found deceased
wing dead on my gallery. ! Immediately
recognized HIM as Walter Hughes"
oihcer Thomas s Lubbock deposition
Waa, About ~ 10 a. m. March Is 1897
heard several shots fred In the direction
q Bell avenue and Fannin streets and i'm
-ftdia'elv vert there. After arriving at
Mr Frank unnns residence saw a dead
man lying on the gallery, whom recog-
ni@ed AZ Walter Hughes His axe is about
81 wears Have known deceased about
twenty wears. He had n pistol and large
knife and e bottle Of chloroform. The Dis.
iol was fired twice and the knife Was in
ms hip pocket He was shot four times
with q shotgun by the officers who were
detailed 10 guard the house"
Justice Fiizc after viewing the body ana
hearing the evidence brought in the fol-
loving verdict.
After viewing tho body OF Walter
hnEhcH. deceased. aged about i3 years.
and hearing the evidence. am OF the opin-
ion and belief that Walter Hughes do
ceased came 10 his death from gunshot
wounds from guns fired In the hands of
Officers Clifton T Ellison and sid Proc
tor, on the morning OF March IS 1897, at
about l2,l0 o'clock. at the residence OF
FRANK Dunn. 1'further believe the said |
homicide was justifiahle"
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EDEI.'s STORY.
HOW the Plot Was unfoIdcd and Its
Pr0Ercss 10 the End.

Sol Edel states. About two monts ago
Mr. Hughes was in my place Of business,
3l6 Milan street, and said II have been
studying you for the last six months. and
do believe that you can keep a secret. You
are hardworking man and know you are
anxious 10 make money. will show you
a way to make II. He asked me for a room
where We could have a private talk.
showed him upstairs. He said SOL let
me come right down to the point" and he
unfoliei the following plan to me:
He said; "You know Mr. Camp. son-in-
law OF Mr.. House, | answered that |
knew him by sight. He said: mir. Camp
has a child about 10 months old There is
not a house In this town. or door In this
town | couldn't unlock My intentions are
To kidnap that chill, and the ransom will
be the amount OF $4,000. | will unfold to
you a plan which have been studying for
years and years. and will cover my tracks
In such a way that the finest bloodhound
and the finest detectives in the United
states won't find me-"
looked az the man ard wondered
whether he vas sane or not and asked him
II FOR one moment he believed that would
10 into such scheme. / said was work
perfectly satisfied eGd contentcl lie an
swered that he had the most Implicit con-
hdcnce In me. and he did not want to be
disappointed. He remarked: II have not
killed man in three or four years, and
you had better not come in my way"
Then he told ME how he shot three men
In ono day, one OF whom was the late chief
Of police, j. II. pructt He said he could
have killed Pructt, but he only wanted to
prevent him arrostlng him. | looked at the
man again, knowing by his talk and other
things he told mo that he was desperate.
and would not hesitate to make his threat
good. Then he told mo about Frank
punn's child, thd only child that Dunn
had. and to provs-th me how devoted Frank
Dunn was TO this child he told me the fol
lowing little sto.y:
II had occasion to he in the house at
work. The child was teethlng Franz
Dunn went down on his knees beside the
little bed ard prayed to the Lord to take
him but let the child live. He asked his
wife: Patty, do you really love the child
as much as J do?' She answered: Yes,
but don't make such fool OF myself. BY
this l only want TO show you that any
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money IN an oyster can, to which would
NC attached long wire. to put weight
Ill the can and when 1t is put in the pipe.
as Inc instructions to the father of the
ehliI the can would pass through the pipe
10 the bayou. He intended to cdd more
plpe 10 the drain and run it about fourth
OF NILE down the bayou: giving sufficient
fall to cause the can to pass through He
expected to be in a boat at the end of tho
pipe and get the can, and no one would
be any the wiser
ne asked my advice and knowing that II
would be better not to agree In all things.
toid MN ] did not like the plan ON ac-
count OF the difficulty in executing it. 1
ADVISED him TO hunt another place. He
n , LOT ABOUT a week, searching near
.he new IAN. and near the artesian wells.
Out after long consideration he concluded
10 nave the deposit OF the ransom nancy
made at the place where he expected to
niue the child That place was about tvelva
mlles east OF here on the line of the South
erh racine railway. called Fauna. between
nreen BAYOU and Sheldon. He told mo
uial ms place was prairie for about n
nh'e' "here You could see everything. and
tnat IL detA'tiNe should accompany those
ueposlllng the money he could see him Ue
said 1t would be Woe TO the man ybo ,,,o,,i1
Cu'lc IN ms way as dead men tell no tales
VI course ! reported this TO the chisf who
IN the meantime had rented a room in ,ho
fiutchlns House Here met the chief
MT Ellison and Mr.. Proctor and daily
maze renorts They advised me to 90 on
win Hushes Hughes intention was IN
set morse and buggy TO take the child
70 fauha and keen the child there until
me money came forward. To get out there
W'hout attracting attention he intended
,, 10 get TWO horses to go on a hunting eyne-
u',oh' taxing an empty sack alou6 We
went out about five weeks ago wen, q,
IouhnaDout way so as not to attract at
tehtlon; went through the woods. avoidIn.
me main road. About the eight mile INST
ne saw white lime stone. This stone he
placed IN the sack. together with tbree
glass; insuiators This sack he threw ovor
the pommel OF his saddle. We rode mi,
we came TO bridge No. % on the Southern
racine. cast OF here. We took mo horsas
TO the woods TO the right and tied tbcr
ne TOOK the load from the saddle. crawlod
tnroush two wire fences. crossed the raiI'
read track and proceeded to n poipt y,hnro
there were three large pine trees uo
selected the center tree took his isnifo ana
cut circle in the grass at the foot NJ tho
,ree' the circle being the size of lava
bucket which he had, He dug a hole mt
'ihe the dirt in the sack aud then ,hra,,
the dirt into the water standing neor ua
nut the lard bucket in the hole renlanaa
the sod which he had removed and mi mo
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REPUTATION OF BERRY cAMp
Had IN yntimidntinE Effect Upon
the scheme.

inc Scneme.
Hon. berry Camp. upon whose child de-
signs We're originally made, returned with
his wife and child yesterday upon hearing
the news that the cause of alarm to his
family had been removed.
He was found by reporter Of The Post
at Justice Fitze's court, where he had
doubtlessly gone to receive some informa-
tIon regarding the inquest over the body OF
the dead man.
To the reporter Mr.. Camp detailed the
following story as to how no was first ad-
vlsed OF the danger that threatened his
family:
about three weeks ago." said he. "a
man drove to my house in closed car
riagc. This man was Edel. He was admit
ted by the butler ] was a little tardy in
appearing and the butler returned and said
tho man was exceedingly nervous and said
he must see mo at once.
II then went into the sitting room to see
Edel. He introduced himself to me and
commenced rambling. mysterious pre-
fatory statement, limiting at some fearful
calamity that had been threatened my
family. He was so excited and nervous and
talked so incohorently. that my suspicious
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THE HAPPY FATHER.
Mr. Frank Dunn Is Hlm.elf "A.
CONGRATULATED

CONGRATULATED.
The store Of Mr.. Frank Dunn a, N.
gress avenue shared honors yesterday M,
the undertaking establishment Of Pr 4
Wright and the Hughes house. uher, -
grave was dug, as one Of the e,.,.,,
OF attraction.
Nearly all day the store was nllsd ~,
pecrle. some prompted by a sincere a..
sire to congratulate Mr.. Dunn. bu, IN
majority eager to find out all the ds,Is
possible of the highly startling md s..,.
tional affair.
Mr.. Dunn. though bearing hazard =,
passion In consequence Of the fearful or,
zeal through which he had recently psssp5
was evidently happy at his escape frpr
III" fearful fate that had been planned 10
him.
How did you first hear Of itr'. nksd h,
reporter.
Chief OF Police Helm Slyised M d
the plot about three weeks ago, md
tell you that too much credit san not b
given Chief Helm and his diligent otaces
for the manner in which this entire afiI.
has been conducted. They certainly have
my gratitude. | would have preferred
death to the loss of my child
What did | do when heard Of 1t! M
first thing did was TO consult my lawyer.
He advised me not to have the parties Ar
rested as the only charge that could b
made. provided II could be sustained, would
involve only brief peaitentiary service
after which the desire to do me injury
would be but aggravated
"We decided To let the natter take IL
course aud to keep prepared 70 meet the
emergency. But tell you the carrying out
OF this plan involved a fearful strain upoa
myself and wife. For nearly two weeks
neither of us have slept at nightA ! have
remained up night after night with shot
gun in my hand. until overcome with sesp,
nature would finally assert itselt and |
would drop over dead TO the world 10 Tar
as my knowledge Of my SURROUNDINGS ves
concerned.
II don't think I could have held out
much longer.
"Of course Feel relief that Hugna
is dead. | believe that the intention 70 e.
ecute the plot was sincere and that Hughes
was prepared to commit murder IN 10
accomplishment. II necessary, Amply
proven by the murdarous weapons VIZ
which he was equipped.