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The herald., 1897-08-27
REDoNDo

REDONDO, Aug. 26.-Regular Core
spondence) o. N. Bean. who has been
domiciled at the Weeks block for the past
month returned to his home in Los An
geles today.
w. NJ. Claypool of Prescott Ariz., is at
the Redondo hotel.
G. w. Matthias of Glendora is located here
for several days
]. G. Parrot and daughter of Phoenix,
Ariz, are here looking over the situation
with view of making Redondo their
home
G. S. Hail of Pasadena is visiting friends
at the beach for several days.
The yacht Rambler left here yesterday
for a ten-days' cruise among the islands.
John B. Cohrs of Los Angeles was in
Redondo yesterday.
{. Milton, who received a kick in the
chest from horse last week, died from
his injuries last night.
The yacht Bonnie Bell arrived from Cat
alma this afternoon
Profs. w. Maxey and ]. Clements are
billed to appear at the plunge next Monday
in an exhibition of fancy swimming and
diving
A man-eating shark fourteen feet long
twas captured this afternoon in Fisher
mans cove. some three miles below here,
by some fishermen who found the fish en-
tangled in the kep. After struggle the
monster was finally killed and towed to
the beach, where. with the aid of a derrick.
1t was hauled to dry land. The Redondo
company bought the fish and will put it on
ice on the wharf. where it will be on exhi-
bition the next few DAYS.
What is expected to be the SWEETEST
cotillion of the season will occur in the
hotel Saturday evening. A large crowd of
Les Angeles and Pasadena society people
are expected to be present.
The herald., 1897-08-27
PERRIs

| PERRIS, Aug. 2s.-(Regular Corre-
| spondence.) At the meeting of the trustees
of the new union high school last Monday
night o. F. Barth of Pomona college was
elected principal. 1t will require four teach
ers in all to instruct the Perris children
this year.
| The heavy thunder shower last Sunday
laid the dust and made life little more
| iveable. The Thermometer, which stood
in the neighborhood of 120 degrees, fell
about fifteen degrees. The heavy rain dam
aged the drying fruit considerably.
| VIM. F. Bray and family have returned
from a trip to San Diego.
| The Perris Rambler team is organized
and two of the members are training for
Sept. 9th at Riverside. Hugh Miller, whose
record was unequaled in Idaho two years
ago, will ride in the team. The other
members are Eustace Bray and Allie Por-
| ter.
Another child of Henry Daniels is sick
with malignant diphtheria. Mr.. Daniels
| lost little son last week from this dread
| disease.
The Episcopal church people are putting
in seats in a room in the Nance block. and
otherwise fitting it up as a chapel. They
are contemplating the purchase of an or
| gan.
The meat shop of R. w. Beach was broken
into one night last week and a small
amount of change stolen.
| Considerable activity is being mani
Tested in different parts of the Perris min
| ing camp at present The Miller brothers
| bonded their claim to some Los Angeles
parties on short working bond. H. T.
Duff of Los Angeles week or so ago pur-
chased from Chas. Smith of the Gavlan
the Amanda claim; purchase price secret.
This claim is an extension of the famous
Virginia. made famous since Mr.. Duff and
his company caught hold of it, which is
reported to about the richest in the camp
at present. Some of the rock extracted is
said to be worth $1,000 per ton. The shaft
is down hardly $50 feet, so an idea can
scarcely be had of the real value of the
| mine.
The Good Hope cyanide plant is at last
in actual operation, and a number of men
are employed. 1t was whispered in town
| the other day that somebody had said the
Santa Rosa would have cyanide plant
They have between $4,000 and 10000 tons
| of tailings on their dump.
| The Gavilan people proceed as they have
been doing, running two shifts of men.
and saying nothing to anybody. They are
down in the neighborhood of $50 feet on
one shaft, with drifts and crosscuts.
The herald., 1897-08-27
LONG BEACH

LONG BEACH, Aug. 26.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) The refuse from the sugar
factory at Los Alamitos empties into
Coyote creek and is carried down to the
ocean, 1t is said the fish in Alamitos bay
are dying from the effects of it, and the
fish dealers here ON the pier are becoming
alarmed, as the substance is plainly dis
cernble in the water. 1t is feared that the
oysters planted in these waters may also
be killed. The county commissioners are
giving the matter their attention.
The board of trustees of the Chautauqua
assembly are completing arrangements to
tender a benefit concert to DR.. S. Fl. Weller
on Thursday evening of next week. DIR.
Weller has been president of the board for
the past three years, and has worked un-
tiringly for the success of eac hannual
meeting. His services have been given
gratuitously and the board has adopted
this plan of expressing its appreciation of
his earnest and faithful effort. An array
of excellent talent has volunteered to as
sist, and the program will doubtless prove
attractive.
A dago fruit peddler was arrested this
morning for selling without license.
A lady and young boy were walking
up the railroad track last evening toward
town, and were attracted by shouts from
three women and three children in q COW
cred wagon in the slough between here
and Wilmington. They apparently had
come from Terminal island. and. the tide
being high, they had turned into cross the
slough at the ford and missed it. The
horses had broken loose and the wagon,
with the occupants. had stuck in the sand
An alarm was given in town and a number
OF men went to their rescue but some
one evidently had taken them out, as they
have not been heard of since. The horses
and wagon were brought in this morning
Mrs. M. p. Chapman. who has been an
assistant in the delicacy department in
FarrelIs restaurant, has returned to her
home in Whittier.
The herald., 1897-08-27
RIVERSIDE COUNTY

architects, submitted plans to the super
vsors for the arrangement of the floor
space Of the court house portion of Mr..
Miller's new tourist hotel, and the various
county officers are endeavoring to have
these so amended that their particular
offices will be on the ground floor, where
| light and other essentials are most avail
able. The supervisors were slated for a
back room in the second story, but they
objected to this, and will have quarters
down stairs with the recorder. treasurer,
auditor and clerk. On the second floor
will be the court room and the judges
chambers, two rooms for the district at
torney and three for the sheriff. Quarters
will also be assigned to the assessor, sur
Iveyor and juries in the front of the build
| ing, the tax collector, superintendent of
schools and horticultural commissioners
having offices in the rear. Large vaults
will be constructed on the ground floor,
and halls, closets, ETC., are spacious and
conveniently arranged.
| The Machado liquor selling case has been
postponed for one week on motion Of the
defendants attorney. w. M. Peck Is de-
Tending the suit.
Horticultural Commissioner Van Kirk,
|who recently visited San Diego in the inter-
,ests of bugology is showing some samples
of lemons upon which the silver mite have
preyed. They give the fruit a silvery hue
insects puncture the oil cells of the fruit
He also has some fruit infested with the
purple scale, which is worrying the horti-
culturists of San Diego
| The construction crew for the city cleo
tric light works is at work on the trans
mission line down Victoria avenue. The
line will be run as far as James street. or
Mr. Irvings new residence. The building
of this line will enable Mr.. Irving to carry
out his plans for pumping water from the
Gage canal by electric power for irrigating
mesa lands above the canal. 1t will also
enable the residents along Victoria avenue
to profit by the citys liberal offers on elec-
tric lights.
| A group of five mines belonging to r. B.
Taylor and James P. Mathes of Corona
land w. A. Hayt of Riverside have been
sold in the Death Valley mining district to
IAN English syndicate for $685. 900. The deal
| was closed at Corona yesterday and the
papers all signed up.
| County Auditor Clancy has received Off
lcial notice of the assessed value of rail-
roads within this county, which shows as
follows:
| Per Mile Total.
Southern Pacific railroad
$3.50 miles. SO 10000 $S79, 700
Southern California rail-
road. 1921 miles. ......... 6,019.67 573133
! Southern California Mo-
| tor, miles. ...............5, 100000 80 900
Pullman Car company,
Southern Pacific. .... 61.77 5,720
Pullman Car company,
| Southern California. 5775 1.414
Total 81, ABS, 1857
The herald., 1897-08-27
SUMNER RESORTS

Mr.. and Mrs. Barrymore and children
have returned to Los Angeles after sea-
son spent here.
The Santa Barbara took a sailing party
out this morning.
The Misses Casterline of Pasadena are
the guests of Miss Wickens at Casa del
Mar.
A. A. Reinhart. a merchant of Norwalk,
is here for few weeks.
Henry Stovell of Fillmore. Ventura
county, returned home yesterday after a
visit to his brother here.
Mrs. c. Thompson and Miss Davis of
East Los Angeles have apartments on
Ocean avenue.
Robert Short of Downey and Lake Lough-
ton. with their families returned home to-
day
The herald., 1897-08-27
POMONA

POMONA, Aug. 26.-(Regular Core
spondence) E. ]. Merriam is having his
house raised and will build another story
under it.
E. J. Fleming has concluded to move his
recently completed residence to the corner
of Gordan and Holt avenues.
Willard L. Goodwin has returned home
from Texas, where he went few weeks
ago with the intention of making hi,
home. Mrs. Goodwin expects to remain
two months longer in Texas.
The Mccartney residence in the Kingsley
tract was burned to the ground yester-
day, a leaky gasoline stove causing the
fire. The house was partly covered by in
surance, but little of its contents was
saved.
w. A. Bell has an interesting letter in
todays issue of the Pomona Progress writ
ten from England. Mr. Bell is touring
Europe, and judging from the tone of his
letter. in enjoying himself hugely One
day last week he met Rev. and Mrs. L. H
Frary at The Hague.
The herald., 1897-08-27
SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 26.-(Regular Core
spondence.) A letter has been received
here from r. c. Johnston, who discovered
the lake of oil in Alaska last year, giving
details of how he found the great deposit
of petroleum. In the letter he says: u
had fair luck washing on the beach. The
water we used from a creek contained oil
ard bothered us in saving the gold W1tf
quicksilver, which we had to use, so con-
cluded 1 would try and find the oil. After
six weeks hard rustling L found very
large flow of about twenty springs run
ming into a lake 300X120 feet In size. one
man can easily dip up fifty barrels a day
with a bucket, and it is the best lubricatine
oil that has ever been found. we are
offered 81 per barrel for all we can land al
Seattle. We also have an unlimited
amount of coal-the best believe on the
coast-which is also handy for shipping
Our company has arranged for 10000 feet
of pipe and tanks that will hold 1OOOOt
barrels of oil, so we will soon be in the oil
business on an extensive scale"
The craze for an immediate departure
for Klondyke has subsided, and instead the
several parties here who have decided to
try their luck in the new-found Ell Dorado
are making their arrangements to leave
here about the 1st of March. The most
substantial local organization that has yet
San Diego and Yukon Mining and Trans
portation company. Among the organizers
are b. H. Burke, an old and experienced
mining man. w. F. Norman, eX-Chinese
inspector; j. F. Kinney, jr., Capt. r. V.
Pierce and Deputy United States Marshal
Oakes of Los Angeles. 1t is proposed to
have thirty men in the party. and all will
share alike. Each man is required to put
up $500 and go himself or send a substitute.
The outfit will include two steam launches,
a river boat and at least years supplies.
Two of the party will be physicians.
Attorney-General Fitzgerald has re-
turned the abstract of title of the college
campus on University Heights with the
statement that certain apparent defects
must be corrected before he can accpet the
property as the site on which to locate the
San Diego normal school The property
was at one time held by the trustees of
the University of Southern California. and
the attorney-genera questions the right
of these trustees to transfer their inter-
ests when, he understands that the public
was a beneficiary. The University of
Southern California was a private institu-
ton and did not come under the restric-
tions put on trustees appointed to care for
public property.
E. Delos Magee, who graduated from
Cornell in June. returned yesterday and is
The herald., 1897-08-27
SAN DIEGO COUNTY

at the home Of his parents, DR.. and Mrs.
2. L. Magee. Mr.. Magee made record at
famous old Cornell that not only reflects
great credit upon himself, but upon west
ern college students generally. He was
awarded the fall prize at the end of the
term for the best law thesis offered his
subject being, "Is There a Federal Com
mon Law?' 1t was the first time in the
history of Cornell that the entire prize
was given to one student Mr.. Magee will
take the examination before the supreme
court in Los Angeles.
| A writ of habeas corpus has been issued
by Judge Hughes at the request of Car
| lotta Ybarra, commanding Fred Grant and
two others fictitiously named. all residing
in San Felipe valley, to appear in court on
September 1st and answer a complaint
made by petitioner that said men are hold
ing her daughter. Virginia Ybarra, 15
years old and of unsound mind for Illicit
and carnal purposes. Grant is we'll known
in this county and is highly respected at
Banner, his home.
BREvITIES
Capt. w. H. Pringle, prominent pio-
neer, is reported seriously Ill at his home
in this city, suffering from brain fever
His condition is critical.
The chamber of commerce has appointed
a committee in pursuance of plan to in
crease the membership to 5OO Yesterday
SeVenty-HVe OF tnat NUMBER were secured.
Alexander Craw, the state entomologist
connected with the horticultural depart
ment of the state university and noted
scientist as well, is inspecting the orchards
of this county, and will return north on
Thursday.
H. Nj. Funk has been appointed assignee
of the insovent estate of Claude Stontz.
A. d. Norman has qualified as commits
sioner to sell the property of the Citizens
Traction company. The sale will take
place September goth.
Charles A. Bailey of this city was mar
ried in Chicago on Monday to Miss Matte
Hagadone, a resident of the Windy Citv.
The young couple will make San Diego
their future home.
w. M. Cole of Nestor brought in yester-
day sample of his different kinds of to-
bacco and it shows the splendid quality
of plant that can be raised here Mr.. Cole
has planted four acres and is cutting and
curing the crop now. He expects to realize
$1,000 off his four acres
The Cooperative Mercantile company
filed articles of Incorporation today in the
county clerks office. The object of the
company is to engage in general merchan-
dising in this city with a capital stock of
$4,000, in shares of 81 each. and the direc-
tors have subscribed the following
amounts: ]. D. Bryant. S. C. Bryant and
w. F. Whittemore. $1,000 each; Mary f.
Bryant and Jessie E. Whittemore. $40 each
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Harry Foster, aged 49, son of G. l.. Foster
of Tustin, died at Highlands Tuesday. The
remains were buried today.
FULLERTON

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| FULLERTON, Aug. 26-(Regular Cor
respondence) W. A. Choate, at the head of
the Cutting company, was here this week,
| figuring on handling the associations wal
nut crop. The crop was sold through his
| company last year.
| The prospects for better prices for dried
| fruits are much better now than some
| weeks ago. Several f. o. b. buyers have
been in this section lately offering from AZ
cents to AZ cents for choice dried apricots,
and cents for the large fancy grade.
! Dried peaches are wanted at cents, with
a decided prospect for better prices. Dried
apricots are selling at from 10 cents to 121a
cents per pound in the east, and the pro-
ducer here should be paid cents a pound
on the above basis. This would give the
fruit growers fair profit.
| Orchardists in Fullerton and Placentia
are beginning the annual onslaught against
scale pests by fumigating. Cyanide is
worth about 80 cents a pound this year.
which reduces the cost of fumigating mate
rally.
! Mrs. Swain wife of Rev. Swain has been
quite i'll at Long Beach for several days.
| James Baxter. Mr.. and Mrs. George Case
Miss Ethel James of Fullerton, Miss
Nemetz of Anaheim have returned from a
| two-weeks' outing at Trabuco canyon. Mr.
Baxter reports having bagged deer, killed
bushels of rattlesnakes and had numerous
other thrilling experiences during the trip.
| Tom Handbook has returned from trip
to the Santa Ana mountains.
| Mr.. and Mrs. johnson returned this morn
| ing from Catalina.
| r. Her has returned from camping trip
up in the mountains.
| Misses Sarah and Ruby Crowther return
| ed yesterday from a months visit to Cata-
| lima.
| A. Barrows and wife went to Newport
Tuesday.
| Tom McFadden. Arthur Staey and De-
| Witt Montgomery leave on Saturday for
the university at Berkeley. A farewell
party will be given at the home of Theo.
Staley Friday evening.
| 1t is reported that a cement pipe fac
| tory is soon to be established between
Fullerton and Yorba.
| During the past few weeks considerable
matter has appeared in the papers re-
garding the matter of sulphuring walnuts
In an interview with Secretary Holcomb of
| the association here this morning on the
subject he said: Although we are not ad-
vocates of sulphuring. still we insist that
when properly done there is no injury to
the nuts. There must be absolutely no
heat from the burning sulphur allowed
to reach the nuts. The reason there is so
much compla'n mt from rancid sulphured
nuts is this: Nearly every grower does his
own sulphuring and burns the sulphur
close to the nuts the heat of the flames
opens the nuts and starts the oil and the
nuts very soon become rancid. The Fuller
ton association uses the cold process. and
none of the buyers have ever complained of
its nuts being rancid"
The herald., 1897-08-27
AVALON

AVALON, Aug. 26-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) The trial of John Gully, John
Bailey Willie Peck and Tom Gully, -FOUR
young fellows who came to Catalina IN a
sloop several days ago, came up IN Judge
E. j. Whitneys court yesterday. The
charge was disturbance of the peace, and
at the preliminary hearing the defendants
had pleaded not guilty and demanded q
Jury trial Deputy District Attorney Hol-
ton prosecuted. There was considerable
difficulty experienced in obtaining jury
and many well-to-do citizens were able TO
escape the onus Of jury duty on the some
what surprising plea that they did not ap-
near on the assessment roll. After the evil
dence of the prosecution had been given the
defendants each took the stand in his own
behalf an dtold touching story or injured
innocence, explaining that the tooting OF
the horn which they were charged with
tcoting at unseemly hours OF the nlgnt 10
the great annoyance OF peacefui siuinper
ers in Avalon was done in accordance with
the rules of courtesy, partly to show their
appreciation of the musical ability of some
young ladies and gentlemen in another
Yacht anchored in their neighborhood and
partly to greet the arrival of third yacht.
They claimed that if they had not well
coined the latter with weird music, even
If it was the middle of the might, they
would have been guilty of a serious breach
of marine etiquette. However, they SO
convinced the district attorney or thelr
innocence of any malign intention that he
requested the judge to instruct the jury
to acuuit, which was done, and the boys
went on their way rejoicing, with warn
ing from the jury to be little more care
full in future of other peoples rights be-
sides those of incoming yachts. etc. Inc
general opinion seemed to be that 1t was
Just verdict, but there is a strong feeling
that the seeker after relaxation who comes
to Avalon for the purpose of rest should
have his slumbers respected.
One of the features of the band concert
last night was the solo on the sleigh bells
by Claude Deagan. Claude is only II years
old, but he manipulated the bells like
veteran, and there is no doubt he will make
his mark as a musical genius. The music
of the bells was very sweet and soft as It
foated through the somewhat sentimental
atmosphere of Avalon, and the listeners
showed their appreciation by recalling the
youngster again and again.
On Tuesday an alarm was given that a
fire was raging in the hills and many volun-
teers assisted to put it out. 1t burned over
a. considerable acreage before the graders
whose camp is in the neighborhood, as
sisted by the volunteers, succeeded in SUBJ
DUNG it. How it originated is not known.
Mrs. E. Baker of Norwalk and Mrs. and
Mrs. Frank Martin of Downey are visit
ing Mrs. E. F. Pickering at Camp Welcome
on Clarissa street.
The herald., 1897-08-27
DowNEY

DOWNEY, Aug. 26.-(Regular Corre-
spondence.) The threshing outfit of East
erly & Co. returned Tuesday evening, after
4 couple of months in the harvest field.
The Woodmen of the World of this place
entertained a large delegation of Pasa.
lena Woodmen on Tuesday evening One
candidate was initiated and refreshments
we're served. The visitors drove down in
carriages.
The officers of the Southern Pacific com.
pany passed over the line, stopping at this
place, ma tour of inspection on Tuesday
+ Chas. Benbrook was out last evening
from Los Angeles, looking after his re.
Gently purchased hardware business.
The herald., 1897-08-27
PASADENA

PASADENA, Aug. 26.-(Regular Core
spondence.) A small audience saw the BIZ
cycle races given this afternoon under the
auspices of the Y. M. c. A. at the Crown
City track, north. of town. 1t was a good
day for races and good time was made by
the boys. Twenty-Five cents admission wa s
charged, and among the prizes awarded
were golf stockings. sweater, lamp. belt.
bike trousers, etc. The one-mile novice
was started at 2:30 p. M. with A M. Haw
ley, L. S. Anderson, N. Woodville and #.
Hawley at the tape. Anderson won, Wood
vile second: time, 2:s5 20.
One-fourth mile open-Starters: r. Row
an, N. Woodville, A. Woodville. w. Had
ley and A. A. Crossey. Won by CrossIey
Rowan second; time. 50 seconds.
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY

one-thrd mile open--Starters: A. A.
Crossley. A. Woodville, N. Woodville F.
Rowan, L.. S. Anderson. Won by Crosslev
A. Woodville second; time, 45 Seconds
One mile open-Starters: n. Woodvilla
A. Woodville, l.. S. Anderson, F. Rowan
A. A. Crossley. w. Hadley. Won by Cross.
/ ley, A. Woodville second: time, 2:29 2-5
AT the last lap Crossley cut Newton Wood
vile out, and for this was disqualified
The decision was given to Arthur Wood.
vile.
The two-mile handicap was run by New
ton Woodville and the two Hawey broth
ers, the other starters dropping out early
in the race. Starters: f. Rowan and A. A.
Crossley, scratch; A. Woodville. 20 wards
N. Woodvile, 30 yards: w. Hadley. n
yards; Hawley brothers. so yards. N.
Woodville won, the two Hawleys second
ana third; time. sos 10. In this race A,