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The herald., 1897-04-23
Notice for Publication

LAND OFFICE AT LOS ANGELES. CAL,
March %, 1897. Notice is hereby given
that the following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before u. s. land Office at Los
Angeles, Cal, on April 2s 1897, viz: James
r. Williams, Chatsworth, Cal, homestead
twp. 2 N, r. II W., SB.M. He names the
following witnesses to prove his continuous
residence upon and cultivation Of said land.
viz: G. " Boquist, of Chatsworth. Cal. I;
S. Il. Mannon of Chatsworth. CAL; w. w.
Johnson, of Chatsworth. CAL; Charles
Johnson, of Chatsworth. Cal.
Il. ]. BOLTON, Register. 4-26
The herald., 1897-04-23
Notice of Removal

DR.. Wong Him, the
Imperial Chinese
physician. begs to
announce TO his
numerous friends
and patients that
he has removed to
larger and more
modern premises. at
S3l S. Hope street,
z between Eighth and
Ninth streets. where
he still hopes to
merit the favor of
their pat r o n a G g.
Take Tr a C IT, o n,
Grand avenue or
Washington st. cars.
The herald., 1897-04-23

Visitors. see the Wiltshire boulevard, 12t
feet wide: 30-foot parked sidewalks; lawns
shaded with palms and magnolias; con-
meets Westlake and Sunset parks.
The herald., 1897-04-23

aged "a, and Bertha May Hunt, also a
native of California; both residents Of
this city.
The herald., 1897-04-23

To Cure Gold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL 1t
fails to cure. 25c.
The herald., 1897-04-23

The Misses Shea of San Francisco are
spending Fiesta week with Miss Des-
mond of Hill street
The herald., 1897-04-23

Drink Maier & Zobeiein's
Home brew book beer. Now on sale.
The herald., 1897-04-23
TESTIMONIAL

January 5,1897.
To the Public: take this means of ex-
pressing my thanks to DR.. Wong Him of
639 Upper Main street for having cured me
of kidney and stomach trouble which
caused me great prostration. l was unable
years, and acting under the advice Of the
best doctors of Chicago. came here to get
we'll on the climate but kept getting grad
ually worse until / was told to try Or.
full life-giving herbs I can say that In three
months time am now new woman and
feel stronger than / ever did. Any person
wishing me to certify this can find me.
ZIG North Marengo avenue, Pasadena
MISS KLEMME.
The herald., 1897-04-23

To the Public: I take pleasure In tes-
tifying to my marvellous recovery under
the treatment of DR.. Wong Him of $50
Upper Main street. Los Angeles, from q
number of stubborn ailments; among
which were chronic sickheadaches. dys-
pepsia and kindred stomach troubles,
heart affection and kidney disease:
But what consider this physician excelIed
in, SO far as my case is concerned, was In
the restoration Of my eye service: Astigma,
affiiction in this respect. and, although q
number Of well-known, skilled a,;s oculsts IN
advised me l should always have to de-
pend upon glasses and receive but poor ser
have enabled me to abandon totally the use
of any artificial help to sight ,,sa and my my eyes
near work and distant, as is truly wonder
full: To the skill and remedies Of the ply
tuition in my physical condition through
1ut that puzzles those who knew Of the
Respectfully, G. L. PLOWMAN.
Pico Heights. P. O.. CAL. Sept. 8, 1895.
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showed how a man of facts and figures
can be tangled and tied up by cross-exsm-
ination.
The young man had a terrible attack OF
stage fright the moment he took the
stand, but under the careful handling OF
Attorney Ach he delivered himself nicely
OF mis- story, only to distort and deny ii
later in the day when General Barnes took
him in hand.
The murder charge will very likely be
taken MP at the emu OF this week.
Being called to the stand Isaac Gellert
stated
have been assistant bookkeeper with the
firm of Hoffman, Rothcnild d Co., ever since
its incorporation in May, 1896. My observa-
ton has been that Isaac Hotfman's duties
were principally TO act as salesman and attend
to the corresponds When Mr. Rothchild
was here he attended to the correspondence
and Mr.. Hoffman generally remained outside
of the coun ling-room in the salesroom or in
the manufacturing department. When Mr..
Hoffman wanted to know anything about the
books he generally asked The head bookkeeDer,
Mr.. FIgel, or, if it was something about a
private account, Mr.. Hoffman looked at the
books himself.
remember seeing Mr. Figel in the store on
the first day of June He was very nervous
General Barnes objected to the question
whether witness ever saw Isaac Hoffman
in possession Of pistol The answer,
however, was given in the negative.
After Gelert testified that the usual
time of credit given customers by Hoff-
man, Rothchild & Co. was four months
and a discountwas given them when pay
ments antedated the four months limit,
General Barnes undertook the cross-exam-
ination.
II have been with the firm since the
time it was Hoffman & Alexander, before
the fire. My duties were outlined as at
tending to the books outside of the cash
and the posting. l had nothing to do
with the sales except entering them. l
assisted Mr.. Figei in making deposits.
81 had the com bination of the safe, and
as rule l opened it. Generally Mr.. Fjgel
closed the safe.
II cannot remember any one act of Mr..
Figel on June l. / know he attended to
his duties"
well, what makes you say that Mr..
Fipel was very nervous on June II" asked
General Barnes.
II don't RENE m ber that" answered wit
ness. "Hs was very nervous on the next
day. / must nave made a mistake if said
it was June 1; it was June 2, after Mr..
Hoffman's death, that l remember Mr..
Figel was nervous"
The court admonished witness to be
careful about his dates, as it was most i'm
portant, in view of the murder charge
pending against defendant.
witness Delng lnLeTTosaIeo III regard 10
the trial balance book became slightly
mixed. He declared at first that there
was second trial balance book. He modi-
fed his testimony by saying that he be-
lieved there must have been another book,
and closed with the statement that he did
not remember anything about the other
book, and all he knew about the trial bal
ances was confined to those made in the
one book on exhibit.
The witness testimony assumed great
in view of the fact that the
prosecution claims that missing trial
balance book, supposedly done away with
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22

swers question by asking another, but
he is pretty sure TO ask you question if
you make inquiries about his place.
When this Chinaman asked what was
wanted be received a response that did
not adhere strictly to the truth.
1t was a case of fighting the devil with
fire." The Chinee is very foxy" and is
always suspicious. He does not like to
have his methods investigated. Unlike
the average Caucasian, he does not like to
get free advertising, especially when his
business is just little bit shady. If tn ere
is one business in Chinatown which will
not bear free advertising It is that of the
so-called "hospitals."
That is if the Board OF Health cares to
look into this particular and peculiar
branch of business.
What's the matter with that man,
over there, John"
HE sick, What you want Y'
Sick! Well, he looked it. So sick that
il seemed wonder that he had not been
placed in the "Chamber of tranquility,
that connecting link between the hospitaI
and the undertaker's shop.
1t would have been z greater wonder II
he had not been sick. IF mentality has
anything to do with the physical condi-
ton of a sick man IL is a wonder that he
was not dead. That is if Chinaman is
sensitive enough TO be influenced by his
environments.
If ever surroundings were conducive to
Ill health, or prolongation of disease,
those of a Chinese hospital are certainly
meant TO be productive of continued
revenue to the owner. For, be 1t remem
hered, the Chinese hos pital is 4 private in
stiiution run by the undertaken. He Is
always on the safe side. If tho patient
keeps alive he gets money for caring for
him. If his friends tire of paying for his
keep he is placed in the "Chamber of
tranquility" and starved to death. After
he dies the undertaken, that Pooh Bah
who has three Offices only. buries him and
makes monev out of him to the last.
Imagine a room about 10 feet wide and
u feet long, filled with the odds ana ends
Of junkshop. Let this room be so dark
that 1t takes TWO candles to make light,
and so filled with the malodorous smells
that are usually met with in Chinatown
dens that a strong man hesitates before
he enters and gasps for breath after he
gets inside. Place half a dozen bunks
around the walls and cauldron in which
some witches broth is boiling in the cor
ner. Have two Cinnamon to each bunk
In all stages of disease ana In all stages
OF filthiness Let the walls be so full OF
rat-holes that the three cats which make
themselves at home on the Dunks with
the sick Cinnamon are insufficient to
watch them all. Imagine all this and you
may have some slight conception OF Wnat
the interior of a Chinese hospital looks
like. If your Imagination is very vivid
and if you have seen Chinese opium dens
you will get pretty close to the real thing
otherwise you will miss it. 1t is almost
beyond Imagination.
But the front room is Elysium in COM
parison to that other, just back, through
dark hall. There are grades OF dark
CESS, the scientists tell US, and these
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22

grades may be found in these Chinese hos
plta!s. some darkness can be seen; some
can De felt. That In the back room of
TINS Inferno can be felt paIpaby. In fact,
IL Is present to all the human senses at
once.
1t can be tasted. 1t can be heard. 1t
can be seen. Ii can be felt. Than it can
be smelled goes without saving.
You stand just within the openinp.
which by courtesy Is called a door. and
you hear breathing, as if some one were
exhausted after long run. You are NOT
mistaken. 1t is man breathing heavily
in his race with death. He is still alive
and you wonder why.
Cropping your way you reach some sta
tionary object ano light a match. II
gives Just enough light to enable Won to
see candle on bench and you Ipbt
that, Then you feel that an electric arc
lieht would scarcely be sufficient to en-
able you TO pierce that Stygian darkness.
1t is well, perhaps, that you have an OBJ
scured vision. II is possible that if you
could see all that is in the room at once
YOU. too, would be a sick man. Its a
noisome den where vermin abound; where
rats make their home; where the living
and the dead humanity lie side by side
the one waiting for its coffin and tie other
for the cessation of the struggle for breath.
This is part OF the Chinese hospital. Ii
IS also part OF the undertaking eStab-
lishment. This is the "Cham per of Tran
quillitY." and if one couldn't be tranquil
here he would be restless in his grave.
1t S the graves next door.
For a minute you are in doubt as 10
which object to address. but a slight
movement decides the matter and YOU
ask another question. This time you are
not answered in kind.
What's the matter, John?'
Water, water. Oh, me so sick"
How long have you been here, John ?'
Three, four, five days. Water"
How long since you had something to
eat?'
"Three, four, five days. Water"
The poor wretch got his water, but he
was so weak that it probably did not pro-
long mis- life, for he was at the time al
most ready to lie as still as that other oc-
cupant of this Chamber of Tranquil
lity." There was nothing else to be done,
and probably before the story was written
this chamber of horrors had one more
ghost that needs laying.
This is the hospital. What must be
the treatment received bv these wretches Z?
What of the medicine? This question
may be answered by peep into that caul-
dron in which is boiling and emitting
odors not like those of Araby the Blest.
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The Rookkeeper Fares Badly
With General
Barnes.
Theodore A. Figel's Embezzle-
ment Case Is Nearing
It's Close.
The Isaac Hoffman Murder Charge
Will in All Likelihood Be Taken
Up This Week.

|. The prosecution in the case OF Theodore
a. Figel, charged with embezzlement. is
coming TO close, to-day's proceedings
when Bernard Joseph will be heard, bring
ing up the tail end of an examination
which, from the very start. has been car
rled out with view of obtaining evidence
upon which to prosecute the defendant on
the more serious charge of murder.
SO far, Edward S. Rothchild, partner OF
the late Isaac Hoffman, has been the main
witness for the prosecution to make things
look dark for the peokkeeper. Through
him the data for additional charges of
embezzlement has been put in as evidence
with view to showing that the death OF
Hoffman would have been an end to be de-
sired by FlgeI to hide his peculations.
The testimony given by the next i'm
portant witness, Isaac Gellert, tho firm S
assistant bookkeeper under Figel, was in.
teresting yesterday, in SO much that 1t
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
AT THE ART INSTITUTE.
A Splendid Collection of Pastel Pro-
ductions on Exhibition.

A Splendid Collection of Pastel Pro-
ductions on Exhibition.
A splendid collection of forty paintings
by Miss Anna E. KIumpke will be placed
on exhibition in the Hopkins Institute of
Art tonight.
The principal pictures are "Shehegarde, {"
portrait of Miss Klumpke's mother, q
portrait of Mrs. Beale OF Boston, Grand
mother Spinning" several Dutch inte-
riors and a mum Der of charming childrea's
heads.
Miss Klumpke, who is the eldest daugh-
ter of John G. Klumpke of this City, was
educated in Paris and is pupil of the
famous Julian school, where she received
many medals for pastel work. Previous to
the exhibition Miss Klumpke will be ten-
dered a reception by the mem bers OF the
association.
A recent addition to the gallery is col
lection Of thirty six Photographic views
from lie m brandt, seventeen of which are
from the Berlin gallery and nineteen
from the Cassell gallery. These views are
considered the finest productions in black
and white that have ever been made, and
form valuable addition to the institu-
tion.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22

There may not have been the "eye of a
newt" or any OF the other unholy irgre-
dients used by the witches who presaeed
evil 10 Macbeth. but there was "boil and
bubble' over the fire and toll ana
trouble" for the patients who must needs
take the dose.
1t is here that Chinese with maIadies
that require the best of treatment are
placed, and it is here that they are ex-
pected TO get well. Here, where en- able
bodied white man turns sick and faint at
the mere sight and smell, and whence he
goes forth into the open air gasping like a
man rescued from a poisonous pit. Why
it is permitted can be answered only by
the Board of Health.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
WHERE rs IT FROM7
The Quicksilver Rock Found on Russian
Hin Was Hauled There.

Investigation by daylight on Russian
hill where the clnnabar rock was found
by the ones boy the previous day brings
to light that the piece of rock supposed to
contain rich tracngs of quicksilver was
hauled there, the further supposition
being that it came from the Twin Peaks,
as several carloads of crushed rock from
that place had been recently brought
there to m acadamize the face of a sewer
that is being put in on Larkin street.
This Is made all the more apparent, as
the face of the earth at that point
Larkin and Filbert streets-is absolutely
barren of rock of any description. The
ground to depth of three ieet, where the
men are digging for the sewer. beo, shows
no rock, but, on the contrary, yellow
soapy clay of sticky nature.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
WITH THE LABOR UNIONS.
Great Preparations Are Being Made
for the Celebration of Labor DaY

Great Preparations Are Being Made
for the Celebration of Labor Day.
The labor unions of this City at present
are making pre- parations for the celebra-
ton of Labor day, which falls on the nrst
Monday in Septem Der. So far the three
central bodies have not come together in
any concerted movement or decisive plan.
1t was expected that com mittees from the
three councils would. meet last evening,
but for some reason only those from the
San Francisco Labor Council met at 1859
Mission street.
1t was the sense of the meeting that no
parade take place, but that literary exer-
cises and addres ses be held in the evening
IN Metropolitan Temple. In this decision
they will probably be supported by the
District Council of Carpenters. On the
other hand, the Building Trades Council
desires to hold a parade. This point will
probably be decided within the next day
or two.
Another matter of Importance that is
being discussed is the work on the new
Federal building that will likely begin
before very long. The union men are de-
termined that every bit of this work shall
be done according to the Federal eight
hour law. Great confidence is felt in
Superintendent OF Construction Hum
phreys, who in the past has made the
contractors on all Government work live
up 20 the plans aud specifications, and
observe the provisions Of the eight-hour
law.
The Amalgamated Sheet Iron and Metal
Workers met last night and elected ten
new members. A committee was APP
pointed to make arrangements for bene-
fit and ball for Mrs. c. Willis, the widow
of deceased mem ber. This will take
place on August II in Teutonia Hall.
Tonight new union OF carpenters and
joiners will be organized in Oakland, and
the district council of this City and many
union carnentars will attend in a hodv
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
NO CRUELTY PROVED.
The Case Against William Deaver Dig
missed by Justice Groezinger.


missed by Justice Groezinger.
The charge of cruelty to minor child
against William Deaver. CAT Jessie street,
was dismissed by Justice of the Peace
CIR oezinger yesterday morning. Deaver
was accused by the Eureka Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children with
cruelty beating his adopted daughter,
Eva, with rawhide. The little girl was
at the time examined at the Receivin &
Hospital and the cnts and bruises were
easily discernible upon her body.
When the case was called yesterday
there was an indisposition shown by the
prosecution to press the charge. The lit
tie girl was taken into court, but she
seemed to be suffering from fear. She was
asked if Deaver had beaten her ana she
replied trem blingly, HE didn't hurt me.
He didn't cut me nor make me black"
This was all the evidence the court de-
manded. and the Judge dismissed the
case No objection was offered by the
prosecution and Deaver and his friends
walked out of court.
ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos with
or without REMOVAL Noonan. 10l7-l073 Mis- sion.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
MALICIOUS BOYS,
They Broke Three of the Windows II
the Lafayette Primary School.


the Lafayette Primary school.
Property-owners in the neighborhood
of Filbert and kearny streets have been
annoyed for some time by gang OF mali
cious boys who amused themselves by
breaking the windows of houses and 9TH
erwise destroying property.
Tuesday the gang broke twenty panes
OF glass in the windows of the Lafayette
Primary School, corner of Filbert and
Kearny streets. G. E. Boman, property
owner in the district, com planned 10 Chief
Lees yesterday about the malicious con-
duct of the boys, and the Chief advis d
him to swear out warrants for their arrest
on the charge OF malicious mischief.
Boman went before Judge Joachimsen
and swore to complaints for the arrest of
j. Costa, G.. Costa, P. Costa, Z. Lascalle
and 'John Doe" Worden. The boys all
live on Greenwich street and are known 10
Yoman.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
HORRORS OF
A chinese
HOSPITAL
\ A Noisome Breeding-Pla
of Dire Disease and
Death.
WHERE Is THE HEALTH BOARD?
Official Investigation Urgently
Demanded for Humanity's
Sake.
DEAD And DYING LIE TOGETHER.
money Made by the Pooh Bah Under
taker From the Quick and
the Dead.
DEAD And DYING lie TOGETHER.
Money Made by the Pooh Bah Under
taker From the Quick and
the Dead

Hello, John, is this hospital7"
Yes, this hospital. What you want
here2"
The average Chinamaa may not be like
the proverbial Irishman who always an
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
Very Consider

'Yes, Mildred is going to be very eco
nomicaI wife"
How do you know?'
"Why, she consented to be married
along in the middle of the day, just 10
make it unnecessary for her husband to
get new dress suit. t."-Cleveland Leader
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
Ten GREAT
BARGAINS!

Among the many Bargains embraced in the
IMMENSE SURPLUS STOCK OF SPRING AND
SUMNER GOODS that we now FORCING OUT
will be found the following desirable lines offered
At a Specially Heavy Sacrifice To-Day!
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
HE STANDS FOR
ALL AMERICA
Abraham Lincoln ReVered
by Young and Old
Patriots.
They Are Eager to Lend a
Hand to Erect a Fitting
Memorial.
--latest Additions to the Membership
Roll of the Monument
League.

The Lincoln Monument League has
every reason to congratulate itself on the
success attending its efforts TO demon
strate the PATRIOTISM of the people. From
all sides continue to pour in applications
for mem bership in the league and there
are many counties" still 20 hear from.
The latest additions to the honorable
scroll are.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
San Francisoc

Sarah Gil'n W Klienenbroch
Lucille Cochran Mrs. Barth
Gertrude j. Barth Juanita Lawson
Harry Mckee Zie Lulu Guthrie
Auril a Jefferson Miss j. r.. Goldman
Belle RYAN Miss +. j Kitchens
Edna Cctrel Miss NJ #. Mcdonnell
Miss A. Theobald Miss l. NJ StarF
Daniel Murphy George Lake
Mrs l.. Goldman Jennie Kinds
Howard w. Davis Mary Murphy
Starr King school.
Charles Balkwell Sarah Mcdonald
Willie Miller Mrs. EDgelage
John Miller Peter J. Van Pelt
Nellie Miller j. Barnard
Anne Law Mae K. Hines
Willie Lofts j, frey Morehouse
Fvallne McMahon Mabel Morehouse
Raymond McGovern RUBY V. Irving
Frazer Liss Richard Carroll
Alfred Weisgerher Fadip Kane
j. Bianchi John Kane
T. Marin Eddie oud
David Barry Louis Werner
John Morrissey Oscar Powell
Richard Morrissey Mrs c Carstons
Enie Spaunsgel Alfonso stock
Nettie hanson Adam stock
Frank Roghetto Henrietta Stock
Michael Brady John s Richardson's
Willie Varnie John L. Stock
Florence OConnor Mrs NJ Harmon
Ethyl OConnor Bennie Mortensen
Ida BrunsiDg Mary Rossi
MouIder School.
H. Robinson William Sanford
Ernest AronSon Sarah H. Duncan
Milton SchOenfeld A. B. THOMPSON
Alexander Cohn Sarah Z. Cole
Isaac Gerson II. T. Carpenter
JEANNE Wander Naillen G. L. Duncan
Edwin Forrest Eunice Henry
Dora Wander Naillen Philip Dieter
Albert Mellin r. Keefer
Mrs. A. Wellin +. Murphy
Fred STACK Henry Hobson
Frances Graham Louisa Cordes
Charles Ramsay Mabel Hobson
Ethel Bonham Adele Rogers
Emma Olsen Myrtle Manuel
Fra TX PecKham Milton jacob
Hazel WILCOX Harry Hannekamp
Mildred Allen George HannekamD
X. Parker Claire Manuel
Helen Juneuax Lii ly Trautner
Bertha Leopold Gladys Kalghin
Mabel y eau John Paul.
May U'Donnell Anila able
Emma X chter X. T.. Brogan
Bar bra Schaertzer Melvin Harris
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Book of W. w. Stone.

al ~ 49, q II ~ "a N@N
The latest additio
scroll are:
Book of '
James b. Davidson
Laura r. Rrotherton
Mildred j. Farrell
w. \. Taylor
Bertha h. Leeds
Samuel Dixon
w. B. Barry
Mss A. J. Clark
Amy Fletcher
BlaD che Wiuiams
Grace Ii uxley
Hattie Flori
Maud Eiori
John Alcautara
Chester Longley
sylvia Bloom
Addie Pedrofh
Frances Myers
Joseph H'Connor (2)
GildA t'iori
Hon. VIM. Aivord, $2C
Henry B. Alvord
Mrs. =. NJ. Keeney
Innes SPOTS Keeney
Hawtho'
Ernest Hueter
Mis-. Z. l.. Wilson
Allen j. Roy
Eoba braese
Mignon eli, bert
Grace Gimme
Anna brAe5e
ALg.o t-hirardelli
LUtUle Green
Clifford =. Wetmore
} OWN Anderson
H. b Lbbinghansen
j. II. II all
Z. krebs
h. shatfer
ID. /. EDbinghausen Jr
II. Kean
| w. Swatser
| William a. bbinghausen
Edw ard Ebbinghausen
X. Speaker
G. j. Trask
L. Wegermann
Helen l.. Smi,h b
Alice +. English
Edwin A. Norton
MRS V. n. Chapman
Carrie l.. Wheaton
Benjamin Il. krebs
| Mrs. NJ. y. Athearan
herman RemensbeTgel
! " il ie Gurus
Chris Casey
MAIDS. Madsen
| " lille Hei bing
ATtaur Waioei
Everett Hays
Viuletta kepier
" lille A1iord
Peter Petersen
! Frank Johanson
| John Smith
1 May Robinson
II. Nj. Wynne
r. BCckman
III. +. Wynne
IL. Lagan
X. a. j. Ehlers
John GansDerg
| Wi tiQ Ruttp1ap