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The herald., 1897-03-10
SMOOTH CR.OXS IN TOWN
A Diamond Robbery Which Was
Kept a Secret
TOURIST PLUCKED ON A CAR
Light Fingered Gentry Successfully
-s,a~ Operating
TOURIST PLUCKED ON A CAE
Believed to Be the Same Ones Who Worked
San Diego and Are on Their Way to
Carson and the Prlzefight

That ore or more expert diamond
thieves have been in the city for several
days, undoubtedly the same ones who
SO successfully worked the Terminal ex-
c-.n yesterday,is proved by the report
of another robbery which occurred on
Sunday afternoon last. the particulars
of which have been carefully suppressed
by the police.
The victim in this instance was ]. o.
Henderson, ex-auditor of the state OF
Indiana, now on visit to this city with
Ex-Governor Matthews party. For sew
eral weeks the visitors have been taking
in the sights and on Sunday afternoon
Mr.. Henderson made trip to Westlake
park on an electric car. Some time dur
ing the ride he was relieved of diamond
valued at $500 in much the same manner
that yesterdays victims were robbed of
their sparklers. The car was crowded
and the light-fingered operator seized
the opportunity to touch the tourist for
his valuable gem.
A telephone message was sent to the
police station and detective acquainted
with the facts in the case, at once in
stituting an investigation, which Is still
going on. No publicity was given to the
matter and no one but the police was
aware that such dangerous criminals
were operating in the city. Speaking of
this matter yesterday a well-known citi-
zen remarked that had the fact that dia-
mond thieves were working crowded
cars, etc., been generally known there
is every probability that yesterday the
thieves would have gone about their
work in a more cautious manner, or at
least that the citizens, being warned,
would have been prepared and been on
the lookout to protect their head
lights"
1t is the theory of the police that the
thieves are the same who recently op-
Grated so successfully in San Diego at
the water carnival and that they are at
present merely stopping in the city on
their way to the prize fight at Carson,
where they will reap a rich harvest
among the sports who will crowd that
city for a week before and after the
fight. That they will be captured is
considered highly improbable as even
should a suspicious character be picked
up and one or a half dazen unset dia-
monds be found in his possession it
would be next to impossible for the own
ers to identify their gems in that condi-
tion.
Experienced crooks, such as the ones
now operating undoubtedly are. never
keep a diamond in its setting a moment
longer than is absolutely necessary but
at the first opportunity loosen the gems
and melt up and throw away the mount
ings. Neither do they attempt to dis
pose of the stolen property in or near the
city where it was secured. instead send
ing the stones back east where they are
readily converted into cash. Thus there
is little hope that any of the victims
we'll ever see their jewels-again, more
especially as the thieves have now been
warned through the newspapers that
the police are "hot upon their trail"
The herald., 1897-03-10
PERSONALS

Mrs. John l.. Latham. who has been
staying at the Van Nuys, left yest9-
day morning for months visit in San
Francisco
A. w. Ballard, manager of the Cen
eral Electric company of San Francisco
arrived here yesterday and Is at the
HoNerbeck.
Edgar A. Walz, of the Equitable Life
Insurance company Of New York. is
in the city and is stopping at the Hol-
lenbeck.
Rev. w. W. Tinker returned frota San
Diego last night with an attack of la
grippe and is confined to his home.
Mrs. Charlotte L. Bolton. the noted
woman cyclist, who has been in South
ern California for several months. was
hastily summoned to st. Louis on Sun
day by the Illness of brother. Mrs.
Bolton hopes to return to Los Angeles
for the Fiesta.
The herald., 1897-03-10
City News in Brief

Special sale of curios at Campbell's.
DR.. Cowles removed to Wilcox block.
The Van and Storage company. tel.
Main 1140
The Great Mildred. At Illinois hall,
Sunday, March H.
Orr dS Hines, undertakers, removed to
647 South Broadway. Tel. Main SIS.
Indian Baskets. 20 per cent off. Camp
BELLS Curio Store, 1926 South Spring st.
]. c. Cunningham's Trunk Factory
moved to 222 South Main. Tel. Main SlS.
Twenty per cent discount on Indian
Blankets. Campbells, 1926 South Spring
street.
Joe Arnold, agent for the celebrated
Mexican cigar, 1858 South Spring street
Tel. Main 9S6.
Sharp G. Samson. funeral directors.
independently, 536 South Spring street.
Telephone 1922
Twenty per cent reduction on Mexican
drawn work. Campbells Curio store,
1926 South Spring street.
We are still making cabinets. bust or
any style, for one dollar per dozen. Law
son. 147 South Main street.
Watches cleaned. rs cents; main
springs. so cents; crystals. 10 cents.
Patton. 214 South Broadway.
If you don't try us on underwear you
miss a good thing. They are soft as new
and don't shrink bit. It's a way we
have. Excelsior Laundry, Tel. Main 367.
Adams Bros, dentists. 2391s South
Spring street. Painless filling and ex-
tracing. Best sets of teeth from IS to
SO. Hours, 8 to s: Sundays, 10 to II.
Tourists desiring an artistic souvenir
OF California should visit H. c. Lichten-
bergers art emporium in the Wilcox
building, opposite the Hollenbeck hotel
Don't forget that he leads in pictures
and frames.
DIR. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson
block. first floor, rooms 1873, 184, 1S5.
Special attention given to obstetrical
cases and all diseases of women and
children. Electricity scientifically
The herald., 1897-03-10
HASTINGS EXAMINATION POSTPONED
The nedIcsl Electrician Gets q Continuance Of
Week


The crowd which had gathered in
Justice Owens court room yesterday
morning in the expectation of hearing
animation OF Calvin S. Hastings for
the testimony in the preliminary ex-
abortion committed upon the young COL
ored girl. Fanny Norris. was doomed to
disappointment, for at the hour set for
hearing there was no sign Of the defen-
dant in court.
Attorney John T. Jones was present
for the defense, and stated that his client
was not ready to proceed with the hear
ing, asking for a continuance. No OBJ
lection being offered by Prosecuting At
torney McComas the motion was grant
ed by the judge and the case set down for
hearing on Tuesday morning next at 10
o'clock. At no time was Hastings
brought into court, and the curious
throng were denied sight Of the no.
torious prisoner.
The condition of the victim, Fanny
Norris, who has for weeks lain In the
county hospital in precarious condi-
tion, has improved rapidly in the last
few days and 1t is expected that she
will by next week be strong enough to
take the stand and testify against the
abortionist
The herald., 1897-03-10
Events of Today
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Burbank Monte Crlsto.
Los Angeles-Town Topics.

The fire commission meets-Io am.
Adjourned session Of the city council
10 am.
Postponed meeting Of the police com.
mission-2 pm.
Stanton w. r. C.'s social at $40 Echo
Park roac-, to 10 pm.
United Episcopal Lenten service at St.
Johns church-7:45 pm.
La Fiesta committee of thirty meet al
headquarters, Byrne buildings
Third annual convention of the Woman S
Press club; literary session at Y. M. c.
A. hail. pm.
Regular meeting of the News and
Working Boys Home society at 1913 San
Pedro St.-Io am.
Board of directors of the Training
School for nurses meet at 1904 South
Broadway-Io am.
The herald., 1897-03-10
CITY NEWS
INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS
chronIe'ed on Pages 8. 5. 8 and 10

Forecast: fair and cold.
Ex-Governor Horace Boles of Iowa,
here.
Robert F. Henry successfully defends
himself.
The Parkhurst society lose their first
jury trial.
Regular meeting of the Academy of
Sciences.
A distinguished party of Santa Fe offlc-
ials In the city.
An amended complaint In the street
railway difficulty.
John K. Madison teamste-, severely
kicked by fracticus colt.
The Walker divorce case; a decree
given to the husband.
j. P. Pettegrew's peculiar will, written
on the back OF his sons photograph.
Mrs. Murphy fails to draw down any
damages from Contractor Donegan.
Interesting papers read at the third an
nual convention of the Woman's Press
club.
The examination of Electrician Hast.
ings on a second serious charge post.
poned.
"Why Poverty, the subject of an In
teresting discussion by able speakers last
night.
Captain Chase, accused of pension
frauds. endeavors to explain some of his
expenses.
The cape controversy is not solved yet;
Miss Miller has Constable Hill arrested
for battery.
gang of diamond thieves in the city;
j. o. Henderson relieved of five hundred
dollar gem.
The board of health renames its en-
ployes; plan to checkmate the council;
g be carried to the courts.
Mrs. Spencer spanked her spouse with
shingle, according to witnesses; SEN
sational letters introduced in the case.
One hundred and fifty men at work on
the Elysian Park boulevard yesterday. A
thousand applications for employment.
The Terminal railroads excursion to
San Pedro proved a most enjoyable affair;
speeches in the pavilion; diamond sneak
thieves relieve eight citizens.
The herald., 1897-03-10
A CAPE CONTROVERSY
An Arrest for Battery Follows the Plnd on
Third Street

AS result of the little incident which
occurred several nights ago over the
finding Of fur cape on Third street by
Miss Jessie Miller, H. H. Hill was yes
terday. afternoon arrested by Police Of
ficer Rico upon warrant charging bat
terry. In company with a Mrs. Walker,
Miss Miller was walking along the street
and stumbled over fine fur cape, which
It afterward appeared had been lost by
Mrs. Robert Northam. Hill. who IS a
deputy constable. was across the street
and saw her pick UP the article. ran
over and by virtue of his authority de-
manded that she turn over the cape to
him.
To this Miss Miller objected, and he
undertook to obtain possession OF the
article by force, fnalling getting 1t and
carrying It on. A complaint as to his
conduct was made the next day t police
headquarters by Miss Miller, only to And
that no one named H. H. Hill is en-
ployed on the force. nor had the cape
The herald., 1897-03-10
Arralss.d for Robbery

"A complaint was yesterday sworn to
IA the police court by Officer Talamantes
charging John Gallagher and James
Clark with the crime Of robbery. The
men were arrested several nights ago
by the officer, accused of being the par
ties who one night last week knocke d
down Dan Bailey, rear the Good Sa-
maritan mission and took from him a
pair of pants and pair Of overaNs Both
were arraigned in court and held in
$4,000 bail pending their preliminary ex-
animation which was set for this after
noon at $3.50 o'clock.
The herald., 1897-03-10
His Head Laid Open

AT II o'clock last night Thomas Doyle
was brought to the receiving hospital
from the Good Samaritan lodging house
with q big cash in his forehead which he
said had been inflicted by two men who
attacked him and assaulted him on the
street. Doyle was very drunk, and the
police took little stock in the assault
story, thinking 1t probable that the maj
fell down and cut his head on the side
walk or curbing. Six stitches were
taken in the scalp by the police sur.
geon, DR.. Hagan, and Doyle was
placed in the tanks to sober up.
The herald., 1897-03-10
coswin Sentenced

Sentence was yesterday passed upon
James Corwin, the contractor who
pleaded guilty to obtaining money from
H. w. Goldwater by false pretenses
using bogua check as the means. He
was given a straight term of fifty days
in Jail by Justice Morrison to think over
the error of his ways.
The herald., 1897-03-10
Fatty Degeneration Of the Heart

Coroner Campbell was yesterday call
ed to the little town of Ravenna to hold
an inquest upon the body of A. NJ Drink
water. who was found dead in his bed
yesterday morning The autopsy de-
veloped' the fact that death had resulted
from fatty degeneration of the heart, and
a verdict was rendered by the jury ac-
cordingly.
The herald., 1897-03-10
EOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING. TO-

been turned in to headquarters. The
article was, however, located later in
the constable's office, from where 1t was
duly returned to its owner. Miss Miller
had been sorely wounded in her feel
ings by the actions of the officer in
wrestling the garment from her hands
and she caused his arrest for battery
upon her person. The transaction will
row be ventilated in court
The herald., 1897-03-10
Dent Law

But II you must, we will advise you
without charge. And If we don't win
your case, It will cost you nothing. Me-
chanics' liens prepared without charge
Hard collections pushed. Our special
ties are railway damage suits and suits
arainst corporations and trusts, libel,
slander and other damage cases, fore
closure of mortgages and liens. Notary
work free to clients. Langworthy Co.,
226 South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-03-10
Timolv Dimes

On the excursion to San Pedro yester-
day, ]. F. Francis. F. X. Rule and Max
Meyberg took up 1O-cent collection for
the unemployed and secured $46.S0 to
add to the fund. s',,..
The herald., 1897-03-10
unemployed Women

The ladies who are interested In the
unemployed women of the city appeal
to the generous hearted and liberal
handed to furnish sewing or other en-
ployment for those who are sadly In
need of help. These people do not want
charity, merely oportunity to earn the
means to take care of themselves.
The ladies having the work In charge
do not want second hand clotnlng, nor
do they keep an intelligence office. They
want work for women capable ana Will
ing. There are many pathetic, p1titul
stories told by those applying for work,
a number of whom have insane OF In
valid husbands and children to support
One woman who has been very Ill With
grippe has means to subsist on for an
other. week but after that If employment
is not obtained she must go hungry.
A thoroughly competent woman with
a daughter IL and a son IA years old,
would like a situation in the country
She can make dresses or do housework
and pthe boy can milk cows and take care
of horses.
Most of the applicants would like work
by the day, so that they could be at home
with their families at night
There were sixty applicants Monday
and fifteen yesterday. The ladies asked
for plain sewing and went to the head
quarters yesterday morning expecting
to find piles of it sent in by the benevo-
lent, we'll to- do women Of the city. They
were disappointed, however, to learn
that their appeal for aid for the unem-
ployed of their own sex had met with no
response.
The herald., 1897-03-10

Wall paper. late styles, low prices, at
A. A. Eckstrom's. ~ South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-03-10

Spring.
The herald., 1897-03-10
The Weather

TEMPERATURE-Repor OF observations taken
at Los Angeles March 7. The barometer is
eiuced to sea level.
The herald., 1897-03-10

Maximum temperature. 90
Minimum temperature. 81.
FORECAST For Southern California - Fair
Wednesday; continued cool weather; light north
westerly winds
The herald., 1897-03-10

Latest style Of wall paper at A. A. Eek.
stsem'h ~ South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-03-10
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
Men at Work on the Eiysian Park
Boulevard
Engineer Eaton Has Volunteered His Services
to Superintend the Field Work-NearIy
Thousand Applications

There are now registered at the Free
Labor bureau 1872 unemployed men, mar
ried and single, whose names are on the
Great Register, and 25S persons not on
the Great Register, $50 in all. Twenty
men were waiting to register when the
office closed on Tuesday night. About
fifteen men were put to work yesterday.
and a still larger number will have a
chance today.
The executive committee have been
fortunate in securing the gratuitous SER
vices of Engineer Fred Eaton as general
manager of the work in the field His
experience in conducting public works is
invaluable just now. The boulevard will
be a model highway through the park,
and it will be a delight to drive over It.
The sitting process between those men
who are on the ground to earn dollar
a day and those who are soldering"
is now going on. Fortunately there are
but few of the latter class, and they Will
be discharged if they persist in beins
troublesome, and will afterward be
watched and perhaps sent to the rock
pile, which will soon be ready for them.
There will then be a way to find out who
are begging at the back door of resi-
dences because it is easier for them to
get a living that way than to work for it.,
and the police department will have a
way to take good care Of them. At pres
ent a large number of men are being
made happy every day because they can
earn something by useful labor, and the
city is being benefited by every stroke
of their picks and shovels.
n ov,dG gnhSCrfDtfOn OF xZDU Dy
A. Hamburger & Sons of the People
store was a notable addition to the fund
for the unemployed yesterday.
Rev. DIR. Day of the First Congrega-
tional church spoke eloquently for rae
cause Sunday morning. and DR.. Brown
stood in the doorway and gathered
$40. rs from the audience as 1t passed out
Fergus County argus., 1897-03-03
The Child of a village.

All the scenes and atmosphere of
ones native village-if one is fortune
enough to have been born IN such a lo-
cality-lie around the memory like the
horizon line, unreachable, impossible.
Even a so-called cosmopolitan man has
never seemed to me a very happy being,
and a cosmopolitan child is, above all
things, to be pitied. To be identified
in early memories with some limited
and therefore characteristic region
that is happiness. No child is old
enough to be a citizen of the world.
What denationalized Americans hast
en- to stamp as provincial is Tor chill
dren, at least, saving grace. You do
not call a nest provincial. All this is
particularly true of those marked out
by temperament for literary career,
Literature needs for its material only
men, nature and books: and of these.
the first two are everywhere, and the
last are easily transportable. since you
can pile the few supreme authors of the
world in a little corner of the smallest
log cabin. The Cambridge of my boy
hood afforded me all that human heart
could ask for it's elementary training
Those who doubt il might, perchance,
have been the gamers if they had
shared it. "He despises me-" said Ben
Jonson, because | live in an alley
Tell him his soul lives in an alley
Atlantic.
Fergus County argus., 1897-03-03
ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the District Court of the Tenth Judicial
District of the State of Montana, in and for the
County of Fergus.
Fred g. Meyers. Plaintiff. VS.. Elizabeth Mey-
ers, Defendant. Alias Summons
above named defendant.
You are hereby summoned. to answer the
lcomplaint in this action. which is filed in the
office of the clerk of this court a copy of which
is herewith served upon you in the
county where you reside and to nle
your answer and serve a copy thereof upon
the plaintiffs attorneys within twenty days
after the service of this summons. exclusive of
the day of service. and in case of your failure to
appear or answer. judgment will be taken
against you. by default. for the relief demanded
in the complaint
This action is brought to obtain a decree
of this court dissolving the bonds of matri-
mony existing between plaintin and defend
ant, on the ground that for more than one
whole year last past. defendant wilfully and
without cause has deserted the plaintih and
still continues so to desert and abandon piaint-
iff, against his will and consent. all OF which IS
more fully set forth in PLAINTIFFS compliant on
file in this action. reference to whlcn Is nerepy
made for a more complete statement OF tne
cause Of action. x,,,, INV hand and the
Seal of ! Seal of said Court this
3Dist. Court ! fifteenth day of February.
A. ID. 1897
EDMUND WRIGHT. Clerk.
VoH,ToBEL & CHEADLE,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First publication Feb IS' lss'I
Fergus County argus., 1897-03-03
The Finest Train in the World.

DIR. W. $. Williams. now professor
of veterinary medicine at Cornell Uni
versity. Ithaca, n. ". who RECENTLY
removed with his family from Boze-
man, Travelled via THE North West
ern Line" from st. Paul to Chicago.
and writes: I'VE found the North
Western Limited" all that il il adver-
tised; the sleeping cars superb and the
dining car service all that could he
desired"
The ''New Northwestern Limited"
from the mammoth engine, patterned
after the fa nous ''939," to the last car
in the train, is brand new, and repre-
sents the latest and best ideas for
absolute comfort and luxury while
travelling
Besides the splendid buffet smoking
library coach, which is really d club
room on wheels, there is a private
compartment sleeping car, which is
just the thing for ladies, families, and
those who desire privacy: luxuriously
appointed standard sleeping cars,
and the most comfortable day coaches
ever offered to the travelling public.
The New North Western Limited"
via the North-We Line, leaves
Minneapolis every night, 7:3O. st. Paul.
S:lO, for Milwaukee and Chicago.
Tickets via this popular line may
be secured from agents of the North
ern Pacific Railway, who will also
make sleeping car reservations; or,
apply to Capt. NJ NJ Wheeler,
Travelling Passenger Agent, Miles
City, Mont. or to Il. W. 1easdale,
G.. Il. A., st. Paul, MINI.
Fergus County argus., 1897-03-03
ADVICE TO MEN.
Don't Wear Long Hair and IN Air o
Dishabnle.

Dishabnle.
In seeking to win the affection and
friendship of women, dear boys, you
will find dress an important thing to be
considered, saws a woman writer.
Although will not go as far as to say
that woman's heart has ever been
broken by badly-brushed hat, ! have
known "A woman to look at a bulgin9
shirt bosom and decide that even if she
could ever consent to pillow her head
upon such an uncomfortable-look
spot the loud vivacity of the waistcoat
beneath would make rest there quit"
impossible. I am not going to tell you
what to wear. That is the work of
mightier intellects than mine. And
there are the young lady male imper-
senators of the variety stage to copy.
These represent the woman's ideal OF
mans clothing. I may, however, prove
myself useful in telling you what not to
wear. To begin with, there is one rule
YOU should have written on your mir
rors. 1t is this:
Do not dress like a genius, even If you
are one.
The average woman has a strong
dNtTSEou 10 20 out Will
who-because laurel wreaths have gone
out of fashion-substitutes for them
long hair, short trousers, decollete
shirts and n generally carefully ar
ranged dishabille.
The average woman is a silly little
thing. you know. and she would rather
that you looked commonplace and well
groomed than that every newsboy
should be able to tell that she is walking
with an intellectual giant.
AS for the woman above the average
well, she knows that you're not a
genius. anyhow. You can't fool her
with freak neckties and doorknot
studs!
Remember that am directing your
doings to meet the tastes of the major,
ity of women. There are ladies who
go riding on tandem bicycles with gen.
tlemen who wear red suits. and some
women love the society of necktie or
vest that almost barks.
The ring. watchchain and bric-a-brac
habit is popular with young ladies who
stand on the other side of the foot.
lights and have a taste for anything
that glitters even If it isn't 1s carat.
BY this class of lady you may be loved
for your scarfpin, but a large percent
age of the weaker sex prefer to do al
the glittering that is to be done them
sclves.-N. Y. World