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The herald., 1897-11-14
A THIN STORY
A Colored Girl Says That She Was
Assaulted by a Bootblack

Will Haze, colored bootblack, who
has a stand on Main street between
Third and Fourth, was arrested yester-
day morning on a charge of rape. Mrs
Lillian Potts, a colored woman, is the
complaining witness. She called at the
police station yesterday morning and
asked to have her alleged assailant I'M
mediately taken into custody, as she be-
lieved he was going to try to get out of
the city. The story which the woman
told Assistant District Attorney Joe
Chambers when she asked for COM
plant was as follows:
Between 4 and o'clock she was walk
ing along Alameda street between Sew
enth and Eighth, when she was accost-
ed by Haze, whom she only knew by
sight. He asked how he could find
Eighth street. She pointed out the way
and he walked along with her. AT a
big cump of castor bushes by the road
side the negro made an indecent pro-
posal. She refused to acquiesce and was
seized and dragged into the bushes.
where her assailant threw her upon the
ground and accomplished his purpose
in the most brutal manner.
When arrested young Haze told quite
a different story He said that he had
been the girls paramour before she was
married and that he met her yesterday
evening by appointment. He denied
that it had been necessary to use any
force to accomplish his purpose. and
that the trouble had arisen over his re-
fusal to give the woman half dollar
which she demanded. She had threat
ened to have him arrested if the money
was not forthcoming. The detectives
are inclined to believe the story of the
bootblack. and it is doubtful if the case
will ever come UP for trial.
The herald., 1897-11-14
A GENERAL MELEE
In Which a Woman Was Followed
and One Head Cracked

L. Urich, youth 10 years old, was
brought to trial in Department one yes
terday for having made an assault with
a deadly weapon upon Gustave Wuch-
erer, a local barber.
The evidence went to show that Urich
and one Jacobs were engaged in boring
an oil well for man named Schroeder
on land not far from Westlake park
owned by a man named Schmidt. On
July 10. while the two men We're at work.
Young Harry Schmidt and Wucherer
appeared upon the scene and the for
mer interfered on the plea that he had
interest in the work going on. Urich
told him he was working for Schroeder
and not for him, but that angered
Schmidt and row ensued. The mother
of Urich happened upon the scene and
in the melee she was knocked down and
thereupon the fight became general and
it was then Wucherer received a blow
on the head with a piece of gas pipe.
In these premises the jury only took
twenty minutes to return verdict of
not guilty against the defendant.
The herald., 1897-11-14
THE MELOY SCANDAL
Harsh Allegations Being Made on
Either Side

Quite a spicy divorce suit is being
heard in Judge Van Dykes department.
The marital relations of e. r. Meloy and
Ida W. Meloy have been strained for
some years and in the effort to cut the
matrimonial tie the amenities of oppos-
ing counsel have given flip to an
otherwise sufficiently sensational case.
Preliminary to the taking of testimony
Attorney Heath, representing the plain
tiff, insinuated that defendants coun-
sci, Attorney H. Fl. Appel. had made
threats in order to drive Meloy from
the state.
'They threatened to bring him before
the grand jury" said Mr.. Heath.
81 will tell you about this" interrupted
Mr.. Appel. I'VE said we would bring
the filthily worded letters he sent to Mrs.
Meloy through the mails before the
federal grand jury
Yes" rejoined opposing counsel, land
they came to him in the night time and
made these threats and advised him to
leave the state. 1t was characteristic
of the counsel
"Well, 1 object to this; am not being
tried" said Mr.. Appel.
Yes. and on the day that the plain
tiff's testimony was heard" persisted
down the street and threatened to thrash
Mr.. Meloy.''
THAT is true responded Mr.. Appel.
He dragged my name into the case
when his deposition was being taken
and was reprimanded for it by the
court. I did tell him that if he did not
desist I would lick him so that he could
not sit up for six months. Ihave fam
lily and do not propose to allow my name
TO be dragged into this affair.""
Mr.. Meloy charges his wife with adul
terry and most of the time yesterday
was taken up in an attempt to show that
Mrs. Meloy was living with one Beck
ham at 152 Gary street prior to Dec.
10. 1896. The witnesses put forward by
the prosecution had little to say that
was conclusive on this point, beyond the
fact that Mrs. Meloy visited Beckham' S
rooms frequently and was considered
generally by the other rooners in the
house to be his wife. The landlord of
the house, as we'll as other witnesses.
could not state that Mr.. Meloy had ever
remained over night in the house, or
MALTA inseparable from a woman's pres
ence We're ever seen in Beckham S rooms.
The case was continued until the 9th
inst, when the defense will put in a
mass of testimony to show the innocent
relation existing between Beckham and
Mrs Meloy. 1t is claimed that Beckham
was working up evidence in a divorce
suit which Mrs. Meloy contemplated and
that she visited her agents rooms to
confer with him. Some of the letters
written to his wife by Meloy, and which
may be put in evidence, are of an
atrociously filthy character. The de-
fence claims that in beginning suit
Meloy, after living off his wife's money
for years, sought to obtain a slice of the
$4,000 worth of the property that yet re-
mains.
Mrs. Meloy has grown up daughters,
one of whom is married to one of the
most prominent business men at San
Pedro.
The herald., 1897-11-14
A NEW BOULEVARD
The Survey for New Whittier Road
Begins Tomorrow

Tomorrow a new road to Whittier will
be surveyed that will be somewhat in
the nature of a boulevard. Supervisor
Davis has taken great interest in push
ing this matter and now his efforts are
to be crowned with success.
The old road is devious in its course,
runs through low lying ground and at
certain times in the year is a hard road
to travel, although not in it's strictly
grammatical sense. The new road will
be practically a prolongation of Steven
son avenue on the east line of the Catho-
lie cemetery running perfectly straight
to the San Gabriel river where it will
cross the iron bridge. and for the re-
mainder of the way the old road will be
still utilized. The new road will run for
from to miles and the property own
ers have agreed to give an S0-foot right
of way. thus assuring a straight avenue
that will be planted with shade trees and
that will afford a splendid driveway the
entire distance to Whittier.
The herald., 1897-11-14
Marriage Licenses

The following licenses issued yester-
day from the office of the county clerk:
Mamerto Gilbert, native of Mexico,
aged % years. and Cleotilda Sepulveda,
a native of California, aged 50 years,
both residents of Los Angeles.
John Oliver Juniper, native of Cali
fornia, aged p years, and Bulah Harps,
also native of California. aged 20 years;
both residents of San Fernando.
Jose Romero. native of Mexico, aged
35 years, and Sofia Rivera, a native of
California, aged II years; both residents
Of Elizabeth Lake.
Louis Gross, native of Germany
aged A years, and Katie Shelter. ma
tive of Germany aged 81 years; both
residents of San Pedro.
The herald., 1897-11-14
A HOPELESS SCHEME
Well-Known Business Man Committed
to Highland Hospital

A particularly sad scene was enacted
brought before Judge Shaw, to be ey-
amined as to his sanity.
Cooley has for years been in the en-
ploy of the abstract companies, and con-
sequently has been we'll known to every
one about the courthouse. He is of q
rather nervous temperament, and some
time ago submitted to an operation for
a fistula: then his eyes gave him great
trouble, and about manth ago he took
q holiday for the purpose of recuperat-
ing.
Within the last ten days his mind
WaVered, and it was apparent yesterday
that his mind was hopelessly unbai-
anced. But he was happy in his con-
ceits. He had conceived a grand and
beneficent plan of eliminating all the sin
and misery from the state, and Ultimate
ly from the country. AT first he intend
ed to begin with five of the southern
counties. These are to be incorporated
and bonds issued for the aggregated
lands Cooley figured out with great
exactness that by January l, 1888, there
would be in hand 50, 500 600, O0O-just
enough to begin the scheme. All people
would be organized into classes or
guilds according to their business and
no workingman would be paid less than
$j per day. This would be made possible
by every acre of land being brought to
the highest state of cultivation and ev-
eryone being paid according to his de-
serts.
Needless to say, Cooley was commit
ted to Highland hospital, but it is hoped
and believed that with rest and treat
ment he will soon be restored to his FAM
i1V
The herald., 1897-11-14

Earl L. wallace, native of Missouri,
aged 2i years. and Nettie Nichols. a
native also Of Missouri, aged Il years;
both residents of Los Angeles.
Edgar a. Watrous, a native OF New
York, aged SO years. and Grace Doty, a
native of Ohio. aged 10 years; both resi-
dents of Los Angeles.
Archie f. Dickson, a native of Minne-
sofa. aged 26 years, and Minnie Huns
berger, native of Canada, aged IL
years; both residents OF Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-11-14

This, because under Governor Mark
hams administration the certificates
were made out for four years. Under
the present regime they are made out
during the pleasure of the governor. +"
AS the state code declares two years to
be the term during which a notary's
bond may run, a strict Interpretation Of
this statutory provision will render a
large number in this city void. And If
that be so, the attorneys want to know
just where they stand with regard to
numberless contracts, the validity of
which may, under such circumstances.
be challenged.
The opinion of the attorney general
upon the matter will be awaited with as
keen interest by notaries and attorneys
here as by their brethren in the north.
The herald., 1897-11-14
New Suits Filed

Southern California Savings bank VS..
C. McCarn ct ALA suit to recover $3.50.
attorneys fees and order of sale against
lots Sc and 81 in Wick's subdivision of
the South Porter tract.
The application of the Behre Photo
Process company of Los Angeles-A pc
tition to change the name to the amer
lean Engraving company
F. 3. Harbert vs. Mellisa Pinkerson
A suit to recover $15 damages for fail
ure to make conveyance of certain prop
erty.
F. y. Linck VS.. Mrs. A. j. Miller eft al.
"A suit to recover 5000, on a mechanics
lien, $125 attorneys fee, and order of
sale against premises on lot II of the
Marlborough tract.
F. y. Linck VS.. j. C. McLafferty ct al
A suit to recover S900.95. on mechan-
les lien, attorneys fees. and order OF
sale against premises on lot % of the
Belgravia tract.
The herald., 1897-11-14
To Change Ward Lines

Several weeks ago number OF resi-
dents of the Ninth ward petitioned the
council to have that precinct in which
they resided attached to the First ward
owing to the fact that they resided in
a portion of the ward remote from the
voting place. The matter was referred
to the board of public works and that
body has since had the petition under
consideration. Yesterday the board de-
cided to refer the matter to the city at
torney with instructions to report as to
what steps are necessary to make the
desired change.
The herald., 1897-11-14
The Divorce Mill

Mary Smith was granted a decree yes
terday by Judge Smith divorcing her
from Martin Smith on the ground of
desertion
The following suits for divorce We're
filed during the past week.
Andrew Enright against Alice En-
right
w. F. Wilson against NJ F. Wilson.
Adele G. Kennedy against James *.
Kennedy.
Florence Semmelmeyer against Chas.
sSemmelmeyer.
NJ. E. Morse against c. 3. Morse.
The herald., 1897-11-14
Will Be Accepted

Street Superintendent Drain will re-
port to the council tomorrow recon-
that the work done in the i'm
of Fifth street from San
Pedro to the Arcade depot and on Fourth
street between Central and Alameda
street be accepted. He made an in
spection of those streets yesterday and
found them in excellent condition. No
were received from the prop
The herald., 1897-11-14

]. E. White VS.. Alex Scott ct ALA
suit to recover S54.75 on sewer assess
ment.
J. e. White VS.. r. Scott ct ala suit
to recover 1922 on sewer assessment.
j. e. White VS.. Annie Peters ct al
A suit to recover $12.O9 on sewer assess
ment.
j. e. White VS.. Nydia S. Niles ct al
A suit to recover $S1.92 on sewer assess
ment.
j. f. White VS.. Nydia S. Niles ct al.
A suit to recover $50. 9S on sewer assess
ment.
The herald., 1897-11-14
THOSE NOTARIAL BONDS
Inquiries Being Made IS to Where We
Stand

The question raised in Oakland re-
garding the length of time a notarys
bond might run, has provoked not lit
tie excitement in this city among nota.
ries and lawyers, and many inquiries
We're made at the courthouse yesterday.
Upon being registered in the county
clerks office the custom has been fol
lowed of putting in the term during
which the bond would run at four years.
The herald., 1897-11-14
A GENERAL CHARGE

"The law under consideration, it Will
be seen, declares that the expense of
abating the so-caled nuisance shall be
a county charge and allowed and paid by
the board of supervisors out of the gem
eral fund of the county. The question
The herald., 1897-11-14

LOS ANGELES AND REDONDO RAIL-
way company.
Los Angeles depot: Cor. Grand ave. anS
Jefferson st.
Leave Leave
Los Angeles Redondo for
for Rcdondo Los Angeles
$50 a. m. 500 a. m.
1:3O D, M HOO a. m.
4:30 p. m. 3l5 p. m.
1870 D. m. Sat. only $50 p. m. Sat. only
Take Grand-ave. electric cars or Main
st. and Agricultural park cars.
L. ]. PERRY, Superintendent.
The herald., 1897-11-14
The Last Week
Of the remains Of the bankrupt stock Of A. R.
Beaman & Co., Of Denver, Colo. will be closed
out in remnant lots this week. Prices on these
remnants will be sold at almost 25c on the dollar.


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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-09
SWINGING CATTLE CRIB.

much to say that a very great proper
ton of these cribs are inconvenient.
Many are dark and one must reach over
into them when feeding grain ration,
at the riaI< 81 encountering the horns
of the animal 70 be fed.
A convenient swinging crib Il raown
In the accompanying illustration. 1t is
triangular in shape and is hinged at the
point at the bottom just on the edge of
the feeding floor. When swung for
ward into the feeding floor. as shown,
1t Is in a most convenient position to
fill with hay, or to place in II grain ra-
ton. 1t is then tipped back into the
space before the animal and is entirely
out of the feeding floor. and in most
convenient position for the animal to
cat from. The bottom of this crib Is n
three-cornered piece of timber. This
gives rigidity and prevents there being
narrow space at the bottom, into
which an animal could not get his nosa,
IN. Y. Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-09
Asst 5H0ulDef
THE NEW AND THE OLD WAY.

Leave the sods at one side. They will
of road work can be done in short
time with comfort TO man and beast,
by using one of the improved road
grades. Four men with their teams
make good force; one man and team
for the pillow, the others for the grader.
1t will pay any town handsomely to
invest in the most improved machinery
for road work. When grading the road.
be careful not to get the grade too
wide. Make it just wide enough for
teams to pass. 1t will fiatten out with
use and wet weather.
n great aid in keeping the road dry
is row of tiles laid on either side al
the outer edges of the grade. These
should not be laid too deep, for the
surface will become packed so that the
water will not readily soak through.
But If the grade is the proper form the
water will run off the surface so rapid
ly that comparatively little will soak
in; and as the tile and laying them add
largely to the cost of the road they
may usually be dispensed with All
NSupsiOoo ACttiiLS tilC II OI Tile
lower illustration and the difficulty of
getting about over such highways, the
loss of time and money, the wear and
tear of horses, harnesses and wagons
resulting from attempts to move loads
ct the very season when farmers have
the most time 10 do such work. In the
summer when the farmers are busy
with their crops, the roads are usually
dry and any kind is good enough. The
low price for which farm lands sell is
due in large measure to the poor high
ways. With better roads the value of
the lands rapidly increases. Examples
of this can be found in every county.
Farms located along good, hard roads
are in constant demand at prices far i'm
excess of those situated at distance
from such roads. Wherever other work
will permit, farmers can well afford to
give few days work on the roads in
stead Of feeling it q hardship to have to
work the time required by law. Work
them thoroughly, each neighborhood
for itself. The labor and time spent
will return 100 fold in the increased
value of property and in the ease and
comfort of travelling. = Farm and
Home
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-09
A Recent Casabianca-

England has boy hero who stood
on the burning deck" He Is 14-year,
old Horace Conner, who, after being on
the trnding-ship Exmouth. was sent to
the steamer Marine. The vessel caught
fire in the Atlantic, and the crew were
preparing to abandon her when the
youngster arose and shouted: Whats
the use of going on like that, men9 II
we have to die, die like men, and Eng
lishmen." That renewed the crews
courage, and they took the ship safely
TO the Azores. Young Conner burned
his foot, and was so full of spirit as to
pray the doctor to cut 1t of, but the
physicians skill saved this draft on his
courage. He is evidently the stuff that
good sailors are made Of. Tales of hero
ism may have given him unduly ex-
allied hardfhood, but 1t was of the kind
that stood the test Of real danger and
accomplished real good.-N. Y. Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-09
REALLY GOOD MIXERS.
They Are by No Means as Numerous as
They Should Be.

| Ahey SnOui0 bes
Almost anybody can milk after a
fashion, but really good mixers are not
as plenty as they might be. A good
mixer is patient and gentle of touch.
not only incapable of lifting a milking
stool at COW, but wise enough and
thoughtful enough never to show an
irritability or harshness of manner that
might excite or disturb nervous ami
nal. Milking should be done as rapidly
as possible without worry. 1t should
n, done thoroughly to the last drop;
otherwise a little milk carclessly or
unintentionally left in the udder will
begin the work of drying off, the COW.
Milking should be done regularly, be-
ginning at the same hour, and the milk
er should go through his stint of cows
in the same order, thus making it cas-
Ter and less disturbing for the COW that
from habit knows when to expect her
turn. To the good mixer, cleanliness
is indeed next to goodness. The hands
should be clean, the clothing clean, and
the skin and udders of the cows should
be kept clean. Hard milking cows are
much less valuable than their yield or
test would at first blush seem to indi-
cate. They require more time. Once
in awhile this might be endured, but
when the milking is a test that recurs
regularly twice n day for 300 days in the
year, it becomes an important item.
1t is hard to milk with the rapidity
that good milking requires, and it is
difficult, too, to milk as clean as the
maintenance of the milk flow requires,
and hard mixers are much more liable,
other things being equal, to fall off in
milk flow and dry off early. They be-
come nervous, too, as a rule, and very
frequently develop into kickers. They
are not perhaps to blame for this. The
milking disturbs them and makes them
irritable, and they naturally come to re-
sent anything that irritates them. Their
irritation reacts, too, upon the person
who does the milking, and he in turn
is liable to be less valuable as mixer
because less patient and gentle. Good
milking bears so important relation to
the best results which constitute profit,
as compared with results not quite so
good, that it is n faculty which everyone
who has to handle cows should cultivate.
There is more in the cheerful, good
humored, picturesque milkmaid idea
than mere poetry. The cheerful, whole
some, womanly milkmaid is, as rule,
much more likely to harmonic with the
disposition of good milk COW than is
the ruder and less patient farm hand
Western Farm Journal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-09
DAIRY ESSENTIALS.
Summarized by X. a. Pierson, L. $.
partment of Agriculture.

Summarized by X. a. Pierson, L. S. De-
partment OF Agriculture.
A roomy, clean, dry, light and we'll
ventilated stable or COW house. To pro-
duce good milk, cows must be comfort
able. and these conditions not only add
TO their comfort, but are absolutely
necessary to keep them in the best OF
health.
Healthy and clean cows, which APP
pear well-fed and contented.
An abundance of pure water to which
cows are given access at least twice a
day.
Feed of good quality; the grain and
coarse fodder should be free from dirt,
decay, or musty condition.
A spirit of kindness toward the stock,
exhibited by everyone employed about
them, and gentleness of the animals
themselves.
Provision for washing and steriliz-
ing or scalding all utensils which come
in contact with milk.
Provision for straining, aerating and
cooling the milk in clean atmosphere,
free from all stable and other odors.
This treatment should take place inn
mediately after the milk is drawn from
each COW.
Facilities for storing the milk and
keeping it cold.
Especially great cleanliness in re-
gard to everything connected with the
dairy. The atmosphere of the stable
should be pure and free from dust
when milking is being done. Employees
should carefully wipe the udders and
wash their hands before milking, and
should be in clean clothes. White
wash is a good disinfectant, and should
be seen in many more stables, and land
plaster should be sprinkled about to alb
sorb moisture and odors.-Farm News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-09
BRIGHTEN THE KITCHEN.
Light and Air Dispose Of Microbes and
Infection

Light and Air Dispose of Microbes and
Infection
The disposition to have everything
about the house bright and cheerful
has been growing noticeably of late,
and 1t Is a most commendable tenden-
cy. It ought to be cultivated regarding
the kitchen. especially. in connection
with the other working and living
rooms of the household. One of the
daily papers strikes blow in the right
direction when II says: ''The kitchen
should be-for health's sake, If for no
other-the brightest room in the house,
excepting only the nursery and the
room where the children sleep. It
should have every convenience for saw
Ing labor and steps and be well venti-
lated. 1t need not be very large room
IL everything Is compactly arranged in
1t, and 1t should have the walls lined
with cupboards, built in the house. The
sinks should not be incloeed, or IL they
are bit damp they will get smelling
bad In very short time, and nothing
will ever overcome It. You will find
on inquiry that In old houses, where the
kitchen is polSed off under the back
stoop and has but one window facing
on walled-up area or north, the people
OF that house had always some member
OF the family sick. Microbes and in
lection love dark kitchens. - Good