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The herald., 1897-10-01
A HEAVY LANDSLIDE
ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
NORTH OF TEHACHAPI
Engineer on the South Bound Express
Saw It In Time to Avert a
Catastrophe

Meager information reached this city
Thursday evening Of a landslide on the
Southern Pacific railroad near Beeville,
six miles north Of Tehachapi. An un-
usually heavy rain fell very early Thurs
day morning along the mountain range,
threby causing several thousand tons OF
earth to cover the track for distance Of
nearly 200 feet. The engineer on the Los
Angeles and San Francisco southbound
express train No. II first discovered the
landslide Just in time to avert what
might have resulted in serious wreck.
The northbound overland No. 20 and
No. II transferred passengers. express
and mails and made return trips. The
track was not cleared until late last
night, Notwithstanding the fact that a
large force of section hands were put
to work q short time after the discovery
The local official of the road, as Dsual In
such cases, knew nothing of the land
slide last night, but 1t is said to be the
worst that has ever occurred in the
Tehachapi pass.
The herald., 1897-10-01
A STUDIO TEA
Given at Marlborough School Xester-
day-Lecture on Music

There was. large and fashionable
attendance, at the Marlborough school
yesterday Afternoon in response to Mrs.
George Al Caswell's invitations for a
studio teal The guests, upon their ar
rival, wcfe seated in. the school room,
and listeHed to an interesting lecture on
the History of Music" by Miss Whit
comb of Chicago.
Miss Whitcomb gave brief review of
the gradual growth of this newest of the
arts in various countries from the mu-
sic of the ahcients up to and through the
great clas9icists and or to the present.
She touched upon musical form; on the
various kinds of music, as abb
stract, 0rogram, etc., giving brief
sketches bf some Of the more noted COM
posers of different natiopalities, ard
presenting most comprehensive view
Of her subject in the limited time. I.
L. Wilde illustrated certain points she
made with piano Numbers by Bach and
Schumann,i and closed the musical part
OF the program by playing two move
ments FROM Beethoven's great "Sor4ata
opus 53."
The guests were then invited to the
floor abovN the school room. and en-
joyed an our among some clever water
color sket Nhes by Miss King, and beau
tiful chine decorated by Mrs. Bancroft
while they slipped delicious ted from
dainty cuI 5 and chatted with MIS-. Cas-
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East Side Notes

The Eureka Rebekah lodge held their
regular meeting at Banquet hall on
Wednesday evening with full attend
ance. At the conclusion Of business
they were most agreeably surprised by
goodly number of Odd Fellows, who
came to pay the ladies visit. The pro-
gram consisted of recitation by Miss
Ayers, piano solo by Miss AIDA Perry,
recitation by Mr.. Ayers, violin solo by
Charles Buchanan. The remainder of
the evening was pleasantly spent with
cards and dancing.
There were two lively street fights in
dulged in yesterday afternoon on Pasa-
dena avenue and Sichel street by some
boys ON their way home from school,
An oil we'll Is being sunk at the corner
of Daily and North Main street.
Mr.. Dively, who has been visiting
friends in East Los Angeles. has return
ed to his home in Arizona.
A lawn social will be given at the home
Of Mrs. Grace on North Griffin avenue
next Thursday evening by the members
Of the Christian church.
The herald., 1897-10-01
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
issued yesterday from the office of the
county clerk:
Patrick M. Parrell a native of Ire
land, aged IS years, and Henrietta Nell
son a native OF New York, aged 25
years, both residents Of Los Angeles.
Charles P. Lasalvia, native of Italy,
aged rs, and Maria Gallo, a native Of
New York, aged 16 years, both residents
Of Los Angeles.
George William Dillin, native of IL
linois, aged 81 years, and Jennie Je-
rome Lumsden, native Of Canada,
aged, 20 years, both residents Of Los An
geles.
William A. Sickler, native Of Mis-
souri,, aged % years, and resident OF
Hollywood, and Alice e. Webb, a native
Of Nevada, aged % years, and resident
of Los Angeles.
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Reception and Campfire

A reception and campfire will be ten
dered to Comrade Bishop John p New
man Of Washington, D. c., and other
members Of the Methodist conference
by Stanton post 55, G A. R, in Bixby
hall, 610 South Spring street, this even
ing.
There will be an address of welcome by
Commander A. c. Shafer; response by
Comrade J. B. Holloway, president OF
the veteran association Of the confer
ence; addresses by Bishop j. P, New
man, Rev. A. B. Morrison and Rev. 7
W. Lindon; song by Comrade Rev. J. H
Henry; poem by Comrade c. w. Hyatt,
and recitation by Tom Barnes. The
exercises will be interspersed with music
and at the, conclusion a campfire and
reunion viii be held. All Grand Army
men and ladies' of the Relief Corps are
invited.
The herald., 1897-10-01
The Lenox Flower Parade

Lenox. Mass.-The annual floral fes-
tival of the Lenox season, the tub" pa
rade, was held Thursday afternoon
There were twenty-five beautifully dec
Grated carts in line when the marshal
Captain John S. Barnes, gave the order
for the procession to start. His aids
were Aneon Phelps Stokes jr., ]. San
ford Barnes, ]. Edward Davis, David T.
Dana and William Sloane. The vehicles
were gayly trimmed with golden rod
and Berkshire wild flowers. Following
the parade tea was held at Edgcomt
Meadows, where the Lenox band played
for dancing on the green.-New York
Journal.
The herald., 1897-10-01
For Tapping q Till

Albert Bell, son Of Major Horace
Bell, who was arrested by Deputy Con-
stable Young on Wednesday, was ar
raigned yesterday on a charge of burg
larry. The examinati ton was set for to-
day. Young claims that he caught Bell
in the act of tapping till In the saloon
at the corner Of Seventh and Main
streets. There was r.othing incriminat-
ing found onthe prisoner when searched,
and ii is not believed that the charge
will be made to stick.
The herald., 1897-10-01
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Art School. See Educational"
Call Tel. Main "a for ambulance
KreRelo & Bresee, Sixth and Broadway
Robert Sharp g. Ck, funeral directors
independently, ,53S Spth Spring street
Telephone 1929.
Royal Billiard Hall, newly fitted up,
NJ South Spring-Ssfet. Thomas Fitz-
gerald, proprietor.
For fishing tacklehnd ammunition 60
to the Southern California Arms COM
pany, 113 West Fira street.
Watches cleaned rs cents; main
springs, so cents Icrystals. 10 cents,
Patton. 214 South Roadway.
Fall-winter millinery now ready
Most stylishlN trinned hats in the city
Thurston's. ~ West THIRD street.
Adams--RrlA.esAse.-4ssa,4s-4ses.a,
Spring street. Pla les from 81. Painless
extracting, 81 cent Filling specially
Hours. 8 to s; Sunsays, 10 to II.
Pools on TIL Smth-Dixon contest will
be sold at ine Los Angeles Turf ex-
change, ,212 South Spring, by John Brink
and Fitzgerald on saturday and Monday
evenings. "
DR.. Rebecca he Dorsey. stimson
block, first floor. fooms 1873, 1874, 1856.
Special attention given to obstetrical
cases and all diseases of women and
children. Electricity scientifically used
Consultation hours 1 to s. Tel. 1927.
In order to make you separate from
your loose change III. G. Lichtenberger,
at 202 South Sprhg street, offers the
biggest bargain O. the year. A beauti-
full gravure Of new and popular subjects
for rs cents; same framed for SO cents;
sale ends September 50.
The herald., 1897-10-01

receipt showed the murdered mans
name to be J. Howard. Later Deputy
Sheriff Jennings found watch which
Ebanf had pawned, and taking this
to thu kweler who had sold It, found
the pN lhaser's name registered as J.
Howa& Yesterday the condemned
man WI squestioned as to this murder,
but refASed to discuss it.
A few nights previous to the Mussel
Beds murder Ebanks burglarizeda store
lat Fullerton, securing, among other
things, two revolvers Of large caliber.
He admits having shot Mrs. Styles and
Borden with one Of these. The gun was
afterward hidden In q clump of bushes
about a mile from the camp, where 1t
was recovered by the officers.
Ebanks was taken from the county
Jail at 9 o'clock last night and driven to
the Arcade depot. A Herald reporter
accompanied the party in the carriage.
The prisoner was heavily ironed. He
Is a mulatto, above the medium size,
has a heavy jaw, small mouth for a
negro, and small black eyes that are set
well back in his head. He refused to
say anything more about the murders
with which he IL charged, simply an
swering questions by saying, "Oh, l
don't know" or IT hadn't heard OF that
and couldn't tell you anything about it."
'There Is one thing very certain,
though" he said, 1--WE a very short
time to live, and realize that.
Eyes, I'll tell you something about
my past life, II you want to KNOW"
Ebanks answered to question. II was
born in the West Indies. My father was
an Englishman and my mother was
negro. l went to school until my father
died, when was IL years old. and then
looked after the farm on which we
lived. Six years ago I took to the sea,
leaving my wife ard two children on the
island. I had been in California nine
months when 1 was arrested"
The herald., 1897-10-01
Ebanks, the Mulatto MUIR
derer Is Repentant
THE coLD-BLooDED CRIME
rs OWNED TO By THE CON-
DENNED MAN
To Be Hanged Next Week for the
Mussel Beds Murders Two
Years Ago

Joseph Japhet Ebanks. the mulatto
who murdered John Borden and Mrs.
Harriet Styles at the mussel beds In
San Diego county on September 10, 1895,
was lodged In the county Jail for few
hours last night to await the departure
Of the northbound train, on which he
was taken to San Quentin, where he Is
to be hanged on the Sth Of this month.
Ebanks was arrested a few days after
the crime was committed. He stoutly
protested his innocence from the first
and was convicted on. purely circum-
stantial evidence. An. appeal to the
supreme court was taken and, denied
Yesterday afternoon Deputy Sheriffs
The herald., 1897-10-01
EIGHT RAPID ROUNDS
PLEASE A CROWD OF SPORTS AT
SACRAMENTO
Henry Spanjer Mashes the Face of
Lon Agnew and So Makes Him
self Famous r.

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 30.-It took only
eight rounds for Henry spanjer, local
boxer who recently graduated from the
amateur ranks. to badly whip Lon Ag-
new of Oakland here tonight before the
Sacramento Athletic club. About 1000
persons witnessed the prettiest fight yet
seen here. The men weighed 1s9 pounds
each, but Spanjer was trifie taller and
Longer in the reach than Agnew. Spanjer
forced the fight from the first and out
pointed Agnew right along. Many
thought he was pumping himself out
and that Agnew would connect one of his
left hooks with Spanjer at the proper
time, but the hook did not arrive. Very
few of Agnew's blows reached Spanjer,
while the local lad was putting in
straight lefts on Agnew's face right
along. No particular damage was done
until the seventh round, when Agnew,
evidently thought he could mix things
and put his man out But he made an
awful mistake. Spanjer met every rush
with facer and soon Agnew was going.
Then Spanjer went for him and knocked,
him down seven or eight times, but Ag-
new crawled to his feet each time and
paved the air while the blood streamed'
from his face and Spanjer rained blow
after blow upon the utterly helpless but
pMcky Oalzlander. However, Agnew was
on his feet and holding onto Spanjer
when the gong sounded. He came up for
the eighth round, which was repetition
of the last, except that Agnew did not
go to the floor so often. But he was so
utterly helpless that he could not strike
a blow, and about the middle Of the
round Referee ]. M. Sullivan stopped the
fight and declared Spanjer the winner
The latter was unmarked, but pretty
we'll pumped out at the last. 1t was a
clean fight
When the men embraced each raised
his arms until they separated.
NOBODY HURT
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. 30.-The fif-
teen round contest between Kid O'Brien
of Los Angeles and Harry Jones Of this
city tonight resulted in a draw. The sew
enth round proved most interesting from
a fistic standpoint, both men landing
frequently and hard, Jones receiving the
greater punishment. Neither man was
punished to any great extent, but Jones
did the best in-fighting and drew first
blood.
RYAN WON
SCRANTON. Pa, Sept. s0.-In ten
round bout tonight Tommy Ryan of
Philadelphia was awarded the decision
over Jack McAuliffe OF Brooklyn. the
retired worlds lightweight champion.
Ryan was down eight seconds in the
seventh round.
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well. the young ladies' who assisted her
and one another.
STREET CARS COLLIDE
One Passenger Slightly Cut About
the Head

A wrecker of the Los Angeles Electric
Railway company collidAd with pas
senger car at the corner OF Grand ave-
nue. and Tenth streets at 7:15 O'Clock
yesterday morning. Both cars were
thrown from the track, and the passen-
ger car was considerably damaged. One
Of the passengers, A. A. Hopkins. car
penter living at 629 Tulip avenue, was
slightly cut about the head. but the in
jury was not serious Hopkins was not
compelled to go to bed, and will go to
work today as usual. Traffic was de-
layed for some little time. In the af-
ternoon report gained currency that
two men had been killed in the collision,
and caused considerable excitement.
Upon investigation the story proved to
be groundless.
The herald., 1897-10-01
FOR A PERMANENT HOME
Friday Morning Club to Discuss the
Subject Today

The Friday Morning club will hold Its
first meeting for the season Of '97-9s
this morning in the club rooms, S30H
South Broadway. Mrs. J. F. Sartori, the
president, will make the customary ad-
dress Of welcome. but in outlining the
work Of the year subject not hereto
fore handled by the club will be intro
duced. That subject is of no less i'm
portance than a permanent home-a
club house that shall be built for and
owned by the club. The proposition
will be presented In detail and In proper
form for discussion by the members
present, and the morning promises to be
particularly interesting one.
The herald., 1897-10-01
Notaries Public

Governor Buddlhas appointed Notaries
public as follows: ]. H. Merriam, Paea-
dena; A. K. Long, Cedarville; r. A.
Leonard, San Bernardino; p. Wilbert,
Haywards; T. E. B. Rice, Modesto; H.
c. Hills, Oroville; ]. H. Simpson, San
Diego; John H. Leining, Colusa; Annie
A. Beard, Yreka.
The herald., 1897-10-01
SAN FERNANDO BURGLARS
Caught Within Half an Hour with
Their pluuder

Handcuffed together, Joseph Clark
and E. Childs were brought into the
county Jail last night by Constable Lo-
peg of San Fernando and locked up on a
charge Of burglary. The men arrived
at San Fernando yesterday afternoon
and went to the house of w. B. Shaugs
where one of them engaged Mrs. Shaugs
in conversation and the other entered
by a rear door and carried out lot of
clothing and music box. The theft of
the articles was almost Immediately dis
covered and reported to Constable
Lopez, who caught the men with their
plunder. The prisoners are thought to
be wanted at Fresno on charges Of
burglary.
The herald., 1897-10-01
Fire in a Telephone Pole

lThe fire department was called to the
@rner of Second and Hill streets at 1880
dclock this morning, where blaze had
?een started at the top Of a telephone
pole, owing to the contact Of a couple
" wires. which readily transmitted a
current along the wet pole and started
khe IRE. 1t was matter Of little diff
putty to extinguish the blaze.
The herald., 1897-10-01
Methodist Church South

Another Methodist conference opened
yesterday at Trinity church. on Grand
avenue between Eighth and. Ninth
Bishop Hargrove is presiding over this
Methodist conference (South), and the
sessions will last the rest Of the week.
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Board Of public works meets-10
.. m.
Special meeting Of the park COM
missioners-1O a m.
Friday Morning club, opening ses-
sion, Owens block-10:15 a. m.
Southern California conference, M.
=. church, Simpson sabernacle-6:3O
Z. m..
Reception and camp fire by Stanton
post, g. A. R., to Bishop Newman,
Bixby halls p. m.
The herald., 1897-10-01
BICYCLE THIEF
Arrested by Detectives and Five
Wheels Recovered

Detectives Hawley and Auble have ar
rested Walter Douglass, a Whittier
graduate, on charge of grand larceny.
For the past three weeks Douglas has
devoted his attentions to the stealing of
bicycles, and the theft Of no less than
five wheels have been traced to him. All
Of these have been recovered. One had
been sold In Pasadena and the others
disposed of in this city. Douglass, who
is out of Whittier on parole, has been
living in Second street lodging house
with an. octoroon, and was found in her
company when arrested.
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monument marking the Nox16au nouH1nzXs
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friends to the islands outside, ehok15 t6cGuU
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General Bequedino Dead

F SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Sept. so.-
General Bequedino, commander-in-ch chief
Of the Chilean army, ie dead.
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BURBANK THEATER. - Young
Mrs. Winthrop" has attracted audiences
of increasing size with each nights per-
formance Of the piece. 1t 10 true that the
gallery contains plenty Of empty
+ benches. for the food OF the gods must
be highly seasoned and full of lurid as
well as high-fown fiavoring. But the
patronage Of the best paying part OF
the house Is generous and highly salts
factory to the management, proving az
1t does that effort at high-claes work
will meet encouragement The acting
has improved in some particulars since
the opening night. Miss Truax has
gained in repose and voice control, and
her rendition of the leading character Is
! marked by sympathetic taste. Mr..
Blakemore gains much applause for the
hearty and thorough way in which he
acte the friendly lawyer, and the other
characters all show the improvement
gained by several nights performance.
The company as a whole is doing really
good work and furnishes an evenings
excellent entertainment. Moths" is un-
derlined for next week.
\ 4 \
ORPHEUM.-The respective stars
who figure on the bill this week have no
cause to complain OF lack of popular ap-
probation. Each turn receives its need
of applause and the coon, the tramp and
the tough girl, the Irishman and the
singing soubrette appear to be types in
the repetition of which the audience
never tires.
But why does the orchestra 30 persist
emily smother the vocal efforts of little
Leola. The living doM'' has sweet,
tuneful soprano, but it would have to be
Of immense volume indeed to overcome
the attack, under the name of accom-
paniment, with which it has to contend.
Imagine miniature girl four feet high
trying to sing against the combined and
vigorous efforts of one violin, one bass
viol. one piano, one clarinet, two bass
Instruments Of potent force and snare
drum in active operation. To cap the
climax, by way of ridiculous contrast,
the artist who later sl1uffles his feet on
the sanded floor is accompanied by
stringed instruments only, played softly
so as not to disturb the sand-papery
sound of his agile movements.
The horizontal bar performers give the
finest exhibition of the kind that has
ever been seen on these boards
Los ANGELES THEATER.-The
sale of seats for the engagement OF W.
H. Crane opened yesterday morning and
was rena rl<a l,lv pnnd
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Waufhd tn Buv Horsa

|0f four or hve rooms, in desirable location:
don't. object to going out a ways. II hear
car line. Price must be right. and on
monthly Payments. Laugworthy Co.. 220
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Among the Ange!enos in Sam Fran
cisco on Wednesday were L. w. Blinn,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Pridham.
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~. B. GREEN,
IA. c. WILLIAMS.

The afternoon session was in the ma
ture Of temperance anniversary, and
there were addresses by the president,
Revs. F. D. Ashleigh, A. w. Bunker
and w. r. Goodwin. The evening ses-
sion was missionary anniversary, and
the Rev. w. T. Smith, general mission
ary secretary, addressed the conference.