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The herald., 1897-08-27
CIVIL SERVICE
Applications Filed September Thir-
teenth, Examinations in October

The United States civil service COM
mission has ordered that an examination
be held by it's local board in this city,
Saturday October 2, 1897, commencing
at o'clock a. m, for the grades of in
spector and watchman in the customs
service. Only citizens Of the United
States can be examined. The age limi-
tation for this examination is 20 years.
No application will be accepted for this
examination unless filed with the under
signed, on the proper blank, before the
hour of closing business on Monday,
September 13, 1897. Applications should
be filed promptly in order that time may
remain for correction if necessary.
The commission takes this opportu-
nifty of stating that the examinations are
open to all reputable citizens of the
United States who may desire to enter
the service, without regard to race or to
their political or religious affiliations.
All such citizens are invited to apply.
They shall be examined, graded and GER
titled with entire impartiality, and Who'll
ly without regard to any consideration
save their efficiency, as shown by the
grades they obtain in their examination.
For application blanks, full irstruc-
tions and informa ton relative to the du-
ties and salaries of the different posi-
tions, apply to Laura M. Kinkead, sec
retary board of examiners, customs SER
vice Postoffice address, custom house,
Los Angeles Cal.
The herald., 1897-08-27
PROPERTY OWNERS MEET
Vote to Pave Figueroa Street With
Porphyry

number of the Figueroa street prop
erty owners met last evening in a store
in the Spence building, corner Sixth and
Figueroa streets, for the purpose of
further discussing the subject of paw
ing the latter street from Sixth to Pico.
J. r. Toberman presided and M. F.
O'Dea acted as secretary. About an
hour was given over 10 an informal dis
cussion of the relative merits and de-
merits of various kinds of street paving
materials, and the cost of each was com
pared and contrasted with that of the
others.
Some very pertinent remarks were
made on the present condition of the
street. and its need for either repairing
or paving; other streets were cited as
examples Of what Figueroa street ought
to be; and finally r. B. Young moved
that the proposition, which had been
passed at the previous meeting, to pave
the street with gravel and asphalt gut
ters be reconsidered. DR.. John, r
Haynes seconded the motion and II wa c.
passed.
Mr.. Young then moved that Figueroa
street be paved under the bond act.
from Sixth to Pico street, with porphyry'
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the cutters to be made OF fiat stone and
cemented. W. p. Jefrries seconded the
motion, and 1T, tco, was passed. The
cost of the porphyry pavement was re-
ported to be IL cents a square foot, 10
cents for cash, and in response to ques-
ton from DR.. Haynes Mr.. Young stated
that he believed those property owners
who preferred to pay cash could do so
and get the reduction, even though
others of the property owners took ad-
vantage of the bond act in their pay
ments.
Mr. Forester then moved that the COM
mittee of three, w. P. Jeffries, e. B.
Dukeman and DIR. w. L. Graves, who are
to circulate the petition among the
Figueroa street property owners be in
structed not to submit the petition un-
til after a majority had signed DR..
Haynes seconded that motion and it was
passsd. The meeting then stood ad-
jourEed
The herald., 1897-08-27
THE NATIVE SONS
Completing the Details for the Com
ing Annual Celebration

The executive committee of the Ma
tive Sons celebration met last night in
room PIG Henne building. A large
amount of business was transacted in
relation to the various features that
will make up the festival.
The committee requests that flags will
be raised on public and private buildings
on September g. The reception at the
chamber of commerce is about complete
in detail. Charles Forman, president OF
the chamber, will address the assemblage
on behalf of that body, and Hon. Stephen
NJ White will answer for the Native
Sons. Abbot Kinney, Yosemite commits
sioner, will speak on the advisability of
getting up Native Sons excursion to
the Yosemite valley on the excursion
rate plan. A fine muscial program has
been arranged, the Catalina band and
the Apollo club being the main features
Refreshments will be served, and hand
some souvenirs will be distributed among
the visitors.
Grand Marshal Frank Sabichi is hard
at work on the parade. He has secured
the assistance of Gen. c. F. A Last and
his staff; the National guard will turn
out in force, and the fire department will
parade on September 8.
The transportation committee report
ed an important move on the part of the
railroads. BY the combined efforts of
the Native Sons and the chamber of COM
merce, the railroads have agreed to
make the special excursion rates
from September Sth to 18th, in
elusive, instead of September 9th to 18th
as was before arranged. The Banning
Bros. have made many and complete
preparations for the accommodation of
the visiting sons AT Catalina island
will occur the one stag event of the eel
ebration-a barbecue-which will b:
given at Camp Banning, and to which
only the male members of the order are
eligible.
A huge banner inscribed with the N
S. G. w. emblems will be hung on Spring
street in prominent place. A petition
is now being circulated among the bust
ness men of the city asking that al
stores be closed for al least a portion
Of the day, so that all members of the
order may march in the parade.
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A REGULAR PICNIC
The Colored Population Celebrated at
Sycamore Grove Yesterday

The picnic of the colored Odd Fellows
yesterday at Sycamore Grove was in
every respect a bowling success. AL
the colored people for many miles around
attended in their most startling gar
ments and broadset smiles. Such a
collection of dark aristocracy has seldom
been gathered together in one place.
True to the ancient traditions of the
race, strife was the order of the day
Big Bob Stewart, the tinted pride of the
force, was the only officer on the grounds
for the first part of the entertainment,
and he was kept at hand-gallop all day
quelling disturbances. The slightest dis
agreement was amply sufficient to start
a fight of the most generous proportions.
When the prizes were distributed free
fight was precipitated by two brothers
in-law, presumably named Johnsing,
When, however, the time came to start
home, then came the real troubue.
The crowd assembled at the depot to
catch incoming trains and electric cars
and a fight would be started about
every thirty seconds. A dealer in sec
ond hand goods named Talbot stopped a
large stone with his face, the aforesaid
face assuming a somewhat lighter hue
around the edges He was assisted
homeward by a number of sympathizing
but odorous friends.
But the real calamity of the day hap
pened to ]. H. Brisco, who works for f.
Bonfilio, the proprietor of the Excelsior
laundry. Brisco drove Mr.. Bonfilio, who
goes to Santa Monica each evening, to
the station about 4:45 o'clock, and then
in his employers buggy, drove out to
the picnic, where he was the admired of
all beholders Having imbibed beer al
a great pace, he re-entered the buggy be-
fore the awe-stricken multitude of col
ored acquaintances and dashed away
down the road.
Some section hands had been repair
ing bridge near Sycamore Grove, and
trench about six feet deep had been
left in the road, with red lanterns to
mark the spot. In the pride of his heart
Brisco took no notice of the pitfaI and
before he knew it he was at the bottom
of the hole, with the horse above him and
the remains of the buggy filling up the
unoccupied chinks. With much colored
profanity Brisco was heaved from
his earthly couch and take nto the re-
ceiving hospital, where DR.. Hagan set
broken shoulder blade. Talbot he OF
stoned face, was also treated. Brisco
then manfully departed for Sycamore
Grove to get the horse out of the trench,
an unfeeling public having left the
wretched quadruped to get out as best it
might.
A report circled around that an ex-
cited son of Ham had fired a pistol and
wounded a woman in the arm but on
investigation it proved false, the woman
having had her arm scratched by a
cane in the hands of young negro about
to start scrap. During all the day moi
razor" was seen.
The herald., 1897-08-27
A CLOSE CALL
An Electric Car Drags Boy for Some
Distance

Corrie Belknap, an 11-year-old lad,
had a narrow escape from an awful
death yesterday and as a result of the
accident will carry with him for life
some ugly scars. The boy is the son of
the Rev. c. G. Belknap of 954 West Thir-
ty-fifth street
He was playing yesterday with some
other boys at the corner of Thirty-fifth
and McClintock streets, jumping on and
off the electric cars. He had been riding
on one of them when the approach of the
conductor warned him to jump off. He
did so, alighting in front of a rapidly
moving car coming in the opposite di-
rection. The boy was struck and whrled
underneath the car, his right leg wedg-
ing between the footboard and the
wheel. In this position he was dragged
for some distance, his clothes being torn
from him and his back cruelty lacerated.
His right leg was cut deeply, the bone
being laid bare in several places. Cor
rie was taken to his home and the phys-
clans declared that unless blood poison
ing should set in the child was in no i'm
mediate danger
The herald., 1897-08-27
Omaha Transmississippi Exposition

Il
Some time about June l, 1898, there
will be opened ip Omoha an exposition
in which the states west of the Mssis-
sippi river will take the principal part.
The exposition, which is designed to last
for five months, is called the TransmiS-
sissippi and international exposition
and its object is to exploit the material
resources of the great west Under ar
act of congress recognition is granted
to it as a natioral ard international eX-
position, with privileges for the admis-
sion OF foreign exhibits free of duty, the
right to strike memorial medals through
the United States mints and all other
privileges heretofore granted to inter
national expositons, and pledging the
nation to participate by the creation Of
government exhibit in suita Bile build
iugs erected by the government.
The architectural plans incluG,e a la
goon and these buildings, among others:
Agriculture, art, electricity and machln-
cry, mines and mining, manufactures.
and, liberal arts, spectatorium, apiary.
horticulture ard the state buildings.
The management is in the hands of d
corporation, the mississippi expo
sition, with a capital of $1,00O,000. Prep
arations will be made looking to an at
tendance of 2,500,000 people.-New York
Sun
The herald., 1897-08-27
Los ANGELES HERAIDs FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST ~ 1897

a rev days, securing his supplies, and
from there he will send a letter TO The
Herald that will be worth reading, for
it will be reliable.
The Herald readers may expect to
read some more very interesting letters
from his pencil when he gets far enough
to the north to make letters interesting.
Those gold nuggets in the window of The
Herald appear to have upset his equilib-
rum. He was seen to gaze wistfully at
that embryo fortune the last time he
visited Los Angeles. but none of the
office force suspected the thoughts that
were meandering through his gray mat
ter the while.
The herald., 1897-08-27
THE NATIONAL GUARD
WILL SEE THAT THE Law rs
RESPECTED
A Colusa Criminal Leads the Citizens
to Talk of Disgracing the
Golden State

COLUSA, Aug. 26.-This town is in a
state of great excitement tonight over
the announcement of the attempts in
augurated last night to lynch Pedro
vinaly are to be renewed before dawn
Ever since Vinaly attempted to murder
the girl last Tuesday, threats of lynch
ing have been heard on every street cor
ner. Nothing but the precarious con-
dition of Vinaly, who has been lying in
the county Jail, prevented an earlier at
tempt to wreak summary vengeance on
him. This evening the sheriff was in
formed that forty citizens armed with
rifles and pistols would besiege the jail,
and he wired to Major General James,
commanding the National guard, ask
ing that the militia companies at Colusa
and Marysville be sent to his assistance.
The sheriff has had force Of deputies
armed with shotguns on guard at the
Jail day and night since Tuesday, but ne
feared his defense force would be in
adequate to repel the expected attack.
General James, by telegraph, ordered
out the Colusa company, and as he was
Informed that several members of the
Colusa company were related to Miss
Perior and so might possibly sympathize
with the lynchers, also ordered out the
members of Company D, Marysville. BY
midnight the sheriff expects to have the
jail surrounded by force of National
guardsmen and deputies sufficiently
strong to resist any attempt which may
be made to wrest the prisoner from his
custody.
TROOPS COMING
MARYSvILLE, Aug. photographic
orders received this evening from Major
General James ordering Company D,
N. G. c., to proceed at once to ColuSa
and aid the sheriff in guarding the Jail
against the expected attack of mob,
who it is feared will attempt to lynch
Pedro Vinaly the attempted murderer
of Miss Perior. In response to this or
der Captain Voos with detachment OF
twenty-five men left tonight al $3.50 for
Colusa.
MORE MILITIA
SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 26.-The lieuten-
ant govern or, now acting governor, Jeter,
received a telegram this evening from
Major General James, commanding the
National guard of California, advising
him that the sheriff of Colusa county an
ticipated an attack tonight upon the Jail
by an armed mob and asking the as
sistance of companies from Colusa and
Marysville. Gen. James replied that he
would order Companies and D to repair
forthwith to the county Jail and act un-
der the orders of the sheriff, providing
Acting Governor Jeter should so direct,
a step which Gen. James himself rec
commended. Jeter at once wired his ap-
proval and the necessary orders were
issued.
The herald., 1897-08-27
PERSONAL


A. G. Mum. editor of the San Jacintc
Register, is at the Hollenbeck.
John A. Cole, of the Glen Ellen blooded
stock farm, is at the Van Nuys.
H. c. Wagner, a newspaper man Of
Santa Ana. is at the Van Nuys.
Frank A. Tetley, an insurance man OF
Riverside. is at the Hollenbeck.
w. E. Newcomb, a mine owner of Sill
yer City, N. M, is at toe Nadeau.
Prof. Carlos Bransby is back in Los
Angeles after an absence of six weeks.
Emile A. Breidenbach, of the Beck and
Corbett iron works, st. Louis, is at the
Nadeau
captain Roberts of the police depart
ment returned yesterday from an out
ing at Escondido.
Mrs. Nora Mccartney and family
have returned from Catalina after a
stay of several weeks.
Mrs. Charles Jacoby and her daughter
of New York city are among the recent
arrivals at the Abbotsford Inn
c. w. Colby, Malone Joyce and w. S.
Jordan, three well-known railroad men
of San Francisco, are at the Hollenbeck.
Hiram c. Truesdale, chief justice Of
Arizona, and E. E. Ellnwood, United
States attorney of the territory, are in
the city.
H. c. Donald, a mining man from
Tuolumne county and well known in
Southern California, yesterday closed
contract with the Mojave
Gold Mining and Milling com
pany, of Los Angeles, to take
charge of their property at Mojave.
Mr.. Donald left at once for the mines to
begin work for the company.
The herald., 1897-08-27
HELD THEIR HOME
Mrs. Griffin and Her Boys Too Much
for the Officers

Some time ago Mr.. Griffin of Straw
berry Hill traded a San Francisco equity
for Gardena equity, the party to the
latter part of the transaction being a
Mr.. Atkinson. In this Gardena equity
was involved a 35 acre tract of land and
improvements. One of Atkinson's rela-
tives purchased five acre tract near by,
and as the time of the expiration of the
mortgage on the house had not expired
it was moved onto the smaller tract.
The case was contested, but recently the
supreme court decided that the house
would have to be moved back.
Mrs. Griffin opposed this, and when
deputy sheriff appeared with the house
movers she threw herself under this
house so that the rollers would have
crushed her to death had there been
any attempt to move the building. Her
boys climbed on top of the house and
pelted the invaders with brickbats until
they decided to postpone moving the
house and retired
The herald., 1897-08-27
SoLLY SMITHS ARRIVAL
The Little Featherweight Will Be in
Los Angeles Today

Solly Smith, the clever featherweight
now matched to fight George Dixon for
the championship of the world, will ar
rive today. He will be met at the depot
by a brass band and escorted to the
Athletic club At Hazards pavilion in
the evening Smith will show what he
can do by going up against the two best
local men he can find, one for six rounds
and the other for four rounds. Tom
Lansing, the clever New York heavy
weight. will be put against some good
man of his own class and will be given
chance to show what his ability is.
Smith, being such local favorite and
a shining light in the fistic world, will
undoubtedly draw well.
The herald., 1897-08-27
The Burglars Arraigned

AS fast as the charges against C. W.
Filkins and Jasper Brden are proved
a new case takes its place. Detective
Goodman keeping the defendants coun-
sci on the run. Examination on the
Watts burglary was concluded today,
and decision was reserved by Justice
Morrison. The two men were at once
arraigned on a charge Of robbing Rich
ardson's jewelry store and a saloon at
Second and San Pedro streets.
The herald., 1897-08-27
Gone to Klondyke

T. F. Kane, late travelling correspond
ent and solicitor for The Herald, who has
written up so many localities in Southern
California for these columnsduring the
past few months, left for San Francisco
early last week for the purpose of get
ting his family and returning to this
city. His next trip for The Herald was
to have been to the Randsburg district,
where he was due last Thursday. He
did not arrive there on schedule time.
and now word is received from him that
he started for Klondyke yesterday morn
ling. He will stop at Victoria, B. c., for
The herald., 1897-08-27
1T CAUSES BLOWS
The Far-Reaching Effects of the
Kapus Swindle

Edward Pepper, an attorney and a
brother of DR.. Pepper, recently brought
into prominence by the Kapus case, yes
terday achieved renown for himself by
assaulting newspaper reporter. In
censed at telegram from San Francisco
published in an evening paper, charging
his brother with double-dealng in di-
recting the attachment on the Graybill
property to himself, Enoch Pepper
struck reporter named MacMahill.
There was lively fight for few mo-
ments and then the combatants sep
arated.
The herald., 1897-08-27
Penny-in-the-Slot Electricity

The Pennyin -the-Slot Electrical Sup
ply syndicate is formed with capital
of one-quarter million dollars to acquire
the patent rights of penny-in the-slot
electrical meter. Whether the time is
ripe for supplying electric light to the
class of householder who would require
it in pennyworths may be doubted, es-
The herald., 1897-08-27
M'STAY'S SUCCESSOR
Frank E. Pittner Is the Athletic
Clubs New Secretary

At a meeting of the directors of the
Los Angeles Athletic club last night the
case of the secretaryship was taken up.
The resignation of Walter McStay was
accepted, reluctantly, and after some
discussion Frank E. Pittner was elected
to fill the vacancy. Mr.. Pittner has been
the assistant secretary and collector for
the club for some time, and is therefore
thoroughly familiar with the duties of
the office. The regret at the departure
Of Mr. McStay was openly and fully ex-
pressed.
The herald., 1897-08-27

tom Taggart," says an Indianapolis
man, was at one time messenger boy
in Indianapolis and today he is mayor OF
the city. He used to be interested in
bakeries, l think, and then he got con-
troll of the Grand hotel, which is the
Democratic headquarters for the city
and state politicians. He is good
mixer genial and a hail fellow well
met He is a shrewd politician"
The herald., 1897-08-27
In Luck

Ed Smith, assistant chief of the fire
department. can have double vacation.
He has already been on his regular sum-
mer holiday. but he has now won Harry
Siegel's Redondo trip. The ticket enti-
ties the owner to a weeks board at the
Redondo hotel and railroad fare both
ways.
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pecially as at present electricity for
private lightning is to be found only In
the houses of the well-to-do. The COM
pany seems to me to be premature en-
terprise, and there is the further obJec-
ton that, as the syndicate proposes to
undertake the wiring and supply of Mt
tings for it's penny ya-time customers,
the proposed working capital is obvious
ly utterly nadequate.-London Figaro.
The herald., 1897-08-27
THE PUBLIC PULSE

tTne Herald under this heading prints
COMMUNICATIONS, but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sen timents expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression of their viewsO
The herald., 1897-08-27

Surries worth $3.50. phaetons worth $50
buegies worth $3.50, all going at 500. Now
is your chance to get bargain. Sale
closes Aug. 31st Hawley, King & Co.
corner Broadway and Fifth street.
The herald., 1897-08-27

VAN NUYS-A. ]. May and wife, E. v.
SPOTS, Faywell Va; w. Parish, San
Diego H. c. Warner Santa Ana; c. ].
Bronston and wife. Lexington. Ky; Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Bailey VIM. W. Bailey
Colorado; P. c. Dyrenforth, Chicago; J. M.
Gamble st. Louis; Mrs. F. P. Jacobs, Miss
H. Levy. Mrs. L. F. Lastreto, c. B. Las
treto, San Francisco; P. Lejeina, H. de la
Vile Hanly, Caborea; N. R. Cottman,
Chino.
The herald., 1897-08-27
JoTTINGs
Our Home Brew

Maier = Zobelein's lager. fresh from their
1rewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons: delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery. 440 Also street;
, elepnone 81
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Each vehicle first floor, $10o; genuine bar
gains. Hawley, King Co., corner Broad
way and Fifth street.
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DEATHS

Traps worth s1S5 on sale for 500. Corner
Broadway and Fifth streets.
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500 bargain sale. vehicles, Aug. 18th t
31st Corner Broadway and Fifth street.
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Latest style OF wall paper at A. A. Eek
,tlom's, 1924 South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-08-27

For dynamos, motors and electrical sup
plies see Machinery and Electrical COM
pany, S51-353 North Main street.
The herald., 1897-08-27

NADEAU-L. Barnet Fresno; e. Berge,
San Francisco; Mrs. NJ. L. Perry and sis
Ter. Bakersfield: H. c. Nelson, San Fran
CISCO Joseph B. Rush. Mrs. j. B. Rush,
Philadelphia: A. H. Hart. New York; F.
C. Beachy, San Diego; w. ]. Clark On
tario; r. A. Rose, wife and daughter, Ala
media: NJ. w. Steiner, Santa Barbara; H.
C. Stone. Ventura; F. M. Lee wife and
two children, Ensenada; j. n. Furrentine,
Escondido; j. j. Brady, Daggett; Tom
Cooney. Boston: H. c. Flickinger. Kansas
City; W. H. Newcomb, Silver City, n. M
NJ. Kochman, A. w. Ottenheimer, San
Francisco; S. f. Sterns, Sacramento; j.
l.. Dohrman, San Francisco; G. H. Turner,
Hanford; Mrs. Hemingway, Azusa; G. F.
Treinwith, Santa Barbara: j. M. Beck.
Chicago; Emil II. Breidenbach, st. Louis {:
c. s. Pastorius, Colorado Springs, COL; H.
C. Higgins. Ventura; S. S. Warner Tempe,
Ariz.; H. C. Kreider, Phoenix.
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At the Hotels

HOLLENBECK-J. A. Wiener. E. w
Williams, San Francisco; G. L. King, OAK
land; ]. G. Darden and wife, San Francis
co; C. M. Sabin, Chicago c. w. Cluett
Troy, n. Y; j. E. Shaw, Miss A. Barke-
, len. Riverside; Mrs. E. Everhart, San
Jose: C. Werngren, Portland; r. Slade,
:. w. Colby, Malone Joyce, w. S. Jordan
San Francisco d. c. Compton. Cleveland
Arthur Hope Jones, st. Joseph, Mo-. D. A.
woodward, Hanford; VIM. Chippendale'
Duarte; Frank A. Tetley, Riverside: n,
Lowenstein, San Francisco: A. Schuster
Holbrook. Ariz.; r. S. Hewitt and wife,
Sonora, Mexico; E. C. Cunningham San
Francisco; Bert Cole, Palmdale; Herman
Blatz. Lamanda; Frank A. Christmas. San
Francisco; w. r. Messler, Tucson; Harry
c. Sexton, Ventura; D. Fekenthal Arizona;
r. u. Thomas and wife, Dillon, Mont; Mrs.
Teal and daughter Dillon Mont: M. Ma
chado. Temacula; John Wilson, Texas
The herald., 1897-08-27

GODFREY-Augus 26th, H. D. Godfrey of
Godfrey & Moore, druggists, at his
home, West Ninth street. aged 43 years.