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The herald., 1897-04-20
STOLE A MONEY ORDER
APos toflce Thief Arrested Yesterday
Afternoon in the Citv

Dick Morse, alias "Scotty," alias "Har-
ry," who is charged with having forged
a money order at Oakland on the 14th
OF last October, was arrested yesterday
by Deputy Postoffice Inspector H. P.
Thrall The money order was in favor of
Frederick Appleby, who was making a
tour of the coast at the time. The money
had been sent by his parents and Morse
managed to get hold of it, and by having
a saloonkeeper to identify him was able
to get the order cashed.
Morse is young fellow about 10 years
old and was peddling fruit at the time.
When Appleby failed to get his money
he notified the postoffice department.
Thrall was placed in charge of the mat
ter and located Morse yesterday after
noon at the Hotel lie Couer at the corner
of Arcadia and Los Angeles streets. The
prisoner has confessed and will be given
a hearing within day or two. He was
placed in the county Jail for safe keep
ing in the meantime.
This is the young man who came to
the police station at 2:45 Saturday morn
The herald., 1897-04-20
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Routine Business Transacted at the
Meeting Yesterday

The county board of supervisors met
Yesterday and transacted a large grist
of routine business. Upon motion OF
Supervisor Davis a resolution was
passed to instruct the district attorney
to furnish the board with statement
of all changes made by the late legisia-
ture in the laws bearing upon ROADS ana
the general duties of the board OF super
visors.
The following resolution was adopted
in the matter OF issuing school district
bonds OF the La Mirada school district.
Whereas, The returns from the cleo
tion held in the said district on the 10Th
day of June, 1896. to determine whether
said district should issue its bonds In
the sum of $4,000 contain no statement
nor certificate as to the valuation OF the
taxable property in said district, nor as
to the present outstanding Indebtedness
thereof, without which information 1t
is impossible to know whether or not the
same can be legally issued; therefore. be
1t
Resolved, That the board of eupervis-
ors do hereby refuse to issue the bonds OF
said La Mirada school district in pur-
suance of the election held in said dis
trict.
On motion of Supervisor Davis $4,000
was transferred from the unapportion-
ed fund to the hospital fund and $50 was
transferred from the general road fund
to the Gallatin road fund.
c. G. Kellogg, ]. M. Thomas and E. H.
Rust were appointed board of horticul-
tural commissioners as provided by act
of the legislature to promote and pro-
tect the horticultural interests of the
state.
The petition of the outside residents
of Los Angeles within the corporate lin
it's to incorporate for the formation of a
new township, was taken under advise
ment.
The petition for the vacation and re-
storation to the government subdivision
of certain property in Chatsworth Park
was continued to May 5th.
The bid of R. w. Pridham to furnish
the printed tax receipts for the tax col
lector for s352.75 was accepted.
A bill amounting to S43.60 which has
been applied to the needs of indigents,
was ordered paid. The board then ad-
journed.
The herald., 1897-04-20
The New Truck Here

The new Babcock hook and ladder
truck for the fire department arrived
yesterday morning and Chief Moore and
Assistant Ed Smith are easy. The new
truck is of the latest and most improved
pattern, and is the handsomest piece Of
fire apparatus ever brought to the coas,.
The new truck is fifty-five feet long, and
the ladder will extend eighty-five feet,
or within few feet of the highest build
ing in town. 1t took but two or three
hours to put the truck in shape and then
it was installed in Engine company No.
Ss house on Hill street near Fourth. The
truck was taken out in the afternoon and
tested, and was found to work WELL An
other test will be made this morning at
the Bradbury block 1t will be one of the
features of the fire departments section
in the Fiesta parade.
The herald., 1897-04-20
ENGLAND VS.. A7ERIcA
The Extent Of the Coffee Habit

When one notices the difference in the
average people of England and America
regarding their diet and digestive abil-
tiles, some natural inquiries come up
What does the Englishman eat that
gives him such good digestion, and what
is the reason for so much dyspepsia
among Americans?
Rudyard Kipling makes out a ''pie
belt" through New England, and says
its pathway is strewn with dyspeptics.
The Americans love for lard-loaded
pastry is probably the cause of some
trouble, but the apparently harmless
coffee is without doubt the father OF
more stomach troubles in America than
any other item of food or drink. Great
Britain consumes about &c. 1000 900 pounds
of coffee annually, while America dis
poses of something like $50, 900, 900. near
ly or quite eleven times as much.
Analytical chemistry discovers the
same poisonous alkaloids in coffee as are
found in strychnine, morphine, tobacco
and whisky.
These slight poisons taken daily ac-
cumulate, until the effect on the nerves
and stomach is pitiable with some peo-
pie (who are peculiarly susceptible to
poisons); the doses are continued from
day to day without knowing of what
is so surely destroying the power OF
nerves and stomach.
1t is a trial to give up coffee, but a
new beverage has made its appearance
on the market which is so like Java cof-
fee in its deep seal brown color and as
suming the rich golden brown of thick
Mocha when cream is added, that lovers
of coffee who are denied its use, because
of the effects, can adopt this new food
drink freely. The change in taste is 50
slight that many do not discover that
any change has been made. The new
product is called Postum, and it Is as
serted by the manufacturers, the Pos
tum Cereal Co., Limited, Battle Creek,
Mich, that it consists wholly and solely
of wheat and other cereals, carefully
cooked and roasted in different ways.
When the parts are mixed or blended
a perfect breakfast beverage, a true
health coffee results, which contains
the nourishing and healthful properties
of the grains intended by nature for
mans subsistence.
1t Is worthy the trial of anyone who
has trouble with coffee, or who desires TO
regulate their habits with due regard to
health and longevity.
There is but one genuine original Pos
tum Cereal coffee with multitude of
limitations offered as Just as good"
The herald., 1897-04-20

ing and stated that two men had Just
attempted to hold him up and take his
money, which amounted to $50. 1t Is
said that he admits the forgery, and It
Is probable that two other young men
will be implicated. Morse is boy who
has bad record. 1t was he whom OH
Ger Baker arrested some months since
for beating his father, and for which
he served 20 days In the city Jail. He
has been arrested several times and is
we'll known to the police. At the time
of his arrest yesterday he had sack OF
money A deputy marshal will take him
north this morning for trial.
The herald., 1897-04-20
Marriage Licenses

The following list of marriage licenses
was issued yesterday from the county
clerks office:
Michael T. Collins, a native of Canada,
aged 43 years, and Mary Donavan, ma
tive of Illinois, aged 3S years, both resi-
dents of this city.
Clinton w. Hatch, native of New
York, aged 81 years, and Nellie Forsyth,
a native of England, aged IS years, both
residents of Del Sur.
Grant Treanor, a native Of California,
a resident of San Diego, aged 81 years,
and Adelaide Hauskins, a native of Cali
fornia and resident Of Sacramento,
aged 20 years.
William Bowen, native of California,
aged 26 years, and Ramona Corrcia. also
a native of California, aged q years,
both residents of this city.
Charles E. CALDER, native of Ohio,
aged 23 years, and L. Myrtle White, a
native of Indiana, aged 23 years, both
residents of this city.
George Trepainer,a native of Vermont,
aged So years, and Clara B. Gray, a ma
tive Of Iowa, aged so years, both resi-
dents of this city.
The herald., 1897-04-20
Cursed the Southern Pacific's
Special Agent
c0NsPIRAT0RS ARRAIcNED
PEOPLE WHO WERE TO HAVE
HELPED KID
A Postoffice Robber Caught in the
City-Court Calendar-New
Suits Filed-General
Court Notes

1t took the jury just forty minutes yes
terday to decide that kid alias w. II.
Thompson was guilty Of the crime Oh
train-wrecking and the punishment was
placed at Imprisonment for life. The con-
victed man was sitting beside Detective
Bowler when the verdict was read and
upon hearing the words that will make
him a convict for life the condemned
man turned upon the Southern Pacific
special agent and relieved himself of the
vilest vituperation against the man
whom he considered had been instru-
mental in having him convicted. Kid
had expected the jury to acquit him and
he could not hide his disappointment.
The trial has been a long and tiresome
one, as the same ground had to be gone
over as had already been traversed
twice before. Most of the day was con-
sumed in hearing the argument and the
case went to the jury shortly before
o'clock When 1t had been announced
that an agreement had been reached the
prisoner was again conducted from the
Jail to the court room and the verdict
that sends Kid Thompson to prison for
life was read.
This has been one of the most inter-
eeting and in many respects most re-
markable trials ever heard in this city
After twice being sentenced to death
upon the gallows Thompson was for
third time placed on trial. There were
many peculiar circumstances which de-
veloped during the course OF the trial.
First, the Arizona cowboy, Tupper, who
came to testify in Kids behalf and his
subsequent arrest for completely in the
mysterious conspiracy to smuggle a re-
volver to the prisoner with which he
could kill his guard and escape. Then
Alva Johnsons conduct in refusing to
testify and later changing his mind,
seemed strange.
Sentence will be pronounced upon
Thompson Immediately and he will be
taken north to prison as soon as possible
Alva Johnson and ]. B. Kennett, who
were both witnesses during the trial,
were taken back to San Quentin last
night.
The herald., 1897-04-20
New Suits Filed

The following is list OF the COM
plants in new suits filed yesterday in
the superior court:
Mattidai de Luna de Edelsten VS.. Ad-
die 1. Merethew ct ala suit to fore
close a mortgage for $1,000 on lot of
H. L. Flash's Main street subdivision
and for decree of sale.
Estate of James NorthruDs deceased
The petition of Charles S. Northrup for
probate of WILL The estate is valued at
$500.
Estate of william J. Glendenning. de-
ceased-The petition of w. H. Clark for
letters of administration. The estate
is valued at $2077.20.
The herald., 1897-04-20
COURT CALENDAR
To Be Called in the Various Depart
ments Today

DEPARTMENT ONE-Judge Smith:
(231O) William Akers, grand larceny;
arraignment.
f2311) William Akers, grand larceny;
arraignment
(2312) Juan Silvas, rape; arraignmen'
(2314 Jack Marshall, burglary; ar
raignment.
(2s15) Jack Marshall. burglary; ar
raignment.
{2316) Lasiro Bisano. grand larceny;
arraignment.
(231O Frank Clark, burglary; arraign-
ment.
(2s1s) A. P. Wiley felony; arraign-
ment.
DEPARTMENT TWO-Judge Clark:
go. .5S9) Woodward VS.. Perry ct al.
IN. P. e71) Estate of Ellen Devin, de-
ceased; accounting and final distri-
button.
IN. P. 127e) Estate and guardianship
of Thomas B. Hoffman, insane; Pc
tition to sell real estate.
IN. P. 1994) Estate of Charles M. Howe,
deceased; probate of will.
IN. P. 1886 Estate of Charles Fergu-
son. deceased; letters of admins
tration.
IN P. 16s9) Estate of Charles NJ. Dan
skin, deceased; application for an
order to convey real estate.
IN. P. 2001) Estate of ]. A. Paxton,
deceased; letters of administration.
IN. P. 1124) Estate and guardianship
of George l.. Dennison a minor;
certificate of sale of real estate.
IN. p 1509) Estate of Giacerno Ber-
IN. P. 2005) Estate and guardianship
of Gottlob Fischer ct al, minors.
IN. P. 20O7) Estate of Nancy NJ. Mitch
ell, deceased; letters of administra-
ton.
IN. P. 1427) Estate of Frederick H.
Gary; final accounting and distri-
button.
IN. P. s65) Estate and guardianship
of Georgiana Griffin, minor; sec
ond annual and final accounting.
IN. P. 1881 Estate of George Sleeves,
deceased; probate of will
IN. P. 1922 Estate of Jesse H. Barton,
deceased; final accounting and dis
tribution.
IN. P. 1990) Estate of Clara F. Capron,
deceased; letters of administration.
IN. P. 1442) Estate of Charles B. Saw
yer, deceased; final accounting and
distribution.
18,143) Estate and guardianship OF
Radford minors; annual accounting.
IN. P. 751) Estate of Martin c. Hol-
man, deceased; petition to remove
w. F. Kendrick, executor.
IN. P. 1889 Estate of Rosalind Pitts,
deceased probate of will.
IN. P. 2000) Estate and guardianship
of j. E.Howland; letters of guardian
ship.
IN. P. 1s9S) Estate and guardianship
of Trufelli minors; letters of guard
ianship.
C2919 Estate of W. H. Ridenour, de-
ceased; annual accounting of ex-
ecutor and guardian.
THREE-Judge York:
(26, ,70S) Metzler VS.. Jansen.
(24,416) Tilghman VS.. Wilson; motion.
FOUR-Judge Van
Dyke:
(23,697) Quickstad VS.. Nettleton; trial
FIVE-Judge Shaw:
1882 Steiner VS.. Polaski; trial.
SIX-Judge Allen:
Ferris VS.. Vollikett; trial.
CIRCUIT COURT-Justice Young:
Wilson VS.. Taylor; trial.
Warden vs. Smith; trial.
Stanche VS.. Schiffman; trial.
Goodrich ct AL VS.. Furrey; demurrer.
Risso VS.. Marotta; supplemental pro-
ceediugS
The herald., 1897-04-20
CoNsPIRAToRs ARRAIGNED
That Mysterious Quartet Before
Justice Young

The mysterious quartet of alleged
conspirators who are accused of having
attempted to smuggle a revolver to Kid
Thompson were arraigned in Justice
Youngs court yesterday morning. S.
+. Harris and Harvey Jenkins, who are
said to have had to do with the hand
ling of the pistol, were allowed to go on
their own recognizance, while the wom-
an, Maggie Brown, connected in the af-
fair, and Tupper, were each held in
$1,000 bonds, failing to give which they
were taken back to Jail. The time for
the preliminary examination was set for
Thursday at 1920 am
The herald., 1897-04-20
Injured in a Runaway

August Brandan, who resides near the
corner of Washington street and West
ern avenue, was treated at the receiv-
ing hospital yesterday morning for in
juries received in a runaway. He kept
his team standing on the corner of
Fifth and Spring streets to make a pur-
chase in a store, and while there his
team started to run. In trying to stop
the horses in their mad dash up Spring
street he was knocked down and run
over by the team, receiving a wrenched d
shoulder besides painful internal in
juries and a cut over the left eye.
The herald., 1897-04-20
Whittier Election

"A called meeting of the board Of trus-
tees of the Whittier reform school was
held yesterday at 10 a. m. ]. c. Taylor
was elected electrician in the place of
Sherman Virgins, the vacancy to be
filled May 1st The filing of other po-
sitions was discussed to be decided later.
The herald., 1897-04-20
PERSONAL

Z. E. Notion, president of the Notion
Iron works at Wilkesbarre, Pa, Is at the
Nadeau.
j. H. Prough, who is at the head of a
large Chicago commission housS, is a
guest at the Van Nuys.
Miss z. Brinn of Victoria B. c., is
visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs.
o. H. Goodwin, on Boyle Heights.
James Paxton, a wealthy mining man
from Reno, New, is at the Hollenbeck,
and will remain until after Fiesta.
L. F. Fisher, a Broadway attorney. Is
The herald., 1897-04-20
The Burglar Identified

The burglar who was shot Sunday
night by George Allen while trying to
enter the room of the latter in the rear
of No. 119 East First street, has been
identified as w. r. Tripp, a gambler
and all-round tough, character. AT 10
o'clock yesterday morning he was re-
moved to the county hospital. He is
still alive, but the physicians say he will
hardly recover. He is also suffering
from conclusion of the brain caused by
falling from the window upon the ce-
ment walk after he had been shot.
The herald., 1897-04-20
NO CONTEMPT
The Charge Against w. M. Stevens
Is Dismissed

w. M. Stevens appeared in depart
ment five yesterday morning in answer
to a citation for contempt of court.
Stevens was sued about three years ago
by his wife for a divorce and was or
dered by the court to pay her $40 a
month until the matter should be de-
cided. The decree has never been grant
ed, nor has Stevens ever paid anything
The herald., 1897-04-20
LOS ANGELES HERALD. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 10 1897

yesterday. The councilmen have dis
covered that several Of the enumerators
have been soldering" and the dis
charge of several was under considera-
tion last evening. 1t is believed by those
who have kept track Of the matter that
the 100 900 mark will be passed.
The herald., 1897-04-20
Bitten bv q Dog

Archie Woods, age years. and re-
siding near Elysian park, was bitten
yesterday afternoon by a vicious dog
belonging to J. N. Sykes. He went to
the receiving hospital and had the
wound cauterized.
The herald., 1897-04-20
Disturbed the Peace

John Monahan and Thomas Glenn Gre
ated a disturbance shortly after dark
last night on the corner Of First and
Main streets. They were arrested by
Deputy Constable T. ]. Quinn
The herald., 1897-04-20
Sprained His Ankle

George Clark, said to be an employe
of the Southern Pacific company, fell
from a train near the Arcade depot
shortly before dark last night and Sc
verely sprained one of his ankles.
The herald., 1897-04-20
-. ID the support of his wife during

toward the support Of his wife during
that time.
1t was shown, however, that when the
order was made it was provided tnat
the amount should be realized from the
sale of personal property. Stevens
claimed that he had never been able to
dispose Of any Of this. and had been
unable to pay up. The contempt pro-
ceedings were dismissed.
The herald., 1897-04-20
confined to his home on Pennsylvania
avenue, this city, with lung trouble.

Hon. James D. Thornton, ex-justice of
the supreme court Is at the Abbotts-
ford inn, having just arrived from Ari-
ZOna.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Beckman OF
Sacramento are at the Nadeau. Mr..
Beckmen represents the Sacramento
banks in the Bankers association.
Joseph F. Coffey, well-known young
attorney of San Francisco, arrived in the
city yesterday to zee the Fiesta and visit
with his friend, F. X. Truett, of the AS
sociated Press. lie Is stopping at the
Hollenbeck.
The herald., 1897-04-20
The City Census

The taking of the city census is pro-
crossing steadily. 1t was estimated that
$4,000 additional names were secured
The herald., 1897-04-20

The best baking powder made
is, as shown by analysis, the
Royal. Its leavening strength
has been found superior to other
baking powders, and, as far as I
know, tbs the only powder which
will raise large bread perfectly.
CYRUS EDSON, MD,
Com'r of Health, N. Y. City.
The herald., 1897-04-20

There is but one genuine original Pos
tum Cereal coffee with multitude Of
limitations offered as "just as good"
The herald., 1897-04-20

By analyses which I person.
ally have had made, it is clearly
demonstrated and proven that
the Royal Baking Powder is
pure and wholesome, and that
it stands, as far as strength and
purity are concerned, at the head
Of the baking powders of the
United States. The Royal is
composed of absolutely pure,
harmless and wholesome ingre-
dients of the highest grade and
character.
GRANVILLE MCGOWAN, NJ. D.
Health Officer, Los Angeles.
The Irish standard., 1897-03-13

greater, in my judgment, than any sub
ordinate commander in this country or
In the old in a hundred years Of the
worlds existence. 1t 80 happened, when
came to read his obituary, that I
learned for the first time that he be-
longed to the Catholic church. He was
A. J. Smith, man pretty nearly "a
years of age. Mr.. President, when that
man was riding In the storm Of battle,
| leading his hosts in defense of our coun1
try, did anybody say that was a union
of church and state? This government
employed his great services, and he rem
dered them freely in defense of the flag.
You might as we'll say llat the payment
of that man for his services was union
of church and state as to say that the
payment Of these church organizations
for their services In educating the In
dian youth of this country is a union OF
church and state. That is not the union
of church and state to which we refer.
1'ne union of church and state to which
we refer. and which is contrary to our
constitution and contrary to our tradi-
tions as q government, is the establish
ment of a particular church organiZa-
ton and the supporting of that church
organization by general taxation levied
upon the people"
The venerable Senator Hoar, of Massa-
chusetts, who also took part in the de-
bate, made this reference to the Catholic
church in the course of his speech:
"rhe great Catholic church especially
stands for, and, in this country, must
live by, the constitutional right that all
Christian bodies must stand on entire
equality before the law, and, so far as
understand the declarations of their
leaders, their great authorities, they
recognize that policy. I heard the emf
nent pulpit orator who has just been
called to the head Of the great Catholic
university at Washington, an honored
state in his farewell address to the peo-
pie of Worcester, where he had been liv-
ing Is years, his devotion to the prin-
ciples of the constitution of the United
States He said he owed his right to be
q Catholic and his right to advocate the
religious faith which he held to the hu-
name and just provisions of the consti-
tuition of the United States, which de-
+, clares all Christian bodies to be on an
, equality before the law, both in it's ad-
ministration and in it's original enact"
ment, would have answered for the utter
ance Of any body of Christians or any
body of religious thinkers, whether
Christians Or not. LIDO not believe there
is any difference Of opinion amcn:s re-
]ieious bodies on this matter, and KNOW
there is NO tifeTe1 &c Of opinion IN the
senate
The Irish standard., 1897-03-13
Odds and Ends,

"You might at least get the ring be-
fore the engagement is announced. -
s'But that is the only way can get it,
Clarence-The prince nebah weahs a
nair of twosers more than fOah times.
Percy--But VIII what does he do th-the
fifth ti-time?"
It is not putting things in the right
place that bothers a man so much as
finding the right place after he has put
things in it.
"Your life has been one OF many re-
verses" said the kind lady. "Yes'm, .
answered Dismal Dawson, bout every
place turn up get turned down.
Mr. Fainteheart-Do you think 1t
would be safe for me to approach your
pa on the subject? Miss Fair Lady
Oh, perfectly; he has the gout again.
,she-Do you suppose his wife really
supports him? He-I Judge SO. HIS
told me he didn't know what real hap
piness meant until after he got married.
Bunson (amazed)-That your uncle!
Why, man, you told me that your uncle
had both his legs carried away at Sedan.
Jimson-So he did. He carried them
away himself, pretty fast, I tell YOU
Nurse Girl lost track of the child,
mum. and - M;stress-Good graci-
GUS! why didn't you speak to a police,
man? . Nurse Girl was speaking to
one all the time.
Are these your clothes or mine?'
asked tho athletic man OF his athletic
vito. Look IN the pcckets,' was the
reply. III you find smelling salts they're
mine: 4 It's . whisky dask they're
yours, as= s...
The Irish standard., 1897-03-13
GAS IN BELFAST.
Large Profits rlade by the City as
Owner of Plant.

The city of Belfast, Ireland, has been
making large profit on the gas works
controlled by it. Last years profit was
s67 ,377. 1t has been decided to lower
the cost to consumers, although the pres
ent price is ridiculously low, according
- American standards. Hereafter gas
will be sold for go cents per 1000 feet
instead of IS cents, and there will be
discount of from s per cent to ~ per
cent dependent upon the amount con-
sumed; all this, too, with coal at $500
per ton.. United States Consul Taney at
Belfast has supplied the department of
state with full statement Of the cost of
producing Belfast's gas regarding the
subject as interesting to American just
now.