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The herald., 1897-01-09
A PRESENT FOR KING OSCAR.

movement is on foot among the
Swedish population of this country to
present King Oscar ii. of Sweden with
testimonial on the twenty-fifth anriver-
harry of his reign, which occurs Septem-
Der IS, 1897. The idea was conceived by
some members of the Swedish Engineers
club, which has headquarters at 439
Henry street, Brooklyn last May. and in
October last g. committee of fifty of the
most prominent Swedish residents of
this country was formed to take charge
of the work. Ernst Lundgren, a repre-
sentative of the Swedish commission at
the worlds fair and lawyer of this city,
was made president. Mikael Samuel. an
importer of Swedish art goods and as
sistant to the Swedish commission at the
worlds fair, was elected secretary. Both
these gentlemen were recently decorated i
with the order of knighthood of the Roy
al Order Of Vasa by King Oscar ii. in
recognition of their services during the
worlds fair
Subscriptions to the fund to be used
in purchasing the testimonial are eX-
pected to reach $4,000. Two prizes were
offered for designs for the testimonial,
and the first prize has been awarded to
Charles Fribert of Rockford, ILL.,, a young
artist, who spent many years of study
in Paris before coming to this country.
His design consists of two female fig
ures, representing Norway and Sweden,
holding aloft crown. The figures are
connected by long streamers ending IN
bows, and inscribed ''1S14," the date
when the two countries were consoii-
dated. The second prize was awarded
to August Lindstrom of this city The
surplus of the money derived from sub
scriptions after paying the cost of the
testimonial, will be devoted toward Then
projected sanitarium for consumptives
n SUadcn w will he
funds originally intended for the pur-
chase of a yacht for King Oscar, which.
however, the king declined to accept
New York Times.
The herald., 1897-01-09
THE LATEST FREEZE

One of the amusing things at the vau-
deville dinner given by Hermann Oel-
richs on Christmas night, was the meet
ing between Mrs. Oliver H. p Belmont
and DR.. Chauncey Mitchell Depew.
In those stormy days when Mrs. Bel
mont was getting unhitched from the
matrimonial traces that coupled her
with her first husband, Willie K Van
derbilt, Chauncey was emphatically
against her. He couldn't help it very
we'll, in view of his business relations
with the Vanderbilt family; but that did
not make his opposition any the less
unpalatable to 1.-The Lady Alva"
She is not the kind that readily for
gives or forgets, and, therefore, when
she and the beaming Chauncey met at
the Oelrichses she made the atmosphere
so frosty that the ePach's perennial
smile froze tight upon his genial face
Mrs. Belmont did deign to offer him one
or two of her fingers, but she might as
we'll have put out so many icicles for
him to touch.
1t Is said that Chauncey was so flus-
tered by the meeting that he quite forgot
his customary jolly and retired in con-
fusion. He didn't relish the icicle finger.
New York Journal
The herald., 1897-01-09
NEXT SATURDAY
Will BE Generally Observed as a Holi-
day-The Trades Parade

The enthusiasm among the merchants
regarding the trades parade, to take
place week from today, is making it.
self manifest in many ways. After hav-
ing secured almost the Unanimous pledge
of the wholesale merchants and manu-
facturers to participate with their en-
ployes in the parade, the executive COM
mittee received suggestions to declare
the afternoon of that day a holiday.
Realizing that the loss of the entire af-
ternoon would be too great, the mer-
chants have been approached on the
subject of closing their places of busi-
ness for two hours. A large number of
wholesale and retail merchants have
signified their intention to comply with
this request, and concerted action on
their part Is assured. 1t is PROPOSED to
close the stores from until o'clock, in
order to give the employees. as well as the
customers. an opportunity to see the
grandest industrial procession ever wit
messed in Southern California.
The ladies having charge of baby
day" report that great interest is being
taken in the event among all classes
1t has been decided to have the contest
take place on Jan. 18th. when al babies
entered for competition will be displayed
during the entire day. Mrs. d. G.
Stephens, atthe corner of Sixth and
Olive streets. requests all mothers who
desire their babies to compete for prizes
to file their applicpations as soon as pos
sible A large sum of money has been
placed at the disposal of the ladies who
have the matter in charge, with which
to purchase the most useful and hand
soonest prizes for those little ones who
will be declared winners by jury of
competent judges. The babies will be
classified and there will be prize for the
homeliest as well as the prettiest baby,
ard for the thinnest as well as the fat
test baby.
The herald., 1897-01-09
THE FRIDAY MORNING CLUB.

Yesterday morning the subject at tn.
Friday Morning club was The Maybif
COLLECTION of Ergravings and Where
the Originals May BE Found. Mrs. q
Streckewald read an interesting pape1
upon the artists represented ir' this col
lection naming the Italian of the six
teerth century, Raphael and Titan ,n'
Flemish of the saveLtee nth century
the Italian of the seventeenth century
represented by Guido Reri, Zampiel
and Cue erciro, and the Spanish school @
the seventeenth century by Murillo MIS-
Streckewald spoke of three of the worrll
Of these famous artists having beer
copied in mosaic in st. Peters, Rome
The lecturer exhibited engravings in Il
lustratior. Mrs. Rebecca Spring spok
of the originals being found in tn
Louvre, the Escurial in Spain, the Sevill
and other famous European gallerla
of art; she also stated that there ar
seven miles OF galleries all containin;
works of art at Versailles alone.
The herald., 1897-01-09
WAS THERE TO GLOAT
An Oversight by the Gas Company That
Gladdened His Heart

There was look of joy about his face
as he went into the gas office that made
the man behind the counter glad in his
soul. 1t was so different from the eX-
preston which visitors ordinarily wore
He walked to one window and then an
other and then stood around and smiled
Can we do anything for you?" the
clerk inquired.
Nope Go right ahead with your bus
mess. Don't mind me-"
IF you came in to get warm,' the clerk
suggested, the heater is over on that
side of the roon.'
Il didn't come in to get warm. There's
a genial glow through me that makes
external heat entirely unnecessary. I
had few spare minutes and came in
here to gloat.'
"Over whom?" was the surprised
query.
over the company"
IL must say I don't quite under
stand you"
II suppose I had better explain. It's
too good to keep. But 1 get so much
enjoyment out of it that you'll have to
excuse me if tell it slow, so as to make
it last longer. You people are very par
ticular about your meters"
"Of course. eW have to be-
you've got it down so you can meas
ure the extra pressure that occurs all
through the city If one of your workmen
happens to cough in your gas factory"
I'VE haven't got it quite so close as
that. But we've done our best to pro-
tect our interests
"Well, 1 had occasion to have a sani-
tary plumber in my house yesterday.
He's the man that made the discovery.
He informed me that there was a whole
lot of sewer gas in my house that you
never discovered. You didn't have any
arrangements for measuring it in the
meter and it got clear past you. I'm
not naturally vindictive, but l couldn't
resist the temptation to come around
and tell you about it and make you feel
bad. ."-Washington Star
The herald., 1897-01-09
PUBLIC WORKS
Weekly Meeting Of the Board-Mateo
Street Franchise

The first meeting of the board of
public works of the new council was held
in the mayors public Office yesterday
the regular meeting room not yet hav-
ing been put in proper shape. Chairman
Blanchard presided and Messrs. Ash
man ard Mathuss were in attendance.
The first matter to come up was the
petition from the San Mateo Street and
Santa Fe Avenue Street Railway COM
pany, asking that they be allowed to
run over the route as originally pro-
posed by the board. The claim was
made that, through mistake in the
selection of an old form of franchise,
they would be forced to build both on
Seventh street and Ninth street, in
stead of on Seventh or Ninth as con-
templated. IT was also claimed that the
franchise as advertised for sale would
force the buyer to get right -of-way
over the Rosedale Cemetery association
tract, which the company does not and
has not intended to approach Also,
that the franchise would enforce the
completion and operation of the entire
system to make the specially desired
franchise on Los Angeles street or Main
street good. Mr.. Sumner said that COM
plications might arise preventing the
complete building of the system, which
would make the whole thing valueless.
The whole matter was gone over sub
stantially the same as it has heretofore
been before the board and council after
which it was taken under advisement
to determine whether the alteration
asked for would be recommended to the
council or not.
The following recommendations were
adopted for submission to the council
at the meeting Monday:
In the matter of petition No. from
w. o. Dow ct al, asking that East
Twelfth street be improved recommend
the same be granted and the city engin-
eer instructed to present the necessary
ordinance of intention.
In the matter of petition No. 2, from
f. u. Twitchell ct al. asking that Rose
m ont avenue, between Temple and
Keys street. be graded. graveled, curb
ed with cement five feet wide, be re-
ferred to the city engineer for the nee
essary estimate, and If the same ex-
ceeds the amount required by law, then
to present the necessary ordinance of
intention.
Recommend that petition No. from
+. A. Carson be filed.
Recommend that petition No. 6 from
Mary H. Hart ct al, asking for the i'm
provement of Grand View avenue, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth streets, be re-
ferred to the city engineer to present the
rscessary ordinance of intention.
Recommend that protest No 8 from
w. c. Woodward ct al, and protest No.
9 from Susan N. Denison ct al, against
the proposed Improvement of Towne
avenue. be referred to the city engineer
for estimate of frontage.
In the matter of petition No. from D.
Folk ct al, asking that the grade of
Keller street, between Also and Macy
streets. be established. recommend the
same be granted and the city engineer
instructed to present the necessary or
dinance of intention.
The herald., 1897-01-09
PASSED WORTHLESS CHECKS.
Dave Booth Arrested in Whittier and
Brought Back to Answer.


In the little town of Whittier Detect
i've Hawley of the city police force yes
terday afternoon arrested Dave Booth,
who was working in laundry there,
and lodged him in the city jail to answer
to the charge of passing forged and fic-
titious checks. The prisoner has resided
In this city until about week ago, when
he left and went.to work in the laundry.
He has operated extensively, the of1ic-
ers state, but nearly all the checks
passed were for small amounts, ranging
from s1.5O to "a. One was worked off on
Fl. A. Pierce an East Los Angeles drug
gist, another on the furniture firm of
Haywood Bros. In all five or six cases
so far have come to light. Booth is said
to have formerly been employed as bag
gageman on the Southern Pacific, run
ming on local trains The officers have
been on the lookout for him for two
weeks, but only couple of days ago
learned of his whereabouts.
The herald., 1897-01-09
VITAL STATISTICS

Health Officer Steddom has compiled
the report of vital statistics for the
city for the month of December. 1896
The total number of deaths from all
causes was Ill, an annual rate per 1000
of 1882. AS usual the largest number
from any one cause, 90, was from con-
sumption. Intoxications, violence and
accidents were responsible for ~ deaths
The total. number of births since the
last return was 141, of which SO were
male and 72 female.
Some important conditions influencing
the death rate are made evident by the
following figures: OF the Ill deaths for
this month 81 were natives of the city
and 15 of the three Pacific coast states
outside of Los Angeles city. leaving SO
from other parts, of which latter II per
cent had lived here less than ten years
There were % deaths from pulmonary
consumption. divided as follows: Ma
tives of Los Angeles L. natives of the
Pacific coast outside of Los Angeles, 3;
from other parts. IS; of which latter 72
per cent had lived here less than ten
years.
The herald., 1897-01-09
PERSONALS

E. f. Witter of st. Louis is at the Hol-
lenbeck.
Mr.. Irving B. Dudley of San Diego is
in the city.
j. D. Grant of San Francisco is at the
Westminster.
C. w. Royce of Pittsburg, Pa, is at
the Nadeau.
F. p Taylor of Berkeley is guest at
the Westminster.
Mr.. c. Fl. Phillips of Sam Jose is regis
tered at the Hollenbeck.
]. e. Robinson of New York city has
arrived at the Ramona
S. P. Hack is among the New Yorkers
registered at the Nadeau
Edward Earle of San Francisco is
stopping at the Ramona.
c. w. Thompson of Louisville, KY,
is a guest at the Nadeau.
j. M. Morehouse of Owatamie, Mimi,
is a guest at the Ramona.
Mr.. f. Waldo Ward of New York has
returned to the Hollenbeck.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Brown of Riverside
are stopping at the Nadeau.
H. Morgan and Irwin Wapple Of San
Francisco are at the Nadeau.
Jake Behrendt of Santa Monica reg
istered at the Ramona yesterday.
MT. ana MrS. H. M. HILL OF hartford,
Conn.,, arrived in the city yesterday.
Mr.. ]. H. Harrington and John Simp-
son of Ventura are at the Hollenbeck.
Charles Walters of Chicago is among
the recent arrivals at the Westminster.
]. Krutschnitt, general manager of
the Southern Pacific company, is in the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Dingberg of New
York city are guests at the Westmin-
ster.
j. J. Byrne of the Southern California
railroad left Thursday night for Chi
cago.
William Campbell and William Har-
vey of London, Eng, have apartments
at the Westminster
Messrs. L. f. Eastin, f. NJ Wagnsr
and Ben A. Sykes of Ventura are at the
Hollenbeck for few days.
George J. Meyers, S. p. Carter, D. e.
Wassermarl and Willis Pike, party cl
san Francisco business men, are regis
tered at the Hollenbeck.
Mr.. o. N. Hall, general Pacific coast
agent of the Thurinsia Insurance com
pany of Erfurt, Germany, with genera
offices at San Francisco, is a guest Of
the Hollenbeck.
Mr.. r. r. Ritchie, the newly appointe1 I
Pacific coast agent of the Northwestern
railroad, accompanied by Mr.. W. II
Hamilton of San Francisco has apart
ments at the Hollenbeck
The Hotel Van Nuys is rapidly near
ing completion. The first guests, in
deed. are already domiciled, Judge L,
M. Ross and family having already
taken possession of a suite OF rooms
The herald., 1897-01-09


heads of the departments of the city
government be instructed not to incu-
any indebtedness against the city until
acquisitions for the same have been al
lowed by the council. Carried.
On motion of Councilman Grider the
City Water company was instructed to
lay four-inch main on Twenty eighth
street from Central avenue to Hoover
street.
The city clerk presented a requisition
for 5000 to replenish the emergency fund
for his Office Referred to the finance
committee.
The petition of Mrs. Witherow for the
city to deed to her certain Land on one
side of Pasadena avenue in exchange
for other land on the opposite side, for
which deeds were presented, was read
and on motion of Councilman Nickel the
matter was referred to the land commit
tee.
Adjourned to Monday morning next.
The herald., 1897-01-09
THE HARBoR COMMISSIONERS
Inspecting Stone Quarries-Off Catalina
Island Today

The harbor commissioners spent yes
terday visiting a number of the stone
quarries along the Santa Fe road. Sew
eral of the Santa Fe officials accom-
panied them. The commissioners have
spent the past week looking at the quar-
ries in different parts of the neighbor-
hood for the purpose Of learning some
thing about the stone available for
building breakwater. In their report
they will give specifications and make
estimates of the cost of building the
breakwater. Today the board will visit
Catalina island for the purpose of in
vestigating the stone quarries there. w.
d. Sanhorn of the c. b. and l. road will
accompany them. and the trip over will
The herald., 1897-01-09
FORCE MUST BE INCREASED

Street Superintendent Drain is pre-
pairing communication to be presented
to the city council. setting forth the
needs of his department and requesting
that an increased force of men and teams
be provided. He will also call attention
of the council to the necessity of ar
ranging for supply of gravel for re-
pairing various streets and sidewalks
superintendent Drain says that the sup
ply about the city is exhausted. with the
exception of deposit on the East Side.
which deposit is too expensive in pro-
curement to be of value to other parts
of the city. The council will have to
grant the superintendent the right to
purchase the gravel from some outside
source
The herald., 1897-01-09
ALL COMING IN

Francis Q. Wyman. the remaining Re-
publican member of the police commits
sion, appeared yesterday before the city
clerk and took the oath of office. Park
Commissioner w. H. Workman also took
the oath of Office. The commissioners
are now. in good shape for work, and
routine business will go ahead just the
same as before the change Of admin
istratiOn
The herald., 1897-01-09
PLACES ALL FILLED

1t is understood that Mayor Snyder has
definitely decided on all the appoint
ments that he has to make, though the
names will not be given out officially
in advance of his formal notification to
the council on Monday. This being the
case, no good can be done by friends
Of aspirants calling at the mayors office
to urge their claims. 1t is probable
that all appointments will be made Mon
day, except the library trustees, who
will continue in office until the first of
April, in accordance with the practice
In the past.
The herald., 1897-01-09
TOMORROW'S BASEBALL.

Several changes will be made in the
Los Angeles clubs team for Sundays
game, as Thomas Farley will not play
on account of the death of his mother.
1t is rumored that Manager Wooley has
a new man to put in the team who is said
to be a crack-a-jack infielder and good,
hard hitter Haynes of Pasadena will
again off1ciate as umpire.
The herald., 1897-01-09
LOOKED AT THE PASS

Supervisors Hanley and Field and
County Surveyor Wright went out to
Cahuenga pass yesterday to view the
new road that is being made at that
point. The work is an important one,
reducing the grades of the hitherto steep
and rough road so that heavy loads can
be hauled by that route to and from the
San Fernando valley and points be-
yOnd
The herald., 1897-01-09
AN INFORMAL CONFERENCE

Another informal conference of the
commissioners on revising and chang
ing street names was held in the mayors
Office yesterday afternoon, with Messrs.
Lummis, Forman, Gwinn and Burk pres
ent. An hour or two was spent in get
ting preliminaries in shape and Offering
suggestions for pushing the work when
the necessary data is secured.
The herald., 1897-01-09

be made on the Madrona. one of the
lighthouse boats in use on this coast.
The Banning Bros. have arranged
stage ride and a goat hunt for the COM
missioners and they will doubtless be
well entertained on the island.
The herald., 1897-01-09
WE WANT A LOT

Located pretty we'll out in the southwest
part of town, worth $3.50, or two lots for
5000, as first payment on a very nice
modern five-room cottage on Eighteenth
street. Price $500; the balance you ca
pay at the rate Of SIS month. LANG
WORTHY CO.. 226 South Spring street
The herald., 1897-01-09
TO VISIT GRIFFITH PARK

Mr.. G. J. Griffith has invited the men,
bers of the city council to take drive
over Griffith park next Wednesday af
ternoon. The invitation has been ac-
cepted, and the party will leave the
Tallyho stables at 80 o'clock on the day
named.
The herald., 1897-01-09

tain Matrimonial difficulties by present
irg his wife with 100000 and private
agre .ment of separation.
Mrs. Creede surrerCars all claim upon
her hus band and will return to her home
in the cast
The child which Mr.. and Mrs. Creede
adopted in this city short time ago re-
mains in the custody Of Mr. Creede.
The herald., 1897-01-09
A SUPERINTENDENT BOND

City Treasurer w. A. Hartwell has
filed a supplementary bond with the
following sureties in the sums named:
Herman W. Hellman, $50 900; Z. w.
Jones, $4,000; s. j. Lewis $500; @. H.
Hughes. $4,000; d. w. Field, s350o; Rob
ert McGarvin $780,
The herald., 1897-01-09

N. G. Creede, the mining millionaire
of Creede. Colo. who has residence in
this city on Pearl street. has settled GER
The herald., 1897-01-09

Attend Los Angeles theater Sunday
night. Free. Preaching on Our Lord 5
second coming.
The herald., 1897-01-09
AGREED TO DISAGREE.

A Mining Millionaire and His Wife
Decide to Part Company.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-01-15

JUDGE ]. C. RoYLE, leading jurist
Of Salt Lake CITY, has a novel theory
tor substitute for capital punish
ment He is opposed to capital pun
Ishment on biblical as we'll as human
ltarian grounds and believes that when
pne man kills another he should be
forced to labor the remainder of his
life for the maintenance of the family
whom he has deprived of its chief, per-
haps only, means of support. If the
murdered man has no immediate fam
lily, let him work for the remote mem
bers of it, says the judge. aud if he has
none let his labor go to the enrichment
Of the state.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-01-15
Missouri Lead Industry.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL. Manager MUIR
ray, of the Kansas City smelling works,
and 81. j. Cantwell, of st. Louis.
have arrived in Washington to ap-
pear before the committee on ways
and means when the lead schedule is
up for consideration. Mr.. Cantwell
will argue in favor of a duty. while
Murray will oppose it. The Kansas
City smelling works are now using
Mexican lead, and do not wish their
source of cheap supply cut off. Mr..
Cantwell claims that if protection is
not afforded the lead industry of Mis-
souri, most of the mines will have to
close down.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-01-15
FOR THE wAGe-EARNERS.

The supreme court Of Ohio has de-
clared that the mechanics lien law IL
unconstitutional in that state.
The London Mail says tho Electric
Cab company will within q few weeks
put $50 horseless cabs on the streets for
hire.
A European firm lately ordered At
Paducah, KY, 100000 feet of lumber in
$4,000 pieces. half poplar and half oak.
The lumber business has been good.
Augusta, Ga, has IL cotton factories
that run full speed and paid full wages
oil through the panic, and paid six PEI
cent. dividends.
Six hundred African laborers from the
Congo Free State have been landed ~
Colon. Colombia. They will be put to
work on the Panama canal.
One of the biggest cooperage factories
In the United States is to be built al
Birmingham, Ala, to make barrels foI
vinegar. turpentine and other Liquids
requiring superior cooperage.
Arizona convicts have been lease&foI
ten years at 70 cents each a day. their
labor to be utilized in constructing an.
irrigating canal that will make produe-
tive 100000 acres of arabic land.
An exgraorulnary story or the cred
nifty of Russian peasants comes from
Slavyansk. in southern Russia, where
woman whose little ten-year-old girl
had sore eyes consulted with witch
doctor and was told to apply gunpowdei
10 the child's eyes and touch it of with .
match. She obeyed. binding the chill e.
and ipiuripp herself