The herald., 1897-10-20
SAN BERNARDlNO COUNTY
SAN BERNARDINO

SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 19.-(Regula,
| Correspondence.) The second series o.
| eight games in the duplicate whist tourna
ment at the Arrowhead club closed Mon.
day night with the dropping of Messrs. III
L.. Drew, C. C. Haskell, DR.. A. X. johnson
and A. G. Kendall, leaving for the fina
table Messrs. James Fleming, Judge Gregg
Judge Oster and R. B. ParaZette. The sift.
ing out was done by dropping the four that
had the smallest percentage of points.
| The Athletic club has re-engaged Its in
structor, Byron Van Leuven who will form
classes and commence the drill. A foot
ball team is planned, but 1t is doubtful II
enough members can be secured for the
whole team. and If not outsiders will be
secured and made members pro tem as
far as football is concerned. New apparat-
US for the gymnasium has been ordered
| from Providence. r. l., and on Its arrival
! it is expected that interest will revive.
| Harry Gates has filed papers in insol-
vency, in which his assets are stated as
| SIS In personal effects. that are exempt,
and S46s.I3 in -uncoliectable bills against
various persons. His liabilities run up to
| SOTO. Of which Los Angeles gets the lions
share, s3l1.05 San Francisco 1885. San
Jacin.o $IJ. San Bernardino s51. Cotton $43
| Riverside s3s, San Diego s2i. Newport si7.
John Taylor, public administrator has
| filed petition for letters of administration
on the estate of Frank Cronin. the brake
man killed on the cars last week near
Ludlow. The assets amount to $3.50 in a
watch. trunk cash. and claim against the
Santa Fe for wages. The case has been set
| for Saturday, October 50. The deceased was
A. years of age and a brother of the cele-
brated murderer, DR.. Cronin, OF Fenian
fame. in Chicago. A sister is said to re-
side in New York. but her address is un-
| known.
he oip Of Tnb
| he desert near Needles, We're buried with
out an inquest. by order of the coroner.
The deceased left Needles in July to go
TO Frank Howard's camp, 30 miles distant,
and as he was never seen alive afterward,
| it is supposed he was overcome by The heat
and died on the desert nearly three months
ago When found the remains were nearly
eaten by buzzards and coyotes. but there
was enough left to Identify the body.
Elizabeth l.. C. Scoles, who loaned s5l5O
to the firm of Charles l.. Hanson g. Co.
of Ontario in 1894. now seeks foreclosure
proceedings against the assignee of the
estate. G.. c. Waite
Forestry Agent Newhall lays down the
law. as follows: THE president as author
lied by Sec. "a of the act of March g. 1891.
withdrew from the public lands the present
San Bernardino reserve. Thenceforth The
government would possess precisely the
same rights to the property as those of a
private owner Everything on the reserve.
unless excepted by later legislation, now
belongs to the government absolutely.
Therefore the removal of anything from
the reserve, whether dead or down wood.
or even so-called roots and brush without
permission from the owner-that is. from
the government--would be Illegal and
would call for prosecution under Sec. 1856.
u. S. r. s.. for larceny. or under any of the
other statutes in such cases made and pro-
vided'
The Websters met with closed doors
Monday evening, according to the new or
der of things. and the result was highly
gratifying. The first on the program was
a speech by r. W. Duckworth on 1.-THE
Alarming Increase of Lynching," in which
he showed great research taking the stand
that there was less and not more but the
seeming increase was the result of the
quick communication by means of tele-
graph and telephone. He thought the
world was growing better and not worse.
The question for debate was Resolved.
That the action of the trustees of the
Brown university in causing the resigna-
tion. of President Andrews is deserving OF
severe condemnation" E. F. Bledsoe. on
the Affirmative. made a masterful argu-
mcnt touching clearly on all points Of
dispute. c. W. Foy replied on the negative
very ably. In the half hour OF parliament
tary practice r. E. Swing made an elo-
Quent speech on the Benefits of a. Study
o. Parliamentary Law" and Percy Hight