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The herald., 1897-10-26
NOTES OF THE DAY

The extraordinary precocity of the
children of India has called forth the
establishment of recent traveller. who
SAYS that many of them are skilled
workmen at an age when children are
usually learning the alphabet.
Another tribute to American manu-
featuring ingenuity is conveyed in the
announcement that Japan is about to
abandon the English steel rail on her
imperial railway and substitute for it
the heavier American rail, known as
the Pennsylvania standard.
The Lombardy poplar tree. it is said,
forms a splendid natural lightning con-
ductor, it's great height and lack of
spreading branches enabling it to con-
duct a lightning stroke straight down.
ward. No house by which one of these
trees has been reared as yet has been
known to suffer from the severest storm.
One of the rare visitors to Springfield,
Mass, last summer was mocking bird
II has beer some time since mocking
bird has been seen in that vicinity,
though few years ago there was pair
The herald., 1897-10-26
Must Make Repairs

The following is part Of the report
of the city attorney:
I'm the matter of the communication
of the street superintendent regarding
the necessity for certain repairs and
culverts along the line of the tracks of
certain street railway companies, I
would advise that the street superin-
tendent be directed to examine the fran
chises of these companies and enforce
the provisions by giving the notice there
in required, and in case they fail to COM
ply with the notice, to make the neces-
sary repairs and turn the bills over to
me for collection from the companies.
I think this will accomplish the desired
result"
In event of a refusal by the companies
to pay the bills for the repairs, resort
will be had to the courts to enforce their
collection, or the council will be advised
to take action looking to revocation
Of the charters.
The herald., 1897-10-26
STOPS HERE THURSDAY
SENATOR MORGAN WILL SPEND
A FEW HOURS IN THE CITY
Received by q Committee During His
Short Stop En- Route to the City
of Bay'n Climate

Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama,
the great champion of the Cuban cause,
and now champion of the annexation
Of the Hawaiian islands, who has just
returned from Honolulu, was in Los An
geles for half an hour yesterday. Ac-
companied by his two daughters, he
was en- route to San Diego, where he
was rendered a banquet last night and
delivered an address upon the Nicara-
guam canal question. The distinguished
visitor was met at the Arcade depot by
Senator S. M. White, w. c. Patterson,
r. J. Walters and President Charles
| F'orman of the chamber of commerce.
So limited was his time that it was inn
possible for him to come up town, al
though the gentlemen who met him
urged him to do so He had to take the
afternoon Southern California train for
San Diego, and as he had but short
time to reach the Santa Fe depot, he was
driven there at once in carriage.
En- route he was invited to return to
Los Angeles and see the city and the
surrounding country, especially the San
Pedro harbor. He was in this part OF the
state several years ago, and it was de-
sired that he should see the vast i'm
provements that have been made since
his former visit. Senator White ex-
tended a cordial invitation for him to
accept the hospitality of the city, and
while he agreed to return, his stay here
will necessarily be short, as he has en-
gagged passage east on the Sunset linn
tied Friday morning. He will return to
this city Thursday, but will have to
leave either that same night or early
the next morning. He is desirous of WIS.,
iting Redlands, where he has a nephew
and niece.
The long journey has greatly wearied
him. for he is not nearly as strong as he
was some years ago, and he expressed an
inclination to avoid formal receptions
where he would be expected to speak.
Senator White assured him that he could
have any kind of entertainment here
that he desired, and as result of Mr..
Morgan's wish nothing elaborate in the
way of a reception will be attempted.
When he returns he and his daughters
will be shown as much of the city as
possible in the short time at his COM
mand. He expressed himself most favor
ably to Senator White on the San Pedro
matter, ana the ldtter, III orueI lildl lie
might have the correct idea of the wishes
of the people here, wrote him long let
ter last night in which the facts on the
harbor We're presented.
The relations between the two sena
tors have always been the most cordial
ever since the California representative
has been a membersof the senate and the
visitor was much impressed by the de-
scription of the improvements which
were given him during his short stay.
He expressed himself as delighted with
the country and desirous of remaining
longer, but as he desires to get home
and rest before the session of congress
in December he cannot linger. He will
probably go home by way of Memphis.
Just what will be done for his entertain
ment when he reaches the city Thurs
day will be decided upon later.
The herald., 1897-10-26
FoRTY-SIx MINUTES WITH DEATH
By the Author of "An Occult Episode" "As by Fire. ETC.
Writ for The

ike a clock He twisted the box round
ard Shotwell saw small dial, with the
hands pointing TO $3.50 o'clock. One Of
the men attached ore end of string to
a lever on the box, and, with the great
est precaution tied the other end to
Arthur's left wrist; then fixed another
string to the same lever, and to the other
wrist.
Now, see here, Mr.. Shotwell, you've
got just forty-six minutes, and then that
thing goes off, ar,d God have mercy on
your soul If ye should want the thing
to go quicker, just struggle hard. and if
ye manage to pull either of them strings
well, 1 guess it'll obige ye"
Now, Bill, we've got no time to waste.
Here's the keys; you go for the safe,
AND I'll fix the desk
Inside of fifteen minutes Shotwells s
guests had gone, leaving little trace of
ths;- visit except faint odor OF chloro-
form, and that strange e-looking black
box, with its moUotonous tick-tack, tick
tack
The whole thing had happened so sud
denly, and His brain was so heavy with
the drug, that the men were gone be-
fore he fully realized, the horror of his
position. AS it dawned on him he could
not believe it was true; il was some ter
rible nightmare. He strove to shake
himself, but the Tightening of the
strings on his wrists and a half jar vs
the tones of that ceaseless tick-tack
brought him back TO his senses with "a
chill of horror He glared terror-strick-
en- at the little clock that was ticking off
the moments of his life-a second each
time A few more minutes ard then
he broke out into cold sweat; an
fear of this unknown, cruel
thing crept over him, ard for awhile
he sat, huGiled in AFFECT terror; then
slowly the soul of the man steadied it.
self: ne closed his eyes TO pray, and the
word, that came was Dorothy" With
a fierce mental effort he pulled together
his shaken faculties for her sake. For
her he would lie like man. Perhaps
The herald., 1897-10-26

The strike at the Foundry" starting g
from comparatively small grievances,
had-thanks to the influence of a few
OF the leaders-reached a state where
satisfactory settlement seemed impos-
eible. The men had expected to be out
O week, or ten days at the most, but
nearly two months had elapsed, and
their position was almost desperate
Several deputations had waited on old
Mr.. Vice, the proprietor, but had been
invariably referred back to the manager,
with the understanding that he had full
authority to deal with them.
The manager, Shotwell, a young man
of intelligent sympa thes, from the first
had been willing, even eager, to discuss
the mems grievances and help them to
m understanding. But when he found
that the leaders, to whom the men had
intrusted their cause, not only were dis
posed to take advantage of his justice,
but were seeking their own ends, at the
expense of the men. he suddenly changed
his attitude, and refused to listen TO any
proposals other than absolute surrender
He gave the three leaders to understand
in the plainest language that under no
consideration would he tolerate their
presence in the shops again.
The result of this understanding and
the cOntemptuouS way in which the man.
ager had expressed his opinion of the,
leaders and their scheming reused these
men from sullen spite to hatred. They
could not keep the men out or gethack
themselves-well, unless Shotweil
changed his mind, and they knew him
too well to hope for that
Shotwell's obstinacy surprised even
old Mr.. Vice. who had known him from
boyhood-known him SO well, in fact,
that he had sanctioned the young mans
engagement to Dorothy, his daughter.
1t was possibly the thought of future
partnership that made him 80 deter
mined to stand to his guns now, and
show the old mars and his sweetheart
that he was capable of holding the reins.
Ever Dorothy's lover hardly under
The herald., 1897-10-26
LOS ANGELES HERALD. TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 49, 1897

Kettler, Sadie Nieto, Albertina Sepul-
veda, Messrs. p. d. Nieto, F. r. Mart!-
nez, Paul Sepulveda, Robert Fallon,
Frank Leiva, II. r. Martinez. F. II. Mar
tinez, Charles Moore, oliver Gillespie,
NJ. Clifford, G.. DRIFTS, Joseph Hellman,
George Cunningham, Rupert Sepulve-
da, Maurice Moriarty, B. III. Hellman,
j. D. Sepulveda, Charles Ketting, N.
Killfor, G. Martinez, NJ. McNerney and
G. Boleta, Mines. w. B. kilgore, N. Nj
eto, Sepulveda, Kettler, Hellman and
Nieto.
Mrs. G. w. Sibley of lat North DAILY
street will entertain the American His
torical class this afternoon at her home.
There will be paper read by one of the
members.
Rev. L. +. Laverty, who returned last
week from an extended eastern trip, oc-
cupied his pulpit on Sunday at the Sec
ond Presbyterian church.
Miss Grace TwisS of Downey avenue
is at home again after having spent a
pleasant summer at Fallbrook.
The w. G. T. U. union of unions will
not meet at Asbury church today, as
previously reported, but the east Side
w. c. r. U. will meet at the residence of
Dr. Clark on Downey avenue at 2:3O this
afternoon.
The herald., 1897-10-26
FIREPROoF BUILDINGS
What an Authority Has to Say of
Steel and Wooden Framing

+ Some people have a peculiar idea of
what constitutes a fireproof building"
said Building Superintendent w. A.
Stratton yesterday. "The general opin-
ion seems to be that structure with a
framework of steel filed in with brick
work can stand anything. AS matter
of fact, when it comes to large build
ing, the chances are very much in ia
for of wood foundation; by foundation,
of course. mean columns and girders.
Why? Just because if the thing is
looked at in a sensible way it will stand
to reason that this is so. In a huge
five-story steel and stonework block the
basement columns are the sole support
Oh the building, as general rule. When
IRE breaks out the air in the columns,
which of course are closed at both ends,
expands, the supports burst, and the
building falls in. In wooden building.
however, assuming that the supporting
columns and girders are 16x16 inches.
some time elapses before the fire can
burn through such a solid block of wood.
and the consequence is that the collapse
of the structure is considerably delayed.
and the damages resulting therefrom
cannot be mentioned, beside the loss
caused by the falling of a huge structure
composed of steel and stone.
"As an example. two fires, occurring
almost simultaneously in Pittsburg
and Chicago form curious contrasts in
this line. The buildings, both of which
were occupied as dry goods stores were
about the same size, the Pittsburg store,
which was well built wooden building,
however, being a trifle larger than the
Chicago block, which was built of steel
and stone. Some fifty-five minutes only
elapsed between the breaking out of
the fire and the complete falling of the
Chicago building, while the Pittsburg
store stood two hours and fifteen min
utes until the final collapse. And, as
l said before, no comparison could be
made between the damage wrought by
the falling in of the structures, for,
though of course the goods in both
places were for the most part ruined
by the water and smoke, still, the steel
framework simply destroyed the entire
stock in it's terrific fall.
Which block in Los Angeles comes
nearer to being fireproof? That is
rather a difficult question to answer,
but 1 expect that the Stimson, Brad
bury and Wilcox blocks are the best
protected Personally, however, have
an idea that the Haas-Baruch block at
the corner of Also and Los Angeles
streets would stand the best tests as far
as after effects are concerned. The
new Homer Laughlin block, on the
west side of Broadway just south Of
Third street, will undoubtedly be the
nearest approach to a fireproof build
ing in the world, even the doors being
encased in copper with asbestos lining.
Mr.. Laughlin has made a study of the
fireproof building question, and this
block is his own design and idea But.
just the same, no building is absolutely
proof against the fiery element, and in
my opinion for general purposes a we'll
built wooden building stands the better
chance, all things being equal"
The herald., 1897-10-26
NINE NEW OFFICIALS
Miscellaneous Business Transacted
President Silver's Rejoinder


Street Superintendent Drain suggest
ed that each Of the councilmen appoint
one man from their respective wards to
report as to where street signs were
needed and also as to the condition of
those now in position. The suggestion
was adopted and the new employees will
begin work Nov. 1. There will be a
scramble for the positions, which will
pay at least 50 per day.
Assistant City Attorney Crutcher
called the attention of the council to
the necessity of furnishing the list of
election officers as well as the locations
of the polling places at the coming bond
election, it being necessary to include
these matters in the final ordinance
which will be presented at the next
meeting of the council.
President Silver turned joke aimed
at himself upon the councilmen origi-
mating it very neatly at the close of the
afternoon session Of the council. Mr..
Baker and several others decided to
have fun with the chair and offered a
motion that the rules of the council be
so changed that the president vote first
instead of last. The reading Of the mo-
ton took Mr.. Silver by surprise. but he
quickly said: "If the council desires me
to vote first so that they will be able to
tell which is the right way to vote, am
willing to give them that assistance"
He then declined to put the motion, and
it was not insisted upon. The council
then adjourned.
The herald., 1897-10-26

in latham and in 1860 there were. three
pairs seen in this vicinity. 1t is said
that the mocking bird goes further rorth
in the Connecticut valley than any other
place on the continent.
Some years ago an English lady who
was in Egypt bought a terra Gotta cat
which she, with her own eyes, saw ex-
cavated from pile Of ruins. She was
very proud of her possession, axad took
the best possible care of it. A little
while ago she found the head stuffed
with English papers of compare lively
recent date.
Paris has. apart from two places where
paupers can spend the night fourteen
asylums for the homeless, which last
year lodged 144,037 persons, which last
1857 were women ard 26O6 children
Among the dodgers were 246 professors
ard teachers, Is students, 5 authors, 5
journalists. 12O actors and singers, 80
musicians, is music teachers, etc.
The Rhind manuscript, deciphered
some thirty years ago, hieratic papy-
rus now in tbs British museum, written
by an Egyptian priest Ahmes, about
100 B. c. is almost the Oldest
mathematical work extant. Another
and older roll or mathematical subject
exists but has not yet been decphered.
The trustees of the British museum
have just presented to Glasgow corpo-
ration, for the museums Of this city.
cases containing a series Of e,ectrotypes s
of the principal medals illustrative of
British history from the days of Henry
VIII down to the close of the Peglinsular
war and the career of Napoleon Bona
parte.
The colony of Victoria likes it's cart
ridges in packets of twenty y-fve, but the
infallible BritiSher insists on supplying
them in packets of 100 The result has
been that it has opened a market for
the wideawake Americans, who give the
Victorian just what he wants. At Hong
kong the British makers have lost their
whole trade in candles because they will
not alter their system of packing to that
adopted by continental makers
When Jersey City recently paved some
Of its streets with asphalt, the work was
no sooner done than the drivers of brew
cry wagons and other heavy vehicles fell
upon those streets and cut them to pieces
with their wheels. So it has been neces-
sary to enforce a rule like that which
prevails in other first-class cities-to-
| wit that trucks and heavilyloaded wag-
ons must either seek less frequented
ways or they must be mounted upon
wheels that have wide tires.
The herald., 1897-10-26

stood her. She had strange ideas Of
soul communion" that made the mat
ter-of-fact young man gasp; and she
had an uncanny knack of demonstrat-
Ing the proof Of her beliefs by reading
his unspoken thoughts with an accuracy
that, to less healthy, wholesome young
fellow. might have been embarrassing
But with all she was so womanly and
tender, and her fancies so pretty, that
gradually he grew used to them, and
found himself often lingering over them
and almost wishing they could be true.
To one Of these fancies he had readily
yielded; each evening both sat wherever
they might be in silence for little time,
and let their thought so out freely to
each other. Soul talks Dorothy called
them; and, whatever they were, the re-
cult was that his love for the girl grew
more tender, and he knew that in some
subtle manner he was coming to under
stand her better and better each day.
These timeshad been inexpressibly Gear
to him of late. They were his moments
of absolute rest from the worry of the
strike, and he always felt his brain re-
freshed and afterward was better able
to cope with his growing difficulties.
The pulse of the strike was growing
feverish, and night after night Shot
we'll had. slept at the Office fearing some
kind Of attack on the premises. BY the
end of the week worry and lack of sleep
had told heavily upon him, and as he
sat smoking in the mysterious shadows
of the early evening he determined that
this must be his last night alone; he
would get watchman to aid him. His
thoughts grew vague and mixed: his
pipe fell to the floor and made him jump,
then his eyes closed for a moment,
opened sluggishly, droppeG again, and
he was fast asleep.
With start and fearful sense of
oppression he awoke, struggling wildly
In his chair-tried to cry out, and re-
alized that he was tied down. A cloth
was wound tightly over his mouth, while
the room was filled with subtle, siekly
odor Of chloroform. He heard sneer-
Ing laugh behind his chair, and--"Well,
yer took a purity good nap that time,
didn't yer?" There was an answering g
growl from another throat, and, the two
men came round in front, both mufiie &
in heavy coats and pieces of cloth COW
ering the upper half OF their faces. One
of them carried small black box some
what gingerly to the desk and set it
down in front of Shotwell. He turned
little brass key in it, and hidden ma
chiuery began to tick-tack, tick-tack,
The herald., 1897-10-26

she would know he had been no coward.
Tick-tack, tick-tack, twenty minutes
past ten All! it was time to sit and, talk
to "Dorrie." Well, De would, do it
would give TO her those last twenty min
utes. And SO he sat on, his face drawn
and ghastly, but his courage firm-sat
ano bade long goodby to the girl he
loved; thought strong, manly thoughts
to her that kept fear from his heart
But While his inmost self talked with
"Dorrie" his flesh grew gray and
pinched, the lonely silence broken Only
by the steady ticking of his clock of
doom.
Dorothy that night sat reading; then
later fell to wondering of Arthur alone
in that great building. and. at the
thought of his loneliness all her heart
went out to him; ard perhaps some of
her soul, for her bo6y fell asleep.
Then she, too, woke with start-a
start of perplexity and fear; fear for
Arthur-what was it? She passed her
hand over her forehead bewilGered.
What was it-why could she not re-
member? Then the ticking of the clock
on the man.el caught her ear-caught II
;,
trembling; tick -tack-what did it mean
Then slowly ard softly a solemn, voice
fell on her ine1sr ear: 'Goodby, Dorrie;
goedby, darling"
"Ah!" she rose to her full height-was
rigid there for an instant, then quietly:
Yes, l know; I understand" She
walked quietly to her fathers room, took
his keys, and, taking her hat and coat,
slipped unseen out into the night.
Tick-tack, tick-tack, eight minutes
more.
Eight minutes; eight years; God!
Can l wait? One brave spring now
would end the torture, and-no, no, for
Dorrie's sake for the honor of love, I'll
live my life out to the last bitter second" "
Shotwell closed his eyes few moments,
then opening them, saw a face in the
doorway gazing at him; to him 1t seemed
the soul of Dorrie, come to say "goodby."
He was not afraid, hardly awed; 1t
was not real; dying mems eyes are
sometimes strangely clear; he noticed
the hat, the coat the face drawn with
fearful anguish-souls did not look like
that--it was Dorrie herself A moment
of Wild JOY was swallowed up in a still
greater -"Dorrie,'--here. with
that thing-Oh! God; this was worst of
all-but her quick hands touched him
deftly untying first the handkerchief
that gagged him, then delicately slippins o
those fearful strings from his wrists.
The herald., 1897-10-26
MADE FOR THE SIDEWALK
A Ninth Street Car Takes an Erratic
Twist

Ninth street car, No II, which leaves
Spring street at 6 o'clock and was crowd
ed with passengers last night, narrowly
escaped serious damage. The car was
running along Sixth street at brisk
pace when, just past Hope street, it left
the track with an alarming rattle and
brilliant flash of light. The motorman
at once reversed the current and by his
prompt action minimized the effects Of
the accident. The car was brought to
standstill right against the sidewalk and
within foot of a wagon that stood by.
No one was at all injured or even shak-
en-, but considerable excitement pre-
vailed among some of the passengers for
a moment. One heavy built citizen
was exceedingly indignant at man who
was standing at the front door and re-
fused to accept the heavy-built citizens
order to get out of the way and jump.
The motorman attributed the accident
to a loose wheel.