The herald., 1897-11-05
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PASADENA

PASADENA, Nov. 4.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) Bruce Rowan, one of the
sons of George D. Rowan of East Color
ado street, had two bones in his right
shoulder broken this afternoon. Bruce
plays on the Throop light football team.
This afternoon the Throop team and the
High School light team We're having
practice game after school hours in the
vacant lot north of Throop institute.
During interference Theron Rice, of the
High Schools bunted ferociously into
Rowan, breaking his collar bone. Rice,
who is short and stout, was not hurt.
Bruce is tall and broad-shouldered for
age, which is considerably younger than
that of Rice. The young man was driven
to his home in carriage and attended
by DR.. Bleeker. He is an older brother
of Paul, the youngster whose arm has
Just been taken out of splints on ac-
count of a fracture received some time
ago while Paul was delivering his pa
pers. Paul quite distinguished himself
on that occasion by going to the circus
before his arm was attended to, because
he knew that he would not be allowed to
60 if the accident was known. Paul has
life of about "A years. Within the past
year Fred, another brother, fell from
his wheel and broke his shoulder, and it
is only a little more than year ago
that Bruce, the boy who suffered today,
broke his arm and a leg falling from a
hay loft. Bruce was cautioned num-
ber of times during the past few days
by his father not to play football.
TWO YOUNG TRAMPS
James Woods and Otto Barnes, the
two vagrantS arrested yesterday by
Deputy Constable Sam Wallis near the
Raymond station, were kept in Jail last
night and appeared before Justice Mer-
riam today. Woods is only Is years of
age and looks younger. He left good
home in Berkeley about three weeks ago
because, he says, he could not get along
With his father. Barnes is older and ap-
pears to be simply too lazy to work. He
has served sixty days in Pomona upon
the charge of vagrancy. He admitted
quitting a job in Los Angeles for no ap-
parent good reason. Both men pleaded
guilty this morning and reappeared be-
fore Justice Merriam this afternoon at
about o'clock. Barnes asked the JUS
tice to get through with him, giving him
ninety days if he wanted to, but to get
through with it anyway. He got sixty
days. You're signing my death war
rant" he said when the sentence was
pronounced. "If you'd let me alone l
would have settled down and made my
self a useful citizen in this town. He
made disrespectful remarks while the
justice was delivering a lecture to
Woods upon the evils of trampdom, un-
til the justice ordered him into the next
ROOM Woods stood up with mouth open
and eyes fixed on the window. He adj
mitted having seen all he wanted of the
life and said he was sick of it. Justice
Merriam, after some consideration, SEN
fenced him to ten days, so that he might
see all the consequences which his
choice has brought upon him, in hopes
that he might gain a lesson. During
this ten days the justice will commune
cate with Woods father Wallis took
the men down to the county Jail this
evening.
I. o. G. T.
Great interest is being taken in the
coming session of the grand lodge, which
opens here next Tuesday morning. The
merchants have signified their willing
ness to decorate their houses in the col
ors of the order, and large welcome
banner will be hung across Colorado
street. Delegates are arriving every
day in the city and the sessions promise
to be largely attended.
A temperance mass meeting will be
held Sunday evening in the tabernacle.
G. c. 7. Webb will address the meeting.
The following program has been ar
ranged for the reception to be given
tuesday night November 9th:
Piano solo, Sister Matte Boswell; well
come ode; Invocation, Rev. Brother
Braner; address of welcome in behalf of
city and schools, Prof. w. A. Edwards of
Throop; address of welcome in behalf of
district lodge, Brother f. G.. H. Stevens;
vocal solo, Sister Flora Jones; address
of welcome in behalf of Pasadena lodge
Sister Anna II. Bailey; address of well
come in behalf of Juvenile temple, Ar
thur Pennell; flute solo, Brother b. O.
Lacey, accompanied by Miss Boswell;
response to address of welcome, Rev
Webb, G. c. T..
BREVITIES
An unknown man entered the house
of d. Cochran and WIS. Parker on South
Raymond avenue near Glendale stree,
this afternoon. Parker lives alone in .
tent house and David Cochran lives in d
small frame house just south of Parker
with his two sons John and Alfred. This
afternoon Parker came home as usua
for supper He saw the door of his dwell
ing open and as he approached, a mans
head was thrust out and quickly draw,
back. Parker did not look closely, but
thought the man his friend. Coming
into the house suddenly Parker tried tc