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The herald., 1897-12-28
A VICTIM or AP0PI. I.ExY
Is RELIEVED BY A sUnorCAr,
OPERATION
Just Bored Hole Through the Pa
TENTS Skull and Let Out
the Blood

NEW YORK, Dec. q. - One Of TIN
most striking surgical operations per-
formed recently. and one which may fur
nish q precedent for the treatment OF
apoplectic cases in which the pressure
Of q clot Of blood formed on the brain
can be localized. took place at the New
York Postgraduate Hospital. This OPP
Grafton was that Of trephining. the CUT
ting Of hole in the skull of patient,
through which the effused blood result.
ing from stroke Of apoplexy was al
lowed to escape, and It was performed
by one of the visiting STAFF of Of surgeons
and local physician. who lectures and
operates at postgraduate and other hos.
pitfalls, before body of clinical students.
doctors from all parts Of the country,
who are in New York with view to
brushing up on the latest develop.
ments in the work in their profession.
The patient was Henri Chevallier, =
French dressmaker. IS years old. ~.
Chevallier Is a man Of good physique.
not unusually plethoric, and at the time
OF his apoplectic stroke, which was on
December 18th, was apparently in good
health. Nine. Chevallier said that her
husband had been a we'll man most Of
his life. and had never had an attack of
apoplexy before, and that this one seemed
quite uneccountable. When M. Cheval-
lier was seized and his family physician
called, 1t was seen that he was in con-
dition OF imminent danger. The sur.
geon referred to beforehand, an &C.
quaintance Of the family physician. was
called In about an hour after the at.
tack, and discovered that the patient
was fast dying. It was decided to per-
form an operation as quickly as possl-
BILE. as that was the only way to savo
the pateient's life, and to that end he
was removed to the amphitheater Of the
Postgraduate Hospital. The operation
was performed as a part of the usual
clinic, witnessed by the physicians at
tending the postgraduate school In tho
hospital. The operating surgeon had
sent for neurologist, of whose services
as a consultant he wanted to make use,
but the latter physician was late In ar
irving. and so the surgeon went ahead
with his work. AS the apoplectic at.
tack had rendered M. Chevallier almost
totally unconscious, by paralyzing the
nerve centers. the effused blood having
penetrated to all parts OF the brain,
very little ether had to be used. The
skull was trephined and the clot of blood
formed by the bursting Of some Of the
small arteries on the left side Of the head
was allowed to escape. Some thirty seq
onds after the brain pressure which was
killing the patient had been removed
his pulse and respiration, which had al
most stopped. began to approach their
normal actions. From that time he haS
steadily improved.
The herald., 1897-12-28
PERSONAL


Henry e. Walton Of Los Angeles is a
guest of the Shoreham hotel, Washing
ton, D. G.
Miss Ella Veeder of Woodland, Yolo
county, is the guest Of Miss Rose Ham,
lin of Alvarado street. Miss Veeder Is
on her way to visit relatives in Schenec-
tady, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Nolan. jr., who
have been spending the last fortnight
with Major G. s. Nolan of 246 South
Grand avenue, returned to their home In
San Diego yesterday.
Mrs. G. p. Bradford, one Of the dele
gates from Los Angeles to the teachers
convention soon to be held In San Fran
cisco, Is in that city. She and her daugh-
ter are at the Baldwin which Ii to be the
teachers headquarters.
The herald., 1897-12-28
A FATAL FIRE
Mother and Daughter Find Death in
Flames

PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 27.-During a
fire at New Haven, a suburb of this
city, in the residence of Mrs. Mary Ann
Browdy, this evening. Miss Nancy
Browdy, aged 46, was burned to death,
and the mother, aged rs, was so badly
burned that she cannot survive the
night. Miss Browdy, who came here
about a month from Butte, Mont, to
visit her mother lost her life in trying to
save some personal property from the
building. She went to the upper floor
after the flames had made good head
way from the structure and was suffo-
Gated.
When the house had been gutted the
body of Miss Browdy was seen hanging
over joist, and in the presence of about
500 people who had gathered at the scene,
was literally burned to a crisp. The
mother threw herself into the burning
building twice in an endeavor to save
her daughter. but each time was
dragged back by friends, not however,
until she was so badly burned that the
physicians say she cannot recover.
The herald., 1897-12-28
KILLED HIMSELF
After Attempting the Murder of His
Sweetheart

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.-Late this after
noon Marcus Nassauer, young man
living in Clayton, suburb of this city,
shot his sweetheart, Miss Katie Dosen-
bach, daughter of the ex-sheriff, and
then blew out his own brains.
For some time Nassauer has been pay
ing his attentions to Miss Dosenbach,
but as he was a comparative stranger to
the family, who knew nothing of his
past, the young lady repulsed him. He
called at her home this afternoon and
was admitted to the parlor by the girls S
younger sister. AS soon as Katie enter
ed the parlor Nassauer drew a revolver
and shot her through the breast. AS
she fell he put the weapon to his head
and pulled the trigger. He died instantly.
The girl is thought to be fatally wounded.
Her father was for many years COL
lector and sheriff of st. Louis county.
In 1892 he shot and killed Major Smith.
a we'll known attorney. He was SEN
fenced to six months in Jail and fined
$500. Since then, although wealthy, he
has lived in retirement.
The herald., 1897-12-28
A Broken Coupling

LIBERAL, Mo-, Dec. 27.-A wreck oc-
CURED at the Memphis roads depot
at this place last night. Local train No.
46 broke in two on the down grade COM
ing into town, and the two sections came
together in front of the station. Five
persons were injured, two seriously. The
injured:
MISS TILLY SMITH of Liberal.
MRS. SHELTON.
COL. JESSE POOR Of Golden City.
FLOYD QUINTARD.
Miss Smith is still unconscious. The
conductor and brakeman were slightly
injured.
The herald., 1897-12-28
HAREs AND HOUNDS
Entries Now Open for the Agricultural
Park New Years Meet

Entries Now Open for the Agricultural
Park New Years Meet
Entries are now open for the grand New
Year coursing meet at Agricultural Park.
and may be filed with the secretary at
No. 14S South Broadway. Entries will close
Wednesday evening. when the drawing
takes place.
The matches will be for a purse Of $100
divided as follows: $50 to first. $25 to the
second, SO to third. and IS each for the
fourth nth and sixth. Entries are free
and open to all.
A special feature of the meet will be =
five-mile race between one of the best
long distance wheelmen in Southern Calf
fornia and running horse hitched to I
bike sulky. for purse Of $780, which promy
iscs to be one of the most exciting events
ever witnessed In the state.
Agricultural Park is the only estab-
lished coursing field in Southern Califor-
MIA Money always paid on the track. i'm.
mediately after the races. on the 5udgess
decision. X
The herald., 1897-12-28
Fire at Detroit

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 27.-Fire broke
out at midnight in the Heinman build
ing on West Larned street, and quickly
spread to the building occupied by the
Detroit Free Press Printing company.
Before the flames could be subdued the
Heinman building was completely gut
ted, and the stock of the Free Press
Printing company was heavily dam
aged. F. M. Jupp, wholesale paper
dealer, and Charles A. Roehm & Co.,
wholesale paper dealers, occupied the
Heiman building. The total loss will be
$3.50, 900.
The herald., 1897-12-28
Geoge Memorial Fund

NEW YORK. Dec. 27. - The largest
contributors to the Henry George memo
rial fund, which now exceeds $500 are !:
Seth Low, $1,000; T. F. Walker (Birming-
ham, Eng.), $1,000; Tom L. Johnson, $1,000:
Joseph Pulitzer. $1,000; Andrew Carnegie.
$1,000; August Lewis, $500: Thomas G.
Shearman, $500; Isadore Strauss, $500:
John p. Crawford, $500; Charles Stewart
Smith, $3.50; Anson Phelps Stokes. $3.50
J. Kennedy Tod, $3.50, and Edward M.
Shepard, $3.50.
The herald., 1897-12-28
A Claim Adjusted

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The long
standing. differences between O'Brien
G. Clark and Brown, Howard &, Co., con-
tractors for the new Croton aqueduct,
over money claimed for extra work on
the aqueduct were settled today by the
corporation council, the contractors ac-
cepting voluntary judgment of 100000
from the city, in return for which they
agree to relinquish all claims, which in
the aggregate amounted to $4,000, 900.
The herald., 1897-12-28
The Chase Abandoned

Sheriff Burr returned on Sunday from
Fresno without having been able to find
the slightest trace Of the convict Fill
kins who escaped from Deputy Sheriff
Barnhill week ago while being taken
to the San Quentin state prison. The
sheriff says that he went all over a cir
cult of fifteen miles Of which Fresno
was the center, and visited every dive
or joint in that region. but not trace
Of the runaway prisoner could he find.
Nor did he meet any one who had seen
Filkins or a man answering his de-
scription. The chase has been aban-
doned.
The herald., 1897-12-28
Dashed to Pieces

wILKESBARRE, Pa, Dec. 27.-John
Agnew and Thomas Kennedy met hor-
rible death today in the Alden shaft
They had been sent down the shaft to
cut the ice, which prevented the carriage
from running. They cut away the Ice
until the car had descended sixty feet.
when it stuck. The men could not signal
the engineer, and the rope continued to
coil on top Of the car until it's weight
forced the carriage beyond the ice forma-
ton. The car descended swiftly until
the rope frightened and broke when it
fell 450 feet and the men were dashed to
pieces.
The herald., 1897-12-28
BACK AGAIN IN JAIL
CHARLEY FILKINs' SIDE PART
NER GETS INTO TROUBLE
Charged With Having Burglarixsd a
Room-Taken In While Inter
fering With an ofncer

| It has been learned that Frank lap
pin. who was taken into custody Sunday
afternoon while interfering with the ar
rest Of four rowdies for disturbing the
peace, is wanted for burglary.
| Saturday afternoon @. c. Witxle's
room in the Terre Haute house, at 227
East First street. was broken into and
an overcoat and lot of silk and linen
handkerchiefs stolen. Lappin was sus-
Ipected. but could not be located. Sun
day afternoon Policeman Lenhauser ar
rested Charles Ross, Robert Ross. Frank
Griffith and Charles Stevens for fighting
in front of the Our House saloon, on
Main street. He was assisted by q cit
zen named Young. Lappin saw the
rowdies arrested, and, coming over to
where they stood. assaulted Young. He
got badly worsted in the fight which fol-
lowed. although Young broke his hand
by striking him in the face. Lenhausen
then placed Lappin under arrest with
the others on a charge Of battery.
A card found in his pocket when he
was searched at the police station show
ed that he lived at the Hub lodging
house. at 1875 Wilmington street. Deputy
Constable Tom Quinn searched the room
and in Lappin's valise found the ar
ticles which had been stolen from c. c.
Witzle. Yesterday Lappin was con-
victed before Justice Morrison on the
charge of battery. preferred by Young.
and tomorrow he wiz come up for SEN
tence on that score. His examination
will be held at the same time on the
burglary charge.
1t is probable that a prior" will be
placed against Lappin, as 1t is thought
that he is an ex-convict. He was only
released from the city Jail few weeks
ago after serving six months SEN
tence for petty larceny. Lappin was ar
rested at that time by Deputy Constable
Staples. who, being awakened one night
by hearing the fellow moving about in
his room, jumped up and chased him
downstairs. where he caught him before
he was able to get out of the house. The
officers pocketbook. which had evidently
been stolen by the thief and thrown
away as he was trying to leave the
house. was found in hallway. The
charge of burglary, which was at first
placed against Lappin, was reduced, for
some reason, to a petty larceny charge,
on which he received a sentence Of six
months in the city jail.
Lappin is believed to be bad man. He
was associated here with Burglar Fill
kins several months ago, and was ar
rested twice with Filkins, once here and
once at little country town, where they
paid their fine with a forged check.
The herald., 1897-12-28
LONDON FUN
The Day Pleasant and Thousands Find
Amusement

LONDON, Dec. 27.-There has been a
sudden change in the weather. The fog
has dispersed and the day was mild and
beautiful. London turned out enmasse
to enjoy the boxing day diversions. All
the amusement resorts were crammed
and the streets rang from morning till
late in the evening with laughter, jol-
lity and topical songs.
A score of pantomimes were produced
in London and in the suburban theaters,
each giving afternoon and evening
shows. with probably record breaking
takings.
Sixty-eight thousand three hundred
and seventy-two people visited the
worlds fair at Agricultural hall, Isling-
ton; 34,697 visited Madame Tussaud's
exhibition; 26.217 went to the Crystal
palace and 22,661 passed the gates of
Barnum & Bailey's show in the gigantic
Olympia building at Kensington, where
many thousands were turned away
from the opening performance, which
was an immense success.
The herald., 1897-12-28
The Fruit Exhibit

WOODLAND, Cal, Dec. ga meet
ing of fruit growers held here today was
addressed by j. A. Filcher secretary of
the state board of trade and r. D.
Stephens. The chairman of the meeting
was authorized to appoint a committee
of ten to solicit subscriptions toward
the fund of $1,000 to be raised in accord
ance with the resolution of the state fruit
growers convention to be used in de-
fraying the expenses of making an ex-
hibit of California fruit at various trade
centerS of Europe.
The herald., 1897-12-28
THEY MEET TONIGHT
Shifty and Griffin to Fight Fifteen
Rounds at the Athletic Club

What promises to be the best sparring
contest that has taken place in this
city in several months will be the fifteen-
round go between Abe Shlfty and Hank
Griffin at the Los Angeles Athletic club
tonight. The occasion will be the Sec
ond boxers night of the season and the
bout mentioned will be but one of several
which will be pulled of during the even-
ing. Both Shifty and Griffin are very
clever with their hands. and they have
been faithfully training for this match
for several weeks. They have a good
sized side bet on the result and the NOM
ey is UP. In addition the winner will re-
ceive a handsome purse from the club.
AS preliminaries to the event Of the
evening there will be two four-round
contests between Young Gallagher,
brother Of Billy Gallagher. and William
Downey and between Long and Carson.
The herald., 1897-12-28
The Cuban Midget Hurt

CHICAGO. Dec. 27.-Chiquita, the
Cuban midget, who has been on exhibit
tion in the Trading cities for some time,
was probably fatally injured at the
Zoo" this evening. She was riding
bicycle in the ring when she collided
with burro, was thrown to the ground,
and received several kicks in the breast
Chiquita is only 26 inches high and
weighs 15A pounds. The doctors have
little hopes of her recovery.
The herald., 1897-12-28
Mckinley Invited

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Represen-
tative Prince Of Illinois today extended
to the President an invitation to attend
the annual encampment of the Union
Veterans to be held at Rock Island next
August. 1t is expected that the Presi-
dent will make a tour of the West about
the same time, visiting the Omaha Ex-
position en- route. Mr.. Prince was as
sured that the President would be glad
to attend the encampment, and would
do so if official engagements would per-
nit,
The herald., 1897-12-28
MECHANICS LIEN DECISION
Must File for Full Amount and Credit
Payments

point of interest to all concerned in
mechanics liens was decided by the su-
preme court last week in case entitled
Santa Morica Mill and Lumber Com
pany versus Hege." In it the lumber
company sought to foreclose a mechan-
les lien against he property of Hegs for
Improvements made thereon by a ten
ant.
point at issue was Hege's negligence
as owner OF the property to post a notice
10 the effect that he would not be re-
sponsiole for improvements thereon
The herald., 1897-12-28
EOOtpadS Eoiled

OAKLAND, Dec. 27.-Charles Roullier
Otto Peoples and an unknown man, who
is just now being sought for by the po-
lice, made an attack upon Tony Thomas,
a butcher of Emeryville. They would
have taken his life but for the determ-
ined resistance which he made and the
timely assistance of two companions
He was stabbed several times, but not
fatally wounded.
The herald., 1897-12-28

Haven. Conn.,. In 1s26 He graduated
from Yale in 1sl7 ana the following year
came to California, where he engaged
in business ~ miner and banker, and
In connection with the Wells Fargo Ex-
press company. For q number OF years
he was president of the Oakland Paw
ing company. He was married In 1868
to Miss Harriet w. Stiles and leaves a
daughter and three sons.
The herald., 1897-12-28
Daly's New Horse

LEXINGTON. KY, Dec. 27.-Marcus
Daily of Bitter root farm, Montana, Sc
cured another brood mare today. Gus
Eastin has sold to his agent the dam Of
First Mate for $4,000. The mare, Ship
mate, is 10 years old, was sired by SPEND
thrift dam Messmate, by Alarm. She
and Lady Reel, also just purchased by
Mr.. Daily, will be left in Kentucky until
after foaling time, and then shipped.
The herald., 1897-12-28
AN ENGLISH BLAZE
Thirteen Big Business Houses De-
stroyed by Fire

LONDON. Dec. ga fire broke out
tonight in the dry goods store of Messrs.
Jermyn and Perry, High street. Kings
Lynn (Lynn-Regis) Norfolk. The To-
cal fire engine collapsed and the flames
spread rapidly. soon destroying a num-
Der of the adjoining houses. Thirteen
business houses have been destroyed.
Assistance had to be summoned by rail-
way from March and Peterborough.
From house to house the fire, famed by
the breeze. had its own way and two
acres were afiame. A fireman was badly
injured. The latest estimate of the loss
places it at $750,00p
The herald., 1897-12-28
Mrs. Conway's Death

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Ella Dana Con-
way, wife of Moncure D. Conway, the
author and lecturer, is dead at her home
in this city, aged Ga years. She had been
failing for more than year, and in June
last Mr.. Conway, who is filing a pulpit
in London, as minister of the South Place
Ethnical Society, resigned on account
of his wife's health and brought her back
to her native land to die
The herald., 1897-12-28
A Vessel Ashore

ASTORIA, Or, Dec. 27.-A gale set in
last night and the velocity of the wind
all today has averaged sixty miles an
hour -Four ships are known to be on
the outside waiting to enter the harbor
The gale this morning blew the British
ship Province, lying in the harbor ready
for sea. upon the north end Of Desde-
mona sands where she is still lying in
an easy position. 1t was impossible to
pass a line to her today to pull her Off.
The herald., 1897-12-28
The Lumber DUTY

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 27.-At a
meeting Of the British Columbia lumber
men held here today a resolution was
passed asking the Canadian government
to place a duty on shingles and lumber
unless the United States places them on
the free list
The herald., 1897-12-28
Southbound Passengers

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-The fol-
lowing passengers left on the steamer
Santa Rosa for:
Redondo: W. Nice and wife, H. Hill,
Miss Sheets, Mrs. Harris. L. Sheets, Mr..
Harris, w. Joy, Mrs. Jacobs.
Santa Barbara: Prof. Johnson, w.
Hayne, s. Knapp. NJ. Hall, H Keeler.
Port Los Angeles: A. Renton and
wife, ]. Weller, Geo. Seybolt. Miss
Thornton, Miss Waddel, Miss Watkins.
Miss Graham, E. Harris and wife.
The herald., 1897-12-28
At Deaths Door

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. N.-Baldwin
Gardiner, the victim Of Adam Stroh's
desperate effort to escape capture by
the police. Is lying at deaths door. II
the aged secretary of the stock exchange
dies. or the robber is tried for an at
tempt to commit murder. several people
will swear that 1t was one Of the police
officers and not Adam Stroh who fired
the bullet that Is now embedded in Gar
diners body. These people were eye-
witnesses Of the chase for the burglar
over the roofs at Geary and Franklin
streets and assert that the man was shot
by one Of the pursuers.
The herald., 1897-12-28
A Deceptive Label

NEW YORK, Dec. IA week ago a
gang of furniture movers came upon a
demijohn labeled Pure rye whisky"
in a house from which they were cart
ing furniture. They drank of the con-
tents, and as a result James Flanagan is
dead and Patrick McNulty is dying.
while three other men are recovering
after a severe illness. The demijohn
contained corrosive sublimate.
The herald., 1897-12-28
A Persian Massacre

CINCINNATI, Dec. 27.-Yacob Sar-
gis of Ooramiah. Persia, now in this
city giving talks on Persia and Armenia,
has just received a letter from friends in
his Persian home informing him that
band of raiders from Koordes and Tan
had massacred all the inhabitants of
Persian Christian town, 800 souls, near
Salinas, Persia.
The herald., 1897-12-28
A Georgia Failure

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 27.-Goet-
Ter, We'll & Co., dry goods this city. have
been a general assignment. From the
best information obtainable the liabili-
ties are about $25O000 and the assets,
consisting Of goods and accounts, will
probably reach 100000.
The herald., 1897-12-28
A Grocery Burned

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. N.-The
wholesale grocery house of Noyes, Hub
bard & Co. was destroyed by fire today.
Loss $125, ,000 with an insurance Of $40, 900.
The adjoining building, owned and occu-
pied by the Payne Shoe company, was
badly damaged, including contents,
about 100000.
The herald., 1897-12-28
FROZEN TO DEATH
A Famous River Captain Overcome by
Cold

PITTSBURG. Pa, Dec. 27.-Captain
G. b. Hayes died suddenly, aged 6s.
Friday night while walking from Os-
borne to Haysville he was overcome by
the cold and fell in the road, and was
rapidly frozen to death. He was found
by John and Harry Bishop and carried
to their stable, where he remained all
night. Later he was removed to his
home.
At New Orleans in 1861 Captain Hayes
hauled down the Pelican flag of Louisi-
The herald., 1897-12-28
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
issued from the Office Of the county
clerk yesterday:
William George Newman. age 81. ma
tive of California, resident Of Fairview.
Ventura county, and Alice s. Brown,
age 20. native Of California, and resi-
dent of this city.
Frank Derocco. age 40, and Rosina
Derocco. age 3S. natives Of Italy and resi-
dents Of San Pedro. sS
The herald., 1897-12-28
Prisoner Makes a Dash for Liberty

John Frazier, who was bound over at
Santa Monica for trial on a grand lar
ceny charge, attempted to escape from
Constable A. ]. Myers, who had him In
charge. on the way to the county Jail,
last night. Near the Soldiers home he
jumped OFF the electric car and made a
dash for liberty. Myers followed. and.
after firing his gun couple Of times,
brought the would-be escape to stand
still.
The herald., 1897-12-28
LII IS JEALOUS
Will Favor Annexation if Given a
Pension

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-The Tribune's
Washington correspondent sends the
following: Friends of the annexation
of Hawaii will make a desperate eff
fort when Congress meets again to get
decisive action on the ratification or re-
jectment of the treaty now pending be-
fore the Senate.
1t is now stated that from motives of
envy and jealousy of her niece, Kaiulant,
ex-Queen Liliuokalani has decided to
advocate the annexation of Hawaii by
the United States, provided pension
is settled upon her, just as her niece has
been provided for.
The herald., 1897-12-28
Lost Two Fingers

David Meyers Of 1923 San Julian street
caught his left hand in buzz-saw yes
terday afternoon and had 1t terribly
mangled. He applied at the receiving
hospital for treatment. DR.. Hagan
found 1t necessary to amputate the first
and second fingers.
The herald., 1897-12-28

The benefit given the editor Of the
New Searchlight" last night at Music
hall was In every way a success. 4
large audience composed of the best coI-
ored people was present and the literary.
musical and dramatic program was well
rendered.
The herald., 1897-12-28
A Prisoner Burned

Ell PASO. Tex. Dec. 27.-Harry Eng
lish, a prisoner in the Jail at Ysleta,
was burned to death at that place today.
He attempted to burn his way out Of
Jail and the wooden structure was burn
ed before he could be rescued.