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The herald., 1897-05-27
FIRE COMMISSIONERS
Report of the Committee on the Pro-
..'.. posed Bond Issue

! At the meeting Of the board Of fire
commissioners yesterday morning the
special committee on the proposed issue
tof bonds for the purchase Of sites,
| the construction of the engine houses
and the purchase of additional appara-
tus, consisting of Messre, Sinsabaugh
and Kuhrts. presented their report,
which was adopted by a unanimous
Ivote without debate and ordered trans
mitted to the council. The report, after
|reciting the benefits to be derived from
the city owning its own property for the
use of the department, and the impera-
tive necessity for the purchase Of addi-
ltional apparatus, strongly urges the
lcalling Of an election at as early date
as possible for the issue of $150,O00 bonds
for that purpose. The report continues:
| changes in the present system: 'The
hook and ladder company and the engine
and chemical company at the Plaza
should be consolidated and a suitable
building erected for their occupancy.
There should be steam fire engine COM
panies, with combination wagons, To-
Gated in the Sixth and Seventh Wards
There should be steam fire engine
and combination wagon, with ladders.
on the southwestern hills, to cover the
hills, Bonnie Brae and vicinity Of West
lake Park.
There should be two engine compan-
les in the southwest portion of the city,
in the vicinity of Washington and Hoov-
er streete and the Harper and Universi-
ty tracts.
"The southeast and Vernon can be pro-
tected by combination chemical engines
and hose wagons
"Pico Heights should be provided with
chemical. hose and ladder service.
"A hook and ladder truck is needed at
Main and Washington streets.
East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights
require combination chemical and hose
wagons, with ladders
According to the report It is estimated
that 900 will purchase sites and con-
Istruct buildings and that 100000 addi-
tional will purchase Unnecessary appa-
ratus, furnish the buildings and prop
|erly equip the department.
Chief Moore recommended that Geo
Derbfuss be granted permission to erect
and maintain a wood turning shop on
Lot 16, Milton Thomas Tract on Grand
avenue, below Thirtieth street. The re-
commendation was adopted.
The report of Chief Electrician Fran
els for the week was ordered filed.
The payroll for the Department this
month exceeds $4,000, because of the es
tablishment of the new Hook and Lad
der Crew. The salary demands wera
approved.
Capt Brown, the fireman, who was
charged some time ago with cruelty to
his daughter, but was discharged in
Justice owens Court, came before tbs
Fire Commission this morning. 1t was
I'aecided that full Board should be pre-
sent and a weeks postponement was
| taken.
| Chief Moore reported that he had
received a $50 check from the Excelsior
Laundry. Bonfilio & McGoughey, for
the Firemen's Relief Fund. This was
done in recognition of the services of
the Department at fire in that laundry
some months ago.
| The Chief was instructed to acknow-
ledge the receipt of the check with the
thanks of the Board for the donation.
The herald., 1897-05-27
ComplexlonsI In dlc.tlons

The complexion of persons whose diges-
tion is out of order. who are bilious or who
lack vigor always exhibit an unhealthy
tint. 1t is by regulating the bodily organs
and promoting digestion and assimilation
that the parchment hue indicative of i'll
health is banished from the cheeks. To
rectify the fault of a sallow complexion.
use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an In
vgorant and Alternative which removes
those obstacles to renewed strength. phys
ical comfort and personal attractiveness--
an imperfect digestion and secretion and
disordered condition of the bowels. Per-
sistence in the use of this inestimable cor
rective and tonic will assuredly result in
renewed physical regularity and vigor, will
tend to increase bodily substance and
cause the glow and clear color of health
to return to the sallow, wasted cheek.
Cutlery at EucceYs g. 1h9 N. Snring at.
The herald., 1897-05-27
GETS HIS DESERTS
A Fellow Sentenced to Six Months for
Indecent Exposure

Frank Kohler, a German who lives on
Boyle Heights, was yesterday sentenced
by Justice Owens to serve six months in
Jail for indecently exposing his person
to some little girls. Kohler has greatly
annoyed the residents of Boyle Heights
in the neighborhood of Seventh street
of late by his conduct. A few days ago
he approached some little girls who were
playing in the street, and after expos
ing himself made an indecent proposal
to one of them. The girl ran into the
house and told her mother what had
happened. officer Arguello wac in
formed of the occurrence and promptly
placed the fellow under arrest.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Marriage License

The following was the only license
that issued from the county clerks
office yesterday:
De Witt c. Lamb. native of New
York. aged So years, and Jennie Lytle,
a native Of Maryland. aged AZ years,
both residents of Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-05-27
AFRAID OF JUSTICE OWENS
A Prisoner Who Has Sampled Justice
There Before

B. w. Nellingan, who was arrested
night. before last by Constable Brake
shuler while making an assault upon
his wife with butcher knife, while In
a drunken fury, was arraigned in the
police court yesterday on a charge OF
battery. Trial was Get for today.
When placed under arrest Nelligan
was very much frightened and inquired
OF the officer If he would have to be
taken before Justice Owens II expect
you will" replied Brakeshuler. MAY
God be with me-" gasped Nelligan. 1--WE
been In his court before" He then in
sisted on being allowed to get down upon
his knees and invoke divine assistance
in his coming trial.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Postofaca Rohhad

Inspector Flint was notified by wire
yesterday that the postofilce in Fall
brook, San Diego county, had been
robbed of 5000. Details were promised
by mail. but the intrepid postofi1ce in
spector will go to Fallbrook this morn
ing and make a personally conducted
investigation.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Sweet Held for Trial

D. D. Sweet, who was arrested on com:
plant of Anderson & Chanslor on a
charge of embezzlement, had his exam
ination before Justice Owens yesterday
and was held over to answer for trial In
the superior. court. Bond was fixed at
$1,000.
The herald., 1897-05-27

closely resemble the millennium. ana
without special disposal ton Of some sort
II was probable that the present over
head system would obtain and be main
tained for an indefinite period.
The herald., 1897-05-27
Unfair

Come, sing for us!' he pleadingly said; /;
She gave her kind consent,
And then he chinned his other girl
With villainous content.
New York Journal,
The herald., 1897-05-27
1rntter Finally Deferred for Further
Invest gation-Meeting Of the
Fire Commissioners

90 prc ~ s-s--
The herald., 1897-05-27
Q,AYTON'S BID
les Conlmotion Among
N ''' CounciImen
esq.,.
IF is DISCUSSED AT LENGTH
THE RELIABILITY OF THE BID
DEB INQUIRED INTO

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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-11
TO SETTLE 1T.
Salvation Army Will Find Out
Their Rights From Su-
preme Court.

Whether the Salvation Army has the
right to parade on the public streets of
cities in Kansas is to be decided soon
by the state supreme court.
Recently at Hutchinson, Kan, the
Salvation Army officers were informed
that if they wished to make parades
upon the Hutchinson streets, they
would be charged a license of 81 for
each parade The violation of this rule
brought the SalVatiOniSts into the pO-
lice court at Hutchinson and in order
to have a full and fair settlement of
the case attorneys were retained to
represent the Salvation Army and to
make a test of such ruling. AS moth
ing like it had ever been passed upon
by the supreme court the Hutchinson
case was transferred to the state su-
preme court here and it now remains
for the court to decide whether the or
dinance as in effect at Hutchinson is
constitutional or whether the case
shall be decided on it's merits in the
district court of Reno county
Ensign Joseph Hawk, of the Topeka
branch of the Salvation Army, is look
ing after the details at Topeka. Con-
cerning the case he said: I'VE hope
to get a favorable decision in the case
At Hutchinson the police court seemed
had not passed on a case like this we
had it brought up here and we expect
q decision soon. 1t will serve as test
case for the Salvation Army through
out the state. We want our just rights
and no more. I think the supreme
court will make the case very plain so
that there will be no further trouble
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-11
NOT ONE CENT
Did the Negroes OF Alton Give
to the LOvejOy Monument.

Alton, Ill, Nov. 11--Aside from the
address made by the Rev. J. r. Wilker-
son the colored people of Alton and Il
linois did not participate in the exer-
cises incidental to the dedication of the
monument to the man who gave his
life for their race.
From the very inception of the mOnu-
ment movement it was understood that
the colored people of the city and state
were to be prominently identified with
everything pertaining to the affair.
When funds were needed to make the
conditional state appropriation for the
monument available assurances were
given that wealthy colOred people in the
city would contribute literally. Sub
ScriptiOnS were asked of them, but they
were dumb to every appeal, and of the
81 900 raised by popular subscription not
one cent was contributed by a cOlOred
man.
An audience of several thousand at
tended the dedication of the monument.
OF these less than half dozen were
cOlored people. There are 500 negroes
in the city, but they remained at their
homes and their work
Three months ago when the rumOr
colored children in the public schools
of Alton would be separated, leaders of
the colored people declared that if such
an attempt was made, the negroes
would have nothing to do with the ded-
ication of LOvejOy's monument They
were good as their word. The children
We're separated, and when the monu-
ment was dedicated, the negroes OF Al
ton and Illinois stayed away.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-11
BADENI MUST GO,
Is the Cry in Austria and None Can
Eoretell the Outcome.

London, Nov. 1O.-A letter received
here from Vienna says the published
reports of the political situation in the
Austrian empire convey no adequate
idea of the chaos prevailing. -tBadeni
must co. is the general war cry now,
and his downfall is considered ineVita-
BILE regardless of the outcome of the
present fight between the Germans and
the CzechS.
The letter adds: mo one can forsee
how it Will end. If the Germans win,
there may be blOodshed in Bohemia
and if the BOhemfans are persistent
the Germans will have to fight with
their sharpest weapons to assert their
prerOgatiVe and save the Austro- Hun
garian duality The danger. however
lies in the active participation in the
fight by the Germans over the border
There is actually q small party in the
Prussia and wants to see the former
German provinces of Bohemia, handed
to the HOhenzollerns.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-11
Senator Caffery of Louisiana
Does Not See How War
Between the United States and
Spain
CAN BE LONG AVERTED
JingOes Here and Fools in Spain
Will Bring 1t.
Spain Going Ahead With War
Preparations Rapidly.

Washington, Nov. 11.-Senator Canery
of Louisiana dfscoursed as follows today
on the Cuban situation:
I do not see how war can be averted.
With the jingoes in this country and the
fools in Spain. it seems to me that trou-
BILE is sure to come. For my part. I can-
not imagine why we should embroil our
selves on account of Cuba. If we secured
independence for the Cubans they would
have revolutions four times a month. and
II we undertook to annex the island We
would find the cost greater than several
such islands would be worth. But in
this matter the president is evidently try
ing to please everybody, and he viii find
that the lingo pressure is the stronger,
and he viii be swept away by it.
If he undertakes to throw the response
bility upon congress, there is no question
as to the result. The senate viii pass
resolutions OF beIligerency and independ-
ence and everything else with a WhoOD.
for we have lots of warriors in the sem
ate, and do not believe Reed will be able
to hold back the house. Outside Of con-
gress, too, the war feeling is strong. In
the south thousands of men could be
raised in few days. The low price at
which cotton is selling just now is caus-
ing general discomfort not to say suffer-
ing, and men want a chance to retrieve
their fortunes in any way. 1 do not want
war, but, as 1 said before, 1 believe we
will drift into it
ing to the better news from Cuba and the
United States General Blanco cabled
that he has good hopes of the success of
the astronomical reforms for the pacihca-
ton of Cuba.
In spite Of these peaceful impressions.
the government is resolved not to neg
lect to increase the navy As was an
nOunced yesterday. the cabinet council
considered a lengthy detailed statement
made by the minister of marine. descri0-
ing the present situation of the navy The
minister declared that he could only dis
pose now of a little over half million
1,1I 1a11f1
all other credits voted for this object hav-
ing been spent.
The cabinet council authorized the min
lister to employ that money in beginning
to build new cruiser in the state ar
senaIs and another cruiser in private
Spanish shipbuilding yards. Nine million
dollars owed to the nation by the colonial
budget. will be employed in artillery for
the WarShipS.
Meanwhile effort will be made to raise
a loan of S16 600, 900 on the guarantee OF
revenue from special tax, created last
year for the increase of the navy.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-11
About the Seal Fisheries at the
Conference Today.
Canadians Have Been Catching
Nearly y All the Seals.
RATIO is Is TO ONE.
Though the Past Season Has
Been a Good One
The Catch Has Fallen Off About
One Half.

Washington, Nov. 11.-President Nc
Kinley will give a dinner at the execu-
tive mansion tonight to Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, the Canadian premier. and La
dy Laurier, Sir Louis Davies. minister
of marine of Canada, and Lady Davies
and the officials who are taking part
in the Bering sea negotiations
This will be the first of several no
table social events in honor of the Wis
itors. Tomorrow Secretary Sherman
will entertain Sir Wilfrid and his asso-
ciates at dinner, and on Saturday night
they will be the guests of Gen. Foster.
Before the Bering sea conference open
ed today the officials and ladies of the
party inspected the new congressional
library
TOday's conference began at eleven
o'clock with a full representation of the
British, Canadian and American Off
Gals For the first time the statistics
of the catch of seals for the present
piled by the American officials and
brought out prominently two features
which were regarded as most important
in supporting the American contention,
namely: That the catch had fallen off
about One-half during the present sea-
son, showing cOnclusively in the Opin-
ion of the American experts that the
seal herd was being rapidly wiped out;
and second, that the catch of seals from
the American islands in Bering sea was
about Is to 1 as between the Canadian
sealerS under the British flag,
and American sealers. The same pro-
portion was shown to exist throughout
the waters of the North Pacific
In detail the figures for this season 8
catch, now made available for the first
time, are as follows:
Total catch of seals in North Pacific
for the present season, 3S.700, against
73 900 last year The total catch this
year is divided as follows: Taken by
British vessels, 80, 500; by American YES
sells 400; by Japanese vessels, $500;
the catch in Bering sea, which is that
portion Of the North Pacific in which
the United States is interested, is 1860
last season, a reduction of about one
half OF the catch in Bering sea, Brit
ish vessels took 5000; American YES
sells, ], ,O50 The figures make no distinc
tiOn between British and Canadian YES
sells, as practically all the sealing is
done by Canadian vessels, which, how
ever, are nOminally classed as British.
The falling off of about One-half in
the total catch, both in Bering sea and
the North Pacific is said to be most sig
nificant in view of the circumstances.
The present season is a better one, the
experts say, for the taking of seals
than last season. The same regulations
apply this season as last. Under these
circumstances, it is said that the con-
clusion to be drawn from this years
figures is that the seal herd has been
greatly reduced by indiscriminate
slaughter at the alarming rate of about
one-half in the last year.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-11
WHERE THE CATTLE WENT
Farmers Who Have Been Missing
Stock Trace Some of It.

r. L. Conelly and B. J. Putnam were
arrested yesterday by Detective Cap
ron, charged with being accomplices of
Dick Chapman, who is charged with
stealing six head of cattle from
Schenck's pasture near Silver Lake
Conelly and Putnam are connected
with the slaughter house where the
hides and horns of the stolen cattle
were found. Conelly is the proprietor
and Putnam is a buyer The men were
released on bond Chipman's trial was
set for yesterday afternoon, but Justice
Chesney continued it until the 18th.
ConeIly will be tried on Monday and
Putnam on Tuesday.
The farmers around Silver Lake have
been losing cattle for some time and
they think that this will break up a
large and well organized gang that has
been stealing cattle from the farmers
for some time The chain of evidence
against Chapman looks rather bad for
him.
Detective Capron knows that he sold
some cattle to Conolly, and he has
the hides and horns of the cattle that
he sold and Schenck has identified them
as the hides of the cattle he had stolen.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-11
LELAND IN COLLISION
An Order From the Supreme
Court May be Issued
For Him.

The much talked of proceedings
against Harry Briggs, charging him
with contempt of an order of the su-
preme court in refusing to certify the
names of Populists as membe.s of the
election board in Center township, Don
iphan county, were filed in the supreme
court today.
Frank w. Elliott makes the affidavit
against Briggs which appears in the
application for a writ of attachment.
Cyrus Leland is also charged with col
lusiOn and the complainants secretly
hope that an order will issue against
Leland as well as Briggs, although there
is no formal application for the former.
The application was presented to the
supreme court today by Assistant At
tOrney General Geo. R. Smelling and H.
c. Solomon of Atchison. The court has
not made any order.
Accompanying the petition are 25 af-
fidavits, all of which set up the claim
that Briggs fed to Missouri to avoid
compliance with the order of the court
The affidavits are also equally as pos
tive that Leland caused Briggs to
leave to avoid having an honest cleo
ton.
Tomorrow the plaintiffs in this suit
Will file a quo warranto proceeding,
asking that the vote of Center town
ship be thrown out and not considered
Il this be done the POpulist candidate
for county commissioner will be elect
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-11
ANOTHER WHISKY Ring
Is Believed to Exist, by ReVe =
nue. Officials.

New York, Nov. 11.-FOr the last two
days 40 internal revenue officers under
the direction of Col. Robert Williams.
chief of the New York and New Jersey
division of the department, have been
securing the city to get evidence
against the large tobacco dea-~rs, cigar
manufacturers and liquor distillers-
Frauds in the payment of tobacco and
liquor taxes and supposed irregularities
on the part of the government officials
are behind the investigations
When the work of Col. Williams is
completed, it is expected that men Of
important standing in commercial and
official life will be affected. 1t viii take
a full month to complete the work, be-
cause of its magnitude and because the
Washington officials have determined
to make it thorough. a tour of the to-
bacco factories has been begun and in
some cases small seizures were made
After the revenue men get through with
this city they will invade Brooklyn and
Jersey City, where it is said the same
conditions exist which prevail here.
This work of the revenue officers is
said to be only the first step in the big
gest inquiry made by the department
since the days of the whisky ring.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-11
WHOLE TRAIN BURNS.
A Passenger is DeraiIed and
Takes Fire.

Louisville, Ky, Nov. IA passenger
train on the Louisville Henderson &
St. Louis road, which left St. Louis last
evening and which was due in this city
at 1880 o'clock this morning, was de-
rallied and entirely consumed by a fire
at 4 O'Clock this morning near Leesport
80 miles from Louisville No lives were
lost and so far as is known, no one was
seriously injured.
The accident is attributed to a freak
of the high wind last night which over
turned a box car standing on the Lew
ispOrt siding. The car fell directly
across the main track and near a sharp
curve. It was not seen by the engineer
of the passenger train until it was too
late to stop his engine and the train
crashed through the obstruction over
truning the engine and tender and the
combination car. The stove in the
combination car set fire to the paper
and other inflammable matter around it
and before the trainmen could remove
the cars the other coaches, also sleep
ers and day coach being totally de-
stroyed in addition to a com bination
car in which We're the smoker and bag
gage. The passengers had plenty of
time to escape. The loss will be heavy.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-11
BLOOD IS SCENTED.
Young John Logan May Enter
the Field of Honor.

Chicago, Nov. 11.-Blood may be
spilled in consequence of the horse
show imbroglio. The disagreement be-
tween the Illinois state board of agri-
culture on one side and General Mana
ger John A. Logan and his retinue and
the financial guarantors of the horse
show on the other has narrowed to a
personal matter between Secretary
Garrard of the Illinois state board of
agriculture and General Manager LO-
gan. The affair." it is said, has been
reduced to a stage where men of honor
may take it in hand and settle it. Mr..
Logan made the announcement yester-
day that he had forgiven all of the
state board except it's secretary, and
as to him that was another matter.
This assertion was taken by Secre-
tary Garrard as a yelled inference of a
threat. 1t was freely limited about the
Sherman House later in the day that
when these two men met something
would likely happen.
If these men ever meet in an~encoUn-
ter it will be an awful carnage. Sec
retary Garrard is a fighter of the old
school. He also has the advantage of
starts. His hair is gray and his girth
line is somewhat distended, but he is
the friskiest member of the board on
foot and has a record down in Sanga-
mon county for back hold wrestling
that nobody has been able to break.
General Manager Logan is younger
and trimmer Dullt and according to the
press reports of the coronation of the
czar he was the most military-lOOking
man among those present.
Neither of these men came within
view of the other all day. Several times
Secretary Garrard sent messages to
the general manager asking if he had
his book Strengthened out so the prem
iums could be paid. No answer was
returned to any of these messages,
which became more terse and acrid as
the day waned.
Horsemen fat stock men, poultry
men and exhibitors. of butter and cheese
poured into Secretary Garrard's office
in the Sherman House all day demand
ing to know when they would get the
money they won. To all of these he
said that he would pay as soon as he
could get a report from the general
manager To some of them who had
counted on their premium money. the
secretary had to lend money to get
home.