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The herald., 1897-04-28
City News in Brief

Vincent lecture course, May 10. DR..
Steel.
Orr & Hines, undertakers, removed to
CAT South Broadway. Tel. Main 65.
Call tel. Main 243 for ambulance, Kreg-
elo & Bresee. Sixth and Broadway.
Robert Sharp & Co.. funeral directors
independently, 536 South Spring street.
Telephone 1929,
Watches cleaned, rs cents; main
springs, so cents; crystals, 10 cents.
Patton. PA South Broadway.
Buy your guns, ammunition and BIZ
cycles a t reduced prices Southern Cali
fornia Arms company, 113 West First
street.
Adams Bros, dentists, 293ls South
Spring street. Painless filling and ex-
tracing. Best sets of teeth from IS to
$40. Hours. to s; Sundays, 10 to r.
Don't delay. your opportunity to buy
is now. for the Oak Shoe store, ia West
First street will positively close its doors
May 1st. Everything must be sold. The
few pairs that remain will be sold at
ridiculously low prices.
DR.. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson
block, first floor, rooms 133 1874, 1876.
Special attention given to obstetrical
cases anG all diseases of women and
children. Electricity scientifically used.
Consultation hours, 1 to 8. Tel. 1927.
II. c. Lichtenberger'e art emporium,
located at 202 South Spring street, in the
Wilcox building. is the best place to pur-
chase frames pictures and art materials.
Remember this store when you desire
anything new and artistic.
Lost-A pocketbook containing rail-
way transportation. telegraph franks
and other papers in the name of H. G.
Otis; also money The papers are of no
value to any one but the owner and the
finder (who is known will be given as a
reward half the money. if he returns,
without further delay. the pocketbook
and contents to the Times Office
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CITY NEWS
INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS
Chronicled ON PaQea A. 4. &. g and 10


Forecast: Partly cloudy; westerly
winds.
Routine business transacted at the
meeting of the police commissioners.
Both sides Of the hardware contract
with the board of education ventil-
ated.
Four Cinnamon make 1t hot for IN
unlimited constable in fan-tan
game.
The fistic exhibition at Hazards
pavilion; Jeffries' and Billy Woods
illustration.
The mysterious mutilation Of the
grand jury's report; stolen sheet;
testimony of newspaper reporters.
The notorious Spencer case at last
settled; Judge Van Dyke scores the
defendant in his deciding opinion.
Will Warner takes the stand in the
trial Of Emanuel Brown and tells the
story Of how Bellew was murdered.
Conference between the water sup
ply committee of the council and the
city water company representatives.
Roney Crane, the Calabasas rowdy,
arrested on the charge of being con-
cerned in the murder of Mike Lordon.
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Slauson Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. j. s. Slauson gave very
charming but informal dinner Monday
evening in their hospitable Figueroa
street home, in honor of Mrs. Dan w.
Earl Of San Francisco. The decorations,
which were wholly of sweet peas, were
most artistic. Covers were laid for
eight. Besides Mrs. Earl, the guests
were: Mr. and Mrs. T. d. Mott, jr..
Mrs. Hugh Macneil, Mrs j. S. Vos-
burg and Mr.. James Slauson.
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Card Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Ozro w. Childs enter
tained Informally with cards Monday
evening in their charming home, 1929
Figueroa street. Those present were
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Platter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard p. Blaisdell, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Bradbury, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Nc
Farland, Mr.. and Mrs Nat Wiltshire.
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Lamp Explosion

The explosion of an oil lamp in the
basement Of the rooming house known
as the irving, near the corner of Hill
and Second streets, was the cause of an
incipient blaze at that place yesterday
morning about $3.50 o'clock. A telephone
alarm was turned in, the engines turned
out, and the fire was extinguished be-
fore any serious damage was done.
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Amateur Theatricals

An amateur dramatic entertainment
VIII De given at the Guild hall for the
oenent OF the Woman's guild of St.
Pauls church Thursday evening of next
week. There will be double bill; the
curtain raiser. "The Setting of the Sun. ]"
Bangs farce, "The Bicyclers."
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Tallyho PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Baldwin gave
delightful tallyho ride to Sierra Madre
and an al fresco luncheon Sunday, with
the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. H.
F. Vollmer, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Sale, Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Gibbons. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Pratt. Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ Web
ster, Mr.. and Mre. Harold Fisher, Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond, Mines. French,
Warner and Bushnell, Miss Taylor.
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Farrington-Jonas

Miss Grace Stafford Jones and Mr.. WILL
bur Ernest harrington were married at
Boston, Mass, April 18th. Mr.. and Mrs
harrington will reside at Wellesley hills.
Just south Of Boston.
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Want to Buy House

OF about four or five rooms, south part
of town, on the installment plan. Our
client don't want to pay a fancy price
and does not expect more than he is
willing to pay for. Call or address
Langworthy company, lawyers, 225
South Spring street.
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The Misses Jarvis, who have been
making an extended stay in Los An
geles, left Monday morning for their
home in Louisville, Ky.
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Stimulant to muscular and intellectual
activity; relieves mental exhaustion. Bro
mo-Kola.
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Glenwood ranges. Furrey Co., 15s North
Spring.
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To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take Laxauve Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. 25c.
The herald., 1897-04-28

Latest style of wall paper ar A. A. Eek
strom's. S24 South Spring street.
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The N. s. a. 20.

Tonight will be grand fete night for
Los Angeles parlpr No. 45, N. S. G. w.
There will be twenty-five candidates
initiated and good time is promised.
The herald., 1897-04-28
The Weather

TEMPERATURE-Rep of observations
taken at Los, Angeles, April 27. The
barometer is reduced to sea level.
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Maximum temperature. CO.

Minimum temperature. 50.
Rainfall past twenty-four hours. trace.
ndications-Southern California: Partly
cloudy Wednesday,; fresh westerly winds.
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Mechanics tools. Turrey's. lss North
spring street.
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EVENTS OF TODAY

Burbank-"our Boys"
Orpheum-Vaudevil
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Board of fire commissioners meet
10 a. m.
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Independence or DEATH" They Say,
Is the UnnIterabIe and Sacred
Motto of Patriots.
SPANISH DEGREES PRINTED
CUBA AND PORTO RICO REFORMS TO
BE PUT INTO EFFECT.
Riot Precipitated by Released Prison.
ers Shouting ''Hurrah for Free
Neutrality-suspicious. mt Liberty.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-The Cuban Con-
stituent Assembly, which met recently at
Camaguey to remodel the Constitution and
elect a new President, issued manifesto
which reached the office of the Cuban Junta
in this city to-day. The document is dated
Layaya, Oct 80, and is signed by Domingo
Mendez Capote, president of the assem-
bly,. The manifesto is addressed by THE
representatives of the Cuban people, to all
those who have the independence and future
welfare of Cuba at heart. The document
says that the assembly, before adjourning,
deemed it it's duty to proclaim, among other
things, that: No special laws no political
reform or autonomy, nothing in short that
the Spanish government may be willing to
grant that means Spanish sovereignty over
Cuba shall be accepted by the Cubans as a
settlement of the war. Independence or
death is and shall be the unalterable and
sacred motto of the Cubans. The Cubans
have not resorted to arms in order to obtain
any political measure which does not once
and for all solve the Cuban question. That
is the reason we will accept nothing snort
of absolute independence. 1t is our purpose
to constitute an independent state, orderly,
prosperous and happy, over the ruin OF a
Wornout colony. We are firmly determines
to carry on the war until victory or -deatn
crowns our efforts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-27
WANTS MORE OF CHINA.
Germnny's Object in Making Extrava-
giant Claims for Indemnity.


LONDON, Nov. 26.-Special DISPATCHES
received here to-day from Shanghai saw
that Baron Won Heyking, the German min
lister to China, has presented to the Chi
nese government the demands of Germany
for reparation for the recent murder of
German missionaries and the destruction
of German mission property These de-
mands include the discovery and execution
of the murderers of the missionaries. Mes
and Hennle, the punishment of the impli-
Gated officials, the reconstruction of the
mission building and the payment of an
indemnity of 100000 taels to the relatives of
the victims, and also the payment of a
heaVy indemnity to cover the expenses of
the German naval expedition and the
maintenance of the German force
at klaochau bay. The Chinese gov
eminent replied that Kiaochau bav
must be evacuated before the demands
can be discussed. Baron Won Heyking re-
FUSED TO consent to this, and a deadlock
was the result The foreign diplomats saw.
the special dispatches further announce
mat the German conditions are impossi-
pie or acceptance, and they assert that they
were only presented to enable GERMANY to
retain hlaochau bay and to extend north
ward her hold of Chinese territory
1T is reported that Chang Koayan. the
Chlnese general, who was in command of
the notifications at Kiaochau bay and who
surrendered to the Germans without firing
shot, has been condemned to death by the
chinese war council. The viceroys of Cam
ton Foo-Choo and Marking are trying to
put the coast defenses in a proper state of
repair, with the view of preventing possible
Iurther seizure of Chinese territory.
the st. Petersburg Novosti contends that
the growth OF German influence in the near
ana tar east will necessitate union of
Great Britain, Russia and France for the
protection of their interests.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.-The persistent silence
CT the government regarding the intentions
OF Germany at kiaochau bay though prob
ably caused by the necessities of diplomatic
negotiations, is beginning to be regarded
with considerable anxiety. It is believed
that Immediately prior 10 the occupation
by Admiral Won Dederich and the German
intention to Russia, as a friendly power
and that virtual agreement exists under
which Germany may keep KiaOchau and
dominate power in Corea, which is tanta-
mount to annexation.
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WASHED OVERHEARD.
Capt. Randall Morris Lost During a
Storm on Newfoundland.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26. - Captain
Randall Morris, of the British bark Green
land. which arrived here to-day, was
washed overheard and lost during a storm
on Nov. 10 OF the coast of Newfoundland.
Captain Morris's home was in Harrisburg,
n. S., and this was the first trip of the YES
sci. He leaves family. The Greenland,
which is of GIG tons register, left Iviglut on
Oct 26 for this port with a cargo of cryo-
lite. The weather held good until off the
Newfoundland coast, when heavy gales
were encountered. On the night of the 10th
Captain Morris and three men were at the
wheel and heavy seas were washing over
the decks. One swept the vessel from stem
to stern. Those at the wheel were knocked
down, and three Seamen managed to catch
hold of Iashings, which kept them from
being washed over the side. When the
decks were cleared once more Captain Nor
ris missing, and no trace of him could
be found. First Mate Wylie then took
charge and brought the bark safely into
port. The bark's cargo is consigned to w.
f. Hagar & Co, and but little is known of
Captain Morris, who was new man in the
service.
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Rrndstreet,s Review.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say: Notwithstanding the ap-
pearance of q demand for holiday special
ties at some points in the South, at Chi
cago ST. Louis and in regions tributary
thereto, general trade throughout the coun-
try has shown no general Improvement this
week. Most favorable reports are from the
territory west of the Mississippi river and
north of Missouri and Kansas, where colder
weather has stimulated demand and the
interior and country merchants have been
buying with comparative freedom
The Eastern cotton goods industry con-
tinues depressed. Consumers evidently do
not intend to buy extensively until they be-
lieve the prices of raw cotton is ready to
advance Competition from Southern mills
manufacturers who produce single
staple, underlieS existing large stocks and
the heaviness of prices. Converters and
manufacturers OF cotton yarns are situated
relatively more favorably. Other lines re-
porting seasonable distribution are manu-
facturers of woolens, clothing. shoes and
jobbers of fancy groceries. At Philadelphia
there is a check in demand for products in
leading textile lines, and arrangements are
making to run on shorter time. Iron and
steel have not been in as active demand as
expected, and are lower, notwithstanding
furnaces and mills are supplied with orders
sufficient to carry them we'll into next year
A favorable feature is found in advances
in wages of operatives in various Industrial
lines.
Wheat exports, affected almost entirely
by the holidays, show a considerable de-
crease from last weeks total The aggre-
gate exports of wheat flour included as
WheaD from both coasts OF the United
States and from Canada this week are
1896. 1853 bu, against 900 bu last week
3.753,0o0 bu last year.. 2.i60000 bu in 1895,
Corn exports also would have been larger
but for this reason, amounting to 2S69.0OO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-27

Spanish DEGREES Published in the OIL
ciaI Gazette.

ciaI Gazette.
MADRID Nov. 27.-The Official Gazette
publishes this morning Saturday the royal
DEGREES granting autonomy to Cuba and
Porto Rico, thus removing the anxiety that
had begun to be expressed on all sides as
the result of the governments reticence and
unexplained delay.
Article / explains the principles OF the
future governments of the two islands.
Article 2 DEGREES that the government Oh
each island shall be composed of an insular
Parliament divided into chambers, Wnlle d
governor general representing the nome
government shall exercise, in It's name, the
supreme authority.
making laws of colonial affairs rests WIN
the insular chambers and the governor gem
eral. -
Article directs that the insular repre-
sentation shall be composed OF Two corp of
rations with equal powers; Champer Oh
REPRESENTATIVES and Council of Admins
tration. -, c,,, - ia
mnistration shall consist OF thirty-Il - =
members of whom eighteen shall be elected
and seventeen nominated by the home gov
eminent. -, ..1,o. Of
the council of administration must pe
Spaniards, thirty-five years or age, VINO
We're horn in the island, or who nave re
sided there continually for four years. II
specifies numerous officials, sucn as sena-
tors. presidents of courts, and OF enampee sT
of commerce and other. bodleS as ehsiule
to election to the council.
Articles to A. inclusive, deal with noml-
nations and the conditions OF electlon 10
councils .,...se ~ Tho
Article 10 empowers the throne or the
governor general to convoke, suspend tor
dissolve the chambers, with an obhg3tlon
to reassemble them within three months.
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RIOT AT PORTO RICO.
Cubans from Spanish Prisons Cried
"Hurrah for Free America"

Cubans from Spanish Prisons CRIED
"Hurrah for Free American
HAVANA, Nov. 26.-Advices just received
from Porto Rico say that riot occurred
there yesterday. 1t appears that steamer
having on board a number OF political prls-
oners recently released from the Spanish
penal settlements on the African coast in
accordance with the amnesty decree, ar
rived there and the liberated men were al
lowed to land. They soon found their way
to drinking saloon partook OF stimulants
and began cheering for the United States,
crying 'Hurrah for free America This
demonstration was resented by the crowds
about the place and rioting followed The
police were called on to interfere and COM
pei the liberated men to re-embark. During
the disturbance the police captured the in
surgent colonel, Alipo Sanchez, who is de-
scribed as being incognito in Porto Rio.
Senior Marcos Garcia, the governor of
Santa Clara, has arrived at Sagua in order
to be better able to judge of the conditions
of the reconcentrados. From this day on
these unfortunate people will receive ra-
tions.
The Spanish authorities to-day released
from prison Thos. J. Jordan, a prisoner cap
tured, according to the allegations, after
the landing of an expedition by the Amer
lean steamer Three Friends, and Manuel
Hernandez who is said to have been
member of another filibustering expedition
Both men were under sentence of death
The government has also released from
prison Juan Arias, Augustin Cossio, Emilio
Betancourt and Rosendo Betancourt.
No American citizen is now confined in
prisons in the Island of Cuba.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-27
A Trip Around the World I'm Fifty
Days Is Now a Mere Matter of Fact.

VICTORIA B. c.. Nov. 26.-The trip
around the world can be made in fifty days
without trouble. So says ]. D. Gavetsh,
Russian government engineer, and p.
Chamillard, French engineer in the serv-
ice of Papot & Co., of Paris, who have just
arrived from the Orient after having been
engaged in the construction of the Trans
siberian Railway. A traveller can go from
Vladivostock, the Pacific coast, to St.
Petersburg, 1887 miles, in from ten to twelve
days. With the great railway an accom-
plished fact, it is easy to be seen that the
military strength of Russia on the Pacific
coast will be greatly strengthened, for
though now there are but 10000 soldiers at
Vladivostock, if trouble should arise over
100000 could be rushed to the coast within
a week Vladivostock is itself in an excep-
tionally strong position, for there are no
less than thirty fortresses there, and a fleet
of from seven to nine Russian war ships are
ever in the harbor.
The transcontinentaI line after leaving
Vladivostock runs northerly to Xabarofsk,
where the governor general of western ST.
IBERIA resides. This is city of 100000 inhab-
itants, and strong military point. From
Xabarofsk it, runs westerly to Blagowres-
chensk and Nertchensk, two very important
centers of population. From here break
occurs for about 1000 miles, and instead of
proceeding by rail the traveller takes pas
sage on one of the river steamers running
up the Amoor river to where the railway
again begins. This and break at Lake
Baykan, where connection is also made by
steamers are the only breaks in the line,
and before long these will not longer ex-
ist as work has already been begun in con-
tinuation of the line along the banks of
the Amoor and around Lake Balkan. From
this lake to the Siberian boundary of Ala
Samara about ten large cities, with a pop
ulation averaging about $4,000 people, are
met. All are strong military posts, and
many soldiers are stationed at each work
has Just been commenced on line from
Vladivostock through northern Manchuria
to BlagoWreSchensk, paralleling the other
line, and by which the journey will be
shortened about 1880 miles. This line is be-
ing built by virtue of a CONCESSION between
Russia and China.
Mr. Gavetski says the country through
which the road passes is fabulOuSly rich in
minerals-far richer than Cariboo, Califor-
mia or Klondike, and there is more of 1t
and more variety. There is gold (both
quartz and placer, silver, coal and other
minerals Many companies are at work
there. but the majority goes to the Russian
government. The companies are all forced
TO pay a royalty onfthe mineral taken out
by them. These mines, Mr. Gavetskl says,
emDloy thousands and thousands of men,
and now that the railway is open ana the
mine operators are able TO send their MIN
erals to- Russia, the work will be greatly
increased. The new road, ne says, Is lid
orally patronized, and will be a paying in
stitutiOn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-27

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 26.-The Cham
Der of Deputies to-day approved the Fran
co-Brazlian arbitration treaty. within the
terms Of which will fall the boundary dis
putes between France and Brazil, and par
ticuarly the settlement of the Amapa ques-
ton. The opposition to the treaty has been
very strong, and there has been SO much
delay that the French government few
weeks ago. presented demand for the set
Element of the boundaries of the contested
territory of Amapa that was almost an ul-
timatum. For six weeks or more NJ. Pichon,
the French minister to Brazil, has been
urging a prompt consideration by the Bra
lillian Congress of the arbitration conven-
ton. and the Importance of formally con-
firming the new Amapa boundary that was
eliminated last summer led the opposition
to modify it's opposition TO the treaty. r
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UncOnfirmed RumOr that n Sanguin-
AIRY Conflict Has Taken Place in
the Lagos Hinterland.
GERMANY'S GRAB In CHINA
MORE TERRITORY MAY BE SEIZED
BESIDES KIAOCHAU BAY.
Demands Made on the Picking Govern
ment Which the Invaders Did
Not Expect Compliance With.

LONDON, Nov. 26-Rumors were current
on the continent to-day that there had
been a sanguinary conflict in the Lagos
Hinterland between the French and British
forces. The first report come from Rome
in a dispatch to the Frankfort Zeitung,
which gave the place of battle as Nikki.
Later in the day the rumor reached the
Colonial Office here from another source,
but the report was deemed improbable, as
both the British and French forces n the
Hihterland had been instructed to avoid
collision. Late this evening the Colonial
office received cable message from Lagos,
west coast of Africa, stating that a rumor
was current among the natives there of a
collision between four hundred British and
French troops. The report, it is believed
at the Colonial Office, will prove to be
founded on conflict between the French
and some natives.
A dispatch from Paris says: M. Lebon,
the minister of the colonies, has received
no information of collision between the
British and French troops at Nikki, in the
Niger region, and discredits the report.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-27
VICTORY FOR PROGREssIvEs.
Moderates Defeated in the London
School Board Election

LONDON, Nov. 26.-The result of the
polling for the election of fifty-five mem
bers of the School Board for London yes
terday is clear majority for the Progress
sive party. The elections are triennial and
this is the first instance since 1882 where
the Progressives have dominated at the
polls. Mr.. j. r. Diggle, the leader of the
Moderates, and for many years the most
influential member of the School Board has
been defeated in the Marylebone district.
In spite OF tremendous excitement among
the advocates and opponents of additional
religious teachings in the schools the voting
was generally light in all parts of the me.
trCpolis. A number of independent candi-
dates were put forward Their issues were
somewhat involved. and the Moderates. who
are, generally speaking, the church party
were divided into two camps under leaders
whose personal ambitions and special con-
troversies resulted in inceSsant chickering's
for some months before the elections. The
Tory press. which has supported the candi-
dates OF the Moderates, repeatedly warned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-27
Favors Annexation of Hawaii.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. Ex-senator c. K
Davis leaves next Tuesday for Washing
ton. Senator Davis said to a reporter to-
day that Immediately on the converting C1
Congress he would move for the adoption
of the Hawaiian annexation bill. He is very
confident that it will be adopted, although
he has not made any canvass among the
senators to learn their sentiments in the
matter. The annexation provides that pres
emit existing laws of the island be undis-
turbed, except as hey may conflict with
the laws of the United States. Mr.. Davis
is of the opinion that the majority of the
people on the island favor annexation.