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The herald., 1897-06-19
THE SEWAGE WATERS
Of the City Form the Basis Of Suit
for Damages

The suit of Cleland against the South
Side Irrigation company came to trial
yesterday in department three before
Judge Shaw and jury.
The contention of the plaintiff is that
the defendant company suddenly and
without cause stopped the supply of
water furnished under the terms of Il
specific contract, for the purpose of ir.
rigating the sixty acres of land he owns
By reason of this failure to observe ana
carry out the terms of this contract
plaintiff claims to have suffered loss
and claims s2950 as damages.
On the other hand the defendant claims
that the waters supplied by it are the
sewage waters of the city. and under
the contract. if plaintiff did not utilize
this sewage so as to be inoffensive
it was justified in Withdrawing the sup
ply. There was church and a school
house closely adjacent to plaintiffs
premises, and where the waters ran
and their mode of delivery over the. lanG
by plaintiff was such as to render the
sewage an offense.
The case will be continued today,
The herald., 1897-06-19
TWO CHICAGO MEN
Whose Business Gives Them Wide Expe.
rIence

IieuCo
There are two great grocery stores in
Chicago which rank as among the larg-
est. If not the largest, in the world.
Their names are not given in print as
their competitors would naturally pro-
test against such prominence.
The names of the stores referred to will
be given away by letter to any honest
inquirer. The manager of one of these
houses says: I'VE are having a good
trade on Postum, the health coffee made
at Battle Creek. Mich, by the Postum
Cereal Co., Linn. and our experience is
that people become steady customers
when they once try it
1T is known as the genuine article of
its kind and certainly is charming bev-
erage. l have brewed some of the coun-
terfeits which are on the market, par
ticularly one that has stolen part of the
name of Postum Cereal"
IF any one wants to know how good
Postum really is let him try 1t along side
of the counterfeit. The original article
has great merit or there would not be so
many trying to initiate it,
A counterfeit is always an imitation,
and only the genuine will satisfy care
full buyers.
The manager of the other store refer
red to was for nine years located among
the coffee plantations of Java as a buyer
of coffee for the English army. He is rea-
sonably supposed to be a coffee expert.
Postum is used by his wife, children and
himself at his own home.
The herald., 1897-06-19

gone through one political campaign
and his reputation had remained good.
The court wanted to know about the
number OF character witnesses. as It ap-
peared to him that every one knew of
the defendants good reputation. There
upon Mr.. Meserve facetiously said he
thought Of putting Judge Shaw himself
upon the stand as character witness,
to which the court responded :~"Well, it'e'
generally known, think. and 1 believe
he's got as good general reputation aes
have myself"
In view Of the courts attitude the
large number of character witnesses
were not put upon the stand. The de-
fense then rested ite case. and after one
witness had been put forward in rebuff
tai the prosecution also rested.
Deputy District Attorney McComas
made the opening argument in which he
briefly reviewed the testimony in curs-
ory manner and without analyzing 1t in
logical order.
This morning Mr.. variel will open for
the defence, be followed by Mr.. Meserve
and Mr.. McComas will close for the
prosecution.
The herald., 1897-06-19
COURT CALENDAR
Cases to Be Called in the Several De-
partments Today

DEPARTMENT ONE-Judge Smith:
(23l9 Ezra n. Cokahnour. arson: trial
(2S2S) Mary Simpson, appeal; hearing.
(2S29) Ella Rorick. appeal: hearing.
(2360D Il. Gilmore, grand larceny; to
plead.
(2S65) ]. Armstrong. felony; arraign-
ment.
DEPARTMENT TWO-Judge Clark:
Nothing set
DEPARTMENT THREE-Judge York:
(27.416) Cleand VS.. South Side Irrigation
company; trial. further hearing.
DEPARTMENT FOUR-Judge Van Dyke:
Nothing set.
DEPARTMENT FIVE-Judge Shaw:
Q919) People VS.. Frank Lowry, embezzle-
ment: trial. further hearing.
DEPARTMENT SIX-Judge Allen:
(2S.0S6) Hatton VS.. Breakey ct al; trial.
TOWNSHIP COURT-Justice Young:
People VS.. Taylor: $3.50.
Wilson VS.. Vignes; 1870.
Holmes VS.. Buddington; 2:30.
Hickman VS.. Plank; Q.
Norton VS.. Smith; 8.
Bradley VS.. Record; supplementary pro-
ceedings, 4.
Mason VS.. Burchart; supplementary pro-
ceedingS, 4.
The herald., 1897-06-19
A Horse Trade

Guy Woodward of the sheriff's Office
yesterday arrested j. McAteer and G. H
o. Cotter, two Inglewood ranchers. for
grand larceny in having stolen a horse
Both men are reputable ranchers, and
were released by Justice Young on their
own recognizance, they to appear at
2:3O this afternoon for examination.
1t appears that the two defendants
went to the corral on Also street kept
by l.. B. Fellows and began negotiations
for trade for three horses. They were
told to pick out the best horses in the
corral and one or two were tried. Fell
lows went to dinner, and claims that
while so engaged McAteer and Cotter
drove one horse away
The herald., 1897-06-19
Beguiled He Fell

Yesterday afternoon Duan Flint was
brought up in department one for the
purpose of pleading guilty to burglary.
This defendant was the man who was
silly enough to permit himself to be
cajoled, according to his own story, by
some one who posed as his friend. into
burgiarizing the Castle saloon, corner
of Seventh and Main streets. Judge
Smith gave Flint some good advice, ana
then sentenced him to two years in the
states prison at San Quentin.
The herald., 1897-06-19
For Necessary Repairs

DIR. William Brill was awarded $125
as damages against the Los Angeles
Railroad company yesterday in the
township court
The suit was brought to recover for
damages sustained by the doctor to his
horse and buggy on December l, 1896.
On that date DR.. Brill was driving on
The herald., 1897-06-19

Fifth, between Wall and Los Angeles
streets, when car belonging to the de-
fendant company jumped the track and
smashed the buggy and cut the horse.
In these premises the damages named
were awarded.
The herald., 1897-06-19

A reliable grocer will never offer a
cheap or weak imitation of genuine or
iginal article because he happens TO
make a little extra profit But it is we'll
to observe that when genuine Postum
Cereal coffee is ordered, that you get
Postum and not a spurious imitation
offered as Just as good"
The herald., 1897-06-19
.JOTTINGS
New LAW

New Laws for Mine Locators aud Stockholders
Price 10 cents. N. A. Wolcott & Co., prin-
ters and publishers, 12S S. Broadway, Los
Angeles, and all booksellers The new
blanks conforming to the laws are now
ready.
The herald., 1897-06-19
Our Home Brew

Maier & Zobelein's lager, fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery. 440 Also street:
telephone 81.
The herald., 1897-06-19

Hawley, King & Co.,c 5th ST. and Bwy..
agents genuine Columbus Buggy company
buggies and Victor bicycles.
The herald., 1897-06-19

Largest variety Concord business wag.
ons and top delivery wagons. Hawley
King & Co.
The herald., 1897-06-19

Agents Victor, Heating, World al
March bicycles. Hawley, King & Co.
The herald., 1897-06-19

Everything on wheels. Hawley, King 6
Co.. cor. Fifth street and Broadway,
The herald., 1897-06-19

Joe Arnold. agent for celebrated Mexican
cigar. 1853 S. Spring st. Tel. main 1885,
Evening journal., 1897-02-01
A TleERlsl1 TURKISH MOB.
Flurderous Biudgeon Men In the Streets
II COEstlatiEopIc.

u CoEstaatiEoplc.
Such men CO Tie bladgeon men one
docs not often see IN the streets Of Con-
stantinople. OF tine better class of Turks
there were nono among them. They
were Of a class like the wharf rats and
longshoremen Of western lands. They
were of all shades Of color, from the
white skinned Laz and Circassian to the
brown and hook noscd Kurd and the
coal black Nubian from Africa. Their
faces were q study of fearful passions
There were faces scanned and SCARED
like the head of q fighting bulldog; faces
distorted by malice and greed; faces
scared, as by fire, case hardened in ig-
norance of all except vice and ferocious
as an angry tiger. Some Of those faces
burned their way into my memory and
remained for days, a haunting revela
tion of brutal instincts and beastly de-
sircs which made one wonder how it
was possible to have lived in safety for
weeks in q city containing such men.
These men were not armed, in the
common sense of tho word. Some of
them had reyolvoTs, and the most Of
tkcm had knives. Bat they seldom used
either, for awkward questions might be
raised if the police were called to ac-
count for failing to arrest armed civil
iaus on the streets. Carrying AK helves,
picEex handles, heavy clubs, like base
ball bats; Jagged fragments Of broken
scantling--oarryirg anything that can
crush the skull cf mar-this horrible
rabble flooded the streets Of all Chris
tian quarters Of the city, like an all des
olating tidal wave, silent but igTesisti-
bic. Their silence by day was almost as
terrible as their howls by night. They
would he seen going along the street,
when they would meet an Armenian
who had ventured to attempt to reach
his home. Without a word thoy would
break in his skull and go on their way,
entirely unmoyod and hardly having
spoken loud word If resistance was
offered, they had only to say, 1.-THE
Giaours resist" and horde of their
fellows would come running from all
directions to destroy one who had prov
ed his seditious quality 10y daring to re-
sist Mussulman. IA Bystander' IS
Notes Of a Massacre, " by Yvan Troshine,
in Scribner's
Evening journal., 1897-02-01
THE sONs OF DELAWARE.

Henry c. Conrad, of this city read a
paper before the monthly meeting of
the Sons of Delaware on Saturday even
ing on The Three Signers Of the Dec
laration From Delaware" He gave a
short sketch of the lives of each of the
three-Caesar Rodney Thomas Nc
Kean and George Read-especia in
relation TO their prominence in early
Delaware politics. They were all sent
to the Assembly, all fighters in the
revolution, and all representatives to
the first Continental Congress, he said.
They were pre-eminently the three
leading men Of Delaware during the
revolutionary period. Mr.. Conrad also
presented the society with the auto
graphs Of "The Three Signers," and a
steel engraving of the first 'and prob
ably the greatest Of them Caesar Rod
ney. The appreciation of Mr.. Conrad S
paper was shown by an immediate mo-
tion for its publication, which motion
passed unanimously.
Chairman Fisher introduced DR..
Theophilus Parvin, of Jefferson College,
a great -grandnephew of Caesar Rod
ney. who gave some interesting remin-
iscences of his ancestors, after which
refreshments were served.
Evening journal., 1897-02-01
TRE RETIRED BURGLAR.
H'u Nest Unexpected recovery OF Long
Lost Dog.

HIS Nest Unexpected Recovery OF = Long
Lost Dog.
Speaking of watohdogs, said the
retired burglar, 81 never owned a
watchdog, but did once own a jolly
little mongrel dog that we called some
times Nibs, but mostly Nibsy, a lively,
sensitive little fellow, but no watchdog.
You might have played a brass band
outside, aud he'd never hear it, but let
anybody that he knew walk across the
floor, and he d wag his tail in his sleep.
"Well, after we'd had Nibsy a mum
Der Of years we lost him. He just disap-
peared one day and didn't come back,
and we didn't know whether he'd been
run over by train of cars or strayod
away and got lost, or whether somebody
had picked him up and carried him of,
OF what was tho matter, but he didn't
come back, and we missed him very
much because we all liked Nibsy.
"Now, maybe you can guess what
happened. One morning early, about 2
or half past ., some months after that,
as was moving slowly in the dark
across q room on the second floor Of a
house that had called at some 80 miles
from where / lived, felt the legs Of a
small dog thrown against mine. l
couldn't see tho dog at all, but 1t was
standing on it's hind legs and resting its
fore legs against me, and / could tell by
the movements Of them that he was wag-
ging his tail violently. 1t was Nibsy,
of course. He'd known my tread, soft
3 4 OBJ rr,f to-
"Well, you Know, glad as l was to
fnd Nibsy, I'd rather not have found
him right there, because he was almost
certain to make trouble for me. He be-
gan to whine with JOY the first thing,
and then he gave little yelp. That
was just what was afraid of, de didn't
want 20 mako any trouble for me, but
that one yelp was enough. A man in
the bed sits up and pulls q string and
turns on light and scys;
Now, what's the matter?'
"And l puts up great polar bluff
and says, You swiped my dog, and I've
come to get him..
Swiped nothing, he says. I'll
swipe you ina minute, and he WASH {
slow in getting at it either. He was
getting out Of bed and coming for ne all
the time hc was talking, and good
healthy, powerful looking man he was
too. But Nibsy was bright. Nibsy
made just one dive at the mans feet,
but that was enough to stop hin until
I'd got turned and started, and minute
later I was goias down the road, with
Nibsy coming on behind. New YORK
! Sun.
Evening journal., 1897-02-01
WAS THERE TO eLOAT.
An Oversight by The Gas Company That
GiaCdcncd r-is I1cart.

An Oversight By The Gas CcaPany That
GiaGdcncd I-lS Heart.
There was a lcok Of JOY about his face
as he went into The gas Office that made
the man behind the counter glad in his
soul. It was so different from the OK
preston which visitors ordinarily wore.
be walked TO one window and then TO
another and stood around and smiled
"Can we do anything for your" the
clerk inquired.
Nope. Co right ahead with your
business. Don't mind me. had few
spare minutes, and came here to
gloat "
"Ovcr whom?" was tho surprised
query.
"Ovcr the company.
I'll must say don't quite under
stand you.
II suppose I'd better explain it. It's
too good to keep But ] get so much en-
ioymont oct Of it that you'll have to ex-
cuso me if I tell it slow, so as to make
it last longer. You people arc very par
ticular about your meters.
"Of course We have to be. "
you've got it down so you can meas.
ure the extra pressure that occurs ali
through the city if one Of the wopkmen
happens TO cough in your gas factory. "
"We haven't got it quito SO close as
that, but we've done our best to protect
our interests "
'Well, had occasion to have a san
itary plumber in my house yesterday.
He's the man that made the discovery.
He informed me that there was whole
lot Of sewer gas in my house that You
never discovered. You didn't have any
arrangements for measuring it in the
meter, and it got clear past you. I'm
not naturally vindictive, but 1 couldn't
resist the temptation to come around
and tell you about it and make you feel
bad. Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1897-02-01

II 1t be true, as has been stated that
he still retains that Yellow Kid paste
board himself and whether he means
to have that part OF it investigated
also2 If the investigation goes on we
hope it will not be Short by all means.
Dover Index.
The Levy Court will soon meet.
The Republicans will control that body
and should be exceedingly careful in
the organization and in the administra-
tion OF county affairs. The members
elect, although they may belong to GER
tain factions, owe their election TO the
united votes Of all members of the Re
publican party. Their duty is very
plain. The people want a clean and
economical administration of county
affairs for their benefit and not for po-
litical effect. Any effort on the part OF
Republican members to make political
capital out OF IT, Or to pay the Demo-
cratic party I'm its own coin, will result
disastrously to their party. Sussex Re
publican.
The people OF Massachusetts deserve
what they received-the Republicans
for nominating the negro, and the
Democrats for electing him; and the
Democrats of Maryland, with the Sun
at their head, who voted for Mckinley
or his help-mate, Palmer, ought to have
had a dose Of the same medicine.-Ce-
Gil Democrat.
1t is quite idle to expect an enforce
ment of the ordinance concerning the
removal Of ice and snow from the side
walks. SO much is plain. Attention
has been repeatedly called to the con-
dition OF the streets and the necessity
Of enforcing the ordinance but nothing
has been done, and it is entirely un-
likely that anything will be DONE Com
plant is made daily-in fact, hourly
but we advise those who make the
complaints to save their breath. The
ordinance will not be enforced Sun
day Herald.
The game laws of Delaware have
been tinkered with until there is q
question as to what part of the laws
are now in force. Those interested in
hunting should meet at Dover and get
the prevailing opinion of what legisla-
tion is needed. We would suggest that
an entirely new law be drawn and all
old acts be repealed. This would sin-
plify the matter-MilfOrd Chronicle
We can come to no other conclusion
than that Governor Watson had nc
right to sit as speaker or senator in the
joint meeting at which Mr.. Dupont was
elected. and that his vote ought not tc
have been counted, and that therefore
there being but twenty-nine lawful
votes cast at that joint meeting, and
DUPONT having received fifteen oil
them, was elected rightfully as a SEN
ator from the State of Delaware.-Mil.
ford Herald
Outlaw racing is a crime producing
sport. The longer it lasts the more fire.
quent the rows and infractions of law
-Elkton Appeal.
Evening journal., 1897-02-01
ErrIorinr tho unner NIGER.

After an absence of three years the
expedition under Lieutenant Hourst has
safely returned to Europe from the Nj
ger. The party asconded the Senegal
river and then carried the sections Of
an aluminium boat overland to the up
per part of the Niger. On reaching this
river the pieces Of the boat were put to-
gether and two native boats purchased.
In these the expedition sailed down the
Niger to Timbuktu, where q stay of
ten months was made. The voyage
from Timbuktu to Lokoja, at the con-
fiuenoe of the Niger and Benue, seems
to have been arduous but from that
point the expedition was towed by q
launch belonging to the Royal Niger
company to the coast at Wari. How
much fresh Typographical information
Lieutenant Hourst's party has obtained
is not yet stated. This will depend on
the highest point reached on the Niger.
Reuters message states that the oxpedi-
tion first met the river Niger at
Hayes, but that town is on the Scne-
gal river There can be no doubt, how
ever, that much valuable scientific in
formation was obtained for the expedi-
tion travelled slowly and was admirably
equipped. Ore novelty was the use Of a
photograph for reporting the native war
songs. The expedition kept peace with
the natives throughout the journey, in
which it differs greatly from some Of
those previously conducted by French
explorers in that region. Mature.
Evening journal., 1897-02-01
THE ADAMS Bill.

Tho bin for the equalization Of taxa
ton. which Representative Adams has
introduced in the House. is not by amy
means a new measure. II was placed
in the hands of Mr.. Adams by eX-Sec-
retary of state John +. Salisbury, and
is merely a copy of House bill No. SO, OF
two years ago, a printed copy of which
we have on our table. The original
title of the bill was AN Act to Equal
ize Taxation and for Other Purposes. '
After the bill had been printed the title
was changed to AN Act to Equalize
Taxation for County Purposes, and
stickere bearing that title were pasted
on all the bills.
There is a strong sentiment among
the members Of the present Assembly
that interest-bearing securities should
bear their proportionate share Of the
burdens of taxation, and there is every
Indication that, unless capital sets ur
a stiff fight against the measure intro
duoed by Mr.. Adams, il will pass one
and possibly both Houses.
Evening journal., 1897-02-01
a storr of Cccll Ehohcs.

Often mentioned is Cecil Rhodes dis
like to women and the fact that he will
not allow fcmalo to servo him in any
way. lie had q secretary to whom he
was much attached. Orc day he an
nounced the fact that he was going to
be married. The chief was thunder
struck, and after glaring at him for
second growlcd out, "Where the devil
am l to get another secretary? and then
walked out OF the room and banged the
door. His innate goodness Of heart
however, prevailed after bit, for he
presented the bride with some lovely
diamonds, and when, soon after, be left
for England he lent the young couple
his carriages and horses, so that the Of
Tending bride was enabled to return her
wedding calls at his expensel 1t never
occurred to him, however, to keep his
favorite secretary on. The meroiact OF
his marrying put that quite out OF the
pale of possibility.
Evening journal., 1897-02-01
THE JEWS HAVE RIGHTS.

A judge in the State of New York re-
Gently denied the Incorporation of a
Hebrew society for the reason that the
proposed charter contained a provision
that its annual meeting should be held
on the second Sunday in January. We
do not know whether the Jewish or
ganization referred to was of a religious
nature or not If it was the judge was
evidently in the wrong, even from a
Christian standpoint, for we believe all
denominations Of Christians are allow
ed to hold business meetings on Sun
day. But supposing the organization
to which the charter was refused was
OF a business nature, should not the
Judge have considered that Sunday is
not. with Jews. as it is with Christians
day for devotion ana rest?
The laws command that one day in
the week shall be set aside as a Sab.
bath, or day of rest, from the transac-
tion of ordinary business. Now, as the
great proportion of the people are
Christians, Sunday. or the first day il
the week. agrees with their faith, bu
with Jews it is different. No one who
has read the Bible will doubt that the
Jew is absolutely commanded to sci
apart the seventh day of the week as q
/ day for devotion and rest. and thos'
who still adhere to the Mosaic law have
rights in this American republic whicl
3evcry citizen is bound to respect.
I The Sunday laws were made in thi
acountry about as they exist to-day
nearly two centuries ago, at a tim,
when religious freedom was very littl
understood, and in some states they IN
doubtedly are unjust in their action tc
ward those who believe several differ
ent faiths, notably the Jews and Sew
enth Day Baptists. Both the Jews an
tthe Baptists named believe as much i
"a Sabbath as any Of us. and as thei
authority for this belief antedates tina
of Christianity. there seems no reaso
why they should not be allowed TO VOL
ahip God on the last day of the wee
in accordance with their belief, and
country which is free to any religio
cannot consistently prevent this, or il
'sist that they shall keep sacred tw
days instead of cne out of the seven.
Evening journal., 1897-02-01
eerman Postage stamns.

Contrary 10 the custom Of most mon
archs, Emperor William II of Germany
has never allowed his efhgy to be en-
graved upon postage stamp, and philat-
elists and the world in general have
wondered at the mcdesty in this respect
of the young kaiser, who usually is not
averse TO having his features displayed
before the eyes Of his admiring subjects
No direct and authentic reason has been
given why the Prussian black eagle has
not been long ago replaced by the kai-
ser's efligy, but perhaps an explanation
may be found in the strain Of supersti-
tion which more than once has influ-
enced the action of the Hohenzollerns.
The Prussian stamps issued from 1850
to 1858 bore the image Of Frederick
William ~. But the year before he be-
came legally insane he had il replaced
with the black eagle, for he could not
bear to see his countenance soiled and
multilated by the postoffice employees.
a few years ago an enterprising Berlin
manufacturer had lead pencils made,
upon which was stamped bas relief
head Of William H. The minister of ed
ucation at once ordered schooltoachers
not TO allow their pupils to use these
particular pencils 'since the children
might disfiguro the face Of their SOW
oreign by biting the pencils with their
teeth. New York Tribune