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The herald., 1898-02-10
THE ROLL OF HONOR
FIRE COMMISSIONERS WILL GIVE
MEDALS FOR VALoR
Chief Moore Reports on the Charges
Against Meath and Brown.
Minor Business Done

At yesterdays session of the fire COM
missioners, Mr.. Wells brought up the
matter of instituting roll of honor. In
advocacy of the measure he remarked
that many eastern fire departments
found that the roll of honor served as a
just reward Of meritorious services, and
melted the firemen to deeds of valor. He
suggested, in the same connection, the
occasional bestowal of medals for acts
of noteworthy ability and bravery of
men in the department.
Mr.. Kuhrts was in accord with the
ideas of his colleague. and the matter
was referred to a committee consisting
of the two gentlemen named above, to
report on the plans for instituting the
roll of honor in the local department.
Chief Moore reported that Truck "B''
had practice drill at $3.50 o'clock on the
9Th inst One hour later Truck "A" had
drill. The chief also reported as fol-
lows:
Late Friday night and early Saturday
morning last, H. Meath, ex-member OF
the fire department, and A. w. Brown
employed at the City Hall, created dis
turbance and behaved disorderly al
chemical house No. 2. Circumstantial
evidence strongly points to them as the
persons who have been turning In false
alarms of fire. had the men arrested
on charges"
The report was received and filed.
The application of John c. Rolls fol
appointment as callman was received
and filed.
Applications for permission to bore fol
oil were received from the Combination
Oil company to bore in block 26,Angelins
Heights tract, and Nettleton & Keller.
man on lot 10. block 8, Park tract Botf
were referred to the chief for investiga
| tion.
Frank Fassbind applied for permission
to erect and operate a laundry on PicC
street near Rosedale avenue Chic
Moore will report upon the application
next week.
The herald., 1898-02-10
The Supervisors

The application of Harry Sexton for
permission to transfer his retail liquor
license for saloon in Santa Monica
canon to Charles Holmberg was granted
by the board Of supervisors yesterday.
A resolution of thanks from the board
of trustees of San Pedro to the SUPER
visors for having caused the San Pedro
county road to be repaired and made
convenient for traffic was ordered
spread on the minutes.
Laura avenue and MADEIRA avenue,
in the Nadeau Vinyard tract No. 2, were
vacated and ordered restored to acreage.
A petition for a voting precinct at
Vineland, near Azusa, was denied, on
motion of Supervisor Wirsching.
Angeleno avenue, in the Fawkes sub
division of Burbank, was ordered va
Gated, with the exception of that part
which crosses Lake street.
The herald., 1898-02-10
UNKNOWN MISCREANT
Foul Minded Wretch for Whom the
Police Are Looking

Several policemen, some of them in
citizens clothes, are searching for an
unknown man of whom they have good
description, who is wanted for crime
for which he would be lynched if caught
in some parts of the country. Several
DAYS ago a number of people residing
along the banks of the river between the
eastern shore and the hills of Boyle
Heights, both north and south of First
street reported to the police that a
tramp had been badly frightening the
women and children in that locality. The
mans actions were the same at each
of the places visited, and he invariably
called at houses at which he knew that
the male members of the family were
not at home.
He would enter yard and go to the
rear door and knock. When the house,
wife appeared he would ask for food or
money. On being refused he became
very abusive and at several places ex-
posed his person, threatening to make
a criminal assault upon the women.
OF course they We're terrorized, and the
man would disappear before they could
call assistance.
The matter was reported to the police
and several arrests of hobos have been
quietly made. None of the prisoners
have been identified by the women as
the man who frightened them, and sew
eral of them were released without hav-
ing been booked.
The herald., 1898-02-10
JUMPED THROUGH THE WINDOW
Louis Sentous Wants to Know if the
Burglar Has the Jewelrv

Louis Sentous of the firm of vache
Bros, the liquor dealers, went to the
Orpheum on Tuesday night with his
partner. Mrs. Sentous was on visit to
her brothers ranch at Rosecranz. When
Mr.. Sentous returned home, at 1901
Girard street, after the show was over.
he discovered man in the house who
was armed with hatchet. The burglar
precipitately jumped through the win
dow, leaving behind him his tomahawk,
which was captured by Sentous and is
now an exhibit in the hawkshaws' gal
lery at the police station.
Every receptacle in the house had
been ransacked by the thief, but the
only thing that Mr.. Sentous found miss
ing was his wife's jewelry. He is now
trying to solve in his own mind the prob
lem whether Mrs. Sentous took her Jewel
case with her when she went to the
country or whether the burglar carried
it off as the reward of his enterprise.
The herald., 1898-02-10
NEIGHBoRLY AMENITIES
How Some Kearney Street People En-
joy Life on Boyle Heights

Mary Bentley had Anton Wurtz ar
rested on January 10Th for disturbing
her peace, and he was only released
after putting up hail in the sum of $25
The case was tried yesterday by Police
Judge Owens, who took it under advise
ment. The parties are residents of Kear-
ney street, Boyle Heights, but Mrs.
Mary Bentley formerly inhabited Gala
basas, where she is we'll known as a
litigant Mrs. Bentley claimed that
Wurtz called her very bad names in
broken English because she had report
ed to the board of supervisors that he
owned a glandered horse.
She told Mr.. Wurtz that the horse
ought to have been shot long ago, and
emphasized the remark by calling him a
crazy Frenchman, upon which Wurtz
urbanely replied that she was an Ala
media street -, and that if she did
not shut her mouth he would fill it full
of dirt Mr.. Wurtz denied the use of
bad language in French, German, Irish
or English, and Mrs. Wurtz likewise
denied that her husband had used pro-
fame and indecent words toward Mrs
Bentley.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Marriage Licenses

Henry E. Putnam. 20, Vermont, and
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Edison, GA, Kentucky,
residents of this city.
John E. Maxey, 29, Colorado, and
Louise Martell, IS, Oregon, residents of
this city.
Louis Hoffman, 40, and Laura George,
"a, New Jersey, residents of this city.
Joseph e. Hopkins, "a, Connecticut,
and Alice J. Tyler, "a, Connecticut, res
idents Of Prospect Park.
Juan Avila, 21, and Francisco Revis,
10, natives of California and residents of
Pomona.
Luis Castanos, A. a resident of Santa
Paula, and Juanita Grijalva, 29, resi-
dent of La Puente; both natives of Cal
ifornia.
Michael H. Thornton. q, Indiana, and
Edna I. Stoner, 21, Missouri, residents
of this city.
The herald., 1898-02-10
CAN'T FIND HIS MOTHER
A Son of Erin With Fortune Await
ing Him Asks Police Assistance

Frank Reed, whose brogue is so broad
that no one would mistake his nativity,
called on Chief of Police Glass yesterday
afternoon to enlist his assistance in his
efforts to find his mother Reed left his
mother in Ireland several years ago and
came to this country He has been living
in number of places and communica ed
with his home from time to time. Re-
Gently he received information that his
mother had come to this country in search
of him, bearing the news of their having
fallen heirs to a considerable fortune. He
last heard from her in Chicago and now he
wants police assistance to find her. Chief
Glass will wire the Chicago officers to
locate his mother if possible.
The herald., 1898-02-10
MADE THEFT A BUSINESS
]. T. Williams Stole Many Laprobes in
Pasadena

]. T. Williams completed a sentence
of ten days in the county Jail for va
grancy yesterday, and as he left the jail
he was at once rearrested on -four
charges of petty larceny. He was sent
up from Pasadena, where he was ar
rested under the name of McMillen
Since then Detectives Steele and Good
man have traced to him the theft of q
number of fine lap robes.
For weeks it had been unsafe for the
owner of robe in Pasadena to leave
it in his buggy, so many having beer
stolen. Williams was arrested on sus.
picon of being the thief, and pleaded
guilty to charge of vagrancy. After
his arrest number of the stolen robes
were found in secondhand stores In
this city. The owners of these stores
have since positively identified the pris-
oner as the man who sold them the
robes. He was taken to Pasadena fol
trial
The herald., 1898-02-10
Are Becoming Impudently
Bold
MORE HOLD UPS LAST NIGHT
JAS. PoWELsoN'S EXPERIENCE
ON ALAMEDA STREET
The Long and Short Man Also Re-
lieved Louis @. Turner, a Visitor,
Of All He Had

Two professional highwaymen are at
work in this city and although they be-
gan operations only two days ago there
have been four complaints made to the
police of their actions by victims who
faced their pistols and gave up their
coin or fought. Two men were held UP
Tuesday night near the corner Of First
and Grand avenue and two more VIC
Tins reported their experiences with the
robbers to the police last night. In all
of the robberies the work seems to have
been done by the same men, and about
the only description of them the police
have been able to obtain is that one of
them is tall and the other much shorter.
They invariably have worn masks. and
both have been armed in each instance.
So bold have these robbers become
that they did not wait last night until
the usual hour for such robberies, but
began work early in the evening. James
Powelson was their first victim. He is
a well-known character and formerly
was known to always have money on
his person. He was walking along Ala
media street, north of Turner, last night
about 1880 o'clock when a tall man sud-
denly passed close to him and, turning
upon him, demanded to know what he
had. At, first the man did not display
any weapon, and Powelson at once
struck him in the face, causing him to
stagger to the curb, over which he
tripped and fell. AS he fell he tried to
1ro YNic pnyuolcnn I'm nd n @
he did 50, he saw another man with a
pistol in his hand close behind him. AS
the second man advanced he raised the
weapon and Powelson ran. He had not
gone ten feet when the robber fired at
him, but the bullet did not take effect.
The shot only caused Powelson to in
crease his speed, and a moment later
there was another shot, and he heard
the bullet whistle past his head. He
turned the corner and the would-be rob-
bers ran into an alley and disappeared.
Their intended victim found Patrolman
Sheets and related his experience to him.
The officer sent him to the police sta
tion, where he repeated the story. Pow
elson said there was hackman on the
other side of the street, who saw the at
tempted robbery.
The second hold-up was reported to
the police soon afterwards Louis @
Turner, who arrived here recently from
Madison. Iowa, was accosted by two mer
on street which he does not know, and
asked for money. He thought they
were mere beggars, and refused them
They at once drew pistols and demanded
his money. One of them searched him
while the other kept him covered with a
gun. They secured his return ticket
from this city to his home in Iowa and
an unendorsed draft for $100, which, of
course, was of no value to them. He did
not have any money. AS soon as the
robbers released him Turner reported
the matter to the police. AS he is a
stranger here, and does not know one
street from another, he was unable to
tell where the robbery was committed.
His description of the two men was the
same as that given by the other victims,
about all he could tell of them being that
one was tail and the other not nearly so
tall.
The herald., 1898-02-10
UNION REFORM LEAGUE
A Committee of One Hundred to Guide
Its Destinies

Its DeSt1nleS
The committee of one hundred, chosen
to guide the work of the Union Reform
league in this city met yesterday at the
hall of the Y. M. c. A.'and organized and
laid out the plan of the work. Those
who have consented to serve are:
DR.. John r Haynes chairman; Mrs. c.
M. Severance vice chairman; Mrs. A. J.
Corker. second vice chairman, DIR. Fill
more Moore. secretary; William H
Knight, John Francis. Judge Utley, Rev
John Gray, Rev. DR.. Trew, Mrs. S. L.
Longstreth, Mrs. Pearse Severance, Mrs
w. c. Bowman, A. S. Longley, DR.. A. J.
stephens, Rev. Dr. Warren Day, I. B.
Dockweiler. Mrs. L. P. Little, William E.
Gould. ]. r. Paddock, Rev. Burt Estes
Howard, Rev. w. A. Knighten, Rev. A.
c. Smither, Rabbi Solomon. Mrs. Kate
Tupper Galpin. Mrs. M. H. Merrill, the
Misses Foster. f. d. Jones' w. H. Stuart,
Mrs. s. M. Davis. ]. T. Van Rensselaer,
Rev. p. H Bodkin, Rev. ]. w. Bail. T.
G. Barnard. William Ferguson, Mrs. H
NJ Mills, James Towel, G.. H Hewes, Mrs
A Vilenger, w. Randolph, Mrs. Heller
Arion Lewis, Mrs NJ " Longley, w. c.
Pitchner, ]. B. Irvine, jr.; r. j. Boyle
Miss Hasse. w. Ball, T. w. Heineman
Mr.. Kramer. Ulrich Knoch, Mrs. DR.
onoIei' WI w Woishiils VI. L. f1anley, MIS-
w. Nordhoff. DR.. c. L. Guild, Ernest Brad
ley, A. w. Morgan, DR.. J. NJ. Pirtle, Col
Gmith, L. ]. Cornell, A. B. Clark. G. f
Valiant, A. e. Bourke, S. Chapel, J. H
Dempsey, Rev. C. d. Dorland. Alfred
Paft. S. E. Fulton, Mrs. Fred e. Fay
Captain Green, Lieutenant Bonner, +
Lux. j. d. Steele, s. A. Waldron, Mrs. j
A. Osgood. Miss Seymour, Mrs. A. j
Sphinx. Mrs s. D. Willard, Miss s. T
Wilde, Clayton Woods, Mrs. Meserve, ]
r. Townsend, Mr.. Becker j. s. Bruner
Blanchard, o. C. Zahn, s. B. Golden. T. M
Stuart, Samuel Arion Lewis
The herald., 1898-02-10
AFTER MANY DAYS
A Pasadena Musician Finds His Stolen
Watch in Pawn

Herman Pupke, leader of the orchestra
at Hotel Green, Pasadena, lost watch
about fourteen months ago, and re-
ported the theft to the police at the time,
but they were not able to find it. Yes
iterday he noticed what he thought
looked like his timepiece in the show
window of Mrs. Ferner's pawn shop. He
went into the place, and was shown the
watch, and identified it. Then he
claimed the property, but of course it
was not given him. He secured a
search warrant, and Detectives Good
man and Steele returned to the place
and secured the watch. A fight for it
will now take place in the courts.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Won Neumayer the Victim

c. Don Won Neumayer, who resides at
142 South Grand avenue, was one of the
victims of the highwaymen whose op-
erations in the vicinity of First street
and Grand avenue Tuesday night were
mentioned in The Herald yesterday. For
some reason the police refused to dis
close the names Of the victims of the
two robberies. though what could be
gained by such course perhaps they
know.
He was going home when he was
confronted by two men, who presented
pistols at his head and demanded his
money. He made no resistance, and
they relieved him Of 81. Although he
furnished the police with an excellent
description of the two men, no arrests
have been made as yet, and none are
probable, unless other robberies are
committed.
The herald., 1898-02-10

before Justice Morrison yesterday after
noon to learn her fate. The court had
taken her case under advisement when
she was tried along with "Black" Belle
a week ago, and yesterday was set for
the decision. Laura expected an ac-
quittal, but the court thought only of
the fact that she had started the fight
and vainly endeavored to chastise Belle,
never considering that such an action
was almost sufficient grounds for an
Inquest for lunacy. A "fioater" of fifteen
days was imposed, the same sentence
that Belle got several days ago.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Hit by a Hub

John Donahue, laborer engaged in
making the conduit excavations near
First street and Broadway, was pain
fully injured in a peculiar manner yes
terady morning. He was at work in
the trench removing some small stones.
A heavy wagon, in turning the corner,
passed very close to the edge of the
hole in the street. Just as it passed
Donahue, who had not been seen by
the driver of the vehicle, arose and was
struck on the shoulder by the hub. 1t
was supposed that the shoulder blade
had been broken, but when DR.. Hagan
examined the injury at the receiving
hospital, it was found that Donahue
had only been severely bruised.
The herald., 1898-02-10
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Call Tel. Main 243 for ambulance.
Kregelo & Bresee. Sixth and Broadway.
Robert Sharp & Co., funeral directors
751 and 753 S. Spring st. Tel. Main 1929.
Watches cleaned, rs cents: main
springs, SO cents; crystals, 10 cents.
Patton, 21i South Broadway.
There will be meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Hawaiian An
nexation league in the city council cham
ber this evening at 1880 o'clock.
Adams Bros. dentists, 2391s South
Spring street. Plates from $4. Pain
less extracting, so cents. Filling spe-
cialty. Hours, s to s; Sunday, 10 to 12.
"a brown overcoat of fine texture Ii
atsthe police station awaiting an owner
1t was picked up on West Sixth street
yesterday morning, and is supposed tc
have dropped out of some carriage.
r. Summers. $40 or ten days; Edwin
Beach, IS or five days, were judgments
which appeared on Justice Morrison's
docket yesterday. The two men had had
a fight on First street, and Patrolman
p. II. Murray arrested them for dis
turbing the peace.
w. e. Clark, who was arrested for vio-
lating the hitching ordinance yesterday
proved that he was not the person to
blame for the violation, and was re-
leased. Henry Hall secured continu-
ance until the 18th inst. Of a similar
case against him.
DIR. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson
block, first floor, rooms 1873, 1874. 1876. Spe-
eial attention given to obstetrical cases
and all diseases of women and children.
Electricity scientifically used. Consul
tation hours, to s. Tel. 1927.
Tourists should not fail to visit H. C.
Lichtenberger's art emporium, 202 South
Spring street. A large variety Of Cali
fornia souvenirs are on display. Should
you desire pictures or frames, remember
the place.
John Conley, arrested for begging,
made such an earnest plea to be al
lowed to leave the city yesterday that
a sentence of thirty days in Jail against
him was suspended until o'clock. He
left in hurry.
The jubilee singers, Capt. and Mrs
Beck and Pearl, will conduct. the meet
ings at the Salvation Army hall, under
the Nadeau, corner of First and Spring
streets, Saturday and Sunday, February
18th and 18th.
Max Cohn, native son, who is deaf
mute and has also lost a leg, writes
The Herald that he has decided to sell
newspapers for living. Cohn will have
his stand at the corner of South Spring
and Second streets, and asks for a fair
share Of patronage.
Having secured larger quarters, the
Young Mems Reform league will meet
this evening for the last time at the old
place of meeting in the club house of the
Silver Republican club. AS this meeting
is to be strictly for business, no program
will be given, but matters Of great i'm
portance to the league will be taken up
In San Francisco today the bids fol
the construction of San Pedro harbo,
are to be opened in the office of Major
Davis Of the engineers department
After being read the bids will be sem
to the secretary of war at Washington
At least half dozen bids are expected
all well within the amount prescribed
by the act authorizing the work. T. E
Gibbon, representing the Free Harbo,
league, will be on the ground at the open.
ing Of the bids.
The herald., 1898-02-10
BURGLARS ABOUT
A Residence on Hill Street Entered
Last Night

When c. l.. Wood who resides on Hill
street near Thirteenth, returned home
from the theater last night he discover
ed that his room had been entered by
burglars. An entrance had been eff
fected by breaking the glass in the
front window, in plain view of the street
He made hurried search of the place to
find what had been taken, and was only
able to discover the loss of fine over
coat and other clothing. altogether worth
about $50. Several small article of dec
Grafton were also taken. He at once
went to the police station and reported
the matter, but of course could give NO
clew to the identity Of the thieves.
The herald., 1898-02-10
THE VISIT OF MR.. TowNE
Reception Committee to Meet the Wis
itor-The Arrangements

At the meeting of the local committee
in charge Of the Los Angeles meeting to
Hon. Charles A. Towne next Saturday
evening, held yesterday noon, SUBJ
committee of six was appointed to go to
Shorb station and meet Mr.. Towne, es-
corting him to the city, arriving here
at 420 p. m. Friday. The party will then
be driven direct to the Van Nuys, where
Mr.. Towne will stay while in Los An
geles. AT o'clock Friday evening Mr..
Towne will be rendered public recep-
tion at the Silver Republican club rooms,
533 South Main street, where the public
is cordially invited to be present and
meet the distinguished visitor.
Saturday Mr.. Towne will be driven
around the city. Saturday evening he
will deliver an address at Hazards pa
vilion at p. m. Sunday he will be taken
to Pasadena and vicinity.
The herald., 1898-02-10
SEVENTH WARD ELECTION
To Choose a Member Of the Board of
Education

In the Seventh ward the election of a
member of the board of education will
take place today. There will be eleven
voting precincts, located as follows:
Fourth precinct, 1877 East Seventh
street; Forty-eighth, 404 East Sixth
street; Forty-nine A. 1872 Merchant
street; Forty-nine B, 610 East Fifth
street; Fiftieth, corner Lawrence ave-
nue. and Seventh street; Fifty-first, cor
ner Mateo and Palmetto streets: Fifty
second, 427 San Pedro street; Fifty third,
409 South Los Angeles street,. Fifty
fourth, 24o East second street; Fifty-
The herald., 1898-02-10
PERSONAL

w. H. Holabird is a visitor to San
Francisco this week.
Miss Ferguson of Los Angeles regis
tered at the Albert hotel, New York, on
Monday.
An array of Los Angeles legal talent
registered at the Palace, San Francisco
on Monday, in the persons of Judges J.
s. Chapman, w. A. Harris and E. H
Lamme.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Guilty but Not Proven

All Foo, a shrewd Chinaman, against
whom a charge of selling lottery tickets
has been pending since June 18th, was
tried and acquitted yesterday. The wit
nesses by whom his guilt was to be
proven had disappeared, and the prose
cution was unable to present strong
case. Judge Morrison rendered a Scotch
verdict, and released the accused.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Suik Denies It

John K. Suk was arrested last night by
Patrolman Zeigler on a charge of burglary.
The arrest was on a warrant and the
officer did not remember the name of the
complainant The charge consists of the
accused having, it is alleged, entered the
room of an acquaintance and stolen a
pistol and some other small articles. The
crime is said to have bene committed sew
eral months ago and since that time the
police have been looking for Suik. He de-
nies his guilt
The herald., 1898-02-10
Bicycle Thieves Punished

Thomas Williams and Charles Carter,
the young bicycle thieves, were in the
police court for sentence yesterday.
They had been convicted Of the theft
of two bicycles. which they rode to San
Bernardino, where they were arrested.
1t was shown that Williams, who is the
older, was more to blame than Carter.
He was fined $3.50 or its equivalent, 15O
days In jail. Carter's sentence was $50
or ninety daYs.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Aid to the Injured

Tonight will be given the first of a
series of lectures at the Young Mems
Christian association upon the subject
of giving aid to the injured. The first
lecture will be by DR.. l. B. Hamilton on
the subject of injuries to the soft parts
by violence, chemical agents, heat or
cold. This includes bruises, burns,
scalds, frost bites. etc. The lectures
commence at o'clock each Thursday
evening and last for about an hour.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Hurt in a Runaway

Mrs. Dilly and her son and daughter
Walter and Louise we're taken to the re-
ceiving hospital yesterday suffering from
severe bruises. They had been out driv-
ing. when their horse became frightened
at something in the street and ran away,
throwing the trio out of the buggy. Their
wounds, some of which were serious, were
dressed by DR.. Hagan.