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animation Of the place. The two carcasses
were examined and Talamantes at once
pronounced the carcass of what was said
to be q calf to be that of a colt. This Cat
terrer denied and stated that he had pur-
chased both animals from a dairymar
named Handorf in Eagle Rock canyon. MOI
satisfied with this explanation Detective
Flammer and Patrolman Talamantes took
the dealer to that place, where they learned
that he had purchased both a colt and a
cow which had been slaughtered. They re-
turned to this city with the intention of
placing Caterer under arrest, but as
he had not offered the horse meat for sale
they could not do so. With the dead colt
which he had intended to sell as beef was
a live colt, terribly diseased, which he had
tied In the rear Of his butcher shop. This,
1t Is supposed, he intended to kill later.
He had cut of the dead colts head and
hoofs and had secreted them in barrel in
the rear of his place, where they were
found by the officers.
The beef that he purchased at Eagle
Rock canyon he had intended to dispose
of elsewhere, and this meat Inspector
Hughes started to look for. He found it
in O slaughter house in the southern part of
the city, where 1t had been hung up and
was being dressed. The meat was SO rot
ten that 1t was with difficulty that it was
retained on the hooks. He condemned it
as dangerous to health, and poured coal
oil over It to prevent its sale. Then he sent
for the dead animal contractor" to re-
move the carcass Of the dead colt in the
rear Of Gatterrrer's place.
Earlier in the day Hughes and Detec-
tive Auble had found in house on sJew
High street, place where another horse
had been slaughtered, but which they were
unable to find. The floor was covered with
blood and pieces Of hoofs and name, but the
carcass was missing. The place was COW
cred with blood and was about as filthy as
one could imagine, but there was nothing
to connect the meat dealer with the place
except the statement that he had roomed
there. If he does room there, the colt was
In his sleeping apartments.
In the yard were two other horses. which
had been purchased by him presumably for
slaughter. They were old, worn-out ami
mails, both OF which were suffering from
sores. AS Caterer had offered
none of the horse meat for sale as beef,
there was nothing for the officers to do but
10 release him. but his place will hereafter
be closely watched.
The attention of the detectives was
called to the place by a case which was
reported several weeks ago. A resident of
Pico Heights reported at the detectives Of
hce that his COW had been stolen while
grazing on vacant lot. The hide of the
stolen animal had been offered for sale
at local soap factory, and the detectives
were notified. They traced the hide to Cat
terrer's shop, but he escaped arrest by
saying that he had bought the hide from,
a Mexican whom he did not know. Since
then the police and detectives have had or
ders to watch him. and his being accdsted
by Patrolman Lennon was the result of
this order.
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ference, being apparently as unmoved as
anybody in the room.
All day impassioned addresses were made
to the jury. Mr.. Shinn spoke several hours
during which the defendant was as white
as the driven snow and as innocent of get
ting away with the money of the Electric
Lighting company as the babe unborn
while the bones Of Captain Bolton turned
uneasily in their coffin as the lawyer laid
on the blame thick and heavy to him.
When Mr.. McComas began the closing
argument for the people the tune changed
The deputy district attorneys whitening
arraignment of Blackman was scorching
to the poor man, who seemed to decrease
In size while, seated beside his faithful
wife, whose brow was overcast with
deep furrow of apprehension and dread
he listened to the raking over provided for
him in the McComasian pyrotechnics of
forensic oratory. Once again the disturbed
bones of the suicided captain resumed their
easy position in the grave as the dulcet
tones of the district attorney gave him
clean bill Of health.
However, all things come to an end. and
at 4:o0 Mr.. McComas had spoken himself
dry. 1t took Judge Smith nearly 45 min
utes to read his vOluminous instructions,
but at 5:25 the case went finally to the
jury They went to dinner after taking
one ballot, and at 7:1O again returned to
work.
At $3.50 the jury filed into the court room
and asked Judge Smith for further instruc-
tions on a matter of fact. The judge asked
whether or not the question had anything
to do with the amount of the defalcation,
but without answering this the jury were
returned to their room. At 11:35 they an
nounced that verdict had been reached.
After hearing the foremans verdict and
polling the jury, Judge Smith discharged
them, fixing Monday next at 10 a. m. as
the hour for sentence.
1t was later learned that on the first
ballot the jury stood 8 to for conviction,
and the three doubtful ones were soon
convinced. Blackman's attorneys, it is un-
derstood. will make motion for a new
trial on technical grounds when their cli-
ent comes up for sentence.
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TO GAIN THEIR LIBERTY
Two More Prisoners in the City Jail
Try Habeas Corpus Proceedings

Herman Stump, charged with petty lar
ceny, and Wingate Lindsey with embezzle-
ment, are trying to secure their release
from the city jail by means of a writ of
habeas corpus The writ was applied for
yesterday in the superior court, but the
nearing was postponed until Saturday.
Stump was arrested on warrant charg-
ing him with the theft of bicycle from
f. w. Anderson. He has been in Jail for
some time, and claims that as the war
rant was issued by Justice Morrison, sit
ting as police judge his arrest was illegal
Lindsey is said to have made away with
a horse belonging to a former employer.
He sets up the same claim.
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Wagner as a Mystic

MRS. Alice Leighton Cleather and Basil
crump. two members of the London Wag-
ner society, with musical illustrations and
sttyeopticon views, appeared at the Y. M.
e. Y. hall last evening. The hall was
piunFed In darkness. and much of the hid
uen meaning of "the Master" seemed
.sympathetic." The "thread soul of the
Wagnerian drama was exploited in some-
wnat nalting phrases by Mr. Crump, while
Mrs. Cieather found in the Wagnerian phil
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An Unknown

An unknown man, evidently an Italian,
was brought to the receiving hospital yes
terday afternoon suffering either from
pneumonia or partial paralysis, the police
surgeon being unable to determine which.
He was found in a room at 607 Buena Vista
street. where he had been for several days
Ill, without medical attendance. He was
unable to give his name at the hospital
and no one knew him there
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Protected His Pet

Z. K. Rhodes was convicted in the jus-
tice court yesterday Of illegal interference
with the dog catcher. He had tried to pre-
vent the catcher from taking a fine dog
he owns, which ran at large near his home.
Rhodes pleaded that the much-abused Of
fetal was acting with extreme cruelty to-
ward his pet, and he demonstrated with
him. He will be sentenced tomorrow.
The herald., 1898-03-04
New Club House

A meeting of subscribers to the pro-
posed Friday Morning club house was held
yesterday morning. to nominate seven of
the number to act as incorporators and
directors. The preliminary subscription
has reached $500, with indications that the
full amount will be taken within the men,
bership of the club. The following ladies'
were nominated to act as the first board
of directors: Mrs. ]. f. Sartori, Mrs. F. G.
Severance. Mrs. Sneed, Mrs Solomon Hub
bard, Miss Hershy, Miss Fannie Wills and
Miss Jennie Collier
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"A House Warming

An informal house-warming was held
last evening at Casa de CASTELAR,, the new
college settlement house. at 40 AIpine
street. All the settlement workers smoke
briefly OF their special lines. Miss Jennie
Hagan read a paper on the settlement in
Los Angeles. Isadore Dockweiler spoke on
Eartens, and Rev. w. ID. p. Bliss delivered
IN address on settlement work in eastern
stiles.
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HoLD-uP ARTISTS
a Couple Of Them Arrested Last
Might

Danny Mcmahon, alias Mike McCarty.
and Jim Patterson were arrested last night
charged with robbery. The arrest of the
nrst man was made by Patroiman Harvey
Davis, and Patterson was caught by that
onicer and Detective Steele two hours
later. The prisoners are accused of hold
ing up and robbing John Heisler on Febru-
ary ~. Heisler and the two men who are
accused of robbing him were in a saloon
on Wilmington street, near First, on the
night mentioned, and the three left the
place together. Soon afterward Heisler
returned and stated to the barkeeper that
he had been robbed by the two men who
had been In the place with him. He lost
NS to the robbers. Neither Of the two men
nad been seen about the place until last
night. They were locked up In separate
cells. Both Of them denied their guilt
and stated that they did not know each
other.
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Sold Impure MIX

Two dairymen were. fined by Justice
Owens yesterday for selling milk which
was below the standard required by the
city ordinance. John Smith was assessed
SO and L. Armstrong had to pay like
sum. T. Brown. who is accused of violat-
ing the same ordinance, will be tried to-
morrow -
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He Pleaded Hard

Willie Dorsey. the boy who stole lot
of sauce, catsup and other condiments
from an East First street grocery store
was given a 1SO-day ''loater'' yesterday
He had been previously convicted on a
charge of petty larceny. but he pleaded
so hard for another chance to be good
that the court suspended sentence during
his good behavior.
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Too Fast

yesterday morning for driving horse at
breakneck speed through the streets and
yelling at the top of their voices, Hill
was charged with fast driving and Dye
with drunkenness. Hill was fined $50 or
thirty days and SIS or fifteen days was
Dyes. portion
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Maximum temperature, so.
Minimum temperature, 81.
WEATHER CONDITIONS

V1H 11111S OO1VLI HO1%S
The pressure continues high over the
mountain and plateau regions, though 1t is
steadily decreasing; 1t is lowest of the
coast Of Southern California. These con-
ditions are giving drying, northerly winds
and warm weather south of the Tehach-
api.
Cloudy weather with light rains prevail
In Washington, Oregon and in Northern
California. The temperature continues be-
low freezing east of the mountains.
GEORGE E. FRANKLIN,
Local Forecast Official
FORECASTS
Local forecast for Los Angeles and vi
cinity: Generally fair weather tonight and
Friday.
San Francisco forecast for Southern CAL
ifornia: Cloudy Friday with fog on the
coast In the morning; westerly wind.
The herald., 1898-03-04
Early Morning Fire

Shortly before o'clock this morning the.
building at 91S Temple street was badly
damaged by fire. 1t was two-story frame
structure. The first floor was occupied by
and G. s. Megarry lived on the second
door, The damage was about, Ssoa sa
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BLACKMAN FOUND GUILTY
JURY STOOD 8 TO 8 FOR CoNvrC-
TON ON FIRST BALLOT
He Hears the Verdict With Apparent
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ora
tory of Opposing Lawyers

At 1O:4o last evening in Department one
w. r. Blackman was found guilty of en-
bezsling $S44S from the Los Angeles Light
ing company. In the dimly lighted court
room the ex-cashier heard the words which
consign him to felon's fate, but he took
1t with an air of GOODNESS, almost indif-
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This Cruel War

Being about over its about time to get
lown to brass tacks and quit paying rent.
Ne can sell you several neat little houses
with small cash payment, say $25. and the
balance SO. $12 or SIS a month. This is The
pest way for anybody to get a home
Langworthy Company, 226 8. Spring st.
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ceny and one previous conviction. He was
arrested on suspicion Of being implicated
In the robbery Of cigar stand at 116 North
Spring street last July. The evidence sat
isfied the court of his guilt, and he went to
Jail, In default of bail.
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CITY NEWS
INDEX OF LOCAL HvzNrs
chronicled on pages S. 9. 8 and 10.

Forecast: Cloudy. westerly winds. :
Child badly bitten by vicious dog. :
Blackman found guilty OF embes- :
zlement. =
Eckstrom's big dog and how It dis :
appeared. :
Horsefiesh butchered for beef at P.
Caterers shop.
The Pattison divorce case and the :
stories brought out. :
Street car companies indulging In I
legal fight over change Of tracks.
Council committee makes an inves- (
tigating trip through the oil district. (
Transcontinental roads expected to I
maet the cut rates of the Pacific :
Coast Steamship company and the (
Canadian Pacific. 1
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Wall paper. late styles. low prices. at
\ 4. Eckstrom's. s24 South Spring street.
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Must Face : jury

John Howard was held to answer in $1,000
bond yesterday on q charge Of petty lar
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THE WEATHER

TEMPERATURE-Rep Of observations
taken at Los Angeles, March Sd. The
barometer is reduced to sea level.
The herald., 1898-03-04

Gale nf The clearance sale now
going on at Lichtenberger's
Ar EonAc 202 s. Spring ST.. is a picnic
~ UVVuO for people who have money
to invest In luxuries The discounts range
from q to 80 per cent.
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THE VERY LATEST

California Perfumery as fine and per
oS''''O' "'~ feet as is turned out any
Eln,unrc where in the world is now
uVWCuS made here in Los Angeles
Of California flowers and shipped all over
the East by c. Laux Co., 142 s. Spring st.
Orange Blossoms" and Carnations the
genuine. are the favorites for sending to
Eastern friends.
The herald., 1898-03-04

Major W. H. Bonsall returned yesterday
from a trip to Arizona.
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EVENTS OF TODAY

Orpheum-Vaudeville.
Burbank--"The Fire Patrol"
Los Angeles-"The Hunchback."
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= Board of public works meets-lo
= q. m.
= Friday Morning club meets--10:15 :
= Lecture. Before and Behind the :
f Counter" 7. N. G. A. auditorium-S :
2 p. m.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-12
Onm PauI,s Economy.

Frugality is the keynote of Dom Paurs
Guilty that he can be persuaded to part
with cent, says an exchange. He had
been suffering terribly with toothache for
a year or SO, and finally his family per-
suaded him to go to dentist and have
the refractory molar extracted.
The professional pain-creator looked at
the tooth. and said it would have to come
out. How much will 1t cost to have 1t
taken out?" said the President with his
usual forethought.
The dentist told him. The amount was
the equivalent of so cents in American
money.
Too much" said Dom Paul, and reach
ing in his eapacious pocket for his jack
knife he pried out the aching tooth on
the spot
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running in Double Harness.

In his Fayetteville speech Col Gambler
said, in substance, that Judge Atkinson
and Mr. Berner were running in double
harness-that their plan was TO defeat him
by having their supporters combine, TIE
Berner men voting for Atkinson in coun-
ties in which It was conceded that Judge
Atkinson was the stronger, and the At
knson men voting for Berner in the coun-
ties In which Mr.. Berner was the stronger.
The basis for this statement appears to
be a meeting which took place between
Judge Atkinson and Mr.. Berner in the
office Of the Macon Telegraph one even
ing last week Col. Gambler calls this meet
ing a Conference and he aims to create
the impression that 1t was at that meet
ing that an agreement was reached be-
tween Judge Atkinson and Mr.. Berner to
so conduct their campaign as 10 combine
the Atkinson-Berner strength in the eff
fort TO defeat Col. Gambler
But is Col. Gambler sure that there was
a conference at Macon between Judge At
kinson and Mr.. Berner vs. to how they
could so conduct their campaigns as to
accomplish the defeat of Col. Gambler?
The Macon Telegraph says that the meet
ing between Judge Atkinson and Mr.. Ber-
ner was only a chance one, and that there
was nothing said or done that would JUS
tify the statement that they had decided
to combine their forces to defeat Col. Can
der. There is no reason to doubt that
what the Macon Telegraph says is correct.
Taking 1t for granted that it is, Col. Can
der is making a great mistake in giving
thespublic wrong impression about the
Atkinson-Berner meeting.
We do not, of course, undertake to say
that Judge Atkinson and Mr.. Berner have
not an understanding that they shall so
conduct their campaigns as to defeat Col.
Gambler, but we have no doubt that what
the Macon Telegraph says about the meet
ing In that city is correct Col. Gambler
could not make greater mistake than to
make statements respecting his opponents
which he could not substantiate.
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A Letter From Jim Crow.
From an Exchange.

From an Exchange
Pray, what's the reason of this wild COM
motion.
And all these cries of national devotion?
/ see no armies, hear no hostile firing;
To me this hub-bub is extremely firing
Say, with what foeman is the country tack
ling?
The capitol stands firm, yet all its geese
are cackling.
Now, we have earned the sages' just APP
plause,
We ne'er our mouth will open without
cause.
We come of an illustrious family,
Well known upon the page of history
In fair Virginia long our home was made
Until the wretched day a foeman's raid
Spread desolation in her valley bright
Fen the sad story of the Tartar's plight,
Our own may rival. Weyler came
No, I'd orgotten-Sheridan' the name,
Weylers a Spaniard, and a brute beside;
Young Phil hero, and his countrys pride
Destroy all food and grain," his order
read,
"And be such famine through the valley
spread
That even the wandering crow must carry
rations."
So, to escape the famine's scourge we fed
Beneath us burned barns. mills and fair
But on our vigorous winds we southwark
Sped
We STAYED our fight in Georgia-Weyler-
no, not that,
Twas Sherman, but the Spaniard's name
came pat;
Some subtle thought connects them in my
mind.
Another way. perhaps, the reason find
Now, again was devastation, famine and
the flame
OF ruined homes, yet neither slur nor
shame
Hath history cast upon that leaders name
We crows are social birds, as well you
know:
Have learned. indeed. your language, yet 1
trow
We oft mistake the meaning of your
speech,
Nor learn the lesson that your actions
teach.
AS youths are always wiser than their
sires,
Yet burn no less with patriotic fires,
Pray tell me when rebellion is a crime
And when it mounts to virtue most sub
lime:
Why Maceo deserves a hero's name
Yet Lee was tainted with traitors
shame,
Sherman and Sheridan, their nations
glory,
weyler condemned to adorn the Infernos
story.
If you the meaning of all this can show.
You'll crafty a mystifed Jim Grow.
l.. B. w.
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The Cuban RenubIic.

The organs in this country of the Gu
ban insurgents appear to think it strange
that 1t is denied that there is such a
thing as the Cuban republic. But why is
it that they are not able to point out
where the capital of that so-called repub-
lie is, and to produce some evidence that
1t has regularly organized government?
All they can say is that Gen. Gomez has
possession of two-thirds of the territory of
Cuba and that he has $4,000 "bronzed vet
erans." No doubt majority of his vet
Grams are pretty nearly the color OF
bronze, and it is also true probably, that
his army wanders at will over a very
large part of Cuba, but he hasn't absolute
possession of two-thirds of the island. BY
this is meant that he is not able to pre-
vent the Spanish forces from entering
and taking possession of the greater part
of the territory which he claims Is UNI
der his control. If we understand the sit
uation correctly 1t is that Gen. Gomez
does not risk an engagement with a large
body of Spanish troops He carries on
sort of guerrilla warfare, and when he is
hard pressed by the Spaniards he retires
into the hills and forests and eludes his
enemy. He is right. of course. in pursu-
ing that sort OF warfare, because it Is the
only sort In which he has any chance of
success, but il shows conclusively that
what is called the Cuban republic has no
such existence as would warrant this or
any other country in regarding 1t as one
Of the nations of the world
Before the independence of the Cubans
Is recognized by any influential nation
they will have to show that they have
capital and a government, and that they
are in a position to defend both. All there
Is to the Cuban republic at present is Go
mez's band of warriors. They do not,
however, constitute a republic.
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A Leap I'm the Dark.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).

Free Cuba sounds we'll; but how Is the
freedom of the island to be accomplished?
Surely not by transferring the government
from one tyranny into the hands of anoth-
er! There have been no worse despotisms
in the worlds history than the dictator
ships of some of the victorious revolution
airy chieftains of Spanlsh-America-a re-
cent and fragrant example having been
that of the lately assassinated Dictator
Barrios, of Guatemala. How are the Amer
lean people TO know whether the rule of
Gomez would be more welcome to the in
habitants of Cuba than is the government
of Gen. Blanco and, his autonomist secre-
taries? To impose the regime of the insur-
gent chieftains upon the people of Cuba
without their consent would be oppression,
not liberation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-12

A blind man picked olr< his dead wife in
the New York morgue few days ago by
his delicate sense Of touch. says an ex-
change. Two women, both of the same
name. and both of whom died in Bellevue,
were taken to the deadhouse at about the
same time. When the morgue-keeper caught
the blind mans right hand and guided it 10
an upturned face, he said, No, no; that's
not my Nary! The drawer was closed and
the next one pulled out The sightiess man
laid down his stick this time and used
both hands. His face was TRANSPORTED as
the tips of his fingers rested on the sharp
set cold features. Mary" he whispered,
Il have found you dear! How thin your
face has grown! How cold you are, Mary
how cold" The blind man had made no
mistake. The dead woman had been his
wife
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-12

The naming of the new battery on Sui
livan's Island Charleston harbor, after
Sergeant William Jasper is probably the
only instance on record in this country of
a fort being named in honor of any SOL
der other than a commissioned officer.
Sergeant Jasper ended his life at Savannah
on Oct. g. 1877, while planting the flag of
the Second South Carolina Regiment on
the British ramparts. The spot at which
he is supposed to have fallen is on what Is
now Liberty street, between jefferson and
Montgomery. The monument in Madison
Square. south of the De Soto hotel, is sa-
vannah's testimonial TO the heroism of
the gallant Jasper.