The herald., 1898-11-17
| Big FIRE AVOIDED
PASo DEL MAR STABLES BURNED
TO THE GROUND
BAD BURGLARS ON TRIAL
The Notorious Rogues st. Clair and
Depew Will Probably Cease to
Trouble for Awhile

PASADENA, Nov. l6.-(Office of The
Herald, Is West Colorado street. 1ele-
phone, red 675.) The, Paso del Mar stable,
belonging to John b. Snoddy, burned to the
ground tonight about o'clock. Several val
uablc residences in the neighborhood were
threatened, and but for the timely arrival
of the fire company must have been de-
stroyed The fire started in shed at the
rear of Mr.. Sturtevants s house, on Fair
Oaks, near Esther and soon spread to the
Paso del Mar stable, which was all IN
blaze in n few moments The stable was,
fortunately, only occupied by the horses and
wagons of r. b. Newly & Co., the proprie-
tors of the Cash meat market, and boy who
slept upstairs. The horses and wagons were
saved. and part of the burnture from the
second story. The stables were built by
DR.. ID. W. Evans, the veterinary surgeon,
during the boom, at cost of abouh $500.
but were probably worth only about $4,000
at the present time. The building was 50x
100 feet and two stories high. According to
one of the agents, it was insured for $500,
but the insurance had lapsed. The cause
of the fire came from two small boys and Il
match. Mr. Sturtevant's little son was play
ing with matches, when a lighted one fell
into the hay. At the time of the outbreak
Mr.. Sturtevant was lying quite sick with
! typhoid fever, and as the fire was within a
few feet of the house, he was taken to w. Nj.
Parker's, on the opposite side of Fair Oaks,
and the entire contents of the residence were
removed into tn yard. Mr.. Sturtevant is
the general agent OF the Phoenix \ life lnsur-
ance company, and does business in Los An
geles.
NOTORIOUS ROGUES
Walter st. Clair and Joseph Depew were
called before Judge Rossiter this morning
for preliminary examination on the charge of
robbing NJ. +. Washburn S jewelry store on
Monday night, November7th. st. Clair S
case was heard first, and he was bound over
to answer before the superior court, with
bail fixed at $500. Depew's examination
was set for Friday, November 18th, at 2 p.
m. Deputy District Attorney James ap-
peared for the state and F. w. Allender for
the defendants. NJ +. Washburn, Mrs.
Freshwater, Frank Peckaler, Marshal Lacey
and others were called to testify for the
prosecution. The examination developed
chain of circumstantial evidence connect
ing them with the crime strong enough to
demand further trial, but not enough 60
convict. A skeleton key, hack-saw blade
and double action revolver, taken from St.
Clair's valise, were put in evidence. Mrs.
Freshwater testified to seeing st. Clair ex-
amining the court in the hear of Washburn's s,
from which entrance was effected at dark
the night of the robbery. The marshal is
certain he has the right men, Since the ar
rest he has learned their history. They
ba, haar cd sim; obo Cd
al times and their pictures appear in the
rogues' gallery at the Los Angeles detect
ives office, where they are known as very
smooth gentry.
TO OWN THE LIGHT
The city trustees of Pasadena are figuring
on owning their own electric light plant,
and for that purpose have called for bids
on six different sets OF specifications. All
bids are to be in by January LIST, so as to
give the city time to put in its own plant
in case it should so decide. Assistant Eil-
gineer Ramel is surveying the Loughery
reservoir site, west of Devils gate, and it is
evident that Lippincott, the city's engineer,
proposes to take this into consideration as
a possible source for the city's water supply
The Loughery reservoir site belongs to the
old watef companies, and would have to be
purchased by the city.
BREVITIES
The Corona lodge, F. & A. NJ, conferred
the third degree on Fred Burnham tonight,
after which banquet was held and Mr.
Burnham gave an interesting account of
his experiences in Africa. Mr. Burnham
was with Rhodes in the Bullawayo war,
and his English friends count him quite a
hero. They say it was owing to his courage
in dispatching the African leader that the
war was ended.
c. E. Hildreth was arrested last night
for vagrancy. He said he hoped he would
get five days, as that would keep him from
going hungry until he got money from his
folks in Oregon, for which he had already
written. Judge Merriam accommodated
him by five-days' sentence this morning.
A meeting will be held at the board of
trade rooms tomorrow evening at 1880 for
the purpose of organizing local center for
the Education al Extension association.
The colored population had grand ball
and cake walk in l. o. o. f. hall tonight.
The Hotel Green opened today.
Peter Hall, who recently returned from
the Klondike, is reported to have staked
some good claims there.
Mrs. Herbert Lathe leaves today for the
east to spend Thanksgiving with her aged
mother at Cambridge, Mass.
Supervising Principal James d. Graham
Of the Pasadena schools, makes the fol-
lowing report for the month ending Nov.
11th: Whole number enrolled on register,
boys, 1906; girls, 1877; total, z0S3; average
number belonging, 1878; average daily at
tendance, 1914.
The /. O. G. T. presented the scenic op-
era The Queen of Fame to a large audi
ence in the G. A. r. hall last night.
The Option Culture club met as Mrs.
Prentiss' on South. Los Robes avenue.
yesterday.
Rev. H. w. Lathe lectured on 1.-The Peo-
pie We Meet in Our Travels Abroad" to a
large audience at the Congregational
church last night.
The Ladies' league of the Universalist
church was royalty entertained yesterday
afternoon at the home. of Mrs. William
Kyle on Center street.
The Ladies of Woodcraft will have a
masquerade ball at the auditorium tomor-
row night.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 16.-Jockey
Sherland in the third race TODAY was rid-