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The herald., 1898-02-25
LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS
First Entertainment Last Evening
Literary Program and Dancing

The students of the Los Angeles law
school gave their first entertainment in
Masonic hall last evening" a musical and a
literary program followed by a dance.
James b. Scott. dean of the school, stated
in brief address of welcome. after out
lining the scope and aim of the school, that
the idea of the entertainment had been en-
tirely in the hands of the students in ar
rangement and execution. 1t was a sue
cess in every way, and considering the in
clement weather a large audience was
present. A short sketch. which was a bur-
lesque of trial. was cleverly presented by
the following students: Messrs. Shafer,
Walter Krug, Asa Keyes, Clarence Thomp-
son, Clifton Axtell. Job Hartman, Catesby
Thorn, Davidson and Frank Henderson.
Mr.. Gooding presided and presented the
speakers and the committees were: Chair
man of the evening, Frederick w. Houser;
arrangement committee, Clarence Thomp-
son. chairman. Miss Wilde, Miss Lebus, C.
A. Ludlow, Asa Keyes; reception commit
tee, K. l.. Hutchison, Robert NJ. Ross,
Frank Henderson. Jack Laying, A. M.
Stephens, Jr., Asa Keyes, Catesby Thorn:
floor manager, Robert G. Loucks.
The herald., 1898-02-25
RED sNAPPERs MONTHS OLD
Cold Storage System Has Proved to
Be Profitable

When a guest of Chicago hotel orders
red snapper and is delighted with the
palatable dish that is set before him he
been out of the sea for ten or twelve
months, but such is often the case. The
guest never knows the difference, how
ever, and only after he has visited Pen
sacola and called on Sewell c. Cobb or
some OF his men does he understand how
it all happens. Mr.. Cobb has just ended
a visit to this city. He is an interesting
anyone ever dare repeat, for he is the
very origin of the best fish tales in the
gulf states. He owns twenty-four fish
ing smacks, which is more than any
other one person can boast of on the
gulf. 1t may not be generally known
that all the red snappers for New Or
leans come through Pensacola. The
same is true of Chicago.
Mr.. Cobb was once mayor of Pensa-
cola, until he found that he could make
more money running fishing smacks
out to the grounds and supplying the
markets of the United States. That port
practically has a monopoly on certain
kinds of fish, and for this reason it has
been necessary to invent system by
for an indefinite length of time, often
times a year having elapsed from the
day the finny specimen was hauled in
and the time it was served on the table.
New Orleans TimeS-Democrat.
The herald., 1898-02-25
ROBBED TWO HOUSES
Men on Trial for One Burglary Are
Charged With Another

Another burglary has been traced by the
detectives to Frank Harris and Edward
Welch, who were arrested several days
ago on a charge of robbing the residence
of Mrs. Lewis, 2103 Thompson street. An
additional charge was registered against
them yesterday and with them the name
of Joseph Buchanan was associated Is
their companion in both robberies. The
last case which the detectives will en-
deavor to fasten upon them is the burglary
of the residence of Dr. L. W. Wells, on the
9th inst. DIR. Wells resides at 1915 West
First street, and on the date mentioned.
during the absence of the family, the panel
in rear door was cut, and an entrance
effected. The house was ransacked, clos
cts were emptied, dresser drawers were
pulled out and their contents scattered
over the house. Goods valued at more than
s200 were secured by the burglars.
The robbery was reported to the detect
ives and the case was turned over to De-
tectives Goodman and Steele. They sue
ceeded in recovering much of the stolen
property from the pawnshops and second
| hand stores, and on the description fur
nished of the men who had sold the goods
they yesterday afternoon arrested Joe
Buchanan. Harris and Welch were al
ready in custody on another charge and
the detectives say the dealers have iden-
titled all the prisoners as the men who
disposed of the goods at their places of
business. The three men were presented
before Justice Morrison yesterday after
noon and the case was set for March 3D. at
| 10 o'clock.
Harris and Welch were held to answer
| in $500 bonds each yesterday for the rob-
berry of the residence of Mrs. Lewis. Their
examination had been begun the day be-
| fore, but was not concluded until yester-
| day morning. The detectives expect to
| bring several other charges against them
The herald., 1898-02-25
SURVEYING BY BICYCLE
It May Become an Aid in Army
Maneuvers

One of the newest uses of the bicycle is Is
a surveying machine, not merely ma
chine to carry surveyor from point TO
point but as a machine which performs
in itself the mechanical part of the sur
Neyor's work. The United States army is
considering the advisability of adopting
this machine as an adjunct to tactics BY
means of an attachment the exact topo-
graphical characteristics of road may be
asoertained with no other eXertion on the
part of the surveyor than to ride along
the road in question. The Importance of
the invention in military practice can be
easily appreciated. Hereafter a general
contemplating a march can order his chief
engineer to find out the exact topography
of a road over which the army is to pass.
The engineer, taking his wheel. can ride
on ahead and return in a short time with
an exact profile of the road. so that every
obstacle in the way of heavy ordnance or
supply wagons can be known and provided
for long before the troops even start on
their way.
Under orders from General Tobin, Third
brigade. Pennsylvania militia, a survey OF
the roads around Hazleton. Pa. connect
ing all the camps and the strategic points
was recently made. \ method of rapid
road sketching was adopted. and A.. % miles
were surveyed by means of a bicycle equip
ped with a cyclometer and compass. 1t
required ninteen hours to do this alone
and the distances and directions were then
drawn out on paper. The elevations Were
all derived from barometric levels. This
work occupied a great many hours and
yet the survey was so quickly made as to
establish a new record for rapid work.
With the new invention the entire work
could have been done in the time il would
have taken a rapid bicy clst to cover the
distance on his wheel. 1t is also proposed
that this invention be applied to map max
ing. The value of road maps would be
considerably enhanced if all the grades
could be shown as well as the distances.
Bicycists, as well as wagon drivers would
value highly map of this character. mas
much as it would tell them what work they
or their horses would have to do.
The device, which is the invention of a
mechanical expert of Schenectady, y y
consists primarily of two parts. a cylinder
revolving mechanism to carry the strip OF
paper on which the record is made and a
device to make the record. The cylinder
revolving mechanism is a slender hori-
zontal shaft. The cylinder is turned py
means of belt attached to the crank axle
of the bicycle. AS the cylinder turns. tho
strip of paper is unrolled from a SPOOL The
marker hanging by means of pivot and
controlled by complementary mechanism.
adjusts Itself to the position of the bicycle.
New York Sun.
The herald., 1898-02-25
Rubber Pipes for Gas Meter

Now that the gas companies lock the
meters in houses when the gas is shut off
for nonpayment of the bills, an in
genious plan has been devised for beat
ing the company.
Il want a yard of rubber hose" said
a customer in a rubber store the other
day.
For gas or water?" was the query.
The customer was indignant, but the
clerk said afterward that rubber hose
was extensively used in making merry
go-rounds" to obtain gas free. AS every
one knows, gas goes into the meter
through one pipe and goes out through
another. One end of the rubber hose
is attached to round opening in the
lower pipe and the other end fitted to
an aperature in the upper pipe. Thus
the meter is entirely avoided. The gas
company estimate that they lost $780,
900 in the last year in this manner
Chicago Times-Herald
The herald., 1898-02-25

tion will be determined almost entirely
by the course of events from time tt
time. There is no necessity OF alarming
the people. but Congress must be ready
to assist the administration without
making TOO many inquiries as to the
course of current events"
To Senator who called upon him yes
terday in order to ask some serious
questions as to the policy of the admin
istration, President Mckinley with the
utmost frankness uttered the above
words. There is no doubt of the fact
that the government of the United
States is actually preparing for war
will come, but the activity in both the
War and Navy departments is too un-
mistakable to be concealed.
The President and his Cabinet unite
in the belief still, in spite of all evidence
to the contrary, that the explosion of the
Maine was the result of an unfortunate
accident, but they recognize the fact
that the contrary may prove true at al
most any hour, and If it is shown even
inferentially that Spain had hand in
the catastrophe there will be but one
thing to do and that will be to seize the
island of Cuba by force of arms. At no
time since the War of the Rebellion has
the military branch of the government
been So active as it is today.
1t is significant fact that within the
last two days there has been remark
able change of opinion in the Navy De-
partment in regard to the explosion of
til, Maine.
When the first news arrived here last
week, experts at the department were
very nearly divided as between an acci-
dent and design. but today, after study
ing the later reports and especially the
sent from Havana. nine
out of ten of the officers of the depart
ment express the belief that the Maine
was anchored over a submarine mine.
The only difference of opinion seems to
be as to whether that mine was exploded
by Spanish officers. acting under orders,
or some enthusiast. The latter opinion
is generally held, but it is said that this
does not lessen in any great degree the
responsibility of Spain for the horrible
The herald., 1898-02-25
WHAT HE WANTED
Husband With a Fountain Pen Gift
Had a Modest Request

You have scarcely spoken to me 1t all
this evening"" she said, in tones of re-
proach.
II beg your pardon" her husband
returned, alphabetically. Il was just
trying to think of something to say
rs there anything on your mind?"
Yes, to tell the truth, there is.''
Cant help you in some way?"
You might, if l could suggest it with
out your becoming angry"
Tell me about it. 1t is my duty to
sympathize with you, you know
"On my birthday anniversary you gave
me fountain pen."
Yes. And now you are going to say
that it makes a horrd muss and that you
don't want to write with it,
I'm not going to say anything of the
kind he replied, stoutly. Il am going
to write with that pen every day of my
life. But there is one little favor that ]
would like to ask
What is it?''
please make me a suit of overalls tc
go with it."-Washngton Star.
The herald., 1898-02-25
Three Houses Burned

The residences of John B. Payne, e. A.
Jones. and a double dwelling owned by
Ira Phillips, at ZIG, 22O and 226 South Bun
ker Hill avenue, were totally destroyed by
fire shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, only the walls remaining. The fire
originated in the residence of Mr.. Payne
His wife was heating her curling irons In
a lamp, which she placed so close to the
wall that the paper was fgnited Before II
was discovered the fire had spread all over
the room and by the time the fire. depart
ment was summoned the whole house was
in flames. The fire communicated to the
Jones residence, the, next building on the
south, and that, too, was destroyed. The
flremen arrived before the house of Mr.
Phillips had ignited, but while they were
trying to prevent a spread of the flames
on the other side of the fire, this house
caught fire and 1t was destroyed. The losi
The herald., 1898-02-25
HORSE WANTED SHOES
He Knew a Blacksmith's Sign When
He Saw It

! If his mistress is to be believed (and
who dare say she isn'tD, the old horse
Jerry, some of whose exploits have been
related before, can read. The other day
he was put into the carry-all and driven
to a town some four miles away. The
roads turned out to be unexpectedly
slippery, and Jerry was smooth-shod He
had so dreadful time in getting down
the hills that all the people had to get
out and walk, and as he was trying to
pull up one hill he actually so lost his
footing that the carry-all began to run
backward. pulling the horse downhill
after it, and If the driver had not ex-
pertly cramped the wheels into a bank
! there must have been a bad accident
| The mistress declared that IL she got
the horse to the town alive she would
have him sharp-shod there. They did
get to the town at last.
AS they were driving through the
streets-their way being easy enough in
the town-they' came to a place where
the sign of a blacksmith's shop hung at
the head of a little alley. The shop it.
self was not in sight-only the sign to
direct people down the alley. The horse
had never been shod at this place, nor
as he came abreast of this sign he at
tempted to turn down the alley, and his
driver had difficulty in getting him past
After some other matters were attended
to. the driver went back to the black
smiths shop to get Jerry shod, and he
headed directly for the shop in the alley
without any guiding. AS the man was
shoeing him, he-that is, the man, not
the horse-remarked: THAT horse don't
need a word-he knows just when to
take up every foot and just when to put
it down-he understands the whole busi-
ness
Now, on his way home the old horse
never slipped once, and you cannot con-
vince his mistress that he did not know
that what he needed was sharp shoeing,
nor that he was not aware that that sign
pointed the way to blacksmith's shop.
Look here said the Listener" when
he heard the story, was there horse
shoe painted on that sign?'
"Ye-yes, there was" said she, sum-
moning up her mental picture of it.
Then that accounts for it. The horse
did not really read the sign-he saw the
picture of the horseshoe and knew that
it pointed the way to the place where he
could have some of the same sort of
things put on his feet. Boston Tran
script.
The herald., 1898-02-25
ACCIDENT THEORY
Grows Less Tenable as the Investiga-
tion Proceeds

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The Even
ing Star has received the following ca
blegram from Mr.. Charles Pepper, its
staff correspondent in Cuba:
''At this writing divers are develop
ing important results. From examna-
tion of the interior wreckage they have
secured evidence which seems con-
elusive that the explosion came from un-
derneath the ship.
Some of the smaller magazines may
have exploded. The main ten-incll
magazine did not explode. The condi-
tion of the interior of the ship shows
further probability of the wreck having
been due to outside force.
"The further the investigation pro-
crosses the more untenable becomes the
theory which the Spanish government
adduced to show accidental cause. 1t is
evident the Spanish case will be based
on the claim that a fire preceded the ex-
plosion.
captain Sampson and his colleagues
of the Naval Board, may have outside
evidence offered regarding a torpedo
float producing the explosion.
Said one diver who had been engaged
in the work of getting bodies out from
under the hatch: God may be mercifu
to the men who blew these poor fellows
to Eternity; the United States should
not!'
This was before Longs order prohib-
iting officers from talking. This diver
evidently thought the explosion was not
IN accident. He had an experts capac-
ity and opportunity for judging.
THE Havana public is not permitted
to know the intensity of the public senti-
nent in the United States. Only meager
details are permitted to be known of
what happens in Washington. Congress
is watched with excessive anxiety by
palace officials, but the popuace knows
nothing of what is liable to happen.
Evidences Of ill-feeling toward Amer
lean people and anxiety over the Maine
disaster do not lessen.
''The Maine inquiry dwarfs interest
in Cuba in other questions, but recent
developments carry official confession
CT the failure of autonomy"
The herald., 1898-02-25
DECIDUoUs FRUIT EXCHANGES
Rapidly Organizing in All the South
ern Counties

The work of organizing the local decidu-
GUS fruit associations, undertaken by A.
r. Sprague, president of the deciduous
fruit exchange of Southern California. Is
progressing favorably. Fifteen organiza-
tions are already completed and several
more are in process of formation.
There will be meeting today of the de-
ciduous fruit growers of Santa Ana, in re-
sponse to call issued by the chamber of
commerce of that place.
Monday February 2s, the Farmers insti-
tute will be in session at Claremont Mr..
Sprague will address the meeting and as a
result an exchange will probably be formed
at North Pomona. The farmers of Clear
water have expressed the desire for an Or
ganiZation there.
Mr.. Sprague expects to organize from six
to eight associations in Ventura county.
and will commence the work March I. A
meeting will be held at Lamanda Park
The herald., 1898-02-25
MUSIC AND ART
At Last to Have Home Worthy the
Name

Harris Newmark and Frederick w.
Blanchard of the Blanchard Piano COM
pany signed a contract yesterday afternoon
by which the former will erect $75 600
four-story pressed brick and terra Gotta
building on the west side of Broadway,
between Second and Third, which shall be
devoted from the ground up to music and
art.
Mr.. Blanchards interest in the contract
lies in the fact that he has assumed the
lease of the entire building for ten years;
it will be erected wholly under his super
vision.
Abram w. Edelman is the architect, and
just as soon as his plans are perfected
work on the building will commence. The
contract promises its completion by Aug
ust 1st of this year.
The entire ground floor will be occupied
by the Blanchard Piano company. On the
second floor will be concert hall with a
seating capacity of about 500. This hall
will be constructed with especial care as
to acoustics. The third floor will be d.
The herald., 1898-02-25
The Growth of Children

The average child, in its fourth year,
should be three feet high and weigh
more than twenty-eight pounds: in the
sixth year, three and a half feet high and
weigh forty-two; in the eighth year, four
feet in height and fifty-six pounds in
weight; at II years. five feet in height
and seventy pounds in weight is fair
average. Growth is very irregular in
children and young people generally;
perhaps two inches may be gained in
two months, and for the next ten months
not over an inch, even up to the age of
10 or II years. While growth is thus
rapid. fatigue is readily produced; dur
ing the pause weight is gained, and work
can go on again.
The herald., 1898-02-25

vided into studios, as will the fourth, and
upon the upper floor there will also be a
large art gallery with a lighted dome.
On the same floor with the concert hall
there is to be banquet hall, ante-rooms
and every convenience of all descriptions
that are to be found in such buildings in
other places.
Every detail of the building, from top
to bottom, will be thoroughly up to date.
Steam heat, electricity, elevators. plate
glass, mosaic tiling in the rotunda on the
ground floor. wrought iron. everything will
be of the best material the market affords
In fact, 1t Is the intention of both Mr..
Newmark and Mr.. Blanchard that when it
| is finished the building shall surpass any
thing of the kind west of Chicago.
The herald., 1898-02-25
FOREIGN FLASHES .

Mr.. Gladstone will shortly undergo an
operation to alleviate the pain caused py
necrosis of the bone OF the nose.a
A secret proclamation just issued by the
Macedonian revolutionary committee calls
upon the people to join in an insurrection
this spring.
Queen Victoria has arrived In London
this morning and will hold drawing room
today. Her majesty was heartily cheered
on.her way by the crowds In the streets.
Half the Chinese loan, amounting to
es.OOO,OoO ($4O.OOO,0OO) was fully underwrit-
ten at London yesterday. Some Of the ap-
plicants had to be rejected. The issue
price is 90 and the interest from the loan
Is ~ per cent. 1t will be offered publicly
week hence
The herald., 1898-02-25
BEERS BROS DIFFICULTY
Financially Embarrassed Contractors
Are Out of Town

w. l.. Beers and Norman Beers. who
have been doing contracting and build
ing business under the firm name of Beers
Bros, have left the city in order to ar
range with outside persons for an adjust
ment of financial difficulties, which they
have encountered within the past few
days. They had two important building
contracts, in which they gave ample sure
ty for the performance of their work, and
their departure was with the full knowl-
edge and consent of their bondsmen. So far
as could be learned, their total liabilities
will not exceed $1,000, and their assets about
$4500. 1t has been stated by one of their
bondsmen that they will soon return, pre-
pared to pay every dollar that Is charged
against them, and will be able to complete
their contracts. Inability to realize upon
certain securities was the cause of their
difficulty.
The herald., 1898-02-25
Of Interest to Parents, Pedagogues
and Pupils

Miss Leora L. Maries is i'll with typhoid
fever.
Custer street school is to have Sloyd
roomi
Miss Ellen F. Parsons OF the girls col
legiate school has accepted a position in
the school at Poway, San Diego county.
Miss Small and Miss Anna Lynch have
resumed their duties at Hewitt street
school, after lengthy absence in the east.
Miss Eleanor Joy OF Norwood street
school has been granted leave of absence
from the first of the present school month.
The class of 80 of the kindergarten train
ing school at the normal gave delightful
reception to their seniors and the faculty
Tuesday evening. to celebrate Washing
toms birthday. The hostesses were gowned
in eighteenth century mode and one of the
features of the entertainment was a
minuet by eight of the young ladies. There
were about fifty-five present.
The herald., 1898-02-25
SUNDAYS coURsING
Entries for Sundays Matches at Agri-
cultural Park

The regular drawing of dogs for the Sun
day coursing at Agricultural park took
place at 143 South Broadway last evening.
There was the usual large crowd In at
tendance. Besides the coursing, there Will
be a five-mile race between a quintet BIZ
cycle and Bob Hackney's running horse,
Prince Hooker. Following are the entries
for Sundays coursing:
Frisco VS.. Cyclone: Kitty Scott VS.. Cen
eral; Release VS.. Juliet: Ormonde vs. Ebony
Queen; Queen B. VS.. Ciudado; Tip Stead
man VS.. Prince; Peachie vs. Romeo; I1ger
VS.. Napoleon 1; Sailor Girl VS.. A. b. =.
Trim VS.. Lookout; Chaco VS.. Reliance; Or
pheum Lass VS.. Fannie s.; B. b. and y.
VS.. Snooze: d. v. II. formerly E. " HI
vs. Silk Gem
The herald., 1898-02-25
No Gold at Copper River

The Herald is in receipt of letter from
w. A. Norman, formerly of this city, con-
firming the reports Of the statement pub
lished some time ago, that the Copper river
gold fields were nothing put mud na.s'
which contain no gold and on which no
cold has ever been discovered. He Is now
on the way to Dawson or the country
near it.
The herald., 1898-02-25
M'KINLEY'S POLICY
Will Not Hasten but Will Prepare for
War

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-The Tribune this
morning prints the following special
from Washington:
''I do not propose to do anything at all
to accelerate war with Spain. Up to
the present l do not think war is either
necessary or inevitable. / would be lax
in my duty, however, if I did not pre-
pare for the future. The situation is
grave and the policy Of the administra- :
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KNOW NOTHING
Continued from Page one.)

burial. The removal of any body is made
subject to the discretion of the secretary
of the navy.
Mrs. Harriet Adams of this city, the de-
pendent mother of ]. L. Adams, coal
pa5ser who lost his life on the Maine, filed
an application today for q pension. This
is the first pension claim filed in connection
with the loss of life on the vessel.
The herald., 1898-02-25
Kid Mccoy Matched

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, Feb. A.-kid NC.
Gov. the champion middle weight, ana
Nick Burley of California have been
matched to fight fifteen rounds before the
Hot Springs Athletic association Maren
Sd, for a purse of $500.