The herald., 1898-12-03
PUT ON "OLD PROPS"
BLAMED FOR PEACHES NOT BE-
ING UP TO STANDARD
A Jap Gives a House of Ill-Fame
Taste of the Hereafter-San
Bernardino Brevities

SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 2.-The re-
sponsiblity of the weather bureau in the
fruit business is to be determined shortly
in the courts. The Ontario Deciduous Fruit
company brings suit against the Cutting
Packing company Of Cotton, with the wealth
er as correspondent, for loss on 300 tons Of
peaches to be delivered by plaintiff to de-
fendant. The contract was signed for the
delivery Of 21A-inch' peaches of $3.50 per
ton, 2A-inch of one kind at S37 so and other
kinds Of that grade at S2O.5O. The peaches
were delivered, it is claimed, to the best
ability Of the plaintiff and received by the
defendant corporation and the latter paid
$500 on account, but then stopped payment,
claiming that the peaches were not up TO
standard in size and quality. The plaintiff
claimed that the weather bureau was en-
tirely to blame in the matter and If there
were any damages coming the defendant
must seek them from that source, as the
lack Of rain was beyond the province Of
plaintiff to supply. The claim is for
sl75S.4l over the $500 already received
BREVITIES
A trust deed has been filed on which the
war revenue tax is $l90.50, the amount Of
consideration being 100000, given by the
Redlands Electric Light and Power com
pany to the Union Trust company of San
Francisco in order to float the bonds to
that amount just issued.
A marriage license has been issued to
William Won Kanzler, Baron Freherr Won
Auster Lausitz, a native of Germany, aged
52 and Mary G. Ward, native of New York,
aged 81, both claiming San Bernardino as
their place of residence, the presence of
real live baron having hitherto escaped pub
lie notice.
A musical contest for the Lyre medal, con-
Quoted by Mrs. Kendall Holt, state super
intendent of contests, was given last night
at the First NJ. L. church before a large
audience The contestants were A. c. Ran
doph, who sang Gounod's 'She Alone
Charmeth My Sadness" taking the medal;
Miss Clara Reeves, with afterwards"
Miss Rose Crandall, with "Cross and
Crown" and A. l.. Sloan, 'The Bugler." a
featurd of the evening was found in the
rectals of Miss Ruby Nigel, especially in
her rendition of 'Antony's Address Over
Caesar"
The Ladies of the Maccabees gave their
first ball last night, with Mrs. NJ. L. Baillie,
Mrs. A. Clark, Mrs. A. Ingersoll, Mrs. A.
Dougherty and Mrs. Dorman as floor man
ayers The reception committee was Mrs.
K. V. Hadden, Miss Lulu C. Bahr, Mrs. A.
Allen and Mrs. r. Mathews. There were
$50 couples present and the affair was pro-
nounced complete success-"perfectly
lovely"
San Bernardino lodge, No, lag, I. o. o. F.,
elected the following officers last evening:
w. j. Anderson, noble grand; F. J. Esler,
vice grand; A. H. Starke, secretary; L. d.
Houghton, treasurer; A. Horowitz, trustee.
Court San Bernardino, No. 447, l. o. F.,
elected the following officers last evening:
j. +. Parker, court deputy; T. A. McNeal,
chief ranger; John Armitage, vice ranger;
d. T. Brummett, recording secretary; J. F.
Blanchard, financial secretary; W. L. Cave,
chaplain; j. w. Kinney, senior woodward;
Charles Hidden, junior woodward; c. w.
Westmeyer, senior beadle; Frank Hager-
meister, junior beadle; J.W. Aldridge and
G. B. Rowel, court physicians; Peter Mel
son and w. A. Bailey, trustees; John Har-
rison and j. L. Jonas, auditing committee.
The election of treasurer was postponed one
week.
Inquiries are coming from Sam Fran
cisco attorney in regard to the family of a
Frenchman named Blanc, who left here in
1893 and died in San Francisco, and is now
discovered to have been, one of the heirs oil
an estate in the old country His widow
and two children, one Mrs. Addie Roberds
and the other Dell Blanc, still reside here
and will put in their claim. Blanc lived
here for many years and married his wife
here.
A japanese frebug was brought in last
evening from Chino, where he tried to burn
out the inmates of house of ill-fame be-
cause they fred him out. He tried to buy
a can of kerosene from a neighbor about l
o'clock in the morning. Failing to make the
purchase he stole it and started the fire.
The alarm was raised, the fire put out and
the Jap taken in. He acknowledges the
crime but says it was done to scare the folks
and he was going to put the fire out himself
as soon as his object was accomplished.
The appointment of d. r. Seeley of this
place and Thomas Lewis of Los Angeles to
the positions of trustees of the state hos
pital at Highland was no surprise here, as
the first was known month ago and the
other was expected.