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The herald., 1898-06-11
WHEN PRIORf MOVES
he TAKES HIS FOREST OFF WITH
HIM
EVEN IF HE DOESN'T OWN 1T
Because His Guilty Intent Could
Not Be Shown

Frank Priore was examined on charge
of grand larceny by Justice of the Peace
Young yesterday and discharged. w. S.
Squire of 1877 North Sichel street accused
Priore of having stolen and carried away
from lot s in the Fruitland Association tract
Is poplar trees and 40 blue gum trees, worth
500, on December 2Gth of last year. Priore
had lived on the property for three years
and had been allowed to cut down num-
ber of trees on the premises. When his
lease was up he could not get it renewed
and moved to another place near by. Il
then occurred to him that it would be q
good plan to take his shade along with him,
and he did not hesitate to dig up the poplar $
and the gums. These he planted at his new
residence.
Justice Young, after hearing all the facts
in the case, came to the conclusion that
Frank Priore was misled by his former
privilege of cutting down number of cy
presses into believing that he might also
dig up the balance of the trees upon his
departure. and from the fact that he had
done it openly. in the middle of the day. the
court believed that the element of criminal
intent was lacking.
The herald., 1898-06-11
California at the Capital

WASHINGTON, June s.-The following
California postoffices will be made money
order offices July 5th: Cool, Ell Dorado coun-
ty; Eagleville, Modoc county; Keswick,
Shasta county; La Canyada, Los Angeles
county; Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara
county; Prattville, Plumas county; Stella,
Shasta county; Stuart, Santa Barbara coun-
ty: Temescal, Riverside county;West Palm
dale Los Angeles county; Yankee Hill,
Butte county.
California,paten tents have been issued as fol-
lows John Coates of Olive, windmill; Chas.
A. Davis of Pasadena and E. L. Townsend
of Los Angeles, dental bridgework; Ernest
Faller and H. Herbstritt of San Francisco
safety lock for incandescent lamps; An
tonic C. Garcia of Modesto, automatic steer
ing head for bicycles; Melvin E. Gilbert of
San Francisco rotary engine; Henry H.
Gorter of San Francisco, portable water
battery; George r. johnson of Los Angeles,
trolley wire hanger; Charles R. Kittle of
Los Angeles, hydrocarbon burner Oscar
Owens of San Francisco. igniter for explo-
sive engines; George l.. e. PetoriN of San
Francisco, lock; Edward A. Rix Of San
Francisco, pneumatic pumping engine;
Willis A. Suttin of Marysville, automatic
nose COupltI, Ao"hSsAN VI >"Pi7
tola, seat trap, mechanism for flushing
tanks of water closets; Joseph F. Twist of
San Francisco, bicycle saddle; Frank w
Warren of San Francisco, pencil splicer.
Representative Barlow today introduced
a bill to pension Lucinda Wallace al $S per
month.
California pensions have been granted as
follows: Orginal-Patrick Hannah of Peta-
luna IS. Increase-Thomas Shelley of San
Francisco, IS to $40. Widows-Minor to
Eugene Cross of San Francisco, $40. -
Senator Stewart of Nevada today offered
an amendment to the general deficiency bill
authorizing the secretary of the treasury
to remit the horsepower penalty of S32,s2
imposed on the Union Iron works OF San
Francisco in connection with the construc-
tion of the coast defense vessel Monterey.
California pensions: Original-James W.
| Crawford dead, Santa Cruz. Sc; William
Wilbur, Soldiers home, So; John Merz, Le-
moore, Sc. Additional-Alonzo J. Coon, Sol
diers' home, Sc to SO. Increase-Stephen
Ives, Soldiers home. Sc to S. Widows
Rebecca Alum, San Diego, $12.
The senate today passed Representative
Barlow's bill giving the city of Santa Bar
| bara the right to purchase 1920 acres of land
adjacent to the city for reservoir purposes
at 81. % per acre. The bill has already passed
the house and will now go to the president
for his signature.
The herald., 1898-06-11
MIsMATED COUPLES
Two Gordian Knots Cut-Curl Was
Unsuccessful in His Quest

May Carpenter, waitress, was granted
q divorce yesterday from her husband, L.
G. Carpenter, by Judge Clark, on the
ground of desertion. An order for attor-
ney's fees to be paid by defendant was
made
Judge York took under advisement the
case of Louise VS.. William Matuskiwiz
The divorce suit was primarily brought
upon three grounds, but tried on the
ground of adultery only, the non-suppor;
and cruelty counts being dismissed Mrs.
Matuskiwiz not only wants a decree of
divorce, but asks for the custody of the
minor children and for permanent alimony
w. T. Curl was denied divorce from his
wife, Ellen, by Judge Clark. Mrs. Curl
was charged with extreme cruelty by her
husband, but the testimony was not con-
vincing. The extreme cruelty consisted in
Mrs. Curtis going out against her husband $
consent and falling in love with another
man.
Emily A. Szugas was granted a decree
of divorce by Judge Van Dyke and the Gus
tody of her minor children, because her
husband, Emil, failed to provide for his
family and ultimately deserted her and her
children.
The herald., 1898-06-11
TRADING STAMP SCHEME
Merchants and Manufacturers Warn
Dealers Against It

Last December, when the city was being
overrun by the trading stamp scheme, the
Merchants and Manufacturers association
took decided steps to defeat it and passed
the following resolution:
Resolved, by the board of directors of
the Merchants and Manufacturers as
sociation of Los Angeles, that the So
called trading stamp scheme that is
now sought to be introduced in this city,
is hereby denounced as an improper and
illegitimate business method, and det-
rimental to the best interests of the
business community, and that the mer-
chants of this city are hereby urged
not to entertain the proposition.
Circulars were sent out to the business
firms of the city, and the association had
the satisfaction of seeing the men leave
this section of the country for want of
patronage. They went north to San Fran
cisco, Oakland and Sacramento, where they
met with little better success. Sacramento
passed an ordinance against the scheme
making 1t a misdemeanor to trade with
firms using the trading stamps. The pro-
moters of the scheme have returned to Los
Angeles, and, as the association is in
formed, are trying to work it quietly Deal
ers are, therefore, strongly urged not to
entertain proposition that is of no benefit
to the mercantile community and will d.
vert large sum of money to the eastern
promoters, for which the merchant gets
no benefit.
The second excursion of the series to be
given for the benefit of the "war fund" will
take place next Thursday over the Santa
Fe, to Redondo. The excursion trains will
leave Los Angeles at S:45 a. M, and leave
Redondo at 4:30 p. m. The train leaves Los
Angeles over the Redondo Beach railway
at $3.50 a. m. and returns at Ais p. m.
Tickets are for sale at all of the leading
mercantile houses.
A great many tickets have been sold for
the excursion to Terminal island today,
which promises to be great success.
The herald., 1898-06-11
Cassulo and the Cow

Joe Cassulo, an italian butcher, is on
trial in the superior court for grand lar
ceny. He was accused jointly with one
Jack Brockwell of having stolen on Feb
ruary 18th medium-sized COW from F. B.
Anderson, real estate dealer. residing on
Hobart and West Adams streets. She was
taken away from the neighborhood of Nc
Coombs Bros grading camp on West
Adams street. Brockwell and the defend
ant, after stealing the COW, brought her
under a bridge. slaughtered her and sold
the meat and the hide. 1t was by means Of
the latter which was found at the Los
Angeles soap works, that the theft was
traced to Cassulo and the other man. Mr..
Cassulo will know the worst today. He
was sent up from this county for man
slaughter in 1890 for ten years and has not
long been out of the penitentiary.
The herald., 1898-06-11
Coberly Arrested for Burglary

Ben Coberley, the horse trader, who was
recently shot in self-defense by a man
whom he had attacked with a knife, is
again in trouble. He is now in the county
Jail with a charge of burglary booked
against him. On March 1st the barn of
w. A. Tibbetts, ASS Chestnut street. East
Los Angeles, was broken into and a set
of harness stolen. Private Detective j. b.
Brighton was put on the case and yester-
day recovered the harness at Wilmington,
where Coberley had traded it. Deputy
Sheriff Barnhll then arrested the horse
trader,
The herald., 1898-06-11
Court Notes

Herbert c. Comport, native of Eng
land, was naturalized yesterday by Judge
Shaw.
Atwood Collins has sued Charles S. Davis
to foreclose mortgage for $3.50, secured by
land in Antelope valley.
Alfred Christensen. a native of Sweden,
was admitted to citizenship by Judge
Smith.
L. Sly sued Anna Ingraham to foreclose
a mechanics lien for $3.50
Clementina Langenberger sued Emma j.
Mulkey to foreclose a mortgage for $500.
secured by lots in Pasadena
The herald., 1898-06-11
Blythe Wants His Commission

B. NJ. Blythe, of Downey claimed that ne
sold for j. A. Poage, 10 acres of land in
May, 1897, in accordance with the terms of
a contract in writing, and demanded $S7 80
commission but did not get it, because the
defendant alleged that it was not Blythe
who sold the land. The case was tried be-
fore Justice Phillips and jury at Dow
ney and the verdict was for plaintiff. The
case was appealed by Poage and retired by
Judge Allen yesterday, who took it under
advisement.
The herald., 1898-06-11

Southern Pacific company to recover ST.
9S9.75. the value at $3.50 per acre of 1851
acres of land north of Sacramento. patented
to the railway by mistake and sold to inno-
cent purchasers by the company, to whom
the government made good their titles.
The war boards excursion to Terminal
Island will take place today. The entire
receipts will be turned over to the war
fund, as there will be- no expenses.
Santa Barbara people expect that place
to be made port of entry as soon as the
coast line Of the Southern Pacific nears COM
pletion.
The herald., 1898-06-11
A Wavward Girl

A complaint was issued yesterday accus-
ing Emma Renpigler, girl between 16 and
II years of age. of being an incorrigibe
Mrs. Julia Renpigler, a Woodworking wo-
man of 1908 South Olive street. the mother
of the wayward lass, is the complainant
She says that Emma has grown beyond
her control and that she consorts with all
kinds of men. Notwithstanding her en-
treaties to be good. Miss Renpigler will
probably be sent to Whittier when caught
The herald., 1898-06-11
Baldwin Sued for Labor

e. j. Baldwin, erstwhile known as
lucky" has suits wherever he has prop
erty. Phil Alexander commenced one
against him yesterday in this county. and
asked judgment for $129O76, consisting of
five accounts assigned to plaintiff by Nor
ris Cohn & Co., for merchandise: William
Simmons, Samuel Irwin, Juan Erramuspe
and VIM. Macdonald, for labor performed
within the last two years.
The herald., 1898-06-11
NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS
SECTION FOREMAN VIM. GLEASON
CRUSHED BY A BOULDER
Progress of the Santa Monica Lines
Double Tracks-New Freight
Tariff Dis+r buted

Contracting Freight assent w. j. Doran
of the Southern Pacific yesterday was in re-
ceipt of the new freight tariffs which are to
go into effect on the 25th inst. and which
have created SO much dissension between
the retail and wholesale merchants of this
coast The details of the changes in the
charges have already been published in this
paper at the time at which they were agreed
upon by the Transcontinental Freight
bureau. The effect is an increase Of tariff
on all westbound cassfications, particu-
larly in the way of preventing less than
car-ot shipments at less than car-lot rates,
and it is this which has caused all the trou-
BILE.
ut Is useless for the retailers to kick"
said a Southern Pacific official yesterday,
who did not care to be quoted by name or
title, 'for the tariff was arranged at the
instance of the largest shippers on the coast
and was intended to do the most good to the
greatest number of commercial people of
the west; 1t took a great amount of labor
and study and management to perfect the
tables, and they will stand for some time
to come. despite all the committees of pro-
test that may be appointed"
1t Is apparently a parodoxical fact that
merchants do not object half as much as
rule, to an increase of freight rates as
they do to a decrease. An increase adds
just the value of the additional charges
to whatever stock they have on hand, and
puts no one at a disadvantage as regards
the procuring of additional stock, while a
decrease works just the reverse.
The herald., 1898-06-11
Sold Some One Else's Land

D. H. McEwen claims that he has sus-
tained $1,000 damages at the hands of Morris
M. Dewey, trustee of the Howland estate.
in a real estate transaction, and yesterday
he brought suit for that amount. In May
of last year plaintiff bought for SIS, 900 frcrl
the defendant portion of the Sycamore
tract, Pomona, containing 2935 acres, to-
gether with its water rights. Included in
the property so conveyed was a strip
of land forty feet wide, extending
the entire length of the tract on
it's west side, containing two acres, worth
$500 an acre. This land did not belong to
the Rowland estate. but was the property
of the Pomona Street Railroad company
says Mr. McEwen. and for that reason
he wants the $1,000 at which this strip is
valued paid to him by the vendor
The herald., 1898-06-11
Bowers Must Be Tried

G. D. Bowers, alias Leo Strauss. the al
legged hotel beat, was denied a writ of ha-
beas corpus yesterday and was remanded
to the city Jail by Superior Judge Allen.
He will now have to stand trial for hav-
ing defrauded the Van Nuys hotel out of
board and lodging.
The herald., 1898-06-11
Impure Food

is Stunned like poison. yet thousands of
people are drinking impure water, taking
into their systems water from wells, lakes
and rivers Such water not only holds in
solution calcareous and mineral salts SC
conducive to old age, but in thousands Of
cases deadly microbes and germs Of malig
nant diseases.
Puritas, being a scientifically distilled
water, is absolutely pure and can contain
no deadly disease germs. Ice and Cold
Storage company. Tel. 22S.
The herald., 1898-06-11
Criminal Trials Set

The trial of Joseph Norman and George
Burton, accused of burglary at Santa
Monica, will take place in Department one
of the superior court on June "a.
James Mathews, another burglar, will be
tried on the 27th
Arthur w. Lee will be tried for grand
larceny on the 2Sth.
The herald., 1898-06-11
This Stock Was Assessable

Judgment was given yesterday by Judge
Allen in favor of plaintnff for $40. 40 in the
suit of the E. M. Potts company against
Mary Townsend, brought against her on
account of the non-payment of an as
sessment upon her shares in the stock of
the plaintiff corporation. The stock was
Endorsed non-assessab BILE, but the court held
that for the purpose of paying off debts it
remained assessable nevertheless, and it
was to that end that general assessment
The herald., 1898-06-11

Largest variety Concord business wagons
and top delivery wagons Hawley, King s
Co.
The herald., 1898-06-11
JoTTINGs
Our Homo NreM

Maier & Zobelein's lager, fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery. 440 Also street:
telephone 81.
The herald., 1898-06-11

Hawley, King & Co., cor. Fifth st. and
roadway, agents genuine Columbus Bug
gy company bugzies and Victor bicycles.
The herald., 1898-06-11

Agents Victor, Keating. World, Stearns
and March bicycles. Hawley, King 6 Co.
The herald., 1898-06-11

Everything on wheels. Hawley. King &
Co.. corner Fifth street and Broadway
The herald., 1898-06-11
Using Hard Water

1t Is difficult to wash our hands clean
with hard water, because the soda of the
soap combines with the sulphuric acid OF
the hard water and the oil of the soap
with the lime. and floats in flakes on the
top of water. Sulphate OF lime consists
Of sulphuric acid and lime. 1t is difficult
to wash In salt water because ~ contains
muriatic acid. and the soda of soap COM
bnies with the muriatic acid Of the salt
water and produces cloudiness.
The herald., 1898-06-11
DEATHS


MORRIS-D. Russell Morris, Friday, June
10TH at a. m.
Funeral at p. M, Saturday, from parlor
of Orr & Hines
SUTTERFIELD-At3 337 Commercial street,
June 9th, Thomas Sutterfield, father of
Mrs. George e. Wise. native of North
Carolina, aged 81 years and months.
Funeral from Grace M. E. church, Satur-
day afternoon al o'clock. June 18th. Friends
invited. Interment at Evergreen cemetery.
The herald., 1898-06-11

upon all the stock of the E. M. Potts COM
pany had been levied by Its board of di-
r..ctnrs
The herald., 1898-06-11

Optical work; accurate fitting. ]. W
Fuller. s1s North Main street.
The herald., 1898-06-11

Latest styles wall paper at A. A. Eek
strom's. a4 South Spring street.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-07-16
Elegant line of fresh chocolate
creams at Andrew Wahl s, Norton
building, Baraga.
Some Unlucky Signs.

The number of people who believe
in signs is astonishing, and even
well educated men and women have
some pet superstitions. Although
they don't believe in signs, they
think it is unlucky to walk under a
ladder just as the painter drops his
paint pot. 1t is unlucky to be struck
by lightning on Monday or to be
"cut" by a buzz saw on Tuesday.
To fall down stairs on a Wednesday
with a coal hod means disaster and
to be run over by trolley car on
Thursday is painful, but rather
lucky for the doctor. To fall into
salt water is as unlucky as it is to
fall into fresh water on a Friday,
for both are equally moist. To mar
ry a girl on Saturday, when she
swings ten-pound dumb-bells for ex-
ercise, shows that she will be an ex-
pert flat-iorn singer, and this means
trouble for you. To be one of thir-
teen at dinner on Sunday when
there is enough only for ten means
a poor meal. To spill the salt is un-
fortunate if there is no more of it,
and the same applies to sugar, es-
pecially at a picnic. The latter will
gain you the i'll will of all the sweet
things who will look sour at your
awkwardness. To break looking
glass is terrible thing if it happens
to be $3.50 one and belongs to a
friend. So the list might be in
creased, but these examples are suf-
ficient to prove that people believe
in signs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-07-16

charter members and hold member
ship to this day are r. M. Hoar, Jay
A. Hubbell and Graham Pope. s. l..
Smith of Detroit was a Rcharter
member, as were also Alexander
Pope and E. f. Douglass, pioneer
residents who have 'long since
crossed the dark divide.
"Active work is now under way
in every department to place every
thing in readiness for the tourna-
ment, which is now less than month
off. The survey of the contest ground
was completed Saturday, and Mon
day morning force of men was put
to work IN getting it into condition.
The grounds will be enclosed and a
splendid grandstand will be erected
within. 1t is believed the place
selected for the contests will be fully
as good if not better than that pro-
vided at any previous tournament,
and it will be most surprising if
new records are not established.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-07-16
SENT TO WASHINGTON.
Written Testimony I'm Michigan
Land & Iron Co. Case.

The extensive written testimony
in the Michigan Land & Iron com.
pany case, which occupied so much
time in the land Office few months
ago, was forwarded Saturday last
to Washington.
The decision of Register Scadden
and Receiver Halsey being averse to
the corporation, the land company,
through its attorneys, Ball & Ball,
has taken an appeal.
The papers which have been for
warded include not only the testi-
mony, but also the appeal of the
company's attorneys, and the
answer of Button & Culver, who
are the representatives of the set
tiers in the contest.
Affecting as it does the title to
such large tract of land, the de-
cision of the department will be
watched with interest.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-07-16
LET THE GOOD WORK CONTINUE.
Expedition to Porto Rico the Next Thing
on the American
Program.

WASHINGTON, July 14.-Santiagc
has surrendered.
The news came at 2 o'clock this
Thursday afternoon as the result
of long conference between Gen.
Shafter and Gen. Toral. All of the
minor details have not been ar
ranged, but the terms are included
in the following dispatch received
from General Shafter few minutes
before news was received of the
capitulation of the city.
Have just returned from in
terview with Gen. Toral. He
agrees to surrender upon the
basis OF being returned to Spain.
This proposition embraces all of
Easten Cuba from Asseraderos
on the south to Sagua on the
north, via Palma, with practi-
cally the Fourth Army corps.
Commissioners meet this after
noon at 2:3O to definitely ar
range the terms.
w. r. SKATER, Major General.
Gen. Corbin said that the Span
iards agreed to our terms. The
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-07-16
OLDEST IN THE PENINSULA.
Continental Fire Company No. I
of HoughtOn Organized In 81.

The following regarding the
Houghton fire company and the ap-
preaching upper peninsula firemen s
tournament is from the Mining
Journal of Tuesday:
sowing to the large undertaking
it has on hand, interest just now
centers largely in Continental Fire
company No. of Houghton, an or
ganization with long and splendid
career. The company is the Oldest
of its kind in the upper peninsula.
1t was organized Dec. IL, 1861, with
twenty-six charter members and
officered by the following gentle
men, all of whom will well be re-
membered by old residents
President-John @. McKernan.
Vice -President-R. NJ. Hoar.
Secretrry-W. H. Hendrick.
Treasurer-John f. Blandy.
Foreman-Thomas j. Brown.
John @. McKernan is at present a
resident of L'Anse and has passed
the age of three score and ten. At
a meeting of the company to be held
this week special invitation will be
prepared and extended to him to at
tend the coming tournament
Prominent among those who were
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-07-16

war department notified Gen.
Shafter that his plans were ap-
proved so far as they had been
known and are the result of orders,
including the shipment of the
Spanish troops to Spain. The
statement that the Spanish PROPOSE
tion embraces all eastern Cuba from
Asseraderos to Sagua is important
in that it shows the surrender to
embrace all the harbor and contigu-
Gus territory of Santiago. 1t does
not include Holguin and Manzanillo,
where the Spaniards are reported
to have considerable bodies of SOL
diers, as these places are to the
west of the surrendered zone.
WASHINGTON, July ID. i Five
deaths from yellow fever have oc-
Cured among the American troops.
1t is officially announced that the
Porto Rice expedition of $4,000
men under Gen. Miles is to be
pushed forward Immediately.