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The herald., 1898-07-08
A Crazv Lodger

People In the lodging house at 325 CONNER
cial street were disturbed yesterday morn
Ing by hearing screaming and ncoherent
talking proceeding from the room occupied
by a woman who said her name was Mrs.
Frances Walters. Officer Moore sent for the
patrol wagon, and, accompanied by Officer
Sparks, went to the room to investigate.
The door was locked. but in response to
their knock the key was turned and they
were enabled 10 enter. AS soon as the woman
saw them she ran towards the bed ard tbs r.
started to the window and tried to jump
out. The screen was in the way. ard the
officers caught her before she could dash
herself on the pavement below. She was
removed to the receiving hospital and later
sent 20 the county hospital to await devel-
opment in her condition. She is morphine
fiend and is emaciated from constant use
of the drug.
The herald., 1898-07-08
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Call tel. main 243 for ambulance. Bresee
Brothers, Sixth and Broadway.
c. D. Howry, undertaken. Fifth and
Broadway. Lowest prices in the city.
Robert Sharp & Co.. funeral directors, ISL
and 1853 South Spring street. Tel Main 1925.
Watches cleaned, 70 cents; main springs.
80 cents; crystals. 10 cents. Patton. GA
South Broadway.
Try the Nadeau cafes 25c lunch; coolest
place in the city; service the best. Table
d'hote dinner. SOC.
Justice Owens yesterday set the time for
pleading for Man Lucy, charged with SELL
Ing lottery tickets, for tomorrow.
Adams Bros. dentists, 2391a South Spring
street. Plates from 81. Painless extracting,
10 cents. Filling a specially. Hours. to S;
Sunday, 10 to r.
Frederick Baker, candidate on the Citi-
zens' Non-Partisan ticket in todays free
holders election, wishes it to be understood
that he is in favor of the initiative and ref
erendum.
Do you know that framed picture makes
a most desirable wedding present. If you
are looking for anything in that line do not
fail to call at H. G.. Lichtenberger' art elm
porium. 2O2 South Spring street.
DR.. Rebecca Lee Dorsey. Stimson block,
first floor. rooms 1873, 1874, 135. Special at
tention given to obstctrcal cases, and all
diseases Of women and children. Electricity
scientifically used. Consultation hours, i
to 5. Telephone 1927.
Justice Owens yesterday found guilty the
brace of men who were found by Officer
zeger sleeping in vacant house near the
corner of First and Los Angeles streets. The
men claimed that they had been granted
permission to sleep in the house by saloon
man, but it appears that this was untrue.
Charles Sherman got ten days, Tom
Humphrey fifteen days, Robert Hurley ten
days and Joseph Mansfield fifteen days
The herald., 1898-07-08
Three Small Fires

Three fires of slight consequence occurred
yesterday morning. The first was at 3:1s
a. m, in the grocery store of Fellows Il
Hill, near the corner of Pico and Trenton
streets. Mice among the matches We're
thought to have caused the blaze, and tha
loss was only 500.
A gasoline stove caused the second fire
in the cottage at 615 Hemlock street, be-
longing to Mrs. Hansher This occurred at
GO a. M, and but slight loss resulted.
The third fire was at $40 a. M, in VIM.
Williams house at 1886 Wall street. A long
line of hose had to be laid. and the loss
will amount to $500 on account of the delay.
The fire was caused by an Oil stove.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Marriage Licenses

Rowland Barnett, q, England, and Jessie
Nixon, q. Illinois, res dents of this city.
Victor f. Taylor, IS, New York, and MAJ
tie A. Taylor, 40, Illinois, residents of this
city.
Charles Parker, 40. Missouri, and Harriet
Mcneil. 81, Alabama (coloreD. residents of
this city.
Mark b. HANDLE A. Ohio, and Sarah M
Corrin. 81, Ohio. residents of this city
Napoleon Potwin, 50. Vermont. and Dora
Schultz, AZ, Germany, residents of Santa
Monica.
Edwin A. Beck 80, Indiana. and Florence
T.. Cross. 35, Massachusetts residents of
this city.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Pensions, Patents and Postmasters

WASHINGTON, July 5.-Thomas J..
Pierce was today commissioned postmaster
at Pleasant Grove. and Martha J. Owens
at Bonnie Doom, Cal.
Richard w. Burks Of Ukiah has been ap-
pointed railway mail clerk.
California pensions: Origtnal-Oscar Mat
teson, Veterans home, IS; John Gumbing-
err. Soldiers home, Sc; Philip Walker, Nor
tcnville, Sc. Additional-Henry S. Sigley,
Soldiers home, So to $40. Increase-Edwin
II. Clark Soldiers home, IS to $12; John
Burton, Los Angeles, $50 to $50.
California patents: Silas w. Carter and
W. c. Buhles, San Francisco, propeller
Francois l.. Guillemet. San Francisco, air
brake; Edward w. Hill. Corte MADEIRA
writing tablet and notebook; George S.
Myers. Riverside, tree prop bracket; Maui
rice O'Brien, Fresno, spring wheel; John
w. Pack. Berkeley, recovery Of gold from
waste solutions of chlorination works.
Fred A. Stevens, San Francisco, mechani-
cal stoker.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Candy Thieves Arrested

Don Sullivan, Ed Lindsey and Archie
Jet, the remaining members and the sus-
pected ring-leaders of the crowd of boys
who are believed to have burglarized the fac
tory of Bishop & Co., were arrested yester-
day and arragned before Justice Owens.
who set their examinations fer this after
noon. The boys admitted that they and
Paul Humbel and Isaiah Lindsey had en-
tered the factory at various times and car
ricd away fireworks ard candy. The Hum
bel and Lindsey boys were recently arrested
on the same charge, but released by the
court pending the capture of the other fei-
lows. These boys will be in court also as
their parents agreed to have them present
when desired.
The herald., 1898-07-08
The Stone Hit Willie

john Mathews was arrested by Sergeant
him with battery. Mathews, who resides at
$50 Avenue Twenty-Five, claims that on last
Sunday Willie Coffee was amusing himself
by throwing stones at Mathews chickens
Mathews called to him, but the boy paid no
attention, whereupon Mathews claims he
threw stone in the direction Of Willie, for
the purpose of attracting his attention. The
stone unfortunately struck the boy on the
leg. and the father of Willie caused the ar
rest of Mathews. The defendant was be-
fore Justice Owens yesterday, who set the
trial for this afternoon.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Sandberg Was Desperate

1t has transpired that Peter r. Sandberg,
the San Pedro Swede, who was tried on
Wednesday for grand larceny and dis
charged from custody after the jury dis
agreed, had made up his mind to cut his
throat if he was convicted, and he would
probably have done it in cour. in full view
Of the judge and audience. A prisoner con-
fined in the county jail missed his razor dur
ing the afternoon and raised howl about
it. When Sandberg, after his discharge, re-
turned to the jai. for his things. he was
searched and the razor found upon him. In
reply to question by the turnkey why he
had taken the weapon, he said: Hay was
gone for to cut may throa: met ct eff hay
bin convected!" and he looked a 5 If he meant
H.
The herald., 1898-07-08

Misrepresentation Of the fact. Superin-
tendent Drain assured him that no cement
curbs would be accepted under such an ar
rangement and. as that was what Mr..
Coke desired, he went away satisfied. The
scheme Cummings was trying to work was
one by which he would get 80 cents per
lineal foot for his curbing. Instead of ~
cents. AS the contract does not call for ce-
ment curbing, Street Superintendent Drain
will spoil the little scheme by refusing to
accept 1t If 1t Is put in.
Mr.. Coke made further complaint tina,
people In general on the route of the i'm
provement were dissatisfied with the con-
tractor on general principles. and that
many of them would rather have paid lit
tie more for the work than feel they were
dealing with man by whom they were
likely to be tricked.
The herald., 1898-07-08
DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES
What the Mayor, Oil Inspector and
Zanjero Need for the Year

Oil Inspector Monlux has filed the fol-
lowing estimate of the expenses in his de-
partment in the year 1889: Salary in
spector, $1,000; salary deputy, 5000; station
cry and books, 500; total 1920. This is $40
more than asked for last year.
Mayor Snyder will want $500 with which
to oil the wheels of justice in his depart
ment during the fiscal year of 1S9S-99. or
this amount the mayors salary is $500. the
clerks $780, and 5000 is required for sup
plies This Is $G5 in excess of last year :
setimate.
City Water oOverseer Thomas S. Casey
wants $3.50 more for his department ex-
penses this year than last. The total
amount asked for in his estimate is ST. ,455.
apportioned as follows: Salary of over
seer, $500; chief deputys salary, $1OS0: five
outside deputies salaries, $500; supplies,
lumber ETC., $500; labor $500; office sup
plies, SIS.
The herald., 1898-07-08
SIDEWALK MIDDLE
Residents of Ninth Street Don't Like
to Tear UP Their Walks

A Ninth-street resident yesterday ap
peared at the city engineers office and
unceremoniously proceeded to heap Goals
of fire on the unprotected head of Chief
Deput;- King. The cause of the aforesaid
re sident'. ire was a sidewalk improvement
complication.
The city council recently ordered that
iive-foot cement sidewalks be constructed
on Ninth street, from Central avenue to
Alameda erect the grade to be established
by the city engineer and the contract do
ing the same was duly awarded and work
begun. Numbers of the sidewalks already
down in the district were only four feet
wide and others were not on the proper
grade. Those only four feet wide and on
the proper grade were allowed to remain,
under the policy usually pursued by the
city officials, the only requirement being
the addition of a one-foot strip to make
them comply with the provisions of the or
dinance. Those walks not on the proper
Grade had to come up.
The cause of dissension was the con-
domination of certain walks which were
four feet wide and upon the proper grade.
but not in good condition, each one who
suffered from this decision contending that
his sidewalk which was condemned was
as good as his neighbor'S, which was al
lowed to remain. The man who made the
complaint yesterday was particularly
wrought up because he had taken up his
walk, while George w. Knox was per-
mitted to leave his walk as it was, merely
adding the foot strip. 1t seemed to be Knox
that he was after more than the sidewalk
question and, after trying to get in a word
of explanation edgewise, Engineer King
gave it up as a bad job His caller contin-
ued to spout until he apparently ran out OF
words sufficiently strong to express his
opinion of Knox and, incidentally. of the
city officials, and then bounced out of the
Office with self-satisfied air.
The herald., 1898-07-08
EPWORTH LEAGUE
Opening Session of the Seventh Annual
Conference Today

The California Epworth league Of the M.
E. church will open its seventh annual con-
ference in Trinity church, S45 South Grand
avenue, today at o'clock, continuing until
Tuesday. The local committee has provided
for large number OF visitors, and all inter-
ested are anticipating an interesting session
for which an attractive program Is ar
ranged.
Among those who will participate in the
exercises are: John Harmon, d. D., Ukiah;
j. e. Carpenter, d. d., Fresno Rev. w. p.
Andrews. HOLSTER; Rev. II. c. Christian,
Carpinteria Rev. ]. ]. N. Kenney, Los An
geles; r. p. Wilson, D. d., San Francisco;
Rev. w. A. Davis, Oakland Mrs. Isabel w.
Lake, national secretary rescue work Of the
w. c. T. u. Miss Opal LIE Baron McGauhey
and others.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Hickory Club Meeting

This evening is the regular meeting night
of the Hickory club, and all members are
invited ODE present. Hon. Abbot Kinney
will address the club on the political issues
of the day and Hon. T. f. Gibbon will speak
on matters of interest to all Democrats
Music and other entertaining features, in
Guiding rotations will make up the bal
ance of the evening, and a very pleasant
time is assured. The membership list is
steadily on the increase and will reach the
800 mark by August1St.
The herald., 1898-07-08
CITY NEWS
INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS
Chronicled on Pages Z, s and IL.

\ A boy injured by falling from \
= bridge. :
4 Supreme court decision on Redlands
4 water rates.
4 Young Bandini charged with pass :
\ ing forged checks.
= Supreme court ruling on the powers
4 of superior judges.
y Department estimates of the mayor
4 oil inspector and zanjero.
+ Ninth-street residents who object TO
4 having their sidewalks torn up.
+ Shel-game worker found guilty and
4 two OF his character witnesses locked
+ up.
+ Three men injured by premature
= explosion at rock quarry in Sepul-
+ veda canyon.
4 Halburg's suit for damages against <
+ old Joe Fawkes for damaged reputa- :
4 ton is knocked out.
y Mrs. Rubens alleges fraud on the (
4 part of Mrs. Mead and her lawyers :
4 on a mortgage deal.
4 Council will next Tuesday name :
4 price which the city will pay the water (
= company for a three-years' lease of 4
+ Crystal Springs.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Biscailuz Sentenced

NV. Biscailuz, the Basque attorney, was
found guilty of drunkenness by Justice
Owens yesterday, who gave him sentence
of fifty days, but suspended it during good
behavior. Biscailuz is an unfortunate in
dividual who has allowed his love for
strong drink to get the better of him, with
the result that he finds himself without
friends, practice or money He delayed his
trial for a while by claiming to be sick,
but after treating him for several days DR..
Hagan pronounced his case to be simply
one Of shamming, and he was brought into
court.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Fighting Ham

W. H. Ham. bricklayer, was arrested
on Fourth street yesterday on complaint of
A. M. Brown. contractor, who claimed
that Ham had struck him. Ham and Brown
got into quarrel over business. and Ham
asserts that the other called him an ugly
name. whereupon Ham responded by strik-
ing him in the face. Justice Owens set the
trial of Ham for this afternoon and allowed
him to go on his own recogniance
The herald., 1898-07-08
Death. of Corwin.

James Corwin died at the county hospital
yesterday morning about o'clock from the
effects of a self-administered wound in
the breast under the heart. in an attempt
to commit suicide on Tuesday. He suf-
fered great agony before his death. The
remains were removed TO the undertaking
rooms of C. d. Howry, where Coroner
Campbell held an inquest later in the day.
A verdict of suicide was returned.
The herald., 1898-07-08
City Hall Notes

The litigation in the matter of the own
ership of Crystal Springs has cost the city
SIS .435.0S in the past year.
The board of educa,ion's supply COM
mittee is now going over the bids for sup
plies for the coming year, and will try to
complete its labors in time to report to the
board on Monday next, when awards will
probably be made The competition in the
bids was much livelier this year than usual,
and classification is not a small task.
City Electrician Francis left yesterday
for San Francisco, where he will spend his
two weeks vacation.
The herald., 1898-07-08
CUMMINGS AGAIN
The Street Contractor Does Not Yet
Want to Be Good

John H. Coke, an extensive property
holder on that portion of Jasmine street
now being improved, under contract by
M. S. Cummings, was in Street Superin.
tendent Drains office yesterday morning
to enter protest against some of the con-
tractors methods. He says that Cummings
has been circulating a petition among the
property holders affected by the improve
ment the petition being addressed to the
street department and praying for the sub
stituton of cement curb, instead of one
of redwood, as provided for in the con-
tract.
Mr. Coke signed the petition, but claims
he was led to do SO through Cummings
The herald., 1898-07-08
Was Not Identified

The body of the unknown woman who
was run over and killed by heavy oil
wagon at the corner of Vine and First
streets last week was buried in the potter
field early yesterday morning by Orr &
Hines. The remains had been kept at the
morgue for some days in order to enable an
Identification to be made, but no one APP.
reared who knew the woman. 1t is sup
posed she resided outside of the city and
had come to this place to pass the Fourth
of July.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Tailor White Very III

w. A. White, the county jailer, is thought
to be threatened with an attack of typhoid
fever. He has been i'll for some days pas.
and on Monday participated in the Fourth
Of July parade On Wednesday he felt
SO bad that he took to his bed and the
services of physicians were called in. Since
then Mr. White has not improved. and the
doctors have as yet been unable to deter
mine exactly whether or not he has typhoid
feNor.
The herald., 1898-07-08
An Old Mans Sorrow

An old man named o. P. Burke called at
the police station last evening and asked
that he be cared for. as he was in great dis
tress and trouble. Some time ago son of
Burke died. The young man had been a
victim of the morphine habit and was we'll
known to the police. The father took his
boys death greatly to heart and began
The herald., 1898-07-08
His Head Cut

John Lynch was discovered lying across
the Santa Fe railroad track near the Aliso
street bridge las. night. There was cash
in the back of his head. 1t Is supposed that
some one knocked him down, but as Lynch
was too drunk to give an account Of himself
no details of the occurrence could be learned.
Dr. Hagan took two stitches in the wound at
the receiving hospital.
The herald., 1898-07-08
New Complaint Filed

A new complaint, charging Wilbur WEIGH
with petty larceny, was issued by Deputy
District Attorney Chambers yesterday.
The boy was formerly employed by Curtis
Colyear, the secondhand dealer on South
Main street, and the complaint charges
WEIGH with having stolen some knives and
forks, four clocks and telescope from the
store. Welch was recently sentenced to 12O
days for stealing from his employer.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Harm onial Social

The Harmonial Workers and Relief corps
composed of the ladies of the Harmonial
society, gave a social last night at Har-
monial hall on Fifth street. During the
evening Mr.. and Mrs. and Miss Humphrey
sang a trio, Mrs. Freitag and Miss Kratzer
gave recitations, after which dancing was
INDUCED in and refreshments served. There
were about eighty persons in all in attend
ance
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Time. Ear 1h'r. K. II. Wind Vel. Weather
.. m. 80. Oh so % W 2 Cloudy
6p. m. 80 ON 70 "A W % PIT cldy
Maximum temperature. So.
Minimum temperature, IS.
Weather Conditions

The pressure has risen throughout the
country west of the Missouri river. except
on the immediate coasts of Washington anG
Oregon, where it remains stationary or has
fallen slightly A trough of low pressure
extends through the interior of California
causing cloudy and unsettled weather in the
coast sections. Generally warmer weathe,
prevails in the western portion of the United
States. Generally cloudy weather prevails
east of the mountains; rain has fallen in the
Missouri valley and plateau regions; heavy
rain has fallen at Omaha since last report
Forecasts
Forecast for Southern California: Cloudy
Friday; fresh southwesterly winds.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Santa Fc Train, to Redondo

Leave La Grande station daily at 955 a.
M, 1870 p. M. 5:35 p. M; Sundays at $3.50 a..
M, $3.50 a. M, 80 p. M, p. M. Last train
Sundays leaves Redondo p. m. Downey
avenue twelve minutes earlier; Central av-
enue &elve minutes later.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Unapportioned Taxes

On July list 31a per cent of the taxes for
the fiscal year was still unapportioned.
This represents sum of about 10000, two
thirds of which Is uncollected There are
considerably more delinquent taxes this
year than last.
The herald., 1898-07-08
Summer ClnSkCs

Mrs. Galpin will organize classes in cur
rent events, Shakespeare, and Nineteenth
century authors at the Friday Morning
club rooms Friday at 1880. None but new
members admitted to Shakespeare class.
The herald., 1898-07-08

drinking heavily to drown his sorrow. AS
he was feeling badly, he went to the sta
ton and asked that they detain him until he
could sober I'D.
The herald., 1898-07-08

Clear as a crystal, sparkling as dia-
mond. Puritas Distilled Water; 5 gallons
so cents; 10 gallons, rs cents. Ice and Cold
Storage Co. Tel 22S.
The herald., 1898-07-08

Dr. Max Wassman. dentist. rooms 225 and
r. Potomac block, Broadway. between
second and Third. Tel. Brown 1913.
The herald., 1898-07-08

Horace Ewing, prominent N. Y actor,
Will give lessons in elocution, oratory and
dramatic art Hoted Aberdeen, 80 N. Brdwy
The herald., 1898-07-08

LOS ANGELES.-Last night the opera
company presented la Mascotte," with
the following cast of characters:
Bettina Katherine Krieg
Famleta OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Mary Link
Lorenzo ......................... e. r. Smith
FREDERICK May Go0cn
Rocco Harry Rattenberry
PippO .....Jules SimOnsen
Parafante Eugene Avery
MatteO IL. Napoleon
PaOlO Maize MOOerS
Luigi ........................... Oracle HaMltn
Anger OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ...VtOlet Dale
carlo Mamie Rtppey
The performance went off with great
applause from the audience. 1t was
decided improvement upon the last comic
opera presented by the same people. La
Mascotte" gives boundless opportunities
for the display Of fun as we'll as for an at
trsctive display of the voices engaged. The
members Of the cast are well fitted for their
respective parts, and the result was very
satisfactory representation. A feature of
the second act was the Introduction of a
very clever dance by Violet Dale given in
the style of the classic ballet, which won
! for the young lady loud encore. She is a
graceful and accomplished danseuse and is
evidently bound to be in the front rank of
her profession at later date.
The merits of the singers are such as to
insure growing patronage for the COM
pany. The costumes and general mounting
of the opera leave nothing to be desired.
The herald., 1898-07-08

Blumve & Jay, plumbing and gas fitting,
1873 South Broadway. Tel. Main 1925.
The herald., 1898-07-08

Latest styles wall paper at A. A. Eek
strom's, 1924 South Spring street.
The herald., 1898-07-08

: Board of public works meets-10 a. m.
: Freebooter election. polls open at
= sunrise and close at p. m.
= Hickory club weekly meeting, Gard
= ner & Zellner blocks p. m.
= Opening session Epworth League
annual conference, Trinity church,
p. m.
The herald., 1898-07-08
EVENTS OF TODAY

misunderstanding"
um-Vaudeville.
Los Angeles-"La Mascotte."
The herald., 1898-07-08
THE WEATHER

EMPERATURE-Recor of observati tons
taken at Los Angeles, July 18th. The
barometer Is reduced to sea level.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-16
WIVES NEEDED.
Necessity COTnpeIs Relaxation OF Mi
sognyist Cecil Rhodes Rule
In South Africa.

British South Africa is sadly in need
of wives. according TO late accounts
from that land of diamond mines and
T~iIliouaires. The chartered company
OF which Cecil Rhodes is the head has
for years frowned on the idea of mar
riage among it's mounted police. civil
'"rvants and other employees. This oh
'"ct'on has amounted to practical pro-
'iiyition. and is well known to have been
the result Of Rhodes misogynist views.
'e being Il confirmed woman hater. In
the past year or two q number of his
best men have left the comrany's serv-
ice rather than subscribe to Sir Cecil's
peculiar notions to the extent Of re-
Mainiug single for life. The result has
been that other leading members of the
chartered company have taken the mat
ter up. They pointed out that unless
a reversal of policy were manifested
things would Don ASSUME a serious as
poet. rs important affairs would be left
in the hands of the least reliable Of the
company's servants. Sir Cecil gave the
matter due consideration. and. finding
that the protest had most substantial
grounds. has surrendered. According
ly an cdict las gone forth among the
chartered company's officials promis-
ing that preference in promotion will
be given to married men. and advising
all those who can 10 so to enter forth
with into the bonds of matrimony.