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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-09
Originated spain.

The term "~infantry" soldier originated
with the Spanish. and was first applied
to tho military force employed hy an
~infante. or young price Of Spain, to
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-09
MODERN SIEGE GUNS.
What They Are Like and
How They Are Used.
MISSION rs TO BATTER
They Are Heavy and Clumsy.
But Some Time Extremely
Useful.

"wait for the siege guns" That was
the order given by General Shafter to his
army before Santiago. The soldiers lid
not like it at all. The seaso2ed regulars
were anxious to get into cl6sesluarters,
the raw volunteers chafed impatiently I'M
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-09
.Eragrant Fog.

On the western coast of france there is
noted occasionally a strange phenomenon
which is described by the name given to
1t, fragrant fog"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-09
To Make GapyfDu Ink.

Copying ink may be made BY dissolving
lump sugar IN the common Ink, used in
the portion of one drachrn Of the former
to one ounce OF the latter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-09

what do you fnd the most common
delusfon among your patients, doctor2"
THAT we physicians care nothing about
having our bills paid.f-Dctroit Free
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-09

form of sc~rvitnde, and accordingly in the
district of Nyiregihanza the peasants
have organized a movement to abolish
these ancient usages and rights Of the
landowners, and have, moreover refused
obedience to tho latter. The landowners
In consequence appealed to TIE govern
1nent, which responded to the application
by sending troops to the disaffcctcd dis
tricts. The movement has been suppressed
with no little bloodshed, the leaders have
been either lodged in prison or expelled
from tho Kingdom. while those who re-
main are forced to comply with every de-
mand made upon their labor BY the land
owners.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-09

Il can set ii off my mind. said Mrs.
Stickier
But you can change your mind" sug-
gested her husband.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-09

where Magma charsa Was signed.
Where was Magma Charta signedes'
asked a teacher.
*Please. sir, al the bottom Was the
a-nswer-Repper Box
The herald., 1898-10-05
UNIVERSITY NOTES
P. E. o. Sorority Eeceives-Trustee
Osborn Resigns

A charming reception was given by the
local chapter of the p. Z. o. Sorority yes
terday afternoon at the home Of Mrs. C. e.
Bireley, 1922 West Thirty-seventh street.
The spacious parlors were artistically
decorated with smilax, ferns and potted
roses. Mrs. Bireley received, assisted by
Mines. e. r. Shrader and l.. ]. Stabler.
Dainty refreshments were served on the
lawn, in bower of evergreens adorned
with white lilies and cosmos and draped
with streamers of gold and white ribbons,
the colors of the fraternity. About two
hundred guests enjoyed Mrs. Bireleys hos
pitality.
O. D. Osborn, the refractory school trus-
tee. has handed in his resignation from the
school board. F. H. Messmore will proba-
bly, be appointed to succeed him. This act
will insure harmony In public school af-
fairs in the future.
Rev. T. c. Miller, presiding elder of Santa
Barbara district of the NJ. E. conference, is
spending a few days at his home on West
Thirtieth street
Mrs f. w. Sandison of West Thirty
eighth street has recovered from slight
Illness.
c. w. Sexton, the local justice, has Sc
The herald., 1898-10-05
AN OUTRAGE AVERTED
An Ignorant and Innocent Mexican
Nearly Sentenced Uniustlv

The complaint against c. Ortega, an old
Mexican charged with petty larceny, was
dismissed in Justice Morrison's court yes
terday ON motion of Deputy District Attor-
ney Chambers. Ortega had been arrested
by Detectives Steele and Talamantes some
time ago on charge of stealing some har-
ness from a firm of contractors. The old
man was of course taken into the office
of the detectives and questioned and asked
regarding the case as is done with all the
prisoners arrested by those officers. He is
indifferently acquainted with English and
certainly of his rights at law, so, probably
as the result of the talk made, to him. he
entered a plea of guilty.
Fortunately he was not sentenced by the
court, for his friends learned of the out
rage and had the time for sentencing post
poned until he could secure witnesses who
would prove that Ortega had not stolen the
harness. The defendant was allowed to
withdraw his plea of guilty and then it
was proved by witnesses that he had pur-
chased the harness. An outrage upon JUS
tice was thus narrowly averted. Mr.. Cham
bers caused the complaint to be dismissed
and the old man was allowed to leave the
court room without the necessity OF depos-
iting bail.
The herald., 1898-10-05
THEN HER MALE AND FEMALE FRIENDS HIT MIEro

caught him by the coat and threw him
down on the floor. Then number OF her
friends, both male and female, so he testi-
fled, assaulted him with sticks. stones and
fists. One in particular, Rafael Subiate,
struck him in the back of the neck
Robert Dominguez and Ed Carson testi-
fed to being acquainted with the reputa-
ton of the defendant for peace and quiet
and had always found him to be nearly as
meek as Moses. Mr.. Chambers made a
brief speech in which he urged the convic-
tion of Mieto. He was followed by Ralph
Dominguez, who also proved himself to be
q man of few words. Dominguez contend
ed that the fight had been family row, so
there was really nothing of consequence to
it, showing himself to be acquainted with
the character of the average family quar-
rel. The court stated that far be 1t from
him to desire to cause a renewal of the
hostilities, so he would wait until the con-
testants had separated, befores rendering G
decision. He accordingly took the matter
under advisement until today.
The herald., 1898-10-05

cured a sixty days leave Of absence from
tho supervisors and will spend his vaca-
rion among relatives In the east. He left
for St. Louis, Mo-, Monday morning.
Mrs. Annie Bancroft of Figueroa and
jefferson streets is spending a week in San
Francisco.
George Abrams is seriously i'll with ty-
phoid fever at the home of A. e. Mcconnell
on Thirty-seventh street.
Private 3. r. Lindley Of Battery D has
returned to San Francisco, as his fur
Tough has expired John Doyle secured an
extension of his leave Of absence and will
not return for about two weeks.
Thomas Vigus has returned from San
Francisco.
Mrs. M. L. Coggswell and family have
returned to the corner of Vermont avenue
and Jefferson strets.
The senior class of the preparatory school
of the university has elected the following
officers: Miss Edith Bien. president;
George Cook vice president; H. K. Vann
secretary; Miss Blanche Smith, treasurer;
Chas. Brodersen, sergeant-at-arms.
Miss Florence Tilden, who has been Sc
riously i'll with typhoid fever, is slowly con-
valescing. Mrs. Tilden Is suffering from a
slight relapse.
The herald., 1898-10-05
NAOWASCALLE1
PAD NAME>~

There were some distinguished gentle
men in Justice Morrisons court yesterday
afternoon in attendance at the trial of A.
NJ Mieto, charged with disturbing the peace
of Librada Salcido Of 60 Buena Vista
street on September 7th. Ralph Dominguez
acted as attorney for the defendant, while
Deputy District Attorney Chambers con-
Quoted the prosecution.
The defendant resides at COZ Buena Vista
street, where the complaining witness and
others of the relatives of Mrs. Mieto live.
He went home one night after having been
"out with the boys" and Sarah Subiate, a
Young Girl, was sent, so Mieto claimed by
Librada to inform him that he was a
worthless fellow. Librada also abused
him. Mieto refrained from replying In
kind and simply contented himself with
saying that the woman should be ashamed
to say bad words in the presence of chill
dren. Mieto tired of the abuse, however,
and started to leave the place, when L.
brada, whom he termed that fat woman"
The herald., 1898-10-05
SCHOOL NOTES
OF Interest to Parents, Pedagogues
and Pupils

A number Of normal school teachers met
at the residence Of President e. T. Pierce
last night and formed a philosophical club
for the reading and study Of philosophy
and philosophical questions. The club is
to b0 am informal organization, and DR..
Van Leuw was chosen as leader. Meetings
Will be held every Monday evening at the
Pierce mansion, and the first study will be
Bowne's Theory Of Thought" The men,
hers Of the club are President and Mrs
Pierce, DIR. and Mrs. Van Lieuw, Miss
Agnes Elliott Of the Custer street school,
DR.. Shuts, Professor Davis, Professor
Shepardscn and Mr.. Won Neumayer.
The Star and Crescent Literary society,
composing the three upper grades of the
high school. will hold its first meeting on
Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the au-
ditorium, when the usual exciting election
of officers will be held. The president VIII
be chosen from the graduating class of 49,
and already electicneering in behalf of the
several who have been named for the place
is causing considerable excitement An
ether Office which calls forth active work
Is that of the vice president, as that officer
controls the literary program of the So
Getty fer the year. The secretary is
chosen with regard for the ornamental as
we'll as the useful, therefore the successful
candidate is usually the prettiest girl IN the
society. No one struggles for the treas
urer's office, except to keep out of It, as the
path of the collector Of dues is long and
thorny thoroughfare.
Teachers of the high school are hearing
classes in all ava slable places, owing to the
buildings extremely crowded condition
and are divided IN their minds whether to
let classes go entirely or TO hear two at
once
Miss Josephine Seaman, after a years
leave Of absence, which she spent principal
ly in Elgn, ILL.,, is again at her post
of duty at the normal school.
The executive officers of the Teachers
allia nee will hold a meeting this afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock in the Spring street building.
The members Of Senior A class Of the
high school are planning a moonlight ex-
cursion, probably to San Diego, for the
near future, in response to atm invitation re-
ceived from Herbert True, a member of
the class, and his father.
The winter class of '9s of the high school
elected officers at meeting held on Fri
day Of last week, as follows: President
Arthur Stopper; vice president, Daisy S:n-
Vance HELM; executive committee Mabel
Hill, Harry Gregory, Jessie Page, Marvin
Mackenzie and Albert Thurston.
The high school winter class Of '99, which
will graudate in February. IS larger by 20
pupils than any graduating class Of pre-
vious years, containing so members.
Mrs. M. A. Ramsdell formerly a teacher
in the Sixth street school, was promoted
last Thursday to the principalship of the
Sand street school,
The herald., 1898-10-05
DETECTIVES REWARDED
For Capturing Harry McMenomy.
Police Board Routine


Detectives w. II. Auble, J. ]. Hawley and
Paul Z. Flammer each had demands for
$50 from the reward fund before the police
commission meeting yesterday. The
claim Is for the $50 reward offered and paid
by M. H. Nswmark for the capture Of
Harry McMenomy, who entered the New
mark residence several months ago, and is
said to have stolen some valuable jewelry
therefrom. AS Mr.. Newmark has paid the
money into the department the demands
were allowed.
II. Althouse, of the firm Of Waldeck
& Althouse, who are S desirous of securing
saloon license fer 1879 South Broadway
was before the police board yesterday. Last
week they were informed that a consert
from three-fourths of the property III olders
in the block was necessary, and Mr.. Ait
George w. King who owns the building II
which they are located. AS this was not
sufficient, the board told him he would
have to try, try again.
Police Clerk S. p. Hensley was granted
a leave Of absence for six weeks in which
to visit his old home in tho east.
The applications for transfers of the sa
loon licenses at 239 East Seventh and %,
West First streets from A. H. Topper anc
II. ]. A. Stuhr respectively, to Topper &
Pickenbach and d. ]. Lewis, respectively
were referred to the chief.
Luther Yates application for appaint.
ment as special policeman was filed, and
the board adjourned.
The herald., 1898-10-05
CITY NEWS
INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS
Chronicled ON Pages s, Z, 8 and u.

: Pioneers organization on the In !
: crease. I
! Results of the first days racing a. !
! the park. !
Trained nurses class opens with In 4
= formal exercises. \
= Annual meeting Of the Red Cross \
: held at Unity church. !
= City schools will observe a day in !
memory of Lafayette. 4
Democratic campaign committee 4
named; news of the campaign.
= Quarterly statements of the park de- 4
partment and city clerks office. 4
4 Sewer contractor arrested on !
= charge of mailing an obscene letter. \
= Trouble over the division Of profits \
on the sale Of patented dust-laying 4
= compound. !
= deserter from the battleship Ore
= gon gives himself into the custody of I
: the local police. 4
= Police board will investigate the al \
legged beating Of a prisoner by turn \
z Key In the city Jail. \
= Water company seeks to reverse the \
= order of Judge Oster in appointing \
: the receiver; an application for a wri; \
2 or certiorari to be made. I
The herald., 1898-10-05
QUARTERLY REPORTS
Park Commission and City Clerks
Statement of Expenses

City Clerk Hance yesterday filed h.s
quarterly report i'm the office Of the city
auditor setting forth the following condl-
ttun Of his department funds: Salary ac-
count, allo ow1ance $3.50, expended s2351; sup
plies, allowance s11O0, expended $34S.S2; Gus
todian city hail salary account $4140, ex-
pended $1035; custodian city hall expense
account S215O, expended $47121; allowance
election expense $4,000, expended $1439.
Total allowance. s24,17O; total expenditure,
S5G41.7O; total balance, s1s,52S.3O.
The park commissioners quarterly re-
port, submitted by Secretary Mendenhall,
is as follows: Westake park fund, amount
allowed $4,000, balance rema ming S7S2450;
East Los Angeles park fund, amount al
lowed $4,000, balance s7239.6O; Elysian park
fund S11, 900, balance sS10779; Hollenbeck
park fund, amount allowed $4,000; balance
s3O4793 Echo park fund, amount allowed
$500; balance $249503; Nursery park fund
amount allowed $275O, balance s2O52.75; gen.
The herald., 1898-10-05
MONTHLY Health Report

The monthly report Of the city health
department shows that in September 113
burial permits were issued. Figuring the
annual rate of mortality on the basis OF
this statement, the deaths would be 1916
FOR each 1000 population. From infectious
diseases the deaths were 13, from diseases
|of the digestive organs II. from diseases
lAe respirat tory organs "a, fro mnervous dis
easeA Is, from diseases of the circulatory
System II. genito-urinary organs 4, acci-
dents and intoxication IL, miscellaneous II.
The city was particularly free from con-
agious diseases during the month, eleven
cases of diphtherja and cine case of mea sles
being the only ones reported.
The total number of births were 1872 of
which II were males and 70 females.
The herald., 1898-10-05
RED CROSS
The Necessities of g. A. r. Veteran
Relieved at Headouarters

Relieved at Headquarters
A veteran of the G. A. r. from Kansas
City, Mo-, called at Red Cross headquarters
yesterday and told piteous story of mis-
fortune. En- route to California he had
been caught in the recent Santa Fe rail-
road wreck and was injured. He had ex-
pected to make his home with son and
daughter here, but found them more un-
fortunate in affections than himself, so he
decided to return to his home in Kansas
City.
He had return transportation. but no
money to buy food nor pay car fare from
his stopping place in East Los Angeles.
Through the efforts of some of the ladies
at headquarters some four dollars were
contributed, mainly by comrades Of the
Grand Army. The grocery firms of H.
Jevne, J. r. Newberry and H. Yerxa do
mated bountiful lunch more than enough
to last until the veteran reaches his former
home.
The herald., 1898-10-05
Three Naughty Girls

Bertha Howard was given Today float
er by Justice Morrison yesterday for solic-
iting. The case against Mabel Stanley,
charged with a similar offense, was con-
tinued until the Sth. 1t is probable that this
case will never come to trial, as the Stan
ley woman is reported to have left the city
some days ago. Cleo Linden was found
guilty of soliciting and will be sentenced
tOdav
The herald., 1898-10-05
EVENTS OF TODAY

Orpheum-Vaudeville
Burbank-"When Two Hearts Are 4
Won."
Board Of fire commissioners meets !
10 a. m. !
Board Of freeholders, council cham !
ber-S p. MI \
Second day of the district fair races, !
Agricultural park. !
= Los Angeles Union club meets, Sill !
ver Republican clubs p. m. !
The herald., 1898-10-05
Crosswalk Petition

Charles F. Batcheller and others have
asked council for a crosswalk on East
Twelfth street between Main and Maple
avenue, to help them get safely through
the mud, should there be any thds winter.
The herald., 1898-10-05

t. A Upfrv GNub MeOt;p

All members of the l.. A. Union club, as
we'll as those Of the Democratic and allied
clubs, are cordially invited to be present
tonight "wednesday at the Silver Repub-
lican headquarters, 312 West Second street.
Good speakers good program.
X. Won STAUFEN, Secretary.
The herald., 1898-10-05

sral park fund.- amount allowed, $3.50, bal
ance s671S.45. balance In Sunset park fund
$947.92. Total yearly allowance, $51 ,O3O; to-
tai expended In three months, $37, ,4SL05.
The herald., 1898-10-05

Time. lar. 1hl. &. n. Nlpd Vel " Gather
6a. m 80 02 40 80 NV Clear
6p m. 29.9I GS Al W Clear
Maximum temperature, rs.
Minimum temperature, As.
Forecasts
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4. 49, Southern
California;: Fair; warmer Wednesday
fresh northwest wind.
The herald., 1898-10-05

DR.. Max Wassman, dentist, rooms 225
and 226 Potomac block, Broadway, between
Second and Third Tel. Brown 1913
The herald., 1898-10-05

Latest styles wall paper at A. A. Eek
strom's, 324 South Spring street
The herald., 1898-10-05
THE WEATHER

TEMPERATURE-Re Of obse rva tions 4
taken at Los Angeles October 4th. The
barometer Is reduced to sea lever,
The herald., 1898-10-05
We Give You for $500
All the Agency Man Gives
You for S5.OO-and more,

We give you your money back if our
hats don't turn out right.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
For Working Men.

A winter garden In which the tired
worklngman may take his ease Is
among the attractive features Of the
Mills House, the handsome hotel for
the people. erected In New York by
ID. o. Mills, banker and phllanthropist.
The house is built in two parts, each In
the form of hollow square, with a
courtyard In the center Of each part
Each courtyard is fifty feet square and
fioored with heavy glass, which Is the
skylght for rooms below. Palms VIII
be placed about these courtyards, and
there win be seats and tables. Above
the glass floor rise nine tiers of win
dows, and over all Is a great skylight.
The walls rising above the courtyard
are entirely white, and at night are
starred with electric lights. There are
over fifteen hundred bedrooms In the
building, the uniform rate per night
for each being twenty cents. This In
cludes the privilege of reading and
loungIng rooms writing tables, hot and
cold water baths, and tables where
games may be played. Each room has
at least one window looking either upon
the street or into one of the courts.
Windows looking on the court are
provided with grllles and lace curtains,
no window glass being used. The rooms
on the outside Of the building have win
dows aud curtains. The various floors
are reached by means of elevators. The
rooms are just large enough to contain
bed and a chair. They are all separ.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
JACK LIVES WELL.
Our Sailor Boys Fare Better than Sol
diers or Workingmen on Land.

uitTB UT W On l<anus
If the truth were told says the wife
of a sea captain. | venture to say that
ninety-nine women out Of a hundred
would rather see the kitchen and din
lng-roo arrangements on board a
man-of-war than all the turrets. guns
and fighting apparatus that Uncle
Sans engineers can devise. We all
know lust how particular our respect
i've Johns" and civilians" and Al
phonsos' are at home. and we are CON
sumed with curiosity 10 know how they
are going TO get on when things are not
ordered with reference In their own
speciaI tastes.
The sailors on board our American
shlps live much better than the work
Ingmen on land. or our soldiers. for that
matter. The cook is usually n Iapan-
csc and a good man mt his business.
When In mort the sailors have an abnn.
dance of fresh meat and Vegetables
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
Too Much NIongoose.

In 1872 w. Bancroft Espeut imported
four pairs of the Indian mongoose from
Calcutta into Jamaica for the purpose
of destroying the "cane-piece rat" Ten
years later It was estimated that the
saving to the colony through the work
of this animal amounted to fl0O,000 an
nually. Then came a sudden change
In the aspect of affairs. 1t was found
that the mongoose destroyed all
ground-nesting birds, and that the poul-
try, as well as the insectiyorous reptiles
and bactrachlans of the island, were
being exterminated by 1t. Injurious
insects increased In consequence n
thousandfold; the temporary benefits
of the introduction were speedily wiped
away, and the moncoose became pest.
Domestic animals. including young
pigs, kinds. lambs, newly-dropped
calves. puppies and kittens were de-
stroyed by 1t, while 1t also ate ripe
bananas. pineapples, young corn, avo-
cado peas, sweet potatoes, cocoas,
vans, peas, sugarcane, meat and salt
provisions and fish. Now, we are told
nature has made another effort to re
store the balance. With the increase
Of insects, due TO the destruction by
the mongooses of their destroyers, has
come an increase of ticks, which ar.
destroying the mongoose, and all ia
maicans rejoice.-Nature.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
Does Not Pay.

Farmers are conservative, but too
much so at times They have as per
sstently objected To improved stock
and newer varieties of vegetables as
the mechanics have In their opposition
TO labor-saylng machinery. But few
enterprising farmers In community
have been encouraged by their neigh
bors in their efforts to introduce better
stock and better methods of farming
There are thousands of farmers who
consider cows that average two pounds
of butter a week as good animals al
though there are farmers who have
herds in which each Individual will
average from eight TO ten pounds OF
butter per week, Some farmers are
progressive. and quickly fall into line
In the work of Improvement, yet there
Is not a county In the United States
lacking in those farmers who still re-
fuse to believe that one breed Is better
than another, or that the scrub Is not
fully as good as the purebred ANIMAL
Until the farmer accepts conditions as
they exist and realizes that the strong
est competitor against him is the farm
er with better stock. he will not be able
to make farming pay. This Is a progress
sive age, and farmers must be alive TO
all the advantages that will assist them
In securing larger profits.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-22
Dempsey's Argument.

Dan, said contractor to one of his
trusted employees, when you are seeing
about that lime this morning, | wish
you to mention TO Dempsey that |
would like to have that bill paid. You
needn't press 1t, you know; but just men
ton it to him In an off-hand manner
Yes, sorr."
81 got the money from Dempsey.
said Dan, on his return.
Il am very glad. You merely allud-
ed to 1t In an off-hand way, supposeY'
Yes. sorr. | handed him the bill and
told him II he didn't pay it would let
off my hand and give him a black eye
that he wouldn't forget for month,
and he paid 1t at wanst."-Aberdeen
Journal.