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The herald., 1898-03-06
VARSITY FIELD SPORTS
Local College Boys Show Their Powers
ON Field and Path

The crowd at the handicap games of the
University Athletic association yesterday
morning was rather small but the events
went off with ginger, and the meet was
very satisfactory
The program opened with the fifty yards
dash, which was won by Inch, scratch
Pitts, three yards, second; time, 5$s sec
onds.
In the 44O-yard run Norton, scratch, wor
easily; Gates, 10 yards, taking second
time, 81 3-5 seconds.
Pitts, with a handicap of eight yards
won the 100 yard dash in 1895 seconds
Inch coming up well from scratch. but th'
lead was too great to be overcome
The shot-put also went to handical
man, Sprowles, feet, winning Avery
scratch, second. Avery's best throw was
80 feet, 6 inches.
In the hammer throw Sigler, ~ feet, won
Coggswell, 10 feet, second; Ballou, scratch
made the best throw, 81 feet, inches.
Crowell ran the mile alone in minutes
and II seconds He took too slow a pac
at the start, and could not makeiit up il
the last half.
The baseball game in the afternoon be
tween the University team and the boys o
ST. Vincent's college was too One-sided t.
be interesting. The U. S. c. men woi
as they pleased. by a score of Is to 6. Bat
teries: U. S. c., Tebbetts and Umsted; st
Vincent, Conors Bell and Fitzwilliams.
The herald., 1898-03-06
THE VIvIENDA PROPERTY
Mrs. Crossman Is Interested to Know
Where It Has Gone

Mrs. II. NJ. Crossman yesterday COM
menced suit against Shirley c. Ward and
others to have them disclose what part of
the property of the Vivenda Water COM
pany they received and for s33 25O with 7
per cent interest per annum since April
1891.
The Vivienda Water company was or
Ganized in 1887. In 1894 the plaintiff sued
the corporation for s33 $50 in San Bernar-
dino county, and obtained judgment for
that amount. The defendants were at
that time directors and stockholders in the
company which owned bonds of the East
Side irrigation district, $50 inches of water
of the Meeks mill ranch. some lots in the
Rancho San Bernardino and al Cotton ar
tesian wells, etc. Mrs. Crossman alleges
that the defendants divided all this Vivi-
enda property among themselves so as to
avoid paying the judgment under an exc
cutiOn
The herald., 1898-03-06
THE CLUB WOMAN
What She Is Studying-Art, Litera-
ture and Music

The Ruskin Art club at its meeting on
Wednesday morning took up the study OF
Realism in the Nineteenth Century"
Mrs. r. w. Pridham and Mrs G. w.
Danskin were leaders Jean Francois
Millet QS14-1S75), SO well known by his fam
Gus picture, THE Angelus," was the first
artist considered. Following this study
came those of Gustave Courbet QS19-1S1O
and his painting of artisan life; Alfred
Stephens James Tisot and the study of the
old Germans, the Spanish and Flemish art
lists at this time as formative influence.
Ricard, Chaplin. Gailard, Dubois, Duran,
Bonnet and Ribot were briefly sketched
The Preraphaelte brotherhood of 1SS was
taken up in an interesting study of the
short but suggestive history of Dante Ga
briel Rosetti QS2S-1Ss2) as an idealist and
Holman Hunt and j. e. Millais as realists.
Then followed sketches of John Phillip and
his Spanish pictures ;Adolph Menzel and his
realistic pictures of street life, society and
the work places; Gussow: Pettenkofen,
Diaz, Claus Meyer and Franz Lenbach.
whose portraits of Emperor William and
Prince Bismarck are among the greatest
achievements of the century. Wilhelm
Leibel and his peasant pictures were con-
sidered One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the morning was the study of John
Ruskin and the wonderful awakening of
The herald., 1898-03-06
Dollar Gloves

meeting had been read by the secretary,
Mrs Millard. Mrs. G. D. Ruddy the Gu
rator, opened the discussion with few
points of interest concerning James. Mrs.
+. F. Johnson gave some very interesting
sketches of his style and of the characters
in his books. Miss Lillian Vosberg, Miss
the discussion. Miss Vosberg read short
sketch on Henry James, taken from Robert
Bridges Overheard in Already" Mrs.
Louise s. Comstock read paper on Hen
ry James, His Novels, Short Stories, Crit
icisms and Plays"
On Monday of this week the section will
take up the study of Maeterlnck. Miss
Grace Dennen will lead. The week fol-
lowing will be devoted to Marion Crawford,
who will then be in San Francisco. Top
les have been assigned to Mrs. William H
Fuller, Mrs C. A. Beshford, Mrs. Frank
Gordon, Miss Bertha Worm, Miss Lillian
Vosberg and Miss Clara Severance.
o O O
The Monday. Musical club met Monday
afternoon at the residence of Mrs. ]. s.
Vosburg on Figueroa street. The program
included violin selections by Mrs. Hugh
Macneil, with piano accompaniment by
Miss Blanche Rogers; violin solo, Miss
Dora James. and a piano solo by Miss
Rogers. Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Jenny
kempton were guests Of the club.
o O O
The Bostonian Musical club held its
regular fortnightly meeting Tuesday even
ing at the residence Of Mrs. w. g. Cogs
The herald., 1898-03-06
Pensions and Postals

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The post
office at 'Randsburg, Cal, will be raised
from the fourth-class to the presidentia
office April 1st. The salary of the post
master will be $1200.
Eva Flapp was today commissioned post
master at Azusa and Sadie NJ. Case al
Winchester.
California pensions have been granted as
follows:
Original-Wlliam Fl. Sayers Of Jacinto
IS: Leland II. Shaw 70 Soldiers Home, IS
Robert ]. Smith of San Francisco, Sc
Charles Mccain of San Diego IS; Christ
ian Peterson of San Francisco, 5000: A!
bort Garren of United States naval hos
pital at Mare Island, $S; William Colby Of
San Francisco. So; James A. Roark of Sar
Diego, &c.
Increase-Adam C. Hogaboom of Lo
Angeles, s15 to $17.
Reissue and increase-Patrick Kennedy
of Soldiers Home, IS to $40.
The herald., 1898-03-06
On Mechanics Liens

Nichols & Baker have sued Fred Barman
and others on mechanics lien for szo0
and sl53 attorneys fees. In July last Bar
man made a contract with Frank Graves
to have him build a residence upon a LOT
in Bryan's Figueroa SUBDIVISION ior
s2779. The plaintiffs became sub-con-
tractors for the finishing and joinder work
of the inside of the building. and sue for
the amount due them. as we'll as assignees
for Campbell Brothers.
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Continued Again

Henry Bailey. the young orange picker
who outraged a nine-year-old girl at Ri-
vera a few weeks ago, came up for SEN
tence yesterday before Judge Smith. There
was some question respecting his age, Mr.
Holcomb for the prisoner contending that
Bailey was only Is years at the time OF the
commission of the offense and Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Willis claiming that he had
proved the youth to be 10 years old. The
court was inclined to send him to lone IL
he could convince himself that the boy was
born in 1881. The time for sentence was
finally continued for two weeks to enapie
counsel to secure depositions setting AT
rest the question of the criminals age.
The herald., 1898-03-06
he English public by his first great work,

the English public by his first great work.
"Modern Painters" A large number or
pictures were exhibited. The members
who took part were Mrs. White Mrs. Nor
ris Albee, Mrs. Ira o. Smith, Mrs Hugo
Zuber. Mrs. Wells, Mrs. A. l.. Danskin.
Miss Marie Grow, Miss Alien, Miss Annie
Wethern and Miss F. A. Clark.
o O o
The Wednesday Afternoon Current Top
les club carried out most interesting pro-
gram at its last meeting. The club met at
the residence of Mrs. Galpin at o'clock.
Identifying pictures without names formed
a pleasant and instructive pastime for the
memory. Miss Ellis reviewed an article on
"Victorias Personal Interest In india" in
her usual bright way. Random reports Of
current events were given by different
ladies, including Louis CarrolIs Death"
"Kansas Pacific Railroad" "Change in
Irish Government" 1.-The Attitude of ia
pan Toward Hawaiian Annexation" The
Result of Zola's Trial" "Dr. ]. H. Gard
ner on Pensions" "A New Water Route
from the Hudson River Into Canada" "
Disposal of Bodies from the Maine Dis
aster," Foreigners in Berlin Schools. -
Richard LIE Gallienne," 1.-The Vizcaya,"
Newspaper InflL. .te," Helen Keller and
the Election in Ontario" were discussed.
O O O ..
The literature section of the Ebell met on
Monday afternoon at the club rooms. The
subject of Henry James and his writings
was taken up after q report Of the last
The herald., 1898-03-06
Out and Injured

Fred f. Crane says in his complaint, nleo
yesterday in the supreme court, that since
the 2Gth of February of this year he mas
owned lot 23 of the Overton tract, but tnat
Mrs. Annie l. Like is holding on TO tne
realty without his consent The monthly
profits of the place are s2S, ana IL inns 'iiihs
roes on much longer Crane calculates that
he will soon be out and injured to the ex-
tent of 500. He wants his premises ana
500 damages.
The herald., 1898-03-06
Mrs. Fitch Is Now Free

Anita G. Fitch was granted a divorce
from John B. Fitch yesterday on the
ground of failure to provide. and she was
also awarded the custody of their three
children. Fitch is a newspaper man who
was repcently arrested in Ell Paso for big
amy. but jumped his bond and skipped into
Old Mexico
The herald., 1898-03-06
Too Many Want the Money

Rees e. Wirsching yesterday sued the In
solvent contractor, Theodore Lutge and
a number of his bondsmen to two $500
bonds to have the court determine what
should be done with a sum of $500 which
plaintiffs are ready to pay, for the addi-
tion of one story to block situated on
North Los Angeles street. Lutge failed,
and. as he has numerous creditors, Rees
& Wirsching don't know who to turn the
cash over to.
The herald., 1898-03-06
Thew Sue For a Big Sum

Wilde & Strong yesterday. sued the
Southern California Improvement COM
pany for $4,000, which, they claim, has
been due them. by defendant since April
1885, Although the company at that time
promised to pay this amount, Wilde &
Strong have not yet received it, and they
now demand it, with per cent interest
The herald., 1898-03-06
Morse Deserted

Mabel E. Morse secured a divorce from
Charles B. Morse in Department six yes
terday The husband left his wife and
the ground of divorce was desertion. The
custody OBJ Lester r. Morse, their minor
son, was granted to the plaintiff but she
was not permitted to resume her maiden
name, Reel.
The herald., 1898-03-06
Bov BURGLAR Goes to Whittier

Irwin Farrar, the boy burglar, pleaded
guilty to an information charging him
with having broken into lodging house
room on Broadway. He is the kid who
walked out of the courtroom two or three
weeks ago while awaiting arraignment.
He was ordered confined in the Whittier
state school during his minority.
The herald., 1898-03-06

and pack oranges in Orange county. Three
weeks later the defendant, whose skill
Salisbury believed in. bought j. c. Thomas
crop in said county for 500. and the
plaintiff paid to Thomas cash down 1884
and gave him note for the balance. Afer
Torrey had shipped 277 boxes Of oranges to
Allen p-others, worth $245. he quit for
wcrurf1g the fruit of the orchard, and now
Salisbury wants to be indemnified for the
breach Of contract
The herald., 1898-03-06
Solomon's Sentence

motion for new trial in the case of 3
Solomon, convicted of having purchased
raiment from an inmate of the Soldiers
home. knowing that the same had been
stolen was denied yesterday morning by
Judge Smith Solomon was sentenced to
the penitentary at Folsom for two years.
The herald., 1898-03-06
Went Back on the Contract

+. A. Salisbury. who does business under
the name of Allen Brothers. has sued c..
T.. Torrey for $3.50 and costs. The plain
tiff is a fruit packer and shipper. In
November last he hired Torrey at an
agreed compensation to inspect, purchase
The herald., 1898-03-06
We.t slide Water Comp.uv

West Side Water Company
Notice Is hereby given to consumers q
piled by the West Side Water Co. that Q
use of water from their fixtures for
benefit Of parties not residing on the pre-
ises without presentation by them Of WI
ten permission from this company -
infringement of the rules, the penalty
which II the shutting of of the wAte
WEST SIDE WATER CO.,
BY a. L. Adams. Manager.
The herald., 1898-03-06
For Five Boxes of Cigars

John T. Howard, accused of petit lar
ceny, with a prior conviction, pleaded
guilty yesterday afternoon in the superior
court. His last larceny was the theft OF
five boxes of cigars. Judge Smith sent
Howard to San Quentin for one year.
The herald., 1898-03-06
Pleads Not GUILTY.

Pedro Garcia, the burly Indian accused
of the murder Of old man Collins az Santa
Monica a short time ago. pleaded not guilty
yesterday morning in the superior court
His wife will plead tomorrow.
The herald., 1898-03-06
Fluellen and Katherine, with charac,
readings. will make up the program.


The program of the Friday Morning cl
for the remaining weeks in March. Il
follows: March II, committee on Soc
topics, How Can We Aid In Improving I
Board Of Education and the Schools
Charles Cassatt Davis: discussion. Mar
". The Responsibility of Clubs" Mrs.
N. Sterry; discussion. March 25, bo
COMMITTEES; "The English Attitude J
ward American Literature" Mrs. Ern,
K. Foster. Tea served in the club roo
Saturday, March II and Monday, March
o O o a
The illustrated lecture to have been CIV
by Mrs. Caswell before the Ruskin 4
club yesterday on EARLY Nineteenth C,
tury Art" was postponed owing to so
difficulty with the lantern. 1t will be gil
Saturday. March 10. at the Friday Morn
club rooms.
The herald., 1898-03-06
a Supreme Court Decision

All cases involving the validity of the
police courts, which are on appeal in the
superior court, were ordered continued for
two weeks pending the decision of the su-
preme court in the habeas corpus proceed
nj gs in the Mitchell case.
The herald., 1898-03-06

we'll on South Flower street. The program
included lecture. Der Ring Des Nibelung-
en-, Mr.. Kluseman; Caprice de Concert"
Musin, Miss Cogswell; vocal solo. "A
Dream of Paradise" with violin and cello
obligato. Mr.. Porter: Sonata Pathetic"
Beethoven, Mrs. Behrens: vocal solo, Miss
Worm; Song Without Werds," in g
minor, orchestra; Wreck Of the Hesper-
u.s." chorus class.
The herald., 1898-03-06


1t is the custom of the Shakespeare club
for a member who has read twenty plays
to take charge of an afternoons program
and receive a certificate of work done. In
accordance with this custom, Mrs. F. O..
Wyman arranged the program last
Wednesday and read a scholarly study Of
Wolsey. She first gave, without notes, a
historical sketch Of the character and then
Shakespeares delineation of 1t. Numer-
GUS quotations from Henry VIII were CIV
en-, illustrating her points with marked in
tellectua1 appreciation.
Mrs. Galpin followed with a study Of
Katherine of Aragon, the two papers COW
ering the salient points Of the Jay. Miss
Julia Wyman sang Where /Bee Sucks,
There Suck l." and Madam ae Seminarios s
fine voice was heard in number Of
Shakespeare's songs. A social hour fol-
lowed the program. About fifty ladies were
present, among whom were several new
members of the club.
Monday afternoon will close the regular
study Of Henry W. Papers on Falstaff,
The herald., 1898-03-06

New Trimming
We have just received 1000 pieces of
Black and Colored Tubular and Fancy
Braids. They are marked like this;
Narrow Black Mohair Tubular
DTulu .o12c
Large Black Mohair Tubular Braid. sc
Extra quality fine Tubular Braid. 8 1-3c
Narrow Silk Tubular Braid. ....Bc
Large Silk Tubular Braid ..........7Mc
extra size heavy Tubular Braid.S1-3c
fine quality close weave Braid. go. 100
New fancy weaves in Tubular
BRAID ........................ ....lStkc
Handsome Braided Patterns in new
Mohair Trimmings, inches wide, loop
and military designs, black AP
and twelve assorted colorings. :15C
New PIaitin4s
Everything new in Plaitings: most ex.
quiste colorings in Narrow Mousseline
de Sole Plaitings, pink, nile, 1P
blue. cream, cerise, apple, red, :1AC
maize, orange, ETC., at............
20-inch 'Crinkled Plated Lib m
erty, best quality and all COM 0VVc
binations of colorings. at.......VV
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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-12-30

Schatzle, Danbury; C. K Bailey, Bethel;
Il. l.. Rowland, Danbury; Samuel Will
son, Danbury; Charles Widmer, Dan.
bury; Charles Kinney, Danbury; Hon
D. A. Nichols, Monroe; William Holmes,
shelton; Joseph B. Thomas, Jr., Nor.
walk; Warren Stevens, Ridgefield; X.
e. Holmes, West 'Redding; A. Ballard,
Danbury; Fred Borman, DanburY.
WOLF PITS AND VICINITY.
The Wolf Pits Sunday school had their
Christmas tree entertainment in the
school house, Friday evening, December
%. , I,
Mrs John Fenneli spent Sunday with
her sister in Danbury.
Miss Mary Stone, who has been stay
ing at Mrs Gilbert's, has returned to her
home in Long Ridge. as
W. F. Hoyt has bought flock of sheep
of Arthur Dibble.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-12-30

dag are the ties that bind IA to the men,
ory of our ancestors. Our ancestors
whose brains planned It and whose arme
have brought it forth unsullied from the
past to the present. The history of that
nag is the history Of America. Every
battle, every act of diplomacy, and all
other acts done under authority Of the
government, are part of the history Of
that flag. Wherever that fsg has been
America has been also. When people
see that flag they see America also.
When people see that nag they read the
history of America. They see Bunker
Hill; they see Yorktown; they see Lun-
dy's Lane and they see the halls Of the
Montezumas. They see land they hear,
however, something besides the clash Of
arms. They see Justice and right and
libertv to all men. When people see that
dag they respect it. They know there
is something more than An army back Of
it. They know there IL the love and re-
spect Of tho whole American people
Who had dare treat people otherwise
than with respectP An army may per-
haps be treated with contempt, but free
people never. That Gag has been hand
ed down to us - sacred memento, and
as fair recorder Of our nations history.
It now devolves upon us to protect It.
VIII We be.ray the trust? Will we tarnish
the name Of our ancestors? viii we
show to the world that we cannot be
trusted with such history? know the
American people will not. They are too
brave and patriotic people. Their right
arms will ever be raised to protect that
which 10 their only protection.-[ Henry
Bert.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-12-30

When we stopped, and the creak OF the
snow-shee WAS still, We could almost
hear our hearts beat. We could certain.
~ hear the cracking of the tobacco burn
ing in our pipes. It had soothing, an
almost seductive il fiuence, that muffie Of
snow. So solemn is it, SO little you feel
yourself, that it is q consciousness which
brings unconsciousness, and the calm
white forest is almost deadenirg in its
beauty. The winter forest means death.
sNow-sHoENG FOR CARIBOU.
Snow-sheeing, as hunter is required
to do It when on,the caribou track, has the
same relationship to the ssclub snow-shoe
rum" SO called, that s'park riding" does
to punching cows" She men Of the
ssbush" have short and broad oval shoes,
and they must 60 up and down the steep.
est imaginable places, and pass at good
speed and perfect silence through the
most dense spruce and tamarack thickets,
for there the caribou leads. The deep
snow covers up the small evergreen bush-
es, but they resist it somewhat, leaving
soft spot, which the hunter Is constant
~ falling into with fatal noise. II he
runs against tree, down Genes en- ava
lanche Of snow, which sounds like thun-
der in the quiet.
I was brought to . perfectly fresh
track Of three caribou by two guides, and
taking the trail, we found them not
alarmed, but travelling rapidly. So shot
was the trail that removed the stocking
from my gun-breech. We moved on with
as much speed 40 we could manage In
silence. The trees were cones Of snow,
making the forest denee, like soft-vood
timber In summer. We were led up hills.
through dense hemlock thickets, where
the falling snow nearly clogged the sac-
ton OF my rife and filed the sights with
ice. was forced to remove my ri ht
mitten to keep them ice-clear by warm
ing with the bare hand. The snow-shoe-
ing was difficult and fAtiguing to the
utmost. As mile after mile we wound
along after those vagrant caribou. We
found : small pond where they had paw
ed for water, and II had not yet frozen
after their drink. Is
q Now IL the time when the hunter feels
the thrill which Is the pleasure Of the
sport.
Down the sides Of the pond led the
trail then twisting and turning, It entered
the woods and wound up little hill.
Old man Larette fumbled the snow. with
biz bare hand he lifted toward 10 some
unfrozen spoor good. cheerful old soul,
bis eyes were those Of panther. Now
We ret our shoes ever socArefully, preasp
Ipg them down slowly, and emitting our
weight cautiously lest the footing be
lalse. The two hunters crouched in the
NOW, pointing. I cooked my rife; oue
sunk slowly under me-she
NOW was treacherons-a and ethree dark
,bjects fitted like birds past the only
opening In the forest, seventy i've yards
ahead.
take the gun, Con-. said, and my
1oice broke on the stillness harshly |
he game Was up, the disappo intment
leen. The reaction Of disgust was equal |
o the suppressed citation Of the second
,efore. ..Go to camp the nearest wsy.
4arette. From ssThe White Forrest, :, |
y Frederick Remington, In Harper's
Magazine for December.