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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
Fourteen Millions Left to G harity


An eminent clergyman, member of many
benevolent associations, has prepared COM
parative tables showing the amount of
money left for charitable or benevolent
purposes by testators throughout the
United States during the past three years.
He finds that the requests for 1897 are
81 900 in excess of those of 1896. In the
former year they were upward of $13.
O00, 900, in 1897 more than $4,000, 900. Benefi-
cence has other forms than that of money.
Great remedies are among the most pre-
cious legacies bequeathed to mankind
Prominent among these is Hostetter
Stomach Bitters, a most effective RENE
dy for and preventive of malaria, which
often battles other curatives. Equally
efficacious is the bitters in cases of dys.
pepsia. constipation rheumatism, nervous
ness, biliousness and loss Of appetite and
sleep.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
Los ANGELES HERALD. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE T. 1898

may be that it will be shown by the bids
that the city can put in its own system,
in whole or in part. with or without masts
A statement is made by electricians and
borne out by figures from other cities
showing we can save $4,000 the first year
by running our own system. If this be the
case, will it not pay us to run our own
lights? What we want is to find out wheth-
er these electric companies are in earnest
or not. After we get the bids we can talk
about bonds, ETC."
After further talk by Hutchinson, Nick
ell, Order ct al, the motion to adopt the
report and order the city clerk to adver-
tise for bids on all the specifications was
put, and the roll called. Baker Blanchard,
Order. Hutchinson, Nickel Toll and Sill
yer voted aye, Ashman voting no because
of the refusal to insert the clause for bid
for an entire plant to be owned by the
city.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
CITY NEWS
INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS
Chronicled on Pages Z, s, 10 and u.

4 A. N. Kruger arrested on charge :
4 of forgery.
+ The notorious Fawkses of Burbank
4 again in court.
\ Directory solicitors accused of swim
= ding Cinnamon.
+ Supreme court denies Merck Rey- :
+ nolds a new trial.
+ Mary Garcia hopes by technicality :
4 to escape punishment.
+ Martin found to have been justified
\ in shooting horse-dealer Coberly.
4 Two thousand dollars worth of dam
4 age done by fire at the corner of Fifth :
+ and Spring.
4 Red Cross society and ladies OF city
4 organizatins working vigorously for
= the boys in blue.
+ Three trainloads OF soldiers to pass
4 through the city tomorrow, en- route
= to San Francisco.
= The Womens Orchestra and the u.
4 S. c. Glee club give successful con- :
4 certs for patriotic purposes.
4 Veterans complain to the district at
= torney of Governor Smiths interfer-
= ence with their political rights.
= Harry +. Clark will be examined by
+ Justice Young this morning for the
4 murder of Wong Sing Hay: Joe Hunter
4 still in custody.
+ War board arranges for an excur- :
+ sion TO Terminal island next Satur-
= day. the proceeds to go toward reiev-
4 ing the necessities of the Los Angeles
= soldier boys.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
PERSONAL

NJ Marcuson q wholesale grocer of Cleve-
land is in the city.
Judge DAILY of Ventura is visiting the city
In company with his wife.
George H. Bxby and wife Of Los Cerritos
CAL, are at the Van Mugs.
l.. Hache of tina Oxnard sugar refinery
Oxnard, Cal, is guest at the Hotel Van
Mugs.
A party Of tourists comprising Mrs. e. L.
Borden. Miss Marion Borden, Miss Lake
and Mr.. Lewis Borden all of New York, are
guests at the Van Mugs
DR.. w. H. Stiles of San Bernardno is in
the city stopping at the Hotel Westminster
w. M. Speyer, an insurance man of San
Francisco, is at the Westminster.
Los Angeles people registered at New
York hotels Saturday were: Mrs. C. B
Linn, C. e, Handy, d. p. Bucks, j. b
Keelerson.
Benjamin Johnson, son of General q. P,
johnson. yesterday morning received his
commission as assistant quartermaster with
the rank of captain Of volunteers, and a,
once signed his oath of office and forwarded
1t to Washington. lie has not received any
instructions yet as to his post of duty but
was told to await orders here. 1t is expected
however, that he will be attached to the
Manila expedition.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07

location and that the present sewer is wholly
inadequate to serve the larger business
blocks to be erected upon said streets within
said limits, it is rcomme nded that the pro-
test be denied and the ordinance placed upon
its passage. The reportIwas adopted.
In the matter of the proposals to sewer
Main and other streets in East Los Angeles,
the sewer committee upon examination
found that the bid made by. M. Wusich at
751a cents per lineal foot is the lowest bid
submitted, but the committee was unable
to recommend the acceptance of the bid for
the reason that the bond accompanying
said bid was not according to law.
The bid of ]. E. White at n cents per lineal
foot being the lowest responsible bid 1t was
recommended that it be accepted and this
necessary resolution of award adopted. The
report was adopted.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
Postal and Pensions

WASHINGTON, June 4.-California
post masters were commissioned today as
follows: John ]. Joy, at Salinas; Renaldo
e. Taylor. at Gridley; Matte A. Kearns.
at Huron: Daniel A. Hanson. at Lower
Lake.
The following California pensions have
been granted: Original-Henry Kneib of
Los Angeles, Sc; William Lowe of San
Jose, $40; Thomas X. Bennett of Ripon
IS. Widows-Lucy Bowen of Fresno, IS.
DR.. D. w. Stiles has been appointed a
member of the board of pension examin-
ing surgeons at Riverside. Cal.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
SPRING STREET PAVEMENT
Contractors Given Another Ninety
Days on the Work

The Alcatraz Asphalt Paving company
petitioned the council for ninety days ex-
tension of time on its work of paving Spring
street 1t was announced that the electric
companies would not have their conduits
done in time to allow the work to be COM
pleted within the time originally set. There
was some opposition, but Street Superin-
tendent Drain said the paving company
was undoubtedly correct in its estimate and
the extension was granted.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
Maximum temperature. S..
Minimum temperature, Sc.
Weather Conditions

The pressure is highest in the plateau
regions and is lowest in Arizona and in the
interior of California. Clear weather pre-
walls from the Pacific ocean to the plateau
regions. 1t Is generally cloudy east of the
mountains, where occasional showers have
fallen The temperature has moderated
materially since last report in Southern CAL
iforna. Cool weather prevails in Idaho,
where it approaches freezing.
GEORGE E. FRANKLIN,
Local Forecast Official Weather Bureau.
Forecasts
Local forecast for Los Angeles and vicin-
ity: Fair Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.-Forecast for
Southern California: Fair Tuesday; fresh
westerly winds.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
Looked for Trouble

Jake Finn got drunk yesterday after
noon and went down First street looking
for trouble. He met Ike Calvert and
picked a fight with him. The result was
that Ike proved too strong for the inebri-
ated Jake, and knocked him down and
cut his right ear. Officer Davis placed
both under arrest on charges of disturb
ing the peace. Calvert was released upon
depositing SO cash bail for his appearance
in court today.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
Accidentally Drowned

An inquest was held yesterday at Paul's
undertaking rooms in East Los Angeles
on the remains of Peter ]. Waggoner, the
baker who was accidentally drowned on
Sunday while in bathing in a reservoir
A verdict of accidental death was re-
turned by the coroner's jury.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
Coming Elections

The council passed the ordinances regard
ing the approaching election for tunnel
and park bonds and the freehoders' cleo
ton to frame new charter fixing the dates
as July 9th next for the bonds and July Sth
next for the freeholder election.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
EVENTS OF TODAY
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Burbank-"Old Glory"

= Board of police commissioners meets
= 10 Il. m.
= Los Angeles Pioneers meet, Caledo-
: mia halls p. IN.
! Board of education meets, special
= session-7.30 p. m.
7 Academy of Sciences, Astronomical
= section. meets at 325 West Adams
= streets p. M.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
Worse Than the Katahdin

The small boy and the umbrella form a
combination that in its way is as destruc-
tive as the Katahdin.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07
THE WEATHER

= IMPERATURE-Repo Of observations
taken at Los Angeles June 9Th. The
barometer is reduced to sea level.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07

The tall hat worn by men first appeared
In France nearly 500 years ago.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07

DR.. Max Wassman, dentist, rooms 225 and
226 Potomac block, Broadway, between
Second and Third. Tel. Brown 1913.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07

Optical work; accurate fitting. J. W.
Fuller, c15 North Main street.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-07

On Monday next the long-expected en-
gagement of Madame Helena Modjeska in
repertory will begin. She will be assisted
by Lester Lonergan, Olive oliver and the
regular stock company.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-12
Around the World.

]. Martin Miller writes from Austria
liza to a Honolulu friend He is dong
Around the World" syndicate letters.
Mr.. Miller came to Honolulu early
this year as the correspondent OF the
Chicago Inter Ocean and the st. Louis
GIobe-Democrat, and during his three
months stay here visited every island
in the group. Mr.. Miller also reported
the flag raising for the New York
Times and photographed it for Har-
per's Weekly. Since the close OF the
war Mr.. Miller has arranged TO con-
Time the trip around the world. He
has visited Samoa and the FIJI Islands
also New England in all OF which
places. including Hawaii, he has taken
with his own cameras more than a
thousand photographs suitable fol
newspaper illustration. He has sent &c
the newspapers named many articles
from all the above places.
Mr.. Miller will soon visit the scene
in China that is causing so much troub
le between England, Russia. etc. His
trip will include Japan the Philippines
New Guinea, Borneo, Java, India
Afghanistan, Arabia, Egypt, Palestine
| Turkey; thence through the Black SCI
TO Odessa, through Russia TO st
Petersburg, and Norway and Swedel
TO the continent of Europe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-12
TWO POINTED QUESTIONS AN
SEVERED.

What is the use of making better
article than your competitor If you can
not get a better price for 1t?
Ans.-As there is no difference III
the price the public will buy only the
better. so that while our profits may
he smaller on a single sale they Will
he much greater in the aggregate.
How can you get the public to know
vour make is the best?
If both articles are brought proml-
nently before the public both are GER
tain to be tried and the public will
very quickly pass judgment on them
and use only the better one.
This explains the large sale on
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The
neople have been using it for years
and have found that it can always be
depended upon. They may occasional
w take I'D with some fashionable nov
city put forth with exaggerated
claims, but are certain to return K
the one remedy that they know to bt
reliable, and for coughs, colds ant
Group there is nothing equal to Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. For sale b!
all druggists and dealers. Benson
Smith & Co, Ltd, wholesale agent
for II. l.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-12
"A LOT OF RUGS GIRLS ARE LEFT
Continued from First Page)

Glory. Glory. Hallelujah" a close sec
ond. Hot Time" IS going stale. All
uncover at once to Star Spangled
Banner" which has developed a new
significance lately. Home, Sweet
Home reaches the heart with marked
directness. Aloha De" finds a quick
response. II makes hurry call on the
emotions. Aud Lang Syne" raises a
tumult Of discordant singing. My Ho-
nolulu Lady is popular, though it has
not the proper local color or appica-
ton. 1t goes because there is moth
ing else in the line of filling the bill.
There was enough cheering at the
Irmgard wharf on Saturday afternoon
to supply the yell demand for presi
Dental campaign in a big state. There
were threes and a tiger for everybody
and everything.
The New York boys left in a fine
frame of mind. They had regrets and
rejOicings cOmmingled and the admiX-
! tJre did them proud. The unanimous
| verdict was that they were sorry to
| leave Honolulu, but glad to go home
| In quiet talks with some Of the boys
| the truth came out pretty PLAINLY.
There are a lot of young fellows in the
First. They have been used TO hay
/ ing their mothers and sisters look after
| them. They have been used to hav-
| ing numbers of people show personal
| interest in them all the time. They
| have been used TO homes. They have
never before experienced the fear or
| threat Of dying in a hospital far from
! home without knowing or understand
| ing how they became i'll. 1t is these
! things that have made the citizen SOL
diers of the First Regiment of the En-
pire State nervous and distant and
under restraint.
Besides the young ladies and the
matrons and the general crowd at the
| wharf. there were a large number OF
representative citizens to bid aloha to
the last of the command, excepting the
| sick men left behind.
1t is a general report in military
| circles here now that regiment OF
regulars will be sent to garrison this
place. The members of the battalion
| of engineers expect that their com
mand will receive recall in few
| weeks.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-12
At THE COMMERCIAL.

At the Commercial saloon, corner OF
Beretania and Nuuanu streets, will De
found strictly pure liquors and cele-
brated Wieland beer. Shtpmates are
all welcome to make your headquart-
ers here. Paddy Ryan, Manager.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
"Tbe Great DiSinfeCtant and InSeCtiCide."

tits especially TO be recommended
in all cases where DOORS are pre-
valeut, as it acts by combining
with the cause of the smell, amt
rendering it inert, as we'll by its
germieidal action in destroying
micro organisms, and thus prevents
the development of gases which
give rise to foul odors. In itself, it
has pleasant odor, does not simply
supply an odor to mask offensive
Civilizations, But SrRIK ES AT
THE CAUSE, AND REMON ES
1T.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17
MURDERER AT FIFTEEN
TERRIBLE CRIME OF A PHILADEL-
PHIA DEGENERATE BOY.
Slaughtered Five-Year-Old Child
and Threw His Body in the Creek
Another Victim Escaped.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.-The body of
five-year-old Percy Lockyar, who is be-
lieved to have been murdered on Friday
night by ffteen-year-old Samuel Hender-
son. was to-day found in the bottom of
Reddes creek at Sixteenth and Catharine
streets, and there seems little doubt in the
minds of the police that young Henderson
Is guilty of the crime. He is now locked in
a cell at police headquarters. The body of
the child, when found, was weighted by two
heavy stones, one about his neck and the
other around his ankles His skull was
crushed in and there was a knife thrust
just above the heart and similar wounds on
the breast, side and FOREHEAD, while on
one side of the face was long cut
extending from below the eye to the chin
From what the police have been able to
learn, the crime seems to have been one
of the most horrible in character and. if all
its details be true, it stamps young Hender-
son as a degenerate of the worst type. He
does not seem to realize the enormity of his
crime. Yesterday, after his arrest,
he admitted a knowledge of the knife
thrust, but said that it was due to the
child accidentally running against an open
knife while he henderson, was whiting.
Henderson became alarmed at this and
said he threw the boy into the creek. To-
day, however, when shown the mutilated
body of the child, he admitted that he was
responsible for those cuts as well, but he
still persisted that it was an accident.
The police, however, believe it was a
planned murder, in which the guilty one
also purposed ending the life of another
small boy, Willie Addison, aged seven years
Henderson, ii Is claimed has been reading
trashy novels of the wild Western stamp
and has shown desire to emulate the
hero of those tales. The police assert
that Henderson accompanied Lockyar and
Addison to the woods as he told Yesterday,
but, instead of an accident happening to
either, Henderson tied both children to a
tree. Addison broke away and ran home
1t was then, it is said. that young Lock-
vars death was accomplished DR. Nor
ton, the coroner'S physician, who examined
the thrust above the heart, said that 1t
caused the death of the little fellow. The
police searched for the body during all of
last night, and it was not until after day-
light this morning that it was found Hen
derson will be given a hearing tomorrow
morning
A fact that has come out in connection
with Hendersons alleged crime is that his
latner, John ID. Henderson, was on trial be-
fore Judge Reed in October 1882, charged
with Killing man named CHRISTOPHER Nell
son. The killing was the outcome of a
quarrel Henderson. when arraigned plead
ed guilty to manslaughter. He was re-
was shown that the death was largely acct
dental and there was no murderous intent
He was admitted to bail and is now a free
man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

to-day. Lectures will be delivered by Hon.
Aaron Jones, of South Bend, and Cal. Hus-
sleman, of Auburn.
The Wabash bridge and iron works is
overwhelmed with orders and to-day will
begin running night and day.
Nomination on the Republican ticket in
wabash county is equivalent to election
and forty candidates are now out Tor
Charles Whitley. a young man of Rich
mond, has accepted the pastorate of the
Friends Church at Stilwell. Ind, yesterday
being his first Sunday there.
The farmers institute of Jasper county
was In session at Rensselaer, last week. ..
+. Lane, of Greencastle, and Cal Hussel-
man, of Auburn, were the lecturers.
Charles p. Downs and Tobias Aborn. who
have hitherto been attaches of the Warsaw
Optic, have purchased the Office from the
creditors of A. A. Kist, the former pro-
prietor, who left town to escape his
creditors, and will continue the publication
as the Warsaw Weekly News.
A. w. Simon, well-known young man of
Elwood, employed in the plate-glass factory
there. has accepted an offer to go to Alas
ka with the Indianapolis Alaskan Mining
Company's representatives, who will start
Feb Is. He will be secretary and treasurer
of the company and expects to be gone two
years.
The appointment of Perry ]. Freeman as
postmaster at Richmond, having been con-
firmed, he and the present incumbent John
@. ScEurgman, have made an agreement by
which the change will take place Feb. l.
Mr.. I eman announces tat bis dep 4ty Will
be Joseph l.. Smith, formerly weil-known
Richmond business man.
The T. J. Harrison Post G. A. r., of Ko-
komo. has installed the following officers
for the coming year: Commander, jerry
McCoo: senior vice-commander S. w.
Hart; junior vice-commander, G. w. Price
quartermaster, T: s. Strickland; chaplain
ID. s. Shafer; adjutant, Milton Garrigus;
officer of the day, j. c. Niswonger; sur
geon, H. NJ. Sailors; sergeant major, E. A.
Moore; quartermaster sergeant, S. A. Pen
nington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17

some lonely mother anxious for her soldier
boy or bring back to him pair of boots
which he needed during the rainy winter.
For four months after the Seventeenth
Connecticut entered the field the govern
ment was so pressed for money that no
payment TO the troops could be made and
there was consequently great suffering
painful anxiety endured by the men them
selves
One day a private soldier came quietly
into the paymaster's office in Washington
and took his seat in the corner to await his
turn for an interview. Presently the officer
said:
We'll my man, what can do for your"
Il have called to see about the payment
of the Seventeenth Connecticut answered
the soldier.
The paymaster. somewhat irritated by
what he supposed q needless and impertin-
ent interruption, told him sharply that he
could do nothing without money, and that
until the government furnished some ii was
useless for soldiers TO come bothering him
about pay"
Il know that the government is in
called to find out how much money 1t will
take TO give my regiment two months pay.
l am ready to furnish the amount"
The amazed officer asked the name of his
visitor who modestly replied, ELIAS
Howe He then wrote draft for the re-
qured sum-$3l, 900. Two or three days later
the regiment was paid. When Mr.. Howe's
name was called, he went up to the pay
masters desk and signed the receipt for
$2S65 of his own money.
The officers of neighboring regiment
sent over to the Seventeenth Connecticut
to see if they could not borrow their pri-
Vate."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-17
ENGLAND OFFERS HELP
CONDITIONS ON WHICH SHE WILL
LOAN CHINA f12,OOO,OOO.
ZOIa's House Escaped by Mistake
Smashed Things-FOreign News.

LONDON, Jan. 17.-The Picking CORE
spondent OF the Times says:
Yesterday Saturday Sir Claude Mac
Donald, British ambassador to China, in the
course of an Interview with the Tsung LII
Yamen (board of foreign controD, stated
that England was willing to assist China
to liquidate the Japanese indemnity, and
would provide a loan of G12,O00,OOO at par
to run fifty years. the service to be per
cent. net, including sinking fund conditions
as follows:
"First-The opening of three treaty ports,
Ta-Lien-Wan, Siang-In and Manning,
thereby increasing the customs revenues.
Second-A declaration that no portion OF
the Yan-Ise-k1ang valley snail be allenateo
to any other power.
Ihird-Ihe right to extend the Burmah
Railroad through Human province (the
most southwesterly in China.)
In the event of her default China is to
place certain revenues under the control OF
the imperial customs. On this basis the
negotiations will proceed. China regards
them as advantageous, but fears the threat
ened opposition of France and Russia,
especially to the opening of Ta-Lien- Wan
and Manning
The Times, commenting on the report,
suggests that Siang-In, which the CORE
spondent describes as in '.Hugan province,
is a Geographic error, and means either
SiangYang, in Hu-Pei province, or Slang
Tang, in HUMAN province.