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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-08
A DREADFUL SIGHT
A Returning Miner Finds Wife and
Baby Dead

GRASS VALLEY, Cal, Jan. 7-When
Paul Fitch, who lives on the Colfax
road, sixteen miles distant, returned
home last evening, after an absence Of
twenty-four hours at the mines, he
found his house in darkness. A search
revealed the dead body of his wife fifty
feet from the cottage. Every vestige Of
clothing had been burned from the
woman's body, only her shoes remain
ing. The lower portion Of the body had
been burned to crisp, her legs being
twisted into peculiar shapes by the heat
Her face and head were not badly
burned, but they might as we'll have
been for they had but furnished food for
ravenous coyotes and cats. The head
was torn and presented terrible sight.
Search was next made for Fitch's four
cradle almost naked, with it's head badly
burned and chilled through from ex-
posture, as the woman in rushing out of
the building had left the doors wide
open. 1t is doubtful If he will live. It
is believed Mrs. Fitch was starting a fire
in the fireplace and in doing so caught
her dress in the fire, enveloping her in
flames, and in her frantic efforts she
probably threw a piece of the burning
dress on her baby's head. Appearances
indicate that she had rolled on the
ground several times, hoping to smother
the flames, when she finally lost her
strength and consciousness and was
burned to a crisp.
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ARMY SHELTER
Commander BO0th=Tucker
Opens 1t
WORKlNGMEN'S METROP0LE
THE GOOD WORK DONE BY THE
SALVATION ARMY
W0RKlNGMEN'S METR0PoLE
Demonstrations in Honor Of the
Leader-The Address at the Con-
gregational Church

The large audience room of the for
mer Good Samaritan mission, 759 North
Main street, now known as the Working
mems Metropole, was filled yesterday
afternoon at its dedication service
with nondescript audience. While the
red shirts and blue bonnets of the Sal
Walton Army lads and lassies predomi-
mated there was large representation
OF the class Of men who find cheap shell
ter and food at the Metropole and of
the women who are assisted in clothes
and food by Its benevolence with a lib
eral sprinkling of fashionably attired
people Of both sexes who sympathize
with army methods and who feel an
interest in the work. The platform was
occupied by the band, Ensign Bourne,
Staff Captain and Mrs. Durham, Cap
tain Lobdell and other prominent mem
bers OF the army. A few minutes after
o'clock Commander Booth-Tucker and
Lieutenant Colonel Evans of San Fran
cisco took their places on the platform
and were greeted by q rousing volley of
amens from the assemblage with &C.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-08
SENT vALUELEss PACKAGES
A Clever Scheme to Make Money Dis.
honestly


NEW YORK, Jan. THE Times says:
1t is claimed by the Adams Express
Company that a man giving his name as
7. Francis Sanders has obtained a large
amount of money in small sums from
the wives and relatives of persons re-
Gently deceased by sending valueless
packages, cash on delivery. AS outlined
by an official of the company the scheme
was to deliver for transmission at the
office of the company a sealed package
alleged to contain certificates of stock
for six or more shares Of 1.-THE Monterey
Mining Company" The sender ordered
that this package be sent to be collected
on delivery, the amount ranging from
~ to 50. In each case, so far as can be
ascertained, the package was directed
to the residence of man whose death
had been chronicled by the newspapers,
and addressed to his name.
The addresses to which these pack
ages were sent were in various sections
of the country, several going to New
Haven, Conn.,, some going as far West
as ST. Louis and as far South as New
Orleans. The scheme, it Is alleged, has
been in operation for about three years.
Sanders making collections regularly.
Sanders did not call at the office of the
company yesterday. There were await
ing four checks representing collections
on envelopes sent out last week. 1t was
announced the company had decided to
withhold payments on the checks. I'm
less Sanders can obtain a written or
Geographic order from the signers of
the checks ordering the payment, he
cannot get the money. What other
action the company will take has not
yet been decided.
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mary exercises, Dr. Day, pastor of the
church. introduced the speaker, Com
mander Booth Tucker.
The commander confined his remarks
mainly to the work of the Salvation
of the large cities. He referred to the
great increase in the past year of army
shelters and rescue homes. In one year
as much had been accomplished in the
United States as in the past six in Great
Britain, since the beginning of the
Darkest England" scheme. In dealing
with the question Of poverty certain
basic principles must be recognized;
honest poverty must not be gibbeted
and jeered at. We must not imagine
that because the scum floats on top that
the whole pool of poverty is scum. This
Is am age of waste, waste land, waste
labor and waste capital. Millions of
acres can be had in twenty-three states
and history proves that the land will
yield a living when men are placed on
it. The $4,000 900 spent annually in this
country I'M charity Is poured into a
quicksand while it could be made to pro-
vide homes for 100000 people, pay 5
per cent interest and increase the value
of Land $4,000.
The speaker gave an interesting ac-
count Of what had been accomplished in
colonization and of the new colony in
this state, an inspection of which Is the
occasion of the commanders visit at
this time. At Soledad, Salinas county,
500 acres of land have been procured,
divided into ten-acre lots, neat cot
tages built and upon this the most de-
serving of the poor of San Francisco
will be settled, and as 80 per cent are
experienced in agriculture they are de-
lighted at the opportunity. In other
states similar schemes are going for
ward and even in the city of New York
so per cent of the colonists were ex-
perienced farmers.
Commander Booth Tucker leaves for
the east this morning at $3.50 over the
Santa Fe road.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Call Tel. Main 243 for ambulance.
Kregeio & Bresee. Sixth and Broadway.
Robert Sharp & Co.. funeral directors,
751 and 1853 8. Spring st. Tel. Main 1929.
Watches cleaned. rs cents; MAIN
springs, go cents; crystals, 10 cents.
Patton. 214 South Broadway.
All Kings Daughters are requested to
be present at the annual election of
officers at $3.50 p. m. to day.
Adams Bros, dentists, 1894 South
Spring street. Plates from 81. Pain
less extracting, so cents. Filling a
speciality. Hours, 8 to q; Sundays, 10
to IL.
Rev. G. B. Ebey, district elder of the
Los Ar@eles district, will preach at the
Free Methodist church on East Sixth
street near Crocker tomorrow at II
a. m. and 1880 p. m.
The alarm of fire from box "a at 1880
o'clock yesterday afternoon was caused
by blaze in the drying room of Loui
KEGS laundry at Third and San Pedro
streets. Loss, $50; insured.
Rene Blondeau, proprietor of Blon-
deau's saloon at Hollywood, strenuously
denies that the prize fight, with a girl
as the prize, reported in yesterdays
Herald, took place at his establishment.
DR.. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson
block, first floor, rooms 1873, 1874, 1876.
Special attention given to obstetrical
cases and all diseases Of women and
children. Electricity scientifically used.
Consultation hours. to 8. Tel. 1927.
During this week the balance Of stock
remaining at 1876 South Spring street,
consisting Of pictures. frames, easels and
all kinds of holiday novelties will be
sold regardless Of former prices. Here
is an opportunity for rare bargains.
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The Mayors Expedition

The mayor started yesterday after
noon In the direction of certain cele-
brated duck swamps to investigate an
other phase of the water question and
incidentally to display his prowess as a
Nimrod. One city editor, one special
correspondent and one body guard,
with a carload of cartridges and other
necessary impedimenta accompanied
his honor on the expedition. The freight
car, it is understood, is to be side
tracked near the waters of the Alamitos
Gun club to bring back the results Of
the partys Investigations.
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Admits His Guilt

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 7.-Harold Pix
ington, who conducts the Sacramento
Collection Agency, in this city, and who
has been employed as bookkeeper and
collector for George B. Stack, a local
plumber, has admitted that he has en-
bezzled $500 from Stack. He came here
from Portland, Or, and claims to have
wealthy and influential relatives in Oak
land and Alameda.
Pilkington was taken to Oakland yes
terday by Walter Bassett, to whom
Stacks interests had been transferred,
the object being to induce his relatives
to make his populations good.
Pilkington's object was but partially
realized and he was returned to Sac
ramento last night and will be proceeded
against on a criminal charge.
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A Bay State Execution

GREENFIELD, Mass, Jan. John
O'Neil, Jr., was hanged in the Franklin
county Jail today for the murder Of Mrs.
Hattie e. McCloud, In auckland, Janu-
airy Sth of last year. O'Neil protested
his innocence to the last. Mrs. McCloud
was found dead on the highway ON
which she had been walking from the
village to her fathers farm, where she
resided. There were indications that
she had been strangled to death. O'Neil,
rs years of age, of bad repute, was ar
rested for the crime. He had In his
pockets a sum of money corresponding
in amount to the sum Mrs. McCloud was
known to have had when she was killed,
and this proved a strong link in the
chain of circumstantial evidence that
led to O'Neils conviction.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-08
compartment by the band. Lieutenant
Evans gave out the hymn:
To leave the world below

compartment by the band. Lieutenant
Evans gave out the hymn:
To leave the world below,
March upward with our band.
to the air of Beautiful Zion," which was
sung with all the fervor and spirit that
characterizes the army's devotions.
The audience kneeling sang Nearer,
My God, to Thee" after which the
commander offered prayer and a short
exhortation on Partnership with
God" Staff Captain Durham also led
in prayer, followed with duet by En-
sign Bourne and Captain Lobdell.
BOOTH-TUCKER'S ADDRESS
The commander, who was presented to
the audience by Colonel Evans, ex-
pressed his pleasure in being called to
Los Angeles to the opening of the Work
ingmen's shelter, the Home for Girls and
the Rescue Home. When here on pre-
vious visit he little thought that Captain
Frazier's mission would ever GOMEZ un-
der the management of the army.
Notwithstanding the opening of D. o.
Mills great workingmens hotel in New
York, which can accommodate 1900 men,
the army shelters are as we'll patronized
as ever. Reports from st. Louis, Kan
sas City and Chicago are similar to that
Of New York and the army is now shell
tering and feeding 1000 people per day
in the United States. They have in
creased in the past ten years from 600 to
4O00 In the year 1897 the army sheltered
100000 working men at cost of SIS 900,
including 100000 for fittings and fix
lures. The workingmen themselves
paid 100000 of this sum.
The experience Of army workers is
that most men are willing to pay for
what they get If they can, but because
five per cent of the "out of works" are
not willing to pay the 95 per cent must
not be neglected.
The Salvation army work, continued
the speaker consists in making bad peo-
pie good and miserable people happy.
Here we are, face to face with 5000, 900
of people who are in danger, if they are
not already submerged. A leading
statesman of New York said to the
speaker few days ago: II am seized
with despair when look at the poverty
in this country. The only remedy can
think of is to hold the poor under water
twenty minutes and drown Them
The army finds, as a rule, that if a
man gets a chance he will avail himself
of it. In declaring this shelter opened,
the commander asked the kindly SYM
pathy and assistance of the community
in the work. 1t will be connected with
all other army workingmen's hotels, so
that a man sheltered here. may find
doors opened to him wherever he goes,
even in the far-away region of the
Klondike.
This building belonged to God, and is
Dedicated to his service; If the angels
wsre-ccrfdns to dedicate q building they
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-08
The Law of Dover

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. THE Su-
prerne Court has handed down two de-
cisions which will be of great interest to
the creditors of the Bank of Minnesota.
One Of them directly increases the assets
of the bank by $4,000, and the other will,
1t is estimated, increase the value Of the
banks assets and the assets Of VIM
Dawson, ST., about 100000. This decis-
ion holds that wife has no dover right
in the real estate of her husband which
has been turned over to an assignee
under the insolvent law of the State.
The decision was made in the case of
Alice x. Merrill, against the Security
Trust Company.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-08
THRICE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
May Clausen Finds It Difficult to End
Her Life

Shortly after midnight May Clausen,
woman of easy virtue, who has thrice
after attempting suicide by poison been
resuscitated in the receiving hospital,
was found lying unconscious on Apa-
blasa street by Policeman Blackburn.
The patrol wagon was sent for and the
woman was sent to the hospital. She
recovered consciousness on the way and
fought desperately with the officer, who
had considerable difficulty in restrain
ing her from jumping out of the wagon.
On her arrival at the station the
woman again sank into a state Of tor
por. Drs. Choate and Pallet were
called in and found the patient suffer-
ing from an overdose Of opium and
alcohol. The stomach pump was ap-
piled and the woman soon showed signs
of recovery. She has become afflicted
with suicidal mania and always talks of
ending her life when she gets drunk.
The woman was pronounced out of dan
ger at an early hour this morning.
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would want it to be workingman's OF
woman's hotel. The speaker concluded
the services with a fervent and express
sive prayer, which was followed by q
collection, a prayer by Colonel Evans
and the singing of the 'Doxology."
THE NEW HOME
The entire building has been reno
waited, and is thoroughly neat and clean
throughout, and all the work has been
done by the men who find home there
The army is especially DESTROYS to
have it understood that they do not
shelter hoboes, as has been charged.
OF the 200 who are now lodged and fed at
the "Metropole" 80 per cent are working
ment at a conservative estimate. In
addition, the army keeps on record q
long list OF poor families which they
assist with food and clothing. One man
with a wagon is kept constantly busy
gathering and distributing food and
|clothing, and "had we few more dol
lars said Ensign Bourne, 1--WE could
keep another man busy"
1t Is intended to convert the present
including work shops In various trades,
lOI lnOSe WIN CtitliiOI dllOfQ W pay rent
and start fer themselves.
The restaurant will seat from 70 to 80
men, who are supplied at breakfast with
coffee, milk and sugar, mush, buck
wheat cakes and molasses for five cents.
The dinner menu consists Of coffee, tea,
beans, bread, beef stew or meat pie for
the same price.
In the rear OF the restaurant is a room
for the storing and distribution of Sec
ond-hand clothing, and at present there
is urgent need Of thildren's garments.
The second and third floors are pro-
vided with canvas hunks, on which
there is blanket, pillow and two COM
forters, for five cents a night. The
hunks are arranged in rows the length
of the room, and afford accommodations
for 456 men.
The dodgers are not permitted in the
building after Q o'clock in the morning
nor before in the afternoon.
The building is the property of Dwight
Whiting, and a certain per cent Of each
bunk is paid the owner in rent.
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A Card


SANTA ANA, Cal. Jan. Z, 1898.
Editor Herald: The Santa Ana Stand
ard, in its issue of today, in alluding to
my claim upon certain lands, used the
following words:
He Is backed by a lot of Los An
seies shysters, who will divide the pro-
ceeds with him.
desire the readers of The Herald. as
well as those of the Standard to know
that the lawyers have employed are
gentlemen in the broadcast sense. and
Tor the benefit Of the Standard will
give their names. They are Messrs DaI
vale d Munday, known all over Cal
ifornia as gentlemen of unimpeahai IL
integrity. Very truly yours,
A. RIT,A
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It Nav Be Trlie

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. IA special
to the News from Niles, Mich, says
Mrs. Katie Ammon, of Vandalia town.
ship, Cass County, and two minor heirs.
over whom she had been appointed guar
dian, have fallen heirs to $4,000, 900 es-
tate, by the death of her aged uncle
Silas A. Trabor, a Jackson, Miss,
planter.
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PERSONAL

A. d. Shepard, assistant general
freight and passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific company at Los An
geles, is here for a few days and has
apartments at the California with his
wife.-San Francisco Chronicle.
LIE Roy D. Brown, formerly city SUI
perintendent of schools, was taken on
board the steamer Santa Rosa yesterday
in very weak condition, His friends
fear that Mr., Brown will not reach his
home at San Luis Obispo alive.
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of
and spirits all if she had the
Hearst left Francisco
~
and
spend rest O. the winter
twenty
of
to sta abou weeks
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CITY NEWS
INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS


Fair; Northwesterly winds. r.
Higuera must stay in Jail.
Quarterly report Of the zanjero.
The Federal grand jury discharged.
The Leonis estate may be carved.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst and party pass
through the city.
More details as to the robbery Of
postoffice Station G.
May Clausen makes a fourth at
tempt to kill herself.
Joint tariff to govern shipments on
the Randsburg road.
Ex-Deputy A. w. Sewers ingen-
ious source of income.
Zoraster, "the Russian seer" sent
to the chain gang for sixty days.
James Adams fatal fall from the
steel frame Of the Laughlin block.
Writ of mandate settles the South
ern Pacific railways land suits.
The pecadilloes Of male milliner;
Mrs. Riethmuller granted a divorce.
The charge of perjury against Mrs.
Martin, Cdr" Hastings's accuser, dis
missed.
Four thousand dollars already SUBJ
scribed for the Friday Morning Cubs
new home.
Santa Fe company contemplating
large additions TO their San Bernar-
dino shops.
r. j. Waters to resign from the
park commission; G. @. Carpenter
his probable successor.
Commander Booth Tucker opens the
Salvation army's new shelter, the
Workihgmen's Metropole.
Merchants and Manufacturers issue
invitations for the opening Of the
Permanent Home Products exhibition.
A bond issue for storm drain sys-
tenn; the fire bond proposition to be re-
vived in March; a largely signed petit
ton to compel wheelmen to use lamps
and bells.
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A Factory Fire

PADUCAH, KY, Jan. Fire de-
stroyed the Rehkopf & Sons collar fac
tory this morning, entailing loss Of
$4,000, with only $4,000 of insurance.
Charles Dillon, a fireman, was caught
under falling walls and fatally injured.
Fire Chief Woods and William Kraus,
superintendent of the factory, were also
injured, though not seriously. The fire
broke out in the building in which the
straw used in lining the collars was
stored.
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California at the Capital

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The follow
ing bills were introduced by California
members today: By De Vries, to re-
pay Murray G. Griffith, late sheriff of
Ell Dorado county, $572 income tax to
pay the legal representatives of Erwin
M. Skaggs of Sacramento $4375 for sup
plies furnished during the war; to pen
sion Mrs. Rosa. q. Thompson at $12 per
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The Laveaga Estate

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11.-Probate
Judge Coffey today decided that the $3.50, 900
trust provided for in the will of the late
Jose Vicente de Laveaga for the founding
of a hospital in Marin county was ntill
and void. Laveaga left an estate valued
at one million dollars, and all the charita-
BILE organizations of San Francisco are to
receive bequests under the WILL not de-
pendent upon the trust CLAUSE declared
Illegal.
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p EVENTS OF TODAY
Orpheum--Vaudeville.
Burbank-"A Kentucky Girl"

Kings Daughters election of off,
cers-2:3O pm.
Teachers meeting at the high
sehool-1O.3O am.
Los Angeles high school VS.. occi-
dental college at Fiesta. Park-2 pm.
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The Canal Inspectors

COLON, Colombia, via Galveston, JAN
7.-Thirteen contractors and engineers, rep
resenting a syndicate of American capt.
talists interested in the Nicaraguan canal,
arrived here yesterday intransit. The Pam
anna people are offering them every IA
cility to inspect the works here.
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HOME PRODUCTS EXHIBITION
Invitations Issued For the Opening.
M. g. M. Directors Nominated

The Merchants and Manufacturers
association Is issuing handsomely en-
graved invitations to the opening cere-
monies of the permanent home prod
ucts exhibition to be celebrated at the
Crystal Palace Saturday evening, the
32d inst. There will be speeches by the
president Of the association the mayor,
General Forman of the chamber of
commerce, and President Daniel Of the
board of trade respectively, will con-
tribute remarks. There will be music
and refreshments and everything seems
to promise that the exhibit will open
with a handsome and artistic display of
the manufacturing interests of the city,
The nominating committee appoint
ed by the directors of the association
has submitted the following list of
names as prospective directors for the
ensuing year:
Fl. p. Anderson, r. w. Burnham,
r. Fl. Heron, ~ L. A. Stuart,
]. j. Bergfn, G. c. Desmond,
Albert c, Jones, Carl Triest,
Fred L. Baker, ]. Freshman.
Max Meyberg, Frank Simpson,
g. w. Boole, s. G. Marschutz.
1. M. Schneider,
The election will take place Monday,
JAM II, between the hours of IL a. m.
and d. m. The annual meeting will be
held the same evening when the re-
ports of the officers will be presented.
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British Warships

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. THE British
torpedo destroyer Sparrowhawk arrived
from San Diego this evening, in advance
Of her convoy, the cruiser Phaeton maxi
ing the run from San Diego in 20 hours,
and that at only half speed.
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d Asylum Positions

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 7.-Civil service
examination for positions as assistant ply
stefan. attendants and other places at the
Southern California state hospital at San
Bernardino will be held on Tuesday, Jam
uary is, at 10 a. m. The examinations are
free to all American citizens.
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