The herald., 1898-02-18
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOTES

J. NJ. Edmiston. supervisor for the Sec
ond district of Riverside county, is lying
at his home in the city at the point of
death.
The new cars for the Ventura and Ojai
Valley railroad have arrived in Ventura
and the completion of the road will be cele-
brated on March 18th.
Ernest Kimball. young Santa Ana boy,
returned Tuesday from Skaguay He
started for Klondike, but was taken i'll at
Skaguay and was compelled to return
home.
The Minneapolis Journal excursion party,
numbering about 100 people, arrived in
Riverside yesterday over the Santa Fe and
several hours were spent By the excursion
lists driving about the city.
H. R. Mclean, Il well known resident of
Bakersfield, has been obliged to submit
TO an operation for appendicitis. The pa
tient has rallied and hN physicians have
every hope of his recovery.
The result of the claim by Otis b. Good
win against John D. Burt, that the former
was entitled to share in certain mines at
Virginia Dale dist let, has been settled by
a Judgment for the defendant.
The Cosmopolitan hotel at Bakersfield
was burglariZed Wednesday night The
| room occupied by ]. f. McCaffrey was en-
| tered before he retired and his wearing ap-
parel and trunk were taken by thieves.
At the Norwalk special election for school
purposes the vote on the proposition to
| bond the district for sal6O with which to
| purchase a new school site, move the old
building and erect a new one, carried by
| IA to l.
| w. B. Fowler, who is wanted at San
Diego TO answer charge of grand larceny,
was arrested at Riverside yesterday in one
| of the packing houses, where he was en-
| ployed. Fowler has been wanted for the
| last several months, and the officers of San
Diego have looked everywhere for him.
| John Bauman, Santa Fe agent at River
| side, was married last evening to Miss Ida
| Snyder, who has for some years been the
manager of the Sunset Telephone COM
| pany there. The ceremony took place at
the residence of the brides parents, on
Whittier place, in the presence Of a large
number of invited guests.
J. e. Mcneil has applied for letters of ad-
ministration on the estate of Patrick Lyon,
who was killed at the tunnel fire In Arizona.
The estate consists of a Santa Fe pay
check for $50 and $500 in the Santa Fe
Building and Loan association, and the
only heir is the daughter. of which the pc
titioner has been appointed guardian by the
Los Angeles court.
There was an alarm of fire in San Ber-
nardino on Wednesday evening by which
the cottage of l. H. Curtis was partially
destroyed, but the furniture was all saved
with but little damage. The house was
insured for $500 and the furniture for $500
There was no one at home, and as the fire
caught in a closet on the back porch its
origin is mystery.
Secretary E. A. White of the Santa Ana
chamber of commerce has received let
| ter from A. r. Sprague, general organizer
Of ba naci6nonc
tions. stating that he will be in Santa Ana
| on Friday. February 25th. to confer with
| the fruit growers in regard to forming an
association here. A mass meeting will be
held in Surgeons hall on that day.
Attorney Charles Gray of Riverside, who
| is attorney for the Long women, who are
under indictment for perjury. will take the
| case before the supreme court in the shape
of habeas corpus proceedings, and to that
end is getting the papers ready. This is
| the same case sent to the court of Judge
Ballard of Orange county a short time age
| by the supreme court, and which was de-
cided against the defendants by the Orange
| county Judge.
| There is a conflict of authority between
| the state and United States authority con-
cerning the recent escape of A. n. Will
liams from the San Bernardino jail in
broad daylight. The grand jury at Los
Angeles wish to investigate the matter
and has issued summons for the sheriff
jailer, one or two other officials and sew.
eral prisoners to be brought in as wit.
nesses. AS the prisoners summoned are
wanted in San Eernardino for trial. the
district attorney sets up thel claim that
they shall stay here, and after the state
gets through with them. If Hhe United
States wishes to summon thetn 1t Il all
right, but state rights must take prece-