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Richmond planet., 1898-08-06

Planet Lodge, No. 2S, met last Mon
day night. The rank Of mage ana es-
qOire were conferred on two apDlf-
csnts respectively. @ c. John I. law
loI presided and he proved TO he an 81
ticien5 officer and fully equa, 20 the
task. The attendance wss slim bat
those present were very enthusiastic.
is still sick al his residence. BOZ 81.
Baker ST
An excellent address wss delivered
b Sir j. Il Richardson Of Ao.foik,
"A X. Of r. ard =. Thanksgiving :
Lodg No. p.
Richmond planet., 1898-08-06

lanet Co.. No. s q. r. held itsree-
ulsr meetins Monday 19ht. Jheat-
tendance was fasr The election az o..
fieers was the most Important matter
TO be dispossc Of
The following is the result:
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to the goddess Of chance. The family
lnrder was supported mainly through che
efforts of the wife. and this condition
finally caused the millinery stock 10 become
SO depleted that 1t would no longer do for
such a fastidious and fashionable city
as Pasadena. They moved to Santa
Monica, and the same result. The wife
finally became so discouraged that she
eventually gave up her store. and they
moved to Los Angeles. where Mr.. Berg
strand secured employment in the Rival
jewelry store on South Broadway. He
kept UP his gambling. and Mrs. B. waa
forced to go to the store on pay night in
order to get his weekly wages before he
had wasted It.
But such a situation could not prevail al
ways. and one memorable night the hus-
band, according to the PLAINTIFFS story
coldly told her he no longer loved her.
Separation followed, and the wife alleges
that for some time after he lived with an
other woman at 500 South Spring street.
What finally became Of him did not appear
In the testimony, but as the court granted
the wife a decree he is now free to dis
tribute his charms wherever and on whom
soever he may choose.
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GAS AND OIL
Suit Between Developers for Alleged
Breach of Contract

Justice Young had a hard time to keer
two ltigants from violating the time
honored dignity of the court yesterday. Tine
case before him was that OF w. NJ. IA\lt-
weller against A. H. Hedley, in which the
plaintiff sought to recover $40 for breach
of contract.
The plaintiff alleged that in September
1885, he entered into a five years contract
with the defendant by which he was to use
the gas of two wells as partial considera-
ton for the pumping of the oil from til:
wells. All went we'll until in December OF
the same year, according to the complaint,
when the defendant cut the pipe of one
we'll and maliciously set fire to the gas. Ir
May, 1897. he is alleged to have shut off the
other well, thus refusing TO furnish any
more gas as per contract. The pIaintifi
values the gas of the first we'll at $50 per
month and of the other at $40 and there
fore sues for 1920 and costs.
The defendant made no answer further
than a general denial. but In the trial yes
terday seemed just aching to tell the plain
tiff what he thought of him. The court
and attorneys tried TO keep him still but in
spite of them all he managed once to give
Lutwieler the lie and wanted to say more
II developed that under the contract the
plaintiff had sold the gas to a man named
Book and 1t was rot until this took place
that Hedley objected. The court has the
matter under advisement.
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M'NALLY ARRAIGNED
In Peck of Trouble as the Result Of 6
Protracted Spree

William Mentally, who was recently ar
rested at San Pedro on the charge of Grim
inally assaulting a nine-year-old girl, wa.
yesterday arraigned before Judge Shaw.
According to McNally's story his trouble
Is altogether the outcome of a three weeks
spree, during which he apparently got him.
self into such a condition that he neither
knew nor was accountable for what he did
On the night given as the date of the
crime he wandered into the boa riding house
of Mrs. Caznax at San Pedro and secured
room. He was drunk, and soon found
it necessary to leave the apartment for a
short time after he was undressed and
ready for bed According to his story
when he returned he got into the wrong
room, and. through this error, crawled' into
bed with the little daughter of the land
lady. The next thing he knew he was
flying through the streets with an angry
father and brother in hot pursuit. He af-
terward succeeded in rescuing his trousers
from the room in which he had undressed
and was found and arrested next day while
wandering about the piers.
Mrs. Caznax, the complaining witness in
the case. alleges that the little girl came
screaming to her soon after McNally was
shown to his room. The little ones IN
derwear was badly torn, and her story led
them to make the charge under which the
man was arrested.
However mitigating the circumstances.
McNally finds himself in scrape which
will prove a most valuable temperance les
son to him, whatever the outcome may be.
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CALIFORNIA APPLES AT OMAHA
Good Words for Los Angeles County's
Exhibit

The Omaha Bee of a late date says that
1.-THE people who have contended that
apples could not be raised in Southern
California have changed their minds since
looking at those shown by Superintendent
Wilson. who Is in charge of the Los An
geles exhibit A consignment OF fruit re-
ceived contains four varieties OF apples.
and they are as large as quart cups and as
fine as those raised in the north"
w. c. Patterson received a few days ago
a letter from his friend DR.. Charles Hoyt Of
Chillcothe. Ohio. who had recently visited
the Omaha exposition. In the course Of his
letter he writes: I'VE made 1t a special
point to hunt up the California exhibit, or
rather the Los Angeles county exhibit, and
It was simply immense. 1t would be credit
able to the whole state, to say nothing OF
just one county. We felt quite at home
while looking over the many beautiful,
| things in the exhibit and admiring the
many lovely specimens Of fruits. vegeta.
bles, ETC."
| An order has been placed through Cline &
Co., agents, with Mott & Co., New York, for
the three drinking fountains to be placed
| by the chamber of commerce on the
three principal business streets. They will
be made of iron, with the donors name cas-.
| in each.
Recent exhibits-zinfandel, Thompson's
| seedlings and muscat grapes, c. Martin,
Little Rock, Antelope valley. Mr.. Martin
reports fine crop of grapes this year
with but little irrigation early in the spring.
Brlggs-Spence company OF Monrovia sent
in three boxes of lemons for Omaha. The
company is maintaining fine exhibit at
he exposition, and as a result has sold
several carloads of fruit to eastern firms
In the last few months. s.. E. Losedng
Compton, mission, muscat, Black Morocco
and Black Malvolsie grapes; W. e. Steele
Rose of Peru, Sweetwater and Thompson
seedlings for Omaha. Ranchers in Los An
geles county are requested to follow the
good example Of those noted above and send
In specimens of fruit for Omaha and assist
In maintaining the reputation the county
has already achieved. Grapes and fruit OF
all kinds are needed during the time the
exposition is kept open The Pasadena
board Of trade has sent ten thousand lea 4
let's for distribution at Omaha. Jacob NIL.
Ter Of Cahuenga, valley displays coffee or
the branch and st. Johns bread.
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complaints being ignored about the con-
tinued reductions made on account of the
Omaha exposition. No slashing OF rates
was announced yesterday, but 1t is ex-
pected that some will be put into effect
yery soon. as the reduced rates are in3uring
the line In question and 1t would not have
Withdrawn unless 1t anticipated drawing
its tomahawk.
Railway men are surprised at the with
drawal by the Michigan Central of Its
North Shore limited between Chicago and
New York 1t was always we'll patronized.
and was thought to be profitable. but the
road now says that 1t has not been money
maker 1t is a question among railway
men as to the advantage Of the limited
trains. They are very expensive. and the
returns from them are little or no more
than from the regular scheduled trains.
The Santa Fe, however, will keep up Its
train between this city and Chicago. and
will make a further cut In the running
time, which will be announced In a short
time. bringing the time between the two
cities down to wonderfully short trip. The
train will be put into commission in the
middle of October.
Pacific Coast Agent Fitzgerald Of the
Texas Pacific has gone to San Francisco
for a few days stay on business.
l.. o. Breedon, the Southern Pacific
agent at Santa Ana is taking ten days
lay off.
On the desert yesterday on both the
Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific the heat
was reported somewhat less than the day
before. There were no prostrations re-
ported on either line.
The Traction Street Railway company is
putting switch in on Central avenue so
as to operate its cars to the Arcade depot
direct
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Marriage Licenses

Milton s. Clarkson, aged %, a native OF
Kentucky, and resident Of Riverside, to
Ova Swindle, aged 10, a native of Missouri.
and resident of Glendora.
James Arthur Clark, %, native of Illi-
nois, to Mary ELLA Brady, q, native of
Kansas, both residents of Pomona.
VIII A. Shaffer, "a, a native Of Michigan,
and resident of Orange, to Elda Tadlock.
20. native of California. and resident of
Long Beach.
George w. Gilkey, "a. to Timoxema p.
Messerly, %. both natives of Illinois, and
residents of Los Angeles.
Albert Goldbaum, 40. a native of Ger
many, to Rosa Samter, %, native Of Cali
fornia, both residents of Los Angeles.
Edwin S. Gill. So, native of Ohio, and
resident of Phoenix. Arizona, to Della V.
.Pengfa, So, a native of New York. and resi-
dent of Portland, Ore.
Frank Edison, So, native of Canada, to
Amanda ]. Boyer, AZ, native Of Pennsyl-
vania, both residents of Los Angeles.
Leoluca Roguja, Is, native of italy, to
Pasque Dimaggio, 16, a native of Italy.
both residents of Los Angeles.
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FEDERAL COURT NOTES
Land Grant Petition and Transactions
of the Day

A petition was filed yesterday in the
United States circuit court by f. w. Wood
and Isabella Pigne Duypuytren to estab-
lish their right to certain land purchased
from the Southern Pacific Railway COM
pany some years ago and which is now in
VOWED In the much contested Atlantic and
Pacific land grants. By recent decision OF
the United States supreme court these over
tapping grants are public domain and bona
fide purchasers are instituting formal pro-
ceedings to establish their claims.
In the case of Wells. Fargo 4 Co. against
the John F. Cutting company, Henry Wads-
worth and others, Judge Wellborn, in the
district court, ordered that the bill be dis
missed as to respondents sued under ficti-
tious names. A decree of foreclosure and
order of sale was granted. The case In
wolves land in San Luis Obispo county. the
Eddy tract in Santa Barbara. real estate in
Los Angeles city and county and various
large sums of money advanced TO Henry
Wadsworth
The court rendered decree on demurr-
er in the case of Jacob Einstein vs. F. ID.
Schnabley, partners in a ranch at Fall
brook, San Diego county. An application
FOR receiver was STdHteu anu IL the PoA
ties cannot agree upon suitable person
the court will make the selection.
Another libel was filed by Fl. S. Hansen
on the schooner Mary Gilbert for seaman :
wages amounting to $50. The schooners w.
S. Phelps and Mary Gilbert are tied up at
San Pedro under libel for seamen's wages
and other debts. The matter CT procedure
was argued in the district court and con-
tinued until today.
In the cases of Otto p. Roller and Kath-
crime A. Roller against the Denver and
Rio Grande railway company, for dam
ages sustained in an accident. the motion "a
dismiss was denied and twenty days al
lowed to prepare a bill of exceptions and
ten days to plead.
petition in bankruptcy was filed by II
B. Fawkes, farmer and laborer of Bur
bank The order of adjudication was made
and referred to Mr.. Stevens. This Is one
Of the notorious Fawkes family who have
been in the courts in a variety Of cases In
the last few years. While litigation may
be a satisfaction 1t has proved an expen-
sive luxury.
Edwin Parker has been appointed referee
lin bankruptcy for San Diego county.
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character of the contestant as disclosed by
her testimony, no conclusion can be reached
| save that she found this marriage, as she
found so many other marriages, failure.
and was ready and willing, to use her own
expression, to get up and get OUT her
only anxiety being as to the amount of
money she should receive.
Tho estate, estimated to be Of the value
Of a6o,oOO. find to be the separate prop
erty Of the deceased. Should he die intes-
tate the widow would succeed to q one
half, but he might, as 1t Is claimed he did.
exclude her and dispose Of the whole there
Of by will. She had but an expectancy. and
1 fail to SEQ why the court should hold that
for a release thereof the sum of $50. 900 was
not all adequate consideration. 1t follows
that the complaint of Mrs. Creole must be
dismissed Let such order be entered"
The matter of this estate is being settled
much more rapidly than was expected. A
contest for the guardianship of the little
adopted daughter, In which there were
five applicants claims presented, was last
week decided In favor Of Mrs. Bashford,
the child's mother. and since the foregoing
decision of the widows contest of the will
there now remains but the contest in behalf
of the child herself This proceeding is
founded on the claim that the will Is not
valid one, because 1t was not attested and
signed according to law, and it was for
the reason that this contest was pending
that the court did not pass on this point
in Mrs. Creedes case.
Little Edith Dorothy Creole, under the
terms of the will, is heir to large portion
OF the estate, but by provision of the
document in order to ever come into pos
session of the property, must maintain
chaste and moral character until she
reaches womanhood. 1t Is this provision
that the contestant probably seeks to
knock out rather than that which only
gives the child a portion of the estate; not
through fear that there will be any desire
on the part of the little one to violate the
requirement, but because it might prove
dangerous incentive to Inscriptions and
designing persons to make target of the
girls character. The court could. with
propriety, hold that the will is valid with
the exception of the clause in question, and
such a decision wsx1S undoubtedly be sat
isfactory to those having the child's welfare
In charge.
Mrs. Creole may, of course, appeal her
contest to the supreme court.
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Court Notes

In the case of the Franklin savings bank
against Claverie and others, involving the
property at the corner of Adams and Fig
ueroa streets, in which kindergarten was
formerly located. Judge Shaw yesterday
appointed Frank A. Gibson as receiver, fix
ing his bond at $1,000.
Deputy District Attorney McComas tried
a case at Long Beach yesterday
A. M. Orr has sued in the superior court
for divorce from c. E. Orr.
Emma Kaiser has brought suit In fore
closure against Charles K. Benedict and
others to enforce the collection of $1,000
note secured by mortgage on lot six sub.
division of tract one of the Niemyer estate
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NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS
Personal Mention and News Notes o
Interest

General Manager Nevin Of the Santa Fe.
Pacific left yesterday for vacation trir
to the Yellowstone park. He will be gone
about three weeks.
Chief Clerk Walker of Superintendent
Wells office in the Santa Fe general Of
fees is at Santa Monica for a brief vacation
The Southern Pacific Is preparing to haul
five or six thousands people to Santa Mon
lea Sunday next. If this weather keeps
up they will have more than they can
handle.
General Passenger Traffic Manager Geo.
T. Nicholson Of the Santa Fe returned yes
terday to Chicago, having completed his
trip Of inspection to the west.
There IL q war cloud on the railway hori-
zon. The Chicago and Alton Railway
company has withdrawn from the West
ern Passenger association On account Of ita
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Youthful Offender

Harold l.. Murphy, slender and repent
ant lad of H. was yesterday imprisoned in
the county jail charged with petit larceny
He acknowledges that he stole purse con-
tanning seven or eight dollars and the prop
erty Of Miss H. M. Young of Pasadena. A
trip to Redondo on Saturday and two days
indulgence in juvenile sports made away
with the booty and now the lad is preparing
TO take the bitter part of the experience
He will be tried before Justice Rossiter In
Pasadena on Thursday.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-17
TWO DIVORCE SUITS
Mrs. Bergstrand Successful but Mrs
Herman Makes a Failure

Judge Shaw finds that to dispose of all
the divorce cases as rapidly as they come
I'D for hearing would entail an amount Of
labor which cannot properly be required of
a court In the season customarily devoted
to the enjoyment of vacations. and has
therefore adopted plan looking to relief
from what under the most favorable cir
cumstances Is both an unpleasant and
wearisome character of litigation. Two
divorce suits will be heard each day this
week excepting Saturday, and the quota
for that day will probably not be long In
filling.
Yesterdays cases were those Of l. M.
Hartman against William Hartman and E.
B. Bergstrand against c. e. Bergstrand.
In the latter a decree was granted, but
Judge Shaw seemed to believe there was a
"nigger in the wood pile in connection
with the former case, and denied the Pc
tition.
Mrs. Hartman sued for divorce on the
ground of ill-usage, failure to provide ano
abandonment The testimony introduced
in an endeavor to sustain these complaints
went a long way toward doing SO. but one
Of the witnesses, Mabel Brown, through
the courts questioning, stated that on one
occasion the wife threw cup at the hus-
band, and he thereupon struck her and
left the house, taking his trunk with him.
The wife seemed to consider this testimony
as a great Joke, and INDUCED In hearty
laugh over 1t. Subsequently she ventured
to prompt the witness, and was severely
reprimanded by the court for her trouble
All these circumstances combined to cause
the court to feel that the wife might be
somewhat to blame for the trouble; any
way, he denied the decree Mrs. Hartman
had three children in court with her, and
one Of them. mere tot of a girl, was
placed on the stand to testify how cuelly
her papa had treated them. The wife
states that she supports herself by nursing.
Mrs. f. B. Bergstrand was q much
abused little lady who was married to C. L.
Bergstrand In Pasadena two years ago. He
was jeweler, and she had hourishing
millinery business, SO between them the
income was, no Insignificant one. But not
long after the marriage MB. B. discovered
that her husband had a mania for gambling
and that all his salary was being sacrificed
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follows: Marieno Nocerino. Charles S. Book
Louis Norton, Fred Getzler, Joseph Hart
Miss Carrie de Mar w. Gilbert Walter
Goldie. Miss Fleurette, Charley Case, Sid
ney Grant, Miss Norton. ]. Lorenz. ]. S
Allen, Bert Coote, Miss Julia Kingsley, j
c. Braendlin. Other new members were
Herbert Wolfskill, Dana Godfrey Wolfskill
Bessie Beatty. Anna Chareuleau, Mrs. A. F
Dexter and Mrs. S. F. d. Post.
Garvanza donated literature.
The entertainment at Asbury Saturday
evening under the auspices vhhc:olistt dit
evening under the management of BESSIE
Beatty and Anna Chareueau netted the
handsome sum of 5000, which was sent II
to headquarters.
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Suit to 0uietTitle

w. S. Boyd has brought suit against
the city of Los Angeles and the board OF
education to quiet title on lot s, block 10, of
Ord's survey. The property thus described
fronts on both Broadway and Spring
streets and is occupied by what is known
as the Delaware block
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-17

The entire company Of performers at thu
orpheum walked intoSths Red Cross head
quarters yesterday and wrote their names
on the membership roll. They were headed
By Manager Jacob Rotsnthal and were a.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-17
Goes to Meet His Fate

Frank M. Barr, under arrest for unlaw-
full use of the United States mails, was yes
terday taken to San Francisco for trial be-
fore the United States court.
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santa Fe Trains to Redondo
Leave La Grande station daily at 9:55 a
M, 1870 p. m. 5:35 p. m; Sundays at $3.50 a.
M, 1855 a. M. 1880 p. M. p. m. Last train
Sundays leaves Redondo p. m. Downey
avenue six minutes earlier; Central av-
enue twelve minutes later.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-17
JoTTINos

Lovers Of good driving horses cannot
miss It by buying one of our No. 8 Chester
Columbus Buggy Co.'S driving wagons.
They have the Bailey hangers, long dis
lance axles and quick-shifting shaft coup
lings. Hawley, King & Co.
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Music should be pretty we'll informed
considering the number of music teacher.
we have.
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Our Homo Brow

Maier q Zobelein's lager. fresh from their
brewery. on draught In all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly In bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery. Nv Also street;
telephone 81
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We have taken the agency for the Column
bia bicycle. Our motto is. "Get the Best. /"
However, we have good wheels for $50.
Hawley. King & Co.. Broadway and Fifth.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-17

Wall paper. late styles, low prices, at
A. A. Eckstrom's, 1924 South Spring street.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-17

| Optical work; accurate fitting. J. W
Fuller, 315 North Main street.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-27
THB PRESIDENT.
Accompanied by Mrs. MCKin-
ley, Will Visit His Brother.
The Troops In the South Being
Moved 10 Healthy Places.
Illinois and Missouri Volunteers Trans
ferred From Chiekamauga.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN OHIO.

Washington, Aug. President and
Mrs. Mckinley left Washington this
morning over the Pennsylvania road for
Somerset. Pa, where they will spend
some days with Abner Mckinley, the
presidents brother.
Secretary Alger arrived from Montauk
Point this morning, and had a half
hours conference with the president In
regard 70 the conditions at Camp WikOff
AT CAMP MEADE.
Camp Meade, MiddletOwn. Penn, Aug.
q President and Mrs. Mckinley spent
pleasant hour at Camp Meade en- route
to Somerset for short vacation. Gen.
Graham had ordered q marching review
IN honor OF the distinguished guests. but
NJ their request the order was revoked
The First Delaware regiment was de-
tailed as guard OF honor. After a hur-
Iied inspection OF the quarters by the
general and staff. President and Mrs. Me-
kinley were driven through the camp.
The company streets were scrupulously
clean and the men looked their best. The
president was much pleased with the
location OF the camp and the appearance
and condition OF the men. The various
regiments we're drawn up in line to re-
ceiye the party when they arrived at
their quarters. President aud Mrs. Ne.
kinley left camp at 2 O'Clock for SOmer-
anf