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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-06
EXCURSIONS
PALMIsTs

PALMISTS
PALMISTRY - c. M. SNODGRASS,
Palmist and Life Reader. Suite and 8,
1854 s. Spring ST.. hours, 10 a. m. to D.
m; evenings. by appointment. 9
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LOST-MONDAY EVENING, POCKET
book and money. Reward for its return
to C. ROTHFUSS, 618 Turner st. Z
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BOOKS

BOOKS OF ALL KINDS BOUGHT, SOLD
and exchanged. JONES BOOK STORE,
226 and 22S w. First st. tt
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Rooms and Board
Live Stock

WANTED-TO EXCHANGE HORSES
for good span of mules; give age and
size. Address A., box %, Herald. Z
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.WANTED-AN ACCURATE AND EXPE-
rienced stenographer at once. Address A.,
Box 81, Herald.
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wANrED-A YOUNG GIRL FOR SMALL
hotel (private) dining room. Address D.,
box Al, Herald.
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WANTED-BY A THOROUGHLY CON-
petent dressmaker, engagements out by
the day; $3.50: perfect filter. Address
SEAMSTRESS, box As, Herald.
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FOR EXCHANGE - HUNDREDS OF
properties. BEN WHITE, 2S5 w. First.
tt
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HOTEL DEWEY-NEw: SELECT YOUR
rooms, transient ezlM g. Broadway. Il
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WANTED-A SITUATION WITH A
cloak house, by an experienced lady; ref
erences given. Address T., box 81, Herald.
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THE MKENZIE, HOUSEKEEPING
rooms. en- suite, SO month. S271a 8. Spring tt
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WANTED - THOROUGHLY EXPERT
enced ladies' nurse wishes engagements
best references; terms reasonable. Ad-
dress P. o. box 69S, Los Angeles. S
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Live Stock

FOR SALE-NEW BUGGY, NEW HAIR
ness and fine. gentle horse; good trav-
eler. 533 S. Main st.
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Houses

tage for small family; give rent and To-
cation. Address e., box 45, Herald. 6
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DIR. MINNIE WELLS-DISEASES OF
women-at her block, 127 z. Third 1t. Il
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WATCHNAKERS
SECRET SOCIETY PINS AND CHARMS:
see these If you want one cheap. w. ].
GETZ, 1856 s. Broadway.
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Miscellaneous

WANTED-TO EXCHANGE A GOOD,
clear stock of groceries for city property.
Address A.. box ~. Herald. q
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Hotels and Lodging Houses

FOR sALE-AN 1s-ROOM LODGING
house, newly furnished throughout; price
$3.50. Address B., Box Z, Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
Old Santa has spoiled this little boys fun By making the slightest mistake

longer than many of the little man. mas who would possess them.
 She picked up a little bisque baby, about foot long, and stood looking at it uncertainty.
 What do you want of another doll?" said MT. Brown, grossly. There's a dozen kickin' round the house now"
 "3ut Bessie hain't got any," said Mrs. Brown, reproachfully.
 "I don't know what difference that makes" retorted MT. Brown. "One plays with lem as much as another"
 "Well, what do you think of that ship for Harry?" questioned Mrs. Brown, growing hopeful at her hus- bands show of interest. "Ain't it the cutest thing you've seen?"
 He'd break it fore he had it a week. I s'pose, Marthy, you're sot on gitten' lot O tomfooleries like this; but it's too much money throwed plum away. I don't be- lievein pamperin' younguns so; they're jest as well 'thout 'em."
 Well, there's the kitchen, there ain't nothin' to break bout that" per sisted Mrs. Brown, eagerly. Annie such womanly little thing; she'd learn to be real little housekeeper."
 "I don't see what good that 'ud do; she's got dishes 'nough now. Why don't you get 'em some candy r some thin an let it go at that? This throw in away hard cash is little too much these hard times, Marthy."
 Mrs. Brown turned away indignant ly, her hard, toilworn little fingers firmly closed over the bright coins in the tip of her woolen mitten.
 George" she said, and her voice was no longer soft, s'I s'pose you know how I earned this money? A settin' up an knittin' long after you was abed an asleep. 1 reckon I'll spend it as zee fit. You can spend your money as you're a mind to, but them young uns'll have their Christmas presents as long as I'm able to earn 'em."
 "1 hope you'll feel satisfied when the last red cent of it's spent" grum- bled MT. Brown, angrily. "You needn't come a-askin' me for none. when your'n's gone," he called after her fiercely, as she made her way back to the tin kitchen and the toy ship.
 A tear fell on the little white sail, as she took it once more in her trem-
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
Christmas Carols.

It takes Santa Claus long time to fill the girls stockings in Chicago, but he makes up for lost time when he gets to Boston.
 Don't try to make yourself happy at Christmas by doing the things you will swear of at New Years.
 If you should see anyone coming down the chimney don't think it is Santa Claus, but go at once and sound the burglar-alarm.
 If you are going to be married at Christmas, light the Yule-log with the other girls letters.
 Don't call yourself unlucly just be- cause you fail to pull the gold watch out of the Christmas grab-bag.-Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22

givin' r receivin'. He was fetched up that way; he ain't to blame. It's all the way they're learnt when their younguns.
 "9ut our boy Harry" She did not finish her sentence, but her eyes shone with a renewed determination as she counted out the money for the pretty toy, and handed it to the wait ing clerk.-Maude Morrison Huey, in Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
Mise Precaution.

There" said the prudent house. wife, as she looked over the Christmas decorations, "I think that will do very nicely. Only we must not forget to take the mistletoe from the chandelier and move it to different parts of the room during the day"
 "What is that for?" asked her hus- band.
 'T don't wish to wear the carpet out all in one spot."-Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
The Best Christmas Present.

The best of all gifts at the present time is yourself. Make yourself in some way more pleasant and helpful to others. You may have been neg. lectful of them; be mindful hence forth. You may be quick in temper and have spoken hastily; put on re straint and speak kindly now. Re strain all evil habits and make yourself joy and help to others. They will bless you.-United Presbyterian.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
Hard to Understand.

"Of course," he said, rehectively, '1 am not making any complaint about it. All I desire to say is that I can't un- derstand it." "You can't understand what?" inquired his wife. "Wby you can put gilded spheres and gaudy fab rics all over Christmas tree six feet high and four feet thick for 75 cents, when it costs at least SIS to trim a bonnet four inches in diameter. Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
Discovered.

''Papa," said little Petie, "does kriss Kringle bring little boys toys ahead of Christmasg'
 "No, my son." replied the father. "Why do you ask? ?"
 '1 was a wonderin' what them new toys was I found away back in the loft behind the trunks" Philadelphia North American.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22

bling hands, and thought of the new woolen muller she had put away for George himself, when Christmas morn ing should come.
 T don't s'pose there's any use in tryin'," she said. "He never will see no sense in it. l can't make him feel
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22

as I do about it. It's just extravagance and waste in his eyes. Mebby if his folks had been different; but George never had no Christmas. He never knew what Santa Claus was, poor boy, and I don't know as can blame him much. Never knew the pleasure of
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
Her Little Surprise.

Mir. Snobbs-I suppose this bill is for my Christmas present. But where on earth is the present?
 Mrs. Snobbs-I thought would sur prise you with the bill first.-Up to Date.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
Tact Required.

Itreally requires a marvellous amount of tact to appear thankful at Christ mas for something you didn't want Cincinnati Enquirer.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22

book than anything else. He's read the old ones time and ag'in."
 She selected one with pretty, bright cover, and had it wrapped up; then she went over to look at the dolls. There were all kinds of dolls, from little china and bisque babies two inches long to great wax dolls, that would laugh and cry and that were
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
Where Extension Mas crayed.

"You wish your stocking was bigger, don't you, dear?" asked mamma of Davie.
 "No'm; my stummick. Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
Too Suggestive.

Don't spell it Xmas. It is too sug' gestive of the good X dollar bills that were broken and wasted.-Atchison Globe.
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22

|No7GEopeBfAUu 75
 ' |'' |'': E E ] 2 ] , | 5 } } I3~1W3lHOW, George, ain't lSNSENNAV these little toy EHsS5I:17A| tin kitchens just MS41%SSTA cute? Do you see o((S|ZIANNWS how nice they're ,S,MOTE fixed up" ques-
 SyIN 1cG:.. tioned ITS.
 WSZy| Brown, anxious
 S ly,repeatedly tug at her side. There's stove and ket- les and pans and dishes and table and that little washtub and board is the cunnin'est of anything I've seen in all my life. Our Annie'd go into fits over that.
 "Say, George! do you see?" this time giving the sleeve vigorous twist.
 Mir. Browns eyes were fixed absent ly on the huge tags adorning the op- posite wall, and he evinced no interest in the tin kitchen.
 The lamps in the great storeroom were lighted, and the tables were heaped with a brilliant mass of Christ mas toys.
 Mrs. Brown went anxiously from one table to another, her eyes bright with excitement. At length she held up tiny ship and viewed it smiling ly. "1t,s just what Harry has wanted all the time," she said softly to her self. "Say, George!" she called. George, look adhere. Wouldn't Harry be tickled t get that?'
 "I do know" grunted the man at the table, shifting his position un- easily.
 "You see how it works, don't you? Them little sails can be put up or down; h'isted, I think they call 1t. Say! he could sail it splendid on our duck pond, couldn't he, George?"
 "1 s'pose so," grumbled MT. Brown, in voice that distinctly said he wished Mrs. Brown would "shut up" and leave him alone.
 Finally she laid the ship down and went over to the book counter. MT. Brown followed her slowly, and stood looking on sullenly, while she turned over page after page of childish lit erature. "You know, I must get a book for Benny" she said, by way of explanation; "he don't seem to do nothin' but read now since he's been sick. He's rather have a nice new
Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22

A doll in his sock instead of gun
 Now he says that Old Santas flake"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-17
PUZZLED OFFICIALS.
Coins Suspected of Being Spurious
Are in General Circulation in
Henry County. Mo-.

Deputy United States Marshal Morrison
returned yesterday from Collins. Henry
county, where an organized gang of coun-
terteiters is apparently fiourishing. Many
spurious dollars are in circulation there
and samples recently inspected show that
the queer product is a most dangerous
counterfeit.
4 merchant of Collins, in Henry county,
is also dealing extensively in half dollars
which are viewed by the marshal with
suspicion. but in order TO set all doubts
at rest. Marshal Dunham has forwarded
two pieces to the treasury department at
Washington.
Deputy Marshal Morrison relates an in
terestinG story relative to the manner in
which the suspected coins appeared in the
village. The storekeeper. who is wealthy:
claims that a farmer found a sack OF half
dollars under q rock on his farm. where
it had evidently laid for years. Some of
the pieces hear the date 1860 and are as
bright as when minted. Their new ap-
pearance attracted attention and then suS-
pic!on. hut the storekeeper seemed to have
AN endless chain of them and they were
soon in general circulation. The deputy
marshal Investigated the story and exam
ined some of the coins. but could not de-
termine whether or not they were SpurI-
ouS.
Several coins were yesterday submitted
to we'll known col. experts. but they were
unable to agree as to their value and so
Uncle Sans counterfeit detectives will be
given an opportunity to pass upon them.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-17
FOR THE SKATERS BENEFIT.
An Inventor Hns II Planning Machine
Which He Wants TO Try
on the Ice.

A deal in which all skaters will be deeply
interested is now pending between Park
Superintendent Victor Floweree.of the Met
ropolitan Street Railway Company and an
Ingenious inventor from the East. Since
the late freeze which oiiowed the last
heavy snow storm the ice, ten inches thick
though it is. has been very little patronized.
The ice is at fault. The thaTs which pre-
coded the snow had melted the coating
of ice on the lakes and ponds to a thin
sheet barely thick enough TO hold together.
As the snow fell on it it sank i~rresularly
and the snow piled up in hummocks. The
result was, though ii froZe solid, a very
undesirable skating surface.
The scheme of the man VINO has been ne
sotiatirg with Mr.. Floweree for a Job is to
plane off these hummocks. He has a ma
chine built for that purpose which he says
ne has used very successfully in the East.
The proposed field Of operations Is Wash
ington park. II Mr.. Floweree and the man
with the ice plane come TO an agreement.
the ice on Washington park lake VIII be
kept planned smooth for skating as long as
The weather is sufficiently Geld to keep It
firm. Not only will he plane off the present
hummocks. he says. but the skate tracks
and stars from uulUCky skaters heads VIII
be smoothed off as fast as they aCcumU-
late. Washington park lake has an area Of
about twenty acres. On this. the plane
man saws, he can put u glass finish every
two DAYS ii necessary
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-17
WAS NEARLY A TRAGEDY.
Burglar Sets Fire to the Home OF u
NJ. Baldwin and n Tragedy Is
Narrowly Ayerted.

While plundering the home of c. NJ.
Baldwin, of the Robert Keith Furniture
and Carpet Company. PIG Garfield avenue,
at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. a burglar
set fire to the house and escaped with
$50 worth of yaluables by a side door.
The first warning which the six occupants
of the house had OF the fire was by the
restlessaess of the baby, which awakened
Mrs. Baldwin
J. II. Hammitt and Miller Hammitt. the
father and brother of Mrs. Baldwin, Were
aroused. 1t was found the back. stairway
was burning and filling the sleeping rooms
with smoke. The telephone could not be
used to turn in an alarm and etforts 10
awaken ~neighbors having telephones
proved futile. Not until the whole neish-
horhood had been aroused by Harry Reed.
a grain man, who lives opposite: tlring q
round from his revolver and yelling IRE.
was an alarm turned in.
1t was found th~t the burglar had
which was left on the dining room table.
\ writing desk was looted and the silver
ware taken from it was left on the bed
in the same ROOM y lady's silver toilet
set. a package of souvenir spoons ana a
sealskin cape were carried away and a
woman's skirt was found fin the corner
Of the yard where it was Dropped
Tn fact that silver OF much greater
value thar the articles taken was dis
carGed by the burglar and the articles
taken were such as would appeal to L
woman leads Mr.. dammit TO the conclu-
sion that the burglar. or one of them.
was a woman. The only door found un-
room. 1t had been locked the night be-
fore and the key left in the lock. II is
thought the burglar hid in the basement
about noon and accidentally started the
| basement stairs. The building was dam
aged SIS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-17
OTTO REINTz WEAkENS
MAN WHO ROBBED MILLIONAIRE
NELSON MAKES RESTITUTION.
Agrees to Restore Balance of Bonds
Oh Condition That He Is Not
Prosccuied-CoIIaterals Hid
den in st. Joseph.

Otto Heintz, alias William Mayer, the
clever thief who made away with $50 500
worth of negotiable bonds belonging to L..
c.. Nelson, L St. Louis millionaire, will
probably not be prosecuted for the crime.
Heirtz weakened yesterday on the arrival
Of Mr.. Nelson from ST. Louis and con-
sented to deliver up the $500 in bonds
and notes that are still missing. Although
none of the parties interested in the case
would admit that Heintz is TO be released
as soon Us the missing collaterals are
turned over to their owner, yet il Is the
understanding of local detectives who
worked on the case that he Will not be
prosecuted.
Mr.. Nelson arrived in Kansas City from
ST. Louis yesterday morning and was clos
eted with HeintZ in Chief Hayes private
Office nearly all day. Heintz told the entire
story to Mr.. Nelson Us related in The
Journal yesterday morning. and promised
TO turn over the remainder of the stolen
ccllaterals il promised his freedom after
carrying out the agreement. Heintz would
talk with no person about the case except
Mr.. Nelson. After he discovered that he
had been duped by Attorney w. +.
Carter III the transaction proposed by him
10 bleed Nelson for a large sum OF money.
1t is said that the prisoner demanded
from Mr.. Nelson a large sum of money
along with a promise that ne would not
be prosecuted provided he turned over the
missing bonds and notes. HIS was arro-
CANT and independent until made to be-
lieve hat he would be sent to prison for
a long term. Then he weakened and con-
scented to accompany Mr.. Nelson ard the
two st. Louis detectives TO st. Joseph.
where he claims he left the s2S.5Go in bonds
in a safety deposit vault. Heintz says he
TO 81. Joseph, where he left all bu: Sll.oJ0
of the bonds. From ST. Joseph he came
TO Kansas City a week ago and then wrote
Mr.. Carter in St. Louis about returning
the bonds to Nelson for $3.50. HeintZ,
accompanied by Mr.. Nelson, Attorney Car
ter and the two St. Louis detectives who
arrested him at the Coates House. left for
ST. Joseph at 40 yesterday afternoon.
From there they will proceed to ST. Louis.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-17
SAVED BY THE WEATHER.
Snow on Sidewalk in Front of WILL
lam BRUINS House Was Melted
AMY

The warm weather that prevailed Thurs
day night saved William Bruhu from be-
ing fined in police court yesterday morning
for failing TO reIrove the snow and ice
from the sidewalk in front of his prem
ises. Bruhn is a laboring man and lives
at 47 East Eighteenth street. y police
man testified that the snow and ice We're
four inches deep en- the walk in front IF
Bruins premises.
After he was arrested Thursday night.
Bruhn ~sprinkled salt all over the icy walks.
Then the weather turned warmer and lee
tween the weather and the salt the ice
disappeared in a single night. On this
plea Judge Burnham discharged Bruhn
with the suggestion that ii would be bet
ter for him TO exercise his muscle in re-
moving snow from his walks Immediately
following u storm.
Warrants for the arrest of t~hirty-nine
property owners for failure to comply with
the ordinance requiring the snow and ice
TO be removed from the sidewalks in front
Of their premises were turned over TO the
police yesterday afternoon. They will lie
served to-day. Property owners have been
served with notices 10 keep their sidewalks
free OF snow and ice and arrests will be
made in every instance where the law is
not complied with.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-17
Court Briefs,

Daniel Hester has. sued the Jacob Dold
Packing Company for 5000 damages for
injuries alleged TO have been received in
the company'S ice house.
on account of the illness of Attorney d.
J.. Half. the Linwood avenue condemnation
proceedings have been continued to Mon
day in Judge Gates court.
The cases of Jesse James, alleged train
robber, and Tom Mabry. indicted for muir
der in the first degree. Will be called in
the criminal court OH the 18th inst.
Letters of administration on the $50
estate of Mrs. Celestine Riser were issued
by the probate court yesterday. Mrs. Ris-
ser was the mother of Mrs. Jake We'll.
The Kansas City 6 Northern Connecting
Railroad Company began proceedings in
the circuit court Yesterday to secure a
right-of-way through the estate of j. Phil
ip Knoche in the East bottoms.
The Joplin Zinc Mining Company. capital
stock 10000. filed articles OF incorporation
yesterday. Incorporators: J. j. Cairnes,
c. a. Bradley. \. c. Robinson. Arthur Wins
low, ]. NJ. Mason and Frank 3. Wilcox.
Suits for divorce on the grounds Of gen.
eral indignities were brought in the circuit
court Yesterday by Anna Brown against +.
w. Brown. Florence Engel against Philip
Engel. and Pearl NJ. LeFlore against
Campbell LeFlore.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-17
TRYING TO SAVE BROWN.
New Evidence Secured Showing Thai
the Condemned Man Killed
Prathcr i'm SeIf-Defense.

Walter ]. Miller. the colored attorney be-
lieyes that he will succeed in saving JAMES
Brown. the condemned murderer. from the
icnominy of death on the scaffold. he :ids
discovered new and important evidence ana
has secured the dispositions OF Il iuH-IeE
of neople whose testimony substant:dteS Ii!e
defense made by Brown at ms tflal ana ms
story of the killing of Henry fratner' fe-
lated to Il reporter for The journal Only Il
few DAYS before he expected to be exc
cuted. n
T.. Crittenton. Thomas ). Kemp. HiltaLI
Banks and John Hardin. All GepoSed tEat
Prather WAS n dangerous man. ana ulat
in their presence he had declared IL 10
be his intention to kill Brown on sIght.
ONLY one hour before the killing BANKS met
Prather and he again declared that he m
! tended TO kill Brown and was then looking
Testimony is also being secured which
will show that Prather was a penitentiaTy
prisoner on three charges-attenpted muir.
der. robbery and highway robbery--and
that his reputation was thoroughly bad.
Attorney Miller and his new witnesses
visited Brown at the county jail yesterds y
| and held q long conference with him. He
thanked the men Tor the interest," tneE arr
now aking in his case. and said that no
matter what the outcome might be, he was
/ glad that the truth was coming out at last.
! Last evening Attorney Miller mailed the
dispositions to Acting Governor Bolte, and
! ACCOMMODATING them was an earnest plea
for a Communication of sentence of death
10 imprisonment for any term in the peni-
Tertiary.
The Introduction of favorable testimony
\ at this late day is due entirely 10 the cf-
forts of Mr.. Miller. who became Browns
champion long after his conviction and
sentence. and who soon became convinced
that Brown acted in seif-defense when he
shot and killed Prather.