The herald., 1898-11-13
SETTLING A QUARREL
HOW COSMOS USED HIS KNIFE IN
AN ARGUMENT
Peterson's Assailant Is Held for Trial.
Plenty Of Witnesses Saw tho
Clinching Logic

PASADENA, Nov. IL. - (Office of The
Herald, 16 West Colorado street. Tele-
phone, red 675.) II preliminary examina-
ton of Vernes Cosmos, for stabbing Gus
Peterson, in the vineyard of Mr.. Hastings
at Sierra Madre on November 7th, took
place this afternoon, and brought quite a
number of Sierra Madre people to the court
rooin some as witnesses and some as spec
tators. The time set for the examination
was l o'clock, but a delay of an hour and
half was occasioned by the absence of
Judge Rossiter in Los Angeles, where he
had gone to attend another case. When he
finally arrived, Deputy District Attorney
Willis commenced the examination. Cos
mos was brought over in handouts from
the county Jail by Deputy Constable Sam
Wallis. He does not seem to be at all wor-
ried over the plight In which he finds him
self, and saluted the witnesses cordially
as he entered the court room.
The first witness called was Arthur
Kemp, who testified to substantially the
same facts as already given, tho only addi-
tional statement being to the effect that a
week or two prvious to the stabbing Cos
mos and Peterson had had quarrel,
which, however. did not end in blows, only
angry words being exchanged. The testi-
mony of the other witnesses was to the
same general effect, and there being num-
ber of witnesses to the stabbing, their testi-
mOny was quite SuulCltHl " SStaoilSu tiS
case against Cosmos, and he was bound
over to stand trial in the superior court.
THE WATER CAMPAIGN
There seems to be lull in the campaign
for municipal ownership of the water sys-
TEN, and both sides are evidently awaiting
developments. Meanwhile Hydraulic En-
gineer Lippincott is steadily at work pre-
pairing the estimates for the city, and when
his report is submitted there will be some
thing more tangible to work on. There is
some talk of submitting the matter of the
city acquiring the plants of the two local
water companies to arbitration, in case the
people should decide to adopt the plan of
municipal ownership, as there is little doubt
they would do We're the question submitted
to a vote. The public meeting that was
proposed to discuss the matter has been
postponed, and the time and place will be
announced later. On both sides of the con-
troversy the hope is expressed that expens-
i've litigation may be avoided.
PASADENA BREvITIES
Abbott B. Clark will be the speaker at
the regular public meeting of the Universal
Brotherhood organization. Sunday evening.
at the board of trade rooms, his subject be-
ing. The Dawning Day" At the close of
the lecture questions on the subject of
Theosophy will be answered. The public
is cordially invited.
The boys of company l went down to Los
Angeles today to go into camp at Agri-
cultural park in obedience to orders issued,
but 1t was matter of great inconvenience
to most all of them, to say the leastS for
them to leave their work. Some of them
had just secured work and were beginning
to get started again, and now they are
obliged to give up their positions, at least
temporarily, and perhaps permanently.
S. c. Slete of company I expects to re-
treasurer, Mrs. w. A. Perrin. A vice.
hospital soon. Slete is one of the boys who
was left in the hospital when company I
came home. He has had scarlet fever and
a severe run of typhoid. and though very
much reduced is now able to sit up and to
take few steps. Five patients from Ma
Mia, with their monkeys. birds and other
tropical luxuries, are in the same ward.
An all-day meeting was held yesterday in
the United Presbyterian church by the Wo-
mans Union Missionary society. The
morning devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by Mrs. Kelso and the afternoon
by Mrs Guest. Papers discussion and
musical selections filled the rest of the day
The following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Mrs. H. Holbrook; secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. w. A. Perring. A vice
president was chosen from every Protest
ant church in the city.
Miss Minnie Keith entertained a number
of her friends at her home, on Glendon way,
South Pasadena last night. Music. games
and competitions for prizes filled the even
ing. A bountiful repast was enjoyed by ALL
The Pasadena high school eleven beat the
Monrovia football team at the Terminal
grounds this afternoon. Score, 10 to g.
PERSONAL NOTES
Daniel Franklin who died In South Pasa-
dena last Wednesday, a the age of 90