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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-18
GIVEN MORE TIME
Boston Buyers Inspecting the Santa
Ana Sewer Bonds

SANTA ANA, May 1.-THE principal
matter to come before the city trustees last
night at their regular meeting was the
communication from Messrs. Hellman &
Sartori of Los Angeles, representing E.
Rollins & Son, the buyers Of the Santa Ana
city sewer bonds, asking the board to
grant them an additional six weeks time
in which to have the bonds inspected.
When the bonds were sold the purchasers
were granted six weeks for an inspection,
but this seems to have been an insufficient
time and another six weeks was given
them.
A petition from M. A. Menges ct al,
asking the board to order down cement
walk and curb on the north side of Fifth
street between Main and Bush streets,
was granted. Charles Crabtree applied for
license to conduct a saloon on Main
street, but his application was denied, as
a remonstrance was filed by a number of
the property owners on that street
Messrs. W. H. Spurgeon, Fred Rafferty,
and Geo. w. Minter were appointed park
commissioners for the city of Santa Ana.
A guarantee, protecting the city from all
claims arising from any infringement of
existing patents on the machinery and ap-
paratus used by Boothe & Co. in the erec-
ton Of the new pumping plant at the city
wells, was received from that firm and or
dered filed. The board ordered $500 paid
to Boothe & Co. for the pumping machine.
Charles H. Putnam, well-known resi-
dent of this city, died at his home on First
street this morning Of consumption, at the
age Of 50 years. The funeral will be held
tomorrow from his late residence and the
remains shipped to Oakland for burial.
The second annual road race of the Tus-
tin cyclers will be held next Saturday af-
ternoon over a seven-mile course beginning
at the Tustln bank. Fifteen riders are now
entered and some handsome prizes will be
given.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary soci-
ETY. Of the Los Angeles conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South will
hold its annual session in the Southern
Methodist church In Santa Ana this week,
beginning Wednesday evening. Delegates
from all places within Los Angeles confer
ence will be present
The balance sheet showing the amount
OF delinquent taxes on the 1897 assessment
has been received from Tax Collector Free
man and shows the amount Of delinquent
taxes much less than that OF last year. The
total amount delinquent In 1896 was $5l63 50,
while that Of 1897 was SlS13.27.
e. e. Richardson OF Victor is in town
visiting friends.
Otto Kaiser Of Los Angeles is tho guest
Of Max Jacobson,
Geo. X. Rodgers, state deputy Of the
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END OF SCHOOL DAYS
Commencement Exercises Of the High
School Graduates

SAN BERNARDINO. May 17.-At a
meeting of the city board of education held
last evening 1t was decided to close the
school year Friday, June ~. and 20 have
the commencement exercises on Wednes-
day, June Is. at the opera house. An admit
lance fee will be charged of Is cents below
and 10 cents in the balcony, the proceeds TO
go to the high school library. Last year the
library cleared sos from this source. The
literary exercises will consist of two es-
says from young ladies and two orations
from young men, not selected for scholar
ship. The music will be in the hands OF
the class, assisted by the full chorus of the
school. The decorations will be in the
hands of the glass Of 80 and will be in new
designs. The only free admissions will
be the graduating class, all others, even
| to the teachers, ushers and decorators, will
pay.
The annual reception given by the class
of 80 to the graduates last Saturday was
| a most elaborate affair, the decorations and
appointments being unique and beautiful
1t was held in the high school auditorium
The new Santa Fe agent to replace W. A.
Mitchcm proves to be ]. B. Mullen of Re-
dondo, who arrived last night and COM
menced to take an inventory of his belong
ings and surroundings. Mr.. Mullen has
been In charge at Redondo eight years
and Mr.. Mitchem about the same tims
here. Travelling Auditor G. A. Hatfield
came with Mr.. Mullen to assist in the in
stallation services. The new agent will bl
fortunate If he should prove as popular ii
the old.
4 Z, Z,
of the season on the mountain range and
| will be of immense benefit to the irrigatins
plants 1t commenced to rain on the
mountains Saturday evening and in the
valley soon after midnight and lasted mos,
of Sunday. The rainfall in this city was
.73 of an inch, at Redlands but 49, but tn.
fall on the range was very heavy At tn.
lower toll gate in Waterman canyon Il
was 21O inches, at Squirrel Inn, 3os
Morse's, on the crest. 5.35; Talmadges
4.S5; Fleming's. 4.O0; gate house, 3.37; ant
Bear valley reservoir, 3 inches. Persons
coming down the mountains Sunday nigh;
report from one to two feet Of snow in ad.
dition to the rain. The effect of this Is seer
In the cold wave that has swept the vale,
since the storm. Last night there was
a slight misty rain for several hours, AM
another fall on the mountains
The city library opened again today
after being closed to make some altera.
tons and to change the plan Of marking the
books, following better system of credit
| to the patrons than formerly
Lieut.. j. w. F. Diss left for San Fran
cisco today after looking after his officia
fences and repairing the rents made "a
than He pIoCod Cocord Ttay< n -,
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twelve mlles. The b6lIdhS ~ - y
Der road by the 1eGtnaW Lumb6t 61
pany gives rise to the FumoF thst Tie pccI
will be connected with line 70 BE- tull(
north from Jerome. distance Of uo(no
thirty miles. That the construction Of such
q road IL feasible II beyond doubt - ~
opinion of expert engineers who have
looked over the route. The promoter OF The
line from Jerome to the north to conneot
with the lumber company's road II said -
be w. A. Clarke, The Copper King. Who
desires more direct route for shipment'ok
the product Of his mines and smelters Is
Jerome.
1t is hoped by the cftisens OF Wflliaras
that these enterprises. the flfst two Of
which are assured, will result - the re-
turn to the town Of the division station,
now at Seligman. In any event. with thu
prosperity Of the cattle and sheep men,
whose products have long suffered frem
depression in prices. but are now thrtvinG
owing to the advanced values in beef. NUT
ton and wool, and the Increased, demand
for labor in the near future, the town Il
bound to prosper.
recent and most commendabIe enter-
Prise is the establishment at Williams BY
DR.. p. A. Meliclk Of q hospital for the bene-
At of the employees of the Saginaw Lumber
company, the J. M. Dennis Lumber COM
pany and the Lombard, Goode 4 Co.'S
smelter, of which corporations DR.. Melick
is physician and surgeon. The hospital con-
sists of general ward Of six beds and two
private wards. In the near future, oWing
to present crowded conditions. new ana
commodious hospital building will be erect
ed and thoroughly equipped to accomm0-
date thirty to forty patients. The hos
rital is supported by fund raised by the
employees of the companies mentioned,
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SANTA BARBARA
The Rain Did Good-Weidenbeck Will
Come Back

SANTA BARBARA, May T.-In the gen.
eral rain Saturday night throughout
Southern California, Santa Barbara's of.
fetal estimate is now put at 1.25 inches
making the total rainfall to date 4.S5 inches
against 10 inches for last season. The rain
will help feed on the ranges and the beans
that have been planted and summer crops
will profit greatly by it. 1t will be of con-
siderable good to hay and orchards, flow
ers and shrubbery will bloom afresh and
dry streams will be replenished again. To.
days observation points to another down.
pour before night.
At Los Olives the heaviest rainfall of the
season occurred there Saturday night.
Another letter has been received by Ed
ward Iverson Of Santa Barbara from c. r.
Huntington indicative Of proposed pro-
gress on the gap between Surf and ELL
wood.
c. +. Wiedenbeck. leader of the band
here. has written letter from Bakersfield
denoupcing the charges made against him
that he had collected subscriptions due
the band and had left the city never to
return. taking the funds with him. Mr..
Wiedenbeck, writes also that Santa Bar
bara is his home and that he will return
in few days and clear up everything.
The Roman Catholic church was crowd
ed last. night with interested listeners to
the two eloquent divines, Rev. Fathers
Hopper and Doherty.
Public Education" will be discussed to-
night in the Valerie street hall by Rev
E. F. Dinsmore.
shipment of 100 carloads of cattle il
taking place at San Luis Ohispo, and the
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-18
At Rialto

RIALTO, May 1.-THE mothers and
sisters Of the soldiers from Rtalto are ac-
lively engaged today In filling and forward
Ing box Of good things to their loved
ones at the Preside.
Messrs. Harris and Taylor have pur-
chased the stock and good will Of Tlbbot
Bros.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-18

Woodmen of the World. Is In Santa Ana in
the interests Of that order.
A delegation of Royal Arch Masons Of
this city went to Los Angeles last nig3t to
attend meeting there.
]. C, Hoop of Los Angeles was In Santa
Ana today.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-18
Self-Adiustinr

Customer (at opticians)- afraid these
glasses would be too old for me.
New Assistant-They might be at first.
but after you have used them little while
I'll guarantee your eyes VIII get so they'll
fit the glasses all right enough.-Chicago
Tribune
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-18

In April. 1877. the main wing of the Rus
sian army had creased the Danube before
the czar issued a declaration Of war against
Turkey.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-15

came in possession OF the most Of them
the income from them is small In pro-
portion to the capital they are assumed
TO represent.
Nor are Bismarck's memoirs safety
housed I'm England: they are in the pos
session OF his heirs M Il is expected
that a Stuttgart house will publish
them. Nor was Lenbach, the artist. re-
fused permission to make a sketch OF
Bismarck in death. Lenbach himself
says he was not refused. and he adds
that ne didn't want to make the sketch
He has painted Bismarck I'm life. time
and time again; IL never occurred 10
him to wish to make the sketch about
which gossip has talked so long and
so loud.
Nor is there foundation for the rumor
that in the matter Of Bismarck's place
of burial. the family undertook TO spite
the emperor. The plain prose of II all
is that Bismarck long ago selected the
site for his last resting place. and the
family did not consent to depart from
a fathers wish as did the Gladstone
children. Nor is IL true. so Il turns out.
hat many of the scenes alleged 10
have occurred during the Kaiser's pres
ence at Friedrichsruh were a reality.
In fact. hardly any OF the things hap
pened that were mentioned by the Ger
man press as having occurred: and
rome Of the outlandish incidents have
under them any foundation in truth.
The upshot of It all is tina Germany
has newspapers that can be, on coca
I sion. as saffron as anything the worlds
markets offer in the way of sensational
! cihhnrish
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troops are suffering from somebody's
unreadiness. The men who have been
used up by fighting and fever and short
rations at Santiago have been sent
north to recuperate at Montsuk Point.
They arrived here to be confronted by
conditions they have now come to re-
gard as inevitable in the conduct OF
this war"
The specific testimony Of he Eagle
is that there were no tents for the sol
diers. no shelter Of any kind. They
slept on the windy ~promontory In the
rain. some Of them with blankets. some
without. The food supply was uncer-
tain. telegraphic communication had
not beer established with the rest OF
the world. and. worst Of all. there was
no water for drinking
The newspaper that made this state
ment added that. according 10 the IN
dicatlons. the water problem would De
solved without very long delay n the
ordinary comforts Of camp furnished
after a time to these hard-luck VIC
Tins Of criminal acknowledgement.
when Secretary Alger saw that public
opinion was liable to bring him up win
a short turn because Of his department.
barbarous Indifference to the soldiers at
Santiago. he protested that he had been
making plans for their speedy transfer
and that the convalescent camp al
Nontauk Point was determined on
weeks ago" More's the shame mat the
soldiers. arrived north, found themselves
at a place which the Philadelphia Times
very aptly describes as a "waterless
Eden" With sarcasm which undoupt-
edly Russell A. Alger will easily throw
Off. the Times remarks: 1T is quite an
ideal place. Only, with that wise fore
sight that characterizes the present ad-
ministration OF the war department the
camping ground was selected before II
was found out that there was no water
TO be had. except from a salt pond"
Will the time ever come when the
people. who put up the money for the
war. will know what became Of the
money Secretary Ayers department
/ received? OF a surety, there were mil
/ lions of which no soldier in the service
ever go the benefit.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-15
Getting Down tn Facts.

, 9TH Bismarck il turns out as
w it usually does with the
plain, everyday millionaire-he
doesn't cut up. as far as his worlds
goods are concerned. to the meas
m that had found popular sc-
ceptance. So the German newspapers
say. Yet Bismarck had plenty and 10
spare-ten OF a dozen millions. That IL.
Of course. a splendid estate. but II does
not allow for the mythical millions
which Bismarck was reported TO have
quietly tucked away In the Bank OF
England-he hasn't a farthiug there
his properly Is largely in landed estates
In Germany. The world knows how he
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-15
"A RICO DOGS.
Descendant Of the Pets of the Natives
Found by the Spanish Discoyerers.

Descendants Of the Pets of the Natives
Found by the spanish Discoveries.
1T prophecy that this war will be the
means of bringing Porto Rico dogs INTO
this country" said a New York mer-
chant whose business is chiefly with the
West indies. You don't know what a
Porto Rico dog Is, do you? j suppose
not. I have only seen two of them in
New York. Porto Rico dogs are not
Spanish at all. but aboriginal. have
been told that they are much the same
as the long-haired alec of Mexico, ana
believe the breed lis still found in SAINT
Domingo. They are tiny little creatures
with silky white hair. all except a tan
patch on one carat least. all l have
seen have been marked that way; and
what makes them particularly interest
ing is that. according to the learned
they are the descendants of the pet
dogs of the aborigines OF the Greater
Antilles. II seems TRANCE that the race
| of aborigines should have been so COM
| pletely wiped out and their pet dogs
should survive. But l have been told
when the Spanish first landed on SAINT
Domingo they used to see the natives
going about with these little alcos on
their shoulders or in their bosoms.
IF the human beings that kept them
were anything like their pets, as Is gen.
orally the case. they must have been a
kindly. 'affectionate people. pave
heard of one of these Porto Rico dogs
that was given to a little girl in ia
maica. The child sickened of a fever
and the dog would come and lick her
face and hands at regular Intervals
during the day. When the child died
the dog lay for a long time with Its
muzzle close up to the little dead hand
and whined ~piteously when the body
was taken away for burial. they tel
~. that a true Porto Rico dog will not
Iet itself be made the pet of a whole
family, but will attach itself to one
person always and will not allow ina
one person to have any other pet.
BY next winter our sailors VIII nav
brought back a goodly number OF Port'
Rico dogs as presents for their sweet
hearts. / expect. and then every othei
girl YOU meet will have one for a pet
lust as now every other girl has a a
hat ribbon or a lot OF onI,eu e'a
buttons. Then the pugs will be de
poSRdh
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Bad Clear TO the Finish.

~ HAT man Alger. the lamentabIc
misht in the war department.
seems bent on making his rec
ord as bad as possible right up to he
finish. For all Alger did or apparent
ly cared. the sick and wounded surviy-
ors OF the fight at Santiago would have
been left TO rot on the fever-infested
shore OF southern Cuba. Nothing but
an angry protest which. on the part
of our honored officers. amounted al
most to INSTRUMENTATION. saved the
remnant of the army from humiliation
under the ravages OF disease.
When the public learned the truth,
there was a great showing OF phllan-
throplc haste in the war department.
The programme was 10 bring the sol
dlers without delay to Montauk Point.
The place Is almost within sight OF the
editorial rooms OF the Brooklyn Eagle.
That newspaper praised Montauk Point
as an ideal sanitarium for the WORKOUT
soldiers.
Here 10 thu Eagles testimony about
the ARRIVAL Of the men at Montauk
Pcint the other day: "once again oui
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-15
Pebble Talked About.

A letter from an officer OF the Brooklyn
saws that the men are complimenting
Commodore Schley by trimming their
boards as he does.
Ii is but a few weeks since Edwin A.
Abbey was made a Royal Academician.
and he has just been elected a member
of the Prussian Royal Academy of Arts.
1t is claimed by a literary journal that
Edgar Allen Poe is even better liked in
Russia. through excellent translations.
than he Is i'm England or America.
Cardinal Parrochi, who is spoken OF as
the probable successor of Pope Leo Kill,
is a great reader of the newspapers, and
was himself a newspaper man In his
younger days.
Juan Ceballos. the agent of the Spanish
line of steamers which Is to carry back
General Torals surrendered army. is not
only a native-born American, but his
wife. We are now informed, was a Miss
Georgiana Washington.
80
Rear Admiral ]. G. Walker, retired, is
al work on his report on the Nicaragua
canal. He expects further details OF sur
veys from the experts now along the ca
nal route. and by Sept. ! hopes TO lave
his material all ready for the final drafi
of the report.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-15
Sifted and WinnoWed.

Germany imports poultry to the value
of $26. 00O. GOO a year.
A needle passes through $50 operations
in its manufacture.
westmoreland is the most sparsely pop
ulated English country.
There were more than 100 collisions on
japanese railways last year.
Electric omnibuses now ply between the
French cities Milan and Meaux.
Among the SIS periodicals now published
In Japan Ill are scientific, IS medical and
IS legal.
London has 1854 policemen. or IL to
every one of its 6ss square miles. Sixty
per cent. of them do night duty.
The fare for the round trip from Ma
tada to Stanley Pool on the new Congo
railway is so, though the time is only
20 hours.
The wages Of a Chinaman In Annoy are
Sc a month. which is 10 per cent. above
the average wages prevailing In China.
The University of WurZburg has a col
lection of 800, 600 books. forming. after
that of Munich, the largest library IN
Bavaria.
VINO Keyser, postmaster at Man
helm. n. Y, has an apple tree which was
brought from Holland in the seventeenth
century. 1t still bears fruit.
A Viennese physician has computed ns-
ures which show that the death rate
among physicians is $50 as compared
WITH c.-l diibhb
clergy.
Romano and Lost Springs are towns in
| Kansas. The population Of each is about
| 200 people. Neither town has an idle man
or boy or unoccupied house. Neither mas
a saloon and dogs are unknown.
The streets of Pekin, China, are unlight-
ed save by two gas lights and three ker-
osene lamps. The first two are before the
| Russian embassy and the kerosene lamps
illuminate the front of the Russo-Chines
bank.
The British museum contains a very fui
collection of clay pipes. dating back as fai
as the sixteenth century The custom o.
waxing the pipe end to prevent 1t sticklne
to the lips. was introduced by the Dutcf
about the year 1ICO.
The Baltimore American says that tn
citizens of Annapolis are incensed a.
the report sent by the special correspond
ent. which represents the Annapolis WON
en- as gushing over the Spanish prisoners
Nothing could be further from the truth
Rocking chairs as engagement gifts ma
be demanded back in England when tn
engagement is broken. In giving Judg
ment in a r~eplevin suit recently the judg'
said: THE giving of ring for persona
adornment is one thing, but rocklnl
chairs for joint use after marriage is an
other"
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What We Did to America.

~ RESUMTNG that it puts a poser.
~ the Florida Times, first remark
ing that I'VE are continually
told that our government forbids us to
colombo" gleefully asks: what did
we do to America"
What did we do? We made 1t a SOW
ereign, Independent power. That's
what our fathers did. They fought
their way. as quick as ever they could,
out of a colonial existence. They had
enjoyed generation after generation
Of preparation for IL. as the heirs to
magma charta. the bill Of rights and
kindred glorious things which the Phil
ippine Malay millions have never
dreamed Of.
That is what We did-rather that Is
what the fathers of this republic did
for us. They marked the distinction
between citizens and subjects; they an
nounced that all just government rests
on the consent of the governed-they
fought seven years to prove TO the
world thai colonies are not A good
thing.
That is what the American people
did TO America-speaking of olonies
And IL the Florida organ of "neW-era
mansion proposes 10 conduct sue
cessfully an interrogation-point cam
paipn. II will have to ask harder ques-
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nor the FIRST time since Dewey set
r the country wild with the news
Of his splendid performance in
Manila bay, yesterday was a Sunday
that did not and this country's public
living in lively anticipation Of startling
tidings about the war. withal. the ex-
~perience OF yesterday seemed rather odd
so thoroughly had the public fallen
into the habit Of looking. on Sunday.
for something from the front. II viii
take a little time to bring US all back
again 10 the quiet and routine Of I'M
eventful days Of peace. Doubtless. how
ever. the fact found a place yesterday in
the minds Of millions OF Americans that.
in all human probability, a warship ny
ing the stars and stripes will never be
blown up IN any port OF Spain.