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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-22

were: From churches. $e3.1e4; from indi-
viduals. $l5l5; on interest accounts. $75.3}i
unrestricted legacies. 81 S5s; total. $197. 1;j.
or an increase Of .20S over last year. The
item of unrestricted legacies had been used
for current expenses, under permission
from the last assembly. The board has
permanent funds amounting to 81. $50, 4l9,
only the income from which Is used. Tie
beneflciaries of the board are scattered all
over the country, and the board also MAIN
tains q home at Perth Amboy, N. ].
Louisiana Assembly
NEW ORLEANS. May 2l.-The morning
session of the Presbyterian assembly
handled matters of Importance. Rev. r.
NJ. Anderson of Dallas occupied the chair
The complaint of DR.. 8. g. Laws against
the synod of South Carolina was referred
to the theological committee. Popular
meetings were arranged as follows:
Home missions. Monday; foreign missions,
Tuesday; colored evangelical work,
Wednesday.
Cumberland Presbyterians
MARSHALL, Mo-, May 21-At the morn
ing session Of the Cumberland Presbyteri-
an assembly greetings were received from
the Northern Presbyterian assembly at
Winona Lake. Ind.
Rev. w. H. Black, DID,, presented greet
inEs from the Pan-Presbyterian alliance.
Denver, COL, was chosen as the next
place Of meeting of the assembly.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-22
A war Atl.s

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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-22
Red Cross Work

SANTA CRUZ, May 21.-A Red Cross So
ciety, composed of the most prominent
women of the county. was organized here
today.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
A DESPERATE BURGLAR RECAPTURED.

Charles Johnson, one of the desperate burglars who escaped from the Salinas City Jail several weeks ago, was recap tured on Grant avenue early yesterday morning by Detectives Gibson and Wren.
 Johnson, according to the police, is one of the most desperate burglars in the country. A short time ago he was released from San Quentin after serving a sentence of four years for burglary committed in Sacramento. He subse- quently went to Salinas City, where he and an accomplice were caught in the act of burglarizing private residence. They were confined in the City Jail, and a strict watch was kept on them, as 1t was believed that Johnson would make a determined effort to break jail.
 On the night that they escaped John son called the under sheriff and asked him to get him a sheet of writing pa per, as he was anxious to send a letter to his aged mother. In some way the men had provided themselves with a key to the cell in which they were con- fined, and as the under sheriff went to get the paper they opened the door and quietly entered the corridor.
 The writing material of the jail was in a small desk in a room at the end
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of the corridor, and as the under sher- if entered the desperate men slipped up to the door and turned the key, which had been carelessly left in the lock, making the official a prisoner. They then secured the key to the outer door and made their escape. The un- der sheriff was compelled to remain in the room until the following morning, when one of the deputies, noticing his predicament, released him.
 By this time the escaped prisoners had boarded a freight train and sub sequently came to this city. Detectives Gibson and Wren located Johnson's ac- complice in the tenderloin district and placed him under arrest. The follow ing day he was returned to Salinas City, where he is now awaiting trial.
 Shortly after o'clock yesterday morning the same officers discovered Johnson in a rooming house on Grant avenue. Determined not to take any chances of being shot by him the de- tectives suddenly burst open the door of his room. As they entered Johnson reached for loaded revolver which he had concealed under his pillow, but be- fore he could use it they seized him. He was then handcuffed and escorted to the City Prison. To-day he will be taken back to Salinas City.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

Simmons pressed O'Connor very close ly in the race for the Mission High School principalship, but the latter won out handily and the former was con- soled by succeeding O'Connor in the Horace Mann.
 It might be interesting to state in this connection that Simmons was Rainey's candidate for Superintendent of Schools on the Democratic ticket against Web ster and Babcock at the last election, but was defeated, Webster being the fortunate one of the trio. It would thus appear that these three had some secret understanding to stand by each other although they were political opponents.
 on the other hand, Director Barring ton maintains that the appointments have no especial political significance whatever, but were all made in the best interests of educational affairs. As to the charge of undue haste in the mat ter of O'COnnor's appointment, he takes the opposite stand, for he says that the Mission High School will be finished in time for the opening of the school year in August, and if this board is to be accused of being premature, what must be said of the last one, which attempt ed to elect Charles H. Murphy princi- pal of that school as far back as De- cember, 1896, before the foundation was laid He failed of election, however, as he never received more than six votes, andit required seven to elect. As to the wholesale transfer of teachers, Bar rington says that it was done in the main at their own request, and in some cases at the desire of the principals for the improvement of the various schools under their charge.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
Director Hammond Pro- videS for His Favor
 ite Niece.
No Significance to Be Attached to the Late Transfer of
 Principals.
But Directors Head and Harrington Hold Widely Divergent Views
 on the Subject

Miss Lida Carroll, who has secured the position of vice-principal in the new Mission High School, has nothing to regret in being the favorite niece of Director Hammond. She was among the first of his appointments one year ago, or shortly after he warmed his seat in the board. Consequently her promotion from the substitute class to that of teacher and finally to the re- sponsible position of vice-principal of the new Mission High School all with in the short period of one year is doing well, to say the least of it. Of course, there are ether teachers in the School Department who have been more than one year teaching in the lower grade. Unfortunately for them. they have no uncle in the board as a Director who pulled kindly in the boss" harness and saw to it that the wishes of Dr. Ragan and his seven compatriots were car ried out to the letter, without asking any impertinent questions as to whether the changes in the department were for the good of the pupils and advantageous to the interest of the tax payers. Probably the other nieces of this thoughtful Director will be remem- bered later on, provided there be schools enough to accommodate them with -principalships in High Schools. Qualifications, of course, do not count in the eternal fitness of things in rewarding Directors nieces with good paying positions, so long as there are positions to found.
 The breach that has existed in the School Board ever since it's members were first inducted into office is threat ening to become wider and wider all because of the late transfer of several principals and principals. The transfers were in the nature of promo tions, for salaries have been increased in every case. However, the lucky ones will not assume their positions until the completion of the new Mission High School, of which Joseph O'Connor was elected principal. That school, accord ing to Director Head, will not be ready for the reception of pupils until the end of the year, and he contends that the board. to say the least, was a little premature in making an ap- pointment which will not go into effect until that time. He claims that the board or rather the Solid Nine of it, is now paying up some old political debts and this settlement of claims they have been endeavoing to bring about for almost a year past.
 As an instance of this political ma nipulation he points to the assignment of Madison Babcock to the -princi- palship of the Girls High School, which would appear to be the latter's reward for having, while Superintend- ent of Schools. nominated Ragan to succeed Director Halstead, who died before he assumed the duties of his of flee about a year ago. and Babcock' S present promotion has all the ear marks of being a stepping stone to the more elevated place of principal of the same school. This could be easily &C., complished by the transfer of Profess or Brooks to another school. James
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
BIG COURSING STAKE.
lbe Dissepsion of the Interstate
 Club Adds to the EDtry.


 The usual weekly stake to be run off at 1ngleside tomorrow and Sunday was drawn at Delta Hall last evening. In the face of the pending dissension be- tween certain members of the Interstate Coursing Club the entry was enormous and the enthusiasm the most pronounced that has marked a coursing draw for several months.
 The usual chance of the drawing matched the dogs as follows:
 Scott & Glassen's pr. Norman vs. J. Braces Lass O Gowrie; M. Tiernan's Belle of Moscow vs. T. Buffers Susie; II. Springs Pat Malloy vs. J. Murnane's Valley Maid; J. Sexsmith's Vigilant vs. J. R. Dickson's Premier: J. Byrne's Sem Rogers Sly Boy vs. H. Wymans Fault less Beauty; R. Hanson's Diamond Dick Xs Larkey & Rocks Myrtle; Kay X Trant's Diana vs. Gibson X Sater's Molly Bawn; J. Quane's Fireman vs D. Hoop CT Beau Brummel; Dillon Riley Granuale vs. Scott & Glassen's Garden City; w. E. Thompson's Victor vs; G. Pint0's Hercules; J. Deans Moondyke vs; ID. Shannons Systematic; J. McCor- micks White Lily vs. Kay X Trants ke9nora; NJ. Michalik's Fireball vs: Kay Kay Sloane vs. J. Farley's Snowbird; J. Per igo's Wayfarer vs. C. Dewlaney's Fleet wood; Ball & Franks Count of Monte Crlsto 'vs. E. J. Clark's Donald; J. Me Gormicks Duke of Oakgrove vs: J. Boyle's Big Buck W. Shields Gillette vs. Kay & Franks Carlotta; J. Segger- Black Prince; Kay & Franks Sylvia vs. M Michalik's Douglass; F. p. McQuinn's Fair Rosalind vs. J. Dennis Connemara; r. Kearny's Nelly Daily vs. J. Boyle's Counterfeit: J. Kerrigan's St. Lawrence vs. J. Murnane's Flashlight; Cronin & McDonalds Skyball vs. J. Byrnes Nelly B.
 The running begins tomorrow at l p. m, the ties being run off Sunday.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
SENSATION OF THE
 SUICIDE SYMPHONY
Tschaikowsky's No. 6 Played by Fritz Scheel at the
 TiVOli
The Russian,s Work Dwarfed and Darkened the Rest of Mod
 ern Programme.

The much written about Pathetic" or Suicide" or Sixth-as you like it- Symphony of Tschaikowsky lured the largest audience of the season to the concert at the Tivoli yesterday after noon. Advertising has it's value, even for the masterpieces of music. The his tory of this symphony is sensational it has been made sensational by the mu- sic critics of two continents; and many persons who would not have been moved by an ordinary concert announcement were made curious by the innuendo and esoteric significance that have been as- sociated with the work. Their curiosity was not disappointed. The Tschaikow- sky was a shock; it dwarfed and cheap ened everything else on the programme. The I'm Herbst' overture of Griegs was played without notable fineneSS, but it received some attention because it came before the symphony. The Schu- mann Abendlied and four numbers of it., and these were barely tolerated. Scheel grabbed at a few mechanical hand-pats which greeted the 'Toreador and AndaluSian" picture in the Rubin stein suite, and considered them as an encore But he did not deceive the most of us, who, so soon as the symphony was over, settled deep in our top coatS-the house was as cold as a morgue-and de- fled him to bring us back.
 To say the Pathetic Symphony is sen- sational does not imply that 1t is yellow nor that it is given over to the lascivious blessings of neuroticism. To me- as well as l can understand it after one hear ing, 1t seems to be the music of the age problem music It asks something of the heart; 1t paints pictures of worldly hap piness; it pleads. and in way it com forts. but in its entirety it celebrates the futility of human hope. the sovereignty of despair. It is too kindly, too radiant with melodic beauty to be called cynical There is in it none of the massive godli- ness of Beethoven, none of the sweet dyspepsia of Chopin. none of the colossal exaggeration of Wagner It is virile. hu- man and plausible. and 1t is terribly modern in its psychology. I had not seen the score and knew practically nothing of the manner of the work before 1t was played yesterday. and yet I was not sur prised by the grim. relentless ending-an ending that, from its suddenness and ab- solute decision Gas compared with other
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works), you would expect to be surprise Iul l can account for this only by the tnoroughness with which the sympathy and portent are shadowed from the very flrst of the first movement. The Pathetic symphony is a tragedy, with precious moments of light and love and ambition, but with all its forces working toward the inevitable tragic end.
 have no intention of rivaling James Hamilton Howe, who is now the official prose-poet and programme-illuminato of the Symphony Society, but I defy any one of normal imagination to hear this symphony as Scheel played it yesterday ana not get from it some meaning and motlVe beyond the mere sensations of amiable sound. ASHTON STEVENS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
In Reholf of Victory.

A large number of members and friends of the Young Mems Christian Association met in the gymnasium last night to cele- brate the recent victory of the athletic team. A programme of song and speech was enjoyed. Miss Caroline Shindler, rendered solos. Dr. H. l.. Detz, Dr George Daniels and J. Grant H anderson gave addresses. MT. Louis Titus presented the banner in a happy speech and Presi- dent w w. Chase responded, admonish- ing the winning team to maintain their new honors
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
SOUGHT POLICE PROTECTION.
Mrs. TbuDler Annoyed by the At
 teDtionS of O Mon

A middle-aged woman. giving her name as Mrs. Thumler, visited police headouar- ters last night and asked Chief Lees to protect her against the attentions of a man named Lasker. The woman lives at JOS Minna street. She claims that Las ker Is in the habit of hanging around her house, annoying her with his attentions and writing letters to her. She was ad- vised to swear out a warrant for his ar rest.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
lD the Divorce Courts.

Mary J. Medrano was granted a di- Vorce from Jose Medrano yesterday on the grounds of willful neglect and failure to provide. Lizzie Arnberger was grant cd divorce from her husband, Theodore Arnberger, on the ground of assertion,
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
Iectures on the Iuhilee.

Dr. Voorsanger will begin a series of three lectures on "California's Golden Jubilee this evening at the Temple Emanu-El. The first subject will be The law of immigration and how it Is exem- plihed. A large crowd Is expected at each meeting
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
Tenth AnniuersnrM

The tenth anniversary of the San Fran cisco Letter Carriers Mutual Aid Asso- citation was held in Odd Fellows Hall last evening. Following an enjoyable programme a social dance concluded the evenings entertainment.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

ground for a legal separation, while the cross complaint of his wife was found to be based on fact. In consequence the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

court ordered a decree issued in her fa- vor. In any event. Arnberger secured a divorce as desired.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

Ten cents for a bottle of Lows Hore-
 hound Cough Syrup. AT Sansome st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

yesterday afternoon. The husband was
 the plaintiff in the action for divorce, but he failed to substantiate his alleged
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

rochet Fu Size and extra heavv nre white readvl ed hemned neat as wax; the S 25 kind for clear breads. lance
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

A Dress Seven yard Suits of Extra Heavy Fancy q Goods Chevtot Suiting be closed with
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

Moire Taffeta Ribbon SIS inches wide (No. 40), 1 good colors, very pretty for hat ribbons, neck and sash ribbons; a hummer for clearance.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

5000 Spools of Clark's Famous O. N T. spool Cotton Irregular 100 yard spools); to be
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

6C00 Ladies Handkerchiefs. came in too late for Xmas, they pay the penalty for tardiness now, worth from 15c to 35c each, embroidered. l scalloped. hemstitched manufacturers sec onds; on the clearing tables.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-05-14
MExIcANs IN The Bath.
Hundreds of Both Sexes Lave Them
selves I'm Public.

"In Aguas Calientes some Moses of
old smote the rock, and there gushed
from it n stream of water so warm and
altogether delightful that the town was
named after it, and the natives bless
the father of waters every day of their
lives. Bathing is the occupation of the
town, and the result is shining bodies
of bronze. and as a good many square
inches of skin are on exhibition in Mex
leo, complexion counts.
Imagine 500 natives of all ages and
both sexes calmly bathing in an open
ditch, with such privacy as the blue
heavens and the Republic of Mexico af-
ford. There are two sections of them,
those who have something on and those
who have not, and they splash around
in their bath as unconcerned as Il baby
or n canary in Il porcelain dish. Their
ancestors bathed in the long ditch
where the water lies blue and little
puffs of steam arise, INT why not they ?
What though the Mexican Central did
lay its parallel bands of steel within a
stones throw of their hereditary bath ?
That is the railroads fault, not theirs.
And SO they splash joyously in their
ditch. and disport themselves along the
bank in every conceivable state of dis
habille.
1--WE reached Aguas Calientes at sun
down on Saturday, AMI l was so curious
to see the place that the sun and ap-
peared on the streets about the same
time. Whole families appeared from
the direction of the town bearing bun
dies of clothes on their heads. The Mex
lean peon owns only one change of gar
ments, a shirt and trousers of cotton,
q sash, sandals of most primitive de-
sign, and n straw sombrero, and he is
a~bundantly clad. For extra wrap there
is the zarape, and to see the Young In
dams about to battle manipulate this
useful garment is a lesson in the art OF
draping. They select Il convenient
bush, unmake their toilets and, shell
tered by the friendly blanket, slide into
the water. While in the bath the women
wash their chemises and skirts, and MS
soon as they are dry, emerge fromthe
water and put on the freshened ward
robe. You may see mater famitias
bathing her brood. She selects II pool,
and disrobing herself to the waist,
scrubs her progeny. Every head is.
carefully soaped and scraped, and the
white suds run down over the burnt
sienna shoulders. The children have
water fights, and the naked babies,
when cleansed, are laid on the bank to
dry, where they kick and squirm like
bronze cupids. Everybody washes
from crown to toe, and the girls
glance coquettishly at you between
long braids and floating strands Of
dripping hair,
"Ihe long canal where these chill
dren of nature wash off the dust of
their native land and where the city's
wardrobe hutters from every bush is
about II mile long. At the upper end
the springs gush from carth's hot heart,
and there are lighthouses of stone and
adobe hundreds of years old They say
hat M~ontezuma's daughter camo here
to battle before the cnvious.Spaniards
overran the fair land. Certainly his de
scendunts have been in the water ever
~since."-San Francisco Chronicle.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-05-14
WINGED BELL IN THE AIR.

The SuperstitIOus of n Maryland
County Scared by a Buzzard.
A bird of uncanny mien, with n bell
round it's neck, has been lowering
around certain sections of Howard
county, filling the breasts of the col
ored population with terror, for the de-
scendants of Ham in this billy and pic
turesque country believe that the adj
vent of the bird is a sign of impending
The visitor is a buZzard. Those
who claim to nave obtained d near and
clear view of the bird assert that the
bell was plainly visible, but they could
not determine whether it was attached
by a cord or a wire. 1t is an ~extraor-
binary buzzard, as are all the birds that
give the first premonition of approach
Ing direful events.
The other buzzards that float over the
crags and along the ourse of the Pa
tapsco, ever alert for the stray -carcasses
of COWS and horses that escape the fer
tilizer factory or the sausage manufac-
turer, regard this strange visitor with
a great deal of awe. The feathered seer,
wrapped in it's own originality, avoids
the company of bird, beast and man.
1t seeks the widest rocks in the coun-
ty, where for hours it looks far into
the future. Visions of bloody fields, of
flashing steel, of laundering cannon,
and the music of despairing groans en-
terrain it during it's long vigils, so the
superstitious say. firing of such
amusement, 1t leaves it's solitary rock
and spreads its wings, the broad shad-
ow of which move moves apprehensive-
ly over the housetops, across the fields
and the streams, causing alarm and
Tread.
No n has yet seen this weary bird
take sustenance. 1t is said that it has
been fasting long, and that its days of
feasting will not begin until carnage
arrives, for it is so constituted as to be
unable to swallow anything but human
flesh or to slake its thirst in anything
hut human blood. 1t is a stranger to
sleep. Nothing can wrap it in slumber
but the lullaby of the roar of battle.
Such are the Impressions which have
been made upon the minds of the upper
stitious who dwell in the neighborhood
of Roxbury Mills, in the Fourth dis
trict of the county.-Baltimore Ameri-
can