The herald., 1898-06-09
PASADENA MERCHANTS
ENRAGED BY THE NEW FREIGHT
TARIFFS
The Lucky Young People Of Throop
Who Are Safely Out of the
Soup-Brevities

PASADENA, June S.-(Office of The
Herald So East Colorado street.) At the
meeting this afternoon at 4:30 clock of the
directors of the Merchants Protective asso-
citation in the Board of Trade rooms, Frank
Boynton was chosen for another year as
secretary. The directors also decided to
draft protest against the increase of tariff
which the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
railroads propose to make upon goods from
the east Lists of the rates to go into
force after the 18th inst have fallen into
the hands of merchants everywhere, and
there is general uproar. As result large
numbers Of protests have been sent to
freight agents throughout the east. The
merchants say that in some instances the
rate of tariff has been increased over SO
per cent thus knocking much of the profit
some goods. A committee was chosen
to draft the proper form of protest
Red Cross Work
The Red Cross society, which was organ
lied yesterday, has outlined its plans. The
local society is but branch or auxiliary
of the National Red Cross society At pres
ent the ladies are devoting their time to the
preparation of abdominal bandages, house
wives and caps for the army. The initia-
tion fee is 81 a year. Each Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday morning and Friday af-
ternoon a meeting will be held in hall
of the Shakespeare Memorial building on
North Fair Oaks avenue. The meeting of
Friday afternoon will be devoted to the
transaction of business connected with the
society, as we'll as to work upon the articles
to be made. The Red Cross society Is now
united with the w. r. c. in this work. The
Red Cross society will pay the expenses
incurred by the W. Il. c. in the purchase of
materials when the work was started by the
w. r. c. All ladies in the city are eligible
to membership. Mrs. II. G. Reynolds Is
president; Mrs. Dr. Baldwin vice president.
Mrs. Rose Rasey secretary, Mrs o. L.
Braddock treasurer. Committees have
been chosen on work and to take care of
goods and to ship same.
Throop Graduates
The following are the pupils who will
graduate from Throop Polytechnic insti-
tute this year:
Colege-Roy Beebe Blsckman, Frank
Baldwin Jewett.
Sloyd Normal-Jeanette Marcelle Elleau,
Pauline Marguerite Eleau, Claude A. Faith
full, Lillian Hannah Genie A. Hunt, label
Jordan, Albert l.. Olson, Emma Russell,
Frances M Sanders, Allie BONNIE Shields
Marie Bambrick Weber
Academy-Mary Ellen Berry, Harry Gill
man Folsom, Horace Amidon Gaylord,
James Mason Gaylord, Lottie Ethel Men
ner Grace Ella Monroe. Albert L. Olson,
Charles Lawrence Poindexter, Roger Jor-
dan Sterrett, Rachel Edna Wright.
Brevities
Plans for a handsome home to be built
by John s. Cravens are being drawn by
a Los Angeles architect. The house will
be located on South Orange Grove avenue,
will have frontage of eighty feet and will
be sixty feet deep. There will be fourteen
rooms. The foundations and first story
will be of granite. the upper story shin
gled and the inside finish will be of mahog-
any, oak and cedar.
Friends of Prof. Collins of the Garfield
school and wife will be grieved to learn of
the death of their child. The baby was six
weeks old.
Residents on the north side of the city
who have been Inconvenience by the turn
ing off of the water recently can account
for same by the fact that the water COM
pany has found it necessary to clean out
reservoir No. on Villa street.
Rebekah lodge last night elected officers
as follows: Mrs. Ida Hyatt, N. c.;
Dunn. R. S.; Homer Blick. T. S. Miss
Maggie Amos. treasurer; Mrs. Minnie
Korstian, trustee.
The Knights of Pythias elected the fol-
lowing officers last night: Chas. F. Ham,
lin. C. c.; d. W. Herlihy, V. c.; Frank w.
Healy, prelate: Ernest Hart, M. of W.; ].
w. Allin, X. of r. and g.: Chas. Grimes,
M. of F.. Arthur Wood, NJ. of E.; w. E.
Edmondson, M. of A.: l.. II. Turner, I. G.
F. +. Twombley, o. e.: N. A. Dalrymple,
trustee and medical examiner.
About fifteen members of the local or
ganiZation of sharpshooters went target
shooting across the arroyo this afternoon.
DR.. E. r. Chadbourne made the highest
score--3s out of possible 80.
Superintendent of Streets Buchanan has
set a man to work clearing the bicycle
paths along the street car lines, removing
small pebbles and filing up holes, etc. The
Improvement is highly appreciated by BIZ
cycle riders.
Personal
H. H. Klamroth has been elected d.
rector of the Pickwick club to take the
place of II. Van Schaick.
Misses Plat and Ellis gave a bicycle
party last evening, the run being made to
Lamanda park and return.
Mrs. Henry Newly is confined to her
home by illness.
Miss Katherine Hall is confined to her
home by illness.
N S. Leithead is spending few days at
Catalina.
Rev. and Mrs. G. w. Pearl entertained
friends at dinner today in honor of Mrs
PEARLS father, r. B. Colcord, who cee-
brated his 10Th birthday today.
Justice Merriam is at Millard's canyon
to remain until Friday.
H. c. Holt is expected to arrive home OH
Friday from Tacoma. Wash.