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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-22
ROUGHRIDfR HOLLISTfR
10 BE BURIED AT SANTA AA6r
BARA ON WEDNESDAY
The Entire City Will Honor tho Dead
Hero's Memory-News Notes
From the Channel City

SANTA BARBARA. Aug. M.-County
School Superintendent Thurmond states
that the city school trustees are seriously
considering the employment Of Mrs. Juli-
EFT Powell rice of Los Angelts as teacher
and general supervisor Of music in the
graded schools of this city. The superin-
tendent says that this should long ago have
been done. The reason 1t has not been Is
solely lack of funds. Mrs. Rice has been
employed the past FIVE years in the Los
Angeles normal school.
Yesterday the primary elections to choose
delegates to the Republican county con.
vention at Santa Ynez on September 9Th
were held. 1t is too early to predict prob
able results, as many of the delegates are
unpledged. However, the lines of the COM
ing convention fight show up the greatest
strength in the county seat delegation as
leaning to E.. w. Squier, while Henley
Booth Is close second for district attor-
ney. Lompoc is strong for Grant Jackson
for the same office. Nat Stewart of Lom-
poe is almost conceded to have the con-
vention for sheriff. It was wholly on the
district attorneyship that the county seat
fight turned.
The deceased hero OF Santa Barbara
among the Rough Riders is to be accorded
the high honors due his bravery and his
death. Wednesday the embalmed remains
Of gallant Stanley HOLSTER are expected
to arrive from the east and will be inferred
with military ceremonies. The G. A. R.,
the naval reserves, the Sharpshooters and
the home guards will all marcn behind the
bier, and the civic associations of the city
will take part. 1t has been suggested and
Is favorably considered that the public
schools be dismissed for The afternoon Of
the funeral.
The manual training school reopens to-
morrow. Miss Rich and Miss Johnston have
the sloyd and Miss Anita Boyer the cook
ing and sewing classes.
r. Radcliffe-Whitehead Is public bcne-
factor In his locality-Montecito-
he is about to erect handsome structure
on his land next to Cold spring. to be de-
voted to sloyd school, which he proposes
to maintain at his own expense
Judge Philip N. Stewart. assistant dis
trict attorney, is very low with a stroke Of
paralysis, amounting to complete parape-
gia.
Mrs. X. W. Barrett, who accompanies
Mr.. Crittenton on his evangel.stic tours.
addressed the congregation at Grace M. e.
church this morning. Rev. Mr.. Weston
berg the regular pastor, and Mr.. Critten-
ton are in Los Angeles today.
Mayor Edmund Burke has come out In
the local papers in an official message
showing many excellent reasons why this
city should own and operate its own cleo
trio lighting system. Certainly the hun
dreds of feet fall Of water from the city
water tunnel in the mountains affords a
source of power at command of but few
cities. This is the power proposed to be
utilized by the mayor.
Mayor Burke will deliver the opening ad-
dress before the farmers institute here.
converting September 5th
The Christian church Sunday school pro-
poses to have picnic next Saturday.
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CANYON OF CAROUsAL
SEVEN SALOONS AMONG FIFTY
RESIDENTS
A HELL Of LAWLESSNESS
No Interference From the Authorities
and No Protection for the
7 Stranger

Isolated by nature and overshadowed by
Its more populous and popular nelghbor,
santa Monica. Old Santa Monica canyon
mas been an unknown quantity to the aver
age residents outside of its limited pre-
cincts. Hints of midnight carousals In the
canyon have been heard for q long time,
but as rule the crowds who went there
TO enjoy themselves patched up whatever
difnculties they got into, and but little
knowledge of what really occurred became
known to the outside world. Partially on
account of this air of mystery, the canyon
has had the reputation for some years past
OF being hard place. In some cases the
reputation Is deserved and in others 1t
seems to have been overdrawn. The drunk
en- murder of Abundino Garcia by Juan
Puebla week ago last Saturday night
should have opened the eyes of the au-
thorities as to what might be expected as
long as certain disreputable saloons and
resorts are allowed to run there without
any sort of interference or supervision.
The murder took place in the saloon Of
r. A. Badillo. Puebla, Garcia, Miguel Mar
quez, r. Figueroa and Alec Bandini were
In the canyon that evening. all, it is said
more or less under the influence of LIQUOR
The men got into fight and MARQUEE,
whose brother owns most of the land in
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-22
A Determined SWfDf
AN UNKNOWN SAILOR BENT ON
DROWNING HIMSELF
Rescued Once by the Steamer Falcon
He Made Another Sue
cessful Attempt

A most mysterious occurrence has Just
come to light, and 1t is probable that some
where on the Pacific ocean floats the body
Of an unknown Swede. AS the Falcon was
entering San Pedro harbor Thursday az
ternoon from towing vessel out OF the
harbor and while near the black buoy,
about a mile from the end Of the break
water she passed schooner with the name
Tidal Wave" on her bow and stern.
AS the Falcon passed her a man was
seen to jump overheard, and the steamer
was stopped and a boat lowered. The man
was picked up and brought to the Falcon
and was found to be stupidity drunk as
well as drenched. While preparations were
being made to put him on board the
schooner he kept saying in broken Swedish:
'If you put me on board that boat will
jump overheard again, by damn I WILL"
He was so drunk that he was unable to
give his name, and kept repeating the
threat to jump overheard again. The mas
ter of the Falcon put him on board the
Tidal Wave again and supposed that the
men would see that he did not jump off
again.
The steamer started on her way to San
Pedro. Just as she moved again the man
was seen to jump overheard again. The
steamer continued on her way, thinking
that the men on the schooner would pick
him up. But as far as could be seen, no
effort was made to save the man, AMI It IL
more than likely that he made his second
attempt at suicide a success and was
drowned.
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shine as q particular star in her peculiar
line Of trade. She needs money badly. and
she gets 1t as badly and as quickly as she
can. 1t was only last week that sailor
claimed he had been touched" for sum
Of money, but he was Intoxicated at the
time, and could give no definite informa-
ton concerning the occurrence. 1t prob
ably would have done him no good. as Of
ficers are about as numerous as hens teeth
In the canyon.
The sailors patronize these saloons and
that Of Gus Aulgin more generously than
others in the canyon, and, as might be ex-
pected. fights are of frequent occurrence.
The average sailor seems to regard money
as an article made to be kept in circulation,
and he circulates II. Some saloon men
think that the sailor is machine to work
for them, and they work him. There are
not always ships In Port Los Angeles,
which is about two miles distant, and the
sailor trade. of course is ofttimes slack.
There Is another elemerx which causes
considerable trouble to the other residents
in the canyon, and this is a certain class
of Mexicans Whenever any of these men
gather for carousal and fill up on 'Dago
red" the cup of trouble is nearly full to the
brim, and is liable to spill at any moment.
The Latin, with all the nervousness and
excitability characteristic of his race, wants
to raise noise and make "a rough house,
Of it when he gets drunk. These Mexi-
cans, when intoxicated, are fond Of draw
ing revolvers, discharging them into the
air and almost drowning the roar Of the
waves with their internal noise. Free
quently they make the canyon sound as II
pack Of cowboys had captured II and
we're enjoying themselves in the old from
tier way.
These orgies generally occur on satur-
day nights, but last week nothing of the
kind took place. The murder Of the week
previous may have had a dampeninE ef-
feet upon visitors. Drunkenness Is, Of
course; the same, whether in the isolated
canyon or within tho walls of city, and
while people may drink in the other sa-
looms in the canyon. so far as can be learned
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GOT BACK his RING
GOOD LUCK OF vIsIToRs AT CAT
ALMA
Result Of q Number Of Fishing Expedi-
tions-Recent Arrivals at
the Hotels-Notes

AVALON. Aug. N.-The fishing here goes
by fits and starts. and one day there will
be loads Of fish brought in and the next
day scarcely any.
Yesterday there was q comparatively
light catch compared with what has been
brought in in former days. The largest
catch of the day fell to the rod of p II.
Graves, who was out with Harry Elms and
brought back sixteen yelIowtail and half
dozen bass.
Rev. John Gray was out with Geo. Cor
nell and brought In two yellowtaM and
several bass.
Fred Walton chartered the launch Ade-
laide for trip down to the east end Of the
Island and on the trip managed to catch
eight yellowtail.
The yacht San Diego has returned from
trip around the island. Yesterday was
spent at Catalina harbor and twenty
two yellowtail were hauled up. The fisher.
men were Capt. Burnham and Prof. Holder
Capt. Clark Reeves of the yacht Violet
has recovered the diamond ring that he
lost overheard when the yacht was at
anchor some time ago. The ring fell into
over thirty feet Of water and for the first
two days was not to be seen On the fourth
day after 1t was lost 1t was discovered lying
on a piece of oilcloth where it had been
swept by the anchor chain as the boat
swung with the tide. After several at
tempts Capt. Reeves reached the bottom
and 1t took only moment to recover II
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-22

the canyon, struck Puebla over the head
with a cane. Puebla and Figueroa were
thrown out Of the place and the others re-
manned. The elected pair determined to
be revenged, and Puebla went to the door
on the southwest corner and there stepped
inside toward a table about which were
seated or standing the other members OF
the party. Puebla pointed revolver at
Marquee, saying the latter had struck him
and then Puebla fred. Puebla's aim was
poor. for he missed Marquee entirely, the
bullet striking Garcia In the left breast,
killing him instantly. Garcia had been
seated on the table eating crackers and he
fell without word. Puebla pulled the
trigger several times more, but the cart
ridges failed to explode, so Marquee, at
whom they were aimed, escaped. Puebla
escaped in the darkness and has not yet
been apprehended.
There apparently was not an officer of
any sort within at least mile of the can
yon at the time of this peculiarly careless
killing, and the murderer is still at large.
Unrestrained lawlessness Is likely to con-
tinue unless the board of supervisors
revokes at least six or seven saloon licenses
and unless the sheriff's office finds time to
divert from the pursuit Of politics.
The seven saloons and two dance halls
In the canyon are conducted by A. Dillon.
C. Holmberg, Manuel Novareno, Gus Aul-
gin, P. A. Galgani, f. A. Badillo and Luigi
Degiorgir. There is a large dance hall at
tached to Dillon's place. All these places
pay county and government licenses and
during the summer season are we'll patron
lied. In the winter business is not so
prosperous, the proprfetors being content
to be able to pay expenses. All the pro-
prietors have their families living with
them in the canyon. with possibly one ex-
ception, and careful estimate of the num-
Der OF people, men, women and children,
dependent upon the saloons for their living
returns fifty souls. In fact, the entire resi-
dent population of Santa Monica canyon
consists of saloon keepers and their fam
files.
"Only one Of the dance halls, and two Of
the saloons appear, so far as has been as
certained by The Herald's Investigations,
to be extraordinarily disreputable. These |
are the saloon where the murder took
place, and the saloon kept by Degiorgir.
There Is dance hall attached to the sa-
loon OF Bodillo. Satan himself is probably !
the only thing which is not good once in
great while, and these saloons are no ex-
ception TO the general rule. In house
hear Degiorgir's saloon resides woman
.alled "stingaree Mary There Is not
he slightest question about her business.
ehe drunker sailor. the more does Mary
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-22
THE OIL INDUSTRY
Local Production Is Steadily on the
Uecrease-Prioes Rising

There can be no question in the mind OF
even the most casual observer that the
Los Angeles oil field as now bounded ts
slowly but surely playing out" and this
fact Is perfectly established by examining
the reports made to the secretary Of the
oil trustees. Mr.. Strasburg says that at
least dozen wells will be abandoned this
week in the East End alone. The pool
price Of sl.15 per barrel remains firm, al
though buyers seem to be conservatively
holding of.
L. G. Parker has Just finished drilling four
wells on Temple street, which are now
pumping from 70 to Is barrels each daily.
Mr.. Parker has two more In process Of
drilling.
Mr.. Joyce, who has been operating on a
we'll on Victor street for the past three
months, has been compelled to abandon
drilling on account of the amount Of water
encountered, and he is preparing to re-
move the casing.
The Rex, Yukon, on and O'Donnell OIL
companies are each putting down wells on
Quebec street, in the West End. They are
finding the work tedious and expensive,
because of rock forma tons in the way.
The old field on Court street Is practically
deserted, save where J. H. Anderson Is
drilling. This condition is In vivid con-
trast to that of six months ago. when at
least fifty drilling rigs were at work IN
this locality.
Rommel & Co., who have been working
out on the Santa Monica car line in the
western part of the city, have found two
foot streak of oil sand at depth of $50
feet, which yields a heavy OIL This
stratum has been cased off and the well Is
being driven deeper, with no satisfactory
results so far. The demand on the local
field is $4,000 barrels monthly, while the
present output does not reach more than
10000 barrels. This condition, of course,
will result in another rise in price, which
may be looked for soon. The deteriora-
ton Of the field is arousing a good deal of
serious thought among producers, some OF
whom are considering the praoticability of
deep operations, such as those conducted
on the Baku, Russia, fields, where al of
the wells have a depth of over 1900 Feet.
This work Is, of course, very expensive, but
the production is infinitely greater than
with the local wells. Many who are in a
position to know believe that successful re-
suits would attend such drilling here.
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OFF TO SACRAMENTO
The Gage Men Leave for the Fight IN
the North

Chaperoned by President Bushnell of the
Columbia club, most of the Republican
delegates to the state convention at Sac
ramento left the city yesterday forenoon.
though some few who wished to get in the
work of the early bird went on the train of
Saturday evening.
There was little demonstration at the
depot and the departing statesmen, consid-
er1ng the occasion were quite demure and
orderly. They had no other plan In their
heads than the nomination Of Henry Gage
and were ready to make any kind of a trade
on the rest of the ticket that would assist
that end.
Word had been received before he started
from Mr.. Gage at Sacramento that there
was no room for doubt as to success. II the
promises made were fulfilled. Frank Flint
United States district attorney, has had
most OF the manipulation at this end in
hand for several days past. and II any dele
gate from south of Tehachapi gets AWAY
from the Gage manager he has got 10 be
mighty fleet
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convenience that afternoon. but probably
the majority will go on the electric car
which leaves the Fourth street station,
between Spring and Broadway at $3.50 p m.
Dinner will be served at o'clock In the
grill room Of the Arcadia hotel. The COM
mittee on social entertainment announces
that Prof Charles Kendall Adams, presi-
dent of the University Of Wisconsin, and
for many years a member Of the faculty of
the University Of Michigan, and after
wards Of Cornell, will be q guest of the club
on this occasion.
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they do not seem to exhibit the same
amount Of boisterousness and recklessness
shown by many OF the people who are said
to frequent the places named. Some ac-
tion ought to be taken looking towards re-
straining the men while in liquor, as
tragedies as of the 1Sth are likely to be re-
peated.
There Is deputy sheriff residing short
distance from the mouth of the canyon,
but as there is no salary attached to the
onice he has to direct his efforts to getting
his living by other means. Some Of the
residents in the vicinity of the CANYON
are discussing the advisability of having
a constable appointed in order TO insure
them from some of the annoyances of pa st
summers.
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Little Show for spoilsm en-

The policy OF expansion Is expected In
some quarters to place great deal OF ad-
ditional patronage in the hands OF Presi-
dent Mckinley. This may not, though, re-
suit In more offices for the politicians of
the United States. The local affairs OF
Cuba and Porto Rico will continue to be
administered by those now in charge OF
them, under United States supervision. The
people of those islands who freely accept
the new conditions will be permitted to
stay, and there will be that which Spain
has SO long refused to give In earnest
local observation-disclosures En-
Quirer.
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Notes

Vdlueu AT $Slo.
Notes
Fred c. Hempstreet was out fishing all by
his lonely and all at once had what he
thought was a whale strike, and after a
long period of hard work hauled the fish
to the surface. 1t was bonita shark and
just as ugly as they make them.
The steamship made the trip around the
island this morning. The start was made
at about o'clock and Avalon was reached
two and half hours ahead of time, at :
o'clock. On the way around the steamer
ran as close to the shore as possible and
AFFORDED the passengers splendid chance
to see the island. On the way up from the
west end q number of funny and sharks
were sighted and caused great deal of
commotion among those who had never
seen as large fish.
The regular Saturday evening dance at
the Metropole was well attended and the
dancing was kept up until after IL o'clock.
The propeller and shaft for Jim Garden
er's boat arrived yesterday and he hopes
to have her in the water Monday.
The Violet reports meeting the yachts
Nellie and Alert at Mosquito harbor, San
Clemente. The Nellie had on about twenty
people and the Alert fifteen.
The schooner yacht Restless. Capt. Clark,
Of San Diego, struck gale yesterday even
Ing at the east end of the island and had to
be towed In by the Fleetwing.
The police are looking for the man who
cut down a tent in Camp Swanfeldt last
night. The tent was cut down just as the
occupants were retiring and a fire was only
averted by the prompt action taken In
putting out the light as soon as the tent
commenced to come down.
The Metropole-R. Brsl. Miss Schoder,
Miss Hammond, e. o. Mclaughlin and wife,
Mr.. Schoder, Miss Roehrig, Miss Flynn, r.
I. Roehrig, 8. Crandall T. H. Cummings,
VIM. Mead, G. Andrae, Miss L. Hincklin,
Mrs. M. A. Lewis, r. Lewis, Miss L. A.
Miss Newell, /. z. Ingraham, A.
Ingraham, W. s. Ware, c. e. Ware, F. +.
Carvell, Miss Carvell. r. A. Habersham,
l. B. Newton, Mrs. J, W. Bishop, T. Har-
ford and wife, ]. H. Richards, Miss Pratt,
Geo. Steckel, B. v. Duque, T. Wiesendan-
ger, J. P. Stoll, H. o. Archibald. p H. Nc
Mahon, Los Angeles; Col. 8. Gonzales. Y.
Yerbrn, Miss L. Yerbrri, Mexico; Mrs. q.
A. Raglan, Mrs. M. Moore, c. r. Moore.
DR.. T, L. johnson. Pomona; Mrs. 8, p. MUIR
ply. Ontario; 8. Keoun. Geo. W. Fry. Pitts
burg; G. D. Rippy. Florence, Aris.: =. II.
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California at the Capital

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-Hugh L. Van
Eman was today commissioned postmaster
at Michigan Bluff and Pearl NJ. Ramage at
Gem, California.
Douglas G. McDousal of California has
been appointed cadet in the revenue cutter
service.
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Los ANGELES fERAlDs MONDAY MORNING AUGUST a. 1898

Lauer and wife, Portland; F. s. Grimshaw.
A. H. Young, ]. Hirsch. w. P. Morgan, San
Francisco; e. Hale, Miss Hale, Pasadena;
r. @. Pohndorff. New York; A. r. Vermil-
ye, Chicago.
Island Villa-H. r. Smith. G. M. Jones
and wife, Miss g. Jones, Miss NJ. Jones, ].
A. Gelson. Mrs. r. g. Boardman, ]. E. NIL
ligan. w. R. Bacon. c. NJ. Sexton, A. f.
Bagley. Bryon L. Oliver, Geo. Knarr. Geo.
A. Hazard and wife. Miss F. A. Paw, Miss
Joseph, Los Angeles; r. T. Covert. H. Wal
ters, Geo. p. Curtis, Mrs. NJ. Roberts, F. w.
Sherwood, ]. H. Barnett, San Francisco;
H. M. Jones. Pomona; w. A. Bell, Pomona
T. Medrith. Duarte; w. P. Wilson, ]. =.
Smith, P. W. Moore. Rediands; H. F. Eb-
hart, San Bernardino; r. V. Nelson, Santa
Monica: r. w. Warren. Congress, Ariz.
Mrs. ]. p. Phelan, Wallace; Miss A. Tay-
Tor. Augusta: Miss E. Talbot, Evanston:
H. Caden, Cincinnati.
Glenmore--Miss X. O. Franklin, Ell Paso;
H. c. McCallen, Phoenix; F. X. Vetor and
wife, Miss s. Vejor, Miss s. Andrews, Po-
mona; Jas. O. Keefe, Cotton; G. c. Baron
dale and wife, Long Branch; NJ Kellam,
MISS M. Livingston, VIM. Stephens, w. W.
Butler. Miss A. Couts, NJ. McClintock, II.
Galap, Los Angeles.
Camp Swanfeldt-R. F. G. Francis, G.
Harbut, E. Shilling, g. braves, G. Oswald,
s. Oswald, ]. G. Schaffer, F. D. Reymert,
Mrs. j. Danforth Mrs. House, Mrs. G.
Smith, F. r. McMeekin. Mrs. @. c. Curtis,
s. S. Gibbler, DR.. S. G. Schaefer VIM. l..
Theirs. T. Theirs, II. Heaton, s. Bigg. F.
Cotton, B. w. Bartells, Los Angeles; N. D.
Hodsell and wife, Glendale; L. ]. wager.
Sherman; J. c. Taylor, K. Haywood, Whit
tier; Thos. Grinder. Downey; J. E. Clark,
Riverside.
Grand view-v. Hoff, c. E. Huber, Miss
Stevens, Los Angeles; H. M. Parker and
wife, Pasadena; A. H. Bourchier, p.
Thompson, Arlington; H. p. Valentine; T.
F. Snelson, San Bernardino.
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undelivered Telegrams

There are undelivered kilograms at the
Western Union Telegraph office, corner of
Spring and First streets, for the following
persons: Miss Irene Smith, Mrs. Stephens,
G. Grazide, Henry Hewes, Geo. J. Leovy,
Mrs. Rose Haetter. Mrs. Nellie Tegmyer,
G. M. Mccoy, Title Paul.
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Dewey Always Does a Thorough 10

The patriotic office boy answered the
telephone. us It true" asked the voice at
the other end. that Admiral Dewey sunk
four German warships in Manila today?"
mo- sir; It is not true" promptly an
ewered the boy.
"You have received positive denials,
them" persisted the voice.
Hadn't even heard there was such a
story"
"Then how do you know 1t isn't true?"
Because the Germans had six warhips
in Manila bay."-Troy Times.
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omens on shipboard

There are lots OF customs which time and
observance have made almost sacred on
shipboard. Whistling is frowned down, be-
cause that is sure to scare UP a gale OF
wind. A flying flsh coming on deck or
through a port hole Is a good indication,
while minister on q ship is something to
be dreaded by the superstitious sailor. It's
bad luck to have dog fall overheard.
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J. Rosenfeld, an extensive sheep rancho,
of San Francisco. is In Los Angeles for q
few days.
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The Americas CUP

QUEBEC, Aug. M.-Hon. Charles Rus
sell. the son Of Lord Russell of Halloween,
is here, the bearer Of a challenge from Ire
land to all yachtsmen in America tor the
America cup.