Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-23
THROOP SCHOOL
Gets NEW HONOR
AWARDED GOLD MEDAL AT
PORTLAND
Pasadenans Plan Unusual Benefit.
German Conference Still In
Session-other Crown
City News
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.

ia East Colorado Street
PASADENA Sept 22.-Dean Cham
berlain Of the Throop Polytechnic In
stitute received a telegram today from
his assistant, Prof. James C.. Miller,
announcing that the Throop exhibit at
the Portland exposition has received
the highest award a gold medal, in the
special class in which the school ex-
hibit was placed. 1t has been decided
by the officers of the institute to re-
move the exhibit at Portland to Berke-
ley, where it will be shown to the men,
bers Of the state educational conven-
tion shortly after Christmas. 1t is also
proposed, if San Francisco wins in it's
race for the next National Educational
Association convention, to box up the
exhibit for further exhibition when the
greater teachers convention comes
west.
Plan Unique Benefit
On next Friday evening in the Y. M.
c. A. auditorium will be held a rather
unusual benefit entertainment. 1t is
for the purpose of raising money with
which to build a three-room cottage
for Rev. David J. Higgins aged SO
years, retired Methodist minister, and
his daughter. aged go years, who lives
with him. The old gentleman receives
a pension of $2S month but has no
home of his own. The Dr. Thornburg
c1 In "a i,1on A1,o
nue. M. E. church has undertaken to
provide the home. Secretary M. w.
Davis of the board of education has Of
fered to provide grounds for the little
building at the rear of his North
Orange Grove property and the enter
tainment a week from tonight is to
raise the money. Rev. DR.. Smith of
the First Baptist church will deliver
a lecture on the subject Men Who
Solve Problems" and a large crowd is
expected.
German M. e. Conference
Today's session of the California con-
ference of the German M. E. church
was given over largely to routine busi-
ness, which included the hearing of
reports and the discussion of matters of
church policy. Rev R. zurbuchen Of
Santa Cruz and Rev. Henry Hilner
were admittd to membership in the
conference. During the afternoon the
several standing committees were in
session. Tonight Bishop Berry gave a
stirring address before a large audience,
the occasion being the anniversary of
the young peoples organization. To-
morrow will be devoted, to closing the
work of the conference and the formal
reports of committees.
Opposes Rooming Agency
Secretary Coolidge of the board of
trade is kept busy explaining to real
estate men that the board of trade does
not intend going into the business of
renting houses and rooms to incoming
tourists. The secretary told someone
a few days ago that he would gladly
prepare and keep on file at the rooms of
the society a list of boarding houses
and hotels, and the impression went
rapidly abroad that he intended going
into active competition with the regu-
lar dealers in the business of finding
lodging and living places for the COM
ing tourist.
Pasadena Brevities
City Auditor Kernaghan has discov-
cred that many pieces of realty in this
city. although certified by out-of-town
companies as clear, have clouded titles,
owing to the fact that they have been
sold at some time or another for un-
paid municipal taxes. The certifying
companies do not examine into munich
pal tax payment and the purchaser
often fails to investigate for himself.
kilograms have been received from
ex-City Treasurer James Cambell and
John Crosse of the Casa Grande an
nouncing that they were in the railroad
wreck at Newton Kansas but that