Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-28
GRADING GANG
ASSAULTS COOK
DRUNKEN ROW IN PASADENA
CAMP
Forty Special Policemen Ready to
Serve During the Tournament Of
Roses--Additlona Coaching
Prizes Are Donated
Pasadena Agency,
81 North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone. Main 1I03.

| PASADENA, Nov. 27.-Police affairs
have been rather uneventful during the
past week or ten days but livened up
little tonight when a gang of six day
laborers at the Meachtlen & Rice grad
ing camp ON South Lake avenue made
a desperate attempt to break camp,
three Of the men breaking into Jail in
| stead. The other three men will be
rounded up as soon as found. One Of
the six men brought q Jug of wine to
camp this evening and with his asso-
ciates used it literally as a means OF
| Ifortifying themselves against the con-
stant rain.
When warm enough they tried to
hurry the Japanese cook in his prepara
tions for supper. He became too fright
ened to hurry, and they decided to
''clean house" They pounded the cook
until he was nearly dead and then de-
liberately smashed the dishes, tore the
tent to shreds and broke the tools as
much as they could. officer Joe Nichols
stopped the row, and with help gath
cred in three of the drunken men. Allen
Kingsbury, James Nickels and Frank
Murray. The little Jap was rescued
and given surgical assistance.
To Appoint Forty Special Police
At the regular meeting of the COM
missioners this afternoon there was no
reference to the question Of Sunday
b9 id concerts, although it was thought
by some that yesterdays crowd in the
city park listening to the concert would
convince the commissioners that they
had made a mistake in refusing the use
of the parks for the purpose.
No further petition was offered by
the supporters of the concerts and it is
stated that there will be none, as the
plan of holding the concerts on pri-
vate lot is in many ways more salts
factory and serves the purpose just as
well. The commissioners voted to allow
Chief of Police Pinkham to employ
forty special policemen for handling
the great crowds expected in the city
on New Years day. Other arrange
ments were also authorized for this
| day.
The amendment of the city ordinance
covering the powers of the police will
be asked of the council so as to confer
police powers upon members of the city
fire department while going to or re-
turning from fires.
Fine Bequest for Throop
| Three hundred fine books have just
arrived at the Throop Polytechnic in
/
Miss Clara Randall, a former instruc-
tor at the institution whose death oc-
Cured last summer at Boston. 1t was
Miss Randalls request that these books
should he chosen from 'her private
| library at her death and sent to the
school for which she entertained feel
| ings of the greatest love. Her sister.
Mrs. Clarence Peabody, a cousin of
the Pasadena family of that name, has
| faithfully carried out the request, AMI
the books are here and will soon be
indexed and placed on the library
shelves. The gift is much appreci-
ated.
Well Known Citizen Dead
George f. Billings, aged eighty-two
years, died this morning at the home
of his daughter, Miss Elizabeth T..
Billings, at PIT South Delaney street,
after an illness of many months. The
deceased has been a resident of Pasa
dena during the past six years and
of the state about eighteen years, and
was we'll known. DR.. r. r. Meredith
of the First Congregational church will
conduct the funeral service tomorrow
afternoon and the interment will oc-
cur in Mountain View cemetery.
Plans are complete for the elaborate
entertainment to be given the state
federation of women's clubs, which
will meet in this city next week. The
new Shakespeare club house will be
the scene of the several sessions, Mon
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