Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-28
BIC CONVENTION
ENDS ITS WORK
PASADENA PLANS FOR ANNUAL
TOURNAMENT
Throop Institute Opens With Large
EnrolIment-Dog Tax Prosecu-
tions Vigorously Pushed.
Other News Items
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street

PASADE ENA, Sept. 81 This was
another busy day for the preachers and
laymen assembled here in attendance
upon the sessions of the Congregational
convention. So Interested have the del
egates become that movement was
set on foot today looking to continuing
the session until tomorrow noon. This
was finally voted down, but some, of
the more enthusiastic will hold a re
treat" in the First church tomorrow
morning. But many of the visitors
started for their homes late tonight,
and all unite in praise of the splendid
convention.
The following standing committees
for the ensuing year were. appointed
w. II. Day, Mrs. c. w Marslow Mrs. J.
II. Williams. Education-Warren F.
pay, e F. WaIker' e. T. 1 Goff Il r;Irn sunday
w. Palmer, A. D. Schurter, w. Davies.
Temperance-E. F. Hahn, ]. S. Edwards,
S. G. Emerson. Publication-,F. J. Cul-
Ver A. T. Cannon, j. L. Naile. County
N. L; Rowell;. ]. M. schaefle. N T.
Maile, George A. Gates, w. H. Day, H,
Case Evangelistic wqrknft 2Tt,1o{t L. Mai1e'
Fuller, C. T. Brown, Thomas Hendry,
Henry Kingman, F. S. Forbes. Sunday
observanceaC; y; Queen, George Rob
tary, a I. Cannon; Preacher r. R.
Meredith. Alternate, E. K. Holden.
A new society was organized and or
ing "Co-operating State Home Mission;
ary Society of Southern California.
It's place of business will be Los An
geles, and its purpose is to promote the
in Southern California, to aid such
churches as need assistance, and to do
general evangelical work. Rev, Day or
Los Angeles and Rev. Palmer of Red
lands secured action by the convention
toward organizing a Southern Califor-
MIA Christian Endeavor association.
During the day a number OF interest,"
ing papers were read upon practlc,al
Church Toward Its Sunday school,,
evangelism and the Business Maj.
and "The Influence and Distribution of
Religious Literature In the AFTER
noon came number of committee re
ports and a brilliant. though brief, talk
by Rev, Won Ogden Vogt, international
Y. P. S. C. e. secretary. A half dozen
prominent ministers spoke very point
edly upon how the church can best
Tonight two addresses We're given.
Prof. F. K. Saunders of Boston spoke
on THE Sunday School as an Evangeliz-
ing Power" and Miss Wheeler spoke
of the missionary work in Turkey. The
session formally closed with short talks
by DIR. Meredith and the moderator.
Elect Tournament Officers
The annual meeting of the Tourna-
ment of Roses association was held
last night at the board of trade rooms.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, e. D. Neff;
vice president, F. P. Boynton; secretary,
George P. Carey; treasurer. f. v Rider ;
directors, D. NJ. Linnard, Fred E. Will
cox, John S. Cravens, DIR. F. F. Row
land, ]. S. Glasscock, E. ]. Pyle and F.
S. Allen. The newly elected president
has been the secretary of the associa-
tion during the past year, and is prob
ably the best qualified man in the city
for the executive head of the associa-
tion. The work of preparation for the
already well advanced, and will now be
pushed with new vigor. It Is an
bounced that eight teams will be en-
tered for the great chariot races which
The State Bank and Trust company
completed very important sale OF
realty today, when it disposed OF the
Fair Oaks ranch to Senator stephen W.
Dorsey, the consideration being $4,000:
The property lies to the northeast OF
Pasadena and comprises 200 acres. The
purchase renews the rumor of extensive
improvements contemplated by Senator
Dorsey in that neighborhood.
Pay Tax or Pay Fine
Three more owners of unlicensed dogs
were ordered to appear in the police
court this forenoon-.J. L. Berger, a
motorman; James Miller, colored man
who is janitor in the court house at
Los Angeles, and Louis Lasaretta. Ber-
ger did not appear, and allowed his IS
bail to be forfeited to the city. Miller
gave his two months-old "purp" to a
Los Angeles friend. but pleaded guilty
to having the dog and paid SO, while
Lasaretta sent his wife into court to
tell of a big family and hard times,
passed on to another friend. She paid
81 fine. These prosecutions are causing
into the office of the city treasurer 1t
costs money to own a dog in Pasadena.
Pasadena Brevities
Word was received here today an
nouncing the sudden death at Bakers
field, Cal, of Fletcher Burt for many
years a prominent resident of this city.
The Leaders club of the local -, Y M.
in North Pasadena Tuesday evening,
October 8, for the benefit of the new
reading and game room recently opened
officer Sherwin of the Humane so
ciety is trying to get horse for an old
man living on Yolo street whose horse
broke his leg yesterday and had to be
killed The cid man spent nine years
in the county house, and without the
help of his horse will be obliged to re-
turn to that institution.
Ricardo Garcia, Mexican with po-
lice court record, was arrested tonight
for beating Mrs, Martinez. Garcia was
drunk. and chose his neighbor on South
Raymond avenue to vent his drunken
The Y. M. c. A. Camping club had a
banquet last evening, and the annual
election of officers resulted as follows
President, E. E. Gray; vice president,
Alexander F. Banks; secretary, Valen-
tine Hessmer; treasurer, Harry Forbes,
Twenty-eight members of the club sat
down to the banquet served by the
ladies' auxiliary.
The case against the Sunset Tele-
phone company for leaving distinctions
in the street without danger signals at
night was dismissed by Police Judge
Wood this forenoon, there not being