Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
ASKS FOR MONEY
/. FROM PASADENANS
LETTER FROM SPAIN TALKS OF
CAPTIvES
Repetition Is Made Of Former At.
tempt to Wheedle Citizens Out
Of Their Funds-Pasadena
BreVitlcs
Pasadena Agency,
ili East Colorado Street.

lli East Colorado street.
PASADENA, Jan. 9t.-For the second
time In a year, there Is evidence of a
poor attempt to secure money from
Pasadena citizens by means of letters
from Spain, in which there are mysteri-
Gus references to a man and girl
being held captlves for ransom. After
much excitement on the part Of the
parties to whom the letters came last
summer, they were branded as false
by the American authorities In Spain.
Another attempt has just been made
In the shape of letter to Spanish
resident of this city, Frank Deardorf.
Since it's arrival 1t has been discovered
that a similar letter has been received
by William Castlemann, who now is at
Ocean Park. The only difference in
the letters is in the last part of the
relatives name. Both are the rankest
frauds.
Hatfield Says Heavy Rain
1--WE will undoubtedly get heavy
rain tonight out of the unsettled con-
ditions." said Professor Hatfield today
when asked what he thought about
the weather. Since l have been work.
ing" continued the rain maker, "since
the 18th of December we have had
but four really wholly clear days, and
l hold that If l do not get rain, have
got clouds and cloudy weather, which
is unusual at this time of year. Ordi-
h., -.
the rains and then absolutely clear
weather comes, but in the past six
weeks we have had but the four really
clear days. Since / started my ex-
periments here at the tower, we have
had 5.36 inches Of rainfall, and the
heaviest has not come yet. 1 am con-
fident that l will accomplish my task
and have demonstrated that my expert
ments have produced some rain and
very unusual weather, and that is
what Will be judged by--results. The
rain will probably come tonight"
Throop Students to Play Opera
Under the auspices of the "Throop
Glee clubs the pretty opera La Fiesta
the opera house on the evening of
February TO- This is a very pretty
story taken from the old days OF
Southern California, soon after the dis
covery of gold in this state, and has
strong local interest. The large
der the direction of LIE Roy Jepson. The
leading female part will be taken by
Miss Vyne Bowers of San Diego, who
created the part of Celeste in tn eorig-
inal production of the play. Most Of
the other prominent parts will be taxi
en- by members of the Throop Glee
clubs and every indication promises
to be a great success The dramatic
personnel is as follows:
Celeste, Miss Vyne Bowers; Chiquita,
Miss Vestina Scobey; Josefa, Eliza
beth Woodville; Mira, Isabel Harrah;
Father Auselmo, Guy Frampton; Syl-
vestre, lie Roy Hunt; Wood B. Everlll,
Darwin Grettinger; A Monk, Miss Chita
Craft.
Police Cannot Take Presents
After mature thought and the ex-
animation of the text of the city char
ter upon the point, the city commits
sioners had to rescind their action
taken yesterday afternoon by which
they allowed the chief of police and the
captain to divide between them the gift
of one thousand dollars by Mr.. Will
liam Edey, for the recovery of the
magnificent jewelry stolen from his wife
at Hotel Maryland. 1t seems that the
charter strictly forbids the giving of re-
wards to the city officials, and the
mayor and officials had to back down
from their position of last night. What
will be done is not yet known.
Spanish Dancers Matinee
So strongly did the recent entertain
| ment given by the Spanish dancers
appeal to the lovers of beauty, grace
and music that an urgent and quite
general request came to the members
of the committee in charge, asking for
another performance. This has been
arranged, and that the young people
from the different schools may be able
to attend, a matinee is to be given on
Friday of this week, beginning at 2:3O
o'clock in the Lowe opera house.
Brilliant Reception
Some 300 cards of invitation were
sent out for the large reception given
this evening by Judge and Mrs. j. H.
Merriam at their beautiful home on
North Madison avenue from to H..
Rev. and Mrs Albert Thatcher Smith
the former being the new pastor of the
First Baptist church of this city, were
the especial guests of honor, and the
handsomely appointed reception was a
most happy introduction to the Pasa-
dena people. With Judge and Mrs
Merriam, the latters father, the Rev.
]. N. Williams Of Providence, r. l.,
received the guests of the evening.
Al the punch bowl in the daintily
decorated library Miss Rachel Coolidge,
daughter of Mrs. Merriam, presided
throughout the evening. assisted by
her friend, Miss Grace Waldron.
Among the ladies assisting Mrs. Mer-