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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23
Notice to Sewer Contractors

Sealed proposals for the construc-
ton of the proposed. storm sewer
in Westmoreland place will be
City Clerk of the City Of Los
Angeles, California, until II a. m
of Tuesday, December 26, 1905. All
proposals must be on forms furnisne
by the city and must be accompanied
by a certified check drawn to the order
of the City Clerk of the City of Los
Angeles, for the sum of five CD pei
cent of the amount of the bid. The
city reserves the right to reject dny or
all bids. Plans. profile. detail draw
ings, spec 'iications. ETC., may be seer
at the office OF the City Engineer
Prints of the plans, profile and detail
drawings forms of proposal contract
and bonds and copies of the specifca .
tions will be delivered to prospective
bidders upon receipt by the CITY En-
gineer of $500. Each bidder Is re.
quired TO make personal examination
of the ground in which the sewer is to
be constructed
Sizes and approximate lengths OF tho
sewer follow
1860 feet vitrihed pipe sewer. dame
Each bid shall be placed in a
sealed envelope addressed II j. Le-
lande. City Clerk, Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and endorsed. Proposal for
constructing Storm Sewer In West
moreland place. from private right OF
way to point west of Vermont ave-
II. ]. LELANDE.
12-16-25 lot City Clerk.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23
Notice of Appeal

Magauran % has S fled his appeal with the he
City Council, appealing from the acts
and determinations OF the street su-
perintendent In issuing his assessment
shire Boulevard Tract. for the improve
ment of Sixth street, between Coronado
and Hoover streets as being erroneous
and unjust.
Said appeal will be heard by the City
Council at it's meeting of Tuesday, De-
cember 26, 1905, at 2 o'clock p m. or as
soon thereafter as the same can be
heard. III. ]. LELANDE
12-21-25 6t City Clerk.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23
Notice to Sewer Cou,roctor,

Sealed proposals for the construction
of the proposed storm sewer in West
property will be received at the
office of the City Clerk Of the
2 1906. All proposals must be &C on n
forms furnished by the city and must
be accompanied by a certified check
drawn to the order of the City Clerk
of the City of Los Angeles for the
sum of five CD per cent of the amount
of the bid The city reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. Plans, pro-
file. detail dra wings, pecifications.
etc, may be seen at the office Of the
city Engineer. Prints OF the plans
profile and detail dra wings, forms or
proposal contract aad bonds ana
copies OF the 81 ecifieations will be de. - !.
receipt by the City Engineer of s2,OO
Each bidder, is required 20 make per
sonal examination OF the ground IN
which the sewer is to be constructed
Sizes. and approximate lengths of the
sewer follow:
diameter 2 feet inches.
Each bid shall be submitted in a
sealed envelope addressed H j. Le-
lande, City Clerk, Los Angeles, Cali
tornia," and indorsed Proposal for
Constructing Storm Sewer In West
moreland Place and Through Private
Property
H ]. LELANDE.
12-2l-30 lot City Clerk,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23
PREDICTS FAIR, COLD, FROSTY
Foreeoster Franklin Offers No Relief
From Cool Weather Now
PREVAILING

Fair, cold and frosty" are the
words Forecaster Franklin used in de-
scribing last nights weather He
offers no relief from the cold spell that
has been prevailing for the past few
days but predicts that 1t will continue
for some time.
The mercury In the thermometer
stood at AZ degrees yesterday morning
and the early risers living near the
lowlands state that there was a heavy
frost and that the shallow pools were
frozen over.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23
Notice to bidders

Notice Is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received by the City
Clerk of Oft, the City Of Los angeles up to
2. 1906, for the furnishing to the city
Of Los Angeles certain supplies for tho
new Detention Hospital. according to
ssSed and eopes of which may 1ne Ssder Ss
upon application
A certified check. payable to the
order of II. j, Lelande, City Clerk, In
the sum of 10000 must accompany
zach proposal as a guarantee that the
bidder will enter into a contract with
the city In conformity with his bid.
Council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
BY order OF the Council OF the City
of Los Angeles.
12-21-S0 lot City Clerk.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23
INDEX TO PUBLIC ADVERTISING
NEW TODAY

Ordinance ordering the closing OF
Montana street, between Logan street
and Echo Park road.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23
Notice of puhlic work

its MEETING 'iHe held d on %e'S Mon day. the sOth
day of November, 1906 the City Council
of the City Of Los Angeles adopted an
Ordinance, designated as Ordinance No
1a,lO1 (New Series), declaring its in
tention to order the following improyh
ment TO be made, to wit:
That
HOPE STREET.
a public street of the city of Los An
geies, be opened to a width of sixty
T60) feet, between Thirty-sixth street
and Thirty eighth street.
Reference is hereby made TO said Or
dlnanco on file In the office of the City
Clerk of said city for further particu-
lars.
Street Superintendent OF the City OF
Los Angeles. 12-1S-27 lot
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23
LOFTY FIGURES
PREVENT AWARDS
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS RE-
JECTS BID
Boyle Heights Property Owners Call
Attention of officials to High
Priees-orders Improve
ments Readvertised

The board of public works was in
carping mood yesterday and but few
of the bids for street work which had
been submitted were awarded. Out
of % proposed street improvements
only ten contracts were let. The others
were ordered re-advertised. as the
bids were, in the opinion of the city
engineer, out of all proportion to what
the cost of the work should be.
The attention of the board was first
called to these high prices by large
number of owners of property on Bu-
clid hill, Boyle Heights. Bids had
been submitted for the improvement
of Esperanza, Percy Sabina, Sixth and
several other streets on Euclid hill at
prices that brought a gasp of sur
prise from the members of the board
when the protestants called their at
tention to them. In several instances
40 cents was demanded for concrete
curb and 20 cents for sidewalks. These
prices are more than twice those for
merly demanded under the old specfi-
cations and nearly % per cent higher
than those usually demanded under
the new specifications. When the
board saw the figures it lost no time
in rejecting all bids for the work and
ordering reimbursement of the i'm
provements.
Say Prices Are Reasonable
These instances induced the board
to carefully scan every bid submitted
with the result that Is proposed i'm
provements were ordered re-advertised.
In some instances the work was so
badly needed that contracts were
awarded as high as SO cents for curb
and 13 cents for sidewalk. but had
the board entirely followed the die
tates of the mood it was in it is proba-
BILE that not a contract would have
been awarded yesterday afternoon.
These bids have been growing a
little higher and higher right along"
said one of the members of the board,
''and If we did not check them there
is no telling what prices they would
demand pretty soon. BY refusing to
consider such high bids 1 believe we
can soon get prices down to where they
belong"
Several contractors, whose bids were
rejected were present at the meeting
and declared they had figured as low
on the work as was possible and some
insisted they would lose money at those
prices.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
PusLIe ADVERTISING


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of
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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-23

Public notice is hereby given that on
Monday. the goth day of November, AID
1906, the Council of the City of Los An
geles did at its meeting on said day.
adopt an Ordinance of Intention nun
bered 1900 New Sories), to have the
work done, to wit:
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
DIE IN RUSSIAN BATH.
TWO MEN SUFFOC4TED.
Unable to Find Door, They Grope in
Scalding Steam.

SlUI III the steamroom of Russian and Turk
lsh oathhouse, at Nos. 1-23 Hester-st early
yesterday two young men were overcome and
suhocated before the attendants realized their
plight Their death was due to their inability
10 mo the door Of the room in the dense steam.
one OF them had torn his fingers and inflicted
scalp wound on himself IN his efforts 10 pierce
the walls or alarm the attendants and the plas-
ter OF the walls showed blood stained scratches
where the two men had groped for relief When
they were overcome their bodies lay with the
heads only few feet from the door sought
The victims were Abraham Pasternak. egh-
teen years old and Peter Roos. the same age.
tailors. living in the boarding house of Jacob
silverman, at No. IS NorfoIk-st Roos had
been in this country six weeks and Pasternak
a year and half
AS the proprietor of the bathhouse. Abraham
stern. and the attendants did not report the
deaths TO the police of the Delancey-st. station
until more than two hours after they discovered
the bodies. Captain O'Connor was at first sus-
ptcious OF the story, and thought that violence
might have been committed. He arrested Stern
end five assistants. Jacob Doborwich Jacob
Hirsch, John Kostowich Isaac Schmidt and
Isaac Faskowich, and arraigned them in the
Essex Market police court. Magistrate Moss
would not entertain homicide charges against
them, so they were held on suspicion until to-
cay, When they Will probably be released. as
Deputy Coroner Weston, after investigation
Of the case, declared that Pasternak and Roos
were not the victims of any violence. Stern and
his attendants were frightened that they
could not tell coherent stories, which led 10
further suspicion on the part of the police
Pasternak and Roos went TO the bathhouse
late on Saturday night, and began the long
process Of a Russian bath. They finally arrived
at the steam room, where the attendants left
them So far as could be learned from the in
coherent and contradictory stories Of the at
tendants. the men were not heard from again
until they were found dead. About O'Clock
the police were told. the steam room was opened
and their bodies were discovered.
The bodies were covered with scalds and
Pasternak's head and face were bloody, where
he had evidently beaten his head against the
walls in his vain efforts TO escape. There was a
gas Jet in the room. but # was unighted.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
THREE PLAT00NS FAIL.
yEW-YORK UNPROTECTED.
Tours By Tribune Reporters at Night
lShosc Police Fetc and SIothfuL.

Tpurs OF investigation by Tribune reporters
,,sicste that the decreased police force on duty
,.,der the three platoon system. coupled with
ne babitual failure Of many patroImen under
ne present administration 10 perform their
su+y. is largely responsible for the food OF
rrne that is sweeping the city. Miles OF streets
~ all characters. including scenes of recent
rdmes. were found apparently denuded OF
police
II is only fair 10 say, however. that while the
investigations showed that large number OF
nstrolmen supposed TO be on post Were violat.
ing orders IN half dozen ways. many were
mainly fulfilling their duty TO the top of their
ability These as Commissioner McAdoo de-
csred in his latest statement desire nothing
hetter than 10 have the force purged of its black
sheen and the service cleaned OF its stain
Commissioner McAdoO has declared that the
total effective force on certain day recently
,bat S. patrolmen i'm the city's streets-num-
heed 4368 There were 2.77S patrolmen off
surv for various reasons or detailed for special
surv in the Street Cleaning Department. sani-
rsrv squad boiler inspection. at crossings. fer
-ies and IN the cirys offices.
In view Of the present outbreak of crime. citI-
Eeps are asking whether there is not something
radically wrong with A system which thus
dininishes the active force by at least one
shini
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
PHIPPS MARRIAGE PLANS.
Couple To Be Reunited in Pittsburg
an Sir Weeks, Friends Sag.
J.. rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE. !

Pittsburg, Jan. 29-It is announced here to-
day by friends of both that Lawrence Phipps,
who was some time ago divorced from his wife.
Genevieve Chandler Phipps. VIII. within the next
six weeks. again lead her to the altar. Orders
have been given here for refurnishng the Phipps
home, in 5th-ave. and word comes from Denver
that arrangements have been made to have the
ceremony performed outside Colorado. since. ac-
cording TO the State law there, neither re-
marry inside of year after being divorced.
Mr.. PhipPs is now in Europe and the wedding
is to take place here as soon as he returns, ac-
cording TO report. One of the conditions under
which Mrs. Phipps has consented to a remar-
riage to Phipps is that he pay all the bills which
she incurred IN making ready 10 fight his d.
voroe bill last summer This viii include $50, 900
which she is said TO have borrowed from Hart
Mckee. Br Phipps who is in Europe. will
see Mckee who is his wedding trip and pay
the money.
The reconciliation and remarriage now ar
ranged for have been brought about by Henry
Phipps. who insisted it for the sake Of the
children.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
HER SALARY s14.e1 A YEAR.
Postmistress at Sweetmans, n. j., Resigns
Her Successor Named

New Brunswick. y. j.. Jan % (speciai) i)-Miss
Geneva Nivison, whose salary as postmistress at
sweetmans a small country town Just the
boundary line in Monmouth County, only sl4 sl
last year. has been replaced ct her request by
Johnson Applegate postmaster Miss Eivison
some time ago asked that some one be named in
her place.
offoe in April. 1901. The postofice ~ Sweetmans
was established six years ago In Miss NIyison' s
Frst wear as postrniStress her salary S20 She
gcts az amount equal to the amount OF the postage
stsyuDe cancelled in the year al tho office. Some
mon hs ago the territory from which she received
letters was cut into by one OF the rural free de
livery routes starting from Engl!shtown. and since
tben she has received little moro than half what
H. receipts OF the Office formerly were.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
ANARCHY In POLISH CAPITAL.
WHOLESALE PILLAGE At WARSAW By FRENZIED
THRONGS OF WyORKMEN
British ViceConsI Reported Cut Dozen By Husars-lany
Street Conficts-lStrkers a Moscou Orerazred.

Warsaw given page yesterday Hundreds of shops were
wrecked by bands of striking women and were
burned Troops charged the mob killed
but there that the mslrcon has been
The spirit of revolt is spreading through Alarming repos
Odessa
Gurey police official shot Batoum Moscow owing 10
the of 10000 troops and the deportation workmen re-
mained calm
To add to General
the
that the Russian driven of Sandepas MARQUIS Oama
that all the forces operating against Ok have been
forced back the Hun The japanese the Marshal adds ara
pursuit, and have taken 500 prisoners.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
ARRESTS At SEBASTOPOL.
Stern Measures Taken-OUer 900
Persons IN Prison.

London Jan. 30-A dispatch 70 The Daily
Graphic from Sebastopol says:
In consequence Of the gravity Of the situa-
ton here the government has invested the naval
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
QUICKEST LINE TO CLEVELAND.

leave Kew York 5:sa D IN. arrive Cleveland 7:i5
,-Et r1ornnz Cincinnati 30 =. indianapolis 100
- II - Louis sa4S r.. b. New York Central
tr. s.. al.s. $50 eKs'ea% fare. .-Adet
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30

The Delaware & Hudson offers a prize OF 800 and
second prize of $50 fer the best design for suitable
poster For detailed circular address ;. ". Bur
d.ck. Z. r. A. Albany. y, Y.-(Advt.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30

I anu Iilllisary commanders with full powers 70
Lepress disorders. over 300 arrests have h.s1
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30

egcEss, EfE every day st - q noon ms King
a1d s. lne ~ both directions between NeW-Y York
es .atLe 1silre superb tEa!n. Fnr TsForf book
N&s.t -it ei4- T. X 4. pf!icc cf -.lAs Bg0arSas-
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
NEW-YORK. MONDAY. JANUARY 2,

WARSAW, THE ANCIENT POLAND
"'ANsa IF the b erthsv
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
POSTER COMPETITION.

Continued on second page.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
no ONE is SAFE HERE.
EtsoARD FLORIDA ulMITeD-PA. r. r.

Continued on eighth page.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30
kUROPATKIN IN RETREAT
DRIVEN ACROSS THE HUN.
japanese in Pursuit Hundred
Russian Prisoners.

Toxic. Jan. 2s-Telegraphic advices received
here to-day from the Japanese Manchurian
headquarters say:
New-York tribune., 1905-01-30

Vienna, Jan. GA telegram from Czensto-
chow. Poland. reports that bomb was thrown
into the cavalry barracks there to-day. and that
many soldiers were wounded The act is sup
posed TO have been in revenge for brutality in
dispensing a workmens meeting
Other dynamite Outrages are reported to have
occurred in the neighbOrhood of Lodz. A gen
darme is reported 10 have been killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-28
Politics and Fame.

A man was put on the pension roll the
other day. and the country is lectured be-
cause al the time not half dozen people
remembered that forty years ago he was a
member of the Senate and figured promi-
nently in the Johnson impeachment trial.
How many people can today name the man
ayers of that trial, or recall the important
incidents of it? Who presided? Who made
the best speech. and what were the points
that caused the most discussion in legal
and political circles? Let any man who
keeps up with the events of the day, and,
besides, keeps himself informed from books
and standard periodicals, try his unassisted
memory these questions and discover
how little he can recall of that stirring cpl
sode and of the actors In IL.
We all bear in mind Daniel Webster;
know that he was great lawyer and ora
tor and expounder of the Constitution. But
how many of US can name the men who
served with him in the Senate from Massa-
chusetts? To the average man of today,
thinking of those days. Webster was Massa-
chusetts while he lived He was first, and
the rest nowhere. And yet there were men
OF considerable ability from the bay state
in national life at that time.
In much the same way Henry Clay stands
for Kentucky, John c. Calhoun for South
Carolina, Andrew Jackson for Tennessee
and Stephen A. Douglas for Illinois Some
of their associates were conspicuous in their
day but they are forgotten now The fame
OF Mr.. Crittenden of Kentucky does survive,
but wrinkles feebIy by the side of Mr..
Clay's.
1t is trite enough to point these things out
and read the lesson. The statesman, like
the actor. struts his brief hour. and then
passes into oblivion. If he retires from office
early and lives to great age, he has the
modification and discomfort of being buried
alive The great ma jority of people are
amazed at his funeral notice when it ap-
pears. And even when he holds on late and
works hard to the end his disappearance
closes the chapter.
This IS fate 1t Is written. 1t must be-
The world carries comparatively few names
along. il could not carry many Many are
called. but few are chosen. Many serve. but
few are remembered. But the thing Is to
serve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-28

Congress. and that II why call this z
ieaderiess government. There u no public
craftsmanship and that throws great
burden upon the individual"
This is by no means a fair statement OF
the case as respects the two matters citeo
| between the President and Congress. Both
moved in the proper way. The President
called the attention of Congress to rail-
road rates, and Congress took the question
up for consideration. The House replied
with a bill. but at so late a day that the
Senate asked for more time. There has
been no criticism of the President by Con-
gress for bringing the subject to its atten-
ton. That was his duty and privilege
under the Constitution. He will repeat his
recommendation to the next Congress, and
action-probably better than that now pro-
posed-will follow.
The Senate changed one word in the ar
bitration treaties, not with a view of de-
feating their purpose. but to protect, as 1t
considered, it's own part in the treaty-mak-
ing power 1t claims to be as much In
favor of arbitration as the President him
self, and 1t appiauded the spirit of the
treaties and the Presidents initiative. Some
of his warmest supporters in the Senate
supported the change made, and regretted
the construction he put upon 1t.
The two houses of Congress often dis
agree and conferences are frequent. Mr..
Wilson complains that compromises follow.
What else is possible? What else is de-
slrable? What is government itself but a
compromise? The greatest compromise in
our history is the Constitution, and it took
the hardest of hard work to effect 1t.
The fathers were very glad to get 1t even
in that shape. The best of our laws are
compromises. hammered out by conferees
In the sweat Of their faces Congress is
nothing but a community Of interests in
the hands of picked men, the majority of
whom constantly keep good national ends
in view, and in very many cases accom-
plish those ends.
Our government is not In its everyday
workings as leaderless as Mr.. Wilson be-
lieves The leadership is divided into
checks and balances, but it gets there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-28
No Open Bars Sunday.

A mistaken idea of enabling the throngs
of visitors in attendance upon the inaugu-
ration ceremonies to have what is often
enormously called a good time" has
caused the introduction in Congress of a
joint resolution providing that the excise
regulations closing the saloons of this city
on Sunday may be suspended on the 5th of
March. 1t Is understood that this measure
is being vigorously pressed for passage,
and 1t Is even stated that if it fails an
Independent proposition it will be offered
and pushed for adoption as an amendment
to an appropriation BILL in which case 1t
must receive executive sanction.
1t is earnestly to be hoped that the effort
will fail. The Inauguration crowd needs
no such special dispensaton, which exceeds
the bounds of hospitable requirements and
trends dangerously toward license. The
opening of the bars next Sunday will be a
direct invitation on the part of the city to
great numbers of men to indulge more
freely than usual in spirituous drinks, with
the absolutely certain effect of an excessive
number of cases of intoxication, many dis
orders and congestion of the station
houses. 1t requires no stretch of the i'm
aginatiOn to foreSee a spectacle of misbe-
havior that would sadly mar the dignity Of
the whole occasion, Transforming Washing
ton the orderly into Washington the dis
orderly.
If the Inauguration crowd needs special
entertainment on Sunday next let the gov
eminent departments and museums and
other places of interest be thrown open all
day to the visitors 1t will be much more
sensible and satisfactory to give the thou
sands a chance to see Washington in the
particulars that teach lessons than open to
them facilities for spending the day in
carousing
The occurrence of March on a Saturday
is no more a reason for opening the saloons
on the Sunday following than would be sup
piled If the inauguration day fell on Monday
1t would be as proper to give the crowds a
chance to drink all day in anticipation of
the event as to drink all day in recollection
of it. Since the beginning of the govern
ment the inaugural 4th of March has fallen
on Saturday five times the years being
1877, 1909, 1887, 1865 and 1893. Next Satur-
day will thus be the sixth Saturday inau-
guration out of the total of thirty. There
have been three inaugurations celebrated
on Monday when March has fallen on
Sunday. and six occasions when the inau-
guratiOn day has properly fallen on Mon
day. Thus counting next Saturday the
whole record is marked by fifteen out of
thirty Inauguration days on which it
would have been, on the basis of the rea-
soning now advanced proper to violate the
wholesome, necessary rule to close the bars
on the Sabbath day.