Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-31
Gamble Concert

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Gamble Concert
Tonight at Simpson auditorium the
Ernest Gamble Concert company will
give recital which will be an event
in the Imperial course of entertain
ments.
Bids for OIL st <
Bids for oil stock on the Los Angeles
stock exchange yesterday were active
but no sales were recorded. One
Home Telephone company bond was
sold at $S7.
Steals New Shoes
Samuel Young. formerly Of San
Francisco, was convicted of the theft
of pair of shoes from in front of
shoe store on South Spring street, yes
terday morning in Justice Chambers
court and sentenced to 100 days on
the chain gang.
Charged With Battery
f. r. Hawley, an insurance agent,
was arrested yesterday afternoon on
a charge of battery preferred against
him by Fred Grant, a boy who claim
ed to have been slapped by the insur-
ance man. Hawley said he did not
know Fred. Grant and furnished bond
to appear today.
To Discuss Tax
Several hundred invitations were
sent out yesterday by County Super
intendent of Schools Mark Kebpel to
prominent city and county officials
for meeting which has been called
for this afternoon for the purpose of
discussing the school tax redistribu-
tion bill.
Speaks to the Soldiers
The Rev. W. A. Bunker, pastor of
the Epworth Methodist church, spoke
before the soldiers at Sawtelle at ,
o'clock yesterday on the topic, "The
Master Has Come and Calleth for
Thee" Mrs. Boyd had charge of the
meeting.
Psychic Alliance
The members of the Psychic Science
alliance will meet this evening at the
Mc1vor-Tyndall Institute of Psychic
science, 1901 South Grand avenue.
Many new members will be present.
DIR. Alexander J. -Tyndall, the
president of the alliance, and others.
will address the meeting.
Writes Many Rituals
A. H. S. Perkins of 5000 Crescent
street, Garvanza, well known in fra
ternal circles of Los Angeles, has just
completed ritual for the United
craftsmen of Cambridge Md. This is
the thirty-sixth ritual compiled by Mr.
Perkins, which, it is asserted, gives
him the record over any other writer
in the same line.
Cocaine Fiend Sentei sed
Frank Merrill, a Los Angeles boy of
good parentage, was fined $50 or 60
days yesterday morning on charge
of stealing a lamp. Merrill told the
court he is cocaine fiend and took
the lamp to buy the drug. In addi-
tion to his fine Merrill will be COM
PEELED to serve a sentence of six
months on a former charge.
Burglars Take Foreign Coins
Burglars entered the home of B.
Usruy of 329 Towne avenue, Sunday
night while the family was at
Chutes park. The intruder gained
an entrance by using a skeleton key
and after ransacking the house, de-
parted with a number of rare foreign
coins. which had been taken from a
small bank. The coins were valued
at 500
Exhibit at Portland
Commissioner Virgins received a
letter yesterday from C. L. Wilson of
the Los Angeles chamber of commerce.
who was sent last week to Portland
to look after a carload of exhibits
forwarded there from the st. Louis
exposition. Mr.. Wilson writes that
the contents of the car were found to
be in fair condition and will be a part
of the Lewis and Clark exposition.
Death of Baptist Clergyman
Rev. e. H. Sweet, who had recently
been appointed to the pastorate of the
Covina Baptist church, passed away
at that place Sunday. Previous to his
work at China he had been connected
with the Baptist church at Fullerton
and was much beloved by his asso-
ciates in the church work He is sur
vived by widow and three daughters.
Funeral services will be held Wednes-
day and will be conducted by Rev.
A, M Petty of Los Angeles