Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-03
Lecture on Napoleon

ASCOT PARK-Races.
Lecture on Napoleon
Fred e. Seeper will deliver lee
ture on Napoleon tonight at Blks' hall
at 8 o'clock.
Oil Stock Sold
On the Los Angeles stock exchange
yesterday 1000 shares of Continental
OH company stock were sold at 24h
cents a share.
Banquet for Flint
Members of the Society of the CO.
lonial Wars and of the Sons Of the
Revolution will tender Senator-elect
Flint banquet Saturday evening,
February 1s,
Burglars Secure Purse
Mrs. Leroy Holt of 1902 South Union
avenue notified the police last evening
that while she was out in the back
yard just before dark someone entered
her home and took a purse containing
s25 from bureau drawer.
Plans New Settlement House
The El Hogar Feliz society has Sc
cured the approval of Bishop Conaty
regarding the erection of building
on the grounds of the Church of Our
Lady of Angels for settlement work
among the children of the parish.
Not Pinkerton Agency
H. d. Bailey superintendent of the
Plnkerton detective agency in Los An
Celes, says that the report that one of
his officers was called on to investigate
the alleged theft of $72 in South
Figueroa street home is without found
alton. The agency has no record of
such an occurrence.
Lodging House Keeper Dismissed
w. A. Cooper, the lodging house
keeper who was arrested three weeks
ago on charge Of attacking Gus
Camrath in South Los Angeles lodg-
ing house and beating Camrath over
the head with a monkey wrech, was
discharged yesterday in jury case
in Justice Austin's court.
Plenty of Garden Seeds
Congressman McLachlan has sent to
the Los Angeles chamber of commerce
a large and varied supply of garden
seeds from Washington. Secretary
Virgins says the chamber is now pre-
pared to supply the people of the city
and county with seeds with the compli-
ments of the agricultural department
of the government.
Charged With Assault
Robert Harper, the negro who was
arrested several days ago on charge
of committing assault with a deadly
weapon upon j. e. Mccormick. a
white man, was held to the superior
court in Justice Chambers court yes
terday morning under bail of $780,
Mccormick has recovered only recently
from the knife wound said to have
been inflicted by the negro.
More Charges Filed
Robert Dominguez has filed report
with the civil service commission
against w. c. Melvin, a deputy city
assessor. Dominguez alleges Melvin
is employed in the city assessors Office
Illegally, having been transferred there
from the Office of the city tax collector
and not having passed civil service
examination. The charges will be heard
at the next meeting of the commission.
TyndalI Lecture
DR.. Alexander j. McIvor-Tyndall
has selected the subject of "Can the
Future Be Foretold?" for his psychic
science lecture at Blanchard hall Sun
day afternoon. DR.. McIvor-T -Tyndall
will deal with the apparent contradic-
tion in the idea that man determines
his own destiny and at the same time
that prophecy is a scientific fact. In
teresting phenomena will follow the
lecture.
Heavy Postal Business
The monthly report of the sale of
stamps in Los Angeles was issued
yesterday by the postoffice department
and shows a great increase over the
sales of any previous month. In addi-
tion to the report of the sales list of
the changes of addresses ordered at the
local Office for the month was made
and is far in advance of any other
month in the history of Los Angeles,
showing the presence of thousands of
tourists in the city who intend to make
Southern California their home.
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Fire In Ship Building Plant