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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

Frank Palomares, assessment clerk
who had been connected with city af-
fairs so long that he knows the inner.
most history of every employe Of the
street department, acted as master of
ceremonies and distributed the gifts.
He knew the little Jokes attached to the
gifts and recited them for the delecta-
tion of the large audience invited TO
witness the affair. To two or three en-
ployes who use the telephones of the
department to- talk with their "besl
girls" he presented toy telephones; for
those who had recently married there
were doll carriages and rubber toys,
for each was a present Of some kind,
and most Of them received the gifts
with bushes which showed that thelt
"sns" had found them out.
Each member of the city council
was remembered. For Theodore Sum
merland there was an artificial rose
to plant In Summerland park when the
councilman from the Fourth gets what
he has been fighting for; for Edward
Kern, a little jug of the water in which
his company is interested; for Percy
Harmon, the Junior member of the
council, an A Il c book on politics,
for Fred Ford, chairman of the water
supply committee, a jug of dirty water
purporting to be from the Owens river
for q. A. Smith, toy burro to be used
in his gold mines; for s. w. Hitler, a
shingle tied up in red ribbon, pur-
porting to he a part of the board of
public works, of which he Is a member;
for B. L. Blanchard, Boyle Heights
bottled up; but the master of cere-
monies struck the keynote of the hui
morous situation when, with great
solemnity, he presented Councilman
Healy with a necktie, an article which
the councilman from the Eighth es-
chews as though 1t were poison.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
TWO BEAU NIGHTS A WEEK
Girls, Demanding More Freedom, Start
Revolt in Y. w. C. A. Home.
Don't Like Chaperons
Special to The Herald.

bpeclaI 10 The Herald.
CINCINNATI. o., Dec. 23.-The
question of which nights the 200 girls
of the local Young Women's Christian
association may go out has caused a
strain of discord at the institution and
trouble is brewing.
The managers want to set aside two
nights a week. All other nights the
institution is to be closed tight, with
the house matron sitting on the lid.
The matter is being put to a vote of
the girls. and whichever the majority
select will be beau night"
Several of the girls have refused to
vote, and are holding fast to the Ameri-
can girls privilege of going and coming
when she pleases. Said one: 1--WE are
not schoolgirls who have to have a
chaperon tagging along with them.
Sounds like. the cooks Thursday out "
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
H0SELESS SINGER SHOCKS
Musical Guests Get Peep at Pretty
Foot in Tiny Sandal, and Sem
sation Is Result
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 2S.-Because
she appeared without stockings at a
receptions given by society women of
the east end, at fashionable musical
school, Madame Marta Sandal-Bram-
sen, head of the vocal department of
instruction and wife of f. Celoste, of
the Plttsburg orchestra has set the
tongue of gossip wagging.
Madame Sandal does not
believe in wearing stockings, and has
not worn them since, when a girl of
Ia, her singing caught the fancy of
King Oscar of Sweden, who paid
for her education in the Conservatory
of Music at Christiania. Madame
Bramsen came to Pittsburg with her
husband six weeks ago.
Since then she has been in popular
demand at society functions. but no
one ever suspected her antipathy to
hosiery until this reception at the Mu-
sical institute, when a careless little
movement of the singers gown dis
closed a bare and dainty little foot in
closed in a sandal Of ancient pattern.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
Bought Twenty Acres

Warren Wilson has bought from
Albert Gibbs twenty acres. unimproved,
north of the south city limits of South
Pasadena and ON the west side of Dia-
mond avenue. Price $4,000. The land
is improved with a small ranch dwell
ing, barns and outbuildings. 1t is about
300 feet west of Huntington drive and
Is reached by the Pasadena Short Line.
The property was bought for sub
division.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
New Church at Pasadena

Architect Newsom has drawn plans
for the Lake Avenue Methodist church
to be erected at Pasadena, the improve
ment TO cost $25,0O0 The edifice will
be in the mission style of architecture
and VIII seat 1000 persons. over the
auditorium will be placed a dome cell
Ing and skylight. A choir room,
Women's parlor and library will be on
the first floor, and kitchen and heat
ing apparatus will be in the basement.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
New Railway Ticket office

The Santa Fe Railroad comany has
secured a new locati for the city
ticket office, and will vacate the cor
ner room in the Wilcox building early
in January The rooms leased are at
332-934 South Spring street. The space
Is 50X150 feet, which will afford the
company ample room for the counters,
desks and the lobby. The signing of
the lease is reported by Del Vale g.
Freeman of the Grant building.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
GIRLS BOYCOTT CARS
To Get Good Service-Won't Ride on
TroIIeys and Then Walk Part
of the Wav
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, Dec. 2S.-The
young women of Georgetown, a suburb
OF this city, are establishing a novel
boycott in an effort to induce the
Wilkes Barre Traction company to ex-
tend its tracks, which now stop at the
city line, through that portion Of
Wilkesbarre Traction company to ex-
town lies.
This would be such a great conven-
ience that residents there have long
tried, though in vain, to get the COM
pany to do 1t. The girls have now re-
solved not to use the line at all, and to
insist that the young men who call
upon them shall not use 1t. They ex-
pect all the people of Georgetown to
Join in their effort.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
SCHMIDT HEIGHTS TRACT
Forty Acres subdivded Into Large
Lots for Home sites Near
Car inc

The Schmidt Heights tract, new and
beautiful, Is located between Fourth
and Fifth streets, one block south of
the Bimini hot springs car line and
consists of forty acres cut into 120 large
lots, ranging In size from 50x155 feet
to 10Ox155 feet, with no key lots. All
streets will be rs feet and most Of them
sc feet wide.
It is planned to expend $4,000 in i'm
provements, such as street grading, ce-
ment cutters, curbs and sidewalks, with
an abundance of water. Every lot is
1-2 to 1-2 feet above street grade.
Hlgh-class building restrictions Will be
enforced.
Schmidt Heights tract IL said to be
925 feet above sea level, thus making
very desirable as well as healthful
residence section.
The tract will be placed on the mar
ket on or before January by MCGlb-
bon, Schmidt e. Macdonald, with offices
at 431 10 II. w. Hellman building, at
prices from $500 to $4,000. The office
on the tract will be open this week.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
HAS HAD SIX PAIRS OF TWINS
Now, at 66, Is in Good Health, Well
Preserved and Weighs 200
Pounds
Special to The Herald

SpeCldl W ne
TAYLOR, Tex, Dec. 23.-J. B. Dis
nuke. q Lee county farmer, we'll pre-
served man, in good health. &C years of
age and weighing upward of 200 pounds
is the father of thirty-one children.
Dismuke is a Confederate veteran,
having served through the civil wan
under Stonewall Jackson in Rhodes
brigade. He married Susan Singleton
in Tennessee at the age Of 20, and she
bore him seven children-three girls
and four boys, the latter two sets of
twins. His first wife having died, Dis
nuke married in 1867 Ella Skinner of
Alabama and she bore two girls and
ten boys. In the second lot were four
sets of twins. His second wife died in
1882, and in 1885, Dismuke married a
widow, Mrs. Eally, from which union
three girls and nine boys were born.
The third wife Is still living.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
BETRAYED HUSBAND BY A KISS
At the Osculatory Signal an Officer
Served on Him Papers in a
Divorce Suit
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 23.-"It
may have been the kiss of Judas, but 1t
was my only means of securing JUS
tice," explained Mrs. Grace Bergstrom
this evening in discussing a sensation
al incident at the Milwaukee depot
yesterday when she threw her arms
around her husbands neck and kissed
him.
The kiss was a prearranged signal to
an officer that he was the man upon
whom he was to serve a notice of suit
of divorce and $4,000 alimony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bergstrom had been
married only five weeks. To avoid
legal service of notice OF the divorce
suit he was about to leave the state.
Accompanied by an officer she found
him at the depot and pretended a re-
eonciliation.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
THEIR WINE LIST is CUT DOWN
AdmiraIs Say the Whisky Habit Hurts
the Naval Efficiency Of Great
Britain and Reduce Quota
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 23.--When ships be-
longing to navies of other countries
visit British shores In the future II
looks as If there will not be much of
the flow of wine in entertaining Afford
ed by the officers, for the admirals have
set their faces against the consumption
Of liquor except in very moderate doses
by naval officers.
The sea lords assert the daily whisky
habit destroys the nerves and quick
ness of brain and is in Consequence,
fatal to the fleets efficiency.
The officers wine books are being
examined and no officer under the age
of 20 is permitted to consume spirits
of any kind.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
Lissner Business Block

Meyer Lissner has arranged for the
erection of a one-story brick business
block on IL e northwest corner of Main
and Tenth streets. 122 feet on Main
and ninety feet on Tenth. The foun-
dation walls will be laid for four
story building. Provision will be made
for six store rooms The cost of the
improvement will be $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
Small Realty Deals

Mrs. a. w. Wren to Sam Harris and
Nathan Turk, two frame cottages at
6l7-619 Banning street, $45OO.
e. 7. Vernon & Co. to Mrs. Arabela
Bickuell, lot on Vernon avenue, near
Forty-fifth street, unimproved, $780,
Anson Pitcher to Jennie York, a
frame dwelling on West Boylston
street, near Sixth street, $450O
a. w. Hall to Robert Hale, two
frame cottages at 52S-52S1s San Julian
street, $500.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
New Apartment House

II. A. c. McPhail, formerly mer-
chant at Santa Barbara, has paid $40
600 to Singleton e. Fredericks for lot
72x16O feet on the north side of Court
street between Flower and Hone
streets. 1t is the purpose of Mr.. Me-
Phail to erect large apartment house
on the lot.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
Christmas Greetings

Earl Anderson & Co. have sent their
real estate and other friends hand
some Christmas card greetings.
10 his many friends in Los Angeles
and elsewhere.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
Sales Near the City

E. a. Forester & Sons, incorporated,
report sales aggregating s31,S00. The
property sold is in Wiltshire Harvard
Heights tract and in Mattison's High
Level Table Land tract. the purchasers
being C. P. Ensign, w. l. Braddock,
Anna NJ. Scherer. E. L. Quinn, S. T.
Thorn, b. A. Haraszthy, Samuel P. Nc
Kinney, Adda W. Coe. j. w. Winnie,
George ]. Cote. Mrs. Charles F. Ben
nett, August Daniel, Mr.. Claremount,
Miss A. II. Torrance and Fred w. For
rester.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
Fat Folks

I reduced my weight so pounds, bust
8 inches. waist inches and hips 9
inches in short time by a guaran-
teed harmless remedy without exercise
or starving. ! will tell you all about
It. Call next Wednesday or enclose
stamp. Address, Mrs. A. @. McFadden,
S04O Upper Boulevard. Los Angeles,
Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
Serious Charne

Elderly. Caller-Youre not going tc
hang up your stocking Christmas eve
Nellie? Why is that?"
Five-Year-Old-'Cause 1 hung it up
last year and old Santa Claus
stole it,"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
Grand Avenue sale

The Ashley apartment house at 444
South Grand avenue has been sold for
900 by A. Sawyer to Charles Col
Inns. The lot is 60x165 feet and the
three-story frame has 100 rooms. The
entire improvement cost $4,000 four
years ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
New Garaae

Richard p. Blaisdell will erect a brick
block at 5S5-5S7 South Los Angeles
street to cost $4,000. The room will be
used as a garage. The plans were
drawn by Architect Haley.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
NEW MATERIAL
FOR BUILDINGS
PAPER ON CONCRETE BY A
LOCAL ARCHITECT
interesting Facts Given for General
Information-Materlal Is Used in
Several New Structures In
Los Angeles

Architect Harrison Albright, at
recent meeting Of the Southern CALI
fornla Chapter OF the American In
sttute of Architects, read an inter-
estine paper on the use of reinforced
concrete in large buildings. This ma
terial is used in the construction of the
Hill street annex OF the Laughlin
building, in the DR.. Hayward building,
corner of South Spring and sixth
streets, and in the Citizens National
bank building corner of Third ana
Main streets.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-27
DIR, HARPER SHOWS SOME
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT

He has been informed that the sur
geons discovered a cancerOus growth
and that it was not removed. Despite
the knowledge he doubtless has of
what this means, Dr. Harper is bear
ing up we'll under what is practically
his death sentence !.
The surgeons agree that an opera
ton to remove the cancer would be
Immediately fatal, and that the patient
cannot live more than a few months.
Members of the university presi-
dents Immediate family began arriv-
ing at the Presbyterian hospital at
O'Clock and were ushered into room
set apart for them near that of the pa
tent, Professor Robert Harper,
brother Of DIR. Harper, arrived in Chi
cago from Constantinople, but was not
among the earlier visitors at the hos
pital
Although no official statement has
been given out by the surgeons as to
the next move In the case, it is the
belief of the physicians and internes
connected with the hospital that X-ray
treatment will be resOrted to in the
hope Of checking the cancerous
growth. 1t was understood that Drs.
Billings and Bevans would remain in
immediate charge of the case after Dr.
Burney's departure.
At the University OF Chicago gloom
was manifested in recitation room and
business office when the professors
and students had had time to recover
from the first shock of the announce.
ment that their beloved leader was af.
f1icted with a fatal malady.
Among many messages of sympathy
and cheer sent TO President Harper
was one received yesterday afternoon
from President Roosevelt.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-27
FRUIT CARRIERS
DECLARED A TRUST

Washington, Feb. 24.-The inter
state commerce commission yesterday
decided the California fruit cases, in
which complaint was made against the
Southern Pacific and the Atchison, To-
peka &, Santa Fe railway systems. The
commission holds that the defendant
carriers are unlawfully engaged in
pooling traffic in citrus fruits originate
ing in southern California and carried
by them and their connections to the
eastern markets; that the defendants
by compelling shippers to pay icing
charges established by the car lines
have made such charges part of the
cost of transportation and subject to
regulation under the law, and that the
rate on oranges in carloads from south
ern California to points on and east of
the Missouri river are unreasonable
and unjust.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-27
INTERNAL |NSTRU-
MENT WITH NOTE
TO PRESIDENT

Philadelphia, Feb. Addressed to
Senator Penrose, a small internal ma
chine was found done up in package
in the private mail box in the hallway
of a building occupied by A. j. Will
Jams, a photographer, yesterday. Cap
tain of Detectives Donaghy opened
the box without exploding it's contents.
1t contained gun powder and liquid
supposed to be nitroglycerine. On the
wrapper was the inscription:
president Roosevelt, we are not in
any trust; time limited, inauguration. :"
1t is the opinion of Donaghy that
the machine is undoubtedly the work
Of a crank. There is no clue to his
identity. Senator Penrose has no
connection with the building in, which
the Internal machine was found.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-27
MURDER SUSPECTED.
Body of An Aged Woman Found j
Ruins of Her Home.

Montclaire, N. j., Feb. 24-Follow,
ing the discovery of the body of Mrs.
Hannah B. Ross, the wealthy Octoge-
marian, in the ruins of her home in
High street yesterday, the police ex.
pressed the opinion that the woman
had been murdered and the house fired
to conceal the crime. A coachman,
who was the only domestic employed
by Mrs. Ross, has not been seen since
the fire. A search of the ruins failed
to reveal any trace of his body. Mrs.
Ross made her will last Saturday and
it was witnessed by the missing coach
man.
The police believe that if she was
murdered the fire was incendiary and
the motive was one of revenge and not
robbery. All the woman's rings were
found on her fingers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-27

misunderstanding the Cause Of Fatal
Railroad Collision.

Rio. Wis, Feb. 24.-In head-on
collision here at 7:45 o'clock yesterday
morning, between the Portage local
passenger train going east, and the
Milwaukee and Chicago newspaper
train, known as the fast mail, Roland
J. Dickey, brakeman on the Portage
local, was instantly killed, and several
other trainmen, including Conductor
Michael McQueeny, were slightly in
Jured.
Both locomotives were badly dam
aged, the result to the engine OF the
Portage train practically amounting to
destruction. The engineers of the two
trains, McCabe of the Portage local
and E. F. Ellis of the newspaper train
escaped injury.
The collision was the result OF a
misunderstanding as to passing orders
or was caused by the heavy fog pre-
vailing at the time, which prevented
either engineer from seeing far ahead
The injuries sustained by all except
Brakeman Dickey are declared to be
trivial in their nature. No passengers
were hurt. The trainmen's injuries
except one, are slight.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-27
CALL HUMANE AGENT.
Appleton Mystery Not Cleared While
Police Deny a Crime.

Appleton, Wis, Feb. 24.-While the
Appleton police declare that there is
nothing to it," and has, according to
it's own statement, not even ascer-
tanned the name of the woman in the
case, there is an effort being made tos Sc
cure action by the humane society in
regard to the mysterious find of Will
Anderson, a small boy, who discovered
an apparently dying woman ON the
State road near this city Monday
night.
"The woman was eating canned
peaches and was poisoned" says
Joseph e. Du Font, the man at whose
house the woman has been making
her home. No one is admitted to the
house, and the owner even refuses to
tell the woman's name. "She was taken
i'll suddenly and went outside. When
the Anderson boy came upon her, l
was standing near by, having just
come out. She was moaning at the
time. | told the boy not to say any
thing because | did not want false re-
ports to get out; that's why. He got
scared and ran away. The woman
will get over her case of poisoning in
a few days and that will be all there
is to it."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-27

Chicago, Feb. 24.-The condition of
President Harper of the University OF
Chicago, who was operated upon
Wednesday afternoon, Is said to be i'm
proving. In bulletin issued last night
by the attending physicians it was
stated that Dr. Harper was making
satisfactory progress toward recovery,
all nausea having disappeared. The
patient took fluid nOurishment yester-
day and slept restfully most of the
time The official bulletin issued by
Dr. Frank Billings yesterday morning
was as follows:
CDR. Harper spent reStful night
He slept five hours. He has some nau-
sea, due to the anaesthetic. At 10
o'clock his temperature was SO, pulse
"a. respiration 16 to 20. Drs. McBur-
ney and Bevan dressed the wound
DR.. McBmney leaves for New York at
1920 p. M"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-27
SOUGHT MIDDLE GROUND.
North Sea Commission Will Please
Russia and England.

Paris, Feb. 24.-The international
commission appointed to inquire into
the North sea incident practically con-
cluded it's work last night by finally
agreeing to the report which will be
publicly announced at the closing ses-
sion Saturday. Concerning the gen.
eral nature of the report the following
statement was made in the most au,
thoritative quarter to the Associated
Press: ~ IL ~ =
when the text of the decision. be,
comes known it will be far more &C
ceptable to. the British press and pub
lic than they have been led to believe.
The semi-official summaries appearing
while more or less accurate, tend to
show Russian success but as a matter
OF fact. the admirals have sought mid
die ground and the decision is not a
pronounced victory for either side. II
is of such a character as to preserve
Russia's self respect and at the. same
time give the British public much
ground for satisfaction /, If anything
the decision is rather more favorable
to Great Britain than to Russia
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-27
RIRGE CHOSEN PRESIDENT.
State Library Association Elects Off
GERS at Beloit,

State Library Association Elects Off
GERS at Beloit.
+ Beloit, Wis, Feb. 24.-The State
Library association yesterday elected
officers as follows:
President-E. A. Birge, Madison.
Vice president-Miss Grace Ed
wards, Superior.
Secretary-Henry E. Legler, Mad
ison.
Treasurer-Miss Grace E. Salisbury,
Whitewater.
Supt. Pearse of the Milwaukee public
schools was one Of the speakers, TAX
ing for his subject, From the Stand
point of the Schoolmaster He made
a clever allusion to the claim set up
that people took on marked character
istics because of this vocation, saying,
"They say that Of those who drive
automobiles a great DEAL AS | look
into the countenances before me l am
sure can see the library face"
Mr.. Pearse drew an illustration from
Hawthorne's story of The Man With a
Stone Face, and said that those who
live among books and loved them and
loved to make the books blessing to
their fellows, take on the characteriS-
tics of the books they read. Many q
ter from a suggestion in a book. He
recognized in the public library an adj
junct to the public schools.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-02-27
OWNED BY WISCONSIN PEOPLE.
Attempt to Be Made to Back Up Kan
sas Legislature.

Chicago, H., Feb. 24.--John II.
Brennan of Stevens Point, Wis.,, dl-
rector in the Indian Territory lllumln-
ating Oil company, the lessee OF the
Usage oil lands, passed through Chica-
go on his way to Topeka, Kas., for the
purpose of getting the Kansas legisla-
ture to rescind its recent action re-
gardfng the Illuminating oil company.
"Two-thirds of the stock OF the conf
pany," he said, sis owned and con-
trolled in Wisconsin. The Standard
Oil company is not directly or indirect
ly interested in the stock. We sublet,
and each sublessee. controls his own
oil and sells to whomsoever he pleases.
The sublessees are corporations and
over 1000 people are interested in
them We get royalty.
"The action of the Kansas legisla-
ture was taken without hearing. No
investigation was made SO far as our
company was concerned. Steps will
be taken to present our side of the
case to the legislature with a view OF
the resembling of this irregular action .