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are often kept in the dark about
b which 1t behooves them to
thoroughly and early. Thus,
after the present war had be-
number Of dignitaries and Off
kahered round General Kuropat-
day and asked him how things
going on. With a malicious twin
bis eye the war minister replied:
ourselves, l know only what is
bed The war is Alexeieff's bust
bot mine" When three ministers
I'D the car to evacuate Manchu-
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the grand dukes, who, on the
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De conduct of state affairs the
reserved and formal. Like his
When presiding over a commit
council, he listens in silence to
mons Of others, almost always
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study he is generally busy sign
pIes to addresses of loyalty or
comments on the various re-
resented by ministers, governors
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Did this cause the people to commend
him as prudent young fellow?
No.
You see, it was at a church fair that
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Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
Ordinance No. 11.h1h


An Ordinance declaring the intention
of the Mayor and Council of the City of
Los Angeles to establish the grade of
Forty-first street, from Figueroa street
to the west city boundary.
The Mayor and Council of the City of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows
Section /. That it is the intention of the
establish the grade of
FORTY-FIRST STREET,
from Figueroa street to the west city
boundary, in accordance with the follow
Ing elevations:
At the intersection with Figueroa street
the grade shall be 171.S7 at the northwest
corner and 171.64 at the southwest corner,
At the intersection with said west city
boundary the grade shall be 1880 on the
north side and 172.40 on the south side.
And at all points between said desig-
mated points the grade shall be estab-
lished so as to conform to a straight
line drawn between said designated
points
Elevations refer to the, top of the
which is 255 feet below City datum
Sec. Q. The City Clerk shall certify
to the passage Of this ORDINANCE and
for ten days in the Los Angeles Herald
and thereupon and thereafter 1t shall
take effect and be in force.
hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was adopted by the Council
II. ]. LELANDE,
Approved this 9Th day of September, 1906.
OWEN McALEER,
s-11-2o lot Mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
Ordinance No. 11,513


An Ordinance declaring the intention
of the Mayor and Council of the City
of Los Angeles to establish the grade
of Eleventh street, from Towne avenue
to Crocker street.
The Mayor and Council of the City of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
Section /. That it is the intention of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles to
establish the grade of
LEVENTH STREET,
from Towne avenue to Crocker street, in
accordance with the following elevations:
the grade shall be 233.75 at the northwest
corner, and so at the southwest corner,
as now established on Towne avenue.
At the intersection with Crocker street
the grade shall be 2340l at the northeast
corner and 233 sc at the southeast corner
And at all points between said desig-
mated points the grade shall be estab-
lished so as to conform to a straight
line drawn between said designated
points
Elevations refer to the top of the
which is 255 feet below City datum
Sec. @ The City Clerk shall certify
to the passage of this Ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published
for ten days in the Los Angeles Herald,
take effect and be in force.
1 hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was adopted by the Council
of the City of Los Angeles at it's meet
ing of August 81, 1905.
H. ]. LELANDE,
City Clerk
Approved this 9Th day of September,
OWEN McALEER,
9-11-20 lot Mayor
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
Ordinance No. 11.523


An Ordinance declaring the intention
of the Mayor and Council of the City of
Los Angeles to establish the grade Of
Fifty-eighth street, from Figueroa street
to Moneta avenue.
Tie Mayor and Council of the City
Of Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
Section l. That it is the intention of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles to
establish the grade of
FIFTY EIGHTH STREET,
from Figueroa street to Moneta avenue,
in accordance with the following ele-
vations:
A. the intersection with Figueroa street
the grade shall be 147.O4 at the northeast
corner and 1858 at the southeast corner
At the intersection with Moneta avenue
the grade shall be 1908 at the northwest
corner and 1923 at the southwest corner,
as now established on Moneta avenue.
And at all points between said desig-
mated points the grade shall be estab-
lisEed so as to conform to a straight line
drawn between, said designated points
are In feet and are above plane which
is 255 feet below City datum plane.
Sec. 2. The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published for ten
days in the Los Angeles Herald and
thereupon and thereafter it shall take
effect and be in force.
hereby certify that the foregoing ordi-
nance was adopted by the Council of the
City of Los Angeles at it's meeting Of
August 81 1905.
II. ]. LELANDE,
City Clerk
Approved this 9Th day of September, 1905
OWEN McALEER.
9-11-12 lot Mayor
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
Ordinance No. 1882

of A the oSHiaGE May9r and Council Of the city Ct
Los Angeles to establish the grade of
Fifty-seventh street, from Figueroa
street to Moneta avenue.
The Mayor and Council Of the City OF
Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
Section /. That 1t is the intention of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles to
establish the grade of
FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET,
from Figueroa street to Moneta avenue,
in accordance with the following eleva-
At the intersection with Figueroa street
the grade shall be 1896 at the northeast
corner, and 1876 at the southeast corner.
AT the intersection with Moneta avenue
west corner, and 151.13 at the southwest
corner, as now established on Moneta
avenue.
And at all points between said deslg-
mated points the grade shall be es-
line drawn between said designated
Elevations refer to the top of the
curb are in feet, and are above plane
which is 255 feet below City datum
Sec. 2. The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage of this Ordinance and shall
days in the Los Angeles Herald.
and thereupon and thereafter 1t shall
/ hereby certify that the foregoing Or.
dinance was adopted by the Council Of
the City of Los Angeles at it's meeting of
H. ]. LELANDE.
City Clerk
Approved this 9Th day of September.
OWEN McALEER.
s-i1-2o lot Mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Pnrs1n n q t11tns nd To OrdinnnCe

Notice Inviting street Work Proposals
~ pursuant to Statutes and to OrdInanee
of the City of Los Angeles, adopted Aug
ust. p. 1905, directing this notice, the
undersigned invites and will receive at
his office in the City Hall, up to II
1905, sealed proposals or bids. for the
following street work, to be done accord
Ing to the specifications for the construc-
ton OF. a sewer on Augusta, street In the
City of Los Angeles, posted and on file.
and therefor adopted, to wit:
That a public sewer be constructed in
AUGUSTA STREET,
from the constrl cted public sewer In the
intersection of Augusta street and Date
street northwesterly for a distance of
225 81 feet, and across all intersections OF
streets, together with one manhole and
one fiushtank. all to be connected with
Said sewer is to be constructed of vitri-
fed, salt-gazed pipe inches in Internal
Said manhole is to be constructed of
brick and mortar and is to have a con-
crete bottom and an iron cover and IS
to be circular in horizontal section with
Said manhole is to have an internal
height of feet
Said fiushtank is to be constructed Of
crete bottom and an iron cover and Is
to be circular in horizontal section with
Snvs n internal of o Sf r5Sns fs and is to
All of which improvement is to be
constructed in accordance. with the plans
and profile therefor on file in the office
of the City Engineer of the City of Los
Angeles and specifications therefor on
file in the office of the City Clerk OF the
City Of Les Angeles; said specifications
struction of sewer along Augusta
street between Date street and Rosabell
street in the City of Los Angeles" -.
Improvement is, in the opinion of said
Council, of more than local and ordinary
public benefit, and they therebv !eclare
trict to be benefited by said improvement
and to be assessed to pay the cost and
expense Of said Improvement shall be as
Commencing at the most northerly cor
ner of Augusta street and Date street;
thence. northeasterly along the westerly
thence ives sterly and parallel to the north
erly line OF Augusta street 225 feet to n
point; thence southwesterly and parallel
the northerly line of Augusta street
thence in direct line to the most west
erly corner Of lot "A Of Map of the Kerck
neous Records Of Los Angeles County;
thence in a direct line to the most south
erly corner of lot 10 Of said tract and |
thence in a direct line to the point Of
beginning
Bidders must file with each proposal
Or Dld check payapie TO the order OF |
the Mayor of this city, certified by |
responsible bank. for an amount which |
shall not be less than ten per cent of |
the aggregate of the proposal, or a |
bond for the said amount and so pay
able signed by the bidder and by two |
sureties, who shall justify. before any |
officer competent to administer an |
oath, in double the said amount. and |
over and above all statutory exemp
tions.
In bidding use blanks which will be
by the City Clerk upon appl-
cation.
Los Angeles, Cal, September II, 1905.
II. J. LFLANDE,
City Clerk and ex-Officio Clerk Of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles.
9-11-12 2t
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
RETURNS ALONE FROM
AFRICAN ADVENTURES
Sole Survivor of Party of Sixteen
Bridge Builders Comes Back
to Mobile


By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 11.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Mobile, Ala, says:
William Hilburn, a former resident of
this city, arrived here yesterday after
three adventurous years spent in the
wlds of Africa, whittier he went in
response to glowing offers by the agents
Of a construction company that was
building the Cape to Cairo railroad.
Hilburn is the only one of a party of
sixteen to return alive.
Hilburn and fifteen companions ac-
cepted terms to work upon the railroad
as engineers and trestle builders. Thew
left Pensacola, Fla, on August o. 1902,
under a promise of big wages and
other fiattering inducements.
The party embarked for the Zambesi
river district, north of the Transvaal,
where the Cape to Cairo railroad was
under construction. In due time they
arrived. AT this time Hilburn states
that their hardships began.
What was expected to be a scene Of
activity and wealth turned out to be
a desolate railroad camp in the jungles.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
Notice Inviting Street Work Proposal.

Notice Inviting Street Work Proposals
d,5nn1a pursuant H6 to =S Statutes and to Or
adopted August q. 1905, directing this
notice, the undersigned invites and
will receive at his office in the City
September IS, 1905, sealed proposals or bids
for the following street wnr:. 20 be
done according to specifications:
No. 30 (New Series. for grading streets
with natural gravel of the street,
No. % (New Series for cement curbs.
No. % CNew Series) for cement side
walks,
In the City of Los Angeles, posted and
on file, therefor adopted, or herein men
toned, to wit
1st That
NAMES AVENUE.
in said city from the west line of
Of Romeo oVenHf Street TO- inc nsludins fhss inf a
intersections of streets Excepting such
as are required by law to be kept in
order or repair by any person or com
pany having railroad tracks thereon,
and also excepting such portions as
and accepted(, be graded and gravelod
TO the, official grade in accordance with
the plans and profile on file in the
fications for grading ,aad .graveling
Of Los Angeles, on file in the office OF
y
fications being No 80 New series9
I'd. That a cement curb be con-
structed along each line of the roadway
est of said INN Names ayenne varmor from the
to G the east line Of Romeo street
excepting along such portions of the
line of said roadway upon which a
been constructed TO the official line
and grade), in accordance with specifi-
cations for constructing cement curbs,
~, IL nff nf f1on ifxy AY-ly
said specifications being No. 90 (New
Series)
Sd. That a cement sidewalk four %
feet in Width be 6e,o along
from the west line of Vermont avenue
to the east line of Romeo street
Excepting such portions. of said
a cement or asphalt sidewalk four a.
feet in width has been constructed to
the official line and grade), said side
with specifications for constructing
cement Sidewalks on file in the office
of the City Clerk of said city, said
specifications being No. 23 (New
Series)
Bidders must file with each proposal
or bid check payable to the order of
the Mayor of this city, certified by a
responsible bank, for an amount which
the aggregate of the proposal, or a bond
for the said amount and so payable,
signed by the bidder and by two sure
ties, who shall justify, before any of
ficer competent to administer an oath;
in double the said amount, and over and
above all statutory. exemptions.
In bidding use blanks which will be
furnished by the City Clerk upon appli-
Los Angeles. Cal, September II, 1905
City Clerk and exoffieio 10, cierk FFHIO Of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles.
9-11-12 ct
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
PUBLIC ADVERTISING

gutter has already been constructed to
the official line and grade and also ex-
cepting such portions of said street and
intersections as are required by law to
be kept in order or repair by any per-
son or company having railroad tracks
thereon.
Said cutters shall be three (S) feet in
width excepting at intersections of streets
and alleys, where said cutters shall be
six go feet in width; and said cutters
shall be constructed in accordance with
the plans and profile therefor on file in
the office of the City Engineer, and in
accordance with specifications for the con-
struction of cement and cobble-paved gut
said specifications being Nos. and q,
respectively New Seres).
Sec. O. The Council of said city hereby
gineer s upon that f'the' the % total T9 cost cost % Of
said Improvement will be greater
than fifty cents per front foot along
each line of said street, including the
cost of intersections, and it is hereby de
California, approved February 27th
1898, as amended by an Act of the
Legislature amending said last-named
March I'd, 1899 that bonds shall be is
sued to represent the cost of said improve
ment Said bonds shall be serial. extend
ing over a period of ten years, an even
shall be payable annually on the second
day of January of each year by coupon.
after their date until the whole are paid.
and to bear interest at the rate of seven
on the second days of January
and July of each and every year.
Reference is hereby made to said
Ordinance of Intention for further par
ticulars.
JAMES EANLEY,
9-11-16 ct Street Superintendent.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
Notice of Street Work


Public notice is hereby given that on
Monday. the 21st day of August, A. ID.
1905, the Council of the City of Los An
geles did, at it's meeting on said day
adopt an Ordinance of Intention, num-
bered HAT New Series), to have the
following work done, to wit:
That a. yitrifed pipe sewer be construct
W - AVENTE THIRTY THREE,
between Humboldt street and Andrew
street, between the points, on the lines, at
designated on the plan and profile of said
sewer on file in the office of the City En-
gineer of said city, said plan and profile
being numbered 1880 in the. records Of
said office; said sewer shall be built
across such street or alley intersections,
and with such manholes junction cham
buckets and other .appurtenances, as are
designated upon said plan and profile
Said Improvement shall be constructed
In accordance with said plan and profile;
25,453, on file in, the office OF the said, City
Engineer; and in further accordance
with the specifications therefGr on r,fIIe file
IN ing sd ented S saH ionsSs for fhe
struction of sewer in Avenue Thirty
drew street in the City OF Los Angeles, "
and which specifications were approved
by said Council at its meeting of August
referred to for more particular descrip-
tion of said work
Sec. 2 That the said contemplated
work of Improvement, in the opinion of
said City Council, is of more than local
Or ordinary public benefit, and said City
Council hereby declares that the district
in the said City of Los Angeles benefited
by said work or Improvement and to be
assessed to pay the costs and expenses
thereof, is described as follows:
All that portion of the City of Los
Angeles included within the following de-
scribed exterior boundary line, to wit:
eoTRr of ot % g. 'ns Of Esp Map e2u'4Sa Of pay
Street Tract as per map, recorded in
ords @ Of Of Los Iss Angeles County; thence
from said point of beginning west
erly in a direct line to the most west
erly corner of lot l of said mentioned
map; thence northerly along the westerly
line of said last mentioned lot to the south
line, Of Avenue ,Thirty-three; thence
westerly corner of lot 2S of Map of the
Whitaker. Richardson and Ernest Sub
division of Lots 2 and 8. Griffin Tract, as
per map recorded in Book TO- page 2,
thence northerly along the westerly line
of said last mentioned lot to the most
northerly corner of said last mentioned
lot thence easterly i'll a direct line and
parallel to the north line of said Avenue
Thirty-three to the most easterly corner
of lot % of said last mentioned map;
thence southerly along the easterly line of
said last mentioned lot to the north line
of said Avenue Thirty-three; thence
southerly in q direct line to the point nf
beginning.
nance of Intention for further particulars.
JAMES HANLEY,
9-11-16 ct Street Superintendent.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Ordinance No. 11,517


An Ordinance declaring the intention o.
the Mayor and Council of the City of
Los Angeles to establish the grade OF
Forty-second street, from Central avenue
to the west line Of Mettler's Central ave
nue. tract, as per map recorded in BOOK
6 of Maps, at page 1876, Records Of Los
Angeles County.
Los Angeles dc ordain as follows ,
Section 1. That it is the intention OF
the Council of the City of Los Angeles
to establish the grade of
FORTY SECOND STREET,
from Central avenue to the west line or
Mettlers Central avenue tract, as per
map recorded in Book 6 of Maps, at page
accordance with the following elevations;
At the intersection with Central avenue
the grade shall be 1926 at the northwest
corner and 1870 at the southwest corner,
At the intersection with Wadsworth
street the grade shall be 1850 at tho
northeast eorner 1s 90 lSSf5 81 f5o snt
corner and 1886 at the northwest corner.
AT the intersection with said west line
of Mettler's Central avenue tract the
At the intersection, of, the produced
west line of said Mettler's Central ave-
nue. tract with the south line of Forty
second street the grade shall be 1895.
And at all points between said desig-
mated points the grade shall be .estab
lished so as to conform to straight line
drawn between said designated, points
Elevations refer to the top of the curb,
are in feet and are above plane which
is 255 feet below City datum plane;
Sec q The City, Clerk shall certify to
cause the same to he published for ten
days in the Los Angeles Herald, and
thereupon and thereafter 1t shall take
effect and be in force.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Or
dinance was adopted by the Council OF
the City of Los Angeles at its meeting of
August 81, 1905.
H. ]. LELANDE.
City Clerk
Approved this 9Th day of September. 1905.
OWEN McALEER,
9-11-2O lot
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
PUBLIC ADVERTISING

responsible bank, for an amount which
shall not be less than ten per cent OF
the aggregate of the proposal, or
able, signed by the bidder and by two
sureties who shall justify, before any
officer competent to administer an
oath, in double the said amount, and
over and above all statutory exemp-
tions.
In bidding use blanks which will be
furnished by the City Clerk upon appll-
cation.
Los Angeles. Cal, Sept. II, 1905.
II. ]. LELANDE,
City Clerk and ex-Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles.
9-11-12 It
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-12
Ex-CoNVICT SHOT ON
WATSoNVILLE STREET
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
WATSONVILLE, Cal, Sept. ia
shooting affray took place on Main
street yesterday in which James Wat
son, an ex-convict, was shot by M.
Garcia. Garcia fired three shots into
the body of Watson, who will probably
die. The murderer, after an exciting
chase, was captured by Constable Carr
and lodged in Jail.