Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-29
w. C. T. U. Meeting


The regular meeting of the Los An
geles w. c. T. u. will be held this
afternoon at Q o'clock in the First
Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. M.
]. Apsley will speak on "My Respon-
sibility as Mother"
Woman Convicted
Jennie Renard or Jeanne Fox, was
convicted of petit larceny in Judge
Austin's court yesterday afternoon and
fined $40 Lille Vanherk, 20s Bellevue
avenue, the complaining witness, de-
clared the Renard woman had stolen
a number of articles of clothing from
her valued at So.
Car Lost Step
A west bound Westlake car on
Second street, when nearing Broadway,
struck an upturned lid of a manhole
yesterday afternoon and lost the step,
which was cut, off as neatly and
smoothly as If it had been piece of
paper in a pair of shears. Beyond
this, no damage was done.
Beaten and Robbed
Pomposo Garcia, 626 Mission road
is now in the receiving hospital suffer-
ing from a number of severe wounds
and bruised about his head and face,
said to have been inflicted by two
robbers who held him up late Tuesday
night while he was but a few hundred
feet from his home. He lost SO.
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Stanton Post, G. A. R., will give a
patriotic entertainment tomorrow even
ing at Post hall. 125 1-2 South Broad
sway. Mrs. A. S. C. Forbes will read
the Declaration of Independence and
DR.. III. X. Walker will make an adj
dress. Capt. F. J. Cressy will preside.
Patriotic orders and the public in gen.
eral are invited.
In. Chamber of Commerce
At the regular meeting of the board
OF directors of the chamber of COM
merce yesterday the following were
elected to membership: Frank Clark.
Charles Saddler, California Products
Publishing Co., Cook & Gibbs, Vernon
Lumber company, Dessens Bros, F. x.
Linch, Henry H. Fleischer. v. Sentous
g. Co., Union Oil Tool Co.
''Woman's Rights"
Dr. Alexander McIvor-Tyndall will
deal with the question of "Woman's s
Rights" in his regular Sunday evening
lecture at Blanchard hall. 1.-THE Psy-
choloov ne tba yvo,,o nc Ioiohts Moxa
ment" is to be the theme. Some spec
ial music will be a feature of the even
ing lecture. Marquis Ellis will sing
1.-THE Nazarene," a recent compost
ton which he dedicated to Madame
Johnstone-Bishop.
Oceano Beach Lots
The opening of new offices of the
Oceano Beach syndicate met with an
unprecedented success in the sale of
lots. Sales were made all day yester-
day to customers who purchased from
one lot to an entire block each, and
the first subdivision placed on the
market, 1t is stated, is about one
fourth sold. The company is Offering
the first subdivision at low prices and
upon very moderate terms to purchas-
ers under the direction of the Mccarthy
company.
Pass-key Burglars Busy
The pass-key burglar is again at
work in Los Angeles, from all indi-
cations at detective headquarters Half
a dozen cases were reported to the
police yesterday and in each instance
the pass-key was in evidence. A mu-
sic box valued at 500 was reported
stolen from a fiat at 1856 West Fifth
street. and from the Hotel Cumber-
land came complaint that two stick
pins had been taken from the room of
Mrs. M. Flynn. A number OF other
reports We're received during the day
of small thefts ranging from few
cents to So.