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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
FORMER SAN DIEGO CHIEFS
WHEREABOUTS A MYSTERY
If Not, He Is Possibly Wandering the
Country, Demented-soId Property
Before Disappearance In
March, 1906

Where is Jacob w. Brenning, Former
chief of police of San Diego. who dis
appeared in Los Angeles more than a
year ago and for whom the police of tie
entire continent have since looked with
out success? Did he go to San Francisco
and lose his life during the great disaster
there, or is he today wandering the coun-
try unknown and with mind deranged?
These are the questions members Of the
local detective department are trying to
answer, but yesterday they admitted the
case was all but impossible of solution.
Early in March, 1906, Brenning left his
home in San Diego after informing friends
he was coming to Los Angeles for few
days.
For some time it had been noticed by
his friends that the large-hearted, whole
souled fellow had been acting strangely,
and those of his acquaintances who knew
of his prospective trip congratulated him
on his visit and agreed with him that the
rest obtained would do him good.
A number of them met him at the depot
at >the time of his departure and wished
him Godspeed. That was the last seen of
him by any of his friends
Whether he ever reached Los Angeles
searched for him say they are confident
he did. They are also sure he registered
at one of the local hotels under an as
sumed name, but left the hostelry few
days later.
Where they gain this information they
refuse to say, but claim they are sure
tits accurate.
Sold Claims
They also claim he disposed of valuable
mining claims in Alaska while he was In
Los Angeles, and in return for these
claims secured large sum of money.
They also say he wrote letters to friends
in San Diego saying he was going north
Three weeks after he came to Los An
geles the local police were requested to
aid in the search. Brenning was well
known to the local officers and had al
ways made 1t rule to visit Capt. Walter
Auble, who was then chief of the local
police department, while visiting this city.
The best men of the Los Angeles de-
partment were detailed to search for him.
but were unsuccessful and at last were
compelled to give up work on the case.
After the disaster in San Francisco 1t
was said that Brenning had been seen in
that city a few days previous, and it Is
feared he met his death in the fire.
Whether this is a fact the police and
his friends have no way of knowing and
they still hope the report may be proved
incorrect.
Brennihg was appointed patrolman in
the San Diego department in 1888. He
performed a number Of valiant deeds. and
three years later was made chief of the
department AT the rush for gold TO
Alaska he gave up his position and
Joined the tide. While in the north he be-
came possessed of a great deal of mining
property. many of his claims being ex-
eeptionally rich.
When he returned to this country he
again went to San Diego, and at the time
of his disappearance owned considerable
city property there.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
SANTA MONICA SEWER
MAY BE DISCONNECTED
Special to Tho Herald.

Special to The Herald
SANTA MONIC.4, Sept. elf reso-
lutions passed three weeks ago by the
Ocean Park city trustees are carried out,
this city's sewer connections with the
Ocean Park septic tank will be cut next
Tuesday.
With the courtesy OF the Ocean Park
board this city has enjoyed the younger
citys septic tank facilities for two and a
half years, during which time no meas
ures were introduced to relieve the sit
uation by Santa Monica.
Santa Monica is absolutely unprepared
to make any new disposition Of its sew
erage.
City Councilman Armstrong when asked
today what the city proposed doing TO
counter the Ocean Park trustees should
they attempt to make good their promise
said that developments would show, but
ne could not be inouced TO make any
positive statement as to the nature OF
the developments.
Ocean Park City Trustee Robinson was
uncommunicative when questioned on the
subject Other members Of the Ocean
Park board have emphatically stated
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
CONSIDER MOTOR POWER
FOR BIG STREET SWEEPER
srecial to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, Sept. 29.-Trustee Ben
son, chairman of the police and sanitary
committee of the city coupcil; c. ]. L.
Taylor, street superintendent; Engineer
Pollock Of the street department, and
w. M. Varney, an automobile man, are
considering the proposition recently
placed before the council to install a
gasoline engine in the street sweeper A
marine engine Is under examination. At
present a four-horse team is used.
A strenuous automobile trip was that
of Roy Carr and three friends, who re-
Gently returned after a jaunt to Imperial
by way OF the Salton sea and Banning
The trip, which was made for the pur-
pose of listing ranching property In the
Imperial valley, was made in big tour
ing car. Fair progress was made
through the desert until the part where
the Colorado river had broken through
was reached The people of Banning
said that the last 2S-mle stretch here
was impossible. The party essayed the
trip, however and arrived at Imperial
with two front springs of the oar broken
and the rear axle strained and cramped.
The return trip was made by rail.
Richard E. Wagner, the bath house
companys lifesaver closed his season
contract with the company tonight. He
will probably return next year. He was
instrumental in the saving of nine lives
during his two months employment here.
An Inherent street preacher was or
dered TO discontinue his talk on the
street last evening by hember of the
city council. The man asserted that he
would remove the dust OF Long Beach
from his shoes and depart and with that
he proceeded to stamp his feet upon the
ground ard then carefully wipe his shoes
OF with a handkerchief. Imploring
curse upon the town he started away.
r. A. Wright, owner of the grocery
store at Sixth street and American av-
enue, viii enter the race for election as
city councilman from his ward at the
coming municipal election.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
ELECTION MAY NOT END
OCEAN PARKS TROUBLES
Special to The Herald,

Special to The Herald
OCEAN PARK, Sept. 2s.-With both
factions claiming victory the leaders in
the fight for and against the disincor-
poratiop of Ocean Park today assert that
they have no fears as to the result of
tomorrowe election.
President of the Board of City Trustees
Dana Burks processes confidence Of be-
ing vindicated by the voters of the
charges that have been made against
him and his views are shared by Trustees
Jones and Robinson, against whom the
disseption has been fully as strong.
Speaking for the disincorporation ad-
vocates DIR. ]. p Stanwood. president Of
the Venice chamber of commerce, is em-
phatic in his statement that disincorpora-
tion will win. From deductions arrived
at from the reports OF disincorporation
workers the officers of the Abbot Kinney
company also profess absolute confidence
of the citye disintegration.
AS attested by City Clerk Plez James
the total new registration on the books
of County Clerk c. G. Keyes is 400. From
the camp of the antis 1t is announced
that $50 names are entered on the regis
tration rolls. The best informed of the
city officials look for between $50 and 375
votes being cast.
From the expressions this evening of
the leaders OF the opposing factions the
outcome of the election tomorrow will
not bring peace and harmony. to the
beach. Abbot Kinney's supporters as
sert that the defeat of disincorporation
mears more fight. The Objectionable"
trustees hint at law suits and trouble
ahead for their oppressors should disin-
corporation carry.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
MANY PAsADENANs PLAN
FOR FOREIGN TRIPS
Special to The Herald.

special 10 Ine Herald.
PASADENA, Sept. 2s-Miss Ralza
Morse Manly of Miss Orton's classical
school will leave shortly for a trip to
southern Italy to remain for the winter.
She will be accompanied by Miss Mar
garet Stratton, who has spent the last
two winters in Pasadena. Visits will be
made to Oberlin and Wellesley on the
way east.
Mrs Dr. Ralph Avery will leave on
6Sdonday evenings Owl for San Francisco,
from which port she will sail to Japan
and China, She will join party of
seven others, which will include Miss
Bard, daughter of Senator Bard, Mr..
and Mrs. Blanchard and daughter of
Santa Paula, Mrs. G. Stone of Los An
geles and 8Ir. and Mrs. earn. The party
will sail on the Empress of China and
stop for a while in Honolulu.
The return trip will be made on the
Manchuria, which will bring them back
about January first.
Miss Anna Meeker and Miss Elizabeth
Greer are contemplating a trip to Mex
ico, 81 ping over en- route at the grand
canyon. They win be accompanied as
far as the canyon by Mrs. Armstrong and
Miss Marian z. Armstrong and Miss
Mary Ranney.
Willis H HuiTey, Chicago banker,
left for Chicago yesterday afternoon, in
tending TO bring his wife and daughter to
the coast TO remain for the winter. They
had contemplated locating in Los An
geles. but after looking over Pasadena
they becamed 50 charmed with the Crown
city that they rented apartments for the
next nine months. Miss Hulvey will
enter Wilson school for the coming school
year. They are located with Miss Char
lotte Knoch OF the high school.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
Los ANGELES HERAID MONDAY MORNINGS SEPTEMBER

church, numbering twenty-five or
thirty children, and an afternoon class
in Calvary Presbyterian mission of 100
pupils--the mission founded by Will
liam Reynolds, and which is now CAL
vary church, strong and useful and
! prosperous.
"And she didn't know then and she
doesn't know now which of the little
ones she loved most dearlys 1t seems
to me her sweetest welcome in heaven
must have been the little children who
ran to clasp her bended neck in their
arms while they covered her cheeks
with their kisses as they used to do.
we used to think that every child in
the city knew her and loved her. Many
times have we said to her, you Will
kill yourself with all this overstrain.
You are not everybody's mother And
her answer was the ready laughter
she laughed as easily and as often as a
child-ft is the fulfilment of prophecy.
More are the children of the desolate
than the children of the married wife,
saith the Lord Her love for the
children expanded into great love for
the mothers.
Was Editor
For time she edited the Jacobs
Sunday school publications in Chicago
and then with its organization entered
into the services of the Women's Bap-
tist Home Mission society, with head
quarters in Chicago, as proprietress of
the training school and corresponding
secretary The fibers of her mNd and
heart and soul were interviewer with
the work of this society. 1t was her
very self Holding it in her arms she
might have repeated the words of her
Master: Behold my mother and my
brethren. This is my brother, and my
sister, and my motherH
How she loved the truth. She knew
nothing about the new-found idea that
in the truth there may be two shades
of gray. She knew the truth was
whittier than the snow on ,Hermon,
cleaning in summer sunshine. And
she had never to compare that with
any shade of gray. She Vpoke the
truth. And she loved--her' love-hun-
CRY heart loved for the very Christ-joy
of loving.
wherever her presence had blessed
a. home with the sweetness of her
companionship and ministry she is
missed. for ali that house was hlled
with the odor of the ointment which
she poured on broken lives and sor-
rowing hearts. Every day OF her life
of blessing and service CLEANS like a
pearl in a rosary of prayer. Her beau-
tiful memory shines backward from
her grave like radiant sunset, chang
ing our tears of sorrow into rainbows
of hope Her voice, always attuned to
faith and courage, comes back to us
like tender echoes of old time love
songs, drifting into the heart on
twilight tides of memory. She made
her life a ministry of light and death
hath made his darkness beautiful with
her.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
PASADENA CHOIR LEADERS
EXCHANGE POSITIONS
Pasadena Agency.-
u North Raymond Avenue.

PASADENA, Sept. 29-The choir of the
First Methodist church has announced
fits program for the scored concert, which
is to be given tomorrow evening in the
church auditorium. This will be the
last appearance of the choir as it is
now organized, as Professor Stone, the
present leader. is to sever his connection
of the First Congregational church choir
October l. Abraham Miller will take
the position that he makes vacant.
The Ellis club of Los Angeles will as
sist the choir.
The program has been arranged as
follows: Organ solo, Fourth Sonata"
(Guilmant), Mr.. Edward s. Fuller;
chorus, Damascus Triumphal March,"
Costa, choir; male quartet, ''In Alb
sence," (Buck) Messrs. Chenoweth,
Stone. Collier and Webster; " 'Tis Morn"
,deibeD, Happy and Light" (Balfe),
choir; soprano solo, "A Fairy Love
Song (Willeby), Miss Nora Mcpherson;
male chorus, Hymn of Praise" Uohr),
semi-chorus from Ellis club, Los An
geles; chorus, Italia, o Italia" Doni-
zettD, choir trio. '"The Morning." CRan-
degger), Miss Lucia Stone. Mr.. George
F. Aspinall, Mr.. willard Webster; chorus,
"Besants Wedding March, (Soderman),
'Song of the Viking" CFanning), choir;
baritone solo, Danny Deever," DAM
rosch), Mr.. Frank c. Collier; finale, 1.-The
Hallelujah Chorus," (HandeD. (from
1.-The Messiah).
A change is also scheduled in the di-
rectorship of the All Saints Episcopal
church choir, today's service being the
last that will be directed by organist
and choirmaster e. e. Tarbox. Mr..
Tarbox has been the leader of the choir
for the past year and has the high
esteem of his co-workers, who expressed
their appreciation of his services and
their regard for him by the presenta-
tion of a beautiful gold watch. The
presentation took place before the choir
practice on Friday evening, and was
made by George A. Clark. Mr.. Tarbox
will not leave Pasadena for the present,
and there is a possibility that his stay
here may be indefinite.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
HOTEL VIRGINIA WILL BE
AMONG COUNTRY'S FINEST
Committee of Directors Returns from
Eastern Tour, Having Placed Or
ders for $4,000 Worth of
Furniture
Long Beach Office.
20 Locust avenue.
Phone-Home 26o.


LONG BEACH, Sept. 29.-Jean @. Drake
and A. NJ Goodhue have returned from
their eastern trip and report having
bought $4,000 worth of elegant furniture
for the new Hotel Virginia. These two
members of the board of directors of the
Long Beach Hotel company were dele
gated to select the furniture, the ap-
preparation being fixed at $4,000. After
they had gone east, however, this was
reduced to s73,500.
The furniture selected and contracted
for by Messrs. Drake and Goodhue in
Guides everything needed throughout the
hotel, with the exception of the dining
room tables the furnishings for the grand
salon and the silverware, china and kitch-
en- fixtures. These latter are already on
hand, having been secured in Los An
geles.
For the go guest rooms elegant bed
room sets in mahogany, Circassian wal
nut and silver-fnshed birdseye maple
were purchased in Grand Rapids and
| Chicago.
For the bridal chamber beautiful
rosewood set, valued at $3.50, was pur-
chased.
For the ballroom $50 gilt chairs in the
Vienna bentwood were ordered.
For the dining room 400 English wal
nut chairs were purchased The tables
will be built in Los Angeles or Lorg
Beach.
Chairs Are Many
Fifty-eight huge leather chairs, six
leather divans and sixteen rattan set
tees were secured for the lobbies. Two
hundred reed and hickory chairs were
secured for the balconies.
The bedroom furniture is in the colonial.
O aa Koio cfxy1ac nd
will be placed correctly, according to the
rooms, which will be finished in styles
representative Of different historical Pc
riods.
Drake and Goodhue were absent two
nor this on their purchasing trip. Before
contracting for the goods they visited
the biggest hotels in Chicago. New York,
Philadelphia and Atlantic City. In, the
last city they spent considerable time in
the Marlborough Blenheim and in New
York the $12,5O000o Piazza hotel, just
completed.
eve think that the Virginia will be
furnished as elegantly as any of the
great hotels in the country" said Mr..
Drake this afternoon.
1.-The furnishings of the salon will be
very elaborate. We did not pick out
these because it was yet uncertain as
to what period of history will be repre-
sented in this big room.
1.-THE carpets that have been selected are
the finest We did not order the billiard
tables and few other minor things
which can be easily secured at any time"
The Virginia is rapidly approaching
completion and will be opened on January
Z. The concrete retaining walls about
the premises are being built and the work
on the driveways and the landscape
gardening will soon be under way.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30
Woman Suspected

Gertie Bolden, negress, was arrested
yesterday and is being held at the police
station on suspicion. p,s
The woman is said to have robbed
man ora gold watch and money Saturday
nirbt The robbery was reported to Pa
trolrnan Glenn, who investigated and
made the arrest. '
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30

Everything you want you will! nnd in the
classified page-a modern eneFciopeu'e- Vns
cent word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30

Everything you want you will and In th,
classified page. One cent word
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30

since the resolutions were passed that
Santa Monica would have to find other
sewer relief after this month and that
no further time would be extended.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-06

coed per cent and the width of which
shall not be less than eighteen feet be-
tween side bitches and which shall be
properly drained and crowned so as to
shed water quickly to the side bitches
and which shall have n wagon way or
travel track not less than twelve feet
wide made In two courses and thoroughly
compacted If built In accordance with
the plans and specifications of the United
States highway commissioner and approx
ed by him, shall merit reward as follows:
If built Of gravel, $500 per mile; If built
with one course of approved stone and
one course of gravel. $3.50 per mile; If
macadamized, $1,000 per mile. If the Unit
ed States highway commissioner shall by
investigation or experiment find that
some other material than those mention
ed in this section Is equal to them or any
one of them, then he may prepare plans
and specifications for roads to be built of
such material and shall place them in one
Of the classes described In this section.
and such roads shall be entitled to receive
the reward of the class to which they are
assigned by the said commissioner.
That the decision of the United States
highway commissioner shall be final rcla-
tive to whether the road Is built well
enough to merit United States reward or
not.
That there is hereby appropriated out of
any moneys In the treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions Of this act the sum of
800 600 900, the said appropriation to be
available at the rate of Sl0@0.0O0 a year,
beginning with the year In which this act
shall take effect. II any portion of the
100000 900 appropriated for any one year
shall not be expended in the year for
which it Is appropriated, such portion not
expended shall be added to the $40, 100000
available In the year following.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-06
Road Surface Repair Plan.

The road commissioners of Mason
novation In the way of keeping the
stone roads in that county in repair.
Material for repairs will be stored at
convenient places for use along the
highways. A man will be kept whose
sole duty 1t will be to see that no hole
mere rut state. He will repair these
breaks as fast as they occur. Hun
dreds of dollars, it is believed, will be
saved the county each year by this
plan of dealing with the road surface.
1t Is plan adopted by toll road man
agement and has proved to be econom-
ical as we'll as excellent for the road.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-06
A Phenomenon,

handy word much misused is 'phe-
nomenon." The London Globe once
heard a man explaining Its meaning to
friend. He did It as follows: "Now, If
you see COW In a medder," he said
didactically, that's not phinomeena.
It's pretty animal and what not, but
1t amt a phlnomeena. And if you see
a thistle In medder that amt phi
nomeena. Nor If you see a lark in the
medder that amt phinomeena. It's
pretty bird and what not, but 1t amt
O phinomeena. But II you was to see
that COW sitting on that thistle and
singing like that lark that would be a
phinomeena." His friend said, yes, he
saw now.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-06

The woman who had just returned
from abroad, where she had visited
some country towns, was telling OF the
comforts and discomforts of the Euro
pean country hotel. "They have an
aversion to putting fresh sheets on the
beds for every new guest she said,
land we always pulled down the bed
clothes the minute we were assigned
our rooms to examine the sheets. Ten
chances to one they were wrinkled and
had that slept in appearance, ana we
invariably insisted on fresh ones.
Finally we struck series OF towns
where the hotel proprietors got the
best of us, for the sheetlng they used
was a sort Of creepy stuff, something
like seersucker and for the life of you
Won couldn't tell whether they'd been
silent ON or not."-New York Press.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-06
Rural Delivery Notes

The reimbursement adopted with the
increase of upward of SG,0O0.000 made
In the appropriation by congress will
involve an aggregate expenditure FOR
rural service during the next fiscal
year of nearly $35, 100000. The sched-
ule IS as follows: Routes of "a or more
miles, 5000 per annum; % to n miles,
SSG4; 20 to % miles, $50: IS to 20
miles, $120; Is to IS miles, 5000; II to
1G miles, $540; 10 to If miles, $5O4; 10
to ~ miles, $46S; to 10 miles, S432;
6 to miles, $396.
Information has been received at the
postofcc department that the lcgisla-
turc of Tennessee recently enacted Il
bill which is now law declaring all
roads IN that state Travelled by rural
carriers to be public roads and provld-
ing that all gates on such roads shall
be taken down at once. AS one OF the
requirements in connection with the
maintenance Of rural delivery service
Is that gates and other instructions
must be removed from the roads. this
law will doubtless facilitate the estab-
liShment and continuance of rural de-
livery in Tennessee.
Rural mail deliveries on a route in
Kenosha county, Wis. have been dis
continued by the government because
of the failure of the community to
keep the roads in satisfactory condl-
ton. The community will remain cut
off from delivery service until the roads
are repaired. Other routes in the state
will be deprived of deliveries unless
travel is made smoother for the car
riers. For some time the postal de-
partment has been trying to impress
upon the heneficiaries of rural routes
that they would have to see that the
roads were in good condition. 1t is
said that In cases where warnings
have not been needed and repairs made
drastic action will now be tai en-.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-06
POWER MIXER IN USE.

teat cups are hollow and conical. Near
" an inch from the large end the cup
Is almost closed by soft rubber dia-
pnragm. This disk, being elastic, fits
air tight around the different sized
teats.
With power mixers of the class
SHOWN In the second cut the milk Is
orawn by Intermittent suction. The
suction may be created by either vac
uum pump or a steam ejector. Con-
nscted with the vacuum pump is vac
uum reservoir and a pipe running the
whole length Of the COW stable, with q
connection valve or vacuum cock be-
tween each pair of cows.