Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-03
AROUND TOWN
Robbed by Sneak Thief

Robbed by Sneak THIEF
II. D. Thaxter, 1926 East Eighteenth
street was robbed of a gold ring and
stickpin on Saturday by a sneak thief
who entered his house during his abb
sence.
Jeweiry Stolen
Jewelry valued at s1OO was taken
from the home of j. Mckay, corner OF
Fortieth street and Pasadena avenue,
yesterday afternoon. In the list OF
articles stolen were a gold watch and
fob several rings and a purse contain
ing 81.
Victim of Pickpocket
w. A. Prick, according to the story
told the police last night, was the VIC
tim of a pickpocket at Fourth and
Spring streets yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Prick had a pocketbook containing $S5
in gold in his trousers pocket and after
squeezing through a crowd at the cor
ner missed his money.
Youth to BE Buried
Funeral services for Frank Marley,
Is years old will be held from the
family residence, 1921 Burlington ave-
nue., this afternoon at 80 o'clock, Rev.
Will Knighten officiating. Young Man
ley was a student of the high school
and had been i'll only two or three days.
Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery.
Boy BieyclIst Hurt
Joseph Miller, a school boy aged IA,
living at 1901 East Fourteenth street,
was riding bicycle south on Main
street between Fifth and Sixth streets
last night, when the handle bars of the
wheel broke and he was thrown against
a passing street car. He received Sc
we're bruises about the head and body
and slight conclusion.
Accidentally Shot; Dies
Chin Fook, 43 years old, a Chinese
cook employed at Daggett, died on the
train while on fle way to Los Angeles
for treatment for a gunshot wound in
the abdomen, due to the accidental dis
charge of a revolver which he was
cleaning. The body was taken to a
local undertaking establishment and
the coroner probably will sign a GER
tificate of accidental death.
To Issue New Stamp
The postoffice department at Wash
ington has sent to postmasters through
out the country a circular descriptive
of a new stamp issue. to be made on
!. account of the exposition at Seattle
this summer. This stamp will be OF
2-cent denomination only and in color
red In the center the larger part OF
a circle rests on the lower panel and
encloses a ribbon bearing the words
alaska Yukon Pacific 1909," and in the
center of the circle appears ayportrait
of William II. Seward.
To Hold Funeral at Night
Funeral services for Charles Fred
erick Chaplin will be held at the under
taking parlors of Connell company al
o'clock this evening. The hour has
beea set in the evening so that his
fellow members Of the Odd Fellows and
F'oreyters of America who are employed
duSillg the day may attend in a body
Mr.. Cheplin was "a years old and was
driver for the Union Hardware COM
pany. He died at the California hospi-
tai late Saturday as the result of an
operation for appendicitis. Burial will
be made Tuesday in Inglewood ceme-
terry.
c. A. r. to Meet at Salt Lake
The 1909 national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
held in Salt Lake City, August 9 to IA
An unusually attractive folder in red
white and blue, replete with informal
ton concerning Utah, Salt Lake City
and the Rocky mountain region, is be-
ing distributed by the passenger de-
partmert of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad. One feature of particular in
terest to Grand Army men is the like
nesses of all the commanders-in-ch
from p. f. Stephenson, the organizer in
1866, to Henry M. Nevius, the present
commander.