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FOR HIS LIFE. Wong Ark's Trial for Killing His Slave. The Defense Outlines What It Hopes to Prove. Fan Tan (tames and the Police Mixed 0 Up Again. The Kvidenoe Oiven—Chief (Halt Admits Knduralng Lynch Law-Chinese Witnesses Who Seem to be Adroit. The Chinese witnesses put upon the stand in the Wong Ark murder trial, yesterday, knew as little and had for gotten as much as those examined ithe day before. Charley Ah Him, one of the leaders in the Hop Bing Tung society of high binders, who sat next to the defendant and watched tho proceedings carefully, left the room every few moments and communicated with his trusty lieuten ants Ah Loon and "Irish" in the halls, who in turn kept the waiting witnesses informed of the progress ot the case and of any testimony that might affect what they were expected to swear to. An in stance which demonstrates how bold Wong Ark's friends have become oc curred at noon, when Officer Rohn had a brief talk with Leu Took, ohe of the witnesses for the prosecution, who had been frightened out of telling what he knew. Took said to the officer on that occasion: "You have a God; c»egot no ?;od. If I no say what they (Ark's riends) tell me,' they kill me." The case was called at 10 o'clock in the morning. Captain of Police Rob erts, Detectives fowler and Wallin and Officer Bevan were put upon the stand and each testified briefly as to the events immediately succeeding the murder and the part they took in the search for and arrest of Ark. Chief Glass was then called and examined at length. He identified Ark's pistol and photograph, and said that they had been brought to him by Bevan on April 27th. Bevan told him that Goot Gue had identified the picture as that of the man who had shot her, and also the pistol as the one used by Wone Ark. The chief then re lated how he had detailed all the men he could spare to run down the mur derer and apprehend him. On cross-examination, Attorney Hard esty, in order to show Chief Glass's animosity against the defendant and himself, asked the witness if he did not say in the courtroom, at the time of Ark's examination: "The G—d d—d s— of a b—h, he ought to be taken out and hanged." The chief admitted that he did. District Attorney McLachlan—And did not Mr. Hardesty say to you on that occasion that if he had you out in Ari zona he would shoot you? The chief (with a smile)— Yes, he did ; but I don't think he would do it. This little episode created a breeze of mirth in the court room, and Attorney ' Hardesty was preparing to continue the controversy, when he was stopped by the court. Officer Rohn was recalled, answered a few unimportant questions and the prosecution closed its case. Shortly after 11 o'clock Attorney Har desty rose to outline the case which the defense proposed to make out. It was their intention to prove, he said, that the woman Goot Gue had had trouble with a Chinaman, other than Wong Ark, about a month before the homicide. The man in question got into a quar rel with her over a game of dominoes and struck her on the shoulder and breast with the butt end of a revolver. He threatened to kill her and would have done so probably nad not Officer Rohn been summoned to protect the woman. The policeman took the China man in custody, but he was soon re leased because the woman did not wish to prosecute. About three days before the murder, while Goot Gue was stand ing in front of her house, a shot was fired at her from the roof of a house across the street and the bullet lodged at her feet. The defense also proposed to show that Officers Bevan and Rohn were enemies of the defendant and had sworn to get even with him. They had proof that Bevan had entered into a con tract with Wong Ark to let the latter's tan games run at the rate of $10 per game per week, half of which was to go to Rohn. Wong Ark had paid this money over to Bevan regularly, placing it in a paper and slipping it, by agree ment, into Bevan's pocket as they met in a certain alley way. They proposed to show that on January 30, when an article appeared in the Herald, stating that fan tan was running without inter ruption in Chinatown, Bevan went to Wong Ark and showed him a copy of the paper, telling him at the same time that he must close his games for a few days, until the thing blew over. They would also show that tbe games did close during the agitation carried on at that time by this paper, but that they afterwards reopened and Ark continued to pay tribute to the officers. One day Rohn came to Ark and said that he was afraid Bevan was holding out on him; that he was not getting his share of the swag, and wanted to know how much Ark was paying Bevan, but this Ark re fused to tell him.. Finally Ark found that the officers were getting all of the profits of the games and that he could not make any money with such a heavy drain. He therefore told Bevan that ne was going to close up. About this time Bevan got wind of a trap which was being laid to catch him, and accused Ark of being in it. The men had a quarrel, and Bevan threatened to get even. Mr. Hardesty also stated that he would show that immediately after the shooting of Goot Gue, a man who answered the description of the China man who had threatened to kill the woman, was seen running away from tbe spot toward Alameda street. They would prove also that Rohn had not been in the restaurant where he claimed to be at the time of the shooting for a month prior to that event; that he had tried to beat the proprietor down in the price of his meals, and had been warned to keep away. »When Mr. Hardesty had finished giv ing the jury a synopsis of what he in tended to prove, Officer AVallin was re called. It was attempted to prove by him that Goot Gue was not in imme diate fear of death when she made her alleged dying statement, but the court would not allow questions on that point to be put to tbe witness. Attorney Guthrie went into an elaborate explana tion of what they wanted to adduce by such questions, but was cut off short by the court, much to his disgust. Hook Moy, Len Took's wife, took the stand and testified that she blew the po lice whistle intermittently seven oreight minutes before Officer Rohn arrived, after Goot Gue was shot. She was at home tbe next day when Bevan called to see the wounded woman, hut did not see her husband give the officer Ark's picture. She did not; go into Goot Gue's room. Deputy District Attorney B. W. Diehl was called, and the defense attempted to prove by him, as they had done with Wallin, that Goot Gue, at the time she made a statement implicating Wong Ark as her murderer, in the presence of Diehl, Judge Owens, Wallin and others, was not convinced that she was going to die. This was objected to and ruled out, and then Attorney Guthrie, by a slip of the tongue, asked Diehl if Goot Gue told him who shot her. The an swer was that she said Wong Ark shot her, and the defense was responsible for the production of a piece of evidence they had been striving days to suppress. At this point a recess was taken till 2 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION. When the court reassembled after lunch, Leu Took was put on the stand, and gave evidence as to what happened in front of his houee immediately after the shooting, and in Goot Gue's room the next day. He denied that Goot G"e told Bevan that Wong Ark shot her, and said that the woman was lying half asleep when Bevan came into "her room the day after the shooting. Bevan had a pistol in his hand, which he put to the witness's nose, asking him to smell it. The witness could not distinguish any odor. Bevan then went up to Goot Gue on tiptoe, and, snapping the pistol, said, "Him, him shootee you?" The sick woman replied in the affirmative. Bevan at the time liad no picture. The witness never gave him Ark's photograph, and never asked him to keep quiet about it because he was afraid of being hurt. The district attorney asked Leu Took if he had not said to Officer Rohn in the hall at the noon recess: "You have a God; me have no God. If Ino say what they (Ark's friends) tell me, they kill me." The witness denied having said this, and stated that he had said to Rohn : "Me likee talkee true: me sabbe God—see?" Thus Took got out of a very embarrassing situation. On Took's re-direct examination the defense tried to get in the quarrel Goot Gue had with the "big Chinaman," but it was not admitted. The witness de nied that he told Officer Vignes, on April 27th, that if he gave Wong Ark's hiding place away he would be killed. Attorney Hardesty asked Took about the shot fired at Goot Gue before her mur der, but this was ruled out on an objec tion. After the district attorney's question about the witness's conversation with Rohn in the hall, Mr. Hardesty asked the court to make an order compelling the officers to keep away from the wit nesses in the hall. He did not think it right that they should be running into the court every few moments with new stories and spring them on the defense without notice. The order was de nied. Officer Auble took the stand and testi fied to finding a pistol in Ark's room, under the pillow*ot the defendant's bed. It was fully loaded and he could not tell whether it had been fired off recently or not. He took the cartridges out and put them on the table. The cartridges attached to the pistol in evidence were not the ones he had handled, although the pistol was the same. Charley Ah Him's brother was in Ark's room while he was there, and so was Officer Vignes. There was a picture of Goot Gue on the wall. Lem Hing was called. He was in a three-foot alley, between Marchessault and Apablasa streets, at the time of the shooting, together with Wong Tung and Wo Chung. As he was about to step out into Marchessault street, a man came running toward him, but turned on seeing him and ran in another direc tion. This was right after the shot was fired. The witness was asked where he had met his companions, and replied at a certain gambling room. The district attorney attempted to cross-examine this witness without an interpreter, but he couldn't sabe, al though he had been talking glibly in the hall a few moments before. The witness also had a bad memory and could recollect very little about what happened on the night of the murder. He had heard of the Hop Bing Tung so ciety, but was not a member of it, and did not know where its rooms were. Wong Tung, on taking the stand, cor roborated the testimony of the preceding witness. He was an employee of Ah Mow's, he said, and was custodian of the Chinese theater. At this point Attorney Hardesty again asked for an order of the court com pelling the officers to keep away from the witnesses. The district attorney also objected to Charley Ah Him run ning in and out of the court room on hia mysterious errands, but no order was made. Wo Chung was put on the stand to corroborate the testimony of the last two witnesses, and after he had testified briefly, court adjourned. D. 1.. Burke Loses a Record. The half mile bicycle record made at the recent sports of the Los Angeles Athletic club will not be allowed, as the riders failed to start five feet from be hind the pole. The Agricultural park track is a full mile measured three feet from the pole, but is ten feet short according to bicycle measurement. The oversight in this matter will lose the record for Los Angeles. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Thursday, June 11, 1891. L A Tyler to J L Grimes—Lots 1 and 2 bl 1 Leslie's sub of IC.. of bl 198 Pomona and water; $1050. John Barnett, L H Whitson, William J McCas den and O B Jenkins by E D Gibson, sheriff to J M Sherrerd—Lot 12 Wood and Banbury sub of S'A of lot S bl H, San Pasqual trt, 11-45; $3000. Joseph Daniels to B T Hart—Lot 4bl 1 Phil lips trt Ro La Puente, 9—3, except strip GO ft wide on N side thereof; 111,500. John D Bicknell to Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Ry Co Los Angeles and Vernon st R R extending from Arcadia st to Central aye with franchises, rights of way, etc; $15,000. Amelia M E Bixby to Los Angeles Terminal Ry Co—Part of lot 10)-* American Colony trt ; $1000. Mrs Achsah English (formerly Mrs. Achsah Tyler) as trustee for Persia Tyler, Jennie Tyler, Wat Tyjer, Guy Tyler, Elsie T>ler, Achsah Ty ler —30 acres in Ro Paso de Bartolo Viejo with right of way, water and water rights, also strip 20 ft wide by 048 ft long on N side of 20-acre parcel of trt No 2 adi State Reform School trt; $5600. Agpes N Ward to James F Ward—s6 acres and 23U acres in Ro Santa Gertrudes; $2750. Edward T Baker to Nettie Glhbs—Lot 17 bl 7 East Los Angeles, 3—194; $2000. L T Garnsey to Dilla L Foilor—W«of lot 154 of sub of E 12,000 acres of SU Ro Ex Mis San Fernando, 51—39; $2400. Samuel B Hunt, trustee to Martin Miller, Malachi C Carlton and Orion T Thomas, trustees of Ivanhoe School District—Lots 9 10 13 and 14 bl 12 Ivanhoe; $1000. .SUMMARY. Total number of transfers 39 Total consideration.... $ 49,700 00 Number overUOOO: 10 Consideration $ 45,300 00 Note—Transfers for which the consideration is under $1000 are not published In these col umns. Drop a Foetal To tha-Oaiifornla Wine Company, 222 B. Hprtng Street for the fittest wiueb nnd liquors. THE LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1891. THE FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE HARD AT WORK. Proceedings at the Meeting Last Evening. Committees to Solicit Subscriptions by Localities—An Ingenious Way of Select ing a Poet. The general committee on Fourth of July celebration met last evening in the hall of the Union league, with a larger attendance than at any previous meet ing. A communication was received from E. W. Jonea regretting his inability to take part in the work of the fireworkn committee; A communication was also received from the secretary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, acknowledging the invi tation to take part in the parade, and stating that he would see what could be done. Secretary Cheney reported the offer of a gentleman of a large live wild moun tain eagle, recently captured, for use in the parade. The offer was accepted with thanks. The finance committee reported as follows: The finance committee held a long business meeting Monday morning at headquarters, with J. A. Kelly in the chair. The whole work of the commit tee was outlined, and a policy adopted. The whole city was districted off into collection districts, and a sub-committee appointed for each district, as follows: VV. C. Furrey, Eugene Germain and J. B. Lankershim, all banks, insurance companies and real estate offices; Chae. H. White, A. McNally and Ben E.Ward, all railroads; General J. R. Mathews, Ed Gibson and Ben Stern, all wholesale business houses, lumberyards and brew eries, etc. Wm. Lacy, Jr., and Hancock Ban ning, East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights. J. A. Kelly, Ben E. Ward, Wm. Lacy, Jr., E. P. Johnson and Hancock Ban ning, Spring and Broadway from Temple to Ninth streets. J. Kuhrts, Robert McGregor, Martin C. Marsh, Main street from depot to Washington gardens, and all cross streets east of Main street. E. W. Kinsey, J. S. VanDoren, Frank McCoye, on all cross streets from Temple to Ninth streets, west of Main. All sub-committees to meet and start to work at once to make their canvi 8?, and to make their partial reports to the whole committee at headquarters on Saturday night, June 20th, at 7:30 o'clock. One of the sub-committees reported $180 collected as the result of half an hour's work. After a recess the committees reported their organization perfected, and will present further reports tomorrow even ing. Four names were added to the can vassing committee, assigned to the cross streets west of Main. The decoration committee was di rected to place a transparency before the entrance to the general committee headquarters, and were authorized to expend the amount necessary for that purpose. The committee then adjourned to meet tomorrow evening at 7:30. Though not regularly brought before the general committee as yet, it is pro posed by the literary committee to in vite all local poets to send in poems ap propriate to the day, signed with a norn de plume, but with some mark so that the real name of the writer can be ascertained. The committee will choose the best one of these, and the writer thereof will be designated as the poet of the day. is Ammonia Poisonous? It is not necessary to know the chem istry of ammonia, or to know how it is made from old hoofs and horns and rank gas liquor, to realize that this drug should be handled carefully and kept out of the reach of children. Serious accidents from ammonia are by no means uncommon. Quite a number have come under our notice within a short time, a few of which are given be low with the same startling head lines used in the papers. Many details, of course, are omitted, but enough are giv en to point a moral. [New York World.l AMMONIA KILLED HIM. Herman Harrowitz, a Russian painter, suffering from cramps, entered a drug store to obtain a remedy. As he felt faint, the druggist handed him an am monia bottle to inhale. Harrowitz, through ignorance, drank the ammonia, and at once fell to the floor in great ag ony. He clutched his throat and stom ach, and blood gushed from his mouth. His throat, mouth and lips became fear fully swollen and inflamed, and although an antidote was administered, he died in great agony. [Philadelphia Inquirer.] KILLED BY DRINKING AMMONIA. William Hoffman, who gulped down a bottle of ammonia, believing it to be whisky, died at the Pennsylvania hos pital, whither he had been removed. His Buffering in his last hours w<ts fearful. Press. I VERMIN AND THE FUMES OF AMMONIA. Isaac Mattson, who lives at 2939-41 Gray's Ferry road, has begun suit against the Ammonia company which carries on the manufacture of ammonia near by. He claims $10,000 damages for in jury to his business and the health ot himself and family. He complains that vermin come upon his premises from a lot of old hoofs and horns stored in the defendant's factory, and also that fumes • and vapors fill his house, rendering it unhealthy and unfit for habitation. Diluted ammonia is useful in the household for the coarser forms of scour ing and cleaning, but housekeepers should see that the ammonia bottle ia kept out of the reach of all who are ignorant of ite dangerous properties. Serioua Rioting, Bremen, June 11. —Serious rioting oc curred here today upon the part oi the Highest of all in leavening Power—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE MAKING PROGRESS. 1 firemen of the North German Lloyd Steamship company, who are on a strike. The police charged the mob with drawn swords, and a desperate fight took place before the strikers were subdued. A number of strikers were injured and several arrests were made by the police. LETTER BAG. A Friend to Fleming. BIMTOM HjBBALD : When a man calls another man behind the bars a liar, he can hardly be deemed more valiant than the Bmall skeptical youth, who doubting the Biblical story of the bald headed prophet and the bears, waited his chance to insult a gentleman whose top locks had departed. One day, in front of his house, the young Ingersoll, spying his game, yelled out at the top of his voice : "Go up, thou bald head !" retreated rapidly behind his father's hall door and exclaimed: "Now, come on with your bears." My knowledge of the character of the unfortunate defendant is limited to a residence of several months in the On tario hotel, of which we were guests, and I have pleasure in saying that Mr. Fleming bore as good a reputation there as does the "generous" Judge Smith or E. T. Murray (whoever he may be). There is little use in friends 01 foes of Fleming rushing into print. Enough evidence of false swearing, erroneous ruling and improper charge to the jury, ought to be produced before the su preme court to reverse the present de cision. Will anyone for a moment believe that an honest woman * * » would calmly discues, with the man, arrangements for their respective sleep ing places and then go to bed in ihe next room to the married man without locking her door? Nothing more evi dently false was ever offered in evidence before a '"generous" judge, or an "intel ligent" jury. By the bye, one of the jurymen said to me next morning after the verdict, "I am sorry for Mr. Flem ing. I thiuk he is a very nice man." My card enclosed for E. T. Murray if he wants it. Yours, W. P. Los Angeles, June 11. Rather Enthusiastic for Fleming:. Editors Hekalo : One remarkable feature presented in the Fleming case, and one that should call for a re view,is the bitter vituperation displayed by personal enemies of this now suffer ing man. I am called upon to speak in his de fense as a business man, who is neither a personal follower or his enemy. To me, as to many others whom I have heard express an opinion, this whole affair is a put up job. Mr. Fleming is no stranger in Southern California. For eight years he has stood before the pub lic aa an active, energetic preacher, educator and business man. Perhaps his work is best known in connection with what is called the Chautauqua movement, In this field it is well known that he has had a long, hard fight in securing the removal of the Chautauqua assembly from Long Beach to Redondo. As a leader in this work, he has a record •worthy of admiration. One year ago the daily papers were full of praise for the great work wrought out by this gen tleman ; now, today, because charged by a servant girl, all that he has done for •the church, for popular education and to bnild up Southern California, seems to be forgotten. I say it is unfair, unjust. The best estimate to be put on any man is the record of his daily life and work covering a period of years. Now, if the "ex-Rev." is a bad man, why |has it not been shown? No hint ever has been made that he has ever be trayed a trust, taken any advantage of his social relations with hundreds of families,been either a liar or a libertine, or in any other respect dishonest. E. T. Murryin today's HußALDsays: "Flem ing's previous record was bad," and that "his own letters prove him to be a hypo critical liar." I suppose the allusion here made to "letters" and to"a previous rec ord" is a reference to the publication of what purported to be a sketch of Flem ing's life, in the Daily Times of May 20th; as no such evidence was intro duced at the trial. That the' publica tion of this "life" (so-called), was a most outrageous assault and mean un derhanded attempt to create public sen timent against a man charged with a crime, no one will deny. Who wrote this record? J. C. Rossiter, of Pasadena, the attorney who is seeking on behalf of Mrs. Fleming and her family to get possession of Flem ing's property, and a divorce, and who I surmise is "E. T. Murry." This "record" was offered to the Herald, I am informed, and refused. In this the Herald is entitled to gratitude. If every man charged with an offense can be stabbed in the back by an attorney under cover of the columns of a daily paper, who is safe from the grossest slanders? So far as this life is con cerned, I have the most positive infor mation that every charge is absolute'y false. There is but one truth under cover of all this vituperative abuse. Fleming, when 19 years old, was led into a marriage with a woman seven years older, with whom he never lived, and from whom he was di vorced for adultery committed before he married her and afterward. I am told by a leading minister of the Methodist church that, when Mr. Fleming united with the Methodist conference here, his papers in the divorce were examined by the bishop and presiding elders, and were satisfactory in every particular. In fact, had Fleming's record been bad, why has not some one beside the attor ney, and his wife, found it out? If the people who have thus far planned and executed this plot to de stroy a man to satisfy personal griev ances, tJnink they have succeeded, they are mistaken. Active measures are be ing taken by Mr. Fleming's business ac quaintances to furnish him with the sinews of war, and we will stand by him to the end, which will be a full vindica tion both in law and in fact. I am told that Mr. Fleming when asked why he does not reply to these articles in the news papers said : "I am charged with the commission of a crime in the courts. In the courts I shall an swer the charge. If Mrs. Fleming chooses to publish the letters written to A little catch phrase like "NO FANCY PRICES" is so often heard that after a while it ceases to attract attention. You can be sure that you are contributing to no fancy prices whe n you buy our MEN'S -:- SUITS ! Ask for them, you will find them great value. -$} FOR THIS WEEK ONLYK BOYS' TARGET CROWN STRAW TAM O'SHANTER HATS IN ALL Mf_ f—S ONLY ONE DIFFERENT * SOLD TO SHADES. a CUSTOMER. FOR ONE! WEEK LONGER! WE WILL SELL OUR FANCY AND WHITE VESTS FOR GLOBE CLOTHING CO., H. C. WEINER, PROP., 249-251 Spring Street, Near Third. BEN. L. MORRIS, Manager. g/kW~ Orders from the country carefully and honorably filled. her in the moat sacred of confidences between husband and wife, lam pow erless to prevent her doing so. But be cause she is advised and urged to aid in my destruction, God forbid that I should bring further disgrace to the mother of mv son, by piesenting to public inspec tion the details of a most wretched fam ily feud and domestic sorrow." To my mind no greater evidence of a man's character could be given than the brief sentences quoted above. They are the honest words of a man who, conscious of his own integrity, is content to wait for his vindication, and who refuses to strike back at one who knowingly and unwisely heaps disgrace on his child and infamy on him. Merchant. Los Angeles, June 11, 1891. IN SOCIETY. Miss Brownie Lascelle Clark and Ed ward King Blades were married at 7:30 last evening at the residence of Judge and Mrs. Clark, 1715 Figueroa street. The bride, who is a pretty brunette, looked lovely in a cream India silk en traine, trimmed with lovers' knot lace and orange blossoms. The groom is in the district attorney's office and is a rising young lawyer. Geo. P. Kimball, of Santa Monica, married the young couple. The drawing rooms were artistically draped with palms and other tropical exotics. The mantels were banked with choice roses. The hall was decorated with callus and palms. Mr. and Mrs. Blades received many wedding presents, the silver service sent in from the district attorney's office being especially elaborate. Miss Edith Blades, a sister of the groom, played the wedding march. Among those present were: Judge and Mrs. Clark, Dr. and Mrs. Graves, Judge and Mrs. Brousseau, Miss Brous seau, Mr. and Mrs. George Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Stowell, C. E. Patterson, J. Dole, John Storrs, D. E. Welcome, Al Lindley, West Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Pollard, Miss Dome, Miss Niles, Miss Edith Blades, Mr. and Mrs. Hine E. Hine, Walter Lewis and Frank Lewis. Many of the guests came from Pomona, where the young couple are well known. »*# The undergraduates of the Hanna college hold forth this evening at Turn Verein hall. The following programme will be given: Tannhaeuser March—Piano Duet Wagner Mrs. H. H. Brice and Prof. A. Willhartitz. Chorus-Gaily Sounds the Merry Ringing, Flotow College Vocal Cfass. Dumb Bells. Waltz Song—Vocal Solo Arditti Maud Reese. Tactics and Calisthenics From Primary Department. Danse Neapolitainc—Piano solo 8. Smith Elizabeth H.rvey. Reigen and Calisthenics. Spring Song—Vocal Solo Rubinstein Meta Polhemus. Club Swinging. Spanish Dances—Piano Duet Moszkowski Mrs. H. H. Brice add Prof. A. Willhartitz. Tactics and Single-stick Exercises. The drills are under the direction of Prof. C. J. Rohde. #** A very enjoyable birthday party was given to Mr. Bert Gomer at his resi dence on St. John street, Wednesday evening, by his sister, Miss Lottie Gomer. Among those present were: Misses Lottie and Katie Gomer, Gracie Hezekiah, Annie and Minie Aldrete, Carrie Adams, Katie Underwood, Laura Riley, Annie Donatin, Georgia Harring ton, Nellie Anderson. Messrs. Bert and William Gomer, Rex Belcher, Ru dolph and Julius Janssen, Gus Lindley, Frank Riley, Fred Aldrete, Robert Big ler, Eddie Foster, Charles Donatio., Dollie Donalson, Newton Dector. # * * Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Schwamm, who have just returned from their bridal trip to Coronado, were given a surprise reception last evening at their new home on Hill street, by the gentle men of the Young Men's institute. A delightful evening was passed, the guests being charmingly entertained by the young hostess. Henry Dockweiler, E. J. Robertson and Judge Ryan made appropriate remarks, and Mr. Quirola entertained with a vocal solo. Those present were : Henry Dockweiler, E. J. Robertson, T. F. Gray, George J. Lin denfeld, O. Weid, Arnold Holtz, Frank How, W. E. Schwamm, N. M. Quirola, James W. O'Donnell, J. J. Bergen, W. F. Nordholdt, W. H. Ryan, H. C. Lent brock and others. * * There will be a literary and social en tertainment at the Temperance temple on Friday evening. A long and varied programme has been arranged. Mrs. E. M. Crow, Miss E. Harriman, Mrs. Hut ton, Mrs. Saxon, Miss F. Dunham, Mrs. S. J. Kendall, Mrs. M.E. Garbutt, Miss M. J. Mayhew, Constance Ewing and Prof. Baker will take part in the pro gramme, » » Little Misa Jessie Holden, of North Truman street, East Los Angeles, gave a party her friends on Wednesday evening. As she has a great many friends she had a large party. Games and refreshments occupied the time until a late hour, and everyone went home well pleased. # * Mrs. Francis Jones of San Francisco, sister to Mrs. Rev. D. Hughes, 843 Hem lock street, who has been visiting rela tives and friends in this city during the past six weeks, leaves for the north this afternoon. ♦ * The next recital of the Apollo club takes place at the Los Angeles theater on June 30th. Louis Heine, the cele brated 'ceiloist of San Francisco,- will be the soloist for the evening. • * * Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Lindley have returned from the Yosemite valley. 2 IT IS A WINNER S 3 THE ?S —< c-> JS Chicago -:- Liar | 3 ec -SjCIQARK- ac 2 a- Mixed Havana Filler. W Fine Imported Wrapper, 2 For sale at all the leading cigar stands is I—l in the city. g; I A. B. GREENEWALD, £ S SOLE AGENT, S w Corner First and Spring Sts. s [— Send in for sample order. sw " Familiar in Millions of Mouths as any Household Word." The Times, London. Apollinaris "THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS." "Of late years the Queen has usually taken Apollinaris Water" World, London. SOLE EXPORTERSi THE APOLLINARIS COMPANY, LD„ LONDON, ENG. 5