HONORABLE!!! James M. Damron on Trial for Forgery. His Very Good Friend J. S. Chad wick Fails to Materialize, Brit His Other Good Friend, W. C. Lockwood, Takes the Stand. The Evidence so Far is Weak, But Some body Forged the Note and the De fendant Profited by It. Hon. James M. Damron's trial on the charge of having forged E. T. Wright's name to a note, which was afterward negotiated, was resumed yesterday in department one of the superior court. The jury is composed of: J. I). Gilchrist, H. M. Reed, Joseph Howland, J. W. Furnival, M. E. Copeland, C. Bructig, John Mock, George Grimminger, C. E. Beck, A. S. Chalfant, C. W. Maich, C. Vaughn. The first witness called was J. S.. Chadwick, who failed to respond. An attachment was issued, returnable forth with. A recess was asked for by the prosecution until the witness could be brought into court, but the court denied the request. W. F. Bosbyshell, president of the Southern California National bank was placed on the stand, and testified that J. S. Chadwick came to his bank with a note for $110 bearing the names of W. C. Lockwood and E. T. Wright, and asked to have it discounted. This was done and the money placed to the credit of B. F. Getchell, a gentleman for whom Chadwick pretinded that he acted as agent. E. T. Wright declared his name on the note to be a forgery. The day after the note had been discounted Mr. Bosby shell met witness near the depot and told him that he had his note for $110. Wright denied having signed any such paper. He consulted the district attor ney and saw Damron, who wanted the case against Chadwick and Lockwood stopped. Witness wanted to know what the matter had to do with him, and he , replied, "A great deal." He also added : "Think oi my wife and babies!" He was not cross-examined. Justice of the Peace Walter C. Lock wood testified that he signed a note for Damron in July in his court room, but he did not know what other name there was on it, as he did not read the instru ment. After having been arrested and examined himself, he asked the defend ant what he had made him sign, and the reply was, "That note." The witness explained that he had previously denied that the signature on the note was hi 3, because he was laboring under consid erable excitement and did not compre hend the situation clearly. During the afternoon session Deputy F. B. Fanning positively asserted that the signature of E. T. Wright was in the handwriting of Damron. T. H. Ward, secretary of the board of trade, testified similarly. W. C. Lockwood, justice of the peace, recalled, told the story of his connection with the matter over again. Ilervey Lindley denied being the author of his signature on two notes in troduced in evidence. W. M. Sheldon, cashier of the Cali fornia Loan and Trust company, stated that he had seen one of the Lindley notes in his office. Damron asked him if he would take Lindley's signature for $150, and he answered affirmatively. C. Worth, a broker, shown one of the Lindley notes, said he bought it from Damron for $144.50. The latter had rep resented to witness that the signature on it was Lindley's. R. L. Horton saw the Wright note first in Damron's office July 15. He received it from Damron, had it cashed and after paying part of its proceeds on a note due by Damron to the California Loan and Trust company, turned over the bal ance to the defendant. Deputy District Attorney Hardesty called upon defendant and his attorney to produce theoriginal of the Perry note, but it was not forthcoming. He then introduced a copy which was identified by Mr. Sheldon. The trial will be re sumed this morning. Immediately af ter the conclusion of this case, No. 803, forgery, against the same defendant will be taken up, to be followed at its con clusion by No. 804, also forgery. Chadwick has disappeared and cannot be found. It is probable that he has at last skipped for good. It will be no loss to the community. On Thursday night he was seen on the street till late at night, but yesterday he had vanished into thin air. RASMUS AGAIN. A Chinaman Charges Him With an Assault. Albert Rasmus, the hackdriver, who has twice figured prominently in public recently, was arrested by Officer San chez yesterday on a warrant charging him with battery. Tho complainant, a Chinese laundryman named Wong Yee, alleges that yesterday morning he took a bundle of laundried clothing to a woman residing on West Second street, in accordance with a special request made by her a few days ago, and de manded $1.75 for his services. She re fused to pay him then, but as she had previously informed him of her inten tion to leave the city, Wong Yee very shrewdly took up the bundle again, in timating that unless he was paid, his customer would not get her clothing. While they were arguing the matter Rasmus, who lives at the house, put in an appearance and ordered the China man out. Wong Yee properly refused to leave, whereupon Rasmus struck him and knocked him down once or twice, and an exciting scene ensued, both men finally rolling out into the street. The Chinaman, however, got. the worst of it, and on going up town filed a complaint with Justice Austin. ALLEN-BALLOU. A Wedding of Well-Known People at San Fernando. At the residence of Mr. Daty Allen, at San Fernando, on the evening of No vember sth. a wedding took place, in which Miss Julia L. Allen was united to Mr. Frank W. Ballou. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Francis M. Larkin, of Alhambra. The bride was attired in an exquis itely beautiful dress, and carried a hand some bouquet of bride roses. Mrs. Ida S. Newbro and J. Eugene Kooberle acted as bridesmaid and best THE LOS ANGELES HERALD; SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1890. man, respectfully. After the beautiful marriage service, congratulations were showered upon the couple, and many beautiful presents were received. The contracting parties are well known in Loa Angeles, and carry with them the best wishes of a host of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ballou, after a short honeymoon, spent at Santa Barbara, will take up their residence in San Fer nando. NEW SUITS. Matters Which Courts and Lawyers Must Settle. Sarah J. Ball yesterday petitioned the superior court to be appointed guardian of the estate of Richard Ball, her hus band, who is insane and confined in the Napa lunatic asylum. M. D. and A. .1. Painter sue W. T. Knight and others for the payment of $6307.33 on a contract for the sale of real estate. Ella G. and E. I). Park sue W. A. Clinton et al. for $2000 on foreclosure of a mortgage on some lets in East Los An geles. Sarah F. Dv Bois petitions to have the will of her husband, James Dv Bois, probated. The estate is valued at $6000. Mrs. Dv Bois is named executrix with out bonds in the will. The Los Angeles Lime company sues W. R. Norton and others for $170.30 on a mechanics' lien. George R. Cooper sues Patrick C. Con nelly for $860 on a forclosure of mort gage. E. B. Miller sues E. J.Guirado et ux., druggists, for $50, as salary for the month of October, up to the Bth inst. Plaintiff claims that he was wrongfully discharged. U. S. COURTS. New Cases Considered by the Federal Officials. John W. Weeks, residing at 341 south Spring street, was arrested yesterday by the United States marshal, charged with having voted in the wrong precinct. Bail was set at $500, pending his exam ination before Commissioner Van Dyke November 20th. The suit of E. J. Baldwin against the Southern Pacific company, on an as signed claim of the Hartford Fire Insur ance company, is still on trial. Yester day the defendants asked the court to instruct the jury to bring in a verdict for them, but Judge Ross denied the motion. The trial will be concluded to day. The examination of Ford and Schultz, the imported printers charged with ille gal registration, set in the United States court for yesterday, was postponed until the 28th, owing to the absence of the United States district attorney. BASEBALL. The Season to Open on Sunday After noon. The winter baseball season opens on Sunday afternoon next, at the new Tem ple-street grounds, with a team com posed of home and imported players, most of whom are alroady known to local enthusiasts. The teams will be composed as fol lows : LOS ANGELES. EASTERN. Moody Pitcher Ross Kaymer Catcher Early Youngworth First Base Frans Smith .Second Base. Brown Wright, Third Base Williams Wooley Shortstop Goldie Al right Left Field White lleartly Center Field Evans Patrick Right Field Morley Umpire Ramsey will call "game" at 2:30 o'clock sharp. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Many Visitors Enjoy a View of the Exhibit. Many newcomers visited the chamber of commerce yesterday. Among them were several who visited the Chicago exhibit and brought introductory cards from Major Truman. Quite a number of prominent citizens brought friends from the east to see the exhibit. California on Wheels had six pack ages shipped to it yesterday, consisting of apples, nuts, grain, lemons, oranges, melons and printed matter. Donations were received from Rush & Son, University tract, samples of dried apricots and peaches ; Oil Burning and Supply company, samples of pavement. INCORPORATED. Two New Companies File Their Articles With the County Clerk. The Union Mining and Milling com pany, with its principal place of busi ness in this city, tiled articles of incor poration yesterday, with the following directors: James T. Woollomes, Levi Wilson, Frank P. Oliver, A. Starbuck and C. D. Henry. The capital stock is $50,000. The South California company also filed articles of incorporation yesterday. The capital stock of $4500 has been sub scribed. The following are the direc tors: Charles T. Howland, C. L. Long street, S. H. Boynton, L. F. Fisher and C. C. Stephens. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Only Two Items of Business Concluded Yesterday. The Florence road district has been divided into Florence and Green Mead ows road districts. The division takes place along the line of Central avenue. Proposals are to be received up ti.l December 3d at noon by the board from cabinet-makers and manufacturers of furniture for the furnishing of the offices and court rooms of the new court house. A movement is on foot in Hartford, Conn., to have a nolle prosequi entered in the case of George M. Bartholomew, who wrecked the Charter Oak Life In surance company about four years ago. Bartholomew, who fled to Canada and is still an exile there, is 74 years old. It is rumored that a Brooklyn expert has invented or perfected a storage bat tery that will causo a sensation in the electrical world. Life and efficiency not hitherto attained are claimed, and also that it does not conflict with patents on storage batteries now existing. Proceedings have been entered in Pitts burg to contest the will of John Scott, deceased president of the Allegheny Valley Railroad company, in which the widow is entirely ignored and three sons are bequeathed $1 each. The World's fair commissioners have decided very properly that the intricacy of shafting and belting, so prominent in all displays of machinery, will be done away with, their place being taken by electric motors. PUBLIC WORKS. A Lot of Recommendations Made By the Board. At the regular weekly meeting of the board of public works, held yesterday, the following report was adopted for presentation to the council on Monday morning next: Recommend that the west side of Olive street, between Second and Third streets, be ordered sidewalked. Recommend that the cement curbing and sidewalks be replaced in front of the residence of James H. Bell, on north west corner of Second and Olive streets, where the same was washed out by the rains, and that the city„reimburse the property owner for the damage done. Recommend that C. Clark be notified to commence the work of repaying Grif fin avenue to the uniform width of 60 feet to the north city line and to the turnpike on the same. Recommend that Santa Fe avenue be tween the corner of Henry street and the north line of William Butler's land be ordered open to public use. Recommend that the bridge commit tee be advised to construct a bridge to be placed across the river to connect Walnut street to the San Fernando road. Recommend that Requena street, between Wilmington and Los Angeles streets, be paved. Recommend that an ordinance be passed, in accordance with the recom mendation of the health officer, provid ing for the cementing and covering of private reservoirs. Recommend that the final ordinance for establishing the grade of Yale street be withheld for two weeks. Recommend that the petition pray ing the acceptance of Temple street, as paved, be discussed in open council. Recommend that # a sidewalk be laid on the east side of Castelar street to Sand street, and also one or. the west side of the street to the high school. Recommend that the property-own ers be allowed to grade Twenty-third Btreet, below Main street and Grand av enue. Recommend that First street be sidewalked, from Bonnie Brae avenue to Yarnell street, with an eight-foot side walk. Recommend that Virginia avenue, between Soto and Mathews streets, be opened to a width of fifty feet, by noti fying the property-holders to remove their fences back on the proposed line. Recommend that the recommenda tion of the county supervisors in refer ence to storm-water be discussed in open council. Recommend that a ditch be dug accross Beaudry avenue at the north line of Bellevue avenue, to carry off storm-watter. Recommend that property holders be allowed to grade Figueroa between Temple street and Bellevue avenue. Recommend that the district as sessment for the opening of Primrose avenue be upon all land fronting on both sides of Primrose avenue from Johnson to Baranca streets and on all side streets for a distance of 150 feet from the side lines of said opening. Recommend that the discontinued proceedings for the opening of Hoff street, east of Los Angeles street, be taken up and the street opened. Recommend that a ditch be dug to lead the water from the end of pipe in Mozart street, south of Chestnut. Recommend the acceptance of the following bids on street work : Levi Dodd & Co., sidewalk on Bel mont avenue at 11% cents per Bquare foot. J. P. Jones for grading Bonnie Brae street from Arnold to Ocean aveune at $2.75 per lineal foot. Asphalt Paving company for asphalt walk on north side of Pico street, west of Pearl, at 11 9-10 cents per square foot. Munipe'& Ellsworth for grading Twen ty-first street, between Figueroa and Estrella streets, at $1.94 per lineal foot. Recommend that crosswalks be laid as follows: On south line of North Main, crossing Alameda. On Castelar stteet, south line of Sand street. On Sand street, west line of Castelar. On Rock street, west line of Castelar. On First street, from northeast corner of Union avenue and First street. On Amelia, south of Commercial. Also' a culvert crossing Seventeenth street on the west line of Main. A Wonderful Cannon. In process of construction at the gun factory in Watervliet is a 10-inch gun, which, when completed, will be ono of the greatest caliber and most wonderful in its design over made in this country. This huge gun will be built according to Capt. Crozier's latest design of wire winding. Capt. Crozier is located in the ordnance department at Washington, and the present gun is the fourth of its kind in existence. The work of boring the gun has been completed, and it will be placed in the lathe preparatory to commencing tho wire winding. The square wire to be used will be of steel, as is also the gun proper, a tenth of an inch in thickness and will be wound from the breech to the muzzle the entire length. To produce the desired work a dynamo has been placed in the gun fac tory, which will be utilized to weld the ends of the wire by electricity. When completed it is expected that this gun will throw a 560 pound projectile from twelve to fifteen miles, the greatest dis tance yet accomplished. The weight of the powder charge will be about 230 pounds, and the penetration will be, it is expected, about twenty-four inches in armor plate.—Albany Argu3. A Belfast Youth's Experiment. One of our young men asked his fa ther for the horse the other evening to go to Northport. But the old gentle man allowed that he and his wife would go themselves, and soon after did go, leaving behind a mad young man. But he finally hit upon the idea of harnessing up the cow. This he did into the best buggy. The cow was very docile until he tried to drive her. When she felt the weight of the wagon attached to her she gave one bellow full of fright, ar ' with tail over her back she ran kicld b and plunging through the garden, tramping the vegetables and knocking down bean poles, the young man cling ing on to the seat, howling for some one to stop her. But nothing could stop her. Finally a stone wall got in her track and she cleared it in grand shape; but the buggy, young man and harness were so badly mixed up that a neighbor who came to the rescue could not tell one from the other. The cow has not yet been seen, but the ruin she left behind will forever be a monument to her wrath. The buggy was carried to the barn in a bushel basket and the young man on a stretcher.—Bel fast (Me.) Age. Oarsmen at Harvard. Z noticed the ether day is the papers an item about Harvard college which, if not an error, is a striking Indication of the growth and magitude of the athletic spirit there. It was to the effect that eighty members of the freshman class are candidates for their class crew. What a change is this from a period even so late as fifteen or twenty years ago, when (at least so I understand from the graduates of about that period) a dozen men would be about the number of freshmen who had this commendable ambition. Of course the classes have grown since then, but in nothing like a similar proportion. I, for one, am not alarmed by the athletic tendencies of the modern student. I have seen so many intellectual men hampered all their lives by want of vigor, and so many commonplace men succeed by dint of nervous energy and nervous com posure, so to say, that I don't care how much time the boys spend in cultivating their muscles and their physique.—Bos ton Post. Overcoats! Overeoatsl See the elegant line of overcoats shown by Mullen, Bluett & Co. SCROFULOUS SORES From Head to Waist a Mass of Disease. Suffering Terrible—Cured by Cuticura Remedies. I was covered with scrofula sores from my head to my wai»t, suffering so that I could not sleep a t nights, and could He down only with pillows under my arms. My head was so sore that I could net wear a hat; and being a farmer, I could not go bareheaded, so wore a very soft handkerchief on my head. In fact, I wasa dis gusting sight to others and to myself. 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Popular prices Seats on sale at Box Office on and after Wednesday Nov. 12th, at I<> a. m. JJAZARD'S PAVILION, Fifth street, near Olive. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, November 11, 12, 13 and 14, 1890. THE FIRST | FLORAL EXHIBITION; op the Southern California Floral Society. In the membership of the society are repre sented the leading and practical gardeners of the six southern counties. This assures the most gorgeous display of flowers and orna mental plants and trees ever held in Southern California, while the premium list—aggregating $1100 in cash—is calculated to bring out the very best the country affords. Through W. s. Lyons, state forester, the State Forestry Commission will make a unique and original olsplay of FOREST AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, including a large variety of eueulypti, all prop erly' labeled E. D. Sturtevan', the celebrated grower of Rare Water Lilies, will muse an elaborate display of many varieties of this favorite flower. Music every evening during the exhibition by Ahrend's Orchestra. ADMISSION: Single tickets, 25c.; 0 admissions, II: child ren under 12 years of age, 15 cents. Tickets to be had of Central Pari; Floral Store, 251 South Main; The Rural Callfomian, 218 N. Main St.; Germain Fruit Co., 388 N. Main st., Edwards & McKnight. 114 West First st, and Ball .Si Car ter, 117 West First st Reduced rates from all points in Southern California will be furnished by the railroads, good from November 10 to lii. Plants and flowers in pots and packages for the exhibition carried free. Olive street enrs will pass the pavilion during the exhibition. 11-2-10t ILLINOIS HALL, Broadway and Sixth St. SOCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT BY THE IXIINOIS ASSOCIATION, Tuesday Evening, November 11th. Vocal and Instrumental Music, and Dramatic Readings by MRS. FRANK MORGAN, The noted Elocutionist Irom the East. Everybody welcome. 9-28-tf PALACE RESTAURANT AND SALOON, Corner First and Spring Streets. The Most Magnificent and Popular Resort in the City. FREE CONCERTS! * * BY THE CELEBRATED PHILHARMONIC BOLOISTB Every Night from 8 to 12. JOSEPH SCHURTZ. PROPRIETOR. joS-tf rVOLI THEATRE. 12, 14 and 10 Court street. STRICTLY FAMILY RESORT. ADMISSION, - - - - 15c, 25c. and 35c. EVERY EVENING. MATINEE SUNDAY. NEW ATTRACTIONS WEEKLY. 1 10-24-6 m Baking Powder. A Pure Cream of Tartar Powder- Superior to every other known. Used in Millions of Homes— 40 Years the Standard. Delicious Cake and Pastry, Light Flaky Biscuit, Griddle Cakes Palatable and Wholesome. No other baking powder does such work. WILL ft PACKARD, "Send me another 50c quart can of ■i Br\ 4»il_l those F resn Eastern Oysters; the can £ ot * ast n *S h t was the finest we have had ■ /& since we left -i:he East. There were 36 "11 ,- ffP|l-_ — nne large oysters in the can." 441 and 443 S. Spring St., bet. 4th and sth. A CHRYSANTHEMUM! With a History and a Future! Sent by the Japanese missionary, Joseph Nesslma, to a prominent Boston lady, Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, whose name it bears This beautiful flower is snowy white, incurved and of large size; but it is different from any other known variety, in its unique coverini; of down, making its title of The Ostrich Plume Chrysanthemum Remarkably appropriate. This is no untried novelty, but has excited nnbounded admi ration, throughout the east for two seasons. Last fall we exhibited the finest bloom ever seen in Los Angeles. This fall we have the finest stock of the plants in Southern California. The re sults we snow are natural results, and can be equalled by the most inexperienced cultivator. If you want flowers twice as large we will tell you how to get them. I'rice of the MRS. ALPHEUS HARDY, strong plants in 4-inch pots, 35 cents each. A few larger, at 50 cents to 75 cents. We have many other fine varieties from ?1.50 to |3.00 per dozen, and a hundred other things i chrysanthemums. Itoses and Carnations by the thousand, and Peppers, Cypress, I'm. a lyptus and Grevilleas, by the hundred or by the mile Come and see us on Pasadena avenue, one mile from city limits; or, address a letter to Garvanza. 100 cents in value for every d dlai. Take Santa Fe R. R. to Central aye., or Cross R. R. to Santa Fe crossing. gMf~Vrea delivery. Prompt shipment. C. G. PACKARD, Ravenswood Nurseries, Pasadena Avenue, Highland Park. 11-4) JMO IIAN? S3 & S4 SHOES it iir k \a.BTYLE uucvinixn T0 «<- Jfr __mW ft M DURASiLITr C ATI crY amW.til SATI S t\JV Hf^ Such h."~ Wn tho nvent our branch of Indcstry that wo are cow able to affirm that U,<" J&mc.t •.:>.' 84 !»!>•» Is ' i every pect equal to the shoes which only a few Tears ago wen re taiif'lnt r'r.'r.t r- > tfol't.rs yon v!h try on a pair you will bo convinced that we do not exaggerate. Ou»j are i'