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IS IT AS BLACK AS PAINTED?
Charges Against the Or
phan's Home
MR. DUNN'S ALLEGATIONS
What a Personal Investigation
Developed
CRUEL MODES OF PUNISHMENT
Children Flogged With a Leather Strap
Until Blood Flowed
Nt Distinction as to Sex in Administering
the Whippings
Ths Statements .lade by Dunn Corroborated
by Savers! of the Children—A Cose
Thst Colls for the Most
Rljld Inquiry
Is the Protestant orphans' home, at the
tho corner of Yale and Alpine streets, in
tl.is city, conducted as sucti an institution
should be.
Ia the management competent, and is
the institution conducted on such liberal
and human* lin ■» as to make it in facta
home fcr 150 or more children who find
shelter within its walls?
Both of these iptestions are answered in
the negative hy William P. Dunn, anap-
THE ORPHANS' HOHE, AT YALE AND ALPINE STREETS
patently reliable man whose credentials
are of the best, and who has ot present
two children in the horns.
The orphans' homo is one of the oldest
charities in the city, and has always been
considered one of the best. It is under the
management of a board of trustees com
posed of some of the best known women
of the city, and up to the present time
nothing has ever been said against this in
stitution.
Mr. Dunn, on the other hand, is spoken
of by those who know him as an honest,
upright man. He declares that he has no
personal motive in making the charges
which he does against the home manage
ment; that owing to tlie passage of an
arbitrary rule, he commenced an investiga
tion on his own account, and has discov
ered that abuses exist which should be
corrected, in the interests of common
humanity. He has now devoted more
than two weeks to this investiga
tioi), and has jortified himself with
a great deal of testimony to back up
the position taken by him. Mr. Dunn has
tried to get the grand jury to take ud this
matter, and has also brought the subject to
tbe attention of the humane society. Not
only this, but he has called on tlie district
attorney and in every manner possible
tried to get the proper authorities to take
the matter Up. Ho says ho is determined
to see the matter out and will not let it
drop until measures are taken for ihe sup
pression of the abuses which he says ex
ist.
The orphan's home, it should be stated,
is in no sense a private charity, but is a
state institu ion to the extent, at least,
that it. like other orphan asylums, receives
state aid for the support of the inmates. Ac
cording to ttie report of the secretary of
state, the home received from the state
treasury during 1895 tbe sum of $10.
--417.(11, $5308 for the first six months
and $5108 71> (or the last half of the year.
Durius 1804 the sum of $9627.48 was re
ceived fi om the state. This being tho case
the horn*, islegitinnto subject for inves
tigati in, the same us any other public in
stitution
TH X MAN WHO MAKES IHE CHARGES
As stated in tiie beginning, Mr. Dunn is
apparently a reliable, conscientious man.
He is 50 years of age, and has two child
ren, a girl named Eva, aged 11 years, and
a boy named Walter, aged 9 years, now in
the home. Mr. Dunn was formerly a
school teacher, and has his credentials
staling back as far as 1*7.". twenty-one
■rears ago. Mr. Dunn had quit teaching,
WILLIAM F. bINN, THE MAN WHO MAKES
THE CHARGES
•nd when he ||mie to California lie located
• homestead on government land near
Monrovia, where he remained until be met
with an accident, in which a gunshot took
off a part of his right hand, c rippling him
for life. He then came to Los Angeles and
placed bis children iv the orphans'home,
while he entered the state normal school
until he could get in touch again with his
profession. During the six months that he
has beenin the school, Mr. Dunn has made
many friends, and he is well spoken of by
the members of tbe faculty. He has a
letter signed by the'principal, Prof, Pierce,
the vice-principal. Prof. Dozier. and Mrs.
Pierce, all of whom indorse him.
WHAT STARTED THE INVESTIGATION
Mr. Dunn said that he lirst learned that
everything was not as it should be while he
was teaching in the Sunday school at the
Home. He says that a* he gained the con
science of the children, they began to tell
him their grievances, and he was soon con
vinced that abuses were in existence that
should he stopped, and he started in on his
investigations. He says that this fact be
coming known, the management adopted
a rule that no relative of a child in the
home should teach in the Sunday school.
Later he says, this rule was extended so as
to forbid relations even to attend Sunday
school and look at their own children
while they were being taught their lessons.
He further says that when he inquired of
the management why such a rule was
passed, lie was told that several of the
teachers in the Sunday school were not of
good enough character to teach there, and
that when he attempted to go on with the
subject, he was met with such a tirade of
abuse that he was satisfied that there was
more behind it, aud proceeded to find it
out for himself.
RESTRICTIONS OS VISITORS
Mr. Dunn says that he first wrote to the
superintendent of the Whittier Reform
school and also to the wardens of the state
penitentiaries at San Quentin and Folsom,
and found that the rules in regard to visi
tors were more stringent at the home than
at either of these institutions. Not only
mat. but that the food was poorer, and the
children in the home wore compelled to
get up earlier and go to work sooner than
the iumates of even these penol institu
tions. He say that ho learned that the
children were compelled to get up between
r> and ti oclock. in the cold dormitories,
where the smaller children were dressed
by tlie larger ones, before they were al
lowed to go to the nursery ward. The
' larger boys are then sent to work in the
laundry, white the younger ones are put to
work polishing tlie oiled floors, all of this
before breakfast. If the work is not fin
ished by breakfast time, the children are
compelled to return and finish it before
they are allowed to go to their playground.
The rules governing the children while at
the table are very stringent, and the slight
est infraction is severely punished, the
little offenders being frequently deprived
of food for au entire day for some trivial
matter. It is charged that the children,
both boys and girls, have been whipped,
the one for taking food and tlie other for
giving it.
THE CRUEL LASH
But by far the most serious charges made
by Mr. Dunn against the management is
in tlie matter of punishment. Whipping
is resorted to on the slightest provocation,
and it is often brutal in the extreme. If a
hoy is to be whipped, says Mr. Dunn, he is
ordered to the bathroom, where he is com-
EVA DUNN, AGED ii YEARS, WHO WIT- !
NESSED THE WHIPPINQS
pellet! to remove all of his clothing, anrl is
whipped with a leather strap, doubled so j
as to make two marks, and in some cases
blood baa !>"en drawn from tlie helpless
sufferers. In one ease it is claimed that a
boy was so badly beaten that he almost
fainted, and, as one of the children ex
pressed it. "he could hardly stoop down to
pick up his own pants."' In another case
it is alleged that a boy screamed so under
the flogging that the matron stuffed a
handkerchief in his mouth so that he could
only moan.
The girls are flogged as well as the boys,
only tbe mode is varied. When a girl is to
he punished tlie matron waits until she
goes to lied, whsn she is whipped on her
bare ilesh. On one occasion it is alleged
that liecauso one of the girls took some
candy which had been sent in for the chil
dren, without permission, the superintend
ent ordered her whipped by a 12-year-old
hoy. while she stood hy and saw the pun
ishment administered. On another occa
sion it is charged that one of the girls, for
some trivial offense, was whipped on her
bare flesh in the most cruel manner, as a
result of which she was sick for several
days. In another case it is chargeu that
on a 4-year-old child being taken from the
home, its mother found the back sore and
bruised from the whippings administered.
The matron, it i.-; claimed, had told her
that the child cried a great deal, and to
make it stop she had stripped its clothes
from its breast and dashed cold water up
on it.
On another occasion it is claimed that
! several boys were reported by tho inon
i org for whispering after hey went to bed.
when the matron mad" them strip off
their night gowns and whipped them on
their hare backs, leaving marks of the strap
at every blow. On another occasion, for
the same offense, it is alleged that the
matron made them drink ground rod pep
l per in water, not such sips as they might
take by themselves, but made them open
their mouths and she poured it in, antl
made them swallow it, as a result of which
they were sick for hours.
iHi another occasion it is alleged that for
a trivial infraction of the rules a 9-year-old
girl was tied to her bed all night, after be
ing whipped.
Another mode of punishment consists of
LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MOROTNG, MARCH 5, 189 G.
confining children in a dark closet for
hours at a time.
Many other cases are cited by Mr. Dunn,
which, he says, he has verified, and he has
tho proof in his possession to verify every
stateinont made by him. Hia son Walter,
he says, who Is now in the hospital ward at
the home, has on more than one occasion
been whipped.
CORROBORATIVE EVtDjENCK
A Herald reporter yesterday saw sev
eral of the children who, it was claimed,
had been punished, and they, in the main,
corroborated the statements made by Mr.
Dunn.
Eva Dunn, aged 11 years, the daughter
of Mr. Dunn, was seen at the Uastelar
street school. She is a very bright child,
and answered all questions asked her. She
said that she herself had never been pun
ished, but that she had seen other girls and
WALTER DUNN, AGED 7 YEARS. ONE OF
THE BOYS WHO WAS WHIPPED
boys whipped. Some time ago she said
that the matron had told them that she had
heard that some of the children had been
telling stories about the home, and that if
it was repeated the parents of the children
would be arrested.
Pearl Grant, aged 11 years, was also
seen. Pearl said that her work was in the
nursery. Sho had been whipped on her
bare flesh, when in bed. She had also seen
a girl named Minnie Bright, aged 0 or 7
years, whipped with c doubled strap. Pearl
said that she had also been whipped by
one of the boys by order of the matron,
who stood by aud saw i:. She was whipped
with a strap on her legs below her dress,
tihe also said that the children had been
told that their parents would bt arrested if
they told anything about the home.
Jesse Oulp, aged 11 years, who for a
month was an inmate of the home, but
who is now is the Helping Hand mission,
on Olive street, was also seen. The boy
said that he had been whipped for whisper
ing in the dormitory. The matron had
also made him drink red pepper in water,
which had made him very sick. He had
seen a boy named Arthur Cook whipped
until he bled. This boy had run awiy.
Another boy named Elster Carpenter had
been severely whinped for talking in the
dormitory, and had also been given red
pepper. Young Culp said that he and his
sister had both been in the home. His
mother had taken his sister out after she
had only been there three weeks, and he
was taken out a week later.
The reporter was also furnished with the
names of a number of parents and chil
dren who would corroborate these state
ments.
.MCST BE PROBED TO THE BOTTOM
The above contains the main points of
the charges made by Mr. Dunn, who has
given two weeks' time to their investiga
tion. It is, however, only an outline, and
there are many details in his possession
which will be given when the time arrives.
Every facility will be afforded the home
management to disprove these charges,
which are given witii sufficient substan
tiality to justify a most careful inquiry-
There is no disposition to slmt cut any
thing that will tend to throw any light on
this matter. 11 is a subject in which every
citizen is vitally interested, and it is one
which cannot be overlooked or passed
aside. The home management owe it to
themselves to assist in every way possible
to bring out the truth, in which they will re
ceive all tlie assistance that can be ren
dered by The Heralp. The charges have
been given fairly and without feeling, ex
cept in so far as to see that justice is done,
and to that end it will be followed up. The
other side wjlLhe treated in the same im
partial manner, and all matters presented
will receive due consideration.
NEWS OF OIL
Rains Hava ntcrfered With Hauling—Ad-
vanced Prices
At the headquarters of the oil exchange
yesterday it was said that the rumor that
tlie tank vessel Enoch Talbot was anchored
off Port Los Angeles, and had not put to
sea, was untrue. The Talbot, although an
ofd boat, is perfectly seaworthy and in
command of a competent skipper. She
was last reported as having passed Point
Conception and is making good progress
on her journey northward.
The rains of the last few days have se
riously interfered with the hauling of oil
from the fields to the consumers and a
scarcity of fuel in some cases has resulted.
Considerable over the quoted exchange
price was yest rday paid in several in
stances by parties who needed oil for im
mediate consumption. The difficulty will
be obviated as soon as the streets dry a
little and full tanks can be pulled once
more.
In tbe course of a few days the exchange
will make public a statement of transac
tions which will edify many who suppose
the local output is comparatively insig
nificant. The figures will show that the
southern section of the state is rapidly
coming into prominence as a petroleum
center.
Ed B. Webster of the Hustle-Hustle Ad
vertising company has opened an office at
214 8. Broadway, two doors south of the
city hall. Hia business has grown so that
he was compelled to seek larger quarters.
Ed will now write advertisements for any
line of business and handles anything in
the advertising line. His new telephone
number is 1245 main, and a ring-up will
bring him, or drop in and talk over adver
tising matters.
COL. OTIS SENT REGRETS
So Did Speaker Reed, Major
McKinley and Others
BANQUET WAS A SUCCESS
The Republican Leaguers Sat Down to a
Spread
There Were 175 duests and ths Kldi Were In
Control—The Court House and City Hall
Were the Beat Represented
MENU,
Soup.
Eastern Oysters.
Olives. Onions. Pickles. Celery.
Salads:
Lobster. chicken.
Turkey and Cranberry .folly.
Prune Ribs of Beef.
Smoked Tongue. Ham.
Chicken.
Eastern Oyster Patties.
Ice Cream. Cake.
Fruits. Nuts. Raisins.
Cheese.
Cafe Jfoir with Cognac.
Wines:
Zinfandei. Rcisling.
Republican enthusiasm was on tap in
large chunks for several hours at Ebinger'a
last night, the occasion being the first an
nual banquet of tlie Republican league of
the Sixth California congressional district.
It was given out that the scene of the fes
tivities would be new Turner hall, on Main
street near Third, but the committee on ar
rangements at the last moment became
frigiitened lest the tickets sold would not
be sufficient to pay the rental for the quar
ters selected, and the place was at
the last moment given up.
The feast was strictly a subscription af
fair, tne tickets costing each diner the sum
of |2. Most of the patrons to the function
looked upon the affair in ihe light of the
formal opening of the fall city and county
campaigns, and when approached to pur
chase cards of admission, gave up their
good money, just as they would have con
tributed to purchase a campaign banner.
mi the light of a compulsory stand antl de
liver. Nearly all of the patrons being
either in office or candidates for office,
chiefs of departments iv either the city or
the county governments or their deputies,
there has been considerable growling be
cause the forced contributions have this
year begun so early.
The affair last night was in many re
spects a most remarkable gathering. It was
engineered and mmeuvered from start to
finish by what is known as the "kid*' wing
of tho parly. The programmers who have
been and. the infantile push.anxious to I
ride, wore in the saddle, horse, foot and j
dragoon*, with here and there a few of tho
silk stocking or half-breed element to j
give to tlie feast a sort of respectable ;
party background. The latter, however, j
wereeach and all of them compelled to '
play strictly a thinking part, and they were !
not permitted to think above a whisper
either. The silk stockinged came in even- j
ing dress, while the members of de gang |
present wore everything from sack coats ;
antl corduroy trousers to Prince Alberts j
and Scotch tweed pantaloons.
The orators of the evening were all of ]
them boys, who, when they did not re->d
their several essays from manuscript, de
claimed them as if tlie several pieces de
livered hud been lirst learned by heart, and
had later been numerously practiced be
fore mirrors in private rooms lest tlie dog
might get away before his hark had heen
turned loose upon an unsuspecting public.
The enthusiasm reached its height about
11:30 oclock, when nearly every wino !
glass had touched bottom innumerable
times, the array of tumblers and decanters
being scattered about in promiscuous con
fusion, seeming to look reproachfully upon
those who had been the cause for their un
conditional surrender, will be for a great
mnny today their iate unpleasantness.
The toasimastor was A. W. Kinney, the
sentiments and responses delivered being
as follows:
The Young Men's Republican League: Its
Work; Its Uuestl. Response by Walter'F, Haas
oi Los Angeles. Refrain, We'll Rally 'Round
the Flag, Boys.
The American Flasr and tbe Grand Old Party.
Response by L. G. Brown of Pasadeua. Re
frain, Mar Spangled Banner.
Our Departed Leaders. KesDonse by Byron
L. Oliver of Los Angeles. Refrain, Star Span
gled Banner.
The Democratic Surplus. Response by 8. M.
Haskell of Pomona. Refrain, I Don't Like You
Any More.
nur Congressional Delegation at Washing
ton. Response by W. M. Hyatt of Whittier.
Refrain, We Won't Go Home Till (Morning)
Ad lournment.
The Press. Response by W. E. Arthur ot
Pa-nileiia Refrain, He's a Jolly Good Fellow.
The Republican Party anil the Monroo Doc
trine. Response by A. J. Sherer of Compton,
Retrain, America.
The Next President of the United States.
Response by J. C. Rives of Downey. Refrain,
Yankee Doodle.
California a Republican State. Response by
Georgo Reed, jr.. of Los Angeles.
A sensation was expected in the address
of J. C. Rives of Compton, who was down
to respond to the sentiment. The Next
President of the United States. It had
been given out that Rives was to formally
launch the William McKinley presidential
boom, and as a result a small sized riot
was expected from the adherents of
Thomas B. Reed, William Allison and
others of tlie big Republican leaders who
were present. Rives, however, disap
pointed the crowd. He eulogized McKin
ley, but he did the same tiling for all of the
other big men of his party who are in the
hands of their several friends as the suc
cessor to President Cleveland. The speak
ing at an end—the silk stockings had all
left long before—the letters of regret were
read.
THE COLONEL BUSY ELSEWHERE.
In lieu of hia presence, Col. Harrison
Gray Otis sent the following clipping which
is taken from the San Francisco Chronicle
of Tuesday last. It might have been read
had not the crowd all thinned out before it
could be reached:
Columbus, 0„ March 2.—The Evening
Dispatch lias the following about a Cali
fornian suggested for vice-president and
what McKinley says the St. Jxmis platform
should be: Dr. H. J. Detmers says he vis
ited Major McKinley on Friday at his
home in Canton. Dr. Detmers told the ex
governor of his recent trip to < alifornia
and his acquaintance with Colonel Otis,
proprietor of the Los Angeles Times. lie
averred his belief that Mr. Otis will be tbe
choice of the Pacific states for vice-presi
dent, aud Major McKinley said there could
be no better man selected.
The doctor also told him of a platform
framed by himself and Otiß on their trip
eastward when the latter was on bis way
to ihe banquet of the Marquette club of
Chicago. The platform bad throe planks:
"Protection to American industries; every
dollar worth a hundred cents; a free and
honest ballot." Colonel Otis amended this
by adding, "Upholding of the American
flag."
Dr. Detmers slid that Major McKinley
vigorously applauded the platform, and
said that it expressed all that was neces-
sary.
Tho letter from Speaker Thomas Brack
et! Raed was aa follows 1 I am very sorry
not to be able to be present at your meet
ing, and am glad of a chance to greet the
Republicans of Los Angeles, for I havo a
very kindly remembrance of the pleasant
iveiling I spent with them eight years ago.
Since then we have had four years of Dem
ocratic rule. Will you ask your meeting
which they lilted best, four years of pros
perity or four years of Democracy V
That is a question where a man is sure
of his answer.
Senator George C. Perkins wrote as fol
lows from Washington city:
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt
of your invitation ct recent data inviting
me to join with tlie members of your good
club, on March Ith proximo, iv celebrating t
a Republican reunion.
In reply 1 beg to rotnrn you my hearty
thanks for your kind remembrance. Press- !
ing duties, however, ns one of your repre- |
sentntives in congress, deprives me of the !
pleasure of being witli ycu, excepting in 1
spirit, nn that pleasant occasion.
It affords me great pleasure to congratu
late the members of your good club upon
their patriotism iv their early adveut into
the political campaign. This action is
most commendablo and eminently proper,
and is on example that ail good citizens
-nay imitate with benefit to our govern
ment.
It is tlie duty of every good citizen
to take part m tbe primary elections, that
representative men may be selected for
delegates to the municipal, county, state i
and national conventions. To my mind it
is more important, if possible, for repre
sentative and good government, that wa
should see to it that our primary elections
are properly conducted and that they repre
sent the wishes of the people, than it is to
vote for some one at a general election that
does not represent the principles. It is at
tho primary election where the people
s-ieak and instruct their agents. The signs
j are most favorable for Republican success
]in the coming national election. Wo can-
I not fail if we present a platform with a
declaration of principles that are iv accord
with the wishes of our people, and nomin
ate candidates whose lives and works
stand for something more than promises
unredeemed.
Tho object of good government is to
make the people of Ihe nation prosperous,
happy and contented, To do this wo must
elevate the dignity of labor; protect it
against tho competition of cheap labor of
monarchical countries and tlie servile labor
of countries that do not know the meaning
of tlie word home. We should develop, by
wise protective laws, ail American indus
tries, agricultural, manufacturing, mining
nutl commercial, by a financial policy
that recognised bimetallism in the
free use of gold and silver as the money of
tlie peopio. We should further foster the
public school, and in addition to our splen
did present system, by establish
ing in every county a school of
manual training, where boys and
girls may learn some useful trade
that will enable them to earn an honorablo
living iv tho world of mechanics. Wo
should also teach patriotism in these
schools, that our children may the better
learn the duties and responsibilities of
American citizenship; that to neglect these
duties may endanger their civil antl relig
ious liberties. Then, with the Stars and
Stripes waving over these schoolhotises,
may wo not all draw new inspiration from
its ernbloms and renew our vows to sup
port this government, which is the people,
and who have tiie power to right every
wrong.
With best wishes ami kind regards to
each member of the club. I remain sin
cerely yours, GeorgbC. Perkins.
Tho letter from William McKinley is
dated at Canton, Ohio. i'eb. 21, and raads
as follows:
"I am so much engaged juit now that I
can make but brief reply to your courteous
letter of recent date. Ever since the or
ganization of tlie league movement 1 have
recognized it as a factor in shaping the
policy and destinies of our party. It af
fords me pleasure to send my best wishes
for tiie success of your banquet and to ex
press to you my eonlldeneo that the great
principles of the Republican party aro now
universally recognized throughout the
I'nited Staios as lining absolutely necessa
ry for the progress and prosperity of the
country."
Editor Claries M. Shortridgo of the San
Francisco Call wrote:
"I am in receipt of your favor of tlie 26th
inst. regarding the annual banquet of the
Young Men's Republican league. It is
such organizations as tho Young Men's Re
publican league that will aid in accom
plishing the coming triumph as well as in
perpetuating the doctrine of protection to
American labor and iv upholding tiie glory
of tho American name.''
Gen. George C. Perkins:
"I have the lienor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your invitation of recent date."
Letters were also read from George
Stone, president of the Union League club
of Sau Ifranclsco and from Congressman
James McLachlan,
OFFICEHOLDERS AND OTHERS
There wero present: Freeman 6. Teed,
Walter F. Parker, H. A. Piorce, Charles
M. Elberson, F. M. Fleck, W. J. Murphy,
Charles A. Gardner, Pasaden a Star, A. B.
Conrad, John W. Vaughn, Ferd. C. Gott
schalk, Charles L. Strange. B. J. Davis, 1..
V. Youngworth, George W. Campbell, E.
A. I.ruck, Frank T. Barnes, W. S. Kings
bury, J. smith. George L. Arnold. B. F.
Collins, Wilber O. Dow,P. F. Ward, J. A.
Nelson, P. S. MacKenzie, E. C. Hodg
man, John A. Kingsley, Byron L.
Oliver, li. D. Scriver, (ieorge Kheins
kill, P. J. Kennedy, P. B. Kitts,
J. S. Pitman, P. S. Munson, E. W. Kinsey,
H. C. Hubbard. John Burr, R. E. Drum
niond, Walter E. Webb, George Hull, T. F.
Phillips. H. h. Clement, Tom Strohm, C.
H. Martin, William Rommel, 0. B. Smith,
Dr. F. W. Bteddoin, Dr. J. C. Blackinton,
E. L. I'urgoin, W. A. Woodis, (ieorge Mc-
Cline, M. T. Owens, W. L. Sherwood, E. A.
Carson, Frank Domlnguez, -tack Best, E.
W. McNeeley, P. I. Wilcox, F. R. Willis,
R, A. Ling. C. R. Staples, 11. Caldwell. C.C.
Cook, Capt. F. J. Cressey, Col. A.li. Neidig,
F. W. Stein, Fred H. McAllister, Major
D. R. Weller, W. S. Kedding, E. E. John
son, .lames Clark, W. S. Gilmore, P.
Brown, A. J. Sherer, S. M. Haskell, A. W.
Kinney, W. F. Haas, 0. H. Ixwkhart, W.
H. Neiswonder, George B. McLaughlin, C.
A. Luckenbaeh, VV. E. I.udlow, John H.
Drain, John H. Gish, .I.R.Newberry, W.
R.Bacon, E. T. Wright,! J. B. Hughes,
Theodore Martin. J. G. Rosaitor.
Pasadena, C. W. Hell, G. H.
Coffin, John S. Cox. J. O. Marsh,
E. G. Jones, (ieorge A. Wrigiit. 1). K. Cam
eron, Charles V. Boqnist, I. B. Noble, M.
G. Willard, W. I. Hollingsworth, James C,
Rives, .Downey; .W. W. Everett. George
Reed, Dr. Ralph Hagan, C. W. Fleming;
W. S. Gilmore, W. E. Arthur, Pasadena;
R. E. Wirsching, Fits E. Beach, l'asadena:
(ieorge A. Marden. Boston, Mass.; Frank
P. Flint, Warren Gillelen, B. N. Smith.
John C. btcdmau, William Young, Frank
M. Kelsey, Julius C. Belinke, Harry
F. Stafford, S. O. Wood, F. Ryder,
And Henderson, L. P. Crane, E. E. Dan
forth. J. J. Gosper, O. P. Clark, A. F. Mor
lan, X. A. Simpson, U. S. House, George
M. Holton, A. H. Merwin, N. P. Conrey. K.
P. Ford. George 11. Beebe, Edward Booth,
F. .1. Williams, W. G. Worsham, Dr. Ward
B. Rowland, K. Fleck, A. J. Graham, O. L.
Wilde, Earnest E. Bell, H. L. Hopkins,
Robert fcherer, Sidney .1. Parsons, O. V.
Mueller, William J. Variel, Charles
D. Houghton, W. S. Wright,
Harry Palmer. William A. Ilammil,
John R. Slater, E. L, Crable, Captain H. Z.
Osborne, Fred Wood, ltobert N. Bulla,
I. ucien Shaw, Warren Wilson, W. A. Hart
well, Ueorge Alexander, Andy W. Fran
cisco, jr., E. C. Hine, Arthur W. Burt,
Archibald Waldre, J. H. Krimminger, 0.
E. Logan, W. M. Hiatt.
Tho above list is published principally to
show just how many office holders, city
and county, graced the affair with
their presence.
The general opinion all around was that
the affair had been in respect a most howl
ing success.
The speech of the evening was delivered
by W. E. Arthur, whose toast was "The
Press." Tho spexker took occasion dur
ing his remarks to comment upon the un
selfish patriotism of Col. Harrison Gray
Otis, who had at great expense and at a
sacrifice of very valuable time [Great and
prolonged applaiuej journeyed east to se
lect the ticket aud the party platform, so
that others, poorer but wiser, might re
main at home and profit by his experience.
Dog Poisoner at Work
A dog poisoner has been getting in his
work on Fifth street near Eos Angeles and
Wall streets. Yesterday morning found
live canines cold in death, among them
being "Burn,'' the well-known newspaper-
theatrical blac't and tan, which acknowl
edged Bud Price of the Burbank theater aa
owner, but every newspaper man and ac
tor iv town as friend. Mr. Price had an
affection, almost a love, for the <\og and re
grets tho miserable taking off of tn* friend
Immensely.
N. B. Blackstone Co.
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' Ladies' Ribbed Vests, low neck and sleeveless, f_\f
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I Special bargain in Colored Silk Vests, 50C
[ Ladies' Fact Black Hose, double sole, high spliced heel, | fXf,
at \L_C
I Children's Biack Corduroy Ribbed Cotton Hose, double knee, 1r _
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Also special bargains in better grades of goods in these departments.
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