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6 CHURCH WORK Second Session of Diocesan Convention REPORTS OF COMMITTEES nOW A PROSPEROUS CONDITION OF THE WORK Election of Standing; Committees. Business for the Tear Finished The second day's session of the annual diocesan convention of the Protestant Episcopal denomination opened at 9:30 yesterday morning with a prayer ser vice, held in St. Paul's Church, conduct ed by Rev. Henry J. Camp of Murietta, Stnd Rev. Edmond Walters of Escon dldo. The members then adjourned to Guild hall, where the meeting was called to order by the presiding officer, Bishop Johnson. After the reading of the minutes, Rev. !W. B. Burrows, chairman of the board of missions, read a eompreher.'sive re port of the diocesan missions in last fiscal year: Baptisms, 89; marriages, S>; burials, 37; communicants, 761; re- ceipts of mission?, $9090.81; aid receipts Of the board, $2814.78; total, $11,905.59. The expenditures' of the board were 11581.91. Seventeen missionaries have held services during the year. Dr. Easter added the report of the mis sion of Morena, which contains 13 com municants, and is in every way prom ising. The financial committee reported through Rev. Bakewell Phillips of Pasa dena, showing a satisfactory financial condition. Of last year's assessment on the parishes for missions only 242 re mains to be paid. The bishop's salary has already been fixed at $3000 per year, and those of the secretary and treasurer at $100 each. The committee suggests that incidental expenses should not ex ceed $300, if the convention is prudent in its printing bills. The total amount to be raised for diocesan expenses and con vention fund for the coming year is $3500. The treasurer of the diocese must give a bond for $2000, which, by a resolution of the convention, is to be made to the bishop of the diocese and the standing committee. Assessments were recommended from each parish. in a supplementary report of the board of missions the following resolu tions were offered: "Resolved, That the bishop and con vention or convention of each dio cese and missionary district be request ed to constitute, in such manner as they think best, an auxiliary board of gen eral missions to act in behalf of this board, within their own limits, and whose duty it shall be in the behalf of their respective diocesan districts to notify this board before the time of its annual appropriatisns, what sum they expect and will endeavor to contribute for the next fiscal year. "Resolved, That the resolution of the domestic ar.d foreign missionary society herein contained be complied with, ar.d that the board of missions of the diocese of L/OS Angeles is hereby constituted for this dioces. 1 an auxiliary board of gen eral missions in the above mentioned resolutior.e." Dr. Easter reported for the committee on canons, and Dr. Browne spoke to the report recommending an amendment to the canon on Sunday schools, which w as discus.-.cd at some length. George W. Parsone, treasurer of the board of missions, reported that the sum total of the pledges for missions from the parishes of the diocese were J4337.11; offeringe, $1715.35: total, $7663.49; total disbursements, $7963.49. Dr. Dotten spoke at some length on a proposed change in hhe canons, con cerning the election of vestrymen. As the canon now stands any man of eultable age and of good business ability, through a non-church member, may be elected to this official position, Dr. Dot ten urged that the canon be changed, providing that vestrymen shall be mem bers of the church and of avowed Christ ian character. Dr. Easter urged that they shall be communicants of the church, and other members spoke to tbe Question. Rev Mr. Restarick reported for the special committee of the Episcopal fund, recommending special efforts be made toward increasing the fund, also that the committee be discharged and a new on-; appointed consisting largely of laymen. Dr. Trew addressed the convention on the Eastman fund for the education of theological students. This related to a common fund held by the diocese of Cal - ifornia before that of Los Angeles was formed. A diversity of opinion was ex pressed, Col. Heath holding that th' division of the fund is a matter for the courts to decide and not for a committee. A motion prevailed that the committee be continued, to report at the next an nual meeting. Rev. B. Hartley reported for the special committee on Sunday schools, giving an account of methods used to increase en thusiasm in the work and suggesting plans for the future, which was adopted Rev B. W. Tayler made a lengthy re port as chairman of the committee on the state of the church. The substance of the report was that the various de partments of church work in the diocese of Los Angeles show a most gratifying increase. "The church seeems to be stretching out her hands to do that work which God has placed her in the world to accomplish. The laity are realizing the responsibilities which attach to them and are recognizing that the church .needs their ministry as much as she needs her own priesthood. This is evi denced in the increase of lay readers. Sunday school workers and woman's auxiliaries and guilds." The speaker discussed at length the proposed establishment of a diocesan Taper, and summing up the opinion of the committee, Eaid unless some person financially responsible could be found to stand back of Ihe enterprise to protect the diocese from a deficit, the experi ment would better not be made. Tho committee called attention to a thinly veiled attempt of the bishop of Rome to throw discredit upon the Protestant Episcopal church by the promulgation of a bull on the subject of Anglican or ders, which has been met by strong and unanswerable encyclicals from the two bishops of England. Afternoon Session The first business of the afternoon was the election of a standing committee, which resulted as follows: Clergy. Dr. Trew, Rev. Mr. Restarlck, ReV. John Gray and Rev. B. W. Tayler: laymen. J. F. Gruell, Daniel Cleveland of San Dlcgo, J. A. Anderson and Judge T. L. Winder. While the vote was being counted Rev. B. W. Tayler reported for the deaf mute mission, which is in a prosperous con dition. A discussion was held at some length concerning the support of the Pacific Churchman, which was represented by Mrs. Oliver, widow of the late editor. The election of members of the board cf missions, the next business in order, resulted in the choice of Rev. S. M. Wren, Dr. Easter. W. B. Burrows. Dr. J. E. Cowles, J. B. Phillips, C. T. Hinde and G W. Parsons. George W. Parsons Introduced the fol lowing resolution: "Resolved. That In the eV*th of Mr. Francis Lefroy the church at large has . sustained a severe loss by the removal of one who has always been an earnest advocate of ail that was for her best :and purest interests, and who, by his efficiency and zeal, contributed largely ito the general welfare of tihs diocese." Rev. Mr. Tayler spoke of the beautiful character of Mr. Lefroy, and said it was a privilege to have been his rector. Tlr. rcsolution was adopted by a standing vote and ordered spread upon the min utes. Bishop Johnson paid a high tribute to the efficiency of the chancellor ap pointed by him last year, Mr. H. T. Lee. and said if he had helped others it was due to the help he had received from the chancellor. Thereupon Mr. Lee was reappointed to the office, of which he is incumbent. G. W. Parsons was nominated for treasurer of the board of missions, and on motion the secretary was Instructed to cast the ballot. Bishop Johnson, Mr. Tayler and oth ers testified to Mr. Parsons' efficiency in the office in the past year. Bishop Johnson s.poke of the proposed diocesan paper, recommended in his ad dress of Wednesday, saying it had al ways been his desire to incresase the support of the Pacific Churchman, hop ing it would be the organ of the church on this coast, holding the relation that the larger papers of the east do to the church on the Atlantic coast. He feared, however, that they would fall between two stools, and while not establishing a diocesan paper, fail to make the Churchman the desired medium through which to reach the parishes. On further discussion, the matter was left to the committee to act in conjunction with the bishop. After some further discussion of finances, the convention adjourned to meet at Guild, hall of St. John's church next year, in compliance with a cordial invitation tendered by the rector, Rev. B. W. R. Tayler. In the evening a mass l meeting was held at Christ church, corner of Pico and Flower streets, to discuss in general the work for missions in the diocese of Los Angeles. The following speakers addressed the meeting: Rev. Dr Easter of Redlands. Dr. Trew of Los Angeles. H. B. Resta rick of San Diego. Rev. William Hart [of Lompoc. RAILROAD RATES Christian Endeavor Stopovers—S. P. Boring for Oil The railroad rates to the Christian En deavorconvention to beheld in San Fran cisco from July 7th to 12th have at last been definitely fixed, and yesterday As sistant General Passenger Agent Shep ard of the Southern Pacific received his official instructions. Tickets will be on sale at eastern points on June 29th and 30th, July Ist, 2nd and 3rd. These tick ets will be limited to arrive at San Fran cisco not later than July 9th. Stop jovers will be permitted in California, | therefore those coming via the southern j route can have several days' stop at j Los Angeles If desired. The tickets will be sold from Missouri river polnt9 at $22.50, and from Mississippi river points, jSt. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans, $23. and Chicago $$25. | Return tickets will be on sale at San Francisco July 12th to 17th inclusive; July 19th, 22nd, 2Gth and 29th; August 2nd, sth and 9th; limited to reach east ern terminal not later than August 15th. Such tickets will also permit stop-overs I within the time limited at various Cali fornia points. j This means that visitors to the coast, on the trip going or coming, can stop iin Los Angeles within the limit of their [tickets. Thus, for instance, passengers 'from Chicago out will have over a week here, and the same time returning, (should they desire. j Following the example of the Santa |Fe, the Southern Pacific is now borir;g 'for oil, the drilling being done upon the company's yard property in the north western part of the city. The operating department of the road is certain that oil in good quan title s will soon be struck, and should the flow be: sufficient In quantity to justify the company in (changing from coal to oil as fuel, the price of oil will go down still farther. The Santa Fe, by going into the oil Ibusiness on its own account, has suc 'oeedtd in reducing the price from $1.(10 to $1.20 a barrel. Manager Nevln eald I yesterday that he saw no reason, if the j Santa Fe wells pan out at Fullerton as is expected, why his people should jnot soon be selling oil on their | own account. The company con sumes only about 300 barrels a day, land that'amount is now being pumped from the one well in operation. I Fred Henderson, formerly private sec retary to the late General Manager (Wade, of the Santa Fe, and who has (acted in that capacity for Mr. Ncvin, has been promoted to the chief clerkship of the department, and J. Hotchkistx for merly stenographer to A. G. Wells, | has succeeded him. Mr. Wells is jgeneral superintendent of the Atlantic and Pacific, with headquarters at Albu querque. Mr. Hotchkiss aosum/td his (new duties yesterday. When the case of Garner, accused of j counterfeiting, was called In the United States district court yesterday morning; :it was found that Miss Nora Winslow, a | witness, was not present. Miss Wlnslow lives in Bakersfield. and a report from that place intimates that she has been ; whisked away. When last seen she was |in the company of two strange women, j The officials about the court house do nor believe, however, that there has been any foul play, as witnesses from a dis tance frequently fail to appear. Th case was continued until this morning, and an attachment for her placed in the hands of the marshal. H. S. Allen, general manager of Allen's Press Clipping Bureau, is in the n»v. LOS ANGELES HERALD t .FRIDAY MORNING, MAY it, *W7 VON ARNOLD The Record of tbe "Baron Yon Turkheim " HIS CAREER IN ST. PAUL WHERE HE RAN A PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY The Unsavory Deals He Was Mixed Up In—An All Around Swindler and Scoundrel Among the visiting railway conductors now In the city In attendance upon the convention is Wililam R. Cummins, bet ter known as "Billy" Cummins, a con ductor on the Great Northern railroad, running out of St. Paul. In the course of conversation yesterday the name of Yon Arnold, the pe?udo baron, whose es capade with Jeanlne Young, or, as she claims herself, Mrs. Delmae-. was men tioned, and his exploits in Los Angeles and San Fra&cieoo recalled. Mr. Cummins at once became interest ed, having known Yon Arnold In Minne sota, and related in detail his know ledge of the man, his method?, and the reputa tion he has earned for himself wherever he has appeared. Said Mr. Cummins: "I got on the train of Yon Arnold "de dedekdiff.' as we tailed him In St. Paul, In San Francisco. 1 knew him very well. He never remains unknown very long any place he is. He was for a time a 'spotter' on the Great Northern. 1 heard while in Sacramento how the Bee had employed him to play the role of a wealthy Chioagoan, with a more wealthy 'brudder," and lay a trap for the Sunday Sun editor and some of ficials, into which they walked. And then how as 'Baron Yon Turkheim' he rid Attorney Delmas, in San Francisco, of the affectionate attentions of Jean lne Young, married her and took her to London, England, where he deserted her in the Hotel Cecil. He is more varied jand fertile than any heavy villain ever placed on the stage. j "He came to St. Paul from Chicago In ! 1890 as a detective. He was then plain 'Karl Yon Arnold. After looking the ground over he made me acquaintance of a German farmer in Dakota county, just south of West St. Paul, named Fess ler, who had a son who owned a tin badge for which he had paid $2.50 to a Cincinnati 'detective agency.' The old man could not make the son work on the farm, and as he was the only child he had he soon fell a victim to Yon Arnold's gorgeous verbal pictures of the sure wealth to be reaped from a detective agency, with his son as afsiPtant chief. Fessler raised $4000 by mortgage or. his farm and p:aeed it In the bank. A? a wis-e precaution all checks were to be signed by his son, who was* treasurer of a corporation, for which a certificate was duly issued by the secretary of state. Men were employed as block watchmen. I Advertisements appeared in the papers I for men, wages $60 a month. A deposit 'of $30 was exacted, and candidates were required to work two weeks on proba tion. When the final collapse came, I j don't know how many were racing i around, vainly trying to get their de j posits back. Expensive uniforms were ordered, and the Turkish sultan never | was more resplendent than 'Chief De dekdiff' Yon Arnold and young Fees j ler in their glittering clothes. "The latter got in the habit of signing checks on demand of the 'chief to be sent to mythical correspondents in various parts of the coun try, who were in hot pursuit of mythical culprits, for whom ; rewards amounting to 'meelyur.'S' were offered. It would take a volume to tell ! all the trick? reported to by the 'chief.' I Old man Fessier became dazzled. He rold hip farm and deposited the price lin the bank, subject to the agency's draft. A euite of rooms wap rented on JaokPon street, and richly furnished, as ithe headquarters. Yon Arnold drew $250 a month, ar.d allowed his assistant $150, being about seven time? as much a? jthe young fellow ever earned before, and all the expenses were eating steadily Jinto the $12..'00 realized from the pale of ithe farm. There was no ir.com". When the second month's rent was dv? there was no money in the bank to pay It. I Installments on tho furniture were over due, tailor bills came in from Minneap olis, etc. The 'dedekdiff had received ;checks for all these and pocketed or 'spent the funds. He smoked the finest cigars, drar.k high-priced wines, and had a woman who parsed as his wife who wore costly raiment. The agency finally wap ejected from its quarters, and the Fesslers obtained work as day laborers. "During the existence of the agency ! a tornado r.no Sunday afternoon created ; great destruction along the north suburb of St. Paul. Many wealthy people had i elegant cottages along the banks of th numrrr.us lakes in the vicinity. Several j were destroyed and the inmates killed or injured. A wealthy carriage maker named Schurmeler, on Rosabel street, | lost his wife and son-in-law. The wife's 1 body was thrown into Lake Vadnaisand : parties were formed to grapple for it. .It was not found until it came to the i surface. A reward of $500 had been of | fered for its recovery. Van Arnold took I some men out to grapple and, after the [body was picked u;> by a fisherman, he | worked on Schurmeler so as to obtain $200. After the agency collapsed he com menced suit for $500 against the dis- I tressed carriage man for services. On the stand he swore he had never re | celved a cent, by check or otherwise. The fare of the $£00 check was shown him, |He was slightly crnfuserl and swore he knew nothing of it; his manager must ; have received and cashed it. It was j turned over ar.d his signature in his own handwriting was shown him, and the words "receipt in full" on the face. Judge Touhy dismissed the case, and threats of prosecution for pc-jury were made. "About this time a saloonkeeper named Becker, on South Robert street, died, leaving a plump widow who continued the business. She had a daughter, Ida. about 17. as corpulent as her mother. They ran a Sunday resort called Beck er's grove, in South St. Paul. 'Dedekdtf Yon Arnold was soon manager of this business, and disappeared from general public notice for a few weeks, when one morning he stt pped out of the "bull pen" before Police Judge Corey, on the charge of criminal assault. Mrs. Becker being the complaining witness. She stated that Yon Arnold had Induced her daugh ter to elope with him to Minneapolis on promise of marriage, but had induced her to postpone the wedding, and they had been living together In rooms on the corner of Third and Wabasha streets for a week. She said the girl was under 16 and under the age of consent. On the stand he boldly told that he had been intimate with Mrs. Becker and Jealousy prompted the action, as she had let him nave all the money he needed. 'The proof as to the girl's age was not clear, and the charge was changed to disorderly conduct; he was given the highest sentence of the court, ninety days In the workhouse, which he served, breaking rock, besides losing his waxed Napoleon 111. mustache. "After his release by some means he obtained a position as 'spotter' on the railroad, a position for which he was morally qualified. While in the work house Chief of Police Clark received •* letter from j woman in Chicago, who said she was Yon Arnold's wife and they had three children, and the family were starving. I was not surprised'when I heard of him here and saw his familiar features in the papers." EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS The Westminster to Close for Repairs Saturday Night Saturday evening the Hotel West minster- will close its doors for the sum mer, and on Monday morning the work of alterations and repairs, which is ex pected to take about four months, will commence. About $60,000 will be spenc in improvements. The front of the building is to be painted white, and the office is to have a new art tile floor. The ceiling on the first floor is to be erf tirely torn out. and the stairway near the center of the doors is to become a thing of the past. The house will be equipped with electricity and steam heating throughout The present ban quet hall is to be demolished, and in its place will be breakfast, dining and supper rooms. New office fixtures have been ordered, and a new marble stair way will grace the center of the left side of the office. Instead of the two main entrances there is to be but one, with a vestibule opon the Main street side. The plumbing alone in the new house will cost $10,000. The necessary papers for extraditing Louis Montarlol, the Frenchman charged with stealing $690 from a sheep herder, and who was arrested on Wednesday at Chicago, were yesterday made o.ut by Assistant District Attorney Holton. Cnder Sheriff Clement went east last night to bring the prisoner back to Los Angeles. Sheriff Burr received a tele gram yesterday from General Superin tendent of Police Kepley at Chicago to the effect thai, nnounced his intention of voluntarily returning to this city. No chances were taken, how - ever, and the papers were made out. Columbia Run The third annual Columbia club run occurs on Sunday, May 23, to Santa Monica. All Columbia riders and their triends are invited. Leave names with Stephens & Hickox and get badges. Miss Alice Beach MeComas, daughter of Judge C. C. MeComas, deputy district attorney, will graduate from the music department of the University of the Pa cific May 27th. If If You are Looking for f| 1 —BARGAINS— 1 |j| Do Your Buying Here Today S You can do more buying with your dollar at this sile than you an in any other store in this city. The reason for it is <?ejjj| very simple. The Temple Block Clothing House was farced to sell out by the order of the Superior Court of this County, and at the Public Auction Sale we were fortunate enough to be the buyers of their 534,000.00 stock for the paltry sum of 5*2 2vJ $16,000.00. What we saved in the purchase price we can afford to share with the purchasing public, and in this way give the BIGGEST BARGAINS in the Annals of Retail Selling. <*| |g Nothing like it ever heard of We quote no prices, as cold type could not do them justice. The prices we will actually give are guaranteed to be away |g| lower than the lowest ever made in this city. ' SG| 1 taLtS Slaughter Sale 1 |H For Today, Tomorrow and Monday li Hen's Clothing 1 la Medium, Fine and Highest Grades. Furnishing Goods at Prices that would g| iM bankrupt regular dealers. Men's and Boys' Hats. Trunks and Valises |& | Boys' Clothing | m I Headquarters for Bargains m H 1 In Dependable Merchandise |If |f Junction of Spring and Ham—Opposite Temple & 2sl to any part of the city H. COHN & CO., Props. I CHRISTIAN REALISM LECTURE BY THE REV. PATRICK C. YORKE Lob Angeles Theater Crowded—Catho lic Dogmas Explained—The Seal and the Ideal The Los Angeles theater was packed to the roof last night for the first of a series of three lectures given by the Itev. Patrick 0. Yorke of San Francis co, under the auspices of the Catholic Truth society. The speaker, who was Introduced by the Right Rev. Bishop Montgomery, first explained briefly thai the aim of the Catholic Truth society was to explain the truth about Catholi cism, not only to Catholics, but to Pro testants. He said there were many points In which the Catholics and the Protestants agreed in theory but dif fered in practice; there were others in which they radically differed. He deplored the misunderstanding and misrepresentation that existed which credited the Catholics with an exchange of money In the confessional box, as that implied a man might sin in direct ratio with the amount of money he had; and that comfortable doctrine, the doc trine of indulgences, which was wrong fully understood as meaning that a man "could raise particular Cain for that particular time." Such things, and oth ers that Father Yorke instanced, he stated were all misrepresentations, and they were "growing beautifully less." as, through the work of the Catholic Truth society, the true principles and beliefs and practices of the church were explained. "Thank God." said Father Yorke, "we have too much respect for our own opin ions not to respect the honest opinions of others, and that we do not have to further our own beliefs by maligning the beliefs of others. We live in a com munity in which all are equal under a common law. and we must know on? another. That we may not believe fa- hies concerning them we must learn to know our neighbors, then we can re spect them; and we must let others know our beliefs and bring them Into the Inner sanctuary of our faith, so that respect may grow, one for an other." Then It was that Father Yorke really attacked his subject for the evening, "Christian Realism." He referred to the dogma, peculiar to the Catholic church, of the real presence of Jesus' Christ in the sacrament of the Eucharist, and dwelt some time on the mysteries of transubstantiatlon. He spoke of the relation of God to man which pervades the Scriptures; of the instinct of the human heart tc be close to God; of the growth of spiritual conditions from mere paganism and Idolatry; of the In carnation. He touched on the Unitarian and Trinitarian beliefs, and referred to the danger of ritualism retrograding from the ideal. In this connection the speaker Illus trated his meaning by pointing out the real and the ideal in various forms of art, and said with his soul and his body a man has tha ideal to look to and the real to reckon with, and it is he who strikes the golden mean, who cornea the nearest to perfection. The speaker quoted liberally from the Scriptures throughout his discourse, and read extracts from Macaulay and-Jere my Taylor In corroboration of certain points. The next lecture will be Tues day evening. May 25th, when the sub ject will be "A Hard Saying." Cattle Do Damage A drove of cattle was driven through the city yesterday morning before day light along Loma drive, and they ran over and damaged the lawns and shrub bery of property owners along that street very seriously. CAPTURED AT WORK FIVE YOUNG BURGLARS SUR PRISED BY AN OFFICER Two of the Gang Managed to Escape by Running—The Rest Are Safe ly Locked Dp in Jail ■ - '*' 4 Officer Davis and Joe Manning yester day made a raid on a gang of five young fellows who were burglarizing an un occupied house at 312 N. Alameda street, and had the satisfaction of bagging ihree members of the gang, after a lively chase. The place was formerly occupied by Cora Phillips' notorious re sort, and belongs to Joe Manning. Re cently the house was vacated, although the upper part of the house was left furnished, and the lower floor, or base ment, has been used as a dance hall. Yesterday afternoon about 4:30 oclock Officer Davis was informed that burg lars were at work In the house, and in clmpany with Mr. Manning he started for the place. When they arrived one of the gang, who had been placed on guard, gave the alarm and the whole lot rushed out at once and made a break to get away. The officer gave chase and succeeded in overhauling three of them, who gave their names as Will Roach, Earl Young and B. Reddrlck. The names of the two boys who escaped could not be learned. They were all between the ages of 16 and 20. An examination of the premises showed that they had effected an en trance through breaking the catch to one of the windows. They had evident ly just begun their work, as nothing except a garden hose was missed.- Tb>s had been, carried out of the building and secreted under a hedge, from which It was doubtless expected to remove It when they should be sheltered by dark ness. }i Thought It Was Not Loaded William Bergendorff, who lives on Griffith avenue, shot and severely wounded himself Just above the knee Wednesday afternoon, while handling what he supposed was an empty revolv er. Drs. Clark and Hughes were called, and extracted the bullet. Bergendorff will be kept from work some time by the wound. RANDSBURG : ACTIVE WORK RESUMED ON THE RAND GROUP ■ ci The Late Strike at Val Verde Grows Richer as the Shafts Go Down. V Baldwin's Buy. ■ .;s('»■ RANDSBURG, May 18—(Regular Correspondence.) Active work was be* gun this week on the Rand group of mines, which have been shut down for two months, on account of litigation which has been almost continuous since the mines were opened. The parties owning three-fourths of the property have appointed Col. C. C. Lane at man ager, and a force of ten men are at work on the Rand, Olympus and the Yellow Aster. Pat Reddy, who owns the other quarter interest, has posted notices that he will not be responsible for any debts' Incurred. The Rand mines are very rich and no money has ever been expended-.tn production of ore, the mines paying "from, the grass roots down." The owjk . yields' by free milling process from JSS to $125 a ton. The greatest amount of work has been done on the Olympus and the Yellow Aster in the way of tunnels, shafts and inclines. The veins are from three to fourteen feet. There are nu merous Btrlngers on these properties that will mill thousands of dollars a ton. The late strike on the Val Verde is Im proving In richness as depth Is obtained. Three feet of the ore last taken out is running two and one-half ounces per ton. The No. 3 Incline is being put In readiness for machinery. "Lucky" Baldwin has purchased a claim adjoining and running parallel with the Val Verde, having been great ly Impressed with the mines In this vi» clnlty. The claim is near the rich strike In the Alameda. \ J. D. Brown Is surveying the water line from Desert Springs to the foot of the grade below Randsburg, where If. Is proposed to pipe water by gravity. , C. E. Cyger of Garlock has gone to South Africa to remain an Indefinite period. Mrs. O. M. Bevln was thrown from a horse and seriously injured on Friday evening. She was found unconscious hi Fiddler's gulch, ar.d it Is believed that the shock will cause her to lose her rea son. Mrs. H. L. Squires, proprietor of the Johannesburg hotel, has gone to Cata lina to attend the annual convention of the Hotel association. A fine shower of rain fell on Friday, accompanied by lightning and thunder. La Esperanza parlor 24, N. D. G. "WV, gave a very pleasant social and dance at the Native Sons' hall. The following program was rendered: Piano solo,by Miss Ada Stone, recitation by Miss Jo sephine Williams, violin solo by M issße atrlce Phillips, piano duet by the Missel Dohs, recitation by Miss B. PhllUppj. Dancing was enjoyed the remainder of the evening. Fred Dohs' orchestra fur nished the music. Cutlery at Furreys. 159 N. Spring St.