CITY NEWS <\~ t INDEX OE LOCAL EVENTS Chronicled on paaW ß , 0, 7 and. 10 Forecast: Fair; (light northerly winds. • The familiar hallucination of an in sane woman. I Mayor Snyder at viork on his an nual message. Electric roads consolidate to facil itate business. Mongolian pheasant are liberated near Santa Monica. Sports of today on arlous fields; football, baseball and c ursing. Eeeael held for the lanta Monies robbery; more about Vo. ceman Webb. Advancement of the Wilroads dur ing the past si xmonthx-'"' tern tour ists arrive. Downey averue pr - Ted to ths council without ! •■ 'latTon by the board on public \is. EVBNIS 01 il\Y Orpheiial**-Vaudeville. Los Angeles —''A I.!*- Whits *lag." Bur bank—"Shadows ot| a Great City." Coursing, Agriculture rvk~10:oK) a. m. Tournament of Roses, Ileo ; - 11 a. m. Baseball, Los Angeles vs. San Diego, Fiesta park—fi p. m. Coursing, grounds Southen Cali fornia Coursing association—l a. in. THE WEATHER . TEMPERATURE—Report ct or* ,'atl'.n» taken at Los Angeles, Dei .Tin barometer Is reduced t se» l« time Bar. l vel I 7 \i . irr Maximum temperature. M * ' Minimum temperature, 48. Indications for Southern California l »u«f*lo. N. V.; J. w. Kline, Philadelphia; J. N. Zlegenfuss, •as,iFranolseo; W. Williams. New Bruns- SMwin i n 'i F -^ W - Matthewson, Ventura; 52ih?rf - w ra s b = ry ' H ' MhOlloray, Santa »arbara; W. E. Pruett and family, Crlp n C^ a ki l 'J L,btrt Bmlth ' New York; °' u '' N « w York city; Mrs. Rlch ara J. Haill, maid and children, Santa r^p;',/. 0 Mlchel ' Chas. Camp. oHr* MeOrecor, Hartford. Kas; «w 1? i ' .°* Alamltps; W. T. Chrlatol her, Colorado Springs; Jul'a O'Connor •*vV o • Oeo ! a W » . M v Balrd ' Newcastle? wyo., »co. a. Batehelor, Boston- H 8 XeUer, San o/c" fflllson il*: Is Walking unknown A pretty fair S-room two-story house m Ruth avenue. This pmcZonM £ used by' two families. The price Is flTes* and youWn buy tor a small cash nsj* ■sent and lis a month, it wuT*wt»r , ■ ■ r" FEEZELL HELD I — The Santa Monica Case Threshed Over , j !*• NOTE RECEIVED FROM EMMETT 1 IN WHICH HE IS MADE THE GUILTY PARTY I i Another Peculiar Transaction In Which Webb Is Implicated. Another Arrest May Result 1 The preliminary examination of As i bury Feesell on a charge of grand lar ceny was held yesterday before Justice Guldlnger at Santa Monica and resulted in the defendant being held over to the superior court for trial. ..During, the course of the hearing some very damag ■ ins evidence was brought out against Deputy City Marshal Willard Webb, I who is charged with having received a bribe from Feezell. The examination was set for 10 oclock, 1 but owing to the failure of the district attorney to have a representative on ■ hand before 11:30 oclock the proceedings were delayed an hour and a half. As soon as the defendant was brought Into court he was Joined by Attorney Morgan and Policeman Webb and the three held a private conversation In one corner of i the room for some minutes. ! Deputy District Attorney Williams j conducted the prosecution and Attorney Morgan has been employed by Feezell o look after the defense. Louie Turner, a trusty at the county i Jail, was the first witness called. He '■■ stifled to having seen the note written by Feesell to Emmett In which it.was t'ti ted that Webb had received $100 and hn i promised to get the complaints aga Inst the two dismissed. The witness that while In the same cell with ' -ell, after the tatter's arrest on the new complaint filed by Emmett, Feezell had ■said to him that he didn't see why Enimett had done as he had after every thii had been fixed up with Webb so thui. l oth would get out of the scrape. Att rney Morgan objected to the tes tlmony on the ground that the evidence j while olng to place Webb In a bad light : did not show Feezell's guilt. The court ruled mat the evidence was admissible, ras the drcumstances under which the \ statements were made indicated guilt on V h par: of Feezell. -I Will "'.fcFadden, also a trusty at the .1 uunty jail, testified that Feezell had it ild him that he had given Webb $100 to -\>h i n. it of the scrape and that every \ ~ i ' been all fixed when Emmett I'd gone back on him. A letter written , I the < nty Jail by Will Emmett to \i Retell and which was found on Fee persoa after his second arrest was il ns an exhibit. It was Jhe answer i'lttei L this letter which Webb is .' Ofiirged wuh having Induced Emmett to * *rr up, threatening him with his ln j ffW.ce to I ep him in jail if he did not cViily. The letter runs as follows: , y A«bury Feesett: Sin Writemeanote an! ill nha 'ent that stuff up to you and JI SJ I' mi what happened to you before you ■ lefty ...tn il inlca. Just write on a oard l an i\»y wha< you told Webb and the old i . mm \ i. vester- . day, when I -Mo., ?a. I . taw Webb and.*-* <» It he wan going M me. I ' don't know* "\*ZS9 '"leapt i j iHat." After refoe stanFrd, y* ebb nev .„ „ , ns* nvts.4 from since shl luijU< . c We Ui* ique last Monday, heavilj|. t there Itaffordi isa Milwaukee boiloV What he- i am is C. D» Ross. \ J LOS ANGELES HERALD»SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY < t 1898 came of the moneys Perhaps Webb can explain. UNDERGROUND CONDUITS The Telephone Company Commencing to Lay Its Cable Small mobs of people gathered on the corners and in the street yesterday af ternoon while some men were busily en gaged In lowering a long section of lead pipe from a large reel into various holes on Broadway and Spring street. Every body wondered what it was, and they "guessed" and they "reckoned" and they bluffed and a few knew. One of the latter turned with a large scorn to two men—who were contem plating the pipe disappearing into the aperture, and incidentally discussing whether or not It might be gas-pipe—and said: "That is the new telephone cable; It is to go underground after this and the poles are to come down." The men nodded their heads slowly and tried to appear as if they understood all about It, and one, who looked as if he seldom enjoyed a lucid interval, re marked: "Oh, yes, I see! They run it down that hole and then round the city through the sewers." Several bystand ers fainted on the spot. While the underground cable is not gflng to "run through the sewers," it will be placed in the conduit as faaTas It reaches here from the east, and as soon as is practicable the poles will be removed and everything will be under ground. This lead tubing holds 204 wires, each wholly protected with paper insu lation; and being Insulated and twissvd there will be none of the difficulty that is so frequently experienced when the wires run parallel from the poles as they do now—that of being obliged to hear what other people are saying who ore talking over separate wires but are nev ertheless audible. HOLLY COVERED TALLYHO Will Take the Chamber of Commerce Directors to Pasadena Sixteen of the directors of the chamber of commerce are to attend the tourna ment of roses at Pasadena today in fine style. A big English tallyho with heavy red wheels, belonging to the Tallyho stables, has been completely covered with red holly, trimmed with smllax. On each side of the coach are the letters C. of C. in smllax on a ground of holly. The coach will be drawn by six white horses, whose harness will be wrapped in red. Four men worked all day yester day on the decorations, and the directors will come back this afternoon with a banner, without doubt. Exhibits for the farmers institute are fast arriving. Firu ranch, Plru City, sends a display of Washington Navel oranges, grape fruit, pomquots and olives on the branch. A. O. Holmes sends in Bellflower, Winesap, Winter Pear main and Stone's Eureka apples. Glen dale will make a display of citrus fruit*, olives, strawberries and raspberries. Ca huenga will also display winter vegeta bles, peas, beans, tomatoes, pineapples, etc. The chamb'" of commerce of Or ange county will add to its display or anges, lemons, nuts, apples, grain and olives. SCOTTISH THISTLE CLUB Gave a Musical Entertainment and Ball Last Night Masonic hall was well filled last even ing when the Scottish Thistle club gave a musical and literary entertainment and ball. Grosser's orchestra was in attendance and furnished the opening selection on the program and the music for dancing. Chieftain. Frank G. Flnlayson, 'in all the glory'of the Scotch regalia, made a short address, in which he explained why the last day of the year belongs especial ly to Scotchmen, and then he made a graceful host and introduced the other contributors to too evening's entertain ment. Mr. Wren was not able to appear and Mr. Porter sang in his place, and his choice was "Annie Laurie." Miss Jennie Winston, Mrs. Wyatt, the Misses Gra ham and Mr. Clarke all sang, Messrs. Thomson and Mac Donald played the bagpipes and Master Willie Cllne danced the fling. The evening was enjoyable and a success in every way. ARMOR PLATE PATENTS Won't Prevent Work at the Govern- ment Plant WASHINGTON, Dec. 81.—It Is as certained at the Navy Department that a of the Patent Office experts recently submitted in the matter of the patents for Harveylzed armor plate may result in the withholding of payment of further royalties on plate furnished by large steel companies. The question sub mitted by Secretary Long to the Patent Office was whether the employment of a temperature above' that of cast iron is an essential feature of the Harvey patents, and the experts reached the conclusion that such heat was an essen tial feature of the device. The Navy Department armor plate experts are of the opinion that the highest temperature is not essential to the obtaining of the most hardened plates. The use of tem peratures not quite so h(gh as that cov ered by the Harvey process is not re garded as an Infringement of the Har vey patents. ALL THE MONEY AND MORE Realized on the Old First Presbyterian Church in the New The Rev. Burt Estes Howard, when asked last evening what probable effect the supreme court's decision would have on the First Presbyterian church, stated that he was not prepared to say; that he had heard nothing of it Until Judge McKinley telephone! him of the decision and that he had seen none of the trustees of the church since. When asked what use had been mado of the money that had been paid for the old church property, Mr. Howard stated that all of it, and more, had gone fhto the church property on Flgu roa street, except a small amount which had been used to settle an old indebtedness out standing against the old church. • » » Salvation Army Wins The voting contest at the Owl drug store, to determine which ot the charit able institutions of the city should re ceive the $100 offered by that company, resulted In a victory for the Salvation army. The votes were counted by rep resentatives ol) The Herald, Express and Times. The plurality of th* Salvation army was 63. After the award the army band serenaded the company. Miss Lansinjg late of the Fraw loy company, ln Los Angeles. Oeerge B. Comtek of Dublin, Ireland, la la ta»«uy en sTinp. AT THE THEATER LOS ANGELES THEATER.—The fickleness/of the Los Angeles public In the support of the drama is by this time a well-established fact, but one thing : can always be reckoned upon with cer tainty, which is, that a nonsense show Of Hoytlan manufacture will Invariably draw a large attendance. This was the case last night, when "A Milk-White Flag" was presented to one of the biggest houses of the season. The piece has been seen here before, but, except In the case of some of the costumes, It shows no signs of wear. The specialties, which keep such affairs alive, were all well done and some of them were excellent. The satire upon the home soldiery, with its love of uniforms, titles and decora tions, parade and brass bands, is Just as , clever as ever, and even the Imputation of cowardice, which Is carried through the three acts and finds Its climax in the presentation of the white flag to the regiment, Is tolerated good-naturedly by the audience, and always has been laughed at, although it is a pretty deep cut. The element of Incongruity is recog nized as the chief moving cause of laughter; therefore, In treating of death, corpses, coffins, undertakers and burials, all.in a comic way, the Hoyt play is a huge success. The audience laughed to its heart's content last night, and, really, when once reconciled to the peculiarly ghastly nature of the topic chosen, it was easy to laugh at jokes upon "stiffs" on Ice, and even to cackle at the con cluding joke on the militia, that, as their supposed corpse had turned out to be alive, they should celebrate the discov ery by a "grand resurrection ball." Lansing Rowan, as the widow, looked charmingly and gave all the importance to her part that it demanded. Mary Marble, as the juvenile daughter of the widow, did some capital baby specialties and likewise some of the dude music hall songs. She is a clever little actress and full of life. Her acts in the show keep it going. The men In the company are all up to a fair average, and some of them are much better. Altogether, it is a well balanced company for the purpose In tended and makes a few hours go very pleasantly. The girls are numerous, shapely, and inclined, whenever the principals will let them, to take a part in the proceedings with right good will. The piece will be repeated at the mat inee today and again at night. Louis James on Sunday night in "Othello." ♦ -f ♦ BURBANK THEATER. —Last night the Sam T. Shaw company changed Its bill to "Shadows of a Great City." The change' was not all that could be de sired. The action of the melodrama was slow, and the players failed to arouse the sympathies of their audience to any great extent through five long acts. The scenes in the piece are laid tn and about New York, and include, among others, a pawnbroker's shop and the prison on Blackwell's island. Sam T. Shaw made a manly sailor, but did not make the decided hit In this part that he did earlier in the week. Al. H. Hallett made a good Jew, and W. H. de Vaul made a sufficiently "tough" part out of the sneak thief. If H. W. Gilbert would strive for clearer articulation, a better idea of his conception of his part might be gained. Birdie de Vaul made a pretty and effective Helen Standi** and won the sympathy of her auditors In her defense of her lover. As Biddy Roman, Nellie Maine Shaw made the hit of the evening. She is the spark that keeps alive the fire of the piece. The balance of the cast was conscientiously filled. "Shad ows of a Great City" will be repeated to night and tomorrow, with the usual matinee. THE GOLD OUTPUT All the Mines Show Largely Increased Production WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The Direc tor of the Mint, from information now at hand, says that there is substantial evidence that the world's product for the calendar year of 1897 will approximate, if not exceed, $240,000,000, an increase of nearly 20 per cent over 1896. The gold product of the United States for 1896 was $53,100,000; for 1897 it will ap promimate $61,500,000, an increase of $8,400,000. The production of Africa for 1896 was $44,400,000, returns received up to Dec. Ist, 1897, indicate that the gold product of that country for the year 1897 will be $58,000,000, an increase of $13,600,000. Australasia, for 1896, $45,200,000; for 1897, the indications are that it will not be less than $51,000,000, ah increase of $6,800,000. Mexico, for 1896, $8,330,000; for 1897 estimated at $10,000,000, an Increase of $1,700,000. The Dominion of Canada, for 1896, $2, --800,000; estimated for 1897, $7,500,000, an Increase of $4,700,000. India's product for 1897 is esimated at $7,500,000, an increase of $1,400,000 over 1896. Russia's gold product for 1896 was $21, --550,000; for 1897, estimates to approxi mate $25,000,000, an Increase of $3,600, --000. The Indications for the United States , are that Colorado will lead in the pro duction of gold for 1897, as it is estimated that the product will be not less than $20,000,000. California will follow with a product of probably $19,000,000. With the exception of the South Appalachian range, It is" bellevecTthat there will be an increase in every producing State and Territory of the gold product over that of 1896. LOWNDES STEPS DOWN Won't Use Patronage to Buy Official Preferment BALTIMORE, Deo. 31.—Governor Lowndes has withdrawn from the Sen atorial contest. He says: "This decision I have reached after considering the circumstances surrounding my nomina tion by the Republican party for the office I now hold and the circumstances under which I was elected. I shall not conceal the fact that I have an ambi tion to represent my State in the Senate of the United states and I have so pub licly expressed myself. But I wish it distinctly understood that it was never my intention, as has been insinuated, to use my office as Governor of the State la the manner which has been attributed to me. I believe that if I desired to use the patronage of my office to make myself tbe Senator from Maryland, it could be dosua I think those who know me feel Happy New Year... To you. We have made provision for your happiness the eatlre year. Call Monday and get one of our nice Diary Calendars Free. Closed Today . . , S5B SOUTn BROADWAY 331 WEST THIRD I Strictly Reliable f PGR CORRECT PITTING and | I GRINDING OP GLASSES f Consult us. Fit and comfort assured. 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Bldg.. cor. Franklin and New High streets, Los Angeles, Cal. ®SX9 NO SAMPLES GIVEN DURING THIS SALE AND NO GOODS EXCHANGED | Store to Let and I Fixtures for Sale |j Auction . . RHOADES & REED will sell the FURNITURE at Residence, 318 West 15th, THURSDAY, Janu ary 6th, 1898, at 10 a.m. One Upright Flano, oak case, with stool; Piano Lamp, Oak Book Case, Center Tables, Oak Chiffonier, with mirror; French Mirror, on bird's eye maple easel; Brle-a-Brac, Hall Rack, Oak Sideboard, Extension Tablea and Dining Chain; other Pining Room and Kitchen Fur niture, Oak and Cherry Bedroom Suites, Mat tresses and Bedding, Singer Sewing Machine, Point Lace and Silk Curtains and Portieres. Ben 0. Rhoades, Auctioneer Office-857 S. Spring Auction Rhoades & Reed Will Sell at Their Salesrooms . . 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