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CITY NEWS
INDEX'OF LOCAL EVENTS 4
Chronicled on pages 5, (. 8 and 10. «
President Ripley to arrive today. 4
Fawkea family fight at Burbank. •<
The career of crime of Dan McMa- 4
Hon. H
An escaping prisoner gives a crowd i
i merry chase. 4
Peculiar circumstances of the death 4
af May Taylor. 4
No one can identify Norman Jordan, <
to prove his misdeeds. 4
The Traction company's efforts to 4
let Its tracks Into Boyle Heights. 4
Forecast: Fair; light northerly 4
»lnds; heavy frost In the morning. <
Disastrous railroad wreck at White- 4
water; a brakeman killed and a con- 4
luetor Injured. 4
Polloe commissioners sit again as 4
in Investigating committee; Officer 4
Foster on the carpet. 4
EVENTS OF TODAY 4
Orpheum—Vaudeville. «
Los Angeles—"The Cat and The 4
Cherub." 4
Violin recital, Ebell auditorium—l 4\
9. m.
Board of Are commissioners meets 4
-10 a. ra. H
Dog and pony show. Eleventh and -
Flower streets—3 and Bp. m. 4
THE WEATHER
TEMPERATURE—Report of observation!
taken at Los Angeles March 22d. The
barometer la reduced to tea level.
Time Bar. Th'r. B. H. Wind Vel. Weather
li.m. 10.06 ~ M~ NW II Cleat
lp.m. ao.ie eo 82 8 » 31ear
Maximum temperature, 64.
Minimum temperature, 45.
WEATHER CONDITIONB
An extensive area of high pressure Is
i central along the northern border, ac
companied by extremely cold weather;
from thence the pressure rapidly dimin
ishes to an area of low pressure south of
El Paso. Much colder weather prevails
over the entire country, except In Arlsona.
Killing frosts were general north of Ban
Francisco Monday night.
QEORGE B. FRANKLIN,
Local Forecast Official,
FORECASTS
Local forecast for Los Angeles and vi
cinity: Fair weather Wednesday, with
frost Wednesday morning.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22.-Forecast
for Southern California: Fair Wednesday;
warmer in the Interior; light northerly
winds; heavy frost In the morning.
COLD WAVE
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 22.-A cold
wave ls Indicated for Kansas and Nebras
ka; the temperature will fall 30 to 40 de
grees by Tuesday morning.
CITY NEWS IK BRIEF
Drink Glen Rock water. Tel. Main 28.
Call Tel. Main 243 for ambulance. Kregelo
A Bresee, Sixth and Broadway.
C. D. Howry, undertaker. Fifth and
Broadway. Lowest prices In the city.
Order your spring suit of Phillips A
Munton, merchant tailors, 339 8, Spring.
Robert Sharp A Co., funeral direct 0r5,751
and 7SS South Spring street Tel. Main 1028.
Watches cleaned, 71 cents; mainsprings,
CO cants; crystals, 10 cents. Patton, 214
South Broadway.
Good wall paper for 11-foot room with
border, |L Carpet lining cheap to dealers.
Walter Bros., 627 South Spring street.
Property* owners on Jasmine street, Pico
Heights, have petitioned that their street
be Improved from Eleventh to Pico.
Adams Bros., dentists, IStVs South Spring
street. Plates from H Painless extract
ing, 60 cents. Filling a specialty. Hours,
S to 6; Sunday, 10 to IX
A petition was yesterday filed asking that
Sapphire street be ordered "roaded up"
between Third and Boylston, so as to make'
It a safe roadway for vehicles.
Dr. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson block,
first floor, rooms 133,134,135. Special atten
tion given to obstetrical cases, and all dis
eases of women and children. Electricity
.scientifically used. Consultation hours, 1
to 5. Telephone 1227.
City officials and newspaper men wit
nessed the Initial test of the asphyxiation
of impounded dogs at the gas works, on
Alameda street, yesterday morning. The
new method of execution was pronounced
humane and efficacious.
■ For Sale—looo to 25,000 shares of Btock In
Chuckawalla Mining, Milling and Water
Co.. at less than one-half the market price.
For Information as to property and price
Inquire at 822 8. Hope St., or address Frank
O. Wells, 226 W. Third St.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses were
issued from the office of the county clerk
yesterday:
Edwin R. Leibert. age 29, a native of
Ohio, and F. Pearl Thompson, age 21, nn
tlve of Pennsylvania, residents of Pasa
dena.
James W. Landers, age 29, native of Mas
sachusetts, and Mary J. Kane, age 26, na
tive of Pennsylvania, residents of this city.
Howard Patrick, age 36, native of Mis
souri, and Letltla Williams, age 25, native
of Tennessee, residents of this city.
Thompson-Hester Fight
Much Interest ls being taken In the ap
proaching meeting between Bob Thompson
of Salt Lake and Billy Hester of Boston,
which occurs Friday ntght at the Manhat
tan club. Both men have been In hard
training for the past two weeks and appear
very confident. They will weigh In at 138
pounds at 3 oclock in the afternoon of the
contest.
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W I—ll L . MB -
Undelivered Telegrams
Undelivered telegrams remain In the of
fice of the Western Union Telegraph com
pany for Edward Fish and Mrs. Dan'l
Goettel.
A Bondholder
Never worries about having to pay rent'
but the poor man ha* that rent mortgage
to pay during life if he don't buy a home.
We offer neat little four-room cottage at
♦475, 125 down and 18.00 a month. Another
SHOO, $25 down and $10 per month. Still
another. $1400, at $15 a month. And an
other new, modern, six rooms, $1600 at $15
a month. Tou are foolish to pay rent
Lang worthy Co., 2M South Spring.
Wall psper, iste styles, low prices at
A. A. Bckstrom'*. $24 South Spring street
Safe Of The~lieanince~^
«?uiv vi going on atLichtenberger's,
Aft finnrk i O2 g ' ■ D , rm « «• * picnic
nil UUvUS tor people who have money
Tike NO The fll,,n ' of a prescription
" w correctly and as the physl
rhaiirac clan meant v ■nar mean Ufa
VllullliGS or death to the person who
is to take tbe medicine; therefore th* Im
portance of going to a drug store that is
a drugstore exclusively snd not a "bsr<
tain" shop for the sale of everything else
tut standard drugs. C. Laux company. 142
k Spring st, ar* druggists.
ALL KINDS Of CHARGES
POLICE COMMISSIONERS STILL
INVESTIGATING OFFICERS
FOSTER ON THE CARPET
Why He Arrested James OlUott Last
Month—A Busy Session and a
Lively Tilt at the Close
Of late the police commissioners have
been the hardest worked body of city offl-
clals—especially officials who don't draw
any pay for their services—of any in this
section ot the land of the free. For days
and weeks they have held special sessions
to Investigate one thing or another, and
yesterday was no exception to the rule.
Special Officer Foster, who patrols the
Bonnie Brae tract, was up on the carpet to
answer two distinct changes from each of
which he succeeded In clearing hie skirt*.
Upon convening the commission first took
up the charges made In a letter from Rus
sell As Power, proprietors of the Westlake
stables. Charles E. Power stated to the
commission that Foster had been In the
habit of molesting his men In their work
and stopping them while they were engaged
in getting horses in the Bonnie Brae tract.
On one evening recently, the witness said,
he was leaving home. As he walked down
the street some one halloed to him and he
stopped. Foster came up and In an officious
manner aaked him several questions In a
manner which he deemed not proper for an
officer. Witness said he was provoked at
the officer's treatment and when he
reached home he telephoned Foster that he
had arrived at home and that he need not
worry on his account. Afterwards Foster
had threatened "to clean out the stables"
If Powers did not attend to his own busi
ness.
Foster spoke In his own defense, claim
ing that the charges made were the result
of spite and that he had at no time over
stepped the bounds of his authority. The
commissioners considered the accusation
trivial and dismissed the complaint, taking
up next the charges preferred by James
Qlllott, a plastering contractor, whom he
arrested on the night of February 14th
while taking a few pieces' Of lumber from
a new building on Westlake avenue near
Eighth street.
Qlllott was a sub-contractor on the build
ing and had permission from Thomas
Brown, the contractor, to take from the
building any lumber that he wanted. That
evening he had been detained down town
until nearly 10 oclock but on his way home,
out on Pico Heights, he stopped at the new
house and gathered up five pieces of lum
ber which he Intended to use in his kitchen
celling. At this point Foster stepped up
and after questioning him, told him that
he would have to go with him.
Qlllott remonstrated, gave the officer his
business card and told ot Brown's permis
sion to take the lumber, all to no purpose.
Foster took him to his house, where he tele
phoned to Detective Goodman at the police
station, who sent Officer Rico out to bring
tbe prisoner in. About 11:45 Qlllott was
landed at the station where he was
searched, taken Into the detectives' room
and questioned and finally locked up.
The following morning he claimed he was
approached by tbe aotlng Jailor, Officer R.
E. Henderson, who wanted to know If he
desired a lawyer. Qlllott told jum yes, that
he wanted Attorney Meyers, but received
the reply that Mr. Crawford'was waiting
outside and unless he wanted to see him
Qlllott could get back into tbe tank. At
this Qlllott claims that he agreed to employ
Crawford and did so, paying him 110 and
agreeing to pay Jls more, but that he was
released an hour or two later when Mr.
Brown came around and substantiated his
statement of having received permission
to take the lumber.
Contractor Brown told of having given
permission long ago to Qlllott to take
whatever material he wanted as he consid
ered and had always found him an honest
and trustworthy man. He heard of his
friend's trouble the next morning and got
him out In short order.
Jailer Henderson testified and said that
he had no knowledge of anion's presence
in Jail until he took the keys as acting
Jailer at 7 oclock In the morning. About 11
oclock Attorney Crawford came with
three permits to see prisoners, among
which was one for Qlllott. He asked the
prisoner what attorney he wanted to em
ploy and Qlllott had replied Crawford, and
had written his name on the back of the
pass. Attorney Crawford said that he had
been told by a prisoner, released only that
morning, that Qlllott wanted to see him.
In strange contradiction of Henderson's
statement about QUlott's asking for him,
Crawford denied that he knew or ever saw
Qlllott before that morning.
Officer Ctotte, who was night jailer and
on duty when Qlllott was brought In, told
ot the prisoner's having written a note to
his friends which he had given to the desk
clerk who promised to see that It was for
warded. It never was delivered. Officer
Foster then told his story and explained
that he had given Qlllott every chance to
send or go to Brown's house or telephone
him but that the suspect had steadily re
fused to have Brown disturbed at that time
of night. Detective Qoodman and Officer
Blco recounted their connection with the
case. On motion of Mr. Freuss the matter
was taken under advisement.
After toe disposal of the case Chief Glass
read a lecture to the commissioners on the
custom of entertaining charges against
officers based upon hearsay or only slight
foundation and had the rules bearing on
such charges read. This precipitated an
animated discussion during which Mr. Wy
man and the mayor locked horns In a wordy
war which became quite personal but sim
mered down with no harm done on either
side.
The following applications for license
transfers were referred to the chief: From
E. M. Keith and O. E. Keith for a transfer
from C. W. Mace, at UU North Alameda
street, to themselves; also from Hart et
Smiley for a transfer from Joe Arnold, at
358 South Spring street, to themselves.
The following applications were granted:
Transfer from H. Plerronl, at New Central
avenue park, to Q. W. Recce and G. E.
Chandler; also from E. Robterston, at «8
South Main street, to Chas. VI all en and
Fred Bohaefer.
FARMER BUCKLEY
He Declines to Talk to Newspaper
Reporters
Farmer Chris Buckley came to town last
night from his ranch at Nspa. The crops
up there have been good, and the hog kill
ing time was satisfactory, the pumpkin
yield excellent, and the hay promises well,
■o he decided to come down and see the
world.
A Hersld man sent up his card at the
Van Nuye last night, snd when the bell
boy bands* tt Tamer auokrax stopped.
LOS ANGELES HERALD. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 23, (898
manlourlng the corns on the palm of hit
hands and cussed s little.
"How In the world did that oust find
I was here? I can't set him; Farmer Her
ron ls coming down, and Farmer Collur P.
will be here in a cVay or two, an£r if they
hear I've been talking about fertiliser
and things to a newspaper chap, they'll
drop me. I'm busy writing an essay for the
next corn growers' convention on "Prac-
tlcal Agriculture and Its Bearings on Demo
cratic Politics," and can't see him; just
tell htm I'm out. Now, Terrence, It's your
ante," and the bell boy came down and re
peated his message, that the eminent ag
riculturist was out,. and would not be
back as long as there was a reporter In
Bight.
Plumbers' Convention
The annual convention of the Master
Plumbers' association will open this morn
ing at 10 o'clock in the Panorama building.
820 South Main street. The convention
will continue in session three days, tran
sacting routine bulness, part of which will
be the election of officers for the ensuing
year. Delegates from all over Southern
California will be in attendance. This
evening a reception will be given the visit
ing delegates by the local members.
BAD SCARE IN BURBANK
THE FA WEES FAMILY FEUD IB
AGAIN RAMPANT
The Son Alleged to Have Bigged Tjp
Explosives, But Sheriff Burr
Found Them Innocuous
The town of Burbank was again thrown
Into the throes of the liveliest kind of ex
citement by further developments in the
Fawkes famtly row, which has been going
on for several years, and has had as many
phases In it as there are members of tbe
family, most of the rsokets terminating In
the courts.
Joe Fawkes, Jr., recently had a shed
built on property adjoining that of hlB
father and within six Inches of the old
gentleman's house. While Joe was blus
tering around hie new shed a short time
ago his mother heard him say that If he
caught the old man fooling around there
he would blow him up first and his mother
afterward. ,
Mrs. Fawkes the elder reported this con
versation to her husband, who was greatly
scared thereby, and he advised some of the
Burbankers of what his wife had heard.
A committee of citizens concluded to Inves
tigate, and came across a mysterious ma
chine, which ls variously described as a
dynamite fuse and a bomb, lying under
Fawkes, sr.'s house and connected with
wires which came from Joe Fawkes' shed.
None of the scared committeemen would
monkey with the Infernal machine, but
one of them nevertheless had the bravery
to cut the wires.
Taken In conjunction with Joe's threats,
it was decided that there was ample cause
to have him, his wife and the artisan who
had built the shed arrested, and a com
plaint, alleging threats to kill, was drawn
up and sworn to before Justice Barclay at
Burbank on Monday. The trio were there
upon arrested and taken before the Justice
of the peace yesterday. From th story told
against all three of the defendants, he
held that there was good cause to place
them all under a $1000 bond until the mat
ter can be sifted next week.
I A deputation visited District Attorney
' Donnell yesterday afternoon for the pur
pose of having the bomb removed from be
neath the house so that it may be used as
evidence, but Major Donnell told them
that he was no dynamite expert, and that
they should take care of their own bombs
the best way they can.
Just before tbe court house closed for
the day H. B. Fawkes Died a suit against
Joe for $20,100 damages. The plaintiff says
that his brother caused htm to be arrested
and tried before Justice Young on the
charge of having stolen two wagon-loads
of loose lumber, worth 210, from his
premises. Upon trial the case against the
plaintiff was dismissed. For his wrong
ful arrest he claims that he is entitled to
the big sum he demands.
The arrests did not end the matter, how
ever, for word came from Burbank last
night that a riot was raging, and' the town
was liable to be obliterated as a result of
the Fawkes family differences. Sheriff
Burr and Deputy White went to the scene
of the anticipated trouble, but soon found
that the situation, had been greatly ex
aggerated. Sheriff Burr dared to brave
the supposed barnful of explosives, and
learned that they consisted of nothing but
a harmless collection of gas and lead
pipe, old tin cans and some other truck.
There was nothing of an explosive nature
about them unless l they exploded a sensa
tion.
Sheriff Burr thinks that they hadV bten
put there tor the purpose of soaring the old
people, and they certainly did It. As both
divisions of the Fawkes family were at
tending to their own affairs, no arrests
were made.
Y. M. C. A. Notes
' There will be a meeting of the active
members next Thursday evening to con
sider the work oarried on by the religious
department of the association.
A basket ball team ls being organised by
business men ot the association and games
will be arranged for every Friday after
noon. It ls expected that much Interest
will be taken In this new feature of ath
letics.
Physical Director Tundt has organised a
class In the gymnasium to train leaders for
the physical work.
A late number of the California Inde
pendent contains excellent pictures of the
Y. M. C. A. building and room* and also a
synopsis of th* work of the various com
mittees.
Rev. M. C. Hayes of Pasadena, who
formerly resided for some time In Japan,
will give an Illustrated lecture on that
country next Monday evening at the room*.
It I* a significant fact that out of twenty
five boy* who applied tor work at the T. M.
C A. employment agency, only nine pasted
the qualification* of being non-u*ers of the
cigarette.
The Demand Paid
The demand of Prof. J. A. Foshay for
{150.17 expenses incurred when he went as
a delegate last July to the meeting of the
National Educational association at Mil
waukee was yesterday paid by City Treas
urer Hartwell. The demand was turned
down by City Auditor Nichols some time
ago, but at the meeting of the board of
education of February tut it was unani
mously passed over the auditor's disap
proval. Under the charter, he could do
nothing but number the demand and turn
It over to the treasurer, who paid It.
Walter L. Webb also has a similar claim
for expenses to the convention, but wheth
er he will also get it, should he apply for
[.it, remains to be seen),
LOCAL RAILWAY NEWS
PRESIDENT RIPLEY EXPECTED
TO ARRIVE TODAY
I
ACCIDENT AT WHITEWATER
Brakeman Elsler Meets His Death
and Conductor Best Injured—Gos
sip About the Cuyamaca
President Ripley of the Santa Fe system
will arrive In the city today from the east,
accompanied by General Manager Nevln
and General Superintendent Wells of the
Santa Fe-Paclflc. Mr. Ripley will find con
siderable change in the attitude of the pub
lic, toward his road and his gen
eral manager, Mr. Nevln. When
he was last here the road was
liked and Mr. Nevln was not well known;
now the line has more cordial hatred than,
probably, the Southern Pacific ever had.
Whose fault this all ls due to, or whether
the feeling toward the line and the man
ager ls just or not, are questions which
can be answered from different stand
points, but there ls no doubt about the sit
uation's being as described.
What Mr. Ripley will say or do about
the matter Is, of course, an unknown quan
tity, but Is of only less Interest to many
people hereabouts than the report of the
Maine commission. The Santa Fe officials
hold that Mr. Nevln will be sustained, even
If the business of the road had suffered
more than It has from the change of pub
lic sentiment toward his line. It ls Insisted
that Mr. Ripley has a warm affection for
him and a high regard for his abilities, and
would retain him In office at any cost to
the company, no matter how much he
hlght be disliked. The feeling ot hostility
ls held to be but a passing whim ot the
public and not based on any good gr.ound.
"If there ls a pool, as you newspaper
fellows say Is the case, with tire Southern
Pacific, it Is not Nevln, though he may
have suggested It, but Ripley who ls re
sponsible for It, and though I admit that
Nevln has a very unhappy way with people
he meets In the way of business, he is one
of the best railroad men In the country,
and has only done his duty and carried
out the policy of his superiors. Nevln Is
not to blame. It ls all bosh, anyway; I
would just as soon work on a road that
was unpopular as one that people were pat
ting on the back, so to speak, all the time.
People can hate the Santa, Fe all they
please, but it will go right on doing busi
ness." That ls the view taken of the mat
ter by one of the company's officials.
ACCIDENT AT WHITEWATER
A sad accident occurred at Whitewater
station on the Southern Pacific road In the
Colorado desert, yesterday forenoon to a
freight train, the first one resulting
in a fatality that has occurred on this di
vision in seven years past.
The train had just reached Whitewater
when a wheel broke on one of the cars, de
railing It and six others. Conductor Best
and Brakeman L. A. Etsler of this city
were on the cars that left the track, and
went with them when they rolled over. Cm
Investigating, the brakeman was found
crushed to death and the conductor was
seriously injured Internally. The accident
was one that could not be well avoided, as
all possible precautions against just what
happened are regularly taken. All of the
wheels of the cars are tested thoroughly
before they are allowed to leave the yards,
and the defect that caused this one to
break must have developed while the train
was In motion. The track was speedily
cleared and no delay to traffic resulted.
THAT CUYAMACA LINE
President Dougherty of the Randsburg
road, who went east same few weeks ago
to consult with C. P. Huntington about
the plan of extending the Cuyamaca rail
way from Ban Diego to Yuma, has been
very discreet since his return and has not
given out anything about his plans or as
to the likelihood of Mr. Huntington's tak
ing the matter up seriously. It is expected
that the uncle of his nephew will be here
In a few days, and that the project will be
definitely settled one way or the other
then.
One of the members of the Citizens' com
mittee of San Diego, which has the fight
against the Santa Fe and Mr. Nevln In
hand. Is quoted in a San Diego paper as
saying that "there is nothing sure about
the proposition, but there Is room for hope
that such will be the case."
A feature In the case has been the re
markable fact that recently in San Diego
there has developed a market for Cuya
maca stock, and that a man named J. D.
Wood, a real estate agent, has been buy
ing up the stock as fast as he finds sellers.
He ls certainly acting for some one who
desires to get control of the road, whether
it be Huntington or others.
KERENS EN ROUTE
"Dick" Kerens, as the millionaire main
owner In the Terminal road Is called, ls on
his way to this city, where he ought to ar
rive today or tomorrow. He may turn
back and go to Washington when he hears
of the new fight that ls being made on his
favorite enterprise of the San Pedro har
bor. He intended when he started to stay
some time here and take a comprehensive
view of the many projects of extension
proposed by the Terminal.
NOTES AND PERSONALS
Col. Sclpto Craig, who directs the Cltro
graph of Redlands, said recently, apropos
of the "pool" between the Santa Fe and
the Southern Pacific: "President Ripley
of the Santa Fe Is beginning to find out
that there were railroad men who knew
what they were talking about when they
warned him not to pool Issues with Presi
dent Huntington of the Southern Pacific.
In other words, President Ripley has been
neatly taken in and done up."
The Southern Pacific company ls doing an
unparalleled business. Last month it had
to add 100 men to Its force at Tucson alone,
and the same proportion has been fol
lowed at almost every point on the line.
On many of the freight trains the crews
have had to use box cars for cabooses, as
the supply of the latter Is not equal to the
Increased traffic.
Traveling Agent Springer of the South
ern Pacific and Mr. Pattee, who holds the
same position for the Santa Fe, are pool
ingly trying to help the Anaheim people
form a canning company.
M. Smith of the Santa Pc machine shops
In Las Vegas ls visiting his relatives in
this city.
WOMAN'S REFORM LEAGUE
Lecture by Rev. W. D. P. Bliss on
Woman Suffrage
The woman's department of the Union
Reform League held Its regular weekly
meeting yesterday at the headquarters,
corner of Sixth and Broadway, with a large
attendance. Mr. Bliss addressed the meet
ing on the subject of woman suffrage,
j Summed up the speaker's conclusions were
lihat while woman suffrage may not-baye t
accomplished everything, nor possibly as
much as Its friends hoped for In putting
laws en the statute books. It has brought
about quiet, orderliness and morale In elec
tions where it obtains.
In every department ot human life the
law of sex prevails, from the source of life
down to the lowest manifestation. That
argument ls used for and against woman
suffrage. Hb opponents say that man's ls
the outer life In the world of politics,
womans' Is the inner and home life. But
this argument can be used for woman's
enfranchisement more truly than against
It. If sex ls everywhere then it should be
In everything. We need the female ele
ment In government to conserve and re
strain, and woman has a function In legis
lation.
Woman suffrage Is a vital part of the I
socialist program. When the government
is the people the expansion of government
ls socialism. It ls opposed to paternalism;
the great socialists ot the century were
democrats and not paternaltsts. Experi
ence shows that woman suffrage purines
politics. To attempt to purify government
without a change Is Utopian; we can not
get honest administration under our pres
ent conditions. Woman's economic liberty
Is more Important than her political liber
ty, but the two go together.
The subject of the lecture next week will
be "Does Socialism Cut the Nerve of Indi
vidualism?" Rev. W. A. Knlghten will ad
dress the meeting on Sunday afternoon,
after which there will be a supper served
and a social hour, of which music will be
an especial feature under the management
of Mrs. Lottie Wlllard.
WHAT DID SHE DIE OF?
Kay Taylor Expires TJnder Peculiar
Circumstances
A young woman named May Taylor died
In this city last Saturday under peculiar
circumstances, but whether the Investiga
tion by the local authorities will definitely
determine the causes leading to the death
remains to be seen.
The girl came to this city some time ego
to testify against P. H. Lucas, who was
accused of having sent an obscene letter
through the malls. He escaped through a
technicality by admitting the authorship
of tbe letter, but claiming that he had not
deposited it in the malls. The girl had led
a wild life previous to coming to this city,
but had returned to her parents In Hay
wards.
After the acquittal of Lucas she obtained
employment with a family on Toluca street
In thlß city. On Tuesday of last week she
called upon Mrs. Dr. Blspham, a female
physician, residing at Fifth and Hill
streets. Miss Taylor was very nervous
and complained of pains In the back. Her
story was that she had been struck In San
Francisco by a cable car, and Dr. Blspham
said she supposed this was the cause of (Tie
woman's pains. The girl also said that she
thought she was enceinte. Dr. Blspilam
states that she did not make any examina
tion, but told the girl to take a mild ca
thartic, supposing that the pains would
disappear. The next day the woman re
turned and complained of the pains In her
stomach, and requested that the doctor try
the electric battery on her. Dr. Blspham
did so, but, as the girl got no relief, she
stopped at her request.
On Thursday Dr. John W. Kutch of SSS
South Spring street was called to attend
the girl at the house on Toluca street and
prescribed for her. He did not think her
case serious, but the next day was again
called for. He again prescribed for her,
and on the following morning, Saturday,
she died. Dr. Kutch said he thought the
symptoms were those of pericarditis and
gave a certificate of death and permission
to bury the body. The remains were taken
to Redwood City, where the Investigation,
If the authorities who looked Into the case
think It ls necessary, will have to be con
tinued.
TO GET HIS LIBERTY
Very Likely That the Police Will
Turn Jordan Loose
Up to date the officers have nothing
against Norman Jordan, the young tough
who escaped last week with Officer Rob
bins' handcuffs, but was recaptured Mon
day. Jordan was thought to have been a
member of a very hard gang of men, and
the officers were of the opinion that he
could have told much about many of the
cases of burglary and hold-ups that have
been reported to the authorities recently.
Quite a number of the victims of these
depredations, who claimed to have seen
the perpetrators, visited the police station
yesterday and looked at Jordan, but failed
to Identify him. Unless some one appears
and Identifies him today he will be given
his liberty.
"Oh, Mr. Robblns, turn me loose; I've got
no handcuffs, but a good excuse," ls the
tune that Jordan has been singing during
his lncareertatlon, and, while the officer
does not relish the idea of losing his dar
bies, he will not make any complaint
against Jordan because of his escape.
Those handcuffs had quite a history, and
Robblns would not have lost them for con
siderably more than he paid originally.
They have been on the wrists of probably
1000 prisoners, many ot them the worst
that the local authorities have ever had
any dealings with.
TRIED TO ESCAPE
A Beggar Bolted Prom the Police, But
Was Soon Captured
Arthur Smith led the officers a merry
chase last evening about 8 oclock, and, al
though he ran but two blocks, the pursu
ing crowd were badly winded by the time
they caught up with him. Officer Zlegler
arrested Smith on Broadway, near Frank
lin street for begging.
The officer led the man toward
the police station, but when within a short
distance of the entrance Smith bolted and
ran down First street, with Zlegler and
several other officers in pursuit. Officer
Broadhead had just ridden up on his bicy
cle, and, on hearing the crowd yelling after
Smith, he turned his wheel and started in
pursuit, too. He probably made the best
time down the First-street hill on record
and nearly collided with the Times build
ing when he reached Broadway.
Smith turned north on Broadway, and at
the corner of Franklin street his foot
slipped and he fell down. The crowd piled
on to him, as If he were holding the pig
skin in a football game, and nearly buried
the lowly Smith from view. He was
marched back to the station and made no
further attempts at regaining his liberty.
Mexican Parcel Post
The postmaster has been notified that, In
compliance with the postal administration
of Mexico, It ls ordered that until other
wise directed, the weight of parcels post
packages dispatched from the United
States to Mexico be limited to four pounds
six ounces, except that packages weigh
ing not more than eleven pounds may Se
sent to the larger offices.
Close Resemblance
Proud Mamma—Do you really think baby
resembles grandpa?
Proud Papa—Tea, Indeed. She hasn't any
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AT THE THEATER
LOS ANGELES THEATER.—It was a
big house last night, even the gallery was
crowded. Society was out in force down
stairs, as was expected, and the balcony
was filled to the brim. No ordinary at
traction can fill this theater in such a man
ner, and yet, when the performance ls over,
It Is difficult to determine from the merits
of what has been put on exhibition exact
ly which feature It Is that has Imparted a
satisfied feeling to such a large gathering
of people, who have evidently been at
trouble, not to say expense, in honoring
the occasion.
In the first place, the program was of a
mixed kind. There was a conventional
farce-comedy, very well acted In three
scenes. There was then a conventional
vaudeville turn by a song-and-dance ar
tist, and finally there was a grewsome
tragedy of squalid Chinese life In China
town, presented in one act.
The audience certainly favored the farce
comedy, which ls entitled "A Gay Deceiv
er." The laughter and applause of the
evening mostly went to the participants In
this gay presentation of an Impossible so
cial occurrence.
And yet all the while It was the song
and-dance turn that brought out The ma
jority of those present. Anna Held was
the object of curiosity. Her manager has
been honest enough not to announce that
she could do anything of artistic value, but
he has contrived to advertise her In such
a clever way that, although she dra not
capture the New York audiences before
which she appeared, the Interest in her
personality has been excited to such an ex
tent that the theater-going public, espe
cially the women, went to see what she ls
like. They don't care a bean about her
talent, but they want to see her face, her
figure and her costumes.
The opportunity has been afforded, the
public has gazed, Its curiosity has, been
satiated, and it was just politely applaus
ive last night. The young woman—she is
young—ls undeniably pretty; like the girl
In the "Bab Ballads," "her principal fea
ture ls eye." She Is all eye—not the quick,
darting and Imperious glance so much as
the soft, langorous and seductive yet mis
chievous gleam, that, combined with cer
tain supple motions of her body, which are
of a highly suggestive charaoter, seem to
constitute the stock in trade of the "pal
pitating" chanteuse aforesaid. So far as
the songs are concerned, those In French
are of the ordinary pattern, shocking a
. little If translated, and of the songs In
English, that to the contra-bass was an
excellent example of mechanical fervor.
It might have been made more sensational
If the audience had been sufficiently sym
pathetic. The coon song, with the animat
ed music sheet and the forty coon head*
for music notes In the background, was
cut out and probably will not be given
here.
Anna Held did not disappoint public ex
pectation, provided the public had care
fully perused what was promised about
her In the advance notices. It was never
promised that she could sing, and It Is true
that she has no voice. But she has pretty
eyes, of the large, soulful kind, and she ls
otherwise fair to look upon In her stage
attire, though she wear* but one costume,
and that of abbreviated length. As an
artist, she does not compare with, say,
Kitty Mitchell, the dainty little singer of
coon songs and character songs, who was
before the public here a few weeks ago.
It is a curious fact that the items and
stories that have been printed about Miss
Held have had reference to her life and
occupations outside of the stage, and these
publications have stimulated public curi
osity to the extent that the young Poland
er ls a safe attraction tn the centers of
culture outside of New York.
Leaving the sprightly vaudeville artist,
It is only needful to say that the farce, "A
Gay Deceiver," which has a plot of an
amusing kind, but which deceived nobody,
was quite a success, particularly as to Its
first two acts. The third aot is a good deal
twisted, possibly on account of the ab
sence of Anna Held, who in New York
used to have the lime-light turned upon her
In this scene and do her little specialty,
with Mr. Kennedy's assistance, instead of
performing alone as an interlude between
two pieces.
The concluding one-act celestial tragedy,
"The Cat and the Cherub," shows evi
dences of having been pruned down to a
point of loss of Identity. It ls well acted, so
far as the Chinese doctor ls concerned,
William Beach taking the character. The
feminine characters, by the Misses Deane
and Lettant, were also well sustained. But
what a mournful finale to an evening that
started so bubbling over with humor!
M. A. Kennedy, an old and ever-welcome
comedian, shone In the first piece, and Liz
zie Evans did some capital work as Homer
Lovejoy's wife. This actress has not only
artistic methods, but also some clever In-
splratlons that give such a distinctive
character to her acting as to take It out of
the range of most of her surroundings.
The engagement Is all to short, the com
pany giving a matinee this afternoon and
Its final performance tonight.
BURBANK THEATER.—"The Girl I
Left Behind Me," by Belasco and Fyles,
with the members of the Belasco-Thali
stock company In the cast, will be the play
to reopen the now redecorated Burbank
theater on Monday evening next, the ad
vance sale of seats commencing tomorrow.
It Is worthy of notice that this will be the
first production of this play In this city
at the prices of admission prevailing at the
Burbank.
U. S. Grant, Jr., Is again here, building
up political fences.
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IN THE POLICE COURTS
Petty Cases Disposed of by Justice)
Morrison
Wing Chang was fined $25 yesterday by
Justice Morrison for selling lottery tickets.
Wing paid the money In order that he
might go and sin some more.
In future A. Brayton will obtain sepa
rate licenses for selling fruits and veget
ables. Officer Hlrlart found him yester
day selling fruit on Fourteenth street,
when he had only a license to dispose of
vegetables. Justice Morrison fined him
11 for the first offense, which he paid.
The trial of J. W. Hyland, who knocked
out Munn some weeks ago, was continued
yseterday by Justice Morrison.
John Trabatore and Peter Carrier, who
disturbed the peace Sunday afternoon by
fighting at Los Angeles and First streets,
were fined 12 and S3, respectively, by Just*
Ice Morrison yesterday.
John Nolan and Tom Murphy, the beg
gars who caused Officer Arguello such a
chase last SurfQay on Main street, were
each sentenced to thirty days In the county
jail by Justice Morrison yesterday.
PERSONAL
A. Marks, an advertising man of New
York, ls In the city.
L. J. Kelllon, a physician or Boston,
Mass., ls in the city.
George T. Lorlgan, a business man of
New York, Is In the city.
Henry B. Wilson, a business man of Sari
Francisco, arrived yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Levi of San Fran
cisco are here on their wedding tour.
W. B. Girard, a mining and hotel proprie
tor of New York, left for Globe, Arts., yes
terday.
W. A. Parrish, the well-known mining
expert, left for Globe, Ariz., yesterday to
examine some mining properties at that
place.
Judge James A. Logan of Philadelphia,
connected with the legal department of
the Pennsylvania railroad, ls In the city,
accompanied by a party, In a special car.
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