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CITY NEWS ♦ INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Chronicled on Pages7,Sand 11 <*• 4- •♦• ♦ More litigation In the badly-mixed ♦ + Spencer case. T ♦ Hello girts have a day off th|6) line «f + at the beach. "V" ♦ A tale of domestic infelicity from ♦ 4 Green Meadows. ♦ 4 J. J. Morey, gambler, charged with ♦ 4 robbing R. S. Dorst. ♦ ♦ Walter L. Webb, minus his mous- ♦ 4 tache, returns here. y 4 Morphine and chloroform fiend com- ♦ ♦ mitted to Highland. ♦ 4 Gold medal contest of the Ralston ♦ ♦ physical culture classes. ♦ 4 Third day's session of the African ♦ 4 Methodist Episcopal convention. ♦ 4 A charge of larceny said to be back ♦ 4 of an arrest for cruelty to animals. ♦ 4 County school board Issues a man- ♦ 4 ual of the course of study for next + 4 year. ♦ 4 Freeholders have another session to ♦ 4 digest the report on powers ot the city ♦ 4 council. ■♦■ 4 Recent rulings on Internal revenue ♦ ♦ taxation; the Chlno factory notasu- + 4 gar refinery. . 4 4 Nix in a fix; a laundryman arrestsd 4 4 in Merced and will be brought back to 4 4 face his creditors. 4 4 A raffle for an oil painting which has 4 4 got a clerk Into trouble; he Is calledjon + 4 for an accounting. 4 4 Fitzgerald & Co. of 212V6 South Spring 4 4 street at their old game of buncoing 4 4 the public: the police still asleep. 4 ♦ EVENTS OP TODAY 4 ♦ ♦ 4 Orpheum—Vaudeville. ♦ .4 Burbank—"Turned Up." 4 ♦ 4 4 Columbia club Bohemian reception 4 4 —8 p. m. 4 4 Finance committee of council meets 4 4 —10 a. m. 4 444444444444444444444 THE WEATHER TEMPERATURE—Record of observations taken at Los Angeles August 19. The burnroeter Is reduced to sea level. Ih'r. 61 80 w \v Weather 5am fi p m. 29 78 29.75 ;laximum thermometer, 89. [Inimum thermometer, 60. Forecasts j Forecast for Southern California: Fair Saturday, except cloudy and foggy along cnast ln the morning; fresh west wind. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF C. D. Howry, undertaker, Fifth and Broadway. Lowest prices ln the city. Call telephone main 243 for ambulance. Bresee Brothers, Sixth and Broadway. Painting, tinting and wallpaper cheap. Walter, 627 South Spring. Tel. 983 Green. Robert Sharp & Co., funeral directors, 751 and 753 South Spring street. Tel. main 1029. Watches cleaned 75 cents; mainsprings, 50 cents; crystals, 10 cents. Patton, 214 South Broadway. Grand opening of "The Anheuser" beer saloon, 304 South Spring street, Saturday, August 20th. Chas. Bauer, Manager. Officer A. W. Murray yesterday arrested Lewis Stockman, John K. Shaw and E. W. Hewett for having violated the hitching ordinance. The German Savings and Loan society has brought suit against the city of Los Angeles to quiet title to a lot on Main and Sanchez streets. Adams Bros., dentists, 239>& South Spring street. Plates from ?4. Painless extracting. 60 cents. Filling a specialty. Hours, Bto 5: Sundays, 10 to 12. Henry Koeder and his brother were yes terday charged with having violated the plumbing ordinance, and Justice Owens set their cases for this afternoon. James- Gray, who ls> charged with bat tery upon his wife, and also with drunken ness, was to have been tried by Justice Morrison yesterday, but the cases were continued until today. Do you know that a framed picture makes a most desirable wedding present? If you , are looking for anything in that line do not I fail to call at H. C. Llchtenberger's art em porium, 202 South Spring street. Two Chinamen were arrested last night on Marchessault street by Officer Harris for fighting. The men had quar reled over business matters. Both were re leased upon depositing $20 bail each. The Columbia club will give a "Bohem ian smoker" this evening ln the club rooms, 130 South Spring street, ln honor of Foley Parker. Mention of, or reference to politics ln any way strictly forbidden. J. D. F. Morgan was attended at the re ceiving hospital last night by Dr. Hagan for a bad case of delirium tremens. Sam Curry applied for treatment, having sus tained several cuts ln the head during the progress of a fight. Dr. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson block.. first floor, rooms 133, 134, 135. Special atten tion given to obstretrical cases, and all dis eases of women and children. Electricity scientifically used. Consultation hours, 1 to 5. Telephone 1227. The department responded to an alarm of fire last evening at 7:30 oclock from box 28, at the corner of Buena Vista street and So lano avenue. The Are was ln the residence of G. P. Webb at 426 Solano avenue and was caused by a coal oil lamp being upset. The damage amounted to $10. The fifty-fourth session of the Los An geles County District Lodge, I. O. G. T., will meet at 10 a. m., August 27, in the iStowell block, 226 South Spring street. There will be a paper read on "The' Canteen In the Army," to be followed by discussion. There will be no evening session. The arbitrators selected by the city and Los Angeles. Water company have as yet come to no discussion regarding the selec tion of a third member. An agreement was made yesterday that the third arbitrator should be an engineer in order to verify flle figures submitted by the city's and water company's engineer. They expect to agree on a selection ln a day or two. Hear the Troubadours Sing Sunday at Redondo Beach The old plantation songs; then the cake walk. Santa Fe trains go at 8:30 a. m., 9:55 a. m., 1:30 p. m., 5:35 p. m. Late train returns at 8 p. m. Preserve your wife's health and temper by savins her whatever hardships you can. Have you ever tried stooping for hours over a hot coal range ln midsummer? If not. do It once, and then rush for one of those 1898 pattern Blue Flame stoves, with wick or wlckless, on exhibition at James W. Her man's, successor to W, C. Furrey Co. They are guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, and a long list of Los Angeles references tan be furnished. There are many makes of Blue Flame stoves on the market that nre proving utter failures. Be sure you get the right kind. Call and see us. Prices re duced. All prices of wall paper greatly reduced. A. A. Eckatrom, M 4 South Spring street. Optical work; accurate fitting. J. W. Fuller. US North Main street. ..." WALTER WEBB'S NERVE MINUS HIS MUSTACHE HE RE TURNS HERE His Opportunities for Distinguishing Himself Gone—Subscription to Send Him to Kamchatka. Walter L. Webb, he of the Iron hand and brazen nerve, ex-schOol board boss, ex seducer of school teachers, who but a few weeks ago promised to go thundering down to posterity as the Republican boss of the Ninth ward, but whose career waa set on Its posterior as he was thundering down elsewhere, has returned to the city. He no longer has the golden opportunity for coveting the salary of a poor janitor or the virtue of an unsophisticated girl, but he has brought his evil presence back to Los Angeles Just the same. People pass and faces change rapidly ln the kaletdescope of life, and the face ot Webb ts no exception to the rule, for he has wafted into the city minus his long mustache. Possibly since the exposure of his methods he found no necessity to gnaw anything, so he part ed with bis hirsute appendage. He spoke to such of his acquaintances as would speak to him, but did not state details re garding the purpose of his visit or how long he Intends to remain. He Is said to have expressed a desire some time ago of going to the Philippine Islands, but the scholastic affairs of Manila do not as yet demand his "Iron hand." If Webb will promise to be shipped to Kamchatka or Madrid no doubt there are enough philan thropists here to pay the freight. INTERNAL REVENUE DECISIONS Recent Rulings on Tobacco, Sugar Re finers, Wines and Documents Collector Harrison has received the fol lowing additional decisions ln regard to In ternal revenue taxation: Dealers ln leaf tobacco and manufactur ers of tobacco or cigars who were not en gaged ln business last fiscal year arc required on commencing business to pay the minimum rate of the special tax, and when sales during the year reach an amount requiring payment of the higher rate they must make return and pay at the higher rate; Henry T. Oxnard of the Chlno beet sugar factory asked for and received a decision Involving an Interesting point. There Is a tax levied on the gross annual receipts ln excess of lioS.OOO of persons, firms or corporations refining sugar. Mr. Oxnard claims that he is not, properly speaking, a refiner: he does not buy crude Sugar or syrups with the purpose of refining them. He admits tha.t he Is a manufacturer on whom this tax is not Imposed, but claims that It Is through a part of his manufactur ing process that the sugar comes out all refined. This Is not the case with cane sugar. The commissioner rules his points well taken, and decides that he is not sub ject to the tax. ■ Letters of administration, letters testa mentary and letters of guardianship do not require stamps; nor do petitions for ap pointment of administrator, executor or guardian. Bonds of administrators, exec utors and guardians must be stamped. No stamps are required for certificates of tax sales for unpaid taxes, nor for certificates of redemption from sale. The tax on deeds of conveyance Is com puted on the true value of the property. On deeds conveying a specified interest In property, as one-third or one-half, the tax Is levied on the actual value of the specified Interest. A case Is cited where an undivided one-eighth Interest ln property whose true value Is 14000 was sold for the nominal consideration of $1. The deed should be stamped on a basis of (500, the value of the Interest conveyed. All deeds over 1100 In value must be stamped; a gift deed from husband to wife or wife to husband Is not exempt. Baggagemen and other local operators for the delivery of packages, baggage, etc., need not give bills of lading, which are tax able, and the receipts which they give are untaxable. The pledge of an Insurance policy to se cure a loan Is not taxable If the amount secured Is less than SlOOO; If the loan ex ceeds $1000 It Is taxable as a pledge of per sonal property. When a life Insurance policy Is assigned as collateral security for a loan exceed ing 11000 It should be slamped as a pledge according to the amount secured and not on the face value of the policy. When the tax Is paid on a general bun dle of newspapers It Is not necessary to stamp each paper taken from the original bundle and delivered at Intermediate points. The statement made In yesterday morn ing's Herald concerning the tax on bottled wine was not full enough to give a correct impression. Following is the text of the decision on this Important point. In the case of genuine sparkling wines which re quire certain manipulation before reaching a finished state, the commissioner has de cided that stamping may be dispensed with until the wine has arrived at a marketable condition, so long as It Is contained in vaults, cellars or other appropriate places In the wineries where such wines are treat ed, and the process of manufacture contin ues. As soon as the wine Is ln a market able condition, liability to taxation at once attaches, and the stamp must be af fixed. AFTER A WORLD'S RECORD W. O. Furman Will Try for It Next Month An attempt will soon be made by W. G. Furman to lower the world's record for a straightaway mile, flying start, paced. He will make the trial some time next month, after the Riverside races, which take place on the 9th. There Is a fine, level course of three miles near Monrovia, and the Intention Is to have Furman, paced by a sextette, try and lower the rec ord of 1:27, which Is now held by H. B. Freeman of Portland, Or. Furman expects to ride a 120 gear. It will require about a mile in which to get the machine under way, another mile ln which to bring It to a standstill, so the course selected Is about right ln all ways. The San Jose wheelmen have annotinced a bicycle meet September 9, and many of the crack riders in the state will partici pate. It will be held under the auspices of the C. A. C. C. Frits Lacy started training for this meet yesterday at Athletic park. Furman will also compete In that meet In case his attempts to get a match with flhoemaker fall through. Lacy and Fur man rode five miles yesterday on the track, alternating pace, and covered the distance In 11:58—a 2:24 clip—which is within two seconds of the world's unpaced record held by Hackenberger. "Joe" Stamps returned yesterday from a vacation at Catalina and resumed train ing for the Riverside bicycle meet. He i will take part In the 2:30 class mile and the LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1898 novice, provided he can get Into the proper condition. Phil Lyon received a letter from his brother Fred, who Is camping ln the south ern part of Oregon ln company with Drs. E. R. Smith and McCoy. They have beer, absent three weeks and had secured three deer at the time the letter was written. All of this period was not passed hunting, though. They expect to remain another week. A party consisting of H. D. McCoy, Wal ter Chandler and C. B. McCoy returned yesterday from a two weeks' hunting trip to 81ml. They killed two deer. Mark Chase, a former crack lawn tennis player of Riverside, came to the city yes terday en route to witness the tennis tour nament at Santa Monica. NEW DRINKING FOUNTAINS The style of public drinking fountain that is to be erected by the LOs Angeles cham ber of commerce on three of the principal streets In this city Is shown in the accom panying cut. The fountains have been or dered through Crane & Co. and should be ln place within the next thirty days. It Is the Intention to locate them centrally, but as yet no selection has been made except for one ln front of the chamber of com merce. Thsse fountains are)to be painted white and kept ln good condition by the chamber. The water supply will be fur nished free by the city. NEWS OP THE RAILWAYS News Notes and Personal Mention of Interest The Santa Fe Is suffering from slight In terruptions) to traffic resulting from wash outs on the line near Gallup, New Mexico. A cloudburst and heavy rain did the work on Thursday night, carrying away the ap proaches to a bridge and doing other dam age. The overland train, which was due to arrive this morning, will probably no: get ln until towards noon today. This Is thought to be the only delay that wflT oc cur, as the road Is ln perfect shape to take Immediate care of such difficulties. The state fair will be held In Sacramento on September 3rd to 17th. The Southern Pacific will sell round trip tickets for one and one-third fares for the occasion. The Southern Pacific Is building large warehouses at Whlttier and Los Nletos for the storage of walnuts. J. H. Qulgtey, transportation master for Porter Brothers, the great fruit dealing firm, is ln the city. Mr. Qulgley was for some years the local agent for the Burling ton route. The Santa Fe will have a warm time ai Redondo on Sunday. They have employed a troupe of colored troubadours to enter tain the visitors. The Canadian Pacific road, It is thought, Is still cutting rates and making tremen dous Inroads on the business of the Ameri can line. A meeting of general freight agents Is now being held in Salt Lake to study the situation. Terminal Topics, the August Issue of which la Just out, is a well edited and Il lustrated monthly published by the Term inal railway. Among the pictures Is a re markably well executed half-tone study of a good-looking young man lighting a cigar. The modesty of the subject pre vented the placing of a caption to the pic ture, but the traveling public will recog nise the features of T. C. Peck, the gen eral passenger agent of the road, a man who has done much to add to the popularity of the line. The booklet Is full of desira ble Information and can be had by apply ing to the agents ot the road. ARRESTED FOR CRUELTY Another Charge Thought to Be Behind the Arrest David McKay, manager for Gabel the tailor, was arraigned before Justice Owens yesterday on a charge of cruelty to animals and released on $100 ball. There is thought to be more behind the arrest than is dis closed ln the complaint, as It Is said that petty larceny Is the real cause for Mc- Kay's Incarceration. He was arrested Wednesday night and locked In the city prison, no charge being preferred against him until the following day. There ap pears to be no doubt but that McKey had been driving a porr, apparently broken down horse, whose back was sore and whose Bones ached with years of toll. McKay resides at 114 West Fourteenth street, and is engaged ln erecting a house. According to the published story concern ing his arrest, he Is thought by the de tectives to have been ln the habit of hitch ing up his sore-backed horse, driving about the city after dark and carrying away bits of lumber and shingles, which he could use ln the construction of his new home. He had, It was alleged, accumulated a con siderable pile of lumber by this method. The reason the more serious charge was not brought against him, It was alleged, was because of the Inability of the detec tives to locate any owners of the lumber which he Is supposed to have stolen. The case was set for trial today. Salvation Army Meetings Brigadier Brengle of New York City, Of the Salvation Army, will pay a visit to tho local corps of this city Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, August 20th, 21st and 22nd. He will speak at 327H South Spring street Saturday at 8 p. m., and Sunday at 11 a. m. and 3 and 8 p. m., and on Monday night at S o'clock, corner of First and San Pedro. The brigadier Is a graduate of De Pauw univer sity, Greeneastle. Ind.. and Brown univer sity, Boston, Mass. He Is one of the lead ing officers In the army, and Is considered one of Its best speakers. The public Is cordially Invited and admission is free. HELD NO MEETING BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FAILS TO GET TOOETERR Combination of the City and County Offices Indorsed by Board of Trade. Petitions and Protests Councilman Mathuss was the only nfem ber of ihe board of public works to appear for business yesterday ■morning, and he came despite an affliction of the eye 3 which has been giving him great pain for a week or more. Councilman Blanchard Is away on a hunting trip up Lytle Creek canyon, and Mr. Ashman had evidently sought the seashore breezes. There was, consequently, no meeting and no recom mendations were prepared. It Is prob able, however, that the board will come together today or early Monday morning. The Project Indorsed An Indorsement of the communication of Abbot Kinney, sent to the council un der date of August Ist, with regard to the advisability of arranging with the county officers for the assessment of property and collection of taxes, so that the necessity for the existence of the offices of'clty assessor and tax collector will no longer exist, was yesterday filed with the city clerk, signed by the secretary of the (board of trade. A copy of Mr. Kinney's communication was presented at a meeting of the board held on the 17th Inst., and "the board unani mously and heartily approves of the action suggested, and urges that It be carried out." Petitions and Protests A petition from V. Le Long asking for a rebate of $20.17 penalty paid for the opening of an alley between Sixth and Seventh, Spring and Broadway, was yesterday filed for presentation to the council. The alley has never been opened. Police Officer Jay T. Conley has petition ed the council to order Fourth street sew ered between Fremont and Beaudry ave nues. A protest against the opening of New High street through Into Broadway was yesterday filed by H. Nadeau, owner of DO feet frontage on Franklin street and 65 feet on Broadway. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE New Exhibits Received—Visitors at Omaha I F. T. Moss of Artesla exhibits a sunflower four feet six inches tn circumference, a blossom to make any Kansas fanner turn geen with envy; also mammoth Globe peaches and French prunes. The Catalina Conserving company of East San Pedro displays some of its splen did California rock lobsters put up ln neat round tins. An exhibit of this article was made at Omaha, which brought ln more orders to the company than It can fill for some time. Mr. Wiggins reports that ths attendance at the Omaha exposition 1» increasing daily, as Is the Interest manifested by vis itors. Mr. Wiggins has been doing some mis sionary work for the Paris exposition among the business firms and manufac turers of this city, with the result that sev eral have expressed a desire to exhibit there. The following Callfornlans registered at tho Los Angeles county exhibit at the Omaha exposition last week. Los Angeles—Nettle M. Ballard, Nlles Pease, W. M. Garland, J. F. Sartori, Em met May, Mrs. E. Thrallklll, G. W. Con nell, Florence Judkl, W. Edwards, Mrs. B. N. Smith, Teresa B. Smith. San Francisco—Joseph Mercer, William M. Lewis, F. E. Van Busklrk, J. J. Breen, Mrs. B. Howe, H. J. Nance, Maggie Cook, Mrs. Daniel MoHenry. Sacramento—H. S. White. Whlttier—S. St. John. San Diego—H. H. Verhes, Stockton—D. Ruddy. San Jose—A. 8. Bacon. Redlands*—L. O. Halght. Pomona—Agnes Bagley. MOREY MOURNS Charged With Appropriating dish of R. S. Dorst J. L. Morey, a gambler, was arrested yes terday In a poker room on Main street, near First, on a felony charge. Detective Good man had a hard tussle with the man before he could handcuff him. Morey protested his Innocence. The arrest ts the outcome of the robbery of R. S. Dorst of San Diego. Dorst came to this city with between }300 and $400. He met a stranger and together they went to see the town. At night the stranger administered "knockout" drops to Dorst and during his slumbers stole all his cash. Morey went to the: police de tectives and claimed that he knew whre this money had been hidden. He failed to produce the money, as he claimed he could, and ln the complaint filed against him yes terday ln Justice Owens' court he is charged with having appropriated $90 be longing to Dorst. How he secured this money Is not divulged by the detectives. A JEW ARRESTED He Struck a Boy During a Business Dispute Joe Conn, an employe ln the store of M. Cohn & Co., at 177 North Spring street, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer Richardson on a warrant charging him with battery. Mays Cohn, a son of the proprietor, swore to the complaint, as he was the victim. Joe Cohn accused Mays, who Is only a boy, of some Irregularities ln the business, which Mays resented. One word led to another, until finally Joe Cohn struck Mays in both eyes, bruising the flesh. Joe vas released on ball to appear ln court to day. He deliberately falsified when asked regarding his> arrest, stating that nobody had been arrested. Mays Cohn said last evening that he probably would not prose cute the case. Hickory Club The Hickory club met last night with Its usual good attendance. Vice President J. C. Foy presided. M. K. Young, A. M. Bragg and George Hooser were appointed a committee to confer with the Silver Re publicans and arrange for a meeting to ratify Magulre and the other nominees of the state convention. It was originally intended to hold this ratification tonight, but since Judge Magulre will ,be here on the 27th It will probably take place on that date, and is sure to be a rouser. Thomas Vacher was elected a member of the finance committee in place of J. Nerney. A motion was carried to have the secretary notify all members to be on hand and take part ln the ratification. All will be ex pected to appear In the club uniform. M. K. Young, A. M. Bragg, T. S. Oliver and J. E. Fulton made addresses on timely How We Figure —s, We'd rather get cost out of our goods just now during the time we are building on, than move the goods. We are going to have an elegant large store when completed, but we have plenty of goods bought to fill it. During our Altera tion Sale, which will continue until the new addition is completed, we quote you high-grade goods at even lower prices than you can buy trash, and any article that is not entirely satisfactory in every way can be returned and your money will be refunded Underwear Hosiery 40c Ribbed Balbriggan 25c *Sc Black Seamless Socks, 3 pairs 25c 60c French Colored Balbriggan 40c Ifc Brown Seam ess Socks 3 pairs-... 25c 50c Extra Elastic Ribbed 45c 25c mported Full Fashioned, black 3 pan*.... 50c 75c Wool Mixtures 65c 2 s c Imported Full Fashioned, tan, 3 pairs 50c $125 Fine Cashmere' *• 90c 2 sc Fine Gray Cotton, double soles, 3 pairs.... 50c $L 25 Fine French Balbriggan'.'.!!*. $1.00 soc Fancy Lisle, 3 pairs. $1.00 $1.20 Fine French Derby Ribbed 90c 75c Black Sift Lisle 40c ${.25 Fancy Striped Balbriggan 90c 50c Bicycle Hose ......35c $1.25 Fancy Balbriggan, silk finished 90c 75c Bicycle Hose 450 $1.50 Fine Imported Wool Gauze $1.15 *l-5° Bicycle Hose 95c $2.00 Extra Lamb Wool • ••• $1.50 Chirac $2.00 Full Finished Cashmere $1.50 $2.00 Extra Fine Wool Ribs, in blue $1.50 75c Golf Shirts 50c Several hundred dollars' worth ol odd Drawers and $1.00 and $1.25 Golf Shirts 90C odd ahirts at about one-hall price. $1.50 and $1.75 Golf Shirts $1.35 . . $2.00 ands2.soGolf Shirts. $1.50 White bhirtS AH our $1.00 Colored Bosom Shirts 75c 75c Long Bosom 65c AH our $1.50 Colored Bosom Shirts $1,00 75c Short Bosom 65c Nls»^L-«r<»ei« $1.00 grades, long or short bosom, open back [NeCKWear and front, or open back only, also all 15c Wash Silk String Ties, 3 for 25c lines of $1.00 Full Dress Shirts 90c 15c Madras Club Ties, 3 for 25c $1.50 Full Dress Shirts *1.25 \Sc Madras Bow Ties, 3 for 25c Some broken lines of $1.50 Pique Bosom Dress (5e Madras Four-in-hands, 3 for 25c Shirts at 90c 25e Neckwear, all styles 15c _ 50c Neckwear, all styles 25c Unlaundered shirtS $1.00 Neckwear, all styles. 50c 50c grades, either long or short bosoms 45c You will find some wonderful values in our $1.00 grades, reduced to 75c Neckwear Department during this sale. F. B. Sllverwood Hatter and Gentleman's Furnisher No. 124 South Spring Street topics. F. W. Allender, who has just re turned from Sacramento, gave the. club an Interesting account of the doings at Ihe convention. Among other things, he made it clear that to the Los Angeles delegation belongs Ihe credit of nominating James G. Magulre for governor. The club then ad journed to partake of refreshments. FROM MANILA A Los Angeles Boy Writes a Letter Home Al Hargltt, a warehouseman ln the em ploy of the Crane company, has received a letter dated Cavite, July 6th, from G. T. Lelghton, a member of Steere's battery, a detachment of which sailed on the City of Sydney May sth. The letter Is written on a light green paper, which the author says was captured from the Spaniards by Dow ey. Lelghton describes In a very Interest ing manner the capture of Guam in the Ladrones and a number of other incidents which have been told of ln the papers. He mentions especially the kindness which the troops enjoyed at the hands of the Honolulu people, and the completeness with which Dewey "did things" at Ma nila. Demosthenean Debate The Demosthenes debating lyceum of this city gave its first entertainment at the Stimson Lafayette Industrial school last night. A capltol musical and literary pro gram was rendered. P. Domlnguez delivered an eloquent ad dress, followed by l a few words from W. Allander, who reviewed the work of the Democratic state convention, from which he had just returned. He denounced the Southern Pacific railroad and spoke warmly of the champion of anti-monopoly, James G. Magulre. An orchestra furnished music under the able leadership of N. Laraia. The debate of the evening was on the resolution that an offenslvve and defensive alliance between Great Britain and the United States would be beneficial to the United States. For the affirmative, W. Horgan, A. B. Strubel; for the negative, L. Bryant, L. Swan. The affirmative received the decision of the Judges. An oration on "Patriotism" by W. Gib son concluded the program. He Slapped the Boy J. C. Lewis was arraigned befos* Justice Owens yesterday on a charge of battery preferred by A. H. Prebel of Main and Sixteenth streets. Prebel claims that Lewis struck a boy named Leon de Cells with a rock. Lewis claims that the boy, who conducts a fruit stand on Main street, near Washington, threw rocks at him and he merely slapped him to make him de sist. Justice Owens set the trial for the 24th. Prize for the Best Answer To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald: How would you like to affiliate with a man on certain lines who Is eternaly chew the rag about matters that are distasteful! to you which are cilley at the least, and have been woren threadbeare a thousand times. If you can digest the above you can imagine the caliber of the click that have been getting in there work. JOHN MILLER. Santa Fe Trains to Redondo Leave La Grande station dally at 9:55 a, m , 1:30 p. m., 5:35 p. m.: Sundays at 8:30 a. m.', 9:55 a. m., 1:30 p. m.. 7p. m.. Last train Sundays leaves Redondo 8 p. m. Downey avenue clx minutes earlier; Central av enue twelve minutes later. ANOTHER BUNCO GAME TELEPHONE TAKES THE PLACE OP THE TAPE Fitzgerald & Co. at Their Old Tricks. The Police Haven't Discov ered Them Yet For the last two months or so a crowd of men have been deluding themselves lnio thinking that they have been making easy money by playing that old tape game fraud, or at least a lineal descendant of It. Fitzgerald & Co., at No. 212% South Spring street, have been conducting a bucket shop for months past, and ln the rear of the plaoe they also operate with quotations on fictitious stocks. Formerly the fluctuation of the "stocks" were told by drawing a piece of tape out of a little brass box. This method was exposed, and the conductors forced to close up shop. But the man who makes his living through the losses of his fellow men ts of as Ingenious and peculiar he can give the Artful Dodger cards and a turn of mind as the heathen Chinee, and spades when It comes to evading the law. The latest dodge to lure the dollars of the sucker is to have the quotations sent by 'phone. A telephone box Is rigged up, and a man Is sealed ln front of the 'phone— which may be a dummy for all the public knows—while the receiver is fastened to his ear. At Intervals ha calls off the latest "quotations" of stocks. Where those fig ures which decided whether the man who has bought or sold, looses, come from. Is as much a mystery as the Identity of the as sailant of the late William Patterson. The game goes on just the same, and still there are plenty of fools found to patronize It. About a dozen men were playing ffle game yesterday, but the amount of money wagered was small. It seems strange the police have not learned of the game, but Inasmuch as the new ordinance regarding gambling has been passed they may awake from their spring fever reposo and do some work. Pensions and Postal WASHINGTON, August 17E.—California pensions: Widows—Kate Hearne, San Diego. $12; Ellen M. Tower, San Francisco, tt. Sarah E. Shlnn was today commissioned postmaster at Fresh Water, Cal. A statement given out by Postmaster General Smith today shows that postal re ceipts at San Francisco aggregated $76,504 for the month of July, as compared with $73,177 for the corresponding period of last year. This Is an Increase of $3387, or 4.6 per cent. At Dos Angeles the receipts were $16,789 and $16,701, respectively, an Increase of $SB. There are undelivered telegrams at the office of the Western Union Telegraph company for Hon. R. B. Carpenter, Miss Mary H. Baxter, F. W. Paton, N. O. Douglas. Cake Walk at Redondo Reach Sunday, Lots of Fun Go down and enjoy the sport. Santa Fa trains go at 8:110 a. m., 9:66 a. m., 1:90 p. m 6:35 p. m. Round trip 50 cents. Dr. Max Wasstnan, dentist, rooms 239 and 126 Potomac block, Broadway, between I Second ana Third. Tel. Brown Wl* 3o & Da You W/k Swlm? ™ Does Your •Tf| Boy Swim? n. Vtwl It is our bush TfflWJU* ness to furnisH •ama |f your boy with a slfe - cleanly .. place in which to learn to swim We Keep a Man to Teach Them Natatorlum Open Sfljftws? al,M Boys, 10 tickets $1.50 Ladies and Gentlemen, 10 tickets (ZOO 848 South Broadway Adjoining City HalL j. W. CIIBCRT. tTSf A New Book, S4B Pages. Invaluable to) Invalid> By the FOO A WING IIEKU 00. 908 South Olive Street, Los AQgeies. Cat Sr. T. Poo Yen. Dr. Ll Wing, Diagnosis and examination Ires. Ziska Institute , 1718 Sacramento Street Near Van Ness Are. Home and Osy School for Girls From Primary through Collegiate work. So* perlor advantages ln Languages and Musi* Individual attention. Small classes. Special atudents admitted. MME. B. ZISKA, A. IC. Principal. r-'yw" "I CP.TO.DftTB W i DENTISTRY ■ 'jT4I, _l Painless filling and ex '<?3(/ tracting. Kent work guar tmm ill sft sntced. Fillings $1.00 up /WTst'aSeMfi'fiU kt - stcld crowns 15 00. jfmm> mmmWrm dr. v. stevens. ■"■bssssW"a** 107 N. Spring. TeL Blk. B*l limilttttltlHUlMlttfT \\Sm Crystal Palace! ... IS NOW OPEN ... I «; Meykero Bros. 343-345 s-sprintst I ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦« n tut immi C. E. HEINZEMAN .. Druggist and Chemist.. 222 North Mata Street Im Asfelos PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COM POUNDJCD DAY OR NIGHT. 1 Baker Iron Works ICO to SS9 Buena Vlata Street. 7