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'!¦ U. , ,. ,2, 2 , , .. , ;,:_'•; _,_.j . ....h,, «M.«.<> ' ' ISfrl ' 3 !^ 150 women-sand misses- hose V' ,_. tools for the boy to work with. ¦ ¦ :• . ffl^K# ¦. ; 0 sale Wednesday only at the price named ; pretty ribbons; j .Affli^ tSi. . supporters; choice at, ' pair ........''....¦... ..:.. ¦••/C ' ¦ <Lry^f No phone orders accepted on any of these. ' . ~. , -¦¦.'¦' . (jßT^Vjfir ' ! for decorative purposes. ¦ ,- , '' I|* KS^®^ JfeafcH^S? JRffiSfe.^^ lS^^9f& l^M^SfS? (WHAT OTHERS ADVERTISE. WE SELL FOR LESSJ ff^Mj^ &an£u#«£l 7S-^^f& *&s£&s%[? SSKfiSS?! MURDERER IS CAPTURED BY PATROLMAN OFFICER HAS DESPERATE CONFLICT THUG TRIES TO KILL HIS CAPTOR Policeman's Hand Is Torn by Revolver Hammer — Subdues Fugitive b_- Terrific Blows on Head (Continued from Parr Oor.i he asked, and made a motion to arise. "I then jerked his hand out of his pocket and saw that the first finger wns gone. "Mitchell jumped up and crabbed me and we- clinched. I got him to the floor, but- he sprang up. Just as he did no I struck him in the face with my fist and he. fell to his knees, but he was up In an instant, and this time with a re volver in his right hand. Roll on Floor "I grasped the weapon by the barrel and tried to wrest it from Mitchell, but his grip was too firm. He tried re peatedly to turn the muzzle toward my ' body, and It was a hard task to keep h(m from doing so. I finally ran my hand down tho barrel and grot my thumb behind tho trigger. My whole thumb was inserted, and this probably saved my life. "We were down on the. floor again, rolling about. He pulled the trigger repeatedly, but my thumb kept the ro volvcr from being discharged. We fnally got to our feet and I called to the men in the room to come to my as sistance, telling them the man had a revolver. "I still held the revolver with my left hand, while grasping Mitchell's left arm with my right hand. ."Then a man, who proved later to be W. D. Murray, came up behind Mitchell and struck him on the head with a bil liard ball, and as he turned to see who had struck him I hit him in the face with my right hand and liv went down. His cauture after that was easy." ¦ Makes Confession Mitchell was taken to the police sta tion and closeted in Captain Flammer's office, where hi was examined. He confessed his identity, and gave the of ficers facts which' they refused to make publlr-. ¦Following tlif> rxamination a state ment was Issued by Captain Flammer and Prosecuting Attorney Fleming In which they declared the men who klllcl Patrolman Lyons were In the city jail. Their statement follows: "We have tho persons who committed the robbery at Fourteenth street and Central avejiuo last Saturday night, and who killed Police Officer P. 11. Lyons. "The defendants are Rolla Robo and Harry Mitchell. "After consultation with Prosecuting Attorney E. J. Fleming we havev.dpclded that the evidence in our possession will not b» given to the public until it Is presented in court. P. B. FLAMMER, "Captain of Detectives." "Complaints against the above de fendants will be issued tomorrow morn ing, December 4. E. J. FLEMINQ. "Prosecuting Attorney." Explaining his refusal to give out anj information regarding the statements made by M'tchell, Prosecuting Attorney Fleming said: "The ends of justice will not be sub served by giving what we have learned to the public. My experience as a pros ecuting officer has been that we have had great difficulty in our trial of cases when the facts In our possession were known outside. !i Certain of Convictidn "However, I will say that I am certain these men will be convicted. I Intend to rush these cases as rapidly as pos sible, always taking Into consideration the rights of the defendants, and ..toy will be given the right of way over all other cases. "I think the people of Los Angeles will say when this thing Is ended that ver dicts in these cases will have been more quickly rendered than in any trial of recent years." Mitchell's movements since his arrival In Los Angeles were investigated yes terday after his arrest. He reached the city about five weeks ago and secured a room at 93? South Broadway. It was at this place he met with an accident that caused him to later lose his finger, a mark of Identification on which the liullue have depended mostly as a clew to the man. While examining a revolver in his room the weapon was accidentally discharged, the bullet making its way through the base of the index finder of c left hand. Finger Amputated Mitchell went to the receiving hospita and had the wound dressed by Dr. Quint, who cold him it would be necessary to umputate It later, and usked the mar. to return in a couple of days. He failed, however, to aguln appear at the hos pital, but the amputation was performed by another surgeon. November 16 Mtlchell moved from his Broadway room to 766 San Julian street, where he remained until November 25. After that his movements were uncer tain until November 30, when he moved to a looming house at 1238 Vi East Seventh street. This was the day on which L,yons was" killed, and Mitchell was still oc cupying the room at the time of his arrest. Police made a search of the room and found a suit case containing a 3-'-caliber Colt's revolver, a pair of blue overalls, a black cloth cap with a long white mask attached and a number of other articles indicating that the owner was a criminal. Carries Big Gun The revolver carried by Mitchell at the time of his arrest is a 45-caliber Colt's, and has been identified as the weapon purchased last Friday by Mitchell at K->egee's sporting goods store, 138 South Main street. Mrs. Robe, the young wife of Rolla Robe, one of the prisoners charged with complicity in the killing of Patrolman Lyons, was at police headquarters yes tonlay when Mitchell was taken to the station. She expressed great relief when told of the capture. "I know my husband will be exonerated of the murder charge now,", she said. "He said It waa Mitchell who did the shooting, and now tye will be able to prove that his statements were true. Oh, I am so glad this man has been captured at last, and I know he is responsible for my husband's wrong doing." There were other visitors at the station interested in the arrest, and as a result of their presence a man who has been charged with numerous holdupa and rob beriti was last night released from the city jail, after spending three days be hind the bars. Lauman Is Released This man is George Lauman, and he was released through the efforts of his attorneys, Wallace W. Wideman and Judge Frank Harold, who brought men to the station to swear that Lauman, whom they had previously told the poll.-c had robbed their places of business, was not the right man, but declared Mitchell was the real criminal. The principal reason for their identifi cation of Lauman as the man who robbed them was that he had two fingers and a thumb missing, failing in their ex citement at the time of the holdups to note the fa"t that the robber had but one finger oii. The attorneys for Lauman planned to secure h s relea..-> yesterday afternoon on a writ of habeas corpus, but, according to their statement, they were asked by the police to hold back a short time. •We tried to see Lauman later," said Mr. Wideman, .ast night, "but the police asked us not to do so, as they wished to make a further Investigation. We were put off until 5 o'clock, but when we appeared at that time we were again put off and asked to wait a few hours. Wo told the police we Would ask for, a writ at 7 o'cloc ;, and when we went to tho station at that hour our man was re leased, the police declaring they had the wrong man. Feared Term in Jail "Lauman and Mitchell were placed side by de, and the men who stated on Sunday that Lauman had held up their places then declared that Mitchell was the right ran." Lauman, after his release, was greatly relieved, "j believed I was in a pretty tight fix," he s- 4, "and the fact that these men had identified me as the man who held up their places made me feel pretty : ervous. I knew I would como out all rlghi, but feared a long term in jail whil ; my trial was pending." Lauman was ver; pale and had lost considerable flesn during the time he was in jail. His eyes were red from weeping and . is whole appearance, as he walked out of the jail, was one of dejection. He will return 111 1 work at the Lyon dye works today. Crowd Is Curious Tho news of Mitchell's arrest spread like wildfire throughout the downtown districts, and within half an hour after he was taken to the station the street and sidewalk In front of police head quarters wie thronged with people, all anxious to get a glimpse of the man. It was necessary for officers to keep the sidewalk and street open for the pas sage of pedestrians and vehicles for two hours after Mitchell's arrest. The largest crowd gathered around an am bulance from the county hospital, stand- Ing in front of the main entrance to the station, many of the curious believing it to be a patrol wagon held In readiness to take the man to the county Jail. An insane patient from tho receiving hos pital whs placed in the ambulance and driven off, and the crowd was materially diminished Cecause of this, a majority believing they had seen the man for LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1907. whom the police have been searching high and low for three days. Patrolman Connelly was the object of much praise for his work In capturing Mitchell. He was modest when telling his part of the struggle In the poolroom, and praised highly the men who aided him. Officers -onnected with the depart ment w«re unstinted in their praise of Connelly, and patrolmen, and firemen with whom he had formerly been as sociated an'l citizens expressed their congratulations. Council Interested When the news of Connelly's plucky, capture reached the city council all work was stopped and everyone in the council chamber was anxious to learn all the derails. In t ne mornlr.g the council had passed a resolution voting a reward of $250 for the capture of Lyons' murderer. Follow ing the receipt of the news that Mitchell was in Jail, the morning's action was rescinded, as it was stated no reward could be paid a city policeman. As the ordinance had not been published the council was able to reconsider its vote. The police board late yesterday passed resolutions commending Chief of Police Kern and the department for its excel lent work in capturing Robe and Mitchell and for tho excellent work done by the police force as a whole in run ning down men concerned in criminal acts in Los Angeles. Mitchell Dejected Mitchell, after his examination yester day, appeared dejected, although he seemed to be endeavoring to put on a brave air. He seemed greatly relieved when taken from the main part of the station into the jail itself, and submitted to a search without hesitancy. As his photograph was being taken in the up per part of tho ja.. he posed with read iness, and carefully brushed back his hair with one hnnd. That he has been concerned in many holdups in Los Angeles during his five five weeks' stay is the belief of the po lice, and he was Identified last night as the man who held up the drug store of Charles Lau~ar, 1601 South Main street, and the butcher shop of H. Grandereau and A. C. Knowles, at 3707 Wesley ave nue, while, according to the confession made by Robe, Mitchell is the man who held up the Belle-Vernon dairy. All these robberies took place a week prior to Robe's arrest, Saturday last. Robe, in his statements to the police, said he had met Mitchell in the Arizona poolroom, on Main street, near First, about ten days ago. Mitchell, he said, represented to him that the life of a holdup man was easy and money was plentiful. Robe declares he became Im pressed greatly with Mitchell's tales of his experiences, especially in northwest ern oltles, and they planned to begin, their first work together last Saturday.' Steal Horse and Wagon The first placp decided on as an invit ing spot fo- their work was the grocery of George Garlemaii at Eighth and Cen tral avenue. Here they were frightened away by the screams of Garleman's daughter and the call by Garleman that polico were coming. Stealing a horse and wagon, they started down Central aveni/e, but collided with a Central ave nue car and were thrown out. Here, Robe declared, he lost his revolver, and said Mitchell gave him one of a smaller caliber than his own, and that it would be shown on examination that it was a bullet from Mitchell's weapon that killed . atrolman Lyons. The next placj to be attacked after the men lett Garleman's was the Mag nolia winery, two blocks distant. Here It was that Patrolman Lyons, In his ef forts to capture the two men, met his death from a pls*ol In the hands of one of the robbers. Hold Up Grocery The two men then ran to a rendezvous, previously selected, near Eighth and Hemlock streets, and after a consulta tion decided that, in view of the excite ment, they had a good opportunity to perform r nether robbery, which they did at Twelfth and Tennessee, holding up a small grocery. It was after Kobe had reached the ren dezvous a tecond time that he was cap tured. Patrolman Lyons' body Is at Pierce Brothers' undertaking establishment An Inquest was to have been held yesterday, but, because of the arrest of Mitchell, was postponed until today. BALL PLAYER ENDS STRUGGLE WITH MISSILE When Patrolman Connelly walked into the Maynard & Thrall pool room at Seventh and Merchant streets, where Mitchell —as coolly engaged in watching a game of checkers, he had no idea that he was within a few monients to enter into a conflict for his life. In passing by the table where the checker players were engaged he noticed this stocklly built young man who waa leaning over the shoulder of one of the players. Thu next moment he notice that the index finger of the lert hand was gone, and he walked on to the rear MAIL CLERK SOLVES IT DELIVERS THIS LETTER TO DICK FERRIS AT THE AUDITORIUM THEATER MA.IL CLERKS, after they have been in the business several years, neces sarily become highly proficient in deciphering cryptic addresses. Ordinarily their chief difficulty Is occasioned by cor respondents whose handwriting is al most illegible. Occasionally, however, they have to cope with the practical joker as well. Now the mail clerk is a busy individual. During working hours he has no time for play, but he is also extremely Jealous of the good name of the service, and for this reason it has become somewhat a point of honor with him to solve any "blind" address, submitted for solution. Once In a while the cleverness of these concealed addresse amply repays the la bor they entail. Thus a clerk, one day, found a letter addressed as follows: Wood 1 John Mass. He studied for a time and finally sent the missive on its way to John Under wood, Andover, Massachusetts. There have been other blind addresses of almost equal cleverness, but this one Is, perhaps, the best known. It is a common trick to paete a picture on the envelope and then mall the in closed note, with none other than the pic and got a drink of water from the ice cooler and studied over the matter. Then he came back and looked the young man over again. After this last inspection, Connelly was convinced that the man hu had under his eye waa tha murderer of Patrolman Lyon, but in a spirit of caution he walked to the front of the room and called Thomas H. Maynard, one of the proprietors of the place, to one side and asked him who the fellow was. Maynard replied that he was a young man who had first appeared in the room several days before and had been play- Ing pool and checkers In the place. After looking the man over again care fully, Connelly advanced nnd laid his. hand on the man's shoulder. "Mitchell. I want you." he said. In a flash the fellow turned, and as he did so he drew from his trousers' pocket a big revolver and thrust Its muzzle toward the policeman's face. As quick as his movement had been, that of the officer was quicker. As the revolver rose to a level he threw out his hand and grasped li, with his thumb be tween the breech and the hammer. Thumb Saves Life Six times the hammer fell under the pull of the trigger, but Connelly held on and the pin failed to reach the cart ridges. "I killed one policeman already, and I'll kill you yet," yelled Mitchell, as he strug gled to discharge his gun at Connelly. "I'll get you Arat, If I can," cried the policeman, as he threw his whole weight on the man and tried to beat him to the floor. At this point, W. D. Murray, an em ploye of the city street department and a former policeman, came to Connelly's as sistance. He rushed at Mitchell and grasped him by the throat. In the struggle which followed Murray was beat over the head by the big gun In Mitchell's hand and his scalp and face cut to ribbons by the blows. In an indiscriminate mass the three men struggled for several minutes until Will iam Asmus, a ball player, who had at first alarm run from the place, returned and picked up a billiard ball from a table in the rear of the room. Stepping closely to the three men. As muß poised himself as In the day's of his ball playing and. throwing the billiard ball with all his force, struck Mitchell on the left cheek just below the eye. The blow cut a gash in the man's face ami ' looked him Insensible to the floor. Ir minute he was handcuffed and , Without tbe assistance of Murray and A win i is, Patrolman Connelly would have inMoubtedly been killed and the holdup man would have escaped. torlal address. Frequently the features of a well-known man in public life are made to do duty as an address. Scarcely a day passes that the president doesn't receive a letter or two thus addressed. Recently James J. Jeffries received such a letter, mailed in New York, and with nothing to show Its destination save a rather poor half-tone of himself. It ar rived in Lob Angeles all right, and was delivered without delay. Yesterday rick Ferris waa the recipi ent of a letter from a friend In St. Paul, Minn. The face of the envelope showed a cartoon of a man In an automobile, the features of the driver being almost oblit erated by the post mark. This letter was addressed to "Los Angelus, Cal." and of course was sent here without question. At the local office it was turned over to the puzzle clerk, who gave It one glance and sent It on Its way to the Au ditorium theater. "A little late for 'The Lightning Con ductor,' " he remarked; "but they tell me there's an auto In 'Graustark,' so the Joke's still good. I don't know who the cartoonist is, but I've seen Dick Ferris In niakeup before, and a little thing like black-fnce, due to a postmark, Isn't go- Ing to phase me any. That's eaey. Come again." NEW PLAYLET PROVES ARTISTIC PRODUCTION Lee Willard Demonstrates He Is Worthy of a Better Role Than Is Provided by "A Texas Ranger" Mr. Lee Willard, who is playing at the head of tho "Texas Ranger" company at the Grand, demonstrated last night that he Is capable of better things than the ranting cowboy stunt presented by his company. As a curtain raiser yesterday afternoon and evening Mr. Willard and Leo Lindhart, of his company, offered a one act playlet entitled "Two Old Men." The old cronlds are the deacon and his neighbor. Though differing widely in al most every philosophy of life, they are and always have been faithful ( friends. They are talking over boyhood friends who have all passed away as the curtain rises, and from that come to the discus sion of their two sons, who have been set up in tusim js in the city by the parents jointly. The deacon lords it somewhat over his friend because the deacons son "has more git up" th: n his friend's boy. He also claims that his boy Is a much better boy than his friend's becauso he writes homo offene , and attributes this to the careful religious training received at the Sunday school. The other old man maintains his fatherly pride In remem bering the "good times" ho and his boy have had together. As they talk a letter is left by the post man and the old man reads that the deacon's son has absconded, carrying off the funds of the partnersnip. As he reads his old friend Is still arguing the superiority of ula son, the one who has Just robbed his partner. Fatherly pride and angt r c i the wrong done struggle In the old man's heart with the inclination to tell the deacon of his son's crime. Friendship turns the scale in favor of silence, and Lir» deacon leaves, not know- Ing that the so , of whom he he boasted so loudly, was a thief. Both characters were presented In a manner tha left nothing to be desired. In makeup, voice and action both V\ a lard and Lindhart were the living per sonation of tho old friends. "Two Old Men" will be given as a curtain raiser at each pe. oimance of "A Texas Ranger." Open Every Night Till Xmaa You can buy Instruments enough for the whole family at nominal price. Everything goes at COST, OR LESS, for after Jan. 1, 1908, we will sell pianos only. Ail popular sheet music 10c. BARTI-ETT MUSIC CO., 131-233-285 8. .Broad— -y, opp. city hall. WITNESS IN POWERS CASE DISAPPEARS LEAVES KENTUCKY, REFUSES TO RETURN Frank Cecil, Who Was Expected to Give Strong Evidence Against Accused Man, Flees in i the Night By Associated Prera. GEORGETOWN, Ky., Dec. 3.— At the opening of the trial of Caleb Powers today the commonwealth put Robert Noakes, railroad conductor and labor leadar of Rossvllle, 111., on the witness stand. Noakes was Jointly charged with Taylor, Powers and Finley with being accessory to the assassination of Goebel, but escaped indictment, it is alleged, by turning state's evidence. Noakes testi fied that under the direction of Finley and Powers he took a body of men to Frankfort in November, 1899, while the state election board was in session for the purpose of. Intimidating that body. He said he had instructions to see that justice was had or to "hang the com missioners." After reaching Frankfort he was told by Finley to take tho men back, as Governor Bradley did not ap prove of the plans. The witness detailed a conversation with Powers on the tialn near Barboursville, Ky., In which he said Powers asked him to organize a military company and go to Frankfort, Powers saying in regard to the contest then pending that the "contest will amount to nothing, as Goebel is as good as dead." On cross examination Noakes could not give exact dates and other details in regard to these conversations. James Howard was brought here from the state penitentiary today to consult with and testify for Powers. Howard is serving a life sentence for the same crime charged against Powers. Witness Disappears A sensation was caused when It be came known that Frank Cecil, one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution, had disappeared during the right. The prosecution asserts that the de fense has run Cecil away to keep him from testifying, while the defendant's at torneys assert that it is a trick on the part of the prosecution to delay or stop the trial, as Cecil is known to be one of the strongest witnesses against Powers. The prosecution is said to have In formation that Cecil told a friend yes terday before leaving that he had *2000 and a promise of pardon for Jumping his bond. The name of this friend is r t given. EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., Dec. 3.— Frank Cecil, who was subpoenaed as one of the chief witnesses In the trial of Caleb Powers at Georgetown, Ky., and whose departure from there caused a sensation. Is here and says he will not return to Georgetown to attend the Powers trial. Cecil said today that he waited Ht Georgetown for three weeks to be called upon to testify and then, despite the protest of the state's attorney, he came home for Thanksgiving. When he re turned to Georgetown Monday he said ths prosecution upbraided him for having left. This angered him and he imme diately returned here. "I will be at Frankfort in Jnnuary for my own trial, but no human power wilt get me back In Kentucky before that time," he said. Cecil, who Is a former resident of Mid dlesboro, Ky.. is under Indictment on thi charge of sharing In a plot leading to the murder of William Goebel, and his trial is set for January. Cecil is employed by the Terminal Railroad association here as a detective. O. I . BOESSLER SECURES INTERLOCUTORY DECREE O. P. Boessler was granted a divorce yesterday afternoon In department 9 of the superior court from Rosa Boessler. Desertion was given as the cause for the action. Body of Missing Banker Found By Associated Presa. OKLAHOMA CITT. Dec. 3.— A special from Lawton says that the body of D. R. Rankin, cashier of the defunct Merchants and Planters' bank, who mysteriously disappeared a month ago, was found In Cache creek, near Lawton, today. New , Service Between Nevada and Los Angelea Commencing Deeem -it 5, the Tonopah & Tidewater (T. & T.) route, In connec tion with the Santa Fe railroad, will op erate through reclining chair cars and Pullman buffet sleeping cars between Los Angeles and Gold Center, Beatty, Rhyo- Lite, Bonnie Claire. Goldfleld and Tono pah. This splendid service offers the ad vantage of meals on train and of a sav ing of time en route. Ticket office, 331 Spring street. 3 ,' ¦' .- ¦•¦¦*¦•;• ' DUO TO ' ¦ -' . ' ¦¦ ¦ ' BEAUMONT The High-grade City. ' ¦ The Promised . Land. /' ! The- Best Frait' Lands. -¦.••; - . The Best Poultry Lands. . The Rest Grape Lands. , • >. :-. ¦.'.'.. The Best Grain Lands. : -¦,'"¦¦'.• THE MODEL CITY ON THE HILL. ' .. There are no saloons at Beaumont. ,No Jail*. . No bad lands or bad men. There are no fogs. The pass was known among the Indians as th« "Land •of Joy" ' on ' account ;of its rare % at- > mosphere and healthful climate. .Asthma, ca- : ' tarrh and. 1 all bronchial .troubles 'disappear i' there as if by magic. .•.„¦ ¦•..-,.•. .¦..:;,,;•-,•: TOM MILLEN,- A PLAIN FARMER. HOLDS < ; . 5- THE WORLD'S CAPITAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST FRUIT. . . • „ ... •¦ -.V.-'.:.- ...'¦• .¦••¦/v i-vS' 1 ' It Is the finest fruit country on earth. ' Even without Irrigation In v the past the fruit de- .' loped there has been marvelous. Now. with " ample water conserved, the fruit production ¦ ' will ; be . marvelous. ....¦•.«•.¦ A fully , equipped horticultural department i i has been organized under the direction of Pro- ; fessor D. .C. Bursen, late of the expert gov- ernment service, .to aid i and . assist , all ~. who ' ?H purchase fruit lands , In Beaumont. ' The de- partment will also care 'for property : of non- residents or Investors, bringing the trees up to bearing for a 1 nominal sum and establishing for Beaumont lands a value leading all other fruit lands. ..... ; > ,v. . ..¦ . ¦ The first unit of the water system' Is nearly • . completed now and a rig is on the property bering for additional water. More land . will ¦•' then he placed on the market, ' >'¦'¦:¦'":" The city itself is growing; . rapidly. ' i Every " ' ln- .of trade feels the , new 1 impetus. ;<¦:¦¦ The ' city, . dormant for 20 years, in the ; clutch iof ' the banks, springs into new energy and every pulse . feels the . . rush . of . new . blood. > Two ¦ churches are there . already. Two more (are ¦ - coming. - Bishop Conaty Is considering a ' site :•' - offered him for a Catholic church by ) public '¦¦'¦¦ spirited citizens. There is a fine graded school. ; ¦'.'¦ The railroad company maintains a round house and 10 locomotives • there, with .a : large ; force ¦ ' of men. The monthly wages amount to »6000 . ; v and will be higher, ¦as further improvements * 7 are In contemplation. , . •• •¦ 1 NOW IS THE TIME TO BUT '":'-. • '• SEEING IS BELIEVING. ¦ .<¦¦ If you're from Missouri take the ' excursion. •¦ »1.00, 11.00, -H.OO, H.OO. " ; ¦¦ Rramid Trip Only $i Thursday • : Regular fare Is |4.90. Beaumont is 81 miles east, on the S. P. R. R., at the apex of the > grade ; and occupying the . San Gorgonlo pass. ¦¦ : < 2500 feet elevation. ¦•.':•• :. • - .'- - ¦; ¦¦¦ , "¦'¦'... GO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF ' ':"." COME IN. TODAY. •;¦¦¦'¦ -''¦',A:l^" t^ All the new grain, grape and poultry . lands .just placed on the market. «si%j*ifil«SHg ,--¦ -:.-: $100 ¦:-.. ¦¦ ¦¦¦ $30 •'.- -,¦¦¦. »s5 PER ACRE , ON , TERMS. ' Beaumont l.nml & Water Co., 20 Mercantile Place, .!.¦''. ... • ¦'':¦ Los Angeles, Cal. Please send me literature free regard- ing. the hustling little city of Beaumont,' v : -. and the fruit land in same. Also state what rates you make from ' here. ¦ - . Name ........;.... - . Address '.. .... ;. .......'.....,. ;,'.,. ,%'.,'„• ; ; ¦ ' $70 AND JEWELRY LOOT IN TWO BURGLARIES Two burglars were reported to the po lice yesterday, 170 and jewelry being se cured by the thieves. Mrs. Esther Harris, who lives at 834 Boston street, reported that her house had been entered Monday night and $60 in money, an opal stud, a neck chain and some rings of email value taken. John Farmer lost W0 from his room at the Hotel Traver, 639 East Fifth street, early yesterday morning. Stubborn Coughs Do not allow a cold to linger, as it Indicates some throat or lung trouble. The timely use of Chamberlain'! Couch Remedy will avoid all danger. To Make Room for Pianos We will at ONCE sell every small musl cal instrument, every music book, every sheet of music, every string and every* thing amounting to over $65,000 worth AT COST OR I^ESS. BAHTLBTT MUSIC CO 231-233-235 S. .Broadway, opp. city hall.