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Bids for Bonds Voted for the Acqulsl. tlon of Water Plants to Be Opened This Morning. Brevities San Bernardino Reports Hottest Day of the Year, but Change Is Wei. corned by Ranchmen as Beneficial Woman's Club Elects Officers and Re. ports Good Membership Sretlat to The Herald. HOI.tiTWOOI), C'al.. May IS.— At th« Andrew Uroh, Mrs. n. E Amphlett of Ox- ford, Rn«l«nd. cpoke on "Oxford I'nlverHty, It« mudents, I,lfe, nml Its Historical Asno- elation With Famous Men." Officers were Inaugurated an follows: President, Mrs. J. o. Churchill; vlc« pres- ident, Mrs. \v. O. Jarkfton; secretary, Mrs. lllgglns; treamirer, Mro. Ftobcrt Young. This club, farmed lens than a monih ago, now has n membership of over forty Mayor Sanford Rich and City Clerk B. It. Walker today tendered their resignations to the board of trusteed. Mayor Rlch'f resignation In to take effect May 22, and City Cleik Walker'n about .tune 1, Both gentlemen give their reasons as the press of private huslnrne:. Hon. M. H. Flint, deputy grand master of the Masons of California, will deliver hl« Mereoptlcon lecture on "Sunny Hawaii" ni the Masonic Temple, Monday evening, May 82. The proceeds willno to the Hollywood Order of the Eastern Star. SANTA BARBARA'S NEW ! BOULEVARD TO BE LIGHTED The, city hoard of education has about 100 applications for teachers' positions 111 the Nanta Barbara public nchoolK. Moat of them are, for the grade, schools, and a great majority com« from teachers In the east who are anxious to live In this climate. As there willprobablly be not very many changes In the personnel of the local teach- ing staff, It goes without saying that most of the. applicants bnv<- hcen disappointed. BANTA BAnBARA, May 16.—Th« work of IlKhtlng the new east Imulovaril will begin today. It wan understood that there would he In the Illumination of the boulevard a thousand llnht«, but Manager t'aldter .re- ports that It will tako nearly 2000 Incan- descent* to properly Unlit this popular drive. The work will probably lie. com- pleted -within the next ten dayn. and from the bay the water-front will look like a section of the St. T,oul» electrical exhibit. Special to The Herald. Will Be Used in the Illumination Two Thousand Incandescent Lamps SAWTELLE MISCELLANIES School Census Shows Large Increase In Number of Children Special to The Herald. BAWTEM.E, May IB.—At the services at. the, new Christian church on Sunday $265 was contributed, which frees the church from debt. The census shows 230 children In the school district between the ages of 5 and 17 years, and nlnety-nlnn children under 5 years of age, making a total of 338, o< whom 836 are native born and three foreign. This Is an increase of more than fifty over last year, which entitles the district to an additional (500 from the state and county school funds. John It.. ConynKhnm has gone, to Idaho who enlisted In the war. April. 1801. W. O. Dustln camp, Sons of Veterans, will give a social dance at Laird's hall Satur- day. James Young of Brooklyn, N. T., visited the Soldiers' Home and Sawtelle last week Young, the brothers had not met for thirty years until James Young came out to Cali- fornia for his wife"s health. SAN PEDRO NEWS CUPID 111 AT 95 YEARS This is the hottest day of the year. The wave struck here yesterday but today Is still hotter, the thermometer going to 95 in the shade. People feel the intense heat greatly in contrast to the cool weather that has prevailed for several weeks. The weather is however welcomed by ranchmen as it will insure the making of the hay; crop, and the killing of pest worms-that'has been threatening to ruin a great many crops. The Southern Pacific main line was tied up for ten hours last night at Redlands Junction by a freight wreck, which held east bound overland No. 10 and local trains at Colton. Just after the Golden State limited had passed Redlands Junction a freight -that had been on the siding started to run out to the main track. A car Jumped the track and before the train could -be stopped half a dozen cars had been made into kindling wood. The track was cleared about midnight. A few hours nfter reaching this place he telephoned to Chief of Police Shay, Informing him that he had been robbed on the desert and saying that he had secured nn automobile and that they would at once start for the desert and catch the thieves. The chief told the man to come to his office and wait .for him. He failed to appear nnd shortly afterwards officers were started out to hunt for the man, who In the meantime had raised a disturbance In the chief dispatcher's office at the - Santa Fe. Finally he was captured and taken to the county hospital, where last night he was very violent at times, requiring three men to hold him. What. caused him to become unbalanced Is not known. Kloekner's case Is a strange one. .'ln the latter part, of lastweek he started for Lhb Vegas, Nevada, to push. through a lighting scheme for that city. ' After getting out on the desert he' becatna Irrational and his condition was taken advantage of by thieves, who robbed him of his gold watch, considerable money, 7 and a $150 diamond. -"Realising; his condition he - came back to this city, arriving here Sunday. . . Special to The Herald. HAN BERNARDINO, Mny 15.-H. B. Kloekncr, assistant city electrician at Pasadena, Is being examined In the su- perior court here this afternoon on a charge of Insanity. : Fireman on Steamer J. S. Hlggins Severely Burned Special to The Herald. . . SAN PEDRO, May IB.—Joe Van Rlet. fire- man on board the steamer J. 8. Hlggins, sustained severe burns' about the hands and face yesterday while, cleaning out the boiler In the engine room. A slight explosion re- sulted from the. accumulation of gas, scat- tering the burning embers over his person. The Foresters of America, accompanied by a crowd of relatives and friends, left Joy their annual picnic. Big baskets of lunch were brought along and a program of sports was Indulged In. Harry Armour, the Beacon street drug- gist, today began the construction of a $3000 b\(ngalow on Tenth street, near Pa- cific avenue. The plans were drawn up by Architect Haly of I.os Angeles, and when completed the residence, willbe a line addi- tion to this section of the. city. Manager Armacost of the \u25a0 Vawter Floral company, left today for Sunset beach where he will make arrange- ments for the burial of the body of Joseph J. Zimmerman which was dis- covered in the surf yesterday. Zim- merman was a recent arrival here and at the time of his death was interested in the Vawter company. Buildingcontractors are being led a merry chase by Marshal Barretto who is losing no time In enforcing the.re- cently imposed tax on builders. Twenty-four delegates from the Epis- copal Sunday school were in attend- ance yesterday' afternoon at the Los Angeles convention. The steamship Santa Rosa has under- gone extensive alterations and will dock at Port Los Angeles again in the near future. Saturday the Santa Rosa, left Seattle to resume her old run, and at the present time is at San Francisco taking passengers and freight. Miscellaneous Items George Ryan, a resident of India street, was before Recorder Guidinger this morning on a charge of wife beat- Ing. Ryan pleaded guilty and was held for sentence next Saturday. Francesco Hurtado paid a fine of $10 for disturb- ing the peace of Chinatown. An election of officers and «. discus- sion of the septic-tank Bystem for dis- posing of sewage will be the chief fea- tures of a special meeting of the Muni- cipal league called for Wednesday evening. James D. Schuyler, a civil engineer of national repute, will be present to present facts and figures concerning the disposal of sewage in other cities. Mrs. Ci W. Street, wife of Contractor Street who Is building the Mallbu road, was thrown from a carriage yesterday afternoon and sustained Injuries of a serious If not fatal nature., Mrs. Street, In company, with her two daughters and son, was driving along the publli; road north of Port Los Angeles when their horse took fright and backed the vehicle halfway off a ledge. Mrs. Street and her son were thrown to the ground the boy receiving several ugly cuts about the head. Both the daughter* Jumped from the carriage and cscapad Injury. SANTA MONICA. May 15.— Ofnclnl census figures of the recently completed 'enumeration of Snntn Monica bay dis- trict were today made public by City Clerk Hemingway nnd show the total population to be 7208. The previous enunineratlon was made In 1900, nt which time a count of 3057 resulted. In a census guessing contest. Instituted by a local concern, the first prize win- ner is Miss Elvira Harrison, a book- keeper In the Ocean \u25a0 Park National bank. Miss Harrison guessed within seven of the result. Special to The Herald. Population of the District Has More Than Doubled Within the Last Five Years NOTES FROM CORONA Thomas Glass, Well Known in Bus!, ness Circles, Passes Away Special to The Herald. CORONA. May 15.—Thomas Glass, a prominent citizen of Corona, died this morn- ing at his home on Eighth street, of pneu- monia, aged 67 years. The funeral arrangements are not com- pleted, but interment willprobably be held Wednesday and will Include .the union ser- vice. A wife and six children survive him. Cora Kdlth Holt, aged 18 years, wife of Walter Holt of this city, died last night at phold fever. A baby girl 10 months old and husband survive her. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, from her late residence, Rev. C. M. Koss of the Methodist church officiating. Los Angeles parties have agreed to furnish the necessary capital for the erection of a new block on property owned by U. S. Grant on Fourth street between B and C streets. Members of Company B, Seventh regiment, N. G. C, are much elated over the prospects of' having a model armory- built according to their own ideas and wishes. The company has an offer from a man of means who agrees to erect the building on yearly contract for its occupancy and there seems little doubt that satisfactory terms can be arranged. . Boulder Creek camp is again busy. The shortage of water, which interfered with milling for several seasons, no longer exists. The Lane mill Is In oper* ation for the Boulder Creek Mining company and several shipments of bul- lion have been made. Prospectors are busyf.eyery where. Following the extensive construction work already completed ' at Fort Rose- crans,. Col. William S. Patten, chief quartermaster of the department of California, has been authorized to select a site for a new brick post-exchange building at Fort Rosecrans, this city. It is stated that In all probability the selection jyill be made on recommenda- tion of the post commander, Capt. E. D. Scott, subject to the approval of the department commander and the en- gineer-officer in charge of the govern- ment work at this port, as the build- ing will be . erected near the fortifica- tions. ' New Post-Exchange Building A special meeting of the city board of education was held tonight for the purpose ot considering Its action In the matter of being represented at the appellate court in Los Angeles on May 26, \u25a0when- the case of the board against the city council will be up for consider- ation. This. Is an action brought by the board to compel the council to levy a school- tax. The steamer Santa Rosa, of the Pacific Coast. Steamship company's line, willbe returned-to this southern run next week and may be expected here on Tuesday. She has been completely refitted at Moran- Bros.' shipyard at an expense of over $100,000. The Union Oil company's Bteamer Whlttler, and barge Samta Paula, which arrived late yesterday afternoon, commenced pumping crude oil into the great steel tank recently erected near the foot of First street. They bring 18,800 barrels of oil, the first large ship- ment to this city. All of the regular snloons were closed as tight ns a drum yesterday. Some of the councllmen are now endeavoring to have the present ordinances changed so that It will read, "spirituous, vinous and malt" beverages Instead of "In- toxicating." The amendment will make the "temperance" saloons comply with the city laws as well as the others. . SAN UIKGO, May IB.—One effect of the 'Sunday closing and anti-saloon ordinances has been to Increase the number of what are called "temper- ance saloons," where only soft drinks are sold and which therefore do not come under the head of saloons that enn be regulated by ordinance. Sp*e(al to The Herald. SOLDIERS' HOME NOTES RIVERSIDE Y. M. C. A. \u25a0:-:•:- ; GIVES ANEXHIBITION Spanish.American War Veteran Com. mitß Suicide With a Revolver Special to The Herald. SOLDIERS' HOME. May 15.— Littleton V. Dennis, who served in Cuba In the Spanish- American war, in Company C, First Texas Infantry, and afterward In tho Fifteenth United States cavalry, today deliberately placed a 32-rallber pistol to his right tem- ple and Bent a bullet clear through hU head, causing Instant death. Thirty members hnve taken their hon- orable discharges because they can live out- aide the home. WOMAN IN JEANS PAINTS HER HOUSE Before attempting to size up an easy-going tr.au. arouse his temper. You may have observed that a loafer never considers himself a loafer. A Klrl hasn't much use for a young man who asks for "just one kl»»." What will women do If there Is no house- cleaning In heaven? Pointed Paragraphs One kind word a day Is some men's limit. Being out of a job soon gets to he a habit with the lazy man. GRASS VALLEY. May 15.— A severe earthquake shook up this city at 1:32 this morning. Three distinct shocks were felt, the second being the more severe. People who were awake at the time claim that it was the most severe nhoek In years.. Frame. dwellings trem- bled violently, windows and doors rat- tled, chandeliers swung . and clocks stopped, but no damage was done. By Associated Press GRASS VALLEY VISITED BY EARTHQUAKE SHOCK The wedding was kept a secret for family reasons. The happy bridegroom is unusually active for his age. He has never known a sick day. He has never smoked or chewed tobacco or drank liquor. He has children, grand- children and great-grandchildren. In his earlier life Mr. Schmidt was one of the managers of Washington market, New York. This is the third matri- monial venture of the bride. Three Generations of Descendants Greet Bridegroom Special to The Herald. ASBURT PARK, N. J., May 15.—A romantic Easter day marriage has just been made public. The bridegroom is George Schmidt, 95 years old. a retired Newark butcher who is spending the season in Ocean Grove. His bride <s Mrs. Ellen Day Schwartz, 57 years old, also of Newark. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. S. H. C. Smith of Ocean Grove. Tlio Bocoro cluh was entertained by Misa (Copley of "Magnolia avenue this afternoon. Thn subject for Btudy was Korea, and the essayist was Mrs. 8. C Evans. "Kindness to Dumb Animals" was th* subject of the* W. l\ T. U. meeting which waa' held tlila afternoon In the Unlversallst churcli. The day Is the hotteit of the season, ther- mometers .of fair exposure registering 9a and 100 degrees at noon. __ wlll'b* held in Klrrralda next week. Out- side the program, which will Include ad- dreeßPß 'by Dr. McLean of Berkeley. Dr. Meredith of Tasadena. President Gates of Pomona college and several i,os Angeles di- vines, numerous entertainments have been planned for the diversion of the guests Bfternoona and evenings. The party, which will Include all home missionaries of River- side county and their wives, will number stay In this city they will be the guest* of the Olenwood through special Invitation of Frank Miller, 1 'RIVERSIDE, May 15.—Members of the Y. M. 12. A. gymnasium gave an exhibition at tH« I.orlnft theater tonight, \u25a0which In- cluded a sword drilland other special work by K. A. Merwln, physical director of thn San DICKO Y. M. C, A.; a tug-of-war be- tween Kh«rman Inotltute and V. M. C. A. athlete*, ami special worlt In variety hy the boys of. the gymnasium. The Sherman In- Ktttute band and Weyland's orchestra fur- nlKhed the music. Special to The Herald. Includes' Sword Drill, Tug of War and Gymnastics Missionary- Con. ;'-':'/\; '-':'/\ .'. ference to Be Held Rev. Robert J. Burdette will deliver the" baccalaureate sermon to the grad- uating class of Throop polytechnic in- etltute at the First Presbyterian church on Sunday, June 4. \u0084, Sierra Madre citizens have raised the entire amount of the bonus asked for the extension of the Pacific Electric railway to that town and the company will shortly begin the work of con- struction. . The Loyal Temperance legion will bold a meeting at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. Baker, 804 Orange Grove avenue. The North Pasadena Epworth league last night celebrated its sixteenth an- niversary at the Washington school by rendering a choice literary and musical program. C. H. Cole, a prominent iron manu- facturer of Springfield, Mo., arrived in the ' city yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Cole. They are stopping at the Maryland. | Prof. Walter A. Edwards, president of Throop institute, indorses the move- ment to Introduce manual training in the public schools. lie has addressed an open letter to that effect to Superin- tendent James P. Graham. .The Opportunity club will give a birthday reception in Woodmen hall on Wednesday evening. QK^S The choir of All Saints' Episcopal church ( Is making preparations to par- tlclpat* In the grand musical event at Christ church In Los Angeles on As- cension day, June 1. The regular monthly meeting of the Lincoln Child Btudy circle will be held Wednesday' afternoon at the Lincoln kindergarten . building. ' Miscellaneous -Briefs Miss Olive Daweon and Lawrence L. Liggett were married in All Saints' Episcopal church at 4 o'clock this after- noon, Rev. William McCormack offl- rlating. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a number of rela- tives and friends. 'Itsljjg Harry Lee Powers, aged 28. died at the home of his parents on Oakland avenue this morning. Deceased was a native of Cleveland, and had attended Throop Baccalaureate The board of trade is petitioned by Elmer Jones of Sandusky, 0., for a bonus of $10,000 to locate a pottery in this city. Mr. . Jones recently visited Pasadena and he writes that, In his opinion, this city is advantageously lo- cated to support such a manufacturing institution, and asks support to bring his works here from Ohio. A meeting has been called for tomor- row evening at the board of trade rooms for the purpose of discussing ways and means of securing additional accommo- dations for the Lincoln avenue school dlstrict_and the west side of the city in general, so as to relieve the crowded and unsanitary condition of the Lin- coln school. Members of the board of education have been solicited to be present and the call for the meeting is signed by well known citizens. Following In the wake of numerous public officials who have resigned from office recently, Samuel W. Wallls to- day tendered his resignation as con- stable, and the same will be acted upon at the next meeting of the county su- pervisors. Former Chief .of Police "Walter S. Austin has already petitioned for the place and it is probable that he. willbe chosen. City Constable Resigns The city council will tomorrow con- elder bids for the purchase of the water bonds voted some time since for the purpose of acquiring the water plants. It is expected that there will be several bids filed by 9 o'clock this morning, at which time the limit expires. One bona fide' bid' has been received and It is said that there will be at least two others submitted. A Chicago bond firm has. also written the city clerk, asking that, ' in case the bids are not satis- factory they be communicated with In order to have an opportunity to place the bonds. Among other things to come before the city council tomorrow is the ap- pointment of a successor to Council- man William Helss, resigned. The name of John F. Barnes will be presented In the form of a resolution passed by the West Side Improvement association, asking for his appointment. Mr. Barnes resides on California street and Is a "well known property owner. The association also appointed com- mittees to arrange for macadamizing both North and South Grand avenue, After the completion of regular busi- ness the following officers were elected: President, C. D. Daggett; first vice president, F. K. WUcox; second vice president, E. H. Hull;secretary, E. R. Chadbourne; treasurer, H. I.Stuart. PASADENA, May 15.—The directors of the West Side Improvement associa- tion met at the board of trade rooms this afternoon and voted to recommend to the city council that the West Colo- rado street hill be cut down to grade and that the street be paved with as- phalt west to Orange Grove avenue. The rrktter had been already before the coufflll and had been referred to the association directors, who represent a majority of the property owners af- fected. ' PaiaAena Ait-ncy, 114 East Colorado Btrsst. The case against George liradshaw of this city, charged with assaulting Luther Wilson with v pitchfork last Tuesday, came up before Justice Bray- ton here this morning. Wilson charged that Uradshaw ran the fork through his hand during an argument between the two men. Deputy "District Attorney North of Los Angeles, who came here to try the case, found that Wilson's evidence was not 'sufficient for him to press the charge, so he moved tt> dis- miss, the case utiil liradshaw was re- leased. I The loving cup offered as a prize tc the best team of the Southern Cali- fornia Debaters' league, has been form- ally presented to the Long Beach high school. The presentation was made by Will Holley, president of the league. The cup waß donated to the league, by tho Associated Students of Leland Stan- ford university and will become the property of the school . winning it three times. High School Wins Cup A note for $500, the last of the indebt- edness of the Methodist Church South of this city, was burned In the pres- ence of the congregation at the service yesterday morning. F. P. Chelle, a Frenchman, was ar- rested last night for sleeping in a barn on the local high school grounds. He pleaded guilty to the charge when ar- raigned before Justice Brayton this morning and paid a fine of {5. Thomas Pay of this city and Henry Hendricks of Sun Pedro were arrested here last night for riding their bicycles without lights. : They were fined $3 each by Recorder Chapman this morn- Ing. ,;/,• The city trustees at their meeting thia afternoon were unable to do anything definite toward the erection of the new convention hall, the contract for which was given up by \u25a0William Rommel & Son last week. The trustees were ready to give the contract to George Beard, the next highest bidder, and had a con- tract with him drawn up, hut, as they had not secured a signed release from the Rommels, did not make the award. Special to The H«raW. LONG BEACH, May 15.—Superinten- dent Otis of the local gas company an- nounced today that, beginning June 1, the price of gas In Long Beach would be $1 per 1000 feet. LONG BEACH TO HAVE DOLLAR GAS JUNE 1 She hurried down from the ladder and went Into the house. She reappeared coon, clothed In overalls and a Jumper, and began work with apparent satis- faction. Aman passing on a street car recognized her. The news spread, and not many minutes had passed before Miss Shepard was surrounded by neigh- bors, criticising her work. Beating a retr'eut to the house. Miss Bhepard ex« pressed her feelings against the In- truders. ... . \u25a0 . . . . Miss Shepard engaged a man several weeks ago, but he failed to appear. After buying paint she borrowed a lad- der from a neighbor and started to put the first coat of paint on the front porch. Soon she discovered that her skirts Interfered with her movements on the ladder. "The only reason that I am not out there now," she said, "Is because It Is raining. I do not see why It Is any- body's business If I want to paint my own house." Miss Shepard.of Evanston, 111., Does ;." Not See Why It Is Any One's Business Special to The Herald. CHICAGO, 111., May 15.— Miss May Shepard of 1118 Chicago avenue, Evanston, declares she will finish paint- Ing her house despite.critlcism and com- ment by residents of Evanston. OOKAN PARK. May 16.—A local business man nium-it W. O, Koonli while returning from luncH today was attracted by the mitii ma (or help of two women hut horn In the vurf at the fool of Buimet avenue. Koonti plunged to the rescue uiul succeeded In puUlng the women Into ehallow water. They were profuse In their thank* 10 Koonta, but left without giving their name*. The ocean bottom along the beach aouth of Marine' street has undergone a great change during the p«st few month* owing to the steady dumping of sand and earth which contractor* haul from place* -toner* they happen to be excavating. Thla has r*> tultcd In the formatlou of numerous "shelves," and scarcely a day passe* that aome one Is not deceived Into walking lie- yuud bla cUptli. Twu ilmllar Incident* took ing by Local Business Man fcipcclal'to The Herald. OCEAN PARK COMMENTS Women Bathers Rescued From Drown. tOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1905. * SOFT DRINKS IN GREAT DEMAND DRIVEN INSANE BY THE DESERT WEST COLORADO TO BE GRADED plat* taut flnnriftjr. «M»plon«d by thin i>t«t» nf affair*, a* wer« at least two that took plnf» Rnndajr. Mr. and Mm. A. ''. murk*, Aeeompsnlxl hy .1. D, Mfirfloon and Mm. B. A. Morrison. vloft<»il Ocean r»rfc y*M»rday In a lar«« siitninnbll*. Th» party w»r« ont»rtnln*ilat HOLLYWOOD BRIEFS TEMPERANCE SALOONS DO WELL IN SAN DIEGO LOSES MONEY AND VALUABLES PASADENA ELECTRICIAN IS BRUTALLY ROBBED PASADENA MAKING STREET IMPROVEMENTS - Dr. Ward B. Rowland has quaran- tined a number of rt«lry cows at the W. W. Coke dairy after an examination of the cattle at the request of Mayor Waterhouse, to whom complaint had been made that the cows were diseased. Dr. Rowland found that the cattle have symptoms of lumpy Jaw. A meeting to hold a rousing and pa- triotic Fourth of July celebration has been started by some of Pasadena's business men. Oberlln, Williams and Ann Arbor col- leges. Ha hud resided In PaaadAm the past three years. Th« funeral will oc- cur tomorrow afternoon. 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Page 1: WEST COLORADO IN DRIVEN BE DEMAND BY THE Los Angeleschroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/1905-05... · Bids forBonds Voted for the Acqulsl. tlon of Water Plants to Be Opened

Bids for Bonds Voted for the Acqulsl.

tlon of Water Plants to Be

Opened This Morning.

Brevities

San Bernardino Reports Hottest Day

of the Year, but Change Is Wei.

corned by Ranchmen asBeneficial

Woman's Club Elects Officers and Re.ports Good Membership

Sretlat to The Herald.HOI.tiTWOOI), C'al.. May IS.— At th«

Andrew Uroh, Mrs. n. E Amphlett of Ox-ford, Rn«l«nd. cpoke on "Oxford I'nlverHty,It« mudents, I,lfe, nml Its Historical Asno-elation With Famous Men." Officers wereInaugurated an follows:

President, Mrs. J. o. Churchill; vlc« pres-ident, Mrs. \v. O. Jarkfton; secretary, Mrs.lllgglns; treamirer, Mro. Ftobcrt Young.

This club, farmed lens than a monih ago,now has n membership of over forty

Mayor Sanford Rich and City Clerk B. It.Walker today tendered their resignationsto the board of trusteed. Mayor Rlch'fresignation In to take effect May 22, andCity Cleik Walker'n about .tune 1,

Both gentlemen give their reasons as thepress of private huslnrne:.

Hon. M. H. Flint, deputy grand masterof the Masons of California, willdeliver hl«Mereoptlcon lecture on "Sunny Hawaii" nithe Masonic Temple, Monday evening, May82. The proceeds willno to the HollywoodOrder of the Eastern Star.

SANTA BARBARA'S NEW! BOULEVARD TOBE LIGHTED

The, city hoard of education has about100 applications for teachers' positions 111the Nanta Barbara public nchoolK. Moat ofthem are, for the grade, schools, and agreat majority com« from teachers In theeast who are anxious to live In this climate.As there willprobablly be not very manychanges In the personnel of the local teach-ing staff, It goes without saying that mostof the. applicants bnv<- hcen disappointed.

BANTA BAnBARA,May 16.— Th« work ofIlKhtlng the new east Imulovaril will begintoday. It wan understood that there wouldhe In the Illumination of the boulevard athousand llnht«, but Manager t'aldter .re-ports that It will tako nearly 2000 Incan-descent* to properly Unlit this populardrive. The work will probably lie. com-pleted -within the next ten dayn. and fromthe bay the water-front will look like asection of the St. T,oul» electrical exhibit.

Special to The Herald.

Will Be Used in theIllumination

Two Thousand Incandescent Lamps

SAWTELLE MISCELLANIESSchool Census Shows Large Increase

In Number of ChildrenSpecial toThe Herald.

BAWTEM.E, May IB.—At the services at.the, new Christian church on Sunday $265was contributed, which frees the churchfrom debt.

The census shows 230 children In theschool district between the ages of 5 and 17years, and nlnety-nlnn children under 5years of age, making a total of 338, o<whom 836 are native born and three foreign.This Is an increase of more than fiftyoverlast year, which entitles the district to anadditional (500 from the state and countyschool funds.

John It.. ConynKhnm has gone, to Idaho

who enlisted In the war. April. 1801.W. O. Dustln camp, Sons of Veterans, will

give a social dance at Laird's hall Satur-day.

James Young of Brooklyn, N. T., visitedthe Soldiers' Home and Sawtelle last week

Young, the brothers had not met for thirtyyears until James Young came out to Cali-fornia for his wife"s health.

SAN PEDRO NEWS

CUPID 111 AT 95 YEARS

This is the hottest day of the year.The wave struck here yesterday buttoday Is still hotter, the thermometergoing to 95 in the shade. People feelthe intense heat greatly in contrastto the cool weather that has prevailed

for several weeks. The weather ishowever welcomed by ranchmen as itwill insure the making of the hay;crop,

and the killingof pest worms-that'hasbeen threatening to ruin a great manycrops.

The Southern Pacific main line wastied up for ten hours last night at

Redlands Junction by a freight wreck,

which held east bound overland No. 10

and local trains at Colton. Just afterthe Golden State limited had passedRedlands Junction a freight -that hadbeen on the siding started to run outto the main track. A car Jumped thetrack and before the train could -bestopped half a dozen cars had beenmade into kindling wood. The trackwas cleared about midnight.

A few hours nfter reaching this placehe telephoned to Chief of Police Shay,Informing him that he had been robbedon the desert and saying that he hadsecured nn automobile and that they

would at once start for the desert and

catch the thieves. The chief told theman to come to his office and wait .forhim. He failed to appear nnd shortlyafterwards officers were started out tohunt for the man, who Inthe meantimehad raised a disturbance In the chiefdispatcher's office at the

-Santa Fe.

Finally he was captured and taken to

the county hospital, where last nighthe was very violent at times, requiringthree men to hold him. What. causedhim to become unbalanced Is notknown.

Kloekner's case Is a strange one. .'lnthe latter part, of lastweek he startedforLhb Vegas, Nevada, to push. througha lighting scheme for that city.

'After

getting out on the desert he' becatnaIrrational and his condition was takenadvantage of by thieves, who robbedhim of his gold watch, considerablemoney,7 and a $150 diamond. -"Realising;his condition he

-came back to this

city, arriving here Sunday. . .

Special to The Herald.

HAN BERNARDINO, Mny15.-H. B.Kloekncr, assistant city electrician atPasadena, Is being examined Inthe su-perior court here this afternoon ona charge of Insanity. :

Fireman on Steamer J. S. HlgginsSeverely Burned

Special to The Herald. .. SAN PEDRO, May IB.—Joe Van Rlet. fire-man on board the steamer J. 8. Hlggins,sustained severe burns' about the hands andface yesterday while, cleaning out the boilerIn the engine room. A slight explosion re-sulted from the. accumulation of gas, scat-tering the burning embers over his person.

The Foresters of America, accompaniedby a crowd of relatives and friends, left

Joy their annual picnic. Big baskets oflunch were brought along and a program ofsports was Indulged In.

Harry Armour, the Beacon street drug-gist, today began the construction of a$3000 b\(ngalow on Tenth street, near Pa-cific avenue. The plans were drawn up byArchitect Haly of I.os Angeles, and whencompleted the residence, willbe a line addi-tion to this section of the. city.

Manager Armacost of the \u25a0 Vawter

Floral company, left today for Sunsetbeach where he will make arrange-

ments for the burial of the body ofJoseph J. Zimmerman which was dis-covered in the surf yesterday. Zim-merman was a recent arrival here andat the time of his death was interestedin the Vawter company.

Buildingcontractors are being led amerry chase by Marshal Barretto whois losing no time In enforcing the.re-cently imposed tax on builders.

Twenty-four delegates from the Epis-copal Sunday school were in attend-

ance yesterday' afternoon at the Los

Angeles convention.

The steamship Santa Rosa has under-gone extensive alterations and willdockat Port Los Angeles again in the nearfuture. Saturday the Santa Rosa, leftSeattle to resume her old run, and at

the present time is at San Franciscotaking passengers and freight.

Miscellaneous ItemsGeorge Ryan, a resident of India

street, was before Recorder Guidinger

this morning on a charge of wife beat-

Ing. Ryan pleaded guiltyand was heldfor sentence next Saturday. Francesco

Hurtado paid a fine of $10 for disturb-ing the peace of Chinatown.

An election of officers and «. discus-sion of the septic-tank Bystem for dis-posing of sewage will be the chief fea-tures of a special meeting of the Muni-cipal league called for Wednesday

evening. James D. Schuyler, a civilengineer of national repute, will bepresent to present facts and figures

concerning the disposal of sewage inother cities.

Mrs. Ci W. Street, wife of ContractorStreet who Is building the Mallbu road,

was thrown from a carriage yesterdayafternoon and sustained Injuries of a

serious Ifnot fatal nature., Mrs. Street,In company, with her two daughtersand son, was driving along the publli;

road north of Port Los Angeles whentheir horse took fright and backed thevehicle halfway off a ledge. Mrs. Streetand her son were thrown to the groundthe boy receiving several ugly cuts

about the head. Both the daughter*Jumped from the carriage and cscapadInjury.

SANTA MONICA. May 15.—Ofnclnlcensus figures of the recently completed'enumeration of Snntn Monica bay dis-trict were today made public by City

Clerk Hemingway nnd show the totalpopulation to be 7208. The previousenunineratlon was made In 1900, ntwhich time a count of 3057 resulted.In a census guessing contest. Institutedby a local concern, the first prize win-ner is Miss Elvira Harrison, a book-keeper In the Ocean \u25a0 Park Nationalbank. Miss Harrison guessed withinseven of the result.

Special to The Herald.

Population of the District Has MoreThan Doubled Within the Last

Five Years

NOTES FROM CORONAThomas Glass, Well Known in Bus!,

ness Circles, Passes AwaySpecial toThe Herald.

CORONA. May 15.— Thomas Glass, aprominent citizen of Corona, died this morn-ing at his home on Eighth street, of pneu-monia, aged 67 years.

The funeral arrangements are not com-pleted, but interment willprobably be heldWednesday and will Include .the union ser-vice. A wife and six children survive him.

Cora Kdlth Holt, aged 18 years, wife ofWalter Holt of this city, died last night at

phold fever. A baby girl 10 months oldand husband survive her. The funeral willbe held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock,

from her late residence, Rev. C. M. Kossof the Methodist church officiating.

Los Angeles parties have agreed tofurnish the necessary capital for theerection of a new block on property

owned by U. S. Grant on Fourth streetbetween B and C streets.

Members of Company B, Seventhregiment, N. G. C, are much elatedover the prospects of'having a modelarmory- built according to their ownideas and wishes. The company has anoffer from a man of means who agreesto erect the building on yearly contract

for its occupancy and there seems littledoubt that satisfactory terms can bearranged.

. Boulder Creek camp is again busy.

The shortage of water, which interferedwith milling for several seasons, nolonger exists. The Lane mill Is In oper*

ation for the Boulder Creek Mining

company and several shipments of bul-lion have been made. Prospectors arebusyf.eyery where.

Following the extensive constructionwork already completed

'at Fort Rose-

crans,. Col. William S. Patten, chiefquartermaster of the department ofCalifornia, has been authorized to selecta site for a new brick post-exchange

building at Fort Rosecrans, this city.It is stated that In all probability the

selection jyillbe made on recommenda-tion of the post commander, Capt.E. D. Scott, subject to the approval ofthe department commander and the en-gineer-officer in charge of the govern-ment work at this port, as the build-ing willbe .erected near the fortifica-tions.

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New Post-Exchange Building

A special meeting of the city boardof education was held tonight for thepurpose ot considering Itsaction In thematter of being represented at theappellate court in Los Angeles on May

26, \u25a0when- the case of the board againstthe city council willbe up for consider-ation. This.Is an action brought by theboard to compel the council to levy aschool- tax.

The steamer Santa Rosa, of the PacificCoast. Steamship company's line, willbereturned-to this southern run next weekand may be expected here on Tuesday.She has been completely refitted atMoran- Bros.' shipyard at an expense

of over $100,000.

The Union Oil company's BteamerWhlttler, and barge Samta Paula,which arrived late yesterday afternoon,

commenced pumping crude oil into thegreat steel tank recently erected nearthe foot of • First street. They bring

18,800 barrels of oil, the first large ship-ment to this city.

Allof the regular snloons were closedas tight ns a drum yesterday. Some ofthe councllmen are now endeavoring

to have the present ordinances changedso that It will read, "spirituous, vinousand malt" beverages Instead of "In-toxicating." The amendment willmakethe "temperance" saloons comply withthe city laws as well as the others.

. SAN UIKGO, May IB.—One effect ofthe 'Sunday closing and anti-saloonordinances has been to Increase thenumber of what are called "temper-

ance saloons," where only soft drinksare sold and which therefore do notcome under the head of saloons thatenn be regulated by ordinance.

Sp*e(al to The Herald.

SOLDIERS' HOME NOTESRIVERSIDE Y.M. C. A.\u25a0:-:•:- ; GIVES ANEXHIBITION

Spanish.American War Veteran Com.mitß Suicide With a Revolver

Special to The Herald.SOLDIERS' HOME. May 15.—Littleton V.

Dennis, who served in Cuba In the Spanish-American war, in Company C, First TexasInfantry, and afterward In tho FifteenthUnited States cavalry, today deliberately

placed a 32-rallber pistol to his right tem-ple and Bent a bullet clear through hUhead, causing Instant death.

Thirty members hnve taken their hon-orable discharges because they can live out-aide the home.

WOMANIN JEANSPAINTS HER HOUSE

Before attempting to size up an easy-goingtr.au. arouse his temper.

You may have observed that a loafer neverconsiders himself a loafer.

A Klrlhasn't much use for a young manwho asks for "just one kl»»."

What willwomen do If there Is no house-cleaning In heaven?

Pointed Paragraphs

One kind word a day Is some men's limit.Being out of a job soon gets to he a habit

with the lazy man.

GRASS VALLEY.May 15.—A severeearthquake shook up this city at 1:32this morning. Three distinct shockswere felt, the second being the moresevere. People who were awake at thetime claim that it was the most severenhoek In years.. Frame. dwellings trem-bled violently, windows and doors rat-tled, chandeliers swung . and clocksstopped, but no damage was done.

ByAssociated Press

GRASS VALLEY VISITEDBY EARTHQUAKE SHOCK

The wedding was kept a secret forfamily reasons. The happy bridegroom

is unusually active for his age. Hehas never known a sick day. He hasnever smoked or chewed tobacco ordrank liquor. He has children, grand-children and great-grandchildren. Inhis earlier life Mr. Schmidt was one ofthe managers of Washington market,New York. This is the third matri-monial venture of the bride.

Three Generations of DescendantsGreet Bridegroom

Special to The Herald.ASBURT PARK, N. J., May 15.—A

romantic Easter day marriage has justbeen made public. The bridegroom isGeorge Schmidt, 95 years old. a retiredNewark butcher who is spending theseason in Ocean Grove. His bride <sMrs. Ellen Day Schwartz, 57 years old,also of Newark. The ceremony wasperformed by the Rev. S. H. C. Smithof Ocean Grove.

Tlio Bocoro cluh was entertained by Misa(Copley of "Magnolia avenue this afternoon.Thn subject for Btudy was Korea, and theessayist was Mrs. 8. C Evans.

"Kindness to Dumb Animals" was th*subject of the* W. l\ T. U. meeting whichwaa' held tlila afternoon In the Unlversallstchurcli.

The day Is the hotteit of the season, ther-mometers .of fair exposure registering 9aand 100 degrees at noon. __

wlll'b* held in Klrrralda next week. Out-side the program, which will Include ad-dreeßPß 'by

•Dr. McLean of Berkeley. Dr.

Meredith of Tasadena. President Gates ofPomona college and several i,os Angeles di-vines, numerous entertainments have beenplanned for the diversion of the guestsBfternoona and evenings. The party, whichwill Include all home missionaries of River-side county and their wives, will number

stay In this city they will be the guest* ofthe Olenwood through special Invitation ofFrank Miller,

1 'RIVERSIDE, May 15.— Members of theY. M. 12. A. gymnasium gave an exhibitionat tH« I.orlnft theater tonight, \u25a0which In-cluded a sword drilland other special workby K. A. Merwln, physical director of thnSan DICKO Y. M. C, A.; a tug-of-war be-tween Kh«rman Inotltute and V. M. C. A.athlete*, ami special worlt In variety hy theboys of. the gymnasium. The Sherman In-Ktttute band and Weyland's orchestra fur-nlKhed the music.

Special to The Herald.

Includes' Sword Drill, Tug of War andGymnastics

—Missionary- Con.

;'-':'/\;'-':'/\ .'. ference to Be Held

Rev. Robert J. Burdette willdeliverthe" baccalaureate sermon to the grad-uating class of Throop polytechnic in-etltute at the First Presbyterian churchon Sunday, June 4.\u0084, Sierra Madre citizens have raised theentire amount of the bonus asked forthe extension of the Pacific Electricrailway to that town and the company

will shortly begin the work of con-struction. .

The Loyal Temperance legion willbold a meeting at 4 o'clock tomorrowafternoon at the home of Mrs. W.Baker, 804 Orange Grove avenue.

The North Pasadena Epworth leaguelast night celebrated its sixteenth an-niversary at the Washington schoolby rendering a choice literary andmusical program.

C. H. Cole, a prominent iron manu-facturer of Springfield, Mo., arrived inthe 'city yesterday, accompanied byMrs. Cole. They are stopping at theMaryland.|Prof. Walter A.Edwards, president of

Throop institute, indorses the move-ment to Introduce manual training inthe public schools. lie has addressedan open letter to that effect to Superin-tendent James P. Graham..The Opportunity club will give a

birthday reception in Woodmen hall onWednesday evening. QK^S

The choir of All Saints' Episcopalchurch

(Is making preparations to par-

tlclpat* In the grand musical event atChrist church In Los Angeles on As-cension day, June 1.

The regular monthly meeting of theLincoln Child Btudy circle willbe heldWednesday' afternoon at the Lincolnkindergarten .building.'

Miscellaneous -BriefsMiss Olive Daweon and Lawrence

L. Liggett were married in All Saints'Episcopal church at 4 o'clock this after-noon, Rev. William McCormack offl-rlating. The ceremony was performed

in the presence of a number of rela-tives and friends. 'Itsljjg

Harry Lee Powers, aged 28. died atthe home of his parents on Oaklandavenue this morning. Deceased was anative of Cleveland, and had attended

Throop Baccalaureate

The board of trade is petitioned by

Elmer Jones of Sandusky, 0., for abonus of $10,000 to locate a pottery inthis city. Mr.. Jones recently visitedPasadena and he writes that, In hisopinion, this city is advantageously lo-cated to support such a manufacturinginstitution, and asks support to bringhis works here from Ohio.

A meeting has been called for tomor-row evening at the board of trade roomsfor the purpose of discussing ways andmeans of securing additional accommo-dations for the Lincoln avenue schooldlstrict_and the west side of the city ingeneral, so as to relieve the crowdedand unsanitary condition of the Lin-coln school. Members of the board ofeducation have been solicited to bepresent and the call for the meeting issigned by well known citizens.

Following In the wake of numerouspublic officials who have resigned fromoffice recently, Samuel W. Wallls to-day tendered his resignation as con-stable, and the same willbe acted uponat the next meeting of the county su-pervisors. Former Chief .of Police"Walter S. Austin has already petitionedfor the place and it is probable thathe. willbe chosen.

City Constable Resigns

The city council will tomorrow con-elder bids for the purchase of the waterbonds voted some time since for thepurpose of acquiring the water plants.Itis expected that there willbe severalbids filed by 9 o'clock this morning, at

which time the limit expires. One bona

fide' bid' has been received and It issaid that there will be at least two

others submitted. AChicago bond firmhas. also written the city clerk, askingthat, 'in case the bids are not satis-factory they be communicated withIn order to have an opportunity to placethe bonds.

Among other things to come beforethe city council tomorrow is the ap-

pointment of a successor to Council-man William Helss, resigned. The nameof John F. Barnes will be presentedIn the form of a resolution passed by

the West Side Improvement association,

asking for his appointment. Mr.Barnesresides on California street and Is a"wellknown property owner.

The association also appointed com-mittees to arrange for macadamizingboth North and South Grand avenue,

After the completion of regular busi-ness the followingofficers were elected:President, C. D. Daggett; first vicepresident, F. K. WUcox; second vicepresident, E. H. Hull;secretary, E. R.Chadbourne; treasurer, H. I.Stuart.

PASADENA, May 15.—The directorsof the West Side Improvement associa-tion met at the board of trade roomsthis afternoon and voted to recommendto the city council that the West Colo-rado street hill be cut down to grade

and that the street be paved with as-phalt west to Orange Grove avenue.The rrktter had been already before thecoufflll and had been referred to theassociation directors, who represent a

majority of the property owners af-fected.

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PaiaAena Ait-ncy,114 East Colorado Btrsst.

The case against George liradshaw ofthis city, charged with assaultingLuther Wilson with v pitchfork lastTuesday, came up before Justice Bray-ton here this morning. Wilson chargedthat Uradshaw ran the fork through hishand during an argument between thetwo men. Deputy "District Attorney

North of Los Angeles, who came hereto try the case, found that Wilson'sevidence was not 'sufficient for him topress the charge, so he moved tt> dis-miss, the case utiil liradshaw was re-leased. I

The loving cup offered as a prize tcthe best team of the Southern Cali-fornia Debaters' league, has been form-ally presented to the Long Beach highschool. The presentation was made byWillHolley, president of the league. Thecup waß donated to the league, by thoAssociated Students of Leland Stan-ford university and will become theproperty of the school . winning it

three times.

High School Wins Cup

Anote for$500, the last of the indebt-edness of the Methodist Church Southof this city, was burned In the pres-

ence of the congregation at the serviceyesterday morning.

F. P. Chelle, a Frenchman, was ar-rested last night for sleeping in a barnon the local high school grounds. Hepleaded guilty to the charge when ar-raigned before Justice Brayton thismorning and paid a fine of {5.

Thomas Pay of this city and Henry

Hendricks of Sun Pedro were arrestedhere last night for riding their bicycles

without lights. : They were fined $3

each by Recorder Chapman this morn-Ing. ,;/,•

The city trustees at their meeting thia

afternoon were unable to do anythingdefinite toward the erection of the newconvention hall, the contract for whichwas given up by \u25a0William Rommel &Son last week. The trustees were readyto give the contract to George Beard,

the next highest bidder, and had a con-tract with him drawn up, hut, as they

had not secured a signed release fromthe Rommels, did not make the award.

Special to The H«raW.LONG BEACH, May 15.—Superinten-

dent Otis of the local gas company an-nounced today that, beginning June 1,

the price of gas In Long Beach wouldbe $1 per 1000 feet.

LONG BEACH TO HAVEDOLLAR GAS JUNE 1

She hurried down from the ladder andwent Into the house. She reappearedcoon, clothed Inoveralls and a Jumper,and began work with apparent satis-faction. Aman passing on a street carrecognized her. The news spread, andnot many minutes had passed beforeMiss Shepard was surrounded by neigh-bors, criticising her work. Beating aretr'eut to the house. Miss Bhepard ex«pressed her feelings against the In-truders. ... . \u25a0 . . . .

Miss Shepard engaged a man severalweeks ago, but he failed to appear.After buying paint she borrowed a lad-der from a neighbor and started to putthe first coat of paint on the frontporch. Soon she discovered that herskirts Interfered with her movementson the ladder.

"The only reason that Iam not outthere now," she said, "Is because It Is

raining. Ido not see why ItIs any-body's business IfIwant to paint my

own house."

Miss Shepard.of Evanston, 111., Does;." Not See Why It Is Any

One's BusinessSpecial to The Herald.

CHICAGO, 111., May 15.—Miss May

Shepard of 1118 Chicago avenue,

Evanston, declares she willfinish paint-Ingher house despite.critlcism and com-ment by residents of Evanston.

OOKAN PARK. May 16.— A local businessman nium-it W. O, Koonli while returningfrom luncH today was attracted by themitiima (or help of two women hut horn Inthe vurf at the fool of Buimet avenue.Koonti plunged to the rescue uiul succeededIn puUlng the women Into ehallow water.They were profuse In their thank* 10Koonta, but left without giving their name*.The ocean bottom along the beach aouthof Marine' street has undergone a greatchange during the p«st few month* owingto the steady dumping of sand and earthwhich contractor* haul from place* -toner*they happen to be excavating. Thla has r*>tultcd In the formatlou of numerous"shelves," and scarcely a day passe* thataome one Is not deceived Into walking lie-yuud bla cUptli. Twu ilmllar Incident* took

ing by Local Business Manfcipcclal'to The Herald.

OCEAN PARK COMMENTSWomen Bathers Rescued From Drown.

tOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1905.*

SOFT DRINKS INGREAT DEMAND

DRIVEN INSANEBY THE DESERT

WEST COLORADOTO BE GRADED

plat* taut flnnriftjr. «M»plon«d by thin i>t«t»nf affair*, a* wer« at least two that tookplnf» Rnndajr.

Mr. and Mm. A. ''. murk*, Aeeompsnlxlhy .1. D, Mfirfloon and Mm. B. A. Morrison.vloft<»il Ocean r»rfc y*M»rday In a lar««siitninnbll*. Th» party w»r« ont»rtnln*ilat

HOLLYWOOD BRIEFS

TEMPERANCE SALOONS DOWELL IN SAN DIEGO

LOSES MONEY AND VALUABLES

PASADENA ELECTRICIAN ISBRUTALLY ROBBED

PASADENA MAKING STREETIMPROVEMENTS -

Dr. Ward B. Rowland has quaran-tined a number of rt«lry cows at theW. W. Coke dairy after an examinationof the cattle at the request of MayorWaterhouse, to whom complaint hadbeen made that the cows were diseased.Dr. Rowland found that the cattle havesymptoms of lumpy Jaw.

A meeting to hold a rousing and pa-triotic Fourth of July celebration hasbeen started by some of Pasadena'sbusiness men.

Oberlln, Williams and Ann Arbor col-leges. Ha hud resided In PaaadAm thepast three years. Th« funeral will oc-cur tomorrow afternoon.

ORDINANCE MAY BE CHANGEDCOUNCILMAN TO BE ELECTED

SANTA MONICA CENSUSSHOWS LARGE GROWTH Councllmen, Anxious to Brtng New

Houses Within Scope of Sunday

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