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AT THE CAPITAL
Yesterday's Doings in House
and Senate.
The Force Bill Continues to
Engross Attention.
Spooner Makes a Long Speech in Ad
vocating it.
lagans Also Puts in His Oar—Paddock Im
patient to Fush-His Pure
Food Bill.
Associated Press Dispatches.
Washington, Dec. 20. —In the senate
today Pettigrew introduced a bill to pro
hibit the sale of tire arms and ammuni'
tion to Indians on reservations. Re
ferred.
A dozen private pension bills were <
passed.
Moody, of the committee on Indian
depredation claims, reported the house
bill for the adjudication of claims aris
ing from Indian depredations. Placed
on the calendar.
Sawyer asked unanimous consent for
fixing an early day in January for con
sideration of the postal telegraph bill,
but Wolcott objected.
Ingalls at his own request was gran ted
two weeks' leave of absence.
Piatt introduced a joint resolution ap
propriating $100,000 to enable the pres
ident to take action to obtain from the
German government a supply of the
remedy discovered by Dr. Koch, and
trie formula for the manufacture of the
same. Laid over.
The morning hour having expired,the
presiding officer laid before the senate
the elections bill.
Paddock gave notice that, after the
consideration of the pending bill, he
would ask the senate to take up the pure
food bill, which was demanded by the
iarmere from one end of the country to
the other.
Edmunds demanded the regular order,
and the floor was taken by Spooner, in
advocacy of the bill.
Spooner defended John I. Davenport
from the attacks made upon him, and '
contended that the federal elections law,
instead of being oft'ensive to the Demo
crats of tbe north, had been put into
operation at their request in many cases.
Spooner said a stranger in the gallery
listening to the debate, without a knowl
edge of the country, would be impressed
with tbe idea that all love of liberty and
devotion to the constitution and free
dom from partisanship were to be found
on the Democratic side of the chamber.
He hoped the gentlemen on
the other side would not as
sume that the Republican senators
were not equally with them lovers of
liberty. It had" been said on the other
side "that the bill was aimed at the
south. It was in part; it was aimed at
every spot in the United States where
by fraud or force men who had a right
to vote for members of congress were
cheated out of that right. The south,
he thought, was where the bill was es- !
peeially needed. In proof he read extracts j
from a speech by Delegate Chrisman i
in the late convention in Mississippi,
declaring that since 1875 there had not
been a fair election in that state; that
in plain words they (the whites), had
been stuffing the ballot boxes, commit
ting perjury and carrying the elections
by fraud and violence. He also read
the qualifications for voters in the con
stitution of Mississippi. Among others
being the ability of a voter (after Janu
ary, 1892), to read or to give a reasona
ble explanation of the meaning of any
clause of the constitution of the state.
If the constitution of Mississippi ha<l
stopped at the educational test, and ex
cluded from the right, of suffrage every
white or black who could not read that
instrument, nobody would complain oi
it; but now the ignorant white
voter might have the simplest clause
read to him and be asked if he under
stood it, and, answering yes, be permit
ted to vote; while an abstruse clause (as
to the right of eminent domain, or some
technical question) might be read to a
colored voter who would be asked to givo
a reasonable explanation of it. The
scheme was plainly devised to let the
ignorant white man vote, if he voted the
Democratic ticket, and to keep the ig
norant black man from voting, unless he
voted that ticket. And yet the Demo
cratic members railed against the pend
ing measure as giving the supervis
ors lordly powers. Tliis constitution
of Mississippi had been adopted, too,
not by a vote of the people,
but by the convention itself. Southern
men ought not to fold their arms and
say they would keep their increased rep
resentation, while suppressing the negro
vote. It had been said on the other
aide that the negro should never have
had the right to vote, but it was too late
now to argue that question. The right
had been given him, whether in wisdom
or unwisdom, and could not be taken
from him.
Referring to Stewart's speech yester
day, and his remark that the elections
law could not be enforced in the south,
because public opinion would not sup
port it, Spooner said: "Have we
fallen on a condition iv our country that
calls for the preservation by law
of the purity of the ballot in the
north, but that we must stop
at Mason and Dixon's line, because
public opinion in the south is in favor
of dishonest and fraudulent elections
and the suppression oi suffrage? I can
not believe it."
Spooner spoke over five hours, and
bis speech was listened to with marked
attention on both sides of the chamber.
Ingalis said it was the conviction of
the great mass of the people of the
north that the constitutional conven
tion of Mississippi was assembled for
the avowed purpose of disfranchising a
majority of its citizens who
were also citizens of the United
States. It had been assembled for
the express purpose of nullifying,
defeating and overthrowing the
amendments to the constitution of the
United States, by agreeing to which,
the state of Mississippi secured read
mission into the union. The southern
people had retained their representation
m the house of representatives and in
tho electoral college, while they sup
pressed the colored vote. They had re
tained a representation which had given
them for fourteen years supremacy in
the house, and once placed in the pres
idential chair a man who never had
been elected to that office in any just
sense. Contrary to the usual course
pursued in free communities, the results
of the Mississippi convention would not
be submitted to the people to be voted
upon. It had been arranged to have it
THE LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1890.
declared the organic law of the state,
without any action on the part of the
voters.
Edmunds agreed that the convention
came into existence by methods entirely
outside of the constitution of the state,
which provided a particular way for its
own amendment./
The conference report on the bill for a
public building at Kansas City was
agreed to, and the senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
An Appropriation Refused for the Sal
aries of Senators' Clerks.
Washington, Dec. 20. —Iv the house
today, Milliken, of Maine, presented a
number of conference reports on public
building bills.
On motion of Clunie, of California,
the senate bill was passed for the relief
of S. 11. Brooks, assistant treasurer at
San Francisco, and his sureties on his
official bond.
A bill was passed to authorize the con
struction of a tunnel under the waters
of the bay of New York, between Middle
town and New Utrecht.
On motion of Hermann, of Oregon, a
bill was passed for the cancellation of a
certain contract for the delivery of stone
for the improvement of the Columbia
S iver.
A motion to adjourn, made by Stone,
of Kentucky, was lost.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the urgent deficiency bill,
with the senate amendment.
Henderson moved concurrence, except
in the amendment providing for the
payment of senate session employees,
including clerks to senators.
After long debate the motion was
agreed to, and the bill was returned to
the sena c and the house adjourned.
BLOOD ON THE MOON.
BENJAMIN WAXES BOLD UNDER
A Message to be Sent to Congress on the
Bering Sea Question That Will Bid
John Bull Defiance.
New York, Dec. 20. —A Washington
special says: President Harrison ex
pects to accompany his transmission to
congress of further papers relating to the
Bering sea controversy, with a special
message expressing his views respecting
the rights and claims of the United
States in connection with the seal fish
eries, the comparative merits, conduct
and position of the two governments
since the first seizure in 1880, and the
duty of congress in the present position.
Ihe message will be framed with espe
cial reference to the pending proposal of
the British government for arbitration,
which proposal it is intended to reject,
rhe personal bitterness between Blame
and Lord Salisbury that has
arisen out of the course of
the negotiations, is perceived
here to constitute a material objection
to the continuance of the effort toward
settlement; especially after the diplo
matic relations of the two governments
shall have been further strained by the
energetic manner in which Blame is
preparing to show up the hollowness
and unfairness of the British arbitration
project. It is because of the seeming
hopelessness of a prospect of settlement
by peaceful means, and of the necessity
of almost instantly resolving upon a
new course of conduct tor the United
States, that the president, is determined
to lay the matter fully before congress
and to apply for legislative assist
ance in sharpening and enforc
ing the policy of the immediate
future. The pending British proposal
is to determine by impartial arbitration,
the question whether the seizures of
British sealing vessels by the United
States, were or w ere not lawful seizures.
To this form of the proposed submission
of the case to arbitration, the president
strenuously objects, and he never will
agree to it unless congress shall assume
the responsibility oi in some mode yield
ing adherence to it. The president M ill
give congress to understand that in the
present state of the matter they need
neither authority nor reason to abstain
next season from tbe literal enforcement
of the provisions of. the law ior the pro
tection of fur seals in Alaska and the
waters thereof. He will ask congre.-s
for a liberal appropriation to meet ths
expense of fitting out chartered vessels
to serve as revenue vessels, in sufficient
number and character, to capture and
dispose of the numerous marauding
vessels expected to enter the Bering sea
next year.
OUT IN THK COLD.
Hotels Closed at Skowhegan, Maine, by
a Puritanic Law.
Waterville, Maine, Dec. 20. —The
town of Skowhegan has been in a state
of excitement since Thursday morning,
on account of the closing of every hotel,
restaurant and lodging house in the
place. The proprietors of the hotels
and lodging houses were notified that
they must take out victualers' licenses in
accordance with the revised statutes,
which allow the municipal officers to
license as innkeepers and victualers,
persons of good moral character, under
such restrictions and regulations as they
may deem necessary. Thursday they
signed an agreement to close for one
week, and if not then allowed to open
under the old conditions, to leave the
town. Thursday morning the Hessellon
house turned away 108 guests, notifying
them that they rnustseek entertainment
elsewhere, and theCoburn and Skowhe
gan houses also sent away a large num
ber. At the Coburn house Judge White
house of the supreme court was staying
with many attorneys and witnesses.
Tiie Judge stated "that if tho hotels
closed he would have to adjourn court
and go home. A meeting of the select
men and prominent business men was
held at the Hotel Coburn, with the ho
tel keepers, and Judge Whitehouse was
asked what could be done to adjust mat
ters. The hotel men received assurances
that the action was unauthorized, and
they have agreed to open as before.
Portland's New City Hall.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 20. —The corner
stone of the new city hall was laid here
this afternoon, under the auspices of the
Masonic grand lodge of Oregon. Gov
ernor Pennoyer and staff and the militia
of this city, together with several civic
societies, participated. An oration was
delivered by Hon. H. W. Scott. The
building will be of brick and stone, four
stories high, and will cover an entire
block, and when finished will cost half a
million dollars. It is expected to be
completed within a year.
Specie Imports.
Nkw York, Dec. 20. —The steamer
Lahn arrived this morning with gold
amounting to £480,000. The total
received by the Lahn and Majestic ie
equal to $4,707,000.
The exports of specie during the week
amount to $141,000. The imports
amounted to $2,211,000. The gold on
the Lahn is not included in this state
ment.
Skull and Cross Bones.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 20. —Written
notices, with skull and cross bones, have
been poste.l at the Coalburg mines,
warning striking miners not to return to
work under penalty of death. A party
of strikers who returned to work were
fired on from ambush last night.
AMUSEMENTS.
The Grismers Last Night at the
Grand.
Mr. Grismer and Miss Phoebe Davies
produced anew play, Beacon Lights, at
the Grand last night before a fairly large
audience, considering the fact that the
population was all intent on Christmas
shopping. Mr. Grismer is always a Wel
come figure on tho boards of Los An
geles, and Miss Davies is one of the
favorites of the play-goers of the city,
i heir new play is a most interesting one.
The Hkrald has already given a synop
sis of its plot. The leading roles are
strong, and Mr. Grismer and Miss Davies
interpret them with both art and vigor.
The play will be produced in San Ber
nardino tonight.
The play will be repeated Monday
evening at the Grand.
EMMA ABBOT! IN ERNANI TOMORROW NIGHT.
Tomorrow comes Emma Abbott. With
her comes an organization that is a mat
ter of pride to her and her management.
It is made up of artists who are chofien
individually upon their merits, and is
the very largest in numbers that it is
possible to carry through the country,
the largest opera organization in Amer
ica that travels, largest regular casts,
chorus aud orchestra. This has been
Eroven daily all the season. Emma Ab
ott is herself In brilliant form, and as
she will positively appear in every opera
announced for the present engagement,
six iv all, surrounded by the strongest
casts of the company and the unap
proachable Abbott chorus and orches
tra, the most brilliant opera season of
the year is looked for at the Los Ange
les theater. Attraction is doubly strong
with such a company, new operas of
first magnitude and staged in a manner
not seen in any other English opera on
earth, and Miss Abbott in the cast of
every one, and at no advance
over regular Abbott prices the
country over —-tl .50 to 25 cents. When
the public can hear the best English
opera in existence nnd the most beauti
fully staged at such prices, there is no
apparent reason why they should not
take advantage of the opportunity. The
Abbott management announce nothing
beforehand that will not be fulfilled in
the opera company, accessories, artists,
staging, or anything. As the Cleteland
Leader said: "The Abbott announce-
ments promised much for the week. All
has been fulfilled, and more."
Ernani opens the Abbott engagement
tomorrow night, with Emma Abbott as
Elvira; great cast, chorus and double
orchestra. The company will arrive to
morrow morning from 'Frisco, after a
most successful engagement at the Bald
win of two weeks.
THE JUCH ORGANIZATION.
On Thursday evening next, at the
Grand opera house, tire handsome,
gifted and talented prima donna, Emma
Juch, will begin her short engagement
in this city. The success of Miss Juch
herself, and her excellent company, at
the Grand, last season, are remembered,
and the prospects are that this
nicnt \vi. be still more successful. The
organization is fully forty per cent ,
stronger than last season, there having
been added to the already strong list of
principals Payne Clark, a famous Eng
lish tenor; Otto Rathjens, the noted
German baritone, and Carlotta Ma
conda, who for the past three seasons
has been the leading soprano of the
Boston Light Opera company. Of the
members retained from last year's com
pany, the principals, are Georglne Yon
Januschowsky, who alternates with
Miss Juch in singing the leading roles,
Franz Vetta, a great favorite in this
city, Charles Hedmondt, the tenor, ami
E. N. Knight, the basso buffo. The
company will have the assistance of an
orchestra of thirty, and a chorus of
eighty powerful voices, all being under
the supervision of Add. Weaendorf, the
well-known New York leader. The
event of the season will be the produc
tion of Meyerber's greatest work,
The Huguenots, with n niise en-scene
that has not been attempted since the
days of the National Opera company.
Miss Juch is an ideal Valentine. On
Friday night Faust will be given, with
Georgine Yon Januschowsky as Mar
guerita; Payne Clark, the English tenor,
as Faust, and Franz Vetta as Mephisto.
At the Saturday matinee Verdi's great
work, Rigoletto, will be presented, and
in the evening Wagner's masterpiece,
Lohengrin, will close the season, with
Miss Juch as Elsa. The mise-en-scene
prepared for eaeli work is of the most,
correct and sumptuous character. The
stage management is in the competent
hands of William Parry, whose excellent
work In this capacity with Her Majes
ty's Opera company, the Italian Opera
company, and recently with the Patti-
Tamagno company, has won him much
reputation. The advance sale of seats is
extremely large, assuring audiences of
immense size during this sweet singer's
engagement.
HE WAS ASHAMED
To Ask Again, but His Frank Letter Got
It for Him.
A few months ago one of the unfortunate in
mates in the San Francisco Almshouse was
Inspired by the sensational statements in the
newspapers with the belief that Joy's Vegetable
Sarsaparilla would help him. "Nt without
money, how to get it was the question. Finally
he wrote to tho Edwin W. Joy Co., appealing to
their generosity, and it was not unheeded, the
coveted preparation helng sent by the next
parcel delivery. Its effect is best told in a sub
sequent letter, from which we quote tbe follow
ing:—
"I suppose you know me by this writing, and
my circumstances and condition. Although I
am Improving, I ask of your generosity for an
other bottle of your Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
The action of its laxative properties is perfec
tion itself. It has so thoroughly regulated my
system that my catarrh, rheumatism, consti
pation, and headaches are all better. I feel
ashamed to ask in this way, but what shall
I do 7 I thought I might not need any more,
but I am now so anxious to keep it up; but you
ace how it is."
It was lent, and he can get more if he needs it
If You Wish to Buy Fine Old
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and Napa zinfandel wines, best and purest, go
to I.eon Cordier's, 01S South Spring street.
Telephone OOi
Fine Kentucky whiskies, grape brandies and
imported liquors. Goods delivered to any part
of the city.
Go to Mullen, Bluett & Co. for overcoats.
Removed.
L. B. Cohn, the pawnbroker, has removed to
140 North Main street, opposite the Western
Union Telegraph office. lm
Funeral pieces at the Violet florist store, 235
South Spring street.
Go to Mullen, Bluett & Co. for overcoats.
THEY WILL BE MARRIED.
Couples Who Yesterday Secured Legal
Permission to Wed.
Cupid Mappa made three couples
happy yesterday, by handing out the
necessary parchment which enables
them to get married. They were Anto
nio T. Zanona, aged 08, nnd a native of
Italy, to Mary M. Pichetto, aged 18, and
a native of Italy.
Joseph Bright, aged "0, and a native
of Maryland, to Ida B. Miller, aged 2.1,
and a native of Indiana.
William H. Altaffer, aged 80, and a
native of Virginia, to Nora 15. Reaburn,
aged 26, and a native of West Virginia.
POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY.
The Rowan-Forrester Contest Case
Not Yet Decided.
At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon Judge
McKinley came to the conclusion that
no decision could be reached in the
Rowan-Forrester contest case, so an ad
journment was made until Monday
morning. Attorneys Hatch and Thomas,
tor Forrester, and Silent and Campbell
for Rowan, argued their side of the case
all day. The opinion of those who heard
the testimony and the points made by
the attorneys is that Rowan is sure to
be elected.
Co to Mullen, Bluett & Co. for silk umbrellas
c^^l^l^^^^
The equivalent, in English money, of $2,500
was once offered by an old lady in London lor
the return ot v favorite ent which had strayed
or been 6tolen. People called her a " crank,"
and perhaps she was. It is unfortunate that
one of the gentler sex should ever gain this
title, yet many do. It is, however, frequently
not their fault. Often functional derange
ments will apparently change a woman's en
tiro nature. Don't blame such sufferers if
they are "cranky," but tell them to use Dr.
Pierces Favorite Prescript ion, which is an in
fallible remedy for " female weaknesses."
" Favorite Prescription " has cured thou
sands of poor, bed-ridden suffering women of
"female weakness," painful irregularities, ul
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ailments too numerous to mention. It is the
only medicine for women, sold by druggists,
under v positive guarantee that it will, in
every case, give satisfaction or the price ($1.00)
will be refunded.
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"The Beautiful are never desolate,
For someone alirai/s lores them."
A SMOOTH SKIN
Cl ear Complexion
y <?. make the plalnst lace
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f'l-l 'if -ij V 8 CoUl t'arative —not
' f*fak" , &j4*~f • absolute. We may
(pifrtuM a U i \yy proper care,
have a nice smooth skin and a clear com
plexion, which are in themselves the
first elements of beauty. Nothing con
duces to this end so thoroughly ana com
pletely as the daily use of Mrs. Graham's
Cucumber and Elder Flower Cream. Asa
protection from the effects of sun and
wind, and for cleansing the face from
cosmetics or other impurities, it is
superior to anything discovered.
Price, $1.00. All druggists sell it.
P. W. Braun & Co., Los Angeles,
wholesale agents.
CONSULT YOUR INTEREST
If you wish to sell or buy Second-Hand
FUItNITLKB, CARPETS OK TRUNKS.
Be sure and give us a call. We have iv stock
a large variety of goods too numerous to men
tion, all of which we offer cheap for cash, or
will sell on installments.
W. P. MARTIN & into.,
10-19-3 m 451 S. Spring St., Lock box 1921.
Naud's Warehouse.
GRAIN, WOOL,
—AND—
General Merchandise Warehouse.
ADVANCES MADE ON WOOL. ml2-tf
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Present your friends or yourself with choice
WINES OR LIQUORS !
These goods are warranted absolutely pure, and
for lamily or medicinal use can not be excelled.
ED. GERMAIN,
Wholesale and retail liquor dealer,
Telephone 110. 222 S. Spring street.
Goods for Eastern shipments a specialty, at
lowest figures. 12-20-1 vi
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' M ' BEST. 'M
ALLEN & GINTER, MANUFACTURERS, RICHMOND. VA.
TIME IS MONEY!
IF YOIT INTEND BUYING A LOT IN
ALESSANDRO!
Time is Money to You !
YOU Cannot Afford to Wait!
THE PRICE TODAY IS
$9() Per Acre!
ONLY 250 ACRES
Will be Sold at $90.00 per Acre.
$10 or even $r> per acre is worth saving.
MONEY SAVED IS MONEY EARNED.
THE PEOPLE TODAY KNOW
THE --VALUE -:- OF -:- LAND
ALESSANDRO!»»
And require no urging to buy. They know that every acre of land sold in that
beautiful valley for less than $160 or $200 per acre
Is Less Than Half its Value.
The 250 acres advertised today may be all sold before this reaches your eye,
although we positively refuse to sell more than 40 acres to any one party.
The Town Lots at Moreno
Will soon be put on the market, due notice of which will be given. For further
particulars, call on or address the
Bear Valley and Alessandro Development Co,
REDLANDS, CAL.
A. P. KITCHING, Gen. Manager.
Send your address to our ollice and have the December number of the Orange
Belt mailed to you.
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MjHiLL & PACKARD,
"Send rr.e another 50c quart can of
those Fresh Eastern Oysters ; the can I
got last night was the finest we have had
since v,e left the East. There were 36
tUT fi'-e cysters in the can."
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REED AND RATTAN GOODS.
Your Attention and Inspection is Solicited to the most complete line of
FURNITURE, CARPETIN6S & DRAPERY GOODS
ON THE COAST.
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NEW STORE. GEORGE J. BINDER. -£NEW GOODS.
Furniture, Rattan and Reed Goods.
\
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES A SPECIALTY.
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