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4 DAILY HERALD. rOBUBHE) ■ •CVCN DAYS A WEEK. Jqbbtm D. Lyhch. jambs J. aybrs. JLYKBS & LYNCH, - - PUBLISHERS. (Xntered at the postoffice at Lee Angeles as second-class matter. J DELIVERED BY CARRIERS At Ma Pa* Week, or 80- Per Month. TBBBTB BT MAIL, IHCLUDIK9 FORT ABB: Daily Hbbald, one year 18.00 Daily hbbald, six months 4.25 «ailt Hbbald, three months 2.2* 'bbkly Hbbald, one year 2.00 Wbbkly Hbbald, six months 1.00 Wbbbly Hbbald, three months 60 Xllubtbatbd Hbbald, per copy 15 Ofllce of Publication, 228-225 West Second •met Telephone 156. Notice to Mall Subscribers. The papers of all delinquent mail subscribers to the Los Angeles Daily Hbbald will be •romptly discontinued hereafter. No papers Will be sent to subscribers by mail unless the same have been paid for in advance. This rale Is Inflexible. A VERS A LYNCH. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1891. THE LAW'S DELAY—THE PEOPLE'S LOSS. Until the Los Angeles method was in vented it need to be supposed that the preliminary examination of persons charged with crime was a somewhat in formal and altogether matter of fact procedure, which should not be greatly complicated, interminably stretched out or made to cost the people a bag full of money. But the Los Angeles method has been discovered, and is in full force so far as this city goes. By this method preliminary examinations, where the case is at all above the scope of petit larceny, have been made a most compli cated affair, an almost interminable af fair, and an altogether costly affair. Old fashioned methods used to get through with an ordinary case in a part of a day, or at most of two days, and the person charged was held to answer or acquitted. But by tbe Los Angeles method such a case is now stretched out to a month, or more. The whole range of the testimony is gone over. An army of witnesses is collected. They are plied with questions, relevant and irrelevant, competent and incompetent, material and immaterial. The attorneys for the prisoner, ably seconded by those who represent the state, demur, object, argue and plead, as only the legal lights of the Los An geles bar who engage in these cases can do. They discuss law, fact, precedent and rules of evidence to an extent that would puzzle a supreme court judge, and all before a justice of the peace whose knowledge of the law is limited abso lutely by the covers of the penal code, and whose knowledge of what is there is both partial and cloudy. Here is the Taylor case, wherein a girl sues a rich old man for seduction. That case was on before a committing magis trate for five or six weeks. It went over from day to day, through week after week; and the written evidence in the case is as voluminous as a Chinese drama. Out of that case haß grown another wherein one of the witnesses is now un der examination on a charge of perjury. It is altogether probable that we shall have a second edition of the Taylor case in this sequel to it. With all the facts attainable in the six weeks' investiga tion of the Taylor case it ought to be pretty simple to determine whether or not O'Brien ought to be tried for per jury. But the same masterly method of delay seems to be determined on in the sequel, as distinguished the first part of the story. Probably a long list of witnesses will be called with the same useless and tiresome splitting of legal hairs, until a second huge pile of testimony is taken _doWn and written out, like piling Belion on Ossa. Now what is the meaning of all this? That might not seem to be an easy ques tion to answer. But here i 9 an easy one: "What is the effect of all this? The effect is a very huge bill which the county has to pay the short-hand reporter who takes all this rubbish down, and then trans cribes it. It does seem passing strange that a justice of the peace should sit for thirty, forty, fifty days hearing un necessary testimony and more unneces sary legal quibbling over a case in which bin interest is only three dollars a da)'. To be sure, the short-band reporter may be getting $10 or $40 a day out of the case, and tbe complacent justice may be a philanthropist who cares little for his own inter ests and much for that of his reporter. The exasperating thing about this is that these people who are thus plunder ing the county, are in a position to turn around with impudence and ask, in the words of the immortal Bill Tweed, "What are you going to do about it?" Absolutely there is no remedy in the premises. The justice merely certifies to the number of folios transcribed by liia friend, the clerk, the order is pre sented to the auditor of the county,who, without further authorization or scrutiny, draws a warrant on the county treasurer for the amount, and it is forth with paid. Did any one ever see a nicer game of the sure shot kind than this ? All a justice of the peace has to do is form a little pool with his short-hand reporter, fix up the percentages of the dividend and proceed to fleece the county without let or hin drance. Yes, there is one way to stop it. The district attorney, if he is pos sessed o! average intelligence and half average honesty, can'etop it. It is in his power, and it is his duty to put a summary stop to this work. He ought to know just what is necessary and right to do in these preliminary examinations, and he ought to see that what is proper be done. He can stop this end less wrangle about law in these prelim inary examinations, and he can cut short all testimony that does not go di rectly to the main question of putting the accused on trial, or dismissing the case. He has political ambitions. He has many friends among the better class of citizens, who speak well of bim. Will be justify their good opinions THE LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, KBM. and win those of others by doing his plain doty and prevant this looting of the treasury? ■ i ■ JOHN BULL PORTER AND HIS CENSUS. Our dispatches today contain a dis quisition from census muddler Porter on the negro population. The gist of this is to prove that the blacks do not increase as rapidly as the whites in the south. This is a very generally accepted view taken by the ethnologists. There is very lit tle of the pure African race in America. A very large majority of the negroes so called, in this country are a mixed race, containing more or less white blood. Mix tures like this never bear so prolifically as either of the pure races from which they spring. The most approved author ities on ethnology are of the opinion that if, say, ten whites and ten blacks were pat upon an island, half of each race being males and half females, and allowed to intermarry there, in the second generation there would be a great falling off in the births, in the third almost a cessation of births, and in the fourth, not one birth to the hundred couples. It is generally held that if one thousand couples of each race were taken the same would be true, and that the barrenness id not depend ent on any principle of kinship, but on one of race. But Mr. Porter, in his re port, sets up the claim that the census of 1880 appeared to show a very heavy increase of the negro population in the south, because the census of that year was fraudulent. Here Porter is wrong. The real cause of the apparent great in crease in the black population of tbe south in tbe decade ending in 1879, was because of the imperfect enumeration made in 1879, an outcome naturally in cident to the disturbed condition of the southern states so soon after the close of the war. General Walker has given this explanation of the fact himself. No doubt, too, Mr. Porter's census in the south is as imperfect as it is else where, and the missing of a large num ber of negroes in 1889 causes, of course, an apparent falling off that does not exist. Mr. Porter's census was not taken in order to get the population. It is in fact-no census at all. He was a willing and corrupt tool of the corrupt politicians who are managing the Re publican party. The primary object was to increase the Republican repre sentation in congress and the electoral colleges, ami to decrease the Democratic. Mr. Porter's census is absolutely value less for all purposes of vital or socio logical statistics, and any reasoning in these lines, based on the enumeration, will be misleading. THE ORANGE MARKET. Orange growers are in luck and no mistake. The market is booming at flood tide, and looks as if it might be a tidal wave. Seedlings are getting up close to $1.60 a box, and the top is not reached yet. The beauty of it is that the crop is mostly in tbe hands of the growers still, and the country is swarm ing with buyers, all grabbing for «w«ry thing In eight. Here is a simple story. A. B. Chap man, Esq., of San Gabriel valley, re fused to sell his crop during the early part of the season. He began shipping on his own account, and is reported to have shipped off abont 6000 boxes. This week he closed out the crop on tbe trees for a lump sum of $25,000, excepting his Tangerine oranges, and all hi's lemons. He has a large crop of lemons and a good many Tan gerine oranges. The Herald's informant in this matter is an agent for a shipper, and he estimates that the Chapman crop will net a total of nearly $40,000. Three years ago this orchard was almost given over as destroyed by the white scale bug, which now turns off $40,000 worth of fruit. The sum is a very handsome one for any farmer to bank for his crop. Lemons are likely to be good property to have this year. The crop is short in nearly all districts where lemons grow. A dealer informs the Herald that it will not more than suffice for the needs of the sick. The railroads are doing a great work in moving the orange crop. Not less than forty cars a day are now moving out of here, or 280 a week. This must be kept up for weeks to come. To move the crop now here will call for 2500 cars, or perhaps 500 more. The cars now going out full, will scarcely get back to load again, yet no famine of cars is apprehended. It takes a great deal of money to move this crop of oranges. Every carload thioped from here at present rates rep resents not less than $750 to $1000, with about $250 added for freight. There is money in the business for all concerned. From now on big stories will be told of how growers make $500 to $2000 an acre. The dealers probably double their money a year like this; and surely at $250 a car, or about $4000 a train load, the railroads make something handsome. Tug " citizens of color" have held a meeting at Washington, and have pro mulgated an address to their brethren in the north, calling upon them not to vote for any "uncolored" candidate who is known to entertain the pernicious and highly absurd notion that a white man is as good as a negro. So that in sures a fall ticket of decided "color" in all elections hereafter; for there does not live the Caucasian today that does not regard his race as superior to that of the African. Indeed, it i| well these "col ored" men and brothers limit their re strictions to not voting for whites who regard their race above the black ; for there are few if any negroes in America who would not gladly give theifskiu to be white. The Italian government still insists on apologies and indemnities for the Si cilians killed in the New Orleans jail, as will appear by the dispatches in our col umns today. Very well! Let us have a clearing house in this matter and save the trouble of transferring the real bus i mess across seas. If we are responsible for the killing of the Mafia gang, is not Italy responsible for the killing of Chiei Hennessey ? We will demand an apol ogy for that, and indemnity for the ben efit of his family. That will offset thj? whole business done in the jail. A complete list of the bills signed by the governor after passing the legislature is given in the telegraphic service of the Hbbald today. They will be scanned with some interest by those who take, an interest in the welfare of the state. The Illinois Democrats gave General Palmer a rousing ovation last night. Palmer is worthy of all the honors that can easily be bestowed upon him. Hie has always been true to every trust re posed in him. POLICE AND FIRE. THK PROCEEDINGS AT YESTER DAY'S MEETINGS. Considerable Routine Business Transact ed—Saloon Changes Made—The Com missioners Appoint an Electrician. It took the police commissioners just twenty-five minutes to transact all the business that came up yesterday. All the commissioners were present except John Bryson. A letter was read from Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Auslyn, reflecting on Officer Hoff. They charge him with inciting a disturbance among the neighbors. The matter was referred to the chief. A communication was also received from the Rev. Thomas VV. Masking, re questing the commissioners to exert themselves to prevent the sale of lottery tickets. The chiei was instructed to confer with the Rev. Mr. Haskins in re gard to the matter. Officer Weatherman was granted sixty days' leave of absence. Officer Collins was. allowed half pay for the months of February and March". He has been incapacitated from duty on account of an injury to his eyes. Several applications for positions on the force were ordered filed. Commissioner Lewis introduced a res olution which was carried, recommend ing to the council that the salaries of the detectives and the secretary of the police be raised from $70 to $90 per month, on account of the long hours they are required to be on duty. The following saloon changes were granted: J. J. Maloney, from 1618 to No. 1536 San Fernando street; J. E. McChristy, No. 142 South Los Angeles street, to T. N. Lie; Cuddy & Basler, No. 215 West First street, from Lacy & Webber, No. 211 West First street; Thos. Froehling from Green & Houtz, 107 San Pedro; Gephard Petri from Frank Berg, 200 East First street; Fritz Hoppe from Hoppe & Sohr, 400 North Main street. After the commissioners adjourned, Chief Glass met the Rev. Mr. Haskins,, who informed him that he had not sent in any communication to the police commissioners in regard to the selling of lottery tickets. According to this somebody is guilty of forging Mr. Has -1 kins' name to the letter sent in to the commissioners. THE FUtB COMMISSION. The fire commissioners held the usual serision yesterday morning. It was decided that the Abbott build ing should be repaired under the super vision of tbe board. J. H. Hogan was appointed electri cian. A letter was read defining the specific work to be done by the Los Angeles Dis trict Telegraph company under its con tract with the city. The matter of the purchase of a chem ical engine was deferred one week. Mrs. Joseph Harrell of Yisalia is in the city, visiting her daughter, Mrs. Henry Fleishman of South Pearl street. No buffet should be without a bottle of- Angostura Bitters, the South American ap petizers Manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons. Ask your druggist. RED Hit X M. t RED RICK'S, LOS ANGELES, THURBDAY, March 2b'.—Some very nice bargains now on Bale at Red Rice's. Have yon seen these extra nice wardrobes and sideboards? Aye, or these superb bedroom sets? Were you aware that Red Rice has m*ae a lucky buy in a lot of new bedroom sets and 1b selling them for less than the other fellows are selling second-hand sets 7 So it goes. Red Rice leads where no others dare to follow, because he's go' the stores; he's got the goods; he's got the people with him. Yes, thank you for that, and we propose to so continue this business as to keep you with us. You are as necessary 10 the life of our business a< ai and food are to the body. You are again asked to visit Red Rice's Bazaar, 143 and 145 South Main street. DR. ABERNETHY'S 1 GREEN GINGER JL BRANDY. pffflsMlWi Cures CRAMPS and COLIC. r JpWfTW "It is composed of the purest ivy—3\*l materials, and represents the it /■SHftN £ lull medicinal value of Jamaica JINGER RRAfiiii Ginger in the highest degree of if vliSHsp' ' I! perfection." [*>-■ &m) -J* WM. T. WENZELL, Analytical Chemist. jpli=-—dH= Bold by Druggists and Wine Merehntß. l Jos. N. Souther ManufgCo. yRBSBBBBEfc SAN FRANCISCO. ||j CAMPBELL'S I MyS Curiosity Store, 325 S. SPRING ST. fmm opals I jHH§ INDIAN BASKETS. 2-20 3m E. FLEUR, Whole-ale Wine and Liquor Merchant, 404 and 406 N. Los Angeles St. Telephone 224. Family trade supplied. Goods delivered to any part of the city free of charge. Orders for the country promptly attended to. Agency and depot of Uncle Sam's wine vaults at Nbdb fiitv. OaJ, 12-31 ly Stop taking Cathartic (purging) Fills and mercurial remedies, and use California Fruit Syrup, which is composed of pure herbs and fruit. It does not purge or gripe, or sicken the stomach, and is palatable. California Fruit Syrup cures habitual Consti pation, Piles, Indigestion, Sick and Nervous llcadache,BilllousnesB and all derangements of the stomach. It purifieß the Blood and expels Fevers and Colds. '• -' California Fruit Syrup is a Family Remedy equally useful for mon, women and children. California Fruit Syrup tones up the Intes tines, increases the secretion', which in turn facilitates digestion and relieves Constipation. Sold in bottles, 50c and SI, by all leading druggists, or at the branch offico of tbe CALIFORNIA FRUIT SYRUP CO., Room 8,315S West First st., Los Angeles, Cal. If your local druggist does not keep It get it at the office as above, and if it docs not bene lit you, after taking half a bottle, your money will be returned on your bringing the remaining half bottle back to the office. Manufactured only by the CALIFORNIA FRUIT SYRUP COMPANY, LOB ANGELES, CAL. Testimonials from the best families in the city can be seen at the office. fWl'p to 14th April a full sized 50c bottle will be sent to the office of auy physician in low n, on written appplication, free of charge, to t-how the merits of this remedy. Country physicians can get a similar bottle free by payment of expressage. qrano OPENINS OF THE—— ' Finest Line AND Letost Sty Sos OF SPRING and SUMMER WOGiUS MY OWN IMPORTATION. ENGLISH Coast. Tr*^^ Elegant Business Suits I nno Dress Suits Perfect Pit Guaranteed | Perfect Fit Guaranteed 920 to $33 I) f38t0555 All other garments inlikoproportion. ' Palis made to order, Trlt.li the best of Trimmings ami Workmanship, at moderate prices. THIS IS THE ONLY FIRM, JOE POHEIM L^-^- r JrMB TAILOR, that has tbe facility of Importing his Goods .Direct for bis elevcu Stores, on luo l'ocilio Const. 203 Montgomery Street, 724 Market and 1110 and 1112 Market St. 1132 Market St., San Francisco. BRANCH STORES: : "No. 141 South SprinK St.. . Los Angeles. No. 010 Fifth St., bet. 1) & V. Sts. . Son Diego. Noe. 105,107 & lCOSanta Claraht., Cor. Market San Jose. No. GOO J St., cor. Wr:tU . . .Sacramento. No. mas Mariposa St Fresno, Cal. No. Main St Stockton, Cal. No. 73 Morrison St. . . Portland, Oregon. Rules for Self-nieaMircment and .Samples sent free to any address, on application to JOE POHEIM, "The TaHcr » ■■ s INVESTMENTS. First Mortgage GAS BONDS, WATER BONDS, RAILROAD BONDS, Bearing B to 7 per cent interest, CLEAR OF ALL TAXES. A few choice blocks now for sale at par by the ;Lo& Angeles Safe Deposit and Trust Co. With CITIZENS BANK, Corner Third and Spring streets, Los Angeles, Cal., and Its branch offices, Webster block, opposite the Santa Fe depot, Pasadena, Cal. 3-24-lm JNO. A. PIRTLE, Real Estate iFinancial Agent 229 West Second Street, LOS ANGELES, CAL. Real Estate. Bonds, Stocks and other securi ties bought and sold on commission. Money to loan in sums to suit at 0 per cent to 8 per cent. net. NOTARY PUBLIC. INSURANCE. Bank PErnr.ENCES. 3-14-lm HAVE YOU MONEY TO INVEST ? No better or safer investment can be ion jd than our 7 per cent guaranteed ranch re c rt f:ages. Security ample and constantly eiihui.o ng in value. Mortgages in all denominations, from % JOfc to 125,000 always on hand. Information cheerfully furnished whetl cr you invest or not. SECURITY LOAN AND TRUST (0. Of Southern California, 123 West Second St., Los Angeles, Cal. DIRECTORS. Ji M. Elliott, G. W. Stimson, E. L. Fai ,1s A. E. Pomeroy, C. M. Stimson, C. 8. Crii ty E. F. Spence, Treas. M. W. Stimson, Pre.i. 2-10-tf QJ\ GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 187 S. JAM BAKER'S fbaßßakM Cocoa Warranted absolutely pure Cocoa, from which the ex ■f JIB cess of Oil has been removed. Ml fl M it lias three times the Hi II strength of Cocoa mixed Mil II I ■ with Starch, Arrowroot and MIL/1 BHJ Sugar, and is therefore far (■fill II more economical, costing Hjllfllll l'-ss than one cent a cnp. It HJIII II ■18 iH delicious, nourishing. ■■Iff//fin strengthening, easily di- gesied. and admirably adapt- ed for invalids as well as for persons in good health, Bold by Grocers every where. W. BAKER A Oft, Dnchntff, Mass. 121912 m MILLINERY OPENING AT MOZART'S THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATUR DAY, MARCH 86, 27 AND 88. Special Eastern Prices — Moaart's Fine Millinary-840 8. Spring Btrset—Be tween Second Bad Third. C. F. HEINZEMAN, Druggist & Chemist No. ixx N. Main St., Los Angeles, Cal, Prescriptions carefully compounded day and night- m2l-tf Give Everybody a Chancel , # As many of our customers are JUST BEGINNING TO "CATCH ON/ We have concluded to continue our SLAUGHTER * SALE ! UNTIL MARCH 31st, —AT THE— PIQNEERAMERICAN CLQTHIKG HOUSE See Srjow Windows for Prices, A few of which we quote as follows: Our Best $20.00 Frock or Sack Suits for $i 4.00 Our Best $10.00 Sack Suits for 7.00 Nobby $20.00 Spring Overcoats 15.00 And all other goods in proportion. We have yet on hand 176 BOYB' and CHILDREN'S SUITS which we are - closing out AT LfcSd THAN COST to retire from that trade. ABERNETHY Sc TAFT, 117 SOUTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CAL. JfIGOBY BROS. There's Where You Make a Mistake. jgjTListen to My Wail of Toe. 1 /* Some folks think they are awfnlly clever, A voting lady bough t a pair of shoes, listen And that all other people are fools; „ listen to my wall of loe: . a ■ ,„ ... „„ .„„ . Such a pretty Bhoe; the daintiest kind of Some people will often endeavor kangaroo. To make other people their tools. New shoe, kangaroo, listen to my wail of Some people will boast of their knowledge „ . toe - , „ ~ „ . . , „_ .v„„,„„ „,„,, „,,, „„u„. But they were a size too small or so, listen And fancy they re well wide awake; to my wa n , / toe That none are so deep or so cute as them- The corns on her feet they grew, as she wore •elves those kangaroos, But that's'where they make a mistake. The t y of rew ' the > « ww ' U,ten t0 of Some people say our advertisements are o ne night her lover called to see his Sue. untrue, listen to my wail of toe; The prices we quote arcimpo»ibletogive; A ~i^S^ y -tatE^?S«^«*.f We cannot exist and sell clothing as we do. Listen to my wail of toe. Our prices give ns no margin Uj live. tier lover out of the front door flew They puzzle and wonder how ever Its done; g h »? the ? la * through his whiskers They coll it a clear case of "lake"— He flew,'the wind blew, listen to my wail But when they see for themselves, each one of toe; They acknowledge they've made a mis- Tho^ 0 h , th 3 1 'fihueue"" 3 neyerwent take. Tight shoe, poor Sue, listen to my wail of toe,' wr- Broke her heart clear through; she's under You will make a mistake if you the turf where the daisies grew, J All on account of those kangaroos, too tnle, don't inspect our stock of SPRING LUtento my wail of toe. GOODS. They ARE here. They she pair of thoBe ARE superb. They are COIN PRO- c ? ,eb / ate £ E - J- , R^ e l & , f° ' 8 Ro_ * Chester, New York, ladies' kangaroo DUCERS, AND WILL BE POP- ehoeß that we are selling at *3.00, this wouldn't have happened. Every ULAR FAVORITES. pair fits perfectly; they are otylieh, „ , _ . _ .. , . , comfortable, and worth every cent of Men's Spring Suits, dressy styles, $6 00 ThiB week we sell J them at $7.60; worth $12.50. French kid shoes, turned Men's Spring Suita, Backs and Cut- soles, very fine, $3.50; actual value, $6.00. aways, $10. Every suit is worth LADIES' SLIPPERS $17.50. ' We have just received a magnifioont « . onnrvin cm-ro e * 1 line of Ladies' Oxford Slippers, and Men's SPRING SUITS, first qual- we have.marked them down, away itiea of tweeds, worsteds and casfii- H ow an y we have ever received before. meres, $12.50; worth $20.00 i Ladies'patent leather tip French kid Oxfords, hand turned, $2.00; MEN'S SPRING OVERCOATS, actual value, $4.00. ... ,„ 4.u#ioka Ladies'dongola kid, patent leather $6.50; worth $12.50. tip ox fords, $1.50; actual value, $3. Men's Spring Overcoats,. satin or , die l'. fin « *» d Oxfords, patent leather tips, $1.00; actual value, $2. silk lined, $12.50; worth $20.00. Men's French calf or kangaroo hand made Burt's shoes, $4.00; actual Boys' School Suits, $1.00. value, $6.00. v 11. 1a v 1 c t.4 nn Tlis finest line ol men's $3.00 calf Youths' School Suits, $4.00. BhoeB in tbecjtVi every ir ; orth fB —1 Boys' veal calf School Shoes, $1.26. Youths' veal calf School Shoes, $1. JACOBYBROS., jjpBYBROS., CLOTHING -:- HOUSE, Philadelphia Sloe House, 221 to 227 N. Mai. a-B TBHFJjS BLOCK. «j-"ug ■. . ' • • i ' • 1_ • • DESMOND The Hatter .... AND *. SOLE AGENT mm —* CELEBRATED If * HATS * Spring Styles Now Ready! Has Removed to No. 141 S. Spring: St., Brysom-Bonebrake Building;. Desmonds Hatter. 2-28-1 m