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VOL. XXXIX.-NO. 55. EMERSON PIANOS. MfIRYGOLD'S MUSIC STORE, h 221 Mb Brute. LEAVE ORDERS HERB FOR N. BORCHERS PI{At;TICA V Piano Tuner and Maker Testimonials from Wm. Steinway, A. Weber, and Decker Bros. Betts & Silent, REAL ESTATE B ROK E RS * LOANS » NORTHEAST CORNER SECOND AND BROADWAY. We hayj for rent: A nice 7-room cottag", bath, bam, etc., on Hope street, near Ttnth, $25 with water. ■ Elegant 10 room partly furnished house, Buntcr Hill svo., $50, to private family only. In the Harper tract, two completely furni-hed houses, S and 10 rooms, $l>o and If HO per ir.outb, respectively. Theso aro what you want. Call aud Bee what, else we have for rent. BETTS & SILENT, Second and Broadway. V HIGHEST HONORS, DIPLOMAS AND FIRST PREMIUMS AWARDED For the best photographs at tbe late Horticultural Fair. CABINET PHOTOS ONLY $5.00 A DOZEN. Come In time for your Xmas orders. Largest and Most Complete Studio in Southern California. All the latest styles and designs need. ■ 107 NORTH SPRING STREET, LP3 ANGELES, CAL. O. F. -A.. L _A_ ST, Successor N. Main St. WHOLE3AL3 AKD RETAIL WINE aSd LIQUOR MERCHANT. Finest stock of Old Hermitage, W. H. Mcßrayer, Girl OroW, Spring Hill, New Hope, Blue Grass. Bond & l.lllard, Mellwood, Old Taylor, etc. Straight Kentucky Whiskies, f'sm lly and medicinal trnde so'irltud. g Ho::r.i pin TV! P SIGNS ! SIGNS! I I S\| MR. WM. MF.RGIXL, late of Omaha, Neb., * ■ " W " I ml is now located with OIVJ 11 06. STROMEE, :S, For rapid work, low prices and mcdorn styles, a sharo of your patronage Is solicited. Lard Signs, Muslin Signs. Wire Sisns, Braes Signs, Signs of every description. Political work don** at short rtotioe at reasonable rataa. I ARE AFTER TOEiM! Those HIGH-PRICED fellows. THIS WEEK WE OFFER YOU 125 Men's Working suits ... $3.50 125 Men's Working suits - - - 5.25 125 Men's Business suits - 6.85 125 Men's Business suits - - - - 7.75 Men's Linen Bosom White Shirts - - 25c THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND, 132 N. Main Street. ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. LOS ANGELES HERALD. KAN-KOO! ( INCOIJPOIJATED ) WE Lave tbe Goods that your Eastern friends will appreciate. JAPANESE, II fl 111 A and CHINESE VUHIUrJ We pack and attend to shipping free of charge. Buy early so your goods will reach your friends in time. OPEN- EVENINGS. KAN - KOO, ,110 South Spring St. (Opp. Nadenn Hotel.) Special—Wo have for sale SOO acres at iftiO per acre, not '-'0 miles from this ci'y, mar liueua Hark: best of soil; lies level, and is cross ed by both tho southern Pacific and SnntaFe rail TV ays. Some flno mesa land witb water. We oner today: Bus;uess property on ,-pring street and hrondway. We have tw •> or three choice bargains which are not ou the geneial raanct. 11l on are not prepared to buy do not call for particulars on this property. MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1892. MORE TALK THAN ACTION. Reassembliug of the Fifty- Second Congress. It Promises to Be a Very Windy Session. Appropriation Bills Are About All That Will Pass. Possible Kxceptlona Are i.kwh Relating to Immigration, Protection of Railroad Employes and tbe World's Fair. By the Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 4,—The second session of the fifty-Becond congrees, which begins tomorrow, is likely to he more remarkable for discussion than for action, principally because of the lack of opportunity for the latter. One thing that will be done iB to provide means for the maintenance of the government, and it is generally believed the regular annual appropriation bills will represent nearly all tbe positive achievements that can be credited to the session. There may, however, be several im portant exceptions. One of them relates to tbe subject of immigration. Public interest in the subject has been stimulated by the radical suggestions of the senate immigration committee that all immigration be suspended for bac year. Undoubtedly powerful influence will be brought to compass the defeat of a hill embodying such a propo sition, but may be the great public sen timent behind it will oblige congress to pass the measure. A strong effort will certainly be made to procure the repeal of the Sunday closing clause of the world's fair .bin. It may be that some action will be taken to protect railroad employes from the numerous casualties that result from the insecure devices to couple and stop freight trains. These mattera comprise what the best judg ment concedes will be all the probabili ties of original legislation on the part of the second session of the fifty-eecjnd congress. So much is involved in the revenue question and in the appropriations to be made, thai more or less division on the topic may be expected. Tbe senate finance committee has not yet completed tbe compilation of its series of elaborate reports upon the dif ferent tariff systems tried in the United States. Ihe reports wiil probably be most interesting, and may come under discussion at some period of the session. Then there are the bills to admit Arizona and New Mexico to statehood. The house haa passed both, and the New Mexico bill is on the senate calen dar, faverably reported from the terri tories committee. The anti-option bill is advanced co far as to havj become unfinished business in the senate. It is known that a large majority of that body were in its lavor last session, but it is threatened with a renewal of determined and skillful ob structive tactics, and the result is still doubtful. * There will probably be many proposi tions and talk looking to reforms in the national banking laws. Tbe state bank tax may also be a fruitful theme of discussion. A strong effort will be made by the bouse appropriations committee to re trench expenditures at every point, but as this must be done with great care in order to avoid embarrassment to tbe incoming Democratic administration, there may be many stormy debates and much feeling aroused before the desired result in obtained. In connection with the appropriations is tho pension list, and there will be no lack of suggestions looking fo a change in the laws designed to regulate more closely the enormous expenditures under that head. Tuesday the president's message will be read, and is likely to fill out the leg islative day in the senate. The anti option bill is unfinished business, and if the measure is taken up tomorrow the entire week will be consumed in discus sion, unless it is displaced by other busi ness. When the house meets tomorrow it will find itself confronted with a large calendar, containing some bills of con siderable imoortance, but the prospects of their being enacted into laws are not bright. Not less than 1000 pension and claims bills are languishing upon the private calendar. It is probable that nothing of importance will be taken up for action by the house during the first week. THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Annual Report of Secretary Klklns-Thc >'efds of the Army, Washington, Dec. 4.—The secretary of war in his annual report urges the passage of tbe bill for infantry reorgan ization which haa already gone through the senate and is now pending in the house. A plea is made for the revival of the g.-ade of lieutenant-general. The secretary Bays while the enlisted personnel of the army is, as a whole, very much better thau at any time pre vious, much remains to be accom plished in this connection. If good men are wanted for the army they must be paid something nearer what wage-earners receive in the ordinary pursuits of civil life. Under the present conditions there is scarcely any pecuniary benefit to attract men to the ranks. Promotions to com missioned officers are hardly appreciable when considered iv the light of an in ducement to enlistment. It is recom mended, at least, that the pay of the non commissioned grades be increased to the extentof making promotion there an object of legitimate ambition. Tho secretary recommends tho con tinuance ot the policy of abandoning smail poßts, and the establishing of regimental posts in the larger states now without them. In ad dition to the decided saving in the expense of maiutainance, there would be more uniform and better dis cipline aad positive improvement in in struction and military administration. Such posts will also be of advantage in connection with the training and in struction of the national guard. The high standing of the West Point academy was maintained during the year; its capacity is not over-taxed, mid the secretary recommends that the president be given authority to appoint 10 cadets-at-large each year, as it is probable that with this increase there would still be vacancies, and the num ber of graduates not exceed 75 per an num. The post-graduate schools of artillery, infantry and cavalry and light artillery and engineers made encouraging pro gress, and the secretary makes numerous recommendations with regard to them. As to the national guard, he calls at tention to the necessity of an increased appropriation, saying receht ones have been utterly inadequate. Iv 1808 the ap propriations for the militia of the states was if 200,000. The highly improved arms and equipments of the present day} cost for the* same number of men more than treble what this did 84 years ago. While the pop ulation of the country is many times greater, as well as the de mand for equipment, an appropriation of at least $1,000,000 for this purpose is recommended; also that the pres ent law be changed so that arms and supplies which have become unser viceable, in the hands of the militia, may be sold and the proceeds used for furnishing new supplies instead of being converted into the* treasury. The inspector general reports to the secretary regarding Indian soldiers that they show remarkable aptitude for military service, are amenable to discip line, generally of good habits and proud of being soldiers, and, considering their ignorance of the English language, their progress in drill has been extraordinary. Reports at inspections Bir.ce tbe new drill regulations were issued bhow com mendable alacrity on the part of the men learning them. The surgeonJgentral takes deep in terest in a more perfect organization of the medical department for the na tional guard, and it iB hoped this may bo accomplished through the medical department of the atmy'and the associa tion of military surgeons of the national gr.ard. The report of the chief of engineers contains information concerning fortifi cations near the seaboard and the im provement of rivers and harbors. The construction of emplacements for modern high power guns and n.ortats in some of the larger harbors is well under way, but notyei co extensive with the construction of guvs or the needs of coast defense. The secretary hopes sufficient appropriations will be made for this purpose and for the pur chase of sites needed upon the advanced headlands of our barbers for long range guns. The secretary devotes some space to the report of the chief of ordnance. The chief Bignal officer reuorts con tinned improvements in his branch oi service, and among other things men tions a practical test of a field telegraph train, in the construction of a flying field telegraph line, 35 mileß 'long, in 24 hours. The estimated appropriations sub mitted by the secretary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1393, are 143, --354,000. I'Hli DK.iJJ MILLIONAIRE. Tolice Guarding Gould's Residence Funeral Arrangements. New YortK, Dec 4 —Quietness reigned both without and within the Gould resi dence today. Only broad and long streamers of crape attached to the door, which floated on the eniliy breeza out ride, indicated that the gloomy visitor recently invaded tbe household. When darkness descended the police guards resinned their vigil outside, which will be kept up until after the remains are removed for interment. It has been decided to permit the personal friends of Mr. Gould, who will be un able to get in the house during tbe funeral service?, to pass through it after ward and look on the face of the dead. The funeral, which will be as quiet as possible, and so quite in the line of Mr. Gould's unostentatious preferences, will be held at the houso at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. D»ath of George Washington. Nashville, Term., Dec. 4.—00 i. George Washington, one of the leading capitalists of this state and a man of large wealth, died at hie homa at Cedar hill, Robinson county, this morning, in his 78th year. He was the father of Hon. Joseph E. Washington, member of congress from the Sixth Tennessee dis trict. Senator Gibson Dying. Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 4.—lt is ap parent that only a few hours of life now remain to Senator Gibson of New Or leans, who lies upon his death bed at the Park hotel here. He has been grad ually sinking, and his death ia only a question of a few hours. Dr Graves Going to Lecture. Denver, Col., Dec. 4.—The appeal in the case of Dr. Thatcher Graves is Bet for tomorrow, when it will, without doubt, be heard. Dr. Graves feels confi dent that the court will give him his liberty. He has already signed a con tract to lecture throughout the coun try on Colorado Justice and Prison Life. To Restore Order In Samoa. London, Dec. 4.—Tbe Berlin corre spondent of the Daily News has learned that the governments of England, Ger many and the United States have agreed to common action to restore order in Samoa. A Riot at Ichang. London, Dec. 4. —The Shanghai cor respondent of the Times says there was a serious riot at Ichang on Friday. Sail ors were landed from navy vessels to quell it. No Europeans were injured. II led a Monk. London, Dec. 4.—The Paris corre spondent of the times announces that Prince Maleateata, who participated in the rising against the pope in Romagno in 1832, died as a Trappiat monk at Aiguebelle. Death of a Noted Engineer. Paris, Dec. 4.—M. Bonaparte Weyse, a well-known French engineer, died in Cannes today. DandrolT. This annoying scalp trouble, which gives tbe hair an untidy appearance, is cured by skookum root hair grower, All druggists. NOBLE GOES ON RECORD. Secretary of the Interior's Annual Report, He Boasts of the Amount of Work Accomplished. A Review of the Reports of the Several Bureaus. A Great Volume of Business Disposed of by the Tension 'Jllloe—Various Suggestions and Recom mendations. By the Associated Press. Washington, D. C, Dec. 4.—The an nual report of Secretary Noble says the work accomplished during the adminis tration is ehown to greatly exceed any like preceeding periods in the history of the department. TUB LAND OFFICE. In the general land office June 30, 1888, were pending 350,953 final entries, aud the accumulation was steadily in creasing. Thetie have all been disposed of. During the present administration 398,128 agricultural patents have been issued, against 102,754 in the preceding four years, representing an excess in acreage of 30,659,840 acres. During the past year six forest re serves have been created by presidential proclamation, making an area of 3,252, --200 acres. The policy will be further carried into effect. The public parks in the United States, under the control of the interior dapartment, except ths Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas, are under guard of special deiails from the army, and are well protected and rupidlvgaining in natural beauty and attractiveness. The boundary line between the states of North and South Dakota has been surveyed from the eastern end of tbe line to the Missouri river, and the re mainder of the line will t>3 completed before the close of the present surveying season. The line is marked by monu ments of quartzlte and will remain one of the most conspicuous marks of the land office. TUB INDIAN BUREAU. Educational work among the Indians has been greatly inert ased and improved in efficiency. An increase of over 13 per cent in attendance is noted. New In dian reservation boarding schools were established during the present admin istration, and more are in progress and will be opened soon. Under the policy of Indian allotments, negotiations with 14 tribes during the present administration, resulted in the opening up for public settlement of nearly 20,000,000 acres of land. Other negotiations which are pending will, when ratified, add 10,000,000 acres more. Allotments of land in severalty to In dians were made iv very large numbers ; and 5000 to whom patents were issued by the operation of the law|tiave be come citizens of the United States. A very important agreement was. negoti ated in December, 1891, whereby the Cherokee nation cedes its rights to the Cherokee outlet for the sum of $8,597, --730.12. The ratification of the agree ment by congress will open to settle ment about 0,000,000 acres of land, which is very fertile and valuable fcr asjficultural purposes. THE ELEVENTH CENSUS. The taking of the census in 1890 wa9 recognized at the beginning as a most important and difficult task, but it has been accomplished. Tho census publi cations are received with favorable en dorsement throughout the civilized na tions, and the work stands au acknowl edged success and great scientific achievement. A mass of statistics is now in process of completion, and much of it is already in the hands of the printer. With the exception of a small amount of work on vita: statistics and population and statistics on manufacto ries and agriculture all the regular work of the eleventh census is about com pleted. The farm mortgage report will be completed in about 12 mouthß. PATENT OFFICE. There has been no marked change in the business methods of the patent office. The number of applications for patents during the year was 45,945. The total number await ; .ng action Julyl, 1892, was 9447; number of patents granted, 23,020 ; total receipts, $1,208,724.35; expenditures, $1,114, --134 23; amount in treasury to the credit of the patent office now, $4,102,441. GEOLOGICAL SUKVEV. The secretary states that the work of the geological Burvey has been cariied on with great efficiency. The report states that it baß been determined by triangulation that the summit of Mt. St. Elias has an altitude of 18,100 feet above the sea, making it the highest point on t>;e continent, unless certain unmeasured volcanoes in Mexico should prove to be higher. This great land mark lies just a little on our side of the boundary between Alaska and Britieh America, and will bear the United Stales flag. PENSION BUSINESS, The volume of business handled and disposed of by the pension office during the past year is shown to be enormous. On June 30, 1892, 020,008 pensioners were on the rolls, 199,198 more than at the close of the preceding fiscal year. The total amount expended for pensions during the year was $139,035,012.08, and it is estimated that the appropriation fcr 1893 of $144,950,000 will leave a de ficiency. There had been filed up to Octobei 12,1892, 920,957 claims under the act of June 27, 1890, and there had been issued thus far of these claims 403,839 certificates. The total number oi certificates issued during tbe year was 311,589; the total number of pen sioners dropped from the rolls, 25,200. The average annual value of each pen sion on the roll was $133.41. Under the provisions of the act of June 27, 1890, many claimants who could not establish proof of original disability have beeu enabled to secure much needed assist ance and financial relief. Tbe commis sioner recommends the appointment of PRICE FIVE CENTS. an actuary to collate certain statistics relative to the question of the effect of army service upon the expectation of the lives of the soldiers, and the prob able duration of tbe pension roll, which it is thought will be a valuable contn nution to science. The estimates for the deficiency for this year is $10,558, --081, and the estimate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, $165,000,000. HUBSIDIZKB RAILROADS, The bureau of railroads has been em ployed in seeking conclusions as to the best treatment the government should give to the debt of the subsidized rail roads now approaching maturity. Full reports are submitted to congress aa to the guarantees of stocks or bonds and the payment oi the indebtedness of the various roads. The suggestions made in tbe commissioneiV report, lock to the extension of the debt and increase of security. The report of the government direc tors of the Union Pacific railway hliows that they coincidtjwith the railroad com mission in recommending extension rather than foreclosure. TEHItITORIAL REPORTS. Great satisfaction has been produced in the territory of New Mexico by the organization of a land court r.nd the character of the judges selected. A large number of claims, covering enormous tracts oi laud claimed under Spanish aud Mexican grants, have been pre sented and a number confirmed. Tho healthy and natural growth of the pop ulation of the territory is noted, espec ially in the Pocos valley, where gruat inducements aie offered by the excellent system of irrigation, which supplements the natural advantages of the section. The assessed valuation of the property in the territory in 1891 was (45,329,668. There are Btill large areas of public land open for settlement. In the Santa Fe district there are 10.820 389 acres. The establishment of the I'eco? national nark has been a source of gratitication to the people. PROGRESS OF ARIZONA. The population of Arizona has consid erably increased, and the class of immi gration is more desirable. The total debt of the territory is $8,331,725 81. The floating debt has been successfully funded at 5 per cent, under the author ity of the act of congress of July, 1892. Agricultural products have increased about 10 per cent. The gold product for the yeai wuh 13,000,000; silver, $2 200, --000; copper, $4,500,000. Some compli cations are reported to exist between the Navajo Indians and white settlers,grow ing out of the question as to what rights , the Indians may have iv the public do main off their reservations. The gov ernor estimates the increase in popula tion at 1G 025 since the taking of the census. The average of the foreign im migration has decreased. DOINGS IN UTAH. The records of the land office at Salt Lake City show that the entries for the year comprised 229,000 acres. The total area surveyed was 13.188,203 acres. The metal product taken from the mines of the territory of Utah tor tho year IS9I, in gold, silver, lead aud opper, had an aggregate export value of $12,240 885. The mining companies organized in the territory have an aggregate capitaliza tion of $00,185,000, and miscellaneous corporations have a capitalization of $52,110,500. The governor of Utah ex presses his belief in the good faith and honesty of purpose of The Mormon lead ers and people in the abandonment ol polygamy, and obedience to the laws of ongress on the subject. ALASKAN AFFAIRS. Alaska ia virtually without an organ ized government. It is difficult to pun ish perpetrators of outrages and the smugglers that infest the coast and de bauch the natives. The secretary rec ommends au appropriation for a steam police vessel. Only a nucleus for a mil* tary organization exists. Additional commissioners and deputy marshals are earnestly requested nnd represented to be necessary, in order to furnish court facilities to the territory. Tbe international complications aris ing from the killing of seals in the ocean and Bering sea has greatly em barrassed the le?ses of the seal islands. In 1890 no less than 50,000 seals were taken in the open sew, and more than that number in 1891; during last season only 7500 seals were killed on the islands, aud the diminished number on the rookeries shows a terrible waste of seal life by the destructive methods em ployed in pelagic sealing. The cod and salmon fisheries of Alaska constitute a great enterprise, I employing a vast capital and a large number of men and vessels. Additional mail aud transportation facilities have b?en secured during tbe past three years, which have done something to ameliorate the hard conditions of life in thin dreary country. Tbe secretary presents a bill framed to give Alaska better government, and he ia very earnest in his recommenda tion that the condition of the territory receive the attention of congress. THE NICARAGUA CANAL. The present officers of the Nicaragua Canal company are Hiram Hitchcock, president; Charles P. Daly, vice-presi dent, and Thomas B. Atkins, secretary and treasurer. The majority of the board of directors are citizens of the United States. The officers nre all citi zens and all residents of the United States. Mr. Gonzales S. S. Spinoza Is resident agent at Managua, in Nicaragua, and Mr. Louis Chable represents the company at San Jose, iv the Republic of Costa Rica. The secretary expresses the opinion that the enterprise is of the utmost importance to the welfare of our countryin either peace or war, and should have most favorable recognition by congress. The report is replete with information as to the great bureaus mentioned, and c«n bo fully appreciated only by a care ful perusal. Festive tos Angeles Students. San Francisco, D»c. 4—Los Angeles students at tbe state university and thoEe from the south generally will unite in a party to go south for the Christmas holidays, and will charter a couple of cars to carry them. A glee club will accompany the party aud will make a tour of the towns of the south during vacation. Your fall suit should be made by Geta. Fine tailoring, best fitter, large stock, 112 West Third Btreet.