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4 REFOFM OF THE CURRENCY. Hearings Before the Honse Committee. Numerous Schemes Proposed by the Financiers. —— Tbf Baltimore Flan Haa Many Ardent Advocates—Ex-Comptrollar Hsp isarn Fr*s*nts His Views. the Associated Press. Washington, Dbc. 13.—The house banking and currency committee con tinued ite hearing today. Letters were read irom W. M. Dana, editor of tha Commercial end Financial Chronicle, and It. 15. Farria, vice-president of the bank of New York. Feme said: "There seems to be no good reason why exist ing national b.-uisa which have United Staios bonds on deposit with the > comp troller, should not be allowed to con tinue as they are until their chnrtere expire or the deposited bonds are paid off. Section 7 of Carlisle's biil aeems like forcing tho banka to do what they have not been conoulted about." Ferris advocated tho establishment of central redemption agencies, which would, ho thought, enhance the elastic ity of tbe circulation based on the de posit of bonds. KeferriiiL- lo section 10 of Ccrlisle'fl hill, providing for the issue of notes by etate banks, without the provision of sinking fund. Ferris eaid: "It makes tbe bill simply an inflation measure, modified by the deposit of ill) por cent of tbe legal tender notes, and tbe provision to cancel! I'nited States notos to tbe extent of 70 per vi nt of tbe new circulation issued when '.lie treas ury bas to do it." The lettsr concluded: "Aa a bill to substitute national bunk notes for a new issue it will bo v failure, ua it presents no inducements toeolid banks to become insurers of tbo circulation of mushroom institutions, and tiio stimulant to or ganise bni.ka aot subject to United elates inspection ia questionable." William 11. Cornwall, president of the City Netional bank of HtilFalo nnd presi dent of the Slate Bankers' association, said his recommendations were as fol lows : First—The greenback an.l treasury nttes shoulj bo redeemed, then can celled, Tho .-sal business o! tbe govern ment os reaarda money, is to stamp noon gold and silver their fineness und Weight, A government baa no right to isatui money wilb nothing back of It end to make it legal tender—to create a cnirenc.v and by an act oi law, force tiie people to take ita full value without a regard to intrinsic worth. All such issues up to today tutve ended in trouble. Thu greenback and treasury note are of this charscter. ihey tire the govern ment's, note to the extent ot $500,000,000 payable on demand and in gold. They have caused trouble enough already, rhey ara a constant meuace to tbe gold reserve They should be paid up. Second—Tbe vacancy should be filled with bank notes—tbe best currency of the beet nations today is mainly bark notes which are a li re t, lien upon tbe of the bans. These usßeti) are commercial possessions, representing tbe product of the brain and mtiecie of miiiione of people. They are the wealth of tbe nation. What better basis for circulation can there bo than thia—tbe ccttiul wealth of tbe nation? To fill tiie vacancy created by the retirement of the legal tenders, and as I feet as they are retired nation.il banks j Bhonld be allowed to issue notes to a percentage of capital, witbout bond j security, the notes to be a first Hen upon tbe at-fi'ij of the bank, including the doable liability of stockholders, with a guarantee fund made up by nil of the banks, the government continuing to guarantee end redeem all notes as at present. This is practically the Balti more plan. It is citnple anil good as far as it goes, and it goej far enough for the present. Third—To perfect the system further and make out the complicated and del icate problems attending tbis, an impar tial, expert commission should be ap pointed. To recapitulate: 1. Hetiro the leiral tenders. 2. Let the national bauks take out notes under the Baltimore plan to re place them. 3. Appoint an impartial, expert com mission to perfect our currency system. Replying to questions, Cornwall said be thought greenbacks and treasury notes outstanding Bhould be redeemed, but he would perform thie redemption with low rate bonds, lie alse said he did not consider that part of .Secretary Carlisle's plan relating to tbe retire ment of treasury notea BUlliciently defin ite. Cornwall said that a return to atate '. bank notes would bring about a return of counterfeiting, not reduced to tbe minimum. At tiie afternoon eessiou, Chairmen Springer read a letter fronr A, B. Hep burn of New York, ex-comptroller of tbe currency, and one of tha advocatea of the Baltimore plan. .Mr. Hepburn wrote aa follows: "Ol course Mr. Carliale'a proviaione requiring banka taking out circulation to deposit greenbacks aud treaaury notes is made iv tbe iuteiest of reliev ing tbe government, and not for the benefit of a currency iaeue. Ido not know that I have cny objection to tbis. 1 would like to Bee any Bale course pur sued which would relieve the govern ment of its embarrassments. It is by no meane a blessing to the batiks. Too retirement of tbe government Irom the banking business, while it would bene fit tbe government and the people aa v whole, would certainly put added re» ■ poußibility upon tiie banks. lam strongly oppoted to the proposition to do away with tho requirements that the banks keep receiver, aud my under standing of tbo law does not tally witb tha' ol the secretary. "The low when it was drafted, as I un derstand it, waa based upon the experi ence of prudent and well managed banks, and the reserve waa fixed at a point wbere prudent and weli-meanink! bunks carried tbeir reserve. It waß sought to lis a limit ao a well managed bank would an often be over asunder the reserve in tbe regnlar courae of bua inees. This law is made, not for tbe nine banks who would observe it with out any legal provisions, but fcr the tenth, that either by incompetent, "speculative or unsafe luanm ement might fail to keep a proper reßervo and to keep ita finances sufficiently strong to meet ihe demands that might l.c made npon it. ''The Btateuiont which the tocretary makee that tho state hanka keep 20 per cent receive, whereas the national banks k -ep <h I ? 18, i do not thiUK iv well lon.r.ded." Mr. liepbnrn also criticized the ro peal of the 10 per cent t«x on atate bank notea while leavivg ■ »t on na tional bank notea; aleo the tjrbidding of national banks to iasue notea of leas than *TO. Tbe aafety lund ahould alao be equally compulaory; atate banks Bbould alao be required to keep the same reserve. , He doses by saying: "The aacretary's diecuneion of the financial question in general, I moat cordially approve, and, the conclusions he reaches, I believe are wiee and sound, but the details of the bill he has submitted, in my judgment, are open to serious criticism." The committee then adjourned until tomorrow. TRANSCONTINENTAL RO ADB. I A N«w Aaaoeletlon ror Dividing West am Business. Chicago, Dec. 13.—The transconti nental linea wore in eeesion again today and have agreed to form au association on all bnsinesa going from the territory which is bounded on the east by a line running north from New Orleans to St. Lonis.St.Paul,and thenoe to Port Arthur, through to the Pacibc coast. The pro posed agreement was read and practi cally adopted. It will now be gone over section by section and adopted in that manner. The action of today means that the lines will accept the full agree ment after they have gone over the thing fully. The proposition relatea only to the through business to the Pa cific coast. Ihe General Managers' association today accepted the reaignation of E. St. John as chairman, and passed resolu tions thanking niin for his long, earnest and succeeaful labors in ita behalf and wishing him success in his new opera tion. WAGES REDUCED. Baal hern Pacific Employ*** Mast Sab mlt Bo a Big * [ it. San Francisco, Dec. 18.—There no longer remains any doubt in the minda 1 of Soulhem Pacific employees that they I will have to eubmit to a reduction in I salaries at the first of the year. Ever eiuce the genera! shake-up a few months ago, rumors of reduction have bsen rife, though the anxious employeea did not anticipate Biich a general and heavy reduction that rumor has given credit to within the last day or bo, and neither did they suppose tbat the reduction would be as far reaching as it probably will be. The whoie Pacitic division, from Portland on the north to Ogden en the east and F.I Paso on the soutb, will !be affected. Hardly any branch of the | system escapes the reduction, which will j be in ttie neighborhood of 10 per cent. SMOKING AGAIN. I Mount Itslnler Hhuws Fnrthur Signs or Activity. BBATTt«,v7oih M Dsc. 13.—Mount RaU nier waa amoking again today, the smoke coming from tbe crater in easy i volumes and being notioel by Beveral hundred penpie. The air was excep tionally clear from 9 o'clock this morn ing until 1 o'clock thia afternoon and i the mountain could be plainly eeen, but in the afternoon it clouded up and the | mountain waa only visible at intervals, I and then the view was obstructed by ■ mistH and heavy clouda. There were no ! inJicationa of an eruption at all thia afternoon, hut tbe mountain waa plainly smoking and emitting jeta of Bteam. Tbo PostTnto'.ligencer expedition to explore the mountain will leave Satur day altetnoon at 2 o'clock, and will en deavor to reach the summit. A WIDOWS RICVENGE. .Mrs. de Witt Shoots Frank O. Meeker at Tacnina. Tacoma, Dec. 13.—Frank O. Meeker waa shot tonight by Mrs. Louisa de Witt, widow of Frank de Witt, who wae murdered here 13 years ago by E. 0. Spencer, a machine agent. Mra. de Witt had possession of a letter, which Meeker says was a business letter. They quarrelled about its possession, and after Meeker had left Mrs. de Witt's bouse ahe followed and shot him, and tben fainted. On leaving her he had eaid he would not Bupport her further and she became enraged. She haa a child a year old, of which ebe will not deny or affirm that Meeker ie the father. Meeker claima he supported ber be caiiße he had adopted her daughter, now aged 13. <»old ror Export. Nkw York, Dec. 13.—Lazard Freree will ship $1,000,000 iv gold by Satur day's steamer. Baring, Magoun & Co. will ship $500, --000 in gold to France Saturday. Lazard Frerea will ebip $500,000 fn addition to the $11,000,000 announced. The total thus iar engaged for ehip meut Saturday is $2,000,000. There waa $400,000 iv gold taken from tbe sub treasury today for export on Saturday, Heat .Johnson's Record. Btffa 10, N. V., Dec. 13.—1n a trial for .lohn S. Johnson's atraight-awav road recorda here today, Eddie Leonert of the Buffalo Presß Cycling club not only equaled the record-breaker's time for the mile flying start, paced, to 1:35, but also knocked aeveral aecondß from Johnson's time for the unpacod mile, making the distance in 1 :52 3-5, John eon's time for tbe unpaced mile being 1:57 3 5. V. II I WAI Fa. Senator Sherman bas introduced a bill providing for the purchase of a statue of the late Chief Justice Chase. Herbert L. Wigmore of Lob Angelea, Cal., has been appointed a cadet at the West Point military academy, witb E, M. Wright of Pasadena, Cel., bb alter nate. Tbe London Lancet eaya: The Pope is suliering from catarrhal B.vmptoma and has been forbidden by hia physician to leave his private apartment. Sir Charles Tapper, at present Cana dian high commissioner in London, will succeed tbe late Sir John Thompson ac premier nnd minister o! justice. Harry T. Hayward aud Claus A. Blixt have been indicted by the grand jury of Hennepin connty, Minu., and will stand before the bar ol justice and plead guilty or not guilty to the charge of niuroering Miaa Ging. The jury in tbe case of Frank It. and .iamea W. Meadowcraft, the private banker! of Chicago, who have been on trial for several dayß on charges of re ceiving deposits when they knew their bank lo be insolvent, brought in a ver dict rinding the men guilty. They were aeaoesed a Binall fine and sentennod to one year each in the peuiteniury. The llernand-Burna glove contest at Galveston, Tex., was a one-aided affair. Burns was counted out in tbe second round. Ha frequently went down to avoid pumabtneut and waa wholly out classed. Ilernnud iB moro than anxious to meet Kan Creedon for 12500 a aide, und negotiations to tbat end are under I way. 1 LOS AISTGEI.ES HERALD FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER H, 1894. THE LONE HIGHWAYMAN HE AGAIN GETS IN HIS WORK IN ARIZONA. A Stag* Raid Up Near Bawl* Station. The Robber Tost th* Mall Bag bnt Did Not Molest the Passengers. Tccson, Ariz., Dec. 13.—A special die patch to the Ster from Bowie etation, Graham county, says the Solomonville and Fort Thomas atage coach was stopped this evening eight milea from that place by a lone highwayman. The hold-up was in an arroyo called Big Hollow. The stage waa passing through a lonely locality when a man fully cix feet in height and masked jumped from behind a group of mesquite trees, cover ing the driver with two eix-ahooters and ordering bim to atop. When the atage came to a atandatill one of the passeng er? threw ont tbe mail pouch as directed by the robber. The driver waa tben told to go on; when he reached Bowie etation he gave tbe alarm. Nei ther the driver nor paaaengere saw the highwayman after they left the arroyo. The sheriff and a iposse are now in pur suit. The robber is supposed to have made a big haul, aa large sums of money were frequently aent by mail from Gra ham county. Webb and Felahaw, reoently convicted and sentenced to 10 years at Florence (or stage robbery, held up the same atage coach at the aame place last Jan uary. NIPPED IN THE BUD. Officer Ed Smith Pnts Ont a Fir* In a Spriug Street Stor*. Officer Ft R. Smith at an early hour tbis morning prevented what might have been a coetly fire. In paeaing M. P. Snyder'a choc store, 255 Sontb Spring etreet, he noticed sparke dropping into the basement. The officer, on breaking in tbe back door, found that hot ooals left in an ashbox had burned a bole through tbe box and floor of the etore, and a lively blaze waa already in prog ress. The flames were promptly extin guished by Officer Smith, and the build ing and valuable Btnck of gooda aaved. TRAIN KOBBKRS FOOLEU. Ao Attempted Holdup In North waltern Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Deo, 13.—A special from Marsland, a email town on the Burlington and No'thweetern extension, in the wild prairie region of Dawes county, gives meager particulars of au at tempt at train robbery eight miles north of there at an early hour this morning. The engineer noticed red lights on the track and atopped, but at that moment the lights were extinguished and a party of mounted men could be heard riding swiftly away. The train waa a freight. It ia euppoßed tbat when the would-be robbers discovered thia they rode off. Tbe pasaenger occasionally carries large amounts of gold from the Black 11:11s eection. Flnnit (Tamp* Bli Ball. San Francisco, Dec. 13. —John W. Flood, ex-caahier of the Donohue- Kelly bank, who ia out on bail for embezzlement, has disappeared. Alex ander Pnncan, one of hia bondaraen, withdrew from the bond today. The police cannot ti nd Flood, whoae rela tives say he ia at the Kmeric ranch, San Pablo, but no one at that place has seen bim for a month paat, Presidential Appointments. Washington, Dec. 12. —The president today sent the fotlowing nominations to tbe senate: Judson C. Clements, of Georgia, in terstate commerce commissioner, reap pointmet; term wili expire December let, next. Jarvis Soencer, Maryland, consul at Curacoa, West Indies. Jamea Wylie, receiver public moneys, and Frank F. Peck, regiater of land office, Suaanville, Cal. A diepatch from Tien Tain eaya Prince Kung, president of the Tsung li Yamen, president of the admiralty and co-direct or in the war operations, haa been ap pointed president of the grand council. This makea him dictator virtually, and will facilitate a settlement when the Japanese are ready to treat for peace. The Fortune Hunter's bilemma. "Wellr'' said the handsome fortune hunter to the rich man's plain daugh ter. "Well, my sweot?" "It is no good," Fhe sobbed, "no good. Father is hard as iron. Ho will not hear of tho match.'' "Oh!" "Ho says that if I marry you I shall not have a penny from him." "My poor darling!" "But listen. I have made up my mind." "How? What do you mean?" "Jack!" cried tho plain girl, throw ing her arms around tho fortuno hunt er's neck, "Jack, 1 intend to marry yon in spite of all!" "Oh, mon Dieu!" groaned tho for tune hnnter. —Pick Mo Up. Rules to Regulate Our Conduct. A man should be wise iv dispute, a lion in tho battle and conflict, a teacher in his household, a oonnselor in the na tion, an arbitrator in his vicinity, con- Bcientious in action, content with his >!:ito, regular in his habits, diligent in his calling, faithful in his friendship, temperate in his pleasures, deliberate in his speech, devoted to his God. So he will bo happy in his lifo, easy in his death and an esteemed example to his ruocessars.—New York Ledger. A chapel iv honor of St. Paul gave a now name to the Minnesota oity. It was originally called Pig's Eye, from a nickname given to a one eyed French man who kept a drinking shanty at fhe place. The Penrl d' Oreillo lake, iv Idaho, took its name from its shape, which lembtaa that of an earring. tn the mountaina of Sweden, Norway and Lapland all vegetation would fx) utterly destroyed by the Norway rats were it not for the white foxes that make special game of the rodents. The ''great bell" at Moscow weighs 4-13,7:12 poui.ds, is 19 feet and B inches high and m< asinvs 80 feot !> inches around tbo lower rim. Tho bell meta) iv it is worth $"00,000. ON A NEBRASKA unknown Lire Waa Only a Dreary Waste When th, G rasshopper* Came. It was well on in August, and tht drought had done its worst to the oorn. It was a hot, sultry day, as parched ami dry as all the days before. The sky wat clear but for tho usual haze that never left it, the haze of wearing heat. About noon my fnth.r camo up from tho field and .summoned us to see something that looked like snow. Tho air about tho sun seemed filled with suowflakes, thick, innumerable, and flitting rapidly, t>s suowflakes do. But snowflakes and tho clear atmosphere and tho hot day wero quite incompatible things. They could not bo snowflakes, but what else could they bo? Wo racked our brains in vain to imagine. Perhaps it was somo kind of a cyclone which had lifted leaves and dust and other such things into the air. But thero was no signs of that, and ev ery ono of the snowflakes wns of regu lar size, with no such irregularity as sticks and branches and leaves carried into tho air would present. We ate dinner in puzzled uncertainty as to what was hanging over us. But two hours later it was painfully appar ent what tbe snowflakes in thesnn real ly were. They wero full grown grass hoppers. By 4 o'clock the air was clear and serene, and the grasshoppers were with us. They were not a few thousand insects, miserable little pests, flitting about in tho nir and gotting into your face when yon wero out of doors. They wero millions upon millions. The trees became brown with thorn. They cover ed the corn as some insects will literal ly hide from view a luaf scLueiiiiieE*. They were hungry, too, and began to eat leaves, cornstalks, the bark of trees, anything and everything was needed to fill this ravenous army that had fallen upon us from heaven. Ono went ont of doors aud stepped on scores at each stride. They crawled up your trousers legs and tinder-women's skirts. They mado holes iv the cloth fly netting and came into tho house. They plumped hard into your face with a littlo whack ing sting wherever you went or did not go. Everything seemed alive with them. I was young then and was filled sim ply with a curious wouder. But as I think of 'it now I am sure my father must have been quite overpowered with discouragement when he saw what tbe grasshoppers really meant. He saw on the first day that they had alighted to get a square meal and certainly meant to have it. But day after day they lin gered, and new terrors developed in them. They had alighted to lay their Tho soft earth in the plowed fields seemed to please them for this purpose, aud each day you might sco grasshoppers 1 1 S or 2 inches long bor ing their tails into the ground until only their heads remained above. Thero they would stay from morning until night and then go away. If you exam ined this earth nest when the bird had flown, you would find a soft, silky co coon filled with innumerablo small, pulpy eggs which meant a whole crop of grasshoppers the following spring.— Alpheus Sherman Cotly in Independent. Fly Catchers. A gentleman who went into tbe woods region on a hunting excursion aud "put up" at a farmhouse in a remote clearing was annoyed during tho daytime with the abundance of flies that found access to tho house. But when twilight of evening came he was treated to au exhi bitioii of fly catching that moro than re paid him for his vexation. Tho windows wero opened as tho darkness settled down, aud tho hostess' tallow dip only partially dispelled tho gloom in tho old fashioned kitchen, when ho suddenly becamo aware of odd creatures darting to and fro in tho room, often comiug al most into his face, while n queer little noise of "snip, snip, snip," seemed to follow their velvety fluttering motions. For an instant ho was startled, not knowing what to make of such intrud ers. "It's only tko bats, "said tho lady quietly as sho pursued her work. ' 'They aro catching flics. Don't you hear 'em snip off their wings? There'll be hun dreds of fiy wings on the floor here in tho morning." Tho gentleman arose early and looked for tho wings, and euro enough tho floor and tables wero littered with them.— T,ewiston Journal. Tho Aleutian islands were so called from the river Olutora, in Kamchatka. Tho people living at tho mouth of this stream wero callod Alutorsky, and a modification of the name was given to the Hl*-.' Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting tho world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of tho pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy. Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing tho system dispelling col 's, headaches and fevers, and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession because it acts on the Kid oeys. Live? and Bowels without weak mlllg tiiein and ii is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug* gist's in 800 and .SI bottles, but it. is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup ■ .only, whose name is printed on every oackage, also the name. Syrup of Figs, l-id being well informed, you will uot vecept any substitute if offered. s*^* "" —Saturdays _jg 1 'n addi ion to our elcgan' *B Br W Now on sale, we will i illwin imi Tin TOMORROW, Saturday, Dec. i i SPECIAL :: VALUES In o.:r different departments. Red io plecrs Turkey Red « , . Table Linen, extra fine 1 able quality, new designs, oil IvillCU boiled and warranted fast colors, the regular value 40 cents per yard, Special Price, 25c. Bleached |**' a ,^ a,itT B i«ched c . Table Linen, extra fine oat 111 quality, 62 inches wide, Damask aU pure linen - ? eat de " sign , worth 65 cents per yard. Special Price, 50c. j\ io-4 bleached Sheeting;, 0 .. . an excellent quality, Otrikltlg equal to the well-known Bargain u f, ica " P e< i uot ban v as : ° lull width for largest bed made; regular value 22.. cents per yard. Special Price, 180. Wool Wo °' Shirting Flannels, . . 28 inches w.de, a splen- Ohirtmg did quality for men'a Flannels shirts and for boys's waists, gray and brown mixed twills, extra value at 35 cents per yard. Special Price, 25c. White 10 P' (ces w "'te Flan ... . net, fine quality, all Wool wool, a aplendid grade Flannel for children's nnder wear etc., a regular 35 cent quality- Special Price, 200. White Something very season r ,. . . able for this cold snap, Okirting ail wool, nearly a yard Flannel ™. de . f* tra , .heavy. thicker than felt, you cat not feel the cold with a skirt on made of this material; regular value $1.50 per yard. Special Price, $1.00. Por n* n a " 1,7001 Wh'te , Flannel, fine quality, Children S nearly a yard wi c, Underwear our former s° cent grade. Special Price, 35c. J.MHALE^OMPANY (INCORPORATED.) 107 & 109 North Sprinsr St. ZINFANDEL, 50 cts per Gallon FREE DELIVERY. C. F. A. LAST. Tel. 38. Christmas Cheer A Case of Fine Old CALIFORNI WINE Prom C. F. A. LAST, 129 and 131 N. Main St., will warm the hearts of your old friends. New Year's Greeting Nothing will equal axase of Fine Old California Wine from C. F. A. LAST, 129 and 131 N. Main St. CF. A. LAST, 129 & 131 N.Main St. Has the finest Old Callfornis Wines in the state to select from for the Holidays. Call and sample them FREE. 2p * CT7C Assorted, shipped to any part of the (t"Q tt A A <f A O L/ADJuij United states, freight prepaid, for 4>C7> >Jp 1i; kjV 10, AOOORPING TO AGE. C. F. HEINZEMAN Druggist & Chemist 812 K. MAIN ST., LOS ANGELES. Prescriptions carefully compounded day or night Stockholders' Meeting Notice. TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OK THE A LOST A Water and Development Company: Notice il hereby given that the deferred annual meeting ol the stockholders of Ihe Al osta Water and Development Company, a cor poration lor the elecion of officers and di rectors of aaid corporation, and for the trans action of such oilier business ns may properly coma before the meeting, will beheld at 11 o'clock a. m . on Saturday. December 15th. 1804 at the ofliee of th , company in itie town of Aloaia, county of I.os Angelea, state of Cali lornia. cisO. E. OAKD, President- WILL BEACH, Secretary. At All - woe) Bengaline Q Suitings, inches wide, o5 tclltS very fine quality, rich, Der yard silky effect, a good as " J sortment of fall shades to oelect from; former price $1.50 per yard. Special Prbe, 85c. At Black Henrietta, 40 inches wide, all wool, a 50 Cents very superior vuality, rwr irarrl fine silk finish, which per yara we formerly so i d at 75 cents per yard. Special Price, hOc A*. Genuine imported Breed „ cloth suitings, all w w l, 85 cents 48 and 50 inches wide, ne-r vnrrl * n excellent dress »r per yara cape materiali the io- ea ing fall shades, including black; worti « !i2 5 per yard. ' Spwial Price, 85c. A «. Novelty Suiting!, 38 and . 40 inches wide; the lat -372 Cents est fall styles, excellent ncr yard quality; our former 50c per yara marked down to Special Price, 37\c- Aa. Novelty Suitings, all "■ L w.-ol fine quality, 42 75 Cents inches wide, neat, self ner yard colored designs in myr per yara t)e o , We res , d a, navy, electric, heliotrope, prune, brown and mode ahadea; former price $1 per yard. Special Price, 75c a 4. Hair Cloth; at preaent a very scarce article, much 12* Cents used for lining dress nor vird skirts; we have just re per yaru celved aUm worth 2S cents per yard. - Special Price, 12Jc Ai White embroidered Flan -1 nel for infants' and chil -65 cents dren's skirts, full 36 _. r ( . arf l inches wide, silk embroid per yaru ereJ eigf< a „ wool> good quality; worth 85 cents per yard. Special Price, 65c. JJ.HALECOMPAIIT (INCORPORATED) 107 & 100 North Spring St. IMPORTED Steam and Domestic Con!. BANNING COMPANY, COLUMBIAN COaLSH per ton, iti balk, Tel 3. 3(> & 1047. 130 W. Second st. Stockholders' Meeting. NOTICE IS HEBEBY GIVEN THAT THE' regular an mini meeting oi the Blookhold* en of The Naliouul Bank of California, at Los Angeles, will bis held at the banking office of said corporation, on the northeast corner of Second and spring stre is, in t he City oi"Lots Ansrelea, on Tuesday* the bth day of January. 1800, between the noun of i and MoViock p.m. of said day, for the purpose of electing a board ot directors for the ensuing year and the transaction oi suoh other business as i:<ay be brought befo:e the meeting. A. HADLEY, Cashier. December?, 1894. i-tf White Tne blanket bargain of , 17 . . • the season; n-4 all-wool Wool l'li.nkets, niancby iheSan Blankets J° sc woollen mills and guaranteed all pure wool, extra large size, weighing- over 6 lbs.; this grade of blankets never befjpre sold under $7.50 per pair. Special Price, $5,00. Eider- Nothing nicer for a very - useful Christmas present, down made of the best qualitj Comforts fif» urell sateen,nicely quilt ed, filled with eiderdown; good value for $4.50. Special Price, $3.50. White Cotton batting, good ~ quality, free trom (ticks, Cotton etc., just what you may BattS need for Stuffing cushions,. muslin figures, making CuuiiurlH, etc. Special Price, sc< ! KOO We are clos '°E out ou ' t* line of the well-known | Done 500-bone French woven I gets corsets, a full line of sizes, regular retail price $1.50 aid $1.75 per pair, while they last Special Price, 75c. At Ladies' black cotton Hose fine gauge, made of tbe 25 ?eiltS best quality cotton yarn, jut pair fast black guaranteed, " * opera length, 36 inches long, n splendid hose for cold weather; regular value 40 cents per pair. Special Price, 25$ Store Open. Every Evening: Until Christmas. MAIL ORDERS i ! Receive prompt attention. Satisfaction guaranteed or I Money Refunded. J.M.EALECOMPANY (INCORPORATED.) 107 & KM North Spring St. Flr-ase send this to wirapone with Cancer. (■TIIKK DISKASKSI IT.t l) ON SArIK. TIT.'IS. rvR. WONO HIM. who has prtottced meal- XS cine iv Los Aug, lei lor IV year!", nnl whose office is at Oil!) Upptr Main street, will treat by medicine ail diseases of women. n«s and children Tho docior claims that he has remedies that are superior to-all others as a sp 'Ciflc for Doubles of worron ami man. A trial alone will convince the sick that Dr. Woug Hl-n's remedlcs-arc met i »mc>c.ous than can ne prescribed. 1 ■. * OUR Hiß* It» Chines* physician of prominence au i a gout email of responsibility. HI- reputation 1< m ire than welt established, and a, person' nee.ling his lervicos osu rely on hie 11 ar>d ,-bilitv. A cure is guaranteed In every casd in which a re covery is possible. Herb medicines fo • sal*!. DR. WONO HI M HERB DOCTOR 6.VJ Upper Maiu Street, Loi Anireleg. Loa Angm.ii-, 0a;-, June 1.", 18M9. To the Public; I have ueeasuffering wttia piles und kidney trnibl. for over live yearl, end nave tried several reined! w, but ill failed to relieve me. A abort time alriOd I tried Dr. •Voug Him, 088 Upper Mam street, and lam now well and -trong, aud consider him a flfjt- Class doctor. Yours truly, W. 11. lIII.i.YKR. 1235 s. H ll st.. Loa Angeles, CaL Lns AKOBI.ES, Juno 9. 1898. To TnR Public: I-'or over iW.i years 1 hart been troubiid with nervoussek h-onlaiiie aud liver complaint. I didn't seem >v lind any help Irom the many doctors an l medicines that! tried nutil I tried Dr. Woug Him. 03!) Hunt ilalustreel. lam now well. Yours irnlv, MIS )M. O HKOCK. 48 illnton aye. Lis aii.iu os, CaL XO THE PUBLIC. Le- Am.ki.kk, Cal., Ju y iti, 189 A DR. WONG 111 M, 089 Upper Main au bear Sir —1 uue p.eeiurd iv adding my i ■ ltl. mony :o tbo in iiiy you already havo roceirjd. 1 villi say tiia', alter inking your treatment for catarrh ol tho head and throat, that I am now well, and ask you to reler to me any person that may feel skeptie-il and I will satisfy theso, as te tiie eilicacy of your treatment. Yours truly, P. K. Kiyo, Attorney and notary I'ub.ic, Qaryauaa, Cal. Examination of Teachers, NOTICE IS HEREBY UIVEN THAT THE semi-annual examination ol teachers will be held ill thu Slate Normal School building, corner of Grand avenue and Kiith streets* i*fM Angelea beginning on Monday, Decoiabar 2tt.11, at llli,'clock a. in. All applicants for certificates upon examines tion must be present at the Ijegimiiug: of ihe examination. Toaehcra desiring (heir cerlifieates renewad should file application [or renewal with tbe secretary of the county hoard of education I room*/ court liousu) on or liufore December •_'(ltb. Teachers holding vnllil |v inmry grade ccrtll ieates Issued in this county nnd desiring to lake the grammar grade examination, must report in: Thursday, December -7th, at Nor mal School btiil.iing. ity order ovthe I oard oi education, VV. YV. SEAM AN, secretary. Los Angeles, December 3, lfcUl JT