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THE THREATENED STRIKE.
The people of California are appre
hensive of another Btrike ou the South
ern Pacific. Their sympathise are largely
with the employees of the corporation
whoße grievances are undoubtedly based
on tbe reimlts of a flagrant tyranny and
an utter disregard of right, justice or
common humanity. This sympathy was
demonstrated during tho iitrike last
nmmer by the patience with which all
classes and interests submitted to in
convenience and financial lossea incurred
through the criminal obutinscy of tho
corporation. Merchanta and business
men of every degree- and the traveling
public hoped, aa thoy are vow hoping,
that the diapnte between the railroad
company and ita employees would be
amicably adjueled. Tb* manner in
which it was final!;' sattled was not at
all satisfactory to honest, justice loving
citizsne and the aftermath of tha trou
ble proves that it waa not the boat set
tlement tbat could have been made.
In proof of thia assertion is tho exist
ing condition of unrest and apprehen
sion among the railroad employeea in»
cited by tbe threat of the company to
cut tbe wagea of the trainmen. On
trains running out of Loa Angelea the
method ia aomewhat peculiar. The
wages are not disturbed but the "run"
is extended. Kngineers, firemen and
conductors who have been running to
Rakers field—loss than 200 miles — must
now run to Fresno, a distance of 295
miles. Tbe time on the former run was
seven hours; the latter is 10 hours.
The revised statutes of the federal
government regulating tbe navigation of
steamboats provide that no captain,
pilot, engineer, fireman or other navi
gating official shall he employed in that
capacity longer than six hours, and the
penalty assessed against the employer
for violation of the la-v ia a firj» of not
lees than $200 nor more than fIOOO, with
the alternative of iuiprirjonment if the
fine b» not paid.
It would iieoua but justice to em,
pie; ecu if railroad corporations would
jmp'-l * similar enactment for their pro
tection. At any rate, in the absence of
such a law, tbo Southern Pacific has
taken advantage of the situation and
notwithstanding itn compact with the
euglnears during tho recent Btrike, is
compelling tlitm to t.uhmit to orders in
direct defiance of tha provisions of that
compact. It ia true that the corporation
doea not reduce >-,„.,ea on thte division,
but the evasion of un extended run is
even more contemptible and hurrassing.
It ia sincerely hoped by the genaral
public that the existing disagreement
betvepn the corporation and itß em
ployees will be Amicably adjusted. Roth
partie.fi to the. dispute should profit by
the experience of tho past and realize
that there iB a third element in the
community that ie worthy of considera
te n—an element on which both of theee
disputants are in a very decided measure
dependent for profitable exietence.
SAN DIEGO'S WATER MONOPOLY.
San Diego is in earnest in the effort to
jecure municipal ownership of water
worlts and City Kngineer Cuppß Las tiled
a report o! piano for an entirely new
nat«r distributing Byatem in contempla
tion o! the intent of th« city to con
struct an entirely new system and meet
ail requirements of the present time.
The plans provide for n system of
cast-iron pipe throughout, with no pipes
less than four inches, and with maxi-.
mum gizsi 22 incheß in diameter. Three
reservoirs are provided for—one on
University Heights, one in the city
park Rnd one on Joint Loma. The first
two are each to be uOOxoOO feet and fare
feet deep, and that at i'oint Loma to be
I£s feet square and five feet deep.
The plan is to deliver water first at
University Heights reservoir, and con
duct it ia • 22-inch main from there to
about tbe intersection of Fillmore street
nd tbe park, where the main will be
aplit in two mains, one 18 and one 16
inchea. The Id-inch main will carry
water to tapply Florence Heights, Point
Lome and Pacific Beach. Tbe night
flow to Roaeville will be accumulated in
a reservoir there, and thua allow a
smaller pipe to that point. The 18-inch
main will carry water to the reaervoir,
and from there all tbe lower lectiona of
the city will be supplied up to the 140
--foot contour; all above that level to
come from the Univeraity Heighta res
ervoir. The total length of line of pipe
will be r> 1 miles, and will cover every
point covered by the preaent system and
aome additional pointa. It will be a cir
culating ayatem, with no dead enda
where water can iie stagnant. The cost
of cast-iron pipe is estimated at $30 a
ton, delivered in San Diego.
Tbe present price is $26, but freight
rates will be advanced $4 after January
1, and allowance ia made for tbe ad
vance. Ontbia basis the coat of tbe en
tire eystem, laid and connected with tbe
pipeaof the consumers and ready for use
ia $585,000. Aa figured, it will have a
capacity of 750 inches of water, but by
adding mains can be made to carry 1000
inches.
No city in tbo world, probably, is as
completely in the grip of a water mon
opoly as San Diego. Even Los Angela*
cannot compare with San Diego in this
reaped. This is owing to the extreme
difficult? of getting water and tbe ex
deiißE required to convey tbe supply. If
under tbe plans proposed San Diego can
emancipate harsfilf from an odioua aud
oppressive monopoly, there ia hope for
e7ory other city in the state.
A SOUND CURRENCY CAMPAIGN.
Toe late announcement by the Re
form club of New York, of tb» campaign
which it has planned in h.ti».f of sound
currency has been promptly followed by
the publication of a discussion ou na
tional and state banks, by Mr. Horace
White, aa the first number of tbe sec
ond volume of a periodical entitled
Sound Currency (the first volume of
which waa published during tho few
months following the Cooper Union
meeting of 1891).
Thia article of Mr. White's in in large
measure hia Philadelphia addresi of
1593, brought down to date. It is ■
summary discussion not merely of the
loading theories of banking and cur
rency, but of the more important epi
sodes in the history of our state and
national banking experience, as well as
of the eesentiala of a safe and elastic
currency plan to take the place of our
present ayatem, which, while releg .tun;
to our banka the offico of supplying
credit currency, ehall leave the national
treasury free from entanglement with
business ooncern not its own; though
every reasonable safeguard is secured by
administrative aeeistance on the part of
the federal government.
It is scarcely too much to say that, of
the much that ha" beeu said and writ
ten un its subject matter within the part
two yeara, Mr. White's suggestions have
had a wider circulation and produced v
greater effect than all others combined.
Especially is this true of his insistence,
from tbe first, upon tho "banking prin
ciple"—tbat is, that currency snail bs
an incident of the general business
which it serves, and can best be made
aafe by limitiag its quantity in propor
tion to the genera! security of tha issu
ing bank, rather than by attempt—de
structive to its utility and elasticity —
to base it upon special deposit of secu
rities.
Upon thia point, bath in argument
and elation of experience, tbe pamphlet
in question is lull and cogent; while ita
criticism of our national banking sys
tem is pointed, and its argument in
favor of the necessity of promptly re
placing it by aome plan to provide for a
safe and elaatic bank-note currency will
be accepted by most as ooncluaive.
District Attorney Dillon filed a suit
yesterday againet R. F. House, in which
be aeeka to recover $10,11193, which
the supremo court of this state has de
cided was illegally paid to defendant
House on a oontract made with Attor
ney-General H. H. Hart and State
Comptroller Colgan, in consideration
of certain fees to be paid from moneys
which the aaid defendant House might
be able to collect from the redemption
of property Bold to the etate for taxes
from 1870 down to and including the
forty-second fiscal year. In one year
under this agreement, which the
supreme court of this state haa declared
was illegal and made without any
authority or sanction of law, defendant
House collected as bis fees the amount
now sued for. The reeult of this suit
will bear close watching in ita course
through tbe civil courts.
There was method in Governor
Waite'e madnesa. He was not gallop
ing through "blood to the bridlea"
merely for dramatio effect. It was a
well laid advertising plot from start to
finish. Governor Waits ia announced
to deliver hie firat lecture at the Audi
torium in Chicago on January 12th.
He will then afflict New York and after
wards wreak a comprehensive revenge
on the rest of the conntry.
FABJCKBSon the Pan Pedro complain of the
big fish of that stream which relieve the cows
of their milk when they go in to drink, it Is
proposed to ask the legislature to offer a bounty
for llsh scalps. [Tombstone Prospector.
Having exhauated the coyote crop,
which ho diaposod of at good prices to
California, tho thrifty Arizonisn ia now
preparing .to establish atl "infant in
dustry" on his own resources.
The practice of pardoning criminals in
droves immediately preceding tha close
of a gahnrastorial term ia a bud one.
Tbe reason for this jail delivery at this
particular time is probably based upon
a desire to avoid tbe criticism tbat would
result from snch action at an earlier
period. Such criticism does not produce
the effect after the governor haa retired
irom office that it would while exercising
the (unctions oi hia position. As a niat
tOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1894.
ter of fact a pardon at the beginning of
a term ia aa logical and proper as at the
clese; tbe reaaona for inch pardon are aa
valid. But it hat been the custom to
reserve theae pardons until the governor
ia about to retire, with the result that
gangs of dangerous orimlnala are turned
loone on the community at the moat in
opportune moment. The pardoning of
criminals is not good policy under any
circumstances.
The latest United Statea oensui shows
that Arizona has larger churoh mem*
bernhip in proportion to population
than any division of the Union except
ing Utah and New Mexico. This ia not
remarkable when we consider tbe de
vout frame of mind in which the »ad«
eyed cowboy and tbe pious rnstler go
about their missionary work of preying
on tbe gontle Apachei and the guile
less tenderfeet.
MUSICAL.
Unity Church. —That remarkable hu
man phonograph. Blind Tom, gave hi*
opening performance last evening, be
fore a large and enthueiaatic audience.
Tho laat 10 yearn aeem to have miuie
very little difference in him except, per
hnpr., in the matter of embonpoint, and
it ia as pathetic now aa it was tben, tbat
auch wonderful material hae been so
perverted ; that a touch ao exquisite, a
tone so pure, and such wonderful (had
ing, should net have been cul
tivated and improved; tbe technique
and execution made more perfect,
instead of tbe same energy expended in
imitations that any buffoou on tbe min
strel stage could do aa well; imitations
of locomotives and banjos; bag-pipee
end rnuaio boxes; the Fisher's hornpipe
with one hand, Yaukes-dootile with the
other, and Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, with
the voice ell at one and the aarne time ;
*ll that is very well for anybody that
can do no bettar ; but Blind Tom's in
terpretation oi Mascagni'a exquisite in
termezzo from Oavalleria Rnaticana, the
fsiitaisie Item Trovatore, which opened
the programme, and the wonderful
tone effecte in a piece of his
own composition, make it aeem pitiful
that his faculty, wV.ch nmonnta to abso
lute genius, could not have been kept to
better and higher use. Hia imitation of
Joaeffy'e Souvenir d'Amerique, which
Miss Kate Ki.ier kindly played by re
quart, vas remarkable, but the Hun
garian rhapsody No. 2 showed rough
places in the execution and was a dis
appointment. His parformafce as a
whole, however, is wonderful aud inter
esting iv a way, and the performance
thia afternoon und evening will prob
ably draw bit; houees. E, M. C.
AMUSEMENTS.
In consequence of the heavy demand
for scats through the mail* for tho
Solviiii engagement, Manager Wyatt ll
cornpolled to f-nnounne that no further
orders can be considered through this
channel, but theft ths diagram will
be open to every one on Friday morn
ing when tbe first comer will get the
first choice. This is his only means of
being free from the charge of partiality.
The repertoire will be as follows: Mon
day and Wednesday night, Victor
Hugo's Ruy Bias; Tuesday. Thursday
and Saturday eveningß, The Three
(isiardsinsn ; Friday night, Don Cio.ar
de Bazau ; and at the Saturday mat nee
the fatuous paßtoral comedy, Friend
Fritz.
I _
THE OPERA. HOUSE.
Manager Walter Will Mak* It an
Orphonm.
Another chapter was added to the
checkered history of the Grand opera
house yesterday afternoon, when its
lease for an indefinite period wateecuted
by Manager Gustav Waller of tbe Or
pbeum, the leading vaudeville theater
of Sau Francisco. It is his intention to
repeat his northern success in the vaud
eville line dowu here in Loa Angelee.
Since tbe n«neon fiasco the Grand
opera house haa been dark aud several
efforts have been made to obtain posses
sion ol it, but tha Ohilds estate, bene
fiting by paat experience, had grown
conaervatsve and wisely declined the
advances of mere theatrical speculation.
Manager Walter arrived in the city
last wees: with the intention of securing
the lease if possible. His road waa by
no means easy, as he had to contend
with aeveral rivals aa well as a freeze
out combination. Until yesterday it
looked uh if Manager Walter'j mission
would be fruitless, as Mr. George Moth
ersoleof Oakland had eecurad an option
on the property and deposited the ne
chsibtv money. Alter a careful investi
gation into the bueir.aaa and financial
merits of the rival aspiranta hy Attorney
Monroe, representing the Childn estate,
it was decided to favor Walter, and yea
{ terday afternoon Mr. Motbereole waa
bought off aud the leaae and keye of
the novae were turned over to the enter
prising manager from San Francisco.
The name of the house will be
changed to that of the Orpbenm, and it
will be conducted in conjunction with
ita northern namesake. This local Or
pheum will open on New Year'a eve,
December 31at, with a high claaa vaude
ville entertainment, headed by Misa
Alice Raymond, a cornet virtuoao who
ie vow a reigning sensation at tbe San
Francisco (irpheum. She was formerly
a Roßton society girl and ia tbe daughter
of one of tbe merchant princes of the
city of braiua and beana.
Manager Walter waa interviewed by a i
Hbbald reporter in hie rooma at the I
Nadeau hotel lust evening. Here are |
the facts regarding bis intentione with
hia latest venture:
"I shall keep the house open every
night in the year with matinees on Sat
urdays and Sundays. The place will be
run in conjunction with a regular Or
phean circuit which I am now organ
izing, and which will ombrace Portland,
Ore., San Franciaoo, Los Angeles, Den
ver, Kansas City and St. Louis.
The company ia incorporated and
is known aa thr, Walter Orpbenm com
pany. I shall run the house here on a
tiret'Claas fashionable plan and endeavor
to cater to tbe social craze for vaudeville
thai ia in vogue. There shall be no
drinking or smoking on the promisee, for
1 intend to make the Los Angelea
Orpbenm a tit place for iadioa and chil
dren to freauent. All artists ehall be
brought from Europe for the Orphean
circuit and popular pricea shall prevail,
from 10 cents to $1. Mr. Petrioh shall
be local manager, Mr. McGarvie treas
urer and Mr. Fitzgerald Murphy adver
tising and press repreoentative."
Mr. Waiter built the San Francisco
Orpheum iv 1880 and by his managerial
ability made it the representative
vaudeville theata.- west of the Rockies.
Considering the°e facts there ought to
be a bright future in etore for the new
Lob Augolea Orpheum.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Mtdal Midwinter Fair. San Francisco.
THE SILURIAN HOWLS.
A Onuhlnf of F«i B « T*»»h la tho North
•rn Gloom Bait.
[From the San Francisco Ware.]
A congress of supervisors from Southern
California's seven counties is in session at Los
Angeles. The telegraph dispatches inform us
that they are overwhelmingly in favor of a di
vision of California—a song we have heard
sung before by the Markhams, Millard*, the
lligginses and McLachlans, and thercstof the
round-trip, oxcursion-rato tourist settlers
from south of Tehachapi. When this unpa
triotic scheme was lirst hatched in mind and
broached to the public, a thrill of indignation
swept over tho entire state. Tho pioneers,
their sons-tho c who had laid the foundation
for this commonwealth, those who loved and
honored itin all its glory, those who braved
dangers and suffered privations for its ad
vancement—shrank from the contemplation
of such a sacrilegious deed. Hince the nature
and characteristics of the new people of tho
south have come more prominently into view,
since it has been fjund thai these people,
though among us nre no part of us—we must
confess there is a growing feeling In the north
to procure divorcement at any cost.
Hack in certain eastern ttfttci, whero hoar
frost and forbidding winters have, through a
long series of years, made mad attack upon
tho lungs of weak humanity, there has grown
up among the sturdy ami rugged New Enis
landers, a race of expectorating and lungless
beings, thoroughly apart from their associates,
whose constitutions crave warmth and sun
shine and to whose shattered lungs the soft
semi-tropic air is like unto a soul sustaining
breath from heaven. In those regions, too,
where miasmatic roUon burdens all the at
mosphere, another race of being*, with jaun
diced and distended livers, has grown up, and
it is from the tanks of these our southern
counties har--been populated. Another class
that came hard upon their heels, hungry lor
plunder, was the keen-eyed "snapper-up of
unconsidered trilles,*' tho wandering Ameri
can noninil. the ne'er-do-well at home, who
picks up a living by his Witt, first here, then
there. If the phytic*! infirmity 0| tho two
first mentioned classes constituted their only
fault, they would be welcome; but they do not
like California or its people; they have
brought with th?m all the narrow selfishness
Of confirmed invalidism, nil the and
despicable trails of n race bred on an iceberg
and cradled in bods of snow. They have
among them lawyers -and Los Ang?les is one
vast tick! of livcrlcss and lunglcss lawyers.
Many of them hava inherited the fru.ts of
centuries of 3iving coughing, and possess
a competency sutheient to maintain them in
case for the balance of their days; but the
thrift and coughs of eenturiM are not to
laid asid" in a moment. They brought the
old tin sign along with them, too, whioh had
done duty in the east, ami the boarding*
houses and hotel corridors of the southern
metropolis announce that *hey are ready to
b d for practice against the older practition
ers. ••Bid" is hardly the proper word, lor, as
they most rem&lo in the hospital, they look
upon a retainer as so much money found
within their ward, and accept fees which an
attorney's clerk would hiush to name as com
penstition for more menial services. So lung
as they confined their incursions t;> these
lines, it was nruoner m of curs; hut when they
demand a divorcement of the coughing court
ties, when they mad" incursions upon our
government, and inflict upon us Markhams,
they become the subject for criticism
The last Republican sute convention—t»nd
that is the par.y which the.* affect—in obedi
ence to their behests, drew acro*i the lt*te*U
east and west line at Saerumento, north of
which they refused to make nominations, to
the disadvantage of a large an i important
section of our state. When Mr. Markham, our
present governor, had resided in the state of
California but four years, his tenstit
uents elected him to congress. Hardly was
that term over before he was forced upon the
Republican party for governor-and what a
governor he has made! Republicans are in
clined to declare that Markham's administra
tion has been conservtitive—and cowardly
they might add, His campaign opened with a
wilful lie, and his administration has con
tinued a lie through to the end. lie hroko
faiih with hU expectorating friends in the
SOUtb, until they fairly bate him iv a narrow,
bigoted and spiteful way; he was false to the
northern politicians who stood manfully by
him through his campaign; his every appoint
ment records the breaking of f;.ith witu some
one who had befriended him It is not neces
sary to refer ti rh- rumors abroad as to money
transactions charged to him, further than to
■ay, true or untrue, they are the common
property of the street. Now that Markham
goes out. we have Millard, with whom we un
deratand Mr. Hlgglns, ex-private secretary to
Governor Markham, and another Los Angeles
man Of short Standing, wields a larg? influ
ence: and so the power of the south remains
potent in the administration*,
Twice in the history of that territory known
to geographers as California, has a stranger
race wrested its possession from the occu
pancy of a self-satisfied people. First in his
tory cam-s the swarthy invaders from the
south, making their incursions across the
desert of the Colorado. Within these fruitful
valleys, commencing at Los Angeles and
working slowly northward, they took up their
abodes, enslaved the aboriginal races, and
once havinc made conquest of the territory,
relapsed into an indolent, enjoyment of its
God-given blessings. Then followed the
American adventurer, who broke in upon the
pastoral quiet of a government which had
fallen into a languid siesta, and, in the mad
ru*h for gold, brushed aside the haughty don
who, bowing with graceful resignation, gave
way before the new invader. Now a third in
vasion is at hand, which may ( be nipped In the
bud if we but let the invader cut our state in
two. The south wants division. So let it be.
They have managed to wheedle thousands of
dollars from our state treasury for needless
public buildings. Let them keep them. Let
them found a new empire if they can, wherein
the only qualification for office will be a de
sire to return east, a weak pair of lungs, and
copious expectoration.
Lm Ang-lni Ia Nnt Coy,
[From the Visalia Daily Times.]
The traffic association railroad for the Pan
Joaquin valley seems to be as dead as a mack
erel. If Los Angeles wants to go a sparkin'
now is the time to do it, for this valley is ready
to listen to tbe advances of any city who will
promise deliverance from the rule of Hunt
ington &. Co.
•<* Mr.it 1 T Stand.'*
[From the Pasadena Star.]
The HFKALb is taking a manly stand In the
railroad controversy and gaining raanv
friends thereby.
Th« Phantom Army.
And I saw a phantom army come,
With never a sound of rife or drum,
But keeping step to the muffled hum
Of wailing lamentation;
The martyred heroes of Malvern Hill,
of Gettysburg and ChancelloriVille—
The men whose wasted bodies fill
The patriot graves of the nation.
And there came the unknown dead, the men
Who died in fever swamp and fen,
The slowly starved of prison pen,
And marching beside the others
Came the dusky martyrs of Pillow's fight.
With limbs enfranchised and bearing bright,
I thought—'twas the pale moonl'ght—
Thoy looked as white as their brothers.
Ami so all night marched the nation's dead,
With never a banner above them spread,
No sign save the bare, uncovered head
Of their silent, grim reviewer,
With never an arch but the vaulted sky,
With not a flower save those which lie
On distant graves, for love could buy
No gift that was purer or truer.
So all night long moved the strange arrays
So all night long till the break of day
I watched for one who had passed away
With a reverent awe and wonder,
Till a blue cap waved in the lengthening line,
Till 1 knew that one who was kin of mine
Had come, and I spoke—and. lo! that sign
Awakened mfl from my slumber.
—Bret Harte.
VOTE ON THE A MENDMENTS.
Aa Int.llJg.nt Ballot Oasl by th« OIU
of thm ftSAta.
[From the San Francisco Examiner J
The complots vote on tho constitutional
amenrlments shows that the people of Cali
fornia vote conscientiously and intelligently
on the legislation that is submitted to their
judgment. Of the 284,547 electors who
marked their choice for governor. 901,969
voted on the first amendment—tho amend
ment thst received the most votes—and 175.
003 voted on the sixth amendment—the ono
that received the fewest votes.
The dccltion of tho people on the amend
ments in this election, as in that ol two years
ago, was that urged hy the Kxamincr. Tho
only amendments defeated were those enlarg
ing the stato board of equalization and in
creasing tho pay ol members ol the legislature
to $1000.
Tho amendment Imposing an educational
qualification for tho snffrago was carried by
100,774 votes in lis favor to 32,105 against.
'Two years ago whan it was brought forward as
alimpls proposition to sccuro tne opinion of
the voters there wero 151,320 in its favor and
41,059 against—a suhstaniial gain for the
policy it represents.
The amendment putting county division
under general laws was carried by 140,520 to
-14.UB0, which removes that causa of scandal
from the legislature. The proposition to ex
empt young fruit trees, and vines from taxa
tion was approved by. 146,812 votes in its
favor to 47,!•/':! against.
A less decisive majority was given tho
amendment forbidding alien ownership of
real estate, it was approved by the sub
stantial vot- of 119,13) to 57,609. The fact
that it was described in misleading terms on
the cOicial ballot may account fur the drop in
tho vote.
No such rca-on can explain the opposition j
to the amendment striking out the part of the
COnatitUtton forcing Pan Francisco to have two j
boards of supervisors whether she wants them
or no!. As the amendment was carried hy
100,040 to 02,213, we have no causo of com
plaint, but it is curious to find that 02.243
voters aro unwilling to allow the city to
choose for itself how many supervisors it will
support.
The vo;crs were evidently in doubt on tho
stat" board of equalisation amendment. The
proposition was defeated by the narrow mar
gi.i of 88,395 against to 90,098 tor. It is plain
that the voters feel avre tint something ought
to lie Jons to reform the state board of equ>l
izalim and i<re about ready to try any experi
ment that may bo tuggestej, In our judg
ment, howsver, the proper remedy is not to
give the board >ne member for each equaliza
tion disirict. but to elect tin members hy the
voles of the state at large.
I'll" approval by 185 599 to 46,205 of tho
amendment exempting fr.'e libraries and free
museums from taxation, and by 98,305 to
77,039 of the amendment making the presi
dent and professor of pedagogics in the slate
university members of the state board of.du
cation shows the -ame gosd judgment that do
cidel th« fate of the ciher amendments. The
large Vote against the latter, is, however, a
little hard to explain, It is difficult to sup
pose that over 77,'Ji:0 voters of the state object
to giving eur highest c.fucatioual Institution
its share of Influence on cur schools.
The. defest of fie amendment increasing the
pay a| th» legislators was to te expected, but
the vet* of 45.425 in its favor shows that
many (iii/cii« bslfevt that belter pay would
get better lervtOS than we now have. The
149,397 votes cast against it. however, make
an emphatic protest aaalnst both the kind of
legislative w rU we have been getting and the
suggestion to increase expenses.
Th- F MatlinJ.
[From tfce Expositor. ]
The theriff-clcot cf i.os Angeles conn tr, to
escape thn importuniti- i of those desiring
deputy-ships, left for Sin Francisco, and when
it came time for him to qualify, the other day
he did so by telephone. Now the question is
raised that 11lls action is i legal, and that
there is a vacancy in the offic-> of sheriff of
I.os Angeles county. Here in Fresno our offi
cials kcLp a large drawer and demand written
applications When the candidate arrives the
drawer is op tied and beds requested to lay his
in on top. 1 hey mean to go to the Bay about
10 days-hence and telephone back their ap
pointments. .
Btrald'a',' N-w I)-p»rtnr«.
[From the Pasadena star.]
What the H BR A LB is going to do has aroused |
some interest in Southern California. The
Heraid has secured the services, w s under
stand, o' Mr. Dougle' Whit*, which means
that It it is to wheel Into line with thlleading
papers of the coast. Mr. V. hit,, has long been
associated with the Examiner and has the
reputation of being the best business man in
the newspeper field on th*coast, We da not
Mijree with the HERALD politically, but con
gratu'ete it on this evidence of new life, while
die south is to be felicitated on securing so
bright an accession to the ranks of its news
paper men.
Hang, the Kxp -na»,
[From the San Diego Union.]
The estimates of f8,O00,O00 for state ex
penses for the ensuing year is bo perfectly
prodigious and out of all proportion to the
cost in other states, that if there does not go
fortli a protest from a,l over the state and a
deniaod for retrenchment, it will appear th-t
people have grunted about high taxes from
mere force of habit. MarK-hnm may have been
warlike, hut he seems to have not cared a ding
as to ex [tenses.
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SECOND
ANNUAL .
io Per Cent
Discount
Sale!
RECOGNIZING that the times are no better £
than a year ago, and that many will be the de- J
mands during this the Holiday season, in £
order to give every purchaser an opportunity to get
their Shoes at the lowest minimum cost, Wsnwill dur- f
ing this month—
December Only! f
Cut 10 PER CENT off of every dollar's purchase at the
Old Reliable, Jf
The Queen Shoe Store
162-164 North Main Street.
usual, a handsome Christmas Doll given away
with every purchase of $2.50 and upwards. Our Parisian
Celluloid Balls will please the little ones.
'TIS A LUXURY TO HtAD
Whon what you read ia entertaining and when
you don't have to «tr*in your eyes in perusing
it. You cau afford to be reckiesa with anything
hutyonreyes; you cau afford to use chanccK
with anything but your aight. We make all
sorts of *ldsseh forall aorta of eyes, and for their
expert examinatkn no charge Is made. You
will find in our find stock everything to Im*
prove one* eveslght in the way of glasses,
PACIFIC O.MICALCO., Scientific Opticians,
167 N. e-priug st. forget numb r.
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IN REAL ESTATE
A fine Income property in East Los An
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Good 0 room house, bard-llnished, wide
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aud painting: 2 50-fojt lot-, near ear
line, southwest part of city, not far
out. $2650
10-acre ranch, orchard, house, well, pou - *
try nouses, at Murijiu .$lOOO
80-ac c ranch In Temt seal canon; house,
orchard, good springs; Hue ior health
resort $4000
First-class land at Bouth Riverside, with
water right, per uere $50 to $150
One ol 'he best ranches in Riverside county
of over 100 acres; ita excellent investment. In
vestigate this.
Bargains in foreclosed properties In different
portions of the country, Money to loan. Sat
isfactory term? given. W. W. LOWft,
;:'-11-lm 105 South Broadway.
j CHRISTM AS
GIFTS!
What Shalt
I Give Mv
Gentlemen
Friends or
Relatives ?
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p»ROP A POSTAL to Ernest K. Howell,
P.O. Box 077, aud havo a solicitor
call aud show you a line Hue of -shirt sam
ples, with "tto latest," the Wm. E. How
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and fit miaranteed.
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F. T Grirtitli, Beorotary and Tr asuror.
K. L. Chandler. Superlntendjnt.
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