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The Herald
By The Herald Publishing Company.
JOHN BRADBURY,
President and G neral Manager.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMKNT: No. 205 New
High Street. Telephone 15H.
John T. Uaffey Managing Editor.
BUSINESS OFFICE: Bradbury Building, 222
West Third street. Telephone 247.
Douglas White Business -Manager.
SUNDAY, nARCH io, 1895.
The Sin Joaquin Valley road is taking
a rest.
What a yelping there will be when Gov
ernor Budd begins to veto.
The Citrus Fair has advertised Southern
California at least a million dollars worth.
The Salt. Lake Railroad bill is a safe win
ner jn the race with a sine die adjourn
ment.
What a soft snap, vulgarly speaking,
the Industrials of the Preston school are
enjoying.
This is rather early in the season, but
the heavy swells have already begun to ar
rive at Santa Monica.
We'll have the dirt flying on that Salt
Lake road before they drive tbe first spike
on the San Joaquin Valley railroad.
The train robbing industry isn't as lu
crative as it was when Evans and Sontag
and Kid Thompson were on the road.
Ontario is justly proud of the results of
her exhibit, at the Citrus Fair. Ontario
is coming to the front with wonderful
rapidity.
Mrs. McComaa is right. Los Angeles is
in need of school facilities and in provid
ing them the industrial element should
be largely embodied.
You couldn't induce a Los Angeles girl
to marry a titled foreigner if she didn't
love him. It isn't difficult, however, to
learn to love a titled foreigner.
The Republ'can party was pledged to
woman suffrage. That pledge has not
been redeemed. The women of Califor
nia who want to vota have excellent
grounds for a breach of promise suit.
Never mind, ladies: perhaps your
suffrage bill was unconstitutional after
all, so an amendment submitted to the
male people of the state at the next elec
tion will be as fair as ysu could expect.
According to the authorized reports the
Whittier Reform School is the most ex
pensive public institution in the state. It
is probably necessary that some burden
Oil the taxpayer should be heavier than
the others, and why not Whittier?
The cessation in shipments of oranges
to Florida is due to a glut in that market
induced by the first shipments. It is also
reported that street peddlers in Jackson
ville and other cities of the ex-citrus belt
cannot handle the cheaper varieties of
our fruit until after the fust thaw.
Every citizen of Los Angeles ought to
begin to make up his mind concerning
the advisability of the proposed bond
issue. Don't wait until the last moment
before informing yourself thoroughly re
garding the necessity of the expenditure
and the method of dispensing it.
Oakland will elect municipal officers to
morrow. Oakland does not expect to profit
by this election, having weighed the
office-seeker in the balance on many oc
casions and found him sadly wanting;
but it is the custom to elect somebody to
ottice in that town at stated ntervals and
the force of habit compels in spite ol
previous disappointment.
Tuesday was a sort of half-holiday, but
the price of real estate plodded right along
as if every day was Monday. The total
amount of the recorded deeds was $44,
--618.79, thirty-two of which were "nomi
nal," giving a safe estimate of least
$20,000 additional. It's a dull day in Los
Angeles that we don't build six houses
and a half and sell $50,000 worth of land
on which to build more houses.
Los Angeles is a city of clubs. When
ever two or three are gathered together
they organize and select a name. We
have clubs for every conceivable purpose
including discussion, at weekly intervals,
of the psychological differentiation of pre
historic man, and the best one ,tliat of
cooking a beef steak. The club idea is a
good one. The Herald commends it. The
more ciubs we have the better, provided
always, that they are not the sort used
for assault or battery.
The little Baptist Church of Berkeley is
rapidly going to pieces, owing to the dis
integrating influences of a corroding
heresy that has emanated from the
philosophical departments of the State
University. How the faithful of that little
Berkeley nock must regret the disuse of
the rack, the thumbscrew and the pil
lory as discourgers of free thought and
incentives lo the outward seeming of an
orthodox theology.
Paul Blouet (Max O'RellJ has chal
lenged Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) to
tight a duel. Blouet. who is a humorist,
claims that Clemens, who is also a hu
morist, has insulted the women of Prance
by asserting that it is a wise Frenchman
who knows his father. Of course the
affair is a joke—a French-American joke,
as it were, but it is shrewdly suspected
that it is also an advertising dodge based
01 a business proposition involving
collaboration by the Max O'Rell of Amer
ica ami the Mark Twain of France.
In Los Angeles, it appears, it is neces
sary that the authorities be reminded
periodically that ordinances arc in force
and that it is their duty to compel obedi
ence to these laws of the municipality.
That was why J. W. Potts informed the
Board of Public Works concerning the
dangerous rate of speed on the electric
lines, and that is why the board ordered
the Chief of Police to memorize the pro
visions of the ordinance regulating the
speed of the cars. The slaughter of a bi
cycle rider by an electric car was proba
bly tlie reason for the new order.
The Southern California Woman's Press
association will meet in convention in
this city next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Welcome, ladies: as practical workaday
journalists you have a noble mission to
perform, and the world will be glad to
hear what you have to say. The wo .en
who work on tlie newspapers in Southern
California a.c as capable as the men anil
having adopted the profession for love of
it, arc probably better fitted in many
respects, being devoid of the sordid mo
tives thut usually animate the "trained
journalist" of the male persuasion.
PORT HUNTINGTON
Mr. Huntington's man Frye, of Maine,
once made a memorable remark concern
ing Los Angeles. He said that this citydoes
not need a harbor, that we should depend
on San Diego. If Frye had happened to
remember his master's peculiar theories
concerning "long and short hauls" he
would have included San Francisco as a
port dependency of Los Angeles.
Mr. Huntington, however, does not al
together agree with his senatorial vassal in
the matter of a harbor selection for the
metropolis of Southern California. He
has given several reasons, convincing
enough to the Huntington mind, why
Port Los Angeles, Santa Monica, or, as it
is more accurately designated, Port Hunt
ington, should be the harbor for this
section of the state. These reasons are
not convincing to seafaring men, but
In the building of a harbor on the Hunt
ington plan the fact that the propose 1 site
is contiguous to a lee shore and subject to
constant buffeting by prevailing storm
winds, need nut be considered. The fact
that Mr. Huntington owns a monopoly of
the water frontage, and can thus prevent
the entrance of competing railroads is all
the argument necessary to induce the
construction of a harbor (at Government
expense) on the deadliest coast in the
world.
The charts of the coast survey describe
Port Huntington as a bay open to every
ocean wind, but the charts of the coast
survey aie probably grossly inaccurate, for
the owner of the port expressly declares
that it is land locked and rippled only
by west win,ts—those zephyrous atmos
pheric agitations that "blow soft o'er the
gardens of Gul in their bloom."
Mr. Huntington, however, cannot dis
pute, in the face of competent witnesses
who have examined "the lay of the
land" and the drift of the tide, and the
course of the wind at Port Huntington
that this "harbor" is wide open to the
sea from Point Vincent to Point Dumc
and broadside, without intervention, to
the tremendous swells that swirl with
resistless power upon the shoal of the
beach or dash with ail the force of natural
gravitation against the rock-bound coast.
It was on the crest of one of these swells
that the steamer Corona piled up on the
big wharf, ripping her bulwarks fore and
aft and tearing the ship from stem to
stern. In approaching Port Huntington
a ship captain must, be alert to avoid col
lision with the big wharf; he must keep a
weather-eye open for the sboal of Santa
Monict's magnificent beach; and he must
beware of the rocks of the outer coast.
The proposition to till in the wharf at
Port Huntington will result in shoaling
the water and providing a fine beach for
summer bathers, but it will be detrimental
for harbor purposes. These dangers are
well understood by underwriters, and con
sequently they are chary about taking
risks on first-class ships compelled to
brave the southeasters of this open road
stead. And certainly no careful master
i would attempt to land at Port Hunting
ton in foggy or stormy weather.
These facts are respectfully submitted
for consideration by the Congressional;
committee that will investigate the har
bor question, and on that investigation
formulate their report regarding tbe re
spective merits of Port Huntington and
San Pedro.
IS HUNTINGTON SHREWD?
We are well aware that the high priest
of the Southern Pacific dynasty is gener
ally credited with being a shrewd man
rather than a brilliant one. But there
are occasions in which the great arbitra
tor of "54 X street" in early days, seems
painfully deficient in that shrewdness and
forethought which is claimed by his sat
ellites to be the chief distinguishing trait
of his character,
A case in point is the season of mid
winter excursion travel across the conti
nent to Southern California. At the
opening of the season, he advanced the
rate upon round trip tickets, good for
ninety days; and forced the Santa Fe line
to put its fires at similar rates under
threats of charging their local rates on
westbound freight destined for points
north of Mojave. This the Santa Fe road
could not stand and was compelled to ac
cede to Mr. Huntington's demands.
Bight on the back of this came the
inauguration of a new style of midwinter
excursion travel that the author of the
famous Colton letters evidently had not
contemplated. It consists of midwi iter
excursion tickets to the Mediterranean,
good for ninety days, with round-trip
fares at $90 to Naples or Nice, $120 to
Constantinople and $150 to Jerusalem, in
cluding railway fare from Joppa to the
most famous city in the world's history.
Tlie steamers employed in this traffic
are all over 4500 tons and fitted with every
possible modern fixture for the comfort of
their guests. The smallest are the two
Antwerp packets, Waesland and Rhyn
land, 4500 tons each; next in size are the
Kaiser Wilhelm and Lahn, of the North
German Lloyds, 7000 tons each ; then the
Fuerst Bismarck and Emma Augusta of
the Hamburg-American line, 7500 tons
each; and last, the La Bourgogne and La
Touraina of the French line, 8003 tons
each. The last named ship is said to be
tbe best equipped vessel in Atlantic
waters and to set a table equalled by no
other ship afloat.
These ships leave New York every
Wednesday and .Saturday. At first the
number of passengers was about two hun
dred and titty, but after the third trip the
waybill showed invariably from four hu -
dred and fifty to live hundred and twenty
five names. This means a transatlantic
exodus of about two thousand people a
month, many of whom might bave visited
California but for the prohibitory rateb
charged by Brer Huntington und t c low
rates offered by the steamship) lines. One
would have supposed that, in order to
meet such competition elsewhere, Mr.
Huntington would have lowered the rates
on excursion tickets to Southern Califor
nia instead of increasing them.
Aud that is why the Herald asks the
question t is Huntington shrewd.
PARKS AND BOULEVARDS
On March oth, the City Council passed
au ordinance "Determining that the
public interest and necessity of the people
of Los Angeles city demand the acquisi
tion and improving of certain lands for
the extension of certain public parks,etc."
for the purpose of having the people au
thorize the Council to issue bonds for
these various improvements. This ordi
nance iv the Bret three articles denotes
the amount to be issued for parks, as ap
portioned among these three parks, viz:
Westl ike Park $25 000
East side Park _5,000
Elyalan Park 100,000
total $150,00J
These bonis will probably bear 4 1-2
per cent interest and run for forty years.
This will make an expenditure for the hrst
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING* MARCH 10, 1r395.
year for interest of |6750, and for bonds
maturing (one-fortieth each year), 13750,
or a total expense the first year of $10,500.
Of course, the interest and princi; al will
continue to grow less as the payments are
made each year.
It is understood that it is the intention
to have the different propositions voted
upon separately, so that the people will
have the opportunity to express their
views upon each issue.
The bonds proposed to be issued for
Westlake amount to $25,000. At present
this park is the pleasure resort for the
people of Los Angeles because of its beau
tiful lake and the excellent concerts given
there by the "Military Band."
The expenditures for Westlake Park,
including the land and all running ex
penses to March Ist, amount to $119,462.69.
This park covers thirty-five acres. The
improvements in walks and drives on the
west side of the park have added much to
its popularity.
With this expenditure of $25,000 addi
tional land can be purchased and the park
improved so much more that the bonds
asked for will be readily voted. The in
come from the boating privilege and the
rent of stands will pay the interest on this
issue of bonds.
The bonds to be issued for the East Side
Park amount to the sunie as for West
lake, viz: $25,000. As this park is farther
from the center of the city, fewer people
go there for recreation, but there is cer
tainly no lovelier spot anywhere for a
breuthing place for such a city as Los An
gels-.
These bonds should carry by a big ma
jority when the time comes to vote on
them.
The expenditurss for East l.os Angeles
Park, including the land and all running
expenses to March Ist, amoum to $102,
--73ti.72. This park covers about fifty acres.
The bonds to be issued forElysian Park
amount to double the issue for both the
other parks, viz: $100,000.
The purpose of issuing this large
amount of bonds for this particular park
is to purchase by condemnation some of
the land that lies between the valleys so
that more vxtended drives may be made
and the land secured at a reasonable price.
If the land now occupied by the Pest
House and brick yards could be obtained
and a boulevard built beginning on Buena
Vista street, 200 fe9t wide, lined with
palms, extending through the park past
the greenhouses, over the hill and down
through the canyon to the San Fernando
valley, the fame of it would give Los An
geles a world-wide advertisement that
could be obtained in no other way.
The expenditures for Elysian Park, in
cluding the land and all running expenses
to March Ist, amount to $189,753.13.
This park covers between 150 and 500
acres, and the seven sections that it is
proposed to condemn contain about 35
acres each, so that, the park will then con
tain about 800 acres.
There can be no question of the utility
and desirability of park improvements,
and the people will not hesitate to author
ize the necessary expenditure, provided
that they are guaranteed against risk of
wasteful diversion of the fund. It must
be clearly understood that no opportunity
for corruption or extravagance will be
permitted, and it must be demonstrated
that every dollar expended will lie used
to the best advantage and solely for the
purpose for which it is voted.
It is now hinted that Senator Fair
"left" several "last wills"—cords of them
in fact. This must be discouraging in
formation for the will larcenists and testa
ment contestants. Just as they have gob
bled one of these wills and got it nicely
concealed ready for production at the be
hest of the highest bidder for contest pur
poses, or destruction, another of more po
tent force is unearthed; and while the
prospective contestants are securing evi
dence to break this particular will some
body bobs up serenely with another parch
ment holograph, the contents of which
are carefully concealed, thus throwing the
evidence hunters into a quandary, and
mixing the whole business over again.
Senator Fair was undoubtedly insane, but
there seems to have been no method in
his madness.
The Salt Lake Railroad bill has passed
the Senate and there is much rejoicing,
not only among the Southern California
delegation but among the people In this
section of the state generally. San Fran
cisco can have the Valley Railroad and
take all the country north of Bakersfield.
but let Los Angeles once get direct com
munication to Salt Lake, opening up the
rich mineral and coal country through
which the road as proposed will pass, and
prosperity such as this section has never
enjoyed, even in the halcyon days, will
attend. See to it, gentlemen, that the bill
goes through. Northern California is old
enough and big enough to make its own
fights.
OUT-OF-THE-WAY FACTS
The Pacific mills at Lawrence, Mass.,
are the largest print works in the country.
Rubber was little used, except for eras
ing until 1820, 300 years after its dis
covery.
For the first time in thirty years all the
territorial offices in New Mexico are tilled
with Democrats.
An eagle with seven feet spread of
wings was caught in a wolf trap near
Brady Island, Neb., recently.
Yearning.
RICHARD REAI.F.
God! What a pitiful mockery
Seems this poor human speech,
To paint the marvelous majesty
That ray life desi4.ni to reach.
God! how much less than my death
Is this outspoken tongue
To grasp the glorious hymn of fai h
Which my soul and I have sung.
Oh ! but for the lips of living fire
That breathe ray p rfect heart,
And Hash the tones from my spirit lyre
In the voice with which they start!
Oh ! but tlie languago that would scor.'h
The pit where the foul shames dwell,
And gleam and glare like a naming torch
To the deepestgraves of bell.
Oh ! for an utterance that would sweep
Like the red, hot-lipped simoon,
And wither the damning things that keep
This beautiful world in gloom.
Oh ! for a voice whose tones should fall
Like the touch of a mother's prayer
On the sick and sorrowing souls of all
Who pine ior a holier air.
Oh !if my passiona c scora of wrong,
And my fathomless love of right
And the beautiful hopes that thrill and throng
My soul like tho stars of night—
Oh, if but these could pass my lips
In the might with which they rise,
How I'd tear and trample the black eclipse
Tuat sbroudeth my aching eyes.
Oh, Christ! for a boundless Pentecost
To rest on my hearing soul,
And giva it speech of the Holy Ghost
Instead of this stammering dole-
Then, Jesus, the lofty hymn sublime
I'd fling on life's panting sea
Should ring on the panting shores of Time
And thrill thro' Eteruity.
THE PRESS ON FIESTA
Preparations for La Fiesta de Los An
geles proceed with vigor. The bands will
cost some $3000 or $4000, and the floats
will be on a scale of splendor never before
attempted in Los Angeles. It will be an
occasion long to be remembered by those
fortunate enough to witness it.—Ontario
Record.
Director-General Meyberg of the Los
Angeles Fiesta, in speaking of the assist
ance offered by the merchants of San
Francisco, very justly said: "It is a
sign that sectional feeling is wearing
away and that we are all going to work to
gether for the upbuilding of the state."
That is exactly what it means, and it is
a happy coincidence that the manifesta
tion of it should be celebrated in a grand
springtime festival.—San Francisco Cajll.
Our Los Angeles friends are gratified at
the interest taken by San Franicsco busi
ness men in the coming Fiesta in the
City of the Angels. They accept it as nn
indication that the sectional feeling
which has been supposed to exist between
Northern and Southern California is
wearing away, and tiiat the people of
both sections are going to work together
for the upbuilding of tlie state.—San Fran
cisco Call.
The Chamber of Commerce of this city
should see that this city is represented in
a creditable manner at the Fiesta, as the
festival will be an invaluable advertisr
mcnt of every city represented. Nearly all
the towns of Southern California intend
taking advantage of the opportunity of
making displays in the parade, and Or
ange county should not forfeit her reputa
tion for the production oi attractive and
artistic displays by a failure to respond to
the invitation of " the Fiesta committee
sent to the Board of Trustees and re
ferred to the Chamber of Commerce for
action some time ago.—Sauta Ana Blade.
One remarkable feature about the Fiesta
de Los Angeles' which takes place at Los
Angeles from April 15 to April 20, will be
the presence of bands of Indians from
Arizona, New Mexico and Mission In
dians from California reservations. The
Indians take great pride in these Fiestas
and form one of its most attractive spec
tacles. At one of the reservations is an
aged Mission Indian, who has reached
the ripe age of 125 years, and who still re
tains his faculties with remarkable vigor
in spite of his mummified appearance.
His participation in the Fiesta pageants
will be arranged for, and the old fellow is
looking forward to it as a great event.—
San Pedro Times.
Mr. Cargill went up to Los Angeles one
day last week to attend the orange ex
change meeting, and returned decorated
with Fiesta colors, having been taken in
hand by the Fiesta managers and selected
as the representative of Orange county on
the committee of arrangements; The
committee, to the number of forty, in
cluding our fellow-townsman and his
daughter, Mrs. Harrison, went on a trip
to Mount Lowe, and were royally enter
tained. Mr. Cargill will appoint a num
ber of precinct committeemen from the
different sections of the county, and sug
gests that the people of this neighbrhood
get together and have an Anaheim float
in the parade. There will probably be
un Orange county float and a Santa Ana
float, and there ought to be one from this
city.—Anaheim Garette.
The carnival will, take place from the
sth to the 20th of'-April, inclusive, oc
cupying an entire week. % Each day will
have a varied and magnificent pro
gramme. The week will begin with the
spectacle most appropriate to the occas
ion, the reception of the Queen of La
Fiesta, the Queen of the Angels, who is
attended by a glittering train of maids of
honor and cavaliers.
Into her hands will be given the keys of
the city and its'government for a week.
From this time the revels of the carnival
will begin, and will include street parades,
masquerade balls, battle ot flowers, races
and many other features. The carnival
pageants are designed to be educational
as well as spectacular, and will deal with
tbe fascinating story of the discovery and
civilization of the great Pacific countries
of North and Boi'th America. They will
portray incidents and nivths in the con
quest of Spanish America before the Pil
grim fathers landed on our shores; the
manners and customs of the wonderful
I native tribes who inhabited the land;
i tbe thrilling narrative of the sufferings
and achievements of the Conquistadores;
and they will have for their basis the
matchless story of the great West.—
Pomona Progress.
Los Angeles is to have La Fiesta in
April, beginning the 15th and lasiing live
days. This carnival is to Los Angeles
what the Mardi.Gras is to New Orleans.
The whole country will ue represented
there and it will be an excellent time to
attract the attention of a desirable class
of people to any given object. Recogniz
ing this J. F. Cooper o' Los Angeles, a
stockholder in the Visalia waterworks,
has written to several of our citizens sug
gesting that an effort be made to have
Visalia district and its exhaustless re
sources creditably represented there during
the carnival. Mr. Cooper is satitied that
if Tulare county, or Visalia in. particular,
will take up this matter we could get a
good representation and send a float for
the procession that would prove a great ad
vertisement for this section. Mr. Cooper's
suggestion is a most excellent one and
had it not been for the agitation of the
competing railroad our citizens would
probably have acted upon it. The new
railroad" successfully turned the attention
of this part of the San Joaquin valley
from Los Angeles, to which city it was
surely turning for relief commercially,
previous to the railroad movement
started by Glaus Spreckels. The interest
Mr. Cooper has shown in the welfare of
Visalia in trying to work up an interest
in the matter is, and ought to be. greatly
appreciated by Visalians.—Visalia Times.
One of the most charming fancies of
the gorgeous carnival of Southern Califor
nia, La Fiesta de Los Angees, which
takes place at Los Angeles from April sth
to the 20th, is that of placing its brilliant
festivities under the rule of the Queen of
the Angels. Surrounded by a court of
beauties, wdio come from all the cities of
California, and gallant cavaliers, her scep
tre covers the charming country in which
her rule is omnipotent for a week. As
in the past, public curiosity is aroused to
a high pitch to discover the identity of I
Her Majesty, but it is guarded faithfully.
It usually is revealed during the grand
carnival masque ball, which cccurs dur
ing the latter part of the week, but the
time when the mortal personality of Her
Majesty will be made known is this seaaon
veiled "in uncertainty, as well as the per
sonnel of her court.
The growing magnitude of the carnival
has been eniphasizd by the decisions of
the business men of San Francico to have
the Golden Gate metropolis of the
Pacific representd in its street pageants.
The various committees engaged in ar
ranging for the Fiesta number 200 of the
leading citizens of Los Angeles, and they
are devoting an immense amount of time
to all its details. The work of the last
two months has resulted In the crystal
lization of plans which will undoubtedly
make the carnival the most striking event
of the kind ever given in the West.—
Riverside Enterprise.
HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED
A Police Trick Calls for the Severe Censure of
Judge Shaw
0. B. Gray and William Harris, two
young men accused of several burglaries,
were brought before Judge Shaw yester
day on a writ of habeas corpus alleging
that they were unlawfully held by the
Chief of Police without warrant of law.
Judge Shaw said that there had been
an evident attempt made at the city
prison to evade the law in the service of
the writ and that he did not want it to
occur again. This had been done by the
police turning over its prisoners to the
Sheriff when it was found out that a
writ of habeas corpus had been issued.
Judge Shaw us exceedinlgy indignant at
this trick. The writ was dismissed upon
it being shown by Deputy District Attor
ney Willis that the prisoners had been
properly committed for trial examination
by Justice Owen.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDITORS
One of the most com mendable acts of our
state Legislators was the passage of the
bill making contract marriages illegal.—
Ventura Free Press.
The traveling public will be pained to
learn that the prospective rate war has
been amicably adjusted by the transconti
nental lines.—Santa Ana Blade.
Great improvement is being made in
some newspapers by allowing women to
get out one entire issuo. Why not try the
issue on Congress?— Weekly Venturian. |
Since the income tax is in force, South
ern Calforna orange growers are not like
ly to unduly advertise the yields of their
orchards, after boom-time methods.—
Riverside Press.
Society has now put on its sackcloth
and serious mien. How much is real
devotion in Lenten service is bard to tell,
but externally it would seem as if tbis
season were really one of devotion and
needed rest for society people.—National
City Recrd.
Sevciul more contracts for new business
buildings and dwellings wlil soon be let and
there is every prospect that the early sum
mer months will be lively ones here in
the matter of these improvements. There
is no halt in the onward march of the
Crown of the Valley.—Pasadena Star.
The Chinese have a dread of being mu
tilated. Their religion teaches them that
they should deliver up their bodies to
Heaven sound and whole. Perhaps this
is one of the reasons why the Celestials
have proved themselves to be so much
better sprinters than fighters in the Ori
ental war.—Compton Record.
Downey is waking up from its long Rip
Van Winkle sleep. New buildings are in
course of erection; streets are being
graded and graveled and some of our
property owners are putting their street
fronts in presentable condition. Much of
this kind of work remains to be done
and this is the time of year to do it. —
Downey Champion.
It is useless to attempt to stay the pro
gress of inventions, but on the other
hand there is a problem which must he
solved, namely, how are the thousands to
be employed that are thrown out of work
by new and improved machinery? We
have put the question to a great many
people, but no one thus far has been able
to solve the problem.—Anaheim Inde
pendent.
The orange growers of Southern Califor
nia ought to have a bonanza this year,
says the San Franci?co Chronicle. They
have, and under a wise administraton of
their affairs they ought to have a bonanza
for many years. The California oranges
are going into many markets that they
never entered before. They are of fine
quality. The Eastern dealers say no bet
ter oranges ever grew than they are receiv
ing from this state this year.—Pomona
Progress.
C. P. Huntington says In New York
that he thinks Claus Spreckels and his
friends will build a road in the San Joa
quin Valley. "Yes, there is room in Cal
ifornia for the new line. It requires only
a spa<"*"»i» thirteen feet from the center
of one track to the center of another, and
there is a lot of ground in California."
That being the fact, it is well to remem
ber that the Southern Pacific occupies
exactly that amount of open country. It
looks, now that Collis has called attention
to the matter, as though there was room
for a competing line.—San Diego Union.
HEARD IN PASSING
Newwed—That's a perfect angel of a
cottage. Don't you think so?
Bride—Well, it certainly has* wings, if
that's what you refer to.
Chorus Fsy—Personalis, I detest them,
but I like to look bacic'on them after i
have gone through them.
Souorette—What? Adversities?
Fay—No; dudes.
Wool—l'm awfully behind in my read
ing.
Van Pelt—How's that?
Wool—l got switched off on Trilby, and
now I'm behind on at least nine "or ten
new lives of Napoleon.
Lea—The Daily Howler has an insurance
scheme that if you meet with a fatal acci
dent anil have a copy of the Howler on
you your family gets $500.
Perrins, contemptuously—lt's a safe
offer. Nobody would be found dead wjth
it.
Coddington—l wonder if Hor.iblower
means to insinuate anything?
Fulljamas—Whv? How's that!
Coddington—Well, every time I tell him
anything he always starts off. when I'm
through, "That reminds me of something
—now, this is a true story"—
Wife —You say that you were detained
at the office over a will case?
Great Lawyer—Yes. A consultation
with the heir.
Wife —Ah, yes; I see you've brought it
home on your shoulder. Blonde, too,
wasn't it?
Reporter—l suppose the living skeleton
married the mammoth woman for adver
tising purposes?
Museum Manager—Not at all, sir. The
doctor told him Tie had to get flesh, and
that seemed to be the only way he could
get it.
Miss Wantcrneau—Why do you call your
dog Trilby, Mr. Wagleigh?
Mr. Wagleigh—A policeman hit her with
one of those new concealed clubs the other
day.
Miss Wanterneau—What has that to do
with it?
Mr. Wagleigh—Don't you see? She was
struck with a Little Billy.
THINKS REPENTANCE ENOUGH
The Average Man too Pond of Protracted
Self-Aoasement
Here is the title of v book, now in press,
that will attract more than ordinary at
tention: Maritus Vulgaris, the Common
Husband; His Causes, Management and
Cure. . Through the courtesy of an Eng
lish paper, the Boston Journal is enabled
to quote this passage from the above
mentioned book: "Perhaps wives might
endure these things if it were not taken
for granted that they would. But a hus
band thinks he is amply acquitted of any
thing that he has done, however heinous,
if only he come afterward to his wife in a
tine fever of repentance, and tell her that
she is an angel and a dear little woman
and far too good for him. I believe there
are husbands who think that would ex
cuse an attempt at wife murder. He will
wallow and wallow in a scene of protracted
self-abasement. He seems to derive the
greatest pleasure from this operation. It
has never been known to occur to any
husband that this little ceremony, re
peated weekly, grows monotonous after a
year or so. As a contribution to the
psychology of thes creatures it would be
interesting to find out how it would affect
him if a ife behaved (and misbehaved)
in the same way. But, then, to quote a
husband, 'Women are so different. "
THE JONATHAN'S MEET
A Grand Good Time at the Club Rooms Last
Night—Everybody There
Between one and two hundred Jonath
ans met last night at the rooms of the
Jonathan Club and celebrated their
usual Saturday evening. It was a merry
crowd and everybody had a good time
with a small piece left over. The com
mittee on the evening's entertainment
presented an excellent programme, which
consisted of the following numbers:
Song—Albert Hawthorn.
Piano solo—Prof. George Walden.
.-ong—M A. Kraser.
Piano se ections—J. ,M. Shawhan.
Song with guitar—G. L. Silver.
Banjo selections-Dan Polk.
Bass solo—Ben Sloss.
Vocal selection—J. p. Dolan.
Stories prank Thompson.
Bass solo—Wintield Blake.
Vocal selections—H ip i Koyer.
Stories—George Goldsmith.
Tenor solo—Prof. Werner.
b-loßtions—O. K. Cole and Lie Latt—
SENATOR WHITE RETURNS
Several of His Colleagues To Be
Here in May
TO VIEW SAN PEDRO HARBOR
Tbe Reilly Funding and Pooling Billa
May Become Laws
The Majority of the Present Senate In Pavor
ot Unlimited Coinage ol Silver.
No Extra Session
United Btates Senator Stephen M. White
returned last evening fresh from his labors
at Washington. The pleasure of his home
coming was marred, however, by the
serious illness of Mrs. White's mother
at the family residence. Being asked by
a Herald representative his opinion re
garding the San Pedro harbor proposi
tion, Senator White said: "With reference
to that matter it is utterly impossible at
this date to say who will constitute the
House committee on rivers and harbors.
The late Senatorial elections have also
materially changed the constitution of the
Senate committee on commerce, four of
the old members having been superseded.
"The Senators thus retired are sup
posed to have favored Santa Monica, be
cause of opinions formed upon the sub
ject three of four years ago, based upon
representations then made to them. I
feel very confident that the majority of
the commerce committee us it now stands,
and there are seven of the id members
left, favor San Pedro. There are some of
the members who prefer to see the
ground, and these gentlemen have assured
me that they will be here, although no
date has been set for their trip.
"There will be several important Sena
tors, outside of those who are members of
the Senate committee, in California dur
ing this vacation. Senators Brice, Dubois
and Wilson of Washington will visit South
ern California. It is very probable that
Senators Gorman, Murphy and Cullom of
the commerce committee will be here in
May, and Senator-elect Klkins is expect
ed to be in Los Angeles about the 20th of
this month. He is now in Mexiio.
"In addition to tho deep water harbor
ptroject, I hope to have Congress adopt
substantially the scheme outlined if
Colonel Benyaurd in a communication
to the chief engineer, which was lately
furnished to the Senate on my motion.
No plan for the improvement of the inner
harbor has been adopted by the War De
partment since the last expenditure for
the reason as reported by General Casey
that it was desired to learn the effect of
the labor already done."
"What are the prospects for the pas
sage of the Reilly refunding bill at the
next session?" was asked.
"With reference to the Reilly refunding
bill, everyone undertsands that the meas
ure as it lirst came from the committee
was killed In the House, but an effort
was made to resuscitate it in another
form. Mr. Boatner. who was one of the
leading opponents of the measure as it was
first proposed, asked tne whether f would
filibuster against the modified proposition
if it reached the Senate. I re
plied in the affirmative and the
matter wa dropped. The pooling bill
which passed the House died for want of
action, because several Senators, includ
ing myself, announced that we would talk
it to death if it was called up. As the
session was so nearly at an end, even a
single Senator could readily defeat any
such measure. Under the rules of that
body there is one method of closing the
debate, except through lack of physical
endurance, and no one is ever called to
order because of the presentation of a rel
evant matter as long as parliamentary
laguage is used.
"I expect that the Reilly funding bill and
the railroad pooling proposition will De
renewed at the extra session. I have no
means of knowing how these bills will he
received in the House, but if I am to
judge by the attitude of the Republican
members of the present Congress, I must
conclude that both measures will be re
garded with favor by a majority."
"Do you think that an extra session
will be called on financial matters?"
"As far as an extra session Is con
cerned, I do not consider such action is
to be anticipated. The only end to be
reached by continuing th» Fifty-fourth
Congress would be the enactment of
financial legislation in accordance with
the views of President Cleveland. While
the new House might agree upon some
project covering his views, the Senate
will never consent to any legislation thai;
does not look to the unlimited coinage of
silver. Everyone knows that the next
Senate will be more strongly silver than
the present, and there is now a majority
of that body in sympathy with the white
metal. Under these conditions it would
be manifestly useless to bring the present
Congress together. Besides I believe
that the receipts will be in excess of the
expenditures for the present fiscal year."
HUNTING HER DAUGHTER
A riother Appeals to the Police to Save
Her Olrl
"There is a woman here who is coaxing
young girls away from home," said Mrs.
M. Collins yesterday, "and she has my
sixteen year old daughter Caddie now."
Mrs. Collins was much excited and was
hunting Officer Wright of the Humane
Society in the hope that he could rescue
her child before it was too late to save her
from a life of shame. "My daughter,"
continued Mrs. Collins, "met this womaij
some time ago. The woman calls herself
Mrs. Rizier and says she lives on West
First street. Whether the name or ad
dress is correct I do not know, but I do
know my daughter was a good child up
to the time she met this woman. Now I
fear that the girl has gone wrong or will
go wrong unless quickly rescued and I
want the police to get her even if she has
to be sent to Whittier."
The complaint of Mrs. Collins is not the
first one that has reached Officer Wright
regarding women who are making it their
business in this city to entice young girls
away from home. The police are anxious
to reach the woman or women engaged in
this business and it will go hard with the
first one they locate against whom proof
can be brought to convict. The women
who are enticing young girls from home
never allow the misguided children—for
they are but little more—to step aside from
tho straight path while they are here. By
this means they are enabled to come into
court when arrested and say the girls told
them they were illtreated at home, and
that they took them in to keep them from
harm. It is believed that Caddie Collins,
if found, will furnish the connecting link
in a chain of evidence the police have
been welding for some time.
Mrs. Collins says she is not surmising,
but knows the woman whose name she
has given to the police enticed her daugh
ter away from home. The matter will be
fully investigated by the police and the
girl returned to her mother, if. possible to
find her.
flustc at the Park
The following programme will be given
at the concert at Westlafc" Park at 2
o'clock this afternoon by the Los Angeles
Military Band:
March Semper Fidelis, Soma.
Overture, IPuritanl, B-llini.
Valse, Carlotta, M lllocke,
Reminiscences of Meycrceer, Ar Claus; (a
Pilgrims chorus, Wagner; lb) Eveuijg Star,
\V aguer.
Pizzicato polka, Strauss.
Mar. b, The Gladiator, Sousa.
Overture, Raymond, Thomas.
Polish National Dance. Soharwenka.
Fantasie. lranmhilder. . umbye.
Mazurka, Moonlight at Del Mont;, Donigan.
Galop, Bum Bum, Resell.
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