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4 LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD BY THE HERALD COMPANY. rtlAWK (». mri-ATum* frMMenl ROUT. M. , tost. ...•••• Amoral M»aa««* OLDEST MORNING PAPER IN LOS ANGELE3. Founded Oct. 2, 1873. Thirty-second Yssr. Chamber of Commerce Building. TBLWrnONBg— «ant»t. Proa* 11. Horn*. The Herald. ■ . Th» Only Dentaeratlo newapaper In Southern California rte»lT> inn «he fall A«»»elat«d rr«« report*. NEW* SRRVICB — Member of the A»iflel»t«J PrtM, receiving lt« full r»pnrt. »v»r»»ln« 2P .on« wordn a ««r. ■A«TBf«r» AORN'TP Smith * Thompion. Pott«r Bvtldlnf. K K«w TftrK: Trlbiin* Bnlidln*. ChletfO, CIRCULATION SWORN DAILY AVERAQB FOR ' >jr A|A FEBRUARY ..„._. „ £3,UIU SUNDAY EDITION _ 31,410 MATES Or iUBSCRlPTtON. WITH SUNDAY MAOAZINB: , Dully, by e>rrl*r, p»r month ........I •*> Dally, hr mull. ihr«« month! >•*> Dally, by mull, nix months... J.»» Dally. By mail, onn year 1 ■*<> Pnniiny ITernM. hT mall. o,;-> y»ar »•»• ■W»»klr n»r«M, by mall. on» ygar >•»» Ent>r«<1 at Pottafflo*. Lou Ant6l«». •• Sr-roncl-olni.ii Matter. TH» III.KAI.l) IN SAN FRANCISCO— Loa Anfi>lei unit Pouthfrn California Vliltori to Can Pmnolieo will find Th« narald ' on Ml* dally at tha naw* atandi In th* Palnea and Bt. Franelt hotel., and for aal* at Cnop*r * Co, HI Market; at New* Co., B. P. Terry, and on th« atreeta by Wheatley. THE HERALD'S CITY CIRCULATION . Th« Herald's circulation In the city of Los Angeles la larger than that of the Examiner or the Express and second only to that of the Times. With a new $5,000,000 gas company, comprising many of the most financially solid and progressive citizens, it • looks as if Los Angeles might ere long have "gas to I burn." Today the library board will ask the council, as re- ,; ported, to have the library site In Central park cleared 'for the, building. That looks encouraging. Now hurry .l up the date for making the dirt fly.' Bakergfleld announces the first earthquake visitation • .of the year in California, So long a time has passed f since this state experienced a fairly good shake that it is fast losing its reputation abroad for seismic attrac tions. • The first electric railway franchise to be sold under the twenty-one year limitation will be offered April 10. It is for the East Seventh street line. Construction work will be pushed directly thereafter by the railway company. The proposed new bridge at Seventh street will be a handsome steel structure, fifty-seven feet wide. That ■Width will allow of double railway and wagon tracks, with a footpath wing on each side extending beyond the main structure. ■ A horse from Ascot park named "Grafter," as re ported from San Francisco, won the Thornton stakes on Saturday. The movement of this element to the northern city gives hope that race grafting in Los An geles is near the end for this season. ;■ Pasadena is introducing a municipal novelty that Los Angeles would do well to Imitate. It is proposed to ap point a "tree warden" for the Crown city,' who shall have supervision of all trees on public streets, with the object of stopping tree butchery by electric linemen. The proposition to transform the old Mission road from a sixty-foot thoroughfare to a 100-foot boulevard is in line with the new era of road building In Los Angeles. The city's most glaring lack will be over come by such improvements and the more of them the better. Now some medical experts in the big cities claim that apartment or flat houses induce insanity in women because of the comparatively close confinement and the monotony of life. It seems to be generally agreed among these doctors that the apartment house is a flat failure. The Bible tells us: "To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven." In the streets of Los Angeles, for instance, there is a time to fight dust and a time to flounder in storm water. Just now comes the interesting reminder that there is a time to see the circus. Luther Burbank, the California botanical wizard, haa been appealed to by manufacturers who are in search of a variety of grape having a large percentage of tartaric acid, which is "sour enough to make a pig squeal." The kind that the fox in the fable could not quite reach might meet the requirement. ~The "equinoctial storm" is due today according to the ■old notion of a storm being a sort of necessary adjunct to the equinoxes. At 2 o'clock this morning the vernal equinox occurred, which is the moment when the sun croseed the plane of the earth's equator, causing the day and night to be of equal length. Best of all results from the storm is the news that comes from the mountains, which are the natural reser voirs for the storage of water. In the mountains at the eastern end of the San Bernardino valley the precipi tation thus far is nearly three feet, enough to store a water supply sufficient for two or three years of irri gation in the valley. The arithmetical rule of proportion cannot always be depended upon. For example, as stated in yesterday's Herald, the squirrels In the window of The Herald office had "traveled 14.3 miles since Tuesday." That makes the guessing problem easy for the school boy at first thought: As four days to 14.3 so ninety days to the answer. But squirrels do not travel on an exact time schedule. Certain eminent American dentists In London, it seems, are getting the cream of practice from the nobility. The fact is cabled from London that "Lady- Kingston .has come from Ireland with her little boy. Lord Klngsborough, In order that he may consult one of the great American dentists." His little lordship could get his eyeteeth scientifically cut by coming to Los Angeles. 1 An apology ia due from The Herald to Mr, Albert Bteiufleld of , Tucson, whose position in the Harcourt caße was reversed in a recent Herald item. Mr. Stein fleld is the man who prosecuted the case, having been the victim of the awlndle. He Is a prominent citizen . ot Tucson, a gentleman of Irreproachable character, and "tae : item; referred to was simply a regrettable blunder ' pa The Herald', part. LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING, MARCH ao, 1905. COUNTY DIVISION A MENACE Is the secret out concerning that mysterious county division act passed by the legislature and now ia the hands of the governor? There has been but little doubt from the first that "an African" was concealed somewhere In that wood pile. The unexpected passage of the measure and the lack of any perceivable need for it at once caused pub lic suspicion to be aroused. The explanation given out was too flimsy for «erl ous consideration. It was to tho effect that certain citizens of Santa Clara county wished to secede and set up for themselves, and that certain other citizens near the eastern border of Lor Angeles county had a similar ambition. Neither of these propositions had sufficient force to Justify the passage of a state law whereby any county In the state might be easily dismembered. But now come revelations indicating that railway interests converging hereabout are the real factors' in the county division scheme, and that they have a specific purpose In view that is vitally important to the city and county of Los Angeles. It is nothing less than a scheme to dismember this county by the secession of San Pedro, together with a large sweep of coast territory. According to the pending division act, it only would be necessary, in order to effect such secession, for 60 per cent of the voters in the seceding district to declare their desire to set up a new county. If the scheme so outlined is the salient pupose of the act, the mystery of its passage at once becomes clear. The railway interests, looking to the great com mercial future of San Pedro and its harbor, desire a free hand in shaping everything connected therewith. Experience teaches those interests that Los Angeles will protect other industries from railway domination ns far as possible. But with Los Angeles eliminated and a county erected on the coast line, the railway interests would be in absolute control of both Ban Pedro harbor and the rest of the coast within the limits of the proposed county. Possibly the assumption here noted Is erroneous, but it certainly looks plausible. There can be no mis take about the danger, however, that would result from the enactment of the county division measure. It Is vicious at best, a "snake in the grass," and the gov r.tor can do the state no better service than by kill ing it. MODERN RIVER BRIDGES Since it appears positively that no loss of life re sulted from the Seventh street bridge disaster, it may be that the flood's sweep at that point was another of those alleged "blessings in disguise." The destruc tion of the shaky and unsightly old bridge surely will prove to be a blessing If It leads to the construction hereafter of river bridges that are not architectural frights. For the application of this stricture see the ugly wooden concern that spans the river at Fourth street, which was finished only a few weeks ago. If we may rely upon the expressed views of a prom inent councilman, a new era In our city bridge build ing will begin with the construction of the new bridge at Seventh street. In yesterday's Herald Councilman Kern- was quoted thus: "The city will have to stand the expense of the best structure that can be put up; the railway company doubtless will be willing to go in on a joint proposition and pay one-third of the cost." Another member of the council is credited with saying that "the city should erect a bridge at Seventh street which will meet the demands for years to come and which will be a credit to the city." At various times, particularly when the wooden eye sore at Fourth street was projected, The Herald has urged the importance of erecting such ornate modern steel bridges in Los Angeles as are seen in all progres sive cities of the east. Nothing goes farther toward beautifying a city than handsome steel river spans. Los Angeles has been slower than any other city of its class in recognizing that fact. But the time has ' come, evidently, for. Los Angeles to overcome the glaring defect in its bridge structures. A handsome modern steel bridge at Seventh street will be an object lesson calculated to make citizens eager for the displacement of all the pueblo era bridges in the city. LOS ANGELES AS VENICE The people of Los Angeles are not amphibious, as newly arrived strangers lately here had some reason to suspect. Citizens do not paddle through watery streets, after the manner of ducks, just for fun. The lakelets that have been in evidence the last few days are only temporary water deposits. Alameda street is not a reversible land thoroughfare and river, adapted to wheeled vehicles one day and aquatic craft the next. All this to set aright the natural- suspicions ol visitors to Los Angeles for the first time who ar rived here last week. The evidence of provincialism which strangers have witnessed in our flooded Btreets has been a source of mortification to all citizens. Such an ■astonishing con dition, as viewed by dwellers In eastern cities, seems incompatible with all else that is seen in the down-to date aspect of Los Angeles. It is hard to reconcile such pueblo characteristics in a city of metropolitan pretension with a population of 180,000. But if our visiting friends will kindly forgive this glaring present defect in local conditions— this wretched travesty on the play of Venice— Los Angeles will promise that the spectacle never shall, occur again. Before the coming of another winter, unless some unexpected obstacle intervenes, the street lakelets and the Alameda street river will be gone forevermore. The change thus promised will result from the com pletion of a comprehensive system, now in progress, for carrying away beneath the ground surface all storm water. But for the fact that this Improvement involves a vast expenditure of money it would have been con summated years ago. The need of it has been sorely felt every winter, but the great cost involved has caused action to be deferred from time to time. The ever increasing urgency, however, at lest made the work imperative, and there is scarcely a doubt that it will be completed well before "the end of this year. Los Angeles in the role of Venice positively makes its last appearance this season. ■:..\ ; i Ban Dlegans Are elated by the prospect of an ex tt ns'lon of the Gould railway system from Yuma to San Diego. Direct eastward railway communication would be "the making" of the southern city. Having successfully handled the public utility ordi nance the city council should be able to tackle with confidence the pestiferous garbage problem. There is a rather close analogy between the latter and one phase of the gas company's oflen»e— that of pouring its nasty refuse into the river bed, as complained of by the AlUo afreet bridge contractor. GARFIELD— Of couao I Investigated, uncle. Tasked him If he waa poor and honest, and he said he was. ■>%,;'■'■ . — Nsw York Homlil. NOVEL REHEARSAL AT THE BELASCO ARTISTS PLAY "PARSIFAL" THIS MORNING After Close of "Tom Moore 1 ' Last Night They Were Called To. gether to Rehearse for To. -, -; ;.pV< n night's Offering A full dress rehearsal of "Parsifal" was held at the Belasco theater this morning. Immediately after the per formance of "Tom Moore" last night the scenery and properties used in the Irish comedy were cleared away and the ponderous drops and set pieces of the dramatic version of "Parsifal" were set up. The orchestra was under the direction of Edward D. Lada, the musical director of the Alcazar theater of San | Francisco, who came here especially to prepare the musicians for their work In "Parsifal." ,'.-";» The wonderful Wagnerlan overture was, commenced at 12:30 o'clock this morning, and then the actual work of Frederic Belasco and the players un der his supervision was commenced. At the conclusion of the first scene of the second act— about 2 a. m.— lunch was served to the ISO people engaged In the performance. The rehearsal was con cluded several hours later. The rehearsal developed the fact that the Belasco company Is splendidly qual ified to give a fine performance of "Par sifal" tonight, when the first perform ance In Los Angeles of the world famous Wagnertan work will . be pre sented. The advance SRle of seats Is said to be really enormous— fully six times as great as for any of the earlier Belasco stock company produc tions—and the interest that has been manifested by theater goers of the city Is keen. The management of the Belasco thea ter calls especial attention to the fact that persons who Intend to witness the performances of "Parsifal" should be In their seats by 8 o'clock in the evenings and at 2 o'clock at the Thurs day and Saturday :natlnees to hear the great "Parsifal" overture, which will be rendered in its entirety. At the Grand In spite of the rain yesterday after noon a large crowd was turned away from the Grand. AH of the' standing: room was sold before the curtain went up. "Beware ot' Men," which is the new offering at the local playhouse, Is not the sinister play of dark and evil vil lainy that the title might suggest, but merely the same old story of the erring "child of nature" rescued by a. young minister and welcomed home at last. The "minister" got In. as much "chinning" as any real brother of the cloth, a good deal too much to suit the clamorous gallery, who ungallantly muttered something about "closing his face." Auda Due, as the "child of nature," was sufficiently lackudaislcal and lacrl mose. She comes home, with her little grip, In the middle of a "down east" winter In a traily, "too lovely" white thing that is modestly low-necked, and the gallery howled a glorious welcome when papa took her In his arms. The other parts, with less chances for effect, are as well taken, and un doubtedly the piece (Fitzgerald Mur phy's), will play to a good business. It is a play bald and sapless and trite to the last extreme of even melo drama, and If sensitive souls frequented the Grand It would hurt them to hear line old hymns and big biblical truths so dished up. The questionable morality of the err ing one's flnal rejoicing, too, one might object to. But a Grand audience does not object, and "Beware of Men" *s flashy title will draw a crowd. Fritz Krelsler Seat Sale Thi> reserve seat sale opens this morning at the Union Paciflo ticket office .fur the engagement of Frits: Krelsler, the violinist, who U consid ered a successor to the great Joachim,' Mr. KrelsUr will appear at Blmpaon auditorium Tuesday evening, March 28th. Owing to the Illness of Bruce" Gordon Klngsley, he will not appear In this city this spring, and kreisler will substitute and occupy the position of. the seventh entertainer of, the great Philharmonic course. "Elijah" Seat Sale The seat BAle Is now on' for. the pre sentation of the oratorio "Elijah," to bo given at Simpson auditorium Thurs day evening. The rehearsal last Sat urday night showed every one pre pared' for their" respective parts and the chorus and roster of principles are considered equal to any yet heard on the coaet. This Is the second oratorio to be given by the Los Angeles Choral society this season. . : .'.* -■'. "Mizpah" Another Week Notwithstanding the downpour yes terday afternoon the matinee and even- Ing performances of Ella Wheeler Wll cox and Luscombe Senrelle's biblical drama, "Mizpah," which entered upon its second week yesterday, were pre sented to packed houses. Playgoers from Pasadena, Long Beach, San Pedro, Ontario and many other beaches came to Los Angeles yesterday to wit ness a production of this popular play. Tickets will be on sale at the box this morning for the balance of the week, Including the Saturay matinee, and the management state that never in the history of the theater has an advance sale grown to such propor tions. Conreid "Parsifal" Seat Sale This week i 3 the last week ' for the sale of the season tickets for the Con reid Metropolitan Grand Opera' com pany's engagement in this city. All tickets not taken by Saturday evening of this week by those who have se cured them In advance will be thrown back into the single seat sale. To Lecture on Music Arrangements have been completed with Mrs. Raymond Brown, an au thority on the music dramas of Rich ard Wagner, to present a series of ex planatory lectures on "Parsifal," Wag ner's last and most profound work. Mrs. Brown will be heard In Blanchard hall Friday evening, April 7th. The seat eale will be at the Union Pacific ticket office. AT THE HOTELS S> ; : -* J. S. Loose, of the Loose-Wiles Bis cuit company of St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis and other eastern cities, is visiting in Los Angeles. Mr. Loose Is accompanied by his wife and .their son Harry, who is an automobillst of some note. Mr. Loose was one of the incorporators of the National Bis cuit company, which attempted to con trol the cracker market of the world. Owing to disagreements he withdrew from the above named concern and ln-i corporated the Loose-Wiles company, and Is now conducting a fight against the biscuit trust which has attracted the attention of the business world. Jerome Eutmnks of Kansas City is spending a short vacation in Southern California, visiting all the points of Interest, but making his headquarters In Los Angeles. Kubanks Is one of the best known stockmen in the middle west, where he annually handles thou sands of cattle and blooded horses. He is a well known figure at the large horse shows throughout the middle west and In New York and Boston, and is considered one of the finest judges of horseflesh' in the country. C. M. Bnglls, who is connected with the Dupont Powder works, one of the oldest powder manufacturing concerns in the country, is taking a rest in Southern California and Is at present staying at the Angelus. SOUTH MAIN STREET FRONTAGE IS SOLD Old Downey Property Adjoining Van Nuys Hotel Brings a Record Price The unimproved portion of the old Downey property next to the Van Nuyu hotel, on South Main street, 101x1(15 feet, was sold Saturday by John D.' Foster & Co., representing John Brock* man, to Mrs. Mary Hotchklas, the con sideration being $202,0110. About a year ago 70 feet of this lot sold for 1101,000. The price paid Sat urday therefore Indicates an advance in the value of the property. The prop erty adjoining this lot is also owned by Mrs- Hotchklta. TIME TO DETHRONE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Record of Corruption In the Legislate ure an Indication the Party Haa Outlived Its Usefulness LOS ANGELES, March 18 (Editor Herald):— As an old resident' of Cali fornia 1 am prepared to believe that our last legislature was one of the weakest and most corrupt that ever assembled In this state. It is true that It expelled four of its members for bribery, but how much better were some of their confreres who voted for the expulsion! The late unlamented legislature contained a few honest and conscientious men, but they were in a most discouraging minority. After the bribe-taking members were expelled a bill against gambling was voted down and another against prize fighting. Two of our southern members succeeded In railroading most obnoxious bills through both houses. One of these prevents a city owning public utilities— gotten up in the inter ests of monopolies; and the other for bids a municipality to go outside the county for Its water supply. How such bills could have gotten through even that sleepy legislature without a pro test from some one ia mysterious. How much other devilment they did time alone can tell. Never before has a legislature met In this state that so lavishly scattered the taxpayers' money in paying ofl political debts. It wrh understood in the beginning that not more than about $600 a day was to be expende.l on clerk hire, pages, etc., but it soon ran up to about $1200 a day. It seemed to have an overweaning desire to break Into the treasury and spend all the money it could; and then it had the impudence to propose' an amendment to the constitution to double or treble the pay of legislators! *, The corruption unearthed In the na tional government, in congress, the army, etc., within the past few years Is anything but assuring. It shows that the Republican party is honey combed with corruption and " moral rottenness. As an old-time- Republican I am compelled to admit that we have reached a period in our national life that Is alarming. The early history of the Republican party was good; none better; but its long ascendency has attracted the worst elements of , so ciety and many of the most corrupt and' vicious men living have grown up in it. With it the spoils of office have became paramount. Coming to municipal affairs, what have we? Without specifying cases take our last city council as a whole. After The Herald had lashed the re tiring members and repeatedly warned the new council in . relation to its duty to the people In curbing the rapacity of oppressive monopolies that charge enormous rates for exceedingly poor service, our present council passed an ordinance to take effect nearly one and a half years in the future! If it Is not influenced by these great monopolies, why this delay? Everybody knows there is no more excuse for its remain ing inoperative until July, 1906, than it is for July, 1920. The Republican party is in power in the nation, Btate and city, and it has beer^ for nearly two generations. It has become the "Old Man of the Sea," astride the body politic and the people have little to hope for until it Is de throned. It has outlived its usefulness and ought to be decently buried. The country is ripe for a change and anxi ous to attend the funeral. Like po tatoes, its best part has long been under ground. , OLD TIME REPUBLICAN. WOMAN BUYS HOTEL i. - BLAINE FOR $90,000 East Fifth Street Property Sold by Allen O. Burt for a Good Price Mrs. Mary J». Hook, through the agency of H. A, Kuwait & Co., has bought from Allen D. Dutt the Hotel Blatne, 218 to 222 East Fifth street, for a consideration of $90,000. The lot Is 74x128 feet and Is Improved with a modern three-story and basement brick hotel' and store building, which pays a-'n«t interest on the investment of 7HiP*r ! c«nt.' . SAYS THERE IS NO ROOM FOR SALOONS WILL A. HARRIS SPEAKS AT TEMPLE AUDITORIUM Large Crowd Turns Out to Hear Well.Known Orator Dls- \ oust the Liquor Evil ; "It Is a serious question that con fronts v«, with charity toward nil and malice toward none. We are working In the cause that Is certainly right and all hell cannot prevail against utl The saloons are an unmixed evil. Some say that they have always existed and will continue to exist. We propose' to show that such statements are' false." " ' ' I This was the declaration of Will A, Harris at Temple auditorium yester day afternoon at the no saloon meet ing. Despite the rain, a large audience assembled for the meeting. 1 , ' Mr. Merrill called the mcc Ing ! to order. The Rev. E. A. Healr offered prayer.' J. B. Works was • introduced aa chairman. M "I am unqualifiedly In favdi of any legislation to suppress the manufacture and sale of liquor," said Mr. (Works. "We may differ in our methcJs, but we are all aiming at the same result; I do not believe that much is kecom pllshed by the abuse of the snlo<n men. We must appeal to reason In -leallng with them, to accomplish our wns'ln depriving them of what they cai their personal-liberty. It is not an eket task we have before us. We must enter upon the work with firmness, fdiowed out patiently and Justly, that th sa loons must be suppressed. VHory will then surely be ours." I Mr. Harris Speaks |" Will A. Harris 'was next introdeed. He said in part,: 1 "We must have a law. that good Wo ple can uphold and maintain in tap pressing the saloon. It is the tale that When any important project isat tempted' it is accomplished. It taa even so regarding the abolition of slavery." , 1 In this connection Mr. Harris dwit somewhat on political lines. 1 "One spot of infamy Is that of Asit park," the speaker continued. "lit us suppress all such gambling inst tutlons. Like the saloon, it is said tbl gambling will always exist. Shall w fold our hands and say that we canna suppress this gambling evil that 11 ruining our young men? No! Wi must stand firm against it. \ "We "have ample room for churches\ and schools, manufactories, profes-1 slonal and laboring men. All who may 1 come with brains and sobriety are wel- \ corned among ua. But we have "no I room for the saloons." ■'. ;\ SMILES De Voe— After your son leaves college I suppose you will take him into busi ness with you. Dyer— No. I don't carry a line of sporting goods.— Puck. "A New York man, according to this. , f paper," said Pa Twaddles, "waa ar- '/ rested for giving his horse a pint of / whisky." I / "Why," exclaimed Ma Twaddles, "I had no idea there was such stringent laws against wasting whisky!" ; Pa is still wondering If she . really looked at it from that point of view.-l Cleveland Leader. j "But, pa, what is an 'idle Jest'T"/] "There are no idle Jests, my sor; they are all working all the time."— Brooklyn Life. ' .. , :., • "How far is a Sabbath Cay's Jour ney, pop?" [*? "It depends on whether It Is being made by a chauffeur or a messenger boy, my son."— Yonkers Statesman. Both Phones Kx. 841. free Delivery 1 .Leather Novelties That are worth the money are shown here in profusion. The best of leather well put to- >(l aL ' JL H;rji gether, new g Purses, ' \ Jr Hand Bags, \ A % ' Dressing Vl" '/. t!li/,l!lW Travelling MfAuJ-iIYX ' Sets, R«or MsXHft tl, 1 ' \ -!A strop. tb.t MmkA w, \aM low at this store. Some very pretty Children's Hand Bags as cheap at 50c. Toilet Preparations Perfumes, Powders, Lotions of every sort— the product, of the beat laboratories of the world. Be your own "Beauty Doctor") its possible if you trade here. ' Your Prescriptions are promptly, safely, correctly filled here. The Popular Prescription Pharmacy— Off Drug Co. < Formerly Ball C& Son) 214 South Spring Street