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Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20

The interest in the question of what
became of that enormous road fund
of sos, 900 seems to grow steadily. Two
of the most prominent citizens and tax
payers of the city of Los Angeles yester-
day assured one Of the editors OF the
HERALD that he had been driving around
the county good deal and had failed to
see any evidence OF outlays on the roads
which would amount to tenth of that
sum, or, indeed, to any appreciable
portion OF it. Large sums are put down
as having been expended on roads that
show no signs that anything whatsoever
had been done on them. Where thous-
ands have been reported as expended in
the betterment of our thoroughfares, in
many cases not even hundreds have
really been laid out. The same story
comes from all portions of the county. On
this head there has not only been ex-
travagance, but something very rotten
indeed. Where the money went to and
by whom these large expenditures were
inspired are things which the taxpayer is
determined to know. Not to protest
against such wholesale appropriation OF
their substance would be to invite un-
limited spoliation. The HERALD does
not desire to be unfair in this matter, and
its columns will be open to any one who
will name county road or roads On
which any real work has been done. With
scale of outlay such as that claimed in
the official reports, we ought to have at
least three or four splendid boulevards
and an occasional good country road, AS
it is we have nothing but the certainty
thatsomething more and worse than Grim
inal carelessness has been practised in
this department of the county govern
ment.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20

THERE has for a long time been agi-
tated in this end of the State the ques-
ton OF erecting See of the Episcopal
church in this city, having jurisdiction
over the southern counties of California.
That church has recently held a conven-
ton at San Francisco, in which this mat
ter came up. There was long and
earnest debate on it, resulting in the de-
feat of the measure. This is to be re-
gretted for the sake of the denomination,
and for the sake of this city and Sec
ton. Los Angeles City is approx
mating 100000 people. The county
contains 175,000 souls. Here is
ample occupation for the Episcopal office,
not to mention the other counties at all.
This city ought to be digniied as an
Episcopal See. 1t would help the church
to 30 mark Los Angeles with favor, and
the location Of such an official here
would be of advantage to the city. The
Episcopal Church has made mistake.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
The House,.

WASHINGTON, January Is. - After
business of minor importance the House
went into Committee of the Whole for
consideration Of the Forti6cation Appro.
priation bill.
Pending the question, point of order
was raised by rownshend, of Illinois,
that the committee in making appropria-
tiops had exceeded its jurisdiction in in
cooperating in the measure provisions for
heavy ordnance for the armament of sea
coast defences, and that all such provi-
sions should be ruled out of the bill.
The Chairman overruled the point of Or
der. The position taken by Townsbend,
Cutcheon and other members of the
Committee Oh Military Affairs was that
the subject of ordnance was one over
which that committee had exclusive
Jurisdiction. The committee then rose
and the bill passed.
At O'Clock public business was sus-
pended and the House proceeded to the
consideration of resolutions expressive of
the sorrow Of the House at the death of
E. w. Robertson, OF Louisiana, who died
when member-elect to the Fiftieth Con-
gress. Eulogistic addresses were deliv-
cred and resolutions adopted and the
House, as mark of respect to the mem
ory Of deceased, adjourned.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
WIsEACREs stand around our streets and

WIsEACREs stand around our streets and
talk about the difficulty of making liv-
ing in Los Angeles. Lazy fellows or
bungling spectators or helpless dilettanti
come out here and echo this stuff. Yes
terday we showed where industrious
men could lease lands which will yield
from eighty to one hundred and fifty
bushels of corn to the acre. They can
get the land on the shares, and be pro-
vided with seed and feed for their orses.
These are lands on which potatoes and
all the cereals flourish with equal
and they are amply supplied
with facilities for irrigation, if desired.
Tens of thousands Of acres can be had
on the Santa Anita. San Francisquito and
Puente ranches on these terms. Another
very fine way Of making money-and it
is an industry which must grow amaz-
ingly in Los Angeles county-is the rails
ing of green corn, early potatoes, tomatoes,
green peas and score of other veget-
ables that would command an imme-
diate market not only in the East but
here. Green corn at Christmas and
New Years is a great novelty and will
always command very good price. Mr..
Unruh shipped roasting ears to the
Baldwin hotel at Christmas and since;
and, during the past week, he has had
clamorous demands from commission
merchants of San Francisco for the
dainty. The industrious man can raise
his green corn in winter and then grow
another crop for the Fall. He can do
the same with tomatoes. Mr.. Unruh
has growing in his garden now single
vines on which fully twenty-five pounds
of this delicious esculent are growing.
Raised in large quantities, together with
green peas and winter early potatoes, an
unlimited market could be had for them.
Delivered in New York in midwinter
there would be wild scramble amongst
purveyors of all kinds to buy them up.
There are farmers in the Cahuenga who
have made small fortunes raising early
tomatoes-which here mean winter
tomatoes-and shipping them to San
Francisco. Spring lambs can be pro-
duced here in midwinter, and their sale
in Chicago and New York would be one
of the phenomena of the markets Of the
metropolitan city. Mr.. E. J. Baldwin
tried the experiment of breeding his
ewes in October and his
Christmas lambs readily brought three
dollars apiece from the Los Angeles
butchers. Our mild climate admits of
this novel delicacy being placed on our
tables every month in the year. Some
day Los Angeles will supply the whole
continent with midwinter delicacies, and
the sooner we get here the Industrious
men who will develop the resources of
the prolific soil the better.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20

1 know full we'll that an investigation
made by a committee of Congress, hold
ing its sessions in Washington, and call
ing as witnesses only those who had
been recipients of the company's favors,
is not likely to arrive at any just conclu-
sion as to their truth or falsity. | only
say that each and every statement have
made concerning the operations OF the
company is susceptible of the clear
est and most convincing proof,
but the evidence will not be
found lying around loose in the cities of
Washington and San Francisco. 1t must
be sought for among the people who
have suffered its expressions, rather
than in the persons of those who have
had free transportation in United States
ships and been wined and dined at the
tables of the company's officers and
agents. The Sub Committee of Congress,
in going over the route taken by me in
the recent cruise of the Thetis, assuring
the people of protection against still
greater oppression after it's departure,
will have no difficulty whatever in find
ing evidence to prove the truth of every
statement | have made"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
Dishonest Custom Officers.

WASHINGTON, January 19.--Secretary
Fairchild to-day transmitted the follow
ing report of T. A. Byrne, Special Agent
of the Treasury Department, on the
frauds in sugar at New York and Phila-
delphia. He presents table showing
the loss to the revenue in sugar imports
at the two cities from June l, 1888, to
June l, 1886, by reason of lower duties
being paid than at Boston, to have been
$4O5, 300. He presents list of officers
at the port of New York, and recon-
mends the summary removal of them.
He says these men stand charged with
dereliction of duty, false assumption of
p Q e-ogatives, total disregard Of Treasury
regulations, open defiance of expressed
orders of the Secretary of the Treasury,
etc. He says his work has been greatly
retarded by difficulties, such as obstruc-
ton, deliberate evasion, palpable equiv
ocation, organized resistance. deter
mined efforts to conceal true facts, ETC., +,
which he has experienced at the hands
of customs and appraising officers
and employees, who should have so co.
operated with him in the prosecution of
the investigation.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
Merely u Frien dly Visit.

INDIANAPOLIS, January 49, General
Harrison, Mr.. Harrison and two or three
friends went this morning to Terre Haute
in response to a long-standing invitation
to visit his old friend, w. Il. McKeen,
President of the Vandalia road, and look
over the latter's fine stock farm. Colonel
Thomson, ex-Secretary of the Navy, as
sisted Mr.. MeKeen in entertaining the
party. They returned this afternoon
after pleasant visit. The trip had no
political significance. At all the stations
on the return trip crowds were congre-
gated 10 see the General, but the stops
were too brief for hand-shaking.
Several visitors called at the Harrison
residence during the day. Among them
was Judge Prince. OF Santa Fe, N. M.
who called to pay his respects. He will
deliver two addresses tomorrow in the
Episcopalian churches.
There is no foundation for the report
that General Harrison went to Terre
Haute to purchase horses.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
Oppression In Alaska.

WASHINGTON, January 19.-The annual
report OF Governor Swineford upon the
operations of the Alaska Commercial
Com pany was laid before both Houses Of
Congress to-day. The Governor re-
affirms and emphasizes tie accusations
heretofore made against the company in
It's dealings with natives other than those
living on the seal islands. Concerning
the treatment of these he. had no word Of
complaint. He also says the company's
contract with the Government, relative
to the taking of fur seals, is, in his opin-
ion, faithfully observed. The
company's treatment of the main
land natives, he characterizes as
unjust and cruel in the extreme.
Referring to the denial of the charges
made against the company in his last
annual report, he says: 81 now reiter-
ate every one Of those charges, though
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
A Cool and Clever Cashier.

New YORK, January 19.-In connec-
tion with the extradition OF De Baum, the
defaulting cashier of the Park Bank, the
Sun prints singular story, asserting
that after he had gone to Canada expert
accountants studied the books for several
days and were solutely unable to find
where they had been falsifed.
On learning that De Baum was
in Canada. the officials of the
bank communicated with him and in
formed him he would be allowed to de-
part in peace if he would come to New
York and aid in untangling the books.
He did so and revealed deficits, the ex-
tent and character of which astounded
the bankers. During the time he was at
work on the books De Vaum was about
town as usual and living at fashionable
club, and when the work was finished he
returned to Canada.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20

WE are indebted to the Hon. VIM. M.
Stewart, Senator of the United States
from Nevada, for copy of his speech
delivered in the Senate on the I'd of
January. and devoted to restoring silver
to it's rightful status as a medium Of
exchange. Like all that gentleman's
utterances on that topic it is able and
luminous. His answer to the Czernuschi
pamphlet some years ago was brochure
of surprising acumen and force. We
shall review the speech more at length
at later date.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
A New Dynamite Gun.

New YORK, January 19.-The test of
Captain Zalinski's pneumatic dynamite
gun was made this afternoon in the har-
Dor at Fort Lafayette, and was very
satisfactory. Three tests at 1000, 500
and 100 yards were to have been made,
but the programme in this respect was
not carried out. Only two were fired,
one 200 pound shell and the other
of 500 pounds, charged with No.
dynamite, and each was dis
charged at point the size of vessels
deck, marked by buoys, at distance of
one mile. The absence of an object
made it impossible to demonstrate thor
oughly the destructive power OF the
shots, but it was said that either of the
bombs hurled to-day would have de-
stroyed any man-of-war afioat. The gun
was of 15-inch calibre and each shot sent
up body of water to height of about
300 feet.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
THE HERALD opposed the adoption Of

THE HERALD opposed the adoption of
the new charter for reasons satisfactory
to its management. We believed then,
and we believe now, that better instru-
ment could have been prepared in the
time intervening before the NEE ting of
the Legislature. But the people thought
differently; and, in a small vote, gave a
decisive majority in it's favor. We are
compelled to say that if more citizens
had voted the majority would have been
larger in ratio. It is the Democratic
principle that the rule of the majority
should govern in local as in State and
National matters. The charter ought to
be adopted by the legislature without
any hesitation if it is found to be consti-
tutional. The HERALD said at the time
that it believed that it's effect would be
to give the Republicans an undue ad-
vantage in the organization of the Coun-
Gil, but this kind of argument had
weight only before the people had
p used upon the instrument. Sincs it's
passage the Democratic Council and the
Democratic City Central Committee have
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20

The arrival OF two excursion trains
yesterday and the promised arrival of a
third on Tuesday next show that the
tourist and invalid travel to Los Angeles
although delayed is still big quantity in
the population of Southern California
during the current winter. An unusually
mild season at the East up to the turn of
the year kept multitudes at home who on
the approach of severe weather will HE
them to the exquisite meads and sunny
air of Southern California.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20

THE railroads have been pleased to put
ries" in reference to some OF the interior
towns. And now the press in these
places instead OF discussing the measure
on its merits, have been pleased to attack
Los Angeles, because she is put on the
schedule as port of entry enjoying water
competition. Even if Los Angeles has
no claim to set up on this head, the green
eyed jealousy of our esteemed contempo-
raries sits with bad grace upon them.
Los Angeles good fortune in no respect
affects the bad luck of the interior
towns. But our esteemed contemporaries
are as wrong in point of fact as they are
in point of courtesy. Los Angeles
is seaboard town. She enjoys
all the advantages of water COM
petition in the carrying trade.
These advantages, while they do not
stretch to a distance of fifty or one
hundred miles into the interior, are
not limited to strip foot wide along
the margin OF the low water mark. Los
Angeles has peculiar advantages in this
respect. She has the wharf at San
Pedro, the new wharf at Redondo, one
soon to be built on Rattlesnake island
at which to land her merchandise. If
need be she may have half dozen
other wharves, and will have them as
the need may arise. 1t is an easy matter
for this city to secure half dozen
independent lines Of railway from tide
waters to her gates. Tramways operated
by horses, or by stationary engines in
this city could be used to bring the goods
from the ships side to the warehouse
doors. Let but the railroads attemp
cinch Oh Los Angeles, and they woulG
soon learn the fatal error they would be
in. That is what constitutes water com
petition in the carrying trade. 1t is no
dependent on any sentiment. 1t is no
measured in feet or rods, nor necessarily
by miles. 1t is a practical question
Water competition is water competition
That is all there is of it. Does a city
enjoy that benefit? That is all. Los
Angeles does enjoy it. The railroads
know it and are forced to recognizeit. L
is not matter of sentiment with them
They would enjoy dollar gotten from,
our merchants by means of high rates al
much as one gotten from any other com
munity in the same way. With them il
is a practical question. Does Los An
geles enjoy the facilities of water com
petition? She does. That settles it.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
WIN. DONALDSON, the great Minneapolis

WIN. DONALDSON, the great Minneapolis
merchant who has been spending some
days in Los Angeles, on visit of obser-
vation and recreation, is man of con-
siderable mark. He has built up colos-
sal business and amassed an immense
fortune during the past dozen years,
largely by the use of printers ink. Like
most other really great merchants, he is
a liberal patron of the newspapers, and
advertises on princely scale. He is
understood to pay a single Minneapolis
journal 1000 year, and he patronizes
them all. Any one who has taken the
trouble to examine the methods of busi-
ness men who have been successful on a
large scale cannot have failed to note that
they are all great friends of the "art pre-
servative."
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20

EVERYTHING seems to be set in excel
lent trim for war with Germany unless
Bismarck backs down. Should hostili-
ties arise, the United States will have
the satisfaction of knowing that it is right,
and that its adversary is wrong, but the
feeling of satisfaction would be i'm
mensely increased if we knew that our
Navy was stronger. 1t would also be
more consoling to know that the gunners
of our wooden ships had had little
more practice in sighting and training
guns. 1t is to be feared that the marks
manship of our Jack Tars may prove not
to be much better than that displayed at
the Presidio one afternoon several years
ago, when q trial of the garrison with
the guns on the Notifications at that
point took place. An old hulk was an
chored out in the channel as mark,
and terrible bombardment began. AS a
result of whole afternoons practice,
it was not hit once, but the Sausalito
fer-y-boat and several peaceful boats
came very near going to Davy Jones'
locker. Secretaries Bayard and Whitney
do not seem to have had any recourse
but to take the attitude they have as
sumed, but it is impossible to disguise
the fact that the crisis is grave one.
For the sake of all concerned it is to be
hoped that the Prince of Blood and Iron
will eat crow. But if he dont-well,
we shall know better than to leave a
country of sixty-fve millions of people
without as good a navy as Chilli next
tima
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
AN Ontario nurseryman left that plac

AN Ontario nurseryman left that place
a few days ago with orders for orange
trees amounting to $11 900. Where is he
going for them? Why, to Florida That
is pretty commentary on our thrift.
Here is as fine home for the orange as
there is in the world. Yet We send to
Florida in one round sum $11 900 fof
young trees that ought to have been
grown here at home. 1t is not improb-
able that 100000 will leave this section
during the present season to pay for
young orange trees bought in Florida
and shipped here at big expense. What
this country needs at present is men who
know how to work.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20

The Times of yesterday had good
deal to say about the adoption by the
Legislature of the new charter, much of
which was sensible and timely. But
then, not satisfied with that, it acquits
itself of lot Of twaddle about the oppo-
sition to it's adoption emanating from the
gamblers. This is highly insulting to the
highly respectable gentlemen who think
that that instrument is unconstitutional
and will leave US in condition in which
public improvements will be made i'm
possible for two years because we should
be unable to borrow any money. They
may be wrong in their views, but we can
re no reason for insulting them. We
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
The Too Ready Revolver.

HELENA, Mont, January 19.-At Ro-
dersburg, yesterday, Robert Hossfeldt,
prominent rancher of Jefferson county,
was shot and killed by John P. Free
man. The latter had been pasturing
some horses on Hossfeldt's ranch and
yesterday went for them. There were
$28 charges due and Hossfeldt's son, in
the absence OF bis father, refused to let
freeman take the horses until the
amount was paid. The latter returned
to the village and INDUCED freely in
liquor. Subsequently he met Hossfeldt
and paid him and while the two were
taking several drinks together in a
friendly manner Freeman suddenly drew
his revolver and shot him.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
Totals -. 67o, 500 1,o75 ,277 12s,s7s 61,775
lemons

These importations ara reproduced
here by the months in order to give our
producers a better idea of when the
largest arrivals take place. The exhibit
opens up to our people wide field for
enterprise. When We can produce these
10000 carloads of citrus fruit in this
region our revenues will be a handsome
sum. Think of it; 100000 packages of
oranges and lemons! tits equal to 1000
trainloads of ten cars to the train. 1t
takes about two acres of trees to produce
a carload of fruit. We will therefore
require 1000 acres Of citrus orchards to
meet this demand.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-20
A DefaulteF,s Return.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, January 49,
Ex-Sherihf Donaciano Pine, of Valencia
county, who has been missing for some
time, has returned to his home at Las
Lunas. After leaving here he went to
Santa Fe, where in company with a
woman, Mary Motta, he spent considera-
bic money. The woman relieved him CT
about $4,000 and went on to Denver,
leaving him penniless. His shortage
will reach $4,000, which his bondsmen
will have to make good to the Territory.