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Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18

THE dangers of drinking water are
never taken into the count by the
devotees of prohibition, and yet Adams
ale, as consumed in American cities, is
often the most dangerous fluid in the
world, 30 infinitely more harmful than
glass of light, well-made wine or lager
beer that really there is no comparison
between these beverages that will not be
overwhelmingly against what looks like
genuine aqua pura. DR.. F. Riehl, of
San Francisco, recently read paper be-
fore the Microscopical Society of that
city, in which be demonstrated that the
unsuspecting resident of the Golden
Gate swallows twenty thousand bacteria
to every three ounces of Spring Valley
water. This analysis, we presume, takes
no account of the bacill#, microcuspides
and other adventurous infusoria which of
themselves can do no little to make man
turn pale about the gills and look upon
tuberculosis as the least of the thousand
natural ills that flesh is heir to. So
great are the dangers from drinking
Spring Valley water that it would seem
to disinterested person that an intelli-
gent denizen of San Francisco would
ask to be cremated at once. However,
the San Francisco male biped has neveri
been known to favor water to any alarm
ing extent, myriads of them being
utterly ignorant of the taste of that fluid.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18

THE kindly spirit which exists in the
northern and central counties towards
Southern California is well illustrated by
the formation of the Assembly commit
tees. On eighteen Of the principal COM
mittees of that body there is not a single
representative of the southern counties,
and that at a time when Los Angeles
county alone has shown by her vote that
she has population of fully one hum
dred and fifty thousand souls. There
are an immense number of corporations,
and very important ones at that, in the
three counties Of Los Angeles, San Ber-
nardino and San Diego, but there is not
a single Assemblyman from any of those
counties on the Assembly Committee on
Corporations. Many of the members
of the Legislature from Southern Cali
fornia represent constituencies four times
as numerous as the average Of the north
ern and central county districts, but
this seems to count for nothing in their
favor. 1t is carrying out the old, old
policy of discriminating against any
thing south of the city and county Of San
Francisco. The most incredible thing
in the history of the United States is the
fact that no United States Senator has
ever been elected in California south of
the southern line OF San Francisco coun-
ty. And yet our northern compatriots
wonder that there is a growing demand
for State of South California.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18

The Golden Belt Cannery at Fullerton
is indeed golden concern to those who
own it. On Wednesday last there were
dispatched from its doors one carload of
canned Lima beans to San Diego, and
another to Los Angeles. There is some.
thing encouraging in reading facts like
this. The beans grow on the foothills,
north of Anaheim. The farmers get many
shekels for the crop. The cannery pays
wages to it's employees and that goes right
back into the channels of trade and keeps
the wheels of enterprise duly fabricated.
The profits OF the concern go into
our banks to maintain the credit of the
section. By all means let US have more
canneries to put up all the products of
the country. Let us can our fruits and
vegetables. Let US supply all the cities
of our own section, and send much of the
product abroad to bring in more coin to
develop the resources of the most pro-
ductive section of the globe.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
THE PRESIDENTS VETO.
Again InterpOsed in the In
terest Of the People.
A RAID ON THE TREASURY.
1t is Promptly Stopped by Mr..
Cleveland-The Reasons for
His Action.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.1
WASHINGTON, January 1.-THE Presi-
dent returned to the Senate without his
approval the bill to pay $500 to VIM.
ID. Wheaton and Charles H. Chamber
lain, for many years prior to 1879 Re-
ceiver and Register of the Land Office at
San Francisco, Cal. The two officers
were required by an order issued July
1st, 1877, to turn thereafter into the
Treasury certain fees they had prior to
that time retained. In February 18th,
1879, they were allowed two clerks, and
the President says it is proposed, upon
the theory that the clerks were employed
to do work for which fees were formerly
allowed, to reimburse the officers for the
amount paid for clerk-bire between the
time when the retention of fees was
stopped and the time when the clerks
were authorized to be employed and paid
out of the public Treasury. The Presi-
dent says the officers had notice that
such employment and payment would not
be approved by the Government and
adds:
81 am decidedly of opinion that the
relations, duties and obligations of SUBJ
ordinates in the public employment
should be clearly defined and strictly
limited. They should not be permitted
to judge of the propriety or necessity of
incurring expense on behalf of the Gov
ernment without authority, much less in
disregard of orders, and yet there are
cases when, in an emergency, money is
paid for the benefit of the public service
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authorized, ought in equity to be reim-
bursed. If the present case is one of
equity" the President says, "a verified
statement ought to be made out showing
the exact amount expended by the
beneticiaries from their private funds for
doing this work, and the amount found
paid allowed" Such statement no.
where appears, and the President thinks
that the beneiciaries should be required
to establish the amount so paid out be-
fore reimbu bursement is made.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
The atInnta sent to Hayti.

WASHINGTON, January 1.-THE ques-
ton as to where the United States ship
Atlanta is to go, is settled at last. Orders
have been issued to her commander,
Captain Howell, to proceed with her at
once to Port.au-Prince and report to
Rear Admiral Luce, commanding the
North Atlantic station, now on board the
Galena. 1t is expected that the Atlanta
will sail from New York Saturday morn
ing. The United States ship Galena will
return to the United States upon being
relieved by the Atlanta, and the COM
mander of that vessel will be in command
of the naval forces in Haytien waters.
Nothing has been heard from the United
States ship Ossippee since she sailed
from Norfolk, but it is thought at the
Navy Department that she has arrived at
Port. .au- Prince before this time.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
AND still the wonder grows amongst

AND still the wonder grows amongst
our people as to what became of that
$9S, 900 supposed to have been spent upon
the county roads. One of the editors OF
the HERALD yesterday met leading citi-
zen Of Los Angeles county, who does not
live thousand miles from Whittier. To
an inquiry as to what had been expended
upon the roads in his neighborhood he
returned an answer more emphatic than
Chesterfeldian, but we reproduce it for
the benefit of the public. "Damfno; 1
don't believe cent was spent on 'em.
If there was any money laid out in road
making where live have failed to see
any evidence of it," The same refrain
reaches US from all quarters.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18

PLANS for new railroads into this Sec
ton are as prolific of production as a
mushroom bed in humid atmosphere.
But in their manifold nuEber the like
ness ceases. For they will not perish in
a night, as they grow up in day. From
Warmers ranch comes news Of surveyors
in the field. And from South Riverside
comes the report that the Pomona and
Elsinore scheme is revived, with prop
osition to come into Los Angeles and to
get out towards Salt Lake by the Cajon
Pass. 1t looks as if some heavy Eastern
syndicates were really reaching out for
this as an objective point, and with the
further intention of running feeding
branches into all the valleys and to all
the towns in this section.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18

IT SEEMS almost incredible that there
should exist in Los Angeles a class o
men who actually busy themselves, no
only in croaking but in spreading alarmis
rumors as to the standing of our bes
business men. This region bad grea
real estate boom something over a yeal
ago, some features of which we're foolish
in the extreme. We shall have these
booms, with their foolish features, at reg.
ular intervals. That is inevitable in
Southern California. This community
managed its recovery from the "papel
town" extravaganza in manner that
surprised every one. 1t showed itsell
solvent in the highest possible degree.
About four months ago a crowd of croak.
ers and wiseacres started series of ru-
mors that this prominent business firm,
and then that, had failed. One would
hear SOME alarming cock and bull story
when one was on visit to Santa Monica
or Long Beach, or some other plea.
sure resort. The invariable result
was that these rumors were
lies ab initio, circulated with the view
of injuring the standing of some ener.
getic and public-spirited business man.
None of the failures announced then oc.
Cured. Some lines of business have, Of
course, been overdone in this city. The
probability is that if the Koh-i-noor, that
priced possession of the British Queen
were placed oil the market in Los Ang-
eles just now it would fail to find pur-
chaser. People are not now witnessing
the rush of the Pactolean stream Of
wealth in this region that was common
in the height of the boom. But the
HHRALD will give any one a chrome who
will take slate and pencil and figure out
how the investment of innumerable mil.
lions in this city and county by people
from the East and abroad could possibly
hurt either. The present promises
to be year of une1smpled crops,
new transcontinental railway is
about to be built to this city
and everything points to the most dura-
BILE prosperity we have ever had. Amid
December has considerably curtailed the
stream of Eastern travel, but this region
remains with the most perfect climate !,
sum mer and winter, possessed by any
region on the globe. 1t is destined to be
the most densely settled and the wealth.
lest section on the American continent.
Those who are engaged in the work of
creating an artificial panic here should
be shown that their room is far prefera-
ole to their company. The penitentiary
IS too good for them.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18

"trust," and had stood in with it and
abided by it for sugar alone; but when
proposition was made that would re-
duce the price Of sugar to the consumer
one cent a pound, the Senator from
Louisiana answered it by denunciation
of the whole system. He (Allison) de-
clared it would be better for the people
to pay for the whole sugar crop of Louis.
lana and dump it in the Gulf than to
keep up the existing duty on sugar. The
tax took $2S 100000 out of the pockets of
the people in order that the sugar pro-
ducers might receive one cent pound on
an infinitesimally small proportion of the
sugar they produced.
After some further discussion, and
without reaching vote, the Senate went
into executive session, and soon ad-
journed.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
TIE neople Of Sonfhern California ara

The people of Southern California are
in urgent need of State Prison and will
ask the Legislature for relief. The re-
quest is reasonable and should be i'm
mediately granted.-[Stock Report.
1t might be just as we'll to throw in an
insane asylum and boys and girls re-
formatory while the Legislature is about
it. Two or three years Of the taxes which
Los Angeles county alone is made to pay
into the State Treasury in excess of her
rightful share Of the burdens Of the State
would pay for the building of all these
institutions, and suffice for their maintain
ance when built. Anything to keep
some of the taxes collected here at home
would be looked upon as a work of
reparation.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18

One who was intimately acquainted
with this city at the beginding of the
current decade, and who now surveys it
after lapse of eight years, will be sur
prised to see how it's waste spaces have
been filed in with residences. At that
time East Los Angeles was hamlet Of
scattered cottages, and Boyle Heights
had much less population on which to
base city pretensions. Out Temple street,
west of Bunker Hill, there was hardly a
sign of population. Southwark, there
were few houses below Sixth street.
Now East Los Angeles is very respect
able city of herself. Boyle Heights is be-
coming very compactly settled. The
hills for three miles along Temple street
are densely peopled. And residences
crowd each other to tie utmost limits
of the city southwark. 1t used to be
asserted that there was vacant space
enough in Los Angeles city to accommo-
date half million people. We still lack
something Of 100000 population, but the
city is getting pretty we'll built up. There
are within the charter boundaries of this
municipality six miles square, or thirty
six square miles of space. Allowing for
streets, five city lots 50x150 feet go to the
acre. The area is equal to %, 900 acres.
Out of this come the parks, the river
bed, rough pieces which would
cost fortune to utilize excepting
for goat pastures, depot grounds,
business blocks, factories, and much
land used for other than residence
purposes. But if all the space we're cut
up into residence lots of the size out
lined above, there would be only about
100000 such subdivisions. Any one
who surveys the ground as it is to-day
will see that when Los Angeles city is
twice her present size in population, her
space will be we'll filed up. OF course
there will always be some vacant lots on
her periphery, and three miles is long
way from the center of the city. 1t is a
ride of three-quarters of an hour by street
cars as things go. Close-in property
will from this time be surely paying
property, and in the near future it will be
worth much more than it is now held at.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18

NuRsERYMEN report an unprecedented
demand for fruit trees OF all sorts. It is
said that hundreds of thousands of them
will be planted in this section during
the current season. The call is most of
all for the various sorts of canning
peaches and for French prunes. Ger
tainly no better selections could be
made. Canning peaches, prunes and
apricots can be made to enrich this
county. Prunes net profits as high as
500 an acre. The market for them is at
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
THE WOOLGROWERS.
They StrenuOusiy object to Senator
Sherman,s Amen d m ent.

WASHINGTON, January 17.-This morn
ing the Senate SUBJ Committees on FL
nance, in charge of the tariff bill, heard
the delegations of the carpet and woolen
goods manufactures and wool growers.
The former decided on certain modifca-
tions in the wool schedule tending to the
reduction of some duties, while the wool.
growers wanted additional duties. Their
views, at times, were widely divergent
and expressed with much vigor AS far as
learned the arguments made no change
in the minds of the committee.
Senator Sherman proposed the follow
ing amendment to the bill which the man
ufacturers now have under consideration
and will express their opinion upon before
the committee tomorrow: "Amend
l44 to read as follows Duty on
woods of the first and third classes,
which shall be imported washed, shall
be twice the amount of the duty to which
they would be subjected if imported un-
washed. The duty upon woods of the
second class, which shall be imported
washed, shall be five cents per pound in
addition to the duty to which they would
be subjected if imported unwashed.
Washed woods are defined to bs such as
are washed in colo water on the back of
the sheep. The duty on wools of all
classes which shall be imported secured
shall be three times the duty to which
they would be subjected if imported un-
washed. All woods which, when inn
ported, shall contain less than twelve
per cent. of the weight thereof of yoke
grease, dirt or other FOREIGN substance or
matter, shall be classified as secured
wool, and pay duty accordingly.
Before they left the room some of the
manufacturers asserted that such an
meant the practical destruc-
lion OF their industry and that, as against
It, they should work for free wool.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
The President to Arbitrats.

WASHINGTON, January IA dispute
having arisen between Nicaragua and
Costa Rica in relation to the status of the
proposed Nicaraguan canal, the American
Minister to Guatemala, some time ago,
was instructed to use bis good offices to
bring about All understanding between
the two governments. The following
dispatch from him was received at the
Of State to-day: 'The Con-
vention between Nicaragua and Costa
Rica to arbitrate the question affecting
the Nicaraguan canal was signed on the
10th, and the President OF the United
States was named as arbitrator"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
FRIDA1, JANUARY IS, 1859.

THE Sewer Pipe Company does not
propose to rest on its oars. Plans are
being prepared and arrangements made
to double the capacity of the concern at
once. This is found necessary in order
to complete the orders already on hand.
Success to this and to all legitimate en-.
terprises like this. The affair is in the
hands of sagacious, wide-awake business
men, who know their business, and who
propose to push things. Let us have
more factories like this.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
Who Drew the erizeap

At the drawing of the prizes for the
benefit of the British Benevolent Society
last night the following were the lucky
numbers: First prize, 401; second prize,
397; third prize, 1S; fourth prize, 1875;
fifth prize, 454 sixth prize, 361. Holders
of these tickets can obtain their loot by
calling on Mr.. R. Blackman, in the Lam
franco Block.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18

IT is greatly to be desired that the area
devoted to the cultivation of the grape
should be extended in Los Angeles
county. The demand promises to be
good. 1t is true that the price has not
been very satisfactory to the vineyardist
of late years, but the conditions now are
different. Last year grapes of the Mis-
sion variety brought from $12 to $13 a
ton. We are much mistaken or the price
this season will be material advance on
those figures. The facilities for making
wines and brandies have greatly in
creased in this county during the past
year. In the city of Los Angeles Mr..
Alfred Stern has increased the capacity
OF his winery and distillery on scale of
great magnitude. The demand for Cali,
fornia wines and grape -brandies is
steadily growing. California brandy is
being daily more and more highly appre-
ciated. Under such circumstances, the
area of our vineyards should be
largely augmented. 1t has been d.
minished to some extent by the vine
pest and perhaps still more by the in
sane impulse to lay off corner lots away
out in the country. 1t would have been
a great blessing if the speculative fever
had left our vineyards and orchards
alone. The vine pest will regulate itself,
and the gratifying discovery has been
made that it don't attack the finer
grades of foreign grapes. The inatten-
ton to existing vineyards can also be
remedied by industry and care. We
should double their area in the next
three years. Let the viticulturist show
that he is responsive to the situation.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18

Nobody has yet taken the trouble to
anaIyze the water of the Los Angeles
river. 1t would be an excellent thing
for the Angelefo who affects this primi-
tive beverage to see that it is either
boiled or distilled before drinking. In
this way he can aid the climate in max
ing diseases of the typhoid and malarial
type very infrequent hereabouts.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
To succeed Himself.

WASHINGTON, January 17.-The nomi-
nation of Walter L.. Bragg. to succeed
himself as Interstate Commissioner,
was favorably reported to-day in the ex-
ecutive session of the Senate by the COM
mittee on Interstate Commerce.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
A Brutal skipper.

BALTMoRE, January 17.-In the United
States District Court here to-day Captain
Robert Mills, of the oyster schooner
Chickera, was found guilty of brutally
beating his dredgers, and was sentenced
to pay fine Of $500 and spend one year
in jail.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
Assistant-President Elected.

New YORK, January 17.-At meeting
of the directors of the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad Company
to-day the resignation of James Tiiling-
hast, assistant to the president since
William H. Vanderbilt retired from the
presidency, was accepted. Henry
Walter Webb, for several years Vice.
President OF the Wagner Car Company,
was elected to fill the vacancy.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
Notice to Mail subscribers.

to the Los Angeles DAILY HERALD will be
promptly discontinued hereafter. No papers
will be sent to subscribers by mail unless the
same have been paid for in advance. This rule
is infexible. AYERS e LYNCH.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
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Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-18
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Entered at the pestoffce at Los Angeles as
second-class matter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-20
StanIey's Love Affair.

Henry NJ. Stanley, the explorer, had
an early love affair at Omaha, Neb.,
the particulars of which have been re-
Gently given out on "undoubted author
ity." 1t was when he was young,
handsome and fond of adventure. He
fell in love with an actress who was
then on the boards OF the old Academy
of Music-a vaudeville actress. She
was coquette, and fiirted with young
bloods of the city who had more money
than Stanley. When Stanley got per-
fectly crazy in his affection for her she
arranged meeting with him after the
performance, and, posting her friends,
had them stationed behind the scenes
to observe the results. Stanley, honest
in his infatuation, knelt before the
woman and protested desperately.
She amused herself AT his expense
for some time, and then called in her
concealed friends, much to her lover 6
surprise and disgust. N. Y. Graphic.