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Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08

A Remarkable Movement OF Coin.
1t does not fall in the line of every one
to be a witness of the transfer of immense
sums of money, which is frequent Incl
dent of governmental transactions, and
which in the United States repositories
are confined to the great cities. During
the past week we have been treated in
Los Angeles to transfers of coin that are
sensational in their magnitude. Last
week the Farmers & Merchants Bank
handed over upwards Of $3.50. 900, to GER
tain designated banks, of the city funds
of which it had been the custodian.
Yesterday it did even a more colossal
scale of work in that line, turning over
to County Treasurer Banbury $961 900. 80
of the county's moneys, which we're dis
tributed by the new Treasurer tothe First
National, to the Los Angeles National,
and to the California National banks.
1t is understood that later portion of
this money will go to the Pasadena
banks. The money thus turned over
does not include $4S,000 of outstanding
warrants and the amount which is to be
sent to Sacramento as this county's pro-
portion of the taxes of the State, which
has not yet been determined.
AS it is, we have seen within week
the oldest of our banks turn over up
wards of a million and half dollars
and yet leaving itself with cash on hand
and cash with approved banks amount
ing to upwards of three millions OF dol
lars. After all that has been said in the
last campaign there could not be more
striking commentary than this fact or
the sagacity and conservatism OF this
standard financial institution of Los
Angeles county. 1t shows more
fully than any amount of dissertation
could how solid and durable is the bust
ness prosperity of this section, and this
prompt and satisfactory rendering up oi
the city and county funds, contrasts very
remarkably with the experience OF Los
Angeles taxpayers with other banks in
the past. We learn that it is the inten
ton of Mr.. 1. w. Hellman, the able and
public.spirited President of the Farmers
4 Merchants Bank, to give himself, II
the Spring, a long needed rest in the
shape of an extended tour in Europe
The good wishes of this community viii
60 with him.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08

WELL, the mountain has groaned and
the mouse has rushed forth. Probably
when Horace wrote the lines, "Partur-
iunt montes" he had no idea of how &C.
curately they would one day apply to one
Murchison, who, by breach OF faith,
entrapped fat-witted British Minister
into getting himself packed home to his
country for an unwarrantable piece OF
impertinence. 1t now appears beyond
peradventure that George Osgoodby, oil
Pomona, is Murchison, and much good
may the questionable distinction do
him. 1t was great political mistake to
have attached any Importance either to
Murchison or West; but, now that the
great secret is out the world breathes
more freely. Bismillah! MAMMALIAN i
God is great and Mahomet is his
Prophet. In the name of the Prophet,
figs
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
Our HarbOr.

Efforts have for years been persistently
made to belittle San Pedro harbor. De-
spite this, there has stood out in bold
relief the significant fact that the sa-
gacious builders OF the Southern Pacific
Railroad, have at all times stood by the
harbor as the most preferable of any
south of San Francisco for the transac-
tion of commercial business. That same
company now with the bright light Of
the present shining full upon
the situation are making active
preparation for the expenditure of
$1,O00,0 900 on a great wharf at that
place. Then there is the other fact that
new railroad by which the Union
Pacific and other great syndicates
are seeking to reach tide water on the
Pacific ocean, is about to be built, and
the objective point Of this effort is San
Pedro.
In the HERALD to-day is published a
detailed statement of the business done
at San Pedro during the year 1888, just
closed. The total number of ships of all
sorts arriving during the year was 1892
OF which los were from foreign ports.
The total imports OF lumber were 157 ,740,.
22O feet. There were 16S, ,437 tons of coal
disem barked. The exports show in a
measure the great fertility OF this section,
There were shipped nearly 10000
pounds of corn, and only very small
fraction of the corn crop seeks an outlet
at that point. Over 100000 pounds o.
wheat were shipped, and 1,309.02g
pounds of barley. The grand totals o
receipts we're 173 sol 1868 feet of lumber
and 219,56S tons of merchandise
Exports, S,97S tons. At San Diego there
arrived ia vessels Of all sorts. There
were received there los, ,000,0 900 feet o
lumber and 10000 tons of coal. Th'
lumber arriving at the two places Gomez
to over 26O,OOO,OOO feet. All tina
went into the buildings of thi
section in the twelve months. That il
at the rate of 21,750,0O0 fee
per month, or about 702, 800 feet for eacl
and every day in the year. That wa
worth in the rough at least $50 pc
thousand feet, or $2l 900 worth of lum
ber day. 1t comes to 81 1900, 900 pai'
out for lumber during the year.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
Depot JOttings.

Delays on the Atlantic and Pacific
caused the Santa Fe overland to be Eve
hours late yesterday.
A train of sixteen cars of lumber for
the Western Lumber Company, of this
city, arrived at the Southern Pacific
depot yesterday morning.
A ship laden with machinery for the
Cuyamaca road has arrived at San Diego
and work on the line to Yuma will, it is
said, soon be commenced.
The Southern Pacific pay car got in
yesterday afternoon and money was
plentiful about the depot. 1t will pay
over the branches to-day and then leave
for the South.
Mr.. E. A. Ford. the General Passenger
Agent of the Pennsylvania system, will
arrive on the Coast on Saturday to make
arrangements for filling the Coast
agency made vacant by the retirement Of
Mr.. J. Kirkland.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08

THE HERALD has frequently set forth
the cheering view that ten acres of the
ertile soil of Los Angeles county was
worth more than quarter section of the
best grain or corn land in any State in
the valley Of the Mississippi, and that
family could make an independent living
from such a small patch OF our
prolific territory. Profits of grape-grow-
ing, of orange culture, of alfalfa fields,
of dairying and of poultry raising have
been figured out from indubitable facts to
establish this view. And now we are to
have another industry added to O long
list which will put this proposition be-
yond the sphere OF doubt. MIR. Spreckels
is authority for the statement that in the
Pajaro Valley, Santa Clara County,
farmers make 1925 per acre from
a single crop of sugar beets. He states
that the average price realized for this
root at the sugar refinery in that section
is over 81 per ton, and that the yield
runs at about thirty tons to the acre.
That is $2l0 per acre. At this average
rate ten acres will yield $2,10O worth of
beets. 1t is good wheat farm in any
State which will turn off twenty bushels
of grain an acre. That is 5000 bushels
for farm of 16O acres. To the farmer
seventy.five cents a bushel is good
price for wheat. That is $2,400 for the
crop off his quarter section-if he sells it
all. He must keep seed for next year,
and that will come to nearly 100 bushels,
and will take $75 off his profits. Be-
sides, it will cost him much more in
labor for seeding, harvesting and
threshing his wheat crop than it will
cost our farmer to handle the 800 tons
of beets from his ten-acre patch. Even
with one crop of beets our farmer is away
ahead Of his brother in Illinois, VINO owns
100 acres ofland. But here we can produce
two crops of beets year, and thus
double discount the western fellow, and
our man has the glorious climate to live
long in while the other has to face the
winters billiards. with his ears and nose
nipped by the frost, his fingers dead with
the cold, and his toes afre with chill
blains,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
PANAMI A CANAL.
A Temporary Suspension OF WerE
Causes Some Alarm.

Causes Some Alarm.
PANAMA, (via Galveston) January T.
Four thousand men have been thrown
ont of employment by the stoppage of
work by two large contractors, engaged
in the Panama canal work. 1t is ex-
pected that the canal company
will Immediately continue work,
re-engaging the discharged work
men. The temporary suspension
at La Zebra was caused by the demands
of the contractors, who have now re-
ceived instructions from the Paris office
to resume operations without further in
terruption. The suspension was only
of few hours duration. The British
war ships Swiftsure and Caroline, and
the French man-of-war Duquesne, are in
port here.
DIFFICULTY TEMPORARILY AvERTRD.
LONDON, January IA Paris dispatch
to the Standard says: The Panama
Canal difficulty has been temporarily
averted, all the contractors having con-
g sented to receive shares in the Panama
Railway as guarantee for the sums be-
coming due to them in the
Immediate future. The shares of the
new company will be reserved
exclusively for the present stockholders.
A circular has been sent to the presidents
of the provincial commissioners, inviting
them to secure subscriptions to the new
company before meeting on the 26th.
Money will be deposited in the Bank of
France and will be returned if insufficient.
The shares will be of 500 francs each and
will bear five per cent. interest until the
canal is opened. Then they will be en-
titled to five per cent. interest on the net
profits. De Lesseps will be Chairman Of
the Company. The new shares will take
precedence Of all those already issued. .
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
A Commitree ON Rates.

Eugene German, the President OF the
Board of Trade, received notice yester-
day that he was appointed as member
of the committee appointed by the State
Board of Horticulture to confer with the
railroads for the purpose of obtaining bet
ter rates. The other members are Hon.
w. III. Aiken, S. w. Back, Edwin Kim
ball and P. N. Pratt. This committee
will act in conjunction with another from
the California Fruit Union. to see what
can be done to induce the companies to
reduce the tariff for the carrying OF fruit.
A report on the matter will be made at
the spring session of the State Board OF
Horticulture.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
AMUSE MENTS.
The Great English BurIesque Com.
panv at the Grand.


The great English Burlesque Company,
headed by the famous Lydia Thompson,
has come and been seen by Los Angeles
that is, by very large portion of it,;
for the house which greeted the troupe is
one of the very largest that ever packed
the Grand, from footlights to foyer, in
parquet, dress circle, balcony and gallery.
The house was all full, and full Of very
intelligent and stylish audience below
stairs. The people have seen this bur-
lesque company, famous on both sides
of the big international ferry. And
what is the verdict? In the main,
disappointment. The play is on
tie whole failure, but not
so much from lack Of merit on the part
of the performers, as in lack of wit or
point in the play. Whoever wrote
Penelope is the author of what seems to
people here to be in the main failure.
The "gags" are fiat, stale and un-
profitable. There is good deal OF the
attempted wit that is coarse and low.
But while the play is failure, and
while the general verdict is one of dis
appointment, there is much individual
merit in many of the performers. The
people were not cold to these merits,
but applanded warmly whenever
boards. The The piece is set and
costumed perfectly, gorgeously. The
dressing Of the inevitable march, which
must be part of all 'leg shows" was
exquisite in its grace of design ard love-
liness of blended colors. The scenes are
beautiful beyond expression. The spec
tacular features are all that could be de-
sired.
Miss Thompson, Of course, is possessed
of histrionic art OF q high degree. In
her movements she is very graceful, and
her comedy air is irresistible.
Mr.. Radcliffe in his feat of swallowing
a lighted cigar and singing with it in his
mouth, putting the smoke out between
the verses, has no rival in that line oi
business. Harry Starr, who appears az
Ulysses prime minister, is true Cock
ney of Cockaigne itself. Miss Rose New.
man in her dancing displays rare art Of
the order terpsichorean. There are other
meri orious features in the company
which insures an evening of enjoyment,
despite the numbering heaviness of the
lines and the ancient flavor of the gags
which would seem to call for too liberal
a use of the chestnut bell" of the King
of Sparta.
On Thursday night Penelope will give
way to Columbus, a brand-new piece to
see the light fret in Los Angeles, il
Dame Rumor reports Alright.
MIR. Jay Rial is the affable as we'll as
able manager of the company, who al
ways finds hearty welcome in Los
Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Haverly, Of world
wide minstrel fame, occupied one OF the
boxes and enjoyed the show.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08

Los ANGELES seems to be most ex-
cellent place for capital to find remuner-
ative investment. One Of our mercantile
banks, proverbial for its sound business
like management and conservative
policy, is out with an announcement of a
dividend at the comfortable rate of sixteen
per cent. per annum. Ordinarily such q
statement brands bank as wild eat
affair, but the worst thing its
enemies even say of the Farmers &
Merchants is that it is conservative.
Yet this stable policy and the prosperity
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
"a Woman Scorned. ,,

A Woman Scerned is the title of the
piece to be presented at the Los Angeles
Theater tomorrow night by the Azalea
Dramatic Society OF San Diego. This is
a society composed of the fas hionable
people Of that city and about 200 citizens
of San Diego will visit Los Aug eles to
witness the performance.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08

WITHIN the past few days all the hotels
and boarding houses in Los Angeles have
filled up we'll with tourists, climate,
health and home seekers. The Eastern
hegira from billiards. and cyclones is
upon us in force. 1t will increase and
thicken in its dense crowds for
two or three months to come.
1t is the later months of the
Eastern winters that make the soul
weary Of the struggle to stay in the
body, and then it is that people fee
from the cold spring to come, as sinners
do from the impending wrath. The
stream has been little narrow and
shallow thus far, but it will deepen and
broaden from this on.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08

The Council yesterday granted the
right-of-way to the Southern Pacific over
Pine street to their new depot. This re-
lieves San Pedro street for two-thirds OF
its length of the tracks OF the company
and to that extent is so much gained.
The public generally will be glad to
know that this long controverted ques-
fion ia settled at last.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
The Dime Museum.

The latest attraction at the Dime Mu-
scum is Eta Clark, the double.iointed
and double Drained girl. She was born
in Merced county and performs some
wonderful contortions. Her head meas :
ures 40 inches in circumference. Tn 9
museum contains other interesting feat
ures.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
Street IsaiIwavT,rnn.fer.

TACOMA. W. T., January 7.-The
formal transfer Of a two-thirds interest in
the street railway franchises of Tacoma
was made to-day by Nelson Bennett to
President Cakes, Harry Willard and
others Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, for $lS7, 500.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
stockton Baseball Association

STOCKTON, January IA meeting OF
the Stockton Baseball Association was
held tonight, and elected a new board OF
directors, J.. @. Campbell, Henry Sharp,
a. J. Turner; Frank Vert. and D: A; !
by electing J. @. Campbell President and
j. O. Shelly Secretary. No action was
taken towards signing players.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL.
Both Phelps and Clunie Demand 8
Recount.

committee of the Conference Committee
of the Republican and Democratic organ
izations met this afternoon to take action
in regard to having a recount of the vote
in the Fifth Congressional District. Both
candidates, Phelps and Clunie, were
present and expressed themselves as
being desirous of having recount. 1t
was decided to have the recount begin in
Court Wednesday morning.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
LEGISLATURES OPENED.
New Members sworn In-Caucuss-
ing for Officers.
Nv the Associated Press


By the Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, January Twenty
Democratic Senators held caucus this
morning to arrange for preliminary or.
ganization. 1t was arranged that aftel
members at noon, President White would
deliver short eulogies on the late Gov
Bartlett, and also on the late Senator
A. L. Chandler, of Yuba. 1t was
formally announced that Yell, of Mendo-
cino, was out of the fight for President.
THE SENATE CALLED TO ORDER.
President White called the Senate to
order at noon, and referred to the death
of Governor Bartlett as the reason for
his being in the place of the Lieutenant
Governor. He then read an eulogy
upon the late Governor, in which he
gave biographical sketch, praising his
honesty, integrity and craftsmanship.
Tribute was also paid to the memory of
the late Senator Chandler. The roll
call showed all the members present.
The twenty-one newly elected Senators
were sworn in, and an adjournment was
taken till IL o'clock tomorrow morning,
out of respect to the memory of fGovernor
Bartlett and Senator Chandler.
THE ASSEMBLY ALSO.
noon also. Members were sworn in and
an adjournment was taken until II
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Democrats OF the Assembly went
into caucus Immediately. The Repub-
licans will caucus tomorrow.
REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAUCUS.
The Republican Senatorial caucus re-
suited in the following nominations: J..
N. E. Wilson, President pro tenn. J.W.
Miller, Sergeant at Arms James A. Orr,
Secretary H. J. Pray, Assistant Secre.
tary; j. II. Medley, Engrossing Clerk
Frank Beatty, Minute Clerk.
The Democratic Assembly caucus Sc.
lected D. j. Ostrom as Chairman and ad-
journed till O'Clock tonight.
SENATORIAL SLATE.
The Democratic Senatorial and Assem-.
bly, caucuses met this morning. The
Sen ators nominated s. M, White, for
President of the Senate; Geo. w. Peck
ham, for Secretary; Geo. Taylor, for
Sergeant-at-Arms; A. G. Balm, for Chap.
lain, and then adjourned until tomorrow
HOUSE NOMINEES.
The assembly caucus was in session
until after II O'Clock. Howe, OF Sonoma
WAS nominated for Speaker, receiving 80
votes to IL for Stork, Of Santa Barbara.
The other nominations made were as
follows: Speaker pro tenn, Shannahan,
of Shasta Clerk, E. E. Leake; First
Assistant Clerk, Harry Hart; Second
Assistant, Myron Yager; Ssrgeant-at.
Arms, Jerry Driscoll > assistants, Anaya
of Tulare, and McManus, of Butte
Minute Clerk, Bruce Penderglast, Wood
land; assistant, Charles McCourtney
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1859.

EVERYONE will be glad to learn that
the police force has been increased by
ten. 1t has had too much on its hands
for efficient service.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
Reets Locally and HistOrlcally

The sugar beet industry has q hlstor-
ical as we'll as local interest. Angeleflos
think much just now of the feasibility OF
retiring the sugar cane of the West In
dies and even of Louisiana in favor of a
vegetable which can be grown here in
great abundance twice a year, and the
establishment of sugar beet sugar facto-
ries in our limits is now most tempting
proposition. The Spreckels, father and
son, stand ready to inaugurate the new
industry, and all they ask is that our
farmers shall cooperate. For years it
has been known that the grapes of Los
Angeles county have larger proportion
of saccharine matter than those OF any
other portion of the State. 1t is this fact
which has given the pre-eninence to our
sweet wines and which has prevented us
from making the light clarets of the Sono.
ma and Napa valleys. The presumption
is therefore conclusive that the same rank
richness and depth of soil which so i'm
pregnate our grapes with saccharine
properties will do the same kindly office
by our beets. Los Angeles has history
as to beets. In size they are approached
by those of no region of earth outside OF
other favored regions of Southern Cali
fornia. With the ability to raise beets
of more than standard sweetness and OF
phenomenal size we shall at once begin
to grow them, doubtless to our signal
profit.
This is the local view of the beet ques.
ton, and now to the historical aspect of
the question. When the long struggle
between England and France began, fol-
lowing upon the first French Revolution,
the latter country lost her dependencies
in the West Indies, San Domingo, Hayti
and others, from which the French
people derived their sugar. The First
Napoleon at once started in to
make France independent of the
rest of the world as regards this
staple so important to the comfort of his
people, and he offered liberal bounties
for the production of beet sugar. The
result of his statesmanlike policy was
that Germany followed his lead, and to-
day those great countries are self-sustain-
ing in this staple.
To cultivate sugar cane successfully re.
quires the cheapest kind of labor. This
was the secret of the prosperity of the
sugar interest in the South in the old
days. To cultivate the sugar beet in
Southern California there is no such pre-
requisite. Here its yield is 80 great that,
as the HERALD showed editorially yester-
day, on the authority of Mr.. J. d.
Spreckels, careful farmer near Watson
vile netted 1925 an acre on this root.
What is needed now is that the farmers
of this county shall put in five thousand
acres in the sugar beet. The seed being
supplied by the Spreckels Syndicate, the
course is clear. Speed the good work!
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
UndeIivered TeleGranls.

The following are the kilograms re-
manning at the Western Union telegraph
Office up to 10 O'Clock last night:
Mrs. "A. "A. Holmes, Mrs. Wilson Deal,
Mrs. Lucy Rogers, A. A. Smith, VIM.
j. Wriland, Tom Urquhart, Lee Flo
Mum and All Yee.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
,vrcu JAMEs J. AYERS.
AYERS 4 LYNCH, : PUbLlsHEho'
CarY OFFICIAL PAPER.
ur,.area at the pestofice at Los Angeles as
second class matter
DELIVERED BY CARRIERS
A. soe.yper Week, or soc. per Month


LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE from adjacent towns
specially solicited.
RRMrTrANcEs should be made by draft, cneck; sc1J
~ogtOffiee order or postal note The latter shouiu
- sent for all sums less than So.
OyvrcR OF PUBLICATION, 1885 West Secono
st<eat between Spring and Fort, Los Angeles
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08

JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT-Ow1ng 70
.nr greatly Increased facilities we are prepared
to execute ali kinds of job work in superior
manner Special attention will be given 10
commercial and legal printing, and al oroers
will be promptly filed at modeiate rates.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08
N.t,ce to Mall su ubscribers.

nae papers of all delinquent mail supscrIpeIs
to the Los Angeles DAILY HERALD Will De
promptly discontinued hereafter. No papers
xiii be sent to Subscribers by mail umie,s the
same have been paid for In advance; INST inns ,uie
ie iniexible. Afkhs AiNoh.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08

The New Years edition OF the Los An
geles HERALD is splendid paper; chock
full of local information, presented in
the most attractive style. - Ventura
Democrat
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-08

of this section enable that bank to di-
vide profit OF sixteen per cent. with its
shareholders, after adding largely to its
reserve funds.