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The herald., 1895-12-16
nONE HIM OUT

While the board OF supervisors will
meet today in session held for the COZ
sideration of other than general bust
ness, there is nothing to prevent the
county legislators taking up any sub
ject And no subject of more immedi-
ate Importance can engage their atten-
ton today than the fact that DIR. Bar
ber in his seltishness and inhumanity
is abusing the position he holds by
using a part of the county hospital,
constructed at considerable expense
for a maternity ward, as his private
residence.
The supervisors should oust the doc
tor from the quarters he has usurped,
and they should do so today. There is
absolutely no reason for days delay
in the matter. The hospital is none
too large for the peculiar purposes Of
such an institution; there is not room
sufficient to permit of its occupancy
for residential purposes. f it is es-
sential to the successful management
of the hospital that the superintend-
ing physician reside within the
grounds, cottage suitable for his oc-
cupancy should be speedily erected,
but by all means and at all hazards the
maternity ward should be vacated by
the superintendent, SO that it may be
utilized for it's rightful purpose.
The herald., 1895-12-16
THE LIGHTS ALL WENT OUT
Which PIeascs the Burglars at San
Bernardino
Nobody Knows When natters Will Be Ar
ranged to Re,ight the Town-Button
Gets Aaother Trial

SAN BERNARDINo, Dec. 15.-The Electric
Light and Power company, which has been
supplying the city with lights, shut Off all
the street lights at midnight last evening
and tonight, and for an indefinite time to
come the city will be in darkness.
The trouble has grown out of the rejec-
ton by the board of city trustees of the
power company's bid of 1925 per light for
the ensuing year. Last year the company
furnished the city lights on a contract OF
$595, or S5.95 per light, and raise OF
$l.30 per light caused the board to reject
all bids and readvertise. The notice as
published is peculiar and may mean a
great deal. 1t says: Bids shall be for
lighting the city for one year from March
16, 1896.
City Trustee Hiram Barton has resigned
his position, and rumor has it to engage in
operating the city street car lines by elec-
triCity and perhaps the Harlem Springs
road. BY placing the contract three
company to enter the field as competitor
with the three already in operation. In
the meantime, with burglars more numer.
Gus than usual, citizens are wondering II
they will have to live in darkness for the
next three months. The contract with the
power company has expired, and no other
company has plant suitable TO supply
the city with lights.
Charles Button will be brought before
the superior court tomorrow for trlai ior
killing Gus Boehm in Fish Camp about two
years ago. On the first trial he was con.
victed of manslaughter, and on the second
the jury disagreed. Button has employed
to defend him Byron Waters of San Fran
cisco and w. A. Harris of Los Angeles.
The herald., 1895-12-16
THE RAISE IN LEATHER

The people who control the leather
business of the United States are about
to raise the price Of their commodity
by decreasing the output of the same.
This act, of course, cuts like a two
edged sword-it affects the labor mar
ket unfevorably by throwing thous-
ands of men out Of employment, and it
makes the things composed of leather
harder for people to obtain because of
the enhanced cost. Many, and often
curious, are the comments made by
the press OF the country regarding this
move of the leather combine. Most
curious of all the editorial utterances
on the subject are those which clamor
for direct legislative interference with
such procedure as the leather combine
has seen fit to adopt. Just what this
interference will consist OF has not
been very clearly defined by its advo-
Gates. Unless it is intended to enact
laws which will compel the leather CON
Germs to continue in operation whether
they desire to do so or not, it is hard
to see how legislature or congress
can directly prevent raising OF the
price Of leather by the method utilized
The herald., 1895-12-16

large to be yssdiscernible by the naked
eye, and varying in size from the tiniest
speck TO little granules the size of pin
head. Other trials were then made at diff
ferent points along the beach for distance
of three-quarters of mile, all of which
turned out some gold. In one instance
thirty-siX colors were found in single
shovel full. The best results we're always
obtained from the black sand or semi.
concentrates, which is much heavier than
the white and composed largely of iron
and other minerals. No attempt was made
to prospect the sand other than right at the
surface. Some was tried. however. from
the bed of the surf, which yielded more
than that from high up on the shore.
G. w. Goodman, who is an old mining
man of more than thirty years experience,
expressed the opinion that the sand along
the beach would turn out on all average 81
to the ton. Some that was proepected he
said would yield So. The supply is mex
haustible, as the field which has been pros
pected extends at least two miles along
the shore. The gold is deposited by the
waves from iedges at distance from the
shore. The land leased by the company
from Col. Dan Freeman is situated be-
tween two reefs. which form natural way
through which the water rushes with great
force, depositing fresh supplies of sand on
the beach at every ebb of the tide. W. j.
Sheridan. one of the best known mining
men in the west, made a careful examina-
ton of the property, and while not express
ing himself with great enthusiasm, said
that the sand could be made to pay if suffi-
cient capital were engaged in exploiting
the field.
The company intends to build plant
and commence operations as soon as the
industry can be properly organized. Their
plans are not yet rnatured, but in all prob
ability hydraulic force will be used in
working down the sand banks. The press
ure will come from ram placed in the
ocean and connected with a turbine wheel.
from which power will be obtained for op-
Grating the plant.
A meeting of the directors will be held
tonight and matters will be put in shape
for developing the mines within as short a
time as possible.
The herald., 1895-12-16
FREE GOLD AT BALLONA
Practical Tests Made by Mining Ex-
perts Yesterday
The Precious Metal Scattered for Miles Along
tho Beach-Company to Exploit
the Field

The directors of the Pacific Beach Min
ing and Dredging company, accompanied
by several mining experts and HERALD
representative, visited the property of the
corporation near Ballona yesterday for the
purpose of making further tests of the sand
on their claims, with view to getting the
opinion of the experts of the gold pros
poets and looking over the ground for a
suitable place to erect plant for its devel-
opment.
The following gentlemen composed the
party, which left the city at So'clock in the
morning: j. C. Lane, A. McNally. Thomas
Darmody, L. A. Cardwell, d. A. Moriarty,
&. w. Goodman, George Blake, Harry Par
ker and w. j. Sheridan.
Arriving at the camp. the first thing that
was done was to get out a prospecting pan
and wash a shovel full of sand. 1t was
taken from the surface few feet back
from high tide mark and washed with salt
water, which had been previously treated
with acid to cut the oil which accompanies
it. Every one watched eagerly for the re-
suits of the first trial. When all the coarse
white sand had been cleared away, leaving
only the fine black sand, several shining
colors were seen. They were sufficiently
The herald., 1895-12-16
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many. who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being. will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
lis excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pl cas-.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; efectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds, headaches and fevels
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
xaing them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance. :,
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
Efactrred by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package. also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
'rcept aRE substitute If offered.
The herald., 1895-12-16
Regular Army and Navy Union

General Geo. Crook Garrison 1873 initi-
ated two applicants at its meeting yester-
day evening at Mcdonald hall and elected
the following officers: Commander, A. V.
Lambert; senior vce-commander. j. II.
Fletcher; junior vice-commander, Thomas
Kavanagh; adiutant. j. G. Hale; paymas-
ter, James Cussen; quartertnaster, NJ. Fl.
Masser; officer of the day. j. c. G. Price:
officer of the guard, E. H. Mayo; officer of
the watch, L. +. Hinckley; chaplain, Geo.
E. Wise; council of administration, J. +.
Fletcher, H. Reid and j. c. c. Price.
Commander Lambert was chosen to rep
resent the local garrison at the national
convention at Washington, d. c.
Five applications for membership were
received Mrs. Modini-Wood was elected
an honorary member with commission
as major.
The herald., 1895-12-16
UNCoVERINd THIEvERY

The latest revelations concerning the
defalcations of the county clerks office
furnish interesting reading for the tax
payers of this county. They go to
prove the assertion that has been prev
iously made by TIE HERALD that there
exists in the court house combina-
tion of derelicts, official and unofficial,
lection. The fact that Frank E. Low
cry had stolen $1,000, it seems, has been
known for months past by men whose
sworn duty it was to protect the tax
payers Of the county from thieves of
every kind and description. Now that
the facts concerning the defalcation
have come to light, these same officials
close their lips and refuse to reveal to
the grand jury the inside of the rotten
ness that it ia known existed. The
weak and puerile conduct of the dis
trict attorneys Office is an almost ab-
sol1te protection to official scoundrels,
whether they be outright thieves or
whether they adopt indirect methods
by which to cloak their schemes to de.
plete the public treasury.
In the public offices of this county,
one administration seeks to cover up
and hide the criminal delinquencies of
the one that has preceded it. An hon
est, fearless administration of the dis
trict attorneys office. with the cooper
alton Of majority of the board of
supervisors and of every official in the
court house, is needed badly. Until
then, the half that has been done that
should place betrayers of public trust
behind prison bars will never be
known.
The mastery endeavors that have
been made to prevent the rotten condi-
tion of affairs that has existed in the
county clerks office reaching the pub
lie, is only an indication of other mat
ters that have been and are being Gov
cred up. The HERALD will endeavor to
throw the calcium light on the opera
tions Of the court house ring from time
to time. 1t is duty to the people
which we will cheerfully perform.
The herald., 1895-12-16

now. And it is not likely that anybody
in this republic will ever see the en-
actment of laws compelling men either
as individuals or corporations to carry
on private business against their will.
Under monarchisl or socialistic form
of government something of the sort
may be done, but not under a republi-
can form.
There is nothing supernatural or
particularly inexplicsble about the
leather combine. Like every other
monopoly, it rests on special privilege.
There is tariff on leather sufficient to
deter vigorous foreign competition,
and in consequence the American
leather manufacturer has, up to a lib
ersl point, a cinch on the domestic
market.
To shstter the scheme of the people
who make up the leather combine, it
is not necessary to violate any sound
political principle, to enact any laws
that will require anybody to continue
in business when they wish to suspend,
or that will prevent them charging as
much or as little for their own proper
ty as they wish. In other words, it is
not necessary to do anything that in
terferes with anybody's personal or
private rights, and which would there
fore be undemocratic,b but onlyto do that
which would tamper with no personal
right and be most distinctively Demo-
cratic-deprive the leather combine of
its special privilege by putting leather
on the free list. The leather manufact-
The herald., 1895-12-16

parison was much to the advantage OF this
cicy. He then related his experiences in
going through the "tenderloin district
with Chief Glass, and in which he compli-
mented the police upon the order MAIN
tanned, and then said: "While the inclina-
social evil will exist. 1t can he COM
pared to the dregs in a .cask of
wine; the better the wine the
fewer the dregs; asssociety improves, it's
dregs, fallen men and women, will vanish.
But that time is not yet, SO keep 1t together,
don't pollute the whole social life. The
preachers and others who would scatter
this element do not say as did the meek
and lowly Jesus, "Go and sin no more. !"
No; they say, "Go and sin somewhere
else.'
Prof. Bell then related some of his expe-
riences in the midnight mission in New
York, and made the statement that after a
eight out of ten took up the life through
being betrayed and shut out from society,
one per cent only were 30 because OF ma
tural depravity and one per cent from
love of dress and d,sinclination of work.
In giving the solution of the evil he first
in trying to reform. He related the story
of the prodigal son and which story he said
could be applied to these days every day
in the year, where the fatted calf is killed
when the prodigal boy forsakes his ways.
and society receives him with open arms.
But who ever heard of the prodigal daugh-
ter being SO received? He thought that
much OF the money spent in foreign mis-
sions could be used to better advantage in
building homes where fallen women could
be cared for and taught some trade where
by they could become independent work.
ers. He would have such q home in con-
nection with every church.
pr~f Ion ,v,Ix in,
good form and seeming in good condition.
He accounted for this in that as he was
getting himself into condition for his burial
test he had greater clairvoyant powers. He
stated that during the past few days he
had seen things as he had never seen them
before. He described people in the
audience very accurately and performed
the murder test and several others. He
seemed very much in earnest about his
burial.
The herald., 1895-12-16
AT THE HOTELS

J. B. Burns of Boston, Mass. is at the
Nadeau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nixon of San Jose are at
the Nadeau.
f. P. Gillette of Spokane, Washington,
is at the Hollenbeck,
H. D. Scudder, tourist from London,
England, is at the Nadeau.
S. E. Hamlet and wife of Washington,
D. c., are at the Hollenbeck.
Jno. ". Garland and wife of Ottawa,
Canada, are at the Westminster.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. G. Blestren of Fan
Claire, Wisconsin, are at the Hollenbeck.
Judge Edward Lamme, the well known
lawyer of San Gabriel, is at the Westmin-
ster.
West Noble and wife and Mrs. Lazarus
Of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. are at the
Nadeau.
Emile Fl. Breedenbeck, the we'll known
bicycle manufacturer of St. Louis, is at the
Nadeau.
Chas. H. Hastings, the we'll known
rancher of Sierra Madre, is at the West
minister.
Louis Gievers, wife and daughter, and
Mrs. Won Elberhorst of Chicago, are at the
Hollenbeck.
Harleigh johnson. the we'll known orange
and lemon packer of Santa Barbara is at
the Hollenbeck.
The herald., 1895-12-16

THE inability of the European pow
ers to agree on any method of institu-
ting governmental reforms in Armenia,
so that the people Of that unfortunate
district may be protected in their lives
and property. offers striking COM
mentary on the estimate the aforesaid
powers hold of each other. Under the
treaty of Berlin the great powers are
in duty bound to see that the Arme-
mans enjoy peace and order, and if
they we're little more sincere and less
distrustful the barbarisms of the Turks
and Kurds would be speedily checked.
The herald., 1895-12-16
AT THE THEATERS

The BuRBANK-The Frawley company
tonight begins the last week of their en-
gagement and will give its first production
of 1.-THE Lost Paradise" which allows
everymember of the company to distinguish
themselves. The play is a strong one and
has met with great success throughout the
east, having had a seven months run in
New York city. The piece will be given
all of the week and at the matinee on Sat
urday. YOUTH" spectacle of some note
is underlined for holiday week, which will
be interpreted by an excellent company of
performers specially engaged for this pre-
sentation.
The herald., 1895-12-16
The Raqis of r1oney

At the International Educational Labor
association yesterday Prof. Clark of San
Francisco discussed upon the subject,
"What is the True Value of Money!" 1t
was, he said, mans necessities and the de-
sire to satisfy them. The labor check had
been tried and had accomplished great re-
suit and it should be the only system of eX-
change. Mr.. Waldron followed Prof.
Clark and endeavored to negative his
propositions. Next Sunday the associa-
ton will discuss the question as to whether
or not mans environment shapes his
destiny.
The herald., 1895-12-16
An Oil Exrlosion

Considerable excitement was caused in
the neighborhood of Beaudry avenue and
Second street yesterday afternoon about =
o'clock by the explosion of one of tho
smaller tanks at Edwards oil refinery.
For some cause the head of the distill
blew out and the contents burst forth in q
volume of flame. A horse hitched near
the tank was killed. An alvrm was turned
in from box l5S and the department re-
sponded promptly, the fire being extin-
guished by the chemical engine. The loss
was about $500.
The herald., 1895-12-16
THE SOCIAL EVIL PROBLEM
The Solution Of the Evi! as Suggested by Or
Who Claims Experience

The Solution Of the Evil as Suggested by One
Who Claims Experience
Illinois hall was filled to it's fullest seat
ing capacity by the people who, despite
the incleInent weather, turned out to hear
Professor Bell and 1nind-reader Tyndall.
Wiley's orchestra furnished a pleasing
half hours entertainment, and Miss Ro-
sina Rosin's SONGS were encored. Profes.
sor Bell gave recitation, and then began
his address on "The social evil, or can the
fallen woven of our large cities be re-
claimed?" There was very little of the
theory in his talk 1t was for the most
part of a practical nature, and based on his
personal observations while superintend-
ent OF the Midnight Mission for Fallen
Women III New ork. and his work in Lon
don and other cities. In part he said:
ut Is dark question, this, OF human
frailty, OF fallen men and women. for, mark
yol, there is Il fallen man for every fallen
woman: yes, more than that, it has been
proven by careful statistics that there are
seven fallen men TO one fallen woman. /
have only been in Los Angeles seven
weeks, but have observed that the minis
terial union is much disturbed over the
fact that the police commissioners will not
scatter vice broadcast over this fair city.
Preachers and relormers have some very
pretty theories which will not hold water
with the experienced men of the world who
are usually put in authority to look after
the public peace. Those who have studied
the social eyil'' with the hope of coming
to some solution of how to remedy it, know
that it would be disastrous to scatter that
element broadcast in the community.
Officers whose sworn duty is to help keep
the peace know that only by herding can
they hope to control it. Students of this
subject know that Japan best controls it,.
There all houses OF prostitution are two
miles from the city limits and the locality
given up to that element is enclosed with
walls and gates and otherwise regulated
by law strictly enforced yet we send mis-
sionaries to Japan to civilixe the Japs. In
my opinion Los Angeles has cause for con-
graduation in that the houses of ill-fame
are confined to a distinctive locality"
Professor Bell then cited conditions in San
Francisco and eastern cities. which oom-
The herald., 1895-12-16

urers long since had the benefit of un-
taxed hides; let the people get the
advantages Of untsxed leather. The
leather combine buys material and
labor in an open and competitive mar
ket, but the people buy leather in a
comparatively non-competitive market.
Put the combine on the same level
with the people and make competition
and trade freer.
The herald., 1895-12-16
AN APPEAL TO SANTA CLAUS

AS this is the particular for charity and
making others happy The Herald invites all who feel
like conferrng of the happiness that ought to be
the lot of all children upon those little whom Santa
Claus might otherwise overlook to send to the Free
Kindergarten Association donations of money toys
clothing, anything that will make poor youngsters
joyous Such gifts will be received at The Herald bus
office and acknowledgement made in these col
If generous response is made to this offer
little stockings hung UP Christmas will be filled
which otherwise would hang limp and empty and will
insure the givers and recipients merry Christmas.
The Herald hopes that result of this appeal its
office will be filled with packages for the little and
its columns crowded with the names of the donors
The herald., 1895-12-16

AN authority on the fashions for
women states that the hustle, which
for five years has been relegated to OBJ
scurity, or the closet drawer, or shelf
we don't know which--is to come
into use again, and that even now it
may be seen in the east in its incipient
stages. This does not interest US per-
sonaIly, but we do confess to palpi-
teting interest in what the brand new
woman is going to do about it.
The herald., 1895-12-16

'INFIDEL BOB" persists in his refusal
to be converted, notwithstanding the
invocations on his behalf by thousands
of Jealous Christian Endeavorers. The
practical politician would consider the
efforts of the Endeavorers very ill ad-
vised. In trying the efficacy of prayer
on such q toughened and hopeless case
as that presented in Ingersoll the pres
tige of prayer is endangered.
The herald., 1895-12-16

FIFTY bodies, victims of the barbar-
GUS sultan of Turkey, are said to have
been discovered by a diver at the bot
tom of the sea near Constantinople
The last words of the poor devils could
scarcely have been "Abdul Hamid!
You are the Boss-phor-us."
The herald., 1895-12-16
Shakespeare CIrb rleeting

The members of the Shakespeare Club,
at the meeting at the Friday Morning Club
rooms this afternoon, in addition to the
regular program will listen to talk by
Mrs. Maynard on the social questions
arising from discussion of Coriolanus,
the play now being considered by the club.
The herald., 1895-12-16
MONDAY, DECEMBER r6. 1903
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The herald., 1895-12-16

Write the Truth as you see its
Fight the Wrong as you find it: Pub
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The herald., 1895-12-16

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