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The morning call., 1895-01-03

West, had escaped in company with four
mpanions from jail in that city. Grove
is the man who robbed Chapin's jewelry
store of tray of diamonds. County Chief
OF Detectives de Lue located Grove in
Iowa, but had to give way TO the prior
claim of railroad company.
The morning call., 1895-01-03
IN chARlTY,S NAME. !.
Strikers May Earn Dollar Day

Shoveling Snow.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Presidens R. Full
ton Cutting of the association for mproy-
ing the condition of the poor has offered
to provide $4,000 to be paid to needy
cloakmakers in wages of 81 day for
snow-shoveling and other street work.
The offer is made in communication
sent in reference 20 the appeal issued by
James r. Reynolds to-day on behalf OF
the distressed cloakmakers. The assocla-
ton provides, however. that it shall select
the beneticiaries and stipulates that the
assistance is rendered merely out OF char
Ity with no intent to aid the strikers.
The morning call., 1895-01-03
Anarchist Mowbrav Indicted.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 1.-The Grand
Jury to-day found true bill Of indlct-
ment against Charles w. Mowbray. the
English anarchist charging him with max
ing q seditious speech.
The morning call., 1895-01-03
COAL OPERATORS FIRM.
The Lowest Price Paid in the District
to Be the Ruling Rate.

=: to Be the Ruling Rate.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. IA meeting of
the coal operators of this district was held
here to-day to discuss the mining situation.
No action was taken regarding the mining
rate, but a resolution was passed declaring
that those present were ready at any time
to meet the responsibility for the breaking
OF the Columbus agreement for the pur-
pose of readiusting the price, 1t was de-
elared that until such a meeting was held
the lowest price paid at competing mines
must be the railing rate for the district.
The morning call., 1895-01-03
To Repair the Hartford.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.-The Appropria-
tons Committee of the House has agreed
to an appropriation of 100000. for the
Hartford. Il is altogether probable that
$4,000 will be appropriated for repairs on
the drydock at Mare Island.
The morning call., 1895-01-03
A STRIKE AT HOMESTEAD.
The Big Cut in Wages Causes Many
Men TO Quit.

HOMESTEAD. Pa, Jan. 2-There has
been much dissatisfaction over the cut in
wages here in the mills and tonight
the trouble is said to have ended in a
strike In the nineteen-inch mill. One of
the men, at the end of turn, at a late
hour tonight, found that under the new
scale he had earned just 80 cents for the
turn. He told his fello w-workmeD, and
all of them (2OO) are said to have walked
out Of he mill. Every thing is quiet so far
aud no trouble is feared.
The morning call., 1895-01-03
The Ryan-Dempsey Fight,

CHICAGO, Jan. PEARSON Davies sent
word to friend in this city that the fight
between Ryan and Dempsey had been
arranged. 1t will be fifteen rounds and
will be pulled off before the Seaside
Athletic Club, Coney Island, January 49,
The morning call., 1895-01-03
Placed on the Retired List.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Colonel G. G..
Chandler, assls ant acknowledgement.
has been placed on the retired list
The morning call., 1895-01-03
Grove a Desperate Criminal.

DENVER, Jan. IA telegram was
received to-day from st. Joseph. Mo-,
saying that Pat Grove. notorious and
desperate criminal. well known in the
The morning call., 1895-01-03
Your visit. You'll besure to save
from So to So on the price you'll
pay elsewhere for inferior goods.
...@,.e THESE ARE :..'.s.. !.

How about some houses in an
out-of-tE1e-way district claiming
to sell goods at ONE-ttAEF~tf the
retailers price,? We claim such
statements. are false. See our
goods-quality, style, trimmings
then compare them with those
of the so-caIl-thenlselYes PUB
LIC BENEFACTOR.
The morning call., 1895-01-03
DOCTOR SWEANY,
4S7 Market St., San Francisco, Calu
e. t.PposTrE Ev.NrNrR OEErcE
e CrPosIrE ExAMINER OFFICE

This learned Specialist. well known by his
long residence aud successful practice on tue
Pacific Coast, guarantees prompt and perfect
eure OF every case he undertakes.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11

son that the twenty Eighth section of the
statute provides that in estimating the
gains, profits and income of any person
there shall be included all income derived
from interest upon bonds, notes and other
securities, etc, etc. specifying in detail
nearly all the possible forms of gains and
profits, bat not including rents unless by
the use of the general phrase, 'all other
gains, profits and income derived from
any source whatever. Real estate as
taxable subject is directly embraced in
this section only thus profits realized
within the year from sales of real estate
purchased within two years previous to
the close of the year for which income is
estimated
As the law stands, therefore, it contains
this contradictory anomaly, that the
twenty-seventh section directs the pay
ment of income tax upon rents, while
the twenty-eighth section attempts to
enumerate the various forms or classes of
taxable income, but omits rents.
1t is also proper to add that in the reg
uations adopted by the internal revenue
office December ID, 1894, it is announced
by quotation from Section 81, that in
coineS uerlVeu Iroil TeilJS are taAaDle, DlI
upon page nineteen the anomaly occur
ring in the act itself is repeated. The
Commissioner of Internal Revenue there
describes in detail what gains, profits and
incomes are to be included in taxpayers
returns, using the language of Section %,
and not referring to rents specifically or
otherwise, except in words 'all other
gains, profits and income derived from
any source whatever"
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11

The Los Angeles Herald is recovering
splendidly from the inevitable effects of
change in proprietorship and the attend
ant disadvantages of moving the plant to
new quarters, especially the great press,
which feat was accomplished in the in
credibly short time of twenty hours, and
the great machine was ready to do it's
work without a moments delay between
the issues of the great daily People who
have never seen one of these mammoth
combinations of mechanism can hardly
appreciate the magnitude of so great an
undertaking as the tearing down and
building up again of so ponderous a
piece of machinery, and we will vouch
Tor any one of our citizens a gracious re-
ception at The Herald press rooms if they
desire to go there to view the mon ster
press. Both the news and editorial de-
partments of The Herald, as well as the ty-
biographical appearance, have wonderfully
i'm proved of late, and it is rapidly near
ing first place among the great journals
of the country. -Anaheim Independent.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11
THE NEW CHARTER ELECTION

Very little discussion has been had on
the subject OF the new charter, either in
the newspapers or among the people.
The matter of a city charter is of vital
importance and the voters should inter-
est themselves sufficiently to read and
understand the changes proposed to be
made. The silence upon the subject in
dicates laxity on the part of the people
in regard to their duties and interests.
The proposed new charter has some
commendable features, among which is,
that under it greater economy in expend-
itures will be secured. City governments
are always expensive, and not little
burdensome upon the taxpayers.
Another good feature is the removal of
the city election further away from the
state and county elections. Where all the
elections come in heap, so to speak,
the people are more apt to neglect one or
the other of them than when they are
further apart. Nearness of elections
necessarily produces nearness of NOM
mating conventions and gives greater
scope to combinations and manipulations
by the politicians. The state, county
and city states become but parts of
whole
There is a serious objection to one feat
IRE OF the proposed new charter. 1t con-
fers upon the mayor extraordinary powers,
such power as is hardly compatible with
popular rule. 1t may be all right when a
city elects good and capable man for
mayor, but there is always no inconsid-
cradle hazard, and when an incompetent
or dishonest man is elected to that or any
other office, it is best he should have as
little power for mischief as possible. The
hazard is too great to trust too much to
one man. And especially is this the case
in these days of political covetousness
and machine politics. The man intrusted
with the appointing power proposed in
the new charter has tremendous leverage
upon caucuses and nominating conven-
tions. and in corrupting politics generally.
1t is far better to have powers well dis
tributel AMI that the people reserve to
themselves the right to elect all officers,
quite as far as is practicable. Municipal
government is the most expensive and
corrupt of any in this or any other
country.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11
CAN RENTS BE TAXED

A correspondent of the New York Even
ing Post, lawyer who has been called
upon to advise clients with regard to their
duties under the income-tax law, saws he
cannot persuade himself to believe that
1.-the distinguished gentlemen who have
undertaken the task of upsetting the whole
law' will succeed.
Only so recently as 1881, the writer con-
tinues, the Supreme Court of the United
States decided unanimously that the in
come tax of June 80, 1864, as amended
March g., 1865 with its 5000 exemption),
was constitutional, and it is extremely
unlikely that the step then taken will
now be retraced. But there is one feat
ure in which both the former and the
present income tax laws were and are
chiefly in contravention of the Constitu-
ton of the United States, as expounded
in the decision of Springer VS.. United
States, 102 u s.. $50. The Twenty
seventh (ncome taxi section of the tariff
act of August %, 1894, provides that
there shall be
Assessed, levied, collected, and p,id annu-
ally upon the gains, profits, and income re-
ceived in the preceding calendar year by every
citizen OF the United States and
every person residing therein. whether said
gains. profits or income be derived from any
kind of property nts, Interests or dividends,
or salaries, or from any profession, trade, en-
ployment or vocation carried on in the United
States or elsewhere. or from any other sour ce
whatsoever q tax of 2 per centum upon the
amount so derived over and above $4,000.
The matter, however, to which ,partic-
ular attention is directed is the attempt
to levy an income tax ON rents Rents
are real estate and are classified by law
yers as incorporeal hereditaments. A de-
wise or deed carries the title to the prop
erty from which the rents issue. The
Supreme Court of the United States, in
the Springer case above cited, held that
(Syllabus) direct taxes within the mean
ing of the Constitution are only capita
ton taxes as expressed in that instru-
ment and taxes on real estate.' AS direct
taxes can only be levied in proportion to
the popula ton, tits hard to understand
how it can be claimed that rents are tax
able in the face of this decision and the
CONSTITUTIONS but the serious question is
to know how an owner of real estate, who
has received rents during the year 1894, is
to perform his duty to his country in the
premises.
Two methods only have suggested them
selves: Either, first, to omit the amount
received from rents in the taxpayers re-
turn; or, secondly, to return it separately
under protest and then to refuse to pay
that portion Of the tax.
1t may turn out in the end that no Sc
rious effort will be made by the executive
department to tax rents-this for the rea-
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11
The Future of Prescott

Inside of ten years Prescott will be a
second Denver. No one has any idea of
the volume of gold and silver bullion
which is pouring out of this section at
present, for the utmost effort is made to
keep it profound secret, and local papers
have to take what little news they do get
in that line from announcements in pa
pers elsewhere of the arrival of bullion
from this vicinity We are now verging
on an era of deep mining, as men able to
do this class of mining are taking hold OF
many a surface skinned prospect and
sinking deeper and deeper to find the
almost systematic recurrence at intervals
of the fabulously rich pockets which
most cases, lodges yield enough gold
straight through for margin of profit.
Here are found the tremendous bodies of
low-grade ore which will come into
market as this becomes a cheaper
country; here are found the true
tissure veins, as rich as any in the
world with their pockets of solid gold
nuggets; here are found the wider lodges
filled with wire, fake and flour gold.
Gold predominates and every description
of gold mines are being discovered all the
time. There are big mines for eavy
operators and rich little stringers for
light operators there are great gold bear
big SCALE and there are countless rich
side gulches where the poor man does
well with his rocker; there are very rich
dry diggings where the Mexican and his
donkey do well packing the sacked dirt
long distances to water. These are all
facts A few get rich, a number make
good wages, and all who work make a
living. This is an especially favored
country where wages can be gathered
from the soil without fear or favor OF any
man by all who are not too utterly worth
less to work. Prescott Courier.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11
OUT-OF.THE-WAY FACTS

The indications are that Arizona's out
put of gold this year will be greater than
during any other year in her history
The California sequoias are, after all,
not the biggest trees in the world The
Australian Eucalyptus amygda occurs in
specimens 402 feet high and " feet In d.
aneter at the base:
The fire losses during the present year
showed an increase of over 500 100000
above the normal rate, and an expert
says this sis not unusual or unexpected
"a statement that has a great deal OF
statistical cynicism back of it.
The Bank of England's gold holding
for January was f33, 800, 000-an increase
of $4,000, 900 over the same period last
year The Bank of France at its Janu-
airy report also shows an increase of
49,, $4,000 francs over January OF last
year.
On q wager, man in Albuquerque is
attempting to sit perfectly still twelve
hours day for seven consecutive DAYS.
lie is not to laugh, sneeze, cough spit or
move his hands or feet. The first days
ordeal was passed all right, according to
the Citizen.
There are over 300, 900 totally deaf per-
sons in the United States and a much
larger number whose hearing is partially
defective. 1t is now believed that ca
tarrhal and other affections which often
impair sight and hearing are frequently
caused by the presence in the mouth Of
dead" teeth.
Captain W. J. L. Wharton writes that
ocean storms originate chiefly in regions
where warm and cold currents meet.
One OF these regions is south of New
foundland, where the gulf stream meets the
arctic current. Another is south of the
Cape of Good Hope, where the tropic and
antarctic currents meet.
In his popular astronomy Flammarion
declares that the planets must be inhab-
tied, because such thing as desert
world would be contrary to the entire
scheme of nature. 1t does not follow,
simu ltaneously by beings of an intellect
as high as our own or higher, for our
own planet shows that it takes periods of
almost unimaginable duration to prepare
a world for the home of such creatures.
The changes word undergoes in pass
ing from one language to another depend
largely on accent Thus the Latin 'cithara"
becomes guitar" in English, losing the
syllable which had least stress on it. In
the same way the Greek word 'episco-
pos lost its first and its last syllable in
becoming the English word bishop"
A great deal remains still to be learned
by those who know most about this trans
forming power of accent.
At the cold of APO degrees below zero
strength of iron is doubled and it will
stand Il strain of sixty instead of thirty
tons to the square inch. 1t is believed
that the particles of iron and all other
substances are in constant motion
which increases as they are heated until
they liquefy, and that the very low tenn
perature increases their strength by re-
giving them greater power of attraction
for each other.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11
A Road in Partnersl,ip with a State

The Illinois Railroad Commission is
fortunate in having the services of "a con-
sulting engineer, Mr.. Dwight c. Morgan,
who appreciates the value of historical
and statistical facts in addition to purely
statistical information, in regard to the
railways of the state, and whose reports
of inspection, therefore, are of more than
passing value. During the past season
Mr. Morgan has prepared individual re-
ports upon twenty-four roads, and they
will appear in the forthcoming report OF
the Commission The Illinois Central,
on account of the related interests and
mutual concessions of both the state and
the company, is II subject of special i'm
portance, and the report thereon is natu-
rally very complete. 1t is worth while to
recall the fact that the state OF Illinois,
in order to secure the construction of
railway from its north to its south
line, with branch to Chicago, granted the
Illinois Central Company 2, $50, 900 acres
of land, and exempted the company prop
erty from taxation But, on the other hand,
it obliged the company to pay annually to
the state, in lieu of taxes, I per cent of
its gross receipts, and this has proved to
be a very shrewd and profitable bargain for
the state, for since the year 1855 the sum
so paid by the Illinois Central amounts to
the grand total of $14, 926, 40S-almost $15,-
600, 600. In the first year, when the road
was partially completed, the payment was
only 500, Isl, but in 1879 it had grown to
1925, Az, and it continued to increase I'M
til in 1893 the Worlds Fair business en-
abled it to hand over to the State the
great sum of 1888, 067; while even in the
depressed year 1894 the payment amount
ed to $3.50, 231. 1t is to be remembered,
moreover, that the stipulation under
which these payments are made covers
only $50 miles Of the 1894 miles of road
which the company now operates
in Illinois and which, by in
crea sing the value of the remaining state
lands bringing in population, developing
resources and contributing to the revenues
of the state by taxes from the rest of the
road, have made this railroad. perhaps,
the greatest benefaotor that Illinois has
known. 1t was a great event in the his
tory of the state when the first contract
for grading on the Illinois Central was let
on March Is, 1852, and was a still more
memora BILE time when on September q,
1856 the main road between Cairo and
East Dubuque and the Chicago branch
from Centralia to Chicago were completed
and opened for traffic. The detailed de-
scription in Mr. Morgan's report of the
roadway, track, structures and signaling
apparatus shows that the Illinois Central
is now progressive and literally man
aged property and is in excellent con.
dition.-f Railway Age.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11

The bill repeating the act of the Legis-
lature making appropriation for the
Home of the Inebriate in San Francisco
should pass. The Home is merely pri-
vate madhouse and a drunkards' retreat
conducted for the emolumcnt of the SUI
perintendent, who is responsible to no au-
thority, civil or judicial. 1t is also a con-
venient sepulchre for persons who may
stand in the way of INSCRIPTIONS schem-
ers. Repeal the bill by all MEANS and re-
peal it Immediately, without debate or
useless investigation.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11
A SILURIAN IMPROVEMENT

Some people are always disposed to take
advantage of a concession, and such a
one is the owner of the old courthouse
between Main and Spring streets. He
built fence around the ancient building,
which takes up considerable space belong
ing to the public, both on Market and
Court streets. If the man could only
hurry up, the evil would not be so great,
but at the rate that the work of tearing
down the old landmark is proceed ing, it
will, please the pigs, be an eternity be-
fore his new building is up and the fence
torn down.
In order to save every brick, every lath
and every petty piece of material in his
rurcbaSa oplxy tbrao or four Iahorors oro
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11
ECONOMY VERSUS INVESTIGATION.

AS indicated, the sentiment of the men,
bers of the Legislature seems to be against
an investigating commission. One of the
reasons assigned is that it will create an
expense which is in conflict with the
economies contemplated. We are ever glad
to hear the word economy spoken, but it
would make the people and us very happy
to see it acted. 1t does not now look as if
the superfuous attaches would be dis
missed, which is not an indication of
economy. Would it not be better to let
the attaches go, and apply their salaries
and per diems to the payment of the ex-
penses of an investigating commission?
We will be convinced of the economical in
tentions of the legislature when they send
the nom serviceable attaches adrift and
cut down expenses in all other directions,
and to the very verge of trenching upon
the efficacy of government. We have twice
called attention to the useless expense in
Cured by retaining city assessors and city
and county tax collectors.
The people, ip our opinion, will cheer
fully Endorse the expense of an investigat-
ing commission, for it is general opin-
ion that large amount of incompetency
and dishonesty could be unearthed by
thorough Investigations. Such a measure
need not be aimed especially at San Fran
cisco, for it is not improbable that ineffi-
cient or crooked work would be discovered
in other localities. The people are will
ing to pay a good deal to secure such a
government as they ought to have. 1t is
not the mere saving expense that is most
wanted, but that money shall be expended
where it will result in the most good. If
a commission is authorized the Governor
will be certain to appoint men who will
not squander money or fritter away their
time in trying how not to do it.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11
He Had 10 ttery Tickets

A solitary celestial named All Sam was
arrested by Officers Rich and Davis yes
tcrday afternoon and charged with hav-
ing lottery tickets in his possession.
There are several lottery joints on Los
Angeles street, which have many drawings
Il day, but the police officers on the beat
never see them as they pass by.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11

Mrs. Emily Thornc, who resides at
Toledo, Wash, says she has never been
able to procure any medicine for rheuma-
tism that relieves the pain SO quickly
and effectually as Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and that she has also used it for
lame back with great success. For sale
by Off e. Vaughn, Fourth and Spring, G.
f.. Heinzeman, 222 North Main, drug
gists.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11
Still We Want to Know

The Los Angeles Herald has been doing
a little investigating and finds that each
inmate eff the Whittier Reform School
costs the State $25 per month"; one-third of
which amount goes for salaries of officers,
teachers and employees. Their salaries
amount to more than the cost for cloth
ing shoes, tools, fuel, light, power, med
icine and medical attendance for the in
mates. And The Herald wants to know
why this should be the case.-Napa
Journal.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11

The Pasadena Star was eight years old
last Saturday--a nice littleboy who eschews
tobacco in all it's forms and says Eyes
sir and mo ma am" when he is spoken
to and who can be "seen and not heard
when his elders are about. Come here,
sonny, and let us see how tall you are.
That's good little boy. You'll be big
man by and by.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-11

Many of the Republi can members of
the Legislature are hedging on that
woman's suffrage plank. What hauling
over the Goals some of them will get when
they go back to their fresides. .