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The herald., 1895-08-07

II would seem as though our chamoer
OF commerce could at this time do some
good work in the matter OF securing new
industries for Los Angeles. Even in n
state as we'll supplied with facto-
ries as is Massachusetts, the smaller
towns are only too glad OF an op-
portunty to subscribe from $1,000 to
500. 600 as an inducement TO maaufac-
turer to locate his factory in their town.
With the matter in The hands OF COM
mittee of shrewd business men to inves-
tigate and suggest. the plan could be
worked to good advantage here.
The herald., 1895-08-07
CORPORATIONS AND THE STREETS

The manner in which corporations and
rich interests are allowed by the city
council. the street superintendent and
the police to insolently ignore the rights
OF citizens. and despotcally do as they
please with the streets. is something out
rageous, and demands the most severe
punishment. meted out equally to the in
tercsted persons, officials and all.
There is q corporation here which is
building a System of crosstown street rail-
ways, and which appears to have most
The herald., 1895-08-07
Gold fo Re Gained

ton, the director of the mint. today, in
explanation OF the shipment of Sl0,00o,-
0)0 in gold bullion from New York to
Philadelphia. said that it was the pres
ent purpose of the government to coin
with reasonable rapidity all of Its stock
of gold bullion. This amounts to nearly
$50. 900, 900, about all of which is in New
York, Philadelphia and San Francisco.
There is said to be no special significance
in this ordering the coinage OF gold bull
lion, as it is said to be solely for the pur.
pose of making it available for all pur-
npSoa
The herald., 1895-08-07
Held for 1urder

SAN FRANCISCO. August 6 C. B.
Henderson, who stabbed and killed Clar-
ence Barr in the Baldwin hotel about a
month ago, was today held for murder.
The evidence at the preliminary exam
ination showed that Henderson. after
quarreling with Barr, laid in wait Cor him
and stabbed him. Henderson says be is
a travelling man for Rochester. n. Y,
shoe house, but the police say they can
prove that he is an ex-convict named Con
Sullivan. and that he has record for
shooting and stabbing men. Thus far
Henderson has brought no proof OF his
alleged respectable connections.
The herald., 1895-08-07
Available Grain

NEW YORK, August 6.-SpecIal dis.
patches to Bradstreet's, covering the
principal points of accumulation, indicate
the following changes in the available
stocks of grain last Saturday, as COM
pared with the preceding Saturday:
Available supplies of wheat, United
States and Canada east of the Rocky
mountains, decrease, 1853, 00o bushels.
Pacific coast not received. Ahoat for and
in Europe, decrease, ., 76S, 600.
Corn, United States and Canada east of
the Rocky mountains, decrease, 659, 900
bushels.
Oats, decrease, ,426, 900.
The herald., 1895-08-07
Big Judgment Entered

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 6.-The SUI
preme court today rendered another de-
cision in the case of Fox against the Hale
and Norcross Mining company, holding
that the estate of W. S. Hobart, who died
a week before the supreme court decision
against him. and Alvinza Hayward. were
liable for a share Of the judgment against
the mine. The judgment was accordingly
entered against the Hobart estate for
$2l5, 900 and interest.
The herald., 1895-08-07
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ?. 1905
SUBSCRIBERS, ATTENTION

Those who are leaving for out Of town
during the summer can have their pa
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cry each morning without extra trouble.
The Herald is delivered every morning
in every town in Southern California.
Send in your changes.
The herald., 1895-08-07
Counterfei.ers Arraigned

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-William L
Brockway, the notorious counterfeiter
and forger. and three members of the
gang, William S. Wagner. Sidney Smith,
engraver, and Libbie Smith. his wife.
CAPTURED by Chief Hazens secret service
bureau and detectives, were arraigned to-
day before United States Commissioner
Romaine in Jersey City, and in $4,000 bail
each. They were unable to give security.
The herald., 1895-08-07
comnetinv With Pacific r1aiI Steamer.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 6.-The steamer
Brawnmore will sail tomorrow from this
port to Peru to bring oil thence to San
Francisco. She will call at way ports in
com mpetition tu the Pacific Mail. Her rates
will be 40 per cent lower than those
charged by the Pacific Mail. This is the
first opposition to the latter company
since the Panama boats we're enjoined
from stopping at way ports. The trial
will be an experiment in competition.
The herald., 1895-08-07
Stockholders Meeting

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT TIM
IN board OF directors of the California Sewer
Pipe company has, by resolution duly passed
OF the Stockholders OF said corporation to
meet on Saturday, August 10, 1885, at
o'clock p. M, at the office Of the company, be.
Los Angeles county. State of California, said
place Of meeting being the principal place
where the board Of directors usually meet
said meeting of stockholders OF said corpora
tion is called for the purpose of considering
the propriety of reducing the capital stock o.
this corporation from $75O,OOO to $1l5,2 200.
That the shares be reduced from 1900 of 800
per share to 1852 shares OF 800 per share.
1t is further ordered that the foregoing order
be published In The Herald, newspaper pub.
lished in Los Angeles city, as provided by law.
Dated this 9Th day of June, 1895.
8 H.MOTT,
$40 Secretary Of said Corporation.
The herald., 1895-08-07

President Barrius of Guatemala is to
the fore with a scheme to unite the Gen.
tral American republics in one federation.
The scheme is all right. but will it work?
We think not. There are too many jeal-
ousies among the Central American
statesmen to permit such a thing.
The herald., 1895-08-07

teeth and stand their medicine. They
will vote with their PARTIES" This is
the portion OF the interview with the
versatile senator which our evening con-
temporary forgot to mention. Oh. yes;
"Peffer is all right on whisxers and the
silver question:
The herald., 1895-08-07
TO CORRESPONDENTS

spondents should bear in mind
that to insure prompt delivery OF their
letters it requires a two cent stamp on
each letter. Drop letters with a one-cent
stamp are held in the postoHce for post
The herald., 1895-08-07
Merced Fails Burned Out

MERGED, Aug. 6.-The town OF Merced
Falls. twenty-four miles from Merced on
the Coulterville road. was wiped ont by
fire last night. The postoffice. stores, sa-
looms. hotel. both warehouses and all the
buildings in town except two small houses
were destroyed. The cause of the fire is
not yet known.
The herald., 1895-08-07

General Campos is getting tired of
fighting the Cubans and will hereafter de-
vote his time to editing the copy"
turned out by the New York newspaper
Correspondents.
The herald., 1895-08-07

A sea serpent has actually been caught.
He came ashore at Blackwells island, in
the East river, New York. Oh, where
was Captain Steers?
The herald., 1895-08-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS

EAsTLRN OFFICE: AS and 45, Tribune build.
ing, New York.
FRANK s GRAY ......... Eastern Agent
Tho papers OF ELL delinquent mail subscribers
TO the Daily Herald will be promptly discon-
tinued hereafter No papers will be sent to
subscribers bv mail unless the same have been
paid for IL. advance.
NO CONTRIBUTIONS RETURNED.
The herald., 1895-08-07

Senator PETER says that ''the silver
men in the Democratic and Republican
parties will be swamped when it comes to
elections. They will talk silver, protest
their allegiance to silver and all tnat but
when the time comes they will grit their
The herald., 1895-08-07

Do you drink ?-If so, try Manitou min
era: water. II. Jevne, grocer, agent.
The herald., 1895-08-07
CURRENT CONTENT

The fruit growers of Colfax and vicin-
ity have declared against the closed auc-
tions
The herald., 1895-08-07

San Francisco is now agitating ~
cent street car fare. OF course the rail-
roads cry ruination. They did that when
scent fare to the Cliff house was
talked. The very line which claimed
:hat it would have to shut down under
such rates now finds the Cliff house route
the best paying section Of its line.
The herald., 1895-08-07

Captain Lees, of tie San Francisco DO
lice force, now comes out with the state.
ment that his Office has no desire to con-
vict Durrant, but that his detectives have
been at Durrant's service. The prisoner
might have suspected that this was the
Case from the aptitude the detectives dis
played in knocking out every statement
made in his favor.
The herald., 1895-08-07

The independent Americans is to be
the name of the new political party for
which a call has been issued for state
convention to meet at Topeka, Kan,
September 5th. The platform of the
new party is to include free silver
plank, declare for Americanism and the
removal of the national capital to a more
central location. This has the ear
marks Of being the new party about
which Senator PETER was blowing
through his whiskers.
The herald., 1895-08-07

INJECTION NOTICE-sCHOoL TAX-NO-
IL tice is hereby given to the qualified eiec..
tors of Los Nietos school District. County of
Los Angeles, State OF California. that an cleo
ton will be held on the 14th day OF August.
A. 1898, at which will DC submitted the
question OF voting tax to the amount OF
building an additional story to the school
house and furnishing the school house.
The polls will open at the school house in
said school district from sunrise until o'clock
The judges and inspector appointed to con.
duct the election are;
John Seppi, Judge
W. Burghardt, Judge.
MAX sCHwED,
b. GUIRADO,
J II. MARTIN.
rustees OF Los Nietos School District, Los An
geles County, California. 0'12
The herald., 1895-08-07

1t is to be hoped chat the committee
which is now in San Francisco seeking a
more extended market for the product of
our oil fields will meet with good sue
cess. From information received it
would appear at this time as though the
sought for market would be found. A few
whaleback tank steamers nigh: find
profitable employment on the Pacific
coast at the present time.
The Lamar register., 1895-11-23

school, in fact. they were both exeep-
tionSlly fue students which made
the contrast all the more striking.
For Roger was remarkably unlike
his brothers. lie seemed TO labor
under the impression thar he had been
sent 70 college simply aud solely for
the purpose of learning 10 play foot.
ball. Apparently nothing else had
power TO kindle the slightes; en-
thusiasm in ms Siuggisil ar-sst, ans.
his father and mother argued aud ex-
postulated with him in vain
is there any prospective benefit to
be derived from these hours spent in
serabbling after footbAIlp- his faith
er questioned. severely; to which
Roger merely responded in hts usual
off-hand style who knows but may
be elected captain OF the varsity team
next year3-
lis that the height of your ambi-
tiou7- his parent returned bitterly
II am terribly disappointed in yon,
sir. ] had hoped TO make a profes-
sional man Of you. not a professional
athlete, and had even aspired to see
ing You some day in our leading law
office with my old friend. Wilkinson
Smailey, but it's no use. Smalley
wants only young men of the highest
promise and Mr.. Bartlett sighsa
wearily.
''lt does no good 10 talk TO Roger. .
he confdcd 70 his wife afterward
for hardly ten minutes had elapsed
after had been demonstrating with
him about the evils Of football before
The Lamar register., 1895-11-23
on lac SIC I'D slher,a.

A graphic idea OF the immense size
OF Siberia may be CLEANED from the
following comparison: Allof the states,
kingdoms, principalities, empires. etc.
of Europe except Rnssial and all Of
the United States. including Alaska.
could be placed side by side in Siberia.
and yet the uncovered space would ba
equal to a country containing an area
Of 100000 square miles,
The Lamar register., 1895-11-23
N.tnrr.. - af r.l...

The us> Of tho eolors OF animals 10
protect them i one oi the highly in
.tsresting SUBJECTS which has h-acn De-
yolopcd by research and discussion in
the las; few years. but less attention
has been paid to the equally interest
ing subject of the use Of coIors in
fruits. II IS a hlghly suggestive fact
that until the seeds Of a plan; are ripe
It's fruit remains the same color as IL
leaves, and Is therefore efiecSnally con
ceslsd. But as soon as the seeds are
ready for distribution by birds or an
imAls which feed on the fruit the coscs
OF the fruit becomes brilliant In many
plants, while In all Il i In marked
contrast 10 The color OF the leaves.
The Lamar register., 1895-11-23

Is AN INSTANT HE HAD TACKLED HIst
he>inquired If / wouldn't bring you
down to see the game on Saturday,
and informed me that he had saved
two tickets for us.
Mrs Bartlett regarded her husband
helplessly. What did you say TO him
then?" she queried-
Il told him certainly not Mr.
Bartlett exclaimed, land expressed
my surprise at his daring to suggest
such thing. Show me some lasting
benefit or any abiding good. that is
40 be derived from this ridiculous
game, l told him, and then come to
me TO abet you in such folly, but not
till then
And so Mr.. and Mrs Bartlett fail ed
70 witness that memorable game in
The Lamar register., 1895-11-23

.poii his story for him. but will give
him a chance 10 do Justice to IL"
he mentally eiaeuiaied.ss he watched
his brother swallowing his soup with
unrafiied eomPosare-
But Roger said nothing upon the
vital subject. and bred looked At him
with increasing surprise as he judi
cialiy set forth the respective merits
Of the opposing football teams, aud
called attention TO their most vulRer-
able points
,Pil tarn 10 early To night think,
he yawned. as he withdrew from thu
dining room. II put pretty solid
work into the last half Of that game,
and he ieisarely wsnaed his way mp
stairs
u wish that Roger Would pat lit-
lie solid work into spnstniug else,
his father volunteered, A. he oi<aP-
pearcd from the room
Al this. Fred. who bad in tines
past repeatedly Seoffed al his broth
er's athletic prociirisse& instantly
nred mp
.'Pa,her.- he burst forth. .yoUre
making a big mistake about Roger
He's got more gesBine stua in him
than all the rest ~ us Put together.
and II it, football that's done is- the
sooner that we all 30 in for the game
the better, and then he proceeded TO
give graphic aeeount of the sftsr-
moons experience. which caused his
father TO blow his nose loadly and re.
peatediy, while bis eyes Riisscn~d
.-ith hss.ry nrlds and srat His iaothet
weeping 10 search % the sleepy sth-
iete, who eonldnt understand what
he had done that was worth making
saeh a fuss abont
A few days later Mr. Bartle;; re-
eeived a note from bis old friend.
Wilkinson smalicy. which rAs some.
what as follows
DEsA BaarLrr---i ksar ihss russ noirr -
re,zg n f0r tsz isr .zd usa rlat stz
whsa b. Fvis tareasa rs'h sAa AZ ssaeai
yoa raz hsns hiz cvrF - ~ '9r - = fssi
ths nsleriAi iaAt TN "a tas ioa4aa, ts-, @aa
res nay pea - rFugd - Nm
He scared Ess gzf q a Ysars EFusts ts-
ether sftsrapoa- ~ "a ststioz ~ ysa,F
rascal res IL srlt- agtAzx / stsk roe suaiA
tell him 10 ecus@ roaua aAa tARe eiznrr wiss
~ suuu- zssht ter rasi 10 an - hiz
Stth ktns rersrds % Srs barftsti aeucus
eHe -rer ypuf TREAD
Nheu Roger came nome thc follow
ing saturday. bis father haadsa hin
the note reDarkings "Tn AFRAID
haven't appreciated your football old
man. bot I'm going TO do better IN the
future; aud. by the way, Roger. hear
that yos're 10 play in the game At
Springfield next wreck Is that Sof-
Roger nodded.
Very well, then. Mr Iiartlctt ron-
tinued, gour mother aud Noaid
like 10 have yoa rrt rs the hes; seats
that can be bought. for we've ses oar
hearts upon going up 10 see yoa make
the first touchdown ''--Hostoa Tran
srrtf,t
The Lamar register., 1895-11-23
{

II soH ~sat to hfre 4 serFaai.
or mar or a -schooimarn
ryoa raEs 70 sell yozr hirthr.ght
y yoQ SAINT 20 bay fzfn
II you want TO Ein al DokrF
n yca wauf 70 Sta = priza.
10 you want TO be An Nn9el-
Why. you'd better advertise
-Printar's lax
The Lamar register., 1895-11-23

nun tNGn 0ntlAVt AAuftA~ ouCt
in rhe tield. Roger was like one trans
formed. Keen. alert cool. rising
spIendidly to every emergency, no one
would have known him for the same
slow. Indifferent. easygoiag speci-
men Of humanity who grieved the
ambitious souls of his parents by his
small aptitude for Greek
The great game over, the victorious
team has,ened back TO their gymna-
SUM with all possible spsed; they bad
some little distance to go,as the GYM
nasium was not very near the ball
grounds, so that in order TO reach s;
they were obliged 10 traverss the CEN
ter of the town and cross the railroad
tracks
Roger. who hai been detained :
moment or 80 Ioager than the others.
reached the station a short time after
they had crossed and found the
platforms crowded with people whe
were returning from the game.
mingled with those who were aligh,-
ing from incoming trains As
he stepped upoz the platform hs be-
came conscious that something un-
usual was going on. and he inmedi-
ately perceived that the eyes Of the
multitude were rireted upon a fignre
halfway across the tracks u figure
psns,ng there in bewiiderment
There's train coming each way.
some body gasPed. .'why doesn't he
get of the track
The station agent and one or two
other ofieial. were shouting loudly,
but the man, who was old and very
deaf. appeared thoroughly dAucd As
he was prepared to step on the track
nearest him he had caught sight of
one train coming down upon him, and
be now staggered back aud was ahou.
10 plunge in front Of ;he other down.
coming express. when suddenly some
thing very uncxp-cied happened.
As the crowd OF bystanders shrahk
back with horrors tricken faces. con
vincee that they were about to wit
ness the horrible fate which must in
stantly overtalSe the old man. a hgure
in a mueh-begrimed canvas JACKIE;
sprang out from Rmoaz them. and
clearing the tracks a, bound aiight-
cd beside the swaying form OF the
other.
A shndder. and a wave Of pitifnl re-
gret swept over the motionlesS crowd.
HE can never drag him back in
time, they breathcd; 'rhey will both
be <illed-oh. the pity OF IL
bat our football man had no
thought OF dragging the unsteady
figure Ia front OF either approaching
engine In an instan, he had tackled
the man and thrown him hat upon
the ground between the tracks for
all the world quite a. II be had been
an opponent ON the football aelds
shen he dropped lightly on top of him
and lay there motionlsss while the
two trains Numbered past on each
side of them, aud the crowd stood
waiting spell
In much less time than il takes to
describe the episode il was over. aud
what might have been . tragedy had
proved TO he only bit of melodrama
after all; yet as Roger jumped up and
pulled the old man on to his feet, APP
plause and cheers louder than any
that had greeted him on the football
field rang in his ears
Abashed and quite overwhelmed by
such an ovation Roger made haste to
elbow his way through the crowd,
and in so doing nearly overihrew his
own brother Fred. who happened To
be siaeding directly in his path.
For heavens sake was that you.
Roger he cried. confronting him in
astonishment
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-29
WHO ARE THE ..Goo.Goo,sa"

Since the appearance of Rev. Sam
Small's letter in The Virginian Sunday
in which he paid his compliments to
the "goo-goos" Of Norfolk, the question
has frequently been asked who are the
soo-goos and who are the "Spaniel-cyed'
the insists" and other political freaks
whom he proposes to dress down by the
time the roses bloom again In the
spring.
or course The Virgnian is unable to
answer the queries propounded. Pos
aibly those who have been prominently
connected I'm this community with MIR.
Small can. if they choose. Mr.. Small. ac-
cording to his letter, will. lie indicates
that he is loading up his ammunition
chest. preparatory to the fusiladc. and
as he says. mo one regrets so much
as do that cannot be there lin Nor
follo even now to begin the music tor
the dance that these mummcrs will
have to undergo by the time the roses;
bloom again In the spring. ira la
The curious will not have to walt long
Tor the information desired.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-29
AZ 10 STRIKES.

rom the report of the Commissioner
oi Labor. Just issued, on the strikes
that have occurred in this country
from January, 1851, to July. 1891 q is
SHOWN that during the ten years end
ms WIN ls'o there were 9lI3 strikes, or
an average OF 9lI per nnnum. During
The years 1891, lSa2. 1895. and the first
mar OF 1871, there were 5,al9 strikes an.
an average of l.i9i per annum. From
january L. 1851, to December Il. 1880
a',Sol establishments were affected b>.
strikes--an average of 1850 per annun,
From January /, 1891, TO June 20 lSo,
23366 establishments were affected h>.
strikrs-an avcraGcof 6.GI6 per annum.
from January ]. 1881, to December 81.
iS'o, 2,S60,G9l employees were thrown ont
OF employment as Il result OF strikes
an average of 236.06 per annu,u. From
January !. 1891, 10 June 80, lSai. OH
"a employees We're thrown out of en-
ployment-an average of 35S aOi per an
num- From 1851 to 1890 As per cent
of the strikes succeeded. From 1891 tn
the middle of 1894 only 81 pcr cent or
them succeeded. The number of cs
adjustments where strikes failed from
1881 TO 1870. inclusive was o3S24. or an
average OF 2,%S2 per annum. From lam
uary |. 1891, To June 30. 1894. the num-
Der was 1861. or 4,lSO per annum.
From January !. 1881, TO December II
1891 strikers lost i'm wages by strikes
or lockouts Sll5,SS6, l53-an average of
Sll,'SS,Gla per annum. From January
|,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-29
PERSONALS.

Charles Thomas. an Onondaga Indian
sentenced 10 State prison for nine wears
for manslnughter in the second degree
has been pardoncd by Governor Morton
The man is dying of consumption.
Nearly nine hundred Immigrants and
their friends wur" detained over night
on Ellis island by the breaking down
of the old steamboat used for the
ranspoHtation of the mex arrivals tn
the main land
John W Mackay is said To he very
fond Of old-stylc home cooking" He
recently gave q luncheon In San
Francisco which consisted OF corned
beef and cabbage, clam chowdcr.
squash pie and buttermilk.
Says London newspaper: AIR.
Sims Reeves, accompanied by Mine.
Rene and others artists. is to make n
tour in Australia. This is rather Il long
journey for a vocalist OF -. but Sir
Charles Halle, who is now in his 9Th
year. has just concluded successful
tour in South Africa"
C. Oliver Isclin has turned over tho
broken topmast of the Defender TO
Charity. The famous spar that was
cracked by the fouling of the Walk ,rie,
Will be competed for al the next an
nual garden party of st. Mary's
hospital. brooklyn. and the proceeds
Will be for the sick poor.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-29
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Some of the newest toques are made
entirely of ribbon. AS much rs seven
yards is required.
~ lumberman OF West Branch. Me-.
says he encountered sixty two deer In
one day near his camp recently.
The Business Mems I.cagueof st. Louis
is trying to raise $50 OG0 for the purpose
OF securing the National Republican
Convention
y Washington dispatch of the 2lst Ia
he New York Sun says Senator Teller
launched the Presidential boom of Sen
ator Allison that morning in a Wash
inGtun paper.
An English firm is considering the
Feasibility of christening II particular
sh,Lpe OF collar The Defender" and
shipping Il lot to America, where they
think a prodigious sale awaits them
The velvet trade is picking up wonder
ruby ana cannot produce material fast
enough in sailor and sapphire blue
| Royal blue is To be the color Of the sea
son. Though bright the color is not
startling and goes extremely well with
| sable and milk
fsrown-"You ask me TO lend YOU So
why don't YOU so across the street To
| the bank and ask them tu lend il to
YOU? Lending money is their business
JoncS--iiut they don't know me
Brown--All the more chance of your
getting II thcn-Tcxas Sitting
colportcur was recently arrested
in Gaiata district Turkey. for selling
III" f.piSur to the Galatians. on the
ground that II WAS Il SrditinuS ,locu-
| mcrt. The Turkish authorities called
I" assure themselves that the document
| MAS ORIGIN