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The herald., 1896-08-12

There are a number of women present
as delegates and they evidently intend
10 be heard from before the congress
closes for they started in yesterday to
take part and to see to it that they
were not overlooked
The stage was appropriately decora
ted With the American flag and when
president Morton called the congress to
order number of prominent league
members occupied seats on the stage
with MIN, including Nice-prt sident !. i
1<eimore OF this city, Mrs Morton Of
san francisco Mrs. r. J. Bean of Iasa-
dena, Mrs. j. Il. Fornan Of san Fran
cisco, Mrs. Dent of Pasadena, Miss Min
ME Scott of san Francisco and Mrs. {,
f. Warner Of this city.
Rev. Mr.. Hawkins Of Los Angeles. di
rectiy after the congress was called to
order, invoked the divine BLESSING
AT the close Mayor Frank Raider en-
tered the hall escorted by T.. Ssbree
Ihe gentlemen proceeded to the Mat
form and Mayor RAIDER was introduced
to the delegates.
The head Of the municipalitv WAS
given an enthusiastic greeting. When
quiet was restored he proceeded TO de-
liver an address of welcome.
THE MAYOR TALKS.
The mayor said that he trusted that
the deliberations Of the congress WolIld
be productive of good to the race and
he felt confident that they would when
he looked down and saw the intelligent
faces before him. Los Angeles. he said
was a good convention town and the
delegates from abroad would find it so.
In fact when the time came for them ia
depart he thought that they would do
- with a feeling of regret
This" said Mayor RAIDER. ''is . free
The herald., 1896-08-12
Had an Epileptic Fit

A voung Englishman named Frank
Redhouse fell in an epileptic fit yester-
day afternoon on Broadway near the
courthouse and was conveyed to the re-
ceiving hospital in the patrol wagon for
medical treatment. According to his
statement he has been out of work FOR
some time and his funds had run very
low. For nearly twenty-four hours he
had had nothing to eat, and fell exhaust
ed on the street. and being subject TO
epileptic fits went into one of them. he
has a wife in Kansas, and came out mere
in search of work, but found none.
When food was offered him he ate raw
enously and his appetite could hardly he
appeased. A rapid recovery from the
effects of the fit was made and he was
discharged within an hour, feeling better
mentally and bodily than when he
dropped from sheer exhaustion on the
ctrppt
The herald., 1896-08-12
Gas Fixtures for the City Jail

The building committee of the coun-
ell. consisting of Messrs. Blanchard,
Kingery, Stockwell. Pessell and Savage
We're in session almost all yesterday
considering the bids for furnishing the
gas fixtures for the new city Jail. There
were four bidders, W. G. Hutchinson q
Co, 1858; the Fenton Metallic company
$6S3 40 G.. l.. Stearns, 1913, and the Los
Angeles Gas and Electric Fixture Man
ufacturing company, which submitted
four sets of specifications: D 1928, 2)
$3.50. go s1340 and (4) $500. The latter
bid is for fixtures practically, the same
as the Hutchinson bid of 1858. The com
mittee seemed to favor the S725 bid, as
II was the lowest considering the quail
ity of the articles furnished, and 1t vii
probably be accepted.
The bids for furniture for the justices
court-rooms are also before the commit
tee, as are the bids for furnishing metal
lie document cases.
The herald., 1896-08-12
ARE CORDIALLY WELCOMED
Delegates to the Afro
American Congress
THE CONVENTION IS DULY OPENED
Mayor RAIDER Greets the Visiting
Negro Citizens
PRESIDENT MORTON'S REPLY
he Becomes Eloquent and His Remarks
Are Applauded
A Committee on Credentials, Comprising
Thirteen Delegates. Is Named
Some Little Discord Oecasioned as to How the
Committee Shall Be Named, but Peace
Is Finally Restored and All Goes
Along Well
A Committee on Credentials. Comprising
Thirteen Delegates. Is Named

The state congress Of the Afro -Ameri-
can leagues OF California was convened
at / o'clock yesterday afternoon i'll Hi
nois hall. 1t is the second session of the
congress that has been held and it Will
continue until Friday, by which time
IL is believed that the work of the con-
vention will be concluded.
There are something over two hun
dred delegates present and when the
gavel of President T. b. Morton fell yes
terday afternoon q good proportion or
them were on hand in person, although
some were represented by proxy.
The delegates come from the local
leagues esta abished in the various cities
throughout California. For every If
The herald., 1896-08-12
n Ninn noor drnnlls anneared i'm the

18th. Nine poor drunlxs appeared in the
dock and received the usual fines.
y. p. Calender and his wife. Ella,
appeared on a charge of keeping vic
ious dog, today being set for trial at 80
pm. At the same time a. Henderson
was arraigned on a charge of cruelty to
children and his case was also passed to
trial. John Charters will be heard on
September 4th for keeping an open
privy vault on his premises on Bonnie
Rrae street Trial of the battery charge
against w .Goldringer, accused of smash
ing II. II. Williams, was set for today at
o.2O
The herald., 1896-08-12

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The herald., 1896-08-12
Found Suffering In the Park

A. Wordecke was found by some Ia
borers in Elysian park late yesterday
afternoon suffering from severe chill or
spasm. and taken in wagon to the re-
ceiving hospital where medical atten-
ton was rendered. Wordecke claims to
have been for some months suffering
from form of spinal disease, and is
physically nearly n wreck He was
cared for until he had to a great extent
recovered when he was sent to his home
at SIS West Eleventh street.
The herald., 1896-08-12
Jumped His Board Bill

\. Lambert was an arrival at the po-
lice station late yesterday afternoon, be
ing arrested on a warrant sworn to ty
NJ j. Raymond Of 200 South Hill street
who alleges that Lambert skipped out
unla Wfully, taking bag and baggage, in
the dead of night, with intent to then and
there defraud said NJ. L. Raymond of a
bill owed him for board and lodginl
furnished at the above number. Hence
Larlhert's arrest atld incarceratio
The herald., 1896-08-12
S.ek,co Bids for SIcyd Supplies

Director Grubb of the city board of ed
ucation, accompanied by the teacher OF
Sloyd. yesterday made a tour of the
hardware stores seeking bids for fur-
nishing supplies for that department:
But few of the hardware men showed
anv disposition to put in bids owing to
the indefinite manner i'll which the spec
ificatons are drawn.
The herald., 1896-08-12
Citv Roard @. EQUALIZATION

The city council held q short session
yesterday morning as board of equal
ization. and reduced the tax OF Mrs.
Anna NJ. O'Brien from $3.50 to $500 on lot
I of Stevens subdivision of lots IL TO 70,
block II, Fort Hill tract. Friday at 10
a. m. was set as the time for hearing the
petition of Ella H. Enderlein and b. u.
Gillellen for reduction of assessment.
The herald., 1896-08-12
Mr.. Moore'S Collection

Assistant District Attorney Williams
yesterday issued a complaint which
charges John Doe" Moore with larceny
by embezzlement. Moore is alleged by
late employer to have collected the
sum of SS on account of a butchers bill
and to have retained the cash.
The herald., 1896-08-12
Charges Him With Battery

A complaint charging Andrew Derrin-
ger with the crime of battery was yes
terday sworn to by Captain" M. NJ.
Chase, who alleged that Derringer had
brutally attacked J. M. Tay'or of 1lG
South Broadway without cause or prov
ocation and did him up. Derringer has
been in trouble before on various occa-
sions for like offenses, and if convicted
will probably get heavy sentence.
The herald., 1896-08-12
A New High School

Representatives from the Compton
Lugo and Enterprise school districts
met yesterday in the office of the county
superintendent of schools Riley, the OBJ
jcct being to organize the Compton un-
ion high school. Teachers for the new
institution will be elected today.
The herald., 1896-08-12

teen members each league is entitled to
a representative in the congress.
The chairman, of every league delega-
tion brings with him some valuable sta
tistics as to the African race in Califor-
mia. These figures are prepared with as
much accuracy as possible. They show
the total population of the county from
whence the delegate comes, together
with the number of men, women and
children of the colored race; the nunHer
engaged in business and the character
and nature of the occupation followed;
the number of property owners, with
the estimated value of the property they
own.
Every league in the state organized
prior. to July 1st: hes one or -nc~c -
resentatives here in attendance o.. tl-c
congress which, it would seem, will
mark quite an epoch in the history Of
the negro on the coast.
Illinois hall, where the sessions are
held, was comfortably filed Yesterday
afternoon and all the delegates parti-
cipated with enthusiasm in the proceed
ings. They are an intelligent looking
lot of citizens, many of them well versed
in parliamentary proceedings and pos
sessed of more than average Intelligence
ALL WALKS REPRESENTED.
A number of the delegates are MEM
bers of the clergy, others are attorneys
editors and professional men, while still
others are engaged IN different callings
The herald., 1896-08-12
For Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for childrens teething. 1t soothes
the child. softens the gums, allays all
pain. cures wind collie and is the best rem
edy for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents
bottle.
The herald., 1896-08-12
READ THIS LETTER

LOS ANGELES, January T., I,t.a aoot.
To the public: L was seriously aLnic.nu
for about ten years with lung. liver am
press the misery 1 endured during those
years was reduced in nfSf fesn and natfl bearins %
were badly impaired: was cohssan,3SS oiiss anS
troubled with constipation ana phtaeSi 1Ia 1ifs
burden and death W9uld we HdrioNs hawe spee
ialists Without avail. l finally resolved 70
give DR.. Wong Him Of No 6ss Upper p atSsrs Nam
Street, trial OF course, IKE many o{ners,
had no faith in Chinese s ,is doGt9fr f 5vt Il
herhs 10 knock all the skepticsm out Of
me IN just i've weeks the doGror 2r3noan say
that [ was never healthier and never felt
better in my life. My sight and hearing
are both fully restored: that obnoxious
cough. CONSTIPATION and piles are e, entirely
having GAINED forty pounds in two months.
earnestly recommend all sufferers and
slSenfics to give the doctor trial and be
Convinced of his superior skill as phy.
sician. e,rr,1,,,>,oo~,
500 Bellevue avenue. Los Angeles, CAA
The herald., 1896-08-12

nothing has been done on 1t. Today
will decide whether the council or Mr..
Long has the whip hand.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
Our Supply Of Redemption Money.

Awhile ago the active organs and
agents Of the money power-including
Of course the leading treasury officials
were maintaining that the supply of
available gold in this country amounted
to $3.50, 900, O00.
But now the New York Finan-
cial Chronicle and let's the cat out of
the bag by declaring that after a care
full official search the available stock of
gold in the treasury and in the banks
amounts to only 1918, 900, 00o. That
amount is the sole basis Of our currency
system. That is the amount on hand
with which to redeem all the paper
money that is said to be in circulation.
Is it any wonder that values, prices
and business are contracting ia order to
fit themselves to the preposterously
small amount Of redemption money? Is
it any wonder that prices are falling,
and that the number Of business failures
remains at the old panic level. Is it any
wonder that ruin is writ in large let
tiers across the face Of all our once pros
porous Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
THE CRIME OF 1873.
'Coin" Calls an Editor Down For Trying
to Get 500 Unde False Pretenses.

"Coin" Calls an Editor Down For Trying
to Get 500 Under False Pretenses.
To the Editor of the Omaha Bee: On
leaving Omaha 1 saw your afternoon is
u in which you quote -four line news
telegram from Washington of February,
1878, in which it is stated that the
amended coinage act had passed the
senate, or words to that effect. And on
the strength Of that you claim to be en-
titled to the reward of 500 offered by
me to any person who could show any
thing from the newspapers Of February,
1878, that a single word conveyed in
formation to the people that silver had
been demonetized, the minis closed to
it or it's legal tender character taken
away from it. You have shown the only
thing that did appear in the papers that
month, and is the paragraph that !
have frequently read myself when MAX
ing a speech to show that it did not
convey the information l speak of. The
amended mint bill in which silver was
secretly demonetized was about IS
pages long, covering everything from
fixing the salaries Of mint officers to
providing for the nickel piece. And the
fact that that bill had been amended
commonly known as the mint or coin
age bill"-did not mean without saying
so that the established monetary system
Of the government had been changed.
In my speech at Omaha twas trying to
cover all the ground embraced in the
financial question, and thus passed
briefly owe the act of 1873. Had I not
been doing so I would have read the
newspaper paragraph which you have
copied, and which, in my Judgment,
proves what l said. The information it
contained was regarded as Of so little
importance that it was embraced in
four lines, whereas concealed in the bill
was an altered clause, altered surrepti-
tiously, that has since caused the print
ing Of millions Of columns Of tele-
graphic and other news matter.-W.
H. Harvey.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
"Sound Money" Mere Sound.

The Ohio Republicans have placed
themselves OH q "sound money" plat
form. The national convention of the
party when it meets in June will adopt
the Ohio platform, whether it places an
Ohio man upon it or not. But what
does the ''sound money declaration
mean? 1t is simply meaningless sound.
On what does the money system Of
the country rest but the coin of final re-
demption3 National bank notes are re-
deemable in United States notes. Unit.
''coin." The basis Of the money system
in this country is the ''coin'' of final
redemption. What is that '''coin?" A
definition of "sound money" is a state
ment of the nature of the ''coin" Of
which all other forms Of money are
merely representative.
If, as many honestly believe, the coin
of final redemption should be gold
alone, the proper way is to frankly say
so. If, as a large proportion of the
American people hold, the coin of final
redemption should include silver and
gold at a fixed ratio between the two
metals, that fact should be plainly
stated.
To declare for ''sound money" in
such a way that it can be construed as
meaning an exclusively gold basis, or a
basis Of gold and silver, is a platform
of mere sound, addressed to the ear and
not to the understanding. cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20

Helena and that nothing could be
done in the way of distribution till
they should he returned. In tire
meantime the sufferers are waiting
or maybe starving who knows:
The HERALD expects 10 meet
those who do not favor this course
of Investigation, but it matters not
to Us. We are after the fish who is
holding out $4,000 of the peoples
money, and do not propose to quit
till a report is made. W. J. Clark
aud all those disposed to side in
with him may just. as we'll take
warning.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
What Silver Is'Doinx.

WING
While the financial situation in this
country is growing steadily worse, the
reports that come from the countries
that use silver as standard money show
that they are steadily growing in pros
perity.
President Raoul, who has charge Of
large railway interests in Mexico, re-
turns from that country and informs u
merchants and business men that all
interests in Mexico are prosperous; that
industrial development is proceeding at
a rapid rate and that foreign capital ia
flowing in at a satisfactory rate.
Mr.. James D. Collins Of Atlanta, who
went to Costa Rica believing in the eff.
fciency Of the gold standard, returns a
convert to the free coinage Of silver. He
found business Of all kinds on a boom in
that South American republic, and hav.
ing the keen instincts of a successful
business man had no difficulty in per-
ceiving that the trouble with his own
country was the constantly increasing
value Of gold and the constantly in.
creasing purchasing power of the gold
dollar.
In everything that pertains to civil
cation and social advancement the Unit
ed States has a tremendous advantage
over Mexico and the South American re-
publics. but in the matter of money
these republics have such a tremendous
advantage over the United States that
while business here is practically smoth.
cred n suppressed by the gold stand
ard it is booming in the countries that
employ silver as their money of final
redemption. Atlanta Constitution.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
Their Inning About Ended.

Secretary Carlisle and his capitalist
friends both here and i'll Great Britain
will learn yet that there are other in
terests-wider and vastly more impor-
tant interests-in this world than the
interests Of a few thousand or a few
hundred thousand capitalists, and re-
Numbering that the goldbug's inning,
which has lasted for 28 years, was OBJ.
tanned by legislative fraud, they need
not be astonished if one of these fine
days the citizens of the United States
determine that inning somewhat per-
emptorily, with the view Of giving all
the rest Of the people outside the capt.
talist class a chance. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
SECOND VALLEY FORCE
We Are Face TO Face with 1t Because of
the Treachery of Our Statesmen


1t would take a microscope to discover
the difference between the Republican
ism of John Sherman and the Democracy
of Grover Cleveland on the paramount
issue before the American people. John
Pierpont Morgan and Levi Morton, Rus
sell Sage and Comptroller Eckels, are all
loud in their ciasnor for Sound money!"
which q scarce or dishonest one
They are enlarging their phalanstaries
as the Pharisee of old, embroidering the
words ''sound money" and honest
money" on their robes to divert the at
tention of the people from the spolia-
ton which has made multimillionaires
Of the few at a terrible cost TO Americas
industrial millions.
You can divide the Sound money!
men into three classes-those whose in
terest it is to make money scarce aud
thereby enrich themselves at the cost of
life, happiness and prosperity to the
people; their hirelings, and that vast
throng of echoes who do no thinking for
themselves. If one looks we the col
umns Of the metropolitan press for one
week, he will be appalled, by the num-
Der Of suicides, the misery and wretch
edness unveiled in panoramic view be-
fore his eyes. Our men by the millions
are asking for work and finding none ;
the condition Of our farmers is more de-
plorable today than ever before in the
history of the republic; little children
are forced to work in the great stores
when they ought to be in school Or out
in the open air, developing mentally,
morally and physically, and being forced
into these vast machinelike institutions
which not only dwarf individuality and
prevent development of character, but
render a large percentage Of them prac-
tically incapable of earning living
wages in after life.
Any II who is %conversant with the
decline Of Rome after the fall of the
Gracchi and the triumph of the patri-
clans will see that history is repeating
itself in our own republic. Hence it is
Of paramount Importance that every pa
triotic citizen, and especially that ey-
cry one who revers the names of Jeffer-
son and Jackson, should refuse to
swerve one hairs breadth from the
cause Of the people in this crucial hour,
which may be justly termed the second
Valley Forge of the republic. B. 0.
Flower editor of Arena).
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
The Victory In Alabama.

The defeat Of the Sound money
candidate, Clarke, in Alabama is moro
complete than was at first announced.
1t is the same old story told wherever
the people get a chance to express their
views on the financial question and the
politicians are unable to conceal or side
track it Or prevent n popular vote. Il is
doubtful now if their tricks will benefit
them much longer, for the people will
no longer be hoodwinked in this matter,
and will insist upon having this ques-
ton brought before them and voting on
it.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
The Dear Old Dollar.

How dear to our hearts is the old sill
yer dollar, when some kind subscriber
presents it to view-the liberty head
without necktie or collar, and all the
strange things that to us seem SO new;
the wide spreading eagle, the arrows
below it, the stars and the words with
the strange things they tell. The coin
of my fathers! We're glad that we know
it, for some time or other twill come
in right well-the spread eagle dollar,
the star spangled dollar, the old silver
dollar that we all love 50 well.-Ma-
sonic :JOurnal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20

Bill Gay has ere this met his
friend Biggerstaff and together they
have set out upon their antemortem
proposition to explore the planet
Mars. Meanwhile the fellows who
extended the murderer SO much pity
can consider that they, too may soon
join their friends Just over the riv-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20
No Ambiguity This Time.

Don't be fooled any longer by the de-
ceitful word bimetallism. The time has
come when things should be called by
their right names. Bimetallism has a
thousand strings to it. What we want
is free silver, and there is only one way
on earth to express it. 1--WE demand the
free coinage Of silver at the ratio Of 16
to /, without waiting the consent Of any
nation on earth" There il nothing am.
biguous about that. It mean Just what
it says, and says just what it means.
Even the lawyers could not twist It to
mean anything else. -Topeka Co-opera-
tor
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20

Senator Folsom on account of his
position as president pro TEN of the
senate is governor of Montana this
week. He holds this Office because
both Governor Richards and Lieu
tenant Governor Botkin are absent
from Montana, attending the nation
al convention.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-06-20

Bill Gay was a worthless desper-
ado, but even he would not have
held out on a body of suffering sur
vivors of a terrible explosion. w.
J. Clark is doing that.