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A DEAD-BROKP CROWD
Arrested for Robbery and the Intended VIC
Tins Had ,lust Five Cents

Tins Had Just Five Cents
Three men we're arrested in a bunch by
Officer Baker yesterday afternoon at the
corner of Arcadia and Los Angeles streets,
back of hayward. They were John
Smith, James McManus and George Gal
lagher. McManus and Gallagher were
drunk and Smith was improving his oppor-
tunity to go through their pockets. He
was seen in the act and promptly naobed.
AT the station, when searched, only one of
the tough looking crowd had a cent on his
person, one solitary nickel being 1shed up
by McManus. Smith was charged with
robbery and the other two with being
drunk,
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GlQdnesS Comes

IHTith better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness ere not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to constipated 'ondi-
ton Of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families. and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. tits therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists. -,
If in the enjoyment Of good health,
and the system is regular, then laxa'
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need Of laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrup Of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction
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A, o, U, w, Notice

All officers and members of Los Angeles
Lodge No. 55, A. 0. o. W., are hereby noti-
fed to meet in the A. o. U. w. hall next
Sunday, April 5. at p. M, to attend the
funeral of our late brother, G. M. Richard
son. All members of the A. O. U. w. are
requested to attend. G. W. SAURRET,
Master Workman,
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Groaning with pains and always tired. know
that you would gladly investigate this certain
was no fake or wizard filled with lightning
Now remember, we guarantee cures. How
can on get caught, then. by another fake tas
you put it. Have some OF the best of refer.
enees right he2e. afte- only a few weeks effort
REMEMBER
Gore Throat, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Liver
oxygen in the blood. and thai g eatest general
on earth GENERAL DEBILITY must leave
you when the blood is charged with atmos.
phcric oxygen. This may be the dream of
your life 10 be restored to health and vitality
as of days past Please investigate, which
costsnothing but a call at room q, California
Bank Building, and find we have the relief Tor
you Los ANGELES, CAL, ELECTRlKUhE
COMPANY
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IL Anyone Thinks

That that the utmost cleanliness is not
observed in the process of distilling and
bottling Puritas let him visit our water de-
partment and investigate. The Ice and
Cold Storage Co. of Los Angeles. Tele-
phone 22S.
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On March 31st, John Dunn got sixty
day fioater in the police court on conviction
of vagrancy. Yesterday he was picked up
on Commercial street by Officer Walker
and sent to jail to serve out his sentence,
he having neglected to improve his oppor.
tuuity to Leave town.
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Two begging vagrants. George Brooks
AID John White, were given twenty-day
tloaters. while another vag, named Tom
Murphy, got one month straight in the
chain gang.
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Just Right for Railroad lien

A pair of those Alhambra shoes bought
blythe Massachusetts, sine store at soc on
the.$ and now being sold at 129 w. First
ST., near Spring.
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Excursion

Pleasure, business, scenery. Only SO
round trip. If you are ugly you go free.
If handsome. chrome and ticket. For
full particulars call 244 S. Broadway.
Hemet Land Co.
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Btcvcle natches

New. YoRK, April "a private cable.
gram from Paris says: John s. johnson, :,
Michael, the Welshman, have been
matched for a series of races of one, Eve
and ten miles, with pacemakers, TO be
ridden in England for purse Of $3.50
sterling; also q series Of three races,
five, twenty and thirty Kilometres, with
pacemakers' for the same stake and to be
RIDDEN IN France. Johnson is now at
Wiesbadon, in training.
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Fifty cents round trip on Terminal rail-
road to Long Beach and San Pedro. Good
going SATURDAY, and Sunday, returning
Monday.
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SERIOUSLY CUT IN 4 FIGHT
ADOLF ZUBER SERIOUSLY CUT BY A
DISCHARGED EMPLOYE

He Knocks VIII Nolan Down and Proceeds
to Pumme1 Him, When the Latter Uses
His Pocket knife--Zuber's Wounds VIII
Probably Not Prove Fatal
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Garbage collection days have been
changed. See nd. on classified page, "Spe.
cial notices."
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Garbage collection days have been
changed. See ad. on classified page, "Spe-
cial notices.
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Call tel. 243 for ambulance. Kreaelo &
Bresee, Sixth and Broadway,
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one Of which serves a meal Of seven
courses, fruit and coffee, for 20 cents,
and the other the same bill of fare for
IS cents, Mexican money There are
Fondas, patronized by the laboring
classes, where a hearty meal can be pur-
chased for 10 cents.
Below 1 give list of wages taken from
the payrolls of some of the largest in
dustrial institutions in the republic.
These figures / will promptly verify by
statement from the proper officials of
the concerns themselves on request of
any one who doubts their anthem
ITCHY. 1 will also have the greatest sat
isfaction in showing parties, who may
call into question the validity Of the
modities, where they can obtain the
goods at the figures quoted:
LIST OF WAGES.
Paid by railroad company, whose lines
represent one third of the railway mile
age in the republic:
Locomotive engineers from $3.50 to 25(
per month.
Locomotive firemen- from SIS to $10C
per month.
Passenger conductors, $3.50 per month
Freight conductors from $125 to $20C
per month.
Freight brakemen from $35 to SIS pei
month.
Telegraph operators from $50 to $50
per month.
Switchmen $1.50 per day.
Shop machinists from $3.50 to $500
per day.
Carpenters from $3.50 to $4.75 per day
Blacksmiths from 49, so to 81. so per day
Boiler makers from $500 to $500 per
day.
Station agents from $50 to 5000 pei
| month.
Division superintendents $3.50 pei
month.
Train masters SITS per month.
! Stationary engineers, in mines or en-
ployed on large plantations, from $2.5(
to So. so per day. with expenses, and from
| So. 80 to $500 per day without expenses
| Section men, from so to rs cents day
Section foremen from $l.O0 to $l.5o pei
| day.
! Day laborers in the City of Mexico,371
to 671@ cents per day.
Day laborers in the interior cities ant
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pound. The price in the interior cities of
the republic is about II cetns per pound.
| On the Haciendas the employees are
charged cents for meat furnished
them. The present current wholesale
price in the city of Guadalajara is from
to cents per pound.
The price of corn in the state Of San
Luis Potosi is 1915 per $50 pounds, due
to the partial loss of this years crop.
Corn in normal times is sold throughout
the Republic for about 1 cent per
pound, varying slightly in the different
districts.
bananas on the streets of this city are
worth from 2-3 of cent to cents each.
Bananas can be purchased in quantity
on the plantations for from Is to 90
cents hundred, according to size ana
quality.
This year oranges are higher than
usual. This is due to large exporta-
ton to the United States over 600
carloads were shipped to the states
last year, which amount will probably
be greatly exceeded in the present year.
carload shipments of oranges are regu-
iarly received at all the large markets
of the republic. In the yards below the
window in my office. it is a common
occurrence to see three cars of oranges
being unloaded at the same time. Mex
lean oranges are of a very superior
quaiity. In appearance, they do not
fiaVor is finer than either the Florida or
California fruit. They are becoming
known and rapidly making a place for
themselves in northern markets.
Clothing made by fashionable tailors
in this city out of the finest imported
French and English goods, is sold for
from $50 to $50 per suit. A good service
able suit of clothes can be had for from
$22 to $50, and at the Aurora Mills of
Aguascalientes, a suit made to order
from domestic goods for SIP, Mexican
money. AS | have worn one of these
suits myself while travelling, I can say
that | know them to be both serviceabla
and durable. 1t is fact that a suit of
clothes made from imported goods costs
the same number of Mexican dollars
in Mexico today as it did twenty-seven
years ago, when l came here tat which
time the Mexican dollar was worth
S1.0S in San Francisco), and this price
has not appreciably varied during this
time
Imported wines and liquors in the
highest priced saloons and restaurants
in this city, are sold for Is cents drink
The native drinks. which for purity
and heaithfuiness are incomparably su-
perior to the foreign, are sold for from
to cents.
The cost of living in the City of Mex
leo. when extravagant figures are not
paid, ranges from $25 to $50 per month
l have acquaintance among the clerks
in our various departments who live
respectfully and well for $25 per month
The stenographer who copied this arti-
Gle, draws salary of $125 per month
His ex.%Ise for board and room are
$3625 per month, and he finds no diff
Guilty in saving from $50 to $50 per
month.
There are two restaurants in the City |
of Mexico who feed a good class of peo-
pie, including clerks in the smaller stores, !
street car conductzrs,, policemen, etc., |
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SLANG NAMES FOR MONEY.
Many Terms by Which the Rabble Re-
fers to the Root of All Evil.

There are great number of slang
names for money in general without
regard to the material or the denomina-
ton of the notes or coins In tough cir.
cles it is denominated stuff ''slush,"
"balsam." doodle" tips chips
dough" "moss," ''ochre," the need"
full" 'open sesame" pewter" the
sand" and ''spondulix." Nor does this
catalogue exhaust the lise, for there are
also 1.-The wherewithal. the world NOV
ers," what we work for, tin" "su-
gar" "swag,' "spelter," SOAP Stats"
scrip" rocks" "screeds," /" rhino,"'
"quids," new lights" ''lucre." and
"filthy lucre," honey, "jinglers,
! cocks" 'Ioaves and fishes" tips
greed" "gelter," fat" ''doots" and
''dooteramus," "daces," and darby"
ceases and cans" "bobs," "blunts"
and "antes," besides hundreds of 9TH
ers, some quite unfit for the ears polite.
| Whether the English or German is the
most flexible or adaptable language is
/ question about which the philologists
will perhaps always differ, but in its ca
pacity for slang the English is certainly
/ not surpassed by the German or any
other language spoken on the earth. and
! this capacity has been tested to the ut
| most by the people who speak the Eng
| lish tongue when discovering or invent
] ing names for the most desirable arti-
I Gle of which they have any knowledge.
| Various attempts have been made by
| enthusiastic reformers to better our
speech by the elimination of all slang
| terms, and even the dictionary makers
| whose legitimate business is not to re-
form language but to record the usage of
| the day, have lent their assistance in
this direction by neglecting or refusing
to record slang names, as not being a
| legitimate part of the language There
are, however, things beyond the control
of even so potential an authority as the
! maker of a dictionary, and slang is
! among the number. AS long as there i;
] money there will be familiar slant
I names for it. The people will discover
or invent them for themselves, and
| though the purists may rage and this
| dictionary makers imagine vain things
| the torrent of slang will flow on I'M
| disturbed.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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States, being persuaded of the fact that
whatever may result from the future
action of the American congress, 1t can
not effect us, except to very limited
extent.
AS it would be too much of task
to take up statement by statement the
remarkable collection of errors referred
to- in order that a correct opinion may
be formed as to the actual business con-
ditions existing here, l will request you
to publish the following data, taken
from the official reports of companies,
tax returns of the government, the pay
rolls of the leading corporations, prices
current of the principal commission
houses and other facts of like nature
which can be easily verified.
The interior debt of the Mexican re-
public, both principal and interest, is
payable in silver ,The exterior debt is
PAYABLE in gold. The market value of
both of the above mentioned securities
has risen greatly within the last two
years.
The number of factories and the vol
ume of business has been constantly
increasing. The trade of the jobbing and
retail houses has grown proportionate-
ly. Among other industrial enterprises
recently commenced there is now in pro-
cess of construction at the falls of Juan
acatlan, near the city of Guadalajara,
! a cotton mill which will be one of the
| largest in the republic. The buildings are
| to be of substantial character, the
architectural iron having been import
, ed from Belgium. The promoters of
this enterprise are Mexican gentlemen.
| The Hidalgo and Northwestern railway
| which is one of the best managed and
| best paying lines in the country, is own
| ed and operated entirely by Mexicans.
Concessions and subsidies are given ir-
respective of the nationality of the ap'
| plicant.
! Hats of English and French manufac-
ture and of good quality, can be pur-
chased in this city for from SO to 81. The
| best quality of Stetson hats cost IS. Ma
| tive-made hats are worth from rs cents
TO $50. Many are now exported and the
| trade is increasing.
| Our native feathers are not of very
I sood class. There are as yet no largt
| tanneries established in the country
and the majority of those engaged ii
| the business, owing to their limited cap
ital, cannot afford to leave the leather
in the watts sufficiently long to render il
of first quality.
In the manufacture of shoes of the
best class English uppers and Mexican
sole leather is used. A pair of shoes o
excellent quality, made to order, can b.
had for SIS, Mexican money, in this city
The same shoes can be purchased TO
from SO to $3.50 in the interior towns. II
the fashionable shoe stores of the Cit
of Mexico the price is usually about :
per pair. A very fair quality of women
/ shoes are sold in the cities of Leon ant
/ Guadalajara for s11 per dozen, and tn
cheaper grade for 50. These cities ar
now exporting shoes to Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona, and it is only
matter of a short time until Mexico
shoe industries will control the south
western shoe trade of the United States
The price Of meat in the City of Mex
leo is rs cents per pound for the fines
| quality of porterhouse steak. Goo,
meat is sold for from 16 to IS cents pc
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father and daughter. These men, who
have felt the grinding force of the Han
ma power, who have Withered and
squirmed under the Hanna sarcasm and
invective, who have trembled at the
Hanna growl and snort, and whol have
perspired, labored and groaned under
the multiudinous orders from the mighty
Hanna, might faint with wonder could
they see the great man as plant as put
ty in thehands of the 16-year-old girl.
Perhaps it is fortunate for the welfare
Of the Republican campaign that the
once witnessed the spectacle of the
mighty Hanna pleading hopelessly it
would probably cause an uprising
against his authority in the campaign
ranks.
The Hanna home is at Lakewood, a
delightful suburb west of Cleveland, on
the lake shore. The house is magnifi-
cent affair, and the surrounding grounds
can justly be called ample. There are
more millionaires in Cleveland in pro-
portion to it's size than in any other city
in the country, and all around the Han
ma residence are homes owned by these
worldly fortunates. Their residences
front on Lake avenue, a beautifulstreet
Respondent during certain hours of the
day with scores of the finest eQuipages
that money can buy.
A CENTER OF ATTRACTION.
But of late a $4,000 yellow and black
victoria, drawn by an $4,000 team of
horses, has not attracted the attention
which has fallen to the lot of Miss Ruth
Hanna when she goes out for her daily
horseback ride. Miss Hanna's horse is
fine mettlesome animal, with heavy
strain of the thoroughbred in his veins,
and while he would doubtless arouse
the admiration of connOisseur in horse
flesh, he forms only an incidental part
in the attention given Miss Hanna.
Neither Is it the young lady herself, the
fame of her papa or the many millions
of that gentleman which form the center
Of attraction.
It is her clothes.
Miss Ruth Hanna, be it known, rides
astride, and she rides as well as the fin
est trooper in crack cavalry regiment.
To her credit it must be said that her
method of sitting on her horse is not
the result of the noise and buster over
the new woman. or of the millions of
words which have been written in the
cause of rational dress. Neither is it due
to the bicycle craze and its attendant
brevity of clothes.
HAS ALWAYS RIDDEN ASTRIDE
AS has been said, Miss Ruth Hanna is
only 16 years old. but she began to ride
astride long before the dawn of the
present edition of new women; when no
one knew the meaning of rational dress,
and before women began to think or rid
ing the bicycle. When she was years
old her father bought her pony. That
pony was led into the Hanna grounds
with boys saddle strapped on its
back 1t gas very natural proceeding
for little Miss Ruth to climb into that
saddle, thrust her feet into the stirrups.
gather up the bride reins, kick the pony
In the ribs with the heel of her tiny
shoes and yell exultantly: Get up"
That was the first time Miss Ruth rode
astride, and she has been riding that
way ever since, and, moreover, she says
that she is going to keep on riding in
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that fashion. OF course, she can ride on
the conventional side saddle, but she
makes the change only when in search
of novelty.
Miss Ruth is a pretty girl, with blue
eyes, peaches and cream complex
ion and light brown hair. She has a
sturdy fgure, and on her bay horse
looks like an exceedingly smart boy.
Evidently she takes a great deal Of
pains with her riding dress, which is
patterned exactly on the lines affected
by rich young men when on a canter
through the park.
WHAT SHE WEARS
She does not wear a skirt of any kind
The breeches are very wide, loose and
wrinkled about the hips. tapering so that
they fit tightly at the knee Here, they
are met by leggins. which fit the leg
snugiy. The coat is cutaway affair."
tight fitting. Miss Hanna carries out
the masculine costume to the details.
She wears an immaculate shirt front,
With standing collar and a cravat
tied into bowknot. Her long hair is
mead, and this piece of femininity is con-
cealed by the derby or the Alpine hat
which she invariably wears Silver spurs
are attached to her shoes. and she also
carries the regulation riding crop.
She seems to have at least a dozen
SUITS, all cut in the same way as that
just described, and made of varying
shades of brown and fawn colored stuffs.
The horse she rides would be a danger
Gus animal for a woman seated in a.
side saddle to manage. but Miss Ruth
has no trouble in holding him under
perfect control Sometimes she is at
tended by groom, and at others by
her mother, who follows in her carriage,
More often she rides out unaccompanied.
making fen and furo1vo Ia ~;
the surrounding country. In ali dlrec
tions she is known as Mark Hanna's
girl Ruth"
When Mr.. Hanna assumed control of
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SHE IS A STRADDLER
Miss Ruth Hanna Prefers to
Ride Astride
SHE LOOKS LIKE A BOY
Mark Hanna's Daughter Is q Fine and
Fearless horsewoman
Miss Ruth Is Sixteen, Has Will of Her
Own and objects to Modifying
Her Dress.

CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 15.-Marcus
Aurelius Hanna is great man, as all of
the country well knows, but he does not
think that he is the most distinguished
member of his family. This may sound
remarkable, as no one has ever fasten-
ed the crime of modesty to the aggressive
leader Of the Republican campaign. The
person so honored in the estimation of
Mr.. Hanna Is Miss Ruth Hanna, a
charmingly pretty girl of 16.
Miss Ruth Is a feminine edition of her
father as far as temperament goes.
She has an independence of spirit that
carries everything before it. even the
cast-iron will Of her dominating father.
It would do the hearts of some of the
down-trodden campaign workers a
world of good if they could catch a
glimpse Of an interview between the
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Editor San Francisco Bulletin In a
late number of your usually reliable and
impartial journal there appeared an ar
ticle, purporting to be from an Ameri-
can journalist who had spent several
years in Mexico that is so replete with
error as to convince me that it ema-
mated either from ignorance or preju-
dice, and, as in this republic we do not
believe that Misrepresentation and en-
roneous statements concerning a neigh
boring and friendly nation are neces-
sary concomitant of a political cam
paign, | am sure that the article re-
ferred to crept into your columns Ell
ther through oversight or neglect.
l would like to preface the following
statement as to the condition of the
laboring classes and the business situa-
ton in this republic by the remark that
my only object in addressing you is to
remove. as far as in my power lies, the
cloud of misrepresentation that some of
the political leaders of your country
are striving to throw into the eyes of
voters in order to subserve their per
sonal interests in the coming national
election.
In this country we take but little in
terest in the silver question in the United
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M'KINI4EY WORN OUT.
It is said that Mai. Mckinley. tn

1t is said that Maj. Mckinley, though
a rugged man, has been worn out by the
labors imposed upon him by the deputa-
tions of well-wishers and ardent cam
paigners. He will be obliged to leave
his home in Canton and temporarily
hide himself from his friends. But if Mr..
Mckinley shall have to take to the
woods what will he do with himself in
the event of his election? At least two
presidents of the United States were
killed by office seekers when there were
not half so many offices to be filled in the
United States by presidential appoint
ment as there are now.-Philadelphia
Record.
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the Mckinley campaign, and the eyes
of the nation were riveted upon every
thing pertaining to Hanna, that gentle
man discussed with Miss Ruth the pro-
priety of modifying her riding dress.
From q reliable source it has been
learned that the discussion terminated
in this way:
Public opinion? What's that to me,
papa? Diplomacy! I'm no diplomat.
No, sir, won't stop wearing them"
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; ANOTHER GLIMPSE AT
/ MEXICO'S CONDITION

At the request of subscriber we take
pleasure in publishing an article just re-
ceived from Mr.. A. v. Temple of the
bureau of information, Mexican Central
railway, City of Mexico. The article is
addressed to the San Francisco Bulletin
but was denied publication in San Fran
cisco,
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GOLD BASIS COUNTRIES.

1t will be just like some of the Anarch-
lists to bob up and remind us that Spain
and Turkey are on gold basis.-Wash-
ington Post.