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The herald., 1896-01-15
THE TAX EATERS

The HERALD has given to the Los
Angeles public some interesting data
with reference to the number of people
whose names appear upon the pay rolls
Of the city and county for nine months
Of 1895. The number was something
like 3719. These names included those
Of individuals who we're transferred
from one department to another at
various times in order that they might
be kept constantly employed. What
the HERALD printed has caused the San
Francisco Examiner to do some fig
uring, and the result is that the fact is
disclosed that only 316S people are on
the pay rolls of the city and county of
San Francisco. Add to this 596 federal
off1ce-holders and 246 state employees,
with floating deputies, and the total
for San Francisco is brought danger
ously close to 5000 persons, or one
public job to every twelve voters. The
paper suggests that San Francisco ia
approaching the glorious era when
every able-bodied citizen will hold an
office, nobody will have to work and
the only difficulty will be in collecting
the taxes to pay expenses. The Ex-
aminer, in discussing the situation,
says:
It may be suggested, however, that the
cost of paying for all this is heavy bur-
den on the people who work at productive
labor. However necessary government
may be, it is not a productive investment
In itself. 1t is doubtless needful to a de-
gree to allow productive labor to go on
without interference, but il may easily take
too large share of the results.
There can be no doubt that the taxeat-
ers' brigade of San Francisco has passed
all bounds of moderation or reason in it's
demands on industry and property. The
taxes taken out of San Francisco this
year are double those of ten years ago,
yet wealth and population, SO far from
having doubled in that time have increased
hardly fifth. The taxpayers are rzDped
because they are scattered and careSess,
while the taxeaters are united and vigilant
in pressing their schemes for living at the
expense of other people.
The people have seen some of the evil re-
suits of the raid of the officeholders.
Every depositor in a savings bank who has
gone to collect his dividends in the last
few days has found them cut down below
his expectations. Every man who has had
to borrow has found the rate of interest
T8iSeu 6itU dccOuliuOuds H'hS udrtior 10 e-At.
Industry has felt the pfaca and capital ras
hesitated to expose ilsesf to the raids of
political banditti.
The tax eaters brigade in Los An
geles county is equally as we'll organ
ICED and fully as strongly intrenched
as is the one in San Francisco. Here,
too, all bounds of moderation and
reason have been passed. The public
treasury of the city and county is
made the prey of the ring politicians,
their followers and adherents. As yet
there is no rift in the clouds and the
taxpayers must submit to another year
of plunder.
The herald., 1896-01-15
A Pleasant PARTY

A very pleasant evening was spent at
the residence of Mr.. f. E. Nay, Ala Boyd
street. Friends gathered 10 celebrate Mrs.
Nays birthday as wei! as the return of Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene t. Klages and son Henry
from Minneapolis Music was rendered by
a quartet, consisting of Messrs. Barr, Nay,
Maybin and Wallace Pease. Solos were
given by Charles Ward and Miss Lily
Kiages. Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ii. Klages, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene T. Klages,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Bradshaw, Mr.. and
Mrs. ". S: Nay, Misses Eiwell, Anderson.
Nay, Ward. Da9gett, Klages, James, and
Meesrs. Barr. Maybin, Wallace, Frank
Bradshaw, Elwell, Ward, Willie Bradshaw,
Hazel and Myrtle Bradshaw
The herald., 1896-01-15
Railroad Notes

A Raymond & Whitcomb excursion
party OF forty OF fifty people arrived from
the east yesterday. the most of them going
through to Coronado.
About forty persons arrived in the city
yesterday from the east by the Judson ex-
cursion which came by the northern route.
!. Il. Fitzgerald. agent fpr the Texas Pa
citic railroad, wi headquarters in San
francisco, arrived in the city yesterday.
scfn i Truslow. agent at Santa Barbara
70" h santa Fe. was in town yesterday.
Mr. Irusow is mentioned as the successor
to c. Fl. Speers, who recently resigned the
position of assistant general passenger
agent for the Atlantic and FAsiflc railroad.
The Southern Pacific Railroad company
will run an excursion TO Pomona and re-
turn this iuorning.
The Southern California railway offers a
splendid opportunity this morning TO tonr-
lists and others to ride through tire San Ca
briel valley. Its excursion to Pomona
promises 10 be we'll patronizad.
The herald., 1896-01-15
OFFICER MATUSZKIEWIG'S RECORD
He Arrests Two Men Yesterday Afternoon
on First Street

He Arrests Two Men Yesterday Afternoon
on First Street
Officer Matuszkiewig arr tested ]. S. Mills,
travelling man, yesterday afternoon on
First street, for obstructing the sidewalk.
A number of persons saw the alleged
offense and offered to appear as witnesses
in favor of Mills when his case comes to
trial.
Thomas Atwood was arrested by Officer
Matuszkiewig yesterday afternoon and
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon. If Atwood is convicted it will
probably be on technicaiity. His partc-
ular otfense consisted in carrying his PEN
knife open in the pocket of his trousers.
He is the fellow arrested some time ago by
Detective Steele for burglary, but was dis
charged on technicality in the superior
court officer Matuszkiewig asserted that
Atwood had said ne would get even with
the detective.
The herald., 1896-01-15

The course of the council in adopt
ing the Savage resolution providing for
the experimental operation of oil re-
fineries near the river and Ninth street
was decidedly the wisest. If after a
fair test under the conditions sug-
gested by the resolution it is found
that oil refining cannot be carried on
without inconveniencing the residents
of the city, it will then be in order to
consider the adyisability of RELOCATING
the business beyond the corporate
limite.
The herald., 1896-01-15
IN THE POLITE WORLD

A jolly tallyho party left for Baldwin's
ranch last Monday morning on the tallyho
coach Rocket. Each guest had contributed
something for the lunch. which was served
on the grounds of the San Gabriel hotel,
after which a ball and dance was proposed
in the new ballroom of this hotel, and
music was telephoned for, and an enjoya-
BILE time had. The party returned, stop
ping short time at Green's hotel, Pasa-
dena, reaching this city about s o'clock.
The party consisted of Dwight Whiting and
wife, Gilbert E. Overton and wife, Herbert
T. Otis and wife, Mrs. West Hughes, Mrs.
r. II. Heron, Mrs. It. N. Gregory, Mrs. f.
W. Burnett, Mrs. G. c. Carpenter, RAD
cliffe Denniston and W. B. Wiltshire.
The herald., 1896-01-15
Demise of an o.d Los angeles offic,a,

One of the pioneers of Arizona died yes
terday at Tempe. DR.. w. w. Jones depart
ed this life at the ripe age OF three score
and ten. Death was shortly before D. IN.
at the residence of Mrs. Winchester Miller,
whittier he had been taken from his home
beyond Mesa that proper medical attend
ance might be near at hand. The disease
from which death resulted was of typhoid
type, though advancement in years con-
tributed much.
DR.. Jones was born at Hampton, Virginia,
in 1925. His education was received at
William and Mary college, Williamsburg,
after which he graduated from the Balti-
more medical college. He early came
west and in Los Angeles for years acted as
an army surgeon.-Arizona Republican.
The herald., 1896-01-15
KEPT IN JAIL
Chas. Compton In More Trouble, But Wit!
q Man

chas. Compton In More Trouble, But With
Man
Chas. G. Compton, who achieved such
unenviable notoriety by his connection in
the Spillrnan adultery case, spent several
days and nights in the city Jail recently.
He was arrested by Detective Goodman,
who thought that Compton had become
mixed up in bogus check deal. Compton
was kept in jail Saturday and Sunday, but
on Monday succeeded in communicating
with NJ. T.. c. Munday, the attorney, who
caused the release of his client.
1t is said that Compton tried to get a
check for 1925 cashed at the Citizens
bank. The institution refused to honor the
check. Compton claimed to have got it
from man named Ii. L. Wenzel in ex-
change for some shares of stock in The
Spillman water company. The detectives
here wanted to locate Wenzel but could
not. The men were also said to have been
implicated in another check deal at Pasa-
dena, and it was for the purpose of look
ing into it that the arrest of Compton was
suppressed.
The herald., 1896-01-15

he has any such right sat the expense
of half savage hslfbreeds" rests on no
other basis than race conceit.
The inability of South American re-
publics to govern themselves properly,
like the similar inability alleged Of the
Hawaiians, is a matter that concerns
the people that are misgoverned and
that does not call FOR the interference
of either the English or the American
jingo. Like the English and the Amer
leans, the South Americans and Ha-
waiians should be res pected in their
territorial rights and be allowed to gov
ern their own country in their own
wav
The herald., 1896-01-15

In report Of the excess fees COL
lected by various street commissions it
was stated that the commission for the
opening and widening of an alley IN
block Fl, in Boyle heights, collected
$1141. The HERALD has been informed
by Judge J. T. Beardon, one of the COM
missioners, that this excess amount was
not divided among the commissioners,
but was drawn and retained by the
clerk of the commission. Judge Bear
don collected only such fees in tie
matter es we're legally allowed.
The herald., 1896-01-15
AMONG THE RAILROADS
Final Report of the Cost Of the Santa
fe Receivership
tinued a Day-Two Local Excursion Ar
rivals and Railroad Notes.

TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. 14.-Master in
chancery johnson has fled his final report
of the cost of the Santa Fe receivership.
1t shows that the total court expenses were
$3O9,70O. Sixty thousand less than this
was allowed by the court, but the bond
holders made up the difference. Judge
johnson has figured that before the re-
ceivership the road was paying interest at
the rate of $4,000 day. The interest
charges are now about half that.
The herald., 1896-01-15
Returned From the South

Mrs. Martha c. Gilpin. of 500 South
Spring street, and Miss c. E. Wise, who
have been spending the winter in the south
and visiting the cotton states and interna-
ton exposition in Attain a, Ga, have re-
turned to Los Angeles after most enjoy
able soiourn.
The herald., 1896-01-15
Sorry lie Resisted

A. J. Bowen will not in the future be
likely to resist an officer who is arresting
him. Officer kcIle placed Bowen under
arrest on Buena Vista street, aud the latter
drew back as though to strike the officer
and received a cluU over his head which
brought the blood. he was booked as
drunk at the polica station.
The herald., 1896-01-15
She Gets Him in Trarhlc

John G. McClelland recently got out of
the county Jail from serving a sentence for
beating his wife. He made threats against
her the other day and was rearrested and
examined before the justice in Pasadena
and remanded to the custody of the county
Jail again to await the result of his trial.
The herald., 1896-01-15

In HIS late message the mayor sug-
gested the.advisability Of setting aside
the vacant space to the north Of the
city hall for library building, naively
intimating that some of our wealthy
citizens might like to immortalize
The herald., 1896-01-15
Ladies Are Active

The last meeting of the Los Angeles
branch Of the Needlework Guild of Amer
lea was very we'll attended. The work is
meeting with great success. Several ladies
reported their sections formed; others
have theirs well under way.
The herald., 1896-01-15
Southern Pacific Injunction

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-THE injunction
suit of tho Southern Pacific company
against the railroad commission which was
to have been taken up again in the United
states court today was continued until to-
morrow. as Judge McKenna said he twas
not ready TO proceed
The herald., 1896-01-15
Society JOttings

John A. Riley has returned from q five
months business trip along the coast.
Mrs. Eva Daggett has arrived from Chi
cago and will spend the winter with her
father, Captain Willett Pearce of Twenty
first st.
Anton Schott, the master Wagnerian
tenor will sing at Music Hall Friday even
ing.
Miss Marguerite Fuller and Miss Cos
settee Lyons leave for the east today, to
enjoy ranch life for brief period in
Southwestern New Mexico.
The herald., 1896-01-15
Mothers Meeting

The Los Angeles w. c. T.. U. will hold an
interesting mothers meeting today at 2 80
PM, in the First Baptist church, corner
Sixth and Broadway. Young mothers are
especially invited.
The herald., 1896-01-15
Carpets and Draperies

Good lace curtains, soc pair.
Fine Irish point lace curtains, So SO pair.
Excellent quality portieres, So pair.
Smyrna rugs, 75c ZACH.
Angora rugs, 81 each.
Ingram carpet. soc per , ard.
Tapestry Brussels. soc per yard
Stair carpet. zoe per yard.
MOQuette carpet, 81 per yard.
c. A. JUDD, 4O5 South Broadway.
The herald., 1896-01-15
Undc:iypred re.errnn,s

The following kilograms remain uncalled
for at the Western Union telegraph office:
j. j. Mskalie, M. L. Ellis, A. G. Wells.
Mrs. Fl. Z. Sutliif, Joe Tan9mann.
The herald., 1896-01-15
Pomona Excur sion Today

Santa Fe trains leave at z 10 a. m.,6 30
a. M. o a. M. 4 p. M. A AS p. m. Round
trip 81. Tickets good returning January
18th.
The herald., 1896-01-15

RULING PASSION STRONG AFTER DEATH
1t happened that Supervisor died
And came to where there stood a pearly gate.
All, bitterly he rallied then at his fate,
He couldn't lug the pearl OF, though he tried.
San Francisco Examiner.
The herald., 1896-01-15

DEMONSTRATION Mobiles and the ad-
mirable company that he has gathered
about him is eceivirG the supp lrt such
clever play as the phoen X and it's presen-
tation deserves. Dolly Mobiles has made
a bit as Inc flower girl and heiress, while
Mr. Mobiles as the thoroughbred Bohemian
is whole show by himself. The fire scene
in the last act is one of the most realistic
things ever presented in Los Angeles.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-23
NORTH DAKoTA PROSPECTS.
Tho North Dakota nt,nn 1li1llaff11. .saNS

llS lNOIlA DdhtLit crop HOullSLILA 5diy
4 The weather conditions Of the past week
have as a whole been favorable for crops.
Wihjle cool weather has prevailed during4a
greater portion Of the week it has had q
tendency to cause q stronger roofing OF
SHE now growing crop and causing it to
stool out more and insurdng a. strong
growth to the stalk. Rain has fallen over
a greater portion of the growing section
of the state, mostly during the last three;
days of the week, and in the northeastern
counties the heaviest rains which have oc-
Cured in, years past are reported, calls-
ing great delay in the finishing OF wheat
seeding in that section. Over the south
ern and eastern central counties moderate
1ains have resulted In rapid growth OF all
crops which are in, and where a scarcity
OF rain prevailed over the Southwestern
counties during the preceding week, an ex-
cessive amount has fallen during the week
Just past, and has put q stop: to work on
low lands. However, the work In this
section was SO well along as to make a.
good showing when this brief period set
III Light frosts occurred In scattered
sections during the latter part Of the
week, but no damage is reported to crops
stflerefrom. AS a whole about Is per cent
sofg the wheat seeding has been completed,
and ftanyers are now seeding corn, flax,
Barley, cats, nntllef and potatoes The
however. is vet trifleS cool tor
corn. s; - 1ss sa
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-23

CARDS Michigan, Indiana and OHIO. Gem
trail Michigan sends reports Of wheat
turning yellow and dying and they can
not discover the cause. Indiana reports
damage by bugs, fly and rust and
drouth, and the condition in almost all
during the past ten days and is serious.
Chicago. 9:30--A prominent Michigan
merchant writes us this morning: The
wheat In eastern Michigan was never
good this spring. I have seen dozen
farmers today who say so per cent is
killed by the fly and have no doubt It is
true as it comes from reliable sources. 81
Chicago, 9:40--Wheat is holding steady
with but little business. If any good buy
ing starts In 1t will sell higher. Wheat is
firm on bad crop reports from Michigan
and bullish Price Currents report. There
is some st. Louis buying but, Champlin is
selling long wheat. O'Neil and Bennett
bought about as much wheat as they sold,
which is not much either way. II
Chicago, 10:00-A travelling man just re-
turned from Van Buren, county, Mich, the
best county in the state, says wheat is
turning yellow and is full Of insects, the
& Co., are big buyers Of wheat; Robson is
also buying and Counselnan & Day are
the leading sellers. =: :
Chicago, 10:10-Wheat acts strong: It
is up to call price now. All the market
needs is larger business and that seems
to be coming, but as long as we trade on
damage that is expected to come and that
that no one feels sure of it, will have lots
of breaks that will tire man out who
buys on the bulges. J. Cudahy just
bought $4,000 lard at $4.65 for September:
Chicago. 10:48-Wheat is easing OF on
selling against calls and reports Of con-
tinued gold shipments and unchanged ca
bles. .|
New oYrk, 11:10-Wa sh1ngton is buying
Sugar. The advance In Sugar is helping
the rest of the market. Commission
houses and stop orders put up Manhattan.
Chicago II :3O-Barrett and Clifford are
free sellers Of wheat. The outside trade
is still shy and there is no one to take the
wheat on the bulges. There was some
good New York buying around 621ac.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-23
cAsH wHEAT MARKwr.

CASH WHEAT MARKET.
No. northern on spot-O offerings Of
spot wheat are getting smaller every day
and today they were very SMALL only a
few cars being for sale. Most of the ar
rivals of No. / wheat are applied on sales
previously made to arrive. The outsiders
are fairly we'll filed UP with wheat and the
market is in the hands Of the local buy
ers who are willing to pay nc premium
and most of the wheat went at that diff
ference, in one or two special cases the
wheat sold at nc over July prices. -
No. northern to arrive-There is the
usual demand for this wheat to arrive on
the basis Of 1as over July, but very little
is sold at this difference. The line COM
panies are holding for 1c premium and the
market has not advanced enough to allow
Of commission men selling wheat to arrive
at limits by their customers and the pri-
waite and country elevators
No. 2 northern-There is a good demand
for this wheat on the same old basis OF
18@a4c under No. northern. it'll
No. northern and rejected wheat
There is a good demand for the best cars
Of these low grades of wheat on the basis
Of &c under No. northern.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-23
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York, May 21-F'lour, receipts. ~,
100 bbls.; sales, 2,4oo bpis; state and west
ern inactive. easy, unchanged.
Wheat --Receipts, so,550 bu.; sales, 72o,-
900; bu.; No. 2 red, fairly active. strong.
1z@ac higher; July, 6SA @69aac; Sept.
68 9-16@6914c; Dec, 10 5-16@70Ac.
corn-Receipts, l2z,s75 b, bn:; sales, 5000 90
SEC; Sept, s71sc; NO. 2, 351l@s6Kc. 1'
! Oats Receipts, $4,000 bu.; No. dull,
steady; July, 249sc; state, 26@28c; western,
25@2Sc; Pork, dull, easy; new mess, 1926
@9.75; old, lsS.5009.00. 4@.gg 5s55
Butter Receipts, 1852 lbs: moderate
demand easy; western dairy, 7@11c; west
ern creamery. 11@15c; do. held. 9@11c; do
factory, 7g1oc; Elginss, 16c; Imitation y
! Eggs-Receipts, 7,4so packages; nrn,,
fairly active, western. 9h @11c. .s 81
Sugar Quiet, crushed, SIC; powdered,
57-16c; granulated, SIC. . b HI q. 3S
Petroleum Quiet. refined; all ports, $500
@6s85. Il q II III. il
Freights Quiet. s5 d. 81 I,s III u. Il
Tallow-D Dull, city, 1903 3-16c: country,
3as0S1-16c; other articles unchanged. Till
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-23

permanent and the report Of the creden-
tails committee adopted without contest
Report of the committee on order of bust
ness was amended SO as to have the report
E%of the committee on resolutions read and
lacted upon before the election Of delegates
| This precipitated hot debate, in which w.
"A. Lynch, of Union, pronounced a diatrlbe
on the HsOfficeholders controlling the con-
vention." To give the committee on reso-
lutions time to frame a report, the conven-
| ton, at 9 o'clock took recess OF half an
hour.
When the convention re-assemled the
following financial plank was adopted:
''The Democratic party Of South Dakota
| is in favor of the present standard OF value
in our monetary system and the use OF full
legal tender silver coins and paper con-
vert!ble into coin on demand in such guam
titles as can be maintained without impair
ing or endangering the credit of the gov
eminent or diminishing the purchasing or
debt-paying power of the money IN the
hands of the people,
w. A. Lynch, of Huron, moved the
adoption Of the following as substitute:
Resolved, That we demand restora-
ton OF the money Of the constitution by q
law providing for the free and unlimited
COINAGE Ol UOIu SO1A duu oAAVOA eo 4NAA AS3oA
tender at ratio of 16 to L, regardless OF
the action of any other country.
The convention by a vote of 1914 to
2241a, rejected the substitute and adopted
the original resolution. Other resolutions
arraign the Republican party for extrava-
gance to the Cleveland administration; also
oppose any effort to materially alter the
present t'just and conservative tariff and
pronounce against secret political organiza-
TONS @
The FIGHT over the financial plank was
extremely warm, but the free silver dele
gates did not withdraw from the conven-
ton as was rumored they would do early
in the evening.
The delegates elected to Chicago are as
follows: First district, F. M. Slower, of
Centerv.lle; Second, Judge J. e. Garland
Of Sioux Fails; Third, Edmund Cook, OF
Wilmot; Fourth, S. A. Ramsey, Of Woon-
socket; Fifth, George Culver, OF Brittoni
Sixth, s. v. Arnold, of Ipswich; Seventh,
James N Woods, OF Rapid City; Eighth
| VIM. R. Steele, of Deadwood. All are
known gold men.
The state central committee met at noon
and determined to hold the convention for
nominating candidates for state officers at
Deadwood on Sept. 16.
| Later.-The convention adjourned
about 2 o'clock this morning after a par.
rot and monkey session on the money
question. The gold standard men won
leverything and send solid gold standard
delegation to Chicago on a gold standard
platform. The silver men charged or
the floor Of the convention that this was
accomplished by the free use Of proxies
held by AZ federal marshals and office
holders, acting under direct instructions
from Washington. They are mad all
through and many Of them, including two
Democratic editors, Informed the Penny
Press correspondent this morning tina,
they would hereafter support the Popu-
llists.