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The herald., 1896-04-22

close attention to the local interests and
make showing of fact such as might in
duce outsiders to appreciate the resources
of the south, and by settling here keep
on developing the industries of the re-
gion. Mr.. Editor grew restive and
threatened if the directors interfered with
his management to quit some evening;
stuff his pockets full of copy and thus
tie the paper up The danger was immi-
nent, and was discussed at length by the
board of directors at meeting called by
Judge Widney for that especial purpose.
1t was agreed that the policy decided up
on was the only true one to follow, but
the threat of the rambunctious editor
had not been without effect What was
to be done? Finally Judge Widney
stated that if the editor cleared out as he
had threatened to do he himself would
edit the paper until proper person could
be secured. The board thereupon per-
emptorily gave orders to the rebellious
subordinate that the paper be edited in
accordance with previous instructions
That evening about o'clock the foreman
hurried to Judge Widneys office with the
information that the editor had, sure
enough, gathered up all the copy and re-
fused to give out any to the compositors
unless the board of directors would re-
scind its order and permit him to run the
paper in the manner he desired.
Such state of affairs had not been un-
expected, and Judge Widney was quickly
on the scene. The comps were stand
ing around waiting for copy" and the
amateur editor, minus his dinner, set to
work to grind that which would serve as
mental pabulum for the patrons of the
paper next day. Being we'll posted ON
the country and its resources, an excel
lent showing was made, and so popular
was the demand for that local issue that
large supply of extras had to be struck
off to accommodate the demand for mail
ing east in answer to letters of inquiry.
Interest was aroused, and the subscrip-
ton list went bounding upward. In the
weekly the whole of the new matter was
run, and over one thousand extra copies
were sold, and then much of it was in
The herald., 1896-04-22

At the end of six months Mr.. Storke
was compelled by financial necessity.
arising largely from lack of experience
in business affairs, to sell ont his interest
to certain citizens who incorporated as
the Los Angeles City and County Pub
fishing company. The capital stock was
set at SIS, 900, divided into 1900 shares of
the par value of $1oo each. Articles of
incorporation were filed on February Io,
1874, the directors being F. P. F. Temple,
]. Bixby, R. M. Widney, P. Beaudry, r.
A. Carey, ]. w. Lord, ]. S. Thompson
and J. w. Potts.
1t was decided that close attention
should be paid to local affairs and the
resources and possibilities of Southern
California in general and Los Angeles
county in particular be made known TO
the outside world. This line of policy
having been determined upon, the editor
was instructed to that effect, but that in
dividual had notions of his own as to how
the paper ought to be run. With the
most cheerful persistency he insisted
upon bringing into very active service
his two assistant editors-the scissors and
paste poland filled the paper with clip
pings about the outside world. Inas-
much as local residents read the same
items in the original papers they were
devoid of interest to them, and to the
outside world such news could only be
stale, fiat and utterly improbable
The editor was again instructed to pay
The herald., 1896-04-22
A FIN DE SIECLE MARVEL

Product of Genius, Appreciated Where
ever Men Can Read and Think
There is no art or science that is too
difficult for industry to attain to it is the
gift of tongues, and makes man under
stood and valued in all countries and by
all nations "-Loyd Clarendon.
The marvellous advances made in the
art of printing have reached climax in
the Linotype, pronounced by the leading
engineering authorities to be 'the most
remarkable machine of this century," 1t
is the outcome of twelve years of con-
tinuous experiment and invention, and
the expenditure of more than 81, 900, 900.
The result is seen in the present standard
of the Linotype, machine marvellous in
speed, in the quality of its product and
in the perfection and action of its parts.
OF these machines The Herald Pub
fishing Company owns and now operates
seven Others will be added as the ne
cessity for their use arises. They are
named Carlisle, Gov. Budd, Laura, Char
lotte, Single Tax, Sound Money and JEFF
ferson-good names, every one Of them.
Operated by single person. the ma
chine produces and assemblies linotypes
ready for the press or stereotyping table
at the rate of from 5000 to 1000 ems per
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embryotic stage of its existence again
takes definite shape in the memory.
The population ranged from 5000 to
5000 inhabitants, largely made up of ar
rivals from the eastern states engrafted
upon the Spanish Mexican population
that founded the City of the Angels.
The intersection of Main and Com
mercial streets was then the very center
of the business portion of the city, al
belt turn had been made down Spring
street SO that there were few business
houses opposite the Temple block on
Spring street. The Pico House and the
Bella Union were the two leading hotels,
the former kept by man named Knowl-
ton, who had earned honorable distinc-
ton with the Confederacy during the
war, and the latter by Staples & Ustick
The United States, low two-storied
structure, was popular albeit second
rate hotel.
The only line of railroad actually hav-
ing access to the city was the Los Angeles
and San Pedro railroad, now the Will
mington branch of the Southern Pacific,
but work had just been inaugurated upon
the northern and eastern extensions
of the Southern Pacific. There was
gap, however, on the north extending
from Delano to Los Angeles, and the
grading had not yet reached eastward be-
yond the city limits. OF so much rail-
road as then existed Colonel Hewitt was
the most courteous of superintendents.
The home where the infantile HERALD
was launched upon the world has since
been remodeled out of recognizable
shape, but had its location on Spring
street, nearly opposite the new Bullard
and Temple blocks. 1t was one-story
building of modest pretensions and was
owned by F. P. F. Temple, who was at
that time tower of financial strength in
the city, and in that respect shared
supremacy with I. w. Hellman, who
was the cashier of the Farmers and
Merchants bank. There existed keen
business rivalry between these two, but
Temple was generous and unsophisti-
Gated, while his opponent was shrewd,
careful and adhered with scrupulous ex-
actness to business.
1t was c. A. Storke, Esq, now of Santa
Barbara, who had the courage to publish
THE HERALD, and with Taylor cylin-
der press and a three-horse power Baxter
engine, gained the honor of issuing the
first paper in Southern California that
was printed by steam power. Both en-
gine and press were pigmies compared to
those now in use in the press-room of the
paper, but they served admirably the
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cal and literary skill known as the daily
newspaper, which is so casually scanned
by the average citizen each morning over
the breakfast table.
From its inception until the present
time THE HERALD has not been exempt
from the drawbacks and difficulties in
cident to the life of every great journal
of the country. Since the initial issue
on October 2, 1873, when Los Angeles had
a population of 5000 souls, it has expert
enced in its career many obstacles and
disappointments its intentions have
been misconstrned and its objects mis-
represented, but despite all this those
who have had from time TO time con-
troll of its destinies have endeavored to
make it perform the true function of a
newspaper-to give the news truly and
without attempting to wrest and dis
tort public opinion by partial coloring.
That this guiding principle was the
correct one THE HERALD of today strong
ly emphasizes. The truest merit is not
always certified to by the greatest mea-
sure of success, as the world counts it
in dollars and cents were it not so the
Police Gazette, with its corrupting inhu-
ences, might be accepted as the form and
model of metropolitan journalism. The
steadily increasing appreciation of the
thoughtful public, while, perhaps, not so
profitable as the unthinking patronage
Of the multitude, or the blind adherence
of the bigot and the partisan, is never
theles the most worthy clientele for any
paper to aspire to obtain, and this ideal
of attainment, however many its short
comings, THE HERALD has steadily kept
in view. For twenty-three years it has
theoretically battled with adversities until
now it has reached position in the
journalistic field that entities it to place
in the front ranks of modern and pro-
gressive newspapers.
Today battery of Mergenthaler limo
type machines has replaced the old-time
method of hand-composition in vogue
during the early quarter of century of
the papers existence. Thus equipped
with the most modern of the require
ments of metropolitan newspaper,
brief survey of the past serves only to
stimulate to new exertion, while bidding
fair promise of what yet lies from view
and experience by the curtain of time.
The herald., 1896-04-22

purpose for which they were intended at
the time. Indeed, people focked from
far and near to see the plant that was
then far ahead of anything that had up
to that date been seen in the city.
AS competitors in the journalistic field
were the Star, owned and edited by
Major Ben Truman. and the Express,
owned by Tiffany & Painter, two printers,
and edited by ]. J. Ayres, who was even
then man of marked ability but
cramped by his narrow field of labor.
THE HERALD was in politics liberal
and independent Democratic. 1t dealt
more with current issues than past mem-
ories and showed little reverence for the
traditions of the party. 1t was consist
emily anti monopoly and anti-ring at all
times and the friend of labor in all its
forms. The city was strongly Demo.
cratic in politics, SO much so, indeed, that
the Republicans seldom took even the
trouble to make nominations for either
The herald., 1896-04-22
The Los Angeles Herald
GIVES ALL THE NEWS
ALL THE TINE

Life is so short and uncertain that no one can
afford to spend several hours in the morning
vainiy trying to find out what happened yester-
day. Readers who are thus wasting large por-
ton of their existence in wading through the
dismal and uninteresting details dished up by
the blanket-sheet newspapers, should subscribe
for THE HERALD. In its columns will be found
the worlds events for the previous twenty four
hours, presented in such a concise and condensed
form that 1t is pleasure and not pain to peruse
them. Compare it with any other California
newspaper, not only in price but in contents and
style of makeup. Why pay nearly twice the
amount for an inferior journal1 The subscrip-
tion price of THE HERALD is only
The herald., 1896-04-22
FURTHER ENTS

Banker Hellman Obtains Control and
Leases the Paper to Ayers & Lynch
Some of the stockholders in the enter
prise were compelled, for financial rea-
sons, to abandon the enterprise, and l..
w. Hellmau, the banker, secured by
purchase controlling interest in THE
HERALD and with the assistance of Mr..
Bassett, who retained editorial manage
ment, conducted the paper.
Not for long, however, did Mr.. He'll
man rejoice in the distinction of being
the owner of newspaper, for he leased
it in 1875 to Messrs. Ayers & Lynch, who
The herald., 1896-04-22

booming the city of Los Angeles. THE
HERALD published with his assistance,
too, about that time, map which pur-
ported to be the railroad map of the
future Southern California. When the
Los Angeles & Salt Lake road is COM
pleted, as it will be in the near future,
that map will be perfect for the purpose
for which it was drawn, and will serve to
illustrate the keenness of mental vision
that distinguished some of the early resi-
dents of the city
The herald., 1896-04-22
"LOOKING BACKWARD"


The Infant Paper Born Into the World
to People Animated by High Hopes
In casting backward glance to Octo-
Der 2, 1873, when the first issue of THE
HERALD was given to the cosmopolitan
population of the young city, the present
marks of civilization, culture and refine
The herald., 1896-04-22
Los ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
Ten Thousand Questions Answered.
Its Agricultural, Manufacturing and
Mineral Resources.
Its Geographical and Commercial.
Positions.

Its Harbor and Railroad Systems, with
a Map of Our Back Country. Re-
printed from Weekly Herald of April
a, 1874.
Several thousand copies of these were
struck off and sold at 10 cents each and
in short time not one was left on hand.
Three weeks after the self-opinionated
editor was deposed-or, rather deposed
himself--J. M Bassett took hold of the
editorial management, Judge Widney re-
turning to the serenity of his law and
real estate business
The herald., 1896-04-22

city or county. The Spanish element of
the population controlled the elections,
and when Ignacio Sepulveda ran against
Andrew Glassell for county judge in Oc-
tober, 1873, the former received 1888
votes in the city to 2Se polled for his op-
ponent.
THE HERALD was four page paper OF
the size of the present pages The fol-
The herald., 1896-04-22

ing them, taken from Tiburcio Nasquez's
band of robbers, and requesting owners to
claim and prove ownership, pay charges
and take the stock away.
During the first month of issue, on Oc-
tober 23d, to be speci6c-an article ap-
peared entitled "The Right Place to Set
tle." The article was from the pen of
R. M. Widney, at that time district Judge,
The herald., 1896-04-22
city and county appeared in the first

city and county appeared in the frs
issue
R. M. Widney, district judge.
1gnacio Sepulveda, county judge
]. G. Howard, court commissioner.
B. D. Wilson, state senator.
Thomas D. Mott, assemblyman.
Asa Ellis, assemblyman.
William R. Rowland, sheriff
AL D. johnson, under-sheriff.
]. M. Baldwin, deputy sheriff.
A. w. Potts, county clerk.
The herald., 1896-04-22

"Some read to think - these are rare
some to write - these are common and
some read to talk : and these form the
great majority. ."-Colfon.
"Reading maketh full man. confer
ence a ready man, and writing an exact
man; and therefore if man write little
he hath need of great memory; and If
he confer little he had need have pres
ent wit and if he read little he need
have much cunning to seem to know
that he doeth not. ."-Loyd Bacon.
The story of the evolution of news
paper is, in epitomized form, the story of
the progress made by the community to
which it has been accessory.
While rejecting the various vicissi-
tudes attending the moral, intellectual
and financial advancement of such conf
munity, the daily newspaper has to en-
counter many difficulties peculiar to it.
self and to surmount oppositions which
may threaten it's power for good, as
we'll as its financial standing and pros.
perity.
Time, while solving old difficulties,
constantly adds new ones and renders
more complex that marvel of mechani-
The herald., 1896-04-22
THE SUNDAY HERALD

Will be especially notable and excellent, apd Win
challenge comparison viii those issned ~ eaS
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-02

J. j. Corbett and Thom&
have signed for a fight 70
take place within six moni
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-02
a Kentucky Cyclone.

Owen ehoro. Ky, June 29.-'A cyoNI
q, r,,ck West Louisville, near TINS g
at $50 Saturday afternoon, ana
considerable damage. The house g
j.. Clark was completely wrecRN
Miss Pearl Hicks, who was Nsns
there, yess Instantly killed. MI =
WAS seriously hurt and 1t Is though
will die. q
a number Of others are suffering y
severe cuts and bruises. ST. A'pa
sius church. at St. Joseph was oes'tos
The residences of A. I. Walllams'
Ned Thomas we're almost conpie'
des:rcved and oNJbuilding's were
molished..
The stable OF Dr. j. N. Alvey
blown away.
The residence and CmtblrildlngS
r. Horrell were destroyed and
horses were EJlled.
The residence OF Or. Hardin oso
al st. Joseph was badly damaged.
The residence Of G. w. Morgan
miles from West Louisville, was
plete!y wrecked, but no Gne was
John Heard's residence was unro
The farm houses at st. JcsaDh's
edny were destroyed.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-02
Our Trade With Norway.

Washington, June 20. - The Amt
can trade with Norway is review 4
bulletin by the agricultural departmel
1t forms tine seventh OF the series
lating to the extension OF the fori
markets for agricultural products.
bulletin says That the product OF NO
gian agriculture is not sufficient
meet the requirements Of the pop
ton and food stuffs have to be inn
ed in considerable quantities. The
ing feature is a detailed statistic
view Of Norway's foreign trade,
! ton being given to the charactel
sources of imported merchandise.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-02

Shawano, Wis, June 20. - Wofa VIZ
reached here OF the drowning OF 9 b
persons at Shawano lake during g
at G: so yesterday evening. "A party CT
sisting of @. A. Risum and wife, He|
man Drackrey and wife, Louis GoKs
wife and child of Pulcifer, Miss Emr
Garbrecht of Shawano and Miss Nj
garet Grove of st, Nazaianz, Manits
woe county, started from Cecil about
o'clock yesterday afternoon in O.
Risum's yacht en- route for few day
outing on the north shore of the laN
When about three miles from shore d
boat was capsized by sudden SOU!
and the party precipijtated into the "
ter. Mr.. Risum and Mr.. DrackN
chung to the capsized yacht for seyef
hours, the latter holding his wife
his arms, when they were rescued
parties from Cecil, who were attrac,
by their cries for help. The bodies
the other six have not been recover
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-02
ort but il had, you would not buy

sort, but il had, you would not puy
them, Min Toxic"
They are speaking in Chinese, ior
Min Toxic, though not a child OF Cnlh-
csc parents, has been brought up by
them. You can believe the story that
his father was Russian and MS
mother a Tartar when you look al
him.
A little Chinese boatwoman took MIN
from his dying mothers arms ana
nursed him with her own, somewhere
near those quarters where there are
English warehouses and the barbarian
comes to traffic in tea and porcelain,
and he starved and played and swan
about with her own, and early IN his
boyhood came to San Francisco. Tnere
he dwelt in Chinatown, and became re-
nowned amongst the showmen OF San
Franciso for his acrobatic feats. To-
night he is engaged to assist IN a per-
Torrance on the lawn before the man
sion of Benson Blashfield, Esq' Mr.
Blashfield will have fireworks anc
great supper, the GROWING lea
ture of which will be the feats o
Min Toxic, who, amongst other things
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-02


.brovs =, rome into the air, where it IS
caught by some unseen power, sends
kitten I'D it's length until 1t Vanlshes
from sight, sends a monkey 10 ma H.
follows himself and draws the rope up
after him. and ten minutes after IS
heard calling from the inside OF
great lacuuered box to be let out, and |
there he is, indeed, coiled up like a
great serpent. Oh, there Is nothing
Min Toxic cannot do. and no one ever
discovers how he does anything.
Now he laughs.
Il know you have What | want, or
can make 1t in a twinkling, Lin Ham,
he answers LAS for money, am rich
or than YOU think. Name your price.
I have told you what want-to Kill a
man without a knife or blow or
poison-to kill him so that It seems 10
he done by the hand Of Fate; so that no
one can suspect me-
is he a Chinaman?" asks Lin Ham.
"He is m American said Min Toxic.
..He has taken the woman | love from
me. This rich man, to whose house
60 tonight, has daughter. love her.
You grin. Why not? / am hand
some. | am no Chinaman; am famous;
am a fayorite with the ladies. and
che smiled on me- You grin again!
OF course, the rich man would say no.
7 did not mean TO ask the rich man.
| II she loved me, that was enough.
4 could shirt her away where they would
\ never find us. That is what mean tt
n do"
II You are mad" says Lin Ham.
! No" says the acrobat. She coult
!, no won. She can be still, if can xii
this man.
DO you mean her father" erie
Lin Ham.
NO. Tonight they celebrate he
A marriage" said the acrobat "To-moi
row the bridegroom will take her ava!
to Tonight l must kill him. She will b
ne widow for awhile; afterward. mine
"It is the dream Of nadman," say
lis Lin Ham.
M "Does :. matter to you?' asks Il
ike acrobat. II know that it was you wi
lie made the toy the rich tea nercha
his gave 10 his wife when he found 81
ace was false to him. The little bird tn
ga, nerched on her wrist and sang and
ms her fingers like real bird, and nf
up- bite she died. know it was y
to who
mo more "reminiscences" cries 1
Il Ham. 81 admit that have another
the that. With a slight addition. ! ~
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-02
Matters in Mexico.

Mexico CITY, June 29.-The peun.
mary Federal election occurred 20.
,erday all over She Republic. and 1904
e,ectors were chosen n various ellen
raj districts. The electors will meet
various districts next Sunday and 70,
fer president, magistrates and men,
hers of congress. There is no dcuk d |
the triumphant election OF Gen. Nu |
v-n,,e candidacy has been welccmal
all PARTS CT the Republic.
The polling booths were opened d
over the City CT Mexico and the eas
ton officers were bus. Yae lSe|
,,asSes sS.stained generally from vt
ing.
A letter published from flo":. Man,
Romero, Mexican minister al Waalsss
,on, ras',gning his post on account 4
an article published in an otlc'ai ng'
"a, during shs penden&y OF the Gisls
masan question, and which Aass
Romero felt to be severe IN us jug
ment OF his views regarding the Noll
settlement Of that question.
Minister Romero reviews his patra
10 ,ahcrs in behalf OF the Country, :
70, at great personal loss and Mm
venience, and he adds: Il have 9
, t;nusd in my post, believing eha
long residence in the United Sa
INV knowledge of IDS pubHlc men
above all the kind welcome navel
, tunately been given by all csasses
. that country would enable me 70
effective services to Mexico. Om Il
j. incident referred to. or any oChs'
caused me to lose the confluence q
, government, ! Shall not remain 81
d,v ,onyer in that post. and I s'Aaf
:, .,rd IL as an especial lavor that
;. relieved of so bu!nensome an en.'
ment, in which 1T is necessary
all to have the confidence ana ln
:, cided support of my government (