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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-16
SYNDICATE DISSOLVED.
MIR. MORGAN TELLS WHY IT WAS
FORMED AND Why DISSOLYED.
He Says No Negotiations Were Even sug-
gested by Him TO the Authorities-His
Letter To MIR. Cleveland Published.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE members Of
the Government syndicate received in
their mail this morning the following cir
cular:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-16

Now OTk CITY, Jan I1, IN31
Gentlemen: Ia sending you formal no.
tice OF the dissolution or the United
States bond syndicate M which you have
co-operared, 1t is proper that ! should
make some statement showing why the
syndicate was formed, what action has
been taken on its behalf, and why II Is
now dissolved
The herald., 1896-02-09
THE DO-NOTHING SENATE

The do-nothing senate is once more
revealing its incompetency to deal
with public questions under its pres
ent system Of parliamentary practice.
Ali last week and all this week, with
short intervals devoted to the Monroe
doctrine, the senators have been de-
batting the silver question and the pay
ment of bonds in silver, without the
slightest relevancs to the nesds of the
government.
1t is more than six weeks now since
President Cleveland asked congress
sional aid to relieve the pressure on
the treasury, to which the house i'm
mediately responded. But the senate
does nothing, and discusses day after
day measures that, as every senator
knows, have not the slightest prospect
of success. Thus the time and patience
Of the country are utterly wasted and
the public welfare ignored.
There 10 no hostility to ths senate as
such Oh the part Of the people. That a
second legislative chamber is consid-
cred desirable is shown by the fact
ture of the general government. The
popular hostility is against the sen-
ates methods of business. No ques-
ton can be brought to vote except by
general consent. This condition of no
rules to close debate originated in the
early years Of the present century,
when the senate was very small
body. When Jefferson was vice-presi-
dent he formulated the rules now
known as Jefferson's Manual, and
these, which contain the closure rule,
we're adopted by the senate. Eight CT
ten years later these rules we're abro-
gated and the practice of senatorial
courtesy" introduced. This was all
we'll enough for period, when men of
the highest character for probity and
patriotism were senators, and when
Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Benton, Cass,
Crittendon and others equally remem-
bered, gave the senate worldwide
renown. But it will not do now since
mining camps have been turned into
states, each having an equ Il represen-
tation in the senate with New York
and Illinois.
What is demanded by the people is
closure rule that will stop the interim
Unable clack and force vote. And
this, by some means, thev are bound
to have.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The herald., 1896-02-09

concert singer-and the dress itself is
OF grayish white flowered silk, kept in
place by two very narrow bands of
green velvet over the shoulders. Mile.
Guilbert is not unjustified in the mat
ter Of shoulders in this display. The
expanse of white skin, however, is un-
doubtedly more important to its owner
as background for the black arms
and hands.
Mile. Guilbert is somewhat above the
middle height. She seems to like to
throw herself back at the beginning of
song as il she meant to turn . somer-
sault backward, and from that point
gradually incline forward till she is
confldentialiy leaning over the foot
lights and meZmeriziug the young men
in tie front row. The little trot she
tax. off the stage when she retires
and the graceful bow she knows 60 we'll
how to mako are small prettinesses
which count for something in the
charm, the indubitable charm, of her
PERSONAL y.
The French songs she sang last night
were Les Ingenues, La Soularde, GA
Falt Toujours Plsisir, La Pierreuse, La
Lisette. A la Villette and Les Vierges
Without considerable deliberate sup
preston of words, phrases and senti-
m ants none Of these eongs could be
The herald., 1896-02-09

city is most pronounced, and to stu
dent OF humanity the streets are full
of most interesting types.
In April the annual carnival La
Fiesta de Los Angeles is held, festi-
val peculiar to Los Angeles, and only
possible in Southern California The
historical events and romance of the
country combine to lend subjects for
q unique and beautiful celebration.
The street pageants are illustrative OF
the wonderful resources of the coun-
try, the barbaric splendor of the Chi
nese race, the magnificent display of
the floral wealth of this season, the
types of Spanish life, and the striking
features and customs of strange races,
and are all eXquisitely presented dur
ing this week of carnival.
The Fiesta colors, red, green and
orange, which typify the wine, olive
and fruits of Southern California, are
utilized for decoration with most bril-
liant effects during the week of La
Fiesta de Los Angeles. The colors
hutter from every public building and
private residence. The streets fairly
blaze with them, and each man. woman
and child is adorned with the tri.color
for the season. All along the principal
streets from telegraph pole and every
outpost, are fastened palms, or the
Egyptian papyrus, or the graceful bam-
boo, until the long vistas of green seem
like growing avenues of waving trop-
ical verdure.
The effect with the brilliant Fiesta
colors is extremely beautiful.
The fiesta lasts four days, commence
ing April 21st, to 25th. The pomp and
splendor and gorgeous spectacles of
each day are varied, and the spirit of
carnival closes with a grand ball, with
athletic tournaments, and with street
masquerade. Among the peculiarly
beautiful features of the fiesta ara the
Spanish cavaliers, who present vividly
picture of another century. Mounted
on beautiful horses and arrayed in all
the picturesque richness and color of
Spanish court dress, they are a most
unique feature of the pageant. The
saddles and brides of the horses are
made of fine Spanish leather and are
handsomely mounted with silver, and
the court dress Of these riders, which
is most richly embroidered, is very ef-
fective. Sombreros droop over the
faces Of ell. The horses are a superb
feature Of the parade.
The seductive climate and soft tenn
peratures of Los Angeles are as de-
The herald., 1896-02-09

and it's quite simple, toe. All you
have to know is how long one tick in
winding up will run the watch. I'll
explain to you. Suppose at o'clock I
wind up my watch until it is tight
that is, until another turn of the
winder would apparently break a
spring. At 5 o'clock wind again and
fiud that the wiuder clicks twelve
times before the watch is wound up to
the place where it sticks. Then you
know that twelve ticks will run the
watch l2O minutes, and that one click
represents ten minntes Of time"
What good is it to know that?"
well, suppose you go to bed at II
o'clock tonight, and on II tiring wind
up your watch and put it under your
pillow. During the night you wake up
and wonder what time it is. You don't
want to get up and light the gas. All
you have to do is to pull that watch
out from under your pillow, hold it to
your ear and count the ticks AS you
wind. Ii you count eighteen, then
you know that the watch has run down
180 minutes since IL o'clock and that
the time must be very near 2 o'clock.
10 be sure, you can't tell the exact
time, but you can generally get within
a quarter of an hour of it,
"Wouldn't the same rule hold good
for clock or watch which is wound
with key?"
IL dare say it would, but I never tried
it on anything except stem winding
watch. know blind man who always
tells time by winding his watch and
counting the ticks. His sense OF touch
ia quite delicate, and he can wind m
his watch three or four timss day
and then calculate within ten minutes
of the correct time.--Exchange
The herald., 1896-02-09

O1t on the street, the people, the
men, for woman is seldom seen, walk
in single file, and talk in a strange
tongue, with prolonged vowel sounds,
that somtimes seems like the refrain
of weird song, and sometimes like a
battle of words, 30 fierce and insistent
that you are ready to fly for your life,
and yet-the discussion you may find
later was OF the most harmless and in
nocent nature.
Sometimes you see long rows Of men
in bamboo hata, which look like enor-
nous mushrooms, and now and then q
grandee passes you, with red button
on his skullcap, and, perhaps, he is
clad in lavender breeohes and sky.
blue brocade blouse,at which you stare
enviously as you pass.
But step from this pagan quarter
and you ara in the busy. bustliny 2
street life of the city, where you may
iostle elbows with Turk, with Jew, with
Christian. You may meet the minister
plenipotentiary from Belgium, the
English lord, the Russian exile, the
French duke, the Polish count.
The cosmopolitan character of the
The herald., 1896-02-09
THE CITY OFTHE ANGELS
The Metropolis of the Southwest and Its Interesting FeauresA
Semi Tropic Land OF Sunshine and Flowers

be seen that the tones Of red are full
of symbolic meaning to the Chinamsn.
All the shops in Chinatown seem full
of mystery. They lead to long, dark
corridors and mysterious staircases,
queer little back rooms, into which the
light Of day never seems to penetrate.
u ich one has IA little shrine with q
g,immering lamp and tinsel trappings,
and on the shelves there are rows and
rows of Jars of preserved ginger, aud
packages Of tea, and quaint ivory
carvings and oriental draperies.
A step through the tiny cubby-hole
whers the merchant sits, brings you
suddenly into the dens, where, curled
up on shelves, are Cinnamon in various
stages of stupefaction, smoking opium.
The air is offensive, there 10 queer
yellow glow from the opium lamps
casting weird light on the face of tho
smoker, who holds a poll shed stem of
carved bamboo with an ivory mouth
piece, in his hand, and only the sput-
tering IN the round, flat-faced earthen-
ware bowl of the pipe, breaks the still
ness.
The herald., 1896-02-09

aends his radiant, dazzling reflection
from the purple mountain peaks
around. In all this sensuous and de-
lightful beauty the busy, bustling life
of the city shows in sharp contrast, for
no buster city is to be found in the
United States than Los Angeles today.
The building statistics are almost iu-
credible and the beautiful business
blocks are mervels Of every modern
convenience. Los Angeles is the cen-
ter Of eleven railroads. Its electric Car
system is the finest iu the United
States, its miles Of paved streets and
beautiful residences have many charms
for the stranger, while its innumerable
sea and mountain resorts present
constant charm to the tourist on pleas
urs bent.
While it is one of the most growing
cities in this country, with its popula-
tion of 10000 people, yet one sees con-
stantly, not only the charm Of the
present day civilization but continual
suggestions of the past suggestions at
every turn OF another day and age.
There 10 SO much of the old dreamy
past amid the new hat the transition
from the active to the passive phases Of
life are quite sudden even in the very
heart Of Los Angeles.
Here and there stand the old adobe
buildings with picturesque roofings Of
tiles, warm yellowish-red tiles, in sharp
contrast to the lime washed, crumbling
adobe walls beneath.
In Sonoratown the adobes are numer-
Z GUS, and here the old Mission church,
with them, illustrates the architecture
OF another century.
This church, though restored in 1861,
was built under the Franciscan fathers
by the Mission Indians more than sew
enty years ago.
In it's square tower swing the Mission
bells, whose jangling chimes ring out
for masses four times each day with a
music unlike any modern church bells
of the city.
Close to the plaza, but one block
from the business portion of the town,
one comes suddenly upon bit of the
orient, life belonging to nation
which knows no innovation; for just
here, iu the narrow streets OF tho old
Spanish part Of the city, are the
Chinese quarters.
Chinatown is immensal picturesque
at night. The narrow alleys have bit
of starry blue sky overhead.
From the numerous balconies swing
The herald., 1896-02-09

The city Of Los Ang Ales, the produc-
tion of two centuries, presents pic
turesque overflow, a rising tide OF
towns and villages known al suburbs,
that grow over the hills, across thu
river, and stretch on out up to the
foothills aud mountain mysteries, and
down to the seashore to the breakers
of the broad Pacific.
One finds every phase Of life in its
thirty square miles of settlement.
To newcomer, there is peculiar
charm in the tropical foliage. Every
dooryard is filled with orange blossoms
Great palms wave their beautiful fans
in long driveways. The lawns are
shaded with tho mbrella, ths camphor,
the India rubber tree, while callas
grow in great creamy masses beside the
opon running zlnjas OF sparkling
water.
"Old Badly" or San Antonio noun
tain, snow-capped most Of the year,
The herald., 1896-02-09
A NEW IDEA
"What time is it?"

"What time is it?"
81 think I can tell you without look
ing up"
He drew out his watch and held it up
close to his ear and slowly turned the
stem-winder.
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
eight" he continued, and then he said:
"That means seventy-two minntes. I
wound the watch up tightly at 8
o'clock, and SO the time ought to be
about twelve minutes past 4. Let us
see how near came to it. Well, it's
4:1S-I was only six minutes off"
The other was regarding him with
amazement. "Do you mean to say that
you can tell the time of day by wind
ing up your watch"
mot exactly; but I can come very
near it. usually within ten min utes,
The herald., 1896-02-09
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lightful to the newcomer as the old
time settler, and both feel the uplift-
ing presence of the mountains that
lie at the cast of the city, resting in
amethyst lights, snow-capped in win
ter, in sharp contrast to the rounded,
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The overland traveller, elm bing the
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almost ideal. 1t is the land of sweet
idleness, where in the sunshine is
blended the bloom of all countries.
ELLA IT ENDERLEIN,
The herald., 1896-02-09
Miss 1icknor,a Gift

Miss Anna B. Ticknor. a daughter of the
late George Ticknor, has presented to the
Boston public library the original auto.
graph manuscript of one of Lope de Vegas
best known plays, Ell Castigo Sin Ven
ganza punishment Without Revenge),
written in 1851. The manuscript is plain,
legibIe and we'll preserved.
The herald., 1896-02-09
THE CHINESE QUARTER, LOS ANGELES

1HE C1iNESE VUAktER, LUIS ANGELES
ing lanterns overlook the walks. The
queer little tiny shops are all open to
the street, and they have odd foreign
effects with their red, and gold, and
black signs, and their dragon emblaz-
oned banners hanging on the smoky
walls.
Everywhere one may see how dear
Is the color red to the heart of the
Chinese nation, and how, from the
doorway, to the gorgeous gods that
silently dwell in the joss house, the
faith of the people seems pinned on
the efficacy of this color.
It illuminates every door-post, every
fan, every visiting card, every banner,
jar, and every flrecracker (Which is
always connected with Chinese re-
lgious ceremonies), and 1t is plain to
The herald., 1896-02-09
The Fair FavOrite of Partisan
Cafes Chantant
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A Chicago Critics Clever Com nent OF
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A great deal of nonsense has been
written about Nile. Yvette Guilbert;
she has suffered by the friends who
have written her up and the enemies
who have written her down. La {
night che revealed herself under cir
The herald., 1896-02-09
The I.iiy Bud

Mrs. Langtry's daughter attracts much
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and fashionable skating rink, where she is
frequently seen. Her skill on the ice is
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that possessed by her mother ir he days
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The herald., 1896-02-09
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printed in the Chronicle. In Paris
most of the songs would be adjudged
very mildly improper, il improper at
all. The ugllest suggestions of such a
song as Les Vierges-the virgins
for example, would not shock Paris
ian who understands their meaning
fully any more than they disturbed the
Chicagoan last night who did not un-
derstaud them at Gil.
Mile. Guilbert consequently sang in
her harsh but clear voice all about the
virgins who were in deplorable ignor-
ance Of life's joys, about the young
woman fresh from the convent with
infinite kno Wedge Of sin under pious
exterior. about the wretcheder woman
who prowled around the streets by
night with cutthroat for partner in
her stealthy crimes, and alb )ut the very
human old grandmo other who in Bar
anger's beautiful French lamented and
yet rejoiced in the memory Of her con-
quests without causing anybody in the
audience much uneasiness. Judged
by our standards nearly every one of
Mile. Guilbsrt's cAansons is grossly
improper-but unless you can speak
and understand, nay think, in the lam
guage of the Paris streets, not much
injury will be done to your modesty
by anything you will hear from this
singer, be it never 90 fragile q Cook
county flower.
In addition to the French songs al
ready mentioned Mile. Guilbert made
brave attempt to sing two of our own
immortal gems of the music hall,
namely, Linger Longer. Lucy, and Her
Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her
Back. Oh, what sigh Of relief, what
q spontaneous round of applause the
audience let out when they recogniz I'd
the first words of that weird ballad,
Linger Longer, Lou! 1t was truly de-
lightfnl to see the stereotyped smiles
give place to genuine laughter, and the
timid patting of hands afraid of their
owners Judgment exchanged for heart
felt, honest applause.
As for Mile, Guilbert's English, we
may candidly tell her that it is far
nearer the pure Anglo-Saxon Of the
music halls than any foreigner ever be-
fore attained. 1t she were to translate
all her naughty French songs into this
delicious sort of English she might
still sing to our most immaculate with
out danger, for not one word in five
time the average audience would feel
exceeding great joy in the recognition
Of that precious verbal fifth. The
English songs last night were the fun
niest, but in the French ones Mile.
41uilbert showed herself to be the art
ist we had expected to find her.
On the legitimate stage she might
have achieved far prouder place than
the chanter of blue ballads can ever
hope to attain. Besides, we forgot to
mention that as singer she is handi-
capped by the trifling drawback that
her ear cannot distinguish between Q
natural and @ sharp. She may reply
that the audience, which filled Central
Music hall with the rustic of silks and
the glare Of white shirts last night,
was not able to make some other dis
tinctions Of far greater Importance in
the choice Of fad. But that's an
other story. She will sing again
tonight. Some other people assisted
at the concert last night, but they
did not matter much-Chicago Chron-
icle
The herald., 1896-02-09

At the annual meeting of the Home
Market club in Boston Thursday evening
last President Stott made a speech urging
protection for both raw material and man
ufactured products. He was followed by
Hon. Clay Evans, Republican candidate
for governor of Tennessee last year, who
dwelt upon the necessity of capturing for
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ing to capture foreign markets while rais-
ing the cost of producing our goods by
tariff first on the raw material and next
on the manufactured product, he would
confer favor on plain people who
think that to sell go2ds it is necessary to
compete in prices with other dealerss-San
Jose Herald.
The herald., 1896-02-09
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