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Home seekers Excursion.

HOHIe SetkeTS EXCuTSIUII.
December 1st and 18th we will
sell excursion tickets to Southern
and Western States at one fare
plus $500 for he round trip. En-
quire at ticket Office.
W. E. NooNAN, Agt.
"The Great Wabash Route.o
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Mckeehan & Reed have a fine
line of Christmas goods.
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Bibles, Albums, card cases, bas-
kets, match cases, shaving sets,
collar boxes, toilet sets in new and
beautiful designs at Fout & Nc
Chesney's.
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The Gieseke Boots

The Gieseke Boots
best in the land: formerly sold by
Doneghy, now for sale by
RELIABLE SHOE Co.
South ide square
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verything for the holiday trade
at Fou t & McChesneys.
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BEFORE PURCHASING XMAs
PRESENTS CALL ON W. 81. SMITH
DRUGGIST.
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n your name and address postal card
w BEST Tribune Building New York City. and sample
cC o the New York Weekly Tribune will mailed to YOU
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The best "internationa
agreement" in regard to the prie,
of wheat would consist of promis,
from each nation to buy and con
sumo as much of the cereal as il
possibly can. Backed up by sane
industrial policy, this ought t.
solve the problem.
-Confidenoe is always a
large factor in prosperity. Patri-
otic citizens as soon as an election
is over unite in an endeavor to build
up the public faith. Those who
do otherwise would be guilty of
treason if their influence were
great enough to carry their pur-
pose into effect.
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Cuba is quite large island.
There is room there for several
other Spanish officers to lose their
reputation.
The herald., 1896-05-26

gold and any one can take silver to the
mint and demand its coinage, the COIN
age ratio remaining as now at 10 10 l
to gold, all gold will leave the country.
Nothing can be clearer. The reason Tor
1t is obvious. AS money gold could only
pass current at the ratio of to 10 TO
silver. But as bullion it is thirty times
as valuable. Bankers and brokers, the
Ickleheimer, Heidelbach & Cos. of COM
MERGE, would take 1t in as coin at Its
face value and sell it abroad at its bull
lion value and wax exceedingly rat.
They would get fat just as exporters of
grain would get fat If they could buy
wheat in this country at, say, so cents a
bushel. and sell 1t in Liverpool at $3.50
a bushel, and the freight, elevator. in
surance and all other charges were only
15 cents a bushel.
When, therefore, 1t is proposed to
throw our mints open to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver 1t means
that the proponent proposes, despite his
reservations that he is bimettallist,
to place the country on a single silver
basis. with silver not only as the stand
ard but as the only metallic money in
circulation. Several things will follow.
1t will enormously contract the cur
rency, not only by driving all gold out
Of the country. but by destroying all
credits and credit in it's various forms is
used to transact over IS per cent of the
country's business. 1t will at the same
time give us as our sole money metal
a coin thirty times as heavy as gold
with which to do business. 1t will dis
place us from the company of the grea.
commercial nations of the world, the
thOroughbreds of trade and place us
with the scrubs at the tail of the race
1t is as If we should go back to muzzle
loading muskets for our army and
wooden ships for our navy.
Maybe the people of this country pro-
prose to try this experiment, but We
doubt It,
The herald., 1896-05-26
MIXING DOCTRINES

The Prohibition party is on the road
to dissolution 1t Is loading on more
than It was built to carry. Founded on
the arbitrary notion that one part of the
people have the right to- In effect, regu-
late the private life of the whole peo-
pie. the Prohibition party is adding to
its functions by embracing the consider
alton of matters of political economy
and social science. The question OF free
silver, tariff legislation, woman suf-
frage, government ownership of what
socialists are accustomed to term pub
lie utilities immigration, ETC., are
to be taken UP by the Prohibitionist ma
tional convention which meets in Pitts
burg. Pa, tomorrow
There seem to be three factions to the
straight water party-one favoring a
platform declaring solely for prohibition.
one willing to make declarations on any
subject that there Is no particular diff
ference about In the party. and another
and seemingly the faction that will be
in the majority. in favor of radical de-
clarations on well nigh all the leading
questions Of public interest. 1t is GER
tain that In the discussion which will
be precipitated the organization whose
mission 1t Is to propagate the idea that
sobriety is the creature of civil law in
stead of education, will discover how diff
ficult it Is to make men who agree on
teetotalism harmonic regarding the
other isms.
AS said before. the principle of the
Prohibition party is purely an arbitrary
one, abiding in the minds OF people who
have vague or false ideas of the true
functions of civil government, and in no
way rooted in or related to any funda-
mental political principles or any social
theory. Therefore, membership in the
Prohibition party does not carry with it
as logical sequence an attitude on amy
of the other questions with which the
Pittsburg convention is to Wrestle. The
fact that a man is a Prohibitionist does
not indicate whether he is gold bug OIL
silver bug, whether he Is for or against
government ownership and operation of
railroads, whether he is protectionist
or free trader. Prohibition not being
a part of any distinctive political creed,
it is indicative of nothing but the thing
it Immediately stands for. and the at
tempt to align the Prohibitionists as a
party Oh tHe puollc iSsueS iio.eu 10 ~.
only illogical but absurd. That such Is
In contemplation is significant. 1t is a
I confession, though unconsciously made,
of the inherent weakness of the Prohibi-
ZIONIST cause and an acknowledgment of
the inability of that cause to progress
| unaided by some other. The effort to
ride into power on. the swell of other
! issues will fail. The Prohibition party
is one Of the kind that must live or die
on the straight stuff When it mixes
| it's doctrines it will, like the man who
! mixes his drinks, have to be taken home
| on a shutter.
The herald., 1896-05-26
TO THE EDITOR
Advertising for Carpenters

(lO the Eu1lOT OIL Inc ieEalu.)
In two leading morning papers. pub
lished in this city, on Sunday, appeared
an advertisement calling for twenty
five carpenters to go to work on the Will
cox block Monday morning. Now, adj
vertising for carpenters is all right but
advertising for them in that way is all
wrong. The fact of the matter is simply
this:
There are many idle carpenters in this
city now. as any one would have thought
who saw the mob of men who applied
for work on this job yesterday morning
A small card tackled up on the main ell
trance of the building would have
brought many more men than could
be employed. but in place of that the
advertisement is scattered through the
papers broadcast all over the country
which will doubtless result In adding
scores OF men to the army of the I'M
employed already here.
The same tactics were employed last
fall. when the school houses were being
built. OBSERVER.
The herald., 1896-05-26
MUNICIPAL FLIM.FLAM
Mr. Harrison Tells OF an Alleged Experle nc
With City CounciImen


Press Agent Harrison of the Great
Wallace show does not possess the
highest opinion of the Los Angeles city
council. He doesn't feel sore He
simply feels that he has gained another
experience in wrestling with municipa
legislators. and confidently expects to
profit by it. In a chat with him last
night he said:
AN almost prohibitory city tax drove
us outside the city, and on Sunday we
gave two exhibitions at Agricultural
park. We would have finished our stay
there, but on Sunday afternoon six of
the nine city councilmen approached
! our people and said that owing to a de-
pleted treasury much adverse criticism
was being INDUCED in, directed at the
councilmen. for their action in refusing
our 1880, the contribution to the CITY
Tor the privilege of exhibiting within its
limits. and asking us if we would move
into the city and for the two remaining
days pay the sum of $500. They assured
us that II we consented an ordinance
would be passed early on Monday morn
ing, promptly published in the official
organ and so be made Legal. Well, think
ing these men to be acting in good faith.
we pulled up stakes and moved into
town.
Yesterday representative OF Mr..
Wallace waited upon the council with
49, NoiAi, cIlu--LlIlIlk VI II, the
councilmen gave him the laugh They
told him that his principal had already
given his street parade and that he
| Mr. Wallace) would have to pay s11Oo.
We'll. what could we do?" asked Mr.
Harrison. I'VE had moved: our adver-
tisements were in print and we could not
make another change. so we paid de
mon. You see. there are some condi-
tions when the other fellows can make
you dance to their tune. The incident
! have related was an example"
Yes; its a great council" was the
last comment of the press agent.
The herald., 1896-05-26
THE WALLACE CIRCUS
Big Business Yesterday and Tive Exhibi
tious To-day

lions Today
The great Wallace show is doing a
big business on the Santa Fe depot lot an
immense crowd packing the big tent
last night. The show is giving even
better satisfaction than it did last year.
and that is saying great deal. Higher
class prevails throughout the perform
ance and backs up the claim that the
Wallace show Is the coming circus Of
the country. One Of the things specially
worthy of praise is the extensive sprink-
ling done inside the tents. The show
carries four-horse sprinklers and not
only lays the dust. but cools the atmos-
phere. This is only one of the many de-
tails looked after by the Wallace man
agement to provide comfort as we'll as
entertainment for its patrons.
One of the interesting features of the
show is the work of it's ticket seller.
Bernardo. A watch was held on him
last night and he sold and made change
for fifty-one tickets per minute for ten
consecutive minutes. Speed in figuring
as well as handling enters into this.
For instance, when a man asks for an
odd number of wholes and some halves,
quires some tall calculation to have his
change ready as quickly as the tickets
can be counted. All this is done with
perfect ease by this young ticket seller,
! and he is always COOL it is impossible
to rattle him.
The Wallace show exhibits this after
noon and tonight, and then goes to
Santa Ana,
The herald., 1896-05-26
CATS APPETITE AND FIRE
Needed Fried Fish for a Change Of Diet and
Tried to Get 1t


The four-roomed cottage at No. 1852
Wright street, owned and occupied by
II. ID. Deed, was totally destroyed by
fire shortly after o'clock last night, to-
gether with it's contents. Deed runs
small grocery store on lot adjoining
that upon which his residence stood and
was in the store last evening when the
fire started.
His wife had gone down town after
supper. leaving him alone with the baby.
He took the infant into the store with
him, leaving a lamp burning in the
house. Cries of fire alarmed him, and he
rushed from the store to find his place
all ablaZe. A boy named Greenfield first
noticed the fire and rang the alarm
from box 81 at the corner of Pico and
Figueroa streets, The department re-
sponded promptly, but could not save
the building, which was too far gone
when they arrived. Almost nothing was
saved and Deed loses all his personal
effects.
1t is supposed that the flames original
ed in the dining room and were COM
municated by means of q cat. For sup
per the Deeds had had fish-fried fish
which that selfSame cat had an es-
pecial prediction for. Being left alone
in the house, the dishes still on the dim
ing|room table, puss followed her nose
and Jumped upon the festive board. >"
In nosing around she upset the lamp
which exploded, causing the blaze, The
last seen of the cat it was cutting blue
streak in the direction of. Santa Monica,
carrying a tail as big as sausage.
Whether or not she secured the fish is
as yet problem, as no clew has been dis
covered 1t is to be hoped that she did.
The monetary loss caused by the fe-
lines fondness for fish is $500 ON the cot
tage and $500 on furniture, etc. To off
set this there is $500 insurance. The next
cat the Deeds own or harbor will prob
ably be handcuffed and gagged when
left alone in the house.
The herald., 1896-05-26
LONG CAUGHT THEM
Tive Bieyciists Give Thei- Version Of IN Arrest
for Searching
(To the Editor Of The Herald.)

(To the Editor Of The Herald.)
Knowing that your paper is carried on
a truth basis, will you kindly give two
unfortunate bicycle riders a small cor
ner In your paper to contradict the SEN
sational article which appeared in Mon
days Times. headed, Long Caught
Them?
We acknowledge that we rode rather
fast on Ftgueroa street. but after leav-
ing that neighborhood rode at an easy
pace. What we wish corrected is the
statement that we recognized the Of
ficer, that he ordered us to stop, and
that we ran away from him. If the
above were true, it stands to reason
that We would run out of town, where
we had clear road and would have
given the officer long run after us, in
stead of riding into town as we did, and
were standing talking to friends when
q man rode up out of breath, pointing
to star under his sweater collar say
ing he was an officer. and that we were
under arrest for fast riding.
The Times says we were all out of
breath and SO exhausted that it was
some time before any of the party could
speak. The whole statement is I'm true
and sensational from beginning to end,
as the officer and our friends can testify
Y W
The herald., 1896-05-26

New Organization Effected Yesterday for
the Diocese Of Los Angeles
Of Ofticsrs-r1issienasy Msss Meeting In
the Evsning-Brlsf Addresses

Yesterday was an important day in
the history of woman's work in the
Episcopal church of Southern Cali
fornia. A primary meeting of the Wom-
ans auxiliary to the board of missions
of the diocese of Los Angeles was held
in the guild room OF ST. Paurs Episcopal
church for the purpose of effecting or
ganization necessary upon the recent
division of the diocese of California.
The diocese of Los Angeles comprises
seven counties, viz: Santa Barbara,
Ventura, Orange, Riverside. San Ber-
nardino, San Diego and Los Angeles,
all of which were fully represented by
delegates at the meeting yesterday. be-
side large number of church members.
men and women, as well as of pastors
of most of the Episcopal congrega-
tions of the city.
Three sessions of much interest were
held. The first opened at 10 o'clock, with
the celebration of the holy communion
by the Right Rev. J. H. johnson. d. D.,
Bishop of Los Angeles. Later, prelim-
mary steps for organization were be-
gun. Bishop johnson being elected tenn
porary chairman.
AT the afternoon session, beginning
at 2 o'clock, the following reports OF the
undivided diocese were presented: That
of the secretary, Mrs. LAWYER OF San
francisco. read by Mrs. Spencer OF San
Gabriel: OF the treasurer. Mrs. Towel
of Los Angeles; Junior auxiliary. Mrs.
A. 8. Clark of Los Angeles, and of the
babies branch by Mrs. Towel.
The election of officers of the new or
ganization ensued. which resulted as
follows: President. Mrs. r. B. Kellogg
of Pasadena; presidents, Mrs.
Knox of San Bernardino. Miss Wood
ward of San Diego and Mrs. Belle Tay
lor Of Los Angeles: treasurer. Mrs.
Judge Bugbee of Los Angeles; CORES
ponding secretary. Miss Ethel Towel:
recording secretary, Mrs. T. A. Eisen of
Los Angeles; secretary Of altar depart
ment, Mrs. Joseph Horsfelt Johnson:
secretary of Junior auxiliary. Mrs. A. S.
Clark of Los Angeles; secretary of
church periodical club, Miss Wilson of
San Gabriel: secretary Of babies
branch. Mrs. Friesner of Los Angeles.
In the evening a missionary mass
meeting was held in St. Paul's church.
at which four most interesting ad-
dresses each of ten minutes
duration. were given by Bishop
Johnson. Reverends l.. NJ. Wren of Po-
mona, ]. H. D. Browne Of Covina. and
H. A. Brown of San Bernardino.
Bishop Johnsons remarks were
wholly devoted to foreign missionary
work. the Rev. S. NJ Wren spoke
chiefly on the aid the woman's auxil-
larry ofthe board of missions afforded to
the bishop: the Rev. j. H. D. Brownies
address bore directly on the progress &C
complished in mission work in Califor-
MIA. The Rev. H. A. Brown confined
his remarks to the civilizing power of
missions
The herald., 1896-05-26
Thrown Out In . Runaway

A German who spoke broken English
came into police headquarters late yes
terday afternoon for medical treatment.
His name was given as e. Endel, and
he finally made it understood that he
had been injured in a runaway accident
on the East Side He had lost consid-
cradle skin in patches all over his body.
one chunk off his nose, another from the
arm, several on the legs. etc. While
driving with another party whose name
he did not know the horse ran away and
threw them both out of the vehicle. En-
dePs bruises needed but little arnica
and court plaster. but when commits
Grated with on his misfortune he grave
ly sprung the old joke about the other
fellow, by saying: You yoost ought to
iYr1'i
The herald., 1896-05-26
THE POLITE WORLD

Mrs. G. G. Mullins entertained the
Monday Musical club yesterday at her
home on West Washington street. The
program was one of unusual merit and
was enjoyed by number Of the friends
of the hostess outside the club. The
decorations were very pretty, and at
the conclusion of the selections refresh
ing viands were served. There was a
piano selection by Mrs. Walton, vocal
solo by Miss Flesh, piano duet by Mrs.
Vosburg and Miss Rogers. cornet solo
by Miss Loeb, piano solo by Miss Con-
ger. mandolin and violin duet by Mr..
John Gill and Miss Mullins, vocal solo
by Mrs. Scarborough, and vocal solo
by Mrs. Harelson Among those pres
ent were: Mines. Croft, Hancock, Ban
ming, Evans. Misses Gill; Croft, Loeb
Fix of st. Louis, Kirkpatrick.
The herald., 1896-05-26
"BIMETTALLISM"

The Terre Haute Gazette is one of the
soundest papers in the United States on
the money question. In the following
editorial it sets forth with admira BILE
clearness and brevty the fallacy of "bi-
metallism" as expressed in the propo-
sition to admit silver to free and I'M
limited coinage at the ratio of sixteen
ounces of the white metal to one ounce
of gold. The Gazette says:
If the bullion and coinage ratios of
two money metals vary the fraction of
1 per cent, and the mints of country
are open to both. that one of the two
which has greater value as bullion than
as coin will leave the country. This is
as immutable law as the attraction of
gravitation. If the minis of the United
States are thrown open to silver upon
precisely the same terms as they are to
The herald., 1896-05-26
1t is apparent from the baccalaureate
sermon-a brief SYNOPSIS of which was

1t is apparent from the baccalaureate
sermon-a brief synopsis of which was
published in The Herald yesterday
preached by DR.. Acton of Seattle, that
the reverend gentleman sees blood on
the moon and feels the forked lightning
in the air. In the course of his forensic
outpouring the doctor tolled his kneil
of warning in the following crimson
edged notes:
Revolution is a hand, but it need not
be national ruin. Foundations long con-
sidered divine will be torn up. Con-
situations long considered sacred will
be changed. This will not come as the
echo of a patriotic song.
There is great loss, ruin and great
upheaval near at hand. Do you ask
me how these great radical reforms are
to be inaugurated? I will tell you. BY
the power of Intelligent decision. BY
the explosion of expanding Indignation.
by the final climax of fruitless pa
thence which at last eliminated in the
resistless fury of the tempest"
This d. d. has previously missed his
vocation. AS the chief head liner on a
New York morning. or Los Angeles
evening paper, he would fit without q
WObble
The herald., 1896-05-26
Fans for the Million

Mr.. Duzan, the local agent OF the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
is once more distributing the lines an
Gent and appreciated advertisement in
the shape of Japanese fan. For up
wards of twenty years this road has
every summer given out fans-cooling
fans, cold storage trifles Last summer
Mr.. Duzan distributed in this city $500
of them. This year he will give out
5000. The total given out through the
country this season is a million and a
half
The herald., 1896-05-26
Here and There

Miss Kathleen Campbell left yester-
day for a visit to friends in Canada.
Mrs. Dezendorf, who has been visit
ing her son in this city. and Miss De-
zendorf left yesterday for Washington.
D. c.
The Scandinavian afternoon to be
given today at 3 o'clock by the Ebell
society, at the club room, 345 South
Main street. promises to be a delightful
affair. The proceeds are for the piano
fund.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Francis have re-
turned from Elsinore hot springs. MIR.
Francis has been greatly benefited and
says the action of the waters and mud
baths in cases of acute rheumatism is
simply marvellous.
w. B. Wiltshire entertained number
of friends very delightfully."- at his ranch
at Fullerton. A delicious luncheon was
served and the guests returned to the
city after most enjoyable day. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Marley.
II. G. Wiltshire, Walter Lyon of New
York. A. l.. Haley, Mr. May, Henry
Fleischman and the Misses Marley.
The herald., 1896-05-26

Mrs. A. Price was the beneficiary Of a
very successful musical given last night
by number of her friends at Blanch-
ard Fitzgerald hall ON South Spring
street. There was a hundred and fifty
tickets or more sold which made the
success of the entertainment assured
Miss Bertha Roth sang Charity in very
charming style. The solo was followed
by a cornet selection by Allen Hancock,
a duet that was roundly applauded was
rendered by Mrs. Price, piano. and Mr.. ].
II. Ryan, mandolin. There was a duet
by Messrs. Flotts and Ryan. and a tenor
solo by Mr. Hayes.
The herald., 1896-05-26

A musical entertainment Is to be given
by the Woman's orchestra on Monday
evening, June list, at Music hall. This
entertainment will take the form Of a
testimonial concert, given by the or
chestra to it's conductor. Mr.. Harley
Hamilton, as farewell previous to his
departure for Europe The orchestra
will be assisted by the following artists:
Miss X. Kimball, soprano; Miss Edna
Foy. violin; Mrs. E. J. Roller. flute; Miss
Evangeline Wilkinson, saxaphone and
Mrs. w. d. Larrabee. accompanist. Mr..
Hamilton will be gone several months
to study under the great masters.
The herald., 1896-05-26

An inquest was held yesterday morn
Ing by Coroner Campbell upon the body
of Patrick Higgins, who was some two
weeks ago thrown from his buggy by
being struck by an electric car near
Colegrove, on the Santa Monica line
1t was decided that death resulted from
intestinal hemorrhage. but whether
the result of the accident or not could
not be determined. A verdict was rem
dered generating the employees of the
railroad company from blame in the
mater,
The herald., 1896-05-26
International Inv

Should not, and, by the grace of God,
will not, prevent the United States from
supporting the just cause of the Cubans,
but war with Spain cannot prevent the
sudden increase in value of property in
Pico Heights. when the projected Trac-
ton road is extended. You will regret 1t
if you fail to buy that new home one
block south of Pico for SLIGO, on sight
ly, large lot; SIS per month. We have
several desirable places upon which we
can take lots in part payment. Lang
worthy Co., 226 South Spring street.