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The ASS Knew the Most

And now the Los Angeles Herald rises
up and calls it Balaam Alger. Truly,
those Los Angeles papers are great at
calling names. We would have called
him the fellow that Balaam rode.-San
Pedro Times
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Each of the European sovereigns sus-
poets all the others of designs on the map
of Europe and in each case the suspi-
cion is we'll founded.
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The belligerency resolution that
passed the senate will have more diff
Guilty in getting by that other big body
the man from Maine.
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For a man who never speculates,
Mr.. Charles A. Pillsbury's name is mixed
up with rumors of corners in wheat with
amazing frequency. Is 1t possible that
Mr.. Pillsbury has a wicked partner?
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The opinion is widespread that Dur
rant will die a natural death. We also
incline to that belief. The natural death
for the murderer is by the rope.
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Two French editors will fight a due!
this week. The staff of neither paper is
expecting promotion through vacancies
caused by death.
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Autonomy appears to have made
greater progress in Pennsylvania ave-
nue. than in any portion of Eastern Gu
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Quality Not Quantity

Seek quality, not quantity;
Again we have the warming:
We most enjoy the fowl that's small
Just large enough, with none at all
Left over for next morning.
s.Washington Star.
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China succumbed so quickly to Ger
many's demands that the kaisernow re-
grets he didn't multiply them.
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THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prinu
Communications, but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed:
Correspondents are requested TO cultivate
brevity - far a. u consistent Win 'as
vroper expression OF their views.)
The herald., 1897-12-10
Hang Something

Hang the law! 1t doesn't seem possl-
BILE to hang anything or anybody else
San Francisco Star.
The herald., 1897-12-10
THE COUNTY BOND ELECTION

AS matter Of business expediency,
do the taxpayers Of This county want to
invest s394,200 in the shape of interest,
on q proposition to refund debt of
1851, 200?
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Thousands for public utilities, but not
epitomized.
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The presidents message is quite popu
lar in Madrid and Honolulu.
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The referendum is sometimes fatal t
bond issues.
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The harbor advertising Is pretty neal
ly as little as Alger.
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ros ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

state Of California, County Of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. M. HON. superintendent Of circulation
of tho Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
frst duly Sworn, deposes and says: That
Cor the five months from February l. 1887.
70 June 80. 1887 Qnclusive). the total circu-
lstion of the said Daily Herald was go sS5
copies. being nm average daily circula-
tion OF S8Ns.
That the Weekday circulation during the
above time was 1.o71.5s7. being daily
average Of $500 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time wsks 2ls.o5o, being an average
Tor each Sunday of 1O.431.
L. NJ. HOLT.
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed antl sworn to before me this
18th day of JULY 1891
FRANK J. COOPER.
Notary Public ID and for the County Of
Los Angeles, State of California
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/ (L00KIhc BACKWARD :

Don't look 1t me." and petite Dorothy
Creeds. the golden-haired waif, upon
whom the dead miner lavished his love
and to whom he devised his for
tune. turned from my rude case
and passed into the mansion
that is all her own. the slightly
home hid away midst the palms and the
bananas. at the intersection of Sixth
street with Figueroa.
Born in poverty. scarcely more than
8 years old. this child OF chance
starts out in life the posseesor Of wealth
beyond the dreams OF avarice to which
most people aspire. And yet her little
life 10 already shadowed by crosses
quite her own. one of which was dis
closed in her naive protest against my
ill-bred circumspection. license which
all too many may have INDUCED in since
the tragic death Of her foster father
brought her into the full glare Of public
notorlety.
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A mitigating circumstance in my own

A mitigating circumstance IN my own
Indulgence was the fact that I had
known Nat Creede for quarter of
century. which naturally lent an added
interest to anything and everything In
Los Angeles with which his name was
connected. Since April, 1892. when his
anxieties and tolls as poor prospector
and miner came to a sudden termination
and he woke UP one morning million
aire. 1 had seen him but once. That was
upon the occasion Of one Of his periodi-
cal visits to a Spring street book stall
to purchase the latest novel, more than
a year ago, and even then remarked
to the dealer, who had also known him
for years, that he was a woefully
changed man-sad-eyed, morose, de-
jected and neutrality-suspicious. con-
trasted with the joyful, buoyant, happy
go-lucky spirit who welcomed me to his
rude cabin in that narrow gorge Of the
Sangre de Cristo mountains. in which
was even then springlng from the womb
Of uncertainty magic city. that was
destined to immortalize his name and
bring Ill or generous fortune to multi
tudes.
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might secure Z little free aAvsrtising IA
An inexpensive ana personily gratifyiug
manner through such strategy.
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He breathed no complaint nor essayed
any explanation Of why he was not
among the happiest Of men. as he should
have been and desired to be, but read
the story in the expression Of abject
weariness that silhouetted his coun-
tenance. and which came back to me In
added impressiveness when. on a mid
summer morning, in a distant eastern
city, / read the mournful story Of his
tragic leave-taking, and of his char
acteristically generous provision for the
petite Dorothy with golden hair. who
so pathetically. the other day, cried out
in her childish impatience: Don't look
at me!'
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But two claims continue to yield ap-
preciable precious metal values-the
Holy Moses and the Last Chance, one of
the owners Of the latter being Edward o.
Wolcott, jr., senator from Colorado
And a singular circumstance is that
whereas he Is generally regarded as a
mining baron" and "silver king" II
constitutes the only bit of mineral land
he ever possessed. The interest was
given to him by friend, the present
representative Of Colorado upon the Re-
publican national committee. who hadn't
the courage to hold the half Of the
property which he owned. and parceled
1t out among several acquaintances
making each independently wealthy.
MADURO.
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The Amethyst mine, which yielded Its
treasures to the enrichment of Nat
Creede and other owners, is now a
lapsed "reminiscences. and the rude min
ing camp. which sprung into a city OF
metropolitan proportions in a night, has
again returned to the village state. its
riches dissipated and its splendors de-
parted.
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TO RIVAL WEST POINT.
scheme to Establish q Great Western Mil
tary School in Nebraska.

scheme to Establish q Great Western Mill
tary School in Nebraska.
OMAHA, Neb., June NEBRASKA is
yoing to try to establish an institution
which shall rival West Point as mill
AIRY school for young Americans. A
dill has just been introduced in con-
yress donating the military reservation
If Fort Omaha to the state of Nebraska,
and the state will establish a school
Tor the education of its own and young
men of other western states in the
arts of war. The more enthusiastic
promoters of the scheme declare
with much emphasis that the proposed
school will be to the west what West
Point academy is to the east Fort
Omaha comprises so acres of ground
i've miles north of Omaha. A number
Of handsome buildings have been erect
ed there and the grounds are beauti-
fully parked and splendid trees are on
the sides of the place.
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FROM the large number of inquiries
now being received at the post office de-
partment there seems to be a general be-
lief that congress has authorized the is
sue and use of private postal cards, mail
able at one cent rate of postage.
This belief is unfounded. The depart
-ment has called the attention of all
postmasters to this fact and has no.
titled them that no law has been enact
ed upon\the subject, SO that private
mailing cards, bearing written mes
sages, when deposited in the mails
are subject to postage at the letter
rate.
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THE Women's club of Des Moines,
Ia, has chartered the street car system
of that city and will operate it June
"a. The club is the largest and most
aristocratic women's organization in
Des Moines, and the enterprise is un-
dertaken as a means to assist in
raising a fund of $50, 900 to endow the
local home for the aged. The women
will put on the prettiest society girls for
conductors, but will continue the serv-
ices of the regular motormen. No trans
fers will be given during the day, and
it is stated that no girl who cannot
make change correctly will be accepted
for service.
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LIBBY prison will soon be closed at
Chicago. The Appomattox table, the
first oil portrait of Grant and all the
other pictures, documents, cannon,
shot and shell forming the collection
of American war relics will probably
find a resting place in Washington
city. The Chicago prison building will
return to its original condition as a
warehouse, unless the owners should
change their plans and remove it to
another part of the city. The prison
has attracted few visitors lately, while
the ground upon which it stands has
become too valuable for its present
Use.
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KILLED THE BRIDE.
Fatal Termination of Charivarf Par
Harrison County. w. Va.

Fatal Termination of a Charivarf Party in
Harrison County. w. Va.
WHEELING, w. Va, June AT Sa-
lem, Harrison county, Saturday night
J. Nicholas and Ida Sultan, members of
prominent families, were married, and
after the wedding feast went to Mich
olas' house to spend the night prepare
tory to a trip yesterday. When they
arrived at Nicholas home there was a
gang of hoodlums collected to hold a
charivari. Just as the bride and groom
were entering the yard Frank Burt, a
boy. fred heavily loaded gun. The
barrel burst and piece struck Mrs
Nicholas, crushing her skull. She died
yesterday morning. Burt was arrested
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The annual conference of the Amer
lean Baptist church, otherwise known
as the Dunkards, began at Frederick,
Md, on the eth, bringing together no
less than 1000 persons from points out
side of Maryland.
SIXTY cyclists started in fve-mile
road race at Passaic, N. J., and 20 Of
them got punched together in going
down hill and lost control of their
wheels. They were dashed into a
stone quarry and were all hurt. some
seriously, and their wheels wrecked.
The officers of the steamer Hupeb.
which arrived at Vancouver, B. c., on
the eth from the Orient, stated that
when in the Philippine islands on their
last trip it was learned that the Span
ish government had captured 25 Roman
Catholic priests, supposed to be in SYM
pathy with the rebels, and had roasted
them.
A DESTRUCTIVE hailstorm completely
destroyed crops of all kinds north of
Rogers, Tex. on the 7th. At Granger
Bryan Farris' house was blown to
were more or less seriously injured.
az w dciucr wayne M11leT was SUruck
by lightning and killed. At Holland
two churches were wrecked and sew
eral houses damaged.
Snow fell in Orange, N. j., on the
eth.
FIVE men were killed and four badly
injured by a collision on the Omaha
railroad near Hudson Junction, Wis.
on the 18th. The accident was caused
by the engineer and conductor of one
train disobeying orders.
DAVID WILSON, colored, was hanged
at Morristown, N. j., for chopping his
| wife to death with, an ak.
Tom CLARK, negro ex-convict shot
and killed at Kansas City, Mo-, on the
| night of the 4th Mrs. Elizabeth Hatch.
mortally wounded her daughter, Eliza
beth Williamson, and slightly wound
ed another woman. The Williamson
| girl had refused to live with Clark any
longer and had gone home to hel
mother. All the parties were colored.
! THERE was said to be a gigantic
plan on foot of New York capitalists
to form a pool to buy up so, DOC. 900 gal
Ions of whisky in bond in Kentucky
The amount of money required te
carry the whisky would be nearly $50,
000, 900. The plan implied advancing
the price Of the stuff
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IN Austria a law has just been passed
making it punishable offense for
parents to take young children into
bed with them. This has been rem
dered necessary by the large mum Der
of deaths of infants through being
overlaid, the annual average having
been for some time past as much as
1000. In England, where no such law
as yet prevails, the average is even
still larger, possibly in consequence of
the extensive insurance of one kind
and another on infant life
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PLAYED CHESS BLINDFoLDED.
American Champion Gives a Remarkable
Exhibition in BROOKLYN.


Exhibition in Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN. June IA remarkable
exhibition of simultaneous blindfold
chess playing was given at the Brook
lyn Chess club by Harry n. Pillsbury.
the American chess champion. Eight
members of the club studied the games
at chess tables in one room while
Mr.. Pillsbury played from memory
in an adjoining room. The games
were well conducted on both sides,
Mr.. Pillsbury frequently startling his
opponents by his combinations. He
announced forced mate in four moves
in one game and another in two moves.
After four hours playing the score
showed that Pillsbury had won six
games and lost none, two games being
drawn
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A STATEMENT of the comparative
strength of the navies of the world, as
given in the official organ of the Ger
man naval service, says there is only
one naval power of the first rank-Great
Britain. The French navy is barely
half as strong and is classified as a sea
power of the second rank. The third
class includes Russia, the United States,
Japan, Italy and Germany. Express
ing the fighting value of the fleets in
terms of units, the author estimates
the English fleet at 1000, the French
at 466, the Russian at $50, the Ameri-
can, German and Italian at 1875 each
and the Japanese at 179.
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Cyclist Ccllides with a Carriage.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, June Erred
Baldridge, a young man, passing
through this city on a bicycle, was IA
tally injured yesterday afternoon by
a collision with the carriage of Banker
PhilipC C. Decker. The coachman made
a move to turn corner and Baldridge
turned out to pass The coachman
changed his mind and ran into and
over the bicyclist. The horse stepped
on his chest, crushing it, and the car
riage ran over his body, breaking seven
ribs, the collarbone and right arm.
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TO BREED FINE CATTLE.
The Armour Packing Co. Erecting Barn tt
Take Up New Industry.

The Armour Packing Co. Erecting a Barn to
Take Up q New Industry.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June THE
Armour Packing Co. has ordered plans
prepared for breeding barn. The
company already owns a ranch and a
farm and the building of breeding
barn means that it will devote atten-
ton to the breeding and improving of
cattle near the Kansas City market.
High grade beef cattle are not only
more profitable to the farmer than the
commoner stock, but they are also
worth more to the packer. They grow
fatter, fatten more readily with proper
care, and when slaughtered make a
finer grade of beef
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State Support of Students.

LAWRENCE, Kan, June 9.-Prof.
Templip, of the Kansas university
faculty, delivered the annual. Phi Beta
Kappa Grafton last night Prof. Tenn
plin held that the state ought to fur
nish the student not alone with in
struction, but should also provide him
with means of living most conducive
to his scholastic usefulness The stu
dent should be relieved from the con-
slant struggle for existence.
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BIG COMMERCIAL SCHEME.
British Traders to Operate on the Yukon
River on a Large Scale.

River a Large Scale.
SEATTLE, WASH, June Eli A.
Gage, manager of the North American
Transportation & Trading Co., is in
Seattle on his way to the company's
trading posts on the Yukon. To a
press correspondent he said that a
chartered British company is preparing
to operate on the Yukon on the same
plan and scale as that of the famous
chartered South Africa Co. 1t is pro-
posed to build and govern towns and
cities, maintain force of soldiers, OPP
crate mines, build steamships, etc.
The company is admitted to have mil
lions of money back of it.
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The Spanish "Crisis'' Over.

MADRID, June THE queen regent
has confirmed Senior Canovas, the pre-
mier, in his ministerial powers, and
the cabinet will remain in office, with
personnel and policy unchanged. All
the leading members of the senate and
of the chamber of deputies who were
consulted by her majesty, as well as
three marshals, have advised the recall
of Capt. Gen. Weyler from Cuba
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SETTLERS YET IN TERROR.
rrowling Cheyennes Continue to Threaten
Trouble in Montana.

TroWIing Cheyennes Continue to Threate
Trouble in Montana.
MILES CITY, Mont, June THE ru-
NOR sent abroad that settlers were re-
turning with their families to their
homes is not true. About so families,
refugees from the Indians, are still in
this city and others are coming in
daily. As many as seven and
eight families are huddled to-
gether in one cottage, with no
thought of returning to their
homes, while the Indians are off the
the reservation. Over 200 Indians are
off the reservation, scattered in small
bands roaming the country and com
hitting depredations and devouring
every thing in their line of march.
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Kansas City Merchants swindled.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June IA num-
Der of Kansas City merchants and bust
ness houses have been victimized dur
ing the past few days by a clever forger
or forgers, who have forged the names
of several well-known women of Kan
sas City to checks drawn on Omaha
and Council Bluffs banks. The names
of the Kansas City women were forged
as indorsers and the checks were cashed
bv prominent business firms.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-11

Most of the cities and towns in
Michigan are buying voting machines
that cost about $500 apiece. They are
constructed something on the order of
the ordinary slot machine. 1t is
claimed that these will obviate the
necessity of recording and tallying
clerks, judges, police officers and the
like, thereby saving about 40 per cent.
annually in the cost of elections
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-11

IT was estimated that $4,000 wheels
were on the boulevards on Decoration
day in New York and Brooklyn. A
dealer who is familiar with the sub
ject says that at least S16,OO0,0OO has
been invested in New York for wheels
since the spring of 1896.
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Test Of Democratic Faith.

ALBANY, n. Y. June 1.-THE demo-
cratic party will net force national
issues in the various state campaigns,
and, while reputation Of the Chicago
platform will not be allowed, it will
not be brought forward as an issue
paramount to anything else" That is
the statement of National Committee.
man Frank Campbell, of Bath.
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woRKINGMEN's INSURANCE.
Over 96,O0O, 900 Have Been Paid i'm Ger
MANY In Ten Years

many In Ten Years.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Some valuable
statistics relative to the growth in
Germany of the workingmen's insur-
ance system have been received at the
state department from United States
Consul Stern at Bamberg. These So
cieties insure against sickness, ac-
cident and old age, and, in the
opinion of the consul, have had
beneficial influence upon the
economical and social position of
the German working classes. In ten
years, from 1885 to 1895, claims to the
amount of S296, OILS, s24 have been paid
to %, O61, $40 persons, and $3.50, 600 per
day is distributed in such benefits.
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REV. DR.. HOPKINS, of the First Con-
gregational church of Dubuque, Ia,
a former opponent of the Sunday
newspaper, has become an advocate of
it, declaring his belief that changed
times have made it necessary, and that
it has become a permanent feature Of
the community's life.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-11

THE wild horse of the prairie has be-
come a nuisance and even a menace to
the ranchmen of Texas. Great droves
of these untamed ponies frequently
rush in at a cattle roundup and STAN
pede the cow ponies, all galloping off
to freedom together.
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Rev. John ID. Knox Exonerated.

Rev. John ID. Knox, the well-known
Topeka banker and preacher. who was
suspended year ago from the Meth
odist church for alleged lying and
fraud. was tried by an ecclesiastic
court at st. Joseph. Mo-, last week and
! exonerated. He was reinstated as o
minister in good standing.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-11

A FRENCH woman petitions the Paris
authorities to allow women to wear
trousers, so that in case of another fire
like the recent awful one at the charity
bazaar their chances of escape may be
equal to those of the men.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-06-11

SINCE the Raines law went into oper-
alton in New York there has been a
reduction in the number of saloons in
the state of ,437. When the law went
into effect on April 80, 1896, there were
SS, 437 licenses in force in the state, but
on November 1, six months later, the
number had been reduced to &c. sos,
and the commissioner believes that
this year the number issued will not
exceed 10000. The receipts for the
first six months under the law were
81 ,03s, S22, and, after deducting ex-
penses, the net receipts were $40, $780,
192. Under the old law the net reve.
nues for II months were 81. 919. 59S
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Sam lone. a. Dies Moines. La.

Dies MONIES, Ia, June 9.-Rev. Sam
Jones has come to Des Moines and be-
gun a three weeks crusade against the
evils of Des Moines- The meetings are
held in an immense tent, and audi
ences of 5000 to 5000 have crowded it
every night.
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THE results of the local option cleo
tions in New York towns under tn,
new law have been tabulated, and il
appears that 266 have voted against
any kind of license, and "a for drug
licenses only, while 35S have voted for
every kind of license, and 2S4 for va
rious combinations of licenses.
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Terrin to Remain in Prison.

TOPEKA. Kan, June THE supreme
court denied the writ of habeas corpus
applied for by Ira Terrill, an Oklaho-
ma prisoner, confined in the Kansas
peniten tiary for murder. Terrin was
once speaker of the Oklahoma house
and was sentenced for murder.
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An Heir to Millions.

Achuff, of Hebron, formerly editor of
the Hebron News. has just received
word that by the death of his grand
mother in Pennsylvania he is one of
the ten heirs to an estate valued at
"a OOO OOO