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The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10

THE Volunteers of America are con- sidering the matter of sending men to the Alaska gold fields in the spring. If the rush to the new diggings con- tinues the men will doubtless be sent The Salvation Army has already de- cided to send band of workers up among the miners.
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10
Another of the Kendall Murderer.

George Hall, colored, charged with being one of the murderers of TT. Johnson at colored picnic near Ken dalis mill, and for which crime one negro was taken from the officers and lynched, was arrested and placed in jail at Rison.
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10

THE biennial convention of the sub sidiary high court of the Ancient Or der of Foresters convened in Cleveland, O., on the 9th. The most important business before the convention was a proposal to add an insurance feature to the order, which it was believed would be done.
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10
a Standing Reward,

J. T. Lloyd, president of the Arkan- sas State Sportsman's association. offers a standing reward of 8 for the arrest and conviction of any person violating the game la WIS of the state.
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10

J. B. CORN, one of the oldest and best-known citizens of Decatur, IL, was found dead in bed, on the morning of the 2d. He retired at night in fairly good health. Mir. Gorin was almost 50 years old. He was grand master of the grand lodge of Illinois in 1887 and 1868, being the oldest living past grand master in the masonic or der.
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10

JACOB WILSON, aged 52, who arrived in California as a tramp, last March, and applied for work in Tulare county for his board, has just received word that the United States supreme court has decided in his favor suit that will give him good portion of Sl5, 900, 900 estate, left by his father, who disinher- ited him.
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10
A NEW RECORD.
The St. Louis Lowers the Fuerst Bis.
 marcks Record to southampton.

NEW YORK. Sept. 9.-A cablegram re- seived from Southampton announces that the American line steamer St Louis docked at Southampton at 5:so !. m., and that the time of her passage from Sandy Hook light ship to the Needles was 6 days, 10 hours and 1% minutes. This beats the record held by the Hamburg lines Fuerst Bismarck since September, '93, by fl minutes
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10

A SPECIAL dispatch from Paris, on the Sd, said: 'The body of a beautiful woman, naked and frightfully muti- lated, with the skull smashed in, has been found in the River Seine, on the middle of whose back was tattooed the words: Long Live Poland, and Death to Traitors'r
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10

THE hearing of the application of John c. Woods at Washington for an injunction to prevent his reduction from superintendent of mails at Louis vile, Ky, to a clerkship in the railway mail service, has been postponed until the II lth
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10

S. D. NORTH. of Boston. has eeen selected by President Mckinley as the director of the next census. His ap- pointment will be made just as soon as the necessary legislation is passed by congress
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10

AuGUsT of 1897 was the banner month in the history of the port of Baltimore, Md, so far as exports are concerned, their value amounting to the enormous sum of sIO. 243. 3al, figures never before reached
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10

MucH damage was caused in Middle town. N. Y., on the 2d. by cloud burst The rain came down in torrents. Cellars were filled and sewers flooded beyond their capacity. The loss was heavy
The Forrest City times., 1897-09-10

THIs years Egyptian cotton crop has yielded 5. 900. 900 castors about 5s4 390,- coo poundsl. double that of decade ago, and 1000. 900 pounds sterling in value bey ond that of 1896.
The herald., 1897-09-19

dusty, filthy, Shiny and oozy by turns.
The taxpayers are not getting the value
Of their money. The people do not care
about q personal quarrel between two
city hall ofaciala They want the streets
kept clean. That Is the mark to shoot at.
Perhaps the bringing Of charges by
the health officer against the inspector
was. by itself, considered the proper
method Of getting at the existing diff
culties. But let the proceedings be con-
fined to the discovery Of the facts, and
kept free from the personal prejudices
and animosities of the men directly con-
cerned. There Is no need Of wasting
valuable time. Just find where the
blame Is and act accordingly, promptly
and decisively.
However the matter IL decided it
should not be allowed to interfere with a
trial Of the hand-sweeping system, that
has given great satisfaction in other
cities, and which is asked for by the bust
ness men and the press of the city.
The herald., 1897-09-19
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1897.
A MARK OF PROGRESS

The Herald is not much given to boast
ing of its own success, preferring to
leave the matter Of appreciation to its
readers. They are perfectly competen.
to judge from the columns Of a news
paper whether it bears the stamp Of pros
perity or not. By this standard The
Herald is willing to be estimated. But
there are some things that do not appear
upon the surface, and one of these, no
doubt, friends Of the paper would be glad
to know about. This is the rather sig
nincant fact that during the months OF
May, Jurs ., July and August Of this year
more than thee thousand new names
were added to the subscription lists of
The Herald. This is mark of appre-
citation that cannot be gaineayed, and we
venture that a like increase during the
sumner months has never before been
recorded in this meek Of woods. -
The Herald does not have to reduce its
price in order to get readers
The herald., 1897-09-19
THE sTREET-CLEANNG ISSUE

The street cleaning issue that was
raised at the city hall last week prom
ises to accomplish anything save getting
the streets cleaned. As nearly as can
be ascertained. it has developed into a
bitter personal quarrel between two fac
tions at the city hall.
The situation is as broad as 1t is long.
The report of the council committee ap-
pointed to investigate the charges made
by the health officer against the inspector
CT street cleaning will be made tomorrow
1t will either sustain or disapprove the
charges, but that really cuts no figure
If the inspector is defeated, he will take
the matter into the body of the coun-
ell, where he has friends If the
charges are not sustained, the
health officer will also take the
matter directly into the council
and get after the street cleaning con-
tractor Then the people will be
treated to an unseemly row.
In the meantime the streets are not be-
ing properly cleaned. They are dirty.
The herald., 1897-09-19

combination Of capital 10 here looking
into the same proposition. It 10 assured
beyond doubt that just as soon as the
contract ID let for the harbor, work on
the smelter will be begun. and reduc-
tion works will follow. All mines in
Southern California. Arizona. those Of
Mexico. both inland and along the coast
to a great extent, and all those above the
Needles on the Colorado. will send their
ore here.
Those who are interested in the little
line Of road running into the New York
and Vanderbilt mining districts in San
Bernardino county are said to be about
to survey twenty miles more for an i'm
mediate extension Of the road. 1t isnow
thirty miles long and is laid standard
gauge and heavily ironed. This would
leave less than 600 miles to connect with
the Union Pacific extension into South
western Utah. The thirty miles of road
built cost less than $1,000 per mile. The
whole gap could be filled at cost of less
than $4,000 per mile, not counting cost
Of equipment. 1t will not be difficult 10
get $4,000, 900 to $10,000,0 900 Of capital to-
gether to build this road and thus open
up a region rich in mineral and agri-
cultural resources, besides giving us
route to Salt Lake, Omaha, st. Paul, St.
Louis, Chicago and the Atlantic coast
900 miles shorter than the one now trav-
eled. We would get from the new coun-
try thus opened the best coking coal in
the world, and great deal Of various
kinds OF ores.
Here we reach the Pisgah heights of
the industrial land Of promise, and the
imagination can hardly throw too
bright picture of what will follow
from all these sources Of activity. Iron
and steel mills and all sorts of iron
working machine shops must follow.
The newly awakening Orient and the
opening up Of Siberia by the great Rus
sian railroad will afford broad fields as
markets for the products Of our facto-
ries.
Once the work is actually begun at
San Pedro 1t marks a new era of growth
and development for Los Angeles be-
fore which all the achievements of the
past become dwarfed. And all South
ern California will share in all the pros
perity to follow
The herald., 1897-09-19
sTAaE-sTRUCK GIRLS

LIE Figaro (Paris) recently published
letter from Alexander Dumas, the
younger, in which that brilliant French
man sounds note of warning to re-
spectacle girls who are suffering from
the stage-struck mania. The letter is
dated June, 1892, and was written In
reply to lady who wanted his assist
ance for society girl who was afflicted
that way. It says:
Madame: Whenever a girl who
springs from the lowest classes of soci-
ETY. shall come to me to ask for my as
sistance to secure her admission to the
stage, If she is pretty and gifted. will
give her the aid she asks; but I shall
always refuse my assistance to any
young girl who declares she is of good
family, respectable and of independent
fortune, as I believe that for a girl
brought up under such conditions any,
thing, even death. is better than that
abominable existence.
The herald., 1897-09-19
WHAT OF THE FUTUREp

Early in the year of grace 1898 work
should be actually begun on the new
harbor, and 400 to 600 men should be en-
ployed. That will put into circulation
here 100000 to 900 per month. But
that is a mere incident of coming de-
velopments. The harbor itself is the
great creator Of prosperity for this Sec
ton.
1t is difficult matter to forecast what
may follow. The opening of our port to
transoceanic commerce will give US at
once a transcontinental passage from
ocean to ocean of the shortest distance
in North America at this time. 1t is by
800 miles the shortest possible north of
the Tehuantepec route. It will make Of
San Pedro one Of the four competing
points for transpacific trade in the
United States and Canada, and the most
favorably situated. There are no high
mountain ranges between us and the
east; no snowsheds over our roads and
NO sharp gradients to overcome This
means the drawing to the new tarbor Of
Q great deal Of commerce.
Two or more electric lines will doubt
less be put in operation at an early day
between Los Angeles and the bay of San
Pedro. Work will be begun on one, per-
hsps two of these, very soon.
For some time two companies have
been studying the problem of smelter
and reduction works for San Pedro,
With harbor and foreign commerce
established Cardiff coke can be landed
at 81 per ton. The lack Of such fuel is
al that has hitherto stood in the way
OF such works at San Pedro.
With the improvements at San Pedro
assured. these enterprises. which were
lying dormant have awakened again.
and now the representative of third
The herald., 1897-09-19

The city is taking hand in the fight
against the double-tracking of Alameda
street by the Southern Pacific, the coun-
Gil having directed the city attorney to
intervene. 1t now remains to be seen
whether the temporary injunction
granted at the instance of the citizens Is
made permanent. The people Of Boyle
Heights are very much in earnest, and
that double track will not go down so
long as they can find legal means Of pre-
venting it.
The herald., 1897-09-19

The finance committee Of the city
council has reported favorably on the
proposition to issue s334,00 of school
bonds The next step will be the prepa-
ration Of an ordinance calling for an
election to see whether the bonds shall
be voted or not. The idea that the bonds
must be made payable in gold does not
seem to have been entertained, after the
investigation that was instituted upon
this point showed that the majority of
municipal bonds issued are made pay
able in lawful money" Of the United
States.
The herald., 1897-09-19
THE HERHLD'S MUSE

Foreigners
They were foreigners. and We shot them
down.
They had marched-had marched on ou1
broad highway;
They intended to march to Latimer town:
They were foreigners. and we shot then:
down.
They were foreigners. but they came to
stay.
Some had wives and children here.
They came to work for little pay.
They were foreigners. and they came to
stay.
They were foreigners. We've naught to
fear.
The states strong arm is our defense.
They had wives and children who held
them dear.
They were foreigners. We've naught to
fear.
They were foreigners. They gave offense.
They had come to this glorious land Of the
free
To work, and they wanted some recon-
They were foreigners. and they gave
offense.
They were foreigners. We saw them nee.
We pierced their backs with our rifle
balls.
They had hoped-had hoped for liberty;
But we shot them down when we saw
them flee.
They were foreigners. They had heard our
calls.
We invited them here to make their
homes
In the land Of the free, where no prince
enthralls.
They were foreigners. They had heard
our calls.
They were foreigners. We bade them
come.
The oppressed of every nation our
fathers were.
And for freedom had marched to fife and
drum.
They were foreigners. We bade them
come.
They were foreigners. but their death
may stir
The blood Of Americas true born sons;
And Eight candle" at Latimer.
That will not be extinguished till more
blood runs.
Has man to manhood's right no claim
Because he sailed from distant shore?
Is the child Of oppression aught to blame
If freedom he seeks. as the pilgrims Of
yore?
And shall the oppressor, on Freedoms soil,
Imperious, trample the rights of man.
And curse with poverty those who toll,
And govern. in peace, on wars fierce
plan?
Can Freedom rejoice with rapture wild
That Famine has snatched with its bony
hand
A crust of bread from foreigners child
To add to the boards of the rich Of our
land?
MOI Freedom loves children Of every
cline;
IT'S tyranny only that bids to rejoice
And boast for our nation prosperous time
While in agony foreigners lift up their
voice.
And tyranny teaches its dupes to believe
That compassion Is cause of its heart
lessness;
That it's earnest desire for them to receive
Is all that induces it to oppress.
And while robbing the sons Of the native
born,
'Gainst the foreign born 1t throws its
slurs;
And the dupes, despoiled, shake their rags
In Scorn,
And shout. aye! Down with the for
eigners!"
JAMES r. TOWNSEND.
Ins AnPeleS Sent. 16 1897.
The herald., 1897-09-19

will be forthcoming! In the light Of DR..
Campbelrs revelations. which prove
tears to be active results Of health. with
definite meaning and purpose In our
physical economy, how out-of-joint
seem the hitherto beautiful lines of Lord
Tennyson:
Tears. idle tears! ! know not what they
mean.
Tears from the depth Of some divine
despair.
The herald., 1897-09-19

Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Roosevelt, after inspecting the North
Atlantic squadron, expressed the follow
ing opinion:
At last we are beginning to have a
navy fit to uphold the interests of our
people, navy which, though too small
in size, need fear comparison with no
other as regards the quality of Its ships
and men.
This is gratifying, indeed. The op-
ponents Of a competent American navy
in this country are very few nowadays,
and what they say doesn't count for
much. Our navy is going. to be handy
institution to have around one Of these
days.
The herald., 1897-09-19
Ne Sutor Ultra Crepidam

A maiden to drug stoSe flt
And asked for Ice cream sooa.
The druggist such a mixture made
She thought 1t would explode 'er.
How much" she gasped in sore dismay
Am I indebted to you?"
"Oh. ten per cent month, we'll say.
Or twelve, If l renew you"
your price I think is much too high"
The maiden said disgusted;
And then she heaved mighty sigh.
And then the drug store busted.
Dec.
The herald., 1897-09-19

A wave of prosperity has struck the
political hod-carriers Of Ohio and Greater
New York They will all have employ
ment during the next six weeks, and
there will be no controversy over hours
Of work. nor any strike on account of
unsatisfactory wages. None Of them
will be idle, though all will be tramps.
The herald., 1897-09-19

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian
premier must have been a theatrical
press agent during some period of his
existence. He is at his best when de-
scribing Canada as an all-star combi-
nation. 1t is to be noticed that he takes
the United States and not Great Britain
for his model
The herald., 1897-09-19

A Los Angeles insurance man is said
to be organizing company to insure
against twins or triplets. The risk de-
creases much faster than the number in
sured against increases. and 1t ought to
prove = paying proposition.
The herald., 1897-09-19
Never Mind

never M1uu
If your fellowmen don't like you
And your merits cannot see,
Never mind.
If money famine strike you
And you're broke as broke can be,
Never mind.
It won't win their love to bicker.
And will only make you sicker-
Never mind.
If you have to go 1t bold,
Never mind.
Modesty don't catch the gold
People find.
And all feeling you can bet
Is a game of catch and get,"
Never mind.
c. N. FRARY.
September 16, 1897.
The herald., 1897-09-19

The expenditures Of the government
during the first forty years Of it's exist
ence under the constitution were less
than the annual expenditures for thelast
sixteen years, and during the first fifty
two years the entire expenditures were
only about three -fifths of the amounts
appropriated by each of the three las.
congresses. 1t should be remembered
that during those fifty-two years there
was speck of war with France, scrim-
mage with Tripoli, the whisky rebellion
in Pennsylvania, nearly three years of
war with Great Britain and almost con-
tinuous trouble and war with one or
more Of the Indian tribes. Who will say
that we are not progressive people?
The herald., 1897-09-19
Los ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION.


State Of California, County Of Los AnEe-
les.-ss.
L. M Holt. superintendent Of circulation
Of tho lbs Angeles Daily Herald. being
first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
for the five months from February l. 1897,
to June 30. 1897 (inclusive). the total circu-
lation Of the said Daily Herald was 1.2s0. .6S5
copies, being an average daily circulation
of s6Os.
That the weekday circulation during Tho
above time was 1.O7l,567, being daily aver.
age of163Oe copies
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 2ls,O5s being an average fol
each Sunday of 1O;4S1.
L. M HOLT
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of July, 1897.
FRANK J. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County Of Los
Angeles, State of California.
The herald., 1897-09-19
POLICE REFORMS

The police department is making an
issue of clean and unobstructed side
walks. The thoughtless persons who are
given to expectorating on the sidewalks
would better look out. The anti-spitting
ordinance may not be as dead as it
seems to be.
The principal crusade Of the blue coats,
however, is directed against those who
have made practice of using the side
walk to display their wares. and other
wise to encroach upon the rights of those
who traverse the streets afoot. From
a small and imma aterial beginning, side
walk encroachment has grown to such
proportions that it has become a great
nuisance.
The strict enforcement of the order
may work hardship to a few deserving
persons. but its general effect will be
beneficial. There should be no partiality
exhibited in carrying it out. All should
be treated alike, so that there may be
no just cause for complaint.
Another police order that is Of public
interest is to the effect that no more
oper air meetings shall be allowed in
the Sixth street park. 1t has been for
long time the custom Of some people
who wished to air their views to seek an
audience by holding forth in the park.
This of itself was harmless, but the
custom has finally attained the proper
tions Of nuisance. People living in
the houses bordering on the park have
beer greatly disturbed, and 1t is claimed
that the value Of property has been
lowered Besides, not all the people who
visit the park go there to listen to the
outdoor orators.
Free speech is not denied nor abated
in the slightest degree, but infringement
upon the right of others cannot be
countenanced.
The herald., 1897-09-19
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WlLLIAn A. SPALDIN0,
President and General Manager.

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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-28
ACHING FOR A FIGHT
The japanese Diplomat, Has
Been Talking at Paris. :.
FIGARO TAKES IT TO SERIOUSLY
other European Comment Upon the
Relations Between the United
States and Japan.

New York, July pa special to the
Herald from Paris says:
The Figaro publishes an article bear
ing on the relations between the United
States and Japan. Its Importance is
heightened by the manifest Indica-
tions it bears of being INSPIRED" for
only those in the inner circle OF Japanese
affairs could possibly have given the
Figaro an idea of the object which has
caused the Marquis Ito to come to Paris
at this particular juncture. The article
which is headed "The Voyage of Marquis
to- is as follows:
marquis Ito has been in Paris since
Sunday and is stopping at the Hotel
Continental, where his apartments have
been reserved by the Paris legation.
This astute diplomatist is now busy
dealing with the delicate situation
created in Japan by the pretensions of
the United States in the matter of the
annexation of the Sandwich islands.
''It appears that he has come to
Europe to protest most energetically in
the name of his government against
what he calls a usurpation to his friends
that Japan, which had to struggle against
great difficulties at the time of the war
with China, will go on to the end with
the United States. We must not, there
fore, be surprised if one of these days we
have to announce a rupture ofthe re-
lations of the two countries In case of
the annexation projects are maintained.
This will not probably mean a declara-
ton of war, but 1t would be the be-
ginning of hostilities, more or less open,
the result of which would be harmful
and which might have in store surprises
of all kinds, for 900 Japanese, almost
all veteran soldiers, are already living
in theHawaiian islands, and the natives
of the country hardly number as many.
"The object of the Marquis Ito's jour
ney is to point out to Europe-rather
to neglectful, according to him the peril
of annexation to which the vigorous
Japanese people, still under the spell of
its victories, is opposing to the utmost.
In any case, this journey and the COM
pllcations foreseen by the Marquis Ito
strangely confirm the fears already ex-
pressed in America by thoughtful men,"
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