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The herald., 1897-10-01
ANOTHER BROKEN CABINET

1t Is a very dull day in which some
new complication does not occur in
Spain The resignation Of the cabinet
is the latest sensation. 1t seems that
the Conservatives, who form the domi-
mating party, are so divided among
themselves as to what policies to pur-
sue that a strong, united cabinet was
out Of the question; hence the resigna-
tions of Premier Azacarraga and his
colleagues were rendered and accepted
1t is probable that Senior Sagasta, the
Liberal leader, who was one Of those
mentioned as the possible successor Of
Cancvas, will now be called by the queen
regent to act as her chief adviser. Just
what effect this action would have upon
the fortunes OF Cuba il hard to say.
Many rumors are afloat. The New York
Herald's advices terd to the opinion
that some sort Of compromise will be
reached with the Cubans. on the basis
Of complete or partial autonomy.
( But eagasta, although he is Liberal,
The herald., 1897-10-01
THE ROAD TO RANDsBURG

Some time ago The Herald assured
its readers that branch railroad from
Kramer, on the line of the Santa Fe, to
Randsburg, or johannesburg, was soon
to be built. Some of our doubling
Thomas contemporaries secuted the
idea.
Latest developments are that the road
Is going to be built, and built at once.
The construction contract has been let,
and about one hundred men will be i'm
mediately put to work. The line will
be twenty-eight miles long, and the con-
tract calls for its completion by the 25th
Of November This seems like quick
work; but the survey leads through a
comparatively level country, and there
are no difficult engineering problems to
solve.
The permanency Of Randsburg as a
mining district seems to be assured,
and a railroad has for some time been
one of the crying needs of the camp.
The completion of the line will stimu-
late all kinds of business, increase the
population Of the camp, and largely
augment the ore output.
Los Angeles capital is largely inter-
ested in the Randsburg mining district.
The section Is naturally tributary to
this city and there is no good reason
why Denver, Kansas City or st. Louis
should be selling mining machinery
and supplies in Randsburg, shutting
out this city The time will come when
q first-class smelter will be one Of the
The herald., 1897-10-01
FRIDAY, OCTOBER /, 1897.
WHO IS PRoTEoTHDf

Sugar today is ~ cents per pound
dearer than it was a year ago. Protec-
tionists claim, and we will allow their
claim. in this instance. that this increase
Of price is due to the Dingley tariff.
This adds about II cents per annum
to the expenses of living Of every man,
woman and child in the United States.
Surely the consumers are not protect
ed by the sugar schedule in the Ding
ley act. The burdens Of life are in
creased just that much. The people are
taxed to that extent. That is not ben
eft.
But the sugar trust is protected. Ger
man beet sugar is practically prohibited
from this country, and the trust IL en-
abled to put what price It pleases ON the
products Of the refineries. The trusts
make gross profit Of $54, $40, 900 in addi-
ton to all former profits from their bus
mess, because of the Dingley act. They
are protected ard well protected.
The growers? All! Yes. the growers.
The poor farmers. They are the people
over whose hard fate the protectionist
heart always yearns. The grower is left
just where he was before, at the mercy
OF the trust. The refiners get ~ cents
per pound more for their sugar than
they did last year. That is' $3.50 per
ton. Beets run an average Of about 16
per cent sugar. That is. 1t takes about
six tons Of beets to make ton of sugar.
The trust, out Of the loving kindness Of
its heart, pays the beet grower rs cents
per ton more this year than last. For
the six tons which go to make ton Of
sugar the farmer gets $1.50 profit be-
cause of the Dingley act Six tons are
the product Of half an acre of ground
It costs many days Of toll to plow. SOW,
weed, thin, cultivate, top, pull, trim and
haul these beets, and for 1t all he gets
q benefit of $3.50 out Of this much lauded
turns of his machinery, and like an act
of magic the six tons Of beets become q
ton of sugar.
The beet grower who gets $1.50 benefit
out of the ton Is not protected to any
alarming extent.
Taking $15O, the extra price paid the
grower from the profit of the refiner,
$3.50, leaves US $21 protection to the
trust, against $1.5O protection to the
beet farmer, and against tax Of $22. 50
on the consumer.
Great is Dingleyisrn, for 1t fulfills the
words of scripture: Unto him that hath
more shall be given, but from him that
hath not shall be taken. even that
which he seemeth to have.
The herald., 1897-10-01

10 mot distinguished for his friendship
for Cuba. On the contrary he IL re-
ported to have said, just after the death
Of Csnovas. that should he be chosen
prime minister he would in no way
alter the policy Of the government In
Cuba. The situation. however, has
changed somewhat in the short time
that has intervened. and an honorable
compromise may vet be reached.
In any event. 1t does not appear that
the chances Of the revolutionists will
be in any wsy impaired by the cabinet
change, or that the result Of the crisis
will be q breach between the United
States and the Spanish government. 1t
is impossible to look further ahead at
the present time.
The herald., 1897-10-01
IMPROVING MAIN STREET

The Main street property owners, at
their meeting on Wednesday night, took
ground upon the Important question
OF improving that leading thorough
fare. They first expressed themselves
as being in favor of improvement, and
then went on to state what they thought
should be done, and what they were will
ing to do. Inasmuch as the city for
merly kept the street in repair, the
property owners think the city should
again put the street In proper condition,
and then, at some future time, after the
various sewers. pipes and conduits have
been put in, they are willing to go to the
expense Of having the street repaved on
condition that 1t be then accepted by the
city.
There are two opposing factors In
the situation The city IN former years
bore the expense Of keeping the paving
In repair. Afterwards the repairs were
stopped On. the other hand. the paw
ing has never been accepted by the city.
The situation, then. would seem to be
the same with respect to Main street that
1t is to Spring street, where 1t is proposed
that the property owners shall bear the
expense of resurfacing. 1t would seem
that If the Spring street property own
ers are to bear this expense II would be
unfair 10 them to relieve the Main street
property owners from the same liability.
There is another thing that must be
taken into consideration. The city has
no money with which to repair or re-
pave the streets. 1t could not now un-
dertake the work, even II 1t were liable.
II the improvements are made at all,
they must be at the expense Of the
property owners.
It would be very short-sighted pol
icy to allow the street to remain in its
present wretched condition 1t would
drive business and therefore tenants,
from the street. Broadway is in goo6
condition; 1t is practically certain that
Spring street will be resurfaced in the
rear future The property owners on
Main street can hardly AFFORD. In their
own interest, to oppose improvement
upon the same terms upon which it is
proposed to improve Spring street.
The herald., 1897-10-01
A TIMELY NEED
Dejectedly he sat last night.

Dejectedly he sat last night,
Within his attic ROOM
The stars above were silver bright,
But all with him was gloom.
He started up and gazed around;
He peered meath pamphlets old,
"Alas!" he sighed, ''it must be found,
IT'S worth all Klondike gold!'
He looked upon the mentelpiece,
And turned the carpet UP;
He searched his vest in every crease,
O'erturned each bowl and cup;
Peeped In each nook and every lair
With wild and wistful eyes;
But that which long he'd kept with care
Would not materialize!
He gave 1t up, with grim despair,
And life had turned to gall
When, In a notelet fragrant, fair,
I So delicately small,
He found what made life sweet as love,
With song 1t filled his throat:
1t was the long-lost ticket of
His last years overcoat!
Monroe H. Rosenfeld In New York Journa
The herald., 1897-10-01
YELLOW FEVER
The Usual Number Of New Cases Are
Reported


The Usual Number Of New Cases Are
Reported
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 30.-There war
neither improvement nor aggravation
Of the yellow fevf scare here today.
But one death ha5 occurred up to 6
o'clock. Twenty-o1 new cases were re-
ported. !.
Today's rator s noteworthy from
the fact thai thu d Pr drossed the river,
one case being rted from Algiers
Algiers has VEG pulation, and ID the
site Of the Southe Pacific shops. and
has made a partit quarantine against
New Orleans from e beginning Of the
fever here.
Clinton, Miss. -Excitment in Clin-
ton again reached fever heat today
when it wa,s announced that the
Rev. ]. L. Pettigrev. Mrs. Mary Petit
grew and their littl grandson had been
taken sick with yelbw fever during last
night. The diseastis traceable to Ed
wards
board Of health sltws lone death and
six new cases Of ye1[w f4ver.
Edwards, Miss.- Dunn Of the state
board of health rel is / me death from
yellow verthezs Ras4 >There are
twenty-nine Gases fever reported
today. W lV
The herald., 1897-10-01
THE PURE FOOD CAMPAIGN

The committee Of the board Of health
that has been investigating the alleged
sale Of diseased meats, and meats other
wise unfit for human consumption, has
discovered that the statements made
before the board a week or two ago did
not tell the whole story by any means,
and that the conditions are far worse
than was supposed. The committee is
preparing an ordinance to submit to the
city council that will do away with the
evil If 1t is enforced. The appointment
as contemplated, of an inspector to at
tend exclusively to the meat department
should have very salutary result. 1t
Is only mean and conscienceless wretch
who will sell meat for human consump-
tion knowing It to be unfit for food.
The retail butchers have just formed
an association Of their own. Incident
ally they have raised the price of meats
about 20 per cent. They set forth, pre-
sumably as a palliative. that they intend
to give their customers better service
This, of course, includes better meats.
In any event, the butchers association
ought to heartily cooperate with the
board of health in the efforts of the latter
to stop the sale Of bad meats. 1t can
do much in this direction If it will but
take the matter up In earnest.
The health officer is keeping a SHARP
eye on the dairies, with the result that
as he reports. the quality of milk that is
being delivered to consumers in tbs
city and served at restaurants is much
better than 1t was short time ago
only three out of thirty-six tests falling
below the standard.
Let the campaign for pure food pro-
ceed.
The herald., 1897-10-01
The Cruiser Chicago Being Rsntte,


After being in the stone dry dock for
more than year. the cruiser Chicago
was fioated into the Wallabout channel
at the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday.
The vessel has been thoroughly over
hauled. She was taken from the dry
dock and moored to the derrick wharf
for the purpose Of having the large boil
ers and engines put in place. 1t was
deemed advisable to have the vessel
fioated out Of the dock before this work
was begun, as the engines and boilers
are very heavy. The work Of getting
the Chicago ready for sea will be con
tinued with all possible speed. as ths
navy department is anxious to have her
put into commission.
The guns for her battery have not yet
reached si-s na;'v yard. It is expected
the cruiser will be r.sGy Cor service in
about eight months.-New Y0lN flnes,
Sept. 23d.
The herald., 1897-10-01
Klondike, Hol

"Gold!" remarked the party who had
some notion of going in the spring. "is
about the cheapest thing up there. I
fancy"
The party who claimed to have been
already there, didn't care II he did. be-
fore replying.
"Oh, yes," he finally made answer.
Cheap? Yes, indeed. Quite so. Well, l
should cay. Why. just the other day
before came away a farmer up in the
interior of the country was swindled
with a genuine gold brick OF course !
didn't see the farmer myself. but It was
The herald., 1897-10-01
Value Of Intuition

Sherlock Holmes Cat burlesque shows)
That little man over there In the box
is a professor of mathematics.
DR.. Cubebs-He is an acquaintance Of
yours?
Sherlock Holmes-No; never saw
him before in my life.
Dr. Cube ebs-Then how do you know he
is a professional mathematician?
Sherlock Holmes-By the interest he
takes in the figures on the stage.-Ch-
cago News.
The herald., 1897-10-01
A Useless Commission

We have no idea that any plan the
monetary commission may report will
obtain any standing in congress. The
motive governing it is too apparent for
the administration or the Republican
party 10 take It up. In fact 1t is given
out that the secretary Of the treasury
will meet congress when 1t assemblies In
December with gold standard policy
Of his own-Pittsburg Post.
The herald., 1897-10-01
A Rare Kentucky Treat

Three men walked into drug store
the other day and one ordered drinks.
He and one Of the others asked for soda
water and then the clerk turned to the
third.
What will you have, sir?"
The man looked at the one who was
treating and said:
"You know ! don't like soda, john"
Then turning to the clerk he said:
."Give me five postal cards."-Louisville
Evening Post.
The herald., 1897-10-01

writer who sigrs himself "ForAy
Years in Politics." in letter to the New
York Sun says: Look out for red
hot Bryanite movement II Tammany
does not come out Bryanite fiat-footed." :"
Why all this fussing? Has not the
election of Republican president and
the return of prosperity" killed Bryan
ism deader than door rail? Cannot
somebody lay the political spooks that
are troubling the timid New Workers?
The herald., 1897-10-01

Cured Of Stomach and Liver Troubles b. d
40 the Public-lt gives me great pleasure \ sA1
that Dr. wong Him,s trestment In my cas6 6Mh0 M
been most ;, ne ridnev sod snd years ,rcwS
tried various remedies irom other physician1 u
received no permanent help Dr. Wong Hm'I
bies and seems to be permanent IN it, resuik
like DR.. Wong Him's Ideas Of Herb Treat!eut
cleaning ana Tenovasiu9 she system before builin!
hss done : great deal OF good TO me, Ard ~
have found him to be we'll educated man, ~
.umine and kind, commanding the reapoots o{Al
rood people. Very respectfully, ..,.z
Los Angeles. CAL. April 80, 1897. 3
RelleYua Avenue.
The herald., 1897-10-01

business necessities OF Los Angeles. and
the new railroad will help hurry It along
We ought to be able to treat large
proportion Of the refractory Arixona
ore also. II we had but the proper
facilities.
The Randsburg road cannot be conn
pleted too soon to suit Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-10-01
The Fitness of Things Awry

First Girl Graduate-What do you In
terd doing after leaving school?
Second Girl Graduate-I've accepted q
position oAl the Daily Planet. I'm to
have full charge Of the Hints to Moth
ers" columnsS What are you going to
do?"
First Girl GrNduate-I've engaged to
write the Man About Town" articles
for the Daily Gusher.-Chicago News
The herald., 1897-10-01

ATHENS, Sept. 3o.-The legislative
assembly met today to consider the
peace treaty with Turkey and the polit-
ical situation in general. M. Ralli. the
premier, invited the chamber to vote
confidence in the government. He pro-
posed resolution to that effect. Amid
great excitement the chamber defeated
the resolution-93 to 80. This defeat pre-
cipitated crisis. It is deemed imprac-
ticable for M. Ralli to continue in office
with the cabinet as now constituted.
The herald., 1897-10-01
forAa will have to look to Its laurels as
the leading gold producer Of the Union.

The first rain Of the season. . bounti-
full shower. was welcomed last night,
except. perhaps. by pedestrians caught
unawares. The shower was sunicient to
foreshadow what q beautiful condition
our streets will be in as soon as there IL
considerable rain. The old cry. Fix up
the streets" will, as usual, come too
late.
The herald., 1897-10-01

William T. Wardwell, the Prohibition
nominee for mayor Of Greater New
York, Is the treasurer Of the Standard
Oil company. HIS salary is $4,000 a
year, and he spends most Of 1t In char
ity. 1t will be seen that there are sew
eral reasons why Mr.. Wardwell cannot
be elected,
The herald., 1897-10-01
The Bookkeeper's Despair

After trying for half day to learn to
ride his new bicycle. the slim legged
bookkeeper carried. it UP to the attic and
thrust 1t in among the cobwebs.
II shall have to charge that machine
up to profit and loss," he said with a
dismal sigh. IT never can make It bal
ance."-Ch.cago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-10-01

With the acquisition Of the Georgia
Central and the North Carolina rail-
roads. J. Pierpont Morgan nearly per-
fects his network Of railroad control in
the south. He is now after the Balti-
more and Ohio and the Union Pacific
systems. II there is any prominent sys-
tenn that J. PierpoE. Morgan is not after,
1t is because he has already got 1t where
he wants 1t.
The herald., 1897-10-01
The Beer Combine

NEW YORK. Sept. s0.-The organiza-
ton of the American Malt company.
which proposes to control the output OF
malt, is now completed, it was learned
from reliable sources today The new
combination takes in twenty OF the
largest and best equipped malk houses
in the United States. S,tN
The herald., 1897-10-01

Popular opinion throughout the coun-
try approves Attorney-General McKen-
mas opinion on Section % Of the tariff
bill. Senator Elkins not only made a
miscue. but has caused his play to be
regarded with suspicion.
The herald., 1897-10-01
AHeavy Bass Voice

mo-" said the gentleman in thu. bald
wig, II amt much Of bass singe1 but
you ought to hear my brother"
WAS he much?" asked the gfntle-
man with the pea-green whiskerd
Much? His voice was SO heavy that
it made him bow-legged to carry it,
indianapolis Journal.
The herald., 1897-10-01

Two st. Louis bicyclists who fought
duel on bicycles by means of head-end
collision are both confined to their beds.
The girl in the case is now keeping COM
pany with a fellow who has a whole
bicycle and IL able to be out.
The herald., 1897-10-01
Pensions for Partisan Gain

One hundred and forty million dollars
a year for pensions means about $400, 900
a day, or $4,000 an hour for the eight
hour working day. This Is quite lot
Of money, but is only SO year for ev-
cry family In the United States, and just
think what an effect it has in keeping
the Republican party solid.-Louisville
Post
The herald., 1897-10-01

The INSCRIPTIONS individuals who are
shipping inferior. scale-covered fruit
east as choice Los Angeles county prod
ucts should be thoroughly fumigated.
That would cure them Of their repre-
hensfble practices.
The herald., 1897-10-01
Carl stillWritine

NEW YORK, SepI. 30.-Carl Schurz
has addressed another open letter to
United States Senabr ]. H. Gallinger
Of New Hampshire, in the series which
has grown out Of the senator's attaols
on the civil service law as now extended,
and on its supporters
The herald., 1897-10-01

"Why have so few large libraries in
the United States children;s rooms con-
nected with them? II anybody knows
he does not seem inclined to TELL" says
the Boston Globe. The Los Angeles
library is rot very large, as Libraries go.
but 1t has Juvenile department that is
crowded with youngsters every day.
The herald., 1897-10-01

Senator Foraker is reported to have
said that Ohio would give 800, 1000 Repub-
lican majority this fall, but it is thought
that he set the figures high in order to
let Hanna down hard.
The herald., 1897-10-01
WEARY w1oa1Ns AGAIN

Virgins has broken out again, in the
same old place. Not our Frank Wig
gine, the efficient. genial, urbane. ubiq-
uitous and cosmopolitan Frank Wig
gins Of the chamber Of commerce, but
Weather Prophet Wiggins, who 10 cell
ebrated for predicting more things that
did not come to pass than any other
man in America.
September 23rd, from his undisturbed
retirement at Ottawa, Canada, Virgins
predicted that a great hurricane would
move up the Atlantic coast from the
West Indias on the afternoon Of Septem-
Der 29th He wanted a little leeway,
probably, for he did not condescend tu
when the hurricane was to strike any
particular portion Of the physical anat-
omy Of the United States. He simply
said 1t would be along. like district
messenger boy. in the course of the
afternoon. He did explain" this much
The moon will be in conjunction with
Jupiter and Mercury on the 25th and
with Mars on the 9th. The moon crosses
the celestial equator on the 25th, NOV
ing southwark. She will be in conjunc-
ton with the sun on the 26th at
o'clock p. M, London time, and will be
at her perigee. or nearest point in her
orbit to the earth on the 2sth. These
are all. or nearly all. dangerous ele-
ments to the mariner.
The Herald delayed going to press
seven and one-half minutes yesterday
morning to get the news from Virgins
storm 1t kept its hurricane ear to the
ground all day yesterday and far into
the night; but no news came.
Virgins Is an unmitigated fraud.
Twenty or twenty-five years ago he
happened to hit storm with one Of his
prophecies and, the ensuing notoriety
kept him in clover for several years
until the novelty wore Off Then about
ten years ago he predicted a hurricane
much as he predicted one for last
Wednesday. He still had such hold
upon the superstitious eastern folk that
hundreds of vessels were kept in port
causing large loss to commerce. OF
course the storm did not materialize.
The herald., 1897-10-01
Grant CHI Decided

DENVER. Col, pt. 30-A special to
the News from Sand life, N. M, says: In
the United States dlurt of private land
claims the Laguna Pueblo grant was
confirmed for four syuare leagues of IT,
800 acres. The cate will go to the
United States supre4e court.
The herald., 1897-10-01
The Time Of Meeting

Meet me in the key of G." said a mu-
sician to his friend. what ti1he will
that be?" asked the friend. At one
sharp" replied the musician;/ and he
went out alone into the deep, DIRK night.
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The herald., 1897-10-01

The Post-Dispatch says that Yellow
Jack is likely to get frost whenever
he comes to st. Louis. Judging from the
weather that prevailed there last sum-
mer Jack Frost 10 more likely to get
yellow fever.
The herald., 1897-10-01

His Republican colleagues will keep
an eye on Senator Steve Elkins when
congress meets next winter. There is
no telling, since the truth about Section
% is out, what measly little tricks he
will be up to.
The herald., 1897-10-01

Public sentiment will back up the po-
lice department in a persistent warfare
against the tape games. A genuine re-
form is not to be baked by justice
court decision.
The herald., 1897-10-01

As the prices Of silver and wheat get
nearer and nearer together, the Repub-
lican newspapers manifest greatly in
creased interest In New York politics
and the Cuban rebellion.
The herald., 1897-10-01

Nothing Is sacred to the yellow Journal
ist. If the worshipers of violence and
vulgarity keep up their present gait it
will soon be time for legislation to inter-
fere. The latest exploit of one Of these
saffron sheets is to dish up with revolt
ing and blasphemous headlines the most
important incident in the New Testa-
ment The article is headed in scare
type: Jesus Christ Legally Tried, But
His Arrest Unlawful. Supreme Cour
Justice William J. Gaynor of Brooklyn
in Study Of the Most Celebrated G. Ctse
of Jurisprudence on Record"
The herald., 1897-10-01

The Klondike region is not producing
all the gold this season, in the peighbor-
Arm In Cook inlet would be bonanza
camp in ordinary times. as the expected
arrival Of 100000 by one boat would
indicate,
The herald., 1897-10-01
Instantl3 Killed

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3o.-Frarss
Silva. 'longshoreHan employed on this
steamer Walla Wal}a, lying at the sea-
wall. was instantly killed this evening
by fall down the htchWay Of the ves-
sell
The herald., 1897-10-01
ASTHMA

Caused by morbid conditions of blood, ii
ton Of nerves which supply the circular
with inhalations, smoking herbs and expe.
ant medicine is as impossible as by rub
your knee-pan with q brickbat Come
get examination free. DR.. PILKINGTON
foufh Hill Street,