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The herald., 1897-05-21

The Pecihc Land and Mining company
Incorporated today under the laws Of the
The herald., 1897-05-21

LOS ANGELES AND REDONDO RAIL-
way Company.
Los Angeles depot: Corner Of Grand ave-
nue. and Jefferson street,
Leave Leave
Los Angeles Redondo for
for Redondo. Los Angeles.
$3.50 q. m. Daily 500 q. m.
1880 p. m. Daily II 100 a. m.
$3.50 p. m. Daily AIS p. m.
Take Grand avenue electric cars or Main
street and Agricultural Park cars.
L. ]. PERRY. Superintendent.
The herald., 1897-05-21
MI AIN STREET SAVINGS BANK.

MI AIN STREET SAVINGS BANK.
Junction of Main, Spring and Temple sts.
(Temple Block). Los Angeles.
Capital paid up....................... .31oo, ,o0D
Off1cers and directors: T. L. Duque.
President; l. N. Van Nuys, vice-President:
.. v. Duque, Cashier; H. w. Heuman,
kaspare Kohn, H. w. O'Melveny, J. B.
..ankershim, o. T. johnson, Abe Haas, w.
e. Kerckhoff
Money loaned on real estate.
Five per cent interest paid on term deposits
The herald., 1897-05-21

~ poa snares na 5ank an state OF New York. 112A
~" ~ su snaaes rnsnix national bank. 10Sk
~ ~ shares shares Mecnanlcs M Natl bank. 1854
~ a"v si'aIes MercHahts Natl bank. 140
~ snares Danh otate OF New York, 113
100 shares Standard OIL Trust.. a11x
100 shares Title Guarantee and
Trust company. .2OM27f
shares National Bank Of Com
merce .........................a 20Slk
shares Chemical National bank 4.1a0
90 shares American Exchange Ma
uonal bank .17101721s
8 shares American Express Co. 113
48 shares Broadway Fire ms Co 100
ITO shares Citizens Fire ms. Co., los
56 shares North River Fire Ins. Co. 1872
% snsres New YORK Fire ms. Co.. 1854
The herald., 1897-05-21

The mineral output of Idaho for 1895
shows an advance of more than s. ZOO, 900
over that Of 1896. Gold showed a slight
decrease. but silver and lead both show
increases. The figures are as follows:
Gold, 1895, 1854. 666; 1896. s., ,323 70O Silver
1885, $5.2l4, 49s; 1896. $6,474765. Lead. 1895,
2So2.32l: 1896, $2.593, $50. Totals, 1895, s10,-
11o.ls5; 1896, si1.75l,S45.
The Progress., 1897-09-11

In our homes, in cur stores. on our
tarms-not waiting for other people
to do their duty. IS there a diver
gence now between ne parlor and the
kitchen? Then there is something
wrong, either in TIE parlor or the
kitchen, perhaps in both Are the
clerks in your store lrate against the
arm? Then there is something wrong,
1.ther behind the counter, Or in the
private Office, or perhaps in both.
'Oh, says some wiseaere, talk 10
vou win, the law of demand and sup
ply viii regulate these things uutl
he end of time" No, they will not,
unless Sod dies and the batteries Of
the judgment day are spiked, and
Pluto and Proserpine. king and queen
Of the Internal regions, take full pos
session of this world Do you know
who Supply and Demand are? They
have gone into partn ership, and they
propose to swindle this earth and
are swindling it. You are drown
ing. Supply and Demand stand
on the shore, one on one side, the other
On the other side of the lifeboat, and
they cry out to you. Now, you pay
Us what we ask you for getting you to
shore, or go to the bottom?" If you
can borrow S., 900 you can keep from
failing in business. Supply and de-
mand say: Now, you pay US eNorbi-
tant usury, or go into bankruptcy
This robber firm of Supply and Demand
say TO you: The crops are short
We bought up all the wheat aud it is
in our biz. Now, you pay our price or
ttarve-" That is your magnificent law
OF supply and demand.
Supply and Demand own the largest
mill on earth, and all the rivers roll
over their wheel, and into their hop
per they put all the men, women and
children they care to shovel out Of the
centuries, and the blood and the bones
redden the valley while the mill grinds.
That diabolic law of supply and de-
mand will yet have to stand aside, and
instead thereof viii come the law of
love, the law of cooperation. the
law of kindness, the law of sym
pathy, the law of Christ. Have
you no idea Of the coming Of
such "a time? Then you do not believe
the Bible. All the Bible is full of
promises on this subject, and as the
ages roll on the time will come when
men of fortune will be giving larger
sums to humanitarian and evangelistic
r
Lenoxes and Peter Coopers aud Will
liam z. Dodges and George Peabodys.
AS that time comes there will be more
parks, more picture galleries, more
gardens thrown open for the holiday
people and the working classes.
was reading in regard to charge
that had been made in England against
Lambeth palace, that it was exclu-
sive; and that charge demonstrated
sublime fact that to the grounds of
that wealthy estate 500 poor families
have free passes, and 40 croquet COM
2anies, and on the half holidays 4, 900
poor people recline on the grass,
walk through the paths, and sit
under the trees. That is Gospel
Gospel on the wing, Gospel out
Of doors worth just as much as in
doors That time is going to come.
That is only hint Of what is going to
be. The time is going to come when,
The Progress., 1897-09-11

Inc ulIll, or Snail run IL Oh hall IIhc,
or shall l cut down the mems wages?"
He walks the floor of his bunting
room all day, hardly knowing what to
do. Toward evening he calls all the
laborers together. They stand all
around. some with arms alkimko, some
with folded arms, wondering what the
boss is going to do now. The manu-
facturer says: Men, times are very
hard; l don't make $50 where l used
to make 500. Somehow. there is no
demand now for what we manufacture.
or but very little demand. You see
Am at vast expense, and ! have called
you together this afternoon to see
what you would advise. l don't want
to ehut down the mill, because that
would force you out of work, and you
have always been very faithful. and
Like you, and you seem to like me, and
the BARNS must be looked after, and
your wife will after awhile want new
dress l don't know what to do"
There IS dead halt for mimi te or
two, and then one of the -workmen
| steps out from the ranks of the fell
lows, and says: BOSS, you have been
| very good to US, and when you pros
pered we prospered, and now you are
in . tight place and l am sorry, and we
have got to sympathize with you. l
don't know how the others feel, but l
propose that we take off 20 per cent
| from our wages, and that when the
| times get good you will remember us
| and raise them again" The workman
looks around to his comrades, and says:
| Boys, what do you say to this? All
aye" Aye! aye! aye" shout 200 voices,
Ry,f hsl, in iy,S
new machinery, exposes himself very
much, and takes cold, and it settles into
pneumonia, and he dies. In the process
sion to the tomb are all the workmen,
tears rolling down their cheeks, and off
upon the ground; but an hour before
the procession gets to the metery the
wives and the children of those work
men are at the grave waiting for the
arrival of the funeral pageant. The
minister of religion may have delivered
an eloquent eulogium before they
started from the house, but the most
impressive things are said that day by
the working classes standing around
the tomb.
That night in ali the cabins Of the
working people where they have fam
! lily prayers the widowh God aud the Or
phana ge in the mansion are remem-
oereo- NO glaring populations look
over the iron fence of the cemetery;
but, lowering over the scene, the ben
ediction Of God and man is coming for
the fulfllment Of the Christlike in
junction: Whatsoever We would that
men sh ould do to you, do you even SO
to tn en-
'Oh," says some man, that is all
Utopian, that is apocryphal, that is inn
possible" No. / cut out of a paper
this: ''One Of the pleasantest incidents
recorded in a long time is reported
from Sheffield, England The wages
of the men in the iron works at Sheffield
are regulated by a board of arbitra-
ton, by whose decision both masters
and men are bound. For some time
past the iron and steel trade has been
extremely Improbable, and the en-
ployers can not, without much loss
pay the wages fixed by the board,
which neither employers nor employed
/ his ha 70, ~, t.
The Progress., 1897-09-11


cent Irish people in England.
In this country the torch put to the
factorie. that have discharged hands
for good or bad reasons; distractions
on the rail track in front OF midnight
express trains because the offenders do
not like the president Of the company;
strikes on shipboard the hour they
were going to sail, or in printing Of
fees the hour the paper was to go to
press, or in mines the day the coal Was
TO be delivered, or on house scafold-
inKs SO that the builder fails in keep
ing his contract-au these are only q
hard blow ON the head Of American la
Dor, and cripple its arms, and lame its
feet, and pierce its heart Traps
sprung suddenly upon employers, and
violence, never took one knot out OF
the lsnuckle Of toll. or put one farthing
OF wages into = caNous palm. Bar
barism will never cure the wrongs Of
civilization. Mark that.
Frederick the Great admired some
land near his palace At Potsdam, and
he resolved to get it. II WAS owned by
q miller. He offered the miller three
times the value of the property. The
miller would not take 1t, because 1t was
the old homestead. and he felt about rs
Naboth felt about his vineyard when
AhRp wan ted it. Frederick the Great
was a rough and terrible man, and me
ordered the miller into his presence;
and the king, with \ stick in his hand
"a stick with which he sometimes
struck his officers of state-said to this
miller: Now, have offered you three
times the value of that property, and
if you won't sail it, I'll take it any
how" The miller id: Your majes-
", you won't" ''Y g." said the king.
II viii take It." ''Then." said the mil
ler. If your najes.y does take it, I
win sue you In the chancery court"
A. that threat Frederick the Great
yielded his infamous demand. And the
most inpsrious outrage against the
| the law. Violence and contrary to the
law Will never accomplish any thing.
but righteoxsness and according to law
viii accomplish it.
Well. il this controversy between
capital and labor can not be settled by
human wisdom. IL to-day capital aud
labor stand with their thumbs on each
others throat-aa they dot is time
for MS to look somewhere else for relief,
and 1t points from my text roseate ana
ju bilant, and puts one hand on the
| broadcloth shoulder of capital and puts
the other on the homespun covered
| shoulder Of toll, and says, with voice
| that viii grandly and gloriously settle
| this, and settle every thing. "Whatso-
ever We would that men should do to
you, do ye even SO them" That
is, the lady of the household
will say: Il must treat the maid in
the kitchen just as would like to be
treated if i were downstairs, and it
! were my work to wash, and cook, and
| sweep, and it were the duty of the
| maid in the kitchen to preside in this
parlor." The maid in the kitchen must
| say: If my employer seems to be more
prosperous than i, that is no fault Of
hers; / shall not treat her as an enemy.
will have the same industry and
fidelity downstairs as i would expect
from my subordinates, If / happened
to be the wife OF silk importer"
The owner Of an iron, mill having
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
HONOR WHERE HONOR Is DUE.

Abused and il-treated by some, laughed
at by others and met with Indifference
by many in It's homely methods OF carrying
tho gospel OF peace. hope and good win to
the masses the Salvation Ar3ly Is yOt ac-
complishing unquestionqby a noble wo,k
and proving itself one of the most sctive
and useful OF modern agen lies In the ale
Walton Of the suffering and want 81 the
poor and lowly.
We are told that comm.ldcr Htt tn,
Tucker, OF one branch Of The army, rororts
10000 conversions since last J,ruary.
Granted that half OF these converts re-
turn to thar old ways, there a.o still left
thousands OF humbla souls inspired With
new hope and placed In the ruth OF
decency and rectitude but this. as Is
said by the commander, Is not Ill the
good the army has done More tlan a
million Of poor mon and ;,aor women | ave
been given food and clothing ara shelter
and number OF rescue homes 10, rrior-
tunato women have been established { bar.
lily is ono OF the cardinal virtues and en-
Joined practices OF the army asa the re-
ligion which they offer IN one hand 10
some poor wretch without home, or food
or hope, Is accompanied By material relicl
which rs distributed with tho other lard.
The time has long since passed. rmcng
right-thinking people for $ offs or jeecs fol
the Salvation Army. Its mission is TO react
class that high salaried ministers ant
pampered missionaries pass by as the Thar.
isee passed the beggar In the strSa-s. 1t.
street service reaches an audience tat
never is seen in palatial churcaes ana
would not be welcomed there IL / shuult
ask for admittance and the resuls Of ii.
labors tell where organized io.ie,, mos
ntsds good infiuenees--in the slums snL
the breeding beds q crime ard wee. Fig.
ures like those Just meu.loasd not chi,
elevate thu work OF this noye, army In
public estimation, but should couinnid ,
more generous public assistance every.
where.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

soldier Of fortune who. at 70 years T age,
IL still leading. a. one paper puts IT, "a
vigorous and Irresistible revolution"
In the days OF our revolution AMI again
In the dark days Of our civil strife, we
are told how IL required all the greatness
ard firmness Of Washington in the one
case and OF Leo and his noble licutenants
in the other, TO keep hungry and fii-ciad
men in the ranks and impart to them
,lgor ana bravery that wlthstood all trials.
Cuba Is fighting without resources. almost
wtthou, errns. Her soldiers are pttt"i
AGAINST overwhelming numbers and re-
sources and yet the fire Of patriotism rs
kept alive and the ragged columns held
10 the grand work In haul, largely by the
marctnism. this skill. tho energy ana en-
tbusIasrn Of the aged but indomitable
Gomez.
when the roster Of the great generals
and great heroes OF tho century rs made
up for history, the name OF Gomez should
be high upon the list and whether Cuba
shall lose OF win he will remain one OF
the new worlds most honored champions
NJ liberty and OF the rights Of man.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
4 GREAT LEADER.

Just when the Spaniards are beginning
TO announce again that the Cuban insur
rection Is weakening, the Havana dis
patches to American journals TN OF an
other great movement by the patriots to-
ward Havana province and the alarm OF
the Spanish authorities In consequence.
A. this war progresses one can not but
admire the splondid tactics OF the Cuban
army-now making bold raid and striking
terror into some Spanish garrison; now
making bloody stand and inflictipg loss
upon some Spanish oolumn; then retiring
beyond the reach OF pursuit until the TINA
has arrived for some other rtrategic move
calculated to harass the enemy and In
sptrs hope and confidence in the insargent
ranks.
And who y entitled to tho credit for
~ styie Of warfare that ia gradually hut
sagt'y vAatiag The resources ana Destroy
~ ~ hejd q spainr BY common con-
- ~ Aess~ mini apd the directing
aa19 ~ ~ = censs. he Waite haired
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
SOME PosTsCRIpTs.


Among the natives of Mexico there are,
according TO Lumholtz. about 10000 sur
vivors Of the Aztec raca
\ woman In Hope, Knox county. Maine,
stu wears common wire hairpin which
she has worn foe forty years
y teachers institute In West Virginia
has adopted a resolution protesting against
the habit OF male teachers parting their
hair in the middle
The secretary of the State OF Nebraska
has been arrested for butchering hogs in
MS bnck yard al Lincoln, and still We Gall
this free country
President Mckinley has decap.tsted the
revenue collector at New York for taking
lMtnty-four drinks in forty-eight hours
Iais was at least four too many
a little boy was fishing, and. driving, g.,
his line, fo-nd that the bait ha,i hssr
takeE on without result, wherenpcn ne
burst into tears and said: MS cheating,'
.Aa ordinance in Cleveland permits n
Hebrew who observes the Sabbath 10 keen
ms hHliarl saloon open OH sunday h,it
lines non-Hebrews who may play Billiards
therein. 80 va
The law which at present governs tna
practice of medicine IN France forhis,s
the simultaneous praetice Of medicine .ns
pnHru.acy. even by a person who may h.,
~ possession OF diploma on both sub.
A movement Is on foot sn ST. Louis 10
secure medal OF honor from ronrr.s:
ior Mrs. Dellna Roberts whc saved
,wertN-iwo wounded soldiers during ~,
war ~ carrying them. enc al a time. 10
ooA'' through a shower Of bullets
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
POINTS ABOUT Psofl'

Mrs. Annie L. Digs mas o
State librarian of Kansas
United States Senator MaiMi
ida has returned TO WssusS
health almost restored sslcs ~
bast summer.
The shah of Persia has ~
ence for cats. He has fiy
each one has an ATTENDANT
with a special room for mesN ;
shaf travels, the cats go ato,e
carried by men on horsepscA
SIR Herbert Maxwell Is enss1
memoir of the late Hon. 81 ~
raw. formerly master of the 9sa
hold, and some time bLs.'Sm
the courts OF Persia, toI,
AMI Denmark, the nihnaW 4
Samuel Rogers and his SET. n
The unfortunate death OF Aa1
Watson in the Indian fron ,ss.,
matter of great regret 70 ,,s,t
interested In the scienuhr MI
the study of insects. Captain vi
well Known to entomoiosis.S,
of butterflies, and his co', sr,J
Knowledge were highly es'e'm II,
y New Zealand author ~ "a
TO Mr.. kipling for advics ~
the following note, wn;.,h, ~
cor sidered encouraging: HI
vice is of the least beneiit "
land aim a very busy msss
trying till you either fan OF y
Major George B. Hauies, W \
appreciated brigadier genera IA
tiona, Guard of the Distrs. = IA
to succeed the late Gehfsss ~, 4,
way, Is "a native of Wales ~
when he was "A boy, saw "a X
the Indians on the plans, 90,
years was a newspaper nsh
ton. !,
In view OF the fact that iir ~,
of Holland VIII attain W "A
August 81 next. the pu.V ", Al
have been for months nun "a,
as 10 what sort of preseh, Is. Is.
proper TO make her on tins ~.
favored a natinrai presen,.s.,, .s;.
ents from each of the pross 1;
from societies, corpora ~ ~
private persorlls have also M
about. Queen Wilhelmins - IL
Just put a summary STOP ZOO
sion by declaring that she
no Gift of any kind '
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
From the cleveland pain Dealer.

THE LOWERING vERDICT.-Whi,e the
verdict OF the Lowering courtmartlal will
not bc officially promulgated until after 1t
has been passed upon BY President McKin-
ley. and may by him be modified or set
aside altogether, its character has been
made public property by one OF the Chi
cago newspapers. 1t Is hardly necessary
10 remark that this is not surprising. as
the secret yerdicts OF courtmartials gen
orally find their way to the public with
substantial accuracy before they officially
reach the reviewing and revising authority.
The court IL reported as s,anding sevt n
for conviction and five for acquittal, but
az In courtmartials a unanimous verdict
is not required. the judgment OF the court
was gully as charged" and one OF the
charges was that he used cruelty and bru-
tality in kicking and stabbing the PROSTATE
and helpless private. The sentence Is ex-
traordinarily lenient. being that Captain
Lowering BE reprimanded By the review
ing authority
This leniency Is attributed to the good
military record OF the officer and the bad
record OF the private soldier without
question both those facts are entitled to
consideration. At the same time neither
Is an excuse for the cruelty and "bru-
tally" displayed in the treatment of the
private by the officer. and there Will be Il
miscarriage OF justice IL Captaia Lowering
Is not told so in unmis taxable language by
the reviewing authority In the course OF
tine official reprimaud. There are, no
doubt, other officers without the long coed
service record Of Captain Lowering and
without the bad record OF the private sol-
der 10 excuse them who stand in need IL
the stern warning which the official repri-
mand TO CaUtain I0yCrinR should convey
to them. Tho colonel In command who
unqualihedly approved the Cruelty ami
brutality in the case OF Private HAM
mond should take the reprimand as apply
ing to himself as well as to his con lemned
subordinate
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
d
BuFFALO BAYOU IMPROVEMENT.

"Therc IN a tide In the affairs Of men
which. taken at the flood. leads to for
tune"
The familiar maxim OF the great dramat-
ist Is as true with reference to cities and
communities as to individuals That tide
In the affairs Of Houston is at hand and
must be taken at the flood-f the long
nursed hope Of this city becoming a sea
port and entrepot OF commerce is TO be
realized.
This Is a matter OF profound importance.
not only to Houston, but to all the terri
tory OF the great West.
1t is not matter OF narrow and selfish
localism, but question OF far reaching
Importance destined to affect the present
generation and generations yet unborn.
Houston must rise to meet the issue as
becomes its magnitude
The report OF the commission is most
encouraging-and what is now not only i'm
portont but absolutely essential is to back
UP the efforts Of our representatives. aud
especially those OF the member from this
district. lie Ia able. vgilant, energetic and
tactful, but no man is able unaided to &C
compllhh all he is expected to do. Mem
bers from other States must be seen and
convinced. data must be compiled, reliable
statistics furnished and tho value OF the
proposed improvements must be demon
strated as a plain, profitable business
proposition. To this end representative
OF Houston must be sent TO Washington
and be kept there. To do this will take
money--and that money Houston must fur
nish. Every property owner ought to con
| tribute according to his ability, and tho
commercial men OF Houston must ungrutig.
ingly do their part
1t is not time for nisgardly or parsi.
monious action, but for contributions pro.
portional to the ability OF those intereste,
ana to the Importance OF the object fl
view.
The Post deems It scarcely necessary tt
say that IT advocates the raising of fund,
for no Legitimate or improper use. NJ
sinister or underhande! efforts are needed
or should be tolerated. The purpose is L
place in business way before business
men an enterprise that should commant
their support upon It's merits. and 1t shout
be understood that neither our official no
personal representatives at Washington wi
stoop to any unworthy act to aecomplis
that end
Houstons destiny is now In the hands ,
her own people and for ths result the
alone must be responsible. Action shout
be taken now and at once
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
MONEYS HIDING PLACES.

In his advocacy o; postal savings banks
In connection with postal order Offices, Sec
rotary Gary furnishes some Interesting hg-
ures ms TO tho number OF banks IA the diff
ierent sections OF the country and the
amount Of deposits per capita
These figures are chiefly Significant as
indicating where, what is called Nv some.
1.-THE surplus money" of the Nation Is to he
found. rather than as demonstration OF
the necessity for more and SAFER u.eens
for deposits, as tho secretary would have
them used. The tables prepared by the
postmaster general are as follows, emitting
the column relating to money order Offices :
Ranks DcDostt