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The herald., 1897-12-29
WEBB ACQUITTED

Walter L. Webb was yesterday ac-
quilted of the charge of malfeasance in
office by jury in Judge Van Dykes
court. The verdict was not unexpected
by those who have followed the case in
the court from its beginning. Nor will
it change the opinion of the great ma
jority of the community regarding the
accused mans guilt. The disgusting
exhibition that the miserable Adams
made of himself on the witness stand,
while it must have had it's effect il
reaching the verdict, did not tend t.
even whitewash the dictator of tho
Solid Six. The jury simply could not
convict upon the evidence presented
The district attorneys office, as was
also expected, did not cover itself with
honor and glory in conducting the pros
ecution. This fact must have struck
the district attorney himself, for he de-
voted a considerable part of his closing
argument to a defense of the manner in
which he had managed the case.
The herald., 1897-12-29
NEWS FROM THE KLONDIKE

The long and anxious wait for reliable
and definite news from the Klondke is
at last relieved. a special dispatch to
The Herald, published this morning
brings the latest intelligence from Daw-
son City, written just thirty three days
ago, and contains several surprises.
Primarily. the food question is subordi-
nate to the intense Indignation felt by
the Klondikers at the mining regulations
imposed by the Canadian government.
which are freely denounced as unrea-
sonable and indefensible. SO heated be-
came the agitation that representative
delegation was to brave the terrors of
the pitiless Arctic winter and to star.
for Ottawa before the 5th of December
to petition for relief.
"There will be no famine" is the posi-
tive assertion of our correspondent, and
this fact, while evidently of secondary
Importance to the Klondiker at the mo-
ment, will relieve hundreds of anxious
hearts directly interested and will ease
the solicitude of the civilized world.
The herald., 1897-12-29
THE DIFFERENCE

What has steve White done? Ot
what use is he to California in the SEN
ate?" irritably exclaim the little snap
pers on the Republican whip. Let the
following extracts from an editorial in
the Spokane Statesman Review answer,
by way of comparison:
A bill appropriating s2500Oo for an ad-
dition to the public building at Los An
geles passed the senate Monday, and
like appropriations are being made
from time to time for public buildings
all over the west. 1t Is exasperating
that nothing has been done for Spokane
in this line of congressional appropria-
ton. Senator Wilson has been holding
out expectations ever since he entered
congress eight years ago, but they have
resulted in nothing. not even in the en-
tering wedge of an appropriation for
site. He has been so wrapped up in the
work of finding places for his political
workers that he has lacked the time and
disposition to engage in the work re-
quired to bring public building to his
home city, and the powers at Washing
ton evidently feel that he has had "his
share" in the way of spoils for his
followers, and is entitled to nothing
else.
1t would be thought that with the
array of facts at their command. the
Washington delegation. three-fourths
of the membership of which is from
Spokane, ought to obtain the required
appropriation. At all events, if the new
members can make no greater headway
in the next eight years than Senator
Wilson has made in the past eight, they
ought to send in their designations.
Several newspapers have COM
mented upon the good fortune of Los
Angeles in getting a local appropriation
bill through the senate so early in the
and in the face of the financial
that exists in the treasury de-
partment. 1t was undoubtedly due to
the great personal influence of Senator
White that the bill was passed. An ur-
gent need of the appropriation exists, 1t
is true, but the same condition applies
to other cities that have not been so
successful.
Senator White is in his first term, but
there is not one of the younger senators
who excels him in general ability and in
fiuence, while he has the respect and
confidence of all his colleagues. He is
an acknowledged power in the upper
branch of congress. The people of Cali
fornia would deliberately antagonize
Senator Whites retirement to private
life at the expiration of his present term.
The herald., 1897-12-29
What Some of Us Earn

Mr.. Gladstone's price for a review is
$1,000.
Conan Doyle received $4,000 for Rod
ney Stone"
Ruskin's sixty-four books bring him In
$4,000 a year.
Swinburne. who writes very little, makes
5000 a year by his poems.
Anthony Hope charges $3.50 for maga-
zine story, reserving the copyright.
Browning. in his later years, drew SO. 900
a year from the sale of his works.
Ian Maclaren made $4,000 out of "The
Bonnie Brier Bush" and "Auld Lang
Syne."
Tennyson Is said to have received $50 0OO
a year from the Macmillans during the last
years of his life.
Zola's first fourteen books returned him
1920, 900. and in twenty years he has made
at least s315.000
Mrs. Humphrey Ward received $4,000 for
Robert Elsmere." $4,000 each for David
Grieve" and "Marcella." $4,000 for "Slr
George Tressady' and $4,000 for Bessie
Costrel."
Mr.. Moody Is believed to have beaten all
others, as more than 81. $4,000 has been
paid in royalties for the Gospel hymns and
tunes issued by him in conjunction with
Mr. Sankey.
Rider Haggard asks from SIS to $1,000 a
column of 1900 words. and will not write
an article for which less than SO, 900 is to
be paid.-Philadelphi Press.
The herald., 1897-12-29

him. There may be, as there often are,
errors in the proceedings Of the trial
court by the commission Of which the
defendant has been deprived Of a fair
trial; or the trial court may have COM
mitted errors of law in the admission
of evidence, or in giving instructions to
the jury. In all these cases, and in many
others, justice to the condemned man
demands that he should have the right
to appeal that these errors may be cor
rected and his rights protected.
The law jealousy guards the rights of
a man charged with the commission of
crime; it throws around him every
protection consistent with his presumed
innocence and exacts from the state
proof of his guilt beyond a reasonable
doubt
When, therefore, man charged with
the commission of crime has been tried
and found guilty, and has had
that Judgment reviewed and affirmed
by the highest court of the state, it may
be safely concluded that there is proof of
his guilt and that he has had perfectly
fair and impartial trial.
Innocent men, it is true, have been
hanged and otherwise unjustly pun
ished under the forms of judicial trials,
but these cases, for the last hundred
years, have been so few as to justly ex-
cite the wonder of jurists that under the
somewhat arbitrary forms of practice
of the law and under a system of juris-
prudence which it is not pretended af-
safeguards of the law have been so care
fully thrown around the innocent man,
that decades pass without giving just
cause for complaint.
1t is not pretended that this last ap-
peal has the remotest bearing upon the
merits of the case or upon the guilt or
innocence of Durrant. These matters
were settled two years ago. This appeal
was taken, as everybody knows. for the
mere purpose of delay, and nothing
proves it better than the appeal itself.
What are the grounds upon which it is
taken? There are no grounds at all in
law or in fact and it is taken with full
knowledge that the judgment will be
affirmed.
Will there ever be an end to appeals?
Probably not. Before the present appeal
can be heard and decided the time fixed
by the trial court for the execution of
Durrant will have expired. This court
will then be compelled to fix new and
later date for his execution. From this
judgment another appeal can be taken
and the farce kept up until our laws be-
come, if they are not already, the laugh
ing stock of the world.
The herald., 1897-12-29
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 80. 1897
OUR NEW YEARS EDITION

The New Years number to be published
next Sunday, January 2, 1898, will be of in
trinsic value to the Southern Californian
who appreciates the privilege of his cir
cumstances and is anxious that they
should be revealed to others. Next Sun
days issue will contain a number of in
valuable articles on the native wealth of
the land we live in. Well known experts
will write of the many and varied resources
and industries of Southern California,
while every district of Importance will re-
ceive individual representation
sAmong the special contributors will be
the following well known citizens. each
of whom is eminently qualified to deal
with the subject he has selected:
JOHN ALTON on "Canaigre.''
HON. ROB'T N. BULLA on THE States
Legislative Needs
PFOF. ]. A. FOSHAY on Public School
Education
L. T. GARNSEY on "Deciduous Fruits
w. H. HOLABIRD on Sugar Bee;s."
HON. ABBOT KINNEY on "Arboricul-
ture."
w. c. PATTERSON on 1.-The City's and
County's Needs
PROF. EDWARD T. PIERCE on High
er Education"
A. H. NAFTZGER on "Citrus Fruits"
STURGEON V. RILEY on County
Schools.
T. S. VAN DYKE on 1.-The Rainfall of
the Present Winter"
HON. C. c. WRIGHT on Irrigation"
There will also be number of bright
and attractively illustrated articles on eli
mate and Health "Ranching in the
South" "Cost of an Orange Orchard THE
Olive" "Our Wines" Manufactures"
Mining" THE Discovery of Gold" THE
Parks of Los Angeles" Water Power"
street Railroads. etc, etc. a large
amount of advertising space in the issue of
the I'd prox. has already been contracted
for, and business men will do well to recog-
nize the opportunity in sufficient time to
secure good positions.
The herald., 1897-12-29
Pointed Paragraphs

The man who tells you he is no fool may
be only mistaken
The barber is the only man who does
headwork with his hands.
The mercury never gets warm in its ef-
forts to lower the record
II was originally intended to have sheet
music sung by the choir.
Some men act like hogs, and there are
others who do not need to act.
The horseless carriage is novelty. but
the cowless milk wagon is chestnut
The longer a man is married the less he
lodges when his wife throws things at
him.
The most pitful objects in this world are
girls who act like men and men who act
like girls.
Some married couples are so quarrelsome
that they dare not sit near the open win
dow for fear of falling out.
The hotel clerk who puts on brilliant
front is not the only pebble. A great
many newspaper men use paste too.-Chi-
cago News.
The herald., 1897-12-29
"THE YEAR BURNS Low"

The year burns low and the wind runs
high,
And withered leaves go whirlng by;
So. since the signal sounds l cry,
"Oh, love, come forth from me, and die."
The fair leaves, letting the stripped boughs
be,
Drop, and drift from the weather-worn
tree;
Oh. love, too fair to belong to me.
Fall from my heart and set me free!
The sky is heavy with clouds like herds
With ruinous leaves, and bevy of birds;
Earth her breast for the burial girds:
Oh, love, be loving with farewell words!
And, going, for pity on kind days slain.
Close fast the door upon all my pain;
Lest sorrow, and loss, and life be vain.
And spring come back-and love again!
Pail Mall Gazette.
The herald., 1897-12-29
THE CHARTER ELECTION

The good government cause seems to
have won in the election for freeholders
the charter convention ticket was elect
ed by large majority, while the fusion
ticket was trailed in the dust in its en-
poration bossism attached to the fusion
ticket to no small degree, and there was
a general feeling that the interests of
the people could not be safely trusted to
it's membership. The charter conven-
ton ticket was supported by the Exam
iner, which may well feel happy over the
result of the election.
The herald., 1897-12-29
He Said Enough
o<o<o<o<o<o<o<o<o<o<o<o<o

This business of hung juries that
causes the county SO much expense Is
becoming very monotonous. We have
had the Compton case. which Is one Of
the most notorious on record, and the
Crandall case, that has passed under the
ventilating process inaugurated by Dep
freshing as the other.
Yesterday there was q conversation
between reporters and lawyers in the
district attorneys Office which turned
upon the subject and the unsophisticated
mind Of the average juryman. A laugh
ing reference was made to the foreman
in the Crandall jury. who being asked
last Friday by the court how they stood
as to numbers without mentioning
whether it was for acquittal or convic-
ton, Immediately blurted out: Eight for
guilty; four not guilty." and remained
standing with wonder staring out of his
eyes when everybody In the court room
laughed.
"Oh," said Deputy District Attorney
Willis, that is nothing. 1t is not un-
usual to have Jurors bluntly tell just
what they are ordered to conceal. re-
member a criminal case was on trial be-
lore JuuSe 0udW III department HNt
Louis Polaski, whom you all know, was
the foreman. The jury had been out for
a long time, but it seemed impossible
for them to reach an agreement.
After a very long time had passed
by without hearing from the jury room
Judge Shaw ordered the bailiff to bring
in the twelve good men and true. When
they had taken their seats in the box
and had acknowledged that they had not
yet agreed the court spoke up:
Gentlemen, what seems to be the
matter? Is it on matters of law or of
facts that you cannot agree. and how are
you divided as to numbers?'
"'Well your honor said Foreman Po-
laski, rising in his place, will tell you
The trouble with the jury is that there
are eleven wise men on it and one damn
fool. We have been trying to convince
him, but it is no use. We might yoost as
well talk NIT mule. think the de-
fendant is guilty all right enough
THE court stopped Mr.. Polaski before
he could say any more, but he had al
ready spoken to the point, and the au-
dience howled." K.
The herald., 1897-12-29
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Four young ladies were elected to Of
flee in Kansas this fall. They are Nettie
Bonham. registrar of deeds in Meade
county; Kate johnson. treasurer OF Nor.
ton county; Stella Strait. registrar OF
Bourbon county. and Della Leslie. county
clerk of Brown county.
Miss L. NJ Johnson. NJ. D.. Baltimore.
has just been admitted as student to the
Maryland College of Pharmacy. She is the
first woman to be admitted since the estab.
iishment of the college In 1S41..
President Krueger has presented rare
specimen of native gold to the Royal Geo.
logical museum at Berlin. The gift Is said
to be worth about $500
General Francis II. Appleton of Boston
has been reelected president Of the Amer
lean Forestry association.
Professor Mommsen Of Berlin. who has
Just celebrated his eightieth birthday. II
very absent-minded. On one occasion his
little son was travelling In q tramcar from
his home to Charlottenburg. Mommsen.
sunk In abstraction, failed to recognise tho
boy, told him not to make so much noise In
a public tramcar and finished by asking his
name.
1t is rumored in art circles that the coll
lection Of oriental porcelains, pottery and
pictures made by Charles A. Dana IL to be
sold at auction early In the year. Mr.. Dana
largest and most valuable collection Of ori-
entail pottery and porcelains In America
with but one exception.
Paris is beginning to grow very tired Of
Cleo de Merode, whose failure In New
York Is still being commented on. She has
been exploited so highly and done 50 very
little that her name is already beginning to
wear out. The reviews at the concert halls
are beginning to burlesque the young lady
and that will probably end the whole ahair.
Edward A. Gibbon, who has just died In
the City of Mexico. was one OF the secreta-
ries of the Emperor Maximilltan. Later,
under the republic, he served as Mexican
secretary of legation in England and later
in the United States. He was an author Of
no small merit.
The pope does his private writing with q
pen, but his pontiflcal signature is always
given with a white-feathered quill, which
Is believed to have come from the wing OF
dove, though persons who have seen It
say its origin must have been a larger
bird. The same quill has been in use for
more than forty years. 1t serves only for
important occasions. and Is kept In an
ivory case
At New England society dinner some
years ago Mark Twain had just finished q
piquant address when Mr.. Evarts arose.
showed both of his hands down In his troue-.
ers pockets, as was his habit. and laugh
ingly remarked Doesn't 1t strike this
company as a little unusual that q pro-
fessional humorist should be funny?"
Mark Twain waited until the laughter ex-
cited by this sally had subsided and then
drawled out: Doesn't 1t strike this CONF
pany as q little unusual that lawyer
should have his hands In his own pocks
ets?
The herald., 1897-12-29

and that the fire engines are the private
property of neither.
], The law says that all boilers must be
inspected; the city attorney declares Of
ficially that the boiler inspector should
inspect them, leaving that official no op-
tioR The quarreling officials can set
tie the matter in five minutes. in man
ner satisfactory to both, If they will
abandon bombast and pugnacity and
get together in spirit OF concession and
common sense.
The herald., 1897-12-29
Reflections Of q Bachelor

It's funny thing to think that In Noah's
time Ham was no funnier a name than
Japhet.
The longer a man lives the more incidents
of his boyhood he remembers that never
happened.
A woman may know hest how to hold a
baby, but it takes man to know how to
hold a woman.
A childs main object In life Is to do
things a woman's to see things. and a
mans to have things.
The woman who pays less for love than
II costs will generally find that she has
paid more for it than It Is worth. /. n
When an old bachelor writes poem
The herald., 1897-12-29
He Knew His Business

A bright little boy-one OF the pages of
the senate-sat at one OF the senate en-
frances the other day, when lady ap-
preached him with a visiting card In her
hand.
"Will you hand this to Senator Blank?"
she said. 81, fp
II cannot" replied the boy, "for all cards
must be taken to the east lobby"
The woman was inclined to be angry.
and went away muttering. Then a thought
struck her, and taking out her pocketbook
she found '25-cent piece. With 1t In her
hand she went back to tho boy.
Here. my lad" she said In coaxing
tone, "here is quarter to take my card
in"
Madame" said the boy. without mo-
ment's hesitation, II am paid a larger sal
airy than that to keep cards out."-Wash-
ington Post.
The herald., 1897-12-29

schools Of this country IL posted the
shockingly immoral sentiment. "The
American Flag. Right or Wrong" This
will be news to everybody on this side
Of the line. Our esteemed though frigid
contemporary has evidently confounded
the sentiment with one which we all
recognize. but which isn't displayed in
the school rooms. to-wit: "The Old Flag
and an Appropriation" Some school d.
rectors are familiar with this ultra
American fad.
The herald., 1897-12-29
The Thrifty Explorer

"Do you know why 1t is that so many
explorers seek the Arctic and so few the
Antarctic regions?'
well, think could make pretty good
guess"
"Why?"
"The Arctic regions are not quite so far
away from the headquarters of the mana
gers of the lecture bureaus. s."-Chicago
Post
The herald., 1897-12-29
DURRANT AND THE LAW

The last appeal taken by Durrant's
attorneys is the fifth, in one form or
another, and the ordinary citizen un-
educated in the mists of the law and OF
the practice thereof may well ask if
there is any prospect that Durrant will
ever be hanged.
NO sensible person would deprive a
condemned criminal of his right to ap-
peal from the judgment of death against
The herald., 1897-12-29
Missouri's Lead in Mules

Missouri has lead in mules that cannot
be taken from her. Not only in quality.
but in quantity. is Missouri supreme as to
mules. The largest mule in the world Is
now on the road from Missouri to London
for exhibition. and when in the capital of
the British empire this giant arranges his
auricular organs at the proper angle and
lifts his noble and resounding voice. Mis-
souri, will be advertised and glorified as
thou nds OF Queen Victorla.s % suoJests
The herald., 1897-12-29

Secretary Alger has abandoned his at
tempt to manage the several depart
ments of the government, and will now
permit the other chiefs to share in the
responsibilities of place. Alger's doctor
is suspected Of having interviewed.
The herald., 1897-12-29

The reported resignation Of Secretary
Gage was yesterday authoritatively de-
MED. The report is, however, believed
to be only trifie premature. An early
retirement of the Chicago banker is the
logical result of the situation.
The herald., 1897-12-29

In its efforts to relieve the starving
miners in the Yukon the government has
made but one mistake. 1t should have
sent the supplies in by the hands OF
Corbett and Fitzsimmons. That would
have afforded relief to both ends Of the
The herald., 1897-12-29

In selecting superintendent of CEN
sus the administration should give pref
erence to the young men. There may
be some advantage in having for super
intendent of this work a person with
some chance of surviving it.
The herald., 1897-12-29
The Bloodsucking Pension Attorney

Fastened upon the body Of nearly 1000, 900
men and women drawing pensions from
the treasury there is leech of tremen-
dous appetite. 1t drew out Of the pension
ers during the last fiscal year more than
$500 900 In fees for obtaining new pensions
and increasing old ones. 1t is a most In
genious and Unsuitable creature. 1t is about
as little necessary now In the pension SER
vice of the government as the leech is In
medicine. And it is scarcely less repu.sive
to contemplate than the Shiny bloodsucker
of the old-fashioned practitioner-Ncw
York Times.
The herald., 1897-12-29

Dollar wheat has protected the gold
reserve, no more bonds are in sight, and
J. p Morgan feels so poor that he has
decided to go into the retail coal busi-
ness pOOr man,
The herald., 1897-12-29

Prince Henry Is on a royal mission
only in this country we should be
tempted to denominate 1t a junketing
tour, and partisan newspapers would be
speculating as to how many votes he
probably made by his demonstration at
Gibralter.
The herald., 1897-12-29
Avoiding Unnecessary Repetition

The man in Louisville who was attacked
twice by highwaymen In walking short
distance was responsible for waste Of
professional labor. as nothing was left for
the second gang. Highway robbery has be-
come so common that a victim should be
given a check to wear In his hatband to
prevent a useless repetition on the next
block-St Louis democrat.
The herald., 1897-12-29

The emperor Of China is evidently
again suffering from Indigestion, since
he has once more stripped Ii Hung
Chang of his decorations and reduced
him to the ranks. Ii has ever done duty
as a vicarious sacrifice for his royal
master.
The herald., 1897-12-29
No Girl Wants Him

II wouldn't marry the best man who ever
lived" she exclaimed
Poor felow" murmured he; nobody
seems to want that best man. What en-
couragement Is there. anyway for man
to be better than the common d?"-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The herald., 1897-12-29

The demand of the hour in Japan is a
terday resigned in body. Some strong
Notifications may also be in demand a
little later.
The herald., 1897-12-29

Our school children are advised that
the maps in their Biographies are not
necessarily immutable. In the language
of the proverbial price list, they arr.
subject to change without notice"
The herald., 1897-12-29

To get any part of the relief appropri-
ated by congress, you must get over the
pass and down into the Yukon valley
before Alger's reindeers reach there But
that may not be so difficult.
The herald., 1897-12-29

Young Mr.. Letter is entitled to all that
can be cleaned up in his late esteemed
wheat deal. but public sentiment will be
suspended upon his claim to have been
inspired in his movements all through
the deal by lofty ambition to help the
farmers. The country will be disposed
to settle with Mr.. Letter on cash ba-
sis.
The herald., 1897-12-29

The persistency Of the president In de-
manding action upon currency reform
by the extra session is now explained.
He was pretty comfortable with Gage
in the absence Of Wolcott, but the two
dear charmers are rather too much for
executive serenity,