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The times., 1897-03-13
AFTER A CATTLE THIEF.
A Requisitlon From Montgomery
County for Simon Dorsey.

Sheriff Collyer of Montgomery county,
Nd, came to this city yesterday afternoon,
with requisition papers for Simon Dorsey.
colored, who is wanted in his county for
cattle stealing. The negro is in the Dis
trict Jail serving short sentence.
Dorsey was member of an organized
gang of cattle thieves, who operated in
MARYLAND counties. His companions in
crime have all been arrested and sentenced
to five years in the Maryland peniten'
tiary.
The times., 1897-03-13
LarnEs in Takoma Park.

The Commissioners yesterday notified II.
a Cady, OF Takoma Park, who had written,
asking for the erection of new naphtha
lamps in that suburb, that the appropria-
tion for the fiscal year would not permit
OF it, but that the request would be granted
as soon rs the funds for 1898 are availabl
The times., 1897-03-13
Ladies'
New Spring Suits.

Ladies' Green. Brown. BACK and Navy
Checks Suits, Jacket lined with silk and
skirt with good quality percaline.
Special, $500
Ladies' Cloth Suits, in navy and black,
fIy-frout Jacket, trimmed with small hut
tons. Very full skirt, nicely lined and bound.
Special, So. 90
Ladies Cloth Suits, in cadet, navy and
black: braided bolero jacket: skirt also
braIded-a very stylish garment
Special, $3.50
Ladies' English Serge Suits. in navy and
black, new fly front lined throughout
with taffeta silk, jacket trimmed with
small pearl buttons.
Special. $1,000
Ladies' Novelty Cloth Suits Of two-tOne
green and tan, blazer effect and bOx-sront
iackets, lined throughout with silk. This
is a handsome tailored garment.
Special, $1,000
Ladies' Suits, made Of high cost novelty
cloth and tailor-Iuade. Silk lined through
1880 upward
Misses Suits, made Of plain cloth and
handsomely lined From
S5.75 upward
The times., 1897-03-13

The New York Times declared lately that
1.-The newspapers that have and hold the
attention of intelligent aud respectable
men and women possess the highest value
for the advertiser This is one Of the
indisputable cRnons Of publicity. 1t is
quality, the quality that bespeaks in
telligencc and responsibility, which the
business advertiser is after; and Washington
is one of the few cities In the country in
which he can get quality plus quantity.
The times., 1897-03-13
ASACosTIA,s RECENT BLAZE.
Detailed Account Of the Losses Fur
nishcd by tie Police.

Lieut.. McCathran sent to police head
quarters yesterday detailed statement
OF the losses entailed by the big confla-
grafton In Anacostia Thursday night, an
account of which appeared in yesterdays
Morning Times. The fire started in the
rear of house No. I, Monroe street, occu-
pied by Daniel Shannahan and owned 10y
the Suit heirs. This structure is total
loss: damage to house, $500; to contents,
$40U. The flames spread TO the liquor
store OF George II. Gray CO., No. 8
Monroe street; damage to stock, $4,000:
partly insured Adjoining house, occu-
pied by Harry sanderson and Annie Free
as dry goods store, damage TO goods, $500;
to house owned by Mrs. 3. C Shreeve,
$1,000; partly insured House No. 8
Mcnroe street, occupied by Max Schankko-
WITT as a shoe store, owned by Suit heirs,
damage To building, S4oo, aad to stock,
St0o;insured. House No. Monroe street
occupied by II W Latchford as cigar
store, ana owned by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, damage TO build.
ing. $50. and to contents, $3.50. Total,
about So 100.
he origin Of the fire, the police say, is
unknown.
w W Latchford, whose place Of bust
ness was destroyed, also came near losing
his life. Had it not been for the presence
OF mind displayed by a young lady he be-
lieves that he would not be alive today
Immediately after the cry Of fire had
been raised Miss Gussie Frederick, who
lives across the street, remembering that
the cigar merchant, whoi is a cripple might
be asleep in his store, ran across to the
building, which was already burning and
pounded heavily on the door She barely
had time TO awaken the sleeping man, Us
the smoke had filled every room in the
house.
Mr. Latehford naturally feels very CRATE
full to the young lady, whose thoughtful
ness saved his life.
The times., 1897-03-13
Building Permits.

Building permits were issued yesterday
to Will lam Fl. Underduc, to erect a frame
dwelling, on Stanton street, at cost of
$500, and to William A. Linkins, to erect
o frame dwelling, in Brightwood, at a
cost of $500.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
ERRONEOUS AND ABSURD

Under the caption, "A Genuine Amer
lean Policy" the San Francisco Call
says: THE Spanish authorities In the
oppressed island of Cuba have discov-
cred the difference between the sturdy
American policy Of President Mckinley
and the excuse for policy afforded dur
ing Mr.. Cleveland's term of office.
The difference may be apparent to the
Call, but no one else would be able to
discover it, If there is any, without the
aid of microscope What has Mckinley
done in aid of the oppressed and butch
cred Cuban patriots? Cleveland did
some sym pathetic talking in his annual
message to congress, but Mckinley has
not done as much as that On the con-
trary, he has been as meek as a lamb.
Assisting trusts and doing the bidding
of political bosses has so engrossed him
that he has had no time to think of or
lend a helping hand to the freedom
aspiring and self-sacrificing Cubans.
Weyler goes on with his butcheries, and
Mckinley looks on as smilingly as if
there was in the Queen of the Antilles
naught but a merry dance.
We think the policy of Cleveland was
and cowardly, and that of
Mckinley is not less SO. Neither repre-
sented the brain and great heart of the
American people. The real difference
between the two presidents is that
Cleveland had a mind of his own and Nc
Kinley has not. Cleveland acted on his
own volition, and Mckinley performs
under direction of his managers.
Men engaged in the business of trusts
have no regard for liberty or humanity,
and as their money placed him in office,
dares not break with them
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
FOUR GREAT DISCOVERIES

Assuming that in the Yukon valley
there is anything like the reported gold
deposits it is the fourth great gold dis
covery within the last half century. The
first was in California, the second in
Australia and third in South Africa. If
one-quarter of what is reported be true
the Yukon valley find is the greatest in
all history.
Exaggeration is universal in connec-
ton with all discoveries of the precious
metals, and the consequences are more
or less excitement and adventure. The
rush to the Clondyke region considering
the unfavorable circumstances promises
to be without precedent. Facts which
seem always to be overlooked are that
reports are confined to those who have
been fortunate. and those who fail are
never mentioned.
The three previous great discoveries
were all in a congenial climate and in
localities of comparatively easy access.
The Yukon valley is in a hyperborean
cline and far inland. The country
produces very little on which people can
subsist and unless ample supplies are
laid in there will be extreme suffering
Mining there will be arduous for more
than half the year. People will find 1t
wise to proceed with the utmost caution.
Dangers, hardships and deprivations are
to be encountered and not all who go
will come back loaded with nuggets.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
NOT BLIND, BUT ASLEEP

Several days have elapsed since The
Herald made public the story of the
forged claims and acceptances against
the Pacific Coast Steamship company.
but no official steps have been taken to
investigate the case or to punish the vio-
lators of the law
Does this mean that forgery is no
longer crime in the eyes of those in
trusted with the duty of prosecuting Of
lenses against the law? Does it mean
that forgery may be committed with i'm
punity if the scheme is bold enough and
the victims are unwilling to proceed
against the offender? Is forgery to be
placed on par with the common, every
day bunco game, that is equally beyond
the grasp of the law and the administra-
ton of Justice? 1t looks as If justice is
not blind, but merely asleep.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

interest, which shrinks from extreme
measures. and thus the form OF the COM
munal protest is modified. II it were
otherwise the resentment of a society
would generally operate with all the dis
patch peculiar to the vengeance of the
Individual. But the tendency of organ
ization is unmistakably in the direction
Of Individual methods in the matter of
redress, and this tendency will not be
arrested by calling hungry men and
women anarchists"
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
THE BLUE BIRD

A CLINT Of blue fits meath the sky,
Amid the merry Maytime;
A living gem, light-winged and shy,
Enjoying its brief playtime.
Now perched upon an alder spray,
That bends beneath it's lightness,
1t gives unto the dewy day
A soft and sudden brightness.
And from its little throbbing throat,
Comes "Twitter, twitter, twitter!"
A sweet, a swift a slender note,
But never one that's bitter.
A CHEEKY voice that tells of spring,
At rosy dawn and after,
The busy bluebird caroling
A song of love and laughter.
st. Nicholas.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
SATURDAY, JULY "A, 1907
FIAT PRoSPERITAS

The Mckinley wave of prosperity that
has settled down upon Pennsylvania,
Illinois Ohio, West Virginia and Indi-
ana Is gradually widening its undula-
TONS In the above named states the
dispatches report somewhere more than.
half million of human beings living
upon half rations and waiting for some
thing to turn up. The something that is
expected to eventually turn up is the
resumption of work, at living wages, In
the coal mines. But it is noticed that
this form of prosperity is spreading. The
fishermen of the Columbia river, in Or
egon, have been caught upon the crest
of one of those expanding waves and
nave suffered severe shake-up. 1t ap-
pears that the salmon packers operating
upon the Columbia have sort of pisca-
torial trust, by which they have sue
ceeded in controlling the fishing indus
try. Heretofore, however, this trust has
paid the fishermen at the rate of s cents
per pound per fish, and at these figures
the trust has made large profits and the
fishermen have lived comfortably. But
latterly the packers have resorted to the
methods of Mr.. Hanna, which have D ro-
duced such phenomenal results in the
coal mining industry. The fisherme en-
were informed a short time since that
the trust had determined to cut down
their compensation to cents per pound
and that the pew rate had gone into eff
feet. The new conditions soon precipi-
tated a strike, which is now on the
boards. The packers having anticipated
this contingency had provided hun
dreds of fish traps, which they caused to
be constructed and placed in the river a
cost of more than 100000. The success
which attended the trap enterprise en-
abled the packers to carry or. business
Notwithstanding the strike. But the
trap is regarded in Oregon as a quasi
contraband device, and it's consequent
unpopularity nerved the strikers to the
adoption of a remedy that was itself
somewhat contrabap in the manner of
its execution. Five hundred armed
strikers started out in their boats on
Tuesday evening and demolished all the
traps. No resistance was offered to the
work of destruction, and no single shred
of the numerous traps was left to mark
the place where they had been planted.
Here, then, are living facts which all
the platitudes of the moralist, however
they may condemn, cannot alter or dis
guise. 1t is the story of the trust every
where. combinat ton based upon cap
ital and influence endeavors by con-
structive force within. the forms of law
to enslave an interested element of the
people. The latter in eI-protection re-
sorts to force outside of the forms of law
and the result is the destruction of prop
erty. Communities or bodies of men
acting. in the concrete are much like iu-
dividuals. The trust teaches US that the
hog quality may manifest itself as
fully In the one case as in the other. In
the mixed community there is always
found the element Of calculating self
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
JUST TO BE CONTRARY

The Stockton Mail, presumably be-
cause all of its esteemed contemporaries
have warned people against going to
Alaska unprepared, takes the opposite
ground and advises all young men
sound of wind and limb" to go. 1.-THE
SOIL" it says, lis fertile and the climate
propitious."
1t is the Mails advice against that of
every one else, including those who have
been there. The Herald would not, by
any means urge that everybody keep
away, but it does advise those who do
go to be well equipped in every respect,
and not to tempt fate by starting so late
in the season as the present time.
The talk about fertile soil and propi-
tious climate is all bosh. Hay is about
the only agricultural crop that has been
raised successfully and the intimation
that it is possible to make great farm
ing country out of the territory is too
absurd to entertain further.
The Mail, however, after dilating and
moralizing upon the advantages of life
in Alaska to the extent of three-quarters
of a column or so, closes with the follow
ing very hedgy paragraph:
Young man, if your grit is good and
your body sound and your ambition all
right, go to Alaska But get hold of
little money before starting. 1t is a
long road to travel and the walking in
spots is very wet.
The Mail stopped just in time. There
are great many young men of good grit
and sound body who will not go, or who
ought not to go, because they haven't
that same little money"
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
THE SUNDAY HERALD

everybody Is anxious for reliable information concerning the
onoyke gold fields The Sunday Herald of will
Ply IL valuable
ana also the best that has been published
Here few other interesting subjects
oea with by well known writer's which will the
OF the Sunday Herald
James H. Tuckeman, racing expert writes of the lavish
Penoiture necessary to keep stable going n
letter from Cairo deals with the
\ Egyptian advance "
Owen Langdon
K terrible mad doge MAJ at
There will be
TOT the fair judged by the
contributors this Ellen
ley Dare, Annie Simpson, Young No
y the most celebrted o dressmakers IN
The Sunday Herald departure
sntng
Trowbridge contributes aha brilliant illustration IA
plotting delightful the
The above is just mixing the good things
enough to that will
highest
W
Observation-Disclosures
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

oakland than anywhere else, and that
some criticism was heard of the manner
IN which they were treated at San jose,
Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and Los Ange-
les. The other cities may speak for
themselves, but who has complained of
Los Angeles? No lt-finding has
been heard here. 1t is to be presumed
that Oakland was just trying to feel
real good and have fine opinion of it,
self, for once.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
CALIFORNIA OPINION
A Grave Ofense

Things have come to a pretty pass
when the city reporter of this paper
must go and get married at time and
in a manner that enables a contempo-
rary to scoop us on the event. The Of
Tense is grave one. and $40 week
will be deducted from the offenders sal
airy for the next twelve mopths.-Bak-
erSfield Californian
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
Commemorate

The determination of the city council
to compel oil dealers to mark on oil cans
the gravity and fire test of the contents
is comm en- dable. If consumers then de-
sire to buy low grade oil they can do SO
at their own risk and with full knowl
edge of the danger they incur.-San Di-
ego Tribune.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
A Monopoly Declares War

War has been declared by the Stand
ard Oil company against the Puente Oil
company, which seems to stand in the
way of Rockefeller's octopus continuing
in the enjoyment of its monopoly of the
sale Of refined petroleum in Southern
California-Anaheim Gazette
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

The man who tries to make money too
fast and is not over scrupulous as to- how
he makes it provided he is not himself
directly involved is apt to come to grief
money to find this out.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

A Stockton thief broke $40 plate glass
window in order to steal three bottles
Of whisky. 1t would be better to put
the whisky outside the window and save
the glass
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
How to Find Out

A Santa Rosa minister preached the
other day on ''Is There Hell?" Well
We should smile. there is; and If the San
ia Rosa prea cher is in doubt about it let
him interview the mortgaged fruit
grower.-Sacramento Bee.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

vises legislation to prevent the inordi-
nate accumulation of wealth in the hands
of one man. one company. corporation.
trust or syndicate. Such a man would
thereby deliver the country from a pub
lie evil fully equal to that which was de-
stroyed with the overthrow of the Tories
of 1776 and the rule of King George III
of England
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
Los ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State of California County of Los Ange-
less.
L. M. Holt, superintendent of circulation
of the Los Angeles Daily Herald, being
first duly sworn. deposes and says: That
for the five months from February 1, 1897
to June 80. 1897 Gnclusive), the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1,290, 635
copies, being an average daily circulation
of seO4
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,O1,567, being daily aver.
age of $500 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219O5s, being an average fer
each Sunday of 1O;431
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. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

No more conclusive proof that pros
perity has arrived could be asked than
the fact that sugar stock is in the dol
lar-forties.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

When are we to have an American
university that will force American STU
dents to Think" asks New York
World correspondent. Now, that Is
little unkind. Just consider what lot
Of thinking has been done at Yale and
Harvard since the recent meeting with
Cornell
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

Is the city hail smelling committee
sure that the unsanitary condition of
the building is not caused by one of those
old paving contracts?
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

j. Symes Hastings, who talked with
$4,000 tramps found only 2h per cent
without trades. What does that pre-
suppose? Is it not fair to presume that
the opportunity to work at their trades
would have saved the great majority
Of those 11,700 men from becoming
tramps?
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

The Santa Monicans and their Los
the harbor question: yesterday. There
was harmony enough to be heard in San
Pedro,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
Go Slow

There will be money in hospitals ard
cemeteries in Alaska for the next few
years. Be sure OF that. If you think of
going there, go slow.-Fresno Expositor.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
A Complete Wall Street Triumph

The new tariff bill was put through the
house under whip and spur on Monday
1t was a complete Wall street triumph
Santa Rosa Democrat.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
Fruit Growers Should Organize

The necessity Of organization amopg
the fruit growers of California Is exem-
plified every season. and the present
season is no exception to the rule.-San
Jose Mercury.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

Now that bicycles have come down in
price, how long before typewriters will
follow suit? There is nothing to justify
the high prices which have been paid for
either.-Riverside Globe
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
Our Scientist

The Post Dispatches science man
Knows bugs and every "ology."
All insects he will seize and can
He's fly on entomology.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

1t would be measurably relieving to
the strain caused by the Alaska mining
excitement If some individual would
turn up who had confessedly made a
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

No, sir; Mr.. Hanna will not be even
caught mapping at the White House.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

The Oakland Enquirer says that the
visiting Christian Endeavorers were
better pleased with their reception at
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
Blondes Not Included

failure in the new Ell Dorado.-San
Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15

Blue Jay and Hickory Gulch riches. The
method that resulted in these two dis
coveries will now be followed by old pros
pectors and tenderfeet alike. 1t is nearly
the method of pocket on the
mother lode, whicI small part of the
prospectors there use.
Instead of roaming about looking for in
dications we must tackle the steep side OF
a gulch deeply covered with soil and, at
close intervals, take pans of surface soil.
These are carried to water and panned
for color. One may gather several
samples and pack them to water,
keeping track of where each comes from.
This is done all over the hills side, from
top to bottom. The colors will vary, and
each pan has its significance. If colors
are found they come from one of these
buried dykes or seams just above.
Persistent panning in this way slowly
leads to the place to dig at.
Carrier at the Blue Jay is awaiting the
return of the Graves brothers, and the
mine has seen no change or development
for week ]. o. DENNY.