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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30

jury who had stood out for an acquit-
tai: ANY man who will stand out in a
case like this, in the face of such evil
dence as has been produced, is not fit
to be an American citizen" And every
juryman, except the two whom the coat
fitted, applauded the sentiment.
So long as 1t is possible to get one or
two unprincipled men on the juries in
these Chinese lottery cases, so long will
justice be perverted. Every reputable
citizen who is drawn as juryman
should, in the interest of justice, will
lingly serve. even though to do so may
entail some personal inconvenience.
Justice Owens is entitled to the
hearty thanks of the community for his
manly stand in the interests of right and
justice. Let there be more such exam
pies. Incidentally, let the professional
jurymen be weeded out, and told that
their services will no longer be accepted.
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for the business of the new week, came
a dispatch, Advance all grades of sugar
* cent per pound"
This makes the price of sugar just an
even cent per pound higher than 1t was
the day Mr.. Mckinley was elected. 1t
means an extra expense Of SO cents per
head for every person in the United
States. 1t means $24. 100000 added to the
profits of the sugar reflners, which were
already greater than any industry ought
to be permitted to exact from the gen.
eral public. No industry would be able
to get this four fold cinch on the people
without the trust-fostering policy of Re-
publican protectionists.
We say four-fold cinch, for this ad-
vance is the fourth net raise in the
price of sugar made by the trust while
the Dingley bill has been under way
that is, since the election Of last Novem-
ber
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30
FRIDAY JULY so, 1897
THE WATER COMPANY DECLINES

Chairman Nickel of the water COM
mitee of the council received a communi-
cation from the City Water company
yesterday, which is published elsewhere
in today's Herald. The communication,
while refusing to grant the option of
city engineers valuations are entirely
too low, places the ground of refusal
upon the proposition that to grant such
an option would be a virtual impeach-
property. This is rather an adroit eva
sion of the direct issue. The company
does not say whether it will or will not
eventually accept the price offered
81, 100, 655-although the inference is
rather strong that the amount named is
an insuperable objection. The communi-
cation does, however, very pointedly
refuse to give the city an option of pur-
chase.
What the next move in the negotia-
tons may be 1t is hard to say just now
The water committee will probably con-
slider the matter carefully and submit
a report to the council next Monday
Meanwhile The Herald takes occasion tc
publish the full text of the contract be-
tween the city and the water company
which shows the course prescribed in the
event that the two parties to the agree
ment fail to come to terms as to pur-
chase.
The decision of Judge Wellborn yes.
+ terday overruling the city's demurrer If
the long pending case involving the righ
of the city to fix water rates differen
from those named in the contract may
have an important bearing on the nego.
tiations in hand While the decision
may not be final, and may not go to the
main issues, it is still important as show
ing a tendency to sustain the origina
contract
In this light it is worth while for the
city fathers to study the contract wei
and see that, in the pending negotiations
the citys rights are protected under it.
The members of the city government
would better not Fly off the handle" a:
between themselves, but keep their head
cool and do the most careful negotiat
ing they are capable of.
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CLAIM EVERYTHING, CoNCEDE
NOTHING

That was the advice of one Of the great
est of Republicans when the national
election of 1884 was in doubt. 1t was seed
which fell in fertile ground and brought
forth fruit. 1t is still bearing fruit in
all the practical workings of the party
Major Mckinley is president, Mark
Hanna is senator. and the latter if not
actually domiciled in the White House
is to be. The Dingley bill, with many
additions, mostly in the direction of CIV
ing greater privileges to the sugar trust
and similar combines, is the law, and
now all the party promised to do is done,
but all the good results to follow are not
| following.
But right at this point let us be on
the alert. The policy of claiming every
thing will be made good use of.
There was an eclipse of the sun last
Thursday morning, and strange to say
no claim has been set up that it was
due to the Dingley bill. The reason
probably is that no particular good can
be claimed for the eclipse. The bean
crop in Ventura is doing we'll because
of the fogs, and we must take care or
the fogs will be attributed to the passage
of the new tariff bill
| The wheat crops of the world are
short except in the United States. The
price of wheat will be good this year.
In Australia $4,000, 900 sheep-one-fifth
| of all the flocks of the world-have died
in the last three years. The price Of
| wool must be the better for this.
| The apple crop of the east is light this
year as compared with those of the last
three years. This is likely to give CAL
ifornia farmers better price for dried
fruit.
Mining has received a great stimulus
all over the United States, and the dis
covery of such rich deposits in Alaska
and northwest territory are drawing
away many people to seek their fortunes
in perilous adventures. This must re-
ieve the labor market of a good deal Of
Isuperfiuous muscle, and leave an open
way IOT lnOS6 IeIL DeHlnQ 10 OBTAIN pet
ter wages.
1t will be we'll to get these facts well
by heart and have them for ready ref
erence. The Republican politicians and
the Republican press are sure to lay
claim to the advance in wheat and the
increase in export of breadstuffs, the
enhancement in value in wool and the
better conditions in the labor market
as all outcomes of the Dingley tariff law
But just bear in mind that the passage
Of that trust fostering measure did not
destroy the wheat crop of Europe; did
not bring on the drought in India, Ar
gentine or Australia; did not kill the
Australian sheep, nor discover the placer
gold fields on the Klondyke.
When they try to jump over the claims
on these developments along the line Of
prosperity, just remind them that The
Herald pre-empted, this little bit of ter
ritory before they had chance to claim
If all
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30
NEXT IRRIGATION CONGRESS

A circular from Secretary c. M. Heint
announces the sixth National Irrigation
congress, which is to hold it's session
in Lincoln, Neb., September 2Sth, 29tl
and 30th Of this year. The basis of rep
resentation in this body will be as fol
lows:
1. All members of the national execu-
tive committee.
2. All members of state and territorial
irrigation commissions.
3. Five delegates at large to be ap-
pointed by their respective governors,
for each of the following states and ter
ritories: Arizona, California, Colorado,
Idaho. Kansas, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota,
Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyom-
ing.
A. Three delegates at large for each
state and territory not heretofore
enumerated, to be appointed by the
governors of said states and terri
tories, or in the case of the District of
Columbia, by the president
g. One delegate each from regularly
organized irrigation, agricultural and
horticultural societies and societies
of engineers, irrigation companies, ag-
ricultural colleges and commercial
bodies, such as boards of trade, COM
mercial clubs, chambers of commerce,
etc.
6. Duly accredited representatives of
any foreign nation or colony, each
member of the United States senate
and house of representatives, and each
governor of a state or territory will be
admitted as honorary members.
1t is expected that half-fare rates will
be secured, and that there will be large
attendance and an interesting and use
full discussion, as usual.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30
A MERITED REBUKE

It Is beginning to be clear why, in
some cases at least, it Is impossible to
secure a conviction in the Chinese lot
terry cases. When the presiding officer
Of the court where one Of these cases
is tried finds it necessary to rebuke the
obstruction of justice in the most severe
terms, it is high time that a reform
kind.
The case in point had been on trial for
six days. The jury stood ten for convic-
ton and two for acquittal. Justice
Owens, having the evidence and the con-
what a fair and just verdict should be.
thus characterized the two men on the
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30
HELPING HOME INDUSTRIES

The Merchants ard Manufacturers
association is taking an active and
commendable interest in the work Of
getting the people to use home manu-
featured products. 1t proposes to irau-
gurate a vigorous campaign to this
end, and large measure of success will
undoubtedly attend, its efforts if they
are conducted on the right lines, and
persistently maintained
The association, judging from the re-
marks at Tuesday nights meeting, will
depend upon the newspapers to aid
them in their good work, and they will
not be disappointed. The newspapers
of Los Angeles have ever been ready to
assist in all efforts Of this kind, and they
will not be found wanting in the present
instance.
A campaign of education, home prod
ucts clubs, the use of home manufac-
lures in public institutions, and other
methods that have been suggested, will
undoubtedly prove to be very useful. II
people can once be got into the habit Of
consuming home manufactures the fu-
ture will take care of itself
The element of self in terest must first
be considered No matter how patri-
otto it may be, people will not buy home
manufactures If others are better and
cheaper. The Manufacturers associa-
ton does not, of course, ask people to
pay more for inferior goods simply be-
cause they are home manufactured. As
The Herald understands it, the people
will be asked, other things being equal,
quality and price being considered, to
patronize home industry.
The element Of advertising may not
be ignored If success Is to be achieved.
An article that is we'll known will sell
better than an article that is not well
known, other things being equal II,
these enlightened days the best, if, ir-
deed, it is not the only way to make an
article we'll known, Is to advertise it.
Then, if the article has merit, it will
take: care Of itself
Consumers should take it into consid
Grafton that the more home products
there are consumed, the better times
will be in Southern California. The
greater the consumption the more man
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30
THE KLONDYKE LYRE

We want to go to Klondyke; we want to
fuss around
Where there are chunks and hunks of gold
that cover all the ground:
We want it so when Willie dear shall stub
his little toe
Well have to dig the metal out before the
skin can grow;
We want it so our wives can take their
frying pans and walk
And fill them up with gold meanwhile-oh,
that's, the stuff to talk
We want ID so that any day we may 'steen
thousand strike,
The way that everybody does up there in
rich Klondyke.
how 1 shout
Well have to pick our drafted teeth to get
the nuggets out;
We yearn to live little while, although
they say it's cold,
Where the common chairs are gilded and
the rockers are pure gold;
We want to be "Klondyke king" and with
the monarchs stand,
A crown upon our foreheads and harp (of
gold) in hand;
We long to have rim of gold on our most
common bike,
The way that everybody does up there in
rich Klondyke.
We want to feel as they have felt who
"rastled" with the ground
And every shovelful they dug cool five
hundred found;
And when a midnight burglar comes. we
like to him to say:
Just dig awhile in my back yard and cart
the stuff away
Oh, tell you there's felicity and yellow joy
galore
Up where the people pick up gold until they
want no more;
And we long to hurry northward and see
what the countrys like
Where people stumble over gold up there
in rich Klondyke.
Fresno Republican.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30
NOTES OF THE DAY

At an army wedding in England the
bride cut the wedding loaf with her fathers
sword.
Oranges have been grown in Lyons,
Kan, the owner of tree having plucked
three this season.
An order has been issued forbidding the
sale of liquor in the restaurants Of the
Maine Central road.
On Dec 81 1896 there were open in Rus
STA 25756 miles of railway, of which 1904
miles were double lines.
Germany now has electric lights in over
1000 postal cars, and Austria is about to
adopt the same system.
The most fatal disease in England is
bronchitis, then phthisis, then heart dis
ease, pneumonia and scarlatina.
Every neighborhood on the Hawaiian
Islands with as many as forty children is
provided with a school house.
The value of the house property of Lon
don is 1886, 600 600; that of Paris, ST. AGO. OO0.
900; that of New York, 81, 355, 100000.
Angelica which is candied by confec-
TONERS, has caused two cases of acute in
fiammation of the skin in persons handling
it.
Maine has no naval brigade, but an at
tempt is to be made shortly in Portland
to organize one. The city has good mate
rial
Lynnfield, town not great ways from
Boston, and frequently reached by train,
has no doctor, no lawyer no policeman, no
fireman.
The bones of buried soldiers at Malvern
hill battlefield are coming to the surface
through some phenomenal action of the
earth's crust.
The citizens of Albany have contributed
Sill 1856 for the endowment of a hospital.
and subscriptions, many of them liberal,
are still being made.
A systematic inspection of all the fac.
tories of Connecticut will be made this
summer to see that children under 10 years
of age are not employed.
Three men in Lowell Mass, who were
caught giving brides to city official for
municipal franchise will pay fine of $500
each and pass one year in prison.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30
Why Lynchings Take Place

While we have not a word to say in
mitigation of the crime of the lynchers
Of Ryder, we feel justified in saying that
one of the principal causes of the lynch
ing was the shaking of confidence in the
ability of the courts to mete out prompt
and proper punishment for crimes of
violence. And the incident of the lynch.
ing, we think, is powerful argument
in support of our contention and the
opinion of the Georgia Bar associate
that there needs to be revision of the
rules of practice in the courts, by which
there may be more speedy trials, with
greater prospects of convictions and the
carrying out of the judgments of the
courts.-Savannah News
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30

Colonel Moses P. Handy ard his
whiskers have been appointed special
commissioner of the United States to
the Paris exposition, which will be held
in 1900. The sum of s25, 1000 was appro-
priated by congress to keep them alive
until that time. The colonel and
his whiskers are booked for life job.
and if there is no exposition handy in
1901 one will be made to order for their
especial benefit.
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Entitled to Sympathy

A great majority of the men who own
and manage coal mines will, we dare
say, agree with President Ratchford.
The dreadful picture he draws of mining
conditions and the miner himself is, 50
far as the Leader is able to ascertain
accurate in every detail. Surely the
American miner of bituminous coal.
who virtually lives in the ground, Is en-
titled to the we'll wishes and sympathy
of his MISUNDERSTANDING Leader.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30
Quit Eating Sugar

For time there was talk about tax
ing New York stock operations. But,
actuated by that fidelity to the people
always shown by the Republican party
since the days of Lincoln, the tax was
placed on sugar. If there are any who
seek to tighten their taxes, let them quit
eating sugar.-Columbus, O., Press.
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ON THE STREET

The gold fever has struck the boys
of the Temple street cable road hard
Several of the old-time employees have
already departed for the land of the
aurora borealis, and many more wish
they could go. 1t may be that, brood
| ing over the possibilities of gaining
coolies and oodles of wealth out of al
most nothing suggested an idea to one
of the stay-athomes the other day. He
had been pounding up a lot of abalone
shells-maybe to furnish lime for the
chickens or something of that sort-and
just as the fancy struck him he gath
cred a handful of brass filings and
scattered over the pulverzed mass. Just
then John d. came along and noticed
the CLINT of the metal in the powdered
shells and began to ask questions.
well, since you've found me out" said
Joe Kerr. II shall have to tell you all
about it. But don't let anybody else
know. There is fortune in it for both
of us if you can keep mum about it."
John D. said he could and he would
well, got on to it in this way" con-
tinue6' Joe II reasoned it out from the
well known fact that in every thousand
gallons of sea water there is an ounce
of gold in solution"
Yves; I've heard about that"
"Well, SAID to myself why shouldn't
the shells of these sea creatures that
are formed in the water and are made
up from its solid contents contain soma
of the gold? So pounded lot of them
up, and you can see for yourself what
I've struck"
by lingo, you're right about it," said
John d. ITS free gold If I'm foot
high! What's the use of going to Klon-
dyke, after ALP"
So John D. provided himself with a
lot of abalone shells and proceeded to
pulveriZe them, meanwhile keeping his
secret inviolate. And he found free
gold" too, at the end of his labors, for
at an opportune moment, when Johns
back was turned Joe had slipped in ii
handful of brass filings; likewise some
iron filings and other foreign substances
John horned some of the metal out all
right and was just about to start down
town for an assay office, when the joke
exploded with a loud and eXasperating
roar
John D. would prefer that you say
nothing about abalone shells when you
meet him.
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CINCHED AGAIN

Saturday last the tariff bill received
the signature Of the president about the
hour that business houses closed for the
week
Last Monday, about the hour when
wholesale merchants opened their doors
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The Greatest Inventor

The Dingley bill is an attempt to force
up the cost of living in the United States
in the expectation that it will be. easier
to get dear living than cheap one.
If that theory works Mr.. Dingley will
be entitled to insert himself into Amer
lean history as a greater inventor than
Keeley.-New York World
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May Be a Colonization Scheme

The statement in the newspapers that
the tenderfeet are getting all the gold.
while the old miners are suffering looks
like bid, for immigrants to Alaska. All
these rainbow tinted gold stories have
the complexion of colonization scheme.
Louisville Dispatch.
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Nav Relieve the Pressure

The migration to the Yukon gold
mines should relieve the pressure OF
popula ton at the White House doors. A
paying claim ought 10 be worth as much
as a postoffice, to speak with modera-
ton, and a good deal easier to get four
or five months after Inauguration day
Syracuse Standard
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30
Information Asked for

The Springfield Republican remarks
that some thing is "a good ways frtm'
something else. We beg to ask our cor
receive contemporary to explain and
justify the use of "a ways. "-Hartford
Comm Courant.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30

"How many bachelors have savings
bank accounts?" asks a contributor TO
the New York World matrimonial con-
troversy. Is the inquirer woman de-
srous of marrying the bachelor with
the largest bank account?
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION.

State of California, County of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
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 l, 1897,
to June 80 1897 Gnclusive), the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1880 $50
copies being an average daily circulation
of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,o71,56 being a daily aver.
age of $500 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219,O59, being an average fol
each Sunday Of 1O;431.
In. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of July. 1897
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County of Los
Angeles, State of California.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30

President Mckinley will go into retire
ment today, and all the office seekers
who have the price are leaving Wash
irgton. The walking is good, but the
weather is warm in that section of the
country
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30

Every dollar of gold there is in the
world has cost two dollars A few peo-
Pile may make large fortunes in the
Clondyke regions, but great many
others will help to pay for them.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30

1 have my humble habitat tor in a re-
tired neighborhood. but either my enc
mics are pursuing me or ar, unrelenting
Nemesis has fixed my punishment Force
of circumstances compels, me to retire
rather early-about a. m. no sooner
lay whatever remains of my gray mat
ter upon the pillow than the most I'M
earthly noises arise; rot from the pl,-
low, but from across the road. 1t seems
that my vis-a-vis neighbor is harboring
an animal, which believes it is gifted
with exceptional vocal possibilities
Perhaps some thrifty voice cultivator
has impressed it with this delusion. At
all events, my bugbear is assiduous and
irrepressible at its studies. At $50
every morning the fearful thing begins
monotony of a single note on the piano
it strains itself, it gyrates, but never
exhausts itself. Unhappily the thing Is
taken bad again just at the time I eat
my dinner in the evening, and I am
rapidly becoming an irritable moro-
maniac on the subject. If the health
inspector doesn't interfere-why is there
not superintendent of public null
sances?-I think I shall apply to the
San Francisco Society for the Prever,-
ton of Vice, and yet l am assured sit"
is only nice young man, who is ex-
ceptionally gifted, and is very persever-
ing ia his voice culture exercises.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30

Mahoney the English TERMS ex-cham-
pion, was defeated by Larned, the
American expert, in a holly contested
and brilliantly played match at Boston
last Tuesday. Let's see what COM
plant the English kickers will make
this time. They will probably ask to
have the climate ruled out.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30

Senator Hanna's personal representa-
tive has gone to Pittsburg with instruc-
tions to use every effort to bring about
a speedy settlement of the strike. It's
an i'll wind that blows nobody good AS
recognizes the Importance of looking
after his fences.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-30

there within the r,eXt few months would
apply the same energy and earnestness
to their business affairs at home, how
ever small, their profits in the end would
be much greater.-St. Louis Republic.