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The herald., 1897-09-12
THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND
SILVER

The news printed in The Herald yes
terday that the directors Of the Bank of
England had consented to hold one-fifth
Of the banks reserve in silver is highly
significant, when its source is consid-
cred.
The London Times was responsible for
the dispatch. The Times, as everybody
knows, is very conservative. 1t does not
regard such a step with approval, and
would not print the news unless it had
reason to believe that it was reliable.
The comment Of the Times, too, is sig
nificant. It says that the banks credit
is strong enough to bear the change that
would ensue through carrying the in
creased amount OF silver. That is on
par with the fact that in this country
the despised "39 cent dollar" jingles to
the tune of 100 cents in everybody ,
pockets.
If the amount of silver held by the
Bank of England is to be increased in
q country where gold is the financial
idol, why is It not reasonable to ask
that the mints Of India. country where
silver - the sole money, be opened, to
The herald., 1897-09-12
LOS ANGELES PIONEERS
Charter Members Will Still Be Re
ceived-Plan Of Organization

At recent meeting of the board of
directors of the Los Angeles County Pi-
oneers it was decided to keep the roll
of membership open to the October meet
ing All who join up to that time will
be considered original charter members.
The admission fee, which also includes
the first years dues, is one dollar. All
persons Of good moral character IS years
of age or over, who have resided at least
twenty-five years in Los Angeles county,
are eligible to membership.
The society will hold meetings the first
Tuesday evening of each month. It is
the intention to have a short literary
program each meeting. The pioneers,
beginning with the oldest, will be In
vited to give their "reminiscences Of the
county as they saw it at the time Of their
arrival, with incidents, events and anec-
dotes, humorous or otherwise, of early
settlers and the early settlement. It is
hoped in this way to bring out grea t
deal Of interesting unwritten history of
the county and state that is stored away
in the memory Of the old-timers. Ap-
plication blanks can be had Of the pres
ident, B. S. Eaton, 365 East Second street,
or Of the secretary, ]. M. Quinn, lis South
Grand avenue.
The herald., 1897-09-12
THE HERHLD'S MUSE
Our Castle in Spain

In the glorious time of our youthful prime,
And the world was ours with its birds and
flowers,
We builded our castle in Spain.
The walls they were jasper, the towers
were gold.
The windows looked over the sea;
But alas! Those windows are dark and
cold,
And cold and dark shall they be.
No fire is alight on the hearth at night,
No music is heard in the hall,
While the spectral trees as they sway in
the breeze
Are tapping at window and wall;
And bleak desolation is reigning supreme
Where gladness did only abide,
For no one can live in this place it would
seem
Since the lord of the castle has died.
Yes. I died long ago in the night Of my
woe
When they bore young bride from the
door,
And my body with hers is at rest meath
the frs
On the cliff by the storm-beaten shore.
But at night when the moon, rising over
the glen,
Looks in at the desolate pane
There are strange sights and sounds, for
we wander again
Through the halls of our castle in Spain.
o. T. FELLOWS.
Pasadena, Sept. 10. 1897,
The herald., 1897-09-12
HE ACTED A MANLY PART

William j Bryan was passenger upon
the Santa Fe train that suffered a COL
lision in Kansas one day last week. He
was uninjured, and in common with
other passengers similarly fortunate he
did what he could to alleviate the suf-
ferings Of the injured. Being one who
is prominent before the people, his acts
at the wreck were described in mat
ter-of-fact way in the press dispatches.
The incident Is seized upon by our
morning contemporary to cast most
unwarranted slur upon Mr.. Bryan's be-
havior. It charges, by inference, that
Mr.. Bryan regarded the tragedy as an
opportunity to secure for himself great
deal Of free advertising, and that he
made the most of it. The sighting as
sumption is one that seems to be en-
tirely gratuitous. Mr.. Bryan simply
acted the part Of humane man, and he
could not have done less without giving
real cause for criticism.
The Associated Press is a non-par-
tisan newsgathering organization. 1t
cannot, by the widest stretch Of the
imagination, be accused Of being partial
to Mr.. Bryan. But its managers know
news when they see it. The presence
and the acts Of Mr.. Bryan as those Of
one Of the most prominent American
citizens, had a substantial news value,
and they were so chronicled Nor was
the story Of the disaster subordinated
to Mr.. Bryan's movements. The lat
ter were simply made an incident in the
whole account. Speaking locally, The
Herald mentioned Mr.. Bryan's name in
the heading of the dispatch, but made
no attempt to excessively exploit his
deeds.
The most reprehensible part Of the
article which we criticise was Its OBJ
vious effort to make 1t appear that Mr..
Bryan himself sought notoriety from
the affair Nothing could be further
from the truth.
Let us mention, by way OF compari-
son, an editorial commentator, only the
at the hotel where President Mckinley
spent his summer vacation. The presi-
Dental party gathered on the hotel
veranda one day and sang gospel
hymns. 1t was a beautiful and i'm
pressive sight, and the Times could
hardly find words strong enough to ex-
press its commendation. But, suppose
that some person or newspaper had
charged that President Mckinley was
only trying to get little free advertis-
ing, and make himself solid with the
church people? What a storm Of JUS
tifiable indignation would have arisen!
Mr.. Bryan simply acted as any other
real man would have done under the
same trying circumstances. Politics
had nothing, and should have nothing,
to do with the matter.
The herald., 1897-09-12
BOULEVARD ENTRANCE

The boulevard project is still vexed
by the conflicting desires OF residents
discussion was added yesterday by the
filing of petition by property owners
of Los Angeles, Main and Spring streets.
This last proposition provides for ar
entrance to the adobe route. as recon-
mended by the committee of engineers.
from the Plaza, and as sop to the
East Siders suggests second entrance,
Buena Vista street be widened and the
ronte continued to the East Side park.
The boulevard committee would do well
The herald., 1897-09-12

cessities were luxuries beyond the fond
est dreams Of their starved existence
These men worked at very low wages,
wages that would not support the Amer
lean miner, and were rich by compari-
son. A steady stream of contract labor
was poured into this country until the
practice Became crying scandal and a
dangerous menace. Then, after many
fruitless attempts. laws forbidding the
Importation of contract labor were
passed, and the stream was stopped to
a considerable extent. The evil, how
ever, had been accomplished and the
curse was upon the land.
Pauper labor thrived on the wages at
first paid. Then reduction after reduc-
ton became the order Of the day, until
at last the lowest of the low Hungariars
and Poles rebelled-they could not live
upon the miserable pittances granted by
the operators. The strike followed, and
then, yesterdays tragedy.
The courts, too, must bear their share
Of the responsibility. Government by
injunction has overreached itself If the
excessive restrictions imposed by the
injunctions against the striking miners
had not been in force, the marching of
unarmed strikers would not have been
in violation Of the law. The sheriff, by
any stretched conception of his duty
and authority, could not have set forth
with his 102 armed deputies, prepared
to take human life. Nothing but an in
junction like those granted by the West
Virginia and Pennsylvania judges would
have warranted such a course.
AS one falsehood leads to another, so
one act of oppression leads to another,
until the bundle of evils gets beyond
human control Then the crash comes.
The immediate future Of the coal
miners strike is hard to predict. 1t is to
be hoped that the incident, deplorable
as it is, will not be seized upon by the
opponents Of law and order to foment
other outbreaks. The strike ought to be
settled at once, even at great sacrifice.
The operators and the labor leaders
should get together. To further pro-
long the strike is playing with deadly
explosive.
The herald., 1897-09-12
Westlake Park Concert

Following is the program of the con-
cert to be given at Westlake park this
afternoon, commencing at 2 o'clock, by
H. F. Meine's orchestral:
March, Metrome Prize (new)J. C. Heed
2-Spanish Waltz, Espanita. .Rosey
3-Caprice. Little Daisy (new) Gotterdam
4-Medley, Lanciers, Odds and Ends.
\neWJ ........................F v. Olker
5-Overture, Reception. .Schleppegrell
6-Galop, Fire Fly..............H.F F. Meme
7-Two-step, My Darktown Gal (by re-.
quesO ......................Lee johnson
S-Valse, Rendezvous (new). .Rosey
9-Medley, Andrew Mack's Qrish, new)
........-............... bOettger
l0-Schottische, Ma Caroline (by requesD
................... .........Lee Johnson
11-Intermezzo. Cavalleria Rusticana....
.......................... Mascagni
l2-Waltz, Visions of Beautiful Woman
fanrDaCn
l3-Spanish Serenade, La Paloma........
....................Arran by Balfour
N-Two-step. Under the Polar Star. jerome
The herald., 1897-09-12
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1897.
OFFICIAL MURDER

The tragedy at Latimer last Friday
came as a shock to those who had fondly
dreamed that the end Of the strike was
In sight.
The action OF the sheriff was unwar-
ranted. He was. to all appearances a
coward, who, at the approach Of physi-
cal danger at the hands Of unarmed
men, lost his self-possession and used
his official authority to cause the shoot
ing down Of score or more Of human
beings.
The Associated Press account says
that the sheriff gave the order to fire
upon being struck by one Of the miners.
after having read the riot act to the in
tercepted marchers. The sheriff himself
says that the fatal order was given after
one volley had been fired into the air,
and while himself subject to physical
violence by the strikers
It makes little difference, either way
The sheriff's version hardly lessons his
responsibility. What he should have
done was to cause the arrest Of the man
who struck him. Then, if arrest was re-
sisted, he should have used as much
force as was necessary to take the actual
rioters into custody. The sheriff was
not in the position of one man confront
ing an armed, raging mob. He had at
his back 102 men fully armed and sworn
fn h he .
amply strong to maintain the law with
out the taking Of human life. The strik-
srs, so far as is known, were without
weapons.
The sheriff further excuses himself
by saying that the foreigners were des-
perate set, who value life at very small
figure. Perhaps they were; but they
had been orderly enough for two Ions,
weary, hungry months. They had not
destroyed property. nor had they MUIR
dered anybody.
But, admit that the strikers were des-
perate foreigners holding life at very
small value, what then? Admit that
they were degraded, vile in their mode
Of life, lower than the beasts Of the field,
understanding no English, having no
comprehension Of the real worth of
American institutions, what of that?
Who is responsible?
Under the American system Of protec-
tion, 30 called, the bituminous coal op-
orators have been protected by an am
pie duty for many years. 1t was assert
ed that the protection was for the benefit
not Of the employer alone, but to assis;
the working man, the coal miner, who
would thus be protected against the
"pauper labor" of Europe. 1t would
enable the operator to pay larger wages
and be mutual, equitable benefit.
How did this fine system of protection
work In actual practice? The operator
got the benefit Of the higher prices made
possible by the duty on foreign coal.
but he did not share it with the Ameri-
can miner. On the contrary, he sent to
Europe and imported by contract the
lowest scum Of that country-men who
would live In novels upon food that a
decent citizen could not stomach-men
- whom the commonest American me-
The herald., 1897-09-12
DIED SUDDENLY
DR.. Abel Stevens Succumbs to Heart
Disease

OlScdS0
Rev. Abel Stevens, D. D., one Of the
most prominent figures in the Methodist
Episcopal church in this country. died
suddenly Friday night at his home in
San Jose. He was with his family and
complair ID Of feeling i'll. His wife sum-
moned a lysician, but before his ar
rival DT Stevens died. The cause of his
death was heart disease.
Deceased was native Of Philadelphia
and was S4 years Of age at the time Of
his death. Although he was regularly
ordained minister of the gospel, his fame
and his greatest service to the M. e.
church were from his editorial and lit
erary work. He was successfully In
editorial charge Of the Zion's Herald,
Boston, the Christian Advocate and the
Methodist, New York. He was also the
author of a number Of works on re-
ligious subjects. Before the civil war he
attained almost national prominence as
an abohtionist, and his life was repeat
edly threatened by mobs melted to vio-
lence by pro-slavery adherents. DR..
Stevens had not been actively engaged
in ministerial work for nearly thirty
years, although during his ten years
residence In California he was we'll
known among the clergy and laymen Of
nearly all denominations.
Besides his wife, three children sur
vive him: o. A. Stevens Of the Express
staff Of this city, Mrs. I. r. Halstead Of
Alhambra and Mrs M. IT, Robinson of
New York. The funeral will take place
Monday at San Jose and the services will
be conducted by Bishop Newman Of San
Francisco. i74
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Stevens left yester-
day morning for San Jose.
The herald., 1897-09-12

the coinage of the white metal for pri-
vate account?
1t is well to wait before arriving at a
final conclusion regarding this latest
piece Of news. and present rejoicing is
liable to the frost Of prematureness;
but 1t may not be ignored as an idle
story vet.
The herald., 1897-09-12
LOST A HAND
A Well-Known Dairyman's Serious
Accident

Arthur Gilmore, well known dairy
man, who is proprietor Of La Brea ranch,
about eight miles west Of the city,
met with serious accident yesterday
morning which cost him his left hand.
He was feeding a steam fodder cutter,
which he has on the ranch, early in the
morning, when in some manner his hand
got caught between the knives. In an
instant his four fingers had been torn
off, and the flesh of his palm was shred
ded. AS quickly as possible he came
to this city, where DR.. w. G. Harrison
amputated the mangled member.
The herald., 1897-09-12

Newspaper articles have been fire.
quent OF late showing how the gold
discoveries in Alaska would help good
times by opening up new enterprises
and industries. Numerous mining
companies have already been formed,
but the ground floor enterprise of them
all is the one that is said to have been
organized by Denver crook, who is
getting gang together for the purpose
Of relieving Klondikers Of their hard
earned surpluses. His plan has the
advantage Of requiring but little cap
ital except from the victims.
The herald., 1897-09-12

There are some respectable names on
the new monetary commission, but the
list does not create a feeling of conf
dence that the gentlemen serving will be
able to solve the monetary problem.
The herald., 1897-09-12

Paderewski has had his hair cut!
Alas, that he should execute the hair
that brought him in the round American
dollars. He will either have to play for
half price or let his hair grow before
coming to this country again.
The herald., 1897-09-12

The leading savings banks of Detroit
have reduced their interest rate from 4
per cent to 81 per cent This action was
undoubtedly called for by the existing
conditions, but it is hardly an indication
Of returning prosperity.
The herald., 1897-09-12

1t is understood that Secretary Sher-
man will be presented with a type-writ-
ten copy of the speech he is to make in
Ohio for the benefit of Hanna. A little
slip Of the tongue might prove costly.
The herald., 1897-09-12

The new Yerkes telescope ought to be
loaned to Secretary Alger 1t might help
him to find that missing opinion that
Attorney General McKenna sent to his
Office couple of weeks ago.
The herald., 1897-09-12

A great responsibility Is involved in
taking up an issue or even in asking an
apparently innocent question, on the
part Of a New York newspaper. The
heart and for the benefit of an old SUBJ
scriber, recently inquired as to the proper
food for puppy dogs. 1t has now con-
cluded that three out Of five inhabitants
Of New York city own puppy dogs; that
each inhabitant has different way of
feeding his puppy or puppies. and that
each and all of them have written
letter to the editor explaining the pro-
cess. 1t Is we'll to add that the question
Is not yet settled.
The herald., 1897-09-12

If the law Of demand and supply that
our Republican friends are talking 80
much about cuts any figure among the
preachers, the Los Angeles pastors
ought to be getting pretty big salaries.
About one a week is being called else
where
The herald., 1897-09-12

The Riverside Enterprise has just put
in Mergenthaler linotype machine, and
all the papers are appropriately remark
ing that the paper is properly named.
The herald., 1897-09-12

It is really strange that some Of our
Republican contemporaries have not re-
ferred to the calamity howlers as "the
choir invisible" in these piping days.
The herald., 1897-09-12

What will become Of that new Co.'S
mopolitan university if Dr. Andrews
concludes to stay at Brown?" asks the
Boston Globe. President Andrews con-
cluded not to stay at Brown. Now,
what will become of Brown?
The herald., 1897-09-12

]. Pierrepont Morgan made $1,000000
out of the rise in wheat. 1t may be
that he will not be obliged to order ar
other bond issue just yet.
The herald., 1897-09-12

The Good Roads league will find an
ample field for its praiseworthy efforts
in Alaska
The herald., 1897-09-12

President Mckinley gave Senator
Wellington control of federal patronage
in the state Of Maryland. and through
it he endeavored to boss his party in
the state, but the late Republican state
convention brought him to grief Quay,
who is the recognized patronage dis
penser in Pennsylvania, seems to have
Jared better, and probably from the
fact that the Republicans Of that state
have been so long under boss rule that
they are better disciplined and more
submissive than in Maryland, where
for the first time that party is in the
ascendency. How it will turn out with
Boss Platt in New York and Boss Hanna
in Ohio the future will disclose. The
patronage Of their respective states has
been turned over to them by the admin
istratlon.
The herald., 1897-09-12

William Jennings Bryan is still be-
fore the people, and the people are be-
hind him.
The herald., 1897-09-12
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 30, 1897 Qnclusive). the total circu-
lation Of the said Daily Herald was 1890, ,6S5
copies, being an average daily circulation
Of 6oOA.
That the weekday circulation during tho
above time was 1,o71,567, being daily aver.
age of $500 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 21s,O5s, being an average fa
each Sunday Of lO;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., 1897-09-12
At Catalina

Everything goes at the beach," said he
AS he gently squeezed her hand.
"Ah, some things never CO." said She
Then she sat alone on the sand.
The herald., 1897-09-12
AND SHE WORE 1T

Sighed the soft-eyed maid with the golden
braid,
II have nothing to wear"-and she
swore it;
So she packed her grip and left the town
To the sad sea waves she wandered down
With nothing to wear-and she wore it.
SADIE BOWMAN METCALFE.
Catalina, Sept. 9Th.
The herald., 1897-09-12

A New York citizen was paid off the
other day and proceeded to have a
good time" Presently an ambulance
was called in his behalf, and a police
surgeon sewed up a cut in the mans
head. Three hours later there was an
other ambulance call. The same doctor
responded, found the same patient, and
sewed up the same cut in his head \
short time interviewed, and the same
ambulance and the same doctor found
the same patient, but this time the lat
ter had experienced compound frac-
ture OF the skull. 1t is unfortunate that
some men think it necessary to get half
killed before they are willing to admit
that they are having a real good time.
Besides. it is trying to the police sur
geons and ambulance horses
The herald., 1897-09-12

to remember that 1t stands committed
first for the construction of a boulevard
along the line suggested by the engi-
neers (practically the adobe road). and
secondly to give all possible encourage
ment to the Arroyo seco route as an
Independent enterprise. Any short cut
that has In contemplation two city con-
nections with one route and no connec-
tion with the other is liable to raise a
whirlwind Of discomfort and antagonism.
The Herald would be glad to see the
boulevard constructed along the lines
recommended by the engineers; but 1t
would also like to see all promoters Of
the scheme "tote fair" as to the other
project. If the Arroyo Seco people mean
business, Buena Vista street Is their
proper entrance to the city.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-06-02
WISE WORDS.


 A New York paper asked Gov, Taylor of Tennessee, to point out a way by which Democrats may get together. He rcrhed as follows
 ''The common ground for Demo crats to get together on now is for Democrats 10 quit acting the fool and fighting each other, and turn their faces to the foe.
 There is oai3 one common ground Tor Democrats, and that is eternal war upon the high protect i've tariff, the combines the ciyil service fraud, the Republican party in general and the devil in partcu- lar.
 ''The common ground for Demo. erats to stand on is to agree upon Democratic measures and fight for them IS a unit.
 "rhe common ground for Demo. crats to stand on is good govern ment, honest men in high places, protection to the weak and justice to the strong.
 "These things have been said millions Of times over and over agaln, but they cannot be too often said,
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-06-02
PENSfONS FOR WOMEN
 SGHOOL TEACHERS

A woman who adopts teaching
 as her life work IS practically de
 barred from marriage under peril ol
 losing her position. Denied her
 right to fulfill her destiny by
 this unpleasant alternative, with
 earnings insufficient to enable her to
 accumulate for her future mainte-
 nance, what shatl she do in that
 dismal tomorrow that must find her
 aged, pennless, and chilaless? Her
 married sisters have grown-up sons and daughters to be leant on and
 walked with, but she is alone and poor. Since the public demands eelibaey of is female teachers, aud not of it's male teachers, and
 the former are deprived of the
 natural protectors that insure other women and men against neglect in
 their old age, the public should make 1t up to women teachers in pensions or higher salaries, higher even than are paid to men, in order that these single women may them selves provide for their lonely old age This view is not so absurd as custom misleads people to think. German writers express surprise at the numerical disparity between male and female teachers in Ameri- can schools, butno that the States having preponderanee of male teachers in America are not those which have the most effective educa- tional system. They cite Arkansas, with 6S5 percent. of male teachers, as being far behind Massachusetts, with 90.91 per cent. of female teachers. Dr. Schlee accepts as q general truth that "the further the American school system develops the more the female teachers pre- President Warren of Boston University remarks ''If this be true it may quite possibly nave a sociological and pedagogical significance not yet generally recog- nized Prom Teachers Pensions the Story of a Women's Cam paign,' by Elizabeth A Allen, in June Reri 70 of Rerie,oS.