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The herald., 1897-03-08
(For The Herald.)

Shakespeare, the great dramatic sage,
"Noblest of life's portrayers.'
Whose thoughts are read from age to age.
Hath said, This world is but a stage,
Its men and women merely players"
What game shall then stand highest best,
That eer earth's weary ones possessed?
What royal game crowns all the rest
With intellectual light?
No game our loyal hearts confess
Has reached the acme of success
Or stands par excellence like chess,
To charm times speedy flight.
Through science, skill, not chance or fate,
Comes the denouement called checkmate-
Athletes of mind no more compete,
The battle then is ended.
The combatants then cry, "Well DONE"
The field is gained, the victory won,
The whole is comprehended.
We bow to Thee, o thou great king,
Whose fascinatons round us fling
The dews of Lethe's stream.
Charmed by the game, lifes trials, woes
Dmly recede; their presence grows
A half remembered dream.
Then hail to chess! let Shakespeare sing,
In play of Tempest, Miranda's skill,
Who mated Ferdinand he whose fate
Closes the scene in marriage-mate.
w. MARTYN OGDEN, MD.
Tropico, March g. 1897.
The herald., 1897-03-08
SHALL LYNCHING CEASE

"Lynching must not be tolerated, and
in a great and civilized country like the
United States the courts must execute
the laws"
augural address Of President McKin-
ley. The sentiment thus tersely ex
pressed Is in no particular new. The
purpose indicated Is as eminently sound
as its execution is necessary to the well
fare of civilized state. But it unfor
tunately happens that in dealing with
the crime of lynching. as it is presented
in the great majority of the cases that
have occurred within a decade, our in
stitutions are confronted with conditions
that have not heretofore come within
the experiences Of western civilization.
OF course, a mere edict can never cope
with this question as it is presented in
some Of the states. The one offense
against society which, above ALI others,
has led to this last and terrible resort to
Lynch law, is too we'll understood to
need explanation here. In its race
characteristic this provocation is one
with which the existing laws are not
framed to deal, and, under constitutional
limitations, one to which laws cannot
be made specially to apply. And it So
happens that in this single character
stic lies the last aggravation of the al
ready overshadowing crime against wo-
manhood. 1t is the unreasoning sense
Of this irretrievable degradation tina
converts men into demons, and impels
them to unreasoning methods Of re
venge; and this is the feeling that must
be met by legislative wisdom. 1t will
not suffice that the punishment through
The herald., 1897-03-08
LICENSE SYSTEM NECESSARY

The oil industry of Los Angeles can
never be satisfactorily restricted ana
regulated unless it be through a license
eystem. 1t will not do to allow any
class of men to pursue in an unmitigated
way, a business which must OF necessity
be a nuisance of greater or less magni-
tude in a settled neighborhood. Expe-
rience in municipal government has
shown that the license system Is the
only effective plan, for the following
reasons:
First-In requiring license In ad-
vance 1t obliges the conductor Of the
business to subscribe to the regulations.
Second-It delegates to certain COM
mission or officer the duty of seeing that
such regulations are enforced.
Third-It gives to the supervising
commission or officer the power to en-
force regulations. By punishment in
the withdrawal of licenses and by suit
able penalties for the transaction OF
such business without a license, the
arm of the law becomes Immediately eff
fective.s
Fourth-By the license system the ex-
pense of supervision may be placed upon
the business requiring this extra ma
chinery of government-where it be-
longs-and the collection Of necessary
funds is rendered easy and sure.
It Is a conceded principle of civics
that any business which in a thickly-
settled community is nuisance per sc
IS subject to special regulation. That
II simply an exercise of one Of the po-
lice powers Of city. Therein is recog-
nized the principle Of the greatest good
to the greatest number. 1t is conces-
sion to the law maxim that every man
must so use his own as not to injure his
neighbor.
In practice 1t has been found desirable
o license and regulate the liquor traffic
because it Is liable to become nuisance
in the neighborhood. Blacksmithing-is
a very useful and necessary business,
but 1t may become a nuisance per Sc
under certain circumstances; hence it
Is licensed. The same is true of other
industrial and manufacturing lines,
such slaundries, soap factories. slaugh-
ter houses, livery stables, etc. The
principle Of police control has even been
extended to the keeping OF COWS within
the city limits. Somewhere among the
city ordinances of Los Angeles is a regu-
lation that only one COW may be kept on
an ordinary city lot.
Now, the Herald wishes to submit this
proposition. The business of boring for
oil and pumping oil and storing oil and
carting oil through the streets is a
nuisance per seas much so as running
a blacksmith shop, or a laundry or
soap factory, or a slaughter hourse, or
the keeping of two or more cows on
city lot. 1t is as much an infringement;
on the rights of a community to createa
nuisance with crude petroleum as it is
The herald., 1897-03-08
nONDAY, MARCH 8, 1897.
SAN PEDRO TO THE FORE

Tomorrow The Herald will publish
twelve-page edition. the leading feature OF
which will be a discussion of the San PEDRO
harbor project. Mr.. Charles Dwight VIII
lard. secretary of the chamber of COM
merce. who has taken an active part In the
movement for deep sea harbor for sou.n-
ern California, and who has been one Oh the
staunchest supporters Of San Pedros S
claims, will continue an article reviewing
the campaign and outlining the work con-
temnlated and its probable effects. There
will be other matters of much interest on
the harbor question and a map showing
one of the plans for the projected govern
ynent works.
The herald., 1897-03-08

the machinery of the law may be made
certain; it will have to be made speedy
as well. An Oriental people might be
prevailed upon to condone an outrage
such as that which has impelled Ameri-
cans to lynching. This they would do
out of fear, on through Difference to the
will of a sovereign; but the western
people are not constructed upon those
mental lines.
Whoever shall succeed in stamping out
Lynch law. under the peculiar condi-
tions to which 1t owes Its rise, will have
to begin by making radical innovations
upon the criminal procedure Of every
court in the affected states
Dilatory, technical nonsense, such as
we complacently indulge in, will not sat-
isfy nor restrain the mob in an ag-
gravated case where the law Is either
slow or uncertain, and under SUCH cir
cumstances federal interference, II that
is what Is intimated in the quotation.
would be a dangerous and unwise re-
course. General laws can surely be
made to meet this new condition, and as
surely the present criminal code Is TOO
highly ethical to cope with the situation.
The whole case Is one that presents pc
GUITAR difficulties, and 50 far as ADJUST
ment by the federal executive Is
concerned. his declaration would
mean precisely as much IL he had said
that burglary must cease in New York
city.
It is peculiarly the province Of the
state to conserve the peace and dignity
of the people, and the federal authority
would interpose only in the case Of the
violation of federal laws Secretary
Blaine's demand for indemnity growing
out of the New Orleans riot might be
read with profit before the federal ex-
ecutive shall undertake to deal with
even the great crime of lynching within
the territorial jurisdiction Of the state.
The remark of the president may not.
perhaps, be anything more than the ex-
preston, in unguarded language, OF a
universally popular sentiment, but his
excellency must be explicit, or he may
run I'D against a state executive that
will read him the lecture that Governor
Pennoyer transmitted to the late Ia
mented Mr.. Cleveland.
The herald., 1897-03-08

One of the sugar trust directors in
forms the Lexow committee that the
committee is doing a great deal more
harm than good that in short, it Is
hurting business" That is what the
dive keepers in Los Angeles say when
the police raid their dens.
The herald., 1897-03-08

An abstract of the Rev. Burt Estes
Howards sermon, printed in this morn
ing's issue, furnishes striking plea for
religious federation, and a strong protest
against the confusion of Journalism
with Christianity. The subordination
of a clear conception of Christ's philos-
ophy to observances and dogmas pro-
vides a religion no better than that of
the idol Worshipers.
The herald., 1897-03-08
Airgta

Here is a surface area of 577 900 square
miles, or one-sixth of the entire area of
the United States and territories. This
vast expanse, filled to repletion with ev-
cry variety of natural wealth and resource
having population Of 5000 souls and con-
tanning the promise of a commanding i'm
portance in our future commercial and po-
litical relations, cannot safely be left TO the
control of accident or chance. These facts
are sufficient to prove that the presence
in congress of capable and well-informed
delegate from Alaska is absolutely indis-
pensable from a NATIONAL view point.-New
York Mail and EXPRESS.
The herald., 1897-03-08

The Chicago Drovers' Journal says
sheep raisers have demonstrated during
the last four years that they can make
good money raising sheep for mutton,
and that it will be used against them
when it comes to fixing the tariff on wool
in the Dingley bill
The herald., 1897-03-08

The Salt Lake Tribune says: "A good
many Salt Lakers took lively interest
in the harbor contest between San Pc
dro and Santa Monica, and they will re-
joice in San Pedros triumph. We be-
lieve also that on the merits Of the case.
the report in favor of San Pedro is
right" ="
The herald., 1897-03-08

Last Thursday Senator Justin S. Nor
rill of Vermont entered upon his forty
second year of continuous service in
congress. He is not only the oldest man
in congress, but the oldest man who ever
sat in it. He will be 81 years old next
month. He has been of no earthly use
to the country or to the senate for fif-
teen years, but Vermont proposes to
have him die with the senatorial harness
on his back.
The herald., 1897-03-08

Speaker Reed will never be president
of the United States. When he ordered
that all reference to the applause that
greeted Bryan be stricken from the rec
ord he gave the public true measure
of himself. He is too little and too mar
row to suit the American people.
The herald., 1897-03-08

President Mckinley finds the lower
house of congress in harmony with him
on the tariff question. but the senate
is likely to want to mix up the money
question with it, at least enough to know
exactly how the administration stands
concerning the remonetization of silver.
The herald., 1897-03-08

Spring snowstorms and spring floods
are entertaining tIe people east of the
mountains. Come to Southern Califor-
mia. where all you know about such dis
agreeable things is what you read in the
neWspapers.
The herald., 1897-03-08

It is good Of Senator Hanna to an
nounce that he shall continue 10 make
Ohio his principal home. 1t was reared
that he might move to Washington Tor
good and take Ohio with him.
The herald., 1897-03-08

Albania, Macedonia, Syria and the
whole of Asia Minor have notihed King
George, SO 1t is reported. that they Will
revolt against Turkish rule the moment
Greece opens the ball.
The herald., 1897-03-08

The council of Nebraska City has
passed a resolution that the mayor
should be excluded from, oueted, re-
moved and put out of his Office" That
might be called three-ply bounce.
The herald., 1897-03-08

The advance agent of prosperity Is a
little slow in starting, but the advance
guard Of the Ohio office-seekers has
reached Washington. and it Is pushing
business for all 1t Is worth.
The herald., 1897-03-08
Oklahoma Has a SPECIFY Cure

Oklahoma is not prolific with musi-
Clans Every time a man begins prac-
ticing with a cornet his neighbors begin
practicing with shotguns, and the cure
of the musician invariably comes in
with the last report.-Adams (Mass.)
Freeman
The herald., 1897-03-08

Postmaster General Gary enters
Washington society with eight unmar-
.ried daughters. Chief Justice Fuller
took exactly the same number of mar
riageable daughters when he moved to
the capital.
The herald., 1897-03-08

"If the powers destroy Greece they
will destroy the peace OF Europe" is the
way King George reminds his neighbors
Of what they may expect If they fool
with him,
The herald., 1897-03-08

Six years ago it was "an act to re-
duce the revenue" and now it is IAN act
to increase the revenue" But the Re .
publican party rather likes the now-you-
see-it- -and-now you don't kind Of legis-
lation
The herald., 1897-03-08

President Mckinley conceives 1t to be
his first duty to impose higher duties,
which means that he wants to see the
Industrial trusts and monopolies get
higher prices for their goods and wares.
The herald., 1897-03-08

An English firm has ordered $4,000
pairs of shoes from an Ohio factory, but
our shoemakers are clamoring for pro-
lection against the pauper labor of Eng
land, Just the same.
The herald., 1897-03-08

A fashionable Chicago club is giving
series of sacred prize fights" The fights
are pulled Of on Sunday. and the prin-
cipals are members Of the club who are
studying physical science"
The herald., 1897-03-08

There is less enthusiasm among new
members for an extra session of con-
gress since they ascertained that no
-alaries or mileage can be paid before
he regular session in December.
The herald., 1897-03-08

The Industrial barons will not make
much of an effort to open the doors of
their mills and factories until congress
provides little grease for the door
hin Qes
The herald., 1897-03-08

Now that Cleveland has retired to
private life, the New York Journal and
old man Dana will have to look around
for some one else to abuse. Try 1t on
Hanna
The herald., 1897-03-08
One Of carneele's Valuable Secrets

Carnegie says that his company is in
possession of some secrets in relation to
making armor that the Itfinois company
does not possess. Among these Is that of
working off armor on the government for
sound that is full of blow-holes.-Peor
Haraid
The herald., 1897-03-08

Readers of newspapers cannot help
noticing that the news from Carson is
improving right along-that is to say,
there Is less of it.
The herald., 1897-03-08

The Missouri legislature has passed a
bill prohibiting dime museums in that
state. That is carrying professional
jealousy little too far.
The herald., 1897-03-08

1t transpires that Missouri did not
hang millionaire when Duestrow was
executed. He was very rich when first
arrested, but he died penniless. His
lawyers Jared very well, however.
The herald., 1897-03-08

The Inauguration of Mckinley is over,
the Carson prize fight is all provided for.
and now let us get ready to tackle the
Easter bonnet question.
The herald., 1897-03-08

That tourist hotel seems to be still
wanted Last night in one of the city's
hostelries number of guests had to be
content with cots In the parlors.
The herald., 1897-03-08

There is money in Sehsl-
Ang's Best tea for you and
for your grocer.
There's money back for
you too-yes, and your
ocerdoesn'tlose anything
either; we pay him.
Sehiuing 4 Company
San FrRncisce -
The herald., 1897-03-08

BY common consent the king of Greece
has been made director-general OF the
European concert" and he proposes to
have only quick and lively music.
The herald., 1897-03-08

Dom Huntington is still of the opinion
that the harbor commission treated his
Transvaal very shabbily.
The herald., 1897-03-08

If the robber trust furnishes the con-
sciences for the other trusts it should be
the first to be demolished
The herald., 1897-03-08

If the senate does not promptly re-
spord to Hanna's mesmeric touch the
state Of Ohio will feel the shock of For
aker's laugh.
The herald., 1897-03-08

The police of Taunton, Mass, are NAL
ing a novel experiment In the hope OF les
licensed liquor dealer of Taunton is to re-
ceive the name of every individual arrest
ed and convicted of drunkenness, accom-
panied by a warning II liquor be sold to any
Of them within half year after the re-
ceipt of the names the dealer SO selling Will
be liable to fine.-Springtied Union.
The herald., 1897-03-08

In 1896 the United States exported
s22, ,4S4, 900 worth of merchandise to Mex
leo, which was gain over 1895 of "a per
cent. The Wilson bill did 1t.
The herald., 1897-03-08

Neal Dow will be SO years old on the
18th of the present month. Is it not a
triumph for temperance?
The herald., 1897-03-08
THE GAME or CHESS

Winter appears to be very fond of rest
ing in the lap of spring this year.
The herald., 1897-03-08

The New York Journal announces that
it has won a great gas victory" We
knew that it had secured Corbett and
Fitzsimmons to talk exclusively for 1t
and it's Pacific coast branch paper, and
The herald., 1897-03-08

1t does not follow that President Nc
Kinley will have harmony in his cab
met because he has Bliss in it.
The herald., 1897-03-08
out.AnnIe np the Apple

Eddie-Popper, what does it mean by
Adams one fatal slip?
Eddie's Father (absent mindedly)-Part-
ing with that rib, l suppose.-Truth
The herald., 1897-03-08

President Mckinley cannot start in ON
his vigorous foreign policy" any too
quickly to suit the American peaple.
The herald., 1897-03-08

The Boston Globe wonders who will
be General Lees successor at Havana.
How would Fitzhugh Lee do?
The herald., 1897-03-08

thus shut out its rivals, but calling II
"gas victory" is a confession that we
were hardly prepared for.
The herald., 1897-03-08

Fond Mamma-Eobbv, Bobby, whatever
makes you SO restlessT
Bobby-Having 20 keep still SO much,
suppose.-Truth.
The herald., 1897-03-08
Grandest Winter Resort on the Pacific slope
THE ARLINGTON HOTEL
Never Closes
BEAUTIFUL SANTA BARBAR.


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ARRIVALS.

At Wootan Wells, Texas, uly IL 1871
Late arrivals at this famous health anu
pleasure resort the past few DAYS Easy
of access, equipped with all conN ehlehces
for comfort and pleasure. Excursion 'ek-
cts on nearly all Texas lines:
List of arrivals at Wootan Wells Texas
Thomas j. siddell. Julian liayle. Abe
Friedlander, Chicago; Signor Casimir, PAU
Casimir. New York; Charles Nj Morton
Jr.. Mrs ID. Il. Williams, Mr.. Charles VIII
liams. Andrea Williams, j. +. Moore MIS-
Rosa ollse Miss Sadie Ollse. Mrs. j. Ia
Mccullough, +. f. Chew. Jr.. Houston
Hugh Wood, Richard Camden. Lizzie NY
man. George RenGeson' Thomas Field .
A. CARAT, Calvert; Harry Oscar, Boston
j. E. HENDERSON. 7. e. Kinsey and wife
Galveston; /. s. Levy. Bruce Gerald and
wife j. +. Holman, l.. Thompson ahd
family, ]. o. Niece, Bob Hobbs. Waco;
Allen Irwin. r. q. Warner, san Antonio
Miss Sudle Curry, Brenham; Hon. Allison
Mayfield and wife, Sherman; Mrs. j. W.
Hodges, Miss Deulah Dimmit, Georgetown
C.. j. Bartlett, Marlin Katherine NJ. Ell
son, Austin, Or. j. T. Ellison. Roy Glover
sydney Smith, Hammond; Mrs. Mary
Muckberg, w. b. Muckberg, Joseph Muck
berg. Mrs. j. =. Muckberg and daughter
Terrell; Mrs. j. j. Thompson, Miss EVA
Allen. Mckinney b. i. Walker and WIFE
Eagle Lake; Mrs. Il. n. Hayes. Taylor Il.
Bedell, Milano; DIR. T. NJ. Lewis ana laini-
ly, Bremond. Mrs. X. p. Cobeon, Court
ney; DR.. l.. A. McCord. /, Toler. Nesbit'
Jennie Cox. II, II Prcwitt, j. NJ. roller
Franklin; Nick Messiner MeSia' u.
Pander. Rosebud: j. Y. Goodwin. j. u
Subcr, r. II. suher. College station; Mrs
c. d. Kemp and son. l. Nj. Gates and
wife. Wharton; c. l. Jackson and wife, |.
w. Toler and wife. Mrs Jennie Barnett
G. II. Thresdgill and family. John Lyon,
Lott, Texas Mr. S. II, Meeks and family
Nolanyille; w, c. Conksey and family. IL.
d. Bradley, Miss Josie Bradley, Mrs. l..
Stubbleheld Miss Vera Blnlook. Hillside
Texas; Il. r, Balkwright and family
Frank Davis aud wife Charles Frazier. &c
ell Lampkin. Cameron; w. a. Williams
Thomas Williams, Mr.. Hugh Jones ar,
wife, Lexington.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

| Nj. William Giles is in San Antonio.
Mrs. C. Cain is tho guest OF friends II
Dubuque, Iowa.
Justice c. b. Fitze left yesterday on a
visit to San Antonio.
Mrs. Gus Fredericks and children are In
San Antonio for drill week.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Baker and daughter
have gone to San Antonio for the drill.
/ The family OF Mr.. j. j. Sweeney has
gone to San Antonio to take in the drill.
Ex-Governor Hogg and daughter passed
through Houston last night. en- route to
| Galveston.
Hon. Frank Brigance, member OF the
| Twenty-flfth legislature from Navasota, is
| in the city
w. II. wilkins, Texas representative OF
| the American Bank company. spent yester
day in Houston.
Nathan Brown went to st. Louis YES,
| terdey over the International and Great
| Northern fast mail
Mr. Charles A. I.ilienthal was passen-
ger TO San Antonio last night to attend tho
.ncampment for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs i. G. Ratcliff are now To-
Gated at the Capitol, where they will 10
pleased to see their friends.
]. w. Gordon and family leave for Fort
Worth on a vacation for q couple of weeks,
visiting relatives and friends,
John Steele has recovered from his re-
cent severe attack of typhoid fever and is
now taking Il vacation at Galveston.
Mrs. p. Knapp of Galveston. who ha,
been the guest of her sister, Mrs. l.. Ros-
mer of 1919 Alamo street, returned home
yesterday.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Meyers of Mosehart, Mimi.
brother of the late John Gushing who re-
Gently died here, is in the city visiting
Mr.. John Lyon.
Miss Wanda Swiontkowsky OF Chappell
Hill and Miss Ger. Kleine of Brennan are
visiting Mrs. b. Majorowitz at $40 jefferson
street for few days.
Mrs. Maggie Houston Williams and fam
lily, formerly of Independence, Texas, have
moved to Houston and now occupy their
home at 120S Calhoun street
Miss Bette Gaines has returned to Hous-
ton. after n three weeks visit to Mrs.
George Dunlop at Richmond. She expects
to attend the summer normal at Alvin.
Rev. II. w. Hodges left yesterday morn
Ing on the Arkansas Pass to hold week end
services at Clodine Mr.. C. C. Tanning
accompanied him to visit his mothers
family.
Rev. II. j. Brown, assistant rector of
Christ church, left yesterday for Hunts
vile. Mrs. Brown Is also there, having
been called by the serious illness of her
father.
Rev Jcsephus Johnson, u. D., of Victo-
ria, Texas. Will preach at the First Pres
byterian church this morning and tonight
in exchange of pulpits with DR.. Leayeli,
pastor.
f. +. Chew, Jr.. returned last night from
Wootan Wells and left for San Antonio 10
take in the drill and from there he goes TO
Mexico to spt nd the summer, visiting all
places of interest
Miss Florence Swisher, daughter OF Dr.
John Swshor of Houston and grand dangh.
ter of the late Colonel Milt Swisner OF
Austin, is visiting her aunt, Mrs, I. j.
Hunter at Richmond.
Captain Bounds from Alvarado iioater
from that district in the Twenty-iifth leg
islature. was in Houston yesterday. The
captain is one of the many prosperous
farmers of Johnson county
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Third Baptist church. nice time is an
ticipated by everybody who expects to be
there TO help the ladies out In the good
cause.
The Daughters OF Rebelah. Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. will give an Ice
cream festival tomorrow night In the Fifth
ward. This festival was originally intended
for Thursday, July %, and those holding
tickets bearing that date can use them
Monday night.
In honor OF their visiting guests, Miss
Bertha Wagner and Mr.. Ben Burg OF CO.
lumbus. MIR. and Mrs. I. Wagner at their
elegant home. 1901 Capitol avenue. ten
dered them party last Wednesday even.
ing. at which number OF friends gath
cred and enjoyed pleasant evening.
A Houston lady. Miss Clara Bartholo-
new, has been elected principal OF one
of the Beaumont schools, being one of the
fortunates from 100 applicants. Miss Bar
tholomew taught Kindergarten In Houston
for awhile and was much loved and re-
spected by her pupils and patrons. She is
an earnest. conscientious teacher. and will
no doubt prove worthy OF the Beaumont
ers' confidence,