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The herald., 1898-02-17
No Man Is Spared

The reports of the annual dinner OF the
Gridiron club Of Washington, Saturday
night, which have reached New York. in
dacate that the presence of the president
OF Hawaii, the German and French am
bassadors. the ministers of Japan and
China and score or more of senators
and congressman did not make the affair
any more sedate than previous dinners OF
this organization. So popular feature of
washington life have these dinners become
that guests from all over the United
States assemble for them, not because
they are in need of dinner, but in the ex
pectation of seeing some one else guyed. No
mans dignity is proof against the uuips
OF the Gridiron men 1t was estimated az
saturdays dinner that If the distances
traversed by special journeys on account
OF this dinner could be placed in a straight
line they would circle the globe Because
OF its reputation this club is always sure of
many distinguished guests when il chooses
TO give dinner. Imitation Gririron clubs
nave been started in this city on various
occasions with a great flourish of trumnets
and then died lingering deaths. Philadelpbia
sent over is club Of witty men several wears
ago TO teach New Yorkers how 1t should be
done, but the evening was dismal for
everyone except the Philadelphians. They
were disappointed when they found the
next day that the newspapers had not
taken them seriously.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1898-02-17
THE KANSAS PACIFIC

The first Kansas Pacific sale took
place yesterday at Topeka The Union
Pacific reorganization committee was
the only bidder, and the government
claim of $685. 900 was wiped out The
remainder of the Kansas Pacific sys-
tenn will be sold tomorrow and Saturday,
and in each case the bid will equal the
upset price fixed by the government.
If the Union Pacific indebtedness had
not been liquidated through the efforts
of a few senators and representatives,
backed by an unmuzzled press, the gov
ernment would have been large loser
through the Pacific railroad invest
ments. After this weeks sales are out
Of the way, there will still remain the
Central Pacific, that unfortunate in
vestment in the manipulations of Mr..
Coils P. Huntington. Mr.. Huntington's
gigantic pull will be tested as it has
never been tested before when hea at
tempts to make the government forgive
it's claim against the Central Pacific;
but a precedent has. been tablished
that even a Republican political debt
paying congress will hardly dare to
ignore
The herald., 1898-02-17
IN THE PUBLIctEYE

"The one-eyed plowboy of Pigeons
Roost" is what they call Colonel Chandler,
candidate for governor of Georgia.
The oldest clergyman of the Church OF
England is Rev. Edward Allen. who has
just completed his one hundredth year.
He Is stiu fulfilling his functions at Aver
ton.
Richard C. Parsons, Jr.. of Ohio, who
has been appointed second secretary of
embassy at Rome, is a son of ex-Congress-
man r. c. Parsons of Cleveland. Mr. Par
sons is said to be well fitted for diplo-
matte position.
The wife Of Prince Duronsoff. Russia S
new ambassador to Paris. has announced
that she will not live in that city, but in
Rome. where society, she says, is more in
tellectual and less frivolous-a harly dip
lomatic announcement for diplomats
wife.
Count Eugene Zichy, the Hungarian
magnate. who has already been in Turkey
in Asia in search OF the original home OF
the Magyars. has started on third expe-
dition. His route will be by way Of ST.
IBERIA and Manchura to V1adivostock.
through Corea to Pekin, thence to the
Cobb desert, and through Tibet to Kabul.
thence to the Pamir plateau and to the
central Asian desert, and into the Sheref-
zen valley, and by way 70 Samakand and
Bokhara back to Europe.
The herald., 1898-02-17
THE POLICE AND THE PULL

The developments in the case of Pas
cual Hiriart, policeman against whose
character grave charges have been
made, do not reflect credit upon those
members of the police commission who
are apparently trying to protect the
man, under the influence of marked
political pull.
No fair-minded person who has read
the evidence submitted at the hearing
of the charges against Hiriart can have
any other opinion than that he is a
totally unfit person to act as a police
officer. His presence on the force is a
reflection upon the body of policemen as
a whole. Yet some of the police com
missioners seem disposed to disregard
the evidence and retain Hiriart, simply
because it is demanded in the selfish in
terest of politics.
How can it be expected that the laws
will be enforced if the men selected to
The herald., 1898-02-17
EXTREMES MEET

'The laws delay" has come to be re-
garded as the bane of both civil and
criminal jurisprudence in this country,
and the average citizen is prone to con-
template what often appears to be
mockery of justice with ill-disguised i'm
patience. And yet the laws themselves,
and the rules governing the admins
tration of them, appear to be based upon
the principle that it is better that ninety
nine guilty men should escape than that
one innocent man should suffer.
Neither Durrant nor his parents were
wealthy in this worlds goods, and yet
no conceivable opportunity to produce
evidence, going to show that he had
been wrongfully accused or illegally
convicted, was denied the defense. On
the contrary, the rules of evidence and
the practice of the courts of the nation
were strained to the utmost limits of
safety in the prisoners behalf. We be-
lieye the consensus Of public opinion was
ayerse to the theory of innocence, and
vet. because of the existence of remote
and almost indefinable doubt in the
minds of some, and a sentiment upon the
mart of others against the taking of
human life for felony proved only by
circumstantial evidence, the laws ma
chinery was applied with such delicacy
and tenderness as to almost justify the
conclusion that it was being reversed
in the interest of crime and the unre-
strained exercise Of the criminal in
stinct and the murderous passion.
Nor was this an exceptional case by
any means. Who does not recall the
incidents connected with the trial of
Guiteau, the slayer Of Garfield and the
latitude given the notorious criminal in
the conduct Of his own case, although
his guilt and guilty intent were no
where questioned? For days and weeks
he was permitted to bluff and browbeat
the witnesses, to insult the court and
badger the attorneys, until the whole
country came to fear that justice would
at last fail to claim its victim.
However impatient of delays and in
tolerent of judicial laxity, in the one
case or the other, we believe the people
of this country are more generally sat
isf1ed than If the accused had been
hurried to their doom without having
been afforded every possible opportunity
20 create In the minds of the jury that
The herald., 1898-02-17
Fishing With Shovels

The greatest sport we have heard of in
this section recently is the catch of fish
that Hubert Bares, Anton Fergen and
some others recently made. They went TO
the Jim river, near Victor Uhrich's place,
and in slough which was formed last
spring from the overflow of the Jim river
they cut hole in the ice and, with scoop
shovels, they took out over $50 pounds of
fine fish. They said that they had found
fish frozen fast to the ice, which, when
held in their hands, revived and assumed
their natural condition. 1t is said there
are thousands of fish in the ponds and
sloughs that were formed last spring by
the overfiowed river. Most of these will
perish in a short time after the ice COM
mences to freeze, for want of water and
air. There are, no doubt, many fine pick
erel in some of the creek ponds.-Parsons,
s. d. Advance
The herald., 1898-02-17
A MERITED REBUKE

The Stockton Mail of last Monday ad-
ministers a scathing and artistic rebuke
to John D. Spreckels, proprietor of the
San Francisco Call, for the manner in
which he has allowed his paper to wan
tonly attack the character of citizens
without any provocation or foundation
in fact.
The rebuke Of the Mail was called
forth by slanderous attack made by
the Call upon e. L. Colnon, one of the
proprietors of the Mail, and at the
present time president of the board of
harbor commissioners. The Mail shows
clearly the animus of the Call and the
total lack of truth in its charges, and
then says:
You are rich. Mr.. Spreckels, and your
newspaper has the remains of great
reputation. But If you wre ten times
as rich and your paper ten times as
powerful, you could not convict an
honest man of crime in the face of the
evidence and the facts. The people of
California think for themselves. They
neither esteem nor applause by permit
ting your newspaper to distort sworn
testimony and to lend its countenance
and approval to false testimony. Be-
sides, Mr.. Spreckels, you will lose your
own self-respect after awhile. No man
ever lived who could stand up always
against an angered and disgusted pub
lie opinion. And the public opinion of
the state is rapidly becoming disgusted
with the methods which your paper
has picked out of the gutter into which
other respectable publications long
since dropped them.
The people Of Los Angeles will cor
daily endorse the language of the Stock
ton Mail. The Call is pursuing in its
attacks upon well-known residents of
this city men whose characters are
above reproach, precisely the same pol
icy it has adopted in its warfare against
Harbor Commissioner Colnon.
I THE Herald does not pretend to ex-
plain the reasons for the course of the
San Francisco paper. If Mr.. Spreckels
IS trying to make great paper he is pur-
suing the wrong course. If he is
for a United States senator
ship he is on the wrong track. If he is
trying to make his paper loathed and
lespised by all respectable, honest peo-
pie he is succeeding beyond the most
sanguine expectation he could possibly
cherish.
The herald., 1898-02-17
STILL IN DOUBT

The consensus of expert opinion re-
garding the disaster to the Maine is that
it was purely an accident. Some of the
naval officers think it was caused by
spontaneous combustion in the coal
bunkers; others ascribe it to the over
heating of the partitions between the
boilers and the magazine; a few incline
to the boiler explosion theory, and one
officer thinks the dynamo may have
been short-circuited. 1t may be taken
for granted until the contrary is proved
that the catastrophe was not the work
of an enemy.
Still, this question is not positively
settled, and it cannot be decided until a
thorough, careful investigation is made.
There is still room for the theory that-au
Internal machine was treacherously
placed in the magazine of the Maine,
or that torpedo was exploded under
her bows.
Public sentiment in the United States
demands that the facts be ascertained.
The discovery that the explosion was the
work of an enemy would make serious
business for our government and people
and incidentally for Spain The
gravity of the situation and the deep
seated feeling that exists, was evidenced
yesterday by the fact that not a political
speech that could have any pos
sible bearing on the Cuban question was
made in either branch of congress. 1t
was no time for buncombe.
In the meantime it must be admitted
that the Spanish government, and the
Spanish officials at Havana, are behav-
ing admirably. Humanity makes the
two nations kin in the face Of an appall-
ing disaster.
The herald., 1898-02-17
THE KING

Lo, the king wakes and his subjects all
Hasten. without delay,
To answer his call: and faithfully
His every mandate obey.
Here is his rattle and here is his ring;
Now to the cradle; and now to the swing;
Hail, all hail; to the household king
He wakes, the monarch wakes!
Ah the king sleeps! All hush-a-by, hush,
Silence must reign profound.
Whisper and tiptoe; break his rest
By never the slightest sound.
Softly downy coverlet bring.
Carefully. gently over him fling;
Naught must disturb the sleeping king
He sleeps, the monarch sleeps.
Hush, the king lies silent and cold
The angels have claimed their own.
He has left his little kingdom here
For brighter, grander throne
While anguish and pain our sad hearts
wiring,
Still loyal we will smile and sing:
1.-THE king is dead Long live the king!"
He sleeps, our monarch sleeps.
Arthur ]. Burdick in the Buffalo Even
ing News.
The herald., 1898-02-17

enforce them ana to protect the lives and
property are not Of good character?
How can the police department be taken
out Of politics IL seducers. ward-heelers
and bar-room loafers are to be given
preference in making appointments?
The prejudiced character of the hear
ing is shown by the action Of majority
Of the commission in voting to allow the
man Hiriart to be represented by coun-
sci, despite their own rule to the con-
trary. 1t is evident that the officer is to
be saved il it be possible.
Is the police force Of the city to be at
the beck and call of the Push and the
Pull in politics? Are the taxpayers of
this city paying 100000 a year to that
end?
The herald., 1898-02-17
Troubles of the Chinese Emperor

The emperor of China is very highly
educated man, and he Is especially learned
In the maxims of Confucius, on which ali
Chinese rules of morals. philosophy and
jurisprudence are based. Ten years ago
he undertook to study the British Iangnaga
and an American missionary was invited
to become his teacher, but he was warned
that he must always bring some one with
him, for no man is ever allowed to see the
son OF heaven alone. The emperor is very
skillful with the bow. and of late years he
has practiced great deal with the rife
Like his fellow sovereigns of Europe, the
emperor has anything but an easy life of
It. When Ii Hung Chang returned 10
PeKln after his travels round the world,
the emperor heard him read his renort nj
all that had occurred to him. through onc
long night.-Pearsons Weekly.
The herald., 1898-02-17
The Bonded Debt of Cities

The Newark Advertiser in compiling sta
tistics for 1898 finds that in the last seven
years Boston has added SIG, 800, 900 to its
bonded debt; Baltimore, 50, 800 900; Chicago.
s3400, 900; Cincinnati, $1s00Q000; Brooklyn,
SIS. 700 900; New York city. SIG. 100000. Phila-
delphia and st. Louis have decreased their
amounts of permanent debt. In a LIST OF
los cities given there was total net debt
in 1890 of $3.50, 100000 and in 1897 this totsi
was increased to s521, 100000 The total city
debt in the United States today Is over
$50, ,000,0 ,000 The cities in England had q
total debt of $1LO25.0 900 in 1892. In the
last seventeen years the increase for Amer
lean cities was s116,0o.000. and for English
cities. $685. 00o.0 900, while the cities In France
are bonded for $40, 900 ooo-Elizabeth Jour-
nal. ~
The herald., 1898-02-17
The Bear Got Even
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The town Of Medicine Hat. in Assina-
boine, on the Canadian Pacific railroad.
had, in 1894, an attraction In the shape or
a captive grizzly bear. He was a hungry
looking brute, about the size OF an or
binary COW, and was chained to post
in the center of strong log pen. The
pen stood beside the tracks. about zoo
feet from the station. and recent rain
storm had made veritable mudhole OF
1t. The bear was an object OF lively IN
terest and curiosity to the townspeople,
but more particularly to passengers or
trains which stopped at Medicine Hat
to change engines.
One day, early in August. the east
bound overland pulled in, and in a few
minutes the occupants of several coaches
were viewing the grizzlzy. which was
shuffling around his quarters, looking
very innocent and unconcerned. His
paws and shaggy gray coat were covered
with mud, and bruin was not thing OF
beauty; still he appeared contented and
seemed to enjoy being on exhibition.
Now, a miscellaneous crowd of men
has, as a rule, at least one individual in
1t belonging to the class known as
smart Alecks." This gathering was no
exception, and the aforementioned per-
son soon manifested himself. He began
by throwing sticks and small stones at
him. Failing to excite him by these
means, he resorted to others. Fixing a
handkerchief on stick, he Haunted it
in bruins face and tickled him on the
nose with 1t, then poked him in the ribs,
but, save an occasional growl, the bear
did not seem to mind his tormentor. One
or two gentlemen now advised the funny
man to desist, suggesting that his bear
ships patience probably had limits. Ig-
noring the friendly warning, the fellow
waxed bolder, and, coming up close to
the pen- thrust an arm in between the
logs. Then the ong-suffering bear saw
his opportunity and improved it.
Suddenly and with startling swiftness
he reared on his hind legs until he
loomed high above the astonished man,
and then, with deep growl of anger, he
struck fiercely at his prosecutor. For a
breathless second the man stood berett
of the power of motion; then, with a
scream of fright, he tried to draw back,
but too late. The enormous bear caught
his arm in glancing fashion, shredding
his coat and shirt sleeves and scoring
several ugly scratches in the flesh. while
an avalanche Of mud and filth descended
on his luckless head, fairly obliterating
his features and thickly smearing the
whole upper part of his person. The
bears revenge was complete Swift and
sudden justice had been meted out, and,
with shaken nerves and ruined clothes,
the smart man made his way to the
train, while some unfeeling men laughed
outright. and the grizzly lay down with
what resembled sigh of relief.
The Canadian Pacific eastbound over
land bore that day a man who was not
only sadder and wiser, but whose pro-
pensity for stirring up the animals"
had received decided shock.-Detroit
Free Press. s
The herald., 1898-02-17
Piper F.indlater's Story

letter from Piper Finlater of the Cor
don Highlanders-the first in which he
refers directly to his having played the
pipes after being wounded-says the bone
of his leg was all smashed away, and the
doctors took out six pieces of bone, but
adds: Il was not dangerously wounded,
as was said in the papers, but it was me
that played the pipes when got shot, and
l wonder that got away with my life, for
was sitting right in the open. and the
bullets were glancing round me in all di-
rections." He adds that he is still lying
on his back in hospital at Rawal Pindi, but
expected to be all right by the time the
letter reached Scotland, and 1t was untrue
that his leg had been taken off.-Aberdeen
Journal.
The herald., 1898-02-17
PLATFORM

The Herald believes that the city OF
Los Angeles should own and conSroi q
corp,ete system Of waterworks.
The Herald believes that tho CITY
should acquire such system at 'he
earliest date possible and on the most
advantageous terms possible. consistent
with contract obligations and fair deal
ing.
The Herald believes that the con-
.r.,t With tho Los Angeles City Water
company should be enforced TO tne le'-
tar. and that, at the conclusion OF tho
repdine lease, the plant should be taken
.x.r In accordance with the provisions
of that contract.
The herald., 1898-02-17
small c.onrreeationl

On a recent stormy Sabbath there were
light congregations in saco. AZ one cnurcn s, Z
the CONGREGATION was so small that the
nastor mt II to q vote whether or not he
should deliver the sermon which he had
prepared for the occasion. The vote was
arainst the delivery of the sermon by a
snail marrin. but one of the minority
made a touching appeal in behalf Of the
..eIeven hungry souls who had struggled
through the storm to hear the sermon,
urging that It was not right TO deny them
bangor. Me-. Commercial.
The herald., 1898-02-17
She Bet Against Hanna

certain citizen of Parsons is a staunch
Republican. while his mother -in-law, who
lives with him. is an implacable Democrat
The old lady was very sure that Hanna
would not be elected, and offered to wager
with her son-in-law on the outcome. By
the terms of the bet she was to carry in the
wood and coal for one year II Hanna won,
while the man agreed to perform the same
service for eleven years if he was defeated.
The man won, and he is grimly holding the
old lady to the performance of her agree
ment, while she is just as grimly perform
ing it.-Parsons, Kan, Sun.
The herald., 1898-02-17
Newspaper Owned by a CITY

Dresden owns a singulr piece of property
1t is morning newspaper. the Dresdener
Anzeiger. This daily paper. upon the death
of its last proprietor, was willed to the HitS
upon the condition that all profits arising
therefrom should be spent upon the pdbs
lie parks. This year large playground
of nearly eight acres was purchased from
Prince George. the kings brother and
heir apparent, and it will be ready for use
next spring. The paper continues to hold
the respect of all citizens, for the trust has
been carried out in the broadest spirit,
and the paper has never been employed to
foster any school of opinions.
The herald., 1898-02-17
The Original Handy Man

a man living in National City, CAL, has
Inserted the following unique advertise
Handy Man Still lives and loves to labor
Makes Door and Window Screens, Files
Saws. Sharpens Cutlery and Fits Keys.
Repairs and Polishes Furniture, Makes
Store Fixtures and Does General Jobbing
He is at home in the sick room to offer
consolation to those who mourn and pa
tiently nurses by day or night the sick in
body. God bless the Handy man and keep
him safe. He may be found at his old knoll
on Street s, near Avenue 2. n. B.-Makes
a speciality of church and schoolhouse
work"
The herald., 1898-02-17
Origin of the Word Filibuster

The name 'buccaneer" was chiefly af-
fected by the English adventures on our
coast, while the French members of the
profession often preferred the name of
'flibustier." This word. which has since
been corrupted into our familiar ''filibus-
ter" is said to have been originally cor
ruptions being nothing more than the
French method of pronouncing the word
'freebooters,'' which title had long been
used for independent robbers.
The herald., 1898-02-17
Ten Cent Cotton Gone Forever

1t is unreasonable to expect that we shall
ever see 1O-cent cotton as q permanent
thing under any conditions. The cost of
cotton production has been greatly reduced
In recent years, the average yield per acre
has been increased, and the by-products
of cotton have become very valuable.
These conditions give a different meaning
to low price for cotton from what 1t once
did.-Atlanta Journal.
The herald., 1898-02-17
IN FoRMA PAupER1s

oh. pity a poor Chinee,
Who mobbed a missionares
And made his peace
By granting a lease
Ito Willie of Germanee!
Aye. pity the poor Chimes:
All Sing ID In difflcultee,
And cannot resist
The "rnailed fist"
That is saihngsover the sen.
Do pity the poor Chinee,
For useful he may be.
If you'll please contrive
To keep him alive
With a diet Of g $. d.
He has ports some two or thres
With a trade in silk and tea;
So save him from smash.
And lend him some cash,
And then you'll see. you'll seei
You talk most plensantlee.
But All Sin he knows, does he.
That unless you act.
Your words in fact
May be only fiddle-de-deel
IT'S your liheraIitee
Must provo your sympathee;
So = loan produce,
! =, Or twill ~ ne use
~ PITY ~ gT a AIpae!
The herald., 1898-02-17
In the Midst of the MilIionaires

There is but one saloon in Fifth avenue
between Washington square and Fifty
ninth street, distance of nearly three
miles. 1t is situated near Forty-fifth street,
almost within the heart of the million
aires district The little frame building
which it occupies is striking in comparison
with the costly mansions which surround
it. The proprietor of the place owns the
property and he has refused several SUBJ
stantial offers to move.-Ney York Even
ing World
The herald., 1898-02-17
Indian Enumeration

The Indians of Guiana have queer sys-
tenn of Enumeration. They count by the
hand and it's four fingers. Thus. when they
reach five, instead of saying so, they call
it a hand" Six is. therefore, a hand and
first finger" Ten is two hands," but
twenty, instead of being -four hands" is
a man." Forty is two men," and thus
they go on by twenties Forty-six is ex-
pressed as 1.-TWO men, hand and first fin
ger"