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The herald., 1898-02-16
WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR

The police commission at its meeting
yesterday furnished substantial evil
dence Of it's intention to enforce the sa-
loon laws without fear or favor, and to
inflict the full penalty upon those found
guilty of violating them.
In every saloon license granted by the
city Of Los Angeles is a clause provid-
ing that, when a saloon keeper is con-
victed of violating the law, his license
shall be revoked. A few days ago the
barkeeper of the Hotel Van Nuys was
found guilty of selling liquor on Sun
day and fined 500. At the meeting of the
police commission yesterday a transcript
of record from the police court was SUBJ
mitted. showing the foregoing fact,
whereupon the commission promptly
revoked the bar license of the Hotel Van
Nuys.
The action of the commission will be
cordially commended and upheld by all
law-abiding citizens. The law knows
no difference between the ostentatious
hotel bar and the humble working
mans saloon" There is no reason why
hotel should profit through the public
sale of liquor in violation of the law at
the expense of another more law a biding
saloon keeper, who pays the same license
fee.
The question has been raised whether,
in cases like that of the Hotel Van Nuys
the holder can collect a rebate for the
unexpired term of his license The con-
tention that he could is absurd. A Il
cense to sell liquor is granted under GER
tain conditions, subject to revocation if
those conditions are violated. The Of
fender forfeits through his disregard of
the law not only his license. but the
money he has paid.
1t is worth while repeating that the
law was not intended to punish one man
and protect another who is equally
culpable. The police commission is TAX
ing the right course. The would be vio-
lators of the saloon laws will go slow if
they are wise.
The herald., 1898-02-16
COMMERCE TO BE FREE

Grim viSaged war has smoothed her
wrinkled front, and, if we may give full
credence to the latest assurances of the
great powers represented by monster
fleets in Oriental waters, all are to dwell
together in unison and harmony on the
Eastern Asiatic border, each claiming
to be inspired by the same worthy mo-
tive, the opening of additional Chinese
ports to the commerce of the world, no
tariff restrictions to be anywhere i'm
posed against the trade of the nations.
AS for Great Britain, no declaration of
purpose was required, her traditional
policy being familiar to everybody
Upon her well-known determination to
maintain the freedom of trade in the
Orient the United States, in the absence
of an adequate naval representation in
far eastern waters, has in way relied
for the protection of American interests
there. How far this country would have
felt impelled to support Great Britains
contention, in the event of assistance
being required and solicited, it may be
difficult at this time to conjecture. Suf-
flee it that during the recent rapid de-
velopment of events the people of this
country, if not the government, have
come to look upon John Bull as some
thing in the nature of a big brother in the
emergency-albeit a relative they would
at all times have been disposed to sac
rifice to the cause.
But there is to be no war, and nothing
more costly than our sympathy is to be
called into requisition, and that, as now
appears, must be divided between all of
the powers. Lord Salisbury, in his
speech at the opening of the commons
Tuesday, declared there was no effort
which Great Britain would not make
rather than lose her treaty rights. No
one has evinced the slightest intention
of abridging them. This he supplement-
ed with the statement that he had re-
ceived spontaneous assurances from the
Russian government that any port it
opens in China will be open to free COM
merce.
At the same moment Herr Richter, in
The herald., 1898-02-16

agent.-To get drink after hours these
days it is necessary to either have bottie
or to order an oyster stew.-The Hon.
Thomas Fitch and the Hon. Frank F. Da-
Wis ate victuals or drank vinous liquids
that disagreed with the g. o. p. last sat
urday night.-The sub-correspondent OF
the San Francisco Gall is suffering from
something worse than delirium tremens.
1t will be difficult to muzzle some pup
pies who grin and run about the city hall.
will drop before all the side
walk signs do.-Charlie Walton stiii
wears a sanguine air.-W. G. Patterson
is studying the Bliss of Christian Social
ism.-Lieutenant Peary, who nearly
found the north pole. and General Booth.
who discovered Darkest England. Will not
be here at the same time.-Louis Vetter, II
he could not get a telephone franchise,
will make some underground connections.
OBSERVER.
The herald., 1898-02-16
MUZZLE THE DOGS

The question of allowing unmuzzled
dogs to run at large is becoming very
serious one in this section. In Santa
Monica recently a child died from the
bite of a dog and numbers of dogs were
bitten by canine supposed to be suf-
mediately took the wise precaution of
requiring all dogs running at large to be
muzzled. This, while causing some in
convenience, is generally regarded as
an action of wisdom.
Los Angeles has not escaped the dan
ger. few days ago child was bitten
by supposedly mad dog Complaints
of vicious dogs are frequently heard. 1t
is not altogether question of hydro
phoba. Our children must be protected
from the attacks of savage dogs run
ming at large. They are not safe at pres
ent, and if it comes to matter of muz-
zling the dogs or of keeping the children
indoors, there ought to be no difficulty
in arriving at a decision.
1t really seems as if Los Angeles has
much more than it's share of dogs. the
great majority of which are worthless
ours. The license law has not had the
desired effect in keeping the number
down. While the hydrophobia question
is still debatable one, there is no
questioning the fact that hydrophobia
scares do occur and that their results are
to be dreaded
Recent occurrences in this CITY and it's
vicinity fully warrant the city council
The herald., 1898-02-16

further details Ok the reported loss Of the
steamer Clara Nevada The news was con-
veyed to Juneau shortly before the Islander
sailed by Captain Latham OF the steamer
Coleman He says the Clara Nevada
foundered with all on board opposite Sea-
ward City in Berners bay. where she was
running for shelter.
George Beck, resident OF Seaward City.
was an eye witness of the disaster. He was
standing on the beach when he saw small
steamer battling with the wind. Suddenly
there was flash and the steamer burst
into flames, foundering in few seconds
She had on board twenty-five passengers
and crew. Fifteen passengers, who went
north on the Clara Nevada, returned on
the Islander, say her boilers gave much
trouble on the northward voyage and once
the steamer took fire but 1t was exiting
uished before serious damage was done.
They say the steamer was undoubtedly
wrecked by the boilers bursting.
The Rustler of Juneau has gone to look
for survivors,
The herald., 1898-02-16
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY l6. 1898
PLATFORM

The Herald believes that the city OF
Los Angeles should own and controi
complete system of waterworks.
Tho Herald believes that the city
should acquire such system at tne
earliest date possible and on the most
advantageous terms possible. consistent
with contract obligations and fair deal
ing.
The Herald believes that the con-
.-.ct with the Los Angeles City Water
company should be enforced to the let
ter. and that, at the conclusion OF the
vending lease, the plant should be taken
over in accordance with the provisions
If that contract.
The herald., 1898-02-16

the reichstag. was procIaiming the same
doctrine. and insisting that Germany
ought to preach none but free port
policy In China.
With Russia and Great Britain of one
mind upon this proposition. and the
United States in full sympathy. it viii
breaches or attempts to practice. But
after all and over all. any restriction of
trade in the Orient, any attempt to raise
trade barriers against the free COM
merce of the world, is against the logic
of the situation and of the times, and
antagonistic to the progressive and en-
lightened spirit of the age, which all
nations must respect.
The herald., 1898-02-16
A Railroad Boycott

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Feb. 15-The Kan
sas City, Pittsburg and Gulf railroad has
secured. through Judge Phillips of the
United States supreme court. temporary
order restraining the Atchison. Topeka
and Santa Fe railway from enforcing Its
boycott against the former. The boycott
was to have gone into effect today. The
order will be effective till the 18th inst.
This Is the first legal step taken by the
Pittsburg and Gulf to fight the southwest
ern roads, who gave notice recently that
they would refuse to accept or deliver
freight to the complainant road at Texas
points because of Its refusal to enter the
southwestern traffic bureau. Each of the
eleven railroads and steamship lines who
announced the boycott gave the Pittsburg
and Gulf road from 10 to 80 days notice.
The Santa Fe's limit was the first to ex-
pire. The same action WILL It is said. be
taken against these roads as their time
limit expires and an attempt to enforce the
boycott is made.
The herald., 1898-02-16
THE PUBLIC PULSE
aunner Lordan,s Opinion

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
Dear Sir-I have just returned from a
visit to the Soldiers home. / find no rea-
sons for complaint and no cause whatever
for an investigation. Colonel Smith Is
soldier and the right man In the right place:
There are some men al the nome tnat coulu
he denominated cranks, that would not be
satisfied in heaven If they were there.
I served twenty-five years In our naval
service. and before God / would rather pay
INV board in the Soldiers home at santa
Monica than I would in some hotels IN
Southern California
Colonel Brown is sick. He is an exceiient
old veteran. 1t is shame for ANYBODY 70
lie and accuse the management Of the
Soldiers home. Respectfully.
WILLIAM JORDAN,
Formerly gunner United States Navy.
The herald., 1898-02-16
THE MAINE DISASTER

The deplorable disaster to the pride of
the United States navy, recorded in our
dispatches this morning, supplies not
only a grievous puzzle as to cause, but
q serious subject for reflection. Had we
been at war with Spain, the apparently
self-inflicted catastrophe to the Maine
would have been Of still graver portent,
but the question at once suggests itself
as to the real value in naval warfare
Of these leviathans of the deep. If
the Maine were SO susceptible to accident
in peace, what would have been her
fortune in war? OF course, until the
mystery Of the disaster is cleared away,
and the cause of the catastrophe is re-
vealed, it is futile to discourse on the
event. 1t is at least certain that the re-
sponsibility for the disaster will be
probed to the bottom. Not only have
millions of dollars been squandered, not
only is the reputation of our navy at
G.ake, but there is borne upon US reve-
lation of critical danger if our warships
are so susceptible to accident in time of
peace. In the meantime, Captain
Sigsbee, the Names commander, who
bears an enviable reputation as a gal
liant and experienced officer, asks the
public to suspend its judgment until
further report is made. The request is
reasonable, and must appeal to all sem
eible people
The herald., 1898-02-16
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

At the trial of Sheriff Martin yesterday
several witnesses retold the story of the
shooting down OF the Latimer strikers.
The only new evidence was that given by
Casper Wishinski, who swore that the
sheriff fired the first shot and that the
men whom he fired at fell.
A number of men. estimated at between
20 and 30, who were fishing through the ice
on Lake Erie above Buffalo. are believed
to have lost their lives or are adrift on the
ice on the lake. A heavy wind blowing
from the east caused the ice to break away
from the shore and nothing can now be
seen of the men.
The st. Paul. sailing for Europe today,
will take out $4,000 ounces of silver. To-
days weakness in silver was attributed to
the official statement by the Russian finan-
cial authorities that their purchases of sill
yer will hereafter be much reduced, as
notes are now convertible into gold at the
pleasure of the holder.
Last nights dispatches said the condi-
ton OF Miss Willard was much improved
DIR. Andrew Sloan Draper, president OF
the University Of Illinois. has been offered
the position of superintendent of public
schools of Greater New York and has
declined it, preferrnig to remain at the
head of the Illinois institution.
VIM. o. Moody. an employee of the bank
ing firm of Dunlap Bros, Chicago, was ar
rested last night on the charge of embez-
zling $4,000 from the funds of the Oak Park
Building and Loan association Moody was
a prominent member of the Oak Park Con-
gregational church. He admits his guilt
The Pittsburg municipal election yes
terday resulted in decided victory for the
Republicans. Notwithstanding the division
in their ranks caused by the municipal
league reform ticket. The latter ticket
according to returns at midnight, had
elected but one councilman. City elections
were held throughout the state Lancaster
elected a Democratic mayor by majority
of six votes. The Republicans carried
everything else.
The herald., 1898-02-16

The Herald prints this morning the
official appeal from the leaders of the
silver movement in the Democratic,
Populist and Silver Republican parties,
calling upon the friends of the white
metal to unite in making free coinage
the paramount issue of the coming cam
paign and join together in attacking the
arch-enemy, the single gold standard
The appeal is vigorous and logical and
ity of purpose and growing strength of
the silver cause. Read it,
The herald., 1898-02-16

Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture has just returned from
an official jaunt through Florida, and
in talk with press representative yes
terday he declared that there is no
tropical belt there, all orange lands being
He thinks, however, that on account of
the superior excellence of the Florida
orange and the high price it commands
in the markets of the world, it will con-
tinue to be grown to limited extent, its
value justifying such protective devices
as have been found to be useful and prac-
teal.
The herald., 1898-02-16
A Mexican Mine

Ell PASO. Tex. Feb 15.-Otto Jensen.
whose family resides in st. Louis. arrived
in Ell Paso yesterday from Casas Grande.
state of Chihuahua. Mexico. with over $500
in gold dust. which he cleaned up from a
placer located in the Sierra Madre noun
talns near Casas Grande. He panned
$500 OUT in three months. Jensen refuses
to divulge the location of the placer
grounds. He left today for st. Louis to
bring out his family and brother, ami
says he will clean up $4,000 more in gold
this year without the use of machinery
This find has increased the gold mining
excitement here.
The herald., 1898-02-16

Our dispatches this morning hint at a
revival of the negotiations for COM
mercial treaty with Spain, which are not
even to be delayed until the new min
lister arrives. Since De LONE so ingenu-
ously gave away this snap in his letter
to Canalejas, its early revival will be
something of a surprise to the people of
this country. The administration seems
not to have seen the lulu" sign hanging
over this shell game.
The herald., 1898-02-16

The decision of an Illinois court rem
dered yesterday and outlined in our
dispatches this morning, may have COL
lateral interest for some of our readers.
1t relates to the street railway deal of
eight years ago in this city and meas
ures the liability of stockholders to
creditors, bonded and otherwise, for
stock issued and floated but never paid
up. From the decision, which is said
not to be appealable, the stockholders
are mulcted to the extent of the watered
stock.
The herald., 1898-02-16
in following the example Of the Santa
Monica authorities BY passing q dog
muzzlinz ordinance.

A financial agent of Mormon edu-
cational propaganda yesterday startled
a Boston audience by stating that his
people confidently expect to uproot
Christianity in time and wipe out all
Christian churches. to set up another
Mormon theocracy in Utah. with polyga-
nous attachment, control the civil at
fairs Of the state, and defy christendom.
No date is fixed for the elimination of
this gigantic scheme. and we assume
that sufficient time will be given the
country to prepare for the change. The
name of the freak is Lewis, and we are
prone to believe his escape from Zion
would not have been discovered had he
not accentuated his absence by break
ing into a meeting of the Boston Con-
gregational Ministers association in a
most spectacular way. Parenthetically.
we may remark that Mormonism is in
this country lapsed possibility. rapidly
becoming reminiscence.
The herald., 1898-02-16
For Coast Defense

DENVER, Col, Feb. ia special to the
Republican from Albuquerque, n. M, says:
on one Of the cars of a through freigns
train going west today there was one q
Uncle Sans peacemakers, IN the snape
~ q modern 1O-inch rifle, thirty feet In
length. weighing about forty tons. Tne
huge gun was being shipped to San Deigo.
Cal. from the governments proving
grounds at Sandy Hook, n. J. II was
made at Bethlehem, Pa, and appeared TO
be a very formidable piece OF ordnance.
The surface of the gun was covered with
inscriptions. such as "Take me to Cuba: |:
T will soon free it," "What Cuba needs.''
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The herald., 1898-02-16
ON THE STREET
u OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The question of music in the public parks
has frequently been agitated. and 1t is
only a question of
M,.ssr e, <he time before the peo-
pie will awake to
Parks the opportunity. How
easily and cheaply
this vast public advantage could be ac-
complished may be judged from the esti-
mates that 1 have from a thoroughly reli-
able authority who has had occasion to
study the situation. If" says he, ,'"every
taxpayer were willing to pay five cents
per annum we could have a public band
of fifty performers, which would be able
to play three times a week at different
parks in this CITY," This. surely, sounds
most alluring proposition, demanding a
tax SO insignificant that no one would
rebel. A first class band. judiciously SUBJ
sidized by the city fathers. would be not
only a perpetual source of pleasure to
every citizen of taste and discretion, hut
would also provide very valuable adver-
tisement.
The ordinance abolishing all sorts of
signs on the sidewalks Is proving exceed
ingly obnoxious to
Dows, Wffh large number of cit
Your Signs threat Of its prompt
ing themselves with influential and forci-
BILE petitions. 1t certainly seems hard lines
on an individual who has expended some
hundreds of dollars-not that street signs
usually cost that amount-on elaborate
lamps and attractive advertisements. to
be summarily ordered to haul them down
without any compensation.
O O O
The councilman for the Eighth ward
is taking lessons In the noble art of self
defense, and has con-
The Gossips eII e1udeo oreyiovsly 70 wlsn0ram ane
Say That nounced offers Of Of
until he is sufficiently trained to enter the
prize ring--Tom Williams of San Fran
cisco and Guy Barham of Los Angeles are
both enamored Of sopranos in the Bos-
tonians. but they cannot both be happy
at once, for the one is prima donna and
the other is an understudy.-Maud North
am secured by private wire success d'es-
time in Modjeslsa's New York production
of Macbeth Monday night, but, far more
i.-..nrtant the shrewd young woman
knows how to work the gullible press
The herald., 1898-02-16
IN THE COMMONS
Liberals Object to the East Indian
Policy

LONDON. Feb. 15.-Continuing the de-
bate on the address in reply to the speech
from the throne in the house of commons
today, H. H. Asquith. Liberal member for
East Fife and formerly secretary of state
for home affairs, described the Indian from
tier expedition as being lone Of the most
inglorious adventures in the annals of
Great Britain" and asked the house to
declare the war "a violation of sound pol
icy. which deserved the condemnation of
the legislature The parliamentary Sec
retary for foreign affairs, Mr.. Curzon.
pointed out that Russia had advanced to
the Oxus, and that IT was impossible for
Great Britain to allow a gap to remain In
her northwestern frontier
Mr.. Lawson Walton's amendment to the
address was further discussed by Sir Will
lam Vernon Harcourt, who criticised the
governments policy In India. and by A
]. Balfour, who defended that policy, after
which the amendment was rejected by a
vote of 81 against 2S.
The herald., 1898-02-16
THE KANSAS PACIFIC
Sales Expected to Pay the Government
Debt

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 15-Tomorrow
Judge w. d. Cornish of Omaha. special
master, will sell the government lien on
the Union Pacific railroad in Kansas. the
upset price of the government lien is $6.-
sos, 900. A. w. Krech of New York will
make the purchase for the reorganization
committee, which is the new Union Pacific
company. Special Master Cornish will sell
under a special mortgage the eastern d.
vision Of the Union Pacific. 14o miles. The
upset price is to be $A,500.000 Mr.. Krech
also will buy this property for the new
company.
On Friday Judge Cornish will sell under
a special mortgage and Mr.. Krech will buy
for the company, the middle division OF
the Union Pacific, 254 miles. This sale will
take place at Salina. The upset price is
to be IS, 800. .000
On Saturday the entire line, from Kansas
City to Denver, will be sold under the con-
solidated mortgage. This sale will be made
in North Topeka. The upset price is to
be $S.O00.O00.
The herald., 1898-02-16
Bright Stars

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Feb. 15.-It is an
nounced that Louis James. Nine. Rhea and
Frederick Warde will make a joint star
ring tour under the title of the James
RheaWarde combination next season
They will play Julius Caesar" "Othello,'' -
Macbeth" Hamlet" "Much-Ado-About
Nothing" and School for Scandal" and
possibly a new play. Complete scenic set
tings will be carried for each play. The
tour will be managed by Wagenhals and
Kemper. local men. The contracts, 1t is
said, have been signed.
The herald., 1898-02-16

Additional rich strikes in the Klondike
country continue to be reported in our
dispatches. The international literary
bureau in Alaska evidently does not pro-
pose to allow popular interest in the
subject to lag for want of speculative
material.
The herald., 1898-02-16

Senior Canalejas is soon to receive the
letter which his friend, De LONE, ad-
dressed to him last fall-the letter that
never came-and we wish him much JOY
in the perusal of it. 1t has had the run
of about 10000 American newspapers,
top of column, next to pure reading
matter without charge, and he should
now try to be happy.
The herald., 1898-02-16

"The populace of Madrid" our dis
patches this morning advise us, ''is
greatly enraged." But what Of it? Isn't
that the normal condition of the popu-
lace of Madrid? 1t has little else to do
but get itself enraged, but, as a general
thing, the only sufferers are the bulls.
The herald., 1898-02-16

Mckinley is to have an apology, Can
alejas is to have his letter, De LONE has
has had a deal of fun over the episode.
Now let us have peace.
The herald., 1898-02-16

Senior Enrique Dupuy de LONE de-
parted from Washington yesterday, and
will sail for Liverpool from New York
today. President Mckinley did not even
send a boy to see him off.
The herald., 1898-02-16
Found His Law Books

SELMA. Cal. Feb. 15.-The law books
of z. j. Robinson, now in jail at Fresno.
charged with setting fire to his office.
were found buried near his cabin today
about noon
The herald., 1898-02-16

Capt. w. H. Boggs, retired and wealthy
sea captain who had large mining inter-
ests in Alaska died suddenly last evening
of hemorrhage Of the lungs, at Sacramento,
His home was in Santa Cruz.