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The herald., 1898-03-04
HUNTMGToN'S PRIVILEGE

No one will be disposed to lay stumb-
ling blocks in the way Of Coils P.
Huntington's mooted philanthropic
scheme Of building breakwater at
Santa Monica, and otherwise improving
the harbor at that point. Deep-sea ports
are good things, and we can scarcely
have too many. Indeed, it is more than
probable that, in the course Of time, pri-
vate and corporate enterprise will sup
plement governmental effort to improve
the commercial facilities of the coast, as
it already has done in Texas. There
was strong competition for the favor of
congress, in the matter Of appropriations
for harbor improvement there, but the
prophecy made, at the time something
like six million dollars was given to Gal
of several deep harbors on the Gulf
coast, without cost to the government,
has already become history. Great
progress has since been made in this
we'll as at the mouth of the Brazos,
eighteen feet of water having been Sc
cured at all three points, with the cer-
tainty that when the works under way
are completed the largest ocean vessels
plying in that trade will be able to re-
ceive and discharge their cargoes direct
from the wharves.
Government aid in such vast undertake
ings is always desirable, and has here
tofore been deemed essential, but when
it fails to materialize. private enterprise
may be depended upon, in many obvi-
ously worthy instances, to supply the
facilities necessitated by the growth of
commerce and the progress of develop
ment.
Mr.. Huntington can yet secure some
thing of monopoly in the carrying
trade at Santa Monica, providing he has
the price. He is, at all events privi-
legged to loosen" at will, and The Herald
hopes he will not long delay the act.
The herald., 1898-03-04
wintering party left south until next year.
unless the ship Is held in the pack"
Snoiled the Case

CLEVELAND, Ohio. March 3.-Before
Judge Dissette in the common pleas court
today the case of Mrs. Margaret l. john
ston against VIM. Hendy for $4,000 dam
ages for breach of promise of marriage was
called. In 1874 Mrs. johnson married JACOB
Custer at st. GATHERINGS, Ont. He deserted
her the day after the wedding, ana iater
she heard that he was dead. Sne came 10
this CITY and married johnson, living with
him nineteen years. Then she obtained
divorce. Subsequently she says VIM.
Hendy asked her to marry him. Today
as the attorneys were taking their places.
Jacob Custer, now a resident Of Pittsburg,
walked into the room. The case was at
once dismissed.
The herald., 1898-03-04
TO FLEECE THE CITY

The San Francisco Call continues its
campaign of abuse and misrepresenta-
ton against those who have the common
sense and the courage tooppose the ex-
~travagant; unbusinesslike and imprac-
-ticable schemes of the agitators in the
city government. Just now it is engaged
{ in bolstering up the claims and the
mountain water committee of the city
council, which seeks to fasten upon the
city an enormous needless expense in the
acquisition of new water supply.
y The Call, in a special dispatch from
this city. after a few paragraphsdevoted
to abuse of the daily newspapers here,
says:
The city can get pure mountain water
cheaper than it can stand by and be
robbed for the benefit of the stockhold-
. ers of the City Water company. In
the Crystal Springs litigation now pend
ing the city can lose the case and still
furnish the ratepayers pure mountain
water for less sum than that at which
the company values it's alleged Crystal
Springs water rights.
The city can proceed now with its
plans for municipal operation and leave
the buncombe litigation the water COM
pany has caused to be instituted to be
settled in the courts at the leisure of
the judges. If decision does not come
for ten years it will not make any diff
ference to municipal operation.
1t will be observed that the Call ig-
nores the fact that the city owns the
water of the Los Angeles river, an en-
tirely adequate source of supply, and
regards contemptuously the litigation
into which the city has entered in order
to protect those rights.
This shows clearly the plan and pur-
pose of the water conspirators and their
San Francisco organ. They aim to force
the city into the needless expenditure
of from one to three millions Of dollars
for a mountain water supply in addition
to the price that will have to be paid the
water company for it's improvements, or
to construct a new distributing system.
The Herald believes that the people
Of Los Angeles will not vote bonds in
aid of such needless extravaganza.
Those who are promoting the mountain
water scheme" cannot be credited with
any good, disinterested purpose.
The herald., 1898-03-04
TO CoNSUMMATE THE GIFT

In announcing his intention to donate
park to the city, little more than a
year ago, Mr.. G. ]. Griffith used the fol-
lowing significant language:
Recognizing the duty which one who
has acquired some little wealth owes to
the community in which he has pros
pered, and desiring to aid the advance
ment and happiness of the city that
has been for so long, and always will be,
my home, I am impelled to make an
offer, the acceptance of which by your
selves. acting for the people, I believe
will be source of enjoyment and pride
to my fellows and add a charm to our
beloved city.
These words express the sentiments,
not only of generous citizen, but of a
true philanthropist. A great writer
once said: ITO do good to my fellow man
is my religion" and no nobler spirit can
actuate any person.
Tomorrow afternoon, at the city hall,
Mr.. Griffith will consummate his cher
ished plan Of endowing the city of Los
Angeles, not only with the largest city
park in the United States, but with a
territory that has unique and striking
features. Its long river margin, it's
-frostless belt, its varied forest growths,
and it's lofty mountain peak contain pos
sibilties for future development along
novel lines that are unrivaled. The
southern border of this park is only five
miles from the city hall, and the high
mountain summit but seven or eight.
How many millions would Chicago
cheerfully give for such a park within
twenty miles Of its business center!
Yet our fortunate city Of Los Angeles
The herald., 1898-03-04
Ready at Last

SAN FRANCISCO. March S.-The
United States steamer Pinta sailed this
evening for San Diego. where she Will be
turned over to the naval battalion. Capt.
Louis H. Turner, commander OF the San
Francisco battalion, was In charge. The
Pinta will reach Santa Barbara on Satur-
day morning, and in the afternoon the an,
nual inspection of the Sixth division will
be held. San Diego will be reached on
Monday, If all goes well, and there the
Third division will have its annual in
spection. Lieut.. Chandler of San Diego
will be the future executive officer of the
vessel.
The herald., 1898-03-04
PARIS NOTES
Queen Elizabeth, Oscar Wilde and
Other Things

PARIS, March 3.-(Correspondence of the
Associated Press.) Carmen Sylvia, as
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania Is known to
the literary world, has just received her
diploma constituting her a doctor Of let
ters and honorary member of the Univer-
sity of Buda Pesth.
LIE Clair says: oscar Wilde's presence
is announced within our walls. The too cell
ebrated English author has been seen in
several public establishments. His troubles
do not appear to have damaged his health.
He has even put on little too much flesh.
Otherwise his appearance is always one Of
supreme elegance-an elegance increased
by aesthetic originality
An island, 1t is announced here, has sud-
denly appeared on the. northwest coast of
Borneo. opposite the town of La Buan. Its
apparition appears to be due to the earth
quake which occurred in September in
British Borneo. The island is composed of
clay and rock. 1t measures two hundred
yards in length by fifty yards in width,
and 1t has gone on increasing since its first
emergence.
The herald., 1898-03-04
South Pole Seekers

NEW YORK, March 3.-The Brooklyn
Standard Union publishes letter from DR..
Frederick A. Cook, surgeon of the Belgian
Antarctic expedition, dated Ushula, Terra
del Fuego. December 9th. He wrote: 1--WE
have come in here to- take our last supply
of coal. Tomorrow we will start south un-
der steam, passing out west of Cape Horn
to the South Shetlands, thence to Cape
Seymour, along the eastern border of Gra-
hams land in Larsen's track, to the farther
south, then east and out Of the ice again,
perhaps in the neighborhood of Enderby
Land After visiting some of the SUBJ
Antarctic islands-Bonnets, Prince Ed
wards, Kerguelen-the Belgica will be put
into Melbourne to winter. There will be no
The herald., 1898-03-04
The Flannelly Murder

SAN JOSE, March 3.-The Flannelly
murder trial was resumed in Judge Lori
gans court today. 1t was brought out from
the line of questions asked that in the at
tempt to prove self-defense 1t will be con-
tended that Patrick Flannelly fired shot
at his son before the latter opened fire on
him. Every witness was questioned very
closely as to whether or not four shots had
not been fired. All denied that they had
heard more than the three. The testimony
as to the killing given by Mrs. Flannelly,
mother Of the accused, was very direct and
positive. She told the jury how she had
seen the pistol in her sons hand and saw
him fire the shot at his father. Positive
evidence as to the killing was also given
by Mr.. and Mrs. John Kerr, the brother
in-law and sister of the defendant.
The herald., 1898-03-04
A BICYCLE Crank

WASHINGTON, March &C. B. Ed
wards, who for number Of days past has
been doing 100 miles daily on the Conduit
road, has broken all previous records for
centuries. Mr.. Edwards IN
tends to continue breaking the record un-
til he has established record Of his own
that will stand for many years. Today ne
completed his sixty-second century this
year. The best previous record was held
by Jack Knowles, who rode sixty-one con-
secutive hundreds.
The herald., 1898-03-04
Borda's Assassin

NEW YORK, March 3-Granville Stuart,
until recently United States minister to
Uruguay and Paraguay, who was with the
president Of Uruguay, Juan Borda, when
the latter was assassinated, arrived on the
steamship Alliance from Colon. "Arando,
the young man who shot Borda, is still IN
JAIL" said Mr.. Stuart. 1.-THE people seem to
be largely In his favor. The women fill his
cell with flowers and give him delicacies
His condition, however, is critical. Should
the Borda partisans elect their candidate
as president 1t will go hard with him. but
IL they are defeated 1t Is believed he will be
liberated"
The herald., 1898-03-04
Whv It Was Done

WASHINGTON, March 3.-In response to
a resolution recently passed concerning
the reasons why the navy department had
shipped certain machinery from the Niles
tool works at Hamilton, o., to the Mare
Island navy yard via the Canadian Pacific,
the secretary of the navy today sent to the
senate a communication stating that the
department had purchased some machin-
cry from the Niles tool works, but that
no contract had been entered into by the
department for the shipment of 1t. AS a
mater of fact, the department had nothing
to do with the shipment of the machinery.
The herald., 1898-03-04
PLATFORM

The Herald believes that the city Of
Los Angeles should own end control .
complete system Of waterworks.
The Herald believes that tho city
should acquire such . system at the
earliest date possible and ON the most
advantageous terms possible. consistent
with contract obligations and fair deal
ing.
Tho Herald believes that the con-
tract with the Los Angeles City Water
company should be enforced to tho let
ter, and that, at the conclusion Of the
pending lease. the plant should be taken
over in accordance with the provisions
If that contract
The herald., 1898-03-04

The merit of the verse written by
Mr. Alfred 1. Townsend, frequent con-
tributor to The Herald's Muse, is being
given appreciative recognition by lead
ing eastern newspapers. The New York
Times and Boston Globe are among the
papers that have recently reproduced
from The Herald poems by Mr.. Town
con6
The herald., 1898-03-04
The NstiYe Sons

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3.-The Native
Sons of the Golden West are zealously pre-
pairing for the grand parlor, which con-
venes in Nevada City April rs. Delegates
are now being chosen by the various city
parlors. The fight for the next grand par
lor Is already on, and Marysville and Sa-
linas are strongly out for It, One Of the
features Of the entertainments which the
people Of Nevada City are arranging Is
bill, which will be given 100 feet under
the earth's surface, in the Champion mine.
The herald., 1898-03-04
oUsTED FROM OFFICE
An Illinois Mayor Spent Too Much
for Beer

for Beer
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 3.-The cir
cult court today issued decree ousting
Mayor John M. Good from office. The
proceedings were brought under the Gar
field election law, which requires candi-
dates, after the election, to file sworn
statements of all their expenditures. Judge
Adams said that the testimony showed
that Mayor Good spent $2S3.30 in the cam
paign that he failed to include in his
sworn statement of expenses, which ac-
counted for only $A5. or the above amount
$91 was spent for beer.
Mayor Good also promised the Trades
and Labor assembly to appoint union
man on the board of public affairs, which
is against the law, and that organization
backed the custer proceedings. Mayor
Good Is one of the most prominent business
men in Springfield. This was his first ex-
perience in politics, and a test of the law
was made on him. The sworn statements
of most of the candidates have been dis
puted, but not carried to the courts. Mayor
Good was formerly Prohibitionist, but
was elected as the Democratic candidate.
The herald., 1898-03-04
A VOID Contract

MANAGUA. Nicaragua, via Galveston,
March 3.-The Nicaraguan congress has
declared null and void the contract OF 1898
between the president of Nicaragua and
the Bank Of Nicaragua. by the terms Of
which the bank was authorized to tran
sact mercantile business and to change its
name to the London Bank Of Central
America and its domicile to London,
England.
The herald., 1898-03-04
ALMOST PERSUADED

The San Pedro harbor project was
pushed little further ahead yesterday
by the announcement that Secretary
Alger had decided to award the contract
to Heldmeier & Neu Of Chicago, who
were the lowest bidders, at something
less than $1,50O,000. One bid, which in
cluded both a harbor Of refuge and one Of
commerce, the engineers were disposed
to regard as irregular. believing that its
acceptance would afford an opportunity
to reopen the whole question in congress.
The people Of Southern California will
approve the policy and suggestion of
the engineers. They would neither risk
nor tolerate any step that would reopen
the harbor question.
The awarding of the contract at a
figure less than 81, 500, 900 would indicate
that the density Of San Clemente rock
is such as to satisfy the powers that be.
and that Secretary Alger's reported de-
termination to call for land-quarried
rock was baseless rumor. This isvery
gratifying, because it will save the gov
ernment at least a million dollars. The
people who want the harbor do not
favor needless extravaganza simply be-
cause the money is to come out of the
public treasury.
Secretary Alger, as an ordinary busi-
ness precaution, may withhold his sig
nature for the contract until after the
sundry civil bill passes both houses of
congress. 1t begins to look, however,
as If there would be no further unneces-
sary delay. 1t will do no harm to begin
stirring up enthusiasm, but let us not be-
gin shouting until the work is actually
begun.
The herald., 1898-03-04
Four Roustabouts Drowned

CINCINNATI, March 3.-As the Bosto-
MIA steamed out of her wharf tonight for
Louisville. eight colored roustabouts were
thrown into the river. -Four were rescued
and four were drowned. The dead are,
Millard Daniel, Louis Jackson, Louis Mil-
Ter and William Van Dyke, all of Louise
ville Ten other roustabouts were starting
to the plank when 1t broke.
The herald., 1898-03-04

WIN have : fres nm o. this princeiy
domain. located At its very doors. Lead
ing citizens win show their appreciation
OF this great gift and its generous donor
by their presence at the ceremony to-
morrow afternoon.
The herald., 1898-03-04
U. s. Grant for Senator

SAN DIEGO, March 3.-About thirty Re.
publicans gathered tonight to discuss tho
advisibility of forming a club to support
u. s. Grant for United States senator.
DIR. Cochenaur presided. Mayor Reed and
others made speeches eulogizing Mr.. Grant.
A committee was appointed to arrange for
q public meeting at which the Grant club
will be formed.
The herald., 1898-03-04

The increased flow into this country of
goods manufactured abroad is now her
aided as an indication of prosperity.
Europe will doubtless take pleasure in
contributing indefinitely to prosperity Of
this kind.
The herald., 1898-03-04

ment of the beautiful anthem, Consider
the Lilies" The pure. sweet voice Of the
soprano rose clearly and distinctly in the
solo:
They toi-oi-oi-oil not,
They toll not,
They toll not.
Ny-y-y-ther do they spin.
She paused, and the tenor took up the
strain:
Nee-ee-ee-ther do they spin.
They toi-oi-oi-oil not.
They toll not,
They toll not,
Nee-ee-ee-ther do they spin.
The tenor ceased, and the basso. SOL
emn, red-haired young man, with some
what worldly looking eye and a voice like
a foghorn, broke In:
Nay-ay-ay-ayther do they spin.
They toi-oi-oi-oil not,
They toll not,
They toll not.
Nay-ay-ay-ayther do they spin.
Then the voices Of the three were lifted
up in chorus:
Ny-y-y-ther
Nee-ee-ee-ther
Nay-ay-ay-ther
do they spin.
They toi-oi-oi-oil Pot.
They toll not.
They toll not,
Ny-y-y-ther,
Nee-ee-ee-ther,
Nay-ay-ay-ther
do they spin.
Brethren" said the gray-haired, old
fashioned pastor, when the choir had fin
ished, I'VE will begin the service of the
morning by singing the familiar hymn,
And Am l Yet Alive? "-Chicago Daily
Tribune.
The herald., 1898-03-04

The executive committee Of the Re-
publican congressional committee is an
nounced in our dispatches this morning.
1t will go into history as the hardest
worked body of schemers ever organized
on this continent, providing it intends
in good faith to contest the congressional
elections next fall.
The herald., 1898-03-04
Collere ,Baseball

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL. March
3.-The Santa Clara and Varsity baseball
teams played a game on the campus to-
day, the visitors winning by a score Of 8
to 4. The university team was clearly out
played. Kelly of the Santa Claras pitched
an even game, while Wingley, Stanford's
man in the box. gave the visitors many
chances to score.
The herald., 1898-03-04
Korea Objects

LONDON, March g. dispatch to the
Times from Kobe, Japan, says: The Deer
island concession to Russia Is strongly dis
approved in Korea and 1t is reported that
the representatives of some of the foreign
governments recommend making the
island foreign settlement.
The herald., 1898-03-04

Executive sessions Of the Maine board
of inquiry are not popular with the yell
low journalists at Havana. Forced to
seek information in the dives Of that
city, however, they are proving them
selves quite equal to the emergency, and
there is no apparent shortage from day
to day in the volume of rubbish hung on
the wire.
The herald., 1898-03-04

The fate of annexation will doubtless
be determined at tomorrow's meeting of
the senate committee on foreign affairs.
Ratification Of the treaty having been
reluctantly abandoned, the questionable
propriety of attempting to railroad a
Joint resolution through alone remains
to be considered. 1t is not believed this
drastic remedy will be administered in
the present crisis.
The herald., 1898-03-04

The divers appear to be bringing ur
more stories than salvage.
The herald., 1898-03-04

infantry. This took place almost within
sight of Matanzas, in the streets OF which
city the senator was later approached by
a messenger from Gen. Gomez. who open.
ly proclaimed his identity and mission.
The herald., 1898-03-04

For a dosen reasons Spain IL not likely
to succeed in securing any additional
battleships while she waits. One Is that
she hasn't the price. It doesn't matter
so much about the other reasons.
The herald., 1898-03-04
A Flagstaff Citizen

PHOENIX. Ariz., March al. Guthrie
Savage of Flagstaff, Ariz, for many years
a resident Of the territory, veteran of the
civil war and q leading Mason, died In
Phoenix this morning of heart disease He
was aged SO years.
The herald., 1898-03-04

London seems to have pretty high
conception OF the prowess Of the United
States. II we may Judge from recent ex-
pressions of English people Of prom
inence. Our railroad stocks are little
weak in the metropolis just now. but
our lighting stock is booming.
The herald., 1898-03-04

Frozen to death on their way out
from the Yukon diggings, with over
$500, 900 in gold dust upon their persons,
Is the pathetic story Of two luckless
prospectors, told in our dispatches this
morning. What risks will not men in
cur In the search for lucre?
The herald., 1898-03-04
A Federal Position

PHOENIX, Ariz.. March S.-Thomas d.
Bennett of Phoenix has been selected by
United States Attorney r. p. Morrison to
be his assistant, succeeding Alfred Frank>
lin, resigned.
The herald., 1898-03-04

With Dreyfus safe at Devils island and
zola in. st. Pelagie. the French republic
should be considered out Of danger, for
the time being, at least.
The herald., 1898-03-04

geee. AZ he nrst sign Of : Spanish
cruissr. however. II viii besinglcriously
hauled down. Else we too heavily dis
count Hawaiian valor In classifying II
a. strictly vocal.
The herald., 1898-03-04

In the matter Of war with Spain. the
president probably thinks it would not
be safe to enter upon 1t except by in
ternational agreement.
The herald., 1898-03-04
THE PUBLIC Pull Sc

(Ths Herald under this heading prints
communications. but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity a. far n n consistent with the
proper expression Of their views.)
The herald., 1898-03-04

The country is perhaps in more danger
from the Hannas than from the sagas.
tas, the Weylers or the Blancos.
The herald., 1898-03-04

This country. since its discovery, has
had aflictions all its own, and will
doubtless survive many others-even
three years more of Mckinley.
The herald., 1898-03-04
What Proctor Saw

NEW YORK, March 3.-The Herald's
Havana correspondent says that in his re-
cent excursion Senator Proctor saw a live
Iy engagement between band of $50 in
surgents and an equal number Of Spanish
The herald., 1898-03-04

When the court of inquiry gets through
with the Maine it should give the yellow
Journals q whirl.
The herald., 1898-03-04

The right Of the president to appoint
black man as postmaster Is not debat-
able. The wisdom of it is quite another
| thing
The herald., 1898-03-04

A presidential proclamation will not
suffice to preserve the forests Of the new
national park in Southern California,
although that is the prime object of the
segregation. Police surveillance alone
will accomplish that result, and there
is wisdom in the suggestion that this be
done by the regular army. A few hun
dred regulars deployed on the boundary
line would have a salutary effect in min
imizing the depredations of hunters.
campers and sheep-herders.
The herald., 1898-03-04

The severity of press censorship at
Havana. smacks strongly Of Weylerism.
Its impotency is characteristically
Blanco.
The herald., 1898-03-04

The fundamental defect in what we
know about the cause Of the Maine dis
aster is that so much Of it isn't so.
The herald., 1898-03-04
The Cuban Junta

To the Editor OF the Los Angeles Herald:
Please give the address of the president Of
the Cuban junta in New York city.
CLARK HENDRICKS.
Riverside, Cal.
The herald., 1898-03-04

Once war with Spain is declared, Old
Glory is to be raised over Hawaii. That
is thezlatest announced plan of the jim