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The herald., 1898-02-18
ALLEGED RAILROAD COMBINE

The San Diego Union of yesterday
charges point blank that the Southern
Pacific and the Santa Fe railroads have
entered into an illegal combination in
the shape of a pool on the citrus fruit
and local passenger business.
The pooling arrangement, the Union
asserts, was entered into between Presi-
dent Ripley of the Santa Fe and Vice
President Stubbs of the Southern Pa
cific a year ago. Last year the pool
existed on citrus fruits alone, while the
passenger traffic pool was made last
October. 1t is alleged that while the
agreements were reduced to writing
they were not signed, out of fear of the
interstate commission.
The pool is said to be on a fifty per
cent basis, and the Union asserts that
a few days ago the Southern Pacific
paid the Santa Fe $4,000 as a rebate,
so to speak, on the excess travel car
ried by the former road. The San Diego
paper is especially indignant over what
it terms the betrayal of Southern Cali
fornia by the Santa Fe. While that road
used to carry between seventy and
eighty per cent of the citrus fruit traffic
from Southern California, it is declared
that the Southern Pacific has this season
carried 2700 cars against only 1900 for
the Santa Fe. The former road does the
work, while the latter Lies back and
draws half the money. To offset this
the Southern Pacific makes a system of
charges called "arbitraries'' on all
freight from the Santa Fe stations to
the Southern Pacific. This, of course
helps to turn business to the Santa Fe.
The effect of the combination is as
follows, according to the Union:
The effect of this pooling arrangement
is to stihe competition and keep up
rates on Southern California's prin-
cipal product. During the past few
years rates have come down on almost
every commodity except citrus fruits.
The rate for them is the same as it
was in 1888. To all points east of the
Colorado state line the rate is s1.25 per
100 pounds. This is equivalent to about
90 cents per box on oranges and 81 per
box on lemons. If the two conniving
railroads had entered into true COM
petition, rates would have gone down
at least rs cents on the 100 pounds,
which would mean a difference of
about $50 per acre to the grower-a diff
ference In many cases representing
profit where now there is loss.
Editorially the Union says:
The pool must be fought and broken
up. The contest involves all Southern
California. 1t is not merely San Diegos
fight. The great San Joaquin valley
has been rescued from the blight of
railroad monopoly. A like deliverance
must be achieved for these southern
counties
Without any adequate knowledge of
he real facts in the case The Herald
gives the charges for what they are
worth. The railroad companies now
nave the f1oor
The herald., 1898-02-18
Is IT PEACE AT AMY PRICEp

The temptation of the administration
to engage the government in foreign
war. in the hope Of thus continuing its
domination, is more than minimized by
knowledge OF the certainty that dec
laration of hostilities would necessarily
be followed by an immediate abandon
ment of the gold standard, the complete
rehabilitation of silver as a full debt
paying metal, or resort to the printing
press to supply the sinews of war. The
cowardly money of the rich would, of
course, seek convenient hiding place be-
fore the first gun could be fired, leaving
the work of defending the country and
maintaining the union to the money
which was the real base of the green
back currency, and the existence of
which rendered the resumption of specie
payments in 1879 possible. Otherwise a
foreign war would help the Republican
party to maintain its hold upon the reins
of government. The money power,
whose interests continue to be closely
guarded by the Republican party. can
scarcely afford to hazard its interests
upon a breach in the international peace.
Hence there will be no occasion for ap-
prehensions of precipitate action upon
the part of the administration. Tenn
porary friction will be removed by the
executive type writer.
The herald., 1898-02-18
RECEPTION TO MR.. TOWNE

Friends of The Herald and of the cause
of bimetallism who may not have had
the pleasure of meeting Hon. Charles A.
Towne, will have an opportunity to do SO
next Tuesday evening. An informal re-
ception is to be rendered him in the ed
itorial rooms of this paper from to 10
p. m. Tuesday, February 22nd. BY this
means we shall speed the parting guest
and wish him success in his tour of the
coast. No special invitations will be is
sued, but all friends of the cause that
Mr.. Towne SO ably represents are invited
to attend.
The herald., 1898-02-18

great pity to disturb the present condi-
tions there. The people Of the United
States--or the great majority-do not
want to have the Hawaiian islands an
nexed. but they feel that the presence
of President Dole is an honor. and are
not slow in displaying evidences of their
appreciation 1t is In this spirit the
people of Los Angeles will welcome
President Dole today; and 1t is only fair
to add that advocates of annexation
will be found among those who will greet
him.
The herald., 1898-02-18
Too Easy for a Dialect Story

A woman specialist in dialect stories ad-
nits that since every one is becoming so
she has been forced to invent
much of her dialect. 'I write about the
New York gamin," she says, but never
write what he really says, nor the way he
says it. for, as matter of fact, there is
new gamin, and he speaks almost as good
English as 1 do myself. He may not be a
purist. but he's entirely too understandable
for a dialect story"
The herald., 1898-02-18

The news of the loss of the Clara
Nevada, with all on board, is confirmed
by our dispatches this morning, adding
it's horrors to the overshadowing calam-
ity at Havana, with its possible far
reaching consequences. 1t is none the
less deplorable, but is not without it's
lessons, which should be needed by
those who contemplate a journey to
the northwest. There are some higher
considerations than that of cheap
passage.
The herald., 1898-02-18
Suggestion to John ID.

The Times would suggest that before the
San Francisco Call goes any further into
the Los Angeles water question that John
Dough for governor step across the street
and. putting his trust in God, take drink
from Lotta's fountain. If he survives this
we submit he ought to be allowed to charge
upon Los Angeles with impunity.-Te
hachapi Times
The herald., 1898-02-18
Walking Sticks as Legacies

Walking sticks have frequently been left
by will. Franklin bequeathed his favorite
stick, with a gold handle shaped like a
cap of liberty, to George Washington. The
gold-headed cane used by Drs. Ratcliffe,
Mead and others, whose arms are en-
graved upon it, was bequeathed by Baillie
to the College of Physicians. Napoleon's
walking stick of tortoise shell was sold in
London IN 1923 for $3.50. Honore De Balzac
had the mementoes he received from vari-
Gus fair admirers, which consisted in part
of precious stones, set in canes.
The herald., 1898-02-18
Fish Tabooed by Indians

The Navajo, Apache and other Indian
tribes of the far southwest will not eat
fish nor have anything to do with articles
made in the shape of fish. This taboo"
with the Navajo extends to all things con-
nected with water. A probable reason why
no more children Of these tribes are sent
to be educated is fear that they might
be required to overcome this cherished
taboo" superstitition, which is as firmly
rooted as any religion.
The herald., 1898-02-18
AWAY WITH THE OURS

Another case is reported of a child
bitten by dog under alarming circum-
stances. The latest casualty occurred
on Boyle Heights. The animal bit sew
eral other dogs, which, fortunate
were killed. Yesterday the dogcatcher
and his assistants began a war of ex-
termination against the great horde of
unlicensed CANNES that swarm the
streets of the city If this work is well
done, and the council passes a dog
muzzling ordinance, and enforces it,
the public, more especially the helpless
little ones, will be reasonably safe.
Whether there is such a thing as hy-
drophobia is a moot question. Whether
it actually exists as well defined dis
ease, or if it be product of nervous ex-
element, and in the human race dis
ease of the mind, so to speak, makes
little difference when the protection of
the public is under consideration. Dogs
bite people and each other, and the bad
results which we call hydrophobia do
occur; therefore provision must be made
against them.
The Herald has no desire to foment
hydrophobia scare. Such thing is
furthest from its intention But certain
conditions exist that undoubtedly call
for measures of precaution. Even if it
be true that dogs never go mad, that the
idea is figment of the human imagina-
ton, no harm can come of exterminat-
ing the unlicensed ours and muzzling
the licensed, and therefore respectable,
CANNES. On the contrary 1T will result
in the abatement of a decided nuisance.
if nothing more.
The herald., 1898-02-18
Australians Disappearing

AT the close of the last century there
were supposed to be 1000 900 aborigines in
Australia There are now less than 10O,-
600, and among them are still some can
nibals. The men are sad specimens of hu-
manity, being undersize, with bushy
whiskers and hair which grows to consid-
cradle length, never kinky, but coarse and
tangled. The expression of the face is re-
pulsive and the whole countenance coarse
and brutal
The herald., 1898-02-18
Stone Soles For Shoes

An inventor has hit upon a method Of
putting stone soles on boots and shoes. He
mixes waterproof glue with suitable
quantity of clean quartz sand and spreads
1t over the leather sole used as founda-
tion. These quartz soles are said to be very
flexible and practically indestructible and
to give the foot firm hold even on the
most slippery surface.
The herald., 1898-02-18
How to Drive Away Rats

One Of the simplest and most efficient
means of driving away rats is to set sau
GERS of chloride of lime around the places
which they frequent. They do not eat the
lime, but It's fumes are very disagreeable
to them and Will result in their leaving the
neighborhood.
The herald., 1898-02-18

If Southern California doesn't ship
east better fruit than It has sent up
through this valley 1t may receive
some strong reports.-Fresno Expositor.
Let's see; wasn't it lot Of Fresno
oranges that was seized and condemned
oy the health officers the other day?
The herald., 1898-02-18
Thought He Meant Suspenders

Mrs Kelley, the veteran English actress
tells an anecdote of a young actress who. in
the play, is boy. She Is taken before a
judge, who asks sternly: Now, where are
your accomplices?" And the young act
ress, by happy thought, improved on the
author and answered in artless tone: IT
don't wear any; they keen I'D without"
The herald., 1898-02-18
No Explanation HANDY

A little girl rebuked her brotber for
laughing at man with a crooked nose
who passed the house. "You mustn't do
that, she said. God made him that
way" why, do you s'pose he did it?
asked the small boy with interest. "Oh. I
don't know" responded the little sister. in
Inherently. People do funny things
The herald., 1898-02-18

Seventy millions Of people in this
country will approve of the measure in
troduced in the house yesterday ap-
propriating $150,Oo0 for the relief of the
families and relatives of the victims of
the Maine disaster.
The herald., 1898-02-18
On the Wrong Tack

He aimed to be statesman
When he started out to work;
He thought he'd be Webster,
Macauley or Burke.
For years he toiled obscurely
In the interests of the state,
But at last turned politician;
So now he's rich and great
Chicago News.
The herald., 1898-02-18

In the universal concentration Of
thought this morning upon the awful
catastrophe at Havana. brief telegram
that is likely to be overlooked announces
that the Spanish ministry has gazetted
its acceptance OF De Lome's resignation.
and coupled 1t with the severest censure.
The herald., 1898-02-18

their disposition now. ana essential re-
quirements Of the government. It il now
said, are to be dispensed with. in order
to compensate for dhe failure Of the
Dingley law as a revenue-gettsr.
The herald., 1898-02-18
Healthy Underground Workers

1t is declared in London that the health
of employees on the underground railway
is better than on any line in England. The
atmosphere is said to have positively cured
cases of quinsy and bronchitis and to have
benefited people with lung troubles.
The herald., 1898-02-18
The Georgia Fditor,s idea

Georgia editor makes this bid for pub
nc favor Get first-class newspaper
Whiie you are about it. Our contemporary
over tne way keeps this notice at the head
ol ms journal; Entered at the postoffice
as second-class matter. You don't want
that kind of newspaper, do your"
The herald., 1898-02-18
Ground Spiders and Sn;nnar,

The spiders that spin webs are IN an in
finite minority compared with those which
do not. Ground spiders, as the nonsnin-
ners are called, abound everywhere. and
depend on agility and swiftness of foot To
catch their prey.
The herald., 1898-02-18
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(rhe Herald under this heading prints
but does not assume rs-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivats
brevity as far as Is consistent with the
proper expression Of their views.)
The herald., 1898-02-18

No man in the universe watches the
developments and complications in the
far east with more stoical complacence
than does the sultan of Turkey. His
troops are not returning from Thessaly
on forced marches, his naval armament
is being steadily increased, and he has
thus far failed to fall in with the de-
mand of France, Russia and Great Brit
ain, that he acquiesce in the appoint
ment of Prince George as governor of
Crete. The future historian may have
some difficulty in determining the ex-
tent to which the Turks have suffered
by reason Of recent European interfer-
ence
The herald., 1898-02-18
Flat Dwellers in London

Dwelling in flats is making great head
way in London, especially in the West
End, but many persons are averse to being
known as residents of such. Landlords
advertise them as mansions built In
The herald., 1898-02-18

The Republicans neglected to declare,
in the last national campaign, that they
would make government receipts and
expenditures come together, even if it
should be necessary to dispense with
steam heat in the capitol. But that is
The herald., 1898-02-18

Wholly regardless of the personal feel
ings of Mr.. Dingley or the political in
terests of the Republican party, the
yarn mill operatives of New England
are preparing to join the cotton mill
operatives in a strike, in anticipation of
demand upon them for correspond
ing reduction in the wage scale under
stood to have been agreed upon by the
owners. This action, if taken, will in
volve 100000 hands, and will go a long
way toward making New England de-
batable ground in the elections of the
fall.
The herald., 1898-02-18

The Times-Herald involuntarily tells
more truths than any other Republican
organ we recall. 1t now comedies that
the abandonment of the 16-to-1 conten-
tion would be surrender of the whole
thing. And it was the consciousness of
this fact that inspired Republicans of
the Kohlsaat school, in the days when
the silver taint did not disbar, to at
tempt to divide and distract the free
coinage faction of the party with quar-
rels over the ratio.
The herald., 1898-02-18
A Swap

This was the way they managed It,
Or so the neighbors said
She gave him her little heart,
And he gave her her head.
Detroit Journal.
The herald., 1898-02-18
rhickest Coal Seam Known

The thickest known coal seam in the
world is the Wyoming, near Twin Creek, in
the Green river coal basin. Wyoming. It
is eighty feet thick. and upward Of 800 feet
Of solid coal underlie 1000 acres.
The herald., 1898-02-18
HOME RULE

There has been no little talk OF late over
measure granting the citizens of Ari-
zona the privilege of electing their own
territorial officials. O'Neill and Mark
Smith both claim credit for originating the
bill. But the latter 1t was who introduced
1t in the house of representatives, where
1t now slumbers in committee. What 1t
means is best shown by the fact that the
Democrats are behind 1t very numerously.
while the Republicans oppose 1t to a man.
Both parties cry statehood. The Democrats
claim home rule will be step in that direc-
tion; the Republicans affirm that it would
be q substitution for the original article
that would in the end defeat the dearest de-
sires of the people. Perhaps. however. un-
der all this can be found a better reason.
1t lies in the figures of last years election
for delegate. These figures are: Smith.
Democrat, 6O65 votes; Doran, Republican,
1880; O'Neill, Populist, 1896. So, II these
figures are scanned carefully. 1t will be
seen that the bill is likely to remain long
in committee
JAMES H. MCLINTOCK.
The herald., 1898-02-18

The Los Angeles push would be very
happy but for the newspapers. And it
would be quite well satisfied with them
were they what the push is trying to
make the people believe them to be
venal, adaptable, accommodating, pur-
chasable. The members of the push nat
urally endeavor to decry everybody and
everything that cannot be controlled by
them. The newspapers understand
them pretty well, however, and the peo-
pie are sizing them up rapidly.
The herald., 1898-02-18
A Legislat tors Equipment

Fame came to him straight
Though not, truth to state,
For knowledge II things economic.
Twas matter Of fate
He was born be greatr-
His Whigkers, ~ 1ofllre q wers opnqjc.
The herald., 1898-02-18

was the complaisant switch" OF the San
Francisco Chronicle six weeks after the is
suance of mammoth 'silver edition." The
leading article favoring bimetallism was
four newspaper pages in length and was
signed by the papers managing editor,
John p. Young. And Mr.. Young still is ed
itor. The Republicans Of Arizona assure
edly are not alone in their opinion that
ito be out OF the swim ts to be out OF
life."
The herald., 1898-02-18

From no class of people will modera-
ton of opinion be more becoming in the
present emergency than from those who,
duty of this country to extend bellger-
ent rights to the insurgents in Cuba,
whatever the consequences of such
declaration. So obvious has seemed our
duty, and so universally do we believe
interference would have been justified,
that we cannot but deem it of the high
est Importance that we now, in this hour
Of intense patriotic and humanitarian
emotion, strive to becalm our turbulent
feelings and discipline ourselves to
wise and patient watchfulness. 1t is
certainly not time for hasty judgments
or violent expressions. We shall suffer
nothing in self-respect or the respect of
those who have differed with US by be-
coming moderation.
In view of the extreme delicacy of
the situation, it must be conceded that
the Spaniards at home, as we'll as in
Cuba, are displaying a commendable
spirit, in which the element of insin-
cerity is not outwardly apparent. Some
allowance must be made, of course, for
the thoughtless ebullitions of extremists,
of which every nation has its full quota.
The dispatches regarding the Maine
disaster, whether originating at Ha-
vana or Key West, are so contradictory
that every theory advanced is at once
weakened by testimony quite as trust
worthy, with our present lights, as that
upon which they are based. 1t is not
likely that any explanation satisfactory
to all will be developed in advance of the
official investigation soon to be under
taken.
The herald., 1898-02-18
TEN DOLLARS REWARD

The above reward will be paid Tor the
arrest and conviction of any person caught
stealing the Herald after delivery to
patron.
The herald., 1898-02-18

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NOT KILLED
BUT RETURNS
TO HAYWARDS
j. G.. Crooks Corrects
a False Report.
FELL OVER A PREClPlCE
CLOSE CALL FOR TWO LIVES IN
ALASKAN MOUNTAINS.
Some Lost Teeth and Broken Ankle
Recall the Memory of
Prospecting
Tour.
FELL OVER A PREClPlCE
CLOSE CALL FOR TWO LIVES IN
ALASKAN MOUNTAINS.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

J.-C. Crooks of Haywards, the son of
the banker and foreman of the present
Grand Jury. has returned from Ketche-
klein. Alaska. where he has been seeking
investments for the past eight months.
About six weeks ago Mr.. Crooks had a
miraculous escape. and it was reported
that he had been killed, but his return
is the best testimony to the falsity OF the
report.
Mr. Crooks was prospecting with Joseph
Reed also of Haywards, on August 20,
and they were in one of the toughest por-
tions of the gold country. While climb
ing over a precipice the two prospectors
fell into a chasm, which was but barely
covered with light brush. The two men
stepped into the hole at the same time
and fell a distance of twenty-five feet,
and when they landed at the bottom IT.
Crooks was the under dog-at least he
says he broke the fall for Mr. Reed.
Crooks fell on one foot, thrown for
ward on his face, and when Reed landed
on his head three Of Crooks teeth were
knocked out ,and are still at the bottom
of that Alaskan chasm The two men
had a very hard time getting back to
camp, and on their arrival home it was
discovered that Crooks had a broken
ankle.
The two men located a first-class piece
of property, and if Mr.. Crooks is suffi-
GENTLY recovered by next April they will