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case Discontinued.

8 Ihe ctss Of Oliver J. Taylor against
waiter M Robbins, whica was brought
fr malicious persecution. was down fer
triel in tao c1W mon plsss division of The
supreme tosrt this morning bot the
plaintiff Discontinued the c'sr All the
parties intercglcd arc residents uf Paw
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Besides the money the letter from
Kingston said that barrel of clothing
and box of provisions would be ssnt Mt
onca Ex-Governor Brown also expects
contributions from some of the churches.
as soino of the pastors have already
spoken witn him In regard tn IL.
air. CHARLES II. Merriman. b<ing out of
town today, no figures could be obtained
regarding the Rod Cross fund.
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Envelopes aud stationery.

We afe naning very u -c figures vu cnvcl.
opes AMI general iu-in, ~ stationery Of guod
gi ale. win ~pocia rricr's ~ large lots The
!. !. Ryder Co. 10 Ncstmins,er street.
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SEvENTY.FOUR BODIES.
Number So Far Taken Trom the
NereinIgate Colliery.

.,Boschum. Prussia, Feb. $3.50 far "A
bodies have been recovered from Verei =
git, Carolineng glueok col isry. which W =
destroyed yesterday by an explosion of fire
damp. Thirty men are still entombsd In
the ruins.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-18

From the Senate came q joint resolution
prJvidi1s thar tie General Assembly ad-
journ from today It'll Wednesday next
inhsmCch a. Tuesday IL % holiday. Upon
motion Il Mr. Van Slyck ~ Providence,
tke rules were suspended sbd ths resolu-
tion was Dasssd In corcurrsnce.
A prolonged discussion in which more
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-18
The Demand
For the Riversides

shows
Diagonal Suits $3.50 continues each day marks
Suits nominal
trimmed with the best and
finished as handsome
Ocks all at the price,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-18

occurred before the second explosion In
the Mains's magazine was felt and which
81 mt her TO the bottom.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-18
FUNDS FOR CUBANS.

A Number of Contributions Swell the
Lass Report.
The Cuban relief fund is gradually
growing in this city, though Ii has by
no means yet reached the desired sizr.
Ex-Governor Brown reports today as
fol
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-18
SAYS HE saw TORPEDO
THAT BLEW MAINE UP.
Story Told by a Wounded Sailor Who Was
On Watch On the Forward Deck.

His Name Not Disclosed However, Nor His Story Accord With That Of the Lieutenant
Who Was Charge Of the DeCkSgsb Sends Another Long Dispatch
hashg Havana Authorities For Their Management of Funeral Of
the Victims important Statement Made by
the Captain Of the VeWiS
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$50 ss;t. ssf

which Good WOrsfe
$500 suit DO forge
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the stands backO of make here
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TO LET-Tenement, rooms. in good order,
sll month. call a. 80 Elm street, Rotert
Muir, flo ot
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-03
CALIFORNIA IN THE ORIENT

The pratical destruction of the Spanish
an attack upon the cities of this coast
a danger that has been deemed remote
yet possible. The only menace now will
be from the visit of privateers, and
against depredations of this character
ample defenses can and doubtless will b:
speedily improvised. If, as is now be-
lieved, the Spanish armada in Asiatic
waters has been completely annihilated,
it will no longer be necessary to retain
all of the vessels of Commodore Dewey's
squadron in the Orient, and it is not i'm
probable the navy department will now
or soon see its way clear toward reinforc-
ing the squadron on this coast.
In this connection the suggestion that
comes from Denver, in the shape Of an
interview with the adjutant general of
the department Of the Colorado, has a
deep local significance. This officer rec
ognizes the necessity that will speedily
arise for the sending of sufficient land
force to the Philippines to hold the
islands, in the event of their surrender
to Commodore Dewey, and he thinks the
most natural thing for the department
to do will be the sending of the volunteers
from California, Oregon, Washington
and Nevada upon this mission. The
economy Of this suggestion at once be-
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-03
COMMODORE M'KINLEY'S
VICTORY

The administration literary bureau a.
Washington, without waiting for con
firmation of the early reports of ar
American victory at the Philippines
promptly claimed for the president thu
credit allie ing that he himself prepared
which, as given by a cabinet officer
were as follows:
Proceed to Manila, come to anchor
about eight miles Off and watch for the
Spanish fleet. If you can engage them
out of range of the shore batteries.
destroy them. Then try to occupy the
city, but keep safe range from the
shore batteries. If the fleet has Left,
try and find it. If impossible. make
landing. using your own discretion,
and guided by the advice of pilot.
You can destroy the batteries, but have
no unnecessary bombardment.
We desire no quarrel with the presi-
dents literary bureau, and to avoid ii
we shall concede that the president con-
ceived the plans for the capture OF
Manila, and they were substantially as
given above. The president was major
id an Ohio regiment, thirty-five years
ago. and, during his service in the west
ern army, doubtless enjoyed superior
facilities for mastering naval strategy
in the northern lakes, in the yachts and
tugs belonging to his friend Hanna. and
must have absorbed a great deal of nauti-
cal information, of inestimabe value tc
our distant Asiatic squadron seems to de-
pend upon him for suggestions as to this
minutest details. Thus he was told to
watch for the Spanish fleet" after an
choring off Manila precaution that per-
haps would not have occurred to the anna
teur commander. The direction to en-
gage the enemy "outside the range of
the shore batteries" shows rare dis
to place himself between the Spanish
navy on the one side and the shore bat
teries on the other. A once popular bal
lad. attributed to fond mother a will
in swimming" provided she did not go
near the water, hint that is recalled by
the presidents directions to Dewey. to
occupy the city, but keep at safe range
from the shore batteries" The other
suggestions are equally luminous, the
closing one is absolutely brilliant: "but
have no unnecessary bombardment."
Left without instructions, the presump-
ton is that Admiral Dewey would have
continued to lombard the shore batteries
after they were silenced and a white flag
raised over them.
Were not this story credited to cabinet
officer, we should be inclined to seek for
its author either among the enemies or
the humorists of the country. Unless
promptly denied, the president. regard
less of the fate of Commodore Dewey
should mobilize his thoughts upon the
cabinet and see if he cannot reduce il
to common sense basis.
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Ready to Tender Their Services

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
The coast defense artillery regiment is now
fully organized. The ranks are rapidly fill
ing with the signatures of leading business
men and representative citizens, and it is
confidently expected that by the end of
the week the full number of twelve hun
bred will be enrolled, with two headquar-
tiers open for enlistment, one in the Gordon
block, 206k South Broadway, and the other
at 533 South Main street, opposite the Bur-
bank theater.
With the above facts extant the reg.-
ment now tenders it's services to the pub
lie, and asks for the cooperation of the pa
triotic press, the Los Angeles city council.
the Los Angeles county board of super
visors, the board of trade and the chamber
of commerce, and for the influence of each
and all of these bodies, as we'll as that of
our influential citizens, to the end that the
proper equipment may be furnished by the
government to fortify our three principal
harbors and equip three companies of horse
artillery in order that they may be effect
I've in the event of an invasion by Spanish
forces. To that end they ask our public
bodies to memorable congress and the Sec
rotary of war, rendering to the nation the
services of this regiment for our coasts
and countrys defense, and asking for such
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-03
A Protest From the Girls

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
The school girls of this city are, as SUP
pose you are aware, very enthusiastic over
the subject of the war, and have con-
tributed largely to the fund for the battle
ship which Is to replace the Maine We
think that we show as much patriotism as
the boys, even If we can't go as soldiers.
We have offered our services as nurses. and
are willing to do whatever we can to aid
our government in Furnishing the Dons
We all feel very indignant at the slight
put upon us In the name of the battleship.
which is to be called the american Bow"
The girls feel that they have been as lib
eral In their contributions as the boys, and
think that therefore they ought to be given
their share of the credit.
In after years, when the children of tho
next generation are told the story of this
ship they will get the idea that their
mothers We're not as patriotic as their
fathers, which will be false one
We therefore petition you and your
friends. and all the citizens of Los Angeles.
to use your influence to have the name Of
the new battleship changed from the
American Boy" to 1.-THE Young Ameri-
can." so that both boys and girls will be
fairly represented.
PATRIOTIC AMERICAN GIRLS
Or the Los Angeles High School,
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DUTY OF THE MINORITY

When the necessity for increasing the
bonded indebtedness of the country is
clearly apparent, there will not be vote
recorded against the measure In either
house of congress. The patriotic minor
ity recognize a double duty in the pres
ent crisis-a duty to provide the treas
ury with all the funds necessary for the
vigorous prosecution of a war of which
they approve, and a duty 10 the PATRIOTS
people of this country to safeguard their
interests. In so far as they may, the
minority must oppose the assumption
of needless obligations; oppose the levy
ing of more taxes than is demanded by
the exigencies as they arise, and they
must demand an even distribution of the
burdens imposed.
Because they do not recognize the
necessity of at once raising six hundred
millions of dollars to carry on a war that
may not last three months-becaus they
believe all other means are preferabl BILE to
increasing the Understanding debt of
the nation, because they regard an in
come tax and an inheritance tax more
just than tax upon the daily necessi-
ties of the masses, and because they feel
that loan, if one must be resorted to,
should be placed with the people rather
than with the bankers-because they hon
estly differ with the majority, radically
and fundamentally upon the measures
that should be adopted for meeting the
expenses of the government-they are
being, and will continue to be, branded
as copperheads and traitors and obstruc-
tionists, and held up to public scorn. But
we have confidence they will not be
swerved from the straight path of duty
by the employment of epithets, however
multiplied or vigorously applied. We be-
lieve the country will sustain them in
combating any bond proposition until
every other device has been exhausted.
and that finally, if compelled to yield,
their acquiescence will be conditioned
upon the definite and unmistakable dec
laration that the debt shall be paid in
gold or silver, at the option of the govern
ment. /
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ON TO HAVANA

The conviction is widespread that the
issue should be forced to a speedy con-
clusion, and that the Spanish, on both
land and sea- should be made to feel It
once the serious nature of the business in
which the United States has at last re-
luctantly engaged. There is a quite uni
versal desire that our first great victory
on the water should be promptly followed
by an advance upon land in force. There
is no general concurrence in the view, al
legged to be entertained by the president,
that bloodless victories can be obtained,
and that the humane way is to starve the
enemy out of Havana. The civil war
taught us many lessons, which should be
of value to the administration in this
emergency. 1t is obvious that we should
no longer stand in awe of Spanish
puissance. The way to conquer. Cuba is
to conquer 1.-THE way to get the Span
iards out of the island is to drive them
out with bayonets, and it Is mistaken
humanity to enter upon a campaign of
mastery inactivity at the very outset of
hostilities. A power which has for three
years abortively attempted to subdue
forty thousand poorly armed and hun
cry revolutionists will quail before the
invincible strength which this country
can display within fortnight, should it
see the wisdom of doing it. Every con-
sideration of humanity and of economy
makes for vigorous movement all along
the line. Thirty days should be sufficient
time in which to disarm every Spaniard
in the West Indies, if the undertaking is
heartfully assumed
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-03
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+ DEFENSE OF LOS ANGELES !
BY ABBOT KINNEY

The naval victory at Manila practically
ends any possibility of even a raid upon
the Pacific coast by our opponents. While
this Is true 1T Is not untimely to show the
scheme of defense for this city talked over
by few citizens and which would have
been organized had events not so mater
tally changed the situation.
1t was deemed possible that the regular
army removed from California and Ari-
IONA might be the advance guard of the
organized state militia. Such a result
would have left the southern coast without
defense. The situation here under these
conditions was as follows:
First-Several bodies of men organized
but unframed and without equipments.
Second-A body of men in and Immediate
ly about Los Angeles, estimated by the
Tufts-Lyon Arms company at between
five and six thousand, possessed of modern
repeating rifles. For these there is ample
ammunition on hand. These men are nearly
all superior shots to regular army soldiers.
These two bodies of men, the one sup
piled by citizens subscription and the
other owning its own guns and cartridge
belts, were to have been invited into a
home guard.
clude its operating with security in the
open field, where tactics and combined
movements under fire require trained men.
But such a force in proper position Of de-
tense to be selected on all the possible APP
proaches to the city from the coast and
selected and prepared beforehand would
be too strong for any party that the most
liberal estimate would allow for an attack
ing command. Estimates on this head
vary from $50 men available for attack to
1900 as a maximum.
The experience of General Jackson at
New Orleans in 1914 with a body of men
with their own guns and good shots but
practically undrilled, demonstrates that
such force for home work and not obliged
to make movements under fire, is more
than a match for the best regular troops.
The opponents of Jackson were the vet
Grams of the peninsular wars and were both
courageous and we'll disciplined troops.
These men, however, were not even near
success against the hunters and pioneers
of Tennessee and Kentucky.
Los Angeles then, with a fairly COM
petent leader, could not have been in real
danger. These considerations should not
induce us to relax our efforts to have Los
Angeles properly recognized by the war de-
partment.
for Arizona and Southern California and
the army headquarters of a department
should be established here.
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difficulties in the way of maintaining
an orderly government there. it is wis
dom to attempt to retain them, even
though the United States should fail to
capture and hold them.
Realizing the heavy responsibility
which the carrying out of his policy would
impose upon the ministry, Senior Slvela
declared that he and his party stood
ready to enter the breach.
At today's sitting Of the cortes Senior
Senior Silvela, as well as to all Of the
structures of the opposition. He may not
be wholly successful in cloaking the real
feelings of the ministry toward the sug-
gestions of Silvela regarding important
concessions to secure peace.
1t is noted that in all of these calcula-
tions one important factor is omitted
the United States of America. In the
consideration of questions in which this
country is largely involved, it is never safe
to leave us out We also have something
of national honor to preserve, and some
thing of national interest to conserve
We have set out to rid this hemisphere
Of nuisance and to liberate an en-
shaved people. For hundred years
we declared that no other power bu;
Spain should rule Cuba. Now we have
notified Spain that she also must go The
bridges are burned behind us. We have
naught to do but press ahead. Wisdom
would seem to dictate that we make
haste, to the end that we may accomplish
our main purpose before Spain shall have
time in which to make a trade of the
Philippines for Cuba and peace.
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TORE COLORED HALF TONES

The Herald is in receipt of its third
invoice of ColOred Half Tone Views
Of our Battleships-4OOO views in each
invoicc-and the steady demand for
them can be supplied again to those
who pay one months subscription to
The Daily Herald in advance.
The stock of Portfolios of Uncle Sans
Navy is again exhausted $4,000 Vows in
these Portfolios having been distrib ut ID
to Herald readers, who were anxious to
get pictures of the great Navy which Is
doing such splendid service in defense
of the country. Another consignment
will be received in a lew days, viii CHI
will include Nos. L, 2 and 8.
Bc patient, all orders will yet be filed.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-03
Elephant Executioner From India

Mr.. Hagenbeck of Hamburg, the eminent
importer of wild animals, has just bought
a very remarkable elephant, aged so years
This animal is asserted to have long per-
formed the part of an executioner. In the
district of India whence it halls the people
are prohibited by their religion from put
ting criminal to death, and, therefore, 1t
is arranged that the criminal to be exc
cuted places his head beneath a stone, on
which the elephant treads. This vener-
able executioner is going to Berlin.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-03
SUPERIORITY OF OUR NAVY

European naval experts, from the open
ing of hostilities, have held that th=
Spanish navy was superior to that of
the United States, "only on paper
This view seems to be confirmed by the
later reports of the engagement before
Manila. The vessels Of the Spanish ar
mazda were utterly unable to withstand
the pounding administered by the heavy
guns of the battleships of Dewey's squad
ron, and several of them were disabled
before the fight had really begun. On
the other hand (and it is quite remark
able, when the number and strength of
the opposing fleet is considered), but
little injury was inflicted upon our fleet,
fact which illustrates either its ex-
traordinary power of resistance, wretche ed
gunnery upon the part of the enemy, or
both. 1t was early stated that the major
portion of the vessels comprising the
Spanish navy are old and antedated.
and that its latest acquisitions are OBJ
viously vulnerable, due to poor material
and worse workmanship, the Spanish
government being too poor to be able to
scruple with foreign contractors on that
score. Our own sea craft doubtless cost
much more than they should, but it is
yet to be alleged, by any competent au-
thority, that they have not been built
with fidelity, and more or less scrupu-
lous regard for the strength of their arm
ament. In the case of the Oregon, and
other modern battleships of the Ameri-
can navy, the grasping disposition of the
contractors was early detected, and they
were promptly compelled to replace de-
fective plates with others of tested
strength and d1ra hilitv
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SILvELA'S SCHEME

Commentators upon Spanish policy
known and surmised, have all along
commended that the war would be of short
shall .haye, been satisfied the necessary
concessions will be made to bring abou
peace. The chief concession named wa:
Cuba, since it was assumed that SPAR
could more easily withdraw from tbs
island than to hold it, and that the United
States, in all probability, would agree
to a suspension of hostilities upon nc
other basis. Having declared its CHIEF
purpose to be the driving of the Spaniards
from the island and the establishment
of a stable government thereon, we would
scarcely be justified in prolonging tbs
war after those two objects were at
tanned.
Nothing has occurred to change the
conviction that Spain intends to yield
once the national honor is satisfied, but
not in the direction indicated. In the first
place, if Ell impartial is to be taken
as an authority 1.-The nation. and not tbs
cabinet, is to say when honor is salts
fed" The nation, according to this
journal, must speak through the cortes
and while this body is nominally with the
ministry, it is not difficult to see that II
is really controlled by the opposition, and
that 1t may at any moment be carried
off Its feet and made to assume hostile
attitude. Thus was it deeply impressed
c. ,;t y, a.
livered by Senior Silvela, in which he
declared that, as the Cuban problem is
row reduced to a question of 'honor
for the Spanish arms" it behooved the
the responsibility of deciding when the
point of honor had been sufficiently sat-
isfed. That determined, it would be in
order for Spain to appeal to the European
nations, so that they can decide what
ought to be done to restore peace and
determine the fate Of Cuba, in whose
future, he declared, they are all inter-
ested. Then followed the most suggest
I've feature of the address. 'If Spain
seeks the Intervention Of the powers =
he declared, "she must approach them
with something practical-for instance,
on the basis of the Philippine islands,
and with her hands full" Interpreted,
this must mean that Spain should offer
the Philippines to Europe in considera-
tion Of armed intervention for the preser-
walton of Spanish sovereignty in Cuba.
As the case stands, Spain must lose both
She fears the loss of Cuba to the United
States, and the Philippines to Japan.
through the United States. There would
be much less of sacrifice in the transfer
of the Philippines TO Europe for valu-
able consideration, than in yielding Cuba
to hated enemy at the point Of the bay
Onet. This plan comprehends triumph
over both the insurgents and the
Yankees. 1t would be a decided victory
for Spain. It would save to her large
half of what she stands to lose. And 1t
would restore her to position In the
family of European nations which she has
not for long time occupied If Europa
rays she shall retain Cuba, that question
will, to her mind, be considered settled,
not only for the present, but for all time.
Az for the Philippines. it may we'll be
questioned whether, in the light of their
Importance to the powers maneuvering
Dor position in the far east, and the costly