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The herald., 1898-01-10
A Revolving Entertainment

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
Since the discovery of the power OF elec-
tricfty to receive and transmit sound, the
phonograph has been used for many and
varied purposes, useful and otherwise; but
the writer ventures to hope that this Won
derful instrument has never been prosti-
tuted to q more immoral end than Is ex-
emplified in the exhibition nightly being
enjoyed by a crowd of morbid men and
boys on Main street, on a vacant lot be-
tween Secorn and Third.
The crowd Is first attracted by series
Of photographs of considerable size, which
depict the atrocious punishment inflicted
on the negro wretch at Paris, Tex. some
months ago by the father of his little VIC
tim. Readers OF the newspapers well re-
member the circumstances of the disgust
ing crime and the fearful retribution swift
" following its committal. The enterpris-
ing genius in charge of the outfit glibly
recounts the circumstances which the
pictures illustrate and then invites his
listeners to connect themselves with the
phonograph nearby and enjoy the scene as
far as sound aided by the illustrations will
enable them. The genius aforesaid in
serts the tubes in his own ears and, to pre-
vent the possibility of his patrons missing
the full enjoyment of the show, from time
to time he explains for their edification and
that of the surrounding. gaping crowd:
"Groans of the victim! "Curses! Pleas
for water!" etc.. until the by-stander is
almost as Mortified as the hiorss favored
ones who have paid their nickel.
Whatever may be the opinion as to
whether or not the negro deserved the hor-
rble torture to which he was subjected,
before death finally ended the agony the
act was clearly against the law. and the
burning of the wretch to death with red
hot irons shocked the civilized world.
Now comes this caterer to the morbid
tastes of the public and, with his phono-
graph, which caught every groan Of the
tortured victim, makes his listeners hair
stand on end with every CHASTITY detail.
1 ask II this is a fitting exhibition to be
given on the public streets of q city like
Los Angeles and whether something can
not be done to prevent its repetition,
which otherwise Will go on, 1 am Informed,
for some time. A CITIZEN.
Los Angeles Jan, 9Th.
The herald., 1898-01-10
PLEA OF BUSINESS INTERESTS

Inspired by the somewhat frenzied
prophecies of Senator Morgan, lately re-
inforced by the sorrowful misgivings of
Senator Teller, the business interest
grows hysterical over the situation in
the far east and the menace to our trade
with the countries of the North Pacific.
The conservation of markets for sur
plus American products is admittedly
one of the present highest duties of
craftsmanship, for the surplus products
of the land are yearly becoming aug
mented without very promising pros
pect that a home market will be pro-
vided for them by the multiplication OF
industrial concerns. Indeed the intro
duction of labor saving devices now
quite equalizes the advance made along
these lines. But our trade with the
Orient is not so voluminous nor yet so
promising of material increase as to
excite serious apprehension regarding
the trend of events on the Chinese
coast. 1t was no greater in 1896 than
it was in 1886, and was much less in all
the intervening years. And the COM
modities which the far eastern people
take from us in exchange for a much
larger percentage of imports consist in
the main of articles which cannot be
supplied by the countries whose war
ships are now menacing the integrity
of China and Corea. These will con-
tinue to be drawn from the United
States regardless of possible changes il
the government of China, although one
result of those changes may be an appre-
ciable increase in the demand for those
staples. The enormous preponderancf
of imports over exports in the China
trade will be seen by the following tab
ular exhibit:
The herald., 1898-01-10
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with a lot of other papers In the same FIX
in a pigeon hole in the private office Of the
recorder, where they were resurrected
from, and the scared deputy hustled him.
self together and had the documents inn-
mediately recorded and sent to me. But.
unfortunately, the law that Recorder
Hodgman seems to have been taking ref.
uge under, or rather decision against IT.
had other provisions that / am not cer-
tain the supreme court has decided uncon-
stitutional and to all intents and purposes
required just such papers as this to be re-
corded within a certain time. And as Mr..
Recorder seems to have taken 1t into his
head to let the public know, at his own
sweet will, when papers filed with him
should become public property other
filings had taken priority over mine. will
inform Mr.. Hodgman that I had nothing
to do with getting the grand jury after
him. r.
However, while Mr.. Hodgman is IN the
explaining business there are certain par
ties who would like to know why the Inc
dexes to these mining locations are kept
separate and apart from all ether indexes
and who paid for the indexes and the
record books of these locations, and how
the estimates of folios are computed m
settlements of the balances with the coun.
ty treasurer? I do not intend to insinuate
that Mr.. Hodgman has done anything
wrong, knowingly or otherwise, but tha
question has been asked: II the recorder
collects money in his official capacity for
recording private papers on books paid
for by the county, does the money belong
to the county or the books belong to the
recorder? Also, are mining claims offis
clally recorded under present conditions1
c. c. GROVE.
Los Angeles Jan. 7th
The herald., 1898-01-10
MONDAY, JANUARY 10. 1898,
MR.. BRYAN'S SPEECH

II Andrew Jackson in the flesh could
have sat him down at the board of the
Chicago Democracy Saturday night and
listened to the address delivered by Will
liam J. Bryan he would have declared
that the influence of Thomas Jefferson
and the spirit Of Jacksonian Democracy
were abroad in the land and that they
lacked not a master mind and an elo-
quent tongue to give them expression
before the people.
Mr.. Bryan has delivered many grand
speeches since the memorable day or
which he electrified the Democratic
national convention; he has held the
Republican party to- account as few
men have done it before him, but more
scathing, truthful arraignment Of the
organization now in control of the gov
srnment has seldom IL ever been heard.
The hypocrisy of the Republican party
in pretending to be friend to silver and
the brazen effrontery with which it
finally cast off the mask and set about
riveting the shackels Of the single gold
standard. upon the American people
were presented in startling light by
Mr.. Bryan, who rightly declared that SO
per cent Of the voters of the United
States in 1896 registered their opposi-
ton to that standard.
The speaker neatly punctured the
false claims set up by the Republican
party as the producer of such prosperity
as we have. and he pointed to the wage
reductions in the east as crushing in
dictment of the policy of protection as
put In practice by the impotent Dingley
law.
But the thing to be noticed most in
Mr.. Bryans speech was the confident
spirit that pervaded his every utter
ance-an abiding faith that in 1900 the
American people would right the wrong
they failed to right in 1896. The cry
that "silver is dead becomes a hollow
mockery in Republican ears when the
trumpet-like notes of bimetallism as
voiced by the great young champion of
the people are heard.
The year 1898 was given a splendid
start by the Democracy of Chicago.
The herald., 1898-01-10
Those Mining Location Fees

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald
In regard to Recorder Hodgman and his
mining location fees, in which 1 am
quoted, / desire to set myself right and
say that outside of having to pay the ex-
penses attendant upon the failure of Mr..
Hodgman in recording when he ought to
have done so certain mining claims left
with his office, had nothing to do with
the matter.
If Mr.. Hodgman is correctly reported in
the Times and Herald of the 7th inst. he is
certainly wrong. For forty-six years
| mining locations have been recorded
among the miscellaneous records OF the
various counties of this state, and espec-
tally where locations have been made in
localities where there was no mining dis
trict or mining recorder elected. County
recorders collected the usual recording fees
allowed by law and turned the same into
the treasury as any other fees received
1 have recorded many locations and the
fees, up until October last were about so
cents for each location. At that time the
fees were raised to 81, and was informed
that it was done by the orders of the re-
corder by virtue of new act of the leg
islature, which took effect in July last.
Mr.. Hodgman does not endeavor to point
out this law, but his deputy. Alexander.
is my authority for the statement.
When RECORDER Hodgman states that
the mining locations had filed were prop
erly copied and indexed, II he means that
they were copied or indexed at the proper
time, he must be mistaken. The truth Is.
filed two locations on what is known as
the "Pettibone mine on October II, 1897.
They were not reported in the Court Jour-
nal of the next day. Several days after,
not having received the return OF the
papers, sent clerk to investigate. he
failed to find any trace of the documents.
The next day Investigated for myself.
They were not found upon the index OF
MISCELLANEOUS records, neither were they
found entered upon the fee book. ]
was informed, upon inquiry. by the deputy,
that they did not enter mining claims on
the fee book but / would hnd them IN
daxed IN the mining claims index. An ex-
aminatiom of that index failed to show any
trace Of them. They were finally located
The herald., 1898-01-10
OF furniture in his home, was create
than that Of all of them combined!

Of furniture in his home, was greater
than that Of all of them combined!
There are objections to the plan pro-
posed by the charter builders OF Chica-
go, but it would be difficult to devise a
scheme that would meet the views Of
everybody. Glaring inequalities would
not be so likely under the proposed
plan. Conspicuous cases Of partiaiity
upon the part of the assessor would be
exposed. The imposition Of excessive
burdens upon individuals and classes
and sections would not be so easy. Per-
jury, q crime all too common in the
making up of returns Of property for
taxation, would be rendered more haz-
ardous. General concurrence in the be-
lief that taxation is justly and equally
apportioned is a weighty desideratum.
The contemplated Chicago scheme is
not without merit. Its practical opera
tion, If adopted. will be watched with
decided interest everywhere.
The herald., 1898-01-10
THE PRIMARY LAW

The Herald presents elsewhere di-
gest of the new primary law that may
be of value to such as have neither the
time nor the inclination to read the full
text, which fills twenty printed pamph-
let pages.
The law is expected to purify the pri-
mary election system, and elaborate
safeguards have been provided. 1t
now remains to be seen how they will
operate. Voters should familiariZe
themselves with the details of the new
law in order to facilitate it's workings
as much as possible, and careful read
ing of The Herald's digest will help to
that end.
The herald., 1898-01-10
His Last Song

The following is said to be the last
poetical effort of the late James G. Clark
dictated q short time before his death:
Lift up the window; let the calm
OF dawn upon my senses fall.
Ere nature wakens, fresh with balm,
All radiant at her lovers call
From yonder "Gold of Ophir" rose,
Ascending from the dream of night;
The mockng birds glad rapture flows
On ripples to the morning light.
So shall my soul, on waves of song,
Flow forth to meet its endless youth,
And join the bright enraptured throng
Whose life is God, whose thought is
Truth.
The herald., 1898-01-10

The business interest,"" which en-
braces ship-building, would like to see
a new navy built for use in the Orient,
and another for employment in the
South Pacific, and will use the present
complications for all they are worth
in frightening congress and the admin
istration into extreme measures for the
protection of American trade abroad
but we believe their efforts will be as
ests to force the country upon a gold
basis.
The herald., 1898-01-10
Reflections of a Bachelor

At 30 marriage is the wine of life; at A
it's the morning after
man is quiet when he's dead; woman
is dead when she's quiet.
Every woman is mirror of her bosom
friend to her husband and a mirror of hel
husband to her bosom friend.
The first sign that woman is beginning
TO feel her age is when she hunts up all
the baby pictures of her children.
Half a woman's pleasure in buying a
pretty pair of stockings cheap is spoiled
because she can never be perfectly sure
they won't crock.
When you see girls eyes look as If she
had been crying she has generally met with
some great grief, or else she has just had
her bath and couldn't find her silk starch
ing bag.-New York Press.
The herald., 1898-01-10
Duty of Self-Respecting Veterans

Just at the present moment the whole
country seems to be aroused over the
abuses that have so sadly diverted the
pension system from it's original purpose
This arousement may be only spasmodic
and it may be the beginning of the move
ment which must come sooner or later for
a revision and purging Of the pension roll
Whether it be the one or the other, there
is one thing certain: The politicians OF
either party can never be depended on to
bring about reform so long as politics and
pensions retain their present intimate re-
lationship. Reform can only be brought
about by the honorable, self-respectng,
patriotic soldiers and sailors of the war
Boston Transcript.
The herald., 1898-01-10
Nav Be Proud of It

The Los Angeles Herald may be proud
of its New Years number. as the edition u
very fine, both from an editorial and an
artistic standpoint. Some months ago Th
Herald began the work Of collecting datf
views, etc., for this issue and had repre-
sentatives In the various towns and elite
of Southern California doing this worl
In the smaller towns The Herald decide
to present cuts of the public school build
ings. as the enterprise and get up Of an
community is largely indexed in the ample
ness and beauty Of its school accommoda
tions. Some of the views presented ar
very handsome and the accompanyin
write up of each town Is fair and impartia
Santa Paula Chronicle.
The herald., 1898-01-10

An esteemed contemporary refers
vaingioriously to the evidence of the bet
terment Of the times "under wise ad-
ministration of the governments financ-
es." AS IL the deficit were not constant
ly enlarging and the whole influence o.
the administration bent toward an I'M
provement In the governments finances.
Modesty upon the part of the purely
partisan organ shows no signs of i'm
provement with the inauguration of the
fresh new year.
The herald., 1898-01-10
Human Lies Mystery

We sow the glebe, we reap the corn;
We build the house where we may rest
And then, at moments, suddenly
We look up to the great wide sky
Inquiring wherefore we were born,
For earnest or for jest?
The senses folding thick and dark
About the stified soul within,
We guess diviner things beyond,
And yearn to them with yearning fond;
We strike out blindly to a mark
Believed in, but not seen.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The herald., 1898-01-10
The Right Road

"You say there is only one train day
from this station?" said the lady at tn
ticket office.
"Only one, madam" was the reply.
'Is the train on timer"
mo; it is fifteen minutes late"
''T'oo bad want to get TO Pokeville tn
worst way"
'Well, this is the road you want to take.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The herald., 1898-01-10

The manifest inefficiency of the war
department in the matter of provision
ing Dawson would be deplorable were
there any real ground for apprehension
that relief will be needed. All late ar
rivals discount the stories of serious
shortage, and the government itself has
The herald., 1898-01-10
A Puzzler

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles HeraldJ
Can you or any sensible man explain to
the uninitiated how the lighting Of this
city is managed? Whenever there Is
wet, dark night and the crossings are all
mud and pools of water, the lights in town
are unlighted; on beautiful. fine nights
with a good moon and nice dry streets, all
the lights are in full blast. Are the power4
that be playing a. joke with the inhabia
tants, or what? PUZlLED.
Los Angeles, Jan. 9Th.
The herald., 1898-01-10
Los Angeles, Jan. 7th.
A Correction

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles Heralds
My attention has been called to pur-
ported interview with me in late issue Of
the Record with reference to Ex-Governor
Altgelds address at the Silver Republi-
can club house, In which 1t appears the
reading public infer that I attempted ia
criticise him. Such Is not the fact. Mr..
Altgeld Is an honored citizen of my native
state, and I, for one, considered 1t an honor
TO listen to him and his patriotic American
address. J. NOONAN PHILLIPS.
Los Angeles, Jan. 7th. :.
The herald., 1898-01-10

China's custom of decorating distin-
guished statesmen with saffron-colored
habiliments and peacock feathers might
be worthy of emulation in this country.
look in duck feathers.
The herald., 1898-01-10

The attention of the police department
is called to the communication signed
"a Citizen" appearing elsewhere on this
page. Such a.horrible, demoralizing ex-
hibition as that described by the writer
Nothing more brutalizing can be i'm
agined
The herald., 1898-01-10

The low price of cotton will doubtless
result in a much smaller area being
planted to the product next year. The
south is far from being dependent upon
cotton. She may we'll consider the wis
dom of raising less and manufacturing
more,
The herald., 1898-01-10

General Grosvenor's boast that a
Democratic gerrymander of his district
ures the premium that is placed upon his
fight against the civil service law. He
knows the strength of the pie-hunters
in his district.
The herald., 1898-01-10

The Argonaut proposes that the pris-
oners in San Quentin be put to work
breaking stone with which to build piers
at San Francisco and San Pedro. That
would at least tend to diminish crims in
the state.
The herald., 1898-01-10

The United States is not only the
greatest gold producer in the world, but
the greatest silver producer as well. 1t
is also the only country producing large
quantities of silver that by it's laws
seeks to debase it and to beat down its
value in the markets of the world.
The herald., 1898-01-10

While reciprocity slumbers France ad-
vances the duties on American pork
and Argentina puts up the tariff on
American petroleum. We have yet to
learn where the Dingley tariff has made
a new market for any important staple
of this country.
The herald., 1898-01-10

The prevalence of insanity in Switzer-
land is credited to loneliness, but the
Globe-Democrat declares that Ameri-
cans will never suffer from that trouble.
Mark Twain says: BE virtuous and
you will be lonesome" Are we to draw
the inevitable conclusion?
The herald., 1898-01-10
Same old Trait

Hobson-Some people make me tired
they never accept anything as fact with
out wanting to know the why and where
fore of 1t.
Saphed-Yes; wonder why itis?"-Phll
adelphia Record.
The herald., 1898-01-10
Muttered

soliloquized the customer as he departe
without purchasing: What an ass tha
fellow isl"
Soliloquized the shopman: ITO think
should throw away all that sweetness upo
that mean old screwv-Boston Transcript
The herald., 1898-01-10
Utter Obscurity

''He doesn't seem to amount to much !
the community"
mo. He's SO unimportant that nobod
ever sends him a calendar"
Star.
The herald., 1898-01-10

begun to hedge upon the .tardy prepara-
tions that they were making. At Fri
days cabinet meeting the advisability
of abandoning the proposed expedition
altogether was seriously debated.
The herald., 1898-01-10
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading printa
communications, but does not assume re-
sponsbility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far a. 10 consistent with the
proper expression of their views.)
The herald., 1898-01-10

Mayor Van Wyck goes into the ranks
Of the journalists for his first appointee.
An editor of Truth gets the plum.
The herald., 1898-01-10
A Pair of Them

Shell detest man who is always talk
ing shop
He-And dislike woman who always
talks shopping.-Chicago News.
The herald., 1898-01-10

AS indicating the difference in the ad-
ministration of Justice it is noted tina
a man has just been lynched in Arkan-
sas for stealing a hog.
The herald., 1898-01-10

China seems also to have a pretty ro-
bust deficit. She should engage the
services of Mr.. Dingley.
The herald., 1898-01-10

Mr.. Eckels was more lenient with the
Singerly bank than he can expect the
new comptroller to be with his own.
The herald., 1898-01-10

The great trouble with Ohio, now as
ever, is her superabundant stock of
statesmen.
The herald., 1898-01-10

The administration would like to
break the force of it's fall by naming
Hanna's legatee. But it will fail.
The herald., 1898-01-10

The president may appoint Hanna to
women up there.
The herald., 1898-01-10
A Gem Of Journalism

One Of the most elegant papers ever IL
sued is that Of the Los Angeles Herald {
january 2. In every way 1t Is gem D
journalism. Santa Rosa Prsss-Democra
The herald., 1898-01-10
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State of California, County Of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. M. Holt. superintendent Of circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
nrst duly sworn. deposes and says: That
for the fve months from February 1, 1897.
to June 80. 1897 Qnclusive). the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1896. 6a5
copies, being an average daily circula-
tion of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,071567. being daily
average of $500 copies.
That tho Sunday circulation during the
above time was 21s,o5s. being an average
fer each Sunday of 1O,431.
L. NJ. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of July, 1897.
FRANK J. COOPER,
Notary Public In and for the County Of
Los Angeles. State OF California
The herald., 1898-01-10

Prof. Andree is in undisputed posses
sion of all the ports of the neither zone
The herald., 1898-01-10

His methods were practical, business
like and effective. In the 10000 newspapers
of the country with which he was in close
touch. he possessed an army of willing,
able and powerful coadjutors, who made
constant communication with $4,000, 900 of
people easy and agreeable. Only the off,
oial report of the Worlds fair commission
discloses the vastness of expenditures of
money and effort upon the part Of Major
Handy's bureau in furtberance of an
achievement justly ranking as the grand
est of the century.
The herald., 1898-01-10

The crowning success OF the Worlds
Columbian exposition. after all the money
had been spent and the exhibits put In
place. was due to the enormous attendance
from home and abroad. the patriotic fervor
and spontaneity of enthusiasm displayed by
our own people In the magnificent achieve
ment, and their unyielding determination
to make 1t, in detail as well as in general.
the most brilliant as well as the most stu
pendous function In the history Of the
country.