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The herald., 1898-10-21
Canadian Friendship

NEW YORK, Oct. 2O-A dispatch to the
Tribune from Halifax says:
The regiment sports of the Royal Canad-
ian battalion of imperial troops were
marked by an unusual incident. At the
conclusion of the sports 100 men, the pick
of the garrison formed pyramid by mount
ing upon one another's shoulders and the
man at the apex, a fine specimen of the Brit.
ish soldier, stood waving in one hand the
Union Jack and in the other the Stars and
Stripes. This finale was cheered by the
large number of spectators present. 1t was
the first time in the history of Halifax that
men Of British regiment had displayed the
flag of another nation.
The herald., 1898-10-21
Grain Rates Advanced

NEW YORK. Oct. 2O-The managers of
the Joint Traffic association today passed
a resolution recommending am advance from
the basis of IS cents to 20 cents on rates on
grain and grain products except from corn
from Chicago to the Atlantic seaboard to
take effect November L. The advance is
made on the recommendation of the Mime
apolis and Central Traffic lines.
The herald., 1898-10-21
Missionary Bishops

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O-The House Of
Bishops of the Episcopal General Conven.
tion today selected the following mission.
ary bishops: For Boise, Idaho, Rev. J. b.
Funston of Portsmouth, Va; for Sacra.
mento, Cal, Rev. w. Fl. Moreland of San
Francisco; for North Dakota, Rev. 8. D,
Edsall of Chicago; for presiding bishop Of
Brazil, Rev. L. L. Kingsolving of Virginia.
The herald., 1898-10-21
q. M. G. A. Convention

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 20.-Over one
thousand people, 700 of them delegates, are
in attendance at the international conven-
tion of the Y. NJ. G, A.. The convention
opened tonight in the Baptist tabernacle.
The Rev. DR.. Moffat delivered the address
of welcome The response was made by Rich
ard G. Morse, general secretary. Business
sessions tomorrow.
The herald., 1898-10-21
Convicted of Murder

DENVER, Colo, Oct. 20.-A special to
the News from Albuquerque, N. NJ, says:
Jose z. Ruiz was today in the district court
convicted of murder in the first degree. The
date of his execution has not vet been set
Last November Ruiz, while INTOXICATED,
fred two shots into group of children.
killing 6-year-old Patricio O'Bannon and
wounding Aryuso Garcia.
The herald., 1898-10-21
pueilist Walker Dead

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 20.-Billy Walker, the
pugilist, who was knocked out by Andy Du-
pont Monday night, died at South Omaha
this morning after having been unconscious
tifty-six hours. The charge against Du-
pont will be changed from prize-fghting to
murder
The herald., 1898-10-21
Drugs DESTROYED

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2O.-A special from Dal-
las, Tex, to the Post Dispatch says: The
G S plant O hs todsy ya' sus
At $500, 900.
The herald., 1898-10-21
The Chief Druggist

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 20.-New officers of the
National Wholesale Druggists association,
in session here, were elected today. Ex-
Mayor Cyrus P. Walbridge of st. Louis was
chosen president.
The herald., 1898-10-21
M'KINLEY'S REMARKS

President Mckinley spoke as follows:
Il count myself fortunate to have the
privilege OF meeting with this great railway
Organization. l have had, in the last ten
days, many most pleasing and interesting
experiences as have journeyed through the
country, but l assure you that not one of
them has given me greater pleasure than to
meet the women and men connected with
the great railroads Of the country. Gap
piause.)
''lt is fortunate that this great body of
representative men and women has assem-
bled in this city at time when the people
were celebrating the suspension of hostilities,
with early hope Of an honorable, just and
triumphant peace.
The railroad men of the country have
always been for the country. (Applause.)
The railroad men OF the country have always
been for the flag of the country and in
every crisis OF our national history, in war
and in peace, the men OF your great organ
ization have been loyal and faithful to every
duty and obligation. Yours is at once q
profession OF great risk and of grave re-
sponsibility. know of no occupation in
the sphere OF human endeavor which car
ries with it greater obligations or higher
responsibilities than the profession of rail-
road men. You casgy the commerce of the
country; you carry the rich treasures of the
country from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
and you carry hourly and daily the freight
age OF humanity; they trust to you, to your
integrity, to your intelligence and your fidei-
lty, for the safeguarding of their lives: and
congratulate the country from the bottom
OF my heart that in this great system, 90 in.
Serwoven with every day life of the 'citixens
of the republic, We have such splendid char
acter and such high intelligence.
l bring to you today not onIv NV rood
will, but l bring also to you the GOOD will
and respect OF seventy millions Of Ameri.
can citizens. Your work is before a cr;t;.
cal audience; you go in and out every d,v
before your countrymen and YOU have evcr
deserved from your countrymen the nm
stinted praise and approval of your f;de,;tv
to the great interest you represent. Thss
virtue Of the people lies at the founda'
tion Of the republic; the power Of The nann1.
is in the American fireside; the virtne r,t that
comes out of the altar of the bo,ne e 'ns Ia
most priceless gift this nation has san and y whan ,1
the voice of the people speaks from " 4In tha
homes of the people, it is command to Cow
gress and the executive; it is the law of ths
republic. 'Ae
IT thank you, my fellow-citizens. for vour
cordial greeting and congratulate Won on
the evidences of returning prosperifv ew' U,.
srywhere. What you, what we ali want !.
business prosperity. When you have thaf
hou have 'somsthins to do: when xou have
The herald., 1898-10-21
THE ARMORY MEETING

The Armory was crowded when the ex-
ercises were opened with prayer by DR..
Emil G. Firsch. Chairman J. II. Walsh of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
presided and delivered the opening address.
He introduced Mayor Harrison, who de-
livered the address Of welcome to President
Mckinley. The Presidents response was
listened to attentiveiy and frequently inter-
rupted with applause. Following President
Mckinley came Judge John Barton Payne
OF Chicago.
Other speakers on the program were
George r. Peck, Il. i. Clark of the Order
OF Railway Conductors; +. p. Sargent, Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen;
p. II. Morrissey, of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen; p. A. Arthur, of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
An informal reception for the railway
men was held by the President after the
addresses. Mr.. Mckinley was stationed in
an enclosure on the first balcony above the
entrance where the railway men filed
singly. As they came up to the President,
one by one, the extended hands were grasped
by the President. The men were all admit
ted into the Armory by ticket. The dis
tinguished guests from Washington were
present and composed the group which sur
rounded the President on the balcony.
The herald., 1898-01-22
THE GRAND JURY SYSTEM

The grand jury system is being made
tacks. Judges Oster and Campbell sit
ting at Riverside this week, declared in
the plainest terms that the system has
outgrown it's usefulness, and, as a pres
tluous incumbrance. They asserted that
there was no part of its duties that
could not be as we'll performed by the
office of the district attorney, with the
advice and assistance of the sitting
magistrates. The last grand jury at
Riverside, which returned but one in
dictment, at an expense to the taxpay-
ers of over Sl700, was cited in illustration
and as justification of the structures
passed by the judges.
There is no doubt, great deal to
be said against the grand jury system,
as at present conducted. There are
many ways by which it can be trans
formed into an abuse, instead of being an
instrument of justice. But have we
anything better to take its place? The
district attorneys office has been sug-
gested. Unquestionably the district at
torney's office could and would perform
the work now delegated to the grand
jury, under favorable circumstances.
The first essential, in case the eX-
change We're seriously contemplated,
would be district attorney who could
be depended upon to do his duty with
out fear or favor-an official in whom
the people could place implicit conf
dence. In Los Angeles county, for in
stance, if it came to a choice between
a grand jury and a district attorney. un-
der the present conditions, the people
The herald., 1898-01-22
THE NEW PoMoLoGICAL REPORT

In another place will be found a let
ter from the secretary of agriculture to
the president of the Southern California
Pathological society confirming the de-
cision of the United States department
of agriculture to prepare and publish
a special fruit bulletin for California.
This decision was come to by Secretary
Wilson because of the glaring defects
of the report on fruit conditions in the
United States as to fruits in California.
Our fruit interests are to be congratu-
lated on the proposed new bulletin. Cal
ifornia owes a debt of gratitude for the
prompt action and strong stand of Sen
ator White and to the officers of local
fruit organizations in demanding cor
rection of the injustice done to Califor-
MIA by the report, which, amongst other
things. said that California grew no
figs. We hope that the special Califor-
MIA bulletin will be worth fig or two.
The herald., 1898-01-22
THE BACON AMENDMENT

The two questions which should have
greatest weight in determining action
upon the treaty of annexation are not
so much as to be considered These are
the Willingness of majority of the
people of the islands TO have them an
neXed, and the desire of the people of
this country to acquire them. The
wishes of neither people have been con-
suited. 1t is true that the people of the
United States are supposed to speak
through their representatives in the
senate, yet. as a matter of fact, the
question has never been made an issue,
nor has any single senator ever been
chosen with reference to his attitude on
the question. Consideration of the mat
ter is behind closed doors, and the peo
pie of the country are as much in the
dark with reference to the influences
at work as are the natives of Hawaii
touching the intrigues of the Dole gov
ernment, in the selection of which they
had no voice. This journal will not un-
United States would divide upon the
question, were it submitted to a popular
vote; but it feels that the proposed step
is of sufficient Importance to the coun-
try in its probable and possible conse-
quences, to warrant such a reference.
1t is notorious that the preponderance
of sentiment in the islands is averse to
annexation. and that but a handful Of
alien conspirators is behind the scheme.
The fact has inspired Senator Bacon of
| Georgia to offer an amendment to the
| treaty, providing that the question shall
| be submitted to a popular vote of the
native Hawaiians, excluding all Others
from voice in the decision. This
| amendment will, of course, not be ac-
cepted by the administration leaders ir
the senate, since it would delay actor
for a year and result in the ultimate col
lapse of the whole scheme. Yet their re
| lection of so fair proposition is tanta
mount to a confession of all that ha
been charged by the opposition regard
ing the almost unanimous opposition o
the Hawaians to annexation. The Ba
con amendment will, at all events, serv
as an additional stumbling block in tn
pathway of the anneXationists.
The herald., 1898-01-22
AN ABSURD THREAT

In the house on Thursday Mr.. Ding
ley declared that if the hours of labor
in the several states are not equalized,
the labor organizations will compel an
amendment to the constitution to per-
nit congress to equalize them. This
declaration of the Boston Globe to the
same effect. Unable longer to cope sue
cessfully with the industries of the
south, even with the help of tariff
duties fixed by the mill men themselves,
they propose now to invoke the help of
all the people of the country in prevent
ing competition by statute. But Mr..
Dingley's implied threat will frighten
no one. Organized labor in this country
is not lying awake o'nights devising
means for succoring New England mill
men. Mr.. Dingley, in the course of his
remarks, gave an excellent reason why
organized labor should not at this mo-
ment be in sympathy with them, for
he admitted that the mills started up
last summer with eight months supply
of the finished product on hand, pre-
ferring to force a strike in midwinter to
remaining closed when there was no de-
mand for a resumption. But his utter
ances are useful as indicating the drift
of sentiment in New England touching
the aggressiveness of southern competi-
tors In it's narroWnesS and intolerance
it has decidedly colonial flavor.
The herald., 1898-01-22

city, county, state or national, nor do we
expect to ask such a contribution. We
did not apply to any committee for per-
mission to publish this paper, nor do we
ask any committee for endorsement.
The Herald does not expect to manipu-
late Democratic primaries, nor put up
states, nor sit in Democratic conven-
tons. 1t has no appeals to make except
to the public whom it serves and from
whom it derives it's support. This sup
port it understands is dependent entire
ly upon it's own energy and enterprise;
upon its straightforwardness in dealing
with the public; upon its ability to fur-
nish a good newspaper. This being ac-
complished, it would be the sheerest
folly for all the Democratic organiza-
tions in the country to try TO read 1t out
of the party. The Herald could go on
advocating Democratic doctrine and
clean politics in spite of them all. 1t
reaches beyond cliques and rings and
directly to the people. In other words,
a good newspaper is its own initiative
and referendum.
For the sake of the local Democratic
party, and for the hope of success in APP
preaching elections (Which now seems
most promising and in which The Her.
aid expects to assist, we would regret
to see any Democratic organization do
such a ridiculous, such futile,
such an outrageously asinine thing
as is outlined in the above quoted
resolution. To try to diScredlt
The Herald as a Democratic paper
would be folly enough, but to give en-
dorsement to a Republican newspaper
of San Francisco conducted by an eX-
Republican boss, a millionaire, who
failed to champion the rights of the peo-
pie of his own city in their recent water
contest, and who is now engaged in
championing the cause of Los Angeles
Republican boodler, would be climax
of the ridiculous. 1t would make such
organization and such action unjust
and by-word from one end of the state
to the other.
It's a good thing for the Democratic
party in this neck of the woods that the
aforesaid resolution of the aforesaid son
of Belial is now respectfully inferred.
The herald., 1898-01-22

would. with one voice. say: Give us the
grand jury!"
1t was the grand jury that took legal
steps in the board of education scandal.
and that body assisted materially in ex-
posing the corruption that had crept
into the board. That the prosecution did
not succeed in the case of Webb forms
no impeachment of the grand jury sys-
TEN.
The people must take as few chances
as possible if the ends of justice are to
be served. If any reasonable guaranty
can be had as to the district attorneys
office. it might be we'll to consider the
adjustment of the grand jury system
Under the present conditions, it would
be very dangerous experiment.
The herald., 1898-01-22
THE FAITHFUL COUPLE

:'You are still youth to me. John,
You are still my bonny beau
The same as when we plighted troth,
Full fifty years ago!
The same as when our wedding bells
Rang out so glad and gay"
And here the good wife breathed sigh,
And shook her locks of gray.
1T seemeth strange 10 me. John,
Who married you for aye,
Who hold the ring you gave me as
The apple of my eye.
To see the youngsters ne'er content
To give their hearts and hands,
AS We did in the good old times,
Without the scrip and lands,
Il didn't bring you much, John,
And you had little more;
But We had health in place of wealth,
And plenteous love in store.
And through the joy and strife, dear,
We each one did our part;
And now we've one another still,
AS We had at the start.
THE times have sadly changed, John,
Since you and I were young:
The marriage tie is lightly held
And many heart is wrung.
And yet you re young to me, John,
And still my bonny beau:
The same as when We plighted troth,
Full fifty years ago."
Mrs. NJ. A. Kidder in New York Ledger.
The herald., 1898-01-22
In favor of a Cleanup

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: In the name of decency, allow
me to thank you for the article in your
editorial page of some days ago in ref
erence to the class of men who pollute
Democratic politics hereabouts. You
are right when you say the disreputable
push people have time and again put up
weak candidates to be knocked down,
and in obedience to the Republican man
agement. They have also taken care to
nominate men acceptable to the South
ern Pacific and other corporations. In
fact, it is notorious that they are ready
to sell out to anybody. Is 1t possible for
the Democracy to even have shadow
of hope so long as this condition re-
not their last resort They aspire to the
state conventions, and, with few dol
lars and free railroad passes, are sent
north to continue their course of dirty
work, herded as though so many ami
mails, and all of this in broad, open def
ance of the public. These men are se-
lected by their bosses because they can
be handled and care nothing whatever
for the party or its principles. oh, for
the time when these characters shall
be thrown bodily from the convention
hall which they pollute! Hundreds
there are, If not thousands, of respect
able Democrats-not to mention that
great class of Independent voters-who
very properly decline to affiliate during
campaign or at the ballot box with
the party whose grand principles are
thus so foully perverted. 1t will not
avail to have some good men fight their
way to the state conventions and to have
decency represented in part in the NOM
nations. There must be universal
cleaning-out. Nor should the respect
able Democracy permit any interference
with drastic remedies, even If the cry is
made that the disturbers will go over to
the Republican party. That would be
too much of a blessing, and will not come,
fear, as the push people are of far more
use to that organization as marplots in
the Democratic ranks than they would
be elsewhere. You are on the right track.
and all true Democrats of Los Angeles
county will indulge the hope that you
will cease only after the party has been
relieved of such membranes. Yours,
Seventh Ward, Jan. II, 1898. T.
The herald., 1898-01-22
A Postal Pointer

AS yet the postal authorities in what is
now termed Greater New York have not
been officially notified of the makeup of
the new municipality. Therefore it would
be well for correspondents who desire
speedy and sure delivery of communica-
tions intended for residents in any of the
subdivisions thereof to continue to ad-
dress such communications according tc
the practice in vogue before consolidation.
BY adhering to this procedure until further
notice much of the trouble and annoyance
to which the postoffice authorities are now
subjected. either through mischievousness
or ignorance. on the part of many who
persist in addressing correspondence in
various ambiguous ways, will be partially
if not entirely Observation-Disclosures
The herald., 1898-01-22
The Negroes Real Friend

The negro has no real frieds at the north.
We are willing to believe. for we see
something of it here, that the negro does
not show to advantage after crossing the
Potomac and the Ohio. 1t seems to us
thot the further he wanders from the south
the more bumptious and offensive he be-
comes. But this is largely due to the fact
that he realizes the hostile environment
in which he is placed, and in his foolish
way resents it. The fact remains, how
ever. The negro's best and most genuine
friends are at the south. and it is among
the former slavehoding classes that he
finds the truest esteem and the most help
ful friendship.-W Washington Post.
The herald., 1898-01-22
Leaving Farms for Cities

The tendency of young men born and
reared on farms to leave the country for
towns and cities is certainly an unhealthy
movement in a large sense and Improbable
to many of those who embark In it. Prop
erly and steadily followed, there is no
safer business than farming. nor any more
certain to yield satisfactory results. In
very many instances those who abandon it
for city life live to regret the change. The
farmers institutes and farmers themselves
ought to be able TO develop higher in
terest in the occupation and more of a cer-
tain sort Of esprit du corps among those
who follow it.-Indianapolis Journal.
The herald., 1898-01-22

San Diego appears to have lost the
considerable premium, estimated at
about $4,000, which its citizens might
have obtained on the sale of the recent
issue of $3.50, 900 city Az per cent refund
ing bonds, lately sold for the nominal
premium of $500. The case is an in
structive lesson in municipal misman-
agement, the particulars of which may
be found in the Investor columns of this
issue
The herald., 1898-01-22
Strongly Wrong ,

While recounting experiences OF MS iong
career in the legal profession, that "seu
harrister Judge Lee Brown, told the fol-
lowing: IAN amusing incident connected
with a murder trial in which represented
the defense is recalled just now. My chief
witness was an Irish woman. and was
particularly anxious to make her testi-
mony strong. led her almost with hal
ter. wasswell pleased with the result, and
handed her over to the prosecution. The
following dialogue ensued: Mrs. kiirey,
Won saw YOU saw the murdered man write
this threat? 'Yis, sor, did, sor.' Did he
The herald., 1898-01-22
Books and Their Uses

What beautiful library you have!" ex-
claimed the visitor. You can never be
lonely with so many beautiful and expen-
sive books about you"
oh" replied Mrs. Cumrox, complacent-
ly, you don't see all that we have.
"Indeed!'
Yes. We have any number of books
with paper backs that we read" Wash
inntOn Star
The herald., 1898-01-22
Gives Up in Deep Disgust

During each month of the year we fur
nish our readers with Republican prosper
ity supplementary more such supple
ments will be sent out with our paper.
The supplements are a fraud, a delusion
and a lie. We are ashamed of them sick
and sore at the idea of sending out such
prosperity supplements" when at the
same time we are unable to collect enough
money to meet our bills after having made
Ind, News.
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now you were standing near and that

know you were standing near and that
you overheard him read his letter threat
ening the life of the defendant? 'Yis, sor,
he did, DO you mean to say the victim
of the defendants wrath deliberately
planned to kill the defendant and wrote a
letter embodying such a threat to the pris-
oner over there in the box? said the COM
monwealth's attorney in thunder tones.
'Yis: did, sor. and any man as contradicts
1t contradicts as straight a lie as ever was
Well, sir, 1 had to do a lot of talking to
counteract the effect of that bad break on
the part of my leading witness. Louis
vile Post.
The herald., 1898-01-22
Treating the Insanity Dodge

San Francisco is the leader of new de-
parture designed to kill the insanity dodge,
so often used to protect murderers. A
woman accused of numbering her hus-
band, was adjudged insane before her trial
and sent to an asylum. She recovered and
will be brought to trial on the charge of
murder-New Haven, Conn.,, Palladium
The herald., 1898-01-22
Verdant or Jocose Canadian

The mayor of Louisville, KY, has re-
ceived letter from a resident of Canada
asking for a position under the city gov
ernment. He had heard that the mayor
was making changes in the departments.
The curious phase of this incident is that
single foreigner lived who supposed
there were enough offices to go around in
America, with a few left over for the citi-
zens of other countries.-Springfield
Mass, Republican.