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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-30

stood, means great deal to the First Regi-
ment, which is tip-top command. in spite
OF the natural precedence given to the
Fourth and Fifth. 1t is made up of the very
best young men in Maryland's small cities
and towns and If men are taken from its fix
companies to act as batteries it will probably
result in the First Regiment having to be
organized all over again.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-30
FIRST TENTS UP.

The boys Of company E., were the first to
enter the camp, they having come in at an.
other gate Just before the Baltimore troops
appeared. and the boys and officers have the
record of pitching their tents before any
other company in the brigade. And it was
well that they we're not long delayed for
cold dri2zling rain had set in.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-30

colds in several cases, and were poughing
IN the mud with high spirits.
The following hours of service at Camp
Wilmer are announcrd:
First call 455 II. M
Reveille, 500 a. m.
Assembly. sos u. m.
Sick call. 5.15 n. m.
Breakfast CALI 600 a. m.
Fatigue call, Gold guard police,) 700 a. m
First call. 8. so n. m.
Guard mounting, assembly of details, 8 55
q. m.
Adiutant's call, 900 a. m.
Dinner call. 10 m.
First sergeants call, 90 p. m.
Supper call, p. m.
Regimental first call. 100 p. m.
Parade assembly, 9.05 p. m.
Adjutant's call, 7.10 p. m.
Tattoo. 1000 p. m.
Call to quarters. 10. As p. IN.
Taps, IL 90 p. m.
Hours OF drill will be announced in future
orders
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-31
FORTUNES FROM B1N4NiS.
From The Memphis Scihitar.

From The Memphis Scihitar.
Immense fortunes have been made out Of III
banana business. Revenues do not accrue aoof
from the sale Of the fruit. for The leaves an
used for packing; the juice. being strong in tan
min, makes an indelibe ink and shoe blackns.
the wax found on the under side OF the leaves
a valuable article OF commerce: manila hemp v
made from the stems. and I this hemp an
made mats. plated work and lace handkerchlenl
Of the finest texture; moreover the banana J
ground into bana flour The fruit 10 be sod !"
dessert is ripened by the dry warmth OF harns
gasjets in the storage places in which It is KEEP:
and immense care has 10 b. taken 10 pre'sn'
softening or overripenng. The Island OF ",
maca yields great crops Of this useful ."
money making fruit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-31

When they rushd to the battle resolved to
maintain
The freedom Of trade and our right to the main
Chorus.
With the glory Of conquest our heroes are
crown'd:
Let their brows with the bright naval chaplet
be bound.
For still should the foe dare the fight to sustain
Gallant Perry shall lead on to conquest again
Chorus.
The herald., 1898-04-17
Epigrams by a Novelist

What is youth but happy ignorance? ?
There are always well-meaning per-
sons among us ready to direct the char
ity of others.
There are some women whose desire
is to be all things to all men, instead Of
everything to one man.
Many people amuse US who are them
selves amused in their sleeves.
Your confidential woman is usually a
liar.
Happy is the man who loves and Is
loved of a plain woman.
Impertinence and flattery to a woman
are so closely allied that the distinction
is subtle.
1t was moment for mental reserva-
tions. One wonders whether such are
taken account of in heaven.
He had one great factor for success
in this world-an infinite capacity for
holding his cards.
A life that is only conglomeration Of
trifles is poor thing to look back upon.
When glamor goes, nerve comes.
The abuse of hospitality is the last
refuge of the needy.
The arrogance of those who have all
that they desire is insupportable.
There is school of Speakers out" ;"
and would to heaven they would learn
to hold their tongues!
Thoughts are the quickest and the
longest and the saddest things Of this
fife.
1t is a frustrated desire that makes the
majority of villains.
"Snow," said the Frenchman, "is like
the reserve of young girl; 1t Keeps
warm that which is beneath it"-From
1.-THE Sowers," by Henry Seton Merri-
man.
The herald., 1898-04-17
Young Men Stand Up!

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
War will be upon us by the middle of next
week, unless all signs fail. AS citizen of
Los Angeles, l believe that we should
raise at least one regiment of volunteers,
in addition to the militia regiment now or
ganized and ready to go to the front.
There is a movement to enroll the old
veterans of the blue and the gray, but it
seems to me that 1t would be shame to
the young men of this city and county to
stand idly by and let the old men and PEN
sioners fight the Spanard.
Without intenGng to disparage the SOL
diers of the late war, think that the aver
full to the government than the old soldier
who left the army in 1865. Drill and tao
tics have changed. as well as arms, great
and small.
A young man who is at home on a bicy-
Gle ought to be worth as much as three
men who cannot ride one in ar open coun-
try.
A thousand men ought to get together at
once and organize, and then, when the call
comes, we will know who can be counted
on to 60 If war is to be avoided and |
hope it can be, so much the better Should
it come and the regiment not be needed,
we'll and good. In either event, the men
who volunteer will have done their duty.
For the purpose of making commence
ment, 1 ask all those who favor this idea
to address the undersigned room Al, Phil
lips block, Los Angeles, and when a suffi-
cient number is obtained to take charge
of the matter, then we can open a head
quarters and roll the loud drum and
twang the trumpet horn" etc. 1 favor an
organization Independent of the state mil
itia, formed for the purpose of rendering
its services to the national government di-
rect. I think that congress will soon pro-
vide for such. J. L. MURPHY.
Los Angeles, April 16. 1898.
The herald., 1898-04-17
HERALD BULLETINS
The Crowd Still Comes to Get the War
News at First Hands

The sidewalk and street in front of The
Herald office are still crowded with people
from early dawn until far into the night
eagerly watching the bulletins for the
latest developments of the war situation.
Here 1t Is that business, war, politics and
almost every other conceivable topic are
discussed in all their phases.
Here at this magnet of attraction congre-
gate the business man. the professional
man, the laborer and the mechanic, when
their days work is done, and calmly review
the situation.
The perfect bulletin service of The Her
aid is commended on every hand, and its
efforts and enterprise in keeping the public
informed are keenly appreciated by ALL
Throughout all, excellent order prevails,
though In the eagerness to get the latest
dispatches, and owing to the great number
of people, 1t has been found necessary to
continue the detail of an officer to keep
traffic open.
At a late hour la st night Officer Conley was
still faithfully doing business at the same
old stand.
The herald., 1898-04-17
PERSONAL
r. N. Hill of oxnard is here.

r. N. Hill Of Oxnard is here.
George A. Kruse Is here from New York
II. P. Bishop of San Francisco is in the
city
I. Wertheimer of San Diego is in the
city.
F. r. Weaver is in the city from Or
ange.
Mrs Walter Holmes and son of Kansas
City are here.
r. L. Lee and wife of New York are WIS.,
iting in the city.
w. ]. Dee and Miss Sawyer are in the
city from Chicago.
Mrs. G. Schrmer, a tourist from Dres-
den, is here for short stay.
Hugh Lenox Hodge, a prominent rancher
of Silver City, New, is in the city.
Mrs. E. Goodwin and Miss l.. G. Wads-
worth, both Of Boston, are in the city.
Mrs G. Walther Otto and Miss Dorothy
Otto are in the city from Santa Barbara.
w. l.. O'Brien and wife and Miss Alice
O'Brien and maid are here from Minneap-
oils.
George H. Perley, wife and child, Mrs.
e. E. Webb and child, and Miss Blackjack
are tourists from Ottawa, Can.
Lady Van Horne, wife of the president
of the Canadian Pacific railway, and
daughter, are here from Montreal, Can.
The herald., 1898-04-17
SUBSTANTIAL PATRIOTISM
Liberal Offer Of A. Let's of the Broad
way Department Store

The Broadway Department store was lit
orally fluttering in flags yesterday. wher-
ever there was space to put in stick "Old
Glory waved'in the air. over the desk the
Cuban flag, with its single star, kept COM
pany with the national colors.
Though Mr.. Let's, the proprietor, is of
English birth and has been citizen of the
United States but eleven years, his patriot
ism is attested in the following notice
posted up in the store yesterday morning:
1.-The management Of the Broadway De-
partment store, foreseeing the possibilities
of war and the demand of our country for
soldiers, hereby guarantees that all en-
ployes volunteering for active service shall
have their positions assured them upon
their return. and, in case Of death, the
The herald., 1898-04-17
PALMISTRY
A Benefit for the Boys and Girls Aid
Society

The lecture on "Palmistry," given last
evening at the Southern California
Music hall by Mrs. Eldred of Chicago was
we'll attended. ]. c. Salisbury, president
of the Boys and Girls Aid society, for the
benefit of which the lecture was given, in
troduced the speaker. Mrs Eldred first
called attention to the ancient origin of
palmistry, and the evidences extant of its
having been practiced from the earliest
recorded history.
THE hand" she said, sis an expression
of the man, 1t Is his souls certificate of
character 1t is not true that the shape
of the hand, or the lines in the palm are
made by the occupation, but 1t is true that
the quality of the hand determines char
acter and occupation" Mrs. EHdred
named the lines. giving each its special
significance law which discriminates as to
esoterie law which discriminates as to
what shall be recorded on each line Not
only Is this true of past events, but the
law recording future events is the same
as that which governs those of the past.
At the close of the lecture Mrs. Eldred
read the hands of some persons in the au-
dience, affording amusement and sub
stantiating her statements.
The herald., 1898-04-17
CUTTING The EXPENSES
CITY DEPARTMENTS MAKE A
REMARKABLE SHOWING
WITHIN THE APPROPRIATIONS
Figures for the Past Nine Months and
What Is Left to Work Upon the
Balance of the Fiscal Year

A detailed statement and recapitulation
OF the financial condition Of the various
branches Of the city government for the
past nine months of the fiscal year. up to
April LIST, was yesterday completed by City
Auditor Nichols for presentation to the
council Monday. The figures show in the
first column the amount appropriated for
the use of the department, and in the Sec
ond column the amount already expended.
1t will be noticed that In only two cases is
an overdraft shown-the charity fund,
which is $3.50 behind, and the dog fund.
which has been seriously overrun, being
S15l2 to the bad already, with three
months capturing Of stray CANNES yet to
be paid for.
Several of the other accounts show a
scarcity margin to work on compared
with previous expenditures, but in gen.
eral the departments will. as a rule, finish
the fiscal year, June Goth, within their ap-
propriations, something that has hereto
:fore been a red-letter exception. Follow
Ing are the figures:
The herald., 1898-04-17
IN MEMORY OF HIS FIRST WIFE
Lines Placed by Richard LIE Gallisnns
on the Urn Containing Her Ashes

In a niche of beautiful and chaste de-
sign in one end of the chapel at Wokng.
where is located the principal crematorium
in England. stands the urn containing the
ashes of the first Mrs. Richard lie GAL
lienne, and inscribed upon it are some lines
by the poet in her memory. These lines.
says the Humanitarian, seem to give a
very beautiful answer to those who object
to cremation on the ground that it would
Interfere with the resurrection Of the body.
The inscription follows:
Sacred to the memory of Mildred. the
beloved daughter Of Alfred Lee and the
dear true wife of Richard le Gallienns
May, 1889.
Precious the box that Mary broke
OF spikenard for the Masters sake,
But ah! it held naught half SO dear
AS the sweet dust that whitens here
The great wonder who shall say:
To make so white a soul of clay,
From clay to win face SO fair,
Those strange great eyes, that sunlit hai1
A-ripple DER her witty brain,
Or turn all back to dust again.
Who knows-but in some happy hour,
The God, whose strange alchemic power
Wrought her of dust. again may turn
To woman this immortal urn.
May take this dust and breathe thereon
And give me back my little che.
But one sad little story out of all the
heaped up sorrow of the world.-Kansas
City Star.
The herald., 1898-04-17
HE LIVES IN DYEA
An Alaskan Resident Tells Of His
Adopted Home t

"Dyea is destined to be the second city
| in point of population and commercial i'm
| portance in Southern Alaska" said F. H
Fail, resident of that hamlet for num-
Der of years, in the course of a converse
ton yesterday. Mr.. FAIL first settled in
Dyea when it was but way station for
overland travellers bound for the seaport
towns. That was some years ago, how
ever, and since then Dyea has become a
city known the world over. The traveller
was eastbound to New York, where he has
relatives and old-time friends that he is
anxious to see.
II have financial interests in Dyea that
have already made me rich," Mr.. Fahl
resumed, land that, believe, will make
me independent soon. And that should
be the point of effort of every man that
goes to any part of Alaska. 1t is a
miserable place to hve-a part Of the year
too cold, and the balance of the time too
hot In short, it is no place to live. Go
there for the purpose of making money
as rapidly as is consistent with honesty,
and then when you have attained a COM
petence leave and return to civilization.
There is no real life up there. You
spend the hours of daylight digging, or in
lent. and at night you go to your cabin
either to read or to write home to your
family or friends. If for any reason you
don't feel like doing that there is nothing
left for you to do but to go to one of the
many dance halls and dance away the
night with doubtful women or get drunk.
If your disposition Is such that you cannot
bring yourself to do either, am sorry for
H.
1.-THE population of Alaska is hetero-
geneous. 1t is composed in the main of
men and women that have been from
money point unsuccessful in the states.
They have fiocked to this Ell Dorado, and
many of them have become rich. Compe-
tition in brains Is not so keen up that way,
and a man of average tact is considered
extremely bright up there, and entrusted
with responsible office, as they did out
west years ago and In the early days of
California. s..
1.-The greater portion of Alaska is, as
you perhaps know, unexplored. When one
realizes what has already been gotten out
of it's soil in the few years that pros
pectors and others have worked the
ground, it causes one to believe that its
hidden treasures must be enormous, and
that they will some day astonish the world
II am going to return to my Alaskan
home after an extended stay in this coun-
trv'
The herald., 1898-04-17
THE OSTRICH LICENSE
A Cheap Rate Allowed-Financial
Recommendations

short session was held yesterday morn
Ing by .he council committee, only five rec
concentrations being made. Ali busine ess
was finished by II O'Clock and an adjourn
ment taken. The petition of II. G. Wiltshire
protesting against having to pay mon thly
license of $25 for his ostrich farm at Fiesta
park was first taken up. The petition stat
ed an ostrich farm had been established
here and the Incense demanded would vir-
tually mean the annihiation of the indus
try. This petition had been laid over for
two weeks, members of .he committee be-
ing opposed to any change in an ordinance
which is very lucrative for the city during
visitations of the circus, the travelling side
show, etc. 1t was finally agreed to recon-
mend that the ordinance be amended so as
TO make 1t possible for the ostrich Industry
to exist on License charge of IS per mon h.
This cut IN the official rates extends to the
exhibition of os triches only and to no other
sort of attraction.
The committee also recomm ended a re-
bate of $25 to j. E. Waldeck the; liquor
dealer. on his license for March. This ac-
tion had been requested by the police COM
mission on the ground that Waldeck had
paid for a full months lcense-s50-on the
supposition that he would get his license
so as to do business throughout the month
Owing to protests the commission could
not grant the license on Broadway to Mr..
Waldeck until the 18th inst. So the saloon
man was unable to use his Mcense for the
first half of the month.
Four demands were approved for s175
each IN favor of the city's four consutin
engineers-Messrs. Eaton, Koebig, Schuy-
Ter and Lippincott. This was the amount
not allowed last week under the contract
1t was for work actually done in making
measurements on the water flow in the
river, arranging data, and in CONSULATE
with the city's legal advisers.
The herald., 1898-04-17

work, but the contractor to whom the Job
was let Is M. s. Cummings The work
amounts to the neat little sum Of $l4 1880.
| Yesterday morning Contractor Cum
mings, accompanied by Charles Lloyd, ap-
peared at the office of Street Superintend-
ent Drain and inquired whether his war
rant was ready. He was informed that 1t
would be delivered to him at IL noon. On
inquiring the reason for delay, he was
plainly told by Superintendent Drain that
ne mad informed the creditors of McCombs
that he would deliver the warrant a. noon,
liking the exact hour SO that they might
have chance to take legal action IL
deemed advisable. Cummings was a little
! inclined to be wrathy, but left.
Promptly at noon he and his companion
| returned, and, after vainly waiting for any
one representing the creditors to appear,
Superintendent Drain handed Cummings
the warrant, for which he receipted. As
signment papers had been already pre-
pared, and at 1918 Cummings assignment
of the warrant to Lloyd was recorded and
the pair left the office. Within five min
utes afterward a couple of attorneys rushed
in with papers to be served on the street
superintendent. Hugh J. Smith had a
judgment execution issued from the superb
or court against c. L. McCombs for $437. TO-
while Uri Citron, clothing dealer, pre-
sented a writ of attachment issued from
the township court upon the same person
for SIG.
Nothing could be done for either of the
creditors. So far as McCombs is con-
cerned, he has not appeared In the con-
tract with the street department at all;
Cummings has no longer anything to do
with the work. and the unlucky ones may
whistle for their money. for Lloyd, an In
nocent third party, now owns the warrant
and will probably settle with McCombs II
he wants to. The execution and attach
ment are still in the hands of Superintend-
ent Drain. but 1t is quite evident that neith-
er Mr.. Smith nor Mr.. Citron will handle
any money received by McCombs for his
work on the improvement of Adams street
The herald., 1898-04-17

merchandise destined to places in British
territory. The transportation of mer-
chandise by the company is to be made
in suitable vessels plying on the Pacific
ocean, Bering sea and Yukon river. In
all instances where other vessels than
those owned by the company are used,
they are required to be marked with the
name of the company.
James M. Harris has been commissioned
postmaster at Miami, Cal.
James J. Pendergast has been appointed
laborer in the postoffice at Sacramento,
CAL, at $500 per annum.
The herald., 1898-04-17
Park Band Concert

Following is the program of the concert
by the Seventh Regiment Band at West
lake Park at 2 pm. today:
The Los Angeles March new). .........
Observation-Disclosures. w. p. Chambers
Selection from Wang. Morse
Intermezzo, Twilight Whispers. .....
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. p. Laurendeau
Descriptive piece, A Cavalry Charge.
LuQerS
depicting the charge of a mounted
squadron.)
Overture, Guy Mannering. Bishor
Gavotte, The Beautiful Equestrienne.
Observation-Disclosures. RiXner-Hurka
Finale from Opera Ariele, Daughter of
the AIT .......................E Il. Bach
Waltz, Amorettentanze .............. .Gung'l
March, The Handicap. .Rosey
The herald., 1898-04-17
A TURQUOISE MINER
George Simmons, the Owner Of the
True Blue, in the Citv

George Simmons, the owner of the
True Blue" turquoise mine, located
about fifteen miles from the mining camp
of Vanderbilt, arrived in the city last
night. Mr.. Simmons is the discoverer of
the famous turquoise mines, from which
the 1ncas were supplied with these gems.
The rocks in the vicinity of the mines
Still bear the hieroglyphics which were
placed on them by the men who worked
the jewel mine hundreds of years ago.
An expedition from San Francisco has
recently visited the place. and made Il
study of the characters with a view to
their Interpretation.
Mr.. Simmons has with him some of his
most valuable finds, among them a 147-
carat stone, which he intends to take to
Boston. where he intends to open his
works for the cutting and sale of the
gems His turquoises are of the much
priced "robbin egg" blue tint, and are all
ready in demand by the eastern and
European dealers.
The herald., 1898-04-17
BICYCLE RIDER HURT
He Receives Cash Over His Eve in
Collision

William Huff Of 424 South Hope street.
while riding his bicycle east on Fifth street
yesterday afternoon, collided with Irwin
Bayha of 927 Central avenue, another
bicycle rider. According to the state
ments of those who saw the accident, Huff
was riding on the right side of the street,
and when between Ruth and Gladys ave-
nues, Bayha, who was riding on the same
side and coming from the opposite direc-
ton, turned and ran into Huff.
The latter fell, and struck on his head.
receiving bad cash above the right eve.
He was partially dazed from the result of
the fall A carriage took him to, the re-
ceiving hospital, where DR.. Hagan at
tended him. Huff resides here with his
sister, and both are attending the normal
school. He was en- route on his. wheel to
ride to Santa Ana to visit his parents.
The herald., 1898-04-17
BOTH WE'RE LEFT
Why the Creditors of G. L. McCombs
Could Not Collect

Despite the late decision of the supreme
court. which. it was hoped, would do so
much for the creditors of the dead-beat
contractor in enabling the former to put
the clamps on when the warrant from the
street superintendent office was issued,
there still seems to be no way in which
q creditor may fasteIt to the warrant .oro-
vided the contractor and his assignee
''sabe," which they generally do.
An unsuccessful effort was made yester-
day by the creditors of C.L McCombs, a
contractor who has just completed the
work of Improvement of Adams street,
from Congress street to the west city
boundary. to attach or garnishee the waN
rant which authorizes payment for the
work, but the scheme amounted to naught.
McCombs is the man who has done the
The herald., 1898-04-17
Beware of Vox Populi

When senators and congressman re.
ceive kilograms from certain of their con-
stituents inspired by the money devil in
Wall street they should reflect that the
people do not send kilograms, but they
vote at elections. Some of the gentlemen
in congress properly interpret these tele-
grams. Others will sooner or late hear
vox populi-Memphis Commercial.
The herald., 1898-04-17
$7S4, ,252.92 $3.50, ,723. s

$IS4z0Z.yZ YOU ,7Z3. 50
The weekly trial balance taken yesterday
shows several of the more important funds
to be overdrawn. as follows:
Cash, $9s66.47; salary, s274.O5; fire depart
ment, s2399.26; East Los Angeles park.
s294A street lighting. s2719.41; street
sp-inkling, sl56i.O6.
The following, among others, show bal
ance Common school, s707625; library,
$13S735: general park, s1715.4O; Westake
park. $S91.47; Hoilenbeck park, s41. .66: Echo
park. $1354s; Elysian park. s1O331; park
nursery. $22692
Treasurer's balance. April 9th, $S1 1852;
receipts to April 10Th. $37776.67; demands to
April 18th. s14,90S64; balance, April 18th,
$104.2 .2S4.30