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The herald., 1898-02-10
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1898
PLATFORM

The Herald believes that the city of
Los Angeles should own and control
complete system of waterworks.
The Herald believes that the city
should acquire such a system at the
earliest date possible and on the most
advantageous terms possible, consistent
with contract obligations and fair deal
ing.
The Herald believes that the con-
tract with the Los Angeles City water
company should be enforced to the let
ter. and that, at the conclusion of the
pending lease, the plant should be taken
over in accordance with the provisions
of that contract.
The herald., 1898-02-10

An astonishing increase in the ship
ments of American food products to the
orient Is noted, thousands of tons of
canned beef and other commodities hav-
ing gone forward in the past thirty days,
while further orders are being placed
with the packers of Chicago and Kansas
City. This unusual draft upon our visi-
BILE supply of food products, it must not
be supposed, was occasioned, as was last
years demand for our cereals, by the
election of Mckinley and the adoption
of the Dingley tariff bill. 1t is due to
the fact that the great nations of the
earth have concentrated their naval
strength in oriental waters and are
unable to supply it with food from the
home markets. The outcome may not
be open ports for the commerce of the
world but for the time being there will
be numerous open mouths to feed, and a
kind providence has enabled our country
to fill them abundantly for an indefinite
period
The herald., 1898-02-10
TO PROMOTE DISCORD

The able Washington correspondent
of the Denver Republican, Judge North
than whom none is better informed
touching the trend of national senti-
ment as mirrored at the capital-author-
itatively repudiates the report that the
Silver Republicans are organizing to
force the nomination of Hon. Charles A.
Towne for the presidency in 1900. He
credits the latter with declaring that the
rumor is being circulated with the sole
purpose of adversely influencing old
line Democrats in the east, who, under
the domination of the Croker influence,
money question, as the surest means of
side-tracking Mr.. Bryan.
We believe there is no diversity of
opinion, among the silver leaders of all
parties, that Bryan will be renominated
and elected. He. as we'll as ex-Con-
gresham Dubois, is daily expected at
the capital, to confer regarding the pro-
mitigation of an address to the country
by the allied silver parties.
Mr. Towne, in his forthcoming address
in this city, will be able to enlighten us
regarding the plans of campaign under
consideration. He will doubtless, also
take occasion to renew his allegiance
to Mr.. Bryan, and to repudiate the in
timaton that his present campaign is
tainted with selfish motives
The herald., 1898-02-10

tions, costly and vexatious to all en-
gagged in international commerce. and
often menacing to the peace OF the
nations.
The assurance is gratifying. therefore,
that the British government is arrang-
ing a European conference upon the
subject, with the view of concerted
action looking to the abolition of the
harmful practice, so expensive to the
great body of consumers, and so barren
of substantial results to any save the
few directly engaged In the protected
industries.
The herald., 1898-02-10

Why the contemplated immigration of
five thousand peaceful Japs to the Klon-
dire calamity the minds of the people
of this country we are at a loss to see
Yet it seems to have already had that
effect. A score or more of professional
toughs from Deadwood, Leadville and
the Coeur d'Alene are capable of Great
ing greater havoc in the new mining
regions than any number of unarmed
OrieutalS.
The herald., 1898-02-10
England's Enliehtened Attitude

1t is not always that Americans can
applaud or even approve British foreign
policy, but John Bulls attitude toward the
Oriental situation is enlightened and un-
assailable. In brief, it is Open ports, free
to one, free to all. That means the same
privileges to Great Britain, to the United
States or to Timbuctoo given to or usurped
by Russia, Germany or anybody else. That
is a consistent policy to be enforced by the
one great free trade nation of the world.
Louisville Courier-Journal
The herald., 1898-02-10
Too Many High-Priced Officials

The disparity in the success of the cot
ton mills north and south gives occasion
for the Tribune of Rome, Ga, to read a
lecture to the New England mills on
economy. 1t calls attention to the fact
that it takes four officers up there to run
the affairs of the company on salaries of
$4,000 each or more, while at the south
two men attend to the business at a cost
not in excess of one at the north. The
popularity of this is the spectacle OF the
south lecturing New England. of all the
world, on frugality-Milwaukee journal
The herald., 1898-02-10
Monkeys Growing Scarce

With the gradual extinction as evidenced
by the recently issued return of the Cape
agricultural department, of the various
species of big game in South Africa, 1t II
not surprising to learn from a report just
made to the colonial office that monkey
skins are scarcer than formerly on the gold
coast, the increasing warfare which is car
ried on against these unfortunate animals
having resulted in total determination
of the species in the less distant provinces.
In 1894 no fewer than 168,405 skins were ex-
ported valued at E41,0 ,0O1, whereas last year
the number fell to 67,66O-Westminster Ga
Zette
The herald., 1898-02-10
A story of more than ordinary interest,

A story of more than ordinary interest,
and by no means lacking In pathos,
comes in our dispatches this morning
from a remote coral reef in the Pacific,
where a solitary employee Of the Oceanic
Phosphate company stands guard over
Its possessions. refusing to abandon his
vigil, after abandonment by all of his
companions, and remaining steadfast
through all the perils that beset one
stranded upon an uninhabited island.
far removed from the usual course of
vessels. and presumably not overstocked
with supplies for the support Of life.
Theodore Gussman is neither euphon-
ious nor an inspiring cognomen. but its
possessor is surely rare spirit.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Next Step to Ding1eyism

Mr. Dingley is a perfectly logical pro-
tectionist. First a tariff that shuts out
our goods from the foreign markets. Then
laws forbidding Georgia to produce goods
cheaper than Massachusetts or to export
the same. The next step, and Mr.. Ding
ley must take it, if his system does not
sooner tumble into ruins, will be propo-
sition to pay federal bounties to manufac-
turers who have been forced by protection
TO close their mills.-New York Times.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Good

baking powder at IS or 50
cents a pound9 Ridiculousl
1t can't be made. Cream
Of tartar costs too much.
The grocer must make 2
profit. and SO must the inara-
ufacturer. q
The herald., 1898-02-10

The Chicago Times Herald is ex-
periencing some difficulty in keeping in
the public view the late Indianapolis
money conference and its work. 1t seems
unable to comprehend that the people
generally regard it as harmless ante
Lenten off-year diversion of a combina-
ton of currency cranks, without signifi-
canoe. Currency reform. as understood
by the TIL, is too dead for resurrec-
ton.
The herald., 1898-02-10
CALIFORNIA OPINION
What San Diego N eeds

What this city needs is whale. Almost
everybody likes to look upon a whale
Tens of thousands of visitors from the IN
terror are ever eager to see one' ana II
three or four of these fish, properly EN-
halmed were anchored between the war
ships in this harbor, they would enhance
n marine view in which there Is little to
he desired.-San Diego Tribune.
The herald., 1898-02-10

The European concert is apparently
ties and outrages upon the Greeks COM
mitted by the Turks in Thessaly, with
drawal from which has been, at the Ian
guild convenience of the victors, delayed
seem to be suffering quite as much from
the army of occupation as they did from
the marching legions of conquest.
The herald., 1898-02-10
What Coils owes the Country

Coils P. Huntington says his new dry
dock at Newport News is big enough to
accommodate for repairs any ship of either
our merchant marine or navy. But unfor-
tunately it is Coils p Huntington's, and
not the government's-like some other
things of his that ought to belong to the
public to be run best for the publics ad-
vantage instead of C. p. Huntington's.
Boston Transcript.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Ever Thus

Stutterly-M-M Miss D-a-a-tely G-g-race
aw, ILL w-wont you bee m-m-my-
Miss Dately (shyly)-What did you say,
Mr.. Stutterly?
Stutterly-W-w-w-on y-y-ou be-e-e my
wu-wu-w -wu-wife, I-I-I-I-I s-s-s-s-s-aid.
Miss Dately-Oh. George. this is so sud-
den!-Cincinnau Commercial Tribune
The herald., 1898-02-10
Crows and Caws

"Why is it?" asked the inquisitive one,
"that a rooster crows and a crow caws!'
II is true that a rooster roosts. ou, M no
body ever heard of a crow Growing. Inis
is a question that should occupy 'ne a.eem
could answer the query, why don't crow
crow? At a breath she would say: Just
'cause."-New Orleans Times-Democrat'
The herald., 1898-02-10
OdoriferouS

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald;
would like to call the attention of the
people to the habit our residents have OF
throwing dead cats and dogs on the lo'
where the Sisters school used to be. mean
that empty lot bounded by Alameda ano
Macy streets. There are at this moment
about twenty dead cats there, ana the ooor
is certainly not pleasing 10 the peopie
living around it. 1t seems the board OF
health ought to send some officer around
to investigate. L.. ~.
Los Angeles, Feb. 9.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Senator Hanna an Incubus

The most intimate political friends of
Mr.. Hanna do not seem to be proud of his
election. They do not want to publish the
means by which 1t was attained. They
seem to be desirous of allowing the mat
ter to fade away. They have the bird and
want to stop the discharge of firearms
Cincinnati ENQUIRER
The herald., 1898-02-10

The fact that President Dole is a
humorist was not developed until the
other day, when he declared to Cleve-
land reporter that he believed Mr. Nc
Kinley favors annexation.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Quick Compliance

"Of course. sir, I need hardly say. in
giving you my daughter, that 1 expect her
to be surrounded with all the luxuries to
which she has been accustomed
Certainly, sir. If I had any preference
for home of our own, would feel con-
strained to yield it. Your wish, sir, is law
with me."-Detroit Journal.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Information Sought

II reck'n yo' all amt got no good -sIz'd
small hams, Is yo'?" asked Uncle Rastus.
How do you know we ain't?" asked the
grocery clerk
II diden' say yo' amt" said Uncle Ras-
tus. II don axed rs yo'" "-Chicago
News,
The herald., 1898-02-10
Hereditary Failing

Miss Ludley-I don't like that Miss Bark
ish at all. She's always looking down on
people who do not happen to be quite as
wealthy as her folks are.
Miss Millimer-Well. you can't blame her
for that. She inherits her propensity for
looking down on people. You know her
father got his start as tin roofer.-Cleve-
land Leader,
The herald., 1898-02-10

The report of the assassination Oh
General Barrios, the dictator of Guate-
mala, appears to be correct. although
the details are not at hand at this writ
ing. The man who aspires to rule
Central or South American republic
takes his life in his hands. and Barrios
has paid the price of his ambition. His
presidential term Of six years would
have expired next month. but last July
he publicly declared himself dictator.
General Barrios was man OF ability
and attainments, and it Is said that the
republic fiourished under his rule. But
it makes very little difference in coun-
try like Guatemala whether the chief
executive is wise or weak ruler. The
real measure of success is the execu-
tive's ability to keep alive.
The herald., 1898-02-10
THE PUBLIC PULSE

CThe Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression Of their views.)
The herald., 1898-02-10
Nobody Wants EN-

We will say for the benefit Of the Los
Angeles Herald, that beyond the Tehach-
api." whatever that means, wants none
of the Los Angeles boodlers, even though
thev are adopted by the Spreckels- Rainey
heelers. We have others, of our own.-Te-
hachapi Times.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Resented

Cyrus Winterside,' snapped the indig-
nant wife, as the quarrel waxed fiercer.
you married me for my money, and you
know it!''
"'Tis false" roared Mr.. Winterside. 81
married you for your amiable disposition
you virago!'-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1898-02-10

The annual report of the state en-
gineer of New York accentuates the de.
cline of New York's export trade, it hav-
ing declined from two-thirds to one.
third of the whole, southern ports gain
ing the lost ground.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Novelette,

without the winter winds howled dis-
mally. ,..or,5
zone more mouth to fli, ne mue.e.eu
1t is due to the interests oil truth 10 .s., s.n.e
that he made the remark quite cheerfully.
Being a dentist, why should he not!-Cln-
cnnati Enquirer.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Trv Can't Always Do It

Considering the trying experience that
Webb and Patton are having In Los Ange-
les, it behooves such people TO square
themselves with the newspapers before
thev FRY TO do a turn.-Tehachapi Times.
The herald., 1898-02-10
A Question of Ethics

Let us be honest with each other" saws
Boston editor in addressing a contempo-
rary. Why not be honest with everybody :?
Washington Post
The herald., 1898-02-10

The Republicans, baked in their eff
forts to restore prosperity by increasing
the tax burdens of the people, are now
endeavorng to vocalize it into life in
the house of representatives.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Assured Position

"Squlls must consider himself thorough
ly established as doctor now"
'Why?'
He has quit wearing silk hat, and has
nothing but a name plate on his door,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Poets and Sewers

One matter that has been finally settled
by the sewer bond campaign Is the rae
that in the person of the editor OF the Her
aid of this city we have poet.-Santa ANT
Blade.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Thurston and McKinlev at Odds

While Mr.. Thurston is telling us that
"every dollar is as good as the best dollar
ever coined" Mr.. Mckinley is telling us
that the bonds will be paid in "the dollars
that are the best at the time of payment"
1t seems that the senaor and the president
are drifting apart.-Omaha World Herald
The herald., 1898-02-10
Getting Even

In getting the San Francisco Post into
the Los Angeles water fight, Huntington
is trying to get even on the south TOT ina!
San Pedro harbor rebuff.-Tehachapi
Times.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Wasted

In the midst Of this excitement about
Eiola. nobody has announced when his
new book is due. Surely new book is to
come out of all this.-Galveston News.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Utilized

She's guilty of score of crimes
In loves name. Rumor tidings brings
She's been engaged SO many times
She hangs her curtains on the rings.
.-Judges
The herald., 1898-02-10
All Come Ont in the Wash

Charlotte Smith is now making war on
the Chinese laundrymen. Charlotte has
evidently given up the bachelors as tough
caSes.-W Washington Post
The herald., 1898-02-10
Engenders Doubt

A boarding house keeper always dislikes
a country woman for a boarder; the coun.
try woman looks with such suspicion at
the butter that 1t excites distrust among
the other boarders.-Atchison Globe
The herald., 1898-02-10
What Puzzled Hina

The most ignorant man in America lives
in St. Louis. The other day he asked his
employer who was reading paper: say,
boss what does you read. the black or
the white?'-Kansas City Star.
The herald., 1898-02-10

Rev. C. o. Browns confession seems
to be drawing card. His little Chicago
church was crowded to the doors on Sun
day last
The herald., 1898-02-10

Murderer Clark has got religion, but not
quite enough Of 1t to persuade MIN 10 con-
fess.-San Jose Mercury.
The herald., 1898-02-10
Sensations Pail in San Berdoo
Neither Had Durrant

Jail deliveries are getting somewhat mo-
notonous.- Bernardino Free Press.
The herald., 1898-02-10

The action of the senate committee
on foreign relations in deciding to ad-
versely report the Allen resolution. de-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-06

done. There were many legends anent
1T amongst the inhabitants on it's con-
fines, stories of ancient towns buried
in the sand, and wanted to learn If
there was any foundation for these
stories. entered the desert on April
10. We had water for twenty-five days
with us, carried in. iron tanks on the
backs Of the came1s. It was all sand
moving. dunes Of sand. The days were
very hot, the nights bitterly cold. The
air was full Of dust. We crossed the
first half Of the desert in thirteen days,
and came to region where there were
some hills and small fresh water lakes.
Here I made my men fill the cisterns
with fresh water for ten days. We
then proceeded, all going we'll. On the
second day after we had left the
lakes I looked at the cisterns and
found that water for, four days only
had been taken. I thought we could
reach the Khotans Darya in six days;
one Of my servants otold me that in
three days march from where we were
we should find a place where we could
dig for water. I believed him, and we
went on. We found no water, and
two days after ourIosupply was ex-
hausted the camels got Ill. We lost
tire camels before May 1.
May 1 the men began to sicken. I
was so thirsty that drank a glass Of
the vile Chinese spirit. It ESade me
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RMNMILC

Charles Hoyt's new comedy, "A
stranger in New York." will be the
attraction at the Metropolitan for four
nights and Wednesday matinee, COM
mencing this evening.
The announcement will be a most
agreeable one to playgoers, as it means.
If report is true, a brief season of
bright musical comedy, interpreted by
artists of sterling worth. Hoyt is one
of the most successful of all writer's
of farce comedy, and has a clientel
that never hesitates about attending
the theater when an attraction under
his personal direction is announced.
True, his plays are all trivial affairs,
built around some slight thread of a
story, but he trims them up in such
a fetching fashion, with clever wit
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-06

sparkling music and original special
ties, and presents them, as a rule,
with such well balanced companies
that they are never lacking in merri-
ment.
"a Stranger in New York. is his lat
est effort, and it has already scored a
bigger success, it is asserted, than any
of its predecessors in a similar length
of time. Besides, St. Paul is to get it
in it's youth, something unusual, us
Hoyt's pieces generally put in an en-
tire season in New York before being
taken on the road, and as il is the only
one OF his comedies that is being per-
sonaiiy directed by the firm of Hoyt
& Mckee, it will be presented with
a company which has been carefully
chosen from the large number of actors
and actresses in the Hoyt & McKeo
ranks. AS a scenic production it is
said to be of far. greater Importance
than any of the other Hoyt plays, a
full car of paraphelnalia being neces
sary for illustrating its pictorial beau
ties.
The incident which serves as the
main theme for a story, concerns an
invitation sent l. Collier Downe, Of
Chicago, to visit his friend, Cumming
Swift, in New York city, and incident
tally take in the French ball. Prior to
Downe's arrival in New York Swift
adelphia, and he leaves letter for the
Chicago man which will prove an open
sesame to the hospitality of his bosom
friend Wright limit. Downe loses the
letter and it is picked up by "a strang-
er in New York" who determines to
deliver it to the rightful owner. When
the stranger" presents it he is, of
course, mistaken for the Chicago man,
and rushed through such a course of
sightseeing and general jollity that he
is not permitted to explain the mis-
take.
Cumming Swift hurries back from
Philadelphia to Join the party, but
when he and the real Mr.. Downe put in
an appearance, things are in such a
complicated state that 1t Is deemed I'M
wise to make an expose, and 1.-The
stranger" gets all the best of it, as he
lives off Downe's reputation of being
a wit and allround good fellow, while
the genuine Downe is introduced as
Woolly West and gets very little atten-
ton.
1t will be readily understood by those
familiar with Hoyt's style that the
above outline gives ample scope for
the clever playwright to weave a most
interesting entertainment. Aside from
the main prop upon which the play
issues that help along in the complica-
lions and add to the hilarity.
Mr. Hoyt has equipped the play with
an entirely new repertoire Of original
songs, and Richard Stahl has supplied
an abundance of the merry jingling
airs that are always such strong
feature Of Hoyt's entertainments. The
company is headed by Anna Boyd and
Joseph Coyne, and includes Chas. Dun
gan. Amy Muller, John Dudley. Lizzie
Mccoy, w. H. Halter, Nellie Mccoy
Sam Marion, Camille Cleveland. Harry
Rogers, Minnie Bridges. John Mitchell
Minnie McEvoy, Willis Martin, Thomae
Quinn and Edward Wonn
Lewis Morrison will appear at the
Grand opera house the present week
presenting Goethe's familiar play
Faust"
When so much has been seen OF
Faust in opera and burlesaue. it is
pleasure to get back to the origina,
lines and to see this powerful creation
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AN HONEST OFFER.

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graphs in his room, one Of Ii and Bis
marck, and one Of Ii and Gladstone.
From Pekin I Travelled through Mon
golia to Kiachta, and thence by the
Trans-Siberian railway home. I reach
ed Stockholm after an absence Of three
years and seven months I was sum-
moned to the palace on the following
day and king Oscar embraced me and
said: Well done. You have brought
honor to Sweden"
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of the German philosopher put upon
the stage in its strength, in its COM
pletenesS and in way that all may
understand it. Half the people who
have seen Faust" in the opera do not
catch the plot, let alone the wonder
full exposition of human passion that
the piece really contains. But this is
brought out clearly and wildly in Mr..
MorriSon's presentation of the play.
Mr.. Morrison will appear as Me-
phisto, role in which he has achieved
merited distinction. Mr.. Morrison's
RECONCILIATION of Mephisto is, perhaps,
the correct one. the Evil One is always
in disguise. He is seemingly the en-
bodment of mirthfulness and hilarity,
suiting himself to the disposition of
each and all. He is in his own diplo-