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The herald., 1898-03-16
IT HAS COME TO STAY
The Sunday Newspaper Necessity Of
Modern Civilization

That the Sunday newspaper is neces-
sity of modern civilization. and has come
to stay, was the Keynote of the sermon Of
the Rev. A. w. Kokendoffer, pastor of the
Forest Avenue Christian church. in his
discussion of 1.-THE Sunday Newspaper"
from his pulpit last night.
1.-The wide circulation of the dailies in
Kansas CITY, he said. "is tribute to the
value which the public bestows upon the
press. AS a minister had l the time to
read and money to purchase, all these
would be welcomed as daily visitors at my
door. Hence no TRADE against the Sun
day newspaper as such have come to de-
liver Rather to rejoice that we live in such
an AEGEAN age when, If the Emperor
Donysius could. through his system of
brazen pipes, hear the gossip of the entire
palace, indeed now may every man, as has
been we'll said, sit at an electric focus and
listen to the story of events transpiring
at the uttermost parts of the earth
I'm brief, few have attained to that de-
gree of excellence that they might not be
better. So we look upon the Sunday news
paper. 1t has come to stay. Granted.
Possibly the number is limited that would
not have it stay. Hence this discourse
clamors not for its suppression, but sup
ports the agitation of public sentiment
looking toward its reformation.
1.-THE newspaper is the precursor of CIV
iliza ton. So is Christianity. Granted that
civilization is best For man, then 1t follows
that religion and the press ought to be-
nay. must be--allies, not foes. Thus it
would i'll become me to arraign the news
paper, and do not.
I'VE admit that we welcome the Sunday
issue from the press, but 1t is a newspaper.
not a Police Gazette, nor Fireside Com
panion, nor Juvenile Magazine. but dis
tinctly a newspaper that we want. Let the
Sunday paper stay. because we do not want
stale news. The events of last Saturday
are out of date by Monday, but, mark you,
we want news. 1nis is the rightful de-
mand for the Sunday issue. that cannot be
gainsaid, In the age of the now."-Kansas
City Star.
The herald., 1898-03-16
UNION BIMETALLIC CLUB
An Enthusiastic Meeting and Valu-
able Address

ONTARIO, March blast night was
the regular semi-monthly meeting of the
Union Bimetalic club. Almost every seat
in Foresters' hall was occupied. A liter
ary and musical program was rendered,
which was followed by the speaker of the
evening, c. NJ. Barns. The speaker divid-
ed his subject under three heads and dis
cussed the political problems from the
and "Distribution." He was frequently
standpoints of Finance" production
applauded and at the close of his remarks
the club list was brought out and a num-
ber of names were enrolled among the sill
yer forces of Ontario.
NOTES
The remains of r. E. Porter, recent ar
rival from Idaho. who was found dead in
his bed yesterday morning, were laid to
rest in Bellevue cemetery this afternoon
The Herald correspondent at San Ber-
nardino seems to worry more over On
tario's water supply than the inhabitants
here to. An ample water supply for On
tario is assured.
The city trustees have appointed the
election board and published the usual no.
tice of the biennial April election. Two
trustees. the city clerk and the treasurer
are to be elected.
The herald., 1898-03-16
Origin of Last Falls Yellow Fever

The committee of the Mississippi legis-
lature appointed to investigate the yellow
fever of last summer has recently made
its report. 1t finds that the yellow fever
originated at Ocean Springs Miss. but not
from the United States Marine hospital
quarantine station at Ship island, as was
supposed, and it declares that the quaran-
tine station is in no sense a menace to the
health of the gulf coast or the south. 1t
was generally believed that the yellow
fever was introduced by Cuban refugees,
who met at Ocean Springs in June to ar
range for fillbustering expedition to
Cuba. This theory, however, is not accept
ed by the committee, which asserts that
the yellow fever got into this country as
early as the latter part of April, and came
not from Cuba, but from Guatemala. The
existence Of yellow fever was not recog-
nized until September, although 1t had
actually been present, in the belief of the
committee, for five months. Although the
report exonorates the Ship island quaran-
tine from all blame in the introduction of
the disease, it recommends it's removal, as
being injurious to property in the neigh
borhood.-Medical Record.
The herald., 1898-03-16
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOTES

Fullerton is to have new school build
ing price $4,000.
Hypolite Cahen is a candidate for city
treasurer of Anaheim, a position he has
held for over four years.
Chickenpox among the children is now
keeping step with the festive grippe among
the adults round Anaheim.
Anaheim landing, that old-time haunt
of the Anaheimers, is being rapidly dis
mantled. Several cottages have just beer
removed.
Mrs. e. ]. Davis has secured a settle
ment with the holders of the mortgage
against the Rowell hotel property at River
side by which that hotel will soon be re-
opened.
Capt. NJ. j. Daniels, president Of the
Orange Growers bank at Riverside, who
has been on THO sick list for many weeks
and whose life was dispaired of, is con.
valescent.
The generous rainfall at Anaheim
amounting to almost one inch, has set the
beet planters at work. and a little more
rain would realize the 1000 acres that were
to be planted to the profitable crop.
The Riverside trustees, at their meeting
yesterday found 1t necessary to postpone
the passage of long ordinance regulating
the plumbing in the city for the reason that
there was no money available with which
to pay the bill for advertising the ordi-
nance.
Many of the Anaheim farmers who sent
their horses out to pasture at $1.5O a month
are bringing them home again. The pros
pect of a dry and idle season made horse
flesh an Improbable item about the cor
rails, but the late rain assures plenty of
work and abundance of feed.
The herald., 1898-03-16
HARD TO FIND
Good Men to Hold Office in the City of
Riverside

RIVERSIDE, March 15.-Both the par
ties which have put tickets in the field for
the coming municipal campaign are finding
it hard to get men to accept the places on
the tickets for trustee. This office carries
with It no salary, and men who are good
business men do not want to spend valu-
able time for nothing. The Republican
party is short two nominees and the city
central committee Of that party met last
evening for the purpose Of filling the va
cancies on the ticket caused by the resig-
nation of e. A. Chase and A. c. Christern
After some considerable discussion the
committee decided that it would be better
policy as we'll as politics to reconvene the
convention and let that body select a
couple of candidates, and it was so ordered.
The convention will meet on Friday after
noon at o'clock for the purpose.
The Non-Partisans, like the Republicans.
have a vacancy on their ticket caused by
the refusal Of Alex Grant to accept the
nomination for trustee. In this case the
committee will name the new man.
The herald., 1898-03-16
Ventura Notes

VENTURA. March ia five-pound iron
cannon ball was unearthed by Contractor
Sifford today in grading a street. The
supposition is that 1t is relic of the trit
through Ventura by Fremont in 1S46.
The Coos Bay took from this point today
3A tons Of honey, 81 boxes Of oranges, 3;
boxes Of tangerines, 81 boxes Of lemons and
1900 pounds of miscellaneous freight.
The George Loomis will leave in the
morning with her regular cargo of GA ,0OC
barrels of Oil.
One of our enterprising farmers on the
Simi has just finished finch artesiar
well, at depth Of 200 feet. and has de.
veloped 15-inch flow. Other wells are ir
sight, and his intention is to irrigate ex.
tensively.
The herald., 1898-03-16
FILED A PROTEST
Stumbling Block for Proposed Street
Railway Franchise

RIVERSIDE, March 15.-When the city
trustees met last week Frank A. Miller
asked for franchise for street railroad
over Victoria avenue, as well as other
prominent streets, and now comes the Riv-
erside Trust company, which company
owns the lands bordering along Victoria
avenue, with a protest which was filed at
the meeting of the trustees today, asking
that body not to grant the franchise asked
for and at the same time giving the board
notice that when the company in question
decided the right of way for the avenue to
the city it retained certain rights to itself,
and among the lot was that the company
alone should have the sole right to run
street railroads over the avenue. This
protest is an unexpected stumbling block,
and it is a question how the claim of the
trust company is to be got around. The
claims which the company sets up in it's
protest are varied, among them being the
right to lay gas mains, water pipes, street
car tracks, and, in fact, every one of the
privileges of a public nature in a city
The members of the board evidently had no
conception Of the rights thus claimed by
the company.
The herald., 1898-03-16
No Sunset Franchise in Orange

ORANGE. March 15.-The trustees OF
Orange met Monday evening. H. Keyser
representing the Sunset Telephone COM
pany, presented communication in regard
to a twenty-three months franchise. ]:
was rejected. but an amended one was
prepared which gives the city the privilege
of designating what kind Of poles shall be
used. The representative Of the company
submitted the amendment to the manager
of the company at Los Angeles by tele-
phone, and it was rejected. The Sunset
Telephone company is without franchise
in Orange.
J. N. Lemon presented his resignation as
marshal and superintendent of streets. II
was accepted, and J. M. Cobb appointed in
his stead. An ordinance was passed call
ing for an election of city officers. Elec-
ton to be held In April.
The herald., 1898-03-16
GREWSOME GOLDEN WEDDING
All the Male Guests Were Public
ExecutiouerS

From the report of the celebration of the
golden wedding of William Reidl and his
wife of Magdeburg, Germany, and the sill
yer wedding of his son Frederick and his
wife, 1t is to be inferred that hangmen are
not held in such disfavor by the women
of Germany as the fair sex of other coun-
tries evince toward men of this profession
At the celebration there were present 800
men whose occupations were the same
the execution OF criminals-the majority
of them being accompanied either by a
wife, sister or sweetheart. The elder Reidl
is the chief executioner of the domains of
Kaiser Wilhelm, while his son Frederick
is also public executioner of long service.
The eldest son of the latter is soldier in
the German army, but his father declares
that as soon as he is discharged he will
secure him place where his work will be
of exactly the same nature as that of his
father. The old gentleman is only 70 years
Of age, but he boasts that he has only
eleven more people to string up on the
scaffold in order to have made the record
of sending 1000 persons into eternity by his
own hands. The son has record of little
more than one-third of this number.
Although brought together for the plr-
pose of doing honor to Germany's chief
execlutioner and his son, the assembly
Of executioners actually turned itself into
a convention of hangmen. The various
| new methods Of killing off murderers were
unanimously condemned and the old-fash-
ioned hanging method was pronounced the
one most satisfactory from every stand
point. The men came from every part of
Wilhelm's empire and included all the ex-
ecutioners of note. The wives and sweet
hearts intend to organize a club for the
purpose of aiding the widows and orphans
of the men their husbands hang.
The herald., 1898-03-16
OLD GLORY PICNIC
Members Of the G.. A. r. and w. r. G.
Celebrate

SAN BERNARDINO, March 15-The
members of the Grand Army and the
Womans Relief corps held a most enjoy
able picnic today at Bloomington, the prin-
cipal feature of which was the raising of
"Old Glory on new Flagstaff erected
for public use. At the noon hour all as
sembled and partook Of regulation Grand
Army dinner, In which coffee and beans
were two of the principal ingredients, after
which the assemblage was called to order
for business by Commander A. Fussel
master Of ceremonies. The flag was then
raised BY Ernest F. Mack and Miss Patter-
son, the son and daughter of veterans
amid the cheers Of the assembly and the
salute from the drum corps. The address
on the occasion was made by Adjutant T.
C. Chapman. followed by short program
consisting of music by the school children;
recitation, ''The National Flag" written
by Charles Sumner; recitation by Miss
Mary Balsbaugh; picket shots along the
line" by the veterans; recitation of 1.-The
Meaning of the Flag" written by Robert
G. IngerSoll and given by Miss Mabel
Briggs; the closing being a selection by
Mrs. Eliza Sulenger, president of the
Womans Relief corps. The attendance
was large and the occasion most enjoy
able one.
This gathering was the preliminary to
the erection of fine hotel at Blooming
ton and the location there of a veteran
colony. composed of members of the Grand
Army and Relief corps. Eugene Weston,
the founder Of Bloomington, has set aside
a large tract of land for this purpose and
to encourage settlement by westerners he
will devote large share of the money
received toward the erection of Grand
Army hotel. the flag raising. today being
the symbolic corner stone of the new hotel.
The herald., 1898-03-16
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
The Second Half to Be Held at Lo.
Angeles

SAN BERNARDINO, March 15.-The
program for the coming Teachers insti-
tute to commence here Monday, March
%, is out, and promises an interesting oc-
casion. Among the principal features is a
lecture on "Deformities of School Life" t"
by DIR. w. w. Roblee of Riverside, with
an outline of physical culture for exer-
cises; DR.. c. c. Van Liew of Los Angeles
will continue his subject of last year on
Training for Citizenship and Community
Life" embracing Talks on the Teaching
of Literature and History" and "Talks on
the Teaching of Geography" Prof. Sanford
of the state university will discuss "a
Course of Scientific Study for Primary
Grades" President Jordan will lecture
Monday afternoon in the hall and Tuesday
night at the Opera house. Fred Emerson
Brooks will be the entertainer at the social
reception of Monday evening, and will lee
ture on Natural Eloquence" Tuesday
afternoon. Miss Frances w. Lewis will
read paper on Grammar in the Grades -
followed by a discussion.
Prof. Thomas P. Bailey will have sole
The herald., 1898-03-16
Might Be PARALYSIS

SAN BERNARDINO. March 15.-The re-
covery of John Taylor, county public ad-
ministrator, from the stroke of partial
paralysis seems to be certain, as he is
able to walk. with a slight assistance.
Mr.. Taylor. who is 7S years old. attended
a pioneer party Friday evening, returning
home very late, and Saturday afternoon
he went to sleep on lounge in his office
under an open window and woke up just
at dusk. AS he walked into an adjoining
office the occupant noticed that he got
around with difficulty. and. calling a car
riage. took him home. The physician is
undecided as to whether 1t is a case of
partial paralysis or a numbness caused
by sleeping so long at an open window,
that will wear off shortly.
The herald., 1898-03-16
Thighbone Shattered

SAN BERNARDINO, March 15-Wm
Hastings was brought in from Yucaipa last
night and placed in the county hospital
the attending physician giving but faint
hope of his recovery. The wounded man
who is scarcely 81 years of age, had a
difficulty with Lewis Morris, and the lat
ter raised a shotgun at him, and as he
was about to pull the trigger Hastings
knocked the gun down with his hand, but
got the full charge in the thigh. the shot
going entirely through and shattering the
bone. Morris was arrested and is held
pending the results to the wounded man
before hearing is held.
The herald., 1898-03-16
To Beet or Not to Rect

VENTURA, March 15.-One of the stipu-
lations relative to the building of the sugar
factory at Oxnard was that the farmers
in that vicinity were to plant 10000 acres
in beets. the Oxnard company furnishing
the seed, which was to be sold at 81 per
acre. The farmers have been notified, but
a large majority say 1t will be useless to
plant without rain, and that they would
take the seed gladly if a crop would be
guaranteed. Just how the affair will ter.
inmate cannot be settled at present, but
the Oxnard company is unwilling to lose
$2O,000 the amount invested in seed.
The herald., 1898-03-16
SHE STRUCK ON A ROCK
Los ANGELES ARGONAUTS PLAY
IN HARD LUCK
The Alice Blanchard Sprang a Leak
Soon After Leaving Fort
Wrangel, Alaska

NORWALK, March 15.-Word has been
received here from parties who sailed from
San Pedro for Copper river few weeks
ago on the Alice Blanchard that soon after
leaving Fort Wrangel the steamer ran
upon rock and sprang such leak that
she was obliged to put back to port for re-
and the steamer was only sent ahead dur
Ing daylight, anchoring at night. Some Of
the party were already pretty we'll dis
gusted with the trip.
The herald., 1898-03-16
Frost at Riverside

RIVERSIDE, March 15.-It was quite
cool here last night and .nis morning found
a slight white frost on the ground. The
frost was heavy enough to injure the young
and tender blossoms of all kinds of fruit
trees that have so far put forth. The or
aage trees are blooming in some localities
in the valley and these were blasted, but
then there will oe more than enough left
as there are always more blossoms thar
are good for either fruit or trees. The
apricot and early peach tree blossoms also
came in for "scorching." but the damage
is light.
The herald., 1898-03-16
Deciduous Fruit Growers

RIVERSIDE, March ia meeting OF
deciduous fruit growers was held in the
court room today for the purpose of con-
sidering the advisability Of organizing q
Deciduous Fruit Growers association. II
was decided to organize, and the necessary
preliminary steps looking to that end were
taken. 1t is the purpose to organize along
the same lines as the organizations re-
Gently formed in Los Angeles and other
southern counties
The herald., 1898-03-16
An UNPARALLELED Crop

SANTA BARBARA, March 15.-The tour
lst season in this city has been a surprise
to every one. The city is filled with east
ern visitors and the hotels and liverymen
report business far ahead of that Of last
year at this time. Not that the hotels are
crowded but the city is just comfortably
full. In view of the mild winter in many
portions of the east the unparalleled rush
to the coast can be explained only by the
increasing popularity of the southwest as
place for winter sojourn.
The herald., 1898-03-16

charge Of the class Wednesday, assisted
by Prof. E. N. Benson Of the state univer-
sity. State Superintendent S. T. Black
will be present during the institute. and
also Haar Wagner. editor Of the Official
Journal. The latter will give his lecture
on 1.-THE Sixth Sense in Education" On
Wednesday afternoon an adjournment will
be taken to Los Angeles for the balance
of the week, to attend the meeting of the
Southern California Teachers associa-
ton.
The herald., 1898-03-16
Froze a Wafer Pine

CLEARWATER, March 15-Ihere was
a sharp frost last night. An inch water
pipe froze up after daylight The violent
cold wind of yesterday destroyed many
young bcets just out of the earth. Young
and tender growths Of all kinds look dilap-
idated.
A current case of illness is now pro-
nounced cerebro-spinal meningitis by the
attending physician
The herald., 1898-03-16
A Lunatic Recaptured

VENTURA, March 15.-George v6ach,
who escaped from the Highland asylum
early in February, was picked up here to-
day by Sheriff Charlebois. and held at the
request of the asylum authorities. Veach
was committed from Ventura in Septem-
Der.
The herald., 1898-03-16
Cannery for Anaheim

ANAHEIM, March 15.-The adjourned
meeting in connection with establishing a
cannery in Anaheim was held in the city
hall on Monday. Subscriptions for stock
in the enterprise have climbed up to the
thousands, and the cannery is assured.
The herald., 1898-03-16
.REFUNDINa BONDS
Board Of Supervisors Orders Special
Election to Vote on the Question

SAN DIEGO, March 15-The board of
supervisors this afternoon adopted an Or
dinance calling a special election to refund
the 100000 bonded Indebtedness Of the
county. A guarantee has been given the
board that the bonds now bearing s and 5h
per cent interest will be refunded at 4 per
cent. The expense of the election will be
rbout $1,000, but is small compared with the
saving that will result to the county. The
saving will be about $500 per year for the
first twenty years, or a total Of $36 900 In in
terest alone.
The herald., 1898-03-16
From Marshal to Newspaper Man

ORANGE, March 15.-J. N. Lemon, for
merly city marshal Of Orange, will go to
Fullerton to become conAected with new
paper there.
The herald., 1898-03-16
Pears

Pretty boxes and odors
are used to sell such
soaps as no one would
touch if he saw them un-
disguised. Beware of a
soap that depends on
something outside of it.
Pears, the finest soap
in the world is scented or
not, as you wish; and the
money is in the merchan-
disc, not in the box.
All sorts of stores sell it, especially
druggists; all sorts of people are
using it.
The herald., 1898-03-16
SAN DIEGO EXPORTS

Last Year Shows a Substantial In
crease Over Previous Years
II SAN DIEGO, March 15.-The members Of
the chamber OF commerce met last night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-05-12
Maine Memorial Day.

Sunday last was periodically observed
by the various Catholic churches of the
Green Bay diocese as maine Memorial
Day." in accordance with a request sent
out by Rev. ]. ], Fox, vicar general,
acting as bishop in the absence of
Bishop Messmer abroad. At st. Peter
and st. Paul's church i'll Grand Rapids
eight O'Clock mass was said for the
martyrs of the Havana harbOr holocaust
Members of the Order of Catholic
Foresters marched in body from their
hall to attend mass. AT ten O'Clock
a. m. Rev. Father Rossmalen delivered
an earnest sermon appropriate to the
hour and collection was taken for he
Maine monument fund The letter
requesting that services be held read as
follows:
REV. and Dear Sir: The sub-com-
mittee chosen from the National Maine
Monument committee earnestly desires
that one Sunday be set apart upon
which congregational observance may
be given, in all the churches of the
United States, 20 the herosm of the
men whose lives were lost in
Havana harbor on the night of Feb 10.
The men who sailed into Havana under
the flag of our country went in
OUCulCIICO " tlO CdlI vi humanity. LII
has been made plain, since the destruc-
ton of the Maine, that their fate had
been foretold to them And vet, they
did not falter. The element in their
action which cannot be overlooked or
forgotten was unselfshness--the unset
fshness which is the keynote of all
Christian teaching and living. They
were martyrs less to nations honor
| than to the cause of human kindness,
and the unwavering courage with which
they went on their mission merits, and
will have, in American history more
enduring monument than any that can
be builded with stone But to that
shaft which is to tell in how high
esteem nation holds the men who
met death under its flag, the churches
of this country should add some stones
to commemorate the sacrifice to the
universal brotherhood of man. Will
you not upon Sunday, the Sth day of
May in your church services, pay to the
memory of the Names heroes the
public tribute which is their due, and
devote the church offerings of that day
to help to make their fame lasting? 1t
is desired to make this a Maine
Memorial Day throughout the land"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-05-12
EIkey Goes to Waupun.

Alphonse Elkey of Seymour, who
shot and killed his wife a few weeks
ago because of jealousy, then at
tempted suicide but failed, has been
sent to Waupun for fifteen years. He
pleaded guilty in the circuit court at
Appleton, Monday, TO the charge of
murder in the second degree and was
sentenced by Judge Goodland. An
account of Elkey's case appeared in
late issues of the REPORTER.