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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-27
Thrown From His Buggy.

FRESNO, Nov. 26.-J. M. Dias, an old
time resident of this county. was found
unconscious on the Selma road this even
ing, near the Colwa winery. He was re-
moved to a nearby saloon, where he died
within an hour. Dias had gone out to
Malaga to see his wife, who was work
ing there, and on the way home he was
thrown from his buggy. He was 62 years
old and leaves large family.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-27
Doubled His Sentence.

Frank Smith, petty larceny thief COM
pleted a sentence of three month on Fri
day for petty larceny. That afternoon he
went to the stationery store at GAL Valen-
ella street where he committed his pre-
vious theft, and stole an inkwell. Judge
Conlan yesterday. sent him back to the
County Jail for six months.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-27
cALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Henry A. But
tiers and family of San Francisco are at
the Fifth Avenue. p. T.. Coffey of San
Francisco is at the Hoffman. ]. @. Hest
wood of San Jose is at the Imperial.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-27
SPAIN TO SELL HER
REMAINING ISLANDS
Ready to Part With Those in Oceanica and
May Even Dispose Of the
Canary Group.
by Jane

MADRID for the 9
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-27
cALIFoRNIANs IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Congress-
man Loud, accompanied by Mrs. Loud,
arrived In washington tonight and regis
tered at the Albany, where they will be
this winter. H. f. Dodge of San Fran
cisco is at the Riggs House He will on
Monday resume his duties as clerk of the
Committee on Postoffices and Postroads,
of which Mr. Loud Is chairman.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-27

Advances made on furniture and pianos. with
or without removal. J. Noonan, 1o17 1923 Mission.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-27

tiers, as otherwise they may result in
grave dangers in Spain.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
BEFORE SANTIAGO

The first big land battle Of the war is
In progress, and the complete victory Of
American arms is already assured. The
splendid work that Skaters army has
accomplished reflects the greatest credit
upon the general himself, his officers and
every man in his forces. July LIST will
probably be as memorable in the history
Of this war as will be May LIST for the
glorious victory of Manila.
Yesterdays battle lasted from a. m.
until shutdown: The outer works were
carried. and when the battle is resumed
this morning only three-quarters of a
mile Will divide Skaters lines from the
city OF Santiago. while our forces will
b. reinforced and strongly entrenched.
In such terrific engagement as that
Of yesterday the casualties and fatalities
must necessarily be heavy. While we
celebrate the glory of great victory
we cannot forget the mourning that must
fill many an American home when the
dread list of the dead and wounded comes
to hand.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
PRETTY PLANS OF PILFER

The Hawaiian minister at Washing
ton claims to be empowered with full
authority to ratify any action that may
be taken by congress for the annexation
of the islands, and declares that within
an hour after the signing of the New
lands resolution his country will lose
its identity and become an integral part
of the United States. But it must not
be assumed that all rights of the inhabit-
ants of the islands and owners of it's soil
are to be ignored. Perish the ignoble
thought! Once the deal is accomplished,
Mr. Hatch is to dispatch from San Fran
cisco the fastest vessel he may be able
to charter, to convey the glad intelli-
gence to the islanders that their birth
right has been bartered; that all Of their
troubles are at an end; that their pos
sessions have been decided to Uncle Sam,
and that henceforth they can depend
upon at least as fair treatment as has
been accorded to the American Indian
since he became ward of the nation!
1t Is not too strong a draft upon the
Imagination to suppose there will be a
liberal distribution of poi and a suspen-
sion of the ordinance limiting indulgence
in the hula-hula dance to the urinhab-
tied islands.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
Los ANGELES HERALD. SATURDAY MORNING JULY = 1898

ethics Of this corporation Is that public
official must become it's plant tool or
be the victim of its wicked wrath. In
the halls of congress, from 1892 to the
present time, Mr.. Mcguire has been the
friend of the people Of the city of San
Francisco and of the state of California,
and has stood firm and victorious against
every scheme of this railroad octopus.
He opposed and was instrumental in de-
feating the notorious Pacific refunding
bin. This is the chief crime for which
he has been indicted by the high court
of Mr.. Huntington, and was one of the
issues upon which the congressional bat
tie of 1894 was fought and won by Mr..
Mcguire.
In this contest Mr.. Mcguire stood alone
against this powerful corporation, whose
agents were placed at every polling place
in his congressional district, and who were
urged on in their nefarious work. by the
battle cries of the San Francisco Call.
been such a determined effort made by
this corporation to defeat a nominee for
congress, who had the courage of his
convictions and dared to maintain them,
it had at its command, with which to dis
pose of public officials who would not
sell their manhood.
The result of this contest was an over
vbal,,,ipu x,ctory for Mr. Map,Iira The
Call, and the interests which it repre-
scented, were defeated. The octopus
found a man whom it could neither buy,
intimidate nor defeat. and the Call found
a man upon whose armor its slanderous
shafts fell and still fall harmlessly.
3 The efforts on the part of the Call to
prove the weakness and unpopularity of
Mr.. Mcguire, as a nominee for governor,
is one of the best arguments thus far
advanced to convince Democrats that he
will be strong nominee before the people.
The Call, besides carefully looking after
the monopolistic interests which 1t rep
resents, probably has tool whom it de-
sires to receive the Republican nominal
ton for governor, but who would be
doomed to disastrous defeat as against
Mr.. Mcguire.
Whatever may be the motives which
have prompted the Call in keeping up its
crusade of abuse of Mr.. Mcguire,
he will have the consolation of knowing
that if there have been doubts in the
minds of Democrats as to the advisability
of his nomination, the antagonism of the
Call has partly, if not entirely, removed
them, and perhaps made him the logical
nominee of the Democratic party.
The answer to the Calls figures is that
in 1896 Mr.. Mcguire was reelected for
the third time, and received 1896 votes,
as against O'Brien, Republican, who re-
ceived 10,859.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
WHO PAYS THE TAXp

The rich and the powerful have as yet
profited but little by the warning uttered
by ex-President Harrison in his late Aud
|itorium speech. The poor man continues
to pay his taxes, however unequal, be-
cause he must. The other class continue
to evade their taxes because they can.
The war revenue law, which went into
effect yesterday, was obviously not drawn
in the interest of the common people"
of the country, and the ingenuity dis
played by the other classes in seeking
to shift the few burdens imposed upon
them is characteristic, if not new. The
beer tax was made. effective June 14th.
It was the intent of the law to place a
portion of the burden upon the great
brewing interest of the country, but the
brewers at once increased the price of
beer 81 barrel, to meet exactly the new
tax, and the burden Is shifted to the re-
tailers. But they do not carry it long.
BY lengthening the price or shortening
the glass, they pass the tax on to the
consumer, the laboring man.
In like manner the small burden which
and powerful telegraph and express COM
panies is at once transferred to those
who must employ those utilities. The
patrons Of these quasi monopoies are
required to buy stamps and affix them
to all messages and packages-the peo-
pie pay, the corporations go free.
Already the bond and stock brokers
Of the east have obtained a favorable
ruling upon the clause providing tax
for transfers of certificates, and they will
escape with the minimum of burden
which accommodating law officers and
law interpreters of the government are
able to figure out.
The Herald gravely questions whether
these things can be legally done-whether
the telegraph and express companies, for
instance, have a right to exact of their
customers the payment of tax which it
was obviously intended they themselves
should pay. A telegraph company may
not transmit a message and an express
company may not dispatch parcel with
out affixing a revenue stamp, but We
have little fear that either the one cor
poration or the other would hazard re-
fusal to perform the usual functions of
common carrier were the patron of
either to tender the scheduled price, while
refusing to pay the tax.
The question: will no doubt sooner or
later be carried into the courts, for it is
lnconceivable the people will continue
complacently to submit to double taxa
ton, such as this comprehends. In the
case of beer it will not be contended that
courts have jurisdiction in the matter
Of fixing the price, but it is at least
debatable whether manufacturers would
be permitted to raise it, as they have
already done, to cover the exact amount
of the tax, and avowedly for the pur
pose Of shifting the burden.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
THE HERALD At SUMMER RESORTS

RSaders Of Tho Herald who have the
paper delivered at their homes, or who
recGave 1t by mail. can have it delivered
to Mem At tn cir summer resort without
extfh cost. The Herald has az ents at all
tho brincipal seaside resorts in Southern
California, who deliver the paper
promptly on its arrival by mail, express
or by special messenger.
Before leaving for the coast order The
Herald stopped at your home, II there Is
NO one there to read 1t. and ON arrival at
the seaside apply at once to The Herald
agent to have 1t delivered to you there.
Following 10 alist of Herald agents at
thetpeasitle:-
Santa Monica-Arthur Il. Jackson.
Redondo-Will j. Hess.
san Podro-Sam. Bennett.
Terminal Is1and-Mrs. j. FL. Samples.
Long Beach,. j. Schinnerer.
ventura-F. M. Fulstone.
Santa Barbara-Miss H. b. Manning.
Summeriand-Byran Preston.
Avalon-Mrs. e. e. Mcleod.
San Diego-Frank l.. Mitchell.
Oceanside-GeOrge p. Mackey.
Ira subscriber prefers he can drop n
line to The Herald business office and
the change can be made easily in that
way
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
That Back-Action Wave

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
Among the financial news under the head
of 1.-THE Investor in your Saturday issue
is the following: Last year the Mutual!
Life charged off 81 1925, OS9. 10 as depreciation
on real estate values" What a complete
negation of that promised prosperity lies
in this statement! Mckinley had been
elected the year before, installed the fol-
lowing March, and the new tariff law had
been put in force And vet the real estate
holdings of one New York insurance COM
pany have deprecated nearly two and
a third million doflars This can hardly be
satisfactory to policy holders many of
whom were advised by circular of the ben
efits of so-called ''sound money" and the
evils of free coinage. Here is good occa-
sion to recall the Fundamental doctrine of
the currency question: That prices rise or
fall, other things remaining the same, in
proportion to the volume of the metals
which are used as currency. A general de-
cline of all values will open peoples eyes
to the dangers and evils of gold monometal-
ism. WIN. F. BURBANK.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Rumor has it that Alfred, second son Of
Cornelius Vanderbilt, is about to be married
to a Miss French. who is rich in. her own
right.
Rowland Ward, who has just died at
Hunts Hollow, near Nunda, N. Y, aged 80.
lived for thirty years without his chin,
which was shot off in the civil war; In
all that time he had nothing but liquid food.
Richard Mansfield, the actor, was IN q
New York court the other day defending
suit. In reply to a question he said: Il am
an actor and appear in all sorts of serious
plays" ANY hurlesques?" asked lawyer.
mot Intentionally" was the reply.
In all the rock-rbbed Republican state Of
Maine there is no city more strongly OF
that political persuasion than Ellsworth.
Yet there is to be found the only out-and-
out Popuist mayor east of the Mississippi.
His name is Robert Gerry and he has just
been nominated by his party for governor.
If anything on earth is sure, 1t is that
Allen d. Chandler will be the next governor
Of Georgia. Mr.. Chandler has but one eye.
the other having been knocked out by the
splinter of a shell in the civil war. He has
been called "the one-eyed plow-boy of Pig
con Roost." Since he abandoned school
teaching after marrying one OIL MS pupllss
he has been steadily forging to the front
in Democratic state politics.
Colonel William Young of the Second
regiment of engineers is a son Of Brigham
Young, and is former regular army officer,
having graduated with high honors in the
class of 70 at West Point. He served in
the engineer corps until Utah was admit
ted as a state. Then he resigned In the hope
of being elected United States senator, but
was defeated. He has since resided in Salt
Lake City until he volunteered for service
in the present war.
Soon after ANDY" Burt was made colonel
of the Twenty fifth colored regiment he in
formed his men. then at Chickamauga. that
they must play ball an hour every day In
order to get hardened upaiocAntsWhile we
are playing" said he, ''rememberthat I'm
not Colonel Burt, but simply Andy Burt"
During the first game the colonel lined out
what was a sure home run. run, Andy,
run, you talow-faced. knock-kneed son Of
gum" yelled greasy black soldier at the
ccao hing line. The colonel stopped at first
base got another player to take his place,
put on his uniform and announced, II am
Colonel Burt until further orders"
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
THE DESIRE IN THE BLOOD

The imperialistic idea is growing so
rapidly that no sort of declaration, how
ever extravaganza, is longer calculated to
startle the average citizen, however
thoughtful and conservative. Two
months ago Chauncey NJ Depew declared
himself opposed to the war, as wholly
unnecessary, and held that it was de-
feasible upon no other ground save that
It had been entered upon for purely
humane purpose. Now he talks glibly
about Colonial possession desire' that
is in the blood, and that no power can
stop. Though we have not entered upon
It inshaste," he adds, I'VE will uphold
It with the strong arm Of the military
and navy"
The first public utterance since his re-
turn from the continent. what followed
Is doubly significant; "A people of the
sameS intellect and blood are in hearty
accord with us in this crisis, for the
humanity and civilization of the world y
Interpreted, this means that the people
of Great Britain are ready to welcome
us to- the large and highly respectable
family of land grabbing nations, the in
ference being that the Lord of hosts has
given Uncle Sam new commission tc
regenerate Christendom, in conjunction
with England, which ranks us in that
business for more than century.
While abroad Mr.. Depew was impressed
with the fact that the United States
cannot hope to become military power
until 1--WE have large standing army
and universal military service" Allured
by the fascinating program of an align
ment with England in the matter of land
grabbing and colonization, the standing
army and forced military service will fol-
low as matter of course.
In his inaugural address Mr.. Mckinley
leclared 1--WE want no wars of conquest
I'VE smust avoid the temptation of ter.
:itor1hf ACKNOWLEDGMENT" But that wa:
long time ago. How easily and natu
ally We drift from the high ideals tc
ne basely. materIalistic Is thus urwit-
dnGiy explained little further along il
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
CONGRESSMAN MAGUIRE

Mayor Phelan of San Francisco is re-
ported as not seeking and not desiring the
Democratic nomination for governor.
Governor Budd has publicly announced
that he does not want to succeed himself
for another term. These facts are made
the text of long TRADE in the San Fran
cisco Call against Congressman Mcguire,
the sole point of which is that Mr.. Ma
guire will be very weak nominee for
governor, and that the Democratic party
ought not to make the mistake of nomi-
mating him for that office.
The interest the Call is taking in the
Democratic candidate for governor is
marked, and has meaning. 1t is marked
since hardly a day passes but that it's
columns are filled with silly trash or will
full misstatements concerning Mr.. Ma
gure Its meaning is not far to seek. AS
the representative of the monopolistic and
tain control of the law-making power Of
the state, and thereby secure privileges
to which they are not rightfully entitled,
and to escape the burdens which should
justly be imposed upon them, the Call
is leaving nothing unsaid or undone to
divert the attention of Democrats to a
candidate less formidable than Mr.. Ma
guire. Nor does the Republican Call
men solely because of the sure defeat to
it's Republican nominees which must fol-
low the nomination of Mr.. Mcguire. The
Call knows, to it's sorrow, and to the
and cliques which it represents, that the
election of Mr.. Mcguire means continu
ance, through his administration, of the
same firm policy of Governor Budd, in
blocking the schemes of the vicious forces
which, it is believed, have inspired the
attacks upon Mr.. Mcguire.
The Call attempts to prove the unpopu-
larity of Mr.. Mcguire by comparison of
the vote for Governor Budd, Lieutenant
Governor Jeter and Mr.. Mcguire, in the
state election of 1894, the result of which
showed that the two former received more
votes in the Fourth Congressional district
than the latter We have not tested the
accuracy of the Calls figures, but let it
be assumed that they are correct. What
90 these figures prove?
Early in Mr.. Maguire's congressional
career he was brought face to face with
the Southern Pacific company, which had
dominated the politics, and through this
means the legislation, of the city of San
and whose influences had decided thr
fate and moulded the views of the con-
srsssmen from this state. The politica
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
Mr.. Depew's recital Of his observations

Mr.. Depew's recital Of his observations
in England:
They rally us goodnaturedly on our pro-
testations of pure sentiment In the war,
and say: Eyes. that is always the way we
get in, and then stay. Christianity ana
civilization demand it. you know. and we
give the beggars liberty. law, order and
justice. which they never had before. 1t is
in your blood. You have come by 1t hon.
estly You have aroused the appetite OF
earth-hunger and you cannot sfon
And the question rests here-Can we
not stop? Can we afford not to stop 1t Z?
Must we, because our horses are dis
posed to run. away and dash us over
the precipice. give them full rein?
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
pS ANGLES NaRS%2Nq ff1 1i,; $780, h!s:i as

platform pledging its candidate for district
attorney not to engage in private business,
either himself or his deputies, and especially
making it obligatory on his deputies not to
engage in partnership with criminal law
yers to the detriment of the state? If you
will search the county records you will find
that Donnell and his deputies have spent
at least one-quarter of the time for which
they have been paid by the county attend
ing to civil business.
10. ROBINSON.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
Fixing the Value of Labor

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
In its issue of last Monday, und.r cap
ton which was inferentially an indorse-
ment, the Times quotes the Pasadena
News, and heads 1t thus:
IAN unreasonable law-Trying to fix the
value of labor by legislation"
The unreasonable law referred to Is the
state law fixing 80 per day as the mini
mum rate Of wages to be paid by the city.
county or state to day laborers in the
state of California. The trying to fix
the value of labor by legislation is the
effort of a certain laborer of the city of
Pasadena to collect his illegal wages" from
the city. Then the quotation goes en-:
The city can well afford to let him
crack his whip. He will never collect
it. There is no penalty clause in this
law. Therefore, If the city did violate
a state law in Its contrac: with this
man, what is to be done about It?
Nothing can be done. The law Is on
our statute books simply as monu-
ment to the f1annel-nO,Ithed vapor-
ings of the professional jaw-smiths who
use labor unions as a cloak 20 carry On
their work. This law also illustrates
the futility of trying to fix the value
of labor by law.
Does it? Well. who likes the value of
the labor of the owner Of the Times as
a brigadier-general?
Who fixes the value of the labor of Pres
ident Mckinley?
Who fixed the value Of he labor of those
councilmen of Pasadena who propose to
break the law because at carries with it
no penalty?
Who fixes the value Of the labor of every
public servant in the land-soIdier and
sailor, president and policeman?
What is the county government law of
1897 and the fee bill OF 1895. but legisla.io
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
Dangerous Unpreparedness

1t does not pay to be SO utterly unprepared
for war as the United States has been for
years. This tine We are up against very
feeble adversary. Our unpreparedness could
not easily have been brought home to US in
less troublesome way. But we have found
out that Spain was not frightened by the
latent strength of this country. The time
may come when more powerful nation
than Spain will be at war with us. Unless
we learn the lesson of the present war the
first part of the next war will be bad for
the United States.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02

German sentiment at home is we'll I'M
derstood to be unfriendly to the United
States, but the edge is sought to be taken
from it by reference to the public utter
been all that could be asked for. But
that they do not represent the real senti-
ments of the kaiser is notorious on the
continent. A Berlin diplomat Of the
highest position" now asserts that "the
emperor has only been restrained by
Prince Hohenlohe and Baron Won Buelow
from some step which the United States
would be obliged to resent"
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-02
Blackguards on the Diamond

1t isn't quite just to say that professional
baseball is now game by blackguards for
but the strong tendency in
that direction is evident in many quarters
in spite of regulations designed to stop 1t,
and more than one match this year has an
swered perfectly to a description which
threatens to become generally ap sable
New York Tribune.