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Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26
NOW THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE

The beginning of the temperance crusade in Los
Angeles is scheduled for this afternoon The movement
appears to be addendum of the religious revival
that zeaousy prosecuted for about three weeks
as the temperance call is issued from the head
quarters of the evangelsts. The call audes to the
joyful results of the revival effort proposes to make
the present organization permanent a Los Angeles
church federation" and to definitely outline and begin
the great campaign against the saloon in Los Angeles
The plan of campaign outlined by the leaders
templates a public awakening to the Importance Of
clearing out the saloons while at the same time striving
to popular vote to test public sentiment
the issue of saloon aboshment Petitions to be
circulated calling for such VOTE and when Is per
of Los Angeles voters append their signatures the
city council will be asked to call special election for
the purpose.
If the anti-saloon crusade be pushed vigorously
as the chief promoters declare it will be interesting
tilt may be expected No doubt the saloon interest will
fight in solid column with all the advantage of strong
intrenchments and the most effective equipment.
Whether the commanders the other side will be
able keep their forces together is rather doubtful
Judging from some discordant indications
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26
A Correction

Under the heading Earliest String
instruments" an article appeared in a
recent issue of the Sunday Herald.
which carried slight error. The sem
tence in question should have read:
From the last one it has kept its
name Gregorian chant or plain chant,
because it has for foundation the dia-
tonic music scale, while modern music
is founded upon the chromatic scale.
All that plain chant has in common
with modern music is the fiat, which
is used in the text in order to avoid
what is called in ecclesiastical parlance
triton; that is, four full tones in sue
cession. Hence the saying "B (nat)
against Fa (nat.) is the devil in music"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26
Jury of His Peers

A North Carolina lawyer was trying
case before n jury, being counsel for
the prisoner, a man charged with max
very hard on him and the jury brought
in a verdict of guilty. The lawyer
moved for new trial. The judge de-
MED the motion, nnd remarked: L.
1.-The court and the jury think the
prisoner a knave and a fool"
After a moments reflection the law
yer answered:
"The prisoner wishes Inc to say that
he is perfectly satisfied he has been
tried by court and jury of his
peers. ."-Exchange
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

of any age, and who gave even more
costly dinners than Lucullus or Cleo
patra, many of which cost a quarter
Of a million dollars, had his guests
famed with fans with golden leaves,
jewels and painted feathers. There is
a passage in Ovid's Art of Love where
the use of the fan is prescribed as a
potent weapon of fascination" Ovid
speaks of small tablet fans in the third
book of his Art of Love. All the
Greek writer's, and especially the poets
or raconteurs of the erotic sort, speak
of the fan, and Pauw describes the
more elaborate kind made of feathers
arranged in lotus form. The fan ap-
pears frequently on the Etruscan an
tiquities seen at the Louvre, at the
British museum and Crystal palace,
and in the museums at Naples, Vienna
and Budapest. An Etruscan vase at
Fontainebleu represents a Roman lady
couched negligently on her lectulus,
while a naked slave girl anoints her
with perfume and companion slave
fans her gently with a tabella, or small
tablet fan.
The early Christians pressed the fan
into their worship, and according to
st. Jerome it was an emblem of con-
Thence; and an old French book on
religious customs and ceremonies re-
cords that the Apostle James recon-
mended the use of the sacred fan in
his liturgy. At the Monastery of
Prouisse fans were used in the thir-
teenth century to protect the deacons
from heat and insects and to prevent
flies from falling into the chalice
These fans were exhibited at the Paris
exposition of 1889, and were not unlike
our modern fans in shape, but with a
wider spread and longer handle. On
each side was a long Latin inscription
and these were embellished with fig
ures of saints.
Not many weeks ago I was a guest
at tea given by that high priestess
of winsomeness and fine breeding, Mrs.
o. w. Childs. There We're scores of
handsome married women present and
half as many pretty and rapturous
maids, and all were in frocks and hats
la mode, and all were bestowing
their sweetest and best smiles and in
dulging in clever and radiant talk.
There was incense from potable and
flower and fragrance from hum of
beautiful voice. But never a woman
with a fan; not a zephyr nor a whisper
from plume or straw that did not come
from dainty toque or picture chapeau.
1t occurred to me that when the fair
mother of the hostess presided over
the gubernatorial receptions in Ten
nessee's capital, nearly a quarter of
century before, the fiutter Of fans was
strikingly Kaleidoscope feature of
the animated scene.
1 can remember when the palmleaf
fan, that most capable, though homely,
of all cooling means of its kind, was
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26
An Awful Experience

whats the matter?" asked the
great lawyers wife as they sat down
to breakfast.
II had a horrible case of nightmare
last night 1 can't seem to shake it
off. 1t still weighs upon my spirits"
Dear me, how foolish You know
there's nothing in dreams"
'Yes, but this was such a disagree
able one. can feel the horror of it
even yet, as if it had been real.
dreamed that 1 had gone before a
United States senate committee to argue
in favor of the people as against the
interests of a gigantic monopoly. p
Chicago Record Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

The steadnly increasing demand of homeseekers for
building lots shown in the introduction of new
tracts and the brisk business reported in sales Eligible
lots, easily accessible to the business center are get
ting and sagacious investors are taking advan
tage of the present opportunities.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

If the mayor is TO be held responsible for good gov.
ernment in any large degree is quite obvious that he
should have fairly free hand in the execution of his
plans. 1t would not be fair certainly insist on his
accountability while at the time hampering him
in his best efforts The fire commissioners have quite
properly conceded in that view.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

The criminal phase of horse gambling is well
illustrated in the theft of bill pending in the Missouri
legislature making it felony punishable by jail
sentence TO bet sell pools horse races" The theft
obviously, was the work of the race track gamblers
Missouri means business in its attack on that class
however and has ordered reward of $4,000 for the
thief
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

Pity the sorrows of poor In momentary
danger of his life his empire in incipent stage of
revolution, the hope of his Japanese aggression
crushed better part of his navy at the bottom of
the sea and his army in Manchuria in imminent peril.
And yet he has great deal to be thankful for The
baby is all right.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

bridge again reports that he is greatly Inconvenience
by the nasty refuse from the gas works that befous
the river bed at that point. But there is no reason
why the river bed should be especially exempt from
of complaint about the gas company.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

The finance committee of the city council reached
the proper conclusion relative to the Humane society
The city appropriation of $125 month for the socieys
maintenance will be continued but the work of the
society will be confined strictly to its charter pro
visions 1t should be remembered that the Humane
society and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
TO Animals distinct institutions.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

In eastern cities people feictating themselves
with the thought that there is compensation ahead
for the bitterly cold winter. They say that the
conscience of the ice cannot be stretched to the
point of putting up the price because shortness of
the ice crop.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

bill introduced in the Nevada legislature makes
every able-bodied in the state a militiaman
subject to draft when occasion requires 1t is far
distant reminder of the Civil War times, when the
very word draft" shivers up the spinal columns
of nonmitant citizens.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

The report that Alabama flbusters are preparing
for operations in Guatemala is the first story of its
kind since the Civil War 1t recalls the fbustering
exploits of Walker, the California "gray-eyed man of
destiny" who operated in Lower California, Sonora
Nicaragua and Honduras
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

While the North commission let's the Russian
admiral down softly the essence the verdict is the
declaration that the opening of fire by Admiral
Rojesvensky not justified" That is quite differ
ent conclusion from the first telegraphed as the
finding of the commission.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

Among the newly incorporated enterprises in this
city is the Angelus Axle company with the substantial
bottom of 100000 capital nearly all of which is sub
scrbed. That is making close call on Boston for the
distinction of being known as the hub"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

San Franciscos latest scandal reaching public at
tenon relates to alleged attempt TO tamper with
the federal grand jury in connection with case of
embezzlement Interest begins to revive in the old
question, Which is the wickedest American city,"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

1t is sad to think that San Francisco young woman,
barely Is old has been suddenly subjected TO the
labor of taking of $SOOOOOO, just dumped around
her But no doubt her dilemma will excite sympathy
and induce offers of assistance
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

The proposed constitutional amendment relating to
the length of legislative sessions the pay legis
lators as it now stands, allows $1,000 per term for
each member with maximum of $500 for each attache
That is more than double the present pay of members
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

This time it is a Baltimore savant who rises to
illuminate things He says 'the creative usefulness of
reaches its zenith before he has passed his
fortieh year" He might have added that some men
reach the gaows long before that age
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

Another last survivor of the Custer massacre" has
shown up, this time in New York and a perpetrator
of the crime of manslaughter The last Custer man is
second, numerically, only to Washington's nurse
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26
THE HERALD'S CITY CIRCULATION

The Herad's circulation in the city Of Los Angeles
is larger than that of the Examiner or the Express
and second only to that Of the Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26

I remember standing near the office
desk Of the old Hotel del Monte once
during the gay season few years ago.
late at night, when a youth came run
ming up to Mr.. Smell. the manager,
and handed him a fan, exclaiming
Some lady has lost her fam" Oh, no,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-02

ersfuurcH caught I'm a tran aud fran
Tie - escape by my means Tho
earnest young lawyer taI Mrs I'd
wards could not control her Even
he could not get the truth from her
lie had uu money IN yet expert evil
annca 10 show her irresponsible.
Tho woman was convicted Ger
tain county politics arc said TO have
played n part in her raas.
The rIu was Hrt free GfrlHun
protests hIa Innocence and has more
actual believers aud HYmuathIlHr8
Ia Reading today tbnu tho woman
has
lut between the hours or n a. m.
and 3 y. N tho two ara 10 be- eK-
eeutrd on the E1llawH Stern law
does not consider irrelevant owl
dsupH and neither the known phys
teal condition Of the woman nor tho
circumstances or conditions which
made her what ahe il count for her.
# she struck the blow that do
Htruyed her destroyer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-02
Olympia Bureau
Seattle DAILY star,
Olympia, Wash.

Staff Correspondence By Dan Dean
OLYMPIA. Feb . Tho fine llal-
ian hand az The public service ear-
poatlDna il seen In two bills now
before The Legislature.
Senate BIN So. - aud house HIll
30 -
They are bills which contain what
are known aH sr.deu'
That IH. uf them elves. they look
innocent. but when once fu.Htrd Hp-
on the public they Nlll be- found 10
contain la5pholea through which
big corporations may sneak and
eYade the real intent Of the law
House bill Su O. and senate Bill
40 b are very much OF "A Hffipo
The former wa drawn ug hE At
toruey = a. Hughes. 90 Seattle.
counsel for the Seattle Electric com
uanY. aud HY Hm taken down INTO
au 1uf#of. the. way county. ChEhai.s.
Ia be IntruIu ID b. Representative
Heun. OF Aberdeen.
That was simply IA blind 20 throw
the public or the fHa.h and #au#aal
fHa real nature ~ tie bill
This bin. in the main #rrEH to e.
fahllah prejudice IN the minds of
IHFIea who ne lu personal damage
cases and thereby purge corpora
lions - responsibility for nesIlgeuee
and minimize the damage Tor the
loss - human lffe
Tho bin. en- IfH face. provides that
when tho emuIuYe Of any corpora
ton loses his life and an attorney
takes tho ease on "A contingent Zee
tho latter must file such agreement
a#th the original complaint
This viii give the corporation at
taTncYa a chance 20 dwell upon the
fact that lawyer tH prosecuting the
Gaze simply 10 get a Tat fee and IN
this manner try 20 prejudice n jury
IL further provides that the Judge
may set aside not 10 exceed 20 per
cent u the verdict Iu any case FOR
attorney fees. this amount % cover
fees for the attorneys on both sides
This bin iHR type 81 the ordinary
measure that big corporations try
to lobby into laws At every session
81 the legislature for no other pm
pose than 60 prevent a poor man
from getting Justice
But. II house bin ~ "a iuiquitous
there f. no adjective In tho distiau-
airy Of damuatlan strong enough TO
Characterize the senate bin 40 q
This bin provides that an arbi-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-02

and daughter Edwards made no
protest. fearing 10 lose the aaaogia-
ton 81 the only men who would
drink wisa him.
A child was 10 be born % the
woman. Edwards. aaluahly fAuug
public opinion. told his wife that if
the child vas "a mnintn. he would
murder them both With this threat
hanging over her. the woman lived
In ineroaatng torture for months
Then. one rainy night. less than
two weeks before Alma WAS born
some one struck John Edwards n
turufIg blow ON the head With u
stone mullrt aud killed him aH ho
lay drunk ON his perch Some one
drnEgsd him 90 tho eiatern and
dropped hts body In
The crime WIS discovered Tho
woman. her daughter aud several
negroes. including Groaaan were ar.
rested. All OF the negroes except
Gronaon. got Off Under third dc
Ercc tactics the frantic mother. the
frightened daughter aud the negro
told all sorts Of conflicting stories.
confessed their guilt uuu then de.
MED Il. and lied ahnmeloBaly aud
peraiateutly. everyone Of them try
ing
To FAsTEN THE MOOSE
about the others uecka 20 save
themselves
ON trial che women were as dumb
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-02

/ limitation vii De this
Here and fhole throughout the
state. fHarn arc #IaHHa gf men oe-
Inp#IuE positions .g HmHIy every
branch II Tire .amm#HHaI ufafea-
H9Hai and bushes world ah9. Tor
one reason ar another. ore earning
very large Incomes. One .aIHlm
hears Of the death of Hl.H men bg
.Ag negligence vi another and aheu
We do II iH usually brought about
by tho negligence ~ I'd common aar-
rIrr o. other public service aYrlora-
ton
Tho theory upon which recovery
for llFa Or iIfn 10 al negligence
raHe# IH based Ia 0Dmpnusalou 10
the family Of the deceased Using
hHffIr men for the purpose Of d.
Iu#fFaiaH who would consider
$1,000 Or $4,000 compensation 10
the family of Jacob fHuh. Robert
lurau OF james a. HlUfa should
they boz killed neR.IHpHHy7
IN might he auH#rrrd that the
poor mans family feels the loss of
the husband and father aH much as
any other Granted. H4f II ahoaId
be- borne Iu mind thai nothing d.
ever awarded for con IdDTarUuH OF
this Kind In this class Of cases
the law always exclude mental and
physical suffering 81 the deceased.
a. WaII a. that II those who sur
F.ga him
There IL never any recovery for
anything buf the actual financial
lYH which The family suffers By the
negligent killing
a very frW states have limited
the liability fgr death 10 g. 600.
others have placed II at 10000.
Many others Ike Iowa. New York
and this state. have no Limitation
whatever. Judgment 10 the amount
~ nearly 500 DIG each have been
affirmed In New York for he neg
ilRenf killing ~ men whose earn
luR capacity waa large
Everybody knows that the state
does not attempt r. place any arbl-
tfary value upon tine life Of a horse
af cow or sheep which may be
killed through the negligence Of
u0n-awner. and yet the BIN In queB-
ton e0ufempiates placing a fixed
and arbitrary limitation of value
upon the life OF a bank president
whose earning capacity Is SO 900 a
year and a timber cruiser whose
earning capacity ia $1,000 a year;
upon the life Of the president Of a
great industrial concern who may
earn gl08.g0- a year. and a Jap
ancse servant who may earn n dol
lar a day.
ln that lies the injustice and in
equity Of the contemplated law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-02
FORCED To LOWEST DEPTHS OF HUMAN DEGRA-
PATTON BY \ FIENDIsH HUSBAND. SHE MUIR
pEREp HIM AND MUST DIE WITH HER NEGRO
ACCOMPLICE

the ihroes % death. will swing
about After a few moments the
commissions viii cease Tho soul of
this victim az a relentless Law aud
community Viii pass au They viii
gu5 The body down. rhe tender
skin VIII be torn ami SCARED from
the rope. Il is u he hoped that the
neek will be found tu have been
broken hy the fan Kate Edwards
VII bee az peace lu death. a peace
che never knew i'm life.
\ ueEro. Samuel treason. will be
brought out next lie was the wo-
mans supposed accomplish Tie viii
probably die bravrly
This ropuguaut spectacle will rep
resent Pennsylvania Justice. 4 good
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-02
Corporations Want to
Place a Limit on the
Value Of Human Life
TWO INFAMOUS BILLS ARE NOW BEFORE TIE tEolsLArueE,
WHICH PROVIDE ron LIMITING the LIABILITY OF BIC
CORPORATIONS WHEN, tn ROUGH NEGLIGENCE, THEY
DESTROY HUMAN LIFE

nrnrY limitation g. ldH be praaad
on Ire value of "a muu.H life. when
killed through negligence OF others
The uII Ia HfH#=ud by Senator
Welsh and waa passed by fHr Hsu.
afc yesterday after "a hard struggle
Senator ~. Hickman Moore. afKug
county. bitterly Opposed n IIa laid
Il have been asked HF several az
my clients fa support fHm HII But
/ H4s tl chi. senate. aH laHr said
~ them. that ana not here as their
H.#IHI council. but az "a .rHataH Of
.fGs state OF Wellington.
,..rst5D f.t.ts,s.rfs.s.s at. ff.uv
80.
JlaAf Moore aiia.f'a me 0''A a'
an attempt by me #'haIf 70 NsAI j
mo f1ng5Ioh NJ itl'l hy I4iyt ~.
the Hlai ny court ana or me -.
pTems court 1Yfpaf'ilahas ~ n
Hlartas were amply hals guar 4'A o'
The present law against ek.iHai W
Judgments. Ehzh ln4lfl MAJ case. no
s9utfhaeas hLaala ztaHa ON ~ aH ~
mfrii# ana ihh tshais thaain no
attempt 70 pres iHs IAai every me
lasi ~ TIE Hsflks OF aA'lHti
Was worth nHA8 Ra.t''
=a} 70 }aH. Ag stlas iHh' II ]
am KILLED by the nrfHkeu's OF
street car company rms senate mas
no ftEht 70 cay ihai me COMPANY
shan pay 70 ny wife only a inlstf-
All" piiihaEe OF t'.HAH 10 HAppyI' Asi
III" balance ~ her Gays.
on DO NOT attempt 70 4llA.' IN
luIleH for damages only injuries
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-02

many o. Readings eitizans viii be
glad Of the hanging. and wilI not
hesitate 70 say 50. Il asked. But
lev men and women % this eltv
will express sorrow and regret
Horruw for tho woman victim Of cir
fimHtaneea. and regret FOR the bar
harism q twentieth century elvill-
zatlon.
0f courss. there IL nothing very
remarkable In all this. Women
have been hanged before. and prob
ably viii b. again. but In the story
d this more than tragedy Il found
a combination ~ elements which
viii
SEEM ALMOST tSCOMPREHEN-
sfnl.E
% many u the readers q this news
paper.
u Ia not a pleasant narrative TO
relate. or think about or know
about. But It IL a condition %
human affairs which exists.
Theses arc the principals IN the
tragedy:
JOHN EDWARDS drunkard.
wife beatcr. child beaten. brute.
thief and villain. who wa found
murdered On a clafrra On his door
yard on July T. 1905.
KATE EDWARDS. bis wife and
for 20 years his ebie=f cave. the
daughter % q WORTHLESS father and
- a mother who hai borne - chill
drrn and who diea - hnrua through
falling on q hot stove while In the
thraaa ~ an epileutir - DISCRETION
b. her husband. ignorance. poverty
and hard labor ln the Grjis formed
the mothers lot md Kate Edwards
inheritance.
THE FIVE LIVING CHrLpREN
- John and Kate EtWarfH MARY
10. iucoHrlrIble. Whefal bouts nm
tnovn. Tho remaining f1gr in char
table Institutions Two ~ the boys
have been declared 20 be- degenerate
types auH arr subject 70 the nsrv-
uus attacks from witch the mother
suffers
SAMUEL GREAsOT. negro. mar
rfod. drinking companion % John
Edwards IN his own home. burly.
fs-llal.
4 pretty. sweet faced t-vear-old
mulatto child. ALMA. BORN IN
JAIL. nine DAYS after her mothers
arrest. She f. the repntcd daugh-
ter u the negro Greaaon.
A stern Judge. james y. Ermen-
taut.
Twelve good men and true"
An enterprIsing and vigorous dis
trict attorney.
A Young country lawyer, OLIVER
LENTZ. counsel FOR the doomed
woman. who has fought single
handed for four years to save her
life who has been
gNEEHED At AND sCOFFED
and turned down on every hand.
who has fought on. night and day.
using his own small savings. who
has seen little sympathy and heard
no thanks. and who believes that
there are some laws % nature more
sacred than some laws on the stat
ute books
The scene Of the tragedy IL at the
foot hills Of the Blue mountains In
a settlement where morals are as
low a. the hills are high. where PEG
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-02-02
REC0MM ENDED
RELIEF BILL
Olympia Bureau
Seattle DAILY Star.
Olympia, ~ lash.
staff Correspondence by Dan Dean

OLYMPIA. Fsb. 7=Ths house la .
sufanrs committee. 70 which the
firemrn'a relief bill was sub fuittei
decided last night 20 report e fa-
vHfahlY 90 the house. The BIN pro-
viHes that one half the money AT
present paid into the state treasury
BY Insurance companies shall 50 60
fund for the relief - firemen
Fire chief Cock ia here lobbying
Tor the bin for ali be is worth lie
is using The money hr secured from
The members Of his department and
thaf supplied by tho departments n
other states 10 grease the legislative
wheels 80 the Bill viii have a
smooth passage.