Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07

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THE HERRLD'J CITY CIRCULATION
The HeraIds circulation In the city Of Los Angeles
is larger than that of the Examiner the Express
and second only to that Of the Times
Local politics in Chicago must be badly mixed when
the editor of the Tribune chief Republican exponent
resigns his position to take the stump the Demo
cratic candidate for mayor
If any racket is loud enough to wake the dead"
as is said in parlance there be stir of
high class Chinese appariions imperial ombs
of Mukden where the Japanese shells bursing.
"
There is promise of one of the largest gatherings of
strangers that Los Angeles seen when the Knights
of Columbus assemble here in convention next June
The number of visitors expected estimated as high
$4,000.
At that breakfast given the cowboys at Washington
by Senator Kittridge the four substantial
articles of food and of cocktails whisky
and brandy Probably it seemed to them like great
wastefulness to have many food courses.
Commissioner Garfield of the federal bureau of cor
porations says his investigation of oil monopoy will
not be confined to Kansas but will be extended to Texas
standard
pus may be drawn in, at least temporarily.
Andrew Carnegie was much amused by the clumsy
attempt at imitation of his signature on the Chadwick
notes An expert forger might show him an imitation
quite like the real signature but there are not MANY
men who could show him bank balance like his own.
dispatch from Austin, Tex, states that President
Roosevelt is booked for bear hunt in wild locality
eighty miles of Houston" Evidently he means to
knon in 0tinnf fny fh1 hioo
party that lately has been growing at him threatenngy
Congressman Binger Hermann of Oregon formerly
commissioner of the general land Office has been in.
dcted on charge of destroying a large number of
letter press copybooks pertaining to land depart
ment He is charged in fact with doing land office
business" in record destruction.
If the president appoints negro as collector of in
terna revenue in New York his purpose is said to be-
there will be howl among Republican leaders in the
big town There is wide difference between bidding
for the negro vote in an election campaign and giving
big official plum to the colored brother
The Washington legislature has taken the locomotive
by the cowcatcher bill has been passed by that body
providing for state commission with authority to
change and regulate passenger and freight at will"
AT this distance it looks as if the measure would en-
counter some formidable constitutional obstacles
considerable class of housekeepers will look upon
the coming of the tax assessor this year with unusual
equanmity. There is exemption of 500 on house
hold effects, and the average assessor takes liberal
views in estimating such property there will be a con-
siderable percentage of complete exemptions.
The mystery concerning the death of Mrs. Stanford
is ueepened by the report that the police detectives of
San Francisco working on the ARE beginning now
to express doubts that Mrs. Stanford was really
poisoned" The disclosure that both Mrs Stamford and
her personal attendant were spruaiss gives weird
tinge to the case.
II may be that 'a is fair in war" but it surely does
not look like square deal for the Japanese to treat
the Russian army the dispatches alege We rood
that oyama is crushing both hanks" Cutting the left
wing" and forcing the of the Russians Ar that
rate the Russian army will look like a Tbanksgiv
ing turkey after the feast
It sounds like a faraway echo of the Civil War tho
announcement that Judge John H. Reagan of Texas is
dead He the last survivor not only of the Confed
crate cabinet but of all the first circle of actors on
both sides of the Civil War But that is not strange
as we are just on the edge of forty years since the last
act of the awful drama of that war
The only change expected in the president,s oob,4
at this time is the placing of George Corteyou in The
position OF postmaster general which is understood m
having been promised him when he undertook tbe io,
OF steering the Republican presidential campaign A
successful political steersman ought to be able 70 RIM
the postohice department without striking snags
It is encouraging to know that the city council pulled
the lighting ordnance draft from the pigeonbole ves
day, brushed off the accumulation of dust and tool
square look at it, That is the substance of what was
done, but considerable cOunemanie interest was mani
rested In the matter and the prospect for early action
may be rated hopeful. Members of the council are
conscious Of the public impatence over the deav in
graphing with the lighting question There can he