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Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07
IT WAS EVER THIS

The story that tells Of the disgrace ruin and crime
Of San Franciscos collector is old history and
probably old as humanity.
It is old that there is doubt whether It retains
any value in pointing moral" And yet the position
of the San Francisco official derect makes his case
especially conspicuous particularly the incidents
so notorious and so fagltious.
For the sake of of i'll repute Collector Smith
practically deserted his wife, his family and his home
When his available funds failed to supply the wo-
mans characteristic demands for more the trusted city
collector began to dip into the public funds that passed
through his hands. AS penitent said many years
in circumstances similar to those in which Collector
Smith finds himself, such woman consumes
money with appalling voracity."
In striving to arrive at the amount of city money
that passed through the hands of Smith and thence
through those of his Deliah the Chronicle "At
conservative estimate the conduct of her elaborate fiat
at Washington Leavenworth streets cost her $500
a month" That, however, is only one item in the ac-
count During the two years of the intimacy esti
mated by the Chronicle the basis of reports from the
woman's intimate friends, this leakage of San Fran
cisco's money averaged $50 a day. At that rate the
total for years would aggregate $5650O But that
only one personal expense account. The grand
total reached yet unknown but certainly
prodgious.
Here is another case according to the usual dictum
by society" of a begued and led astray by the
artihce of Poor Smith! 1t was the womans
fault the cowardly that the first made
for the first human ransgression according to sacred
history. When Adam caught in the act' of
munchng the forbidden fruit he offered the contemplate
plea, "The whom thou gavest to be with me,
she gave me of the and did eat"
According to the same sacred authority, is
the weaker vessel and culpability for her msdeeds
with the other should fall with comparative light
upon her 1t is not "the in the case" who
is primarily blamabe for such misdongs. Man is
strong and woman is weak" but man is too prone like
his remote relative Samson, to put himself in sua-
ton where he may be shorn of his strength 1t
cowardly in Adam to make the attempt to sneak of
responsibility for the apple eating episode and it has
since been cowardly for the of Adam follow
the example of their first parent.
There would be no defaulting tax collectors and
Delahs if all parents followed strictly the scrptura
admonition Train up child in the way he should co.
and when he is old he will not depart from it."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07
NEW TRIBE OF RED MEN
Institution of Local Branch of Order
Will Be Held Monday

There will be instituted Monday
night a new branch of the Improved
Order of Red Men, the oldest distinc-
lively American fraternal order in the
United States. The new tribe will start
in with charter list of 125. composed
of representative business and profess
sional men of Los Angeles.
The great council of California of
the Improved Order of Red Men has
been looking with longing eyes on Los
Angeles, and it wants to have the
membership as strong in the southern
part of the state as it is in the north.
At the institution of the new tribe the
following great chiefs will be on hand:
Great Prophet Jacob Samuels, Acting
Great Sachem Frank v. Bell and Great
Chief of Records Porter L. Bliss, all of
San Francisco.
This order has a membership in Cali
fornia of 14,500 and in the United
States of 100000. The institution in this
city will take place at SIT South
Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07
%RONCLAD RESTRICTION"
cease.

There is no reasonable doubt that vast majority
of the people of Los Angeles opposed the radical
nosaoon crusade led by DIR. Chapman, is there any
doubt that majority of citizens desire to more
rigorous supervision OF the liquor traffic.
1t is the judgment of The Herald therefore, that in
lieu of DR. Chapmans plan for upheava of the saloon
system provision be made the better for
meeting the popular view in regard to regulation of the
entire liquor selling business of the city
comprehensive plan for that purpose is demanded,
not merely that affects single branch the liquor
traffic as does Dr. Chapmans plan. The aim should be
to reduce the evils that arise from the liquor drinking
habit and that object calls for outreach far beyond
the saloons.
It is neither reasonable right TO cause a sum-
mary closing of branch of the liquor dispensing
business while others are left wide The Herald
does not agree with the cratic Evening Express that all
the should be closed, but that "the who has
acquired appetite for liquor will not be denied his
right to indulge his craving because restaurants still
will liquors with meals, drug stores will fill pre-
scrptons and wholesale houses may sell in quantities
of one-ffh of a gallon more"
So far as the saloons concerned, the plan for in
creasing the license taE commendabe far
goes If the monthly tax increased from SIS to
$3.50 the effect would be to weed out of the lowest
class of saloons But in order make effective head
way against the evils pertaining saloons the police
regulations concerning them should be of "ronclad"
character From that starting point in the
ture of the liquor business the traffic should be regu
lated by equally rigorous restrictions in respect drug
stores restaurants, clubs and wholesale concerns
There is no doubt that such reform of the liquor
business as is here alluded to- on comprehensive scale
would satisfy 80 per of the citizens of Angeles
practically all except DIR. Chapman and his over
jealous followers.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07
THE HERALD,S PRESS EQUIPMENT

Hearst's yelowest newspaper the Los Angeles Ex-
aminer in the of it's falsehoods concerning The
Herald has declared editorialy that Gen. Otis has re
moved from The Herald the only serviceabe press it
had and installed it in the Times office"
Gen. Otis had just this much to do with it-he
purchased from The Herald it's Hoe quadruple press
while The Herald purchased in exchange the Times
Hoe double supplement press. 1t an open purchase
secret about it-and the proposition certainly
agreeable to both parties 1t would not have been
consummated.
But the Examiners most inexcusable lie is its state
ment that The Heralds Hoe press "he only SER
viceabe press it had" The Herald has, in addition
one of the finest presses in this countryhe quad
ruple straightlne purchased at cost of $4,000 This
press alone has capacity of "a 900 sixteen page papers
hour, or 10000 of thrty-two pages. With all its
decks in nightly, it carries two and onehaf of
white paper and at full speed is almost noseless.
The double supplement press, purchased from the
Times, is of recent make and is nearly equal to the
Goss in capacity. 1t has record of $4,000 papers,
under the stress of two motors between the hour of
going press and Of daylight delivery No antquated
press" could accomplish such record
Therefore, as every newspaper man in Los Angeles
knows THE HERALD HAS TWO SPLENDID AND
COSTLY PRESSES, prepared for any emergency
The amazing gall of the Hearst Yellow is shown in
the fact-known to every newspaper in Los An
geles-that THE EXAMINER HAS ONLY ONE PRESS
and it was secondhand from the New York Journal.
The Herald is of the best equipped newspaper
offices in the United States fact known to every news
paper in this city and particularly to every man
connected with the Examiner and is time the despca
BILE lies about The Herald's plant and business should
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

Flood and Mackay, in an i'll advised
moment attempted to get up an inter-
national corner in wheat, in which they
dropped fourteen or fifteen millions of
dollars in an incredibly short time.
Flood died shortly after this rash
speculation, which no doubt con-
tributed to his death. 1t even made the
handsome face of John w. Mackay take
on look of premature age. 1 saw him
standing in the doorway of the Ne
vada bank the day the Bank of Cali
fornia, at the order of Jim Fair, sent
over in drays the money which pre-
vented the banks closing its doors.
The necessity of getting fifteen millions
of spot cash instanter puzzled even
those men of tremendous wealth.
When Flood died he left probably
twenty millions of dollars, which
might as well have been thirty if he
had refrained from cornering wheat.
The good natured man of the part
nership, Billy O'Brien, died shortly
after the elimination of his fortune,
leaving assets inventoried at $9,OOO,OO0.
He had disposed of much of his estate
prior to his death among his relatives,
probably to avoid the inheritance tax.
Jim Fair left about $1S,OO0,OoO, which
would have been much more l. he. too,
had not, in spite of his partners expe-
rience, started in to corner the wheat
of the country. His wealth was dimin-
shed besides by the turning over of
81, 100000 to Theresa Rooney as the
price of a divorce. He was the only
one of the firm who developed any
political ambition. He bought the seat
of Senator Sharon in the United States
senate-Sharon literally bought the seat
himself-and served six years in that
august body, which was all he wanted.
During that period he probably an
swered the roll call half dozen times,
which was more than Sharon did, who
only answered once in his whole term.
Mackay was a really superior man
and his financial career was shaped
with intelligence and sagacity. His
Postal Telegraph enterprise was a great
success, as have been both his Atlantic
and Pacific telegraph lines. He is gen.
orally credited with having left an es-
tate of about $75,0O0,0O0.
These were certainly great achieve
ments for four adventurous Irish boys.
Singularly enough, the favorite son of
Mackay was killed on horseback in the
Bois de Boulougne, while Fairs son
and his wife were killed on an automo-
bic drive between Paris and Rouen.
However wealthy "to this complexion
we must come at last"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07
ONE OF FIVE TAXPAYERS
His Response to the Communication
of "E. p. B."


LOS ANGELES, May 6-CEditor
HERALD: Allow me to reply to f. p.
L. in a recent issue of the Herald,
There is a large difference between
the rights of men, or women, and the
worship she spoke of. The Salvation
Army and Mission workers have our
utmost respect. They go about not
le tting the left hand know what the
right doeth-not with blare of trum-
pets. They live here in our city, are
Los Angeles residents, and do more
good in month than the imported
agitators do i'm year.
Let me tell E. Z. b. not one Of the
taxpayers of five are men who care
for or touch liquor i'm any way at any
time But we are United States citi-
zens and protest against any set of
outsiders coming into our city to make
money out of us and then tell us what
we shall do.
Charity to all, malice to none, should
be your teaching about prostitutes.
God pity them! Being at one time,
years ago, i'm the restaurant business
where the city was oVerrun with them,
| had occasion to come in contact with
many OF them. and out of every ten,
six of them never touched liquor in
any form and many Of them fell long
Lefore they knew the taste of liquor.
II men and women want to be low and
despieable. all the laws made by men
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

Why not have a great and glorious" combination of
Fourth of July celebration and jubilee over the com.
pleton of the Salt Lake railway? Formal recognition of
the railway event would not be too late for a date few
weeks after the actual beginning of train service The
formal crownng OF European monarchs does not occur
until year after accession to the throne And
then reminded that the twin sister city at the
other end of the Salt Lake link anxious for fitting
recognition OF the links completion Los Angeles has
not had rousing" Fourth of July celebration for
eral years. Let us have this year with the Salt
Lake railway opening as a prominent feature in the
Iubilation
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

The local Audubon society offers the Fish and Game
Protective association Roland for its Oliver" The
former offers pay rewards for convictions under the
game laws if the latter carries out the threat
doing 1t is credabe to both organizations that they
are Jealous in the general TO which they are
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

The three orange transporting railway companies are
reported having agreed upon division of the busi
in marketing the next crop. What the orange
growers largely interested in is question
whether the traffic will be reduced in accordance
with the order of the interstate commission.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

The Broadway jubilee over the installation of the
ornamental lighting system we'll worthy of
that great thoroughfare 1t was not Broadway spec.
iay however nearly the whole 100000 of the citys
population seemed to be enjoying the display together
with large installments of visitors from neighboring
cities and towns. But it great night for Broad
WAY
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

cannot stop them. It's there and it
will come out.
AS 1 said before neither of the five
taxpayers touch liquor, although it was
in plenty in the home of each as
children. That is the reason we do
not believe all this Bombastes Furioso
ranting.
ONE OF THE FIVE TAXPAYERS.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

In accordance with law passed by the last legisla
ture there will henceorth be no Saturday afternoon
court sessions Public Offices banks and the like in
troduced the Saturday half holiday long ago. and the
wholesale merchants of Los Angeles have recently
adopted it quite generally. All the rest of will be
favored in the way-when the millennium makes
its grand entry
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

Mayor McAeer expresses the lofty opinion that the
900 business who signed the petition to the council
opposing the mayors railway hobbies have been mis-
led" These sgners comprise fully nne-tenths of the
business community. Is that question settled as to
''Who are the people?" Is Owen McAleer 'it"?
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

Ii strange that the should win III
handicaps that occurred nearly nineteen hundred
years apart. San Francisco dispatch in yesterdays
Herald stated that in terrific drive Ananias won the
handicap from Gold Enamel" The original Ananias
the Prevaricaor handicap but if he lived until
this day he would be distanced by the entries
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

Weary of waiting for years while the Omaha sleuths
presumably his trail Pat Grove, the kidnaper
of Cudahys boy, has made his appearance that CITY,
Now the seuths probably for fear Pat may
conclude to kidnap one or more of them.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

1t is said that building and loan associations ap-
pealing to Governor Pardee to appoint men familiar
with the work. for state commissioners to oversee such
concerns Men familiar with the working of the politi
cal machine fairly to get those plums.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

No wonder the population of Los Angeles is growing
with the rapidity of Jacks beansalk During the last
two months than six hundred marriage licenses
recorded at the court house There no ndica
tons of race suicide" in this town.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

Some local oil men the opinion that there is
"enough natural gas in the local ofeld to supply this
community for years. 1t is suspected that the pros
pecng in this line has been chiefly in the neghborhood
of the city hall.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07
Population of Los Angeles 2OI.249

Now it is up to the mayor to make the utility
ordinance success by appointing inspector of gas
and electric meters whose qualifications limited
to salary drawing ability.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

dispatch from Sacramento states that Governor
Pardee will set out to visit different parts of the
state" Warming up in the genial spring days at the
capital city the bee in the bonnet manfess
fresh activity
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

The New York legislature has passed bill extend
ing the mayors term in the big city from two four
In Los Angeles there is no present regret that
the mayora term is only two years.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

Iowa may lay claim to the first right this to
PROFOUND the inane query 'Is it hot enough for your"
Burlington reports temperature of 80 degrees in the
shade and claims the first case of sunstroke.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07

Courteous communications addressed to The Herald
for publication In its columns welcomed, but they
must be accompanied by the and address of the
author they will not be printed
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07
The presidents outing in tn,

The presidents outing in the Colorado wilds seems to
have been almost complete failure in respect the
game secured But he is likely to have plenty of big
game to tackle when congress assemblies
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07
THE HERALD'S CITY CIRCULATION

The HeraIds circulation In the city Of Los Angeles
is larger than that Of the Examiner the Express
and second only that Of the Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07
A. De v. WILSON PASSES AWAY
Was for Years Connected With POST
office and Civil Service

By Associated Press.
BERKELEY, Cal, May 6.-News has
been received here of the death in Visa
liza of Albert De V. Wilson, chief clerk
of the Berkeley postoffice and local Sec
retary of the examining board of the
civil service commission.
Mr.. Wilson was a descendant of Gen.
M. G. de Vallejo and had been con-
nected with the Berkeley postoffice un-
der several administrations continuous
ly since 1891.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-07
DEVELOPING MINES
IN THE SOUTHWEST
California, Nevada and Arizona on the Eve of
Wonderful Boom in the UncOVering of
Their Great Mineral Resources

Written for The Herald by COL Joseph D. Lynch
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
Life Motion Pictures.

The Edison Famous Life Motion
Picture Exhibition to be given at the
Baptist church Thursday June 9Th,
under the auspices of the Berean BIZ
BILE class should prove great attrac.
ton. Fierce conflicts of soldiers, tir-
ing guns, bursting shells, charging
cavalry, fire brigades, flying of train,
SO real as to make some people nerv-
GUS who sit on front seats to witness
the fine program. Royal Gorge, The
Lost Child, The Great Train Robbery
A Great Social Drama, The Strike,
Personal, Our Martyred Presidents,
Uncle Sans Cavalry Horses in Bath,
ing, Two Old 'Chums, Christopher
Columbus and the Discovery of Amer.
lea, Juvenile Animal Trainer, Auto.
mobile Race, Dog and Tramp, High
Diving at Milan. Many amusing as
we'll as instructive features. Also
some views on China troubles. Russia
and Japan, Paris, Chicago, Buffalo
and st. Louis Expositions, Our New
Possessions. Admission, children 15c
adults 25c.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
4th Of July Racing.

The Cresco Driving Club are arrang-
ing for good program of speed at the
Driving Park the afternoon of the
4th. Three races, as follows, have
been arranged for.
Free-for-all. trot or pace..... 10000
Farmers running race........ 9 25.00
A good base ball game will be ar
ranged for with contesting teams Of
more than a local reputation.
There will also be an auto novelty
race, In which the capabilities of the
machines will he exhibited, rather
than speed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
Two Pumping Propositions.


A few weeks ago, we briefly
mentioned proposition for doing the
city pumping made by Mr.. Freehauf
to the city council. The council took
no action in the matter, and to over
come certain objections from some
quarters, he has prepared another
proposition to lay before them at the
regular meeting next Monday, giving
them their option of either PROPOSE
tion.
His first proposition was to do the
city pumping for $500, pumping the
same amount as used last year; pump
ing In excess of that amount to be
paid for at three-fourths the cost of
former pumping. AS the city pump
ing last year cost s16e9, it will be
seen that this means saving of $3.50
without any addition for the saving
to be made on the water to be pumped
In excess which will be sure to be used
as the sewerage system comes into
use, or II 1t should be a dry season.
Fhe cost Of pumping last year m lst
nave been at minimum, for in dry
years previously so much water was
used that considerable pumping at
night was necessary entailing additr
lanai expense. This original propo-
sition proposed that Mr.. Freehauf
would furnish all necessary pumps,
motors and help for the maintenance
Of the water works, with a contract
running for five years.
The second proposition he makes is
te furnish the current for pumping at
q cost of $1,000 for the first year, and
varying the next four years as the
amountof current used varied more or
less from this basis. Under this prop
osition the city furnishes its own help
and appliances and simply pays for
the power used.
Either proposition to US seems to
be money saving proposition for the
city, one In which the saving will In
crease year by year in proportion to
the steady increase In the use of water,
and ehould be considered by the coun-
Gil in the interests of economy and
with the elimination of all personal
reasons either for or against the prop
osition.
Another thing to be considered is
that the idea of municipal ownership
is growing. The franchise granted
Mr.. Freehauf expires in little more
than four years, If the city decides tc
take over the plant, as is being done
elsewhere there haing two or three
Instances of 1t in northeastern Iowa
during the past year. Should Cresco
so decide at the end of the franchise
period, would it not be good and
economical thing to have both plants
so connected and in operation that
the same power could run both
electric lights and water works.
Think it over.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
Cuban Dtarrhoes.

U. s. soldiers who served In Cuba
during the Spanish war know what
this disease is, and that ordinary REM
edies have little more effect than SO
much water. Cuban diarrhoea is al
most as severe and dangerous as 3
mild attack of cholera. There is one
remedy, however, that can always be
depended upon as will be seen by the
following certificate from MIS-. MIN
ME Jacobs of Huston, Texas: ~ here
by certify that Chamberlain's Oolic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured
my husband of a severe attack of Cub
an diarrhoea, which he brought home
from Cuba. We had several doctors
but they did him no good. One bottie
of this remedy cured him, as our
neighbors will testify. / thank God
for SO valuable medicine" For sale
by ]. H. Suers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
Charles City Chautauqua.

Charles Oity has laid plans to have
the biggest and best first Chautauqua
Assembly ever held. There is no
more beautiful spot to pitch you tent
and enjoy ten days of pleasure than
on the ''Classic Cedar" which runs
through the ChautauQua grounds.
The river affords good boating, fish
ing aud bathing, while the program
as arranged will be feast indeed.
Many OF the leading lecturers, preach
ers, musicians and Bible teachers o.
the day are booked for this First AS.
sembly Aug. LILO and the price of the
entire course only $l.50.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
The Weather for Nav.

L, 6. Krumm, government weather
reporter, sends us the following sum-
mary of his report for May.
Mean temprature 547 deg.
Maximum temp. 78 deg. on the 3rd.
Minimum temp. "a deg. on the 26th
Total precipitation 6.6 inches.
There were 10 clear, 8 partly cloudy
and IL cloudy days in the month.
On the 5th, 7th and 9Th there were
light frosts, and frost on the 18th,
killing for some straw berries.
Hail on the 7th and thunder storms
on the 2, 3, 4, I, 8, IL, 15 and 20.
The prevailing wind was from the
south.