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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
WEALTH LOCKED UP

The legislature Of California has done
many unwise things in the course of its
sessions, but perhaps the most foolish
and dangerous of all it's enactments is
the law requiring county and city treas
urers to lock UP their surplus funds In
strong box.
Nothing could be more detrimental
than the withdrawal from circulation of
large sums OF money. Under existing
law the payment OF taxes throughout
California in November Of each year
signifies the retirement OF millions of
dollars, at once reducing the supply of
money and rendering It difficult for
merchants and capitalists to carry for
ward their business or enterprises.
This, in turn, means lessening of op-
portunities for labor, and on occasions
tends TO either create a money strin-
gency or to retard the development Of
the country.
The treasurer of Los Angeles hns
three million dollars in gold locked in
a safe deposit vault. The treasurer of
Riverside county has a quarter of q
And II We average the entire state at
only one million dollars per county
which is under rather than over the
truth-the state of California annually
withdraws from circulation temporar-
lily the enormous sum of flfty-eight mill
lion dollars. 1t Is true that within a
few months following the payment Of
taxes possibly one-half of this sum finds
its way back into the channels of trade
and into the pockets Of the people, but
at a matter of fact the treasurers of
California are constantly holding in
their strong boxes at least forty million
dollars. The consequences Of this en-
forced stupidity are felt particularly at
the close of the year, when settlements
are being everywhere made and when
there is a general demand for money.
Fortunately the state happens to be
just now we'll supplied and the banks
are liberal in the matter of interest
charges but no commonwealth should
have allowed itself and its people to
be placed in such jeopardy.
An amendment has been submitted
to the people authorizing treasurers to
loan their surplus funds to banks upon
ample security in double the amount
of the loan. With the adoption of this
law and the wiping out of the anti
quated system now in vogue, the strong
boxes of California will he thrown open
and millions of dollars in gold will come
back into circulation. 1t is high time.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
FASHION IN HARNESS
From Country Life in America.

From Country Life in America.
Probably not half dozen horses ARP
caparisoned today as they We're twenty
years ago. Harness in this country
then was as distinctly American in
type as was the horse of Il decade ear
lier, but If that harness. whether for
gig or carriage, We're to be iSeen on the
drive or in the park today IL would be
greeted with supreme ridicule. although
it was then considered the proper thing.
Whatever may have been our opinions
then, we now know what is right. II
was only IA matter Of education, and we
were apt scholars. A score of years
ago the horse show descended upon MS
and found us with good native horses
and poor native harness. 1t was apI
parent to all beholders that something
was wrong, and when later one or two
animals were shown in English harness
the something wrong" was plainly un4
derstood. A great change was needed
which was not sooner recognized than
made, and today, with the exception Of
the dress of the Speedway horse, the
English type Of harness is used every
where.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
THE MODERN WEST
From the Worlds Work.

From the Worlds Work.
Neither Arizona nor New Mexico
territory is the wild waste of cactus
grown desert and bare mountain range,
dotted here and there with lawless
mining camps and peopled by dad
men," cowboys and Jack Hamlin
gamblers that fiction has painted. Life
in them is no more like that in the
Arizona Kicker" and in current cheap
tales of western life than the Cali
fornia mining camps of today are like
those that Bret Harte pictured. In
the populated districts it is safer
without gun" than with one. There
is probably less violence in any one
day in the territories than on the same
day in New York and Chicago. The
towns have broad. clean streets and
sidewalks, electric lights, good water
systems, trolley lines excellent schools.
would rather send my children to
the public schools of Prescott, Ariz.,
than to most of those In New York
the teaching and the association would
be as good, the sanitation better
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

Nothing is more important or notice
able In Los Angeles than the growth of
its manufactures. For 1904 an output
of $42.OOO,OOO was considered wonderful;
for the year just ended the estimate OF
the chamber of commerce is nearly
s75,OOOOO0. This remarkable growth
establishes thoroughly the contention
that Los Angeles is the manufacturing
center of the southwest and rapidly
growing in this most important factor.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

Mayor McAleer, 1t is understood, will
have a conference tomorrow with Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks on the ques-
ton of prosecuting those who have at
tempted to bribe the mayor and his
fire commission. Nothing should be left
undone to secure the punishment of the
Rrafters.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

The new transcontinental fast mail
schedule viii bring New York and the
east one business day nearer the coast
Los Angeles viii profit by the use OF the
salt Lake road. The twenty-four-hour
shortening OF the time viii be a great
thipg for business men and will draw
thelextremes Of the continent into stiil
dloser touch. Now for a shortening OF
passenger time TO correspond
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
A GARDEN IN A TUB
From Garden Magazine.


Water lilies in tubs are better than
nothing at all. A kerosene barrel sawed
In half will furnish two tubs, each biz
enough for one plant, The tubs should
be we'll washed out and soaked for
some time in water, In order to remove
as much as possible Of the oil and the
glue which is put on to render the ves-
sci tight Three or four days to a
week will suffice for this.
1t VIII be better though not essen
tial. TO have the tub sunk about halt
its depth in the earth. SO as to keep
the roofs cool. Though the leaves ana
flowers love sunshine, the black ooz{
IN which the roots naturally live is ~
ways cPol,-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

The insurance inquiry in New York
has adjourned. At the last moment
David B. Hill asked in vain an oppor-
tunity to explain certain aspersions cast
on him. This looks like petty politics
and belittles the whole inquiry. Mr..
Hin I'm conm"n fairness should have
had the same chance given to others.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

Walter Wellman is going to the pole
in an airship. Now, it takes lots of hot
air to run an airship, but let us hope
Wellman's airship will turn out to be
something besides hot air exclusively.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

Japan. as TO Korea, says she intends
to develop the land and dominate her
foreign affairs, but does not intend to
reduce her to state of vassalage.
Merely a fine spun distinction without
a difference, it would seem.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

Gen. Bingham, who has accepted the
control of the New York police force,
declares he will do his level best with
it. If the '1evel' is high one, and he
can bring the force up to it, he will
have achieved enough to make New
York eternally grateful.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

A Chinese commission of high i'm
portance is coming over here to study
rAmerlcan political, military, naval,
educational and industrial methods"
wears 10 come
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

w. B. Ridgley, comptroller OF the
currency, has just been married. Pos
sibly the stress incident to this happy
event was what led up to his evident
leniency with the Walsh banks in Chi
cago. All the world looks rosy to a
lover-even the erumbllng ruins in the
financial world.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
OrIuinaI w. b.

''Jove," remarked the cheerful idiot,
'was the original walking delegate"
"How do you figure that out?" asked
the union ooarder.
1T figures itself out" replied the
c. l. HE was the individual who
ordered the lightning TO strike. Y-Chi-
qago News.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

The Los Angeles bank clearings for
1905 ran s117. 100000 over those of 1904
with fewer banks in the clearing house.
The clearings are city's business
barometer. The increase for 1905 was
more than the total clearings for 1900
How's that for five years growth?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

An army officer is to be court-mar-
tailed for refusing to sit in a theater
near a sergeant in his own company.
Such snobbishness is intolerable. and
the young upstart should be severely
disciplined for his priggish act.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

A lot that sold for S77,5OO five years
ago resold last week for 1882. .5OO-more
than three times increase in half a de-
cade. And the price obtained is only
reasonable now. That shows the posi-
bilities in Los Angeles business proper
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

The United States has taken $780,
100000 Of Japan's s5S5OooOOO issue of
honds--about one-third Of the total.
The United States is rapidly becoming
the banking house of the nations.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

Herr Adolphus Busch, baron of the
beer business, is now in process Of ac-
quiring a son-in-law that he doesn't
want. Even enormous wealth cannot
either have all it's desires or be free of
all it would shake off, it seems.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

Boodler Emmons mas voluntarily gone
to Jail, though still officially out on
bond. Perhaps he thinks he might as
well get used to confinement, consider
ing what happened to his comrades in
crime, and what seems certainly in store
for himself.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

This is Pasadena's day of days. May
the sun shine brightly, the breeze be
balmy and the air be soft and warm
that the Tournament Of Roses may be
all that the most enthusiastic has ex-
t,aptod
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

"Huntington's hand seen at San
Diego is the announcement made yes
terday. And all San Diego hopes it Is
Huntinston's "hand out" as we'll.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

As the official newspaper of Los
Angeles, The Herald today. on behalf
OF the mayor and the city council,
wishes ali this great municipality a
Happy New Year
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

Sacramento reports heavy hail
storm. You can get any sort Of weather
you don't want in some parts Of Cali
fornia. .
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

Right of way for cross town car
line on Fifty-fourth street will insure
the Redondo cars entrance to the Pa
cific Electric station. One more badly
needed Improvement to be recorded for
1one
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
Population of Los Angeles 20I.249

Happy New Year! And don't forget
10 write It 1900, either.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01

Everybody will celebrate New Years
day today by attending the Tourna-
rnent Of Roses at Pasadena.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
New Workers and Cabs

"A feminine philosopher makes this
opserV&uun ON the minor economies
practiced by New Workers: "Americau
men Just hate to take cabs. even when
escorting a lady. They make the high
cab fares of New York an excuse, but
it isn't the real reason, for I've known
Wen who would cheerfully pay all kinds
of prices for Il box party, with expen-
EiVe suppers afterward, yet who would
balk at dollar or two for a cab ]
have known men who would let their
wives walk through a storm and ruin
many dollars worth of clothes that
the men had paid their good money for
rather than hire cab. No. | don't
know the reason. I've never been able
to analyze it, but perhaps men feel
that they are not getting anything
tangible for their money when they hire
cab"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
Wins After Ten Years

A suit which was brought ten years
ago against Fred C. Whitney, a Detroit
theatrical manager was brought up for
trial and decided here today. The action
was brought by Grace Reals, an
actress, TO recover $2475 on contract
which she says she made with Mr..
Whitney in 1894. The long delay was
due to the failure heretofore of both
parties to the suit to be in New York
ar the same time long enough to permit
the trial.
The jury gave a verdict of $4034 in
ia or of Miss Reals This includes the
original amount plus ten years in
tereSt.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
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The UsI

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The bblos in the
UntH' head wouid
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1lon the vate
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The foams whI
Ther4 booze, and id
And I'm askod7
Whp! Git a i
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fight d Corbett
stdget thy doesn't
Jim tlct? That VI
fhdhorus girls
unionIerhaps they
anytlE but union
loaltI see John
has bb "Never gin
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rich lti.
Is i4ow UP to nh
amt 3ng to be ndf
DAB are plentil
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endar top for 1906
The ear of the y
was Of Of the grea
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dowtdid life insI
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No Iilroad pass
congrdsmen might
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with 1Ixter Shafer
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makes soday-the ]
breaks 'em.
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rades when she I
circus tent?
The presidents
translated into Ita
numerous--or anxi
People are still
Republican party
enough to make II
return.
LaIson says he
with his pen If
meaF vita his ia
Too Col
"The Herald do'
,tems as usual I
Sahetpa (ISas.)
has heen too cold
out OIL the back !
milkman.
An Omaha man
set Of teeth. He I
wake iii Omaha.
Orahge-A barg
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was left when he
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blame him for fig
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
Tramp in Marble Bath

Willie Miller a tramp, bathed in the
marble bath of Irving Brokaw, lawyer
and clubman, at o East Seventy-ninth
street.
Because he took that bath and could
offer no other explanation than the de-
sire for it, Miller was putting up ut the
Harlem court prison last night.
The Brokaw residence is being reno
waited In the absence of the owner. The
night watchman, William Pool, saw late
on Monday evening a mysterious light
I'm the bathroom on the second floor. He
called Policeman Ziegler, and both hur-
ried up to the bathroom. They found
Miller in the tub up to his neck in hot
water and enjoying himself immensely.
Pool was moved to wrath at the cool
assurance of the intruder.
What are you doing IN this house?''
he exclaimed.
Miller, embarrassed for second over
the unconventional situation, found
tongue to inquire politely, See il you
can't guess"
Miller SAID to the magistrate: "You
can charge me with murder, burglary or
robbery. I'll take my medicine, but you
can't take back that bath. l needed
that bath more than many'a hungry
man needs food
Wed Wife, Not Pony
when you married your wife you
certainly did not marry the pony too.
said Magistrate Wahle to DIR. ID. II.
Johnson In the Jefferson Market police
court when the physician appeared in
answer to a summons granted to his
wife for non-suppcrt, Mrs. Margaret
Burn Johnston time understudy 70
Anna Held |w with the Paula
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
New Actress From Society

Mrs. Rose Clark, widow of r. B..
Clark, relative Of the Clarks of Pitts
burg, will make her bow on the pro-
fessional stage Monday night at the
Madison Square theater as Mrs. Com
way in "The Man on the Box" She
takes the place of Constance Adams.
and VIII be known as Rose Braun. Mrs.
Clark is we'll known i'm Evanston Oll)
ana 81. Louis society. where she has
appeared frequently i'm amateur enter
tainments. Mrs. Clark is the daughter
OF Charles w. Braun of st. Louis and
until recently made her home in Evans
ton.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
On. &or tn.

When M lden
Cromack iiu -
we'll know ai'e
into Il he ~ H.
standing d Lily. .iin
ing to Mn az III, !,
that Mr.. 4 -, A
the consta ~. :,
what ponI .S - -
n1orv.oa,sI Sou sI of N
We'll, hI ',,en se
for the cp olred ni,od
whole fig -
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
Sarah Bernhardt Eau

one of the graceful tricks of the OK
cellent chef in the New Astor hotel is
TO name his favorite dishes for hon
ored guests of the house. During the
week here the Bernhardt egg has been
popular for an appetizer before lunch
con. 1t Is not permitted for the lay
men to inquire just how the egg is
guess is that it is boiled i'm sherry,
Any person with an idea may have 1t
executed in the good hotels here. II
the recipe is good and the result sat
isfactory it VIII surely appear on the
bill of fare.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
Lunch Club Idea Takes

Last spring an enterprising syndicate,
selz1ng upon the idea furnished by
certain phianthropic Chicago women
VINO had established u number Of
MONDAY rest and lunch clubs" for
working girls in the Windy city,
rounded as an experiment woman's
lunch and club room at 100 Nassal
street. BY the middle of August the
spectators were forced by the number
or applications for membership to open
u second lunch and club room at 43
Broad street. Within the last month
they have had to add the serving of
dinners TO their daily program at the
Broad street place and TO enlarge the
capacity of the establishment in Mas
sau street by renting another floor for
the par'ors and dressing rooms and
throwing the apartments formerly used
as such into more space for dining
tables.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
Threatens a Collapse

George Westinghouse the famous in
Ventor, has made a sensational state
ment to President Newman of the New
York Central railroad in which he pre-
diets the utter collapse, like house OF
cards" of the subway and IL" strue-
lures, unless Mr.. Belmont substitutes
for the deadly third rail some other
medium for conducting the electric
motive power. Mr.. Westinghouse sup
ports his contention by photographs
OF iron pipes which have been eaten
through in thirty days by electric ac-
tion similar to that in the third rail-
Fresh From the Mint
An insistent demand for new gold,
silver and currency for holiday use has
brought about 100000 in new money
from Washington. The money is dis
tributed through the sub-treasury IN
Wall street New money for old Is now
the Aladdn-llke cry there; but no one
can get more than $500 I'm new money
without paying a small premium-the
express charges ON IL from the mints
10 thaaA treasury.
EsaslAA
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM ABOUT
THINGS OF INTEREST GEN ERALLY

Edwardes company complained that
her husband, who is a physician in the
New York and st. Vincent's hospitals
had run away from her two or three
times. He again disappeared last week
why did you go away2" asked the
magistrate Of the husband
"Wcll, won't support her on account
Of the pony. She has a Shetland pony
and expects me to pay So a week for its
stable board
The magistrate advised the physician
to take his wife out to dinner and
make up.
"Im willing" said Johnson.
johnson and his wife then left the
court, but by different doors.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-08

to Farmers" A paper on Saxon and
Norman England was read by Mrs. George
Korb.
BEATRICE-At a meeting of the Wom-
of Mrs. s. c. Smith. city improvements
were discussed and 1t was decided to
beautify the various church grounds OF
the city Committees were appointed TO
the art department and Mrs. Ransdell and
Miss Myrtle Beck gave the musical num-
bers.
WEST POINT-Mrs. William Connolly,
township, died at the family home at the
age of 60 years. The deceased was a native
of Ireland and has lived with her husband
on their present farm for twenty years.
She leaves an aged husband and eight
children. Death was due to heart disease.
The remains were inferred under Catholic
auspices at the Howells cemetery.
BEATRICE-Mr. Emery Hoyle, until re-
Lydia Schultz of Schuyler Neb., were mar
ried at Omaha yesterday. The bride and
groom arrived in Beatrice last evening and
after brief visit with relatives and
friends they will proceed to Missouri Val
ley, Ia, where they will make their home
and where Mr.. Hoyle is engaged in the
publication of the Missouri Valley Times.
GRAND ISLAND-Fritz Sondermeier, a
farmer residing near Phillips, sustained
the loss Of his barn, including fine team,
by fire. The Are was not discovered until
two cows and calf were all that could
be saved. There was no insurance on the
contents or buildings The farm is rented
by Mr.. Sondermeier from r. Guendel The
OF the land $50.
ARBORVILLD-A number of the large
land owners of York county who own
land that in wet seasons is partially COW
cred with water. have experimental with
thing their land and find that they can
successfully tile basin land and that in a
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-08

c. w. Cook IL Shot in Head and Indi-
cations Point to Suicide.


cations Point to Suicide.
FREMONT, Neb., April 7.-(special Tel
egram.)-C. w. Cook. manager OF the FIRE.
mont Cash Shoe store. shot himself in the
head about 7:2O tonight and is dead.
Whether the shooting was accidental or
intentional no one knows, but indications
point strongly to suicide. A few minutes
before he borrowed a double-barreled shot
gun from F. Mathieson. proprietor of a
store on Sixth street, saying that he and
his clerk were going hunting Sunday
morning. He left Matheson's store by the
back way, going through the alley to the
back door of his own store. Mr.. Hayward
of Omaha, whose company owns the stock
in the store, a customer and the clerk
were in the rear of the building. A shot
was heard and almost at the same instant
they saw Cook fall through the partly open
door to the floor. The charge, which was
a heavy one entered the head at the
lower jaw. tearing of the side Of his face,
some of the shot passing out in front Of
and above the right ear. Death occurred
almost instantly.
Mr.. Mathieson says the gun was not
loaded when he handed 1t 10 Cook and that
Cook said when he left the store that he
would get some shells. Whether he In
tentionally shot himself, pulling the trig-
ger with his right foot, or slipped and
accidentally discharged the gun as he
opened the back door, OF course no one
knows. He had been drinking heavily re-
Gently, but was sober tonight. He owed
local parties considerable amounts who
were dunning him for money. He wal
"a years old and leaves a wife 10 whom
he was married last summer.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-08

few years It is the very richest and the
best land there is Mr.. Il. A. Wells OF
Arborvile township is shipping in several
car loads of twelve-inch tile with which he
proposes to drain several hundred acres OF
land.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Trude was called to
the home of. a farmer the other day, who
notified him that some one had stolen a
number of his hogs. AS the farmer offered
reward of S25 for the arrest Of the thief
or the recovery of the animals, the officer
visited his place and after a survey of che
lots succeeded in locating the hogs. when
were supposed to have been stolen, under
a corncrib adjoining the pen. The farmer
promptly paid the reward and the officer
returned to the city feeling as though
he had been well paid for his services.
WEST POINT-Mrs. Francisco Drahos
one of the best known pioneer settlers OF
this city, died at the family home from
ailments incident to old age. Mrs. Drahos
was in her S5th year and had lived in West
Point continuously with her husband and
family for thirty-seveR years. She was a
widow, her husband having died a few
years ago. She leaves five children, Gustave
OF Omaha and Joseph, Frank, Edward and
Mrs. Anna Jerman OF this city Funeral
services were conducted from ST. Mary's
Catholic church and interment was in Mt
Hone cemetery