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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1893. fTHEJ PUBLIC States is not properly a political is tives in whatever measures may be necessa'ry to aetend the honor of the THE TIMES-MIRROR COMPANY, rrELisEEBs or run Culture outfits." will be left at the following drug- stores, and oan be used by any physician: Frank Owens, Belmont avenueand Temple street; Pico Heights the woman that ho would show her how to dun him ln a crowd. He then walked behind the counter and began slapping her face. The assault upon her was so violent that Mrs. Kolhman has since been confined to her bed.

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a rv a iiTTAAr rnvYWMi borne or ine leaaing spirits or the Bryanite wing of the Democratic party, the Populists, and the silver Republicans (so-called) have held a conference at Washington for the avowed purpose of once more saving the country. After due deliberation, these self-sacrificing patriots have given to the public the net results of their intollectual travail and parturi tion, in the form of three separate and distinct, "addresses" to the public. These interesting compositions bear the ear-marks of a common origin. Their subject-matter is essentially the same, their ideas and lack of ideas are almost Identical, and it is only in the matter of syntax that they really differ. The address issued on behalf of the Bryanite aggregation, (which falsely claims to be the Democratic party) is signed by J.

K. Jones, chairman of the Bryanite National Committee. That of the Populist contingent bears the signature of Marion Butler, chair man of the Populist National Commit tee. And to the manifesto of the falsely-named "silver Republicans" is appended the signature of C. Towne, who is alleged to be "chair man" of something.

The manifesto signed by Marlon Butler i3 the only one among tne three addresses that is really genuine mat manes no pretense or being what it is not, or of not being what it is. The ideas advanced in all three of these outgivings are essentially those of. the Populist party. That nartv is consistent, in rpirernHno- Ita neculiar views, as it. has sr often done in the past But the Bryanite crowd is guilty of false pretenses when it masquerades under the name of the Democratic party.

And as for "silver Republicans," the name is an absolute and absurd misnomer. No such "crit- ters" exist on the face of the earth, In the waters under the in the heavens above. Persons who call tnemseives suver Kepubiicans are merely Populists in disguise and very thinly disguised at that, There is nothing particularly new or original the man estoes signed by this terrestrial trinity Jones, Butler and Towne. The burden of each is urn, uiu lami.iai ajjpetu 01 me Ciema- gogue 10 ine prejudices ana passions or tne ignorant, the thoughtless, the shiftless, and the thriftless. Chairman Jones, in the manifesto promul gated over his signature, says: "The present administration, called to power on the solemn pledge of the Republican National Convention at sat.

Louis to promote bimetallism, has rormuiatea ana sent to Congress a bill, the leading purpose of which, the nonoraDie becretary of the Treasury avows, is 10 commit tne country more we gum oiauuaru. tne country has already, for twenty-four years, Deen so thoroughly committed to this standard, partly! by law and partly by tne usurpations of the executive branch of the government, that its effects are seen and felt on every nana; wages are reduced; work is harder to get; the weight of debt is doubled; the value of land and other property is reduced one-half or more, until the lives of the people are 'made Ditter with hard It is cer tainly not in the interest of humanity LTi3 th "ere sue. It is an economic question, pure and simple, which should not be draeeed into thrt. mirA nf nolltlcs. We I ar should brine to Its solution statesman ship and common sense, and the po imcai demagogue should have no voice in determining the issues In volved.

All that the business inter ests of country require is a stable currency, plenty of money" for the legitimate uses of industry" and trade, and an absence of constant agitation affecting the vital interests of all branches of industry. So long as the currency is of unquestioned soundness and in volume for all legiti mate needs, it Is of minor importance whether it is supplied by the govern. ment direct, or by banking institution subject to the supervision and cou- trol of the government Jones, Butler, Towne, and their al lies are entering upon a deliberate I scheme to bunco the American people by raising an alarm where no cause for alarm exists, and by putting for ward as a remedy for ills which, are largely imaginary, a nostrum which is without remedial merit for eco nomic ills, whether real or imaginary, Will the American people be deceived and betrayed by such flapdoodle? ine friends of Adolph Luetgert, sausage-maker, who was recently convicted at Chicago of murdering his wife, and was sentenced to life imprisonment, have now a good opnor- tunity to rustle around and Droduce Mrs. Luetgert alive, if she be livlntr as several witnesses asserted rinrine- the trial. By thus doing, they could fill a long-felt want in the Luetgert family circle.

Mary Yellin' Lease has been ap- a uie insurance agent at Wich ita, ivun. ii meres one position in which Mary Yellin' will shine more than another, it is in the capacity of a leather-lunged agent for a life insurance company. The important announcement comes from Washington that "Jerry Simpson approves the President's course in regard to Cuba." This Is the severest arraignment of the wisdom of that policy that has thus far been made public. It IS tn hft OTnoMofl lQt AYnla from Havana, for some days to come, wlll be more or contradictor; and sensational. But we shall get at the truth Of this matter in dim rnnrae 0f time, and then San Jose is also smoking out the boodlers.

It is glorious work: let the smudging proceed. Speaking of the enforcement of city ordinances now about that curfew ordinance? M. Zola must be picking up a lot of mighty good stuff for a new novel theso days The De 1 Lome incident may be closed, but1 the Maine incident is still wide open. helayhouses 44 TnHUkl I T- 1 1 1 1 fanlou9 lecture on ln It Is a most on Arctic travel. The narrative is not less entertaining the Arctic regions.

Lieut. Poary vivlrilv nnrrrava tha narlla rt titer lnCr 0 Hl -l 1 1J VS. 441(3 1U I Journey across Northern GreenUnd. the Poetical jay to the northern coast of Greenland and make across the ice of the Polar Sea 10 be taken is identical with that re- auired for the lone lournev the Yukon or Klondike. Nansen and demonstrated that the Siberian route across the Polar is imDracticahle.

and there is onlv one way, and that is by way of America and Greenland. All these tea lures wiu ue uiscusseu iy me iiilibihu exnlorer. Manv of the oictures shown 6X6 from photographs of the lourney 1USS me great cap 01 ine inusi northern point of Greenland. The per lis. hardshlDs and sufferings nre ee scribed, yet so modestly that the chief ln hta seafch v.roule'.

t0 tne poje jg not more jn view than his com- rades. Hansen and Lee, the Eskimos and dEs- Lisut. Peary Is laying plans for a n(Vior Apr.fl. ni1llnn nn wVilfh Via expects to start some time during the month of July next. He will trace on his chart the course he will follow in his Journey, and give his reasons for believing that his project is not only possible, but promising.

It is an in- terestlng story. The charities to be lecture are the-Associated Charities and the Lark Ellen Home for Newsboys. CUT WITH A BAZOB. Benedict Who Was Slashed t'n- romantically. Edward Wall, a young man who Dossesses the disadvantage, according to his story, of being much sought after bv a woman of the demi-monae, was slashed across- the left cheek with a razor by the woman paramour, Dan Flaherty, about 8 o'clock last night Flaherty escaped.

The wound proved lo be nothing more 6erious than a four-inch gash, half an Inch deep, and was sewed up by Dr. Sykes. Wall avers that he has for some time been persecuted by the woman, Mattie Carson, who persisted in writing him notes and in other ways rastenmg ner attentions on him. Wednesday night pany with Flaherty and the two in- vited Wal1 to take a waIk- gcles street Wall declares tl los An- 5eJ vrp drew knives and started In him. A solar plexus blow laid Flaherty out and the trouble was not renewed unU1 last nlht when the men me 'n Richardson and Cole's club rooms at No.

107 North Spring street The case was reported to the detectives ana Goodman and Steele started out on a still hunt for Flaherty soon after the affair happened. Still Harping on Onr Fruit. VIENNA. Feh. 17.

In the lower house of the Diet today Mayor Group submitted an Interpellation to the Staatshalter, asking If it was not Intended to prohibit the Importation of American fruits, ln view of the danger from San Jose louse. i i TOE MARKET. WATER COMPANY WILLING TO SELL TO THE CITY. Negotiations for the Purchase of the West Side Water Company's Plant Fire Hydrants. TEN YEARS IN FOLSOM PRISON.

THE SENTENCE METED FORGER BIRD. OUT TO A "Fence" Convicted of Receiving Stolen Goods Sonn Secrets the Subject of a Suit Against Erkcnbrecker. A conference was held yesterday be tween the Water Supply Committee of the City Council and the West Side Water Company with a view, to the purchase by the city of the company's system. The company la willing to sell, but the question of price has not yet been discussed. The subject of lire hydrants in the annexed districts was broached at this conference, but no decision was reached.

Judge Smith yesterday sentenced R. A. Bird, -convicted of forgery, to serve ten years in Folsom Priso.n. An appeal to the Supremo Court will be taken and, pending a decision, Bird will re main in the County Jail. B.

Solomon, who acted as a "fence" for stolen goods at Santa Monica was convicted of felony vesterdnv Shy jury in Department One. i Henry Bailey, tho rarest whn' saulted nine-year-old Mamie Wood at luvera, nan nia preliminary examination yesterday. Bailey has announced his intention to plead jruiitv when is taken before the Superior Court. 1AX THE CITV HALL, WATER PLANT FOR SALE. NEGOTIATION'S WITH THE WRKT SIDE WATER COMPANY.

The Water Supply Committee Holds a Conference With Representa tives of the Company Question Raised About the Revocation of a Saloon License. A conference was neM nt tha ctv, yesterday between the Wot euppiy committee and the officers of ine west side Water Company. ine coniercnce was the result of the resolution adonted last wp1t hv the City Council instructing the com mittee to resume negotiations for the purchase of the West Side Water Company s. plant. The representa uvea 01 me company expressed a willingness to sell lathe city, but wera not prepared to give any intimation as to the price that would be asked, They agreed, however, to, consider the matter, and advise the committee of their price.

The subject of DUttlnar in fire hydrants in the annexed districts was also disoussed. The company's engi neer, Mr. Adams, said that the hydrants which are recommended by tne cnier would cost, with con nectlons and put in place, $50 each He said that In addition, the com pany would charge an annual water rate of for each hydrant. The members of the Water Supply committee ihought this water rate excessive, and a protracted discussion ensued. No definite conclusion was reached, and another conference will be held soon.

AS IDLE DEFI. The Revocation of the Van Kays Saloon License, The license of the Van Nuys. Hotel was revoked last Tuesday by, the Police Commission. The proprietor Is credited with the statement that as he has paid his license fee for the monlh of February, he proposes to keep the saloon running until March 1. According to a published Interview, he has found an attorney willing to advise him that he has the right to do this, and that the revocation of the license cannot take effect until the month Is ended.

While a saloon-keeper may continue to do business until-offidially notified that his license has, birt revoked, the revocation takes effect immediately, when such notice has been given. In the present instance, there has been no Indecent haste in advising the offender of the action of the Police Commission. But it is within the bounds of possibility that the notice may reach him before the month expires. If such precipitate haste should be observed, the license will become void the moment the notification received. Every sale of liquor In the saloon thereafter will be as much a violation of law as though no license had ever been issued.

The city enters Into no contract wrkn It grants a saloon license, an 1 license may be abrogaied whenever violation of law occurs. These r.riiclr.les have been established by repeated decisions of the Supreme Court. But, of course, ln the pressure of other business, it may be Impossible to advise the proprietor of the Van Nuys bar before the month expires that his license has been revoked. Flnnl Inspection. Street Superintendent John Drain will make final inspection at 10 o'clock Saturday morning of the improvements on Avenue 41 from Pasadena avenue to Midland street GERM CTLTTRE.

Health, Officer Makes Arrangements Important to Physicians. Health Officer Powers has completed arrangements for the culture of diphtheria germs, whioh will be of great assistance to physicians in cases where the disease is suspected. Small wooden cases are to ba placed In certain drug stores, each case containing two glass tubes with, stoppers. One of these is filled with a brush or swab; the other contains -the medium for the growth of the germs. With, the former the mucus is removed from the throat of the patient and placed in the medium, the package Is tightly sealed and seni to the Health Office, when the germs are cultivated In an Incubator, and the inspection 'frith a microscope enables the examiner to detect the diphtheria germ at once.

Accompanying each case are minute Instructions to the physician, and a blank form, which Is to be filled out. giving particulars as to the name, age, of the patient TJiese wooden cases or "diphtheria Drug iore; w. M. Johnston, Pico and Figueroa; M. W.

Brown. Bush and Washington; J. V. Akey. Central ave nue and Vernon; L.

P. Collette, No. 621 jjowney avenue; H. C. Worland, No, 2133 East First street; E.

T. Parke, No, aim eoum main street. LA.T THIll COURT HOUSE. MRD SENTENCED. HE IS ORDERED CONFIXED IN FOL SOM FOR TEN YEARS.

The Case AVI 11 Be Appealed to the Supreme Court and Pending a Decision the Convicted Forger Will Remain In the County Jail R. A. Bird, who' was convicted of forgery by a jury on his second trial was sentenced yesterday morning uy Judge Smith to ten years penal servi- tude in Folsom prison. A writ of probable cause was granted and Bird's attorneys appeal to the Supreme Court Pending a decision on this ap peal, which will probably not be reached inside of a year, Bird will remain in the County Jail. The couitroom was crowded terday when Bird made his appearance dressed as immaculately as usual.

He was accompanied by h's wife, who has shown such unflagging devotion to him during the trial. Attorney E. A. Meserve moved for a new trial on technical Rxounds and the motion was promptly overruled. Dy Judge Smith.

At this juncture whispered a reouest to his wife to leave the room and' she arcee and walked out. As Bird stood ud at the order of Judge Smith he lost the Jaunty air of mairterenco that he has assumed much ot the time during the trial. His cheeks weru blanched and the muscles around his mouth cuivered. JudKe Smith made a few remarks to the prisoner r.t the bar before passing outence. Among other things he said: 'I have an unpleasant task to per oral, sir.

in passing sentence upon a man of your intelligence and former surroundings and opprtunities. Situ ated as you were with Mr. Griffith, you had every opportunity to rise. He is man of wealth who had made you Ms confidential clerk. He had extended his hand to Vou and tried to assist you.

It seems to me that a man could hardly be in his mind who would abnso such chances and deceive suclv a friend. You seem to be a man who could not stand prosperity. You have had only a technical de fense. Every one who knew anything about the case knew that you were morally guilty. It was apparent that If ou did not actually commit the for gery, you did at leant emheztsle the moneys charge 1 to you.

No court or jury could reconcile your conduct on the day of the forgery with that of an innocent man. Vou obf.ainod the money on that check and then you went on a big spree witli immoral people and never went back to -the office on hear ing that Mr. GrlflUh suspected you. As a man soweth so shall ho also reap." Judge Smith then pronounced sen tence ordering Bird to be confined in Folsom Prison for a period of ten years. Bird recovered something of his Old- time apparent indifference before he left the courtroom, and he met quite gaily his wife, who had been waiting for him In an anteroom.

Ad he passed some of his acquaintances in the corrt dor he held up ten fingers to signify the ten years of his sentence. A FEXCE COSVICTED. D. Solomon Found Guilty of Receiv ing Stolen Goods. B.

Solomon was convioted by a Jury in Department One yesterday on the felony charge having received prop erty which he knew was stolen. Solo mon conducted a small tailor shop at Santa Monica. On the 14th of last October an old soldier named W. H. El- dred stole a lot of clothing from A.

Beyer and afterward sold the goods to Solomon. Before purchasing the stuff Solomon inquired and learjied where it had been obtained. He then gave Eld- rea the- money for the goods and urged him to bring him some more. The evidence was very conclusive and the jury was out only a few minutes when a verdict of guilty was returned. SOAP SECRETS.

Spencer Wants Money for Know! edge Imparted to Erkenbrecher. George C. Spencer brought suit yes terday against Byron Erkenbrecher to collect $400 which he claims Is due on the contract price of a secret formula for making soap, which he sold to Erk enbrecher. The complaint states that a bargain was struck whereby Spencer, was to be paid $500 to disclose the secret of using a certain compound In the manufacture of soap. One hundred dollars was to be paid down end the balance was to be paid wnen the success of the process naa Deen tuny demonstrated.

In December last. Spencer disclosed the secret to Erkenbrecher and his foreman and received the first payment according to the contract He claims that the experiment was a complete success, dui, aitnougn ne nas made repeated demands for his money, he has Deen unaoie to collect it. BAILEY'S EXAMINATION. The Rapist Intends to Plead Guilty to His Terrible Crime. Henry Bailey was taken to Rivera yesterday, where his examination on a charge of criminally assaulting nine- year-old Mamie Wood was held before Justice of the Peace A.

W. Burke. A large crowd was present to hear the examination, and, while it was plain that the feeling ran high against Bai ley, there was no attempt at violence. The prisoner was bound over with ball fixed at $3000. The rapist's brother, William Bailey, who was arrested at the time of the offense on the theory that he might be an accessory was discharged from custody.

The little girl who was assaulted Is now nearly recovered and her Injuries are not permanent, iialley nas al ready confessed his crime, and has stated that -he Intends to plead guilty and take his sentence when he is brought Into the Superior Court SLAPPED A WOTS AN. A Complaint Issued Against John Ranter for Battery. A complaint was Issued yesterday from the District Attorney's office for the arrest of John Hunter on a charge of committing a battery upon Mrs. Robert Kohlman. Mrs.

Kohl man helps her husband in conducting a rtoit- ln East Los Angeles. According to the statement made to the District Attorney. Hunter owed a bill at the nlar and when he came around last Wednes day Mrs, Kohlman reminded him ln the presence of several bystanders that the account was unsettled. Hunter became angry when the mat FOSTAIXE DISMISSED. So Evidence That He Intended to Assault Koppe.

Henry Fontaine, a Frenchman who was arrested a few days ago at the instance of Albert Koppe, was discharged yesterday morning at his trial by Justice Young. The evidence showed that Fontaine's horse broke into Koppe's alfalfa patch and was caught and tied up to a tree by the owner of the land. Fontaine, who had been out hunting, came along a short "time later with shotgun on his shoulder and seeing his horse tied up was about to take it away. Koppe ran out to demand payment for the damage done to his alfalfa field by the horse. A difficulty arose ln trying to make a settlement and as Fontaine did not understand English and Koppe could not speak French the two did not get along very well.

Finally Fontaine, according to his own statement threw his gun over his shoulder and seizing the rope around his horse's neck 'marched away. Koppe interpreted the. movement when Fontaine swung the gun around in front of him as an evidence of belligerency on the part of- the Frenchman and promptly swore out a warrant for his arrest. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. miscellaneous Driftwood Thrown Into the Courts.

A MODEST BEGINNING. The Pa- oiflo Mining Company of Pomona filed articles of Incorporation with the County Clerk yesterday. The new company proposes to carry on a gen eral mining business. The capital stock is placed at $250,000, and the company, satisfied to do business on a small scale at first, started out with only $60 of this amount actually paid up. HAS INCREASED ITS CAPITAL STOCK.

The Land of Sunshine Publishing Company yesterday filed with the County Clerk a certificate of increase of its capital stock. At a meeting of the. company, held on the 15th Inst, a resolution was adopted to raise the capital stock from $10,000 to 000. A NEW CITIZEN. Jacob Nicholson.

a native of Sweden, was yesterday ad mitted to citizenship by Judge Van Dyke, after passing a satisfactory examination. GRANTED LEAVE TO MORTGAGE. The application of the University Methodist Episcopal Church for leave to place a $300 mortgage on its property was granted yesterday by Judge Van Dyke. COMMITTED TO HIGHLAND. Charles G.

Van Fleet, who was formerly a well-known attorney, was ad- Judged Insane yesterday by Clark and ordered committed to Hieh. land asylum. The attorney's mania was brought about by chronic alcohol ism. AN INSOLVENT LANDLADY. Mrs.

Sue White, who has been conducting a lodging-house at No. 114 East Seventh street, filed her petition in Insolvency yesterday. Her liabilities amount to $575, and she posseses personal property exempt from execution of the value of $250. A RELIGIOUS MANIAC. George Basse, who has been holding forth at the Arcade Depot for several days and making divers persons uncomfortable by making a personal appeal, to.

them to "flee from the wrath to come," was arrested yesterday on a charge of Insanity and taken to the County Hospital. He will be examined by a Superior Court Judge today. KILLED A CONSTABLE. THE OFFICER WAS NOT QUICK ENOUGH WITH HIS GUN. Ne-iv Mexico Miner Shot Him, and the Miner Was In Turn Wounded by the Accidental Discharge of the Constable's Gnn.

BY DIRECT WIRE TO THE TIMES. ALBUQUERQUE (N. Feb. 17. Exclusive Dispatch, The full particulars of the recent shooting at Pinos Altos, where one man was killed and another' wounded, were received today.

Edward Sohultz, the Constable of the precinct attempted to arrest a miner by the name of Louis Lane, who. had been acting disorderly. When Schulta went to the house and demanded that Lane surrender the latter refused! The Constable then left and returnd with a gun, but Lane fired first and killed Schultz, whose gun accidentally went off and shot Lane through the abdomen, Inflicting a dangerous wound. It Is believed that he will recover, after which he will have his preliminary hearing. PROTECTED FROM LYNCHERS.

BY DIRECT WIRE TO TOT TIMES. ALBUQUERQUE (N. IFeb. 17. Exclusive Dispatch.

Manuel D. Gon-tales, who shot and killed Frank Gutierrez, Sunday, his son, Vidal J. Gon-sales, and Pedro Jaramlllo, charged with being his accomplices, all waived the preliminary hearing before Justice During this morning, and were bound over without ball to the grand Jury of the District Court, which meets the first Monday in March. There has been more or less talk of violence indulged ln by the friends of Gutierrez, so it was concluded wisest to keep the defendants ln Jail to prevent further tragedies MINING INTERESTS SOLD. fBY DIRECT WIRE TO THE TIMES.

ALBUQUERQUE (N. Feb. 17. Exclusive Dispatch. Thomas Low-thian and Charles H.

Toll today gave H. W. Wesson of Denver an option of purchasing their Interests in the Albe marle, Pamlico, Huron, Ontario, Eria and Homcstake lodest In the Cochitl mining district. This Is the same property that the Boston capitalists are Interested in, who are represented by O. P.

Posey of Los Angeles. The Charles H. Toll mentioned abovs Is a cousin of Councilman Charles H. Toll of this city. Ed.

Times. MOSHEB BROUGHT BACK. He Wlll Be Arraigned Today In the Police Court. J. W.

Mosher, who was arrera Tuesday in San Diego on a warrant charging him with grand larceny in administering knock-out drops to Joseph SchmMt a German, in a saloon on Commercial street was brought to mis city Dy ueieciives Goodman anil Steele yesterday. He will be arraigned toaay, ana ais examination set for Saturday. The examination of Guy Dawson who is charged Jointly with Mosher with the robbery of Schmidt was set for Saturday by justice MorrUnfi terday. and the two men win nn.ui,i. Zi Jn- Northernmost Grecla Xef Jn.LUegId: r'ThJhnterestlng discourse Northernmost Grecland." DAILY AND SUNDAY, y5 cents a month, or a year, SUNDAY, I Dally Sworn Circulation: te I Sund; Dally Net XEARLY 600,000 Entered at the Los Angeles Postofiice for AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT.

ORPHEUM. DURBAN K. Vaudeville. The Lost Paradise. (THE "TIMES" MIDWINTER, NUMBER.

The largest, the beat-arranged pod most brilliantly Illustrated the most thorough, accurate and comprehensive the most lunilnoua, Interesting and Informing! the most picturesque, potent and graphic Issue ever sent out from this office. Frlnted In the new magazine stylej 84 pages and cover. Price 10 cents per copy 5 postage extra, to be paid by the sender. Copies Vflll he mailed, when requested, from this office to any part of the United States, Canada or Mexico for 13 eents each, postpaid. Send list of names and addresses plainly written, together with the money, and your orders will be carefully filled.

(See list of contents In other columns.) The matter is not ephemeral, but of permanent value. The Midwinter Number will be timely, for six months to come. WHAT OE WHO DESTROYED THE MAINE 1 America mourns the loss of the gallant tars who went to a cruel and untimely death in the terrible disaster in the harhor of Havana a death doubly deplorable because it has taken from us a fighting force of splendid manhood that had not yet been given opportunity to show the stuff of which it was made. But that that force comprised genuine American- pluck we may be sure. We read in the dispatches that twenty-nine of the wounded who are lying in the military hospital at San Ambrosio all 6how great pluck; or, as the telegram puts it: "You cannot hear a whimper from one of the twenty-nine forms, nor from those anywhere else." The fine fellows who were fit and ready to defend the honor of their glorious country and to uphold the honor of our navy, grin and bear it with that splendid courage and endurance which denotes the hero who would face a double-shotted gun with the daring and sang froid of a Wor-den, a Farragut, or a Cushing heroes every one, from the middy to the gunner, from the ensign to the commander.

The disaster is awful, if an accident, and a damnable crime, if by design. Let us hope that investigation may be able to determine for good and all where the cause rests if it be the Spanish, or one of their zealots, who has done this thing, we have every confidence that the ad ministration of President McKinley will be found ready and willing to gain reprisal for this awful loss of life and treasure. The American people demand no less than this a full, com. plete, searching investigation of the whole affair, and, if guilt be established, that the miscreants who caused the deed shall be brought to punish ment, and the loss to this nation be made good to the last farthing, both of indemnity for the loss of life and for the great battleship which has been destroyed. FISH, CUT BAIT OB GO ASHORE When The Times opened a subscrip- tion-list with a contribution of $500, and called upon the public-spirited cit izens or Los Angeles to assist in saving the fiesta, It did so with the assurance that the Committee of Thirty, which had abandoned its work because two expected contribu tions were withheld, would immediately reconsider its action, take heart of grace, and resume its labors with enthusiastic activity.

This assurance seems to have been delusive. A meeting of the committee was called yesterday afternoon and not more than a third of Its members icayuuueu iu me caii. was not a full committee meeting, and it was cot enthusiastic. The people of Los Angeles, to whom La Fiesta belongs, had a right to expect definite action one way or the other either a distinct declaration of adherence to the original decision, or an energetic resumption of work with a positive determination to carry it through to a successful result. Instead of such positive determination, the committee, that has dawdled away the time that should have been devoted to active preparations, adopted a vacillating, tentative, shilly-shally resolution that means, If it means anything, a postponement of work to a time that utterly defeats the purpose of those who have endeavored to revive the moribund fiesta.

It Is utterly absurd to waste two weeks In debating whether anything shall be done. Moreover, the "sense of the meeting" carries no assurance that Its views are to be adopted by the Committer cf Thirty at the end of two weeks. The small section cf the committee iiei Averaee Sunday COPIES A MOUTH. transmission as second-class mail matter that responded to the call Was lot sure of anything. It found that renewed interest in the fiesta only to be manifest, and in the matter of its own finances, of which it might be expected to have some definite knowledge, it could say only that a certain amount was "apparently" available.

It is the "sense of the meeting" that if certain conditions shall be found to exist on March 3, the committee shall then begin to make preparationa for a grand fiesta, to be held in April. Now The Tdjes did not ask citizens to subscribe money on any such proposition. The understanding was that a fiesta should be held, and the people were assured that the work should begin at once. A postponement of two weeks will not do at all. If (there is 0 a fiesta, the work must started now.

The Times does not propose to circulate any experimental subscription-list and leave the final decision to a body that may or may not meet on the 3rd of March, to debate whether it shall then do some thing or nothing. The next step taken by The Tdjes must be toward a fiesta determined and fixed, not toward an other possible failure. If the Committee of Thirty has any doubt of the practicability of arrang ing and completing a creditable car nival in the time remaining, its plain course is to say so promptly, drop the whole matter Just where it is, and leave the field clear to others, who may have more energy, enthusiasm and confidence in their ability to get up a people's fiesta for Los Angeles, Let the Committee of Thirty fish, cut bait or go ashore. KEEP COOL. The President and most of the lead ing public men at Washington have set an excellent example by their coolness and calmness in the face of the emergency which has arisen by reason or the destruction of the bat tleship Maine.

This tragedy, follow lng so closely upon the De Lome in cident, and coming at a time when the relations between the United States and Spain are decidedly Btrained, is calculated to cause great public ex citement, and to lead hasty and hot- tempered persons into saying and doing things which would better be left unsaid and undone. The official representatives of the government have shown admirable self-restraint In this emergency, and will no doubt continue to do so, pending the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the destruction of the Maine. It is a time for courageous calmness, not for noisy demonstration and idle chatter. To deny that we are face to face with a grave emergency would to deny an ohvious fact. But the gravity of the situation should serve to steady the nerves and temper the judgment of the American people.

We are a great and aT powerful nation. Our resources are practically unlimited, patriotism is our common religion, and our powers of offense and defense, if called Into action, will be invincible. Knowing our power, we can afford to be patient, and to contemplate the situation with equanimity, whatever may be its eventuality. It is still a matter of uncertainty whether the battleship Maine was destroyed by accident or by design. Until the facts are definitely ascertained, it is essential, and it is right, that judgment shall be suspended.

When the cause of the explosion shall have been definitely determined, our course of action will be made plain. it be shown that the explosion was accidental," we will be tinder obligations to the Spanish authorities in Havana for the assistance they have rendered to our wounded, and the honors they have done to our dead. Let us not be too hasty in our judgment, lest It shall be shown, to our shame, that we owe thanks Instead of censure. On the other hand, if it be shown that Spain is In any wise responsible for this disaster, Spain will be held to the strictest accountability. Our vengeance will be swift and terrible.

If the destruction of the Maine be traced to the Spanish government or its representatives. Spain would pay dearly for every dollar's worth of loss inflicted upon us, and for every Amer ican life sacrificed. Our vengeance will be none the less severe because of our patience and judicial fairness in ascertaining the truth before proceeding to action. In the mean time, pending a search ing investigation- of this deplorable affair, let every loyal and true-hearted American keep his head. Our Interests are in brave and capable hands.

An American President is at the head of this republic, American Congress Stands at hfeback, and the unbounded loyalty or seventy millions of people will sustain our representa ncT rr'iiT capital, to those who. avoidinz tli I ZnJ00' v-ou I To refute in detail the false assumn- tions and false logic of these declara- tions, and of others equally deficient In truth, found in every sentence ot the three addresses, would be a work WUI of supererogation. Tho blatherskite ravings of these demagogues are an I insult to the intelligence of the Amer- Aiuci lean people and a libel upon our sys- tem of government. The countrv has hoon irioii -UM lv. I mitted to the gold standard for half a century.

During the past twenty- IOUr years. Which Chairman I rers to as particularly calamitous, this nation has progressed and prospered as no other nation has progressed and ana iiiuBiiereu in ancient or modern times, Instead of wages having been reduced the eeneral ovnnao nf "ifica una 1U- creased. Work has been "harder to gei only when the policies advo- catpd hv Trmoo I h7v7tr nave temporarily triumphed, and have brought depression to the Industries nf th nnnnti-t, ti. I wv v4 mud iicuj miaeasea, not aecreasea. The lives of the people are not "bitter with hard bondaee On the contrary, while the averaee conditions of life in the United States are by no means Ideal, they are far better than in any other land beneath tne sun; and these conditions, have been easier during the past twenty- nve years, ail things considered, than in any previous quarter of a century iu ine nistory of the country.

The sovereign remedy proposed by Jones et for the imaginary evils of which they complain is, of course, the "free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. without waiting for the consent of any other nation." In the nrnfeccnil wivuuvi vpiuiuu KJL tnese statesmen, the adoption of this scheme by the United States would at I once do awav an the evils of lu" i w11n.11 iney complain so bitterly. But tney Tail to tell us why, in Mexico and China, the silver standard has failed to brine ahmit th 1. H. the conditions of jjiaie.

iney conveniently ignore the fact, known to all intelligent men, that in those silver-standard countries (which are practically the only silver-standard nations on earth) the wages of labor are lower and the general condition of wage-earners is more pitiable thanMn any other country. The currency question ln the United ter was mentioned to him and eaid to be examined at the same time,.