anaheim-gazette 1892-03-24

VOLUME XXII. LODGE MEETINGS. ANAHEIM LODGE, NO. 207, F. & A. M., hold regular meetings on the Monday of or preceding the full moon in each month. Sojourning brethren it good standing are cordially invited to attend. W. M. PECADDEN, W. M. H. W. CHYNOWETH, secretary. ANAHEIM LODGE, NO. 199, I. O. O. F. REGULAR meetings every Tuesday evening. Visiting other always welcome. E. A. CHAMPLIN, N. O. W. R. HARKER, secretary. ANAHEIM LODGE, NO. 85, A. O. U. W. MEETINGS on the first and fourth Friday of every month. F. CRIST, M. W. T. S. GRIMSHAW, Secretary. ORDER CHOOSEN FRIENDS MEETS THE FIRST and third Saturday evenings in each month at 8 o'clock. Odd Fellow's Hall. MRS. EMMA SEARLE, Councillor. A. L. LEWIS, Secretary. EVERGREEN COUNCIL, AMERICAN LEGION of Honor. Meets first and last Wednesday of each month, at 8 p.m. H. A. McWILLIAMS, Mrs. L. O. BATES, Secretary. PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. J. H. BULLARD, A. B., M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and Residence, corner Hermino and Chartres streets, near Planters' Hotel. OFFICE HOURS: 7 to 8:30 a.m.; 12 to 1:30, and 6 to 7:30 p.m. DR. HARDIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office with Judge Landell and Judge Pierce. Office hours—9 to 12 a.m.; 1 to 4 p.m. Residence on Los Angeles street. H. W. CHYNOWETH, Attorney-At-Law. Metz Block, Cor. Center and Los Angeles streets. Real Property Law a Specialty. MISCELLANEOUS. W. R. Harker. Harker & Brothers Real :: Estate :: B Dealers in all kinds of property—Improved and Also Stock of all kinds sold on commission Money Loaned on Goods IN ANY SUM. Property - of - all - Des For Sale in any part of the State Information Furnished.-Correspondence Houses to Rent. Anaheim,-Cal WHITE & HANKLE SEEDSM ...CARRY A FULL LINE OF..... Eastern and Northern Seeds. Choice Utah Algae Barley, Rye, Oats and Corn. Northern Seeds OFFICE HOURS: 7 to 9:30 a.m.; 12 to 1:30, and 6 to 7:30 p.m. DR. HARDIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office with Judge Landell and Judge Pierce. Office hours—9 to 12 A.M.; 1 to 4 P.M. Residence on Los Angeles street. H. W. CHYNOWETH, Attorney-At-Law. Metz Block, Cor. Center and Los Angeles streets. Real Property Law a Specialty. ANAHEIM, CAL. RICHARD MELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Jenterstreet, Anaheim, Cal. Special attention given to PROBATE matters. L. NEMITZ, THE PAINTER, Shop on Center street, near the opera-house. I am ready to do first-class Carriage Painting & Trimming GENERAL JOBBING C. C. HAMILTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Rooms 1, 2 and 3. Savings Bank Building. SANTA ANA, CAL. H. P. LARSEN, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. Estimates given, Contracts made and do a general Jobbing Business. CENTER STREET, Anaheim. CHAS. SCHINDLER, CONTRACTOR and BUILDER. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Center street... Anaheim. Making and repairing at the lowest cash price. All orders promptly attended to. All work guaranteed. L. GUNTHER, PIONEER BOOT & SHOE MAKER. Corner Adele and Los Angeles streets. FRANK FOX. City Barber Shop. FOR A FIRST-CLASS SHAVE! HOT AND COLD BATHS. H. A. McWILLIAMS. CONTRACTOR AND WHITE & HANKLE SEEDSMITH Eastern and Northern Seeds. Choice Utah Algae Barley, Rye, Oats and Corn. Northern S Orange and Apple Boxes and a new lot ing Step Ladders for Fruit Pickers. Bu Choice Fruits and Produce. Oranges p for Growers. SEEDHOUSE—411 North Main Street. WAREHOUSE—Corner SANTA ANA. F. CRIST, MERCHANT Just received a complete as SPRING AND SUMMER Goods of l and fabrics, to which the attentio zens of Anaheim and vicinity is di Suits to order from Pants to order from An invitation is cordially e public to call and examine this st FRED Bentz & Stead Wholesale and Retail Anaheim, Cal. Dealers in Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal, Sausa Of Our Own Make-Highest Market price Paid for Go To WM.BOY Groceries and Pro Confectionery, Cigars Tob Grain, Mill Feed, Etc. Highest Price P Goods Delivered Free ! BACKS' BLOCK, LOS ANGELES STREET, Commercial H (Corner Center and Lemon Streets) PIONEER BOOT & SHOE MAKER. Corner Adele and Los Angeles streets. FRANK FOX. City Barber Shop. FOR A FIRST-CLASS SHAVE! HOT AND COLD BATHS. H. A. McWILLIAMS. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Office and shop, first door south of Ferdinand Backs' Furniture Store. Los Angeles street, Anaheim. F. MAURER Keeps Constantly on Hand The Finest Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Ice Cold Beer On Draught. OPPOSITE S. P. DEPOT DR. W. E. HOPKINS. Late Surgeon U. S. A., is now associated with Dr. Powers, in treatment of diseases of EYE, EAR, THROAT AND NOSE, Under the name of DRS. POWERS & HOPKINS. Removed to 533 Sutter Street, feb18-lm San Francisco. H. A. STOUGH. — BLACKSMITHING, Horse-Shoeing A Specialty. First-Class Workmanship. Satisfaction Guaranteed IN EVERY CASE. Shop on Lemon Street, Rear of Langenberger's Store. Groceries and Provision Confectionery, Cigars Tobacco Grain, Mill Feed, Etc. Highest Price Prices Goods Delivered Free! BACKS' BLOCK, LOS ANGELES STREET, Commercial H (Corner Center and Lemon Streets) J. J. EVERHARTY, - PROPRIETARY First-class Accommodations for Families THE COMMERCIAL, FORMERLY KNOWN THEIM Hotel, has been thoroughly renovated, and in first-class style. A share of the public patronage solicited. SAMPLE ROOMS ATTACHED The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars DUBLIN STOUT, PALE ALE, HALF-AVE Fashion Livery Stables in connection with Hotel. furnished with or without drivers. Horses boo T. J. F. BOEYS Wholesale and Retail Dealer Wines, Liquors and KEEPS ALWAYS ON HAND A COMPLETE STORY Of the Finest Wines, Liquors and CIGARETS WINES AND LIQUORS BY THE KEG, GALLON OR BOTTLE Orders by Mail Promptly Attended GOODS DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE Opp. S. P. Depot, ANAHEIM ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1892. DISCELLANEOUS. F. D. Brown & Brown, state :: Brokers. property—Improved and Unimproved. all kinds sold on commission. on Good Security IN ANY SUM. - all - Descriptions any part of the State. Correspondence Solicited. tes to Rent. California. &. HANKEY, DSMEN BERRY A FULL LINE OF... eds. Choice Utah Alfalfa. Also Seed Corn. Northern Seed Potatoes. The Weekly Gazette. Established 1870. SHUSCRIPTION, - $2 Per Year. Six months... 1.00 Three months... 7% Payable invariably in advance. Transient Advertising. SPACE. One square... $1.00 Two squares... 1.50 Three squares... 2.00 Four squares... 2.50 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks 4 week Customary Reductions on above rates will be made on advertisements running for longer periods. Usual discounts on large advertisements. The Gazette is issued every Thursday morning, and sent to subscribers by the early mails. It is delivered by carrier in Anaheim on the morning of publication. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. Items of news and correspondence on all live subjects are solicited by the editor. Be brief, and write directly to the point. All communications must be signed by the author, not for publication, but for the information of the editor. The German Situation. In reading the Berlin dispatches regarding probable Cabinet changes it is necessary to note the difference between German and Prussian affairs. The Kingdom of Prussia has its own Cabinet and Parliament, or "Landtag." The present trouble is over the question of the Educational bill in the Landtag. Count von Zedlitz-Trutzschler is the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Instruction of the Kingdom of Prussia, and his resignation has to do directly with imperial affairs. Capriví's case is different. He is 11th President of the Council of Ministers of Prussia and Chancellor of the German Empire. It had sensationally to Victoria and she to him. Meanwhile King William IV died, and Victoria, in her eighteenth year, ascended the British throne. The young Prince's next visit took place in the year after this event, and now his object was to plead for the hand and heart of the young Queen. Victoria could scarcely believe her eyes when she saw him. The short, thick-set boy had grown into a tall, comely youth, with elegant manners and a strikingly handsome face. Soon after she wrote to her Uncle Leopold: "Albert's beauty is most striking, and he is most amiable and unaffected—in short, very fascinated." A few days after his arrival Victoria had made up her mind, and sending for Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister, told him that she was going to marry Prince Albert. The next day she sent for the Prince, and, "in a genuine outburst of heartiness and love," she declared to him that he had gained her whole heart, and would make her very happy if he would share his life with her. He responded with warm affection, and thus they became betrothed. The Queen not only thus "popped the question," but insisted that the marriage should take place at an early day. This was in the summer of 1839, and in the early winter of 1840 the young couple were married in the royal chapel of St. James, in the midst of general rejoicing and with great pomp and ceremony. Feed for the Famished Russians. A dispatch from Libau, the Russian port where the American ships Idenen with provisions for the starving Russians will land, gives the following account of the arrival of the Indians, the first vessel dispatched from this country with provisions for the starving people: Early this afternoon (March 16th) a steamer was sighted off this port heading in from the westward, and almost immediately afterward the flag of the United States could be distinguished flying from the stern of the vessel. It was known then for a certainty that the approaching vessel was the Indians, under command of Captain Sargent, which In reading the Berlin dispatches regarding probable Cabinet changes it is necessary to note the difference between German and Prussian affairs. The Kingdom of Prussia has its own Cabinet and Parliament, or "Landtag." The present trouble is over the question of the Educational bill in the Landtag. Count von Zedlitz-Trutzschler is the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Instruction of the Kingdom of Prussia, and his resignation has to do directly with imperial affairs. Capriví crèse is different. He is 14th President of the Council of Ministers of Prussia and Chancellor of the German Empire. It had been reported that he had also tendered his resignation, being in sympathy with Zedlitz, but later advice are to the effect that he has not resigned. It is hardly possible that Capriví could resign his position in the Prussian Cabinet and retain the Chancellorship of the Empire, as in either position he would be equally in opposition to the Emperor. The headstrong temper of the Emperor is responsible for this difficulty. The Educational bill which he is pressing excites strong prejudice, and has already had the effect of combining several of the minor political parties against it. Meantime the sudden departure of the Emperor from Berlin puts the whole situation in the clouds, and is another evidence of his erratic and apparently almost irresponsible humor. Developing Water in the Santiago Canyon We had an interview a few days ago with one of the men employed by the San Joaquin ranch proprietors in the work of developing and retaining the waters of the Santiago and tributary streams for irrigation purposes. It seems to be an assured fact that this work is in progress. Work has been commenced on a submerged dam at the first crossing of the river above the picnic grounds. In addition to this it is the intention to build a substantial dam across the canyon at or near this point, with a base measurement of 70 to 80 feet, and a height of 60 to 70 feet. The canyon at the place selected for this dam has a width of 300 feet. About two miles above this dam will be built a flood dam of smaller dimensions. At a point near the dam the hill will be tunneled to carry water to the San Joaquin ranch. This will require a tunnel between 3,000 to 4,000 feet in length, and from this tunnel will radiate fourteen miles of iron pipe of different dimensions. A large force of men will be put on the work as soon as the season has so far advanced that the danger of heavy rains is over. The main dam will back the water for about two miles and form a reservoir capable of holding an immense amount of water. It is expected by this means to store a large part of the rainfall of the neighboring bills and mountains, and utilize it for irrigation purposes. Considerable anxiety is felt by land owners holding under the system taking its supply from Santiago Creek, but many of the largest holders are satisfied that their supply will not be diminished, but rather increased. If such works go on, and we believe it is now the intention to push them, the people of this valley must see to it that they are of sufficient strength to insure against damage from the sudden escape of such an immense body of water through breakage of the dam.—Orange News. The Unjust Fruit Rate. The report which the California Fruit Union has drawn up for presentation to the Freight Committee of the Transcontinental Railroad from Libau, the Russian port where the American ships Iden with provisions for the starvlog Russians will land, gives the following account of the arrival of the Indians, the first vessel dispatched from this country with provisions for the starving people: Early this afternoon (March 16th) a steamer was sighted off this port heading in from the westward, and almost immediately afterward the flag of the United States could be distinguished flying from the stern of the vessel. It was known then for a certainty that the approaching vessel was the Indiana, under command of Captain Sargent, which sailed from Philadelphia February 22d with a cargo of flour and provisions for the relief of the famine sufferers in Russia. The Indians entered the harbor shortly after. Soon after the news of the arrival of the Indiana reached Libau the Russian cruiser Strasbourg, commanded by Captain Davidoff, having on board J. M. Crawford, the American Consul at St. Peterburg; Count Britriakiof, chief of the famine relief committee; Bornholdt, American Consul at Rica; the president of the St. Petersburg bourse, and other notable persons proceeded out to welcome her. Flags were flying on all the vessels in the harbor and the wharves were crowded with enthusiastic people. The war ship was followed by the steamer Concordia, which had on board the bourse committee and a large number of guests. As the vessel neared the Indiana the military band played the "Star Spangled Banner" and a salute was fired. The gentlemen from the Strasch and Concordia boarded the Indiana. Speeches of welcome and thanks were made. On the same day that the Indians arrived at Libau, the ship Missouri sailed from New York laden with wheat and flour from the Great Northwest for the famine-striken Russian provinces. A dispatch gave the following account of her sailing: Crowds thronged the docks yesterday as the steamship Missouri started from the pier on her voyage to relieve starving Russians. She was laden to the black twenty-two-foot mark on her nose post with flour and wheat, all given with heavy goodwill from the free, charitable hearts of American people. The entire cargo of flour and meat is insured for $75,000. The 220 head of cattle, which were consigned to Deptford, England, were driven aboard and put in their stalls on the main deck. These are carried by the company for private merchants, and the freight charges received on them amount to about $2,500, part of which was given to the company to purchase extra quantities of grain, while the rest goes toward defraying the big expenses at Libau of unloading the ship. On the halyards were the flags of all nations and half a hundred flags which represented no nation at all. At the forepeakthe red, white and blue of the American flag stood out in the wind. The American ensign flew at the mainmast and the blood-red English flag at the stern: The first port at which the Missouri will anchor will be at Deptford. Here she will discharge the 220 head of cattle. She will proceed to Libau, where her cargo of 2,500 tons of flour and meat will be unloaded. The ship is expected to make the trip to Deptford in about twenty days. Specially prepared Coatton night signals have been furnished and will be used on the voyage. They will be displayed whenever the Missouri meets a wentward-bound vessel. A cablegram has been received from Russia detaining the manner in which the American relief funds will be disposed of. The cablegram says that distress has not been ex- The Unjust Fruit Hate. The report which the California Fruit Union has drawn up for presentation to the Freight Committee of the Transcontinental Association at a meeting to be held this week at Coronado is a document that should command attention and bring about the relief of an important industry now most unjustly handicapped by unreasonable exactions of transportation rates. We do not know what the result of the application will be, but the bare facts show that the union has justice on its side. In the interest of the railroad companies themselves a substantial reduction would lead to a vastly increased volume of business. Where earload lots of green fruit are now sent East, trainload lots would be fertileoming. With increased production would necessarily come a large increase of population settled in the interior of the State and tributary to the general prosperity both of the community and railroad interests. The market in the East for California fruits is almost unlimited during portions of the year. The question is whether the transportation companies by adopting a liberal policy will stimulate the industry or whether they will retard its development by refusing fair treatment in freights. Victoria and Albert. A very pleasant little anecdote is told of Queen Victoria and Albert Saxe of Coburg, in their courting days, to the effect that it was the Queen and not the Prince who popped the question. It appears that at their first meeting they were both aged 17. Albert was at that time rather short and thick-set, but fine looking, rosy cheeked, natural and simple in his manners, and of a obserful disposition. He took a great deal of interest in everything about him, and while on a visit to England he spent much of his time playing on the piano with cousin Vitoria, who was then a slight, graceful and interesting girl. She fell in love with him at once; but he was not, it seems, so badly amitten. He wrote to his uncle Leopold that he liked his cousin, and found her a very bright and amiable girl. Soon after this Albert returned to the continent and spent some time in travel and study, writing occasional letters flag at the stern. The fleet port at which the Missouri will anchor will be at Deptford. Here she will discharge the 220 head of cattle. She will then proceed to Libau, where her cargo of 2,500 tons of flour and meat will be unloaded. The ship is expected to make the trip to Deptford in about twenty days. Specially prepared Centon night signals have been furnished and will be used on the voyage. They will be displayed whenever the Missouri meets a wentward-bound vessel. A cablegram has been received from Russia detailing the manner in which the American relief funds will be disposed of. The cablegram says the distress has not been aggregated. Will Baby Kuth Be Stolen? A story which concerns the happiness of Grover Cleveland's household is related on good authority, and while stating the facts it leaves the cause of the trouble entirely to the imagination. Mrs. Cleveland's life is now largely wrapped up in baby Ruth. The child's smiles, her tears, her affectionate crowing, and above all, the little glatening white tooth which has just put in an appearance, are watched with a mother's love and tenderness, but there is a shadow over all this happiness. Mrs. Cleveland, for some good reason, is in constant fear that her baby will be stolen. Why this is nobody has learned, but that it is so vicious for by a close friend of the family, and Mrs. Cleveland's alarm is so great that she will not permit even the nurse to take the baby from the house. The child is constantly under the mother's eye, and under no circumstances is it allowed beyond the threshold of Lakewood cottage. The supposition is that Mrs. Cleveland has been pestered by some unprincipled person who has been endeavoring to extort money under the threat of stealing her baby if the cash were not paid as demanded. The matter has not yet been placed in the hands of the police, but by this close personal attention to little Ruth her safety is assured. The Mace an Emblem of Authority. It is not often that the mace has to be used in the House, but already this session it has been necessary to call upon the sergeant-at-arms to hold up this dread emblem of authorily in order to compel submission of obdurate members. No matter how excited a member may become, how violent his passion, or how greatly disordered, he would have to have more courage than Congressmen usually have to resist this little silver eagle parched solemnly on an artistically carved log of wood. The fear of bodily harm from some colleague whom he might provoke beyond and she to him. Meaning IV. died, and Victoria, ear, ascended the British state's next visit took place as event, and now his observation of the hand and heart of Victoria could scarcely when she saw him. The had grown into a tall, elegant manners and a face. Soon after she Leopold: "Albert's wing, and he is most amiin short, very fascinateafter his arrival Victoria mind, and, sending for the Prime Minister, told to marry Prince Alshe sent for the Prince, southeast of heartiness and to him that he had gained would make her very share his life with her, warm affection, and thus used. The Queen not only should request," but insisted should take place at an as in the summer of 1839, winter of 1840 the young in the royal chapel of of general rejoicing and ceremony. Unmished Russians. Libau, the Russian port ships laden with provicing Russians will land, account of the arrival of vessel dispatched from revision for the starving (March 16th) a steamer is port heading in from almost immediately after. United States could be from the stern of the vessel than for a certainty that was the Indians, uncaptain Sargent, which reason, respect for the authority of the Speaker, and regard for public opinion or public decency might be entirely lost to a member, and yet so strong is the feeling of respect for this emblem that it would send a thrill of horror if any member should fail to observe and acknowledge the power of the mace. When Mr. Pickler became unruly in his elequence a few days ago, his loudest harangue was cut in the middle of a sentence when he saw the spreading wings of this bird that was advancing towards him so pompously in the hands of the sergeant-at-arms. This dread emblem, during the sessions of the House, stands unobtrusively on a little pedestal beside the Speaker's desk, and its very existence is not thought of until it suddenly comes to rise and it is sweoped down upon the offending member, bringing a blush to his cheek, silence to his tongue, and subdues him to a quiet and sometimes abject attitude in his seat. It is marvelous in what respect the members hold this dread emblem, and with what a feeling of power the sergeant-at-arms bears it along. The fetish worshippers show no more respect for their home-made gods. When the sergeant-at-arms is ordered to produce the mace to preserve order he holds it in both hands directly in front of him, and with solemn tread marches up to the member who is to be put into subjection. It is seldom that he reaches the member in time to say what he has on his tongue, but when he does he holds the mace so that the beak of the silver eagle comes close under the nose of the member, and in seelen tones he calls upon him to observe the emblem of authority and commands his obedience to preserve order in dread of the penalty. Should a member disregard this solemn warning the sergeant-at-arms would retaru to the space in front of the Speaker's desk and call the attention of the Speaker to the fact that the mace had been insulted. Thereupon the member would be called to the bar of the House. If he at once yielded he might receive nothing more than a severe censure, a reprimand, is recorded in the journal of the House; but should persist in showing disrespect for the mace, he would be heavily fined and might be expelled from the House. There is hardly an act for which punishment for life for a murder which was committed on shipboard while he was a sailor. For years he suffered patiently in solitary confinement until his mind gave way. He was then put to work on a contract. For some years he worked in this manner until the perpetrator of the murder confessed. Murphy was released, and as part reparation has since been receiving $30 per year as a pension from the State. He was struck by a Michigan Central train the other day and received injuries from which he died. The Fruit Ontlook. Fruit-growers are pleased at the reports which the Southern California Horticultural Society has had from its inquiry into the prospects for crops in the southern counties of California for this year. Reports are made from nearly every city, hamlet and valley in this part of the State and are particularly thorough. They show that oranges will not be as heavy a crop as that of 1891. In some localities the crop will be from 20 to 30 per cent less, while lemons will probably be the longest yield ever gathered in this region. Ontario and Duarte lemon trees are going to bear enormously, notwithstanding the damage by the windstorm last December. Peaches will be a smaller crop than that of last year, but prunes will no doubt be another very large yield—almost similar to that of 1890, when prune growers made small fortunes in Southern California. Last year's prune crop was a complete failure in this region, but the trees never looked more vigorous and promising than now. Apricots will be a somewhat better crop than if several years. It is much too early to predict for olives. Every report says that such an amount of wheat and barley has never before been planted in Southern California. Thousands of acres in San Bernardino county that have never produced anything but sugarbrush have new been planted to barley because of the big market there has been for that grain this season. The prospects for the crop crops are very serious. If there should be no more rain Libau, the Russian port ships laden with providing Russians will land, account of the arrival of vessel dispatched from revisions for the starving on (March 16th) a steamship port heading in from almost immediately after United States could be from the stern of the vessel for a certainty that real was the Indians, uncaptain Sargent, which Alpha February 22d with provisions for the relief rains in Russia. The Incarcerator short time after of the arrival of the Incarcerator the Russian orniseried by Captain Davidoff, M. Crawford, the Amer Peteraburg, Count Brithe famine relief committee Consul at Rica; the Peterburg bourse, and proceeded out to welcoming all the vessels in the vessels were crowded with. The war ship was followed Concordia, which had a committee and a large As the vessel neared military band played the funeral" and a salute was held on the Strasch and led the Indiana. Speeches made what the Indiana arrived Missouri salled from with wheat and flour northwest for the famine invincence. A dispatch gave of her sailing: Crowds yesterday as the stormed from the pier on her starving Russians. She took twenty-two-foot mark with flour and wheat, all good will from the free, American people. Of flour and meat is in. The 220 head of cattle, led to Deptford, England, and put in their stalls on by the company for prized freight charges re-mount to about $2,500, given to the company to cities of grain, while the craving big expenses of the ship. Were the flags of all named flags which represent all. At the forepeak the face of the American flag. The American ensign and the blood-red Engel which the Missouri will appliff. Here she will load of cattle. She will span, where her cargo of and meat will be unatticed to make the trip to twenty days. Specially night signals have been furnished on the voyage. They whenever the Missouri bound vessel. Been received from Russer in which the Amer- will be disposed of. The distress has not been ex- The Pension Investigation. The investigation of the Pension Bureau by the special House Committee has not brought to light any sensational discoveries of dishonesty, but it has revealed a general extravagance that is appalling to any one but a confirmed pension advocate. The object of the Pension Bureau is apparently to put as many names on the roll as possible without much regard to the evidence and no regard at all for the interests of the Government. The additions to the roll number a thousand a day. Pensions have been allowed to persons of means in defiance of the law. Reratings have changed favored pensioners from a lower to a higher rate of payment. Assistant Secretary Bussy frankly admitted that a general rerating, such as had been going on until Congress limited the allowance by law, would have cost over $800,000. As the pension officials have been singularly unfortunate in their guesses about the effect of pension legislation it would be safe to double this estimate. Yet this enormous sum—greater by $200,000,000 than the national debt, and nearly one-third of the highest figure the national debt ever reached—would doubtless be considered only an installment by the pension shortens who have been ready to empty the Treasury to help out their political prospects. When the pension appropriations for a single year reach above $180,000,000 when the names on the pension list are more than half the number of survivors at the war, and the list is being swelled at the rate of a thousand a day, the signs of crookedness are too many to be ignored. The Government is being imposed on, and Congress will neglect its duty if it does not see that the pensions are confined to those who deserve and may justify them. Real Estate Transfer. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded during the week: Vicente Yorba and Erolinda C. de Yorba to Federico Botilo—One-half interest in 529.83 acres, allotted to Dominguez heirs at partition of Ro Santiago de Santa Ana; $12,000. Stearns Ranchos Co. to Jonathan Snow—EI of NE₁ of NW₁ Sec. 30, T. 4, R. 10, agreement to convey; $650. Jonathan Snow to C.D. Mogeland—Assignment of above. Stearns Ranchos Co. to David Urston—EI of NW₁ of SE₁ Sec. 8, T. 4, R. 11; $600. Stearns Ranchos Co. to R.T.Harris—33.43 acres in NE₁ of NE₁ Sec. 3, T. 5, R. 11; $10. Stearns Ranchos Co., to P.A. Stanton—W 18 acres SW₁ NW₁ Sec. 18, T. 4S, R. 10 W.; $10 Stearns Ranchos Co., to P.A. Stanton— California Ahead of Florida. It must be startling to the numerous Americans who have invested their money in Florida orange groves to hear that the Italian Minister of Commerce, who has been inquiring into the American production of oranges and lemons, has decided that Florida soil is not suitable to the growth of oranges. Among the individuals whom we know to have invested money in Florida orange greaves we cannot recall one that grew rich. As a citrus country Florida is officially and practically taking a back seat. As a winter resort Florida is to-day playing second fiddle to California; as a summer resort it was always a failure. The people of the United States are to-day looking to California as the great trust State of the Union from which to draw their supplies of fresh canned and dried fruit. They are also looking to California as the great winter resort, possessing the finest climate in the world. They are looking to California as the State to furnish them trainloads of oranges; and now the Italian government declares that California is the only place on the green earth that they need fear as a competitor in raising citrus fruits. In the near future California will command the market of the world, having left ancient and modern Rome and her succeeding country far behind in the great citrus race.—New York Sun. The Old Gent Obligee. Old Gent (calling from the head of the stairs)—Ob, Mary! Daughter—Yes, papa. Old Gent...Is Harry down there yet? Daughter—Yes, papa. Old Gent—Tell him to wake me up for the 5 o'clock train as he goes out, will you? Good night. Some months ago the attention of the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles county was called to fact that under the laws of this State all claims made by indigents who are over the age of 60 years are paid by the State from a special fund appropriated for that purpose, and the board employed its informant at a stated commission to hunt up all such claims that had been paid by the county, and make a formal demand upon the State Treasurer for the amount so expended. Nothing was heard of matter for some time, but last Saturday the County Recorder received a dispatch from San Francisco to the effect that the Board of Examiners had allowed most of these claims. The dispatch was as follows: "Claim of Los Angeles county against the State for money paid out by county for indigents outside of hospitals allowed, for $32,482 41." This is quite an item in the county's finances, and when it is considered that but for an accident this sum might never have been recovered, it will be conceded that the Board of Supervisors has good cause for self-congratulation. which the Missouri will impede. Here she will lead of cattle. She will stand, where her cargo and meat will be unassigned to make the trip to twenty days. Specially signals have been furious on the voyage. They whenever the Missouri bound vessel, has received from Russer in which the Ameri- will be disposed of. The distress has not been ex- South He Stolen? concerns the happiness of household is related on while stating the facts of the trouble entirely to Mrs. Cleveland's life is up in baby Ruth. The tears, her affectionate all, the little glitening was just put in an appearance with a mother's love and is a shadow over all this Cleveland, for some good fear that her baby will is nobody has learned, was vouchoned for by a close, and Mrs. Cleveland's that she will not permit take the baby from the constantly under no circumstances the threshold of Lake- that Mrs. Cleveland has some unprincipled person flavoring to extort money of stealing her baby if the was demanded. The mat- placed in the hands of this close personal attentive safety is assured. Mblem of Authority at the mace has to be used already this session it has call upon the sergeant-at- dread emblem of author- submission of obdurate her how excited a member violent his passions, or erased, he would have to within Congressmen usually little silver eagle parched statistically carved log of bodily harm from some might provoke beyond partition of Ro Santiago de Santa Ana; $12,000. Stearns Ranchos Co. to Jonathan Snow—E of NE² of NW¹ Sec. 30, T. 4, R. 10, agreement to convey; $650. Jonathan Snow to C. D. Mogeland—Assignment of above. Stearns Ranchos Co. to David Urmston—E of NW¹ of SE¹ Sec. 8, T. 4, R. 11; $600. Stearns Ranchos Co. to R. T. Harris—33.43 acres in NE² of NE¹ Sec. 3, T. 5, R. 11; $10. Stearns Ranchos Co., to P. A. Stanton—W 18 acres SW¹ NW¹ Sec. 18, T. 4S, R. 10 W; $10. Stearns Ranchos Co., to P. A. Stanton—E 18 acres SW¹ NW¹ Sec. 18, T. 4S, R. 10 W; $10. P. A. Stanton to Simpson McClure and wife—E 18 acres of SW¹ NW¹ Sec. 18, T. 4 S, R. 10W; $100. P. A. Stanton to John Henry—W 18 acres of SW¹ NW¹ Sec. 18, T. 4S, R. 10W; $100. C. F. Jesselyn et al to Jacob Starun—lots 7 and 8 in block 31 Fullerton; $500. A. F. Linck by sheriff to Christopher Gomber—lots 32, 33, 34, 35, in block A, Anaheim Center tract; $398.86. Plez James to Christopher Gomber—lots 1 and 3, and W 70 feet of lot 2 block A, Davis Bros' add to Anaheim; $10. J. Yaeger and wite to W.F. Botaford—4.93 acres in rub of Sec. 26, T. 3S, R. 10W; $5,500. J.Yaeger by sheriff to Christopher Gomber—40 acres on E part of lot 1, block K, Kraemer tract; and lot 7, block D, Kraemer tract; $2,900. S.P.R.R.Co.to Charles Bozenta Chlapowski-NE²NE¹NW¹,N²SE¹SE²of SE¹and lots 1,3 and 4.Sec.29,T.S5,R.7W,356 acres;$890.07. D.J.J.Samuel.Kraemer to B.Dreses—lot 4,block D,Kraemer tract;$1. D.J.Kraemer to P.James—lots 1,2,3,4,and 6 in block 8,and lot 42 in block 29 town of Fullerton,127.80 acres in block E,164.70 acres in block F and 20 acres in lot 10,block A,Kraemer tract;$92.14. French Tansy Wafers. Ladies will find these wafers just what they need,and can be depended upon every time to give relief.Safe and Sure.Can be sent by mail sealed securely.Price,$2 per box.Emerson Drug Co.,manufacturers,San Jose Cal.,and for sale only by D.W.Hunt,M.D.,Anabeim.mar17df Michigan's Singlo Femisteron. Edward Murphy,the only pensioner Michigan ever had,has just died in Jackson Mich.Murphy was sentenced to State prison all such claims that had been paid by the county,and make a formal demand upon the State Treasurer for the amount so expended.Nothing was heard of the matter for some time,but last Saturday the County Recorder received a dispatch from San Francisco to the effect that the Board of Examiners had allowed most of these claims.The dispatch was as follows: "Claim of Los Angeles county against the State for money paid out by county for indigents outside of hospitals allowed,fors$32,48241."This is quite an item in the county's finances,and when it is considered that but for an accident this sum might never have been recovered,twill be conceded that the Board of Supervisors has good cause for self-congratulation. Taken for a Crank. A semi-fundish delight often seems to possess people of strong nerves in sneering at those with weak ones.The irritability of the nervous hypochondriac is ridiculed as natural ill temper.The very genuine and distressing symptoms from which he suffers are made light of.Ho:c:"she is a crank"is the cheerful sorrow sympathy with which the nervous invalid meets from the unfearing and the thoughtless.At the same time no complaint is more denied and real,none has a more easily explainable origin when it is chronole.Inpape,digestion and assimilation are always accompanied by nervous debility and anxiety.Built on the power of sensory and oligolysis with Horta dea'Stomach Bitters,and nervous symptoms,sick headaches and generally feeble condition of the system are remedied.Remember that fearful ravages are produced by la gripe among weakly,nervous people.Hostetter's Stomach Bitters cure it,and prevents malaria,rheumatism and kidney complaint. Notwithstanding the set back to citrus fruit orchards all over Southern California by the frost last Christmas,and the tremendous blow of a week previous,the there have been sold by nurserymen and tree dealers in the three southern counties during the last three months,nearly $1,200,000 worth of orange and lemon trees,and there are calls for fully $300,000 worth of more trees.Scores of large citrus nurseries are cleaned out of their stock for the year,and many more have sold out nearly all their tree stock available for planting this year.Lemon trees cannot be bought in the Pomona valley now at any price. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria When Baby was sick,we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child,she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss,she clung to Castoria, When she had Children,she gave them Castoria.