DRUGGISTS' COMPLAINT 'AGAINST THE SALOONS
. 48 B C—Pompey, In passing through the archipelago, stopped at Mlty-lene to receive his wife, Cornelia, and there conversed with Crat-
I tlptifl,the philosopher, "on the nature of the providence.> 1213—King John received Pandiilph, the pope's legate. In whose pres-• ence he subscribed an instrument by which the sentences of Inter-; diet, excommunication and deposition were revoked conditionally', that he reversed all his former acts of oppression.1668— Battle of Langslde hill. Mary, queen of Scots, defeated by the
regent, Murray, and fled to England. /11760— A copy of Tyndnil's Testament sold at Oxford for twenty guineas,
supposed to be (he only copy of that edition nnburned by Tonstall.; This book occasioned Borne prelates to say that they must root outprinting or printing would root out them.
1790— Action in tho port of Ilevel between the Swedish fleet of twenty-
i three ships nnd eighteen frigates and the Russian fleets of elevensail and five frigates, protected by several batteries and fortifications.A furious Btofm raged at the time, which destroyed two Swedishships.
1814—
Mme. Murat surrendered the fleet and arsenal at Naples and Fer-dinand returned to his capital.
1839— Joseph Fresch, archbishop of Lyons, died. He was the uncle ofBonaparte, and after the fall of the emperor resided at Rome in theenjoyment of immense wealth and one of the finest picture galleriesin that city. ;V"
1848— A sanguinary conflict took place between the Swiss troops and thenational guards al -Naples. ' ',
1848— The Sicilian parliament adopted a decree declaring Sicily inde-pendent of the king of Naples.
1864— Oen. U. S. Grant tried to turn the left flank of Lee's army at. Spottsylvanla, Warren's and Wright's troops getting utuck In a quag-
mire and causing the movement to fall.1871
—D. Auber, musical composer, died.
1874—Steamship City of Tokio, 423 feet long, 48 feet breadth, 38 feet 6Inches deep, of 6000 tons burden, with accommodation for 200 cabinand 1800 steerage passengers, launched at Chester, Pa.
1884—
The house of representatives at Washington passed the bill givingAlaska a civil government.
1889—
Johnstown flood.1894
—Talmnge's Brooklyn, N. V., tabernacle and adjoining residences
were burned with a loss of $2,000,000.1898
—The fleet known as the flyingsquadron, under Commodore Schley,
consisting of the cruiser Brooklyn, the battleships Texas and Massa-chusetts, the dispatch boat Scorpion and a collier, sailed from Hamp-ton roads.
By a court decision "Lucky" Baldwin's allowance ofwater for hla big ranch Is greatly reduced. Of course,that does not affect Arcadia's flow of Kentucky Biippllcsfor internal irrigation.
San Pedro is making fair progress In acquaintancewith the world preparatory to its debut as a great port.Itcalls attention now to a high class robbery of its post-office by the dynamite process. of the parish during the week and l.<
already planning much for the churchsocieties. He expects to establish a
Brotherhood of St. Andrew and amen's club In the parish, among otherchanges.
Why is it that when a man reaches the dying pointof love he hasn't sense enough to make the killinglay-out so that he will get the first benefit of it? There isno need for two funerals in such a case.
Los Angeles is not in danger of "ruin" no matter\u25a0which way the saloon question is decided. It. will con-tinue to be the most prosperous, the most envied andthe best governed large city in the United States inrespect to the liquor traffic.
From some of tho Intemperate declarations of over-zealous partisans it might be supposed that Los An-geles is morally as bad as the scriptural city in whichton righteous men could not be found. Let every indi-vidual who is taking an active part in this matter,
whether he bo a citizen or a promoter from abroad,Etlck to his text and avoid injurious and baseless state-ments about conditions in this city.
And the fact should bo especially impressed upon theminds of all persons actively engaged in the issue thatthe good name of Los Angeles should not be smirchedby unjust and untrue statements calculated to have adamaging effect abroad.
In the three weeks prior to the settlement of thesaloon question at the polls it is to be hoped the cam-paign will be conducted in a brotherly spirit on bothsides. There is no more cause for ill feeling over thisissue than for such feeling between religious denomina-tions over differences of opinion concerning creeds anddoctrines. Let the question be discussed amicably Inallits phases, freely and exhaustively, and finally let thoresult be accepted good raturedly, as becomes the en-lightened people of Lo3 Angeles.
Already there has been entirely too much Mperity
in the controversy over the saloon question. Personsof excitable temperament are apt to "lose their heads"when fully aroused over nn Issue of intense Interest.There always is a tendency in euch circumstances toforget Peter's admonition: "Add to your faith virtueand to virtue knowledge; add to knowledge temperance,and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness,
and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly
kindness charity."
The arbitrament of the polls willbe conclusive andfinal. Whatever the decision may be, it willbe accepted
Ingood temper by all loyal citizens. And the end of allthis agitation, this friction among citizens who always
have pulled together amicably for the best Interests ofLos Angeles, willbe hailed joyfully.
"LEST WE FORGET'The date for the election to decide the ftaloon Issue
has been definitely fixed. Friday. June 2, will settle thequestion whether the Loa Angeles saloon shall stayor go.
The school census report for Lob Angeles countyshows that the districts outside of the city are makingrelative gains corresponding with those, within it. Allthe communities in the county are increasing in popula-tion and all are prosperous.
A Chicago university professor declares that munici-pal ownership is a failure because "a great majority ofthe people willnot become interested Instatesmanship."No, but the municipal statesmen will become interestedinpublic ownership, all right.
The Odd Fellows lodges ofLos Ange-len will a.ttend the evening service to-
morrow at the Union Avenue Metho-dist church, when the pastor, the Rev.
W. C. Botkin, will preach the sermon.
"Come, Thou AlmightyKing;""Coro-nation;" invocation, Rev. Robert Me-Intyre; song, "MyRedeemer;" script-ure reading, Oscar Schurmer, league
president; Bong, "There's a Friend in
the Homeland," quartet; address,"The Intermediate League and Its Op-
portunities," Byron Hanna; address,"Birri'seye View of the Epworth
league," "Miss Pearl Strong; song,
"The Reapers," choir; address, "TheChinese Mission," Chun Kin Sing; ad-dress, "Why the League Wants Young
People for Christ," John Pool; solo,"Will There Be Any Stars in MyCrown?" O. Schurmer; address, "TheKorean Mission," Hugh Cynn; address,
"The Japanese Mission," Shlom; dox-ology.
It might be called the cast-irony of fate, that de-cision of the court giving Adolph Weber, the con-demned murderer, half of his father's estate, amount-ing to nearly $60,000. The decision probably is satis-factory to the wretch's lawyers. The Young People's society of the
Irnmanuel Baptist church will give abazaar at Masonic hall,corner ElMollnoand Pico streets, next Friday evening.The proceeds will be for the churchlot fund.
The Bible class cit the Calvary Bap-
tist church gave a surprise last Tues-day evening to the Rev. W. H.Walker,
the pastor, and presented him with apurse. A pleasant evening was passed.
The sessions of this class have beendiscontinued until the close of the sum-mer vacations.
BAPTISTThe Rev. Neander' Cooke of the Uni-
versity of Chicago, will speak at themorning service tomorrow at the Cen-tral Baptist .church. At the evening
service the Rev. Arthur S. Phelps, thipastor, will deliver the third of aseries of sermons to young men on"Choosing a Business."
Chicago reports that the hoopskirt epidemic is begin-ning to spread in that city. Probably it will reach LosAngeles later, but. itmay be hoped that it willnot makeItsappearance until the army worms are gone. One pestat a time is enough for this town.
The boomerang thrown by the Chicago teamsters isreturning, hittins not. only themselves but. givinga "sym-pathetic" dab at employes inother lines. Itis announcedthat "men in various manufacturing industries willbelaid offbecause of the lack of business brought about bythe strike."
In these days when all sensible people appreciatethe importance of settling disputes amicably it shouldnot be difficult for the city authorities and the localrailway companies to "get together" in matters affect-ing public and railway interests. Even the friction be-tween the mayor and Ilia railway managers in the prod-uce freightage question should be amenable to har-monious treatment.
The statement, has been made semi-officially thatMr.Huutington, who willbe due in Los Angeles withina few days, is prepared to make any fair and equitablearrangement relative to the point at issue. Mayor Me-Aleer holds that, inasmuch as the freightage privilege isof obvious value to the railway interest, it would beagainst, public policy to grant the concession. That isthe only reasonable bone of contention ifit is assumedthat the hauling of produce through the city in carswould be an improvement on wagon hauling. Then theonly question remaining is what is the privilege worthto the railway interest and how shall the payment of anequivalent be adjusted.
It should not be difficult, for Mr.Huntington and hisassociates on one side and the mayor and city councilon the other side to reach a solution of that questionsatisfactory to both. The city authorities should de-mand nothing more than is fair and reasonable, a levelon which Mr. Huntington is prepared to meet them,
as intimated by his representatives.
It is the judgment, of the entire business community,
as indicated in the petition of the 900 business men,
that the freightage of produce and the like to the citymarkets, under proper restrictions, would be of markedbenefit to the. public. That being the case, there shouldbe no difficulty in adjusting the conditions.
Get together—
everybody.
GET TOGETHER
John D. Rockefeller's latest statement about"tainted" gifts willinterest many institutions that sorelyneed money. He says: "Ishall continue to give in myown way to any cause that appeals to me as beingworthy or inneed." Not all institutions are squeamishabout financial taint.
A Montana town is lionizing a young teacher whosecoolness saved the school and the town from destruc-tion by fire. The young woman organized her pupilsinto a water bucket brigade with" effective results. Hername is Ida Mellon, which may account for her suc-cessful water act.
The sixth of a series of businessmen's services willhe held this eveningat the Union Rescue mission, 145 NorthMain street. B. F. Pearson willspeak.
The work of this mission has been un-precedented during the present year.
The converts and workers will attendthe service at Temple Baptist churchtomorrow morning, and will takepart in the service. Superintendent
Will Trotter will make an address.Allconverts and workers are requestedto assemble at the church at 10:45 a.m. At the mission a pentecostal ser-
vice will be held at 6 p. m., followingthe usual gospel wagon services at
the corner of First and Los Angelesand First and Main streets. At theregular evening service,. Mrs. CoralSloan will give a recitation on "How
Salvation Came to the Mining Camp."
UNION RESCUE MISSION
ItIs expected the assembly will con-vene one week and that during the ses-sions the consolidation of the Cumber-land and Presbyterian denominationswillbe consummated.
A tralnload of delegates to the gen-eral assembly of the Cumberland Pres-
byterian church to be held at Fresno,
commencing next Thursday, will arriveInLos Angeles Tuesday morning. They
willbe met at the station by the fol-lowing committee: The Rev. W. D.Landls, pastor of the First CumberlandPresbyterian church; the Rev. M. F.Gill, the Rev. C. S. Tanner, A. S. Van-dergrift, M. L.Bolden and John Mc-Alester. The morning willbe occupiedin sightseeing in Los Angeles. In theafternoon the delegates willgo to Long
Beach and in the evening a reception
will be held In the First CumberlandPresbyterian church, corner Tenthstreet and Union avenue. At 11:30 p.
m. the delegates, with the local dele-gates, will leave for Fresno^ The fol-lowing will go as delegates from LosAngeles. The Rev. and Mrs. Landls,
Mines. J. A. Hanna, A. S. Vandergrlft,S. E. Buckingham and L. A. Hill.
PRESBYTERIAN
The twilight reproducer of morning news promptlyhauled down from its head the announcement that itwas "growing fast," and substituted this: "The Expressis the only paper in Los Angeles that states its exactcirculation." What is an exact circulation? Why notstate your circulation exactly?
May devotions are being held eachmorning at
'St. Mary's church at 8
o'clock, followed by rosary and litany.Music Is furnished by tlje juvenilechoir.
During the last week of May solemndevotions willbe held each evening at
the Church of the Blessed SacramentIn honor of the queen of the May. In-structions will be given by the Rev.D. W. J. Murphy, the pastor.
The Rev. Raphael Fuhr, O. F. M.,
pastor of St. Joseph's church, will ded-icate the new statue of St. Anthony atthe Church of the Blessed SacramentSunday afternoon. May 21, at 4 o'clock.At this service he will receive mem-bers of the parish into the Order ofClients of St. Anthony.
Mme. Ida Hancock has donated the
beautiful new pipe organ recently In-stalled at the Church of the BlessedSacrament, Hollywood, In memory of
her son, Bertram Hancock.
The conference of St. Vincent <le
Paul will give a social next Wednes-day evening inV the Father Meyer
Memorial hall of the college.
Father Krowdt of Fort Wayne, Iml.,
who had been illat the Sisters' hospital
Several weeks, passed away Friday, aweek ago. The remains were taken tohis former home.
The senior elocution contest of St.Vincent's college will be held Monday
evening in the Father Meyer Memorialhall of the college. About twelve stu-dents will contest.
The Covadonga society will join thfiSpanish club of Los Angeles in anouting to Lifur station Sunday, May
21, in observance of. the third cen-tenary of Cervantes. A barbecue willbe enjoyed. Addresses willbe made bythe Rev. J. Caballeria, Juan C. Manchoand A. V. Cajal.
A class of sixty children will receivefirst communion at the Church of theSacred Heart tomorrow at the 8 o'clockmass. The children entered retreatThursday morning. Confirmation willbe administered at this church TrinitySunday, June 18.
The choir of the Cathedral of St.Vlblana will commence rehearsals forthe elaborate musical program to bepresented nt the pontifical mass at theopening of the convention of theKnights of Columbus in the cathedralTuesday, June 6. The Rev. T. F.Fahey, the diocesan oholr master, willhave charge of the program, which 1?expected to be the most elaborate everpresented In Los Angeles. The choirwill be augmented by the best knownvocalists of this city. The Rev. Raphael
Fuhr, O. F. M.J willhave charge of thesanctuary choir, composed, of priests.The music to be rendered at this ser-vice willbe strictly In accordance withthe recent decree of the pope.
CATHOLIC
In the Catholic churches the May de-votions are being held In honor of themonth ofMary. The Knights of Colum-bus are making extensive preparationsfor the national convention to be heldhere in June.
The coming week will be marked byseveral conventions In Los Angelesand preparations for those to follow.The convention of the Kplscopal churchwillbe held at St. Paul's pro-cathedralduring the week. The missionary con-vention of the Methodist churches willalso he held at the University church.Tuesday the eastern delegates to theCumberland Presbyterian general as-sembly at Fresno will pass through thecity, where they willbe extensively en-tertained. It Is expected the union ofthe Presbyterian nnd CumberlandPresbyterian churches willbe consum-mated at this session.
The present week has been markedwith much activity In regard to theno-saloon movement cAtnpalgn now be-ing brought before the people of LosAngeles. Many services In the Interestof the campaign willbe held tomorrow
end the coming week. Dr. Chapman,general of the anti-saloon movement,
Is very prominent In all the services.
Appeals willbe sent out the comingweek for the children's outings to be
given by the army during July andAugust. • ,
Arrangements are being made by thelocal army for the visit of Col. Mar-getts, Young People's secretary for thePacific coast province. He will behere Saturday, Sunday and Monday,May 20, 21 and 22. Saturday after-
noon a children's demonstration willb? held at Corps No. 1. The visitorwillbe at Corps No. 2 on Sunday andon Monday an officlers council willbeheld at Corps No. 1.
Staff Captain Morton of the SalvationArmy,returned Thursday from a busi-ness trip through the province.
SALVATION ARMY
Th* trial ended with a verdict In Meyer'sfavor.
"Well, I »on," said the victorious litigantto his lawyer, witha broad smile, "rod, say, Idid send the judge those cigars."
"Tou didI""Yes, sir; but Iput Jacobs' card la th*
bos."--fflgjtrj
"IthinkIwilltend the judge v.nice box ofclean," .Hid Mr. Meyer to Ma counael duringa noKH In the trial, "i'erhapa he will feelmore kindly towuri me then."
"No, no; don't do that," replied Mr. Dltten-hoefer. "It wouldn't be right at all. Youwould offfiul him v«ry deeply, for he wouldthink you were trying to bribe him. Your
caw> Isn't any too good now, and you wouldsurely limn It if you did that."
'
A firm of cheap clothing makers wu dis-solved not long ago, and In no amicable way.A lawtutt over the settlement wo* the remit,ami the cauie of licitaguliut Jacoba cam*to trial. According ifthe way the story iitold In the I_wyer«*club former Judge DlUoa-hoeter wu tbe oouiuel for th* plaintiff. i
A Blow In the Dark
Controversy Which Appears to HaveHad an Influence InStarting the
No.Saloon CruaadeLOS ANGRLES, Mny 11.— (Editor
Herald): There Is not much sentl*ment In business, nnd Ibelieve thatbusiness men generally, for financialreasons or business policy, would voteto retain the saloons, though underhigh license and strict regulation.
The saloon men nre largely to blamefor the agitation, turmoil and the pres-ent cumulative trouble especiallybrought upon themselves. A littlemore than a year ago everything wasmoving along quietly In that line-nobody "kicking,"In particular. Thesaloonlsts, however, were not satis-
fied. They made the first bad "break"by attacking the druggists, for the lat«ter have friends, Influence Rnd, as aclans, stand well in the community.This led to discussion, exaggeration,etc., and the more the subject wasmentioned the worse It grew, or thestronger the adverse sentiment itcreated In the minds of the temperancepeople.
The saloon influence succeeded Inkeeping drug stores from having a li-cense and tried to prevent wholesaleliquor dealers from selling in less thanfive gallon lots, which virtually wouldhave driven the most of the latter outof business, thus givinga big monopolyto the paloon ownprs. Naturally thedruggists were sore and bitter In thematter, feeling that they were unjust-ly discriminated against and unnec-essarily hampered in business. . \u25a0
As a result they started a petitioncalling for a. $250 per month saloon li-cense, and by pprsistent effort, aidedby the wholesalers (who were thenwilling to help), they could readilyhave secured the requisite number ofsigners to have brought It to a vote ofthe people, which would have resultedunfavorably to the saloon interests.
Concessions, however, were made towholesalers, druggists were permittedthe privilege of wholesale license anlthe petition was dropped.
This has resulted unsatisfactorily Snseveral respects. The wholesale li-cense was prohibitive to most' drug-gists, as only a very few
—the large
firms—
could afford to pay the" $60 per
month required, and this gave theman advantage and a monopoly asagainst the other druggists. Besides,the saloon men had their license large-ly increased, with greater restrictions,
so what did they gain?
Now a general druggist's license issuggested, not to exceed $20 per month,allowing the sale of liquors for pVoperpurposes In quantities not less thanone-fourth pint nor more than onequart, not to be drank on the prem-ises, and no window display permitted.
This would bo fair for all concerned,except that the rate Is too high'for amajority of the druggists, and the cUywould receive
'much more reveruie
even at $10 per month than it can pos-sibly get from druggists under the t;x-
isting measure. Ithas been intimated,though, that a license might or wouldbe given to sell only on prescriptions,but this would be absurd and unjust.Why should a druggist pay a licenseunder such circumstances when thereIs nothing, morally or legally, to pre-vent him from selling liquor on abona fide prescription from a licensedphysician for remedial purposes? \u25a0 ,
Wines and liquors are just as muchof a medicine, just as necessary oftenIn cases of emergency or disease, asany drug or other remedy prescribed.Besides, It would not only hamper andharass the druggist unnecessarily, butbe a hardship on the customer, whowould be subjected to the trouble andexpense of procuring a prescription oneach occasion, and sometimes could notobtain one at the time when most ur-gently needed.
Being a druggist, Iexpress myselffrom my point of view of course, buthonestly and from knowledge and ex-perience In the matter. Ifully con-demn the practice, ifIt exists, of mak-ing a semi-saloon of a drug store, andIbelieve that a majority of druggistsdo not desire
—and certainly the better
class would not permit—
a "Joint" ofthe kind, for It would bring the placeInto unpleasant notoriety and tend todrive away some of the better class ofcustomers.
Let's have a "square. deal" all aroundand no extreme "blue law" measuresfor this progressive, cosmopolitan city.
DEXTRO.
San Francisco is "booming" sure enough, judgingfromthat record breaking sale reported of Market streetproperty. The figure is given as $720,000 for a lot77x107^. That is at the rate of $9000 per front footor $97 per square foot. Probably that is the highestfigure ever paid west of Chicago and St. Louis.
San Diego has just instituted a liquor saloon reform.All the saloons in the city now are subject to a "screenlaw," whatever that may be. It is noted incidentally,however, that San Diego has fifty-seven saloons. Takingrelative population into account, that is equal to aboutsix hundred saloons in Los Angeles.
A GOOD EXAMPLE
CHRISTIANExtensive preparations are . being
made to entertain the delegates as they
pass through Los Angeles to the 6en-eral National Christian Missionary con-vention to be held in San FranciscoAugust 17 to 24.
The Rev. Baker P. Lee, the new rec-tor of Christ church, has taken charge
Extensive preparations are being
made for the annual convention of the
Episcopal churches to convene nextweek In St. Taul's pro-cathedral. ASunday school rally willbe held at thepro-cathedral tomorrow afternoon nt3:30 o'clock, at which Bishop Johnsonwill preside, nev. Joseph McConnell,the new general missionary, will bepresent and make an address. Dele-gates willbe present from all points cfSouthern California. The sessions Mon-day will be devoted to Sunday schoolwork, a new constitution to be adopted;at the morning session. The conven-tion proper will' open Wednesday, toconclude Thursday evening. TheDaughters of the King will hold aservice at the pro-cathedral Friday
afternoon.
EPISCOPAL
All the leading newspapers in New York and othereastern cities commend the firm stand taken by Presi-dent Roosevelt in his remarks at Chicago concerningthe strike. The Brooklyn Eagle voices the general pressexpression in saying: "The president in his warningmerely declares the sentiment of the American peo-ple."
Notwithstanding the deplorable labor situation inChicago it la a fact that industrial conditions generally
in the United States are quite satisfactory.
Bradstreet's review of labor conditions is sum-marized in the statement that "were itnot for the Chi-cago teamsters' strike the industrial situation at present
would bear favorable comparison with any precedingMay day period fora score of years past."
Even in Chicago, which has seemingly been an in-dustrial inferno lately, the number of persons actuallyengaged in the strike is comparatively very small
—j
about 3500. Aside from that field, as stated by Brad-Btreet's, "the number of industrial employes strikingthroughout the country is the smallest there is recordof at this date." The entire number of persons whohave engaged in strikes since January 1in the UnitedStates does not exceed 30,000, and the total number atthe beginning of this month was less than 10,000.
The agitation at Chicago has caused some apprehen-
sion about a widespread sweep of such trouble, but thereal symptoms justify no such fear. There is greaterquietude in the general industrial field than has beenknown before for many years.
Last spring was accounted at least normal in thisrespect, but note the facts then as compared with thepresent spring. Last year the strikes from January 1to May 1 involved 170,000 men. For the same period
in 1903 the number was 350,000.
In closing a careful review of these conditionsBradstreet's says: "In fact, so notable has been theabsence of labor troubles this year that public andnewspaper notice of them has been less than ordinary,with the probability that some small troubles have thusbeen entirely lost sight of. Just what this favorablecondition in labor matters means is illustrated by thecase of the building trades, which note unprecedentedactivity the country over, with labor troubles few andfar between."
Allclasses of the American people, employers andworkers of every class, see that conditions are quitesatisfactory and likely to remain so if they are notrashly disturbed. Hence there is a settled convictionamong all classes that it is the part of wisdom to "letwell enough alone."
That conclusion accounts for the general Industrialquietude and for the disinclination of thoughtful mento take any step that might jeopardize the present pros-perous conditions.
SATISFACTORY LABOR CONDITIONS
The usually alert New York Times takes seriouslythe $1000 gift to Rainmaker Ilatfleld by a few LosAngeles merchants. The Times gravely remarks that"the people livingin that part of the country have rathervague ideas as to the extent of the forces and theamount of energy involved in the production even of alittle summer Bhower." The "people living in thatpart" willhave a quite clear idea of the gullibilityof theTimes in taking seriously a Los Angeles
tjoke that was
well worth fIOOO,
The California state hoard of trade has adopted aresolution opposing "Indiscriminate prohibition of allkinds of alcoholic beverages." The resolution also rec-ommends "high license with forfeiture and other penal-ties to protect the purity of articles sold." The actionwas taken with special reference to "grape, barley andbop products."
ItIs reported that the Armour company operates 90per cent of all the refrigerator cars in the UnitedStates, and Ithas been shown In the Investigation atChicago that the company makes a clear profit of one-third in icing the cars. Think what that profit meansin marketing 25,000 or 30,000 carloads of a Southern Cal-ifornia orange crop.
It is announced that the Southern Pacific companyIs preparing to put enormous freight locomotives Inservice on the main line betweeu Loa Angeles and NewOrleans. That change will allow of trains 20 per centlonger and heavier thau the present trains, with cor-responding reduction In operating expenses. Hut nocorresponding reduction in freight charges baa been an-nounced.
Wire— The Chinese begin the new year by ptylngall theh bill*.
Hu»band— Bui, my dear, the Chinese arc iie»then.
An exceptional service will be heldtomorrow evening at the First Metho-dist church, when the sixteenth annl-vt-rsary of the organization of the Kp-worth league willbe observed. Threeforeign nationalities willbe represent-
ed In the service, which will be asfollows; Qrgaja .Yolu.nta.ry: gong,
The annual convention of the LosAngeles district of the Foreign Mis-sionary society willbe held next Wed-nesday and Thursday Inthe University
Methodist church. Mrs. W. M. Ster-lingis the district president of the so-ciety.
A union service In behalf of the no-saloon movement will be held tomor-row evening at the Boyle HeightsMethodist church, which willbe Jolne<lby -the Presbyterian, Baptist andChristian churches. Several promi-nent business men willmake address-es. The Menely quartet of Chicago
will furnish music.
Evangelist Bulgen willhold revivalservices at the Newman Methodistchurch in the near future. A largetent, with a seating capacity of 3000,will be erected in that vicinity, wherethe services will be held.
The men of the Vincent Methodistchurch gave a social last evening atthe church and refreshments wereserved by them.
The sixteenth anniversary of the^ or-ganization of the Epworth league willbe observed In Methodist churches to-
morrow. The evening service at theFirst Methodist church willbe devot-ed to the league. Addresses will bemade by members of the Japanese, Ko-rean and Chinese leagues. It Is ex-pected these addresses will prove very
unique.
METHODIST
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THE WEEK'SCHURCH NEWS
May 13 in the World's HistoryThe Rev. Grant K.Lewis, pastor of
the Long Beach Christian church hasresigned that pastorate to become theevangelist for missionary wotk InSouthern California.
"Ten Reasons WhyIFavor the AntUSaloon Movement" will be t)»« toptoo! th« Rev. A. C. Bmlther at (he FirstChristian church tomorrow ,Wt themorning service. \
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TRK MlltAlliIN SAN FRANCISCO— !.«» An«el«» «r.iSouthern California Tlnltorf to Can Franclnco wit! find Th« rmrfiMen Ml*dully at tho n«wf Dtanda In th* F«lnc« and St. FrnnrHhot«l». and ffir ml*at Cooper *C<v. «4« Mark*tt at Nawa Co..
THE HERJJLD'S CITY CIRCULATIONTh* Herald'e circulation In the city of Los Angeles
Is larger than that of the Examiner or the Expressand second only to that of the Times.
Population of Los Angeles 20 1,249
"The Saloon Must Go," will b« thetopic of three Illustrated lectures atBethlehem Institutional church. ,Thßfirst service will be held this everting,\u25a0when the nev. Mr. Bartlett, the paitor,will pprnk on the subject. The Sun-day evening service will be devotedeach week to Illustrated talk on thisquestion, until the rampalgn closes.
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