Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-28


of the Provident and Building Association
was resumed yesterday in the Police Court
The only evidence taken was that of the
defendant himself, who gave his version
of the affair and his connection Herewith
from the first He stated that he met
Howett in Montana and went with him to
Salt Lake, and thence they came to this
CITY, where witness intended to pursue his
calling of selling eyeglasses. Howett in
duced him to join the Association. 1t was
understood that of the moneys received for
annual dues the surplus, after paying the
running expenses of the office, was to be
divided between the Directors as their
salaries Megerle, as President, got 10
cents each for signing certificates, and
about $50 per month was divided between
witness, Henderson, Megerle, Amsden,
WEIGH and Howett. He had made no
secret of his proposed trip to Reno, and
went there in pursuance of an engagement
he had made with a young lady. The Di-
rectors all knew how much money he had
obtained from the institution. All per-
sons joining the association were given to
understand that they had no further inter-
est in the money paid over as initiation
1f,or Gonna f,rtbor ,,,;n,nortont +osti-
,,,o,1T, NV tba dafendant fbn coSo vos closed
u; tSr .riC NJ De,,I,1 ro,,,orI5od tbot
10 ooI,IJ fnS Of looct 10 of tbn NON orc
who would swear they believed the scheme
to be a good one, and the principle on
which it was founded to be safe,
CITY Attorney Anderson then briefly re-
ferred to what he termed the conspiracy to
defraud members, but reserved his argu-
NJ DovIin I'll on mada his arqumant for
t a'e I'M r tbat ms case had baen
, rlio ont oTainst Iis client and that ali
his acts had been in strict conformity with
tho niles of tbe ASSOCIATION
: A. tLn close If his argnment the Court
odiouneJ iii his morni6er When tba civ
A Attorney will aro11e the case for the nrose-
cution,
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A GRAND CIRCUS FEsTIvAL-Cole's NAM
moth circus exhibited yesterday in Wood
land, and arrives by special train in this
city this morning. The grand street parade
will take place at o'clock. A performance
VII De gwen al Agr tG FarH IN tne
NJ aiiI ne ~ sli1
iils - saiu ~ IC Iiie VI tiie
tlilileI's ~ lllr1 ae P5oPie % Inns c3eli-
a i f etea oee ecu tre,.:e - -
i, aoi rNtG,ir anu 49, Icy ' hyo otii
passes ay EnI ever seen ar1 beneath can
vas: M CoLe, WnoSe TGlu Is as gG9H as
us poiu, promises una! MS pauoils VIII see
every llihs IL tle lliiS ''st u9 tney 'ie rep
Ies re- Vii Pai'er AL Is HoIeily eNeIH
ACT ana mere mere are sixty Oh men, Is start
ing III thG tllIee rillgS ana on inc exc
valeq stage, mere Will De Ieaplng, tulnDilhg'
i a. rlulng, GtiLlnS Wanhing by the
trance performances acrobatic evolutions,
nerformino Arabs Turks Noors and
FUvntians besides dozens Of other fastivi-
ties Of more or less extraordinary merit
In tho menaperie 100 cages of Wild animals
are fo he seen besides numerous trained
animlls in the exhibition arena; Among
the 1nenagere novelties are the sacred
White elephant white hlppopotamus from
the Nile, Samson, the largest Aslatlc ele-
plant ever brought to this country, and
several other astonishing attractions. Coles
Is undoubtedly the best show on the road,
press and pubic uniting IN so declaring 1t.
Nobody should miss seeing 1t.
Srcv1 Srpv1cP Prpopr The rrni+od
States SionoI Service ranorts show. tho tom
rarot,,ra ,,,ind a,d 1rootbar Of 10 =, ,-ns
teriav to have been For O1vmnia $40
co In and rIoud,, portIood za6 ,yost
and cinar. Fort Canhv $40 west ana
clond.-. Cane Nendocino 500 sonth
and ciear. Pod RInf 500 south and clnor :.
Socrarnpnto 700 southwest and rlnar :,
San Francisco $40 west and fair. los
Angeles, 81, west ana clear San Diego,
~, west ana clear; Salt Lake; So
s0uth ana Nay cheyenne 81, north and
clear; Norm fI9tte, 81 cam ana clear !;
Olhaha, 9oo, southeast ana cloudy; 1anK-
tolli q northeast ana clear Durlhg sew
eTal Gays past there mas neen qulte an eX-
tehSlV9 ralh-storIh IN washington TERN
Tory ana oregon. Al P NJ. last night the
Weatner was generaily clear, Win noftherIy
ana westerly WINDS, with a falling bar
onelef IN Calliornla ana rising temper
AZURE. san + francisco reports aioui-weather
sunset winch means that, according to the
judgment OF the observer at that clty, ram
Will 1all TO an appreclable amount by sun
SET to-day (Zoth)'
FvTHrsrAsrrc RrprRfrc,N NrrrtvG A
large ana enthusiastic lheetlhS OF hepupl-
cans was held last evening at the Court
house Tor the purpose OF eilectlng tempo
rary organization to be known as the
Plumed knlghtS OF sacramento. Chas.
/. Jones called the meeting to order, stated
the object ana was UNANIMOUSLY selected as
the temporary Chairman, Colonel W. b..
Burtls being selected as the temporary Sec
rotary. A roll was opened and 100 names
signed. The following committees were
Annnlnfp6 Permanent (1TO1nlYp-