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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-14


In its favor growing out of the construction of
the ROAD, the benefits received by the Govern
ment thereirom and out of the injuries which il
has sustained by reason of affirmative govern
mental action, as well as by reason of the fail
ure of the United States to perform the CON
ditions on its part TO be performed under
the contract created by the Acts of July 1852
ana July, is6a. and the assent of the company
thereto. Much as may have been said in the
past twenty years about the power of railroad
corporations in influencing the legislation OF
the country. II is nevertheless true. in point of
fact, that during the twenty years the interests
OF railroad companies have received less favora
Bile consideration at the hands OF the Legisla-
lures, state and national, than any other great
interest OF the country. Indeed, it would be
difhcult TO recall, during the whole of that time
any legislation upon the subject which was not
directed, either wisely or not, against the sup
posed interests of railroad corporations.
Popular excitements upon the subject have
swept over the country, and men holding public
positions nave IN many cases bent to the storm
ana legislation. state and national, both pro-
posed and actually carried into effect. has been
the result OF hostility to railroad companies.
We are now told that the eanities which we
assert are not such as the Courts of the country
would enforce If they existed between private
individuals This l. in part true aud in part
untrue. some OF these equities rest upon moral
grounds alone, while others rest upon grounds
equitable in the Courts OF the country and
which would be enforced by the Courts Il they
existed between individuals.
The Pacific Railroad Commission gave bu. liz
tie attention 10 these equitable considerations
and never sought affirnatively for the facts
which would establish them. Ii was only when
the evidence supporting them was brought to
their 1.-THE tommissionersl attention that they
seemed 10 have entered into their consideration
Indeed, the Commissioners say as to some of
them that they have no legal foundation and
do not constitute legal claims enforcible us such
in Courts OF law and this i true. But the Com
missioners seem to have lost sight of the fact
that congress passed, and on March 3, 1887, the
President approved an Act which recognized
that as between the Government aud the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad equities did exist which
must in Justice be considered before any ad-
justment OF difference should finally be made.
Neither Congress nor the President asked for
the opinion OF the Commissioners as to how far
these equities should be recognized in the adj
Justment. They directed the Commissioners TO
inquire into aud report upon the facts which Law
at the foundation OF the company. We must as
sumo that the iuquiry was not 10 be made 10
Crafty an Idle curiosity. We must il possible.
give force and effect to every part of a solemn
Act OF Congress We cannot do that y respect
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
How to Make Yourself Agreeable.

Very rarely. if ever, young persons ac-
quire the ability to converse with ease and
fuency This implies, first of all, good
ideas, clearly and sensibly expressed. An
empty mind never made good talker; re-
member, @you can not draw water out of an
empty we'll" Next in Importance is self
possession. Self possession is nine points
Of the law"-of good breeding. A good
voice is as essential to self possession as
good ideas are essential to fluent language.
The voice, from infancy, should be care
fully trained and developed; full, clear,
flexible voice is one of the surest indica-
tions of good breeding; it falls like music
ON the ear, and while it pleases the lis
tenor, it adds to the confidence of it's pos
SCISSOR, be he never SO timid. One may be
witty without being popular; voluble, with
out being agreeable; great talker, and
yet great bore. 1t is wise, then to note
carefully the following suggestions:
Be sincere; he who habitually sneers at
everything will rot only render himself
disagreeable to others, but will soon cease
to find pleasure in life.
Be frank; u frank, open countenance
and clear, CHEEKY laugh are worth far
more, even socially, than "pedantry in o
stiff cravat."
Be amiable; you may hide yindietive
nature under polite exterior for time,
as cat masks its sharp claws in velvet
far, but the least provocation brings out
one as quickly as the other; ill-natured
persons are always disliked.
Be sensible; society never lacks for
fools. If you want elbow room, go up
higher
But, above ALL be cordial; true cor
diality unites all the qualities We have
epumerated
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Transportation Of Poultry.

The farmers throughout the country and,
speaking locally, the commission men Of
Chicago, are jubilant over the in
PRODUCTION on the Lackawanna Railroad
of patent cur for the transportation of
live poultry. Heretofore great losses have
been sustained by shippers, especially in
warm weather, and much dissatisfaction has
been visited on the consignees. It is to
hoped that all this trouble has now been
entirely obyiated; that is, where the new
conveyance is i'll use, and if it answers its
purpose as we'll as it is anticipated. there
is no doubt ii will become general. The
car is ten feet higher than the ordinary
freight car and contains Il6 compart-
ments, each one four feet square, IN q
series of eight decks, with an. aisle running
through it crosswise, and another one
lengthwise. Its capacity is from 3 500 to
4 500 fowls, according to the season Of the
year. BY a system of drop decks the
freight is loaded and unloaded at the bot
tom of the car, the sides of which are Of
strong wire netting, in which are the doors
to the several compartments. On the top
of the car, in the center, is water tank
large enough TO supply full load on
journey Of 5000 miles. Each compartment
is supplied on three sides with abundant
food and water bv system of tr0uehs and
hose that is easily worked on the inside,
no matter how great the speed of the train.
The, food is stored In d box Or tank be.
peRth The OR
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Died ON the Cars.

DR.. John Scott, an old and well-known
dentist of PiHsburg, died in Ft. Wayne
xpress train while en- route home from
Chicago. He was attacked with hem
orrhage of the lungs in Chicago, but re-
covered sufficiently to start for home. On
the train he grew Respondent and finally
told his fellow passengers that he had a
presentiment that he was going to die. He
was so confident of this that he had the
conductor forward two kilograms to rela-
tives at Pittsburg informing them of his
death on the train. Two hours after the
messages were sent he was seized with
another hemorrhage and in five minutes
he WAS dead. His wife, who was with him,
took charge of the remains and took them
on to Pittsburg.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Don Dickinson Quite Sick,

Postmaster General, Don Dickinson is
the latest addition to the Washington sick
list. He is down with heavy cold on his
lungs and the attending doctor fears that
pneumonia may set in. Mr.. Dickinson
has never been in robust health since he
came to Washington. He has had two or
three attacks, but has always recovered
from them in time to set at rest the fears
of serious consequences. He is a nervous
man and his interest in the political cam
paign does not help him any. Tonight it
was stated that there was little change in
his condition. He was certainly no better,
but it was not to be expected that he
would throw off the cold at once. The
aim of the doctor was to prevent the APP
pearance of symptoms of pneumonia. 1t
will be two or three days before any
definite statement can be made.
LATEST Market Kt.narts.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Made an EmbezzIer Disgorge.

Several days ago the United States mar
shal's Office in New York received cable
gram from Manchester, England, stating
that George Middleton, bookkeeper for a
Manchester merchant named Dittcher, had
fed with his employers money and papers,
and asking that lookout be kept for the
fugitive. deputy United States marshal
met Middleton on the deck Of the steamer
olls Of Richmond. md haytng 20 vafraai
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Buried in a snowslide.

Last week while Charles and William
Weller, two miners, were digging their way
through the snow from La Junta basin,
snowslide came down the mountain, carry
ing the men down 1900 feet and burying
them under the snow and rocks. William
managed, with the aid of a pocket knife,
to dig himself out, and though badly
wounded made his way to town. rescu-
ing party started and after two hours hard
work found the body of Charles under
meath several hundred feet of snow and
rock, crushed to shapeless mass.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Street Car strike Ended.

The greatest street car strike in the his
tory of Chicago was brought to an end
Sunday evening, the company having COM
promised their differences with the North
Side men. The lines in that section of
the city were in full operation again Mon
day morning. The terms of the settle
ment, as given out, are that the company
grants the men slight increase in wages
not as much as first demanded; re-em-
ploys all the strikers and will rearrange the
schedules of running time to conform to
the requests at first made by the strikers.
The company will retain the new men who
have been employed since the beginning Of
the strike, and will probably place them on
new lines which are being equipped, OF on
the extra list. 1t was agreed at'Sundays $,
conference between President Yerkes and
the strikers committee that any other
points of disagreement shall be referred to
Mr.. Lyman J. Gage, the vice president of
the First National bank, who shall be the
sole arbitrator.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
THE TERRITORY.
METHODIST AssiGNMENTs MADE FOR
THE COMING YEAR.

Reversal Of the Decisien Of the. Lower
Court in the Bfowp County Scat Case-A
"A Genuine BAD Coon Kid at Grand
Forks The News In General.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
A Young Lady Drinks Lye by Mistake.

Miss Carrie Miller, handsome young
lady of Lexington. S. c., died under pc
culiaily distressing circumstances, after
many months. of excruciating suffering.
About year ago her mother had a jug OF
wine and one of I've in the same pantry.
The young lady poured out glass Of wine.
as she thought, and tasted it, but it proved
to be the I've instead. AS soon - she had
swallowed it she exclaimed: "Oh, mother!
/ have drank the I've instead of wine, and
now it will kill me?" With these words
she fell fainting to the floor. Everything
that human hands could do was done for
her. At times she would appear to be all
right, then would relapse again. For the
last four months nothing had entered her
stomach in the natural way, as the canal
that carries the food was completely closed
up, and during this period she was kept
alive by artificial means.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
stabbed i'm a saloon Row.

Thomas P. Casey, a contractor, was
stabbed seven times by John Macy,
Chicago saloonkeeper. Both men had been
drinking and they became entangled in
discussion in Nacey's saloon. He may re-
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
win Attempt Another Brace.

Tomorrow / will be just 80 years old,
and it will be the fist birthday in my life
that have not been able to be about well
and contented," said John L. Sullivan
Sunday. Il feel stronger, but my feet and
legs still trouble me. I've had plenty of
time to reflect on my past doings, and |
have been laid up and I've made up my
mind that in thirty years of life I've had
about fun enough. There was time in
my sickness when I was thought to be dy-
ing, but God was good to me and gave me
one more chance. I've fully made up my
mind what to do with that chance. and I
will never again touch glass of beer or
drop of any kind of intoxicating liquor.
No man who is friend of mine will ever
ask me to drink again."
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Another Lel,igh wreck.

News of another wreck on the Lehigh
Valley railroad has been received by the
superintendent of the Mahoning division.
A Pennsylvania freight train ran into Lee
high Valley gravel train on that division at
$3.50 Tuesday morning, killing six persons
outright and injuring over twenty. The
killed and injured, who were mostly Hun
garians, were on the gravel train, with the
exception Of one, who was on the Pennsyl-
vania train. It was three hours before help
could be procured, and during that time
the injured lost SO much blood that tits
feared that many of them will die. A
special train carrying physicians arrived
three hours after the accident, and they did
everything possible for the injured.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Killed BY Her s-year-old Boy.

At the house of William Morgan, in
Donaldson, Schuykill county, Pa, Mrs.
Morgan was sitting in chair nursing a
6-months- old infant. Her 6-year- old son,
named Willie, took an old shot gun from
closet. The little fellow climbed upon o
chair and secured another cap. He then
cooked the gun and pointed it at his
mother and when about fifteen feet away
cried out, Look out, mamma; I'm cowboy,
and l am going to shoot" With these
words he shot, the charge entering the face
of his mother and the back and head of the
infant. The mother fell unconscious.
Mother and child are not expected to re-
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Dakota Farmers Reported Starving.

A special dispatch from Minneapolis
says: NJ. J. Herpman, of this city, who has
ers in Ramsay county, Dakota. who were
reported TO be starving to death, has re-
turned to the city. He says there are sew
eral families absolutely destitute of food
and fuel, and something must be done,
and Immediately. The real condition of
the people is beyond description. Men,
women and children are in rags and they
have not q cent of money in the world
Their crops were totally DESTROYED and
their land, stock and farm implements
mortgaged. Absolute distress prevailed
everywhere. Mr.. Herpman says the frost
which came in August destroyed all the
wheat there was, as well as all the vege-
tables, even those which are hards as tur-
ming
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
A Negroes Horrible Death.

Bill Lewis, an Albany, Ca, colored bill
poster, was burned to death the other
morning. The neighbors smelled burning
flesh and broke into the room, the doors
of which were locked. They found him.
lying dead with his head in the fire. He
was an epileptic and fell in the fire while
in fit. re was horrible spectacle. His
head and face, chest and arms We're COM
pletely roasted. A few years since he met
with similar accident and was terribly
disfgured. his nose being burned off and
the flesh all burned off his head. A hard
matter gradually formed yer his brain and
his skull loosened. Dir. Alfriend one day
took off the top of his head and handed it
to him. He has carried on his business
for years in this condition.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25

MKs. G. +. JAMES. a lineai descendant
of Martha Washington aud daughter-in-
law of ext Postmaster General James, will,
it is said, shortly make her debut in New
York theatre, and the many society friends
Of the charming aspirant are in antter OF
expectation. The lady is o petite bloude
with magnificent easering. and il. said 20
b ysFy anfsetsYe.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Third Fatal wreck in pennsylvania.

A fatal wreck occurred on the Cumber-
land Valley railroad near Shippensburg
Thursday morning. Trains Nos. II and 8
collided at sharp curve in the road, tele-
scoping the cars and completely demolish-
ing the engines. Officials of the road here
are very reficent in the matter and refuse
to state anything of the causes. From the
trainmen the following particulars we've
learned: Both trains were late and the
conductor of No. 2 coming south received
orders ut Newyi lie to run to Shippepsburg
end pass ND, IA. The conductor pt Nvl
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Barry Bounced.

& The most important action BY the pres
ent general executive board Of the Knights
Of Labor was taken when Thomas r..
Barry, former member Of the board. was
formally expelled from the order. Barry
was accused of series Of abuses, and
was suspended from duty last August.
One month afterward he forwarded his
till this meeting, at Philadelphia, wheD
the board refused to except it and expelled
him.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25

II says be received orders ct ShippensbnrR
to run to the thirty eight mile siding be-
tween Shippensburg and Neville and
there meet and pass No. 81. Acting on
these orders he left Shippensburg and
within three miles he met the Oncom-
ing train. The engineer of No. IA saw the
smoke of the other train around the curve
and shut of steam and applied the air
brakes, but before he could stop both
trains came together with acrash. The
engines interlocked the boiler of one being
driven over FIVE feet into the other. The
express cars on both trains were driven
back and completely teleseoped the bag
gage cars. Baggage Master Charles Bitner,
of Harrisburg, was caught between the
cars and so horribly mangled that he died
in short time after being released from
the wreck. Conductors Linn and Bowman
are both seriously injured and many Of the
passengers received injuries, though not
The track was blocked all day, but passen-
gers have been transferred.
Tuesday night in the Chester river. Hear
ing that the dredgers were getting In their
work two of the states vessels proceeded
to the Chester river, arriving there about
10 p. m. The officers found the oyster
men doing illegal work, and ordered them
off the forbidden grounds. Not being
obeyed, the navy opened fire and met with
a warm reception at the hands of the
dredgers. Finally the oystermen We're
driven off, but no arrests were made.
About 800 shots were fired by both sides.
Into am Open switch.
The cannon ball express ON the Balti-
more and Ohio road that left Cincinnati
Thursday night ran into an open switch
near Washington, Pa, depot Friday morn
ing, and was precipitated over a trestle a
distance of ten feet The train was run
ming at high rate of speed and was COM
pletely wrecked. First reports were that
four persons were instantly killed and
there was much excitement along the line,
as the train was heavily loaded and many
persons at different points had friends
aboard. Reliable information received
later says that only the engineer, James
twenty were injured. VIM. McAuliffe,
fatally injured. number of passengers
from the wrecked train arrived in Pittsburg
at 1906 in the afternoon. Superintendent
Collins, of the postotfice, who was in the
wreck, stated that three of the injured,
Fireman Brown, BaggagemasterH Henry and
a colored man named Hays, of Columbus,
will probably die. He said the wreck was
the worst looking one he ever saw. The
engine was demolished and the cars rem
dered mass of broken timbers. The en-
CINE, tender, baggage car and sleeper had
gone over the trestle and the day coach was
hanging partly over. The people of the
town broke the windows and extricated the
passengers as soon as possible after the
wreck occurred and everything was done to
alleviate their sutferings. The train was
flied to its utmost capacity and it was a
miracle that there were no more killed.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
Flour ProdnctIom.

z tIOuf 1srOuMetl0n.
The Northeastern Miller says: Tho
mills did big work last week, the daily out
put averaging over 81 900 barrels. The to-
tai production for the week ending October
1G was 187, 900 barrels, against 1862, 800 the
previous week, and 163, 600 barrels for the
corresponding time In 1887. The same
twenty-one mills are in operation again
this week, and are getting out all the -four
they are capable of. The shipments are
very heavy, but are mainly going via the
northern lake routes, and this has for some
days past caused a shortage of cars, though
somewhat relieved now. An effort has been
made to get the east bound lake and rail
rates advanced to the basis of 80 cents,
Minneapolis to New York, but the st. Paul
and Duluth and the 500 roads have so far
not acquiesced, and it seems improbable
that the object will be accomplished. The
-four market is now very dull, the recent
decline in wheat having stopped the buy
ing. Patents were reduced rs cents per
barrel in price Monday, and still the de-
mand is extremely light. There are some
jobbers who bought early enough to now
sell cheaper than western millers can and
still make handsome profit, and this is
being done. A representative Of large
firm stated that some of their customers
had orders on their books which would net
them 50 per barrel, and that until such
people were disposed of, millers would not
look for very brisk trade. A majority of
the mills report mo exports, but one or
two sales were made of an encouraging
charac er. The direct exports of -four last
week were somewhat increased, but were
largely on old orders, being 10000 barrels,
against 16,400 barrels for the preceding
week.
Charged With Stealing 100000.
On the arrival of the steamer Peruvian
at st. Johns, N. F., William Francis
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25
MILWAUKEE.
MINNEAPoLIs.
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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25

Charged With Stealing 100000.
On the arrival of the steamer Peruvian
at st. Johns, N. F., William Francis
Evans, passenger. was placed under ar
rest. He is charged with having stolen
100000 from Birmingham, England,
firm.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-10-25

fellow, but, not liking the appearance of
her future home, went back' on the ar
rangement.
A party from Ortonville, MINI, is at
Aberdeen in search of truant wife and
man with long list Of aliases with whom
she eloped. He traced them to that city,
bat has lost all track of them there. He
has wisely concluded to go to work on the
eewer.
Great hopes of boom have been in
spired at Blunt on account of the recent
coal find. The last ten feet of the shaft
was through slate, and owing to the
presence Of water above the slate it has
been impossible to determine the extent OF
the vein.
The Aberdeen street railway, which
was restrained last spring by injunction
proceedings from laying its track on Main
street. has commenced suit against the CITY
for the purpose of determining whether its
franchise Is worth anything in law.
The Advocate soliloquizes as follows:
Blunt at the present time is about the
dirtiest and meanest looking town in this
I,nss Of The territory Its dilapidafed side,
aAiks aud street crossings, its unolean
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