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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
"The Lost Cause. ~

Z. A. Pollard the historian, first used
the phrase in his book entitled "The Lost
Cause" In AppLetoa's Journal he gave the
following explanation of the origin of the
phrase: This titular description of our
late war, which has become so popular on
the Southern side, originated with the
present writer. Shortly after the war he
prepared to write history of it. He Of
fered the work he designed to New York
publisher, who thought well of it, but OBJ
jected to the title, History of the War;
etc. The work thus entitled might be
confounded with some other inferior
memoirs of the war which the writer had
already composed, mere annals First
Year Of the War; etc. Could not some
title be found more unique and captivat-
ing, and not quite so heavyF The
writer promised 10 think of such title.
The next day he presented himself to
the publisher and said 4 have thought
of a name for the work | design; it is
"The Lost Cause" You see the bulk of
the people in the South were persuaded
that We really contended for something
that had the dignity and Importance of
cause.-The cause of constitutional liberty
Though God only knows what the sequel
might have .demonstrated). | think there
is something of proper dignity in the
word cause then The Lost Cause is an
advertisement of something valuable that
is gone; besides the associations of the
title are tender and reverential-there is
strain of mourning in it. How do you
like it ? 'Excellently well,' replied the
publisher it is just the thing The
title proved an instant success, and has
since become monumental. The words,
The Lost Cause have been incorporated
into the common popular language of the
South; and the universally of their recep-
ton implies significance that is itself in
,terestinpn
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
Counterfeiters, Fate in China.

Two coppersmiths out of employment in
Hankow privately formed little COM
pany to make copper cash, and began their
operations for some reason by melting
down about eight pounds of imperial copper
coins. The band had made but little pro-
gress in their secret trade, having only
manufactured altogether some 10000 coins,
equivalent to little more than e3, when
they were captured, tried and condemned.
According to the report, the ringleader
was sentenced to immediate decapitation
for melting down coin of the realm; the
next, who had assisted in the work of COIN
ing, was sentenced to decapitation after
imprisonment; while two others, who had
polished the spurious coins, and the last,
who acted as bookkeeper, were treated not
as principals, but as accessories, liable to
transportation 10 Turkestan and employ
ment as slaves to the troops there-a fate
believed to be worse than immediate de-
capitation. Some other men. who seem to
have nothing to do with the coming itself,
but acted as domestic servants to the
principals, received sentences of three
years banishment and hundred blows
each.-Pekin Gdzete.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
MITCHELL'S TERMS.
The English Pugilist Tells on What Can
ditions He Would Meet Dempsey

WASHINGTON, November 30th.-There is ap-
parently no prospect of fight either for eight
rounds or to finish between Charley Mitchell
and Jack Dempsey Mitchell said last evening
after his friendly set-to with Kllrain at Ker-
mans Theater:
''lt is probable that I shall be in San Fran
cisco within the next five or six weeks. am
not however, disposed to seriously regard the
proposition of the California Athletic Club to
fight Dempsey under their auspices.
Quite recently Mr.. Vice, the President of the
club, was interviewed upon this subject. In the
course of his remarks ne said that the members
of the club were all friendly to Dempsey and
would back him freely Now, ask you fairly.
does that offer an encouraging prospect for me
fdon't mean TO insinuate that these gentlemen
will not do me justice; l know better than that
They Will endeavor TO deal as fairly with me as
with Dempsey, but they cannot help being in
fenced by their preferences. , hats human ma
ture, you know. and l dislike TO meet man un-
der such circums' ances.
ITO tell you the TRUTH" said Mitchell grow
ing more earnest in his remarks as he pro-
ceeded, II don't believe that Dempsey has any
intention of ever standing before me. l am en-
tirely satisfied of my ability to whip him, and
have excellent reasons for knowing that he
too is equally well satisfied that l can If he
can meet me where the conditions are all in his
favor he will do so, but uu der any other circum-
stances he will let me severely alone"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
Tbe Jackdaw and the Owl.

The Jackdaw, having heard much about
the Wisdom of the Owl, and being moved
by Jealousy thereto, determined to hold
him up to Ridicule. He gathered his
Friends together and waited upon the Owl
and said
You are Reputed to be the wisest of all
birds. We have come to learn Wisdom
from your words. Give us Short speech"
The Owl Winked and Blinked, but kept
Silent.
"Cone, go ahead" urged the Jackaw.
The Owl was still Silent.
There What did l tell you p screamed
the Jaekdaw to a Fox, who had halted to
see the disturbance. have always con-
tended that the Owl was a Fool instead of
a Philosopher, and here is the Proof. He
can't open his Mouth to say Word p'
"My Fellow Traveller on the Rocky
road to Halifax replied the Fox, I" in
keeping his Mouth shut in the presence of
his Critics the Owl displays more Wisdom
and Philosophy than ever in his life"
Moral: Talk is the weak spot in every
mans armor--Detroa Free Press.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

A $4,000 fire occurred at Seattle, W. T., on
Thursday. The Sunday Standard was burned
out.
Captain Joshua sloeum and family have ar
rived at Beaufort, N c., in his large canoe, from
Rio de Janeiro.
H. J. Moore had both thighs crushed and
broken while coupling cars at Green River, Wyo.
T., Wednesday.
Disreputable characters at Livingston NJ. T.,
were driven from town by vigilance commit
tee Tuesday night.
Surveyor-General William G. Bowman died at
salt Lake on Thursday, aged sixty years. He
had been i'll long time.
Frank Bassford, of Vaeaville, won the medal
at the State pigeon shooting at San Jose on
Thursday, by score of IS out of 100.
The New York Graphic has been purchased by
Henry Stoddard on behalf of a syndicate. He
will make 1t Republican. Stoddard is supported
By the National Committee.
At Bridgeport, Conn. on Thursday little boy
gaZed at a rattlesnake in a window until he fell
into semi-unconseious condition, when he was
discovered and pulled away.
The supposed murderers of Dumas Prorenehes,
the Democratic Judge of Election, killed at San
Jose. n. NJ, on election night, while counting
the ballots, have been captured and held 70
await the action Of the Grand jury.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
OATES REMEDY.
What is Said of the Alabama Congress
mans Proposition.

what IS SAID s1 the Alabama congress
mans Proposition.
WASHINGTON, November rS0th.-Representative
Oates of Alabama a one-armed eX-Confederate
soldier, whoshas served four terms III the House
aud is re. elected to the Fifty-first Congress is
out in an interview which causes his Southern
brethren of more secretiye turn of mind to in
dulge in an unlimited amount of profanity.
Mr.. Oates proposes to disfranchise the negroes,
and to amend the Constitution of the United
States by limiting suffrage TO white men of p
years of age and upward. He says that every
Southern State would vote 10 ratify such an
amendment Years of experience Colonel
Oates says, have proven that negro suffrage is a
failure, and an aelement of eternal discord,
corruption and degradation.
With the negro deprived of suffrage, Colonel
Oates says that the people of the South can vote
according TO their convictions. and there will be
possibility of creating Repub iean party in
the Southern States. He says that the pre- ence
of the eternal negro menacing their common
interests forces the white people of the South
into one party. At the present time there is q
general disposition on the part of the Republi-
can members of Congress to arrive at some
votes in the Southern States without aggravat-
ing the race prejudices which exist in that sec
ton.
Such statements as are made by Colonel Oates
have tendency to inhame the Northern peo-
pie against the South, and for this reason the
Alabamiaus and their neighbors are denoulc-
ing his utterances. They say that his views are
in the South, and that any proposition to amend
the Constitution by DISTINGUISHING the negroes,
is ridiculous. 1t is probable, however, that
before Congress has been long in session Colonel
Oates interview will be given wide publicity
by some Republican orator.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
Struck by a Locomotive.
THE navy.
Secretary Whitney Details the Opera
tions of His Department


WASHINGTON, November S0th. - Secretary
Whitney has presented his annual report 10 the
President. After giving q brief review of the
condition of the navy. as it viii exist on the
Attn day of March, 1889, in comparison with the
same as it existed on the 4th of March, 1855, and
furnishing list Of armoIed vessels heretofore
authorized by Congress, the Secretary says:
so far as armored ships are concerned, the
subject is to be treated in broad way by the
Department of Congress At the present time
the conditions are such that everything nee
essary 10 a iirst-class fighting ship can be pro-
duced and furnished to the department in this
country as soon as, in the course of oonstruc-
ton, any element or feature is required. But
this has never until the present time been true.
Therefore, consideration of the subject has been
necessarily postponed by the Department until
the present time.
THE efforts of the Department in ship con-
StructlOn have, necessarily, since March, 1885,
been devoted 10 unarmored vessels, and as to
the others the Department is able to report that
when the ships in the course of construc-
tion are complete the United states viii rank
second among nations in the possession of un-
armed cruisers or commerce destroyers,' hav-
ing the highest characteristics, viz: of size
800 tons and upwards-and possessing speed of
10 kncts and upwards.a
The Secretary quotes authorities es to the
value OF the class of vessels, and continues ::
We cannot, al present, protect our coast, but
we can return blow for blow for we shall soon
be in a condition to launch a fleet of large and
fast cruisers against the commerce of an enemy
able to infiict the most serious and lasting in
jury thereon.
With regard to the production and power of
the machinery, the report says
" The stardard in 1855 was ten-horse power to
ton of machinery. All the contracts since
then have been on the highest standard, and at
the present time the Department has reached q
point where the entire reliance can be placed
upon 1t for the production of war vessels equal
in character to those of any other country"
Considerable space is devoted to business
methods and the introduction of system into
the department. A chapter is devoted to naval
progress during the year at home and abroad
and in it is the statement of the necessity for
increased numbers of fast protected cruisers,
whether tor the purpose of protecting or de-
stroying commerce.
The Secretary considers the subjects of i'm
proved powder projectiles and torpedo boats,
saying in regard to the latter that the recent
naval maneuvers abroad show that they must
still be regarded as the most useful for coast and
harbor defense.
The estimate for the Navy and Marine Corps
for the current fiscal year amounts to S23 Oo3 024
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
synchronal system of Telegraphing.

DR.. J. Harris Rogers, of Washington,
D. c., has lately invented new system of
synchronism, which, it is claimed, will
make it cheaper to telegraph messages
than to mail them. The new system re-
duces the English alphabet to ten elemen-
tary characters. The messages are pre-
pared by means of machine resembling a
typewriter, and manipulated in the same
manner with the use of ten keys-one for
each character-any message desired can
be written. DR.. Rogers for the past four
years has been at work trying to perfect
synchronism. Its application in tele-
graphy is to make two Wholesome at each
end of the hne-reyolve simultaneously
According to DIR. Rogers, over 200 words
can be transmitted in minute by his new
system. A test of the new apparatus was
held on Tuesday afternoon, and message
of 76 words sent over in % seconds and
printed on a tape in plain Roman charac-
ters. The inventor says that he can, by
this system, make one wire do the work
ten do now by the system in vogue
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
wAsHINGros TERRITORY.
New Hotel at Spokane-Railroads an
the Ceur d'AIene Indians.

SPOKANE FALLS November S1th.--The city has
foated $4,000 of 6 per cent twenty-year bonds
at par.
The new Pacific Hotel opened yesterday with
q banquet 10 which there were l coo invitations
Information from the officers of the Washing
ton and Idaho (ctherwise the Oregon Railway
and Union Pacific through Cosur 'Alene says
that work will stop on the line to-day for the
winter.
The Northern Pacific has succeeded in delay
ing the continuation by the Secretary of the
Interior of the permission granted by the CRur
d Alene Indians to cross their resef vation. The
continuation will, however, certainly be given,
but will be delayed several weeks
The report that the Northwest has frozen out
or obtained control of the Washington and
Idaho, is positively denied. No compromise of
any kind viii be made with the Northern, but
the two roads Will use the same track for four
miles through a narrow mountain pass as pro-
Tlded by Act OF Congress for such emergencies,
where The pass is not large enough for two
tracks. Work. viii be resumed early in the
spring and finished toconnect with the Union
Pacific at Garretson.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
Only an Indiana Increment.


NEW YORK, November S0lh.-The Sun prints
an interview with leading Democrats OF the
G. A. K. in various parts OF the country, and in
a review of these interviews says the movement
for the withdrawal of remocTatic members Of
the G. A. r., or the ground that the organiza-
ton IS used to further The political ends of the
Republican party, seems TO meet with little
sympathy outside Of Indiana, where it began.
California Postal Matters.
WASHINGTON, November SGth.-A new post
Office has been established st Silver Creek. Al
pine county, Cal. With JOHN Darcy as Post
master.
The office at Mud Lake, Medoc county, will be
discontinued Dtceu.oer 20th. because no one
there desires to be Postmaster.
Wisconsin's Increased Vote.
MILWAUKEE (Wis), November S0th.-The Off
cial canvass shows q total vote for President of
35i, Coz, an increase OF Sl,776 over lSs4. Harri-
sons son plurality is I,21 Blaine's plurality in
1854 was 14,6S0 Fisse received 14,227 votes, a
gain of 6621 over 1884 The Labor vote was
1852 as against lS,5lS in 1884.
More Cabinet Gossip.
New YORK, November 30th-A conference
occurred this morning at the Fith-avenue Ho-
tel between Yiee-PIeSif intellect Morton and
Congressman Mckinley. A prominent State
politician says the conference means Platt for
Secretary Of state and Sherman for the Treasury
They Were Doubtless Offensive.
WASHINGTON, November s0th.-The President
has removed four Iostrlasters in New York
-tdlt, luOsS ~ ana IuDd,
and appointed their successors No reason is
assigned, but it is supposed to be offensive part-
sanship.
Four New states.
NEW YORK, November 3lth.-Ex- Governor
Watson c. Squires. of Washington Territory
was interviewed o day. lie predicts that Wash
ington Territory Montana ana North and South
Dakota Will be admitted as States one year from
January 1st.
An Inspector of Indians.
WAsHINGToN, November S0th-The President
has appointed James c. Saunders, of Arkansas,
TO be an Indian Inspector, vice Morris Thomas
Saunders has been Executive Clerk at the White
House for three years.
Fred. Grant wouldn't Mind.
NEW YORK, November S0th.-The Nal ana E1-
press is authority for the statement olonel
Fred. Grant wants to be Minister to and
Senator Farwell went with him to II Lpolis
to say so in his behalf
Maine stood Up Well.
AUGUSTA (Me.), November 30th.-The official
count gives Harrison's plurality at %, ,253.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
AGAIN on RE.
Several Men Imprisoned in a Burning
Michigan Mine.


CALUMET (Mieh.) November 30th.-A fire was
discovered in the Calumet and Hecla mine this
morning. A large party of men were working
The fire made rapid heedway and all made a
rush for the surface but eight are missing 1t
is certain that they are dead. The mine is COM
pletely covered with a dense smoke. Il is be-
lieved the damage, financially, will not be
great.
The company is making desperate efforts to
control the flames and rescue the miners, but it
looks as il the case is hopeless
The men are all Cornishmen. The scene
about the mine is heart-rending. The families
of the men are cognizant CT the extreme likeli-
hood that the men will never come out alive,
and to their grief and lamentations are added
the most frantic confusion on the part Of all
except the trained employees of the company.
MINERS STORY.
Chris Rule one of the miners at work in the
fourteenth level of No. shaft, says that about
II o'clock last night he saw snd smelled smoke
and he al once called the attention of others 10
it. Charles q. Sarson and henry Burkineynki,
who were Thoroughly familiar with the Calumet
branch of the mine, at once started up the lad
der as far as the tenth level and then Went
south TO the main engiDe-shatt, and rode up 10
what is called the grand sixth level" They
then crossed to No. 5 shaft, where they saw the
shaft all ablaze. Burkinyenki at once went to
the valve of the water pipe, opened it, straight
ened out the hose and was ready 10 fight the fire
at the risk of his life. but there was no water
there He says that. however. had there been
water ii would have helped matters none. See
ing this, the men came to the surface.
THE MISSING MEN PROBABLY DEAD.
Nothing is known of the whereabouts of the
men who are missing. They were working 10
feet deeper in the main engine-sh and it is
supposed that, smelling the smoke they tried
TO escape and were smothered.
The fire is believed 10 be of incendiaIy origin.
Over 100 men were in this portion of the mine
at the time, but escaped.
II would be foolish 10 attempt to approximate
the loss, as the fire is every way much worse
than that of last year. and liable to burn for
months.
THE MISSING MEN.
The names of the eight missing victims are:
Anthony Langin. Gustave Tava, Andrew Han
sen. John Flick, Joe Rom, Joe Massoglie, Anto-
ny Kalskie and John Vanderbilt.
Smoke was emitted in dense volumes from
No. shaft, and hundreds of men assembled at
the mouth of the mine, but owing to the smoke
could not attempt rescue. The bell-wire was
almost new, and it is believed it was purposely
cut.
All the miners thrown out of employment by
the fire will be taken on at the Hecla mine, but
the expected increase of wages will be deferred.
There ismueh alarm at the prospect of the
village settling if the supports are burned away
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
A soUATlER woRsTED.
Fencing in Public Land Does Not Pre-.
vent Its Entry by Others.

CARSON, November 30th.-The case of the
United States Government VS.. Bailey, charged
with trespassiug on the public domain, was de-
cided to-day by Judge Sabin in the United
States District Court. Bailey is large cattle
owner of Eureka county, and he fenced large
tract of public land, but neglected entering it.
fenced tract. Bailey, by threats and intimida-
uon, prevented him from completing his home
stead location.
The Court has decided that Bailey had no
right to fence public land that he had not en-
tered in the regular way, and that Cavanaugh
was entitled to an unobstructed right of way to
his homestead. Bailey was fined $50 and SEN
The Court said this was the first case of the
kind decided in the State, and he would make
the sentence light, but intimated that if others
were brought before him for the same offense
conviction would be followed by heavier sen
tence.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
PACIFIC COAST.
AN ARIZONA STAGE.ROBBER CON-
FEsSES HIS ACTS.
How the Desert is Being Made Fer
tile-Several Severe Acci-
dents-Bay News.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO rHs RxooRD-U:sIos.l
PACIFIC COAST.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RxoOEDUsIos.l
AT THE BAY.
Activity In Real Estate-The Travelling
ExhihIt-Rlood- Horse Races-Etc.


SAN FRAyCIsCo, November 50th.-The month
Just closed shows unusual activity in the real
estate market. The recorded sales Snow an ag-
gregate of s., ,9lS. sos.
The Board Of Trade is active y engaged in re-
ceiving and unpackiDg goods forwarded by
afliliating Boards for the travelling exhibit San
Bernardino and Yo!o first responded. If the
contributions of other counties compare with
them the exhibit will be grand one. F. A.
Kimball, of National City, T. 5. Van Dyke and
Charles Terrill, of san Diego. are appointed
Executive memtsers of the Board.
All but 800 of the $1,000 promised by the San
Francisco Irishmen TO the Parneu defense fund
has been contributed.
Nothing has yet been heard of Louis Baker,
employed at the Union iron Works who disap-
peared last Saturday. His friends say there was
no occasion for his leaving, and they fear he
has met with some serious accident-pOssibly
fallen into the bay.
The Fall meeting of the Blood Horse Assocla-
tion closes tomorrow. Pool-selling tonight was
very brisk. First r2ce-Not Idle $50, Index SIC.
Second race-Elood-Tide s100, GGnymede and
Caliente S9S each. Third race, Tribulet stakes
Los Angeles and Mollies Last $50 each, Susie
s. S45, Laura Gardner S4S. Fourth race-Daisy
d. sl00, Grisette S65, kdelweis s55, Cloud SEQ.
The Board of Health this afternoon received
the resignation of DR.. Blach, City Physician,
butconsidered part of his letter insulting, and
after a spirited debate the insulting portion was
stricken out and his resignation accepted. Vim
cent A. Buckley was elected to I'LL the vacancy.
DR.. Ma-tineau, the Police Surgeon, also re-
signed
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-01
WANTED IN GEORGIA.
President-elect Harrison Invited to Visit
the Augusta Exposition.

AUGUSTA (Ga). November 30th.-The follow
ing letter was received by the Augusta National
Exposition Committee to-day:
INDIANAPOLIS, November %, 1855.
GENTLEMEN: 1t gives me pleasure to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your communication of Nov
ember l4th, inviting me, on behalf of the Board
of Directors of the Augusta National Exposi-
ton, to visit the Exposition and to meet the
citizens of Georgia who will be assembled
there, at some time convenient to me.
l notice, also, with interest the kindly terms in
which, on behalf of your people, you extend
and press upon me this attractive invitation. ]
assure you that if it were possible for me to
leave home to make such a visit it would give
me great pleasure to observe, in connection
with your Exposition, the development your
State is making in the arts and manufactures.
The commerce between our people, which is
now so much facilitated by our great railroad
system and the general diffusion of manufactur-
ing interests throughout the States, will, am
sure, still more closely unite in interest and in
sympathy the people of our whole country. VIII
you please express to your Board of Directors,
and also to the gentlemen who have kindly
united in the request presented by you, my sin
cere thanks for the invitation, and my regret
that I am nor able to enjoy the hospitality
which they so cordially extend.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.