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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-12
CALIFORNIA AND COAST.
A Condemned Murderer Resists the
Hangman on the Scafold.
A TALK ON CENTRAL AMERICA.
Dictator Barrios' Nephew Says the
Proposed Union Will Not Take
Place-Nicaragua Canal.
CHINESE FEELINGS.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-usIos. /
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-12
LABOR MATTERS.

Brakemen and Switchmen Return to
Work-The Cloakmakers.
LOUISVILLE (Ky.), July 11th-The strik-
ing brakemen and switchmen on the Louis
vile and Nashville road returned to work
this afternoon at the old wages, pending
an investigation of their grievances by the
management.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-12
EAST OF THR ROCKIES.
President Uarrison's Warning Note
TO the Farmers.
AL. FARROW WINS ANOTHER RACE.
Frightful Explosion Of q Steamer
on Lake Michigan in Which
Several Lives are Lost.
FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.

lsrsuAI D1rAroHr TO THE sroonD-unos.l
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-12
Chopped to Pieces

DEVILS LAKE On. d J, July l1th.-Agnes
Baldwin, notorious woman, yesterday
murdered one John Kinney, at her home
stead across the bay, and chopped his body
almost to pieces.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-12

BISeHAMToN az. W, July 1lth.-airs.
Thomas Eahan and Mrs. Henry Van Duser,
injdred in last nights railroad accident,
near 0swega. by which three women were
instantly killed, died four hours after the
accident.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02

Striking as is the labor problem of Eng
land in its spectacular effects it is even more
striking In some of the substantial results
accomplished. Ii in England they have
some of the biggest conflicts between the
laborers and their employers; in England
also are to be found the most successful ex-
amples Of the application of the principle of
cooperation. Cooperative stores for the
distribution of products have long been In
very fiourishing condition. Cooperation in
production has been neither so extensive nor
SO remarkably successful. Still, its sue
cesses are substantial and sufficiently ex-
tensiye to be of great influence in the march
OF labor toward bettered condition. The
cooperative producing societies of England
have capital aggregating seventy.fve mil
lion dollars; and their sales In 1889 amount
ed to almost hundred and eighty-five mil,
lion dollars. One of these societies has been
in operation since 1861. They manufactured
textiles, boots and shoes, iron and steel and
other metals, and even engaged In farming.
There is at place called Holden Bridge, in
Yorkshire, society Of fustian workers
founded In 1870, which is the most note
worthy success Of all. These fustian
workers associated themselves and worked
aiter hours, subscribing six cents per week
apiece -Four years later they owned a S3h-
oOO factory, and now the society. comnrisino
669 members, has capital of s11o 600 am.
ploys 24O hands, and produces goods to the
value OF $4,000 year. From these profits
dividends OF over seven per cent have been
paid to members Of the society and the wages
of the workmen have increased in like nro-
portion. Some of the associations are strict.
ly cooperative and others are managed ON
what is called in America the profit shar-
ing" plan. The profits are divided in vari-
Gus ways. One society in Scotland which
manufactures woolens allows 20 per cent.
to capital, 60 per cent. to workers and 20 per
cent. to purchasers. At Wolyerhampton the
lockmakers allow five per cent. year to
capital and divide the remaining profits at
the rate of forty per cent. to the workers,
thirty per cent. to subscribers and the rest to
the reserve fnnd, social and educational
funds and to other minor purposes.
In England the labor problem is most
acute and the situation more distressing
man with US. But 1t is also true that there
the most successful experiments have been
made In removing the antagonism between
labor and capital.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02

dued tones VI course they still profess
confidence OF electing majority of the next
house, but they are no longer boisterOus
about it. They are now constantly preach
ing the necessity Of organization and me-
thodical work. Confidence In great popular
uprising to condemn the quorum ruling, the
tariff bill and the election bill has entirely
disappeared, and they have made up their
minds that If they win the next Congress
1t must be by stubborn fighting at every
point. Hence we shall see on their part
from now to the November elections much
more systematic effort than characterized
their campaigns in Maine and Wyoming.
This being the case the Republicans can
hardly look forward to such n state of things
in November in the States where elections
occur. as was witnessed in September. In
September the spectacle was presented of
one party active and Jealous, aud the other
virtually asleep. In November without
doubt both parties will be awake.
Under these circumstances the contests are
likely to be close and the general result
doubtful. Neither party can claim with
great confidence at the present time that 1t
will have a majority in the next House OF
Representatives. The Democrats have, how
ever, some distinct and positive advantages
which they have possessed themselves Of
the most of them unfairly and some of them
fraudulently. There are some thirty dis
tricts which they will undoubtedly carry, be-
cause of their ability to suppress in these
districts the minority by force or miscount-
Ing. 1t is practically of little use for the Re-
tar,h 20
There are also considerable number of 9TH
er districts, notably those of Ohio. which
under the forms of law have been so carved
out as to produce Democratic majorities.
In some of these district there is fighting
chance for the Republicans, but it is against
great odds. The districts which have been
doctored by the Democrats to produce Demo-
cratic maioritiies considerably exceed in
number the Republican majority in the
House at the beginning of the
present session. 1t will be seen, there
fore, that the Republicans have disad-
vantages to contend against in the coming
elections which they did not have two
years ago. sOn the other hand the States
| which have been admitted since that time,
and which are Republican, will partly, but
only partly, offset these disadvantages. AS
a rule the House of Representatives chosen
In the midst of a Republican administration
has been Democratic. There is likely to be
more or less apathy on the part of the party
in power at such times, there are likely to be
more or less members of it disgruntled, and
therefore it is difficult at these times to poll
the full Republican strength.
| These are all serious disadvantages, but
they all will exist at the coming elections,
and against them the Republicans will have
to contend. If In spite of them the Republi-
cans elect majority of the House 1t will
constitute very remarkable victory. If, on
the other hand, they fail, their failure will
not show any decadence of the party. or af-
ford any reason for discouragement.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02

Congress has concluded the work of the
first session, and 1t is the proper time to sum
up the results of its work and compare
them with the results brought about by the
last Congress. As the popular branch has
been working under new rules which have
challenged the opposition of powerful par
ty in the nation an examination of the work
is all the more timely. In this first session
the House has passed Il, 402 bills and resolu-
tions, and the Senate ALSO, or total of
1922, against 10 59S in the first session of the
last Congress. This has been done in spite
of the most persistent filibustering ON the
part of the Democrats, filibustering never
equalled before. In the House In this Con-
gress there have been over 800 filibustering
roll calls. But in spite of these impediments
this Congress has done more work than the
last. But the character Of the legislation is
of more Importance than its volume. For
the passage of important measures. over
which there were long contests and an array
of great interests, the work of the last Cor
gress is not to be compared with the work of
the present Congress. The great measures
passed by this Congress make an imposing
array:
THE TARIFF BILL.
THE SILVER BILL
THE ANTI TRUST BILL.
The CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE BILL.
TAE PENSION BILL.
THE ANTI oTTERY BILL.
THE WORLDS FAIR BILL.
THE MEAT INSPECTION BILL.
THE BILLS FOR ADMISSION OF WYOMING AND
IDAHO.
1HE LAND FORFEITURE BILL.
The BILL PROVIDING RULES OF THE ROAD"
FOR THE HIGH SEAS.
THR NAVAL BILL AUTHORIZING THE NEW
BATTLE HIPS.
The House has also passed the federal
election bill, measure which was supposed
to be beyond the power of the majority of
the House to pass
This is record unsurpassed by any Con-
gress for many years.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02

Yesterday the PRESS called attention to
certain untrue and bitterly hostile state
ments against Mr.. Reed, published in a
stood to emanate from the Evening. Express
office. II the Express ofAce IS not the head
quarters whence these malicious and untrue
stories have Originated 1t would have been
perfectly easy for last evenings Express to
lave go stated Instead that paper makes
no denial and virtually admits the truth Of
the statement by flying at the PRESS with
the insinuation that the PRESS Office harbors
the correspondent who sent to the New
York Times the columns of lies which that
paper published about Mr.. Reed in the late
campaign. There is no foundation what
ever for such an jnsinuation. The stories in
the New York Times were written by man
sent specially from New York to do the
work. That man was around this town for
many days. and from the similarity Of his
dispatches to the dispatches now sent to the
Boston Post we judge that he must have
been q frequent visitor In the Office of the
Evening Express.
Yesterdays Boston Post presented anoth-
or chapter In the series of cowardly and IN
direct Misrepresentation about Mr.. Reed
with which the Democratic organ is sup
piled from the bureau in this city:
Dispatches from the various cities and towns
in the Fist District show that the appointment
gives much satisfaction Ia the section, and al
though II is universally conceded that Speaker
Reed has received a stinging slap ~ the face,
there is general rejoicing In Republican circles
that the President paid no attention TO the child
ish opposition OF the Speaker.
The Republicans CT this city will know
how much credence to put in such anony-
nous attacks delivered from behind Demo-
cratic breastworks; and they will also know
how much respect to accord the source from
which these hidden attacks emanate.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02
CURRENT COM M EMIT.
THE AIR WOULD HAVE BEEN BLUE.
Portland Advertiser

Suppose, for instance. there had been two
candidates for the Augusta post office, one
Mr. Marley, and the other not persona qrqaa
to Mr.. Blaine. And then suppose, for in
stance, that the President, in the face of Mr..
Blaine's personal protests, should appoint
the very man whom, above all others, he did
not want.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02

"Castoria is SO well adapted to children tina.
recommend it as superior to any prescription
1aown TO me-" Il. A. ARCHER, n D.,
Iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, NY.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02
The Coming Elections.

The cheerful and rather bumptious conf
dence which the Democracy some time ago
manifested of electing majority Of the next
House of Representatives appears to have
largely passed away. The elections in
Maine and Wyoming failed to disclose the
tidal wave which the Democrats had ex-
pected to sweep over the country. On the
contrary these elections showed the Repub-
licans active and aggressive, and the Demo-
Gratis decidedly sleepy. Since then the
Democrats have been singing in very SUBJ
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02
STATE ITEMS oFiNTEREsT.
A wolf has been shot in Phipsburg.

One hundred and eight new houses have
have been so scarce in that city that. sau5vs
who have never learned the tradas Rave re-
ceived as high as 1925 a. ddaS for carpenter
work.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02

The antiquated yarn that Col. Dow was
removed from the relationship because of
political activity in behalf of Mr.. Reed. has
finally got round to the Argus, There is not
a word OF truth in it, 1t was one of the vir-
tues accorded by his friends to his admins
tration that it had kept entirely aloof from
politics.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02

In our Washington news this morning viii
be found a summary of the new tariff duties
ON list of articles produced in Maine. The
new rates of duty are compared with the
rates under the old law, and when possible
the equivalent ad valorem rates under the
two laws are given. 1t will be observed that
the changes of duty made by the new law
are quite numerous, especially on agricultur-
al products, in which there is considerable
competition from the adjacent provinces.
The lime industry of Maine has received sub
stantial encouragement which will not be
pleasing to the New Brunswick manufac-
tories.
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING. OCT. 9.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nlcatons The name and address of the writer
are IA all cases indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as guarantee OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1890-10-02

The Express copies from the PRESS of the
morning after Col. Dow was removed from
the collectorship an article endorsing his ad-
ministIation as an efficient and economical
one. The purpose of reproducing this arti-
Gle, the substance of which was furnished by
one Of Col. Dow's warm admirers, is not
quite apparent. The PRESS has not attacked
Col. Dow's appointment because of any in
competency on his part to conduct the office,
and nobody else has. The grounds of our
criticism were clearly stated. 1t would be
much more to the point to reply to them.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-17
Alabaster Boxes.


Nothing can be done the dead. When
tender hands have placed loved forms In
their tomts, all that can be done for the
dead has been done. Monuments over hero
ic remains and in memory of the dead are
really for the benefit of the living. They are
for truth, principle, a cause that should
be kept alive. They tell their story to rising
ling. They crafty the feelings and pride of
those who were dear to the dead. But as all
things may be done for the living, while
nothing can be done for the dead, it is best for
the living to love the living. Desolate peo-
pie may warm their hearts at the fires of
charity and friendship and love. They find
only chill and more sorrow sorrowing over
the graves Of loved ones. A writer in the
Louisville Post says: "I was shown yester-
day the business card of well-known gen.
sent to the living and not strewn over the
graves of the dead. On the back of the card
be had the following good advice printed {:
do not keep the alabaster boxes of your
love and tenderness sealed up until your
friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweet
ness. Speak approving, cheering words
while their ears can hear them and while
their hearts can be thrilled and made happy
by them; the kind things you mean to say
when they are gone, say before they 60. The
flowers you mean to send to their cofins send
to brighten and scenten their homes before
they leave them. Ii any have alabastsr box
es laid away full of fragrant perfumes of
sympathy and perfection which they intend to
break over my dead body, would rather
they would bring them out in my weary,
troubled hours and open them. I would
rather have plain coffin without flower, q
funeral without eulogy, than life without
the sweetness of love and sympathy. Let us
learn to anoint our friends beforehand for
the burial. Post-mortem kindness does not
cheer the burdened spirit. Flowers on the
coffin caet no fragrance over the weary way.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-17
No. Is
La Grippe Symptoms.
From the Detroit FREQ pro.s 7


Oh, yes, I've got it, or rather it has get
me: mean this up-your-nose craze now 60
ing round. I am greatly tickled with it;
that is, my nose is. They say it is the genu-
ine imported article, duty paid, aud not
adulterated, with the letters blown in. Ny
throat and language, am sorry to say, are
highly infamed. The mucous gambrinus,
mean membranous, won't yield to anything
I may pour down, and have tried little
of everything, especially the latter. suffer
from several stitches in my head and the
lack of several in my vest, which were burst
in sneezing. sneezs at everything see,
which do not think is altogether proper,
and I have such roaring in my head that
the boarder next room complained of it
keeping him awake. have to get MP on a
stepladder to talk above q whisper, and I am
afraid I will have to breathe through my
ears. can't shake off the tired feeling that
is upon me more than usual, perhaps; can't
find any fellow to shake it off with. When
sneeze it lifts me off my feet with two-
skyrocket force. It is worse in the morning
than at night, and at night 1t il worse than
in the morning, and when I cough I don't
raise anything but the neighbors; they say
I can stop it by twisting rope tightly
around my neck. What little do eat dis
tresses me. and it does not always come
from the fact that have lately got in ar
rears with the landlord. My eyes are a
watery as railroad stock, and my neck is ex.
ceedingly stiff and formal. It is hard
matter for me to turn my head and look
ACROSS the street when meet creditor
when am out to let the house qniet down
little. My mind has been 80 affected that
I have been nearly on the point of calling in
q doctor, but it has not got quite that bad.
can't write at night because I sneeze the
slampout, and my nose is SO sore will soon
have to chioroform it to blow it. I have
pains in tho breast every time die, which ID
agrayating, while am apt to get irritable if
any one call me liar or anything of that
sort. This is verltable case Of the epizoo
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-17
Friday. January II, 1890.
LOOKING FORWARD.

LOOKING FORWARD.
The word socialism has apparently lost
some of the power it used to have to inspire
distrust and terror. And If the word still
has pewee to scare, the thing it means is not
frightening many. The increasing tendency
toward government control of affairs has
been especially noticeable in the bills and
resolutions introduced in the senate thus far.
Four-ffths of the measures now before the
senate are for the relief Of private persons or
corporations. All these requests for internal
improvements; the bridging of rivers, the
irrigation Of arid lands and the construction
Of canals, are tinged with the same color of
federalism; and many other schemes that
seem TO be much favored by not few senat-
ors lead in the same direction Of federeI over
sight of local and private affairs, as, for
example, the appropriations for the develop
ment of silk culture, Of sugar beet seed, of
sugar beet manufacturing machinery, and so
on, the extension of federal aid to State
education, the establishment of government
laboratories, scientific institutions and COLI
leges, and the voting of ship subsidies.
So it goes. By and by perhaps we shall
wake up and find that we have gone much
farther in the direction of socialism than we
meant to. The same tendency observable
here is also observable inEngland.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-17
NEW HAVEN CONN FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY II, 1890.

age of the persons who passed the examina-
tions last year was thirty Eve years, and that
the average age Of those who failed Was al
most the same. There were 1883 persons
examined, and 1t is significant circumstance
that $50 of the 1,016 who passed were grad
yates of the common schools. only twenty
seven of the whole number having enjoyed
an academic education.
George W: Gable, the novelist, recently at
tended reception given by the colored pro-
fessors of the Vanderbilt university at NASH
vile, Tennessee, and was thereupon socially
ostracised by the Southern press. In re-
cent letter to Nashville newspaper Mr..
Gable says: If the friendship of any friend
of mine, North or South, old or new, hangs
on the condition that must never do again
what I did the other day in Nashville, I bid
such friendship regretful goodbye.
will break bread with slave or a savage if
I choose. have no fear that shall lose all
my friends, but know that shall keep my
self-respect, and that the more friends I lose
the stronger will be my affection for those
that remain to me.
The German press is discussing the merits
Of new French repeating air-rifie called the
s'miracle gun" The rife was invented by
NJ. Paul Giffard in Paris, the original pro-
jector of the Parisian pneumatic post. It is
described thus: The weapon is light, much
lighter than any of the army rifles now in
use. 1t resembles the magazine gun in that
q steel cartridge about span and half
long and as thick as a mans thumb is at
tached to the one barrel by means of screw.
This cartridge contains 300 shots, which can
be discharged as rapidly or slowly as man
desires. Since neither powder nor q any
other explosives hut only compressed and
lique6ed air, supplies the expelling force, no
smoke and no flash accompany the discharge.
Only short, sharp, low report is heard as
the ball leaves the cartridge. At the recent
trial the ball travelled with wonderful ac-
curacy snd penetrated deep into the wall of
the shooting room. As soon as one cartridge
is .emptied of its 800 shots, another cartridge
can be screwed on the gun in the twinkling
Of an eye. M. Gifard says that the 300
shots in cartridge can be produced at a
cost Of about two and half cents. The
gun itself can be manufactured for about S..