Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-01
fourth District. George E. Graves; from the
Sixty-fifth District, L. ]. Pinard.
Arbitration Agreed Upon.

ArDltration agreed upon.
SAN Francisco, September Soth,-Chiei
Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, met with the officials at the
Southern Pacific Company to-day to talk
over the matter of the engineers on the
Atlantic system regarding promotion. 1t
was decided to settle the mstter by arbi-
sration, and committee will meet 81
Houston, Texas, during October.
Cutting Government Timber.
TucsoN "a. IT,. September 3oth-Daniel
Ross, millman at the Copper Queen Min
ing Company, has been arrested by United
States Marshal Paul for cutting Govern
ment timber. Bail of $4,000 was re-
quired A civil suit has been begun against
Ross and the Copper Queen for $50 600.
1t is alleged they have cut 5000, 900 feet of
timber.
Races at Salinas.
SALINAS, September Both. The four
teenth annual fair of Monterey county
opened here to-day. The first race was
trotling, for two-year- olds. Spokane won.
Best lime, 2523 In the mile snd repeat
running event Lady Il won. Best time,
1904. The trotting race bstween Marion.
Mary .. and st. Patrick resulted in VIC
tory for st. Patrick. Best time, 2;34.
Ktdnaped Child Recovered.
PORTLAND (0r,), September 30th.-Frank
Warner, the baby hey who was taken from
his East Portland home in July, 1889, and
whose whereabouts have remained IN
known for more than a year, was brought
to this city last night, having been found
IN Walia Walla, Wash, few days ago at
the house of Julia Partells.
Industrious Burglars.
SAN LEANDRo, September S0th.-Three
residences at this place were burglarized
last night. At n. g. Sturtevant's the bur.
glars secured gold watch and small
amount of money. At Daniel Besl's gold
watch and money was also taken. at the
Webber house nothing was stolen, although
an entrance had been effected.
Charged With Arson.
FRESNO, September 30th.-ThomasC Caspar
was arrested to-day on charge of arson. The
complaint was sworn to by George F. Stani-
ford, an insurance agent Stamford charges
that Caspar burned his shoe store last Sun
day in order to get the insurance money.
The stock was insured Tor 500, but is said
to have been worth only 500.
New Bank at bakersfield.
BAKERSFIELD. September 3Oth. - The
Bank OF Bakersfield was organized to-day
with s. w. While, J. j. Mack, B. Ardizzi,
D. W. Walser and Emile Dinkelspiel as
Directors. S. w. While was chosen Presi-
dent and J. J. Mack Cashier. The capital
stock is $3.50 600.
Terribly Mangied.
TACOMA. September S0th.-Apgus Mac.
Donald. conductor on the Puget Sound and
Gray's Harbor road, near Kamilche, fell be-
tween the cars of logging train this after
noon and was instantly killed, being
maDgled beyOnd recognition.
Lassen County Republicans.
SUsASvILLE, September 30ih. = To-day
the Republicans nomina' ei county ticket,
includIog Superior Judge, F. A. Kelly;
Sheriff, f. III. Cody; District Attorney, j..
A. Gilman, and Treasurer, II. W. Mey-
bert
Pajaro Valley Fair.
WATsoNvILLE, September 30th.-The Pa
jaro Valley Fair orens here on the 1st of
October, and continues four days. The
State Grange meets here on the 9th, and
continues in session one week.
Clergyman Dead.
SAN PEDRO, September 30th.-Rev. DIR.
Pearson, an Episcopal clergyman, formerly
of Oakland, died here to-day of paralysis.
He leaves a wife and daughter.
Royal Fish,
While old and wise heads of the United
States and England are carrying on digni-
fed quarrel over the ownership of the seal
in Behring Sea, let me tell you something
about royal fish.
You know that Kings and Queens have
many rights and prerogatives. Well, one
of these prerogatives of English rulers in
olden times related to royal fish. Royal
e.l I'D u-hola xrh.oh
considered the finest deep-sea fish. For
this reason, "on account of their superior
excellence" whenever one of these fish was
thrown ashore or caught near the coast Of
England it became the property of the
King. This seems very unjust to those
who might secure the whale or sturgeon,
for they were compelled to give it up with
out receiving any pay. However, the
King had some grounds for claiming these
royal fish as his property, because it was he
who guarded and protected the seas from
pirates and robbers, and in those days there
were very many of them.
The most peculiar feature of the custom
of royal fish was this-that while the
whole of the sturgeon belonged to the
King, only half of whale did. For it
was g prerogative, as it is called, of the
Queen that the tail of every whale caught
in the way | have told you was her prop
erty, while the head only was the Kings.
The reason for this division, as given by
the old records, was to furnish the Queens
wardrobe with whalebone; and this reason
is more amusing than the custom is pecu-
liar, for the whalebone lies entirely in the
head of the whale. But there are many
more as strange and amusing customs re-
corded in England's early laws.
This right to royal fish was considered of
great importance, and was carefully guard
ed for many generations. 1t was also
prerogative of the Kings of Denmark and
the Dukes of Normandy, and from one of
these it was probably derived by the
Princes of England.-W r. S. in Hape's
Young People.
A Toccoa, Ga, man is totally blind, and
has been so from a babe few weeks old.