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The record-union., 1891-08-18
MRS. DIR. MAGILL.
She Died in the Napa Asylum-Buried
at Winters


The Winters Express of Saturday last
says: "All that was mortal of Mrs. Ma
gill, wife of DIR. Magill, was laid in the
grave yesterday morning in the presence
OF large concourSe of sorrowing friends.
The lady's death occurred at Napa on
Thursday morning, and her remains
were brought here for sepulture. Rev.
Father Walsh of Woodland conducted
the services. Mrs. Magill was a woman
highly respected by all who knew her,
and one who labored for her kind, she
having been practicing physician up to
within few months of her decease. She
will be missed by her husband, who was
devoted to her, and by large circle of
friends. The sympathy of the entire
community is extended to the doctor in
his bereavement.
Mrs. NIagill was born in Dubuque,
Iowa, March %, 1855, and while an infant
removed with her parents to Chillicothe,
Peoria County, ILL.,, where she was raised
and educated in the convent at Peoria.
She afterwards taught school several
married to DR.. Z. T., Magill i'll 1873. In
1880 they removed to Lincoln, Benton
County, Missouri. Mrs. Magill began
the study of medicine about this time.
She afterwards attended the Woman's S
Medical College in Chicago three terms,
passed very creditable examination and
was awarded diploma.
After her graduation, she and her hus-
band came to California. Mrs. Magill
first engaged in the practice of medicine
in Sacramento in 1884, and was emincntly
successful in her profession. She made
many friends there during residence of
nearly four years, and was noted for her
charitable disposition and kindness of
heart.'
The record-union., 1891-08-18
A SELFISH END IN VIEW.

New York daily paper has found,
after diligent search, nine prominent
citizens of New York and Brooklyn who
wish the electrical execution law re-
pealed, in whole or in part. One of these,
Mr. Depew, wishes the law vacated be-
cause he is opposed to capital punish
ment in any form. Another, Mr.. Fassett,
fayors the guillotine, and is opposed to
repeal Of so much of the law as prohibits
sensational reports of executions. Five
favored repeal of the ''news report" por-
ton of the law, and two wished it to
stand, but to have return to hanging.
1t is evident that considerable portion
of the New York press has set out to
effect the repeal of the law that bars their
sensational reporting of the executions.
In this it is perfectly clear that they are
not moved by public spirit, but have
only selfish end in view, and that is to
cater for coin to diseased tastes. The dis
tinguished men who have been led into
the trap of aiding this scheme, would not
for moment have been guilty of it if
they had not been cunningly deceived by
the reporters who interviewed them.
There is not one of these men who would
take the average sensational report of
hanging and place it upon the family
table to be read by his children.
The plea is made, put into the mouths
of the interviewed" that the news
papers know what the people want, and
should therefore be given permission TO
cater to the taste of the people. no matter
what it is; it is added that if the people do
not wish this kind Of reading matter,
they need not read it. This is the hight
Of imbecility in reasoning. These New
The record-union., 1891-08-18
THE PROPOSED Q-srREEr ROAD.

The Central Street or Electric Railway
Company has made application for the
right to run through Sixth street to @,
and out @ street to meet its trunk line.
The RECoRD-UNIoN has already set out
in detail the reasons why this grant
controvertible. We do not anticipate that
there will be refusal on the part of the
Trustees, but if there is any doubt upon
that head it should be again pointed out
that the desire of the people is to have
this branch line constructed, and that
over and above all things else their
wishes should be gratified.
But there are economic reasons aside
from the public desire that fortify the
application for the franchise. The rail
way corporation proposes to go into
an unoccupied district, at least, thinly set
tied, and build up a business. In doing
that it stimulates the building of homes,
and enhances property values, thus aug
menting the assessment roll and decreas-
ing taxation. Contemporaneous with the
building Of the road goes street grading
and paving, and that is matter in which
the people upon the line of the street
alone are to be consulted. For
whenever the owners of property
affected desire to assess themselves to
improve a street no voice should be
heard in opposition, and if it is, the mo-
tive inspiring it should be the subject of
suspicion.
Here, then, we have capital proposing
to build new line of rapid transporta-
ton that viii do for the south end what
good street railways always do for su-
burban and outlying sections; a people
owning the land upon the line of the
street who are, nine out of every ten,
willing and desirous of grading the
street in order to secure the road; city
needing just such lines of travel as this
branch road viii be. Who, then, is there
to object? What good reason can be
given for interposing obstacles to this
AiAHhobAAeA3 p1OSACSSANC anu OGk SiOplllS
scheme?
That the road viii compete with line
on o street we do not believe to be true
in fact the result viii be to stimulate pat
ronage for all the roads. The greater the
conveniences for riding the more the
people ride. If any risk in the matter of
return of revenue is taken, it is assumed
by the company proposing to build; if
any gain is made by reason of the con-
struction of the road, the municipality
viii be the chief beneficiary above all
private persons.
Since all reason, the economies, the
justice of granting the Central line the
right to feeders, as have been granted the
City Railway Company, the prosperity
of the city and the conservation of the
comfort, health and enjoyment of the
people at large, all combine to indorse
the application for the franchise we can
not entertain any doubt concerning its
concession.
The record-union., 1891-08-18

York men know that if newspaper
should publish a page Of matter of the
'Venus Miscellany order, it would have
an immense reading clientage, but would
they justify that procedure because there
are people of such grossly erotic tastes
that they demand filth in print? Suppose
that New York journal should enter
upon the publication of scenes of name
less character in houses of prostitution
and assignation, strictly true, precisely
accurate, would not the paper be in
enormous demand; but would these gen
tlemen who prate so loudly Of the liberty
of the press therefore justify the publi-
cation of such outrageously indecent
matter?
We need no censorship in this country,
nor should the liberty of the press be
narrowed. But it is q gross mistake to
suppose that press liberty carries with it
license to do that which corrupts youth,
debauches the public mind and directly
assails the scheme of social order and
cleanliness. From the foundations ofthe
Government the press has been forbidden
to publish certain kinds of matter; the
interests Of civilization, humanity, peace
and order demand such restrictions. No
man has the right to thrust beneath the
eyes of his neighbor, or his neighbor's
children, such print as the law forbids,
and the reason for this denial is too obvi-
vious to need recitation.
Moreover, it is not capable of demon
stration that the newspaper people know
what the people want to read. They do
know what classes want; that there are
classes cleanly, and classes indecent, and
and that they will have a clientage OF
readers for all the filth they choose to put
into print. But it does not follow that the
people as a whole, the people of whom
we speak as the community, ask that in
decent and demoralizing matter be
printed. There is not, and has not been,
a single Indication that the people of New
York went about starving for the publ
cation Of sensational reports Of the exc
cution of the murderers in Sing Sing a
few weeks ago. There was no stoppage
Of subscriptions because revolving details
were not given of tie death scene; no
mass meetings were held in protest, no
public outspealling of Indignation was
INDUCED in because reporters were com
PEELED to cool their heels outside the walls
of the prison during the executions-in
short, 1.-The people, have not in any man
ner whatever, manifested a desire for the
repeal Of the law; law, by the way, that
became a necessity because the press had
run to such outrageous extremes in re-
porting the antemortem scenes, the death
tragedy, and the sickening aftermath OF
executions.
AS to electrical execution itself, it is
sufficient to say that all the testimony
worthy Of reception is in agreement that
the process is instantaneous, painless and
the most humane of all methods of exc
cution known to our system.
The record-union., 1891-08-18

THE Alliance Democrats in Kentucky,
despite the new organization, went back
and voted the Democratic ticket in the
recent election. If this is an indication
of general fealty to the Alliance, it is
likely to prove disastrous if the same re-
suit comes about in other States. Both in
Mississippi and Kansas the Alliance men
which the party had received with
plaudits.
The record-union., 1891-08-18

The Partisan press is just now indulg-
assault upon the Germans. The Kaiser
is their present target, and when they do
not picture him as a brute or describe
him as a drunken rowdy, they insist upon
it that he has gone mad and has been put
into straight-jacket. The Partisan press
mistakes sadly if it imagines that these
extrayagant tales inspire faith in their
verify in any minds.
The record-union., 1891-08-18
An Ordinance Concerning Fire
Plugs and Providing a Pen
atty for the Violation Thereof.

TTNTIE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TIE
i CITY OF Sacramento do Oriain as follows:
Section i. 1t shall be unlawful tor any per.
son 10 blockade or CDStruct any fire-plugs OF
the City OF Sacrament by which a fire engine
is prevented from att, cling thereto q hose or
Is prevented trOm using water from any such
hre-plug at a fire. 1t shall be the duty of all
police officers OF said city TO report any such
blockade or obstruction to the Chief Engineer
of the Fire Department and 10 order the i'm
mediate removal of the same.
Sec. Z. Every person violating Section / OF
this ordinance snail be deemed guilty OF q
misdemeanor ana shall upon convicio ion be
fined not 10 exceed the sum OF one hundred
dollars (Sl0O) or imprisonment in the City
Prison not TO exceed twenty-five days, or by
both such 1ineand Imprisonment.
Sec. 3. This ordinance snail take effect and
be in force from ana after its passage and due
publication thereof.
Passed August :, 1891.
W. ID. COMSTOCK,
President Board of Trustees.
j. d. YOUNG, Clerk. auIS-IOt
The record-union., 1891-08-18

The RECoRD-UNIoN and WEEKLY
UNION are the only papers on the Coast,
outside Of San Francisco, that re-
ceiOe the full associated Press Dis
patches from all parts of the qVorld. Out
side Of San francisco, they haze no COM
petitoTS, either ~, influence or home and
general circulation throughout the State.
The record-union., 1891-08-18
OF COPARTNERSHIP

FElHE FIRM HERETOFORE EXISTING
i under the name and style of WACHTER
mento STA e of California is this duy Cis-
solved by mutual consent, Mr. JOHN o.
WACHTER Ie;iring-Mr JOHN BECK hav-
Ing purchased his partners interest in the
business and concern. and collecting and as
suminS ali responsible ities contra ted under
the aDove-named urm.
JOHN O. WACHTER
JOHN BECK.
August IL 1891. auIE-=tTu
The record-union., 1891-08-18

LOWELL was prominently a man of
letters. Upon that basis his fame will
rest, not only in his own but in other
countries. 1t is charged that as a diplo-
mat he was un-Amarican: that at the
Court of st. James he was a toady to aris-
tocracy. All such charges are baseless.
Lowell was one of the most pronounced
of Americans, defender of free institu-
tions, a champion of liberty and human
rights, regardless of class, race or color;
he was fearless where others were cow
ardly in defense of the American Union,
and that he won for us abroad, by his tact
and fine address, where others might
have led us into difficulties, will forever
stand to his credit. That an American
Minister, by his talents, his scholarly at
tainments and his dignitied bearing,
should enhance respect for his country
and regard for its representatives and in
stitutions, is surely no cause for reproach.
The record-union., 1891-08-18

RUSSIA will this year export 100000
bushels less of cereals than last year, ac-
cording to Mr.. Bear, the statistician, in
BrddStreetS. Austria Hungary will ex-
port 100000 less, Roumania, Bulgaria
and Servia will send out considerably
less than they did last year. So that Eu-
rope Will have to import this year 2SI,-
100000 bushels, as she has deficit of
37l 100000. Mr.. Bear thinks that India
may be able to supply 33OO0,000 bushels.
and the United States I49, ,OO0, 900, leaving
99,00O,0O0 to come from other quarters
as, South America, Canada, Australia,
Asia Minor and Egypt. BradstreetS
thinks Mr.. Bears estimates to be some
what under the mark.
The record-union., 1891-08-18
Weather Forecasr,

Forecast till p. NJ. Tuesday: For North
ern California-Fair weather, except light
rains IN the mountains in southeast portion
and on the northwest coast; cooler; fog and
clouds along the coast.
The record-union., 1891-08-18

THE State Democrat of South Dakota
has been questioning leading members of
its party upon the silver question, and
finds only seven out of twenty-six in
favor of free coinage. The craze is evil
IDENTIFY abating. South Dakota was claimed
to be strongly for free coinage, and especi-
ally it was held that the Democrats of the
State were, even more than the Repub-
hcans, in favor of that policy.
The record-union., 1891-08-18
THE WEEKLY UNION

Is the cheapest and most desirable Home,
News and Literary Journal published on the
Pacific Coast.
The WEEKLY UNION per year............S1 so
The record-union., 1891-08-18
San Francisco AGENCIES.

This paper is for sale at the following placea
Y. /. Fishers, room 21, Merchants Exchange,
California street, the principal News Stands
ana Hotels, and at the Market-street Ferry.
&H- Also for sale on ell trains leaving and
eomihg into Sacramento.
The record-union., 1891-08-18

Rzs- These publications are sent either by
Nail or Express to agents or single SUBJ
Ecribers with charges prepaid. All Postmast-
ers are agents.
The best advertising mediums on the Pacific
Coast.
The record-union., 1891-08-18
4prriul 5trtsrea.

PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH by
use Of local anesthetic. DIR. WELDON, Den
tist, Eighth and J ire ts
The record-union., 1891-08-18
Antraettte&tta, 0ttr.
SACRAMENTO SWIMMING BATHS.

open FROM 6:3O A. NJ. TO 12 NJ; Ito
~ 8 p NJ, ana from TO 10 p. NJ
Baths reserved exclusively for ladies on
Mondays and Fridays from 8 to IL A. NJ. and
on Wednesdays from to p. NJ
ADMISSION for adults, 25c or five tickets for
~; children under Is years of age half price;
81 80. Tub baths, 25C
Applications for swimming lessons should
be made 10 the Superintendent.
The right to refuse admission and TO eject
reserved. onStF
The record-union., 1891-08-18
The REcoRp-UN1oN and WEEK

Entered at the Postofice at Sacramento as
SecoR d-class matter.
The record-union., 1891-08-18
2trtu Advertisements.
LII LECYC .ERrAIMRFa.F

IT HLEEIC IN ERTAINKENT
A GRAND BENEFIr WILL BE GIVEN
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The record-union., 1891-08-18
THE DAILY RECORD UNION

For one year......-......... So 90
For six months 90
For three months Observation-Disclosures. SO
Subscribers served by carriers at FIFTEEN
CENTS per week. In all interior cities and
towns the paper can be had of the principal
Periodical Dealers Newsmen and Agents.
The record-union., 1891-08-18

WATCHES. DIAMONDS and rao,eirv
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The record-union., 1891-08-18

THE Letter-Carriers' National Conven-
ton, recently held, with applause adopted
a resolution In these words:
Resotred, That the letter-carriers of the
United States, in convention assembled, re-
specially ask the President OF the United
States to extend the civil service to all free
delivery cities OF the country.
This does not look as though civil serv-
ice reform is falling into disrepute, as its
enemies charge.
The record-union., 1891-08-18

FOR EIGHT years | have suffered from ca
tarrh, which affected my eyes and hearing;
have employed many physicians without re-
lief. am now on my second bottle Of F,ly's
Cream Balm and feel confident OF a compete
cure--Mary Z. Thompson, Ccrro GordO, III.
The record-union., 1891-08-18

AM an old man and have been u constant
sufferer with catarrh for the last ten years. |
;tln eltireiy cured by the use OF Eyis Cream
Balm. It IS strange that so simple Il remedy
VIII cure such a stubborn diseaSe.-Hcury
Billings, U. >. Pension Atty, Washington, DC.
The record-union., 1891-08-18

MATHUSREK SQLID irON-FRAAJR
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al,0 silver medal Mechanics Fair. Write or
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The record-union., 1891-08-18

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The record-union., 1891-08-18
ORDINANCE NO. 2S3.

August Il, 1891
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-12-03
The New York Evening Post i

The New York Evening Post is
seeking an answer to this question:
1.-The Standard Oil Company will
collect from the United States
Government from July /, 1891 to
July l, 1892, about three million
dollars, being 80 per cent. rebate
duty on one million two hundred
thousand boxes or more sof tin
plates they use annually in packing
their oil for export. IL the tin plate
duty, is not a tax, aud if, as Mr..
Mckinley tells us, the duty comes
out of the foreigners pocket, and
not out of the pockets of the Amer
lean consumer, how can you explain
the above. To paraphrase Carlyle,
are We a nation of sixty millions of
people, mostly fools:?' "
When President Harrison I'M his
letter of acceptance said the for
eigner pays the taxfor the privilege
of entering our markets" and when
Messrs. Mckinley, Blaine, Aldrich,
and the whole protection crowd pub
licly assert the same thing, and
then in a law of their making recog-
nize that the consumer pays the
tax by providing rebates where the
material is used for export, they
are not "fools," they are knaves;
the people who are misled by them
are the "fools." But the time is
near at hand they will cease to
honor such leaders. We give this
question a place in our columns for
the benefit of any protectionist who
may desire to explain" it.-Dem-
Ocrdt.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-12-03

from Manchester, yesterday. an ex-
PiosIon OF gas wrecked three shops
in the market-place and caused the
death OF ten persons. Six Others
we're injured seriously. -
Damageaggregating sI5O, 900 was
caused by a FIRE last night in the
recentiy-constructed building OF the
Chicago Arc Light and Power Com
pany. The fire was started by two
electric light wires sagging across
each other. The Excelsior Cork
Cutting Company was considera-
bic loser by the Iconflagration.
There was decided activity at the
headquarters of the candidates for
the speakership Of the House.
Messrs. Crisp and Mills seemed
confident. whilst the Western con-
.tingent worked the Springer boom
for all it was worth. 1t is under
stood the Maryland delegation will
support Mr.. Crisp. Col. VIM.
kilgour, of Maryland, is a candidate
for postmaster of tie House.
Five boys, while playing on the
beach at Southampton, England,
found bomb embedded in the sand
and, not knowing what it was, be-
gan tossing it from one to the other
and rolling it along the shore.
While engaged in this sport the
bomb exploded, pieces of it striking
one boy, killing him instantly,
injuring another 30 badly that he is
dying and wounding the other three
to such an extent that no hopes of
their recovery are entertained
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-12-03

Tuesday, December Sth, instant,
is the day suggested by Col. John
+. Dent for q meeting of taxpayers
from the different districts to econ
fer together as to the necessary
legislation to reduce the county
expenses and to provide Tor better
system of road REPAIRS" &c. In
the BEACON of the Goth ultimo, we
published the Colonel's call and we
hope that it was generally read.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-12-03
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