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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
HOUNDS AND HARES.
The Sacramento Coursing Club Has a
Splendid Days Racing.

The Sacramento Coursing Club Has a
Splendid Days Racing.
The coursing match on the grant yes
terday was a success in every respect.
The hares were plentiful, the hounds in
excellent condition and the day delight
full. About one hundred vehicles were in
the procession on the field and those who
attended witnessed some of the best
racing that has ever taken place in the
vicinity of Sacramento. Ed Sheehan
acted as judge, L. w. Mahoney as Slip
per and John Long as field steward. The
races resulted as follows:
T. Sheehan's Gality Boy beat j. Doug
lass Nancy Lee; Dave Ahern's Stone
wall jackson beat Phil Callahan's Tahoe;
Fred Neary's Ballyrat beat L. Geogan's
Nap; L. Kennedy's Snowflake beat +. l..
Orcutt's High; Ed Sheehan's Robert e.
Lee beat j. Haggerty's Four Aces; d.
Sullivan's Tuck beat Matt Rainey's
Pride of Wester; d. Healy's Ben Harri-
son beat L.. w. Mahoney's Fairy; John
Healey's Coon beat William Jackson's
Top Notch.
The first tie was run off with the follow
ing result: p. Sheehan's Gality Boy
beat D. Ahern's Stonewall Jackson; Il.
Kennedy's Snowflake beat +. Neary's
Ballyrat; Ed. Sheehan's Robert E. Lee
DS's0 - touuiN al luchj JOnn dealy'
Coon beat Dan Healy'S Ben Harrison.
This left the first prize to be contested
for between Kennedy's Snowflake and
John Healy's Coon. The race was long
and exciting one, in which both dogs
were given an excellent opportunity of
showing their mettle. The Judge de-
cided that Snowflake made the most
points and was entitled to first prize.
The prizes were awarded as follows
Snowflake, first, Sl5; Coon, second, So so;
Robert p. Lee, third, S. so; Gality Boy,
fourth, $3.50.
In the first race of the day, Nancy Lee.
while running with Gality Boy, met with
an accident, dislocating bone in her fore
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
PACIFIC TURN-BEZIRK
The Annual Session Opened in Thi,
Cfty-To-day's Programme.

The Annual Session Opened in This
Cfty-To-day's Programme.
The regular annual meeting of the dele
gates of the Turn Vereins of the Pacific
Turn-Bezirl, comprising Central and
Northern California, was held in this city
yesterday. The meeting was called to
order at 10 o'clock in the morning, at
Turner Hall, by Mr.. Denicke, President
Of the Vorort, who delivered his annual
address, showing that the organization
was in highly satisfactory condition.
After an examination of the credentials,
the different societies We're found to be
represented as follows:
San Francisco Turn Verein-R. Fink
ing, Conrad Flach, Daniel Frank, w.
Gunbatz, August Hagedorn, Charles
Himbert, L. Kelnick, Charles Hubert,
+. Koch, Il. kress, Louis Markus, II.
Plantz, l.. Schoenfeld, w. Schroeder,
Joseph Straub and j. Thesis.
Sacramento Turn-Verein-Dr. A. E.
Bruno, c. FL. Krebs, John We'll, Albert
Biorse, Clarence Blum Erred Biewener,
proxy and Charles Schmitt.
Stockton urn-Verein-Paul Peikert,
Louis Schneider and Charles Simon.
Oakland Turn V erein-F. Fischer.
San Jose Turn Verein-L. Weber, C.
Paerr, III. Roehr, FL. Hirsch and P. War
kentin.
Napa Turn-V erein-E. Manasse and M.
Orslott.
Eintracht Turn-Section, San Fran
cisco-H. G. F. Stahl and Aug. Berbert.
Vornaerts Turn Verein, San Fran
cisco-H- L. Mueller, NJ. Lehman, DIR.
nj. Magnus and f. Kaulfuss.
st. Helena Turn Verein-J. Reese and
L. Fried.
The Vorort was represented by Presi-
dent Lenick, Secretary Aug Eiermann.
Turn-waert Attinger and Beisitzer PLACE
mann.
An organization was effected by the
election of the following officers: First
Speaker, Dr.. 81. Magnus; Second Speaker,
NJ. Oroldt; Secretaries, Emil Kreis and
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

Sheriff. Ball, of Yolo county, is in town.
A. r. Story and j. r. Snead, of Dixon, are in
the city.
is at the Capital Hotel
Arrivals at the Capital Hotel yesterday: M.
u. hyde, Oakland; S. Ephriam, Tulare +;
henry l. kowalski, San Francisco; II. N
Dresier, Alta; ). Cunan, Dutch Flat: j. j.
Grant, Reno New; J. Doychart, San Fran
cisco; f. j. Chase, Auburn; Fred G. Miles.
Penryn: F. g. Crawford, Willows, Glenn: j.
Chicago; A. r. Story, Dixon: J. r. Snead
Dixon; I. T. Hustler, Shingletown; Mrs. S.
simon, Walla Walla; +. j. johnson, San
francisco Miss T. S. Thompson, Stockton !;
James James; NJ Brown, Placerville; ]. G. Campbell,
louisa y: Il. Runyon, Court!and James NJ
McGarty, Stockton; L. J. Lambert, Rocklin !:
N. I. Biddle, San Jose,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
ADJUSTMENTS.

Tonight the Hild-Park Concert Com
pany gives one Of its much praised enter
tainments at the Congregational Church
for the Sacramento Lecture Association.
In speaking of this troupe the Topeka
(Kan.) Daily Capital says:
Excellent Judgment has been shown
in the selection of specialists. Perhaps
the greatest favorite among them is Miss
Parke, the charming cornetist, who has
taken all hearts by storm. The rendi-
tons of her selections We're without a
fault. and every time she appeared
received hearty applause, and was
obliged to accede to their repeated calls
two or three times"
The press generally has warmly COM
mended the company as of excellence
and worthy critical hearing.
Attic Metropolitan Theater this evening
the Steen IL Wood Mystery and Novelty
Company begins weeks engagement.
The company includes Mr.. Steen and
wife who do all the feats performed by
mind readers, spiritualists, slate writer's,
second sight and mental Geographic per-
formers and i'll most cases with greater
neatness and more complete illusion and
cheat of the senses. They deny any claim
to supernaturalism in their work, and
laugh at the idea of any such thing as
spirit assistance. Blindfolded never so
securely Mrs. Steen, for instance, adds
long columns of figures almost instantly,
names numbers placed upon the
blackboards as rapidly as they can be
touched; identifies articles produced by
auditors, reads clairvoyantly, discloses the
contents of written slips prepared by a
committee of auditors, and sealed up lin
envelopes. Her trick in moving the
knight swiftly on the chess-board to all
possible positions-while she is blind
tolded-and in which there are 1896 COM
binations and 81 moves to combination,
is one that excites very great
surprise and interest. The San
Jose MercGry exclaims that
The Steen exhibition is simply great"
The Stems throw a great deal of COM
edy effect into their feats and invest them
with much humor. w. b. Wood gives
an entertainment in modern magic and
ventriloquism that is commended by
the Northwest press as good. The third
feature of the troupe is the feat of Edna,
styled 1.-THE Queen of the Air." She is a
handsome young woman, who walks and
floats in midair apparently without sup
port, and PAGES up and down a wall with
out any visible assistance. The Seattle
Post I1tetligeRcer says: Her perform
ance is entirely new and is mystifying in
the extreme" In San Francisco the
company played recently successful
engagement at the new Republican Wig
wan, on several nights, having an audi
ence numbering $500. The Vancouver
press of late dates give the company
warm commendatory notices and recite
the challenge of the Stems for sl,0OO for
the benefit of local charities to do any
feat or expose anything spiritualists may
bring forward under claim of the super
natural, challenge Mr.. Steen renews
here. Elsewhere prices are announced,
and as specially low for the gallery.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
Election of Officers.

AT the first annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the Columbus Brewing Com
pany, held recently at their office, 1880 X
street.. the following directors were
elected for the ensuing year: William
Gutenberger, President; Joseph Schnei-
der, Vice-President; o. A. Lovdal. Sec
rotary. Directors-Mike Popp, e. Gum.
and Christ Wahl.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
a Weeks Failures. sa

The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency re-
ports 10 failures in the Pacific Coast
States and Territories for the week end
ing yesterday, as compared with 80 for
the previous week, and IA for the CORE
the past week are divided among the
trades as follows: Four saloons, 2
restaurants, 2 stoves, general stores, 1
butcher, cigars, ETC., jeweler, l furni-
ture, commission dry goods and boots
and shoes,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
SUGGESTIVE OF SUMMER.
Yesterdays Weather Was Indeed Gle
riOuS,

The Signal Service temperature at 5
A. NJ. and 5 P. NJ. yesterday was 1872
and $50, while the highest and lowest
temperature was 66o and 40, with gen
tie northerly winds during the greater
part of the day, while light southerly
winds prevailed during the evening, with
the entire day cloudless one. The
barometrical readings at 5 A. NJ. and P. NJ.
were 1920 and 30.1S inches.
The highest and lowest temperature
one year ago yesterday was 500 and 45o,
with la inches of rain, and one year
ago to-day 500 and 360.
Yesterday was one Of the many pleas
ant, bright, cheerful and glorious days
that we are having so many of at the sea-
son of the year when rains are expected.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
Escaped from Prison.

News was received from Folsom yester-
day to the effect that at $50 o'clock in the
morning a convict named Dunlap, who
wa. was engineer OF the derricks, walked past
the guard line and escaped. althouoh
several shots We're fired at him. The
prison force are now securing the country
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26

By reading to-day's ad. you will readily see
mat we nave on sale q wonderful display of
goods Tor our winter sale, and by looking into
our window tomorrow you will see the largest
STOCK OF mems gloves ever placed on sale. at
less than halt their value. Oil goats, for 35c;
92c; wool, heavy, for 25c, and SO on, which
Red House : ~
STOCKTON sarsaparilla and iron, the great
beverage. ]. McMorry, agent, 4th and NJ.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
A Pleasing Sense

vi health and strength renewed, and of
ease and comfort follows the use of Syrup
OF Figs, as 1t acts in harmony with nature
TO effectually cleanse the system when
ecostive or bilious. For sale in soc and 81
bottles by all leading druggists.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
Attempted suicide.

Late last night telephone message came
to the police station from Hangtown
Crossing, to the effect that a woman there
had attempted to commit suicide by
taking. poison, and afterwards gashing
herself with cleaver. No further par
tiCularS could be learned
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
The Jaunes Divorce

1t has been enormously published that
Mrs. Mary A. Jacques sought a divorce
from her husband on the ground of his
desertion. 1t should have been on the
ground of habitual intemperance and fall
ure to provide
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
DIED.

JQHNSTON-In this city, January 25th.
William 6. Johnston, a native of Maryland,
aged so years.
&5-Funeral private.
GREER-In this city, January 25th, Alice.
the beloved wife of r. H. Greer a native OF
California, aged "a years and months
RS- Funeral notice hereafter.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
City Finances.

City Auditor Mckee makes the follow
ing report of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the city for the week ending
Saturday. January 9th:
The advocate., 1891-11-11
THE CONVENTION OF FEBRUARY 22, 1892.

THE CONVENTION OF FEBRUARY 22, 1892.
That there is general dissatisfac-
tion everywhere on account of the
selection Of Washington as the place
OF holding the great national conven-
tion Of February %, 1892, there is no
room for doubt; but inasmuch as
those who have named that place
propose a reconsideration Of their
decision, and suggest the selection
OF suitable place by a conference of
those interested at Indianapolis dur
ing the session of our supreme coun-
Gil, there is no need now to discuss
the reasons why change should be
decided upon. There will hardly be
any opposition to the proposition to
make change. The question to be
decided will be where is the best place
for such convention? This should
be smicably agreed upon by repre-
sentatives who will be present from
all sections Of the country at Indian
apoliR. We have no particular prefer
ences in regard TO the location. Il
would seem as though st. Louis or
Cincinnati would be satisfactory to
most sections, though it may be
thought best to go still further west.
We certainly should not go farther
east than Cincinnati. What say the
members Of the reform press?
The advocate., 1891-11-11

and happy as during the period that
only paper currency was knowng
When did prices fall, business become
clogged, distrust prevail and panic
ensue in England? Not until the pa
per currency was withdrawn and a
specie basis was re-established.
What is our own experience in this
msttera Did we have any failures,
business distrust or fnancisl panic
after the war until it was brought up
on us by contraction Of our paper
currency in the process of return to a
specie basis? Can single instance
be cited in the history of the world
where panic hSs ensued or business
interests have suffered in consequence
of the substitution of a paper cur
renCy for coin? We challenge the ci-
tation of an example. These disas-
ters, which from time to time have
come upon the people of various ma
tions, have not come "becsuse the
values which are the mediums Of OK.
change are not intrinsic" but because
government officials, instigsted by
corrupt means, have conspired with
gamblers in gold for the maintenance
OF financial systems whereby vast
speculstionS in metallic money have
been rendered possible, and the prof
its of which have been shared by the
parties to the conspiracy.
The advocate., 1891-11-11

gold and silver stand related TO that
subject. There are three distinct
characters Of value which attach to
these metals in consequence Of the
uses to which they have been con-
verted. The first is their intrinsic
value which our correspondent has
attempted to define; the second is
their commercial value, and the third
their money value; and no two Of
these values are equal when properly
defined and understood.
OF their money value we have
a few words to say at this time sug-
gested by the following statement Of
our correspondent:
The man who receives gold dollar knows
he has that whose value shows no material
variation from one century to another.
This is q somewhat surprising
statement. The facts are that the
money metals have varied in value
so widely at various times as to seri-
ously affect all commercial trans
actions. We gubjoin the following
table from Doubledsy's Financial
History Of England, showing the
variations IN the price of gold in that
kingdom each year from 1909 to 1920
inclusive. The figures represent the
value Of the present pound sterling in
the Years named as follows:
The advocate., 1891-11-11

PEopLE writing to this Office and
expecting replies 10 their letters
should enclose stamp for return pos
tage. One postage stamp of course
does not amount to much, but each
correspondent should remember that
he is but one Of hundreds who write
to us, and the aggregate of postage
we are thus almost compelled to pay
is tax heavier than we ought to be
expected to bear. We desire to
Courteously respond to all correspon-
dents, but they should remember
that this involves expense, and if an
answer is worth anything to them
they should be willing to pay the
The advocate., 1891-11-11
10 years named as follows:

Similar tables might be presented
showing equal or greater variations
during other periods Of the worlds
history. It must be apparent, there
fore, that gold has not the absolute
ly stable value that our correspon-
dent claims. The variations in the
value Of silver have been still greater,
but this we will pass at present.
Mr.. MCMILLAN further observes:
If the gold and silver on which our paper
money 10 based should vanish, the value Of the
paper money would also vanish.
To fully and thoroughly contro
vert this statement, which, after all,
is q mere theoretical assumption, un-
supported by any testimony what
ever, would require a discussion Of
the whole question Of the nature and
essence Of money. We shall merely,
at this time show by reference to the
operations Of the bank of Venice, that
the value OF paper money does not
necessarily rest upon com basis,
and this value does not therefore nec-
essarily vanish when gold and silver
disappear. Stephen Colwell has made
q digest Of the authorities on this sub
iect from which we extract the follow
lowing:
No coin sDds kept as a specie basis Of credit,
or for strengthening the nation. No promise to
pay coin was made after 1923, for nearly 400
years. This ''iat" or legal credit was that In
which all coins were expressed-the fixed stand
ard Of payment-and thus the principle money
OF account; specie being for retail coin or ex-
port commodity and legal tender AT 20 PER
CENT. DISCOUNT.
The premium lxed by law Of 20 per cent. over
the Venetian gold ducat 20 celebrated for its
nneness In export, was real superiority Of
legal money Of account over the commodity
gold and over gold currency.
It was not dependent on any promise of con-
veTtibIlity or redemption in gold as no claim for
any gold was acknowledged In the national
bank.
IscOnElnued for nearly 900 years with all these
extraordinary attributes producing no ananciAl
The advocate., 1891-11-11
INTRINSIC VALUE.

=
the Journal of Finance, and which
he says will likewise appear in the
New Haven Palladium, in answer to
the question asked by TIE ADVOCATE
a short time ago, concerning the
property upon which the intrinsic
value OF gold and silver depends.
The article appears in another column
OF this issue, and we desire to ex-
anime some Of It's statements. Before
doing SO, however, it may be we'll to
observe that the reasoning OF the
writer is somewhat obscure, though
his conclusions are explicitly stated.
We shall deal with his conclusions
therefore, rather than with his argu-
ment. The first one is stated as fol-
lows:
The cost OF production Of gold and silver In
iabOr-Or the representative OF labor, capital,
expended In its produCtiOn--lg, therefore, the
property which adheres to It as It's intrinsic
value.
Is this true? Let us see. It ls q
we'll known fact, and one which Mr..
MCMILLAN will not deny, that the cost
Of production, both in labor and
capital, varies in different mines. II,
therefore, the intrinsic value Of the
so-called precious metals depends
upon these factors, that which re-
quires the expenditure OF most labor
and most capital in it's production
must necessarily possess the greatest
intrinsic value. There could, there
fore, be no correspondence Of the
value Of the product of one mine
with that OF another; and no uniform
price Of the metals could obtain any
where in the world. Itmsy be said
that this value is determined from
the Average cost in oil the mines.
This, however, will not do. The
moment we abandon the actual cost
in labor and capital that attaches to
the product Of each individual mine,
that moment we eliminate these ele-
ments from our calculation, because,
in estimating this average, while one
miner would realize q large profit on
his labor, another, operating a more
expensive mine, would realize a much
smaller profit or perhaps suffer an
actual loss. The fact that this is the
actual experience of mining opera
tions, is a positive demonstration that
the labor and capital expended do
not determine the intrinsic value Of
the product. That value depends
upon different property altogether.
We do not propose at this time to
indicate our own views OF what that
property is. We have asked the
question in order to elicit thorough
investigation Of the subject, and for
this reason we shall pursue only a
negative line of argument at the
present time. We hope to see much
light thrown upon the question by Che
discussion which is likely to result
In order to give a somewhat wider
scope to this discussion there are
The advocate., 1891-11-11

modern, and was the pride Of Venice, the envy
of Europe.
It only fell when Napoleon conquered Venice,
when it reached an Issue Of exceeding $l6,-
100000 Of government credit, or money, for 200, :
900 people, excluding dependencies.
Napoleon could not and did not find single
ducat in It's vaults, as there had never been .
pretense Of any.
The american CyclopediG also says
upon the subject of money:
Aristotle says Of 1t that ''lt exists not
by nature. but by law" How true Is this doc
trine, or at least how potent Is the law under q
civilized government In imparting the quality of
acceptabiEty for the payment Of debts and the
purchase Of commodities to that which 1t reCog-
nizeS as money, is clearly proved by the opera
tlonS of the bank OF Venice during several CEN
turieS throughout which time It's deposits were
NEVER PAY ABLE, but only transferable on
the books of the bank, were AT A PREMIUM
OVER COINS, because they tOsre the standard
of payment furnished by the state, and used for
all large transactions, indeed, this bank money
was that which established the money of &C
count, and in which the value Of, all coins was
expressed.
Further, on the testimony Of Thomas Barring,
we are assured that 1t was found impossible dur
ing the crisis Of 1897 In London to raise any
amount of money whatever on sum Of 10000
Of silver. During similar crisis In Calcutta in
1864 1t was equally impossible to raise q single
rupee on 100000 of gold. The former was not q
legal tender above 40 ShillingS, while the latter
was not so for any sum whatever.
Mr. Mcmillan is therefore in error in
supposing that q coin basis is essential
to maintain the value of a paper cur
rency. We quote again:
The moment the coin iS withdrawn that mo.
ment credit falls business is clOgged, dlStruSt is
begOtten, panic and ruin follow.
This is another unsupported as
sumption, and one which is contro-
verted by the history of the entire
world. We challenge our correspond
ent to furnish single example in the
history of the world to sustain it. Was
it true Of Venice? Was it true in
France under the financial admins
Gration of John Law? Did credit fall,
was business Clogged, was distrust be-
gotten and did panic and ruin ensue
under his administration before the
government sbrogsted its
pledges, proved false to its solemn
guarantees, and by edict ordered a
change in the value OF the notes? On |
the contrary, the historian testifes
that "at this period the credit Of
France was at it's height" that "mon-
ey was abundant; agriculture, manu-
fnctureS and commerce fOWTGshed
and the government tUas enabled to
relieUe the people from tGres to the
amount of 81, 900, ,OO0of HtreS." Cred
it did not fall, business was not |
,distrust was not begotten, and |
panic did not ensue until by the base
treachery of the government inspired !
by the influence of gamblers in gold, |
steps were taken to restore the cur
rency to a gold basis.
1t was in consequence of this act Of
perfdy against which the faith of the
was most solemnly
pledged, that all the catastrophles er-
roneously attributed to MIR. Laws sys-
tenn, were brought upon the people of
France.
The advocate., 1891-11-11

arrangements and NO OppOaitiSn; but on the
contrary grew until it exceeded the money per
capita Of any nation In Europe, ancient or
modern, and was the pride Of Venice, the envy
Of Europe.
IL only fell when Napoleon conquered Venice,
when it reached an Issue Of exceeding Sl6,-
100000 OF government credit or money, for ZOO
900 people, excluding dependencies.
Napoleon could not and did not find single
ducat in It's vaults, as there had never been
pretense OF any.
The american CgclopediG also says