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EXECUTIVE PARDONO.
Governor Markham Adopts New
Plan Therefor.
he Thinks a Pardon Should Not be
Granted Unless 1t Meets the Prison
Directors Approval.

Governor Markham proposes TO adopt
q new plan for hearing applications for
pardons. According to Private Secretary
higgins, the Governor thinks that the
pardoning action by the Executive should
be more open and public than in the past.
he believes the people ought to know, II
they desire to, all that is going on when
Efforts are being made to secure pardons,
and what pressure is being brought to bear
by the applicant; also what the latter s
reasons are for asking pardon, and the
circumstances connected with his arrest
and trial.
To this end Governor Markham pro-
poses to inaugurate an entirely different
plan from the present one. He will first
receive all applications and carefully ex-
anime each one, to familiarize himself
with the details of the crime for which
the convict is serving sentence. If he
deems the judgment of the court was
proper and the sentence reasonable, he
will return the application, or, in other
words, deny it.
On the other hand, if, after reading an
appeal, he finds there is reason for the
exercise of executive clemency, he will
submit the application TO the Board OF
Prison Directors and ask them to vote on
the question as to whether or not the ap-
phcant is deserving of pardon. The
board may hear what the Warden has to
say concerning the conVictS prison life,
and examine fully into the applicants
case. If the board approves the applica-
ton, then the Governor will use his own
judgment as to whether or not he will
grant a pardon. In no case, however,
will he exercise his power when the
board reports unfavorably on an applica-
ton.
The Governor will insist that these
meetings of the Board of Prison Direct
ors shall be public, and the newspapers
may publish full accounts of the proceed
ings if they desire to do so.
1.-The Governor thinks that this plan
will be good one," said Mr.. Higgins to
a RECoRD-UNIoN reporter, because
there will be some system about it, and
then considerable expense will be saved
friends and relatives Of the applicant in
the way of advertising. They need not
advertise until after the Governor has
1irst passed on the application. If he de-
MES it, then they will know that there is
little use in advertising, but if he submits
1t to the Prison Directors then there will
be some hope that a pardon may be
granted, and the friends of the applicant
may proceed to advertise, as required by
law.
There's a habit" continued Mr.. Hig-
gins, which the Governor wants to dis
courage, and that is the practice of rela-
tives coming to him for personal inter
views. He wants everything submitted
in writing, so that he can give the proper
attention and thought to the subject. He
wishes TO avoid the pitiful scenes which
frequently take place in the Office when
an aged mother comes to ask pardon for
her son, or a sister pleads for a father or
brother. Even the strongest hearts are
moved at such appeals, and it makes
only unpleasantneSS all arOund.v
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CAUGHT IN THE EAST.
Arrest of Il Sacramento Confide
OnePatoI. in the Fast

Arrest of Sacramento Confidence
Operator in the East.
Recently man named George Lyon
obtained Sl0O from Wells, Fargo & Co. in
this city by falsely representing himself
as one Ezra Bernard. A telegram was
received yesterday from Detroit, Mich,
saying:
George Lyon, who is wanted in Sacra-
mento, Cal, for forgery, awaits the com
ing of officers from the Golden State in
the Eaton County Jail. Lyon committed
the forgery few months ago, and then
came to his home in Charlotte, but the
news of his forgery preceded him. While
seeking the seclusion of the Parma farm
Sheriff Pollock arrested him at late
hour last evening. The Sacramento Off
GERS have been notified of the arrest and
Lyon awaits their pleasure in the jail at
Charlotte"
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SATURDAYS SINNERS.

The Man Who Did Not Shoot Dive
Keeper Yates Was Fined SO.
A 'razzle-dazzlep trio of vagrants, who
are known by the names of Sullivan,
McIsaacs and Howard, stood up in the
Police Court dock on Saturday, and each
in his turn pleaded guilty to charge of
yagrancy. They had no excuse to offer
for their idle and dissolute mode OF liv-
ing, and Judge Cravens ordered them
imprisoned for six months. In order to
save expense to the county, however, he
gave the fellows twenty four hours with
in which to get outside the limits of the
city.
Harry Hensell was fined $40 for strik-
ing boy named Dawson, and Mike Nc
Carty was fined $40 for shooting at the
floor in Yates saloon on L street.
The case of s. a. Phelps, charged with
disturbing the peace of a boy named
Stephen Ehret, went over until Monday.
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A Puzzled Citizen.

EDS. RECoRD-UEIoN: Permit me to
present one view Of the policy of the city
relative to her debt, to new charter and
the possible abolition of the Debt Com
mission. 1 illustrate it by conversation
had with neighbor this morning, l
favoring the continuation of the Funded
Debt Commission scheme my friend op-
posed.
abandonment of the Debt Commission -
aid he.
81 differ with you," replied, "for this
reason: Suppose / owe, on notes, A, b,
C, D and E, and that they fall due at diff
ferent periods between 1892 and 1903,
eleven years, and that L must pay inter-
est annually upon them. Now suppose
that set aside sum and buy up the note
held by A and stop the interest to him.
The interest / should have paid to A,
however, set aside and use it with other
savings to buy up BIS note and stop the
interest on that. Then / take more saw
ings and the sum / should have paid
year by year in eleven years on the A
and b notes and buy up C's note and so
on until in six years / secure them all.
Now, is not that better than to let the
notes run until due?"
To this my neighbor replied: mo.
Suppose your house needs repairing, that
it will go to decay if you do not protect
1t; that the drainage is so bad that your
family is made sick; that your drinking
water is unfit for your household; that
your stable is falling down and your
stock needs better shelter; that your lot
is low and needs grading; that your street
is impossible for need of paving. You
cannot repair the house, put in good
drainage, improve the outhouse, pave
the street, or get better water supply,
because you tax yourself all you can pay
in order TO buy up the notes you owe be-
fore they are due. Should you not be
the gamer by using that money to secure
the things that will enable you to live
better, preserve your health, and to earn
more money and appreciate the value OF
your property. and in the meantime pay
only the interest on your notes, and by
your better condition be able to pay the
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WILL SPOT THEM.
Tho Night Watchman in the Park
Adopts a New scheme.

Tho Night Watchman in the Park
Adopts New scheme.
Inasmuch as there has been some
complaint about the conduct of hood
lums who stroll into Capital Park un-
seen by the watcbman and insult ladies
and children, especially of evenings, an
experiment is about to be tried by Night
Watehman Herman Drew which may
prove successful, not only in detecting
who these persons are, but also in max
ing certain young couples ashamed of
themselves for their conduct.
Heretofore the watchman has fire.
Quently ordered tramps land very often
young girls to leave the park and seek
other quarters. In the dark the latter
persons had no fear of being recognized
and would obey the orders in an uncon-
cerned manner. But Mr.. Drew pro-
poses TO find out who these parties are,
and hereafter he viii carry flash light,
or bulPs-eye lantern, and endeavor to
break up the custom of young people
lounging in the park at late hours of the
night.
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READS LIKE A ROMANCE.
How Young Quintero Discovered n
Great Fortune

low L Oung Qu1nterO discovered q
Great Fortune.
Some twenty-five years ago, says the
San Francisco Examiner, a young girl
named Maria Amora Servo left Mexico
and came north into California, finally
settling in Los Angeles. a few years
later she met and married Manuel Quin-
tero, a young Mexican. That was in 1876.
a boy was born to them year later, and
shortly after that the husban ddied. Mrs,
tluinterO moved to Sacramento with her
babe, and in 1880 she married Joshua d.
Cieyenger. Clevenger is at present liv-
ing at lI36 Howard street, San Francisco.
Mrs. Clevenger died in Sacramento in
July, 1880.
Quintero had been an Odd Fellow in
excellent standing, and when the widow
ventured on marriage the second time
Golden Gate Lodge, to which Quintero
belonged, formally adopted the son. The
lad is now Is years old.
Some time ago certain members of the
lodge became possessed of information
which led them to believe that young
Quintero was the rightful owner of a rich
inheritance IN Mexico. They set about
an investigation.
According to the stories furnished them
the mother OF young Quintero has been
entitled for many years to the large in
come of Don Miguel Servo. Servo was a
very wealthy Mexican. He had no chill
dren by his marriage, and was excess
lively fond of the little ones. He looked
about for one to adopt, and his fancy fell
on her whom he named Maria Aurora
Servo, the mother of young Quintero
Servo died in 1870, and left the bulk of
his property to his adopted daughter
The will provided that while Maria re-
mained single she was TO receive the rent
-A.,.- 4 IL
married the entire property was go to her.
Don Jose Marano and G. Hermosillo
We're appointed executors of the will.
They carried out their trust so disinter-
estedly that the adopted daughter died in
entire ignorance of her inheritance. On
the same plan the boy would never have
discovered his fortunes but for the dill
qence of friends
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JAIL QUARTERS
Probable Selection OF a Temporary
Place on Second Street.

Probable Selection OF a Temporary
Place on Second Street.
Judge Cravens and Chief of Police
Drew were discussing on Saturday the
advisability OF moving the City Jail and
Police Court to the Arcade building, on
Second street, between and X The To-
cation they considered good enough, and
they thought the place might be fitted up
so as to make suitable jail, but none OF
the rooms were quite large enough for a
courtroom. The largest room is six feet
shorter in length than the small court
room in the old City Hall building.
Chief Drew stated that if either the old
Wells-Fargo building or the Arcade
be made Of boiler-iron, similar to those
in the County Jail.
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room ofa man named Quinn in the Clunie
building, was sentenced to one year. inn
prisonment at Folsom Saturday by Su-
perior Judge Catlin.
Clinton l.. White, Schell's attorney,
made a vigorous argument for new trial
for Schell on the ground that the court
had erred on points of law in instructing
the jury, and also ON points that had been
passed upon during the trial. 1t was OF
no avail, though, the court denying the
motion.
ScheIl's sentence is the lightest that
could be imposed under the law.
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Proposed Charter FreehoIders.

At the session of the City Trustees to-
day Mayor Comstock will submit the fol-
lowing list of names of citizens to frame
new charter for the city: J. II. Roberts,
w. f. Knox, Matt F. Johnson, p E.
Platt, a. A. Van Voorhies, w. d. Stalker,
DR.. q. L. Simmons, L. J. Gregory, Chris.
Green, Jabez Turner, II. b. Nielsen
John Ryan, II. c. Wolf, w. r. Jones
stock, e. w. Hale, E. X. AIsip, H. NJ.
LaRue, p. S. Lawson, Edward TwitchelI
G. NJ. Mott, p. c. Drescher, r. II. Haw-
ley, Daniel Flint, D. ellis, w. D.
Knights, Jr., John We'll, A. H. Rott, S.
p Smith
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New INTERPRETATIONS.

The following articles of incorporation
were filed in the Secretary of States
Office Saturday:
American Mercantile Company of San
Francisco. Capital stock, $4,000. Direc-
tors, Emanuel Hart, William c. Ham
berger, II. w. Vernon, NJ. II. McAllister
and E. n. Bee.
Saint John Mining Company of San
Francisco. Capital stock, Sl6,OO00OO. Di-
rectors, c. 81. Fish, G. r. Wells, n. t.
Messer, II. NJ. Levy and Hermann
Zadig.
San Bernardino Street Railway Com
pany. Capital stock, $4,000. Directors, II.
NJ. Willis, S. r. Brunn, James Fleming
William A. Harris and w. S. Hooper
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Who Lost the Purse 2

EDS. RECORD UNION: Please confer a
favor by publishing in your paper the
following: / rode up J street to-day at l
o'clock on an electric car. found on a
seat portemonnaie containing quite q
large amount of money. gave it to the
conductor ofthe car and told him to leave it
in the RECoRD-UNIoN Office for the owner,
and request it to be advertised. l write
this for the benefit of the owner of the
money. n. MINER.
Davisville, October 24th.
No purse nor advertisement of the
kind has been left at this office.-EDs.
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The Weather..

The Weather Bureaus reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures on
Saturday and yesterday to have been SOo
and 5l' and 800 and 5O0, respectively,
with light northerly winds and cloud
less skies during the day and light
southerly winds, cloudless skies and
heavy dews at night.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago Saturday were $50 and 52o,
one ago yesterday 7S' and $40, and one
year ago to-day 790 and 5le
The barometrical readings at A. NJ.
and P. NJ. yesterday were 30.07 and 80 SO
inches
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principle when due? Will it cost you
any more to pay the notes when due than
now, as you cannot now buy them at
less than their par value? Are you not
more benefited by present use of the
means (which under your plan you raise
| by paying interest on notes already taken
| upl TO preserve your property and the
| health of your family and increase your
earning capacity, than to expend the
money IN taking up debt before it is
due?"
| confess this view of the case staggered
me. 1t appeared to be one in which bene-
! fetal use is better than financial specula-
! ton, when the latter keeps my nose to the
| grindstone. That is, under the Debt Com
mission scheme am raising money to
discharge a debt before it is due, and yet
continuing to pay interest upon it, just as
! if / had not discharged the debt? But l
still held out, and said:
But, my friend, by buying up notes
and continuing to pay the interest on
them to myself to create a fund to buy in
other notes, / discharge the debt so much
/ sooner, and am a free man."
True" he replied; ''but which is bet
| ter, TO let the debt run its full period and
pay the annual interest and the principal
when it falls due, and live decently and
/ grow strong and have what common ne
cessity demands, or to suffer in health,
comfort and prosperity and pay the debt
before due. and leave yourself worn
out and decrepid man before your time?
OF course it would be good thing to get
rid of your debt before due; but is it
good thing to pay note due eleven years
hence five Years before due, when you
have practically to pay the interest for the
whole eleven years in order to secure the
surrender OF the note in six years, at the
expense of suffering for that whole six
years, when by letting it run you can save
health and property, and insure pros
perity during the whole eleven years and
yet have no more to pay in the end?"
Hold Oh. / do not pay interest for
eleven years to secure surrender of the
note in six years. | pay par for the note,
that is all.''
"Ah, yes, but if it did not bear interest
worth par now! It's like this !:
Would manufacturer, having a plant
of $4,000, and owing $4,000 due
IN eleven years, but needing
$1,000 more of machinery to operate eco
nomlcaIly and make money, use the So, 600
to buy III a good part of the debt five
/ years before tits due, and let his factory
go to ruin for want of new machinery; or
would he buy the tools and work to a
profit, and wait until his debt fell due to
! pay 1t? Isn't Sacramento in that fix,
renting costly tools to keep the city ma
chine going, instead of buying and own
| ing what she needs. If the Funded Debt
Commission were out of the way, and the
| interest it draws not raised, she could buy
what she needs to keep the machine run
ming"
'Y our presentation of the case puzzles
and almost conIinces me, but I'll think it
over and have another talk with YOU"
| Here the conversation ended.
rrrr1r>y
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Pacific Coast Failures.

The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency re-
ports thirteen failures in the Pacific
Coast States and Territories for the week
ending Saturday, as compared with
twelve for the previous week, and
ten for the corresponding week OF
1890. The failures for the past week are
divided among the trades as follows
Three saloons, two general stores, two
restaurants, one manufacturer cigars,
one tailor, one hotel, one grocer, one no.
tions and one builder.
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At the Meohanics, Fair nsor

MEAD as usual, Mechan1cs' Fair, San Fran
cisco, Mathushek Pianos received the first
premium, awarded the medal. If you have
your mind made up to buy a Mathushek Up
right Piano, do not be induced 10 change your
mind by false representations of parties offer
ing new, cheap snowy and trashy pianos
which will be worthless in this climate in q
short time. Mathusheks sold twenty years
ago are as good as ever and, tuned properly
every few years, sound rs we'll as the day they
left the factory. See the new improved ones
at Cooper's.
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And Everybodv Cheered,

A Poundmaster's hireling undertook
on Saturday to capture dog on street
while it was in the company land there
fore the possession) of its owner. He did
not get the dog, but he did get a good
sound humping.
If the owner of that dog were a mem
ber of the Sioux tribe they would call
him Man Not Afraid of the Dog =
CatcherD
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THE PRINTERS.
Enthusiastic Meeting of the Typo
graphical Union.

Enthusiastic Meeting OF The Typo
graphical Union.
There was large and spirited meeting
of the Typographical Union held yester-
day. Two new members were admitted
A committee from the Tailors' Union
was received, and fifty tickets to the tall
ors' ball were subscribed for.
a resolution was adopted favoring the
appointment of a Deputy Organizer for
Northern California.
The sum of so was donated to the
Pittsburg Union to assist in the struggle
for nine hours day.
The Cemetery Committee reported that
the printers plat at the cemetery had
been fixed up in good condition.
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GRATIFYING +o All

The high position attained and the uni
versal acceptance and approval of the
pleasant liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of
Figs, as the most excellent laxative
known, illustrate the value of the quali-
ties on which its success is based and are
abundantly gratifying to the California
Fig Syrup Company.
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CITIZEN.
A school Girl on political Hacks, ,,

A School Girl on political Hacks.''
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN: I see no good
reason in this day and age why we young
ladies should not take a hand in the
affairs of this city's government,
especially when one sees the rottenness
which permeates its whole system. L
was given to understand some time ago
that the new ballot system did away
with the political bossism with which we
have been so sorely oppressed in the
past, but it would appear in this that I
was greatly staken-that is, if | take
into consideration the call of the Repub-
lican ConventionHwhic appears in your
journal of Saturday.
Any one who has given any thought at
all to the past political affairs of this city
will, by Looking over the names of those
who are to compose this convention, see
at a glance that all the old warehouses of
the past are still In the ring, ever willing
to serve this dear people. This don't look
to me as much of change in the interest
of a reform of government. Why don't
! these old political ydrags let some other of
our citizens take q hand in our affairs
and why don't our good people meet and
select for School Trustees some Of our
honored merchants who have no strings
to their tails?
believe in change all around. Most
of the men spoken of as candidates for
School Trustees have held these offices
once too often, and our taxpayers should
give them hint to this effect.
With your permission, will name a
few men that / think would prove quite
satisfactory to all. They are: &. H. Dunn,
lawyer; Robert Deylin, lawyer; General
j. 6. MARITIME, merchants John Stevens,
truckman; Albert Hart. for Superintend-
ent.
These gentlemen have never dabbled in
the dirty pool of politics. They are the
most honored of our citizens, and / am
sure that, under their guidance, our
schools would be run to the satisfaction of
all our people; and if those gentlemen do
not care to serve, let others like them be
selected. Let US have non. political trus-
tees TO manage our schools the next year.
A SCHOOL GIRL
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Died In the East.

Benjamin Welch received a telegram
yesterday from John F. Moody of
Truckee, who left for the East last Mon
day, in consequence of the alarming ILL
ness of his wife, who had gone TO North
Adams, Mass, for her health. announcing
that Mrs. Moody died on Friday. Her
remains are now on the way hither.
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Tho Allen NInrder.-

On nSaturday Harry Gordon was brought
down from the Folsom Prison for exam
ination by the Grand Jury in connection
with the murder of Robert Allen. The
supposition is that the jury is about to
take action in the cases of j. d. Smith
and William Furlong, two Of the alleged
conspirators in the crime.
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EVERYBoDYs COLUMN.
Correspondence of Interest to the
General Public,

under this heading the RECoRD-UNIoN
will publish short letters from correspondents
on topics of interest to the general public. The
matter in these communications will be I'M
derstood to represent only the views of the
writers. All communications must be accom-
panied by the name of the writer not for pub
lication, unless so desired, but as guarantee
OF good faith.-EDS.l
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LADIES' Museum AssocIation.

The Ladies' Museum Association will
meet at Pioneer Hall at 2:15 P. NJ. to-day
to attend the funeral of Mrs. e. j. Greg
ory, who was the first President of the
association.
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AT Hammers music store $50 street, you
will find the largest stock of musical goods.
Sole agency for Chickering & Sons pianos.
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sCHELL WAS FoRTUN ATE.

He Only Gets One Year in the Folsom
Penitentiary.
p. f. Schell, the upholsterer who was
convicted recently of burglarizing the
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THE GossAMER HAs THE cAII..

The clerk of the weather up our way
has Gecreed rain, and the gentle Oregon
mist is decending with a musical patter.
Strange as it may seem the ladies of this
glorious Webfoot State seem to prefer to
do their shopping in the rain, and the
streets are crowded with gossamered
figures with arms full of bundles. The
native Oregonian may well be COM
pared to a duck-he is ready and willing
to take to the water at any time.
BESELINA.
Portland, Or, October %, 1891.
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:. WALLACE, 813-915 ST., Sacramento
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-02
e THIS PAGE FoR hui
~FARMERS'* ALLIANCE X BUSHES
Hon Il l. LOUCKs, State Agent O0URTLAND SKINNER
letter to
ALLIANCE BUSINESS AGED
673 WABAsHA ST,

ATEW PRICES COOK STOVES.
"The Alliance Special for Wood No. 15x17 $500
No. 8, +" 17x19........ 625
These stoves weigh respectively 40 and 16O pounds
offered Alliance members at iobbers prices
"The Alliance Fayore for Coal No 14x14 $3.50
These weigh respectively $50 and 1876 pounds
before been put the market at such low figures
full line of Cook Stoves from these quoted,
"Aance Grand Range for hard soft coal and wood No.
This range elegantly finished with top warming oven high
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hangers, thus preventing constant breakage
which the drum head is fastened
by Of
and held by wooden key adding
strength durability the Mill rendering
to break when shipped in knock down" shape
great advantage Of SCREW
Of the hopper with in regulating the feed.