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Iron County register., 1891-01-15
AVENGED AT LAST;
Or, a Worldwide Chase.
A STORY OF RETRIBUTION.
BY ASH"
lCoPYRIGHT, 1890
PTER IL H-CnNTINrEn

| CHAPTER I.-CoNTINUED.
Mario Delaro had built himself a
| pleasant home on the hillside little
below San Paola. To this home he took
lovely wife, by whom he had one child,
daughter, who was at the time of her
fathers death about eight years old.
The child, Armida, was bright little
brunette, combining in herself the
beauty of her handsome father and the
sweetness of her lovely mother-the
latter daughter of wealthy Spanish
merchant in Santa Rosa.
Mario had been very proud of his
lovely wife and child and was the ten
derese of husbands.
Leon Velasquez, on the other hand,
possessed history which was quite OBJ
scure up to the time when he made his
first bow in San Paola with a profusion
of money and the appearance of one
whose path in life was particularly
smooth and easy.
As related, he soon became the part
ner of Delaro, and at the time when the
partnership was formed he appeared to
be man of about thirty-five years,
though none ever knew his exact age
If any one had followed him on his
frequent trips to San Francisco they
would have discovered that he went
there to participate in all kinds of
vices, and, as men whose deeds are evil
love darkness rather than light, they
would have found that he did not ex-
pose himself much during the day.
He acted like man who was afraid of
being seen, and his haunts at night
were places where it required a peculiar
L. n1y +l1I
through a peep-hole before the appli-
cant was admitted.
1t looked as though his seclusion in
the quiet Posada vineyard was forced
one, though he had not apparently
enough discretion or force of will to
keep entirely from the outside world.
He was in short, an inveterate gam
bier, and would resort to any means in
order to gain the material with which
to tempt fortunes cards. He had
logged elbows with the worst classes of
thieves and villains in San Francisco,
and any one aware of his history would
have known that it was not the first
time he had associated With question
able characters.
The fact of the matter was that Vel
asquez had walked in crime from an
early age. His parents had afforded
him a good education, and at the age of
sixteen he had entered large mercan-
tile house in Lisbon.
He took advantage of the first oppor-
tunity which presented itself to steal
quite large sum of money, and, failing
in his efforts to faSten the crime upon a
fellow clerk, he eluded the vigilance of
the Lisbon police and secreted himself
on a sailing vessel bound for America.
The captain being susceptible to bribe |
he managed to land safely in New York. |
Velasquez lost no time in improving
his knowledge of the English language, |
and after perfecting himself as far as |
possible he started across the conti-
lent.
At Chicago he found his way into
ing of gamblers who soon fleeced him,
md he then sank into every kind of
vice imag Unable. From Chicago he
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a DESPOTiC MEASURE.
Civil Liberty Threatened by the Force b
Plan.

Civil Liberty Threatened by the Force. Bill
Plan.
If fistsxy proves any thing, it Is that
no despotlsm, however strong OF. be-
nevolent, has ever succeeded in improv-
ing tiie condition of the mass subjected
to it. bat that all despotism, whatever
its Eature, has had the contrary effect
of degrading the masses Despotism is
tlh> use of force, compelling those sub
jeeted to it to obey a will ether than
sheir own. This definition applies, no
matter whether the will is that of one
master or of more: whether the motive
is malevolent and selfish or benevolent
and unselfish- It appears to be rule
of universal application that when men
are forced against their own consent to
obey will other than their own they
are degraded by the violence, even
though it is applied in the hope of bet
tering them.
Whether or not the truth of this OBJ
servation be open to challenge, it
amounted to deep and controlling con-
viction in the mind of the trainers of this
Government. They shaped it with the
greatest care in every part of its writ
ten constitution that it might be forever
government by consent: of the people
and not above them; checked at every
turn when tempted to use force instead
of waiting to obtain consent.
While it is true that we have lived
very far from this ideal, we still have
Iron County register., 1891-01-15

There is now an urgent demand by
many Bourbon Republican organs for
the adoption of a closure rule in the
United States Senate. The closure rule
is a gag similar to that employed by
Gar Reed in the House of Representa-
tives at it's late session. In support of
this proposition it is held that there is
too much talk in the Senate and that
business methods demand more ex-
pedition on the part of its memb bers.
When it is remembered that this party
of violence and lawlessness was recent
ly almost wiped off the face of the
earth for degrading one house of Con-
gress by such rules as that now pro-
posed, it must be confessed that some
people are very slow to learn. The
parliamentary rules that have sufficed
during hundreds of years of freedom
are not to be arbitrarily changed to-day
for any good purpose. Persistence in
the advocacy of such measures will
land the Republican party where the
alien and sedition laws landed the old
ederalists.-Chicago Herald.
Iron County register., 1891-01-15

the idealsand the institutions modelled
on it. The very basis of these fnstitu-
tions is individual and local liberty.
| under which each community. tho,egh
fully subjected to the compelling public
opinion Of the whole, is free to govern
itself according to its own needs.
Under such a system, Massachusetts,
| and MississippF, New York and Califor-
MA can live together in peace and free
dom. Take away that systeln- and all
that remains is the question of which
States will be able to make the stronger
combinations for that species OF self
defense which can be successful only
through superior strength overcoming
and depressing the inferior. Such self
defense involves oppression and per
petuates it The only escape from it is in
the union of equals, each, self-governing
and free.
The plan of the force bill is to divest
the different communities and States
composing the Union of the power on
which all self-government depends
that of freedom to regulate their own
elections and to make their own re-
turns of the result.
Under this bill this immense power,
now scarcely felt because it is distrib-
uted, is to be collected into the hands
of District of Columbia officials. No
matter who these are, whether they are
to be Democrats or Republicans, beuev-
olent or malevolent, such power makes
them despots, because it gives them the
legal privilege of exercising a power
greater than any power left by the law
for exercise by the people. If that law
passes the Federal Government is by
law made antagonistic to civil liberty,
and the conflict of violence between
them will come at last-not from the
Southern States, certainly; not for ten
years perhaps, nor for twenty years
may be, but surely at last-unless in the
meantime the Republican party is wiped
out and the law repealed That is by far
the strongest probability of the situa-
ton. 1t certainly would be disorgan-
lied completely by two successive de-
feats like that of November And by
its, whole course it is inviting for 1892 a
of 1890. The returning board
system could control an ordinary cleo
ton but it would be useless against
cyclone.-St- Louis Republic.
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CHAPTER LII.

The morning after the murder Velas-
quez arose early, as was the custom
with every one in the Sonoma valley,
and started out for ride. He did not
appear to have had a very bad night of
it and, for man who must have had the
recollection of q recent murder ever
present before him, he was remarkably
self-posseSsed.
After leaving the party of men who
were escorting the dead body of Mario
Delaro into the little town of San Paola,
he fastened to the railroad depot and
sent a message 10 friends of his victims
young wife telling them of the horrible
occurrence and warming them to be
careful in breaking the news to her
He then started back and reached the
little, low building, dignified by the
name of City Hall, few moments after
the officers had arrived with their
charge.
The body was placed in a room con-
nected with the hall. after which the
coroner was promptly notified, and it
was not long before the news spread
through the town.
The body had hardly been carried in
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HIS LAST VISIT.
The Pathetic Ending of an Old New
Yorker's DAYS.

The Pathetic Ending of an Old New
Workers. DAYS.
He was, a queer old man who boarded
the train at a small station in Western
New York. Two young men, who were
probably his sons, brought him to the
steps of the ear and helped him on, and
as he entered we saw that he leaned
heavily on a cane and was very feeble.
O''The children kept at me till bad to
promise to co." he said as he sat down.
''Hain't bin down to Mary's in five
years, and I've got so old dasn't wait
any longer. It's purity tough on an old
man like me, but / want to SEQ Mary
and the grandchildren"
Il take it you are going to spend
Thanksgiving with Your daughter?" re-
marked the man on the seat ahead.
''That's il Mary's my oldest gal. Got
five of 'efn, and all married off. She
lives down at -, and she would have
me come and make visit. Mary was
allus good gal, and she married good
man. You'll tell me when / git there,
won't you?"
'1Oh, yes"
"'Cause they'll all be there at the de-
pot to meet me. My son Steve writ that
/ was coming
He had about forty miles to GO, and
when we passed the first three or four
stations he was anxious for fear that he
would be carried by the right one. After
that he leaned over on the window and
fell asleep. Just before the train arrived
at - the man who had spoken to him
turned about and said:
Come, grandpa, you get off here"
The old man did not move, and the
stranger arose and shook his arm and
said:
wake up, grandpal This is your
station, and Mary and the children are
waiting. Come, now"
But he spoke to the dead. The old
man had died while he slept-passed
away so peacefully that not line OF his
face had changed. And we were yet
stunned and grieving when Mary and
her husband and three happy children
came hurrying into the car and shouted:
s'Here he is. Here's our grandpa
come to spend Thanksgiving"
But he was with his God.-N. Y. Sun
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SHOWED IN.
a Place Where snow ShoveIs Were at n
Discount

a Place Where snow ShoveIs Were at n
Talking of snow" said the man with
the tan-colored gOatee. you ought to
see it snow in the Winnipeg country.
We don't know what snow is down
here"
Lots of it up there, eh?" asked the
man with the eyeglasses.
Lots doesn't express it. Why, gen
tlemen. two winters ago snow fell where
l was to the depth of nine feet before
Christmas. and on the nth of January
it was fourteen feet deep around my
factory.
so you had factory?"
-'Ies, sir.
+sWhat sort?''
"A snow-shovel factory"
Gosh, You located in the right place
to strike it rich, How many thousands
did you sell?''
Never seld even one single shovel,
sir
You didn't? What was the matter?
'.Why. the people up there have moth
ing to do but wait for snow to go OFF,
and that happened to be an early sea-
son. and a thaw came on about the mid
die of Nav, Yes. sir. l lost six months
time and s.. 900 up there. N. y. sun
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Refused an Encore.

An encore refused created its great
est known disturbance in Dublin at a
concert in which Signor Foil an IRISH
man by birth. sang. He sang so well
that the audience vociferously insisted
on hearing him again. but he politely
declined. Thereupon the gallery raised
such an internal racket with whistling,
stamping and shouting that many wom-
en- left the hall terrified. Nine Essl-
poff. who was next upon the pro
gramme. appeared to play her solo, but
she had to retreat Then another vo-
calist tried. but the disturbance beng
kept up unremittingly, he was driven
off the stage, and the concert came &c
an end.
Iron County register., 1891-01-15

The government allows generous
subsidy to theaters in the cities of the
Caucasus. Tifis alone will get A.
900 rubles during this year But hus-
sian troupes are scarce in that reglon'
and Italian, French and German actors
draw the largest part of the subsidy.
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the boom, preparatory to receiving the
first installment of saw logs, which Col
onel Cummings says may be expected to
arrive within the next thirty days, unless
there should be a check to the now stead
lily rising water. Two feet more i'll the
stream will enable the company to start
their logs from the mouth of Slab Creek,
where a force of men has been engaged
all winter cutting timber.
The first logs run into the river in the
trial of the chute, on the south fork, al
though few in number, are sufficient to
demonstrate the entire feasibility of the
scheme of floating logs down the river,
and we hope and believe they are but the
prelude to the well earned success which
this company is bound to achieve.
There are logs in the boom now which
were cut and put in the river last July, as
an experiment, high up on the north and
middle forks of the stream. These logs
came down without being driven by a
gang Of men with pike poles and peavey
hooks, but simply sought the boom of
their own accord, and ''got there" during
the last freshet
The work of constructing the saw mill
at the boom has commenced, and in few
weeks the buzz of the circular saw will
be heard there. This mill will cut the
timbers and lumber to be used in the
construction of the big mill, and will
have daily capacity of $4,000 feet The
larger mill will have capacity of rs, 900
feet daily, and will eventually be in
creased to 125, 900.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Mctadden's Double Uncle Toms
Cabin Company butchered that play at the
Opera House last night before very
large audience. Only one thing was
worse than the wretched performance,
and that was the execrable apology for an
orchestra back of the footlights. AT the
very best any dramatization of Mrs.
Stoves novel fails to give an adeouata
idea of the thought of the story. When,
however, a company Of transformers re.
duce it TO the level of vulgar farce. and
sandwich the text with gags and slang
unknown to the period Of the book;
when Topsy is doubled, and Uncle Tom
and Phineas Fletcher are played by the
same actor; when Simon Legree, st.
Clair and George Harris find their repre-
sentative in the same person; when
Cousin Ophelia is personated by q woman
who has no more idea of the character
than a Congo dwarf; when the whole
piece is played by people who cater to
low farce-comedy tastes, disgust ripens
infn indi2nm::on. IN the ,neWNry Of A.
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FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
j. NJ. Morrison Elected Chairman fol
the Ensuing Term.


the Ensuing Term.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Fire Commissioners was held
last evening. The retiring Commissioner
William Beckman introduced his sue
cessor, J. NJ. Morrison.
The new board organized by electing j. i.
NJ. Morrison, President; II. l. Seymour,
Secretary, and M. A. Howard, Treasurer
of the relief fund.
assistant were increased to Sl25 and 500,
respectively, and that of the Secretary
from $40 to S25.
Applications for appointment as extra
men were received from John NJ. Mitchell
and Steve Butler, Jr.
Captain Jack was selected as Engineer
of No. 3 and Mr.. Forbes temporarily
appointed to duty as Engineer of No. /.
The Chief Engineer was empowered to
purchase one thousand feet of hose and q
dozen new lanterns.
The following bills We're ordered paid ::
c. III. Krebs, So so; Sacramento Glass and
Crockery Co, 40 cts; Guthrie Bros, 81 so;
L. +. Phillips, 81; S. S. Nixon, 81 80 !;
Neubourg u Co., $40 Is; II. NJ. Bernard,
NJ. Morrison. 81 Whittier, Fuller 4 Co..
81 % A. s. Lauder, So so; McCreary d
Co., SO 60; NJ. McElaney, SIS; H. Guthrie.
sundries, $s4 81; p. III. Fisher, 50; Geo.
Schroth y Co., SIS IS; d. Ahern, s.; S. Nc
Donald. S7:J. Weitzel dc Son, S5; Plaza
Cash Grocery. s. 80; Schroth q Co., 50 !;
A. Mendes, 81 so; Huntington-H Hopkins
q Co., 80 cts; P. w. Sheehan, So so; r.
Watkins, Sl3 Is; Van Voorhies & Co.,
81 20; Locke & Lavenson, IS; J. S. O'Cal-
laghan, "a 40; r. S. Jones, IS; Schaw,
Ingram. hatcher & Co., 81 Is; A. S. Hop
kins, 81 10; J. A. Cunningham, 81 25 !;
Thos. Quinn, $50 c. Harkins, 81 so F.
Kolliker, 81 20; Friend & Terry Lumber
Co., 81 20; w. f. Cutler, 81; Frank Wick
wire, 81 25; Weitzel q Son, 50 50; Capital
Gas Company, s25 go; Interstate Fire
Alarm Co., S460; pay ROLL l,9l0.
The record-union., 1891-03-31
BRIEF NOTES

The Board of Trade will consider the
subject of ramie culture to-day.
The Directory of the Museum Associa-
ton holds its first meeting in the new
association year tonight.
Capital Council, No. IL, Y. NJ. l.. gave
an Easter Monday hop at Turner Hall
last evening, and the affair was quite en-
joyable.
A. X. Talbot has commenced suit in
the Superior Court against E. F. Aiken
to recover $500, alleged to be due on a
promissory note.
Angus Mcleod & Co., of San Francisco.
have brought suit against W. P. Harlow
to recover 1896 25, alleged to be due for
goods and merchandise furnished defend
ant.
G. G. Locke, Jr., accompanied by his
wife, took a drive for pleasure in tho
country yesterday. On the return trip
their horse became unmanageable, and
wrecked the buggy. The occupants,
however. were not injured.
Barney" Kane, an old-time restaurant
keeper in this city, died at his home Sun
day night, after having been i'll for sew
eral weeks. The deceased was we'll
known in this city. He leaves a wife and
family, who live ON Fourth and n streets.
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new REGIME.
The Trustees Elect William MuIIeney
as City Engineer.
Positions at the Water Works Filled
The Genial Janitor is
Re-eIected.

The Board of City Trustees caucussed
in room adjoining the City Auditors
office for a few minutes yesterday after
noon, and the election of employees con-
nected with the street and water works
departments passed off very smoothly.
Everything had been arranged before
the Mayor called the meeting to order,
and the successful candidates were elected
by full vote. The nominations were
made as follows:
Trustee Mclaughlin named the City
Treasurer, w. Z. Gerber. The Mayor
named r. H. Singleton for Superintend-
ent of the City Cemetery. Trustee Me-
Laughlin selected William Mulleney for
City Surveyor, Mayor Comstock pro-
posed Joseph Judd for Chief Engineer of
the Water Works. Trustee Conklin's
man for first assistant was Roland Rem
wick, and Frank Daroux was named as
second assistant by Mr.. Mclaughlin.
THE MAYOR GETS IN.
Mayor Comstock had first choice in
naming the tiremen, and his man was
William Connell. Trustee Conklin's
choice was }. J. Shick, and Trustee Nc
Laughlin's Ed Dunn
Mr.. Conklin selected j. w. Watt as
City Tapper and Trustee Mclaughlin
named Doctor Curtis as Janitor.
All of the nominees received the full
vote of the board.
1t was decided not to elect Harbor-
master for the present.
Mayor Comstock moved that the office
of Sanitary and Building Inspector be
abolished. He believed there was really
no need of such an officer.
Trustee Mclaughlin thought the office
M 1frpf ,nt To hn Al
not think the duties could be heaped upon
the Health Officer.
Trustee Conklin said he would stand by
the Mayor for the time being, and vote to
abolish the office. He wanted it under
stood, however, that he retained the right
to change his vote if, after Investigating,
he found that such an officer was needed.
THE GENIAL JANIToR.
Doctor" Curtis was the only one of the
successful asplrants for office present at
the meeting, and he was called upon to
culiar way, the Doctor" delivered him
self of a speech, thanking the board for
the honor, and mildly referring to his
career as janitor during the past year.
II lie said the office was not lucrative one,
but he felt grateful to his friends who
interceded in his behalf. He feared,
however, that they must have bored the
Trustees by the enthusiasm with which
they pressed his suit, but he hoped not
He prided himself in modest manner,
on his record as guardian of the prop
erty in the Water Works building, and
promised to do as well in the future as he
had done in the past. In conclusion, he
invited the board to 'join him."
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III

kANE-in this city, March 3Oth. Barnard
Kane, a native OF Ireland, aged s years.
81 Friends and acquaintances are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral. from
his late residence, No. 412 n street. this
(Tuesday) afternoon at O'Clock; thence to
the Cathedral, where funeral services will be
held. Please omit flowers.
Courtland, March o7th.
Margery, wife OF c. V. Talmadge, native
OF Canada, aged 60 years and 13 days
eSrEriends and acquaintances are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral, from
her late residence near Courtland. this
tuesday morning at o'clock. Interment
in City Cemetery about 2 O'Clock.
NICHOLS-San Jose, March 2Sth. William
n. Nichols, a native of Massachusetts,, aged
II years.
R1-Friends and acquaintance are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral. from
Clark undertaking parlors, this morning
at 10 O'Clock.
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Organized Young Women.

The organization of local branch of
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton has been completed. A constitution
and bylaws have been adopted, and the
following officers elected: President, Mrs.
NJ. P. Mayhem; Vice-President, Mrs.
Stoddard; Secretary, Miss NJ. Carrington
Treasurer, Miss Minnie Barkley; Board
of Managers-MTs. Clyde, Chairman, and
Mesdalnes Vaudeville, Shearer, Storch,
Jones, DR.. Marion Sterling and the
officers elect.
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Official Visit.

Grand Master Glasson, of Grass Valley,
and Grand Secretary Lyon, of San Fran
cisco, paid an official visit to the Odd Eel
lows of District No. 8 at Odd Fellows
Temple last Saturday night, under the
auspices of Sacramento Lodge, No. 2.
The following lodges took part: From
the city, Ell Dorado, Eureka, Capital, In
dustrial, and Elk Grove and Florin from
the country. Sacramento Lodge con-
ferred the initiatory degree on one candi-
date in very pleasing manner, receiving
the highest words of praise from the
Grand officers. After closing the lodge
the committee in charge entertained the
visitors at the French Restaurant with a
banquet, where speeches were made and
a general good time had.
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No Apology.

A few days ago the members of the
senior grade of the High School took a
vote on the proposition as to whether or
not the signers of the communication
sent to the RECoRD-UNIoN, in reference
to the agitation over the continuous ses-
sion, should be requested to apologize to
the class. The result was that only three
voted that the members who signed the
communication owed an apology. All
three were BOYS.
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Do Not Be Mis1ed.

Arrangements for certificates can be made
only through B. II. Nourse, Secretary, by old
purchasers of Carrizal extension, and that
within three days. Call and learn particulars
from the new conpany's Secretary, 63l J
street The stock is all taken but q small
quantity, held in reserve for this purpose, and
which is already booked in advance to be
taken after three days. No one can take less
than 800, nor more than 5000, shares, by
paying lex cents per share, in twenty-five
monthly payments,