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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-15
BRIEF NOTES

AT the Synagogue this evening Rev. J
i. Levy will address his congregation on
THE Life of Spinoza."
4 basket social is to be held this even
ing at the Central NJ. z. Church, Eley-
enth street, between II and 1.
The dancing class for the Caledonian
noon at and this evening at $50.
The ladies of the NJ. Z. Church South
hold their regular monthly social this
evening at the residence OF DR.. Snider.
9l3 NJ street.
The Sacramento Coursing Club will
meet this evening at Davy Crockett Hall.
Eighteenth and NJ streets. A full attend
ance is desired.
Officer Maley arrested Brooks last
evening, and he gave bail for his appear
ance, with William Land and r. Monte
negro as sureties.
A special train for the citrus fair at Ar-
burn leaves the depot at this morning
and tomorrow morning. 1t returns each
night, leaving Auburn at 10 o'clock. Ex-
cursion rates prevail.
Mrs. Curtis Richardson has been
awarded q contract by the State Board of
Examiners to paint a portrait Of the LATE
Governor Waterman for the State Capitol
The price is TO be $500.
Reference has been made in the paDars
to a boy named Frank Stanton HAVING
thrown potato through a street-car win
dow, causing injury TO lady's eve. The
truth is, the whole thing was an accident
The boy is we'll behaved, and had no in
tention of injuring either the car-windoyv
or any person inside the car.
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RussIa,s Fixed Purpose.

If anything has been made clear by
what has been here set down. il is this
that Russia has an ancient, deeD-rooted
lnvincible, undying purpose-a purpose
uneNampled in SteadineSs and persist
ency, and which survives all resistance
all humiliation, all defeat; and that pur-
pose IS to get to the Golden Horn and be-
yond. 1t has also been made plain that il
IS the object, and has been the object of
tAe western and central Powers Of En-
rope to resist this purpose. Russia has
sustained many severe checks: but the
Eastern question is not settled. 1t was
not settled by the Crimean war. 1t was
not settled by the Berlin treaty. On the
contrary, it is the livest of all the Eu
ropean questions Of to-day
That Russia is not satisfied we have
abundant proof. 1t was only IN 1856 that
repudlatIng the franco porto protocol of
the Treaty of Berlin, she proceeded to re-
construct and tortify Batoum, making it
an exclusive port Of her own. It is ner-
tectly clear that she intends to make tho
Black Sea a fortified Russian lake. The
recent experiments in the Dardanelles
followed as these were by Turkish con-
cessIons, reveal the old, undying. apores-
slVe tendency. They were teelers. Pus-
STA will feel again; and the next pxneri-
ment will be holder than the Last. What
she wants, as | have said at the Outsat iS
to get her ships of war into the NTeditar-
ranean. A little more liberty and this
Will be accomplished. 1t remains TO he
seen whether the next tentative experi-
ment in the Dardanelles will be followed
by another Crimean war, or whether
Europe is to be revolutionized by the
presence OF the Muscoyite in Mediterra-
mean waters. The Euronean POwerS a,,a
but acting in self-defense in RESISTING
RUSSIAN aggression. The question IS
whether the tates are not on the side of
the aggressive pOwer.-John Laird viii
son, IN Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
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A SHORT STRIKE
StOne-Cutters on the Government
Building VIII Work Eight Hours.

StOne-Cutters on the Government
Building VIII Work Eight Hours.
Acting under the orders of the San
Francisco Union of the Journeymen
Stone-Cutters' Union Of North America,
the sandstone cutters, numbering twenty
two, who have been employed in prepar-
ing the Arizona stone for the new Post
office building, quit work at noon yes
terday. They held a meeting at Y. NJ.
/. Hall, at which a resolution was adopted
declaring that they refused to return to
work unless paid 81 per day for eight
hours work. They had been receiving
s. for nine hours work
A committee was appointed to make
the demand for shorter hours on Carlaw
Bros, the contractors.
1t was stated last evening that the COM
mittee had interviewed Mr. Carlaw and
that he consented to their proposition.
The men will probably be- at work to-day
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SUMNER BASEBALL.
J. H. Henry is Something of a
!" Crank" Himself.
1t Advertises a City. and He is Trying
to secure a Franchise for
Sacramento This Year.

There are very few persons who believe
the proposed consolidation of the baseball
clubs of the Northwest cities with those
OF San Francisco, San Jose and Los An
geles viii amount to anything,
P. Flaherty, member Of the Portland
team, was in this city on Wednesday, and
In speaking of the matter he said the
thing was practically out of the question.
The cities were too widely separated, and
the cost Of transportation would be too
great.
In view Of the rumor that the gentle
men at the head of the Electric Railway
Company in this city contemplated back
ing ball team to represent Sacramento
IN the State League, RECORD UNION re-
porter yesterday asked J. II. Henry.
President of the company, if there was
any truth in it.
well, TO tell you the truth" said MIR
Henry, smilingly, ''we had not thought
CfSuch thing until we saw it mentioned
IN the paper this morning, but the idea
struck me as good one, and ! have al
ready written TO Manager Harris of San
francisco to know what is the prospect
Of Sacramento having place III the State
League.
Eyes, I know they have taken steps to
form a consolidated league Of California,
oregon and Washington clubs,' added
AIr. Henry, "but ! have no idea the
heme win work at all, and in writing
To Harris l assumed that the State League
will remain a fixture.
Manager McCloskey came to see me
To-day In regard to the matter, and he
thinks the State League will not be dis
rupted.
This is good ball town." Mr.. Henry
continued, "and ought to have a good
cIub. just consider the prominence that
has been given to San Jose because her
pan club won last years pennant. and
then topped the thing off by defeating
the Portland team for the coast champi-
Cnshlp! Why, people on this coast and
IN the East who had never before heard
OF San Jose now regard that as one OF the
lew prominent cities of the State.
GU see people reason in this way
mat place that has been selected as one
OF the League cities of a State must of ne
cesslty be lively, wike-awake one. No
duH, one-horse place ever supported
good ball team, no matter how large its
population might be, hence q city that is
In State League, and which has the
reputation of literally patronizing the
national game, at once acquires a reputa-
lon and prominence. No matter if il is
only baseball, the people read of it, and
when they learn that such-and-such city
won the pennant they naturally become
impressed with the idea that the pennant
city is stirring, enterprising one.
AS an advertising proposition alone,
] believe it is good thing for city to be
In State League, if possible. And if
sacramento should be in the League this
year, and care be taken to select a good
team, | have no doubt the patronage Will
be trst-Class."
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LADIES' NIGHT
First Informal Sat Home" of the
Suffer Club.

First Informal Sat Home'' of the
Suffer Club.
1t was ladies' night at the Suffer Club
last night, the occasion being the first in
formal 'at home" for 1892. The members
and their lady friends were present in
large numbers, and the affair was a most
enjoyable one. Governor Markham was
present and seemed to enter into the
spirit of the occasion.
c. A. Neale's excellent orchestra rem
dered the following programme: March,
THE Elks" tBarnard); overture. ''IpEs-
poir de Alsace" (Hermanl; waltz, 'At-
mospheric" (GungD; selection, Popular
Medley (Sch8cht); serenade, by the
River (BendiX); overture, ''Life's Joy'
tConradD; string quartet, (Gillet); waltz,
Y outhful Pleasures (Gungl; galop di
concert, "A Minute Too Late; selection
Hungarian Dance (Brahms): waltz.
"El Turia' (Granado); overture, "Pique
Dame iSuppet.
A fine collation. was served between 10
and i o'clock.
Or. w. c. Reith had the general direc-
ton of the affair, assisted by the follow
ing-named gentlemen OF the Reception
Committee: Hon. Newton Booth, Hon.
Robert I. Devlin. /. a. Robe, Wilbur +.
George, r. c. McCreary, J. w Hughes,
L. b. Adams, c. S. Marshall. P. c. Hale
q. +. Terry, NJ. J. Dillman, II. Vein
stock, L. 3. Carroll, Y. S. McClatchy.
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EVERYBODY's COLUMN.
Correspondence of Interest to tn,
General Public.

Correspondence of Interest to the
General Public.
Under this heading the RECORD-UTNIoN
viii 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, bnt as a guarantee
OF good faith.-EDs.
a Miserable Bit of Literary PuferinG.
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN A good many
literary thefts I have noticed lately in
this city, but another in an evening paper
OF this city is too fragrant to be allowed
to pass unnoticed. VIII you allow me to
expose it in your columns?
In the paper referred to OF Thursday
to-day l find a story, signed Deacon
and dated Carson. January 10th. The
writer, whom l suspect is not in Carson.
but very much nearer home. says he saw
IN Arthur McEwen's letter to the riapera
reference to Judge Wright, formerly Of
Gold Hill. The reference reminds "Dea-
con" OF the action of a Justice of the
Peace IN Sierra County, OF which action
Deacon pretends to have been person
ally cognizant. The story is that the
Justice got drunk at Forest City on
whisky sold by Mrs. O'Brian, at her
boarding house. ''Tha boys'' thereupon
gathered Mrs. OBrians silver-plated
spoons and forks, and put them into his
pocket When not quite sober q bogus
search warrant was got up'' by Colonel
Charles Sumner, the ''culprif' brought
before him, and fined so, and the money
thus stolen was spent III big spree.
Shortly after, the Justice had before
him an Irishman charged with stealing
mule. The man pleaded guilty, but in eX
tenuatiOn said he was drunk. The court
asked him where he got his liquor, and
he replied at Mrs. O'Brian'S Thereupon
the Justice discharged the prisoner, say
ing that no one full of that liquor was re-
sponsible, for he, the Justice, had him
self, while drunk on the same kind.
stolen spoons and forks.
The story is badly told and bIunder-
ingly put together when compared with
the witty and capitally related original
by Colonel Bradbury. II VIII be found
on page 1871 OF Vol. > Of the q American
Library of Wit and Humor' edited in
part by Mr.. Spof1ord, Librarian to Con-
gress. In the original the place of action
IS Georgia and the Justice the Judge Of
court OF record. The Boys" are the
young barristerS in attendance uDon the
court. he thief is not an freshman and
there was no bogus search warrant or
mock trial or levy Of q tine. IN better
form the story is told that the Judges
wife is made his cOnfidante when he finds
''Skeritt's" spoons mot Mrs. O'Brian's)
in his pocket. This mutilation Of u
wittily told incident and its rehashing as
new and as actually occurring, and in the
presence Of Deacon proves that either
! coincidence is more marvellous than
truth, or that somebody is. beside being a
bungler, literary kleptomanjac.
OTTAvp
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ACKERMAN'S ACTIONS.
They Arouse d Suspicion That Leads
Important Developments.

They Arouse Suspicion That Leads to
Important Developments.
On the afternoon of the Sd inst. shot
gun was stolen from the buggy of Joe
Bohmen at the corner of Sixth and l
streets. 1t was afterward recovered by
Special officer G. X. Rider, at a place
where it had been sold for a small sum of
money.
on Tuesday last officer Higgins ar
rested man, who gave his name as Paul
Ackerman, on suspicion OF being the per-
son who stole the gun, as he had been
seen near the buggy on the day of the
theft. The party who brought it, how
ever, said that Alderman was not the
person who sold the weapon to him.
Sull the police held Alderman in GUS
tody in the hope Of finding his supposed
partner but he made a great howl over
MS detention and demanded that he be
set at liberty.
His anxiety to get out of jail was be-
Geved 10 have been due to some cause
other than the mere desire to be free, so
the police decided TO examine his room at
the California House.
There they found a trunk filled with
ladies' apparel, chiefly underwear: a pair
OF shoes; q great mass of photographs of
old and young people, singlY and in
groups, some taken in Los Angeles and
others here; letters addressed to Miss
Lille b. Congdon at Ionia, Mich, and
1868 Market street, San Francisco; a
child's money safe, broken, and a great
mass of trinkets of no value to any one
except their owner.
On New Years Eve trunk belonging
10 young lady was stolen from the bag
gage-room of the Masonic building. at
Sixth and K streets. The name of the
owner OF the trunk was not ascertained at
the time, but is said that Miss Congdon,
who has resided i'll the city for
some time, 1t is the party who lost the
trunk. She will be sent for to-day to ex-
anime the trunk and it's contents.
Ackerman's anxiety to get out Of Jail
is now fully explained.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
'. A. Anderson is in San Francisco.

w. a. Anderson is in San Francisco.
Frank Rhoads is improving slowly.
and is able to be about his room.
L. J. Dwyer is improving so rapidly
that he hopes soon to be ut his law office.
S. W. Hull, of the United States Land
Office at Redding, is visiting w. NJ. Sims.
Mrs. B. p. Hugg is seriously i'll at her
home, SO j street, from a relapse of la
grippe and acute bronchitis.
NJ. r. Higgins, the Governors Private
Secretary, is expected back from Mexico
about the 10Th OF this month.
Northumberland r. II. Orion was
in this city yesterday. He called on the
Governor and several of the State officers.
Railroad Commissioner Becls1nan re-
turned yesterday from a trip of observs-
ton Of the Central Pacific Railroad as far
as the Nevada line.
George B. Williams, Jr., formerly Of
Sacramento, now of Baird, Shasta County.
went East last evening to Join his wife
who is visiting at Walpole, n. H.
Mrs. Captain r. j. Dunn has been again
called to San Jose, as her niece. Miss
Shorter, is not expected to live. Mrs
Dunn had just returned home, supposin1
her niece to be recovering.
Henry Toll, well-known vouno man
of this city, who has been enlDloyefI in
the railroad freight office for Several
years, left yesterday for San Francisco fo
accept a position in the general freinht
office OF the Southern Pacific Company.
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Tied WIN NNi1.n

EDS. RECORD UNION: With gratifca-
ton l notice in your valuable paper a re-
port of the matters and things having the
good thought ofthe citizens of ourcitywh
joined with each other to form the HUI
name Society. Sirs, notice that they
wish to stop the bad practice of bringing
the calves for our veal meat to the
markets, tied by their legs,and with their
heads fastly bound to the hard floor of
the wagon to be jolted over many miles
of the rough road. 1t was told that the
calves are tied tightly. That is not all
sirs; [ can tell you that some of these
dealers in calves down the river-way
bring them in with their four legs tied
all in one bunch with wire, and so tight
that the iron cuts through the skin Of the
tender ankles. What do merciful peopl g
think of that? Yet 1 have often seen it
here. 1t is not permitted at all in my
native country; the calf must come, if
alive, to the market man standing, and
in cool, good state-then it is good for
your 1000 ana NINE. ALSACE.
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CAPITOL PARK.
Contract Let for the Cement Walk and
Granite Fence.
Touhey q Conlan of This City were tho
Lowest Bidders-New Rule Against
HeayilY-Loaded Vehicles.

The Capitol Park Commissioners-G Coy
ernor Markham, State Treasurer Melon
aid and Secretary of State Waite-met
yesterday afternoon for the purpose OF
receiving bids for building new fence
and cement sidewalk around the Capt.
tol grounds.
The specifications called for the con-
struction Of concrete stone sidewalk Of
the best quality, nine feet wide, the walk
TO extend from Twelfth and n streets
easterly to Fifteenth; thence across Eff
teenth to L, and thence westerly along L
TO Eleventh. y granite curbing was also
included.
The fence will surround the same area,
and will be a simple yet neat affair.
There will be nothing but granite posts
about three feet in hight, with single
chain extending over their tops. The
posts will be twelve feet apart, and Will
rest in a bed Of concrete.
There were eight bids submitted,
among the number being several from
san Francisco. The joint bid Of james
IOuhey and John j COnian Of this city
was the lowest, however, and they were
awarded the contract tOr doing the entire
work. The amount of their bid was
$l2,772 G2-about $4,000 lower than any of
the other bids submitted. They accepted
the contract with the understanding that
the entire work is to be completed within
five months, and they intend to COM
mence operations Immediately.
The Capitol Commissioners viii APP
point man to superintend the work
Before adjourning, the board passed an
order TO the effect that on and after
February lst ali heavy teams shall be
prohibited from going through the Capt.
tol grounds, excepting those which are
hauling freight to tie building This
rule will not apply TO empty wagons or
those having business at the building.
All teams viii be prohibited from driving
through the grounds at a faster gait than
five miles per hour, and the gardeners
and watchmen are TO be required to en-
force the rule rigidly.
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Branch Ladies' Society installed its new
officers as follows: President, Josie Van
Walbeck; VicePresident, Bessie Balsz;
Recording Secretary, Della Maginn: Fl
nancial Secretary, Agnes Johnson;
Treasurer, Annie Gill; Warden, Caroline
Mohler; Conductor, Kate Eiszler; Guard,
Sophia Croft; Chaplain, Mary Cropper;
Pianist, Lizzie Dillman: r. 5. p, Sarah
Bragg; J.. s. p, Emma Brown; r. S. Y.
p, Annie Monaghan; L. S. Y. p, Ma
tilda Wicllwire.
After the installation the following pro-
gramme was rendered: Instrumental
solo, Hiss Hatch; vocal solo, Miss Tiel;
recitation, Mae Gill; banjo solo, Mr..
Black; instrumental solo, Gertie Lothian
nler: recitation. Anna Laughlin.
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Painters, Union ORGANIZED

The Car and Coach Painters Union or
gained last evening. and elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Fred Elliott:
Nice-President, Frank c. Nichols: Re-
cording Secretary, d. w. Crabbe: Finan-
cial Secretary, William /. Fitch; Treas
urer, G. +. Dickerson; Conductor, John
Devine: Warden, William Beckett: Trus-
tees-M. L. Jenkins, Henry Payne and
Thomas 7 Raker
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INSTALLATIONS
warren Post and Relief Corps-Ladies
OF the Olive Rr.anch

Of the Olive Branch.
The following officers of Warren Post,
No. ST, G. A. r., were installed last even
ing: Post Commander, J. S. Easter
brook; Senior Vice-Commander, A. D.
Hurd: Junior Vice-Commander, Harvey
Moore; @. NJ, J. S. Jones; o. D., l..
Miller; Surgeon, r. r. Fox; Chaplain, G.
". Herr; 0. G., NJ. Langly; Sentinel. W
C. Jackson: Adiutant, D. II. Macdonald;
Major, j. Williams; @. NJ. Ser
saant. J. Machamer.
Immediately after the above ceremo-
MES the following officers OF Warren Re-
lief Corps were installed: President,
Mrs. Annie Paulk; S. V, Mrs. L. Muir
rev; J. v, Mrs. Annie Van Horn; Secre-
fsTy, Miss Matte Shirland; Treasurer,
Mrs. Emma Renwick; Chaplain, Mrs.
Mary Averill; Conductress, Mrs. ii.
Jones; Guard, Mrs. Aisle Smith.
After the installation refreshments
were served.
OLIVE BRANCH LADIES' SOCIETY.
on Wednesday evening the Olive
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COnnim Goes Free.

Judge Catlin yesterday heard the ap-
plication Of Frank Commit, on habeas
corpus, and there being no comnlaint
against him, he was discharged.
All that Commit did was to shoot Fred
Bailey the other night and then walk
through the public streets with a pistol
in each hand. That wasn't much.
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The River Convenfion

At O'Clock this afternoon the River
Improvement Convention will meet in
the Assembly Chamber at the State Capt.
tol. Some of the delegates are already
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To-Day-Third Day

OF our great bankrupt sale of dry goods. fancy
goods blankets, comforteIs. etc. Tomorrow
Saturday we shall hold our regular Satur-
days sale IN clothing, furnishing goods boots
shoes etc at Rcd HOUSE
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There are said to be nine inmates the
Camberwell, England, Workhouse who
nave reached ages varying from one hum
dred ana three to one hundred and eight
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Our sale OF fine dress goods from the bank
Iupt stock, where you can save so cents on
every dollar You invest Ask for our cat
aloguc at eash-desk. Red House.
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DIED

BELL CONSERVATORY COMPANY, for
lists. You can always find US at telephone No.
155. Finest work; lowest prices
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We are we'll settled in store and customers know
the location Of the various departments quite we'll they
did in the old One
The ventilation is excellent the light perfect and the
perature OF the building soft and equabe day June
Now that the rush Of the holidays and annual stock
taking are over have taken up the task of making 1902 the
brightest and most successful year the history Of business
We don't intend keep in old ruts and new features and
ideas will abound 1t will pay to watch these columns
daily.
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SATURDAY AT $50 A. NJ,
SPECIAL SALE OF
Mems Underwear, OVeShrb and Calico Shirts

We have just completed annual inventory and in going
through the stock of the Mems Furnishing Goods Department
found several lines which have decided to close out The
goods are heavy weight and suitable for present
LOT Mems Red Wooden Undershirts and Drawers
heavy weight and in nearly ali sizes. Sale
price, zoe garment
LOT 2-Aln OF Mems Calico Shirts, neatly figured
and with two collars. Price, 25c.
LOT 8-Men's Heavy Gray Undershirts mo drawers
Price, 45c
LOT IA few Fine White Ribbed Wooden Undershirts
and Drawers. Sale price, 95c per garment.
LOT B-Tuxedo Ribbed Undershrts, heavy weight
and soft and neecy, have catch stitch finish
around the bottom. Price, soc.
LOT 6-Heavy Notified Gray Undershirts, satin fin
ished fronts, 45c.
LOT 7-Jersey Ribbed Overshirs, with lace front
The color is black, but black.
price, 45c.
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Capitol Lodge, No. g, International
Association of Machinists. will give its
second annual ball at Turner Hall on the