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SUPERIOR COURT.
Department one-catlin, Judge.

Department One-(atIin, ,Judoe
MONDAY, April 18th.
People VS.. Louis Meyer-Defendant given
until Friday 10 plead.
People vs. George Green-Defendant given
until Friday to plead.
Willis rs. Ray-Continued.
People VS.. Henry Kohne-Appeal dis
missed
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SUNDAY excepted. sunday only. Anon
day excepted. A.-For morning. P.-For af.
ternoon.
RICHARD GRAY, Gen. Traffic Manager
7. II. GOODMAN. General Passenger Agent.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
! County ofSacramento, State of California
Probate. In the matter of the estate OF
BARNET BAKER, deceased. George +.
5ronner, the administrator of the estate of
larnet Baker, deceased, having filed his petit
ton herein, duly verified, praying for an order
Of sale of the real estate OF said decedent,
Tor the purposes therein set forth il is there
fore ordered by the court that all persons
interested in the estate of said deceased APP
pear before the said Superior Court on
FRIDAY, the 29th day of April, 1Se2, at 10
O'Clock A. NJ. of said day, at the court room of
said Superior Court at Sacramento. in the
County of Sacramento, State of California, to
SHOW cause why al order should not be
granted To the said administrator 10 sell so
much of the real IS ate of the said deceased as
shall be neceSsarJ; and that a copy of this
order be published at least once a W Elk for
four Successive weeks in the SACRAMENTO
DAILY RECJRD-UNIoS, n newspaper printed
and published in said county
W. G. VAN FLEET,
Judge of the Superior Court.
Dated March %, 1882.
". \. GET, JR., Attorney for Admins
traitor. mr29-0tTu
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FOLSOM AND VICINITY.

Sacramento, April Is, 1892.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS.

-"Old Simon Cameron had some very
odd predflections," J" said Colonel Frank Burr
tho other evening. "He could never be in
duoed to give currency, although in tho
course of year he dispensed thousands in
charity. He would indorse q note for q
friend 1t any time, but ask him for s6 bill
and he would promptly refuse to lend it.
remember he onoe wanted to give my boy
birthday present, and got SO far as to take
out his pocketbook and extract q small
roll OF greenbacks, from which he selected
So bill. But after he had unfolded the bill
and smoothed out the oreases, he patted the
boys head, put away the money again in
his pocketbook, and half an hour afterward
sent the lucky youngster a check for $50.
Cameron's disinclinatfon to part with cur
renoy netted my boy s45 that time. His In
dorsements Of borrowers notes from the
same cause must have amounted to many
thousands every year. There was one spe-
cies OF charity which he particularly af-
fected. young man who applied to him
for money to complete his education,
to take him to college, or to give
him Q start in the world in some
such legitimate way, was never turned
away. A few months before Cameron's
death, the cashier of the bank where the
statesman did most of his business showed
me great bundle of paper which consisted
of protested and unpaid notes. They were
the obligations which beneficiaries of Cam
eron had failed to meet-most Of them
young Pennsylvanians This accumulation
of protested paper never surprised nor dis
tressed the Sage of DONEGAL; he didn't ex-
pect to be paid back, and it was his way of
giving money away"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
Double-Distilled Drama.

An "Uncle Toms Cabin" company, of
the double variety, favored Sewickley with
a visit the other day. Handbills containing
and about as much truth, heralded its ap-
proach. When the company reached town
some of the more sangufne Sewfckleyans,
especially those whose color entitled them
to, sympathfZe with Uncle Tom, were
disappointed at its size. They were
not aware OF that singular mathematical
process by which an "Uncle Toms CABIN"
company becomes less when doubled. Still
there were enough TopS1es, Mdrkses and
brazen musicians, in addition to a fair
supply of Epa and Uncle Tom, to say nothing
Of an elongated pup that blushed every
time it saw bill depicting the bloodhouhds
crossing the ice, and Choral Hall, which is
usually called the Opera House, when drama.
tic companies hire it, was filed to sutfoca-
tion at night.
The performance must go unsung, for alas!
was not there. A little girl, who was fortu-
nate enough to see it al, tells me it was on the
whole good performance. And as she is less
than 10 years old, and has never seen "Uncle
Toms Cabin" before, her criticism is cer-
tainIy unprejudiced. She added, however:
When little Era died it made me cry, and l
was very sorry for her. But afterward she
came out into the audience and sold her
photographs-and don't think it was right,
do your
The reader will agree with ME that from
strictly artistic standpoint little Era's
breach of esthetic propriety was unpardon-
able.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
FINANCIAL GUrsswoRK..

The methods of estimating receipts on
expenditures, in the conduct of the Gov
ernment finances, were strikingly Illus
trated by the testimony of Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury Spaulding before the
House Ways and Means Committee. Mr..
Spaulding first made an elaborate and ap-
parently accurate statement of the re-
ceipts of the Treasury for the first six
months of the current fiscal year. Then
he guessed at $40, 600, 900 more of /. receipts
for the first twenty days of the present
month. After that he doubled the re-
eeipts of the six months, added S14, 900, 900
to them, and presented the result as the
total of Government revenues for the
current fiscal year, amounting to S362,-
0OO, ,OOO Against this he set an estimate OF
expenditures for the year of $685., 200,
or s24, ,0O0, 900 less than the receipts.
A little light as to Treasury estimat tes is
shed by Mr.. Spaulding's subsequent state
ment that his figures did not include sink
ing fund appropriations, or river and
harbor appropriations, and finally by his
confession that the estimates were based
on "a little experience and great deal OF
guesswork.' This last statement is cal
culated to disarm criticism, but on the
other hand it does not permit us to take
Mr.. Spaulding's statements seriously. 1t
suggests, however, that it might be well
TO adopt measures for the statement OF
Government expenditures on some more
tangible basis than that of "guesswork." "
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24

Our Governments instructions to Minis
ter Egan to insist o an immediate apology
ard rcparation from Chile show that af-
fairs are approaching crisis. But the be-
lief is gaining ground that not only will
there be no war, but the Government con-
templates nothing more serious than sew
erance OF diplomatic relations il the event
of the refusal of Chile to comply with our
demands.
The nolite announcement by the Chilean
Government that Minister Egan is not
persona grdta but persona ingratG and the
suggestion that he be removed as a condi-
ton precedent to the compliance with our
demands is surprising. If there is to be
al apology and reparation, it should not
he conditional upon Mr.. Egan's recall.
The Chilean Government has right to
ask for Mr.. Egan's recall if he is persona
angTdtG, and the United States has the
right 10 recall him as matter
Of self respect, if it sees fit. However,
acceptable to Chile's leaders, the United
States has right TO expect compliance
with her demands.
1t is popularity expected that On Mon
day President Harrison will send his
message to Congress, and at that
time the exact nature of the
demand upon Chile will be known.
The instructions which Minister
Montt is supposed to have received from
Minister Malta and repeated to the State
Department are sufficient ground for the
delay Of Mr.. Harrison in sending in his
communication. If it be true that the in
structions were insulting and contained no
conciliatory sentences, we may expect
that Mr.. Harrison has changed what might
have been a mild message to one advising
harsh measures. There have been ru-
mors to the effect that Minister Matta's
words have been withdrawn. Certainly
they ought to have been either withdrawn
or modified, for it was impossible to con-
duct negotiations upon them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
FAVORITES OF FAME.

COUNT ARCo VALLEYS successor as the
Kaiser's representative at Washington, Dr..
Won Halleben, is short, stout and ugly.
SENATOR DAVIS, of Minnesota, has a
noteworthy collection of Napoleona, en-
bracing 800 books and quantities OF pictures.
EX-SENATOR INGALLS, is erecting o
building at Atchison in which he intends to
practice law, associating himself with his
son Ellsworth.
JOHN MCCLoUD, Scotchman, 76 years
of age, claims to be tho oldest white settler
in the State of Washington. He dates his
residence from 1s43.
AN interesting guest at Baltimore hotel
the other day was Prince Agustin Iturbide,
the adopted son and heir apparent OF the un-
fortunate Mexican Emperor Maximilian.
GENERAL BOOTH, head of the Salvation
Army, who has been visiting Australia and
India in the interests of that organization,
sailed hence to-day on his return to Eng,
land.
Mr.. SIMON MARX, the new Mayor Of
Norfolk, Va, is a German Hebrew, born near
Frankfort-on-the-M Main. He is one OF the
most progressive and public-spiritedc citizens
of the town.
The most populous Congressional district
is represented Dy captain oames n. Castle,
of Minnesota. 1t is the district embracing
st. Paul and Minneapolis, and its population
numbers 44, 635.
Mr.. HUDSON, the protector and con-
structor of the st. Clair tunnel, believes that
in the twentieth century Boston will be 40
miles long and 20 broad and that its popula-
tion will mum ber @ 000, 900.
DIR. G. R. G. TODD. of Barnwell, S. c., is
brother-in-aw of Abraham Lincoln. DR..
Todd was a distinguished surgeon OF the
Confederate army ana was for long time
with the Texas Rangers on the Rio Grande.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
Art in the Bnckwoods,

The interest in the Worlds Fair is
spreading into the back districts, and there
are signs already that Pennsylvania's exhibit
can readily be made representative of every
nook and corner Of the State. The native
artists OF the State are. waking up to the I'M
portance of having a proper showing of
their handiwork at the Worlds Fair. The
enthusiasm seems to be greater at the cir
conference than at the center, as yet. For
instance, the other day a painter living in
remote but picturesque Troutville, ,Clearf1eld
county, wrote to the committee having
charge of the art exhibit from this State
offering remarkable picture as his contri-
button. AS he described it the picture is a
landscape, rowing choice collection of
hills about Troutville, and the creek from
which, presume, that place took its his
torical name. A bear and wolf and a deer
and some other representatives of the
regions fauna are arranged in pleasant
proximity, while the dark side of local his
tory is typtfied by some Indians engaged in
the cheerful task of cooking a prisoner over
a not fire, and the other redskins more de-
Gently employed shooting arrows at the
aforesaid animals. The quaint interest of
such a work is undeniable, and perhaps the
advisory committee of experts will see their
way clear to selecting 1t.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS.

"ELECT Senators by direct vote of the peo-
ple,'' is the battle cry which will sweep the
country.-I5ledo Blade.
IT is certainly high time that something
was done to prevent the Senate from event.
ually becoming body of plutocrats.-
Wheeling Lntetigencer.
THERE seems to be no real danger to re.
publican institutions involved in passing an
amendments to the Constitution providing
for the election of Senators by the people
Des Moi7les Leader.
ITis by no means certain that the election
of Senator by popular vote would result
either in elevating the intellectual standard
of the body or in doing away with frauA.-
Indianapolis Journal.
WE hasten to declare that this would be
great boon to the citizens of the States and
to the people at large-perhaps the greatest
that has ever been rendered by any consti.
tutional amendment save that prohibiting
slavery.-Ne,o York Evening Post
If such measure could be made retro.
active and would incontinently '.fre out"
as we say, a few excessively opulent and un
worthy gentlemen who are already in the
Senate, it would be fine thing. Still. it
would be fine thing, anyhow.-New York
Advertiser
SENATOR PALMER's head is level on tha
election of United States Senators by the
people. We will have some hope for.the re-
public if there can be found in the Senate
and House patriotism enough and in the
President independence enough to give the
people chance to remedy the evil.-,Spring-
field Monitor
The will OF the people in the election of. q
Senator would be more likely to find ex-
preston under the proposed than it does
under the present system. Many men have
been elected to the United States Senate
who would not have been chosen ii their
names had been submitted to the people nc
an election.-Denuer Republican.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
THE JUMP IN VALUATIONS.

1t is evident that if last years millage
for city purposes be permitted for this
year also, the result upon largely increased
valuations will mean heavy and op-
pressive draft on taxpayers. As until the
Assessors complete their revision, there is
no telling what percentage of increase the
aggregate will show, it is impossible yet to
figure how many mills will produce
given sum. But individual taxpayers who
are jumped from 25 to several hundred
per cent know that it will take proper
tionate sum from them if these valuations
and the old millage are both to stand
The Assessors are, of course, being
sharply rated by the property owners,
whose assessments have gone up; and
there is in the air the intimation of de-
sire to provide large revenues to be spent
from City Hall as the prevailing motive.
However, it is well to be just-even to
Assessors. 1t is well to recognize that the
cash value system has never been much
more than respectable pretense, and
that many property owners have en-
couraged and been complaisant with the
fiction so long they believed it profted
them. That is to say, both in city and
county-tbe county worse only in degree
than the city-the habit has been as long
as people can remember to assess
below known values. In some cases.
scarcely 80, 60, or rs per cent
has been assessed. This has been the rule
in other cities, too. The business of as
sessing is easier done in this way than by
sticking up for the limit of market quota
tions. Now the question arises, when the
Assessors conceive they are called upon
by their oathS 20 assess at actual cash
values-the cash values Of the records and
real estate oflces-are they thereby ad-
vancing plot for extravaganza OF are
they not entitled to the plea that no mat
ter what was done before it is their duty
to make true assessments now as nearly
as they can?
But be the Assessors right or wrong in
their estimates they are certainly al
titudinous beyond expectation in most
cases-there is no reason why the tax
payers as a body should allow assessments
In the aggregate to draw penny more
from them in taxes than they really want
to pay for city government They know,
or should know, what the city can wisely
afford to spend for city purposes. In a
couple of weeks from now they will have
chance at the polls to elect representa-
tives to Councils to adopt any millage
they themselves figure out as proper. If
the gross assessments be large they can, if
they will, elect members pledged to reduce
the millage proportionately
Thus the people who pay the taxes have
the matter virtually in their own hands if |
they choose to act If the increase of val
uation is merely rush of wealth to the |
head in place of to-the pocket-the result
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
PUBLIC BUILDING JOBS.

The Senate seems to be determined to
make better progress than the House in
one respect; but that respect is one in
which the eminence is not desirable. 1t is
that of rushing through log-rolling build
ing bills atthe rate of about $1,000, 600 for
each days work.
At time when the impossibility OF find
ing revenue for all Of the appropriations
of the last Congress, the item Of public
buildings presents an extremely eligible
field for retrenchment. Wherever the
Government has commenced buildings of
course the truest economy is to complete
them, and wherever the business of the
Government is hampered for lack of
needed facilities, it can afford to provide
them. But that rule can be met, and yet
a great reduction of expenditure can be
effected by stopping the present log-rolling
system of scattering public buildings
broadcast wherever the political affiliations
of Senators and Representatives may re-
quire.
Even if the Treasury were in condition
to allow of large expenditures in public
buildings, the system by which the dis
tribution is made is a peculiarly senseless
one. No pretense is made of regulating
the expenditure by the commercial or
postal importance of the places where the
buildings are to be erected. The distribu-
ton is entirely a matter of favoritism. In
the appropriations which the Senate passed
last tweek, the commercial centers of Norfolk
and Hastings, Nebraska, got $3.50, 900 each.
The Dalles, Oregon, job got$1O0, 900, on the
assertion of Mr. Mitchell that it must have
4, 400 population, although Mr.. Porter's CEN
sus only allows it 1000. Fergus Falls, Minn.,
and Mammoth Hot Springs are other neta-
BILE centers of population to be decorated
with Government architecture at the ex-
pense of the United States if the Senate
has its way.
Such bills as these are very good ones
to commence the process of pruning with.
They are jobs in their inception and reck-
lessly extravagant in their details. They
should not be passed if the Treasury was
flush and should not be entertained at all,
now that the surplus has completely dis
appeared.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
HARPING ON CHILE.

CHILE will do well to apologize, and be
quick about it, too. Patience on the part of
the United States is ceasing to be virtue.
Boston Traveller.
UP to date the Chilean war record shows
the corkscrew to be mightier than the
sword Washington Post.
THE Chilean war cloud appears like
camel, or like weasel, or very like whale.
Eh, Polonius?-Bost0n Herald
OUR national honor is not so frail texture
that it must be guarded by the bullying OF
weaker States.-NeW York World.
CHILE is not saying much just now, but
she is taking notice that Uncle Sam is going
on saving wood for his winter fires, and do
ing up odd chorcs.-C Chicago Inter Ocean.
In all probability should collision occur,
it will be snort. sharp and decisive, but
what the United States will really gain in
victory over the demented little Suite is
qaestion easier asked than answered.
Minneapolis Times.
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RESTORED TO REASON.
Operations Performed on the Skull OF an
Imbecile Child.

Imbecile Child.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23.-The curing Of an
idiot child by series of operations in linear
craniotomy is being carried to a successful
finish at the Hahnemann Hospital. the last
operation taking place to-day. The subject
1sa child, years old, named Leroy Moll,
and was admitted three months ago, COM
plete idiot. He was incapable OF speech,
there was 10 fexibility in his joints, and he
was incapable OF feeling pain. The bones
Of the skull had become prematurely hard
ened, preventing growth of the brain.
Two months ago it was decided to per-
form an operation by which a section of
bone three-quarters of an inch wide was cut
from the skull, in length reaching from the
forehead to the back of the head. The sec
tion passed over the top of the head, a little
to theleft OF the middle. Another section
was also cut out which started from the
middle section little above the forehead
and running down the right side of the skull.
The section to be cut out to-day will be upon
the left side. The result of the first opera
tlOn has been marvellous. The child is no
longer an idiot. He has given up the shrill
cries that he used to utter, and laughs and
crows, and recognizes his friends when they
approach his cot. He has recovered the use
of his limbs and has grown fat and hearty.
The great value of the success of the opera
tion to be completed to-day will be readily
understood when it is known that idiocy
caused by the premature hardening of the
skull will be thing OF the past.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
a SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION

There seems to have been demonstra-
ton of the ability Of women to work
political springs in the result of that
hearing before the Senate Committee on
woman suffrage the other day. Those
who can convince Senate Committee are
certainly possessed of political skill; for
while the Senators may be gallant old
chaps in their individual and unofficial
capacities, they do not as a rule make
committee reports for the sole purpose of
pleasing the ladies' Yet the committee of
the Woman's Suffrage Association i'm
pressed its ideas SO forcibly on the Senate
Committee that it incontinently voted to
report to an unsuspecting Senate, a six
teenth constitutional amendmentto to secure
the right of suffrage to women.
After this let no one assert that women
have not the ability to move in politics.
Other interests have made numerous ar
guments before Senate and House COM
mittees, and gone away empty. 1t is even
probable that the 500, 100000 Nicaragua
Canal job had to be explained
several times to the Senatorial
mind before the latter grasped
all its possibilities. But the ladies of the
Woman Suffrage Association came, argued
and conquered at single hearing. After
this it must be admitted that these women
at least are capable of becoming adopts in
the mysteries of politics
But they will probably have abundant
opportunity to exercise their skill on this
issue before obtaining the enfranchise-
ment they desire. The victory of woman's
suffrage in Senate committee by vote
of 8 to does not insure that it will sue