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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-17
NOT GUILTY.
Case of the Fish Commission Against
w. p. Taylor.

Case of the Fish Commission Against
w. p. Taylor.
SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 1B.-The case of the
People VS.. w. ?. Taylor of Paperville,
charged with allowing matter deleterious
to fish to pass into the water of Paper
Mill Creek, was tried before Justice Duff
ting and a jury o-day.
T. Babcock, a member of the Fish
Commission, and complainant in the
case, was first called. He stated that on
July 7th, in company with E. w. Hunt,
he visited Paper Mil Creek and secured
samples OF the waste water as it came
from the mill. The water was given to
Thomas Price, the analytical chemist, to
analyze.
Thomas Price was called and gave a
detailed account of the analysis made
by him OF the water in question. 1t was
found to contain number of substances
detrimental to fish.
Several witnesses tor the defense testi-
fed that the water was pure; that many
OF the people III the vicinity had been
using water from the creek for years for
household purposes.
The jury, after celebrating ten min
utes, returned verdict of mot guiltv.''
The case has excited interest in sections
where mills are located on fayorite
trout streams. The Fish Commissioners
are determined to push matters in re-
gard TO allowing deleterious matter to
pass into these streams.
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THE ORIENT.
Three Hundred People Killed. by q
Tornado.

Three Hundred People Killed. by q
Tornado.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-The steam
ship China arrived from China and Japan
this morning. Chinese advices state that
Mason, who was arrested for conspiracy
to introduce arms and ammunition into
China, and who was sentenced to niuo
months Imprisonment for his connec-
ton with the X olao-Hi secret society, has
completed his term of Imprisonment,
and, being unable to find bonds for future
good behavior, has been deported to Eng
land.
A serious flood occurred in North China
early in August, resulting in consider
able loss Of life and property. The steam
ers found the Peiho River almost inn
pasSable, owing TO the volume of the
freshets. Great damage was done on the
upper Yangtee.
Her majesty's ship Firebrand, which
arrived at Hongkong July 3Ist, expert
enced q typhoon in Takow Harbor and
narrowly escaped being driven ashore.
Junks in the harbor were wrecked and
much damage done. The American ship
North American, which left Kobe, Japan,
July 3D. was totally wrecked in Xii chan
mel during gale, and the crew rescued
with difficulty.
The Inland steamer foundered July 23d
in Harima Sea. and only four of the crew
and passengers were saved. The number
OF lives lost is not given.
Three hundred persons were killed and
ninety wounded in the recent gale at To-
kushima district. Twenty thousand acres
of land were devastated by foundations,
and forty two thousand houses destroyed.
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CLEARINGHOUSE STATISTICS.
Business Transacted in the Principal
Ciries the Past Week.

business Transacted in the Principal
Cities the Past Week.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-The following,
compiled by the Bradstreets, are the
banks clearings for the week ending
September 15thswith the percentage, in
crease, and decrease, compared with the
corresponding week last year: New
York, S633, 693, 900, decrease of 1l.9;
Boston, S89.003 200, a decrease OF 106;
Chicago, Sl0l, 3O2, GOO, an increase Of 9.3;
Philadelphia, 500, 9S6, 900, a decrease OF q. o:
st. Louis, $50, lS4 900, an increase of 81;
San Francisco, S16,907, 900, decrease
OF N.9: Baltimore, SIS, 10000, a de-
crease of 1873; Cincinnati, SIS, 457 900, an
increase of As; Pittsburg, $3.50, 900, an
increase of 40 Kansas City, $40, los, 900,
an increase of so; Minneapolis, S., 641, :
600, a decrease OF ITO; Omaha, So, 1856 600,
an increase of 35.4: Denver, So, SIC, 900, an
increase of 27.7; st. Paul, $5,9S9,0OO, an
increase of AS; Portland, Or, 81, 497 900,
decrease of Al; Salt Lake City, ST.
6S6,00O, a decrease of l.5; Seattle,
81, 10000, an increase of $50; Tacoma,
S762,0l6, decrease of 1874; Los Angeles,
1894, 7l5, a decrease of IA: Galveston,
1854 GOO, decrease of 51.0; Helena,
S936,0l1; no comparison; Great Falls,
S252,96 no comparison; Spokane, $751;
26I. no comparison. Total 81, Ill, 3l3, l25,
a decrease offs per cent.
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Warrant for the Arrest of New
Y0rk's Labor Commissioner.
CHARGED WITH DESTROYING STATE
DOCON 8NTS.
No Change Is Repor ID in the Condi-
ton of Mrs. Harriso. Since Thurs
day Night-Although Her Case is
Very Critical, Hopes are Enter
tanned That Unless New Complica-
tions Arise She VIII Ultimately Re-
cover.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1ox.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoS.
ALBANY On. Y. J, Sept 16.--At O'Clock
this afternoon, at the request of District
Attorney Eaton, warrants were issued for
the arrest of Charles E. Peck, Commits
sioner Of the State Bureau of Labor
Statistics, and his stenographer, Gilbert
Rodgers, by Police Justice Gutman. The
arrests were made under section 81 of the
Penal Code, which makes it misde-
demeanor, punishable by Imprisonment
for five years or a fine of $500, or both, fo1
destroying public records.
The charge is that certain circulars and
statistics received by Peck from manu-
facturers of this State. from which to
Mckinley tariff ON wages and produc-
ton, have been removed from his office
and destroyed.
The proceedings leading to the issu-
ance OF the warrants began this morning
before Judge Gutman behind closed
doors. Those present were District At
torney Eaton, Corporation Counsel Dele
hanty and ex-senator Norton Chase.
Janitor DennISon OF the house where
Peck and Rodgers room stated in the
examination that two weeks ago an ex-
pressman brought twenty-five packages
to the house and stored them in Peck s
room. Last Sunday Peck gave him (Den-
niSon) 81 to take them down and burn
them in the furnace. Dennison did so,
being kept busy from Sunday afternoon
until o'clock Monday morning burning
the packages.
Norton Chase said, after the warrants
had been issued, that he had proof that,
if not all, that at least part Of the tariff
circulars received by Peck for his report
had been burned.
Commissioner Peck said tonight that
he and Rodgers had been served with
notices to answer the warrants to-mor-
row morning. He then said: 1.-The Sc
curing of these warrants of arrest is the
elimination of a fight made by Mug
wumps and anti-Hill Democrats on
Governor Hill and his friends, and it is
all they can expect henceforth from these
quarters"
A committee sent by the National DEM
ocratic Committee, comprising Nelson
Smith; J. Schoonhoof. Ellery Anderson
and Edward +. Insolvency., called on
Peck this afternoon and labored over an
hour with him, endeavoring to secure
the names ofthe manufacturers reporting
To him the effect of the tariff on their re-
spective industries; also to get individual
returns, Peck held to his original state
ment that he would show nothing but
what was contained in his annual report,
which was hardly what the committee
was after. The discussion was very
heated at times. Finally Smith read a lot
of questions, which he said, if answered,
would satisfy the committee. Peck said
most OF the questions could be answered
by reference to his report, but he volun-
tlRrRH
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Report That Evans and Sontag
Have Killed Another Man
FOR BETRAYING THEM TO THE Off
GERS IN PURSUIT
Two Coast Bicycle Records Lowered
by Los Angeles Wheelman at the
Races in Stockton-The TemescaI
Tin Mines Suspend Operations
Portland Dressed in Gala Attire in
Honor of the Visiting Odd Fellows.
Special to the RECoRD-UN1ox.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
FRESNO, Sept. 16.-There were several
rumors here to-day in connection with
the train robbers. One was that the rob-
| oers had killed an old man named Woody
in the mountains because he had be-
trayed them and attempted to decoy them
into the hands of the officers. The rumor
hrst came from Traver. The man re-
ported killed had son in Reedley, and
inquiry by telephone was made there.
The reply was that the son had left Reed
ley this morning, but it was not known
where he had gone.
From Selma came report that Warren
HIPS horse had been found dead and
Hill was nowhere to be seen. This could
not be substantiated.
Constable J. n. McFatter, who went to
Dunlap with the posse from Selma, re-
turned to Fresno this evening. He left
Dunlap at o'clock this morning. and
said there was nothing new to tell. lie
and the posse made thorough search IN
the country around Dunlap and Mill
Creek, but found no trace Of the robbers.
He further says he had seen nothing of
Sheriff Hensley and his posse since
Thursday. 1t is believed they are in the
hOAShbOOi VI sam IJSOH L ldIs
NO WORD FROM THE POSSE.
VIsALTA, Sept. 16.-Not word has been
heard from the posse that left this city
Wednesday afternoon. Walter I. Wilson,
| brother of the murdered c. V. Wilson. is
| here waiting the return from Yuma of
Frank Burke, who will be accompanied
here on Sunday by his brother and an In
dian trailer, when the entire party will
go in pursuit, and Wilson says they viii
stay until Evans and Sontag are captured
or killed.
THE REPORTED FUSTLLADE.
SANGER, Sept. 16.-Inquiry has been
made as to the origin of the seven or
eight shots which were heard in rapid
succession at Sampson Flat about s
| O'Clock yesterday morning, and which
was thought by some to be fusillade be-
tween Eyans and Sontag and posse in
pursuit, but no one along the line of the
| tiume can give information on the SUBJ
ject.
REMAINS OF MARSHAL WILSON.
Tucson "a. t., September 16.-The re-
mains of United States Deputy Marshal
Vic Wilson, killed by Sontag and Evans,
arrived this morning and were inferred
this afternoon. Services were held in
the grounds of the court plaza, where a
large concOurse of citizens paid their re-
spects TO the memory of their fellow-citi-
zen and heroic officer.
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THE OLD DUTCH FARMHOUSE
Some of Them Look just as They
Did of Old


Did of Old.
The old farmhouse usually consists of a
kitchen, large living room, a cheese
room, dairy, two small bedrooms in the
garrett and at the back forming part of
the main building, the big COW stable
with its huge lott, and wide space in the
middle, were threshing and winnowing
are still done III primitive fashion. Hay
TICKS with movable roofs on four poles
various barns or sheds, and an outside
kitchen called the "baking house." where
the rough work is done food cooked for
the cattle, etc., surround the main build
ing.
The baking houses is often used as
living room in summer, and is more
cheerful than the solemn apartment into
which the visitor is invariably ushered
a wide chimney lined with tiles stretches
nearly across one side of this room: but
the open fire on the hearth has long ago
disappeared and given place to an ugly
stove. Quaint brass fre-irons hang be-
hind it, and on either side is an armchair,
differing from its humber brethren only
IN the possession of wooden arms. If
there is baby in the family it is likely
TO be reposlng in cradle with green
ba1ze curtains as near as possible to the
fireplace, in defiance of all laws of health.
Two or three large cupboards, sometimes
handsomely carved, always kept well
polished, stand against the whitewashed
walls. One OF them generally has glass
doors In the upper part, and on its shelves
the family cbina-often of great value-is
exposed TO view. Unfortunately, these
heirloOms in old families have been
largely bought up by enterprising Jews.
Sometimes, however. sentiment has
proved stronger than the love of money.
and the farmer has not parted with his
family possessions. In a corner of the
room chintZ curtain, or sometimes a
double door, shows where the big press
bed ls-an institution of pre-hyrienic
times which, to the peasant mind. has no
inconvenience whatever. In the mid
die of the room table stands on a car
pet, and, as people take off their shoes at
the door and go about III their thick
WOODEN stockings, neither it nor the
painted floor ever shows signs of mud.
Another table stands near one of the
windows, Of which there are two or
three. The linen blinds so closely meet
the spOtless muslin curtains, which are
drawn stif1iy across the lower panes on
two horizontal sticks, that a stray sum
beam can hardly make its way into the
room, even if it has been able to STRUGGLE
through thesthick branches of the clipped
lime trees that adorn the front of the
house. on one of the tables tray stands.
with hospitable array of cups and san
GERS, teapot, ETC., and is protected from
the dust by q crochet or muslin cover.
The huge family Bible, with its big brass
clasps, has an honorable place, often on a
stand by itself. Rough woodcuts or
cheap prints and group of family pho
tographs. which do not fiatter the oriei-
nails, are hung on the wall.-The National
Review
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THE REPORTED FUsILLADE.
BICYCLIsTs AT STOCKTON.
Two Coast Records Lowered by Los
Angeles Wheelman.

l. a IlOG
Angeles WheeIman.
STOCKTON, Sept. 16.-The bicycle races
to-day, under the management of the
Oak Leaf Wheelmen, were interesting to
the wheelmen and spectators. Two coast
records were broken by D. L. Burke, OF
the Los Angeles Athletic Club. He re-
duced the half-mile safety coast record
from 1:l5 to 1:l2, and reduced the one
mile record from 2:36 TO $50 40.
Frank Weller, the long-distance coast
champion, commenced q race for twenty
four hours to beat the worlds record of
44l5 miles, made in France on Wednes-
day. He started at $50 this evening. ac-
companied by fast PAGERS. He made 49,
miles the first hour, 3S4 in two hours an 4
at 8 O'Clock had made Az miles. He is
riding at the rate of mile in $40, alad
has a fresh wind against him.
In the regular race meet, the one mile
novice was won by +. a. IIckstronl of
the Oak Leaf Club in $50 As.
The one-mile ordinary race had four
the Capitol City Club in 2:4S As, O. L..
Packard second.
The half-mile safety race had three
starters, ID. l.. Burke of Los Angeles. J
A. Alexander of the Garden City and c..
l.. Davis of the same club Burke won
in 1:12, Alexander second.
The one-mile safety for Oak Leaf
Wheelmen was won by f. A. Eek
from in 2:57 1-5.
The one-mile safety scratch had three
starters, Burke, Alexander and Epson.
Burke won in 2:30 As, Epson second in
2:36, which was the coast record.
The two-mile safety handicap had four
starters, and was won by George Osen OF
the Garden City in 500 As, Davis of the
same club being second, S. L. Van N'yck
of Acme Club third and T. r. Lille OF
the Oak Leaf third.
The five-mile State championship was
won by Burke in 1866, Epson second.
The other starters were Osen and Lund.
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MRS. HARRISON.
No Particular Change in Her General
Condition Yesterday.

No Particular Change in Her General
Condition Yesterday.
LOON LAKE IN. ", Sept. I6.-There
was no particular change in Mrs. Harri-
sons general condition to-day. The re-
suit of this mornings operations have
given the attending physicians some
slight encouragement, as the quickness of
her recovery from the shock of the
puncture indicates the possession by the
patient of considerable strength and
vitality. DIR. Doughty said at the previ-
Gus operation the entire amount of fluid
was not removed, as it was feared she
could not stand the ordeal.
Though there has been no appreciable
increase in the amount of fluid since the
last operation, Mrs. Harrison's condi-
ton this morning was such as to warrant
the removal of the remaining fluid, which
was successfully accomplished. After
the operation the patient rested quietly,
and on the whole her condition is
somewhat improved. The previous
operation was performed under the most
alarming conditions and it was therefore
resorted to to-day with considerable mis-
gIvings, and the great success attending
it caused corresponding qualification.
While the danger of fatal termination
of the case is not altogether removed, the
latter circumstance, of course, adds con-
siderably to the ultimate prospects of the
patient. The attack of pleurisy may be
overcome, but then it will still he neces-
sary to clear the system of destructive
bacilli before hope of recovery can be
reasonably entertained.
1t is an open secret that none Of the
physicians who attended Mrs. Harrison
will venture public prediction that she
will certainly recover. Drs. Gardner and
Doughty are each on record as saying
there is no danger of immediate dissolu-
ton, except in the event of unlocked for
complications.
The President is so much encouraged
at the success of to-day's operation that
he went for short walk in the noun
tains with Mrs. Dimmick.
At IL o'clock tonight it was reported at
the Presidents cottage that there had
been no change in Mrs. Harrison's condi-
ton.
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copyright, 1892, by n. Y. Associated Press4
LONDON, Sept. 16.-The Conservatives;
assert that the Liberals are doubtfully
asking whether Mr.. Morleys reversion
OF the prOclamations made under the
Coercion Act is not tactical blunder
Upon the forbearance of the Parnellites
depends the success of Morley's first
stroke in behalf of Ireland's independ-
ence.
The run on the Birkbeck Bank has not
had any apparent influence on the money
market. All over the country working.
mems institutions, combining banking
and building operations, are falling to
pieces, chiefly through mismanagement,
but often through the dishonesty of the
directors The Birkbeck Bank was tina
largest Institution OF the kind, with close
connections with some of the great banks,
and obtained their officers assistance to
stop the run, which was threatening to
spread to greater financial sphere. Thei
position tonight leaves the public half
convinced that all is right, though a lust
cause Tor anxiety, exists everywhere.
Throughout England there are 200
building societies, with liabilities of
950,OOO,O 900, and many of them are known
to be utterly insolvent.
The last shipment of California fruit
sold here at unsatisfactory prices. The
experiment Is not a success, and viii rot
be repeated. The Times publishes letter
from San Jose, Cal, which was written
with the hope that it may cause many
EDgllshmen to pause before trying fruit
ranching, which the writer says is wholly
overdone. Tie writer also wishes to dis
pei the illusion that California is healthy.
lie says in the interior valleys, where The
raisin industry is carried on, intense heat
and malaria prevail. Another draw back,
he says, is the fact that an Englishman is
at disadvantage. He gets no assistance,
and is looked upon as an interloper by
his American neighbOrs.
The White Star Company has commits
stoned the great Belfast shipbuilders,
Harland IL Wolff, to build an Atlantic
steamer that will beat the record in size
and speed. She has already been named
the Gigantic. and will be 700 feet long and
60 feet beam. 1t is calculated that she
will steam twenty-five knots an hour,
with maximum speed Of twenty-seven
knots. She will have three screws, two
fitted like the Majestic, and a third in the
center. She will be ready for sea in
March, 1894
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DAINTY PYJAMAS.
The Night Dress Must Give Way to a
More Sensible Garn1ent


More Sensible Garment.
Right true it is that this has been sea-
son OF remarkable innovations in femi-
nine wearing apparel. Many conspicu-
Gus changes in fashion have come about.
And now, according to the latest edict of
fashion from Paris and London, the robe
de gattit, or, to call it by its plain English
name, the nightdress, has got to go. Its
place is to be taken by pyjamas, those
nondescript garments consisting of very
loose trousers and jacket, the use of which
at night has hitherto been restricted to
the masculine sex.
The new pyjamas for feminine wear are
very dainty and beautiful contrivances,
trimmed with lots of ribbons and laces
Far from diminishing the attractiveness
of a pretty woman, they vastly increase
it. That they are more healthy and more
decent in the case of any emergency, such
as panic of fire at night, is obvious.
Pyjamas should be made or the thinnest
and finest wool. Here in the United
States, especially, where tropical heat is
generally followed by sudden cool waves,
wool next to the skin is essential for pre-
venting chills. Moreover they possess
the ineStimable advantage of being not
only warm in cold weather, but of keep
ing the body cool when the atmosphere is
hot.
For a number of years pyjamas have
been recognized factor in mans ward
robe III this country. Men have found
! them great improvement over the old
fashioned nightshirt and their use has
been backed up by the sanction of the
doctors
The pyjama marks one more step in
the change wrought by advancing cfyili-
Zation III The bedroom. The formerly
considered indispensable warming pan
has entirely disappeared, and so too. has
the picturesque nightcap of our grand
mothers. The stately four-posted bed
stead has been supplanted by the pref
tier brass arrangement, and now the
reign of the nightdress is threatened,
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ODD FELLOWS AT PoRrLAND.
Delegates to the Grand Lodge Arriving
in Large Numbers.

in Large Numbers.
PORTLAND orr, Sept. 16.--Delegates to
the xty-eighth annual session of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, L. .. o. F.. be-
gan arriving this afternoon, and by to-
morrow morning all will have reached
this city.
The Underwood excursion was the
first to arrive over the Union Pacific.
This was followed by the steame
Homer, which conveyed about go dele
gates, who had left the train at Bonner
vile to finish the journey by water. The
California delegation arrived later on the
steamer State of California. The reDre-
sentatives were met by the COMMITTEES of
Arrangements, who assigned them to
their quarters.
The majority of the Grand Officers
came on the Underwood's excursion
train. The representatives coming by
way of the Northern Pacific will not.
reach here till early tomorrow morn
ing.
The city is clad in a dress of buptino
and evergreens, and on every hand is to
be seen the word welcome plainly dis
played, and accompanied by the syn
bolical three links. Triumphant arches
have been erected at the principal points
along the route of Mondays procession
The programme for tomorrow is an
excursion to the mouth of the Columbia
River, where a clam-b bake will be had.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge viii not
enter into a business session till next
Monday.
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this city there have been 14,804 cases and
6,505 deaths.
THE VINE YIELD.
Extremes of Weather Have Caused a
Diminutton in tho Cron.


Diminution in the Crop.
LONDON, Sept. 16.-The Vine Trade Re-
Uiew says: The year 1892 will not rank as
a good year. The yield promises to be
exceptionally small, but generally speak
ing the quality will be good. Extremes
OF heat and cold, rather than disease,
have caused a diminution in the crop.
The scorching of the grapes in the claret
districts menaces a small yield of indif-
terent quality. From Bordeaux it is re-
ported the vintage is entirely free from
mIldew. From Reims it is reported that
champagne will be scarce, but Of high
quality. a similar report comes respect
ing Burgundy. The yield of champagne
at best will be only one-half of last years
yield, but it will be of excellent quality,
II the fine weather continues. Our Jerez
correspondent expects rise in the price
OF the cheaper sherries, the hot weather
OF August shortening the crop. The
Portuguese vintage will be earlier than
for several years. On the Rhine and the
Moselle the yield will not exceed one
third Of the average, but the quality will
be good.