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IT WAS SUICIDE.
Angelo Pedmonti Thought Himself
Pursued by Enemies,

Pursued by Enemies.
Justice Figg yesterday held an inquest
on the body Of Angelo PIEDMONT. who
was found drowned in the river near
Walnut Grove. In addition to the bank
books found in the pockets, and which
showed money on deposit with the Ger
man Savings and Loan Association of
San Francisco amounting to 81 ,O02 u; the
Union Bank, 500; and the Columbus
Savings Bank, $40, money to the amount
OF S37 10 was in the pockets Of deceased.
beside two baggage checks and some
keys. Among the effects was also
steamer ticket from Sacramento to San
Francisco, dated August 18th.
letter written in Italian was also
found III his pocket, which was not trans
lated until the body was brought to Sac
ramento. 1t was directed 10 his mother
ana written dlslolntedly, showing a dis
turbed mind. 1t reads as follows:
jiy Dear Mother: For my misfortune they
want TO hang me for an innocent and for my
ignorance, but or nothing, and we ali die i
leave you 81, 500, and mclose them in a let
ter in different banks. l will leave them TO
my mother, Mara Pedmonti and regards
and mourning To her. and ali my broTners
l have always been unfortunate and i'll many
ways and also this. For the last time good
by, and 10 leave them all, happy good-by.
The letter was directed on the outside.
"Maria Pedmonti. Bozannetto. Liguria.
Italy"
From an acquaintance of the unfortu-
nate man in this town it is learned that
he lived in one OF the towns north of here
and got into trouble with a girl there. He
was haunted by the idea that her friends
were after him, although she would not
have troubled him, aud that they were
also waiting for him in San Francisco.
The continual worry would seem to have
unhiuged his mind and he committed
the rash act.
His relatives who live in San Francisco
will he up this morning to take his BODY.
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open, unwalled wells in this city in early
days have been brakish and unfit for
use. when there were great pools of alkali
standing all over the eastern portion of
the city, from Fourteenth street to Burns
Slough, near Sutter's Fort?
nave many time, back i'll the fifties,
before the eastern portion OF the city was
settled up or improved, seen great white
patches of ''saleratus" lying along and
\ streets, above Fourteenth, which, when
it rained, would dissolve into a I've strong
enough TO make soap.
what was there to prevent this and
other foul sipage matter from running
into and polluting the wells of the city2
But who ever heard of impure water be-
ing found anywhere on the Brighton
plains east of here, where we'll water has
been used exclusively, both for man and
beast, Tor over forty years?
And, again, see the County Hospital,
where well water has been used for so
many years without word of complaint
OF any sort. And this, as l understand it,
IS where our now supply OF pure, clear,
deep-Well water is to come from.
. W no will vote mo- on election day?
CHARLES PETIT.
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FRBE LABOR EXCHANGE.
The Y. NJ. c. A. Already Applied t
for IaborerS

The Y. NJ. c. A. Already Applied to
for Laborers.
The effort of Secretary Speares of the
Young Mems Christian Association to
aid idle men in securing employment is
bearing good fruit.
Yesterday one hop-grower applied to
Secretary Speares for twenty men to
commence picking hops on Monday. He
mad engaged some Japs at seventy-fiye
cents per 100 pounds, but intends TO get
rid of them and give the work to white
men at a dollar hundred. The work
will last for several weeks.
Mr.. Speares feels quite elated over the
result OF his opening a free labor bureau,
and hopes TO be able to help many more
men to get work.
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TWO RUNAWAYS.
One Starts the Other and Two NJ
Were Injured.

One Starts the Other and Two Men
Were Injured.
Two men riding in a cart were lust
crossing Seventh and J streets last even
ing, about o'clock, when their horse be-
came unmanageable and started to run
away. The animal lurched suddenly to
one side and both men were thrown out.
The driver, however, held on to the lines.
and was dragged about twenty feet be-
tore letting go.
This commotion frightened DR.. Meal
and's horse, which was standing on j
street, near Seventh, harnessed to a
buggy. The Doctors horse dashed down
J street to Second and ran some distance
down the latter street before it was
stopped. The buggy was damaged some
what.
The two men who were thrown out of
the cart were badly bruised and scratched.
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COULDN'T AGREE.
The Jury in the Ketchum- Rasmussen
Gaming Case Discharged.

Inc Jury In the hetchum- Rasmussen
Gaming Case Discharged.
Charles Rasmussen and Harry X etchum.
who We're charged with conducting an
illegal game, were tried in the Police
Court yesterday before jury composed
OF Gus Lavenson, H. K. Crouch, John
klotz, George Stack, L. Steinman, Frank
Dupoister,J j. Habercorn, NJ. Hirsch Rob
ert Mellon, NJ. Waters, @. w. Hancock
and Z. j. Siebenthaler.
The prosecution was conducted by City
Attorney Post and Hiram w. johnson,
while =. c. Hart appeared for the de-
tense.
Deputy Sheriff a. J. Smith who was
III the room where the alleged game of
craps was being played, gave descrip-
ton OF how it was played.
The rest of the testimony related to the
racket between the officers and the man
ayers OF the place and was substantially
as published al the time.
The case was argued and submitted late
III the afternoon. After being out about
three hours the jurors informed the court
that they could not agree ana were dis
charged.
Il was said they stood ten for acquittal
ana TWO Tor conviction.
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EDz. RECORD-UNION: There probably
was never proposition of so vital inter-
est concerning the present and future
welfare Of our city before our voters as
this one of clear water. That there seems
to be opposition from some sources is a
surprise to those who are most interested
in the city's growth. The large majority
of Sacramento's voters are Intelligent.
thinking people, capable of understand
ing questions of general good.
That there is manifest disposition to
defeat one of the city's greatest needs,
now within our grasp, demands honest
investigation. If any one has found good
and sufficient cause for voting Mo- on
this issue, let him make it known at
once, that we may make no mistake,
either way.
This movement concerns us all too
vitality to let any theory or suspicion
hinder its success. But if there is good
cause we want to know it now. The col
umns of your paper are always open to
all, and let those now taking issue against
clear water prove their sincerity to the
city's best interests by exposing any pos
sible job in the contract.
That could not be said of any public
work. There is certainly enough intelli-
gence and honesty among the citizens of
Sacramento to at once expose any alleged
NOdh AOAllls Jul US NLhb Ill6y are, LudL
no one may go it blind"
Because our city, in common with
thousands of others, may have suffered
from Doodle officials in the past, are we to
sit still and let the old water works break
down-of course when there is the most
strain on them, TO say nothing of the con-
tinued stigma of but their water!''
1t already looks to some as if there is a
prospect of the enforcement OF our laws.
Let us each add his influence be ii much
or little, toward clean government, typi-
fed by clear water, rather than be a clog
to those who are certainly working for
better things. OF course it will be a
benefit to themselves, if it is TO the city.
Why not?
Have some grown so suspicious in their
long suffering that this clear water dream
is too good to be true? Let US know why
we may not have it now, instead of wait
ing for years, with all the present draw
backs, the increasing risks and expenses
OF old machinery, and with just as good
"boodle' chance in the necessary water
works then as now.
1t must be question of risks, anyway.
On which side IS the greater? Let us not
make the mistake of non-action. Time
is short. Let us hear from the opposers
what is to the interest of all honest citi-
zens to know. b.
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Lieutenant Fred. Martin, who com
mauds the Fourth Brigade Signal Corps,
goes to Auburn to-day with three of his
men, and will exercise the detail in sig
Mailing to Sacramento tomorrow.
The station at Auburn will probably be
near Colonel Hamilton's residence on
1Eolia Heights. Two of the signal men
will ride up from here on their bicycles.
This corps is fast attaining perfection in
its business. The personnel is of the best,
and it deservedly stands high in the Ma
tional Guard.
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Like Early Autumn.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yester-
day to have been 80' and 540, with gentle
to fresh southerly winds and clear
weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at 5 A. NJ.
and P. NJ. were 1888 and 29.SS inches, re-
spectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 1862 and 67o,
and one year ago to-day $50 and S., with
southerly winds.
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OLD RELICS.

More Historical Curicsities for the
City'S Museum.
c. II. Watt has sent to Mayor Stein
man some more war relics 10 be added to
the collection heretofore received from
him for the museum in the Croker Art
Gallery.
The latter consignment includes can
non ball from the Plattsburg battlefield
Qol4l, and piece Of timber from the
Royal Savage Benedict Alnold's flag
ship, which was burned in October. I776.
The collection also includes relies rom
the historic Iiconderoga.
Mayor Steinman has received an cid
Confederate flag to place in the museum,
The record-union., 1893-08-19

The temperance committees OF the vari-
Gus Young Peoples Societies of the city
have requested Rev. W. S. Hoskinson OF
the Sixteenth Street Lutheran Church to
preach a temperance sermon Tomorrow
This he has consented to do, and invites
al TO attend the services at his church in
the morning, there being no evening serv-
liza
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A FREE TREAT.
The Clark Pump to BE Run for Five
Hours To-day.

Hours To-day.
y. Clark, whose place is lust outside
the city limits, has consented to operate
his well from to O'clock this afternoon,
in order that those who have any doubt
as to the quality OF water foand in that
locality may see and taste it for them
selves and learn something about the
supply.
Conveyances will be in attendance at
Twenty-eignIh and NJ streets to take ell
who may desire to visit The well. 1t is
especially desired that persons who have
been opposed to the welI-water plan
should avail themselves of this opp0rtu-
nifty, for every citizen who has the inter
ests OF the city at heart ought to be able
to vote intelligently on election day.
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EDS. RECORD UNION: Can't it be so ar
ranged that the women of the city can
vote on this clear water question-just
this one time? If there ever was an is
sue that appeals to woman's influence it
is this one Of having pure, clear water,
instead of the stutf we now have.
Ask any housewife who is not able to
stand the expense OF a big and costly fill
ter what she thinks OF the clear water
proposition, and my word for it you will
not find one who is not in favor of it.
Every woman in the city knows that
the river water is not tit for washing pur-
poses, without hltering, and how many
can afford the expense? We have to
settle" 1t with alum, and that makes it
hard, 10 say nothing of the trouble OF fill
ing barrels and carrying water upstairs
or around the yard for washing.
Then again, every intelligent person
Knows that the only safeguard against
sickness is TO boil our water and tins
cook the particles of dead fish and mi
crobes, but think what bother that is
every day.
l do hope, for the sake of the worried
and hard-worked housewives of the CITY.
that the people will vote to give us good
and clear water, sparkling and bright,
like that to be seen in the hon tanks now
at certain street corners. HOUSEWIFE.
If the writer will use her influence
with her husband and brothers, who NAV
be in the dark in this matter, she can ac-
complish much good; and il all other
housewives will do the same thing the
croakers will not be able to defeat the clear
water project.
A Pioneers Views.
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e Veteran
DIED.

HOLM-In this city August 18th. Odine.
infant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. g. NJ
Holm, q native of California, aged 2 months
and p days.
Rstriends ana acquaintance are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral, to-day
Saturday, at ) o'clock P. NJ from the
family residence, No. 500 street.
PALM-In san Francisco, August 18th, MAY.
daughter OF John 7. and Mary Palm. a
native of Sacramento, Cal, aged 5 years,
months and days.
G8Funeral notice hereafter.
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THE NEW PLEASANTON.

~ : HOWARD STREET, NEAR THIRD,
I'D san Francisco. a First-class LodEing
Hotel; goo rooms, en- suite and single; gas and
running water in each room: best beds in the
world. Per day, 80 cents and up; per week,
81 so and up.
EMPIRE HOUSE, 636 Commercial street.
San Francisco established 1860; 100 neat
ana Wetkept rooms; cIeanest beds. Per day,
20 cents and up; per week. 81 and up.
Rs- Houses are open all night
MWS JACOB HOEGEG 4 co PrOpc
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EVBRYBODYS COLUMN

Correspondence OF Interest to the
General Public.
Under this heading the RECoRD-UNIoE will
publish short letters from correspondents on
topics OF interest to the general public. The
matter IN these communications viii 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
publication unless SO desired, but as q guaran-
zee OF good faith.-EDS.
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r. Il. Greer & Co.. at I004-6 J street.
will sell at auction at 10 A. NJ. to-day
horses, buggies and carts; household fur
niture, carpets. etc, of almost endless
variety and latest STYLES and patterns.
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CITY HOTEL.

TTHE CITY HOTEL HAS BEEN RFNOA
i waited and refurnshed throughout. and Is
now one of the most desirable houses in Sac
ramento. VIII be rented or leased TO a de-
slrable tenant. Inquire at the hotel
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He Was '.Reeled.''

a colored man. who gave the name of
George Wall, was arrested last evening
for the theft of two shirts from s. Ma
than's l y L Store, on X street. He
had q big pistol, checks for $500. and a
ticket for Oregon. Officer Talbot made
the arrest.
The record-union., 1893-08-19

The coinage of 20-cent pieces began in
1873, and was discontinued in 1875.
The record-union., 1893-08-19
VEGETABLES

TfHE FINEST TO BE FOUND IN THE
j market at
r. a. FAD Sc co.'s
Corner Fourth and l. streets
Also, dealers in Groceries, Provisions and
General Family Supplies
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ONLY complete music store. Largest
frst-class stock. Cooper's.
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A Pioneers Views.

EDS. RECoRD-UNIoS Why shouldn't the
water drawn from the large, shallow, dug,
The record-union., 1893-08-19

At 323 J street Bell Il Co. will sell at
auction, at 10 A. NJ. to-day, walnut and
oak parlor sets, bedroom sets. dining
room tables and chairs, easy chairs, bed
lounges, revolving top writing desk,
paintings, crockeryware, lace curtains,
stoves and tinware, Administer body
Brussels and 3-ply carpets, horses, wag-
ons, buggies, etc.
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NOTICE.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
i Stockholders Of the Live Oak Consolidated
Gold Mining Company, for the purpose OF
eiectlng Board Of Directors 10 serve for the
ensuing year and the transaction of such
other business rs may come before the meet
ing. will be held on TUESDAY. August 30
1898, at p. H., at tile Office OF the company
1Ol1 Fourth street, Sacramento Cal.
au11-15t II. ]. GOETHE, Secretary
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NIANSION HOUSE-

SENENTH STREET, BETWEEN 1 AND ].
> has been newly furnished and renovated
throughout Furnished rooms in suite or
single from So up, with or without board.
Table first-class: prices moderate
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THE SADDLE ROCK

TNIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
4 spect Ladies' dining-room separate Open
day and night. BUCKMANN & CARA.
CHER, Proprietors. No. 1919 Second street,
between J and *, Sacramento.
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Restaurant de Franco.

GEO. WISSEMANN & CO.. PROPRTEs
VI tors, 427 street, near MetropoIifan
Theater. Family orders, banquets aud wedding
parties a speciality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16
Shooting at Evil Spirits.

A correspondent of the London Daily
News describes a curious performance
which he witnessed in the village OF
Egmanting, Bavaria. recently. Just af-
ter midnight there appeared in the
streets of the village a party of one
hundred and fifty armed men, discharg-
ing their guns as if in a hot engagement
and driving before them an imaginary
enemy, while the inha bitants trembled
behind their barricaded doors. Proceed
ing to the midst Of the village. the
party halted, while one of their num-
Der recited the record of the deadly
sins, by way of exercising the evil spir
its supposed to be lowering about.
While all this was n progress none Of
the people ventured out of the doors
except one bold and incredulous fell
low who put his head out of a window
and entered a protest against having
his rest SO unwarrantably disturbed at
the dead of the night. No attention was
paid to him. however, and the firing
party resumed operations and kept
them up for about an hour, when, the
evil spirits being disposed Of. they went
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16

ago when our continent had an eleva-
ton three thousand feet higher than it
has to-day A great river appears to
have flowed at that time through the
depression now occupied by the lakes.
Later. when the glaciers came. an ex-
tensive sinking of the land occurred,
which was followed. after the disap-
pearance of the ice, by an elevation
again. but not to the height occupied
before.
During these changes of level, and
especially when the reelevation of the
land occurred. according to the theory,
the ancient valley or series of valleys
was divided into basins by barriers of
rock and of glacial deposits thrown
across it. There is evidence that the
land toward the northeast was elevated
more rapidly than elsewhere, and this
fact is considered to account for the
broad barrier Of rock which cuts off
the lake basins from the Atlantic, and
through which the st. Lawrence river
now drains off the surplus water of
those great inland fresh-water seas
which hare been formed in the old val
leys behind the vast dams that nature
constructed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16
WANT THE PAN ANA CANAL.

American Capitalists Are Said to be
Endea~oriGx to Get Control of 1t.
PARIS, Feb. T3.-Figaro this morn
ing publishes, a. four-column interview
with Dr. Nunez, President of Colom-
bia,. signed Felix Dubois" dated
January (no' date) at Carthagena des
Indes, Among other things DIR. Nunez
says.
Before aid other things the Colom-
bian. government will take into &C
count the proposals of France and will
give them the preference if formal
assurance is given to the government
that the concession will be resumed"
Egaro's S, correspondent then goes on
to give a. resume of the tone of he local
press and the local feeling, which he
says is distinctly in opposition of the
Panama Company's concessions. Ac-
cording to DR.. Nunez this hostile feel
ing is largely due to the high-aanded
attitude of Bonaparte Wyse, when the
latter came over in 1891 to negotiate
in behalf of the French Company a re-
newal of the concession question and
of the, Columbian government itself
finishing the canal then touched upon
But this scheme was characterized by
the President as beautiful dream of
the patriot His country had not the
resources to do it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16
TIPS AND DRINKS IN PARIS.
American Visitors Rule Distrlbut.
Roth with a Free Hand.

American Visitors Rule Distribute
Roth with a Free Hand.
At all drinking places Of any preten-
sion in Paris you must fee the man who
brings you glass of abslnthe or lemon
ade. In the sultry days of last August,
says writer in the Home journal,
was frequent applicant for settler
lemonade at 1.-The Boaega," on the cor
ner of Rue de Rivoi and Rae Castigli-
one, under the Hotel Continental, and l
obtained some information from one of
the walters. Their wages are very
small and the living expenses of sim
gle man are from four francs to seven
francs day. They depend entirely on
fees. The Bodega walters in Paris
don't care abe 1T their own countrymen
for customers, they like Americans bet
ter than any other nationality. Where
a Frenchnan will givea sou, Or an Eng
lishman two sous, an American will
freely hand out half a franc or franc,
if he is treating party of three or four.
At many places of public entertain
ment in Paris, at the Cafe de la Paix
and at place of different character,
the Moulin Rouge. for example, they
haze system which makes it impossi-
BILE for walters to overcharge or cheat
you as do walters in many restaurants
in Regent street and the Strand. In
these Paris drinking places, upon the
porcelain saucer which holds your
glass, is printed burnt in colors) the
price of your order. This method
makes you independent of the walters
tricks. You know exactly how much
to pay him. In pleasant weather you
do not enter a Paris cafe for liquid re-
freshment, day or night; all Paris is
out of doors. Thousands of people sit
in front of the cafes and sip their lager
or coffee, small iron tables and chairs
being supplied for that purpose. A
stranger may express surprise at the
high price charged for a cup of cafe noir
or glass of hook, half franc. There
is a reason for the high rate. The pro-
prietor or lessee of the cafe has to pay
for the privilege of occupying space on
the sidewalk. Cafe Brebant, in Boule-
ward Poisoniere, is taxed by the city five
thousand francs; Cafe de la Paix, on
the Grand hotel block, pays twenty
two thousand francs for this privilege
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16
ARE WINTERS COLDER7
II Seems So In Europe, While Ours Al
Growing Warmer.

It Seems So In Europe, While Ours Are
Growing Warmer.
1t is often asked, regarding the sea-
sons, whether they alter from year to
year, whether there is positive change
in climate from century to century.
The general opinion seems to be, ac-
cording, to the New York Press, that
the springs and summers are cooler
than they once were, and that the win
tiers are less cold.
The records of thermometrical obser-
vations show that the temperature of
the month of May is diminishing, but
that the temperature of the year, taken
together, rather tends to increase.
Taking into consideration a period Of
fifty or sixty more years, there has been
observed an actual diminution of the
mean temperature in the climate of
France. But observing longer period
comparing, for example, the earliest
centuries of French history with the
present time-no sensible difference of
the seasons can be established.
For example, the Roman emperor,
Julian. was very fond of living at Paris,
and about A. D. $50 he made several
long sojourns in that city. In his Mis-
opogon he relates that he was greatly
surprised one fine morning to see the
Seine stopped in its course and its
waters changed into blocks of marble.
So we see that there was at that time,
as well as to-day, winters severe enough
to freeze the rivers, and that the eli
mate has not changed much if any.
Perhaps the men of the present time
have more sensitive epidermis than
had their hardy ancestors.