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The Press., 1893-08-10

Detroit Free Press. Speaking of busy men," remarked the drummer incidently, t'I ran across one in Chicago not long since who takes the tag right of the bush. He is one of c hieage's Mveliest types, and is making big, big money every year. I had some business the other day with him, and, after waiting my turn to see him, went in and found him hard at work at his desk looking over and signing pa- pers, dictating to two or three stenograph- CTS at once and talking between breaths. II think was there five minutes, and as we talked he had to stop to give some change to one of the clerks and he dropped $1 on the floor under his desk. He made no effort to pick it up, but kept on talk ing and writing. "'You've dropped dollar there, said nodding toward the bill.
 "I know" he replied, but l haven't time to crawl under there after it. It would take at least a minute to do that and I'm making right now $10 a minute doing something else, and I can't afford to stop for only $1. So long. Come in again when Pm not so rushed, and with this mild hint that my interview was over, backed out and let another man take my place."
 Wasn't he losing money talking to your" inquired a doubting Thomas who had been listening
 "Losing nothing" retorted the drum-
 mer. II had made proposition to him on little deal that before noon next day
 had netted him $500. You bet he wasn't
 losing anything talking to me-" and the
 drummer looked hurt to be thus ques.
 tioned as to his veracity.
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Crank is not an American word. 1t has been in common use in Derbyshire for. generation, and it is still often heard. It is used to describe man who has fads, fancies and notions outside the common run of those of his neighbors
The Press., 1893-08-10

He stood before St. Peter and meekly applied for admission to the better land.
 Cannot admit you, sir." r, ,s.. ..
 Cannot admit me ?" exclaimed the dismayed aspirant. Haven't I lived a christian ?'' f,-&.s "Yes, in the main." "Haven't I obeyed the laws of the land? ?"
The Press., 1893-08-10

in vaults they do the very thing which in-. evitably must make those securities less
 valuable -perhaps reduce them, from in-
 terest paying securities to non-interest paying securities.
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OPINIONS VARY.
What is Thought of the Order Regard
ing Offfce-Seekers.

Ing Ofnce-SeelxerS.
WASHINGTON, May S.-The Presidents
order closing the White House to Office
seekers formed the chief topic of con-
yersation among politicians to-day. The
expressions regarding it varied in char
acter according to the condition of the
speaker. Senators and Representatives
With large and active constituencies were
inclined to favor it. as they were relieved
OF a great deal of pressure from impor-
tuning followers. Politicians say the
order will have the effect of making a
close corporation of the patronage sys-
tenn, and the President will be debarred
from hearing the voice of the people on
the fitness of candidates.
In opposition to these opinions, it is
urged that the President has borne with
patience personal solicitations of people
for two months; that as matter of fact
the personal presence of applicants was
seldom necessary. 1t is urged that a de-
NAL of personal interviews does not cut
OH the right of citizens to make indorse-
ments or put forward candidates.
1t is stated on the best authority that
the order of the President was decided
upon at the Cabinet meeting last Friday.
The President said he now had more i'm
portant business which demanded his at
tention than he had during the entire
tour years of his previous administration.
TO these matters he had no time to devote
himself, on account of The crowds of men
continually demanding his time to op-
perfume him for positions. The time for
human endurance had come to the end,
and something had to be done.
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THE OEDPS.
Summary of the Past Weeks Volun-
tary Reports.

tary Reports.
Director Barwick of the State Weather
Service makes the following review ofthe
crops Of the State from the many reports
received for the past week:
The past week has been cooler in Sac
ramento than the average, by 60, being 70
below the normal on the 4th, and 60 above
on the 9th and 7th, which days gave the
highest temperature of the week.
The reports up to Sunday night from
exchanges, showed universal desire for
rain from Siskiyou to San Diego. Crops
were badly in need of it, especially ma
turing hay and grain.
The grain in the lower San Joaquin
Valley is, in majority of cases, beyond
redemption, and must be cut for hay.
Some is so damaged by the continuous
northerly winds that it will not even
make hay.
All grain that has been irrigated is look
ing well, but not much grain is raised by
irrigation.
All crops that were sown early last fail
are doing fairly well at the present time
over the greater portion of the State. but
late-sown grain is in rather precarious
condition, unless the generous shower of
yesterday covers the portions of the State
so badly in need of moisture.
In this city there was rs of an inch of
This county is not suffering, unless some
fruit has been knocked off by the rain
storm, which does not seem probable, be-
cause there was no wind to speak of and
the rain was not dashing enough to do
any great damage to cherries or strawber-
ries, the only fruit now ripening.
The sunshine during the week has been
about normal, while the temperature has
ranged from two to seven degrees below
the normal over the valleys of the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin.
The precipitation from Sacramento
northward is above the normal, but from
Stockton south it is below the normal.
There was rainfall at Stockton on Sun
day night amounting to .29 of an inch.
Fresno reports no rainfall On the Sth.
No doubt next weeks report will show
an improvement in the crops, but at pres
ent the outlook is for about half crop of
grain over the State. 1t will do well to
reach that amount.
Fruits will be nearly an average, ex-
cepting peaches and apricots, which will
not be more than third of a crop. Hops
at present promise an abundant yield of
good quality.
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LIZZIE BORDEN ARRAIGNED
On Three Charges of Murder-She
Pleads Not Guilty

On Three Charges of Murder-She
Pleads Not Guilty.
NEW BEDFORD (Mass.), May S.-Lizzie
Andrew Borden, who has been an in
mate of the Taunton Jail ever since
August last, under indictment for the
murder on August 4th, in Fall River, of
her father, Andrew Jackson Borden, and
her stepmother, Abbie Durfee Borden.
was arraigned this afternoon in the Su-
perior Court of this city. The authori-
ties sought to keep the arraignment quiet,
and preserved the utmost secrecy. How
ever great has been her mental sufferings
during her imprisonment, she carried no
outward sign of them.
When the ripple of excitement which
marked her entrance into court had sub
sided the District Attorney moved that
Miss Borden be arraigned, and the Clerk
of Court read slowly and solomnly three
indictments of two counts each. Two of
them charged her with the murder of
Andrew j. Borden and Abbie Durfee
Borden, separately, and the third charged
her with the murder of both. At the end
of each indictment she replied clearly,
calmly and steadily: "I am not guilty,n
The court then adjourned and Miss
Borden was taken back to Taunton.
where she will be imprisoned till the
trial
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of Harris, dressed in dark suit of prison.
made goods, reposed upon table. The
body was placed in the casket. The un-
dertaker refused to disclose the plans for
the dispqsitiq iq4oo of the body. A silver
plate upon the cover of the casket con-
tanned this inscription:
Carlyle w. Harris, murdered May s,
1873, aged % years, 7 months, 10 days.
we would not ii we had known"
There was very impressive scene at
the Amber House in the afternoon when
Mrs. Harris saw the reporters. The re-
markable woman stood calm and passive.
Facing them with dry eyes and firm
voice, she said: ''It has been said that Car
lyle Harris was guilty, because he shed
no tears when Helen Potts died. I shed
no tears, and God knows l loved Carlyle
Harris. My boy is innocent. You men
who saw him die know he went to the
chair an innocent man. With the last
words he declared his innocence. and yet
he has been killed. He has been judi
clally murdered. His last statement was
to have been given to me as soon as he
was dead, and have not received it yet.
do not think L shall ever see it, at least
not as my boy wrote it. 1t was my boys
last wish that it be given out to-day, but
am powerless to carry it out"
Warden Durston was asked for Carlyle
Harris statement, which it was under
stood was prepared for the press. Ours
ton promises to turn this statement over
to Mrs. Harris, but this afternoon said
he thought it best to submit it to the
superintendent of Prisons first, and he
mailed it to that official this evening,
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Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-Captain Louis
kempff, in command of the United States
coast defense vessel Monterey, was seen
by representative of the Associated
Press to-day. Captain Kempff says that
untrue reports have been published in a
number OF papers throughout the coun-
try regarding the condition of the Mon
terey's boilers.
He states that few days ago the ship
was run for some time at top speed, with
all her boilers working in the battery at
pressure of 160 pounds, and that the
Board of Navy officers, who were on
board at the time to witness the test, pro-
nounced the boilers and everything about
the ship entirely satisfactory.
AS to the fish-net story, he said that at
no time did the net give any trouble or
impede the progress of the ship what
ever. The reason the ship came to anchor
was to free the inside boiler tubes from a
coating of cylinder oil which had passed
through the condenser. This occurs to
all boilers, no means ever having been
devised to free the water from the mineral
oil used.
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Special to the REcoRp-uN1oN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
LONDON, May SIN the House of Com
mons to-day Gladstone stated, in reply to
the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, that he
would propose that the ninth clause in
the Irish Home Rule bill should be re-
tanned without alteration. The clause
provides for the retention of Irish mem
bers in the Imperial Parliament.
The Speaker ruled that the instructions
to the committee on the Home Rule bill,
offered by Lord Randolph Churchill and
others, with the view of defeating the
bill, were out of order. The House then
went into committee on the bill.
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain moved to
postpone Clause L of the bill, whichj
simply provided that on and after an ap- Z
pointed day there should be Legislature
in Ireland. Chamberlain said it was his
intention to move the postponement of
every clause up to Clause 8, in order to
begin discussion on the bill with the most
important proposals. The House, he
said, had the right to know whether the
Government meant to adhere to the main
points Of the bill, otherwise the House
might at any time find new bill sprung
upon them.
o Gladstone replied that he declined to
allow Chamberlain to reserve to himself
the privilege to challenge clauses out of
their order. The bill is before the House
III particular form, and the Government
alone had the right to indicate varia-
tions from that form.
Hon. A. J. Balfour charged Gladstone
with concealing how he designed to ar
range the representation of the Irish men,
bers at Westminster until he should find
time more propitious for revealing it.
j. w. Lowther and other Unionists con-
tinued to talk in a strain similar to that of
their leaders, while the Irish NationaIists
cried Divide"
Lowther, who is a relative of Lord Sails
bury, accused Timothy Healy of leading
organized disorder.
Healy replied that the statement was
untrue, that disorder was on the other
side.
Chairman Mellor put an end to the
squabble by calling the disputants to
order.
Chamberlain's amendment was re-
jected, 30 to 213.
Charles j. Darling, conservative, pro-
posed to amend clause one by reaffirming
the supremacy of Parliament in local as
well as imperial matters.
Gladstone opposed the motion, for the
reason that the supremacy of Parliament
was asserted sufficiently in the preamble.
During the debate on the amendment
the electric lights went out, and the de-
bate was shortened. After six hours were
talked away, Morley, Chief Secretary for
Ireland, move closure, which was car
ried by vote of 243 to 1876. The amend
ment was lost by vote of 2S5 to 233.
The monotony of useless motions and
divisions was resumed, and the sitting
dragged uneventfully to the adjournment
at midnight.
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DYNAMITE DEFENSE GUNS.
Those for New York and San Fran
cisco Nearing Completion.

Those for New York and San Fran
cisco Nearing Completion.
NEW YORK, May S.-The long-delayed
dynamite defense guns for the ports of
New York and San Francisco are near
Ing completion. To a reporter S. D.
Schuyler, Vice-President of the Pneu-
matte Dynamite Gun Company, said his
company hoped to have the guns for
Sandy Hook ready for placing by August
lst. The guns tor San Francisco, he said,
would be ready for mounting by January
l, 1894. When asked what the Dynamite
Gun Company proposed to do about the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, Schuyler
stated that his company was awaiting the
action of the Secretary of the Navy on the
report of the Board of Navy Officers
which witnessed the recent Vesuvius
trials at Port Royal. This report, Schuy-
Ter said, was still in the hands of Secre-
tary Herbert
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LAND RULING.
A Decision of the Commissioner Over
ruled by Secretary Smith.

A Decision of the Commissioner Over
ruled by Secretary Smith.
WASHINGTON, May Sin the case of
the Tumacaconi Mexican Grant, within
the Gadsden purchase in Arizona, the Sec
retary of the Interior has decided that the
eightieth section of the Act of July q,
1854, applied to Mexican and Spanish
land grants in Arizona, and lands to the
extent of claims made before Surveyors
General of those Territories, is placed by
law in reservation until the final Act of
Congress confirming or rejecting the
claims. Final action, however, is now
delegated to the Court of Private Land
Claims, consequently the reservation will
continue until final action by the court.
This decision reverses that of the Com
missioner, and forbids him to open the
lands claimed by grantees to settlement.
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BRIEF NOTES.

The April assessment by the Anti
Debris Association on this county for $500
was allowed by the Supervisors yester-
day.
Governor Markham returned from a
visit to Folsom yesterday morning, hav-
ing gone up Saturday evening and re-
manned over Sunday.
J. B. Deseve was knocked down by a
horse and buggy at Ninth and X streets
on Sunday and SO badly injured that he is
confined to his room.
There is said to be a prospect of Sacra-
mento being substituted for one of the
league baseball cities, and that w. X.
Daley of the Clunie Opera-house is
working up the scheme.
President Webb of the Wagner Car
Company passed through the city yester-
day going northward with the Special
train of palatial coaches, the finest known
to the present era of elegant railway
coaches.
Over in Slater's Addition little child
fell into the water the other day and was
stunned by striking its head on beam.
While the mother screamed for helm
young married woman plunged in ard
rescued the child.
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WARNER ASSIGNS.
The Patent Medicine Man Gives Up
the Struggle Against Fate.

but Against
ROCHESTER, IN. ", May S.-H. H.
Warner, the patent medicine man, to-day
gave up the struggle against adverse fate
and filed a general assignment for the
benefit of his creditors. Job E. Hedges
of New York city is assignee Accord
ing to his own story and that told by his
attorney, Warner has been making most
strenuous efforts to induce his creditors
to take notes for six months and year
for claims upon him, and succeeded
with all the heaviest creditors. But
in several suits begun shortly after
the announcement of the Yates
failure the time to answer nearly
expired, and the plaintiffs gave
Warner to understand that they should
perfect judgments against him as soon as
possible. In the first of these suits, the
time answer expires tomorrow. Warner
claims that these smaller creditors, by
their action, forced him to assign. War
ner said if he had been given time he
could have paid dollar for dollar. When
asked whether he was a creditor or
debtor of the patent medicine concern,
he declined to answer.
The record-union., 1893-05-09
REGISTRATION LAW.
Papers in the Test Cases Filed In the
United States Supreme Court.


United States Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, May S. - Thomas D.
Riordan, attorney for the Chinese Six
Companies, arrived in Washington and
was at the Capitol early this morning to
file the papers in the Chinese test cases.
The three cases were docketed "Fong
Yue Ting, Wong Quau and Lee Joe, ap-
pellants VS.. United States and John W.
Jacobus, individually, and as United
States Marshal for the Southern District
of New York, respondents"
The record in the cases recites, sew
erally, that these Cinnamon are of the
Chinese race, were born in China, were
unnaturalized in the United States at the
time of the passage of the Act of Con-
gress of May 6, 1892, and have resided
within the United States ever since with
the intention of remaining here as per-
manent residents and with no definite in
tention of returning to China; that they
are here under an invitation extended in
the fifth and sixth articles of the addi-
tional articles of the Burlingame Treaty;
that they are wrongfGlly restrained of
their liberty by Marshal Jacobus, and
that the United States Circuit Court of
New York erred in not holding that the
sixth section of the Act of Congress of
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May 5, 1892, was unconstitutional, void
and of no effect.
Fong Yue Sing and Wong Quan failed
to apply for certificates and in this re-
spect their cases differ from that of Lee
Joe, who applied for certificate, but was
refused on the ground that he could not
produce at least one creditable white wit
ness. Lee Joe AYERS that he could only
find Chinese persons who were willing
and could truthfully make affidavit to
the facts required. The names of the
following attorneys for the Chinese ap-
pear in the records of the cases: Joseph
ii. Choate of New York, ]. Hubley
Ashton of Washington, Harvey S.
Brown and Thomas D. Riordan of San
Francisco
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WEATHER NOTES.
An Electrical Storm at Corning and
Chico.

CORNING, May S.-Y esterday evening a
small cloud came over the Coast Range,
and. spreading over the valley, turned
into thunderstorm. 1t rained during
the night 10 of an inch. The rain is
beneficial, especially for the 1000 acres of
fruit trees planted this season around
Corning. Wheat begins to look better,
yet poor crop is promised.
&CHICo, May S.-The city was visited by
severe thunderstorm last evening, ac-
companied by heavy rain in the vicinity
of Chico, but very little in town. The
lightning struck an electric-light wire
and put out all the lights. The company
was afraid to continue running the plant
until the storm ceased. During the night
considerable rain fell. No damage is re-
ported. 1t is expected much good will
result from the rain. 1t is still raining
this morning.
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APPEAL FOR PEACE.
The Pope Seeking the PacffcatIon of
European Powers.


European Powers.
New YORK, May 6.-The HeraIdrs
Paris cable says: From authentic infor-
nation it appears the Pope is preparing
an encyclical to European Governments
setting forth the inevitable crisis to
which the crushing military charges con-
denim them. He will call the attention
of the Governments to the necessity of
introducing the idea of pacification into
their general policy. as well as the ap-
peasement of the anger of the working
classes consequent upon their misery.
His holiness will ask for a resolution
of the question of disarmament, probably
by an encyclical, which may be the re-
suit OF an agreement come to in his in
terview with the Emperor of Germany.
The Governments of Austria, Italy,
Spain, Belgium and Russia are said to ba
already informed of the agreement re-
ferred to and are willing to accept it.
Russia has made certain reserves, but it
intends, it is believed, to adhere to the
general decision, in which case she
would be charged with the mission of
bringing pressure upon France to in
duce her to join the other nations.
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REFUSED A LANDING.
Alleged Chinese Actors and Merchants
Ordered Deported to China.

Alleged Chinese Actors and Merchants
Ordered Deported to China.
TACOMA, May S.-The 293 alleged Chi
nese actors and merchants were to-day
turned over to the steamship Victoria,
which brought them over, to be deported
to China by order of Collector Wasson.
The Wah Iing Company of China, who
were importing the actors, sent tele-
gram to the steamship agents to hold the
ship twenty-four hours and they would
furnish proof sufficient to land them.
The agents wired back that they would
detain the vessel twenty-four hours for
$1,000. To this message no reply was re-
ceived, but it is thought the vessel will be
detained.
The record-union., 1893-05-09
Nnfnhla DanthS

CITY OF MEXICO (via Galyeston), Nav
S.-General Manuel Gonzales, ex-Presi-
dent of this republic and Governor of the
State of Guanajaunto, died this afternoon.
BERLIN, May s.-Prince Adolphus
of Schaumburg-Lippe died to-day in
Buckenburg. the Capital of Schaumburg-
Lippe.
BERLIN, May S.-Privy Councillor Won
Bismarck, eldest brother of the ex-
Chancellor, is dead.
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President Dfaz, Cahinet.

CITY OF MEXICO, May Sit is reported
on good authority that Hon. Matias Ro-
nero, Mexican Minister to the United
States, will return to Mexico and resume
his former position in the Treasury, now
held by Hon. Jose Ives Limantour. 1t is
also reported that President Diaz contem-
plates making other changes in the Cabi-
net, the proposed changes to go into effect
The record-union., 1893-05-09
Rate War in Colorado.

CHICAGO, May S.-A strong effort is be-
ing made by all concerned in the Colo
rado railroad war to patch up peace, and
neither the Rock Island nor Burlington
are disposed to begin active hostilities
until they see the outcome of the at
tempted reconciliation. The Atchison
made sweeping reduction to-day by
making rate from Denver to Leadville,
Aspen and Glenwood Springs of 25 cents.
The record-union., 1893-05-09
Dempsey win Accept.

PORTLAND, May SACK Dempsey has
decided to accept the Coney Island Clubs
contract for the Smith fight. He has re-
ceived $500 for expenses, and thinks they
would not send money unless they had
secured Smith.
BosToN, May S.-Billy Smith to-day
signed an agreement to box Jack Demp-
sey at the Coney Island Athletic Club on
June Both, under Queensberry rules, five
ounce gloves, for 5000, $500 to the win
ner and $500 to the loser, the principals
not to exceed 142 pounds each, and the
forfeit is $500.
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HOME RULE BILL.
GladStOne'S Measure the Subject
of Debate in the Commons.
TWO VOTES IN WHICT5 THE OPPo-
SITION WAS DEF EATED.

Pope Leo Preparing an ncyclicaI TO
European Governm ats Setting
Forth the Inevitable Crisis to Which
the Crushing Military Charges Con-
denim Them, and Calling Atten-
tion to the Necessity of Introducing
the Idea of Pacification Into Their
General Policy.
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KILLING OF BADDELEY.

Mrs. Worthington and Her Husband
Charged With Murder.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.-The Coroner's
inquest into the death of Henry Bad
deley, shot and killed last Friday by Mrs.
Worthington, to-day resulted in charge
OF murder against the woman and her
husband, William Worthington, as ac-
cessory before the fact. Worthington is
claimed to have encouraged the woman
to commit the deed, and furnished the
revolver for that purpose. He was ar
rested