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The record-union., 1893-12-29
snecIal to the REcoRp-UN1ov.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-The air of mys-
terry assumed by the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations in its Hawaiian
investigation gives an impression that
Morgan's resolution, under which the
inquiry is being held, was merely cloak
for much more important inquiry than
any as to the alleged irregularity OF our
diplomatic relations with those islands.
There is reason for believing that while
presumably the present quest is for infor-
nation bearing upon the conduct of
Stevens and Blount, there is to be an
effort at the same time to obtain any in
formation which will, in the first place,
prove the capability of the islands for
self.government,a and in the second, the
desirability or otherwise of anneXing
these islands at some time in the future.
1t is understood perfectly by the MEM
bers OF the committee who might have
these view that there is no hope of an
nexting the islands under the present
Administration, but those who favor this
disposition of the little kingdom do not
intend TO be swerved from their purpose
by the fact that one Administration Is OPP
posed to this course
Senator Morgan, Chairman of the COM
mittee, has been scrupulously careful
about expressing his opinions upon the
Hawaiian question, manitestIng dlspo-
sition to do or say nothing (which would
appear extra-judicial, but he is known TO
be a firm believer in the wisdom of at
taching the islands to this country as part
of it, just as Alaska is at present attached;
and the fact that he has very recently in
troduced bill in the Senate providing a
form of government for any acquired ter
ritory lends plausibility to the SUPPOSE
ton that he is looking torw ard to pOssi-
bilities far beyond anything included in
the resolution under which the commit
tee is authorized to conduct its present
hearing. These are plausible explanations
of the origin of the bill, and without some
end like the acquisition OF Hawaii in view
it is difficult to find any reason Tor It's eX-
istence.
Those who know Morgan best say he is
not the man to attempt TO secure legisla-
ton that would tit suppOsition. 1t
would appear probable that when the
committee reports it will, SO far as Nor
gan can direct the character of the report,
smooth over the events with which they
are concerned. Meantime, Minister
Thurston, now in Hawaii, will have been
heard from as to the capacity of the pres
ent Government for temporarily manag-
ing the affairs of the islands, and that in
formation, with the cOrrObOrating testi-
mony which the committee will be able
to get together in the meantime, may
have an important bearing upon the
future of the committees Investigations.
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ORDINANCE no. 32S.
An Ordinance Approving and Accepting the
Work of Grading, Paving and Curbing
Street From the West Line of Second
Street to the East Line of Tenth Street

TIME BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
| City OF sacramento do ordain as follows
Section /. All OF that portion of h street,
between the west line of Second street and
the east line of Tenth street, embraced IN the
roadway including the curbing having been
fully constructed by grading, paving, curbing
and guttering under the conditions and terms
OF Resolution Ordering Work No. 16S, passed
Nav ] ), 1898, and other orders and acts
applicable thereto, and having sewer pipes,
water pipes and gas pipes laid therein all to
the satisfaction OF the Street Commissioner
and the Board of Trustees, and being in good
condition throughout. 1t is therefore hereby
ordained: That all OF said portion OF l. street.
between the west line of Second street and
the east line of Tenth street, embraced
within the roadway, including the curbing, be
ana the same is, hereby accepted by the Board
Kept n repair and improved by the munich
patty. Provided, however, that nothing
herein contained, shall be taken, deemed or
understood TO in any wise alter or affect Ihe
obligation and duty of any person, hTln or
corporation owning or having one or more
ton of X street, TO maintain, improve anu
keep in repair the space between the ralls anu ma
between the tracks. and two Ieet ouIslue bAo
rails thereof as required by law.
This acceptance 10 the extent OF lhe space
required by law TO be kept in repair py any
person, firm or corporation hay1Ls stIeSL & az ai
way tracks on that portion OF Il street ln tnlS
Ordinance scrIbed, is limited 10 the a:cept-
ance of the grading and paving pfovided IoE
in Resolution Ordering work NO. LOO anu
other orders and acts applicable 10 said work.
Section 2. This Ordinance snail take enecI
Immediately.
E. u. STEINMAN,
President OF the Board OF trustees.
J. d. Young, Clerk. oSt-1Oe
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JERRY SIMPSON LIKES TO FISH.

But He Believes in the OId-Fashioned
Way-His Game-Eei Story.
'Do any of you gentlemen like to fish?"
asked Jerry Simpson from behind his
gold glasses, addressing more
particularly the Washington correspond
ent of the Kansas City Times. 81 am
passiOnately fond of angling as pastime
| can't say | fish as Amos Cummings and
some of the other Izaak Waltons of the
House. I heard Cummings talking the
other day to fishing friend, and they
mentioned as among part Of their tackle
such things as black bass neckties and
weak fish pants and tarpon suits. When
people go in that lar they get beyond my
depth. Still, in lowly, common way I
like TO fish. The last time l essayed this
gentle sport was out on the Walnut River
in Kansas. A colored person showed me
the place. 1t was a sublime place. 1 cut
a pole right there among the plum
bushes. 1t was a splendid pole: big as
my arm at the butt, and strong enough
so you could have landed a COW with it if
one had bit. L baited under the guidance
of the colored person. with piece of
liver. The line was accoutered with a red
bob or float. The mission of this float, as
| will explain to inexperienced people.
is to apprise one when there is a bite
That is its mission. 1t lies on the water
and you watch it. When it moves about
uneasily that isn't bite. That's nib
BILE. You don't do anything when you
have nibble. When the bob goes clear
under, that's bite, and you sock it TO
him.
"Some people like to fool with a fish
and let him tow around on their lines and
run and hlibuster and make no-quorum
points, and think he's getting away. 1
don't do that way. Pm plain man. L
am perfectly frank with fish and don't
believe in raising false hopes, even in the
| bosom OF bass. So l simply yank 'em
forth unhesitatingly and give 'em the
! worst at once.
After awhile, this time on the Walnut,
I had bite. The float disappeared like
| the surplus during the Harrison Admin
! istration. | let him have it. 1t was an
! eel. 1 fetched him through the atmos-
| phere looking like letter S and slammed
! him against the great State OF Kansas. IL
was d Jolt which ought to have loosened
| every tooth in his head.
| ''I want to pause right here to say that,
| talking about game fish, an eel is the
gamest fish that ever lived. Talk about
! black bass DO you know what G bass
against my district that way? Well, he
wouldn't have done anything. He'd just
sprawled there. Maybe he'd curl his tail
| a trifie, but that's the limit. But this eel
| of mine. He surely was the gamest eel /
ever met. He sprang up the moment he
hit the grass and made for the water on
the run-pole, line and all. And game
/ When headed him off that eel stood
right up on his tail and fought me. The
colored person had dog named Body
Guard. Dog had a record, too. He got
| on the warpath once and closed every
store in town. We sicked Body Guard
on the eel. My eel whipped him in two
and a half minutes. He was the gamest
eel ever knew. No, didn't get him,
either. he went back in the Walnut,
where be lived. You might as we'll have
tried to stop the Senate"
The record-union., 1893-12-29
FelIed by Electricity.

Trees are felled by electricity in the
great forests OF Galicia. For cutting
comparatively soft wood the tool is in the
form of an auger, which is mounted on a
carriage and is moved to and fro and re-
volved at the same time by small cleo
trio motor. As the cut deepens wedges
are inserted TO prevent the rift from clos
ing. and when the tree is nearly cut
through an ak or hand saw is used to finish
the work. In this way trees are feIled
very rapidly and with very little labor.
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Exnenditures for Public buildings.
Most Everything in These Names.

The Barnetts of Athens, Ca, have six
children, who have been given the follow
ing odd lot Of names:
/. Mary Magalena Mandy Mectum
Elizabeth Polly Mack Barnett.
2 Alice Georgia Ann Yorena Barnett.
3. Matte Frances Annie Tranna Bar
nett.
4. Tilla Cora Coston Estelle Liniment
Ettie 1siduler Barnett.
3. Etfice Bosnia Delphia Athena Bar
nett.
6. Montine Cinicar Emory SeperW Walker
Upson Buster Barnett.-St. Louis Re
public.
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DONJON HELD.

BE WIN Have to Answer for Sending
Threatening Letters.
WAsHIN GToN, Dec. 2S.-Joseph Donjon
was held in 5000 bail to-day to await the
action of the Grand Jury for sending
threatening letters to Vice-Presideut
Stevenson and others.
Donion was ararigned in the prisoners
dock along with a number of white and
colored prisoners. He was represented
by Lawyer Cuvillier, who filed a plea of
not guilty.
w. S. Daniels, clerk of the Vice Presi-
dent, testified that DOnjon's letters first
began coming to the VlcePresident last
summer. Some were very violent. A
postal card was read in court in which
Donjon asked the Vice-President to send
him S25, in order to avoid being one of
those who had been marked.
Mills, secretary of the Texas Senator,
read a letter received by his father, in
which Donjon said there was he'll in
store for certain parties" The letter
made scandalous references to Senators
Sherman and Stewart, President Cleve-
land and others. A request was made for
travelling expenses to come to Washing
ton, and the letter stated that the writer
was following a divine inspiration.
Mills, Jr. testified that the letter was re-
garded as OF such threatening character
that he obtained a permit in the Police
Court to carry a revolver.
Ex-Police Inspector Hollinsberger tes-
titled that Donjon had confessed that he
had written postal card and letters TO
the President and Senator Mills
He also stated that similar epistles had
been sent to other persons. The prisoner
testified in an intelligent manner. He
said his idea of writing letters to public
men was to find out how Senator Sher-
man had made his millions. Judge Miller
and the attorneys endeavored to have
him state who had co-operated with him,
but he said he would not divulge this un-
til at the final trial. Donjon said he be-
longed to no secret society. had not in
tended to threaten the Vice President or
Senators, but merely to solicit sufficient
money for travelling expenses to come to
Washington and give evidence as 10
Senator Sherman's alleged improper con-
nections with silver and tariff legislation.
In answer to questions he said he knew
nothing about dynamite.
The record-union., 1893-12-29
An Anti-Tohacconist.

The late John Hope OF Edinburgh was
a man of many peculiarities. He had a
peculiar horror of boys smoking IN the
streets. Whenever he met an urchin
with pipe in his mouth he would stop
and lecture him on the evils of smoking.
Generally he finished his homily by pur-
boys presence. This method of advan-
cling the cause Of the Anti-Tobacco League
did not meet with much success, as the
boys usually invested the money in new
pipes and a further supply of tobacco.
The record-union., 1893-12-29

Mamma-Do you know what happens
to little boys who get up bright and early
in the morning?
Ned-Y es'm. They get awfully sleepy
before lunch time.-Harper's Young Peo-
pie.
The record-union., 1893-12-29
Q5etrrrui 5!rutfrea.

A TTENTION, SACRANENr 70 ATHL ETC
"A C1ub members.-Ihose wishing To attend
"a tneater party at Armory Hail IO-NItItlT
'hould be at the ciub rooms at $50 O'Clock
sharp W ear your colors. llt~I /. q. MODS Err
( tLAlRNO1ANT. = MRS. BARTHOIIMES.
~ DenVers Weli-known business and test
ueulUllll, mas returned and can be consulted
upon ali affairs OF life; she reaas the past and
unfaYels the future; diagnoses disease without
questions; satisfaction guaranteed; cali and
DE convinced; circles Sundays anu Wednes-
uays. l2I12 j street. d29-IW~
The record-union., 1893-12-29
THE HAWAIIAN INQUIRY.
Far-Reaching Object of Senator
MOrgan'S Resolution.
A FIRM BELIEVER IN THE ANNEAA-
TION OF THE ISLANDS

Joseph Donjon Held to Await the Ac-
tion of the Grand Jury at Wash
ington for Sending Threatening
Letters to vice-Presfdent Stevenson
and Several Members of Congress.
The record-union., 1893-12-29

OLAIRVOYANT, CARD READER: FOR
~ tune-telling by palm.ss 061s * street, next
10 the sacramento Market. d27-6tS
The record-union., 1893-12-29
4nat--Gnuun.

! OST-DECEMBER 21ST, ON SEVENTH
II street, between ID and u streets, a purse
containing money anu ring. Leave at 63l
= street and receive reward. d27-3t%
The record-union., 1893-12-29
0nitten.

VNTANTED-PARTIES TO RENT FOUR
w furnished rooms ana board family of
four. SOB Tenth street, corner l. d29-3t
LNIFFY MEN WANTED TO OCCUPY BEDS
l. at 25c each, with hot cakes and coffee free
III read1ng-rooIn, from to 3 \. Nj. GLEE-
MAN HOUSE, corner Third and j streets,
sacramento.
The record-union., 1893-12-29

M ADAM PORTER, CLAIRVOYANT;
f1 fortune telling oy cards and palmistry;
iadles, oOc; gents, 81; clairvoyant sittlngs,
94 90. go Il street, between Sixth and
Seven u. do t-Hik
The record-union., 1893-12-29

TOR a SHORT TIME ONLY PROFESSOR
Il Douglas, the great business and test me-
"Iam ana spirit ARTIST, Is located at 612 X
street; important communications from spirit
friends, also spirit sketches from saline made
before your eyes; the Professor has Travelled
All over the world and always gives satisIac-
ton or no charge made; sittingS, 81; hours,
10 4. NJ. To L 4. NJ; = to ana : 10 3 z. VI.
Don't forget, 6l2 X street. d2S-3t%
The record-union., 1893-12-29

StCHMIDI"S SARSAPARILLA AND IRON
- and Cor0nado Mineral Water. AICMOKRY,
o31 NJ street, sole agent.
The record-union., 1893-12-29
Us Let nr a2ent.

DENT, S14-NEW HOUSE OF 8 ROOMS,
II pantry and bath. Apply al 1926 1enln
StICGL.
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Alreti,rs a1nttres.

CAPITOL LODGE, NO. 81, /. O. ss.4...
~ o. F.-Regular meeting THIS
ltrldayJ EVENING, at 1880 3nzsSssgkSssz9
O'Clock. Initiation. 9sE%sESS><
r. L. HALL, y. G.
W. A. STEPHENSON. Rec. Sec. Its
FT1HE LADIES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
A viii meet at X. OF P Hall at 2:3O p NJ.
AO-DA1. dS-4ttx
The record-union., 1893-12-29

TIME RECORD-UNION AND WEEkb1
UNION are the best for the family CIRCLE
The record-union., 1893-12-29
The Monitor NIisntonomah.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Secretary Her
bert has ordered the monitor Miantono-
nah from New York to Fortress Monroe,
there to await further orders. 1t is be-
lieved, unless a change should occur in
the Brazilian situation, the vessel will be
ordered to Rio. 1t is doubtful whether
the monitor will go beyond Norfolk for
the present. IL was thought advisable to
get the men away from shore and the
ship ready for sea. She will probably
practice maneuvering in Hampton Roads
and await further orders.
Expenditures for Public Buildings.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-The annual re-
port of Jeremiah O'Rourke, Supervising
Architect of the Treasury, shows that the
expenditures for public buildings for the
year were 81, l26. l59, leaving balance Of
appropriations available of 1922, $50.
The record-union., 1893-12-29

n Office IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN annual meeting OF stockholders of the
oerniania Building and Loan Association of
the City OF sacramento Tor the election OF
three Directors, ana Tor such other business as
may be brought before 1t, Will be held at its
EVENING, january s, 1891. at 7:3O O'Clock.
l.. NEUBOUhG, President; H. j. GOETHE,
secretary d23-l2t
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-25
OUR JURY SYSTEM.

Wesley G. Rippey, who declared,
after shooting MI. Mackay, that he
was glad he had shot him and hoped
Mr.. Mackay would die, now declares
that he does not remember anything
at all about the occurrence. He will
probably swear on the stand that he
never admitted the shooting at all.
There is no predicting the result of
such defense. The American citi-
zen is usually anything but credu-
lous. He Is, in fact, of skeptical
turn of mind. But when you make
a juryman of him you can persuade
him to entertain propositions that
ten-year>old boy would reject with
scorn.-Report.
The system of empaneling juries,
which is about the same throughout
the Union, and purporting to be in
the interests of justice, is utterly and
dramatically opposed to all that is
fair and just.
The idee of composing a jury of
alleged men, who never read a pap
er, never form or express an opin-
ion, is simply ridiculous. The YER
dict they render is not theirs; it is
the verdict of the most convincing
lawyer, or the richest litigant; and
then this body of twelve blockheads
and susceptible sticks is legally
termed Jury of our peers.
1t is preposterous to presume that
twelve illiterate, ignorant poor men,
can render an intelligent verdict;
that they can hold intelligent coun-
Gil involving the fortune of any man
or men, or the giving or taking of
human life.
Is there any one whose reason is
so dense as to think that body of
men such as is described, can not be
bulldosed, browbeaten, and by the
judicious use of the root of all evil,
be turned in any direction?
Hail the day when the United |
States jury system viii permit
educated men to discrimi-
nate between right and wrong and |
deal out justice and equity to their
fellows.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-25
MORE MONEY.

If the volume of. currency was
doubled, it would be equivalent to a
reduction of railroad rates one-half.
1t would be equivalent to a reduc-
ton of salaries and fees one-half.
1t would be equivalent to a reduc-
ton of taxes one-half.
1t would double the value of every
mans farm.
1t would double the value of live
took.
1t woald double the value of every
bushel of corn.
1t would double the value of every
ton of hay.
1t would double the present rate
of wages.
1t would light the fires of every
furnace and give employment to mil
lions of idle men.
1t would build new railroads and
develop new sources Of wealth that
have hitherto lain idle.
1t would erect new factories that
would manufacture, out of the raw
material produced in. the country,
hundreds of things that we now buy
in foreign lands.
1t would give employment at re-
munerative wages to millions of men
In the factories, workshops and
mines, who in turn will buy products
of the farm at living price.
1t would set every wheel in motion
every forge to blazing, and every
farm would be worked to its fullest
capacity to supply the demand for
provisions for the great army of
workmen employed in other occupa-
tions.
1t would break the force of the
money power and secure profitable
distribution of the profits of industry
to those who produce the wealth of
the country.
1t would enable the farmer, the
mechanic, the miner and every man
who earned his bread to educate his
children and tit them for the strug-
gle in life.
1t would diminish crime, improve
the moral condition of the people,
promote temperance, increase the
happiness Of the industrial masses
and insure national prosperity.
1t would work injustice to none
and benefit everybody except the
money-lender, the Spectator and
the idle parasite who contrive to Sc
cure themselves good positions and a,
large salary attached.
Let the voice of the people pro-
claim with one accord throughout the
land that We must and will have
an increase in the volume of our
currency.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-04-14

One party to an executory contract
has power to stop the performance of it,
by an explicit direction to the other
party to that effect, but until such di-
rection is given the party may go on with
the performance of the contract on his
part relying on the other party doing the
same.
"a. construction of the votes of March
9th and Goth and the law applicable there
to as above expressed apply as well to a
valid contract for the purchase of sew
er pipe as to the contract for building a
sewer.
l am not unmindful that there is
weight in the argument advanced by
some, That the vote of March Doth, in its
legal effect, simply revokes or attempts
to revoke, the power given the trustees,
by the vote of March 9th, to make con-
tract; and that the power having then
already been exercised, the vote of the
Goth, was wholly imperative and of no
effect. In other words that the village
by its vote of March Goth, only sought
to stop the doing OF what had already
been done. But giving as do, the vote
of March 9th, a broader construction, L
am unable to arrive at such conclusion.
In my investigation l have not exam
ined the questiOi of the constitutiOnality
of the amended charter, as touching the
validity of the mode of assessing the
property holders, for the reason that
have not had sufficient opportunity and
because understand the counsel who
drew the amendment gave that question
careful investigation at that time.
Bennington, Vt, April 10th, 1893.
JAMES K. BATCHELDER.
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