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The advocate., 1894-03-28

1000; in 1919 about $45,OOO,OOO. And
contraction had done its work. The
devastation it produced was deep and
widespread. Twenty thousand persons
equal to 100000 in our day were seek
ing work in Philadelphia, and similar
condition Of affairs prevailed in New
York, Baltimore, and other cities of
the Atlantic sea board; and in the west
the suffering was intense. Wheat was
20 cents a bushel in Kentucky. At
Pittsburg flour was 81 barrel and
pine lumber 50 thousand. 1t took a
barrel of flour to get pound of tea,
and bushel and half of fWheat would
buy pound of coffee, etc. And this
continued with slight notifications for
years. A terrible penalty to pay for
the indulgence in such system, and
one that common sense would dictate
as sufficient to cure mankind from a
further indulgence in it. But no; shys-
ters and speculators-thOse who prey
upon labor and prOduction-can't
foregO the opportunity that such sys-
tenn furnishes them to feather their
nests without work and from the sweat
of the faces of other and better men,
and, therefore, it is patched up, de-
clared now to be perfect, and set
agoing anew, only to repeat the same
operation on new generation as in
1887 and 1857, which the writer well re-
members, with their terrible and heart
rending results. Just so in England
every few years. In the latter part of
1924 and beginning of 1925, the Bank
of England found it necessary to cur
tail its discounts to check the overflow
of bullion. This Occasioned a most
serious crisis in that country. Seventy
banks failed and twO-thirds Of her
merchants and manufacturers were
Frustrated, causing great distress
among the working class. Gold began
to flow from the United States and our
banks were obliged to suspend specie
payments. A hundred failures oc-
CURED in New York and Boston, and
banks went under all over the country.
TIE crisis, however, was not so severe
here as in England, because our banks
had not had time since 1890 to in
fate their credits and circulation to
any very great extent.
You ask my remedy for all this? /
answer a currency issued by the gov
ernment-its volume and amount con-
trolled by government. / would have
such an amount that interest would
never rise above the percentage of the
net product of all the industries of the
country-3 or 31a per cent. as hereto
fore. Because interest is the great
cormorant that swallows up the pro-
ceeds of labor and bankrupts the COun-
try, as we have seen every few years.
Listen to Wendall Phillips on these
points:
"The power Of imitation must rest
somewhere. Where would / trust it?
l answer, with the government;
whereas to-day it is in the hands of the
money kings of State and Wall streets.
In 1873 the banks New York added
$5,OOO,OOO to the currency, and three
weeks later contracted it $3,500,00O.
Bank advocates would trust the power
of initiation to hundred money kings
The advocate., 1894-03-28

tenn has become an appendage of that
of England, etc. And it has been de-
nounced by every one of our prominent
statesmen who was not suborned into
its support by personal interest, and
among them by James G. Blaine, as
follows: "Could there be scheme de-
vised that would enable certain class
of men to lay up treasure legally and
without work, or to grow rich by rob-
berry of the people and to swallow up
the earnings Of the masses more effect
ually than the system of banking in
vogue IN this country up to the time of
the introduction of the greenback cur
rency?" If 1 was called upon to an
swer his question 1 would say, eyes,
the very system since inaugurated and
established in this country under the
style and title of National banks now
in operation here"
This specie basis system las it is
called) is a system of alternate expan-
sion and contraction, and as cOnse-
quence our country has never enjoyed
the advantages of sound, reliable and
unshaken currency outside Of the green
back. Pecuniary distress, deranged
currency, panics and conVulsions have
characterized our whole financial his
tory. Our banks, though protesting
to pay coin, have been in almost a
chronic state Of suspension. Mr.. Pitt,
an Englishman, but friend of our
newly established nation, sounded the
alarm in 1891 when Hamilton was
weaving his web of bonds and banking
around the American people, as fol-
lows: "Let them adopt their bonding
schemes and establish their banking
institutions, and their bOasted indie
pendence will be a mere phantom. For
they will be laying up an inheritance
of poverty and serfdom for themselves
and their children. Our predecessors,
therefore, were not without warning
of the evils Of the bogus specie basis
system, but they allowed the money
power to gain control of the financial
affairs of the country and they have
held it ever since. January, 1914, pre-
vious to the crisis of that year, Jeffer-
son wrote
Everything predicted by us as op-
ponents of banks in the beginning is
now coming to pass. We are to be
ruined by deluge of bank paper. 1t
is cruel that revolutions in private for
tunes should be at the mercy of avar-
icious sdventurers, who, instead Of
employing their capital in manufac-
lures, commerce, and other useful pur-
suits, make it an instrument to disturb
and disrupt all the interchanges of
property with their swindling profits,
which are the price of no useful indus
try of theirs. am an enemy
to all banks discounting bills or notes
for anything but coin or treasury
notes."
And again two years later he wrote:
ave are still under the bank bubble
as England was under the South Sea
bubble, and as every nation is liable to
be under the British banking system.
That teaches that iegerdemain tricks
with bank paper will produce as solid
wealth as honest labor. 1t is vain for
common sense to urge that nothing
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Add to cash bal
ance in treas
I1FVy

So if the United States treasury was
not run in the personal interest Of the
railroads, banks, whisky ring, COM
bines and Jews, there would be now,
after iquidating all our national debts,
$418, ,453,903 balance in the treasury,
and it would not amount to the skin of
gnat's heel whether that balance was
silver, paper or gold, if this govern
ment was run in the interest of the
whole people. The people have got to
blot out this demo-republicrat force, or
it will relegate them to slavery.
JIM M. KANE.
Osawatomie, Kas.
The advocate., 1894-03-28

Advocate" List of Premiums, Books and
Periodicals.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transactions
have been recorded since our last report:
John Farren to NJ. Estella Haley-Lot
2, block @, Highland Park; 800.
p. \. Megerle and wife to G. NJ. Hay
ton-East half lot j. + and f, Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets.
w. l.. Pritchard to Clara Hoeckel-Lot
Id, Oak Grove tract.
William a. Kesner and wife to Samuel
Hudson-Lot IL, block D, town of 1seton.
United States TO Findley X. Dray pat
ent)-l56 acres in west half of section 8,
township north, range east.
Mary a. Porter ct ais. to Herman Goe-
pel-West quarter lot 3, and east inches
lot ,, and X, Tenth and Eleventh streets.
George b. Redmon and wife to l.. q.
and J. L. Siller-South l20 feet lot s, O and
2, Nineteenth and Twentieth streets; re-
conveyance.
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the gems from man who had won them
on footrace, and that he paid $3.50 for
them. These are supposed TO have been
portion of the $1,000 worth of diamonds
stolen from Wachhorst.
Pinkerton wrote to the San Francisco
officers that he had reason to believe
there was fourth man concerned in the
Wachhorst robbery, and that the others
passed over to him in their flight the
stolen diamonds.
Deputy Sheriff Mcdonald last night
brought Black up from San Francisco
and lodged him in the County Jail. Ger
ZACH has not yet seen him.
Black had been about the city most of
the time in the last year and half, and
even since the Wachhorst robbery has
been several times arrested here by Off
Ger Talbot.
The last time he was arrested here was
shortly after the last State Fair. for beat
ing woman on L street. He was lock
up several times during the fair and or
dered out OF town. Somehow he man
aged to escape conviction, although the
officers were quite certain of several
crooked transactions by him.
In all respects his record here has been
very bad
The record-union., 1894-02-19
A NATIVE DAUGHTER.
One Who Upholds California's Clio
in the Far East.

One Who Upholds California's Glory
in the Far East.
Miss Alice Dippel, a we'll known school
teacher of this county, who is at present
taking a course of instruction at the
National School of Elocution and Oratory
in Philadelphia, was recently required,
with other members of her class, to form
mental picture from the word ''land, !"
and to describe this picture eXtempora-
neously on the stage. She spoke as
follows,
"Calitornia-Golden Statel Land of the
orange and the vinei where flowers al
ways bloom and birds always sing;
whose beautiful sunsets no artist can
ever paint! Calitornia-iand of my birth!"
AS Miss Dippel mas a fine stage
presence and tips the beam at nearly two
hundred pounds, the last sentence
naturally called forth an involuntary
burst of clamorous cheering for Cali
fornia.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
CUSPIDOR VS.. MIRROR.
Ealy Fined and Two Sirens Sentence
to Jail for Vagrancy.

Ealy Fined and Two Sirens Sentenced
to Jail for Vagrancy.
Frank Ealy, who was charged by
frankie McMann with applying a cuspi-
dor with disastrous effects to mirror in
her bagnio, on lower L street. protested
his innocence to Justice Devine on Satur-
day morning.
The preponderance of evidence was
against him, however. and Officer Ash,
who chased him several blocks before
he captured him, helped to furnish it.
He was asked to produce SIS from his
inside pocket.
Ash also arrested the complaining wit
ness and her companion, Mabel Milton,
on a charge of vagrancy.
The court sentenced them to 100 days
each in the County Jail, and the commit
ment was withheld in order to give them
a chance to leave town.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STATE
~ Capitol Commissioners, Sacramento. The
Board of state Capitol Commissioners having
legal authority SO to do, hereby advertise Tor
bids for laying artificial (cementl stone walks
in the Capitol grounds at Sacramento. The
avenues walks to be paved Will be deslg-
mated by the Board of Capital Commissioners.
or under its direction. The approximate estl-
mate is 90, 100 square feet of new walk ana
1000 square feet of resetting old walk. The
work must be completed in accordance With
specifications and details on file with the
Secretary of the Capitol Commissioners, and
in workmanship equal to the work heretofore
done in said grounds. Specifications may be
seen and had upon application to the Secre-
tary OF the board at the Governors office In
the State Capitol building at Sacramento.
Bids will be received up TO l O'Clock p. NJ on
the TWELFTH DAY OF MARCH, 1894,
when they Will be opened and the contract
awarded TO the lowest bidder and most re-
sponsbie party. All bids must be accom-
panied by a certified check equal to 10 per
cent. of the amount OF the bid, made payable
to T. NJ. Eby, Secretary, as n guarantee of
good faith. The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids. All bids should be
addressed to the Secretary of the Board of
State Capitol Commissioners, at Sacramento,
marked: bid for artificial stone walks,
Capitol grounds" t. NJ. EB4,
Secretary Board of State Capitol Commis-
sioners. fe12-5tM
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CALLED AWAY.
Death of Charles T. SeIlinger, After a
Lingering Illness.

Death of Charles T. Sellinger, After a
Lingering Illness.
After an illness of several months
Charles f. Sellinger, well-known busl-
ness man, died on Saturday at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sell
niger, in his SD year. He had been af-
fiicted for some time with bronchial
ailment which finally attacked his lungs
and resulted in quick consumption. al
though he was man of apparently strong
physique.
Mr.. Sellinger was a member of the
Knights of Pythias, and very popular
both in social and mercantile circles. Be-
sides his parents he leaves brother and
sister, George P. Sellinger and Mrs.
Arthur ]. Wilson.
The funeral will take place this after
noon.
From his parents residence, at 1416
Fourth street, the body will be taken to
the Cathedral. The casket will not be
opened at the Cathedral, but the remains
can be viewed at the house after 10 ~. NJ.
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q ssfI,r,.bhrrp, Ilnn'rrs, 9erna,
CLEVELAND SICK

nF THE HAWAIIAN CONTROVERSY; {;
~ but he does not feel so completely de-
nloraIized as the fruit-grower who finds when
his trees commence to bear that they are not
the variety he thought he had purchased 1t
makes a great difference with the length OF
your face whether you have a strain of fruit
that sells Quick at So so per box, or one that
requires considerable diplomacy 10 work off
at 80 cents per box: for, like cows, cooks and
coffee, all are not equally desirable To get
the finest strain of trees, true TO name, send
your orders TO the Sacramento River Nursery
Company of Walnut Grove, Sacramento
County. who are located in the heart OF one of
the Oldest fruit belts of California, which pro-
duces at least 800 carloads annually, and
where the finest and most profitable strains Of
fruit are grown. They not only guarantee
their trees true to name, but growing them
upon fertile river bottom land, without ex-
pensive irrigation, can afford to sell them at
one-half the price charged by less favorably
located nurseries, and they make terms that
will suit you, no matter how hard you were
squeezed by the financial cyclone of 1898.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
DBVINB'S DOINGS.
He Dispenses Justice at the Old STAND
to Evil Doors.

He Dispenses Justice at the Old Stand
to EvIl-Doers.
Justice Devine in the Police Court
Saturday morning gave cripple named
James Kennedy sentence of thirty days
in the County Jail for abusing persons on
* street who refused to accede to his re-
quests. He was arrested by Officer
Lowell, who, with Charles Vogel, gave
testimony as to Kennedy's actions.
frankie Smith, who was brought to the
police station crazy from the use Of CO.
caine, will have a chance to recover from
the effects during the l20 days she will
spend in the same institution.
All He. who manages a drug store on
Third street, and as department thereof
has run a Chinese lottery, regrets very
much that he Inadvertently sold a ticket
to Sheriff O'Neil, who arrested him for
that otfense
He paid his $40 fine, and will probably
hereafter keep his weather eye open and
know who his customers are.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
A STEAMER BURNED

The Deck of the Roberts Island Takes
Fire Near the Furnace.
The Sacramento Transportation Com
pany's steamer Roberts Island took fire
at Smiths Ferry on Friday night, and,
after burning to the waters edge, sank.
She left this city in the afternoon and
proceeded up the river. Captain Wood
worth discovered smoke coming from
the upper deck near the furnace, and
steered Tor the shore and made the steamer
fast. but by that time she was in flames.
He was badly burned about the head
while endeavoring to save his property.
The cause of the ire has not been ascer-
tanned.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
Folsom Lumber Boom.

The American River Land and Lumber
Company have had men at work all week,
says the Folsom Telegraph, defining the
lines of the reservoir which is to hold the
logs that are fioated down from the hills
above Placerville. The lower wall Of the
same is to be made of the surplus earth
dug out OF the canal extension. The log
reservoir will not be very deep. a steam
tug will be used to tow the logs about the
pond, from which they are TO be raised
into the mill and converted into lumber.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
Republfcan state Convention.

Over month ago the RECORD UNION
called attention to the fact that the Re-
publican State Central Committee would
Convention will be called, and suggested
that Sacramento take immediate steps
toward securing favorable action by the
committee looking to the holding OF the
convention here.
If nothing has been done in that di-
rection it is high time to begin, as other
cities are hard at work in the matter.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
BrechteI Acquitted.

The jury in the case of Andrew Brech-
tel, tried on charge of entering the barn
of A. j. Tiffany near Swiss Station and
stealing several bales of hay, on Satur-
day brought in a verdict of aequittal.
Miss Laura Tilden, the young lady law
yer, made a very able tand evidently
effectuaD plea for the prisoner.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
TILGHMAN'S STORY.
His Statement Concerning the Recent
Theft of Jeweiry.

His Statement Concerning the Recent
Theft of Jewelry.
w. B. Tilghman, one of the men ar
rested on Friday evening on suspicion of
having stolen box of jewelry from the
residence of C. II. Miller, and who was
afterward discharged, writes as follows
concerning the matter:
EDS. RECoRD-UN Kindly allow me
through the medium of your valuable
paper to rectify an error in this morn
! ing's issue. The article in question,
Mrs. e. III. Miller's Lost Jewelry-A
| PeddIer Arrested on Suspicion"
! | beg to inform you that L came to this
coast December 10Th last to represent
| Charles Nj. Rosenthal u Co.. general
| agents for German and Austrian firms at
| the Midwinter Exposition, but upon my
arrival here was notified that the firms
would not exhibit, owing to the exorbi-
tants rates charged. AS l was thrown out
of employment l applied to many firms
IN San Francisco for a position, but with
| out success, and having an invalid wife
and baby to care for l determined to start
ION the road'' soliciting orders tor geu-
eral novelties and souvenirs of the expo
| sitIOn.
Last evening about o'clock l was ar
rested and cast into damp, dark dun
geon full Of vermin in the City Prison. on
no charge whatever, and after enduring a
night Of torture, surrounded by drunk
ards, prostitutes and opium tiends, l was
told to take my departure.
! Immediately repaired to the worthy
unfortunate's house. at 1919 Il street, and
| interviewed the Mrs. Miller 1t is possi-
| BILE that | may have called there, as she
states, on Wednesday, and that she may
have possessed the articles in question,
! but it is extremely doubtful. | have
never been employed in any railway
shop. nor am | mechanic, nor have |
ever represented myself as such, or made
any statements as referred to in your
issue of to-day.
If a person is not entitled to pursue his
daily vocation or gain an honest liveli-
! hood without being cast into prison with
! out one iota of evidence, it is no wonder
crimes are so frequent.
w. B. TILGHMAN.
| Sacramento, February 18th.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
ConrsInp club at FIorin.

Florin has organized coursing club,
known as the White Rabbit Club, with
E. F. Straight as President; w. Jackson,
Secretary; T. Dennis, Field Steward, and
John Bartolo, Treasurer.
The record-union., 1894-02-19

JAMES L. FOGG, Dist Supt. Agencies, San Fran
cisco, Cal
A. X. P HARMON, JR., Asst Dist Supt. Agencies,
San Francisco, Cal fe19-23
The record-union., 1894-02-19
REDUCED RATES TO CHICAGO

DY JUDsON & co. SELECT EXCURSION.
ID delightful scenic route. Wonders of the
Rocky Mountains on line OF d. and r. e. r.
r., scen by daylight: best accommodations.
Address CDsON II CO, 62S Market street.
san Francisco. or call on c. j. ELLIS, agent
s. p. Co.. Sacramento
The record-union., 1894-02-19
G. TIM. P!H REYS'

oEGrE. Am$ sASsA 4 .H.A L HAI II 80
Nothing has ever been produced to
equal or compare with Humphreys
Witch Hazel Oil as CURATIVE and
HEALING APPLICATION. 1t has been
used 40 years and always affords relief
and always gives satisfaction.
1t Cures PILES or HEMoRRHoIDs, External
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding Itching and
Burning; Cracks or Fissures and Fistulas.
Relief immediate-cure certain.
1t Cures BURNS, Scalds and liberation and
Contraction from Burns. Relief instant.
1t Cures Torn, Cut and Lacerated
Wounds and Bruises.
1t Cures BoILs, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, Old
Sores, Itching Eruptions, Scurfy or Scald
Head. 1t is Infallible.
1t Cures INFLAMED or CAKED BREASTS
and Sore Nipples. 1t is invaluable.
1t Cures SALT RHEUM, letters, Scurfy
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and Bunions,
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings of Insects.
Three Sizes, 25c., soc. and 500.
Sold by Druggists sent postpaid receptof price,
UIypHRFys, MED CO. III & 1 z William ST. New York.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
SEEDS. PLANTS AND FLORAL ARTIST.

HEADQUARTERS FOR SWEET PEA
name Also. Hyacinths Lilies, Valley Tu-
lips, etc Now is your time 10 plant. l don't
sell on commission or am in any way con-
necled with any nursery or seedsmen on The
coast.
Primula Chinensis. the finest strain ever in
troduced into Sacramento. COlors: red, white,
blue and pink.
Six principal first premiums at State Fair in
1898 for Roses, Plants and Flowers
HUGH MGwILLIAMS
"The Florist" New Sacramento Conserva-
tory, Twelfth and U streets.
G1r Telephone No. 90.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
gnst4tras Unrea.
WATERHOUsE & LESTER,

/ y land Coal, Wagon Lumber and Carriasa
Hardware. 7O9, III, 713, us j streeA
SacrmaentO.
The record-union., 1894-02-19
SCHEDULE OF ASSETS.

BALANCE NET AssrrssDec. 81 $50 s2s 199 50
The record-union., 1894-02-19
Discussed IN 1893.


Discussed IN 1893.
For claims by
death and ma
tured endow-
ments........ .........s 97O,45S 56
Surplus returnedt to
policy holders ,256 POI 60
Lapsed and surren-
dered poliees..... 597 ,3j5 OS
TOTAL To POLICY-HOLDERS.-$ s. 015 %
Commissions to Agents. Sal
aries, Medical Examiners
fees, Printing, Advertising,
Legal, Real Estate, and all
other Expenses ...............- 770,15S %
TAXES. ................. 2931 q
6,8S7, ,S29 SO
The record-union., 1894-02-19

GROSS ASSETS, Dec. 81 SCI 1863, ,40i 81
LIABILITIES
Amount required to reinsure
all outstanding policies, net,
Companys standard........~S S53 ST., ,154 90
All other liabilities. 1,09S 222 "A
-- $54 ,976 "a
SURPLUS by Company standard.~...... s64iS,027 81
SURPLUS by State Reports Will exceed. 7,250,O0O 90
Ratio of expenses of management to
receipts in 1893 900 per cent.
Policies in force Dec. 81, 1S93 657Ol,
Insurng S156 1874 498 0G
JACOB L. GREENE President
JOHN NJ. TAYLOR........N ..Nfce-President
EDWARD NJ. BUNCE............ Secretary
DANIEL II. WELLS...................
The record-union., 1894-02-19
Ruilrpun Utt1te Cable.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY
PACIFIC SYSTEM.l
JANUARY I, 1894
Trains Leave AID are Due to Arrive at
Sacramento
Antlruun It,ate Cable.
JANUARY I, 1904

LEAVE TRAINS RUN DAILY. ARRIVE
tFOr) {frOml
The record-union., 1894-02-19

keepsake for the children GIVE Away with every p
RAISED U. S GOVERNMENT TN
II r.
ofTae Buidna E. s. ELKUS, and OH Street M &
IT oURA NNU SALE.
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ALBERT E. RUDELL,
q Q & NJ =,

1905 Fourth Street, Sacramento, Cs
The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-07-13
MONDAY EVENING,
AUGUST 9Th, Is Il.

First Priz4-Silk Dress, by il. Eyan.
kor most original male costume.
>ecoud Pr-sNEtchi9gti told Frame, by
the Pscifi, Hardware Company. For
best female character costume
Thlri Priz-tSnry Hanging Lamp, by
Hawaiian Hardware Company. Fer
hSniSouest costume.
Fourth Prire-S.udent Lamp, by Cas-
tie & Cooke, For bsst gentleman
6Srcer.
Fifth Prize Silver Vase, by E.0 Hall
For best DIV dancer.
Sixth Pr1-Gold Csarm. by E 4
jacobson. For most original male
c1s-uue.
Seventh Prize God Sesrf Pin. by H
2 Wichm2l. For best male character
costume.
Eighth Pr;E-Pzir OF Slippers, by
Nzuuis- uring shoe COMPANY. For
second beSt female character costume
Ninth Prl1-Hat by Trscy. Fer Os 81
hard tiue- costume for senilsmen-
Tenth Pr1E-FhO-o Aih1m, bv Hawai-
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co-r1rre fo- lscv
Eleventh PriEa-S Shirts, by Mel,is
Fo~ second best msls Character costume
TwzI IN P,iEe-B0,tle Perfume, BY
Pen~o t.Sm!GhS Co. Eoc seco- d best lady
dancer.