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The record-union., 1894-11-10
SPECIAL TAYLOR'S CLUB.
He Seems TO Have Been Justified in
Using 1t,

Using 1t,
On Thursday evening Special Officer
Taylor used his club pretty freely on the
head of q man named Visack, whom he
was trying to eject from the lobby OF the
Clunie Opera-hOuse. Several who saw
the officer strike Nisack, and who did not
know what had taken place previously,
were loud in their denunciation of Taylor
Investigation into the case, however,
shows that while the officer probably
struck harder than was necessary to ac-
cOmplish the removal of ViSack from the
building, yet he was justified in handling
him roughly. Manager Todd says that
Nisack came1nto the lobby of the opera-
house drunk and used foul and obscene
language in the presence of large crowd
OF people, including many ladies, who
were waiting to purchase tickets. He
conducted him to the sidewalk and told
him go away, as he would not be admit
ted TO the theater while in that condition
Nisack came back after short time, and
again Todd took him away, this time es-
cOrttng him as far as the POstof1ice and
warning him not to return or ne would
have him arrested. Again Nisack returned
ana filled the air OF the lobby with his
obscene language. Special Officer Tay-
Tor. whose duty it is to preserve order at
the theater and protect the patrons of the
place from just such actions as those of
Visack, attempted TO put him out, when
Nlsack resisted and assaulted him. There
upon Taylor struck him several times
with his club and succeeded in ejecting
him from the building. In the mean
time number OF ladies were frightened
away and left without seeing the per-
Torrance which they had come to wit
ness. Mr.. Todd's statement is corrob-
Grated by other eye witnesses. AS Visack
was pretty severely punished, Mr.. Todd
decided yesterday not to enter q COM
plant against HIM for disturbing the
peace.
Manager Todd is using every endeavor
TO have the decent people who attend the
performances at the Clunie protected
gallery, and if few of them get such
handling as Nisack did they will either
remain away or learn to behave them
selves,
The record-union., 1894-11-10
SECRETARY'S RECEPTION
The Y, w. c. a. Entertain Her at 1t
ParIOrs Last Night.

Aho W. - n. entertain Her at 1t
Parlors Last Night.
The parlors OF the Young Women's
Christian Association, on Ninth street,
were crowded last evening, the occasion
being reception given Miss Nettie
Chandler, the new General Secretary OF
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton in this city.
The parlors were tastefully decorated
with chrysanthemums ana palms, and
the following programme was rendered
IN connection with the reception: Prayer,
Rev. L. II. b. Anderson; piano solo. Mr..
Richards; welcome on behalf of pastors,
Rev. X. \. Hoyt; vocal solo, Mrs. How
ard; welcome on behalf of business men,
ii. Welnstock; guitar ana mandolin
duet, Misses Kirns; welcome on behalf OF
Pacific Coast Committee, Miss Emma
Reeder; vocal solo, Mrs. Mary Ross:
welcome on behalf Of the association and
introduction of Miss Chandler, by Miss
NJ. E. Blasdel; response Miss Nettie
Chandler.
The educational work is opening with
bright prospects. The class in Delsarte
expression and elocution has organized
with renewed interest. The following
schedule has been arranged, and mem
bers are urged to call at the rooms and
enroll for any or all of these classes.
Monday-I:30 p. NJ, Delsarte and Flo
cution, Mrs. Condo; English branches.
Tuesday to s P. NJ, Mandolin, G. G..
Sterer; Stenography; S to 8 p. NJ, Guitar,
G. q. Sterer; Bible Study-Acts.
Wednesday 1870, three times per
month, Shakespeare Class, with Miss
Chandler. the General Secretary, as
teacher.
Thursday p. NJ, German.
Friday to P. NJ, Workers Learn
ing Glass; to 8 P. NJ, Physiology.
Glasses in physical culture, dress max
ing, cooking, including a course in in
valid cooking, will be organized in the
near futnre
The record-union., 1894-11-10
BRlEF NOTES

The steamer Herald came up yesterday
from the Mokelumne and Potato Slough
with $500 sacks of potatoes and $50 sacks
OF onions.
7. II. Wallis received a telegram from
San Jose that a. j. Johnson has received
1899 votes more than Curry in Santa
Clara County.
The Gospel meeting in the rooms at 1011
Ninth street, at 4 P. NJ. Sunday, will be
addressed by Miss Chandler, General
Secretary of the Sacramento Association.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
TUESDAYS LESSON.

The results of Tuesdays election will
furnish a large lesson for future study by
the Populists. While il is true that tn Q
Democrats have gone down in a defeat
that was in a measure anticipated, the
Populists have gained nothing and they
have made the conditions of ever win
ming an election on the lines laid down
in their platforms more difficult than they
were before. The defeat of the Demo-
Gratis in Congress is not the triumph of q
single principle for which the Populists
contended. 1t is rather the restoration to
power in that branch of government of
the party whose legislation in the inter-
est of corporate wealth and allied mo-
nopoly and special privilege produced the
popular discomfort that organized into
the PEOPLES party and adopted platforms
demanding reforms by the score and the
enactment of laws wholly unsuited to the
spirit and genius OF our institutions. On
the financial issue the Populists are far
Their than ever from securing the free and
unlimited coinage of silver or the issue of
unlimited fiat money to be lent to the
people at 2 per cent. on their land or ag-
ricultural products, and the principles of
the initiative, referendum and impera-
tive mandate have not been brought
measurably nearer enactment into law.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
Owen buttons FuneraI.

j. L. Aldrich. Charles E. Hollister, NJ.
L. Isham, ii. Z. Isham and W. j. Smith
of CORTLAND, members of Franklin
Lodge, +. and A. NJ, came up yesterday
to attend the funeral of the late o. p.
Dutton of that place. which was held un-
der the auspices of Sacramento Lodge of
this city. Mr.. Dutton's many good ouali-
ties had made him many friends. and he
will be greatly missed by his associates.
The record-union., 1894-11-10


ROB Roy" was played at the Metro
politan Theater last evening to a light
house by four professionals, Messrs.
Mackay, McAllister. Gibson and Miss
Elise Hartman, with the support of w.
III. Blackburn, formerly of stock COM
pany IN this city and a large number of
amateurs from Scottish societies of the
city mainly. Excepting only Miss Gussie
Stevenson and Miss Ella Wallace, who
read the lew lines they had we'll and
clearly, the ladies and gentlemen who
gave amateur support left their speaking
voices at home. In consequence of this
forgetfulness on their part, it was quite
impossible for the auditors to determine
what part they cut in the scheme of the
play. 80 far as the professionals were
concerned they did well enough, and Miss
Hartman and Mr.. Watson were the SUI
periors Of the four, both of them
reading with the most intelligence
and acting with greater spirit.
There was some clever dancing by Wal
lace Renwick and number of little
girls. very pleasing feature was the
singing of Scotch songs by Miss (Jussie
Stevenson, a contralto with meZzo So
prano quality. She has an expressive
voice. resonant, flexible, and sweet and
we'll managed despite evidences of stage
enl barrassment. She was warmly en-
cored and complimented with floral
tavors. In duet with Mr.. Lester, very
pleasing tenor, she was also heard to adj
vantage. The tenor had a pretty solo.
but he was too much embarrassed TO do
himself justice. The performance was
spiritless, though the play gives full op-
portunity for enthusiasm, yigor and
lively action. The professionals could
not lift the action out OF the chill the
amateurs gave it. This is not, however.
surprising. No group of amateurs could
possibly go into dramatic interpretatio
of Sir Walter Scotrs heroic novel with
any nope of success without weeks, if not
months, OF hard work under patient and
accomplished masters OF the art of acting,
The record-union., 1894-11-10
Arrested, but Discharged.

Railroad officer Ahern and Police Of
ficer Ash yesterday arrested man named
Harry Wagner on suspicion of being inn
plicated in the theft OF twenty-fiv sacks
of barley from d freight car on l street
"Wednesday night. He was released,
however, last night. as the stealing of the
grain could not be fixed on him.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
Weather Notes.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yester-
day to have been 78o and 49o, with gentle
to fresh northerly winds and clear
weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at A. NJ.
and p. NJ. were 30.I7 and 30. 10 inches,
respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 660 and 460,
and one year ago to-day IL and 43'.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
Prisoners Arraipned.

The following prisoners were arraigned
in Department One of the Superior Court
yesterday:
George Hayden, alias George H.
Lounds, burglary aud previous convic-
ton of burglary in the second degree
Granted until next Monday to plead.
Frank Jones, attempt to commit rob-
bery-Pleaded not guilty.
Frank Jones, burglary-Pleaded puiltv.
Fred York. burglary-Pleaded not
guilty
The record-union., 1894-11-10
The Company Must Paw.

Superior Judge Catlin has rendered
Judgment for plaintiff in the suit of Mary
Clemens against the Mutual Benefit Life
Association of America for the recovery
of insurance money on the death of the
plaintiffs husband. Frederick II. Glenn
ems. The court awards the plaintiff 81, 0S7
and per cent. interest.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
Who Knows Theodore Rldeout ?

Mrs. George a. Hutchinson, 90 Hollis
street. North Cambridge. Mass, writes to
Secretary Luther of the Pioneer Society
for information concerning Theodore
Rideout. He left Maine when quite a
young man, and if living must be now
20 or so years of age. His relatives and
friends are anxious to learn something of
The record-union., 1894-11-10
TWO Iusolyerts.

Monroe D. Walter has been declared an
insolyent debtor in Department One of
the Superior Court.
w. j. Kaerth has also been declared in
solvent. Sheriff O'Neil was appointed
receiver of the insolvent's property.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
Modesto News

There were many causes leading up to
the sweeping defeat of the Democracy at
the polls last Tuesday. The first and
paramount cause was undoubtedly the
general prevailing hard times. OF course
the interested Republican organization
was not slow in taking advantage of the
situation. Every misfortune Detailing
the people. whether of a public or private
nature, was charged against the party III
control of the Government. Persons
who were struggling with adversely were
easily made to believe politics had some
thing to do with it. Then again there
were at least a quarter of million
Democratic voters who were disap-
pointed otfice-seekers. They had been in
quest of either Federal. State or county
Offices. Many of these men and their
friends were at least Indifferent to the
result.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
Mackey Returns.

John Mackey, Superintendent of the
Rancho del Paso. has returned from the
East and brought with him Tenny and
Golden Fleece, with about thirty other
horses who are more or less famous.
The record-union., 1894-11-10

I2bC q Yard.
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expression of Some California News
papers.
Modesto Herald.

The Republicans of California on Tues
day gave expression to their disapproval
of bossism by defeating Estee for Gov
ernor and electing the balance of the State
ticket. The defeat of Estee,
it is apparent, under the circumstances.
was deliberately planned by the thou
sands of Republicans who voted against
him as a reputation of bossism and boss
methods, and can be regarded in no other
lirrhf
The record-union., 1894-11-10
An Amended Complaint.

The plaintiff in the case of Henry Wit
tenbrock VS.. l.. S. Taylor and S. S. Holl
has filed an amended complaint in the
Superior Court.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
Board of Supervisors.

The Board of Supervisors were en-
gagged ali day yesterday in passing upon
claims against the county.
The record-union., 1894-11-10

Try McMorry's Teas. They are the
best in the market. 53l M street.
The record-union., 1894-11-10

To persist in living beyond our income
is to live a life of dishonesty.-Syd
The record-union., 1894-11-10
ADJUSTMENTS

The very successful military drama.
Lucille" will be repeated at the Clunie
Opera-house this afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
this evening and tomorrow evening. 1t
has had good patronage during the week.
and has presented the company to ex-
cellent advantage.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
1t Is a Tie.

Corrected returns from the First Super
visor District show that ellis and Dire
man each received $50 votes.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
Sherburn,s Auction Sale.

w. ii. Sherburn will sell on Monday,
at 10 A. NJ, at his salesroom, 323 X street,
fine line of furniture, carpets, stoves,
etc., all of which must be sold.
The record-union., 1894-11-10
Gold Watch stolen.

A gold watch was stolen from Herman
Mier at Sixth and III streets yesterday.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-07
SHARP PEOPLE OF CAPE COD
How Some Spectators Got Ahead of the
 Town Government.

How Some Spectators Got Ahead of the
 Town Government.
 A story of sharp legislative practive comes from Cape Cod. It also illus trates the cumbrous methods of town government on that old-fashioned pe- ninsula Some of the citizens of a certain town believed they saw re- munerative enterprise in raising her rings in a fresh-water pond near the sea, with which it had once been con- nected by small creek now filled up. Thereupon they petitioned the legisla- ture for license to use the waters of the pond, at the same time giving no- tice of their application to the local authorities, as required in such cas es. The sleepy town fathers were so slow in calling a meeting to consider the question of assent or protest that they were anticipated by the passage of the bill. The meeting was held, neverthe- less, and angry protests were put on record against giving to a few persons natural advantages that rightly be- longed to and should be enjoyed by the many. Undismayed by the storm they had provoked, the gentlemen interest ed in the propagation of herring have petitioned the harbor and land commis- sioners for permission to reopen the old waterway from the sea.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-07
Good Thing for Wasps.

Mir. Lawson Tait, the well-known English surgeon, says that the sugar in certain fruits becomes changed into alcohol during the process of decay and that wasps sometimes get very trunk thereon. On grapes and cer- tain plums, he says, ''you will see them get very drunk, crawl away in a semi somnolent condition, and repose in the grass for some time till they get over the bout and then they will go at it again." Moreover, MT. Tait declares that they do their worst in stinging, both in the virulent nature of the stroke and the utterly unprovoked as- saults of which they are guilty. was stung last year by drunken wasp and suffered severely from symptoms of nerve poison for several days. In such drunken peculiarities they resemble sheir human contemporaries"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-07
INDIAN NAMES
London Newspapers Find Their Spelling
 Matter of Difficulty.

London Newspapers Find Their Spelling
 Matter of Difficulty.
 The London newspapers occasion considerable mirth to their Indian con- temporaries by the spelling of Indian words. It appears that, in reference to the native princes and noblemen who were present at the opening of the Imperial institute, we tried to strike out on an original line, but were only able to spell ''Gackwar" in seven different ways, and 'Bhownugger" in four. Indian papers, it seems, are not wholly sue cessful. We still occasionally see ''Puna" and ''Poona," Hindu and ''Hindoo," 'Dacoit" and '.Dakait," and so on, according to the taste and fancy of the speller.
 In a supplement to the Bombay Gov ernment Gazette we now have re- vised alphabetical list of Madras place names, which is ''to be strictly adhered to-" In this list, while retaining such monstrositics as Biru,xkazhikkunram Suncaraperumall1oyi Gannamanayak- kanur and AmmayanayalIkanur, a large proportion of the popular yer sions are retained, with the thin dis guise of ''K' for a "C" Three-and- twenty out of the thirty-six pages of the Notification are occupied by list of place-names sin which the system of consideration has been followed" |" and wonderful list it is.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-07
4 Joke Tried by Jury.

A North Carolina paper tells the following: At Harnett county superior court, few years since, Judge Shipp presiding, the trial of a cause had been protracted till near midnight. The jury was tired and sleepy and showed fagging attention. Willie Murchison, who was addressing the jury, thought to arouse them, so he said: ''Gentle- men, will tell you an anecdote" In stantly the judge, the jury and the few spectators pricked up their ears and were all attention, as Murchison was admirable in that line, had fund of anecdotes and no one could tell them better, But he soon proceeded to tell one of the dullest, prosiest and most pointless jokes possible. Everybody looked disappointed. The judge, lean- ing over, said in an unmistakable tone of disappointment: ''Mr Murchison, I don't see the point to that joke" ''Nor I, either" replied the witty counsel. But your honor told it to me on our way down here and as I thought the lack Of appreciation must be due to my obtuseness concluded to give the joke a trial by jury"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-07
Plastic Marble.

In one accor1t of Rome the author mentions five or six slabs of plastic marble as being in the possession of Prince Borghese. Being set on end, they bend backward and forward; when laid horizontally and raised at one end they form curve; if placed on a table and piece of wood or any other substance is laid under them they fall into kind of curve, each end touching the table. Abbe Fortis was told that they were dug up near the town of Mondragon, in the kingdom of Naples. The grain is like that of fine Carrara marble, or perhaps of the finest Greek. They seem to have suffered some attack of fire. A slab of marble similar in every respect to those described, and highly pol ished, has been exhibited for more than twenty-five years at the British museum. NJ. Fleuvian de Belvae sue ceeded in making common granular limestone, a granular quartz, com pletely flexible by exposing to a certain degree of heat. In Lincoln cathedral, England, there is an arch built of white marble which is quite elastic, yielding to a heavy tread, and returning or rebounding to it's original position on true elastic principles.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-07
Course of the Colorado River.

Lieut.. Roberson, U. S. A., recently returned to Los Angeles after making trip with three companions in a small boat down the Colorado river, from Yuma to the Gulf of California, to ascertain if the channel could be made navigable for commerce. The river, he says, changes it's course in many places every year at the time of the June rise, shifting it's bed often as much as six or eight miles to left or right, and it would be impossible to impound the water so as to secure a regular navigable channel. The tides, too, about the mouth of the river are most cratic; one of its features is the great bore, which, near the full of the moon every month, sweeps in solid wall of water several feet high, up the upper part of the gulf and twenty miles into the mouth of the Colorado. An attempt to float any boat in the rivers mouth at that time would be fatal. At the mouth of the river the party found the ruins of an old ship yard and the decaying hulks of five steamers, half sunken in the mud, the relics of an attempt made some twenty three years ago to establish line of steamers to ply up the river to Fort Yuma
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-07
RuNe IN A GOLD DECK.
How Gambler in Mexico swindIed Ma
 tive Monte Dealer.

''The coolest gamblers on earth are the Mexicans," said traveller from the land of the tamala to writer for the Washington Post. ''Win or lose, they never display the slightest chagrin or joy. They won't raise row, as our American gamblers do when they are beaten. 1 was sitting one evening at the monte table in the great gambling resort of Mexico, situated in suburb of the City of Mexico. There were two Americans whom I had seen around the table on several occasions. One was railroad man and the other was the most expert short-card manipula- tor l ever saw. They played for very small stakes for several days. Then one day the railroad man came in, sat down and began to play. The short card man followed him in about half an hour and took a seat five or six chairs away. I saw him take large silk handkerchief from his pocket and spread it over his knees. In Mexican monte the dealer allows each player to cut the cards when he makes bet. The short-card man brought with him deck of cards exactly similar to those used in the game. Fact is. the backs of these cards are all alike. When he was given the cards to cut he substi- tuted another pack on the top of which was card, a king, which would make him win. He had put down eighteen hundred dollars on the king on the board. He cut, the dealer turned and of course he won. The pack that the dealer had handed him to cut lay in the silk handkerchief spread over his knees. He gathered the handkerchief together, put it in his pocket, took his thirty-six hundred dollars and left. His confederate played on for few minutes, making small bets, and then cashed in. As lie turned to go the dealer, who knew he had been robbed but could not quite comprehend how it had been done, said very quietly:
 "'Very well done, signor.'
 "An American gambler would have raised a row and pulled his gun and de- manded his money. They watch Amer jeans very closely in that game now"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-06-07
REAL FIGHTING DERvISHERS.
They will Dare Death in the Struggle for
 Their Faith.

They Will Dare Death in the Struggle for
 Their Faith.
 It is easier to turn hungry tiger aside from his prey than thoroughly excited dervish from his swoop on an enemy, says a military correspondent. His half brother in fanaticism and creed, the Indian or Afghan Ghazi, is terrible, but the African and Arab der wish is superlatively awful, with an in- curable delirium for his opponents gore. Rowling and whirling dervishes, such as travellers are specially con- ducted to see when visiting the east" :" are a comparatively harmless sort of lunatics compared with those types of the African bigots who, converted" to Mahdism, burn to run amuck with the rest of unbelieving humanity. Once fairly bitten with the tarantula of Moslem sectarian zeal, the prose1yte is consumed with the belief that the delights of the seventh or any number of heavens await him if he can only engage in sturdy, steady butchery of ''infdels" of his own or any race. It is matter of indifference to him if in the operation, while he sheathes his. sword in his and his prophets enemy, the latter is doing the same to him. Quick and happy translation he holds as his sure reward.