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The record-union., 1894-05-01
Asslgnee to Sell Pronertv.

Judge Catlin has made an order direct
ing L. w. O'Neil, assignee of A. w.
Stewart, an insolvent debtor, to sell al
auction one share of stock in the Free
portiTelephone Company, thirteen shares
OF Grand Island ferriage stock, sixty-f We
shares of California Fruit Union stock
and other securities
The record-union., 1894-05-01
Box-Car Iodgers.

Six hobos, who were holding high car
niyal in a box-car on Front street last
night were rounded up by Officers
Hayes. Fisher and Taylor and Special
Warner and locke up in the City Prison,
The record-union., 1894-05-01

THE earlier symptoms of dyspepsia
such as distress after eating, heartburn
and occasional headaches, should not be
neglected. Take Hoods SarsaparilIa il
you wish to be cured.
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. bilious
ness. jaundice, indigestion. sick headache
The record-union., 1894-05-01
Special Policemen.

Mayor Steinman has appointed the fol-
lowing policemen for Agricultural Park:
Day watch-Robert Goods, Matt Karcher
and Thomas Lacy. Night watch-Henry
Alter. L. Il. Burke and George Naghel.
The record-union., 1894-05-01

MARRIED ladies, try SECURE. Take nc
substitute. See general notice column. i
The record-union., 1894-05-01
SACRAMENTO BANK.

N1HE OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN THE
l. city, corner Fifth and J streets, Sacra-
mento Guaranteed capital, 100000; paid
up apital, gold coin, $4o0. 900. Reserve fund,
$50, 169 43. Term ana ordinary deposits
S3.163. $40 SO. Loans on real estate January
/, 1894, So, ,42S, $50 81. Term and ordinary
deposits received Dividends paid in January
ana % July; Money Money loaned upon real estate estate
tion to w. p. COLEMAN, President.
ED. r. HAMILTON, Cashier.
The record-union., 1894-05-01
BORN
DIED.

MoMANUS-In this city, April goth, to the
wife OF j. p McManns. a daughter.
The record-union., 1894-05-01

The Superintendent of Streets pre-
sented a report upon the obslructions on
Sixth street which he was ordered to re-
move, stating that the railroad company's
franchise, granted in 1852, gives them the
privilege OF maintaining track on the
top of the levee, which runs in the mid
die of the street. and also the privilege of
occupying the intersection OF Sixth and
f streets with its main track and branch
lines. There is no obstruction in the
street not permitted by the provisions
of the franchise, except the scales, which
Superintendent Wright is willing to re-
move when they are worn out. He has
The record-union., 1894-05-01

a letter from j. A. Woodson. Presi-
dent of the Humane Society, presented
written protest against the cruelty of
mending the streets with boulders ana
large pebbles under the name of gravel.
lie stated verbally that on the preced-
ing evening he saw three horses thrown,
and one of them severely injured.
J. w. Wilson also protested against it.
as cruelty to horses and as running yalu-
able animals.
The President and others said the peo-
pies money should not be wasted in
putting mixture OF dirt and stones on
the street.
On motionsof Leonard the Street Com
mittee was directed to fl the size of
gravel TO be employed in fixing the
streets.
The Street Commissioner was in
structed to employ man to rake ND the
cobbles now on the streets and cast them
away.
The record-union., 1894-05-01

To the Board Of Trustees: During the
last week I have had under consideration
Ordinance No. =, entitled, An ordi-
nance of the Board of Trustees of the city
OF Sacramento, determining that the pub
lie necessity and interest of said city de-
mand the construction OF additional sew
ers, cesspools and pumping plant for the
proper disposal OF sewerage, the cost of
which construction Will be too great to
be paid out of the ordinary annual in
come and revenue of the said eity.n which
was passed by your board on April %,
1894.
Before finally acting upon this ordi-
nance desire TO take legal advice upon
several propositions which are involved
in this ordinance and also in the other
proceedings necessary TO effect a legal
issuance Of bonds. The question has
arisen whether this city at this time.
owing to the large number OF bonds out
standing. can legally issue new series.
Before going further in the matter l de-
Rire to have these legal questions settled.
At your last meeting message was
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this morning. it ran. "a plain gold
wedding ring, found in the roadway
between the White Fart tavern and
Holland grove. Apply DIR. Watson,
<221B Baker street, between eight and
nine this evening""
Excuse my using your NAME" he
said. of / used my own sone of
these dunderheads would recognize it
and want to NEEDLE il the affair"
THAT is all" / answered. But sup
posing anyone applies, have no ring"
"Oh. yes, you have" said he, hand
ing me one. "This viii do very well.
1t is almost a fac-siraile."
and who do You expect will answer
this advertisements"
'VVhy, the man in the brown coat
our ford friend with the quare toes.
If he does not come himself he will
send an accomplish"
Would he not consider it as too
dangerously"
Not at all. If my view of the case
is correct, and | have every reason to
believe that it is, this man would
rather risk anything than lose the
ring. According to my notion he
dropped it while STOPPING ovcr Dreb
ber's body, and did not miss it at the
time. After leaving the house he dis
covered his loss, and hurried back, but
found h police already in possession,
owing to his ovn folly in leaving the
candle burning. He had to pretend to
be drunk in order to allay the suspi-
cions which might have been aroused
by his appearance at the gate. Now
put yourself in that mans place. On
thinking the matter over, it must have
occurred to him that it was possible
that he had lost the ring in the road
after leaving the house. What would
he 10 then? He would eagerly look out
for the evening papers, in the hope of
seeing it among the articles found.
His eye, of course, would light upon
this. He would be ~overjoyed. Why
should he fear a trap? There would
be no Isl in his eyes why the find
ing of the ring should be connected
with the murder. lie would come. He
will come. You shall see him within
an hour"
"And then?" 1 asked.
"Oh, you can leave me to deal with
him, then. Have you any arms?"
81 have my old service revolver and
a few cartridges"
You had better clean it and 1oad it.
He will be a desperate man, and,
though l shall take him unawares, it
is as well to be ready for anything"
went to my bedroom and followed
his advice. When / returned with the
pistol the table had been cleared and
Holmes was engaged in his favorite
occupation OF scraping upon his violin.
1.-THE plot thickens," he said, as ]
entered. 81 have just had an answer
to my American telegram. My view
of the case is correct"
"And that lisp" l asked, eagerly.
MY fiddle would be better for new
strings" he remarked. Put your pis-
toll in you pocket. When the fellow
comes speak to him in an ordinary
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in that dark. grimy apartment, which
looked out upon one OF the main arte-
ries of suburban London.
Lestrade, lean and ferret-like as
ever, vas standing by the doorway,
and greeted my companion and myself.
This case will make a stir, SIR he
remarked. 'It beats anything I have
seen, and / am no chicken"
"There is no clew,'' said Gregson.
"None at al" chimed in Lestrade.
Sherlock Holmes approached the
body, and, kneeling down, examined
it ~intently. you are sure that there
is no wound?" he asked, pointing to
numerous gouts and splashes of blood
which lay all round.
"Positivel" cried both detectives.
t'Then, of course, this blood belongs
to a second individual-presumably
the murderer, if murder has been COM
mitted. 1t reminds me of the circum-
stances attendant on the death of Van
Jansen, in Utrecht, in the year 1884.
Do you remember the case, Gregson?"
mo, sir"
Read it up-you really should.
There is nothing new under the sun:
It has all been done before"
AS he spoke, his nimble fingers were
flying here, there and everywhere.
feeling, pressing, unbuttoning, exam
lining, while his yes wore the same
far-away expression which l have al
ready remarked upon. So swiftly was
the examination made that one would
hardly have guessed the minuteness
with which it was conducted. Finally,
he shifted the dead man'sli lips, and then
glanced at the soles of his patent
leather boots.
He has not been moved at a1l?" he
asked.
mo more.than was necessary for the
purpose of our examination"
"You can take him to the mortuary
now" he said. There Is nothing more
to be learned"
Gregson had q stretcher and four
men at hand. At his call they entered
the room, and the stranger was lifted
and carried out As they raised him,
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CHAPTER ".
OI1AE TEN Nv.
WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL


It was one o'clock when we left No.
led me to the nearest telegraph Office,
whence he dispatched a long telegram.
He then hailed a cab. and ordered the
driver to take us to the address given
us by Lestrade.
"There is nothing like frst-hand evil
dence," he remarked; 'as q matter of
fact, my mind is entirely made up
upon the case, but still we may as well
learn all that is to be learned"
You anaze me, Holiness said 1.
"Surely You are not as sure as you pre-
tend to be of all those particulars
which you gave"
There's no room for a mistake" he
answered. 1.-The very first thing
which / observed on arriving there
was that a cab had made two ruts with
its wheels close to the curb. Now, up
to last night, we have had no rain for
a week, so that those wheels, which
left such a deep impression, must have
been there during the night. There
were the marks of the horses hoofs,
too, the outline of one of which was
far more clearly cut than that of the
other three, showing that that was a
new shoe. Since the cab was there
after the rain began, and was not
there at any time during the morning
II have Gregson's word for that-it
follows that it must have been there
during the night, and, therefore, that
it brought those two individuals to the
house"
"That seems simple enough said i;
but how about the other mars
h@:-l~4o,
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a ring tinkled down and rolled across
the floor. Lestrade grabbed il up and
stared at it with mystified eyes.
There's been a woman here" he
cried. Its a woman's wedding-ring."
He held it out, as he spoke, upon the
palm of his hand. We all gathered
round him and gazed at it. There could
be no doubt that that circle of plain
gold had once adorned the finger Of a
bride.
"This complexities matters" said
Gregson. Heaven knows, they were
complicated enough before!"
You're sure it doesn't simplify
them?" observed Holmes. There's
nothing to be learned by staring at it.
What did you find in his pockets?'
"We have it all here said Gregson,
pointing to a litter of objects upon one
of the bottom steps of the stairs. "a
gold watch, No. 81, 1853, by Barraud, of
London. Gold Albert chain, very
heavy and solid. Gold ring, with ma
sonic device. Gold pin-bulldog's
head, with rubies as eyes. Russian
leather card-case, with cards Of Enoch
j. Drebber, of Cleveland, correspond
ing with the E. J. D. upon the linen.
No purse, but loose money to the ex-
tent of seven pounds thirteen. Pocket
edition of Boccaccio's 'Decameron,' with
name Of Joseph Stangerson upon the
hy-leaf. Two letters-one addressed
to E. J. Drebber and one to Joseph
Stangerson."
A what address?'
american Exchange, Strand-to be
left till called for. They are both from
the Guion Steamship company, and re
fer to the sailing of their boats from
Liverpool. It is clear that this unfor-
tunate man was about to return to New
York"
Have you made any inquiries as to
this nan Stangerson?"
"1 did it at once, sir" said Gregson.
81 have had advertisements sem to all
the newspapers, and one of my men
has gone to the American Exchange,
but he has not returned yet"
"Have You sem to Cleveland?"
"We telegraphed this morning"
How did you word your inquiries?'
1--WE simply detailed the circum-
stances, and said that we should be
glad of any information which could
help u.s."
"You did not ask for particulars or
any point which appeared to you to be
c~rucial?"
IT asked about Stangerson."
Nothing else3 Is there no circum.
stance on which this whole case ap-
pears to hinge? Will you not tele.
graph again?"
II have said all I have to say" said
Gregson, in an offended voice.
Sherlock Holmes chuckled to him
self, and appeared to be about to make
some remark, when Lestrade, who had
been in the front room while we were
holding this conversation in the hall
reappeared upon the scene, rubbing
his hands in a pompous and self-satis
fed manner
MI. Gregson," he said, 81 have just
made a discovery of the highest i'm
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blood was that which lay sc fhick1y
upon the floor? There were no signs
of a struggle. nor had the victim any
weapon with which he might have
wounded an antagonist. As long as
all these questions were unsolved, /
felt that sleep would be no easy
matter, either for Holmes or myself.
His quiet, self-confdent manner con-
WINGED me that he had already formed
a theory which explained all the facts,
though what 1t was / could not for an
instant conjecture.
He was very late in returning-so
late that l knew that the concert could
not have detained him all that time.
Dinner was on the table before he APP
peared.
at was magnificent" be said. as he
took his seat. "no ,you remember
what Darwin says about music? He
claims that the pnwcrof producing and
approaching it existed among the hui
man ace long before the power OF
speech was arrived AZ. Perhaps that
is why we are SO subtly influenced by
it. There are vague memories in our
souls of those misty centuries when
the world was in its childhood"
That's rather a broad idea" I re-
marked.
Ones ideas must be as broad as
nature if they arc to interpret nature
he answered. ''Nhat's the matter?
You're not looking quite yourself.
This Brixton road affair has upset
you"
ITO tell the truth, it has, said.
81 ought to be more case hardened
after my Afghan experiences. 1 saw
my own comrades hacked to pieces al
Maiwand without losing my nervc."
Il can understand. There is a mys-
terry about this which stimulates the
imagination; where there is no i1nag-
~ination there is no horror. Have you
seen the evening paper?"
Mo- ~
"Itsgi1es a fairlyg ~ccount OF the
affair. 1t does no. zion the -fac1
that when the ma- vas raised up q
woman's wedding ring fell upon the
floor. 1t is just as well it does not"
"Why?"
Look at this advertisement" he an
swered. Il had one sent to every pa
per this morning Immediately after the
affair"
lie threw the paper across to me
and l glanced at the place indicated
1t was the first announcement in thu
Found" column. "In Brixton road
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".

OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR.
Our mornings exertions had been
too much for my weak health, and /
was tired out in the afternoon. After
Holmes departure for the concert, 1
lay down upon the sofa and endeav-
ored to get a couple of hours sleep. 1t
was a useless attempt. My mind had
been toe much excited by all that had
occurred, and the strangest fancies
and surmises crowded into it. Every
time that 1 closed my eyes l saw be-
fore me the distorted, baboon-lilSe
c~ountenance of the murdered man. So
sinister was the impression which that
a C had produced upon me that I
found it difficult to feel anything but
gratitude for him who had removed its
owner from the world. If aver human
features bespoke vice of the most
malignant type, they were certainly
those of Enoch j. Drebber, of Cleve-
must be done, and that the d~epravity
the eyes of the law.
The more / thought of it the more
extraordinary did my companions
hypothesis, that the man had been
poisoned. appear. remember how he
had shifted his lips, and had no doubt
that he had detected something which
had given rise to h idea. Then,
again, if not poison, what had caused
the mans death, since there was
neither wound 0 mark of strangu-
latinnp But. on the other hand. whose
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portance, and one which would have
been overlooked had 1 not made a care
full examination of h walls"
The little mans eyes sparkled as he
spoke, and he was evidently IN a-state
of suppressed exultation at having
scored a point against his colleague.
"Come here, he said. bust1ing back
into the room, the atmosphere of
which felt cleaner since the removal of
It's CHASTITY inmate Now stand there!'
He struck a match on his boot and
held it up against the wall.
"Look at thatI" he said, triumphant
ly.
! have remarked hat the paper had
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fallen away in these parts. In this
particular corne Of the room a large
piece had peeled Of, leaving a yellow
square of coarse p~lastering. Across
this bare space there was scrawled in
blood-red letters a single word
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SoA way oA'CDo SAoAHS IL Jill
1ren and through lines OF discolored
Ginen until we came to No. 46, the
door of which was decorated with a
small slip of brass, on which the name
Rance wa engraved. On inquiry we
sound that the constable was in bed,
md we were shown into a little front
l~oarlor, to await his coming.
He appeared presently, looking a lit
Gle irritable at being disturbed in his
plumbers. 81 made my report at the
Office" he said.
Holmes took q half-sovereign from
his pocket, and played with it pensively.
''We thought that we should like to
all from your own lips" he said.
81 shall be most happy to tell you
anything | can," the constable an
nwered, with his eyes upon the little
golden disk.
Just let us hear it all In your own
way, as it occurred"
Rance sat down on the horse-hair
uofa and knitted his brows. al though
determined not to omit anything In his
narrative.
IN tell it We from the beginning"
le said. my time is from ten atnfght
to six in the morning. At eleven there
was q fight at the White Hart; but, bar
that, all vas quietenough on the beat.
At one o'clock it began to rain, and l
rnet Harry Murcher-him who has the
Holland Grove beat-and we stood to-
e.ether at the corner of Henrietta
street a-ta1kin'. Presently maybe
shout two, or a little after-I thought
! would take a lock round, and see
that all a right down the Brix-
ton road. 1t was precious dirty and
lonely. Not a SOU did meet all the
v7ay down. though a cab or two went
East me. 1 was a~-stro1lin' down,
thinkin' between ourselves how un-
eomnon handy a four Of gin hot would
he, when suddenly a CLINT Of q light
caught my eye in the window Of that
same house. Now. ] knew that them
two houses in Lauriston gardens was
empty on account IF him that bwns
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-29
A LETTER FOR TONGUE.
Washington County Republicans Are
Solid for Him.

GAsTON, Or, Dec. 20.
ED. JOURNAL: have read with a
great deal Of interest your recent edi-
torlal on the crisis in the Republican
party In this state (and In the nation
too for that matter,) and / think you
strike the nail squarely on the head.
Machine politics aud machine pOlitl-
clans must go or the Republican party
goes. There Is no middle course. True
or not, Mr.. Dolph is supposed to repre-
sent the mach mes and corporations, and
80 far as his recent actions are con.
cerned the belief seems 10 be well
founded. Without much eXerli0n on
his part Mr., Dolph has several times
received the highest hon0rs this state
could bestow, Seated Ia his easy chair
lac has received the benefits that have
accrued from tho efforts Of men like
Tongue, Fulton aud Geer They have
done tho work aud Mf Dolph has
reaped the fruits Of their labsrs. II
Mr. Doph has ever displayed any
marked ability that entities him % q
life lease oD the sonat0Tship, bis friends
DO not name a, OF course, we Of
Washington county are for Tongue 10
q man. Ala meeting ~ our Young
Mems Republican olub tho other day
we took rlslng vote on some resolu
TONS endolsing Tongue aud every man
la n A. IL 80 M
Tongue has worked hard apd faith
fully (as president VI tho Young Meps
Republican olphs) apd alao IA tbs Held
fpT the Republican party ITO has lona
been q fayorlis wlth tho young iiepub
lioans ~ lhe slhie, and make ihe ~
seriiou that 40 man dld m0re 30 klll
Populiam Than dld lih0s n 'rongne,
lis nlei lhelf hesl ppeaksrs iu jVlni DO
bate, he lel them know lhal he e0uld
giyp ihe feAA0Da fpr lhe belief wllhlp
him, and have heard many ~ them
commend him mf appssllng Whele
h0ihrrs ln high positions dalel ngl
sh0s lhelf hesdsN 40 stated hls
glews 0p ihe moapy question plniply
ln bic eampHlRn speeches ihe Nnifson'
lanN 20 lhe nonllRly notwithstanding,
aud bs har p0l ehspg,d ihew msler
lally slnes Whalsgeg hls hie ~ lhe
hsnds ~ lhe leRlslalufe gep eennol
hlll fom Tongue politically lle 10 lae
hnghl, 900 brilliant spa 600 expressive
~ as plsnlsiuifly ~ ~
plear weaihel continues
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