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The record-union., 1896-03-31
NO GLOVES WE'RE USED.
Oroville Editors Settle an Old Grudee
With Bare Knuckles.

OROVILLE, March 30.-A fist fight
too place this morning on Bird street.
near the Oroville Register News
office, between G. Crossette editor of
the Oroville Mercury and S. s. Boyn-
ton, editor of the Register News" The
trouble was over long standing
grudge which the Register" and .sMer-
curry were trying to settle, and caused
their editors to come to blows Boyn-
ton was badly battered about the face.
Crossette was unharmed. The fight was
at its hight when the Constable inter-
fered.
The record-union., 1896-03-31

opinion of the Supreme Court to-day In
the case of the Texas Pacific Railway
VS. the Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion, appealed from the Circuit Court
of Appeals for the Second circuit
known as the import rate case" The
opinion of the Supreme Court reverses
the opinion of the Circuit Court, which
held that it was Illegal to charge less
on imported goods than domestic artl-
cles. The effect of the opinion is to con-
tinue the alleged discrimination in the
interest of foreign shippers.
The record-union., 1896-03-31
Cyclone in Virginia.

RICHMOND (Va.), March 30.-Great
destruction of property by the cyclone
and heavy rain in Southwest Virginia
Sunday afternoon is reported. Near
Rural Retreat the wind swept whole
tracts of timber land clean, blew down
barns and scattered fences. The depot
at Dale City, Cole County, was struck
by lightning and burned, and in that
vicinity two women were drowned. Sew
eral railroad bridges have been swept
away.
The record-union., 1896-03-31
EVANGELIST JOHNSON.
He Has Not Yet Filed His Libel Suits
at Fresno.

at Fresno.
FRESNO. March 3O-Evangelist
Johnson has not been in evidence on
the streets to-day, owing, perhaps,
to prevalence of severe sandstorms. He
is in the city, however. and was, so it
is said, in conference with his lawyers
regarding the libel suits, but they had
not been filed at the close of business
hours tonight. The suits will be for
large amounts, the largest for $4,000
against the Republican" and SO, 900
against the "Expositor.' and the "Ex-
aniner' and Chronicle Of San Fran
cisco for large sums in each case.
The papers in behalf of Johnson
against half dozen members of the
committee who waited upon him, for
unlawful detention, are also, it is said,
in preparation.
Owing TO the clustering character of
the weather very few persons have been
on the streets to-day, and little has
been said about the affair in any man.
ner.
The record-union., 1896-03-31
IN THE GOVERNORS HANDS.
Morton's Answer to the Protest Against
Quarantining California Cattle.

MortOn'S Answer to the Protest Against
Quarantining California Cattle.
WASHINGTON, March 30-Repre-
sentative Johnson of California has
been asked by Governor Budd and DR..
Laine, the latter Secretary of the State
Board of Health of California, to pro-
test to the Secretary of Agriculture
against the quarantining of California's
cattle which are alleged to be affected
with splenic or southern fever
Mr.. Johnson saw Secretary Morton
this morning and informed him that
DR.. Laine insisted that the cattle were
healthy. DR.. Salmon, the Chief of the
Bureau Of Animal Industry, presented
reports, however. from the agents of
the Department on the Pacific Coast
showing that the disease existed. but
that it was confined to cattle coming
from the southern part of the State.
Secretary Morton explained to Mr.
Johnson that before issuing his circular
quarantining California cattle, he had
notified Governor Budd of his intention
and that he set forth the legal Difficult
ties which would prevent him from
drawing a divisional line between the
two sections. To this letter he received
no response. The remedy, he added
is in the Governors hands, inasmuch as
he may draw this line between any
points desired, in order that the quaran-
tine may remain in force only against
the affected section without having any
influence upon the remainder of the
State
MONTGOMERY (Ala), March 30
Thomas Seay, who was Governor of
The record-union., 1896-03-31
THE AMERICAN LINER
PARIS GROUNDED.
Ran Into the Mud While Trying to Enter
the Channel in New York HarbOr.
The Steamship Easily Gotten Off With
the Rising of the Tide.

Great Destruction of Property by
Cyclone and Heavy Rain in South
west Virginia-Whole Tracts of
Timber Land Swept Clean, Barns
Blown Down, and Fences Scattered
"A Depot Struck by Lightning and
Burned-Two Women Drowned.
The record-union., 1896-03-31
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Two Decisions Handed Down by the
L. s. Supreme Court.

L. $. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, March 3O.-An opfn-
ion was given by the Supreme Court to-
day in the long and short haul case,
involving the validity of the provision
of the Interstate Commerce Act pro-
hibiting a higher charge for a short
than for a long haul, appealed from
the decision of the Circuit Court of Ap-
peals of the Fifth Circuit. The appeal
was taken by the railroads. The title of
the case was the Interstate Commerce
Commission VS.. the Cincinnati. New
Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
Company. The decision of the court
below was affirmed in the main, the
opinion holding in cases of shipments
from one State to another on through
bills of lading, railway companies could
not exempt parties and give them spe-
cia1 rates. Justice Shiras delivered the
opinion of the court.
Justice Shiras also handed down an
The record-union., 1896-03-31
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Proposed Federal Law Which VIII
Abolish 1t.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Hoar. Chairman of the Committee on
judiciary, made an effort to pass the
House bill abolishing capital punish
ment in certain cases in the Senate to-
day, but after a brief discussion, the
bill went over until tomorrow.
Theodore F. Shurl and Edward w.
Murphy were unanimously chosen to
succeed Dennis F. Murphy in charge of
the stenographic staff of the Senate.
A bill was passed directing the Secre-
tary of War to prepare roll of the tele-
graph operators who served for not less
than ninety days In the military tele-
graphic service during the War of the
Rebellion, and to present each with a
certificate of honorable service.
The record-union., 1896-03-31
FIRE AT JERSEY CITY.
A Pier Burned and One Life Lost by
Drowning.

JERSEY CITY, March 30.-Fire broke
out this morning on pier No. 3 of the
Erie Railroad. A number of tugs and
barges were attached to the pier and
were unable to get away. The flames
spread so rapidly that the escape of
those on the boats was soon cut off, and
they became panic stricken.
Peter Hogan, Jr., the son of the Cap
tain of the barge Mulligan, when he
saw the flames approaching, jumped
into the river and was drowned. His
father was terribly burned.
The pier was completely destroyed.
The damage is estimated at $4,000.
The record-union., 1896-03-31
FIRE AT OAKLAND.
Half a Block of Property Destroyed
Last Night.

OAKLAND, March 30-The east half
of the block bounded by First and
Water, Broadway and Washington
streets, was destroyed by fire tonight
The flames were first discovered near
the engine-room of the Pioneer Planning
Mill, owned by T. L. Hierlihy.
A general alarm was sounded. and by
the time the whole department was on
hand the flames had spread to an ad-
joining lumber yard. After sweeping
through the line of the planning mill, the
flames enveloped Spencer's Feed Mill,
and in ten minutes it was a mass of
flames. The wind carried the flames
The record-union., 1896-03-31
Murder and Suicide.

KANSAS CITY, March 30-Shortly
after B o'clock this afternoon Henry
Hill shot his wife Bette, and then killed
himself, at their home in Cottage Lane.
Both are dead Jealousy was the cause
The record-union., 1896-03-31
4 COUNTY OFFICIAL
MORTALLY WOUNDED.
Shot Down by His Wife in the Corridors
Of the City Hall.
Her Motive for the Deed Was That He
Abused and Neglected Her.

Half Block of Property Destroyed by
Fire at OakIand-Presfdent Cleve-
land signs an Order Removing Gov
ernor Hughes of Arizona From
Ofice-OroviIle Editors Engage In
a Fist Fight on a Public Street.
The record-union., 1896-03-31

MONTGOMERY (Ala). March 30
Thomas Seay, who was Governor of
Alabama from 1886 TO 1890, died at his
home in Greensboro to-day from grippe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
Crystal Gazing.

In various forms it is very widely diff
fused The Hurons us9d water; the
Maoris blood; the Egyptians ink, as every
one knows. Glass balls are at present
popular, and we have read about one gen.
tleman who "scried' in brass door han
die, but he was insane. On the other
hand, "A sane lady has done marvels in a
glass of Sauternel Unless large number
Of reputable persons are fabulists, staring
into clear depth does produce lin them)
Authorizations like the 'hypnagogic illu-
sions' with which many people are famil-
lar. On this little regarded fact in psy-
chology the whole superstition of crystal
gazing with its invocations and fumiga-
tions, its calls and its camphor, has
been based.
The late DR. Mayo would have num-
bered this among the truths involved in
popular superstition but in the supersti-
tion of the evil eye no rare or obscure phi
nomenon of human faculty seems to "
concerned Ii is widely diffused fancy
no more, but as to the exact range of It's
diffusion, outside of Europe, Islam, tho
region of the Semitic races, and India, we
remain uncertain. The presence among
savages of amulets used in the old world
against the evil eye only raises presump-
ton in favor of the presence of the belief
itself, for what is good against the evil eye
may also be good against Vuis, Brewin,
Mrart, Manitous and other wild varieties
OF the pixy species. Quarterly Review.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
For the Carrying Of Dogs.

The early n.uffs were small and made
Of satin or velvet lined with fur. The
leopard skin came in with good Queen
Anne. There is "a print Of an Elizabethan
lady with IA small muff hanging from her
girdle. Before this date it was probably
looked upon as an eccentric novelty, at
least in England. A full century before
a Venetian grand dame had carried her
lapdog in her muff, "A fashion that contin-
ued for long season and found its way
into France.
In Paris muffs for this express purpose,
chiens manchons, as they were styled,
could be bought in 1899 at the establish
ment of the Demoiselles Guerin, rue de
BAG. French sumptuary laws condescend-
ed TO notice such minor details as the color
OF muff. The bourgeois was Obliged to
restrict himself TO somber black. The
noble might please himself. Under Louis
XIV, therefore, the manchon of the cour-
tier was brilliant with gold lace and en-
broidered ribbons. Good Words.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
HOW LITTLE GIRL KEPT THE SEAT.
Children Injured by Standing Up In Jerky
street Cars.

"Let the little girl get up and give the
lady her seat, - said bewhiskered med
dlesome old man in a Clark street car yes
terday, as he reached across the aisle and
poked at the child's mother with his cane
The lady with her arms full Of bundles
stood expectant and beamed on the old
man for his thoughtfulness, but the moth
or looked mad enough to set his whiskers
on fire AS she replied:
81 have paid for the seat the child Is 90
cupying. II you want the lady to have q
seat you had better give her your own"
The old man was so greatly abashed by
the reception OF his suggestion that he en-
tirely forgot TO give the lady his seat, and
she stood up all the way to the end Of the
line. This incident set the little fat con-
ductor to talking about hogs and other
animals that ride on street cars, and,
among other things, he said:
THAT woman is all right. She amt
got no call to make her litt'o girl stand up
after she has paid for her seat, and there
are lot of buffers like that old man set
tin around This idea of maxim chill
dren, especially young girls, stand up In
street cars is all wrong anyhow. They
can't reach up TO the straps and have to
teeter around on their little legs and be
jerked back and forth without anything to
steady themselves by. It's a shame, that's
wot 1t is, and know many little girls
who get strains and hurts that stay with
them all their lives by bein jerked around
In these cars.
Besides, he continued as he shot q
stream OF tobacco juice at boy who was
trying To steal ride, sit amt no easy
thing for fat woman, like that one in
there, whose own feet barely touch the
floor, and who has no lap to speak of, to
hold a child So it's tough on the women
as well rs the kids That woman is dead
right, and I'm glad she give the old wart
with the whiskers the marble heart
There are many mothers In Chicago
who will heartily indorse the fat conduct
or's views on street car etiquette
cago Tribune
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
LesslA.

AZ sulked by the sweetbrier hedge fancy
Thence as light as "A rosebud blew,
And methought that a sweetbrier hedge, my
Nancy,
Parted Us two.
And wonder a how came IL betwixt us twain,
Breast high. a-bristle with doubts and fears
Laugh'd you at my sonneti Trod ON your
trainf
And hence these tearsp
But life was made bitter for love to mako
sweet:
Thorny the rose, the rose makes amends.
All, child, let us run past these briers and
meet,
Kiss and be friends
May Brotherton in New York Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09

10 would make you young again to see the
sturdy, well made fellow, with his half leg
held as rudder for his whole one, moving
like the wind in the long grass, in hot
pursuit of his comrades. Holding his limb
steady, with the quickest movements Of
his stick he pushes himself as raft Is
poled. The consequence of such exercise
is his right arm and left leg are remark
ably developed for one of his age.
Oh, Rob is the 'champeen" among his
fellows. He's the captain of the Little
Wonders Baseball club, half back of a
football team, swims like a fish and can
hold his own In a boxing bout. Above
all, he's manly, and therefore popular in
his neighborhood. But his crutch-his
crutoh is easily the half of him, and the
boys but express their admiration of him
when they say he's a fiend. New York
Recorder
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
Handling "A Gun.

A part of soldiers training is the care
with which he uses the dangerous tools he
handles. He knows that it is impossible
to be too careful. Not long ago an old
officer visiting in home where there
were several boys was eagerly consulted
by them as TO the relative merits of their
different rifles. 1t was noticeable that
this trained veteran, though he knew no
one of the guns was loaded The took no
body's word for that, by the way, but
looked himself), never let the muzzle Of
gun point for moment in any direction
where, II, by chance, 1t had been loaded
and accidentally discharged it could have
done any injury. IL was instructive with
him through long years of service to han
die gun for the thing 1t was-a deadly
weapon-and TO take no chances.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
a cAAMPIoN on A cRurcH.
Though lie Iins Only One Leg Young
Nolan Il Master In Many sports.

Though lie Iins Only One Leg Young
Nolan a. Master In Many sports.
If Rob Nolan Of fremont Is only half as
fast skator ~ Donaghue of Newburg,
it's because Donaghue OF Newburg has
twice Rob's number Of legs; that's all.
Rob e. schoolboy, and the only one
legged skater In or around this town, and
a hustler at that. His stamping ground is
the old millpond, on the Bronx river, near
the Kings Bridge road, fremont, and on
any day the ice is good the lad shows that
he can rise above misfortune and skate the
legs off others of his own age twice as we'll
equipped. It's amusing, too, to see him
do 1t. His business log starts him, and
his crutch, with an iron peg on the end,
does the rest
The boy is about 10, and when he and
his companions play tag, and Rob is cit,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
what She Saw.

Fogg-My wife couldn't make head or
tail out of that play last night.
Bass-Women are not quick in such
matters. Their intelligence doesn't seem
FoRg-Well, / don't know about that.
Next day she was able to tell me what ev-
cry woman in the audience had on.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
An Evarts Compliment.

At a public dinner in Philadelphia,
some years ago, the presiding officer, with
q cigar In hand, asked Mr.. Evarts for a
match, meaning that that gentleman
should hand to him the box just beyond
the table. When Mr.. Evarts said, 81 have
nome" the presiding officer rejoined,
Every well, shall have to introduce you
as the matchless orator from New York"
And yet some people say that Philadel-
phia is "slow Green Bag.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09

To be always intending TO live a new
life but never to find time to set about 1t
this Is as IL man should put off eating
and drinking and sleeping from one day
and night to another, till he is starved
and destroyed -Tillottson.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09

A female lecturer on optics, while en-
deavoring To explain the mechanism of the
organ of vision, Is said to have remarked,
LET any man gaze closely into his wife's
eye, and he will see himself looking ex-
ceedingly small. F"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
A Penitent.

He had been very naughty, had been rebellious
too,
And there could be- no doubt at all what papa
meant To do,
AS from its nail he lifted down tidy little
strap,
Then closed the door lest baby should be wax
ened from her nap.
But mamma came and pleaded, as she had
done before,
And bore him of with promises OF lecturings
galore.
"You dreadful, dreadful boy. Go down
at once and say:
Dear papa, will be SO good. Oh. do forgive
me prayp
Just think-you tore his precious book and
spoiled his nice new pen.
will not try to shield you if you do such
things again"
In hiding mamma waited to hear the lisping
voice
His meek and prompt obedience had made her
heart rejoice.
cannot say just how she felt AS on her lis
tening ear
This plea for pardon fell in tones not loud, but
brave and clear;
81 am good boy now, though | was awful
bad today;
And, papa, forgive you, SO may 90 out and
play?'
Exchange.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
A Small Bed.

Papa said little boy to his father,
care not sailors very small meny'
"No, my dear. What gave you such
an ideaS Some sailors are very large, pow
erful men. What makes you think they
are smallY"
Because, said the little fellow, II
read the other day Of a sailor going TO
sleep on his watch "-Exchange.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09

The age for the admission of cadets to
the Military academy at West Point is be-
tween IL and 30 years
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09
A Big Coneepot.

This is a picture of huge coffeepot
that was made for Buffalo Bits show. IL
will hold over 100 gallons, and six Indian
warriors can find room to dance pow
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09

There is no greater commandment
than"love one another"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09

WOW inside of 1t. When any one wants
coffee, the pulleys and ropes begin to work,
and the big nozzle goes down until the
coffee pours out. Buffalo Bill can make
enough coffee in 1t to supply every cowboy
and Indian In his camp.-Chicago Record.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-09

To have no aim in life is to sooner
or later fall into the ditch.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-19

Tircmcn's brotherhood Official Speaks
of Its Convention Invitation.
C. w. Maier, third vice grand master of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
delivered an address to the members of the
local lodges last evening in Patterson hall.
A good sized audience greeted Mr.. Maier
on this, his third visit to this city, and
was well repaid for attending. One of the
main features of Mr.. Maier's visit is to
look over the ground with a view to having
the national convention of the brotherhood
take place here in 1898. He was driven
about the city yesterday and expressed
himself as we'll pleased with Omaha's claims
to be among the foremost among convention
cities. He stated indirectly that he would
use his utmost influence, consistent with his
position, to advocate locating the meeting
here during the great Transmississippi Elk
position. The matter is to be settled at
the next convention of the body, which
takes place at Galveston. Tex, September
II. Mr.. Maier says Omaha has an excellent
chance Of securing the plum.
The speaker was introduced to the au-
dience by Local Master Hugh Graham of
the Brotherhood. He confined his address
largely to the many benefits accruing from
a membership in his organization and Incl
d~entally outlined it's inception twenty-three
years ago and progress since that date!
The speaker eXDressedfhimself as not an
advocate of strikes and stated that the
time was not far distant when such labor
disturbances would be relegated to the past
by toiling humanity. Brain power and not
brute force was the policy of his organiza-
tion and this method was rapidly bearing
fruit in the form of a better understand
ing etween the employer and employed.
A class of sober and intelligent men were
filing the ranks of the old time railroader,
who in former days was given too much
to convivial pleasures in which the bar
took an important part. Politics, the speaker
would shortly take a more promi-
nent part in the laboring mans fight for
his rights and prove a much better sys-
TEN of settling differences than that of
riot and bloodshed advocated by many agi-
tators. The speaker concluded with a short
to the benefits derived from the
benevolent insurance which is an important
part of the organization and rounded out
the evening by exhibiting a number of
stereopticon views taken from the lives of
railroad men.