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ANOTHER LYING "ARGUMENT''
NAILED.

Here comes the Agricultural Depart
of its statistician, whose Judgment
deals with facts only, and who allows
no political considerations to cross his
work. 1t demonstrates conclusively
that there is no relation whatever be-
tween the rise and fall of wheat prices
and the fluctuations In the price of sill
yer bullion.
So goes down another of the Bryanite
air castles. To confirm the official re-
port, wheat jumps up in the last forty
eight hours to 81 81 and silver tum-
bles downward steadily and irresisti-
bly,.
Professor Hyde reports to the Agri-
cultural Department that his test of the
cold facts establishes these truths
Wheat prices are not affected by white
metal prices.
The evidences of the fact are CLEANED
from twenty-eight years of statistical
ing June 80, 1895, we exported over
two billion bushels of wheat and 219.-
1922 barrels Of flour, equaling in the
aggregate three billion bushels of grain
for which we received more than three
billion dollars, computed in gold, the
money of commerce.
The period from 1867 to 1895 is di-
vided into five groups Of five years
each and one of three. Obviously
this is the fair way Of doing and is the
severer test Statisticians always ar
rive at the value of facts by group
comparisons rather than by aggregate
comparisons. The showings az te
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In 1885 the Republic Of Colombia, be-
ing then upon a bimetallic basis and
coming both gold and silver, passed a
law that paper money should be le-
gal tender redeemable in gold or silver
at the option of the Government. The
result was that under this attempt to
force silver to par with gold irrespective
Of other nations all the gold went out of
the republic to the last dollar, and the
Government found itself down to a
nonometallic basis at once, and the
gold premium ran up to 100 per cent,
where it stands to-day. The cost of
living was doubled, while wages ad
vanced only about Is per cent, payable
IN the deprecated currency. The re-
suit was poorer houses for greater
rent, poorer food for double the prices,
poorer clothing for greater sums Of
money. The better clothing and goods
formerly purchased in the United States
have been displaced by the cheapest Of
European goods, because say the mer-
chants. the people cannot now afford to
purchase the better articles. This Is
the testimony of United States Min
lister L. F. Mckinney, given last June.
Since then the Government has re-
solved to make an effort to get back to
it's old system.
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A Gold Miners Mistake. i.

Eds. Record Union: A Nevada
County mining man said to me yester-
day: I'm for Bryan because Bryan Is
for free silver and 1 own a gold mine.
II a system Of free coinage of silver is
adopted, each dollar of gold / take
from my mine will be worth just double
It's face value. Why, then. shouldn't
] be for Bryan? To be sure under
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EvERYBODY's COLUMN.

Under this heading the Record Union"
will publish short letters from corre-
spondents on topics of interest to the
general public. The matter in these COM
munications will be understood to repre-
sent only the views of the writer's. All
must be accompanied by
the name of the writer, not for publica-
ton unless go desired. but az q guarantee
Of good faith-Eds
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Cases Continued.

In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing the test case against All Duey for
peddling on the street in the district
prohibited by ordinance, was continued
until tomorrow, as were also the cases
against James Lowe and William
Mackey. charged with vagrancy, and
w. T. Krigbaum. charged with embez-
element
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Not In 1t.

Those who heard Marion De Vries
talk last Monday evening cannot but
admit his unfitness as a Congressman.
Like Caminetti, it would take him two
years to gain the attention Of the
Speaker Of the HouSe.-Placer County
Republican
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REPEATING THE UNTRUTH.

Mr.. Bryan continues to trail about
the country preaching about how much
wages have declined since 1873. He has
been repeatedly called down on that
proposition, but continues to reiterate
the lie It was shown recently, in New
York, in reply to him, that 1t is a false
statement, but he pays no attention to
even official statistics. 1t was shown.
for instance, by the railroad statistics
Of New York, that wages have ad-
vanced from 20 to 33 per cent. on the
rail lines alone, though the capital In
vested that in 1873 was earning and
{ per cent. now earns but per cent,
and often less. The average increase Of
wages of labor In the last thirty three
years has been about 5S per cent in
money and 72 per cent In purchasing
power. The average wages in facto-
ries in 1860 was $2SS 95. In 1854 II
was 266 higher. In 1890 6O7 per cent.
higher than in 1850.
Take some Of the common things Of
family use and compare prices in that
period with a date thirty years later.
Sheeting of standard quality in 1860
cost per yard S.73 cents, and the guam
tity representing purchasing power Of
wages for a. month being fixed by the
figures 215, we find that in 1890 the
price of the same sheeting per unit Of
quantity was 6.S3 cents. and the guam
tity representing purchasing power was
566. In 1860 sugar was 10 cents, and
the representative quantity for the pur-
chasing power of average monthly
wages was 240. In 1890 the price was
cents and the quantity $50.
Print cloth in 1850 was $50 cents and
the representative quantity was 442. In
1890 the price was 295 cents and the
quantity 1,311. Rio coffee was 13 cents
and the quantity 1S5. In 1890 the price
was 1880, but the advanced wages
gave the representative quantity as 209
Bleached shirting In 1860 was 1850
cents and the quantity 155. In 1890 the
price was 1904 and the quantity 1863
And so it runs through the whole list
Of necessaries, as the tables Of the
Government Bureau Of Statistics show
They can be examined by anyone in
the State or any other well-stocked L.
brary.
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Under the Republican administration
OF President Harrison the public debt
was decreased in four years $3.50. .4S3,-
10. Under the Democratic admins
tration the public debt has increased
s131 .172, 73O, and there are four and a.
half months of the administrative term
TO yet take into account.
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Like an ODeE

disease. Pain and
suffering aud wrong
living write tn cir
history on our fea-
lures in unmistak-
able lines. Hollow
cheeks and sunken
eyes, listless steps
and la n gu o o u S
looks tell of wasting
debilitating disease
some place in the
body. It may be
on e pl &C e or an
other. the cause is
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Making Votes as He Goes.

The howlers are abroad in the land
doing their utmost to bring about the
defeat of Hon. Grove L. johnson, the
nominee for Congressman
Of the Second District, but they cant
come it," Grove L. Johnson is making
votes as he goes, and despite the vicious
attacks of his political enemies he will
be elected, and all the howlers this side
OF Fiddler's Green won't change the
Of things.-Mountain Echo.
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Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters, pure
vegetable tonic. makes health and
health makes bright, rosy cheeks and
happiness.
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To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. 25c.
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Fine chocolates. Welch Bros. 9th & -
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FRED GIBSON'S MONEY.
rlrs. YOrk's Case Will Not be Decided
Until October.

Chief Of Police Crowley of San Fran
cisco received a dispatch from Detective
Crockett that he would leave Denver
Monday night, as the case of Mrs.
Emma York would not be decided till
October
Mrs. York was arrested in Denver
several weeks ago while on her way to
Canada on the complaint of her daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Adelia Gibson, widow
Of Fred Gibson, who charged her with
felony embezzlement The amount in
volved is $4,000, which Mrs. Gibson's
husband gave to his mother before his
death, and which the widow claimed
was community property.
Crockett left with the necessary pa
pers for Mrs. York's extradition. She
fought her extradition and the Judge
who heard the case decided that the
evidence was not sufficient to remand
her into custody. An appeal was taken
on behalf of the people to the United
States Appeal Court and a decision will
not be given till October in ST. Paul.
MINI.
Crockett will bring with him Sam Sim
german, commercial traveller, who was
arrested about a week ago on COM
plant sworn to in San Francisco by
Miss Rebecca Casmir, 512 Post street,
charging him with grand larceny. Sin
german made Miss Casmir's acquaint-
ance and got from her 5000 worth of
JeWelry and some money to start a
cigar store with. Instead he got a
woman to join him from Los Angeles
and absconded with the jewelry and
money.
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4 SUSPICIOUS BAIL BOND.
Procured by D. ]. Simmons for Eugene
BoSquet.
The Parties Cited to Appear Before
Judge Hinkson To-Day and
Explain.

Judge Hinkson is on the warpath,
and the fur is liable to fly this morn
ing in his court
The trouble is all about the bond
furnished by Eugene Bosquet, who
was convicted Of allowing his wife to
remain in a house of ill-fame, but has
appealed to the Supreme Court.
Bosquet applied for bail, and Judge
Hlnkson fixed the amount required at
$4,000. Yesterday, while the Judge
was engaged in the Callendine trial, D.
j. Simmons presented a bond for his
approval, signed by Andrew Barbiere,
Angelo Flores. Robert J. Dunn and ia
cob Gebert. Judge Hinkson asked him
if Gebert had not recently gone through
insolvency, and Simmons answered that
he had commenced insolvency proceed
ings, but had withdrawn them, and
that the other three bondsmen were
worth at least $4,000
Judge Hinkson, on this showing, ap-
proved the bond, and Bosquet was re-
leased. He proceeded to celebrate his
liberty by asking all hands to take
something" and adjourned to the near
est saloon. Meanwhile, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Jones saw Bosquet at
liberty and spoke to District Attorney
Ryan about it, who took a look at the
bond, and, as he knew Gebert's finan-
cial standing and did not know the
other parties, instructed Mr.. Jones to
Investigate. The latter found that the
bondSmen were not on the assessment
roll, and called the attention of the
court to the matter. bench warrant
was Immediately issued, and Bosquet's s
brief period of liberty was ruthlessly
cut short by an arrest, he having
scarcely had an opportunity to refresh
himself
Judge Hinkson Immediately ordered
citations to issue for Simmons, E. G.
Hart, who is Bosquet's attorney, and
the four bondsmen, returnable this
morning, and expressed his determina-
ton to probe the matter to the bottom
at that time.
In conversation with a, Record
Union" reporter subsequently, Judge
Hinkson said: I'D. ]. Simmons pre-
sented the bond to me for approval
while I was on the bench trying a case.
I thought knew the bondsmen, Dunn
and Flores, to be Of ample means Mr.
Simmons assured me that Barbiere
owned the property where he is in
business and said that the three men
were worth $4,000 1 said to him that
/ thought Gebert had gone through in
solvency, but he said no; that he had
withdrawn his proceedings, and owned
all the property at Twentieth and o
streets.
Another reason for approving the
bond was that Senator Hart is Bos-
quet's attorney, had drawn up the bond
and 1t was all right. The matter will
be thoroughly investigated
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CALLENDINE'S TRIAL,
Jury List Exhausted and New Venire
Ordered,

Judge Hinkson's courtroom was well
filed yesterday morning when eourt
opened, and people kept coming in until
ii was crowded.
The case on trial was that of L. l..
Callendine, who is charged with the
robbery of the car-barn of the Electric
Railway Company last Christmas eve,
which has excited so much interest in
this community.
Callendine's wife. formerly the wife
of Jack Harris, who was killed by CAL
lendine last fall, sat in court with her
sister and the wife of Henry Baker, one
Of the other defendants.
The first twelve talesmen called on
the jury were j. G.. Baumgartel S.
POska, S. Gottleib, Robert Brown, F.
Aschnauer, c. Halverson, G. A. Stuart,
W ]. O'Brien, n. Dingley, l.. B. Cum
mings, James Kerr and J. c.. McLaugh-
lin.
a. L. Hart was counsel for Callendine
and District Attorney Ryan appeared
for the people. Detective Fisher sat at
the side of District Attorney Ryan and
frequently consulted with him. Each
talesman was closely questioned by
each side before being passed.
Once or twice during their examina-
tion spectators laughed at the answers
given, and Judge Hinkson warned them
that the courtroom was not the place
for levity, and that he had spoken of
it before. If he could not put a stop to
it in any other way he would order the
courtroom cleared. He had already had
an occasion to make an example for this
offense, and If forced to do so again
the offender would not get off with a
mere fine. He hoped he should not have
occasion to speak of it again.
w. ]. O'Brien was excused by con-
sent.
The first eight talesmen were exam
ined and passed before noon, when an
adjournment was taken till / 80.
When the session was resumed the
other three were examined and then
the challenging began
s. Poska was excused by the prose-
cution, and J. c. Baumgartel, Robert
Brown. G. A. Stuart, N. Dingley, James
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NEW TO-DAY.
Notice Of Award Of Contract, No. 254.

PURSUANT TO LAW AND TO THE
resolution of the Board of Trustees of the
city of Sacramento, adopted May Is,
1856 directing this notice, notice is here
by given that the said Board of Trus-
tees in open session, on the 18th day OF
Nav, 1896, opened, examined and pub
IicIV declared all sealed proposals offered
for the following work, to wit:
That the alley between l. and NJ streets
in said city, from the east line of Eighth
street to the west line of Ninth street,
be improved by grading and macadamiz-
ing, constructing redwood curbing, con-
strlcting one G) brick catch basin and
connecting the same to the sewer therein.
Rejected all of said bids except that
next hereinafter mentioned, and there
after, on the 18th day of May, 1896,
awarded the contract for said work to
the lowest regular responsible bidder, to
wit: TO Henry Dehn, at the prices named
for said work in his proposal on file.
NJ j. DESMOND,
Clerk of Board of Trustees of Sacra-
mento City.
Sacramento, May 10, 1896 my2O-2t
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A WRIT OF PROHIBITION.
E.J. CroIy Checkmates the City Trustees
Temporarily.
Judge Catlin Issues an Alternative
Writ Debarring Them From
Trying Him.

e. ]. Croly made a move yesterday,
through his attorneys, White, Hughes
& Seymour, that put sudden stop
to the proceedings of the Board of City
Trustees against him, which would
have been heard last night.
The action taken by him was the fill
ing before Judge Catlin of a petition
for a writ of prohibition restraining
them from trying him on the charges
preferred against him, and Judge Cat
lin issued an alternative writ command
ing them to refrain from further pro-
ceedings. and to show cause ON the
29th inst. why they should not be alb
solutely restrained from any further
proceedings in the matter.
Mr.. Croly sets forth in his petition,
after the usual legal preliminaries, that
Section 25 OF the charter gives the
board power to try, and, by a majority
vote of all the members OF the board,
to remove from Office appointeeS against
whom charges have been preferred.
He AYERS that a statement in writ
ing, purporting to be charges and ac-
cusations against him as Superin-
tendent of Streets, signed by one l..
B. Washburn, have been filed with the
Clerk of the Board of Trustees. Then
follows a copy of the charges which
were published at the time in the Rec
ord-Union."
He further shows that on May 11th
the Trustees, assuming that, by the
presentation and filing of the charges,
they obtained jurisdiction to try him
and adjudge thereon that he has been
guilty of misconduct in his office, and
to suspend or remove him therefrom,
resolved and determined to try him for
misconduct, and therefore passed a
resolution fixing the time of hearing and
trial for May 10Th, and directing him to
be notified.
He ayers that it Is the intention Of
the board, making use of the said
charges as a basis for its proceedings,
to proceed with his trial for miscon-
duct in office. and that they will do So,
and proceed to try him upon the state
ment and render judgment removing
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Resolution Of Intention, No. 3l3

RESOLVED, THAT 1T IS THE IN
tention of the Board of Trustees of the
city of Sacramento to order the follow
ing street work to be DONE to wit:
That Ninth street, in said city, from
the south line of j street to the north
line of X street, be improved by remov-
ing cobbles and gravel, grading and lay
ing a streetway of concrete six (0 inches
in thickness and with a top coating of
bituminous rock two and one quarter
(2l4) inches in thickness, grouted rock
cutters five 90 feet wide, altering two
old catch basins and, where not already
done, constructing granite curbing with
round corners at the alley.
The ''Record-Union" is hereby desig-
mated as the newspaper published and
circulated in the city of Sacramento in
which this resolution of intention shall
be published for a period of two DAYS
and the notice in relation thereto re-
ouired by law for six days, as often as
said newspaper shall be issued therein
Adopted May IS, 1896, by the following
vote: Ayes-Wachhorst, Kent Davis.
Mckay, Tozer, Devine, Bentley, PEN
nish, Leonard.
CHARLES f. LEONARD.
President of the Board of Trustees.
NJ j. Desmond, Clerk of Board of Trus-
tees of Sacramento City. my20-2t
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him from Office, unless by the judgment
and order Of the court they are required
to deSist and refrain from further pro-
ceedings, and the proceedings are ar
rested by a writ Of prohibition.
He believes that their proceedings
are in excess Of the jurisdiction Of the
Board Of Trustees, and that the state
ments filed and proceedings taken un-
der it are insufficient to give the board
jurisdiction to hear and determine any
matter or thing against him, or to
render any valid judgment OF order in
the premises.
He ayers that no appeal is provided
for in such cases, and that he has no
plain, speedy or adequate remedy in
ordinary course of law, or any remedy
in the premises other than by this pro-
ceeding. He therefore prays for writ
of prohibition restraining them from
trying or attempting to try him, and
from rendering any judgment or order
against him in the premises.
THE BOARD WILL WATT
The City Trustees met at s p. m. last
night, that being the time set for con-
Sidering the charges against Mr.. Croly.
President Leonard stated the object
of the meeting and said he supposed
that the members had all received no
tice Of the injunction. Albert Johnson,
who represented his brother, the Cor
poration Counsel, during his illness, was
was present and he would like to hear
his opinion.
Mr.. Johnson said he had read the pa
pers in the case and found that they
were all regular, and as good citizens
the board would, of course, obey them.
They could be attacked in court at the
proper time. The board could make an
entry Of this meeting in its minutes,
and either defer the matter Of consider
ing the charges until litter the conclu-
sion of the matter, or set a time for
taking it up again.
Devine moved to defer action until
after the board had heard what the
court had to say. The motion was car
ried and the board adjourned.
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Stomach, sometimes called waterbrash,
and burning pain, distress, nausea,
dyspepsia, are cured by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. This it accomplishes because
with its wonderful power as a blood
purifier, Hoods Sarsaparilla gently
tones and strengthens the stomach and
digestive organs, invigorates the liver,
creates an appetite, gives refreshing
sleep, and raises the health tone. In
cases of dyspepsia and indigestion it
seems to have ga magic touch"
"For over IL years suffered from sour
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Let Us Reason Together.

1t needs mo ghost to come and tell
us" that the sooner dyspepsia is rem
edied, the sooner we shall enjoy that
right to which our ancestors laid claim
in the Declaration of Independence-'the
pursuit Of happiness" A man blessed
with a good digestion-provided he has
enough to eats happy. There are
hosts of people with ample means to
whom the sole consolation of a healthy
pauper is denied. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is a certain, prompt and thorough
medicinal agent through the use of which
sound digestion, and the nerve tran
guilty which its disturbance causes, can
be recovered. Biliousness, malarial and
kidney trouble, constipation and rheu-
matism are also rernedied by this fine
corrective of disordered condition of
the system. Appetite and sleep are
greatly improved by it.
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GRAND JURORS.
Citizens Selected Yesterday to Serve
This Year.

The venire of thirty Grand Jurors was
drawn yesterday in Judge Johnson's s
court and is as follows
c. A. Yoerk, city; John Lawton, Ash
land; William Smith, Courtland; F. F.
Thompson, city; Samuel Lavenson,
city; II. K. Wallace, city; Thomas Nc
Connell, Elk Grove; A Meister, city;
w. J. Ross, Union House; Herman
Steinmann, city; William Johnston,
Courtland; J. L. Huntoon, city; H. w.
Bragg, city; Gillis Doty, Elk Grove;
H. D. Kercheval Courtland; Robert j.
Martyr, city; c. F. Williams, city; P.
Van Maren, Antelope; H. K. Grimshaw,
Cosumnes; w. c. Sheldon, Costumes;
L. L. Lewis, T. w. O'Neil, Fred B.
Adams, James McNasser, Henry Ger
Der, Frank Miller, NJ. Hanrahan, city;
d. w. Taylor, REUTERS; Julius Everson,
Elk Grove; Amariah Johnson, city.
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Stomach

and great distress. I had violent nausea
which would leave me very weak and
faint, difficult to get my breath. These
spells came oftener and more severe. /
did not receive any lasting benefit from
physicians, but found such happy effects
from trial of Hoods Sarsaparilla, that I
took several bottles and mean to always
keepit in the house. I am now able to
do all my own work, which for six years
I have been unable to do. My husband
and son have also been greatly bene-
flied by Hoods Sarsaparilla for pains in
the back, and after the grip. I gladly
recommend this grand blood medicine"
Mrs. PETER RuRRY Leominster Mass.
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THAT GOOD ROAD.
Mayor Hubbard's Call for Citizens
Meeting.

In accordance with the request of the
Chamber Of Commerce, Mayor Hubbard
has issued the following call for citi-
zens' meeting on Friday night to con-
slider the proposition Of building a mac
adam road between this city and Fol-
som:
IAN citizens are requested to meet at
the Courthouse on Friday evening, May
22d, at 8 o'clock, to consider the sub
ject Of building a macadamized road
from Sacramento to Folsom. This is
a matter of much Importance, and the
meeting should be a large one"
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Presented to the Trustees.

'Dr." Curtis, the genial Sergeant at
Arms, special officer and janitor in at
tendance on the Board. of Trustees, has
presented to the board a very lifelike
picture of himself, which now hangs in
the Trustees room.
If there could be any possibility of
mistaking the face, the well-known
style of wearing the hat shown in the
picture would remove all doubt 1t was
the center of observation last night, as
it hung in a prominent place.
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Orr Will be Sued.

Papers have been prepared by Con-
troller Colgan and sent to Attorney
General Fitzgerald with a request to
Immediately commence suit against N.
M Orr, ex-Treasurer of the Stockton
Insane Asylum and his bondsmen for
the $4,000 for which Mr.. Orr was a
defaulter and was removed from office.
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Oueen Suburb,

tainly a very appropriate one. You
can't get your pick on beautiful lots
unless you see US. Prices ranging from
$50 upwards, and only small payment
down. Wiseman, All street, or W
H. Collins, Oak Park.