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CISCO through the various parts of Oakland
harbor intermediate between these two bays.
From the lack of this natural securing and
dredging very considerable deposits of mud
and silt and gravel have been made in later
years which obstruct navigation in the estu-
ary, where it has been made possible by pre-
vious artificial dredging; and like deposits
have been made in the eastern and western
parts of the tidal canal, which have here tofore
been dredged to the depth required by the
plans of the harbor.
In view of these facts 1t can readily be be-
heved that large amount of dredging and
great consequent expense will be saved, as
well as q great sanitary advantage gained, by
the early completion OF the tidal canal and
hoodgate, with the resulting full and free in
terchange of the waters of the harbor into
which the sewage of the 100000 people above
named is discharged.
To the end that the tidal canal and fioodgste
may be completed. and this great expense of
dredging and most desirable improvement in
the sanitary condition of 100000 people be
accomplished, the undersigned, representing
these people and aware of their sanitary needs,
respectfully ask that an appropriation of
$500, 900 be made at this session of Congress
to complete the tidal canal ard foodgate; and
that it be specifically applied, in the terms Of
the river and aarbor appropriation bill, to
these special parts of Oakland harbor. We
are informed by Colonel Mendell, United States
Civil Engineer, lately in charge of construc-
ton OF Oakland harbor, that this sum will
complete and bridge the tidal canal and con-
struct the dam and ioodgate.
If it is found to be impossible to secure an
appropriation of the above named amount
then the undersigned would urge that as large
an appropriation as is possible be made for
this harbor, and that, by the terms of the ap-
preparation bill, the amount appropriated
be directed to be expended in building the
tidal canal In said harpor-
And your petitioners will ever pray, etc.
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LADIES' LACE SHOES.

We Will Sell
Ladies' Extra Quality Fine Kid Cloth-top Lace
Shoes, very pointed toes, patent-leather tips
...--......-.----.-..-. =. ..At $2 oO per pair
We VIII Sell
Ladies' Fine French Kid Cloth-top Lace Shoes,
hand-turn soes extreme pointed toes patent
leather tips. ps.......................At$ So per pair
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OUR PRICE LIST


goods and are going to sell them. Price no object
We want to food the market with SHOES. Cut
the following Price List and it to order by
We Will Sell
Ladies' KID Button, pointed or square toes
patent leather tips. ...........At 81 % per par
We Will Sell
Ladies' Fine Paris Kid Button, cloth or kid
tops, pointed or square toes, patent-leather tips
...................... At 81 50 per pair
We VIII Sell
Our Own Make-ladies' Fine Imperial Kid
Button, cloth or kid tops, pointed square
toes, patentleather tips, widths AA 10 ZEE. -.
AT $1 75 per pair
We Will Sell
Our own Make-Ladies' French Kid Button,
cloth or kid tops, pointed or square toes, patent
leather UPS ... Az % per pair
We viii Sell
Our Own OIake-Ladies' extra quality French
Kid, seamless foxed, button. cloth or kid tops
pointed or square toes, patent-leather tips
AT 81 90 per pair
We Will Sell
Ladies' Fine French Kid Button, hand-turn
soles, cloth or kid tops extreme pointed or
narrow square toes, patentleather tips. ....-....
.At 20 per palH
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CITY OF ALAMEDA.
Joseph F. Forderer, William Hammond,
President A. V. Clark,
F. ]. Fletter, T. w. Leydecker
BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY OF ALAMEDA.
G. P REYNOLDS, Md, w. 0. Smith ND
President G. C. Zeyn MD,
c. George Bull, Md, John 7. Mclean M D.,
c. II. Lubbock, MD, Health Officer.
BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF ALAMEDA.
Chas. L, Tisdale, MD. w. A. L. Knowles,
President, ]. B. Lanktree,
z. a. Brown, ID. Sullivan, Supt.
E. II. Bryan, of Schools
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF OAKLAND.
]. S. Dayie, Mayor, W. D. HeiImann,
w. G. Manuel, Pres, Frank K. Mott,
John F. Towle, W: o. Buckland,
J. \. Bassettt, Wm: Watkinson,
c. H. Brosnahan, w. A. Dow.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, CITY OF OAKLAND.
]. K. Peirsol, City i Arthur R. Wilson,
Attorney, City Engineer.
BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY OF OAKLAND.
]. G. S. Akerley, Md, A. S. Larkey, MD,
President, Charles NJ Fisher,
Sarah /. Shuey. MD,
Ward NJ. Beckforth, J. L. Mayor. MD,
Md. Health Officer
BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF OAKLAND.
J.W. Evans, Pres, Webb N, Pearce,
D. A. Mcmillan, George C. Edwards,
E. A. Moody, Myra Knox,
george j. w. stark, ID. h. Ford,
E. B. Clement, William H. Friend.
Charles G. Reed,
FRUITvALE SANITARY DISTRICT NO. 1.
j. H. w. Riley, Pres. C. D. Bennett Sec.
FRUITvALE SANITARY DIsTRIcTNo. 2.
o. E. Derbey, Presi- VIM. Bostwick, Cur
dent, tis, Secretary.
DIR. Mclean will urge that the tidal
canal be dredged out and others will work
for the lower harbor improvements, and it
is quite possible that both parties will be
successful and that specific appropria-
tion will be made for each work. Accord
ing to the experts about $500 600 coula prof,
tably be expended in dredging the Oakland
Creek and about $150,00o ought to be used
on the tidal canal.
California has not Jared even as well as
Oregon in the matter of appropriations,
they assert, and it would not be surprising
if $685. at least should be obtained from
the present Congress to carry on the Oak
iand-harbor dredging.
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LADIES' SPRING HEEL SHOES.

Ladies' Fine Paris Kid Button, spring heel.
square toes, patentleather tips, widths to EE
We VIII Sell
Our Own Make-Ladies' French Kid Button,
cloth or kid tops, spring heel, square toes,
patent-leather tips, widths AA to EE. ..........
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So per pair
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
LADIES' LOW-CUT SHOES.

We VIII Sell
Ladies' French Kid Oxford Ties, cloth or kid
tops, hand-turn soles, pointed or square toes,
patent-leather tips.............At 81 80 per pair
We Will Sell
Ladies' French Kid Cloth-top Southern ties
hand-turn soles pointed or square toes. .........
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ......At 81 80 per pair
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05

Looking at a few features of the present
day Mr.. Murasky read a newspa per de-
scription of the houses and treatment of
slaves in the Kimberley mines, and the
speaker declared:
The record-union., 1896-03-26
ELECTRIC HEATING COMBINE.
All the Companies Absorbed by the
American CORPORATION.

All the Companies Absorbed by the
American Corporation.
BOSTON, March 25.-Oficers of the
American Electric Heating Corporation
admit that after six months of nego-
tiation the absorption of all the impor-
| tant electric-heating companies has
been effected by the corporation, and the
control of the new consolidation has
| passed into the hands of a syndicate
including Charles A. Morse, William
Endicott, Jr., Charles E. Perkins.
Charles j. Paine, Oliver Ames, E. S.
Converse, G. G. Converse, e. L. Corn
ing, Thomas Nelson, E. N. Fenno, A. R.
Whittier, Jackson H. Curtis, E. c. Bar
bour, Robert Bradley, Peter Bradley,
Robert t. Payne, Jr., and others.
The new Board of Directors consists
of ]. Murray Forbes, President; c. A.
Morse, Jr., Edward c. Perkins, Charles
L. Edgar of the Edison Electric Light
Company, Charles Francis Adams.
Everett Morse, Arthur B. Smith
George u. Crocker, Ambrose Eastman
of Boston, S. S. Wheeler of the Crocker-
Wheeler Electric Company, Arthur
M. Dodge of New York and H B. Scott
of Burlington.
The concerns absorbed by the Amer
lean Company are the Western Electric
Heating Company of st. Paul, the Cen
eral Central Electric Heating Com
pany of New York, the New England
Heating Company, the Burton Electric
Heating Company of Richmond, the
Carpenter Electric Heating Company
Of st. Paul, the Dewey Electric Heating
Company of Syracuse, the Richelieu
Electric Heating Company as well as
several others which have not been act
i've in the business for some time, but
which owned valuable patents.
The manufacturing will be concen-
trated at Cambridgeport, and the head
office at Gil Sears building, with agen-
cies in New York and Chicago.
James I. Aver, President of the Ma
tional Electric Light Association, is the
General Manager. The capital stock
is $40 100000, and an issue will be made
OF $500,000 bonds. The bonds will be
cumulative after January 1. 1898, to
have sinking fund of $4,000 per
annum.
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death she determined to demand hel
alleged right as the wife of Davis.
LYNoHING LOOKED FOR.
A Man and His Wife Terribly Beaten
by a Tramp.

"A Nan ana Ills W1Io Terribly Beaten
by Tramp.
KANSAS CITY, March Pa negro
or half-breed tramp this noon went to
the house of William Dillon, near Madi-
son, twenty miles south of here, and
asked for something to eat. While Mrs.
Dillon was waiting on him, he picked
up a piece of stovewood and struck her
across the face, knocking her down.
Her screams attracted her husband,
who, with his nine-year-ol boy, rushed
tc the house, met the tramp as he was
leaving and attacked him.
The tramp showed fight, and got the
best of the old man, beating him in a
horrible manner. The father called to
the boy for assistance. who struck the
tramp over the head with a rake-han-
die, knocking him senseless. The brute
was then tied hand and foot, and, with
the assistance of neighbors, taken to
jail, where he now lies with his head
badly cut
He refused to give his name, and
when mob threatened to lynch him
he jeered at them. This evening the
Sheriff, aided by a posse, removed the
prisoner to Turka. A lynching is looked
for.
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WANTS THE ESTATE.
A Woman Who Thought Her Husband
Dead and Married Again.

BUTTE {Mont.), March 25.-Mrs. Hull
dah Queen Davis Of Tehachapi, Kern
County, California, to-day created a
sensation among, numerous claimants
of the noted Davis estate by filing Pc
tition in the District Court asking for
a revocation of the alleged will of An
drew j. Davis, the dead millionaire, and
demanding a distribution of the entire
estate among herself and two daugh-
ters, alleging she is the surviving wife
of the deceased, who never was be-
lieved to have been married.
The plaintiff alleges in her petition
that they were married in Carroll Coun-
ty, Arkansas, August Is, 1872 and have
two children, May Isabel, now Mrs. Nor
row of Fresno, California, and Laura
A., now Mrs. Calhoun of San Francisco.
L is stated by Miles ]. Cavanaugh, the
woman's attorney, that when the gold
fever broke cut Davis left her and went
&c California After a few letters she
heard he had been killed and she mar
ried a man named Williams, and also
moved to California, where she found
traces of her first husband, who soon
came TO Montana. After the death of
Williams she married one George Smell,
who is also dead. After the latter's
The record-union., 1896-03-26
CUBAN BELLIGERENCY.
The COnferreeS Hold Meeting, But Fail
to Reach a Conclusion.
Belief That Senate Resolutions Will
be Adopted.
70 Credence Placed in the Published
Report That Sir Julian Pauncefote,
the British ambassador, Has Been
Called to London to Discuss Vene-
zuelan Matters With Lord salisbury.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-After a
session of three-quarterS of an hour
this afternoon the conferrees on the
Cuban resolutions adjourned until to-
morrow without having reached a con-
clusion. The drift of the discussion
showed, however, that there was a firm
intention on the part of the committee
to report resolutions that would meet
the approval of both houses.
The matter of accepting the Senate
resolution was discussed, one member
OF the committee taking the ground
that this Government had no right to
ask another Government to recognize
the independence of one of its colonies
which was in insurrection, and 1t was
insisted that this would be a casus
belli.
In answer to this, it was shown that
when the Cubans were in insurrection
before our Minister to Spain, General
Daniel Sickles, was instructed TO eX-
ercise his goodly offices to secure such
a recognition at the hands of Spain,
and that at that time Spain took no
Offense at the action.
All things considered, there appeared
to be a desire to accept the Senate res
olution, and if this is done, there is no
doubt but what the House would agree
to such a report.
The condition of affairs in the Senate
was discussed this afternoon very
frankly. It was made plain that there
was a small but determined minority,
headed by Senator Hale, that did not
propose to permit the Cuban resolu-
tions to ever come to vote II they
could prevent it. In fact, the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations had been
warned that quiet but effective sys-
tenn of filibustering had been 1naugu-
rated, with a view to preventing vote
on the question in the Senate. For this
reason the House conferrees were
urged to accept the Senate resolutions,
which would remove the debate from
the Senate to the House, where the NIL
clustering could not, under the rules,
be engaged in. 1t is believed to be the
most probable outcome of the confer
ence. and it would not surprise the
members of the House tomorrow II
the House managers recede from the
House resolutions and accept those
originally passed by the Senate.
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CHANGES IN WARSHIPS.
Recommendations of the Naval Board
of Construction.

recommendations of the Naval Board
| of Construction.
| WASHINGTON, March 25.-An i'm
portant meeting of the Naval Board of
Construction was held to-day, and as a
| result several recommendations for
changes in warships will be sent to Sec
retary Herbert
| A request from the Cramp Company
of Philadelphia that they be allowed
eighteen months and twelve months ex-
tension of time for the completion of the
| battleship Iowa and the armored
cruiser Brooklyn was laid before the
board
| The Cramps made the claim that they
were entitled to the extension, on the
ground that the original drawings for
gun supports and the roller paths for
turrets were changed by the Navy De-
paftment more than a year after the
contract was awarded
This reason the board considered
good, and decided to recommend to the
Secretary that the request be granted.
| The board also decided to recommend
that the forward compartment of the
battleships Massachusetts and Oregon
now practically ready for transfer to
/
an upper and lower section, so that in
the event the lower becomes filled with
water the upper compartment will be
secure.
| The plans for the reconstruction of
the cruiser Chicago were laid before the
board. They propose to increase the
deck proportion over the bows and clear
to the stern, thus giving the vessel a
protective deck, and to change her spar
plan so as to take away all her heavy
top hamper.
These plans were approved, and it
was also decided to replace the present
armament with fourteen fve-inch
rapid-fire guns. A recommendation
was also agreed on that the horse
power of the vessel shall be increased
from 5000 to 5000, thus giving an in
crease of speed from fifteen to eighteen
knots an hour, and also providing space
for 300 tons of coal additional.
If these desires OF the Board on Con-
struction are carried out, it will take
about two years to turn the Chicago
into new vessel. The appropriation
for that purpose contained in the naval
appropriation bill VIII be adequate for
the work
The record-union., 1896-03-26
AMBASSADOR PAUNCEFOTE.
No Credence Placed In the Report
that He Has Been Called to London.

No Credence Placed In the Report
that He Has Been Called to London.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Momen-
tary credence was given in England
day or two ago to statement In the
birmingham POST that Sir Julian
Pauncefote was going to London to dis
cuss Venezuelan matters with LORD
Salisbury, because that journal is the
home paper of Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain, and is usually supposed to have
an inspiration on colonial matters from
the Colonial Secretary.
If there is any truth in the report,
however, the British ambassador here
is totally unaware Of it, and those near
him declare it to be absurd, in view OF
the fact that Just at this moment num-
erous important negotiations between
Great Britain and the United States
are progressing in a way that makes
compulsory the presence OF Sir Juhan
Pauncefote in Washington.
Among these questions is the conven-
tion providing for a Behring Sea Claims
Commission, which has been before the
Senate for ratification for over month.
In this connection an embarrassment
has occurred. from the fact that the
senate, In executive SoSS1Ol, duL4iOA iACo
changes in the convention as agreed
upon by Secretary Olney and Sir Julian
Pauncefote, which it is contended en-
body an inaccurate version of quoted
Messages from the treaty of arbitration.
Secretary Olney recently appeared be-
fore the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and asked that the original word
ing should be restored.
Then there is a boundary convention
for marking convenient points on the
Hist meridian in Alaska, for which
Congress appropriated $4,000 in a
Joint resolution approved February %,
1896, the understanding being that this
work ought to be accomplished at the
earliest possible moment.
In addition to these matters there Is
the general arbitration treaty, of which
so much is heard and so little definitely,
and the Venezuelan limited arbitration,
which occupies the serious attention of
both Governments. From none of these
matters would it be possible for Lord
Salisbury to withdraw Sir Julian, even
temporarily without injury to all the
great interests affected, as not one of
them is understood to have reached a
stage where the department may be
left in charge of unfamiliar hands.
The record-union., 1896-03-26

The other seven delegates held a
meeting and pledged themselves to not
allow Pettigrew to be Chairman or to
be on the Credentials or Platform Com
mittee at st. Louis, or to vote for Ma
t1onal Committeeman
The convention stood to / against
silver, and it was proposed for a time
TO leave Pettigrew off the delegation
but the Senator had threatened in a
speech in Sioux Falls that his defeat
meant a Populistic victory. The lead
ers decided that the interests of the
party were opposed to further humiliat-
ing him.
The record-union., 1896-03-26
SOUTH DAKOTA FOR MKINLEY.
The Eight Delegates Instructed for tn
Ohio Man and Sound Money.

Ohio Man and Sound Money.
HURON Is. ID, March 25.-McKin-
ley swept the Republican State con-
vention to-day, amid great enthusiasm.
There was not dissenting voice. South
Dakota's eight delegates are instructed
for the Ohio man and for sound
money"
The big fight of the convention was
between the silver and sound money
men. Senator Pettigrew made power
full fight to prevent any expression on
the silver question, and presented a long
argument before the Resolutions Com
mittee. The latter unanimously re-
ported. and the convention unanimously
adopted, as the money plank the plat
form of 1894.
The resolutions also required all as
pirants for position Of delegates to rise
and declare their attitude toward sill
yer, and pledge themselves to not only
vote, but to work for sound money
at st. Louis Every one did this, in
cluding Pettigrew, the latter stating
that he bowed to the will of the ma
jority.
Several speakers severely arraigned
the silver men as un-Republican. The
anti-Pettigrew men had threatened
that in case the silver men raised the
question they would leave Pettigrew
at home.
The record-union., 1896-03-26
SOLDIERS HOMES.
Names Recommended to Fill Vacan-
cies on the Board of Managers.


cies on the Board of Managers.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-As re-
suit of the caucus of the nine Repub-
licans of the House Committee on Mill
tary Affairs this morning, it was de-
cided to report to the full committee on
Friday joint resolution recommending
the appointment Of General Franklin of
Connecticut, Thomas j. Henderson of
Illinois, George L. Beale of Maine and
George w. Steele Of Indiana to fill the
vacancies caused in the Board of Man
ayers of Soldiers Homes which will oc-
cur this year. Messrs. Franklin and
Steele succeed themselves. Mr.. Hen
derson of Illinois, who was for many
years a Representative in Congress,
succeeds General John G. Black of Chi
cago, who was President Cleveland's
first Commissioner of Pensions. Mr..
Steele is a member of the Indiana Con-
gressional delegation, and held the office
of Governor of Oklahoma under Presi-
dent Harrison. Mr.. Beale succeeds
General Fessenden of Maine, who de-
clined a reappointment.
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WILL DEFEND THE SUITS.
The Union Pacific and Burlington
Roads and Settlers Titles.

OMAHA, March 25.-Many hum
dreds of persons have been alarmed
for fear that the titles to their homes
were endangered by the land suits
brought by the Government against
the Union Pacific and Burlington sys-
TENS To-day a communication ad-
dressed to these parties was issued
from the General Solicitors office of
the Union Pacific, which in part said:
81 am authorized to say that the
Union Pacific Railway Company and
the receivers will undertake the de-
fense of the suits, not only as to the
interest of the Union Pacific Railway
Company, but also for account of all
or any of the defendants therein
The Burlington has given similar as
S11rarp
The record-union., 1896-03-26
Arbitration Favored !.

WASHINGTON, March 2o-The
House Committee on Labor to-day de-
cided to report favorably the bill intro
duced by Representative Erdman in
relation to arbitration between carriers
engaged in Interstate commerce and
their employees. The measure has been
advocated by the representative Of a
number of labor organizations.
The record-union., 1896-03-26
Flagship San francisco.

WASHINGTON. March pa cable
dispatch to the Navy Department to-
DAY announced the arrival of the flag
ship San Francisco at Salonica yes
terday. She is engaged in cruising in
Turkish waters, with view to giving
protection to American missionaries
and their interests.
The record-union., 1896-03-26
RrockIesbv 1srfaI Stakes.

LONDON, March 25.-The race for
the BrockIesby trial stakes (handicap)
of e each, with f100 added, five fur
longs, straight-away, was run to-day,
and was won by Jest, with Princess
Anne second and Eager third.
The record-union., 1896-03-26
Treasury Gold Reserve.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-The
treasury gold reserve at the close of
business to-day stood at $127, S44, ,473.
The Withdrawals for the day were
S343 200
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w. G. II. U.
1t VIII Hold Three Conferences on
This Coast Next Winter.

CHICAGO, March 25.-At meeting
of the officers of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union o-day it was de-
cided to hold three conferences on the
Pacific Coast during the next winter
at Seattle, Portland and San Francisco.
A telegram was received from Com
mander Ballington Booth, disclaiming
responsibility for the wearing of the
white ribbon by the members of the
Volunteers, saying it had been worn
only at one meeting.
The record-union., 1896-03-26
President Hippolyte Reported Dead

PARIS, March 25.-The Haytian
Bank has received the news that Pres
ident Hippolyte died to-day of apo
plexy. The Haytian Legation has no
news on the subject.
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IN THE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON March 25.-There
was a slight reminder of yesterdays s
proceedings in the House to-day, when
Bcutelle CRep) of Maine, rising to a
point of personal privilege, said that the
colloquy between himself and Wheeler
(Dem.) of Alabama, regarding the at
titude of x-Confederates toward the
bill to retire General Grant. had been
changed. He said it did him an IN
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-02-14
SOME IMPORTANT LECTURES.

Rev. E. o. Taylor, A. M, of Chi
cago, will deliver series of lectures
in lola, the dates and topics as fol-
lows:
Saturday 8 p. m. at the Baptist
church, subject; "Alcohol and the
later Science" Sunday IL a. m. at
the Presbyterian church, subject;
"Christian and Citizenship" Sunday
7:30 at the Opera House, subject;
"That boy of yours" Monday, Sp.
m. place to be announced, subject ga
glass of beer analysed"
The addresses will be on the line of
the sociological and scientific, and
strictly up to-date in the discussi ons.
The regular morning services will be
held in the various churches on SUM-
day morning and union service at
the Opera House at night.