davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
FOR OUR NEW CUSTOM HOUSE.
House COmmittos Report Unanimous In
Favor OF the QuIgg hin.

WARRINGTON. April Sat a meeting OF the
Grounds to-day II was unanimously ordered
hat the QuiRg Custom Houce bill, providing
or the erection Of a new Custom House In New
York city on the site of the present Custom
House. be favorably reported.
The arguments that have been delivered be.
fore the comittee at two recent sessions in IA
vor of the Bowling Green site were gone over
by the comittee one by one. hut they were not
hought 10 carry weight against the evidence
hat had been submitted bY Mr., Quigg and COL
lectOr Kilbreth. Members OF he committee
said that their action had been constrained
first Dy I he unanimity OF the New. York news
papers In favor OF the QuEg bill, and in other
var ing degrees by the OptI Ions of the ColleC-
tor and all his living predecessors, by the ac-
tion OF the Chamber OF Commerce, and other
public bod les, by the fact the scheme OF the
Ouigg b II enables prompt action, and finally
by the admission Of the advocated OF the Bowl
ing Green site that the property can not DC ac-
Quired for less than So, 10000.
Mr.. Quigg,s bl, names Charles n IAintor,
Collector Kilbreth. and George Is. Post, the
well known architect, as q Commission to
build the Custom House. 1t gives then full
power and expressly renders them independent
OF the supervising architect. IL requires t,etr
plans and contracts 10 be approved. It places
a limit OF So, 900, 900 to the final cost NJ tho
but ding, and renders available for Immediate
work a su 81 81 300, 900. q,
The action of the committee to-day was had
after the subcommittee had reported fdyora
bly, and each member ~ the full committee
declared himself 10 he of the opinion that the
Quigg bill ought 20 pass. jar. QuigG says that
/ Will pass. He says that the whole New York
delegation with one exception Is in favor OF the
measure, and he expects TO get Il through Doth
Houses before the present session cloSSA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
CooK CoUNTY's CORR UPTNEss.
Its Commissioner Indicted for Obtaining
Its Money by False Pretences.

CHICAGO, April 3.-The County Commission.
es and the known members of the coal firm
OF Kennehck d Co. were Investigated by the
Grand Jury yesterday. and the result was the
indictment Of the coal contractors. Patrick
Kenneick. who Is said to be a boy used by
others to sign the county coal contract and is
believed to be somewhere out West; George
Powell, who Is declared to have been the fnan-
cial hacker. and Michael McGovern, who was
OF conspiracy to obtain money from the county
by false pretences. The principal witnesses
against them were the drivers OF the coal
scheme by which. IL Is estimated, a shortage
OF 400 tons a month was accomplished.
Subpnnas were issued for the whole County
Board to appear before the jury. but the mem
beers could not be found. Judge Payne appeared
dence to show that McNichols had agreed to put
a man on the Grand Jury friendly to a muir
derer for 81, 800.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
no Imvrov. r.port Negotiations.

WAsHISGTos, April 3.-S Secretary Carlisle has
designated Mr.. Gage OF the Naval once Mr.
Cross, Special Inspector; MIR. Brown, Deputy
Collector, and Mr.. Mcclure, Surveyor all OF
New York, a TO consider what Inn
provemepts can be made in the regulations re-
garding American made goods exported with
benefit OF draw back.
The committee will convene in New York on
April q at tho Custom House.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
RuIo Held on the Charge OF Labelling Con.
gresham bartlett.

WARRINGTON. April 3.-James F. Rule, Wash.
ington correspondent of the Knoxville journal
and private secretary to Representative Henry
II. Gibson Of Tennessee, was held for the action
0f the Grand Jury, in $500 bonds, by Judge
Miller In the Police Court to-day. The charge
against Mr.. Rule was criminal libel, preferred
by Representative Franklin Bartlett OF New
York. Representative Gibson signed his bond.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
Additions 90 American shipping Duria9
Three Months.

WASHINGTON. April 3.-During the last quar-
ter the total number Of vessels built and doou-
mented in the United states was ia, Aggregate
Ing 2s.l70 tons. AS compared with l2s vessels
of20.330 tons for the previous quarter or INC
sail and 80 steam. The steel steamers built
were o OF l2.3IO tons, of which az 7,OOS
tons were built on the great lakes, Forty-elght
wooden sailing vessels Of O,OSD tons were builS
on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and 90 wooden
pFn rivers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
INA TRIAL. OF THE INDIANA.
Board Appointed md tho Trial TO Take
Place Next Week.

WASHINGTON, April "a Board Of naval of
fcers. to consist of Capt. II. F. Picking, Chief
Engineer II. S. Ross. and Naval Constructor
William H. Barney. with Lieut.. F. l.. Chaplin as
recorder. was appointed by Secretary. Herbert
to-day to conduct the final trial of the battle
The Board is directed to meet at Port Royal
on Tuesday, April Z. and to accompany the In
diana to hampton Roads. The trial is to take
place during forty-eight hours Of the time con-
sumed en- route.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04

Some Ammunition Found Aboard Her Held
by tho AathorItIes OF Honduras.

by THO AuthOrrtres OF HohduTAs.
LONDON, April "A private despatch was re-
ceived here this evening announcing the release
of the steamship Bermuda at Puerto Cortez.
The vessel will sail to- morrow. Her destination
is given as New Orleans.
Ninety boxes Of ammunition found aboard her,
and which were seized, are held by the Hon.
DURAN authorities. Col. Nunez is a passenger
on the vessel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
Washington Birthplace Monument Corr
pleted.

wAsHINoToN. April IA telegram received
by Col. John NJ. Wilson. Corps of Engineers.
U. s. A., reports that the Shaft of the monu-
ment to mark the birthplace Of George WASH
ington was placed in position yesterday a.
Wakefield. Westmoreland county, Va. Col:
Wilson will visit Wakefield in IA day or two ana
inspect the monument before accepting II from
the contractors. No preparations for the dedi-
cation OF the monument have yet been made.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
senate COnmIttcs Approves the Nom'nH-
uOa OT BrnIamIn FTanLln.

wAsHINGToN, April 3. The Scnnte Nommit-
tea on Territories this morning ordered a favor
able report TO be made on the nomination ot
Benjamin II. FTRnklin 10 DC GOFtEhoE VI -
Territory OF Arizona
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
Department OF Interior CLERKS Pat In the
CIassihed Service.

wAsHINGToN, April 3. The President has
further amended the civil service rules by
placing under the classified service the assistant
attorneys and law clerks OF the Department %
the Interior. lhis order includes about thlrly
persons, whose salaries range from s|'oOo 10
81, $50 per nnnuuL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04
FRANK HAVILAND
"a Barclay ST.,
Dealer in Fine China.

1t consists of Dinner, Soup, Fish,
Oyster, and Cream Sets, Plates,
Cups, Saucers, and Fancy Dishes.
All goods will be offered without
reserve, and in single lots to suit
purchaser, in order to close the
business of this old-established
house.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-04

Now for vauEhAn's seeds. "a barclay 81.
Catalogue free sweet peas free with each purchase,
The record-union., 1896-11-01
ELK GROVE MEETING.
That Held by the Republicans Friday
Night.

A correspondent writing from Elk
Grove yesterday sends the following
account Of the meeting held there on
the preceding night by the Republican
candidates:
THE Republican meeting in this place
On Friday night was one of the largest
and most enthusiastic ever held in that
thriving town. The meeting was held
for the purpose Of receiving the Repub-
lican candidates on the county ticket
IF. D. Gage called the meeting tc
order and Hon. Thomas Mcconnell was
elected Permanent Chairman and
opened the meeting with a ringing Re-
publican speech.
"Judson c. Brusie and Judge Catlin
were unavoidably absent, having en-
sagementS made previous to the fixing
OF the date of the Elk Grove meeting.
Judge c. N. Post, candidate for Su-
perior Judge, was the principal speake"
of the evening, and delivered q forci-
BILE address in favor Of protection and
the necessity of an export bounty en-
wheat, otherwise known as the Lubin
proposition, of which Judge Post is an
eloquent and ardent supporter.
Hon. z. c. Hart, candidate for Su-
perior Judge, and w. E. Lovdal, canii-
date for the Assembly from the Twenty
second Assembly District, followed with
short, but eloquent speeches, after
which the meeting adjourned with
three rousing cheers for the whole Re
publican ticket
The record-union., 1896-11-01
NEW STATE LIBRARIAN.
DR.. w. P. Matthews Succeeds the
Late Dana Perkins.

DR.. w. P. Matthews, who for the last
two years had been Assistant State Lii
brarian, was yesterday chosen by the
trustees of that department as the suc-
cessor of the late w. Dana Perkins,
the Librarian
There were present at the meeting
Trustees M. Gardner, E. E. Leake, w.
S. Green and Peter J. Shields.
The election of DR.. Matthews as the
head of the State Library was by the
unanimous vote of the trustees present.
1t had been generally understood that
the honor would be conferred on DIR.
Mathews, who is a gentleman eminent
ly qualified for the position. He is 53
years of age, and has lived in Califor-
ria since 1870, having been medical
practitioner in the town of Tehama
He has represented Tehaua County in
both the Senate and Assembly during
several sessions of the Legislature, and
was recognized as one of the abieSt and
most Industrious members of either
body. 1t was at the urgent request of
Librarian Perkins that he accepted the
position of assistant.
1t is understood that the present eff
Gent corps of deputies in the Library
will be retained.
The record-union., 1896-11-01
FOR TWELVE YEARS.
John Lambert rlust Spend a Long
Term at Folsom.

John Lambert, who was convicted in
Judge Hinksons court Of burglarizing
Poheim's clothing store, appeared be-
fore the court yesterday morning fol
sentence.
S. Luke Howe appeared in absence
Of Lamberts counsel, r. M. Clarken,
and asked for leniency to be shown by
the court.
Judge Hinkson said, however, that
he did not think the prisoner was en-
titled to any leniency, as he was con-
v:nced by the testimony that he had
habitually consorted with criminals
from choice, although coming from
good and honest parentage. He had
previously, even by his own testimony,
been arrested for crime; he had broken
the heart Of an excellent mother and ne
thought a long term of Imprisonment
would do him good.
He had an opportunity to state all
the facts and had followed the plan
usual to criminals, of refusing to tes-
tify against his companion, thus de-
Ginning to give any sign of repentance
He would therefore sentence the pris-
oner to twelve years at Folsom.
Deputy Sheriff Schwilk took Lambert
up to Folsom yesterday morning as
soon as he was sentenced.
The record-union., 1896-11-01

an account Of which appeared in the
Bee" Of October Doth, which was I'M
dcubtedly reported by a biased CORE
spondent, I as a member of the club
wish to correct some misstatements and
omissions.
First-John L. Scholfield, instead of
being the closing speaker on the at
filmatiye, opened the arguments of the
G ening with a flowery, parrot-hke
campaign speech for William j. Bryan,
which he recited in an able manner.
He then read some silver literature,
and in conclusion proposed three cheers
for the silver candidate.
Ernest Scholtz, instead of being chief
disputant on the negative, closed the
argument by combining himself to the
question and making vigorous speech,
in which he held the floor for forty
minutes, covering nearly every point of
argument produced by the affirmative
side. Jesse Casey, an impressive speak
er for the affirmative, who regretted
the decentralization Of pigiron over
2,00O years ago, was omitted in the
a. count given by the Bee"
In regard to the decision of the
judges, four of the five are known sill
Yer advocates. The vote stood three
for the affirmative and two for the neg
alive. instead of four to one, as stated
b. the Bee" Respectfully yours,
Elk Grove E. w. LEWIS.
The record-union., 1896-11-01
REFRESHING FAIRNESS.
Perfectly Fair Treatment of All
Parties.

From the Sacramento County Ledger
It is really refreshing to note the
fairness Of the Reconciliation in its
reports on the Presidential campaign.
That journal in its reports OF the
meetings Of the different candidates
for President gives a fair and true ac-
count without expressing any opinion
or garbling up the report as they come
from different portions of the country
Not so with the dailies Of San Francis
co, they garble and distort the reports
to suit their side of the different po-
htical questions 50 much SO that when
one reads an account of a meeting in
the East in the different journals Of
that city it Is with the greatest diff
Guilty that one can recognize they are
reporting, or endeavoring to report,
the same meeting. In giving the news
journal should be honest, but those
in San Francisco are not. w" -
pleased to see the Record mon deal
SO fairly with all parties alike and
know its readers will join US in words
Of congratulation and commentator
and say with us, 1t is really refresh
ing to pick UP that journal and read it,
especially after having read the dailies
Of San Francisco.
The record-union., 1896-11-01
APPEAL TO LABORING MEN.
How They Can Benefit Themselves
and the Country.
(From the Angels Echo.)


Remember that Hon. Grove L. John
son is the man who introduced IN the
Congress of the United States the bill
praying for the restriction Of foreign
immigration. That bill, intended as
it is, for the protection of American Ia
Dor, Is paramount to and of vastly
more Importance to the poor people of
America than all the issues in the pres
ent campaign combined. That bill is
now on file awaiting the earnest eff
forts of it's maker to pilot it through
to become law, and with Mr.. Mckinley
as President of the United States and
Hon. Grove L. Johnson as a member of
The House of Representatives that bill
will become law. This one thing alone
ought to be enough to cause every Ia
torlngnlan in the Second District, ir-
respective of party, color or nationality,
to rally to the support of Grove L.
Johnson-the father of a measure cal
culated to bring happiness and plenty
to every laboringman in the land,
brighten the surroundings of their hum
BILE homes and make cheerful the fire.
sides long dimmed by the depressing
hand of cheap, pauper labor from far
away lands. Before prosperity can be
hoped to come directly to our laboring
classes the invasion of foreign cheap
labor must cease. 1t is a cancer on
the fair face of American labor and
must be removed, and through the bill
calling for the restriction of foreign i'm
migration lies the remedy, the relief
so long sought by every man on Ameri-
can soil whose only capital is his labor,
and who in the sweat of his brow stands
ready to do if only permitted. All this
Is embodied in the Johnson bill for the
restriction Of foreign immigration. Now,
In view of all this, are people to be
hoodwinked into clinging to the skirts
of a party, simply for party fealty, or
are they going to stand for self-interest
and vote irrespective of party for the
man who has and is ready to serve
their interests directly by the passage
of a measure that will, without shad-
ow of a doubt, bring happiness, pros
perity and plenty to them. and open
up the industries of the country to one
and all, and permit them to earn an
honest living for themselves and fam
lilies at a reasonable and adequate
standard of wages? Voters, this is a
subject that commends itself to your
earnest consideration, and if your own
interests ere paramount to those of
party you will certainly cast your ballot
fey the reelection of Hon. Grove L.
Johnson for Congressman.
The record-union., 1896-11-01
Privileged Sacramento.

Just how and by whom the stars and
stripes were devised as the flag of our
country is told in Weisgerties great
painting, 1.-THE Birth of the Nations
Flag" and told in a way that those who
are fortunate enough to see the picture
will never forget.
For several years this large painting,
0x12 feet, has been on exhibition con-
stantly. Hundreds of thousands of peo-
pie have paid to see it, and it has
aroused not only the admiration but the
patriotic interest of young and old At
the Worlds Fair 1T was an important
feature of the arr display.
The painting is now en- route to Sac
ramento. We shall see it here for a few
days only. The latter part of Novem-
Der it is due for exhibition in Philadel-
phia, so that the people of no city on the
Pacific Coast will have the pleasure Of
viewing it.
The record-union., 1896-11-01
Article s of Incorporation

The following articles of incorpora-
ton have been filed In the office Of the
Secretary of State:
First Congregational Church Of Sher-
man. Principal place Of business, Sher-
man, Los Angeles County Directors
Elijah Cash, w. r. Newton, Mrs. l.. E.
Bartlett, Lorinda Willburn. Mrs. w. r.
Newton, all of Sherman. No capital
stick.
New York Tailoring Company. Form
ed to conduct a general installment and
tailoring business. Principal place of
business, San Francisco. Directors-C.
II. Neuhaus, James McCrosson, S. H.
Wales, l.. E. Normand and r. e. Rag
land. Capital stock, $4,000, Of which
amount $1,000 have been subscribed
The Protestant Episcopal Mission of
Saint Matthew in Lorin. Formed to
maintain and conduct religious mis-
sion. Directors-Roderigo r. Wilkin-
s"n. Adeline; Richard II. Spencer.
Berkeley, and Frederic E. Grubb, Gold
en- Gate. No capital stock
California Stone-brick Company.
Formed to manufacture brick build
ing stone, glass, etc. Principal place
Of business, San Francisco. Directors
;. w. MADEIRA, "A. d. Hart p. w.
Rochester. e. A. Mudgett and K. j.
McHugh, all of San Francisco.
Shasta Water Company. Formed to
prepare, manufacture and sell mineral
water and other beverages Principal
place of business, San Francisco. Di-
rectors-P. c. Hale, H. L. Morrison, J.
II. Harbour and A. Andrew Of San
Francisco, and e. 8. Tomblin Of Shasta
Springs. Capital stock, 100000. Sub
scribed stock. S20,0S0
John Finn Metal Works. Formed to
deal in all kinds of metals and com
position metals Place of business San
Francisco. Directors-E. A. Finn, John
Finn and G. NJ. Robertson, Berkeley;
A. Bull, Jr., San Francisco, and E. A.
1rthann, Oakland. Capital stock, $10,-
600, all subscribed.
The record-union., 1896-11-01
Trial Calendar.

Judge Hinkson yesterday set his trial
calendar as follows:
People VS. H. Helms-Set for trial No
venber 10Th.
People VS.. All Yum-Set for trial No
vember Goth.
People VS.. John Rawles-Set for trial
November Goth.
People VS.. William Otto-Set for trial
November 23d.
People VS. Ed Allen-Set for trial No
venber 23d.
Todd VS.. Todd-Set for November 18th.
f. W. Frat VS.. F. It. Johnson-Set for
November 9th
e. Raw VS.. r. Ash-Set for trial No
yember 2Sth.
w. d. Lawton VS.. A J. Silva-Set for
trial November 30th.
L. w. Frat VS.. A. Spinks-Set for
trial December LIST.
The record-union., 1896-11-01
A VAC" FUNCTION.
Knights of Nutmeg Alleys High links
at Siiverlock Castle,

When Harry Wagner was released
from jail on Thursday-the charge Of
burglary against him having been dis
missed, owing TO the refusal of Lam
bert to testify against him-he re-
turned TO his old haunts In Nutmeg
alley, between Fifth and Sixth, p and
Q streets, where in the Coachnan DOM
icile his friends gathered to celebrate
II e event
There the beer-can and foot wine
ruled supreme, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Coaohman, Mrs Silverlock, Frank
Kelly, and stranger TO the police Civ
iEg the name of Henry Collier assisted
Wagner in his successful attempt To
make Rome howl.
For the last three days the officers
had kept the gang under surveillance,
and the arrest of Kate Jeffries (Mrs.
Coachman) Friday night and her con-
yiction for disturbing the peace, fore
Swallowed what was to follow. In the
Police Court yesterday morning Kate
was fined $50, with the alternative of
Spending twenty days In JAIL and when
Eli Mayo, who owns the house in which
the carnival was held. refused TO adj
vance the $50 necessary to secure her
liberation, she became sore wroth and
swore vengeance on the rest Of the
gang, who she said were as deep in the
mud as she in the mire
She accordingly swore out a warrant
charging Henry w. Coachman and
Frank Kelly with vagrancy, and the
placidity of Nutmeg" alley was shaken
tc it's innermost depths. The warrant
was placed in the hands of officer Fish
or, who took the patrol wagon along
9TH him and captured the quarry with
out struggle. These were Coachman,
Harry Wagner and Kelly and Collier,
and last, though not least, there was
Mrs. Lou Silverlock, side-partner to
Kate Jeffries.
Wagner, so officer Fisher said, was
not quite drunk enough to bring in,
but each of the other gentlemen carried
full-grown jags, and Madame Silver
lock was uproariously drunk
She was recently released from the
County Jail, where she served a term
for vagrancy, and owing to the fact
that she had kept sober until the pres
ent outbreak only a charge Of drunk
was set opposite her name. but the
three knights of Nutmeg alley must
explain matters satisfactorily TO Judge
Davis, or the rock pile Will be their
portion.
The record-union., 1896-11-01
SAYS THEY'RE ILLIHERATE.
William Webber'S Suit Against the County
Clerk.
Allegations That Several Names Are
Illegally on the Great
Register.

William j. Weber has commenced
suit in the Superior Court through his
attorneys, Alexander, Gardner q Nil
Ter, against W. Is. Hamilton, County
Clerk, Giovanni Squvali, Rasno Onesti,
Clio Onsti, Antonio Bonassi, Rafaello
Cassella and Gabrielle Cochettini.
The complaint states that W. b. Ham
iiton is County Clerk, and the other de-
PENDANTS all foreign-b BORN and not ma
tives of the United States, nor were they
any OF them citizens of the United States
prior to 1896, but each of them became
naturalized in March and June, 1896,
and after the provisions of Section /,
Article III. of the Constitution of the
State OF California took effect.
1t further states that in that section
1t is provided that mo person who shall
not be able to read the Constitution in
the English language and write his
name, shall ever exercise the privilege
of an elector in this State, provided that
the provisions of the amendment rela-
tive to an educational qualification
shall not apply to any person prevent
ed by any physical disability from COM
plying with its requirements, nor TO any
person who now has the right to vote,
nor to any person who shall be 60 years
Of age and upwards at the time this
amendment shall take effect"
1t claims that none of the defendants
except Hamilton can read the Constitu-
ton of the State Of California in the
English language, nor the Constitution
of the United States in the English Ian
guage nor can any of the defendants
sI.e 1T.
none of them are 60 years of age or has
any physical disabilities or infirmities,
and that for these reasons none of them
are or can be electors, or entitled TO ex-
ercise the right of franchise in this
State
Hamilton, however, TIE complaint
states, has entered their names on the
Great Register, and such action was
unlawful and contrary To the ConStitu-
ton and laws OF the State.
Plaintiff therefore prays the judg-
ment of the court cancelling the names
of said persons illegally registered from
the Great Register, and requiring Ham
ihon to cancel them.
Judge Hinkson has made an order
transferring the case to Department
Three.
The case is the outgrowth of the con-
tests last summer over the election of a
trustee in American River District,
most of the defendants being residents
of that district and registering a short
time before the school election. County
Clerk Hamilton was told after the con-
test that they had no business on the
register, and suggested that if that were
the case those opposing them had better
bring suit to have their names cancelled,
as he had no jurisdiction I'm the matter