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The record-union., 1897-04-17
HEAVY MORTGAGE
Placed on Various Properties of e. j.
Baldwin.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-The Hi
bernian Bank to-day put on record
mortgage given by E. J. Baldwin for
$50, 900, covering the Baldwin Hotel
property and annex, his home on Cali
fornia street near Jones, residence
property On Webster near Fell business
property on Stevenson street, business
property in Los Angeles and ranches
in Los Angeles County. The indebted
ness is payable in one year, and bears
G12 per cent. interest per annum
In addition to the mortgage, the bank
the rent and all other income from his
business property, to secure the pay
ment of interest on several loans which
have been made to him. His total in
debtedness to the bank, as represented
by mortgages, now aggregates 81, ,670,-
600
When questioned regarding the new
loan tonight, Baldwin said: 81 have
borrowed the money to pay other obli-
cations, preferring to borrow rather
than sell any property during the pres
ent depression in prices. There is no
foundation for the rumor that l am in
danger of bankruptcy. / have enough
unincumbered property left on which
might borrow a million or two. The
passage of a protective tariff will make
all of my enterprises pay, and make it
easy for me to pay all l owe.''
The record-union., 1897-04-17
A Captains Belief That She is Still
Making Way Toward Port.
A WeIl-Known Timing Man Shot by
His Divorced Wife at a Wayside.
Resort in San Joaquin County
A San Jose Sportsman Convicted
of Using Giant Powder in Catching
Trout.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-The
schooner Lizzie Prien came into port
this morning with a cargo of lumber
from Tacoma. and with her came a
vague hope that the Samaria might
still be a1oat.
The Lizzie Prien left Tacoma twenty
days ago, seven days after the Sarna-
ria sailed from the Sound. The schoon-
er made an unusually long voyage, and
fears for her safety We're entertained
by her owners and consignees. During
the past two or three weeks numerous
reports have been received from coast
ing vessels of an unusual amount of
lumber seen floating in the ocean. The
crew of one ship reported a floating
spar in the track of vessels bound
down the coast from Puget Sound. The
spar looked like the broken mast of a
schooner. It was feared that the lum-
Der and spar We're from the Prien.
Captain Anderson, the master Of the
schooner, sailed the little craft on a
course down the coast usually taken
by vessels of a larger tonnage, and it
was a tedious and aggravating voyage.
There were many contrary gales and
calms.
4 would not be surprised if the Sa-
maria is experiencing the same kind of
weather" said Captain Anderson. THE
gales and squalls we encountered could
easily disable the rigging of a. big
ship, and I think the Samaria is slow
ly making her way toward port in a
crippled condition.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
No Political Accident.

Mr.. Mckinley is no political accident;
he has been repeatedly tested in the
public service; he has come to his high
office by no sudden leap out of OBJ
scurity, but after protracted and
varied experience in State and national
affairs; he has been long in the public
eye, and all men familiar with the po-
litical history of the nation during the
last quarter of a century have learned
to know something of his character and
temperament, of his opinions, his SYM
pathies, and his aims. Consequently,
we are able to forecast to a consider
able extent the foreign policy of the
Federal Government under the new ad
ministration because we are acquaint
ed with the main principles by which
it will be shaped. 1t is only the time
and mode of the application of those
principles under the pressure of
absorbing domestic business or of per-
picking considerations Of expediency,
about which we are in doubt One
thing, for example, is certain and OBJ
vious, namely, that the course of our
Government with relation to foreign
Powers during the four years to come
will be one determined and carried out
Dy HTeSlOeII MChiHiSy HlIlsSll, clld
that therein even the Secretary of
State will play but subordinate and
ancilIary part. Such has almost al
ways been the case in the history of
our Federal Executive, and such was
manifestly the intention of the au-
thors of the Constitution when they
made the President himself, and not
his Minister of Foreign Affairs, re-
sponsible to the Federal Legislature. 1t
also seems probable, In view of what
we know of the man and of the party
which he personifies, that the foreign
policy of President Mckinley will be
the opposite of that OF President
Cleveland, except in two particulars.
namely, the assertion of the Monroe
doctrine in the Venezuelan affair, and
the affirmation of the principle of ar
bitratlon.-Mayo w. HaZeltine, in
North American Review.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
Nevada.

Nevada is the victim of circum-
stances. Rich in the potentialities of
material greatness, and therefore
strong in the capacity to support a
social structure, she presents the
battling paradox of a declining popula-
tion in a Western State If she were
located in South Africa, the nations of
Europe would plot and struggle for
possession of her minerals, lands, and
waters; If in New South Wales, the
colonial Government would employ the
public capital to reclaim her deserts,
and to enable the surplus population
of Adelaide to make homes upon her
soil; ii in Germany, the Imperial Gov
ernment would charter rent banks"
to operate under a commission in pre-
pairing the land for settlement and
building humble houses, to be pur-
chased by home-seekers on generous
terms; if in Holland, the servants of
the little Queen would extend the ad-
mirable colonies which have fourished
for seventy-five years, graduating
thousands of needy men from beggary
to tenantry, from tenantry to proprie-
torship. But Nevada is in the United
States; and the remedy for her misfor-
tune is-to deprive her of her Senators!
William E. Smythe, in the Forum.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
THE PHILIPPINE REBELLION.
Future of the Fur Seal.

The regulations adopted by the Paris
Tribunal of Arbitration in 1893 for "the
protection and preservation of the fur
seaP' have signally failed of their OBJ
ject. This failure is chiefly due to the
treatment of the creature as an object
of international litigation, not as an an
imal having habits and prejudices to
which international statutes must con-
form if they are to serve any purpose
In the compromise adopted by the tri-
bunal were embodied certain PROPOSE
tions, apparently fair from the legal
side of the case, but wholly repugnant
to the animal. The only possible basis
for final arrangement for the pro-
lection and preservation of the fur seal
must conform perfectly to it's habits
That such settlement must finally be
made admits of no doubt. 1t is not to
be supposed for moment that Eng
land, Russia, and the United States
will fail to settle so simple a prob
lem, or that these great nations are
so weak or so barbarous as to allow
this wonderful animal to be wasted
without mercy, when the conditions of
its preservation are fully understood.
To balance land killing against sea kill
ing, to kill with guns in one sea and
with spears in another, to kill on land
in July and at sea in April and Au-
gust, to have a closed zone of sixty
miles and an open zone of 200 miles
all these compromises are ingenious on
paper, and find their precedent in the
checks and balances of constitutional
law, but not in the facts of natural
history. How such regulations affect
the animal is not to be settled by COM
promise. 1t is a question of fact; and
any system of regulations must be
judged from the standpoint Of the ami
NAL itself. The whole Behring Sea dis
pute belongs primarily to natural his
tory, not to international law. If ex-
listing forms of international law fail
to protect a noble and valuable ami
NAL in its migrations or it's feeding ex-
cursions at sea, then more international
law must be written; and the actual
habits of the animal must determine
the nature of such law-David Starr
Jordan, President of the Behring Sea
Commission for 1896, and George Arch
ibald Clark, Secretary to the Commits
sion, in the Forum
The record-union., 1897-04-17
A Race-Horse Owner Suddenly Drops
Out of Sight.

OAKLAND, April 16.-With the de-
feat of the horse Gold Bug in the third
race at Emeryville race track yester-
day, the owner of the horse, James
Hunter, dropped out of sight, and his
friends are afraid he has committed
suicide
Hunter is a well-known racing man
on this coast, and besides Gold Bug
owns several other horses. He has
been a steady loser during the present
meeting and has been despondent of
late. Just before the third race yester-
day he remarked to several friends:
We'll, am all up on this race, and if
Gold Bug is beaten l will never see a
horse track nor any one else again"
Hunter then purchased a two-ounce
bottle of laudanum, watched the race
long enough to see his horse come in
fifth, then disappeared. He has not been
seen since and his friends say he is
surely dead
The record-union., 1897-04-17
HELD TO ANSWER.
Preliminary Examination of John
Madden, Charged With Murder.

YUBA CITY, April 16.-The prelim-
mary examination of John P Madden,
charged with the killing of John j.
Bruce, Jr., at Pennington, recently,
took place in the Justices Court at this
place to-day. The testimony introduce
ed was about the same as given at the
Coroner's inquest. The defense offered
no evidence. AT the close of the exam
inatiOn the court held the defendant to
answer before the Superior Court on
the charge of murder without bonds.
1t is stated that the Grand Army of the
Republic, of which order the defendant
was member, will furnish counsel
for him
The record-union., 1897-04-17
CHANGE OF FAITH.
A Prominent CongregationaIist Min
lister Becomes an Episcopalian.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-Rev
w. ID. Williams, one of the most prom
lnent Congregat ministers on
the Pacific Coast for the past thirty
years, and until a month ago pastor of
Plymouth Church here, where he had
a large and influential following, has
become an EpiscOpalian He was con-
flrmed at Grace Episcopal Church to-
day by Bishop Nichols. Dr. Williams
Will go to Ohio on May 1st to seek
clerical employment. Dr. Williams says
that although he has become a mem
Der of the Episcopal Church he is still
an accepted minister of the Congrega-
tionalist body and a member of the
Congregationalist Bay Conference.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
KID" THOMPSON'S TRIAL.
Defendant Denies All knowledge of
the Roscoe Robbery.

LOS ANGELES, April 16.-In the
Kid" Thompson case to-day Al Tup-
per was the principal witness for the
defense. He testified that Etzler had
been introduced to him as w. S. Park
er at Phoenix. He told in detail how
Etzler had requested Thompson to get
the box Of coin out of the express Of
flee, as he Etzler) would be unable to
sign for it. Thompson, he said, had
not been apprised of the true contents
Of the box, and was not present at it's
opening. EtZler explained the Mexi-
can dollars to Tupper by saying that
ne had been employed on a bridge gang
in Mexico, and the money was the re-
muneration for his labor
Thompson testified in his own behalf
by denying all knowledge of the Ros-
coe robbery. He stuck to his original
protestations of ignorance of the sub
ject.
Several witnesses testified that Etz-
Iers reputation for veracity was not of
the best.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
JOHN ST. PETER.
ihe Pittsburg Defaulter Starts on
His journey Home.

OAKLAND, April 16-John st. Peter.
the Pittsburg defaulter started on the
journey home this evening in charge
OF Detective Phil Demmel. He was
pleased at the prospect of going back
to answer for his crime, and his only
concern was for his wife and child, who
were left behind
81. Peter is more confident than ever.
ana says he is sure the time he spent
IN the Oakland Jail will be the limit of
MS confinement. He has been in re-
ceipt of telegrams from members of the
Window Glass Workers Association al
most daily, and feels quite sure that he
will not be prosecuted
A purse is being made up to pay the
fare of Mrs. st. Peter back to Pitts
burg.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
OAKLAND RACES.
Peril, Della NJ, Lena, Tassida, Judge
Denny and Mercutio Won.

OAKLAND, April 16.-Weather cool
and track fast. Six furlongs Peril won,
Quicksilver second, Pat Murphy third.
Time-1: :1615
Four furlongs, selling, Della NJ won,
Twinkler second, Roxey Murphy third.
Time-0:5 :50A.
One mile, selling, Lena won, O'Fleeta
second, Little Bob third. Time: :43:A4
Four furlongs, selling, Torsida won,
The Cheat second, Miss Dividend third
Time-0:4 :49A.
One mile and an eighth, selling, Judge
Denny won, Morte Fonse second, Ad-
die Buchanan third. Time-1:54
Six furlongs, selling, Mercutio won,
Lost Girl second, Fortunate third. Time
/ :16M.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
BADLY INJURED.
Probable Fatal Accident to a Carpen-
ter in Stanislaus County.

MODESTO, April 16.-Fred H. Ellis
was brought to Modesto to-day from
Elmwood Station, on the San Joaquin
Valley Railway, near the Merced Coun-
ty line, seriously and probably fatally
injured from an accident which hap
pened late yesterday Ellis was en-
gagged in constructing a warehouse for
the grange company, when a rafter
weighing 1000 pounds fell on his back
and head from a hight of fifteen feet.
He received a severe scalp wound his
ribs were torn from his vertebrae and
one rib penetrated the lung. His ply
sician gives hopes that Ellis may re-
cover. The injury was caused by a
rope used in lifting the rafter breaking
when it was near the roof of the ware
house.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
PRICE IN BAD ODOR.
Much Animosity Shown Him by
Fellow -COnvictS.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-The
Bulletin" says: Convicts of San
Quentin have made several attempts
to inf1ict bodily injury on Warren Z.
Price, editor of the journal called
Light" who is serving eighteen
months Imprisonment for sending i'm
proper matter through the mails.
A few days ago a violent assault was
made on Price by number of con-
victs ,and Price was severely beaten
end badly bruised before he was res
cued by the guards. Price says his
chief assailantS were murderer John
McNulty and a convict named O'Brien
The appearance of Price in the Jail
yard is a signal for Kisses and curses,
and much animosity is shown him.
Religious differences are ascribed by
the guards as reasons for his unpop-
ularity.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
USED GIANT POWDER.
How San Josean r1ade Reputation
as Trout Fisher.

SANTA CRUZ, April 16.-In the So
Quel Justice Court to-day H. F. Plum
mer pleaded guilty to illegal fishing,
and paid a fine of 500.
Plummer was accused of killing fish
in the Sequel Creek with giant pow
der. Plummer is a well-known San
Jose sportsman, and has been looked
upon as a wonder as a trout fisher, for
no matter how swollen the streams
were, Plummer always returned home
with well-filled baskets. His success
at fishing was regarded as marvellous
by other anglers. His arrest caused
much surprise in San Jose, where he is
engaged in the saloon business
The record-union., 1897-04-17
SHOT IN THE LEG.
A Well=Known Mining Man Wounded
by His Divorced Wife.

STOCKTON, April 16-Al Viertong, a
mining man and well-known prospec-
tor in Tuolumne and Calaveras Coun-
ties was shot in the leg this afternoon
by his divorced wife at wayside re
sort on the Mariposa road, two miles
from this city. He is not badly hurt,
the bullet having passed through the
calf of his leg. He bled a lot, and
came into town for medical treatment.
The story told by the officers is that
Niertong went to the place, which was
purchased with part of the money they
got out a first payment on a sale of
mining property, and demanded admit
tance. The woman refused to let him
in, and finally he kicked in the door and
somebody shot him, presumably the
woman. He will not make a complaint
and no arrest has been made.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
TUSTIN POSTOFFICE ROBBERY.
Two rlen Suspected of the Crime
Under Arrest.

SANTA ANA, April 16.-Sherif
Nichols has landed two men in the
County Jail here charged with crack
ing the safe in the postoffice at Tustin
on the night of April I'd, when they Sc
cured about 5000 cash and stamps. One
man is Fred Keller and the other is Ed
Wheeler young man about 81 years
old. believed to be a professional safe
breaker from Chicago.
Both men are believed to have been
implicated in the Santa Monica, Whit
The record-union., 1897-04-17
Market-Street Railway Company.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-The
newly elected Board of Directors of the
Marketstreet Railway Company met
to-day and organized by the election OF
the following officers: c. F. Crocker
President; II. f. Huntington, Vice
President; Alvinza Hayward, Second
Vice President; N. I. Smith, Treasurer;
j. L. Wilcutt, Secretary. All these gen.
tlemen We're reelected to their old po-
sitions
The record-union., 1897-04-17
Decided in Favor of the "Post."

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-The
suit of the Evening Post" VS.. the AS
sociated Press was decided this morn
ing in favor of the plaintiff by Judge
Hebbard. The suit was brought to en-
join the Associated Press from furnish
ing the Daily Report" with teiegra-
phic news. The Associated Press made
a motion that the injunction be dis
solved, which the Judge this morning
dcr 4
The record-union., 1897-04-17
Senator Hanna's rlother Dead.

ASHEVILLE IN. c., April 16.-Sen-
ator Hanna's mother died here TINS
morning of pneumonia, two hours be-
fore the arrival of her son. She was
S5 years old and a widow. The old
lady had been in bad health for some
time past, and when attacked. by penu-
monia she was not able to offer much
resistance to the disease
The record-union., 1897-04-17
Released, But RearreSted.

SANTA ANA, April 16.-Henry Will
liams. an alleged forger from Fresno,
was released from Jail this afternoon
on writ of habeas corpus issued by
the Superior Court of Los Angeles, but
he was Immediately rearrested on a
warrant from Santa Barbara charging
him with a similar offense. Williams
is now in jail here awaiting the arrival
of the Santa Barbara officers.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
An Old Spaniard's Death.

CHICO, April 16.-Last night the
dead body of Jose Ochoa. an aged
Spaniard was found sitting IN a chair
in his cabin in Chico Canyon, six miles
from this city. The body was terribly
decomposed. and death must have oc-
CURED several days ago The body was
brought to town this morning. The
autopsy revealed the cause of death
to be strangulation.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
Died From Her Injuries.

LOS ANGELES, April 16.-Miss H.
r. Fales, who became insane upon the
subject of religion, and purpose,y burn
ed her lower limbs in a fire she start
ed for that purpose, died this morning
from the effects of her injuries.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
SPAIN WITHDRAWING TROOPS.
MANY OF THOSE NOW IN CUBA
TO BE SENT HOrlE.
Spaniards Say 1t is Because the In
surrection is Insignificant, While
CubanS Assert Lack of Funds.

WASHINGTON, April 16.-According
to information received from truStWor-
thy sources here, the withdrawal of at
least a part of the great army Spain
has maintained for several years in
the Island of Cuba will begin when the
rainy season sets in, within a few days.
The initial movement will be the de-
parture of 10000 Spanish troops from
Havana for Spain, and within a short
time 10000 troops, it is understood, will
withdraw
The Spanish insists that this positive
ly means only that little or nothing of
the insurrection remains; that Gomez
has only about fifty or 100 followers,
and to watch these under the condi-
tions in which the campaign has been
necessarily conducted, a few thousand
men are quite as effective as the 130,
600 men now in Cuba. The Cuban con-
tingent, on the other hand, insist that
the Spanish financial resources are ex-
hausted and the troops are to be with
drawn because of lack of money to
keep them in the service.
HAVANA, April 16.-A dispatch
from Libertad, province of Pinar del
Rio, says that the well-known insur-
gent leader Julian Zarraga, who is
charged with having blown up several
trains with dynamite in Pinar del Rio,
has surrendered to the Spanish authori-
ties there with five of his followers, all
armed.
THE PHILIPPINE REBELLION.
MADRID, April 16.-Captain-Ge General
Polvieja, prior to leaving Manila, Capt.
tai of the Philippine Islands, sent a
dispatch to the Government here say
ing the rebellion is nearly quelled; that
only 1000 insurgents, partly armed,
are in the field; that "a 900 insurgents
have already submitted to the Spanish
authorities, and that 10000 insurgents
are upon the point of yielding up their
arms
The record-union., 1897-04-17
Johnson Loses His Libel Suit.

LOS ANGELES, April 16-The libel
suit of Evangelist Johnson against the
Fresno "Expositor' was concluded to-
day, the jury returning a verdict for
the defendant, after deliberating two
hours
The record-union., 1897-04-17
Indicted for EmbeZZlement.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.-Dr.
Stable, the physician in charge at the
City and County Hospital, was to-day
indicted by the Grand Jury on the
charge of embezzling furniture from
the hospital.
The record-union., 1897-04-17

At a recent meeting of the Paris
Academy of Sciences M. Balland pre-
sented a memoir describing an analysis
Of sample of rice over century old.
He found the rice only slightly de-
'ected.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
Fire in Mendocino County.

UKIAH, April 16.-News has reached
here of the complete destruction by fire
of Harris Taylor's store at Navarro.
Estimated loss $4,000; insurance $S,-
GOO
The record-union., 1897-04-17

Steel mills in Pennsylvania are ex-
pected to be kept busy for time on
orders from railroads.
The record-union., 1897-04-17

tier and other safe robberies that have
occurred in Southern California re-
Gently.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
Easter Shoes.

We have them appropriate for
the occasion. Easter Shoes in all
the new colors, styles and lasts.
and in making your selections
do not overlook our line of
Women's 81 so Oxford Ties, in
the latest shade of chocolate, on
the new toes: light weight and
comfortable. Only
81 so Pair.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
WHERE is JAMES HUNTER?

sister, who did not know of each 9TH
er'S existence.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
THE NONPARErL
a&@yhuh9K'
Kid Gloves.

CT O0 Genuine Kid, thor
~ w. oughly dependable,
popular price, new
est of cOlOrings. two-clasp STYLE
and perfect in fit, bespeak the
items of merit to be found in our
favOrite 81 Glove. They are
heavily stitched in black or self
cOlOred stitching; colors red,
tan, brown, black, white, cream
or paper.
The record-union., 1897-04-17
New
Shirt Waists.

They come daily, case after
case of them. The new lines dis
play new effects in the new col
ors, fOulard designs, etc. De-
tachable collars and cuffs; new
cut sleeves and fast cOlors; sizes
32 to AZ. Prices,
75C, ST and ST. 25.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

T0WT1ES Cal. FEB "A premature
sxpEosgor ~ 4 hast ln ths Pioneer me
s9lay resulted Ga zha 8sata O D. J. 5zll-
vza ard Edwin Tn5mpSon-
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r-ors yesterday me wo-usu's par-lz -11snt-
airy Franchise bsA passed iSs secozG rad
Ing - a vote - - % i9-
WASHINGTON. Feh. 4-The Camel
Swanson contest n me FifSa Virginia
SaHtriet has h@sn settled in faT1T % swan
son. the Democrats c2ntestse. S4tro1t
afv1sica
JACK SOSTTLLE- ga. Fea 81 sas
schooner Biscayne. Cap HarrF rsss&F1
chIs po-r 70 BlsczyHe bay. Sas wrecked
earsy thls naczu8rE - SeeEst-8r- SEVERAL
lives are rencrte3 sos-
WASHINGTON, Feh s-T1e EcIats
CON ulttee on privileges and @leetis1s h2s
6ecfsa1 n5t 70 attempt 20 r@gr4n me
cain cf Col II. 4 D8poEt - 2 seat n
the senate from Delaware.
JEFF E1Fs~11& CITY. SO. Eso- IT -
gprengs court to-day 8verFs4te3 re motion
for reoezrlnE IL ere case = Arthur D1s-
sgrow tae - Loaas nnils4craa.re murderer,
~a3 IS 20 be hanged Fesrasry IS
CHICAGO FEB 8-I4liss ffee1an. J.
years % age vas shot arr ki.}=a last
aiEht by heF s@eeta eart. Jg@ega CycBtn.
Wro was handing e dDaaa - - rraies shot
gun Ehicn he di1 not knOw y IS loaded
VEST CHESTER Pa. Fs5- The
Chester County FsI8r9uT@e Trust ard sac
Deposit Company % thjs pace czaSngsng
Assets a zgrsga11 81 faG.1s3 ard with DE-