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The record-union., 1897-12-31
COSTUMES TRIBE SMOKES.
Noble Red Men Entertain Their
Pale Face Friends.

Last night being the fifth meeting
night in December, COSumnes Tribe, L.
o. r. NJ, spent the evening in social
way with quite a number of pale face
friends. Messrs. E. j. BraZile, G. "A.
Gray and c.. Dal1e were in charge of
the affair, and at once presented each
with the pipe of peace. f. B. Wilson,
as chairman of the evening, called the
meeting to order after which a short
programme was presented as follows;
Music by Messrs. Hoff. Shot and Hunt
Of the Mandolin Club; Illuminated club
swinging by A. Sema; music by Red
Mems Glee Club: recitation by f. M.
Gordon; song by II. J. Winters; humor-
Gus story by George Chambers; boxing
bouts by Gray Brothers, Winters and
others; comic songs, F. w. Hartman
burlesque speech, E. B. Wilson; song by
N. Savage; song by f. w. Hartman.
Past Great Sachem J. P. Counts took
the floor and spoke of the tribe and or
der in glowing terms, extending cor
dial welcome to the pale face friends
and urging them to become Red Men.
All were then invited to the banquet
hall. where a bountiful supply of corn
and venison had been provided, to
which ample justice was done, after
which songs, stories and general
good time was The order.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
TROUBLE AMONG SAILORS.
One Badly Cut About the Face and
Another Shot in the Thigh.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 30.-As the out
come of a dispute among some men,
-bers Of the crew of the ship Bohemia,
now in port, First Mate Holman and
Seaman Charles A Benjamin, the for
,ner with his face badly cut, are in the
County Jail, and Charles f. Steadman,
another sailor, is at the hospital with
a 3S-caliber bullet in his thigh.
The mate and sailors, it appears, had
some words while in town yesterday
afternoon. Subsequently the quarrel
was renewed, when all hands had re-
turned to the ship for the night. Mat
1ers cane to q climax between II and
O'Clock to-day, when Mate Holman
was cut in the forehead and nose by
Sailor Steadman. The mate then fired
his revolver at Steadman. the bullet
taking effect in the left thigh.
DIR. Gochenauer stitched up the cuts
IN Holman's face. and ordered Stead
man removed to the hospital where it
viii be necessary to perform an opera
1ion to remove the bullet. Holman was
taken TO jail, together with Benjamin.
Steadman's wound is serious, but
probably not fatal
The record-union., 1897-12-31
EXAMINATION OF HOFF.
Mayer May the Principal Witness
at Yesterdays Session.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30.-The pre-
1iminary examination of Albert Hoff
on the charge of numbering Mrs. Mary
"A Clute was continued to-day.
Mayer May was the principal witness.
He was severely cross examined by At
torney Schooler, who forced him to ad-
NIT that he had twice been confined in
the Napa Insane Asylum. He said
the police railroaded him to the asylum
without a trial because they thought
him too enthusiastic in his belief in
spirit manifestations. He said he was
no longer a spiritualistic enthusiast, but
claimed still to have faith in the mat
ter of spirit manifestations
May said he had given four auto
matte writings to Hoff in the form of
messages from the spirit of Sarah, the
wife of Abraham
Schooler asked that Mays evidence
be. ruled out, on the ground that he
was an incompetent person. This point
will be argued when all the evidence is
5n.
May is the man who positively iden-
tied the coupling pin alleged to have
BEEN used by Hoff in killing Mrs.
Slute.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
Decisions of an Ecclesiastical 1ri-
bunaI are Supreme.
50 Held by an Opinion Rendered by the
State Supreme Court.
"A Merchant of Kings City Acc1-
dentally Killed by the DIS
charge of a Gun From Wh1cn
He Was Endeavoring to Draw
Load.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. oO.-The
State Supreme Court, in an OPINION oe-
aiyered to-day, held that the oeclsioIs
of an ecclesiastical tribunal OIL
church are supreme.
This was rendered in the case Oh
church difficulty in Los Angeles, a11s-
5usr from the division of the First Pres
byterian Church by the Presbytery into
the Central and Westminster Churches,
resulting from trouble over the pur-
chase of a building site.
The records of the First Presbyterian
Church were awarded to the Westmin-
ster Church. The Presbytery further
ordered a commission of five to appor-
ton the funds of the disorganized
First Church. and this was done. The
Central Church recognized the action
of the Presbytery, but the Trustees OF
the old First and their followers re-
pudiated the action of that body, and
refused to pay any of the funds in
question over to the Central Church.
whereupon legal action was begun by
dhe Central Church.
One of the points in the defense was
that the First Presbyterian Church was
incorporated under the laws OF the
State, and the Central was not; also
that the Presbytery had no power to
disrupt the church and divide its
money, only courts having the latter
power; and, last, that the complaint
was improper, inasmuch as the COM
plainants and defendants should all be
named.
These objections were in the demur-
rer which was sustained in the lower
court. which order was overruled by
the higher tribunal
The record-union., 1897-12-31
THE FIGHT AGAINST HANNA.
A DAY OF CONFERENCE WITH
HIS OPPONENTS.
Efforts to Wheel the Democrats
Into Line Have So Far Proved
Unsuccessful.

COLUMBUS (O), Dec. 30.-This has
been d day of conferences Win tht
anti Hanna Republicans, and from the
best information obtainable the results
have not been altogether encouraging
although the claims of the faction nave
not been modified in the least. Ihese
conferences have been with the leaders
of the Democracy, who are in favor
of a fusion with the anti-Hanna Re-
publicans to defeat Mr.. Hanna. Inc
central figures have been Charles l..
Kurtz. leader of the anti-Hanna Re
publicanS, and Allen 0. Myers, VINO IS
endeavoring to bring the Democratic
members elect of the Legislature into
line for the proposed fusion
At these conferences, which began
this morning and continued into the
night. the Democrats were asked to
state just how many of their members
could be counted upon in the fusion.
1t is understood that it was stated
that seven Democrats had refused pos
itively to vote for any one except
Democrat for United States Senator,
not even a free silver Republican 1t
is also understood that the number of
Democrats who will oppose a fusion
1t developed that almost the entire
Democratic vote of the Legislature will
be required on a fusion to defeat Han
ma, and the Democratic leaders are not
willing to enter into any arrangement
which may fail of success.
Major Dick, who has charge of Sen
ator Hanna's personal interests, was
feeling very confident to-day that the
proposed fusion arrangement would be
broken. Sentiment among the Repub-
licans Of the State is rapidly crystalliz-
ing under the vigorous assaults of the
Republican newspapers on Mr.. Kurtz
and the anti-Hanna movement 1t is
claimed that if the anti-Hanna Repub-
licans force a deadlock, it will bring
more people to the capital city than
have ever been here before.
The supporters of Mr.. Hanna do not
admit that any Republican will vote
against him, and it is significant that
none of the members claimed to be
opposed to Mr.. Hanna have said pub
licIy that they Will not vote for him.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY.
REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRE-
TARY ROOSEVELT.
A Bill to be Presented to Congress
Which Will be of Incaiculable
Benefit to the Service.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt has submitted to
secretary Long a most exhaustive re-
port upon the personnel of the navy.
lie was charged with a special board
TO consider and report upon means to
break up the present stagnation in pro-
motions, to settle the long standing diff
ferenceS between the line and engineer
corps, and to devise a method for the
betterment of the condition of the en-
listed men aboard ship.
All of these things have been done in
bill which is submitted to the Secre-
tary for his approval, the features of
which have already been sent out by
the Associated Press.
But Mr.. Roosevelt's presentation of
the evils of the present situation, and
the reasons which have Influenced the
board in making its recommendations
are set forth in the accompanying re-
port in a stronger light than has ever
been thrown upon this complex sub
ject, and it is presumed that it will have
influence with Congress, to which the
matter is soon to be committed.
Mr.. Roosevelt pays his compliments to
the members of the board for the con-
scious manner'in which they have gen
orally sunk personal feelings, and re-
marks with pleasure that on no one point
could it be said that the line and staff
members divided as classes. AS to the
results attained he said:
Il am able to report to you that the
bill they have produced would, If en-
acted into law, be ofliterally incalculable
good to the navy, and would make our
naval service the pioneer in the proper
solution of problems, some of which are
old, but some of which are so new that
they have not yet been. solved by any
naval nation.
THE board recommends (A) that the
line officers and engineers be amalga-
mated: (B) that when the number OF
officers to be promoted is so far IN ex-
cess of the vacancies as to cause stagna-
ton in the service, the requisite number
of vacancies shall be caused by Weedlng
out the men who are least fit to meet the
heavy requirements of modern naVal
DUTY: (C that the enlisted men aboard
ship be given the same reward OF pen
sion and retirement enjoyed by tnelr
brethren who fight ashore, While the up
permost machinists are made warrant
officers, to rank with the gunners ana
carpenters"
The record-union., 1897-12-31
EDIsoN's DAUGHTER BARRED.
Not Allowed to Take Part in a
Charity Performance.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Madeline, the
nine-year-old daughter of Thomas E.
Edison, the inventor, was to have ap-
peared in a charity performance at
Carnegie Lyceum, but the Gerry Socie-
ETY. officers interfered. They informed
the managers of the entertainment
that Miss Edison would not be allowed
to appear, so her part was taken by an
older girl.
The second half of the programme
consisted of a performance of the pied
Piper of Hamelin," in which parts were
taken by more than one hundred chill
dren. Chorus songs and elaborate tab
leaux made up the greater part of the
performance. Mr.. Edison's daughter
was to have appeared in what was
really little more than a walking part,
only a few dancing steps being inter-
mingled.
The managers of the entertainment
were incensed at the action of the Ger
ry agents, as they had taken special
care to obtain Mr.. Edison's consent to
the appearance of his daughter in the
tableauX.
At the rooms of the Gerry Society
the only explanation vouchsafed was
that the proposed dancing Of Edisons s
daughter was clearly contrary to law
Mr. Edison took the matter good
naturedly. He said: MY opinion is
that the Gerry Society is probably a
good and necessary institution, but its
agents do not always use horse sense,
as it appears in this case
Mr. Edison said: Commodore Ger
rvs action was wholly uncalled for. III
there We're the slightest idea that there
could be anything demoralizing, l GER
tainly should not have let my daughter
come in the first place. Her dance IS
simply a parlor dance
The record-union., 1897-12-31
ANTI-SCALPERS' BILL.
Chicago Business Men Will Urge
It's Passage.

CHICAGO. Dec. 30-Next week a
committee of Chicago business men will
go to Washington for the purpose of
appearing before the Senate committee
in behalf of the bill prohibiting the
scalping of tickets. The delegation will
be heard before the committee on Janu-
airy 9TH, and it is expected that delega-
tions of business men from other cities
Will be there at the same time.
The members of the Merchants and
Travellers Association are eager to make
a strong fight on behalf of the bill, on
account of a circular circulated among
the members of Congress saying that
their stand in favor of the bill was not
in good faith.
The volume of westbound freight that
is passing over the Western roads is 50
great as to astonish the traffic officials.
There is usually little traffic at this time
of the year. but now the roads are hav-
ing all the trade that they are able to
handle. The amount of business will
cause an increase of earnings of nearly
every Western road, Notwithstanding
the demoralized condition of the freight
rates, both east and west from Chicago.
A meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Western Passenger Association
was held to-day, but nothing was trans
acted. except routine matter.
1t is expected that a general meeting
of the Western Passenger Association
will be held in the near future, to induce
the Union Pacific to become a member
of the association. The officials of that
road have not been in a position to say
what they viii do. but now that the
Presidency of the road has been filled
and with a man who is generally sup
posed 10 be favorable to associations,
there will be as little delay as possible
in making Inducements to the Union Pa
cific to become member of the organi-
tiDp
The record-union., 1897-12-31
At Twelve O'Clock Tonight it Goes
Out Of Existence.
Will Merge Into the Greater Municipality
at the Birth of the New Year.
A Grand Celebration Arranged for
the Occasion, to Commence ut
Ten O'clock Tonight and Last
ing Until the New City is an
Hour or More Old.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-To-morrow
will be the last day of the old City of
New York. The last meeting Of many
of the official boards of the city have
been held. Others viii meet for the
last time tomorrow.
When the birth of another year has
been announced by the booming of can
non, the Ginning of church bells blow
ing of horns and footing of whistles, the
town of Grander, Greater New York
will be a fact.
celebration of the occasion has
been arranged which will begin to-
morrow night at 10 O'Clock, and will
last until the new city is an hour or
more old. The front Of the City Hall
has been draped with the American
colors. In City Hall Park electric
lights, red. white and blue, have been
hung. From the tops of the buildings
about the City Hall searchlights will
play upon the park. At the Postoffice
the Second Battery will be stationed
to boom out salute of a hundred guns.
From the borouhg Of Brooklyn will
come another salute of 100 guns to tell
that the marriage of the cities is COM
plete.
FIREWORKS thrown from mOrtarS IN
City Hall Park will add to the specta-
Gle.
A procession of floats sent by busi-
ness houses, theaterS and societies, es-
corted by many civic organizations
and individual maskers will start from
Union Square at 10 o'clock. By mid
night the pageant will have reached
City Hall. The crashing of the bands
and the singing by united societies Of
Brooklyn and New York in front of
the City Hall will be accompanied by
the cannon.
AT midnight, when old Trinity's
chimes ring out and the clock in the
City Hall indicates the hour, old glory
VIII be run up to the top of the CITY
Hall flagstaff, and while it is being run
up thirty-seven searchlights, each OF
10000 candle power, will be upon it,
The record-union., 1897-12-31
FINE MOUNTAIN ROADS.
Good Highways to Connect James,
town With Neighboring Towns.

JAMESTOWN (Cal), Dec. 30.-Con-
tracts were awarded to-day to Charles
Erickson. who built the most of the ST.
ezra Railroad, for the construction of
two highways from the present term.-
nus of the road at Jamestown to Son0
ra and Stent They will be four miles
long each, and will be built with rock
base and top dressing of gravel. With
the road just finished of the sane char
acter between Jamestown and Raw
hide. jamestown will have three of the
finest mountain roads in the State, con-
Meeting her with thriving towns in the
vicinity. Work on the new roads will
be commenced next Monday.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
A British Naval Officer Tries to
End His Life.

TACOMA. Dec. 30.-The steamer Vic
toria. which arrived to-day from the
Orient, brought news of an attempt Of
an English naval officer to take his life
aboard the ship.
The officer, Lieutenant White. was
going from Hongkong to Shanghai on
the Victoria as a passenger From sto-
Ties to be gathered from those on the
vessel here. the officer had become dis
solute, and while on the way TO Shang-
hal was overcome With ren1orse and
attempted to cut his throat. The at
tempt was unsuccessful, but the des-
perate man made an ugly cash in the
vicinity of his windpipe. He was cared
for by the ships physician and others
aboard, and was able to leave the ship
on her arrival at Shanghai.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
GONE TO SAN QUENTIN.
George Wall Sentenced to Four
Years for Burglary.

George Wall pleaded guilty to burgla-
ry yesterday morning before Judge
Hart and was sentenced to four years
in States Prison, being sent to San
Quentin at his own request.
Before sentencing him, Judge Hart
asked him if he had ever been in States
Prison before, and he answered that
he had served a term for burglary That
settled his case, and he received a
longer sentence than he would probably
have done otherwise, as he has given
considerable assistance to the police
in recovering the articles that had been
stolen by the gang to which he belong
ed, and which have been camped in the
brush beyond the north levee.
Deputy Sheriff George w. Kelly took
him down to San Quentin yesterday
afternoon TO serve his term.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
ELI MAYO DEAD.
The Old Pioneer Passed Away at
His Home Last Night.

Eli Mavo. one of the oldest and best
known citizens of Sacramento, died last
night at his home, 1014 Twelfth street.
The deceased had been i'll for some time
and his demise was not unexpected.
Eli Mayo was born in Perry, England,
October 3, 1926, and landed in California
in 1S49 Most of his life, since his ar
rival, has been spent in Sacramento,
where he amassed quite a fortune, which
at one time was estimated to be $780,
coo. 1t has dwindled, however, and at
the present time it is probably not worth
more than a tenth of that sum.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
THE BONDS VOID.
Decision Rendered in an Irrigation
District Case.

rISALIA, Dec. 30.-Superior Judge
Grey tc-day decided the question Of the
legality of the bonds of the Alta Irri-
cation district, in Tulare County, hold
ing that the bonds, amounting to $780,
600, are void.
This case was tried last July, and was
one Of the most bitterly contested OF
the irrigation district bond cases. The
decision holds that the assessment is
void, except that portion which was
levied for the payment of the current
expenses of the district for the year
1896.
G.. w. Clark brought suit to restrain
J. d. Pillsbury, Tax Collector of Alta
district, from selling his property for
an unpaid assessment. The issuance
of the bonds was attacked on the
ground that they had been illegally is
sued.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
Man and Wife Badly Burned.

SALT LAKE. Dec. 30.-A special to
the Tribune" from Manti, Utah, says
that Actor Stultz of the Stultz Theater
Company was badly burned and his wife
probably fatally burned this afternoon.
Stultz was preparing colored fireworks
IN his room TO be used in the play, when
by accident spark from the stove set
the explosives on fire, and they were
both badly burned before they could es-
cape from their room
The record-union., 1897-12-31
Ste1ling Challenges Feudner.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ,3O-Henry
Stelling of Davisville, who recently de-
feated Frank Ruhstaller Of Sacramento
in a 100 bird pigeon match, has issued
a challenge to Otto Feudner a crack
shot of the Olympic Gun Club of this
city. The challenge is for a race at 100
live birds, and Feudner, as the chal
lenged party, has the right to name the
date and place of shooting. The local
man promptly gave notice that he
would arrange the match as soon as
Stelling should post forfeit.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
Pensioners Under Dependent Law.

WASHINGTON, Dec 30.-The Post
office Department has ruled that an ex-
Union soldier drawing a pension under
the dependent pension law may be rein
stated in position he formerly occu-
pied in the service. The case arose in
connection with the application of a vet
eran employed in the Philadelphia Post
office. In order to obtain pension un-
der the dependent Act he must swear
that he is without means of support, and
is unable to do manual labor.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
Charges Ignored.

CARSON New, Dec. 3O.-The State
Board Of Health to-day ignored the
charges which had been filed against
DR.. BerSstine, superintendent of the
Nevada Hospital for the Treatment Of
Mental Diseases. The Superintendent
was accused of polluting the waters of
the Truckee River by throwing into it
the brains of dead men, and of keeping
bodies until decomposition had badly
advanced. State Treasurer Westerfieid
or the Board of Health filed a strong
dissenting opinion
The record-union., 1897-12-31

Rupp, a burglar who was arrested In
Napa last Tuesday. The detective Of
ficers employed by Wells, Fargo & Co.
and the Southern Pacific Company are
confident that Rupp is the missing rob-
Der who escaped on September Sth last,
after assisting in an attempt to hold up
a train about six miles south Of Lathrop.
The prisoner is considered by the au-
thorities to be a dangerous criminal
The record-union., 1897-12-31
PERSONAL MENTION.

Hon. G. NJ. Belshaw is paying a visit
to Sacramento.
Martin Kelly, the San Francisco poll
tician, was in the city yesterday.
John G. March has reteurned from
visit to his brother, who resides at
Chico.
Miss Hattie Arnheim of San Francis
co is visiting Mrs. j. C. March, her sis
ter, of this city.
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SHOT ENTERED HIS HEAD.
"A Kings City Merchant Accidental
1y Killed.

SALINAS, Dec. 30.-Adolph Winck-
Ter. a merchant of King City. and for
many wears resident Of this county.
was instantly killed by the accidental
discharge of shotgun at his home this
afternoon. The deceased took down an
old muzZle-loading shotgun to draw out
the load preparatory TO letting his
grand-sons have IL for hunting trip
1t was discharged, the entire charge Of
shot entering his heart from short
range. He was - years old. The re-
mains Will be taken to Yreka for burial
The record-union., 1897-12-31
The Cleveland AHoat.

PORT TOWNSEND, Dec. 30.-The
tug Car, which arrived here to-day
from Barclay Sound, reports that the
wrecked steamer Cleveland was pulled
eff the rocks last Tuesday evening and
safely beached. Her bottom is not very
badly damaged. Arrangements have
been made TO have the wreck towed to
Tacoma, where she will be placed in the
quartermaster harbor dry dock
The record-union., 1897-12-31
Mining Company Sued.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30-E.
w. Scott has commenced suit against
the Gold Ball Mining Company, owner
of the Gold Ball mines in Siskiyou
County, to recover SIG, $50. 1t is al
legged that S11, 400 of the amount is due
to Albert Ball, general manager of the
mine, ard the remainder a claim for
legal services preferred by A Everett
Ball. The accounts have been assign
ed to Scott
The record-union., 1897-12-31
Burglars in San Joaquin County.

STOCKTON, Dec. 30.-A thief broke
into the station house at Peters, on the
Oakdale line, east of this city, this
evening While Agent Case was at sup
per. A window was broken and the
money drawer pried open. A stick of
giant powder left in the place by the
man indicated a willingness to do some
thing even more desperate. Last even
ing the section house was broken into
and So taken. Officers are out with
a fair description of several suspects.
The record-union., 1897-12-31
Will Have No Insanity Plea.

Los ANGELES. Dec. 3O.-Judge
Smith emphatically denied request to
have young Wilford Glover, who shot
Dr. Moore, examined by a commission
for insanity. The Judge remarked that
he did not propose to have any such fool
lshness. The newspapers have been de-
voting columns to an effort to prove that
the young Glover is a moral degenerate,
and not responsible for his attempt to
kill a perfect stranger in order to go
through his pockets
The record-union., 1897-12-31
Minister to Venezuela Loomis.

WASHINGTON, Dec 30.-Francis B.
Loomis, United States Minister 10
Venezuela, has arrived in washington
He is on leave of absence from ms
post, and will advise with the officials
ON the subject of negotiating a reelpro-
city treaty and also a parcel post con-
vention between the United States ana
Venezuela