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REMEMBER THE PETITIONS.

REMEMBER The PEIlI1ONS.
Wherever the petitions to Congress
for the Yosemite road are placed, we
trust that public-spirited men and our
contemporaries will see to it that they
are not forgotten and cast aside Keep
them in public places; ask the citizens
of the State to sign them; present the
reason for this request, and in this you
will find no difficulty, since they are
so many and so obvious.
There can be advanced no good rea-
sons why the Federal Government
should not do so much for California
as is asked in these petitions, namely
construct a good, permanent first-class
highway over the lands Of its Forest
Reservation, in the heart Of which the
Yosemite Valley is buried. The road
it is proposed shall be over such route
as the Government shall find best suit
ed to easy travel by all classes Of We
hicles. It should relate to the San Joa-
quin Valley in a manner to be nearest
to the most Travelled route in that val
ley. Such a road is of course, to be free
to all the people and be maintained
by the Government
We will never receive from the Gov
ernment without asking. The way to
get anything from Congress is to pre-
sent the claim. This claim is one in
which there is no politics, no axes to
grind, no personal interests to con-
serve, no private scheme to promote
Il is broad, wise and strong claim
for easy. free entrance into the Yose-
mite Valley. This is a tourist State,
and we should have the very best
means for tourists to enter the valley.
and thus encourage the larger number
to come to US. But the people Of Cali
fornia should have just as easy access
to the greatest of natural wonders. We
dare say that not one Californian in
twenty has visited the valley, or con-
templated the trip. The reasons are
because of its difficulties, the time nee
essary and the cost. All these will be
reduced by the construction Of a Gov
ernment road over its own property, it
being the largest landed proprietor in
that region
The building Of such a road will stim-
ulate good road construction in the San
Joaquin Valley, and naturally in all
other sections, for it will serve as an
object lesson. The Record Union" de-
sires to mass these petitions by the
18th Of November, at latest, and have
them properly bound and sent on for
presentation to Congress in December.
Where no petitions have been placed
for signatures, the Record Union" will
forward copies on application
The record-union., 1897-09-30
THE RULE OF THE MOB.

The mob of Ripley County. Indiana,
defends itself by saying that it was
necessary to lynch the men 1T murdered
in order to terrorize gang of crimi-
nails in that section. This viii not do.
To have executed murderers would
have been somewhat defensible from
the standpoint of the lynchers. But
the men the Ripleyites killed were not
accused of heinous offenses. Larceny
was the charge in one case and robbery
In another, while two other victims
We're charged with compelling a man
TO give up his money by threatening
him with torture.
Now in the annals of South or North
there is no instance SO indefensible as
was that act of the Ripley County peo-
pie. They acted as fends are supposed
TO conduct themselves. not as do honest
men anxious for the enforcement Of the
laws. The plain fact is that the lynch
ing spirit is on the increase, it is ex-
panding and justifying the sneer of
the pessimists that we are sliding back
to savagery. When men are seized and
strangled TO death on mere suspicion
of crime; when others are executed by
mobs before there is any collection of
evidence proving them TO have Of
Tended, when mobs pr'owl about the
country fogging some and driving out
others, it indicates not so much dis
trust Of the law as it does q brutal
animal thirst for blood.
Men who rise superior to the law, J"
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What Girls Are Doing.

Charity has not been forgotten among
the girls during the summer. They
are always racking their brains for new
ideas to make things which they can
sell for charitable objects, and now
they have got hold of a grand one. The
latest fad among the men, and girls
too. is to wear stock instead of a
collar or ribbon. 1t costs about IL
cents to make stock, and the girls
have been making them by the dozen,
and selling them for 30 cents apiece
to one another and a great many to
the mei. The stock itself is made of
white rioue or duck, and Madras or
ginghanl tie is attached, which forms
the small bow in front. One girl has
already made S12, and many have
made as much as from SS to SO. AT
several of the golf clubs near town
these stocks are left on sale, and when
the men come up to play they need not
leave for town again without looking
trim and neat for the small sum OF
80 cents. One young woman has sent
over to Charvet, the swell shirt maker
of Paris for some new patterns, and
she intends selling hers when copied.
for 81 each, the proceeds to help a
poor family get through the winter
Harpar's Bazaar.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
of a certain deed of trust executed by
d. w. Hutson and Philippine Hutson,
his wife, both of the county of San Joa-
Beckman and J. l.. Huntoon of the
County of Sacramento, State of Califor-
Ms Ms as trustees dated September H.
1892, in the office Of the County Re
corde- Of the county OF San Joa-
quin, State of California, in Book
San Joaquin County Records, and on
application of the holder and owner of
the promissory note secured to be pGi1
by said deed of trust, and because de-
fault has been made in the payment Of
the Indebtedness secured to be paid by
said deed of trust, the undersigned
highest and best bidder for cash in Unit
ed States gold coin, at the front of the
Courthouse of the county of Sacramento
ifornia on SATURDAY, the 9Th day of
October, 1897, between the hours of 10
o'clock a. IN. and IL m. of that day, said
sale commencing at the said hour Of 10
O'Clock a. m. of said day, the fol-
lowing described real estate with the i'm
DroVements thereon. suitate in the coun-
ties Of San Joaquin and Sacramento,
State of California, as follows, to wit
The northeast quarter ca of section
fifteen 80, township five 90 north,
range eight (S) east, Mount Diahlo Base
and Meridian; also that portion of the
southeast quarter "a of said section ff-
teen q5) lying north and east of a
straight line drawn from the northwest
corner to the southeast corner of the
said quarter "a section; also tract OF
land containing one hundred and eighty
Q80) acres adjoining said section in Sac
ramento County
WIN. BECKMAN,
]. L. HUNTOON,
trustees.
Sacramento, September Is, 1887
Budd and Thompson, Attorneys.
-afE
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in the frenzy of mob violence, are sup
posed to have been driven to their
deeds by the horrible circumstances of
some particularly repulsive crime. But
when lynching comes down to nightly
raids through a county in search for
excuses to shed blood, we may well
conclude that there is laxity of moral
principle that indicates a retrogression
of civilization. As the Indianapolis
Sentinel" well says, it was failure to
mercilessly rebuke the white cap out
RACES in Southern Indiana a few years
ago that has brought on the present
carnival of lawlessness in that State,
and in near by communities. Lynching
is, in fact, becoming SO common that
there are patent evidences that the
public mind is becoming less sensible
of the enormity of these outrages and
what they presage for civilization.
People are not stirred by reports of
lynchings as they once were, and that
is the misery of it all.
We are settling down, it is feared.
into the conviction that these summary
processes are in most cases justified,
and that it makes no difference if there
are mistakes made by mobs now and
then The very men who shout for
lynch law and uphold it's executioners
are those who avoid jury duty, who,
when empanened give weak verdicts, or
split hairs to set criminals free. These
are Of the men who clear offenders de-
spite instructions Of courts and the tes-
timony of credible witnesses.
In ether words, the law w-abiding man
is as a rule courageous, one who does
not fear to do his lawful duty. and rare
ly seeks to avoid it. Of course there
are defects in our criminal jurispru
dence, for we are a growing nation,
and our laws are by no means all set
tied But We will not better the laws
or make courts more efficient by set
ting up the autocracy of Judge Lynch.
It remains to be recorded that such
procedure has never yet had the slight
est influence in modifying or quicken
ing the laws. In fact, where lynchings
most occur there the law is weakest
and least active because the people are
least sensible of their duties as citizens
before the law.
The record-union., 1897-09-30

A citizen before the Board of Trustees
Monday night was asked if the city
was not more in need of an efficient
sewerage system than of lighting
plant. The reply was, mo; what the
city most needs is to be freed from
economic slavery" What the citizen
meant was that the city is in enslave-
ment to somebody or something that
wrings from it more for its necessities
than it ought to pay; grips it in an un-
mereiful grasp; some way squeezes it
until it sweats coin, etc All that would
be very bad If true. If true, it ought
to be remedied. We know of but one
corporation to which the city pays any
tribute, and that is for service rem
dered. The city on bidding had un-
der the law, buys it's street lighting.
Otherwise we are not aware of any
grip upon the municipality. 1t owns
it's own Water Works, and cleans and
where it chooses, and has an open
market as broad as the State. Now,
we submit that the health of the peo-
pie is of greater Importance than street
lighting, important as that is admitted
to be- The need of a correct sewer
system is so great that it involves the
lives of large body of our people. 1t
involves human happiness also. Clean
illness comes before the convenience of
lighting city streets. 1t may be said
to be the first requisite Of a well-or-
family. The need for correction of sew
age disposal methods in this city has
been of long standing; it is so pressing
that at this moment the residents of
a very large section are complaining
bitterly because repairs to the outfall
sewer necessitate flooding their lands
with filth, making the people sick-in-
deed, some deaths have already been
traced directly to this nuisance. So,
too. in the easterly section of the city
above Seventeenth street, the people
are complaining very bitterly of ineffi-
cient sewers, and they have thus been
complaining for twenty years or more.
Instead of abandoning filth pits and
cesspools, we are sinking more and
Then, again, we are practicing inhu-
manfty towards those confined in our
City Prison, building that has been
condemned a score of times by Grand
Juries. We need new City Hall, Dis
pensary and Receiving Hospital. At
present we are paying heavy rental for
only common quarters for the business
offices of the city. We need clear
water for domestic purposes. We need
a High School building equal to the
demands of that institution. The pres
ent building is wholly inadequate. We
need some speedy discharge and clos
ing up of the city Indebtedness, that
we may be able to present tax rate
not repellant, as is the present. No;
we think the citizen is mistaken in his
zeal. Economic slavery is infamous,
and i'll the absence Of a correct sewer
system we may be said to be economic
ally enslaved and needing instant free
dom from the bondage of filth, un-
health and death. That every need
of the city should be, and must be,
supplied on the basis of the least possi-
BILE cost consistent with efficient SER
vice is granted, but lighting the streets
is third or fourth among our needs in
pressing Importance.
The record-union., 1897-09-30

1T is not apparent" says the Ala
media "Encinal, why such hysterical
efforts should be made by the yellow
journals TO bulldoze the Supreme Court
if they are so certain of the justice of
their cause. If the old Supervisors have
beer. properly and legally removed and
the new board properly and legally ap-
pointed. the Supreme Court will be pref
ty apt to say So
But we beg leave to suggest to the
'sEneinaI' that it Is apparent.
The record-union., 1897-09-30

Joseph w. Taylor, respondent; W. r.
Hearst, appellant Libel. Affirmed.
Good faith and reasonable care are
pertinent inquiries where the question
of punitive damages is involved, not
where, the matter being libelous per So
and its publication admitted, the recov-
cry is expressly limited to compensa-
tory damages. For a plaintiff under
such facts is entitled to compensatory
damages without regard to the good
faith or caution which attended the
publication.
The record-union., 1897-09-30
SPECIAL AGENCIES.


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The Red Bluff News has doubled in
size and made other notable improve
ments. It is now a seven column, four
page paper nearly the size in exterior
measurement OF the Record Union" j.
f. Linthicum, the veteran journalist, re-
mains its proprietor and accomplished
editor
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Is. F., No. 519-Department Two-Filed


(S.. F., No. 519-Department Two-Filed
September 25, 1879
Southern Pacific Co., appellant; Won
Schmidt Dredger Co., eft AL, respond
ents. Damages for injuries. Reversed.
Where a reading of simple contract,
however, inartifcially it may be drawn
discloses that it is executed for or on
behalf of a principal, or discloses an in
tent to bind such principal or even
leaves the matter one of doubt, parol
evidence may be employed to determine
whose contract it is, and this even in
cases where the instrument is suffi
ciently clear in it's terms to bind the
agent.
The record-union., 1897-09-30

These publications are sent either by
Mail or Express to agents or single sub
scribers with charges prepaid. All Post
masters are agents.
The hest advertising mediums on the
Pacific Coast.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Sacramento
as second-class matter.
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THE WEEKLY UNION.
TWELVE PAGES,

TW ELNE PAGES.
Is the cheapest and most desirable Home,
News and Literary Journal published on
the Pacific Coast.
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Grim, No. 269-In Bank-Filed Sept
%. 1879

Grim, No. 26S-In Bank-Filed Sept.
%, 1879
People, respondent; William H. Brit
tan, appellant. Manslaughter. Affirmed.
Where the material evidence is con-
ficting the verdict of the jury will not
be disturbed on appeal
1t being impracticable to state all the
various principles of law applicable to
case in one breath, or a single SEN
tence, it is sufficient if as a whole the
charge of the court to the jury fairly
covers all that is pertinent to the case,
stated consistently and harmoniously.
Where the definition Of reasonable
doubt is correctly given, the omission
in that connection to tell the jury that
"the guilt of the defendant should be
inconsistent with every other rational
hypothesis is not, in the absence of Il
request that it be given, erroneous.
The court refused the defendant the
right to ask a certain juror how many
murder cases he had sat on as juror.
Held that the court did not err, as the
question did not tend to show actual
bias, nor was it permissible for the pur-
pose of determining whether to ehal-
lenge peremptorily.
The record-union., 1897-09-30
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Rain in northern
portion; cloudy in southern portion; fresh
southeasterly winds.
The record-union., 1897-09-30

Is. r., NO. lo1-Department TWO-tneO
September %, 1879
John A. Townley, appellant; Edison
F. Adams, respondent. Contract. Re-
versed.
The power of the trial court to set
aside verdict and grant a new trial is
limited. Before the exercise of that
power can be upheld it must be made
to appear either % that there has
been such plain disregard by the jury
of the evidence as to satisfy the court
that the verdict was rendered under a
misapprehension or under the influence
of passion or prejudice; or (2), there
must be such a plain disregard of the
instructions as to satisfy the court that
the verdict was so rendered.
The record-union., 1897-09-30
SACRAMENTO BANK.

THE OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN
the city, corner Fifth and ] streets, Sac
ramento. Guaranteed capital, S500,o00;
paid up capital, gold coin. 100000; re-
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posits, So, 90, ,031 30; loans on real estate
january /, 1897 1885 ,T61 %. Terms and
ordinary deposits received. Dividends paid
In January and July. Money loaned upon
real estate only Information furnished
upon application to
W. p. COLEMAN, President.
Ed r Hamilton Cashier
The record-union., 1897-09-30

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Is f, No. 1054-In Bank-Filed Sept
q, 1879
Ada +. Ward, Administrative, etc.
and Ada F. Ward, plaintiff; Charles A.
Forkner, County Treasurer, etc. de-
fendant. Mandate Writ issue.
The defendant made no appearance
and the petition presented sufficient
grounds for the issuance of the writ.
The record-union., 1897-09-30

S. F., No. 724-Department Two-Filed
September 25. 1897
The record-union., 1897-09-30
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
SYLIARI

SYLLABI
Grim, No. 291-Department One-Filed
September %, 1879
People, respondent; Gray G. South
ern, appellant. Felony Affirmed.
BY Section 413, c. C. P, no notice
whatever is contemplated in the cor
rection of a mistake.
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WIN. BECKATAN
i L. HENT0ON

Sacramento, September 10, 1897.
Budd and Thompson, Attorneys.
Spl6-24f
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BEET SUGAR.


The California Sugar Beet: That the
production of beet sugar promises to
become one of the leading industries
in California, is apparent to all who
have kept in touch with the develop
ment of the past three or four years
While experiments have been made in
other parts of the Union in this direc-
ton. it is in this State that they have
been most successful. and already Cali
fornia is in the lead as the principal
beet sugar producing State. Her pc
culiarities of soil and climate are such
that the sugar beet here attains de-
velopment almost unknown elsewhere
while every condition is favorable for
the production of enormous quantities
of. sugar at minimum of cost. That
the next ten years will see California the
leading sugar producing State in the
Union, with possibly one exception
Louisiana), cannot be doubted.
RAISING PINEAPPLES.
Pasadena News: The editor Of the
News" believes that success and
wealth awaits the parties in Southern
California who will engage in the cult
ure of pineapples in a practical, intelli-
gent manner in the localitise which
have the right conditions for it's pro-
duction. The winter of 1856 We spent
in the South and saw the methods Of
production in the southeastern portion
of Florida. Again in February. 9B, we
visited the Lake Worth region of Flor
ida, the center OF pineapple culture.
Since then we have read w. E Pabor $
paper printed in Ocala, Fla, and de-
voted to pineapple culture. and who is
himself an extensive grower. We are
satisfied that those thermal belts of
The record-union., 1897-09-30

Is. F., No. 731-Department Two-Filed
September %, 1879
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Is a scientific,
pernlanenteure.
1t Is a kindly
vegetable anti
dote for the
poisonousprin-
ciple in tobacco
and leaves the
cvcfatrn r,s,ra and
The record-union., 1897-09-30
CORPORATIONS.

Modesto News: One of the broadly
economic and social problems now
coming up for solution is the greater
control of corporations and the rec
tification of their abuses by the State
and it is soon destined to become an
important issue in our national cleo
tons until properly solved.
The record-union., 1897-09-06
NASHVILLE EXPOSITION.
This Will Be Lively Week, With
Many Interesting Features.

NASHVILLE CTenn.), Sept. 5.-This
week viii be a rousing one at the ex-
position. There will be two public holi-
days, Monday, the 9th, Labor Day, and
Saturday, the 18th, Nashville day. A
large attendance is expected during the
entire week, for besides these public
holidays with special features of en-
s ert&inments, there are other special
days of moment.
Tuesday is Iowa day, and an excur-
sion of Iowa people, including many
prominent citizens viii arrive to-mor-
row and remain two days. Tuesday
the delegates to the United States Vet
Urinary Medical Association will come
and remain three days. Wednesday the
engagement of Victor Herbert and the
famous Twenty-second Regiment Band
ends and COnnor's we'll known band
viii begin an engagement. During the
week many counties of the State will
celebrate their days and a continued
attendance of Tennesseeans from all
parts of the State viii be secured, as
a good deal of rivalry between adjoin-
ing counties has already developed
Nashville day, Saturday next, is to
be the star day of the exposition. With
tain to be the largest of the exposition.
The elaborate programme and varied
exercises viii serve to bring in thous-
ands from adjacent counties and towns
along the lines of railroads.
This week also is to be somewhat of
a military week Thousands of troops
will be here and all will participate in
the parade and exercises on Saturday
The FIRST Battalion of the First In
fantry Of Alabama goes into camp to-
morrow under command of Major J. s.
Mcmillan. The First Regiment of
Ohio Artillery will also go into camp.
These troops are gathering for next
Week, y hich is to be military week"
Last Thursdays attendance was g.
242, Friday $3.50 and Saturday not yet
given cut, exceeds these figures.
Interest all over the State is increas-
ing, for it is being realized that the
end CT October is approaching.