davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The record-union., 1897-12-27
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
City of Sacramento ordain as follows:

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
Section l. Section two of Ordinance No
324 entitled IAN ordinance amending sec
ton two Of Ordinance No. 312, relating to
the condemnation, construction, alteration
and repairs of sidewalks, bulkheads and
curbing, passed October 8, 1893" Is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 2. No sidewalk in the City of
limits of said city, shall hereafter be con-
structed, altered or renewed with any ma
terial other than concrete or artificial
stone, or other similar material, except
that property-ownerS may construct side
walks and bulkheads of wood on the east
side of Front street from the south side
of M street to r street, and on the east
and west side of Front street, from r
street to street, and on the north and
Front street to tho alley between Front
and Second streets. the work to be done
in such manner. and the materials to be
Of such class and quality as shall be ap
proved by the Street Superintendent.
Section 3. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Section t. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and he in force from and after its
passage.
Passed December c, 1897
CHARLES f. LEONARD,
President Of Board Of Trustees.
Approved December 5, 1897.
c. H. HUBBARD. Mayor.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
IN A RECEIVERS HANDS.
The Newell Gold Mining Company
of Alaska.

PORTLAND (Or.), Dec. 26.-By the
steamer City Of Topeka, which arrived
to-day from Juneau, it is learned that
the Newell Gold Mining Company and
Berner Bay Mining and Milling Com
pany have passed into the hands of a
receiver. The receiver is E. F. Cas-
sci of Juneau, formerly of Seattle.
Thomas l. Newell was President and
Manager of the companies, which have
been in operation since 1888, and which
embraced more property than any one
corporation in Alaska. Besides the
Newell mine and Berner Bay mine, the
company owns large interests on
Douglass Island and $50 acres of plac
err mines in the Silver Bow Basin. The
heaviest stockholders in the company
are Eastern men. No statement Of IL
abilities and assets has yet been made.
Forty-eight thousand dollars in bull
lion from the Treadwell Mining Com
pany was brought down by the To-
peka and transferred here for San
Francisco.
The record-union., 1897-12-27

length, with rice arabesques, and fig
ures Of the planets. the occupations OF
the various months and other sub
jects.
Pinturicchio, assisted by his pupils,
worked in these rooms from 1892 until
149S The models for his Madonnas.
ST Catharine and other female saints
were Lucretia Borgia and the famous
Giulia Farnese. For his male saints
Caesar Borgia posed, and one of the
groups contains very nne portrait Of
Pope Alexander himself
The models used by Pinturicchio and
the name given 10 the rooms by their
designer are to blame for the ostracism
they have suffered. That any pious
Catholic should be asked to gaze upon
and admire a Madonna or saint whose
features and form perpetuated the
features and form OF Lucretia Borgia
or Giulia Farnese was not to be toler-
ated for moment. That the misdeeds
of Caesar Borgia should be constantly
recalled by the ever present speaking
likeness of his hated features gazing
down from a group of saints was pro-
nounced sacrilegious, and the clamor
became so great after the Pope's death
that his successor was finally forced
to close the rooms and seal Up the door
leading to them.
Pope Leo has now determined that
the masterpieces left SO long to the
destruction of dampness and mold shall
be opened to sunlight and air, and the
frescces shall be free to the art stu
dent, the artist and the tourist.
All know the history OF the Borgias,
and yet no Pope ever did more to en-
large the dominion of Rome, to en-
hance the beauty of her cathedrals. to
beautify the architecture of her pal
aces, to extend her sway over the en-
tire world than Rodrigo Borgia. Pope
Alexander VI. He was the patron Of
Perugini, Raphael, Pinturichhio. a man
was so ignominious that his body was
barely cold before the satellites Of
Caesar Borgia rushed into the Pontifical
apartments and pillaged them of all
that was valuable.
A brawl at the funeral between
priests and soldiers left the corpse ex-
posed in the body of the church. and
when placed before the altar its shock
ing appearance confirmed the story OF
poison. 1t was finally stripped of it's
cerements, wrapped in an old carpet
and forced with blows and jeers into a
narrow coffin and flung into an obscure
vault. The remains We're finally trans
ferred to the Spanish Church ST Mary
OF Montserrat, where they now repose.
New York Herald.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
The Bee as a Weather-Prophet.

The question whether various insects
and animals have the powers popularly
attributed to them Of knowing in ad-
vance what the weather is going to be-,
and in particular of predicting the Sc
verify of g. coming winter, has fire.
quently been discussed. A correspond
ent of Cosmos" M. P. de Ridder,
writes to that journal (September 1Sth)
that he believes the bee to possess this
power beyond doubt, and he proceeds
to give his reasons for that belief We
translate his letter below. Says M. de
Ridder:
Every one knows that at the ap-
proach of winter certain birds leave the
northern regions. and fly southwark,
seeking under a warmer sky q refuge
against the cold and rigors of the
North.
But every one does not know of the
admirable foresight shown by the bee
about the time of the earliest cold
weather. 1t also feels the approach
The record-union., 1897-12-27
TENNIS.
Geo. Whitney and Arthur Cheese
brough the New Champions.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. @.-The
double tournament for the champion
ship Of the California Tennis Club end
ed to-day, and George Whitney and
Arthur Cheesebrough are the new
champions. They won the first set
handily by a score of 6-3. The second
set also went to Whitney and Cheese
brough by a score Of 6-3. Bob Whit
ney and Bradshaw made their final ef-
fort in the third set. and at one time
led the score by 81, but their oppo
nents soon tied the score and won the
set This gave the match and cham
pionship to George Whitney and Ar
thur Cheesebrough. with a score of 6-3;
6-3; GA.
Before the contest Bob Whitney and
Bradshaw were hot favorites at to /.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
City of Sacramento ordain as follows:

Section l. All steam engines, hose carts,
hook and ladder trucks and other movable
apparatus belonging to the Fire Depart
nlent of the City of Sacramento shall have
the paramount right of way through ali
streets lanes and alleys OF the CITY OF
Sacramento when running or going 10 a
fire or responding to a fire alarm, and all
street cars in the vicinity OF such steam
engines, hose carts, trucks or apparatus
going to fire or responding to an alarm
shall! retard or accelerate their speed as
the occasion may require in order TO give
the said engines, carts, trucks and other
apparatus the unobstructed use or the
streets for the time being.
Section q 1t shall be unlawful for any
person having the control of a vehicle to
permit the same to obstruct or delay the
progress of said steam engines, hose carts,
hook and ladder trucks or other apparatus
of the Fire Department of the City OF
Sacramento while going to ire or re-
spending to an alarm of fire, and 1t snail
be unla wful for any person or persons IN
any manner to obstruct the same while
responding to an alarm OF hre.
Section g. Any person guilty Of violating
the provisions of this ordinance shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding One Hun
dred Dollars or by Imprisonment in the
City Jail not exceeding five days
Section A. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and after its
passage.
Passed June /. 1887
CHARLES E. LEONARD,
President of Board of Trustees.
pf'' G. II. HUBBARD. Mayor.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Body Identified.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-The
body Of the man picked UP off Howard
street wharf Saturday morning was
identified by Peter Barrie to-day a sea
cook living at 625 merchant street, as
that Of a man named Clark, who four
years ago was employed as a cook ON
the steam schooner Del Norte.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
TRAGEDY IN MISSISSIPPI.
Two Prominent White Farmers
Murdered by a Negro.

GLENDORA (AIiss.), Dec. 26-It is
just learned that on Christmas Day, at
the plantation store of Charles L. Tan
ner, three miles from Glendora a ne
gro named Joe Hopkins, alias Snow
ball." murdered John w. Luckie and
Sam Eskridge, two prominent white
farmers. and robbed the store OF a
small amount. The negro Drained
Luckie with a shotgun, then fired two
barrels into the body of Eskridge
Searching parties have been organized
and the country is being secured, and
if he is caught will in all probability
be lyached
The record-union., 1897-12-27
A Boy Accidentally Shot.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.-Harry
Mackey. IA years old, living at s Min
nesota street. was accidentally shot
this afternoon by Charles Fitzpatrick,
il years old. The accident occurred at
the foot of Sixteenth street. F1tzpat-
rick was hunting ducks with a rifle of
small calibre. and Mackey, who was
walking along the railroad track, was
hit In the breast. He may recover
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Run Over by a Train.

HELENA (Mont.), Dec. 26.-Louis P.
Bowen, who has been connected in va
rious editorial capacities with Montana
newspapers for the past ten years, was
killed to-day at Sappington by being
run over by a train He was a son of
ex-United States Senator Thomas P.
Bowen of Colorado.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Went to Sleep on His Wagon.

CARSON (Nev). Dec. 26.-Milton
Prichard was run over by loaded
wagon near Pine Grove on Friday
evening. and was very seriously in
5ured. He fell from the wagon while
asleep. and the wheels passed over his
body. His recovery is doubtful
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Better Late Than Never.

The editor of q periodical that pays
only on publication sent the following
letter to the ancient address OF a con-
tributor:
IF the author OF The Cave in the
Sea- is still living, he is hereby notified
that his story has just been published,
and that We have check to his credit.
Shortly afterward the editor received
the following reply:
Dear Sir-He died twenty years
ago, but his great-grandchildren will
be pleased to receive the check If for
warded during the present century,
Atlanta Constitution.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
A Pioneer Dies in Napa County.

NAPA, Dec. 26.-Sampson Smith, a
pioneer Of California, is dead. He cross
ed the plains In 1S49, and after min
ing for two years made his home in
Suisun, afterward removing to Napa
County, where he resided for seven
teen years. He served as County
Treasurer and Supervisor of Solano
County. He was a native Of Ohio, aged
II years and was highly esteemed in
this section of the State, being promi
nent in Democratic politics.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Robbery at Steamboat Springs.

RENO, Dec. 26.-An unknown mask
ed man tapped the till In the Steamboat
Springs Hotel last night, and robbed
the loungers about the place. He Sc
cured very little booty, and made his
escape without being identified.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Drugged, sandbagged and Robbed.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26-At an
early this morning F. A Taylor, Cash
fer in Baxter e. Oesting's Pharmacy,
953 Market street. was drugged, sand
bagged and robbed Of 342 by footpads
at the intersection Of Market and Tay-
lor streets. He reported his expert
ence 10 the police, after having been
treated in the City Receiving Hospital
for his injuries.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
A Victim of Masked Robbers.

PORTLAND (Or.). Dec pa special
to the "Oregonian" from Gem. Idaho,
says: Foreman Whitney OF the Fris-
co Mine, who was shot by masked
men Friday night. died in the hospital
here this morning. There have been
no arrests made
The record-union., 1897-12-27
ORDINANCE NO. 1853.

An Ordinance Amending Section Of Or
dinance No. 324, entitled "An Ordinance
Providing for the Removal of Porches.
Balconies and Awnings Having Posts
or Supports Resting on Sidewalk,
Declaring the Same Unlawful, and Pre-
viding a Penalty Therefor, and Pre-
scribing the Mode Of Construction for
Awnings and Balconies Projecting
Over a Sidewalk in the City of Sacra-
mento, Passed October 8. 1893"
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
City of Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. SECTION Of Ordinance No, s2l
of the City of Sacramento, passed october
8. 1898. is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section g. No awning shall be construct
60 within the limits OF the City of Sacra-
mento without the owner. agent, COM
pany. firm or corporation owning or being
which it is proposed to construct an avn
ing, or the contractor for the construction
permit so to do from the Chief Engines,
of the Fire Department of said city, who
shall first inspec. ard approve. of or re-
lions prescribed and contained in the
specifications governing the construction
of all awnings constructed, or to be con-
strIcted, in the City of Sacramento and
which said specifca tions were duly ap-
proved and adopted September eleven,
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, by the
Board of Trustees in and for the City of
Sacramento.
Section 5. This ordinance Shall take
effect and be in force from and after Its
passage.
Passed, July 6. 1897.
CHARLES E. LEONARD.
President of Board of Trustees
Approved July g. 1887.
c. a. HUBBARD. Mayor.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.
ORDINANCE NO. 466.

An Ordinance Giving to the Steam Engines
and Apparatus of the Fire Department
of the City of Sacramento the Right
of Way Through the Streets and AL
leys of Said City; Prohibiting the OBJ
struetion of Such Engines and Appara-
tus, and Providing Penalty for Vio-
lation thereof.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Meat at city prison.
Stationery for offices.
NOTICE.

All demands against the City OF
must be presented OH
or before December 81, 1897.
NJ. J. DESMOND, City Clerk.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
SEALED PROPOSALS.

Bids will be received at the Office OF the
undersigned until 5 O'Clock p. m. on Mon
day, January g. 1888. for supplies for City
of Sacramento for term of one year from
date of contract as follows:
Groceries, vegetables and provisions st
city prison
Meat at city prison.
Stationery for offices.
Hardware, oils, etc.
from City Clerk. a certified check made
payable to the City Clerk in sum of 800
must accompany each bid. The Board of
Trustees reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Death of a Former Consul.

+. WORCESTER Mass), Dec. 90
James w. Allen of the banking firm Of
Winslow & Allen. died in this city of
pneumonia, aged 81 year. He was
United States Consul at Zanzibar from
1892 to 1895.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
ORDINANCE NO. 476.

An Ordinance Amending Section Two of
Ordinance No. 32i, Relating to the
Condemnation, Construction, Altera-
ton AID Repair of Sidewalks, Bulk
heads and Curbing, Passed October 3,
1893.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Death From Heart Trouble.

SAN JOSE. Dec. 26.-S. A. Hofstra,
a well-known capitalist of this city,
died here to-day after a brief illness
due to heart trouble,
The record-union., 1897-12-27

No penman, either American or for
eign, could have been worse than
Horace Greeley. Goodness" said new
compositor to whom a take" Of the
EDITORS copy had been handed, "if
Belshazzar had seen this writing on the
wall he would have been more terrified
than he was.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
WATER TAKERS.
DELINQUENT LIST

Next month the City Taper will furnish
the Mayor and the Board of Trustees with
DELINQUENT LISTS
of all water takers, with the amount ow-
ing by each, who have not paid their
water rates to January ]. 1898. :
Your name will not appear on the de-
linquent lists if you settle your account Oh
or before FRIDAY, December 81, 1887.
G. G. ROBERTSON,
City Collector
The record-union., 1897-12-27
Mrv. Booth Better.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Balling-
ton Booth was said at the Presbyterian
Hospital late tonight to be resting
quietly. and to be somewhat better.
The record-union., 1897-12-27

Old table clothes may be cut into
squares and hemmed. to use over the
screen on which you turn your cakes
and buns to cool. They will also serve
as silver cloths.
The record-union., 1897-12-27
TRAGIC END TO A
DRUNKEN DEBAuCH.
A Chilean Woodchopper Meets With
a Terrible Death.
Falls With a Lighted Lamp and is Literally
Roasted Alive.

The Cashier of San Francisco
Drug Store Sandbagged and
Robbed on the Principal Thor
oughfare Of That City-A Big
Alaska Mining Company Is in
the Hands of a Receiver.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25
Boise seatinsl victim,.ed.

The Boies Sentinel is placed in .
bad position, the result of having q
thief for an agent. M. ID. Herring
who was in Ketchum last summer
soliciting patronage for the Sentinel
has decamped for parts unknown,
after collecting about $1,000 in Sho-
shone county from subscribers.
taking both cash and receipt booka>
He secured nearly 500 pew sub
scribers, besides collecting more
than $500 from dslinquents. The
-hss published . card in
the Wallace Tribune offering to do
all in its power to right the wrong.
1t says that it will fulfill every con-
tract made by Mr.. Herring in the
name of the paper and asks the
public not to censure the Sentinel
Tor the unfortunate selection of q
;hief for an agent.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25
JOE PERRAULT,S STAND.


Idahe's Federal Omc~r Bucks Axains,
Civil Service.
A dispatch from Boise Dec. 10th
says: Surveyor General Joseph Per-
rault is in revolt against the civil
service law and tn interior depart.
ment. He has been at war With the
civil service regulations ever since
he went into Office. When he went
in he chopped off the heads of
nearly all the clerks and the appli
cation of these for reinstate ment is
still pending. Two or three of the
men resigned.
Mr.. Perrault has now received
notice that Frank G. Whitthorne
has been transferred by the interior
department from tho surveyor gen
erals Office in tho State of Wash
ington TO the Office here under the
civil service rules. Mr.. Perrault has
written the department that be will
not permit Whitthorne to take a
place in his Office. He does not
propose, he says, to have any en-
ployees sent to him under civil
service rules or any other rules.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25
Mary wan Ran Fer Cearree.

A dispatch from Great Bend Dec.
18th says: In . letter to friends
here Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease
states that her lecture engagements
are not proving - profitable as she
expected and announces that she
expects to return to Kansas and
begin IN active canvass for the pop
ulist nomination for congress ia
the Seventh district.
The fight against Jerry Simpson,
she says, will prevent his nomina.
ton, and It 10 her hope to eventually
secure . majority Of votes il the
convention. Mrs. Lease OK poets to
b opposed BY the democrats, but
says if nominated she will hold
meetings in every precinct in the
district and give tho people Of the
Seventh district > repetition OF the
campaign of 1890, whom Ne first
elected Jerry"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25
England After Hawaii.

The Washington correspondent
OF the Now York Herald says: The
downfall of the Dole Government
and the restoration Of the mon-
archy, with Kaiulani, niece of for
msr Queen Liliuokalani, reigninr
under British domination, 10 The
future predicted for Hawaii By the
advocates Of annexation ia the
event Of the rejection Of the pend
ing treaty by the Senate.
Leading members Of the Senate
COMMITTEES on Foreign Relations
appear to be unanimous ia the be-
lief that whom the treaty Is called
up after the holidays evidence will
De furnished to prove that there i
some secret work now going % il
this direction. II 10 alleged that
the Hawaiians now il this city 10
protest against The ratification Of
ne treaty, are here ia the intersst
Of kaiulani, and that Engiish ia |
huence y behind tho moyemeat, |
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25
Kansas Traznp Statistics !

A herd Of Al tramps was escorted
to the city limits of Fort Scott, Kas.
Dec. 18th by the police and warned
not to return. This unique pro-
ceeding was under the instructions
Of the police judge, before whom
they all pleaded guilty Of vagrancy.
The court took statements from 81
Of them, which showed that they
represented 800 years Of human
life, and had accumulated but 10
cents during that time. The average
ago Was 294 years, and all but two
were American born. Only two had
ever been married. They were from
ten states.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25

Even under the pressure of battle
the influence of the Christmas sea.
SON has exerted . powerful effect.
In 1923, during the War of the
Roses, while Orleans was under
siege, the English lords, history tells
US, requested the French comman-
ders to suspend hostilities, and let
the usual celebrations of Christmas
eve take their place. This was
agreed to, and the air was filled
with the song of the minstrels and
the music of the trumpets, instead
of the discordant sounds of battle.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25
Afraid 70 Tackle It.

The Blackfoot News says the Law
giving women the right Of the bal
lot box in idaho may Be- @ faulty
- any Of those recently declared
unconstitutional, but nobody will
test i. We would like to ses the
color of tho mustache Ut the politi-
clan Who Is reckless enough to 70
Into court and ask il TO pass upon
the conetitutionality Of tho Law End
We would like to watch tho court
wiegls = tho bold and startling
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25

have no USE" scornfully OK
claimed bloomer girl, "for a youth
who parts his hair in the middle. +"
"And have no use, i" replied Willy
boy. with more spirit than he had
shown for twenty.one years, "for a
woman who parts her clothes that
way" And he gazed at her neither
trimmings till she nearly choked
with indignation and lodged behind
q table. Willyboy was revenged.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25

The Lewiston Teller says: Judg.
ing from the tone of the partisan
press in Idaho, each separate organ
ization in the state sis gaining in
strength" each has the "cause of
the people at heart" and each twill
remain in solid column and carry
Idaho" The resuls will be, unless
somebody is "only blu6ing," that
there will be four party tickets next
fall with odds in favor of the party
that puts up the best men.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-12-25

At the Confederate Reunion 4,
Austin, Texas. on the 10th inst. 8
letter was received from Governor
Culberson stating that, owing to
the great interest attending the &c.
lecting of State text books by the
Text Book Board, of which he was
a member, he could not attend the
reunion.
Speaking of his duties to the
Text Book Board, he says:
ut is impossible for me to attend
the reunion to address the veterans
without disturbing and retardine
this work. This explanation is
made, not because any special value
is placed on any address that might
be delivered, but because the inyi.
tation 10 sincerely appreciated, and
! want it known that urgent public
business only prevents an accept
ance. At this time there are two
matters of this character of intereat
to Confederate soldiers in this State
The selection of school books and
histories, and the care of their dis.
abled comrades. It has often oc.
Cured that readers and histories
have been taught in our public
schools which openly attacked your
motives and disparaged your hero.
ism in the Civil War.
these aspersions upon You were
given the children of Texas as his
torlc truths and frequently present
ed the anomalous conditions oil
teaching your own children and
grandchildren that you were traitors
and unworthy defendants of heroic
ancestors. Under the present law.
which we are now engaged in putting
into operation, and which detains
me here, You may be assured that
such outrages will not be tolerated
put whatever books are used under
Inc new system will speak truth of
history and do you justice.