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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
INSULT TO THE STARS AND STRIPES.
THE ROVER FIRED UPON BY A
NICARAGUAN WARSHIP.
Also Reported That the American
Consul at Port CorteZ Has
Been Shot.

CHICAGO, May ia special to the
Chronicle" from New Orleans says:
The steamer Rover, plying between
this port and the ports of Spanish Hon
duras, was fired on by a Nicaraguan
man-of-war on May 9th while four
miles from Port Cortez, and narrowly
escaped being hit amidshiDs. The
Rover which came in tonight, also
brought the information that it was
rumored in Omoa and other Govern
ment points thatthe American Consul at
Port Cortez, Mr. Alger, had been shot,
but no particulars had been obtained
The fact that his flags We're not flying
when the Rover left the port is taken
as an indication that this is really So
and that possibly Port COrteZ has pass
ed into the hands of the Government
although it is also said that the revo-
lutionists at that place are principally
Americans and Englishmen, we'll armed
and vastly superior to the force of the
Honduran Government.
The story told by Captain Reed of
the Rover is as follows:
Upon arriving at Port Cortez, on the
morning of May 9th, Captain Reed
observed that the flags of the American
Consul We're not flying and there SEEM
ed to be something amiss in the town
He decided not to anchor his ship, but
instead remained off shore waiting to
be boarded by the customs officials
After waiting for some time and no
.one putting in an appearance, and no
a state of agitation, Captain Reed con-
OH cd = fa h
main in the port, and headed his ship
for Omoa. When the Rover was about
four miles distant from Port Cortez the
gunboat Lucy b. was observed heading
for the steamer. When the two vessels
We're about half mile aport, to the as
constituent and dismay of the Ameri-
can Captain and his crew, a puff of
smoke was observed to clear the sides
of the Nicaraguan vessel, and the next
moment there followed report, and a.
solid shot struck the water a few hun
dreds yards ahead of the Rover The
engines of the Rover were stopped at
once, and there then followed another
shot from the Lucy B., which dropped
into the sea about fifty feet from the
side of the American ship, in direct line
with her midships.
The Lucy B. was by this time within
hailing distance, and an officer in UNI
form ordered the Rover to come t.
anchor She was then boarded by the
officer and six of her crew followed.
The officer turned out to be General ].
P. Reyes of the Nicaraguan Govern
ment, and he demanded to see the
Rover's papers, which We're given him.
He then searched the vessel, and ap-
parently finding everything to his sat
isfaction gave Captain Reed a permit
to load fruit at coast ports.
Captain Reed protested earnestly to
Reyes against the firing upon the Rover
when she carried the American flag at
her masthead, and was told by the
General that he ought to consider him
self lucky that he (Reyes) did not sink
the Rover, and that Captain Reed could
protest as much as he liked, it made no
difference to him, as the American
Consul, Alger, was at the head of the
revolution at Port Cortez
The Rover then proceeded on her
way.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12

north of town on fresh trail of Park
er. the train robber and murderer They
are camped for the night, awaiting the
arrival of three Indian trailers.
The other jail breakers cut loose from
Parker, and have gone in an opposite
direction. A big posse leaves tonight
on the northbound train with fresh ami
mails.
Parker, since Sunday, has been with
out food, and he is evidently so close
ly pursued that he has become bewil-
dered. A fight to the death is expect
ed, however, before he is captured.
There are over fifty officers out from
this city, and the country is thoroughly
aroused. Ruffner telegraphs that he
will have his man before shutdown Wed
nesday. The city is quiet, but the cit
liens are determined, if a capture is
effected.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
STATE UNIVERSITY.
The Board of Regents Elects e. w.
Davis of Santa Rosa Secretary

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE
election of Secretary was made the
special order for the meeting of the
University Regents this afternoon. The
Importance of the occasion attracted
twenty Regents, who answered present
at the roll-call.
After the call to order, the Regents
were addressed by Henry Lund. the
Swedish Consul, in the matter of the
petition for the establishment of a
chair at the university for the teaching
of the Morse languages. The petition
to the Regents was signed by 5000
Swedish and Scandinavian citizens.
The board, after hearing the argu-
ment of DR.. Thomas Boyson, took the
matter under advisement.
The election of a Secretary was then
proceeded with. the board going into
executive session. There were several
candidates. but after an hours ballot
ing E. W. Davis of Santa Rosa was
duly declared elected.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
CONGRESS OF SCIENTISTS.
Fourth international Meeting Called
to Order at st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, May 1.-THE fourth in
ternational congress Of scientists called
by the Divine Science Associa ton be-
gan at Masonic Temple to-day Daily
sessions will be held during the re-
mainder of the week, ending with spec
ial services Sunday evening. Rev. D.
l.. Sullivan of St. Louis delivered an ad-
dress of welcome. President w. H
Daniels of San Francisco is unable to
be present and the chair was occupied
by Mrs. M. E. Cramer, Chairman of the
Advisory Council.
An address by Mary Whitney Dens-
more of Boston on The Christ Plane of
Consciousness" was the principal event
on the programme to-day.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
overflow has occurred on the Mississ-

overflow has occurred on the Mississ-
ippi River.
Lodge of Massachusetts, member Of
the Committee on Foreign Relations,
stated that there was late information
in the possession of the State Depart
ment which was most important and
should be given to Congress and the
country before the passage of these
resolutions.
Stewart Pop) of Nevada argued
that it would be as wise to collect evil
dence that the sun shines as to seek
further to show that war was going on
in Cuba.
Caffery of Louisiana, while opposing
the resolution, criticised Lodge in some
of his statements.
The report on the Indian appropria-
ton bill was concurred in, and the
items of disagreement sent back to
conference.
AT $3.50 p. m, the Senate went into
executive session, and half an hour
later adjourned.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Omaha Mayoralty Contest.

OMAHA, May 11.-Judges Howell,
Dickinson and Keyser of the Douglass
County District Court, sitting en- banc,
to-day heard the arguments in the
Mayoralty contest. EX-MayOr Broatch
had secured a restraining order to pre-
vent Mayor Moores from assuming his
office and Moores had asked for man.
damus to compel Broatch to vacate.
Both cases were argued together At
2:30 this afternoon the Judges an
nOunced their decision, dissolving the
restraining order and issuing the writ
of mandumus asked for. Mayor Moores
at once entered on the duties of his
office
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Guilty of MansIaughter.

STOCKTON, May 11.-Louis Peschi-
era, who shot and killed G. DenOi, a
fellOwItalian and his partner in veg
etable garden, last December, was this
afternoon found guilty of manslaught-
err His case had been on trial for the
past three or four days in the Superior
Court. He and Denoi quarreled over
business, and Peschiera, after a few
words, shot him in the back and then
riddled his body with bullets. The
homicide was cold-blooded, and a YER
dict of murder in the first degree was
eXDeCte0.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Suicide at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, May 11.-Ex-County
Recorder j. A. Kelley committed sui
eide in his rooms about II o'clock last
night by blowing out his brains. He
had previously taken dose of laud-
anum. Dependency brought on by a
combination of domestic and business
troubles was the cause He had been
a resident of the city for many years.
and was prominent in political and
buSineSS circles
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
CLAYTON Not Yet Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, May 11.-Objection
was made by two or three Senators in
executive session of the Senate to-day
to prevent confirmation of the nomina-
ton Of Hon. w. H. Clayton to be
Judge in Indian Territory, and the
nomination went over, with the under
standing that the delay would not be
prolonged. It was stated that there
was a desire only to investigate the
nomination. No charges were made
against Mr. Clayton.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Failure at Stockton.

STOCKTON, May 11.-There was a
surprise in business circles this after
noon by the failure of the Commercial
Hotel, one of the oldest hostelries in
the city. The schedule filed by Adolph
Hahn, proprietor. shows that his debts
aggregate $26, 500 and his assets foot
up 81, $50, which includes 81 800 worth
of real and SD - $50 of personal prop
erty OF the latter, $500 worth is ex-
empt from execution, leaving $13.5 $50
for the creditors. Most of the cred
itorS are local
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Electricity to Run a Timing Plant.

REDDING, May 11.-Poles are on the
ground and an electric line will soon be
built connecting the Garlick power plant
at Copely with the National mine and
mill at Old Diggings, a distance of three
and a half miles. This will make the
third mining plant in that district to be
run by electric power from Copely.
which is on the line of railroad, ten
miles from Redding
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Confirmed by the Senate.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE Senate
to-day confirmed the following nominal
tons: Stanford Newell of Minnesota, to
be Minister to the Netherlands Cassius
NJ. Barnes, Governor of Oklahoma Ter
ritory; Henry A. Castle of Minnesota,
to be Auditor of the Postoffice Depart
ment; Thomas Richards, Indian Agent
at Fort Berthold Agency, in North Da-
kOta
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Stole a Punching.Bar.

SAN JOSE, May Ill. T. Cox. a
young man of 20, was arrested to-day
charged with stealing a punching bag
from the Y. NJ c. a. gymnasium in
Pasadena He admits taking the bag
but said that he expected to return it,
He will be taken south for trial.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Case of Broker Chapman.

WASHINGTON, May 11-No formal
application for the pardon of Broker
Chapman, therecalcitrants sugar witness,
was received at the White House to-
day. Attorney General McKenna says
all the information he has on the sub
ject comes to him from the newspapers.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
A Prisoners Fatal Jump.

BALTIMORE, May 11-John A. Co.
Ter of Glencoe, Pa, under sentence of
fifteen years in the Maryland peniten-
tiary for forging Union Pacific bonds,
broke from his keepers and jumped
from an express train on the Baltimore
and Ohio, while the train was going at
full speed He will probably die. Co
Ter had a wide reputation as a clever
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Honduras Revolution Ended.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE State
Department to-day received a dispatch
from United States Consul Little, at
Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras,
stating that the revolution has come to
an end. He furnishes no details sur
rounding the collapse
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Gunboats r1arietta and Wheeling

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE Navy
Department has sent instructions to
San Francisco for the trial of the gun
boats Marietta and Wheeling. built by
the Union Iron Works. The date is
left open so as to permit weather condi-
tons to be regarded. Captain Sumner
will be President OF the Trial Board.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Judge Day Qualities.

WASHINGTON. May 11-Judge Day
of Ohio to-day qualified as Assistant
Secretary Of State Rockhill. whom
he succeeds. will remain until the AS
sistant Secretary becomes familiar with
pending negotiations. Then il is ex-
pected he will be appointed to some
foreign mission.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
National r1onetary Commission.

Francisco Chamber of Commerce to-
day adopted memorial addressed to
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States, urging that
steps be taken to secure the appoint
ment by the President of a non-parti-
san National Monetary Commission to
suggest legislation involving finance
and the circulating medium of the
country
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Illinois Inheritance Tax Law.

SPRINGFIELD Qll), May 1.-THE
Illinois Supreme Court to-day decided
the inheritance tax law passed by the
State Legislature two years. ago to be
constitutional, reversing the decision of
the lower court.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
Condition of the Treasury

WASHINGTON, May 11.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance.
S229, COS. 743; gold reserve, STAT, $50 S67.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
TRAIN ROBBER PARKER.
The Posse on the Trail of the Ari
IONA Outlaw.

PRESCOTT (Ariz), May 11-At 8
O'Clock tonight message was re-
ceived from Sheriff Ruffner which To-
Gates his posse twenty-three miles
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-12
GENERAL BROOKE
TO SUCCEED MILES.
Will Probably Fill The Post Of Com
mander Of the United States Army
During the Latter's Absence in
European Countries.

While Such an Order Has Not Yet
been Issued, the Summouing of
General Brooke to Washington by
President rlckinley Conveys the
Impression That he is TO be Pre-
NOTED to rlajor- General and Placed
in Command.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22
The Emperor,s Gun Race.

Most complete arrangements have
been made for the convenience of yachts
men who are TO take part in the race
from Dover to Heligoland for the Ger
man emperor's cup On their arrival
off Heligoland tugs will be provided to
take the competitors through the new
Kaiser Wilhelm canal, which connects
the Elbe with the Baltic, to Kiel, where
five races have been provided for cruis-
ers only.
At the close of the German regattas
ON the Baltic, which will be on July A,
the racing fleet can return TO the west
coast possibly in time for the Clyde
fortnight, at any rate in time for the
Irish regattas under the auspices of the
Royal Ulster Yacht club. On the other
hand, the cruisers can continue by pro-
ceeding ON July to Stockholm, where
there will be weeks racing, begin.
ming ON July 8, arranged by the Stock
holm club to celebrate King Oscars ac-
cession to the throne. Tugs will be pro.
vided to take the racing yachts through
the Swedish canals TO Gothenburg. In
fact, everything possible for the con-
venience of British and American com
petitors is being done by the yachtsmen
in Germany and Sweden. -Philadel.
phia Ledger.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22
THE SPORTING WORLD.

The Indian ball game of the Choctaw
Nation is one of few surviving native
customs Of this interesting tribe. 1t is a
game wholly unlike baseball or foot
ball, but resem bling somewhat closely
the game of lacrosse, itself a native In
dian ball game. In former years the
different tribes are said TO have played
against each other, but the feeling grew
SO strong that the games had to be given
up Then the different counties of tho
Choctaw Nation played against each
other, but again the matches had to be
abandoned, as the games always ended
in fights in which people were killed.
In game in 1888 one man was killed
and a number injured. In another game
the ball was only hit once, and then all
the Indians ran for their revolvers OF
used the butt of their playing sticks
The game resembles lacrosse in that
it is played with rackets The goal
posts, which the ball must touch, are
about 900 to 225 yards apart. The ball
is about the size of golf ball, made Of
rags and covered with white buckskin.
Several are provided, as they are fire.
quently lost in the tall grass. The play
ers on the side with the wind sometimes
substitute ball with a long tail and q
play. The tail then impedes their OPP
ponents in throwing it against the wind.
philadelphia Times
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22

She was a new girl at the Central
Telephone Exchange.
Her previous experience In this
big and busy world had been behind
the counter at Hitchcock e. Chally's.
Nevertheless she was a pleasant
SPOKEN young lady, and amiability
was written all over her nature.
She had adopted as her motto the
touching sentence, "We strive TO
please" and she honestly tried to live
up to it.
There was a ring at the bell.
She applied her ear Co the instru-
ment and asked, sweetly,
"What number, please?"
"Let me have No. 474.v
II am sorry that No. 474 Is busy
now" she replied. "You can have
No. ALB or AIS If you wish"
The individual at the other end OF
the wire hung up his receiver add u.s.
ed language which plainly showed
that all efforts to please do not neces-
sarily succeed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22


A clergyman, and one of his elderly
parishioners were walking home
from church one icy day last winter,
when the old gentleman slipped and
fell fiat on his back. The minister,
looking at him moment, and being
assured that he was not hurt, said to
him:
flames, sinners stand on slippery
places"
The old gentleman looked up as ~
to assure himself of the fact, and said:
81 see they do, but can't"
Boston has heard much from MIR.
Moody during the past few weeks,
and along with the rest a word about
advertising.
Mr.. Moody says:
"One thing which is wrong is the
way many meetings are planned. Ad-
vertise them. Let folks know what
is going to be done.
81 believe il business men conduct
ed their affairs, or II newspapers were
run as our churches are conducted,
they would all be bankrupt in six
months.
81 don't believe any man need
preach to empty pews If he will only
use little common sense. Advertls q.
Put notice in the papers. Stick out
a sign"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22

Thomas B. Reeds prediction that
the tariff bill will pass the House in
two weeks after it is reported to that
body will probably prove to be cor
rect. His forecasts of the action of
his branch generally hit the mark.
The Senate finance committee will
probably prove to be correct. His
forecasts of the action of his branch
generally hit the mark. The Senate
finance committee will probably have
the bill early in April, and may re
port it by the 10th or goth of the
month. It is hazardous to predict
what will happen afterward, but there
is a chance that the bill will go
through that body in five or six
weeks. There is a reasonable
presumption that it will get into the
Presidents hands before the middle
of June, making fair allowance for
the sluggish movement of the Senate
and the delay in the conference com
mittee. Then the industries will
quickly adjust themselves to the new
conditions, the revenue shortage will
end, and business rally which will
promptly pull the country out of it 9
slough of despond will take place.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22
Washing SIX Underwear.


Boil large potatoes in salted water.
When done, drain and mash until fine
and light. Add tablespoonfuls of but
ter and l-2 teasroonfuls of salt, with
half cupful Of milk. Heat thor
oughly, pack into buttered mold, let
stand for g minutes, turn out on a
platter, brush with beaten egg and
brown in the oven. Serve birds or chops,
broiled, standing around the casserole
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22

In. the year 1872, during a skirmish
with the Sioux Indians, the Third
United States cavalry formed an en-
campment in valley on the southern
border of Dakota. At night fall the
horses were tethered by long line
to the ground. Toward day break a
violent storm of rain and hail burst
over the valley, when the terrified
animals broke loose from their fasten
ings and tore away up the steep side
of the valley into the territory of the
enemy. With our hores in the hands
of the enemy we would have been
lost; yet it was impossible, in the
darkness, to go after them into an
unknown country, probably full of
Indians. The commanding officer as
a last resource, ordered the stable
call to be sounded. In few moments
every horse had returned and we
were saved.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22

Cold bathing generates and increas-
es the natural heat OF the body, and
this heat is what civilized people
lack. A cold sponge bath should
never occupy more than three min
utes. Spraying the chest with cold
water will often improve weak bron-
chial tubes. The hot baths are use
full in two ways. IL loosens and
frees the impurities and opens the
pores, but it should be followed by
cold water to close the pores. The
temperature of the warm bath should
be about ninety degrees. An alter
nate bath for the excessively fleshy
or for stimulating purposes may be
taken once a month A handful OF
salt has a toning and strengthening
effect
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22
Bessie 0. Potter.

Bessie O. Potter, the sculptor, owes
the discovery of her talent to clay mod
cling in the Chicago public schools.
When child, attending the Cook Coun-
ty Normal school, clay was placed in
her hands, and the dizziness with which
she pinched and patted it into shape
marked her, in the eyes of the princi-
pal, Colonel Francis Parker, and Art
Instructor Schneider, as an embryo
sculptor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22
Nearly all boys and girls show in

Nearly all boys and girls show in
some way at some time what they are
to become when they grow into man
hood and womanhood.
A swedish boy fell out of window
and was severely hurt, but with
clenched lips he kept back the cry of
pain. The King Gustavus Adolphus,
who saw the fall, propeesied that he
would make a man for an emergency
and SO he did, for he became the ia
nous Gen. Bauer.
A woman fell off the dock in Italy.
She was fat and frightened. No one
of the crowd of men dared to jump in
after her; but boy struck the water
almost as soon as she, and manag ed
to keep her up until stronger arms
got hold of her. Everybody said the
boy was very daring, very kind, very
quick; but also very reckless, for he
might have been drowned. The boy
was Garibaldi, and ii you will read
his life you will find these were just
his traits all through-that he was SO
alert that nobody could tell when he
would make an attack with his red
shirted soidies; so indiscreet some
times as to make his fellow patr lots
wish he was in Guinea, but also SO
brave and magnanimous that all the
world, except tyrants loved to hear
and talk about him.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-22
Mary j. Twombly's Will.

STATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DIsrR1cT.
- IS. In Probate Court, held at Newport
IN said District, on the 10th day of March,
4. D., 1897.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of Mary J. Twon bly late
of Barton, in said district, deceased, being
presented to the Court by w. c. Twom bly,,
the executor therein named, for probate.
It Is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a
session of said Court to be held at the Probate
Office in Newport, on the 31st day of March
a D. 1897, and show cause, if any they may
have, against the probate of said will: for
which purpose it is further ordered that a
copy of the record of this order be published
three weeks successfully in the Orleans
County Monitor, printed at Barton, VT, pre-
vious to said time appointed for hearings
By the Court. Attest,
lib f. E. ALFRED, Judge.