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The record-union., 1897-01-17

for deficiency in It's C-.a~>..--.ci;c
Allo4a t-lenl AeIr SOUS oI General Eitz-
hugh Lee and Colonel Ward. Assistant
Adjutant- General of the Eastern De-
partment of the Army. Winnie" Han
cock, grandson of the late Department
Commander, also failed, but he was
given another chance.
Colonel Ward went to Washington sew
eral days ago, and lodged a complaint of
favoritism against the examining board
Secretary Lamont gave his personal at
tention to the matter, but at first re-
fused to act, on the ground that it was
not within his jurisdiction. There the
matter rested until last night, when Col
onel Ward returned to his headquarters
on Governors Island with the an
nouncement that the examining board
would reconsider the entire batch Of
thirty cadets who were discharged.
''I believe the dismissals We're ordered
by the board without the knowledge of
extenuating circumstances covering the
cases of my son and of young Lee" said
Colonel Ward. In view of this fact
reconsideration has been ordered. 1t
would not do TO show any partiality, and
for that reason the entire number of
upper-class men win be reinstated and
given another examination.
1t was believed at the War Depart
ment last night that the action of the
Secretary was due to influence brought
to bear on the Administration by Gener-
al Lee.
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OBJECTED TO PARADING.
THE SECOND BRIGADE OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD
Did Not Think They Should be Called
Out to Celebrate the Defeat of
the Refunding Bill.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.-The
Post this evening says:
The local National Guard was nearly
forced into a state of mutiny this
morning.
The trouble was the result of an ef-
fort on the part of Adjutant- General
Barrett to compel the Second Brigade
to parade tonight in celebration of the
defeat of the funding bill.
Just where the arrangements for this
spectacular affair originated Is not
known, but the man from Sacramento
who has stinguished himself dn the
financial management of the guards
affairs figures most conSpicuou5ly in
the attempt to force this severe hard
ship on the members of the brigade.
Shortly after midnight this morning
Lieuterlant-Colonel Duboce, at the in
Stigation of General Barrett, who ar
rived in the city last night with Gov
ernor Budd, was routed out of bed and
informed that in all probability the
First Infantry, of which he is in COM
mand, together with other organiza-
tions of the Second Brigade, would be
concentrated at some point in the city
tonight.
Lieutenant Colonel Duboce was in
structed to give warning TO his Cap
tains, and it seems that similar instruc-
tions We're sent to the Fifth Infantry
Regiment, which is scattered along the
coast
Later on it was learned that a plot
was on foot to call the troops out for a
parade in celebration of the recent ac-
tion of Congress on the funding bin.
AS soon as the real purpose Of the call
was learned by the guardsmen they
entered a vigorous protest against be-
ing served in such manner.
General Barrett was roundly de-
nounced for his action. He made sew
eral trips to Colonel Duboce's office, but
could get no satisfaction there While
the latter officer stated that he would
be ready to obey any order from the
proper sources, it was evidently plain to
General Barrett that the regimental
commander was not in favor of the
scheme and thoroughly realized the
trouble that 1t would likely precipitate.
General Barrett made several trips
between Colonel Duboce's office and the
Palace Hotel, where Governor Budd
preciating the fact that a call of troops
would bring him into further ridicule
the Acknowledgement announced that
the plans were off,
IF this affair had been carried out"
remarked one prominent officer of the
guard, "it would have been a serious
blow to the brigade. We have suf-
fered enough from the grand stand
plays.
You can imagine the hardship we
would have had to undergo parading on
such rainy night and without over
coats, which, as is we'll known, the bri-
gade is sorely in need.
1t would also have cost $500 or 81 600
to bring the Fifth Infantry to this city,
and the local troops would have been
out nearly as much.
That such a scheme should have been
undertaken is disgracefu reflection
on the Adjutant-G Generals office"
The record-union., 1897-01-17
Just Like a Man.

Mrs. Somebody, who lives in Thir-
teenth street, has an infant son who IS
just beginning to walk. Last week he
fell down stairs, SO his mother bought
gate to put at the top of the stairs.
There is a little metal socket screwed
to each side Of the stairs and the gate
fits into these. 1t was put up one day
Wednesday, think. It was Mr.. Some
body's night at the lodge and Mrs.
Somebody remembered after he had left
the house that he had not been told of
the gate. She was SO exercised for fear
he would fall over it when he came in
that she sat up for him. He was late,
very late. and she was very tired. And
yet when he did come and realized how
devotedly she had waited up In order
to save him a tumble, what do you
think the heartless man said?
Why. my dear" said he. why didn't
you just lift the gate out?"
Wasn't that just like a man?-Wash-
ington Post
The record-union., 1897-01-17
THIRSTY HOBOS.
They Steal Two Kegs of Beer From
the Buffalo Brewery.

On Friday morning the employees OF
the Buffalo Brewery found when they
began to load the delivery wagons that
that the door, which was fastened by
a bar had been opened from the out
side.
The same thing happened yesterday
morning and then an investigation was
made. This resulted in finding that
four men. named Howard CovelI. Kid
Warren, AL Mosely and Frank Ryan,
had established headquarters under the
old band stand in Richmond Grove, and
the two missing kegs We're there with
them
Chief Drew was communicated with
and detailed Officers Hayes, Taylor,
Harlow and Fitzgerald to go out to the
grove and bring the gang in. The fell
lows were taken completely by sur
prise and were very soon locked safely
up at the City Prison.
The two beer kegs were there, one of
them empty and the other pretty well
drained, and alongside was an old tin
can, out of which they had been drink
ing.
Covell, Warren and Mosely have seen
the inside of the city and county jails
sufficiently, and Mosely is one of the
men who was caught on the 21st Of
May last year stealing the contents OF
the cornerstone of the German Evan
gelical Associations Church, ON Tenth
street, between o and P, and who got
off on a. technicaIity
The record-union., 1897-01-17
HOME PRODUCTS.
Formal Opening of the Exhibition at
Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16.-The for
NAL opening display of home products
at Hazards Pavilion occurred this
evening in the presence of a large
crowd. The exhibition was first heralded
to the public by an extensive street
parade in the afternoon. Practically
every industry of the city was repre-
sented, and every article imaginable,
from a boiler to a broom, was there.
The parade was over an hour in pass
ing a given point. There were fully
1000 people in line, in addition to over
300 wagons, trucks and all manner Of
vehicles, on which were displayed va
rieties of goods.
Many merchants closed their business
houses and headed their employees in
marching. Several firms required
twenty vehicles to represent their
branch of business, and some of the in
dustries occupied nearly a block of
space.
The parade was greatly annoyed by
street cars breaking into the line of
march on Spring street. The route of
the parade was thronged with people,
who gave the various firms hearty ap-
piause as they passed. There We're
Nv eve dlF lSlOIlSs anu the line or narch
was south on Main street to Sixth, and
Spring to First street, to Broadway, to
Fifth, then west to the Pavilion, where
the parade dispersed.
In the evening the Pavilion was the
scene Of a large gathering. The main
hall is crowded with various booths,
where exhibitors have made displays.
AS in the parade, all home products are
represented. The mechanical depart
ment occupies a large room on the west
side, adjoining the main floor, while the
art division is in the gallery
Several selections by a band opened
the programme after which H. W.
Frank, President of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Exchange under whose
conducted, made the opening address.
Mayor Snyder also made an address,
and at the conclusion of his remarks
he touched a button that started ma
chinery and fired cannon, and the ex-
hibition was declared open.
The show continues until February
9th
The record-union., 1897-01-17
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
SVT r A pT
S4 LIABI.
Is. f. Nos. 56S and 599-In bank-Ffled
January 10 1917

January 10, 1919
Smith ct al, respondents; San Fran
cisco and North Pacific Railway Com
pany ct al, appellants. Action under
Section 315, C. c. Reversed, Beatty, c.
j., dissenting.
Section 312, c. c., provides that to en-
title a person to vote he must be bona
fide stockholder, having stock in his own
name on the stock books of the corpora
ton at least ten days prior to the cleo
ton. One in whose name stock is reg
istered upon the books of the corpora
ton, but who has no interest therein,
and who is not the owner of any stock in
the corporation, has no right to vote the
stock; he is neither the proxy nor the
representative of the owners of the
stock, nor member of the corporation,
and is, therefore, not bona fide stock
holder.
No particular form Of words is requi-
site to constitute a proxy. Like any
other agency, the instrument by which
it is created may be informal, but, if in
order to give effect to its language, in
view of the purpose for which it is exc
cuted, it is necessary to construe the
instrument as creating an agency, such
construction will be given.
1t is not in violation of any rule or
principle of law for one or more stock
holders who own a majority of the stock
in a corporation to cause its affairs to
be managed in such a way as they may
think best calculated to further the
ends of the corporation; and for this
purpose to appoint one or more proxies
who shall vote in such way as will
carry out their plan. Nor is it against
public policy forstwo or more stoclkhold-
The record-union., 1897-01-17
HOW TO MAKE KOUMYSS.
Here Is Woman Doctors Receipt
and 1t Looks Easy.

A drink which has rapidly grown in
popularity, especially among those
whose state of health requires nourish-
ment highly condensed, and yet easy
OF digestion, is koumyss. 1t is sold over
the counters of soda water ''lairs," and
many persons hold awful. not to say
reverential opinions of it's food value.
There is a vague opinion abroad that it
is some mysterious diStillation of the
milk of Arabian mares. Perhaps in its
earlier forms it was this, or something
like this. But the following prescription
Is seen to be much more simple and
more homelike matter. The prescrip
ton is that of DIR. Alice M Perry, and is
suited to the resouces of almost any
households:
Take three pints of sweet milk, three
pintS of boiling water, one-half a cupfu1
OF light brown sugar and a cake of COM
pressed yeast. Dissolve the sugar in
the boiling water, add the milk and
stir Well When the mixture is cool
enough not to scald add the yeast pre-
viously dissolved in a little milk or
water. Put in a warm place, as if it were
bread to rise. Stir often, and when it be-
gins to sparkle and sing when stirred
say in from four to six hours-put the
mixture in Mason cans or beer bottles
and set in the icebox or some place
equally cool. In twenty-four hours it
will be good; in forty eight hours bet
ter. 1t will keep three or four days.
1.-The making of koumyss," says DR..
Perry, ''is like the making of bread-it
cannot be described exactly. Sometimes
you will have poor lot without being
able to account for it, but skill comes
with experience. You can make for
20 cents what would cost 81 90 if
bought
The record-union., 1897-01-17

NEWARK IN. -, Jan. 16.-Phila-
delphia and Reading local train leaving
New York at 7:3o p. m. struck and
Killed two farmers who were driving
across the tracks at Hopewen, n. ].
The accident necessitated a. delay of
fifteen minutes, the local then being ON
the time OF the Philadelphia express
train.
The local pulled In a siding to fix the
air brakes and then pulled out through
the other end of the switch to the main
line. The express came along at this
time at terrific speed and struck tho
rear end of the local train, upserting
the baggage and mail car and injuring
five trainmen, and burning UP the mail
and baggage cars.
The injured are: Engineer Seal of the
local, scalded and leg broken in jump
ing; Baggase1naster Gilman of the ex-
press, two ribs broken; Bagga gemaster
Webster of the express, slightly hurt;
Engineer Dixon of the express, badly
hurt, taken to hospital at Plainheld;
Conductor Ashton Of the local train,
hurt internally.
Medical assistance was summoned
from Bound Brook, Hopewell and Ken
singtoIA The names Of the two farmers
Killed cannot be learned
The record-union., 1897-01-17
MACHIAS ORDERED TO BANGKOK.
AMERICAN INTERESTS ARE TO
BE PROTECTED.
What the Latest Trouble is Cannot be
Learned at the State Depart
ment at Washington.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The gun
Siam, this morning, in obedience to ca
BILE orders from Secretary Herbert Ito
protect American interests The dis
tance is about 1000 miles, and the Ma
chias should reach her destination in
about week.
The State Department declined to di-
vulge the character Of the information
which it has received from Bangkok,
which causes the sudden dispatch, of a
Warship to the scene, but there is no
doubt the attack on the United States
Consul, General Edward B. Kellert, by
Siamese soldiers is at the bottom of it.
Press dispatches three weeks ago an
nounced that Mr.. Kellert, who is an un-
paid official appointed by Minister and
Consul-General Barrett two years ago,
had been fired upon and wounded by
Siamese soldiers. 1t was impossible to
confirm this news at the State Depart
ment at the time, but it was explained
there that Mr.. Kellert had right to
engage in trade, and possibly some per-
sonal affair of his own had led TO his
arrest by local authorities.
litigation has been in progress over the
estate of an American named Cheek,
who held a valuable teak concession
from the Siamese Government. This
had been highly remunerative during
Cheeks lifetime, but when, after his
death, it became desirable to wind up
his estate the Siamese Government step
ped in and took measures to prevent the
sale of number of elephants he had
raised and employed in getting out
timber. It is also said that Kellert was
the executor for the estate or the agent
of the heirs, and his activity in their
behalf had probably led to friction with
the Siamese authorities, who overstep-
ped the usual legal methods in trying to
get rid of him. No American warship
has been to Bangkok for about seven
years, and while Minister Barrett has
been we'll received there, the Siamese
have not had as much respect for the
Britain or France.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-Isaac Town
send Smith, Siamese Consul General at
New York, when shown a copy of the
Washington dispatch regarding the
sending of the gunboat Machias to
Bangkok ito protect American inter
ests." said he did not attach any i'm
portance to the action.
Dispatches from Siam about the at
tack upon Vive-Consul Kellert,'' he said
ARE newspaper sensations. The whole
affair, in my opinion, is mere buncomb
If the situation is at all serious the ST.
amese Government would have commu-
nicated with me officially before this.
have not received word from them on
the subject"
The record-union., 1897-01-17
TO MEET ON SUNDAY.
The Oregon Assembly Will Hold a
Session To-Day.

SALEM (Or.), Jan. 16.-To the many
peculiar features of the House deadlock
Is to be added that Of a session on
Sunday.
Instead Of adjourning until next Mon
day, as was expected, the House to-
day adjourned to meet tomorrow af-
ternoon The meeting viii be perfume
tory, TO meet the requirement of the
Constitution, which requires that, with
no quorum present, the House shall
adjourn from day to day. The possi-
bility OF either side taking advantage
of the other did not enter into the mat
ter.
To-day's session was very brief. last
ing only fifteen minutes As soon as
the Benson men had secured an i'm
preston from the Speaker that he
would not take advantage Of their alb
sence an adjournment was taken.
The record-union., 1897-01-17

UKIAH, Jan. 16.-Another killing has
been added to the grewsome record of
Round Valley, the dark and bloody
ground of California.
On lonely mountain road near Co
velo John Kenny was shot and killed by
jeremiah NJ Hulett, neighboring
rancher. The tragedy occurred on
Tuesday evening, but the Sheriff's office
here was not notified until late last
might.
The two men had been at ennity, and
the news that one of them succeeded in
ending the career of the other has
caused little surprise i'm Round Valley,
where such finales are looked upon as
a matter of course. Because of the
known hatred Of the one for the other,
the statement of Hulett that he met
Kenny on the mountain side and the
quicker man came away alive finds
ready belief.
Justice Joel Erland of Round Valley
Township, who is Acting Coroner of
this county, left for the scene of the
killing Wednesday evening, but has not
yet returned.
The record-union., 1897-01-17
Senator Harris Wife Very iii.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator l.
c.. Harris of Tennessee has received
telebram stating that his wife is seri-
ously i'll at Paris, Tenn, and advising
him to come at once. The Senator him.
self, who is 70 years old, has been for
some time in such condition of failing
health as to arouse the affectionate
sympathies of his friends. He has been
confined to his room for over a week,
but left for Tennessee this afternoon,
accompanied by his son, Edward Har-
r-;c
The record-union., 1897-01-17
THEY CARRIED WATER.
Oak Park Women Formed a VoIun-
teer Fire Department.

A fire started yesterday about p. m.
at Oak Grove, in the house of Levi Au-
ker, and was under good headway when
discovered.
Neither Oak Grove nor Oak Park
have any fire department, but the wo-
men of those places formed a volun-
teer department and the Oak Park wo-
men carried water in pals SO steadily
and successfully that through their aid
the flames were subdued and the house
saved. the damage being about S100.
Residents in the locality are loud in
their praise of the pluck and determine
ton of the Oak Park women.
The record-union., 1897-01-17

ers to agree upon a course or corporate
action, or upon the officers whom they
will elect. and they may do this either by
themselves or through their proxies, or
they may unite in the appointment of
single proxy to effect their purpose.
ANY plan of procedure they may agree
upon Implies a previous comparison CT
views, and there is nothing Illegal in an
agreement to be bound by the Will of
the majority as to the means by which
the result shall be reached.
AS the owner OF the property has the
right to withhold 1t from sale he can also
at the time of its sale impose conditions
upon its use without violating any rule
OF public policy, and there is nothing in
consistent with public policy for two or
more persons who contemplate purchaS-
ing certain property to agree with each
other as condition Of the purchase,
that neither viii dispose Of his share
WITHIN a limited period, or for less than
fixed sum or except upon certain lin
1tations. They have the same right to
contract with reference TO the terms un-
der which they will hold or dispose of
the property after it shall have been
purchased, as they have to agree upon
any other terms upon which the pur-
chase shall be made These terms enter
into and form a part of the considera-
tion for the agreement to purchase, and
are as binding and enforcible as any
other terms of the agreement.
1t is not Illegal nor against public
policy to separate the voting power OF
the stock from its ownership. Where
a proxy is duly constituted, and the
power of the appointment is without
limitation, the vote cast by the proxy
binds the stOclxholder, whether exer-
cised in behalf of his interest or not, to
the same extent as if the vote had been
cast hV the cfnclr dor In, ,nn,-cnr,
The record-union., 1897-01-17
Dodge Convicted.

UKIAH, Jan. 16.-The jury in the
case of John Dodge, for the murder of
). A. II. Mudgett, brought in a verdict
OF murder in the first degree with a
recommendation for life Imprisonment
Eleven of the jurors were for the death
penalty, but could not convince the
other man. The verdict is not a salts
factory one, as it was one of the most
dastardly murders ever committed in
the county. The defendant first killed
Mudgett and then burned the body.
Dodge will be sentenced next Monday.
The record-union., 1897-01-17
A DEMURRER.

She replied, IT cannot marry"
To his earnest pleadings low,
For I'm going TO be lawyer
And plead myself, you know.
And marriage is lottery
And something you may rue.
It's venturing on unknown ground
A risky thing to do
Then barely did he answer:
I'D venture anywhere
With an angel for a comrade:
There's nothing I'd not dare"
mo doubt" said Portia calmly;
But have you never read
That fools will rush in boldly
Where angels fear to tread?''
Brooklyn Life
The record-union., 1897-01-17
Sense of Shame.

Wicks-There is one thing I will say
for Blaxter; he never talks about his
own writings.
Hicks-I am glad to hear that Where
there's a sense of shame there's always
some hope for Observation-Disclosures
TRANSCRIPT
The record-union., 1897-01-17
WEST POINT CADETS.
Those Recently Dismissed to be
Given Another Chance,

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE Journal
this tSundag morning says: BY order
of the Secretary of War the West Point
cadets who were dismissed after the
January examination are to be given
another chance for military honors.
Thirty OF the cadets were DISCHARGED
The record-union., 1897-01-17
The Weeks Failures.

The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency
reports 81 failures in the Pacific Coast
States and Territories for the past week
as compared with % for the previous
week and Is for the corresponding
week of 1896. The failures for the past
week are divided among the trades as
follows: hotels, 2 restaurants,
plumber. hardware, millinery,
confectionery, drugs, 1 soda works, 4
dry goods, 1 plasterer, / bakery, /
liquors, 1 milk dealer, fruits and con-
fectionery, 1 mems furnishings. or
chardist and fruit dryer, 3 groceries,
butcher, 2 general stores.
The record-union., 1897-01-17
WOlcott=DObbS Eight.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.-Joe Wal
colt, the colored welterweight and
Bobby Dobbs of this city, also colored,
met in a six-round bout at the South
wark Athletic Club tonight. No de-
cision was rendered, but Walcott had
slightly the better of the contest.
The record-union., 1897-01-17

hotels and lunch ~ounters along the line
OF the Southerl Pacific IN Southern
Callfornia, comnntted suicide this
morning by drinking carbolic acid Toll
free has been greatly depressed since
the death of his wife, which occurred
few months ago
The record-union., 1897-01-17
IS. F., No. 572-In Banl1-Filed January
10 1877

Foster ct al. appellants; Smith ct al,
defendants. Injunction to restrain de-
fendant from casting vote for directors
at annual meeting upon certain shares
of stock. Appeal from order dissolving
injunction dismissed
The parties to the litigation had no
rights which could be affected by re-
versal of the order. consequently the
correctness of the order became merely
an abstract question. Held, that the de-
mands Of actual, practical litigation are
too pressing to permit the examination
or discussion of academic questions.
The record-union., 1897-01-17
Precious Vision.

There Is just as much science re-
quired in fitting glasses as in prescrib-
ing medicine. Why not have your eyes
attended to by one who has made a
study of the eye and it's defects? f.
de Wolfe Hennah. the optician, has
every facility for the correction of any
error Of refraction ito which the eye is
subject. Masonic Temple, Sixth and K. =
The record-union., 1897-01-17

rs there anything certain in this un-
certain world?" Yes; If you cut any
thing out of a newspaper, there Is al
ways something valuable on the other
side. e."--ChicaGo Record.