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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-07

t!sed for November !, but, Tor the purpose OF
securing the utmost public notice OF the event.
II was postponed until December 1G. and a sec
ond advertisement OF the sale was made. By
the decree Of the Court, the upset price on the
sale Of the Kansas Pacific will yield 20 the Gov
eminent the sum Of S2.5O0.OOO over all prior
liens. costs and charges. II 10 IT or better
bid 10 made. this sum is all the Government Will
receive on it's claim OF nearly S13.0000o0 The
Government has no Information as TO whether
there will be other bidders or n better bid than
the minimum amount herein stated The ques
ton presented. therefore. IL: Whether the Gov
eminent shall. under the authority given By the
Act Of March 3. 1887. purchase or redeem the
road In the event that bid is not made by
private parties covering the entire Government
claim. To qualify the Government to bid Mt
the sale will require deposit OF 5000 900. as
follows: In the Government cause. 500. 600 and
In each OF the first mortgage causes. 5000 600
and In the latter the deposit must be In cash
Payments at the sale are as follows Upon the
acceptance Of the bid. a sum which with the
amount already deposited shall equal Is per
cent Of the bid; the balance In instalments Of
% per cent. thirty. forty and nifty days after
the confirmation OF the sale The lien on the
Kansas Pacific prior to that q. the Govern
ment on July go 1895 principal and interest
therefore. should 1t become the highest bidder,
will have to pay the amount Of the irst mort
gage lien.
believe that under the act Of 1887 1t has the
authority to do this. and In the absence of any
action by Congress shall direct the Secretary
Of the Treasury TO make the necessary deposit
required by the courts decree to qualify as
a bidder and to bid at the sale sum which
will at least equal the principal OF the debt due
to the Government: but suggest In order to re-
move all controversy. that an amendment of
the law be Immediately passed explicitly giving
such powers and appropriating in general terms
whatever sum is sufii cient therefor.
In so important matter as the Government
becoming the possible owner Of railroad prop
erty. which It, perforce. must conduct and
operate. l feel constrained to lay before Con-
gress these facts for its consideration and &C.
ton before the contamination Of the sale II
Ii clear to my mind that the Government should
not permit the property to be sold at price
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-07


people who have invested their capital in the
development Of the productive resources Of the
country are without title to the land they occupy
and have no voice whatever In the government.
either Of the nations or tribes. Thousands Of
their children who were born In the Territory
are Of school age: but the doors OF the schools
Of the nations are snJt against them. and what
education they get 10 by private contribution
No provision for the protection OF the life or
property OF these white citizens Is made by tho
tribal governments and courts
The Secretary Of the Interior reports that lead
Ing Indians have absorbed great tracts Of land
to the exclusio, Of the common people. and gov
eminent by an Indian aristocracy has been
practically established. to the detriment Of the
people 1t has been impossible for the United
States to keep citizens out Of the Territory. and
the executory conditions contained in the treaties
with these nations have for the most part be-
come impossible Of execution Nor has II been
possible for the tribal governments to secure to
each Individual Indian his full enjoyment in
common with other Indians Of the common prop
erty OF the nations. Friends OF the Indians have
long believed that the best interests Of the Five
Civilized Tribes would be found In American
citizenship. with all the rights and PRIVILEGES
which belong to that condition.
PLANS FOR REFORM.
BY Section 10 Of the Act Of March q, 1893 the
President was authorized to appoint three
commissioners to enter into negotiations with
the Cherokee. Choctaw. Chickasaw, Muscogee
(or Creek and Seminole nations commonly
known as the Five Civilized Tribes In the In
dian Territory. Briefly. the purposes Of the
negotiations were to be: The extingushment of
tribal titles to any lands within that Territory
Aa1d hx,a md
either by cession OF the same or some part
thereof to the United States. or by allotment
and division Of the same in severalty among
the Indians OF such nations or tribes respec-
lively. as may be entitled to the same. or by
such other method as may be agreed upon be-
tween the several nations and tribes aforesaid,
or each Of them. with the United States. with
view to such an adjustment upon the basis Of
justice and equity as may. with the consent Of
the said nations of Indians so far as may be
necessary. be requisite and suitable to enable
The record-union., 1897-09-24
NEVADA AGAINST CALIFORNIA
A Relay Bicycle Race is Projected
and the Date Fixed.

The Reno wheelmen recently chal-
lenged the Capital City Wheelmen to
ffty-mile relay track race, to take
place on October 10th, the Reno people
agreeing to pay the expenses of the
Sacramento team of ten men. The
Capital City men have now accepted
the challenge. and the team of ten is
being made up by Captain Shaw.
The handicap under which the Sac
ramento riders will labor is the fact
that Reno is over 4, 900 feet greater al
titude than Sacramento Nevertheless
the Sacramento bicyclists claim that as
they are more experienced in relay
racing they will be able to stand off
this disadvantage and wipe the earth
with the sagebrushers.
Since the acceptance of the challenge
the Carson wheelmen have expressed a
desire to enter the lists and make the
match q three sided one Whether or
not the Capital Citys will agree to this
is as yet undetermined. 1t is unlikely
that they will accede, as a third team
in the race may not be to their adyan-
tage, though a good many officers of
the club think it cannot in anyway af-
feet the race, except to make it live
lier
The Sacramento. team will leave the
city on the night Of Saturday, the 9th
Of October
The record-union., 1897-09-24
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
(No. 15,729-In Bank-Filed September
13. 1879

(No. Is, ,729-In Bank-Filed September
13, 1879
The People of the State of California,
appellant; Oakland Water Front Com
pany, the City of Oakland and others,
respondents. Action to determine adj
verse claims to real property. Revers-
ed.
The authority of the Attorney Cen
eral to institute an action in case in
which the rights and interests of the
people of the State are directly involv-
ell cannot be questioned.
A legislative grant from the public
domain is not only a grant, but is also
a law, and if the case is such that the
grant being once made the title can
never revest in the State except by a
legislative revocation of the grant, and
there has been no such revocation the
courts Of the State must take notice
at all times that the grantee or his sue
cessor is not the owner of the thing
granted Held, therefore, that the Su-
perior Court did not err in holding that
it must take judicial notice of the legis-
lative grant to Oakland, in ruling upon
the demurrers. The principle of the
decision was correct, but the court
erred in the adoption of it. For, taking
the description of the grant to the
town of Oakland contained in the Act
of 1852, and comparing it with the land
described in the complaint it cannot be
seen that the land there claimed by
the State is all embraced within the
grant to Oakland
The record-union., 1897-09-24
SUIT FOR MAINTENANCE.
Some Features of the Trouble in
the WaIdron Family.

Justice Henry yesterday partially
heard the case of r. A. May against
Louis Waldron, when it was continued
till this morning. It is a civil suit in
which plaintiff May, a collector, is the
assignee of the real parties in interest.
Waldron is sued for $127 30 for the
care and board of his wife by her
mother, Mrs Frank Schmidt, and for
SD 30 for medical services rendered by
DR.. F. r. <Waggoner. 1t seems that
after a child had been born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Waldron the latter fell quite i'll
and went to her mothers home for
care and treatment.
There apepars to have been more or
less friction between the Schmidt
household and Waldron. for it is
charged that the latter refused to allow
his wife to return to him, and also re-
fused to allow his mother-in-law's $
claim for her maintenance.
Mrs. WaldrOn herself testified that
she had several times visited her hus-
band, and that he had given her money,
but she said he invariably sent her
away again and also refused to allow
her TO have charge of their infant, in
consequence of which she recently in
stituted divorce proceedings.
Waldron introduced testimony to the
effect that he had sent food and wine
to his wife at heB mothers home.
The came will be resumed this morn
ing
The record-union., 1897-09-24
SOCIAL EVENTS.

Miss Maggie Kennedy entertained a
number of her young friends on Mon
day evening by a lawn party at heI
home near Florin, all eff whom enjoyed
a most delightful evening. The grounds
were Illuminated by scores of Chinese
lanterns, and the young folks passed
the hours with a variety of pleasant
games. Refreshments were also served
in the open air. The young people all
declared that they had been entertained
in a most delightful manner by their
young hostess. Those present We're
Misses Maggie Kennedy. Halle Stew
art. Della Stewart, Lizzie Thomas
Florence and Charlotte French, Nellie
Whitman. Rose Kennedy, Zelda Theo-
bald, Leonora Kennedy, Messrs. Ben
and Will Thomas, Lloyd Stewart Will
Taylor, Ernest French, Tom L.andsbor-
ough. Howard Whitman, Fred. Shaw,
Ormond Evans.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
American Humor.

Every one knows that old and very
extreme test of humor contained in the
story of a man who, on receiving a
telegram announcing the annihilation
of his wife and children in a railway
accident, laid down the envelope, ex-
claiming This is perfectly ridicu-
lousi" Do you who now read see the
humor lurking there? There is little
use of argument over the matter. He
who feels rather than sees this humor
is amused for no accepted reason that
he can readily assign. On the other
hand, he whose fancy is not thus tick
led is revoIted, if not angered, at the
sight of mirth where he but detects
tragedy. Yet there is no real lack of
feeling in such mirth. The. effects of
certain kinds of humor upon certain
kinds of minds means as irresponsible
a contraction of the mental muscles
as of the bodily upon occasions. We
hear children say that so-and-so is
"ticklish' because that particular
child's body is sensitive to a certain
kind of teasing touch. In just the same
irresponsible way the mind may be
sensitive or impervious to particular
touch of humor In either case the
condition seems born with those who
possess it.
While not meaning to make this a
plea for the extremes of American hu-
NOR. it seems only fair to us that those
who have not the quality will have
some charity for those who happily or
unhappily possess it. Americans in
heriting this birthright are often called
upon to have patience with those TO
whom ii is denied. AS an instance of
this / must, with an apology, briefly re-
peat an old but characteristic American
tale The story is of the vigilance
committee which hanged the wrong
man for horse-stealing, and then. dis
covering too late their mistake, depu-
tized one member to apologize to the
widow We'll, missus, said the
sheepish deputy TO the weeping wom-
an who answered his knock upon her
door, Il guess you've got the laugh on
US this time" It was this tale which
an American once ventured to repeat
to a serious English friend, who wait
ed. after the story. was told with that
look, crushing TO story teller. which
plainly says, It's not possible that the
point has cone." Yes. that's all, =
said the American, meekly. Don't
you see the joke?" 'tJoke!' repeated
the listener, Indignantly. DO you call
that mans remark funny? I think it
WAS the hight of impertinenee!" Yet
the American kept a good temper
Sucn humor as this the English call
American" as term of contempt.
just as we on cur side, watching an
English farce where the hero IS
knocked down with rope of sausages
or upset from a table. say, with a
sniff. English horse-play." Let US
live and let live. my brothers. After
all, climate has much to do with such
The record-union., 1897-09-24
Tested Points in Diet.

The fact that milk has become ex-
tremely popular with all classes of
physicians of late years is emphasized
by recent writer in The North
American Review" Formerly a fever
patient was forbidden to take the ar
ticle, while in modern practice it is
about the only food allowed and we'll
nigh exclusive diet of that liquid is said
to be very efficacious in diabetes. At
the German spas, Carlsbad, Wiesbaden,
etc. very little bread is allowed, the
diet being mostly made up of milk,
eggs, grapes, and lean beef; a nom
starch diet is the rule, bread, starchy
vegetables and cereals being almost ex-
cluded. Rice is easily digested and an
excellent food, except that it abounds
in earth salts Fruits are not only di-
gested in the first stomach, but they
have large part of the nourishment
already in a condition be absorbed and
assin1ilated as soon as eaten. The food
elements in bread and cereals have to
undc1go a process of digestion in the
stomach, and then be passed on to the
lntestihes for a still further chemical
change before being of use to the hu-
man sy stem, showing the advantage of
diet of lean meats and fruits.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
FROM RING TO PRISON.
Circus Acrobat Lettrall on His
Way to the Penitentiary.

Deputy Sheriff AL. w. White of Ala
media lodged a prisoner named Elmer
Lettrall in the County Jail last night,
en- route to Folsom Prison, where he
will have to serve seven years for
burglary in the first degree.
Lettrall entered a room in the Hotel
Metropole in Oakland by crawling over
a transom. A Chronicle" reporter.
named Leffingwell. who slept in the ad-
joining room, attempted to capture the
midnight mechanic single-handed, but
was worsted in the contest, and the
burglar escaped.
Police Officer Henderson gave chase
and shouted to him to stop, but the
fleeing thief did not heed the command,
and Henderson laid his man low by
sending a bullet through his hip
Lettran remained in the hospital for
four months. He was formerly an
acrobat in Sells Brothers circus
The record-union., 1897-09-24
PERSONAL MENTION.

] W. Roberts Of Washington, D. c.,
IS at the Golden Eagle.
Y. H. Jacobs of Oroville is in the city
Ell route 10 San Luis Obispo.
8Ir and Mrs. j. B. Tibbetts of San
Francisco are stopping at the Golden
Eagle.
Attorney II. c. Ross and wife left last
evening for a short visit to Stockton and
San Francisco.
Mrs. J. E. Mayo and children have
gone to San Francisco, where they take
the steamer for Tacoma.
Charles Hon and Duke Ten Bosch
Yesterday returned from q thousand
mile trip awheel. They went all through
the northern part of the State, nearly
to the Oregon line. They were absent
The record-union., 1897-09-24
YOUNG PEOPLES NIGHT.
Social This Evening at the Rooms
of the Y. NJ. C. A.

Tonight viii be observed as Young
Peoples Night at the Young Men S
Christian Association rooms.
This means that the oung men and
women of Sacramento are invited to
enjoy a social time in the rooms, which
will be thrown open to them from s to
II o'clock.
A short but interesting programme
will be given, the last number of which
will be by the audience itself Should
any of the audience fail to do their
portion forfeit will be claimed by the
master of ceremonies.
The boys gymnasium classes were
started on Wednesday afternoon with
a good attendance, and a great deal of
interest is manifested in the entertain
ment to be given for boys on Tuesday
afternoon next.
The Woman's Auxiliary expect to
give a tea on the afternoon of Friday,
October 1st.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
Notice Of Assigates Sale Of Bar Room
Stock and Fixtures.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
undersigned, assignee of the estate of I.eo
Fischer, an insoivent debtor. that | will
on Monday, the 9th day of September
1891 at the hour of 10 o'clock a. M, in front
of the Shern's Office, at the County Court
house, Seventh and [ streets, in Sacra-
mento City. Sacramento County. Califor-
mia, sell at public auction for cash the
following personal property belonging to
the estate OF said insolvent, to-wit: One
cash register. l large bar mirror, 400 ci-
gars, miscellaneous lot of liquors. includ-
ing rum. wine, brandy, syrup, kummel
whisky, cognac, bitters, ginger ale, sarsa-
parilla, soda, etc: also a lot of bar glass
ware, spoons, tables. chairs, desk, clock.
pictures, etc, being the stock and fixtures
lately contained in the Elmer Hotel Sa-
loon. .. j. SIMMONS & CO.,
Auctioneers.
David Reese, Assignee. se2i-5t
The record-union., 1897-09-24
Steel or Steel or Iron
Iron-Thimble- Iron Stee
4 or larger S14 or larger


1t is the opinion of good legal au-
thority that the inconsistencies pointed
out in the law would not before a
court be construed to it's defeat; that
where it is so evident what the law
makers intended, the intention would
be given effect though the failure of
the Legislature to clearly express it,
self is patent on the face of the law
The Record Union" holds TO the same
opinion, that the law is safe enough
with oil its blunders. though it will be
advisable to have it made perfectly
clear by legislative enactment.
There is one section of the law, how
ever, that is clearly unconstitutional,
though the elimination of that section
viii not affect the law for other pur-
poses. We refer to section three, which
provides that no one shall bring into
the State or sell wagons with less tire
widths than those prescribed by the
law under misdemeanor penalty. This,
enforced would prevent a dealer in
wagons making and keeping for sale. or
importing wagons to be sold to people
of another State. For instance, strict
application of such a provision would
prevent a Sacramento merchant from
selling narrow tire wagons to a Gus
toner in Oregon or Nevada, a right the
dealer has. that clearly the State can
not suspend.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
NEW CLUB HOUSE.
The Athletic Club Obtaining
Points at the Bay.

A San Francisco paper of yesterday
says: Secretary Callahan of the Sac
ramento Athletic Club was in Oakland
on Tuesday. partially to see Lon Ag-
new of the club regarding his match at
Sacramento with Spanjer on the 30th.
and also to inspect the new Acme
building for points, as the Sacramento
club intends shortly to build a new
house, the necessary money for which
is nearly all subscribed.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
Death of Charles N. Hartweu Last
Night

Charles N. Hartwell, one Of the old
est and best known citizens of the city,
died at his home here last night. Mr..
HartWell had for many years been the
senior member of the firm of Hartwell,
Hotchkiss & Stalker, proprietors Of the
F'ront-street planning mill.
Mrs. Hartwell and four daughters
survive hin-Mrs. VIM. G. Wallace of
Stockton, Mrs. c. B. Brown and Misses
Flora and Fannie Hartwell of this
city.
Mr.. Hartwell was a native of Ashby,
Mass, and II years of age. He was a
man of intelligence, close attention to
business, of a quiet domestic nature,
and one of g. class of citizens whose
death means a public loss as well as
family affliction
The record-union., 1897-09-24
AT LAST.
Arrest of Much-Wanted No
torious Woman.

Ever since the girl Annie Anderson
was arrested as an incorrigible by SDe-
ciaI officer Healy. a week or so ago, the
officers have been on the lockout for a
woman known as Lucy E. Wilson.
whom the girl stated had acted as q sort
of agent in providing her with male
companions.
Yesterday Officer Bagley located her
in house on Fifteenth street, but when
he went there the woman ran out the
rear way into an alley, and tried to es-
cape. but he overlook and arrested her.
A charge of vagrancy viii be placed
against her. but it is more than likely
that District Attorney Ryan will find
sufficient ground on which to hold her
for felony.
The admissions made by the Ander-
son girl show the Wilson woman 10 be-
long to a very dangerous class in any
community And it is not her immor-
ality alone that the officers hold against
her, for they believe her TO have been
connected with thieves.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
The Wise One.

you see it was this way: They were
all three so dead in love with her anC
all so eligible that to settle the mat
ter she agreed to marry the one who
should guess the nearest to her age"
And did she?"
Il don't know. know that she mar
ried the one who guessed the lowest
-PearsOn's Weekly.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
Hotel Arrivals.

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
yesterday: w. II. Wood, Rochester, n.
Y; E. B. Dana, r. w. Foster, John
Biffar, New York: A. ]. Frank. Boston,;
]. w. Roberts, Washington, D c.: Ed
ward H. Benjamin. Oakland: Mrs.
Clarke, Fresno; j. T. Mccarthy, t. e..
McNear, L. C. Iven, J. G. Eagleson,
Geo. c. Peterson. j. B. Tibbetts and
wife. j. H. Moran, E. B. Castlen, San
EranoicoO
The record-union., 1897-09-24

serious differences of opinion. The dri-
er the atmosphere, the more dry and
cracking the wit. A moist climate
calls for stouter food, stouter raiment,
stouter witticisms
An acute sense Of fitness, which is
also an American birthright, seems TO
lie at the root of most of those humor-
Gus tales which amuse the American
mind only. They all illustrate law
of fitness inexorably carried out, or
show the results of that law broken
Harper'S Bazaar
The record-union., 1897-09-24
Horse and Cart Stolen.

The horse and cart of f. Wilbur Aver
of Oak Park were stolen from Seven
teenth and E streets yesterday fore
noon. The animal is a sorrel mare, and
the cart is Of the Rumsey make.
Mr. Aver has searched the city and
can find no tidings of the stolen prop
erty. He is satisfied the thief left town
with it at once.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
Areued and Submitted.

Judge Hughes yesterday heard argu-
ments in the case, of r. Wittenbrock
against Alma N. WheadOn. Witten-
brock a year ago obtained a decree
foreclosing a mortgage on certain prop
erty, with an order for ejectment. But
Wheadon, who claims an interest there
i'll, has been fighting the suit The
matter was submitted and taken under
a.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
NEW TO-DAY.
AUCTION SALE.

ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH.
nelfs Bookstore). | will sell the contents
of nine rooms consisting of Z Oak Bed
room Sets. Brussels Carpets, Lace Cur
tains Shades, Bed Lounges, Chairs.
Tables. Linoleum Cook Stove. Crockery
and Glassware, Toilet Sets, Oil Paint
ings, and in fact everything in said nine
rooms Sale positive. No limit. W. l.
CROWELL, Salesman. se24-2t
The record-union., 1897-09-24
The Spartan yirrue of Fortftrde

Must be possessed in no ordinary degree
by those who bear the pangs Of Theu-
matisEn without complaint. We have never
heard of such an Individual But why
hot. ere the lifelong martyrdom begins.
extinguish the germ OF this atrocious
ma!ady with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
the efficacy OF which as q preventive Of
the disease. as well as a means OF re-
lieVing it. is we'll established ana amply
attested. during the last forty-five years,
purgates from the blood those acrid prin-
cipies which beget the pain and infiam-
nation characteristics OF this complaint.
which, il should be recollected, is always
liable TO terminate life Suddenly when 1t
attacks a vital part. The BitteTs also
expels the virus OF malaria from the sys-
TEN. remedies dyspepsia kidney COM
the nerves. and invigorates the whole
physical organism.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
A theatrical Hit.

We've got Hamlet fixed so it will
create a furore this fall
What have you done to it?''
In the grave digger's scene the old
fellow shOveling in the hole is to throw
out sold nuggets as big as hickory
nuts. s."-Chicago Record.
The record-union., 1897-09-24
A Pertinent Iruuiry.

Il don't believe in anything I can't
see" said the young man who aims
to be considered a skeptic.
The middle-aged man with overalls
on looked at him pensively for a mo-
ment, and then inquired:
Young fellow, did you ever ketch
hold of 'lectric wire Washington