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The record-union., 1897-03-27
Willing to Bargain.

He was from the country, and evil
IDENTIFY unused to rapid transit AS the
car stopped he cautiously extended his
foot to dismount but so deliberate was
he that the car started before he COM
pieted the effort. This happened several
times, and with each disappointment
the look of anxiety on his face deep
ened.
What Go you want?" he inquired, as
the conductor touched him on the
shoulder.
Your fare. I want ) cents for let
ting you ride on this ear
Here's your nickel" was the reply.
And don't say that it amt dirt cheap.
1t s more excitin' than the merry go
round at fair. But we're givin' too
rauch fer the money, mister | paid j
cents ter get on here, an done it will
IN put / don't mind sayin' thet I'll give
ye dollar an a quarter ter let me off. -
-WaShingfOn Star
The record-union., 1897-03-27
HE HAD ENOUGH.
The Hickorytown Butcher Knew Bet.
tier Than to Appeal.

''HickOrytoWn was wild with excite
ment when / was there Friday" said
the big drummer to others of his craft
at the same table The butchers dog
bit the doctors daughter, the doctor
shot the dog, the butcher thrashed the
doctor, and the doctor had the butcher
arrested for assault and battery and
brought before the Justice of the
Peace; the Justice before whom the
trial came off is a long, loose -jointed
farmer. who looks like baldheaded
eagle and plays dominoes with the doc
tor.
Read that thar Indictment ordered
the court, With more JUNCTION than ac-
curacy. This done, he continued:
You've heered the charge that you as
saulted and battered this here man
OF this here State. Be you guilty OF
not guilty.
Not guilty, yer honor
What's that?' thundered the court.
Yer not guilty? Didn' yer poun' tn
street with tn doc? Didn't yer injer
him externally an intarnally an spile
his false teeth?''
Your honor. my client has defense
10 o1er ana is emitted TO q nearing,
declared the butchers lawyer
:" 'Nothin' of the sont. shouted the
Justice. calkerlate / wouldn't a been
here eff I couldn't tell when a man war
assaulted and battered. Don't try none
of yer snaperdoodle games on me,
young feller. | knowed that thar dog
He chased me up a tree one time an
took half er yard often a pair of new
overalls afore I could shin outen his
way. They hain't no lawyer or nobody
else kin tell me nothin' bout that dog
But, your honor, that has nothing
to do with this case
Eff you weren't a beginner am
didn't know no better I'd fine yer fur
contegnp'. l take cognerzence of th'
reputation of tn dog. He roamed 'roun'
this here neighborhood like a roariR
lion, a-chasin ole citizens up trees an
bitin' peoples darters. l fine this here
prisoner $50 an costs an tn docs bill
fur curin' hisself an his darter, like
wise tn price fur new fit out in teeth
'The young lawyer wanted to appeal.
but the butcher prided himself on
knowing when he had enough. De
troi Free Press.
The record-union., 1897-03-27
Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers have been re-
corded since last report:
Washington Van Hamm, ct ux tC
Ellen NJ. Fetherston-East halt
of north 100 feet of lot 4, n
and O, Fourth and Fifth streets.
S. B. Smith and S. Ginsberg ct ux to
Margaret E. Craw-South quarter lot >
and south quarter of east seventy feet
lot g. @ and r, Seventeenth and Eigh-
teenth streets.
Daniel Healy to Josephine A. Healy-
Lot > Fair View Tract.
Frank Hickman ct ux to Charles e
Wright-West half lot ,, E and F, Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets.
B. V. Hoover to Margaret l.. Hoover
Lot 8, Lower Daylor.
Mary A. Hensley ct al, by Commits
sioner, to H. Weinreich-Swamp Land
Survey No. 361.
Nellie E. Wharton to z. F. Wharton
Lot ., H and l, Nineteenth and Twen-
tieth streets
The record-union., 1897-03-27

A most novel and ingenious method
of adding the representation of a rain
bow to stage realism has recently been
discovered, the effect which is produced
being as beautiful as the means en-
ployed are simple. The apparatus
consists of an ordinary box, having a
semi-circular opening in front to give
the shape of the rainbow, within which
are two candelabra prisms. mounted on
supports, so that they can be revolved
by means of handles fixed outside To
work the apparatus strong light is
projected through the prisms and
through the opening, across which
strips of wire are fixed in order to
break up the rays, and thence on to a
back drop scene. When the prisms are
turned in opposite directions, it is as
serted that the most beautiful and vivid
color effects are roduced.-London
Public Opinion
The record-union., 1897-03-27
Boy COrrects Boy.

Teacher-Who was the first man?
Little Boy Cat rear of class)-George
Washington, ma'am
why do you thing George Washing
ton was the first MANI"
Because he was first in war, first
in peace, and first in the hearts Of his
countrymen"
Another boy raised his hand
Teacher-Well, Johnny, who do you
think was the first man?
Johnny-Don't know what his name
was. but l know George Washington
wasn't the first
What makes you so positive?''
We'll, my history says he married a
widow; SO there must have been a man
ahead of him Puck.
The record-union., 1897-03-27
THE TELEPHONE CASE.
Judge Hughes Sustains the Sunset
COmpany's Demurrer.

A decision was rendered by Judge
Hughes yesterday in which he sustain
ed the demurrer to the petition of the
Capital Telephone Company for writ
of mandate prohibiting the Sunset Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company from
discriminating against them in the
transmission of messages by telephone.
Il am unable to find" concludes the
court, that the petition contains, in
the body thereof, a sufficient averment
of q demand for the performance by
respondent of the acts sought TO be en-
forced by the writ.
The record-union., 1897-03-27
The State Shoot To-Day.

Thirty of the National Guardsmen
who will compete in the shoot at the
American River range to-day were in
the city yesterday, and took part in the
practice shoot at the range
1t is said that good, though not phe-
nomenal, work was done by number
of the cracks, and it is expected that
many good scores will be rolled up to-
Iav
The record-union., 1897-03-27
THE NAVAL OPERATIONS.

Some sharp and unjust criticism has
been indulged in concerning the re-
cent naval maneuvers at Charleston,
because of the lives lost in the storm,
the risk involved in getting the vessels
to the rendezvous; because of the heavy
expense and because we should not
play at war in times of peace"
1t would seem that we have a class
of citizens who stand ready to object
to everything that is done in the way
of betterment. The use of a navy nat
urally follows it's construction. 1t
cannot be used unless the officers and
men are taught how to handle the
ships, and this they cannot learn in the
still waters of bays and harbors. The
operations en- route to Charleston, in
that port and off that harbor, We're in
tended to test the efficiency of the
ships and their crews, that the Govern
ment officers may know what to expect
of the ships and the men in time Of
war, and in navigation of the vessels
under varying meteorological condi-
tions.
The only way to develop the good and
the bad points of horse is to use him
under the saddle, in harness and before
a vehicle. The only way to develop the
good and bad points of a, ship is to test
her. The elaborate report of Admiral
tr1x
proves conclusively that the Navy De-
partment gained greatly in information
and general naval knowledge by reason
of the Charleston trip and operations.
The storm off Cape Hatteras, in which
several of the ships were caught, proved
blessing, since it was just such storm
as may beset ironclads when at sea,
and in this case demonstrated the nee
essity for structural changes in new
ships, and for alterations and better
ments in old ones. 1t demonstrated
also the seaworthiness of the vessels
under the severest stress of weather.
We found out the value of flush
decks for instance, in such boat as
the monitor Monadnock. Had her
decks been so constructed as to have
held water aboard, nothing could have
prevented her going to the bottom in
the Hattaras storm. 1t was shown also
that the Maine has too much super
though it cost some poor blue
jackets their lives, as they were wash
ed overheard from that ship because of
her topheaviness.
The cruiser Montgomery and the
monitor Amphitrite were found to be
defective in several respects also; in
the case of the former it was made
clear that her armament is too heavy,
and must be replaced by one of less
weight, as her five-inch battery causes
her to labor dangerously.
The American navy was not built
for show, says one critic. That is per-
fectly true It was built for service
and to demonstrate whether it is fit
for its purpose it must be used. Those
cranky and pessimistic papers and cit
izens who have cramps in their econo
mic loins because of the recent naval
operations, should study the subject
and ascertain that really they no not
understand what they are talking
about.
The record-union., 1897-03-27

If the Greeks accept the gifts of the
Gar for relief of refugees whom he is
making by wholesale, civilization
should Withdraw it's sympathy from
the Hellenes and wish them utter con-
fusion. There are some things that
make even worms turn.
The record-union., 1897-03-27
An Old Citizen Gone.

The Well-knoWn grocery merchant,
Chris Ehman, died at his home in this
city yesterday. He had lived in Sac
about forty years, and was in
business at Second and M streets for
a long time. Subsequently he removed
his store to Eleventh and j streets.
Deceased was a native of Germany.
He leaves a wife and family
The record-union., 1897-03-27
Where is Ham =?

w. F. Peterson is in receipt Of let
ter asking for information regarding
Kenneth NICK. Ham, a commercial
traveller, who gave his address in 1885
as the ST. Charles Hotel in this city
There is some money coming to him
if he can be found by Fred W. Lake
of GIG Market street, San Francisco.
The record-union., 1897-03-27
Injured His Knee.

While under the influence of liquor
William Mason, a colored man whose
home is at Mayhew's Station, fell from
the platform of car at the depot on
Thursday.
One of his knees was so badly in
jured that he was yesterday taken to
the County Hospital for treatment
The record-union., 1897-03-27
Not Until the First of May.

The Model Clothing Store will not be
occupied by John Breuner until May
1st. The change was intended to have
been made April 1st, but the goods for
the new store have not arrived as ex-
pected The Model people are natural
ly elated as it gives them another
month in which to close out their stock
The record-union., 1897-03-27
Runaway Robbers to Return.

Governor Budd has issued a requisi-
tion on the Governor Of Oregon for the
return to this State of Bert Ansen and
John Buchanan, who are charged with
the crime of robbery alleged 10 have
been committed in Colusa County. An
sen and Buchanan are at present con-
fined in the Jail at Ashland Or
The record-union., 1897-03-27

Frances E. Willard, old as she is,
should return to some primary school
and learn, if she can, how to address
the President of the United States. 1t
would seem that she has been long
enough in public life to know that we
have no rulers in this country. AS
woman of intelligence, the author of
many books, and as one who has occu
pied the lecture platform for years, she
ought to know that the proper way to
address the President is simply Mr..
President not excellency, nor ruler. 1t
is more than strange that a woman who
has boasted much about the republic
and pure democracy and self govern
mentment as has Frances E. Willard,
and has battled so long to get women
into the political ring, it is more than
passing strange, we say, that such a
person should speak of the executive as
ruler. The petition is that the Presi-
dent will ask Congress to pass a law
prohibiting the exhibition of pictures
kinetoscope or veriscope in territory
over which the United States has juris
diction, that is to say Oklahoma, Ari
zona and the District of Columbia, and
few Indian reservations. Well, what
will that amount to? 1t will simply all
the more advertise these machines.
Their owners could not be better served
by Miss Willard, had they salaried her
to advertise their show. OF course the
exhibition against which the protest and
petition are filed ministers to morbid
and animal tastes and is demoralizing
and shameful. But Miss Willard has
taken just the right course to whet the
appetite for the exhibition. BY the way,
if this good woman and her colleagues
are so ready to make an open crusade,
why not direct their energies against the
vicious press that goes daily to it's work
of corruption, whereas the veriscope
and kinetoscope can at best go but
few times? Honestly. we believe the
lurid press does more injury to youth in
one day than pictures in action of prize
fighters in the ring can do in ten years.
While prohibitive measures to a GER
tain limit are proper and necessary in
many cases. they are not always so. In
this case so long as it is permitted
that any foot of soil in the land may be
lawfully used for prize fighting, and so
long as the lurid press may without in
terruption work up the craze and illus
trate it in disgusting detail, the effort
to lop off limbs, as Miss Willard and her
associates are attempting to do, will
amount to nothing. To prohibit prize
fighting wholly in all parts of the
United States might we'll enough en-
gage her energies; but her present ef-
forts cannot effect much, if anything.
After all, to bring about any bet.erment,
to accomplish any reform, touching the
sensibilities. there must be conversion
of the moral sense, so to speak, of the
people Without betterment and re-
form beginning in a quckened pub
lie conscience, nothing can be accom-
plished. Even prohibitive legislation
The record-union., 1897-03-27

The venerable fig was one of the
earliest fruits to be cultivated and its
praises are sung in poetry, history and
romance, while the Bible frequently
alludes to it. 1t was a principal food
O. the Greeks and is now cultivated in
all the countries around the Mediterra-
mean, though our supply comes from
Asia Minor, Southern France and
Spain.
The record-union., 1897-03-27
DELAYED on the Union Pacific.

Owing to trouble on the Union Pacific
Railroad the west-bound Southern Pa
cific overland train due here at $50
p. m. yesterday cid not arrive until
some three hours later
The record-union., 1897-03-27
Spring Millinery.

Ladies are invited to call at Mrs.
Sullivan's Millinery Emporium, 515 j
street, to examine the stock of hats
and millinery for spring. Trimmed
hats from 50 80 to So Untrmmed
hats from 5Gc to 81 80
The record-union., 1897-03-27

misrepresented by the Examiner"
which, however is not surprising, since
that journal is a constant blunder and
an exhaustless source Of misrepresenta-
The record-union., 1897-03-27
McLane AIimony Case.

After a partial hearing of the evil
dence in the case of Alfaretta G. Nc
Lane against Henry McLane Judge
Hughes yesterday continued the case
until this morning
The record-union., 1897-03-27
A Visiting Minister.

Rev. Mr.. BaltZly of Stanford Univer-
Sity, a very able minister, will preach
at the Sixteenth-street Lutheran
Church on Sunday morning and even
ing
The record-union., 1897-03-27
SPECIAL, AGENCIES.

SPEOIAL AGENCIES.
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Also for sale on all trains leaving and
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We afhar St.

Northern California-Unsettled weather
and probably showers in northern portion
Saturday; warmer Saturday and Saturday
night; southeasterly winds in northern
portion; northerly winds in the San Joa-
Quin Valley.
The record-union., 1897-03-27

The San Diego Tribune" pronounces
the pure food crusade good thing.
Just SO-puSh it along.
The record-union., 1897-03-27

DR.. Sfegert's Angostura Bitters pos
sess an exquisite flavor and are a sure
preventive for all diseases of the di-
geStive organs
The record-union., 1897-03-27

For irritation of the throat caused by
cold or use of the voice, Browns
Bronchial Troches" are exceedingly
beneficial
The record-union., 1897-03-27

to be effective must have for a SUBJ
structure the approving sentiment of
the mass of the people
The record-union., 1897-03-27

My $50 Sewing Machines are of the
latest patterns with all modern i'm
fancy oak woodwork.
Trial free, discount for cash. A. j.
Pommer, corner Ninth and j.
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WEEKLY Union The hest weekly
The record-union., 1897-03-27

This years oyster crop will be smaller
than that of last year
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scribers with charges prepaid. All Post
masters are agents.
The best advertising mediums on the
Pacific Coast.
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RainboWs For the Stage.

against a publication like the New
York Journal"
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THE WEEKLY UNION.

TWELVE PAGES.
Is the cheapest and most desirable Home,
News and Literary Journal published on
the Pacific Coast.
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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-05
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Attained in the Successful Effort to Deliver
Copies Of the Live Newspaper at the
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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-05
WILL WEYLER
Be RECALLED2
Washington Rumor Tha.
Is Given Much
Credence.
Correspondence Between Minis
ter Taylor and Secretary
Oney Leaks Out.
The Spanish Government Keenly Feels
It's Sacrifice of Life anl
Treasure.

NEW YORK. n. Y, Jan. A special
to the Tribune from Washington says:
Is General Weyler 10 be- succeeded as
Governor-General of Cuba? There are
good reasons for giving an affirmative
reply to this question. and 1or saying that
officers days as a director -in-chief of the
Cuban affairs are numbered.
Recent press dispatches from Madrid
have intimated that Prime Minister Cano-
vas. certain members of his Cabinet and
some leading Spanish papers are dissatis-
fed with Weyler's course in Cuba. The
general has accom- plished too little as a
soldier to please the authorities and press
at Madrid.
The intimation made that Weyler is to
be called home is not based so much upon
what is being said in Madrid as upon q
report made 10 the State Department by
Mr.. Taylor. Generally what Mr.. Taylor
says is held in sGch strict confidence that
little intelligence he conveys reaches the
public. Information has, however leaked
through that Mr.. Taylor has informed the
Secretary OF STATE that General Weyler is
likely to be relieved of his command at an
early date, and that his successor has been
practically decided upon.
Minister Taylor informed Secretary
Olney seSeral days ago that the author
tiles al Madrid were on the point of re-
lieving General Weyler of his command
in Cuba and of appointing Primo de
Rievera. Reasons were given in brief
why a change was deemed advisable and
a statement was made as to the probable
time when the orders would be promulga-
ted. 1t is learned that the Madrid Gov
ernment is disp eased at the fact that
General Weyler, With about 100000
troops, has not put down the Cuban re-
volt. He has expended large sums OF
money, but so far has made no decided
headway in accomplishing his main OBJ
ject, that of quelllng the insurrection and
restoring peace and good order. His
troops have been victorious on occasions,
but they have also met defeat, and the
total result, considering Spain's outlay in
life and treasure, is far from satisfactory.
The one great equirement-success ss-has
not been fulfilled, and Weyler has conse-
quently fallen in dsesteem at Madrid.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-05
age of 500, 900 Is Discovered in
His lccouufs

BALTIMORE, MD, Jan. 4-Richard D.
Cornelius, one of the oldest and best
known bank cashiers of this city, COM
mitted suicide to-day.
His body was found in the duck pond in
Druid Hill Park lust few hours after the
shortage of 100000 had been discovered in
his accounts at the National Farmers and
Planters Bank.
Last Saturday Bank Examiner Marshall
Winchester drew the attention of the
officers OF the bank to some rregularities
in the accounts of an out-of-town institu-
ton.
This morning Mr.. Cornelius was asked
to explain the Irregularities. He did not
attempt to o so, but abruptly walked off.
A closer examination of his accounts dis
closed an apparent shortage Of $50, 900.
When the officers of the bank learned
that the cashier had left the building they
telephoned to Smith. Weston and Lyon,
the detectives, to hunt him up. Mr.
Weston traced the defauIter to Druid Hill
Park and thence to the duck pond. There
they found his body floating iii three feet
of water The man had evidently held
himself to the bottom of the pond by the
weeds that grew there.
Cornelius was about 5S years of age and
had been connected with the National
Farmers and Planters Bank for over
forty-two years. He was close friend of
the late Enoch Pratt, who was president
of the bank for almost fifty years.
The matter caused more excitement in
the banking district than anv other event
in years. For many years Mr.. Cornelius
had been very prominent in Methodism,
and at the time of his death was