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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
CHICAGO ELECTION.
The Ticket Called Republican Wins
by Good Majority.

CHICAGO, June THE judicial cleo
ton to-day was carried by the Repub-
licans, who elected all their delegates
by pluralities Of about 1900 in the
city and 1000 in the county outside Of
the city. Although the ticket was called
Republican, it includes all the fourteen
Judges now on the bench of the Cir
cult Court, eight Republicans and six
Democrats. In addition to the Judges
of the Circuit Court, Judges of the SUI
perior Court and one Judge of the SUI
preme Bench were voted for, but Ma
gruder, for the latter position, and
Brentano for the former, were Endorsed
by the Republicans and Democrats.
The silver party had five candidates
in the field for the Circuit Bench, but
it's candidates secured but about one
fifth as many votes as the Republicans.
The interest in the election was small,
scarcely half the regular vote being
polled The amended Torrens land title
law was overwhelmingly adopted.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
CHINESE SMUGGLING.
Will be More Vigilance Hereafter in
Regard to the rlatter.

LOS ANGELES. June John T.
Gaffey, Collector of Customs at Port
Los Angeles, will cooperate with Col
lector jackson at San Francisco in pre-
venting the illegal entrance of Chinese
into the State.
There has been much laxity in en-
forcing the laws relative to this matter
in the past, but a new order of things
is to be instituted. Hereafter when
Chinese arrive at a port claiming resi-
dence at interior points, the Collectors
Will correspond with each other or the
Postmsters in the cities where the
Chinese wish to go, and before Chinese
are landed it will be ascertained by
this correspondence whether the hold
ers of the certificates presented are the
persons to whom they were issued. 1t
is expected that this procedure will help
to put a stop to the fraudulent landing
of the Celestrials.
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DEATH OF bur FMAN.
Has Not Been Determined Whether
1t is Turder or Suicide.

SAN FRANCISCO, June THE jury
subpenaed by the Coroner in the mys-
ferrous Hoffman case was taken down
to the scene of the tragedy this morn
ing by Coroner Hawkins and Dr. Gal
lagher, who performed the autopsy up
on the body of the deceased On ar
rival at the Battery-street office Chief
of Police Lees proceeded to explain the
situation, but was interrupted by At
torney Ach, who represented the rela-
tives of the deceased. He classed the
conduct of the Chief as highly inn
proper, and a lively tilt ensued as the
Chief resented the implication that he
was attempting to influence the jurors
toward the suicidal theory.
No date has yet been set for the in
quest, the Coroner having acceded to
the request of the police not to hold
it until the books of the firm have been
exported
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
FASTER TRAIN SERVICE.
Time Over the Central and Union Pa
cific Greatly Shortened.

OMAHA, June THAT the Union Pa
cific is theoretically fighting the new
Western combination of railroads, in
Guiding lines between here and DEN
yer, the Denver and Rio Grande, the
Rio Grande Western and the Oregon
Short Line, is evidenced by the man
ner in which the freight trains are be-
ing rushed through to the West. Since
June LIST, when the Ogden gateway to
the Northwest territory was thrown
open to other roads, the freight traffic
department has been exerting itself on
fast service. Freight trains are being
rushed from Council Bluffs to ogden in
time nearly as fast as that of passen-
ger train No. (the fast maid.
Nearly every train that went West
on the Union Pacific last week ran to
Ogden in considerably less than forty
hours. Thirty-four hours was the
time for a half dozen freight trains,
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Senate.

WASHINGTON, June 7-Chairnan
Allison of the Republican Senatorial
caucus decided to-day to call the eau
Gus together tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
The meeting has been under contem-
plation for several days, owing to the
fact that there are various articles on
which it has been found desirable to
have the party in the Senate agree in
its assembled capacity, and the call
ing of the caucus was precipitated by
the fact that the sugar schedule had
been practically reached in its order,
and it became necessary to decide what
position the party should take upon
this question.
There has been very pronounced OPP
position among many Republican Sen
ators to the schedule as prepared by
the Senate Committee on Finance, some
of them going so far as to declare they
would not vote for it unless altered.
Some of these Senators declare they
viii not obey even the behest of the
caucus in case it declares for the FL
nance Committees schedule
The Finance Committee admit this
state Of affairs, and also admit that a
change viii be made which will make
AAc SCA6uulE dCCtplaplS 10 the eulITG
party in the Senate. There are va
rious suggestions as to what change
will be made, but the matter is as yet
in such chaotic shape as to render it
impossible for even the Republican
leaders to state what may be done.
Senator Aldrich is expected to be
present at the caucus. He is conva-
descent, and his friends say he will be
able to attend to-morrOw's meeting. 1t
is probable that the caucus would not
be held in his absence.
There are other questions that will
be taken up in the caucus if the sugar
question does not occupy the entire
time. These include the tea duty, the
agitation for an increase on wool, the
beer tax, the proposition to tax bank
checks and deeds, ETC., the hide duty,
etc. The indications now are very
strong that beer and tea will both go
out Of the bill. This is practically de-
cided upon by the committee unless
they are found to be absolutely necess-
airy for revenue. 1t is also quite GER
tain that there will be an increase in
the wooden duty. The supporters of
the hide duty and Of the Senate rate on
lead express confidence that these will
remain untouched.
Senator Nelson's antitrust amend
ment will also be brought to the atten-
ton of the caucus, if opportunity Of
ferS
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CHARGED WITH MURDER.
A Man on Trial for the Killing of His
rlOther and Sister.

LIBERTY (Mo), June 9.-William S.
Foley, charged with the murder last
November of his aged mother and his
sister, was placed on trial here to-day.
The courtroom was crowded and the
trial, because of the prominence of the
Foleys and the atrocity of the crime,
promises to produce a long array OF
sensations.
Over 100 witnesses will be called. Fo-
ley is 80 years old and prior to his ar
rest bore an enviable reputation.
Circumstantial evidence, which is
strongly against him, goes to show that
he killed the victims as they We're
asleep, and that his motive was to
secure a quick division of the Foley
farm.
The family is one of the most prom
inent in Clay County.
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RUIZ CASE.
The Text of Consul General Lees
Report Made Public.

NEW YORK, June S.-The Journal
this morning publishes the full text of
Consul-General Lees report on the Ruiz
case to Secretary Sherman. 1t is dated
Havana, May 31st, and says in part:
81 deduce from my knowledge of the
facts the following conclusions:
81 DR.. Ruiz was arrested on a false
charge.
% He was placed under an improper
jurisdiction and died before the proper
tribunal considered his case, thereby
giving him no opportunity to prove his
innocence.
80. He was kept incommunicado in a
solitary cell for 351 hours, in violation
of his treaty rights, which limits such
confinement to y hours.
"a He died from congestion of the
brain, produced by blow on the top
of the head.
20. There are two theories connected
with the wound on the head. One that
in state of mental excitement he ran
across the cell, described by one of the
jailers, and butted his head on the door
in a frantic effort to get out. Another,
he was struck over the head with one
of the clubs carried by the jailers-by
the immediate Waterman who had
probably ordered him to cease his cries
for relief and for his children, and
upon his not doing so struck him with
more force than he intended; or it is
possible the blow was delivered to make
him confess or give evidence against
others.
TT is possible that he went mad and
many causes combined to produce such
a result.
His knowledge of his innocence,
his confinement in a gloomy cell, where
he was not allowed to communicate
with his family or friends, or to send or
write. Alone, all alone, the thought
doubtless impressed itself upon his
mind that he was liable in the reign
of terror existing in and around
Guanabacoa to be summarily executed
at any moment He loved his wife
and children, and in the darkness and
loneliness of his cell he was constantly
crying for them. The thought that
they were but a few rods away, and
yet he might never see them again or
hear the sound of their voices, or feel
the touch of their lips and hands mad
dened him and proved too much for the
mind Of the distracted and unhappy
man. / thought it not probable, as the
long hours passed by, it may have CIV
en- way and left him a mad man. His
wife says his derby hat was all bat
tered up, and his clothes greatly torn
when they were returned to her.
But whether when bereft of reason
he inflicted the blows which produced
brain congestion, or whether he died
at the hands of others, truth will prob
ably only be known when the hearts of
all the revealed. The facts remain that
his unjust confinement killed him, and
had he been released from incommuni-
cado by the hand of man at the end of
the Seventy-two hours the hand of
death might not have released him at
the end of 351 hours, and to-day the
widow would have had the support of
her husband and the means of his IA
therless children would never have
been heard in the land.
81 therefore conclude, saying as
have done in all previous reports about
this case, that whether DR.. Ruiz killed
himself or was killed by some one else
will under existing conditions always
remain unknown"
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but the banner run was announced this
morning. The freight train that left
Council Bluffs late Saturday arrived
in Ogden early this morning, covering
the 1,035 miles in thirty-three hours
and forty-one minutes.
The westbound freight time has been
shortened up to catch the haul of per-
ishable freight from Missouri River
points. 1t is announced that the east
bound traffic will be looked after in a
similar manner within few days. 1t
is planned to cut the eastbound freight
trains carrying California fruit and
other perishable goods down to thirty
three hours.
The Southern Pacific it is announced,
is also preparing to shorten its freight
schedule, in order to give fast service
from the coast.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
A. B. KELLEY
Indicted for Fraudulent Use of the
Mails.

LOS ANGELES, June IA. B. KEEL
ley was to-day indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury on a charge of fraudulent
ly using the mails.
few months ago Kelley advertised
in San Francisco paper offering to
send by mail ten yards of silk upon re-
ceipt of 81. The alluring advertisement
handsomely enriched his exchequer, his
victims receiving in return for their
money but ten yards of silk thread of
trifiing value
Miss Eva McKirisher of Claremont,
Cal, one of the victims, brought the
matter to the attention of the Federal
authorities, and Kelly's arrest soon fol-
lowed.
The date of his examination has not
yet been set.
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Parker Indicted.

PRESCOTT (Ariz.), June THE Dis
trict Court convened here to-day, and
the Grand Jury returned an Indictment
against Jim Parker, train robber; l.. c.
Miller and Cornellia Sarata for the
murder of Lee Norris on May 9th, when
the trio broke jail Sarata is still at
large. Parker and Miller took the statu-
tory time of twenty hours to plead to
the Indictment
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C0LLIDED WITH A WHALE.
The Pleasure Steamer Hermosa Pref
ty Well Shaken Up.

SAN FRANCISCO, June THE
pleasure steamer Hermosa, which runs
between San Pedro and Catalina ISL
and, arrived in this port to-day pretty
we'll shaken up by a collision with a
whale when twenty miles south Of the
Golden Gate. The steamer was COM
ing along at a fair speed in a rather
thick fog, when she ran into two
whales that were lying close together
on the surface of the water. One of
the whales was cut almost in two, and
the water about the vessel was covered
with blood. The Hermosa will prob
ably go into the Merchants dry dock
for repairs.
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California Press Association.

TACOMA, June THE California
Press Association arrived here this ev-
ening on its annual trip, and left on
the steamer Kingston for British Col
umbia, after an informal reception ten
dered them by the Tacoma Press Club
and Chamber of Commerce. The WISH
tors will return here Wednesday.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08

nOunced a reduction in its passenger
rates to Hanford to meet the rates es-
tablished last week by the San Fran
cisco and San Joaquin Railroad. The
valley roads rate of 80 cents from
Fresno to Hanford has been met by
the Southern Pacific with a similar
rate, which will be made TO apply to
both it's first and second class rates
from this city to the points named in
the valley. In addition to this, the
company announces a first class rate
of 81 90, applicable by the steamers
of the Union Transportation Company.
between this city and Stockton. and by
rail, first class, from Stockton to Han
ford.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
The Work of Vandals.

OAKLAND, June 7.-Vandals over
turned the cornerstone of ST. Johns
Episcopal Church, which was laid by
Bishop Nichols on Wednesday last, and
carried off the relics which were placed
under it last night 1t is believed that
the object of the outrage was either
that of securing the few silver coins
under the stone or the hope of obtain
ing a reward for the return of the
church history, of which a transcript
was placed in the niche
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
Stanford University Summer School.

PACIFIC GROVE, June 7.-Stanford
University summer school of Natural
History opened its sixth session in the
Hopkins seaside laboratory to-day Ex-
ceptionally interesting work is con-
templated George c.. Price, Professor
of Zoology; Walter R. Shaw, of bot
any, both of Stanford, and Harold
Heath, Professor of Zoology, University
of Pennsylvania are the instructors.
The session continues for six weeks.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
The Grain Rates Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, June Judges
Gilbert, Ross and Morrow to-day join
ed in an order appointing A. G. Free
man a master in Chancery to hear the
arguments upon the exceptions of the
complaint to the answer of the respond
ent in the suit of the Southern Pacific
against the State Board of Railroad
Commissioners to enjoin the enforce
ment of the reduced grain rates sched-
ule. The master is to determine the
sufficiency of the exceptions, and report
his findings to the court
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Met Death i'm a Peculiar Manner.

PENDLETON fOr), June News
of the peculiar death of jefferson Car
ley, wealthy sheep owner of Grant
County, was received to-day Carley
was carrying a bucket of water. and
his pistol dropped out of his belt. Strik-
ing the bucket it was discharged the
bullet passed through Carleys body.
producing a wound which caused his
death in a few hours
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
Puget Sound University.

PORT TOWNSEND (Wash.), June {.
1t is now definitely settled that the
seat of Puget Sound University is to
be moved from Tacoma to Port Town
send. The university was founded al
Tacoma in 1889, and has since been
one of the States leading educational
institutions, being under the supervis-
ion and management of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of this district
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
DAVIS WILL CASE.
Sensation Sprung by Counsel for
Contestants.

SAN FRANCISCO, June IA sensa-
ton was sprung by counsel for the
contestants in the Davis will case to-
day, when it was shown that the ashes
of the deceased millionaire, over whose
property his heirs are now wrangling,
are being held by Undertaken Schuyler
of Philadelphia as security of the sum
of $500, the value of the casket in
which the remains reposed before be-
ing cremated, as we'll as for the pro-
cess of embalming.
1t is commended by the other side,
however. that the ashes only remain
in the custody of the undertaken, be-
cause no one has any authority to take
charge of them.
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Explosion i'm a Mine.

MONONGAHELA Pa), June by
an explosion of gas in the Black dia-
mond mines of the Brown Coal Com
pany. two miles south this morning,
several men were injured, but none
fatally. The explosion occurred about I
o'clock and a rescuing party went into
the mine, and all of the men were taken
out before they were overcome by the
deadly gas after-damp. The gas is said
to have been ignited by an open lamp
and the escape of the 5000 miners was
remarkable.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
Grain Now i'm This State.

SAN FRANCISCO, June THE re-
port of the San Francisco Produce Ex-
change for the month of May last
shows the flour and grain remaining in
the State of California on June list:
Flour, barrels, 94,960; wheat, centals
l, I33, $50; barley, centals, 75S 600; oats
centals, 81 $50; beans, sacks, sos, 730;
corn, centals, 81, 2SO; rye, centals, 81
800
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08

the Santa Fe about the beginning of
July. The exchange of the line of Mex
lean road for the line between Mojave
and the Needles was to have been
made on June 1st, but complications
arose which made it necessary to post
pone the event for a few weeks. The
two companies are now awaiting the
permission of the Mexican Government
to make the trade, and when that per-
mission is secured the property will be
turned over
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
The Case of Calvin Hastings.

LOS ANGELES, June AT 1 O'Clock
this afternoon, after an exhaustive ar
gument by District Attorney Donnell
the case of Calvin S. Hastings, charged
with the murder of Miss Lillian Hat
terry of San Bernardino. went to the
jury. At a late hour tonight the jury
was locked up for the night, being I'M
able to agree upon a verdict. A dis
agreement is looked for
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
To be Hoped He is Captured.

ANTIOCH, June IA man about 3G
years old attempted to assault two
farmers wives between here and
Brentwood last Thursday while their
husbands were away. He choked one
woman and beat her, but was frighten-
ed away before he accomplished his OBJ
ject. Officers are securing the country
for the fellow, and are said to have him
cornered on the Basco grant
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
Los Angeles Timing Exchange.

Los ANGELES, June 7.-To-day was
the first on which stocks have been
called at the new mining exchange in
this city, and $1,000 shares were
handled, principally the stock of the
desert mines of Southern California.
There was large number of people
present and much interest was taken.
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Held to Answer.

Los ANGELES, June IA. e. Dav-
is, charged in conjunction. with W. NJ.
Weir, with forging a deed to GER
tain piece of property upon which they
obtained loan of 81 1000, was this af-
ternoon held to answer to the charge
in the Superior Court, bail being fixed
at 81, 500.
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Rev. c. o. Brown.

CHICAGO, June AT a meeting of
the Chicago Congregational Assocla-
ton. a vote was taken on the admiss-
ion of the Rev. G. o. Brown, late or
San Francisco, and it was decided to
admit him to fellowship by 81 to 70
The result was greeted with applause
DR.. Brown has been preaching at the
Green street church for some time, and
will remain there.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
Receiver for a Law Firm.

MILWAUKEE, June Judge john
son to-day appointed receiver for the
law firm of McAuliffe, Mock, Wittig &
Schinz. 1t is said to be the first time
a receiver was ever appointed for a
law firm. The trouble was caused by
a partnership sQuabble.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
rlarried the Woman He Tried to xii,

FRESNO, June ALFRED Corkey.
who stabbed his sweetheart, Miss Lill-
ian Black, at Kingsburg Sunday, and
was charged with assault to murder.
was married to the woman at noon to-
day Miss Black procured the license.
and went to the Jail for the perform
ance
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
Chief of Police Removed.

PORTLAND, June Police Com
missloners to-day removed CHIEF Of
Police john Myers and Promoted Cap
tain T. j. Barry TO his place. The rea-
son for Myers removal was "a desire
to promote the efficiency of the SER
vice.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
Took His Own Life.

CHICAGO, June 7.-August Miller, an
Election Judge, shot and killed himself
this morning after having been excused
for half an hour on account of illness.
Miller had been acting peculiarly all
the morning, and was finally told to go
home for a while. Business reverses
are thought to have unsettled Miller $
mind
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Horribly Tangled.

FRESNO, June 7.-Alfred Pearce, in
attempting to board a train at Mendoza
this morning, fell and was run over and
horribly mangled. After being taken to
the hospital here he died. He is said to
be cousin of ex-Mayor Ellert of San
Francisco
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C. F CROKER.
The Vice-President of the Southern
Pacific Returns From the East.

SAN FRANCISCO, June Vice
President c. F. Croker of the South
ern Pacific Company returned from the
East to-day. He announced that the
Sonora Railway, in Mexico, will be
turned over to the Southern Pacific by
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
Judge Ross Sustained.

SAN FRANCISCO, June THE United
States Circuit Court of Appeals to-day
sustained the decision of Circuit Judge
Ross of Los Angeles in the suit orig
inally brought by ]. S. Doe to enjoin
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-08
Earthquake i'm Mexico.

MEXICO CITY, June 7.-Earthquakes
We're experienced Sunday in the State
of Oaxaca, and some damage was done
on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where
lightly constructed houses We're crack
ed. One shock lasted forty seconds.
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REPUBLICAN
SENATORIAL CAUCUS
Nill Convene at Washington To-Day to
Consider Tariff Matters.
Will Decide What Position is to be
Taken on the Sugar Schedule.

Some Senators Pronounced in Their
Opposition to That Feature i'm the
Tariff Bill as Presented i'm the
Finance Committees Report-An
Effort Will be rIade to Change the
Schedule SO That 1t Will be Ac-
ceptable to the Entire Party in the
Senate.
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the Waterloo Mining Company from
trespassing on the Oriental No. and
Red Cloud Mining claims in the Calico
District
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REDUCTION IN FARES.
The Southern Pacific Offers Cheap
Rates to Hanford.

SAN FRANCISCO, June THE
Southern Pacific Company has an