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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-15

any rate, the House leaders hope to en-
ter upon the consideration of the bill
in the House before the end of the week.
Some of them fix Thursday as the day
on which the debate will probably COM
mence. Although the limits of the de-
bate have not yet been decided upon,
the prevailing opinion is that it will
not last over ten days. Night sessions
will of course, be held throughout the
period allowed for debate. This will
give the new members an opportunity
to make speeches, to the benefit of their
constituents.
Unless some unexpected hitch occurs
the new tariff bill may be sent to the
Senate week from next Saturday or a
fortnight after the session opens. The
organization of the House tomorrow,
While a perfunctOry performance, will
no doubt attract a large audience. The
new House will be called to order by
the Clerk, A. j. Mcdowell of Pennsyl-
Vania; the roll will be called, after
which the candidates of the several
parties for Speaker will be placed in
nomination and the result of the vote
will determine the alignment of the
new House.
There are 206 Republicans, I'D Demo-
Gratis and % fusion, silverite and Pop
ulist Representative in the new House
The percentage of new members is I'M
usually large. There are 14S new mem
bers. OF these 1872 have never served
in Congress before and 13 have served
prior to the Fifty-fourth Congress.
After the organization a committee
Will be appointed to wait upon the
President and inform him the House is
ready for business. Pending the ap-
pearance of the Presidents message
the biennial seat drawing will occur.
This always is an interesting and
amusing proceeding, and the feature of
the first daV
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SENATOR SALVERS DEATH.
1T Removes Nearly all Doubt oil
Hunters Election.

FRANKFORT (Ky), March 1.-THE
sudden death of State Senator J. r
Salvers at his mountain home was an
nounced by kilograms to-day, and it
created a profound sensation among
the legislators.
Salvers was a Democrat and promi-
nent in the Senatorial fight of last Win
ter. His death removes nearly the last
doubt that Hunter, the present Repub-
ican nominee for United States Sena-
tor, Will be elected when the joint bal
lot is held
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THE PORTE REPLIES.
1t Will Concentrate Troops in the
Cretan Towns.

Porte continues to adopt a quiescent
tone in reply to the note of the Powers.
Replying to the collective note of the
ambassadors of the LIST inst, the Porte
announces in writing it's intention to
concentrate Ottoman troops in the
Cretan fortified towns as soon as the
Greek troops have evacuated the island.
The Porte has also sent an identical
request to the ENJOYS of the Powers
begging them to eXpediate the solution
of the crisis
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-15
Ella Russell is Back Again.

NEW YORK, March 14.-Ella Rus
sell, the American prima donna, arrived
by the steamer Etruria last night. She
will sing next Saturday at the New
York Symphony Society concert and on
the 9th Of this month in the oratorio
Elijah" with the Oratorio Society.
Miss Russell will also be heard in the
Opera-house with the
Damrosch opera Company, and later
with the Csrau forces
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announcing that the blockade of Crete
and of certain Greek ports not now
named will begin on Wednesday.
Some of the Powers have decided that
unless Greece yields or if she declares
war on Turkey. measures still more Sc
we're will be employed. even to the point
of utterly DESTROYING Greece to inaction.
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Letters From Insurgent Leaders.

PARIS. March 14.-The Greek Legal
tion at Paris has published letters from
several of the insurgent leaders to
Commodore Reinecke of the Greek
navy, tending to show that they in
formed the Cretans of the decision Of
the Powers.
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ULTIMATUM DELIVERED.
Unless Greece Yields the Ports Wi
be Blockaded Wednesday.

LONDON, March 15.-The Daily
Chronicle announces that a formal I'LL
timatum has been delivered to Greece
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Minister Of War fastening Military
Preparations.

Great Uneasiness Caused by the
Strained Situation on the Frontier,
Where the Troops Are Anxious to
Try Conclusions With the Turks
Pi!lagiug Has Begun Mt Gambia,
Retimo and Canea-The AdnliralS
Ask for DetaChmentS of Sailors to
Relieve the Present Force.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-15

Put sugar in water used for basting
meats of all kinds-it adds flavor, es-
pecially to veal.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-15

Add cup of good cidar vinegar to
the wafer in which you boil fish, espe-
cially if it is salt fish.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-15
THE EXTRAORDINARY
SESSION OF CONGRESS.
II Meets To-Day at Noon, in PurSu'
anCe Of
President McKinley's Recent Procla.
nation.

No Promise of a Busy Week in the
Senate Unless the Arbitration
Treaty is Considered, Which Will
be Done in Executive Session
Special Orders May be Made in the
House in Order to Pass the APP
preparation Bills That Were Not
Approved by Cleveland.
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Opposite the City of Memphis is Very
Serious.

Water Higher That at Any Time Since
1872, and Still Rising-Great Suf-
fering Among the People and Great
Loss of Stock and Property--PeO-
pie Leaving the Lowlands, and
Residents Fire on a Steamer That
Attempted to Land, Fearing That
the Waves Would Break the Levee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15
The Lawless Missouri.

The Missouri River is one Of the
most ]awless of the great rivers of the
world. 1t cuts didos, ruins farms and
demoralizes whole communities along
its banks. By a change in the rivers
course about 5000 acres Of land have
been transferred from Nebraska to
Iowa. The owners Of the land along
the old channel claimed the disputed
acres as accretions, and the lower
courts sustained them. Meanwhile the
Government surveyed it and sold it as
Government land. The Supreme Court
ruled that gradual accretions belong to
the owners Of the property to which
they add, but that in case of a sudden
change of course the territory involved
goes to the Government. But the mud
dy, murky stream goes right on ship
ping land to neighboring States or send
ing it down to the Eads jetties and the
Gulf.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15

number mounts into the millions it is
no longer crowd, it is no longer hui
man. 1t is new and mighty creature
having attributes like unto no other.
In its presence is almost awe. There
is revealed the meaning Of the words:
.'The voice of the people is the voice
of Cod Such sight will Queen Vic
.oria witness on her great fete day.
She and her escort will be the real spec
tators. Their eyes will see and their
ears will hear the face and the voice
of Great Britain. That, indeed, is a
mighty privilege. 1t will be interesting
and memorable no doubt-a spectacle
which the children's children of the
children who see it VIII read about, but
how much more valuable would be the
place of private soldier in the process
sion itself. A fortune by comparison
should be the price Of that privilege il
money could buy it. The people to-day
and history in future will, however,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15

A st. Louis police judge recently dis
missed a purse snatcher and repri-
manded the woman complainant. say
ing that women who carried fat purses
in their hands offered temptation to
starving men to steal. Whereupon an
other magistrate went to the other ex-
IRENE and advised women to carry re-
volvers and shoot down such thieves,
Wrong as the first judge undoubtedly
was, the second was still further from
the right. The habit women have OF
carrying purses in the hands instead OF
in the pockets is a silly and dangerous
one, but the offense Of the thief Is as
great as though it we've committed un-
der other circumstances, but the advice
of the other magistrate is bloody-mind-
ed and monstrous.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15

One of the good results Of the use of
the bicycle by women Is that it checks
that dreaded scourge, phthisis pulmon-
ais. 1t has been shown that uni
form rate of reduction in the death rate
from consumption has taken place dur
ing the last five years in Massachu-
sets, or from the time when the use
of the wheel became general among
women. In 1851 the ratio was 1,451
females to 1000 males; in 1890 it was
1866 females to 1000 males; last year
it was only 974 females to 1000 males,
when for the first time in the history
of the State the number Of deaths from
consumption in women was less than
among the men. There is good reason
for the belief that the wheel has
brought about this gratifying result.
Its use insures an abundant supply Of
the ealth-giving ozone; it brings into
play every muscle of the body; the
lungs are expanded, the mind is rested
by the ever-changing scenery, and
eventually the roses Of health replace
the hectic flush of disease.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15
"Repeating.1

Few persons appreciate the vast
harm that may be done by repeatinc
70 one person a derogatory remark
made about her to another To rehea rse
KIND or complimentary comment can
seidom have an unfortunate effect-in-
deed, it may do good. But if a speech
contains even the suggestion Of fault
nndlng OF disapproval it should never
De told. 1t is little matter that kin.
oies many fires of angry feeling. It
irks one unspeakably to know that his
actions have been adversely comments
ga upon by third person. and behind
ms pack, when he cannot defend him
ser. None Of us has the gift to see onr-
serves as others see us, and we like r.
uuceiVe ourselves into the notion that
~ our friends approve of what wa do
moreover, comparatively innocent
.eiillrk assumes gigantic proportions
10 our disordered imaginations when
we receive it secondhand Ono COL
man resolved long ago never 10 reneat
70 ah acquaintance anything that he'd
ueen said OF him unless it would have
.he tendency to make him feel hettar
sausfled with himself and with Tho
peisoh VINO spoke it.-Harper's Razar
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15
Advantage of Sleen.

In reply to the question, Is it wise
for man to deny himself and get
along with a few hours sleep dav.
to do more work? Tesla, the great cleo.
trlclan, is said to have replied: '.That
is a great mistake, ! am convinced. A
man has just SO many hours TO be
awake, and the fewer of these no usns
up each day, the more days they will
last; that is, the longer he will live. T
believe that man might live two hnn-
dred years If he would sleep most of
the time. That is why negroes often
live to advanced old age, because thov
sleep so much. 1t is said that Glad.
stone sleeps seventeen hours every
day; that is why his faculties are stii,
unlmpaired in spite of his great age
The proper way to economize life Is 70
sleep every moment that Is not necas.
sary or desirable that you should no
aware" ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15

Boston Globe: 1t looks as If the treas
ury of Spain were going down for the
third and last time. The popular
loan Of $5O,O0O,000 raised last fall has
been exhausted, and where is the next
lift coming from? The last much-her-
aided offering of patriotism was large
~ wrung from the banks and bankers
by processes that are not likely to be
repeated. Since the insurrection began
money has been raised in Cuba by de-
vices in the way Of forced loans that
even the most firmly intrenched des-
pots have seldom dared to resort to.
Weyler issued $1O,00O,OOO in paper
money under the threat that whoever
refused to take it should be peremptor-
lily locked up and kept in prison. Fore
ing the people to take ''green goods" in
payment for solid values can be made
to go at prison doors and at the point
of the bayonet, but the limit must final
ly be reached. Spain has gone ashore
financially, and it is most unlikely that
she can ever again score popular
outburst'' or pad Cuban credit with any
more worthless paper. No wonder her
rulers, who understand the desperate
financial straits in which the kingdom
finds itself, are adopting conciliatory
course. They have no relish for more
GEOGRAPHICALLY war with the United
States. What could that mean to Spain
but financial ruin and national humilia-
tiOn2
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"a Hartford LAWYER"

"There is story going the rounds"
says an old observer, that does injus-
tice to the memories Of President Lin
coin and his Secretary Of the Navy,
Gideon Welles. According to the story,
Mr.. Lincoln being asked why he had
selected Mr.. Welles as Secretary of the
Navy when he was only Il Hartford
lawyer, replied by asking, What else
are they good for? referring to Mr..
Welles predecessor, Mr.. Toucey having
been Hartford lawyer The inference
from the story is that Mr. Lincoln sup
posed as Mr.. Toucey, Hartford law
yer, had filled the place, another Hart
ford lawyer could also fill it. Mr.
Welles was, however, better known to
Mr.. Lincoln than the public were
aware, for when Mr. Lincoln was in
Congress, Mr.. Welles was at the head
of the Bureau Of Provisions and Cloth
ing Of the Navy Department, and at
this time it will be remembered the
Mexican war was begun and carried
on. Mr.. Lincoln, when he became Pres.
ident, found Mr.. Welles, a Hartford
lawyer equipped with full experience
in supervising the feeding and clothing
OF the jack-a-tars of the navy, expe-
rience which would serve him we'll as
the head Of the department. Though
of opposite politics during Mr.. Folks
administration, the Wing party had
LETT MI. Lincoln, and Mr. Welles had
left the Democratic party They were
then of the same political faith, and
MIR. Lincoln selected him. The wisdom
OF Mr.. Lincoln's choice is seen in the
fact that Mr.. Welles administered the
department in such satisfactory man.
ner during the war that he served
through Two administrations, and with
secretary Seward served the longest
continuous Secretaryship since the
days of Madison"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15

''The young men who will not sue
ceed," said Russell Sage recently, CIV
ing negative answer to young in
quirer, "are those who night after night
may be found at the city club-houses,
dressed in swallow-tailed coats, drink
ing a little, playing cards little, and
eating expensive dinners" They are
sometimes called the drones of socie-
ty. This is a misnomer. Like some
small insects that sport for day in
the summer sunshine, they are minute
destructives. Their lives in the econ
omy of social life make one of the
petty agencies of degeneration.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15

In this late day, when so little of the
earth's surface remains uneXplored, the
problem of the worlds gold supply has
been canvassed as something which
must one day vex civilization. In view
Of this, one of the most striking feat
ures of modern prospecting for this
mineral is that rich finds have been
made and are still making in territory
once tramped over by the prospector
and abandoned as worthless. In a
great measure gold mining has settled
down to a prosaic business Of drilling,
blasting, stamping and smelling ores
of such low grade that the miner Of
twenty years ago would not have found
even color in the rock. Cripple Greek
is fresh in mind as illustrating the
craze for gold digging, and now the
new discoveries in the Black Hills have
set strong tide of Adventures drift
ing back to a section which is old and
scared by the pick and drill Of 100000
prospectors. And just where these
picks and drills have been busiest the
new camp of Ragged Top is growing
as only Western gold camp can grow.
The FIRST assay showing the richness Of
the field came from rock which the
miner of the '70s would not consider as
of gold-bearing possibilities. At Grip
pie Greek and in other Colorado fields
shafts long since abandoned as I'M
profitable have been sunk deeper or di-
verged from their old courses, thus I'M
covering very rich ores. In the light of
some of these discoveries discourage
ments had come to the pathfnders just
when they had been on the eve of sue
cess. The one thing which promises
excitement to the gold miner in old
territories-and incidentally the thing
which indicates continuance Of the
supply of gold-is the fact of natures
deyiations from the rule once laid
down by miners as natural law. Two
years ago gold was found in Utah in a
sandstone formation; now it is taken
from the limestone of the Black Hills
Either proposition would have been
secuted five years ago. Thus it is that
in the absence of new geography the
gold fever does not promise to die out,
and in like measure science may be ex-
pected to conserve more and more the
scattered gold deposits Of the world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15
Narrow Escapes.

Adam Vandever, one Of the original
settlers Of Tallulah, Georgia, was a ia
nous hunter and trapper. The histor-
Ian of Georgia relates several Of Mr..
Vandever's hairbreadth escapes, from
which we select the following:
AT one time Mr. Vandever was en-
camped on lofty mountain in Union
County. To make an observation of
his surroundings he climbed upon an
immense boulder which stood on the
brow Of precipice. Just then he
heard the howl of wolf in the woods
below. He stepped to the far side Of
the boulder, hoping to get glimpse
of the enemy. AS he moved, the great
rock, which CHANGED to be delicately
balanced, began to roll and an instant
later 1t was plunging over the preci-
pice.
Fortunately an oak-tree dropped over
the boulder, and in that moment Of
peril the woodsman gave an upward
leap and grasped one of the branches
and hung suspended in mid-air while
the great stone went crashing down the
mountain side.
Il felt my hair turn white" said the
old gentleman afterward, when 1 real
lied how near I'd come to going along
with that rocking stone The limb I
hunt to want overstout, and when I
swung back from over the cliff and
dropped to the ground I felt as weak
as a baby"
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,.,,1u TONGUE OR TOOTH.
uov safe Burglars Can Tell When
Thev strike Combination Figure.

49, sora Burglars Can Tell WHen
T,,ev strike a Combination Figure.
Tn the county jail yesterday after
noon John Atkinson, the alleged TOD
her and "pal' of O'Neii, VINO IS no"
sarvinp n long term in the penitentlary
For one of the most daring mold ups
in the history Of the city, ala not kno"
that the Leader reporter was news
naner man. consequently talked more
freely than is his wont. The CONVERSE
tion drifted from one subject TO anoth-
or and all the while Deputy Barry was
nlaving with the combination lock on
fine door of the "bull pen."
"That's pretty good lock-" said At
kinson.
"Did you ever work any OF these
kind Of locks?" asked the deputy.
Atkinson smiled. "That lock on a
safe would be easy" said he.
"Come out and let us see how you
would go about anything like that
said the deputy, at the same time open
ing the door. Atkinson did as he was
hidden. and at once commenced to ex-
AO~~~'
"Well, let's see you try it," said the
deputy, becoming interested. Atkinson
hesitated for several minutes, saying
that he could not "work" that combina-
ton because it did not have the same
backing as safe lock. Deputy Barry
insisted upon being shown how 1t was
done. Atkinson got down upon his
10 crIy To Ennn1n6
as close to the lock as possible, and put
his tongue upon the metal ring around
the knob Of the combination. Then he
slowly turned the knob Of the cOmbina-
ton. Deputy Barry watched him in
tently, and suddenly stopped Atkinson
In his work. He had made the first
move in the combination correctly, and
the deputy thought this enough. At
kinson was willing to stop, and then
explained his work
'You perhaps know" said Atkinson,
'that the nerves in the end of the
tongue are very delicate and sensitive.
Well, when the combination gets to the
right point, the minutest click Is sent
at once to the brain. That's how we
know we are right"
The deputy was astounded. William
Clark, the alleged murderer, was
standing near at the time. He seemed
to be perfectly familiar with Akin
sons methods, and Immediately pro-
posed another and better method. He
said: 'It is much easier if you have
darning, needle, place it on the turn-
blers and put the other end in a hollow
tooth. II there is nerve in the tooth
the first click, no matter how slight,
sends thrill through your head
give tried that scheme, too" said
Atkinson, "and have found it to be
good e."-Cleveland Leader.
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contingents of blue jackets and roy.

contingents of blue jackets and royal
marines. The procession will be a
mile long. 1t will comprise four regi-
ments of cavalry, eight squadrons of
the Household Guards and other in
fantry, seven bands and three batteries
of artillery. These will lead the line
and be followed by the troops from In
dia and from the colonies. Then will
come the Duke of Connaught and his
staff, Lord Wolseley, the commander
in-chief of the army, and the headquar-
tiers staff. Following this brilliant cor
tege will come the Queens carriage,
escorted by the Prince Of Wales and
other British and foreign princes on
horseback. The procession will close
with other carriages containing the
princesses and ladies of the court.
members Of The colonial governments
and more military The demand for
reserved seats to see the parade lis
great. The lowest price at which one
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make chief account Of the jubilee pro-
cession in it's movements in London.
The route is six miles, and the crack
troops Of the British army will be used
instead of police to keep the line Of
march. In all about $4,000 military
will be employed during the day to
line the streets and keep order. be-
sides forming guards of honor and FIR
ing salutes. Cavalry in the arrange
ment forms very important element,
and it is officially stated that there will
be ten cavalry regiments employed.
The navy will be represented by large
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-15

Barrie, the novelist, took dislike to
the American parlor, and in the course
of some remarks in Washington about
1t he said: THE idea of having the
largest and best furnished room in the
house reserved for infrequent callers,
instead of allowing the children of the
household to enjoy it, was never a
pleasant one to me. 1t was once told
by bright boy that he seldom was al
lowed to enter the parlor of his home
unless 1t was during funeral cere-
meny or something like that This
may have described the situation too
strongly, but it was much nearer to the
truth than otherwise"