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The times., 1897-06-23
ECkINGTON ROADS CHARTER.
The Commissioners Opposed tn the
Proposed Amendment.

EtDOStd
The Commissioners yesterday sent let
ter TO Senator Mcmillan, Chairman of :he
Senate District Committee, Recommending
ssiyerse action upon Senate bill Is ito
amend the charter of the Eckin gton and
Soldiers Home Railway Company on the
ground that it is uncalled for and unneces-
sary.
The bill, which was introduced by Sen
ator Faulkner, provides that within linz
tied tirne-the nuniber Of months being left
blank the EckiD gton and Soldiers Home
Railway Company be authorized and direcs-
motive power, and substitute therefor such
modern electric or cable power as shall
be approved by the Commissioners.
IN order to raise the necessary funds to
pay for this change the company is err
powered to issue and sell stocks TO the
necessary anount. The bill further pro-
vides that if the company fails tn effect
the change within the seSstfied time it
shall be liable to fine of S1o0 per day.
Tho bill was submitted to the Commits
sioners for an opinion, and IN tuIn sub
rlitted by them TO Capt. Beach. chief clerk
of the engineering department. The latter
in his report objects to the bill, as
being loosely worled and ambiguous. and
adds that the legislation provided for is
unnecessary.
In accordance with this report the letter
recommending adverse action was for
waEded.
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THE ANTI-sCALPING BILL.
Probability That 1t VIII Not Be
Reported at This Session.

Senator Chiffon, of Texas, one of the
mernbeIs of the Interstate Commerce Com
uittee. does not believe any serious eff
fort win he made TO report what is known
as the anti-scalping bill this session, and
he says it would not surprise him IL the
proposition was either abandoned during
the regular session next winter or those
favoring the measure were To finally con-
clude that it is best to drop the
matter entirely on the theory that
they will not have votes enough to get the
bill out of the committee. Since the last
Congress it is pointed out that Mr.. Lind
say, OF Kentucky, has changed his views.
He was sormerly for the bill, but is now
very much opposed to it.
AS has been previously iutimated, Mr.
Lindsay has reached the Conclusion that
the matter is one that belongs entirely to
the several States, and he, with Messrs.
Clifton, Chandler, Tiilnan and others, holds
that the national Government has not the
power to break up people in business siin
ply because Competitors in the same line,
whether railroads or others, bring pres
sure to bear In behalf of the proposed legis
latioh 1t is coBtended that the courts
would probably not uphold such law as
is proposed.
Mr.. Chiffon says that when Mr.. George
H. Daniels, general passenger agent Of
the New York Central Railway, was
recently examined by the committee, he
(Chiltou) suggested an amendment which
in effect wouE prevent the lines from
combining to keep up rates, and from
violation OF the non-transferabIe regis-
lations regarding tickets that have been
sOld, and Mr.. Daniels would not
agree TO accept it. This induced
the opponents of the bill to conclude
that the railway people want to crowd
the brokers out more than to stop alleged
frauds. and their main purpose is to pre-
vent loss Of business to the companies
rather than to prove scalping Is such
pernicaous system.
The times., 1897-06-23

We do not doubt that the actual govern
Ing powers in England; the people who,
though their stupendoiis wealth and con-
tr0l Of the British and almost every other
national debt, are able to dictate the
policies of the empire, and to have the last
word in the politics of most other countries,
are taking advantage OF the jubilee ceiebra-
tion of @ ueen Victoria To further political or
other ends Indeed, something Of that
soFt is only too apparent to escape public
attention; but, as the great lady who is
being used as the mustIious catspaw for
the plu'ocratic, diplomatic monkey is not
''particeps crirniais," we can afford 70
pass that by until after the festivities In
this we have rTost gorgeous precedent
our friend, President Mckinley, would pass
by pytling but his dinner, and the Ohio
election. until after the passage Of the
tariff biI''
let US leave aside that phase of the
Juhilation, aud consider the manifestation
for what it ought to be, pure and simple
Let us begin by saying that If any
personality could reconcile us uo the
mOnarchical executive. Queen Victoria
would he a strong argument For all
people who regard strict constitutional
government as the best thing for hui
mauity, tie princess who occupies the
throne Of England must appear as most
admirable personage Her powers have
been so limited that they only can be CON
sideied As fictional; bur the great Influence
of her sterling Anglo-Saxon wonanhooG,
wifehood and motherhood have been really
potent in the affairs of the world for sixty
years, and it has been exercised for good
In the early days of her reign, associated
with Prince Albert Of pleasant memory,
she lived the deoorous life of a good
honest county gentlewoman; seldom inter
fering in politics save TO use the prestige
Of her position to moderate the acerbities
of party strife AS far as she could she
opposed the Crirnean war, and her personal
voice was raised against the horrors of the
revenge Which her government took for
the Indian mutiny. Let it be recorded TO
her honor that she never stood between
a universal sentiment Of her people in
favor OF Justice and humanity and its ma
tional expression. In this she has been
more true. more consistent with the die
tates Of duty, than have been at least
two American Presidents, with hun
dred times her personal power and a
thousand times mote traditional, pre-
ccdentai, and constitutional reason G.,
stand out gainst tyranny, oppression aud
beartIcss atrocity.
her weight in the scale of equity ami
decency, the British people have been
blessed in many ways. In all practical
respects they have been aud are freer than |
we are, the fiction OF the monarchy to The |
contrary Notwithstanding Great Britain |
is ruled" by a Queen who never inter |
feres in politics. We are ruled by the |
advance agent of prosperity whose ideal, |
conception and purpose is the good of |
Hanna and his campaign creditors.
The jubilee Of Queen Victoria furnishes |
the proper occasion for taking the lesson
to heart
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four months each year. One young woman
relates that In addition to the usual duties
OF teacher she was required to do the
housework of the directress OF the school,
scrubbing floors. beating rugs, etc., and
tiat SIZE was housed in room SO damp
that the walls were covered with Hidew
During the four years preceding her ar
rival at the school this room was used for
rabbit hutch
Whether this young lady's lot Is to be
taken as a fair sample of the wayin which
French teachers are treated cannot lie
determined without considerably more evil
dence- 1t seems rather Obvious, however,
that there rs something wrong with the
laws when these things are possible. II
may he said that NO one is obliged to- stay
in such surroundings, but after all. W hen
a man or weman Is earning only bare
living, and cannot find another situation
without recomm endation from the present
employer. the freedom enjoyed by that
person IS merely nominal
The times., 1897-06-23
Autocrats aud Ana rchy.

IN the suppressed House CT Representa-
tives, on Monday, Thomas Braesett Reed
paid a slight tribute to the public opinion
that condemns and despises him. He said
that the journal of the subjusated body
must be corrected so it would show that
he cid not make the ruling he did on
last Thursday. He stated that motion
to approve the journal had precedence
over one To correct It, only when the
motion TO approve Is made first. He
added that this was the case on Thurs
day: statement which everybody present
knows to be inaccurate. But little thing
ike that does not bother Thomas Brackett
Reed OF Maine.
1t is unnecessary TO add that, in the
absence OF a quorum, the Autocrat de-
elared the suppressed House adjourned
violated the Constitution of the United
States so often that it was quite easy
for the body to submit, and go home,
when duty and legality demanded of it
bers, and proceed with the business of the
country
precious lot is this membership of
the suppressed House of Representativ
The times., 1897-06-23
The Advance Tramp Agent.

In tie old days, when Major Mckinley
rode his horse at the head OF a battalion
of olIio troops. and joined in fhe song,
TRAMP, tramp, tramp, the boys are march
ing" it is not to be supposed that he had
any prophetic provision of the time when
he would be President OF the United States.
under conditions which should keep the
wires hcT with the notice: Tramp, tramp,
tramp, tic tramps are marching!'
Yet So it is. The great wave OF Mckinley
prosperity has thrown upon the coasts OF
life the vastest body OF tramps ever seen
in-the history of this country. And they arc
are not tramps in the ordinary acceptation
of the term They are honest American
mechanics, thrown out of work by ''Mc-
Kinley prosperity"
Data gathered by the New York Journal
indicate that not less than 336 $50 people
out OF work are roaming the country In
search az It. They are everywhere, al
though anequaliy distributed New York
has Ito ,oe0; Illinois, SO, 900; Pennsylvania,
1000: Missouri, 1900: Kansas, 10000,
and SO on The city statistican or Chicago
regards the olninous tramp NOV ement this
summer as due TO the overproduction re.
sultlng from prctecsion, which always leads
to the reduction of working time in fac.
tories. of cay, and In the final discharge
The times., 1897-06-23
French Teachers.

Facts have come to light, according to
Mr.. Labouchere and NJ Francisque Sarcey,
which prove that the lot OF the woman
teacher in France is anything but s,insil ny.
1t is related that teachers of private schools
in the sunny land of France are required to
work all day and sometimes far into the
dollars a year and board. Out of this
salary the governess is supposed 20 clo.he
herself, pay travelling expenses and board
during the holidays. which amount to some
The times., 1897-06-23
THE NEW YORK NAVY YARD.
Charges Against Naval ConstrHctO:
BowIes to Be Investigated.

Commander Charles II. Davis has been
instructed, it is said, to investigate the
charges that have been preferredby Senator
Platt and other New York Republicans
that Naval Constructor Bowles, of The New
York navy yard. has been dismssing Ee-
publicans and appointing Democrats in
their places
These complaints have been persiste:t!y
made ever since the present Administra-
tion came into power, and it is expected
Dy the Republican kickersthat de developments
will be made that viii place Constructor
Bowles ia an unpleasant position in the
Navy Department.
The times., 1897-06-23

The jubilee prosperity embassy, inciud-
ing Whftelaw Reid and the full strength
OF the company, appeared before The
Queen in evening dress, although Ii was
daytime This was delicate reference
to the costume worn by her ma jesty
when apprised of her accession 20 the
throne. on that occasion she wore fun
evening dreSs-consisting CT a Eightgown.
The times., 1897-06-23
Died to Avoid Capture.

Birmingham, Ala. June "a George Brad
ley. negro, four days go murdered Rich
ard Crumbiey, an old ana respectable citi-
zen, living near Burn Corn. and robbed him.
Bradley fled, and q posse, pursuing him,
finally surrounded him near Monroeviile
last evening. His pursuers rad ranged up
for charge upon the murderer, when be
placed revolver to his right breast and
fired. He was dead when the first man
reached him.
The times., 1897-06-23
Spanish Cuban adyices report the exis

Spanish Cuban adviccs report the exist
consequence of threatened attack upon
the place by Gen. Calixto Garcia. Although
there are 1000 Spanish troops in the
garrison, and heavy reinfofcements are
being forwarded, the authorities seem ts
doubt tneir ability to hold out against
an assault. Consequently we may assume
that Puerto Principe is not finally ''paci-
fed
The times., 1897-06-23
Applicants at the Treasury.

The daily list OF applicants for posi-
tions in the Treasury Department grad-
uaJ1y dwindles as the weather gets hot.
Yesterday there were only two more office
seekers. Mr. j. A. Bingham, OF Mont
gomery, Ala, wishes to be collector Of
internal revenue at Birmingham. Ala Mr..
VIII G.. Barnes, of Phoenix, Arizona,
wishes to be collector of internal revenue
at Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The times., 1897-06-23
knows?

AS the new PustoffIce building will not
be completed aud ready for occupancy this
year, the old quarters are to be re-engaged
That being the case. Republican manage
rnent viii never see more than three years
of life in the large but architecturaiIy Of
fensive structure on the Avenue
The times., 1897-06-23

So Prof. Fanciullt will not be discharged
from the Marine Band. Acting Secretary
Roosevelt has acted The department. yer
dict is: Guilty. with recommendation
not to do SO any more" We do not doubt
that justice and the public both will be
entirely satisfied
The times., 1897-06-23

Queen Victoria has lived through the .id-
ministrations of seventeen American Presi-
and the patriotic British subject viii doubt
less take this as "a proof that royalty is
less fatal if the ruler is trained To the bust
u.SX
The times., 1897-06-23

The shipments of American gold to
Europe since the year opened have
amounted to about S21 .000,0ou. Of this
aggregate, S1s,4so,oO0 have gone since
the first OF April. But people should not
grow uneasy 1t is not likely that the
Government win have to issue any more
bonds before next winter.
The times., 1897-06-23

The New York Chamber of Commerce
feIicitated the Queen upon the fact that
it was her Industrious ancestor George
its authority TO do business. Well, per
haps that accounts for the tendency in
people Belonging to that organization to
and other British interests
The times., 1897-06-23

We venture to hint to the Spanish
minister that really the business man
ager" OF the administration ought to be
decorated isabella la Catoiica,' or
.'st. James of ComposteIla,' would look
appropriate on lis Iordly breast.
The times., 1897-06-23

Gen. Weyler has bought horse for
$500. This viii enable him to win vie
tories much faster than before. He can
run away from more places.
The times., 1897-06-23

Mr.. Hanna says that there is nothing
what he says in Toledo. What he formerly
said in washin ston may be different Who
knows?
The times., 1897-06-23


tits recorded in the cabIegrams that the
nttlc jubilee princess has been chrIstened.
and that she cried just as load az any other
baby on that occasion Some jubilee poet
ought TO describe this in blank verse
The times., 1897-06-23

There is one person in the country who
wastes no time in explaining what he
would do il he were President. and that
is Speaker Reed.
The times., 1897-06-23
Circulation Statements.
The Real Celebration.

WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE %.
The times., 1897-06-23


an enginc-house for the Government Print
ing office, on land already owned by the
United States adjacent to the boiler-house
recently erected for the use of said Of
flee, including the necessary foundations
for the engines and all fittings necessary to
connect the engines with the boilers, $780,
900. or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary
or the further establishment and main
tenance of a library in the Government
Printing Office, the uses OF which shall be
exclusively confined to the employees of said
office and It's branches, designations for
the same from public documents printed
and bound in said office to be made by the
Public Printer, all of which shall be under
regulations issued by the Public Printer,
and for payment to person or persons
VINO shall have charge OF such library, to be
selected and appointed by the Public
Printer, under such per diem or per an
mum compensation as he shall fix, 81. 500
The superintendent Of the Library build
ing and grounds is authorized to use the
sum Of $4,000 in addition to the sum Of
$4,000 provided by the legislative appro
priation act for 1898, out OF the unex-
pended balance of the appropriations here
tofore made for the completion Of the build
ing for the Library of Congress, for ex-
penses Of removal of the library and copy
right collections to the Library building
The superintendent OF the Library build
ing and grounds is directed to hereafter
disburse all appropriations made for and
On account of the Botanic Garden, and shall
act as the financial agent of the joint
committee on the Library.
To enable the secretary OF the Senate to
pay to Anna W. Earle, widow OF the hon.
Joseph H. Earle, deceased, late a Senator
fron, the State of South Carolina, $1,000
To pay Daisey johnson, widow OF the
The record-union., 1897-03-07
PREPAY THE CHARGES.
Judge Henry Will Read Speech Sent
by Wire ii Prepaid.

DIR" John Kellere, who gave his
address as 1909 Broadway, Oakland.
and stated that he was proprietor of
a patent medicine. was prosecuting wit
ness in the Police Court yesterday in
case where Ella Jarrett. a lower l.
street girl, was charged with grand
larceny.
The testimony of the defendant
showed that he had been in more than
one house, but did not really know
which girl, If any. had robbed him.
The doctor" is a very nice appear
ing man, and in dismissing the case
Justice Henry, who was presiding over
the Police Court, gave him a scathing
lecture. in which he intimated that he
was lost to all shame when he would
visit such places and then retail his
experiences in court
When the Judge had concluded and
court was just being adjourned. the
doctor" arose and said he wanted to
say a few words in reply to the court
Il haven't time to hear you now. =
said Judge Henry, but when YOU get
back to Oakland, you may send your
The record-union., 1897-03-07
AMUSEMENT PARKS.
Southern California to be Well Pro-
ViGed For.

That there is a good field for an ac-
amply proven by the career of Louis
w. Buckley since his arrival on the
Pacific Coast last August He sue
cessfully conducted a Pure Food EXhi-
bition in Seattle, went to Los Angeles,
and, according to the Los Angeles
Times" of March 9Th, has organized
an amusement park company that Will
revolutiOnize matters there, and pend
ing the fruition of his plans came here
to Sacramento and successfully man
aged a food exposition, as our readers
are aware.
Mr.. Buckley is to direct a park of
III acres situated between South Pasa-
dena and Los Angeles with the Pasa-
dena and Los Angeles Electric Railway
Company. General Sherman, Messrs.
Green, Clark and Perry are back of the
company, and, according to the
Times" $4,000 is to be expended in
buildings bicycle tracks, casino, etc.
This park will be opened to the public
June both, and Manager Buckley will
put 800 men at work before March 10th.
There will be shoot the chutes, tobog-
gan railways, theater, dancing hall, but
no bar His many friends here wish
him success.
He will also conduct an amusement
park at Santa Monica in July and Au-
gust, all under the same mana agement.
He is disposing of his Eastern property,
and will take up his residence in Cali
fornia hereafter
Before Mr. Buckley left this city
many persons who usually exhibit at
the State Fair expressed the hope that
he might be engaged to assist in con-
Quoting that exposition this year.
The record-union., 1897-03-07
The Hydraulic Dredger.

Eds. Record Union" In the article
in your paper of the 9TH instant it ap-
pears that the Times II erald" Of Chi
cago gives L. w. Bates the credit of
being the inventor of the hydraulic
dredger, which is an error. A. B. Bow
ers, a former resident of this city and
deputy in the Surveyor Generals office
under General Houghton, is the inventor
of it and the whole system connected
Herewith. He put in more than twenty
years brain work on it, and on his first
issue from the United States Patent Of
flee secured 102 specifications. Since
then he has spent a fortune fighting in
fringers On the ID day of September,
1898 Judge McKenna issued the decree
that Mr.. Bowers was the first and orig
inal inventor, and that all others are
restrained from using any part of it, and
the United States Court of Appeals has
confirmed the judgment. / have a copy
Of the judgment rendered about two
months ago. A. G. SWEETSER.
Sacramento March g. 1897.
The record-union., 1897-03-07
SACRAMENTO TO STOCKTON.
Demand for a Foot and Wheel Path
Between the Two Cities.

Chairman Frank Miller of the Capt.
tai City Wheelmen's Wheelway Com
Tnittee the other day was in receipt,
through T. VI. Hale. of inquiry from
Stockton citizens relative TO he dispo-
sition end intention Of the people of
that part of san Joaquin County TO
construct a substantial Wheelway from
Stockton to Gait, hoping that the Sac
ramento people would meet them at
that point, practically the halfway
house.
The Stockton people wanted all the
information they could get as TO eX-
perience in Sacramento County in
building and maintaining wheelways
Mr. Miller has responded to the Stock
ton inquiry at length, and has given in
detail all the procedure followed here
last and this year, an account Of meth
DDS Of work, what rules We're estab-
lished. what tools and materials were
employed how the money was raised
and how disburSed. the construction OF
bridges culverts. etc, how the lines
were laid out and. in fact, all possi
BILE details with blank forms used here.
He also held out to the Stockton peo-
pie some hope that If they Will build a
good lasting and above water wheel
way to Calf Sacramento may feel the
temptation to meet them at that point,
though the experience of last year in
building along the Stockton road was
anything but encouraging, and the
money put into the work gave very un-
satisfactory returns.
The trouble IS. as Mr.. Miller might
have said. that along that great high
way between the two chief cities of the
State, the sad policy in the long ago
was pursued Of scooping the right of
way out on both sides deep down and
clear to the fence rails. to
make a great broad uselessly
broad and hipped up road, Thus no
space has been left for that miserable
creature who wishes to walk, or that
other wretch who chooses to ride a
wheel We have. in fact. a high road
way bordered by bitches deep. broad
and as forbidden as the solugh of de-
spond. in winter and in summer hard
knubby and unfit for any sort of a
path.
OF course there are exceptional
stretches where n pedestrian fiends
may find room to walk and the farm
ers' wives and childred may pick their
way to a neighbor's or to school or
church. but no road is better than its
worst part Yet ut this season of the
wear pedestrians must either wade in
mud. swim. or stay at home. II is such
road economies that have brought on
the great disgust now manifest among
the people concerning road making
methods.
The record-union., 1897-03-07
GETTING TO CARSON.
The Southern Pacific Will Issue No
More Passes.

Colonel c. F. Crocker, Vice President
of the Southern Pacific Company, has
addressed a letter to the officers and
agents of the company calling their at
tention to the following resolution which
has been adopted by the Board Of Di-
rectOrs of the company, and directing
that they be governed by it's terms:
Whereas, there promises to be a de .
mand for Transportation to and from
Reno on the occasion of the Carson
Athletic Tournament on March 18th
proXimo, equal to the available rolling
stock facilities of the company, there
fore, be it
Resolved, That no transportation
shall be furnished by any officer or
agent of this company to or from Reno
at other than the published rates which
shall be available for use on that occa-
sion. and the Vice President is hereby
charged with the duty of enforcing this
order.
This order is not to be construed as
affecting the use of outstanding season
tickets duly issued by authority of the
Transportation Committee