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, 1897-12-06
MONDAY, DECEMBER G.. 1897.
GRANT JONES.

In an unsigned article in the Rawlins
Republican, Mr.. Grant Jones takes cx>
ceptions to the criticism recently pass
ed upon him in this paper. Aside from
his talent as a liar of high degree. Mr..
Jones has a gall that has received rare
cultivation. He claims now that he
reaches rs. 000, 900 of readers with his
brilliant exaggerations and that If he
II left alone he will double our popula.
ton in five years. If Mr.. Jones would
conhne himself to the truth he could
without doubt do us a great deal OF
good. but when he talks Of $50, 900 to
the ton at the grass roots. his state
ments become so ridiculous that Wyo-
ming Is made the laughing stock of the
nation.
In another column. the Rawlins Re-.
publican prints the following:
THE Laramie papers are consumed
With pealousy because the Grand En-
campment mining district is at the
present time attracting more attention
than the mines adjacent to their town,
and they never loose an opportunity to
belittle every interest in the state thai
does not pay tribute to Laramie. Not
withdrawing the assays made by Prof.
Knight of the state university. 10 or
which run from $13.6 in gold per ton,
the lowest. to $1,516.66. the Laramie pa
pers repeatedly assert that the reports
of rich strikes at Grand Encampment
are untrue. Prof. Knight certifies to
the correctness of these assays over his
own signature. and yet these papers
w1lfully and maliciously endeavor to
discredit the reports that have been
sent out to attract the attention of capi-
tall willing to develop the resources OF
the state"
The foregoing statement is grossly
and malfciously false. The editor of the
Rawlins Republican cannot reproduce
a single assertion ever made by a pa
per of this city condemnatory of the
Grand Encampment mines. and he
knows it. Mr.. Grant Jones. who is .iJw
doing the heavy WORK for thc republi-
can, may not know y. Dut it is a fact
nevertheless al the quotation from
the p-.wlins Republican it will be no.
ticed that the assays made by Prof.
Knight ran from 1886 to $l,51S.66.
That ts a pretty far cry from the $780,
900 from the grass roots" story which
Mr.. Jones is feeding his "23 papers
which reach 25, 900. 900 readers" on.
The editors of the Laramie papers
were telling the truth about Wyoming
and the mines of Carbon county before
the grasshoppers chased the editor of
the Rawlins Republican out Of Kansas
and before Grant Jones had flashed
athwart the journalistic sky. and they
will doubtless continue to do so after
the meteor has vanished.
Grant Jones the fakir is surpassed by
Grant Jones the ass.
, 1897-12-06
FAT FEES.

Says the Topeka Mail: The follow,
ing letter of inquiry has been received
from q former Topeka man, now a resi-.
dent of Chula Vista. Cal:
Chula Vista. Cal. Nov. l3.-Dear Sir:
Knowing the interest that you take in
the success of the republican party, l
venture to ask you for a little informa>
ton through your paper, to which I am
a subscriber. The democrats and popu.
lists out here are making the statement
that Bryan is paying all his own ex-
penses on the platform. or in other
words, that he is teaching the beauties
Of free coinage of silver to the farmers,
out Of pure patriotism. This l deny.
Will you please publish a list of the
places in your paper where he has
spoken and the amounts received as
far ~ You know. and oblige.
For all we know, lays the Mail, Mr..
Bryan may have paid his own hotel bills
and street car fare at some of the towns
where he has spoken. though we doubt
IL, Dull Tue luultluudl WHO tDlHhS w Ills
ian y making himself a living and free
saceance for the silver cause is badly
mistaken.
NJ. Bryan opened his season in Kan.
~ It Ottawa, where he got half the
gaterrsceipts amounting, as we are
creditably informed, to something over
S1sea0. It ID said that Bryan kicked on
4hD managers of the Chautauqua be-
canss they gave out o many compli-
Aoatary tickets to suit him, but that
0n7fy may be exaggerated.
aaf Darlington he spoke under con.
;esaa With the managers of the fair.
ave him $500 and expenses for
same aged chestnut he has been
eiAg around ever since the Chicago
u 1e1nntion.
Sde In1a,Mr /. Bryan divided the gate re.
, 1897-12-06

It SCENES to be in the air that we are
to have IN entirely new deal in the
matter of state officers next year. Per.
haps after all 1t is better that it should
he so. for. while the present admins,
tration of state affairs has been very
satisfactory. and it would suit the Sun
to see some of the present officers re-
tain their positions. there seems to be
a pretty general desire for rotation in
office. The republican party has an
abundance of good material to select
from. and there is not much doubt
about its being able to put up a winning
ticket when the time comes.-Saratoga
, 1897-12-06

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news when you can secure the best pa
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, 1897-12-06

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, 1897-12-06
JOHN H. SYMONS.

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW. AUTHORIZED
~. to make Land Filings and Final Proofs
~ Oommissions Or Of the United States Circuit
Jourt,
The record-union., 1897-03-26

lson Square Garden. Every one of the
great producers in the Palo Alto farm
were represented in the consignment.
as We're also many of it's greatest
mares.
Among the California horses sold
We're: Tiny, br m, 1889, Electioneer-
Tell, Bernard Goodwin, New York.
$1,000; Ellene, blk f, 1898, Electricity
Lady Ellen, Dr. Kniffen, Trenton, N. j..
S400; Nine Whips, f, 1898, Whips
Nina, c. f. Schiefferdecker, Albany, n.
Y, S340: Donchka, IN, 1890, Wild
Boy-MoniGue, James Barrett, Saratoga,
N. Y, 500; Doncelllia, b f, 1895. Ad-
vertiser-Donchka, A. w. Scoville, Hart
ford, Conn, $3.50; Consola br f, 1890,
Lone Pine Consolation, G. E. Durham.
New York, $3.50; Express, br C, 1895,
Esther 0horoughbred) F. ID.
Stout, Dubuque, Iowa, $3.50: Adbel, br
f. 1893, Advertiser Bells, D.
w. Leavitt. Boston, $1,025; Elsidor, b
f, 1893 Azmer- Elsie, j. w. DAILY, Mt.
Kisco, N. Y, 800; Ella, b f. 1896, Elec-
tioneer- Sontag Mohawk, G. Rensen,
New York, $500: Seleer. g, Norris
Lorraine, Daniel Mehany, Portsmouth,
N. H., $430; Hunyadi. c, Hugo
Orphan Girl, ]. w. Driscoll, Parkville,
l.. L., $500.
The attendance at the night sale was
very large, but the bidding was very
slow. When the stock wanted was
brought out the sales were made rap
idly, as well as satisfactorily The
scrub stock sold as low as $40 head.
The sale altogether has been in the
average. Some of the Palo Alto stock
went at ridiculously low prices.
The record-union., 1897-03-26
WHEELMEN IN POLITICS.
They Are Planning to Organize &
Bicycle Party.

CHICAGO, March 25-Chicago
wheelmen. claiming to control 10000
votes, are going into politics. They
are planning to organize a bicycle
party.
The first step toward the formation
of this party was known last night at
meeting of the joint committee of the
League Of American Wheelmen and
the Associated Cycling Clubs of Chi
cago.
The object of the meeting is to Sc
cure laws favorable to wheelmen The
principal enc demanded by the wheel
men is 4 State law compelling the rail-
roads to carry their bicycles free, like
other baggage, when accompanied by
passenger holding first-class ticket
They insist what is fair in New York,
Ohio ana Missouri should be fair in Illi-
nois. They declare that they will have
such a law or they will wage a political
war against the party that balks them.
The joint committee will probably
meet again tonight
The political action of the committee
of the Associated Cycling Clubs will
also be called into session. The Joint
committee viii hold another meeting
Sunday afternoon at the Great North
ern Hotel, and Senators and Represent
atives from Cook County will be asked
to be present to discuss the situation.
The record-union., 1897-03-26
Considerable Damage Done in the City
Of Portland.
Ex-Congressman Tully Dies at His
Home at GilrOy-CloSe of Sen
Sational Case at Red Bluff-C. p.
Huntington and Party Will Arrive
in San Francisco TO-Day-The
Santa Fe to Quicken Travel.

PORTLAND orr, March PA vio-
lent wind and rain storm prevailed over
the Northwest this morning. The wind
reached a velocity of siXty-eight miles
an hour at Fort Candy, at the mouth
of the Columbia River. Telegraph and
telephone wires have been badly dam
aged and shipping very much delayed.
For several hours to-day an equinoc-
tial gale ragged in this vicinity with ex-
ceptional fury. The wind at one time
attained a velocity of 50 miles per hour
Signs were blown down, plate glass win
dows We're broken and everything loose
was blown in every direction.
Street car service was almost entirely
suspended for the greater portion of the
day, owing to trouble with the wires at
Oregon City, whence comes the motive
power.
The large suspension bridge across
the Willamette River at Oregon City
was wrenched from it's piers fully
eighteen inches. The bridge was after
ward moved back into position by means
of hydraulic jacks.
The storm prevailed all over the
Willamette Valley and at the mouth of
the Columbia River.
The record-union., 1897-03-26
NOT GUILTY.
Close of a Sensational Case Tried at
Red Bluff.

RED BLUFF, March 25.-A sensa-
tional case has just closed in the Su-
perior Court after a three days trial.
Levi Bointon was charged with assault
with intent to commit murder upon the
person of William Penn. Penn charged
Bointon with causing the separation of
himself and wife.
Penn and wife separated, after which
she begged him to return On the even
ing of February 9TH Penn returned and
found Bointon, man named Clark and
a woman with his wife Penn saws
Bointon and Clark beat him over the
head with a pistol and fired the pistol.
Bointon and the others testified that
Penn made the first attack with stones
and a revolver
After the jury was out eight hours it
found verdict of not guilty. The
charge against Clark and the woman
who were charged Jointly with Bointon
will be dismissed
The case of the People VS.. A. K. Alb
bitt, who was indicted by the late Grand
Jury for burglary, is being tried to-day
The record-union., 1897-03-26
TRIAL OF DR.. LUZ.
The Verdict of the Jury Will be An
nOunCed TODAY.

BALTIMORE, March 25.-The trial of
DR.. Joseph G. Luiz, the alleged filibuster
whose name has been connected with
that of General Roloff in the Wood
all'' expedition of June 1895, was con-
cluded in the United States Circuit
Court here to-day. The jury was in
structed to render a sealed verdict,
which will be announced tomorrow
Upon the announcement by District
Attorney Marbury that the Government
rested its case, the defense, as was ex-
pected, stated that it would call no wit
nesses.
Judge Morris. in his Instructions to
the jury, defined the crime of conspiracy,
which, he said, if proved hold each per-
son in it liable for whatever is done by
any of the others in carrying out the un-
lawful purpose.
He added: IF you find that the en-
terprise in this case was of a military
character that is to say, it was not for
any peaceful purpose, but was for a
military service with hostile intention
against the Spanish rule in Cuba that
they came as a body from an out of
way place on the coast of Florida bring
ing nothing but their arms and ammu-
milton; that the arms and ammunition
were not undivided property, but ap-
peared to belong to common stock and
that they said they We're going to Cuba
to fight the Spaniards-these facts,
which if found by you, are suffi-
cient to warrant you in finding the ex-
pedition was in fact a military expe-
dition from the United States against
Cuba
The argument for tne defense was
made by General Bradley, T. j. John
son and Albert A. Owens of this city.
The record-union., 1897-03-26
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT.
A Contractor Who Disobeyed:an Order
of Judge Wallace.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.-Con-
tractor j. ]. O'Brien made tine mistake
to-day of failing to obey n order of
Judge Wallace. For disol,edience of
the order OBrien was adju1ged guilty
of contempt, fined $500 and sentenced
to five days Imprisonment in the Coun-
ty Jail.
The order of Judge Wallace was di-
rected against O'Brien as the contra ctor
for certain work now in progress on
the City Hall. During the morning
session of court Judge Wallace was
greatly annoyed by constant pounding
and hamn1ering on the roof. So grea
was the noise that jurors and counsel
frequently complained of inability to-
hear what was said by the witnesses in
the case on trial. Judge Wallace final
ly lost patience.
Mr.. Railiff,' he said, "go UP on the
roof and tell the man in charge of the
work THAI this noise must be stopped -
The troublesome noise was still rag
ing when Bailiff Curtis returned tc the
courtroom five minutes later
why didn't you stop that Iam1 qcr-
ing? inquired Judge Wallace
Couldn't" replied Curtis TIE IA
says he can't stop
Cant STOP said the Judge, Cant
stop. Bring him here, Mr.. BaiIiff, al Id
We'll see
Curtis departed on his errand. an
shortly returned with O'Brien. Tn g
contractor grinned broadly as he EN-,
tered the room. In a whispered con-
versation Judge Wallace told O'Brien
that the noise must cease. O'Brien re-
piled that he could not stop his men,
for the reason that he was under con-
tract to finish the work as soon as pos
sible. He had been directed, he said,
to go ahead, and to refer all complain
ing Judges to City and County Attorney
Creswell.
Well" said the Judge, II order that
this work stop now. If you proceed it
will be at your PERIL
This afternoon the noise continu ed,
whereupon O'Brien was brought into
court again, with the foregoing result
The record-union., 1897-03-26
EX-CONGRESSMAN TULLY DEAD.
Passed Away at His Home at GiIroy,
After a Long Illness.

GILROY (Cal), March 25-Hon
Pleasant B. Tully, ex-Congressman of
the Fifth District, died last evening at
his home in this city after a long i'll
ness. He was a pioneer Of this valley,
having arrived here in the early fifties.
He married Mary A, daughter of the
late pioneer, Julius Martin.
Pleasant b. Tully was a native of
Henderson County, Tennessee, born
March p, 1929. He completed his ed
ucation al Reels Academy in 1S49. In
1859 he was elected Justice of the
Peace of Gilroy Township and COM
menced the study of law. He was ad-
mitted to practice in 1863. AS a Grim
inal lawye, he gained local renown, and
as the counsel of Outlaw Vasquez and
the noted Jesus Moreno his fame be-
came State wide.
In 1879 Mr.. Tully was elected a del
egate at large on the Non-Partisan
ticket to the Constitutional Convention
and in that capacity maintained his
character for firmness and high prin-
ciple. Throughout his life he had been
consistent Democrat and in the last
campaign, when Eugene Deuprey de-
livered an address here. he acted as
CudIT1Hdn OI the meeting, receiving a
fiattering ovation. In 1882 he was
elected 20 Congress from the Fifth Dis
trict AMI served his constituents with
honor to himself and his party He
was versed in the intricacies of law,
was an eloquent and forcible speaker
and deep thinker and had a profound
knowledge of the science of political
economy.
In later years Mr.. TulIy had retired to
private life, and during the past five
years he had not been a Well man. His
advice was always sought in all legal
matters and by politicians. AS a leader
of the Democracy he was great power
in this end of the county.
Mr.. Tuily leaves a wife and two chill
dren Lizzie p, the wife of Hamilton
J. higgins of San Francisco, and Mary
Lee, the wife of Supervisor George E.
Rea. The news of his death was ex-
pected, as he had been failing rapidly
the past two weeks, but it has cast
gloom over the city. The funeral will
be conducted by Keith Lodge, F. and
A. NJ, No. 1S1, of which he was a
charter member
The record-union., 1897-03-26
KENTUCKY SENATORSHIP,
Hunters Friends Admit That Their
Candidate is Beaten.

FRANKFORT, March 25.-The third
ballot for United States Senator was
taken to-day.
Rumors of bribery have been af1oat
all day. 1t was said at II o'clock that
Hunters forces had brought two Re-
publican boilers in line, and that Hunt
ers, the nominee, would certainly win.
During the voting Representative
Nance, u boiling Republican, arose and
hotly denied that he had been bought,
bribed or monkeyed with. He conclud-
ed by voting for Hunter, who however,
received only 81 votes, 50 being neces-
sary to a choice. Blackburn (silver
Democrat received 40 and Davie
Sound money DemocraD 13.
Some of Hunters friends admit to-
night that Hunters fate is sealed-that
he cannot be elected. And they be-
lieve that tomorrow and next day he
will begin to lose votes.
The record-union., 1897-03-26
COLONEL L. G. BAKER DEAD.
Was Superintendent of the Second
Division of the Western Union Co.

ST. LOUIS, March 25.-Colonel l.. G.
Baker, superintendent of the Second
Division of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, died here at Z o'clock
tonight of heart trouble. Colonel Baker
leaves a widow and eight children. The
interment will be at Little Rock, Ark.
L. G. Baker was born in 1910 at Tus-
caloosa, Ala, and entered the telegraph
field as a messenger boy or the At
lantic and Pacific Telegraph Company
at Louisville, KY. During the war Mr..
Baker acted as Superintendent of mill
tary telegraph for the Confederate
army. He received the rank of Colonel.
Shortly after the war Colonel Baker
became identified with the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
The record-union., 1897-03-26
BIG BLAST.
One Hundred Thousand Tons of Rock
DiSIOdged.

SAN DIEGO, March pa mighty
blast was fired at Morena Dam, forty
two miles east of this city yesterday.
Seventy thousand pounds of powder
had been stored away in the hillsides
at points determined upon, and all con-
nected with an electric battery, in or
der to be fired at the same time. The
10000 pounds of powder dislodge 1OO,
tons of rock upon the dam, adding
another enormous anchorage against
big floods. City Engineer Capps, as
well as President Babcock and Secre-
tary Wood of the Southern California
Mountain Water Company, were on
the ground and all We're much pleased
with the success Of the blast.
The record-union., 1897-03-26
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS.
A Street Railway Superintendent Sc
riOusly Injured.

OAKLAND, March 25.-W. F. Ru-.
dolph, Superintendent of the Grove
Street and Twelfth Street Railway
Lines, was crushed between two cars
o-night while assisting two of his men
to replace a derailed car upon the
track. He was dragged out from be-
tween the cars covered with blood and
moaning in agony, and a haSty exami-
nation made at neighboring drug
store by Dr. Warren H. Blood revealed
the fact that the left leg had been
mashed to a pulp just above the knee,
and that there were certain internal
injuries sustained, the exact nature of
which will not be determined tonight.
The record-union., 1897-03-26

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.-The
indoor cycle races tonight were the
best of the indoor season, and the cut
ting out of the amateur races proved to
be a good move on the part of the man.
agement. The programme tonight
consisted of "a Quarter-mile dash for
professionals and a five-mile cup race
for amateurs.
The quarter mile race proved to be a
good feature, as the time made was
raising order The finals of the four
starters: Allen Jones, w. E. Becker of
Minneapolis, Hardy Downing of San
Jose and Orlando Stevens of Ottumwa,
Ia. The race was won by Jones, who
thus scored his first win during the
meet. Downing finished second and
Becker third, shutting Stevens out just
before the tape.
The one-mile race was the event OF
the evening, and it resulted in the
breaking of the worlds indoor record,
the race being run in the renGarka bly,
fast time of 2:O5. The starters i'll the
final were Becker, Jay Eaton of Chi
cago, w. A. Terrill and Orlando Ste
vens. Two pacing men mounted on sim
giles Were put in to set the pace for the
field. They were Morris of Texas and
Sullivan of Oregon. Morris took the
three laps. Sullivan made beautiful
pickup, and took the men along at even
a better gait than Morris. On the sixth
lap the pacemakers We're ordered out,
and the men were left to fight it out
alone. Stevens made the pace for the
next tape, and looked a sure winner,
but Beckers wonderful sprint. soon as
serted itself, and a grand race for the
tape ensued. Eaton brought up in the
rear. On the last turn Becker passed
his opponent who picked up a little,
and they had it nip and tuck down the
homestretch, Becker winning out by
inches only, and .Terrill finishing a few
inches behind Stevens for the third
place. The Indoor king was; Outdis-
tanced in the sprint. The time, 2:Oo is
a worlds record, and the spectators
went wild over this remarkable eXhibi-
ton of riding.
The record-union., 1897-03-26
c. P. HUNTINGTON AND PARTY.
They Will Arrive at San Francisco
This Afternoon.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.-C. p.
Huntington and party left Los Angeles
for this city to-day, and will arrive
here tomorrow afternoon. Mr.. Hunt
ington travels only in the day time in
order that he may inspect the line en-
route. The party will spend the night
at Bakersfield.
The report that the visit of Mr.. Hunt
ington means a reduction of the work.
ing force of the company is not credited.
A prominent Southern Pacific official
stated to-day that no changes in any of
the departments are contemplated, and
that he did not believe any would take
place.
The record-union., 1897-03-26
Secession in the Wheelmen's Ranks.

MINNEAPOLIS, March 25.-The first
official action looking to secession from
the League of American Wheclmen in
Minnesota was taken this evening by
the Minneapolis and st. Paul cyclists.
The steps taken look to the organiza-
ton of a national body by the name of
the United Wheelmen of America, of
which Minnesota will be a division,
and have control of it's own racing
matters. A meeting will be held by
cyclists of the State in this city on
April 21st, when permanent organiza-
ton will be perfected
The record-union., 1897-03-26
Charged With Grand Larceny.

PHOENIX (Arizona) March Pr.
E. Daggs of the firm of Daggs Brothers,
already interested in dozen or more
pending criminal and civil suits grow
ing out of the failure of the firm in the
sheep business and consequently fail
ure of the Bank of Tempe was arrest
ed to-day on a warrant from Flagstaff
charging him with grand larceny in
having stolen 300 from the Cashier
of the Central Arizona Bank of that
I,lace
The record-union., 1897-03-26
Nebraska Free-Silver Republicans.

OMAHA, March PA special to the
"Bee" from Lincoln, Neb., says:
The Silver Republican party of Ne
braska was launched here to-day. The
convention had been called by the
members of the party now in the Leg
islature. About forty delegates were
present. Only twelve delegates were
present from outside of Lincoln. Judge
Gregory of Omaha was selected to at
tend the meeting of the Provisional Ma
tional Committee to be held June Sth.
A State Central Committee was form
ed
The record-union., 1897-03-26
High Water i'm Arizona.

PHOENIX, March 25.-Salt River has
been at flood point from melting SHOWS
for several weeks, and several narrow
escapes from drowning have been re-
ported. This morning the body of an
unknown man was taken from the river
near the dam of the Arizona Canal,
thirty miles east of Phoenix
The record-union., 1897-03-26
Mrs. BOOth-Tucker,

NEW YORK, March 25.-Emma
Moss Booth-Tucker the wife of Fred
erick Tucker of the Salvation Army,
to-day formally declared her intention
to become a citizen of the United
! States. Mrs. Booth Tucker came here
Y With her husband year ago. He has
a qready taken out his first papers.
The record-union., 1897-03-26
POStOffice Building Burned.

BEAVER Pa.), March 25.-The
Buchanan building, a three-story struc-
ture, occupied by the Postoffice, Star
Publishing Company, Western Union
Telegraph Company, Shilloth's dry
goods store and number of LAWYERS
and dentists offices, burned to-day.
Loss $4,000, fully insured The fire
was cause by the explosion of an
oil stove No one was injured