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The record-union., 1897-12-06
YAQUI RIVER GOLD FIELDS.
Reports From the New FL Dorado
Greatly Exaxgerated.

DENVER. Dec. A special to the
Republican from Santa Fe, N. NJ
says:
For the past sixty days scores of
prospectors from Colorado and the
Northern States have been passing
through New Mexico en- route to the
Yaqui River placer fields in Sonora.
Mexico. The rush caused much ex-
citement in this Territory, and recently
delegations Of mining men have start
ed in there from Albuquerque. Silver
City, Santa Fe and other points.
However, Special Agent II. c. Flip
per of the United States Land Court,
who returned to-day from Hermosillo
and vicinity, tells a story that will dis
hearten all the seekers after wealth IN
this new FL Dorado. He says hIn-
dreds of miners who have spent the
last few weeks along the Yaqui River
are now struggling TO get out and re-
turn to the United States. The reports
of gold discoveries there have been
greatly exaggerated. People who rush
ed in seemed TO think that a scoop and
gunnysack was all that was neeessa-
ry TO secure a fortune, but, said Flipper,
while gold has been known to exist
along the Yaqui River for many years,
ii is by no means poor mans Mecca.
II 1t can be saved at all, IL must be
done only by the use Of expensive hy
draulic operations.
The record-union., 1897-12-06

MOBILE (Ala~), Dec. 5.-The con-
Mobile is attracting attention on ac-
count of the important legal phases of
the case and the possible effect of the
spirit of the civil service law. POST
master Rapier, who refuses to sur
render the office to P. B. Barker, is a
is dated December II, 1894, and his
official term will therefore expire De-
cember, 1898. Mr.. Rapier contends that
the section of the Revised Statutes,
under which second-class Postmasters
are appointed, provides in terms that
such Postmasters are appointed for the
term of four years, and can be removed
by the President only and with the
advice and consent of the Senate
The President on the 1st of October
gave to P. d. Barker, a Republican,
commission as Rapiers successor
Barker, who was out of the city, did
not return until recently, and on the
lst of December demanded of POST
master Rapier the surrender of the Of
flee. Mr. Rapier claims he received
no notice OF his removal according to
law, and will not surrender the office
until the legality of his removal has
been passed on by the courts. Barker,
the new appointee, was Postmaster at
Mobile during the Harrison. Admins
trauon and served his full term of
four years.
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c. T. RYLAND'S DEATH.
A Pioneer and Widely Known Citi-
zen Passes Away.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 5.-Hon. Caius Tao
titus Ryland died this afternoon in his
63d year. He leaves widow and chill
dren to mourn his loss. In his death
a notable figure, a pioneer and wide
" known and conspicuous citizen pass
ed away.
c. T. Ryland was born in Missouri and
at au early age came TO California and
eventually settled in this county. He
was q lawyer and an energetic business
man. engaging with success in various
enterprises. He accumulated a large
fortune. and was one of the rich men of
the county. The Ryland block, proba
bly, the most handsome in this city, was
built and owned by him. He leaves
other valuable real estate holdings, as
Well AS large values in personal prop
erty. He has been for years large
holder Of local bank stock, and until he
retired from active business partici-
pated in the management. He married
a daughter of one of Cahfornia's first
Governors, Burnett.
John W. Ryland. who is now Post
master, being appointed by President
Cleveland, is his son
AT one time c. T. Ryland was one of
the most active lawyers of this bar, but
his large business interests caused him
10 withdraw from the practice of his
profession. His death removes one OF
the very few of those hardy spirits
which connected the pioneer DAYS with
the present. and Will be sincerely re-
GREETED by a large circle of relatives
and friends He had been in falling
health for some time.
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a horse and plenty of salmon. All the
Indians at Mud Bay and Oyster Bay
became his followers. and the remain
ing years of his life We're spent in ex-
tending the Shaker religion among the
Puyallup, Skokomish, Clallam and 9TH
er Indian tribes.
Previous to his alleged visit to heaven
John had been very wicked Indian,
drinking, gambling and swearing.
These vices he discarded. and after his
trance he lived an exemplary life.
Conscious of his approaching death, he
cast the mantle of leadership upon Dick
jackson, another Mud Bay Indian. thus
providing for the perpetuation of the
Shaker religion.
This sect has built churches on six
reservations in Western Washington.
They believe in God. and lay stress on
leading temperate lives They hold
periodical revivals, when the leaders
testify to their faith by a prolonged
shaking of their bodies, which habit
mas given them the name of Shakers.
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THE WOLCOrT COMMISSION.
Will Only be Referred to in the
Presidents Message Casually.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-President
Mckinley in his forthcoming message
to Congress will not discuss in a sig
nificant way the recent monetary ne
gotiations of the Walcott commission,
but will refer to it in only a casual
way
The chief interest in the financial
part of his message will attach to a
recommendation that gold shall be paid
only for greenbacks, and that green
backs shall be paid only for gold.
The President does not believe that
Congress will retire the notes, and it
is his opinion that where there is a
constant surplus of receipts over ex-
penditures and an exchange of gold and
notes, there is no longer any menace
to the country. He does not contem-
plate the retirement of treasury notes,
but only change of classifications, for
the reason that if retired there would
always be a talk of contraction of the
currency, and he does believe that If
gold and greenbacks are made inter-
The record-union., 1897-12-06
MONDAY DECEMBER

night was nine hours late, and was
tearing down the grade from Durham
toward Blackfoot at a terrible speed,
with two engines and a snowplow in
advance. Midway between the two
stations the engine and snowplow We're
demolished. from what cause is not
known Both engines We're complete
ly wrecked, and it is thought both en-
gineers and their firemen Were killed.
A frightful blizzard is prevailing, and
1T is impossible TO see any distance A
negro named Jack Bah of Havre was
on the train, and made his way from
the wreck through the binding storm
to Blackfoot for help. Teams with
doctors, bandages, etc.. and laborers are
being sent by the Indian Agent to the
scene. The fury of the storm has been
increasing ever since yesterday morn
ing, and it is feared the injured persons
will suffer terribly in making the trip
to the agency.
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ALFRED CHENEY's CASE.
He IL Making an Effort to Gain the
Presidents Pardon.

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Alfred Cheney.
one of the famous Cheney brothers. is
making an effort to get out of the peni-
tentiary, where he is serving a life SEN
tence. Cheney's two brothers were
hanged for their share in an Indian
Territory train robbery and he came
near sharing their fate. There was
some doubt as to his actual participa-
tlon IN the robbery, however, and this
saved him from the scaffold
A number of prominent men have in
terested themselves in Cheney during
the past two years and are doing their
utmost to get the President to pardon
him. They have looked carefully into
his case, and say it looks very much as
though Cheney was the victim of pref
udice against his family in Indian Ter
ritory. His claim that he was twenty
miles away from the scene of the rob-
berry on the night it occurred seems to
be true, and there is possibility that
when the President has a chance to
weigh the evidence he will pardon
Cheney. Cheney is broken down men
tally and physically.
The hold-up took place at Pryor's s
Creek in the fall of 1893 1t was one of
the famous train robberies of recent
years, not on account of the amount of
money stolen, but because of it's hu-
morouS features. At least two of the
Cheney boys and a desperate known
as Dynamite Jack" were engaged in
1t. The trio boarded the train at a
small way station and began operations
when Pryor's Creek was reached The
men had revolvers in their pockets, but
Dynamite Jack" thought it would be
fun to bluff the passengers instead of
intimidating them with real firearms
He had a glass bottle made i'll the shape
of a revolver and full of whisky. He
whipped this out and made the pas
sengers throw up their hands. Then
the Cheney boys went down the aisle
relieving the passengers of their valu-
ables
When they had secured everything of
value in the car Dynamite Jack"
pulled the bell rope, and as the train
slowed up he threw the glass revolver
On the floor and smashed it. Then he
laughed in the faces of the passengers,
called them a lot of ours and towards.
and, with the Cheney boys, jumped
from the train.
When the officers got on the trail of
the robbers they soon ran them down.
They caught all three after a fight in
which many shots were exchanged. AL
fred Cheney was arrested next day at
his home His brothers and Dynamite
Jack" protested against Alfred's ar
rest They insisted that he not only
had no hand in the robbery, but did
not even know ii was going to take
place The people of Indian Territory
were getting tired of desperadoes, how
ever, and all four men had to suffer.
Dynamite Jack" got the same SEN
tence as Alfred Cheney. although the
brothers Of the latter while on the scef-
fold, swore he was innocent. Both
men were brought East and placed in
the Kings County Penitentiary four
wears ago.
The record-union., 1897-12-06
CALIFORNIA DIAMONDS.
California Markets Beat the Beach
COmbers.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.-The final
championship series of the original
tournament was started to-day by
teninning game between the Santa
Cruz Beachcombers and the California
Markets of this city. which was won
by the latter by score of 3 to 2. The
visitors made one run in the first in
ming and one in the fourth The
Markets made their first run in the
eighth inning and tied the score in the
ninth. In the first half of the tenth
inning the Santa Cruz team went out
in one. two. three order. Then Stroeck-
er, the first man up for the Markets
knocked a daisy for three bags and
made the winning run on H. Krugs
safe hit to the left garden.
atteries-Iberg and Stroecker E.
Daubenbis and c. Daubenbis. Attend
ance 5000
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.-The Bal
timores easily defeated the Olympic
team Of this city to-day at Recreation
Park. The local team made many
good plays in the field but were very
weak at the bat. Baltimores IA, base
hits II. errors 2. Olympics !, base hits
Z, errors D. Batteres-Corbett and
Clarke; Wheeler and Ford. Umpire
Mcdonald.
SAN JOSE, Dee. 5.-The Bushnell
Alerts fell easy victims to-day to the
Santa Clara baseball team. Nymes,
an up-country phenomenon, was in the
box for the Alerts. He lasted four in
nings during which the Santa. Claras
made twelve hits, including two home
runs and three triplets. Score: Santa
Claras 16, Alerts :.
The record-union., 1897-12-06
A CONVICT BANKERS WIFE.
She Tells Governor Leady How She
Has Managed to Exist.

TOPEKA (Kan). Dec. 5.-Mrs.
Wightman, the wife of an ex-banker
now serving a term in the penitentia-
ry for using the banks funds, in an
appeal to-day for pardon before Gov
ernor Leedy, made a statement show
ing how she had managed to live on the
barren plains of Western Kansas dur
ing her husbands Incarceration, which
brought tears to the executives eyes.
Wightman went to prison one year
ago, and during that time his faithful
wife shows that she has spent for fuel
end groceries less than So 80 per
month When Wightman was incar-
cerated he left hire So 26. She has
EARNED by nursing, sewing. herding cat
tie and sheep for ranchmen, washing
and housework, $27 90. Her sister
gave her 50 last Christmas. and she
has sold her husbands shotgun, her
washing machine, dishes and furniture,
and finally her only stove. She confess
ed TO Governor Leedy that $500 of the
money which her husband took from
the hank was used when they were
married, and that another $500 was
given for the support OF the church.
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WAR BETWEEN TRUSTS.
Plate Glass Proposes to Dictate
Terms to Window Glass.

CHICAGO, Dec 5.-The Times Her
aid" says War between two gigantic
trusts is the novel proposition in con-
temptation in the glass trade. The
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, hav-
ing absorbed nearly all the plate glass
plants in the United States, now pro-
poses to dictate terms to the new win
dow glass combination. The latter,
which is known as the American Win
dow Glass Company and the Pittsburg
Window Glass Company, which con-
trolled the trade in their respective Sec
tions of the country, have acted in har-
mony.
The plan of the Pittsburg Plate Glass
Company is to distribute the product
of the American Window Glass Compa-
ny; failing in this, to erect window
glass plants as additions to it's plate
glass works and to enter the market.
The Pittsburg Company has bought out
the large window glass jobbers in each
CT the large northern centers Of distri-
button, and it will begin operating
them after January 1st.
The record-union., 1897-12-06
coURsING AT INGLEsIDE.
Aoo Lawn Wins the Puppy Stake
and Mialmo Beats Laurelwood.


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 5.-The
crack Mialmo, winner of the California
cup at tIerced. to-day at Ingleside
Coursing' Park, added more laurels to
her crown and put "a 500 prize into
the pockets of her owner, J. Dean, by
winning the all age stake Both hares
and hounds were fast. The winner of
the puppy stake was Koo Lawn. Re-
suits in the all ages stake to-day were
as follows:
First ties-Sarcastic beat Occidental; !;
Blackett beat Swinnerton; Mfalmo beat
Susie; White Lily beat Belle of Mos
COW: Laurelwood beat Right Bower;
Emerald beat Granuale; Pippin won a
bye
Second ties-Blackette beat Sarcastic:
Mialmo beat White Lily; Laurelwood
beat Pippin; Emerald won a bye from
Old Glory.
Third ties-Mialmo beat Blackette
Laurelwood beat Emerald
Final-Mialmo beat Laurelwood
Mialmo took 500. Laurelwood $50,
Blackette and Emerald $50 each, and
White Lily and Pippin S15 each.
The result of the course in the puppy
stake was as follows:
First ties-Gladiator beat Miss Divi-
dend; Maud S. beat Royal Oak: Koo
Lawn beat High Born Lady: Cross
Patch beat Traver; Our Boy beat Royal
Oak in a bye.
Second ties-Gladiator beat Maud S. ;
Our Boy beat Cross Patch; Koo Lawn
won bye from Capasoni.
Third ties-Gladiator lost a bye to
High Born Lady; Koo Lawn beat Our
Boy.
Final-Koo Lawn beat Gladiator.
Koo Lawn took first prize of $40,
Gladiator $50, Our Boy SIS and Cross
Patch and Maud s. s. each
The record-union., 1897-12-06
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. s72.

RESOLVED, THAT IT IS THE INTEN
tion of the Board of Trustees of the City
of Sacramento to order the following
street work to be done. to-wtt:
That. the alley between Q and R streets
in said city from the east line of Eigh-
teenth street to the west line OF Nine
teenth street be improved by grading and
rounding up with earth hauled from
abroad.
And notice is hereby given that all per-
sons objecting to said work are required
to file their objections in writing, in the
Office Of the Clerk of the Board of Trus-
tees as required by law. stating how much
the party so objecting, and on what street
the property so represented is located.
And the Clerk is hereby directed to post
this resolution conspicuously for two days
near the chamber door of this board. also
to publish the same for two days in the
"Record-Union" newspaper, as required
by law.
The Record Union' newspaper is here
by designated as the paper in which to
publish the notices required by law 10
published by the Superintendent of Streets
Of said city, in relation to the work de-
scribed aforesaid.
In Board of Trustees, Sacramento. No
yember %. 1897. Adopted by the following
vote:
Ayes-Trustees, Wachhorst. Kent, Da-
Wis, Mckay. Tozer, Devine. Bentley. Pen
N~' CHARLES e. LEONARD.
President of the Board of Trustees.
Clerk of the Board Of Trustees.
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MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE.
ANNUAL REPORT OF SURGEON
GENERAL WYMAN.
1t Treats Of Ravages of Various
Diseases in Our Own and
Foreign Countries.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Surgeon-
General Wyman of the Marine Hospital
Service has submitted his annual re-
port to Secretary Gage. 1t shows that
curing the fiscal year ended June 80,
1891, the total number Of patients
treated at hospitals and the dispensa-
ries connected with the service was 54,-
III. Although the total number of
patients treated was 674 in excess of
those treated during the previous fiscal
year. the expenditures We're S53S,3o6,
which Is $21, 600 less than for the pre-
vious year. The number of immi-
grants inspected by officers of the SER
vice at the various ports aggregated
Z32,l47. The appearance Of cholera in
Japan and China, says the Surgeon
General, is now matter Of greater
moment to the United States than at
any previous time, owing to the rapid
growth of commerce between these
countries and the Pacific Coast. Small
pox is reported as having appeared in
sixteen States between November /.
1896, and November /, 1897. In the
year previous it appeared in twenty
two States. The prevalence of the
bubonic PLACE In the Eastern Hemis-
phere has offered a new problem for
the consideration of the health author
titles of the United States. The disease
is reported as increasing at present in
Northern India It has also appeared
in certain portions of China and Japan.
The report of the International leprosy
conference held in Berlin in October,
gives a somewhat imperfect statement
of the number of cases of leprosy in
the different countries in the world,
there being approximately IoO.OOO m
India, 10000 in Japan. 1900 In Hawaii.
1900 in Russia, 700 in Calcutta, 25O
in the United States.
Yellow fever has been unusually pre-
valent throughout the island OF Cuba
during the past year In the port OF
Havana alone, from November l, 1896,
TO November 1, 1897, there were 1905
deaths. The disease has also prevailed
extensively throughout the West indies.
rhe total number of cases of yellow
fever reported TO the bureau up to Mo-
vember Doth. was 4.19S, and the num-
Der Of deaths 423. OF these there were
1.122 cases and 244 deaths in New Or
leans
The national station was removed
from Chandler to Ship Island in 1894
after the destruction OF the Chandler
station by storm which swept the
hospital out to sea and drowned five
people It's transfer Is legalized by the
Appropriation Act of 1893.
The Surgeon General again refers to
the necessity of q more strict national
quafantine law. which he has made the
subject of special report in the past
two years, and he makes recommenda-
tions looking to the strengthening of
the law both to prevent the spread of
disease and interference with interstate
commerce during the times of epidenl-
les.
The record-union., 1897-12-06
THIRTY-SIx MEN START.
Six Day Bicycle Race Mt Madison
Square Gardens.

NEW YORK, Dec. Cat 1915 a. m
Starter Eddie Bald fired the pistol, and
the thirty-six men We're off in the six
day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden. They rode in nine columns,
four men in each. Hale, the winner of
last years contest, led the first lap
and Rice, who came second in last
years contest, led the first mile. Time
for the first mile-2:2S %.
Jimmy Michael rode two miles in
4:02 % before the big event was
started. He tied his Chicago indoor
record. Twelve thousand people cheered
the riders at the opening.
The record-union., 1897-12-06
SPANISH ouTRAGEs IN CUBA.
Suspected Insurgents Shot Down in
Cold Blood.

NEW YORK, Dec. "a dispatch to
the World from London says:
Spain's barbarous rule in Cuba is ex
citing intense interest in England A
profound sensation was created by the
publication in BLACK and White" last
week of a page photograph showing
two suspected insurgents being shot
down in cold blood outside of Havana
by four regulars, at the command of a
Sergeant. The scene depicted is most
pathetic and revolving. One of the
victims is on his knees, his hands COW
ering his eyes, and facing his murder
ers. The other is standing with his
hands raised and face averted, await
ing his doom, the soldiers taking aim
at their victims.
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APPEAL FOR AID.
Relief Asked for the Suffering
Thousands in Cuba.

NEW YORK, Dec. A dispatch to
the World" from Havana says:
Tell the American. people that / will
be glad to receive and distribute food.
clothing and medicines that many be
sent by them for the relief of the suf-
tering thousands in Cuba"
Senor Santender Y Frutos, Bishop of
Havana, gives this message to eharit-
able and sympathetic people of the
United States. The Bishop of Havana
is the head of the Roman Catholic
Church of Cuba. He appeals directly
to the people of America. He does not
recognize religion in this hour of terri
bic need. The common bond of hui
manity makes strong his faith that his
cry will be heard
Arrangements Will be completed as
quickly as the Catholic Bishops of the
United States signify their willingness
to receive contributions. 1t is to them
that the Bishop of Havana looks.
The record-union., 1897-12-06
ADJUSTMENTS.

The second Capital Concert Series en-
tentainment will be given at the Con-
gregational Church Thursday evening
of this week. The character of the pro-
gramme has already been set forth. In
the number and high standing of the
musicians to take part the list is sec
ond to none yet prepared by Messrs.
Cohn and Kidder, who are the proprie-
tors of the series The box-sheet is
now ready at Purnelrs, and will be
open for reservation of seats to-mor-
row (Tuesday) morning for subscribers.
Non subscribers can reserve seats on
Thursday
The record-union., 1897-12-06
Elks' Memorial Service.

ifornia Theater was crowded this af-
ternoon at the memorial services of the
San Francisco Lodge of Elks. The ex-
ercises were termed "A Lodge of Sor-
row" The Grafton for the dead MEM
bers was spoken by w. H. L. Barnes,
and the eulogy by Mayor James D.
Pheian.
The record-union., 1897-12-06
Two Boy Burglars.

SAN JOSE, Dec. 5.-Two boys, each
about 16 years of age broke the rec
ord here this morning about 2:30
o'clock for a bold burglary. They
forced the door of an empty store and
then secured some tools with which
they broke the iron window OF F.
Schilling & Sons gun store on Ell Do
rado street. Thirty-one pistols, two
shotguns and three rifles made up their
plunder The boys We're arrested short
ly after the burglary. and the stolen
property recovered They gave their
names as John Steil and Fred Craney
The record-union., 1897-12-06

The following resolution will be consid-
cred at the meeting of the Board Of Trus-
tees Monday, December 6, 1897:
RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
Trustees of the City of Sacramento that
the sidewalks fronting the lots described
In the following list be hereby condemned
and new walks ordered constructed in ac-
cordance with City Ordinance No. 312, and
that the City Surveyor be authorized to
notify the owners to begin the construc-
ton within ten days from date Of notice:
East side Of lot 4, and ] and Twentieth
and Twenty-first streets; all of lot G, l and
and Twentieth and Twenty-first streets;
all of lot 8, n and o and Twenty-third ana
Twenty-fourth streets.
M. J. DESMOND. City Clerk.
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CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING

of said city, shall hereafter be constructed
altered, or renewed, with any material
other than concrete or artificial stone, or
other similar material except that prop
erty owners may construct sidewalks and
bulkheads of wood on the east side of
Front street from the south side of NJ
street to r street, and on the
east and west side of Front street
from r street to street, and
OH the north and south sides of n. O, p
and q streets from Front street to the al
ley between Front and Second streets: the
work to be done in such manner, and the
materials to be of such class and quality,
as shall be approved by the Street Super
intendent.
Section g. All ordinances, and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are here
by repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after it's
passage. N. J. DESMOND.
City Clerk.