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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
IN WEST AFRICA.
Marchand Confirms Reports OF a
Brush With Dervishes.

LONDON, Oct. "A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph" from Cairo con-
firms the statement that Major Mar
chand had had one brush with the
Dervish gunboats, which had gone to
fetch reinforcements. He was in sore
straits, and Gumbers of his men had
died or deserted.
On the arrival of the Sirdar he had
the entire force of AGO Singalese and
five Frenchmen entrenched on a small
tongue of land. The natives in the
vicinity were very threatening.
Major Marchand came to the waters
edge to meet the Sirdar. and chatted
amicably with him. The Frenchman
produced some champagne. and drinks
We're had all around.
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BALD STILL LEADS,
Scores Of Bicyc1ists in the National
Championship.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2.-Albert Mott
Chairman of the Racing Board of the
L. A. W., has issued the following bull
letin:
The following is the score in the ma
tional championship: Bald 155, Major
Taylor 143, Tom Butler 100, McFar-
land 12S, Kimble 112, Cooper JOG, Ar
thus Gardiner 102, Freeman 10, Stew
ems 62, Watson Coleman AZ. Robert
Thompson 40, Mertens IS, George Kra-
mer 80, Robert Walthour 30, Wiese-
hammer 20, William Martin 10, Jay
Eaton 16, Nat Butler 10, John Fisher
II, Titus II, Bowler {, Kiser 6, Fred
Sims 3, DR.. Brown 3, Becker ), Jaap
Eden 5, Harry Terrill 3, Bourotte 2, c.
NJ. Bly, ., Hills, Jr., 2, Caldwell 1, Ca
banne l, Colgan l.
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Referee in Bankruptcy.

WASHINGTON. Oct. I'm a COM
munication to the Attorney General
responding to an inquiry, Acting Post
master General Heath says the Post
office Department holds that a referee
in bankruptcy is an officer of the Unit
ed States Government entitled to use
the penalty envelopes, but is not
satisfied that a trustee in bankruptcy
is SO entitled. The referee. he explains,
is appointed by the court, and required
to take the usual oath, while the
truestee represents the creditors. is APP
pointed by them, and is not required
to take the oath
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DISORDERS AT PARIS.
Create Intense Alarm Among For
eigners at the Hotels.

PARIS, Oct. 1.-The disorders have
created intense alarm among the for
eigners at the hotels, and it is prob
able that an exodus will occur, the
guests fearing grave developments. The
working class so far has held Glo0f,
but the leaders of the rival parties are
doing their utmost to stir them up.
LIE Matin" publishes a dispatch from
Cayenne stating that the French cruiser
Dubordieu is lying off the Salut Islands
waiting to bring Dreyfus away.
An ugly statement is made by the
Petite RepubIique' to the effect that
Colonel Picquart, who had previously
taken exercise in the courthouse yard
of the jail, has not left his cell since
Thursday, when he was seized with
symptoms of cerebral congestion, fol-
lowed by coma. There is no means OF
verifying the statement
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
OMAHA EXPOSITION.
Wednesday Will be Pennsylvania
Day at the international Fair.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-The Penn
sylvania Commissioners to the Trans
Mississippi and International EXPOSE
ton to-day left in the special car Bel
fast for Omaha, where they will take
part in the ceremonies incident to Penn
sylvania Day-Wednesday October 9TH.
Postmaster General Smith, who is to
deliver the Pennsylvania Day grafton,
accompanied the Commissioners. After
delivering the Grafton at the exposition
Postmaster General Smith has been in
vited to make a number of speeches,
political and patriotic, before returning.
Dates have been arranged to October
Dist
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
Mrs. Charles Hovt Dead.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2-Caroline Mis-
f1al Hoyt wife of Charles Hoyt. the
playwright, died at her home in this
city of Bright's disease, resulting in
poisoning and commissions. Mrs Hoyt
had been i'll but two or three DAYS. and
her condition showed a marked change
for the worse this morning. She be-
came unconscious and died within an
hour
OF the. death of Mrs. Hoyt, the
World tomorrow will say: She died
in commissions, and only a few minutes
later her newborn son died also.
Mother and son will be buried together.
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WELCOMED SNOW AND RAIN.
Checks the Progress OF Fires ON the
Range in Colorado.

DENVER, Oct. 2-Snow and rain
have checked the progress of the forest
fires on the main range in Colorado.
and it is now thought that further de-
struction of timber is prevented At
least all danger to the threatened towns
is over. The temperature here has fall
en- percepdbly, and dispatches from the
mountain towns indicate a similar for
tunate change. At present nothing like
a correct estimate Of the damage done
can be given, and it will be days before
an accurate statement of the losses by
the fires that have been raging for a
week or more can be made.
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YELLOW FEVER.
The Situation at jackson, Miss,
Steadily Growing Worse.

i JACKSON (Miss.), Oct. 2.-The yell
low fever situation at Jackson grows
steadily worse in spite of all efforts to
prevent the spread of the disease. To-
days record of ten new cases is the
highest yet, and more people are leav-
ing the city for northern points. The
new cases include four whites-Miss
kavanaugh and three in the Hendrix
family. The number of cases in the
city to date are twenty-five, with three
deaths.
Reports from the State: Taylors, two
new cases; Harrison, three new cases,
two deaths; Oxford, one new case; Port
Gibson, one suspicious case.
Several other portions of the State
also report suspicious cases.
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EXCITING GAME, AT WATSON
T.

WATSONVILLE, Oct. 1.-THE most
exciting game of ball ever played in this
part of the State took place here to-day
between the jacksonville and Santa
Cruz teams. Much interest has been
awakened in this game, owing to the
rival feeling between the teams over
the former game played at Santa Cruz.
Two trains loaded with passengers came
from Santa Cruz, and an extra excur-
sion came over from Salinas to witness
the game. between 800 and 1000 peo-
pie being present The score stood ) to
? in favor of Jacksonville at the end
Daubenbis were the batteries for Santa
Cruz. and Donlin and Hartman for
jacksonville.
ATHLETICS BADLY BEATEN
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2.-The Ath-
letic baseball team of this city was
badly beaten by the San Jose club at
Recreation Park to-day, the score at
the finish standing II to 8. Hines, the
pitcher imported by the Athletics from
the Atlantic League, proved a failure
The San Joses played a strong game,
with but one error. They placed five
stolen bases to their credit and did
some of the heaviest hitting that has
been seen on the diamond this season.
Attendance, 5000. Score: Athletics s,
hits 10, errors 8; San Jose II, hits II,
errors 1. Batteries-Hines, Fitzpatrick
and Ford; Thomas and Kent. Umpires
Smith and O'Connell.
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WISCONSIN FOREST FIRES.
Another Death as the Result of
Flames in Cumberland County.

CUMBERLAND (Wis1. Oct. .
News of another death from forest
fires comes from the town of Clinton.
In thas county, tonight. A boy was
found dead on the bank of the Yellow
River with his feet in the water. His
feet were badly burned. and the APP
pearance indicated that he had sought
the river for safety.
The property loss in this county will
aggregate 100000, besides the farm
buildings and crops. A large amount
of stock has been burned. and much
hardwood lumber has been destroyed.
A crew of men were engaged to-day
burning the debris of animals in the
district south of here.
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War Investigation Commission.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2-The War
Investigation Commission Will resume
its inquiry tomorrow, but a full attend
ance of members is not expected until
Tuesday. No important work will be
taken up until all are present. Gen
eral Wheeler has arrived, and he ex-
pressed a willingness to go before the
commission on Tuesday as requested.
He will be the first witness examined.
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May Return to His Regiment.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2-Colonel w
j. Bryan is sufficiently recovered from
his attack of fever to return to his
regiment and this he intends to do IN
a few days. He will leave Washing
ton tomorrow for Hot Springs. Va,
where he stops two or three days. He
will then go to Pablo Beach. Fla,
where his regiment is stationed. Mrs.
Bryan will accompany the Colonel to
the springs, and later to Florida.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
The Presidents Visit to Chicago.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-Arrangements
have been made for President McKin-
ley to address a meeting exclusively of
railroad employees October 10th in the
First Regiment armory Two other
railway demonstrations will be held in
Chicago during the two days following
the peace jubilee. The allied organ
izations under whose auspices these
functions will be held are the Broth
erhoods of Locomotive Firemen, Engin-
GERS, Trainmen, Conductors and Tele-
granhers.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
Shot Her Mother and Herself

P1TTSBURG, Oct. Bertha Bell
stein killed her mother to-day, and
later put four bullets into her own body,
from the effects of which she cannot
recover. The only explanation the
girl has given for her terrible deed was
these words: Il was tired Of life. 1t
held no pleasure for me. I wanted to
die, and did not want my mother to
live and fret over my death. For that
reason | killed her"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
Henry George May Decline.

NEW YORK. Oct. 2.-The World"
says: Unless Henry George changes
his mind within the next forty-eight
hours. he will not be the free silverites'
candidate for Governor against Van
Wyck and Roosevelt. His declination
was written Saturday. However. a de-
termined effort will be made to get him
to allow his name to be used
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
Second Army Corps.

CAMP MEADE, MIDDLETOWN
Pa.), Oct. 2.-The Second Army Corps
will be shipped from Camp Meade to
Admission, Ala, preparatory to being
sent to Cuba. The movement from
here will begin in about two weeks,
and will be completed with the least
possible delay
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
An Army Captain Under Arrest

LEXINGTON (Ky), Oct. captain
j. f. Williams of Company I, Eighth
Massachusetts,, was placed under ar
rest and confined to his quarters to-
day for neglecting to inspect the guard
While he was officer of the day He
has been temporarily relieved of his
command The matter may come be-
fore a court martial
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He says nothing concerning the re
puted death Of the Emperor, but states
that a feeling of anxiety exists, adding
that he does not consider the situation
especially critical at present.
The State Department officials do not
discredit the report of the Emperor s
death, and some do not hesitate to tx
press their acceptance of the report of
his assassination The Chinese Minis
ter, however, discredits the entire re-
port of the tragedy.
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Worlds Wagon Record.

TOLEDO (O), Oct LYNN Bour-
bon, driven by w. H Morehouse, broke
the worlds trotting record of 2:1S1a
for mile track driven to wagon
yesterday at the Toledo race track
Lynn Bourbon made the mile easily in
2:1S14, and will be put against this
record tomorrow
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
Chinese Hatred for Europeans.

PEkIN, Oct. During the celebra-
ton yesterday Of the festival of the
moon the drunken crowds which had
gathered upon the streets threw mud
upon all Europeans who made their
appearance. AS a precautionary meas
ure the Russian Legation ordered an
escort of Cossacks from Port Arthur
The British Minister also ordered here
a guard of twenty-five marines from
WEI Hal Wei
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
Baseball Games in the East.

CHICAGO, Oct 2.-Chicago-Louis
vile game postponed; rain.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2-Washington 3,
Brooklyn /.
CINCINNATI. Oct First game:
Cincinnati 6. St Louis =. Second
game: Cincinnati 4, st. Louis 0.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
ON COAST DIAMONDS.
STOCKTONS WIN THEIR SIXTH
SUCCESSIVE GAME. 4
Defeat the Oak1ands by a Score of
10 to 2-Exciting Contest at
jacksonville.

STOCKTON, Oct. 2-Stockton took
the sixth successive game to-day, and
the seventh out of nine since the new
schedule was adopted, by defeating
Oakland. The attendance was light.
owing to cold and rain. The score was:
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03
Convention of Postmasters.

ton OF Postmasters of the first class
will be held at Detroit next week Post
masters desiring leave to attend it can
secure it by applying to Assistant Post
master General Heath by wire or let
ter
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SITUATION AT PEKIN.
Minister Congro Does Not Consider
1t Critical at Present.

WASHINGTON, Oct "A brief dis
patch was received to-day at the State
Department from Minister Congro at
Pekin concerning the situation there.
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SECOND BRIGADE,
EIGHTH ARMY CORPS.
Part II Took in the Capture of The
City Of Manila.
Report of General Greene Made Public BY
the War Department.

The Manner in Which the Troops
Performed Their Duties, Whe-
Their Fighting, Working in the
Trenches or Sitting Still Under
Fire, With Strict Orders Not to
e Return 1t, Worthy of the Very
Highest Praise.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03

wounded. A crowd of policemen has
him located, and expect to capture him
tonight.
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Summary-Responsib for runs-Russell
IS. Two-base hits-Selna, Moskiman.
Three-ba hits-Selna, Knell. Home run
-Hardie Sacrifice hits-Nick Smith,
LANCE First base on errors-Stockton 2,
Oakland g. Left Bases-Stockton a,
Oakland II. Bases on balls-Of Knell 2,
Russell A. Struck out-By Knell s. by
Russell 8. Hit by pitcher-Selna. Rice.
Time-2 hours 9 minutes. Umpire, d.
Dreamer. Scorer A. H. Harlin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-15
Virginia to Tax Fertilizers

Richmond, Va, February 10.-At the
regular quarterly meeting of the state
board of agriculture, held today, a COM
mittee consisting of MeSsrs. Hurt, Hine
and McMath, to which President Buford
was added, was appointed to prepare and
present to the proper committees of the
general assembly having this matter I'M
der consideration, a suitable representa-
ton of the facts and matter involved so
far as the same are connected with the
present work and duties of the board.
This action was taken in view of the rec
concentration before the general assem-
bly, that the board be abolished. 1t was
suggested by Mr.. Hine that the board
will be willing to have their appropriation
cut off, and would meet its regular ex-
penses by a tax of 10 cents per ton i'm
posed upon the fertilizer manufacturers.
This would be sufficient to meet the ex-
peneses Of the board. Commissioner
Whitehead added that he thought this
would meet with the approval of most Of
the fertilizer manufacturers of any prom
inence, as all the prominent Virginia
manufacturers had always been in favor
Of paying enough TO keep up the de-
partment of agriculture.
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To St0D Train RObberife

Thirty trains held up last year.
That's a pretty record for a civilized
country like the United States.
In the last eight years 21S trains
were held UP and 145 passengers and
trainmen shot, of whom seventy-eight
Were killed. In Mexico last year there
vas just one attempt to hold up a
train, and hat was unsuccessful.
Why this immunity in the southern
republic? Because Interference with
a train is there made punishable with
death. Train robbers and wreckers in
our W country have little fear of
state laws. When they cross the
boundary line they are beyond reach
of state officials, and often make good
their escape before other authority
can be invoked.
If the crimes referred to were
brought under federal jurisdiction the
criminals could he pursued by United
States marshalS Oh other officials,
freed from present delays and him
ORANGES, and railway travel here nigh,
soon become as safe as it is in Next
co.-New York Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-15
Another Earle

Independent always talk was ag-
itating the air right smartly a month
ago, when the moon was smaller, when
he was met by the Duke de Shifty.
That's right my jolly boy" said the
duke. BLOW ye' all We trumpets blow,
and we will yet have the walls of
castle civil service crumbling in the
dust. Blow, Blow" So Colonel Talkout
blew until his cheeks almost cracked.
And as a reward of merit he was given
a place up near the band wagon, where
he could keep step with the process
sion, n could get a share of the pay
car proceeds when the ghost walked.
But even then he did not forget 20
blow, and as ne waxed fat on the pro-
ceeds of his office, he sWe1led nightly
when he observed, with only one eye
in commission, that Shifty was not
blowing too, but was filling the trum-
pets with sand, he swiped him one for
luck, and said, I'VE are betrayed by
Shifty. Shifty's name is Dennis, and
the Ninth district has no room for
backcappers."
But Shifty went before the great
chief, and had Talkout fired out, and
when TalkOut went to his fellow-trib-
esmen for comfort, they said: Talk
out, when I'VE go abroad for rabbits we
do not take a sp~ellbinder along, but
a gun. So when a man is out for a
salary, he does not talk out loud with
out a wink from the man that sees his
pay envelope before he does" But"
said Talkout, "Shifty himself told me
to talk" Yes" said his friends, land
now see where you are. You nave not
learned the first lesson: Never take a
politician at his word, nor believe he
is in earnest when he appears most
virtuous.'' And Talkout retired to his
farm and pulled a ben cord over a
bright red bull until the end of his
days.
Moral-There is nothing truly indie
pendent but a bank account.-Asheville
Citizen.
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h French government. He charges
that Count Esterhazey, one of the ac-
cused by him, was acquitted by order
Of the government and in defiance of
right and Justice. He is now under
trial himself for this, and the govern
ment p~rosecutes. If ne can have JUS
tice he will whip his accusers. He de-
tends himself. The following from
The New York Tribune of the 7th inst,
simplffies the trial and briefly explains
the cause:
M. lola will endeavor to prove that
two OF the foremost army officers on
spired to convict Captain Dreyfus of
a crime which they knew he had not
committed, in order to screen the real
culprit, that the minister of war him.
self suppressed the proofs Of Dreyfus's
innocence, and hat two other leading
generals were his accomp.fces in so
doing; that the officers Of the court
martial acted with deliberate and mon-
strous partiality; hat the experts in
handwriting perjured themselves; tina.
the war office has been conducting a
newspaper campaign to miSlead public
opinion; and that the Dreyfus court
martial acted illegally in condemning
an accused man on the sole strength
of a secret document. These are ter
rfble charges to make against q gov
eminent. 1t is scarcely conceivable
that a man of NJ. Zola's acumen would
make them lightly or without not only
a personal conviction of their truth,
but also a formidable amount Of evil
dence to that effect"
This is indeed a most remarkable ar
raignment, and if the evidence is not
suppressed by order, the victory Will
be, we may not doubt, with the de-
PENDANT. 1t is stated tina M. lola will
introduce an immense array of wit
nesses, and many notable Frenchme7
are included. Foreign diplomats, army
officers, official ministers, etc., are all
summoned to appear by him. The only
way to defeat the defendant II get
a verdict for the prosecutor, the gov
eminent itself, will be by suppressing
evidence, avoiding the truth. The Tri-
bune says that the minister has the
right to prevent them from testifying;
but his doing so will inevitably give
rise to the suspicion that they know
things which the government is afraid
to have revealed. The NOSE serious cir
cumstance of all, however, is the tenn
permanent of the public. In no other
country would there be so much danger
of panics, of unreasoning stampedes.
Already the mob OF Paris has shown
itself ready for any extreme. We be-
lieve that France needs a Napoleon to
govern a great deal more than it is
capable of being governed by a rep
r~esentative power. In other words,
, that it is much better fitted for su
! preme personal rule than for a repub-
, lican form of government.
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BREVITIES

Georgia is exercised over the next
~governorship. 1T appears to be almost
assured that Colonel Allen D. Gambler,
the popular "plougboy' Of his state,
will he nominated a few months hence.
He is now secretary of state. He is of
unquestioned integrity, and courageous
in opinion, whilst very genial in dis
capital stumper and a letter of good
stories.
The great show that is to come off
at Omaha. beyond the Mississippi, is
approaching completion as to prepara-
tiOn. 1T will be a big exposition n
will show forth the vast resources of
the great west. The buildings are de-
scribed as handsome and the grounds
as beautiful. The federal government
building is very imposing arohitectu-
rally.
Thei indebtedness of the cities and
towns of this country foots up S137 ,952,-
0O4, as given in the New York CONNER
cial Chronicle. In 1893 it was but ST.
421, 273, which is but little more than
half what it now is. American ex-
trayagance and recklessness.
Savannah had two fires recently that
were very damaging. The magnifi-
cent Roman Catholic cathedral and a
large warehouse were destroyed, loss
$3.50, 900. The church edifice was the
finest in the state.
Mr.. Gladstone is able to walk and on
the 9Th went to church. He is fbeliev-
ed to be in no immediate danger al
though very aged.
Count Jocis, a Russian nObleman OF
fine education, is employed in Phila-
delphia as a public teacher. AS a
student in h Imperial University of
| St. Petersburg his radical views gave
| offence to the authorities and he was
arrested. After two daring escapes he
reached German soil, but was expelled
| Through h influence of the Russian
| government. "A life OF danger and ad-
venture truly.