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The record-union., 1898-02-05
Sudden Death at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4.-Samuel B.
Caswell. Auditor of the City Water
Company. died suddenly last night at
his home on Grand avenue of heart dis
ease. He has been in poor health for
several years. He was a years of age,
and came TO California in 1850. He
mined for a time in Nevada County He
was one of the first hydraulic miners
in the State.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Wool Underwear
Reduced to O2C.

A mixed lot of Mems Wool
Undershirts and Drawers, in
tan, blue, cameIs hair and nat
ural gray; there are about 200
pieces in this lot; not all sizes
in any one line, but all sizes in
some colors; the former prices
were 81 to. 81 so the garment.
To close now at special sale
price, 62c.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Did Not Gain His Point.

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 4-Four Judges
of the SUPERIOR Court here, sitting in
bank, heard the case of All Lucy
against Police Justice NJ. L. Owens. and
this. morning rendered a judgment in
favor of the defendant. The plaintiff,
who had been tried by the Justice. at
tempted to have the office declared null
and void. The Judgment was rendered
on several technical grounds.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
A Railroad Sued.

EUREKA, Feb. 1.-THE Arcata and
Mad River Railroad Company has
brought suit against the Eureka and
Klamath River Railroad Company for
$4,000 damages alleged to have been
sustained in two collisions. One oc-
April II, 1886, and the other Oc
tober IS. 1897. Suit is brought on the
ground that the defendant company did
not live up to its alleged agreement to
bring trains to a full stop at crossings.
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to Dawson, and declares that he will
run through the White Horse Rapids,
if raft can be sent through there
Steamboatmen say Captain Tyler can
run a boat anywhere water can be
found to float her Arriving at Daw-
son, he will set up his sawmill again
and live in the boat.
Six steamers are being built here for
the Yukon.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
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Not the Right Shade.

Mrs. de Style--What? Going to cut
the De Goode girls?
Miss de Style-Why, yes. MAJ have
to at this season of the year. They
have skins that never tan. and guests
will think we associate with people who
stay in town all summer.-New York
Weekly
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Valley Road Tunnel.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.-Messrs.
Muir and Foley, the ST. Paul contract
ors, who Were awarded last Tuesday the
contract to construct the 5,S00-foot
tunnel Of the San Francisco and San
Joaquin Valley Railroad, in Contra
Costa County, have arrived in the city
They will arrange tomorrow TO file a
bond of 100000 with the Directors of
the company to insure faithful per-
Torrance of the contract. They expect
to begin boring the tunnel on March 9th
next 1t will require 800 days of con-
tinuous work to complete the tunnel.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Mutiny on Board a Schooner.

NEW LONDON Comm, Feb. 4.-The
four-masted schooner Independent is
anchored off the New London light.
awaiting a revenue cutter, which has
been summoned from Newport to take
off the schooner's crew. who mutined.
and are now locked UP in the hold Of
the vessel.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Two Men Seriously Injured.

SAN JOSE, Feb. An accident &C.
Cured at the Gay rock quarry near
here this afternoon, by which Percy A.
Hollmay and Marshall Cantuza were
seriously injured. They We're engaged
in loading a wagon at one of the BINS,
and while the broken rock was sliding
down the chute the side of the bin gave
way. and the men Were buried unde- G
flood of loose rock.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Infants Shoes
Reduced to Csc.

40 Pairs Of Infants Soft
Soles, odds and ends Of 20 diff
fcrent lines, including colored,
fur trimmed Juliets, fine kid
Ju1iets, and lace shoes in colors,
patent leather, lace and button.
All put in one lot at one price,
25c.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Death From Eating Canned Meats.

RIVERSIDE. Feb. 4.-Coroner Sher-
man returned to-day from the Chucka
Walla Mountains where he went some
days ago to inquire into the death of a
miner named Oscar Johnson The in
quest showed that death resulted from
eating canned meats and fruits. There
was no evidence of foul play, as was
at first feared.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Fancy Dress Shirts.
Reduced to O2C.

Mems Dress Shirts, with col
ored bosom and full cut bodies,
2 collars, i pair cuffs with each
shirt; in Eeat, smaI sArox pat
terms; also some with fancy fg-
ured co1ored bosom, and the
colors are strictly fast. Sale
price 62c
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Mems
Furnishing
Goods
Reduced.

You'll find some very extra
ordinary values, not only IN the
items here quoted, bot in every
odd lot and short line in this
well-assorted stock which re-
mains after a phenomenal sea-
sons selling at their regular
prices. Look to the men folks
wardrobe, it surely will stand an
addition at these prices. See the
goods these prices are on and
you'll think so too.
The record-union., 1898-02-05

Jennings, negotiations to that end hay
ing been conducted by wire during the
last week. The string comprises few
taken from the East last fall and a
lot Of dark ones" from Rancho Del
Paso, which John Mackey selected and
placed in Jennings care.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
A Laborer Robbed.

STOCKTON. Feb. 4.-John Hitler, a
laborer from the Tesla coal mines came
into town to-day with his earnings.
about $50, and handed the coin over to
a couple of robbers who stood him up at
the Southern Pacific depot and demand
ed his cash The thieves then jumped
on delayed traip going north, and
escaped.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Fine Dress Shirts
Reduced to ST..

Mems Fine Dress Shirts. with
fancy colored bosom and j pair
are slightly soiled, but are the
best goods we have in the house;
all sizes, but limited quantity:
the former prices were 81 so
and So. They will be rapid SELL
ers at sale price, 81.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Ware d Leland,
GRAIN
STOCKS
COTTON
234La Sale Street, Chicago.

OF Montreal Chicago;
Northwestern National Bank. Chicago Geo II.
stone, Secy. Chicago Board of Trade.
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Receiver Appointed.

Los ANGELES. Feb. "A receiver
for the insolvent Bankers Alliance In
surance Company of this city was APP
pointed this morning in the person of
w. j. Washburn. 1t is evident that
much litigation Will result from the
failure of the company to pay upon is
policies
The record-union., 1898-02-05
President Diax Not Coming.

CITY OF MEXICO, Feb 4-There
is no foundation for the report of
contemplated early visit by President
Diaz TO the United States. This denial
is made by his authority.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Handicapped.

81 couldn't get policy from that in
surance company"
"Rejected?"
Eyes. 1 don't ride wheel, and all
pedestrians are now considered extra
hazardous risks. AS I'm near sighted IN
one eye they wouldn't take me at all. =
Detroit Free Pres.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Some Parlor Games.

First I'll tell you how to play at mind
reading in way that will probably
puzzle your friends for a good while.
Let Mary be the mind reader; she
must then select a confederate, a per-
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Ribbed Underwear
Reduced to 20C.

Mems Derby Ribbed Under
wear, slightly Aeeced, gray, ecru
and tan colors; what remains
from three lines, and if we've
your size, they are bargains at
29c, sale price.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Children's Shoes
Reduced to csc.

One special lot Of Children's
Shoes, cloth or kid top, button
and lace; sizes BE- to IL; this is
a broken line, Of five different
styles, and many good sizes yet
remain; regular price, 81 so.
To clean them out, CSC.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Boys Calf Shoes
Reduced to ST. rs.

so Pairs Boys Shoes, lace,
square or pointed toes, high
grade shoes, genuine calf, hand
xewed; all sizes; worth SO so.
Special price, 81 rs.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Underwear
Reduced to Soc.

Mems Heavy White Mcrino
Shirts and Drawers. well made,
the drawers having taped seams
and reinforced seats, warm and
strong. What's left going at sale
price 3Sc
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Uncle Eben's Philosophy.

s'Hit am err unfawchnit fack," said Tn
Gle Eben, dat de more reason man
hab fob indignation de less comfort he's
gwineter git out Of it."-Washington
Star.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Boys Nightshirts
Reduced to 3SC.

Boys Flannelette Night
Shirts, cut good and full length
and breadth, to fit boys from 10
to 16 years; the former price
was S5c. They will go rapidly
at sale price, 3Sc.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
WOnen's Shoes
Reduced to ST 70.

65 Pairs of Wonen's Shoes, an
odd lot, containing box calf.
lace, and fine kid shoes, lace or
button, that sold from So so to
SO so. They will be closed out
at 81 70.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Tod Sloan Coming west.

CHICAGO. Feb. Tod Sloan start
ed Tor San Francisco last night. 1t is
probable Sloan will have the choice Of
the mounts sent to the post by w. B.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
School Shoes
Reduced to ST Is.

Girls Fine Kangaroo Calf
School Shoes, lace, coin toe,
stock tips, solid oak tan soles;
worth So; sizes liz to 2, 81 so;
sizes Sl2 to IL, 81 rs.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
AFTER STOCK TAKING SPECIAL SAIL
OF Shoes and Mems Furnishings.
Children's Shoes
Reduced to 7SC.

One lot of 80 pairs Children's
Shoes, left from our clearance
sale, spring heels, sole leather
tips: sizes 5 to 8; they are worth
81 25. The lot will be closed ont
at Use
The record-union., 1898-02-05
WOmen'S Shoes
Reduced to So O5.

Kid Hand Welt Shoes, lace or
button, coin toes; high grade
shoes; worth 81. The price is
reduced to SO 95.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Unusual
Shoe News.

We will interest you in shoe
values at prices which will sell
goods for themselves. Visit this
department to-day and see If we
don't. Not only the lines here
quoted, bot some even more
interesting.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Misses Shoes
Reduced to ST 10.

One lot of Girls School Shoes,
lace and button, round and
square toes, solid soles, uppers
made of kangaroo calf; worth
81 rs. They will be closed out
at 81 10.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
JAPANESE AND
ANNEXATION.
Explanation Of the Position Assumed
by the State Department
Relative TO the Status Of the Miikado's
Subjects in Hawaiian Islands.

IF No Legislation is Had, Natives
of Japan in Any Territory of
the United States viii Have the
Favored Nations After July !,
1899, Upon the Taking Effect
Of the Treaty Of 1895.
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IMPORTANT!

People having HODSON'S PHOTO
COUPONS, SIG X street, do not exchange
cheapest, always good ard perfectly RE-
LIABLE.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Two Branches.

Jumper is going to try the gold cure"
Kelley or Klondike ?"-Chicago Rec
ord.
The record-union., 1898-02-05
Mems Socks
Reduced to lOC.

Mems Heavy Blue, Gray, Wool,
Seamless Socks, suitable for
men who do heavy work; they're
durable and warm, and all to go
at special sale price, 1Oc.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-11
AN INCOMPETENT GRAND JURY.

ROBABLY the dismissal of the present Grand DJury for ncompetency IS about as good dis position can be made Of 1t. For some time has been evident that 1t has not intended to do any thing toward purifying the local political atmosphere It's investigation of the ferry depot scandal in which proofs of criminality abundant, stamped as in competent. Damning evidence of fraud in the con sructon of this depot has been swept aside in re- sponse to the "pull' of the criminals, with in- difference to public interest which was simply ap- paling.
 But the scandal in the School Department capped the climax The jury was utterly unable to slider with camness the facts in that matter brought to it's attention The school pull" completely de- morazed it. Instead of indicting the lumber thieves of the department the members fell to abusing each other Every effort has been made to suppress the truth concerning the thets of lumber, and there has never been prospect that the rascals would be in dicted In fact it has long been plain that If the jury found bills against anybody they would be returned against those among its members who have been trying to bring the scoundrel politicians of the city to book.
 One need not look far afeld to discover the of the internecne troubles of the Grand Jury Four or five members have insisted on investigating crook edness and finding indictments. The whole power of the local poodle machine in both political parties
  of the jury have got loggerheads because they disagree in details, because some of them are cranky" They have failed to do their duty because a majority is opposed to approaching political thieves.
 It is, therefore probable as have already said that Judge Belcher's action in dsmssing the jury in disgrace is the best disposition that be made of it Certainly the body is no longer of any use to the public and the it is retired the better for the credit of the city and its people. Perhaps the inn panement of another Grand Jury will not solve the difficulty From the new panel all virtue may be absent On the other hand fate may project into the box nineteen citizens who will be determined to clean out the political rascals who infest the city. In any event the effort to get competent Grand Jury is worth trial Things cannot continue on the pres ent basis forever There must be revival of civic virtue or San Francisco will have ultimately to be abandoned to the predatory classes.
 It will be remembered that the Vigilance Commit tee of 1856 was preceded by two futile efforts the part of grand juries indict influential scoundrels. James King of William was himself foreman of one of these ures and personally assaulted for his aggressive conduct.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-11
TIE AMERICAN SONG.

What song shall America sing,
 Young heir of the elder world Whose knee ne'er bent to tyrant king,
 Whose banner defeat ne'er furled? A song for the brave and the free,
 No echo of antique rhyme, But shout of hope for the day to be,
 The light of the coming time. From the dark lowlands of the hast
 Swelling loud O CT the victims cries, The heros shout sweeps up the blast
 Where wounded Freedom dies. The drum s dull beat and the trumpet's blare From the far-off years are heard; But the paean of kings is mans despair, And the hope of the world deferred. lis the song of the free we sing;
 Of the good time not yet born, Where each man of himself is king, Of day whose gladsome Shall see the earth beneath feet,
 And fair sky overhead; W hen those now sad shall find life sweet, And none shall hunger for bread Sing then American song!
 Tfs no boast of triumphs won At the price of another's wrong,
 Or of foul deeds foully done. We fight for the wide worlds right, To enlarge life's scope and plan, To flood the earth with hope and light To build the kingdom of Manl
 M. J. Savage in New York Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-11
HOW THE NEWS COMES FROM MaNIL A.

News of the fighting in Manila, on the other side of the earth, travels more than H000 miles, over a dozen or more cables and three or more overland wires. before 1t gets to this city. Very few per sons, among the thousands who watch the bulletin boards these days. stop to think, when a Manila dispatch is posted. that the message was repeated over and over again, as it was sent from cable office to cable office, in the long Journey from the Philippine port to the Amer ican shore. It travelled across seas, gulfs, bays and straits, mountains, valleys and plains. But the news that Commodore Dewey was ready to lombard Manila was known in this city thirty-five minutes in actual time after the British operator at Manila opened his key. The cables were rushing things.
 The Eastern cables are owned by Brit ish companies, the Eastern Telegraph Company and the Extension, Australia and China Telegraph Company. The two companies are controlled by the same men. Across the China Sea- from Hong kong to Cape Bolinao, on Luzon Island 1880. The cable is 529 Il miles long. From Cape Bolinao across the island to Manila is telegraph line about 100 miles long. All the news we have received from Man fla has been first telegraphed from Man ila to the cable station at Cape Bolinao, and from there sent on by cable to Hcng- kong.
 The news that Commodore Dewey had demanded the. surrender Of Manila and was about to lombard the city was soon afterward followed by short cable dis patch from the office or the Eastern Ex- tension Company in London reading;
 ''1he cahie between dongxons aad Man. fla is interrupted.
 Only surmises could be made here as to the cause of interruption.
 Without the aid of the Cape Bolinao-
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-11
COLLECTED IN
 THE CORRIDORS

Colonel and Mrs. R. Wemple of India are st the Palace.
 George S. Mckenzie, Sheriff of Napa County, is staying at the Grand.
 w. R. Caruthers, merchant of Santa Rosa, is registered at the Lick.
 Ben Laub, a wealthy liquor man of Louisville, Ky, is at the Palace.
 Thomas G. Perarchey, a mining man from Angels Camp, is at the Baldwin.
 F. A. Hartmann ofLos Angeles, who has large mining interests in Mexico, is at the California
 A. W. Bailey, manager of the Coronado Beach Hotel, Is at the Palace, with his wife and son.
 H. H. Meyer of Healdsburg. who has returned from a trip to Salvador, is a guest at the Grand.
 Professor Jordan and wife are at the Occidental, having come up from Stan ford University yesterday.
 A. L. Gilbert and w. J. Hughes, two prominent business men of Oakdale, will be at the Grand for few days.
 Railroad Commissioner w. R. Clark of Stockton is registered at the Baldwin, accompanied by his wife and daughter.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-11
THE NEW CHARTER.

THE change of municipal scheme of govern
 ment for a large city is very serious matter.
 The change proposed by the new charter framed for this city IS great to cause well de- fined misgvings. Perhaps plan ever proposed for any civilized city deprived the people at one stroke of as much as this talk ITS from them We don't know why majority of the Freeholders have been moved to such profound distrust of the people as seems to be the prime motive of the charter.
 The people permitted to elect one man and he does the rest They elect the Mayor and he appoints
 A Board of Public Works
 A Board of Education.
 A Board of Police Commissioners.
 A Board of Health.
 A Board of Election Commissioners
 A Board of Park Commissioners.
 A Board of Fire Commissioners
 A Civil Service Commission.
 These boards control about B per cent of the pub lie patronage of the city They not elected by and are not accountable to the people, Their creator IS the Mayor When once this machinery is put in mo- ton the voice of the people and their influence n their government will become less and less. We must take human nature find it. In this country it has al ways proved dangerous to all power and pat ronage of large city in the hands of one of few men, The statute of the New York Legislature which turned the city of New York overto Tweed was reform measure" It created small partisan or bipartisan board and gave to powers that were beyond the reach of the people The scheno cost the taxpayers $3o 100000 stolen outright While it is true that the people frequently elect dishonest men to office as they have done here, yet the net result of all experiments is that the peculations less than under schemes for taking power away from the peo- pie and giving 1t to few to one
 The new charter for San Francisco seems to have been influenced by Mayor Phelans profound distrust of the people He appointed the original charter vention body unwieldy in numbers and incongruous in its clements representing every fad extant. The more grotesque part of its work has been grafted on to that of the Freeholders The result is charter which calls upon the people to surrender all the power they have now and create guide, philosopher and friend called Mayor who will take to himself all the power and patronage and dictate the policy of the School Fire Police and Health departments.
 If it is the conclusion of Mayor Phelan's brief ex perience in public life that the people unfit for self government the charter is proper expression of his personal belief But swallow does not make summer, and he should not be nasty in accepting his own election as evidence of the ineapacity of the peo pie to govern themselves.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-11
THE cALL-HERALD SERVICE.

All of the accounts of the battle of Marila substantially agree, but that to be found in The Call yesterday, written by the New York Herald correspondent, was the best in minor particulars. The core Spondent stood on the bridge of the Olyrn- pia with Dewey and his executive officer His account Is not entirely free from ref erence to himself, but anybody who stood on the bridge of such ship, in such com pany, and through such fight is entitled to indulge in the first person, singular, in his written account of what happened. It couldn't have been the most tranquil place in the world. The correspondents name is Joseph l.. Stickney, and he is an honor to his profession. MT. Stickney. we salute you!-Alameda Argus.
 For clean-cut pen picture of one of the mightiest naval duels the world ever saw, the account given by the Herald-Call cor respondent Surpasses anything We have ever seen. The limitations of the ca ble and of time made it imperative that the narrative should be boiled down to a close compass. Fortunately, tine corre- spondent was evidently a master oe the art of condensation and description and as a result we have in small compass a complete and graphic account, which leaves nothing to be de- sired. Of course, the minor details will be interesting, but after one has read that story he will have a picture of the combat in his mind which is complete. In other battles where there are a mul- tiplicity of correspondents and great number of published accounts, it is diffi- cult for the reader to draw from the mass of the verbiage a clear picture of the affair. This will be illustrated doubtless in the coming fight with the Spanish fleet on the Atlantic. But the Herald-Call writer had the field to himself at Manila. he was in a position to see the entire com bat, and being gifted with the power of expression in few words, he has drawn a picture which is without parallel in these days of padding and verbosity.-Alameda E,nniraaI