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The record-union., 1898-12-16
A CALIFORNIA SINGER
Is Visiting Here After Making /:
Tour Of the Orient.

Madame Agnes Fried, a California
vocalist and soprano singer, was in the
city yesterday, having recently come to
the coast from the East to look after
some property interests near Auburn.
Madame Fried received her musical
education in San Francisco, where she
made her debut and she arrived last
September after a tour of the Orient,
in which she received flattering men
tion from the papers in China and
Japan. During her recent stay in Can
ada Lady Colin Campbell wished her
to go to India and sing at the official
+ha,~o
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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS,
John Niederhaus Arrested for
Abusing His Horse.

John Niederhaus was yesterday ar
rested by Officer Logue and charged
with cruelty to animals. Niederhaus
was engaged in hauling sand from the
American River, and when he reached
the vicinity of Twenty first and H
streets one Of his horses, which was a
mere bag of bones, dropped, exhausted.
Logue states that when he arrived
on the scene he saw at a glance that
the horse was dying from starvation.
1t seemed to be in great misery and
to end it's suffering he ended its life
by shooting it in the forehead. Nieder-
hauS is out on bail.
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Y. M. c. A. LYCEUM.
It Debates the Question Of Election
of u. S. Senat0rs.

The regular meeting Of the Y: NJ. c.
A. Lyceum was called to order last
night by the President, Robert S
Boynes. After the reading of the min
utes Of the. previous meeting the fol-
lowing program was rendered.:
Essay, by Howard s. McTire; debate
Resolved. That the United States Sen
ators should be elected by direct vote
of the people" Affirmative, G.. Nc
Kinzie. A E. .Keene. Negative, ]. J
Lemer, r. L. Hardy. Judges chosen:
c. K. Dickens. c. o. Busick, G. b
Coil. The decision was in favor Of the
affirmative, and was followed by gen.
eral discussion and a critics report by
W. Bath.
Following is the program for Decem-
Der I'D: One-ninute talks on given
topics; music recitation; debate
Should Presidential elections be held
every seven years Affirmative, p
Thomson; negative, A L. Fish.
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COMPANY f.
It Is Mustered Out and Many of Its
Members Have Returned.

That portion of Sacramento's soldiery
comprising Company of the Sixth
California Volunteers have played their
part, and are again civilians
They were mustered out of the SER
vice at San Francisco yesterday, after
being paid off in full and furnished
with transportation to this city, where
they enlisted.
Captain Hughes and about forty en-
listed men of the company arrived here
last evening, and the others will come
in at their leisure While none of the
boys had taste of actual battle in the
late war, all feel that they have done
their whole duty, and acted well the
part assigned them.
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FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
We1Is-Fargo Will Forward Read
ing Matter Free,

The Wells-Fargo Express Company
announces that it will forward, free of
charge, books, magazines and periodi-
calls to the American soldiers and sail
ors now in the Philippine Islands
Sacramentans who wish to send read
ing matter to the soldiers and sailors
should deliver them at the Wells Fargo
Office in this city and they will be for
warded. BE- This generous offer of the
express company will no doubt be
promptly availed of by many of our
citizens
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in the San Joaquin River We're approv-
ed and ordered paid.
The following resolution of thanks
was adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks Of this
board are hereby returned to the Sac
ramento Chamber of Commerce, the
Board of Supervisors of Yolo County
and the Sacramento and California
Transportation companies for the as
sistance and aid given the board, and
to the press Of Sacramento for its uni
NerSal fair treatment
The record-union., 1898-12-16
POLICE PICKINGS.
A Lot OF Migrants FIoated Out on
Six Months Sentence.

William Arlington, Frank Clark, WILL
lam Dillon and Charles Rodgers were
arraigned in the City Justices Court
yesterday on charges of vagrancy. They
pleaded guilty and were sentenced to
tsiX months Imprisonment in the County
Jail, the commitment being withheld to
allow them to leave town.
William Anderson and Charles Pfeis-
ter, recently arrested on suspicion, are
still in Jail. Anderson, before his ar
rest, told two companions that he was
wanted in San Francisco for giving a
man knockout" drops and robbing him
OF S175.
The record-union., 1898-12-16
EPISCOPAL MISSION.
An Effort Being Made to Establish
One at Oak Park,

An effort is being made to start a
Protestant Episcopal mission at Oak
Park by Rev. A. George, with encour-
aging prospects.
The second meeting was held last
night at the office of the Ledger -
showing the elevating influence of the
movement on the press, and it was
we'll attended. 1t is thought that a
good-sized congregation will eventu-
ally be secured
The record-union., 1898-12-16
Rietzke Pleads Guilty.

In the City Justices Court yesterday
barber Charles Rietzke, who at a pre-
vious session had pleaded not guilty to
charge of disturbing the peace,
changed it to one of guilty and was
sentenced to serve three months in the
County Jail. The commitment was
withheld pending good behavior.
The record-union., 1898-12-16
Recount Abandoned.

The recount demanded by Charles T.
Jones for the office of District Attorney
was abandoned yesterday noon, he hav-
ing lost thirteen votes at that time and
there being no show to change the re-
suit of the former canvass.
The record-union., 1898-12-16
Real Estate at Auction.

D. J. Simmons & Co. sold at auction
yesterday the SOx160 lot on the north
west corner of TWenty-frst and o
streets for 81, $50. Henry A. STOPPER and
Rosa Needhart were the purchasers.
The record-union., 1898-12-16
His Clothes Were Stolen.

Yesterday afternoon a. thief entered
room in the Albion clearinghouse, on
K street, between Fifth and Sixth. and
stole therefrom pair of trousers and
a shirt belonging to a lodger. Nothing
else in the room was disturbed.
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nourishing. 1t can be made so by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which is thus the
great strengthening medicine, the cure
for weak nerves. scrofula and catarrh
The record-union., 1898-12-16

Coronado water, Stockton sarsapa-
rilla and iron, champagne cider, ginger
ale. orange cider. J. McMorry, agents
The record-union., 1898-12-16

P1anoS. Wiley 3. Allen Co., 40 K.
Save money by buying your tea and
coffee Of J. McMorry, 531 NJ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14
STILL A MYSTERY.
Identity CT Party Who Sent Poisoned
Candy to Mrs. Dunnfng.

Identity CT Party Who Sent Poisoned
Candy to Mrs. Dunning.
DOVER, Del, Aug. 13-The identity
of the person who sent the poisoned
candy to Mrs. j. P Cumming, which
caused the death of the recipient sls
Deane, is still mystery although
strenuous efforts are being made to To-
cate the donor. 1t is the general belief
that the candy was mot sent with the
intention OF poisoning the recipients,
but it is thought it became stale on the
way and that a poison was generated
in tine bon bons. The candy was in a
plain white box
DR.. Bishop, who has been continually
in attendance on the patients, is Of the
opinion that Mrs. Dunrring and Mrs.
Deane died of heart disease, induced
by some unknown poisonous sub
stance. Both suffered in the same
manner. When they became Ill they
were attacked with vomiting spells. 1t
was thought that an autopsy on the
bodies Of the victims might reveal the
cause of the poisoning, but DR.. Bishop
is Of the opinion tfathythe vomiting
had been so great that nothing to eX-
anime was left in the stomach, and the
idea has been abandoned All hopes
are based on the analysis Of the
candy.
The Hon. John B. Pennington, father
Of Mrs. Deane ard Mrs. Dunning, Is
Frustrated by the terrible affair. The
five other victims of the poisoned can
dy will recover.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14
QUEEN rs RESIGNED.
LiIfuOkalani Makes the Best of the
Annexation of Hawaii.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Aug. 13.-The
royal mail steamer Aorangi has arriv-
ed from Sydney, N. S. w.. and Yelling
ten, New Zealand, via Honolulu.
Among the passengers on the Aorangi
was Miss Maude Jeffries, well known
actress. Hawaiian news up to Aug. 3
is brought Ssy the Aorangi. On that
day Minister Sewall was seen in re-
gard to the flag raising. He said:
Il have just received my instructions
and will confer with Admiral Miller
very soon. [ can assure you, however,
that there will be nothing done until
Friday, and probably later. That is
all 1 can say just now"
Old Glory floats from the Kaala, the
highest point on the island of Oahua.
This was accomplished by Judge w. f.
Frear, Garrett Wilder and Walter Dill
bingham, with a native guide, who
made the ascent.
EX-Queen Liliuokalani is reported to
have said:
st have done the best I could for
my people. Now that the islands are
annexed, there is nothing to do but
submit and make the very best out of
the situation. My feelings in the prem
iseS are well known, and l do not care
to discuss the matter at length"
There are twenty-four United States
soldiers in the hospital at Honolulu
Seven of them are more or less serl-
ously i'll. The number at the Red Cross
hospital on Aug. 1 was fifteen. Of
these, thirteen were in bed. Five pa
tlents required careful looking after.
Two of the Red Cross patients are con-
valescent and expect to be sent home
by the steamer Glengary, due from Yo-
kohama for San Francisco Aug. 16.
They are James LAWN, Of Company D,
Twenty-third regiment, U. S. A, and
Guy D. Boynton, of the Thirteenth
Minnesota volunteers. At the Queens
hospital there are nine boys in blue.
They are quite bad cases. One has
pneumonia and the other meningitis.
The latter is Mr.. Prather. He is gain
ing strength slowly, but requires the
greatest care.
The Honolulu Bulletin says: "NoW
that the islands are a part and parcel
Of the United States, change is be-
ginning already to be felt in the bust
ness community. Within a month
there has been quite an influx Of rep
resentatives of Eastern and California
business firms here looking over the
situation"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14
AN ODD HABIT
Contracted by Trying to Learn the
Typewriter.


Typewriter.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Cleveland man has set about learn
ing the use of the typewriter. Up to
the present time he has had somebody
to do his typewriting for him, but now
he wants to know how to run it all by
himself He admits that he isn't an
apt scholar. 1t comes slowly. The let
tiers are hard to find, and the spacing
is so easily forgotten. But there is
one thing that amuses him. He is
learning to SPELL and learning in the
same way he did when tow-headed
boy in the early sixties. OF course, he
could spell when he tackled the type
writer, but not in the same way. Now
he distinctly enumerates each letter,
and does it, too, with the greatest care,
1t is funny thing, but he finds HIM
self spelling out the words in the news
paper, and his wife says he spells them
in his sleep.
The other day the minister met him
and asked him how he was.
"V-e-r-y WE'LL" he gravely spelled
out, and when the pastor looked amaz-
ed he realized what he had done and
hastily explained the cause of the PEI
culiarity. And the minister professed
10 be greatly interested and wanted TO
know all about it, and the speller is
now greatly worried for fear the par
son will write a special paper on it for
some magazine.
When the minister finally left him
he shook hands and said Good by"
'G-o-o-d," began the speler. and
then recollected himself and hastily
added by"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14
ATTACK ON ALGER.
Leedy Makes Charges Against the
Secretary of War.


Secretary of War.
TOPEKA, Kan. Aug 13-In a speech
at Valley Falls, Gov. Leedy seriously
assailed Secretary of War Alger,
charging him with connivance in Doodle
contracts for war supplies.
Kansas Republicans had charged
Gov. Leedy with furnishing to the
Kansas volunteers shoddy. clothing and
inferior food supplies. Leedy declared
he was not responsible, but that the
war department was, and said the in
3 ferior goods were sent to Western
states because they had been purchas-
ed on Doodle contracts by special pets
Of the war department. He pointed to
Mark Hanna, Senator Elkins and Car
negie as the specially favored. He also
charged that the biggest trust in this
country now had a monopoly on the
Stars and Stripes, and that as soon as
American patriotism became aroused
and the people commenced purchasing
the national colors the price of flags
and bunting shot up 100 per cent.
Gov. Leedy said he would not be
surprised to hear that Alger and his
pets were getting a good rake off,
ON this monopoly also.
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expected to duplicate the old-time per-
formances Of John L. Sullivan, but
permitted Armstrong to go the full
distance.
The Olympic club, of Buffalo, is ar
ranging to- bring Frank Erne and
kid" Lavigne together on the night
of Sept. 10. That will not conflict with
the Corbett-McCoy affair, which will
occur, If at all, in the afternoon.
Carpenter" O'Rourke, Sharkey' 5
mouthpiece, might as well subside IN
til after the Buffalo affair has been ad-
justed. The followers of the ring will
have nothing but the big fight in theirs
just now.
What a world of "stage money will
be in evidence at Buffalo ON the night
Of Sept. 10, while the gladiators from
everywhere are challenging the win
ner," and thereby paving the way for
a successful theatrical season.
Brother Stauffer," Of Buffalo, when
he was "hustling' for items, insisted
that Corbett was the "best" man in the
world. It is now evident that Brother
Stauffer" did not refer to Corbett's
moral caliber. Willie Green.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14
LACKED INTEREST.
Twenty-Five-Mile Paced Race Be-
tween McDufiie and TayIore.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-An unevent-
full and embarrassing twenty five-mile
paced race took place today at Man
haitian Beach bicycle track, between
Fdward AIcDufie, OF Boston, and E ou-
ard Taylore, the French middle dis
tance rider, and the former won by
fifty yards after a splendid squirt in
the last SEQ yards. Four thousand en-
thUsissts made the journey to the race
in the hope of seeing an exciting con-
test, but they were disappointed by the
tactics adopted by beth riders and hiss
ed their displeaSure many times dur
ing the race. Jocl2eying and loafng
was INDUCED in by both riders ard
the time was slow. While the riders
were leafng around the eliipse the
managers Of the American Cycle Rae
ing association made the announce
ment that it would not in future pro-
mote any paced races at that track,
unless the contestants agreed to have
unlimited pace and the riders to start
from opposite sides CT the track.
McDufile rode 12O-gear and Tay-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14
Wire workers Score a Point.

CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 13.-A hopeful rift
for the strikers appeared in the American wire
mill strike clouds today when it was learned
that 100 chainmakers Of the H. P. Nail works
were temporarily out Of employment and
leaders had predicted that these chainmakers
would be forced out Of employment, and the
prediction came true today when the work
would necessitate shut down of that depart-
ment for few days. Manager BoIey OF the
H. P. Nail works. stated that the shutdown
was temporary, and that sufficient material
to continue work. but the strikers declare that
the chainmakers can do nothing uatii the link
winders return to work. Strikers claim this
incident will greatly aid their cause.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14

1ore's wheel was geared to 112. Each
had twenty-five pace makers, who
made up the crews Of the quintuple
pacing machines. The men alternated
in the lead, spurts succeeding loafs.
Taylore led for the closing two miles
until they entered the back stretch in
the last lap when McDuftie sailed by
him and won by fifty yards in fifty
minutes and forty-five four-ffth Sec
onds. as against the record for the
distance. forty-two minutes and forty
two seconds, held by Elkes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14
TWENTY LIVES WERE LOST
TERRIBLE CLOUDBURsT NEAR
ROGERSVILLE, TENN.

dren Swept Away by the Flood
Many Others Are Thought to
Have Persisted, While Great DAM
age Was Done Property and
Growing Crops.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. ia
terrible cloudburst, in which at least
twenty lives are known to have been
sacrificed, was last night visited upon
the comm unity Of Beach Creek, about
fifteen miles north Of Rogersville,
Tenn, which place is eight miles dis
tent from Knoxville. The torrent of
water fell in the vicinity of the home
Of William Figan, a well-to-do farmer,
and his family-wife and five children
were washed away by the food. Figan,
however, escaped. The deluge Of
water carried with it every other hu-
man being within its reach, and the
names of the lost posted UP here to-
night, in addition to the F'igan family,
are John Arnold and Samuel Henry
and Wife. These people resided within
quarter of mile Of the Figan home.
This information was received NTH 8
city by special friends of the deceased
Searching parties were formed tonight
and are looking for the bodies of! the
unfOrtunateS who periShed in the fCo l.
1t is feared, however, they have been
carried to graves from which they may
never be recovered.
The cloudburst destroyed several
thousands of dollars worth of property.
Whole crops are ruined and palatiaI
homes suffered the same fate as the
humhlest hut in the path of the flood.
1t has been impossible TO commune
cate with the stricken community f Oh
this city from the fact that all wine
communication is down.
The complete details of the catas-
trophe are, however, expected by tc-
morrow night, coming by mail. The
reports that have been received up to
a late hour tonight make It the most
terrible storm that has been experience
ed in this section for many years.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. bon
account CT the destruction ofrwira
facilities with the Beach Creek district,
which was visited by a cloudburst last
night, details Of the casualties have
been obtained with difficulty AT a
late hour tonight 1t was learned. in
addition to the family of William FL
gon having been drowned, and eighteen
other Victims whose names have not
been learned, James Arnold and Sam
uel Henry and wife also persisted This
makes a total of twenty drowned.
Searching parties are working tonight
in efforts to find the bodies, b;rt ac-
cCrding to tine latest reports nor. IKE
been found. It is feared they We
been carried to points where they may
never be found.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14
BEST CYCLE RACES SO FAR
THERE WAS SOME LIVELY
SPORT AT LEXINGTON
Fine Finish in the One-MiIe Pro-
fessiOnaI-SOme Surprises In the
Handicap Events Bird and
Schwartz Nearly Broke the Fiji
teen-MfIe American Tandem Rec
Ord--Triplet Team Cuts Record.

AS pretty an afternoon of cycling as
mas even been presented at Lexington
park was given yesterday afternoon
before paltry assemblage of scarcely
200 people.
The meeting was managed better
than any meeting ever held in the
park, If not the best ever seen in the
Northwest.
Tom L. Bird, who was at the head
OF the arrangements, had spared no
pains to make the thing go, and aft
er few minutes delay, which prevent
ed the starting at the appointed hour
exactly, there were none of the tedious
stage waits which usually characterize
such gatherings.
Bird. too. deserves not a little per-
sonal credit for sticking with his tan
dem partner, J. J. Schwartz, to an at
tempt to beat the fifteen mile Ameri-
can tandem record, when the only re-
ward in sight was the applause of the
small assemblage. 1t was apparent
after a few miles that the breaking Of
the record was out Of the question,
but Bird and Schwartz stuck to the
track to the end, finishing only frac-
ton of a minute slower than the time
made by the holders of the record.
The record time and the time made
lie
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 13.-The
Rational meet of the L. A. w. was clos
I'd today. and the racing was brilliant.
II furnished more surprises and mora
broken records. Eddie Bald was beat
en- out in the semi-fnal of the one
mile national professional champion
1ship. as were Tom Cooper and Arthur
jardlner- F, A. Mcfarland, the new
rhamplon, Won in record breaking time.
cwerlng the onemile single-paced
seompetition mark from 2:01 to 1853 2-5
MAJ. Taylor was but three inches be-
mind in the wonderful finish, and cold
tkaintuck" Kimble but a tires width
rDack OF the Dark Secret" Frank J..
fhraemer, of Newark, n. j., put a crimp
Unto Peabody, and won the one-mile
! national amateur championship. The
winners of the first and second in the
semi-finals Were allowed to start, and
II gave fast field. Kraemer, however.
had worlds of speed, and he dealt it
tout fairly. tIn the last quarter he push
ed to the front and pedaled away in
a manner down the back stretch that
indicated he would win easily He
fcrossed the tape a full length in front
kof Earl Peabody, the Chicagoan. The
time was 2:04 3-5.
II The two-nile amateur handicap event
EsaW another broken record, and
Kraemer. the One-mile national cham
tpion. registered it. By the pluckiest
kind Of work he sped around the oval,
land, although he failed to finish within
the money, he cut the record to All
THE third record to go to smithereens
was that of a quad mile. In trial
AGAINST time, team composed of Han
4 colt Horton, Lishner and Bennett cut
4 the record from TAI TO las So.
In the tWo-n1ile tandem professional
race James Bowler was substituted for
6 Johnny Johnson, whose injuries re-
celVed on the previous night, were too
Severe TO permit of his riding. Plucky
i"Plunser Biu' Martin was out steer
ing his mate, w. q. Mertens, of Mime
I apolis, and the pair won the event in
4:51 10, doing the last quarter in "a.
Martin all but tainted after finishing
and had to be carried from the track.
In the interstate pursuit race, teams
entering from Illinois and Indiana
from the West and Connecticut and
New York in the East the Suckers"
wen. The distance completed was six
miles and three-siXteenths and the
time 13:4S 3-5.
The long talked race of the East
against the West was we'll contested
and the Western riders captured the
event. The crackerjacks Of the meet
were represented. Mcfarland was in
the Western team as was Gardiner and,
Bald an the eastern aggregation. Inc
West wiped up the Fasteners. Three
of the Western team stayed to the fin
ish. Stevens was the only Westerner
to give UP while all of~these from the
East quit except "Plunger Bill'' Mar
tin. 1t required only four and three
sixteenths miles for the We5terners to
stop their Eastern rivals. The time
for the five miles by Mcfarland, who
finished It out after passing Martin
was 1928 1-5.
Chairman Mott tonight gave out the
official standing of the riders in the
national championship race. There have
been many changes this week, for
Gardiner has dropped from the top to
sixth place, and Bald has jumped to
the front. The corrected table is as
follows:
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KILLED HIS KEEPER.
Pennsylvania Reform School Super
intendent Murdered by a Boy.

Pennsylvania Reform School Super
intendent Murdered by "a Boy.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 13.-John B..
Stuckroth, superintendent Of the tai
loring department the Marganza re-
form school, was assaulted and killed
today by Harry Fisher, an inmate,
aged eighteen years. Fisher and fou.
companions had arranged to run away,
but were detected by Stuckroth. Be
fore he could give the alarm, howev-.
er, Fisher rushed upon him with a base
ball bat and crushed in his skull.
Fisher and one Of the boys named Al
tiro made their escape, but were cap
tured later. The others became fright
ened ard surrendered. Fisher has been
locked up, and a charge Of murder will
be preferred against him.