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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
NoIthbound Passenger Train Held
Up at Cross Greek.
The Express Car Blown Up and One Nail
Pouch Rified.
Also Reported That Some OF the
Passengers Were Relieved OF
Their Valua bles-Posses From
Three Counties on the Trail OF
the Robbers.

FRESNO, March 23.-PassenSer train
No. Is, northbound, was held up at Cross
Station, a siding seven miles this side
Of Goshen Junction, by two masked rob
bers. The express car was blown up
and one pouch in the mail car rifled
LATER-The robbery occurred ct
1876. The express car was blown TO
atoms. The robbers secured one NAH
pouch which was cut open and rified
Of its contents. The robbery occurred
on the bridge at Cross Creek. So far as
known no one was injured by the rob-
bers.
A saloonkeeper at Traver saw two
men passing through that place early IN
the evening, and they are supposed to
be the men who committed the crime.
An officer named Meade was on the
train which was held up. He at once
gave the alarm, and the Sheriffs of Tu~
lare, Kern and Fresno Counties have or
ganized posses who are now on the trail
of the robbers.
1t is reported that some of the passen-
gers were also relieved OF their valu-
ables. Details regarding the manner in
which the train was held up are meager,
but it is known that dynamite was used
to blow open the express car.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
The Corsican Vendetta.

The Corsican has no confidence in To-
gal Justice and generally takes the
law into his own hands. An insult is Of
fered or a political dispute arises: what
is easier than the discharge of a. gun or
a stab with Il dagger? The result is q
mock trial; the assassin is acquitted
because OF insufficient evidence. 5ut he
is often shot TO death as he leaves The
courtroom. II not, a cross is generally
drawn upon the door of his house The
cross is threat of death and the
threatened one need expect no quarter.
The vendetta neither sleeps nor knows
where it may stop. 1t is not confined to
two persons. The quarrels Of indj-
viduals are taken up by whole families
Even collateral branches are not ax.
empt, and women must take their
chances with them. Indeed, revenge is
more artistically complete when tho
bioW faiis upon the beautiful and Gift
ed. threatened persons remain shut
UP Tor months. or even years, in their
houses, built, as all Corsican housee
are, like fortress. The ground Ao.oI
is occupied by the stable:4 and tho fi,,,+
floor is reached by an external laddar
overlooked by q loophole. from v,bia.S
cannonball or heavy stone can r.
dropped on the head of an unweIc,,,,s
visitor. If the voluntary prisoner Wiz
es to go out for a moment to hroa+i1 /.
the fresh air on the Threshold \ 60.
goes before and reconnoiters Ana ~
death in life continues until tbe,, 49,
their doom or the vendetta is for,,,. ~
closed by a written treaty betvvoa,, 80,
parties.-Utica Journal. sue
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
Lewis Gshhard, an Aged Farmer,
Murders His Wife,
Then Ends His Own Life by Sending q Eul-
let Into His Brain.
a Man and HIS Wife Burned TO
Death at Fresno-Two Men Kill
ed by al Explosion at the
Works Of the United States
Smckeless Powder Company,
Near San Rafael.

PORTLAND (Or), March 22.-At
Cascade Locks, forty miles east of here,
last night, Lewis Gebhard, aged 40
shot and killed his wife, aged %, and
then blew out his own brains. The
shooting was heard last night, but no
attention was paid to it, and the bodies
We're not found until to-day
Gerhard has lived with his wife for
the last ten or twelve years on a small
farm Frequent quarrels have occurred
between them for many years, and
when intoxicated it is said he was very
abusive
Bloodstains were found about the
room, showing that a struggle had tax
en- place Mrs Gerhard evidently
started to flee from her husband, but
she only reached the front porch, where
he shot her, and she was found lying
on the edge of the porch.
After committing the murder Gerhard
walked into the house and lying down
upon lounge, placed the pistol to his
head and sent a bullet into his brain.
Gerhard who had been in ill-healtn,
it is said, Of late, imagined that his
Wife was trying to cause his death
The aged couple left a daughter, Mcs
NORM, who resides with her husband
at Fort Stevens, Or
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
RANDOM COMMENT.

The late census of Japan shows a
population of 42,10S,2G4
1t is estimated that in England one
ing.
Japanese auctions are conducted in
silence. Each bidder writes name and
bid on a slip of paper, which he places
in a box.
The reading of romances is forbidden
by the Koran; hence popular tales are
never put in writing among the Mo-
hammedans, but are passed from one
story teller to another
Empress Augusta Victoria of Ger
many found Ia German servant girls
last year to whom she could give the
golden servants cross for having lived
forty years with one family. Only one
was found in Berlin
A tragedian recently playing "Iich-
ard ILL.," in a small town was waited
on after the show by an honest farmer.
who said that IF the sen'Pman WIN
wanted a horse was still of the same
mind, he would like to do business
with him.
AT a recent eating contest in New
York human ostrich devoured 1sn
oysters. two pairs of ducks. four loayes
of bread, and thirty-five glasses of beer
his competitor managed the oysters
ana peer all right, but stalled on the
fourth duck.
Last year 572 widowers and eisehtv-
one widows married in Berlin before rho
expiration OF their year of mourning
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
THE MAINE DISASTER.
Chaplain Chadwick Completes His
Mortuary Report.

HAVANA March 22.-The wrecking
contract divers have been busy on the
Maine to-day, raising two siX-inch
guns from the after cabin with great
difficulty. and getting ammunition from
the magazine aft. In doing this the
divers are compelled to go down
through the turret aft in narrow
chute, and then along the deck to the
magazine opening. They are liable to
be damned, and great care is taken
Chaplain Chadwick has completed his
mortuary report, which shows that 257
men and two officers persisted in the dis
aster, six succumbed to their injuries
while lying in the San Ambrosio Hos
pitai and one died on the Spanish trans
port. One hundred and seventy-one
bodies have been recovered from the
wreck, of which 81 have been identi-
fed. One hundred and sixty have
been buried in the Colon cemetery, and
IL at Key West.
This is the official report
The central relief station in this city
is feeding 1900 persons daily. 1t will
he formally opened tomorrow. al
though partially in use already. The
system is admirable and food is plenti-
full.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23

come before the convention. If gained
by the Eastern men, it means practic :
ally doing away with middle men for
coast retail dealers. The question VIII
come up tomorrow, each side being
given hearing by the bureau. To-day :
business consisted of taking up the
docket in regular order. about - of the
800 subjects being cancelled.
The subjects We're chiefly relative 10
freight rates from Eastern points and
the Missouri River TO Pacific Coast
points. There was an increase made IN
rates on machinery, etc, from 81 10 10
81 - in carload lots; on toys from 81
to 81 so for less than carload lots;
paints. oils and varnishes from 81 to
81 80 for less than carload lots all being
applicable from Eastern 10 Pacitic Coast
points. The division Of rates was dis
cussed and laid on the table.
The question Of appointing freight IN
srectors fer Puget Sound and other
points was also discussed. decision
was reached to appoint inspectors for
Puget Sound points.
The session then adjourned.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
ABVIcES FROM HAWAII.
CLAUS SPRECKELS' DAUGHTER
TO SUE HER FATHER.
First Steps Taken to Recover Prop
erty She Decided Her Parent
When She Married.

SAN FRANCISCO, March %. = The
steamer Belgic from Honolulu TINS
morning brought the following adFlces
under date of March 18th:
Mrs Thomas watson, nee Emma
Spreckels. has taken the first step to
recover the property in this city anu
in the islands, amounting to more than
a million dollars. which she decided back
to her father Claus Spreckels, at the
time when she was married Her attor-
neys have placed with w. G. Irwin Il
Co notices for all occupants of the
property III dispute ordering them to
vacate at once. In the batch of no.
tees the occupants of the Sprechels
block and about twenty others We're
served and ordered to vacate-
Irwin & Co. win pay no attention to
the notices, claiming that the property
rightfully belongs to Claus Spreckels-
They hold a long lease to the building
and sublet to the present occupants
Mrs. Watson's attorneys will be forced
to go into court and seek the eject
ment Of the tenants; then the matter
will come up for judicial determination.
Mrs. Watson admits that she decided
the property over to her father, Dut
insists that the deed is invalid because
it does not bear the signature of her
husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson will return to
Honolulu from the Orient early in May,
and the case is expected to come up III
the courts here at any time.
William cassie and several others OF
Honolulu leave to-day for the Klondike.
Eassie represents an island company
He carries ample funds for Quitting
and prospecting purposes.
The 1900 ton English steamship OF
tawa, bound from sydney to Victoria
with 300 Klondikers. is expected here
daily. She was to have sailed on the
oath ult., and is now overdue.
A bill is about to be introduced in
the Legislature providing that from
and after July 1st no labor contract
will be enforceable in the Hawaiian ISL
ands. The Central Committee has in
dorsed the bill by carrying motion to
the effect that the penal feature Of la
Dor contracts be abolished by the pres
ent Legislature
The Hawaiian Legislature Will be
asked to appropriate $4,000 for the
coinage of nickels and dimes. Minister
Damon states that there is scarcity
of this class of coinage. and the banks
We're compelled to send to the United
States several times a year for suffl-
cent small coins to meet the needs OF
their business. The new coins will
be minted at San Francisco, and this
Government Will make a handsome
profit on the transaction.
At the last session of the Legislature
the duty on Japanese sake was ma
terially increased, in order to protect
the California wine growers. The re-
suit has been a great increase Of trade
in this particular line. Now the Jap
anese want cheaper sake, and have pc
titioned the Senate to restore the OLD
duty They claim that the cost to the
consumer under the old tariff was rea-
sonable, and that the present duty IS
DrOhibitiVe
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
WISELY STAYED AT KOME.
Fred Roy Cromwell Did Not Go
Down With the AImy.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22.-Fred
Roy Cromwell, whose name has been
included among those Of the lost crew
OF the bark Helen ". Amy, is still
numbered among the living He is, so
far as known, the only one of the listed
crew who is now alive.
Mr.. Cromwell, whose home is in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. and who is but 20 years
of age. shipped for passage Oh the Amy
on Saturday last, the day before the
vessel left her moorings to go on her
voyage Of death. Before thevessel sailed
Cromwell became satisfied she was un
seaworthy. and therefore remained at
home. He says most OF the passen-
gers aboard were young men from the
East who were trying to work their
way nOrthward. He judged from their
conversation that very few of them
knew anything of seamanship.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
BURNED TO DEATH.
Jas. Thompson and Eis Aged Wife
Meet With q Terrible Fate.

FRESNO, March 22.-James Thomp-
son and his aged wife were burned to
death in a shanty in which they lived
south of Chinatown at IL o'clock to-
night
The fire was first seen by a colored
boy named Fred Brown and a white boy
named Carl Burnett. The shanty was
a mass of flames when the boys reached
it. They broke in the door, and found
the woman lying just inside, where she
had evidently succumbe while trying
to escape. An attempt was made to pun
her out, but the boys were driven back
by the flames.
The neighbors say that Thompson and
his wife We're both habitual drunkards
and the supposition is that they We're
helpless from intoxication. The man re-
ceived a small pension from the Gov
eminent, and they lived by picking rags
and gathering junk. The fire is sup
posed to have started from the expio-
sion O. a lamp.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23

late IN the season. after the kiondike
excitement began, and some thousands
Of tons got no farther than St MI
chael. This year the company will have
thirteen river steamers moving with
heavy loads at the earliest possible
hour. Five viii be new ones, and four
OF these viii be of 1000 capacity. They
were built on the Ohio River, and have
been shipped to Unalaska. They are
expected to make four river trips De-
tween June LIST and freezing time.
The company's fine new 100 ton
ocean steamer, st. Paul, now being
built at the Union Iron Works, will be
launched at midnight on April 9th.
The Northwestern Trading and
Transportation Company-the Cudahy-
Weare-G Gage Corporation-is expected
to keep up with its older rival, the
ALASKA Commercial Company. in the
way Of supplying the people of Alaska
with the necessaries of life, and from
present appearances there VIII be no
lack Of food next winter in the frozen
gold fields of the North.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23

Two Men Killed at the Powder
Works Near San Rafael.

SAN FRANCISCO. March pa spe-
cial to the Chronicle from San Rafael
says:
An explosion took place this afternoon
at the United States SmolIeless Powder
w orkS, which resulted in the death of
two men, Charles A. jerks and Charles
Nelson, who were employed in the ma
terlal room. Two buildings were com
pletely destroyed, and the roofs torn off
the other buildings close by and Win
dows broken for miles around. So great
was the explosion that very little of the
remains of Nelson could be found.
jerks was also badly torn, pieces Of
him being found 100 yards from where
the accident took place
Nothing has yet come to light which
will put the exact cause of the disaster,
but the supposition is that the bearings
of the sitting machine became heated
and sparks flew into the machine, ig-
hitting the chemicals and causing The
explosion in the house where Nelson
was, and the force of the explosion sent
the machine into the other room where
jerks was at work, and the force of it,
coupled with the heat, set two tons of
chemicals in that room Off
That only two men should lose their
lives in this explosion is a mystery. III
ali there are fourteen men employed ct
the powder works, and all these men
were close by when the explosion oc-
CURED. Beyond a few slight scratches
caused by flying iron and timbers, moth
ing serious happened to the other men.
y. Starke, who has been the Superin-
tendent Of the powder works, was stan1-
ing but $50 feet away from the building
that was blown up by the explosion.
The damage to the building will not
reach $1,000. The powder works will
be Immediately rebuilt
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
HORSE FEED HIGH.
Dollars Tom Re-
fused for Choice Wheat Hay.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 22.-To-day
S23 a ton was offered and refused for
choice wheat hay. This is the highest
price that the forage has reached in
California since March. 1888.
Feed barley is also growing scarce,
and the country orders for purchases
have sent prices away up this week. At
the beginning of December quotations
We're from 92lA to % cents. Since then
and until Saturday there was a steady
climb, when 81 0S3l for May and 9Sl4
cents for December options were the
prices on the Produce Exchange call
board. On Monday May jumped to
81 1G3s, and to-day it reached 81 20l2
and closed at 81 1917. while December,
which reached 81 07112 on Monday, closed
at 81 Il to-day. Spot barley is from
81 II to 81 20.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
AUTONOMY sTRAEGLED.
a Madrid Journal Comments on
Action OF tie United States

MADRID, March 22.-The Impair
cial' Qnd) expresses the opinion that
the action OF the United States has
completely checked the advantages
which Spain might have derived from
granting autonomy to Cuba. and al
leges that the United States has prac-
tically strangled autonomy at its
birth"
The Impartial also thinks Spain
failed automatically in not having OBJ
tanned the removal of Consul General
Lee nor the withdrawal of the ships
from Cuba" and expresses fear that
although military action will be keen
err than ever it viii not suffice to pac-
fly Cuba, owing to circumstances Gre
ated by the United States"
The "Correo' (Carlist) does not ex-
pect help from Europe, but hopes the
Latin countries of America will sup
port Spain.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
Destructive STORM.
Fourteen Houses and Many Smaller
Buildings Wrecked.

KANSAS CITY CMo), March GA
special to the Star" says:
A storm wrecked fourteen houses and
destroyed many smaller buildings at
Blue Mills, Mo-, little village on the
summit Of hill about ten miles north
east of independence, on the Missouri
Pacific Road. to-day. The only house
occupied, that of Martin Hugle, was
carried distance of 10 feet. Hugle
was Internally injured. and may die
The property loss is small.
TERRIFIC BLIZZARD.
OMAHA, March pa terrific biz
Yard prevails throughout Nebraska
The mercury has fallen forty degrees,
and the wind is seventy five miles an
hour. Zero weather is announced for
tonight. The storm is particularly
hard or cattle and winter wheat
SEVERE STORM IN KANSAS.
KANSAS CITY (Mo), March 22.-
The most severe storm Of the season
is in progress in the southwest and
west F,mporia, Kas., reports fall of
40 degrees in the temperature since
last night and Wichita Florence and
other Kansas points make like reports.
Beatrice, Neb., reports a fall CT 20 de-
grees in II hours. Vegetables have
been ruined and it is believed that the
fruit crop has been seriously damaged
if not killed.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
AN EDITOR IN JAIL.
Charged With Criminal1y Libeling
an Attorney.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, March 22.-S. y.
Merk, editor of the Paso Robes Rec
ord recently printed an article which
Attorney P. o. Chilstrom took as an
insinuation of dishonesty on his part
in the handling of funds collected for
client. Merk was accused of criminal
libel. and held for trial by Justice Ar
mold of Paso Robes. Th editor, being
anxious to have the case decided ut
once, came here, surrendered himself
to the Sheriff, and then had his attor
ney apply for a writ of habeas corpus,
on the ground that the evidence at the
examination did not warrant holding
him for libel. Superior Judge Unangst
failed to so decide. and Merl1 is left
in the jail. into which he walked of his
own accord
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
FREIGHT RATES.
Meeting of Representative of
Lines az Monterey.

MONTERREY, March 22.-The Trans
continental Freight Bureau, which met
here yesterday began work in earnest
to-day. nearly all the delayed freight
officials having arrived a j. Valand-
ingham, A. n. Johnston and J. J. White
constitute delegation of ST Louis and
Chicago business men who accompanied
the traffic men here to work for a re-
duction in the difference of transconti-
mental carload and less than carload
rates. San Francisco jobbers also have
representatives at the convention to
counteract the Eastern mems efforts.
This fight is the biggest which win
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
NEW RAILWAY.
Grading on the Stockton and Tuo-
lunme Road to Begin Monday.

JAMESTOWN, March 22.-Charles
Erickson of the firm of Erickson Broth
ers, railroad contractors, who built the
Sierra Railroad, will leave here to-mor-
row morning with his grading outfit for
Stockton and Tuolumne County Rail
road. A car loaded with plows. scrap
ers. tools and camp equipments Will
leave by the early morning freight, and
fifty head of horses Will start for the
trip overland with the wheel scrapers
Of the outfit. 1t is expected that it viii
be here in time to commence active
operations in grading next Monday.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
KASSON'S WEALTH.
The Legal Struggle for the Estate
Resumed at Stockton.

STOCKTON, March 22.-The legal
struggle over a division of the wealth
left by George Kasson was resumed
in the Superior Court to-day. Two
more witnesses testified that Kasson
had admitted to them that he had
wife and two children, but the most in
teresting testimony of the day was that
of Mrs. Mann, who with her brother
is q claimant to the big estate.
The scene in the courtroom when
Mrs. Mann was brought in for the first
time was quite dramatic She is still
far from well, and reclining in chair
bolstered up by pillows, she swore that
she was a daughter of the deceased.
During her testimony she admitted that
she had been married and divorced
twice, and that at one time she had led
a life of shame. The case is still in
progress.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
HORRIBLE CRIME.
An Arkansas Citizen Charged With
Numbering Ills Wife and Child.

TEXARKANA (Ark), March %
Several weeks ago Mrs. John Cox and
one of her children were burned TO
death two miles east of here. 1t was
reported that Mrs Cox had tainted and
fallen into the fireplace, where the en-
bers set fire to her clothing and burned
her up. The flames were supposed to
have also ignited a cradle and burned
the baby. Now as the result of story
told by an older child of John Cox, the
husband and father. has been arrested
and is in Jail, charged with the murder
Of the woman and her child.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
SUICIDE AT STENT.
Richard Rodgers Ends His Life
With Laudanum.

JAMESTOWN, March 22.--The dead
body of Richard Rogers was found this
morning in a room in the Home lOdg-
ing-house at Stent The man had been
dead for at least twenty-four hours,
and an empty two-ounce bottle OF
laudanum told a portion of the story.
Rogers was a native of Virginia, q
miner. and about 30 years old. For
some years he had been timber fore
man for the Santa Ysabel NINE and
was considered a fine workman He
had been on a spree lasting two or
three days before yesterday afternoon.
when he purchased the laudanum and
disappeared from the streets. A Cor
oner's jury brought in a verdict of sui
eide. The man was unmarried.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
Nj. w. Clay Located.

RIVERSIDE, March 22.-The Sheriff
to-day received a letter which conveys
the intelligence that Nj. W. Clay, who is
wanted here under a warrant charging
him with obtaining money from |.
Witherspoon, by falsely representing to
the later that he could sell his mines II
a certain amount Of money was put no,
was in Kansas City. As soon as word
was received a telegram was sent 20
the officers at Kansas City to arrest
Clay If this is done. he will be extradl-
ted and brought back to stand trial.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
SUPPLIES FOR KLoNDIKERs.
Fifteen Thousand Tons to be Sent
by One Company.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22-Dur-
ing the coming season the Alaska Com
mercial Company proposes to get To-
coo tons Of supplies up the Yukon River
and distribute them among its trading
posts from Behring Sea to Dawson
Last year I,000 tons were forwarded.
but much Of this amount was started
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-23
Clark Guilty OF Murder.

NAPA. March 22.-George w. Clark
was to-day found guilty Of the murder
of his brother, and on Monday next
win receive the death sentence. The
jury was out nearly an hour. Although
the first ballot resulted in unanimous
verdict of guilty, some delay was
caused by slight disagreements re-
garding the degree of guilt and the
penalty to be fixed. Clark's attorneys
propose to appeal the case.