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THE PRIMARY LAW.

Tt is during this month that the law
imposes upon certain city and county
officials the duty of preparing and seal
ing up the lists from which primary
election officers are to be drawn when
a primary election is ordered within
the year. Under the new law the prima-
ries of all parties are to be held on the
same day and under supervision of the
same election boards. 1t is believed
that by this means absolute freedom
Of action will be secured to all voters
and a true expression of party voice OBJ
tanned.
for the lists to be made this month
should be made with great care and
discrimination. The new law must be
given fair trial all around, and be
thoroughly tested in its working form.
We are constrained to believe that 1t
has all the virtues claimed for it, and
that it throws about the system of as
certaining the will Of the. Aopie new and
needed safeguards. and puts at a most
desirable disadvantage the orders OF
men who have heretofore run" prima-
RES and dictated the party choice in Sc
secting party representatives.
We believe the law to be constitu-
tional and that its provisions, severe as
they are, are fully within the province
Of the Legislature to enact into law, as
therefore, we shall-the courts having
in the meanwhile passed upon the law
have a practical test of the new pri-
mary system. If it eliminates no more
than one-half of the evils of the old
system a great stride in advance viii
have been made.
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A NEW COMPLAINT.
PiTpin Was Held to Bail in the
Sum Of $4,000 Yesterday.

new complaint was sworn out yes
terday against Harvey Pippin, who was
arrested on Thursday by Under Sheriff
Reese and Deputy Sheriff Fisher. The
complaint charges him with criminal
assault.
Judge Hart fixed his bail at $1,000
and listened yesterday afternoon to a
motion to reduce it, but refused to
grant the motion
The record-union., 1898-01-09
Forty Days for a Milk Thief.

Frank l.. Brown was found guilty in
the Police Court yesterday morning of
stealing a pint of milk, and was SEN
fenced to serve forty days in the Coun-
ty Jail. The evidence showed that he
picked up the milk, which was in a
bottle on the sidewalk, when the owner
caught him.
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Rorcbers. the Twirler.

George Borchers, formerly OF TINS city
but now a resident of British column
bia, is here on a visit and VIII remain
couple of weeks. Mr.. Borchers, VINO
enjoys a national reputation as pail
pitcher, is not now concerned IN pase-
ball matters
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tations upon legislative power. which
is SO frequently the creature of passion
and prejudice and the tool of cranki-
ness, professional reformers and design
mo
The record-union., 1898-01-09
Want Permission to Sell.

Mary A. Leet and s. S. Slawson, ex-
ecutors of the estate of Catherine
Brown, deceased, have filed in the SUI
perior Court their petition for per-
mission to sell a piece of real estate
in order to pay debts of deceased.
The record-union., 1898-01-09
Perfecting the Title.

The State Board of Agriculture APP
pears to be making some progress to-
ward perfecting title to the ground en-
braced in Agricultural Park, prepare
tory to disposing of it.
The old Union Park Associations title
to that portion lying north OF u street
has been secured.
The record-union., 1898-01-09
Young Ball Players.

Yesterday the Young Altos defeated
the Young Americas in baseball game
at Twenty eighth and l. streets by
score of Al to ID. Wiseman and En-
right We're the battery for the Altos.
The Y. f. ]. 3. Baseball Club defeat
ed the Second street Markets yesterday
by a score Of II to 8.
The record-union., 1898-01-09

The "Bookman" sharply resents an
English custom and with justice. 1t
is a rule among English publishers
whenever they reprint an American
work to carefully eliminate all evidence
from the title page that would give in
formation as to the source of the book
A few years ago this matter was dis
cussed in the American literary jour
nails. whereupon the English publishers
grew angry and Mr.. Andrew Lang
came to their defense in caustic pa
per. 1t is not possible to conceive of
any good reason for the English prac-
tice. 1t is quite as stupid as that 9TH
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Sentence Postponed.

The sentence of Arthur wilson, VINO
confessed to the robbery or the man
bags and who pleaded guilty to. nav
ing burglarized the house of Clinton Il.
White, was postponed yesterday III
Judge Harris court until tomorrow
morning
The record-union., 1898-01-09
SPECIAL AGENCIES.
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-GeneralIy fair Sun
day; much colder in the south and central
portion; killing frost Sunday night, and
where clear tonight; possibly injurious to
citrus fruit Sunday night; brisk northerly
wind.
The record-union., 1898-01-09
THE PACIFIC STATES SAYINGS, LOAN
AND BUILDING COMPANY.

The LARGEST and most PROS
Porous Loan Association on the
Coast. This company has reserved
one thousand Glass G Shares for
Sacramento investors; now is the
time to subscribe. Over thirty-five
hundred shares have been sold in
Sacramento. These shares are
desirable investment for those who
wish to make monthly deposit.
There is no better, safer or more
profitable system in this State.
Net profits for the year ending
July 81, 1897, over $4,000. De-
posits on shares can be withdrawn
at any time, with 6 per cent. i'm
terest, compounded annually. For
shares or loans address
C. w. REDFIELD,
725 G street, Sacramento.
Shareholders paid 6 per cent. per
annum ON deposits made with this
company. ja94tSu2p
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Try McMorry's soc uncolored Japan
tea; e. B. tea, Coo: G. p. tea. Toe; P. f.
Japan tea, 4Oc; 531 M street.
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Purity and Care.

We pride ourselves on the purity OF
our drugs and the care with which pre-
scripticns are filed. p. +. McMorry,
Sixth and K.
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was finally abandoned so far as Ameri-
can circulation is concerned, namely,
refusal to mention in English encyclo-
pedias any living persons outside of the
royal family The English were
laughed out of that silly notion, and
such works intended for American
readers are now comparable with
American publications of similar char
acter The ''Bookman" tells of two or
three amusing results Of the care of the
English publishers to eliminate Amer
lean evidences in their reprints. 1t
says:
A new edition of the Latin French
Dictionary of Quicherat has just APP
peared, and in it the Latin Dictionary
of Lewis and Short, which is a purely
American publication, is credited to
two English scholars This is be-
cause the Clarendon Press, which re-
printed the book, after Oxford had
adopted it as a standard, let it go forth
as a purely British publication Much
the same thing happened in the case
of one of Captain Mahan's works last
SuIiuleI- he blSl4Sil pupilsii0u ~
suppresSing the fact that its author was
an officer of the United States Navy.
Consequently, the Temps" of Paris
spoke of Captain Mahan as an English
naval officer, and Lieutenant Fitch, the
American naval attache at the En-
bassy in Paris, had to write letter
to the Temps in order to make it
correct this false Inscription.
1t would seem that the sense Of SIM
pie justice which the English boast is
a British characteristic, would convict
the London publishers of the wrongful
ness of their policy ia this regard. 1t
is to be said that no reputable publish
er in America resorts to any such tao
tics as are herein condemned.
The record-union., 1898-01-09

Dog licenses, good for one year; water
rates and city licenses now due. and
payable at City Collectors ofnce.
The record-union., 1898-01-09

The Ell Dorado s26 J. keeps only Il
best Of liquors on hand
The record-union., 1898-01-09

These publications are sent either by
Mail or Express to agents or single sub
scribers with charges prepaid. All POST
masters are agents.
The best advertising mediums on the
Pacific Coast.
The record-union., 1898-01-09
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
Ninth Street, bet. { and F, Sacramento, Cal.

Is
for invalid Who need Especial ame
rphv IN
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ed with expression of belief that dis
memberment of China is not intended.
He saws that Russia has notified our
Government that the anchoring Of Rus
sian shiDs at Port Arthur is only for
temporary purposes, because if winter
ed at Vladivostock they would be frozen
in, and that it is the intention Of the
Russian Government to remove it's ships
from Port Arthur with the opening of
spring. The Secretary adds that he I'M
derstands that the German occupation
is for the purpose only of securing on
the Chinese coast a commercial port
through which her trade interests in
China may flow. This will be as advan-
tageous to the commerce of the United
States, he adds, as is the port of Hong
kong, possessed by the English, and into
which we have entry freely. This is an
optimistic view Of the matter, and it
is to be hooed that the situation is no
worse than the Secretary esteems it.
But If Germany desired to possess such
a commercial convenience as port on
the Chinese coast, why not have sought
and secured it through peaceful means,
by negotiation and purchase? Why
force and arms, and to justify seizure
beneath the claim of indemnity for the
murder Of two German missionaries
AS to Russia and her claims, there is
~ caoraoxy She haS uacafiaf ad a treaty
With China bv which she secures the
right of way for the Siberian Railway
to make terminal at Port Arthur by
a branch from the line that terminates
| at Vladivostock If Russian occupation
of Port Arthur waters is only Temporal
ry. what does the treaty mean? SO, too
| she has a footing on the Corean coast
| of vast Importance. But it is to be said
that whatever coercive measures Rus
STA employed to these ends, they Were
diplomatic and there has been at least
no armed cowing of China, as in the
case of the German and French seizures
| Every Act passed by the late Idaho
legislature that has been tested in the
courts has proved to be unconstitution-
al. The law investing women with the
privilege Of suffrage, is as defective as
| any Of them, but it has not been
brought into the courts as yet. The
/ Idaho Legislature appears TO have
rushed ahead regardless of constitu-
tionaI restrictions and limitations. Whai
| the members wanted enacted went,
regardless of the protests of friends OF
constitutional Government, and the
warnings of the lawyers in the two
houses There is in more than one Leg
| islature of the country similar dispo-
! sition manifest. that is, n careless moi
/ to say reckless disregard of constitu-
tional restraint. But nowhere has il
been so defiant and bold as in Idaho
| The people of that State now fully real
lie the value Of an instrument OF lirui-
The record-union., 1898-01-09

Try McMorry's Blend Coffee, 35c. :
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THE WEEKLY UNION.


NV ELfE PAGES.
IS the cheapest and most desirable Home,
News and Literary Journal published on
the Pacific Coast.
The Weekly Union, per year......S1 90
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Speciai Department for Women and Children.


andcu
The record-union., 1898-01-09

Entered at the Postofiice at Sacramento
as. second-cIass matter.
The record-union., 1898-01-09

The Tulare Register expressed the
opinion that it would be justifiable for
the United States to get in on the China
grab and secure a port on the Chinese
coast by purchase if no other way
opened To this the Record Union"
entered dissent, saying that the idea is
intolerable; that the United States
wants nothing to do with the mix up
of the Powers in China. Our respect
ed contemporary thereupon replies that
1t is strange the Record Union"
should make such expression, when it
wall and declaring that we need a foot
hold in the mid-Pacific The Register
adds:
If a coaling station and safe harbor
on the western shore of the Pacific
under the protection of our flag, would
be an advantage to the growing COM
merce of this country, and the Record
Union confesses that it would, why is
not the present the most opportune of
occasions for acquiring such port? Of
course we want no entangling alliances
and we do not wish to make war on
China, but at a time when China is
likely to have wrested from her all her
coast she WIFI be likely to make a vir-
tue OF necessity and sell one port to
friendly nation on favorable terms.
The answer to the question pro-
pounded is simple and easy The con-
ditions are not parallel. The China
coast is not in the mid Pacific; it is
not offered to us by the legal Govern
ment of the land. 1t has not for us the
naval significance of Hawaii. The rela-
lions between the two peoples are dis
similar. Hawaii is now American in
sentiment, in desire, in tastes, in COM
merce, and in form of Government.
Hawaii comes to US freely and of her
own will, not offering TO sell herself,
nor asking that she be snatched by con-
quest. We will have no difficulty in
the future in negotiating with China
for further opening of her ports to US,
as may be desired Beyond that the
United States should not go. We no
more need TO own port Of China than
one on the French or English coast.
The record-union., 1898-01-09

RECORD UNION TELEPHONES.
(Sunset)
Editorial Rooms. Red 1871
Business Office ...............Bla Black 131
(Capital.)
Editorial Rooms Observation-Disclosures. 49
BUSINESS Once NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .l20
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STATE HOUSE HOTEL
Corner Tenth and Sis., Sacramento

BOARD AND ROOM, 81 25 TO 81 PER
day. Meals. 25c.
Accommodations first-class Free bus
to and from MOTEL. W. J. ELDER, NJ gr.
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THE DAILY RECoRD-UNIoN.
UPTOWN RRANCH oFFIcEs

AT Thomas w. McAuliffe & Co.'S Drug
Store, southeast corner of Tenth and j
streets.
OAK PARK AGENCY-Carter's Black
smith shop, corner Thirty-fourth street
and Sacramento ayenue
The record-union., 1898-01-09
THE SADDLE ROCK
RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE
MANSION FAURE.

RESTAURANT DE FRANCE, 427 K
street formerly near Golden Eagle Ho-
ted Family Orders, Banquets and We'd
ding Parties a specia lty.
l. EATRE. Pronrietor
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
A. T. & S. F. ANNUAL MEET.
Purchase of Many Southwestern
Lines Formally Ratified
Today.

Topeka, Dec. 8.-The annual meet
ing of the A. L. & S. L. railway stock
holders was held at noon today. Only
few holders were present, but more
than two-thlrds Of the capital stock
was represented by proxy. Aldace F.
Walker, President Ripley, W. s. Roach
and B. K. Holiday were reelected
members of the board of dlractors
The formal approval Of the purchase
of the San Joaquin Valley read, by
which the Santa Fe will run trains into
San Francisco, was made.
: Mr.. Walker, chairman of the board
said the company hopes the addition
Of this line to the system will result in
81 increase of business which will bt
felt over the entire line. Walker said
fhe War had opened greater possibilities
Tor the west. and San Francisco will be
much more important to the road than
It ever has been.
The meeting formally ratified the
purchase of the following branch lines
The Kansas City & Topeka Western
Leavenworth, Northern & Southern
the Southern Kansas, New Mexico &
Southern Pacific, New Mexican s. Bic
Grande, Mexico s. Pacific. Silver City
Deming q Pacific, Wichita & Western
~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
Mistakes OF the War.

W. sHINGToN, Dec. 8.-The conduct
of the medical service of the army was
taken up today by the war investigat-
ing commission. Sugeon General
Sternberg wss rlgidly questioned. The
medical department, he said, was equip
ped only for an army of 5000 men,
when the war broke out. From year ia
year the estimates he submitted had
been materially reduced by congress.
AS soon as there was prospect of wal
he began preparations but when he sug-
gested to Secretary Alger the propriety
of making purchases for his service the
"policy was to watt He said at one
time there were $50 contract surgeons
employed. He conceded that it was a
misrake not to have appointed more
contract surgeons from those who had
experience in the civil war, The regi-
mental surgeons, he said, were good,
bad and Indifferent, but he recollected
no instance of dismissal for incomge
tency.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
Possible Sample of the Reports
to Come for Years Hence.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. 8-The
Cubans here are greatly excited over
yesterdays proceedings resulting from
the commemoration of the death of
Antonio Maceo. Bullets fired by the
insurgents near the Trocha struck the
tents of the lmmunes. Regarding the
action of three drunken Cubans who
entered Spanish club and smashed
the chandeliers and furniture, the
Cubans deeply deplore the outrage.
Col. Beacon, the American acting milf
tary commander, to-day personally ar.
rested Juan Costello, captain of the
Cuban army, who led his negro COM
panions into the club.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
Rank Robbers.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. s--A special to the
Post Dispatch from Arrowsmith, ILL.,,
says the private bank of Tayler &
Mcclure was last night entered by rob-
bers who secured $4,000 worth of nego-
table paper. The safe was wrecked by
dynamite. Blood hounds are being
used to track the robbers.
Los ANGELES, Dec. 8.-Postoffice In-
spector Flint has been notified that the
postoffice al Clifton, Calf, was robbed
by two masked men last night. The
till was emptied in the presence of the
postmaster. The robbers escaped.
CHICAGO, Dec 8.-The safe in the
bank at Antioch. ILL.,, forty miles from
Chicago. was blown open by dynamite
last night. Loss So. 900 cash and some
valuable papers. The robbers escaped
on hand car.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
The CycIers.

New York, Dec. 8--Dutchman'
Waller took the lead in the six day bi-
cycle race at 2 o'clock this morning
and passed the 1900 mile mark at 4:30.
At 3o'clock Miller was third, Pierce
having dashed by him. At o'clock
Pierce was once more at the top of the
string. Albert climbed to second place
at o'clock and at six he left the track
and lost some advantage, Several
riders fell asleep on their wheels. At
8 o'clock Pierce was 81 miles behind
the best record made by Miller last
year.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
BUT TREATY IS FINISHED SAYS JUDGE DAY.
Bank and Postofice Robberies in Many Parts Of the
Country
A.T&s. F. ANNUAL MEETING AND RESULTS.

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 8.-The jury in
the case of Mrs. Margaret E. Cody,
after being oct since 6 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, came into court this
morning and asked for an explanation
of the penal code In relation to black
mail. After this was read they again
retired. Mrs. Cody has been on trail
eight days on indictments for black
mail found against her in April last,
the indictments alleging that she wrote
plackmaiIing letters to George Gould
and Miss Helen Gould concerning the
suit of Mrs. Angel to establish the
dover rights to Jay Goulds estate. 1t
is understood the jury stands eight for
conviction and four for scqulttal.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
The Emflerors Talk.

BERLIN, Dec. San address BY the
emperor on his Impressions of Pales-
tine has been published In which he
says:
" am, above all things, disappointed
when l see the condition of the holy
places. 1t cuts ones heart. How little
does the gigantic fact of the emanation
Of divine love correspond with what we
have seen."
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
The DAYS Fire Record.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Dec. 8. The
local fire department is unable to con-
troll the dock fire which started yester-
day. Aid has been asked from St.
Paul. The loss has now reached $780,
600. -Four hundred feet of dock have
gone into the lake and 200 more Is SO
badly burned as to require rebuilding.
: Only one man was saved of the four
carried into the lake by the falling
coal.
Los. ANGELES LOSS.
Los ANGELES, CAL, Dec. S.--Ail but
Two Of the twelve standard oil plants
burned today. Less. s25000O.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
Mhlskev Is Hith.

EDINBURGH, Dec 8-There was a
panic on the Stock exchange to-day.
The whiskey companies shares have
declined so per cent and are still fall
ing. The whole industry is affected
The collapse is the result of an over
production of whiskey and will cause
heavy losses.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
Burned TO Death.

Los ANGELES, Calf, Dec. 8.--Mrs.
L. K. Kent, aged seventy-four, burned
to death last night. She was filing
eeal oil lamp by candle light. The
candle dropped over and ignited the oil
and the flames caught the woman's
clothing. Mrs. Kent came from Dem
var
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
The Eastern Storm.

BUFFALO. N. Y, Dec. Continued
high winds are causing serious delay in
railway traffic today. The snow is
drifting as fast as the railway COM
panies can remove It. A number of
trains have been abandoned.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
Beats Grant.

BERLIN, Dec. 8.-Prince Bismarck's
memoirs which were issued last week,
have caused a sensation. $4,000 copies
having already been sold and the sup
ply is inadequate to meet the demands.
This triples the record made In the sale
of General Grants memoirs.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08

Mrs. T. Troutman has leased the
Lusk property on Douglas avenue.
These rooms have been thorougly rem
ovated, new carpets, bedding and re-
furnished throughout. Can be had
single or in suite at reasonable prices
Eoquire next door to Colorado tele-
phone office, Douglas avenue. 24-1m
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
Colorado Miners Frozen.

OURAY, Colo., Dec. 8-George How
ard and Frank Hyde were brought
down from Ironton last night frozen to
death. They wandered off the road
and perished.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08
orFIoIAL ANp ornEnwIsE.

Governor 0fero has annointad Col
one,Fc A,s,., at vecas. ds,e-
cate At large 10 renresept New Mexi,o
AZ the saeond anrnal eouvantian AZ the
National I,va stoet association "a he
bala x Danvar hag,nn,,o 1annsrv "a
80
Mavor + ~ clancy ~ A,hnoosrona
has heen IN Wasbington clfv some
veeks lacking astsr The Albuoueropa
grant which The land courf ofBc;al.
saw tha sunrame caort a nrettv s,,ra N
tnoct out ~ ons crnaI hlow AZ
Clancv IL axnacf.d hou. an catnrdav
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formar. Territorial anditor ia again
seelxino the anpolntmept al the hands
of of Gov Otero So il Countv COL
lector saroeapt Of Rio Arriba countv
hut those who know assert that IN
santa Fe the understanding js rrettv
oeneraI that IT u Catron has ARRANGED
with bis excellencv n deliver this nlrm
10 his old time devoted comnadre An
tonic Ortiz ' salasar D
xxx
The AIbuoueroue Citizen comes TO
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08

1t may be of some interest to our read
ers to know the rates Of postage on let
ters sent to soldiers at Manila. The rate
is the same as on ordinary home mail
matter aud an ordinary two cent stamp
will carry letter $4,000 miles to Manila.
Ir should be addressed to philippine
station, San Francisco as the Manila
postohice is officially known as branch
of the San Francisco Office. The same
postal rates are applicable to Puerto
Rico.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08

He's Not So Warm.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.-rhe Presl-
aent today sent to the senate the nomis
natien Of Richmond P Hobson to b
navel constructor.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-12-08

Pictures 81 per dozen, also picture
frames at half price for III next thirty
days, at the at Plaza gallery. S7-tf2