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The record-union., 1898-09-03
ONE OF OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.

Alfred Solomon of the Porto Rican
of his people in these terms which call
for no commentary by Americans. In
the cities life is much as in all Span
ish-American countries-the mass in
the cool Of the morning, at which, it is
feared, religious thought is jostled by
others in the heads Of youth Of both
sexes; the "retreta" after sundown,
when slim WASTED, dainty senoritas
glide UP and down the plaza to the sound
of the military band; shopping by gas
light; an occasional ball where rich and
fanciful costumes abound, and where
are seen faces in plenty, " which have a
beauty which is at once touching and
enchanting. Small features, large,
black, lustrous eyes, and perfect oval
outlines make the criolla a distinct inn
provement on the sensual-faced Spanish
woman, and she is of more refined in
stincts and gentler disposition. AS
mothers they are unexcelled and liter
ally sacrifice themselves for the well
fare Of their children. The capital, San
Juan, being the seat Of government, is,
of course, the social center, while Ponce
is commercially of more Importance and
is of more modern construction and ad
vanced ideas"
But when it comes to country life and
the condition of the peasantry, he has
story n fell
A visit to the rural districts intro
duces US TO a class Of peasantry ground
down by unjust taxation, but simple,
thrifty, and hard-working. Living in
a hut constructed of palm branches
matched with palm leaves, his only
clothing a cotton duck suit from the
New England looms, and surrounded by
q numerous family, usually in state
of nature, he passes his day working in
his patch of corn or sugar-cane, and his
evenings dancing the native danzas TO
the sound of the guiro and tiple He
can neither read nor write, and has not
facilities afforded him for learning TO do
so: and knows our country only by
the dried fish and rice it sends him for
his consumption. His bete noir is the
Spanish civil guard, who patrol the
country in mounted pairs, and whose
hoast is that they never bring In
rrisoner alive. He pays direct tax TO
the Government in the form or impu-
as+o territorial. or assessment on the
value of his farm, and the ceduia, or IN
tarnal nassport; and it has been stated
.ha+ these taxes amount to about bO
,,ar cent of his net income. But he is
.aodv for emancipation, and. when edu-
The record-union., 1898-09-03
THE KLONDIKE FAILURE.

Recent light on the Klondike country
shows the truth of the old saying that
the mines of Golconda lie at our feet
rather than over the hills and beyond
the horizon.
After the loss Of more than a year,
during which pain and suffering have
been the portion Of the majority, it now
transpires that the greater part of the
claim made for the Alaskan gold re-
gion is as useless as the forests of a
mirage. This assumption Of the worth
lessness of the Klondike country as a
means of relief to the unemployed by
no means ignores the fact that there is
enough gold there to make every tour
ist rich, if he could get it. So is there
enough gold in the ocean to float all
the debts Of the world for millions OF
years, but the cost of getting such gold
would exceed its value.
Those who see nothing satisfactory in
the moderate profits Of daily toll often
rush to the Klondike or to some equally
worthless country, which, for this rea-
son or that, they assume to be the land
whose wealth will save them from all
future toll only to realize, in the long
run, that they were pursuing imprac-
ticable projects, and that the strand of
coveted gold proves a rope of sand.
When one estimates the many mill
ions of dollars that have been expended
by Klondike treasure hunters, to say
nothing of the loss Of their time and
the sufferings they have undergone, it
Will be found that the money expended
In pursuit of the alleged gold is a sum
far greater than the aggregate of gold
removed by all the miners that have
yet visited the far north.
The fact is that, in spite of competi-
ton and the occasional prevalence of
hard times, California is a fairer field
for the miner or horticulturist than any
State in the Union. If those who have
already gone to Klondike could have
beeninducedto cooperate in some great
mining enterprise in this State they
would have succeeded in making vastly
more than they have reaped from the
Alaskan hills.
The record-union., 1898-09-03
THINK 1T OVER.

In spite of the fact that there is
a great outcry among certain classes,
led by men like Judge Mcguire, that
all the economic evils of society are
due to the fact that rich men are made
rich by appropriating the unearned in
crement or ground rent of land, it may
readily be shown that this IS a bogey
that is held up without reason.
According to Henry George, whose
follower Mcguire is, ''the rich are grow
ing richer and the poor are growing
poorer" This, he says, is because men
are allowed to own land, and that, as
a result, they appropriate the value
which is added by the increase Of pop
ulation, the growth of cities, etc. This
they call the "unearned increment"
DR.. William T. Harris, United States
Commissioner Of Education, who is re-
garded as one of the greatest living
thinkers has so completely answered
Henry George that his followers have
nothing to stand on.
1t is beside the purpose of this arti-
Gle to go into the question in detail,
but the following facts must strike
even Mcguire as a hard thing to an
swer in any way consistent with his
theory Of taxation: DR.. Harris shows,
from the tables of the United States
census, that the ground rent Of which
the single-taxers complain amounts to
2 cents per day to each person. He
also shows that if all taxes were raised
by a levy on land values alone, instead
of by direct taxes, tariffs, etc, the rate
would be ~ per cent. per annum on
the true valuation of the lands Of the
country. How would land owners,
farmers, or even the owners Of town
lots, like to pay such a rate in order
that men with large incomes invested
in bonds and other personal property
might go free Of taxation? This is
something to think about, even if Judge
Mcguire does not like to have the
subject thought over just now.
The record-union., 1898-09-03
Department Two-J ohnson, Judge.)

Friday, September I'd.
Martin Schuler VS.. creditors - Final
discharge granted.
James l.. Saunders vs. creditors
Same order.
Frank E. Ehrhardt ct al. VS.. Annie
Murray ct al.-Demurrer overruled; ten
days to answer.
Mary II. Striff VS.. John NJ. Striff-
Defendahf ordered to pay SIS costs and
attorneys fees within ten days.
People VS.. Union Building and Loan
Association-Sale of Sherman Island
property confirmed
Estate and guardianship Of Grubsick
minors-Guardian S. B. Smith directed
to turn over estate to Dominick KAN
alich of Cook County, Ill.
Estate of E. c.. Jones, deceased-Final
account, settled.
Estate of Mary Muir, deceased-Final
account settled and distribution or
dered
Letters to A. J. Rhoads.
Estate of Frederick J. Stauffer, de-
ceased-Letters granted to Adolph He'll
bron, bond $4,000.
Estate of Adele A. Carter, deceased
c. H. Dunn appointed trustee.
Estate of jeremiah Gegan, deceased
VIII admitted to probate; letters to
Thomas O'Connell, without bonds; no.
tice to creditors in "Record-Union."
Estate Of David Harris, deceased-Pe-
tition for sale of property denied; Pc
tition to compromise debt submitted
and taken under advisement
S. j. Fenton VS.. J. r. Lanphere-
Plaintiff allowed to amend complaint;
motion to strike out parts of complaint
denied and demurrer overruled.
All other cases continued
The record-union., 1898-09-03
TRIAL CALENDARS.
Judges Hughes and johnson Fix
Dates for Their Courts.

Yesterday Judge Hughes set his tria
calendar as follows:
Rebecca Pickard VS.. Edward c. Muir.
ray ct ai.-October Sd.
A. M. Johnson VS.. w. L. Weyant-
September 21st.
F. J. Fallon, administrator, VS.. Will.
lam Cook-September 26th.
Caroline Camenzind VS.. John Kamp.
fen-October 18th.
Herman Grimm VS.. Mary Grimm
September 10Th.
Elizabeth D. Bunnell VS.. P. j. Vor
Loben Sels-October 10th.
Reclamation District 551 vs. c. E
Bunnell ct al.-October 10th.
Reclamation District 535 VS.. Lucretia
Nusbaum ct al.-September 7th
George G. Avery VS.. A M. Mitchell
September Goth.
The record-union., 1898-09-03

This is a system of human servi-
tude Just as complete as chatte1
slavery and in many respects more
atrocious; yet the so-called Demo-
cratic party, while claiming to be
the friend of the laborer, expressly
defends this system, and bids for
the support Of those who profit by
it. But these are not the only mat
ters to which the party has been
recreant--James G. Mcguire.
The record-union., 1898-09-03

The American character is not per-
feet, says an esteemed exchange. Of
course not. 1t is lacking in several
essentials. We have not correct views
OF life in ali respects, and we need to
have higher ambitions and aims than
the mere accumulation of money and
the successes which are triumphs over
our neighbors. But for young coun-
try the American character, after ALL
is a wonderful example Of splenoId
growth
The record-union., 1898-09-03

Gated, will prove a valuable and law
abiding citizen. The internal admin
istration of the island disposes of a
budget of about $3,300,OOO, and is a
woful example of corrupt officialism.
Of this sum only about S650,0O0 is ex-
pended or the island, the remainder
being applied to payment of interest on
public debt, salaries of Spanish officials.
army, navy and other extra-insular eX-
penditures. But the whole of the rev.
enue is collected on the island. This is
indeed Observation-Disclosures with
vengeance.
Colonel Winthrop, U. s. A., describes
the soil of the country as unusually fer
tile, the island to the tops of the noun
tains is covered with luxuriant verdi
ure; plenty of timber is on every hand
while the royal palm, the plaintain and
the banana abound:
The exports from Porto Rico have
consisted mostly Of sugar, coffee, to-
bacco. molasses, rum. honey, indigo
cotton, mahogany, cattle, mules and
hides. According to the most recent
authority, --latest returns" exhibit the
three principal exports as follows:
Sugar, 81, SCI tons; coffee, 16,SS4 tons;
tobacco, 1907 tons. The sugar export
has declined, having once nearly dou-
bled the above quantity The island
also produces, in lesser quantities, fax,
ginger, cassia, rice and maize, with cit
rons lemons and oranges, and other
fruits, which might we'll be made arti-
nf ms a n lxc nf
salt are worked by the Government.
The foreign trade of Porto Rico dur
ing 1896 amounted to about $36, 500, coo,
while that of Hawaii for the same year
was less than S22,O00,000; and Of the
still richer Philippines less than S31,-
100000. The island is appreciably
cooler than any Of the other Antilles;
it is we'll areated and is more salubrious
than the larger Of the West Indies.
From November to April the climate is
a delightful one. What is not such
possession capable of under an en-
lightened policy Of government and the
impetus of American industry and
thrift?
Edward Emerson, Jr., who has had
opportunities for intelligent observa-
ton in Porto Rico, confirms the sugges-
ton we have thrown out, in these
words:
There is nothing in the tropical cli
mate of Porto Rico to prevent our peo-
pie from going thither, but the labor
force already there has never been half
utilized. The real Spanish element is
small even in the cities. The white
population is mainly like the native
element Of Cuba-creole descendants
Of European colonists alienated from
the Spanish stock. There are many
blacks, possibly third of all the peo-
pie, and much mixed blood, but the pop
ulation is not ignorant or indolent or in
any way degraded. It is not turbulent
or intractable, and there is every rea-
son to believe that under encouraging
conditions it would become Industrious,
thrifty and prosperous. Is is certain
that a great advance could be made
upon the present state of things, and
the island could be rendered Of no small
commercial value to US and to it's own
people.
The record-union., 1898-09-03
DEPARTMENT TWO.

Judge Johnson has set the trial calen-
dar in Department Two as follows:
Mary L. E. Sheplar VS.. F. M. Sheplar
October 10th.
California State Agricultural Society
VS.. S. B. Smith ct al.-September 21st.
B. Ruhl VS. G. M. Mott-Deferred one
week.
Peter McGraw VS.. Friend & Ferry
Lumber Company-October 4th.
Robert Balentine VS.. Fred. Mier-Sep-
tember Goth.
George Fassett VS.. Fl. H. Fassett-
October Sd.
Laura c. Johnson VS.. Fred c. john
son-September Sth.
Ida f. Collins VS.. George E. Collins
September Sth
Lindley & Co. VS.. Margaret Dorscher
October 18th.
Manuel Silviera VS.. Mary Silviera-
September 9th.
Gilbert Dobbs VS.. Isaac Trumbo ct al
October 11th.
Nellie Mclaughlin VS.. Patrick Nc
Laugnlin-Septembe Sth.
The record-union., 1898-09-03
Action to Eoreclose.

The National Bank of D. o. Mills &
Co., by its attorneys, White & Seymour,
has brought an action against Antonio
and Lille Galliotto to foreclose a mort
gage for S641.o0 on about two and one
half acres in the Louisiana Tract, ORR
ginally made to the Union Building and
Loan Association. and by the latter as
signed to the plaintiff. The note bears
interest since November, 1897.
The record-union., 1898-09-03

The striking coal miners at Pana.
H., are proceeding in a manner which
will make their defeat certain. They
are resorting to violence and placing
themselves in open revolt against the
laws of the State. They seized the
President and Superintendent of the
Springside mine, dragged them from
their buggy, beat a minister who in
terceded in their behalf, carried off
their prisoners and held them for sew
eral hours, threatening all the time to
hang them. No matter whether the
miners are right or wrong in their
claims in regard to wages such acts
will injure their cause and turn public
sentiment against them. The people
Of this country believe in lawful meth
DDS in settling all differences, and will
not sanction resort to rioting or brute
force in order to redress real or fancied
wrongs.
The record-union., 1898-09-03

out in the bay opened a deadly fire.
Three men We're killed near Lieutenant
Wlnslow and three fingers of his hand
were shot away before the last strand
of the cable had been severed. but
Winslow did not finch, went on with
his work, and with his one hand cut
that last strand. The navy officers
think the ordeal to which Winslow was
subjected was harder than that of Hob
son. Lieutenant Blue went ashore
alone in a hostile country to make
the reconnaissance which located Ger
vera's ships in the harbor of Santiago.
He Travelled seventy-two miles in the
enemy's country, and ran constant
risk of capture and death as a spy.
He spent three days ashore and re-
ported back to Admiral Sampson June
18th.
WONDERFUL DEWEY.
Placerville Nugget: Of course - you
know this man Dewey is wonderful
man. But look at him. Down go all
the officers who had anything promi-
rent to do with the fighting at Cuba
with nervous prostration. And he who
has been under the greatest strain OF
them all is there-asking to be allowed
to stay, nary a kick, nary scandal
invincible old Dewey is as good, as
fresh as he was when the war first
began.
THEY FOUGHT WE'LL.
Oakland Tribune: The Rough Riders
are being mustered out to-day at Camp
Wikoff They didn't wear the blue very
long, but they made a name for them
selves that will live as long as the
story of the war lasts. When they
were first organized prophecies were
made that they would be of little good,
the argument being that snowy sol
diers rarely do the actual fighting. The
Rough Riders, though, soon showed
that they were made Of the right kind
Of stuff, for they fought like dare
devils, and were never SO happy as
when they were under fire. In years
to come it will be an honor for a man
to say that he belonged to Teddy
Roosevelts famous troopers.
The record-union., 1898-09-03
EvERYBODY's COLUMN.

Under this heading the "Record-Union"
Will publish short letters from CORE
spondents on topics of interest to the
general public The matter IN these COM
munlcatlonS Will be understood to repre-
sent only the views of the writers. All
communications must be accompanied by
the name OF the writer, not for publica-
tlon unless SO desired, but as a guarantee
of good faith.-Eds
The record-union., 1898-09-03
Suits on Old judgments.

SUITS have been commenced by H. F.
G. Trumpler and Eva c. Trumpler, by
their attorney, j. Charles Jones, against
j. +. Odbert, to recover on judgments
rendered in 1898. The first named
plaintiff claims S3,39O54, and the latter
3,116.O2, principal and interest.
The record-union., 1898-09-03

The sword of Napoleon was laid un-
sheathed on the pillow where rested
his lifelesc head.
The record-union., 1898-09-03

TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All drug
gists refund he money If 1t fails to cure. 25c The
genuine has L. B. @. on each tablet.
The record-union., 1898-09-03

them at times are the forerunners of seri-
Gus disease.
More men would succeed in carrying out
their life purposes if they would put their
constitutions In strong, forceful, high con-
dition, without waiting until disease has
plunged its axe into their vital organs. If
a man who is using up his working vitality
faster than his nutritive powers supply it,
will use DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery as an adjunct to his daily meals, it
will give the digestive organs power to
take hold of the food and extract from it
the elements which strengthen the vital
organism and build up healthy blood.
1t Tevitalizes every organ and tissue of
the body; purges bilious poisons out of
the circulation invigorates the nerve GEN.
ters and the muscular system and makes
man altogether a nan-full of ambition,
energy and pluck.
Mr.. Jos, Henderson Dirblun of 544 Josephine
Street, New Orleans, La, writes to DR.. Pierce ::
g I ailing for some years, suffering from
dyspepsia, tired feeling and loss Of energy and
appetite. tried one bottle of DR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and found great re
lief. I took two more bottles three In all and
one two bottles of the Pellets when
found myself in good health again. 7 recon-
mend DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to
do all that 1t is claimed to do.'
In many cases where constipation is one
of the aggravating causes Of disease, DR.
Pierces Pleasant Pellets should be used in
conjunction with the Discovery" They
are the simplest and most perfectly natural
laxative ever invented
It is dealers business to sell you what
you ask for-not what he prefers for selfish
profits sake to SELL
The record-union., 1898-09-03

Spain has sent to Cuba LOCO tons of
medicines, etc, in three years.
The record-union., 1898-09-03

him from behind
Mighty few hard
working men ever
stop to realize thai
the headaches and
dizzy sensations an6
feelings of weak.
ness and sluggish.
ness and incapacity
IL :.
The record-union., 1898-09-03
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Fair; warmer Sat
urday; brisk northwest wind.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-06-29

A young man, upon whose upper lip
the first faint signs OF adolescence had
begun to manifest themselves, had be-
come deeply enamored of maiden
several years his senior
His home and hers as well, was in
an ambitious college town in the mid
die West among whose municipal reg
ulations-but let us not anticipate
lie had been under the influence OF
the tender passion for a period certain
ly not less than four weeks, and could
wait no longer to know his fate. One
eventful evening, after walking up and
down the sidewalk in front of her
home until nearly o'clock, he went up
the doorsteps, rang the bell, and was
admitted. The young lady received
him in the parlor and without loss OF
time he declared himself in the most
lmpassioned manner.
There was n brief silence.
Then the deep tones of Il distant bell
we're heard.
Harry she said, patting him gen.
.ly on the head there goes the cur
Few. Come earlier next time. Good
aight!"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-06-29

Archdeacon Phair. who has spent
many years in the remote Northwest
IS missionary for the Church of Eng
and, and is at present in Montreal.
states that intending klondikers who
.hink of taking dogs with them are
making very serious mistake. Mr..
Phair says that the "huskies." or Es-
luimau dogs. are we'll protected with
4 growth of hair between their toes
which prevents their feet from being
,rozen. Imported dogs have not this
accessory pedal-eXtremity protection,
md every dog taken into the Klondike
during this winter is sure to suffer
and be rendered quite useless. Dozens
OF noble looking mastifts have been
leaving Montreal almost daily for the
Alaska territory. 1t seems deplorable
hat all these animals should have 10
,ome to such an untimely end
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-06-29
BEATING VERNE'S HERO,
Time Table for Going Round the
World in - Dnys

Time Table for Going Round the
World in - Days
Prince Khilkon. the Russian Minis
Ter OF Communications. is reported to
have stated that when the Siberian
Railway is opened throughout its en-
tire length, the tour of the world may
be made in thirty-three days. The va
rous divisions of the journey are COW
cred as follows bremen to St. Peters
burg, one and a half days st Peters
burg TO Nladivostok. ten days. Nladi-
Nostok to san Francisco, ten days;
san Francisco to New York. four and
half days; New York to Bremen. seven
days, total. thirty-three. Another au,
thority goes one better than that lie
proposes TO reduce the length of the
worlds journey to twenty-eight DAYS.
The figures given by the Russian Min
lister are evidently based ON the actual
running speed of the various railway
and steamship lines. an estimated av-
erage speed OF about twenty-five miles
an hour from the Russian capital to
tladlVostok But It is suggested that
IT the traveller had the services Of the
fastest existing ships on the ocean, and
the trains were run at the highest rate
OF speed consistent with the gradients,
curves and conditions of the permanent
way OF railways in the various dis
tricts passed over, five days might be
saved. Thus the Kaiser Wilhelm
would be available for the Atlantic pas
sage, with her average speed of e2S4
knots per hour and n 20-knot speed is
assumed for the Pacific passage. To
maintain the high average OF the spe-
clal trains. il is further assumed that
speeds OF from sixty to seventy miles
an hour would be maintained on level
stretches OF country to make up for
time lost in crossing mountains The
probable best time that could be made
by engaging special trains. assuming
the ocean passages TO be performed at
the speeds mentioned. would be as fol-
lows: London to Moscow. SO hours;
Moscow to Vladivostok, l49. 1 hours:
Nladivostok to San Francisco. 270
hours; San Francisco to New York,
73.1 hours; New York TO Plymouth.
1888 hours; Plymouth to London. 80
hours Total. $685. hours. This gives
total of u days II hours for the
whole journey.