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Lee Wore No Sword.

TT is a. remarkable fact" said a dis
tinguished ex-Confederate, that Cen
eral Lee never wore a sword during
the war, or any weapon, and he never
buckled on sword until the day of his
surrender, and then as an act of court
esy to General Grant, and as proper
for the occasion, when terms of sur
render were being agreed upon
General Lee did not expect to sur
render his sword, to General Grant be-
cause, by the terms of surrender, all
officers were to retain their side arms;
but he did expect as / have heard him
state, that Grant would gd through the
form Of touching the hilt Of his sword
according to the custom of war. But
Grant, magnanimous of soldiers did
not even do that"
General Lee had a sword, which is
preserved, but the fact that he did not
wear it, as thus stated in the Star"
is rather a shock to those of us who
have enjoyed literally, as we'll as fig
uratively, Father Ryan's poem Of STIR
ring sentiment, beginning:
Forth from its scabbard, pure and bright
Flashed the sword of Leel
Washington Star.
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ORDINANCE NO. 49S.

An Ordinance to amend Section
Seven of Ordinance Number One
Hundred and Forty-one, regulat-
ing the time for using City water
for the purposes Of irrigation IN
the City Of Sacramento, and pro-
vidinE that fire pressure be main
tanned by the City Water Works
during said time.
The Board Of Trustees Of the
City Of Sacramento do ordain as
follows,
Section I. Section seven Of ordi-
nance number one hundred and
forty-one Is hereby amended to
read a. follows;
Section z. No person or persons
shall use, OF cause to be used, any
City water for the purposes Of ir-
rigation In the'City Of Sacramento.
except between the hours from
Five to Eight o'clock q. m., and
from Five to Nine o'clock p. m,
except at the City Cemetery. State
Capitol Grounds, Federal Building
and the Plaza. And 1t IL further
provided that during the foregoing
hours fixed for irrigation, tho City
Water Works, and the Chief En-
gineer thereof, shall maintain fire
pressure throughout said City.
Section 2. All Ordinances OF
parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith, are hereby repealed.
sectioy. 8. This Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
Eassed August l, 1893.
d. MCKAY,
President Of Board Of Trustees.
Approved August e. 1898.
y WIN. LAND, Mayer.
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Water rates. including irrigation,
also city licenses, are now due and
payable at Office of City Collector,
room 8, southwest corner of Fourth
and j streets.
NOTICE OF STREET WORK.

Office of Superintendent of Streets, Sac
ramento, October II, 1898.
Public notice is hereby given that the
Beard of Trustees of the city OF Sacra-
mento passed on the 10th day of Octo-
ber. 1898, a resolution of intention, No.
1893, providing:
That the alley between j and K streets
in said city, from the east line of Ftf-
teenth street to the east line of Sixteenth
street, be improved by constructing there
in vitrified ironstone pipe sewer, eight
''Y'' branches, and constructing an auto
matte flush tank at the head thereof.
And all parties interested are referred
file in the Superintendent of Streets Of
fee JAMES TOUHEY,
Superintendent of Streets.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Francisco.

San Francisco, Oct 18th
Morning Session-Andes, Sc: B & B.
17c: Caledonia, zoe; c Va, 66c; G & C,
16c: Ophir. Acc; Potosi, 12c; Utah. &C.
Closing Quotations-Alta &c; Alpha. 1c:
Andes, Sc; Belcher, &c; B & B. lac: Bull
lion 1c; Caledonia, 19c: Challenge, 12c
Chollar. Sc; c c Va. CSC: Point. Sc
Exchequer, 1c; G & c, 15c; H & N, 90c
Justice. 4c; Kentuck. &c; Mexican, 12c
Ophir, 45c; Overman. 1c: Potosi. lie; Saw
age, &c: Scorpion. &c; Sierra Nevada, 72c
Union, 1se; Utah, SC; Yellow Jacket, 14o
Standard, s170.
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United.

Editor-Young man, you will never
make reporter. You say here that
'the police arrested him"
New Reporter-That is quite correct.
Editor-No, sir, 1t is not. You should
have said. THE police succeeded in eff
fecting his arrest. Pick Me-Up
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California Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-California dried
fruits firm. Evaporated Apples-Com-
mon 7GSc; prime wire tray size; choice
and fancy, &c. PrunesA6SlRc Apricots
Royal, 11G13c: Moorpark, 12016c
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GEORGE E. LoUNsBURY.
The Republican Candidate for
Governor Of Connecticut.

The recently nominated candidate of
the Republicans of Connecticut for the
Governorship of that State is Senator
George E. Lounsbury. He was born IN
1888 in Westchester County, New
York, where his parents temporarily re-
SIZED. A few months later his father
moved to Ridgefield, Conn, and Senator
Lounsbury has lived upon the home
Et4ad ever since.
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
cases from slaughterers to dealers:
REEF-First quality. 61ac; second quail
ity. 5IhG16c: third quality. 465c per 10
VEAI-6q61ac for large and eQSc per ID
for ANAL
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COMMERCIAL.
WHEAT EASIER, BUT SPOT QUO
TATIONS UNCHANGED.
Barley Steady and Quiet-Options
Du1l-Oats in Small Demand
No Change In Corn.

San Francisco, Oct. 18th.
Wheat is rather easier; spot prices are
unchanged; options opened lower; cables
are fairly steady; the Chicago market is
apathetic; there is less demand for ex-
port and futures are lower Barley is
steady and quiet; options are dull Oats
are In small demand; prices are unchang-
ed: heavy arrivals from the north to-
day. No changes in corn; the market is
The hay market is still easy: trade is
not active; receipts are light Bran is
firm at an advance. No change in mid
dlingS.
Cantaloupes and nutmegs are doing bet
ter; some brought more than our figures
receipts are smaller. Figs are more plen-
tiful and are lower Good wine grapes
continue firm; table varieties move slow
ly
The butter market has a decidedly
easier feeling; some creamery, delayed
en- route, is selling at low as 2Oc. With
an ordinary demand there would not be
too much fresh butter here but with the
trade taking packed goods there is a
slight accumulation of fresh. Ranch
eggs are accumulating, also. and some
houses quote lower.
Produce Quotations.
Extras, N.l5a4.2 Is per barrel; Bakers Ex-
ctl for No. l and sI2o for choice; Mining
WesiRsf nY4Feea Z 221 = per ,ssl, 81 ,, c,.
Brewing. s1.25Q1 IS, nominal.
OATS,Poor to fair, sl.17la91. .221a per
ctl; good to choice. 81. 2511 27lb, fancy feed
81. .2o@1. Is; Surprise 81. 35Ql 40; Red, ST. 45N
LEO; Black, S.65Q1.75
CORN-In sacks-Large Yellow, s1.O5fj
$lQ1.05; Small Yellow. California. S12UQ
l221s per cu; White. do. N.Rls0@1l5
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fancy CrOCkery
CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.

is hereby excepted from the provisions of
this Ordinance
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take
effect from and after it's passage.
Passed January 4, 1897.
CHARLES E. LEONARD.
PRESIDENT of the Board of Trustees.
Disapproved January H. 1897
G. H HUBBARD, Mayor
Passed over Mayors veto, January 49,
1897.
CHARLES E. LEONARD.
President of the Board of Trustees
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Closing Grain Quotations.

Chicago, Oct. 18th
WHEAT-October, 6434c December
'49sc; May, 65$4c.
New York, Oct 18th.
WHEAT-December, 717sc; May, tic.
San Francisco, Oct. 18th.
WHEAT-December, S1.21H.
BARLEY-December $1.25.
CORN-Large Yellow, S1.05@1.071s
BRAN-$14. 50Q15 so.
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ORDINANCE NO. 461.

An Ordinance Requiring Cement Side
walks to Be Colored a Dark Slate
Color.
The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento Ordain as follows:
Section l. All cement walks, which NAV
hereafter be constructed within the limit
OF the City of Sacramento. shall have col
oring matter introduced into the finish or
slate color.
Section 2: This ordinance shall take ef-
feet Immediately.
Passed March 2, 1897.
CHARLES f. LEONARD.
President of the Board of Trustees.
Approved March 25, 1897.
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
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He was educated in the district
school and at the age of II taught
school until he entered Yale College,
frum which he graduated in 1868. He
graduated from the Berkeley Divinity
School in 1866 and had charge of the
Episcopal parishes in Sheffield and
Thompsonville. In consequence OF
throat trouble he retired from clerical
work and entered into the manufacture
of boots and shoes. In 1894 he was
elLcted Senator from his district and
Was reelected in 1896, running ahead
of the Mckinley ticket His opponent
for the nomination for Governor was
Mr. Porter, Private Secretary to Presi-
deaf Mckinley.
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A firms name is its most
valuable asset; realizing this,
we endaavor to leave nothing
undones to make every patron a
satisfied patron--the best sales
men we can have.
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MUTTON-Wethers, 61aQ7c; Ewes, GO
612c per 10.
LAMB-7h0Sc per 10.
PORK-Live Hogs, 4c per 10 for me-
dium, 34@31ac for small 31aQ3ac tor
large; dressed. 5AQ6Ac per ID.
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ORDINANCE NO. 455.

An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No.
345, entitled, "An Ordinance to Pro-
hibit Gambling by Means of Automatic
Quotation Exhibitors Slot Machines,
Wheels, or any Similar Contrivance or
Imitation Thereof, or by any other De-
vice or Scheme" Approved June is,
1894, by excepting from the Operation
of said Ordinance, such Slot Machines
as are Played for Articles of Merchan-
disc.
The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. Section i of Ordinance No.
345 is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows to wit:
1t shall be unlawful for any person to
open. set up. conduct deal play or carry
on in any public or private place what
ever in the City of Sacramento, any au-
tomato quotation exhibitor, or any SIM
liar eontrivance or imitation thereof,
whether operated by means of a clock, or
by any other device, or any system where
by goods in name only, and that do not
exist are bought and sold on commission,
or whereby the rise and fall of price of
goods are dependent upon automatic
chance or otherwise, whether called an
automatic quotation exhibitor or grain
and stock exchange, or any clock game,
Ferris wheel, nickel-in-the-slot machine
or imitation thereof, or any device or
scheme whatever for money, checks,
chips, credit, or any representative of
value: provided, however, that any slOf
machine kept and played solely and alone
for articles Of merchandise shall be and
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Bohemian
glassware

Many dainty effects in vases, card re-
ceivers, violet cups and other neat and
attractive articles. are shown in our
superior lines of Bohemian glassware
These are marked at very reasonable
figures considering the quality Of the
goods.
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satin hose
supporters
I0lc Sandow
IZ2 ca toilet pins

A heavy purchase at a figure much
below the market value OF the goods,
enables US to offer ladies' satin belt
hose supporters at 12113c pr. They are
made of good materials and insure the
wearer perfect comfort. These are
easily worth 2Oc pair, and are to be
had in pink, blue, red. yellow, white
and black.
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81 lc,
iardi-
niereS

These are not the common cheap
kind, but of good imported Australian
clay, all in desirable colors such as
green, red, tan and mixed colorings.
Price soc up
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long and Of good thickness and solid
weight.
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Sale of Staple Small Wares.

TOMORROW will of many useful little articles,
technically small These will
below regular value opportunity
wanted items remarkably small outlay fortnight ago held
such attending has induced repeat
the offering with important additions Doubtless the average
has for of these articles nearly the
day.
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sets for
the toilet

A handsome new line Of sets for the
toilet, consisting of comb, brush, tray
and mirror; the brush Isl the celebrated
keep clean" brand, with guaranteed
bristles. These are shown in great
variety at various prices-au service
able.
Celluloid sets Of 2, 3 and 4 pieces, Toe
to 81
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pins, well finished and regularly worth
&c paper.
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These are very neat in appearance
and just the thing for the amusement
OF the boys. They are made OF wood
and discharge hollow projectile.
Ball and accouterments complete, 81
cutlery
Such well-known manufacturers as
Needham Brothers, Westenhold & Sons.
Jordan and others, are represented in
our line of superior pocket cutlery
You viii find the goods right and the
prices right
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35c
ID OF

In domestic perfumes Mellier's ex-
tracts are recognized as being beyond
the products; of rival manufacturers.
The following odors always in stock:
Violet, hel1otrope, jockey club, sweet
crab apple. Roman hyancinth, ETC., 35c
ounce.
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9)I55c,

taeies Z5C
We show one of the most extensive
nssortments of spectacles and eye
glasses to be found In the city. The
prices of these run from 25c for good
serviceable article to So for those of
superior quality.
Colored glasses 15c, 25c and SOC.
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These are such as are usually shown
at 614c pr. They are made to stitch
right on to the corset, and with wide
covered steel in back; colors black and
drab.
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These are of good quality, and in de-
sira BILE lengths-a much higher grade
of goods than you would expect at
the small price.
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hairpin


These are pretty little square boxes,
divided into compartments, each con-
tanning an assortment of hair pins
both regular wire and invisible pins;
plain and crinkled finish.
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We show an exceptionally fine as
sortment of dolls in all sizes and at
various prices. We call particular at
tention to our dressed dolls at 25c.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
SAW THE MAINE AS SHE WENT DOWN Arthur Bachnan an Eye-Wit- ness of the Fatal
 Disaster. Heard the Explosion and Ran to the Wharf Overlooking the
 HarbOr.

Arthur Bachman the manager of the firm of Bachman X Ehrmann, arrived in the city Sunday afternoon from Cuba and tells the story of the sinking of the Maine from the standpoint of an eye wit ness. On the 18th of February, the night of the fatal disaster, MT. Bachman was standing in front of a hotel In the city of Havana, with a number of friends, when he was startled by a terrific explosion, which shook the city and echoed and re- echoed from the direction of -1orro Cas- tie.
 ''I was standing across the road from the Hotel Inglatera, he said, with two American friends and number of Span iards AS far as 1 can recollect 1t was about 9:45 when we heard a terrific explo- sion and low and horrifying rumbling noise which immediately followed.
 .'At first we thought 1t was another out break of the insurgents, and we started down the street in an opposite direction. We hadn't gone far, however, when a passing Engishman informed us that the battleship Maine was on fire in the har- hor and that the explosion was the re- suit of the flames spreading to the maga- zines. ..
 where hundreds of people had already as- a"The city of Havana, by this time. was in a state of excitement and uproar. Some thought the city was fire and a1arms were sounded from all sections: some thought the insurgents were form ing on the outskirts of the city; and half the people In their excitement didn't know what to think and, seized with ter TOT rushed frantical1y In all directions
 ..At last the truth about the explosion snread. and people began to flock to the wharyes to get a glimpse of the sinking vessel
 forward part of the vessel or bow was hidden from view, and the stern, as much of if as was discernible, was entirely in inc flames. Lights were shooting heaven ward like so amny rockets, and the sky was one blaze of light.
 nThose who witnessed that awful spec tacie will carry recollections of 1t to their dying day. The distant groans of dying men. the calls of help from the wounded and the drowning, the dispatch boats ply ing from the doomed ship with their grewsome freight to the Havana shore, are sights that will forever bring before the recollection a picture of horror.
 ''The Spaniards who were on the wharf that night and were living witnesses to the sinking of the battleship had no other expression but that of the sincerest sor- row for the ill-fated sailors. and the doomed vessel, and did all in their power to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded"
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
GREAT BRITAIN AND UNCLE SAM Some Leading Questions Are Asked in the
 Commons. Michael Davitt Desires to Know About Offering Fleets and
 an Alliance.
MT. Curzon Diplomatically Dodqes Questions, and Says Reply Is
 Inexpedient
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call.

LONDON, March 14.-In the House of Commons to-day the Parliamentary Secretary for the Foreign Office, MT. Curzon. replying to Michael Davitt, anti Parnellite, who asked the Government whether Great Britain had offered to lend men-of-war to the United States In the event of conflict between the United States and a European power, said that the Government had not made such an offer.
 Answering a series of questions which MT. Davitt put with view of eliciting whether there have been any negotiations for an alliance between Great Britain and the United States or whether Great Britain had offered to mediate in the Cuban crisis, Mir. Curzon said these questions were of such a na- ture that it was lnexpedient to reply to them.
 MT. Curzon's reply that MT. Davitt's questions were inopportune was re- ceived with loud cries of Hear, hear" from the Unionist benches
 MT. Davitt in an interview on the subject said: 'I put the question as to the ships because the subject was not proceeded with last week. I want ed to elicit the truth. I knew, of course, that the statement made to the effect that warships would possibly be loaned was as absurd as the rumored alliance, and l received exactly the an- swer I expected. MT. Curzon is too clever a diplomat to give any answer which would dispel the idea that an American alliance is on the tapis. as, of course, 1t never was. MT. Curzon knows it, but it serves England's pur- pose to let the Continental nations think 1t is possible In the near future"
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HUNDREDS TRYING
 JOIN THE NAVY.
But Great Care Is Taken in Selecting Recruits, and Few Applicants
 Are Accepted.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-The newly established recruiting station at the navy yard here shows great activity. The emergency methods of accepting any man who makes application has not yet be- come necessary, and, therefore, the work is slow. During the past few days there have been two men accepted out of the hundreds of applicants.
 Everything which is available as fight ing material is placed in a condition to be used readily, and Captain Robinson stated that orders had been received to prepare for quick movements. Rations sufficient for several days have been put in port able shape, and within half an hour after receiving orders to move, the entire body of the marine corps could respond to the call.
 Tomorrow there will leave for the Min neapolis. which is at League Island two corporalS, 266 privates and two musicians Though the two new regiments which have been authorized to be formed exist as yet only on paper, they can be filled within sixteen hours, and two hours later could be formed in marching order.
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Uncle Sam Secures Two Vessels That Spain
 Tried to Get.
The Warships Built in England and We'll Equipped for Use as Commerce Destroyers in
 the Event of War.

The cruisers carry no armor in the ordinary sense, but their machinery Is protected from the fire of guns by an arched steel deck just below the water line. varying in thickness from 1.2 to 3.5 inches The battery has an unusual train, being arranged to fire three ahead and three aStern of the principal guns.
 A dangerous deficiency In the en- gineer branch of the navy has been brought to light strikingly in the fact that it is scarcely possible to secure a staff of engineer officers to bring back to the United States any of the ships purchased abroad. A short time ago, when orders were given to rush the work of putting the cruiser Chicago in shape for active service, the engineer in chief proposed that he would have the ship ready in three months instead of six, as estimated. To do this he would work forces day and night, and to keep them at work he would place an engineer officer aboard the ship, to stay there day and night Passed As sistant Engineer Dixon was chosen for the work but he had not been em- ployed more than a week before it was found necessary to detach him in order to find an engineer officer to act as a member of the board appointed to eX- anime auxiliary cruisers.
 This state of affairs has been brought to the attention of the House Naval Committee, but so far it is feared without meeting that degree of success which it was hoped for, in the shape of an amendment increasing the number of engineer officers in the service.
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HANNA'S ENEMIES
 HARD AT WORK.
Seek to Control the Coming Republi-
 can Convention in Ohio.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, March 14.-James w. Holcomb, one of the members of the Republican committee of fifteen in this city and an active lieutenant for Senator Hanna in the recent Senatorial contest before the Legislature, Is authority for the statement that the Bushnell and kurtz forces the marshaled for another battle.
 Delegates to the next Republican State Convention will soon be chosen. Those from the county will be selected in coun- ty convention next Saturday Mr. Holcomb says he has evidence to show that Mayor McKisson will try to cap ture the County Convention, and that the Bushnell and Kurtz men will do the same the State over. With the State Conven- ton in their hands. the alleged plan is to indorse the action of the Republicans who bolted Senator Hanna in the Legislature, condemn the election of Senator Hanna as brought about by improper means, and appoint a State Republican Com mittee which will be antagonistic not only to Senator Hanna, but to President Mckinley, one of the aims being to har- ass the President as much as possible if he comes up for reelection.