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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-08
A CHILD ENJOYS.

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when in
need of laxative, and if the father or
mother be costive or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow its use; so that
it is the best family remedy known and
every family should have abottle. Manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-08
HoBsoN's EXCHANGE ANNOUNCED

Washington, July 7.-Gen. Shafter' s
telegram announcing the exchange of
Lieut.. Hobson and his men is as follows:
Playa del Este, July Z.
10 the Secretary of War, Washington:
Headquarters 9Th Army Corps Cuba,
July 6.-Lieut Hobson and all of his men
have just been received safely in exchange
for Spanish officer and prisoners taken BY
the United States. All in good health
except two seamen, Awho area convalescing
from remittent fever.
Shafter
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-08
TRANSPORTS CHARTERED.

Washington, July 1.-THE war depart-
ment today announced the charter of five
vessels on the Pacific coast for the next
Philippine expedition. They are the
Pennsylvania, the Pueblo, the Titania,
About 1000 men and aheirgequipments can
b. carried by these vessels. This will be
the last expedition to depart until the
return from Manila Of some of the
transports already there and on their way.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-08
LOST NUMBERED 566.
st cries of Crews Action Denied by Line
Officials

New York, July IA telegram was re-
ceived at the French line Office today stat
ing that the survivors of La Bourgogne
would arrive in Boston by boat at seven
O'Clock Friday morning. They will
probably come on to New York by rail.
Acting General Manager Paul Faguet
gave out today the following list of the
lost: Fir ST cabin. S8; second cabin, 113;
storage, 246; officers and crew, l1S.
Total, sos.
The telegram stated that so far as could
be ascertained in Halifax, the officers and
crew did their duty nobly.
Most of the sailors who we're saved were
picked up in the water and not taken
from the life boats. This despatch con.
tradicted those which came from IN
official sources.
NJ Faguet received another telegram
stating that lifeboat number 3, was taken
possession of by some foreigners, pre-
sumably Austrian sailors, who were in
the steerage.
1t is presumed that if any violence was
shown toward struggling passengers by
anyone it was by these sailors and not by
members of the crew of La Bourgogne.
GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE.
The Wreck of Bourgogne and Conduct Of
Crew to Be Looked Into,
Halifax, N. S., July 7.-EYerybody
looks forward to the government inquiry
into the loss of La Bourgoane, to be held
here on Tuesday, with profound interest
and suppressed excitement.
The wreck commissioner for Canada,
Capt. W. A. Smith, N. r., is in the city
He will conduct the inquiry. He is
retired Allan line captain, and sailed be-
tween New York and Liverpool for years.
He expresses regret that La Bourgogne
survivors were hurried out of the city.
The proper place to hold the inquiry was
in Halifax and the proper time before the
survivors separated.
Capt. Smith will inquire what the speed
was at which La Bourgogne was travel
ling, what was the condition of the boats,
what discipline was maintained, etc.
and will report to the Canadian govern
Inent, who will transmit the report to the
board of trade of Great Britain.
The unpublished statements of the
fourth engineer and assistant purser,
who are the only surviving officers, will
be submitted. They are written in
French and are in the possession of the
French consul, who will not give them
out. They are not under oath and may
not be admitted by the court.
The officers of the Cromartyshire have
been subpoenaed An effort may be made
to apprehend the survivors at Boston.
Strange tales which amount to murder
are in every body's mouth and people are
amazed at the witnesses being allowed
to slip through the hands of the an
thorities
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-08
COUNT TURIN LEAVES BAR HAB.
RQR

Bar Harbor, July Count of Turin
and his aide de camp Count Carpantto
left on the evening train tonight foz
Saratoga From there they will go ia
Burlington, Vt.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-08

"I owe my whole life to Burdock Blood
Bitters ooroIul hsvon sores cnr covered my
has made me perfectly well woman. "A
Mrs, Charles Hutton, Berville, Mich.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-08
CLAIMS BILL POSTPONED

Washington, July 1.-THE conferees of
the two houses of Congress on the omni-
bus cIaims bill agreed today to postpone
action until next session.
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Usual CIamor of Members With
Bills to Pass.
SEVERAL OF MINOR IMPORTANCE
WERE DISPOSED OFF.

Mr.. Berry Tries to Secure Recognition for
His Bill Thanking Commodore SchIey
But Fails-Commodore's Name An
plauded-Vote of Thanks Passed to Va
rious Naval HerOes-Internationa
Bank Bill Goes Over to December.
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pletely out of sight. His family made
diligent search in all directions, aided
by the press, but no trace of him was
found until yesterday.
When his body was found yesterday
an empty morphine bottle lay near it
on the ground and the tin cup that
was missing from his lunch bucket
when it was found by his son in gro
Gerry store was also found there, having
evidently been used to dip water from
the river
Mr.. Duke had for many years lived
in Marysville, where he was well known
and respected. He came here last No
vember and entered the employment of
Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson Lately his
health has not been good, and he has
been afflicted with terrible pains in his
mead. He became respondent, and the
idea that he was going to lose his situa-
ton became fixed in his mind His fam
lily believe that sudden insanity must
nave seized him on the morning of his
disappearance, and that under its infiu-
ence he committed the rash deed.
His body will be sent to Marysville,
where the funeral will be held on
Thursday under the auspices of the Odd
Fellows, of which order he was prom
lnent member. He was a native of
England, 80 years old, and leaves a
wife and six children.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Hugo Hornlein is up from San Fran
cisco.
Daniel Brown has gone on a trip to
Santa Catalina Island.
Chief Engineer Wolf of the Water
Works is home from the springs.
Mrs. w. F. Fish has returned after
short visit to San Francisco.
Mrs John Scott and daughter Ruth
have returned from their visit to
Fresno.
Mrs. w. M. Hatch is at the Leaven-
worth Hotel, San Francisco, for sew
eral weeks.
Mrs. S. L. Crawford of Seattle, Wash,
is here on a short visit to her mother,
Mrs. Clayton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hevener and
Mrs H. E. Kleinsorge are spending a
few weeks at Santa Cruz.
Miss Fanny Patterson and Miss Mar
gle Kennedy of San Francisco are Wis
iting Mrs M. Rhoads of this city.
Mrs. J. M. Wright, sons Burt and
Lester and Miss Ethel Cox are spend
ing a few weeks at Pacific Grove.
Hermann Steinman is up from San
Francisco for a short visit. Mr.. Stein
man is enjoying the best of health.
Mr. and Mrs. F. NJ Jones are spend
ing the week in San Francisco and
Oakland Mrs. Jones viii remain sew
eral weeks.
Mrs. j. Henry Mills and son Harry
are stopping at the Leavenworth, cor
ner of Leavenworth and Eddy streets,
San Francisco, during August and Sep
tam her
The record-union., 1898-08-17
REGISTRATION NOTES.
Upward Of 1000 Names Now on
the Register,

Several more registrations were re-
ceived from the country yesterday,
bringing the number up to II ,035, but
others are looked for to-day The
total registration will probably be H.
$50 or more
While the registration was in pro-
gress George Ebert, Chief Registra-
ton Clerk, noted down a few of the
characteristics of voters.
The oldest native of California who
applied for registration was lawyer
Eugene Aram, whose age is 80 years
The tallest voter is Carl Max Koe-
ming of the Sacramento Athletic Club,
whose hight is 8 feet s inches.
In striking contrast with this youth
full giant is John Carvie Leech, the
shortest voter. Mr.. Leech is a resi-
dent Of Suffer township, and his full
hight is but feet inches.
Edward Henry Presbury of Clay Sta
ton is the oldest voter. The frosts of
ninety-eight winters have come and
gone since he entered this world of
woe. He is a farmer and a native of
Maryland.
r. A. G.. Gourlie, the Freeport farm
er, pushes Mr.. Presbury pretty close,
his age being 90 years. Mr.. Gourlie
first saw the light of day in the high
lands of Scotland
Robert Mcdonald, also native of
Scotland, and who resides at ITO O
street, comes third, with 90 years
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NOW A CAPTAIN.
Promotion of Arthur F. Cosby, a
Native Californian.

A dispatch from Washington yester-
day says:
Private Arthur F. Cosby of Troop
K, Rough Riders, has been promoted
to be an Assistant AGSItant General
with the rank of Captain. Cosby was
seriously wounded in the first days
fight before Santiago. He has now quite
recovered, although he still carries a
Mauser bullet in his breast. Cosby
was graduated at Harvard in 1894, and
when the war broke out was practic-
ing law in New York City"
Captain Cosby is a nephew of Cen
eral George B. Cosby of this city and
son of Pay Director Cosby of the navy.
Strange enough, he is a native son of
California, having been born in San
Francisco while his father was sta
toned at Mare Island. Governor Bart
lett was his godfather. He was reared
mostly abroad having spent ten years
of his life in France and England.
Returning to America he completed
his education at Harvard, where he
took the four-year course in three
years, also winning the prize for ora
tory. He settled himself in New York
City three years ago to practice law,
with every promise of brilliant flu
ture.
Captain Cosby's brother, Spencer Cos
by, has just been promoted to Major
of Engineers, in the regular army. He
graduated at West Point in 1894, stand
ing first in his class. He is very eff
cient young officer, and was applied for
by General Lee, but the War Depart
ment could not spare him from his
work on the Notifications around Phil
nHn1rnhia
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NO CONTESTS.
The Republican Primary Passed
OFF Without Incident.

The Republican primary election
passed off quietly yesterday in the city.
There were no tickets in opposition to
the nominees of the caucuses of Mon
day night, and all whose names APP
peared in the Record Union" yeSter-
day were elected as delegates to the
County Convention, which meets to-
morrow
The returns from the election in the
country, so far as received, are as fol-
lows:
Folsom-R. J. Murphy John Aims
worth, P. D. Eckardt, James H. DON
nelly, H. M. Smith, George Imhoff. T.
B. Hagerty, c. H. Haskfns, r. G. Cur
rier and Peter wager.
Orangevale and Ashland-Emil Mil
Ter and F. F. Sandford
Natoma-DaVid Finch and Fred De-
mester.
Mormon Island-W. B. Plumb.
Fair Oaks-C H. Slocum.
Halfway House-John E. Butler
Freeport-A. F. Williams, P. E. Riehl
and G. j. Hack.
Franklin-F. Kunstig, H. Kloss and
F. w Ehrhardt.
Isleton-Joseph Rose, Charles Per-
kins and A. T. Allender.
Courtland-Dwigh HOLSTER George
B. Greene, Armstead Runyon and NJ l..
Isham.
Walnut Grove-Sperry Dye. David
Wise and j. L. Kercheval.
Richland-Harry Bryan and w. A.
Johnston.
Johnsonville-Peter Glenn and Robert
Christensen.
Sutterville-George Quinn, George
Lovdal, Nelson Lubbock, Charles Merk-
ley and Ed Hobby.
North F'lorin (State and district dele
gates)-E. c. Hart Cat large), Joseph
Kinney, w. B. Sawyer, William Cur
tbs, f. j. Johnston, w w. Greer, Will
lam Johnston, T. c. Perkins To Sec
ond Congressional District Convention
Charles E. HOLSTER, Frank Kunsting,
Phil Johnson, w. E Lovdal, J. J. Camp
| bell, Eben Owen, c. L. Ecklon. To
County Conveniently. o. Davies, c. P
Bartholomew and w A. Mott
South Florin County delegates)-
John Reese, H. c. Whitman John l..
Scholefield and F. T. Robinson.
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SOME STYLE ABOUT 1T.
Report of the States Prison at
Folsom.

The report of the State Prison at
Folsom is a thing of beauty, if not
joy forever.
1t arrived at the Controllers office
yesterday and is a fine specimen of
expert typewriting, being in book form.
The cover, however, is the gorgeous
part of it. 1t contains a margin made
of American shields in red, white and
blue, there being thirtyone on each
side and twenty-four at top and bot
tom. On the upper portion of the page
is the American eagle, artistically done
in brown, with the shield in national
colors. The lettering is also artistical-
ly done in red, white and blue. bearing
the legend California State Prison at
Folsom. Cash Receipts and Disburse-
ments for Quarter Ending June Both :"
On the lower line is the date, 1898.
On the first two figures there are seals
in red, white and blue, bearing the
words Dewey, Manila" In the mid
die is the bust Of a woman, surrounded
by flags, with the motto Remember
the Maine" and on the last two figures
are also seals bearing the words "Mer-
rimac, Hobson.'' On the whole, it is
a very attractive page.
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A VETERAN NURSE.
Mrs. Abbey, Whose First Patient
Was a Sacramentan

Inc hartford Comm Times" Of Au-
gust 1st says: Maria N Abbey. who
was one of the first women to enter
the army from New York as a nurse
during the rebellion, and who cared
Tor George H. Bugbee, now of Rocky
Hill, the first soldier from this State
VINO was wounded in an engagement,
Is now living in Brooklyn
Mr.. Bugbee is a brother of B. N. Bug
Dee OF Sacramento and while the latter
was Sheriff of Sacramento County
George III. Bugbee was for a time one
OF his deputies He lost an arm in the
war of the rebellion, it being shot off
close to the shoulder. The New York
Tribune" of July 10Th said of Mr..
Bugbee's nurse:
One of the first women in New York
State to respond to the call for volun-
teer nurses ait the opening of the civil
war was Maria N Abbey, who is now
living at the age of 81, in Hart street,
Brooklyn.
In response to a call from Theodore
Cuyler, in the pulpit of Plymouth
Church, during the absence of Henry
Ward Beecher, Mrs. Abbey responded.
She was the only woman in the con-
nurse. 1t was the Sunday following
the attack on Fort Sumter that the
famous call for women volunteers was
made, and, contrary to the protests of
friends, on May l, 1861, Mrs. Abbey,
together with Miss NJ E. Powell Mrs.
Heusted, Mrs. Shepard and Miss WEIGH
of New York, started for the seat of
war
IN hai pfsi q in Nnr hi =
having been with some reluctance ac-
cepted by the Surgeon General of the
army, they were installed in the old
Union Hotel, in Georgetown, from
which the Confederates had fled, and
which was afterward known as the
First Union Hospital
The first soldier brought to the ward
assigned to Mrs. Abbey was George
Bugbee, who she says is still living
somewhere in Connecticut
Mrs. Abbey passed through the bat
tlefield after the first battle of Bull
Hun, and she relates her experiences
now with the smallest details, so deeply
are they impressed upon her memory.
The agonizing and revolving scenes are
never to be forgotten by her, she says.
The strain, mental AMI physical, was
~ q sat lldl Hildlly MIS-. ADDey, Ill ana
exhausted, was forced to yield and
leave the hospital, but, knowing how
much there was to be done, she deter
mined to keep in touch with the work,
so she leased a fine old house in Wash
1ngton, where the convalescent soldiers
could enjoy their furloughs Among
her dodgers and visitors were many men
prominent in the war, and in one OF
her rooms George Wilkes of the Spirit
of the Times wrote his famous account
of the battle of Bull Run, which he
would not trust to mail or messenger
to deliver, but carried to New York
himself
/ wonder said Mrs. Abbey recent
ly, II the young women who are SO
anxious to go to Cuba have the slight
est conception of what it means to be
an army nurse? Our Government has
FAR better means and appliances for
caring for the sick and wounded than
1T had in the rebellion, and the men
and women who are chosen will dc
their work nobly, but let the woman
who goes be sure she. is fitted for the
undertaking.
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Amendment Number One.
Being Senate Constitutional Amendment

(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. Al
"A resolution to propose to the people OF
the State of California an amendment 10
Section Eighteen of Article Eleven OF the
constitution, in relation to revenue ana
TAXATION, by which it is proposed 10
amend said section to read as follows:
Section IS. No county. city. town. town
ship, board of education or school district
snail incur any Indebtedness or habihty
IN any manner or for any purpose exceed
nS IN any year the income and revenue
provided for 1t for such year, without the
assent OF two-thirds of the qualli1ed elect
ors thereof, voting at an election TO De
held for that purpose, nor unless before
or at the time of mourning such indebted
ness, provision shall be made for the col
lection of an annual tax sufficient TO pay
the interest on such Indebtedness as II
falls due. and also provision to constitute
a sinking fund for the payment OF the
principal thereof on or before maturity,
Whlch shall not exceed forty years from
the time of contracting the same; pro-
Vlded, however, that the City ana county
Oh San Francisco may at any time pay the
unpaid claims with interest thereon TOT
materials furnished to and work done Tor
SAID city and county during the forty-
third and forty-fourth fiscal years, out OF
the income and revenue of any succeeQlhg
year or years; provided, that any anu an
claims for making, repairing. altering, or
Tor any work done upon or for any mate
RAJ furnished for any street, lane, alley,
court, place, or sidewalk, or for the con-
structlon or any sewer or sewers IN solu
city ana county, are hereby excepted from
the provisions of this section; and in de,
termining any claim permitted TO be pald
by this section, no statute of limltatlohS
shalI apply in any manner; and proVlaeu
further, that the City of Vallejo, in So
lano County, may pay its existing indept-
edness incurred in the construction oil lts
water works, whenever two-thirds OF tne
electors thereof voting at an election held
for that purpose shall SO decide. Any IN
debtednesS liability incurred contrary
to this provision, with the exception here
inbefore recited. shall be void.
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TO LET.
w. P. COLEMAN,
Real Estate Salesroom, 1926 Street
p BOEII. Manager

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE
of California, County of Sacramento.
In the matter of the, estate of LEVI c.
CHANDLER, deceased
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY,
the 18th day of August, 1898, at 10 o'clock
a. m. of said day, and the courtroom of
of Sacramento, County of Sacramento,
and State of California, has been APP
pointed as the time and place for prov
ceased. and for hearing the application of
S. B. Smith, for the issuance to him OF
letters testamentary thereon
court, this 18th day of August, 1898.
(Seal) w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
By E. S. Wachhorst, Deputy Clerk.
Indorsed: Filed August 10, 1885,
W. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY E. s. Wachhorst, Deputy
Eoll & Dunn, Attorneys for Petitioner.
au16-10t
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Amendment Number Seven.
(Being Assembly Constitutional Amend
ment No 34)

<hSSehIpl! CONSTITUTIONAL Amend-
ment No. 34.)
"A resolution to propose to the people of
the state OF California an amendment TO
sectlon two of article four OF the Constitu-
I'm, IN relation to sessions of the Legsla-
ture, by which ii is proposed to amend
saId section to read as follows:
section z. The sessions of the Legisla-
lure snaH commence at twelve O'clock
meridian on the first Monday after the
hLst DAY OF January next succeeding the
election of its members and shall be hi
ennial unless the Governor shall i'm the
interim convene the Legislature by proc
iamatlon. The Legislature shall then re-
main In session for twenty-five days, after
Whlch 1t must adjourn to some date not
from the time of adjournment If the two
houses IAN TO agree upon time at which
they VIII resume their session the Cover
nor shall. by proclamation, fix a date for
such reconvening, which shall be within
the limits above prescribed. Upon re-
assembling, the Legislature shall complete
It's session. No pay shall be allowed to
members for a longer period than seventy
hve days, and no bill shall be introduced
IN elther mouse except at the first twenty
hve days OF the session, without the con-
sent of three-fourths of the members
thereof
NOW, THEREFORE,, Pursuant to the
PROVISIONS of the Constitution, and an act
OF the Legislature of the State of Califor-
submission of proposed amendments to
the Constitution of the State of Caiifor-
MA. TO the qualified electors for their APP
prevail, approved March T. A. d. 1888 the
above described proposed amendments are
hereby published and advertised to be
voted upon. by ballot. by the qualified
electors of the State at the election to
be held throughout this State on
The record-union., 1898-08-17

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE
of California County of Sacramento.
In the matter of the estate of B. L..
EDWARDS, deceased.
the 26th day of August, 1898, at 1:30 D. m
of said day, and the Courtroom of said
court, in Department One, at the Court
house, in the City of Sacramento, County
of Sacramento, and State of California
has been appointed as the time and place
for proving the will of said B. l.. Edwards
deceased and for hearing the applica ton
of Mary T. Edwards for the issuance to
her of letters of administration with the
will annexed.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court. this 18th day of August, 1898
(Seal) w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk
BY B. H. Gallup, Deputy Clerk.
Hiram w. Johnson, Attorney for Petit
toner. au16-l0t
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Amendment Number Three.
(Reing Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. 44)

A resolution proposing to the people of
the State of California an amendment to
the Constitution of the State, by adding
a new section, to be known and designa +
ed as Section Five and one-half Article
Six. thereby providing for the organiza-
ton of a court, to be known as the Court
of Claims The said proposed new section
to read as follows:
Section 51b The Court of Claims shall
consist of any three Judges of the Supe-
rior Court who may be requested by the
Governor to hold court at the regular
terms thereof. The Court OF Claims shall
have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and de-
termine all claims of every kind and char
acter against the State, under such laws
as may be passed by the Legislature. and
its judgment thereon shall be final The
terms of the Court of Claims shall be held
as follows:
In the City of Los Angeles. commencinp
on the second Monday of March:
In the City and County of San Francis
CO. commencing on the second Monday in
July and
In the City of Sacramento, commencing
on the second Monday of November Of
each year.
The Judges holding such term of court
shall receive no extra compensation there
for, but shall receive their actual ex-
penses, to- be paid out of the general fund
of the State Treasury. The Legislature
shall enact all laws necessary to organize
such court, to provide the procedure
The record-union., 1898-08-17
SAMUEL DUKES BODY FOUND.
Discovered by Wood-Choppers
South of the Y-Street Levee.

The body of Samuel Duke, who dis
appeared from his home last Tuesday, as
mentioned in the Record Union" last
week. was found yesterday morning in
the brush near the river bank, short
distance below the Y-street levee, by
two woodchoppers named O. B. Bette
and William Bixler, in badly decom-
posed condition.
AS was stated last week, Mr.. Duke
was employed at Holbrook. Merrill &
Stetsons establishment, and on last
Tuesday morning left home to gro TO
his work with his lunch pail. but never
went to the store and dropped COM