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The record-union., 1898-05-17

The duties of the various officers of
the United States navy are much more
exacting and complex than the layman
would at first thought recognize. In
reference to the active service depart
ment the land lubber' is prone to
think that the Captain, for instance,
has but little to do; that the enlisted
men do everything for HIM. The fact
is, however. that, although his subordi-
mates may perform the more tangible
manual operations, still they do not re-
neve him Of his hardest task. They
cannot think and plan for him. These
things the Captain must do for himself,
when unattached to a fleet or squadron
and the work of a coal passer often
times is play beside the mental strain
to which a commanding officer is put
when a crisis is at hand.
Each officer Of a commissioned vessel
has his own individual thinking to do,
too. The vast amount of mental ma
neuvering that must be done when a
critical moment, such as the sudden
appearance of an enemy's battleship
already cleared for action, is much too
great for any one man to do. Each
man has his especial part to take, and
ful and prompt carrying out of his du-
ties may depend the outcome of the i'm
pending conflict The mental picture of
the ships Captain walking idly about
on the bridge or smoking a long per-
fecto in the rich splendor of his private
apartments often appeals to the until
tfated as being that Of a berth with
many perquisites and few requisites.
But. in reality, it is far different, the
requisites alone attaining the desired
emoluments.
GRADES OF OFFICERS.
In such a mammoth and wonderful
mechanical contrivance as a modern
warship there is an enormous amount
of brain calculation involved, and espe-
cially in times Of war the officers of the
ship have not the sinecures which they
are tabled to enjoy. The commanding
officer, for instance, has much more to
do than to simply give the order to set
sail for his desired goal and then calmly
sit down in luxury and await his ar
rival at his destination The fact that
naval warfare is even more complex
than land operations is seen from the
fact that the average of officers in the
navy will outnumber those of the army,
Even the ordinary seamen are sort of
officers. They each have themselves to
command in their individual duties
even if there is no one subirdinate to
their immediate orders. The privates
in the army act in a body and many a
man stands between them and COM
manding position. But on a warship
the loss of a single man in a gun tur-
ret may mean the advancement of each
remaining member Of the detail Every
man has a certain standing and rigid
rules for precedence are established
Thee officers of the United States navy
are divided into two classes: officers
of the line and officers of the staff. The
officers of the line are as follows, and
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EVENTS ON The TURF.
TALENT DECIDEDLY WoRsTED
AT OAKLAND.
Good Things Easily Beaten by Long
Shots-Results on East
ern Tracks.


SAN FRANCISCO, May 16-The tai
ent had decidedly the worst of it at the
Oakland track to-day. The condition of
the course caused by the rain and the
poor quality of horses entered were re-
sponsible for the result. Navy Blue,
with Thorpe in the saddle was selected
for the mile, but the second choice, Ra-
pido, won galloping from Senator Nor
riI who was a block ahead of the ia
vorite. San Mateo was looked on as
a good thing for the six furlongs, but
McAllister at big price rolled in. The
weather was cloudy and the track mud
dy Results:
Six furlongs, selling, Stentor CMc-
Donald), 3 to l, won; Adam Andrew
| (Clawson), 3 to l, second; Zaraida
CThorpe), 10 to l, third. Time-1:19A.
The Dragon, Salisbury, Celoso, Tenac-
ity. Talbot Clifton, Don Cara, Mahog-
any, Barnato, Miss Ruth and Captain
Vose also ran.
Four and a half furlongs, Also Ran
IL (Clawson), 8 to 4, won; Uhler (Ki-
ley) II to l, second; Polka CWoods),
10 to L. third Time-0:571a. Simi,
Rey Hooker Purniah, Rainier, Cheated
and Buck Taylor also ran.
One mile, Rapido (Ruiz), to L, won;
Senator Morrill, (Tuberville), 10 to l,
second; Navy Blue (Thorpe), s to ),
third Time-1:4S ST. Distaff, Frank
James, Sandow Ill, Rebekah, Mirambo,
Bobbys, Spry Lark and Dennis also
ran.
Six furlongs, selling, Sport McAllis-
ter (Narvaez), 10 to. I, won; Peixotto
(Tuberville), II to l, second; Tiny P.
(McNichols), 80 to l, third Time
lis Colonel Dan, San Mateo, Lady
Ashley, Chappie and r. @. Ban also
ran.
Mile and a sixteenth, selling, Caspar
(Thorpe), II to 5, won; Rey Del TERRA
CMcDonald), 3 to 1, second; Bernardillo
(Clawson), 6 to 5, third. Time-1: :52112.
Olive and Sonoro also ran.
Seven furlongs, selling, Zamar II.
CThorpe), 9 to 10, won; Dolores CLAW
SOM, 9 to 2, second; Polish Frawley),
to 2, third Time-1 :311a. Lost Girl,
Lady Hurst, O'Fleeta, Widow Jones
and Tom Smith also ran.
AT CHURCHILL DOWNS.
LOUISVILLE, May 16.-Results at
Churchill Downs:
Four furlongs, Grievance won, Lost
Time second, Flanius third. Time
O:51h.
Mile and an eighth, Paul Kauvar won,
Joe Clark second, The Planter third.
Time-1 :5912.
Free handicap, one mile, Isabey won,
Boanerges second, Cid Law third.
Time-1 :421b
The Wenona Stakes, four and a half
furlongs, stake $1,000, Heliobas won,
The Barrister second, Manuel third.
Time-0:5614
Six furlongs, Teucer won, Miss c.
second, Frank Wagner third. Time
1:173.
Six furlongs, Amateur won, Purity
second, Suydam third. Time-1:161a.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, May 16.AResults at the
Fair Grounds:
Four furlongs, Lee Bruno won, Fly
ing Bird second, Dandy H third. Time
%: 533.
Mile and twenty yards, Helen H.
Gardner won, Joe Shelby second. c. s.
Bush third. Time: 1872
Four furlongs, O'Connor won, By
George second, Camboyune third. Time
-O:53.
One mile, Tole Simmons won, Jane
second, Lady of the West third. Time
L :49A.
Five and half furlongs, st. Rogue
won, Dulac second, Denial third Time
-1:139.
Seven and a half furlongs. Belle
Ward won, Protus second, Kiss Me
third Time-1:3414.
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California Fruit Sales.

CHICAGO, May 16.-The Earl Fruit
Fruit Company sold California cherries
at open auction to-day, realizing the fol-
lowing prices: Black Tartarians, SGcd1
81 25: Belle de Orleans, soc; Governor
Wood, 55c.
NEW YORK. May 16-Porter Brothers
Company sold to-day at open auction
California cherries at following prices!
9ocGs3 Is: Belle Crowns, S0cdS2 20; Rock
ports. S0cG$1 20; Bigereaus, 81 Is; p. Gu
fgnes, SOC. The car sold gross for S3,071.
CHICAGO, May 16.-Porter Brothers
Company sold at open auction to-day Cal
ifornia cherries, as follows: Tartarians,
80cdS1. 25; Clevelands, 95c; Advance, 75c,
other varieties sold 35q7Oc. Part car
crossed 81 264.
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BASEBALL.
The Chicagos Easily Defeat the
Cleve1ands.

found Young just to their liking to-day,
and hit him hard from start to finish.
Both. teams played very ragged ball in
the field. Attendance, 1,200. Score:
Chicago y, hits 10, errors s; Cleve-
land 4, hits 8, errors s. Batteries-Kil-
roy and Donahue; Young and Criger.
Umpire-McDonald.
NEW YORK, May 16.-Washington-
New York game postponed; rain.
BOSTON, May 16.-Boston- Brooklyn
game postponed; rain.
PHILADELPHIA, May 16.-Ba1ti-
more-PhiladelpEia game postponed;
rain.
PITTSBURG, May 16.-Pittsburg-S
Louis game postponed; rain.
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Charged With Fratricide.

TOPEKA (Kans.), May 16.-The au-
thorities decided to hold John Collins
for the murder of his own father, J..
S. Collins, prominent real estate man,
on Friday last. A warrant has been
issued, and the young man will be
placed under arrest at once. While
the evidence is circumstantial, Chief of
Police Steel says he is confident that
he has enough to secure a conviction.
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War Expenditures of Navy.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-The Secre-
tary of the Navy sent to the House to-
day an estimate for the appropriation
of S33, 100000, in round numbers, to
cover the war expenditures Of the navy
for the first six months of the next
fiscal year. This is supplemental to the
estimates heretofore received, and is
expected to cover one-half of all the
expenditures the war will impose on the
naval service next year.
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
cases from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality, 6Hc; second
quality, sQ6c; third quality, 4Qac per 10.
VEAL-4q5c for large and 1850 per 10
for small.
MUTTON-Wethers, Sc: Ewes, 7@71ac
per 10.
LAMB-SdS1kc per ID.
PORK-Live Hogs 4d41sc per 10 for
small and medium. and 3a4c per 10 for
large; dressed, 51zQ612c per IL.
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Closing Grain Quotations.

New York May 10th
WHEAT-May, 81 Sc; July, 81 I71z Sep.
tember, 9612c.
Chicago May 10th
WHEAT-May, 81 so; July, 81 0914 Sep.
tember, 9134c; December SIC.
San Francisco, May 10th.
WHEAT-December, 81 6934.
BARBEY-Deeember. 81 295s.
CORN-Large Yellow, 81 05Q1 0711.
BRAN-S1S 50Q19 so.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Francisco. May /

San FranclscO, May Ibth.
Morning Session-Caledonia, 15c; G & e.
23c; H & n, 79c; Sierra Nevada, 60q59c.
age f2c: Potosi 22d23c; Fl & ~ 75c; I'M
periaI Ic; Confidence, 44c; Sierra Nevada.
6Oc: oyerman, &c; Alta, l5q16c .,nt.
Do Andes. Sc; Belcher, Sc; B & B, 2Sc +:
Rullion. Sc; Caledonia, 15e; Challenge, lie;
ChoIar, Ice; Confidence, 4Se; c c Va, soc;
c Point, 10c; g & c, 23c; II n, l6c; JUS
Ophir. 3Sc: Overman, &c; Potosi, 22c; Saw
age 12c: Sierra Nevada, soc; Union, 10e;
Utah. &C; Y Jacket, 22c; Standard, 81 %
asked
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Sudden Death at Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, May 16.-Captain
Michael c. Bader, Secret Service Agent
for Kentucky, dropped dead in front of
the Custom House to-day from hem
orrhage of the lungs.
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Fatal ExpIos sion.

MIDDLETOWN IN. ", May 10
An engine drawing a westbound freight
train at Grey Court blew up, killing en-
gineer William Cronins and fireman
Ben Ranker of Port Jarvis. Fifteen
cars were piled up.
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California Dried Fruit.

NEW YORK, May 16.-California dried
fruits: Apples strong. Evaporated APP
ples-Common, 612QSc per 10, prime wine
tray, s15c wood dried prime, 9Q912c;
choice 9694c; fancy 91h610c Prunes-
40S4c. Apricots-Royal, 50Sc; MoOrpark,
10d12c. Peaches-Unpeeled, 5qSc; peeled
12l114c
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'I see,' said Spatts, that there may
be a scarcity in arrnor-plate.
"Oh, well, they needn't worry" said
Barker IF they'll get chafing- dish
you can turn out lot of your famous
Welsh rabbits they'll do the business
.-Harper's Bazaar.
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California Postmasters.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-The Senate
to-day confirmed these nominations:
-California-H. W. Allen,
Redlands; ]. E. Reynolds, Redding.
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Mr.. Barlow-Yes, I'll get a box and
u s,e Billy to the pantomime.
Bliv (who has never been to the the
ater)-S'ou' let me look out of the top
of the boz. won't you, papa Harper s
Bazar.
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NAVY OFFICERS LIFE.
NOT AS EASY AND LUXURIOUS
AS 1T APPEARS.

MANY Grades and Duties-From
Admiral Down, All Have Re
Sponsibilities-Even Jack Tar Is
Factor in Himself-Brains
and Skill Required on a Man
of-War.
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ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR-THE
WEEKLY UNION The best weekly.
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SACRAMENTO MARKET.
Trade OF Quiet Character in Local
Produce Circles.

SaCramentO, May Ibth.
The week opened with quiet trade in
The record-union., 1898-11-08
MAGUIRES ENDORSEMENT.

De Lome's infamous and indecent
letter, which secured his dismissal as
SPANS Minister at Washington, char
acterized the President of the United
states as .'slow politician, weak and
catering to the rabble," etc.
This letter Barry Of the San Fran
cisco sStar'' treated of editorially, say
ing: "Senor de- LONE has correctly out
lined the Presidents character. It
was unfortunate for De Lone that he
knew how to tell the unwelcome
truth"
This man Barry is a candidate for
Congress, and James G. Mcguire, while
speaking the other night to the people
in the district from which Barry wishes
to be returned, besought voters to elect
the candidate and send Barry up to
Congress to meet the President, whom
he characterized as we have shown by
his approval Of De Lome's libel, as a
low politician, catering to the rabble,
etc.
The rabble is, then, the vast body
OF the American people, who de-
manded that the Government should
put an end to the Spanish infamy in
Cuba. Mr.. Mcguire is fully aware of
this expression made by Barry. His
attention has been called to it, yet
he indorses him and asks the people to
elect him. Oh, Mr. Mcguire is an hon
orable man, of course. But, then, there
Is pie on the counter.
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DEPOSITS MENACED.

If Mr.. Mcguire should be elected Coy
ernor, and by that means the entering
wedge for the single tax be forced into
our revenue system-and that is the
scheme, and Mr.. Mcguire has over his
own signature declared that to be his
ambition - every dollar on savings
banks books loaned out upon real
estate, and seven-tenths Of it is thus
invested, will be imperiled. That is no
fancy tale. It is simple, common
sense. Judge Mcguire is an open and
ayowed single taxer He promised two
years ago that the next Legislature
would be compelled to pass upon the
proposition to submit local option
taxation amendment to the Constitu-
ton, and such submission he declared
in his Examiner" letter would be the
opening of the way to single tax ex-
Fermentation and adoption. This
promise he emphasized by placing the
local option taxation plank in the
Democratic platform, which he then
mounted as a candidate So there can
be no successful denial Of the fact that
the single tax is to-day an issue, and
that it menaces all deposits invested in
real estate.
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MONEY FOR THE WORKERS.
Rumors That It is to be Used
Freely Here To-Day.

Yesterday there were persistent ru-
mors on the streets here that
w. r. Hearst of the Exam
iner' had put large amount
of money into the Legislative
fight in Los Angeles, Sacramento and
San Mateo Counties. It was said that
information had been received from
Los Angeles that the instructions given
to the ..fExaminer" representative there
was to select the three closest Assem-
bly, districts in that county and by
the use of money secure the election
of the Democratic candidates for the
Assembly in those districts. It was
asserted that well-informed parties had
traced this money to the Examiner
or it's proprietor.
The news of the sack" spread like
wild-fire in this city and the ward
strikers were promptly on its track
Last night it was declared in down
town resorts that the sack had really
materialized and that it would be
used freely to-day in behalf Of the
Democratic candidates for the Assem-
bly, in this county.
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INTO THE ENEMY's HANDS.

President Mckinley refused TO recog-
nize the belligerency Of the Cuban in
surgents and now adj the nation says
he was right. He stood firmly and
successfully against powerful pressure
to force recognition of the independence
of the so-called Cuban republic, and to-
day all the people eencede that he was
right.
He refused TO be moved by the fran
tic cry ION to Havana" knowing that
the nation was not prepared for an
aggressive war: he took time, all he
could, and sent out armies and navies
which won us victories. albeit despite
all he could do the time for prepara-
ton was too brief sand we went to bat
tie pot so equipped as military wisdom
required To-day all the people say
the President was wise in what he did
Now comes an opposition asking the
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MARVELLOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

We have to-day. the largest export
trade ever recorded to our credit; it
has been built up under the brief adj
ministration of President Mckinley.
We. have a. full treasury and no exac-
tons of distressing character have
been put upon the people, despite the
fact that we have fought out a war.
equipped hastily navy and massed
more hastily an army of 250. 600 men.
We have gained to the nation the
key Of the mid-Pacif1e in the annexa.
ton of Hawaii. We have at last Sc
cured the mouth of the Cuff of Mexico
to the control of free government. that
the commerce of the Mississippi may be
no longer menaced by a monarchicar
possession lying squarely across the
great gulf
We have gained to our ownership
fair and fruitful Porto Rico. and at
last have a splendid, an impregnable
station far to the eastward in the Car
ibbean Sea, where before England
ruled and dictated terms.
We have freed Cuba from a tyrannous
domination, the incapacity and cru
city Of which shocked the civilized
world. We have a coaling station in
the Ladrone cluster and we have be-
come possessed Of the largest group of
fruitful islands in the world, with a
capital city in their midst of quarter
of million population.
We have lifted the flag so high and
haunted its folds so successfully in
foreign breezes, that now American
right and citizenship is respected
abroad. and secured against outrage
and contempt such as have been com
mon, humiliatingly common, in the
past
We have oblfterated the last vestige
OF sectional feeling between the North
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them Of a character exciting either
sympathy or indignation.
Miss Brandau, Assistant Superintend-
ent OF the American Home Finding AS
ISOLATION for California, addressed the
society setting forth the purposes of her
association, and asked the Sacramento
society to cooperate with the Home
Finding Association.
She was listened to with much inter-
est, and a vote was had commencing
her work to the Executive Board to
examine into the matter and avail OF
her offer, if 1t should be found on full
inquiry that it is desirable to do so,
and the feeling was that it will be.
Miss Brandau presented credentials
from her association, and said she pro-
posed to locate here to work from this
point
The meeting accepted her statements
sincerely, but instructed it's executive
officers to examine into the whole mat
ter and report
Homes for abandoned and unfortu-
nate children the society always prefers
to committing them to institutions, and.
nence, 1t is probable it will find the
American society ALL right and a great
assistance to the local work.
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voters Of California to express want
OF confidence in the Administration, to
say by voting the fusion ticket to
victory that the Government does not
condemnation. That is precisely the
way European Powers and Spain will
interpret adverse voting. 1t is in the
hope that she may secure that advan-
tage that Spain is delaying the settle
ment of peace terms. On that point
all are agreed on the other side of the
water. Will the voters of California
play into Spanish hands to crafty the
ambition of a fusionist lot of office
seekers?
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ARE THE PEOPLE READY FOR IT?

| Every city has town lots by the score
which have no rentals value whatever.
| Under the Mcguire singfe-tax system
these would escape taxation, and the
burden be shifted upon lots and farm
lands having rental value. In his
Dover (Del.) speech, March, 1897, Mr..
Mcguire said;
The tax is to be levied upon land
values, not upon land Land
that is just worth working, but not
worth any ground rent, would not be
taxed under the single-t tax system, but
only land having a rental value
All Of that value, he has explained,
would be taken by taxation, for in
letter published in the San Francisco
Star" April, 1896, he said:
Believing that the taking of all
ground rent for public purposes would
place all citizens upon a level, am in
favor of an amendment to the Con-
stitution of California providing for
raising all revenue for public purposes
by a single tax on land.
So, then, land having worth sufficient
to command a rental figure will bear
the tax, and that having no rental
value, or very small value, will either
escape, or bear but a slight part Of the
burden Of taxation
1t is to be observed that there is
here no claim that the present tax is
to be put upon the land, but there is a
claim made that the intention is to
take all the rental value Of land as
tax. Henry George never taught
any other single-tax doctrine than this,
that the ground rent is to be con-
fiscated by the State in order to give
equal opportunity to all the people.
1t is that for which Mr.. Mcguire
stands to-day, gild it as he may, and
deny as. he. may that conlscation is
intended, for both he and George have
said that it makes no difference who
has the empty shell Of title, as long
as the kernel is taken by the State.
Three-fifths of all assessed values in
California are in land, farms, lots and
ranges. Three-ffths, then of all val
ues must bear the taxation now borne
by fye-fifths under the belief that by
that method there will be effected such
a distribution and working of lands, as
will equalize matters, and really make
taxation lower for the occupier of land
than it is to-day.
We believe the scheme to be chimer-
zeal. We insist that California is not
ready for It's trial. not even for sub
uniting to the putting in of "the enter
ing wedge" to use Mr.. Maguire's own
language in describing the local option
constitutional amendment, which he is
pledged to ask Of the next Legislature,
and which that Legislature, if Demo-
cratic, is bound by the local option
plank Of the Democratic party to pro-
pose and order the people to vote upon.
Yet Mr.. Mcguire and his supporters
have the temerity to tell the people
that there is no .single-tax issue before
them, and that even If elected Mr..
Mcguire Will be powerless to further
the singletax theory, or put it into
practical operation
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. Mr.. Mcguire in all his campaign
speeches rings the changes upon mo-
nopolies, corporations and the railroad
That is the job lot stock in trade for
demagogues. He proposes no remedies
for any conceded evils. He has not
word to say about the reviving indus
tries under Republican protection. OF
that pastoral pursuit" as he sees fit
to characterize wool growing, which he
says lis not an industry" he has not
one word to say, nor yet of the re-
coverys of fruit, raisin growing, and
other industries which have protection
and a chance for life under Republican
Administration.