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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-14

ttt puD Aprti ~ -ow
Land Office at watertown. >. d., April & 1SJs.
Notice n hereby given that TIN t~pllDvtng.
named settler has lilrd notice OF his intention
10 make Homestead tnsi proof in sup
port OF his claim and that said proof viii be
made before the judge Of the county court
NJ Webster. y. ~. ou MRy 20. ISss, VIZ
EDWARD RASMUSSEN.
HID, Entry No. IS12, Tor ths sch4 sec IL twp l&3
\. Rs ~ ".
ts names the following witnesses 10 prove his
confiare,as srS:1c=r- ss+sou aud cultivation of
said land. vIx FEEDER 81. Peterson. Sefs h.
Nielsen. Oh j. JACOBSEN. Nr.s %. AHasrsoa, ali
of k0~syn. y. ID. Leo Stuyer. Eesister.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-14
Webster. 5. D.. April ls.h. Isas.

This IA "a certify tibet certificates of nosniu.
ations made az the GItlZens Uuion caucnses
~ the coart house In the city off, ebrter. Day
County. south sSakota. on Tuesday. April I2tb.
f1s. tor the vafaeaar municipal and sebsot 9TH
cars TO he voted far AT the rcgular aauual city
e~t@cttnn on Iuessi0y april 18th. 1885. have been
died With the city auditor as follows, VIZ.
Fer Alderaaa:
Isl wara--William kading.
-nd ward Charles Hawkinsou.
ord ward Tory haugen.
For HeMbor 90 Board OF Education:
lat ward iiexander Ross,
2ad ward X. W. Parliman.
;sd ward t'afi q. iiorkbiud.
For Sciisoi iteasuEef-i. Il. Foster.
Givea nnder nay hand aud ssal This 18th.
daS Of April is3s.
". ~. II. MENsTNG.
lSEALl tify auditor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-14
Netice FOR Publication.
n. ..k A>r T-Cur

Land Office at Wa~terfown, ). D., April 6. 1855
Notice is hereby given shat the folIowin
named settler Inns filed notice of his iatentiu
To make timber cclture final proof in supprI
OF his claim. aad that said pnoof Will be- ma
before enc judge of the county court at W.
ster. >. d., I'm May 18th. 1895. viz
John Carlson. 4. e.. Entry No. 1862
Tor the se4 sec "a. twd ~, range 81. He nam,
the follow inx witnesses to prove his contih
Gus planting and cultivation of said luad, vi
Peter ~IIoimquist of Bristol. >. d.. and En-
krBuse, VIM. More, Charley Gnstafson. /,
Webster, >. ID. Lee Slower. Register.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-14
HIS MoTHER-lN-LAW.

Her Attitsde Made Fsin Question the
Joke Manufacturers veracity.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
INSANITY AND MURDER.

The Record Union has frequently
said that most murderers who plead
insanity in defense are sane enough
TO be hanged; that by far the majority
of murderers who seek to escape the
penalty of the law by the plea of in
sanity, ought to be executed because
they knew at the time Of the commits
sion of the crime that their act was
unlawful, and that its penalty was
death
To free such people is to remove a
deterrent influence of the law. The
fear Of punishment is before the eyes
of seven out of ten Of those who in
terpose the plea of a diseased mind.
The statistics Of murder and insanity
prove this Invariably when a MUIR
derer has been cleared because of the
insanity plea, the verdict is followed
by many more murders by those who
claim to have been actuated by insane
impulse These people. who are sane
enough 10 run at large and not insane
enough TO be committed to an asylum
are shrewd enough TO know that the
plea of mental incapacity stands them
in good stead, and thus it becomes a
murder promoter.
The English actor Terriss was lately
murdered by Prince, a stage hand,
without apparent motive. There was
no perceptibIe or ascertainable reason
why the man should have stabbed Ter
riss, with whom he had but slight ac-
quaintance and against him Teiriss had
done no wrong. The fellow was con-
victed, but not as with us is so often
the case. he was not set at liberty to
prey upon other men when the insane
impulse should seize upon him anew.
fie has been seques,ered in prison
for the insane and will there remain
for life.
In summing up Justice Channel In
that case laid down the law to be that
The record-union., 1898-02-27
Wild Bird PIumage.

The energetic attack made upon the
fashion of wearing wild birds plumage
in women's hats and bonnets is meeting
with a favorable response in Europe,
and American ornithologists, who labor
so hard in this cause, should feel happy.
A French editor. having scratched off
the title Horrible Massacre" gets
right down to business in this way: DO
you know, Oh lovely woman with heart
so tender, how many little birds are
killed every year for the plunage that
garnishes Your hats? Pas moins de trois
cents millions. A single London firm
alone imports 100000 colibris drumming
birds), 5000 oiseaux de paradis (birds of
paradise), and 100000 wings of other
Birds The figures are not as large as
those recently quoted at the Ornith-
illogical Congress in this city; still, they
will dc very well. The French editor
continues: "a London house sold las.
year in four months 100000 birda
brought from India and Brazil" These
figures are better, and the Frenchman
clinches the matter in way that deals
a heavier blow to feminine vanity than
it does to the millinery business. He
writes: .Vue de &c cote, la coquetterie
est, ell effet, bien laide chose.
The record-union., 1898-02-27

devotion to a great good cause. or hero
ism in the interest of humanity or to
great contribution to the sum of the
worlds knowledge. 1t is right thing
TO do honor 20 the memory of men and
women who have served humanity no.
bly,, TO mark their passing from life's
activity by suitable dignified and open
ceremonial, and to pay honest tribute
to their worth, that others may be en-
couraged 10 emulate their example, and
that mankind may prove anew
that it is neither ungrateful nor forget
ful. 1t is this spirit we assume. that
call has been issued for a meeting to-
day at half-past three fer a memorial
service in memory of Frances E. Will
lard. the able, eloquent and devoted
American woman, who has for SO many
years been distinguished for her heroic
and unWaveriEg leadership of temper
ance forces among the women of the
land. She was a woman of brilliancy
and broad native power; born to lead
ership and advocacy of things clean,
pure, uplifting and advancing born to
battle against wrong, oppression and
the vices and appetites of frai human
nature 1t is graceful and proper
thing for the white ribbon women of
the city TO assemble and pay loving
open tribute to the memory of their de-
parted leader.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
THE FOLSOM ROAD TROUBLE.

The doubt cast upon the validity of
the Sacramento bonds, issued to raise
| money TO build the Folsom road, is of
more than local Importance. When it
was proposed TO pass a State road law
imposing taxes on all the property in
the State for the purpose of paying
for a general road system, San Fran
cisco raised the objection that it would
be unjust, if not unlawful, to tax prop
erty in cities to build roads in the inter-
Tor, which is the ground of the doubt
in the Sacramento bond case. If that
doubt is pronounced sound by the Su-
preme Court in the case Sacramento
County is preparing to submit, that will
put an end to the effort to impose a
general State tax for road purposes
Stockton Independent.
Our contemporary misunderstanding
the case. The power of the State to
build highways out of funds raised
by general taxation, we do not think is
doubted In New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, North Carolina and
Pennsylvania this power has been af-
firmed. There is no constitutional in
hibition of it in California.
The doubt cast upon the Folsom
road bonds is not understood by our
Stockton contemporary either. The
adverse holding of the Eastern law
yer runs only to the power Of the coun-
ty Supervisors to levy tax upon prop
erty in the municipality of Sacrament
to, which by law is exempt from dis
trict road taxation.
There is no doubt whatever that
under the Constitution Cart. XII Sec
49, the city can hold an election and
by consent of two-thirds of the voters
voting, isue bonds for any purpose the
local Government deems essential to
the well-being Of the city. There ap-
pears to be no constitutional limitation
upon this power. SO, too, there is not
the slightest doubt whatever, that the
County Supervisors may call an cleo
ton to determine whether the people
will create Indebtedness for general
county purposes and TO promote what is
deemed the best interests of the coun-
ty.
The question raised, however, is
whether the Supervisors can call an
election to determine taxation to be
levied upon municipal property to raise
money to be expended for road pur-
poses in a road district. The people of
this county, this city and the State
will have reason for deep regret If the
Supreme Court holds that the people
of the whole county, including the city,
have not the power to vote an indebt-
edness and consequent taxation for a
public work of equal moment to coun-
ty and city, even though it is to be
constructed wholly within one road
district.
The defeat of the Folsom highway
scheme will be defeat of great bene-
ficence; it will check the good road
movement and discourage it's promot-
ers: it will suggest that it may be i'm
possible to construct any trunk lines
at general cost in any county. But as
stated in the outset we do not believe
that it would inhibit construction of
State highways at State cost.
The record-union., 1898-02-27

a person is responsible for any act he
commits, if he knows the nature and
quality OF it, and if he knows it to be
| wrong act He held that to avail
of the plea, distinct evidence of a dis
eased state of mind must be produced;
it must be shown that the diseased
condition so interfered with the men
tai action of the accused as to prevent
him from recognizing his act as a
| criminal one.
That is the general rule Of the law
and it is a perfectly safe one. Under
| that instruction the jury found Prince
| guilty, adding He knew what he was
doing and to whom he was doing it,
but from the medical evidence the jury
believe he was not responsible for his
action"
| There are three murderers in the
tolls in California now who are seeking
escape by the insanity route One
poisoned his brother and sister on the
eve of the wedding day of the latter:
another stabbed his wife to death who
| refused to longer live 9Th him and
submit to his brutality; another shot
| to death his aged father and still an
| other prisoner who seeks to use the
plea of insanity attempted to become
wife murderer 1t is limited in the
press that for each of %.ese the plea
of insanity will be interposed, and the
three murderers, it is said, have been
| playing part to support such a de-
| Tense.
| 1t is not probable that either of these
men was in such a mental condition at
the time of his act as to render him
| irresponsible. Each killed because of
we'll defined and normal motives. If
man, says the British Medical Jour-
nal,' is driven to an act by an insane
delusion, it is unreasonable ia hold
him to responsibility That is the cor
| rect doctrine. That we have stretched
1t out of shape and extended it beyond
reason in this country is equally true.
The plea of insanity should be vaIueless
unless the diseased mind drives" the
| party to commit the crime.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
NOTICE on SALE OF REAL ESTATE

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN pursuance of an. order of the Superior
Court OF the County of Sacramento, State
of California, made on the 18th day of
February. 1898. in the matter of the es-
tate of CATHERINE BROWN, deceased
the undersigned. executors of the said
estate, VIII sell at private sale to the
highest bidder for cash. in lawful money
frmation by the said Superior Court, the
following described real estate, to wit:
The west half CT lot six in the block or
square bounded by Il and l. and Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets, in the
City Of Sacramento. County of Sac
ramento, State of California, to-
gether with the Improvements thereon
Said sale will be made on or afte
THURSDAY, MARCH g.. 1885, and hi
for said property will be received at
time after the first publication of
notice and to the date of making of s;
sale at the office of Hiram w. Johnso
Stoll Building in the City of Sacrament
Cal: such bids must be in writing a,
may be left at said place designated.
may be left with the executors person
". or may be flied In the office of
Clerk of said Superior Court. Terms
sale cash, lawful money of the Unite,
States
Dated Sacramento. February IA, 1898.
MARY A. LENT and
S. S. SLAWSON.
Executors of the last will and testament
and estate of Catherine Brown, de-
ceased
tors. f15-17t
The record-union., 1898-02-27
JAPANESE ACQUISITION.

The country has been SO absorbed
| by more immediate matters of interas,
that comparatively little attention has
been given to the acquisition of Wei
Hal wei by the japanese Government.
Under the treaty that port was pledged
10 Japan as security for the payment
| OF the war indemnity But China has
found il inconvenient to pay. and has
accordingly surrendered the pledge.
This is perfectly regular, and there
Is no one to raise an objection, because
1t was so stipulated in the treaty to
which all the Powers interested even
remotely gave assent, if not by direct
affirmation, by the acquescence of ST.
lence, at the time when alone a protest
would be proper. China and Japan.
the two contracting parties, being salts
fed with the arrangement there is
nothing TO do but submit to it so far as
Russia, England and other States of
the Eastern Hemisphere are concerned.
But 1t is one of the most important
OF strategic value of the first order
located as it is on the eastern point
OF the Shang Yung Peninsula. and COM
handing the entrance to two of the
most important CULTS Of the Chinese
Empire. It's possession by Japan great
~ reduces the Importance Of Russian
occupancy Of Port Arthur. The cession
OF Wei Hal Wei to Japan gives the lat
ter footing upon the soil of China
more favorable than any other it could
nave CHOSEN, If We except Port Arthur
itself From this new position japan
could scarcely be thrown out EXCEPT by
combination of all the great Powers
against her, and not then without a
great struggle and fearful war.
1t means that if there is to be any
partition Of China, Japan will be in a
position TO demand, and to enforce it.
that she be allotted a share. Whether
Russia and Germany will cause trouble
concerning this cession is an open aues
ton. lfdisposed to dose, they can easily
find a pretext, but in doing so they will
be subject to the criticism of the whole
world for action that civilized nations
rarely have the courage to take.
The record-union., 1898-02-27

1t is not creditable to the wit or Wis
dom of the Spanish officials at Havana,
that after the briefest and the most
cursory examination they should have
the Madrid Government that 1t had
been eonclusively settled that the
Maine was wrecked by internal explo-
sion. 1t is simply impossible that they
could have ascertained any such thing
This haste to escape any other judg-
ment, testifies to fear that some ether
will be rendered by the American
Board of Inquiry.
The record-union., 1898-02-27

The Washington Post" asserts upon
what it declares to be the highest au-
thority, that the feeling of the Presi-
dent Of the United States in the mat
er of the De Lone letter was not one OF
hurt and chagrin, but on the contrary
was a feeling of contempt and indigna-
try, not upon him. Good for the Presi-
dent. We have believed that he was
far more indignant than hurt, and are
glad to have that belief confirmed.
The record-union., 1898-02-27

Lieutenant Sobral, late Naval Attache
of the Spanish Legation at Washington.
is either an ass or a hired clown Una
ware apparently that he had been dis
missed from his post to give place to
another, he proceeds to have himself in
terviewed concerning the sinking of the
Maine in which he criticised sharply
and rudely the disciplinary methods en-
ployed on American naval ships If he
had been an attache of the legation his
act would have been one of gross af-
front: if he spoke as an officer of the
Spanish navy then he proved himself to
be boor, lacking knowledge of the de-
mands of common politeness and the
ethical code that is held so sacredly by
navy men the world over If his utter
ance was inspired, then ne is a hired
fool and has made an ass of himself for
pay In either case he proves that he
has no knowledge of the subject with
which he deals.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
Should be an Effective Remedy.

For that Klondike feeling: Take a
shovel and clean off the sidewalk be-
fore breakfast, repeating the dose as
often as the sidewalk seems to require
it-Chicago Times Herald.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
Weather Forecast.

Northern alifornia-Occasional rain
Sunday; brisk to high southeast wind on
the northern coast
The record-union., 1898-02-27

An amusing hallucination of the
average San Francisco yellow newspa-
per is. that everybody is interested in
its Quarrels with another of its own nk
The record-union., 1898-02-27

Mere man worship Is not to be COM
mended. But there is a broad distinc-
tion between cringing at the shrine of
a man or a woman because they have
favors 70 distribute. or have attained
lofty station Or achieved great victo-
RES. merely as worshipers and seekers.
and paying honor TO true genius, heroic
The record-union., 1898-02-27
MAISON EALRE

RESTAURANT DE FRANCE AND
Oyster House. 421 X street formerly near
Golden Eagle HoteD. Meals d la carte
at all hours Family Orders, Banquets
and Wedding Parties
l.. FAURE, Proprietor.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
IORCLU HOTEL.
500 X Srraae
THE SADDLE ROCK
RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE

FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
spect. Ladies dinlng-room separate
Open day and night. BUCHANAN & CA
RAGHER. Proprietors. No. 1919 Secono
street. between J and K. Sacramento
The record-union., 1898-02-27

Try McMorry's s5c tea. 531 NJ.
The record-union., 1898-02-27

Entered at the Postofiice at Sacramento
as second-cfaSs matter.
The record-union., 1898-02-27

These publications are sent either by
Mail or Express to agents or single sub
scribers with charges prepaid All Post
masters are agents.
The best advertising mediums on thu
Pacific Coast.
The record-union., 1898-02-27
THE DAILY RECORD-UNION.
THE WEEKLY UNION
TWELVE PAGES.

TWELVE PAGES.
Is the cheapest and most desirable Home.
News and Literary Journal published on
the Pacific Coast.
The Weekly Union, per year. 81 90
The record-union., 1898-02-27

as Second-cfaSS matter.
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places: l. z. Fishers, room 81 Mer-
chants Exchange, California street. and
the principal news stands and hotels, San
Francisco.
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corner Second and Main streets.
SANTA BARBARA-Hassing News
Depot
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Depot
Also for sale all trains leaving and
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sole agents foreign advertising,
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
DINING CARS IN ENGLAND.
until Recently Tb7y Were Available HOnl

until Recently They Were Available Only
to First-Ciass Passengers
Dining cars have existed in England
for nearly twenty years, but until
quite recently they have only been
available for first-class passengers,
says the Boston Herald. -Four years
ago dining cars for third~class passen-
gers also were introduced between
London and Scotland, between which
points the traffic is almost entirely
tntrd-class. One route from Scotland
passes through Leeds, consequently
dining cars between London and Leeds
being available for third-class passen-
gers by this route, the other route was
constrained to follow the example on
its local London and Leeds service.
Naturally Liverpool and Manchester
complained that similar accommoda-
ton was not afforded to them. There
upon the Midland company, which car
r1es an unusually small percentage of
nrst-class passengers, adopted prac-
t1ce 'of allowing third-cfass passengers
to use the flrst-class dining car with
out extra charge. Theoretically, they
were required to leave the car when
they had finished their meals; practi-
cally, of course, they sat still and re-
fused to bulge. Habitual passengers
between London and Manchester soon
got to know about this and booked
when they wanted to dine en- route
thtrd-class by the Midland rather than
1tr8t-elass by the London & Northwest
ern. So now it is announced that the
northwestern will run third-class as
well as drst-class dining ears both
from Liverpool and Manchester.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22

The pleasantest and most successful
social function OF the week was the musi-
Gale and eoiree given by the Ladies' Aux
Hilary Club at Twin City Hall last Mon
day evening There was large crowd
present which enjoyed the excellent
program rendered by some of the most
talented of our Twin City people after
which all proceeded to follow the advice
as sung by Frsnk Wheaton Esq, "En
Joy yourselves and Hilyards orchestra
furnished the music. The delightful
affair broke up at IL o'clock and all
went home happy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-01-22
Lincoln Club Will Banouet,

The Lincoln Republican Club is pre-
pairing to celebrate the birthday of the
martyred president, from whom the
club takes it's name, by banquet at the
Merchants hotel on the evening Of Feb
ruarY 18th.
The arrangements are beiog perfected
on large scale and the whole affair will
be thoroughly representative of the best
Republicanism of the city. The number
of those present will be limited only by
the capacity of the dining room of the
hotel and the working Republicans will
be out in force. Eloquent speakers will
respond to an inspiring List of toasts.