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The record-union., 1899-11-02

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The nego-
tiations for the partition of the samoan
Islands are proceeding rapidly, and OF
ficials here would not be surprised IL
final agreement were reached IN tne
near future.
The discussion which is going on IN
London, with the cooperation OF the
authorities here and in Berlin, mas
brought out certain essential features
on which all three Powers, Great Brit
ain, Germany and the United States.
appear to be agreed. At the outset II
is stated that the determination was
reached that the tripartite Government
of the group should come to an emu
and that not more than two Powers
and preferably one, should govern the
islands 1t soon developed that an
agreement was not likely to be reacneo
giving the entire group to one Power
but the chances seemed good for an
agreement that two Powers divide the
islands, thus giving a dual government
in place of the present unwieldy trlpar-
tite arrangement.
1t seemed to be generally accepted
by the negotiators that the Unltea
States would be one of the Powers 10
be represented, and that the island OF
Tutuilla, on which the harbor OF Pago-
Pago is located, would naturally fall 10
the lot of the United States. 1t is un-
derstood that the British authorizes
quite fully coincide with this view, and
while the Germans seemed to regard
it favorably, it was left open for more
mature approval by the Berlin authori-
ties.
In conceding this island and harbol
to the United States, account was taken
of the fact that if an agreement was
reached on that point, it would stlIi
be for the United States Senate 10
give it's approval to the arrangement.
/ One of the remaining islands, Upolu, is
of much value, while the other, Savaii,
is practically valueless.
| 1t is suggested that Great Britain
cede the Gilbert and Solomon Islands
| to Germany, the latter retiring from
Samoa. The Fiji Islands and some
other points have been considered dur
| ing the discussion, but thus far Ger
many has not acted favorably on the
suggestion, and there have been evil
dences that she preferred to retain her
| interests and make compensation TO
Great Britain. This remains open, ana
appears to be the chief point remain
| ing in the way of a final adjustment.
| The foregoing general outline was
given to-day in quarters we'll informed
on the general lines of the negotiations.
although it was with this reservation
that the understandings were merely
formative, and still open to material
| changes.
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The Power House Of The Standard
Electric Company j.. & i.
Totally Destroyed by Flames at an Early
Hour Yesterday Morning.
Loss to the Plant Estimated at One
Hundred Thousand Dollars, Be-
sides Leaving Several Amador
County Towns in Darkness

STOCKTON, Nov. 1.-The power
house of the Standard Electric Com
pany, located at Blue Lakes City, Anna
dor County, was totally destroyed pS
fire this morning about o'clock
A. H. Babcock, Superintendent OF the
company, made the following statement
to the Associated Press:
1.-The power-house of the Standard
Electric Company, located at Blue
Lakes City, was totally destroyed py
fire about 5 o'clock this morning. AT
present the origin of the fire is un-
known 1t will be some weeks before
operations can be resumed. In the
meantime the Stockton Gas and Eiec-
trio Company will supply it's customers
by means of it's reserve steam plant.
"a. H. BABCOCK,
Superintendent"
A telephone message was received by
the Mali from the plant early in the
forenoon.
mo one seems to know how the nre
started" stated the "Mairs' informant.
1T broke out in the machinery depart
ment at a quarter to this morning,
and continued for four hours. There is
a good water supply here and there
We're plenty of hands to use it, but
water will not extinguish electricity.
The fire seems to have originated in
the machinery itself, which was in op-
GRAFTON at the time
The only loser in Stockton by the de-
struction of the plant is the SpeTry
Flour Company, which received power
to run the Sperry Flour Mill direct
from Blue Lakes About ) o'clock this
morning the machinery began to slow
down, and soon it stopped altogether
The mill will be unable to run until
the plant at Blue Lakes is rebuilt, as
the steam plant has been taken out.
1t requires 500 horsepower to operate
the mill.
The Union Mill, which has been closed
for ten days undergoing general over
hauling, will be started up at once.
1t could not be learned here where
the plant is insured nor what the loss
is, but it is believed 100000 is fair
estimate of the cost of the plant. The
loss is mostly on the machinery, as the
power-house was not a pretentious at
fair No one was injured.
The Ford & Lightner mines of the
mother lode, which were operated with
electricity from the Blue Lakes plant
have been compelled to shut down, and
the towns of San Andreas, Jackson and
Suffer Creek. which are lighted from
the Blue Lakes plant, are in darkness.
ANGELS CAMP IN DARKNESS.
ANGELS CAMP, Nov. 1.-The town
is left in darkness by the destruction
of the California Exploration Com
pany's electric plant this morning. The
Utica Company's plant expects 70
start about Monday. 1t will furnish
power to the companies which are now
left without power
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REMOVED THE BOARD.
Los Angeles City Councils Action
Relating to Police Commission.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. las a sequel
to the attempt of the Mayor and the
Police Commissioners to approve the
action of Chief of Police John M. Glass
in summarily removing from their po-
sitions seven officers of the depart
ment and reducing them to the ranks,
the City Council at a special meeting
held to-day summarily removed from
office the entire Police Commission, the
sole remaining member being the
Mayor, who is ex officio a member and
Chairman Of the Police, Fire and Park
Commissions.
The action, while not unexpected,
came suddenly, and was carried by
vote of to 3. 1t means, to those ac-
quainted with the situation, the virtual
reinforcement of Chief Glass, and 1t
is anticipated that he will now either
resign or be displaced by the new COM
mission, yet to be named, for 1t seems
certain that no person can hope to be
appointed as a member of that body
who will not pledge himself to vote
against his retention.
The police officials who were berated
yesterday VIII make a. legal fight to re-
cover the positions which they lost by
the reorganization of the department,
/ it being claimed that they were re-
duced in rank without cause and with
out the filing of charges.
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NEW WARSHIPS.
Bids for the Construction of Six
Cruisers Opened.

WASHINGTON, Nov. bids were
opened at the Navy Department for
the construction of six sheathed and
coppered cruisers authorized by the last
naval appropriation bill.
These vessels will be of about 3,2OU
tons displacement, a little larger than
the Raleigh and Cincinnati class. The
speed is to be not less than sixteen and
one-half knots. The new ships will
have twin screws, and a battery COM
posed of ten 5-inch guns, eight o.
FOUNDERS, two 1-pounders and four ma
chine guns.
The limit of cost fixed by Congress
exclusive of armament, is 81, ,l41, SUI
each, and it is provided that not more
than two of these vessels shall be built
in one yard.
Pacific Coast bids were as follows:
Moran Bros. & Co., Seattle, Wash, one
vessel on the departments plans,
$1,122,000 Union Iron Works, San
Francisco, one vessel on the depart
ment's plans, 81 041 800.
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ALL BUT THE CAPTAIN LOST
A Steamer Goes Down OFF the Coast
of South Carolina.

A steamer Goes Down Off the Coast
of South Carolina.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l. = A as
patch received by the Maritime Ex-
change here to-day from Charieston'
S. c., says the steamer George L. Col
well, Captain Gaskill, from Fernandina
for New York, has foundered. The cap
tain is the only one saved.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The steamer
George L. Celwell was built at Bay
City, Mich, in 1890. She registers SlI
tons net, and was 154.2 feet long, 3o-f
beam and 1919 feet deep. She was
owned by the Yellow Pine Company OF
this city, and carried lumber exclusive
ly from Southern ports to New YORK.
The company has confirmed the loss OF
the steamer, and states that the mum
ber of men lost was probably twelve.
The dispatch received by the Yello"
Pine Company to-day from Captain
John H. Gaslill, announcing the loss oI
the steamer George L. Colwen and all
on board but himself, asked for money
and said he would be here to-morro"
afternoon.
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Returning Klondikers.

SEATTLE. Nov. 1.-The steamer
Humboldt from Skaguay reached port
to-day with a crowd of forty Klondik-
ers, who left Dawson October 18th.
They will probably be the last to arrive
this season from the district by water.
The Yukon and its headwaters closed
for steamer navigation October 10th.
On that date the river steamer w. S.
Stratton, owned by Alex Mcdonald got
caught in an ice jam and sank in thir-
ty feet of water. No lives were lost,
but twenty seven sacks of mail went
down with the vessel. f
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Two Women Badly Injured.

PACIFIC GROVE. Nov. Mrs.
Judge ]. A. PelI and Mrs. ]. c. Rich of
Pacific Grove were badly. injured in a
runaway accident near here to-day.
Mrs. Pell and baby son were thrown
out Of a buggy. The former sustained
serious injuries, but the baby was un-
hurt. Mrs Rich jumped out, receiving
a compound fracture of the leg and a
severe scalp wound. Both ladies will
recover.
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suesser Murder Trial.

SALINAS, Nov 1.-The Superior
Court here has consumed another day
in an endeavor to secure twelve compe-
tent men to try George Suesser. the
murderer of Sheriff Farley. After an
arduous days work five more men were
obtained. Up to the present time ten
men have been accepted out of over
100 examined. A special venire was or
dered this afternoon for twenty-five
men, from which it is expected the re-
naming two can be obtained.
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Internal Revenue Officers.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. deputy
Internal Revenue Collector John r..
Lynch will tomorrow assign Deputy
Collector Frank L. Fletcher from San
Francisco to the San Joaquin district,
in place of William Cavan, dismissed.
w. G. Hawkett of Oakland will be ap-
pointed in Fletcher's place. 1t is stated
that no further changes will be made
at present.
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Suit Against Mayor Phe1an.

SAN JOSE, Nov. 1.-C. M. Sainsaevin
has sued James D. Phelan and others
to recover 81, $50 damages for injuries
alleged to have been received by his
daughter Dolores in falling through a
hole in the hallway of the New York
Exchange building, the property of the
Phelan estate
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Shot One Of Her Playmates.

GLOUCESTER (O), Nov. IAN IL
year-old school girl named Owens, re-
turning from school at Mortonville yes
terday evening, had some trouble with
playmates and ran to her home, secured
a musket, and fired into a group of
children, and fatally wounded a boy
named BebOW
The record-union., 1899-11-02
BRITISH LOSSES
Since the Outbreak Of Hostilities
in South Africa.

LONDON, Nov. "A special dispatch
from Pietermaritzburg, dated Tuesday
morning, says: Stragglers from the
Worcestershire Regiment are arriving
at Ladysmith. A number of mules
with a portion Of the mountain battery,
are also coming in.
A careful calculation of the British
losses in all the engagements since ths
outbreak Of hostilities, excluding the
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keevAs eA,e.e eowose oe:l Esw yeax:

casualties among the non-commissioned
officers and men in Mondays disaster
at Ladysmith. which are thus far an
known here. gives a total of 915. to
which probably 1,2OO will need 10 pe
added when the details regarding the
Ladysmith reverse are received.
This total is made up as follows: ON
GERS 133, 1S being killed, 6l WOUNDED
and SO captured. Men 1873, being III
killed, 492 wounded and 154 captured.
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Date Set foc MoIineux Trial.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-Justice Furs-
man. in the criminal branch of the Su-
preme Court to-day, set Tuesday, No
yember 14th, as the day on which the
trial of Roland B. Molineux, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Kate j.
Adams, will begin.
The record-union., 1899-11-02
Freight Train Wrecked.

ROSEBURG (Or.), Nov. 1.-About 5
O'clock this evening an extra freight
bound north was wrecked while round
ing a curve two miles south of Rose
burg. The engine. tender and two cars
rolled over an embankment. Engineer
Frank Anderson had his wrist broken
and his ankle sprained. The fireman
was slightly hurt. The southbound
overland and passenger is held here
The record-union., 1899-11-02
slossou Won the Billiard Match.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-Slosson won
the professional billiard match tonight
at Madison Square Garden, Schaefer
being beaten on the three nights play
by 900 points to I51.
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THE CONTROVERSY
: over SAMOA.
Negotiations for Partition Of the
Islands Proceeding Rapidly.
Belief at Washington That a Final Agree
ment viii Soon Be Reached.

Generally Accepted by the Nego-
tiations That the United States
Will BE One Of the Two Pow
ers to BE Represented and That
the Island Of Tutuilla Will Fall
to Our Lot.
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Engineering Party Drowned.

MANAGUA (Nicaragua), Nov. 1.-via
Galveston-"El Commercio.' of this
city publishes a dispatch from Castillo
announcing the drowning at Machuca
Falls during a recent flood of Mr.. Clar,
an American engineer and other men,
bers of an engineering party working
in that district under the direction of
the United States Canal Commission.
The record-union., 1899-11-02
Death Of an Alameda Citizen.

ALAMEDA, Nov. Michael Kane,
a well known citizen of this place, died
to-day, aged S5 years. He came to
California in 1S4S, and amassed con-
siderable fortune in business. He was
a life member of the Society of Cali
fornia Pioneers, of which he was for
merIy a director.
The record-union., 1899-11-02
Reducing Force at Mare Island.

VALLEJO, Nov. 1.-Discharges of
workmen from Mare Island are occur
ring weekly. Twenty men of various
trades were discharged on Tuesday in
the steam engineering department, and
forty iron workers We're discharged to-
day. About 200 workmen have been
discharged during the last thirty days.
The cause is lack of funds.
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Forty-First Infantry.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The Forty
first Volunteer Infantry, now at Camp
Meade, has been ordered to New York
City to embark for the Philippines.
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custona Reeeipts at san Francisco

= SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.-The re-
ceipts In the customs department at
the port of San Francisco for October
were $611, $40, the largest receipts for
the month of October since the year
1892 Customs collector Jackson says
that the business OF this port has in
creased SO rspidly aaId 20 steadily dur
ing the past few years that It has out
grown the shipping facilities here.
The record-union., 1899-11-02
Naval Order of the United States.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-At a meeting
of the General Council of the Naval
Order of the United States tonight, a
charter was granted to the new com
mandery of the order recently formed
in the State of California, with head
quarters at San Francisco. Admiral
Dewey was elected Commander of the
New York Commandery.
The record-union., 1899-11-02
The Cruiser Brooklyn.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The Brook
lyn has sailed from Gibraltar for Port
Said en- route for Manila.
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John A. Russell Seriously Ill.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. John A.
Russell, for thirty three years clerk of
the San Francisco Board of Super
visors, suffered a paralytic stroke in
his Office to-day. and it is feared that
he will not recover.
The record-union., 1899-11-02

duced by means of electricity, artificial
sight may be given to the blind. The
rays of light are focused, as in a cam
era, from the object to the brain and
sight is thus obtained.
Electricity derives its name from the
Greek word for amber, electron, be-
cause Thales, about 600 B. c., discov-
cred that amber, when rubbed, attracts
light and dry bodies, and in the twelfth
century the scientific priests of Etruna
drew lightning from the clouds with
iron rods.
Electrical World: A patent has been
issued to Josef Chania of Lem5erg, on a
phonograph in which the record is
made of light rays. The recorder con-
sists of a box containing mirror OPP
posite the mouthpiece; a ray of light
is caused to impinge on the mirror, and,
rejecting therefrom, to pass through a
prism, which focuses it on the surface
of a rapidly moving tape. 1t is stated
that the sound waves thrown on to the
reflector intercept the light-rays and
affect the vibratory action of the re-
/ flector, the result being variations in
action of the light-rays focused on the
sensitized strip.
Much interest is exhibited in the re-
cent experiments made by Sir Norman
Lockyer with flexible film, his idea
being to adapt it to spectroscopic pho
tography The large concave grating
which he has in use for his solar spec
troscopic photographs is 21R feet ra-
dius and has some 10000 lines to the
inch ruled on it's surface; it gives a
spectrum 80 inches long. The focal
plane of this grating is of necessity
considerably curved, and it is, there
fore, impossible to get sharp photo
graph of the whole spectrum on a glass
plate The difficulty is now overcome
by using a flexible film.
Science: Perhaps the most interest
ing general conclusion to be drawn
from the study of the mental effects of
weather is that during those meteor
illogical states which are physically ex-
hilarating, excesses in department in
the ordinary accepted sense of the
word, prevail in an abnormal extent.
while death and irregularities in mental
processes are below expectancy. Dur
ing such weather conditions, without
doubt the quality of the emotional state
is more positive than under the reverse
conditions, but the results seem to
show that in the long run an excess
of energy is more dangerous thing, at
least from the standpoint of the po-
lice court, than the worst sort of a
temper with no energy.
The record-union., 1899-11-02
WASSERMAN, KAUFMAN & co.


whereby, through the use of light pro-
duced by means of electricity, artificial
sight may be given to the blind. The
rays of light are focused, as in a cam
era, from the object to the brain and
sight is thus obtained.
The record-union., 1899-11-02

If there Is any person whom you dis
like, that is the one of whom you
should never speak. Cecil.
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Idaho Riot Trial.

I MOSCOW Qdaho), Nov. AT moor
to-day the prosecution rested It's ease
against the Occur d'Aiene pr1soners or
trial for obstructing the rnAils.
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Past the Martial Age.

.Maria, told Jimmy it was wicked
for little boys to fight"
.What did he say?"
"He said: Pa, you must be gittin'
old.'s Ae a'-
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while repairs to the track are made.
The cause of the wreck is not deter
mined.
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According to the Facts.

Acc0Tdfng TO the E8cts.
..He told his audience that he was :
wholly unprepared."
do you believe it?"
.Yes. he had his speech in his pocket.
but he hadn't learned. it.s
The record-union., 1899-11-02

To prevent flags from wearing them
selves out in strong winds a. New York
er has patented device which stiffens
the edges and prevents fraying, pock-
cts being formed at the top for the
reception of a flexible wire or other
material, which bends slightly in wave
like curves
The record-union., 1899-11-02

Two Englishmen have patented leg
ging which can be rapidly strapped on
the leg, consisting of a single sheet OF
material whose edges lap each other
when in place with a buckle at the top
and bottom, a single strap being wrap
ped around the leg in a spiral and
fastened in the buckles.
The record-union., 1899-11-02

ITO bear misfortune calmly is to have
fortune.
The record-union., 1899-11-02

The movement of drawer at both
ends is equalized when being opened or
closed by a new attachment, consisting
of a pair of levers formed into an x,
with a pivot pin at the junction, the
ends being secured to the rear of the
drawer and the inside of the case, to
move in equal angles.
The record-union., 1899-11-02

Epicurean meals do not make ath-
letic men.
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CHILDREN'S Gle
$3.50 DRESS SHOES OIIIJ

One large line Of chi1dren's fine
dress and heavy school shoes,
such as black vici kid button,
cloth OF kid top, vici kid lace,
kangaroo calf OF fine "co1tskin"
leather shoes; all regular $1.5O
grades; sizes 8 to IL. Closing out
sale price, $1.15.
The record-union., 1899-11-02

A frictional, self-tightening fastening
for pulleys has been invented, in which
a curved wedge is inserted in a pocket
formed inside the hub of the pulley,
with wedge-shaped or eccentric slot
on the shaft, into which the wedge is
forced by the turning of the pulley.
The record-union., 1899-11-02

Peters Stems, Russian scientist IS
reported to have discovered a method
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

outsiders who see only the results, not the ef-
forts put forth or the motives that fnstgate
them, say that the effect of Settlement work on
the East Side youth is to stimulate abnormal
self analysis, even bumptiousness, and to set
him to studying his own family with micro
scopical lntentness. They say that East Side
Settlement proteges are likely to tackle questions
offhand that even the ripe and experienced
thinker hesitates to pass opinion on and that
the boys Of the debating clubs and literary
societies are forced. in hotbed OF preco-
ciousness Be this as II may, when one sees
the Settlement houses like welcome GASES in the
forbidding squalor of Essex and Rivington ana
Clinton SITS, criticism gives way to pure graft
tude that people exist in the world large-hearted
enough to put aside their own pursuits and IN
diviiual career for the sake of Tightening up
their neghbors horizon.
clean freshly painted. airy house In thlcKy
settled Clinton-st. marks where the Gospel SET
Element hospitality is dispensed, and the white
capped workers Of the Pro-Cathedral Day Nurs-
cry and the serenely capable deaconesses VINO
preside above stairs there are like shaft or
sunlight In a dungeon. or glimpse OF another
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23

their sphere Of work or devise fresh advantages
for their neighbors, suits them n"st
Nearly all the more thoughtful settlement
workers those who have served the longest
apprenticeship display an interest in Social
ism Settlement work does not make the
worker an out-and-out Socialist. but II makes
her wish that beneficial things were more evenly
divided" said one sincere worker. You see
girl with a strong bent FOR music, for instance,
deprived of all chance of ever developing her
talent in that direction. and naturally you wish
that her opportunities might be wider and she
be permitted at least TO obtain glimpse OF the
higher possibilities that life offers. Continual
contact with the poor makes the worker realize
that human nature is the same in every sphere
and tie broadening OF view N the worker
herself is main benefit Of the settlement.
The work reacts the worker and is or as
much advantage to her. or 20 him, as the help
extended TO others"
PROBLEMS AND CRITICISM.
Settlement work is comparatively OF late orr
gin and. while constantly advancing and broad
ening. II still meets with criticism. and there
are still certain problems yet unsolved Some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
A WILL FOUND IN A FISH NET.
From The London Mail.

From The London Mail
While fishing off Carlingford Tough, on tbs
Irish Coast, recently the trawler Bournemoutn'
Of Milford Haven drcdged up in a net bundle
Of papers sealed and tied with red tape, and
perfectly intact.
The skipper brought them 10 port, and handed
them to a man, who found that they purported
10 be a will in favor of n Miss Mary MacDon-
aid and had reference TO estates in Ireland
About ten years ago claim was made TO the
estates in question which are said TO be worth
81 600. The claim failed because the necessary
documents were missing
II is believed that the papers fshed up from
the Tough are the ones wanted, and investiga-
lions are being made with a view TO handing
them over 10 the proper authorities