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DIRECTOR OF THE
MINT's REPORT.
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disturbed the gain for the year would
probably have been above $50, 000, 600.
As all these principal districts are now
in condition to produce at a higher rate
than at the opening of the present year.
and all are preparing for larger yields,
1t is not improbable that when opera
tons are fully resumed in South Afri-
ca, the worlds output will quickly pass
$40O,OOO,000 per annum. The worlds
stock Of coin Is now being increased
more rapidly and by a higher annual
percentage to the existing stock, than
during the period from 1850 to 1860.
when the great output Of gold from
California and Australia startled the
economists of all countries and gave
the world depreciating standard of
values. The effect OF this new food
of standard money upon the markets.
the Industries, the earnings of those
who work for wages. and all of the va
rious relations of the people in our
present highly organized society will
be most interesting study. 1t will
inevitably be potent factor in affairs.
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BIG LUMBER CONTRACTS.
All Next Years Gut at Duluth
Could be Readily Sold.

DULUTH (Minn.), Dec. 10.-Contracts
for the delivery of about 6O,000,000 feet
of pine logs to mills III this section by
railroads have been closed recently. OF
those contracts the Wisconsin Division
of the Northern Pacific Road has closed
total of about. 250, 900, 600 feet, part
of which will be delivered at this city
and part at Ashland
Several mills have sold their entire
seasons cut, receiving prices at a great
advance over last years figures.
Every lumberman who will dispose OF
his product in advance is being i'm
portuned to do SO, and 400,O0O 600 feet
of Duluth lumber could be sold in a
week to buyers from New York, New
England, Eastern Michigan and Chi
cago. This will be practically all next
years cut for the mills on deep water
in this harbor.
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ORDINANCE NO. SO.

An Ordinance to Prevent the
Spreading Of Infectious or Con-
tagious Diseases by the Owners
or Employees Of any Public Laun-
dry in the City Of Sacramento,
Making the Violation Thereof a
Misdemeanor and Fixing the PEN
atty for Such Violation.
The Board Of Trustees Of the City
Of Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section /. It shall be unlawful
for any person or persons owning,
carrying on or conducting any
public laundry in the city of Sac
ramento, to spray the clothing Of
any person or persons, being laun-
dried therein, with water or other
fluids emitted from the mouth Of
such person, owner or emp1oye.
Section z. No person or persons
engaged in carrying on or con-
Quoting, as owner or otherwise,
any public laundry in the city of
Sacramento, shall permit any per-
son having any infectious or CON-
tagious disease, to lodge, sleep or
remain within or upon the prem
Uses SO used as q public laundry.
Section 8. Any person violating
any provision Of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine
Of not less than twenty nor more
than one hundred dollars, or by
in the City Jail Of
not less than FIVE nor more than
one hundred days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Section 4. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from
and after its passage and approval.
Passed October 80, 1899.
D. MCKAY,
Of Board Of Trustees.
Approved, Sacramento City, No
vember a, 1889.
VIM. LAND. Mavor.
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DARING ROBBERY.
Express Company's Safe Robbed Of
Large Sum at Omaha.

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OMAHA, Dec. 10.-A special to the
Bee" from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: The
details of a most daring robbery are
just coming to light here Last night
between the hours of and 10 O'Clock
the office of the Pacific Express Com
pany was robbed of several thousand
dollars in money, and although Off
GERS set at work Immediately and the
strictest secrecy has been maintained,
not single clew has been discovered.
There is small force Of men in the
Office at night to handle express on in
coming and outgoing trains and when
these trains arrive the men have been
in the habit of locking the office. This
was done last night as usual and when
the express men returned twenty min
utes later, the north door or city en-
trance was open, as was also the safe
door. The discovery was made that all
the money in the safe was missing. The
officials of the company refuse to state
the amount Of money taken, which is
reported to be between $4,000 and $685.
OOO. Indications point to the fact,
however. that the loss is considerable.
The entire express office force is under
surveillance and the robbery Is being
thoroughly investigated.
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NOTICE OF STREET WORK

Office of Superintendent of Streets. Sac
ramento, December 6, 1899. Public notice
is hereby given that the Board of Trus-
tees of the city of Sacramento passed on
the 4th day of December, 1899, resolu-
ton of intention, No. 416, providing
That the alley between 0 and P streets.
in said city, from the east line of Six
tenth street to the center line of Seven
tenth street, be improved by constructing
therein a vitrified ironstone pipe sewer
eight inches in diameter, with six-inch V
branches. and constructing an automatic
flush tank at the head thereof.
And all parties interested are referred
to said resolution, copy of which is on
file in the Superintendent of Streets Of
flee, for further particulars.
JAMES TOUHEY,
Superintendent of Streets.
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WANT A CUBAN MISSION.
Fears Expressed That Cuban Clergy
May Abandon Catholic Church.

HAVANA, Dec. 10-A number Of in
fluential Cubans are about to send a
petition to the Pope, asking for a Cu-
ban mission.
THE condition of Catholicism" say
the petitioners, lis critical in the ISL
and, especially in view of the fact that
unbounded gratitude exists toward
the Protestant American nation which
helped Cuba in her struggle for liberty.
Intercourse between Cubans and Amer
leans is already close, and becoming
closer. Several branches of the Prot
estant Church in Cuba have already
nominated Cuban clergy, who will use
a powerful influence on behalf Of Prot
testantism. Even patriotic sentiment
can be counted on to lead the Cuban
clergy to abandon the church headed
and directed by foreigners.
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AMERICAN PRISONERS.



NEW YORK, Dec. ia special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Considerable concern has been felt
in official circles for some time respect
ing the fate Of American prisoners still
held by the Filipino insurgents. This
is due to an intimation made by Aguin-
aldo in a note to General Otis, deliv-
cred a month ago, that grave injury
might befall the prisoners If recogni-
ton Of the so-called Filipino republic
by the United States was longer de-
layed.
1t was in answer to this threat that
the President sent message to Gen
eral Otis for transmission to Aguin-
aldo, announcing that if the prisoners
were maltreated in any manner he and
his subordinates would be held person
ally responsible.
At that time Aguinaldo was believed
to be within the Gordon established by
the American troops reaching from San
Fabian to San Isidro. While it cannot
be learned that Aguinaldo received the
communication General Otis undoubt-
eddy succeeded in apprising him of it's
contents, and knowing the result of
wanton injury either to American or
Spanish prisoners, it is hoped here that
Aguinaldo will see that they are pro-
tected from harm.
Aguinaldo's effort to secure recogni-
ton by threatening injury to the pris-
oners is considered by the officials as
the last card to be played by the in
surgent leader. 1t has been noticed
that although the insurgents have per-
mitted many Spanish prisoners to es-
cape they have carefully held the
American prisoners. This leads the off
Gals to believe that Aguinaldo hopes,
if finally captured to make terms adj
vantageous to himself. This would be
impossible if the prisoners were found
to have suffered any harm
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CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.

Mayor of the city of Sacramento. for an
amount not less than 10 per cent. of the
aggregate of the proposal, or by a bond
as prescribed by law, and the clerk of
this board is also directed to publish such
notice for two days and to publish this
law, each in the Record Union,' a daily
newspaper published and circulated in
this city.
In Board of Trustees, Sacramento, De-
cember 4. 1S99 adopted by the following
vote:
Douglas, Devine, Brown, Bentley. Dolan.
Absent-Trustee Mckay.
]. H. DOLAN, Pro. Tenn,
President of the Board of Trustees.
M. j. Desmond, Clerk of the Board of
Trustees
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Nor1cE TO CONTRACTORS. NO. AIS.

Pursuant to law and to the resolution
of the Board of Trustees of the city Of
Sacramento, adopted December 4 1899. di-
recting this notice, the undersigned in
vites and will receive at his Office. SOUTH
west corner of Fourth and streets, up
to s o'clock p. m. of December II, 1853,
sealed proposals or bids for the following
street work to De gone me accofH 1n 70 the
adopted, to-wit:
That the alley between H and streets.
in said city, from the east line OF Fiji
teenth street to the west line of Sixteenth
street, be improved by grading and ma
cadamizing. constructing redwood curbs
and q brick catch basin and connecting
the catch basin to the sewer.
All proposals must be accompanied by
.. certifief check, payable to the order OF
the Mayor Of the city of Sacramento, for
an amount not less than 10 per cent. of
the aggregate of the proposal, or by
bond for the said amount. and so pay
able and throughout as prescribed by law.
M. J. DESMOND.
Clerk of the Board of Trustees.
Sacramento. December & 1879.
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GATACREs DEFEAT.
He Was Apparently Caught in an
Ambush.

NEW YORK, Dec. ia dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The British forces in South Africa
have met with a signal defeat. This
sensational news was officially an
nounced from the War Office at mid
night, General Gatacre admitting that
he had met with a serious reverse in
an attack yesterday morning on
Stormberg in Northern Cape Colony.
The British General says he was mis-
led by guides as to the Boer position
and found 'impracticable ground" APP
parently he was caught in an ambush,
as his casualties as at present known
are alarming. The numbers Of dead
and wounded cannot be considered ex-
cessive in the circumstances, but the
enormous numbers reported missing
suggest that the engagement must not
have been unlike that Of Nicholsons
Mex, when General White lost so heav-
ilY.
General Methuen's army Is known to
have been heavily reinforced at Mod
der River with infantry, cavalry and
artillery, while General Wauchope's
Highland Brigade has largely increased
the number Of bayonets available for
frontal attack. The necessity for this
costly method of warfare has been OBJ
Waited by the presence of a full bril-
gade of cavalry commanded by Gen.
era1 Darlington.
This brigade includes three regiments
of cavalry and strong body Of pro-
vincial horse. Two powerful batteries
of horse artillery have been added, with
a mobility nearly equal to that Of cav
airy. Methuen's army cannot number
less than 1000 men, and its maneuver-
ing power has been increased until
there is slight justification for frontal
attacks made without adequate recon-
noissance and scouting. Military men
assume that he has not left Modder
River until the section of the Howitzer
Battery with lyddite ammunition has
arrived.
General Buffers admirers laugh at the
idea that he will attempt to force the
passage of the river at the point where
that he will mask crossing with heavy
artillery as soon as the Howitzers are
sent up from Durham, but that the
main body of the army will go over
higher up, after a feint has been made
lower down, and that the ene1ny's posi-
ton will be turned, Ladysmith relieved
and the retreat of the Free Staters to
the mountain passes cut off. Nothing
can be simpler than strategy in COM
Portable service club without interrupt
ton from the unmannerly Beers.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The "World"
tomorrow will publish an interview
with Senator William P. Frye, Presi-
dent pro tenn. of the United States Sem
ate. In reply to the question why it
was necessary to take over the sover-
eighty Of the whole Philippine archi-
pelago he said:
Commercially they are of the Ut
most Importance to our country, To-
Gated as they are at the very threshold
of the Orient, with an importation last
year amounting to $1,5O0,0OO.O 900, with
an advancing civilization which will in
a few years, by increasing their necessi-
ties. double it.
Then, too, the existing conditions in
the islands afforded a powerful argu-
ment in favor of our action. Asuinaldo,
with his seventeen chieftains, then ex-
lies at Singapore, went to Hongkong to
sail with Admiral Dewey for Manila.
He having already sailed, they were
taken over in one of our revenue cut
ters, received arms from the Admiral,
raised an army, fought successfully the
common enemy, were of assistance to
u.s., and while no promises were made
them, orally or in writing, they were
practically our allies. Could we de-
sert and leave them to the tender mer-
cies of Spain? Surely no American citi-
zen would have justified us in such
action"
What do the Republicans propose to
do with the Philippirles?" he was asked
First, restore peAce there. Then
give them a good Government, decent
wages, arouse in the people an ambl-
ton to become good citizens supply
them with modern agricultural imple-
ments construct railroads and high
ways making access to the sea easy,
build schoolhouses, supply teachers, ed
ucate them SO as to fit them for the
exercise of governmental functions,
then trust them with the control CT
local and municipal affairs. Possibly
in time they may become fit to estab-
Esh a republican, stable and strong
enough Government to preserve order
and peace, to protect life and property
to make treaties, observe their obliga-
tons under them and compel others to
do likewise.
Possibly when that time arrives, we,
being the sole judges, might surrender
to them the sovereignty, reserving to
ourselves the naval and coaling stations
necessary for our naval and merchant
marine. So far as L am personally con-
cerned, 1 would never surrender the
sovereignty to any people within the
islands or to any nation without
He was asked what our constitutional
rights in these new possessions were, as
to civil rights, tariffs emigration, etc.
and replied:
THAT question is one of great i'm
portance, undoubtedly soon TO be dis
cussed in Congress and at an early date
settled Therefore do not wish now
with only partial preparation, to deal
with it. 1 believe, however, that Con-
gress has full power to enact for them
such laws as may seem to be wise and
just; that the constitutional, limitation
as to the United States, so often re-
ferred to, does not apply to Territories.
'T am confident that in the near flu
ture three or four regiments of white
men, with possibly twice as many ma
tives. will be ample to preserve the
peace" fH s.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 10-A meeting of
the Executive Committee of the Ma
tional Antitrust League will be held
here tomorrow at which the date Of
the antitrust conference will be fixed.
1t has already been decided that the
meeting will be held in Chicago. Pres
ident Lockwood of the league, who is
Chairman of the Executive Committee,
arrived in Chicago to-day and opened
headquarters. He anticipates a large
gathering.
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SPECIAL PROCLAMATION
Regarding Rewards for Officers
and Men Not Yet Recognized.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-A special to
the Herald" from Washington SAYS:
1t is expected the President will soon
send to Congress special proclama-
ton regarding rewards for officers and
men of the Atlantic fleet who dtstin-
guished themselves during the war
with Spain and whose gallantry has not
yet been recognized.
President Mckinley has the Samp-
son-Schley matter under serious con-
sideration. He is understood to be
willing that bill should be passed au-
thorizing the revival of the grade of
Vice Admiral for the benefit of Rear
Admirals Sampson and Schley. the
former to be given seniority over the
latter. It is believed Secretary Lone
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RESOLUTION ORDERING WORK NO.
AIS.

Resolved That the Board of Trustees
of the city of Sacramento deems it to be
required by the public interest or conven-
fence, and hereby orders the. following
street work to be done according to the
specifications therefor hereby adopted,
and now on file. to-wit:
in is said ' citS. from the east line Of Fif
teenth street to the west line of Sixteenth
street. be improved by grading and ma
cadamizing, constructing redwood curbs
and a brick catch basin and connecting
the catch basin to the sewer.
The clerk of this board is hereby di-
rected to post conspicuously for a period
Of five days on the bulletin board near the
chamber door of the office of this board,
notice hereof with specifications, invit-
ing sealed proposals for said work, to be
received at his office up to o'clock D. m
of December H. 1S99 and requiring there
with q certified check. payable to the
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Thirty-TWo Is the Number Of tho Dead
Miners.
Governor Rogers Will Conduct a
Searching investigation as to
the Cause Of the Explosion and
the Question of insufficient
Ventilation Will be Thor
oughly Gone Into by State Mine
Inspector Owens.

CARBONADO (Wash.), Dec. TO-
Stunned by the suddenness of the mine
horror, the people here seem too dazed
for any expression of grief of a dem
onstrative nature.
Thirty-two is the number of dead. AS
by a miracle, two men were rescued at
8 o'clock this morning after suffering
an awful night entombed in the dark
cavernous chambers of horrors.
Almost hooking the doleful situation.
one of these men, Peter Merpx, proudly
slapped himself on the breast as he was
emerging from the mouth of the main
tunnel, calculating:
Peters all right; hows my dogs?"
In painful contrast to him was the
other fortunate, named Michael Knish,
Pole So sickened had he been with
the bad air, laden with it's black damp,
that he could hardly find his voice, and
what utterances he did give vent to
were born of delirium. Later in the day
Knish said:
II was working on the fourth cross
cut when it came. After that I went
to sleep and somebody came and woke
me up and took me out of there" i
That was the tell-tale measure of his
period of consciousness. All he knew
was that an explosion had happened,
and then he fell alseep until rescued.
He had lain in the cool depths over
eighteen hours and had not the least
conception of this length of time. On
the other hand, Peter, the Frenchman,
had been blindly cropping around in the
darkness for the most of the night on
hon
avenue of escape.
Save these two men the death list
remains the same.
The injured, in addition to Knish.
number five. They are: Andrew
k1chinko, Michael ]. Kichinko. Hunga
rlans; Abraham Kalunki, a Finn. and
James Conway, the first man to leave
the mine of Foreman Davis shift. all
OF whom are severely burned, and Can
dido Parolini, an Italian, who has sew
eral ribs fractured by falling timbers.
Governor Rogers will conduct a
searching examination as to the cause
OF the explosion. He has telegraphed
state Mine Inspector Owens, now at
Spokane, to attend the inquest to-mor-
row and examine witnesses himself The
question of inefficient ventilation of the
mine in accordance with the State law
will be thoroughly gone into.
1t has been impossible to secure an
impartial Coroner's jury in the min
ing district and Coroner Hoska has
gone to Tacoma and will select his jur-
ors there.
The theory Of Superintendent Davies
Is that a small pocket of gas was
opened and became ignited. The con-
cussion of gas explosion caused the ter
rifle explosion of dust which caused al
of the damage and loss, of life.
The total number of men in the I'M
fortunate shift was seventy-six, of
whom fortyfour are alive, all of them
having escaped Or been rescued
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OtIl z TdIclSCO Qdtds MdXlIuuIu telIl-
perature S. minimum 46, mean 81.
Generally cloudy and threatening
weather prevails over the Pacific Slope.
Light rain with snow in the mountains
has fallen from Central California and
Northern Nevada northward to the
British line.
The pressure has fallen slowly over
the northern portion of the country
west of the Rocky Mountains.
The temperature has remained nearly
stationary in all districts. A wind of
thirtysix miles per hour from the west
is reported from Fort Candy.
Conditions are favorable for show
ers over the northern portion of Cali
frnia and generally cloudy weather over
the the southern portion Monday. It
will be somewhat warmer in the val
leys.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Football Team Will Make an Elk.
cursion to This Coast.

MADISON CWis). Dec. 10-The Uni
yersity of Chicago football team will
take a trip to the Pacific Coast, prob
ably during the Christmas vacation.
Coach Stage told the men last night
not to break training but he was a lit
tie late in his injunction. President
Harper also told them that they could
take the trip.
1t develops that the University of
California was holding off, waiting to
play the winner of the Western cham
pionship game. Now Chicago has an
option on the date and the university
authorities have sanctioned the game
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will join in indorsing this solution Of

will join in indorsing this solution Of
the controversy.
What will probably cause considera-
Bile criticism among the friends of Rear
Admiral Schley is the determination
of Secretary Long to name Rear Adj
miral Sampson in the message he Is
preparing giving the thanks of Con-
gress to the commander in chief of the
North Atlantic squadron and the Off
GERS and men under his command
1t is not believed here. however, that
the President will transmit such q res
olution to Congress, knowing what de-
termined opposition it will meet and
the probability that friends of Schley
would have his name substituted for
that of Sampson and pass the resolu-
ton in that form.
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Shooting in Texas.

ROCKDALE (Texas), Dec. 1O.-A
difficulty occurred at the Black Dia-
mond coal mines, 20 miles east of here
to-day, in which fifteen or twenty shots
We're fired, two Mexicans being killed
and one Mexican and a white boy
wounded. Thomas Johnson, negro,
acknowledges killing the Mexicans, and
surrendered to the officers.
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Heavy Rainfall at Laytonville.

LAYTONVILLE, Dec. 10.-The rain
fall in the past twenty-four hours, 3.21
inches, exceeds anything in former
years for the same time. Numerous
washouts of highways are reported
from north and south. Twenty large
pouches of United States mail from San
Francisco and the East destined for
Eureka and way points is held at Law
heads, pending an abatement Of the
storm. At Philippsville the entire road
bed is obliterated.
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THE MESSAGE ATTACKED.
The German Agrarian Press Now
Unites In It,

BERLIN, Dec. 10.-After keeping 81
lence at first, the Agragrian press now
begins to make united attack upon
that part of President McKinley's
message to Congress relating to the
joint commission proposition. The
'Deutsche Tages Zeitung'' says to-day:
Such proposition is wholly unac
ceptable. 1t is monstrous. It's outcome
would be that the shrewd Yankees
would bambeozle the German members
OF the commission about American
meat, with caldrons double bottomed
and similar ricks, while the Americans
here would manufacture evidence
against beers and wines. President
Mckinley's claim as to the healthful-
ness of American meats is preposterous
after the scandalous embalmed meat
trial"
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GOVERNOR OF CUBA.
That Will be the Ofacial Designa-
ton Of General Woods oface.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Governor of Cuba" will be the official
designation of the Office to which Major
General Wood, will be assigned early in
the new year as the successor to Major
General Brooke. the present military
Governor of the island 1,s5
BY emitting the word military" the
President hopes to impress upon the