davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The record-union., 1899-09-24

Questions involving the validity or
constitutionality of the new charter of
the city of San Francisco are now be-
fore the Supreme Court Of the State
Which fact leads one of the San Fran
cisco morning press to exclaim that the
court will not dare to brave public
opinion and make any decision that
viii affect the integrity of the charter.
Other expressions of even a more rad
ical. threatening character are in
dulged in, the drift of the whole being
IN the nature of intimidation The Su-
preme Court will dare to do just as
nearly right as it is given to humanity
to do. regardless of consequences. It's
office is to interpret the law as given
to it, and to give to the Constitution
the true meaning of it's spirit. We are
not advised specifically what legal OBJ
jectfons have been raised to the charter,
and care very little about them in this
connection. It is assumed that it is in
the interest Of the people of San Fran
cisco to have the charter examined by
the court before the new municipal
government under it is inaugurated 1t
has been understood that this was the
general wish of that community. But
that aside, the attempt to intimidate
the Supreme Court is shameful. as dis
graceful as it is ridiculous If it We're
true thatthe chief appellate court of
the State was moved to or from its duty
by threats made against it, it's use
fulness would be at an end. No one
for a moment believes that this body
of Judges will be swayed by any fear
of public or private wroth, least of all
by the impotent attempt to intimidate
on the part of the Examiner"
The record-union., 1899-09-24

Entered at the Postoffice at Sacramento
as second-elass matter
The record-union., 1899-09-24

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 the
Pacific Coast
The record-union., 1899-09-24
THE WEEKLY UNION,

TWELVE PAGES.
Is the cheapest and most desirable Home,
News and Literary Journal published on
the Pacific Coast
The Weekly Union. per year..........1 90
The record-union., 1899-09-24
THE DAILY REcoRD-UNIoN.
IrprnnNr RpANcH nFFICES.

UPTOWN BRANCH OFt1Gt1S.
At Thomas w. .McAuhffe & Co. Drug
Store. southeast corner OF Tenth and J
streets.
OAK PARK AGENCY-Carter's Black
smith shop, corner Thirty-fourth street
and Sacramento avenue.
The record-union., 1899-09-24
PACIFIC GROVE BAKERY

If you want bread as near homelike as
any baker can make 1t, buy our Domestic.
Also, all kinds of breads. pies and cakes.
For a speciality, try our Sunshine q
EROS. S2S ].
The record-union., 1899-09-24
LAUNDRYEXCELLENCE

as you want 1t, and just when you want
it, should deserve your patronage That
is what we do. Try us. UNION LAUN-
DRY, Tenth and o streets. Both phones.
The record-union., 1899-09-24

PLUrlBING NEWS. . csE5S S;fse
will make it an object to those wanting
anything in that line 1890 j. Tel. Cap.
The record-union., 1899-09-24
WOOD AND COAL. ! sMqcAw s ! Y

have been awarded the contract to supply
the public schools of the city for one
year. being the lowest bidders. It will be
to your interest TO see them about your
winters wood or coal. Office ais l. street.
Cap. phone 53S.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-27
NOTES.

The bark Woolahra sailed in ballast
for Puget Sound yesterday morning.
The transports City of Sydney and
Pathan sailed last Saturday afternoon
for Manila.
Two companies of the Sixth United
States Artillery stationed here leave
on the transport Benmohr for Manila.
The Oriental and Occidental steam
ship Coptic locked at the Mail wharf
last Saturday morning from Yokoha-
ma and sailed for San Francisco about
) o'clock in the evening.
The Canadian-Australian liner Mo
vera is at the Waikiki end of Pacific
Mail wharf with a general cargo and
a number of passengers from Victoria,
having arrived at 5 o'clock last night.
She was delayed in Vancouver twelve
hours awaiting mails until November
II, and encountered very rough wealth
er on the way down. The Miowera
sails for Sydney at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-27

the worst he had ever seen. After
buffeting head winds and seas for sew
en- days after leaving Seattle Novem-
Der 9th. the Port Stevens hove to for
nearly three days and finally il was
decided to sail direct for Honolulu.
Notwithstanding orders TO the con-
trary from the War Department. Ow-
ing TO the heavy seas it was found i'm
possible to do this, and, in order to
weather the heavy swell, a course 10
the southwark was adopted. Owing 10
this wise course OF United States Quar-
termaster Captain J. c. Byron not an
animal was lost or injured from the
rolling OF the transport. Two sue
cumbed 10 natural causes and this rep
resents the total loss out of 500 ami
mails This is the largest number ever
carried on an army transport through
here
Captain J. c. Byron, who has charge
OF the Port Stevens, has had a long Ak
Perience in army transportation. To
him is due the safety appliances Of
back straps and sings now in use on
all United States army transports. He
superintendent the despatch Of twenty
two animal and supply transports
from the Atlantic coast to Cuba and
Porto Rico during the late war, and
has loaded all the transports during
the past summer that have left Seattle.
He has reduced animal pOrtatiOn
to a science and the ventilation is so
perfect on the Port Stevens that down
between decks the temperature, which
is taken every two hours, is but two
degrees higher than on deck. Over
) 900 animals have been shipped by
Captain Byron for the army and the
percentage of loss through accidents
due 10 poor stOwage has been practi
cally nil For a 16-day trip, through
waves, the Port Stevens and
her cargo present an appearance which
shows the skillfulness of the men in
charge. \ high sea completely raised
the upper deck where the animals
W ere exercised but fortunately did not
sweep it away. Another sea carried
away the steam steering gear, COM
polling the use of the stern wheel.
The following are the United States |
employees assisting United States
Captain Byron: Dr.. |
PascO, acting assistant surgeon; NJ |
Mallory, clerk; NJ. Hall, chief of trans |
portatiOn; DR.. Davis, VS., and a force |
Of seventy-five transfers, > black |
smiths, WheelWrlghtS and L Saddler.
The Port Stevens, with the Port AL |
bert, are chartered from the Frank |
Company, Ltd, by the
United States Government. They are |
both 6,000-ton steamers and intended |
Tor the Seattle Honolulu trade. The |
Port Albert is now carrying supplies
and stock from Seattle to the Philip
pines. Both these steamers will be
put on the Island run as soon as their
present charters expire.
The officers of the Port Stevens are: |
Captain Whitehead, First Officer VIM.
Gray, Second Officer w. Muir, Third
officer G. Burman, Chief Engineer
'reemans, First Assistant J. McCorne,
Second Assistant Engineer Z. Dean, r.
Bates and crew of thirty-siX men.
The Port Stevens will remain here
bout a week repairing and taking on
bout $50 tons of coal. She is locked
It Pacific Mail wharf.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-27
HONOLULU STOCK EXCHANGE
NAME OF STOCK.

Honolulu. H. l., Nov. %, 1899.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02
THE PRECIOUS METALS.
The Director of the Nint Furnishes
Interesting Data as To the Produce
ton of Gold and silver.

Washington. Oct. 26.-E. ri. Roberts,
director of the mint. has made the fol
lowing report on the production Of
gold and silver during the calendar
year 1898. He says:
The production of gold in the Uni
ted States i'm the calendar year 1898
was 3.11S,39S fine ounces. Of the value
of SG4 G3.OOO. The amount of gold
produced from quartz mines in 1898
was 2,S00OOO fine ounces: and from
placer mines 31s 900 fine ounces.
The South African republic produced
1881 ,975 ounces, of the value of S79.-
213,0j3; Australia produced 3,137,644
ounces. of the value of S64. .SG0.SO0.
These three countries are the great
gold producers of the world--their
output aggre"ating 1O.OSS.017 ounces.
of the value of $20s, j37,753. or 73 per
cent. of the product of the world.
Next comes Russia. with $25, 5,1G3.40O;
Canada, $13,r75, 400; India, $7,7S1 800;
Mexico. $S 100000, and China. SG.O7S,-
roo. These five aggregate 92,6S6 kilo-
grams, valued at SCI 500 600. or over
21 per cent. of the whole. leaving 6
per cent. TO the remainder of the
world.
ond place as silver producer, to
which it was relegated by Mexico in
1897. In 1893 it produced 54,43S.O0o
fine ounces of silver, with a CONNER
cial value of $32.11S,4OO, against the
Mexican production of 56,73S. 900
ounces, with commercial value of
$50, ,475, 400. Together. they produce
6T per cent. of the worlds product.
No other country approaches them,
the nearest helm" Australasia, Bolivia,
and Peru. The product of the last two
is somewhat uncertain. but none of the
three exceeds 12.0OO,OOO ounces.
The worlds gold production in 1898
was 1904 .3G3 ounces. of the value of
S2S7. .42S 600: an increase over the pro-
duet of 1897, of 1851 .S31 ounces, val
ned at S4S ,616.60O. Since 1887. when
about S1O6.OOO.00O were produced, each
wear has shown an increase over the
preceding one. There is no reason,
says the report. to expect any cessa-
tion of this steady annual increase for
some years to come. The Transvaal
has not nearly reached its limit; Aus
lia-partcularly West AustraIa-is
not yet half developed; Alaska and the
Yukon have only fairly begun to pro-
duce. while the recent steady in
creaseS in Colorado and other western
states. show no signs or abating.
The worlds consumption of the
precious metals in the arts and manu-
features during the year was, in new
gold. 97.s04 kilograms. of q value of
Sc. 900, 900; and in new silver, 1.0G5,2S9
Kilograms. of coming value of S44,-
272.OOO and a commercial value of $20,-
20G,O 900.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02
PERISHED IN THE SNOW.
Nine victims of the Great Blizzard in
Montana Found Dead on the
sheen Ranges.

Great Falls, Mont, Oct. 2G.-As a re-
suit of the recent blizzard which swept
through Teton county. in the northern
part of this state, nine men are known
to be dead, and of these five bodies
have been recovered. With one eX-
ception all were sheep herders, and all
were found lying in such positions as
to indicate that they had stayed with
their tiocks to the last, dying in their
attempts to save the property of their
employers.
William Graham. working for the
Cascade Land Co., was found in a cou-
lee near IIeaIy Butte, 1t is evident
that he had tried hard through the
night to get his sheep into camp. but
had not succeeded. Conscious OF the
death which was impending, he re-
turned to his tent about midnight and
there wrote and left a note saying he
was nearly exhausted. but was about
to return to the sheep. which were
drifting up the couIee He was found
stretched on the snow. his lantern
about 20 feet distant. OF his two dogs,
one remained to guard the body, while
the other followed the sheep.
Norman Bruce worked for Win
Flowree. He remained with his sheep
until he managed to drive them into
sheltered spot. where they would be
safe. Blinded by the storm, he mis-
took the coulce where his cabin was
built and wandered up another. Realiz-
ing his mistake too late, he returned
back ard fell less than 200 yards from
his home and safety. The searching
party found his dog stretched across
the dead body.
Matt Gre"orich was found with his
arms crossed upon his breast. His dog
had followed the sheep into camp and
returned With the rescue party too
late.
1t is probable that the death list is
hardly begun. l'locks of sheep with
out herders have been reported from
various points in the storm district
and later these will be traced and the
dead herders found.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02

would be entirely dictated by policy and
not at all by principle. All that is really
clear from the actions and utterances
of these three conventions is that the
party has not changed in the three
years that have elapsed since the last
presidential election. 1t is still for the
debasement not only of the currency,
but of the political and social life of
the country. 1t is still not only the
party of the disconnected, of those who
would turn society upside down, but of
the political freebooters of Tammany
Hall, whose lessons and influence have
at last dominated in the three states
whose conventions and candidates we
have been considering. 1t must be diff
ficult for self-respecting citizens,wheth-
er they have hitherto been democrats
or republicans, to associate themselves
with this kind of mocracy.-Harper'
Weekly.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02
PRESS OPINIONS.

DMost of the democrats have about
made up their minds to take Bryan if
nobody else will accept. - Chicago
TimesHerald.
ryIf Mr.. Bryan is making 50, 800
week by delivering hard luck lectures,
the joke is on the people who pay the
money.-Washingto Post.
rTMr. Bryan is not talking about eX-
.pansion or free silver in Kentucky. lie
says bluntly that if the democrats don't
get together there will be no chance
for Bryan in 1900. Two words for Bry-
an and none for Goebel.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
UrAfter prolonged effort Coin Har-
vey has secured contributions in Ne
braska for the silver cause amounting
to $2,05S.5O. He wants it distinctly un-
stood that he has not yet caught
glimpse of Gen. Prosperity.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Ex-senator Jones, of Arkansas, chair
man of the Bryan national commit
tee, reports that he can see no prosper
ity in the United States. Southerners
who are getting seven cents for cotton
can. Besides, Mr.. Jones is a very sick
man.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
CCMr. Bryan cannot delude the labor
ing men of the country into believing
that a 40-cent dollar is better than
hundred-cent one. The Illinois Fedora
tion of Labor has dropped from its con-
stitution the demand for free silver
coinage at the ratio of sixteen to one.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Ex-senator Hanna is surprising the
people of Ohio, as he has done more
than once before. They thought they
knew him well. but they were not pre-
pared to see him stand on the same
stump and hold his own with such a
famous orator as Senator Frye. Even
to those who best know his abilities.
Senator Hanna is a man of unexpected
resources.-Cleveland Leader.
ry"Thc patriotism of the country was
never higher than at this moment; and
there is just one thing in the mind of
every true American to-day, and that
is that our flag which has been assailed
in the Philippines shall be triumphant
ana those who assail it shall be defeat
tU. anu IOSlilllltS III lIIdl Instant Is
land of LuzOn will cease whenever all
| the people recognize the authority anc
sovereignty of the United States.''-
| President Mckinley.
EMr. Aguinaldo makes public proc
| lamation that the democratic party OF
the United States is his ally in rebel
! lion against the United States. The
| Atkinsonian anti-imperialists will!
doubtless circulate that document with
| pride as proof that their work has not
| been in vain. But there are a great
many loyal and self-respecting demo.
Gratis who are not yet ready to be
! classed among the enemies of their
! country and who will vote the othe,
way.-Troy Times,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02
a NERVY BRAKEMAN.
Was Dying, but Placed Torpedos on
the Track and stopped n Train.

Monon. Ind, Oct. 26.-"\id' Birch. a
freight brakeman, yesterday gave an
extraordinary exhibition of nerve. He
was on train that left this place at
9 "A. IN. About threefourths of a
mile outside of town he fell between
the cars. Both his legs were crushed
off, and his body fearfully mangled.
The train crew did not miss him
until the train reached Delphi, when
they notified thc t"st messenger train
crew to watch out for him. Birch
meantime had crawled to the track
and placed some torpcdoes on the rails
20 attract the attention of the first
train that might pass. The incoming
train heard the report of the torpedoes,
stopped and the crew found him still
alive. lie was brought to the Monon
depot where he died.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02
FANATICS AND FOOLS.
GeOrgia,s Governor Claims that They
are Responsible for the Increase of
Crime in that state.

Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 2G.-The Georgia
legislature met in regular session yes
tcrday and the message of Gov. Cand-
Ter was read The chief executive
took the position that there should be
the strictest economy in the admins
tration of the school fund of the state
and pointed out the Importance of re-
Stricting the work of the public
schools to the elementary branches
If education in text books caused a
decrease of crime, he argued. that
would be sufficient reason for impos-
ng even heavier burdens. but he point
ed out that while education has
decreased illiteracv among the ne
oroes, crime has increased.
Gov. Gambler devoted several para
graphs of his message to the twin sub
jccts of crime and mob violence. lie
referred in general terms to the
crimes in different sections OF the
state, taking the position that the
unusual amount of crime by lawlcss
negroes and the consequent unprece-
dented amount of mob violence can be
laid at the door of intermeddling fa-
natics and fools who do not know
anything of the situation in the south,
nor the real relations of the people of
the two races. He believes that al
most, if not all, of these criminal acts
on the part of the lawless negroes can
be traced to the people whose utter
ances, in their newspapers and
through incendiary letters sent to tho
negroes in the south, have greatly ag.
gravated q situation which they pro.
fess to deplore.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02
THE GROWING TREASURY.
A Triumph in FinnncierihG TO the
Credit of Republican Leg
isIatiOn.

From the present indications the gov
ernment's receipts will more than meet
its expenditures in the current fiscal
wear. Throughout the whole of the year
which closed last June the monthly out
90 exceeded the income, except IN
March. May and June, in each Of when
months there was a surplus. In the
present fiscal year there has been only
one deficit thus far, that for July; while
in August and September there was an
excess on the right side which offset the
shortage of July, and furnished about
81 100000 in addition. The half year
which will close on December 81, II is
now safe to predict, will put a good
sized balance on the credit side.
Here is triumph in governmental
fina1ciering for which the republican
party deserves high credit. At the out
set the Dingley law, which was passed
in 1897, did not quite meet expenditures.
The thrush of imports in the four or five
months in which the law was pending
reduced the normal importations of the
first seven or eight months of the oper-
alton of that act, and the pending and
the actual war with Spain also had an
adverse influence. Then, too, the gov
ernment's expenditures made sharp
and material advance even before the
war started. and, of course, even though
the Spanish end of the conflict is over,
the level of outgo yet remains far above
the average of the years Immediately
preceding 1898. Yet the war revenue
act, supplementing the Dingley law,
are now providing a sufficient fund to
meet all the outlay of the government.
Unless there shall be lavish appropria-
tions for other than Immediately urgent
purposes a good surplus is reasonably
certain in the fiscal year which closes
next June, while the chances, Of course,
are that the balance sheet will be even
more favorable in the next - months,
| unless some of the taxes are dropped in
the interval. which is not likely. The
great improvement which has taken
place in the governments finances as a
result of republican Legislation will un-
doubtedly make tens of thousands of
votes for the party in the election of
1900.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02
late.
HUGE STEALS.
Russian Naval Officers are Arrested,
Being Charged with an Extensive
Scheuie nf Fraud.

Odessa. Russia, Oct. 26.-A gigantic
system of official fraud and corruption
has been unearthed at Sevastopol,
Forty-three government officials have
been arrested and will be tried by
court-martial December ,. Among
the accused are many high naval ot1i'
GERS. including the former senior port
officer Commander PelitSgN. several
weIl-known constructors, nearly every
chief engineer of the ships in Russia's
Black sea fleet. the commssary officers
and others. IT is rumored that several
of the accused have committed suicide
rather than stand trial, for il found
guilty they would be banished to ST.
IBERIA.
Nice-Admiral Tyrtotf, the Russian
naval commander in the Black sea, is
responsible for the arrests. lie al
leges that the officials of the various
government departments from Sevas-
topol to Nikolaicv have for a long time
been engaged in a huge conspiracy to
misappropriate funds and sell govern
ment supplies, covering their defalca-
tions by forgery and suppressing in
formation by widely distributed
hribes. The affair has created the
greatest CONSERVATION.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02
THANK SEWING.
President Mckinley Names November
30 as the Day TO he Observed.

Washington, Oct. 26.-The president
has issued he following Thanksgiving
proclalnation:
~ national custom dear te the
hearts of the people calls for the set
ting apart of one day in each year as
an occasion OF special thanksgiving to
Almighty God for the blessings of the
preceding year.
''SeIdom has this nation had greater
cause for profound thanksgiving. No
great pestilence has invaded our
shores. Liberal employment waits
upon labor Abundant crops have re-
warded the efforts of the husbandman.
Increased comforts have come to the
home. The national influences have
been strengthened. and public credit
has been sustained and made firmer.
In all branches Of industry and trade
there has been an unequalled degree
Of prosperity, while there has been
steady gain in the moral and educa-
tional growth of our national charac-
ter. Churches and schools have flour
ished American patriotism has been
exalted. Those engaged in maintain
ing the honor of the nag with such
signal success have been in Il large
degree spared from disaster ana dlS-
ease. An honorable peace has been
ratified with a foreign nation with
which we were at war, and we are
now on friendly relations with every
power on earth.
'Thc trust which we have assumed
for the benefit Of the people of Cuba
has been faithfully advanced. There
is a marked progress toward the res
toration of healthy industrial condi-
tions. and under wise sanitary regu-
1ations the island has enjoyed unusual
exemption from the scourge of fever.
While the insurrection still continues
in the island of LuZon, business is re-
euming its activity. and confidence in
the good purposes of the United States
is being rapidly established through
out the archipelago.
For these reasons and countless
others. !, William Mckinley, president
of the United States, do hereby name
Thursday. November 80. as a day of
general Thanksgiving and prayer, to
he observed as such by all our people
on this continent and in our newly
acCIlire6 islands"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02
VIII Demand Millions.

Chicago, oct. 2G.-Twenry-four mil
lion dollars is to be demanded through
the courts from corporations in Cook
county for violations of the Illinois
statutes. States Attorney Dineen
will make the demand in a few days
by filing 5000 suits. The purpose of
these proposed suits is to satisfy the
law which calls on every corporation
in Illinois to file Il statement with the
secretary Of state every year. Failure
to comply is punishable by a fine OF
80 a day. There are $4,000 corpora
tions that did not file the required
statements in 1898.