davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The record-union., 1899-07-18
TAXATION OF BONDS.
Opinion Rendered by the District
Attorney of Yo1o County.

WOODLAND. July 17.-District At
torney Bush of this county has rem
dered an opinion to the County Super
visors, sitting as a Board of Equalza-
ton, in the matter of taxation of the
bonds of quasi foreign public corpora
lions. in which he holds that such
bonds are subject to taxation in the
county in which the owner thereof re-
sides.
The question arose during the pres
ent session of the County Board of
Equalization, when the Bank of Wood
land was cited to appear and show
cause why it should not be assessed for
some 100000 in bonds in New York
City. The contentious was that said
bonds were never in this State. and
that the principal and interest thereof
We're payable in New York.
District Attorney Bush has based his
opinion on the law governing the tax
alton of personal property, stating that
such property is taxed where the own
err thereof resides, regardless of the To-
cation of the property.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
STEAMER SUNK.
The Maverick Goes Down in the
Harbor at Halifax

HALIFAX, July 1.-THE Standard
Oil Company's tank steamer Maverick,
which arrived Saturday from New
York with cargo of oil, is sunk in
the harbor. While at her pier this
morning a six-inch pipe, forming u
part of the oil pumping equipment
burst and the oil flowed down into the
engine room and became ignited.
The steamers crew made efforts to
subdue the flames which followed, but
We're obliged to leave the ship to save
their lives. In a short time she was
sea of flame. The city fire brigade WAS
called out, fearing general conflagra
ton. This danger was averted by an
explosion which blew a hole in the
ships side She careened and grad
ually filed with water and sank. She
now lies submerged, only her masts
being visible.
About two-thirds of the cargo re-
manned in the vessel at the time of the
disaster, and this was destroyed.
A large area of water is covered with
blazing OIL and thousands of people
have been attracted to the scene.
The burning and shattered hulk drift
ed into deep water, and before taking
final plunge turned on. her beam ends,
being still mass of flames.
Michael Michaelson, an oiler, was ter
ribly burned about the head and may
die. He was the only man in the en-
CINE room when the pump broke. The
break in the pipe was between decks.
Fifteen minutes afterward the explo-
sion took place.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
The Answering Of Letters.

Time was when men and women took
letter writing very seriously, and sat
down to the desk as if to an important
task. The scrawls of the modern girl;
her hasty dashing off of an epistle to
catch post; her dozen notes scribbled
in hot haste and illegible penmanship,
sealed with sprawling wax, and dis
missed with a sigh of relief would have
filled a young woman of Jane Austins
day with unfeigned horror. Apart from
the stilted style, affected by persons
who had the courtliness of their period
and it's leisure, without the Unborn grace
of the raconteur who is of no period
but belongs to all time, the epistolary
remains of the last century and of still
earlier centuries, possess an interest
which we shall yainly seek in the an
nails of our own day when we come to
search for them in letters. Cowper,
Madame de Sevigne. Mary Milford, the
ladies of the Hare family, Mrs. Brown
ing in a yesterday just past, and
others, whose memoirs form part of our
literary wealth, are good examples Of
the perfect letter.-Harper's Bazaar.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Brand Wins His Suit.

SAN FRANCISCO, July lin the
United States Court this morning a
decision was rendered by Judge Nor
row in the case of A Brand vs. the
City of Santa Cruz. Brand was 4
holder of four of the water bonds Of
that city that had been sent East for
sale. The agent who was sent alb
seconded and new issue OF bonds was
made and the old ones recalled. Brand
held four of the first issue, and the
city objected to his claim. Judge
Morrow decides in favor of Brand.
The principal and interest amounts to
$500
The record-union., 1899-07-18
some "Boy" Proverbs.

Boys will be boys is a mighty poor
excuse for any act that is unworthy o.
a boy Boys will be men is what
should be borne in mind. and if they are
manly boys, they will be brave, gener-
Gus gentlemen, and there's only one
thing better-a true gentlewoman.
There is lots more courage in being
whipped by a larger boy than yourself.
in a good cause. than there is in whip
ping little fellow. 1t marks the diff,
ference between a boy and bully.
Don't kick your dog because you
know he will forgive you. A boy that
takes q mean advantage of dogs good
nature is never the kind of a fellow
to take on a camping trip.
The real hunter or sportsman always
treats a gun as II it were loaded, even
If he knows. 10 the contrary It's the
boy who never had a gun in the woods
that PLAYS with itarecklessiy, or points
an upldaded gun At any one.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Results in the killing Of F,1e Citizens Of
the Blue Sass State.
The Fatalities the Outcome of q
Pitched Battle Three Miles
From Manchester, and Was
Brought About Through the
Killing of James Philpot on
Christmas Two Years Ago.

Z LOUISVILLE (IAy), July ia spec
ial to the "Courier-JournaP from Lon
don, KY, tells of a report reaching
there of the outbreak of another feud
in Clay County, by which five men lost
their lives to-day.
The dead are said to be: Robert Phil
pot, Ed Fisher. Aaron Morris. Jim
Griffin and Hugh Griffin.
These fatalities resulted from
pitched battle fought near Little Goose
Greek, three miles from Manchester.
The feud dates back nearly two
years. On Christmas, 1897, James
Philpot was killed by Aaron Morris, but
before he died he shot and killed Will
lam Bundy a friend of Morris. The
Morrisses and Griffiths are closely affil-
lated. Since then the two factions
have been very bitter, and the enmity
has been reused recently by the White
Baker hostilities. The Philpots, who
are the strongest faction in the noun
tains, number about seventy-five vot-
ers, openly espoused the cause of the
Bakers. while the Griffins took sides
with the Whites.
The story that reaches here from
Manchester is that Bob PhilDot was
if Wash Thacker.
While very circumstantial in other re-
spects, the report does not show clearly
the origin of the trouble, nor give the
reason for Philpot's arrest. 1t is said
that while Thacker was taking Phil
pots bond the latter was shot from be-
hind by member of a crowd that had
gathered. This precipitated a general
fight with Winchesters and revOlvers,
which was participated in by George
Granville, Robert and Peter Philpot
and Ed Fisher on one side, and Aaron
Morris and Hugh, Jim and Green Crit
fin on the other.
The battle began at about 8 O'Clock,
and ragged fercely for ten or fifteen
minutes. When it was over it was
found that the five above mentioned
had been killed outright. Three of
the belligerents We're seriously wound
ed, while Pete Philpot was the only
one on either side to escape injury.
Granville Philpot is said to be one Of
the most seriously wounded. He is a
Union veteran, having lost leg at
Stone River. He is an ex-member of
the Kentucky Legislature, and is said
to have killed three or four men.
Ed Fisher, who is reported dead, was
another man with several hicks in his
gun. He was but % years old, but
was said to have killed three men. TIE
story of this battle caused consterna-
ton here, Notwithstanding the fact that
serious trouble has been expected to
break out among the mountaineers of
Clay County ever since the assassina-
ton of Tom Baker several weeks ago.
An effort was at once begun to Sc
cure deputies to go to the seat of the
trouble, and attempt to restore quiet,
but up to late how in the afternoon,
there had not been enough responses to
make up force that would command
respect.
The situation at Manchester is de-
plorable Since morning the place has
been in a state of terror scarcely any
one daring to venture out of doors Bus
mess is suspended and the residents are
momentarily expecting a renewal of
hostilities.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
OREGON VOLUNTEERS.
President Mckinley May Direct
That They be Given Overcoats.

WASHINGTON, July 17.-President
Mckinley received telegram from San
Francisco to-day saying that the
Oregon troops at the Preside were
without overcoats, and were suffering
from the weather and in danger of
pneumonia. The dispatch, stated that
having just returned from a tropical
climate they could not withstand the
cold and that there were plenty of
overcoats in the Quartermasters De-
partment.
President Mckinley directed that
such clothing as was necessary for the
comfort of the troops be issued to them.
1t is stated at the War Department
that the matter Of clothing fpr the
troops was at their own disposal. Each
man is allowed 500 annually Cor cloth
ing, and If he does not use the whole
amount he draws the residue. The
Oregon men can draw upon this cloth
ing credit If they want to. and get over
The record-union., 1899-07-18
FRUIT GAMERS.
The California Association Now an
Assured Fact.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-THE CAL
ifornia Fruit Gamers Association is
now an assured fact. The combination
has been effected, and this afternoon
the association was formally incorpor
ated.
AS already announced, the promoters
of the project obtained options on near
ly all of the canneres in the State The
option expired Saturday, when a meet
ing was held by those interested in the
association for the purpose of organ
izing.
The meeting was resumed this morn
ing, and at it's conclusion it was an
nounced that the new association would
include at the start eleven corporations
and twenty-five plants. Several plants
on which the association held options
had been rejected. Those who have
been accepted are the following: Cut
ting Fruit Packing Company; Fontana
& Co.; King, Morse & Co., San Jose
Fruit Packing Company; Oakland Fruit
Packing Company; California Fruit
Preserve Company; Southern California
Fruit Packing Company of Los Ange-
les; Marsyville Fruit Packing Compa
ny: Rose City Fruit Association of
santa Rosa; Tenney Fruit Company of
Fresno, and the Coulterville Fruit Com
pany.
The new association will cut quite a
prominent figure in the future fruit in
dustry of the State, as it will control
the cannery business and dictate terms
to the fruit growers.
The first legal controversy in which
the new association has been involved
developed to-day through suit
brought by Charles w. Pike & Co.
against the Hunt Brothers Fruit Pack
ing Company. The latter company
owns the Rose City cannery and the
plaintiffs have sued to recover So, 1873,
alleged to be due on commission and
moneys advanced. The shares of stock
in the California Fruit Gamers Associ-
alton held by the Hunt Brothers Fruit
Packing Company, have been gar
nisheed by the plaintiffs.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Use Of Lemons.

If the hygienic properties of the lem
on were fully appreciated by the people
Of this country, California lemon grow
ers would not have to complain of a
poor market for their crop. A writer
in Good Health" says:
THE relations of fruit to digestion
are particularly interesting. Fruit juices
are disinfectants. They are germicidal
The juice Of the lemon is as deadly to
cholera germs as corrosive sublimate or
sulphur fumes, or any other tlisinfec.
tant. 1t is so powerful a gernicide
that If the juice of one lemon be .squeez-
ed into glass of water and
left standing ten or fifteen minutes, the
water VIII be disinfected; it makes lit
tie difference where the water has been
obtained, or whether it has been boiled
The record-union., 1899-07-18
A Comic-Opera Premier.

Tonga, the latest island domain to
be snapped up by our warships, was an
interesting place few years ago when
that comic-opera premier, the Rev.
Shirley Baker, ran it. 1t was in 1877
that the Wesleyan Missionary Society
converted the Tongans.
The late King George l., who died art
the age of SO in 1893. was all his life
a Jealous Christian, and frequently
preached in the chapels. In fact, lie
was probably the only active Wesleyan
King in the world. He was a great adj
mirer of Great Britain. He wished to
abdicate the throne in favor of Britain
under the rule of the Power he so much
admired. Lord Palmerston declined
with thanks. In 1879 and 1892 treaties
of friendship were concluded between
the two Governments. and Great Brit
ain accorded a limited jurisdiction over
British subjects to the Tongan courts.
But George rs generous admira ton
for our virtues led him to become the
easy prey of the Rev. Shirley Baker,
who, repudiating the Wesleyan Mission
airy Society, which sent him out, be-
came King George lis Premier, his
Minister of Foreign Affairs, his Auditor
General, his President of the Court of
Appeal, his Minister of Lands, his
Judge of the Land Court, his Minister
of Education, his Agent General and
his medical attendant
An absurd set of laws worried the
good-natured Tongans on every side.
and flirting BECAME the chief offense
At last the proceeding Of Shirley Baker
called in Australia the Burly Shaker
became so outrageous that in June,
1890, Sir John Thurston, her majesty's
High Commissioner, removed him from
office. 1t was time. Here is an extract
from his budget:
Police uniforms. hardware parlia-
mentary expenses. tanks, medicines,
building materials, lime, ETC., f769 Us
I'd"
The ''etcetera' was found to include
groceries (f3J 19s 3D. Mr.. Bakers sub
scription to the Northern Club, Auck-
land; his sons cab. tram and boat hire
(f46), and boots and shoes (f2 9s 9d).
The revenue was mortgaged to
German trader at Sydney, and there
was chaos everywhere. The recent
proceedings of her majestys ship Tau
ranga is probably due to the strategic
necessities of Fiji. If Tongatabu should
fall into the hands of a foreign Power
the position of Fiji would become peril
GUS In the event of a European war
it might be surrounded by ships of
hostile Powers. Great Britain with
valuable possessions in Vancouver anu
Sydney, would have no island in the
G, $50 miles of ocean that separate these
two ports wherein to obtain coal or
fresh supplies.-London Star.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
The Roanoke Arrives With a Large
Amount Of Gold Dust
Belonging to Returning Miners From Daw-
son by Way Of St. Michael.
A Letter Also Received Which Does
Not Give Rosy Picture of the
Kotzebue Sound Section-Said to
be an Extensively Advertised
Country Barren of Gold.

SEATTLE, July 1.-THE North
American Trading and Transportation
Company's steamer Roanoke arrived
here tonight from ST. Michael, Alaska,
with between 500 and 600 passengers
and two or three million dollars worth
of gold dust. The lowest estimate is
$1,150, 900 and the highest $3,5OO,OOO.
The latter estimate is that of PurSer
Newcomb in whose custody large
part of the treasure was. He included
in his figures the amounts in the pos
session of Individual passengers.
The most of the gold was shipped by
the Canadian Bank of Commerce, the
Bank of British North America and the
North American Trading and Trans
portation Company. The largest indi-
vidual amount was said to belong to
the Baker brothers, who are credited
with $4,000 worth.
The steamer Garonne sailed from ST.
Michael for Vancouver previous to the
Roanoke with almost if not fully IS
much gold aboard. 1t is estimated
that the two steamers carry over &c.
100000.
The following letter was brought
down by the Roanoke:
"Healy, ST. Michael, July H. via
Seattle, July ia country as extern
sively advertised and fully as barren
of gold as the Koyukuk is Kotzebue
Sound. During the past year and a
half thousands of prospectors have
turned their attention to this section
of Alaska, and have fully prospected
the Kowak and other streams which
We're supposed to carry gold in large
quantities, but which upon trial have
proven counterfeit.
When the news of the strike on
the Koyukuk reached this part OF
Alaska, great many started from
Kotzebue with dog and hand sleds,
buoyed with the hope that success
would at last reward them for the
hardships they had endured, only to
find a country even less barren of gold
than their original stamping ground.
1t is these men who are now return,
ing to their homes broken in health
and spirits and in many instances Cd.
ligated to the United States Governs,
ment for getting them out of the coun-
try.
"One of the most interesting men who
has been in the kotZebue country since
the stampede is William Penn Stanley,
who arrived at Healy April 10Th with
mail for the States from people located
on the kowak River for a distance of
400 miles. or TO a point where the Reed
River runs into the Kowak Stanley
tells some interesting experiences that
happened to him while in the kotzebue
Sound country. He was too wise to
join in the rush to the Koyukuk, but
was lucky enough to secure several
promising claims in the Cape Nome
country. During Stanleys stay in
KotZebue several people died of Scurvy.
five men, four of whom were named
Howard. Graham, Miller and Marsh
were drowned in the inlet while cross
ing in a small boat, man named On,
derdout, whose brother is a we'll known
contractor of Chicago, died of throat
trouble. Three men whose names STAN
ley could not remember froZe to DEATH
one fell from a cliff and another acci,
dentally shot himself"
The record-union., 1899-07-18
A COUNTRY BOYS ADVANTAGE
Things HeaCal1s Deprivations Give
Him a Line on Success.

Pleasure and the pursuit of it are not
the first things inculcated in young
minds among American farming peo-
pie. Pleasures come after duty has
been done, and they are rewards for
the duties that have been we'll done.
This placing of duty first is the great
disciplinary advantage in the training
that country boys receive. The coun-
try work cannot be postponed, and the
accomplishment of it becomes habit
of life, no matter how far removed the
person trained in it may be from the
field in which it was necessary. Pret-
ty nearly everything country boy
encounters day by day has tendency
toward the development of a healthy
and wholesome individuality. There is
deal of regular work that every coun-
try boy must do. This work, pretty
much always out of doors, inculcates
Industrious and regular habits, while
it contributes to a physical develop
ment which in after years is just as
valuable as any athletic training that
can be had. He cannot run as fast,
perhaps, as those trained by system,
he may not be able to jump so high
or SO far or excel in any of the sports
upon which we bestow so much time
and from which we get so much Of
pleasure, but his development enables
him to buckle down to the hard work
in which hours are consumed and
from which very little or any imme-
date pleasure is extracted. His
strength may be something like that
of cart horse, but the cart horse is
to be preferred where long and steady
pull is required. The thoroughbred
race horse has a fine flight ofsspeed
and he caracoles with delightful light
ness and grace along the park bridle-
paths. but the heavy work is the work
that is most in demand, and for that
we want the draft-animals every time.
The chores that a country boy does
are not always pleasant; they are in
.finiteIy less agreeable than training for
a boat race or for a football game; in
their accomplishment there is no re-
ward of applause; it is all humdrum
work, which usually begins with the
day and which does not end till dark
ness has settled down and it is time to
sleep-John Gilmer Speed, in July
Woman's Home Companion.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
THE BICHo GAME.
A Curious Gambling Pastime Of
Brazil.

Throughout nearly all the States OF
Brazil the bicho game is at present
rampant. The game is comparatively
new form of gambling, and it is no
exaggeration to say that you can hardly
move yard without hearing of it. To
add to its fascination is the fact that,
being a sort of opposition to the regu-
lar lotteries, the game is unlawful, and
agents selling tickets are constantly
arrested. The system depends on the
daily State-protected lottery in Rio
Janeiro, and is very simple, enabling
the laborers who cannot read or write
to gamble with those who can. The
IDEA is as follows: The numbers from
to Ioo are divided into twenty five
groups OF four two-figure groups. Each
OF the twenty-five groups has name;
the english equivalent is inserted by
the writer.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Fatal Accident at suisun.

SUISUN. July 17.-Yesterday a man
named Mike Barry arrived here from
Dixon, and was admitted to the County
Hospital. Barry was a sufferer from
erysipelas During the early morning
he walked from his room to the We
randa and either jumped off or fell to
the ground. His lifeless body was
found by an employe at o'clock this
morning. Barry was formerly resi-
dent of Benicia.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Triple Murder at Yokohama.

YOKOHAMA, July 1.-THE triple
murder of an American named Ward
and two Japanese women, the sup
posed cause being jealousy, brings an
American sailor named Miller under
the Japanese law as the suspected
murderer. This is the first case under
the new treaties which go into effect
to-day.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Convenient watch Pocket.

Modistes have for some time been
trying to contrive convenient pocket
for woman's watch, one that will not
interfere with the fit of a tailor-made
gown or the set of a fancy waist. The
difficulty is adjusted by inserting a
tiny pocket in the sleeve of the left
arm, halfway between the elbow and
wrist, on the inside seam. The watch
will be secure there, and is easy to get
at.
Buttons are sewed on to close the
flap of the pocket, and continue along
the sleeve as trimming.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Will Welcome Admiral Dewey.

VIENNA, July lit is understood
that the United States Minister to Aus
tria-Hungary, Addison c. Harrison,
and others connected with the Ameri-
can Legation, as well as most of the
United States Consuls in Austria Hun,
gary, are going to Trieste to greet Ad-
miral Dewey upon his arrival there.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
A Disabled Steamer.

ST. VINCENT (Cape Verde Islands).
July 1.-THE Italian steamer Centre
America, from Montevideo June Both
for Genoa. with 62O passengers, has
been towed here for distance of 800
miles, having been disabled by the loss
of her propeller.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Orders for Recruit. in Navy.

CHICAGO, July 17.-Lieutenant B.
w. Wells, in command of the naval re-
cruiting station, to-day received orders
to recruit 25O men, mostly landsmen,
for service in the navy. This is the
largest order received since the office
was opened.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Death of a Michigan Citizen.

KALAMAZOO (Mich), July 17.-Hon.
James Monroe, aged 80 years, Post
master of Kalamazoo and ex-Mayor,
died last night. For many years he
was a leading Republican politician.
and was chiefly known as Senator
Burrows right-hand man.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Bell Surrenders.

MONTREAL, July 17.-George Fred
erick Bell, the American who swore he
stole the carranza letter. and for
whose arrest a warrant was issued,
charging him with theft of the letter,
surrendered himself to-day. He was
released on $500 bail for appearance
next Monday. for preliminary examina-
ton.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
A Rough Rider Shot and Killed.

SALT LAKE, July III. B. Morris,
formerly of Torrey's Rough Riders,
was shot and killed by ]. H. Benbrook
in a Main street restaurant. Jealousy
on account of some woman was the
cause of the trouble. Benbrook was
placed under arrest.
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Condition Of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, July 11.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the
Treasury shows: Available cash bal
ance, $279,S36,451; gold reserve, $244,-
041 ,023
The record-union., 1899-07-18
Two Men Drowned,

LOWVILLE IN. ", July 17.-Frank
A. Almond and Charles D. Van Dress
den, aged 81 and 40 years, respective
ly, were drowned on Pleasant Lake
last night
The record-union., 1899-07-18
WASSERMAN, KAUFMAN & co


thought 90 would win. The group
that came up was ''urso," and he still
declares that he got the tip to back the
bear" but did not read it rightly
Chambers Journal.