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The record-union., 1899-02-03

The sReview of Reviews well says
that it is very hard to be patient with
the type of man who insists upon set
ting a problem first and examining
into it afterward. Yet, says the RE
view" that is precisely the attitude OF
the men in the Senate who are trying
to amend the peace treaty with Spain
by taeking on to it the declaration that
we do not intend to stay permanently
in the Philippines. Spain has simply
given us a quit deed, 1t Is added.
ut was necessary for the best interests
Of every one that Spain should be
eliminated from the Philippine situa-
ton" The agreement at Paris does
that and by virtue of the concrete fact
of military evacuation nothing could
be more ridiculous than for us to vol
unteer to make statements to Spain
concerning our intentions for the fu-
ture. We do not know enough at the
present moment to declare to the world
our permanent policy. We owe some
duties to the next generation, and we
have no right to declare permanent pol
icies-in matters that must concern the
Americans of the next century much
more than they concern the men now
living-without first having taken the
trouble to know what we are about
There is present work to do, and the
problems of the future cannot be settled
until they are reached We agree
with the Review" that we should give
the future its own chance.
The record-union., 1899-02-03
THE ROBERTS CASE.

The Colusa Sun takes strange
view of the Roberts polygamy case. 1t
opposes condemnation and exclusion of
Roberts from Congress because he de-
fies the anti-polygarny compact his
State made with the nation, on the
ground that opposition to the many
wived man will make him martyr.
be viewed by his followers as persecut-
ed, and thus the Mormon Church be
strengthened and built up. Well. who
cares for that? The right thing to do
is to do right This is not a question of
expediency, but of decency.
The State of Utah was admitted into
the Union under the solemn compact
providing for the abolition of polygamy.
The laws provide for punishment of the
polygamist as a criminal. The sense
of the American people is strong in
adherence of polygamy, whether robed
under the plea Of religious faith or not.
Roberts continues in the practice of
polygamy. He has been arrested and
has served a term In a penal institu-
ton for having more wives than the
law allows. He still maintains the
contention that he is married to these
wives lawfully. and. therefore, must
not abandon them.
This man has been elected to Con-
gress from Utah. and the proposition
I'M fc To Vafr ~ IN, ff,xa
House. because he is defiant of the law
and the sentiment of the people Of the
nation To this our contemporary re-
plies let him be seated quietly and
without protest, because he will other
wise be in a position to claim that he
is prosecuted for faiths sake, and the
polygamous Mormons will accordingly
gain just what they desire, the oppor-
tunity to appeal to the world that our
vaunted freedom of conscience is
hollow pretense. This is the very bot
tom of Stiffness.
We should do just what is right, and
the right demands that polygamist
shall not be recognized as a member of
the House of Representatives Of a ma
ton that puts polygamy into it's penal
code. Let the consequences be what
they may to. the polygamous Mormons,
Congress owes it to the sense of de-
cency and propriety to give heed to the
protest OF the people that this defiant
offender shall not be recognized as a
law maker for the nation
The record-union., 1899-02-03
Estate Of Charles J. schwan.

J. H. sLiggett, attorney for Mary j.
Schwan. yesterday filed in the Superior
Court the latters Petition for the pro-
bate of the will Of her deceased hus-
band, Charles j. Schwan.
The estate is valued at 81 265, and de-
ceased left a will in which the same is
bequeathed to his wife and three chill
dren- Mrs. Schwan is named as the
executrfx of the estate
The record-union., 1899-02-03
A MANIFEST ABsURDITY.

While the question is, we trust, set
tied and out of the way, though 1t may
come up again, it is to be hoped that
no legislative session will ever be
chalked with the absurd order to put
the State Library on wheels. The very
proposition to convert it into circu-
lating library is in defiance and defeat
of the purpose of the founding OF that
institution. 1t was intended, just as all
libraries owned by States and nations
are, to be a repository for stored infor-
nation, growing richer and more valu-
able to the State year by year; place
of deposit for reference of all reports,
scientific, historic, geographical and
and foreign. 1t was intended to be,
and is, the States storehouse of printed
knowledge for reference by all students
who have interest sufficient to come to
its treasures and search among them,
and for the State herself, through her
official agencies.
Scores of instances could be cited in
which this treasure house has proven
of such high value to- students, officials,
technicalists and others, that the State
has been benefited in results more than
theywhole money cost of the library since
its foundation Even if 1t were con-
ceded that it might be practicable to
cart the library about the State, there
is not in amount 10 per cent of the
volumes of a character that would be
read or sought by the mass of the peo-
pie, since fully 80 per cent of the
works are technical, official and of ref
erence value wholly.
When, in this day and age of enlight-
eminent, it is seriously stated that it is
desirable to wear out the library and
get rid of it wholly-and this, too, upon
the floor of house of Legislature-we
may begin to believe that we are ap-
preaching the stage when anarchy is
entering In. To deliberately propose to
destroy by process of abnormal wear,
and thus be rid of the States collection
of official, geographical, scientific and
technical volumes, and thereafter have
no depository for such works, that they
may be handed down the generations
in augmented value with each passing
year, would be the supreme hight of
madness, unless we assume that the
declaration was that of heat and unin-
tention.
The truth Is, there is no considerable
or pressing demand, and never has been,
for "scatteration" of the State Library.
In this age, when good books are so
cheap and so easily had, the idea of
packing the State Library about in
ffty-volume or any other sized lots, is
simply ridiculous, and would mean
greater cost and inconvenience to the
users than outright purchase Of what
they need, which would have the virtue
of ownership likewise.
Every proposition to discover the
State Library or cripple its usefulness
as a repository and storehouse springs
out of misconception of the purposes,
uses and value of library to the State
We cannot bring ourselves to think
that it arises out of sincere desire to
put California into the laughing box
for the whole world. We would prefer
to believe, rather, that the idea Is adj
yarlced in jest.
The record-union., 1899-02-03

Really General Gomez. by the sublim-
ity of his cheek in demanding some
$50, 900, 600 of the United States to pay
off his ragged army, excites admira-
ton. Respecting his courage and devo-
ton to his cause, we still must think
that the old man has mistaken the peo-
pie with whom he has to deal, and that
in his dotage he has fallen upon the
idea that America is a fat goose to be
pllicked by whomsoever wishes.
The record-union., 1899-02-03

Lulu de Spangher has, by her attor-
ney, E. S. Wachhorst, begun an action
for divorce from John de Spangher.
similar suit has been commenced
by Thomas McCully against Jane Nc
Gully, on the ground of desection. Muir
dock & Harris are plaintiffs attorneys.
The record-union., 1899-02-03

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, COUNTY
of Sacramento, State of California.
In the. matter OF the estate of THOMAS
HAGUE, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY,
the Sd day of February, 1899, at 10 o'clock
a. M of said day, and the courtroom
of said court, at the Courthouse, in the
city of Sacramento, county of Sacra-
mento, and State of California, has been
appointed as the time and place for prov
ing the will of said Thomas Hague, de-
ceased, end for hearing the application
of Elmer O. Walker for the issuance to
him of letters testamentary thereon.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court, this 2lst day of January. 1s99..
S. 3 H. e M B. b bepnty cleSk Clerk
Endorsed: Filed January q, 1899
w B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY B. II. Gallup, Deputy.
Peter j. Shields and Hiram w. Johnson
Attorneys for Petitioner. j24-td
The record-union., 1899-02-03

BY far the greatest number of low
ers have no smell at all. For instance,
of the 1920 species of flowers In Europe
only about 10 per cent. give forth any
odor. The commonest flowers are white
ones, and of these only one-sixth are
fragrant.
The record-union., 1899-02-03

Catherine McAnally, guardian of the
persons and estates of Mary Agnes and
Edward Thomas McAnally, minors, has
by her attorney, W. A. Getr petioned
the Superior Court for an order grant
ing permission to mortgage real estate.
The record-union., 1899-02-03

The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
|ciety Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
supports 700 Bible women in foreign
zelda
The record-union., 1899-02-03

Try McMorry's 6Oc uncolored Japan
tea; E. B. tea, Toe: g. p. tea, Soc: r. r.
Japan tea, Soc 531 M street
The record-union., 1899-02-03

10 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
c.rerarative Bromo ouinine Tablets. All drug.
rists refund the money II 1t fails to cure &c The
Genuine has L. Il. O. on each tablet
The record-union., 1899-02-03
BAY RESTAURANT
1875 Second Street.

Private rooms for families; open day
and night. Orders served outside. Oys-
tiers in every style. MATT and JOHN
RADONICH, ProprietorA
The record-union., 1899-02-03
THE SADDLE ROCK
RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE

FIRsT-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
spect Ladies' dininE-room separate.
Open day and night. BUCHANAN 8 CAR
street. between and k Sacramento.
The record-union., 1899-02-03

Ellington pianos. Wiley b. Allen Co. :
Try McMorry's 45c tee. 6S1 N.
The record-union., 1899-02-03

structing paths along country roads
for the uses of pedestrians and wheel
men, just as is done in the sections
about Minneapolis, Tacoma, Seattle
and other places, and as will this Win
ter be the law in Illinois, Washington,
Maryland and probably three other
States.
Our contemporary will perceive that
such a measure is very different
thing from that of which 1t speaks.
1t does not propose to improve roads,
or enforce a tax, or to be applicable
generally, nor to impose itself on any
county, city or town, but to permit
them to act under it If they wish.
The Record" is also informed
that petitions before the Legislature
show that instead of wheelmen being
universally opposed to the law. it erl-
anates from their State organization,
and practically is unanimously Endorsed
by bicyclists everywhere. We have
heard of no one of them who is not
willing to pay, say 90 cents year,
for the purpose of having good easy
mileage in large extent for riding
abroad while country residents want
the measure passed because it assures
them Of country sidewalks, and sup
plements the law of 1897 permitting
Supervisors to lay out and dedicate
paths on all country roads, just as Is
being done in Sacramento County to-
day, on petitions from farmers and res
idents Of farming sections. our
esteemed contemporary of Chico by its
errors in this instance, illustrates only
that which is frequent throughout the
State relative to far more important
measures before the Legislature.
The record-union., 1899-02-03
Weather Forecast.

For Northern California-Partly cloudy
Friday, with scattering light snow
squalls in the mountains; continued cold.
with killing frost; brisk northwest wind.
The record-union., 1899-02-03
Is. F., No. SSO-Department Two-Filed
January 30 1891

Behrend sJoost, appellant; Sanford
Bennett, receiver, etc., respondent. Ac-
ton against receiver for services and
for rent Affirmed.
A receiver is an officer of the court
and enters into contracts and disburses
money as such under the courts order.
A person claiming to have assisted the
receiver in the exercise of his official
duties has no claim against the re-
ceiver, as such; but the obligation, If
any, is a personal one.
The record-union., 1899-02-03

San Diego Union: People who take
a gloomy view of the prospects for re-
viving American shipping should note
what Germany has accomplished dur
ing the past few years. Under a wise
system of subsidies and other State aid,
the German ship building industry is
now very nearly on a par with that of
Great Britain. Since 1895 German
yards have delivered no less than TWEEN
ty-four men-of-war for foreign navies,
namely, three ironclads. ten torpedo de-
stroyers and eleven torpedo boats; there
are now In hand one ironclad, three
large men-of-war, ten torpedo destroy
ers and eight torpedo boatss besides q
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22

1t is proposed to erect In Washington
a monument to Rev. Samuel Francis
Smith, forever famous as the author of
My Country IT'S of Thee" A COM
mlttee of Washington business men is to
be- formed for raising $780, 0O0 for defray-
ing the cost of erecting the monument
on some appropriate site at the Capital
DIR. Smith, who was born in 1S0S in Bos
ton, had written the hymn before he
went to waterville in 1884 to fill the pro-
fessorship of modern languages at Colby.
The hymn was first sung at children s
celebration on the Fourth of July, 1881.
in Park street church, Boston, which
looks out over the historic Boston Com
mon. The original manuscript is in the
rooms of the Wisconsin State Historical
society at Madison. One of DR.. Smith S
grandsons was graduate of Colby in
the class of 1887.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22

the state eleemosynary Institutions are
not property conducted. He cited the
fact that the superintendents and en-
ployes of these state institutions not only
receive good salaries from the state. but
that they are also getting their living
free at the expense of the state. The SUI
perintendents and employees Of some OF
these state institutions have been living
high on the states larder, and instances
are known where numerous relatives of
those holding positions with the state
government have been kept at the ex-
pense of the commonwealth. This Is to
be remedied by having supplies for all
state institutions bought by state
purchasing agent. Governor Sayers has
also vetoed nearly all the bills favored by
the railroad lobby, and efforts to pass
them over his veto have failed.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22

The special correspondents are resa j.
ling tragedy which stirred the people of
Maine profoundly over thirty years ago.
and nearly broke up the administration
of the late De. Iorey. at Kent's Hill. M.
Louise Keene, oflPeru, Me-. aged 2s, was
a bright and studious girl at Kent's Hill.
When near Ter graduation she was ac-
cused of theft, and missing articles were
found In her trunk. She stoutly main
tanned her innocence. but was expelled
by the authorities of the school. Within
two weeks she was to have graduated at
spair she went to Auburn, bought n vial
OF poison, and committed suicide at Mt.
Gile, in that city. Her father bought the
land where her body was found months
afterwards, and erected a monument. on
which he inscribed her name, age, and
the legend:
A martyr to the prejudice and caprice
of man.
al could have died for one friendly hand
grasp and thought 1t hHppin sss to die.
The girls father spent the remainder OF
his life trying to clear his daughter &
name. The evidence against her was en-
tirely mstantial. and it was allie yed
that she was the victim Of conspiracy.
The lonely grave in Auburn is visited
often by the curious, who are never
weary of recalling the strange and pa
thetie tragedy of real life.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22

MIscn11AE1oUa
BEAUTY AND FAME.
Both Claim Pe-Tu-na---both Find II
Pe-ru-na the Secret Of Success.

MAY Belle one OF the most vivacious and attractive
Of the stage beauties OF New York. says in letter to
Dr. Hartmann
"voice perseverance and Pe-ru-na, should say,
were necessary singers and the last Is not
the least preserve the voice not the slightest ves
tige of a cold must be allowed Catarrh of the head
or throat which would be entirely unnoticed by the
average person. becomes to the singer an unbearable
hindrance. Pe-ru-na not only cures these catarrhal
affections but II rightly used in time, Will protect
against them, infailibly. MAY Belle.
The Statesman comes in contact with the world
lust as 1t Is The Dramatist creates little world OF MS
own. The stateman's part played in the great drama
of life is always impromptu and extemporaneous The
actor or actress have their lines written for them
great factors in the worlds education to-day
The Statesman history by struggling with hard
facts. while the dramatist Illus living truths
with fiction and skllful acting.
Either OF them have perfect health to succeed.
The se htest catarrhal irritation OF organ saps
awav their vitality and steals insdiously their mental
strength Hundreds of letters from the front ranks OF
history makers and stage artists estfyng to the mer-
its of Pe-ru-na health preserver and oatarrh cure
are received every month.
The price OF success a Statesman or on the stage
10 perfect health. No person hope to succeed in
either of these capacities with some chronic ailment
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22

The last reports from Gen. Otis were
on the whole encouraging. He believes
that 30, 600 troops will be enough, thus
disagreeing radically with Gen. Lswton,
who had declared that 100000 would be
needed Perhaps this discrepancy Is ac-
counted for by the intimation that he
expects soon to be able to report a sub
stantial Improvement in the situation,
which may be taken to mean that
negotiations with the insurgents are on
foot which he expects to be successful.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22
SPEA KER REEDS RETIREMENT.
(From the New York Evening Post.)

The withdrawal of Speaker Reed from
public life is national misfortune
Speaker Reed we call him, for his re-
election to the Office next December
would be mere Formally, and nothing
could more clearly demonstrate his SUI
premacy among the Republican Congress
men than this truth. Mir. Reed is man
of character ability, and the capacity
for courage. He has left the impress of
his vigorous personality upon the prefog
atives of the high position which he has
held, and he is sure Of permanent remem-
brance as one of the few great speakers.
he ass med the office AT q time when
there was a real evil to be reformed-the
abuse by minority, sometimes very
small one, of the traditional right to
waste time in dilatory proceedings, with
the sole object of defeating action by the
minority. He en- led this abuse, but he
substituted another--the denial OF n rea.
sonarle opportunity for deliberation, and
the forcing OF hasty decision upon even
the most Important issue by arbitrary
methods We must trust the future to
restore the just balance between unlimit-
ed filibustering and reckless denial of the
right Of discussion. Leaving this phase
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22

Mayor harrison of Chicago, who a
while ago was suspected of sympathizing
down Bryan and the silver plank of the
Chicago platform, publicly announces
that he is for Bryan first, last and all the
time. At the same time he declares that
it is war to the knife between him and
Altgeld, who he says attemp-
ted to betray the Democratic party and
was repudiated by the people. This
attitude of Harrison badly handioaps the
Croker movement in the West and at the
same time depr ives Altgeld of his prin-
oipal capital which was that he was the
special friend of Bryan.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22

Australian advices give particulars of
terrible hurricane which swept the north
east coast of Queensland early in March
and in which fourteen white and about
four hundred colored men were drowned.
A special despatch from Victoria, b.
c., says: The steamer Aorangie from
Australia brings news of the arrest of the
commander of the German war ship
Fake at Apia, for supplying arms to
Mataafa. The arrest was made by the
British commander. This Is thought to
refer to the arrest Of the German planter.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

President q. Stanley Hall of Clark
university at Worcester, Mass, is to mar
ry Miss Florence H. smith, ia Boston
teacher, in July.
The Massachusetts, division of Sous Of
Temperance numbers 310O mem bers, and
this wear is the first year for IA long time
that the membership has increased.
Rev. George f. Leighton, pastor of the
Univers1list church in Skowhegan. is
the retiring division commander of tie
Maine Sons of Veterans. As he is to
remove from the state to locate in Ports
mou n, y. H, a farewell reception will
be given to him mt the coming encamp-
ment in Bucksport.
john Elijah Blunt, 9. b.. has been ap-
pointed British consul general for Maine,
New Hampshire. Vermont and Massa-
chusetts, to succeed Consul Sir Dominic
Colnahgi, who has Just been relieved.
Mr. Blunt comes from Salonica, Turkey.
The Office of the consul general is at Bos
ton.
The estate left by the late Baroness
Maurice de Hirsch de Gereuth, who died
April |, has been valued at S125, 900 900,
of which $lU0 000, 900 will be expended in
carrying on the various charities founded
or f>stered by the baron and baroness.
The Hirsch foundation in New York re-
oeiyed 81, ,200,000 and the institute of
Montreal one. tenth of that amount
Ex President Harrison, with his wife
and daughter, have gone to Hot Springs,
Va. After two weeks rest in Virginia
Gen. Harrison will 90 to New York,
where the time until May IL, the time of
sailing for Paris, will be spent with the
counsel associated with him in behalf of
Venezuela in the Venezuela British
boundary dispute, and the final prepara-
ton will be maue for appearance before
the tribunal of arbitration in Paris.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22

Quay's aoquittnl by the jury will be
heralded as vindioation, and with many
it will pass for that. But it would have
been far better for him, assuming that
he was Guiltless, if he had gone on the
stand, denied under oath the charges
against him and allowed himself to be
subjected to a searching cross examina-
tion. Then he would have had chance
to explain away all the suspicious cir
cumstances, and verdict of acquittal
following would have been interpret d
by every body to mean verdict of not
guilty, whereas under the actual ciroum-
stances of the case not few VIII regard
it simply az a verdict of not proven. He
stood on his legal right when he declined
to take the stand, and under the law the
jury had no right to draw any unfavora-
BILE conclusions from his silence. But
the public, which is not circumscrlbed by
rules governing juries, will not be likely
TO ignore the fact that when opportunity y
was given him to deny and explain he
refused to avail himsslf of it.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-22

If Quay gets into the Senate on the GER
tifcate of appointment the governor has
just given him, the Senate will have to
turn its back upon all its precedents in
such cases, for it has repeatedly decided
that if legislature fails to elect when 1t
has a chance no such vacancy exists as
will authorize the governor to appoint
OF course these precedents do not have the
force of laws and each senate has the
right to decide for itself. but the decis-
ions applicable to this case have been so
many and so recent that they cannot be
ignored OF reversed without exposing the
body to ridicule.