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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-10
BLYTHE ESTATE CONTEST.
The Supreme Court Dismisses the
Case Of the Blythe Company.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The United
States Supreme Court to-day dismissed
the case of the Blythe Company VS..
Blythe, involving the Blythe estate of
California No written opinion was filed
in the case.
The case just decided is that in which
the Blythe Company some time ago
secured a judgment by default in
Judge Morrow's court against the
Blythe estate through the failure of the
parties thereto to appear. Subsequently
a motion to reopen the case in the
same court was denied, on the ground
that time for such action had expired.
A solution of the problem was secured,
however, by Judge Morrow reconven-
ing the court and setting aside the de-
fault, from which decision the appeal
Just decided was taken.
The long litigation in which the
Blythe estate has figured now nears
an end, the only remaining case yet re-
quiring adjudication being that of the
Holidays, or Kentucky Blythes.
which, it is claimed will be decided
without much further prolongation of
legal difficulties.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-10
BOLD BANDITS.
Bind and Gag a Policeman and
Commit Several Robberies.


ST. LOUIS, Jan. "a Post Dis
patch" special from Fort Scott, Kas,
says: Two masked men early this
morning captured a policeman, took
him a mile into the woods and bound
and gagged him, and with rare cool
ness held up and robbed nine men in
the Cottage House and the Sawyer
House, two hotels on prominent bust
ness streets.
Edward Mead, an engineer on the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis.
was shot by one of the robbers, and
George H. Young, a colored man, who
was shot. Several hours after the rob-
berry the police identified the bandits
as they boarded the ST. Louis, Mis-
souri, and Texas passenger train and
had a pitched battle with them, but
they got away.
The robbery occurred on East Wall
street, on Policeman Jones' beat. The
Cottage House was entered first. One
bandit kept the guests covered with
his revolver. while the other robbed
the men of their watches, pistols and
money.
The booty taken was about $3.50, and
merchant and stockman of Golden City,
Mo-, who was just returning from the
market, was relieved of 500 and a
watch.
Then the bandits went across the
street to the Sawyer House and robbed
the clerk and money drawer.
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BANK ROBBERY.
The Safe Of Massachusetts Insti-
ton Blown to Pieces.

ASHBURTONHAM,J Jan. 9.-The safe
Of the First National Bank was blown
to pieces by dynamite about o'clock
this morning. Deputy Sheriff Richard
son, whose home is next to the bank
building, was awakened by the shock
of heavy explosion which made the
house tremble and windows rattle. Lo-
eating the source of the explosion, he
at once gave the alarm
The bank is on the second floor of a
two-story brick building The street
door of the main entrance had been
forced open with jimmy, and a SINH
lar process was applied to the door of
the bank upstairs. The burglars evil
IDENTIFY charged the iron safe heavily
with dynamite, for the safe had been
blown to pieces. Two of its doors were
found half way across the room, and a
bar Of iron had been blown through a
window and nearly across the street
All the windows in the place We're de-
molished, and the furniture was badly
splintered
A large quantity of drafts and about
800 in money was found scattered
about the floor. Cashier Sawyer esti-
mates that the robbers took at least
S1.5O0 and perhaps $1,000.
The damage to the building is about
So, 900.
From the havoc created it is thought
the burglars knowledge of safe blow
ing was limited The authorities have
in mind the work done recently by
burglars at the Bethel (Maine) Savings
Bank, the Wentham National Bank
the Phoenix National Bank of Phoenix,
r. l., and Vermont bank within the
past few months, although there is
nothing in the line of positive evidence
to show that all these banks were Wis
tied by the same men.
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JUDGMENT REVERSED.
Supreme Court Decision In the
Keck Smuggling Case.

Keck Smuggling Case.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The United
States Supreme Court. through Justice
White, to-day rendered IN opinion in
the case Of Herman Keck charged with
smuggling diamonds into the United
States, holding that he was not guilty
as charged, and thus reversing the YER
dict of the United States Dictrict Court
for the Eastern District Of Pennsylva
MIA
This case involved the construction
and meaning Of the word smuggling,
and Of paragraph 476 of the Wilson tar
if Act, under which it was claimed it
was intended to make diamonds free,
because a semicolon follows the word
diamonds in this paragraph.
The court held on this latter point
that it was merely an error in punctua-
ton, and that diamonds were dutiable
under paragraph 1893 Of the Wilson Act,
imposing a duty on precious stones
generally.
to the charge Of smuggling. holding
that it was not applicable, because the
goods in question were not landed, and
that therefore the act was not COM
pleted.
In the District Courtsfor the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania Keck was
found guilty. The effect sof Justice
Whites decision was to reverse the
District Court and remand the case.
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BAD SMASH-Up
IN NEBRASKA.
Collision on the Union Pacific Road
Near Sidney,
Resulting In -Four Deaths and Eight People
More or Less Injured.
Three Engines, Among the Finest
on the Road, Reduced to Scrap
Iron-Eour Cars Consumed by
Fire and Several Others Rem
dered Practically valueless.

OMAHA, Jan. ga special to the
bee" from Sidney, Neb., says: There
was a wreck on the Union Pacific at
Sunal, fifteen miles east of here, at
4:35 this morning, which resulted i'll
four deaths and eight people being in
jured.
Dead: Engineer Dell Bonner, fatally
hurt, died this afternoon; Fireman
John Cole, instantly killed; young
woman, supposed to Miss Myrtle Arm
strong; unknown old man.
Injured: Engineer Fall, badly scald-
ed; Engineer Reese, cut on head; Chi
naman, name unknown, scalp wound;
cook on dining car, arm broke; H. r.
They, Chicago, head and face injured;
Johnson, fireman, scalp wound, face
badly bruised; Mrs. A. M. Starzell,
Rawlins, Wyo., leg injured; George ].
Hunt, Omaha, left leg fractured, badly
bruised
The trains which collided were the
fast passenger west-bound No. 3,
which left here yesterday afternoon at
o'clock, and which was running as
double header, and east-bound passen-
ger train No. 2 The east-bound train
had stopped to take the side track to
allow the west-bound train to pass,
and had not been able to get on the
siding when No. 3, running at the rate
of forty-five miles an hour, crashed
into it. The engines were piled up in
a mass of scrap-iron, and the cars,
which were badly broken up, took fire.
The passengers who were not injured
at once set to work to rescue those in
the wreck, and with the exception OF
Miss Armstrong and the unknown
man, none were burned. The bodies
of these were badly charred.
Relief trains were Immediately sent
to the scene of the wreck and the in
jured taken to Sidney, where they
could be cared for, and it Is not thought
that any of them except Engineer Bon
ner, who died this afternoon, are IA
tally hurt
Four cars We're consumed by fire and
several others SO badly broken up that
they are practically valueless. The
three engines, which were among the
finest used by the road, are scrap
iron.
A new track was built around the
wreck, and traffic was delayed only a.
few hours,
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sion train that all the deaths and most
Of the casualties occurred. The other
cars, though their occupants were badly
shaken up, stayed on the track, and
were i'm condition to be hauled off. The
baggage car in the front of the local
train was rather badly smashed up.
From Dunellen, Bound Brook and
other places surgeons were quickly
summoned. They came over the Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey, whose
tracks run parallel with the Lehigh at
this point, about 400 yards distant
Wrecking trains were quickly on hand.
AS the dead were taken from the de-
molshed car they were put in the rear
car of the excursion train and taken to
Bound Brook, where a Coroner's inquest
was held tonight The injured were
put in the cars of the local train. Twen-
ty-one were taken to Plainfield Hos
pital, while the less seriously injured
were sent ON to Jersey City and New
York.
Engineer Prendergast, who weighs
almost 300 pounds, jumped too late. He
was caught under his engine, and for
three hours lay in frightful agony.
When at last a huge crane lifted the
nun OlI Ills UUuy, liz was AOoAA ~
badly injured that he is expected to
die. The loss of life inflicted upon his
train would probably have BEEN nothing
like it was had it not been for the fact
that at Mauch Chunk the baggage car
of the excursion train was found TO
have hot box, and was taken off.
thus leaving the crowded day coach
next the engine. If this coach had re-
manned in the position it had when the
train left Shamokin, probably only a
few lives would have been lost
Engineer Rick of the local was found
on the tracks so badly injured that
little hopes are entertained of his re-
covery. Despite the blood that flowed
from his mouth Rick gurgled out:
Some one gave wrong orders. know
how it happened but I cannot speak
now"
In this connection W. o. Sprigg, the
Superintendent of the Eastern Division
of the Lehigh road, said: 1.-The acct
dent is evidently due to blunder in
orders"
FIVE MORE DEAD.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.-The Herald"
says that five of those wounded in the
Lehigh Railroad collision at Dunellen
died during the night, making the total
dead eighteen.
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SULLIVAN PUT TO SLEEP.
Knocked Out in the Seventeenth
Round by the Omaha Kid"

OAV 40 SAAC 0CvCACcCAtA
Round by the Omaha Kid"
NEW YORK. Jan. 9.-The fight be-
tween Oscar Gardiner, the Omaha
Kid" and Dave Sullivan of ireland
ended .disastrously for the latter in the
seventeenth round before the Lenox
Athletic Club tonight.
Sullivan seemed full of fight when
the seventeenth round opened, and went
right to his man. In a clinch the legs
of both boxers became entangled. and
Sullivan fell to the floor. The moment
he got up Gardiner planted two fearful
blows on Dawes head and put the
Irishman down and out with a wild
left-hand swing which landed flush on
Sullivan's mouth. All three of the blows
were delivered within ten seconds, and
the last one sent Sullivan into the land
of nod for the first time in his ring
career.
Gardeners legs were in anything but
good shape, but despite Sullivan's eff
forts to make him use them, the kid"
refused to be coaxed into sprinting,
and saved himself for the supreme eff
fort when the time arrived. Gardiner
waited frequently for Sullivan to go to
him, and would either lead or get in
side Sullivan's leads and counter hard
Sullivan was beaten fairly and
squarely.
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VICTORY FOR CIVIL SERVICE.
HOUSE REvERSES ACTION OF
COMMITTEE OF WHOLE.
Which Last Friday Struck Out the
Appropriation for the Ma
tional Commission.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The House
to-day reversed the decision Of the
Committee Of the Whole last Friday,
when the appropriation for the Civil
Service Commission was struck from
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill. In committee,
where members do not go on record,
the appropriation was stricken out by
a vote of 81 to 81. To-day when. the
roll was called the appropriation was
restored, the motion to strike out be-
ing defeated-97 to 119.
The House to-day, by special order,
decided to proceed with the consider
alton of the naval personnel bill as soon
as the bill for the codification Of the
laws of Alaska is out of the way. About
| seventy additional pages of the latter
bill were covered to-day, leaving about
100 pages still undisposed of.
At the opening of the session a gen
eral order was adopted providing for
the consideration of the naval person
mel bill as soon as the bill for the codi-
fication of the laws of Alaska is dis
posed of, however, not to interfere with
the consideration of appropriation bills
or conference reports.
The diplomatic and consular appro-
priatiOn bill was reported, and Hit
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, gave notice that he would call
it up at the earliest possible moment.
The regular order was then demand
ed, and the House proceeded to vote
upon the amendment to the legislative.
executive and judicial bill, which strikes
out of that bill the appropriation for
the maintenance Of the Civil Service
Commission. This amendment was
adopted in Committee of the Whole by
vote of 81 to 81
Moody CR-) of Massa chusetts demand
ed the yeas and nays, and amid an up
roarious demonstration, both from the
friends and opponents of the bill. the
Clerk called the roll The vote result
ed in a reversal of the decision of the
Committee of the Whole. The appro-
priation for the support of the commits
sion was restored, the motion to strike
out the appropriation being defeated
95 to 115
The legislative bill was then passed
without division, and under the contin-
uing order, the House resumed consid-
GRAFTON of the bill for the codification
of the laws of Alaska, which was in
terrupted last week when the legislative
bill was taken up.
The remainder of the afternoon was
spent upon the bill. The lawyers of
the House scrutinized each section
closely, and there were many amend
ments though none of general impor-
lance.
At o'clock the House adjourned un-
til tomorrow.
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SENIOR DE CASTRO.


HAVANA, Jan. 9.-Senor Fernandez
de Castro, the Civil Governor of Ha-
vana, acts as though he had his for
nner powers. He has ordered the public
hospitals closed. General Ludlow, the
Military Governor of the district of
Havana, who has not been consulted in
the matter, was displeased when he
heard Of the action, and directed that
the hospital be reopened. De Castro
ordered the newspapers last week not
to print certain business advertisements
which were distasteful to him. They
did not do SO. General Ludlow will
probably remove the Civil Governor
John Gary Evans, though not exactly
Alcalde or Mayor Of Havana, has been
directed by General Ludlow to con-
struct the minor courts and supervise
the police and some of the civil depart
ments.
A dispatch from Remedies says that
General Maxine Gomez danced polkas
and mazurkas at ball there on Satur-
day last.
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IOWA NATIONAL GUARD.
Will Probably be Recognized ON
the Basis Of Regular Army.

DIES MONIES, Jan. 9-The Iowa Ma
tional Guard will probably be reorgan-
ICED on the basis of the regular army.
Such is the wish of prominent officers in
the State who are engaged at present
in forming the new guard. The new
regiments will be subject to the United
States medical examinations, and every
man will be armed and equipped ready
to be mustered without delay into the
service of the National Government in
case war is declared.
The Adjutant General believes in the
abolition of the State annual encamp-
ments, and the substitution of practice
marches as a means of hardening the
men and drilling them in routine camp
life. An effort will be made to have the
appointive Governor staff, commonly
referred to as the sBouquet holder"
dispensed with. Several other radical
changes are in contemplation.
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Cleveland Rolling Mills.

CLEVELAND, Jan. 9.-President
William Chisholm of the Cleveland
Rolling Mills states that all reports to
the effect that the rolling mill plant
has passed into the contro | of the
American Steel and Wire Company are
untrue. The American Company is al
legged to have secured control through
the purchase Of large blocks of stock.
Mr.. Chisholm said: "No deal has yet
been made with the American Steel and
Wire Company. Nothing will be done
in the matter until after the annual
meeting of the rolling mill company,
which will be held spon.''
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-10
Steamer Gallina's Crew.

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 9.-The British
steamer Kanawha, from Newport News
on December 2Sth for this port, has ar
rived here and landed part of the crew
of the British steamer Gallina, Captain
Frank Land, from Philadelphia on De-
cember 9th for Moss and Christiana.
which was abandoned in a sinking con-
dition on January 9TH. The remainder
of the crew Of the Gallina are on board
the British steamer Charing Cross Cap
tain Mills, New York December 23d for
Bristol The Gallina was built at Sum
derland in 1879, and was Of 1,135 tons
net register.
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Suit for Valuable Property.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. "a special to the
Post Dispatch from Quincy, H., says
An attorney representing the heirs of
Thomas Baxter is pressing their claims
to property in this city representing
of dollars. Back in the early
thirties Baxter took up a quarter sec
ton of land on which there is located
the Postoffice, Dick Bros Brewery, the
Empire Theater Turner Hall, Collins
Plow Works, one planning mill, two
flour mills and number of smaller fac
tories. Baxter's patent to the land is in
evidence, and there is no record of any
transfer having been made.
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WAS SUCCESSFUL.
The Initial Trip Of the Rock Island
New Passenger Train.

OMAHA, Jan. 9.-The initial trip of
the Rock Islands new passenger train
was most successful one. The train
was eighteen minutes late getting away
from Englewood, but the lost time was
easily made up, and the train arrived at
the Union depot in this city five min
utes ahead of time. The time, which is
the fastest of any train west. of Chi
cago carrying passengers, the officials
and the trainmen assert, was made
with the greatest ease, and can be i'm
proved upon. They are confident Of
their ability to bring it in regularly on
time except in extraordinary conditions
OF weather. The train made the run of
500 miles in IL hours and AZ minutes.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-10
Pana Mine Trouble.

PANA, Jan. 9.-Seventy miners and
citizens charged with riot were ar
raigned in court to-day. States Attor-
ney Humphreys nolled fifty-nine of the
cases, while eleven pleaded guilty and
were sentenced. The trial of mine oper-
ators Orville and Penwell for melting
riot will take place Tuesday. Over
fifty witnesses have been summoned.
Pneumonia continues among the col
ored non-union men. A heavy provost
guard is still on duty in the negro and
union miners residence districts. Ar
rests for carrying concealed weapons
are as numerous as ever.
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LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN ALASKA.
The House Committee Will Report
in Favor Of High License.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. - Governor
Brady of Alaska was before the House
Committee on the Revision of Laws to-
day, in response to the liquor restric-
ton feature of the new code of laws
for Alaska. He strongly approves the
course taken by the committee in sub
shutting high license for prohibition,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-10
A Wife Murderer Executed.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Bailey Decker.
colored, was put to death by electricity
in Sing Sing Prison to-day. After the
current had been turned on the mask
fell from the dying mans face. Other
wise the execution was success The
crime for which Decker was executed
was committed May Is. 1898. Decker
who was an oyster man, was jealous Of
his wife. pretty white woman, and in
a drunken rage shot her in the back.
He then fired bullet into his abdomen,
with the intention of committing sui
eide, but he recovered.
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and says the prohibition law cannot be

and says the prohibition law cannot be
enforced.
The committee finally perfected its
amendment, placing the
tax at $1,000 and adding local OPP
ton" provision by which an applicant
for saloon license must first secure the
written assent of a majority Of all
adult white citizens living within a ra-
dius of two miles.
Governor Brady will also appear be-
fore the Territory Committee, relative
to the pending legislation for the gen.
eral government of the Territory.
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Fire at West Branch, michigan.

WEST BRANCH (Mich.). Jan o.
An entire block of the business portion
of this town was destroyed by fire to-
day. 1t started in small grocery
store in the center of the block. The
entire loss and insurance are not yet
known.
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Sister Margaret Newman killed.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 9.-Sister Margaret
Newman, Mother Superior of the Ursu-
line Convent, was killed by falling from
the third STORY porch to the brick paved
yard. her skull being fractured. She
was 35 years of age.
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A perfectly proportional man weighs
twenty-four pounds for every foot OF his
hight.
The age-herald., 1899-04-30
A College Renefactor

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean, April A.
 Dr. D. K. Pearsons of Hinsdale, Ill.,, who Wednesday signed check for $50,000 to be used an endowment fund toward the support of Berea college, Kentucky, is seVenty-nine years old today. During the last nine years of his life he has given about S3000,000 of his fortune to education al institutions, and he is under pledge to turn over $300,0 900 more July 1, 1900, in case certain conditions have been fulfilled by the beneficiares. Dr. Pearsons is hale and hearty man in spite of his advanced age. His appearance indicates that he is at least ten years younger than seventy-nine. Among the colleges that Dr. Pearsons is pledged to aid are the following: Fargo college North Dakota, $50,000; Fairmount college, Wichita Kan, $50,000; Oivet col lege, Michigan, $25, GOO; Marietta college, Ohio, $25 ,000; Mount Holyoke college, Mas sachusetts $5O,OO0; Sheridan college, Wyo- ming, $25, ,000. He found an education d!f- ficult thing to secure in his youth, although he got more of it than usually fell to the lot of his contemporaries. All his life long he has been planning to be some day the means of facilitating education. Ten years ago he came to the conclusion that the time was ripe for the beginning of the fulfillment of his desire. Since then it has become a common thing for the venerable college benefactor to draw a check for from 1000 to $100 000 as present to a worthy institu- ton. ''Have I any plans for the future?" said Dr. Pearsons yesterday. "Well, when July l. 19OO comes, and have paid off my pledges, if I am alive and able I may do something more" And the old man laugh ed softly.