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The record-union., 1899-06-22
THE UMPIRE And OLD SOL,
SANTA CRUZANs TELL WHY
THEY LOST.
Somehow a Hoodoo Attends Them
When They Play in
Sacramento.

A dispatch from Santa Cruz has this
to say concerning the defeat of that
towns pet ball tossers here last Satur-
day and Sunday:
The Sand Crabs boldly Sailed forth
to meet the Sacramentos on the latter's
own battle ground. determined to defeat
the Gilt Edges, but have returned home
defeated heroes. 1t is so out of the ordi-
nary that the fans can hardly realize
it. Usually the. Grabs. come home with
victory Inscribed on their banners, to
the great delight of their admirers, but
this time 1T is different.
Never yet has Santa Cruz been able
to win a game at Sacramento Had
the original schedule which announced
the games for the Santa Cruz grounds,
been adhered to, the result might have
been different and instead of suffering
the anguish of defeat the Crabs would
probably be shouting for joy and have
the fans point to them as the great and
only aggregation of champions, un-
rivaled and unbeaten, and still our own
peerless players.
The Grabs do net have very much to
say regarding the game. Bill Devereaux,
when asked about the game, avoids the
subject and tells what fine dancers the
Sacramento girls are. He declares that
Sacramento has the best dance floor he
ever tripped the light fantastic on. Bill
had SO confidently predicted that Wen
skin 'em alive this trip that his reputa-
ton as a prophet went down with a,
dull thud.
''As far as heard from the Sacra-
mentans still have whole skins, but the
Grabs had their faces literally skinned
by the hot, broiling sum- To the warm
weather is ascribed the defeat for one
thing and Umpire O'Connell's rulings
for another. If O'Connen had any
friends here he has lost them. for all
the fans are wildly indignant at him.
Our Patsy, Carrolls stock has CORE
spondingly gone up. The fans have no
use fer O'Connell. but Our Patsy can
have the best in the land when he
comes here. Rube Levy also has the
admiration of the efans
THE black eye that Rang Pace
brought home with him as a souvenir
of the trip is regarded by the fans as
a mark Of honor, for it was received
in a good cause. The hand that, struck
O'Connell was heartily shaken by many
of the Crabs admirers. for, like Santa
Cruz powder at Manila, that hand is
considered to have done its work WELL
Pace says that he hit OConnell twice
on the jaw, and then Devereaux stepped
in between them and while Pace vas
held O'Connel1 landed on his eye.
'All that Pace wanted was an op-
portunity to land on the umpire oftener
than he did. He says that he went for
hatchet because he thought ,Connell
was going after a glass. A local poet
is to write a poem on 'The Man With
the Hatchet," after the style Of The
Man With the Hoe"
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ABOUT A CHILD.
Why ]. Merger Asks to Have an
Order of Court Modified.

On October 8, 1898, Judge Hughes
made an order granting F. ]. Merger,
who resides at Rocklin. Placer County,
the custody and control of his minor
child Euphemia at that time five years
of age, with the restriction that she
Should be allowed to visit John White
law and his wife Ann. both of whom
now reside in this city. and that they
be allowed to visit her.
F, ]. Mezger is tired of the restriction
HeTwants complete custody and control
of the little girl, without restriction of
any kind. and to attain that end has
filed in Judge Hughes Court q petition
setting forth his reasons and asking for
a modification of the order of October
8, 1895
After the usual preliminary state
ment. the petitioner recites that it will
be greatly to the injury and detriment
of the child to be taken out of school
for the purpose of visiting the White
laws by retarding her progress in her
studies: that the Whitelaws are related
to the child only through Mr. White
law, who is the uncle of her mother;
that Mrs. Whitelaw. who is an aged
woman, is a sufferer from a chronic
blood trouble and that Mr. Whitelaw
is 66 years of age
The petitioner further states that the
said John and Ann Whitelaw are so
indulgent to the said child when she
is allowed to visit them that she is
permitted to do as she peases,
and when she returns to her home she
is so headstrong, stubborn and dis
obedient, when corrected by petitioners
wife that she replies that her step
mother is not her mother: that the child
is taught by John and Ann Whitelaw
to distrust and hate her father and
stepmother; that said John Whitelaw
uses profane language in the presence
and hearing of the child. and on sew
eral occasions, as the child has told
the petitioner, and as he believes and
so alleges the fact to be. has told the
child that he would kill the
meaning the petitioner. and that the
child on one occasion cried nearly all
night because her father was going to
Sacramento. and she was afraid that
Uncle meaning John Whitelaw, would
kill her father
The petitioner further states that the
Whitelaws ares not fit and proper per
sons to have the custody of the child
and that their influence on her moral
nature is very injurious. He further
sets forth that the Whitelaws have no
moral nor legal rights to the child ex-
cept that made by the order of the
Court in 1898, and in conclusion prays
the Court to modify it's order so as to
give him absolute and exclusive custody
of the child.
Judge Hughes set the hearing of the
petition for tomorrow at 80 p. m,
1t appearing to him that good cause
exists for shortening the time of notice
of hearing the same. and ordered copy
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A Few Hours With Kipling on
Friday Evening.

An entertainment. will be given at the
English Lutheran Church tomorrow
evening, to consist chiefly of quotations
from the writings of Rudyard Kipling.
Professor Pond of the High School will
deliver an address on Kipling. The
program is as follows:
Piano solo, Miss Logan; vocal solo,
The Flower Girl Mrs. Belhouse;
sRudyard Kipling." Professor J. H.
Pond; vocal quartet, THE Recessional,"
Messrs. Hill and Ellsworth, Mrs. Hill
and Mrs. Hood; recitation, THE Truce
cf the Bear" Miss Waggoner; vocal
solo, "Sing On Miss Rowley.
Part 2.-Vocal solo, "Katharene
Curls,' DR.. Jerome Carroll; recitation,
An Imperial Rescript." Miss Canon;
vocal duet, "Serenade,'' Miss Nourse
and Mr.. Wheeler; recitation, 'L'Envoi," /"
Mrs. F. d. Jackson: vocal solo, Thy
Name" Mrs. Bergman; recitation The
White Mans Burden Mrs. Amy M.
Ray; vocal solo, Miss Howe; recitation,
Wee Willie Winkle.' Miss Connolly;
vocal solo, Mrs. Murcells. Accompanist,
Ruth Hoskinson.
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FINALLY GETS TO A TRIAL.
THE Won LoBEN sELs-BUNNELL
CASE.
Points Involved in the Suit for
Pay for Pumping Drain
age Water.

The trial Of the suit brought by p. j.
Non Loben Sells to recover 81 S6O from
z. Bunnell and others for pumping
drainage water in Reclamation District
no 5o1, was commenced in Judge
hughes court yesterday. The plaintiff
IS represented by Catlin, Shinn & Cat
an and Hiram w. johnson.
From the testimony taken it seems
that Won Loben Sells entered into a
contract with Bunnell to pump the
drainage from 10O-acre tract of land
Tor period of six years for S3 per
acre per year 1t was stipulated that
the water should be kept below the five-
loot gauge then established at the
pumping plant
Mrs. Bunnell, it appears, filed home
stead on the land since the contract
was entered into, which makes her a
party, and the Germa MIA Building and
Loan Association holds two mortgages
on the land on which the pumping plant
stands, and the plant, SO that it is
three-cornered fight, the contention of
Bunnell and the building and loan as
sociation being identical on some. of
the points at issue, but widely varying
on others.
The testimony of Won Loben Sells was
to the effect that at no time during
the pumping seasons Of 1S94-5-6-7 did
the water reach the five-foot mark on
the gauge, and his attorneys held that
that was sufficient evidence that he had
complied with his part of the contract
III. c. Ross, attorney for Bunnell, and
Devlin & Devlin, attorneys for the
GeTmania Building and Loan Associa-
ton, claimed that, as much of the
time during the seasons mentioned the
water had been low and no pumping
was necessary, the plaintiff could not
recover on the contract. inasmuch as
he had had little pumping to do.
After the evidence for the plaintiff
was in the attorneys for the defense
moved for a nonsuit. which was de-
MED. The attorneys for the Building
and Loan Association attempted to in
troduce evidence to show that the as
sociation. and not Won Loben Sells,
owned the land at the time of and prior
to the contract, but the court held that
in doing so they could not go back
of former judgment, at which time
the title to the property was proven.
They then attempted to prove that the
money with which the plaintiff had
bought the pumping plant and adjoin-
ing land had been borrowed from the
association for that particular purpose.
and that mortgage deed had been
given for the same.
Objections to most of their questions
were sustained. The hearing of the
case will probably consume several
The record-union., 1899-06-22
AMUsEMENTs.

1.-THE Turtle drew a large house at
the Clunie last night. There were
present about 500 men and 100
women. The play is broad, sugges-
tive farce comedy, clever in plot, Eovel
in situations, bright in dialogue, rich
in stage setting. laughable throughout,
cleverly acted by a company of very
capable people, among whom Miss
Evesson and Mr.. Collins shone espe-
cially strong in dramatic work, while
Miss Deaves' low comedy assumption
was a bit of rough hewn art reminding
one Of the old school of acting. The
play is broad and suggestive. IT is
not vulgar in the sense of being Of
fensive in language. It is immoral
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rather than immoral. It is a farce
dealing with the sacred rites of nlatri-
mony in a way no modest person would
speak of them 1t deals with situations
which suggest looseness of morals in
that a wife has lover. but who pro-
tests that she has nevertheless been
true to her marriage VOWS. It deals
with divorce in a way to suggest that
many separation would be prevented
If only second thought were taken
and analysis of ones affections were en-
tered upon 1t is immoral in that it
is neither moral nor immoral 1t is
what the French find the word "risque"
to best describe. 1t is not coarse. but
it is indelicate. 1t is play that is
best unp.ayed and better unseen. in
that it appeals to the low and morbid
tastes, but yet does not fully crafty
them. 1t is indelicate if not indecent,
in suggestiveness; it excites laughter
over matters which are neither for
laughter nor prayer. 1t is a play that
indicates in it's attractiveress The de-
cline of the stage to the low level Of
amusement through appeals to the
grOsser tastes.
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THE EXCITEMENT NOT OVER,

The rush at. the drug store still con-
a bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs for the cure of Coughs, Colds.
Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption
edy is sold on q guarantee and never fails
to give entire satisfaction. Price, Csc and
6Qc.
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Just like Thomp.on's Colt

A horse hitched to a dump cart
backed his burden into China slough
yesterday and then swan across to the
side near the railroad shops, where he
was pulled up the bank. by means of
a derrick
The record-union., 1899-06-22
DRUNK AND NOISY.
"vick' Anderson Sent to Jail for
Two DAYS.

Wick Anderson was in the criminal
dock yesterday morning, charged with
malicious mischief and drunkenness.
1t appeared in evidence that he had
broken a window at POT K street, but
he was relieved of the charge on pay
ment of $3.50, the value of the window
AS he was still drunk and talkative,
however. Judge Henry sentenced him
to Jail for two days.
The record-union., 1899-06-22

The box office of the Clunie Opera
House opens this morning for reserva-
tion of seats for the engagement of the
Kelcey- Shannon company in the new
society drama. "Tfe Moth and the
Flame" From all criticisms we have
seen of it. we judge that the public can
be assured that it is worthy to be seen,
wholesome and natural: and especially
brilliant in dialogue and wit.
The record-union., 1899-06-22
A shakespearean Discovery.

The most scholarly men of the world
have devoted years to the study of one of
Shakespeares greatest creations. Ham
let has been discussed by the ablest
minds of all countries. What his malady
was has vexed more than one scientific
brain. 1t remains for America and the
producers of Americas greatest remedy
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters-to make the
discovery. Nothing allied Hamlet but in
digestion which upset his liver. polluted
his blood and made him nervous. If it
had been possible for Hamlet to have
would have been a different character
1t makes and keeps stomachs strong,
no disease is possible. 1t is for both men
and women. All druggists sell it.
The lady with the blood red cheeks
and lips was caused by taking Carob.
Sample 81 bottle for soc Agts. at Sac
ramento Home Supply Co.. J, & s.
Cheap home at auction. II a. M, at
1416 H. -
Special ladies' rough braid sailors
seem to be in the lead, We have new
lot with wide silk band. Prices now
4Sc and 75c at Sacramento Home Sup
ply Co., J. 7th and Sth. Also ladies'
black lawn wrappers. 50c.
Hardman pianos never lose their tone.
They are the highest grade made. We
also handle Chickering. Harrington, and
other pianos. Wiley B. Allen Co., 415 K.*
IS, either phone, full weight, 45c.
&c. C. C. Fancy creamery butter. G.
C. c.. tea garden, 1902 K street.
For medicinal purposes drink Glen
brook" sour mash whisky. Theo
Blauth, 4O7 K Street. Tel 297.
Try the new drink, iron-brew at
Fishers, S22 K street.
Everything for the house In electrical
supplies Tom Scott. '303 street.
Auction! Auction to-day at 1416 H.
Olson & Brown offer a good prop
erty at auction to-day.
The record-union., 1899-06-22
NEIGHBORs AT OUTS.
One Arrested for Alleged Threats
Against Life,

Fred Raymond was arraigned in JUS
tice Henry's Court yesterday on a
charge of making threats against the
life of Charles Lea. The preliminary
examination was set for Friday next
at 1 30 D. M
The parties live near Sheldon. and
Raymond was arrested at that place
late Tuesday night and brought to this
city by Constable Clark
Auction-Look at the property, 1418
H, III a. m. to-day
Whisky Hill Wells Office. 631 K.
The record-union., 1899-06-22

Hardman pianos never lose their tone.
They are the highest grade made. We
also handle Chickering, Harrington, and
other pianos Wiley B. Allen Co., 415 k
The record-union., 1899-06-22
MUSICAL AND LITERARY.

Of the petition served on John White
law.
The record-union., 1899-06-22

RECRUITS WANTED FOR THE
United States Marine Corps. United
States navy; able-bodied unmarried men
between the ages of q and IS years, who
are citizens of the United States. or those
who have legally declared their intention
to become such; must be of good charac-
and write English. and be between feet
inches and feet inch In hight. For
ing Once. 70 Ellis street. San Francisco.
California
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IS, either phone, full weight, 45c.
&c. C. C. Fancy creamery butter. G.
c. c.. tea garden, 1902 X street.
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For medicinal purposes drink Glen
brook" sour mash whisky. Theo
Blauth, 4O7 K Street. Tel 207.
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BAY RESTAURANT
l02k Sacond Streat.

Private rooms for families; open day
and night Orders served outside. Oys-
ters in every style. MATT and JOHN
RADONICH. ProprietorS
The record-union., 1899-06-22
PhiIlips-Judson Excursions East.

THE LATE IMPROVED CARS AND
for st. Louis, New York, Philadelphia
and all points east. Great scenic route
by daylight
An eight hours visit to Niagara includ-
ed, or immediate quick passage to Bos-
ton and New York.
Each excursion a really select party.
from sea to sea. not a mixture of second
class tickets.
Leave Sacramento Tuesdays, a. m.
train. c. J. Ellis, agent Southern Pa
The lowest rate obtains our best accom-
mediation.
San Francisco office, 10 Montgomery ST.
The record-union., 1899-06-22

Everything for the house In electrical
supplies. Tom Scott. 303 ] street.
The record-union., 1899-06-22

The lady with the blood red cheeks
and lips was caused by taking Carob.
Sample 81 bottle for SOC. Agts. at Sac
ramento Home Supply, Co., J, Z & 8.
The record-union., 1899-06-22

Try the new drink, iron-brew, at
Fishers, S22 K street.
The record-union., 1899-06-22

Auction! Auction to-day at 1416 H.
Olson & Brown offer a good prop
erty at auction to-day.
The record-union., 1899-06-22

Cheap home at auction. IL a. M, at
1416 H ~
The record-union., 1899-06-22

FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
spect Ladies dining-room separate.
Open day and night. BUCKMAN & CAR
RAGHER, Proprietors. No. 1919 Second
street, between J and X. Sacramento.
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whisky hin wells ONCE. 6a1 K.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-03
BIG TRADES In STOCK
THEY CHARACTERIZED THE YEAR
1898 AT SOUTH ST. PAUL's
EXCHANGE
ONLY ONE YEAR EVEN CLOSE
In 1895 an Especially Heavy Trade
in Hogs Brought the Seasons
business Into Big Figures, but
Taken All in All Last Years
Business Was the Best Since the
Opening of the Exchange.

The annual meeting Of the South
st. Paul Live Stock exchange was held
at South st. Paul yesterday afternoon
and the following officers elected to
serve for the year 1899: President,
Charles l.. Haas; vice president,
George w. Wentworth; directors,
James King, E. M. Prouty and J. s.
Bangs; board Of appeals, F. 8. Page,
j. r. King and J. B. Fitzgerald; board
of arbitration. M. Gahan, A. Simmer
and F. B. Hanky. The secretary and
treasurer is named by the board of
directors. and it is more than probable
that Nat Rogers, who occupies that
position at the present time, will be
again named. Mr.. Rogers report
showed that the exchange was in a
most prosperous condition, with a bal
ance to It's credit in the bank Of sew
eral thousand dollars
The year just closed has been very
successful one, not only for the ex-
change, but for the stock yards and
for the live stock interests Of South
st. Paul as a whole. A review of the
business done during the past year
shows that it has been a record break
er. In every case the receipts have
been far in excess of 1897, and, with
the one exception of the receipts Of
hogs for the year 1895, all records are
broken since the opening of the yards
The receipts Of hogs for 1895 were SOL,
449, as against 1881 for 1898. The
heaviest year that the yards have ever
had in hogs, aside from those, two, was
In 1894, when the receipts were about
1928, 600. The receipts Of hogs were more
evenly distributed over the year In
1898 than ever before. There were
several months when the receipts ran
over $4,000. The banner month Of the
year was December, with 1926 hogs.
This. however, does not compare with
November, 1894, when the receipts
were 57,097. The banner month for
cattle prior to 1898 was September,
This record is badly beaten by Octo-
Der. 1898, when the receipts were A.
ego. The record for calves prior to
1898 was September, 1897, with 1855.
This is beaten by September, October
and November Of the past year when
the receipts were 4,759, 1854 and 1918.
The receipts of sheep for the month
of October 1898, also establish a new
record with 165, 557 The record up to
that time was made in October, 1897,
when the sheep receipts were 1858.
The receipts of cattle and sheep for
1898 were 173,418 and 430, 1913. The rec
ord of the yards prior to 1898 was made
in 1897 when the receipts were 171,552
and 1920: I'm the shipments there
was g. falling off Of cattle and hogs
during 1898, and this Is explained In
a note following the tables. The ship
ments Of sheep were far in excess of
1897
The following tables give in detail
the receipts and shipments and the
buying for the entire year:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-03

D. 3
such an institution In this state, but
the cities of st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth alone would quickly fill 1t. AS
matters are now girl is fined and
then turned out upon the public again.
Some Of them have homes, but they
refuse to go with their mothers and
there is no place to send them.
WINE ROOMS BLAlMErD.
Wine rooms are running full blast
in this city. and I claim that is where
boys and girls take their first down
ward step. I don't believe in high
license. or in any license for saloons.
High license has created the wine
rooms. A saloonkeeper pays a thousand
dollars for license and he has to
make that thousand from his business.
The wine room is the quickest way-he
can make 1T. and he Is not going to
stop at scruples to make 1t.
Il am very anxious" continued Mrs.
Root, Ito know what has become of
three indictments that were found
against 'Reddy' Griffin last spring. I
worked hard to get them and the grand
jury brought them in. but they have
never been brought to court. 1t seems
about time something was done in
that direction. Unless we can create
public sentiment on these lines we can
accomplish nothing.
CHURCHES NOT PRACTICAL.
"The churches ought to do some
thing. They are at starvation point and
1 claim 1T is because they do not do
practical work. They are not even So
cial. There was a time when strangers
joined church in order to become ac-
quainted in the city. but now the
churches do not even encourage that.
Members do not visit each other and
the ministers expend their efforts in
directions that cannot and do not give
any returns. The ministers should do
something to advance the interests of
the churches and the community and
they would very soon get the congre-
cations and the cash. Let them take
this question of temperance and worn-
ems reform school in hand and do
something that will rebound to their
credit and to the welfare Of the state. "
Mrs. Root was listened to with at
tention. but the ladies did not act
upon any of her suggestions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-03
JUDGE ORR INSISTS.
Police Court Complafnants With
drawing Must Pay the Costs.

An innovation was begun in the police court
yesterday by which it is hoped to discourage
the use of the court as a means OF revenge or
private ends, by the imposition Of costs upon
a complainant who desired to withdraw the
charge against person arrested. Judge Orr,
in establishing the rule that hereafter when
complaints are withdrawn the individual
making the complaint must stand the costs,
said that the practice Of procuring arrests
only to come into court and patch up some
sort Of an arrangement whereby the prosecu-
ton was to be dropped had become too gen.
eral, and that hereafter a case must go to
trial or the complainant must bear the costs.
- The case in point was that of James Do
herty, charged with assault and battery by
Andrew Cederholm. The complainant asked
to have the charge withdrawn. Judge Orr
refused the request, stating that either the
case must be tried or Cederholm must pay the
cost Of the proceedings. fixed at s.. Ceder-
holm held q short consultation with Doherty
and agreed to the assessment of costs, when
the case was dismissed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-03

Loss, 49,
The above tables show decided
falling off in the shipments of cattle
and hogs. In the case of the hogs this
was due in a great measure to the
Iact that the yards were without a
packing house during a part of 1897.
and the hogs received here were
bought and shipped out again and the
Shippers interests protected. During
the spring Of 1897 the yards were un-
der water for several weeks, owing to
the flood, and all receipts were re-
shipped to other points. Aside from
these conditions the falling-off of the
shipments shows to the advantage of
the yards, in that it demonstrates that
more stock is being used at home and
shippers are not compelled to leave
South ST. Paul and go to other points
Tor better prices. The gain in the
shipments of sheep shows that this
point Is becoming, with each year,
more prominent as a feeding point.
In showing the receipts and shipments
by cars the cattle and calves are COM
bined under the head of cattle.
The following table shows the buy
ing Of the principal packers and the
tobbers and feeders: