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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
SOUTHEASTERN HIT MOBILE.
Man Lost His Life by Grasping Hold
of n Fallen Wire.

Mobile, Ala. Aug. ia southeaster
came with great force at o'clock this
afternon, raising a dust cloud that hid the
tops of the high buildings.
Along the river front everything was
held down tight and no damage is report
ed. though a sailor was blown off the Mo
bile ana Ohio dock, but was rescued.
Many telegraph and electric power poles
went down in the city.
Aatione Stauter, aged 20, attempted 10
brush one of the fallen wires aside and
was instantly killed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
CROSSED RIVER UNDER FIRE.

Insurgents Got the Best of the Gov
ernmcnt Forces.
Cape Haytien, Aug. 12.-Twelve hundred
insurgents to-day crossed the Yaqui river
under the fire of Mitrailleuses.
In the engagement the government
forces lost eighteen men killed, but there
were no fatalities among the insurgents.
A dispatch from Banica announces that
the entire province of Neyba is ready to
rise In favor of Gen. Jiminez.
Gen. Torrbo Garcia Is expected from
Cuba to assume command of the reyolu-
tionary movement
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
QUARANTINE HAS BEEN RAISED.

Hampton Yellow Fever Situation
Continues to Improve.
Newport News, Va, Aug. 12.-There Is
no change in the situation at the Soldiers
Home. mo new cases and no deaths,
is the official report to-day.
The quarantine against all points on the
peninsula, except Soldiers Home and
PhoeDus, was raised tonight and COM
munication between Newport News,
Hampton and O,d Point and the Northern
cities, as well as Norfolk was resumed.
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and
Boston raised the quarantine at 6 O'Clock
tonight against all of the state points
except the Home and Ph0ebus.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
Expedition Not Captured.

Havana, Aug. 12.-Gen. Juan Isidro il
nnez, the aspirant to the presidency of
the Dominican republic, denies all knowI-
edge of any expedition of his being cap
tured off Jamaica. He asserts that there
are no Santo DomngGns there.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
RECRUITING ABOUT FINISHED.
Yesterdays Enlistment May Com
pIete the quota.

Washington. Aug. 12.-The number Of
enlistments yesterday was 40, leaving 529
more to complete the ten regiments.
II Is expected that the cnIstments to-
day will fill the quota.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
: WHITES ASKED ron GUNS.
Trouble From Negroes Feared at
Belle Buckle, Tenn.

HeIIe HucIAIt, Ithh'
Belle Buckle, Tenn, Aug. 12.-AIuch feel
ing between the races has been aroused
by the lynching yesterday Of the negro
wiz Chambers for assaulting a 4-year-old
white girl.
John Mosely, another negro, was killed
to-day while resisting arrest. Jim Dean, a
companion Of Mosely, was wounded
The whites have asked for guns and
ammunition from Murfreesboro, fearing
more trouble
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
LOOKED on ONLY AS a REVOLT.
Government Denies Mexican 0ficers
Arc VIII Indiana.

city Of Mexico. Aug. 12.-The Yaqui In
dian uprising is regarded In official cir
cles as a revolt which lacks Importance.
The war department denies that any
Mexican officers have joined the 4aquis.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
TO SEND EMERGENCY RArIoNs.
Jus CommiSsary Has Asked for
100000 of Them

aSllns'on, Aug. 12.-The adjutant gen.
!. Yesterday cabied Gen. Otis asking If
/ was desirable to have emergency ra-
'S lor the Philippines. Chief Commits
brainard at Manila replied asking
tfrs.
is probable that Gen. Otis thinks II
tsc @ 10 nave the ratlons on hand in case
q 1I,Hy should move beyond the point
''paish IN the Philippines begins.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13

Naples. Aug. i2-The United States
cruiser olympia sailed to-day for Leghorn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13

Pennington, MINI. Aug. 12.-Lillian
Lewis. The actress died mere tonight Of
consumption
The record-union., 1899-10-09
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. 414

Resolved, That it is the intention of the
Board of Trustees of the City of Sacra-
mento to order the following street work
to be done to wit:
The alley between I and streets in
said city. from the east line of Fifth
street to the west line of Sixth street, be
improved by grading and macadamizing
constructing redwood curbs, and a brick
catch basin and connecting the catch
basin to the sewer
And notice is hereby given that all per-
to file their objections in writing in the
office of the Clerk of the Board of Trus-
tees as required by law, stating how
much frontage on said streets is repre-
sented by the party so objecting, and on
what street the property so represented
is located.
And the Clerk is hereby directed to post
this resolution conSpicuously for two
days near the chamber door of this board
also to publish the same for two days
in the Record Union a daily news
paper as required by law.
The "Record-U Union a daily newspaper
is hereby designated as the paper in
which to publish the notices required by
of Streets of said city in relation to the
work described aforesaid.
f In Board of Trustees, Sacramento Oc-
tober 2, 1899, adopted by the following
Ayes-Trustees Tebbets. Kent, Paine
Douglas, Devne, Brown, Dolan, MCKAY
Absent-Trustee Bentley.
D. MCKAY.
President of the Board of Trustees
M. ]. Desmond, Clerk Of the Board of
Trustees.
The record-union., 1899-10-09
Cox's Quaint Visiting Gard.

Not long ago an Office boy in one of
the great newspaper offices came grin
ing into the room occupied by the Sun
day editor.
There's a man outside" he said,
who won't give his name"
why didn't you ask him for his
card?'' the Sunday editor asked.
I did," said the boy, land this is
what he handed me-
The boy laughed again and placed a
small slip Of pasteboard on the editor
desk. On it was the neat pen draw
ing of a brownie. Then did the editor
smile
You Ounce" he said to the boy, that
is the gentleman's card. It's Palmer
Cox, father of the brownies"
So it was. Mr. Cox has most happy
way Of putting his quaint little people
on his cards and on the cards Of his
friends. He always has a new position
for one Of the we'll known children of
his fancy. In scrap books over the
country there are hundreds of original
drawings of the quaint little people
with large stomachs, and no two of
the many sketches are alike-Philadel-
phia Post.
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the conclusion reached, and remarks as

the conclusion reached, and remarks as
follows:
1T is, of course, true enough, as ev-
cry physiologist knows, that pure dis
titled water brought in contact with
pure protoplasfn will cause the protop-
lasm to swell and perhaps burst, thus
destroying it. This is due to the sim
pie law of osmosis. The movement OF
fluids is toward the denser medium
1t is for this reason that surgeons pre-
fer to sponge raw surfaces with a nor
NAL salt solution (six drachms to the
gallon of water) instead of ordinary
distilled or boiled water But in the
use of distilled water for drinking pur-
poses we have no trouble of this sort
No protoplasmic cells and no raw sur
faces are exposed to distilled water in
the stomach, though there is always in
the stomach quantity of salts, often
free hydrochloric acid, and strong
proportion Of chlorides which quickly
mingle with the distilled water, thus
readily changing it's character SO as to
adapt it to the surfaces with which it
comes in contact. When the distilled
water is absorbed into the blood it
simply dilutes the saline constituents
of the blood, a dilution never extending
beyond a certain point, for the reason
that the kidneys stand as protecting
sentinel, ready to begin at once the
rapid elimination of water, as soon as
excessive fiuidity of the blood is threat
ened
1T is thus apparent that no real
danger can possibly come from the use
of distilled water; that on the other
hand many actual advantages are Of
fered. 1t is free from germs, free from
injurious salts. from lime and other
substances with which they are found
in combination. if not always of the
same uniform quality. The fact that
in the laboratory distilled water has
been made to destroy protoplasm has
no bearing at all on this question, for
the conditions under which distilled wa
ter is used for drinking and culinary
purposes are such as do not involve at
all the conditions which exist in the
case of the unprotected protoplasmic
body. 1t is a pity that such an un-
scientific and misleading statement
should be allowed to appear before the
public"
The record-union., 1899-10-09
A series of experiments has been car.

A series of experiments has been car
ried on at Madgeburg. in Germany,
with the view of determining what ef-
feet, if any, the diScharging into them
of highly heated water had upon the
sewers of the city and upon the public
health of the inhabitants Madgeburg
is a city of about 215,000 inhabitants,
with important manufacturing indus
tries from which large quantities of
hot water are daily emptied into the
sewers, and the results of the examin-
alton are of interest to other large cit
les having important manufactures
using water of high temperature In
regard to the effect upon the sewer it.
self, it was found that the hot water
caused an unequal expansion of the
iron pipes, which was followed by an
unequal contraction that developed
cracks, which gradually widened and
heightened, until the sewage found it's
way through them into the soil. In
this way the sewer itself was not only
destroyed, but the soil became contain
mated.
1t was also established that even a
moderate volume of warm water caused
the Encouragement Of foul gases from
the matter already in the sewer to such
an extent as to make the cleaning and
repairing of the pipes practically i'm
possible. The investigation determined
the fact that water discharged into the
sewers at as low a temperature as II
degrees, produced a vapor that caused
the clothing of the men employed in
cleaning the pipes to become uncom,
fortably wet in very short time. Upon
the questions of hygiene it was ascer>
tanned that the temperature of the sew
ers should be kept as low as possible
in order to prevent the formation of
noxiouS gases that would find their way
into dwellings and other buildings. Hot
water tends to hasten the decomposi-
ton of organic matter in the sewers, in
which process gases highly injurious to
public health are generated, and on this
account, If on no other, the tempera-
ture of the water discharged into the
drains should be limited to a safe max.
imum
Under these circumstances the COM
mission conducting the examination re-,
ported that the highest temperature
permissible for waste water discharged
into the Madgeburg sewers should be
lO4 degrees Fahrenheit and if possible
this should not be reached Seventy
five degrees is regarded as a safer max,
imum.
An official committee has been ap.
pointed in London to inquire into the
use Of preservatives and coloring mat
ters In food and to report: First,
whether the use Of such materials is
injurious to health, and if SO, in what
proportion; and, second, to what ex-
tent and In what amounts such MAJ
terials are now used.
Library Digest: The opinion of a re-
cent German authority answering this
question in the affirmative was recently
quoted in this department. Good
Health" takes exception editorially to
The record-union., 1899-10-09
FALL OF rw1NKLERs.
Astronomers Expect Brilliant Spec
tacIe in November

That brilliant spectacle, the shower of
stars, which occurs, according to as
tronomers, once in every thirty three
years, is expected to take place this
fall ON the morning of November 18th.
This event win be watched with un-
usual interest by those who have made
a study of the starry heavens
Mention is made in history of this
shower as far back as A. D. 902. Ac-
cording to historical records, these
showers have occurred at intervals of
about thirty-three years, namely: No
vember II, 1899. November 13. 1888.
and the 14th of November 1866. OF
these three showers. each lasting
about eight hours. the most brilliant
and magnificent was that of 1888. Or
dinarily one can observe during an
hours time. the fall of from four to
eight stars, but at certain periods of
the year, usually about August 10th
and November 18th, the fall is much
more frequent.
1t has been shown that the November
showers usually radiate from a point
in the constellation of Leo; those Of
August from Perseus. Who has not
witnessed at night, the sudden, bril-
liant flight across the sky of one or
more of what are commonly called
shooting stars?"
Sometimes they come in showers,
making the spectacle all the more
magnificent and grand. 1t is the the
ory of Sir John Herschel that show
ers of falling stars are the light caused
by the collision of the earth's atmos-
phere with the tenuous substance of a
comet. Just how small these shoot
ing stars are is impossible to state. but
in all probability they do not exceed
the size of grains of wheat. OF their
composition and nature astronomers
are still ignorant, for the so-called
stars are entirely consumed by the
time they reach within forty miles OF
the earth. The theory advanced is
that the light seen by observers is the
combustion of these stars by friction
with the earth's atmosphere; hence be-
fore entering this they are but small
dark bodies. Professor II. A. New
ton has applied to them the name Of
meteoroids. Several religious denom-
nations are firm in the belief that the
shower of 1888 fulfilled a well-known
Biblical prophecy, but fail to explain
the showers of later date.
1t is not exactly known which conti-
nent will be favorably situated to wit
ness the coming shower of 1899. That
OF 1883 was more brilliant in America,
While Europe came in for her share in
1866. Thus it would seem that Amer
lea might be the favored continent in
1893. Scientists calculate that the
shower Of the present year should be-
gin about midnight, lasting through
about five or six hours time
The record-union., 1899-10-09
CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.
CITY TAXES, 1899.

The city taxes on all personal property
and one-half of the taxes on all real prop
erty will be due and payable at the office
of the City Collector on the first Mon
day in October, 1899, and will be delin-
quent on the last Monday in November
next thereafter, at o'clock p. m, and
unless paid prior thereto IS per cent. will
be added to the amount thereof, and if
said one-half be not paid before the last
Monday in April next thereafter, al s
o'clock p. M, an additional per cent.
will be added thereto. The remaining
one-half of the taxes on all real prop
erty will be payable on or after the first
Monday in January, 1900, and will be de-
linquent on the last Monday in April next
paid prior thereto, per cent. will be
added to the amount thereof.
All taxes may be paid at the time the
first installrnent is due and payable.
C. C. ROBERTSON, City Collector.
Room 8, southwest corner of Fourth
and T streets
The record-union., 1899-10-09
NOTICE OF STREET WORK.
Office of Superintendent of Streets.
T1pnfn OofOhar. 4 100

Office OF superintendent of Streets.
Sacramento, October A. 1899.
Public notice is hereby given that the
mento, passed on the I'd day of October,
1899 Resolution of Intention, No. Ala,
providing:
The alley between / and streets in
said city, from the east line of Fifth
street to the west line of Sixth street, be
improved by grading and macadamizing,
constructing redwood curbs, and a brick
catch basin and connecting the catch
basin to the sewer
And all parties interested are referred to
said resolution, copy of which is on file
IN the superintendent of Streets office,
for further particulars.
JAMES TOUHEY.
SuDerintendent of Streets
The record-union., 1899-10-09
SEALED PROPOSALS.

Bids will be received at the office of the
undersigned until o'clock p. m. on MON
DAY, October g. 1899, for following arti-
cles necessary for municipal election No
vember I, 1899, to wit:
$4,000 regular ballots, city to furnish bal
lot paper.
10000 sample ballots, party obtaining
contract to supply paper.
Election supplies necessary for q elec-
ton precincts.
Samples on file in office of City Clerk.
The Board of Trustees reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
M J. DESMOND. City Clerk.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

= The Board of Trustees of the City Of
sacramento do ordain as follows:
Section l. No person shall excavate.
dig up, or remove, or permit or allow the
same, either for his or her use, or for any
oIner purpose, any Garth or ground from
any lot or part of lot, or alley, street or
public square north of the present line
OF the Central Pacific Railroad and east
or twelfth street, in the City of Sacra-
Section 2. Any person violating Section
! or this ordinance shall, for each offense.
De punished by fine not less than $40 nor
more than $50, or by Imprisonment not less
than two nor more than ten days, or by
poth such fine and imprisonment
section 3: This ordinance shall take eff
feet IulX 1872 - -
The record-union., 1899-10-09
SEALED PROPOSALS.

Bids will be received at the office of
MONDAY. October %, 1899, for furnishing
CITY Water Works with coal for a period
of one year from date of contract. Speci-
fications on file in office of City Clerk. A
Certified check. in sum of $1,000, made
PAYABLE to City Clerk, must accompany
each bid. The Board of Trustees reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
NJ ]. DESMOND, City Clerk.
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ORDINANCE. NO. IS.
Fixing the Rates of Water for Irrigation
at the City Cemetery, Passed July 21,
1873 -

The Board of Trustees of the CITY of
sacramento do ordain as follows:
Section l. The following rates of
charges for the use of water for irrfgat-
ing purposes at the City Cemetery shall
be charged and paid by all persons using
water for said purposes: For each lot
twenty by twenty feet, per quarter ST. 20:
for each lot twelve by twenty feet per
quarter, 80 cents; for each lot ten by
twenty feet, per quarter, 70 cents; for each
lot ten by ten feet, per quarter, so cents:
and for each fraction of quarter at the
same rate.
SECTION g. Repealed September 5, 1876.
by Ordinance No. 9S
Section 8. Any persons who shall use
water at the City Cemetery for irrigating
purposes, without first obtaining a per-
NIT, shall be fined not less than So nor
more than $25. including costs, and to
which may be added Imprisonment until
the fine is paid.
The record-union., 1899-10-09
SEALED PROPOSALS.

Bids will be received at the office OF
the undersigned until o'clock p. m. on
MONDAY, October 16, 1s9s for one team
of horses for Police Patrol wagon, sub.
iect to approval of Police Committee OF
made payable to City Clerk, for an
amount not less than 10 per cent. of bid
must accompany each bid. The Board of
Trustees reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

Perhaps the only woman who has
actually commanded a regiment of SOL
dlers is the Princess Victoria Melita of
Hesse, who is the Colonel of the Third
Hessian Life Guard Infantry, by the
favor of her husband, the Grand Duke
Ernest of Hesse. The appointment Of
the Princess is by no means purely non
orary She knows all about tactics,
and often leads her regiment in person
in it's evolution.
The record-union., 1899-10-09
NOTICE TO VOTERS.

Registration is now being taken
in Office of County Clerk. The sup
pIement to the City Register will
close on October 23.
1899. NJ. j. DESMOND,
City Clerk.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

If you suffer from looseness of bowels
or fever and ague, Angostura Bitters
will cure you. DR.. ]. G. B. Siegert &c
Sons, sole manufacturers. Ask your
druggist.
The record-union., 1899-10-09
ORDINANCE. NO. aa.

TO Prevent the Removal of Earth North
or the Central Pacific Railroad and
East or twelfth street, in the City of
Sacramento, and for the Protection of
the North Levee, Passed May 5, 1873.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento do ordain as follows:
Section /. 1t is hereby made the duty of
the. City Surveyor to perform the duties
tofore required by Chapter seven of Or
dinance No. II, to be done by the Chief of
Police, and he shall be subject to all the
provided: he shall receive the sum of $25
per month for his services as required
by this ordinance. All ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with the fore
going are hereby repealed. See Ordi-
nances 12S and 151.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

If anything is done in the name Of
love, its Stiffness becomes romance to
the women.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

1t an orator is a word painter a lee
turer in deaf and dumb institute must
be a sign painter.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

DRYING PREPARATIONS simply de-
velop dry catarrh; they dry up the secre-
decompose, causing a far more seria,Is
trouble than the ordinary form of catarrh
Avoid all drying inhalants and use that
Cream Balm is such a remedy and Will
cure catarrh or cold in the head easily
and pleasantly. A trial size will be mailed
yists keep it. Ely Brothers. Sc Warren
street. New York.
The record-union., 1899-10-09
NOTICE.

The City Art Gallery is open TO
visitors daily from 10 o'clock n.
mn. until a o'clock p. IN.
The record-union., 1899-10-09
ORDNANCE, NO. Al.

Transferring the Duties in Regard to the
Repair of Sidewalks From the Chief
of Police to the City Surveyor, Passed
Nav A. 1874
The record-union., 1899-10-09

The hide of a COW yields about twen-
ty-five pounds of leather.
The record-union., 1899-10-09
SURPRISED
WOMEN

What surprised some of the women who
attended our fall and winter opening last
week was the fact that while we had
quite an array of really fine trimmed
hats, we had also stock of popular
price hats. Anyone who thinks that we
keep only high priced hats makes a great
mistake.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

land for process of devulcanizing
rubber by treatment with sulphites
This is claimed to be an economical
method of saving refuse.
The record-union., 1899-10-09

The decomposition of cement exposed
to prolonged action of drinking water
has been found to be due largely tc
bacteria.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05

The famous Rocojidns Jail az Havana
has always been OF profound interest
as the place where DonaEyuuEclina Re-
iancouu Clancroa. the beautiful young
cuban girl was Imprisoned aud from
whore. through the assistance of SYM
pathetic friends. she subsequently made
her escape. But the actual motives
which led to the arrest ana imprison-
mont ~ this cstimublc young lady have
long been shrouded In mystery. Dur
Ing the writer's recent travels Ia the
West indies. however, Il was his for
tune Co be- temporarily the guest Of Or.
Fernando plnzuula, the present mayor
N Nuvva guroua, the principal city uf
the isla de- plnus. from which gentle
man who was formerly 90 the head u
% large fraternity " insurHunt Hympn-
thizprs on the island, the following
facts nrr gathered and flr the first time
revealed. The various details assoc
Clatcd with this romantic Incident are
nt once pathetic and benutiful-pathc-
tie because OF the hhrdshipH and privu-
lions endured by the heroine Tor the
sake OF her country and her honor,
beautiful because u the unfaltorlng
courage she maintained throughout the
narrowing ordeal and the happiness
which characterized its ending.
Evnngrllna CiHnurOa. by which maid