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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-03
RECENT. INTERESTING DEC
ions.

Among the more recent interesting
decisions by leading courts of the
country is one in Iowa. where the
court holds that the loss Of reward
offered for the capture Of a criminal
is recoverable as part damages In an
action for failure to deliver a telegram
giving advice as to the whereabouts
of the fugitive, although it did not
show ON its face the purpose for which
1t was sent. But this applies only where
the telegraph company knows that
message relating to the capture was
expected This is holding TELEGRAM hic
carriers.to very strict accountability,
but on close examination it will be
seen that such holding is fully justi-
fed, and Is necessary to preserve the
rights of senders of messages.
A peculiar case was that in Georgia
recently decided by the Supreme Court.
A passenger on a. railway train was
carried beyond his destination. The
conductor took the party to hotel to
await the passage of a train to take
the passenger to his destination While
at the hotel, through the negligence OF
the landlord, the passenger suffered in
Jury. He thereupon sued the railway
company for damages. It is held that
the company is not liable in such cases,
unless the conductor has express au-
thority. to constitute himself the car
rier,s agent In caring for passengers
in such cases.
In New York it has been recently
held that the State statute forbiddins
IN but duly appointed agents of trans
nortation companies to engage in the
business Of ticket broker is in viola
t,on Of the constitutional guaranty OF
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-03

1t is very pleasant to learn by recent
advices that since his landing at Hong
kong Admiral Dewey has rapidly re-
cruited in health, and is already SO
much improved and restored in
strength that his friends are extending
him warm congratulations.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-03
A Hard One.

A literary society at Florence is dis
cussing the important and pertinent
question: Resolved That a hammock
is more dangerous than a sofa. kan
sas City Star.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-03
Weather Forecast

For. Northern California: Fair Saturday,
with fog on the coast; warmer in the San
Joaquin Valley; fresh northerly winds in
the interior; brisk westerly winds on the
coast.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-03

For medicinal purposes drink Glen
brook sour mash whisky Theo
Blauth, 4O7 K Street. Tel 297.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-03

Drink Wilson, Hall & Co.'s Grown
Orange Cider, Sarsaparilla and Lemon
Soda.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-03
CORCORAN'S CASE.

Mr.. Corcoran's letter of invitation for
Southern negroes to come to California
to work upon his steamboat lines and
landings, ON the ground that there is
shortage of desirable labor in this
State has raised terrific howl and
brought out a stronger protest than the
subject justifies. Mr.. Corcoran prob
ably intended, however. just the effect
that has been produced. He wished to
stir the people upon the subject Of the
reliable labor supply and to quicken
them into inquiry why it is that river
men cannot secure reliable workers at
good wages and accommodations.
Resolutions are pouring in from va
rious organizations denouncing the Cor
coran charge as untrue and a SANDER
upon the State, and avering that there
Is labor in plenty for all lines and in
surplus in California But resolutions
do not carry conviction as against the
distinct, unmistakable charge of the
steamboat man that he needs 800 boat
hands and cannot secure them, though
eioffers from $35 to $40 month with
board and lodging.
Resolutions will not fill his demand
Jas long as that remains open it must
be accepted that he is correct, at least
SO far as the especial employment for
which he desires the men is concerned.
The Record Union has already said
that 1t is not in possession of the facts
with sufficient fullness to justify judg-
ment. as to the soundness of Corcoran's
claim, when he carries his charge of
shortage to the fields of agriculture and
horticulture, wherein he declares there
is need for 5000 workers who will not
be Forthcoming. But so far as his boat
hand demand is concerned, when Cor
coran says he wants 500 men and offers
good wages and cannot secure workers
who are reliable, it is not the office of
any, one to contradict him.
Corcoran knows whereof he speaks. If
the passage of resolutions and the de-
nouncement of Mr.. Corcoran as a SLAM
derer would fill the demand he makes,
there would be some reason in the
Cla11l Indl ne mas SlduutTGQ LIE otdlC.
But we admit, in common justice, that
as long as Mr.. Corcoran wants steam
boat workers and cannot get them; as
long as he offers fair wages and accom-
odations and they are not taken, it is
proved that in that line Of labor there
is a woefu shortage. No manner Of
announcement will change that conclu-
sion, or one whit alter the status which
Corcoran insists exists.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-03

A man is up to-day and down to-mor-
rowland a good many succeeding days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-15

the popularity Of the Postoffice Savings
Bank, and will lead to corresponding
benefits to those who invest in this
bank, and especially to the working
classes"
The British postal savings bank now
cares for over $500. 900. 900 belonging to
1000, 900 depositors. The holder of an
account in that bank possesses a letter
Of credit that will put him in funds in
any town or village of Great Britain In
which there is a postoffice. Anybody
in the United Kingdom can have the
pOstoffice insure his life. If he has
single penny in his pocket he can buy
stamp and paste it on a slip of paper.
and when he has a dozen stamps on the
slip he can deposit them an the bank
and feel that his capital is drawing in
terest.
Think of the aid to national stability
when 7.00O.0 600 people out of a total pop
ulation, men. women and children, Of
less than 100000. have a direct fnan-
cial interest in the solvency Of the gov
eminent! Think Of the tremendous
accession to the general happiness when
those seven millions feel that their saw
tngs are absolutely secured
However strong and well managed
our private savings banks may be, their
depositors can never feel entirely free
from the haunting fear of loss. When
one bank fails a SILVER runs through
the patrons of every other bank in the
country, and a blow is struck at thrift
from which it does not soon recover.
Almost every civilized nation on earth
gives ats citizens the blessing of abso-
lutte security for their earnings. About
the only important government that
neglects this primary duty is our own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-15
Is IT A TRUST?
Attorney Charges That Western
Union Violates Law.
Weak Companies Have Been
Forced Out of Business
THE TELEGRAPH LAW.
1t Must Be Complied With Be-
fore August 1.
In Event Of Failure Action Can
Not Be Maintained.

z. D. McKeever has just filed his
personal answer in the telegraph in
junction suits, in which he was named
as one Of the defendants, to enjoin him
from bringing any more damage suits
against the Western Union Telegraph
company. The temporary injunction
against him was dissolved by stipula-
ton last week, but the application for
a permanent injunction remains in
force, and the answer IS filed in reply
to this petition
The answer is, in the main, similar to
those filed for the other defendants in
the suit, except that Mr.. McKeever
goes further than the others and al
leges that the Western Union Tele-
graph company is a trust, and that 1t
restraints trade, commerce and compe-
t1tlOn. He gives a list OF IS minor tel
egraph companies which have been or
ganized and have built lines in various
parts of the country during the past 25
years, but which have been compelled
to sell out or lease their lines to the
Western Union.
1t is alleged that the only telegraph
company now doing business in the
United States in addition to the West
ern Union is the Postal Telegraph COM
pany, with which the plaintiff now
cOnspires, cOnfederates and combines to
defy the laws Of Kansas by maintain
ing a UNIFORM, eXOED1IaIlIr UNJUST anu
unlawful rate to the public for tele-
graphic service
1t is further alleged that the tele-
graph company has not complied with
the Bush corporation law. A peculiar
feature of this law which is not gen.
orally known is that a foreign corpora
ton is compelled to comply with its
provisions by the LIST of August of each
year or it cannot maintain an action in
the courts of the state. 1t is stated that
If the Western Union does not comply
with the law within the next two weeks
a motion can be made to dismiss these
injunction suits which are now pending
in the district court.
1t is said that the Western Union, by
it's policy of forcing other companies
which have tried to do business in the
past 25 years, to either sell or lease
their lines to it, has been enabled also
to dictate any terms it wants to- the
railroads, and in this way 1t has a com
plete monopoly on the telegraph bust
ness, not only in the United States, but
in Canada and Mexico as well. If it
had not been for this policy Of getting
a corner on the telegraph business there
might be as much competition in the
telegraph business now as there is in
the railroad business, and it might not
be necessary to 1egislate for lower
rates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-15
A SQUEEZE IN LONDON.
United States Has Whip Hand Of the
Worlds Money Market.

London, July 15.-The Statist in its
editorial on the monthly outlook today
says;
1.-The Bank of England has raised
the bank rate from to 31a per cent and
to Az per cent for short advances.
There was some question whether
the general rate would be put to per
cent. but it was finally decided that an
advance Of one-half per cent would be
sufficient for the moment.
Lhls step was PraGtlcal !. forced
auctions in the reserves Of the New
York banks from &9,000,000 to &1,00O,-
600 sterling. This reduction not only
makes further gold shipments from the
United States out of the question, but
brought London face to face with the
possibility of New York taking money
from Europe SO soon as wheat begins to
move freely.
The continued outflow of cash into
the country, the French competition for
gold in the London market, the inabil
fty of the Bank of England to obtain
gold abroad to greater extent than is
necessary to meet interior requirements
and the ability of Japan to take gold
away if she requires it-these are all
additional factors for protecting the
bank reserve. Since June q, the re-
serve has declined by about G9O0, OO0
''Wil the present rate have to be fur
Their advanced is the question Last
year at this date the reserve stood at
more than &25,000, 00O Then we were
calling in money from Germany and
the United States was taking payment
for wheat and cotton largely in securi-
ties.
This year we have no balances in
Germany and may be prepared either to
offer a discount rate sufficiently high
to induce American banks to keep gold
on this side, or to send gold in pay
ment for produce. We may conse-
quently witness a 5 per cent rate here
and a higher rate In Germany than
last year.
The Westminster Gazette says:
"A call of 1850 900 will fall due next
Monday for payment on the Japanese
loan and on various other issues of cap
ital"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-15
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

Mr. Dunnett who lives in Dickinson
county ought to have used better gram
mar in selecting his name.
'Cut your weeds" is the sentiment Of
many pieces" in the Kansas newspa-
pers this week.
a couple of mutes were married at
Ottawa the other day and of course the
papers spoke Of it as a quiet we'd
ding.
lola takes more interest in baseball
than any other town in Kansas. The
stores all close when there is a big
game.
Junction City has a polo field and is
getting ready to play the game. Salina
still sticks to tennis, and Abilene to
croquet-
There were 1908 people on the Meth
odist excursion from Ottawa to Leav-
enworth, and the Herald claims there
wasn't a corkscrew in the crowd. What
did the Herald want to borrow a cork
screw for?
J. Lenhart Of Tyro, Montgomery cOun-
ty, owns a cat which is entitled to trot
in the oldest inhabitant' class. He has
rounded out a quarter Of century, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-15
gives the fnegt rnlllz I aver tagted." SAD

gives the finest milk ever tasted said
Grubbs.
Better than any other good milk?'
asked the man.
LAS much better than ordinary milk
as butter is better than butterine," re-
marked the owner of the COW.
81 should like to taste that milk"
"Well, I'll just bring you down
bucket full in the morning
it"
The next morning true to his word
the jailer trudged into the jail ready
for his days work with a tin bucket of
milk. He set the pail down on the
desk and just then was called to an
other part of the building.
While he was gone an officer who
had been patrohng the city all night
and who was tired and thirsty, lifted
the cover of the pail and spied the
cool, refreshing milk. He asked no
questions. He was tempted. His empty
stomach and fereved brow were power
full goods. He raised the pail to his
lips and buried his moustache in the
white foam on the surface. Good, rich
milk that has been MIXED by hand and
not by piston always has a foam.
When he had drunk his fill and the
pail was half emptied he suddenly re
membered that it was not his milk. He
looked at the pail. A large CO. was
scratched on one side. Must be
Grubb's,' he muttered. ''Tn ill It up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-15

with water" Before he could go to the
water faucet he heard some one COM
ing.
What could he do He saw a large
wide mouthed bottle of whisky which
had been confiscated in a joint raid,
standing on the desk. 1t took but a sec
ond to pour enough of the liquor into
full Of the original, unadulterated milk.
He put the cover on, cOrked the bottle
and wiped the foam from his muStache
before JaiIer Grubbs appeared. In a few
minutes the man for whom the milk
was brought arrived.
There it is said the jailer, motion
ing toward the bucket.
"AI right. I'll bring the pail back
after breakfast"
carrying the empty bucket. His face
was flushed and his breath was heavy.
Say he said. Il want to get a
bucket of milk from you every morn
ing What a COW that must be-
IAN right, III bring you a bucket
every morning" replied the jailer.
The man away singing: IF I had a
COW that gave such milk I'd dress her
sn the finest silk
The next day Grubbs brought anoth-
er pail of milk. The man complained
that it was not up to the standard of
the sample. Grubbs tried it again the
next morning with no better success.
The man who perpetrated the trick was
on hand each morning when the man
came for his ''toddy milk and the
story was too good for him to keep SO
it is out.
Ed Babcock, assistant chief Of the
fire department, was reminiscent a few
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-15
MINERS CONVICTED
On Charge of Conspiracy Against
Imported Negroes.

Fort Smith. Ark, July 15.-Ten of the
striking miners have been convicted in
the federal court of entering into a
conspiracy on the evening of July for
the purpose of intimidating and ter
rOriZing the imported negro miners in
the employ of the Kansas & Texas Coal
company in violation of the injunction
issued by Federal Judge Rogers. re-
straining the strikers from interfering
with the company's employees.
It developed in the testimony that the
strikers armed themselves and searched
the homes Of the negroes and took
therefrOm the Winchester rifles which
had been supplied to them by the coal
company for the purpose of protecting
themselves. The negroes were forced
a the point of guns to attend a. public
meeting which was held in the city
where speeches were made. Over 100
of the negroes promised that they
would quit the employ of the company
and leave the city, but they have since
changed their minds and are at work
in the mines again.
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still has a margin left of the first Of his
nine lives. Another result Of Kansas
ozone.
The county commissioners Of Reno
county are having a gay time. The
county intends to build a new $4,000
court house and they are enjoying a
Junketing trip over the state inspect
ing court houses in other counties.
A Seventh Day Adventist who was
blowing down in Franklin county last
Sunday, got over on a neighbours farm.
The neighbOr, being extremely orthodox,
demonstrated against any Sunday la
actions followed, and they in turn were
followed by fines for disturbing the
peace.
The joke is on Governor Riddle. Frank
Elliott of the Troy Times, executive
clerk under Governor Leedy, has been
sending some of his verses to the Con-
cordia Kansan, and Riddle, supposing
Elliott to be a COncordia man, copied
some of the poetry, and said it was
state. II Governor Riddle had known
the identity of the author he would not
have touched the poetry with a ten
foot pole.
Salina is booming its street fair with
homemade poetry" Every travelling
man going out Of the town carries cards
with some of the poetry printed on
them. Here is a sample:
The merchants and the farmers, the
dudelets and their charmers,
"And the reuben with the hayseed in
his hair;
1.-The butcher and the baker, the bal
lOonist and the fakir,
"Win all be in their glory at the Free
Street Fair"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-15
Presented
to the
Topeka Fire Department
by
NJ. H. Case.
Mayor, 1878.
STAMP YOUR OWN CHECK.
Banks Will No Longer Be Permitted
to Do It.

Commissioner Wilson of the internal
revenue has issued a circular absolutely
prohibiting banks from affixing stamps
to checks unstamped when presented and
requiring them to return the same to
the drawers. In his circular to collect
ors, the commissioner says:
You are directed to notify the banks
that are guilty of stamping of unstamp-
ed checks that if the practice is not i'm
mediately discontinued they will be re-
ported to the United States district at
torney for prosecution
The previous instruction to the effect
that there was no objection to the af-
fixing by the bank of the requisite
stamps to an unstamped check present
ed for payments is revoked.
AS the law is now generally under
stood it is held that there is no further
need of such permission.
This action was taken upon informa-
ton that certain banks had adopted the
practice of not requiring stamps, as an
advertisement tG secure patronage as
against rival banks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-15
TEXAS STREET FIGHT.
List of Casualties Include One Killed
and Four Wounded.

st. Louis, July ia special to the
Republic from Texarkana, Texas, says:
At New Boston, Texas, the county
seat Of this, Bowie, county, there oc-
CURED one Of the widest and most
desperate street battles that has yet
been recorded in the fighting history of
that town. The trouble emanated from
a fuss over a barbed wire fence which
separated the farms of Ira Smith and
W. D. Hayes. The two men met at
prayer meeting last Sunday when their
case was talked over between them
selves, resulting in a. fight, in which
Hayes was bested The difficulty was
brought before the peace officers and
the men were arrested. At their trial
while a recess was on, the difficulty
was reOpened. Smith went into sa-
loon. w. D. Hayes and his brothers,
Hail and S. J. Hayes, followed him.
Shooting began at once. Smith, who is
said to have been unarmed, was killed
outright His friends came upon the
scene and took a. part in the conflict.
They were Jack Erik and Bill Erik. A
general battle then ensued. When their
reVoIvers were emptied the participants
used the butt end Of their weapons with
deadly effect. w. D. Hayes was NOR
tally wounded; S. J. Hayes received a
crushed skull and will die Hail Hayes
was shot in the arm. J. B. Manning,
ex-county attorney and not partici-
pant was shot twice, one bail passing
through his body. Two other bystand-
ers were also wounded, one, a merchant
named w. H. Hart having his arm shot
off.
Hall Hayes, the least wounded of any
of the participants was arrested and
placed in jail and other arrests will
follow. None of the Erik brothers was
hurt. Ira Smith and the Hayes boys
were cousins.
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NATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT
OLE THRIFT
rErnm the New YORK Journal.1

UFrom the New York JournaL1
Conservative people in this country
object to the introduction Of postal
savings banks as a radical and danger
Gus innovation. This is another proof
that our republic is in some respects
the least progressive in the world. In
Europe postal savings banks are so
soIidly fntrenched in the esteem Of all
classes that nobody would think of sub
5ecting himself to ridicule by opposing
them.
In England that reckless revolution
ist, the Prince of Wales, has just been
laying the corner stone Of the new
building that is to serve as the head
quarters of the British Postal Savings
Bank-the greatest savings institution
IN the world In his address the prince
told of the warm approval with which
that other riOtous agitator Queen Vic
toria, regarded this development Of
public enterprise. Her majesty" he
interest she has always taken in the
Postoff1ce Savings Bank and the graft
fication with which she has watched
the business it transacts attain to its
present proportions
she rejoices at the stimulus to
thrift, commerce and industry conferred
by a system which has throughout
worked so admira bly,. and has reflected
the highest credit on those connected
with ats administration. and which,
while 1t brings facilities to every mans
door, is based on the firmest security.
She trusts that the Inauguration of
Ghese buildings viii yet further increase
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-15
HERE Is AN IDEA.
Farmer McElroy Suggests an Excur-
sion to Visit Agricultural College
Whitfield, KAN, July IA, 1899.

Whitfield, Kan, July IA, 1893.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
There are doubtless a good many
farmers in Shawnee county COT whom
the writer is one) who are anxious to
give their children a little better edu-
cation than they can get in the common
district school, and who are expecting
to send them to some higher institution
of learning; and as it is necessary for
the majority Of farmers to economic
in the matter they will, of course, look
to the agricultural college at Manhat-
tan
AS very few farmers have ever visited
this college wish to propose an ex-
cursion of farmers to Manhattan some
time in the near future.
I would suggest that at the annual
school meetings, soon to be held in the
various districts throughout the coun-
to act as a delegate. These delegates
should meet at some central place (the
old court house would do) and set the
time and make all other arrangements
necessary.
1 suppose the railroads will be just
as good to the farmers as to the poll
ticians when they want low rates to
some political convention.
Anyhow if the railroad officials tell US
to count the ties we have not lost
any sleep over the matter.
/ would suggest that each delegate
canvass his district before meeting in
Topeka so that we may know how
many tickets can be sold.
1 would further suggest that these
delegates meet on the first Saturday in
August. Now for once let US see if
farmers can stick together long enough
to get up a little excursion.
By all means let US go and take our
wives and sWeetheartS and dinner
baskets and eat picnic dinner on
the college grounds and under trees
that belong to the state of Kansas
w. O. McELROY