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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27

tho man arrived IN charge Of warders
and was told TO get inside tho safe as
quickly az possible. He looked az Sc f9r
moment, brought one Of hls instruments
"a bear upon II. and in very short space
Of fine and without eny blsIng or dame
ling of the safe whatever. De had ths
door open. Then no was marched back to
prison.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27

hospitality was no longer afforded them.
A complete counterfeitng plant was dis
covered in the engine-room OF the prison
and when the officers who discovered IL
rushed in, the convcts leaped through
window and threw their dies and crucibles
INFO . canal. How they had got them
into the prison was a mystery \ large
number Of well-executed scent pieces,
which would easily have passed were
found. Only nickel coins were made pre-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27

sumably because silver could not be OBJ
tanned. and the metal had been taken
from the engines which run through tho
prison grounds for the purpose OF hauling
rock from the quarrics
Conyicts, however, may sometimes help
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27
convicts' Strange EmpIoyments.
Tlt-Bits)

A negro named Cannon, who is in jail
at Russellvllle, I'm the United States, was
always very musical, and quite an ac-
complished player on the guitar, which
he sorely missed when he became con-
fined within the prison walls. He did
not despair however. but found very
ingenious way of satisfying his craving
FOR music. He took the tin pan In which
his daily meal was brought, and converted
it into the head OF a banjo. Then, by
some means or other, he got hold OF a
rough piece OF poplar and smoothed it
with an old broken-bladed knife, and this
became the neck and screws of the in
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27

or course. these are not TO be had
cheaply but, if one IS apt at work Of
this kind. the lace can De easily jeited
at home. These can be worn with
black gown, though 1 have seen good
effects obtained by one of these coats in
combination, respectively with an
orange. old rose. and white satin gown.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27

this week are specially attractive, and
Will. We believe. be useful to our read
Srs.
The first. OF white satin under Vene-
tian guipure. has the decollctage cover
ed with white tulle. Two straps Of the
gulpure reach to the cOllarband which
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27

The orange was. perhaps. the most chic.
but the white undeniably the most dis
tinguished.
ana oInost inyarishi, 9nitFod oes h ,U"e'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27
RoundedIt safely.

Mrs. Civilians: / heard you teA .-'
Stint 10 come around az lunch time down
town tomorrow and you would nav.
hot-scOtch. What is n hot-scotch. o'ai'
Mr. Civilians: Cooked 0atm. a., Ai
dear"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27
OUR W0MAN'S PAGE.
SOME NEW WAISTS FOR rAsnIoNA-
BLE EVENING WEAR.
LACE BERTHES, 4 REVIVED FASHION.
Roses and birds Vow DO Duty for
sleeves on Bali COwns-Thc jet
Ccst-A Valuable susgestion-Other
Notes on Fashion,

Correspondence OF the Dispatch)
NEW YORK. January 2i.-New effects
on evening waists multiply as the sea-
sen advances. The models we Illustrate
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27

fs entirely hidden by one or the becom-
Ing pearl necklaces, so much in favor
This yelling Of the shoulders with tulle
Is a fashion which gives a fictitious
The record-union., 1899-12-13

While the peculiar pacing gait of a
moose will not carry him over the
ground as rapidly as the deer or Carl
boo, his endurance far surpasseS that
of either of these animals. For a short
squirt or in very deep snow the cariboo
can easily discount the moose, but for
an all days jaunt. where the course is
fairly open, the moose has no riva:.
Many years ago when Sir Edmund
Head was Governor of the province he
owned a tanned moose that performed
remarkable feats of speed and en-
durance. On one occasion the Governor
waged f500 that his moose could travel
from Fredericton to St John over the
ice, a distance Of eightyfour miles, in
faster time than any team of horses in
the stud of Lord Hill of the F'ifty-sec-
ond Regiment. A sledae was attached
to the moose and another to the horses.
The river ice. was covered with about
eight inches of snow. The start was
made opposite Government House at 8
O'Clock in the morning. In seven hours
the moose and his driver were in Mar
ket Square, ST. John. Lord Hill S team
was distanced, one of the horses ex-
piring at Gagetown, and the ether
reaching St john three hours behind
the moose.-Lewiston journal.
The record-union., 1899-12-13
Bark Packed Fruit.

The recent rains have been very well
come in the fruit areas The first news
of the seasons shipments to England is
at hand, fifteen cases of oranges having
been shipped by local man, who real
lied 1892 case net for the oranges.
But the most interesting point in con-
nection with the shipment is that al
though all arrived in excellent condition
there was a marked difference in favor
of the fruit packed in ii tree bark, the
paperlike outer bark Of the Melaleuca
leucadendron, shredded into a sort of
coarse chaff. The consignee, who was
prejudiced against the use of bark at
first. says he noticed a great difference
and a much fresher appearance in the
bark packed fruit, and after careful
consideration Of the matter strongly
recommends it's use, as it appears to
have some peculiar power Of preserving
oranges during carriage. Some people
think this is due to the elasticity of
the packing and the fact that it per-
mits ventilation. Unless the bark is
cut too fine there is no sweating posi-
BILE with fair access of cool air. The
bark is cheap. It can be delivered at
the orchard within reasonable distances
of the railway at $50 a ton. A ton
furnishes packing for between l,5UO
and 1900 cases. The bark requires to
be dry, and then run through a chan
cutter, as if for horse feed. After this
little rubbing makes it perfect.-Syd-
ney On. S. W.) cor Chicago Record.
The record-union., 1899-12-13

even surface to run where it most nat
urally would. Some of it adhered to
the mountains and some of it even ran
down the crevices into the mines, but
the greater quantities nestled. in the
valleys or spread out over the plains.
seeking the natural continues of the
rivers and lakes and oceans.
THE map, as it presents itself to the
eye, is vivid, telltale thing with the
story of contract of physical and hui
man nature written all over it. Poll
ticians and sociologists and ali those
who seek to comprehend the United
States and it's attributes. might divide
the surface into groups, as the Inter-
state Commerce Commission divides the
railroads. The history of each group is
written in the environment, like the
successive levels of the Great Salt Lake,
delineated in ineffaeeable tracings upon
the inclosing mountain wallis Neither
one group nor all may be understood
without reckoning the influences that
have gone to make them, and that con-
tinue to preserve them as they are."-
Ainslee's Magazine.
The record-union., 1899-12-13

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:
That the alley between M and n streets,
in said city, from the east line of Seventh
street to the west line of Eighth street,
be improved by grading and macadamiz-
ing constructing redwood curbS and a
brick catch-basin, and connecting the
catch basin to the sewer.
And notice is hereby given that all per-
sons Directing to said work are required
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-
scented 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-U nion,' a daily newspaper,
as required by law.
The ''Record-Union," daily newspaper,
is hereby designated as the paper in
which to publish the notices required by
law to be published by the Superintendent
of Streets of said city, in relation to
the work described aforesaid.
In Board of Trustees: Sacramento, De-
cember II, 1889. Adopted by the following
vote:
Ayes-Trustees Tebbets, Kent, Paine.
Douglas, Devine, Bentley, Mckay.
D. MCKAY,
President Board of Trustees
M. j. Desmond, Clerk of Board of
Trustees
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Resolved, That the Board of Trustees
of the City of Sacramento, having. in open
session, on the 18th day of December, 1899,
opened, examined and publicly declared
all sealed proposals or bids offered for the
following work, to wit:
That the alley between H and I streets,
in said city, from the east line of Fiji
teenth street to the west line of Sixteenth
street, be improved by grading and ma
cadamizing, constructing redwood curbs
and a brick catch-basih, and connecting
the catch-basin to the sewer.
Hereby rejects all of said bids except
hereby awards the contract for said
bidder, to wit: To Henry Dehn, at the
prices specified in his proposal on file
for said work.
The Clerk of this board is hereby di-
rected to advertise this resolution and
notice of the adoption hereof in the Rec
ord Union daily newspaper published
and circulated in this city for period
of two days, as required by law, and to
post the same conspicuously for q period
of five days on the bulletin board, near
the chamber door of the Office of this
board, as required by law.
In Board of Trustees: Sacramento, De-
cember II, 1889. Adopted by the following
vote:
Douglas, Devine Bentley, Mckay.
Absent-Trustees Brown, Dolan.
D. MCKAY,
President Board of Trustees.
M. j. Desmond, Clerk of Board Of
Approved December Il. 1899
WIN. LAND, Mayor.
The record-union., 1899-12-13
Glencoe,s Bloody Name.

Glencoe is a bloody name in history,
and the good Queen is wringing her
hands to-day in a telegram over the
dearly bought" British victory Of Sat-
urday. Glencoe, in South Africa, takes
its name from Glencoe. in Scotland,
where in 1892, by orders of the Earls
of Breadalbane and Argyle and the
master of Stair, and with the alleged
connivance of King William, Mac
Donald of Glencoe and forty others
We're killed; many women and children
persisted of cold and hunger in the
mountains. to which they had escaped
half naked, and the village was fired,
and all the flocks and herds in the val
ley were taken away by the soldiery. =
Boston Transcript
The record-union., 1899-12-13
Dom PauIs Michigan Visit.

A wisconsin paper is authority for
the statement that President Kruger
visited America in the early '7Os "At
That time" it says, ''he was not a
President. He has several relatives in
Michigan. most of them living in De-
trolt and Holland. 1t was there he
visited for several weeks. Those who
saw him then and remember his char
acteristics say that he impressed an OBJ
server as having remarkable bulldog
courage, and as one who, once con-
WINGED of the righteousness of his cause,
would turn backward at nothing less
than divine command. Frequently in
the most unimportant matters he would
fall back on a quotation from the Bible
as justification of his stand, and in
this trait he evidently has not changed
He spent five weeks in Michigan, and
returned to South Africa by way of
New York and England, greatly i'm
pressed with what he had seen in the
United States.''
The record-union., 1899-12-13

WASHINGTON, Dec Ex-senator
Cullom to-day introduced in the Senate
a comprehensive bill for an amendment
of the law creating the Interstate Com
merce Commission. The bill is in most
respects the Cullom bill of the last Con-
gress, for the same purpose, but 1t mas
been changed in several minor particu-
lars. The main features of the pro-
posed measure are as follows:
The commission is authorized after
hearing a. case to make an order di-
recting the carrier to desist from the
violation found, and also to prescribe
in such order the thing which the car
rier is required to do or not to do Tor
the future to bring itself into conform
ity with the Act and in so doing the
commission is given power to fix maxi
mum rates; to fix both a maximum and
minimum rate or differential in rates
when necessary to prevent discrlmlna-
ton; to determine the divisions of a
joint rate between connecting carriers,
and the terms and conditions under
which business shall be exchanged when
necessary to the enforcement of the
Act; to make changes in classification,
and to amend the rules and regulations
under which traffic is moved.
The commission now has no power
in any case to fix rates for future OBJ
servance by railroad companies The
bill makes the order of the commission
effective within the time specified,
which ordinarily shall not be less than
thirty days. Any carrier may, within
thirty days, begin proceedings in the
United States Circuit Court for a re-
view of the order. Either party may
appeal directly to the Supreme Court.
and the case is to have precedence in
the courts. If the court upholds the
order, or if the order becomes effective
otherwise, the carrier must obey it, or
be subject to forfeiture of $1,000 for
each offense and for every day it con-
tinues in default If additional evil
dence is found necessary in court, the
court must direct the commission to
take 1t and make a supplemental re-
port The orders of the commission
now are not effective until it brings
suit in the court to enforce them, and
the delays involved frequently extend
over period of years.
The bill also further provides that the
commission shall make and establish
uniform classification. The long and
short haul clause is made an absolute
prohibition except upon leave granted
by the commission. Large penalties are
provided against carriers in case Of de-
parture from the published rate The
imprisonment feature is eliminated
from the Act, and shippers are. not
liable for ofense except false billing or
other fraudulent practice.
A forfeiture is imposed upon carriers
for failure to file annual reports before
September Goth of each year. The COM
mission is authorized to prescribe the
form of accounts, and to inspect the
books of carriers, and it may employ
special agents or examiners who shall
have authority under the order of the
commission to inspect and examine such
accounts.
The record-union., 1899-12-13
EVENTS ON THE TURF.
YESTERDAYS EASTERN AND
COAST RACES.
Close Finish In the Mile Handicap
at New Orleans, Prince Blazes
Getting the Purse.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12.-The de-
cision in the handicap to-day was I'M
popular many thinking that Trillo had
won. The horse had made all the rum
ming. and coming down the stretch,
Mitchell eased him up. Prince Blazes,
the favorite, gained so fast, however,
that within few yards of the wire
Mitchell started to ride again. Prince
Blazes finished on the inside and
Trillo on the outside of the track, and
the judges placed the former first.
The stewards to-day suspended A. ].
Wallace owner and trainer of the
horse George Lee, pending an inves-
LEGATION of the running of the horse on
December 9th and 10Th. Jockey
Shepard, who rode the horse in those
races, is suspended under similar con-
ditions.
The weather was fine, but the track
heavy and lumpy. Results:
Six and half furlongs, Island Prince
won, David second. Volandies third.
Time 1:2S1@
Six furlongs, Sam Fullen won, Dis
solute second, Elderin third. Time
1:211a.
! Mile and seventy yards, Tfllie w.
won, Good Order second, walkenshaw
third. Time-1:5 61a.
Handicap, one mile, Prince Blazes
won, Trillo second, Compensation third.
Time-1 :4734.
One and one-eighth miles, Laureate
won, Bright Night second. Donna Rita
third. Time-2:04
AT TANFORAN PARK.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.-Weather
fine, but track sloppy at Tanforan
Park. Results:
Six furlongs, selling, two-year- olds,
tome ct. Burns), IL to 2, second: Fine
Shot (Bullman), II to 1, third. Time
lis. Billy Moore. Devereaux, Cham
pion Rose and Enjoyment also ran.
Six furlongs, selling, Aluminium
Bullman), 6 to 1, won; Rosalbra .(Con-
ley), 10 to 1, second; Panamint CThorpel.
s to 3, third. Time-1:17A. Skirmish,
New Moon, Ell Salado. Terrence and
Espirando also ran.
One mile, selling, Chimura
Vittitoe), even, Won; Jolly Briton
Fauntleroy), 10 to 1, second; ST. APP
olinaris ct. Burns), II to 5, third. Time
lbs. Oraibee, Hattie Fox, Ziska and
Vinctora also ram
Mile and a quarter, selling, Malay
CVittitoe), IL to 10 Won; Marcato
(Walsh), to 1, second; Meadowthorpe
Ct. Burns), 16 to 5, third. Time
2:1319 Forte and Casdale also ran.
One mile. selling, Wyoming BULL
mani. to 2, won; Imperious &c. Jones),
4 to ., second; Montanus (Songer), Is
to /, third. Time-1 :45 Mania n
Judge Wofford, Lodestar and Castake
also ran.
Seven furlongs, King Carnival q.
MARTINI, to 2. won; Moringa Devin)
10 l, second; Pat Morrissey Ct
Burns), to 20, third Time-1 :3Oal.
hingmaster and Mike Rice also ran.
The record-union., 1899-12-13
EDWARD BATES DEAD.
Was Librarian of the Treasury De-
partment at Washington.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 12.-Edward Bates,
Librarian of the Treasury department
at Washington, is dead at the home OF
his father. DR.. Julian Bates of this city
Mr.. Bates was about % years old, and
prior to his appointment as Librarian
Of the Treasury Department last sum-
mer was curator in the Public Library
of st. Louis.
The work and the climate of the
capital affected his health, SO aggra-
waiting a throat trouble that two weeks
ago he was obliged to give UP his po-
sition. Leave of absence for one month
was granted him. Mr. Bates inten-
ton was to go West in search Of re-
lief, but he became worse as he passed
through ST. Louis on visit to HIS fam
lily, and he remained until the end.
The record-union., 1899-12-13
ORDINANCE NO. 5l8.

An Ordinance to Prevent tho
Spreading Of Infectious or Con-
tagious Diseases by the Owners
or Employees of any Public Laun-
dry in the City Of Sacramento,
Making the Violation Thereof a
Misdemeanor and Fixing the PEN
atty for Such Violation.
The Board Of Trustees Of the City
of Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section /. It shall be unlawful
for any person or persons owning,
carrying on OF conducting any
public laundry In the city Of Sac
ramento, to spray the clothing of
any person or persons, being 1aun-
dried therein, with water OF other
fluids emitted from the mouth of
such person, owner OF employe.
Section 2. No person or persons
engaged in carrying on OF con-
Quoting, ~ owner or otherwise,
any public laundry In the city of
Sacramento, shall permit any per-
son having any infectious OF con-
tagious disease, to lodge, sleep or
remain within or upon the prem
ises 50 used as q public laundry.
Section s. Any person violating
any provision of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty Of mis-
demeanor, and upon conv1ctton
thereof shall be punished by . fne
Of not less than twenty nor more
than one hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment In the City Jail OF
not less than ave nor more than
one hundred days, OF by both such
fine and imprisonment.
C..xs...} ThSa ordinanO rhalI
The record-union., 1899-12-13
SACRAMENTO MARKET.
Another Quiet Day in Local Pro-
duce Circles.


Sacramento, Dec. 18th.
This was another quiet day in local pro-
duce circles The market was pretty well
supplied with wild ducks to-day. Quail
continue scarce and high.
Following are the retail prices for the
various articles mentioned:
FLOUR-Family Extras. s1.s5 per 100
FRUIT-Oranges 2O@6Oc per dozen;
SOC each; Apples, 3Q4c per I'd; Grapes, sc;
Cranberries, 121ac quart; Bananas, 25q30c
VEGETABLES Tomatoes &c per ID;
Cauliflower, lOc per head; Carrots, Let
tuce, Radishes,, Leel5, Greer. Onions, l21Rc
main, for SC; Peppers. SC; Potatoes. &c
per ID; Lima Beans, Sc; Sweet Potatoes,
Sc; Peas Sc; Pumpkins. 1c per Hub
bunch; Spinach, SC per 10; Cabbage, &c
per 10; Red Cabbage, 1oc, per head; Curly
Cabbage, 5Q10c per head; Sauerkraut. SC
per b: Corned Beef, sa12c; Sausage, 121hc::
Vienna Sausage, 15c, Bacon. 15c; Loin
sak 1 1Sc Sunni mup f Braket hek
Steak, 1Oc. veal-Loin and Rib Chops,
l5c; Roast Veal, 12c. Mutton-Leg, I'D
PIC: Loin and Rib Chops. 121ac; Mutton
POULTRY-Hens. Coo each: Spring, SOC
each; Brothers, ZoQ4Vc eacn; Iame Geese,
81. 80 each; Tame Ducks. 50G65c each; 1ur.
keys. 16G17c for live and zoe for dress ed
per 10.
Small Ducks. 40c. Geese-White, 35c;
Gray, 75c: Honkers, 81: Brants. SOC; Rab-
bits, 15c each; Hare. 25c per pair: Quail
'' EfGRGs s s5c per dozen; East
DAIRY E-Butter-Pickle, zoe
per -; Mountain, soc: Valley Roll, zoe:
Petalums s5e per r4l; Sreamery soc per e
Young America, lie; Eastern Creamery,
i5G2Oc; Genuine Swiss, 40c: American
Swiss, zoe; Neufchatel. Toe.
s sit Ground Barley. si.1Q: Red Russian
Oats, sl15Q1.25 5 Middlings, N10; shorts.
s1.O6; Bran. 81; Straw, Soc 6oc per bale; Corn.
M.zS; GsoSnd Corn. $40.
Almonds, lie: New Brazils, 15c; Pecans.
Ice; Filberts. 15c; chestnuts. zoe per 10;
COAL oII[Pearl, cases. 1shc per gal;
2sI1c; Elaine, 241kc; Water White. bulk,
Benzine. bulk. l6c; D. S. Gasoline. cases,
23c d. s. Gasoline, bulk, 161sc; So Case
line; gases Csc; So Gasolin N bulk, &c
I6 OF. % sets. lie per set; IA o., 10c; u o..
e dsRAN1TE MINING cANDLEs-sixes,
1e o.. 40 sets, HE per set; Is or, 20 sets,
1ozc;; l. o.. 20 sets. sAc; 10 o., 20 sets,
PARAFFINE WAX CANDLEs-ones,
Il o.. IS sets, PFC; tours, i or, IS sets,
12Ac; skies. IA o., Sc sets. 12Hc; twelves.
IA or. 36 sets. 12Nc. Colored. cent higher.
The record-union., 1899-12-13
NOTICE OF AWARD OF CONTRACT
NO. Ala.


Pursuant to law and to the resolution
of the Board of Trustees of the City OF
Sacramento, adopted December Il, lsSs,
given that the said Board of Trustees, in
open session, on the 18th day Of Decem-
declared ali sealed proposals offered for
the following work, to wit:
That the alley between H and streets.
teenth street to the west line of Sixteenth
street, be improved by grading and ma
cadamizing, constructing redwood curbs
and brick catch-haSin, and connecting
the catch basin to the sewer.
Rejected all of said bids except that next
hereinafter mentioned, and thereafter, on
the 18th day of December, 1899, awarded
the contract for said work to the lowest
regular responsible bidder, to wit: To
Henry Dehn, at the prices named for
said work in his proposal on file.
M j. DESMOND,
Clerk of Board of Trustees of Sacramento
City.
Go pnento Deeember 70 1900
The record-union., 1899-12-13
A British Steamer Wrecked.

LONDON. Dec. ia dispatch from
Saigon, capital of French Cochin China,
says the British steamer ST. Helens,
Captain Luckham, last reported from
Shanghai September Both for Singapore.
has been totally lost on the Paracots
a group of islets and reefs in the China
Sea, and that five of her crew were
drowned. The ST. Helens was a steel
and iron vessel of 2,5SS tons register
net. She was built in 1893. and hailed
from London. She was at Philadelphia
when her last survey was made III
1898
The record-union., 1899-12-13
SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.

San Francisco, Dec. 18th
Morning Session-Ophir, 93c: Mexican.
42c; C Va, 1850; Savage, &c; Potosi, 21e
&c; Caledonia, Acc.
Afternoon Session-Ophir. S60S5c: Next
can, 3ec; G & G, 12c; 3 & B, 35c; c c Va.
81. 20: Potosi, 190i1Sc; H & N, 35c: Y Jack
ct, Babe: Belcher, 100; Sierra Nevada,
47c; Bullion. 4c; Overman. 12c; Union, csc.
Closing charlottesville, 4c; Alpha, &c;
Bullion, &c; Caledonia, 44c; Chailenge. i4c;;
Chollar, 12c: Confidence, 76c; c c Va, 81 so;
G Point, 15c; G & G, lie; II & n, Bic;
Justice. &c; Kentuck, e lc; Mexican. sc;
Potosi, &c: Savage, Sc; Scorpion. &c: Seq
Belcher. &c: Sierra Nevada, acc; Union,
&c; Utah. sic; Y Jacket. 12c.
The record-union., 1899-12-13

Count Won Buelow. replying in the
Reichstag to-day to a remark of
previous speaker. said he did not wish
might, however, say in the most posi-
tive manner that the agreement con-
tanned no secret conditions of any kind,
either of a political or economic nature.
and entailed no obligations, political or
economic, either toward Great Britain
or the United States.