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LAMBERT'S LETTER.
Our Correspondent's Views of Mr.
Cleveland's Chances.
What He Thinks About the Prospects
of the two Great Parties—Theoso
phy Made Clear—Some Interesting
Scraps of Ancient History.
[Special correspondence or the Record-Union]
"Washington, Feb. 14,1891.
During the debate on the silver bill in
the United States Senate, the hostile atti
tude of President Harrison was often re
ferred to derisively by the Democratic
Senators.
This onslaught was as frequently met
Dy the Republican Senators and success
rally repu'sed in kind.
The latter had simply to recall ex-Presi
dent Cleveland's famous Warner letter
in 1885, advising a suspension of the coin
age of the silver dollar.
It was before he took his seat as Presi
dent of the United States. It meant sub
stantially the repeal of the so-called
Bland bill, and its operation would have
demonetized silver. They also referred
with equal force to his subsequent bitter
enmity to silver, even extending up to
the end of his term of office But for the
determined action of Senator Reagan,
who was a member of the House at that
time, Mr. Cleveland's policy ■would have
been adopted. It was the tirst time a
President had been elected in a quarter of
a century by the Democratic party, and
they had come to regard that a genuine,
live President of their political faith oc
cupied a position of omnipotent power
and had to be honored and obeyed. Sen
ator—then Representative—Reagan, en
couraged by the late Senator Beck, of
Kentucky, t:ot a remonstrance signed by
over 100 members of that Congress pro
tesiing against this autocratic assump
tion of power, and Mr. Cleveland there
received bis first set-back. Hence, the
Republican Senators were fully equipped
and repulsed their opponents at every en
counter.
During that exciting forensic contest
Mr. Vest Of Missouri authoritatively
stated that, since that period, and in view
of the gn ater knowledge Mr. Cleveland
had obtained upon the silver question,
his views were greatly modified, if not
wholly changed.
Since Mr. Vest made those remarks it
has been very generally accepted that
Mr. Cleveland really had changed his
mind on the silver question, prompted
thereto to a neat extent by the sentiment
of his party, but more particularly to the
unanimous action of _tho Farmers' Al
liance in the South, where Mr. Cleveland
looks solely for Presidential support.
o! WHAT A FALL,!
There has been nothing to agitate the
political cauldron here since Governor
Hill was elected Senator from Now York
until ex-President Cleveland sent that
lasi fetal letter announcing his opposition
to the reckless free coinage of silver.
Many say the -word "reckless is sup
plied with a "string" and offers him a
■way to pull out by subsequent explana
tory letters. Others insist that he has
gone back on Vest and his party in order
to secure to himself some political follow
ing of his own in Xew \ork, instead of
having it bogrudgiugly doled out by Gov
ernor Hill—if he doles it out at all in that
direction. It is exceedingly problemati
cal to-iiay whether Mr. Cleveland will
<vcr have any farther use for votes of any
kind. In private conversation with many
Democrat- from the Js'orth, as well as the
South, the concensus of opinion seems to
indicate that Mr. Cleveland has unwit
tingly committed another political sui
oidu, no matter how he attempts to dodge
by subsequent explanatory letters.
It is said and generally believed that
when any of our statesmen get what is
called "the Presidential bee in their bon
net" they become "rattled." When Mr.
Cleveland first ran for President before
the people he had no idea that he had the
ghost ola chance against Mr. Blame, and
acting on that theory he went through
that campaign with average einianimitv.
fSinee his late defeat, and subsequent
candidacy in which he feels more interest
than ever before, surrounded by am
bitious rivals in his own party, carrying
guns of heavy ealilier, he stands practi
cally as any other man stands, without
advantages or fortuitous circumstances in
his favor. Plainly a candidate for nomi
nation for the Presidency of the United
States before a convention of the people,
in which he will be compelled to contest
With rival candidates, in which contest
there is no walk-over for anybody. Mr.
Cleveland has never been thus situated
before and lie is evidently "rattled."
It should be understood that all of Mr.
Cleveland's speeches and tariff argu
ments are understood to be written by
Dan I^amont, his former private secretary.
I have heard it said twenty times within
the last three days that Dan Luniont
never wrote that last letter, nor was he
ever consulted about its contents. When
•we consider how many long-winded but
otherwise lair papers Mr. Cleveland lias
read at dinner parties and banquets since
last fall's elections, it seems to justify the
belief that Dan Lamont never would have
allowed that gratuitous insult to the in
telligent majority class of the South and
West to go out had he known it.
THE RKASOX.
Mr. Cleveland seems to ignore the his
torian! fact that he is a mammoth creature
of accidents, lleappears to entertain the
opinion that lie is a great man in him
self; an opinion, it is hardly necessary to
■ay, iv which he occupies the exalted po
fcition of being tlie originator and has no
rival.
Wherever he trusted to luck he has
always been fortunate, but in every in
stance where he attempted to promulgate
an idea of his own, he has ueen corre
spondingly unfortunate.
Governor Hill of course is tickled over
this little affair, particularly so since
some of Cleveland's "Solid South"
friends have been trying to side track
Hill's Presidential candidacy. That let
ter from Henry Watterson, oV Kentucky,
was genuine—was duly mailed—and
probably received. It represented the
trui' wishes of his section at that time.
It is exceedingly agreeable to the Gov
ernor at this time" never to have received
it, because that would entail an answer,
and now there is no necessity of answer
ing. It is possible that Mr. Wattersou
may be sorry to-day that he wrote it—
and glad that Governor Hill did not re
ceive it —as alleged. It is exceedingly
Piekwiekiau all around.
The tacts are briefly, Mr. Cleveland is
overmatched. Had the Republicans car
ried the elections last fall Mr. Cleveland
Mould have been the nominee»of the next
National Democratic Convention without
opposition—a repetition of the St. Louis
Convention. There is a show in Ti>2 for
the Democrats to elect their President,
unless the Republicans return to their
allegiance, hence the rivalry lor the Dem
ocratic nomination. Mr. "Cleveland oc
cupies a very disadvantageous position,
because of the tact that there are many men
in his party, abler and more popular, who
"want to be nominated.
Had Dan Lamont written the letter for
that meeting in his own way, with the
Used in Minions of tLoinES— 40 Veais *h«^ StandariL
earnest support the Solid South would
have brought to his cause in the next
National Democratic Convention. Gov
ernor Hill and his delegates would be
obliged to succumb to their wishes even
if Mr. Cleveland failed to get one delegate
from New York State. Now that he has
written this "reckless 1' silver letter lie can
hardly expect »ne delegate from any of
the Southern States, and he ia practically
out of the race. From the way the South
ern members talk to-day, to me he is
politically dead.
This premature demise, however, must
not be counted for Governor Hill. He is
equally opposed to silver, and, it will be
recollected, rudely refused to send a dele
gate from New \ ork to the St. Louis Sil
ver Convention last fall. Gorman of
Maryland is the man at this present writ
ing.
Many say that this sudden eclipse of
Grover is not disappointing to them; that
between now and the National Conven
tion he would have made some other
equally fatal mistake, because it is so far
off and because he is wading too deep
trying to keep up with Hill. G ray of Indi
ana, Morrison, Gorman and other promi
nent men now mentioned.
RECUPERATIVE FORCES.
In all the Congressional interviews and
newspaper opinions which have occupied
so much apace during the past week since '
Me. Cleveland's "reckless? 1 silver coinage
letter, tho anti-free coinage men and par
tisan supporters of that gentleman have
been adroitly hedging. They assert that
his letter shows ''courage in his convic- !
tions," a spirit indicating that he would |
"rather be right than be President," and j
thu sentiments were "outspoken and
honest," and mauy more of those old
time doleful platitudes.
That is doubtless a very adroit way of
reaching the old-fashioned partisan of the
bucolic "deeslricks," but it won't go
here. Everyone will readily recall tin;
time when Scott of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Cleveland's mouthpiece on the floor of
the House of Representatives of that Con
gress, introduced his famous Chinese Ex
clusion Act, which was understood either
to have originated in or was the author
ized sentiment of the President on that
measure. It passed the Democratic House
of Representatives with a boom and went
to the Republican Senate, where it was
confidently believed it would be strangled,
murdered or mangled beyond recogni
tion. Contrary to the desired expecta
tion, the Repnbliean Senate passed it.
Then the executive dodging, trimming
and squirming Mr. Cleveland, resorted
to at that time in order to get the bill re
called to the Senate, amended or tied up,
so that hu would not have to sign or veto
it, has already entered into the political
history of the country.
It will also be recollected how long he
hesitated before signing it, but finally
did so through the sanguinary representa
tions of the Democracy of the Pacific
Coast that a veto would be fatal to the
party on the eve of a Presidential elec
tion.
He had tried to obtain political goods
under false pretenses and was caught in
the act; He was outgeneraled by the Re
publican Senators.
These inside facts being well known
here and among the leading men of the
country, all effort to employ those old |
chestnuts to elevate Mr. Cleveland to the
rank of statecraft can hardly find any |
considerable number of believers outside '■
of homes for the feeble-minded.
Mr. Cleveland is doubtless chafing un- I
dor this manifest tact that, while he made '
a good enough President, having little ;
more to do than till the Federal offices,
he has no ability or sagacity as a party
leader, for the reason that every time
his party places him in power be tries to |
get on top of it to ride them in the mud.
These criticisms of his mediocrity
among the Democratic leaders worries
and irritates his vanity, and he seems to
bo determined to olt'set that impression
among the people by periodically pro
mulgating some ridiculous thing in order I
to try to convey the impression among ■
thi' masses that he is a great leader of
fearless opinions and character.
His free trade message in 18NS, his pen
sion vetoes, and this last reckless silver
coinage letter stamps him as a sensation
alist and not a thinker.
Had Mr. Cleveland said nothing, and
relied on perfect quiet and the fortunate
forces which put him where he was, it is
reasonably safe to say he would have
been the occupant of the White House to
day.
This wouldn't satisfy him. He appar
ently retains the story book tales about
the questions of men who were kings and
Presidents, when the reverse is nearer
the truth.
TEE LOGIC OF THE SITUATION.
If both parties nominate anti-free coin
age men in IS!'"J, the silver issue will be
simply a stand-off, and the old light of
last fall may retire silver to the rear. If
botli nominate pro-silver men, it is a
question simply whether the Republicans
of the North will vote their ticket straight,
as they have done with one exception
since the war in a Presidential contest.
If the Democrats noniinato a pro
silver man and the Republicans do not,
the Democrats will lose New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts,
representing 59 electoral votes, which
makes a large hole in the 165 from the
Solid South.
If the Republicans nominate a pro
silver man and the Democrats do not, the
latter would be snowed under—except
that fraudulent 100.
The possibility in nineteen months
from now that the Republicans will
nominate an iinti-free coinage man for
President, makes (irover Cleveland a
possible nominee by the Democracy. It
should be understood that any Demo
cratic nominee will get the Solid South.
They are in nowi.se particular about the
race, color or previous condition of a
Democratic nomiuee, as long as he is a
white Democrat.
From niy present unbiased observa
tion, lor 1 have no reason whatever to care
whether silver is free or enslaved, 1 am
constrained to entertain the opinion, alter
privately talking with a great many lead
ing men from all sections of the country,
that outside the money center a very
large proportion of the majority class in
both parties radically believe in"free coin
age to-day.
I predict that one year hence, however
much we may honestly differ about our
treatment of the silver elephant, that the
national conventions of the two great
parties will embrace in their respective
platforms resolutions favorable to the free
coinage of American silver, and the one
which "resolutes" the strongest will se
cure the popular vote.
This last week has been the liveliest
monkey and parrot time that Washing
ton has seen for many a day, and it is
still boiling over.
TTTKOSOPHY MADE CLEAR.
In September, 1875. Mine. Bluvatsky
and Colonel Ol<-ott founded what they
called a Theosophical Society in New j
York. Within the past few nan it has'
spread over a large portion of the United
States and Europe.
"The Catholic University of America' 1
is located a few miles from the city of |
Washington. Every Wednesday alter- 1
noon is devoted to an erudite lecture by !
some one of the faculty, and they are j
largely attended by the scholarly men
and women of the country, many o* •
whom do not accept that spiritual belief, j
This week's lecture embraced the ques- |
tion, "What is Theosoptay ?" by Merwin- ;
Marie Snell, who devoted himself an
hour and a half to an account of its ori- j
gin, history and characteristic features.
Inllicw-d from childhood with an incur
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Taeosotthy, the lecturer said, is a sys- I
torn whicli professes to reconcile and ex- \
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plain all the religious systems of the
world, asserts that spirit is the only true
and permanent reality, claims to work
wonders by the control of mysterious
spirits and forces of nature, makes its
final appeal to a special interior illumina
tion rather than to reason, and has for its
one object the speedy emerging of the in
dividual soul into universal being.
He showed it was derived— first, from
the old Greek paganism, through nco
platomsnl; secondly, from gnosticism,
through the Kosicnieum and other mys
terious mediißva] sects; thirdly, through
cabalism. and fourthly, and chiefly, from
the so-called "esoteric buddhism." The
name tfaeosopby was applied originally to
the neo-platonism of the second century,
of which Porphyry and the Emperor
Julian were adherents. The notes of
genuine thoosophy are syncretism, spir
itual monism, thaumaturgy and mys
ticism.
After reading the foregoing clear and
! lucid explanation of the platform of that
I formidable New York organization, we
find that it readily dovetails into and sup
plies a long-felt want on the benighted
Pacific Coast. It must be apparent to the
most capacious mental vacuum that its
easy adaptation to tbe platform promul
gated by our Alliance cannot fail but
make us a mystifying factor in the cam
paign of '92.
A little dry nursing will soon develop
its resultant forces. Farmer Frank
lihoads of Sacramento, Farmer 11. V.
Morehoofle of San Jose, and Farmer
G<?orge A. Knight of San Francisco are
charged with this pleasant duty.
ANCIENT HISTORY.
There are doubtless quite a number of
good citizens residing within the confines
of California who are not aware that the
city of Washington is located in the rear
of the national Capitol.
The bronze statue of Pocahontas, which
surmounts the dome of that mighty struc
ture, stands with her back towards the
present metropolis, looking as though she
were either exceedingly displeased with
tie favored location, or, being friendly
with the original promoters, was greatly
disappointed at the way things went.
There is a bit of early history which ex
: plains this afi'air, and it may not be unin-
I teresting to the readers of the BbcOBD-
I Union to learn the inside.
After considerable debate in Congress
i at that time, extending through the ses
sions of 17S8 and 1789, a law was finally
passed authorizing President George
■ Washington to locale a suitable place for
i the "Federal City" on the Potomac River,
between Anacoslia (which is now known
as the East Branch) and the mouth of the
j Couococheague,where Williamsport, Md.,
! now stands. The distance intervening be
tween these two points is about 105 miles.
It might be well to state incidentally
that there were no California real estate
booms with circulars and brass band at
j tachments in those days.
• On the loth of April, 1-791, the President
! selected an elevated plateau on the east
| bank of the Potomac at this point, and
the States of Maryland and Virginia
ceded to the Federal Government sulli
cient land to make a Federal district of
ten miles square. The cession was so
planned that when the future national
Capitol shall be built it wt>uld be located
in the center of the district, and the "Fed
eral City" was to be in front of it.
THE ORIGINAL OWNERS.
The proprietors and occupants of this
land on the plateau before referred to
were Notley Young, Daniel Uurns (great
grandfather of Dan Burns of California)
and Daniel Carroll (brother of Charles
Cnrroll of Carrollton, one of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence).
They surveyed and platted their hold
ings into town lots, with spacious ave
nues, squares and parks, donating <i suffi
cient quantity for.the national Capitol
and other prospective uses of the General
Government. They named it Carrolls
burg. The remainder of the lots were
offered for sale. They still continued
cultivating corn, wheat and tobacco, how
ever, awaiting the advent of the Govern
ment.
At the foot of the plateau to the west it
was low and swampy land, and a stream
of considerable size, called the Tiber,
found its muddy way through the marsh
towards Uladensburg. The uninviting
character of this low country may have
been One of the causes which prompted
those prospectively wealthy real estate
owners to augment the prospective value
of their town lots.
The "(Joverninent" was not a very
cumbersome institution in those days,
yet it was not moved there untilithe year
1800, during the administration of Presi
dent John Adams.
In the meantime, those who owned the
low bottom land, having an eye to busi
ness, hadjthetr lands surveyed and platted
and commenced the disposal of lots on the
most demoralizing terms and conditions.
A CHAXOK OF BASK.
The owners of the plateau lands now
changed it name to "Washington." The
Father of our Country erected a large
brick mansion near the site of the future
Capitol, which is still Standing.
A modest little memento of those days
is here reproduced, copied from the Toner
! collection in the Congressional library.
George was a very methodical individual
in all his financial matters, and kept a
regular diary of receipts and expendi
tures up to his last sickness. This is one
\ item ot expense incurred in coming from
! Mount Vernon to visit the unbuilt city,
iin the fall of 1793. The entry is as fol-
I lows.
September 22(1. Ey expenses to the Fed
: cral city.
I Shoeing horse ' g <>
| Turnpike, tolls l <;
i Horses at tavern 12 0
j Servants 4 <j
Ferriages 13 6
In all £2 .;s. 6d.
It will thus be seen that the Presidential
outlay on that occasion reached the sum
j olSil 12i in our money of to-day, just to
•' hold the ribbons over his favorite step
pers for sixteen miles and back, in order
to see how the boys were getting alone.
It was a trifle co'-tivc, but (ieorge was
■ well-fixed and didn't mind the expense.
j I don't suppose he eared any more for a
! pound or two than old Michael Reese
I would for a 81,000-bill before he retired.
While the town owners of the plateau
• were holding up prices and patriotically
I relying on the''Father of Our Country,"
I "First in peace, first in war and first' in
i the hearts of his countrymen," and many
I other enabling sentiments that were
getting into the papers about that time,
to seil their lots, those mercenary
wretches who owned the swamp and
overflowed lands below were quietly
selling and giving them away until they
go; their town started—and "then it was
too late.
The result is. Washington now extends
up to and includes what is now called
Georgetown, which was a small shipping
point to the far West (Ohio), and Capitol
Hill, as it is now called, remains to this
day simply a suburb.
However unprofitable it may have
been to the original promoters of the in
tended "Federal City," it is to be hoped
that this early lesson in self-sacrifice but
patriotic devotion may not be wholly
lost on the real estate agents of San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles.
Richard Lambert.
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vegetables. Address GARDENER, tins of
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WANTED BY A YOUNG MAN-ROOM
and board in a private family. Address
Board, this office. ie2i-3t*
TTTABTKD-ONB OR TWO CHILDREN
Vt to board; good home and care. Address
BOARD, this office. fegl-7t*
T>EBSONAL—WANTED, BY A UE-
J. chan ie, the acquaintance of a lady: must
have some money, or else be able to keep up a
woman's end; 110 objection to a widow, but no
grass widow; object matrimony; confidential
and honorable. Address MECHANIC, this
office. ti :;o-3t*
■\\7-ANTED AFTER MARCH Ist. A NICE
V V two-story dwelling-house, of seven rooms.
Address M. E. J., P. O. box 221, city. fe!9-tf
"t^T-ANTED — SITUATION AS BOOK^
W keeper, cashier, or collector; will deposit
cash security, or loan the same; wages moder
ate. Address BOOK-KEEPER, this of
flee. fe!7-7t»
WANTED TEAMS —PARTIES WITH
teams or traction engines to take con
• tract to hau! three million feet of lumber. All
summer's work; for further particulars ad
dress, EL DORADO MILL & LUMBER CO.,
j Diamond Springs, Cal. fel 1-tf
I TTTANTED—MEN FOR FARMsT YIN&
1 V V yards, dairies and all kinds of labor.
Women and girls for cooking and general
1 housework. Plenty of work for desirable help.
Apply at EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, Fourth
' street, X and L.
WANTED —AN AXTTIVEi RELIABLE
man—Salary, §70 to §80 monthly, with
increase, to represent in his own section a re
sponsible New York house. References. Man
ufacturer, Lock Box 1,585, N.Y. fe24-lyMTh
gOUt— |o«tt>.
T OST—A WHITE AND YELLOW JERSEY
I J_J OOW. Finder will be suitably rewarded by
leaving her at 1927 M street, or giving infor
mation of her whereabouts. le.'3-2t*
mo rent^th i: 1 ■:e ~6r four fur-
I nished rooms for houskeeping, 152S Sec
ond street, corner P. fe22-7t*
mO RENT—A HANDSOME FURNISHED
X room for gentleman; §12 per month. Aa
dress H. H., this oiiiee. fe2l-3t*
mo RENT—A COTTAGE OF FOUR BOOMS:
J_ also, one of live rooms. Apply at. IS2B
G street. fc!9-tf
TO LET—A COTTAGE OF FIVE BOOMS
J_ and bath; all modern improvetnentsrgood
stable on the place. Inquire at GRANGE SA
LOON, Tenth and X streets. felB-tf
0 LET—HOUSE 6f~14 ROOMS FVR
nished for boarding and lodging; rooms all
rented and doing a good business. Apply this
office^ fel7-7t*
H~ OTEL TO RENT, OR EXCHANGE FOR
city property; furnished in running or
der; doing a fair business. Inquire at this
office^ fel 5-1 m
mO LET—NO. 1613 P STREET^A COT-
I tage of five rooms, and also a barn. Ap
ply to MRS. J. A. BARRETT, 701 Twelfth
street. fel 1 -tf_
mO RENT—FURNISHED" AND UNFI'R-
A_ nished rooms, suitable for housekeeping;
rent.sjfrom $4 to SJS. Inquire at 309 M st. lfi-tt
mO LET -8M ALL TENEMENTS AND
I J_ also unfurnished rooms, cheap; suitable
fur housekeeping. Apply to I). GARDNER,
at wood-yard. Fourth and I streets. myl7-tf
r^URXISHED ROOMS AT CENTRAL
Jj House, from $5 pel" month upwards; also
family rooms at low prices. HORNLEIN
BROS., Proprietors. mrl9-ly
gOV l^ lC *_
F)R SALE—THOROUGHBRED REGlS
tered Jersey bull, four years old, from the
best butter and milk strain in the State. Price,
S4O. Also, a horse live years old; a fine step
per, and very stylish; broken to work single
or double; weighs about 1,100 pounds. Price.
SIT.O. Apply to EDWIN K. ALSIP&CO.,
1015 Fourth street. Sacramento. ■ fe22-tf
null SALE OR TO RENT ON LEASE—TEN
P acres of bottom land, one mile below
Washington, Yolo county. If sold will take
small payment down. Apply to EDWIN K.
ALSIP it CO., Real Estate and Insurance
Agents, 1010 Fourth street. fe22-tf
L"H.»K SALE—A FINE LODGING-HOUSE.
|j Will be sold cheap on account of sickness,
inquire at 40'JJ/; X street. fe22-7t*
FOR SALE—IS OR 20 TONS OF GOOi:
Alfalfa Hay. Apply to H. W. RIVETT,
southwest cor. 12th and OstSjj.-ity. fe2l-3t*
J^OR SALE OR TO RENT—A GOOD PIANO,
? cheap. Apply at CHAS. CAMPBELLS
urnitu re. Store, 409 X street. fe 19-tf
tTIOR BALE^-A HALF INTEREST Yn A
Jj dairy, doing a good business. For further
particulars inquire at this office. fel9-7t*
riOR SALE—TWENTY ACRES AT FLOIU
I I in; 3 acres in bearing vines. Terms easy.
Address F. K. MITCMKI.L. s] 9 X st.fe!9-lm«
FOR SALE CHEAP—A GENTLE HORSE,
suitable for a family; also phaeton, cart
and harms-:. Inquire at 1033 Third st. felB-7*
TjlOR SALE Oil EXCHANGE FOR CITY
JJ property—A first-class reHtaurant. nicely
located, doing good business: good reasons
tor selling. Inquire at 600 I street, MUDDOX
& FEE. fel7-7t
(Bcneral |,tottcco.
"HfOXEY TO LOAN IN LARGE OR SMA LL
IVI amounts on real estate security. FELCH
& COOLEY. 101:j Fourth street. fe2l-3t*
MONEY LOAN-OH cTflf AND
country property. MUDDOX & FEE,
I 606 I street. jah-tf
! QACRAMENTO COUNTY I»OULTRY
I O Yards; leading varieties for sale- eggs for
! hatching; for further particulars send for cata-
I logue. GEO. E. DUDEN, proprietor. Box
176, Sacramento. Ja3-tf
MRS. J. W. BOYD
HAS REMOVED HER DRESSMAKING
business from residence to 916 Seventh
street, between I and J, where sho will be
pleased to meet her patrons and all others
who desire latest designs and flrst-class work
in dressmaking. feio-lm
S. CARLE,
QUCCESSOR TO CARLE & CROLY, CON
'■■ ij tractor and Builder. Orders solicited and
I promptness guaranteed. Office and shop,
j 1124 Second St., between K. and 1..
34- BUYS A CORD
QF OLD LUMBER WOOD. GET YOUR
winter supply now at the C. O. D. YARD,
rourth and I streets.
THE NEWS OF THEWORLD IS CON
tained In the WEEKLY UNION.
NATIONAL BANK OF R 0. MILLsHi
Sacramento, Cal. —Founded, 1850.
Saturday Hours 10 a. m. to 1 p. if.
Directors and Shareholders:
D. O. MILLS 1 688 Shares
EDGAR MILLS. President 1 588 Shares
%I?£gWs *MITK. Viee-Pres. 250 shares
FRANK MILLER, Cashier 351 Shares
C. F. DILLMAN, Asst. Ctushier.... 125 shares
Other persons own 1,198 Shares
Capital and Surplus, $GOO,OOO.
«#- Chrome Steel Safe Deposit Vault and
Time Lock.
PEKSIiTOIANKT
Sacramento City California
Guaranteed capital S4lO 000
Paid up capital 225.500
Reserve and surplus 00,000
Term and ordinary deposits received. Divi
dends paid s«mi-nnnually. Money loaned on
real estate only.
AjJ-To encourage children and people of
limited means to save, deposits of §1 will be
received and interest paid thereon. For
further information address,
WM. KECK MAN, President.
Geo. W. Lorknz, Casiiif-r.
FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK
Southwest Corner Fourth and J streets,
Sacramento, Gal.
Guaranteed Capital $500,000
LOANS MADE ON REAL ESTATE. IN- I
torest paid semi-annuaily on Term and
Ordinary Deposits.
B. U. STEINMANT President
g^'w^ii^S::.:::::-: Vi^PPeaSlcaS
C. H. CUMMINGS .VZZ.S.x-iviury
JAMES M. STEVENSON Surveyor
DIRECTORS:
B. U. Steixman, Edwin K. Alsip,
C. H. CLMMINGS, W. E. TEKIiY.
Sol. Run yon, James McNassek.
JAS. M. STEVIiNSON.
CALIFORNIA STATE B.ANK~
And Safe Deposit Vaults,
SACRAMENTO, CAI,.
Draws Drafts on Principal Cities of the World.
Saturday Hours, 10 A. M. to 1 P. M.
officers:
President N. D. RIDEOUT
Vki-PresiOent FRED'K COX
Cashier A. ABBOTT
Assistant Cashier W. E. GERBER
directors:
C. W. Clarke, Jos. Steffens,
Geo. C. I'erkinsj, F:iktVk Cox,
N. D. Riukovt, J. R. Watson,
W._E._GEItHKR.
SACiLtiIENTOIANkT
rpilF. OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN THE
_L city, corner of Fifth and J streets. Sacra
mento. Guaranteed capital, 8500,000; paid
j up capital, gold coin, §300,000: loans on real
j cslatt! in California, July 1, 1890,f>2,898,442;
I term and ordinary deposits, July 1, 1890,
$2,709,Ui>4. Term and ordinary deposits re- 1
ceived. Dividends paid in January and July.
Money loaned upon real estate only. The
Bank dots exclusively a savings bank busi
ness. Information furnished upon applica
tion to W. P. COLEMAN, President.
Ed. R. Hamilton, Cashier.
CROCKER-WOOLWORTIfNATJONArBANK;
322 Pine street, San Fruncisoo.
PAID-UP CAPITAL, $1,000,000. SURPLUS, $250,000.
DIKECTOR-S:
CHARLES CROCKER E. H. MILLER, JR.
R. C. WOOLWORTH .President
W. E. BROWN Viee-Presideut
W.H.CROCKER Cashier
GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL,
Corner Seventh and X streets.
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. FREE'BUS TO
and from the care.
W. O. BOWERS, Proprietor.
" ! :
CAPITAL HOTEL,
Corner Seventh, and X streets, Sacramento.
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. FREK 'BUS
1 to and from the Cars. B. B. BROWN, for
nierlyof the State House Hotel, Proprietor.
WESTERN HOTEL,
THE LEADING HOUSE OF SACRA
monto, Cal. Meals, "5 cents. WM. LAND,
Proprietor.__Kre«' Tins to and from hotel.
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.
CHEAP FURNISHED ROOMS BY THE
day, week or month.
fi>-tf W. A. CASWELL, Proprietor.
THE SADDLE ROCK
Restaurant and Oyster House.
FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE
spect. Ladios' dining-room separate. Orx-n
day and night. lIUCk'MANN A- CAKRA.-
GHER, Proprietors. No. 101'J Second street
between J and X, Sacramento.
PACIFIC HOTEL,
Corner X and Fifth sts., Sacramento.
CENTRALLY LOCATED, AND CONVE
nlent to all places of amusement. The best
family Hotel in the city. The table always
supplied with the best the market affords.
Btreel Cars from the depot, pass the door every
live minutes. Meals, 25 cents.
C. F. SINGLETON. Proprietor.
Waterhouse & Lester,
—DEALERS IN—
Iron, Steel, Cumberland Coal, Wagon
Lumber and Carriage Hardware,
709, 711. 7i:», "15 J St.. Saci-amento.
CATTTION AGAINST FRAUD.
TN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
J_ Thomas Harrignn, deceased, now pending
in the Probate Court.no final account has ever
been niaue nor no final settlement as yet.
MARGRET HARRIGAJSf, executrix and ad
ministratrix. ja.s-lm
IN TBS BBTP ERIOR COURT OF THE
I County of Sacramento, State of California.
In the matter of the estate of HEN It V (i.
HAYS, deceased. I'ur.suant to an order of
said Superior Court, made on the 10th day of
February, 1801. notice is heroby given that
FRIDAY, the U7th day or February, lsoi, at
10 oYiook a. m. of said day, at the court-room
of sain court, at the court-house, in said
County orsaerameuto, has been appointed as
i the time and place for proving the will of said
; Henry G. Hays, deceased, and for hearing the
.application of Sarah Ann Hays for the issu
, unit- to her of letters of administration, when
' and where any person interested may appear
; and contest the same.
Dated February 10, 1891.
Iseal.] W. W. RHOADS, Clerk.
By J. F. Doodt, Deputy.
I Henry Stabr, Attorney for the Estate. fel£
<£apa\s JTaUcy gtmfcs*
1 CAPAY COLONY.
Busy Fruit-Growers iv a Pretty
Yolo Valley—Tancred and Its
Adjoining Farms.
TN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR
-*- Robert A. and Neal D. Barker associated
themselves with William McKay, all of Oak
land, with a view ot searching out a suitable
lowition in which to engage in the profitable
occupation of fruit-growin;,'. After visitin;
many localities, they decided on the Capay
Valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes tmct at
Tancred.
Ni-initiations were opened with the Capay
Valley Land Company, owning tiie tract In
question. With W. H. Mills, the General
Agent of that company, they arranged lor tho
purchase of about 220 acres of foothill land.
This being more than they had thought of
taking for their own use, they spoke to a
number of friends about it, with the result
that the tract was divided among the follow
ing people: B. L. Hickok, 40 acres; W. T.
Rarnett, 20 acres; N. T. Greathead, 20 acres;
Mrs. L. Greathead, 20 acres; W. McKay, 20
acres; N. D. Barker, 20 acres; It. A. Barker,
20 acre.-;; J. P. P,rownlee, 20 acres; E. EL Has
lett, 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres; A. W.
Kelly. 10 acres, and Frederick Kelly, 10 acres.
So far this had been merely a private ven
ture of the gentlemen above named, but
in talking up the question of dividing tho
land already purchased, it was found that so
many more would likn to join it than tho
area of the purchase would admit of, that it
was suggested on all hands, "Why not get
some more land and divide it up in the saino
I way?" Then followed the idea of a stock
company to take hold of a larjrcr tract and
arrange for the cultivation of the whole of it,
after subdividing it according to the re
quirements of.the subscribers. A provisional
board was formed, a prospectus issued, and
finally, on the sth of Juue, 1890, the West
ern Co-operative Colonization and Improve
ment Company was duly registered and pro
ceeded to business, with the following officers:
President, William McKay; Vice-Prealdent,
M. P. Brown. Directors—H. C. Ellis, Charles
Brooke and R. A. Barker; Secretary and Gen
eral Manager, Neal D. Barker; Solicitor, C. E.
Snook; Treasurer, First National Bank ot
Oakland.
The balance of the tract, 373 acres, was pur
chased. A contract was entered into for tho'
purchase of a large number of fruit trees,
vines, etc. This early purchase of trees-was
the means of saving between §3,000 and
S 1,000 to the company, the prices in some
cases having more than doubled since then.
The ideas which the prospectus >et forth
have been but slightly modified and the
progress of the company has been uninter
rupted. Those who went into it doublingly
have become enthusiastic, and almost all tho
members arranged to set out all their land iv
fruit trees, etc., the first year. Consequently
in this, the first season, some 40,000 trees and
between 20,000 and 30,000 vines will bo "
planted.
The satisfactory working of this scheme has
had the etrect of attracting considerable atten
tion to the work of the Colony Company, and
a number of people are now desirous of join
! Ing in with them. An additional 200 acres
have been added to the sixty acres originally
purchased.
For the company is predicted a very bright
future, as well as for the beautiful valley in
which their operations are conducted. How
this marvelous little garden has come to be so
long neglected is a puzzle to every one >vho
has visited it, but one thing is very sure, and
that is that this neglect will never again be
felt in the valley.
The fruits set out are mostly of the standard
varieties—peaches, apricots, Bartlett pears,
prunes, tigs, raisin grapes, etc., while along
both sides of the avenues, throughout t;.«
tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade.
A considerable number of citrus trees are also
being set out; quite a sufficient number to>
demonstrate that these fruits can bo success
fully grown in the valley, about which the,
colonists appear to have no doubt, provided
proper care is given to the young trees. Neal
D. Barker, General Manager of the company,
resides on the tract, and to his care is to be as-'
cribeel much of the success of the venture.
Mention should be made of the town-site,
about which there is a pleasant innovation
which might with profit be followed by more
ambitious places. A small park of some three
acres has been laid out right in the center ot ■
the town. This park it is proposed to beautify
by planting in it from time to time as many
of tiie beauties and curiosities of tree and
shrub life as may be obtained by diligent-,
search and a wise expenditure of money. It
is not expected that Tancred will ever bca-V
large and busy city, but it is thought that tt»
can be made a very pleasant little place to
dwell in.
A petition has been circulated recently and \
very largely signed, asking the county to ac
cept Island avenue, on the colony tract, as a-,
county road, and to build a bridge across
Cache Creek at this point, in order to give tho'
settlers on the east side of the creek access l»,
Tancred Station. The Tancred colonists aroi
quite willing to give tiie necessary right of
way, and are very desirous ot having a bridge,
there, as the colony lands extend along both
sides of the stream. It is thought that it
would be a very wise expenditure of public
money to grant them this very necessary im
provement, as the operations of such com
panies are of widespread benefit to the whom
county and State. Tin- attractions and com.
j fort.s of the cities are well known, but to {hose
who are willing to s.-ttle on the land aim show
that the country also afl'ord.-s attraction* and
comforts and ways of making money pleas
antly, every inducement should be held forth.
The following is a list of the principal mem
bers of the Tancred Colony, with the number
of acres owned by each, and a fact worthy ot
mention is that in each contract or deed is
sued by the Colony Company there is A pro
vision that no intoxicating liquor shall ever
be manufactured or sold on the land. The
apparent success of the enterprise shows
that the ideas and plans of tho col
ony, as set forth in the prospectus somo
time ago, are not impracticable: C. T.
Hull, Berkeley, 5 acres; W. P. Hammon, Oak
land, 11 acres; C. S. Kasson, San Francisco,
11 acres; Jos. Barker, 10 acre*; A. W. Kelly,
Kincardine, Out., 5 acres; N. T. Greathead, 5
j acres; R. G. Greathead, Oakland, 10 acres; R.
! A. Barker, San Francisco, 10 acres; N. D. Bar
| ker, Tancred, 10 acres; Dr. K. Favor, San
I Francisco, 27 acres; J. P. Brownlee Kincar
! dine, Ont., 9 acres; W. T. Barnett, Berkeley, 5
acres; M. P. Brown, 10 acres; Chas. Brook, Sr.,
Oakland, 10 acres; W. C. Boutelle, Berkeley,
20 acres; Mrs. T. A. Crelin, Oakland, r> acres;
C, H. Peach, Tancred, 5 acres; H. C. Ellis, Oak
land, 10 acres; J. Vanstone, Winnipeg, 10 .
acres; E. A. Vanstone, Tauered, 5 acres; E.
j Wadsworth. Sacramento, 5 acres; M. A.
j Thomas, Oakland, G acres; James Graham,
I San Francisco, 11 acres; A. Stark, 12 acres;
I J. Stark, 10 acres; Mrs. M. Vrooman, 5 acres;
I C. E. Snook, 10 acres; C. T. Greatheads 12
; acres; Wm. McKay, 5 acres; Mrs.Wm. McKay,
! Oakland, 5 aerc*s; Mrs. E. C. Wooley, Brook
lyn, N. V., 10 acres; Mrs. H. Beckley, Oakland,
5 acres; T. A. Marriett, 5 acre::; J. C. Harrison,
Tancred, 5 acres. The land reserved by tho
Colony Company, including townsite, consists
of 61 acres. felsd&wtf
