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VOLUME LXXXII.--KO. 16.
FOUGHT TO A FINISH.
Convicts Entertain Their Superiors
at the lowa Penitentiary.
BLOODY PRIZE FIGHT BETWEEN TWO
The National Commissioners of tlio
World's Columbian Fair Complete
Their Labors nnd Adjourn I'ntil
April—Strict Mensures to be Taken
by Government Authorities to Pun
ish Persons Assisting Pauper Im
migrants to Land in the United
States.
Fpeclal to the REOORD-UKIOir.
Boxbh City ilda.), Sept. 8. — The report
of a bloody fight to a finish at the State
Penitentiary came to light in this city to
<iay. The extraordinary event occurred
live weeks ago last Sunday. Boxing has
boon permitted by the Warden for
months, and culminated in a finish fight
between Convicts McCrearyand Dunlap,
in winch thu latter was whipped. The
preliminaries were arranged by Warden
Mack and his guards. The prisom re
were allowed to bet money and articles
Which they manufactured on the result,
and on tho day of the fight were present
en masse. Guard Alex Roberts, son of
Prison Commissincr Roberts, was bottle
bolder for one of the contestants. Ail
officials of the prison were present. The
fight was a particularly savage one, Con
vict Dunlap being pounded and covered
With blood nnd almost unable to stand
when his second (a guard threw up the
sponge. News of the affair has caused
h sensation, and there is a clamor for an
investigation.
WOKLJVS FAIR.
The National Commissioners Ftnisn
Their Business and Adjourn*
Chicago, Sept, B.—At to-day's session
of the National Columbian Exposition,
Mercer of Wyoming presented a resolu
tion setting forth that the question of po
licing the fair while open was one of
great importance, and setting forth the
propriety of making arrangements with
the various States for sending their
:uiilitia to the Fair in succession to act in
The capacity of guards of honor and
police upon the grounds. After some dis
cussion the resolution was Laid on the
table as outside the powers of the Com
mission.
The Committee <m Live Stock reported
a recommendation that four chiefs of that
department be appointed, making it in
dependent of the Department ol" Agri
culture. Adopted.
The announcement of the Membership
Committee <>f Legislation was then made.
\ resolution for the appoimttnent of a
historian of the foir was referred to the
< Committee on Judiciary, with instructions
to report what salary should be paid him.
The action of the Commission taken last
Saturday, patting tho control of the
Latin-American exhibit in the hands of
\h>> Director-General, was reconsidered,
and the exhibit again put in charge ofW.
j). Curtis, subject to the control of tho
Chief of the Foreign Department.
The Commission then adjourned to
meet next April.
The names of members of the Standing
Committee on Legislation are as follows:
St. Clair, West Virginia; Allen, New
iork; Smalley, Vermont; Woodside.
Pennsylvania: Saunders, Mississippi;
Breed, Massachusetts; Jones, Missouri;
Ritchie, ( >hio; Wilson, District of Colum
bia; Kannan, Utah; Harris, Virginia-
Rocker, North Dakota.
last night at a conference of tho
Commissioners and the Lady Managers
of the Territories, it was agreed the Ter
ritories should consolidate in erecting
one building for their exhibits. It snail
not >-ost less than 910.000.
The Board of Lady Maaagersof the
World's Fair to-day appointed a commit
tee to select examples ofspeciaUy notable
and bnlliani achievements of women, to
be made ■ separate display in the wo
man's building. This display would
range from literature and art to cookery.
it was announced that a portion of the
money set apart for foreign advertising
would probably be made available for
us« of the ladies in sending agents
I to work in tho interest of the
woman's department.
Behind the closed doors the board con
sidered circular tetters that have been
Rent out from time to time in conn*
with tli. Queen Isabella Association.
Mrs. \Vilkins introduced a resolution,
which was carried, that the Lady Mana
ger who assisted or encouraged the send
ing out of literature derogatory
I" ard should be expelled from the board,
and the State sending her requested to
remove her from all connection with tho
board.
The ladies will adjourn to-morrow.
P.UPr.K IMMIGRAS Eg.
Those "Who a-.«!-j Them to be Arrested
mid Punished.
New York, Sept s.— The investigation
of a well-known scheme in operation to
t 1.0 Barge Office authorities in re
gard to the means of immigrants, is being
made, and a list of the sub-agents of
steamship and railroad companies who
are to be brought to book for engaging in
lids illegal business has been prepared.
Courtlaad C. Manning, United States
< 'oMimissionrroi' I in migration at this port,
Baidto-day that he proposed instituting
:-t onoe a rigid examination into these
charges, and as flic Hebrews were
Bentcd to him as the most persistent vio
lators of the law in this regard, he had
enlisted the services ol Meyer Reinherz,
the Immigration Ageni of the United
Hebrew Charities in this city, to assist
him In putting a stop to the practice.
Ticket scalpers ofti... Hebrew districts
are among t!>..' persons most suspected,
and to them the attention of tho authori
ties will fij ;. and where persons
and guilty,the immigration authori
ties will secure their arrest and punish
ment.
AT THE point OF DEATH.
Nine Persona Partake oi Poison in
Pood.
E IKBAB City. s. )t. B.—A vpecial to the
'four.* from r.ellsville, Kas., says: Nine
people of thii place are at point of death,
at tii.' result of having partaken of poison
La food. George Gregg returned from
lowa last Saturday, where he bad gone to
lirinK home his wife and children, who
bad been visiting there. A young lady
relative accompanied Mrs. Gregg. <>n
Sunday Ira Johnson, a neighbor, called
on his way home prom church and ac
cepted an invitation to dinner. Eight
j> rsoni Bat down to the table. Soon ait< r
dinner they all became violently ill, e\
hibitingail the symptoms of poisoning.
Shortly afterward a servant, who had
In the meantime partaken of the dinner.
r .v ( , became ill, showing the sanie symp
toms. Since then all have grown stead
ily worsej and the i.rovery of none of the
victims is expected. What the nature of
THE RECORD-UNION.
the poison WM and how administered is
unknown.
CALIFORNIA FRUITS.
Prices Realized nt Yesterday's Sales In
Eastern Markets.
CHICAGO, Sept. S.—The Porter P.ros.
Company sold to-day at auction, for ac
count of California Fruit Union, peaches
at 90c: r.artlett pears, U lore 1 80; Tokays,
250; White Tokays, -Si 45; Buerre
Hardy pears, Si £>@1 10; Duchess, $125;
Buerre Clairgeaus, J120; Silver prunes,
?1 10; ftlalvoise grapes, $I®] 65; Black
Hamburg. 80c@$l; Hose do Peru,6sc< ysl;
Black Prince, sr><a!.oc.
I taICAGO, Sept. B.—The Earl Fruit Com
pany sold seven carloads of California
fruits at auction, as follows: Bartlett
[in-. *1 7« i ■• 1 85; Buerre Hardy, >l 65;
W hue Doyenne pears, >l (55; Gros prunes,
;.:l 15; Late Crawford peaches 75c@$l;
Susquehanna peaches, 75c@$l; Orange
Cling peaches, 75c(q;$l; Silver prunes,
?1 2D; Muscat grapes, lialf crates, gl • !•">:
.Tokay grapes, half crates, f] 85; Tokay-.
AT NEW YORK.
New York, Sept B.— The Porter
Brothers Company sold to-day at auction,
for account of California Fruit Union,
Bartlett pears. §2 7» : 10: peaches, -! LOi j
I 85^ Golden Drops and Japan plums,
jS2 35; nectarines, $l(q I 55; half crates
Mnscats,f] 10@160; balf crates Tokays,
91 ■'..">:•• •_': ligs, -">.ic.
New York. Sept. B.—The Earl Fruit
Company sold through E. L. Gbodsell,
at auction, a carload of Malaga grapes,
lull crates, at $2 15 per crate.
AT MiXNi'.A POMS.
Minneapolis, Sept. 8.— The Porter
Bros. Company, agents for the California
Fruit Union, realized for Bartlett pears
(1 75@2; Buerre Hardys, %\ -».■ -. i :., :
peaches,sl@l2s; plumf»,7oc( si; Rose do
Peru grapes. 7.V">!; Muscats, M(" 1 25.
AT ST. PAil,.
St. Paul, Sept. 8.—15. Presley & Co.,
agents for ihe California Fruit Union.
reaii/cd for Bartlett pears $1 50@l 7,j;
peaches, $1(3 1 25; plums, $I<S l 25.
AT BOSTON.
Boston, Se)>t, 8. —Blake & Ripley,
agents of California Fruit Onion, sold
one carload of Qros prunes for $1,238
gross.
RAHJ2OAD INTERESTS.
An Important Decision In Regard to
Delivery of Freight.
DußrjQtTE (la.), Sept. B.—Judge Key,
of the State District Court, to-day filed an
important decision in the case of the
[owa Railway Commission against the
Chicago, Milwaukee &8t Paul Railway
Company. Fengler & Schwaegler had
shipped to them, some time ago, several
car loads of fuel oil from Lima,
'i!i.' cars (tamo from Chicago over the
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City road.
As the, yards of the consignees could only
be reached by the Milwaukee road, the
latter h:id to switch the cars in about
three miles. The .Milwaukee Company
charged from $13 to $15 per car for this
switching, the charge being greatly in
excess of the joint switching rates fixed
by the state Railroad Commission. On
complaint of the consignees the com
mission ordered the company to switch
ili< cars at the rate fixe 1. Fhe company
refused, and the case went into court.
Judge -Wy holds that the contract be
tween Fengier <fe Schwaegler and the oil
company at Lima. < 'hi,., is an Interstate
Commer contract, and that the Hoard
of Railroad Commissioners of lowa bad
no jurisdiction to remedy grievances
arising thereunder. Plaintifls' petition
was dismissed. The case will now go to
the Supreme Court on appeal.
OOTTLD WILL NOT OIVK li' CONTHOL.
Chicago, Sept B.—General Solicitor
rhurston of the Union Pacific Bays there
is no foundation for the rumor that Qould
intends giving up control of that road, or
that the property will go into the hands
of a receiver. He said that when some
body in Wall street wanted to make a
drive on Union Pacific certain Becurity
holders were induced to demand imme
diate payment. Gould was then in the
far West and Ames in Europe. It did
not take them long, however, to make
arrangements whereby the debt bas b • n
bunched and placed with Drexel, Morgan
.v Co. at a lower rate of interest. The
Union Pacific was never in as good con
dition as now.
THE SKAKI.ES WILL.
Humors of a Settlement Denied by I
Timothy Hopkins' Attorneys.
Boston, Sept. 8. Judge Boalt and
\ yer J. Russell Wilson of San Fran-.
Cisco, counsel for Timothy Hopkins in
the proposed Searles will contest, have
arrived in Boston. Wilson states that
ox-Secretary Endicott has be ( n added bo
the counseL and that, joined by >ir
I hoate and Judge Boalt, {'he ease will be
conducted by them to th< ; end. "Any
statement," continued Wilson, "of a set
tlement of the case out of court basnol
ie from our client nor from us. Any
talk of the Future course of the contest |
would be altogether speculative. We
have no knowledge of our opponents 1
I plans, and we are quite Bure they have
Ino information as to ours. Of the several 1
mansions mentioned in connection with
state, thai at Methuen does not be
long to the properties in Issue, asit was
:ted by and belongs to Mr. Searles.
Those ai Great Barrington, Block island
and at San Francisco are of the Etapkins-
Searles controversy."
POKXAIi NOTICE OF CONTEST.
Salem, Mass... Sept 8.- E. T. Burley
and ex-Judge Endicott this morning filed
the notice of intention to oontesl the will
of Mary F. s. Searles of Methuen, Mass..
on behalf of her adopted son. Timothy
[iopkins. The erroundof the contest i's
understood to be undue influence, and
that the testatrix was not of sound mind.
The hearing is fixed for September 22d.
Killed His Wife and Suicided.
ERA iKas.), Sept. B.—This morning !
Stave Berger shot and instantly killed
and then committed suicide.
The couple had been quarreling since \
Saturday over some rent money paid to
them. The wife asked ber husband fora
dollar to buy some clothing for one of her
children, whereupon the husband threat
i cued to kill her.
She ran from the dining-room to the
rch, and he followed, shooting her
through the back. The murderer la ■
native of Germany, and had lived here
..bout six year-. The couple had been
divorced, and were remarried about a
! year ago.
Improved Order of Hod Ken,
Cleveland (O.), Sept B.—The great
.ncil Of the Improved Order of 1 ted
Men began its fifty-filth annual session
| here this morning. The "long talk* of
it Lcohonee Donnelly showed the
total membership oi the order in the
ntyto be 108,444, a gain of 10,000 dur-I
the past year. The financial state
ment buowc the total wealth of the Older
to be $1,260,034.
The order of Pocahontas reports 191
Councils. ■ membership of 211,168, an in
crease for the year of 2,844.
( lnrkson's Xamo Mentioned.
Washington, Septß.—The .star this!
• \ ■ ning publishes a report it heard that j
: JamesS. Chvrkson, chairman of the He- I
j publican National Executive Committee, !
: probably be appointed to succeed I
Proctor as Secretary of War.
ESx-4 onsreaaanan Scott Improving.
Bbxb Pa.), Sept. B.—The latest advices
from the bedside of Hon. A. L. Scott aro
of an encouraging nature. A distinct im
provemen) has taken place daring the
week since lie was taken to Newport.
SACEAMEXTO, WEDNESDAY MOENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1891.
ADMISSION DAY.
Santa Cruz Making Great Prepara
tions for Its Observance.
NATIVE SONS ARRIVING IN LARGE !
Graham Identifies Dal ton and Derm as
the Parties Who Called at His j
Camp ami Asked for a Drink of
Water on the Right of tbe At- j
tempted Kobbery — The Prisoners
Qomoved to tho County .Jail at Mo- j
desto.
Special io the Rkoord-Uxiox.
Santa Cruz, Bept. 9.—The work of
decoration and preparation for the Native
Son's celebration of Admission Day pro
! (-ceded vigorously all day. The streets
; are brilliant to-night with electric lights
: and Japanese lanterns. Over twenty
carloads of sons and visitors arrived on I
tbe regular trains this evening. The
Local Parlor, with :i band, marched to tho
beach at !l o'clock to receive the Mission
Golden Gaio Parlors of San Efaan
cisco, expected to arrive by Bteamerat
thai lioar.
The steamer Del Norte arrived, shortly
before l o'clock, and the members of
Mission Parlor and thoir friends marched j
up Pacific avenue just us the first section
of the excursion traiu arrived at the
narrow-gauge depot. Notwithstanding
the lateness of the hour tho streets were
thronged. The marcb was made bril
liant with rockets, Roman candles and
red fire. •
THE TRAIN ROBBERS.
Another Version <>( the Capture of
Dalton.
\ Ti'laiik, Sop!, s.—The statement that |
Bill Dalton came to the door and threw
up his hands at the time he was aries
La erroneous. !! ■ was taken unawares,
riff Kay ana Deputy Witty when
they saw the men enter the house drove
up rapidly and jumped in;<> Uie front
room. The only persons there were .Mrs.
Egles and a girl. I!, asked if any men
were on the premises. They said no.
While conversing pleasantly Kay sud
denly kicked open a dour leading ti> an
adjoining room, and held a Bhotgun
! leveled. Dalton stood there, with a riile
beside him, not Bcspecting the sudden
entrance. Kay had the drop and Dalton
: had to surrender.
Sunday night in jail, Dalton, who hns
always been known as indiscreet, think
ing the officers knew all, growled: "If
we had more cartridges we would have
gol what we were after."
Sentence on Grattan Dalton has been
poned until the 21st of September.
He \\a-~ convicted of the Alila robbery.
THJS PRISONERS TAKEN TO MODESTO.
MODESTO, Sept. S.—Sheriff Purvis of
this county, accompanied by Sheriff Kay
ofTulareand Detectives Thacker, Smith,
Hume and Lawson, returned from Xl
salia this afternoon, having in charge
William Dalton and Wiley Dean, sup
posed to be the Ceres train-robbers. A
large crowd was at the depot to see the I
men. They were escorted to the < Jounty i
rail and lodged in ceils. The wife of
Dalton arrived from Sacramento earlier
in the afternoon and accompanied her!
husband as far as the jail. The Sheriff, |
detectives and District-Attorney were in \
secret consultation for two hours this
>■•■. ening.
C OBAHAH IDKNTirir.S THE MXX,
j tVISALiA, Sept B.—William Dalton and
Wiley Dean, the Buspected Ceres train
robbers, were last night confronted with !
.Mr. and Mrs. Graham, who were camp
ing a short distance sou'li of Ceres on the
night of the robbery. Graham identified
the two men as having come to their
; ••amp shortly before the robbery and I
; asked for a drink of water, and left in a
southerly direction. ) Dalton exhibited
much confusion at the Budden meeting.
Neither men will talk on the subject.
BBHUAITE METEOR.
One of rniiMial s\w Pnoncm Over Tuc
son.
Tucson, Sept. X—A meteor of unusual
brilliancy and size passed over Tucson at
V2:S> ias;t night. When first seen in the
southeast it appeared to be of the size of
a barrel, with a long tail of bluish-green \
| lire. Afterward, when seen north of the !
>ity, it seemed reduced in size. The
light was as brilliant as calcium when
I seen close to the ground, five miles
j northwest. It increased the temperature
very perceptibly, showing 10° higher at
that hour than any night during the
month.
A large stone, the weight being esti
mated at 1,000 pounds, fell fifty miles
north of Tucson some weeks ago. The
University of Arizona is arranging for its
recovery, and it will be brought here.
Large numbers of arolitcs have lately
been found north, and one having small
diamonds in it is now on exhibition at
the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
ington, being the first of the kind ever
found.
State World's Fair Commission.
sa.\ Fi;am-is< o,Sept.B.—The('alifornia
World's Fair Commission met thiseven
j ing. The principal subject of discussion j
was the suit against Controller Colgan,
J who bad refused to audit bills calling fur
i money from the $300,000 appropriated by
tho last Legislature for tbe World's
Pair exhibit. Colgan's attorneys have
filed briefs already, and those
of the Commissioners 1 attorneys will be
filed in a few days. While it is believed
that the appropriation will be certainly
! judged constitutional, the work is being
impeded for lack of funds.
Charged With Murder.
POBTI a\:> < >r. , Sept. S.—lsaac Thomas
was arrested here to-day on the charge of
murdering "Sturgeon Jin:," an Indian,
whOM body was found in the Columbia
River, near Vancouver, Wash., about
iwo weeks ago. When arrested Thomas
was on his way from Vancouver to Port
land. He denies all knowledge of the
murder and claims to have been visiting
■ his daughter at Montioello, Wash., near
, where the murder occurred. It is sup
; posed his son furnished the information
>n which ho was arrested.
Arizona Constitutional Convention.
I'h.i.mx (Ariz.), Sept. S.—The Consti- I
tutional Convention of Arizona met
Monday and had a temporary organiza
tion, with Hon. A. P>. Bailey as teni
: porary Chairman.and adjourned to :? p.m.
! to-day, when it. convened and proceeded
jto a permanent organization, electing j
i Hon. \V. A. Howe of Yavapai County
President, and Hon. V. Dunbar and A. !
] C. Barnard Secretaries of the convention, ■
which then proceeded to adopt rules of
order, etc.
Ills Body Tom Into Fragments.
Los Axc.klks. Sept. B.—Honore Bo
relle was run over at a point on the
Southern Pacific near Shorb's station
early yesterday morning and torn into
fragments. Tho deceasod was a French
man and lived at Alhambra. He tried to
board a freight train in order to steal a
ride to Los Angeles, and was thrown un
der the wheels. For at loast 100 yards
along the truck portions of his body were
found. There were over 100 pieces.
Five Youi*9 In San <^uentln.
Hollistkk, Sept. B.—Celso Larios, who
attempted a criminal assault on an aged
lady at San Juan last April, aud escaped
from jail on the night of arrest, was re
captured near Solidad hist week. Yes
terday be pleaded guilty in the Superior
Court and WM sentenced by Judge P.reen
to live years En San Qnentui.
Wealthy Contractor Drowned.
Eugene (Or.), Sept. s.—<;«>o. li. Park,
a wealthy contractor, was drowned in the
Willamette River this afternoon. Be
was fording the river, when his horse be
came unmanageable and overturned the
buggy. His ten-year-old son, who w^s
along, swam ashore. Park's body w;;.s
SKINNED ALIVE.
A Burly Negro Tortured to Death l>y
Enraged Citizens.
SHBKVEFOBT (La.), Sept. 8. — News
was received here to-day of a horrible
outrage committed on the person of B
youne lady school-teacher near Arcadia.
A few days ago the young lady started
home, two miles distant, and in a lonely
place on the road was set upon by a burly
negro, who dragged her into the woods
near by, tied her to a tree and kept her
there two days. When the searching
party found her there on the evening of
tho second day she fold them her story,
telling them to hide near by, as the u< gro
would sdon return. In a short time the
negro appeared and uas captured. He
was fearfully torture!, being skinned
alive and cut to pieces. His body was
left to the buzzards.
Ilorrlblo Tragedy.
Lima (O.), Sept. 8. — This morning,
while James Lewis and Tom Johnson '
wen- running a threshing machine, lewis
cut Johnson on the hand. Although be
asserted that it was an accident, Johnson
si ruck him a terrific blow. Lewis fell
directly under the cylinder and was
drawn into tho machine, his head and
body being ground to a pulp. Frank
Lewis, bis brother, made a dash with a
pitchfork, which he plunged into .John- |
son's bowels, killing him almost in- i
stantly. Lew is has been am sfc i.
Receiver of Public Money.
<' \pb May (N. J.), Sept. B.—The Presi
dent has appointed Will S. <'. Clark Re
■ ver of Public Money at Carson City,
Nevada, vice George C. Thaxter, re
signed.
The Itata Proceeding.
New York, Sept. B.—The Post's Wash
ington special says the Attorney-General
sent orders to-day to California to discon
tinue the ltata proceedings.
MEXICAN TARIFF.
THE NEW SCHEDULE AS OFFI-
CIALLY PUBLISHED.
Xo Change In the Duties on Grain—
Agricultural Implements Re
tained on the Free lA*t.
Special to the Record-Union.
St. Louis, Sept. B.—A dispatch from
the City of Mexico gives a summary of
the new Mexican tariff, which has just
made its appearance in the Diario (offi
cial). The free list retains coal, coke.
wood, pulp, lumber, railway, telegraph,
telephone and electric Light supplies,
barbed wire, iron pipe, sheet iron, Port
land cement, explosives for mines, power
machinery, boilers and engines, wheels,
cables, ores, cordage, agricultural imple
ments and a number of other articles.
Precious stones, formerly free, are taxed
from $3 to $5 per carat; sulphuric and
muriatic acids, formerly free, will be
three cents per kilogram. This is metric
weight and equivalent to a little moro
than - 1-5 pounds. There are no ad val
orem duties, and unless otherwise speci
fied tho following duties are so much per
kilogram: Liquors, wine and beer in
Ljlass unchanged; liquors in wood re
duced from forty cents to thirty cents;
wine from twelve cents to ten cents, and
chemicals are reduced; phosphorus from
seventy-five cents to fifty cents; white
matches are increased from $1 25 to SI .">•).
< 'ommon paper for certain purposes is
reduced from 10 cents to 5 cents; brown
wrapping-paper from 8 cents to 5 cents;
envelopes from 45 cents to 25 cents;
Bristol board to 2o cents and pasteboard
to 15 cents. Playing cards aro increased
to si 80; wall paper was 20 cents; it is
divided into three classes, and will pay
10, 20 and 50 cents, according to descrip
tion. Paper with printed headings, doc
uments blanks, monograms, as well as
printed tickets of all kinds, will pay SI.
Raw cotton is unchanged, as also cotton
doth. There are some differences in
threads and in underwear, with a few
changes in linen and some reductions.
Woolen (»rpets are lower, and there are
reductions in woolen cloth, underwent
clothing, gloves and fringes. Grains are
not changed. Preserved fruits are in
creased from ~>o to 75 cents; Virginia leaf
tobacco from 18 to 25 cents: crude petro
leum from 1 cent to 2 cents; white refined
unchanged. Fixed oils not specified are
reduced from 50 to 20 cents, and lubricat
ing oils to 5 cents.
< ommon soaps are increased from 18 to
25 cents; common glass bottles reduced
from 3 to 1 cent; glass and porcelain
otherwise unchanged; furniture, finished
and ready for use, is advanced 5 cents:
common wood furniture, unfinished, is
reduced from 15 to 8 cents; jewelry is in
creased and will pay from J6O to f75, ac
cording to class. Carriages are un
changed. Firearms somewhat reduced.
Rubber cloth and rubber clothing are in
creased from 80 cents to §2. Machinery
for industrial use, agricultural, mines
and cars, to be free of duty, when it is not
arranged to be moved by crank or pedal;
if so arranged, it is to pay 5 cents.
Tools are reduced from 10 cents to 5
cents; stc-L>l ingots reduced from 5 cents to
3 cents; pig iron reduced 1 to 3 cents, and
bar iron 5 to 10cents, according to quality
angle iron will be 3 conts, sheet iron and
corrugated iron, galvanized or not, 4
cents; iron beams will remain at 1 cent;
manufacturers of iron, not otherwise
speci lied, will be increased from 20 to'2s
cents, on many cases legal weight is
substituted for gross weight, that is,
goods do not have to pay duty on box or
barrels containing them.
♦—
A prominent cable-car lino official in
Pittsburg said recently: "The ropes on
cable cars are, as a rule, sold as soon as
i hey are put in. The rope upon which
we are traveling was sold several weeks
ago. The old ropes are sold for inclines,
elevators, otc. They are bettor for that
purpose than if they wero new. They
have become so thoroughly soaked with
oil and tar, and so stretched, that they aro
seasoned. They will never wear out on
inclines or elevators, becauso there is no
strain on them compared with that of a
cable road, and they have been tested so
that they may be relied on. After they
have been in use a short time on the cable I
loads, and before they show signs of
wear, they are replaced by new ones."
Applo pomace is relished by hogs and
cattle, and serves well as a'chautro of
food.
SOUTHEASTERLY GALE.
Violent Wind Storm on tbe East
Coast of Canada.
A NUMBER OP VESSELS DASHED TO
PIECES.
A Family of Six People living In Paris
Sulcldo by Hanglac— The Distress
Among Peasants in Russia Growing
Greater and More Widespread as
Later Keports Come in—Nothing
Definite Yet Known as to tho
"Whereabouts of Uulmneodn.
Special to the Record-Union.
Haupax, Sept. B.—A fearful south
i easterly gale prevailed in this region last
night, the storm raging with terrible vio
lence from 10 o'clock until after mid
night. It must have been disastrous to
shipping on the coast, as several good
-1 sized vessels nnd a number of small craft
were dashed to pieces in this harbor, and
other damage was dona Half of the
Intercolonial Railway bridge across the
harbor at the Narrows has disappeared,
| ami the (train safe ai tbe Intercolonial
; elevator was carried away by the fierce
wind. Trees and fences wire leveled In
the city and a large amount of minor
damage was done.
The cyclone struck the harbor from the
eastward and swept along the wharves
and through the city, tearing down every
; thing loose and every insecure particle of
property in its path.
Advices from places outside of t!n> city
show that last night's gale was severely
felt in all parts of the province, but so
far no serious damage has been reported.
From Yarmouth (<> Cape Breton the
coast was sue;.i, and probably numei-
I ova shipping casualties will be heard of
i in a day or two.
DISTRESS IN RUSSIA.
(^renter and More Widespread Than at
First Suppose!.
Loxr.nN. se;.t. 8.- The Standard's corre
spondent, commenting on the demands
that come from all quarters for measures
to relieve distress, Bays it i^ plain that the
distress is greater and more widespread
than was at first supposed and that the
worst is still to come.
Tbe Paris correspondent of the Times,
discussing the situation in Russia, says:
Alter the Rothschilds' refusal of a loan to
Russia, it was found it would require
£12,000,000 to relieve the distress in Russia
while the poverty of the people would
cause a large reduction in the customs re
ceipts from the sale ofaloohol, and the
expenses of Increasing her armament
would bring the aggregate deficit up to
about £40,000,000.
Russia eagerly seized tho Cronstadt
entente to make fresh but futile applica
tion to the Rothschilds, who represented
ihe difficulty France herself would be in
having to pay about £40,000,000 in gold
for American wheat. Then the other
bankers wore approached, and they
agreed to advance a loan to Russia at the
same price as was offered by the Roths
childs, namely about 82. This loan can
not lie negotiated before October. It will
be issued at 84 or 841, and will be ab
sorbed by petty investors, as large houses,
especially Jewish, dislike Russian issues!
WHERE is BAXMAGEDA!
No One Seems Able to at Present
Locate Him.
Valparaiso, Sept B.—Rumors con
tinue to be spread concerning the where
abouts of the fugitive President of Chile,
Balmaceda. The other day it was said
he was lleeing by way of the Andes into
the Argentine Republic, his purpose be
ing to roach Buenos Ayres. Now it is
reported that, not daring to make an at
tempt to escape from the country, he has
taken refuge in some one of the foreign
legations, or else has concealed himself in
a monastery.
If he has been fortunate enough to gain
admission to a legation, he will, in all
likelihood, be protected from the wrath
of his triumphant enemies. if. on the
contrary, he has sought refuge in a
monastery, he is in imminent danger of
being captured. The Junta will un
doubtedly cause all the monasteries to be
searched for him if they put any faith in
the report. It seems hardly plausible,
however, that he should seek an asylum I
with the clerical party, as It has been a
recognized fact, ever since the outbreak
of the war in Chile, that the priests were
almost unanimously in sympathy with
tho Congressionalists.
Emperor William nt Munich.
Munich, Sept. B.— At the town hall to
day Emperor William, replying to an
address of welcome tendered him on be
half of the citizens of Munich and distinct
from the official welcome extended by
the Burgomaster and other municipal
officers last night, said: "I shall give
your city a warm place in my heart if
only on account of the many tokens of
devotion manifested by the" citizens of
Munich toward my grandfather, my
father and myself, which aro guarantees
of your loyalty."
Fast Oconn Passage.
Queenstowx, Sept B.—The City of
New York arrived here this afternoon at
2 o'clock, having crossed the Atlantic in
5 days, 22 hours and 50 minutes, equaling
the best previous eastward passage.
The City of New York had on board
the mails of the Canadian Pacific Rail
way steamship Empress of Japan, which
mails left Yokohama, Japan, on August
T.tth. They have thus reached Queens
town in twenty days from Yokohama.
Cholera Epidemic.
Pahis, Sept. B.—Prouste announced in
the Academy of Medicine this evening
that a cholera epidemic, which arose in
the East, is Bearing Aleppe. He thinks
the great danger to Europe lies in the
Persian Gulf, and believes the immigra
tion of destitute Russian Jews. 7,000 of
whom have gone to Aleppe, will increase
the violence ol the epidemic.
A Whole Family Suicides.
Paris, Sept. B.—All the members of a
family in this city, numbering six, com
mitted suicide yesterday. The father
and mother showed, tho way by hanging
themselves iirst, and the others.who were
adult children, imitated their parents.
THE GAME LAW.
A Mountaineer's Sensible Suggestions
on the Subject.
L. Belding submits the following re
marks on the game laws through the col
umns of the Truckee Republican:
"I wish to call attention to some of the
defects of the California game law which
virtually prohibits the shooting, by
sportsmen, of the best game in the high
Sierra Nevada*.
MBy the Ist of October, when the shoot
ing season begins, mountain quail have
nearly all gone down the west slope to
HDend the winter below the snow line and
grouse are mostly in high peaks and in
iir trees, where they are quite free from
molestation until the following sprint:.
When many, mostly males, are killed
during the breeding season by Indians,
and no doubt many nests and broods of
young are destroyed in consequence of
this killing. The tendency of the present
law is to annoy and prevent sportsmen
of responsibility from getting n fair share
of game and to allowlndians and irre
sponsible people to get it all. Young
grouse are usually in their prune by the
middie of August and young quails are
usually large enough to shoot by the Ist
of September. Grouse shooting might
begin August loth and quail shooting on
the Ist of September.
•'This would enable the sportsmen who
come to the mountains to recuperate, but
who seldom stay in them later than the
middle of September, a chance to get a
bird or two occasionally without being
annoyed by threats of prosecution and
subjection to an unreasonable line. Game
needs no protection from this class
gunners; but one in a hundred of them
ever kills a deer, and they are seldom
able to kill grouse.
"The Washoe Indians, to their credit
be it said, are very energetic, successful
hunter-, who kill more deer in the Sierras
than all the stockmen, campers and white
hunters combined. They nearly ex
terminated the deer in Calaveras County
a few years ago, and they never had any
moral rights in that county. They spared
neither sex nor age, not even fawns that
were but two or three weeks old, as t
positively know, having visited their
camps several times in June and July in
Calaveras and Alpine Counties. If they
will observe the game law deer may In
crease, but they now are very source —so
.scarce that several stockmen have re
cently told me they intended to obey the
law in respect to deer.
"In some of tlie counties deer are still
abundant, and this must make it plain
that the only right way to have a satis
factory game law in this large, greatly
varied State is to let the Supervisors oi
each county fix the open and dose sea
son, though it might be advisable to place
.some limit to this authority."
NEW CAR MOTOR.
Street Ours to be Propelled by Giant
Sprinyrs.
The above caption has no reference to
Sacramento street-cars, but there is no
telling what may happen in tho course of
time.
A 111:111 in Kansas has mvi nted a spring
which he claims will send cars along
public streets on the "no puahee-no
pullee-no-shovee" system, ami at com
paratively do expense, so Car as the motive
power is < oncerned.
The motive power is a spring eight feel
long, two feet wide, and 3.32 inches thick.
There are to be eight of them under ca<-h
car, each wound up in barrels twenty-six
inches in diameter. The outer edges of
these barrels form sprocket wheels, from
which run endless chains, connecting
with sprocket wheels on the car axles.
Each spring is two-horse-power, making
sixteen horse-power to each car. These,
it is estimated, will drive a cur tour miles.
They arc under the control of the driver;
can he disconnected by the turn of tho
wheel, and in running down a made the
springs are partly rewound. On a road
four miles long a winding station, re
quiring an engine, would have to be set
up at each end.
The first test with a regular car will be
on tin1 line running from Manchester to
Richmond, Va. A model, weighing 1.000
pounds and carrying ten persons, made a
successful trip over the road a few weeks
ago, mounting an 8 per cent, grade with
ease, if the coming test is successful the
new method of street-car propulsion will
revolutionize the business, as the car can
be made and fitted at the cost of an ordi
nary car. The springs can be fitted to
run a longer distance.
TOLD BY AN OLD MINER.
How the Mexican Bandits Knew He
Had Been Hunt tug.
"Tho good old days an-gone,"'sighed
the forty-niner, addressing a Helena
Jqarnal reporter, "and they'll never
come again. When youth's pulse beats
high with pleasure, when the sky is clear
and there are no black and lowering
clouds on the horizon, when, in short, 7\
man feels that all he has to do to acquire
a controlling interest in the earth is to
apply at the office and hand in his name,
then—why then life is worth living."'
"What's the matter ?*' I inquired!
"I've been thinking again. I tell you,
vav boy, it doesn't pay an old man to
think. If he can remember without
thinking he's all right: but when ho gets
to comparing tin- present with the past
he's in a bad way and he's sure to got
downhearted."
"California?''
"Yes. Can't help it. I will be think
ing of the days of'4o, spite of all I can do.
Hero I am getting on toward three-score
years and ten, and I've only got onough
money to procure the necessities ofliie.
And who is thankful for that? Who is
grateful for roast beef and potatoes When
lie lias an appetite for terrapin and cham
pagne? And yet once I had more money
than I could have spent during my whole
life."
"How was that?"
"In ISoL I was prospecting in California
and struck it rich. My partner and I
Located a claim that had millions in it,
apparently. We didn't have capital
enough to work it, and so we went up to
'Frisco to find a purchaser. We found
him, too. His name was Moore, and he
was a well-known character on tee coast.
He had made a couple of millions work
ing a mine he had bought for §500. Well,
we convinced him we had a good thing
and ho gave us £lioo,ooo in gold coin for it.
I was afraid to deposit my share any
where, so I loaded it in flour bags on a
cart and drove down to San Jose. In the
hills back of the town was a cave I had
discovered a year before. It was so sit
uated that it couldn't bo discovered ex
cept by accident.
"I buried the money in a corner of the
cave and went gleefully back to San
.10-.-. As soon as 1 got into town a party
of Mexican bandits captured me and in
formal me that if I didn't conduct them
to my buried treasure I was a dead man.
Life was sweet to me at that time and I
didn't hesitate. They dug up my £100,
--00<>, gave me ?2CO to keep me from want,
and rode off to the southward. I never
saw any of them again for ten yours,
when I met one of the band in Los Ange
les. "Wo had a friendly conversation, in
the course of which I asked him how he
and his companions knew that I pos
sessed the treasure.
" 'You couldn't have seen me carry it
to the; cue,'l said,'for if you had there
would have been no need of taking me
prisoner.'
" 'No,' he replied, 'it was your hands.'
"'.My hands?'
'"Yes. I was in a saloon where you
were drinking, and I saw your hands
were tarnished.' "
Tho butcher's block has undergone a
remarkable evolution. Not only are
large and perfect tree stumps of hard
wood more and more difficult to obtain,
but even the best of them crack and split
most unaccountably. The modern first
class chopping-block has, therefore, be
come a square mass made up of cubes
of carefully selected wood, bolted and
then cross-bolted together, after being so
arranged that the chopping upon them
will be done on top, instead of with or
against the grain. These blocks are very
costly, but they last a long while.
John Cozine, employed in a bobbin
mill at Tunkhannoek, Ea., saved his life
recently by presence of mind and quick
work. His left arm was caught in the
machinery and his entire body was being
drawn in. With his right hand he drew
a knife from his pocket, and, opening it
with his teeth, he cut the belt that drove
the machinery. lie will lose tho arm
that was caught.
WIIOLE KO. 15,569.
POLITICAL PRATTLE.
An Open Letter Addressed to Ex-
President Cleveland.
REPUBLICANS OF NEW YORK GATH
ERING AT ROCHESTER
| J. Sloat Fassettl Bellevod to JTave tho
lusldo Track for tho Nomination
for Governor of tho Empire state—
Tho l!oimblic;m f.fwm.mi o r KnnsH*
ISBUua an Addross In Uofutntion of
Altered slanders Against tho Stato
by tho l'onpio's Party.
■^pooial to tho RSCOSD-Tjlnoir.
Biwohamtom (N. V.), Sept. B.— The
Husbandman to-day contains an open
letter from Lieutenants tovernor .Tones to
ex-President Cleveland, saying in P«*t:
"It is understood that you are a candi
date for the Presidential nomination in
1882. This lenders it not only proper hnt
Incumbent upon yon, to take all honorable
means to protect your interests and pro
vent your friends nrom complicating yon
: in the alliances which must result in your
injury. Your friends are taking active
interest in our State campaign, and
lively using your name In their
support of Mr. Flower. Your strength
as a Presidential candidate lies
In your popularity with the masses
wage earners, toilers and producers.
They are a large majority of the people of
this country, and they are not In sympa
with the class of people whom Mr. Flower
represents. The movement "along the
I line" manifesting itself In the alliances,
leagues, \ arious combinations and organ
ization, as well as the free expression of
I thepe >ple in the "daily talk." i« a protest
11st tile aggressive power of wealth,
now accomplishing its purpose by its free
use in debauching the political morals of
th€ people."
NKW YORK REPUBLICANS.
Rochester N. Y. , Sept. s. -Delegates
to tbe Republican Convention have been
thronging into the city atl day and even
ing, it appears probable now that J.
Sloat I'.iss.tt will Denominated for <;o\
ornor. A. prominent fact to-night is toe .
cordial unanimity of the friends of
Thomas C. Plattand Warner Miller. The
line of th" faction division seems to ban c
faded away. Although an to the present
time it was known that Platt favored
Andrew D. White's candidacy for Lien
tenant Governor, Philip Becker is talked
of. and it is probable that Mr. Einstein
will be nominated for Comptroller,
B. C. Ackusof New York has prepared
a resolution advocating the repeal of the
secrecy section of the electrocution law,
putting the selection of the witnesses in
other hands than those of the Warden.
; It is understood that a resolution will
I be presented Betting forth the inhuman
; treatment of the .lew a in Russia, and de
claring that the National Government of
the United States should lend it- aid try
communication, instructions and ail
other means properly ai their disposal to
secure for the suppress) d and down-trod
den of foreign nations thelaryesi possible
measure of freedom in the pursuit of life,
liberty and happiness and equal protec
tion under the law.
It is understood that the platform will
indorse tbe Administration strongly; in
dorse Secretary Tracy's administration of
the Navy Department, Secretary Blame
and reciprocity, and refer in terms of
commendation to the administration of
the Treasury Department It will de
mand that (Told and silver be maintained
on an equality.
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS.
Toi'kka (Kansas), Sept. 8.—The com
mittee appointed at the recent meeting of
the Republican League Clubs of Kansas
to draft an address to refute the alleged
slanders against the State by advocates of
the People's party, gave a report to the
public to-day. It is a carefully prepared
statement of the progress made i.v the
State, and it is optimistic in the extreme.
The members <>f the committee declare
that the "crime of being a State of bor
rowers they will attempt neither to pal
liate nor deny." From the platform of
the Republican League this sentence is
quoted: "Our debts stand for our in vest:
i ments, and not for our losses. They rep
resent our enterprise, and not our mis
fortune; our property, not our poverty.
They will be paid to the last penny in tho
legal currency of the country—not a coin
clipped, not a dollar depredated."
Reference was made to the enormous
crops raised in Kansas this year, and an
estimate made that $i<)4,i;oo,<"ioo will rep
resent tin- net result of this year's work.
"Some of this profit," says the report,
"will be added to our permanent capital,
but most of it will be employed in liqui
dating tho indebtedness. Kansas is
marvelous in its history, matchless in its
resources and magnificent in its achieve
ments, and tho party that maligns the
State and dishonors itself is already
struck with the blight of death."'
NEW MOUNTAIN ROAD.
Ono to be Constructed In the El Do
rado Timber Belt.
The Placorville Democrat says that tho
American River Land and Lumber Com
pany arc engaged in the construction of a
wagon road to their logging and timber
camp near the mouth of Slab Crook on
the American River. Tho old county
road leading from tho city to Lake Val
ley is utilized as far as the old Antelope
sawmill, from which point an easy grade
is made through Johnson's south canyon,
on to Slab Crook. This road will become
a convenient highway for quite a neigh
borhood of people, as well as to attract
settlers to unoccupied lauds along tho
route. This work is being constructed
underjthe supervision of Colonel <J. W.
Cummings, Superintendent of the com
pany, and will bo pushed to completion
as rapidly as possible. A substantial
bridge will be constructed across the
American Kiyer, a short distance from
the mouth of Slab Creek.
The importance of this road to tho com
pany, in point of oconomj-, may be un
derstood when it is considered" that the
camp can be reached over this new routo
in one-third of the tinio required by go
ing around by the Mosquito Bridge.
Supplies of all kinds can be transported
by contract over the new route for less
than one-half the amount per ton hereto
fore paid by the compauy, and no doubt
save in expense the present season, in
freight on supplies and material, moro
than the entire cost of the new road, in
cluding bridges, and at the same time
make accessible one of the finest fruit
and grain-producing sections in tho
county.
It is tho intention of the company to
construct a few miles of railroad on* the
east side of Slab Creek, which will ena
ble them to deliver logs and timbers at
the river with much less expense and
less risk than by moans of the long chuto
heretofore used. Tho phenominal season
which we have had, but little snow fall
ing during the winter, and the cold
spring mouths allowing what there was
to fritter away without raising tho
streams to any reasonable extent, docs
not seem to discourage this company in
the least, or cause them to falter for a mo
ment in their original purpose.
