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DAILY RECOED : j
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The Kecokjd-Union is the only paper on
ihe coast, outride of San Francisco, that re
asms* the full Assuriated Press dispatch*.
•from all parts of the world. Outride of San
trtUKUto it fas no competitor, in point vj
numbers, in its home am! genera!, circulation
throughout the coast.
SAN FRANCISCO AGENCY.
L. P. FISHER is So.-.- Agent for this paper in
0-_ Francisco an J vicinity. He is authorize"
to receive advertisements and subscriptions, and
collect for the sama Booms 21 and 22, Mer*
Clients' Exchange.
NEWS OF THE MORNING.
In New Yoik yesterday Government bolide
were .noted at !--'■ . Tor Is of 1907: 112; , for i;.>:
sterling, -Sl t-'-ni. :._',.■; it::;., for Ss; silver bars,
V&A.
-SBver in London, _'.'') id; consols, lOOd; 5
-per cent. United dimes bond-, extended. 105; 4s,
IK; os. UC.
In Ban Francisco Mexican dollars are quoted
-it -J.'43-Sir;.,' cents.
Business was again dull in the sun Francisco
market yesterday. Hale and N'orcross Bropped
to ■ ...,. but the other stocks held up better,
Cliollar closing at :J 35, Savage S2 ■_". Sierra Ne
vada Sl 05, Potosi 65 cents, Ophir .1 18, Consoli
dated Virginia .1 55.
Further portsof the great storm east of the
Kocky Mountains arc at hand.
a strike of serous dimensions has been in
augurated among the mill hands In Fast Sagi
naw, Michigan.
The Hessian fly is devastating the wheat fields
of Wayne county, New York.
Mrs." Secretary Bayard is lying at lhe point of
•death in Wilmington, Del.
Miss Josie Miller dropped dead in a school
room at Oroville yesterday.
A mysterious and fetal disease has appeared
r.i Portugal, which baffles the physicians.
The Irish flag was placed above the British
•ensign at Blackrock, Ireland, yesterday.
It is proposed to construct a ship canal from
flic Caspian -. a to St. Michael's Hay.
The Anamese troops at Hue and vicinity have
disbanded, and surrendered their arms lo the
7 reach.
in Spain, Thursday, ' ,450 new cases of cholera
occurred, and 6SO deaths.
No case of cholera has appeared in France.
■serious Hoods have occurred in Gaiicia. caus
ing great destruction.
Egypt is again in danger of soon becoming
completely bankrupt.
- roil way is to be built underground in Paris.
.1 ring the J-"-* 1 seven days 185 business fail
ares occurred in the United States.
A Chinaman was crushed to death '■:• aloaded
ore car In the Guadalupe quicksilver mine,
Santa Clara county, Thursday.
Three hundred cords of wood were destroyed
by fire at . dton, Sonoma county, Thursday
night. • , ,
Orrin Terry, a stevedore, met with a horrible
death yesterday -.ii Oakland pier.
Fifteen Anarchists were arrested in Brussels
Thursday.
Tlie French Ministry is being strongly urged
to annex Anam.
a band of ex-convicts arc tcrrorizing'the peo
ple of Indiana, Fa.
Hebrew merchants are being arrested in New
»irk for selling goods on Sunday.
An incendiary Is burning grain stacks In the
i-ini'.y of Fresno.
Mrs. R. ('. Black's residence at North Bloom
-Jcld, Nevada county, was destroyed by fire
Thursdaj *
A lire is -thousand of acres of val
uable cranl-erry bogs in -'■• '•■ Jersey.
The National Railroad Company in Mexico
ta,-,. stopped all construction, and will merely
operate the existing roadway.
THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND.
The Overland Jil on !l'.ly remarks upon the
fact that a few voices, and some of them
not entirely without influence, from whim
or conviction, are loud against our high
schools and university. "As regards the
high schools, the complaint is not confined
to (.'alifornia. There is a prejudice afloat
among a quod many (though it i*- far from
affecting tin- great multitude ofourpeo
ple, on whose support the high school sys
tem firmly . rests), to the effect that high
•school training unfits for humble work,
without fitting for better." The On land
suggests as an antidote to their prejudice
the submission of a list of the graduates
and tiieir occupations.
• li is a matter of regret that, so far as
__ high schools are concerned, these lists
nre seldom prepared. 1 1 mid be a part
of the plan of municipal statistics to pro
... for the keeping of such registers.
Some years . _„ .i gentleman then con
nected "with th Recoki'-Usio.n* undertook
to trace out the past membership of our
high school. The result was most satis
-, .... l: established the -feci that the
vast majority of pupils had entered upon
practical and useful vocations in life, re-
Ifei-ting credit upon society and the high
■school system, and that instead of the
cor-: turning them from pursuits of in
dustry, i; had rather fitted thciii for voca
tions* demanding the very best, both of
muscular and intellectual activity. At
the same time, and on several subsequent
occasions, the Recobd-Ukios analyzed the
list, of the . [as* - in the Sacramento High
School— admittedly a representative one
of thi- class of educational institutes— and
found that • ie scholars arc by vast pre
,*,,>deranec members of families poor in
worldly goods. In fact the high school is
essentially the poor man's school. It is the
•opportunity for his child to take some ad
ran I educational steps which he could
nut otherwise enjoy. The rich may com
w.uid these, the poor cannot.
A wilder, more absurdly foolish and sui
i-idsl raid was never made than that a few
. 1111
year. ago organized among the bard-work
-17 x classes by a few assumed leaders
u-.i'iu-t the high school system. Unfortu
nately quite a number of people were led
:Wray by I, but fortunately the good sense
<if the people disclosed the folly aiul cruelty
•tithe raid, and it died suddenly. We can
scarcely believe that it will lie resurrected
ia the present generation. Let the poor
•man reflect that it will not be th. rich who
trill be affected by the closing of these
•schools. There is nothing . ire discour
aging in our whole social system than the
fact that the poorer jieople are so easily
,-.i off by deniogogues and radical and
sighted leaders into assaults upon
e*-ervthing educational that by mere no
menclature appears to be removed from
them.
The truth is that intelligence, the culti
vation of the mental powers, and the ac
quirement of knowledge, is pre-empted by
•*m» class in this day. The poor man wholly
dependent upon his daily wage, should—
antl fortunately the mass of them do—re
alize; that every scheme to add to the sum
of human knowledge, every plan to dissem
inate information, every effort to educate
the youth of the day, i.- in the interest of
all people, and all 'lasses of people. The
• L*.v has utterly and forever passed in which
th" belief had any considerable foothold
that the education of the . people tends to
incapacitate them for the conflicts of life.
The poor man h?s everything to loose and
nothing whatever to gain by narrowing
the schemes of public and free education.
These schemes are his opportunity, the
rich are not dependent upon them. They
give his children an opportunity to com
pete with those of the rich, that otherwise
they could not enjoy. In so far. therefore,
as the poor man cuts them short, he mul
tiplies and makes more difficult the obsta
cles he must overcome, and more clearly
marks out and defines a class line.
One of the commonest, and at the
.same time the weakest, of all argu
ments advanced against high schools
is, that as a comparative few only en
ter these establishments, it i.- therefore an
injustice to lax the poor man for their
support, since, the majority of the poor are
compelled to withdraw their children on
completion of the grammar school co .'-•
If public schemes for the betterment of
society were, conducted generally according
to such a theory, we would he reduced to
a very low state, since it can be established,
for instance*, that the burden of taxation
for high schools falls upon those who have
no need to avail the privilege- of the
school. But even this is begging the ques
tion. It rests upon broader and deeper
foundations. These schools are to be main
tained, if at all, upon the principle that
every member of society is interested in
having all other members, or any consider
able number, educated, and that the bene
fits of public education cannot be meas
ured either by the cost or the methods of
distributing the burden. Any other
reasoning would exempt non-resident
property-owners, the childless among the
parents, bachelors and maids from the
whole scheme of taxation, which is con-!
trive.! solely for the common good.
In short, if there is any class in a com
munity that pulseless, selfishness and cold
blooded money-measuring should actuate
to oppose and crush out to high school
system, ii is that embracing the heavy tux
payers. If there is anything a; all worthy
a moments consideration in prejudice, this
very fact should make the poor man stand
firm as the friend of the high school. For
tunately for human nature, and to the
credit of the rich, and those fairly con
ditioned in life, they have never shown
any disposition tp destroy the high school
system, but, as a rule, have stood the
friends of that, of which, in the face of the
fact that the country is peopled with pri
vate educational establishments, they have
really no need.
WHAT IS PERSONAL JOURNALISM?
An attempt has been made by a San
Francisco journal to justify what is known
in this country as "personal journalism,"
by the example of the Pal! Mull Gazette,
in its present work of exposing the crimi
nal practices of a class. There is no par
allel to be drawn between the cases.
"Personal journalism" in America is that
whi* assails private reputation, either
for the purposes of blackmail, to gratify
envy or malice, or to maliciously work the
ruin of a political or social opponent, it
is engaged in pandering to a depraved
taste for vicious reading, for mere love of
scandal, or to secure business advantage.
This kind of journalism stops not witli
facts; i: impugns motives; it distorts
the truth it invades the family circle of
its victim; it hurls its shafts at the inno
cent wife and children of the assailed ; i;
fori it*- offensive presence into the house
hold, no domesticity being sacred in its
eyes, and it makes of public concern pure
ly private ar.d innocent affairs. It does
not confine itsolf to facts and the dignified
and judicial recital of them, but having
taken a given direction it uses all the arts
known to journalism in suppression, garb
ling, coloring, cramming and misrepre
senting to present the victim's case in the
most damaging light, in short, having
an end to accomplish, it stickles at the
employment of no means, however unfair.
ft drags personality to the front when no
good end is to In* conserved and only .sen
's*
sationalism is to be augmented. It makes
itself the repository of all manner of filth
and scandal, foru»e.*is opportunity presents
forthe gratification of its own vulgar ends.
In sliort, while masquerading as a public
benefactor, the only concern of "personal
journalism" is to waylay character for
merciless use in feeding the furnace of its
sensational greed, regardless of every claim
of justice and decency, and every demand
of truth.
'■'■■ .. -"- s '■ -,s
Personal journalism may lie still more
lengthily defined it litis so many phases
that to present them all by definition would
lie too extended a task for ordinary col
umns. The acts of the Pall Mall Gazette
in discovering end making public an infa
mous traffic in female virtue, arc in no
sense those of personal journalism. The
past f the paper, the present work in
which it i- engaged, the indorsement it
has from society in its en. -ad.* against in
famous crimes, the absolute proofs of the
truth of it- charges, the public good it con
serves, all go to widely distinguish its work
from the personal journalism of America.
It is safe to assume that in exposing the
lustful rime- of the English gentry the
Gazelle !,.*, not assailed their wives or
daughters, dragged in and smirched the
innocent, or traveled outside of the record
to blacken the characters of the worthy.
It is safe, also, to assume that it has dealt
with facts capable of being substantiated
by proofs, and has not drawn upon it- im
agination to make it- accounts racy and
sensational.
The San Francisco Chronicle has at
tempted to draw a parallel between per
sonal journalism and the position of the
Gazette. The weakness of the attempt is
apparent at a glance. Tin* Chronicle says:
We assume personal journalism to be the kind
of journalism which deals with persons, as con
tradistinguished from impersonal journalism,
which deals only with things. Una the idea or
those who condemn personal journalism is thai
a public newspaper should deal with abstrac
tions, such as vice, crime, drunkenness, cor
ruption and dishonesty, and should not allude
to the parsons who practice these wronga It
should condemn the sin, but screen the sinner.
It may be as severe as it pleases in censuring
villain**', but it must be particularly careful not
to mime the villain, especially if he be a j>crson
of wealth and repute.
The answer to all which is: It is not
true. No one with half an ounce of brains
defines personal journalism to be the deal
ing by a paper with persons, as contradis
tinguished from the treatment of things.
When the Chronicle gave such a definition
it testified to its dishagenuousnec. and its
| lack of knowledge of the public thought.
i When it declared that the idea of those
who condemn personal journalism is that
a paper should deal with abstraction?, de
nounce crime and dishonesty but not name
the criminal, it begged the whole ouestion,
and misrepresented the position of the
ordinary intelligence ofthe country.
THE MAKING OF TEACHERS.
Of what " timber" are teachers made
who are so ignorant of current literature
?nd the mother tongue as to be unable to
define the ordinary words in use among
people of fair education ? There is reprint
ed elsewhere in this number lists which
were "given out" by the Sacramento
County Board of Examiners recently, to
classes of applicants, to a few of whom
were granted certificates, but no small
number ofthe classes have been engaged in
teaching. Among those who received
license to teach were men and women who
were unable in thirty minutes of trial to
define palette, bagatelle, ostracize, obesity,
meliorate, espionage, amenity, cynosure,
raphsody, etc. Among the definitions
given by successful applicants on a list of
fifty words were these, which so far east
tiie originality of Mother Partington into
the shade that the memory of that blun
dering venerable myth will stiller sadly by
comparison: — equal in one, very
quaint; saw — nice, sensible; parasite
situated by the side of; parsimonious —
very grave and sedate ; cauterize — to de
ceive; empyreal — relating to an empire ;
idyl— that which is worshiped or Loved
very dearly; satyr — one who uses "sa
tirical" expressions; emollient — one who
receives a large income ; chiropodist — one
who believes in short styles; facetious —
deceitful, close ; sophisticate — to make
like sophistry ; empiricism — the power of
an Emperor : eclecticism — the power of
being elect ; subtile— meek, lowly: cygnet
— a signal or coronet, something worn :
augur — a soothsayer. In another list the
following charming definitions were written
out and submitted : Bagatelle — a musical
instrument ; ingenuous — to be gifted with ;
cauterize — the art of forming: halcyon— a
part of a vessel ; chiropodist one who
carols; satyr — a token of remembrance;
facetious — not true ; subtle — tail and grace
ful vaticination — to do good. This as
pirant Car pedagogic honor*- could not de
fine collusion, Utopian, idyl, ostracize,
t i „i:„„i
ephemeral, or emolient.
Another list of twenty-five words chosen
from a daily newspaper was submitted to
one of these lasses, with the following re
sult in one case, a very few doing better ;
Deprecate — to do any small act, depreda
tions; anomalous — the slat.* of remaining
thesame all the time; assimilate — to go
between ; reprehensible — that which was
known before ; analogous — that which can
be separated ; colossus the meaning of it
all; interstices — where two lines meet.
exhilarate — to free any one from b'aine, or
anything; and so on through the list, but
four correct definitions being given, while
of the meaning of travesty and adequate
the "teacher" had no conception.
It should be understood that some of
the teachers making such a pitiable show
ing were granted first grade certificates, be
cause the aggregate of credits was suf
ficient — that is to Bay, in mathematics and
other studies their standing was high
enough t.i give a percentage in the aggre
gate that entitled them to the issuance of
certificates to teach. This much injustice
to the examiners. But what an absurd rule
it is, that licenses those to teach who are
so ignorant of their mother tongue.
It is related as a fact that " friends" (?) of
these applicants have bitterly criticised the
lists of words for definition as "too hard,"
and have borne down heavily on the ex
aminers for adopting such difficult (?) tests.
In another column we print the complete
lists, as also the problems submitted in
other studies to two distinct classes, that
the public may form its own judgment in
tin- matter. As a matter of justice to the
public-school system, the teste are not suf
ficiently severe. Teaching is one of the
skillful learned professions. Those who
engage in it should be tested m to their
capacity by severe and exhaustive meth
ods — at least by trial examples -that will
fairly develop their knowledge of funda
mentals. fso matter how quick and cor
rect the teacher may he in mathematical
branches ; no matter how" well posted upon
the theory and practice of teaching, he or
she should have a correct knowledge of
the words in ordinary and cvery-day use.
We are quite certain that the conclusion
of Prof. Anderson in his recent essay, pub
lished in the Record-Union, is coirect,
that there i- a lamentably low plane occu
pied by very many teachers and in very
many schools in tin* study and knowledge
of the English tongue.
GENERAL LOGAN TALKS BACK.
General Logan talked back when in
Boston recently. His speech at the ban
quet of the Norfolk Club was wholly po
litical, and it awakened "storms of ap
plause." Speaking of civil service reform,
he declared that it is the child of the Re
publican party, but, unfortunately, has
been put out to nurse with a stranger, it
not now dead, i.- sick unto death." Re
garding "offensive partisanship," he .-aid
the law is now being construed to the effect
that a person who voted the Republican
ticket at the last election committed a
crime against the "peace and dignity" of
the Democratic party, a new offense here
tofore unknown to law or politics. Con
tinuing, he objected to the prostitution of
the public service in the name of reform.
There should be candor and fair dealing in
tie matter of making removals from office.
If our political opponents propose to make
removals from all the otiiee*-, he prayed
that instead of tramping up frivolous
charges against Republican incumbents a.-,
a justification for their removal, they
will announce that they are to lie turned
out because they are Republicans and their
successors are to he appointed because.they
arc Democrats, Further on he alleged the
search of the Democracy among Republi
cans for rascals has been a fiat, failure.
"Every time they have scratched for a
rascal they have found an 'offensive parti
san ' and have instantly turned him out."
He announced his faith in the Republican
party and its vitality. "It live-, the life
of the vigorous and strong. It will ix* re
turned to power by the people. It is the
party of the people." He concluded by
sounding note for the next campaign:
Protection to our home anil free labor demand
the return of the party to power; the restora
tion of true civil service reform demands it:
adequate appropriations to aid the system of
Iree schools, wherever needed, demands it; the
promotion of our home indiietrial interest- in
all proper ways demands it. The necessity for
the enforcement of the right of every voter
within our national boundaries to cast his bal
lot and have the same fairly counted at all na
tional elections, mid 10 give each man that
equal and adequate protection before the law
to which he is entitled, requires the return
of the Republicans to power. Both In Congress
and in the executive branch of the Government
is the return necessary. In order that the finan
cial system established by the Republican party
mar 'be preserved, that the revenues ,-i the
country may be protected against unwarranted
claims the treasury, that our currency may
be kept worth one hundred cents on the dollar
and at all times redeemable in coin, the credits
of our Government in all respects sustained, our
commercial relations cared for and our rela
tions with foreign nations maintained on a just
and honorable basis, we demand the restoration
of the Republican party to power.
STRAW BAIL.
The .San Francisco Post hasbeen making
some needed exposures of the straw bail
nuisance in that city, prevailing mostly in
the lesser criminal Courts. The revela
tions are not startling, for it ha long been
known that a class of hangers on of these
Courts have been long known as profes
sional, or rather habitual bondsmen. But
the exposure is none the less important.
There is a great ileal of rottenness in this
bail business, li is a common thing to
commit perjury in it. Men justify on a
number of bonds who have scarcely finan
cial ability to respond to the forfeiture of
any one of them. Others notoriously im
pecunious, justify under oath with the ut
most nonehalence. Very few forfeited
bonds are ever sued upon, and the law offi
cers seem to consider it not at all worth
their while to commence proceedings to
recover the forfeitures. In fact, giving
bail in minor cases, as the /'■*. alleges, lias
come to be merely a matter of form. The
Pii*i has called attention to a public dis
grace, and a grave abuse of one ol the safe
guards of liberty. Only to lesser extent
tiie same evil prevails in other cities.
There should be immediate and permanent
reform in this matter. The Courts owe it
to themselves and the communities of the
State in break up the whole system of
straw bail, and to make the business of
professional sureties too unprofitable and
hazardous to be pursued.
* «. .
It is a common saying that the rich
scoundrel can easily evade punishment,
and not one of these escapes that the
pre.-.- does not ring the changes upon the
misfortune of the fellow without a penny
who steals bread, and the protection af
forded the man who has money and cheats
and steals to the tune of tens of thousands.
But. ;:s a rule, when a rich man is con
victed these same complainants are silent
The truth is that the law has condemned
in recent months a laige number of rich
thieve.-, and that the criminal record
shows that generally they have been pros
ecuted quite as vigorously as is possible in
any case. Fish, the bank President, is
one of the latest of these to go to the State
Prison, and Boyd, another rich thief, has
also been condemned. There are many
otlier instance; as, that of Mackin, a
Chicago perjurer in the election frauds,
who has been convicted and sentenced to
five years, though he was protected by one
of the most powerful political and wealthy
ring- that ever existed. The poor man, it
is true, has less ability to escape from the
country, but this is scarcely chargeable to
the law. So, too, the rich may employ in
genious counsel to avail of all the privi
leges the law gives to one charged with
crime. But, as a matter of fact, the crim
inal law in America is not prostituted
nearly as much as it is the apparent pleas
ure of many to represent. An Eastern
contemporary well -::;.*> that ii is evident
the rich thieves fear the law quite as
much as the poorer criminals, for "that
they do not care to trust to their money to
save them is shown by the haste which
most of them make to get out of the conn- |
try before the law can take them in hand." i
Statistics are certainly proving a good
deal for Ferran's inoculation system for
the cholera, If the figures are reliable
they establish the fact that out of between
15,000 arid 20,000 people treated by inoc
ulation hut a small proportion have been
attacked by cholera, though all were ex
posed to choleraic atmospheres. Thus, in
Aleria, where the disease i- epidemic,
there is a population of between 15,000
and 20,000. Of these '.',IOO persons have
submitted to inoculation, and 7,500 to re
inoculation. The result shows that the
proportion of cholera case- among the in
oculated to those not so treated i- as 59
to 261, while the mortality has been
among these classes a- 10 is to 120.
Thk Current speaks of tin* passion for fire
works a- "the most wasteful of human extrava
gances, if we except war itself and charitably
say nothing of Madame Patti and her superb
compass of voice and schedule of prices." ii
was Prescott, we i.i Hove, who found a direct
relation between the decadence Of nations and
increasing love for pyrotechhical display by
their people. There is historic fact to fortify
the conclusion of that eminent historian. It
should not be a matter of indifference to a
nation that the people's love for these displays
augments.
The llijr'.e Park Journal hits the nail squarely
on the head when i: says that the public i- in
terested in the health of every member of the
community. Anything tim! injures a man's
health injures the community to which he '*.
:. ngs.
CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSION.
The practical advantages of railroad consoli
dation are -eon by the Sew Hampshire people,
now that the Lowell road has control of the
Boston, Concord and Montreal and tin* Northern
roads. Better ears, quicker and more frequent
trains, and goncrnllybetterserviceare acknowl
edged as having been already accomplished,
while freights and fares have both been consid
erably reduced.— {Lowell Courier.
Tog disgraceful abuse of medical expert tes
timony will never cease until in this, as in
most European countries, the Courts are em
powered to appoint the most competent men as
experts, who shall then be us independent as
the .Indue or jury, and who shall be given
every facility, not simply to hear the reading of
a hypothetical case, but to examine the case
itself, and to hear all the testimony.— [Los An
geles Kxpress.
The thrusting of a Prohibition party into the
present Ohio campaign is a gratuitous perform
ance. There Is no amendment to prohibit
license or regulate the traffic in drinks that in
toxicate, before the people of Ohio. There is
no chance this time to swap Gubernatorial
votes for amendment votes.— [Cincinnati Com
mercial-Gazette.
The subjugation of the Tory party by a young
man like Lord Randolph Churchill is even more
wonderful than its subjugation by Disraeli.
Disraeli had worked his way up from a much
lower position than Churchill's, but he did it
by slow degrees in the course of long years.
Churchill's rise has taken place in two year.-,
and by the display of qualities much further
removed from statesmanship than Disraeli's.—
[The Nation.
K.Mir.t.v is there a body of law-maker.-, from
the national Congress down to the Legislature
of the smallest Stf.tc. that fails to be made the
butt of a good deal of ridicule. The legislator
is forced to take his place with the traditional
mother-in-law, "our alleged navy," the book
acent and the plumber, as a legitimate and
perpetual target for stale and feeble jokes.—
[Concord Statesman.
PACIFIC SLOPE.
HORRIBLE FATE OF A SAX FRAX
CISCO STEYEDOKE.
Sadden Death of a Schoolgirl—
San .Jose Police Muddle— China
man Killed— Fire Record.
[SPECIAL DkPATCHES TO THE RECORD-UNION.]
CAJ-IFOJRJS-."..
Shocking Death oi a San Francisco Steve
dore.
Sax Francisco, July 10th. — Terry,
an employe of Charles K. Ilaselton, a steve
dore doing business at 36 Stewart street,
left on the Oakland ferry-boat at 10 o'clock
this morning, driving a huge truck on
wbicb was a stationary hoisting engine.
When the boat arrived at Oakland pier
Terry drove from the boat to the mole and
started eastward on the driveway. lie up*,
proached the crossing of the track asa freight
train loaded with ice was backing ale tlie
track. The signal arm connected with the
block-signal system was across the road
way, with the usual warning sign, and the
automatic bell was ringing, li.* paid no
attention to the train or the signals. Some
by-slanders called to hiiu to announce his
danger. He did not hear. or, if he did, did
not heed their eric.-. He drove on the rails.
The train sti uck the truck, threw'! erry from
his seat and the wheels passed over him,
causing instant death. The frightened
horses broke from the traces and were not
harmed, and Jobs Bowman, who was with
Terry, was not hurt. The truck was broken
into splinters. The train was stopped. The
body of Terry was firmly fastened under
the car. His head, nearly severed from the
body, was tightly caught above the wheels.
To extract it, the lux of the ear was lifted
from the trucks. The remains were horri
bly mutilated. The remaining part of the
head lay under the left arm after the body
had been taken' from under the car. Cor
oner Hamilton, of Alameda county took
charge of the remains. Terry was a resi
dent of this city.
Pacific Coast Passenger Agents.
San Francisco. July 10th. — The I'aciiic
Coast Passenger Agents' Association met
this afternoon. The first subject taken up
was the relation ofthe agents of trunk lines
cast of Chicago to the agents of the lowa
lilies ami overland lines. Formerly the
agents of the lines east of Chicago formed
an Association, a i Kin* agents of lines west
of that city formed another Association.
Through the influence of Mr. Miller these
two Associations were consolidated. It was
thought that the agents would get along
more harmoniously if they held their de
liberations jointly. For time the arrange
ment was a success.' but fierce competition
among tho agents finally introduced dis
cord. The Association this afternoon de
cided to detach all the agents of the trunk
lines from tbe organization, and the Pacific
Coast Passenger Agents' Association will
hereafter be composed only of agents of
lines west of Chicago. This action leaves
the agents of the trunk lines without any
organization, and there is no pledge that
rates will in* maintained over the trunk
lines. There are, therefore, all '.he ele
ments for another war of rates.
Ex-Mayor Bryant ami Coroner O'Donnell.
Sax Francisco, Juiy 10th'.— Geo. O'Don
nell, a son of Coroner O'Donnell, to-day
obtained a warrant for the arrest of ex-
Mayor A. J. Bryant, on a charge of making
threats to kill Coroner O'Donnell. At a
recent meeting, where O'Donnell wis the
principal orator, he made a statement re
ferring to ex-Mayor Bryant, to which that
gentleman took* exceptions. The com
plaint alleges that Bryant lay in wait for
the Coroner at his "oflice, threatening to
shoot him "ii sight, but was unable to get
sight of him. Bryant then left town for
over Sunday, and the warrant will proba
bly not be served until Monday.
Death of a Miner.
Ohoville, July 10th.— David Safino, liv
ing at the Maple Spring House, near Ma
gala, in this county, was taken with convul
sions on the 7th. Yesterday he was brought
to Oroville, but died suddenly to-day. Jl*
was by occupation a miner, and aged about
55.
A Schoolgirl Drops Dead.
OSoville, July 10th.— Miss Josh Miller,
daughter of Joseph Miller, a well-known
cattle dealer, living near Yankee If ill, in j
this county, dropped dead suddenly to day
in the school-room. She complained of
ling badly at home, but concluded to go
to school. "While there, she went to a
spring mar by to got a drink. On her re
turn to the school-room she told the
teacher she felt quite sick, and in a few
minutes dropped dead in the room. She
was an only daughter, aged 16, and yester
day was in perfect health.
Chinaman Crashed to Death.
- San Jose, July 10th. — A Chinese work
man at the Guadalupe quicksilver mine
v.:* - accidentally killed yesterday afternoon.
lie was standing at the toot of a dump, when
the cable supporting an ore-car parted,
releasing the car. which slid down violently
against him and crushed him. An inquest
will be hold to-morrow by tin* Coroner.
A Question oI" Jurisdiction.
San Jose, July 10th.— (hi Monday next
Judges Lamar and Archer, attorneys for
Chief of Police Drown, will apply to the
Supreme Court for a writ of prohibition
restraining the Council from proceeding
with his trial for misconduct in office. Such
a writ was dismissed dv the Superior Court;
but the defense want a final determination
of tin* question of jurisdiction. Next Tues
day has been set by the Council as the time
for proceeding with the trial.
More (.rain Burned liy an Incendiary.
Fkesxo, July 10th. -The two remaining
stacks of grain' on Warren Hill's farm, in
. liiver Bend district, were destroyed by fire
last night by an incendiary, the balance
having been 'burned the nigbt previous.
Wood Destroyed by Fire.
Santa Rosa"; July 10th.— A fire broke out
in the Sau Francisco and Nortii I'aciiic
Railroad Company's wood-yard last night
about 10 o'clock and destroyed about three
hundred cords of wood before it could be
extinguished. The cars and buildings were
saved.' The origin of the lire is unknown.
Dwelling "I*' l Contents Darned.
Nevada; July lOih.— The dwelling honse
of Mrs. R. C. Black, at North Bloom field,
was burned last night during the absence
ofthefamily. ft is thought that the tire
originated from a defective flue. The
house and furniture were insured in the
Firemen's Fund Insurance Company for
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OREGON.
Hied of His Injuries— Damaging Storm.
Portland, July 10th. — The saloon of
Henry Brown was burned this week at
Upper Astoria, and the owner, who was
asleep in bed at the time, was badly burned.
Brow.! died today from bis injuries.
A heavy hail-storm passed over Spokane
Falls, W. T.. this evening, damaging all
vegetation. It lasted a quarter of at. hour.
The extent of the. storm is not known, but
is believed to be small.
New York Stock Market.
New York", : July 10th.— stock mar
ket opened irregular. St. Paul, Louisville
and Nashville were the only active stocks
tba! show any advance above the closing
quotations last evening, while the rest of
the list was unchanged, or _@} per cent,
lower. During the first half-hour the
market declined 3 to 1 per cent., fed by
Lackawanna. In the next" half-hour there
was a partial recovery of the early losses,
and at 11 o'clock prices are about steady at
a little above the lowest figure of the
morning. Lackawanna hasbeen the prom
inent weak stock, and Lake Shore has led
in assisting the decline. During the morn
in"- the market was comparatively active,
bill in the past half-hour it has been dull.
Money is easy, at 1 per cent.
New York. July ; 10th— The stock mar
ket was dull and heavy afler 11 o'clock,
with fractional declines. This was checked
about 11:30, since which time the market
lias been more active and has advanced i
to 2 per cent, for the general list, although
Lake Shore has been notably strong, ad
vancing I from the opening. At noon the
market is fairly active and steady at prices
generally a shade below the opening.
A swarm of locusts lately invaded Tur
lock, and. finding the grain too ripe for
them to cut, flew away in a great cloud.
PRICES
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Read and be convinced flit we mean business:
Colored Tea Sets (44 pieces .$4 50 Six -plated Teaspoons • 10c
Six Crystal Sauce Plates 2Cc Sis Steel-plated Tablespoons 15c
Six Largs Dinner Plates 40e Large Piatters 25c
Six Handled Cups and Saucofs 50c Bakers cr Side Dishes for 20c
Twelve Cover-id Jelly Glasses 50c Tin Wash Basins, with rings 25c
Six Knives and Six Forks Large Dish Pans 50c
for " 65 ° Fifty Feet Clothes Line 20c
Large Chambers* doc Lrtr£o Clothes Basket f0r...5l 00
Twelve Clothes Pins 5c . Rubber Hose 3-ply), per foot 7c
Five-bottle Table Casters $1 Earthen Sauce Plates, per set 25c
Butcher Knives 20c Roger & Co * 5 Teaspoons, per
Tin Flour Sieves 25c i set $1 25
Glass F:uifc Dishes on Stand.. 30c Rogers & Co.'si Tablespoons,
Three Mush-bowls for 25c per set.... ■' $1 75
Four-Quart Glass Water Sis Platsd K.rlves fcr $1 '**
Pitchers SOc Covered Dishes .'■:
Six Soup Plates (large), f0r.... 50c Earthen Teapots, good size... 40c
Long-handled Dippeis 15c Mustard Spoons 5c
Beautiful Hand-lamps for 25c Two-Quart Pudding Pans 10c
Six Buttrr Plates 25c A Fine Egg Beater 20c
Glass Tea Sets, consisting of l! -- ) Burners 15c
Sugar Dish, Butter 12, v.-), La ... Chirsneys, "A" size... 5c
Cream Pitcher and Spoon Glass Cutter with Diamond.. 25c
Holder.allfor 30c Porcelain Dinner Sets of 125
Glass Pickle Dishes 15c ?i eC , s 'Tr- $11 75
Glass Creamures , 15c Ku.meg Graters 10c
China Eggs.. 5c , Motto Cups and Saucers, per
The Boss Coffee Pot $1 00 pair 50c
Milk Skimmers 10c Gocd Brooms for 25c
Tin Spittoons (fancy c010r5).... 25c Carpet Sweepers $2 25
Large Water Pails 50c Meat Saw 70c
Six Glass Water Tumblers... 25c Oval Glass Sauce Dishes...... 20c
Beautiful Shaker Salts 15c Pape. Lamp Shades 15c
Nine- Pie Piates, each 5c \ Fancy Match Safes 10c
We wish to call tlie attention of everyone to our immense stock of CROCKERY
AND GLASSWARE, consisting of eyery variety Plain and Bohemian, and Colored
Glassware.
WE HAVE A FINE LINE OF OPB EVER rori'l.AK
"GARLAND" RANGES
IN STOCK, AXO THEY AKK BEAUTIES.
«« SEJJNTXJ E'ojn. our. PRICE list.-sj
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502 and .04 J street, ana 1009 Fifth street, Sacramento.
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So. 1 All-pure Silk, Satin and Gros-grain Ribbon, 7c. per yard.
, (COLORS: Medium and Light Drabs, Dark and Medium Greens.)
SPECIAL sale
OF
pir Silk Handkerchiefs !
AT
EXTREMELY LOW PRICES!
AN INSPECTION WILL PROVE BENEFICIAL TO BUYERS!
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Ladies' White Silk Hemstitched Hand- Gents' White Silk Handkerchiefs
kerchiefs, 20cents. (corded edge . JJ7 cents.
Ladies' Fancy Brocaded Silk and Gents' - Laige-size Red Silk j Handker-
Satin Handkerchiefs, 60, 7.". and 85 chiefs/ 40-50 cents.
cents. Gents' White Silk Hemstitched Hand-
-,'"*, -. , ■ -, , kerchiefs, 10-50 cents.
Ladies Sea Oped and Embroidered . .
White Silk Handkerchiefs, 80 cents. Gents , Fancy Silk and Satin Handker-
. *.. . chiefs, oo cents, 75 cents, $1, $1- 25.
Ladies' Fancy Embossed Satin Hand- Gcntg , whUe , „,.„„.M /, . wide llcm .
kcrchiefe, 51, 51 '->- *l *>■ stitched Handkerchiefs, $1.
Ladies' Extra-fine Quality Brocaded Gents' Extra-fine Satin Handkerchiefs
Satin Handkerchiefs (floral designs), (floral and animal designs), $1 •-•■
$1 65, -?-• $2 25. ?;| GO, Sl H5, $2 25.
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Wool I-'-* *-' Buntings, 8 cents per yard. Special Good Value in La lion' Hosiery.
Handsome Styles in Gents' Silk Scarfs, Ladies' Fine French Kid Shoes (Com*.
121 and 15 cents. . monsense), $3 75; good valne tor $5.
Half-bleached Table Damask, 20 cents Men's Extra-quality Calf Low-cut
per yard. i Shoes. $.1 -•"'*
Superior Quality of Satin-finished Urge Variety of Ladies' Fancy and
fable Damask (bleached), 67 inches Plain Hand-satchels and Money
* wide, 55 cents per yard. i Purees, at special good value.
We are positiiely closing out all our Spring and Summer Stock of
g-lTMilliiiery Goods!
Hats, Ribbons, French Flowers, Trimmings, etc
©a- DECIDED BARGAINS TOE PURCHASERS. °®a
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Nos. 714 and 716 J street, and 713 and 715 Oak Avenue, Sacramento.
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