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POSSIBLE WAR WITH SPAIN.
There is such positiveness in the more
recent dispatches regarding the trouble
with Spain that we must assume them
to embody a large element of truth.
This being granted, are we to believe
that the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy has expressed the opinion to a
number of militia commanders called
into counsel by him, that this country
is on the eve of war with Spain?
He desired those whom he addressed
not to underestimate the gravity of the
situation, we are told. This situation
then must arise cut of the
communication by Minister Woodford
to the Spanish Premier. What, then,
was that communication, which, by the
way, is represented as being oral —a
must unusual proceeding, where so
much is involved?
The United States Minister, we are
told, informed: the Spanish Premier
that the Government of the United
States preferred the request that Spain
should speedily bring the Cuban war to
a close, and to that end the good offices
of the United States were tendered, un
der the belief that a settlement can be
effected just to the Cubans and honora
ble to the Spanish.
The language used was that of diplo
macy. Its meaning must be looked for
therefore beneath and not on the sur
face, since It is the high art of diplo
macy to conceal meaning and yet to
render its discovery not difficult. The
meaning, then, of General Woodford's
communication takes the form of a de
mand; it is practically notification to
Spain that the Government of the
United States is prepared to recognize
the independence of the Cubans, or to
recognize their belligerency, or to inter
fere to stop the war, on the grounds of
humanity, and to compel the combat
ants to peacefully adjust their differ
ences.
Recognition of belligerency is not
usually, if ever, made the subject of
diplomatic negotiation, since it does
not Involve recognition of title or
right, but is simply confession of an ex
isting condition. Moreover, it always
precedes recognition of independence,
If the latter is not primarily contem
plated. But we have not given Cubans
belligerent recognition.
Therefore what the United States
Minister meant was that the United
States demands that the war close
speedily, and that if it does not it will
be taken as admission of the incapaci
ty on the part of Spain to maintain
her authority in the island to the ex
tent of commanding such peace that
the commerce of nations with Cuba
may be prosecuted without undue hard
ships and delays.
From this we must conclude, then,
that the Government contemplates rec
ognition of the Independence of the Cu
bans. This would be an unfriendly act
towards Spain, if done without her
consent. Spain never will acquiesce,
and hence there is meat in the warning
of Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
Mr. Roosevelt, that we are on the eve
of war with Spain. By a justifiable
course of reasoning, therefore, we come
to the conclusion that the dispatches
state the truth, and not the vaporings
and fancies of correspondents and
nervous reporters.
IN CASE OF WAR.
Elsawhere the "Record - Union"
reaches the conclusion that there is
considerable truth in the story that
our relations with Spain are so strain
ed t"iat war is not improbable be
tween the two countries. If it comes,
what will be its possible effect? At
first we will be at some disadvantage,
on nccount of our long- and exposed
sea coast. Of that there can be no
doubt. Our Southern ports will be
largely at the mercy ot Spanish ships
of war. Our commerce on the high
seas will be exposed to grave risks.
Our coast maritime trade, which is very
larg?, would be seriously crippled.
The country would take serious harm
|at first; indeed, no matter what the
J outcome the United States would suffer,
i and national debt would be greatly
increased. But after a time the Amen- ;
can nation would meet Spain upon the <
ocean as a superior. We would pres- i
ently be able to put upon the high !
seas very large fleets of reserve and
specially commissioned swift ships that >
■ would infest the coast of Spain and
place her fleets upon our own shores
in a perilous position.
We would be able to resist success
fully any attempt of the. Spanish to
land upuon our shores; indeed it is not
likely that they would attempt any ;
such proceeding with a large force, j
though short incursions by small bodies 1
I might be made. Spain could not main- !
! tain a war against us for any consider- j
able length of time for lack of means, !
nor could she hope for European aid
[except some possible comfort from Aus- i
We should win in the end and Span
ish l ower would be crushed utterly as
a result. From her present position
the Spanish state would sink into com
f parative insignificance. Cuba would be
I lost to her and possibly most of her
island possessions, and she would \
| be condemned to pay indemnity that ;
would cripple her finances for a half
j century or more.
| As to the United States, war, even
I th. ign victory perches on our ban
ners, can be looked upon only as a j
most unhappy and deplorable condi- j
tion. We would be sadly hurt, and j
recovery would be long and painful, j
The restoration of our merchant ma
j rine would be still further delayed, our 1
j debt increased, our commerce inter
j ruptf d, and blood and treasure would
be .sacrificed. War means the killing
of human beings, the destruction of
towns and cities, the closing of ports,
tlte making of orphans and widows, the ;
augmentation of the pension rolls, the
d'.-pr-s-M"n of shipping interests—in
deed it is scarcely possible to over
state the dire results of war.
But what are the compensations of
a war with Spain? It would suspend
local conflicts that are very disturbing.
It would probably rekindle the spirit
of patriotism, and unite elements of
our society that are drifting apart. It
would, with victory, give our nation a
far more important and commanding
position among the powers of earth.
It would result in securing for our citi
zens abroad that greater meed of pro
tection they need, and higher regard
for their rights on the part of foreign
It would secure for us a free and in
dependent neighbor in Cuba, instead of
j a dependent, a crippled and pitiful crea
ture at our gates. It would probably
result in driving the Spanish flag out of
the hemisphere, and in dispossessing
Spain of any lands to which she lays
claim on this side the great waters.
The war would call for great expendi
ture, and, hence, for large industrial
j activity along several important lines,
j but it would be mainly confined to ccast
sections, though reflected to some ex
tent in interior parts. The war would
demonstrate for Us the effectiveness of
j the new navy, and result in the adop
tion of a new policy regarding coast
' defenses, and lead to their immediate
construction over a vast coast terri
tory.
It would qualify a large body of men
for naval service, whereas we have now
the utmost difficulty in securing suffi
cient men to man our ships of war. It
j would give needed experience to our
naval officers and blue jackets, and it
j would teach the world that we are not
a nation of blusterers, but are capable
of maintaining national integrity and a
righ*ful place of importance among the
powers of the world.
It would very greatly augment our
influence among the Latin States of this
I hemisphere and render us more cap
able of aiding them in the maintenance
of stable governments. It would at
once and forever wipe out the last pos
sible lingering hope of Kings and
Princes, empires and monarchies of
obtaining any foothold upon any of the
American continents. It would crys
talize sentiment regarding our foreign
policies and command for us a new
1 place in the council of the nations of
earth. It would free a neighboring peo
ple who have the right to be independ
-1 ent, and who have been ground to dust
beneath the Spanish heel. It would
again write down the American nation
' in the annals of earth as the friend of
mankind, the hope of the oppressed,
1 ; the liberator of slaves and the cham
-1 j plon of the right of peoples to be self
-1 governing.
A vessel is now due at San Francisco
. -which brings from a foreign land to
California no less than $4,000,000 to
. pay for wheat shipped to this date from
San Francisco to England. Just a
■ month earlier another steamship
! brought in $2.2T>0.000 for like payment.
! Here, then, are six and a quarter millions
' i of dollars arriving in one California city
i within a month, in payment for the
. grain harvests of our fields. This enor
l I mous sum of money goes into circula
! tion in the State. It is unlikely that
\ j any considerable part of it will be
' J hoarded. It will be invested, used to
\ \ pay debts, discharge liens and make im
provements, or it will be deposited as
j the basis of commercial and industrial
investment and activity. It is estimat
i ed that we will receive this season some
' s«.">,000.000 in payment for California
I crops, but this sum we think to be some
! w hat exaggerated. But this much is
! certain, our fields have proven a fount
Of wealth to the State, and the result
of the movement of so much money as
( ; they represent must be greatly easier
' conditions, greater industrial activity
" ! and generally a decided advance along
' ! the path of prosperity.
l ; The Portuguese in Hawaii appear to
be the most active in the anti-annexa
■ tv nists. They are very pronounced in
. their enmity towards the United States.
' and make no concealment of their de
, j sire that Portugal shall protest against
! annexation.- All of which is reason why
we should hasten to annex the islands.
r j A chair of social philosophy has been
] founded at the College de France, with
i j M. Izoulet as the first occupant
SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD-UNION. SEPTEMBER 24, 1897.
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
. Interest.
Nevada City Herald: The temper of
the Spanis* peopie is such, if reports
be true, that they may be rash enough
to go to war with the United States.
We can only warn them that this na
tion has never been whipped.
A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT.
Marysville Appeal: The statement is
made that Spring Valley stock and
other similar securities, such as street
railway, gas, etc., fell off several points
immediately upon the decision of Judge
Wallace ousting the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors, says the Ala
meda "Argus,'' and, continuing, says:
"It is very likely this is true. There
may be some who will say that such
depreciation was due to the demonstra
tion that Boards of Supervisors will
hereafter be chary of favoring corpo
rations, but the fact undoubtedly is
that it is now seen by investors that a
method has been set up by which any
enterprise dealing with the people, rs
the street railway, gas or water corpo
rations do, may be assaulted under ju
dicial cover and greatly injured without
redress or recourse. Nothing is so easy
as to get up a hue and cry against a
corporation o a rich man. Give a vi
cious newspaper a cotorie of respect
able, thick-headed citizens, whom it
can control and flatter into the idea
that the virtue of the community is em
bodied in them, and either a venal, i
malignant or an ambitious Judge, and
any corporation having to do with a
municipality through the laws may be
done to death.. A municipal board that
will not be suppliant to the newspaper
and its coadjutors, may be summarily
turned out of office and those appointed
who will be more amiable.
AS EXPECTED.
Oakland Times: As might have been
expected, the greater Central Ameri
can consolidation which was effected a
short time ago, and for a little while
seemed to smother the names of civil
war, caused them to break out hotter
than ever a little later. Three of the
Republics of Central America —Guate-
mala, Honduras and Nicaragua—are
now struggling with revolutionists, and
a fourth, namely, Salvador, appears to
be also on the brink of trouble. The
volcanic politics of these little republics
cannot be extinguished by covering
them with any such easy device as a
general government.
FREE PUBLIC MARKET.
San Jose Mercury: The San Francisco
Farmers' Club, which is taking the lead
in the advocacy of a free public mar
ket on the San Francisco water fro.it,
has issued an exhaustive circular ex
plaining the merits of the proposed en
terprise and showing the practicability
of the scheme. After reviewing the
methods which have been in operation
for many years, whereby producers of
perishable goods are forced to place
thmselves at the mercy of commission
merchants, many of whom are dishon
est, the promoters of the free public
market narrate in detail what will be
the working of the new distributing
agent between producer and purchaser.
The State law authorizing the Board
of Harbor Commissioners to establish
and maintain a free public market and
providing for the expenses and regula
tions of the same, is quoted, after
which the pamphlet shows how the en-,
terprise would benefit the honest com
mission merchant as well as the pro
ducer and genefal public.
It is proposed to set aside sufficient
space upon the water front, convenient
for the loading and unloading of both
steamships and cars, which shall be a
common terminal point for all the- per
ishable products consigned to any per
son in San Francisco. The point se
lected must be convenient of access to
the public, so that those desiring to re
move products for sale elsewhere could
obtain them more conveniently than
from the several stations now main
tained by the transportation companies.
Within the market space will be as
signed to producers, commission mer
chants or others desiring to sell produce
for account of producers only.
GOING UP.
The Mail of Woodland: Everything
that is to eat is going up, but there is
no improvement in the wages that are
necessary' to buy It.—Democrat.
A very large percentage of those in
enforced idleness through the latter
part of Cleveland's administration now
find steady employment. In the State
of New York 340,(XX) belonging to the
trades unions alone are at work. That
ulna free trade, free silver organ, the
New York "Journal" of a recent date
said: It is estimated, by labor statis
ticians, men who keep track of the la
bor demand as closely as Wall street
watches the market, that not over 5
per cent, of the working class is now
in idleness. Six months ago 40 per
cent, of toilers were out of work.
There were then nearly 100,000 depend
ent on friends for charity, or drawing
their little savings to get bread for
their families. To-day less than 10,000
in Greater New York are out of work,
and some of these are of the shiftless
classes who would not work under any
circumstances. More capitalists con
template the construction of compart
ment-houses, factories and suburban
homes for rental than at any time
within five years.
The return of prosperity has brought
to them confidence in real estate as an
investment. Buildings to the value of
probably $12.0;X>,000 have recently been
begun in this city. '
WILL SPAIN FIGHT?
Stockton Mail: The newspaper cor
respondents have it that Spain is col
lecting her feeble strength to fight this
nation. thing is not impossible,
but It Is highly improbable. The
Spaniard hates us. and we have little
love for him. Something of bluster
and warlike talk there Is in the press
of either country. Ans in the war of
words the Spanish jingo is a good
match for the American ass of the
same stripe. Yet, when all is said and
done, war does not seem likely.
The statesmen of Spain are not fools,
and they are perfectly well aware that
the United States, though unprepared
to fight and easily damaged at the first
onset, is still potentially the most pow
erful nation on which the sun shines.
For a time the Spanish fleet, might
damage cur commerce and even shell
our cities, but in the end Spain would
be crushed in the mighty grip of the
republic as an eggshell is crushed in a
strong man's fist.
A STAR ENGAGEMENT.
San Jose Herald: The London
I "Globe" has a bad breaking out about !
' the mouth concerning this country. I
It reminds us that we are only a fourth
; class Power; that we have "lost all
j sense of proportion" and forgotten that
! we play only a minor role in the affairs
jof the world.
We think, on the contrary, that we
are playing a star engagement on the
American stage, and that is the only
theater of operations in which we take
much interest. Several prominent
London papers have had a good deal to
say In this line lately. It does not dis
turb us or our relations with the Brit
ish Government; so if it affords them
any satisfaction they are welcome to it.
THE EQUALIZATION MATTER.
Colusa Sun: The San Francisco "Call"
Jis making an able argument—that Is, as
able as can be made in that behalf—in
favor of the election of a Board of
Equalization by the whole State instead
!of by districts, as at present. The argu
| ment against the present arrangement
! is that the member elected by a district
jis partial to that district, and like a
member of Congress, he feels bound to
do the best he can for his constituents.
This may be to a certain extent true,
but with all that it is a fact that San
Francisco has never been brought up
to the interior by 50 per cent. While
I the land in Colusa County will not sell
I for more than the assessment, there
I is no doubt of the fact that the average
lot in the city could uot be bought for
! double the assessment. And what store
I could be bought for five times the as
jsessment? The material in the "Sun"
! uflice is assessed at the full amount it
' would bring—apart from any paper—
j after thirty days' notice; what of the
great dailies of the metropolis? Now,
!an eciualizer who would go In for mak
ing a property owner in the city pay
j one-half as much as the country pays
could never get another vote in that
city. Beamer, for example, has never
I tried to make the assessment of the city
! one-half what it ought to be in propor
{ tion to the country, and yet if he were
!to run lor the position on a general
! ticket his name would be "Mud" in that
[part of the State; his party would not
! think of putting him on a ticket. No
I injustice has been done under the pres
ent arrangement, and it had as well
j remain as it is.
TWO SCHOOLS OF JOURNALISM.
Eureka Californian: The San Fran
cisco "Wasp" pays legitimate journal
sim a compliment in the declaration
that one of the traditional newspaper
men of the old and honored school had
the temerity to declare the sold find
j iti the Coffee Creek country a fraud.
Whereupon our esteemed contemporary,
I the "Record-Union," intimates pretty
broadly that the only distinction be
i tween the old and the new journalism is
! that the first-named shows enterprise,
in obtaining truth and the last-named
!In inventing lies. The "Record-Union"
then proceeds to affirm what newspa
permen of California generally know
to be so; that the stories of Coffee Creek
were very largely invented in the offices
of the San Francisco press: that, while
some of them did come over the wires,
they were nevertheless sent by men who
knew not one thine of the gold finds
of which they wrote; that the reporter
stationed at Carrville or Trinity Center
j knew that his paper would much pre
; f r fiction thin nothing at all, and there
fore to avoid discharge he chose to send
fiction.
The declaration of a certain newspa
per of the San Joaquin Valley that
while exposure of these inexcusable
frauds was merciful, it was impolitic,
the "Record-Union" denounces unspar
ingly. It takes the ground that never
before in the history of journalism has
the statement been put forth in de
fense of misrepresentation and fraud
that while it may be merciful to the
people to be deceived by it, yet to for
bid the deception to proceed would not
be good public policy. Doubtless, to
modern journalism alone is the immor
ality of this position directly traceable.
"No editor of twenty years ago." ex
claims our contemporary, "would have
declared that it was far better to hear
untruthful statements made daily than
to have them corrected."
By such tactics as it has latterly seen
proper to pursue are the "p]xaminer"
and other sensational journals losing
caste and credit. The number of people
that nowadays believe a thing simply
because they saw it in that newspaper
is growing smaller by degrees and beau
tifully less. They are more apt to say
"Maybe so." It is legitimate journal
ism to furnish the news, but it is not le
gitimate journalism to misrepresent
and mislead, to print lies to arouse the
argry passions of the multitude or to
make a paper sell. It is not legitimate
journalism to traduce, to blacken char
acter, to pry into a man's private af
fairs, to levy blackmail.
SOME QUEER ONES.
Curious People Who Try the Wait-
cr's Temper.
"Curious people?" echoed the wait
er who had given me an excellent din
ner after I had given him a generous
tip, says a writer in the Detroit "Free
Press." "Why, they come in droves.
I could point out enough freaks here
in a week to stock a first-class muse
um. Red-faced man in here half an
hour ago that said he was too near
starving to wait for an order to be
cooked. 'Crackers and cheese with
something to wash them down,' he
shouted. When done he had emptied
three bottles, of wine and not a crack
er or a piece of cheese was gone. I
have an idea he must live where the
Raines law holds good. Another saw
by the sign in the window that we
give a regular dinner for a quarter. He
rushed in about 4 p. m., called for pret
ty much everything on the bill of fare
and took to his heels without hat or
umbrella when 1 laid a check for $2 30
by his plate. He never even waited to
take the knifeful that was on the way
to his mouth, and I'll bet odds that he
never stopped till he reached his home
out in some rear tier of townships.
"But I had the champion recently. As
a horseman would say, he wasn't well
ribbed up. He wasn't three inches
short of seven feet and had a reach
that would take in two tables without
straining any tendons. He took a
seat and ordered a fine dinner for him
self and three others. When all was
ready for the table he was still alone
and I asked him whether he would wait
for his friends.
" We're all here,' he answered, just
as sober as a judge.
"He wasn't the kind of looking chap
you'd want to cross-question, so I
brought on the stuff for four, and there
was enough of it for a good-sized pic
nic. He waded through it ail from
soup to ice cream, ordered a whole pie
in addition, said he was hurried but
would be back in a couple of hours for
more, cleaned out the free lunch and
left."
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MORE BURIED TREASURE.
CAPTAIN ALFRED MAY TELLS
A RATHER FISHY STORY.
Money Was Buried by American
Soldiers During the Mexican
War After an Accident.
A hundred and fifty thousand dollars
in gold ready to be lifted out with the
pick—that is what Uncle Sam has at
this moment, though he does not know
himself of his hidden treasure. But it
is there—cold, yellow, glittering coin,
buried for years beneath the dirt and
mold of Mexico, and traced by the
lirtless patience of the man who is
soon to get out on his voyage to return
with this fortune. There will be no
dangers to overcome, such as a strug
gle with cold and famine, but very qui
etly and pleasantly he will dig up the
boxes in which lie the riches that will
make him a wealthy man for life.
The authority for this statement is
Captain Alfred May, who is at present
in this city. Captain May asserted
that he has located the place where
the treasure was buried, and that as
soon as he can leave his business he
will set out and procure the wealth
which will be the result of many
months of patient search. The Captain
Is a German, a sea Captain, and was
one of the old forty-niners.
According to Captain May the way
he came to get on the track of the
money was this: He met here in 189-">
an old man from Illinois, Hiram Pen
noyer, who told him that his son was
married to the daughter of an old vet
eran of the Mexican war, living in Chi
cago. This veteran told Pennoyer that
while he was on a campaign in Mex
ico in 1847 he was present when money
boxes belonging to the Government
w-ere thrown out of the wagon by the
breaking, of a wheel, and that the coin
had been buried by a companion of his.
This companion, a Sergeant, was killed
In a fight a few days after burying the
money, and the old veteran said noth
ing about it to his superior officers,
the breaking down of the wagon while
crossing the river in a storm being suf
ficient excuse for the loss.
j After the war closed the veteran
went to California, where he was paid
off, and then returned to his wife in
Chicago. On account of his broken
health the woman would not let him
return, so the man waited for a son
to grow large enough to go after the
gold. On the son's attaining manhood
the old father fitted him out and sent
him on the journey, but the lad went
astray, and, spending all the money,
turned into a loafer. On the marriage
of the daughter of the veteran with the
son of Pennoyer, the veteran told Pen
noyer the whole, history of the affair
and gave him a plan of the spot where
the gold was buried, as well as full
directions how to locate the place.
When Pennoyer told May the story
May offered to go and get the money
for a share in the result. So, equipped
with the map and full history of the
event, he reached Vera Cruz, and set
I out on his journey toward the direction
|of Jalapa. He found that the descrip-
I tion given by Pennoyer was correct in
the main, but there was a slight error
in the bearings that at first puzzled
him greatly. Pennoyer had made a
mistake in the placing of a landmark,
but the general idea was right, and,
knowing the Spanish tongue perfectly,
May began to glean information from
the Mexicans who lived at the place.
He found one old man who had lived
in the same adobe hut for years, and
who remembered distinctly the time
that the American troops had crossed
the stream. He gave an accurate de
scription of the event, spoke of the
breaking down of the wagons, and said
that the Americans had lost some
stores, though none of the Mexicans
understanding English, none was aware
that two boxes in gold were among
the things spilled, nor would they ever
have known of their being buried there
by the Sergeant, even had they known
the money tumbled out. From this old
man May got such an accurate ac
count that, by putting it with the one
given him by Pennoyer, he was able
to locate a spot whose description
tallied in every respect with the story
given by the veteran as the place
where the coin lay.
He learned that the troops had left
Vera Cruz for a march north, and on
j reaching the banks of the Guadeloupe
j River, the infantry' had crossed the
j stream over an ancient stone bridge,
while the cavalry and wagons went
down one side to cross by a ford. On
' the left hand of the bridge on the south
j bank was a fort, and on the right hand
on the other bank was another fort,
| while at a short distance stood a hill,
j Pennoyer had said the wagons holding
: the money had crossed the bridge, and
in this lay his error. The truth was
! that the horses had been taken down
about a quarter of a mile from the
bridge, and crossed where the water
was shallow. The Mexican pointed out
the ford where the wagon train crossed
! and even the spot where one wagon
| had broken down and lost a wheel.
On looking about May saw at once
that it was the very spot described by
Pennoyer.
i There was no doubt in May's mind
' that he had found the treasure at last.
! But one thing stopped him—he was
, watched. For days there had been men
. dogging his footsteps, persons who had
evidently heard of the object of his
I search, and it would not be safe to
i dig. With men cognizant of every
movement it would have been Impossi
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ble to do anything or get the money
out of the country, so he slipped away,
coming back here to make better prep
arations for bringing home the treas
ure.
On reaching home May found his per
sonal business in a tangle, his lands
wound up in legal tangles in his old
place in California, and his ships,
which had set out for trade in the
Gulf of Mexico, w recked. Then came
legal complications with the Govern
ment and the hard times of the last
two years, sv* that the Capcain has
been detained from returning to the
place to get the gold. But he has met
men who verified the statements of
the veteran, men who fought in the
Mexican war and had heard of the loss
of the money. The Captain now ex
pects to go to Mexico within a few
weeks, and is confident of coming back
with the $1.10,000 in gold.
The Captain will take with him an
outfit consisting of a diamond drill,
with which he will prospect all about
the vicinity of the spot. He believes
that it will be but the work of a few
days to strike the boxes, which were
of wood, but strapped with iron bands.
Just what claim may be made on the
money by the Mexican Government he
does not know, but there is no custom
duty on coin of any realm being car
ried into a foreign country. Neither
does he undertake to say what claims
the United States would present against
the gold. The money was sent to Gen
eral Taylor to pay off the troops, and
its amount is mentioned in the papers
of the War Department of that date,
the Captain asserts. The fact that its
ioss was not reported is accounted for
by the Captain stating that the su
perior officers simply did not report it,
as it was not lost in a fight, but dur
ing a storm, and the loss was not known
till after the troops had reached Ja
lapa.—New York Herald.
The Tragic Side.
Out from the North came a note as bold
As the iron clang of a midnight bell;
And, carried by wind and tide,
Echoing far and wide
It struck the hearts of men as it fell
With a fierce wild clangor of
Gold! Gold! Gold!
As the dreadful clomor filled the air,
The brains of toiling men caught fire.
And madness came from the mad desire
For Gold.
God and the right were alike forgot,
Aye, home and wife and all things fair
Were fast shut out by a horrible blot
Of Gold.
Oh, God, dear God, ere it be too late,
Have pity, for wives' and children's sake,
And let the threat of the blast of cold
Turn maddened men from their lust of
gold;
Our Father, for the children's sake.
—J. A. Kemster.
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BIDS FOR THE LEASE OF AGRT
cultural Park in Sacramento County for
one year from October 1, 1897, under speci
fications on tile with the undersignod will
be received at the Secretary's office on
October 1. 1897. at 1:30 o'clock p. m.
EDWIN. F. SMITH, Secretary.
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BANKING HOUSES.
NATIONAL BANK OF D. 0. MILLS k CO.
Sacramento, Cal.—Founded ISSO.
DIRECTORS-
D. O. MILLS. EDGAR MILLS
8. PRF.NTISS SMITH.
FRANK MILLER President
CHARLES F. DILLMAN Cashier
U. S. Bonds Bonjrht and Sold.
Capital and Surplus,
$600,000.
CALIFORNIA STATE BANK,
SACRAMENTO.
Does a General Banking Business.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.
OFFICERS:
FREDERICK COX President
GEORGE W. PELTIER....Vice-President
\V. E. GERBF.R : Cashier
C. K. BURN HAM Assistant Cashier
nn sectors:
C. W. Clark. Geo. W. Peltier,
Frederick cox, Joseph Steffexs,
Peter Bohl, Adolph Hkilbron,
W. E. (iEKBEIt.
SACUAMKNTO BANK.
THE OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN
the city, corner Filth and J streets, Sac
ramento. Guararafced capital, $500,0o0;
paid up capital, gold coin, $4oo,ooO; re
serve fund, $52,0u0; term and ordinary de
posits, $1t,224,t»:?l SO; loans on real estate
January 1. 18H7, 92,658«T61 75. Terms and
ordinary deposits received. Dividends paid
in January and July. Money loaned upon
real estate only. Information furnished
upon application to
W. P. COLEMAN, President.
Ed. R. Hamilton, Cashier.
FARMERS' AND MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK
Foartl and J Streais, Sacramento, cal.
LOANS MADE ON REAL ESTATE.
Interest paid semi-annually on Term and
Ordinary Deposits.
B. U. STEIN MAN President
DWIGHT HOLLiSTER ....Vice-President
D. D. WHITBECK Cashier
C. H. CiMMINGS Secretary
JAMES M. STEVENSON . Surveyor
~ PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK.
Sacramento, Cal.
Paid up capital and surplus $320,000
DIRECTORS:
Wm. Beckman, J. L. Huntoon,
Wm. Johnston, E. J. Croly,
i ic< ). M. Hay ton,
Loans made on real estate. Interest paid
semi-annually.
WM. BE< KM AN, President.
George W. L Loren/., Becretary.
CROCKER-WB&WORTH NATIONAL BANK,
Crocker Building. Market and Post
Streets, S*n Francisco.
PAID UP CAr'ifiL, *1,0wJ,008. MiiM, $511,085.
directors:
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Vice-President W. E. BROWN
Casnier - G. W. KLINE
Hr. BOOTT HV J. CROCKER
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I GOT THE BICYCLE.
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GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL,
Corner Seventh and X Streets.
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. FREE 'BUS
to and from the cars.
GHAif <& TITUS. Proprietors.
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CONDUCTED ON THE EUROPEAN
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NEW YORK KITCHEN,
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TRUSTEES' SALE.
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
of a certain deed of trust executed by
D. W. Hutson and Philippina Hutson.
his wife, both of the county of San Joa
quin. State of California, to William
Bcckman and J. L. Huntoon of the
County of Sacramento. State of Califor
nia, as trustees, dated September 17,
lho2. and recorded on September 19,
1522, in the office of the County Re
corder of the county of San Joa
quin, State of California, in Book
••A" ot Deeds, vol. 75. page 535,
San Joaquin County Records, and on
application of the holder and owner of
the promissory note secured to be pulot
by said deed of trust, and because de
fault has been made in the payment of
the indebtedness secured to be paid by
said deed of trust, the undersigned
trustees will sell at public auction to the
highest and best bidder for cash in Unit
ed States gold coin, at the front of the
Courthouse of the county of Sacramento
in the city of Sacramento, State of Cal
ifornta, on SATURDAY, the yth day of
October, 189 i, between the hours of 10
o'clock a. m. and 12 m. of that day aaid
sale commencing at the said hour'of 10
o'clock a. m. of said day the fol
lowing described real estate'with the im
provements thereon snltate in the coun
ties of San Joaquin and Sacramento
State of California, as follows '
t m^ n »^ e t^S er « " f »«c"on
fifteen (Id) township five (5) north
nts a .f V„ M ? Unt Diablo Base
and Xuerldian, alio that portion of thi>
southeast quarte* <*! of said section th'-
S tr^ e ht\ine n fr a u C n th f and east of a
r t, th, t nJ'T the northwest
s?id na-irter IV f « h .? aSt COrnfer of «ie
Wnd com^nin^^nlP^ oo^^ 3o a tract of
ana containing one hundred and eiehtv
(180) acres adjoining said section in Sv
ramento County. tuon ln
WM. EEC KM AN,
J- L. HUNTOON,
Sacramento, September li iTq^ 3l663 "
Budd and Thomps^nfVttorneys.
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