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8 FRUIT GROWERS' CONVENTION. Yesterdays Session of More Than Usual Interest, MM Only to Menta, But to Agricultural ists ot the Great Commonwealth. ' .-• 1 - t M. T. Kearney of Fresno' Gives an Interesting Summary of the History of the Grape in Cali fornia, and the Benefits to His County Since the Growers Had Formed Their Combination to Protect Prices. SAN JOSE, Dec. 14.—This morning's session of the Horticultural Convention was one of great interest not only to the members, but it means much for the agriculture of this great State. M. Theodore Kearney of Fresno, President and General Manager of the California Raisin Growers)' Associa tion, opened the discussion. His sub ject was "The Raisin Industry—Re view of the Season's Output and Opera tion of Co-operative Organizations; Fruitfulness, Varieties of Fruits to be Encouraged, etc., and Co-operation Among the Farmers as) Applied to the Raisin Industry." This address was really a masterly summary of the history of the grape in California, with special reference to the raisin. He showed the period of terrible depression, and stated that in two years there wag a loss in assess ment in Fresno County of well on to two million dollars through the de pression in the industry. Then the growers got together and formed their combination. They control 75 per cent, of the total product and growers, are prosperous and contented, and Fresno County is prosperous. The address made a profound impres sion. A committee was appointed to look after the publication of tne speech, which shall be distributed free to the fruit growers of the State. The address of A. H. Naftzger of Los Angeles will also be printed in the same pamphlet, not less than 20,000 copies to be issued. A resolution protesting against any reciprocity treaty with Jamaica, France or elsewhere which will injure the fruit industry of the State was of fered and went to the committee. A resolution protesting against the adulteration of food products, olive oil, wine, etc., was offeired and went to the same committee. This announces as the sense of the convention that Congress should enact laws against food adulteration as such practice will not only ruin California's great agricul tural industries but those of the entire country as well. There seems to be no doubt of the adoption of both resolutions, and they will be sent to California's representa tives in Congress. NEWS FROM THE ORIENT. Advices Received Per the Steam ship Empress of India. VANCOUVER (B. C), Dec. 14.—The steamer Empress of India arrived to day from Yokohama, bringing advices to December Ist. A Nanking dispatch says that two battalions of modern armed Chinese, sent to Kiangsi to assist the Governor in putting down the rioting against the Roman Catholic missionaries, dis persed and took their Impedimenta to the hills. It is thought that they were Kalao Hui, secret society men. It is reported that between seventy and eighty piratical craft infest the waterways at Canton. The steamer Cheong Kong was robbed of 52.000 vi gold, seventeen cases of opium and a large amount of personal property. The Captain and several officers were wounded. A hard fight took place between pirates and the officers of the steamer Yangtse. Four pirates were killed, two drowned while trying to escape and the others were captured. Two of the steamer's crew were killed. Carlowitz & Company of Shanghai has offered Chang Chi Tung. Viceroy of Hupeh, a loan of 4,000,000 marks for fifteen years at 7 per cent, interest, to enable him to construct a line of rail way from the Pingshan coal mines to the iron works at Haynang. Chinese advices state that a step is now on foot to mobilize an army of 100,000 men at Kiangsu to garrison the Yangtse delta. This step was instigat ed by the Viceroy Liv at Nankin, with the approval of the High Imperial Commissioner, He Kang Yi. during his visit there. Ll Hung Chang has been ordered to open ports with a view of investigat ing conditions as to the advisability of raising customs duties. W r ithin a few days it is expected that Kobe will be declared free from the plague. No case except one of doubtful character has been reported there since the 17th ult. The new German Lloyd steamer King Albert, which arrived yesterday, is the largest steamer which ever entered the port! The hearing on the appeal of Robert New Dental Parlors Dr. J. D. Powell, D. D. S., has open ed his new dental oftlces at the north east corner of Fifth and X streets, and is prepared to do all kinds of den tal work in a first class manner. Dr. Powell is a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College, one of the best in the country. All work that goes out of the office Is thoroughly inspected by him. None but graduate dentists are em ployed. Examinations free of charge. Plates $10 00 Gold crowns 6 00 Bridge work, per tooth 6 00 Extracting teeth (painless) 50 No charge for extracting when plates are ordered. J. D. POWELL, D. 8.5., N. E. Cor. Fifth and X Streets. Miller, an American, under sentence of death for murder, has again been post poned to December 18th. The Government mining bill does not contain the expected provision granting to foreigners the right to own ynd work mines in the empire. It is felt, however, that it is only a question of time when such rights will be freely conceded. SOUTHERN PACIFIC SYSTEM. Statement of Earnings for First Four Months of Fiscal Year. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14—C. P. Huntington, President of the Southern Pacific Company, has issued a state ment of the earnings of the company for October last and for the first four months of the present fiscal year. The gross earnings in October amounted to $6,009,811. This is an in crease of $1,00'2,.'!82 over the corres ponding month of the year before. The figures constitute the largest gross rev enue in any one month in the com pany's history. The operating expenses In October were $3,602,611, an increase of $595,626. The earnings over operat ing expenses were $2107,1230, or an in crease of $466,756 over October, 1898. For the months of July, August, Sep tember and October last the gross earn ings of the Southern Pacific Company aggregated $22,324,375. This Is an in crease of $3,688,551 over the correspon ding period of last year. The operat ing expenses amounted to $13,401,-39, an increase of $2,023,020. The total earnings over operating expenses were $8,923,136, representing an increase of $1,605,531 over the same four months of the year before. THE COMPANY'S COAL PROPER TIES IN NEW MEXICO. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.— H. E. Huntington of the Southern Pacific Company has gone to Mexico with a corps of experts to make a final ex amination of a bed of coal in the State of Sonora, about sixty miles off the line of the Sonora Railway, which runs from Benson, Arizona, to Guaymas. The Southern Pacific recently purchased this road from the Santa Fe. The coal deposit will cost the Southern Pacific $500,000. A branch from the Sonora Railway to the property will cost $1, --5U0.000. The railroad company has, during the past fourteen months, em ployed 1,600 cars in hauling coal from Utah and W r yoming to supply its loco motives in Nevada and California. Utah and Wyoming coal for use of the company is delivered as far south as Bakers field. Los Angeles Water Bonds. LOS ANGELES, Dec, 14—Before the city makes any further attempt to dis pose of the water bond issue, it will procure the opinion of the New York bond expert firm of Dillon & Hubbard upon the securities, and establish their validity in the courts if necessary. This has been decided upon by the City Council, as a result of the secret meet ing held on Wednesday afternoon. The two bids which were recently received are to be rejected, and no further pro posals called for until it is definitely assured that the question of the valid ity of the bonds will not be raised. Nominations Confirmed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The Sen ate to-day confirmed the following nominations: To be United States Ministers: Will iam P. Lord, to the Argentine Republic; Herbert W. Bowen, New York, to Persia; Arthur S. Handy, New Jersey, to Greece, Roumania and Servia; Law rence Townsend, Pennsylvania, to Bel gium; Bellamy Storer, Ohio, to Spain; John M. Irwin, lowa, to Portugal. To be United States Consuls: J. H. Johnson, Texas, at Coaticock, Canada; H. L. Washington, Texas, at Valencia, Spain. Navy Short of Men. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The navy is 4.000 short of the legal maximum, and this in spite of the best efforts of the recruiting officers. Secretary Long has written a letter calling the atten tion of Congress to this state of affairs, and suggesting that it might offer a decided incentive to enlist men by ex tending to sailors enlisting the benefit of the act alloting to apprentices clothing not to exceed $45 in value. Under the present system the men are kept in debt for months after enlist ment by the purchase of the necessary outfit from advance payments. Christian Endeavorers. OAKLAND, Dec. 14.—1t is stated that the Christian Endeavorers of the cen tral and northern counties will not make any further effort to hold the southern counties in the State Union. It is asserted, however, that the with drawal of the southern counties pre cludes any possibility of a State con vention ever being held south of the Tehachapi. The point is also raised that the State Union, having long ago received its charter from the national society, the seven seceding counties can never be anything more than a district union. The Day Observed at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.-The one hundredth anniversary of the death of George Washington was observed in this city to-night by Fidelity Lodge of Masons, and the Improved Order of Red Men. At the meeting in the Ma sonic Temple Rabbi Jacob Nieto deliv ered eulogy, and at the gathering of Red Men the principal ad dress was made by Benjamin F. Jos si yn. Victims of the Maine Disaster. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The Navy Department has given notice that any person claiming the remains of any of the victims of the Maine explosion be fore the Texas arrives at Hampton Roads with the bodies from Havana, which will be in about fifteen days, may have them sent to their late homes for burial at the expense of the Depart ment. Violations of Treaty Rights. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Senator Davis, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to-day introduced a bill to provide for the punishment of viola tions of treaty rights. It provides for the punishment of crimes against the citizens of other countries committed in States of the United States under laws of the States in which crimes may be committed. Rain Instead of Frost. SAN JOSE, Dec. 14.-Instead of the severe frost predicN-d for this morn ing, there was a strong southeaster and rain. This has fallen at intervals all day and about noon heavily. STOCKTON, Dec. 14.-It rained here heavily during the early morning hours, and is still raining. The Craigmore in Port. ASTORIA (Or.), Dec. 14.—The Brit ish ship Craigmore, from Coquimbo, w-hlch was reported In distress Tues day night, arrived in port last evening. THE BECOBP-TjyityffT SACTRAMEyTO, TOSCEMBEK lg, TRAGEDY IN THE PRIZE RING. A Preliminary Bout in the Glove Contests at St. Louis Results in the Death of One of the Princi pals From Concussion of the Brain. Henry Neise of St. Louis Floored in the Sixth Round by Fred Bell erson of Utah With a Terrific Right Hand Swing on the Head, Dying Shortly After Being Car ried From the Ring. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14.—Comedy and tragedy were depicted in the arena of the St. Louis Athletic Club to-night. In the preliminary bout preceding the star contest between Tommy White, the 120 pound champion of the world, and Kid Bread of Cleveland, Henry Neise of St. Louis and Fred .Bellerson, reputed to be the heavyweight champion of Utah, went on for fifteen rounda Neise was long and lanky, while Bellerson was hog fat, their combined weight ap j proximating 400 pounds. The perform ance of the men was so grotesque that roars of laughter greeted their efforts. No serious harm was done until the bell tapped for the sixth round, in I which, after a heavy exchange, Neise | was floored by a hard right hook on the i jaw. He arose groggy, with his back to j the Utah man, who, seeing his advan ! tage, planted a terrific right hand swing jto the head, bringing Neise to the floor, ; his head striking with a dull :hud. He I was carried from the ring in :tn un conscious state, and physicians sum moned. White and Broad then entered the ring, and after fighting two rounas with honors even, were stopped by the police who announced that Neise was dead. Tim Hurst and Manager Charles Whitney were immediately taken into ; custody. Belleison escaped, but his sec i onds were put under arrest. The physicians' verdict was to the ef fect that Neise died of concussion of the ■ brain. PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN. A Detachment of Colonel Hayes' Cavalry Captures Biacnabato. MANILA, Dec. 14.-11:30 a. m.—A de tachment of Colonel Hayes' cavalry under Lieutenant Arnold has captured Biacnabato, the mountain stronghold, where the last insurrection was ended with a peace treaty. A large quantity of munitions of war was secured. Major Batchelor's battalion of the Twenty-fourth Infantry is making slow progress in the Aparri Valley. The vil ! lagers are giving the colored troops i banquets and balls everywhere. ' LIEUTENANT BATSON WOUNDED. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—General Otis has cabled the War Department that Lieutenant Batson, who organized and commanded the Macabebe scouts, has been seriously wounded in the foot. Amputation is probable. General Otis' dispatch follows: "Manila, December 14.—Lieutenant Batson, Fourth Cavalry, who organized four large companies of Macabebe scouts, had an advance of Lawton's troops, and attended Young's cavalry in northwestern Luzon, Batson leading with conspicuous gallantry in several hard fought engagements. On Novem ber 19th he was seriously wounded in the foot; amputation will probably be] necessary. Can he not receive Major ship in some staff corps as a reward for efficient service?" CAPT. CARTER'S ASSOCIATES. | Four of the Indicted Contractors Surrender. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—D. B. Green, Colonel J. F. Gay nor, E. H. Gaynor and William T. Gaynor, the contractors with whom Captain Oberlin M. Carter was associated in the Savannah River and Cumberland Sound improvements, surrendered this morning to United States Commissioner Shields. Then men were indicted last Friday by the United States Grand Jury at Savannah for being concerned in a con spiracy by which the Government was j defrauded out of $575,949. Michael A I Connelly, who is also a member of the [ Atlantic Dredging and Contracting j Company, and who was indicted at the | same time, is said to have left the country. The accused demanded an examina tion, and the hearing was set for De cember 23d. Colonel John F. Gaynor and D. B. Green were placed under $20,000 bonds each. William T. Gaynor and Edward H. Gaynor were held in $10,000 bail each. Rich Gold Ore. DENVER, Dec. 14.—The Omaha and Grant smelter has received one carload of ore from the Isbella mine at Crip ple Creek that carries values in gold of $8,000 a ton, or a total of $200,000. A second car gave returns in excess of ! $5,000 a ton. The total value of the j ore in the two cars will range some "Say, Tommy, what's de use uf dat sign? Can't any blokey see dat dis is snow and not ice?" where between. $300,000 and $325,000. Previous to this the Mollle Gibson mine held the record for the richest car of ore ever loaded at the mines in Colo rado. First Lafayette Dollar. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14.—The first Lafayette dollar, the unique specimen authorized by Congress in aid of the fund for the erection of a Lafayette monument at Paris, was struck off at the United States mint to-day. The coin will be presented by the President of the United States to the President of the French republic. Fifty thou sand of the coins are to be struck, and are to be disposed of at a cost of $2 aalece. Will Be a Contest in Kentucky. FRANKFORT (Ky.), Dec. 14.—The State Central, Executive and Cam paign Committees of the Democratic party,- in secret session, to-day voted unanimousily to recommend a contest before the Legislature to oust the Re publican Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and indorse the action of minor candidates in filing their contest before the State Contesting Board. Advance in Price of Stoves. CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—An advance of a full 25 per cent, in the price of stoves and ranges has been decided on by the Association of Stove Manufacturers 1 now ln session here. The advance will take effect January Ist. It is claimed the 'advance was made necessary by the increased prices of Iron and steel. Death of a Landscape Artist. TORONTO, Dec. 14.—Lucius R. O'Brien, the landscape artist, is dead, aged 65 years. He painted many cel ebrated pictures, some of which were given a place in Windsor Castle and at Osborne. President of Switzerland. BERNE, Dec. 14.—The Federal As semly has elected Walther Hauser, the Radical of Wadensweil, Zurich, to be ' President of Switzerland for 1900. He was Vice President during 1899. Three Glove Fights at Oakland. OAKLAND, Dec. 14.—At the Reliance Athletic Club to-night there were three ten-round goes. Kid Johnson knocked out Thomas Murphy with a body blow in the first round. Chick Finerty of | the' Columbia Club was laid low in the i sixth round by Billy Decourcey of Los ! Angeles. The event of the evening was I the match between Phil Green of Oak ■ land and Jack Weeday of Michigan. After a hard fought contest lasting ten rounds Green was awarded the decision. Weeday was in distress at the end of the last round. They fought at catch weights. Site for Oakland Library. OAKLAND, Dec. 14.—The Ebell So ciety of ladies have been successful in their efforts to secure the $20,000 nec-t essary to purchase a site upon which to build the library foe which purpose | Andrew Carnegie has given $50,000. ; The ladies had on hand in cash and I pledges 515,709, when a telegram was I received from C. P. Huntington stat ing that he would contribute $3,000. This brings the total for the subscrip tions to $1,769 more than Is needed. Petition to Set Aside a Will. LOS ANGELES,Dec.I4. —*The attorney of William Fuller, a halfbreed Indian, I has prepared a petition praying that i the will of Alfred Fuller, who died at I Chico in 1897, be set aside. Shortly I after the death of Fuller a mysterious ! will dropped into existence which pur ' ported to bequeath his property to a j prominent woman of Chico. William I Fuller claims that he Is the Illegiti mate son of the dead man. The es tate consists of $40,000 in United States bonds and cash. Married Women as Clerks. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Misinter pretations by employes throughout the country of the recent ruling as to the status of married women as Postofiice clerks led to a statement to-day by First Assistant Postmaster General Heath. He reiterates that the pres ence of husband and wife as clerks in the same office is inimical to the serv ice, and that her position should go to some one who had no means of support. He says: "I intend to apply this ruliny to female clerks who in the future marry. Female Postoffice clerks already married, and whose employment under their married names had been approved by the department, will not be disturbed under this ruling." Three Persons Burned to Death. NEW YORK, Deo. 15.—Three persons were burned to death and one seriously injured at a fire that occurred at an early hour this (Friday) morning in a tenement at 300 South First street, in the Williamsburg District of Brooklyn. The dead are: Mrs. Goscher, 65 years of age; Mrs. Susan Smyth, 85 years; Luke Fref, 51 years. Mrs. Fref, the wife of Luke Fref, jumped from the second story window, and broke her leg. Parker-Tnrner Fight. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.—"Kid" Parker of Denver is a slight favorite over Rufe Turner of Stockton whom he will meet to-morrow. Parker is sell ing at 10 to 9. Considerable money has been waged. Billy Jordan will be the referee. The men must weigh in at 135 pounds. Badly Burned by a Live Wire. OAKLAND, Dec. 14.—Standing in the high signal tower above the Harrison street bridge shortly after 10 o'clock to-night, Henry Braswell, a bridge tender in the employ of the Southern Pacific, grasped an electric vine car rying a thousand volts, and but for the presence of his working mate, Will lam Newman, who released biro, would have been roasted alive. He was bad ly burned about the hands and wrists, and his back was severely wrenched. Sudden Death at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.—Thomas B. Brown, aged 44 years, dropped dead in a saloon at Post and Mason streets to-day just after ordering a drink. The body was identified at the Morgue to night by Mrs. Ella McFadden, who was to have married Brown on Christmas. The deceased was employed as a store keeper for a Fresno milling company, and had only been in this city about a month. An inquest will be held Sat urday. Morphine in Parenti's Stomach. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.—Chem ists Crackbon and Bothe state they have discovered indications of mor phine in the contents of the stomach of Carlo Parenti, who died in Sacra mento a few days ago, after drinking a cocktail. The analysis has not been completed. Dewey Invited to California, SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 14.—An In vitation signed by Mayor Phelan and the Grand Officers of the Native Sons of the Golden West has been sent to Admiral Dewey requesting his presence In this city on Admission Day. Sep tember 9, 1900. Osgood Pleads Guilty. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.—George L. Osgood, under indictment for biga my for having wedded Tillie Alice Glover and Nellie Kinsella at about the same time, pleaded guilty to the charge against him to-day and will be sentenced on Saturday. AFTER THE GOLD BOOMS. Importance of the Reactions in De termining the Population. "The law that settlers follow the line of least resistance suffers an exception when men are seeking gold," says a writer in "Ainslee's," who goes on to prove it. "In the natural order of things, population would have worked itself in a continuous progression to ward the Rocky Mountains, crossing them only by compulsion, as the Alle ghanies were crossed and the Missis sippi and the Missouri Rivers. But where there is gold in sight there is no law. Humanity goes into Alaska with the same blind avidity that it went into California fifty years ago, with the same fatuousness that it swept to Pike's Peak in 1858. Population for sook all its domiciles, its patronages and its prosperity, in the Argonaut' pe riod, and, as if driven by some mon strous wind, surged over the uneven earth to the Pacific and to the Rockies. The whole world knows how it did so, and the suffering that ensued is as com mon a story as the fortunes that were won. But the thing that is not known, the matter of lasting importance that is most often overlooked, is the migra tory reaction, the settling back of the big flcod to the places in which, either by necessity or by choice, it must finally rest. The character of the great West, the transmlssouri, with its mutliple variations, is determined by this phe nomenon. "A map and a book of census statis tics will tell the story. It is the story of the oil from the pitcher again. Men and women touched the crest of the continent at Leadville, in Colorado, in 1858, but fell back on to the plains again before the sixties were expired. The Mormon emigration filled the val ley of the Jordan in 1847, but the gen eral tide of people either went to the lower valleys of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin on the Oriental side j of the Sierra Nevadas, or receded on the j eastern slope of the Rockies. Success ive mining discoveries enticed rushes of prospectors into Northern Idaho and British Columbia, but the greater mass of the movers went back into the warmer regions of California and Ore gon. W r here the Comstock and the Con solidated Virgina silver mines once magnetized so many settlers as to be guile Congress into making a State of Nevada, there is little left now but the evidence of what has been and the promise of what may be when the im migration of the West begins to move again for less glorious promises than acres of oranges for the mere tilling of the soil, and monster timber for the mere hewing of the logs. The mesas of the two Southwestern Territories, Arizona and New Mexico, seem to have absorbed the hosts of traders and ad venturers that went into them, as the sandy soil of their great areas drink in the freshets from the mountains." The Biograph Caused a Groan. It seems that among the treasures displayed by a biograph man now in the Crescent City is a series showing a crowd of spectators surging along lower Fifth avenue. The figures in the foreground include a chubby young man in a Scotch cap, holding a box camera in both hands, and evidently taking snap shots at the throng. He appeared at the lower right-hand cor ner of the scene, crossing rapidly to ward the left, and, just before tha film ended, he turned his face so that he was looking directly at the people in the theater, and smiled. This individual was immediately recognized as a young man whose abrupt departure from New Orleans not long ago was the scene of great grief among numerous creditors and overconfiding friends. He passed as a newspaper correspondent, and de veloped a good deal of talent as an all-round beat. When his counterfeit presentment flashed into motion on the biograph screen a deep groan went up from victims in several different parts of the theater. Most deeply grieved of all who saw the first exhibition in New Orleans was a man himself in the pho tograph line. He not only recognized the chubby young man. but he recog nized the camera in the young man's hand as one stolen from himself just before the youth so hastily started for the North.—New Orleans Times-Dem ocrat. Found His Lot. Boutown—Where did you go on your vacation? Laschance—l went out west to look at a corner lot I bought by mail. "Find It?" "Yes; went swimming in it."—New- York Weekly. Since time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.—Goethe. Town or Country. When you need a rig for a town or country trip call us up on either 'phone. We will furnish hbrses and vehicles to precisely suit your purpose and at prices so reasonable that you will come again. YISU ANDERSON, N. E. COR. ELEVENTH AND J. I This evening- and until Christmas our store will remain open " later than usual. Gifts for Men Are here in plenty, and a visit to our well appointed men's fur nishing goodc department will settle in short order the per plexing question of what shall I give him? You'll find ao much that yon can. give him, and all so reasonably priced that you'll wonder why you had not thought of us and our ever ready helpfulness before. Yes! this is a man's store as well as women's, and the same leader ship predominates in the men's line as has been accorded us in the women's lines. You Can Give Him Socks, fancy or plain, neckwear of the newest, suspenders, col lars, cuffs, 'kerchiefs, gloves, jewelry, canes, shirts, under garments, night shirts, bath robes, house coats or smoking jackets, slippers, club bags, va lises, dress suit cases, etc. GripmerTs Heavy Woolen Gloves, 50c pair. Just the sort for gripmen's wear on street cars, and persons whose hands are exposed to the cold during the Winter season, teamsters, and outdoor workers in general; they're double all through, with heavy roll at wrist to prevent cold going up sleeve, and with close fitting ribbed cuff. Price, 50c pair. The Pretty White Booth Is replenished from day to day with the loads of prettiness which makes it one of the main attractions to all visitors who enter our store. The prices, too, are attractive on the wares found there, and the service as painstaking as though each purchase were so many dollars instead of so many cents. There's where we keep the Christmas cards, booklets, calendars and much else which space prohib its mentioning. Leather Goods. Our stock of leather goods contains all the novelties in its line, and a most pleasing and complete array of ladies' purses, etc., at prices equally pleasing. Ladies' leather combination purses, plain black or in colors, in various leathers. Priced, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25. iWASSERMAN, KAUFMAN & CO.! I OPERA t | GLASS 1 I HANDLES! X to match and fit any style of ♦ J opera glass—the latest patterns. X ♦ Our prices will speak for them- I ♦ selves. ♦ I C HIN N a Optician, 526 X St. | LINDLEY'S PURE SPICES Spices that are spices and nothing bat spices. FRIDAY would not be Friday without FISH! The fish stall is an important part of this business, one that we never neglect. Whatever is to be had in fresh and salt water fish, oys ters, clams, crabs, shrimps, will be found here fresh to-day. » CURTIS ps. CO.'S MARKET, 308 X Street Half » block below W. L. & Co. I Choice I I and Dainty f Our stock Is now rich with Jl_ t| many choice and dainty ar- ijb° M tides which cannot be dupli- ijgn gJ cated later. Make your selec- Yf tion at once and call for it jg. "n when you want It. Wt | DIAMONDS I We have a very large assort- ft ment of these. It Is true there jf has been an advance in the tS market value of diamonds. We «5 only challenge a comparison of W vi our prices and quality of these U. n gems. R 4 KLUNE & FLOBERG, I Sbg JEWEI.KBS, USa S2B X Street. ONLY ONE DOLLAR A TEAR—THE j WEEKLY UNION. The best weekly. j '%- • ' Gift Hosiery A half dozen pair of women's fine hosiery in a neat box, has proven to be an ever welcome gift, fully a* appropriate, ac ceptable and sensible as a box of handkerchiefs to send TO HER. Stop at the hosiery coun ter and see the lines ou display —plain, drop stitch and lace open work effects, all fast black, fine gauge and full fin ished » 6 pair in a box. Priced, $1.50, $3.00 and $3.00 box. Ladies' Purses. Ladies' leather combination purses, with sterling silver cor ners on flap, in black or colors, alligator and other leathers. Priced, 85c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.35, $2.25. Coin purses, leather, with strong clasp fastening. Priced, 15c, 20c, 25c and 35c. Pocket wallets for men, in va rious leathers, black or colored. Priced from 50c up to $3.00. SPECIAL THIS EVENING At 'Kerchief Counter. 50 dozen of new arrivals in women's sheer dainty lawn handkerchiefs, with pretty pat teid Valenciennes lace trim ming all around Super. Values JU cc Priced Special HI 0 each Another 50 dozen accompa nied the foregoing. They, too. are of sheer lawn, and edged all around with pretty patterned Valenciennes lace. Have also, in addition, prettily embroider ed patterns in the four comers Super. Values Rf IHC Priced Special HI IU each SPECIAL THIS EVENING Lilliputian Bonnets. We will close out this evening a limited remaining quantity of pretty warm and durable bon nets for children. They're made from wool ladies' cloth, in plain colors—green, brown and navy blue. Called Lilliputian bon nets, are warm lined, have cape around neck and are braid trim med on cape and crown. Sold regularly at 75c and $1.00. j Splendid | | Paper f J) I and * *T New Price. | vht*ss. The 1 Weekly Union Is a 12-page family and business newspaper issued every Friday morning;. Thus, for the very small sum of $J its subscribers receive no less than 624 pages of choice read ingand news matter in a year. This reduction has been made that we may afford the people in these times of stringency the fullest opportunity to have the Weekly Union f of- Cho|ce fice and household Literary in the land, out Matter the reduction in wi || be price must by no Found jn means be taken to A hußdance, indicate any re- p resen ting duction in quality. Departments On the contrary, of c , ean the Weekly Union, Fict jon, already hayine a the DramJU wide general circu- MusiCf lation, such as is oriticlsm, enjoyed by but tew Art flnd other papers m the Fashion . country, will be it 1 anything a better paper all around than heretofore. It will contain all news in compact form but not in shorn condition, for its news facili ties are unsurpassed by any paper on the coast. While devoting much space to agricultural, horticultural and - viticultural topics Al . and news, the Postmasters Weekly Union also Are contains the news Agents. of religious denom nations and thought throughout the world, and gleanings of the very best expression of the religious press, LATE AND RELIABLE MARKET REPORTS, Both Home and Foreign. Daily Record - Union, per year, - - - vv The Weekly Union, per year, - - v' ADDRESS Sacramento Publishing Company, SACRAJkLKNXU. CAL.