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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1898. MORE CASH FOR BIG GUNS AND AMMUNITION McKinley Attaches His Signature to Another $1,000,000 Allotment. 4 NEW YORK, April 4—A Washington special to the Herald says: & To further increase emergency supplies of ordnance and ammunition * war Department the President applied his signature to-day to & 1,000,000 allotment which will be expended under the direction 1 Flagler, Chief of Ordnance. This money will be ammunition, powder and probably for another angements to purchase in Europe spartment in London and on the Continent have rnment. There are several lots in the hands which are intended for European countries, to secure a release of foreign contracts in order that into the hands of the United States. Forty-six 1 carriages and about 300 rounds of ammunition for been obtained in Europe, the first lot of which is in New York on Tuesday. GOING TOWARD FOR TEMPORARY | WILL SCATHE FRESNO FLATS Regan and His Compan- ion Seen at a Small Village. Call at a Miner’s Cabin and Partake of Bacon and Beans. Pursuers Waiting for Hunger to Force the Bandits 1o Expose Themselves. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. MERCED, April 4.—Deputy Sheriff Sam Dickinson at La Grande was noti- fied this morning that the Cross Creek train robbers were seen late on Satur- day night near Ben Hur, a small vil- lage near Pea Ridge Postoffice in Ma- dera County. They called at a miner’s FORTIFICATIONS Passage of a Significant Bill in the House of Representatives. Bailey of Texas Demurs in Vain, but Secures Applause Frcm the Galleries. However, the Democratic Leader Admits That Uncle Sam Should Prepare for War. Speclal Dispatch to The Call Call Office, Riggs Houpse, ‘Washington, April 4. While there was no attempt to force | consid€ration of a resolution regarding | the Cuban situation in the House, there | was a brief outbreak, in the course of | which the warlike temper of the crowd- - CRUEL SPAIN McKinley’s Message to Be a Most Vigorous Document. Will Show That It Is Time for Armed Intervention in Be- half of the Cubans. Hostilities Can Now Only Be Avoided by the Madrid Government Yielding Every Point. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riges House, ‘Washington, April 5. | The Washington Postsays that unless | Spain, within forty-eight hours, yields |all by surrendering Cuba, war cannot | be averted. It sums up the situation as follows: REMOVES THE YELLOW FEVER QUARANTINE; Action Taken at Washington to Enable Americans to Hurry From Cuba. . Copyrighted, 1888, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, April 4—General Lee to-night received a dispatch from @ the State Department informing him that the quarantine againstyellow @ fever will be temporarily raised and that all Americans, naturalized or & native born, now in Cuba, may enter Floridan ports. In order that lhvlS @ may be facilitated General Lee is to charter any merchantmen within @ reach. None is now in port. & To further expedite matters, the lighthouse tenders Mangrove and Bache will arrive to-morrow to take away all who care to go. The Mas- @ cotte will be here on Wednesday and will carry a very large p enger list. The Olivette will make an extra trip, arriving and leaving on *: Thursday, and already her full capacity has been taken. The coast liner Florida leaves to-morrow, carrying about 300, who are anxious to leave. The order from the State Department to General Lee caused a great rush to the consulate, which was kept open after hours so that health certificates might be given to those entitled to them. The United States has not a treaty with Spain touching naturalization, so there are per- sons who have lived in Cuba for thirty years, and just remember that cabin and begged food. Only one of ed galleries was so manifest that| <“President McKinley's message to| they possess American citizenship papers. Of these there are probably & | the men entered the house. The other Speaker Reed threatened to clear them | Congress will be a ringing, vigorous| ® from 2000 to 2500 in Havana, while the native-born Americans here & & remained out in the darkness while the if it was repeated. The outbreak oc-|document that promises to meet the | scarely number fifty. & ® in the lot, which is expected by Tuesday, miner prepared some bacon and beans cuiTed over a bill to authorize the Pres- | fu)] expectation of Congress and the The exodus from Havana to Florida under the new rule will prob- @ 8 ng fourtcen rapid fieignns witl catriagesind for the famished pair. They ate the ident to erect temporary fortifications people. It will be a scathing arraign- | © ably increase the Florida population by 2500 and perhaps more. ® B . will arrive in New Orleans the latter part of meal outside and disappeared as soon |In case of emergency upon land when | ment of Spain, showing that she has | General Lee is greatly gratified at the quick response to his request @ @ went of twelve guns obtained from Brazil as they had finished. The miner saw the written consent of the owners Was | qemonstrated her utter incapacity to| ® for a change in the quarantine ruling. His office has been besieged for @ week. arrive they will be shipped to various seacoast obtained, without awaiting | process of only the one person who applied for the food, the other man remaining out- the long days by those wishing to leave, but who were kept out of Florida by legislative consideration. govern; that her colonies have declined | the quarantine law, which went into effect a month earlier than usual. in population, as the result of misrule | tland, Me., to Galveston, Tex. At all points re guns are to be mounted engineer offi- ements to receive them and the engineer de- > in this direction until the guns arrive. It is contracts are to be let by the ordnance de- ammunition, caliber 30, and for projectiles and Increased supplies of Krag-Jorgensen to be furnished for the new infantrymen s will have 4444444444444 444++ at Congress | up to n to d both solution of the | e the President’s | his is based | pted medi- | and by | admitted | tion and ence that | in Havana yes- s was the| gram re- ster Wood- ying in- e and dicated t pen dip- he purpose of dent’s message | e i I was assured by a member of the | Cabinet late to-night that the Presi- | dent considered diplomatic negotia- tions closed. If there is mediation foreign power or by the Pope it | between Spain and in- definite | demands | 1 was unfa- | ident will n to drop 1e action of Con- g It looks like war. THE REVO | | | | LUTION OF 1688. ‘ the memorable anni- | ting of the revo- s II having with awn in terror to ntion called by the ge met on January 22, ded under his protec- on the settlement of o find that James had | ed was an easy matter; how to | of the vacant throne was not a large party for a | = disposed to ac- | )range, the eldest | daughter of the ex-King, as their sov- | ¢ 1. It was not till after much de- | bating and a threat of the Prince to| g0 back to Holland and leave them to | settle their own affairs that the con- | vention at length on February 12 adopted the resolution: “That William and Mary, Prince and Princess of Or- 1 conv regency; cept the Princ s W ess of ( ange, be declared King and Queen of England, France and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging.” The crow next day offered to them in the banqueting-room at Whitehall and | and the revolution was com- Mary had arrived in London so ently as the 11th, by which time it ably certain that she and her were to be nominated toajoint she might be at her | sful expedition, how- | the prospect of being | of England, the cr'sis d to awaken softer calcula feelings. She was displacing a father; her husband was extruding uncle. | “It was belleved,” says Evalyn, “that espe v the Princess, would | have showed some seeming reluctance | assuming her father's crown, and | - some apology, testifying by her at he should by his misman- necesgitate the nation to so| ordinary a proceeding; which | extr would have shown very handsomely to the world. Nothing of all this ap- peared. She came into Whitehall, laughing and jolly, as to wedding, s0 as to seem quite transported. She rose early th next morning, and in as was reported, before her women were up, went about from room to room to see the conven- ience of Whitehall; lay in the same bed ere the late Queen lay; and, within 2 night or two, sat down to play at basset, as the Queen, her predecessor, used to do. She smiled upon and talk- ed to everybody. ‘rnls carriage was censured by many.” It now appears t Mary acted under orders from her husband, who wished to give a check to those who desired to see his wife made sole monarch and deemed her {1l used because he was assoclated with her. Lord Macaulay even makes it out to be a fine case of self-devotion on the part of the Queen.—Spare Mo- ments. )y the army reorganization bill R R R R R | Election of Honest Men Certain | | employment for working men. | count their warrants. | Charter Club ticket be elected, and good 4000000000090 PPPP9 0000900000000 0600660 CHARTER CLUB LABOR'S FRIEND Its Success Would Ben- efit Working Classes of San Jose. to Result in Decreased Taxes. Silly Claim of the “Gang” That It Seeks to Aid the City’s Toilers. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, April 4.—One of the spe- cious and false arguments made by the “gang” and its organ in support of the “gang” ticket is that, under the ex- travagant regime of the corruptionists, work has been provided for laboring men. The election of the Rea ticket, which masquerades under the title of | the People’s Municipal Ticket, it is| claimed, will mean a continuance of In all these arguments great care is taken to avoid all mention of the fact | that in nearly all cases where men | have been employed on work for the; city they have had to pay for their job, wait indefinitely for their pay, or dis- | It has very sel- dom happened that there was money in | the treasury to pay them at the time when they completed their work. Nor has any mention ever been made by the “gang” supporters of the fact that the work obtained from the city was intermittent and of comparatively short duration. These are facts and circum- stances that every workingman living in San Jose knows, and they should be thoroughly considered by workingmen when they go to the polls on April 11. On the other hand they should also consider what will be the resuit, so far as they are concerned, should the New and economical government thereby be established in the city of San Jose. With changed conditions in the mat- | ter of taxation, and in the administra- tion of the city’'s affairs on business | principles, would come improved con- ditions for every individual living in San Jose, and the workingman would not be the least affected. Lower taxes, intelligent public improvements and all those things that go to make up pro- gressive municipal government will draw capital to San Jose, will give an impetus to existing enterprises, will en- courage the establishment of new in- dustries, will enhance the value of property, and employment will be pro- vided for every industrious and compe- tent man the year round and at good wages. The workingmen of San Jose are among the most intelligent within the State, and with these contrasting ple- tures of what may be expected from the election of the candidates on one or the other ticket now in the field placed before them, it is not likely that they will cast their vote for men who are opposed ‘to their best Interests. They will perceive that only in the election of the entire New Charter Club ticket can they look forward to steady em- plovment at good wages. Boss Rea has now got down to doing street-corner olitics. He does not disdain to stand on the curb and at- tempt to delude the passing voter. One of his favorite tricks is. to take the ticket of the New Charter Club and feign to analyze it. Rea knows the political faith of nearly every voter in town. In talking to a Republican he analyzes the Good Government ticket, to which he is oprosed, so as to make it appear to be composed of nearly all Democrats. A contrary showing Iis made when he buttonholes a Democrat. Pursuing his customary campaign work, Rea has slated for the knife six memiers of the appointing board on the ticket which he caused to be put in the field. Fourteen members are to be voted for, but eight constitute a ma- jority, and the majority has the power to make all appointments on the five boards that the appointing board is to create. By “single-shotting” eight men Rea hopes he mav he able to get a ma- jority of the board who will do his bidding without question. The eight men by whom Rea intends to stand are the following: P. P. Aus- tin, A. G. Bennett, H. Booksin Sr., Rush McComas, J. K. Secord, Francis E. Spencer, Frank Stock and C. D. ‘Wright. Those who are to be slaugh- tered are the following: Milton Camp- bell, E. E. Chase, Al G. Col, T Fikes, D. Hatman and John Leffler. This information comes from a man close to the boss. side all the time. The point where the bandits were seen is on a direct line from Indian | Gulch to the Fresno Flats, where Re- gan has many friends and relatives. As scon as Dickinson received the news he sent word to his bandit-hunt- ing companion, George Youkum, to join him, and late this afternoon they startec for the place, where the rob- bers were seen, to take up the chase. The rcbbers are traveling at a rate of about ten miles a day, and it isthought that they cover most of the distance at night. They are going in almost a direct line south and keeping well up in the foothills. Most of the officers who were in pursuit have returned, and when the news came from Ben Hur yesterday there were, no officers in that vicinity. The Sheriffs of the valley rounues[ are holding themselves in readiness to take to the mountains in pursuit at a mement's notice, expecting almost every day to receive word that the robbers have been corraled and that sssistance 1s needed to force them to surrender. The hunt has become a waiting cne. All the friends of Regan in Fresno Flats have been warned not to harbor him, and inducements are being held out to them to notify the officers the moment the fugitives have settled in e2ny place in the vicinity where they might think themselves free from pur- suit. 10 HOLD SPAIN FOR THE LOSS OF THE MAI Continued from First Page. taking up the general Cuban situation. While the committee has arrived at def- inite conclusions as to the basis of its report and the resolutions it will recom- mend to the Senate, there are still many details to be considered. Senator Davis_has prepared a report to accompany the resolutions, and it is understood the other members of the committee went over it with him to-day, suggesting such modifications as the in- dividual members thought nroper to be made. This report will deal with the situation in vigqgous language, and it is understood that much will be made in it of the Maine disaster. The committee has accepted the finding of the Court of Inquiry, so far as it goes, but they have exer- cised their prerogative of extending the inquiry and of drawing conclu- sions in advance of those drawn by the Maine court. This report will be in the nature of an address to the country, in justification of the resolutions to be reported by the committee, and as it will be ~ut in the terse and yet fervid style of Senator Da- vis, it is expected by Cuban sympathiz- ers in the Senate that it will have a strong effect. The committee now expects to be able to report on the same day the Presi- dent's message is received, and mem- bers of the committee still look for a message that will be in perfect accord with their resolution and a declaration favorable to intervention. If this should prove to be the case they will be pre- pared to report forthwith. The President has been informed of the probable character of the commit- tee report, but what, if any, comment he has made has not been public. Senator Davis, chairman of the committee, ex- pressed_the opinion that the message of the President would be received to- morrow, but he said he had no author- itative information on this point and it might be delayed until Wednesday. Ram Katahdin Ordered to Sea. PHILADELPHIA, April 4.—Orders from Secretary Long reached League Island navy-yard to-day for the ram Katahdin to leave the yard as soon as she could be got ready. Commander Wilde has sealed orders, which are not to be opened until deep water is reached. Named Diogenes. LONDON, April 4—The United States officials here have been reticent concern- ing the name to be borne by the Ameri- can cruiser purchased last Saturday from the Thames Iron Works. She now bears the unique name Diogenes, but the Gov- ernment will undoubtedly change it. A large force was at work all day and into the night coaling and provisioning her, and it is expected that the work will be completed to-moOrrow. San Diego’s Normal School. SACRAMENTO, April 4—The State Board of Capitol Commissioners met to- day and deferred consideration of the plans for the State normal school at San Diego, on account of a long protest which they wish to examine. State Treasurer Rackliffe asked the Governor what course to pursue, and was told that he could buy the books in stock, if he could find them, and that a man from Francisco ‘would probably soon call at his office to examine his books, and he would soon thereafter be informed that they were in stock. The books will cost over $100. Democratic leader, for information as|merce has ben damaged and American to the facts which warranted all these | jives and property imperiled. and that war measures. The particular state- | existing conditions should not and will ment which aroused the galleries Was not be tolerated by this Government. | to the effect that while the Democrats | The destruction of the battle-ship were willing to wait any reasonable | Maine and the slaughter of 266 officers time for the President to transmit & |and seamen serving under the United This led to a demand by Bailey, the|ang oppression; that American com- | message that would meet the approval of the American people, they would not wait a minute for him to continue negotiations with the butchers of | Spain. When the demonstration in the | galleries was rebuked by the Speaker ‘uauey sald that the galleries were the | American people in miniature. Cannon |accused Balley of “posturing” and | playing to the galleries. The bill was passed and it was arranged that the army reorganization bill should be taken up on Wednesday, unless a re- | port was made from the Comn.ittee on Foreign Affairs. Baley called gttentton to the fact that on several occasions within the last thirty days the House had been called upon to vote upon several prop- ositions which indicated that war was directly ahead of us. Yet, he said, Congress was not in possession of any fact which warranted this belief. He had voted, he said, for the extra- ordinary $50,000,000 appropriation, but he had voted for it under the impres- sion that we were perilously near to war. If a Democratic President had asked a Democratic House to author- ize such an expenditure without con- trol or limitation, he shouid have de- nied it. He should have demanded the estimates. But in this case, believing that danger was near at hand, he had | voted for it. Much of the vast appro- | priation had already been expended, vet information except such as came | through newspapers was withheld. To- | day the House was asked to meet an- other emergency. Last Wednesday, vital question, the majority had | fused to meet ft. It was then every- where announced that the President would be prepared to send a message to Congress to-day. The House ad- journed Friday until to-day with that imnression. Yet now every well-in- formed man knew there was none to- day. When was the message to come in, he asked. 1t seems to me important,” said he, that the House and the country should know what the Government is doing ~and intends to do. We ought not to be asked to vote blindly. | If the occaslon warrants it, we are ready to vote for every _proper measure to prepare for war, and if war | comes we are ready to vote for every measure designed to prosecute it to a successful conclusion.* A perfect storm of applause swept | the galleries, which the Speaker had considerable difficulty in subduing. | The Speaker warned the galleries that no demonstration of approval or dis- approval would be permitted. But the next utterance of Bailey redoubled the applause. “Those galleries,” sald Bafley, wav- ing his hands above the thronged gal- leries, “are but a miniature of the American people. If Congress could face the galleries of the people they | would force this rouse to action.” This time the Speaker sternly warned the galleries that if the demonstration was repeated he would order them cleared. ‘Oh, I think that would hardly be interposed Steele (R.) of Indiana. “The gentleman is only talking to the gallerfes.” [Laughter.] Magulre of California: ‘‘Mr. Speaker, The gentleman from Illinois (Cannon) stated that the pending measure is not intended to meet a present emergency and that its eflect is not confined to times of actual war. It makes a per- manent change in the law, giving un- usual power to the President of the United States to put the country on a war footing at his discretion. It seems to me that we have gone far enough in that direction. We have gone far enough toward abdicating the consti- tutional power of Congress to declare war, to provide for the common de- fense and to regulate the land and naval forces of the United States. Iam willing to vote for a resolution putting such power in the hands of tl: chief executive temporarily in time of war, but I insist that such' extraordinary power should be confined to times of actual warfare. My understanding of the existing law is that the President now has this very power in times of war, so that the purpose of the resolu- tion is taking advantage of the present war scare to clothe him with this im- portant power in times of peace. To this I am opposed. It is simply an- other step in the scheme of centraliza- tion which this emergency 18 being used to promote.” After some further debate, the bill was passed. — NUTRIENTS IN MALT LIQUORS. ‘Wines and malt liquors, while contain- ing a far less amount of alcohol than the distilled liquors. do contain a definite amount of nutritive material. Perhaps the best definition of beer as brewed to- day is that of a fermented saccharine { fusion to which had been added a whol some bitter, It consists of water, alco- hol, carbonic and acetic acids, and bitter Bflnclples from the hop. According to rofessor Atwater's investigations, “Ale, beer and wine contain small quantities of nutritive material in addition to their alcohol and other constituents. That of wine consists mainly of compounds akin to carbohydrates, and averages a trifle over 3 per cent of the whole weight. That of ale and beer includes, on the average a little over one:half of 1 per cent of protein and other nitrogenous compounds, and 6 or 7 per cent of carbohydrates and ailied’ substances. A pint (pound) of ale or beer would contain, roughly speaking, about as much of these nutritive sub- stances as one and one-fifth ounces of bread; and a pint of wine about as much as three-quarters of an ounce of bread.”— The Outlook. ——— s Torpedoes were invented by an Amer- fcan in 1777, when the House w#$ asKed to meet the | re- | Istates flag will be commented upon in | strong language and Spain will be held | responsible for that disaster. “The President will make no direct Irecommendation, but his message will point clearly to the necessity of armed | intervention to restore order and peace. | He will not recommend the recognition of the independence of the island be- | cause the insurgents have no estab- | lished form of Government and the | President and Cabinet believe that a | travesty would be presented to the world if, following the recognition of independence, the United States should as the result of war take that inde- pendence awdy by seizing or annexing the island. “The President's message will be equivalent to a declaration of war and hostilities can now only be averted by Spain yielding all. “Pope Leo XIII is mediating between Spain and Cuba. The effarts of his Holiness have already resulted in an appeal from Spain to the insurgents, through the autonomic Cabinet for an armistice, pending an agreement for peace and independence. It is learned that his Holiness has represented to Spain that it is the part of wisdom to make every possible concession, even | to surrendering the island absolutely, rather than go to war with the United States which would inevitably result in the loss of Cuba and other Spanish col- onies, and at the same time endanger the dynasty. The United States has ceased all negotiatians and will not ac- cept mediation. The administration and Congress see no alternative but | war.” THE “FLOWERY LAND” MUTINY. On February 14, 1864, seven men were tried at the Central Criminal Court in | London, before Baron Bramweil, for murder committed on September 10, 1863, in the English ship Flowery Land, which had left London on July 28 previ- ous for Singapore, in the Straits of Ma- | lacca, with a cargo of wine and other | commodities, and twenty persons on board, including a crew of nineteen and one passenger. The mutineers, as usu- al in such cases seem to have been all foreigners, and chiefly of Southern Eu- rope—four Spaniards, one Greek, one Turk and another, who, although his name was John Lyons, could speak English but fairly. Farlier symptoms of insubordinaticn had been tempora- rily suppressed by punishment; but on this day, when the captain was below, they struck down the mate with hand- spikes, obliterated with their weapons every feature of his head and face, and then threw him, shrieking, into the | sea. The captain, apparently alarmed | by the disturbance, and coming up from his cabin, was dispatched with | daggers. His brother, trylng to escape | by the companion ladder, was attacked and beaten about the head till he died, and his body, it is presumed, was thrown into the sea. The ruffians would have treated the captain’s body in the same way, but Tiffin, the second | mate, persuaded them to allow him to sew it up in canvas, and to commit it to the deep with some religious rites. The mutineers next collected and di- vided the plunder on board. Tiffin alone knew anything of navigation, and Lyons made him understand that they wished to run the vessel to the coast of Brazil. After many murderous on- slaughts between those on board ihe vessel, when within ten miles of !and, was scuttled by the mutineers, or, in other words, was sunk by cutting holes in its bottom and sides, and then, with the exception of the cook and steward, who were beaten to death with cham- pagne bottles while stenggling in the water, the survivors took to the smail boats with what provisions they could stow in them. When 'and was reached Tifin managed to separate himself from his companions, and gave infor- mation which led to the arrest of the prisoners. The facts above mentioned were established at the trial on his evidence and that of others of the crew who had seen the outrages committed. The seven mutineers were found guilty of murder, and were sentenced to be executed; and on February 22, 1864, five of them were hanged in front of New- gate in presence of an immense gath- ering of people, the sentences upon the other two being commuted to penal servitude for life.—English Magazine. ———— PARTIES IN SPAIN. ‘The mass of the country people. the vast majority of the Inhabitants of Spain, would never vote at all of their own free will. In the towns there are those who take, as far as writing and speaking go, Afvely interest in politics, but with them evaporates in words. Time was when there were two great governing forces at work in Spain—those two great medi- eval powers which a barbarous people can realize—the iung and the church. To- day they are not destroved but divided n‘g;;nst themselves or against one an- other. The old royalist sentiment is split be- tween tHe ruling dvnasty and the Carl- Ists. The church sympathizes in its heart with the lost cause. ‘herefore it is kept at arm’s length b the victor. There {s no governing class in Spain. The aristocracy destroyed its own power centuries ago, when’it re.used to pay taxes because it rendered military service, and allowed itself to Je extruded from the Cortes which met to vote the taxes. A strong ruling line might have supplied the countg with a vigorous des- potism. But the air of Spain has been fatal to its dynastles. The Hapsburgs ended with an idiot. The Bourbons have :l\;r;l.( to cretinism.—Blackwood's Maga- lfififlufififififififinfiflflfiufi ® ® ® ® ® ® ® @ ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® | o @ ® ® ® ® ® ® @ ® ® ORKS OF ART FOR SAN JOSE Valuable Collection to Be Presented to the City. Generous Proposition Made by | Mrs. Myles P. O’Con- E nor. Her Request That an Art Building Be | Erected on State Grounds i ‘Will Be Conceded. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, April 4.—Governor | Budd to-day received the following let- ter: Executive Committee of the Art Building Association, San Jose, Cal., March 31, 189 Hon. J. H. Budd, Sacramento, Cal.—| Dear Sir: Mrs. Myles P. O’Connor of this cll%’ proposes to give to the State Normal | gchool of San Jose, Cal., through the tfustees of that fnstitution, an art col- jection valued at from $100.000 to $200,000, provided the citizens of San Jose will erect a suitable building for the reception and permanent investment of this collec- | tion. This proposition has been taken up | by the various woman's clubs of this city, who are actively and earnestly engaged | in securing funds for tne erection of an/ art building, to cost from $20.000 to $35,009. | This money will be raised within the year | and nominally (for the ladies wish to re- serve the right to exercise some choice as | to style and plan of building) turned over | to the Normal School Trustees for the erection of such building, provided they | can, without conflicting with anr ~xisting | refi'ulmion governing the case, place this | building upon the Normal School grounds. The executive committee can see norea- son why this plan _cannot be carried out, and the Normal School, as well as the Cltf‘ of San Jose, be enriched by the ac- quisition of this valuable educational fac- tor. We have decided to place this mat- ter before you for your consideration and decision at the meeting of Normal School Trustees, to be held in Los Angeles April | , 1898, Hoping that your honorable body may | be able to report favorabl unon this proposition, I am, in behalf of the com- | mittee, very respectfully vours, S. C. H. CLEMENT. Trustee Hale of the San Jose Nor- mal School visited the Governor to-day as a committee of one to lay the mat- | ter before him. Mr. Hale said that the citizens had already subscribed | $5000 to the building fund, and he had | no doubt that the entire sum of $20,000 | would be forthcoming provided there | would be no obstacle or objection from the representatives of the State to the proposition of erecting the proposed | building on State grounds. Governor Budd assured Mr. Hale that, so far as he was concerned, there would not be the slightest objection to the proposition, and he felt sure that no one would oppose the acceptance of so generous a gift as the one proposed. In speaking later to The Call corre- spondent the Governor said: “I consider the State very lucky in- deed in having been proffered so mu- nificent a gift as the one proposed by Mrs. O'Connor. I congratulate the people of San Jose, also, upon the good fortune which has come to them. T have no doubt that the citizens of San Jose will provide the necessary funds to construct a suitable building for the reception of this magnificent collection. I shall give my hearty co-operation in every way possible to further the ef- forts of the ladies who have taken hold of this matter, and the fact that they have taken it up, will, in my judgment, insure fits success.” Seven Democrats Elected. BUTTE, Mont., April 4—The election to-day was for eight Aldermen. The Democrats elected seven and the silver Republicans one. The next Council will B R R CR RN OR R RCR R A B R | attempted & & @ < 200 ® SEEKS T0 END WOES OF LIFE Attempted Suicide of R. C. Thayer, an Oak- land Youth. Enters a Seattle Saloon and Fires a Bullet Through His Body. Has Been Frequently Seized by Un- governable Impulses to Kill Himself. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, April 4—The life of R. C. Thayer, a young man who recently came to Seattle from Oakland, hanging by a thread. Late th noon he entered a saloon and to the lavatory drew a revoiver a shot himself. The bullet penetrated t left lung and he bled profus was taken to police head the attending physicians gcaree expect him to live through the night. Thayer gives as a reason fcr his act that his life has been one of continuous trouble and that at times he has had an almost ungovernable impulse to end his career. Feeling particularly blue day he decided to give up life’s battle. He first wrote a note to Coroner Ran- dall avowing his intention to kill him- self and requesting that his father, E. F. Thayer of Oakland, be notified of his death. ‘When he attempted suicide Thayer was perfectly sober. OAKLAND, April 4—R. C. Thayer, who attempted suicide in Seattle to- day, is the son of Ed Thayer, a Ninth- street saloon-keeper. A few days & he went to Seattle after recov: from a wound he inflicted on at San Jose two months ago in a vain endeavor to end his life. has been a cause of to- | father for years on account of his er- He has more commit ratic actions. to than once and is subject to spells of a The manager of his fathe; on had not heard of the lad’s ! ttempt to die, but said that there was no doubt young Th: T was not T times, imagining he was suffering from all kinds of sickness. He is about 22 years old. Some weeks ago young Thayer was buying a revolver, and it was accident- ally discharged by a shop girl, who did not know it was loaded. He was at the hospital, but the bullet was not re- moved and is still in his hip. Thayer has a wife and child living in San Jose. THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC. H. T. Scott of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, his wife and small party of friends are guests of the Shoreham. They have been on an extended pleasure tour in the republic of Mexico, and re- turn home with nothing but complimen- tary expressions regarding the “land of God and liberty. 3 “Mexico,” sald Mr. Scott, “is in a very flourishing condltion. There is no coun- try in the world that has a Government better suited to the people, and under which the citizens are making more rela- tive progress. New industries are being established in every part of the republic, and the agricultural and mineral re- sources of the country are being de- veloped rapidly. The utmost hospitality 1s displayed toward Americans, and every representative Mexican speaks. in the ilnd jest way of the sister republic across the Rio Grande. 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