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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1898. nation made unanimous, but the Shan- ahan people objected. pine, Calaveras, Del Norte, Glenn, , Mariposa, Modoe, Mono, Plumas, n Mateo, Sierra, Stanislaus, Trinity, Tuolumne and Yuba counties are not represented at the convention. The complimentary vote to Larue came as a surprise to him. The convention will resume its labors |at 9 o'clock this morning. - FUSION BASIS DECIDED UPON How the Spoils Will Be Di- vided Between the Three Parties. SACRAMENTO, July 14—The Ma- guire Populists say that they don’t care | the least little bit about the bolt. They | assert that they have the organization | and that they will be able to hold the party title. They will, in all probabil- ity, read the middle-of-the-road men out of the party to-day and go ahead under the unwise tutorship of the Democracy. The Democrats have given the Popu- lists eight places on the State ticket on condition that they give two of the nominations to the Silver Republicans. The Populists have reed to this| sch ‘me, and at 1 o'clock this morning | were fixing up their slate. immediately of all those who are i to nominating a Democrat in a convention.” an a caucus of those inter- the raflroad,” answered Mon- Marin. other delegates commenced out taunting remarks and for nutes the air was laden with ant things spoken. 30 clock when Chairman lled the delegat to or- It was announced that the committee was still “con- teith of nce ' and no report was recelved up | The re- ire men rushed of adjournment. ¢ but the Ma held back until they amme through The committee on platform was ready 1 ry frequently lapping while principles. without a u esolution d that ination st in- ntended at present the Croker who is of m the Maguire- resolution w, ed to delay the The anti-| Congressman Barlow of the Sixth nts of Ma- | district has been renominated and would not be|Congressman Castle of the Seventh will a man before know- | be renominated. The other congres- places go to the Democrats. of Los Angeles, a silver Re- will be given the nomination for clerk of the Supreme Court, and e Van Dyke, another silver Re- n, will be named for Justice o breme Court. Chairman Hutch of the convention is slated for | | Lieutenant Governor, and in addition | the Populists will have one member of | | the Board of Equalization, one Rail- | | road Commissioner and the State Con- | troller. The slate candidates for these places | have not been chosen up to the present hour. An entire State ticket will be nomi- | nated but thc receiving nominations for offices not enumerated unde and that they are only dummies. have to hand in their the chairman and se vention so that th the ticket when oc would accept the platform siona be sure we are nominating 1 one of the le-of- support of ary ¢ :an be pulled off | on requires. CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS t that did not | men. They | binding, and | ion providing that i = sign the platform De Vries and Castle s after being nomi- Will Be. nt from the | - platform | SACRAMENTO, July 13.—Six of the fteen days | Congre nal delegations will get to turn the absentee. work in the morning and make their tions for Governor were then | nominations for Congressmen. The der. Cornell of A B Seventh district met to-day and nomi- airman Hutchi nated Barlow. De Vri will be granted the floor. nominated in the Second and Castle in the Sixth. J. A. Jones of Alameda is a candidate for the Third district nomi- | 1 and probably will get it unless d out by the fusion agreement. | Lawler has been here nday working for the Populist ent in the Fourth district, and *nt to-night ‘that he will get rds his nomination by the | as a foregone conclusion. THEY HAVE ARRIVED would st the railroad | | »fil_\T HONOLULUJ General Merritt and a Part of the| Third Expedition Reach | | the Islands. Angeles, Burnett of | VICTORIA, B. C., July 14—The ",-‘“'.‘]f'q“’,j'f San DIego | gteamer Warrimoo, just arrived from Rt e Honolulu, reports that Major General | | Wesley M tt had arrived at Hono- | lulu on his way to Manila. The Ci of Para and the Ohio of the third ) nila expedition so arrived at Hono- lulu on July “ne said, “that the | MORE HONOR FOR THE i BATTLE-SHIP OREGON | 11l not stand for Francisco made the | h in favor of Shanahan. | personal feeling | They differed on po- | | | c000000000000000000 > in behalf of | cted that a mistake Selected as the TFlagship of Com- modore Watson’s East- ern Squadron. EW YORK, July he Washington ondent of the H d sends the fol- | Believing that the effect of the of an American sq 1 coast will be in dire Maguire. st by the principle 4 he in conclusion, Populist who commands and respect of the peo- . and around whom the ts will rally.” were calls from all parts of | nd the Naval War Board have de- convention for hanahan, who | cided to strengthen Commodore Watson's was out in the hallway while the nic by~ additic armored and, things were being said about him. H > or four protected and un- | protec : the squadron as finall, important change 1ce before the convention was mong the anti- | y formed the | & ; s been the | of his record in sfer of the commander in chief's flag sertion of | from the protected cruiser Newark to tue n he found it | attle-ship Oregon. t departr t, Following this action in accordance with the Watson, has des- Ylirk, commanwng fef of staff of the ha hard and earnestly | for the | t party,” said he, “and t that I would ever be | bulist convention candidate who f party. 1 am afraid hat If you nominate X 1 be making a grave mi Newark, I am told, will not be de- ached from the squadron, but will be mployed for scouting and for overhaul- ng Spanish v els fch may appear, and her work will consequently take her higTs s | to some extent from the line of battle- o ‘n"\\é!)n means nvrgh(nh | ships. Commodore Watson, therefore, de- nothing less than political | termined to transfer his fiag and selegted e O gon. nahan was about to with- | 0ssip of the department that draw Monteith of Marin asked him if lowa or tiic Indana wol he would support Maguire if Maguire gned to the Bastern squadron, with hesitated ' for a moment. Then he | fieet by the department, but ngon ror | slowly replied ommer { Rear Admiral Sampson | That is a hard question to answer. | was d. ause of tae foulnes | If he declares himself a Populist and | her bot ie Indiana is practics seribes to our party platform I wiil | In the same condition as the ‘I th greater bly be se r nominated,” continued | Or Monteith, “will you remain at the head | a of the ticket and not withdraw if given | the Democratic nomination for Lieu- | tenant-Governor? i Minne- be attached to nd the converted ns, W will it. If this h ommodore Wat- B Cost of Gang R DEFICITS FRIENDS OF THE Garden City Beginning to Realize SAN JOSE, July 13.—The taxpayers of the city will be called upon to vote for an issue of bonds shortly. said the amount asked for will be $40,- 000. pay off the indebtedness of the city caused by the extravagance of the last City Council—Fay, Nolting, Dittus and | Krieg. people were promised that if the so- called People’s party elected its ticket ALICE AUX COES T HONOLULU FOR THE CALL ) - —-—\\t:\&g‘ N ZEN SN From a Photograph by Taber. On the Alameda, which, by the time this meets the eye of the reader, will be well beyond the heads on the way to Honolulu, is Mrs. Alice Rix. She goes as the representative of The Call, and will prepare for it an account of the formal ceremony marking the raising of the stars and stripes over the islands. That there is no writer better equipped for this duty than Mrs. Rix is a fact concerning which no dispute can arise. That she is the ablest woman contributor to any American paper will be admitted. With a breadth of view masculine in its scope, she has a wonderful facility of expression, a quick and most felicitous insight, a ready grasp of whatever situation may be presented, and, more than all, the tender sympathy of the gentle woman. J[There is in her work a charm, a vivacity, and yet a depth. Choosing words with the utmost nicety, she never wastes one of them. She does not strive for effect, but she attains the effect by a process so natural that the completed work is as per- fect as a poem. There is nowhere an inartistic touch. There is always the portrayal of truth, so gemmed that it shines out with such a radiance as few writers have been able, even feebly, to imi- tate. The Call is glad to have for its representative at the stirring scenes of the near future so able and delightful a writer. OOOOO0OOOOOOOOOOOOOO000000OOOOO000000000000000000‘000 0000000000000 C00000 XD ISSCE T0 BE VOTED 0N that can be used to reduce this de- ficlency, but even then $27,000 must be | = raised, and this is more than can be : i\] L\Y END THE legally done under the charter. Never - before were the school affairs in such bad condition. Relief in Sight for Los Angeles. The new High School, for which $75,- 000 bonds were issued, 1s still uncom- pleted. About $12,000 will be needed to finish and furnish it, and there are but |a few hundred dollars in the fund. It | 1s proposed to obtain the necessary coin by issuing bonds. In spite of tlis scarcity of funds the City Board of Education has created the position of Supervisor of Kinder- gartens for Miss Belle MacKenzle at $75 a month. The Trustees have been 80 ashamed of their extravagance that they have not yet had this last action placed on the minutes of the board. There is no more need for a Supervisor of Kindergartens than there is for a corps of nurses in connection with these schools. Another place in which expenses should be curtailed is City Clerk €ook's office. Two clerks could be dispensed with easily and the city would be saved $2400 a year. . hen the collection of city taxes was transferred to the Coun- ty Tax Collector’s office the people were promised a saving of a couple of clerks in the City Clirk’s office. Up to that time the work on the assessment roll ne- cessitated the employment of a couple of clerks, as there was considerable extra work, but since then no decrease has been made in the force. Instead John Varcoe has been given a soft job, He is supposed to be revising the or- dinances but in reality is nothing but |a clerk of Cook's. For this he receives | $100 a month. Varcoe was given the | position because of the work he did | for the “gang” during the campaign. Another clerk could be dispensed with in the office. This would save the peo- Before the city election the | ple $2400 a year and be giving the city | a business administration. The people are realizing that under San Jose IN CITY FUNDS KESSLER PROJECT FAVORED “BOSS” PAID FOR DOING NOTHING. BELIEVED TO BE PREFERABLE TO LITIGATION. The Proposition Is Indorsed in Resolutions by the Demo- cratic City Central Committe What It Means to Retain Rea on the Throne. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, July 13—The Los Angeles water problem assumed a new phase to-day. The Democratic City Central Committee met and adopted a | set of resolutions indorsing the propo- sition of Kessler & Co., who are apply- ing for a fifty-year franchise under conditions which virtually amount to municipal ownership. The resolutions recite that the legal It is It is necessary to raise money to ; 3 ; | son will der his co p e > 2 the new charter of the city they are| o, = It the Populist party nominates me | fatuie shipethe Oregon, - Mo niig | the city would have a “business ad- | S Wer “gang” rule, The Isede of committee of the Central Committee and puts up a Populist ticket I will | and Towafour prose: crutsers ana | Ministration.” With this glittering | bonds about to be called for is a falr | NS reported that any attempt by .the fight for it to ”\;‘ end : {uu;'l m;\[-..r;m\‘u {sers, which will be | promise held out, many voted the [sample of the way Rea and his “gang” | City to take possession of the present then ordered called and | casily abtle to dis all ships which | « " v v | propose to run the city. There i8 strong | Water system would involve t| nominated on the first | remain of 8 The formation | Sang” ticket, but now they find Prop L he city in of such a large sq more extensive is being outline to follow plated. L - SANTA CRUZ MOURNS. City Treasurer Charles E. Williams Suddenly Passes Away. SANTA CRUZ, July 18.—Charles E. Willlams, City Treasurer and Tax Col- lector, died suddenly this morning at the home of his uncle, Thomas Watson, at Corra de Terra, twelve miles from Sa- | linas. Mr. Williams left his home about 7| a week ago to spend two months in Mon- ¢ County. He was 39 years old, a ive of Monterey, and to Santa | Cruz when a child. ' He has always been | prominently !dentified with the city. He was a charter member of the Native Sons of the Golden West and was a past pres- ident of the order. The body will be brought to this city for burfal. i Pacific Coast Pensions. WASHINGTON, July 13.—Pacific Coast pensions have been granted as follows: California: _ Restoration~Lewiston J. King, Santa Rosa, $10. Oregon: Original—Peter Horats, Wood- lawn, $6. Washington: Original—Chares Whale, Pomeroy, $8. n means that a amme of operations 1 for Commodore Watson than was originally contem- 1% votes to Shanahan's : vote by counties was as fol- Shanahan. Maguire, Larue. 1wt vt San Benito San Bernardino Ean Diego 5 anelsco . quin : gan Luis Obispo [ ] 6 l 8 [ 2 [ [ 3 [ 1 Siakivou Bolano . Bonoma Tehama Tulare . Yolo . ‘When the result was announced thel:ej was cheering among the Maguire men. One of them wanted to have the nomi- Henry W. Chlpn;nn writes on How to Succeed as a Salesman, in next Sunday’s Call. that they were bunkoed. going right along in the same old rut. With the exception of Mayor Martin, none of the city officials have tried to curtall expenses. ed in incurring expense. fore were the city funds so low, “the offiicals are as lavish In thelr ex- penditures as in previous years. The present condition of the various funds will show the financial condition of the city. There will be available from taxes until December. The funds contain: park improvement fund, $1 10; fund, $200; sewer fund, $92; fire depart- ment fund, $25. Police Department amount to about $2500 a month, and of the Fire Depart- ment about $3300 a month, and here there can and should be no curtail- ment. for street lighting and nearly $700 a month for street sweeping. bers of the police and fire departments will have to shave their warants with brokers from this time on or wait until December for their money. In year ending June 30 there was a deficit of $6503 89. for the coming fiscal year will amount to $124,000. salaries and other expenses. will amount to $82,000, leaving $42,000 to be raised by city taxes. a $15,000 apportionment from the State opposition to another bond issue and it interminable litigation, withou o may be defeated. hout accom. plishing the desired result and would cause the present unbearable condition to remain during the years that such litigation would be in progress; that any attempted arbitration is sure to result in the same way if it does not end as desired by the water company, in an award of $2,000,000 more than the present plant is worth; that there is now offered to the city by Kessler & Co. a proposition, which, while it is not all that the Los Angeles city Dem- ocracy has sought, is still a good proposition, is very near to municipal ownership, and promises relief from the present unbearable conditions, as well as a large financial consideration to the city. In closing the resoluticns indorse Kessler & Co.’s application for a franchise. It 1s now believed that there is a probability of settling the water mat- ter within ten days. Kessler & Co. propose for a fifty years' franchise to give the city ail water for municipal purposes free, clear the city title to all water rights now in contest and to give it 2% per cent of the gross income of the first five years and 5 per cent thereafter until the expiration of the franchise. Policy of the New America, by Henry Norman, Special Commis- sioner of the London Chronicle, in next Sunday’s Call. Things are MINING SUIT DECIDED. PRESCOTT, July 13.—A mining suit has just been decided here which, if sustained by the higher courts, promises to revolu- tionize methods of making mining deals, as well as to involve numerous proper- tles in litigation. SIx years ago Dr. H. H. Warner contracted with Judge E. W, Wells and John Lawler for the purchase of the Hillside mine for $500,000, paying over $200,000. Warner stocked the mine under the name of the Seven Stars Min- ing Company for $3,000,000, selling large quantities of stock in Eastern States and Europe, giving a personal guarantee that the. mine would pay 15 per cent a year dividend. Warner falled and the Seven Stars Mining Company collapsed with him. Wells and Lawler always offered a complete sale and to give a deed on re- ceipt of the balance agreed upon, al. though the conditions of Warner's con- tract provided for the forfeiture of all money paid and all improvements placed on the property if final payment was not made in a stipulated time, long since past. The stockholders brought suit against ‘Wells and Lawler for the recovery of money paid for stock of the Seven Stars Company and judgment has just been rendered In favor of the plaintiffs for a hundred and eighty thousand dollars, to act as a llen against the mine until paid. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court of the Territory and then to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Council has ald- Never be- but no money Police fund, $92; street The expenses of the The city pays out $1510 a month The mem- the school department for the The expenses contracted This includes teachers’ Receipts There will be EXPLOSION 1§ POWDER WORKS Disaster at the Santa Cruz Plant. WORKMEN FATALLY BURNED SLIGHT DAMAGE DONE TO THE BUILDING. Belief That the TUnfortunate Man Struck a Steel Nail With His Mixer, Creating a Spark. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, July 13.—An explo- sion occurred in the prismatic powder mill at the powder works at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon, fatally burning Carlyle Ross, aged 19. Ross was mixing black powder preparatory to placing it in the press, when about twenty pounds ex- ploded, burning his face and Body so that he was hardly recognizable. He ran toward the creek, and other em- ployes seized him and tore off his burn- ing clothes. Ross was bending over the powder at the time of the explosion, so his face is horribly burned. He also inhaled the fire. Morris Griffith, who was ten feet away, was thrown several feet, but not injured. Sam Miller, who was six feet away, had his hair singed. The damage to the building s slight. Work will be resumed in the mill on Friday. Fortunately the other employes of the mill happened to be away. It has been found that there were steel nails in the box in which the ex- plosion occurred, and they probably were struck by the copper scoop which Ross used in mixing the powder, pro- ducing a spark. The fire spread to the hopper of the small prismatic press and then to two barrels of powder on the back porch, wh exploded. In all about 250 pounds was exploded. NEARLY TWO THOUSAND MILES BEING PATROLED Important Work Under Difficulties Performed by Sampson’s Squadron. NEW YORK, July 13.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Vessels of Sampson’s squadron are now pa- trolling a coast line nearly 2000 miles greater in extent than that patrolled by 600 ships during the civil war and one in many respects offering greater difficulties. This statement is made by Rear Admiral Sampson in an official re- port received to-day by Secretary Long. Notwithstanding the length of the pa- trol it is strenuously asserted by de- partment officials and by Rear Ad- | miral Sampson that no substantial ald has reached the Spanish forces in Cuba since the President issued his procla- mation of blockade. et T VOLUNTEERS IN REVOLT. CARSON, July 13.—Dissension is rife in the ranks of the Nevada Battalion and two companies threaten to depart in the morning. The trouble arose over certain officers who were selected by the Gov- ernor to receive commissions in a com- pany formed to-day by the consolidation of the Emmet Guards and Company E of Elko. Governor Sadler named W. C. Morrison of the Emmets as captain, J. E. Sanders of Company E first lieuten- ant, and George Pyne of the Emmets second lieutenant. The Emmets immed!- ately rebelled because Sullivan of thelr company did not receive a second lieuten- antship and the Elko boys objected be- | cause Sanders of their company was not appointed cngluln. They finally effected an ¥ agreement which they would ask the Governor to select either Sanders or Morrison as major of the bat- tallon and give Sulllvan a commission in the company. It has been rumored forsev- eral days that a man named Ackerman, recently from the East, leads In the fight for major and should he be appointed the two companies will refuse to be sworn into the United Si service. e Sick and Wounded Brought Home. NEWPORT NEWS, July 13.—The steamer City of Washington arrived at 0Old Point this morning from Santiago TELLOW JACK INTHE CAMP Burning of Siboney as a Safeguard. REPORTS CAUSE ANXIETY SANTIAGO REFUGEES SPREAD THE DISEASE. A Few Cases in the Quartermaster’s Department — Every Precau- tion Taken by Our Med- ical Corps. " Specfal Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, July 13.—The press reports of the burning of Siboney by the medical officers of the United States army had a depressing effect here upon the friends of the soldiers at the front in Cuba. For a long time it was impossible to learn anything from any official source as to the exact state of affairs at t_.e headquarters of the army corps and this reticence on the part of the officials had the natural ef- fect to increase tne apprehension. Finally the fact was reluctantly ad- mitted that it was not certain that yel- low fever existed at Siboney, but the reports received over night from the medical officers did state that there were fourteen suspicious cases of fever. The fact that these cases were almost entirely confined to members of the quarter r's department, teamsters and others, encouraged the officials here to believe that the main body of the army is not in danger from the disease if it should turn out to be yellow ever. That the disease did exist in Santi- ago, though never officially admitted, was known through private letters from officers at the front, and the exo- dus from the city to the vicinity of Shafter's camp of 18,000 inhabitants, presumably for the most part in a des- titute and filthy condition, would afford ample opportunity for the communica- tion of the disease to the American troops. It is not doubted that General Shaf- ter has done all that is possible to pre- vent close communication between the army and the refugees for sanitary reasons; but in his efforts to assist the poor people to the extent of his power he has been obliged to make use of the quarter- master’s department to deliver sup- plies to them, and from the exposure thus resulting the fourteen cases re- ported found their origin, as the lat- est dispatches say that nine of the cases were among the quartermaster’s department employes and five among refugees. They are regarded as mild es of yellow fever. he promptness with which the sick men have been isolated and the thor- ough precautions adopted to secure for them the best nursing and medicine, combined with the improved methods of treatment of fever that have been developed by the United States Marine Hospital service and adopted by the | army, would seem to warrant the con- fidence expressed by medical officers here of the ability of the surgeons with General Shafter to control these sus- picious cases and prevent an extension of the fever. The presence in the camp of Dr. John Guiteras of the University of Penn- sylvania, one of the most famous yel- low fever experts in the world, {8 an additional source of confidence in tha proper management of the situation. According to the best information ob- tainable by the Navy Department there has been no sign of contagious disease among any of the vessels of Sampson's fleet, nor among the marines at Guantanamo, the first of the Amer- ican forces to land in Cuba. Ohio Cavalry Goes to Tampa. CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILI- TARY PARK, July 13.—The First Ohio Cavalry broke camp early to-day and started on its journey to Tampa. The regiment marched nine miles to Rin- gold, where trains were boarded. Six trains were required to move the com- mand. No moving orders for other reg- iments have as yet been received. Nearly all the regiments in the park are now working several hours each with wounded and sick soldiers. day at target practice. of nature. Thousands of men have terial that makes the muscle vitality, vital strength by excesses and bad structure, and he will always be a back. 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