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Amendment Number Seven.
(Being Assembly constitutional Amend.
ment No. 340

"A resolution to propose to the people OF
the state of California an amendment to
section two of article four of the Constitu-
TN, IN relation to sessions OF the Iegisla-
tuie by winch 1t is proposed to amend
SAID section to read as follows:
section z The sessions of the Legisla-
ture shall commence at twelve O'clock
meridian on the first Monday after the
hrst day of January next succeeding the
eIec!lon OF its members. and shall be hi
ennlal unless the Governor shall i'm the
interim convene the Legislature by proc
lamation. The Legislature shall then re-
main in session for twenty-five days after
winch 1t must adjourn to some date no1
less than thirty nor more than sixty days
from the time of adjournment. If the two
houses ran to agree upon a time at which
they Will resume their session the Cover
nor shall. by proclamation, fix date for
such reconVening, which shall be within
the limits above prescribed Upon re-
assembling, the Legislature shall complete
members for a longer period than seventy
nve days, and no bill shall be introduced
IN either house except at the first twenty
nVe DAYS or the session, without the con-
sent of three-fourths of the members
thereof.
NOW. THEREFORE,, Pursuant to the
provisions of the Constitution, and an act
OF the Legislature of the State of Califor-
MA entitled AN Act to provide for the
SUBMISSION of proposed amendments to
the Constitution of the State of Califor-
mia, to the qualified electors for their ap-
prevail" approved March T. A. d 1888. the
hereby published and advertised to be
voted upon. by ballot. by the qualified
electors of the State at the election to
be held throughout this State on
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Her Final Rest.

There was large attendance yester-
day at the funeral of the late Mrs.
Ellen Carragher. From the family res
idence at Third and P streets her re-
mains were taken to the Cathedral
where requiem high mass was cele-
brated Many friends sent handsome
flower pieces for the casket and grave.
The pail bearers We're NJ F. Kent
Hugh Casey, D. H. Hickey, P. Delano
A Johnson and George Buckman.
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Amendment Number Three.
being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No AZ


No. 44)
A resolution proposing to the people OF
the State of California an amendment to
the Constitution of the State, by adding
a new section, to be known and designat-
ed as Section Five and one-half, Article
Six, thereby providing for the organiza-
tion of court to be known as the Court
of Claims. The said proposed new section
to read as follows:
Section 515 The Court of Claims shall
consist of any three Judges of the Supe-
rior Court, who may be requested by the
Governor to hold court at the regular
terms thereof. The Court of Claims shall
have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and de-
termine all claims of every kind and char
acter against tho State, under such laws
as may be passed by the Legislature and
its Judgment thereon shall be final The
terms Of the Court of Claims shall be held
as follows:
In the City of Los Angeles, commencing
on the second Monday of March;
In the City and County of San Francis
co, commencing on the second Monday in
July, and
on the second Monday of November Of
each year.
The Judges holding such term of court
shall receive no extra compensation there
for but shall receive their actual ex-
penses to- be paid ore of the general fund
of the State Treasury. The Legislature
such court. to provide the procedure
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Amendment Number Six.
(Belng Assembly Constitutional Amend.
ment No. 3S)

!, a resolution to propose to the peopIe or
the state of California an amendment to
fio, 9itUtloR on SIX article nine of the Ccnstitu-
grammar schools. by which it is proposed
10 amend said section to read as follows:
,o9Gtlon :. The public school system
sho, snaIi ihcluqe primary and grammar
schoois, and such high schools. evening
schooIs, normal schools and technical
SCnools as may be established by the Leg
!SIature or by municipal or district au-
ttnorlty. put the entire revenue derived
from the State school fund, and the State
the support of primary and grammar
schooIs Grammar schools shall include
scnools organized in a school district or
union OF school districts having more
Ihan one thousand inhabitants, in which
d s.if course OF study shall be taught whicn
WI, VII prepare pupils to enter the agricult-
the University of California
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. COUNTY

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, COUNTY
of Sacramento, State of California.
In the matter of the estate of CECILIA
BALDWIN. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Friday, the
23d day of September 1893. at 10 o'clock a.
M of said day, and the courtroom of said
court. at the Courthouse, in the city of
Sacramento, county of Sacramento, and
State of California has been appointed IS
the time and place for proving the will
of said Cecilia Baldwin, deceased and
for hearing the application of Michael
Walsh for the issuance to him of letters
testamentary thereon
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court this 10th day of September, 1898.
(Seal) w. b. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY b. II. Gallup, Deputy Clerk.
Frank d. Ryan, attorney for petitioner.
Indorsed: Filed September 10. 1885,
w. b. HAMILTON. Clerk.
BY B. Fl. Gallup, Deputy Clerk. s11-1ot
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Under the Regular Values.

Infants white cashmere cloaks, silk
embroidered capes, S4 grade for 81 ID;
So grade, S1.95; lot of childrens short
cloaks, aged to f. half price, S1.75 to
50 10 Sacramento Home Supply Co.,
formerly Old Red House.
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THE SADDLE ROCK
RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE

FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
spect Ladies' dining-room separate.
Open day and night. BUCKMAN & CAR
RAGHER, Proprietors. No. 1919 Second
street between ] and K. Sacramento
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Amendment Number One. being SEMI
ate Constitutional Amendment Mol
Al (exempting certain claims againstI
the city and county of San Fran
cisco, and the existing indebted
ness of the city of Vallejo for the
construction of its water works
from the provisions of the Con- =
stitution requiring such claims to
be paid from the income and reve-
nues of the year in which they
were incurredD.
For the Amendment?
Amendment Number Two, being SEMI
ate Constitutional Amendment No.
10 (providing for framing local. Y
county government Acts. by inhab- -
tants of counties for their govern-l
menO.
For the Amendment?
Amendment Number Three. beingI
Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. a (providing for the creationl J
of a Court of Claims to determine
claims claims against inst the State and to
designated by the Governor 10
serve without extra compensatory.
For the Amendment?
Amendment Number Four. being As-
sembly- Constitutional Amendmentl
No. 81 (exempting consolidated
cities and counties, organized or
to be organized. or holding a char -
ter under the Constitution. from
certain legislation in relation to
counties).
For the Amendment?
Amendment Number Five, being As-l
sembly Constitutional Amendment 7
No. So (relating to office of Cover
nor, providing for succession there
to in certain cases and removingl-
disability of Lieutenant Governor
from holding other office during
term).
For the Amendment?
Amendment Number Six. being ASH
sembly Constitutional Amendment !
No. 38 (relating to and definingl- =
Grammar SchoolS).
For the Amendment?
Amendment Number Seven, beingl
Assembly Constitutional Amend-l
ment No. "a (providing for ad-
journment of Legislature for not -
less than thirty nor more than
sixty days during each session..
For the Amendment?
Witness my hand and the great seal
the State of California the day and ye
herein first above written.
JAMES H. BUDD,
Attest: Governor
l. II. Brown, Secretary of State.
lSeaLl au5-tt
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The utmost pains taken in matching
color and form in teeth so they viii
have not appearance of being false
DR.. Weldon, S061a street.
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PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Sacramento, July 80, 1898.
whereas, The Legislature of the State
or Callfornia, at its thirty-second session,
A. D., 1897, two-thirds of all che members
elected TO each of the two houses of said
legislature voting in favor thereof pro-
posed the following described amendments
to the Constitution of the State of Cali
fornia, to-wit:
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A Nickel Cigar.

1.-THE Maine is a Scent cigar which,
when once tried, is not soon deserted.
A. Coolot, Distributor.
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BAY RESTAURANT
1O26 Sacond Street.

Private rooms for families; open day
and night. Orders served outside Oys-
ters in every style. MATT and JOHN
RADONICH. PrQprietors-,
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tuesday, November 8, A, D, l8a8.

The said proposed amendments are to
be separately voted upon in manner and
form as follows:
Each ballot used at such election must
contain written or printed thereon the
following words, whereupon the voter
may express his choice as provided by
law:
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STATE HOUSE HOTFI.
Corner Tenth and X Sts., Sacramento

BOARD AND ROOM, 81 25 TO 50 PER
day. Meals, 25c.
Accommodations first-class Free bus
to aid from hotel. w. j. ELDER, Mgr
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Why Paw a Fancy Price

for a watch. diamond or any article of
jewelry, when you can buy the same for
less than half at Hyman's Administra-
tors sale, SOC j street, Fifth and Sixth.
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McMorry sells groceries. Agent fol
Coronado water and Stockton sarsa-
parilla and iron. o31 NJ street.
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For a cool, sharp glass of steam OIL
lager, Ell Dorado, S26 J.
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Excites admiration: Jno. Straub's fine
tailoring. SO K street.
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DR.. Strader has removed his residence
from Masonic Temple to Poll ] street. =
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pliance of Section 1917, Subdivision 2,
of the Political Code. You are required
to levy tax sufficient to provide So
for each census child. There are S,6S3
census children between the ages of D
and IL years in the county.
SPECIAL SCHOOL TAXES.
A number of special scnool taxes are
20 be levied this year. You are called
upon to levy special school taxes as
follows: Union High School District,
composed of Alabama, Davis, Elk
Grove, Enterprise, Excelsior, Florin,
Franklin, Jackson, Lee, Point Pleas
ant, Union, San Joaquin, Hicksville,
Pleasant Grove, Reese and Victory
Districts The assessed value of the
property in these school districts, as
shown by the assessment roll, is 81, 463,-
4SO- The amount required to be raised
| is $1,000, and the rate necessary to
raise said amount is cents on each
$10O.
For Arcade School District $1,000 is
required. The assessed value of prop
erty in said district is S511 ,070 and the
amount of tax to raise 81 800 is 30 cents
on each 500
For Andrus Island School District
So0O is required The assessed value OF
property in said district is SAT 800, and
the amount of tax to raise So0O is 30
cents on each S10O.
For Mokelumne School District 500 is
required. The assessed value of property
in said district is $4,000 and the
amount of tax to raise S1OO is 70 cents
on each 500.
For Orangevale School District $3.50
is required The assessed value or
property in said district is S1SS.3SO, and
the amount of tax to raise $3.50 is ~
cents on each 800.
CITY SCHOOLS.
The City Board of Education ask for
the sum of So, 900 for the support of
the city schools. and the tax rate nee
essary to raise said sum is 80 cents on
each 500.
ROAD TAX.
Your board must fix the rate of tax
for road purposes in accordance with
contemplated improvements and the
amount of work deemed necessary to
be done.
LICENSES COLLECTED.
The amount of license tax collections
for the past year was Sal, $3.50. On
account of the decrease of the State
rate of % cents less than the rate or
1897, and the increase of the assess
ment rolls of 1898 to the amount OF
s., 321 ,916, the tax rate for TINS year
can be considerably reduced Re-
spao+fullv submitted r. T. COHN-
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this section.
Amendment Number Four.
(Being Assembly Constitutional Amend.
ment No. 37)
resolution to propose to the peoris
VI the state OF California an amentmenr
70 the Constitution OF the State amend-
ing article eleven. by adding a new sec
n ION Ihereto, TO be known as section num-
ger 9e. 1Ve ana one-half. relating to consou-
uatSu city and county governments This
fo saIu proposed new section to read as fol-
Tour and five of this article shaII not nor
shdII any legislation passed pursuant
@ @suereto, apply to any consolidated city
hereafter formed. which shall have be-
SolIie, or shall become. organized. under
secton seven, or secure a charter under
section eight of this article
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Pabst cafe and grill rooms, strictly
first-class resort. 1913 Sixth st.
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BORN.

PRESKETT-In this city, September
18th, to the wife of E. o. Preskett a
daughter
WOODMAN-In this city, September 14th.
to the wife of Everett /. Woodman, a
son.
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TURCLU HOTEL,
Cox II Gfrnat

I CONDUCTED ON THE EUROPEAN
plan; strictly frst-class; hot and cold
baths free to guests; electric cars pass
the door. FRANK MEYER, Prop.
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THE SINGLETON BIJunINr.

SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FIFTH AND
K streets. First-class in all its appoint
ments Rooms, single or en- suite Iced
filtered water and baths free to guests.
c. f. SINGLETON Pronrietnr
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Electrical lamps at Scotts, 3O3 J. =
Try McMorry's 45c tea. 531 M.
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THE METROPOLITAN.

AN ELEGANT MODERN ROOMTNC
house, centrally located. Rooms in suites
and single at popular prices. Travellers
solicited. MRS. +. J. c. KETCHJM.
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MASON FAURE.

RESTAURANT DE FRANCE AND
Oyster House, 427 X street formerly near
Golden Eagle HoteD. Meals a la carte
at all hours. Family Orders. Banouets
and Wedding Parties.
L. EAIIRE pron.ia4a-
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CASH ON HAND.

CASH O-N IAND.
The cash in the County Treasury and
apportioned TO the several funds Sep
tember l, 1898, is as follows:
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(Being Senate Constitutional Amendment
No. Al
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-03
ANT1-scALPTNG BILL.
interstate Commerce Committee A

interstate Commerce Committee Au-
thoEizes a Favorabls4 Report
WASHINGTON. Feb B.-The Senate
committee on interstate commerce to-
LAY authorized favora Bile report on tn
antl-Scalping bill, with amandm, mis-
The most important of these amend
nlents was the following, offered by Sen
ator Iiilman, reAa ting TO railroad pass
es:
That giving free transportation to
persons or property, except as Allowed
by sectHn % of the act TO regulate
commerce. approved Feb. 4. 1887. shall
De deemed an unjust discrimination
under section 2 OF said act, and SHAH
ne punished as provided in section 10 of
said act: and in addition to tn, pensl
ties upon individuals provided in sec
tAon 10, the corporations which NAV ba
guilty 9f amy such offense shall be pEn-
lshed by fine as in said section pro-
WGed.
Ttnt all f:ee pass issued by ~ in
neha!f OF any railroad corporation sub
1ect to the provisions of said act. shall
be signed by some officer OF the corpor-
alton authorized by vote OF the direct
oEs to sign the same, and svery such
railroa't corporation shall keep a racor !
showing the date of every free pass, the
name of the person to whom It is is-
sued. the points between which i. IS
granted and whether a single tnp or
time pass, and, il the latter, the time
ftN which 1t IS ISSUED, and this record
shall at all TIMES be open to the inter
state commission, or to their represen
tatives who may be duly authorized IN
writing to examine the same."
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-03
GIT WAS THAT BOY.n
A Story of the Success of One of the walf,
of the World

A Story of the Success of One of the Wallis
of the World.
Among the callers ct the house of ref
ugo recently was u gentleman whose strik-
ing appearance would have attracted at
tentlon anywhere. His clean shavcr face
expansive forehead and piercing hlack eyes
attestcd the man of intellcctuulty, the
small, well kept hands the man of refine.
ment, and his shining silk hat, bluck
broadcloth suit and white tie his profcs-
sion. His urbanity betrayed the man of
good breeding.
am Clergyman from the SOUTH" be-
gan the stranger as he entered the boys
dormltory. ~ am fond of visiting insti
1u1ions OF this kind. All, here's II bright
::ttle fellow" he continued as one Of tho
little ones, less bashful than his fellows. an
preached, and stroking his blond curls the
suaVe minister spoke kindly, words Soon
the others crowded about him, and for one
ana all he had smile. Thus he passed
rom dormitory TO dormitory, from school
toom TO playground, seemingly Interested
IN everything he saw anu commenting
upon the excellent provision made for the
comfort, education and training of tho
waits rudely tossed on LIES ocean who
nave found haven and refuge III an asy.
.um SO fittingly named
AZ iaso INC WORKSHOPS were reached, aud
entering the large apartment devoted to
toe manufacture Of shoes the visitor look ed
cong and silently about him. His glance
at last fell upon an indcntation on thu
wall near the ceiling
How was that dent madeY" he asked
PRESIDENT Thomas, pointing to the wall.
Ihat-oh, that. replied Mr.. Thomas,
looking at the mark, was made by boy
an lnmate-many years ago"
Tell lue about it,
There ism much to tell. You sec two
boys were quarrcling, and one of them, n
LAD OF high temper, picked up heavy tool
ana hurled it at his antagonist. The bows
aim was bad or it might have ended in
murder That's the dent the tool made. -
ana did you punish the boy?''
only to the extent that we isolated
MIN IRON the others and soon after had an
opportunity OF placing him with respect
able people, who adopted him"
"Cf course you never heard of him
again5'
II believe not. You see, it's SO MANY
years ago"
We'll, sir, was that boy"
You! 9ou" Mr.. Thomas only man
aged to reterate, looking at tho card in
MS hand and then at the man before him.
Yes, replied the stranger, smiling.
. was the boy, and from the day when l
mndo that dent in the wall nay reformation
began: The people you placed me with,
200 bless thom. gave me liberal educa-
tlon studied for the ministry, and with
his grace have become loved and respected
by my people. You may tell my story. 1t
may point moral if 1t does not adorn u
tale But, of course, my reasons for with
no!dlng my name and identity when you
tell 1t must be obvious to you"
Mr. Thomas readily acknowledged thu
justice OF such request, and when they
parted 1t WAS with promise on the part
OF the clergyman who GRADUATED from the
Cincinnati House of Refuge tina t he would
revisit the scenes of his childh ood Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
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MiR. CURTIS BURGLARS.

An Intruder Which Turned Out to B. a
Mouse.
Among the many clever young men
OF this county there is not one who is
better liked in his circle of acquaint-
am 5 than Mr.. lodwin Curtis Just now,
nlW.Sver. there is not one at whose eX-
peE@> his friends are having more fun.
but it must be said to his creist that
he takes their sallies like a true philps
Upher. 1t happened in this way
Last Monday night young Curtis
SHARED the bed of u friend named Cor
hett DrummonH, brother of the rler-
chant on Back river. Two or three
hours wire whiled away in pleasant
conversation before they Went to sl-ep.
Before retiring young DrunrnD5rd had
placed hills revolver within easy leach of
the BID, a precautions sIlgg: ted per
haps. 'by the fact thht they We're s.eep-
ing over u store. 1t was past midnight
when Mn. Curtis, who is said to possess
the gift of counting the dr0wsy god
with one rye. awok'e. From the oppo-
site Side OF the room came nOiSe-a
noise resembling that caused by eau
tious burglars opera tons.
In moments of danger men act with
gr'< cel=rity. That is what Mir Cur
tbs did. Reaching for Mr.. Drummopd's
weapon he raised it.Over the brdy of his
friend. Who. wrapt In serene repoSe
knew nothing of the impe ndng peril.
and. pointing toward thu. spot from
which the mysterious noise came, pulled
the trigger. At TIE first shot Drum
'nond Was wide awake, at the Sec
ond he was amazed b; You'd descrip-
ton. but at the third. bs ginning to re
cover his Pr Sence of mimi. he sprang
from the bed with a shout that would
have aroused a Newport News poll. e.
man. and. Selling a broom by the ham
die. dsman:Al an imredate explana-
4 firm wi,
Curtis who had been setting on the bed
with the upper half of his manly form
exposed TO the sharp night air, put up
the gun and asked Mr.. Drummtnd to
assist in carrying out the dad and
flying burglars.
When the boys y armed that q ha:m-
less little mouse had made the noise
Mr.. Drummond laughed nn,l Mr. Cur
tis-weh. let it be supposed that H.
laughed too
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DOC" TANNER DIES GAME.
Remarkable Exhibition of Nerve in the
Wilds of Alias ka

Wildss of ANaska
SEATTLE. WASH, Feb. Blows,
string me up If you like. but rene m b+.r
You are hanging the steadiest man with
a SIN shooter THAT ever came out Of
Al"fFsasna. You say its all right 70 h;,nr
ne ana guess ut is I'm only rrry |
u.d mot get the resi- of EN-
Wh,h these words Cowboy Doc. Tan
hSr fShced his eXecutiuners IN ,n,.
mI":;E.nS of january .. at VnlGes Pass.
l'fpe Men vino passed sentenC.. IN him
We're members of a party az
MaSsshchus'e!uts prospecuurS bound e,..
phe Cooper river country. Ala ska. a.: !.
the CRIME for which Tanner paid ,ha
pentrlty was th. killing of n. \. C~
OF Worttil[mston ;Minn., and William, 4
lee. of Lowell, Mass
Ihe expedition consisted of forty me,,
ana M IF. TANNER had jlGned them ",
Seattle ON ther way norm. He ws,,.
supplied with an outfit and .ak=.n into
mem be1rship. but unlntndsul Of tran
iact, ne was QUAR- eisSme and 81 over
oe'arng that his comparisons decided
mat he must leave the party. on ,aa
evening Of january l meeting yas
held i'm Calls tent and during ~, con
ference The statement was made: I'VE.
must set rld of Tanner: let him tax
MS share of the ou;tit and Shift r,r
htinSelf we are up here for bu.StnA.ss
al'u we lne~m what WE say" There
We're four la,n at .he meeting, and no
sooner had lhe remark been made TIN. n
tne nag of she Little tent was pulled
aside The cowboy stood there, SIN
shooter in hC.'nl
Boys. l overheard your talk about
me. he satl deliberately. I'm here,
for bus MESS
Before the victiInS realized what had
happened TANNER had shot twice and
the bullets Pierced Cam and Lee, Through
the chest. Tanner fired uSain. but h s
preceding shot had extin.gu.shed ihe
and!es ard the bullet did not luke Of
feet One of the rernaanyJng members
crouched behind some baggage and the
other. cutting his way out of THE tent
gave the taltrm. TANNER, surprising he
llree men to be dead, took a sta tiL,n m
some brush and waited. 1t was not
0ng before he was Surrounded
You'd better surrender your gum"
VAS called out to him.
If You say 80 boys III do lit w,,cs he
;esl0'IlSe. and then he handed over his
Weapon. Tire miners AT Nnce conven I'd
md by aln overwhelming majority deri-
led that TANNER should be hanged
When notified of tine decision, Tanner
observed that HE hoped :ihey would not
t;una!dZe him by Stringing him UP and
citing him down again b~fols. he was
lead. He was red out ON this. sn>,w
Turing the early mom.ng. He fearless
~ allowed the rope to be tied around
MS neck and 81 met his tlAjum Tanr1.r
was bU;.t"d face downward
n. G. 1-obbe, of sam Francisco, who
witnessed the execution, sa. I h. never
saw such an exhibition Of nerve Tan
ner declined to make a statement 9th
er than to say that ait mime years II axe
ne was te'tt an orphan. Call ana Lee
had families.