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tiago with Inadequate tents for hospital
service, an insufficient force of sur
geons, and a shameful lack of hospital
camp appliances generally. 1t Is a fact
that no one attempts to deny, that our
wounded, even after being operated up
on, in scores of cases lay upon the wet
ground at night, and beneath the blaz-
ing sun for a day, or a night, and IN
some cases for days and nights, simply
because there had been no shelter pro-
vided for them. There were large
operating tents enough, and fair
supply of small hospital tents for
wounded and sick officers, but so few
for the privates that bitter suffering
and many deaths resulted.
1t is related and remains undenied,
that not one of the surgical outfits
contained what is known as hospital
food" Surgeon-in- Charge Wood alone
had a small supply which he had
packed in a gripsack for his own use,
in case he. fell wounded or sick, and
from this supply he generously gave
freely until it was exhausted. Indeed,
had not the Red Cross Society come to
the rescue with hospital food, with sur
gical supplemental aids, and with small
comforts, there would have been still
greater suffering and an augmented
death roll
Even in the hospital shelter provided,
there was insufficient supply Of bed
clothing, no pillows for the sick, and
no means for properly and frequently
clothing. This. in the case Of a nation
so we'll able to supply everything need
ed, and so willing to do it, reaches the
threshold objectionable.
1t is highly probable that Congress
will insist upon any inquiry Of
searching character, that the fault may
be located, not SO much for rebuke of
the negligent and blameworthy, though
they should not escape, as for the pre-
vention of such criminal ,blundering
and inefficiency in the future. In Eu-
ropean armies it is said that as much
attention is given to the hospital outfit
as to the ordnance department, which
is to say, the care taken to supply
means with which to fight the enemy,
Is paralleled by the care taken of the
sick and wounded as the result Of cam
paign or battle This fact gives mo-
mentum to enlistment, adds to the
courage and daring of the men, and
Government
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the supervision of the city. Sacramento
is growing so rapidly and the use OF
electricity is becoming so general, that
rules governing the placing of electric
wires and fixtures in buildings should
be adopted by the city for the protec-
ton of life and property.
ENGINE.
II would recommend the purchase of
as am extra, as the engine now used for
said purpose is too light.
WATER MAINS.
MY views on the subject of trunk
main have not changed since my for
mer annual report on the placing OF a
trunk main leading through Second OF
Front streets, and along Q street to
the most easterly portion of the city,
which is rapidly being built up with
handsome and expensive frame build
ings, which in various localities are
built very closely to each other, there
by increasing the hazard of fire COM
munication.
This portion of the city should have
ample facilities for protection against
fire, in the way of good water sup
ply The department has experienced
more or less trouble in obtaining suffi-
cient water pressure in this locality
and in my judgment the most expedient
and least expensive means of overcom-
ing said obstacles is to have trunk
water main placed as stated above, and
feed branch mains therefrom, for the
better supply of water for fire pur-
poses. In recommending the above
hope it will receive the consideration
of your honorable body"
Chief Guthrie reports the discipline
of the department to be excellent, the
officers and men having displayed great
alacrity in the discharge of their duties
They are, he states, deserving of com
mendation
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Complete Registration

OF all the voters or said county in &C.
cordance with the provisions of Section
1854 Of the Political Code of the State of
California, it will be necessary for all
electors, in order to vote at the next
general election, to be held on Tuesday
November S, 1858, to make application in
person to be registered.
Notice is hereby given that said new
registration will commence on June l.
1885, and continue to and including August
il, 1893, when such registration shall
cease provided that any elector who has
registered and thereafter moved his res
idence to another precinct in the same
county thirty days. before said day of
election may have his registration trans
ferred to such other precinct upon his
application, verified by oath, setting forth
the change of residence and containing
the other. facts required for. original regis
tratfon, but no transfer from one pre-
cinct to another shall be made after a
date twenty-seven days before November
1898
The, office of the County Clerk at the
Courthouse, corner of Seventh and l
streets. Sacramento City. California, will
be open from a. m. to s p. m. and from
z p. m. to p. m. each day except Sun
day. All citizens please take notice and
get registered.
". B. HAMILTON. County Clerk.
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CIVIL SERVICE.
Examinations for Positions in the
Postal and Revenue Service.

The United States Civil Service Com
mission has ordered that an examina-
ton be held by its local board in this
| city shortly (exact date not fixed) for
the grades Of clerk and carrier in the
postal service. Only citizens Of the
United States can be examined.
The age limitations for this examina-
ton are: Clerk Is and over, carrier
p to 40 years. No application will be
accepted for this examination unless
| filed on the proper blank before the
hour of closing business on September
l, 1898. Applications should be filed
| promptly in order that time may re-
main for correction if necessary.
| The commission takes this opportun-
| ity of stating that the examinations
are open to all reputable citizens Of the
| United States who may desire to enter
| the service. without regard to race or
| to their political or religious affiliations.
| All such citizens are invited to apply.
| They shall be examined, graded and
certified with entire impartiality, and
wholly without regard to any consider
| alton save their efficiency, as shown by
the grades they obtain in the examina-
| ton.
| For application blanks, full instruc-
| tions and information relative to the
| duties and salaries of the different po-
sitions, apply to VIM. Rider, Secretary
| Board of Examiners, postal service,
! Sacramento.
| The Civil Service Commission. also
announces that an examination will be
| held for the Internal Revenue service
| in this city on some date between Oc-
| tober 1st and 18th. All persons who
! desire to be examined should apply to
| the Secretary of the Board of Examin-
/ ers, at room 6, Internal Revenue Office,
| for application blanks and full infor-
nation relative to the scope Of the ex-
| animation. :
Applications on form 1O1 must be
| filed in complete form with the Secre-
| tary of the board prior to the hour of
closing business on September 1st, 9TH
| erwise the applicants cannot be exam
/ ined. Soon after filing applications ap-
| plicants will be notified as to the ex-
| act date Of the examination.
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NO DEBT PLEDGES WITH SPAIN

It is still intimated in the mysterious
hints and tween lines reading that in
the peace terms there is to be suggested
by Spain consideration of the question
of the Cuban debt. One suggestion
goes so far as to say that it is the
desire of Spain to submit the question
to a commission for future settlement.
This is absurd. 1t is not known de-
fnitely as we write what the terms Of
the submission the United States has
made are, nor is it known with any de-
| gree of satisfaction what Spains an
swer will be, which it is expected will
be made public to-day. But if there is
| any disposition to consider the debt,
the voice of public opinion should rise
so high and grow so loud in opposition
to it, that the Administration will not
dare to turn a deaf ear.
Spanish diplomacy we believe is at
work to trap US into a protocol, under
which peace adjustment will go on for
an indefinite period and afford Spain
all the opportunity she wants for tricky
mand to-day, and will insist upon, is a
clean, open bill of capitulation along
the whole line: that there shall be posi-
tive, clear and emphatic declaration
that the United States will neither
guarantee, nor attempt by any manner
of stipulation, to foist upon the event
ual Government of Cuba or Porto Rico
any debt obligations whatsoever due to
| Spanish issue Of paper, Spanish prose-
| cution of the war, or Spanish cost of
defending against the results of mall
administration Of her colonial affairs.
| The money power back of the Cuban
| bonds guaranteed in the name of Spain
by the revenues of Cuba, will of course
slavery by making her people foot bill
of over 5000. 100000. The island has
| enough to bear. Twenty years of un-
| interrupted industry will not set it on
its feet again. The people are miserably
poor. Their properties have been de-
| stroyed their fields have grown to
weeds, their young men are disheart-
eDed, their old ones incapacitated. To
| saddle these people with an enormous
| debt that Spanish creditors may have
| their cent per cent, will be an outrage
for which humanity will accord no
| forgiveness.
| AT this juncture Spain, aided un-
| questionably by some if not most of the
able statesmen and diplomats of Eu-
| rope, who do not wish us to gain any
possible advantage out of which we can
be tricked, is engaged in an adroit and
supposedly cunning endeavor to get in
| to the articles of settlement some point
upon which future contention can be
hinged and a way opened up for Spain's
! advantage. Cracks and crannies,
chinks and loopholes will be provided
| In any number if we do not look to it
that whatever we agree to is set forth
so simply, and with such unambiguous
emphasis and affirmative clearness, that
by no possible twist of word or phrase.
| any doubt Will be left as to precisely
| what is meant and intended.
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DEPLoRABLE NEGLIGENCE

The present war has been one of in
struction largely. In nothing, however,
has it taught us more than in the mat
ter of equipping an army with hospital
service ample in all respects. There
is no need for concealment of the facts
concerning the hospital Quitting OF
General Skaters army. 1t was Woe
fully inadequate, and if some one is
not called to account for it we shall be
greatly surprised. There IS in fact bat
one satisfaction TO be got out of It. and
that is found in its teaching value.
Through somebody's mismanage-
ment or ignorance, or because we were
generally in such an unprepared con-
dition for war-perhaps out Of all these
causes-the army was shipped to San
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Los Angeles, January /, 1896.

L
To the Public: was seriously afflicted
for about ten years with lung, liver and
kidney troubles. Tongue could never ex-
press the misery / endured during those
Years I was reduced in flesh until / was
a mere skeleton; my sight and hearing
were badly impaired: was constantly
troubled with constipation and piles, and
had a severe chronic cough. In short, life
was a burden and death would have been
welcome / was treated by various spe-
cialists without avail. / finally resolved
to give Dr. Wong Him of No 639 Upper
Main street a trial OF course like many
others, had no faith in a Chinese doc
tor, but it only took few doses of his
life-giving herbs to knock all the skepti
cism out of me. In just five weeks the
doctor pronounced me cured and now /
can truthfully say that / never was
healthier and never felt better in my life.
NY sight and hearing are both fully re-
stored; that obnoxious cough. constipa-
tion and piles are entirely cured, and
am rapidly gaining in flesh, having gained
forty pounds in two months.
I earnestly recommend all sufferers and
skeptics to give the doctor trial and be
convinced of his superior skill as a physi-
clan. JOHN NJ STEVENSON,
620 Bellevue avenue. Los Angeles Cal.
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READY FOR A RUN.
A Chinese Fire Brigade in the Viii
alage of Isleton.

"Old Hoss' Johnson of Isleton, who
dishes up the news of that locality for
the Rio Vista paper, writes that the
Chinese residents there have a fire de-
partment. Last week they tried their
new engine, which consists of a large
pump mounted on wheels and about a
thousand feet Of three-inch hose. They
also have two large tanks that hold
about 10000 gallons, and in different
parts of the town are stationed forty
galvanized iron buckets, ten in a place.
filled with water.
For awhile it was fun for some OF
the Celestials, but they soon tired and
housed their engine in shape for the
first call of fire.
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WHEN OTHERS
/N DIR. WONG HIM, (S \
~ ! THE FAMOUS HERB DOCTOR. I 80 !
\~N andl Street, San \A&T&| 70
California, L. S. A. ADxn@y

DR. WONG HIM, S31 S. Hope street,
Los Angeles, CaL-Dear Sir: In justice TO
you and for the benefit of others, / wish
to make statement of my case. L was
afflicted with liberation of the rectum
and hemorrhage of the bowels. l was
treated by two good doctors. until l lost
80 pounds of flesh and became so weak
from loss Of blood that l was unable to
attend to business. 1 then COMMENCED
doctoring with DR.. Wong Him. The
bleeding stopped and / commenced to inn
prove with the first dose of medicine. and
at the end of four months I had regained
my lost flesh and health, and to-day am
we'll and sound. In DR.. Wong Him's hon
esty. integrity and ability to cure any dis
ease that he says he can cure l have un-
bounded confidence and faith. and would
recommend him to all needing a doctor.
Yours truly r. 3. TAYLOR,
President Citizens Bank, South Riverside,
Cal, September 9, 1897.
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Strain your auditory nerves as you
may, you hear not a word of COM
planning from those Spanish prisoners
of war UP at Seavey's Island, or over
in Annapolis, or anywhere the Amer
lean pigs" have them in hand. Surely
the rations must be bounteous and the
treatment gentle. And this from pigs
think Of it, and the price of bacon
since the surrender
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The doctor is the sixth Of a generation
OF OF doctors: a graduate Of the medical
celved his diplomas; a master of five diff
ferent languages. His practice in the
hospitals Of Canton, China and his treat
ment of diseases of the human body for
more than twenty years In this country,
without. single failure, has prepared
him fully to undertake the work of cur
ing the sick. The doctor, by the pulse
alone, determines the cause and nature
OF diseases and the remedies necessary
given him Of his wonderful cures should
most certainly remove any doubt from
the minds Of the most skeptical OF his
of his teas and herbs alone. Send fer
circulars and testimonials, call and be
fully convinced. The doctor also prepares
and keeps for sale at $1.0 per bottle a
remedy that is absolute proof against sea-
sickness; s.iC 4 discount Of 20 per cent. is
United States army or navy or to their
families. Consultation free.
Cured OF Stomach and Liver Troubles
by Or. Wong Him, S3l s. Hope street.
Los Angeles, Cal
To the Public: 1t gives me great pleas
ure to say that Or. Wong Him's treat
ment in my case has been most success
full For years 1 have been troubled with
the kidney and stomach troubles l tried
various remedies from other physicians,
but received no permanent help. Dr.
tendency of these troubles and seems to
be permanent in its results / like Dr.
Wong Hims ideas of Herb Treatment
cleaning and renovating the system be-
fore building it up again. am certainly
pleased to say that he has done a great
deal of good to me, and that / have found
him to be wel-educated man. unassum-
ing and kind, commanding the respect of
all good people. Very respectfully,
MISS STELLA HUNTER
Los Angeles, Cal, April so, 1897. $40
Bellevue avenue.
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. l. 1897
To Whom 1t May Concern: This is to
certify that DR.. Wong Him cured me of
liver and kidney troubles. ] was greatly
copstipated and my back ached so much
that l had great trouble in sleeping.
When | went to DR.. Wong Him he felt
my pulse and said my troubles were
caused by Ia grippe, which I had several
years ago. He knew more about my sys-
+, tenn than / thought anyone could know.
took his medicine as directed, and am
now well. / have gained eight pounds
during the last month; eat better, sleep
better and feel better in every way than
for years. / can cheerfully recommend
DR.. Wong Him to the sick Yours truly.
HARVEY DAVIS.
109 West Ann street Police officer Los
Angeles, Cal SuTuTh
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.FIRE-FIGHTING APPLIANCES.
CHIEF ENGINEER GUTHRIE'S
ANNUAL REPORT.
Chemical Engine Needed-Too
Many Wires on Poles-Various
Other Recommendations

H. A. Guthrie, Chief of the Fire De-
partment, last night submitted his an
nual report to the Board of City Trus-
tees The recommendations of Chlef
Guthrie are direct and to the point, ana
that he has made a careful study OF the
subjects he handles is evident. Inc
principal portions Of the report, inciuo-
ing the recommendations. follow:
EXPENSES FOR PAST YEAR.
The report shows the cost of mainte-
nance for the past year to have been
$50 $50. .35. the principal items of which
We're as follows:
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the stomach, another for the head, a third
for the lungs and so on; as if each particu-
lar SYMPTOM was a separate dungeon of
misery to be unlocked with its own particu-
lar key; but the scientific, experienced
physician looks deeper and seeks the one
master-key which unlocks them all.
Thirty years ago DR.. R. v. Pierce, of Buff
falo, N. Y. found the wonderful Golden
Medical Discovery which has since made
him famous: It is the perfect master-key
which unlocks every torture chamber Of
weakness and pain caused by faulty action
Of the digestive system. 1t gives the stom.
ach and blood making glands power to pro-
duce the healthy blood which drives out all
impure disease germs and waste products,
and builds up healthy tissue, solid muscu-
lar flesh and nerve energy.
Mr. J. w Brittin, of Clinton, Dewitt Co., H.,
(P. o. Box 47s) writes a For over year was
troubled with liver complaint had no appetite,
could keep nothing on my stomach and had
severe pains in my stomach and bowels. doc
tored with home doctors but did not obtain re-
lief until friend advised me to take DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. After taking four
bottles think myself cured, as can eat any
thing I want and my food never hurts me.
Thanks for your medicines. cannot say tno
much in favor of them"
For coustipated conditions DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are the best simple, COM
Portable laxative. They never gripe. Ac-
cept no substitutes OF limitations.
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DIR. WONG HIM, ssl s. Hope st.

Los Angeles, January 20, 1898.
To the Public-Having suffered a long
time with a tumor, stomach troubles and
a bad cough. / doctored with several doe
tors but found no relief. | then decided
to try Dr. Wong Him of S31 S. Hope
street. After feeling my pulse he de-
scribed my case, and after four months
doctoring with him / am now entirely
cured No knife or operation was per-
formed, and | here certify the above and
recommend him to suffering humanity.
MRS. ]. ID. CORKEN. Chino, Cal.
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1t is a curious fact that the women
of Manchuria, China, are forbidden by
imperial edict to bandage their feet
into littleness. The Manchus are the
strong governing race in China, and
the fanciful might hold that there was
some connection between the strong
stride of its women and the stout
hearts and strong bodies Of Ats sons.
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CROSSMAN'S SPECIFIC MIXTURE.

WITH THIS REMEDY PERSONS CAN
cure themselves without the least ex.
ncsure change Of diet or change in appli.
cation Of business. The medicine contains
nothing that is of the least injury to the
constitution. Ask your druggist for it.s
R13oo. q bottle. VuE
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Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Fair Tuesday, ex-
cept foggy along the coast in the morn
ing; warmer in the interior; fresh west
wind
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latter was visiting her place on L
street, between Third and Fourth, was
before Justice Davis yesterday, and
though the prosecuting witness failed
to appear, she entered plea of guilty
to petty larceny and was sentenced to
serve four months in the County Jail.
Officer Bailey. engineered the case.
The case against Anita Sequard.
charged with stealing So from Stanton
Smals, late of Chico, was dismissed.
owing to the failure Of the prosecuting
witness to appear. Smals Is believed
to have gone to Seattle.
1t is understood that the Sequard
woman win be committed to the Coun-
ty Jail to serve out sixty days sem
tence on vagrancy conviction secured
about two weeks ago.
The largest piano house in Northern
California, carrying the most complete
and extensive stock, is the Wiley B. AL
len Co., 415 X. Jobbers and retailers
Fer cool, sharp glass Of steam or
lager, Ell Dorado, S26 J.
Try McMQrry's 45c tea 531 M.
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TWO OF A KIND.
Women Who Prey on Their Mellow
Visitors.

Emma Jackson, the negress recently
arrested for stealing S15 from Thomas
McKinnon of Towles Station, while the
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The Master Key.

w h o pre- ~
scribes a>
dozen diff MS
ferent rem M
G dies for Ia
the sJnab- A
toms of one M
disease is
like an old IA
time turn E
key Juggling af'' -
about a ponderous
bunch Of keys,
each one to open
a different door.
w h e n anyone's
blood is thin and
watery and poi
soued with bilious
impurities this
co n dition will
show itself in ev.
cry part of the
body and the av-
erage doctor gives
one ulediciue for
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STATE HOUSE HOTEL
Corner Tenth and K Sts., Sacramento

BOARD AND ROOM, 81 25 TO 81 PER
day Meals DC
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Accommodations first-class Free bus
to and from hctel. w. J. ELDER, Mgr
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Deal with merchants who display

Two-thirds Of the people Of the
United States are collecting 8perry
d Hutchinsoz's green trading
stamps. The other third arc just
beginning. Beware Of amata-
t1o1s,n
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NOTICE TO VOTERS
REGISTRATION!

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
Sacramento County, State of California,
having made an order on May 5, 1898. di-
recting new and
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ESTIMATE FOR ENSUING YEAR.

Chdef Guthrie likes tht eSllHdue IUI
the ensuing fiscal year as follows:
II estimate that $4,000 will be re-
quired to meet expenses during the en-
suing year. In addition to the above
amount, would ask for $1,000 for the
purpose Of purchasing a chemical en-
gine and equipping the same. 1 woulo
respectfully ask your honorable body
to levy tax sufficient to raise the
a hove amOuntS''
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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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Owing to- the great amount of terri
tory required to be covered by hose
wagon No. 2 in responding to the vari-
Gus alarms, / would recommend that
one Of the relief carts be placed in
service, with headquarters at truck
house No. ?, ample room being made
for the accommodation of the appara-
tus named.