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until 1900, they will undoubtedly op-
pose the proposition.
ASSEMBLY ROUTINE
GOES REGULARLY ON

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 2.-The third reading file
was the whole thing in the Assembly
chamber to-day, and a whole lot of bill
work was got through with. There were
few bills of any Importance introduced,
nor were many of those passed of i'm
portance. Regular business has actively
begun, despite that the Senatorial dead
lock is as tight as ever.
The question of patronage came up
again to give more trouble. knights of
Sacramento has promised 7. w. Measure
n job somewhere, and by strong insistence
he succeeded in getting q resolution
passed making Measure an electrician at
per diem OF. 81
Milice of Orange offered a resolution
paying $40 to J. Hooking. who has been
acung as bookeeper to the sergeant at
arms, but who was frozen out of further
work by the last patronage deal.
DlDble got q resolution through paying
w. Z. Guirey. disappointed file clerk
$50 for past services.
A letter from Senator Perkins brought
news of the concurrent resolution in
troduced in the early part of the session
by Burnett of San Luis Obispo. The
resolution related to the completion Of
the breakWater at San Luis harbor. ana
Senator Perkins has had it referred to
the Senate Committee on Commerce and
Navigation.
Speaker Anderson offered a Joint reso-
luton calling upon the Governor to begin
the proper diplomatic steps for the release
OF Frank Bassford and his companions
who are supposed to be held in durance
in some Siberian prison. Bassford is sup
posed to have been taken prisoner while
sea otter hunting off the Siberian coast.
The resolution was referred to the Com
mittee on Federal Relations.
The first bill taken up upon which de-
cisive action was taken was CobbS As
sembly bill n8. which is an act to regu-
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KELLY And CRIMMINS
OPPOSE PURE POLITICS
The Bosses Want Full Sway at
the First Election Under the
New Charter.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 2.-Martin Kelly and
Phil Crimmins have not found the
present session of the Legislature a
very productive one thus far. Later
they may, and undoubtedly will. be able
to accomplish something along the
usual lines of their work by which the
usual gains will accrue to them.
At present Messrs. Crimmins and
Kelly seem to be devoting their time
and efforts to an attempt to defeat all
of the legislation looking to ballot re-
form which has been proposed and
which will affect the first municipal
election to be held in San Francisco un-
der the new charter.
Senator Stratton is the father of all
the legislation that has been introduced
in the Senate which looks not only to
ballot reform but which also throws
certain safeguards around the holding
of primary elections. These bills have,
so far, been favorably acted upon in
the Senate and there is every reason to
believe that a majority in both
branches of the Legislature will ap-
prove them.
The only hope of Kelly and Grim
minis is in the Assembly. They claim
that they have enough votes in the
lower branch to place the bills where
they cannot be resurrected.
To-day Kelly made a proposition to
Senator Stratton that if he would add
a clause to all of his election bills that
would in any way affect San Francisco
that they did not go into effect until
January 1, 1900, they would meet with
no opposition. AS the bills now stand
the provision is that they go into eff
feet Immediately upon their passage
The reason Mr.. Kelly was DESTROYS of
having the enforcement of the laws en-
acted postponed until 1900 was that he
| does not desire them to be applied to
the next election to be held under the
new charter in the city and county of
San Francisco.
Senator Stratton refused to consider
Martin Kelly's proposition for a mo-
ment.
AS a matter of fact, the bills Mr..
Stratton has thus far introduced
either have met with favorable con-
sideration at the hands of the Senate
or viii, taking past votes on measures
presented as an indication of the
wishes and desires of ma
jority of the Senators for re-
form in elections, primaries and party
conventions. Therefore the Assem-
bly, is the body where Kelly and Grim
minis will have an opportunity of exer-
cising their power, If they have any.
Senator Stratton has declined abso-
lutely to accept any compromise with
the two San Francisco bosses. AS
soon as the members of the lower house
thoroughly understand the issue in
volved in delaying the enforcement of
these proposed laws, looking to an
honorable primary and clean election,
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DIBBLE WANTS TO
PRESERVE WAR RECORDS

CALL HEADQUARTERS SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 2.-Assemblyman Dibble to-
day introduced a measure for the pres
ervation of war records. Similar laws are
on the statute books in Eastern States
Following is the text of the bill:
An act to establish Bureau of Records of the
War of the Rebellion, the National Guard OF
California, the Spanish American War and
the preservation of military records and
relics, and authorizing the Adjutant General
the amount of his salary.
The people of the State of California repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section 1. The Adjutant General shall estab-
fish and maintain as part of his office Bureau
OF Military Records and Relics of the War of
the Rebellion the National Guard of California
and the Spanish-American War. He shall be
the custodian of all such records relics, coIors
teers, now the property of the State. or which
the State may hereafter acquire or become pos
sessed of, and he shall appoint chief of this
bureau who shall hold office under his direc-
ton, during the pleasure of the Adjutant Cen
eral, and whose compensation shall be $500
per annum.
Sec. q The Adiutant General bv all reason
able means. shall procure such records and
gather from every available source such colors
standards and battle flags were borne by
California State troops in the war of the re-
bellion and the war with Spain, and such
statistics and historical information and relics
as may serve to perpetuate the memory and
heroic deeds OF the soldiers of the State, and
keep and carefully preserve the same in such
bureau.
Sec. 8. He is authorized to ask and accent
the assistance of the Adjutant General of the
United States army, and of city, town and
county authorities and officials. and of the
Grand Army of the Republic, the military order
Of the Loyal Legion and Of organizations and
persons in the State of California and else
where, in the collection of such information
records and relics, in order to make as com
plete as possible the history and statistics of
the patriotic service of the volunteer soldiers
of the State
Sec. A. TIE Secretary of State is authorized
and directed to provide suitable quarters for
the bureau of records wherever the Adjutant
General shall require and made demand there
for.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from and
after the date Of its passage.
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GREEN WILL ANSWER
WHAT HE PLEASES

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 1.-The Bulla men are
determined that Milton ]. Green shall
appear beforo the bar of the House
and answer to the contempt proceed
ings now pending against him. The
matter is to come UP at 2:30 tomorrow
afternoon.
Mr.. Green has declined to answer to
the committ.e specifically as to
whether or not he contributed money
in the various Assembly districts of the
State to assist in the election of Re-
publican members of the Legislature.
The Committee of Investigation wanted
to know what districts he had put
money in and those he had not.
Mr.. Green declined to state, hence
the contempt proceedings.
A proposition was made this evening
by Assemblyman Melick, member of
the investigating committee, that a
subcommittee of three with a stenog-
rapher would call upon Green to-mor-
row and interrogate him. If he an
swered the questions they asked him,
the committee as a whole would so re-
port to the Assembly, and Mr.. Green
would thereupon be purged of contempt
and these proceedings be dismissed.
Mr.. Green, when seen at 10 o'clock
this evening. was in bed. He had not
left it during the day. He stated that
should the committee call upon him at
his room he would answer all questions
that he considered to be within the
range of the committees right to
ask him. Further than this Mr.
Green would not talk, except to say
that If he was physically able he would
appear at the bar of the House at 2: 80
Tomorrow afternoon, unless he met the
committee in the mc-ning
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Hochheimer Is the Choice Of the Gang
of ToutS.
Governor Gage Calls for Special Election to
Be Held March 8, and the People of the
Eighth District Should Be on
Their Guard.

tor ellis Doty of Sacramento County
this evening, in talking about this bill.
ITO begin with, there is not the slight
est foundation for the claim put forth.
and in the second place. if it were al
lowed, the girls would not receive any
of the money 1t would go to some of
those lawyers who think they can work
any of their crooked schemes through
the Legislature and fool US farmers
and legislators from the interior of
the State.
This bill was presented four years
ago, and it came near going through.
It is not a just claim. 1t is crooked.
and is a proposition to rob the State.
and I will, in my humble capacity.
fight it to the bitter end"
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JOHNSON'S BILL TO
ROB THE STATE
The Old Smith Claim Again
Brought to the
Front.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 2.-Grova L. Johnson in
troduced a most remarkable bill in the
Assembly to-day, providing for the
payment Of an alleged claim against
the State in the cunt of $4,000. For
this claim there exists not the slightest
foundation. Why it was introduced
after it had gone the rounds of previ-
Gus sessions no one seems to know
who is at all conversant with the facts
surrounding it.
Mr.. Johnson's bill is number 57S. 1t
provides that Violet, Evelyn and Ida
Bernice Smith, survivors of the late
Ida Morrill, Smith, shall be paid $4,000
of the money of the taxpayers of the
State of California.
The foundation for this claim is based
upon one of the most anomalous state
ments of fact that have ever been pre-
scented to any Legislature to open up
the vaults of the State treasury to a
lot of cormorantS seeking, without any
Just preteXt whatever, to secure the
peoples money. Some years ago Smith.
the father of Violet, Evelyn and Ida
Bernice, and the husband of Ida Nor
rill Smith, was the proprietor of sa-
loon in the neighborhvod OF Third and
X streets in this city. a disreputable
place, where crooks and criminals were
wont TO congregate. An eX-Chief of
Police of this city was murdered and
Smith was arrested upon the charge of
having committed the crime. Upon his
first trial he was convicted of murder
in the first degree, but between the
time of his arrest and his conviction he
was denied bail.
Upon a technicality Smith was given
a new trial. But in the meantime he
became afflicted and was removed to
the County Hospital, where he died of
pulmonary trouble before his second
trial.
Now these two daughters. their
mother being dead, come before the
Legislature asking that the State pay
them $4,000 because their father failed
to live long enough to obtain a second
trial for a murder of which he had
been on the first trial convicted.
Johnson must be crazy" said Sena-
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To Promote Prison Reform.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 2-Senator Jones of Orange
County has introduced bill providing for
the appointment of five commissioners, by
the Governor, to promote prison reforms.
The commission is to investigate and re-
port upon the feasibility of establishing a
retormatory for the confinement and
reformation of convicts. The commission
Is also TO select site and secure plans
for building to be placed thereon 1t is
property at San Quentin and segregating
the prisoners, so that the incorrigibles can
be confined at Folsom. The commission
ers are to receive no compensation other
than necessary expenses. An appropria-
ton Of $4,000 is made to carry out the pro-
visions of the act.
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late the practice of horse-shoeng in the
State of California, providing for the reg
istration of master and journeymen horse
ShoerS, the appointment of board of ex-
aminers, determining the powers and du-
ties Of such board and fixing penalty for
violation of the provisions of the act.
The bill was lost by almost a unani-
nous vote and Cobb gave notice that to-
morrow he would move for reconsidera-
ton.
The bill introduced by Sanford of Men
docno County, which was intended to
establish a ten hour labor day for the
employees of lumber companies, was read
the third time and after considerable
discussion came to vote. 1t was lost
and Sanford gave notice to reconsider.
Assembly bill A, relating to the patent
ing of lands belonging to the State was
passed, although 1t was strongly opposed
by Assemblyman Huber, who gave notice
for a reconsideration of the vote.
Assembly bill 81, by. Miller. amending
that section of the code governing prop
erty exempt from execution, was also
passed. 1t met with no opposition.
Melicks Assembly bill 249, regulating
the sale of commercial fertilizers, went
through by unanimous vote,
dell of San Francisco, which requires all
bay pilots to render to the Pilot Commits
sioners monthly statements of fees and
other finances, was contested by num-
Der of members on the floor, but upon it's
being explained by both Wardell and Dbl
BILE of San francisco 1t was passed.
Assembly bill 166 by Wade of Napa was
also passed. The bill has for it's object the
saving of thousands of dollars to the
State now being spent at every election for
ments that are to be submitted to the
people 1t provides that the Secretary of
State shall have printed, not less than
thirty days before election, one and half
times as many copies of the amendment
as there are qualified voters in the State
and shall send to the County Clerk of
every county one and a half times as
many copies as there are electors in each
county, and they shall by the County
Clerk be distributed to the voters of his
county.
Mack's Assembly bill 1S2, which is an
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Bills Favorably Reported.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 2.-The Assembly Commit
tee on Clii'us met this afternoon and re-
ported favorably upon the following bills:
Bill 314 relating to the claim of Yves
sendorf & Staff1er, who claim that while
Lieutenant Hartley r. Hodgson was at
tending to the duties of preparing for the
annual encampment of the National
Guard of California at Los Angeles in
1894 he was taken suddenly i'll and died.
He. was without friends or acquaintances
and the undertaking firm of Wessendorf
& Staff1er embalmed the body AID for
warded it to Hodgson's relatives.
The claim of Julius A. Holt, who had
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

act to authorize unincorporated towns
and villages to equip and maintain fire
departments, was given a third reading
and passed without dissent.
Miller's Assembly bill 301, relating to
the disincorporation of cities of the sixth
class, was also given its third reading
and passed, and then Dibble moved an
adjournment White of San Francisco
order. but Dibble would not listen until
johnson of Sacramento explained that it
was an election law bill which they want
ed to get before the committee as soon
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To Return Claus spreckels' Money.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 2.-Assemblyman Burnett
Of San Luis Obispo County introduced a
bill in the Assembly this morning which
provides for the repayment to Claus
Spreckels of the $25 900 loaned by him to
the State through Ex-Governor Budd. The
money was borrowed by the State for the
purpose of relieving the distressing con-
dttion of the drought-stricken farmers Of
the lower end of Monterey and the north
ern part of San Luis Obispo and other
counties in that section. The bill was re-
ferred to the Committee on Claims.
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To Reduce Cost of Legislation.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTo, Feb. "A petition filed by Sena-
tor Braunhart in the Senate this after
noon asked the Legislature to enact some
law whereby the cost of inaugurating leg
isiation would be made less expensive. 1t
cited the fact that both the Republican
and Democratic parties had by their plat
forms In San Francisco pledged their Leg
islators to secure this legislation. The pc
tition was ordered printed In the journal.
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A New INSURANCE Policy.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 2.-Senator Braunhart's
bill providing a uniform fire insurance
policy to be used in California was passed
to third reading by the Senate to-day
after considerable debate Senator Braun
hart proposed later to introduce a bill
which will make the New York form of
policy the only one that can be introduced
In this Stale
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Dutch Flat Claims.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb 2-The bills providing for
the payment of the claims of the Dutch
Flat people for damages done to their
buildings by the boy Wedgewood, who
while demented INDUCED his incendiary
mania by burning their houses, came be-
fore the Senate Committee on Finance
this evening, and were laid over until DIR.
Gardner of the Napa Asylum for the In
sane can appear before the committee
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as possible, and DibbIe gave way until
the bill was introduced and the tito road
Then he renewed his motion, and after .
hard fight with those who wanted 10 -
on with the fight it prevailed and Speaker
Anderson declared adjournment until the
regular hour tomorrow morning.
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his hand shot off in the railroad riots in
1894 and therefore claims $780, had his
claim reduced to $4,000 and reported back
The Claims of Charles f. Wells and
Thomas Dunnigan. each for SIC, 900, were
reduced to. $1,000 and reported fayorably
men and were injured in the railroad
riots
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Will Inspect the Harbor.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 1.-The Assembly Commit
tee on Commerce and Navigation will
start tomorrow evening for San Fran
cisco, where it will inspect San Francisco
harbor and will appear before the Harbor
Commissioners and discuss harbor mat
ters It will also inquire into the claim of
the Fire Commissioners, who desire the
purchase of new fire tug. At q meeting
of the committee this afternoon bill 1903
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was reported favorably. It is an act en-
poWerlng Boards of Supervisors to con
struct, reconstruct and change the loca-
Jlon OF and entering into contracts to
pulid bridges across navfgable streams or
waterways, in this State. :,
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NO CHANGE In THE VOTE.

, CALL HEADQUARTERS.
: SACRA-AENTO. Feb. 2.-The
joint Senatorial ballot to-day
; developed no change in the re-
. suit of the vote. The leaders are
still pegging in the same holes
} on the political crib board.
: Two ballots We're taken this
morning, but thnre was nothing
!, of interest to make the monot-
; ony of the proceedin more en-
durable.
The vote was as follows:
BARNES ...................n
ESTEE -. ................
BULLA ........... ........l3
BUI Ms ........ .........25
h FELTON, ..... .......,..
GRANT ............. .....27
SCOTT ............ ........
DE VRIES ................. 1
ROSENt ED .............
BARD ............ ...'''''.
WHITE ........... ........29
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-07-24
IN ARMED ARRAY.
An Outbreak Expected, Today,
at Manchester, Ky.
When PhIpots Are Tried for Murder
Of Morris and Others.
Beth Factions Gathering With Armed Men
and Situation is Critical.

London, Ky, July 23.-The gravity Of
the situation at Manchester, Ky, and
generally throughout Clay county, can
not be stimated. Many non-com-
batantS have left their home, abandon
ing their crops and as many others as
con Will soon leave. Even here in Lon
don the insecurity is felt to such an ex-
tent that some families are leaving
An outbreak is expected for tomor-
row. the day set for the trial of the
philpots. accused of killing Aaron Nor
rls and others Both parties are mus
tering armed forces for marching into
Mancheste, tomorrow morning.
The Philpots have 50 armed horse
men and no one knows how many foot
men. The Morris and Griffin faction
also have large force. The PhiIpots
say the latter includes the White-How-
ard faction. On the other hand the
Morris faction say that the Bakers
have made common cause with the
Philpots.
Both sides will march fully armed
into Manchester, arriving at . o'clock
tomorrow, to attend the trial 1t is
stated that Deputy Sheriff Davis Chad
well Of the White-Howard faction. has
openly espoused the cause of the Grif
fins.
IL IS hard to conceive how under
these circumstances a conflict can be
avcrted, tomorrow
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-07-24
ELLSWORTH SUMMER SCHOOL.
t A Successful Two Weeks Session CIoset
keany 200 Teachers Attended.

Ellsworth, Me. July 22.-tSpeciaD.-
| The summer school for teachers, which
has been in session here for two weeks
| past, closed Friday. 1hc school has
| proven Il great success. The sessions
! have been largely attended and very
| interesting throughout Nearly 2oG
| teachers have been in attendance. The
| corps OF instructors WAS an excellent
one; all showing a deep il tercst in their
! work and imbuing their classes With
| thc same spirit.
| The closing exercises of the school
| began at 1l.30, Friday forenoon. Hon.
| w. w. Stetson, state superintendent of
| schools. made a brief address thanking
| the citizens of Ellsworth for the hospi-
| talitics they had extended to the teach
ers Of the school the other instructors
and himself. the mayor and city gov
crnment and school board. Superin-
| tendent Stetson expressed himself as
highly gratiiied at the success Of the
school. He said he had had many
many pleasant experiences during the
quarter century he had been teaching
but that this was one OF the pleaaantcst
Of them all.
Mayor Grcely spoke briefly, thanking
Mr. Stetson for the compliment he had
paid the city. Mr.. Greely said that
Ellsworth will DO even more next year
to make the visit of the teachers a
pleasant one. His remarks were greet
ed with applause.
Hon. John B. Redman, chairman of
the school board, said that while the
success of the school was, perhaps.
more easily attained through the aid
Of the fine school room the city had
provided and the other arrangements.
| its success was mainly due to the in
dustry and spirit of the teachers who
attended the school. The other speak
ers were Arno w. King. Charles II.
Drummcy. Hon. L. y. Emery. Prof.
John r. knowlton. Hon. Parker +.
Spofford of Bucksport, Col. Charles c.
Burrill. Each praised the work Of the
school and said that they Were very
much pleased to hear MIR. Stetspl say
that the school will be held here next
summer.
In the afternoon, the galleries were
crowded With spectators anxious to
hear The rccitatons and see the drill
hy Miss koch's class in physical cul-
ture. Miss Koch recited fine selcc-
ton which called for 50 enthusiastic an
encore that she was obliged to re-
spond with second selection.
During their stay here the teachers
nave impressed everyone as very
pleasant and industrious set of young
ladies' They all seem greatly interest
ed in their work and trying to better
perfect themselves. Ellsworth regrets
their departure and Will welcome them
back, next summer, with open arms.