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nurnose whatever. and to repeal the act APP
proved March 8. 1885. entitled An act 70 69tb
thorize municipal corporations OF the nlth
class containing more than 5000 and less.
than TO- 600 inhabitants, to obtain water Wo[ss=
also to repeal an act approved March 10, leAI.
entitled an act authorizing the mourning OF
indebtedness by cities. towns ana munclpall
this State" approved March 10, 1SSsl, the rlght
is given to all municipalities uhcIuuinS Sst
n,nnicinai building after a vote of two thirds
OF the members of the munlcipal Co9heli' lhe
approval OF the citys e1eeu nv , auu in cases
where the cost of such construction ana com
pletion Is too great to be paa Out u tba c,fv
But this bill itself, is not, IN my oplHiSSh'
a general law, inasmuch as it provided spee11c-
the city. and that such amount snail De raised
in the fifty first fiscal year, and Is. therstere,
unconstitutional-being in contravehtIont ol seS
ton Il of article XI and of the tenth SUP
division of section 20 of article ~ OF ;the coha
stitution of the State. Section i OF article
The Legislature shall have no power 10 Inn
pose taxes upon counties, cities towns. OF
other public municipal corporations, OF upon
the inhabitants or property Thereof 1or conIlS;
city, town other municipal purposes. put
thorities thereof the power TO assess ana 70
collect taxes for such purposes
The tenth subdivision OF section % OF article
" of the constitution of the State reads as
The Legislature shall not pass local or spe--
ca laws in any Of the following ehueTa tse
assessment or collection of taxes
But, independently of the illegality of
the act / believe its policy to be wrong, for
it seems to manifestly unfair for the Leg
islature to vest in the municipal Council OF
governing body the power to tax the people OF
a municipality for such large expenditures,
without giving the people of the city the right
to vote upon the tax or to appear before Inc
II the erection of municipal hospital be de-
sired by the city at so great a cost It can now
he easily accomplished without this legislation,
BY getting the consent of its citizens expressed
~ +ba ROLLS HENRY T. GAGE,
Governor of the State of California
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onnosed to State Roads.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO Feb. ia big delegation of the
Supervisors who are here in biennial con-
vention met last night with the Assem-
bly, committee on Roads and Highways
to discuss Assembly bill COZ, introduced by
Melick The bill provides that fifty per
cent of the road fund of every county be
set aside each year for permanent road
work. and when an expenditure of more
than $4,000 is contemplated the State Blu
reau of Highways shall have supervision
The Supervisors are against it to man.
They prefer to expend their county
moneys along the lines laid down by their
own judment of the counties needs They
argued at length against the bill and to-
night at times the debate was heated.
Will Ashe of the Bureau of Highways
accused the Supervisors of having con-
spired when in convention in Napa last
May to down any law that looked to per-
manent road work and the supervision by
the State bureau of any county work. NO
action on the measure was taken by the
committee and another conference Will be
held Tomorrow night.
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GOVERNOR ASKS
AUTHORITY TO
TRANSFER FUNDS
Peculiar Message to
the Legislature.
TO MEET STATE DEMANDS
EXISTING STATUTES GIVE HIM
FULL POWER TO ACT.
TO MEET STATE DEMANDS
EXISTING STATUTES GIVE HIM
FULL POWER TO ACT.
What He Wants Authorization to Do
Has Been Done Every Year
and Almost Every
Month.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. Ex-Governor Gage sent
a message to the Legislature to-day
asking for authorization to direct the
Controller to transfer 100000 from
other funds to the general fund. to meet
a deficiency that will occur between
the end of the present fiscal year to
next December, when the next Install
ment of State taxes becomes available.
There is some speculation as to the
Governors purpose in asking for this
authorization, as 1t is well known that
he has the power under existing stat
utes to transfer money from one fund
to another to meet temporary demands.
Having already warrant of law, 1t seems
unnecessary for him to ask for what he
already has.
Under existing statutes" said Con-
troller Colgan, tonight, the Governor
has the power to direct me to transfer
money from one fund to another. This
has been done and is being done every
wear and almost every month"
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ONLY A FEW DAYS OF GRACE
Herrin and the Southern Pacific Ready
to Drop the Mexican for Some Can
*.. .didat0 Who Can Be Elected.

at Grants headquarters several times,
stating positively that he was going to
join the Grant forces, Cutter believed
the statements. Grant, however, was
not so credulous, and expressed his
doubts as to the sincerity of the Sena-
tor. Cutter instantly responded: DO
you think Senator Simpson would lie TO
me?" Grant did not answer. He pre-
ferred to refer the matter to Simpson
and allow the Senator to answer for
himself. Cutter has the answer now.
Grant is fully advised of the efforts on
the part of the Candelaria agents to
break into his fold and during the past
week has acquired some information of
an important character. Burns in his
desperation is resorting to methods that
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TO REGULATE CHARGES
FOR TELEPHONE SERVICE

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. Ex-senator Mutt is on
hand with another whack at the telephone
companies in the shape of bill to resu-
late telephone tolls.
In his measure he provides that n
charge for telephone shall be more than
SO q month in full, and that there shall be
no charges for switches, and there shall
be no nickel-in-the-slot device attached,
and that where more than one telephone
is in use by the same person or firm the
price shall be reduced to 81 so for each.
The bill further provides that there
shall be no additional charge for
switches in the same county, or where
the switch called for is within thirty miles
from the person calling for the switch.
For switches at a distance more, than
thirty and less than fifty miles the bill
allows a charge of % cents for the first
two minutes, this to be increased cents
for every twenty-five miles over fifty,
providing, however, that no switch shall
cost more than 81 for the first two min
utes. There is no provision for CONVEX
sations lasting over two minutes.
The bill provides as a penalty a fine OF
S25 to $3.50 for any violation of the act.
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Of Benefit to Railroads.

CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 1S.-Brown of San Mateo
introduced a bill in the Assembly yes
terday which provides that every steam
railroad heretofore organized under the
laws Of the State which has expended in
purchasing materials, rights of way. max
Ing surveys grading or other preliminary
not completed its road prior to the pass
age Of the bill, is authorized TO complete
it's road as described in its articles of in
corporation and Notwithstanding it may
not have begun the construction of its
road within two years after filing its
original articles of incorporation and may
FIVE miles of its road each year there
after.
The bill was referred to the Committee
IN CdrnOra fionS
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.,,ts;Xt w eek: The :shTewdest politicians
on the ground assert that the break is
d. inevitable and cannot be long delayed.
II is. not a sure proposition that Burns
wifi he able to: hold Beecher and Jilson,
and it has. been, known for some days
that. there are serious complaints in the
san. francisco. bunch. of Burns sup
rot.ters. Premises and wise looks Will
not count much longer The boast that
Dan -ean:snap his fingers and bring to
p: the corral six men from the Barnes
camp. and five; FROM the Bulla follow
8 ing is discounted. The discreditabie
manner in which poor;od Simpson was
dragged out singly convinces the touts
; who know something without being
.foid. that Dan cannot swing block Of
votes. =
. Ii: comes to light that Beecher was
persuaded to vote for Burns by George
ChaIrnipIin. It is presumed that the rail-
road people. asked the influence of
<Chainpifn:' Many years ago. Stanford
and :Champlin. were interested in the
:sheep business, At railroad headquart-
ers Chanipltil.is, regarded as safe and
:. conservative man: who :wields great in
ffueflce in Shasta County. In order to
get Jifsgn into the Burns corral DIR.
Gregory was sent for. The story goes
that Hervey Lndley advised that the
doctor be called to advise in the Jilson
case.
THE Grant people expect to gain four
votes next week, but no surprise would
be manifested if they lost Merrill.
Nothing seems to disturb Grant. He is
surely the most remarkable figure in
this struggle. He can give Burns points
when it comes to GOODNESS and uncon-
Germ when others are excited and anx-
jous: Grant never has harsh thing to
say Of any man who leaves his camp.
He assumes that good reasons for go
ing were shown, and that in due time
the wanderer may return to the fold
He is mot easily deceived either.
After Simpson of Pasadena had been
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The statute to which the Controller
referred is as follows:
pTEP (CCXI,V

The statute to which the Controller
referred is as follows:
CHAPTER CCCXLV.
An act to authorize the transfer to the
general fund of money in other 1unds
of the State Treasury and the return
thereof to such funds. - 900
approved March q, 1872.
The people of the State of California, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly do en-
act as follows:
Section l. Whenever the general fund of
the State Treasury becomes exhausted
and there is money in other funds not
required to meet any accrued demands
against said funds. or demands to accrue
report the fact to the Governor and Treas
urer; and if the Governor and Treasurer
find that the money is not needed ~ suen
Controller to direct the transfer thereof
to the general fund. All money so trans
ferred to the general fund shall be re-
transferred as soon as there is sufficient
money in the general fund TO return the
same Nothing in this act shall be SO
If as to order or FIND
as to in any manner interfere with the
object for which such fund was created
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect fmnae-
diately.
The balance in the general fund Feb
ruary 1. 1899, was s2.O64,619 So.
The estimated receipts are: Second
installment property tax, $7S2.037 "a:
second installment railroad taxes. $40
947 So; balance received ON account of
war claims. s44.472 70; from estimated
receipts Whittier School. Preston
School, Home for Feeble Minded and
fees of State officers, $4,000; total. ST.,
991 OFT IS.
Against this sum may be charged ap-
preparations, 50. 25S "a: estimated ex-
penditures on account of orphans. $780,
900; additional appropriations for legis-
lative purposes, SIS, 600; for State print
ing office SIS 5000; total, $3.50, 25S ga.
Deducting this total from the sum of
50, 991. OFT So, there remains S370.87S 81.
which would be the amount remaining
in the general fund on July 1. 1899.
The amount required to meet the or
binary expenses of the State govern
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will produce a reaction.
Burns will make his biggest effort of
the campaign next week. There was
an arrangement with the Southern Pa
cific that he should show elements of
strength this week that would justify
continuation of the railroad support
or retire in favor of some candidate
who would display winning qualities.
Dan has not made much of a showing.
He has gained only one vote, but he
has kept up such a Boosting and shout
ing of what he can do next week that
Herrin will doubtless grant the extern
sion of time desired.
The people of California can hardly
comprehend the magnitude and far
reaching phases of the effort put for
ward this week to advance the cause
of Burns. All the railroad newspapers
were lined up to shout in chorus that
Senator should be elected without de-
lay Swarms of touts were brought
here to swell the permanent army of
the "colonePs" followers.
The party organization displayed an
activity that would have commanded
attention in a Presidential campaign.
Promises were made to reward friends
and punish enemies. Every string that
could be pulled. every wire that could
be manipulated and every secret inf1u-
ence possible to sway the judgment OF
the legislators were used to boost the
coloners candidacy. and the whole re-
suit was the single gain Of Simpsons
vote.
Profound quiet reigns in the Burns
camp tonight. The scene of activity,
as far as the touts are concerned, has
been transferred to San Francisco.
u. S. Grant went to the theater this
evening. It is given out tonight that
Assemblyman Merrill will not leave the
Grant forces as predicted, but will stay
to the finish.
There is q good deal Of talk to the
effect that the anti-Burns men in the
Republican ranks may decide to give
Thomas r. Bard chance to develop
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ment for five months from July l to
November 80 1899, may be placed at
$3.50, 900 per month, or s., AGO. 0O. oe-
Quoting from this the sum of $37o. 1888 IL.
on hand July 1, and there viii De the
usual deficiency of $1,029,1 9l 09.
1t is to secure money to meet the De
maHds on the State during the nVe
months beginning July l that II De
comes necessary to temporarily trans
fer money to the general fund. In De
cenher, when tax money is avaf.apie,
this money will be returned to the
fund from which 1t was taken.
Pursuant to the suggestion made by
Governor Gage in his message, the
Ways and Means Committee of the AS
sembly introduced bill which directs
the Controller to inform both the execu-
tive and Treasurer as soon as den-
cheney appears in any of the state
funds, and the Governor is authorized
to cause to be transferred money from
other funds to the one depleted, pro-
viding that such money shall be re
placed as soon as the next settlements
are made The Governors message is
as follows:
To the Assembly of the State Of Cali
fornia:
l have the honor to call the attention
Of your honorable body to the State
finances.
The condition Of the treasury is such
that if everything be paid which the gen
eral fund is chargeabfe with (even if not
a single dollar be appropriated by your
honorable body at this session of the Leg
islature) still at the end of This fiscal year
there will be the enormous deficiency in
the general fund of about $9OO,OO0.
/ most respectfully direct your attention
TO this condition of the finances, In order
to correct the deluSiVe statements Whlcn
have been put abroad in reference to the
plethoric condition Of our treasury; ana
most respectfully urge upon you the great
necessity for economy, and that you make
only such appropriations as are of the
most urgent character; and such appro-
priationS should be made payable only,
so far as possible. on and after the Isl
day of January 1900. at which time there
will be an additional installment OF State
taxes.
If there be transferred, at the proper
time. to the general fund from other
funds $500 900, then, in view of the fact
that some of the existing demands may
not be presented, l think it safe to pro-
coed on the basis that. with the transfer
of $500 900, we will have suft1cient money
with which to meet and manage our
financial liabilities until the incoming
taxes of January next.
l therefore respectfully request your
honorable body to pass an act directly au-
thorizing the Governor, for and during
this year, when in his opinion the neces-
sfty arises, to order the Controller to d.
rect the transfer of 100000 from other
funds to the general fund; but this
amount so transferred shall be returned
to the fund or funds from which 1t be
transferred as soon as there Is sulhcient
money In the general fund.
While I am decidedly opposed as q gen
eral pr oposition to this transfer of funds,
/ am confronted by condition, Tor winch
this administration is in no way RESPONSE
BILE; and I trust that our finances may be
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GREENWELL VOTES FOR BARD.

CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 1S.-As The Call announced
this morning, Assemblyman c. B. Green
well of Ventura changed his vote from
Ulysses S. Grant to Thomas r. Bard,
the Ventura olive grower and statesman,
in the joint ballot for United States Sen
ator to-day.
No other change was recorded. There
was scarcely a quorum in either house,
and there were almost as many pairs as
votes.
and Grant tie, with q votes each. in the
Senatorial contest when they poll their
full strength, and anxious legislators
await Monday to see how the tally sheet
will read at the end of the day.
70 anxr- hn1 EI,n q fnllnrNS.
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T. CALL. HEADQUARTERS. SACRA-
:AIENTO,. Feb. 1S.-The numbe. Of votes
-necessary to a choice in the joint bal
lot to-day was fortyfour, as the whole
nIIriber cast was eighty-three. Grant
and .:l5urns each received twenty ana
Barnes.- and Bulla each eight votes.
:. Thomas R.. Bard of Ventura gained
one. :raaking his total three. As an
TO iriiGed: in The Call this morning As
..s.eff1lblyinan. Greenwen changed from
Gfant::to. Bard No excitement was
iprodue@d"by the transfer as it was not
regarded as. significant.
! There lis an undercurrent of COM
sfrle4it tonight concerning the signs OF
a. .vraalsening in the Burns line. The
.ArAt break from Burns may occur early
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shall also employ janitors and other en-
ployes of the school, and fix and order
paid the compensation of all employees,
unless the same be otherwise prescribed
by law: provided further. that no Board
of Trustees or City Board or Educat1on
shall enter into any contract with such
employees to extend beyond the thirtieth
day of June, next ensuing, except in the
employment of teachers, as above proVld-
ed in this subdivision.
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winning strength. Early in the Sena-
toria1 contest one of Grants advisers
laid a wager that Burns would never
get more than thirty-two Republican
votes. Tonight the man who proposed
the bet expressed the opinion that he
would win.
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PASTORS Study Looted.

STOCKTON, Feb. 18-Burglaries are
being committed with. alarming frequency
in Stockton lately. Last night the private
Methodist Episcopal Church was looted.
The burglars evidently were after cash
collections amounting to some hundreds
announced in the church paper, the Week
ly Reminder. The money was not there.
however, and 81 and a purse, containing
obtained.
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TIE GOOD BEAST DRAWS THE LINE AT SUCH A BURDEN.

to avoid a repetition of such necessity.
HENRY T. GAGE,
Governor of the State of California.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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In the latter case, mUltitudes when
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30
1000 Guitars at So. a5.

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These instruments are indeed wonderful
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CANNON BALL PILLS.
Big Balls of Poison Given
as Medicine.
Thousands Are Suffering from MercuriaI Pill
Poison Taken in YOuth-Days of
the Pills Are Past.

Then keep your bowels clean and your
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1t has always been known that constipa-
ton is the cause Of nearly all disease, but
the way of treating it has changed.
The old way was to make up a sickening
BLACK draught'' or, still worse, an eXplo-
sive shotgun" cartridge Of calomel, aloes,
Jalap, gamboge, croton oil, blue mass,
cOlOcynth-the larger the bullet the better
and after the patient had swallowed the
dose, thrown the bowels into spasms and
turned the liver inside out, he was settled
for few days-fequently forever.
The most dangerous medicine" of all
was the mercuriaI pill-poison which lodged
IN the blood and joints, producing lifelong
aches.
Force is folly, if you have any regard for
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