Show EVENTS IN I THE WEST 1 A Record of Occurrences In Neiehborlng States and Territories TilE CITY OF I PEKING BEING FIXED UP oulhu Iclllc HIM M1UTroN < lv clan for Non Frsncliroi Iollie III parlmrntAlts enllnueen The Columbia Southern Hallway Prompt ny began work today Tuesday on the extension of lie line from Wncn to Mora Wash n distance of seventeen miles Ooernor Budd of California will at once j + roeeeI to reorgnnl the national guard of California which It Is pro pro to make much stronger than heretofore Colorado troops It Is I said are now to bo ordered to the Philippines a telegram 1 tele-gram from Secretary Altrxr Monday evening stating that If they were thoroughly thor-oughly equipped for service they would be Rent to San 1rclo Col Torrey of the rough riders regiment regi-ment la now In Cheyenne Wyo attending at-tending to the work of organization Applications for enlistment are double the numlier that can be satisfied Thom Tho-m of J1IO per head Is to be paid for the necessary horse Under arrangements with the war department at Washington the Southern South-ern Pacific Is preparing to move about 2000 troops from Portland nnd 3000 from Ogden These troops will bo mobilized at San Tranclsgo preparatory < to removal to Manila The steamship City or Peking ar tired ot quarantine San Francisco Monday evening The Peking with the Australia nnd the cruiser Charleston will leave there about Saturday or bun day next wit troops and provisions fo the Philippine Islands Arrangements are being mode 10 supply the police department of Ban Francisco with palling guns and 400 Hpringfleld rlllei As there nre about 1 700 Springfield rifles and 200 Kras Jornenson rifles In the arsenal at lienlcla there will be no difficulty In securing nil the arms required there California claims the honor 1 of pre reliance In responding to the call t the nation bur oluntecrs and J It Is prob I i i ill Lie that Col I James Smith of the Ilrst Hcslment of California be the rankIng rank-Ing colonel of the volunteer army of the United States A recruiting office was opened at army headquarters Ban 1ranilsco this Tuesday morning for the enlistment of 800 men for the third United States artillery Home of theme 01111 probably go to the Phlllppln while others will remain here to man the defenses of this harbor The Japanese naval officer who arrived ar-rived nt Sun Francisco on the steamer City of Peking Monday night nlll take i I charge of the ttt Japanese cruisers I I 1 I about completed In thin country Ono of them the Chlteno 10 nearly finished I ot the Union Iron Work The other 1i I booing built hy the Cramps Capt N I loohlwnblfa 10 to nnume commml ot the Philadelphia warship The members of the part who will go east with him are 1Intonnnt S IItmbc II 111roo It lnmao and J Uhldn Copt K Sakurai will remain here to take Cm Mn1 or the Chltcoo He has with him Lieutenants K Inollchl II Knmao M Okunemy and M Tollehln The work of discharging the cargo of tho City of Peking was begun 1m mcdlatly After her arrival nt San Francisco Monday night and will Boon be completed She will ho docked I called and l turned over to the government gov-ernment when aho will be rar1 for use an u tmuoport She w III be able to take nt ht 8000 soldiers and In addItIon ad-dItIon about 2500 tons of freight lop Saturday It is I expected she can be loaded load-ed nM ready to 8l1t Captain Smith and tits mers will remain In charge ur the steamship While In IIl1nkoM a cable war received from Washington ordering Amrlcnn consul to detnln the Pelting hut Admiral Deweyenbh hark to the effect that he would Iroh Ally be or more use there And If I vessels were required they ollld be bought In 1I0Rknng After some little cable roe rerpmmdence the Peking war allowed to roil with orders to make the beet limb possible |