| Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS the entire national guard of oregon numbering zLumber ing about will be in portland today to fuse or not to fuse is a question being considered by the democratic otate committee of idaho now in session at boise michael mchael leland iceland and an unknown aja man were drowned in the spokane driver at spokane wash before the eyes of hundreds of spectators their bodies were over the falls and eteve bb not been recovered john mcneill and others of colorado aare so reported to have purchased for the deer creek coal companas comp anys manes at gen rock wyo the out put of the property is tons annually 1 two thousand steers will be driven inar the dalton trail to dawson starting from pyramid harbor in june C thebe representing butte city axten has baa purchased 1300 head and jack dalton Is ie gathering more for ame the same earne purpose dereck mcneill a coal passer on fass steamer pomona died sunday from sums no received saturday evening As the vessel was going into the harbor at diego T cal a flue blew out and mcneill was scalded by the steam fit earn he leaves a widow and several children K san fian Fra francisco misco yC yette 1 efte A tte pay roll of the construction and ana departments for labor during first half 0 of april april amounted to 63 S i and during the three months ends march 31 1 paymaster barry has ham cursed to the employed emp loyes of all ajl the dj de e ants of the mare island navy pd forty six stalwart young men have departed ed from phoenix aria fot for apple barracks at prescott to be estered into the regiment of cavalry tat will have as its colonel dr wood ad d as its lieutenant colonel theodore cosevelt Oo sevelt the volunteers were re ewed by governor mccord who gave em a patriotic manly talk v thursday shurod ay night in compliance with from gov budd of cali ala companies C and F N G C ft in armory hall at fresno and leter er rolls were opened tor for volun rn t sixty seven volunteered in companies F and ac C capt G W josiee of company F and capt G 0 2 cuncan can of company C and their lieu te will apply for commissions miss nellie smith the fourteen year oid daughter of john smith whose home bome is in 1668 william street in west 10 oakland akland oal cal fell down a flight of awro sunday morning as the result of ft a mil step and died a few minutes later the accident was an unusual one and it will require an examination of physicians to ascertain just what injuries caused the young girls death the austrian military and benedo tent association of san francisco has haa adopted 4 opted a series of resolutions express 4 flag the utmost loyalty to the united ates the resolutions also disclaim with spain many of tho Ao association members are ex soldiers of the be austrian army they say eay that they ax afe ready and anxious to serve under the stars and stripes if there is need of their services denver colo april 28 two troops of the ninth cavalry from fort washa ide wyo which were delayed in eom com fag by the breaking down of a car containing rations arrived in denver today and departed immediately for the east over the kansas pacific rall rail boea orders have been received from washington to rush through to chickamauga a and the two special trains carrying them have been given the right of way over all other trains the unsavory neighborhood of third and I 1 streets san diego cal was the scene of a double tragedy tuesday morning at jesse daley employed in a saloon shooting ida tracy four times with a 45 caliber revolver and using the fifth and last bullet to end his own life daley was a mulatto and his victim was a halfbreed indian woman of the chinook tribe both proved fatal following the call for volunteers about forty students of the stanford stafford cat cal university have enlisted in company K first infantry of san francisco and will go to the city on monday prepared to go to the front and preferring that location where the charge is thickest president david starr jordan has promised all students enlisting now their full credits for the present semester nearly half of members of the foot bell ball team are among the recruits after having been missed for about ten days henry Soho enberger was found dead in the attic of his hia house at sixth and E streets sacramento cal he had hanged himself but after death the rope broke and the body fell to the floor had a wife and tour four children he was very abusive to them and some time ago they left him he had been drinking hard for more than 8 a year and last december made an attempt to shoot his wife and oldest son when the united states recruiting office at san francisco closed thursday able bodied men had made application for places in the heavy artillery volunteer service one notice able feature of the days enlistment was the increased number of men of experience and a goodly showing from among the membership of the league of the cross and the boys brigade organizations candidates for cavalry service were numerous and could not be induced to enlist for any other branch A dispatch from astoria ore says nays that the pilot boat san jose reports having spoken to the sealing schooner doris off vancouver the doris recently lost most of her men while hunting they were blown away from the vessel and were unable to again reach her the doris had ski skins and reported that the other sealers along the coast were doing equally well on wednesday the san jose sighted a british flagship northward bound about twenty five miles off the river it was impossible to make out her name charles H walker an indian committed suicide in the county jail at redding bedding cal saturday by hanging himself walker who was waa arrested arre eted for brutally beating an indian boy to death was to have had his preliminary examination monday morning when his jailers went to give him his breakfast they found him afan hanging banging to the window bare of his cell he had torn his overalls into strips and with them made the noose to make death doubly certain he fastened his hia hands behind him by means of a slip noose news has just reached san francisco of a terrible explosion of powder that was being carried by pack train to col dan burns mine in mexico the explosion took place on the rood road dearsan vicento Vi conto state of Sin sinaloa alca on april ath last the pack train was unusually large it consisted of over mules and the attendants numbered do acme me forty mi m mexicans I cans A part of the freight consisted of ammunition ignition caps cap and boxes of powder it to is reported that boxes of powder and caps cape exploded with such force that fifteen men and sixty mules were killed the cruiser charleston at vallejo cal is nearly ready to receive her men and go into commission orders have not yet been rec received elVed from washington to this effect but it is believed she will be ready for sea and service in a few days she has been painted the usual dark war color work on the yorktown and philadelphia is being expedited the number of men employed at mare island navy yard during the present rush is 1766 the training ship adams went out gut of commission today friday her officers and men will go to the charleston edward J brown of the university of california was suspended indefinitely from the inter collegiate amateur athletic association tuesday night several months ago mr brown visited the eastern colleges as the representative of the university of california on his return to california he criticized criticised critic leed the standing of the eastern athletics and in general made a number of statements that were not at all to the liking of the intercollegiate inter collegiate association at the annual meeting of the association recently held his bis case was taken up and mr brown was invited to recall his statements he ret refused fused to do so and has been suspended as a consequence in a little more than a jonm there will be ready tor for service with the united states in waters a small but formidable besaw the 30 knot torpedo boat farragut Barr agut now on the ways waya at the union iron works san francisco contrary axy diatom custom of shipbuilders ship builders the Farra guts engines and machinery will all be in place when she slides off the ways waya the farragut is designed tor for a speed of 30 knots an hour her dimensions are length feet beam 20 feet 4 inches maximum draft with the ship ready for sea and bunkers full 6 feet her displacement will be tons tone and her engines will Ind indicate deate a maximum of horsepower the san francisco call says there ther is not the slightest doubt that plans of the works commanding the harbor of san francisco axe are in the of the spanish military and naval authorities thorit ties les capt casa military of the spanish legation at washington was waa in the city last winter for several weeks the guest of the spanish consul and while he was here bad ample ale opportunity to stroll about the batteries as no orders to the contrary axY had then been issued since he left however the defenses have been mao m tribally strengthened by the addition of rapid fire guns the lime point position has been made exceedingly formidable in many ways wass during the past month claus spreckels the well known capitalist is in lying at his home on van new ness avenue san francisco recovering from the effects of an operation rendered necessary by a carbuncle on his back his friends express anxiety as to his condition about a 6 fortnight ago mr spreckels caught cold and went to his ranch to re r cuper ate while there he learned that the growth on his back was a carbuncle and he hastened to the city to receive medical attention dr L C lane performed the operation and under hie bib care mr spreckels has been slowly mending the physicians now pro bounce him out of danger the fact that mr spreckels has diabetes has ha been generally known and when it WM was stated that he had bad had a carbuncle removed rumors became current that he was nearing his end |
